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L'AMI OVERSPENDS BUDGET by Jeff Rickey The 1974 "L'Ami" yearbook overspent its budget by $754, it was announced last week by Gail Peterson, ASGFC treasurer. According to Miss Peterson the bill for the "L'Ami", received two weeks ago, indicated $754 over the amount budgeted them for the fiscal year. Mark Hermanson, editor of the annual publication, explained that several color photos turned in late, and all the special effects in the book resulted in the increased cost. Fred Swain, business-manager for the "L'Ami" indicated that Mark, personally, was at fault for the overexpenditures. "Some color photos we never planned on having. Mark put in above and beyond the amount of color we thought he was going to put in." "I was business-manager, butldidn't have anything tb do with the books. There was no accurate account kept of money received and money spent," added Swain. Director of Publication Orlo Baldwin said, "The bookkeeping failed towards the end of spring term. When I asked to see the figures on expen-
The Crescent is the Student Voice ditures I was given a folder with some slips in it." of George Fox College. It is printed Swain pointed out there were staff whenever the Spirit leads, which is and communication problems. "We usually every other week. It is mailed should have had quite a bit more ad- by third class. Subscriptions rates vertising, but people dropped from are $3 per year, and back issues are the staff and lost interest. There were available. Anyone wishing photo reprints of photographs appearing in problems of communication between Mark and I and the staff. The repre- "The Crescent" are invited to write sentative from the Yearbook company and request them. would tell me what Mark had told him Full rights are granted to the colto go ahead on. The whole thing was leges in the Christian College Conpretty much Mark's book. sortium to reprint any part of "The Publications Board, set up to over- Crescent". Readers from our sister see the activities of L'ami and Cres- campuses also are invited to respond cent knew little about what was hap- to any opinion expressed in "The pening. Barry Hubbell, advisor for Crescent". Students are invited to write, exthe group, said "He and his people told us they were doing alright; there press an opinion, make an announcewas nothing we could do until the bills ment, or anonymously send money to: The Crescent came in. The way the board is setBox A up we assume people are telling us the truth." George Fox College Newberg, Oregon 97132 The money to make up the differWe are asked to say that the opinence will come from other funds within the student body budget. About fur- ions in the Crescent are those held ther activities such as this, Miss Pe- by the writers who write them. They terson added "There will be a policy reflect the individual student, but then, implemented with checks and balances NO one view or opinion will EVER exto govern expenditures of future year- press the total view of the students and faculty at George Fox College. books."
... However... I feel somewhat of a responsibility necessarily true because Mark made to make a mention of my rationale for printing this article on the Yearbook expenditures. There have been some complaints about the recent "L'Ami", and this is not going to make anyone any happier about the whole thing. I might mention, however, that the story with last year's "L'ami" was just the same as a lot of activities on this Christian campus. People are in great supply of cheap gripes, but fresh out of time and ideas to help anyone out. This chronic illness struck Mark hard last year . . . and when the deadlines came . . . he was alone. Fred mentioned that it was pretty much Mark's book. This is not
it that way, but that his "staff" split the scene when the going got a little rough. Working on a publication like the "Crescent" or the "L'ami", and no doubt soon thejradio station, is frustrating business. I don't feel I am defending perhaps some mistakes made on the planning of last year's book . . . but I know mat the situation would not have been the same, had students helped with any amount of effort. I quote a recent national figure to those who have complained about both publications, "Younoplaya the game . .. you no make-a the rules . . ." Daniel
STAFF (infection) Editor . . . Daniel L. Smith (no comments, please) Associate Editor . . . Bruce Timmons Associate Editor. Michele Underwood Commentary Ron Mock Ray Willis Art Staff Daniel Berggren Bill Trumball Debbie Clark Production Staff Judy Morris Lois Mclntyre Photographers . . . . Bruce Timmons Warren Koch Michele Underwood Hiroshi Iwaya David Gregg Writers/Reporters ("reporter" sounds so trite'..-.) Monte Anders Beverly Cox Ron Mock Jeanette Cruz Francis Wakhisi Jamie Martin Roger Hadley Liz Barnes Raymond Willis Business and Finance John Sinabaldi Resident Poet and good guy Dave Gregg Henry Kissinger (he doesn't do anything, we just threw his name in here for effect. . .) Sports Bobby Dex Bradley Smith and whoever else they get.
by Deliverance This past weekend the NAIA district two tip-off tournament unveiled the 1974-75 Bruin cage team. In a three game tournament with Linfield, OCE and Lewis and Clark the Bruins at this writing own a one win two loss mark. The Bruins have to this date been basically a second half team. In a devastating win over Linfield in which the Bruins scored 95 points, Senior Ray Willis pumped in 19 points to lead Bruin scorers. The team played good defense and blew Linfield right out of the gym in a game where every Bruin played. Friday night the Bruins encountered a qold shooting nite and an OCE team that was indeed upset minded. Turnovers at key points, cold shooting and officiating which at best could be described as mediocre, helped lead to a 74-71 loss at the hands of the OCE which evened the season record at 1-1. Paul Cozens, Steve Sturtz and George Scott played well in a losing cause. Saturday night the Bruins traveled to Salem to take on Lewis and Clark
TIP-OFF CURSE PLAGUES BRUINS at the new Sports Center on the host Willamette campus. In the first half the Bruins came out cold and fell behind by 15 points at half-time. The steam played much better the second half and at one point scored 12 unanswered points to pull within two points but couldn't regain the lead and lost a close one to run the season record to its present one win two loss mark. Tom Hewitt, Phaynes Reeda and Ray Willis all played good games. The Bruins have real good speed this year and when they are able to get their fast break and running game going they will blow people off the court. The Bruins play a 29 game schedule this year in their quest for a trip to Kansas City for the fifth year in a row. The club has made it only once, that was in 1972-73 season. Every game counts on our record for this quest because of our status as an independent. This year's team has very good 'talent, speed and defense ability, it's just that they haven't been able to put it all together as yet for an entire game. Hopefully, it will come quickly for a team that will be serious contenders to go all the way when it does come. This reporter is very hopeful and optimistic for a great season from
the team and encourages everyone to not get down on the team if they suffer some losses early in the season. The more they play together the more they will put it all together. I urge you to get out and support the team not only at home but on the
road as much as possible, tip-off or was it rip-off touri is any indication of things to it's very evident to this re that we aren't going to get breaks on the road. The team can use all the s that you can give them in these t ions. I feel that fan support wa this weekend and let's keep it cause after all, they arerepre you to other schools around the west. See you all in K.C.
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Toward A New World Starting with this issue, we will begin to learn from each other. Students at Fox are varied, with many differing viewpoints. Some come to Fox as' seekers, not totally assured about their future, and this openness is good. Others, however have been given a vision, an "opening in the Lord". TOWARD A NEW WORLD will feature once every issue, one man, one woman with a vision for a new world. I would hope that as we learn we may enter into the vision of these men and women and encourage them, whether personally or prayerfully. Perhaps . . . just perhaps . . . by learning how the Lord is leading others, we can catch a glimpse of a COMMON vision; a vision toward a New World.
Lori Adams is a junior at George Fox College, majoring in Spanish and Christian Education/Bible. "I would not have gone to a school that was not a Christian college, but Fox was not just a Christian college; it had a good Spanish major, Actually I looked for Three things in a college; smallness, Christian, and a good Spanish major. I could have gone someplace else, but I enjoy it here. One thing that disappointed me though, was that they teach only South American Spanish, and do not get into Castilian Spanish." When asked to think back on why Spain has become such a major part of her life, Lori recounted a specific event in grade school, "In sixth grade we had to choose a European country to report on, and I chose Spain. I really don't know why, but it seems like after that, I just couldn't read enough, or find out enough about Spain. After that, I wanted to write some people in Spain. I sent my name and my desire to write to someone, even though I didn't know any Spanish, to "A Daily Newspaper in Valencia, Spain" (that was the only address on the envelope). It is amazing the letter eveno tgot there, but about a month later I g a reply, with the copy of the clipping from a paper. As a result of that ad, twelve people wrote. One of the writers turned out to be a woman old enough to be my mother, but I didn't know she was that old until four years later, when she sent me her picture. She turned out to be a famous authoress in Spain. When I received a copy of one of her latest works, inside the dedication was to me!"
.Spain began to be a major dream for Lori. Not a day went by that she didn't tell someone, "I'm going to go to Spain". In ninth grade, Lori began to study Spanish, and when she 4was a Senior, she was asked to teach. The dream to go to Spain would soon come true. By the summer of '72, Lori was in the magic land "of contrast" (Lori herself would have to explain that metaphor.) The school year of 1971-72 was the first year that George Fox College began
to send students under the faith mission pledges. As a freshman, Lori was sent under the organization, "Child Evangelism Fellowship, Incorporated". CEF is a missionary organization, but it is very active in the United States. It is to make the gospel understandable to children. "Children can be saved" Lori said, in explaining the concern of CEF Inc. One of the first things that I did when I arrived, was to meet all the people that I had been writing to
SHOWN IS A class of children listening to a Bible Story. Lori participated In classes such as these.
for seven years. I spent the summer in Barcelona, with a population of 2-1/2 million, and me not knowing anyone, but I learned fast. I lived with Spanish families while I was there. My work consisted of teaching four classes a day with children, five days a week at a certain area. After these five days, we would move on to another section of the country. But each day, the four sessions would be long distances apart. On top of this, I had to learn how to play an old, old accordion, in two weeks. There were good parts, though. We had two sessions in the morning until twelve. Then we went to the beach on the Mediterranean Sea, in the sun, and then two more sessions until 9 p.m. Each day told more of a story, to keep interest. On the sixth day was a big group meeting of all the kids in all the four sessions of the week before. We worked with about 200 kids a day among the four clubs that we taught. "Toward the end of the summer, I heard about- a Bible camp that needed help. I wanted to learn everything that I could about Spanish people, so in spite of warnings about primitive conditions and lousy food, I went. It wasn't until I travelled long, almost on the border of France, tbat I found that it was an ALL boys camp. I ended up being the football coach, and the cook.. -Needless to say, I ended up as cabin counselor, staying in a large room with about 12 boys, and the great game at night was to try and catch 'the seniorita' changing into her night clothes. I soon developed a system of collecting the flashlights BEFORE I went to bed. "I would go back to Spain now without any hesitation," Lori said, r e flecting on her experience, "but I wouldn't go with Child Evangelism, because I see my own ministry as dealing not totally with children." Catholicism is the national religion however you can be a Christian, or a non-Catholic. But Catholicism has become an empty social rite, with no personal meaning. The young people are looking for something meaningful. They see their parents going through all these rituals, but it doesn't mean anything to them. ' 'Some do not even know who Jesus is supposed to be . . . they just light candles because it's the thing to do. With the newly established Bible Institute and the Greater Europe Mission, I want to work with youth, and teach Christian Education. My Vision? I want to see every person in Spain. Her vision is great, and feeling of leading is strong.
JIM WALLIS COMES TO GFC Monday and Tuesday of next term's Mission Conference, George Fox College will host a guest probably not soon to be forgotten. Jim Wallis, editor of the growing voice of radical Christianity, The Post-American, will share with us some differing perspectives on the lifestyle and message of Jesus Christ in contrast with more "socially acceptable" ideas that have been handed down through evangelicalism to this time. Monday and Tuesday, Wallis will be sharing in classes, and will be open for scheduling on an individual discussion basis as well. Monday evening he will participate in the general missions program. For students who wish to familiarize themselves somewhat with Jim Wallis, you are encouraged to pick up some past issues of The PostAmerican and read through. Wallis is a graduate of Trinity Seminary in Chicago, and a member of the People's Christian Coalition, a community of Christians dedicated to the total message and lifestyle of Jesus Christ as Lord. It's going to be an interesting week. Speaking at the first of the week, Wallis will kick off what looks to be not merely a Missions Conference this year, but almost a mini-Urbana, in its depth and field of participation. Then, on Tuesday evening in Calder Lecture, will be his main lecture. The public, as well as other colleges in the area, will be notified about this evening.
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JUDY MORRIS Christmas Meditation "...Complete With Evergreen Scent From An Aerosal Can
Turn your eyes away from all of it r ibbons adorning the gift wrapped pre sents under the plastic trees complei with evergreen scent from anaerosi can. Look instead to the wonder of tl birth of Jesus our Lord. Praise h: name for giving us such a marvelot Savior. Give thanks to him and bles his name. For unto us a Child is bori unto us a Son is given; and the goverr ment shall be upon his shoulder. Thes will be his royal titles: Wonderfu Counselor, the Mighty God, theEvei lasting Father, the Prince of Peaci God loved the world so much. K did not spare even his own Son for i but gave him up for us all. There wÂŁ only one left - his only son. He fi nally sent him. Anyone who believt in him shall . . . have eternal lifi He has given you the whole world I use, and life and even death are yoi servants. He has given you all of tl present and all of the future. All ai yours, and you belong to Christ, ar Christ is God's. Oh, how I praise the Lord. How rejoice in God my Savior! Thank Gc for his Son - his Gift too wonderfi for words
Get Rich Quick;... Be A Missionary! by Warren Koch Hurry, Hurry! Step right up! See the world while working part time. Fringe Benefits! Unspoiled lands, world travels, and natural natives! To find out about these exciting opportunities, attend required chapels the week of January 19-25. Get the facts straight from more than fifteen people who found success in this program. Success from all over this planet will be converging on the George Fox Campus in January for Missions Conference "75". The conference kicks off Monday with "Meet A Missionary Night. "This function will be an informal evening
centered around the Junior Store, The rest of the week will reflect a kaleidoscope of events ranging from those mandatory morning meetings to workshops and small group meetings accenting the evenings. Thursday night will highlight the week when those student summer mis sionaries who have returned tell us what the Lord's done for them and what they've done for the Lord. Afterward there will be an opportunity for students to help the world by making it financially possible to send these .and more back to the jungle. So, for exciting escapades and possibly a little . . . work get your application in now.
Brother Broftkeir
Have you talked about quitting school yet? Most students, new or old do, you know, after being here for two or three months. That's when the students have become routine, the social pressures calm down, and you have a chance to stand back away from everything and take a look around. Despite your initial good opinions about the place, often the first good, hard look you take is disappointing enough to make you want to pack up and leave as soon as possible. It might not be the school itself; perhaps it's a bunch of little things that are beginning to pile up on your attitude here. But after that look you start letting people know that the thrill is gone. Fox, while nice, is just not the big bowl of Quaker Oatmeal that you thought it would be. Then of course, you might be one of those students who were positive that the Lord "led" you here, only to let you down, around the time of your first Greek exam. I am no longer surprised at the number of people who "God led here" who only stick it out for one term. So, what's it all about? First of all, if you base your dissatisfactions with this school on what you've seen of its limitations, then you are going to make some serious mistakes in judgment that could cause major setbacks in your scholastic career. Perhaps, instead of criticizing the lack of whatever you want or need on this campus, you should be looking for ways to put your skills to work in your chosen field of study. Are
by Dan Berggren you a biology major? Try hiring on as a local hospital worker. An Education student? Try working as a volunteer in a day care center. Feel limited by the Drama/Music programs? Two students here recently produced, directed and starred in a Broadway quality musical. They handled every facet of their show to the best of their ability, and learned valuable things no mere classroom situation could ever show them. It's that way for everybody. In getting an education today, you either go the classroom/program route, carefully marking up all of your textbooks in the process, or you begin getting interested in ways that you can gain experience, as well as credits. I personally feel that a diploma won't get you a cheeseburger nowadays, so getting some practical applications in on your studies puts you that much more ahead of the game. Now, even if you manage to straighten out your head on the school, there may still be a little voice somewhere deep inside of your, saying, "You're on your own, you're all alone . . . take care of your own little self." It sounds reasonable, natural, even grown up; but it's wrong. Even though you may think that it's you against the world, you have to realize that you have God to answer to, as well as yourself to answer for. It's you and Christ, against everything else. If you don't believe me, take a look at the eighth chapter of Romans. Pay attention, and you'll be surprised at how sharply the world, Jesue and you will snap into focus.
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by FRANCIS WAKHISI I am inclusively writing about my culture apart from my life history. I had just been given my middle name "WEKESA". That's where I left last time. I had now come to my father's home which had different customs, and spoke a different language. This meant that I had to learn my father's language, which was one of the many languages of the many different clans in one big tribe called the "Luhya". My own brothers and sisters did not like me because they did not believe that I was their brother. Every time and then they told me to go back to where I was born. My mother tried as much as she could to tell them that I am their brother but they did not believe her, so I faced opposition from them for about a year. I was told to go to Standard one (grade one), because I did not know the language. The Education system was very harsh during these days. Corporal punishment was exercisedin schools. We were beaten as horses whenever we didn't get our work done correctly at school. Every Sunday morning we went to Sunday school and had to memorize the Lord's prayer and other memory verses given to us by our school teachers who used to beat us on Mondays if we could not get the words correctly, or failed to come to the Sunday School. Roll-call was taken every Sunday to ensure the presence of every pupil. Around the year 1958, our house burned down and everything was burned except a few items. This meant that we had to look for a place to live. Our father took us to Nairobi where he was working, and because I did not know Swahili language, I was told to go to standard one. In 1962, I decided that I should get circumcised, for it was the period of circumcision. Circumcision in my father's clan took place every two years (on even years). Circumcision was a traditional celebrity, and many things take place in preparation for great days of each young man. I felt that I was old enough to be circumcised, and I wanted a traditional circumcision, and when I told my parents about it they did not give me any answer but just kept quiet. This to me meant that either they thought I was still young, or they just did not want me to be
circumcised traditionally. The latter thought never occurred to me to be the reason why they kept quiet, because I thought to myself that my father himself had been circumcised traditionally and I couldn't understand the reason he could refuse to let me be circumcised. (Well I found out later that they refused to let me be circumcised because they were Christians). They did not manage to let me see that as a child who belonged to a Christian home I should not be traditionally circumcised. I argued with them saying that being a member of a Christian family does not qualify me to be a Christian (which was true), and secondly my father had been cir cum sized traditionally and was still a Christian. My stupid reasoning overwhelmed their reasoning, and they let me go. to be continued.
EARTH NEWS. ***** THE BLACKS WERE FIRST????: Every year about this time America's Scandinavian and Italian communities excitedly debate the identity of the continent's first discoverer, Leif Ericson or Christopher Columbus. And now and. then someone advances the theory that actually Irish, Welsh, or Phoenician explorers were the first westerners to trod America's shores. But a Los Angeles researcher says that the Europeans had better move over - because a black African was first. Legrand Clegg conducted research on blacks in America for the African Bibliographic Center and the AfricanAmerican Historical Association. He says that many of the skeletal remains of pre-Columbian inhabitants of America are blacks. Also, he says, many ancient Central American sculptures portray black people. And, native legends sometimes say that black people preceded the whites. Unfortunately, Clegg can't say where the first black discoverers came from - maybe medieval West Africa, an ancient black Egyptian kingdom, or maybe Australia. *****
WAVE-POWER FOR BRITAIN: Th< British government has announcec its full-fledged support of a plan t harness the immense power of oceai waves as a means of generating elec tricity. Wave-power, according to Britisl scientists, is that nation's mos promising source of alternativ energy. A project designed by Dr Stephen Salter of Edinburgh Uni versity - financed by the governmen - seeks to build huge floatinggenera tors off the British coast. According to Salter, the generators should b capable of producing commercia electricity for Britain within te: years. He says that wave-power ca: eventually produce all of the "elec tricity requirements of the Unite' Kingdom cleanly, safely, am forever". ***** LET THEM EAT LOCUSTS: Now, ii the midst of a possible serious worl food disaster, one scientist has pro posed a solution that involves usin the very insects that tend to wip out crops. Dr. R. Friend wants peopL to start eating locusts. Dr. Friend, a food scientist at th University of Toronto, says that in sects actually have a very high leve of necessary amino acids, better tha most plant protein, and about the sam as shrimp or lobster. In fact, say Dr. ""Friend, insects are a toette source of protein than beef. But the main problem he says is to make insects palatable. "Be cause people are so emotional abou what they eat," he says, "you're nc going to get people eating grass hoppers with the same kind of relis that North Americans eat roast beef.' Dr. Friend is suggesting that in sects be sold as a toasty brown pow der that would taste like shrimp and could be added to sauces o used as a meat extender. Asked wha insects he thinks would make th best menu for people, Dr. Frien recommends the very same locust that now ravage crops. These, h says, are both large and fast growing
***** As is the case just about every where in the western world, unem ployment in Australia has r i s e sharply in the last few months. I fact, the problem is so bad that th Australian labor movement has warn ed it may withdraw its support of th nation's Labor government. The soaring new level of jobless ness that has so outraged Austral ians - 2.04 percent.
Student Government Information RON MOCK The major problem facing the ASGFC student government lately has been some unpleasant and unexpected drains on the budget. The Student Union Board discovered that $3,400 was due on mortgage payments for the Summer that the Executive Council thought were already paid. An expense of $900 was necessary to cover the ID cards. There was an unpaid bill of $757 left over from last year's "L'ami". The new radio station required a budget of $300. The Administration required the ASGFC to provide $1,000 more than was expected for athletic fees. This was a total of $6,700 in unpaid bills. In order to meet this problem, intensive work was done, mostly in the Finance Committee and the Executive Council to find a solution. The final proposal by the Finance Committee, presented to the Executive Council on December 4, included the following measures: 1) The reserve fund, already some-
what depleted by expenditures for improvements in the Old SUB Lounge and the residence hall lobbies, was exhausted to meet promised gift to faith promise of $886, and to provide $223 for the radio station. 2) The Miscellaneous Fund was exhausted to meet the L'ami bill, the rest of the radio station budget, and to provide $964 to help cover the unpaid Student Union mortgage bills. The rest of the mortgage was paid from the Student Union Board's own funds, leaving it with barely enough money to operate. 3) All the rest of the budget areas (including the Crescent) were cut 10%, except those that were already under contract. This provided $1497. From this was taken the $1000 athletic fees bill, and $84 to cover the balance of the faith promise pledge. This left $313 in the Miscellaneous fund. 4)Because the Finance Committee felt that this was too small of a margin on which to operate for the rest of the year, a way to get some additional money was needed. The way that seemed fairest was to levy an Activity Fee to part-time students. Under point 4, those who pay the $15 fee are entitled to all the benefits that a full-time student has except the L'ami and holding office in the ASGFC. Since this would include voting as a privilege for the part-time student, a constitutional amendment would be needed.
Speaking of constitutional amendments, two more were proposed recently. One proposal was for the inclusion of the radio station in the constitution, and changing the name of the Publications Committee to Communications Committee. The other concerned an amendment to a section of the constitution that had been included into the constitution earlier this year concerning the offices of Residence Hall Chaplain. As it stands, these chaplains are chosen by a vote of the residence hall residents. The new amendment would have them chosen by appointment of a committee made up of the R.A.s and the Head Resident. Both of these amendments, and the new budget proposal were to go before Senate on December 6 for final action.
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