Spring is here, a hopeful season. Flowers, trees, and plants start growing, and we all surge forward. But if the crops fail, what becomes of our hope? There are risks in deciding for hope. We can't control where a decision will take us. Perhaps we'll be criticized or our actions thought foolish. As we talk with classmates, we hear of the many ways you are active for good. Those who dared to create and grow Luther College from 1861 decided to hope.