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President Donald Trump announced in a Sept. 18 Truth Social post that he is banning three major news outlets, CNN, MS NOW (formerly MSNBC) and Politico, from the White House. Trump accused the outlets of “reporting fake news” in his social media post, and said they “shouldn’t be able to constantly write or report fiction […] The post CNN, MSNOW and Politico
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Hope’s Student Activities Committee (SAC) is responsible for some of the student body’s favorite campus events. This semester’s activities started off strong with a tailgate, a movie night and, most recently, Fall Fest. The popular seasonal event takes place annually at Post Family Farm and features a corn maze, live animals, pumpkin painting and more […] Th
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As the weather gets chillier and sweaters appear on campus, so does another inevitable part of the fall—homework. Incoming freshmen learn quickly that the burdens of studying can feel overwhelming. Time often slips through the cracks as soon as an assignment is opened. Finding a study spot, however, can quickly change the tide between an […] The post The fir
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As of Sept. 8, Holland has become home to 12 Flock cameras, according to DeFlock Maps, an open-source, volunteer-powered project that maps license plate readers nationwide. Broadly speaking, more than 135,000 automated license plate-recognition cameras have been identified nationwide, and four of every five of those are made by Flock Safety, per crowdsourced
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You can only spend so long on Hope’s campus without hearing about The Pull. Maybe you’ve attended it, maybe you’ve seen the teams practicing, maybe you’ve even participated in it yourself, but chances are, you know The Pull. However, what truly goes on behind the scenes at a Pull practice is unknown to many. Whirlwind […] The post Odd Year Pull hopes for red
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It is humanity’s nature to be creative, but so many things get in the way. As a liberal arts college, Hope encourages students to pursue interests in all sorts of disciplines. However, it is too easy to forget about how important it is to foster creativity. An excellent community to cultivate creativity is the Art […] The post There is creativity in everyone
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In the coming months, students, faculty, parents and those living near Hope College have two plays to look forward to: “Dead Man’s Cellphone” and “Richard III.” One play is a comedy combining death with technology and what that means for modern humanity. The other is a dark tragedy about Richard III and his rise to […] The post Cellphones and Shakespeare: A
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On April 12, Péter Magyar defeated veteran Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in the Hungarian parliamentary election, ending his 16-year tenure in office. This landslide victory is being considered a “victory for democracy worldwide” by former U.S. President Barack Obama. Celebrations in Budapest for the defeat of Orbán continued well into the night and early morn
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On Feb. 28, the United States and Israel launched a series of strikes against Iran. The strikes hit a government compound and military targets in Tehran. In the next couple of days, the U.S. and Israel killed Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. They also destroyed a girls’ elementary school, which resulted in the death […] The post Iranian war lead
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On April 1 at 6:35 p.m. EST, astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen launched off the Earth’s surface aboard NASA’s Artemis II. The crew traveled deeper into space than any humans before. On their 10-day mission, the astronauts reached 252,756 miles from Earth, surpassing Apollo 13’s distance record of 248,655 miles. […] The
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