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Local Newspaper Index
Get PDFA local newspaper index for the Grand Rapids Press, Holland City News (HCN), Holland Sentinel (HES), and Ottawa County Times (OCT), 1872-1991
The Anchor: March 17, 2021
Get PDFThe Anchor began in 1887 and was first issued weekly in 1914. Covering national and campus news alike, Hope College’s student-run newspaper has grown over the years to encompass over two-dozen editors, reporters, and staff. For much of The Anchor\u27s history, the latest issue was distributed across campus each Wednesday throughout the academic school year (with few exceptions). In recent years The Anchor moved to monthly print issues and a more frequently updated website. The Anchor is now published in print twice per academic semester. Occasionally, the volume and/or issue numbering is irregular
The Effects of Religiousness and Spirituality on COVID-19 Health Behavior Compliance
Get PDFJust a little over a year ago, our lives changed as our country fell into panic and all around us businesses and organizations shut down. Everyone but essential workers were supposed to stay home to prevent the spread of the deadly novel coronavirus. Like workplaces, places of worship also closed their doors, which for some was unprecedented. Organizational decisions and norms within these places of worship such as whether to follow executive orders, socially distance, and cleaning may have influenced individuals’ opinions on how to react to the pandemic. If religious communities chose not to follow these guidelines, telling parishioners that God will protect them and bring cure, for example, this could have given false hope and put individuals at risk (Levin, 2020). If this occurred, individuals could have been influenced to take the pandemic and guidelines less seriously while in public as well, thereby putting others at risk. On the other hand, religious communities that promoted social distancing and cleaning to “protect thy neighbor” would be promoting behaviors that would contribute to preventing spread (VanderWeele, 2020).
Though there are varying ways religiousness could impact health during the pandemic, we hypothesize that more religious and spiritual individuals will better comply with COVID-19 health behaviors to protect the common good due to religiousness and spirituality. Our sample included 1,382 participants involved in a national panel managed by the Harvard Digital Lab for the Social Sciences. The participants completed a survey once between April and May 2020. A 3-item measure was used to assess COVID-19 compliance behaviors, a 1-item measure was used to assess religiousness, and a 1-item measure was used to assess spirituality. Daily spiritual experiences were assessed by a 2-item measure and concern for worship activities being cancelled was asked through a 1-item measure. Religious coping was assessed through a 4-item measure. Preliminary results indicate that self-rated religious identity and combined measures of religiousness are associated with compliance to COVID related health behaviors. However, this association is opposite of our hypothesis and indicates that as compliance increases, religious identity and religiousness decrease. This could indicate that religiousness does not have benefits on preventative health during the pandemic and differs from previous research. This research will help to determine whether there are important associations due to religiousness and spirituality during the pandemic and whether there are characteristics that improve compliance with COVID-19 health behaviors
News from Hope College, Volume 53.2: Winter, 2021
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Artist Talk with Kelly Church
Get PDFA poster for the 2021-2022 Armstrong Lecture given by artist Kelly Church on Thursday, October 28, 2021, related to the exhibition Native American Art: Recent Acquisitions from the Kruizenga Art Museum. The exhibition was held September 10–December 11, 2021.https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/kam_poster/1049/thumbnail.jp
The Anchor Index
Get PDFThis index contains listings of articles in The Anchor. The Anchor is a newspaper put out by Hope College students. It contains articles written by students about Hope College events, people, issues, etc. Note: This is a rough index. It contains tens of thousands of references and was prepared by past and present volunteer staff
Mental Health and Healing
Get PDFA flyer advertising a pop-up exhibition held on October 6, 2021, featuring artworks related to the themes of the Hope College 2021 Critical Issues Symposium, How Are You?: A Deeper Look at a Common Question .https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/kam_poster/1048/thumbnail.jp
The Effect of the Chirp Wheel and Other Ergogenic Aids on Back Flexion and Recovery
Get PDFFoam rollers are used frequently as tools by health professionals and athletes to increase joint range of motion, tissue temperature, and blood flow, providing myofascial relief to areas targeted by the user. Standard foam rollers have been the subject of many studies, with limited work regarding foam rolling of the spine, despite this technique being a common practice among athletes. The chirp wheel is a foam rolling product with a groove down the middle, made to increase pressure on deep back muscles which may act to decrease muscle tension and soreness while optimizing perceived recovery. To our knowledge, this is the first study examining the effectiveness of the chirp wheel. Hope College football players were recruited to take part in this 4-week, 5-session counterbalanced study. The first data session consisted of participant information collection and familiarization while the final four sessions involved weightlifting regimens followed by structured recovery and sit and reach tests. Recovery treatments included the application of either a standard foam roller, chirp wheel, or yoga block to muscles in the gluteal, lumbar, thoracic, cervical, and full back regions. Additionally, in each session perceived relief was recorded immediately after working out, post-treatment (standard foam roller, chirp wheel, or yoga block), and 24 hours after the session. The yoga block was used as a placebo to reduce expectancy error. It was hypothesized that the chirp wheel would provide the greatest increase in lumbar flexion and perceived relief, followed by the standard foam roller and yoga block conditions. Significant results would validate company claims regarding the chirp wheel and would support the preferential use of the chirp wheel in foam rolling of the back. This study is ongoing, results will be available during the celebration
News from Hope College, Volume 53.1: Summer, 2021
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