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Hope Co l lege • Ho l land , M ich igan • A s t u d e n t - r u n n o n p r o f i t p u b l i c a t i o n • Serv ing the Hope Co l lege C o m m u n i t y fo r 114 years

Hope gets $7.5 million donation for sports facility DeVos foundation an-

chors project that will take twice as much Matt Cook CAMPUS BEAT EDITOA

F o r t he f i r s t t i m e s i n c e 1 9 3 0 ,

H o p e ' s m e n ' s basketbal l t eam will

be able to p lay h o m e g a m e s in an

o n - c a m p u s facil i ty. J i m B u l t m a n ,

H o p e Co l l ege pres ident , announced

at a press c o n f e r e n c e on M o n d a y ,

M a r c h 26, that the co l lege had re-

ce ived a gif t of $7 .5 mi l l ion f r o m

the Richard and Helen DeVos Foun-

dat ion , which is in tended to b e and

" a n c h o r " dona t ion t oward the con-

s t ruct ion of a spec ta tor faci l i ty for

H o p e and the Hol land c o m m u n i t y .

It is the largest s ingle dona t ion for

a capi tal p ro jec t in H o p e Co l l ege

history.

A c c o r d i n g to Bu l tman , the co l -

lege contacted the DeVoses and told

t hem of the need for such a facil i ty,

and received a f avorab le response .

' T h e y wanted to he lp H o p e and

t h e y w a n t e d to h e l p the c o m m u -

nity," B u l t m a n said.

$ 7 . 5 m i l l i o n , h o w e v e r , is no t

e n o u g h t o b u i l d t h e f a c i l i t y .

B u l t m a n e s t i m a t e d that it w o u l d

t a k e a b o u t t w i c e t h a t f i g u r e .

Bu l tman h o p e s that mos t o f the re-

ma in ing m o n e y will c o m e f r o m the

Hol land c o m m u n i t y .

" P e o p l e in the c o m m u n i t y will

have to see the va lue in [ the faci l -

i ty) ," Bu l tman said. " O t h e r s will

more FACILITY on 2

i-

A/VCHOH PHOTO BY JESSICA LONG

Maya Angelou tickets sold out

NEW FRIENDS'. Andrew Lick ('04) and Lee Webb ('02) play with a group of children in the very first street light in the refugee village of Las Flores, Belize. The tr ip was one of several mission trips Hope College sent out over Spring Break.

Multicultural Life office conducts diversity survey

Students complain

about tickets sold to community

Matt Cook CAMPUS BEAT EDITOR

1,050 t ickets we re ava i lab le for

H o p e C o l l e g e

$5.

A n g e l o u wi l l b e s p e a k i n g on

A p r i l 16 at 7 p . m . in D i m n e n t

Chape l as par t of the H o p e C o l l e g e

S tudent S p e a k e r Ser ies , sponsored

by S tudent Congre s s .

A m y Avery ( ' 0 2 ) , cha i r of the

S tuden t C o n g r e s s S p e a k e r Se r i e s

Task Force, feels

students on M o n -

d a y , M a r c h 2 8

f o r M a y a

A n g e l o u ' s v i s i t

to the col lege. By

t h e e n d o f t h e

d a y , a l l t h e t i c k e t s h a d b e e n

c la imed. 180 t ickets we re a l so sold

to m e m b e r s of the c o m m u n i t y for

Maya Angelou seen and heard p. 10

that prepara t ions

for Ange lou ' s ar-

r iva l a r e g o i n g

well .

" T h e n e x t

c o u p l e of w e e k s

will be k ind of busy, but w e ' r e re-

ally h a p p y with the way things are

more ANGELOU on 2

91 percent of stu-dents think racial diversity is important

Megan Krigbaum INFOCUS EDITOR

Resu l t s of t he d ivers i ty su rvey

d i s t r i b u t e d in F e b r u a r y a m o n g s t

facul ty and s taff , are cur ren t ly be-

ing e v a l u a t e d by t he O f f i c e o f

Mul t icul tura l L i f e and ideal ly will

be presented at the April 19 provost ,

facul ty and staff luncheon . T h e fac-

ulty and staff su rvey was p receded

by a s imi lar su rvey that was given

to s tudents in the fall. T h e data f r o m

this su rvey has a l ready been c o m -

piled and t h o s e resu l t s w e r e pre-

s e n t e d to t he Boa rd of T r u s t e e s .

C u r r e n t l y , a w e b s i t e c o n t a i n i n g

f indings of this survey is under con-

struct ion and should b e ava i lab le in

the near fu tu re .

"Bo th the s tudent surveys and the

f a c u l t y a n d s t a f f s u r v e y s w e r e

record p ieces b e c a u s e we had a 5 0

percent r e sponse wi th in 24 h o u r s , "

sa id D. Wesley Poythress , ass is tant

d e a n of mul t icul tura l l i fe and liai-

son to the p re s iden t for m ino r i t y

par t ic ipa t ion .

T h e s u r v e y w a s c o n d u c t e d by

send ing invitat ions for part icipation

to 1500 randomly selected s tuden t s

via e -mai l with a link to the survey.

A total o f 8 7 8 of these s tuden t s re-

sponded to the survey.

"The re we re three ma in sets of

f i n d i n g s f r o m the survey : the im-

p o r t a n c e o f a d i v e r s e c a m p u s ,

H o p e ' s miss ion to increase minor-

ity p a r t i c i p a t i o n , a n d t h e r ac i a l

g a p , " Poy th re s s said.

N i n e t y - o n e percent o f s t uden t s

ident i f ied the impor t ance of hav ing

a racial ly d ive r se c a m p u s c o m m u -

nity

M o s t s t u d e n t s a l so ag reed that

having a racially d iverse facul ty and

staff was important as well . The stu-

dent su rvey a l so s h o w e d that stu-

dents s eem to unders tand and sup-

por t H o p e ' s miss ion for inc rease in

m i n o r i t y p a r t i c i p a t i o n . M i n o r i t y

p a r t i c i p a t i o n is d e f i n e d in t h e

" C o m p r e h e n s i v e P lan to I m p r o v e

M i n o r i t y P a r t i c i p a t i o n " that w a s

c o m p o s e d b y t h e o f f i c e o f

m u l t i c u l t u r a l l i f e , a s : " e n a b l i n g

H o p e to be a fu l ly w e l c o m i n g and

embrac ing env i ronment to s tudents ,

more DIVERSITY on 9

ANCHOff PHOTO BY ROB ONDRA

BLUES BROTHERS-. Lee Heerspink ('04) plays guitar with his brother Adam ('01) during the SAC Talent Jam last Friday, March 30, in the Knickerbocker Theater. Nine other acts also performed.

Hope baseball scores 30 runs in single game Team scores 15 runs in fifth inning and hits six homers Rand Arwady SPORTS EDITOR

T h e bats of head coach Stu Fritz ' Hope Col-

lege basebal l team were c racking last Satur-

day in a way never p rev ious ly accompl i shed

by any F ly ing D u t c h m e n basebal l t eam in

m o d e r n history.

H o p e wen t up agains t Orcha rd L a k e St .

M a r y ' s th ree t imes last w e e k e n d , f in i sh ing

the w e e k e n d with one win and t w o losses.

On Friday, Orcha rd L a k e St. M a r y ' s de fea ted

H o p e 6 -1 , and they a l so beat Hope in the sec-

o n d g a m e of the d o u b l e h e a d e r on Saturday,

3 -2 . H o w e v e r , the o n e win by the F ly ing

D u t c h m e n will be ta lked abou t for years to

c o m e .

H o p e c rossed home plate an unprecedented

30 t imes in the victory, surpr is ing Orcha rd

L a k e St. M a r y ' s wi th t h e 30 -6 victory.

T h e 3 0 runs for H o p e surpassed the previ-

ous single g a m e record of 21 runs, which was

set by H o p e in 1988 against Olivet , and again

more BASEBALL on 12 .

Anchor® Hope.Edu (616) 395-7877

B S ^ r ;

Contemporary Motions Arts, Page 3.

The Minervians are back, and don't miss Jimbo's latest exploits. April fools, it's the Ranchor Ranchor, Page 5-8.

Hope pageant queens Spotl ight, Page 10.

C a m p u s Beat V ^ n c h o r Apr i l 4, 2001

Hope reviews applicants Matt Cook CAMPUS BEAT EDITOR

H o p e ' s search for a r ep l acemen l

for J ack N y e n h u i s . p r o v o s t , and

Ben Pa t t e r son , fo rmer dean of the

C h a p e l , is con t inu ing .

Accord ing to J im Bul tman , H o p e

Col lege president , both searches are

current ly at the s a m e point .

" I t h i n k it i s g o i n g w e l l . "

Bu l tman said. " W e h a v e had m a n y

app l i can t s . "

Current ly , the respec t ive search

commi t t ee s are check ing re fe rences

and check ing peop le in the pool .

T h e next s tep is in terv iews, first

wi th t he s e a r c h c o m m i t t e e s a n d

then with the co l lege c o m m u n i t y in

general .

A c c o r d i n g to B u l t m a n , t h e r e

have been app l ican ts for bo th posi -

t ions f r o m both ins ide and ou t s ide

4 4'

of H o p e Co l l ege .

A l though he w i s h e s it could be

d o n e

s o o n e r ,

Bu l tman is

s t i l l k e e p -

ing the tar-

get da te for

f i l l ing both

posi t ions at

J u l y 1,

2001.

" T h i n g s —

never g o a s

fast as y o u wan t t h e m , " Bu l tman

said.

T h e provost is the chief academic

admin i s t ra to r of the col lege .

A c c o r d i n g to H o p e ' s j o b adver-

t isement , they are looking for some-

one w h o is "an inspirat ional leader ,

an e f f ec t ive oral and wri t ten c o m -

Things never go as fast as you want them.

-J im Bu l tman

m u n i c a t o r , a n d p a s s i o n a t e a b o u t

foster ing inclusive interactions with

the c a m p u s

c o m m u -

For dean

o f t h e

C h a p e l ,

H o p e i s

look ing for

s o m e o n e

o r d a i n e d ,

o r w i l l i n g

to b e o r -

da ined , in the R e f o r m e d C h u r c h in

Amer i ca , w h o "pos se s s a c o m m i t -

men t to o u t s t a n d i n g p r o f e s s i o n a l

p e r f o r m a n c e and a ma tu re under-

s t and ing of and c o m m i t m e n t to the

Chr i s t i an f a i t h " and has " the mind

of a scholar , hear t of a pastor , and

the c o u r a g e o f a leader ."

Campus Brief

Students form Gay Straight Alliance, seek official approval

A s tudent g r o u p n a m e d the G a y

Straight Al l i ance f o r A w a r e n e s s is

cur ren t ly in the p rocess of seek ing

r ecogn i t ion as an o f f i c ia l s t u d e n t

o rgan iza t ion .

A c c o r d i n g to D iana Brec l aw, di-

r e c t o r o f s t u d e n t a c t i v i t i e s , t h e

g r o u p ' s cons t i tu t ion was app roved

by the Ex t r a -Cur r i cu la r Act ivi t ies

board and passed on to t he C a m p u s

ANGELOU from 1

L i f e board . A l though the C a m p u s

Li fe board discussed it at their meet-

ing Tuesday morn ing , the dec i s ion

will not b e voted on until April 17.

" T h e r e was no dec i s ion m a d e to-

day because it is an issue that n e e d s

d i s cus s ing . " B r e c l a w said.

John Yelding. assoc ia te p rofessor

of e d u c a t i o n and chai r of the C a m -

pus Li fe boa rd , was not ava i lab le

for c o m m e n t .

J a m i e R a a b e (*02), co - leader and

f o u n d e r o f t he A l l i a n c e , h a d n o

c o m m e n t .

The Al l iance ' s advisor is Priscilla

Adk ins , r e f e r e n c e l ibrarian.

A n y o n e in teres ted in j o i n i n g the

Gay St ra ight A l l i a n c e for Aware-

n e s s s h o u l d c o n t a c t

G S A H o p e @ h o t m a i l . c o m .

g o i n g , " Avery said.

S o m e s tuden t s are c o m p l a i n i n g

that S tuden t C o n g r e s s shou ld nor

have m a d e t ickets ava i l ab le to the

c o m m u n i t y , b e c a u s e it took sea t s

a w a y f r o m s tuden t s

Ka t i e B o d e - L a n g (*02) wen t to

the t icket o f f i ce at 3 :00 p .m. on the

d a y they we re r e l ea sed , but they

were gone by then. She was upse t

and con tac ted Richard Fros t , dean

of s tudents , and S tudent C o n g r e s s

abou t it. and was told that the re-

ma in ing t ickets we re be ing saved

for the c o m m u n i t y . B o d e - L a n g had

been under the impress ion that the

t ickets that wen t to t he c o m m u n i t y

we re go ing to b e ones lef t ove r af-

ter all s tudents w h o wanted t ickets

got i h e m .

"I w a s d i sappo in ted not jus t be-

c a u s e it 's a big n a m e but b e c a u s e

she ' s a good speaker , " Avery said.

A c c o r d i n g to Avery , t h e y f i r s t

p lanned on sel l ing m o r e t ickets , but

cut back due to s tudent d e m a n d .

H o w e v e r , she said that S tudent

Congress was obl igated to sell some

t ickets to the c o m m u n i t y .

" T h e th ing that peop le a ren ' t re-

a l i z ing is that w h e n w e r ece ived

f u n d i n g f r o m g r o u p s l i k e t h e

p re s iden t ' s o f f i c e , it was under the

c o n d i t i o n that w e w o u l d p r o v i d e

s o m e t ickets for the c o m m u n i t y , "

Avery said.

S tudent C o n g r e s s cou ld not pay

A n g e l o u ' s $ 2 5 , 0 0 0 f ee a lone , s o it

r ece ived he lp f r o m var ious c a m p u s

o rgan iza t ions . Avery hopes to get

that suppor t aga in f o r fu ture speak-

ers .

" W e c a n ' t burn this b r idge right

now," Avery said.

S t u d e n t C o n g r e s s still d o e s n ' t

k n o w what A n g e l o u will be ta lk ing

abou t in her speech .

" I t ' s still up f o r g r a b s , " Avery

said. " S h e p robab ly will be ta lk ing

about her wr i t ing , but that h a s n ' t

been of f ic ia l ly found out ye t . "

A v e r y a l s o is n o t s u r e w h a t

A n g e l o u will be d o i n g in add i t ion

to her speech .

"The re is talk o f a poss ib le recep-

tion because | Ange lou] is get t ing an

honora ry d e g r e e , " Avery said. "Bu t

no th ing is set in s tone ye t . "

A n g e l o u is a poe t a n d w r i t e r

w h o s e books include "I K n o w W h y

the C a g e d Bird S ings , " and "Jus t

G i v e M e a Coo l Dr ink of Wa te r

' Fo re I Di i ie ." H e r b o o k s have been

nomina t ed for a Pul i tzer Pr ize and

a Nat iona l B o o k Award .

She has also wri t ten sc reenplays ,

p lays , a n d acted on s tage , screen

and te levis ion. S h e has been nomi-

n a t e d for a T o n y A w a r d and an

E m m y Award .

In 1992, s h e was invi ted to c o m -

pose and reci te a p o e m to ce lebra te

P r e s i d e n t C l i n t o n ' s I n a u g u r a t i o n ,

and was named E s s e n c e ' s W o m a n

of the Year.

" W e are really exci ted and there ' s

a lot of s tudent interest and things

are go ing to be g r ea t , " Avery said.

Without a Horn This week; a very s

ANCHOR PHOTO BY ROB ONDRA

FAIRY TALE: Amy Donley ('01) performs in "Rotkappchen" during the Images variety show last Saturday, March 31 at the Knickerbocker. International students and American students combined to perform in acts drawn from cultures all around the world.

FACILITY from 1

have to real ize the vis ion for wha t

this cou ld b e for Hol land Chr is t ian ,

Hol land Publ ic and the City of Hol-

land ."

Las t year , H o p e C o l l e g e agreed

to d o n a t e $ l mi l l ion t o w a r d s t he

cons t ruc t ion of an Area Cen te r in

Ho l l and , which H o p e would be al-

l owed to use for s o m e baske tba l l

games . H o w e v e r , the proposa l was

voted d o w n by the Ci ty of Hol land .

" T h i s gif t bu i lds on ear l ier c o m -

mun i ty -based ini t iat ives, i nc lud ing

the mos t recent e f fo r t s of the Area

Center Authori ty and the Civic Cen-

ter Task F o r c e , " B u l t m a n said. "I t

s t i m u l a t e s the p r o c e s s w h i c h has

bo th exc i t ing and real is t ic po t en -

t ia l ."

A c c o r d i n g to Bu l tman , the pro-

c e s s is in i ts p r e l i m i n a r y s t a g e s .

T h e r e is n o t ime set for w h e n con-

s t ruc t ion will beg in . At the p ress

c o n f e r e n c e , - i t was sugges ted that

the faci l i ty would seat abou t 3 ,500

peop le and b e loca ted on the east-

ern s ide of c a m p u s , but no th ing is

for su re .

H o p e cur ren t ly p l ays m e n ' s bas-

ke tba l l g a m e s in the Hol land C iv ic

center , b e c a u s e there is not e n o u g h

sea l ing ava i l ab le in the D o w C e n -

ter. H o w e v e r , the cour t in the Civic

center is not regulat ion size for tour-

n a m e n t games .

Othe r H o p e spor ts t e a m s play in

the D o w , i n c l u d i n g t he w o m e n ' s

basketbal l team, the volleyball team

and the s w i m m i n g team.

" W h a t w e ' r e really hop ing is that

[ the new faci l i ty) will f r ee up space

in the D o w , s o it c a n b e c o m e m o r e

of an oppor tun i ty for non-a th le tes

to r ec rea t e , " B u l t m a n said.

An Important Message from Student

Congress:

Petitions for Student Congress President and Vice President, as well as Sopho-more, Junior, and Senior Class Represen-tatives are due in the Student Congress office on Monday, April 9, at 5 p.m. All those wishing to run may print petitions

off of the Student Congress web page, which is accessible via KnowHope. Cop-ies of the election rules are available at the Student Union Desk.

Thank you.

April 4, 2001 H i e A n c h o r Arts

Contemporary Motions comes to Hope Emily Moellman ARTS EDITOR

C o n t e m p o r a r y Mot ions D a n c e

C o m p a n y will ce lebra te their 15th

anniversary year with a w e e k e n d

of p e r f o r m a n c e s at H o p e C o l l e g e

on Friday and Saturday, April 6 and

7, at 8 pm in the K n i c k e r b o c k e r

Theat re .

C o n t e m p o r a r y M o t i o n s is t he

res ident profess iona l d a n c e c o m -

pany of H o p e C o l l e g e and is di-

rected by Jul io Rivera , p ro fe s so r

of dance . T h e c o m p a n y has re-

turned for its annua l spr ing resi-

dency and p e r f o r m a n c e s .

A c c o r d i n g to Rivera , a l so the

c o m p a n y ' s f ounde r , the c o n c e r t s

will present exci t ing p e r f o r m a n c e s

fea tu r ing m a n y surpr ises .

T h e c o m p a n y will present a spe-

cial p r o g r a m wi th p e r f o r m a n c e s

f e a t u r i n g v e t e r a n s A l i c i a D i a z ,

E l i zabe th G o r m l y M o r a e s ( 4 93) ,

a n d J e s u s M i r a n d a , a s w e l l as

y o u n g c o m p a n y m e m b e r s E r i c a

L y n n N e l s o n a n d N a t h a n i e l

Buck ley ( 4 97) .

C o n t e m p o r a r y Mot ions veterans

will be p re sen t ing p r e m i e r e solo

works of their own for the anniver-

s a ry p e r f o r m a n c e . T h e s e p i e c e s

inc lude " B a c k y a r d B a r b e q u e Bo-

n a n z a " p e r f o r m e d by G o r m l y

Moraes and "Yucun icu" pe r fo rmed

by Diaz .

"I thought it would be interest-

ing not on ly to ask them to c o m e

b a c k as p e r f o r m e r s , bu t a l s o to

d e m o n s t r a t e their c h o r e o o g r a p h i c

skil ls ," Rivera said. " S o 1 c o m m i s -

s ioned them to c h o r e o g r a p h a so lo

of their own inspira t ion."

Rivera will also be p re sen t ing a

so lo work h imse l f , a p iece that will

p resent the beg inn ing of wha t he

p romise s will be a new ven tu re for

C o n t e m p o r a r y Mot ions : l ive m u -

s i c . R i v e r a c h o r e o g r a p h e d th i s

m

ANCHOR PHOTO COURTESY OF PUBLIC RELATIONS

CONTEMPORARY ART: 'Ebony Waters'is one of many pieces to be performed from Contemporary Motions reportoire. Solo premiere works choreo-graphed by veterans and Rivera, shown here on right, will be performed as well.

p iece ent i l led " S o m e w h a t H o p i n g

1 was D r e a m i n g " to a c o m p o s i t i o n

by A r g e n t i n e m u s i c i a n F e r n a n d o

Ote ro , f o u n d e r of " X T a n g o " . 44|I would desc r ibe ] O t e r o ' s m u -

sical compos i t i ons a s r ich, imagi-

nat ive a n d very insp i ra t iona l , " sa id

Rivera .

O t e r o will p rov ide live p i ano ac-

c o m p a n i m e n t to the r ecorded ver-

s ion of the mus ic for the p iece . H e

will a l so play solo m o v e m e n t s f r o m

his repor to i re a n d improv i se wh i l e

Diez and M i r a n d a d a n c e an impro-

visat ional due l inspired f r o m their

past co l labora t ions .

T h e conce r t will a l so fea ture se-

lected w o r k s f r o m the C o n t e m p o -

rary M o t i o n s repor to i re inc lud ing

" B l a c k H e a r t / R e d B u t t e r f l y " ,

" E b o n y W a t e r s " , " A Wi ld H e a r t

C a n ' t Be B r o k e n " , " B r o k e n A n -

ge l s" and " I n c a n d e s c e n t M o o n " .

R i v e r a f o u n d e d t he c o m p a n y

with y o u n g p ro fe s s iona l s f r o m his

advanced d a n c e c lasses at the Alvin

Ai ley A m e r i c a n D a n c e C e n t e r in

N e w York Ci ty . T h e c o m p a n y ' s

p r emie re p e r f o r m a n c e was in J u n e

of 1986.

C o n t e m p o r a r y Mot ions has per-

f o r m e d extens iv ley th roughou t the

U.S . , the C a r i b b e a n and Europe .

Rivera spen t m u c h of last s u m -

m e r as a gues t of the C z e c h Repub -

lic, work ing with t o p s tudents f r o m

c o n s e r v a t o r i e s o f P r a g u e a m d

Brat is lava. He was se lected to rep-

resen t t he U.S . in the special S u m -

m e r W o r k s h o p , w h e r e h e r econ -

s t ructed three of his w o r k s for pre-

sentat ions at the ou tdoor stage of the

L i e c h t e n s t e i n C a s t l e in the hear t

P rague . T h e works we re then pre-

sen ted at the In te rna t iona l D a n c e

Week P r a g u e 2001 in January .

Admiss ion for the conce r t on Fr i -

day and Sa tu rday is $7 for adul ts ,

and $4 for senior c i t izens , s tudents

a n d c h i l d r e n ove r t he a g e of 12.

Tickets will b e avai lable at the d o o r

the evening of the p e r f o r m a n c e s .

Rivera e n c o u r a g e s s tuden t s to at-

tend the p e r f o r m a n c e for a variety

of r easons .

" B e c a u s e i t ' s here , b e c a u s e i t ' s

h a p p e n i n g , b e c a u s e i t ' s l ive , be-

cause it 's exci t ing, because its good ,

because its r ight at your door . . .and

the pr ice is r ight ."

DeVos concert to feature variety of talent Emily Moellman ARTS EDITOR

At the annual Musica l Showcase

at DeVos Hal l on M o n d a y , April 9

aud ience m e m b e r s will hear every-

t h i n g f r o m the p e r c u s s i o n e n -

s e m b l e to the C h a p e l Choi r . But

very little c l app ing .

In the tradit ion of the fas t -paced

musica l event , aud ience m e m b e r s

are a sked to hold their a p p l a u s e

until in termiss ion and the end o f

the per formance . As the last strains

o f p i a n o c o n c e r t o f a d e ou t , t h e

l ights c o m e up on another part of

t h e s t a g e l i g h t s . to f e a t u r e t h e

S y m p h o n e t t e .

T h e 8 pm concer t will be he ld in

G r a n d R a p i d s f o r its t h i r t e e n t h

year , and unvei ls the g i f t s o f all

H o p e C o l l e g e ' s m a j o r m u s i c a l

g roups , a long with solois ts , c h a m -

ber g roups , and smal l ensembles .

T h e 2 4 w o r k s p e r f o r m e d r a n g e

f r o m a se lec t ion f r o m a B r a h m s ' s

s y m p h o n y to the j a z z of Orne t t e

C o l e m a n , R o m a n i a n

^ d a n c e s by B e l a

Bar tok , and a cel lo

p i e c e b y P a u l

^ H indemi th .

I ^ T h e c o n c e r t b e -

g i n s w i t h " K u - K a -

l l imooku , " a percus-

sion piece by Chr i s -

t o p h e r R o u s e p e r -

f o r m e d by t h e P e r c u s s i o n E n -

semble . T h e n sop rano Sarah Proulx

( ' 0 2 ) will b e f ea tu red a long wi th

a c c o m p a n i s t L a u r a Donne l ly per-

f o r m i n g "Father , I Beg You" f r o m

M o l i e r e ' s "Tar tu f fe" .

The W o m e n ' s C h a m b e r Choir, di-

rected by Brad R i c h m o n d , per-

f o r m s " S h e P iped for U s . " by

L ibby Larson . A string quar te t

c o n s i s t i n g o f v io l in i s t Pau l

J a c k s o n ( ' 0 4 ) , viol inis t Ben

F u r h m a n ( 4 0 4 ) , v io l i s t J o e

G u t o w s k i ( 4 04) . and cel l is t

C h r i s t o p h e r M e y e r ( 4 0 1 )

w i l l p e r f o r m

S h o s t a k o v i c h ' s " Q u a r t e t

No . 8, Al legro mol to . "

J a z z E n s e m b l e I , di- r e c t ed

by Brian Coyle , will play Char l e s

M i n g u s ' "Hai t ian Fight Song" . Vio-

linist Joseph Del ler ( ' 0 3 ) will then

be j o i n e d by p i an i s t L o r a C l a r k

( ' 9 7 ) in E d o u a r d L a l o ' s

" S y m p h o n i c E s p a g n o l e :

Sche rzando . "

T h e Ope ra W o r k s h o p will next

p e r f o r m a select ion f r o m Engelber t

H u m p e r d i n c k ' s " H a n s e l u n d

Gre t e l " under the d i rec t ion of Mar-

garet Kennedy-Dygas . Pianist Paul

J a c o b s ( 4 0 1 ) w i l l f o l l o w w i t h

A lexande r Scr iab in ' s "Pre lude in B

M i n o r " . T h e first half will c lose

with the H o p e Co l l ege Orches t ra ,

under R i c h m o n d ' s d i rec t ion , per-

f o r m i n g B r a h m s ' " S y m p h o n y No .

2 in D M a j o r : A l l eg ro c o n spiri to."

R i cha rd P i ippo will c o n d u c t the

S y m p h o n e t t e in B e n j a m i n Br i t ten ' s

" S o i r e e s M u s i c a l e s : M a r c h ,

C a n z o n e t t a , Bo le ro , C a n z o n e t t a "

will o p e n t he s econd hal f of the

concer t .

N e x t s o p r a n o M e l i s s a

K u c h e k ( 4 0 4 ) a c c o m p a -

nied by L a u r a D o n n e l l y

( 4 01) will s i n g G i a c o m o

R o s s i n i ' s 44La

S e p a r a z i o n e . " B e l a

B a r t o k ' s " R o u m a n i a n

D a n c e s " will then be per-

f o r m e d by v i o l i n i s t T i t u s

M u n t e a n u ( 4 04) , a c c o m p a n i e d by

Lora Clark .

T h e C h a p e l Cho i r , d i r ec t ed by

R ichmond , will s ing " Jesus Walked

this L o n e s o m e Valley," as a r ranged

by J o h n R e a g e r . F lu t i s t Jess ica

S c h u l t e ( ' 0 2 ) will fo l low pe r fo rm-

ing E l d i n B u r t o n ' s " S o n a t a f o r

F lu te and P iano : A n d a n t i n o " ac-

compan ied by Sarah H e r m a n (*01).

Nex t str ing quar te t cons i s t ing of

violinist J enn i fe r Walvoord ( ' 0 2 ) ,

violinist Joseph Del ler ( 4 02) , vio-

list Lauren K r u s e ( ' 02 ) and cellist

N icho la s Toben ( ' 0 3 ) will pe r fo rm

D e b u s s y ' s " Q u a r t e t e in G Minor ,

Op. 10: Assez vif et b ien ry tme."

Jazz C h a m b e r E n s e m b l e I will

t h e n t a k e t he s t a g e n e x t w i t h

Orne t t e C o l e m a n ' s "B lues C o n n o -

ta t ion ." Fea tu red in the quar te t is

alto saxophonis t Daron Vroon ( 401),

bass is t Hart Ga ry ( 4 01) , t rombon i s t

Paul Wesse l ink ( ' 0 4 ) , and d r u m m e r

M i k e K r o p c h e k ( 404) .

Pianis t Susan D e K a m ( 4 02) will

p e r f o r m R a c h m a m i n o f f ' s " P r e l u d e

in A Minor , Op. 32, No . 8," fo l lowed

by the W i n d s S y m p h o n y C h a m b e r

P l a y e r s , u n d e r t he d i r e c t i o n o f

S teven Ward , p e r f o r m i n g C h a r l e s

S u r i n a c h ' s " G a r r o t i n ( ' R i t m o

J o n d o ' ) . "

Cell ist B randon Kota ( ' 0 1 ) will

per form next with Paul H i n d e m i t h ' s

" S o n a t a for V i o l i n c e l l o : M a s s i g

schnel l . " he will b e fo l lowed by a

t r io : v io l in i s t A i m e e M o r e h o u s e

( ' 0 1 ) , c lar inet is t Tracy Mil ler ( ' 0 1 ) ,

and pianist Paul Jacobs p e r f o r m i n g

"Su i t e , Op. 157B: In t roduct ion et

F ina l " by Dar ius M i h a u d .

T e n o r Q u i n c y M a r r

( ' 0 2 ) w i t h p i a n i s t

L o r a C l a r k w i l l

t h e n p e r f o r m

" e m p t y Cha i r s at

E m p t y T a b l e s "

f r o m " L e s

Miserab les . "

T h e C o n -

c e r t w i l l

c o n c l u d e

more SHOWCASE on 9

WHAT'S

U P P N i g h t l i f e :

C o m m o n G r o u n d s C o f f e e

House : Tues . & Sun. :

C h e s s . Call ahead for

current s chedu le of

o f fe r ings . 1319 East

Fu l ton , G r a n d Rapids .

4 5 9 - 2 9 9 9 .

U n c o m m o n G r o u n d s

C o f f e e House : poetry

r ead ings and book

s ignings . Call ahead for

da tes . Loca ted in down-

town Sauga tuck .

Divers ions : Sun . , Mon . ,

Wed. , and Fri.: karaoke .

10 Founta in N W , G r a n d

Rap ids . 4 5 1 - 3 8 0 0 .

T h e Grot to : Thurs . :

C o l l e g e night . 2 5 1 0

Bur ton SE. 9 5 6 - 9 7 9 0 .

H o w l i n ' M o o n Sa loon :

C o n t e m p o r a r y count ry

n igh tc lub with line-

d a n c i n g . Thurs . -Sat . : Live

mus ic . 141 28th St . SE,

G r a n d Rap ids . 9 5 6 - 9 7 9 0 .

Sou l C e n t r e C a f e : Sat .

ga ther ing next to

Cen t r ePo in t C h u r c h .

S n a c k s , c o f f e e , and

Chr i s t i an - themed live

mus ic . $2 sugges ted

dona t ion . 2 0 3 5 28th St. ,

G r a n d Rap ids . 2 4 8 - 8 3 0 7 .

A r t s a t H o p e :

S a c J i v i n ' J a v a : E v e r y

W e d n e s d a y at t he Kle t z .

C o f f e e a n d n o n - c o f f e e

d r i n k s w i t h l o c a l H o p e

mus i c i ans p e r f o r m i n g .

M u r d e r Mys te ry Party: Fri .

4 / 6 in Phe lps . Free . P ick

up y o u r ticket at the S U D .

P l a y i n g in G r a v e s t h i s

w e e k e n d : C l u e . 7 , 9 : 3 0 ,

and 12 p m on Sat. 3 pm on

Sunday . $3 .

C o n t e m p o r a r y M o t i o n s .

Fri. a n d Sat . at 8 pm at the

K n i c k e r b o c k e r Thea t re . $7

for adul t s and $ 4 for stu-

den t s and sen ior c i t izens .

S p r i n g F l i n g : A p r i l 2 7 .

Fea tu res local p e r f o r m e r s

at a p i c n i c in t h e p i n e

grove .

C o n c e r t s :

4 -15 Tantr ic . M a g i c Bar.

Fe rnda le .

4 - 1 6 David Gray. Mura t

Cen t re . Indianapol is .

4 - 2 1 Col lec t ive Soul .

H . O . B . Ch icago .

4 - 2 2 David Gray. State

Theat re . Detroi t .

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Condom distribution policy questioned To the Edi tor :

I canno t s tand by and let t he

c o n d o m i s s u e d i e w i t h o u t ad-

d re s s ing it f r o m a fac tua l s tand-

point . T h e r e a r e th ree impor tan t

i ssues at hand . First of all the Stu-

dent Congress money al located to

the K n i c k e r b o c k e r Fra te rn i ty to

sponsor the A I D S Real i ty Concer t

(March 6) wen t to pay for the rep-

re sen ta t ives f r o m the M c A u l e y

Heal th Center . T h i s was con t in -

gent on the fact that no cont racep-

tives we re distr ibuted at the event .

H a d they been a b l e to d is t r ibute

c o n d o m s , a s o n e r ep re sen t a t i ve

told m e they d o at Ca lv in Co l l ege

as well as o ther smal l p r iva te co l -

l e g e s in M i c h i g a n , t he c e n t e r

w o u l d h a v e p r o v i d e d t h e

c o n d o m s . T h e r e f o r e , no s tudent

m o n e y w o u l d have been d i rec t ly

spent on con t racep t ives .

Secondly , w e m u s t get past the

my th that the d i s t r ibu t ion or p ro-

m o t i o n o f c o n t r a c e p t i v e s i n -

c reases sexual act ivi ty instead of

safety. A b s t i n e n c e is not a real i ty

for eve ryone , a fac t that m a k e s dis-

e a s e p r e v e n t i o n q u i t e n e c e s s a r y .

T h e p romot ion a n d dis t r ibut ion of

c o n d o m s is a very easy way to d o

this. T h e e f fec t iveness o f such m e a -

s u r e s a r e m a d e a p p a r e n t by T h e

K a i s e r H I V / A I D S r e p o r t w h i c h

s ta tes , " S e n e g a l has an H I V infec-

t i o n r a t e o f o n l y 1 % a m o n g

adul t s . . . C o n d o m p romot ion by t he

g o v e r n m e n t has resul ted in an 11-

fold increase in usage f r o m 7 0 0 , 0 0 0

in 1988 to e igh t mil l ion in 1997"

(www.zpg .o rg ) .

Final ly , an inst i tut ion like H o p e

Co l l ege would b e remiss , not to t ake

an oppor tun i ty such a s this to pro-

m o t e health a n d safety. I think that

it is an o v e r s i m p l i f i c a t i o n o f t he

s i tuat ion to a s s u m e that w e are ma-

ture , i ndependen t , a n d in te l l igen t

e n o u g h to m a k e t he dec i s ion to u s e

a c o n d o m w i t h o u t l e a r n i n g t h i s

from a n y o n e else. Cons ide r a safe ty

issue of a d i f f e ren t sor t , such as the

w e a r i n g o f s e a t b e l t s . E v e r y o n e

k n o w s that if a seatbel t is used cor -

rect ly it will p reven t , in m o s t cases ,

se r ious in ju ry or dea th . If eve ryone

k n o w s this, w h y do m a n y peop le

fail to d o th is on a r egu la r bas i s? In

add i t i on , w h y w o u l d t he gove rn -

men t spend mi l l ions of do l l a r s of

O U R tax m o n e y each year p romot -

ing the u s e of sa fe ty belts, if it is

s o m e t h i n g w e a r e a l r e a d y w e l l

a w a r e o f ? Hea l th and sa fe ty s eem

l ike the s a m e reasons w e should b e

s p e n d i n g o u r m o n e y to p r o m o t e

sexual responsibi l i ty in our c o m m u -

nity.

P e r h a p s , w e shou ld be l o o k i n g

m o r e at i ssues of sa fe ty and aware -

n e s s at H o p e C o l l e g e ins tead of

seek ing to j u d g e and c o n d e m n those

a r o u n d us . W e should be examin -

ing the pol ic ies and act ivi t ies that

lead H o p e a w a y f r o m bu i ld ing an

a c t i v e , m a t u r e , a n d r e s p o n s i b l e

c o m m u n i t y ra ther than e l imina t ing

those oppor tun i t i es as S tudent Con-

gress and the admin is t ra t ion did at

t he A I D S Real i ty C o n c e r t .

Rache l Ka th leen G a z d a ( ' 0 2 )

Student Congress elections important, enriching To the Ed i to r :

In o n e m o n t h , t he 2 0 0 0 - 2 0 0 1

S tudent C o n g r e s s will c o m e to an

end . O u r 35 m e m b e r s have ac-

c o m p l i s h e d m a n y g o o d t h i n g s ,

r ang ing from the u p c o m i n g M a y a

A n g e l o u even t to the es tab l i sh -

men t of an annual Spr ing C o n c e r t

Ser ies . It has b e e n a pr iv i lege for

m e to work with t h e m a n d with

t he f a c u l t y a n d a d m i n i s t r a t i o n .

So, I approach the u p c o m i n g tran-

si t ion with a b i t o f s adnes s , but

a l so wi th o p t i m i s m for the f u t u r e

o f S tuden t C o n g r e s s . T h a t f u t u r e

d e p e n d s upon the wi l l ingness of

dedica ted m e m b e r s of t he s tudent

body to run for impor tan t leader-

sh ip posi t ions . O n Apri l 19 and

20 , next y e a r ' s S tuden t C o n g r e s s

p r e s i d e n t , v i c e p r e s i d e n t , a n d

elected. Any f r e s h m a n , s o p h o m o r e ,

or j u n i o r is e l ig ib le to run f o r the

top t w o pos i t ions ; any m e m b e r of

those th ree c lasses is e l ig ib le to run

for c lass representa t ive o f his or he r

par t icular c lass . W h i l e I e n c o u r a g e

all of you to consider pursu ing these

pos i t ions , I wan t to l ake a m o m e n t

to let you k n o w w h a t is requ i red of

the p res iden t in part icular . Acco rd -

ing to the S tuden t C o n g r e s s C o n -

s t i tu t ion, t he pres ident is the "ch ie f

represen ta t ive of the s tudent body , "

"chief o f f i ce r of the S tudent C o n -

gress , " a n d is r e spons ib le for p re -

par ing the week ly a g e n d a , cha i r i ng

w e e k l y mee t ings , ini t ia t ing a vari-

ety of pol ic ies , appo in t ing s tuden t

m e m b e r s of the c a m p u s governance

c o m m i t t e e s , appo in t ing task f o r c e

cha i rpe r sons , ma in ta in ing t he S tu -

dent C o n g r e s s budge t , adv i s ing the

Boa rd of Trus tees , etc. Need l e s s to

say, this adds u p to a cons ide rab le

a m o u n t o f work . S o it is impor tan t

that t hose o f y o u w h o even tua l ly

c h o o s e to run for th is or any o ther

pos i t i on u n d e r s t a n d that they are

m u c h m o r e than " r e s u m e bui lders ."

To d o an adequa te j o b , cons iderab le

d e d i c a t i o n a n d t i m e c o m m i t m e n t

are r equ i red .

All o f these pos i t ions are very re-

ward ing . T h o s e w h o o c c u p y them

are genera l ly respec ted , and have

g r ea t e r o p p o r t u n i t i e s f o r s h a p i n g

H o p e C o l l e g e than any o the r stu-

den t s on c a m p u s . I e n c o u r a g e you

to cons ide r r u n n i n g for pres ident ,

v ice p res iden t , or c lass representa-

tive of S tuden t C o n g r e s s and wish

you all t he best a s w e c o n c l u d e the

a c a d e m i c year.

L o u i s C a n f i e l d ( ' 0 1 )

S tuden t C o n g r e s s Pres iden t c l a s s r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s w i l l b e

Student wants more benches on campus To the Edi tor :

S i t t ing a lone in m y H o p e Co l -

lege o w n e d o f f - c a m p u s house , 1

sit a n d p o n d e r my e x i s t e n c e at

H o p e ove r t he last 4 years . Al -

though I ' v e paid m o r e m o n e y to

H o p e than m y l i fe is c u r r e n t l y

wor th , I ' v e go t t en so m u c h m o r e

b a c k in r e t u r n . I w a n t to g i v e

H o p e s o m e t h i n g back b e f o r e I

l eave . U n f o r t u n a t e l y , I a m no t

r ich , so I d o n ' t have a mul t i -mi l -

lion dol lar donat ion in my pocket .

Sorry, I gues s w e c a n ' t h a v e two

basktebal l s t ad iums . I a l so c a n ' t

p roduce any sort of con tempora ry

sculpture that anyone would want

to see. N o w , wha t I d o h a v e is an

idea , and that idea is f o r H o p e

C o l l e g e to i n v e s t s o m e o f i t s

m o n e y i n t o t h e p u r c h a s e o f

b e n c h e s f o r a r o u n d t h e P i n e

G r o v e w a l k w a y s . I h a v e c o m -

p i l e d a l i s t o f r e a s o n s w h y

b e n c h e s w o u l d b e n e f i t H o p e ' s

c ampus . B e n c h e s on H o p e ' s c a m -

pus would . . .

1. P rov ide a good oppor tun i ty

for m e to m a k e f r iends- H a v i n g a

s ide would increase the quant i ty of

m y f r iend by at least 2 0 % , m a k i n g

the coun t rise f r o m 1 to at least 1.2

f r i end .

2 . U n i t e s t u d e n t s a n d f a c u l t y

m e m b e r s - F a c u l t y m e m b e r s m a y

even tua l ly e m e r g e out o f their o f -

f i ces dur ing l unch t ime ( w h e r e ru-

m o r has it the ma jo r i t y o f t hem eat

turkey salad s a n d w i c h e s a n d dr ink

diet S ie r ra Mis t ) to in te rac t with

their y o u n g e r h u m a n coun t e rpa r t s

w h o s e parents pay their salar ies .

3. P r o v i d e a n a t u r a l o u t d o o r

t each ing e n v i r o n m e n t - P r o f e s s o r s

cou ld teach in c o m f o r t whi le stu-

dents sit on the g round .

4. Be a logical p l ace to re locate

s m o k e r s - A s H o p e ' s n e w pol icy to-

wards s m o k i n g is very un f r i end ly

to s m o k e r s certain b e n c h e s c a n be

equ ipped with s m o k i n g s ta t ions to

a c c o m o d a t e s m o k i n g s tuden t s and

faculty. S m o k i n g stat ions would cut

d o w n on s m o k e r lilter too. No te :

T h e s e s ta t ions mus t be at least 25

feet f r o m bui ld ings .

5. F ina l ly so lve H o p e ' s h o m o -

sexua l i ty c o n t r o v e r s y - N o p e , j u s t

kidding. Al though, eve ryone will be

6. B e an admiss ions selling point /

p r o v i d e great pho to oppor tun i t i e s -

S e e i n g s t u d e n t s e n j o y i n g t h e

w e a t h e r a n d t a l k i n g on b e n c h e s

w o u l d g i v e t he i m p r e s s i o n o f a

f r iendly c a m p u s w h e r e s tudents and

facul ty e n j o y d i scuss ing impor tan t

i ssues in a to lerant a n d loving en-

v i r o n m e n t .

7 . P r o v i d e a natural m e d i u m for

i n t e l l e c t u a l d i s c o u r s e - B e n c h e s

w o u l d be a p l ace w h e r e a d ivers i ty

of s t uden t s f r o m d i f f e r i n g D u t c h

a n d o the r E u r o p e a n b a c k g r o u n d s

cou ld d i s cus s i ssues like teen p reg -

nancy.

8. S i m p l y be a good idea- H o w

c a n y o u a r g u e wi th rhe to r i c l ike

tha t? M y p ro fe s so r learned me how

to a rgue like that. I ' v e seen benches

w o r k in o the r p laces , p l aces l ike

W h e a t o n Co l l ege , Cen tenn ia l Park,

and Russ ia - all th r iv ing p laces ex-

cept for Russ ia . P lease , if s o m e o n e

f r o m the adminis t ra t ion is out there,

p l ea se l is ten. It 's the little touches

of love that m a k e s H o p e ' s c a m p u s

great . T h i n k about our fu ture , and

our c h i l d r e n ' s butts .

p lace t q sit a n d . r p ^ ? f i ; i p p ^ pu t - _ allpvyetf .a ^eat. , Dan L a n n i n ( ' 9 f )

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mm Grope Col lege • Holland, Michigan • An ape-run no-prof i t pub l icat ion • Abus ing the Grope Col lege Communi ty for 114 year

ADA opposes tooth decay film series Grope film series attacked by special-interest organization, gingivitis. Fatt Baker CAMPUS FEET EDITOR

T h e A m e r i c a n Denia l A s s o c i a -

tion ( A D A ) o f Mich igan issued a

s ta tement , Thursday , s t rongly op-

pos ing G r o p e C o l l e g e ' s de-

cis ion to s h o w the f i lm

series " I t ' s

P l a q u e

n o t

j u s t G i n g i -

v i t i s : A

L e n s for U n -

d e r s t a n d i n g

Tooth D e c a y . "

" I t is s h o c k i n g

t h a t a c o l l e g e

w h o s e miss ion

s t a t e m e n t

p l e d g e s to

' a t t a c k t h e

bac te r i a that

l ive be tween

your teeth in

the context of

t h e h i s t o r i c

C h r i s t i a n

fa i th ' is sponso r ing w h a t a m o u n t s

to a 'cavi ty f i lm fes t iva l , ' p romot -

ing the poli t ical and social a g e n d a

o f n o n - b r u s h i n g a c t i v i s t s . T h e y

d o n ' t o f fe r a s ingle f i lm that s h o w s

the historic Judeo-Chr is t ian view of

dental behavior ," wro te Larry Lenn ,

A D A - M i c h i g a n pres ident .

M o v i e s in the f i lm ser ies inc lude

" A Day in the L i f e of a Cav i ty , "

" G u m Disease has Fee l ings Too , "

and " W i s d o m Teeth : Not A l w a y s

S o Wise . "

Lenn sugges ted that G r o p e add

s o m e A D A - p r o d u c e d f i l m s tha t

presented what he felt was the m o r e

t rad i t iona l v iew. T h e s e f i l m s in-

CLEAN TEETH: One film the ADA opposes features Ivan the Incisor. The ADA accuses the fi lm of "innappropriate mes-sages," especially the part where Ivan forces children to brush at gunpoint.

e l u d e " T i m m y the T o o t h , " a n d

" T h r e e T i m e s a Day K e e p s Evi l

Cav i t i e s Away . "

" T h e s e f i lms have been s h o w n

to be a s h e l p f u l as an e f f e c t i v e

d e c a y p r e v e n t i v e den t i f r i ce , " Lenn

said.

A l b e r t o G o n z a g a , assistant pro-

vost and cha i rpe r son of the G r o p e

Task Fo rce on Den ta l C a r e , w a s

d i s a p p o i n t e d w i t h L e n n ' s c o m -

ments .

"We w o r k e d

v e r y h a r d to

p r e s e n t

m u l t i p l e

s ides of this

controvers ia l is-

s u e , w i t h v i e w -

poin ts f r o m s t icky

sugary s w e e t s as

wel l a s den ta l

h e a l t h c a r e

p r o f e s s i o n -

a I s , "

G o n z a g a

said.

L e n n told

the R a n c h o r

tha t h e h a d

not seen all

o f t he f i l m s

in the film series .

" B u t I ' v e s e e n e n o u g h , " L e n n

s a id . " Jus t w a t c h i n g these f i l m s

m a d e m y teeth a c h e wi th a dull

throb . I cou ldn ' t have seen as m u c h

a s I d id w i t h o u t t he u s e o f n o -

voca ine . "

Accord ing to G o n z a g a , a l though

t h e y wi l l c o n s i d e r L e n n ' s c o m -

ments , Grope Col lege does not plan

on c h a n g i n g the f i lm series .

" T h i s f i lm ser ies is not in tended

to a d v o c a t e anyth ing , it is a f o r u m

f o r d i s c u s s i o n a n d e d u c a t i o n , "

G o n z a g a said. "If you d o n ' t wan t

to f loss , tha t ' s your dec i s ion . W e

wan t to b e ab le to unders tand that ."

OH, THE HU-MANITY: Grope College President Jimbo Bultmanis throws his arms up in sheer horror as Tombs Hall is engulfed by flames. Firefighters later determined that the fire, which killed seven students and sent four more to Holland Hospital, started when poems covering the walls of the building spontane-ously combusted.

Poetry death toll still rising Fatt Baker CAWPUS FEET EDITOR

Severa l G r o p e co l l ege s tuden t s

lost their l ives this week as a re-

sult of the second annua l Poet ry

At tack , sponso red by G r o p e ' s po-

et ry wr i t ing c lasses .

A l though the n u m b e r s a r e still

be ing coun ted . Publ ic Sa fe ty est i-

mates the losses at over 1.000 stu-

dents .

" I f o n l y t h e y had h e e d e d our

warn ing and not pos ted s igns in

unau thor i zed areas , these ca lami -

t ies c o u l d h a v e b e e n a v o i d e d , "

sa id Robe r t S n o w , d e a n o f s tu-

d e n t s . " B u t no, they w a n t e d to

e x p a n d ou t p rec ious little minds ,

and br ighten our days . N o w look

wha t h a p p e n e d . G o d he lp us a l l . "

Z a c k Bidl , p ro fe s so r of Engl i sh

and head ins t igator p f the Poet ry

At tack , was unrepen tan t .

" F o o l s " Bidl said. " S o o n , m y

m i n i o n s and I will c o n q u e r the

wor ld and our reign of poet ry will

b e g i n . "

T h e f i r s t i n c i d e n t s o c c u r r e d

M o n d a y m o r n i n g , w h e n u n s u s -

pect ing G r o p e s tudents tr ied to eat

pages of poetry that had been placed

on their t r ays in S h m e l p s Cafe te r i a .

A rare po ison conta ined in the ink

seeped into their b lood s t r eams a n d

p r o c e e d e d to eat their bod ies ou t

f r o m the i n s i d e , c a u s i n g s e v e r e

t r emors , vomi t ing , para lys is and a

pa in fu l dea th .

La te r on Monday , p o e m s p laced

on the walls of Flubbers Hall caused

j u s t enough s t ress for the first f l oo r

ceil ing to cave in, squashing 3 class-

rooms full of s tudents l ike s o m a n y

i n s e c t s . B o d i e s a r e s t i l l b e i n g

d r a g g e d out of the rubble , a l though

there is little hope for the poss ib i l -

ity of survivors .

O n Tuesday , a vehic le went out

of cont ro l as a resul t of a p o e m be-

ing p laced on its w indsh i e ld , o b -

s t ruc t ing the d r i v e r ' s v i s ion . T h e

veh ic le struck a pass ing train, de-

rai l ing it and send ing it bar re l l ing

t h rough t he D u P l e e art bu i l d ing .

T h e train, which was t r anspor t ing

f l a m m a b l e gas , exp loded in a f iery

m u s h r o o m c loud , instant ly vapor-

iz ing ove r one hundred art m a j o r s

a n d l e a v i n g d o z e n s m o r e to d i e

s l o w l y a n d p a i n f u l l y f r o m t h e i r

burns .

G r o p e C o l l e g e c a n c e l e d all

c lasses on W e d n e s d a y as a d a y of

m o u r n i n g for the lost s tudents .

" T h e s e i n c i d e n t s s h o w t h e

hor r i f r i c d a n g e r s that c a n result

f r o m u n c e n s o r e d f r e e d o m of

s p e e c h , " sa id J i m b o B u l t m a n i s .

G r o p e C o l l e g e P r e s i d e n t . " I

p ledge that f r o m this day for th, all

poetry must and will remain in the

t ex tbook . I on ly hope that the po^

etry s tudents behind this will re}-

f l e e t o n t h e p a i n t h e y h a v 6

w r o u g h t . I h o p e t he m a n g l e ^

b u r n i n g bod i e s a n d their vict im'^

sc reams of agony will haunt them,

w a k i n g and s leeping, for the rcs l

of their l ives. Hell is not tor t i i r i

e n o u g h for their p i t iable s o u l s / ' i

H o w e v e r , B u l t m a n i s admittecj

that s o m e good did c o m e out o f

the Poet ry At tack.

"I was pleased to see ' S topp ing

by t h e W o o d s o n a S n o w y

E v e n i n g ' p o s t e d on my o f f i c e

door , " Bu l tman i s said. "I jus t love

Robe r t Fros t . Also, w e no longer

have to worry abou t the hous ing

sho r t age . "

Smart-looking ape to serve on Grope Board Adam Less EDITOR IN CHEAT

In an unsurp r i s ing dec i s ion last

Wednesday , the G r o p e Co l l ege ad-

minis t ra t ion e lec ted an intel l igent-

l o o k i n g c h i m p to t he B o a r d of

Trus tees .

"Mr . B u b b l e s [ the c h i m p ] is a

b l e s s i n g f r o m G o d , " sa id J i m b o

Bul tmanis , president of G r o p e Col-

lege. " H e is exac t ly wha t w e are

look ing for as a gu id ing fo rce for

the fu ture of this co l l ege . "

Mr. Bubb les , though not a G r o p e

a lumn i , is well k n o w n

for his career in the en-

t e r t a i n m e n t i n d u s t r y .

H e has s ta r red in nu-

m e r o u s c o m m e r c i a l s .

as well as a very spe-

c i a l e p i s o d e o f F u l l

House .

S o m e m e m b e r s o f

t h e G r o p e C o l l e g e

c o m m u n i t y b e l i e v e t h a t M r .

B u b b l e s ' appo in tmen t to the Board

Mr. Bubbles

of Trus tees was not because of his

ac t ing p rowess .

" M . Bubb le s is here for

o n e reason. H e ' s r ich, and

he ' l l be expec ted to g ive a

lot of that m o n e y to the col-

lege ," said Rha ine Th ickey ,

P r o f e s s o r o f S i m i a n Psy -

chology . " H e ' s not even in-

te l l igent e n o u g h to speak at

mee t ings . He wears a dia-

per to keep him f r o m c rapp ing all

over , for g o o d n e s s s a k e . "

T h i s cr i t ic ism is met with s t rong

oppos i t ion f r o m the admin is t ra t ion

and the Boa rd o f Trus tees , w h o still

suppor t Mr. B u b b l e s as an appro-

pr ia te addi t ion to the Board .

" W h e n I l o o k d e e p i n t o Mr .

B u b b l e s ' b rown eyes , I see f l i ckers

of in te l l igence and human i ty , " said

B u l t m a n i s . " A l t h o u g h G r o p e

d o e s n ' t be l i eve in evo lu t i on , Mr.

Bubb le s is more man than a p e . "

Mr. Bubbles has a l ready a t tended

one of the board meet ings . He voted

on cand ida t e s for the new chapla in ,

suppor t ed a raise in s tudent fees ,

and s a v a g e l y bit one of his f e l low

board m e m b e r s . He also is he lp ing

the Board of Trustees intramural co-

e d i n d o o r s o c c e r t e a m - t h e

Pins t r ipers - with their w e a k n e s s in

the midf ie ld .

" T h a t m o n k e y jus t keeps going

and go ing all g a m e long ," Board

m e m b e r a n d t e a m m a t e R o g e r

F inkles t ien . "It m a k e s me forget he

gave me rab ies . "

Ranchor ©Grope . Edu (616) KL5-7734

Women's Issues to release swimsuit calendar Campus News, Page 2.

Black bear in bath-room causes hilarious hyjinks, mauling. Entertainment, Page 3.

Dateless man goes bowling on fourth con-secutive Saturday night. Lifestyles, Page 5.

Ceramic dog sick of this ch-ch-ch-collar. Health and Beauty, Page 8.

Rock and. Roll Hie Ranchor April 4, 2001

Grope student disappointed in wait for Rush Bob Mantra STAFF HOBO

F r a l e r n i t i e s a n d s o r o r i t i e s h a v e

a l r e a d y m a d e the i r s e l ec t i ons , but

unt i l r e cen t l y , o n e s t u d e n t . C r a i g

S t r a t k a ( * 0 4 ) , w a s s t i l l w a i t i n g

a round the DeSp i t t C e n t e r for Rush .

" I ' v e b e e n he re e v e r s i nce I f i r s t

hea rd they w e r e c o m i n g , bu t m a n

i t ' s b e e n a long t i m e , " S t r a t k a sa id .

D e c k e d ou t in t he b a n d ' s p a r a -

phe rna l i a , t he d i e - h a r d fan has b e e n

c a m p i n g ou t in f r o n t of t he b o x o f -

f i c e for t h ree m o n t h s .

" I real ly h o p e I can get Ne i l P e r t ' s

a u t o g r a p h . H e ' s t he real b r a i n s be-

h ind their lyrics. I m e a n . G e d d y L e e

a n d A l e x L i f e s o n a r e c o o l , too , bu t

N e i l ' s m a d e t h e m w h a t they a r e to-

d a y . "

S t r a t k a is k n o w l e d g e a b l e of the

c o m p l e t e h i s to ry of R u s h .

" M y f a v o r i t e s o n g is 4 T h e Sp i r i t

o f R a d i o . ' T h e y p l a y e d it w h e n I

s a w t h e m in G r a n d R a p i d s b a c k in

' 9 6 , " S t r a k a sa id .

T h e t r io f r o m T o r o n t o , C a n a d a is

s u p p o s e d t o r e l e a s e a n e w a l b u m

s o m e t i m e th is year .

" Y o u m e a n i t ' s no t ou t y e t ? S o then

w h y a r e t h e y o n t o u r ? " e x c l a i m e d

C r a i g .

P r e s i d e n t J i m b o B u l t m a n i s i n -

f o r m e d the m i s l e a d s t u d e n t that t he

' r u s h ' at G r o p e is f o r f r a t e rn i t i e s , no t

t he b a n d .

U p o n h e a r i n g th i s , S t r a tka g a v e a

s i g h of d i s a p p o i n t m e n t , p a c k e d u p h i s

s l e e p i n g b a g a n d w e n t to c l a s s .

"I h o p e w e c a n avo id such m i s c o m -

m u n i c a t i o n in t h e f u t u r e , " s a i d

B u l t m a n i s . " I f ee l sorry f o r that y o u n g

m a n . H e h a d h i g h h o p e s f o r R u s h .

M a y b e w e ' l l try to b o o k t h e m f o r a

G P S c o n c e r t a f t e r G o l d e n E a r r i n g . "

C u r r e n t l y , C r a i g is d r o w n i n g h i s

s o r r o w s in c h o c o l a t e mi lk at S c h m e l p s

C a f e t e r i a .

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ANCHOR PHOTO BY ME

NO-SHOWS-. Alex Lifeson, Neil Pert and Geddy Lee, members of the Cana-dian progressive rock trio. Rush, will not be appearing on campus.

Departing chaplain calls for campus revival Fatt Baker CAMPUS FEET EDITOR

In h i s last s e r m o n b e f o r e d e p a r t -

ing for a new pos t in Ca l i f o rn i a , Z e n

F l a t t e r s o n , f o r m e r d e a n o f t h e

C h a p e l , c a l l ed f o r a r ev iva l a m o n g

the G r o p e C o l l e g e s tuden t body .

" W e h a v e c o m e a long w a y to -

g e t h e r in m y m i n i s t r y h e r e , "

F l a t t e r s o n sa id . " B u t as I l e a v e , I

f ee l l ike t he L o r d is c a l l i n g y o u to

a h i g h e r leve l . 1 f e e l , I k n o w , tha t it is

t i m e f o r a r e v i v a l - a C r e e d a n c e

C l e a r w a t e r R e v i v a l . "

D i r e c t l y f o l l o w i n g t h e s e r m o n ,

D u a n n e Z e a l , d i r e c t o r of w o r s h i p , led

s t u d e n t s in an a - c a p p e l l a r e n d i t i o n of

" P r o u d M a r y . "

M a n y s t u d e n t s w e r e m o v e d b y

F l a t t e r s o n ' s w o r d s .

" I r ea l ly fe l l c o n v i c t e d , " s a id J o h n

VanSpe l t ( 4 03) . "1 r ea l i ze that t he t ime

h a s c o m e f o r m e to r ea l ly p r e s s

in to t he w o r d - t h e w o r d of [ C C R

l e a d s i n g e r , g u i t a r i s t a n d

s o n g w r i t e r ] J o h n F o g e r t y . M y

C r e e d a n c e d e v o t i o n c a n n o longer

be s u p e r f i c i a l . I h a v e to g o b e -

y o n d the h i ts l i ke ' F o r t u n a t e S o n '

a n d ' B a d M o o n R i s i n g , ' to l e s se r

k n o w n b u t e q u a l l y sp i r i t f i l l ed

s o n g s l ike ' P a g a n B a b y ' a n d ' I t

C a m e O u t of t he S k y . ' "

J i m b o B u l t m a n i s is c o n s i d e r i n g

F l a t t e r s o n ' s c h a r g e in his sea rch f o r

a n e w D e a n of t he C h a p e l .

" I ' m l o o k i n g f o r s o m e o n e w i t h

g o o d c o m m u n i c a t i o n a n d l e a d e r -

sh ip ski l l s , as we l l as a d e e p per-

sona l r e l a t i onsh ip with b l u e s t i nged

s w a m p - r o c k as the i r L o r d a n d sav -

io r , " B u l t m a n i s sa id . " W h e t h e r a

s tuden t is b o r n o n the b a y o u o r b o r n

in G r a n d R a p i d s , t h e r e ' s s o m e t h i n g

f o r e v e r y o n e in the i r m u s i c . "

N o t e v e r y o n e at G r o p e is h a p p y

a b o u t t h e r e v i v a l .

" I th ink i t ' s a little c l o s e - m i n d e d , "

s a id K a t h y S m a a r l b e r d ( 4 02) . " H o w

c a n y o u say C C R is t h e o n l y va l id

s i x t i e s r o c k b a n d ? E v e r y o n e a t

G r o p e s h o u l d f ee l a t h o m e in t he

c h a p e l , w h e t h e r they a r e a f an of

CCR," J e f f e r s o n A i r p l a n e , M o b y

G r a p e , o r e v e n the D e a d . "

Behind the Music Behind the Behind the Music

ind the Music Behind the M dynamic f rontman

quirky drummer thick-necked bodyguard

sultry backup singer big hair bassist

tambourine player drugged out roadie

explosive lead guitarist tin-eared critic

creepy obsessed fan parking lot attendant

dancing bumblebee girl fan club president

reclusive songwriter

Andrew Lotz Matt Cook Rand Arwady Carrie Arnold Megan Krigbaum Emily Moellmon Chad Sampson Arianna Baker Tyler Danstrom Nick Denis Andrew Kleczek Sarah Wilkinson Rachael Pridgeon Tim Iloudreau

groupies: Meredith Ter Haar, Beth Lomasney, Abby Rogers, and Danielle Koski

record company execs; Rob Ondra and Jennifer Troke

The Ranchor is lolally made up, in case you couldn't figure thai oul. These

ihings never happened, though we think they should. All opinions represented

in Ranchor stories represent that of the story's author.

(^Ranchor R o c k and Roll will neve r d i e

No dice for Minervian frat Fizban's Cloak to perform at D&D Reality Concert Adam Less EDITOR IN CHEAT

A D u n g e o n s a n d D r a g o n s R e -

a l i t y c o n c e r t s p o n s o r e d b y t h e

M i n e r v a n F r a t e r n i t y wi l l be h e l d

o n A p r i l 2 2 , b u t n o

m u l t i - s i d e d d i c e wi l l be

d i s t r i b u t e d .

L e w i s H o n e y c u t t

( ' 0 1 ) , a m e m b e r of t he

M i n e r v a n F r a t e r n i t y

o r i g i n a l l y a p p r o a c h e d

S tuden t P a r l i a m e n t with

a r e q u e s t that they h e l p

p a y f o r e n t e r t a i n m e n t

a n d a d v e r t i s i n g of t h e J. Pinkerton c o n c e r t . S t u d e n t Pa r l i a -

m e n t v o t e d a g a i n s t t he p r o p o s a l ,

c i t i n g t h e M i n e r v a n ' s p l a n t o

f r e e l y d i s t r i b u t e m u l t i s i d e d d i c e

at t he e v e n t .

" T h i s c a m p u s n e e d s to w a k e u p

a n d r e a l i z e t h a t D u n g e o n s a n d

D r a g o n s g o e s o n at G r o p e Co l -

l ege , " sa id H o n e y c u t t . " I f a b u n c h

of m y f r i e n d s a n d I e n c o u n t e r e d

a p o i s o n trol l , m y f igh t e r w ie ld -

ing h i s t w o - h a n d e d s w o r d of + 2

f i r e s l a y i n g w o u l d be u n a b l e to

roll for hi t po in t d a m a g e w i t h o u t

a t e n - s i d e d d ie . H e w o u l d run the

r i sk of d i s e a s e , o r e v e n d e a t h , if lef t

u n p r o t e c t e d in t he e n c o u n t e r . "

H o n e y c u t t s t a t e d t h a t s t u d e n t s

m a y f a c e s im i l a r s i t ua t ions , a n d it

is o n l y fa i r tha t t h e y h a v e f r e e a c -

c e s s to m u l t i - s i d e d d ice .

" A n e n c o u n t e r w i t h t h e W i l d

B e a s t m e n of T o r ' l a c k o r a h o a r d of

N e c r o m a n c e r - c o n t r o l l e d s k e l e t o n

w a r r i o r s

w o u l d n ' t b e f u n

a t a l l i f t h e y

c o u l d n ' t r o l l

the i r ThacOs o n

2 0 - s i d e d d i c e , "

s a id H o n e y c u t t .

T h e c o n c e r t

w a s i n t e n d e d t o

d i s t r i b u t e i n fo r -

m a t i o n a b o u t

D u n g e o n s a n d

D r a g o n s to t he c a m p u s , i n c l u d i n g

D u n g e o n M a s t e r s ' G u i d e s a n d For -

g o t t e n R e a l m s q u e s t - p a c k s .

" I t ' s a s h a m e that S t u d e n t Pa r l i a -

m e n t w o u l d n ' t f u n d us b e c a u s e of

t he d i c e , " s a i d T e d d y P i n k e r t o n

( ' 0 2 ) , m e m b e r of the M i n e r v i a n f ra -

terni ty . " I ' d l ike to cas t m y T a s h a ' s

U n c o n t r o l l a b l e L a u g h t e r on t h e m ,

a n d t h e n hi t t h e m wi th m y S ta f f of

M o g - h o r r a n . "

M e m b e r s of S t u d e n t P a r l i a m e n t

s tood by the i r d e c i s i o n t o w i t h h o l d

f u n d i n g f r o m the e v e n t , a n d e x -

L. Honeycutt

p l a i n e d t h a t t h e d i s t r i b u t i o n o f

mu l t i - s ided d i c e leads t o m o r e p lay-

ing of t he g a m e .

" I f p e o p l e w a n t t o p lay D u n g e o n s

a n d D r a g o n s , I d o n ' t w a n t m y

m o n e y g o i n g to s u p p o r t i t , " s a id

T a m m i P e t e r s o n ( ' 0 4 ) , a m e m b e r of

S t u d e n t P a r l i a m e n t . " W h a t k i n d of

m e s s a g e w o u l d tha t s e n d , that S t u -

d e n t P a r l i a m e n t s a y s y o u

s h o u l d j u s t g o ou t and ad-

v e n t u r e in t he M o l h a l i a n

W a s t e l a n d s wi th a n y o n e ?

R o l e - p l a y i n g g a m e s

s h o u l d be c o n d u c t e d o n l y

b e t w e e n a h u s b a n d a n d

w i f e , t h e w a y G o d i n -

t e n d e d i t ."

T h e M i n e r v i a n F ra t e r -

ni ty still p l a n s t o ho ld the

e v e n t , d e s p i t e b e i n g p ro -

h i b i t e d f r o m d i s t r i b u t i n g c o l o r e d

d i c e .

T h e c o n c e r t wi l l b e p r e s e n t e d in

c o n j u n c t i o n w i t h d i s c u s s i o n s o f

D u n g e o n s a n d D r a g o n s i s sues , l ike

" A r e D j i n n s a l l o w a b l e in m y ice-

p l a n e t g a m e w o r l d ? " a n d " O g r e

M a g i : t o o p o w e r f u l or a n o p p o r t u -

n i ty f o r a g o o d e n c o u n t e r ? " T h e

b a n d , F i z b a n ' s C l o a k , will be head-

l i n i n g t h e c o n c e r t , a g r o u p c o m -

p o s e d of M i n e r v i a n f ra te rn i ty m e m -

b e r s a n d n a m e d a f t e r t he s i n g l e

g r e a t e s t q u e s t ever .

C l j e J x a n c l j o r p r e -

s e n t s a n e a s p g u r t i e t o

s l u o r M i g l j t i n s :

F e i n d e El locade Ta i l l e ba s se Reucrs bas

April 4, 2001 cHips ah<j>y!

Grope calls for diversity in Nalgenes Bland Yourwady S N O T EDITOR

T h e r e has been a s t rong concern

on Grope Col lege c a m p u s for m a n y

years to work on the lack of d iver -

sily on campus . H o w e v e r , head of

Mull i -cul lura l life E e e Pres ley, has

c o m e u p with a so lu t ion .

" In order to m a k e G r o p e Co l l ege

a m o r e d ive r se place , we a r e not

on ly a s k i n g , but d e m a n d i n g tha t

Grope C o l l e g e force their s tuden t s

to s t o p u s i n g t he c l e a r " w h i t e "

N a l g e n e wa te r bot t les , and instead

look into us ing the red, green , and

b l u e bo t t l e s w h e n d r i n k i n g the i r

wa te r dur ing c lass . "

. T h i s s t a t e m e n t by P r e s l e y re-

ce ived support f r o m the adminis t ra-

t ion.

"I think i t ' s a great p lan , " sa id

J i m b o B u l t m a n i s , p r e s i d e n t of

G r o p e Co l l ege . 4lI d o n ' t k n o w if a

lot of s tudents real ize that the more

exot ic races of Na lgene bot t les are

just as double- indest ruct ib le as their

pure , m i l k y - w h i t e coun te rpa r t s . "

T h e s tudent body at G r o p e sur-

p r i s ing ly a c c e p t e d Mr. P r e s l e y ' s

d e m a n d s , and minor i ty water con-

tainers are on the rise at G r o p e Col-

lege. " M y r o o m m a t e j u s t swi tched to

a red bot t le ," sa id Mit Loker t ( ' 03 ) .

" A t f i rs t 1 was put of f , but now I ' v e

accepted it ."

Th i s is the first t ime at Grope Col-

lege that an a t t empt to m a k e our

c a m p u s m o r e d ive r se has actual ly

s h o w n posi t ive

f eedback f r o m •

t h e G r o p e *

c o m m u n i t y . •

A similar at- *

t e m p t b y •

P r e s l e y l a s t *

y e a r r e c e i v e d •

less than posi - *

l i v e r e s p o n s e •

f r o m t h e s t u - *

d e n t b o d y •

w h e n he a sked *

G r o p e s tudents •

to look into al- *

t e r n a t i v e •

b r a n d s to •

A b e r c r o m b i e •

and Fi tch, such •

as F U B U . •

m

CLEAR, YELLOW, RED, BLUE, GREY: Nalgene bottles have long been a concern to the Grope College Community. Recently, the campus has called for Nalgene bottle users to be more tolerant of other colors of Nalgene bottles such as blue and yellow.

Campus-wide email sent for Sacramento incident * m . n mail inct to h e s a f e " sa id Snow. poss ib le . "sa id publ ic safe ly o f f i ce r a n c e of ca ts in a. smal l town seve r

Bland Yourwady S N O T EDITOR

O n S u n d a y , A p r i l I in S a c r a -

mento , Ca l i fo rn ia a s t range look ing

m a n was seen w a l k i n g through the

s treets late at n ight .

A c a m p u s - w i d e e -mai l w a s sent

to warn G r o p e s tudents of the inci-

dent . At th is t ime it appea r s that t he

man w a s s imp ly a h o m e l e s s man

walk ing around biding his t ime, and

that he has no connec t ion to G r o p e

Co l l ege . Grope Col lege d idn ' t want to take

a n y c h a n c e s , p r o m p t i n g R o b e r t

Snow, d e a n of s tuden t s to send the

e -ma i l .

" A t this t ime it d o e s n ' t look l ike

th i s m a n h a s a n y c o n n e c t i o n to

G r o p e Col lege , but w e sent t he e -

mail jus t to be s a fe , " said Snow.

T h e e -mai l also asked s tudents to

pray not o n l y for this s i tua t ion, but

for the G r o p e C o l l e g e c o m m u n i t y

a s wel l .

D u e to the even t s in S a c r a m e n t o ,

publ ic sa fe ty is wa rn ing s tudents to

p rac t ice good j u d g e m e n t .

" S t u d e n t s shou ld r e m e m b e r t o

wa lk together in g roups at night a n d

poss ib le . "sa id publ ic sa fe ty o f f i ce r

M o r k L a b o m b a .

T h i s was the twen ty - four th c a m -

pus w ide e -mai l sent to G r o p e Co l -

lege s tudents this semester by Snow,

warn ing s tudents of s i tua t ions that

migh t be connec t ed to the co l lege .

S i tua t ions e l s e w h e r e this s e m e s -

ter that earned c a m p u s w ide e -ma i l s

r a n g e d f r o m t h e b o m b i n g in

a n c e of ca ts in a small t own seven

mi les wes t of Boise, Idaho. Students

on c a m p u s are get t ing used to the

ema i l s f r o m S n o w , and are taking

the p roper p recaut ions .

" I ' v e real ly got ten used to the e-

ma i l s that warn m e to b e safer a l

n igh t , " sa id Kar la Su idens ( ' 03 ) . "I

now car ry a .44 m a g n u m loaded

wi th t e f l o n - c o a t e d a r m o r p i e r c i n g

l a k e t h e h o o p t e e v a n w h e n e v e r B a g h d a d to the i r regular d isappear - b u l l e t s — n o w tha t ' s safe ty ." J e m . / \ l U I I M I I I I C I I a p p w u o u i a i m w .

Martin comments on cookies and street salety Fairy Ronalds D A R K N IGHT EDITOR

In an unp receden ted d isp lay of

ga r ru lousness , J o h n Mar t in , Di rec -

tor of Admin i s t r a t ive Admin i s t r a -

t ion, dec ided to m a k e a s t a t ement

to the Ranchor .

"I thought it was t ime you kiddies

k n e w wha t I really t hough t , " Mar-

tin said. M a r t i n ' s c o m m e n t s r anged f r o m

the i m p o r t a n c e of h o l d i n g h a n d s

w h i l e c r o s s i n g t h e s t r ee t to t he

p r o p e r t e m p e r a t u r e o f c h o c o l a t e

ch ip cookies .

" T h e y should b e w a r m , j u s t f r o m

the o v e n , " Mar t i n sa id . " I l ike it

w h e n t he c h o c o l a t e is all o o e y -

g o o e y and mel ty . It ge t s all ove r

your hands and then you have to lick

t hem."

H o w e v e r , Mar t i n th inks that th is

t e m p e r a t u r e is far too ho t for the

del ica te h a n d s of co l lege s tudents ,

a n d the re fo re fo rb id s the c o n s u m p -

tion of the a f o r e m e n t i o n e d c o o k i e s

a b o v e r o o m tempera tu re .

" C o l l e g e - a g e d adul t s jus t a r e n ' t

ready for th is k ind of thing wi thout

adul t supe rv i s ion , " Mar t in said.

O n e thing, howeve r , that Mar t in

does not think co l lege s tuden t s are

too y o u n g for is l ederhosen .

"I l ike the way the leather rubs

m e under the a r m s " Mar t i n said.

"Wea r ing l ede rhosen and y o d e l i n g

w o u l d b r ing an aspect o f Nor the rn

E u r o p e a n cu l tu re to G r o p e ' s c a m -

pus that w e are sadly l ack ing ."

Mar t in has p lans to start a yode l -

i ng c l a s s and a S a u e r k r a u t S a m -

pling c lub. Oktober fes t , however , is

strictly banned .

" G r o p e j u s t c a n ' t accept peop le

a n d cu l tu res a s they are. W e need

to m a k e sure that they all fit wi th in

out strictly de f ined cu l tura l and re-

l igious ru les , " Mar t in said.

T o p r o t e s t t h e b a n n i n g o f

Ok tobe r f e s t , seven s tuden t s sat on

t h e p a t i o o f D e W i t t C e n t e r a n d

d rank vats of warm beer and d a n c e d

the po lka . Mar t in fea rs a c a m p u s -

w i d e u p r i s i n g o n s i m i l a r i s s u e s ,

such the proper toas ter set t ing w h e n

mak ing P o p Tarts .

"If eve ryone thought jus t l ike m e ,

l i fe at G r o p e would b e m u c h m o r e

congenia l " Mart in said. " G r o p e has

su rv ived with such little d ivers i ty

for 150 years , and I th ink our sur-

vival will b e ensured once w e s t a m p

ou t such devian t t hough t s as ea t ing

P o p Tar ts co ld . "

W h e n the R a n c h o r was in fo rmed

o f M a r t i n ' s d e c i s i o n s , s e v e r a l

f a in ted a n d had to b e rushed to the

H e a l t h C l i n i c , w h e r e t h e y w e r e

given b lue pil ls for their in jur ies .

" W h a t t h e h e l l ? " a s k e d o n e

R a n c h o r s taffer . "I m e a n , for th is

long , h e never says anyth ing , and

n o w we k n o w the inner w o r k i n g s

of the m a n ' s mind . I ' m jus t b l o w n

away! I have to m a k e sure my room-

ma te heats his P o p Tar ts to the right

t empera tu re . "

W h e n asked wha t p rompted him

to s p e a k o u t , Mar t i n d e c l i n e d t o

c o m m e n t .

Rare statue of pure evil reported missing Bob Mantra STAFF HOBO

A n ancient s ta tue thought to b e

the e m b o d i m e n t of c o n c e n t r a t e d

evil was reported miss ing yes terday

by Dr. Hi ldebrand Pel l .

" I ' m not sure wha t h a p p e n e d . I

swear I set it d o w n right he re on the

coun te r w h e r e this scorch mark the

s a m e s ize and shape of the s ta tue ' s

base is ," Pell said. "I m e a n , i t 's nine

fee t tall . H o w c a n y o u m i s p l a c e

s o m e t h i n g like tha t?"

Publ ic S a f e t y was alerted abou t

the miss ing i tem at 7 :06 pm. T h e r e

was no sign of fo rced entry.

T h e statue was d i scovered by Mr.

L ie r X. Agera t e in his b a c k yard

ANCHOR PHOTO COURTESY OF S H L E M P S

IS IT AN EVIL STATUE?: This priceless evil statue was reported missing early this week. Any infor-mation regarding the whereabouts of the state should be reported immediately to Grope Public

whi l e d i g g i n g a new well a year

ago. H e dona ted it to G r o p e Co l -

lege to be s tudied .

" W h y a n y o n e would steal such a

thing of evil is b e y o n d m e , " Pell

said. " A n d our research was pro-

gressing very nicely, despi te the tact

tha t s e v e r a l s t u d e n t s h a v e g o n e

miss ing s ince it was d o n a t e d . "

S t u d e n t s N e s s S t a r m e n ( 4 0 2 ) ,

P a u l a T w o s o n ( ' 0 1 ) a n d J e f f

A n d o n u t s ( 401) have mys te r ious ly

left Grope Col lege over the last year

w i thou t l eav ing a f o r w a r d i n g ad-

dress . " W h a t bogg les me is that some-

one cou ld concea l s o m e t h i n g that

b ig ," said Cap ta in S t rong of Publ ic

Safety .

Smoking alone?

T h e s ta tue has not yet been iden-

t i f ied, but Pell be l ieves that he has

d i scove red a lead.

" W e h a v e d e t e r m i n e d tha t the

s ta tue is c o m p o s e d mos t ly ot pu re

gold. W e were work ing on decipher-

ing the runes carved on it. We think

these runes tell o f w h o m a d e this

s ta tue ," Pell said. "I t a l so seems to

have s o m e kind of e f f ec t on inani-

ma te objec ts . We o f t e n f ind the lab

in total d i sa r ray in the morn ing . "

In a pos s ib ly re la ted s tory, t he

p e r p e t u a l d a r k n e s s a n d s w i r l i n g

black c louds ove r Peel have m o v e d

a n d a r e c u r r e n t l y h a n g i n g o v e r

S c h m e l p s . If you have any in forma-

tion about the break- in p lease call

Publ ic Safety .

J o i n the Kollen Smokers ' Club! We meet every minute of every hour of every day

on the front steps of Kollen.

Come puff with us!

Ranclior TheRanchor MarcH 14, 2001

Christian record label stripped for potty mouth

Mad Delila PROTON MANAGER

Lev i t i cus R c c o r d s s h o c k e d the

mus ic wor ld on M o n d a y , Apri l 2

w h e n it a n n o u n c e d that il w o u l d no

longer suppor t the record ing ca reer

of Dave D u r f e e ( ' 0 0 ) , a G r o p e Co l -

lege a lumnus .

" W e be l ieve that we have m a d e

the right dec i s ion on th is i ssue . , "

said Levi t icus s p o k e s m a n Herber t

Yark. " W e liked D a v e ' s ear l ier mu-

sic a lot, but lately w e have been

h a v i n g c rea t ive d i f f e r e n c e s about

inapriopriat lyr ics ."

C o l l e g e o f f i c i a l s have been sup-

por t ive of the record compan ie s De-

cis ion.

" C r a p , " D e a n S n o w said du r ing

a rous ing g a m e o f P e r f e c t D a r k .

" W e agree with the record c o m p a -

nies dec i s ion one hundred percent .

Even I was skept ica l of the chris t

l ike qua l i t i es of his new songs . I

also think that the Mea tS im with the

devas ta tor will f ace the wrath of my

d o u b l e p h o e n i x . "

T h e a l b u m fea tured m a n y t racks

including, " H e y Ranchor where the

ledit) d o y o u get o f f ? " and " T h e

R a n c h o r pu t s c rap into the wor ld . "

D u r f e e den ies all a l legat ions that

his latest s o n g s are un-Chris t - l ike .

"I think that the r ecord c o m p a n y is

be ing unfa i r to me. I d o n ' t under-

s tand h o w cuss ing out an un -god ly

inst i tut ion like the R a n c h o r is un-

chr is t like. I m e a n I d o n ' t k n o w

w h e r e the hell they get o f f , " said

Dur fee .

T h e s o n g s in ques t ion we re by a

p h o n e ca l l D u r f e e m a d e to t h e

R a n c h o r ear l ier this year.

" T h e r e has been s o m e specula-

tion as to the invo lvemen t of a lco-

hol or ha l luc inogens in the phone

ca l l , " said a r a n d o m Publ ic Sa fe ty

officer . "Th i s is not the sort of th ing

w e w o u l d usua l ly expec t f r o m a

H o p e A l u m n u s . "

Despi te these al legations, D u r f e e

maintains that the only thing he was

high on wh i l e m a k i n g t he p h o n e

call w a s Jesus .

Jesus arrested Fanielle Coughsky OUARTERSTAFF W R I T E R

A c c o r d i n g t o S e r g e a n t

L a b o b m b a o f P u b l i c S a f e l y ,

J e sus of Nazare th was b rought

in for ques t i on ing this week .

" W e h a d a r epo r t that t h e r e

was a s t r a n g e m a n w a n d e r i n g

a round on c a m p u s a n d b e c a u s e

of a con t inu ing inves t iga t ion he

was brought in for ques t i on ing , "

said L a b o m b a . "It just turned out

the man was J e s u s . "

T h e con t inu ing inves t igat ion

is o n e i n v o l v i n g a d a r k e r

sk inned , m i d d l e - a g e d man w h o

a l l eged ly a t tacked a f e m a l e on

c a m p u s ear l ie r th is m o n t h , ac-

c o r d i n g to L a b o m b a .

" T h e y bel ieved I was the sus-

pect b e c a u s e of m y da rke r c o m -

plexion and the fac t I was wear-

i n g r a g g e d y c l o t h i n g , " s a i d

J e s u s . " S o m e p e o p l e r epo r t ed

me w a n d e r i n g a round the c a m -

p u s . "

A c c o r d i n g to J e s u s , h e h a d

b e e n w a n d e r i n g t h e c a m p u s

look ing for p e o p l e to talk to. He

d o e s n ' t b e l i e v e h e w a s d o i n g

a n y t h i n g w r o n g .

"I have been arres ted be fo re

for n o r eason , but this t ime it is

kind of r id icu lous ," J e sus said.

"To be b rought in for ques t ion-

ing jus t because of my skin c o m -

plex ion very hu r t fu l . "

A f t e r r e ad ing the e - m a i l that

had been sent ou t by D e a n S n o w

about the al leged at tack. Jesus un-

ders tood bet ter the r eason for his

ques t ion ing .

" T h e e -mai l implies that peop le

on c a m p u s s h o u l d b e l e e ry o f

da rke r sk inned peop le w h o a ren ' t

d ressed their bes t , " sa id Jesus . "I

unde r s t and w h y p e o p l e t hough t

my p re sence on c a m p u s was out

of the ordinary, but it still does not

m a k e the e -mai l r ight ."

" A f t e r ques t ion ing , J e sus w a s

r e l e a s e d , " L a b o m b a s a id . " W e

m a d e a mis take , w e ' l l admi t i t ."

J e sus was unde r s t and ing abou t

the mis t ake .

"I fo rg ive them | f o r ques t ion-

ing m e | , but I w o u l d l ike to see

t he a t t i t u d e on H o p e ' s c a m p u s

c h a n g e towards p e o p l e of d i f fer -

en t e t h n i c i t i e s , " sa id J e s u s . " I

w o u l d tell p e o p l e not to b e scared

of peop le of a d i f f e ren t skin co lo r

and of those w h o buy their c lo th-

ing at G o o d w i l l ins tead of t he

G a p . Just be open to the d i f fer -

ences in peop le . "

Banana from 2

the inside of m y car until I cou ldn ' t

even s tand the smel l . The pol ice

ar r ived a c o u p l e of hours later, but

they c o u l d n ' t get it uns tuck ei ther ."

At the m o m e n t , the ca r is the in

the Publ ic Sa f t ey i m p o u n d lot lo-

ca ted behind the Tao Center .

"I k n e w w e we re in t rouble when

those two dogs s h o w e d up . " said

the r a n d o m publ ic sa f t ey of f icer .

"You w o u l d n ' t think that a c i r cus

midge t cou ld lift so much we igh t . "

P e t e r s .is r e c o v e r i n g f r o m the

third degree burns on his left shoul-

der, but Doc to r s are skept ical about

the skull f rac ture and the dis located

s t e rnum.

" T h e doc to rs said that that they

have never had to r e m o v e an ent i re

ches s set f r o m s o m e b o n e ' s s tomach

b e f o r e , " said Peters . " I ' m hop ing

that I will b e able to con t inue the

work on m y psyco logy project in

abou t a w e e k . "

"I had no idea wha t they we re

go ing to d o with a j a c k - h a m m e r , a

f ron t -end loader and t w o shove l s , "

sa id Bill R i c h a r d s , an e m p l o y e e at

West M i c h i g a n Cons t ruc t ion Rent -

als. "I gues s the dead d o n k e y in the

b a c k o f t he p i c k u p s h o u l d h a v e

been a c l u e . "

Pe te r s is s chedu led to m a k e the

next a t tempt th is Friday. H e says

the the safe ty l ine will be secure this

t ime.

Nothing happened on Tuesday, nobody surprised Un-eventful day will fade from memories by lunch Mad Delila

P R O T O N MANAGER

Noth ing at all happened at G r o p e

C o l l e g e this Tuesday .

It was expec ted that s o m e t h i n g

migh t happen , but this was w r o n g .

"I d i d s o m e h o m e w o r k a n d

w a t c h e d a p i ece of g r a s s g r o w , "

Said Dona ld N e e p ( ' 0 1 ) . 44 At t w o

o ' c l o c k it w a s t h r e e c e n t i m e t e r s

h i g h . "

M a r y Ober la in ( 4 03) said that she

j u s t sal a round in her d o r m r o o m

and wa tched bad talk s h o w s . Her

r o o m m a t e jo ined her for two hou r s

but then lef t to coun t the br icks on

the Dimwi t t bu i ld ing .

T h e admin i s t r a t ion a l so felt the

c o m p l e t e lack of any sort of exci te-

men t on Tuesday .

" W e d i d n ' t pass any an t i - smok-

ing pol ic ies or mot ion to lock the

doo r s any earl ier ," sa id D e a n Snow.

" B a s i c a l l y w e w e r e j u s t r e a l l y

bored . I a lmos t cons idered p lay ing

a g a m e of f r i sbee go l f , but lucki ly I

c h a n g e d m y m i n d . "

"I had a lot to d o , " said a r andom

Publ ic S a f e t y of f icer . 4T yel led at

s o m e kid to get off the D i m w i t t

roo f , but it t u rned h e w a s rea l ly

s t a n d i n g o n t he p o r c h . It w a s

f u n n y . "

With nothing to do , s o m e peop le

looked back upon f o n d m e m o r i e s .

" M o n d a y w a s a grea t day ," Sa id

Richard She lps ( 402) . 441 wen t a bi-

o l o g y l e c t u r e a n d p l a y e d s o m e

Yatzee. I t ' s loo bad that Tuesdsay

w a s n ' t s o ho t . "

A m o n g the t h i n g s c o u l d h a v e

h a p p e n e d on T u e s d a y , but d i d n ' t

were : concer t s , basketbal l g a m e s ,

tree c l imbing , sheep husbandry, ter-

rorist b o m b i n g s , phys ica l assau l t s ,

h o m o s e x u a l deba tes , d iscos , rop ing

contes t s , g a m e s of red rover , bliz-

z a r d s , k i l l e r b e e a t t a c k s , a t o m i c

blasts , pres ident ia l e lec t ions , mass

suic ides , kni t t ing c i rc les , bank rob-

ber ies , d r ink ing contes t s , v i rus out-

breaks , naked d r u m circles , archery

award c e r e m o n i e s , th ree r ing cir-

c u s e s , m o v i e f i l m i n g s , c o m p u t e r

c r a shes , anc ient Cel t ic r i tuals , ex-

o r c i s m s , Spr i t e c o m e r c i a l s , a l ien

a b d u c t i o n s , boa t s h o w s a n d l ion

mau l ings .

In shor t , no th ing h a p p e n e d .

I/VOIV: Pictured is absolutely no action what so ever taking in place in the pine grove. Not pictured are stu-dents, squirels, faculty, protests, cars, explotions, bands, children, soccer games, track meets, furry wood-land creatures, starships and monopoly games.

& Bird Do you think Star Trek Voyager is as good as the Next Generation?

pieen

44"Well I saw this one e p i s o d e

of Voyager w h e r e the w a r p

core a l ignmen t was mesu red

in micronmeters but eve ryone

k n o w s that i t 's measu red in

pa raby tes . "

- L o r e e n L u m p u s s ( ' 0 4 )

& hira

" " A t night I l ike to d ress up

as a m e m b e r o f t he B o r g

c o n t i n u a m and tell S e v e n -

n i n e t h a t : s h e j n u s t b e

a s s i m u l a t e d " ) l P

- H e r b e r t B e m a n V O l )

" "Ne i the r of them cou ld be as

good as the or ig inal . Cap ta in

Kirk looks m u c h bet ter in a

u n i f o r m than J a n e w a y . "

- A b e " W o n k e r " D i x o n ( ' 04 )

" T h e pr ime di rec t ive tel ls me

that I mus t watch Baby lon 5.

I have l ived my life a round

the p r ime direct ive . I also eat

l ive f i sh . "

—Elbin Treval i s ( ' 0 1 )

Bird

"I l ike the Next Genera t ion .

I ' l l n e v e r f o r g e t w h e n Q

m a d e the Ente rpr i se c rew act

out R o b i n h o o d . "

- M o o k y Bear ( ' 0 2 )

April 4, 2001 I k Anchor I n f o c L i s

Staff diversity training considers privilege Megan Krigbaum I N F O C U S EDITOR

Dur ing win te r break , staff m e m -

b e r s a t H o p e p a r t i c i p a t e d in a

d a y l o n g staff diversi ty training ses-

s ion. T h e faci l i ta tor for the session

was Car los Cor tes , a p ro fe s so r of

history f r o m the Univers i ty of Cal i -

f o r n i a , R i v e r s i d e . H e is a we l l -

k n o w n speake r and au thor on the

sub jec t of d ivers i ty , e spec ia l ly in

the media .

" T h e d i v e r s i t y t r a i n i n g w a s a

p i ece to a l low f o r all s ta f f to g o

through a d ivers i ty t ra in ing w o r k -

shop that p rov ided an a v e n u e f o r

staff to c o m e forth and d i scuss this

topic, including m u c h of which was

c o v e r e d in t he s u r v e y , " sa id D .

Wesley Poythress , assistant dean o f

Diversity from 1

facul ty and staff of co lo r . "

S ix ty - two percent of s tudents be-

l ieve H o p e is c o m m i t t e d to w o r k -

ing t oward this goa l and p romot -

ing diversi ty.

M a n y of the s t uden t s fe l t c o n -

nected to these e f fo r t s . C o n c e r n i n g

c lasses address ing diversity, 68 per-

cent of s tudents of co lor and 66 per-

cent of the E u r o p e a n A m e r i c a n stu-

den t s su rveyed agreed or s t rongly

agreed that they we re e n c o u r a g e d

to t ake such c lasses .

T h e

mult icul tural life a n d l iaison to t he

p re s iden t for m ino r i t y pa r t i c ipa -

tion.

Poy th re s s desc r ibed the t ra ining

as an oppor tun i ty for staff to look

at the c h a n g i n g f a c e of reali ty by

c a u s i n g indiv iduals to look at the

wor ld and soc ie ty f r o m a d i f fe ren t

perspec t ive .

" R a t h e r than be ing a 'gui l t t r ip '

for par t ic ipants , it was the o p p o -

site of that by prov id ing a new way

of l o o k i n g at d ivers i ty ," Poy th re s s

^said.

A l t h o u g h a t t e n d a n c e w a s no t

manda to ry , all s taff we re s t rongly

e n c o u r a g e d to par t ic ipate .

K y s h a Frasier , career counse lor ,

f o u n d that the t ra ining "p rov ided

awareness of the larger issues in so-

ciety, and m o r e speci f ica l ly to the

c a m p u s by d e m o n s t r a t i n g wha t is

go ing on and p rov id ing a w a r e n e s s

f o r s tudents . O u r c i r cums tances , at

a Chr is t ian co l lege , are un ique and

w e h a v e to w o r k t o w a r d a c c e p -

tance . "

" T h e cul tural c o m p l e x i o n of t he

Un i t ed Sla tes is c h a n g i n g rap id ly "

said Jerry Rademaker , director of the

phys ica l p l a n t . " W e need to under-

s tand o ther peop les ' cu l tures beyond

our Wes te rn Mich igan cu l tu re . "

R a d e m a k e r not o n l y a t t ended the

d ivers i ty t ra ining session for all staff

m e m b e r s , bu t a l so a second sess ion

for staff go ing on miss ion trips.

H e s p o k e to t he fac t that " w h i t e

pr iv i lege has s k e w e d the E u r o p e a n

A m e r i c a n v iew o f d i f f e ren t peop le .

S o m e of what we were taught as Eu-

ropean A m e r i c a n s was to b e a f ra id .

T h i s a f f ec ted our v i ew of p e o p l e

f r o m d i f fe ren t e thnic backg rounds .

T h e r e is b igot ry and hatred f r o m all

s ides that c o m e s out of i gno rance . "

M y r a Kohsel , secretary of the En-

glish depa r tmen t , also s p o k e abou t

the idea of pr ivi lege de f ined as "be-

ing born into a par t icular race , cu l -

ture or coun t ry . "

She said that we mus t not at tach

guilt to this pr ivi lege, but be a w a r e

of it and dec ide wha t to d o abou t it.

" T h e speake r ta lked abou t h o w

there is noth ing equal in t reat ing ev-

e ryone the same. S o m e peop le need

special considera t ion . Fo r example ,

those in whee l chai rs , on c ru tches ,

with leader dogs , as well as those

w h o speak d i f fe ren t languages and

d i f f e r in e d u c a t i o n , " Kohsel said.

Frasier , R a d e m a k e r , and Kohsel

all f o u n d the t ra in ing to b e benef i -

cial and wor thwhi l e .

"I d o n ' t k n o w if t ra in ing ses -

s ions need to be m a n d a t o r y for all

f acu l ty and s ta f f , but to o f f e r it on

a r egu la r bas i s w o u l d b e g o o d , "

R a d e m a k e r said.

"I de f in i t e ly ag ree that this is an

o n g o i n g p r o c e s s , " F r a s i e r s a id .

" W e c a n ' t expec t s tudents to un-

de r s t and these i ssues if we c a n ' t . "

A d i scuss ion ses s ion f o l l o w e d

the the first sess ion in the begin-

n ing of M a r c h to a l low for addi-

t ional t hough t s and ideas.

Facul ty have their o w n divers i ty

t ra in ing eve ry year.

five percent , c o m p a r e d to 18

percent of s tudents of co lo r

fe l t that there w a s d iscr imi-

na t ion by facul ty and s ta f f . "

" T o b e hones t , th is is not ,

in r e a l i t y , a p h e n o m e n o n

tha t E u r o p e a n A m e r i c a n s

a n d p e o p l e o f co lor vary in

their r e sponses to s o m e o f

the s t a tements . I t ' s pe rcep-

t i o n a n d

expe r i ence , "Poy th re s s said.

H o p e ' s s tudent populat ion

is ap-

Students of Color Feel Comfortable

at Hope

All R H p o A d r n U

t » r o . A m f f .

S m d c a l i o f C o l o r !

S l t n n s l * A j r w A j r t e D l i a g r o S t r o o f l y

D L u t r c t

Having a Racially Diverse Student

Body is Important to Me

• All R a p a a d c a l i _

• Fj iro. A m r r .

• S t u d c o t i of C o l o r

S t r o a s U A f r e r A t r t t

m a j o r -

i t y o f

s u r -

v e y e d

s t u -

d e n t s

o f

color s a i d t h a t their p r o f e s -

s o r s

worked

t o w a r d i n t eg ra t i ng d i v e r s i t y in to

the i r courses . A l m o s t all s tuden t s

b e l i e v e d tha t d i v e r s i t y e n r i c h e s

their educa t iona l exper iences . "Re-

sul ts r ega rd ing the racial g a p we re

not as op t imis t i c , " Poy th re s s said.

" [They ] sugges t that H o p e Co l l ege

has a reas of i m p r o v e m e n t to ad-

d ress with respect to d ivers i ty ."

O v e r half of the s tuden t s of co lor

e i the r d i s a g r e e d o r s t rong ly d is -

agreed that s tuden t s of co lor feel

c o m f o r t a b l e at H o p e , and nea r ly

half , 4 6 percent , of the Eu ropean

A m e r i c a n s tudents fe l t the s a m e .

"Very f e w E u r o p e a n A m e r i c a n s ,

Showcase from 1

with the W i n d S y m p h o n y p e r f o r m -

ing Leonard Berns te in ' s " P r o f a n a -

t ion" under the d i rec t ion of Ward.

Tickets for the s h o w c a s e a r e $ 10

e a c h , a n d m a y b e p u r c h a s e d

through the O f f i c e of Publ ic Re la -

t ions at H o p e . T h e o f f i c e c a n b e

reached at 3 9 5 7 8 6 0 .

Professor Brian C o y l e boasts that

this yea r ' s s h o w c a s e fea tures a va-

riety of p ieces to sa t i s fy any taste

in mus ic .

" T h e g r ea t e s t t h i n g a b o u t the

S h o w c a s e is lhat .you have the op-

portunity to hear eve ry g r o u p in the

mus ic depa r imen t , " C o y l e said. "I t

is qui te a d iverse p rog ram with a

variety of m o o d s represented in it

as we l l . "

proxi-

m a t e l y 9 5

pe rcen t E u -

r o p e a n

A m e r i c a n

and five per-

cen t p e o p l e

of color .

F a c u l t y

a n d s t a f f

we re no t in-

vi ted to par-

t i c i p a t e in

their survey,

bu t we re d i rec t ly sent the survey

via e -mai l with the expec ta t ion of

comple t ion .

D i M j r t # S t r o a g l )

D i i a - r c t

" W e are cur ren t ly look ing at the

data f r o m the facul ty and s taf f and

are t ry ing to pul l toge ther the infor-

ma t ion , " Poy th re s s said.

T h e ques t ions on t he f acu l ty and

s taf f su rvey we re s imi lar to those of

t he s tuden ts , bu t w e r e s l ight ly al-

te red b e c a u s e o f the d i f f e r e n c e in

popu la t ion . Facu l ty and staff ques -

t ions we re m o r e spec i f ic in b reak-

ing d o w n the top ic of divers i ty , a s

wel l a s in i d e n t i f i c a t i o n - t y p e e m -

p l o y e r / e m p l o y e e ques t ions , such as

par t - t ime or fu l l t ime a n d years of

e m p l o y m e n t , w h e r e a s t he s t u d e n t

su rvey only used g radua t ing c lass

and race as ident i f ica t ion .

" F r o m the p r e l i m i n a r y

rev iew of the da ta , I ' m op-

t i m i s t i c a b o u t t h e f e e d -

back . H o w e v e r , I d o real-

ize that there is work for

us to do , " Poy th re s s said.

P o y t h r e s s c o m m e n t e d

that co l l eges and univers i -

ties a round the count ry are

g o i n g t h r o u g h a s i m i l a r

p rocess of su rvey ing stu-

d e n t s , f a c u l t y a n d s t a f f

abou t divers i ty .

" W e a r e n ' t u n i q u e .

W e ' r e late ge t t ing

on the top ic , bu t

w e ' r e m o v i n g at a

pret ty good pace

w i t h r e g a r d s t o

d e a l i n g wi th t he

i s s u e . W e ' v e

caugh t u p and are

m o v i n g a h e a d ,

and pass ing s o m e

c o l l e g e s . S o m e

h a v e n o t e v e n

s u r v e y e d t h e i r

s t u d e n t b o d y or

ent i re facul ty and

s taff . Th i s is the

first t ime that we have done th is ,"

Poy th re s s said.

Poythress expressed diff icul ty in

p resen t ing t he ga thered data to the

entire c ampus . Al though Poythress

real izes t he impor tance of c o m m u -

n i c a t i n g t h e s u r v e y r e s u l t s , a

p r o p e r f o r u m h a s no t y e t b e e n

rea l ized .The possibil i ty of present-

ing at chape l has been sugges ted ,

bu t w o u l d p rov ide too l imited an

a u d i e n c e r a t h e r t h a n r e a c h t he

w h o l e c a m p u s . T h e webs i t e will

he lp to in form m o r e s tudents of the

f ind ings .

Hope is Genuinely Commit ted to Promoting Diversi ty A m o n g its Students, Faculty, and Staff

All R e s p o n d e n t s

E u r o . A r a e r .

S ( u d e o ( 5 o f C o l o r

S l r o o g l y A g r e e A g r e e D i u g r e e S l r o n g l t

D i s a g r e e

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W h e n S a r a h W i l k i n s o n (*04)

heard ihe winner of ihe 2001 Michi -

g a n H o n e y Q u e e n P a g e a n t a n -

nounced , she gave the w o m a n next

to her a congra tu l a to ry hug.

"I t was a big shock to learn I had

w o n , " Wi lk inson said.

W i l k i n s o n , w h o w o n a $ 1 0 0 0

scho la r sh ip a long with the c h a n c e

to c o m p e t e for the title of Amer i -

can H o n e y Q u e e n , started c o m p e t -

ing in pagean ts a f te r receiving a let-

ter in the mail f r o m the M i s s Teen

Mich igan pageant c o m m e n d i n g her

for her scho la r sh ip and c o m m u n i t y

service .

"I j u s t dec ided to do it for f u n , "

Wi lk inson said. ' T m not a big pag-

eant person , but it was pretty neat

for a young gi r l . "

S h e c o m p e t e d in M i s s T e e n

Michigan in 1996, and was the 2 0 0 0

M i s s D o w a g i a c ( M I ) . W i l k i n s o n

f i r s t h e a r d a b o u t t h e M i c h i g a n

H o n e y Q u e e n p a g e a n t w h e n s h e

worked for a beekeeper .

"I thought it would be fun to d o

and r e p r e s e n t t he

b e e k e e p e r , a n d to

h a v e a c h a n c e to

earn s o m e scholar -

s h i p m o n e y , "

Wi lk inson said.

T o p r e p a r e f o r

t h e M i c h i g a n

H o n e y Q u e e n pag-

eant . Wi lk inson re-

s e a r c h e d a l l a s -

p e c t s o f h o n e y ,

bees , and beekeep-

i n g , a n d i n t e r -

v i e w e d n u m e r o u s

b e e k e e p e r s . S h e

will be t ravel ing to

S a v a n n a h , G A in January 2 0 0 2 to

c o m p e t e for the title o f A m e r i c a n

H o n e y Queen .

Al though Jodi Kur tze ( ' 0 1 ) has

won nine pagean t s s ince she start-

ing c o m p e t i n g at the age of 18, she

d o e s no t s e e he r se l f as a b e a u t y

queen .

" I t ' s a j o b . a yea r of s e r v i c e . "

Kur tze said. "You need to be a well-

rounded ind iv idua l . "

A s runne r -up for M i s s Indiana ,

Kur tze traveled to the Miss Amer ica

pagean t this past October .

Technica l ly c lass i f ied as a schol -

a r sh ip pagean t , the M i s s Amer i ca

F o u n d a t i o n g i v e s ou t m o r e t h a n

$ 3 0 0 mi l l ion in schola rsh ips each

year. T h e pagean t began as a way

to p romote tour i sm in d i f fe ren t cit-

ies a round the country, and thus had

a h igher e m p h a s i s on the swimsu i t

a n d even ing g o w n compet i t ion .

A s t i m e p a s s e d , t he e m p h a s i s

shif ted to inc lude intel l igence a long

with phys ica l appea rance . B e c a u s e

of this, the talent and interview por-

t ions of the pagean t n o w c o m p r i s e

7 0 % of a pa r t i c ipan t ' s total score ,

with the e v e n i n g g o w n and swim-

suit compet i t ions encompass ing the

r ema in ing 3 0 % . Each w o m a n mus t

a l so d e v e l o p a social p l a t fo rm in

which she has interest . Kur tze , w h o

is invo lved with C A A R E at H o p e ,

advoca t e s the p reven-

tion of sexual assault

and ha ras smen t .

" I t ' s m u c h m o r e

a b o u t b r a i n s t h a n

beau ty , " K u r t z e said.

" T h e r e is a high va lue

p l a c e d o n c o m p e t i -

t i o n . I t ' s m o r e t h a n

pretty d resses and 15

s e c o n d s in a s w i m -

sui t . "

Bo th w o m e n h a v e

f o u n d pagean ts to be

f a r m o r e s t r e n u o u s

than they initially ap-

pear.

"I w a s wa tched f r o m 1 p m unti l

10 p m b y v a r i o u s j u d g e s , "

Wi lk inson said. "The worst part was

that I d i d n ' t k n o w w h o the j u d g e s

w e r e . "

A s p a r t o f t h e c o m p e t i t i o n .

J. KURTZE

Wilkinson auc t ioned h o n e y to vari-

ous beekeepers , par t ic ipa ted in an

in te rv iew sess ion, and pe r fo rmed a

f i v e m i n u t e p r e s e n t a t i o n a b o u t

h o n e y , in w h i c h s h e p r o s e c u t e d

W i n n i e t he P o o h for m i s t r e a t i n g

honey bees .

Kur tze c o n s i d e r s t he i n t e rv i ew

sect ion to be the mos t d i f f icul t as-

pec t of p a g e a n t s . D e v e l o p i n g as

m a n y interests a n d activit ies as pos-

s ib le a l l o w s m o r e a s p e c t s of t he

par t ic ipant to be por t rayed .

"You have 10 minu te s to m a k e

seven j u d g e s feel they k n o w y o u , "

K u r t z e s a i d . " I t t a k e s a c e r t a i n

a m o u n t of m e n t a l s t amina to put

yourse l f in f ron t of s even p e o p l e

and say ' j u d g e m e . ' "

Fo r Kur tze . it is impor tan t that

pagean t par t ic ipants b e a b l e to con-

nect with o ther peop le .

" A n y o n e c a n talk to a m a y o r or

two and cut a r ibbon , but J o e in the

c o m m u n i t y needs to feel connec t ed

as wel l , " K u r t z e said. "You need to

be a we l l - rounded indiv idual - not

o n l y in te l l igen t ^nd t a l en ted , bu t

a l so have a lot of persona l i ty and

b e a b l e to c o n n e c t w i t h o t h e r

p e o p l e . "

T rave l l i ng to t he M i s s A m e r i c a

compe t i t i on a l lowed Kur tze to see

pagean t s f r o m the o ther s ide.

"You h a v e th is menta l p ic ture o f

a g rand a u d i t o r i u m , " Kur tze said.

" I n real i ty , p e o p l e a r e s i l t i ng on

fo ld ing cha i r s . "

O v e r the past f e w years , Kur tze

has not iced a d i f f e r e n c e in the way

pagean t s are run. W h e n she c o m -

peted for M i s s Ind iana f ive years

ago , she f o u n d the compe t i t i on to

be near ly cu t throa t . N o w , howeve r ,

the a t m o s p h e r e is m u c h m o r e sup-

por t ive .

" I t ' s compe t i t i ve b e c a u s e the fo-

c u s is a t i t le ," K u r t z e sa id . " B u t

y o u ' r e not be ing c o m p a r e d to each

o ther s ince y o u ' v e had d i f fe ren t life

expe r i ences . T h e j u d g e s are look-

ing for w h o is the mos t p repared at

i

ANCHOR PHOTO COURTESY SARAH WILKINSON

BUSY AS A BEE: Sarah Wilkinson ('04) was crowned the 2001 Michigan Honey Queen on March 9. She earned a $1000 scholarship and a chance to compete at the American Honey Queen Pageant in Savannah, GA in June. Wilkinson first heard about the pageant when she worked for a beekeeper.

this t ime to b e M i s s Ind i ana . "

W i t h an i n c r e a s i n g n u m b e r o f

scho la r sh ip pagean t s , the focus of

the compet i t ion has been sh i f t ing in

recent years , a l though m a n y s tereo-

t y p e s a b o u t p a g e a n t p a r t i c i p a n t s

still r e m a i n . K u r t z e w a r n s f u t u r e

par t ic ipants to b e prepared to de-

fend their i nvo lvemen t in pagean ts .

" T h e s e are jus t a h igh cal iber of

w o m e n w h o are ac t ive in the c o m -

muni ty , w h o care abou t their plat-

f o r m , " K u r t z e said. " M y intent is

to d o a lot of g o o d . "

Both Kur tze and Wi lk inson ad-

vise any p rospec t ive pagean t par-

t i c ipan ts j u s t to b e themse lves .

" I t ' s hard to ca ter to j u d g e s a pre-

senta t ion o f y o u r s e l f , " Kur tze said.

" S o m e o f the best M i s s A m e r i c a s

have had the mos t personal i ty . O u r

cu r ren t M i s s A m e r i c a is j u s t a nor-

mal pe r son wi th a grea t s e n s e o f

h u m o r . "

S G e n s &eculietiT^ e n ^ j - [ e a n f

Are you going to hear Maya Angelou speak? Why or why not?

Seen & Heard Seen

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m

" N o , because I c o u l d n ' t get

t i c k e t s , a n d I a l s o h a v e to

work . "

- W e n d y Bes t ( ' 0 4 )

" I ' m not go ing because I ' m

not g o i n g Ho b e he re . If I

were , I { ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ v y b u i d n ' t

have been able to gel t ickets

a n y w a y . "

- J e s s i c a N e e b ( ' 04 )

"Yes, of course . I w o u l d n ' t miss " N o , b e c a u s e I d o n ' t have a

t icket , and I wish I had o n e . "

- S h e l b y N o x o n ( ' 0 2 )

" N o , because I d o n ' t have a

t i cke t . "

- S a m Kanaan ( ' 0 3 )

April 4, 2001 Anchor

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glad I got to p lay in such an

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W a r b o s s N i c k - Ano the r zea lous

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M e g a n - sorry i d i d n ' t run the

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rhetoric .

S u s a n - 1 j u s t wan ted to say, I

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Men's swimming places fourth at Nationals Rand Arwady SPORTS EDITOR

H o p e s w i m m e r s Josh B o s s ( ' 0 2 )

and Betsy VandenBerg ( ' 0 1 ) d o m i -

nated the breas t s t roke even t s at the

D iv i s i on III N a t i o n a l C h a m p i o n -

s h i p s in B u f f a l o , N .Y. o v e r t he

w e e k e n d s o f M a r c h 8 - 1 0 f o r the

w o m e n , and M a r c h 15-17 for the

men.

In t h e w o m e n ' s m e e t it w a s

VandenBerg w i n n i n g the 200-ya rd

breasts t roke for the second consecu-

t ive year , and p lac ing second in the

100-yard breas ts t roke . T h e w o m e n

finished the meet in fourteenth place

overal l .

In the m e n ' s meet . Boss took ove r

the breas t s t roke where VandenBerg

left o f f . H e cap tu red his third con-

secu t ive 200-ya rd b reas t s t roke na-

t i ona l c h a m p i o n s h i p , a n d r e c a p -

tu r ed t he 1 0 0 - y a r d b r e a s t s t r o k e

which he lost last year a f te r w inn ing

the even t as a f r e s h m e n .

B o s s ' great p e r f o r m a n c e s a long

with impre s s ive s w i m s by six o ther

H o p e s w i m m e r s he lped head coach

J o h n Pa t t no t t ' s F ly ing D u t c h m e n

f i n i s h t h e C h a m p i o n s h i p m e e t

four th in the nat ion out of 51 t eams .

Las t yea r s t eam f in i shed na t iona ls

in sixth place.

T h e F ly ing D u t c h m e n f in i shed

the meet with 10 Al l -Amer ican per-

fo rmances , f ive in individual even ts

and f ive in relays.

H o p e was a l so c red i ted with six

H o n o r a b l e Men t ion A l l -Amer i can

p e r f o r m a n c e s , all c o m i n g for indi-

vidual events . You ga in Al l -Amer i -

can h o n o r s for f in i sh ing in the top

eight p laces , and H o n o r a b l e Men-

tion A l l -Amer i can honors for ninth

to s ixteenth p lace .

Boss was voted the N C A A Divi -

s ion III s w i m m e r of the year for his

t w o nat ional c h a m p i o n s h i p s in the

b reas t s t roke , and his par t ic ipa t ion

on three A l l - A m e r i c a relay t eams .

In the 200-yard breasts t roke Boss

sha t te red his o w n mee t r ecord of

2 : 0 0 . 5 3 which he set in 1999 a s a

f r e s h m e n .

His t ime of 1 :58.90 put h im far

ahead of Sen io r Bret t H o l c o m b of

K e n y o n (2 :03 .07) .

B o s s ' l ime of 5 4 . 7 0 in the 100-

y a r d b r e a s t s t r o k e w a s o n e - h u n -

d red th of a second off his Div i s ion

III record w h i c h he set his f resh-

m e n year. B o s s defea ted Sen io r Jon

Tay lo r of W h e a t o n (IL) (55 .99) .

O t h e r s w i m m e r s w i t h A l l -

A m e r i c a p e r f o r m a n c e s w e r e T im

D e H a a n ( ' 0 3 ) , s ixth in the 50-yard

f rees ty le ( :21 .00) and e ighth in the

100-yard f rees ty le ( :47.06) . Br ian

Slagh ( ' 03) , seventh in the 200-yard

f rees ty le (1 :42 .28) .

H o p e earned m a n y of their 257

team poin ts in the re lays . T h e Fly-

ing D u t c h m e n we re second in the

4 0 0 - y a r d m e d l e y relay ( 3 : 2 2 . 6 8 ) ,

third in the 200-ya rd med ley re lay

( 1 : 3 2 . 2 6 ) , th i rd in t he 4 0 0 - y a r d

f rees ty le relay (3 :04 .92) , four th in

t h e 2 0 0 - y a r d f r e e s t y l e r e l a y

(1 :23 .91) , and f i f th in the 800-ya rd

f rees ty le relay (6 :53 .46) . T h e relay

t e a m s cons i s ted o f f a variat ion of

B o s s , D e H a a n , S lagh , Ian K o b e s

( ' 0 3 ) , C h r i s D a t t e l s ( ' 0 1 ) , Sco t t

V r o e g i n d e w e y ( ' 0 1 ) , a n d C h r i s

Hams t r a ( ' 04 ) .

Da t te l s a n d K o b e s e a c h ea rned

h o n o r a b l e m e n t i o n A l l - A m e r i c a n

h o n o r s t w i c e in t he b a c k s t r o k e .

D a t t e l s f i n i s h e d 11th in t he 100

( : 5 2 . 1 9 ) a n d 1 2 t h in t h e 2 0 0

(1 :54 .17) . K o b e s w a s 14th in the

200 (1 :54 .47) and 16th in the 100

( :53.38) .

In twen ty s e a s o n s a s head coach

of H o p e Co l l ege s w i m m i n g , Patnot t

has c o a c h e d H o p e s w i m m e r s (men

and w o m e n ) to 2 8 nat ional c h a m -

pionsh ips , with a total o f 100 swim-

m e r s and d ive r s in the m e n ' s a n d

w o m e n ' s p r o g r a m s ach iev ing All-

A m e r i c a n honors .

Anchor Photo courtesy Public Relations

LIKE A FISHz Josh Boss (t02) swims in a meet this past season. Boss was voted the NCAA Division III swimmer of the year.

BASEBALL from 1

in 1998 agains t K a l a m a z o o , bo th of

those g a m e s 21-1 v ic tor ies .

In the victory, T h e F ly ing Du tch -

men scored 15 runs in the f i f th a n d

f inal inn ing , and f in i shed the g a m e

with 21 hits. H o p e also sent six bal ls

There's still time to be part

Applications to be OA's are available at the student

Union Desk, lo-cated in the

heart of DeWitt

ove r the f e n c e for h o m e r u n s .

K y l e B l a c k p o r t ( ' 0 3 ) h a d t w o

h o m e runs, both in the e ight-run sec-

o n d i n n i n g . K y l e M a a s ' ( ' 0 3 )

h o m e r u n was his third on the sea-

son. Others with homers in the g a m e

w e r e J u s t i n K r i b s ( ' 0 4 ) , K e n n y

P a p e s ( ' 0 3 ) , and Casey G la s s ( ' 03 ) .

T h e t e a m s record sits at 8 - 1 0 go-

ing into M I A A play. T h e t eam trav-

els to Ol ive t this w e e k e n d . G a m e s

are s chedu led for F r iday at 4 p.m.

And Sa tu rday at 1 p .m.

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