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OK, where'd you hide^.the chocolate? theAnc K Ap rlU 996 Holland, Michigan "An Independent nonprofit publication • Serving the Hope College Community for 109 years Hope College check Mrs. Dole talks up hubby's campaign said. "We want to gel America back on track KIM POWELL and return the power to the states." it out. staff reporter Republican presidential candidate, Bob Dole, Jessica Jelgcrhuis, a fourth grader from Pine intends to do this by a plan described as the three Ridge School, and long-time buddy Allison R's: reigning in the Federal government, recon- Hoekslra, a fifth grader, clutch their autograph necting the government with the values of the books in anticipation. American people, and reasserting American In the middle of the afternoon when most el- leadership around the world. ementary kids are wrapping up another day of Being a man of strong character and one who schooling, Jessica and Allison are about to meet possesses effective leadership skills makes it a potential First Lady of the United Slates. possible for Dole to succeed where past presi- Surrounded by a sea of 200 community mem- dents have failed she said. bers and Hope faculty and students, the two Dole urged the audience, "Remember the Blonde-haired girls joined together in the Maas While House is not a place for on the job train- Auditorium to hear the wife of GOP presiden- ing." Alpha Kappa tial nominee and President of the Red Cross, After having served in the United States Sen- Pi makes Elizabeth Dole, speak March 15. ate for 11 years, many people feel Dole has the seven. During her 30-minute speech. Dole made it leadership skills necessary to make him an ef- Spotlight, very clear that the election is about one thing: fective president. The man is described by fellow senators as page 6. values "This election is about the character of honest, trustworthy, and straightforward. America, the vision and values that will shape Dole quoted from a Nov. 27 Newsweek, "Bob America and also about the values of the per- Dole is revered in the United States Senate, trea- son that will lead us there," said Dole in a thick sured by his colleagues for his honesty, decency, Texan drawl. and patience." This election will also be a defining moment She described the three basic principles that Bob Dole lives by: keep your word, respect your in the history of America. rs . Elizabeth Dole "This election is about reaching goals," Dole more DOLE on 7 0 Attire lands Choir 'Deep Throat' on the Today Show returns with scandalous JENN DORM expose. cam pus beat editor In Focus, When New Yorkers give you strange looks, page IS. you know you must look a little odd. But that could land you on national television. At least it did for the Hope College Chapel Choir. While on tour in the Eastern slates over Spring Break, the Choir spent some time in New York City. They had performances nearly every day, except for the 25th, when they had lime to go out and lake the Big Apple by storm. It was on this fateful day that a few members of the Choir decided to throw caution to the wind and try to get on television. "We tried to gel tickets for Letlerman, but Students don couldn't, so we thought that maybe we could go sombreros, see Monlel or something," said Amber Toth kimonos, kick ('96). "We were shopping on 5lh Avenue and back vodka at passed the Today Show studio. We remembered Images *96. that the cameramen show the crowd that gath- Spotlight, ers outside the window. So we got determined page 5. Photo courtesy S. Vizitham to get on television. We were all gung-ho about COME ON BABY, LIGHT MY FIRE; Not even frozen Cokes it." The Choir members rushed back to their ho- could prevent Dirk Dewitt's ('96) van from going up in a blazing inferno. tel and tried lo rouse their fellow performers to join them in the quest to gain national fame, at least for a few minutes. Pilgrammage to NCAA They decided lo go down to the studio at 6:30 the next morning. Only about 14 of the total 57 game ends up in smoke Choir members were willing to drag themselves out of bed in the wee hours of the morning for the van. "I noticed that I didn't have my camera the escapade. JIM RIEKSE and 1 ran back into the van while flames were "We knew that our choir robes would attract D.O. correspondant shooting out of the front," Achterhof said. "I attention," Toth said. "So we carried them to the Dirk Dewitt ('96) has the grand daddy of all realize that was quite stupid now." Not every- studio with us. Some of the guys were wearing theirs and people were turning to look at us. excuses for an extension on his class presenta- thing was salvaged. Dewitt not only lost his re- When New Yorkers stop and stare, you know Women's tion—his research blew up. Literally. search, but a pair of sun glasses and his fuzz you'll attract attention." Softball bat Dewitt and seven other students on the Wash- buster, as well. By the lime the fire fighters arrived twenty The robes, which were first worn in 1960, Albion out of ington Honors Semester were on their way to five minutes later, the van was completely en- come in a variety of colors. The overall robe is the parlc Roanoke, Virginia, to watch Hope compete in the Final Four, Friday, March 15. Unfortunately, gulfed. "It look them twenty minutes to put out more TODAY on 2 Sports, their van decided it would be a charming time the fire and by then only the frame was left," page 11. to burn to a charred shell. Roberts said. The fireman believe the fire was Doug Roberts ('97) had just refueled his now caused by improper water circulation in the en- deceased grey '86 GM van and returned to the gine. highway, when the temperature gauge surged Roberts was stunned by the sudden loss of to hot. Roberts and Dewitt got out to check his car. "It's hard to imagine that I'll never drive under the hood expecting an overheating radia- the van again. I've had it since high school. It tor. instead Dewitt concluded that "Doug, your will lake a couple of days to get over." car is on fire." Dewilt, however, didn't have a couple days "Smoke began to pour in through the open to make up his incinerated research for a pre- windows," passenger Cindy Achterhof ('97) sentation to be given that week. Dr. Jack said. "We couldn't breath, so we got out leav- Holmes, the Washington semester's advisor, ing all of our stuff behind." offered no extension. The group had just made a pit stop at 7-11 Driving a rented car, the group finally arrived Gothic rock and began to try to fight the fire with their in Roanoke, but not in time to see Hope's win provides Slurpees. The slushy beverages had precious in the semi-finals. more metal little impact, and the entire front of the van was Eric Friedman ('97) isn't willing to let the for your story to be told without giving an account of engulfed in five minutes. HI MOM: While marauding the streets mouth. A UPS driver stopped and offered his cellu- his heroism. "I think my watermelon slurpee Intermission, lar phone to call the fire department. In the bought us some precious seconds," Friedman of NYC, Chapel Choir members attracted the page 12. meantime they hustled to get their stuff out of said. "Oh thank heaven for 7-11." attention of Today Show cameras. Campus Bea1 t ^Anchor April 3. I 996 AO hosts Egg-cellent hunt Top 40 band 'blesses* JEM ZEERIP Spring Fling festival staff reporter Trudy Castillo (*98) and her A major chunk of the money JENN DORN funding the event comes from an sister's cocker spaniel, Sunny, were campusbeat editor enjoying the spring weather on Sat- approved SAC budget which is in- urday when a mob of youngsters The Social Activities Committee tended for spring events. The ticket came screaming across the Pine wanted to end this year with a bang, sales are expected to compensate Grove. so they decided to book the Top 40 for what the budget could not cover. Castillo, Sunny, and other stu- group Blessid Union of Souls to "SAC may be able to make a dents in the grove were almost over- perform for the Hope community profit on the concert, but that is not run by some 25 boys and girls par- on the last day of classes, April 29.