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Womens Group Charges Sex BiasSix Gand Valley women have

compiled a paper charging the college with sex discrimination. The document, which was nearly S months in the making, was presented to college president, Arcnd Lubbers on March 11.

The report makes use o f statistics, interviews and qu o ta tion s from various publications to support the contention that American colleges in general, and Grand Valley in particular, discriminate

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against women in hiring, promotions, pay rates and other more subtle ways.

According to the report, about 18 percent o f the GVSC faculty are women, the majority o f whom are in the English, Fine Arts and Foreign Language departments. Eight departments have no women faculty at all, and three more have only one woman each.

The clerical, office and technical staff is about 80 percent female. The report shows that 2/3 o f the women in this classification are in pay ranges which begin at less than SI00 a week. Two-thirds o f the men are in ranges o f above $140 a week.

There is only one female counselor, and only 12 women In administrative positions. Five o f these are in library positions. “ A il

positions which are logically low paying.” “ It is clear” this section concludes, “ that there are few role models available to women students.”

Concerning the status o f women students at Grand Valley the report said very little, since, as its authors explain, little information is available. The report docs include a summary o f interviews which were conducted with over 100 femal students. O f the students interviewed, the majority “ indicated they planned to marry and planned to work after marriage.” Thirty-seven percent felt that they had been discriminated against because o f their sex.

The report states that “ the probability o f discrimination against women increases as the level o f education increases. Thirty-seven percent o f the female students felt they had experien ced discrimination, while the figure for faculty women was 80%, and 100% for the professional staff that was interviewed.

The report concludes with a list o f “recommendations” , the m ajor one being the establishment o f a presidential task force. Among other things the task force would study deparimcuUl htrisg practice*, methods o f selection of unit hands, salary schedules, and majbpds o f feenritinc and promoting women.

Pieridsnt Lubbers has agreed to meet with the women on March 19 to discus the

On Monday the LANTHORN spoke with Rnsty M ote, A drians Oswald, Judy Nilas,

two members o f the group, Lillian Elsinga and Janice Rock were not available at the time.

1 he women toid us that they have received a generally favorable reaction on the report, but said that they didn't know yet what results their work would bring.

Although the report shows that students feel less discriminated against than the professional staff or faculty, Miss Beiotc says that the students are the ones who really suffer most from discrimination.

She said that the students have virtually no role models to pattern their lives after, and are given iiitle encouragement io continue in fields other than those, such as elementary or secondary teaching, which have been traditionally open to women.

The women apparently agreed that the most important purpose o f the report was simply to show publicly that sex discrimination is a fact o f life at GVSC.

.V.S.C. S.H.A.St.S

Fridays are very special for twenty-four third level students from Grand Rapids* Henry Street Elementary School and more than twenty Grand Valley State College students. Fridays, except those during vacation periods, are S .H A A .E . days on the Grand Valley campus.

Each week Henry Street students arrive by bus for a morning o f truly reciprocal participation with their volunteer bit brothers and listen. Their sharing may include a nature study with a biology dam, a working experience in the coEege’s does I rirciiR tsleriatap center, a creation made in an art clam, a discovery in the Jamas H.

Zumberge Library, or individual tutoring in some troublesome area o f study.

The Grand Valley student volunteer S.H.A.R.E. Program began in the spring of 1970 in GVSC alumni Mary Oberlys second level clam at Henry. In the fall o f *70 students, teacher, and volunteers ail “graduated** to the third level. It Is a goal of the program to continue sharing life experiences with the tame group o f young students through their high school years.

Debra K. Floyd, GVSC sanior from Gary, Indiana, serves as student coordinator o f the SJI.A.R.E. Program, which wH continue through May.

Sociology-Dr. FlandersBY JOHN BARNES

The department comprising the greatest number o f majors at Grand V a l l e y i t the s o c i o l o g y - a n t h r o p o l o g y depar tm ent . Under the leadership o f Dr. Richard Flanders, it undertakes to fill the needs o f the ever-increasing number o f individuals who are flocking to sociology for its interpretation o f the nature o f the world. As anyone knows who has witnessed a sociology class recently, the number o f students to instructor ratio is the highest o f any department here. The number o f students majoring in sociology numbers approximately 300.

Dr. Flanders, who was bom in Iowa City, Iowa in 1931, attended Iowa State Teachen College for one year before

% entering teh Marine Corps, where he spent the next three yean o f his life. Upon discharge from the Marines, he attended Mexico City College for two semesten, and then returned to Iowa and received his B.A. and M.A. in Sociology-Anthropology ai iu «a State University.

Arriving in Michigan in 1960, Dr. Flanders then attended the University o f Michigan until 1965, when he received the d o c t o r a t e d e g r e e in anthropology. A t this time, Fianaen was teaching at GVSC, where he started in 1964.

Asked about the field program presently being u n d e r t a k e n b y t h e Anthropology Department, Dr. Flanders stated that the program is somewhat limited due to the lack o f funds. A large expedition is thus impossible and field work

has been started in the local area, concerning basically the western part o f the Grand Valley. This involves surveying a particular area o f land, and if the area looks promising, a test excavation is made. A fter the test results are observed, the decision is nude to pursue the site further with extended excavations if it is considered desirable. Every summer since 1965 this program has been carried on, this past summer bring the most rewarding. A large village site was discovered on the eastern bank o f the Grand River directly across front the campus. The artifacts are presently being processed in the lab. Dr. Flanders described the people as living approximately 4 A.D., and they are though to be o f the same type as the burial mounds along the river in Grandville. The culture was basically agricultural, with size o f each individual village not exceeding 120 people. T o aid in the surveying and excavating, the anthropology department was recently given a small pontoon boat to facilitate finding sites along the river bank. Some o f the sites are nearly inaccessible except through a cultivated field, which is difficult to cross with the equipment necessary for the

project.In respect to other projects

being carried out in thedepartment instructor Roger Tro is presently taping anautobiography with an Ottawa Indian, which will be compiled in both English and the native language, which will be one o f the few records o f the Ottawa language.

Professor Don Williams, who is teaching three quarter time at Grand Valley, is affiliated with the Urban Institute in Grand Rapids which has many programs in progress aiding underprivileged people in the Grand Rapids area.

The sociology-anthropology department is presently comprised o f the following faculty: Earl W. Enge, PhD., assistant professor of sociology; Richard Flanders, PhD., associate professor of sociology and anthropology; Curtis Jones, Ma, assistant professor o f sociology; Roger Tro, MA instructor in sociology; Donald Will iams, PhD., assistant

professor o f sociology; and Carl Bajema, PhD ., associate protessor o f Bioiogy, who is presently offering a course in popu la t ion problems in conjunction with the sociology department.

C harlie Byrd A ppears

theaterw orkshopA LLE N D A LE - A four-week

workshop in motion theatre, including the techniques o f mime, modem dance, ballet, and theatre patterns, will be offered in April by the theatre department o f Gr»nu Valley State College’s College o f Arts and Sciences.

Under the direction o f Sherrideth Iron, choreographic director o f the Portland Civic Theatre, Portland, Oregon, the workahop will be held Monday through Thursday, April 5 to 29 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. in the

sc ’s Field House. Publicregistration in the non-credit workahop will be SIS for 16 sessions. Further information may be secured at GVSC by telephone, 895-6611, ext. 357.

Mias lion, who will be at Grand Valley in conjunction with the «j VSC May pfouMviiOu of “Oh, What a Lovely War,” has had extensive theatre and dance experience ha the Pacific Northwest, as w el as in San Francisco. Her choreographic credits include such diverse

theatre « “ Boir u’ the SaaeB o f the

Crowd,” “West Side Story,” “Kim Me Kate,” and “Deetry Rides A sya,” She holds an undergraduate degree in theatre, and ateo studied with the nationally known mime performer, Francisco Reynders. Just prior to coming to Grand Vafiay, A c nipervhed kendo ssMfd-fiafctum acanas in the

the Portland theatre.

ALLE N D A LE - From jazz to classical, Brazilian to pop-rock - the unique musical flights o f The Charlie Byrd Quintet wing into Grand Valley S la te College’s Field House oncWhwmSw i w r * >9 i t ( p.m.The concert is sponsored .by the GVSC All-Campus Coordinating C o m m i t t e e and Student Activities Office. General admission tickets at $2.50 are available in Grand Rapids at D odds, Sinfonia, Painted Chtsvan, and Flaming Rat, a* the GVSC Bookstore and Student Activities Office, and will be available at the door.

Music by The Charlie Byrd Quintet flows easily from competitions by The Beatties, tunes from “ Hair,” to tributes to Bach and Paganni. Tempos range from Byrd’s own movie and television compositions to the Boss Nova, which he and saxophonist Sun Getz are credited with introducing to popularity in this country with their album, “ Jazz Samba."

Backing up Byrd are superb musicians, also featured on solo work during concert: Mario Darpino on flute, Hal Posey, flugeUiorn and trumpet, brother Joe Byrd, baas electric, and Billy Reichenback on drums, as one reviewer in Time "w waine stated, “ Byrd is that rarity, a musician so versatile that he qualifies as one o f the world’s top classical and jazz guitarists.”

Spanish classical guitarisi Andres Segovia. With this background,

Byrd and his guitar have traveled throughout the world for the U.S. Dept, of State, and continually tour the college circuit in this country. He has appeared on numerous T V shows, including “ Today” and “ Johnny Carson,” and with backup musicians at such jazz festivals <as the Newport and Monterey. He has won almost every major award available to a guitarist including Downbeat Magazine’s International Critic’s Poll, and the Metronome and Playboy Jazz Polls.

Byrd also pert or ms classical recitals and concerts, and in recent years has been a guest soloist with the Washington N a t iona l , Baltimore and M i n n e a p o l i s s y m p h o n y orchestras.

A native o f southeast Virginia, Charlie Byrd learned to play guitar from hit father, and determined to become a jazz guitarist. Following service with the U.S. Army, be studied compaction and music theory at M anhattan ’s jazz-oriented Hartnett National Music School, and became a familiar figure on the New York jazz scene. In the 1950’s, however, he turned to classical guitar, and studied with Sophocles Papas, and on scholarship with the great

Mrs. Koster DisplayALLE N D ALE - Print* by

Majory Koster, Grand Rapds’ artist, will be on exhibit in Manitou Hall Gallery from Friday, April 2 to Saturday, April 24. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., Mon. through Thurs., 8 a.m. to 5 p m,. F r i, and 1 to 5 p.m., Sat. A reception for the artist will be held in the Gallery Sunday, April 4 from 2 to 5 p.m.

In discussing her work, Mrs. Koster states, “ I have been trying to combine my reactions to today's world with * the techn ica l vocabulary of woodblock printing. Limited space, and more recently limitless space, have become my keenest concern. I can not say which is more dominant - the idea 1 try to express - or the love o f the blocks and paphic merit;. 1 can not separate the two.”

Mrs. Koster studied for a number o f y e « i» at the Un. o f M ich igan Extension Art Division, and in the summer o f

and the Kalamazoo Institute o f Art. Her works are also included in the collections o f academic institutions, locally including Calvin College, GVSC, and Kalamazoo College. Over 150 prints by Mrs. Koster are in private collections.

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ALLE N D A LE — The Grand valley State College Urban Studies Institute is preparing Michigan’s first Directory o f Higher Education Programs for Disadvantaged Students. The directory will include all programs offered in the state by 2- and 4-yeer public and private institutions.

Sponsored by the USI, The Detroit Edison Company, and T h e H igher Educa t ion Opportunities Committee o f1964 held a scholarship to the .. .. . ..

P r.lt Graphic Worlohop in New J * * * ^ 1' , h' , cco^ York City. to Dr* Gllbert Dav“ » US1

Her works are represented in difeCt° r’ *̂**1the museum collection o f " "> P n J e r « iv e tatrm andN Y C ’s Metropolitan Museum de*cn P^°“ c . such programs,

o f Art, the Brooklyn Museum o fArt, the Chicago Art Institute, the Grand Rapids Art Museum,

Publication is due in early May. A ll those interested in learning more about Michigan higher education offerings for d i s a d v a n t a g e d students, par t icu lar ly high school principals and counselors, are invited to reserve one o f the free copies by writing in advance to

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WE ARE AWARE TH AT TH E APPEARANCE OF P R O F E S S O R B R O W N 'S R E V I E W IS R A T H E R BELATED. BUT D ()E TO THE IM PO R T A N C E OF THE PRODUCTION OF “ THE T E M P E S T , ” AND THE Q U A L ITY OF THE REVIEW, WE CHOSE TO PRINT IT AN YW AY.

F tb re v y !5 , I f ? I BY ANDREW BROWN

Last night GVSC played Shakespeare. Shakespeare lost. We were offered a delightful theatrical extravanganza based loosely upon “ The Tempest." a cos tu m ie r 's son-et-iumiere ranging from a theophanic nudie ahow to a sea storm which resembled Balthazar's feast

tripped out on mescalin. If we concur with the Prince of Denmark that “ the play's the thing," then there was foisted upon us as deformed a creature as ever crawled from the womb o f Sycotax. We were entertained indeed, but not by Shakespeare.

Taking one's seat to the dulcet tones o f Mozart (a renowned Shakespearean) one found oneself confronted with a

INTERVIEW WITH ANDY BROWNBY CATH Y MARLETT

It’s amazing that for being on campus for two terms that I had not seen nor heard about Professor Andy Brown. The first comment I heard was from a friend who was in one o f his dames: She mentioned that he had a review o f “ The Tempest" *®d had indicated a desire to have it printed in the Lanthom. By the time I had this information, “ The Tempest’ had finhfcad to « « ■ « { , decided to track down Profe Brown (which wasn’t easy) to see if he nil! wanted his review

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published anyway. After his review and convening with him for awhfle, I couldn’t resist the temptation to interview Andy Brown for our last winter term issue.

Andy is just twenty one years o f age and already teaching on a college level. That’s what l. ’d call “ moving on up.” He was born in London where he attended high school. At this point, Andy commented that in England by the time a student finishes lugh school, he has all the required subjects and distribution courses out o f the way. So. by the time the student

enters college, he is able to take all courses, o f any kind, that interest him or take only the subjects in his major field c f study.

So, after high school graduation, Andy entered Magdalene College in Cambridge iii 1967. Not having to worry about a bunch o f junky courses being shoved down his thrust, Andy entered the college to “ read English Literature.” This w§« • three year couiic and Andy graduated with honors from Magdalene College in June, 1970.

He stated that at that time, “ I wanted to teach is a University System.’ ’ In England, a Ph.D. is required in order to do this. I •died him why he had such a strong desire to teach: “ Teaching is an extendon o f being a student. Ideally it should be a reciprocal process.’ ’ Andy Brown left England in 1970 Co teach in the U.S. He stated that besides his qualifications for tesching in the U.S. were adequate, this was not the sole reason for coming here. Andy did want to see the states age in,

set not of.Prospero's enchanted island hut rather o f the Sea o f Tranquility, crowned by a tangled morass of over cooked Mostaccio!i. affording abundant prospects o f Manitou Hall The astute critic began to think o f hs exit.. But the seas rose, the flash bulbs flashed (strangely enough), the loudspeakers spokc-too-loud and one did at least catch one persistent line - ” We split” - to which the contemporary comment is self-evident. There being no hear to follow, the critic shifted position and waited. Enter P rospero , moustach ioed, bearded, and lined to resemble a benevolent Cheshire cat, « n(j unhappily fated never to achieve the expansive presence required by the outraged Duke o f Milan. At his right arm (When she did remain still) was a Miranda whose chief attraction was her looks, and whose China doll properties positively demanded

an suction si Sotheby's - But if the magician fell short, then his ch ie f execu t iv e ampl y compensated Ariel was brilliant. As diaphanous, sexless, and spntc-like a figure as is hodily conceivable, the setne - and indeed - the play was his and his alone. Prospero failed in hn role as the haughty and sei f-assured, self-approving governor o f the revels, hut hit slave, in the grace o f his movements and the emotion o f his full meeting o f spotlight, was s worthy successor.

The shipwrecked nobles maintained for the most part, a competent mediocrity, though the two arch-fiends were as ineffectual and tremulous a brace o f baddies as ever trod the surface o f the moon in their stockinged feet. (On such note, let us indicate our dismay at the cowboy boots worn by the King o f Naples). Antonio and

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CfilltVAV— m u iFiu v .n rhe got stuck in Michigan and the ta!e which is to unfold is almost to the point o f being ridiculous.

First, Andy went to the placement board in Cambridge to find out the possibilities o f temporary teaching positions in the States. He the board was useless. Next, he r * in touch with his tutor happened to be an old friend o f Professor Chamberlain here at GVSC. His tutor wrote a letter to Professor Chamberlain listing Andy’s qualifications, etc., and asking if there was a possition open in the English Department. Chamberlain replied favorably and the college gave its O.K. Up to this point, things had progressed smoothly with no red tape or entanglements, but not for iong. Andy quoted: “ The

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EDITORIAL Conservatives on Guns andLast fad, the GVSC Board o f Control accepted the

report o f the re-organization committee and thereby paved the way for the establishment o f the Community Council, the Charter o f which was contained in the reorganization report.

At that time, Presidential Assistant Bruce Loessin told the Board that the reason for most o f the recommendations was to “eliminate the pernicious little divisions between students and faculty and administration that are tearing colleges apart/' Apparently, the Community Council has already forgotten these high objectives.

There is a measure before the Council, probably passed by now, which states that only students shall receive special rates on admissions to activities sponsored under the student activities fee, while faculty and college staff will have to pay higher rates.

The major (only?) effect o f this measure will be to drive everyone but the students away from aD student sponsored activities.

I f the college is truly interested in eliminating divisions,-a* mM. • f ■» — -.1. _ ..|J| !■ | |a

3 campus aCUVIUCS ICC V«VU«U w ivnvu wi« wuv5vemployees as well as students, and everyone should receive equal benefits from the money.

In the meantime, the student council (pardon me, Community Council) would do well to spend it’s time on less petty considerations than this.

Ed Hoogterp

EDITORIAL

CONSCIOUS CO NSERVATIVES PA U L D. W ISIEWSKI, DENIS P. M ANK O , JOHN M. COOK

In the past we have written about drugs and the laws that govern their use. We pointed out how we felt these laws should be changed. We did not however point out the ineffectiveness o f thorn and other laws which are pamed to “protect the public” . Two areas where ridiculous and ineffective bw a are being forced upon the average citizen, are crime prevention vis a vis gun control and automobile

pollution.These w e those that would have you believe that the

outlawing o f Are arms would reduce the amount o f crime, especially in the city. Recently the mayor and police commmisrioner o f Detroit said that if handguns were banned the crime rate would drop by 50%, espeebiy murders. They also mentioned that 80% o f the handguns in Detroit w e unregistered and therefore illegally owned.

Let’* examine these figures and see the true implications. To legally purchase handguns in Michigan, a permit must be squired from the local police department, yet according to their own statistics, 80% o f the guns in Detroit were not legally purchased and are therefore not traceable and cannot be removed from circulation. What makes these people think that a ban on only 20% o f aB the handguns will appreciably reduce the crime rate when none o f the owners o f those 20% have criminal records and are considered to be good citizens. Criminals, who have the other 80% and who can get more, will still have guns and will continue to commit crimes. Although there are several bw s which presently regubte the illegal possession o f firearms, these bw s are either too weak or are not being enforced. What good then will more bw s be which w il likewise be unenforceable. Crime wil! net stop, but as in

such states as New Yak and rba. We propose Hut bwa regubte the use o f p u M i b w might make it a umdito a firearm in a felony, fe afco be endowed and thatach ju<

The other area o f stellar« b that o f pollution by auton than guns lawmakers are looking into the technical such b w was passed in ( surcharge on cars, up to S3 compression ratio. The bwm compression ratios mean a oxides.” Its a nice little feci compression ratios generally Another poorly passed bw w was sponsored by Senator Mi standards, previously schedul in 197$. This put a bigger bin were akeady sweating over th Motor Co. stated: “ It’s not a we are to control air polluti( how much were willing to sp ^ t e d and how many people not think we can do it by Jam

Don't get us wrong, were j governing autos as live next \ only technically fesible, but |i

i f your interested in * passed, write to Motorists registered lobby. Their addre Box 2042, Palos Verdes, Cali Sets see if we can get some got

theThe information contained in the “Report c Status o f Women at GVSC ’ (story, p. 1) should not surprise anyone, particularly the college administration. What is perhaps more surprising is the fact that the cogege

The preponderance o f white males on the faculty (over 80 percent) and in high administrative posts (100 percent) is readily obvious. What is net so obvious is how a progressive institution like the Grand Valley State Colleges could allow this situation to exist for so long.

We seriously doubt that this racial and sexual imbalance is due to any kind o f sinister plot, or to racism or sexism on the part o f the College. Obviously, however, the College has been “ insensitive” to the problems. The administration and the faculty hiring committes have found it more convenient to hire while males simply because while males are easier to find.

The Lanthom feels that action by the College is long overdue on this issue, and we agree with the women’s report that the first step should be the creation o f a task force. Appointment o f a (ask force to study a situation can be used as a delaying tactic, but we are confident that the College, now that it has been faced publicly with the problem, will operate in good faith to remedy the situation.

Ed. Hoogterp

Skoald We Invadeby Run Blake

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what we need" in order to (a ) turn back the communist hordes \b) break the North's will to fight, (c ) cat off "Charlie’s” •apply torn, (d ) make the world safe for dearecracy, (c ) locate

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notional and ineffectual laws >biles. Mote so with the auto assing laws without realy :pects o f the situation. One ilifomia placing an annual 0 for an auto with an 11:! ikers passed it because, “ high higher output o f nitrogen in and o f itself, but higher do not mean greater NOx. s made in W aiting ton DC. It side. The bill put emmfcnor d for 1980, to go into effect on the auto companies who

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ThU it an apology;Although tome o f our readers

have already teen the review o f ‘T h e Tempest** in another newspaper, I feel that the iMHthom, betaf the college newapaper, mould have most definitely given “ The Tempest’* tome recognition. The staff and myaelf wish to apologize for not having any kind o f a review or any comment whatsoever on the production o f “ The Tempest.** Unfortunately, Professor Brown was not aware that we printedtheatre reviews and did not contact us. One review was turned in, but again to my dfamtay, there was not enough room to print it. It is my opinion that the Lmnthron make amends; and have decided to print this review - whether or not it has been printed in anothei newspaper.

The phy wat a difficult one to present on stage; especially for a new and still wowing college. Considering the onaO size o f our Theatre Department, the attempt to put on a Shakespearean play such as “The Tempest” was a courageous undertaking. Also, since GVSC has no so-called theatre stage, it became a real problem as to where a Shakespearean play should be presented - with a Thrust Stage and ah. Lighting techniques and so many technical difficulties that had to be faced, were set up and worked out in the best ways possible; considering the difficulities o f working in Manitou Gallery - which is act the ideal place to stage a play, especially Shakespeare.

Along with our apology, we wish to give all the credit due to

all the people who were involved with “ The Tempest:** The acton, technical and stage people, costume nd make-up people, and o f c « w i , the director - Mrs. Laura Salazar. All the time and work put into this production deserves at leastthis much. Cathy Mariett

To the editor,I think that H is only fair to

warn Mr. John Barnes that some irrational fool is writing letters to the editor and is signing Mr. Barnes* name to them. Ordinarily I would not aee fit to bring this to your attention, but the letter is oe illogical, ambiguous and full o f irrelevant MSissiSh, that I ’ iti SUTC that even Mr. Barnes could not have reached that level o f intellectual bankrupey.

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Trackmen Defeat 3 FoesGrand Valley closed out its

winter track schedule on March 10, running away with a quadrangular meet at the Allendale field house. The Lakers set four new school records and one fieldhouse mark in the process o f piling up 88 team points and capturing 9 o f the 13 first places. Defiance college o f Ohio was second with 4$ points while Hillsdale took 40 points and Spring Arbor 27.

Dennis Karris twas high score for the Lakers with 16 points on first places in both hurdles and fourth in the high jump. His time o f 7.4 seconds in the 60 yard low hurdles set a new Grand Valley standard for the event.

Dave Holben also turned in tw o stellar performances, winning the 1000 yard run and then coming back to crack the school record with a winning time o f 1:59.0 in he half mile.

Sprinter Larry Thomas missed his own school record in the 60 yard dash, but broke the ficidhousc mark with a 6.3S second effort. Sprinter's times are generally slower in Grand Valley's fieldhouse because spikes aren’t allowed.

Freshmen Deane Breest nd John Fix each came up with 9 points on one first place and one second. Breest won the mile run in 4:28.8 and returned in the half mile to take second place to

Holbens record. Fix ran second behind Thomas in the 60 yard dash, then came back to win the 300 yard dash in 32.8 seconds, a new school record.

Fix and Breest also teamed up with Holben and Tim Kohane, another freshman, to tie the school record in the eight

LAP (1600 yard) relay at3:16.2.

The Lakers only winner in the field events was Terry Mohrt who took he pole vault at 13 feet even.

on page 8 is a summary o f winners, and all Grand Valley places.

Jim Command

Baseball Team Waits for Spring Thaw

Tarry Mohre clears 13 feet to win pole vault

Grand Valley's baseball team is hoping for the finest season in Inc history o f the sport here. That is if the snow ever melts.

The confidence stems from the return o f five regulars from last year’s team and the hiring o f former major leaguer Jim Command to coach the squad. However, there isn’t much that either the new coach or the players can do until the snow is gone and the diamond can be used.

The team has been working out in the field house for the past three weekd, but Command says that they can’t do too much

indoors, other than getting the arms in shape. “ We have been working an pick o ff plays and that sort o f thing,” he says. “ But that's about all.”

31 players are trying out for the team, and Command hopes to keep about 20. “ Its going to be tough to cut the team down tc 20,*’ he says, “ all o f the boys look like athletes. O f course I can’t single anyone out for recognition until I see them outdoors, but there are plenty o f good ballplayers here.”

Baseball practice will continue through spring break, the season starts on April 3.

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out in the rain on a ferry crossing a cold and grey river and you think. You think aboutwho you are, where you are, where you are going, where you fit into the world.

Where you fit into the world. This is what Bobby Dupes must decide in Five Easy Pieces. He

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“ N O YE ’D FLU D D E”1 thought that this small

musical production is most worthy o f a short review.

The Chester Mircle Play, “ Noah’s F lood” was presented at First Park Congregational Church, Sunday, March 7. I was expecting a strictly Biblical • church orientated pageantry, but to my surprise, the production turned out to be very much theatrical in nature. For just a regalsr church with no theatrical facilities to present a play con s is t in g o f com plete orechethstion, a very effective stage setting, lighting, excellent choreography, and very effective acting and ringing - done mostly by children, show that theatre productions, especially muricc', don't have to be professional to be entertaining. There is more hidden talent around this area - especially when it comes to children. More presentations like this could create more interest in the arts - especially thcairc Which this city is in drastic need of.

« • •Speak ing o f musical

productions, 1 watt to see “ Man o f LaMancha** last

finds himself out o f place everywhere and wonders if he res By belongs anywhere at all. There is s place for many different kinds o f people in this society hut is there a place for everybody?

As Bobby struggles to find s home, the audience struggles with him. The problems, the contradictions, the momentary triumphs and following defeats are all familiar. As you watch, you sometimes see yourself up

to be “ the dream o f a

on the screen, and you remember how you yourself are struggling to find a home hi today’s messed up society.

Jack Nicholson, as Bobby, is the perfect actor. He looks like he is not acting at all. He doesn't seem to be acting the part o f Bobby, he seems to actually be Bobby. A il the little moves, the looks, the smiles, the quirks that are in res! people are in Nicholson's Bobby.

It is obvious that Nicholson felt very strongly about the part, and that he was emotionally involved. There is one scene in particular that comes to mind. Bobby is trying to explain to hh father why he turned out the way he aid, and he can't do h. He chokes up and cries and can't finish. In the original script, Nicholson was supposed to say these lines straight But as he did the scene, the feeling and the frustration o f what he was saying was too great and Nicholson cried trying to say it.

Karen Black, as Bobby’s girlfriend, captures the spirit o f her part almost as well as Nicholson did his. Again, the person on the screen does not mem to be s character in a story, but an actual person. Ario, the f i i i i M k a g h p a n buddy, does a superlative j«fc. f t

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A Nantucket sleighride is something that occurrs on a whaling expdition. It is what happens when the men in the little rowboat sink the harpoon in the back o f the whale and whale takes o ff with the rope attached. It b a fast, sliding, rollicking, heart-pounding ride and it is what the excitement o f whaling is ail about.

Nantucket Sleighride is the name o f Mountain's new album and it is an apt dereription o f the music. The music on the album varies widely, but it is all exciting and arresting, and taken altogether, it is quite a ride.

out. Unfortwnately, there is little for Knight to do on this album, and he kinds gets lost in the other three's playing.

A booklet is included which contains all the lyrics and it is a bebv This album was made to be played super-loud, as my neighbors will attest, and it s sometimes difficult to follow the words. They are worth following however, and with the booklet you can listen as loud as you want.

Nantucket Sleighride is many different albums. It is a poetry album. It is an album for when you're all

attention, and that is Duane AUman. His guitar is the main excuse for the album's existeme.

Duane Ailmsr. plays a very good freaky guitar. He comes on sometimes like a modified Hendrix, sometimes like a pseudo-Clapton. (H e played with Ciapton on the Layla album.) Sometimes it is difficult to distinguish his guitar from a siren’s mating call. A t other times it is very subdued and melodic.

Unfortunately, there is little good that can be said about the

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I've seen every production at the Civic this season, and Paul Dreher has ■rethw smash hit to add to the list This is not a review - you can sae that ■ the G .R. rreas. This it my

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His playing is quiet and peaceful, sometimes violent and powerful. It slides and rocks, reaches and grabs. It o almost always original, end unlike many ocher guitarists, it is almost always musical.

Felix rippaliardi is the bass guitarist and producer. He has played with and produced many groups over the years, including Cream. He seems to have found his place with Leslie W o t and

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There are seven performers on The Allman Brothers Band's album, Idlewud South; Greg Allman, organ, piano and vocals; Berry Oakley, bass and rxrvals; Duane Allman, guitars; Dicky Betts, guitars; Jai Johnny Johcnson, drums; Butch Trucks, drums; and Thom Doucette, harmonica. It , would seem however, that only one o f people is worthy o f

not just a guitar solo. There seems to be a general lack o f inspiration and originality in the rhythm section. Organ and drum

sre there because an album to have them, not because

the museums had something toSiy.

Greg Alhnan and Dicky Betts wrote all the songs but one. The reason they wrote the songs is apparently Chat the group

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Sebastian qmahfy abo lo r the dubious eminence o f i l i i w i w i th Ferdinand in anunfortunate a u b iily to Shakespeare. Lanes were secreted in a cacaphanour burst o f dislocated spum partitioned by ncoinltwminatcd punctuationmarks.

The play was Alters, but not without a struggle. For Calib an, too, was brfllunt. A make-up which served profitably to emphasse the general theatrical panache was allied with a dramatic rendition o f which the

tofo r the

other linguistic akaUs that e lsew h ere he so ably demonstated With Fan] Matched rampant as a superbly drunken butler (perhaps they should emend the postmark to "Bradford means boor**)Dave Kuahberger aim ed as as the high priest o f frippery, the comic acmes were hilarious and added immeasurably to the success o f the evening.

But from the relatively sublime we must move to the unequ ivoca l ly r id icu lous (making derisive note ea route o f the cheap burlesque reference by Triaculo to ASeudafe). The vision o f the goddesses was nothing short o f appalling. An unwarranted interlude o f gratuitous tjUllaticm grated upon a monotone delivery o f speech, and served absolutely to destroy all the meaning and magic o f the scene. The death-throes o f Shake^eare were irrevocably silenced. Only the most anachronistic o f the long raincoat brigade c c s ! f find

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But the principal levelled at direction. T h e ! was exoelent, the < fun, the make-u Whde Mocking wd themselves were first class But eerily W. Shakespeare esq. was a goodly- poet, and o f poetry we

it to nothing. The 'D v r revels

- Y e elves o f k S s " has as much feeling as as ad for dram cleaner. The essential importance o f Alonso"* 1 must ask my ch id for forgmeuegs" sank under the

oppressive weight o f theatrical Miranda's “ O brave

w orld " was k « t to « neatly satm pirouette. The

ate o f the play consisted o f the seductive re hatching o f Miranda's dress an A<t I, and the

o f AneTsfar the “ three mem o f sin"

As the masque concluded m a laudable glut o f visual festivity, the v in o * o f S h akespeare 's play conspicuous ilu o ii^ i its .These was no interpretation o f T h e Tempest," since “ The

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Track Ssnnary

"Shapes' the junior

Kin Klux Klan and a pervert's harem, and the m od ag fa itsa ite o f urisqueftes by GonzaJo a Act V man was his o w n " - ' r o t te n arch itecture n a m u U t paqgoytes.

Secondly, Andy Browr feds the U S .

I VaBey. 1:18.7 300yd. Dash: - I. John Fix,

Grand VaBey, 32.8880 yd. Run: - I- Duve

Hofcen, Grand Valley, 1:59.0 2. Deane Breest. Grand YsBey, 1:59.6

80 yd. Low Hurdles: -1. Deans Harris, Grand VaBey, :®7.4 4. Dears Todd,VaBey, 07.8

Tw o Mde Rau: — 1.Defiance, 9:54.5 3. Mike Cobb,

9:59.4 4. Dave Gtu n I VaBey,

10:11.28 Lap Relay: - I . Grand

VaBey, (Kohaac, Breed, H okes , F ix ) 3:16.2

Pole Vault: - I. Testy Mohre, Grand Valley, 13'2. Nack Cherny, Grand VaBey,

Shot Pul: — I. Moote, M a le ,40*6 M "One Mde Ran: - I. Deane

and VaBey, 4:28.8 2. Duve Ammurmaa, Grand VaBey, 4:30A

High Jump: - I. Augacy, Defiance, 6’ 2. Dean Todd, Grand VaBey, 6 ' 4. Deams Harm, Grand VaBey, S' 10"

*,60 Yd. R isk Hurdles: -1. Deans Harris, Grand V aley, 08 .1 4. Dean Todd, Grand

VaBey, :08.2S1000 yd. Rua: - I. Dave

Hofeea,Grand VaBey. 2:21.7 6S Yd. Dash: - !. Lanv

Thomas, Grand VaBey. 06.352. John Fix, Grand VaBey, 08.6

800 yd. Run: - I. Hands,

continued fromuntil2u,00o o f mean an the truly Kennedy years. That didn't work as “ ggjpeasiou" flora the North and from the Scwty formed NLF mounted and continued. Next came the massive allied American) troop buildups. They were slow at f im but were methodically increased until there were approximately 550,000 Americans in S f Asia in 1968. Interspersed among the buildups were such vital and successful operations as Che indiscriminate bombing o f Noath Viet Nam, tactical interdiction bombing of ibe North andCmjjfji at/»Am ewmpd d

Napabn and defoliants search nd destroy missions Hamburger Hill-type operations, etc, etc, ad

Each new e ffo rt was to be the paanoea fa r ail o f

tht area obviously none has

Mate recently the

now we have the likely o f a further Step, the

o f North Viet Nam by Sooth Viet Nam with the air support o f the United States. Aside from Pie ndfiU Thant's recent remarks to that effect, American officials have also been sacufionmg this point. On March 8, 1971, Secretary o f State Wdkatn Rogers, speaking to a meeting o f the V F V , stated that there was no reason why Die South V ietnamese should be

now that they enough. (W hy not extend to four fronts, the U S . an South V iet Nam