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THE Vol. 119 No. 16 MARCH 1, 2006 w Since 1887 “Spera In Deo” Hope College w Holland, Michigan WHAT’S INSIDE Pacific Rim Tragedy 2 WIN PROMPTS NCAA TOURNEY US Marines assist Jenny Cencer disaster victims SPORTS EDITOR Both men’s and women’s bas- Multisensory Aesthetic ketball teams defeated Calvin Experience 3 for a double MIAA Champion- Concert line snakes through ship win on Saturday. The Flying Pine Grove Dutch won 63-44 and the Dutch- men won 68-55. Hope: Ideal education? 4 This will be the men’s 17th Book ranks Hope at top ten for appearance in the NCAA tourna- undergraduate education ment and the women’s eighth. iPod introversion 5 This season is also the sixth time in Hope history that both COURTESY BEULA PANDIAN The millennial generation expresses itself teams will be competing in the cuIsInE — Deborah Li (’07) NCAA at once. serves sweet and sour chick- en to a Holland resident. The Hope men’s basket- NEWS SNIPPETS ball team (26-2) will be hosting NCAA Championship games this FOOD Fair’s DOWNTOWN APARTMENT Friday and Saturday at the DeVos CULINARY DIVERSITY SUBLEASES NOT TO BE Fieldhouse. Hope starts its tourna- BENEFITS LOCAL RENEWED ment on Friday at 8 p.m. v. Wis- According to John Jobson, consin-Lutheran (14-14). With a LATINO GROUP director of residential life winning percentage ranked third Nicholas Engel and housing, Hope College in Division III, the Dutchmen are CAMPUS NEws EDITOR will not offer downtown gunning full throttle towards the International students hosted housing at Kilwin’s and Kids finals to be held on Mar. 18 in Sa- the International Food Fair, an Hope apartments starting lem, Va. annual ethnic food smorgasbord, next year. Other contenders for the title last Saturday to benefit local Hol- Haulenbeek, Hawkinson include the undefeated Lawrence land organization Latin Ameri- and DuBois cottage will not be University (24-0) and Mississippi cans United for Progress. offered. Haulenbeek and DuBois College (27-1). Calvin (22-6) is International students, Ameri- were not renewed subleases. ranked 32nd in the division and can-born students with overseas Hawkinson cottage is planned will be warming up the court v. experience, and friends manned to be torn down to accompany University of Wisconsin-Lacrosse about 16 tables, which bore a DeVos Fieldhouse. (20-7) at 6 p.m. on Friday. plethora of student-prepared eth- Sixty-six new beds will be The winners of the 6 p.m. and PHOTO BY JAMES RALSTON nic and country-specific dishes added to Cook Hall by next 8 p.m. games will be competing thuMbs uP — Glenn Van Wieren, Flying Dutchmen head and desserts. Rice pilau from fall. SEE NCAA, PAGE 8 coach, cuts down a souvenir from their victory over calvin. Kenya and Nepali chicken curry were among the six main dishes. FOUR HOPE PROFESSORS Brigadeiro from Brazil, Japanese ANNOUNCE THEIR STATE REPUBLICANS PLAN RETURN TO POWER Zanzai, and bakllava, prepared RETIREMENT Kurt Pyle Vision and EPIC/MRA show Granholm’s approval by Albanian student Dori Peku rating hovering around 50 percent, with more than (’07), represent a few examples Maxine DeBruyn, professor SENIOR STAFF WRITER Tucked into a corner of Lubbers Hall, amidst 60 percent of residents in the state saying Michigan of the desserts students offered of dance, Tamara George, shelves of books and boxes of materials, the faces is on the wrong track. the community. professor of nursing, Larry of a revitalized Republican party have gathered. These numbers, combined with recent numbers “I think the international stu- Penrose, professor of history Young and old, they came to this meeting to be- showing that Michigan businesses are planning dents are doing an awesome job,” and Jack Ridl, professor of gin a process that they hope leads to the return of to hire fewer college graduates than last year, pro- said Habeeb Awad, international English all recently announced Republicans to power. vide an opportunity to win college votes, according student advisor. “They represent their retirement. And Hope College is to be an important part of to Anuzis. their countries very well to facul- Penrose retired at the end that push, according to Michigan Republican party “These are devastating numbers,” Anuzis said. ty and staff through [this event].” of fall semester. The remaining chair Saul Anuzis. Anuzis visited Hope’s campus “Essentially, a majority of college graduates are 300 to 500 people from Hope three will return at the end of Wednesday as part of a two-day, 15-college tour de- looking for jobs out of the state.” faculty, staff, and the Holland spring. signed to drum up support among college students Republicans are confident that businessman Dick community availed themselves of ALUMNUS, PARENT for the upcoming campaign season. DeVos is the right person to challenge sitting Gover- last Saturday’s food fair, donating DISCUSS COLLEGE-AGE At the informal discussion in front of a small au- nor Jennifer Granholm on these issues. $5 for tickets, which went to pur- EATING DISORDERS dience, Anuzis spoke about the energy surrounding “We have the anecdotal evidence on our side,” chase “tastes” of food from the this off-year election. Anuzis said. “People know people who have been tables. Additional tickets were Last week eating disorders “People smell blood,” he said. laid off.” sold for 50¢ each. was a hot topic on campus. In this respect, many Republicans feel the num- Considerable unrest surrounds the state’s The event, organized by the On Feb. 20 Stephanie Thorton bers are on their side. Recent polls by Strategic SEE POWER, PAGE 7 SEE TASTE, PAGE 6 (’92) spoke at Chapel about her experience with anorexia nervosa DEMOCRATIC CHAIR ADDRESSES FAITH AND POLITICS and bulimia. Jeanne Lindell, staff counselor, introduced Thorton Jenny Cencer dents and national officials had to me how difficult it was to be a by saying that out of the 1,000 SPORTS EDITOR the opportunity to discuss the Christian involved in progressive students sitting in chapel, 100 In an effort to break down po- proper role of faith, politics, and outreach,” Vanderslice said. females and 50 males have an larized parties, Hope students and the public square. “The Democratic Party has a eating disorder. government officials made the The Democratic Party guests problem with people of faith, and On Feb. 21 Doris and Tom first step towards proactive dia- began the dialogue by describing we need to do something about Smeltzer shared their testimony logue Tuesday night. their interactions with the Chris- that,” Brewer said. of having a daughter who A leader of the Democratic tian faith as well as how politi- Brewer is the chair of Michi- died of an eating disorder in Party, Mark Brewer, participat- cians interacted in the office. gan’s Democratic Party, president their keynote address entitled ed in an open forum with Hope As director of religious out- of the Association of State Demo- “Andrea’s Voice,” held in Maas Democrat members and advisor reach for the Kerry campaign and cratic Chairs and Democratic Na- Auditorium. Professor Eliot Dickinson, West- president of Common Good Strat- tional Committee Chair. Lindell said that a “handful ern Theological Seminary stu- egies, Mara Vanderslice explained They described how the Dem- of students seek counseling at dents and representatives from her experiences as a Christian in a ocratic Party is striving to correct the counseling center for eating PHOTO EDITOR JARED WILKENING a political consulting firm. Safe political office. the imbalance of faith in politics disorders.” nDc chair Mark brewer from circuitous debates both stu- “It became clearer and clearer SEE BREWER PAGE 2 2 NEWS MARCH 1, 2006 AMTRAK ISSUE LIKELY TO BE RESOLVED Shannon Craig year was negotiated by Amtrak Indiana or be moved to Iowa. Pointing to the 17 percent vehicles and typically it was their STAFF WRITER and MDOT to end Aug. 1 due to The maintenance facility in ridership decrease and 168 percent only mode of transportation.” Hope students who use Amtrak the $1 million reduction in the suburban Indianapolis employs subsidy increase from 1999 to “Senator Sikkema is working should not yet start worrying Amtrak subsidy by the Michigan more than 500 people. According 2003, “Amtrak was probably with Senator Johnson on this about finding ways to get to and Legislature. to Marc Magliari, manager of over-subsidized in previous issue but no ideas have been from school this coming fall. The Amtrak subsidy was Amtrak media relations, the years,” O’Connell said. finalized yet. This will continue “It’s early in the budget reduced for the 2006 fiscal proposed host area in Michigan According to O’Connell, to be a developing situation. The process and any number of things year from $7.1 million to $6.1 for the large maintenance ridership was roughly the same fiscal year runs through Sept.