Hope College Network
DECEMBER 10, 2015
Final exams are just around the corner, which bring a lot of stress and studying. Every student prepares for the exams and deals with a stress differently, but what does the science say? We all know the basics like eat healthy, take a break during studying and have a lot of sleep at night, but science suggest much more than just that. Say Om! When students look at test the first time, a lot of them “freak out.
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JULY 27, 2015
In my last post I claimed there were two kinds of librarians–those who divide librarians into two kinds and those who don’t–and that I’m the former kind. Being a divider makes things easy, because once you start looking at the world in that simplistic way you see divisions everywhere. Science and religion, the personal and the political, Guelphs and Ghibellines, really whatever binary that pops into my head can provide useful fodder for false dichotomies, straw men, glittering genera
Hope College Network
DECEMBER 10, 2015
December 5 is the day that children in the Czech Republic are nervous, excited and scared. Like in Netherlands, the tradition in the Czech Republic is formed from three major figures, Svatý Mikuláš (St. Nicholas), Čert (Devil) and Anděl (Angel). St. Nicholas, Angel and Devil are the main figures of tradition in the Czech Republic, which takes a place on December 5.
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DECEMBER 9, 2015
Lately I’ve been noticing certain specifics in my life and wondering: If I were in a novel, would this be symbolic? Would this be metaphorical, or hold some kind of connotation other than the literal? Maybe this is just a crazy English major problem, but it’s been on my mind. One of the biggest areas of my life that I see this concept in is my desk.
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DECEMBER 8, 2015
It comes as a surprise to no one that college is expensive. Everyone knows that a lot of college kids do not consider themselves too good to check between their parents’ couch cushions for lost change, to take hours of surveys online for a $5 gift card to Amazon, or to scrape together donations from friends until they have enough to get a pizza (at least partially because the leftovers will serve as meals for the next couple of days).
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DECEMBER 7, 2015
The second half of the semester, I started my Introduction to Poetry class, taught by the respectable oddity that is Prof. Greg Rappleye. I love this class so much, and there is a certain aching building in the hollow of my chest knowing that next semester I won’t be able to sit around in a circle of fifteen kids discussing whether to save a horse a student wrote about in her poem, listening listlessly to the professor speak on the history of Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes for the umpteenth
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Hope College Network
DECEMBER 5, 2015
We have arrived at the end of the semester. Everyone is anticipating final exams, finishing last minute projects, and cramming for tests. When in doubt, get a table to yourself and just get it done. When I sit down to study on the second floor of Martha Miller , I pull out my laptop and lay it on the table. I check my phone. I put it in my backpack.
Hope College Network
DECEMBER 4, 2015
I love, love, love Christmas and Advent. The world just feels a little different: students and teachers everywhere long for Christmas break, the ground almost seems to cry out to be covered in a blanket of snow, and the church around the world awaits the birth of Christ. Of course, we know that Christ has already come, which puts us sort of in a constant season of Advent in which we watch and wait for Christ’s return.
Hope College Network
DECEMBER 2, 2015
There’s a park at the end of the east side of campus in the square that makes up 10th, 12th, Central and River. Its name is Centennial Park. I know that now. But freshman year, while trying to find the Pine Grove (and inadvertently walking directly through it to instead find Centennial), I sat down at a bench and stared at the empty park, wondering “where the students might be.
Hope College Network
DECEMBER 2, 2015
Hello Readers! Happy Wednesday from my (unproductive) study session! I think many people would agree with me when I say that I’m beginning to realize how much I actually have to do before finals week. So naturally I’m procrastinating even more until crunch time actually begins. And how do I procrastinate you may ask? Why, listen to music of course!
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DECEMBER 2, 2015
Thanksgiving just happened. A week and a half remain in the semester. This weird El Niño winter is dropping rain showers instead of pretty snow on campus. It seems like October was yesterday yet now it is suddenly December and any student you ask is feeling it. The last few weeks of the semester are a rush and a drag all at the same time. There is so much to do in too little time that there never seems to be enough time in a day.
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NOVEMBER 28, 2015
Thanksgiving break! The last deep breath of the semester, before the last two weeks of school and exams. We go home and spend time with family, relaxing and eating higher amounts of food than normal. We’re on the tail-end of Thanksgiving break, but take heart! We have winter break to look forward to. My sister took an early break to visit me! We experienced the tree lighting ceremony together on Monday.
Hope College Network
NOVEMBER 25, 2015
Since Christmas is just around the corner, here are some examples of Christmas different traditions and stories from countries around the world. Serbia – Two Sundays before December 25th, children tie up their mother. To get “free”, she has to give presents to the children. Exactly one Sunday after mother is tied up, this happens to the father of the family and again he has to give presents to his children to become “free.” Netherlands – In Holland the Santa Claus is na
Hope College Network
NOVEMBER 25, 2015
In the recognition of the 150 years of Hope College, here are some must-know facts. Who was the founder of Hope College? Hope College was founded as a primary level Pioneer School in 1851 by Albertus van Raalte. Interestingly, van Raalte was a spiritual leader, protestant and a Dutch immigrant who also founded the city of Holland. He was born on October 17, 1811, at Wanneperveen, Netherlands.
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NOVEMBER 25, 2015
The first snow always brings two sentiments to the students. The first one is comforting, because snow makes campus even more beautiful and it creates the true Christmas atmosphere. Especially with all the Christmas lights around campus starting to shine. The second feeling is negative. The first snow is a clear sign of a beginning of a long and cold winter.
Hope College Network
NOVEMBER 23, 2015
Happy Monday, Readers, I hope your Monday is off to the best start! If not, just know that there are only three days until Thanksgiving. You’ll get through! Speaking of Thanksgiving, lets talk about this awesome holiday! Questions to be thinking about while reading this post : How do you celebrate Thanksgiving? What are some traditions that you have?
Hope College Network
NOVEMBER 23, 2015
The first snow of the season has arrived in Holland, outlining the branches of every tree, and turning the dirt expanse where Nykerk once stood into a bright white blanket. The pine grove trees covered in snow. And good ol’ Van Vleck is in the background. Our door is ready for Christmas. Wrapping paper has gone up, the garland lines the doorway, and our mini tree has mini present boxes tucked beneath its branches.
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NOVEMBER 22, 2015
LLC (The three-page document making your company legal)? Check. T-shirts ordered? Check. Fifteen boxes in the back of my SUV? Double check. Whose debit card did we use again, anyway? Just kidding. But we’re a discombobulated mess… sometimes. The three of us live only three blocks apart, but now we know why people who work for businesses work in one location together for a reason.
Hope College Network
NOVEMBER 22, 2015
You can feel it in your bones – the need to get out, to put down your pencil, to print out the final draft of your ten-page research paper, close your computer, and breathe. I feel it, too. The itch, the annoyance, the anxiousness that hits us every time we’re about to go on break. We students know that within days we will be home with our families enjoying a warm dinner, laughing with our siblings about moronic things we did when we were little (because we’re probably still sittin
Hope College Network
NOVEMBER 22, 2015
This is me and my brother chillin’ in the snow when we used to live in Baltimore, Maryland. It’s been an exciting few days for me, especially since it started snowing! I grew up mostly in California and never really had any experience with snow. Of course I see snow in movies and online but other West Coasters may agree that we actually have no idea what this wet fluff is.
Hope College Network
NOVEMBER 19, 2015
Hello, Readers! Hopefully your Thursday is grand and you’ve had many adventures today, or at least a good cup of coffee. Did you all know that I’m an English major? If not, now you do, and the event that I’m going to be writing about is one that I’ve looked forward to and geeked out about (to the blank stares and misunderstandings of my friends and family) for basically the whole semester.
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NOVEMBER 19, 2015
This past weekend I attended the GLCA , or Great Lakes Colleges Association, conference here at Hope, whose mission is to “take actions that will help strengthen and preserve our colleges; and by being a leading force on behalf of education in the tradition of the liberal arts and sciences.” This was my first time attending the conference, but I had heard great things from my friends who had gone to prior conferences.
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NOVEMBER 18, 2015
Those who know me know that I can usually be found at Lemonjello’s (LJ’s for short and for the reason that I’m still unsure of the socially acceptable pronunciation of the name). I spend far more of my waking hours at LJ’s than I do at home; often, on days when my first class is at 1 p.m., I’m camped out in LJ’s from about 6:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
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NOVEMBER 18, 2015
I always thought it would be easy. I always figured I’d just be able to do it. But as usual, I was wrong. This upcoming May, I have been given the opportunity to lead a missions trip to Cap-Haïtien, Haiti. Coming with me on this trip will be a combination of students from Hope, friends of mine from Pittsburgh, and some adult leaders from, well, all over the place, actually.
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NOVEMBER 15, 2015
Happy Sunday night, Readers! It’s been a crazy week, and an even crazier weekend full of homework, so what better subject to write about than the thing that got me through it all? That’s right, I’m talking about STUDYING and the place that I get it done best!!! Riveting, I know! Last week I put out a post about the library and mentioned somewhere in there that I like a certain cubby on the third floor for times when my homework is especially overloaded and I feel like I’m
Hope College Network
NOVEMBER 14, 2015
The first place I saw it was in a post on Facebook: “The attacks are close to me. But I’m okay.” The person, a friend from high school, was marked “safe” in the attacks, the post said. And I began to scroll through my Facebook feed I began to see more news articles appear and a post from another friend living in Paris, “Jesus, make yourself know here.” And even this afternoon, I see over fifty Facebook friends changing their profile picture to the red, w
Hope College Network
NOVEMBER 10, 2015
Living proof of a lasting long distance relationship is that of Hope College and Meiji Gakuin University in Japan. This month Hope is celebrating the 50 years old exchange program. President Udono of Meiji Gakuin spoke at Chapel last Wednesday about the ties between our colleges and their common founding in the Christian faith. President Udono said that their challenge is to share the Gospel with college age students and they hope to one day have a Chapel service as filled as ours here at Hope.
Hope College Network
NOVEMBER 10, 2015
National Novel Writing Month is referred to as NaNoWriMo by participants because we simply don’t have the time to get the entire eight syllables out; four is much less consuming. Why don’t we have the time? Because we’re trying to pen 50,000 words of a novel in 30 days. That’s right, “30 days and nights of literary abandon.” To most people, the thought of penning that many words at all is similar to being buried alive.
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NOVEMBER 8, 2015
Lubbers Hall, in all of its glory. I’m here to tell you about my favorite building on campus: Lubbers Hall. At our last student-blogger meeting (Yes, we have those!), we talked about our favorite places to brainstorm or write on campus, the places that get our creative juices flowing. As a writer, this type of space is very valuable to me, and I knew exactly where my creative space on campus was when the topic was brought up.
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NOVEMBER 8, 2015
This weekend, I had the opportunity to journey back to Wexford, Pennsylvania. For the first time in three months, I was going home. Prior to this trip, I would not have even called myself homesick. It’s not that I wanted to leave Hope, or felt lost in Holland, Michigan; I just needed home, and all that comes with it. After a long soccer season that sadly came to a close on Wednesday, my mind and body were desperate for a break.
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NOVEMBER 5, 2015
This week is probably the last warm week of the year. 60s and sunny, leaves cover the Pine Grove, and students cover the leaves. I spent all Tuesday afternoon sitting on blankets with friends. We had great conversations and laughed at each other’s jokes. But tension rose when the conversation poked at controversy. I have a different opinion on homosexuality than one specific friend of mine, and I learned that he was just as passionate about the topic as I was.
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NOVEMBER 5, 2015
Originally, I wasn’t planning on being the RA of my sorority cottage, but it kind of just happened. I was studying abroad when I was asked if I could apply since my sister Mikar, who was originally going to apply, was accepted to study abroad in Brazil. So after submitting my application, there I was trying to figure out how to schedule a Skype interview since I was about 6 hours ahead of everyone back in Holland!
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NOVEMBER 4, 2015
When I say SUNDOG, what do you picture? Personally, I see some sort of sun salutation/upward dog yoga pose combo or a happy dog sprawled out in a patch of sunlight shining through the window. Imagine my surprise when I opened up KnowHope, saw the ad saying, “Career Center Trivia Night in Phelps, SUNDOG view,” and made the connection. Yep.
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NOVEMBER 1, 2015
Nykerk, as put by the 2015 general chair, Claire Leitzen (AKA the “Queen of Nykerk”), is hard to describe. It is a really unique tradition that you kind of have to experience in order to understand. Last night I had the privilege of watching Nykerk for the third year in a row, and as always, it was so fun to watch. I love getting to experience things into which people have poured their heart and soul through all their hard work.
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NOVEMBER 1, 2015
Well Readers, as most of you know, the 81st Nykerk Cup competition took place last night and it was SO impressive! For a little taste if you didn’t see it, you can check out Odd Year’s song and read about the competition in this post from my fellow blogger, Kathryn. Anyway, since you know all about Nykerk now and what the general gist of it is, I thought for this post, I’d give you a different perspective of it!
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NOVEMBER 1, 2015
Last Sunday, part of my close family came to visit me at Hope College. I had the opportunity to speak Czech, my native language, they brought me British tea and the most delicious candy on Earth named Fidorka. But, I also had the opportunity to travel around of Holland and West Michigan area. I realized the greatness of other places like Grand Rapids and Tunnel Park, which are just in the 50-mile radius of Holland.
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