Friday, April 22, 2005
Bush is Coming to Calvin
Yesterday morning I passed a friend on the pathway on the way to class—a normal occurrence in my morning routine. This friend though, had something to say to me that was certainly not normal. With a huge, ecstatic grin on his face he said to me, “Peter, have you heard the news? Bush is coming to Calvin! Can you believe it? This is awesome!’ Well, my first reaction was unbelief. I thought that this had to be some sort of hoax or something, because I couldn’t think of any logical reason that the president of the United States of America would just show up at little old Calvin College. When I got back to my room though and read my student news, there it was, an e-mail from Shirley Hoogstra stating that the Bush was in fact coming to Calvin to speak at commencement. Now I was no longer in disbelief, but I sure was angry.