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Vol. 124 No. 6 October 13, 2010 w Since 1887 “Spera In Deo” Hope College w Holland, Michigan In Congress: Ready for a new year Gretchen Baldwin STAFF WRITER speaker series and put together teams “To serve as a mediator be- for both Dance tween the administration and Marathon and Relay the Student Body of Hope Col- for Life. lege.” This year Con- Taken directly from their gress will be start- website, this statement commis- ing “What Do You sions the organizational student Want Wednesdays,” voice that is Student Congress. an event intended Hope’s Student Congress has to make the student quite the hierarchal melange. body more aware of The executive board consisting Student Congress’s of a president, vice-president role on campus as a and controller, as well as class means to “help give representatives, is intermingled administration and with cottage, apartment, dorm faculty the student and off-campus representatives perspective,” as Sy- in addition to a secretary, web- ens puts it. master and parliamentarian. The first “What Currently Student Congress Do You Want has every position accounted Wednesday” will for, but all seats are not full as take place at tables some spots, like Kollen Hall rep- set up across cam- resentative, have multiple seats pus on Oct. 27 be- PHOTO BY HOLLY EVENHOUSE available. tween 10 a.m. and 1 WHO’S YOUR REPRESENTATIVE?— Hope’s Student Congress Executive Board Within these representa- p.m. Representatives consists of (left to right): Senior Representative Rachel Syens (’11), Vice President Alex Yared (’12), tive and executive positions are will be handing out Junior Representative Michael Parrish (’12), President Katie Sawyer (’11), Sophomore Representative committees and boards. Every treats and encour- Mark Donkersloot (’13), Controller Chelsea Lynch (’11), Senior Representative Seth Coffing (’11), Sopho- member of congress is required aging students to more Representative Alicia Wojcik (’13) amd Junior Representative Marc Tori (’12). to be on some sort of academic give suggestions and or faculty committee or board complete short sur- in order to promote discussion veys to help Student with Hope’s administration with representatives, has been work- ture has been working as part of informed. Congress better serve its peers. as many student perspectives as ing toward a number of cam- the committee that got recycling Congress members have If students are interested in possible. pus-wide sustainability projects bins placed in every Hope dorm. also worked in recent years to seeing more of what Hope’s Stu- Also within these positions in her going-on three years on She and the rest of Congress also change visitation hours during dent Congress is about, General are more action-based commit- Congress. work with RAs across campus long school breaks, add a second Congress meets from 9:30 p.m. tees created for specific projects “It’s one of our main commis- through recycling seminars in guest pass to student meal plans to 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday nights that Student Congress decides sions to make Hope more sus- hopes that eco-awareness and and organize a Battle of the in Martha Miller 239 and en- to work toward. Rachel Syens tainable,” said Syens. conscious sustainability will in- Bands benefit event for Haiti. courages the general student (’11), one of the two senior class Syens’ most successful ven- crease as more people become They also hold an annual spring body to attend. Greek Life? Nope! It’s Geek Life! Chris Russ ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR the 2009-10 school year after official, it established early participants in Geek facing a small amount of difficulty. a working When we were trying to be- Life and I’m kind of a nerdy Everyone at Hope College “When we were trying to constitution and come a club, the head of Greek kid. I enjoy playing video knows about Greek Life, the become a club, the head of Greek elected an executive games and hanging out with Life at the time felt that the “ organization of fraternities Life at the time felt that the term board, which “ friends and all of that stuff term Geek like was offensive and sororities that has been a Geek Life was offensive and was contains the standard and was too close to Greek Life. so I like it, it’s fun,” Geek staple of Hope’s extracurricular too close to Greek Life so I said club positions of Life member Josh Brubaker- activities for years. I would think about changing secretary, treasurer, —NICOLAS PILLSBURY Salcedo said, describing how But comparatively few people it. But when I brought the idea president and so on. (’12) he came to join the club. are familiar with Geek Life, a new back to our members, everyone In addition, the As the club has grown, member on Hope’s list of clubs said it needed to be Geek Life. club appointed it has taken on new and organizations that are quickly In fact when people hear about a head of public relations to to accommodate the event. responsibilities. “We have making a name for themselves. us, they seem to be attracted help them gain exposure. The organization’s larger public meetings once a month President of the organization by the name,” Pillsbury said. While they were still events typically draw between to throw out ideas to the general Nicolas Pillsbury (’12) explained He added that just when unofficial, the group began a 30 and 50 students Pillsbury public and get votes on them.” that early into his freshman year looking at the publicity the tradition they now call “The said and take place roughly “At our last public meeting, at Hope, he and a few of his different organizations on Last Day of Summer,” a day once a month. In addition to we had a merger with the Nerf friends began meeting to play campus receive, there is a in which participants bring these larger events, the club group of Hope College. They board games and role-playing bias against Geek Life. If you in and share with other club also organizes more specialized were unofficial, and after an games. He said this group are a smaller organization, member their favorite video- events like “Lord of the Rings incident where they weren’t now forms the majority of the it is particularly difficult games and board games. This Move Night.” These more specific able to organize themselves, executive board of the club. to get information about year, the event drew more than events attract fewer students. we were asked to organize The group became an official yourself out to the students. 50 students and rooms were “My freshman year roommate, them. They are now a subset Hope organization at the end of Once the group became reserved in the science center Nate Snyder, was one of the very of Geek Life,” Pillsbury said. WHAT’S INSIDE VWS— Cuban fiction author shares her Volleyball Spotlight— Cassidy Bulthuis re- NATIONAL 3 VOICES 8 stories with campus. flects on her athletic career at Hope. Page 5 Page 12 ARTS 5 SPORTS 11 Got a story idea? Let us know at [email protected], or call us at 395-7877. 2 THE ANCHOR CAMPUS OCTOBER 13, 2010 THIS WEEK AT HOPE Wednesday Oct. 13 Who doesn’t love food?: CIS wrap-up Do you have your ticket to ride? Meagan Dodge 11 a.m., Maas Auditorium. Learn STAFF WRITER about recent changes to reserving a campus vehicle. f o o d . V a r i o u s Thursday Oct. 14 For some students a day o t h e r Seminary Day without classes was supposed to 11 a.m. - 2 p.m., Maas Center. mean rest and relaxation. Oct. 6 Meet with representatives from quickly went into reverse when seminaries and graduate schools. students were assigned to attend Sponsored by Career Services and the Critical Issues Symposium. Crosswords. For 30 years CIS has been a Math Colloquium part of Hope College’s academic 4 p.m., VanderWerf 104. “A Hands-On Introduction to Knot Theory” presented layout. A committee of faculty, by Forrest Gordon, Louisiana State staff and students decides on a University. topic worthy of taking a full day from classes. Hope College takes Friday Oct. 15 the issue seriously and provides Lutheran Volunteer Corps recruiting a day of events and speakers 10:30 a.m. - 2 p.m., Maas Lobby. to get students informed. This Learn about one year/gap opportuni- years CIS topic was “Good Food ties. Sponsored by Career Services. for the Common Good.” To prepare students for the Friday-Tuesday Oct. 15-20 upcoming CIS events, several Fall Break begins at 6 p.m Friday and film screenings and speakers ends at 8 a.m Wednesday. came to better educate Hope’s campus before the official Oct.