03-11-1987

Paired Courses p# a Trojan War

The Hope College Anchor Vol. 99 Number 19

"To comfort

the afflicted

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CIS '87

Worship Group to Tour

Lecture at DuPree Bruce McCombs, Associate Professor of Art at Hope College, recently had work included in the following exhibitions: " I n t e r g r a f i l e , " Eight I n t e r n a t i o n a l T r i e n n i a l of G r a p h i c Art, Berlin West Ge r ma nay ; "Clemson National Print and Drawing Exhibition," Rudolph E. Lee Gallery, College of A r c h i t e c t u r e , C l e m s o n University, Clemson, South Carolina; and the <45th National Print Exhibition," Payne Gallery, Moranian College, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

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by Julie Cataldo On March 21, a group of Hope College students will begin a tour through Michigan, Illinois, and Indiana. The group. Creative W o r s h i p , is a s t u d e n t organization whose efforts a r e sanctioned by Hope College through the Chaplain's Office.

On tour, the group will offer an hour worship service featuring music, d r a m a , and other creative methods. The purpose of the group is twofold. First, to i n t r o d u c e n e w w a y s of worshipping to congregations which are looking for ideas to use in their own services. Second, s i n c e C r e a t i v e W o r s h i p is composed of people from four d i f f e r e n t denominations, t h e group has i n c o r p o r a t e d t h e v a r y i n g t r a d i t i o n s into one

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For one group on campus, hunger is their p r i m a r y focus.

This week, March 11-13, the Hunger Group will be sponsoring a program set up by Bread for the World. According to Bread for the World, a national organization established to seek ways of relieving hunger, 13 million U.S. children live in families whose incomes a r e too low to provide the basic needs.

In an e f f o r t to aid this situation. Bread for the World is rallying for congressional support for the supplemental food p r o g r a m f o r W o m e n , Infants, and Children. Under WIC, specially tailored packages of food would be available to low income, undernourished pregnant women, nursing mothers, and children under five y e a r s . WIC a l s o i n c l u d e s providing mothers with critical nutritional information for their children as well as themselves.

This p r o g r a m is cost-efficient and Congress h a s supported it in the past. However, m o r e funding «*'•»•<

is needed before all eligible families can benefit. This is where you can help.

WIC is asking people to write to their senators in support of the p r o g r a m . During dinner hour this week, Wednesday through Friday, the Hunger Group will be sitting in the lobbies of P h e l p s and the Maas Center. On your way p a s t , pick up m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n on t h e WIC p r o g r a m . The Hunger Group will have a sample letter for you to follow. Please take the few moments to write to your senator and show your concern for the hungry and malnourished mothers and children in the U.S. Michigan senators a r e Levin and Riegal. Write to: i Senator ; U.S. Senate; Washington, D.C. 20510. Out of state students m a y obtain a l i s t i n g of s e n a t o r s a n d Representatives for their s t a t e either at the tables or at the Chaplain's office. Drop your letters off a t the Chaplain's office and postage will bfe paid.

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service. A better understanding of how people outside of the Reformed Church worship is a result.

Those going on tour a r e Onalee Z a r t m a n (leader), Beth Dobrosky, Lisa Wierda, Mary F o e r s t e r , Shelley Mowery, Cheryl Van Dahm, Mian Walker, and Adrian McCaleb. Other m e m b e r s of the group include Dave Widmer, Wouter Blok, and Lisa Simone.

N e x t S u n d a y , M a r c h 15, Creative Worship will be leading the Dimnent Chapel service at 11 a.m. As this will be the only opportunity for the Hope body to participate with the group, join with them in fellowship and with support next Sunday as they prepare for their tour.

Poet Reads Chinese-American poet LiYoung Lee will r e a d from his works Thursday, March 12, at 7 p.m. in the D e P r e e Art Gallery.

Lee's work is characterized by themes of the sad search, a belief in the holiness of language, a pursuit of certain Chinese ideas or memories, and coming to peace with a powerful father figure. Lee draws his imagery for these t h e m e s f r o m his family's background. His father served as personal physician to Mao tse Tung, and w a s later held p o l i t i c a l p r i s o n e r in a n Indonesian s w a m p before he and his family fled to the United States.

Lee has received three P u s h c a r t Prizes for his poetry, and has been published in the American Poetry Review, Iowa Review, and Madison Review, among others.

There will be a reception for Lee starting at 4 p.m. Thurrsday in the International Education house. E v e r y o n e is welcome and also invited to join Lee and some of the students and faculty for dinner at 5 p . m .

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Left of Center

Critical Issues Revisited Last weeks Anchor reported, with g r e a t regret, the plans to scuttle next y e a r s Critical Issues Symposium. The Symposium is one of Hope's most unique, exciting and informative events.

This y e a r s s y m p o s i u m ' t h a n k s to the work of Sander D e H a a n , Alfredo Gonzales, Neal Sobania and other c o m m i t t e e m e m b e r s , w a s a p a r t i c u l a r l y splendid occasion. It h a s b e c o m e a h a l l m a r k of Hope's intellectual a c h e i v e m e n t in p a s t y e a r s , and the c a l e n d a r would be noticable lean without it.

F o r t u n a t e l y , due to the outcry of students and faculty, and the r e s p o n s i v e n e s s of p a r t i c u l a r m e m b e r s of the A d m i n i s t r a t i v e Affairs Committee, Critical Issues h a s been saved. When informed of the decision to drop

Critical Issues, Hope's community responded with the kind of o u t r a g e and d i s m a y t h a t is encouraging and r a r e l y seen on our c a m p u s . Don Williams, c h a i r m a n of the A d m i n i s t r a t i v e Affairs board responded quickl} immediately examining potential topics for a Critical Issues Symposium next y e a r . As it s t a n d s today, the Critical Issues Symposium is alive a n d well. Thanks a r e owed to the concerned students and faculty m e m b e r s , a n d to D r . Williams who proved the A. A. C o m m i t t e e is not as lethargic as it often appears. Finally, however, 'credit is d u e to the Hope community in general, whose record a t t e n d a n c e at this y e a r ' s symposium m a y h a v e shown to <4 those guys u p s t a i r s " that we can c a r e about something.

by L a r r y W a g e n a a r Hope is on the v e r g e of a new experience. Recently a president was elected, Dr. Jacobson, to take us into the f u t u r e . We desire to see Hope f u r t h e r gain on its reputation, to attain new heights continuing to grow and develop.

Our new president j s c o m m i t t e d to a mission t h a t will help attain the goals set forth in the speeches and furvor of J a n u a r y 1987. But to m e there is an element we need to a d d r e s s - one that we can feel proud of.

Although m y interests h a v e always lain in history to a g r e a t e r d e g r e e than most it is a p p a r e n t to m e t h a t we should not loose sight of w h e r e Hope College h a s come f r o m . The name " D u t c h " has almost attained the s t a t u s of a n a t h e m a .

I have spent t i m e delving into the early history of Hope College and have found it quite fasinating.

Many of the issues we deal with itoday, such a s the hiring process and even the appointment of a new president m u s t be seen in

USES of the Past

the light of the early Dutch settlers of Holland t h a t c r e a t e d an institution to e d u c a t e its sons and d a u g h t e r s in a solidly Christain w a y . It is this root that will continue to c h a r a c t e r i z e how seriously we take the original intention of this college - but only if we keep t h a t original founding mission in c l e a r perspective.

This is not' to a d v o c a t e a p e r m a n e n t focus on the p a s t nor is it "If you ain't Dutch y o u ' r e not m u c h " . Such ethnic snobism is to be strictly avoided. But it is the ethnic-religious h e r i t a g e of Hope that all can be proud of if t h e y d e s i r e to b e . It d e m o n s t r a t e s a well-defined vision. A desire to be the best, a desire to r e a c h for the excellence of h i g h e r education d e s p i t e t r e n d s and situations t h a t drive us in an opposite direction. Van R a a l t e - t h a t stuffy old Calvinist wrote a c c r o s s the very first reoort of the Pioneer school that preceeded Hope College in the 1850's: " T h i s is m y anchor of

By Larry J. Wogenaar hope for this people and for their future." Van'Raalte was always looking to the f u t u r e just like we a r e today - but he did not forget w h e r e he w a s f r o m . In the mid 1860's it w a s even proposed t h a t the n a m e be c h a n g e d to " H o p e Haven U n i v e r s i t y " , alluding to a still m o r e ambitious d r e a m .

Although I a m a r a r e breeed, the son of Dutch i m m i g r a n t s of the early 1950's, and hence h a v e a closer a f f i n i t y with the tradition, m y study of the Dutch i m m i g r a n t s has d e m o n s t r a t e d much that Hope College be proud of. I am not d e m o n s t r a t e d much that Hope College be proud of. I a m not saying t h a t we have forsaken t h a t h e r i t a g e . We h a v e and should be proud of the wide diversity that Hope College has worked to a t t a i n . It is simply m y hope that a s Dr. J a c o b s o n t a k e s up the reigns of his office he take some t i m e to g a r n e r a knowledge of those early d a y s of the college and the c o m m u n i t y t h a t build it why it w a s built and upon t h a t where it should go f r o m h e r e in 1987.

Inside The Beltway

Towards a L a s t w e e k ' s p r o p o s a l by Mikhail Gorbachev to eliminate all i n t e r m e d i a t e - r a n g e n u c l e a r missiles f r o m E u r o p e a p p e a r s to h a v e broken the i m p a s s e t h a t h a s hamstrung the I.N.F. negotiations between the two superpowers. At the R e k j a v i k s u m m i t and up until the r e c e n t proposal, Moscow insisted t h a t such an a g r e e m e n t , which h a d long been n e a r completion, could not occur without s i m u l t a n e o u s p r o g r e s s in negotiations dealing with s t r a t e g i c s y s t e m s a n d P r e s i d e n t R e a g a n ' s Strategic

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Defense Initiative. By conceding served a s a trip wire t h a t to the U.S. position and a g r e e i n g implicitly brought the E u r o p e a n to p u r s u e an I . N . F . t r e a t y component of the alliance under independently, Gorbachev h a s t h e protection of A m e r i c a ' s called R e a g a n ' s h a n d . How the strategic n u c l e a r u m b r e l l a in U.S. responds will d e t e r m i n e the c a s e of a N . A . T . O . - W a r s a w P a c t s i n c e r i t y of t h e c u r r e n t confrontation. a d m i n i s t r a t i o n ' s a p p r o a c h to the The U.S. adopted a negotiation a r m s control process. s t a n c e t h a t openly contradicted The debate over the this reasoning. R i c h a r d P e r l e , a E u r o m i s s i l e s b e g a n in 1979. P e n t a g o n official whose ultraOstensibly in response to the hawkish views h a v e led s o m e Soviet d e p l o y m e n t of SS-20 o b s e r v e r s to call him " t h e prince missiles in E a s t e r n E u r o p e , of d a r k n e s s , " c a m e up with the N.A.T.O. countries in Western " z e r o option" f o r m u l a , whereby E u r o p e asked the U.S. to deploy the only a c c e p t a b l e agreement an opposing i n t e r m e d i a t e - r a n g e f r o m the U.S. p e r s p e c t i v e w a s nuclear force in the f o r m of o n e t h a t r e m o v e d all P e r s h i n g II and ground-launched i n t e r m e d i a t e - r a n g e f o r c e s on cruise missiles.

However, a s b o t h s i d e s f r o m E u r o p e .

General B e r n a r d W. Rogers, the Knowing t h a t this position would, retiring c o m m a n d e r of N.A.T.O., albeit on a shallow level, p o r t r a y has pointed out in his usual the U.S. a s the p e a c e m a k e r - a n d outspoken fashion, " w e would t h a t a s e r i e s of decrepit and have modernized irrespective of dying Soviet leaders would n e v e r the SS-20 b e c a u s e w e had this g a p a g r e e to such a plan a n y w a y - t h e in our s p e c t r u m of defense R e a g a n A d m i n i s t r a t i o n w a s developing and we needed to confident t h a t the deployment of close the g a p . " the U.S. missiles would be N.A.T.O. decided to proceed on u n h i n d e r e d , c o m p l e t e , a n d a " d u a l t r a c k " approach, in relatively p e r m a n e n t . which deployment of the missiles Enter Gorbachev and would coincide with negotiations G l a s n o s t .

At R e k j a v i k , a to limit the overall totals of such surprising a g r e e m e n t w a s n e a r l y weapons on both sides. Designed r e a c h e d on i n t e r m e d i a t e - r a n g e to a p p e a s e p o p u l a r opposition to forces along the lines of the " z e r o the d e p l o y m e n t in W e s t e r n option" f o r m u l a t h a t the U.S. h a d E u r o p e while providing t h e a s s u m e d t h e Soviets would n e v e r Soviet Union with motivation to be a m e n a b l e to. And with the reduce the n u m b e r of SS-20's it r e c e n t d e l i n k i n g of t h e had installed, the " d u a l t r a c k " E u r o m i s s i l e d e b a t e f r o m the d e c i s i o n w a s n e v e r t h e l e s s o t h e r p o i n t s of c o n t e n t i o n p r e m i s e d on the f a c t t h a t s o m e b e t w e e n t h e s u p e r p o w e r s , i n t e r m e d i a t e - r a n g e n u c l e a r Moscow h a s now adroitly turned forces would be required for t h e n e g o t i a t i o n p o l i c y of N.A.T.O.'s security even a f t e r N . A . T . O . b a c k a g a i n s t t h e the negotiations w e r e completed alliance.

The West E u r o p e a n T h r e e m a j o r disputes h a v e to g o v e r n m e n t s f e a r e d t h a t t h e be settled before any t r e a t y c a n r e m o v a l of all U.S. missiles be signed: 1.) the quantity, w o u l d e f f e c t i v e l y d e c o u p l e location, and b a l a n c e of the A m e r i c a f r o m N.A.T.O.: the short-range (under 600 k m . ) , i n t e r m e d i a t e - r a n g e f o r c e s tactical n u c l e a r w e a p o n s in

E u r o p e ; 2.) v e r i f i c a t i o n p r o c e d u r e s for t h e t r e a t y - w h i c h a r e highly complex, given the small size and g r e a t mobility of the i n t e r m e d i a t e - r a n g e s y s t e m s ; a n d 3.) the r u l e s governing deployment of the 100 w a r h e a d s t h a t each s u p e r p o w e r will r e t a i n a f t e r all the E u r o m i s s i l e s h a v e been r e m o v e d from the continent.

F u r t h e r m o r e , N.A.T.O. will h a v e to r e a s s e s s its s t r a t e g i c planning. The alliance did not a r b i t r a r i l y conclude in 1979 t h a t s o m e A m e r i c a n missiles would be needed in E u r o p e ; instead, the decision originated in the conventional a n d s h o r t - r a n g e nuclear superiority of the Soviet Union a n d its W a r s a w P a c t a l l i e s - a n d the f e a r t h a t A m e r i c a would not r e s o r t to s t r a t e g i c nuclear intervention in b a c k i n g Western E u r o p e if conflict a r o s e .

However, a p r u d e n t N.A.T.O. s t r a t e g y that a d d r e s s e s these concerns is not out of the question.

As s o m e o b s e r v e r s h a v e inevitably complained, G o r b a c h e v ' s o f f e r is indeed politically motivated.

It p r o m i s e s to s t r e n g t h e n a Soviet e c o n o m y long o v e r - b u r d e n e d with excessive d e f e n s e spending.

Conversely, R o n a l d R e a g a n also s t a n d s to b e n e f i t - a n a r m s control t r e a t y would help him dig out of the Iran-Contra s c a n d a l .

Yet f a r beyond the i m m e d i a t e p o l i t i c a l i n t e r e s t s of b o t h leaders, an I . N . F . t r e a t y would serve the i m p e r a t i v e and mutually inclusive i n t e r e s t s t h a t the s u p e r p o w e r s h a v e in t h e success of the a r m s control process.

Letters to the Editor

CIS Cancellation Reactions

To the Editor: After spending a very interesting and informative day at this y e a r s critical issues symposium, I picked up a copy of the Anchor and w a s quite distressed to r e a d that next y e a r ' s symposium had been cancelled and basically replaced by a day in honor of the new library. I would like to m a k e some reflections on what I felt I learned in this y e a r s critical issues s y m p o s i u m ; hopefully these reflections will illuminate why I feel it is a mistake to "hold off hosting C.I.S. in '88 due to a special day planned to dedicate the new Van Wylen L i b r a r y . " I can't adequately explain the value of C.I.S. without first explaining what I see as its

purpose; it is a day set aside when the community of this c o l l e g e c o m e s t o g e t h e r to examine how our actions and those of our country affect both a grave situation and a despairing group of people. The symposium also looks to how our actions can help alleviate this tragic situation whether it be apartheid, i n t e r n a l s t r i f e in C e n t r a l America, or world hunger to n a m e the last three topics.

Clearly, this event has a very strong and positive outward and transcending focus to it. Thus the symposium provides a unique and powerful experience where we as a community can look beyond ourselves in a way we could not do as individuals in an

effort to help a needy and oppressed people. This reaching out to aid others provides a refreshing and vivifying experience, one that is in stark contrast to the bulk of college experience such a s studying and social activities, which a r e generally inwardly focused.

I would now like to contrast this i m a g e of C.I.S. with how I see a day to dedicate the new library. A day for the dedication of the new library, even if it included an examination of the value of a liberal a r t s education, would be profoundly inwardly focused. As a college community we would be getting together to examine how we could m a k e our

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The a d m i n i s t r a t i v e a f f a i r s board has decided to cancel the critical issues symposium for next year. I feel like I a m closing the barn door a f t e r the horse r a n away by writing this article, but something needs to be said in the defense of those students who will truly miss C.I.S. in '88.

I have been given two reasons for the symposiums cancellation.

First, that student participation in C.I.S. has not been very high in the past and second, that it will be h a r d to c r e a t e e n o u g h momentum for two s e p a r a t e special events next year.

Truly, the new library will be a great asset to the college. The space it will create and the

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Responses to Mrs. Jacobson

Dear Editor: I would like to comment on the controversy surrounding Mrs. Jacobson's future role at Hope College. The entire m a t t e r was begun with a less than impressive article by Sarah E b e r h a r d followed by an anonymous, obnoxiously s a r c a s t i c piece, and then followed by a gracious and t a c t f u l r e s p o n s e f r o m Mrs. To the editor: parietais reform, but yes to the Jacobson. All this bantering back I'd like to predict the results of fact that the Kletz and library and forth is nice, but I would like a survey recently given to all should be open later, no m a t t e r to deal with the fundamental dorm residents. This is possible what happens to parietais. m a t t e r a t h a n d — t h e Hope because I am convinced the There a r e other alternatives to community's view of women. survey was set up only to parietais as they now stand. The I find it hard to believe that the produce certain desired results. I bill p a s s e d through Student only "vital roles" for Mrs. f o u n d t h e t i m i n g of t h e Congress would allow most J a c o b s o n a r e l i m i t e d t o "Residence Life E v a l u a t i o n " dorms to decide their parietais hostessing duties. There is no revealing. It c a m e on the heels of by popular vote. That bill has r e a s o n t h a t P r e s i d e n t - e l e c t a bill to alter existing rules on met with considerable Jacobson, a man with the ability parietais. opposition. I agree, the bill does to run a college, is not able to I believe the purpose of the have problems. The popular vote serve luncheons and host social survey was solely to prove that doesn't please everyone. And gatherings himself. Why was this the majority of students a r e in when I pay over ten thousand "vital role" overlooked in the favor of parietais, and that if dollars a y e a r for my education, I Anchor's front page article about some area on c a m p u s was open like to know in advance if there our new president? This blatant after parietais there would be no are going to be slumber parties example of sexism is proof that need to change existing rules. in my room. I also predict that if the Hope community needs to I c a m e to this conclusion a f t e r this goes through, a f t e r the broaden its views on the role of filling my survey out. The first parietais vote, people will be women. question on parietais is vague dorm swapping — the private Surely Mrs. Jacobson will have enough to be used by the college individuals moving to dorms her hand in organizing some to justify the parietal policy. with s e v e r e p a r i e t a i s , t h e social events, but these duties When asked "Are you generally socialites moving to dorms with seem secondary when compared in favor of having certain hours open hours. to h e r o t h e r p o s s i b l e when residences a r e not open to A better alternative would be contributions. It would have been m e m b e r s of the opposite s e x ? " I to restrict parietais during the interesting and newsworthy to answered " Y e s " , as did m a n y of week and abolish them on F r i d a y learn of Mrs. Jacobson's future my friends. But, this does not evenings. My proposal is to alter career plans, or of her strong imply that we support parietais parietais as follows: Saturday — ecumenical background which as t h e y s t a n d or w o u l d 2 a.m. to 10 a.m.; Sunday thru she will contribute to Hope, or of n e c e s s a r i l y s u p p o r t the Thursday — 1 a . m . to 10 a.m.; her abilities as an editor of a meaningless alternatives that and Friday evening 2 a.m. to 10 monthly magazine. the college is proposing instead a.m. would be "escort hours".

This m a t t e r exemplifies the of a change in parietais.

People could be on the other u n f o r t u n a t e a n d b a c k w a r d The only alternative the survey sex's floor only if escorted by a attitude that is more pervasive allowed us to c o m m e n t on was resident of that floor. This is a on Hope's c a m p u s than one is led the opening of c a m p u s facilities s t a n d a r d p o l i c y on m a n y to believe. The role of women on a f t e r parietais, where we could campuses, and works well.

Hope's c a m p u s needs m o r e than study and socialize with I also take offense at page just a Women's Week—it needs a m e m b e r s of the oppposite sex. three of the survey w h e r e Women's Decade.

When the survey asked, "Would students a r e asked to r a t e the you like m o r e places available on rules as to if they need m o r e or John McElwee c a m p u s for students to socialize less strict enforcement. I claim a f t e r p a r i e t a i s ? " it w a s in truth that when you m a k e a rule, you asking whether we as students* should intend to enforce it. If you To the Editor: would be willing to m a k e a t r a d e don't intend to enforce it, then My hats, wigs, scarves and off. We would give up on change the rule to something that wraps (scarf tied in African changing parietais if the college is c l e a r l y j u s t and e a s i l y fashion) a r e off to you for your would keep its social gathering enforced. comments in the March 4, 1987 places open later. Again I said Anchor, welcome aboard most " Y e s " . Not yes to giying up on Jon Hofman "Gracious L a d y . "

Dean's,Dormitory Survey a Fallacy

by Sally Davis

i n c r e a s e d a v a i l a b i l i t y of research materials m a k e s a r a i s e in t u i t i o n a l m o s t acceptable. I can already tell it is going to be an asthetically beautiful addition to the campus.

But I do not see the benefits of substituting a library dedication ceremony for C.I.S. in'88.

As a prospective student, I appreciated the size of Hope's campus, as I a m from a small town. But I also recognized Hope's on-going efforts to break down t h e b a r r i e r s of o u r sheltered community. This is a p p a r e n t in t h e m a j o r renovations m a d e all over the campus, the diverse off-campus and over-seas programs, the modern equipment in our science laboratories and even the huge

I am one of those Anchor r e a d e r s who flinched every time an RCA article is written in the Anchor, but has never said anything.

As an unofficial Hostess it has been my pleasure to entertain several groups of Hope College students in my home also. I take it quite seriously. T h e r e is a flurry of activity the night before they arrive, checking the silver and stem-ware. No, it doesn't only happen in tv commercials for a particular brand of dish detergent. ~ These gatherings have come to mean a lot to me. As a homem a k e r for 27 y e a r s it is a pleasure and not a menial task.

Sunday afternoon the students asked my opinion of "pledging" and " r u s h i n g " on campus. Ther were sincere and wanted an honest answer, as they always do.

As I write this letter over a cup of coffee in m y small dinning room I pause to a d m i r e the beautiful vase of long stem, red roses the students brought to me.

T h e y r e m i n d m e of how " s p e c i a l " you are. These are the beautiful m e m o r i e s I will have of our times spent together. You a r e a joy to m e and I a m sure you will be to Mrs. J e a n n e Jacobson.

P.S. R.C.A. stands for "Rude, Crude and Abusive.

Carol D. Johnson To the Editor, Reading Mrs. Jacobson's letter which was printed in the March fourth Anchor m a k e s m e wonder if she has ever read the National Enquirer, or The New York Post.

In her letter she said that she had ^Never encountered a newspaper which has printed items written with the purpose of teasing, hurting and causing distress." Obviously, she has never read a s u p e r m a r k e t rag which prints headlines like; "Liberace Raped Elvis, Madonna's Ex-lover."

Obviously, The Anchor should h a v e s o m e c o m m i t t m e n t to journalistic truth. However, The Anchor should also be a forum which provides opportunities for writers to learn how to become

better writers. If it is to be such a forum, the writing m a y be uneven, passionate, and sometimes tasteless.

Unfortunately, The Anchor is rarely passionate, and is usually in shockingly good taste, which is deplorable.

If the tasteless is always censored, some writers m a y not be able to refine their literarly voices. While p r o f e s s i o n a l w r i t e r s usually work under stylistic constraints, they generally a r e doing the type of writing they're interested in.

Someone who really wanted to write for Mad Magazine would rarely be found on the staff of the New York Times. The college newspaper is an ideal place for writers to discover and refine their literary voices. As such, it s h o u l d be o p e n to all permutations of the beginning writer's c r a f t .

Another problem with banishing the tasteless is that it is difficult to decide precisely what the tasteless is. For Mrs. J a c o b s o n , t h e t a s t e l e s s is anything which m a k e s fun of her.

F o r me, (and I would guess most other Hope students,) the article which she detested, I found hilarious. If she is allowed to draw the line where she wants to draw it, I will be denied a good chuckle.

If m a y be objected that my chuckle w a s at h e r expense. This is c o r r e c t ; m o s t h u m o r is basicall tasteless. Nobody would laugh if Mark Russell said; " T h e President is a nice man and I like him a lot." If we lived in a perfectly tasteful world, we'd all look like Dr. Jacobson (Note to the humor impaired: R e a d with estreme sarcasm.) People derive pleasure from laughing at each other because deep down we know that life isn't that serious. To put it less tastefull, we all go to the bathroom.

As a writer and a D.J., I can sympathize with Mrs. Jacobson's wish not to be m a d e fun of. I also have to put up with occasional a t t a c k s on m y c h a r a c t e r .

However, I have put myself in this position, and would not

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R e c e n t l y , I w r o t e an e d i t o r i a l c o n c e r n i n g the a t t i t u d e s and v a l u e s of greek o r g a n i z a t i o n s at H o p e .

To t h o s e of you who took t i m e to read it, I o f f e r t h a n k s . To t h o s e of you who m a d e nice c o m m e n t s to m e , I offer even more thanks.

Unfortunately, I received a letter via W h i t n e y L e i g h (chief e d i t o r ) i n d i c a t i n g that I could not s p e l l and I did not k n o w b a s i c r u l e s of grammar.

To this guy (it is a m a l e ) , I have a few c o m m e n t s to m a k e .

F i r s t of all,' I c o u n t e d only six g r a m m a t i c a l and s p e l l i n g e r r o r s w h i c h you k i n d l y c i r c l e d .

G i v e n the c i r c u m s t a n c e s u n d e r w h i c h the e d i t o r i a l w a s w r o t e , I do not feel I " b u t c h e r e d " the E n g l i s h l a n g u a g e as you s u g g e s t . I had l e s s than two h o u r s to w r i t e , I was very t i r e d , and I w a s w r i t i n g as I t y p e d ; I did not h a v e t i m e to r e v i s e or p r o o f r e a d a d e q u a t e l y .

T h a t is my e x c u s e . For you, it will have to do. H o w e v e r , I h a v e s o m e c r i t i c i z i n g of you to p u b l i c i z e .

You s u g g e s t I take a g r a m m a r c l a s s .

I s u g g e s t you get a f r o n t a l l o b o t o m y .

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You fail to r e a l i z e n e w s w r i t i n g is q u i t e d i f f e r e n t from essay w r i t i n g , from w h i c h you seem to be accustoj.^d. (Or e l s e you'd be on the A n c h o r s t a f f ) .

F u r t h e r m o r e / y o u c a n ' t s p e l l or p u n c t u a t e y o u r s e l f . In your trite letter you w r i t e , " P l e a s e e n c o u r a g e your e d i t o r , B r i a n B r e e n to l e a r n p r o p e r . . . " W h e r e ' s the c o m m a a f t e r my last n a m e ? T h e r e s h o u l d be o n e .

You a l s o w r i t e , "... it's a s h a m e that a c o l l e g e n e w s p a p e r e d i t o r can not even w r i t e . . . " T h a t ' s e x a c t l y how you w r o t e it. But you should h a v e known c a n n o t is one w o r d ; at least you could h a v e t h r o w n in a h y p h e n .

F i n a l l y , you did not even sign your n a m e . How c o n v e n i e n t . U n t i l p e o p l e l e a r n to s i g n t h e i r n a m e s , I'll h a v e to c o n t i n u e w r i t i n g for e l e m e n t a r y s c h o o l s (as you s u g g e s t e d ) or in this c a s e , Hope C o l l e g e .

But r e m e m b e r one t h i n g . As an e d i t o r , I h a v e o t h e r i m p o r t a n t t h i n g s on my m i n d .

B e i n g a p e r f e c t s p e l l e r isn't one of them I've got to f i g u r e how to get k n u c k l e h e a d s like you to w r i t e .

P.S.V You f o r g o t to c i r c l e p e r s o n a l l y .

I spelled it p e s o n a l l y . Even you m i s s e d that one, too.

Freeze Frame: Do you approve of public condom advertising ?

r « •L Del Todd: I'm all for it if it will prevent spread of diseases like aids and crabs.

Dr. Robert Piers: I'd love to see responsible sex tied in with values, but ultimately and pragmatically, people will make their own choices, and I'd like that to be an informed choice.

Susan Beede: I think it's a good idea! People today, both young and old, need to be aware of protective and preventive measures availabletothem.

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Susan Lange a s : I believe that tasteful advertisement of prophylactics accompanied with educational material related to health concerns and responsible decision making is necessary.

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A Question of Faith The Winning Team By John Gardner

by J o h n R. G a r d n e r In last w e e k ' s column the question of the m a n y different a p p r o a c h e s to G o d w i t h i n Christianity w a s raised. What is interesting about t h a t question is, with so m a n y other a s p e c t s of living the Christian faith, why is a comparatively rhetorical question such a m a j o r focus?

The r e a s o n s for this c o m e from a v a r i e t y of d i s c i p l i n e s : psychology, sociology, anthropology and, of course, theology. Many a n s w e r s stem from the train of thought that m a n h a s g e n e r a t e d religion entirely by himself for the p u r p o s e of r e s o l v i n g t h e e x i s t e n t i a l q u e s t i o n s of his existence. Religion is one of the p r i m a r y places to turn for a sense of m e a n i n g and purpose in life. It also is virtually the only source of a n s w e r s to questions p e r t a i n i n g to what c o m e s a f t e r death.

It is easy to say that religion and, m o r e specificall to this d i s c u s s i o n , C h r i s t i a n i t y , is simply amother man-made philosophy. If it is, it certainly has not gone t h r o u g h the tumultuous u p h e a v a l s and aboutfaces of every school of thought m a n h a s g e n e r a t e d to date.

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inspired is not the issue here.

What is at issue is why it is so important t h a t the question of 44 Why a r e t h e r e so m a n y w a y s to worship one G o d ? " be a n s w e r e d to our satisfaction.

Since Christianity does offer answers to questions which a r e utterly beyond everyday thinking, and these s a m e questions h a v e a direct effect upon o u r s e n s e of w o r t h , m e a n i n g in l i f e a n d o u r apprehensions concerning the end of life, it is n a t u r a l l y quite essential that the faith we a d h e r e to gives us the right set of answers. Consequently, it is the multiplicity of denominations and faiths t h a t challenges our security in this m a t t e r . It is human want to be p a r t of the "winning t e a m . " R e m e m b e r how m a n y B e a r s f a n s suddenly surfaced 2 y e a r s ago half way through the season? This is the s a m e train of thought t h a t leads to nationalism, patriotism, t e a m spirit, group loyalty and so forth.

All these a r e healthy, in their place. They can, however, easily d e g e n e r a t e to b a s e , a n i m a l t e r r i t o r i a l i t y . T h i s is t h e aggressive defense m e c h a n i s m which stems, scientistis tell us, from the lowest, or a n i m a l p a r t

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Religion m u s t not be dealt with on this level. It is not of this level - otherwise faith would be an instince the s a m e way eating and sleeping a r e . To m e a s u r e our f a i t h ' s value a g a i n s t that of other on this point is impossible. It is looking at worldly s t a n d a r d s for verification of " o t h e r - w o r d l y " values.Who h a s the ability to count how m a n y Baptists h a v e achieved salvation as opposed to Methodists? Catholics as opposed to J e w s ? or even J e w s c o m p a r e d to Muslims?

The question of " I s m y faith the best o n e ? " is irrelevant to the task of living it out. In the c a s e of Christianity the life we a r e called to is spelled out by Christ: "If anyone would c o m e a f t e r me, let him (or her) deny himself, t a k e up his cross and follow m e . " Is not p a r t of denying ourselves the a c c e p t a n c e that we a r e to go on faith r a t h e r than be told "This is the n u m b e r one t e a m , let's go get ' e m ? " Christ s a y s that we a r e to humble ourselves like a child (Matt 18:3-4). What child e v e r d e m a n d e d to know if his w a s the best family around before he agreed to be p a r t of it?

Religion is not a philosophy of comparison. In order to fully

follow the directive of denying ourselves - we m u s t forget o u r s e l v e s . In so d o i n g , a c o m p a r i s o n of our w a y a s opposed to a n o t h e r b e c o m e s impossible. Denying oneself, a s the Greek word " a p a r n e o m a i " in the p a s s a g e denotes, involves utterly denying all that is "of himself (or oneself) - ( h e a u t o r ) . '

compiled by G r e g Olgers 20 y e a r s ago. April 7,1967 4< (A) n e w s c i e n c e h a l l , estimated to cost approximately $4 m i l l i o n , will h o u s e t h e d e p a r t m e n t s of c h e m i s t r y , biology and the newly c r e a t e d geology d e p a r t m e n t . It will r e p l a c e t h e p r e s e n t science building ( L u b b e r s Hall窶馬ote) which was constructed in 1941."

50 y e a r s ago. M a r c h 3,1937 ''Hope's chemistry d e p a r t m e n t h a s a l r e a d y placed two of its seniors in g r a d u a t e schools. Senior Calvin Vander Werf, v a l e d i c t o r i a n , s t u d e n t council president, and Clarence Veltmann, s a l u t a t o r i a n , have received a s s i s t a n t s h i p s f r o m Ohio S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y a n d Washington University at St. Louis respectively...

"Both m e n h a v e received stipends sufficient to provide for their expenses with a probability of an i n c r e a s e in the second year."

Is the sense of self-worth and self-importance t h a t comes f r o m saying "Mine is the only t r u e f a i t h " a p a r t of what Christ is calling Christians to in this passage?

C e r t a i n l y , a s an a t h l e t e , joining a one t e a m over another is partly d e t e r m i n e d by the reputation of the t e a m However, it is impossible to wait for how the season c o m e s out before deciding to join. The outcome of the season will be affected by 90 y e a r s ago. April, 1897 joining the t e a m and then by how " T h e seniors were recently much effort if put into playing for entertained at the home of Dr. t h a t one t e a m . Security about Kollen. They report a very whether one's faith is right or not pleasant t i m e . " grows as one b e c o m e s "On M a r c h 20th Dr. Kollen was i n m m e r s e d in and dedicated to it seen riding a b o u t town on r a t h e r than a s one continually horseback. What can the Doctor discredits others. Can faith full |be c o n t e m p l a t i n g ! " function if it is d r a g g e d down to * " J o h n Bosman, M e r c h a n t Tailor, t h e l e v e l of t e r r i t o r i a l Eighth St., Holland." competition?

"If you w a n t neat, smooth (Work d o n e c a l l A r t h u r B a u m g a r t e l , B a r b e r . Shop on South River S t r e e t . "

The Belle of Amherst Comes to Hope ft

L a u r a Whyte, well known Atlanta a c t r e s s , will a p p e a r a s E m i l y Dickinson in William Lucis The Belle of A m h e r s t which will be p r e s e n t e d at T h e DeWitt Center on March 17-18 at 8 p.m. Tickets for the production m a n y be p u r c h a s e d at the DeWitt Ticket office and cost is $7 adults, $3 students and $6 for senior citizens.

Ms. Whyte h a s been acting in the Southeast for the p a s t ten y e a r s and h a s just concluded a successful tour with D e a t h t r a p for F l o r i d a ' s H i p p i d r o m e T h e a t r e . She h a s also been a m e m b e r of the acting c o m p a n y of the A l a b a m a S h a k e s p e a r e Festival a n d h a s a p p e a r e d at t h e Alliance T h e a t r e in Atlanta a s well as with the E m o r y University S u m m e r T h e a t r e and the Hailequin Dinner T h e a t r e . A v e t e r a n of over 200 radio and tv commercials, Laura makes industrial and f e a t u r e films a s well. She can be seen in Little Darlings and Hopscotch and w a s in the ABC-TV r e m a k e of E a s t of Eden.

O r i g i n a l l y p r o d u c e d on Broadway s t a r r i n g Julie H a r r i s , T h e Belle of A m h e r s t is a touching and steadily absorbing evening even to those who know little about the s u p e r b poet.

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The Belle of A m h e r s t is an evening of t h e a t r e t h a t excites all who see this r e m a r k a b l e p o r t r a i t of one of A m e r i c a ' s best know but least understood poets.

Paired Courses: The Plan

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By John D. Cox P a i r e d courses. Who needs them? What a r e they? How did they c o m e to be that w a y ?

What's the point of t h e m ? Why did the U.S. g o v e r n m e n t invest $70,000 in them at Hope?

P a i r e d courses a r e designed to bridge the gaps between courses.

A student still h a s the s a m e choices a m o n g c o r e courses, but if she w a n t s to, she c a n t a k e some core c o u r s e s in pairs, and thus learn about crossdisciplinary relations.

Suppose, for example, a s t u d e n t w a n t s to t a k e a n introductory course in sociology.

She r e g i s t e r s for Soc 151 and learns a b u t the basic principles of cultural anthropology. At the s a m e time, she decides to t a k e Econ 201 and learn the b a si c principles of economics. T h e s e

a r e both core courses. Both a r e introductory.

Under n o r m a l c i r c u m s t a n c e s , this student would t a k e these two courses and n e v e r think any m o r e about it. But sociology and e c o n o m i c s a r e t a u g h t by different d e p a r t m e n t s only for the convenience of a c a d e m i c organization. The two s u b j e c t s in fact h a v e a lot to do with each other. Taking couses s e p a r a t e l y teaches a person about e a c h discipline, but not how they relate to each other.

How does pairing work in p r a c t i c a l t e r m s ? In p r e p a r i n g Soc 151, a professor spends t i m e reading the texts assigned for Econ 201, and vice v e r s a . The two professors m e e t frequently, discuss one a n o t h e r ' s texts, and p r e p a r e syllabuses t h a t t a k e the

other p e r s o n ' s c o u r s e into account. This p r e p a r a t i o n h a s the effect of helping students to undersand b e t t e r how the two subjects a r e r e l a t e d when they a r e presented in the classroom.

If the student is in both sections of a pair, the benefit is even greater. The r e q u i r e m e n t s for each course a r e just the s a m e , but students u n d e r s t a n d the m a t e r i a l for e a c h course b e t t e r by seeing it in relation to the other course. All other things being equal, this should improve a student's p e r f o r m a n c e in both courses. Yet the work required is just the s a m e a s if he w e r e taking non-paired sections.

Before paired courses w e r e offered, m a n y m e m b e r s of the faculty and a d m i n i s t r a t i o n believed the core c u r r i c u l u m

needed to be better integrated. In 1985, the College submitted a proposal for funding to t h e National E n d o w m e n t for the Humanities. This proposal w a s funded in full, without revision, giving Hope a p r o g r a m that is unique a m o n g U.S. colleges.

In addition to p r e p a r i n g course together, professors h a v e also m e t twice in faculty workshops.

The first w a s in the spring of 1986; the second will be this spring. These workshops lasted for three weeks and involved professors f r o m the cultural history s e g m e n t of the core curriculum. They spent t i m e together reading one a n o t h e r ' s texts and discussing t h e m . T h e aim has been to e n c u r a g e crossdisciplinary thinking and

Paired courses provide benefits to s t u d e n t s in t h r e e tiers.

F i r s t , directly to those actually taking p a i r e d courses. Students in both sections of a p a i r stand to gain the m o s t f r o m their p r o f e s s o r s ' p r e p a r a t i o n and cooperation. Second, professors who have p r e p a r e d for paired t e a c h i n g e x p a n d t h e i r own intellectual horizons and enrich their teaching even in non-paired sections of their courses. Third, f a c u l t y m e m b e r s in t h e workshops d e r i v e m a n y of the b e n e f i t s of p a i r e d - c o u r s e p r e p a r a t i o n , and those benefits in turn a r e p a s s e d on to students.

Next week we will look at how this plan h a s actually worked.

Baker Scholar: More than a Line on yourResume

by E r i c Sattler a n d Lynette O j a l a The B a k e r Scholars p r o g r a m h e r e at Hope is one of the Business D e p a r t m e n t ' s best kept secrets. E v e r y y e a r , a n u m b e r of very qualified Sophomore Business Administration m a j o r s apply for the honor. The " B a k e r s " a r e the most select group of students in Hope's largest m a j o r , and of all the applicants, only four or five a r e selected each y e a r to p a r t i c i p a t e in the enriching experiences.

At one t i m e in Hope's past, the Baker Scholarship was a source of funds for students to p u r s u e g r a d u a t e degrees. After s o m e

financial difficulties in the late 70's, the Baker T r u s t F u n d w i t h d r e w s u p p o r t of t h e p r o g r a m , which w a s the only such p r o g r a m in the State of Michigan and one of only 33 in the nation. Realizing the worth of the p r o g r a m . P r e s i d e n t Van Wylen requested f r o m the B a k e r T r u s t organization t h a t Hope continue to use the n a m e , and support its operations with college funds, to which they a g r e e d .

The Baker Scholarship P r o g r a m today is no longer a way to fund g r a d school, but it is a way to experience what cannot be learned in the classroom. It is

a p r o g r a m t h a t helps develop the leadership potential in all of the p a r t i c i p a n t s . Our unique experiences c o m e f r o m talking very openly with the l e a d e r s of the local business c o m m u n i t y at b r e a k f a s t m e e t i n g s and other m o r e social events. The highlight of the y e a r for the B a k e r s is the annual Winter B r e a k Trip. In past y e a r s , s t u d e n t s h a v e gone to San F r a n c i s c o , New York, and Washington D.C. M o r e recently, the Bakers, due to a lack of adequate funds, h a v e m a d e trips to Chicago a n d Detroit, but these trips have been very successful a s both l e a r n i n g and social

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By David Hepenstal With the success of " B r e a k f a s t Club," "Sixteen C a n d l e s , " and "Ferris Bueller's D a y O f f " to his credit, p r o d u c e r - w r i t e r J o h n Hughes s e e m s to h a v e c o m e up with another popular film in the fast becoming monotonous mold of the youth-film g e n r e with his l a t e s t , " S o m e K i n d of Wonderful," directed by Howard Deutch.

As in his previous films, Hughes t a k e s kids seriously a s they cope with real adult issues such as the b a r r i e r s of social c l a s s , t h e o b l i g a t i o n s of friendships, and t h e emotional entanglements that are inevitably connected with youthful r o m a n c e . This sensitive treatment of the a d o l e s c e n t predicament certainly d e s e r v e s respect over and a b o v e t h e m a s s trash of other youth-genre films, such as "Losin' I t " or "Valley Girl," that o v e r p o p u l a t e the shelves of video s t o r e s with embarrassing and p r e d i c t a b l e plots that continually c e n t e r on adolescent sexual titillation and beer blasts. Still, r e g a r d l e s s of H u g h e s ' h i g h e r m a r k s of sophistication, " S o m e Kind of W o n d e r f u l " is a b l a n d prefabricated piece t h a t never attempts to veer f r o m the easily recognizable H u g h e s t h e m a t i c formula for sure-fire success among youth audiences. Though it has its c h a r m a n d is likeable, "Some Kind of W o n d e r f u l " is a tiresome hour a n d a half of t e e n a g e t r e n d i n e s s t h a t is renarkably similar, almost

irritatingly so, with Hughes' film of last spring, " P r e t t y in P i n k " ( a l s o d i r e c t e d by H o w a r d Deutch).

The story is a simple and f a m i l i a r one involving a c o n t e m p o r a r y high school r o m a n c e . Keith Nelson ( E r i c Stoltz) is a hardworking, shy and independent young m a n f r o m a tight-knit middle-class f a m i l y whose h e a r t f e l t aspiration is to b e c o m e an a r t i s t . His love of a r t goes a g a i n s t his f a t h e r ' s wishes for him to go to college w h e r e he can e a r n a business d e g r e e and be " t h e first m a n in his f a m i l y not to h a v e to wash his h a n d s at the end of the d a y . " To his p e e r s at school he is an outcast, a friendless no-name: as his c h a t t e r b o x younger sister calls him, " a h u m a n t a t e r t o t . " T h e girl t h a t fills his d r e a m s and visions is the illustrious A m a n d a J o n e s (Lea Thompson) whose angelic f a c e and overall good looks h a v e vaulted her into t h e throne of high school popularity where she enjoys dating privileges with the sun bronzed and m u s c u l a r class idol, H a r d y J e n n s . As Keith's Impossible i n f a t u a t i o n for A m a n d a intensifies, he blindly overlooks the needs of his only truly c a r i n g , long t i m e friend. Watts.

Watts (Mary S t u a r t M a s t e r s o n ) , a lonely but spirited tomboy who r a d i a t e s individuality, feels h u r t when she m u s t m a s k h e r growing r o m a n t i c feelings for Keith while at the s a m e t i m e watch him fall victim to A m a n d a — a girl who

Wai p e r c e i v e s to be represc Native of " b i g money and cruel h e a r t society."

H a r d y , <4a t o t a l b u c k , , , positively drips wealth a n d any girl who is seen driving with him in his Corvette a t t a i n s instant social status. Being a t t r a c t e d to this s t a t u s for a while, A m a n d a sees H a r d y ; a f t e r finding him p l a y i n g u p to o t h e r g i r l s , however, she angrily l e a v e s him, having had enough of being treated like a bought possession.

In a r e m a r k a b l e coincidence, Keith finds himself at the scene of the s t o r m y b r e a k up and quickly\jumps at the opportunity to ask A m a n d a out on a date—a date which she hastily a g r e e s to, seeing it as a quick and e f f e c t i v e m e a n s of retaliating a g a i n s t the jealousy prone H a r d y .

F r o m this point, the plot unfolds slowly a s the big d a t e approaches. In this time, Hughes shows us the animosity a n d r a w n e s s t h a t exists between adolescent social c l a s s e s a s A m a n d a ' s snobby " u p t o w n " girlfriends r a n t in disbelief over the thought of A m a n d a going out with a f r e a k like Keith. On the other side of thie socioeconomic s p e c t r u m , Keith is continually congratulated by other " f r e a k s " who can only m a r v e l at his achievement.

Although the hostility g e n e r a t e d by t h i s g l a r i n g dichotomy is a r e l e v a n t issue, it is e x a g g e r a t e d by the s a m e excessive s t e r e o t y p e s t h a t h a v e plagued most of Hughes' films.

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The " u p t o w n " folk all seem to be sports c a r driving, p a r t y i n g s n o b s in W a y f a r e r s w h o s e personalities a r e downright ugly and intolerably shallow. The rich girls are typically buxom blondes t h a t hiss and m a k e toothed r e m a r k s to those who a r e less privileged but always superior in c h a r a c t e r . This latter group, which includes Keith and Watts, sport s p e c t a c u l a r hairdos, c h e a p j e w e l r y , and neopsychedelic clothing and put out other g e n e r a l signals of nonconformity. This type of white suburban California student body is t r a d e m a r k Hughes—a carefully concocted m i x t u r e of v a i n a s p i r i n g y u p p i e s , surf punks, and a h a n d f u l of freewilled individualists who always turn out to b e the t r u e - to - h e a r t heroes.

The f a n t a s y d a t e t h a t follows, which costs Keith his first y e a r of college tuition, m u c h to the restrained b e w i l d e r m e n t of his f a t h e r , provides t h e setting in which the protagonists m u s t deal with u n e x a m i n e d v a l u e s by peeling b a c k their superficial selves in a n act of honest soul searching. Here Hughes d e m o n s t r a t e s his u n d e r s t a n d i n g of t e e n a g e r s , t r a n s f o r m i n g a potentially soppy scene into an i n s t r u c t i v e m o m e n t with m e a n i n g f u l i m p a c t laced with clever but economical dialogue. " S o m e Kind of W o n d e r f u l " is a simple yet intelligent film that effectively c a p t u r e s with brilliant detail, the n u a n c e s of the > c o n t e m p o r a r y teenager.

Hughes does well to pick u p on " i n " d r e s s codes, language, and m u s i c of the t i m e s (expect a soundtrack L . P . ), but again his m o s t noteworthy a c h i e v e m e n t is p e r h a p s t h e way h e deals with the entire r a n g e of t e e n a g e lifestyles, emotional concerns, and problems. Rather than w a t c h exploited t e e n a g e follies for h u m o r o u s effect, the a v e r a g e teenage viewer m a y actually

learn something of v a l u e and substance. ^ t .

The only problem is, t h a t s-he m a y h a v e already l e a r n e d t h e s a m e thing f r o m the s a m e kind of plot line in a previous Hughes film t h a t is so similar to " S o m e Kind of W o n d e r f u l " t h a t the viewer will be m o r e disappointed than pleased with this film. In and of itself, M a r y S t u a r t Masterson as the boyish Watts is indeed a bright spot whose i n j e c t i o n s of r e f r e s h i n g exuberance, c h a r m a n d wit a r e especially valuable next to the m o r e subdued, controlled n a t u r e of Keith. It is a " m a k e you feel good" film but it is thick in trendy appeal and its overly trite ending m a y e x a s p e r a t e some.

Paul Berry of U of AA Lectures at De Pree The D e P r e e Art Center at Hope College announces a lecture by P r o f e s s o r P a u l B e r r y of the University of Michigan entitled "Out of the Floating World: The Development of the J a p a n e s e P r i n t . " P r o f e s s o r B e r r y ' s talk will provide an historical and sylistic b a c k g r o u n d for the a p p e a r a n c e of the v a r i e t i e s of recent prints included in the c u r r e n t exhibition in t h e Gallery, " J a p a n Prints: Contemporary Prints from the Myers Collection," on exhibit until March 29.

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pages "Contrary to their beliefs, we has a m a s t e r ' s degree and a don't want to be given anything. Ph.D. in African history from We want to be given respect," Northwestern University. said Moten.

Leigh disagreed that there was "I'm very proud that I didn't a trend toward increased racism, come h e r e on a handout." Stokes a n d s a i d w h i t e s p r o b a b l y said. wouldn't f e a r the relatively All three coalition m e m b e r s in- small Holland area black populaterviewed said the professors tion, and thus wouldn't take any and the education at Hope were action against them. excellent, and the problems are " T h e y don't feel strongly with the other students. enough here. At the U of M, they " T h a t ' s why I went to Hope," a r e afraid of blacks."

Taylor said. "I wanted to be let in Assistant dean of multicultural because I'm good. Don't give me a f f a i r s Alfredo Gonzales said mianything just because I'm nority enrollment has been deblack." creasing steadily in recent years.

Stokes said the difference be- At one point in the 1970s, he said, tween the white and black races 80 to 100 blacks were enrolled at a r e in early educational opportu- Hope. That number has dropped nities as well as cultural differ- by 80 percent. ences.

Black enrollment falls "Black people have fought all In 1978,32 blacks were enrolled their lives. I don't think white at Hope. By 1983, that figure people understand what the fight dropped t o l l . has m e a n t . " she said. "Am I "The nation has gotten away going to have to be twice as good from a commitment it m a d e in just to get the j o b ? " the '60s." he said. "Like the rest Inferior elementary and sec- of society, I think Hope College ondary schools create lower test has experienced a decline. We scores and results in some a r e a s certainly have reached a fairly where most black students sim- low number of students." ply can't succeed in higher eduLeigh said the low enrollment cation atmospheres, said Stokes. would probably continue in the "Students who come up and future. say, 'yo blood, what 's'up,' " I t ' s sort of like a vicious cirwouldn't last two days h e r e . " cle. Hope is really going to push The racial prejudice may be until there are more blacks getting worse. At the University there, but it's very difficult to atof Michigan in January, flyers tract black students until there stating an "open season on hunt- a r e black students h e r e . " ing" blacks were passed under " I t ' s a national t r e n d . " Greene the door of a black women's said. "There is a declining numgroup meeting. ber of blacks going on to college, Last month, a disc jockey at and a declining numbier going for WJJX, a student radio station, advanced degrees in all a r e a s . " invited an open forum for racial Gonzales was hired in August jokes. The station was shut down to help remedy that problem. Aland the student may be expelled. ready. the college itself is showProblem to intensify? ing a g r e a te r commitment to Coalition m e m b e r s worry that helping minority students cope the trend may get worse at the with their surroundings. m a j o r universities, and soon "More than anything, I see a reach the smaller colleges, such new seriousness in the adminisas Hope. tration — especially with the hir"Racism is becoming a bigger ing of A1 Gonzales," Leigh said. thing," said Stokes. "It's going A minority affairs committee, back to the '60s. We'll have to with three faculty members, four start having marches just to get students (all from different our rights back." races) and Gonzales as a sort of Leigh has formed a theory chairman/adviser, will discuss about racial prejudice under minority concerns. which he thinks the recent overt • Gonzales said c o m m i t t e e prejudice will not reach the Holm e m b e r s have been selected and land area. the group should begin meeting "To be a racist - that's some- before the end of the semester. thing, but if they're active "We cannot try to bring black t h e y ' r e p r o b a b l y r e a c t i n g students here and not take reagainst f e a r or a n g e r . " sponsibility for what happens " I t ' s a trend on college cam- h e r e , " he said. puses, and a trend nationwide," He said his office had received said Dr. Sandra Greene, Kala- no official complaints of racist mazoo College assistant dean for activities, though he knew some minority affairs. "It reflects atti- r e m a r k s were m a d e that were tudes that are die-hard and very perceived as insensitive by black difficult to change. students. " I t ' s getting worse because soIf any s t u d e n t ^ l t he was the ciety is getting more compet- victim of a discrilRinatory action i t i v e , a n d in c o m p e t i t i v e or r e m a r k , and wanted to take situations, people tend to stereo- action, Gonzales said he would be type. . more than willing to look into the " R e c e n t incidents indicate incident and help set the disciplithings a r e continuing. People n a r y process in action. feel m o r e free to act upon their Gonzales also said if people of attitudes," Greene said. all races were able to participate Greene was one of several in activities together, possibly speakers who attended a Hope they would become more familCollege Critical Issues sympo- iar with each other, resulting in sium March 4-5 focusing on South less prejudice.

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For those among Hope College's black community, staying on top of demanding classes is just one of the challenges they meet e v e r y d a y .

These students have to prepare for intolerance, isolation and misunderstanding in addition to chemistry, literature and psychology classes.

There are only 18 blacks among 2,545 registered Hope students.

That's only 0.71 percent of the student body — about equal to the percentage of blacks in the city of Holland. The 1980 census figures show 147 blacks among 26,281 Holland residents — or 0.56 percent of the population.

"A student from Iowa named DeGraaf comes to the college and feels very much at e a s e , " said Hope dean of student development Philip Beal. "Everyone looks like you and acts like you.

F o r black students it's difficult to break in."

This homogeneity can lead to a lack of knowledge about other races.

"They (the area white students) don't know h^w to deal with persons from otlier r a c e s , " director of college relations Tom Renner said. "They have maybe stereotyped them because of what they've seen on TV." "I know Hope is hard, without the added pressure," said Bill Taylor, a m e m b e r of the Black Coalition on campus as well-as a disc jockey for WTHS student radio station. "You don't need to feel you a r e a second-class citizen."

Taylor, a sophomore from Ypsilanti majoring in chemistry, hopes to move on to an engineering graduate school, working with plastics and polymers.

He currently has a job with J&B Laboratories and works the 8-11 p.m. shift at WTHS. "I do believe there's room for change. There's a bigger pool of young kids listening to my show who think my music is g r e a t , " Taylor said. "And that's because their minds a r e not yet polluted."

Whitney Leigh, editor of The Anchor, Hope's student newspaper, said he had faced virtually no problems with white students at Hope.

"Hope is the kind of place where racial problems exist, but it's probably a lot less visible than in other places," he said "You won't find a lot of overt prejudice here. No one will go up and call you a 'nigger' or that."

Leigh, a senior from Chicago, "Once a person is a friend, you m a j o r s in political science and shouldn't have to evaluate that history. He has applied to m a j o r person." law schools for the fall.

Coalition m e m b e r s said the Taylor and other black stu- prejudice experienced at Hope dents experienced problems fac- was very unlike that observed in ing a nearly all-white world when a r e a s such as Alabama, where it they first came to Hope. would more likely manifest itself "I came here and on the first in the form of white hoods and day I walked around and didn't burning crosses. see another black person. I won"The image here is that 'we're dered what I had gotten myself not prejudiced' but they are. It's into," said Rosalynn Moten, a ju- never talked about, but it's here. nior psychology m a j o r from De- I don't think they realize they're troit. racists," Moten said.

Moten, president of the coali"Instead of it taking two mintion, plans to work toward a doc- utes, it takes two years to find torate after graduation. out," said Stokes. " T h a t ' s a long "I didn't know such a place time to be looking over your existed," she said. shoulder."

Taylor said he was the only Leigh said he had made a black in the 1985-86 freshman small group of close friends at class, and went through a similar the college. experience when he started.

"They a r e very intelligent stuDoubts linger dents, and extremely sincere "I just sat in a room and said people," he said. "Of that re'what have I done?"' he said. "I spect I count myself lucky that I felt like someone put me in a c a m e to Hope." time machine and dropped me in Some students try and welHolland, Michigan." come blacks, but do so in a way Making friends at the college is that seems condescending or ina m a t t e r of figuring out who to sulting. trust. Junior Leah Stokes of "They don't know how to be Bangor said she now avoids with us," Moten said. "They act meeting people at all for fear of like they're trying to be black. getting hurt.

They talk in slang."

"I don't want to m a k e another "Once one guy came up to me friend here. I'm losing my and said, 'hey bro, what's happej u d g m e n t , " she said. "I don't nin'.' I just told him to get out of trust anybody - it's too hard my f a c e , " said Taylor. emotionally."

Actions needed Stokes, a business administra"The first thing they'll say is tion m a j o r , hopes to enter area how much they hate prejudice. corporation management after Don't just tell me that, show me college - eventually leading to a t h a t , " Stokes said. bank presidency. She works the They believe that through not night shift at Herman Miller as a panel assembler, and formerly meeting blacks when young, the worked at H.J. Heinz and the whites form stereotypical viev/s Wooden Shoe Factory. She is also of the race.

Stokes said she often is afraid vice president of the Black Coalito raise her hand in class to antion. ' " I t ' s terrible to know you can't swer questions because white trust anybody. We don't accept students might say blacks are any white person at face value," stupid if she answers incorrectly.

"You're an ambassador to she said. "I could win class heryour r a c e , " Moten said. mit right now."

"Also, if you want to go out and Taylor said people in the dorms would smile and invite be yourself, they'll say, 'oh, the him to join conversations in their black people are acting up rooms, but as soon as he left, he'd a g a i n ' , " Stokes said.

"College is supposed to be a hear them "say nigger."

"One friend said he liked me, t i m e of e x p e r i e n c e . W e ' r e and later I found out he called m e cheated of that experience," Moa nigger and called the music ten said. that I played jungle-bunny muThose stereotypes extend to sic," he said. what the students expect of "Before I came here, I gave a blacks. person the benefit of the doubt," "Black people don't just play Moten said. "But being here and basketball or win the Heisman experiencing some things, now I Trophy," said Stokes. "We can wait until that person comes over do anything we set our minds and proves that to you. to."

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by K l r k K r a e t z c r When ChUdren of a Lesser God w a s on Broadway, it w a s a downbeat, Introspective d r a m a ; in itself an anomoly in these days of glittery substanceless. It won a Tony, with good reason.

Now, the play h a s become a movie, and should win an Oscar.

Several, if there is any justice in the world. With good reasons, too: William Hurt. One of the best m a l e actors around, who h a s a seemingly endless capacity to emote without ever overdoing it.

Throughout the course of the film, viewers come to believe in his idealism, his fiery but tender nature, and his love for his deaf student-lover.

Marlee Matlin. Wherever she was found, we should hope there a r e m o r e like her, and whoever found her should find more.

Matlin is impressive, both as a partially deaf a c t r e s s in the role of a totally deaf woman, and as a sheer presence on the screen she is considerable. Sensual, angry, and hauntingly beautiful, she captures the h e a r t s of everyone watching, not only Hurt through the r a n g e of her powerful, but almost entirely silent p e r f o r m a n c e . Her c h a r a c t e r opens up a whole world though her descriptions of what waves breaking on shore feel like to the eerie beauty of h e r delicate and flitting sign language.

I t ' s a love story. An elegant, stylish one, the only flaw being the ending, which seemed a wee bit trite. That is the only flaw, t h o u g h — t h e r e s t of t h e s c r e e n p l a y , a d a p t e d by the p l a y w r i g h t , is s m o o t h a n d believable. Through the p e r f o r ma n c e s of the two leads and the skill and g r a c e of the

direction, we: led to believe In and Matlin and and root for . The scenery their chari filmed in and which this Ific Northwest around is t b t Columbia, seacoast of and lowering and the pure grays do w< to enhance the of the story a t moods and large.

There a r e some small problems with t b e film, though, but they a r e peccadillos and can be ignored, onoe they a r e gotten used to: you k a v e to work to understand t h r speech of the partially deaf students at the school where H u r t teaches, and this is only a problem insofar a s the viewer is willing to work a t the movie. Tbe other is the necessary repllltion of Matlins signs by Hurt, a kind of audip subtitling. O m h you get used to it, though, t h e r e is no problem, because the dialogue is so smooth and m well done that there is nary a flaw anywhere.

The film brings us in to s h a r e with the two lovers; their pains, joys, triumphs and passions, anci it never does M in a voyeuristic way. Some love stories leave you feeling like a peeping Tom; this one does not. You become part of the action, p a r t of the people themselves.

The film is so food, in fact, t h a t it becomes h a r d to write about without repeating the s a m e thing over and over again. Childrean of a Lesser God is about a s close a s you can get to a perfect love story because it is authentic in every way. F r o m the rage of Matlin to the anguish of Hurt and all the emotions in between.

Children delivers, solidly and with genuine good sense.

Not the Maids, it's Agnes The posters, the ones that inform the general public that Hope College T h e a t r e ' s next production is going to be that existential-sounding Genet play.

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heard of it as the New York production with Amanda Plummer, and the movie with Jane Fonda, Anne Bancroft and Meg Tilly.

VanderKooi-111 The Fantastlcs' and Light ia I k e Shadow Box. The chemistry should be welltended un^ftr the hands of director Lawnace Brogllo.

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Consolation for Calvin after Loss to Otterbein

by Ben Hanneman — Sports Editor The Hope F l y i n g D u t c h m e n basketball t e a m lost the w a r and then lost the battle in their quest to win the Great L a k e s Regional on F r i d a y and S a t u r d a y .

The w a r was in the first g a m e a g a i n s t the Otterbein Cardinals, in which the D u t c h m e n went down h a r d , 95-80 behind the s t r e n g t h of All-Everything Doug H e m p y , and his t e a m m a t e Steve Brown. " T h e key to this g a m e , " said Hope coach Glenn Van Wieren, "will be to shut down the passing between those two (Brown and -Hempy). Brown p a s s e s v e r y well and H e m p y is one of the best p l a y e r s I've seen this y e a r in Division I I I . " Van Wieren added that Otterbein would be especially tough due to the d e f e a t they suffered at the h a n d s of the D u t c h m e n during the 1985 post season t o u r n a m e n t . F i v e c u r r e n t senior s t a r t e r s w e r e m e m b e r s of t j a t team.

The battle c a m e l a t e r as Calvin's last-second loss to the Wittenberg Tigers in the second g a m e set the s t a g e for the third Hope-Calvin m a t c h u p this y e a r .

The Knights proved that it's very difficult to beat anyone three t i m e s in one season a s they downed Hope 92-90 in overtime.

Late in the g a m e M a t t Strong put up a j u m p shot with one second r e m a i n i n g on the shot clock. It w a s blocked but Strong got his own rebound and scored.

The officials looked up a n d saw that the shot clock had r u n out — actually it h a d n ' t been r e s e t — and ruled no b a s k e t .

Had t h a t basket been ruled good the g a m e n e v e r would have gone into overtime. As it turned out, though, everybody but Hope went h o m e singing "Glory b e ! "

Matt Strong Voted MIAA MVP Hope College junior Matt Stron of Muskegon (Mona Shores HS) has been a f f o r d e d a p a i r of honors for outstanding basketball play during the t e a m ' s MIAA c h a m p i o n s h i p season.

The 6-7 Strong has been voted the most valuable p l a y e r in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) and has been n a m e d to the G r e a t Lakes NCAA Division III second t e a m . Both a w a r d s a r e presented by coaches.

Strong w a s a m o n g the top five p l a y e r s in e v e r y s t a t i s t i c a l category this season a s the Flying Dutchmen c a p t u r e d the MIAA championship with an 11-1 record.

Against league opponents h e a v e r a g e d 18.6 points a n d 5.8 rebounds a g a m e . He shot 65 percent f r o m the floor and m a d e 86 percent of his f r e e throws.

It m a k s the fourth t i m e in six y e a r s that a Hope p l a y e r h a s been the MIAA's most v a l u a b l e player.

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The Dutchmen were without the services of c e n t e r Todd M a r s m a n and J a c k Holman for the second g a m e . Both suffered injuries in the Otterbein g a m e .

M a r s m a n broke his left wrist and Holman suffered a hip-pointer.

Strong, Bill Vanderbilt, and Jon Hendrickson filled in a s best they could, but Bill Sail a n d Co. were just too overpowering. Sail poured in a t o u r n a m e n t record nigh 38 points to lead all scorers.

Looking to next y e a r , Hope has everyone returning, while Calvin will be without four seniors who were an integral p a r t of their offense.

Strong b e c o m e s t h e 13th Hope p l a y e r to r e c e i v e t h e l e a g u e ' s highest a w a r d since it was first p r e s e n t e d i n 1947 to t h e D u t c h m e n ' s R u s s DeVette. Other Hope recipients included Don Mulder (1948), Ron Bos (1953), Ray R i t s e m a (1958 & 1960), P a u l Benes (1959), E k d a l Buys, J r .

(1962), J i m V a n d e r Hill (1963), Clare Van Wieren (1966), Floyd B r a d y (1967 & 1968), Matt Neil (1982), Chip H e n r y (1984) and Dan Gustad (1985).

T e a m m a t e J i m Klunder, a 6-2 forward f r o m G r a n d R a p i d s (GR Christian HS) w a s voted to the all-MIAA second t e a m .

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continued from p.8 Taylor himself is trying to become m o r e involved in the community as a whole. He and another black student. Ed Lenoir, a r e currently rushing Phi Tau Nu f r a t e r n i t y , b e t t e r known as E m e r s o n i a n s . " I think t h a t ' s i m p o r t a n t for us, and for the entire c a m p u s , " said f r a t e r n i t y president Doug Van Dyken. " P e o p l e can take what w e ' r e doing as a positive or take it as a negative. It's their loss if they t a k e it as a n e g a t i v e . " Taylor said he was enthusiastic about joining E m e r s o n i a n s because they w e r e sincere about wanting him there. T h e r e was a case in the p a s t of a fraternity wanting a "token b l a c k " for app e a r a n c e s , he said.

Fraternity m e m b e r s have heard racist c o m m e n t s about both the fact t h e y ' r e admitting blacks, and t h a t both Taylor and Lenoir h a v e lived in the house, he said, but that h a s r e m a i n e d in the form of insults yelled across c o u r t y a r d s and no one has been hurt.

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In Hope's first g a m e against MSU, we were sparked by strong d e f e n s i v e p l a y by T o d d VanAppledorn (TVA) and E r i c Larson and the scoring of Kirt VanOveren. Hope possesses a balanced attack as five of seven s t a r t e r s were all-staters in high school. Most of the players coming off the swim team, Hope was in good physical condition ^nd beat MSTT11-7 At>ainst M

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Mike Sullivan got open on the point and fired a shot. It went off the goalie's arm and into the goal. U.of M. quickly called a time out. The clock r e a d two seconds left. A desparation shot failed and Hope won 10-9.

Kirt Van Overen had eight goals in two games, and Todd Van A[ pledorn had five.

Symposium Speakers Debate Thursdav Afternoon

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really nave it any othei J I a m highly visible, I can expect both praise, and rotten t o n . j t o e s to be thrown in m y direction. Dr. and Mrs. J a c o b s o n have m a d e a decision, to place themselves in high i visibility positions. If either of them c a n ' t take the rotten tomatoes t h a t come with his position. Dr. Jacobson should not have accepted the job. So lighten up Mr. Jacobson. You asked for it.

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institution a better place and reflect on our a c m m p l i s h m e n t s .

Thib is something t h a t I see as valuable but something that we clearly do all the t i m e . I don't need to be told a liberal a r t s education is valuable; t h a t ' s why I ' m h e r e . A n o t h e r d a y of discussing a d v a n c e m e n t of the College would be stifling; we do that all the time. Not to mention the n a u s e a t i n g possibility of listening to someone talk about

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I am probably stating m y position much too strongly, for I feel that s e l f - r e f l e c t i o n and admiration can be valuable but this is our c o m m o n experience; we do it 365 days a y e a r . R a r e l y do we think about how our action affects others and how we can benefit them. I feel t h a t both days could possibly be of benefit but if we must choose we should have a Critical Issues Symposium instead of a day to dedicate the new library. In effect 1 see the decision as whether we as a c o m m u n i t y would r a t h e r set t i m e aside to reflect onn and glorify others or whether we should set t i m e aside to r e f l e c t on a n d g l o r i f y ourselves. I think if we a r e a Christian c o m m u n i t y or even a benevolent c o m m u n i t y , the choice should be obvious. I hope both the student body and the a d m i n i s t r a t i o n c a n s e e the f u n d a m e n t a l d i f f e r e n c e between these two types of days, that the s t u d e n t s will c r e a t e the controversy that Dr. Williams did not predict, and that the administration will reconsider their choice and how it affects our community.

Steve Spencer

c o n t i n u e o .rom p. 3 addition to : " r Horary. They all contribute to the quality of our education and our u n d e r s t a n d i n g of our world. C.I.S. is a p a r t of that education too.

The s t u d e n t s pay for C.I.S.. I have attended both y e a r s since I have been h e r e and I have gotten my moneys worth. I think the main reason participation h a s been low in the past is because students were intimidated by the m a g n i t u d e of the issue and their lack of u n d e r s t a n d i n g kept them away. This y e a r the issue w a s well advertised and background m a t e r i a l on the issue w a s supplied in advance. The movies, the articles in the p a p e r and suggested readings should become p a r t of the p r e p a r a t i o n for every C.I.S. in the future. I do not know if the administration believes C.I.S. '87 was a success.

But I know s o m e of those that did participate did so m o r e actively and with g r e a t e r appreciation than last y e a r because of the extra p r e p a r a t i o n .

I realize that the new library d e s e r v e s a dedication c e r e m o n y of some type, but it will not be an event promoting "global a w a r e n e s s ' ' or t h e u n d e r s t a n d i n g of o t h e r societies. C.I.S. has always been for the students and faculty. The public is welcome but it is

untimately r our benefit. This iedication ceremony seems much m u i c ^ a day for the alumni and the "people who m a d e it possible," r a t h e r than the student body. Again, that is u n d e r s t a n d a b l e , but it should not replace our one day to learn m o r e about the world outside of Holland, Michigan.

If both d a y s were handled right, there would be good participation at both C.I.S. and the library dedication. If planned and presented in the context of their different p u r p o s e s I can see no reason why they both could not be s u c c e s s f u l . Allowing s t u d e n t s to h e l p p l a n t h e dedication, like C.I.S., would help keep it for the c a m p u s community. Widespread a d v e r t i s e m e n t and p r e p a r a t o r y m a t e r i a l m a d e available early would s t i m u l a t e interest and provide background information.

The rest is up to the students to want a Critical Issues Symposium. We have to help plan it, offer suggestions, learn about it, and p a r t i c i p a t e in it.

The options for the board a r e there, how m u c h work they put into it will depend on how much we want to see it through.

I welcome the Dr. Gordon and M a r g a r e t Van Wylen L i b r a r y but I a m d i s a p p o i n t e d in t h e administrative affairs board's priorities.

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