My roommate, Kristin, and her parents kindly offered to welcome us into their home for the weekend. So on Friday Kristin and I packed up, grabbed our best friend, and left our bee problem and campus behind us for the weekend. We drove an hour and a half south to La Porte, Indiana, counting the significant …
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New Year, New Decorations.
Classes are back in session at Hope College. The campus has sprung back to life with the clack of longboards rolling along sidewalks, conversations sparking new friendships, and excited hellos coming from friends long separated by the months of summer. As the campus outside comes alive once again, so do the inside of the dorm rooms. My roommate and …
Last-Minute Adventures
As the year comes to a close and we are soaking up as much of each other’s presence as possible before we scatter for the summer, we have found that there is always time for some last-minute adventures. On Friday SAC hosted Spring Fling. The Pine Grove was filled with inflatable-everything-imaginable, music, a photo booth, food and …
Making a Dorm Room Your Room
I have begun taking down decorations that have made our room ours for the last 8 months. Instead of dwelling on tearing down our room, I decided to put together a list of dorm decorating ideas that I and my friends have used this year that you can take for some inspiration when it comes to …
Hope in Spring
*beepbeep* *beepbeep*… Emerging from dreamland you reach out to shut off your alarm. The room is already flooded with the promising, warm rays of sunshine hinting at a beautiful day ahead. Walking to class is no longer a battle with the bitter cold but a welcome stroll with old friends – sunshine and blue skies have returned. The …
Easter in Chicago
This year I spent Easter weekend a bit differently. I am from Pennsylvania so I wasn’t able to spend the holiday at home for the first time ever. Instead, I took the train on Good Friday and met my sister in Chicago where she goes to college. We did all of the touristy things: saw …
Technology: You Don’t Know What You’ve Got Till It’s Gone.
Here we are at the beginning of our second week back from Spring Break. Two days before I left home to return to Hope my laptop decided to give up on me. I packed it into my backpack and put my hope into CIT of Hope College to bring my trusty sidekick back to life. I …
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Live Green. Save Blue.
Hope is currently hosting its first ever dorm sustainability competition! Dorms gain points by pledging to live more sustainably (I pledged to go vegetarian for a week), hosting a sustainability event, and showing enthusiasm. For example, liking the Hope Eco-Agents Facebook page, sharing a picture of a sustainability sign you made, etc. Currently, Van Vleck Hall is …
Half Semester Down, Half to Go
The first half of this “Spring” Semester is over. The sun, shining on the snow covered grounds, gives the illusion that it is warmer than it really is and brightens the mood across campus. Midterms are done and the weekend is within reach. I finished two half semester courses this week which means the rest of the …
The Grandma Dinner
Grandma Dinner (grănd′mä′ dĭn′ər) n. Eating dinner as soon as possible in order to avoid crowds. Examples: “I’m going to eat a Grandma Dinner tonight because I just don’t want to deal with hordes of people right now…want to join me?” College students may be all about that late night life, but, interestingly enough, many also value …