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Hope warns Greeks by Richard Kuhrt

. As a result of the actions in this year ' s pledging program, Greek social societies may find their pledging programs in jeopardy.

One outcome of this year ' s pledging situation may be a proposal to the Campus Life Board to permanently abolish pledging, or at least to minimize its negative effects in some manner.After that stage has been reached, the entire proposal could end up on the agenda of the Student Activities Committee or the Board of Trustees.

Presidents and pledge mas te r s from various Hope f ra terni t ies and sororities met last Thursday with Dave Vanderwel, associate dean of students; Bruce Johnston, assistant dean of students; and Michael Gerrie, dean of students, to

discuss consequences of this year ' s pledge period.

Vanderwel s tated that he "actual ly thought we were making some progress on pledging this y e a r , " but felt that the net result did not seem to show any •veral l change in the effects of pledging. The Administration is concerned over a number of complaints received from students, faculty, s taff , and even some community members who have rebuked various events sponsored by the Greeks.

Vandalism has also increased during this year ' s pledging period. Some fra terni ty and sorority member s doubt the correlation as actual proof of the destruct ive nature of their groups. Glen B a r e m a n , head of Publ ic Safety, however, felt that " there was a definite

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College to offer B.S. by Doug Deuilch curriculum and the proposed B.S. core. The Academic Affairs Board has given Wettack indicated that with a B.S.

approval for a bachelor of science degree degree, the ma jo r requirements would to be offered at Hope. A final decision, not necessarily change, except for an however, must come from the Board of increase in the number of credits Trus tees . Bar r ing any un fo re seen required. While the core requi rements problems, the B.S. degree may be offered could possibly change, Marker pointed beginning first semester of the 1980-81 academic year.

The idea for an al ternative degree such

Milestone funds depleted by David Fikse October, 1979 to send it to the printer, and As a result of many organizational, missed deadlines for color printing, the

publishing, and funding difficulties, the cost of the 78-79 yearbook rose a g rea t 1980 Milestone has already exceded its deal. budge t . C o n s e q u e n t l y , the 1981 Milestone student price will rise above The 1978-79 staff also went beyond the the present yearbook cost. cdiling of color pages specified in the

publishing contract , which fur ther added The Milestones present problems to an already burgeoning budget.

stem from faults and difficulties en-countered in the production of the 1978-79 In addition, the 78-79 Milestone sold yearbook. Since paid 1978-79 staff approximately $2,000 worth of books members were not compensated until the more than did the 79-80 yearbook. fall "79 semester , the present Milestone s tar ted with a short budget. a result of these problems, this

year ' s staff has been crippled with the Fur ther complicating the budget dif- deficit leff from the 78-79 book plus a

ficulties were the high costs incurred decrease in revenue. The extra money to when printing the 1978-79 yearbook, erase this deficit is coming from the Because the 78-79 staff sent the yearbook Student Appropr ia t ions Commi t t ee , to the publisher all at once instead of which allocates funds to various college meeting sectional deadlines, wailed until

as the B.S. c ame from a "Plan for A c a d e m i c D e v e l o p m e n t ' 1 p a p e r developed by provost David Marker. This plan acknowledged the idea that the College should begin exploring the of-fering of al ternat ive degrees.

Marker noted that " the reason for implementing the B.S. degree is to better serve the students ." This change will be beneficial . mainly to those students looking for a job immediately a f te r graduation.

"The Natural and Social Sciences Office was receiving feedback from students and compan ie s , " Sheldon Wettack, dean for the natural and social

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New tall courses chosen

organizations, such as Milestone, and WTAS.

the anchor,

German for Business and Science, German assistant. Emphas is will be on otherwise to become known as German developing reading competence and oral 203, is going to be offered for the first t ime comprehension. at Hope next fall. - The education depar tment will offer

"This is the first t ime we've gone into -two other first-t ime classes, the second-year level"' with a course Lamont Dirkse, professor of education, oriented toward teaching language will be teaching a course entitled competence in specific areas , r emarked Teaching in the Content Area for Sander DeHaan, assistant professor of German, who will be teaching the course. Thus it is a "bit of a try-and-see si tuation" he admit ted. - The first-year German 171 and 172

"At the end of the year , surpluses and deficits all go back into the Ap-propriations Commit tee ," s tated Dave Vanderwel, associate dean of students. "The committee then looks at the past record of the organization to see how reliable it has been. Generally, the reliable ones come out be t te r . " Van-derwel added that "so much copy pushed the 1978-1979 Milestone into a different dimension of time f r a m e and cost ."

sciences', said, "There was an increasing courses, emphasizing primarily reading

sense that students were not getting a fair shake at the bachelor level with a B.A. Placement officers in companies may not look beyond a B.A. degree."Students with a B.A. could be at a d isadvantage in looking for employment. This is par-ticularly true concerning biology and chemistry graduates .

In the fall of 1978, Donald Williams, professor of chemistry and then chair-man of the Academic Affairs Board,

skills, will be discontinued with the im-plementation of the new language core next year .

In the past, De Haan said, his depart-ment has advised German m a j o r s to also major in another field, such as business or science, but it has not offered them the opportunity to practice their specialties in G e r m a n . Only introduction to l i terature and g r a m m a r classes were

Secondary Teachers . This course will Jennifer Elliott, this year ' s Milestone concentrate on reading high school texts editor, commented that " taking ca re of in the prosective teacher ' s teaching field the budget was not emphasized enough." to familiarize the teacher with the texts She fur ther stressed the importance of he or she will be using in the classroom. getting the yearbook out on time, because

Nancy Miller, associate professor of otherwise the cost comes out of the next education, will be leading a language a r t s year ' s budget. course which will deal with the history of language and the many uses of language.

Choir, Symphonette travel

offered the second year . Now, he ex-

a p ^ i n t e d an a*d h ^ ' c o m m i U e e to study P l a i n e d > students will have the option of al ternat ive degrees. At the end of the gaining some skills in the more pract ical

1978-79 year the committee recommended aspects of the language . the establishment of a B.S. degree and a After a couple of weeks, the class will bachelor of fine arts degree in art. be split into business and science sec-

Following the decision of the AAB this tions. Students in each group will work r

year , a smaller committee, comprised of out of a shorter expository text in their audiences- than the Holland community, members of the Board, was fo rmed to part icular field of interest. A shared- t ime a n ( j ^ gives the Affiliated Reformed look at the possible changes and dif- a r r angement will be worked out between churches , where s tudents per form, a f e r e n c e s b e t w e e n the B.A. c o r e each section- and . the teacher and a chance to see a pa r t of what college

by Beth Dodd Spring break m e a n s annual tour time

for both the Chapel Choir and the Sym-phonette. : -

The College sponsors these tours with a free-will offering taken a t each per-fo rmance to help de f ray expenses.

The tours a r e multi-purpose in that they give the musicians a chance to perform their repertoire for a wider group of

students a re doing. Both Roger Rietberg, professor of

music and choir director, and Robert Ri tsema, professor of music and Sym-phonette director, a g r e e that their member s learn a lot f r o m these t ravels and the experience of s taying in the homes of different people while being on tour. Fur thermore , it is considered good public relations exposure for the College and its p rograms.

This year ' s Chapel Choir left Hope last F r iday on a tour which includes

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Stratford trip gets second wind by Steve Muyskens Hope's annual trip to Stratford, Canada

was called off last fall when hotel reservations for 100 students, faculty, and staff were cancelled by the hotel at the last minute. But plans a re once again being made to continue this 10-year-old Hope tradition on the weekend of Oct. 24-26,1980.

In order to warn people from the outset, assistant professor of English Nancy Taylor, who is organizing the trip, noted that the weekend will a lso be Homecoming at Hope. "The problem with the Stratford festival, " said Taylor, "is that it is so popular that it is hard to get hotel rooms." She was able to line up enough rooms for 80 people, but they were available only on Homecoming weekend.

The Stratford Theatre is constructed as Shakespearean theatre, complete with English gardens and trumpets an-nouncing the beginning of each act. Students who go on the trip will be staying in the Queen's hotel in downtown Strat-ford. which Taylor described as a "very old but very atmospheric hotel. "

Students electing to use the tran-sportation arranged by the English department will leave Hope at 4 p.m. on Friday, arriving in Stratford at about midnight. The group will leave to return to Holland at about noon on Sunday. This allows lime to browse around Stratford and to see two plays on Saturday.

The Saturday afternoon play will Shakespeare 's Twelfth Night, with William Hutt and Pat Galloway in the lead roles. Saturday evening, students can choose between Shakespeare 's Henry V and Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey Into Night. In the past, tickets were only available for the twp Shakespeare plays, but this year tickets are also available for the O'Neill production at the Avon Theatre because the quality of their plays has improved and because, Taylor confessed, " I 'm such an avid O'Neill f an . "

With group ra tes available through the English department , tickets for the Shakespeare plays will cost $7.50 each

and Avon theatre tickets will cost $10.50. Taylor. . The hotel will cost $10.00 per person per Students can put $5 down and be night. Seventy people can be ac- assured of a spot before the 25th. The comodated by the new bus and two vans form for those interested in the trip is

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which will be going. The deadline for paying the roughly $40

for tickets, sleeping, nd transportation is April 25. This is because "unless we get all the money in by the end of April, we lose tickets and reservations," explained

available office.

In the English department The Hope theatre is offering an op-portunity to meet the director, designers,

Students need not purchase the whole and cast of its current production, She package, said Taylor. For students who Stoops to Conquer, on Friday, March might wish to c amp out, " there Is a 28. superb campground right town." she said.

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Search begins for editors The Student Media Communications

Committee is now accepting applications for the 1980-81 editorships of the anchor, Milestone, and Opus . The deadline is 12 noon on April 16. Although previous ex-perience is helpful, especially in the case of the newspaper and yearbook, it is not absolutely necessary. High interest, however, is a prime requirement.

Duties Vcjry. The anchor editor writes editorials, sets policies, supervises production, and keeps contact with the printer. He or she also recruits staff, sets salaries, conducts weekly staff meetings, and develops and maintains the budget. The Milestone editor recruits staff, organizes the selling of yearbooks to current students and the mailing to last year ' s seniors, organizes the dates for pictures, and supervises staff. The Opus editor presides over the discussion and selection of material to be published, selects staff and advisors, conducts staff meetings, oversees budget, t ransacts business with the printer, and ar ranges for poetry readings throughout the year.

The editor of the literary magazine receives a small stipend. The newspaper and yearbook editors receive salaries and the choice of either May term tuition or the opportunity to apply for an internship during the school year.

Applications and inquiries should be

Immediately following the 8 p.m. performance, ref reshments will be served in the ballroom (room 205) of the DeWitt Cultural Center.

Director John Tammi, student scene des igne r John Hondorp , c o s t u m e

directed to Jane Harrington, assistant designer Patr icia Blom, and lighting professor of English, Lubbers 306, ext. designer Michael Grindstaff will explain 3062. how they approached the production. '

Bible seen as stories by Steve Muyskens said Anderson, "but the Old Testament Last Thursday, before a packed does not give us an ancient history or

Winants Auditorium, Hope's annual archeology. Rather, the Old Tesfament Danforth lecture was given by Bernhard tells a story. It is an unfolding d rama . It W. Anderson, professor of Old Testament claims to be related to our s tory." But, theology at Pr inceton Theological noted Anderson, it is hard for us to relate Seminary. Anderson's talk, punctuated the Old Testament to our life, because with anecedotes and frequent references 4 'life has lost for many people its storyline to other theological authors, was on "The dimension." Old Testament Story and Our Story."

Anderson intended to show how the Old Testament directly relates to the lives of his audience in their situation in the world today.

Citing examples such as Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, and the flood, An-derson said that the Bible opens with stories, and "at least half of the Old Testament is narra t ive ." The underlying

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"Tlie Biblical story relates to history," assumption in the large number of stories in the Old Testament is that "human beings are story-telling creatures. Stories relate to life." A fellow author quoted by Anderson once wrote (with a little tongue-in-cheek) that "God made man because He loves stories."

There a r e three essential dimensions of a story as laid out by Anderson. The first is that it deals with people in life as it is lived. Second is that it is nar ra t ive- tha t it has temporal progression. Third, a story must have a meaningful, purposeful progression--a beginning, a middle, and an end.

But then one asks, is life really like that? Yes, said Anderson. Life is narrat ive in structure, it is progressive.

"Biblical stories a re much more open-ended and clouded in mystery ," main-tained Anderson. They a re the kind of stories with which the reader may identify. The reader takes part in a story which is strange, perhaps, but which has the power to interpret life.

Although there are many individual stories, these stories don't stand by themselves. They a re connected into one great story. This story moves through various crises to a point of final resolution.

Anderson gave the Torah as an 'example. These first five books of the Old Testament, he claimed, a re not a body of law, as often maintained,- but are basically a story. The Torah is an ex-tended narrat ive beginning with creation and ending with the death of Moses, but the story goes beyond Moses' death. It moves on to consummation in the future.

Thus, Anderson argued, the Old Testament is a blend of story and history. It is not straight fiction, he said, but neither is it a strictly historical account.

The Israelite story is quite different from other myths, said Anderson. It is different in two ways. First , it relates a happening. A myth is a description of something that never happens but always is. Second, it portrays an event of divine presence. God is here with us, and is concerned for the oppressed. God is a liberator, not removed in His own separate realm. This personal God is even given a personal name-Yahweh.

The Israelite story contained a power which prevented it from being buried in the past. The story is moving into the present and on into the future. Thus, stated Anderson, "this story is not history, because historical events slip into the pas t . "

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rec i ta l / lec ture the Thursday a f t e r break in Wichers Auditorium. Por te r ha s been a W.H. Laird professor of liberal a r t s a t Carleton College since 1974.

Using two pianos, Por te r will present an exper imental composition by Ives, Cage, Crumb, Cowell, and Davidovsky. This recital is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. in Wichers Auditorium on April 10. The following day, Porter will give the lecture half of the presentation, a lecture entitled

•'Myth a s Mediator. '1

Por te r describes the " m y t h ' s role as mediator between past and present, to-dividual and society, rea l i ty and imagination, and tradition and in-

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Porter holds a joint appointment in classics and music a t Carleton and is a frequent per former and lecturer . He Is also the cha i rman of the classics depar tment there, a s well a s the author of two books and several reviews and ar-

ticles.

Sibling events shaping up This semes te r , during the weekend of

April 11 through 13, Hope College will experience the revival of an old tradition--Siblings Weekend. Siblings Weekend is a time for Hope students to bring their brothers and sisters of all ages to cam-

.pus. Higher Horizons little brothers and sisters also a r e eligible guests.

SAC, along with the Ult imate Fr i sbee Club, Sigma Sigma Sorority, O p u s , pep band, and the dorm councils of Dykstra , Phelps, Gilmore, and Kollen, is planning a weekend of more than 20 activities. Included in the schedule a r e Walt

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As the main event of this weekend, mime ar t is t Time Settimi is coming to Hope's campus Saturday, April 12. When Settimi says " the campus , " he means every nook and c r a n n y - f r o m dorm rooms to Van Zoeren L i b r a r y ' s copying machine. He will combine his roller skating tour of the campus with a mid-

.afternoon workshop (open to all Hope students) and evening per formance in

Phelps Dining Hall. A package deal is being offered by SAC

at a cost of $10 per sibling in an effort to make this weekend easy on each s tudent 's wallet. The package includes five meals at Saga (including Saturday ' s picnic), admission for the sibling to all scheduled act ivi t ies , and specia l ly identified times in the Dow Center;

Pre-registration/application forms for this package offer a r e available at many campus locations and the SAC office; payment will be due by 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 8. Persons with any fur ther questions can contact any SAC member or Tom Singer in the SAC office.

William Richardson, assistant to the cha i rman of Mobil Oil Corporation, will visit Hope's campus during the week of April 13 as this semes te r ' s Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow. During his visit, Richardson will give numerous lectures on a variety of topics, ranging from economics to the energy crisis.

Stated Jacob E. Nyenhuis, dean for the a r t s and humani t ies , 4 1 His visit promises to be timely, since everybody is very conscious of the energy crisis and the escalat ing cocts of petroleum." Nyenhuis went on to say that Richardson's visit would provide an opportunity for s tudents and faculty to gain a perspective on how a multinational corporation functions.

Richardson earned his BA at Pr inceton University with a m a j o r in economics; he went on to obtain his MBA at New York University.

He joined Mobil in 1948, where he worked his way up to the position of Controller of the U.S. Division. He moved into planning for supply and distribution, a f t e r which he rose to cha i rman and president of the Mobil Sekiyu K.K., Mobil 's largest overseas affil iate, with responsibility for operations in both J a p a n and Korea. He then a t ta ined his present position as assistant to the

cha i rman. ^ On Monday, April 14 at 1:30 p m.,

Richardson will hold a press conference, to be hosted by anchor editor Brion Brooks and Tom Renner, director of college relations. At 3:30 that day Richardson will at tend a tea for faculty and students; 4 'Corporate Support for the Ar t s" will be the topic of an informal discussion. At 5:30 he will have dinner with Presidential Scholars and National

Merit Scholars. Tuesday 's agenda includes a workshop

and luncheon for college adminis t ra tors on "Long-Range Planning for Ad-minis t ra tors" at 11 a .m. and a public lecture on "The Energy Di l emma" at 7:30 p.m. in Dimnent Chapel.

At 7 a .m. on Wednesday, Richardson

will at tend a breakfas t fo r businessmen a t Durfee Hall. At 9:30 a . m . an Interview with Richardson will be videotaped for 44Mosalc," to be broadcas t later on local Cable TV. He will at tend a Mortar Board Tea at 3:30, and will have dinner with the International Relations Club at 6 p .m. ; the af ter-dinner topic will concern 4 'Observations on Living in J a p a n . "

During community hour on Thursday, Richardson will speak on "Working for a L a r g e C o r p o r a t i o n " in W i c h e r s Auditorium. At noon he will at tend a luncheon for all interested students in Phelps South Conference Room; at 4 p.m. he will at tend an open tea at the Alumni House. On Thursday evening at 7 p.m. he will have dinner with a small group of faculty and their spouses.

The Visiting Fellows P r o g r a m was established in 1973 by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation to increase understanding between colleges and the world of pract ical af-fa i rs . The p rogram provides a different visiting fellow each semester for a three-yea r period. The Foundation pays all t r a v e l e x p e n s e s , a s well a s an honorar ium to the speaker ; the College need only provide room and board for the

week. The Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow

last semester was Ambassador L. Dean Brown, president of the Middle Eas t Institute. This is the first year during which Hope has par t ic ipated in the Visiting Fellows P r o g r a m ; it will con-tinue for two more years.

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Student Congress okays budgets The Student Congress met Monday,

mainly in order to review the Ap-propriations Commit tee 's decisions on the student organization budgets. The Student Appropriations Committee had m e t w i t h e a c h s t u d e n t - f u n d e d organization individually.

The Student Congress then discussed the organizations' budgets one at a t ime, questioning specific amounts and ac-t iv i t ies a long the way. Di f fe ren t al terat ions were proposed, but a f t e r considerable debate the budgets were passed unchanged.The budgets now go to the Campus Life Board, which may only accept or reject them as they now stand.

The group also heard reports f rom the various boards. F rom the Academic Affairs Board it was learned that credit (in the form of an internship) will now be available to anchor editors. This was done to help offset the la rge time demands placed on the editor.

The ad hoc commit tee on WTAS

listenership explained that their survey is being printed and will be distributed right a f t e r break.

Student Congress president Jon Sch-midt then explained an earl ier oversight. The S.C. never moved to support the efforts of the Citizens for a Fair Drinking Age; thus, it was inappropriate to ad-vert ise their petition campaign in association with the S.C. The next meeting will decide if there is enough student demand to wa r r an t support of this organization.

The next S.C. meeting is scfieduled for April 16 at 10 p.m. in the Phelps Con-ference Room.

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New Hope toy an asset With the completion of the Dow

Center, many Hope students came to believe that the College had expanded its physical education facilities, as they say, "to the max," Oh, contrair.

The more athletically inclined individuals at Hope have already begun to take advantage of the new Hope College Jungle Gym.

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M e m b e r s of the Ad-ministration expressed a certain disappointment in that they had intended the structure's actual purpose to remain secret until its unveiling, at which time it would be presented as a gift to the athletes of Hope College. Until that time, the Jungle Gym was posing as a partially-completed Seminary Library with adjacent crane. Whined one ad-ministrator, "We wanted it to be a surprise."

Hope students, however, cleverly perceived the strycture to be a jungle gym, and have already begun to make use of it. The geometric red metal section

of the gym is designed to build strength in the biceps, triceps, q u a d r i c e p s , p e n t a c e p s , hexaceps, and septaceps. Students Interested in building up these muscles can be seen daily clambering from level to level with admirable agility.

The somewhat crane-shaped portion of the gym is designed to develop strength in the pectoral and deltoid muscles, as can be witnessed by viewing the already popular challenge of hanging beverage containers from the pinnacle of thq. structure. The architects have provided a convenient cable swing at that point to allow the athlete a moment of rest without the risk of the overworked muscles tensing up from sudden lack of use. After swinging for a short time, the student' is presented with the challenge of climbing back up the rope-or remaining at the end of it intecminably.

All in all, we praise the College for this, its latest acquisition, and, even more, we congratulate the student body for at last making full use of the College's fine facilities. As one physical education professor put it, "We feel that, with its unlimited potential for physical con-ditioning, the new Hope Jungle Gym is a definite asset to fhe College."

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"Leave Pledging to Pledges" article of March 20,1980. Many of the points of that article a re respectfully well taken and justified; however, there are two sides to

What a '79 Milestone costs At long last the Milestone is out.

And from what we can tell, it is probably one of the better yearbooks put out at Hope.

This only makes sense, since it appears that last year's staff took a fairly irresponsible ap-proach to the finer, but equally important, points of running a student organization.

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The first instance is the mishandling of the budget, and-the second is consistently missed copy deadlines. Each of these hurts the book of the next year, and e a c h t e s t i f i e s to mismanagement from last year.

As a result of these two events this year's staff received two gifts from last year. The first was a virtually depleted budget, since overspending from one year is simply deducted from the next year. It is not hard to imagine what walking into such an economic situation can do to one's enthusiasm for the job.

The second gift left over from last year, because of missed deadlines, was what most people noticed .very clearly-an ex-tremely late book. This not only hurts sales for the current book, but it also hinders the editor's

work when answers to the question "when will the book come out?'l^always have to be

made. In short, we have a very nice

79 Milestone, but somewhere along the line quality was un-justly gained at the expense of prudence.

every story.

It is in many ways a shame that, due to various interests and values, not all of us can be Greek and many have never been independent during a pledging period. This is not meant to be a derogatory remark, but rather a plea for un-derstanding.

One of the key problems I see is that there are no words or phrases which can thoroughly justify and communicate the values of pledging to someone who has never experienced it. This does not mean that pledges have a greater insight into the truths of the world any more than anyone else, but it does give a pledge a

deeper insight into this particular issue On the one side, Greeks have tried to

modify pledging. I can best speak for my own organization, which has reviewed pledging policies every year . We do our best to see that every event serves a worthy purpose. Our events a re as much off campus as we c a n financially afford to have them. We have limited our outdoor singing and moved it to the front of Gilmore, out of the firing range of the water buckets frequently thrown out of Dykstra windows upon us no mat te r what t ime of year .

We have gone to great lengths, with the support of the Administration, to move our own organization's location out of Dykstra 's basement, where we have apparently disturbed some of the* in-dependent residents, to a cottage of our own This move was for many reasons, of course, but pledging privacy and in-dependents ' privacy rights were and a re on the top of the list.

My complaint is this: Greeks are the

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AAB praises symposium (The following lefter . w o s

originally wriffen fo President Van Wylen, but the Academic Affairs Board requested Jhaf It be con-sidered an open letter as well, --b/b)

The Academic Affairs Board wishes to express to you, and to the planning Committee of the recent Crucial Issues Symposium, our enthusiastic com-mendation and support for the day 's program which you and those who funded this event made possible. The Board believes that this Symposium made an important contribution to the educational program of the College. We commend the careful planning evident in this program, and the selection of spokespeople who a r e themselves active part icipants in the configuration of issues confronting our world today.

The Board is impressed not only by the quality of the program, but by the ex-

, tensive participation in the program on the part of our students. Our students demonstrated that thpy a re informed regarding current issues, concerned about that which makes for peace, and capable of raising astute, intelligent, and searching questions and commentary.

This Symposium, and especially the participation of our students in it, bear significant testimony to the quality of

education to which our academic program aspires: to inform, enable, and inspire our graduates such that they may be moved to employ their various gifts toward the achievement of purposes in God's world beyond their College years.

Sincerely, The Members of the Academic Affairs

B o a r d

Credit where credit is due 1 When I was recently accepted into

medical school at the University of Michigan, some of the first people I wanted to share my excitement with and thank were the many professors, ad-ministrators, students, and staff I had the pleasure of knowing, working with, and learning f rom during my four years at H o p e d ' m a 78grad ) .

I feel each one of you contributed to my growth and wisdom, helping me to establish a foundation that I can now build on as a sensitive family physician.

I extend a sincere thank you to each one of you for your support, teaching, and guidance.

Sincerely, Brian Bradley

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Pink Floyd on top 40, yet worth it by Er ic Bn immel Somewhere ' along the way. if you

withstand four years of Hope, one or more of your benevolent professors will in-t roduce you to what is known a s the socialization . process of man. Un-fortunately, they , will do it in the con-v e n t i o n a l m e t h o d : l e c t u r e and examinat ion.

Would you be willing to spend a m e r e $12.99 ($10.99 if you catch a sale) for an eas ier way out^ Then buy Pink Floyd's new double album. "The Wall ." Now, this may present a strain for you Top 40 lovers, but It's well worth it.

Regret tably, one cut off the album has hit this g raveyard (the Top 40) for fresh thoughts. Pe rhaps you've heard it. It 's entitled "Another Brick In the Wall, part 2" and is distinguished by the backing vocals, children attending the Islington Green School.

The a lbum s ta r t s with a rhythmical beat that suggests a hear tbeat a child hears f rom within the womb. Soon, you realize, if you follow the lyrics on the sleeve, that the music tells a s much of the socialization process as the vocals do.

It is during the third cut- , AAnother Brick in the Wall, part I " - t h a t you learn the point of view from which the story is told. Not f rom that of a wealthy, ar is tocrat ic gentleman. Hardly so. The na r ra to r is f rom a broken home, probably on the cheap side of town. Aging rapidly to school age, our young ar t is t becomes entangled with teachers who pour "derision upon anything we did." and then looking back with a child's viewpoint, declares that " w e don't need no educat ion." Closing out the first side, the young child, now possessing some inhibitions, has one of those heart-to-hear t talks with his mother that we all have at that age. But, instead of ending on a high note. It ends with just a heavy sigh.

Side two begins on even a sadder note. Imagine bidding the Wue sky farewell . How this leads to the next song is puz-zling. In the next song you learn that the youngster has grown into a young man and become a rock'n 'rol ler . Next, In this progression of events , what most of us have experienced (and others a r e still looking for) is our rocker 's first girlfriend.

Hearing the songs about her does not even begin to compare with the s tark reali ty of her nature, a s por t rayed by Gerald Scar fe and Roger Walters in the a lbum's sleeve design. When she leaves him he loses it mentally. He buckles under the s t resses of the r a t r a c e and loosens his shirt cuff for the needle.

Another d rama in the a r t i s t ' s life un-folds at the onset of the third side. He

por t rays himself in the 'drug scene as an actor might in a biographical movie. The breakdown finally occurs during " V e r a . " Here, the burned-out mind of the art is t cries out for his former gir lfr iend. Thanks to the " p r o p e r " health care , our rock'n 'roller becomes the docile inmate of an insane asylum, leaving him "comfortably numb." As this act comes to an end and the next begins, the realization of what has happened hits our art is t like a brick. He notices now that around him has been growing a wall, between himself and the rest of society.

By now. if you ' re still reading this, you might just be Interested enough to want to know the latest in the ar t i s t ' s life given to us on side four. But if you think I 'm so naive as to tell you everything, you 're mistaken. Well, off to buy some extra mor ta r f rom the Hope-Geneva Bookstore.

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Westland, MI; Albany. NY; Branch, NJ; New York City; Hamilton, Ontario; and Midland, MI. a s well a s numerous smal ler stops in between. The choir will return on April 4.

The Chapel Choir is composed of 66 students, only one-third of whom a re music majors . This is the choir 's 27th tour.

This yea r ' s tour repertory includes "Worthy Ati Thou, 0 Lord God," by Anton Bruckner ; "The 23rd P s a l m , " by Herbert F r o m m ; "Thou Hast Turned My Lament into Dancing," - by Daniel P inkham; and " 0 Magnum Myster ium." by Tomas Luis de Victoria. The Men's Choir and the Women's Choir will also present several separa te selections at each per formance .

The Symphonette will take its silver anniversary lour south through Indiana to Georgia, Alabama, and Florida, as fa r south as Miami. They will-give a total of 14 concerts while on tour. They left Hope last Tuesday and a re expected to return late on April?.

Their repertoire includes selections from Mozartf Handel. Stamitz, Men-delssohn, Gretsy. Jacob . Faugh, and Bizet. The symphonette is composed of 28 members from the 70-member College Symphony Orchestra .

Social greeks I just finished reading your article Calvin, Olivet, and Adrian in our own entitled Ladies have fa r to s w i m " in league, must be in a class by themselves your March 20 issue, and I feel compelled in how far they have to go. , •

to comment . How you managed to make Secondly, your report of the 800-yard i n H O t W f l t P r such an excellent effort on the par t s of f reestyle relay team's effort was most both the divers and the swimmers seem accura te in noting the 25-second dif-so paltry is beyond me. Allow m e to put a ference between Hope's final t ime and the few of your comments in perspective, winning time. What you didn't note was

Yes, the Hope women's swim team does that Hope's relay was only three seconds h a v e ' quite a way to go before they a r e to away from a 12th-place finish and All-

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Greeks receive undue attention

American Honors. And lastly, the women's 400-yard

freestyle relay team also part icipated a t na t ionals -a fact you managed to com-

be considered a 'national power. ' " So do pletely omit. That relay placed 25th out of the other 30-odd teams who sent swim- 27 teams-not a s well as hoped for, but m e r s to nationals and didn't score a point, still the 25th best Division III relay team But at least the team qualified! Certainly in the na t ion-a most impressive ac-then, those teams who didn't even qualify complishment.

For the hard work and excellent per-fo rmance every team member con-tributed, they most certainly deserved a more sympathet ic coverage of their nationals performances .

Ann Stone

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(continued f rom p. I) correlation between pledging and the increase in destruction of proper ty ."

He went on to give examples of van-dalism he felt to be Greek-related . These include, according to Bareman , " the library being sabatoged, |jroken pipes in a cottage due to a student 's a t tempt to release himself a f te r being handcuffed, internal organs strewn around campus, a pig's head thrown on the front porch of the Public Safety Office, misuse of Dow's showers by girls covered with lcrud, ' and numerous broken doors and windows."

The bill for broken glass (which cost the college $1,548.08 from Dec. 6 to March 14) was $608.78 from March 5 to March 14, the last two weeks of pledging. The money for the bill comes directly f rom student charges.

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center of a t tack for three weeks of every year and yet I see no one complaining about and boycotting our dances, or our service projects for the community and campus . Few have turned down dates to Greek formals or canoe trips. How many hot dogs, cookies, and punch did students consume during rush and how much of it did they pay for?

P e r h a p s this is the " m e " e r a of the 70s finally hitting Holland, Michigan. In that case, a s a Greek perhaps I should wri te editorials to complain about the three weeks that I have to listen to Pull chan-ting or Nykerk singing which disturbs my studying t ime. For that ma t te r , the ap-pa ra tus that inflated the hot air balloon on May Day was particularly noisy.

How many t imes have I stood waiting in } half-hour or hour lines at the cafe ter ia because Nykerk or Pull had just let out? How about waiting to cross the s t reet a f t e r some 600 feet of rope being ca r r i ed on the shoulders of guys groaning in pain? How impressed would dignitaries be with clean-shaven heads, broken windows, drunken brawls , toilet paper wads stuck to windows, and broken water balloons all over campus? Oh, but I forgot; that ' s a tradition, isn ' t it? Well, my organization has been on campus for 70 yea rs ; that seems like a well-established tradition to me.

I would not support a boycott of May

Day, the Pull, or Nykerk. a s I believe in these as good healthy tradit ions and t r ademarks of Hope. I would hope that students would support the Greeks during their three weeks of intense visibility as Greeks support independent events.

It is recognized that independents have as many r ights as Greeks and there a re things which need to be worked out, but I feel that many forget that these r ights work both ways. It seems to me that through art icles such as the editorial of 3/20, some people a r e biting the hand that feeds them the rest of the year round.

T h e College c a n be p roud of organizations which finance and govern themselves for 70 years . Greek life is a grea t opportunity for leadership training, l e a r n i n g c o m m i t m e o t a n d g r o u p cooperation. Pledging is not something you can judge until you've experienced it and learned f irsthand of Its g rea t value in itself as well as in relation to the pledges ' membersh ip and participation In a Greek organization.

Respectfully submit ted. Jane t Lawrence

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is life in South Africa by Marti Szi lagyi . Upon f irs t meeting him, one is instantly

s th ick by two fea tures-bes ides his la rge f r a m e : his intriguing British a c c e n t -pleasant and correct , but not Oxford-snobbish-and his relaxing, amicable wit. Rob Spence, citizen of South Africa, sophomore, Hope soccer team player , and a m e m b e r of the Holland Jaycees , adds his own flair to international student

life on campus . Actually, Spence has not always been a

resident of South Africa. He is originally f r o m Mozambique , a ne ighbor ing country. Spence's f a the r owned some cosmetic factories until the black Marxist Government there nationalized all in-dustries in Feb rua ry of 1979.

In 1870, Spence's ancestors a r r ived in Mozambique (then a Portuguese colony) f rom England. Eventual ly, the Por-tuguese withdrew and bjack nationalists declared Mozambique an independent nation in 1975. Soon af ter the Government took control of the factories, Spence's family emigrated to the province of Natal in the city of Durbin, the English-speaking p a r t of South Africa.

Spence also spent three yea r s as a student in Rhodesia. Some of his memories concerning life there cire un-settling ones. In the cities, ladies were required to car ry revolvers in their purses because of the constant threat of

urban guerilla violence. The greates t danger were the land

mines installed by black terrorists . One had to take such precautions as checking one's driveway. Additionally, all f a r m s were fenced in with high tension wiring. People simply took these courses of ac-tion for granted. Violence surrounded them aad they had no choice but to deal

with that fact . Military service is compulsory in South

Africa. Spence joined the regular a rmy for awhile, but later wanted to "get out of the strict inspections." For example, the discipline was so rigid that a soldier had to spend a t least three hours making his

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i Rob Spence talks about South Africa-1 4Change will come, but it will take longer than

either Grea t Britain or the United States would l ike."

bed. In 1977, Spence became a member of a

special branch of the South African a r m y . One could compare this select f6rce with America s Green Berets. His stint with that end of the mili tary, however, only lasted eight months. The branch was so highly secret ive that if the word were ever leaked out that Spence was a member , the disclosure could have jeopardized his parents ' safety.

At that t ime, Spence's family still lived in Mozambique and here he was fighting for South Africa. Many of South Afr ica ' s black insurgen t s were t ra ined in Mozambique. Spence was told that he could rejoin either the regular a rmy or the special force a t a later date, provided he become a South African citizen. When asked what a t t rac ted him to the special branch of the a r m y , Spence replied, " I wanted to prove something to mysel f . "

Spence did not come out of his a r m y experiences completely unaffected. He

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realized how insensitive to death he and the men serving with him had become. Moreover, war had " taught me how cheap life is ." In fact, Spence knew men who had grown so desensitized to human life that they actually relished killing others . They m a d e c a r n a g e their profession. Spence reflected, "Southern Africa is so beautiful that it 's hard to imagine that such bestiality has been going on the re . "

In order to g rasp some of South Africa 's problems, one must get a sense of its history. The Dutch arr ived at the Cape of Good Hope and settled in the city of Capetown in the 17th and 18th centuries. The dominant tribe, the Bantus, migrated f rom north to south, while the Dutch headed north.

Almost immediately, the conflict of cultural differences between the white Western European and the black African developed. The Dutch have "a lways had the fear of the black hordes ." As a justification for the pract ices of apar-theid, the Dutch (Afrikaners) quoted the Bible. The Southerners in this country used the s a m e rationale for slavery before the Civil War. '

In 1617, the discovery of gold lured the British to colonize South Africa. It was not long before a rivalry for terri tory erupted between the Dutch and the English. F r o m 1835 to 1837, the Dutch left the Cape and moved north, claiming this frontier a s an independent land which they called Transvaal , or the Orange F r e e State. This period in South African history is re fe r red to as the "Grea t

T rek . " -Tensions erupted when the English

decided to head m the same direction as the Dutch in an a t tempt to incorporate Transvaa l under British influence. This contention led to the outbreak of the Boer War f rom 1897 to 1902. The conservative

Dutch f a r m e r s (boers) refused to cooperate with the British scheme. Hundreds of thousands of English troops had to be detailed to quell the feisty boers. The English later granted the English tlieir independence in 1907 and the Union of South Africa was formed. This com-prised the provinces of Natal and the Cape, plus the Orange F r e e State.

When asked to e laborate fur ther upon the turbulent situation in South Africa and the fu ture he foresees, Spence exlained, "Change will come, but it will take longer than either Great Britain or the United States would like."

He added that the moderates realize that change is inevitable but that the t ransfer of power to the black major i ty will have to be handled delicately. Both the Dutch and the English have their

interests to protect. The English have always been more

liberal in their a t t i tudes than the Dutch, Spence stated, but they have accepted apartheid because if the Dutch lose out, so too do the English. Their relationship has been a peculiar combination of reciprocity and expediency; the Dutch provide protection, while the English

contribute their industry. P r ime Minister Botha, Spence believes,

is really a moderate , but the man must walk a political t ightrope in order to prevent factionalism from tearing his country apar t . He a lso must consider his political survival in office. The white reactionaries (the National Pa r ty ) refuse to accept compromise, while the black radicals want their demands met .

Although one cannot defend the facism of the conservat ive faction, stated Spence, its leaders have a persuasive argument for maintaining the s ta tus quo. They ask whether South Africa would prefer to end up like Uganda or other despotic regimes in the Congo.

Apparently, some reform is under way. Hotels a r e now integrated; segregated buses a re illegal; blacks may par t ic ipate in sports once dominated by whites; blacks a r e still restr icted to townships or suburbs, but they may now buy proper ty; and white schools have introduced a few Afr ican languages , al though black students a r e still required to study Afrikans and English.

Conditions in the gold mines have steadily improved. Wages for blacks have increased by 20 percent . The economic gap between black and white mine workers is closing. According to the figures, wages for whites have risen by 10 percent and the black wage increases stand at five percent overall.

The miners live in compounds; the lodgings a re free. There is a hospital on the grounds and the medical ca re provided is also f ree . Although they may not become officers, blacks as members of the a r m e d forces have their own patrol

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w h o c t a s e street, people from all walks of life, newly m e Washington Internship for his registered voters, young kids Just star-last semesfer with Hope. He has recently finished working for Representative John Anderson, who has risen from an obscure congressional seat In Illinois to become a major Presidential can-didate. The following talk with Don took place on the eve of the Illinois primary. „mn)

ting to work-a lot of different kinds of people.

Are there any Republicans? Won't purists look askance at you?

That ' s not bad. We want a wide spec-t r u m of v o t e r s . Admi t ted ly , we sometimes had to get whoever we could with the short filing time for petitions. There may be some odd characters. The

Don, despite Anderson's f ree publicity opposition is going to look into each of in Trudeau's Doonesbury and his walk- their profiles and find something wrong on Saturday Night L/ve appearance, do with them, and just blast us about it. you think Anderson has a chance of Even the al ternates were picked rather taking the Republican nomination? hastily. We would tell them that their

Well, i t 's great that they support us, but chances of going to Detroit were slim, we're trying not to play that up too much. Even if they weren' t that gung-ho about George Bush said on the Today Show the anybody, we tried to persuade them that other day that he gives Anderson credit, "but he's not a national candidate. O.K., he's got people like Kurt Vonnegut, the Saturday Night Live cast, and Paul Newman supporting him." It does bother us. It was essential for name recognition in th^beginning, but it could hurt us.

I'd just like to see Anderson go in there

we just want Anderson to be on the ballot so that there will be a wide choice of candidates.

That 's risky-especially if it pays off. We have to chance it. To get petitions

signed you have to do it in such a way so that it appeals to their sense of

with some strength along with Reagan. I democracy, We say that the other can-think it's going to be a wild convention, wilder than Chicago in '68.

How do you mean? It could get kind of messy. Don Red-

fern, a campaign director in Ohio, said, "You know these Bush and Reagan people a r e going to come in and check out our delegates. They'll try to find things wrong with them. They'll challenge our (laughter)'. people at the polls." We're trying to get Democrats and Independents to cross over and vote for us and they're going to challenge them.

didates have petitions going around and that this one happens to be for John Anderson. Ybu don't have to like him, you may dislike him, but offer the voters a better choice- through your support. That 's how you've got to work it sometimes. Some of them have no sense of democracy. But you know how it is. Some people a re outright fascists

. . . Under legal prescriptions, of course?

Well, one of the biggest things Reagan is doing is having workshops on how to challenge a voter. A person will go to vote, take a certain ballot, and somebody there from the Reagan camp will say "Excuse me, Mr. Smith. Why a re you taking a Republican ballot? Didn't you vote Democratic in the last two elec-tions?" They'll really get a f t e r them. It intimidates a voter. With some people, their party affiliation is importannt to them. It 's hard for them to vote Republican-even if they like Anderson. It could actually hurt us if a supporter had a strong record like that. Redfern was saying that we ought to have counter-symposiums and teach them how to be challenged and get away from it.

How about your delegates? Is there anything characteristic about them?

It's weird. I had a hand in selecting some of the delegates we got. We were getting a wide variety of people. They weren't Republican county chairmen like Reagan got. They were people from the

Are you referr ing te the electorate or certain candidates? Seriously though, aren ' t you worried about alienating rank-and-file Republicans with your appeal to Democrats and Independents?

That ' s a definite problem. Television, (continued on p. 6)

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Hope considers newly proposed B.S. (continued from p. 1)

out that " there will not be a big push to make core changes, but there may be particular options offered. ' ' «

"Once this committee on the core requirements has finished its s tudy," continued Marker, "a statement will be draf ted and presented to the entire Academic Affairs Board." Following a review by the faculty, the proposal would be recommended to the Board of Trustees. Specific details of the B.S. degree, such as actual courses and programs, would be left to the individual department.

"Support for the B.S. degree has come principally from the chemistry and biology depar tments ," Wettack noted. "It can also be important for physics, but to a lesser extent. It is of little concern to the geology depar tment . " >

"The B.S , " Wettack further com- difference between a B.A and B S mented, "connotes science with a degree." Marker was inclined to agree mathematical background. It is seen as stating, "If the B.S. label will be an being more technically oriented and assistance in helping students realize broader than a B A. Some people do see a their career goals, it is important then "

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Another dilemma in which the South African Government finds itself lies in the rivalry between different tribes; There are nine of then), each one vying for a position of power. Each tribe differs in its culture. The Zulus make up the largest tribe and thus hold the highest s tatus.

Because of the lacli of unity among the different tribes, Spence feels that the Wacks do not have the leaders capable of running the country effectively.

On the whole, Spence expressed op-timism regarding South Africa 's future. South Africa now enjoys not only the phenomenal jump in gold prices, but the country is experiencing an economic boon in raw materials as well. Yet, with all this prosperity, South Africa needs financial aid in order for it, as a modern country, to progress even further.

Spence discussed at some length his views concerning the present situation in Rhodesia. Two weeks ago, Robert Mugabe, leftist guerilla leader of the People's Liberation Front, was voted into office as P r ime Minister by a popular mandate. Late last year, former white Pr ime Minister Ian Smith agreed to the one-man, »one-vote principle, hence easing the way for black majority rule.

Spence at first had his doubts when Mugabe announced his platform of4 'one-party rule through democratic elec-tions." He wondered about that apparent contradiction. Now that Mugabe is in

"power, Spence's opinion is a bit more positive.

Evidently, Mugabe has assumed the role of pragmatic politician by asking that whites stay in Rhodesia. He has just appointed two whites to his Cabinet. He is also declaring Rhodesia "a non-aligned nation."

Spence sees this move as a gesture to avoid antagonizing either the West or Mugabe's next-door neighbor. South Af r i ca . His count ry needs help, technically and financially. He also ap-pears to be making amends with his tribal and political opponent, Joshua Nkomo, by inviting the latter to join his Government.

Spence now questions whether Mugabe is a s radical as he had once thought. Rhodesia stands to benefit economically from peace if it succeeds. Spence con-cluded by say ing tha t "If this ar rangement can work, it'll make history."

Because of Spence's background in military service, the question arose a s to whether America should return to the draft . He answered that although he does not like the idea, "there is no other way to curtail Soviet expansion." He favors a short-term draft such as Sweden has in effect. 41A great power cannot be kind," he said; "it must be tough."

He compared America's position to that of a shark. One can either pet it and let it bite his hand off or one can be prepared. Carter has been weak in this regard. Eventually, the United States might be forced to decide whethel^, to fight a con-ventional war or a nuclear one.

Conventional war would be preferable. Spence maintains that the United States must be able to fight a conventional war. How can this be achieved? The a rmed forces must be highly trained so a s to allow for rapid deployment of troops. Essentially, America will require men with sophisticated skills. In addition, the number of nuclear bombs should be limited, but modified in accordance with

up-to^late technological s tandards. In other words, stop pouring so much money into the development of new bombs and improve upon those we already have.

Spence contends that the Soviet Union is continually testing America 's mettle. Last summer , the Kremlin sent a con-tingent of Soviet troops to Ciiba, waiting to see how Washington would react. This action created a minor stir , but nothing was done. Spence mentioned that when the Russians invaded Afghanistan, perhaps the United States should have taken Cuba as a sign that America would not be aquiescent when her interests a r e threatened. "The United States must have a strong foreign policy," Spence remarked.

How did' this South African find out about Hope? Spence lived next door to America 's Ambassador to Mozambique, William DePree. DePree 's son at tends Hope and encouraged Spence to come here. The idea of actually seeing America excited him.

Spence finds that Americans a re op-timistic in their outlook towards the future. From a foreigner 's viewpoint, Spence agrees that the United States "hes a great future. '1 He assessed that Europeans " a r e pessimistic and live from day to day." In short, Rob Spence likes it here.

Presently there are only four teams signed up for Hope's newest intramural sport, water polo. They are the Flounders (a team of independents), the Fra ters , the Knicks, and the Arkie Sharks. The Fra te r s seem to be the favorites, as they have four past or present male swimmers on their team. They looked very strong in their first match, an 18-11 trouncing of the Flounders.

The rules of the game are simple. Each

half. The object of the game is to get the ball

in the net (or to hit the inner tubes until the nets at the pool a r e fixed), and the one with the most goals wins. team gets six men in the water at a time. Substitutions can be made when the ball is out of play (tubs a r e essential, as water polo is one of the most grueling wa je r sports there are) . There a r e four 10-minute quarters , with a short break between quar ters and a longer one at

Tennis team looks strong "Cautiously optimistic." Those were

the first words spoken by Coach Lawrence "Doc" Green when asked about the 1980 model of the men 's tennis team at Hope. . Green has good reason to be optimistic, even if he is cautious, as this year ' s team looks stronger than last year ' s squad, which put forth a winning season, as have all of Green's teams in his 21 years as head coach. The team, however, " f roze" when they came up north, as they could only capture fifth in the MIAA.

The return of the top four players of last year 's team should mean that the Flying Dutchmen will finish better than fifth in

John Anderson's strategy given (continued from p. 7)

at least locally, has played that up. We were joking about keeping seven or eight old Republican men in a back closet to take out and parade around the floor when the television cameras come in. Make it look Hke there are some Republicans who look the part present at functions. There were a couple of high school dropouts who came in off the street and wanted to help us. They were great guys, you know, but one had hair down to his knees and the other looked a bit grungy. They were sitting in the corner of our office when a station was filming and the camera crews really played it up.

How important is religion in Anderson's politics?

I think it affects his outlook on the issues. He has said that he had a born-again experience when he was nine. He doesn't think a man's religion should directly affect his political performance. He doesn't think that you should wear your religion on your shirtsleeve like some people we know.

When he first came to Congress he was very conservative. He was born in and represented a conservative district. When he came to Congress in the early 60s he voted against Johnson and Ken-nedy's social programs. He also traveled around the country in '64 campaigning for Barry Goldwater. It was around this time, extending into the late 60s when the civil rights movement was gaining headway, that Anderson s tar ted seeing things that he'd never seen j n his con-servative farming district-poverty and

other injustices. That 's where his religious background comes in; he could have some understanding for that.

The day af ter Martin Luther King was shot, Anderson spoke with some home constituents and went to the House of Representatives, where the Fair Housing Act of '68 was bottled up in the Rules Committee, and changed his vote and af terwards lobbied others to vote in its favor too.

Well, I understand you are no longer officially with the Anderson campaign, as you a re entering a second internship with the F a r k Service. What've you learned?

There 's one thing I've got to watch. Although I like to talk to people about this campaign, you begin to lose your identity. It 's like, "Hello, my name is Anderson campaigner. I have no life of my own. I don't talk about anything but John An-derson." It is a feeling that surrounds Washington. It's like a fever. I need this break.

the league. These players, who give Hope both experience and strength, are Doug Ruch, Tom DeWeert, Ron McKey, and Paul Boersma.

Ruch played ^1 singles last year and will captain this year ' s team. DeWeert had a 15-3 mark at #2 singles and was voted MVP by his teammates . McKey and Boersma each played both singles and doubles and contributed heavily.

Green will also be counting on a strong crop of freshmen. Included in this crop are J ay Updegraff, John Christian, Paul Lubbers, Mark Johnson, Tim Custer, and Jeff Wynsma. Another newcomer is sophomore Je rome Jelinek, whom Green terms a real "darkhorse" because he didn't play competitively in high school. Jelinek is, however, " a good,athlete, and that could help him come around with a little bit of work."

The battle in the league, once again, will be for second place, as Kalamazoo, which has won the title for the past 38 years, once again should dominate. There will be a definite battle for second place between Hope, Alma, Calvin, and Albion. According to Green, the success of this year ' s squad is contingent on how well the netters develop as they travel south.

Ten of the guys will leave Thursday for a trip that includes matches against colleges in Tennessee and Georgia. These are Belmont, David Lipscomb, Georgia State, West Georgia, Shorter College, Emory University, and the University of the South. They will then play Wabash of Indiana, on the way back before jumping into the rigorous MIAA schedule.

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