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Grand Valley's concert band and chor­ al groups will present a Christmas concert on Thursday, December 1, at 8 p.m. in the Louis Armstrong Theatre. The con­ cert is open to the public free of charge. "Winter Wassail" will feature the GVSC Concert Band, William Root, con­ ductor, and the GVSC Singers, Seven Centuries Singers and Festival Chorale, conducted by William Beidler. The Concert Band will play "Carol" and "Intrada" from "A Christmas Suite," by Alfred Reed; "Variations on an Echo Carol," arranged by Wilford Lawshe; "Prelude and Fugue in B Flat Major," by Johann Sabastian Bach, arranged by R. L. Moehlmann; and "Good Tidings of Great Joy," by Lawshe. The Seven Centuries Singers will per­ form "Psallite," by M. Praetorius, and "The Shepherds Went Their Hasty Way," by A. J. Huybrechts. Also performed will be "Dadme Albricias," featuring soprano Giselle Montanez, and "Riu, Riu, Chiu," featuring baritone Paul Huybrechts, son of composer A. J. Huybrechts. The GVSC Singers will sing "Hark! Unto Us a Child Is Born," arranged by F. Peeters; "Rodie Christus Natus Est," by H. Willan; "O Magnum Mysterium," by W. Byrd; and "Carol of the Bells," ar­ ranged by M. Leontovich. "Christmas Cantata," by D. Pinkham, will be performed by the GVSC Singers, Festival Chorale and a double brass choir as the final piece in the program. The song will feature Carol VanHouten, organist.

Charlotte Corday, played by Karle Howlett Murdock, is about to murder jean-Paul Marat, played by Tom Lil­ lard, in the final scene of the Stage 3 production of Bookstore "Marat/Sade. " The play will be performed November 'Marat/Sade' 30 through December 10, Wednesday through Saturday, at 8 p. m. See the calendar for reservation details. Schedule For Interim GVSC Closing Policy Announced The Bookstore hours for the term break will be: December 1-2-16 and De­ cember 19-23: 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The A topic of concern as winter ap­ sary to reduce the number of cars on Haven, WHTC in Holland, WKBZ in 1v):us­ staff will work 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. proaches is conditions under which Grand campus in order to clean the parking lots kegon, WSRX-FM on campus, WOTV The Campus Center Concession hours Valley would close. The school will re­ and roadways. Lots A, C and K will be (Channel 8), . WZZM-TV (Channel 13) for those two weeks will be 8:30 a.m. to main open for all regular hours except in available for faculty and staff and the and WGVC-TV (Channel 35). Shutdown 3:30 p.m. extreme emergencies caused by impass­ h1mdicap entrance to each building will of operations shall be effective only for The Bookstore and Concession will be able roads, violent weather, loss of energy be kept open. the day or evening during which the closed December 26 through January 2 or other conditions which might endanger President Lubbers, or an executive of­ announcement is made. and will reopen January 3 at 8:30 a.m. the safety of students,faculty and staff. ficer acting in his behalf, will be responsi­ There are two types of closings: (1) a ble for the decision to cancel classes or cancellation of classes, but normal work­ close the college. Ward Aurich, physical ing hours for faculty, administrative and plant officer, is responsible for deciding professional staff; clerical and technical whether or not to cancel special events or staff; and maintenance and service staff; meetings on campus. "Inclement Buses to Operate and (2) a full closing of the college. In weather," as stated in the policies of the latter case, essential services will still Grand Valley, is defined as those condi­ operate; these essential services include: tions which cause the complete closing of Limited bus service will be available Friday, December 9-23. The fare is 35 safety and security, building and grounds, the college. during the interim between fall and win­ cents one way. The full operating sched­ switchboard, health service, food service, If the decision to cancel classes or ter terms for anyone wishing to commute ule resumes January 3, 1978. housing, computer center, and Channel close the college is made durin.g the day, to campus. There will be one morning run This service will also be available during 35. all offices will be notified. If it is made at arriving at 7: 50 and one late afternoon winter/spring and spring/summer breaks. If classes are cancelled, all faculty and other times, it will be announced by the run leaving at 4:34. The routes and times Schedules of the break bus runs are avail­ staff are expected to report for work. following media: WOOD-AM and WLAV­ are the same as the current schedule. Ser­ able from Buzz 206 and the Business This condition may arise when it is neces- AM in Grand Rapids, WGHN in Grand vice will be provided Monday through Services Office. Viewpoint Channel 35 Community Highlights The Merry Widow. Beverly Sills in a San Diego Opera production. Guest con­ ductor is Theo Alcantara, conductor for By Mary Te Pastte this office could not be both a Commun­ the Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra. ity Life Office and a recruiting center. So, November 28, 9 p.m. Repeats December Community has to be one of the most at last report they are getting back their 3, 2p.m. widely used and yet indefinable words in Community Life Office while maintaining the English language. The word brings their Port of Entry. TVTV at the Superbowl. An irreve­ forth so many different responses and in­ rent, behind-the-scenes look at pro foot­ terpretations. Community elicits such Many of us remember GVSC's ball's ultimate e';ent, Super Bowl X. No­ mingled feelings! I've seen people "dewy­ attempts to establish "community" for vember 29, 8 p.m. eyed" lament the passing of community all of the Grand Valley State Colleges area. Each year it seemed to go under a and other say scornfully, " Community, Della Reese with Woody Herman. what does it mean - who cares! different name, but the idea was to get people from different parts of the campus · Della performs with Woody Herman and Community at Thomas Jefferson Col­ in different colleges, areas and programs the Young Thundering Herd in a medley lege has been a topic for many discus­ to meet together, to share, to understand of blues. December 1, 10:15 p.m. sions. Many feel we do have some com­ and try to help each other. Mary Te Pastte munity and still others say, "We don't Hollywood on Trial. A document of want it or need it!" Community at The best evidence of "community" in the House Committee on Un-American Jefferson sometimes takes the form of the finest sense of the word occurred re­ Activities into supposed Communist infil­ our TJC Student Emergency Fund group, cently. An appeal was made to the Idealist that I am, community to me, tration of the film industry. December 2, dubbed S.I.N. for Students In Need. college as a whole to help five Thomas means a group of people being concerned 9 p.m. S.I.N. is composed of a group of dedicat­ Jefferson College students who lost all about each other, as well as other people ed students mainly, who arrange for small their belongings when the house they playing together, working together, get ·· The Snow Goose. Richard Harris stars loans to be repaid when convenient, at a were living in burned down . Several of ting involved, caring! in this movie for television about a crip­ stated time, without hassle or any red the members of the GVSC community pled artist and an orphan who meet in tape. This group has staged many events responded with contributions of varying Mary Te Pastte is an administrative assis­ early World War II. December 3, 7 p.m. like bake sales, bizarre bazaars, auctions kinds. It was heartwarming! tant at Thomas Jefferson College. Repeats December 4, 1 p.m. and dances to maintain this fund. S.I.N. has helped many students in critical situ­ ations and I believe is the center and major source of community at Jefferson. At William James I have also heard talk of "community." When the Port of Foreign Language Study Entry (mainly dealing with helping GVSC admissions with prospective WJC stu­ dents) seemed to take the place of the Community Life Office, it was felt that Decline in Colleges Examined

Sprechen Sie Deutsch? since then there has been no significant discussing it. But all of us know about it Ski Rentals That could become the question of the increase. and the purpose behind it." day - or one like it in any one of several At the moment, Seeger believes that Concerning the argument whether the other languages. foreign languages are at least holding their study of foreign languages helps to Almost suddenly, it seems, Americans own here. Foreign languages offered on a improve a student's use of English , Seeger are awakening to the fact that the study regular classroom basis at GVSC include leaves no doubt as to where she stands. Available French, German, Russian and Spanish . "It does," she asserts. "It helps you to of foreign languages in their country has been sadly if not tragically neglected. Hebrew and Chinese have been offered on see your own language in terms of an­ Even the federal government is preparing an intermittent basis in Thomas Jefferson other culture Through it you are forced to intervene on behalf of foreign language College. The most popular foreign lan­ to assess your way of thought and to get Over guage among Grand Valley students, she rid of your cultural blinders." studies. Any day now President Carter will appoint a Commission on Foreign says, is Spanish, followed by French and She is equally emphatic in challenging Languages and Area Study to generate German, in that order. those who contend that children born in­ public support for those fields. Asked whether Greek or Latin would to bilingual families ought not to be Holidays be offered here, she replied, rather cau­ taught a second language until they are The government's position is not tiously, that Latin courses are a possibil­ four or five years old. She believes that solely dictated by cultural objectives; it i~ ity within the relatively near future. At children are fully capable of learning si­ The Intramural Office is offering a at least partly inspired by political rea­ the same time she indicated that a lively multaneously two languages commonly cross-country ski package consisting of sons. One of those reasons is that the controversy over that allegedly dead lan­ spoken in the family and that they may the following: United States was a signatory to the 1975 guage exists in CAS. well benefit from such efforts because of One pair of skis, boots and poles Helsinki accord. In one section of the Students who are interested in some of what they learn at the same time about which can be picked up December 5, 6, 7, accord 35 nations, including the U.S. and the more esoteric languages do not, how cultural values. In fact, she supports or 8 and returned between 8 and 10 a.m. Canada, pledged "to encourage the study strongly present federal efforts to en­ on January 4, for a cost to faculty and ever, have to limit their studies to those of foreign languages and civilizations as languages offered on a regular course courage the study of foreign languages, staff of $25. Reservations may be made an important means of expanding com­ basis. Studies in what are regarded a~ but perhaps not for the same reasons ad­ beginning Monday, November 28. A $10 munication among peoples . . .. " critical or neglected languages in the U.S. vanced by Washington. deposit is required by Friday, December The government would like to encou­ 2. Call extension 662 for further details. The naming of a presidential commis­ are available on a self-instruction basis at sion originally was the idea of Rep. Paul Grand Valley. They include Arabic, rage foreign language studies for what Simon (D-Ill.}, who has contributed to Dutch, Japanese, Polish, Italian, Portu might be called political reasons - to per­ the November issue of Change a provoca­ guese and Serbo-Croatian. suade other nations that we are interested tive article titled "Battling Language in them and their welfare, to prepare Facuity, Staff For the most part, the instructors, or more persons for careers in the diploma­ Chauvinism." tutors, for these languages are recruited In it Simon notes that "90 percent of tic corps, foreign trade and similar inter­ from among the students for whom one national activities. U.S. colleges and universities have no lan­ or the other of the languages is their na­ guage requirement for admission. And in tive tongue. Occasionally, faculty mem­ But Seeger says, "I'd like to see it - Sketches but to see our young persons study other high school, less than 24 percent of the bers with some knowledge of one of these students study another language, com­ languages provide some instruction. Stu­ languages and cultures for the values Jitendra M. Sharma, of CAS's School pared with 34 percent in 1965. The big dents meet once a week with the instruc­ themselves." She is not unsympathetic to of Business Administration, has recently push that erupted with the launching of tor/tutor, but the emphasis is on self­ the government's goals, but she clearly had two of his articles, "Expanding Sputnik in 1958 has quietly disappeared instruction. believes that acquiring proficiency in a Worker Participation in "Economic Insti· now that we have placed a man on the foreign language is its own reward, one in tutions" and "Management and Resolu­ moon and re-established our image of Contrary to some reports, Seeger the liberal arts tradition with its stress or. tion of Conflict" accepted for publication technological superiority." points out, a foreign language is required the humanities. in Human Resource Management journal, A Modern Language Association study for the B.A. degree in CAS. Students do published by the Graduate School of made in 1976 revealed that between 1972 not necessarily have to receive all of their Business Administration at the University and 1974 there had been a decline of 6.2 instruction in the language in college. of Michigan and Indian Management percent in foreign language courses Any instruction they may have received journal, published by All Indian Manage­ offered at U.S. colleges and universities. in, say, French in high school can count, ment Association. since to qualify for the degree students ,The Grand Valley Forum is published The Forum asked Mary Seeger, assis­ are rated on the basis of fourth-quarter on Mondays by the Communications : Antonio Herrera, of the Graduate tant dean of the College of Arts and Sci­ proficiency. More simply, if they have 'and Public Relations Offi~e, Clarice School of Education, was the guest ences, professor of German and the acquired proficiency in the foreign lan­ ,Geels, editor. All materials should be speaker at the American Association of daughter of a classicist who taught Greek guage equivalent to that which they ·sent to the editor in the Communica- 1 University Women, Grand Rapids Chap­ and Latin, how she viewed the situation would attain in four quarters of study at tions Office, Manitou Hall, Grand Val­ ter, on November 3. Herrera spoke on at Grand Valley State Colleges. She said Grand Valley, they can qualify. ley State Colleges, Allendale, Michigan , the different master's degree programs at that a decline in foreign language studies Asked what plans GVSC may have for 49401. Telephone: 895-6611, exten- GVSC, Graduate School of Education, at Grand Valley coincided with the find­ implementing the Helsinki accord, Seeger sion 221 and 222. 1 and on "Multicultural Awareness." ings of the MLA and went on to say that replied: "We are just getting around to. Letters to the Editor

Stand-by Space in Classes for keeping an up-to-date list of immedi­ ate family members available for this Consider this a modest proposal to ex­ benefit with the registrar's office - or we pand faculty and staff fringe benefits, in­ could simply use the list the health insur­ crease the colleges' FTE, fill up space in ance people use. underutilized classes - all at no cost. Faculty teaching these classes should Impossible? Perhaps not. not mind, because they have presumably What I propose is for GVSC to allow set a class limit which indicates the num­ any member of the immediate family of a ber of students they can reasonably staff or faculty member to take any teach. This proposal would not add to number of GVSC classes on a stand-by, that number at all. The college is not los­ space-available-only basis, for a flat ad­ ing money, since it would not receive tui­ ministrative fee of $10 per course. Peo­ tion money for those empty slots in the ple interested in such classes could sign classes anyway. And the college might up on an appropriate waiting list with the indirectly gain because it would show a unit or department, then check on the higher FTE and an increased utilization last day of the add and drop period to see of classrooms and buildings. Faculty and if there is still space in the class. If so, staff would certainly gain by receiving an they would then register for the class by additional fringe benefit for a very mod­ going through the normal registration est cost. I'm not sure who would lose. I process, but paying only a $10 fee to don't think anyone would. cover the cost of paper processing, etc. Faculty and staff would be responsible I would be interested in any reaction to _this proposal. Rod Bailey William James College

The,Scho/ar Questionnaire Raises Questions The latest coffee room chatter has it that the "Sociology Department" ques­ tionnaire about the union election is coded, that is, secret marks identify the As Artist sheets themselves and hence, presumably, the person who supposes his response to be anonymous. In the November 7 issue of The Chron­ This tempest in a coffee cup raises cle of Higher Education, Richard M. some eyebrows (the "tsk, tsk Factor") Dorson of Indiana University tackles the and some funny questions: Bill Chapman, head of the Student Employment Referral Service, tells a student what knotty problem of "The Scholar as 1. Is this indeed a covert method of it has to offer. Artist." Dorson, who now is distinguish­ gathering information? Is this indeed a ed professor of history and folklore and form of petty spying? director of the Folklore Institute at Indi­ 2. Is there any benign explanation for ana, formerly was on the English faculty spying, whatever the uses to which the in­ Student Employment of Michigan State University. The author formation so gathered might be put? of several books, he has done intensive re­ 3. Isn't spying rather rude, especially search in the folklore of Michigan and has when practiced on trusting colleagues? incorporated what he has learned about it 4. If the "Sociology Department" in two books, Negro Folktales in Michi­ claims that the information would have Referral Service gan and Bear Walkers and Blood-Stop­ been put to good use, should we believe pers, a collection of Finnish and Cornish such pranksters? The Student Employment Referral were posted in Seidman House where folktales gathered in the Upper Peninsula. 5. Isn't this the occasion for some Service (SERS) is out to resolve its identity students filled out job preference forms graceful gesture of contrition on the part crisis. Last year, the program's first, it and waited to be notified about a job. What probably has made Dr. Dorson's of the "Sociology Department"? spent its time trying to let people know This year Bill Chapman was hired to books so popular is their readability. He 6. Isn't the whole business comical in who it was and what it had to offer. head the off-campus student employment is as much concerned with style as he is its disparities: so grand the "research in­ The service was started with the 10 aspect of financial aids, with Moored still y.rith scholarly content. The questionnaire strument," yet so piddling the issue; so percent of the colleges' work-study money acting as director. Chapman splits his he has prepared for research-writing grad­ devious the subterfuge, yet so banal the that is set aside to develop an off-campus time between counseling in financial aids uate students at Indiana might well be rewards of success? (Doesn't this remind employment program and was set up to and student employment. He has hired a taken as a guide for all writers. us of the CIA and its cigar designed to provide employment for students who new staff consisting of a full-time aide, de-beard Fidel Castro?) didn't qualify for federal grants, scholar­ Donna Markus, and four student workers. There are 30 questions, too many to Those questions suggest their own an­ ships or work-study. They began a campus-wide publicity repeat here, but those that seem worth swers. And their laughs - unless princi­ Jim Moored directed the program, campaign in October, visiting the Campus underlining are these: ples matter. assisted by two . business interns. They Center, Ravine Apartments, the Commons Anthony Parise sent letters to potential employers and and the dorms, and talking with anyone "Do you read poetry? Literature? College of Arts and Sciences waited for the responses. Job notices who wanted to know about the service. Philosophy? Do you weigh balance, the The immediate result of the campaign feel, the rhythm of your sentences? Do was an increase in the number of em­ you use the passive voice without a sub­ ployees from 96 a year ago to the current ject? Do you end sentences with weak 250. Students were put through an orien­ words, like 'it'? Do your pronouns refer tation program to let them know what to the immediately preceding noun? Do Biomedical Graduates the qualifications and expectations of you overuse texts and quotation? Do employers were. "We try to match interest you use academic jargon? Do you enjoy areas with jobs," said Chapman. "We also expressing ideas with the greatest possible must consider transportation problems clarity? Do you think of making your and what times students are available to writing readable? Do you believe that to Find Employment work." be readable is to be unscholarly?" The emphasis of the program is on ful­ Now in its fourth year, the ·school of department of medical photography at filling the employers' needs. "If Grand To be enjoyed fully, Dorson 's article Health Sciences' biomedical communica­ the University of Michigan Dental School. Valley is to live up to its commitment of should be read in its entirety. And if he tions program must be counted one of Deborah Kik is employed as a medical filling off-campus job vacancies, we must had said nothing more than what is con­ the most successful ventures on Grand photographer for orthopedic research at place our students in the right positions tained in one sentence, the article still Valley's campus. Blodgett, and Chris Saucier works in and do it efficiently," said Chapman. If would be worth a full page. That sen­ Although enrollments in the program .biomedical communications in the same an employer calls with a job, we promise tence is: are limited to 30-32 students, 12 graduates hospital. him that within 24 hours we will send already are employed and working in · William Weiler is the producer for an him five applicants." Chapman's staff call some _of the, area's most prestigious independent study unit at the University the students and bring the two parties "Our model of writing in the univer­ medical institutions. of Michigan Medical Center, and Patricia together. sities today points not to the scholar as Dick Buist, 1 an early graduate, is at Tole is employed, chiefly as a writer, by If the program continues to accelerate artist but to the scholar as scientist." Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids. the West Michigan Systems Health Agency at its present rate, employment should Obviously, Dorson disapproves. "We are Leslie Coates, who interned under Buist which oversees medical planning for 11 increase fourfold this year. But Chapman all scientists as we strive for knowledge; at Butterworth, is at Muskegon Mercy West Michigan counties. has other plans. During the winter term we are all artists as we seek moral truths," -Hospital. Pam Wertz, who interned in the David Brentz and his wife Bonnie SERS will initiate a community educa­ he observes. Office of Educational Research and (formerly, Bonnie Livingston, also from tion plan that will hold off-campus in­ Resources at the University of Michigan the School of Health Sciences) now are in formation sessions. The first is set for charge of a new department of biomedical Wednesday, December 7, at the Muske­ What he clearly wants is the best of Medical Center, now is at St. Mary's communications for the Medical School gon Center, and the second for January 4 both possible worlds-the fusion of the Hospital in Saginaw. at the East Tennessee State University at East Grand Rapids High School. sciences and humanities advocated by Sir Of the other graduates, Timothy Medical Center. And Edward Swanson Faculty and staff who know of any Charles P. Snow and represented so ad­ Malek, who interned at Blodgett Memorial heads the department of biomedical off-campus jobs should call the SERS mirably by Sir Charles himself. Medical Center, works at Lapeer State Hospital. Mike Kvicala is employed in the . (Continued on page 4) office at extension 234 . Events On and Around the GVSC Campus Monday, November 28 7:30 and 9:30 p .m.: "Slaughterhouse Five." See Thursday, December 1, listing 9 a.m. to 4 pm. and 5 to 7 pm.: Advance registration. Campus Center Multi­ for details. $1.50. purpose Room. 8 p.m.: "Marat/Sade." See Wednesday, November 30, listing for details. 2 p.m.: Zolton Ferency, candidate for governor from the Democratic Socialist Cau- · cus, will appear in the Hardy Room of the Campus Center. Saturday, December 3 8 a.m.: Law School Admissions Test {LSAT). Sponsored by the Placement Office. Campus Center. 8 p.m.: Bennett Rudulph, marketing professor, and Zolton Ferency will debate in Fountain Street Church. 10 a.m.: Wrestling. Michigan Collegiate Tourney at Mt. Pleasant. 12:30 p.m.: Women's basketball. At GVSC with Saginaw Valley State. Tuesday, November 29 3 p.m .: Men's basketball. At GVSC with Saginaw Valley State. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Advance registration. Campus Center Multipurpose Room. 8 p.m.: "Marat/Sade." See Wednesday, November 30, listing for details. 10 p.m.: A film, "Dial M for Murder." Sponsored by the Programming Board. Wednesday, November 30 Room 132, Lake Huron Hall. 75 cents. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Advance registration. Campus Center Multipurpose Room. 7 p.m.: Wrestling. At GVSC with Muskegon Community College (varsity and Monday, December 5 reserves). 7:30 p.m.: Men's basketball. At GVSC with Hillsdale College. 8 p.m.: Men's basketball. At Calvin College. 8 p.m.: "Marat/Sade." A play by Peter Weiss, music by Richard Peaslee. Sponsor­ Exhibitions ed by the PAC. Stage 3, corner of Ransom and Fountain, Grand Rapids. Tick­ ets are $2.50 general admission, $1.00 for students with I.D. Wednesday and Monday, November 21, to Friday, December 9 Thursday. For reservations call extension 485 Monday through Friday between 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Sculpture exhibit. Sponsored by the CAS art department. Campus 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. On performance nights, 6 to 7:30 p.m., 454-0481. Center Art Gallery.

Thursday, December 1 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Advance registration. Campus Center Multipurpose Room. 2 p.m.: A film , "Slaughterhouse Five ." Sponsored by the Programming Board. Room 132, Lake Huron Hall . $1.25. Biomedical Graduates 8 p.m.: Winter Wassail. Concert Band and Brass Ensemble, GVSC Singers, Festival Chorale and Seven Centuries Singers. Sponsored by the PAC. Louis Armstrong (Continued from page 3) fire detection and prevention, and aids in Theatre. communications at the Veterans Admin­ the development of promotional materi­ 8 p.m.: "Marat/Sade." See Wednesday, November 30, listing for details. istration Hospital in Battle Creek. als. One of his most ambitious and suc­ One of the obvious reasons for the _cessful products is a film titled "Welcome Friday, December 2 success of GVSC's program is that Grand to the Land of Oz," which is shown to all 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Advance registration. Campus Center Multipurpose Room. Valley is one of only four colleges in the young patients entering the hospital. The country offering an undergraduate pro­ film takes its title from the decorations in gram in biomedical communications. the halls and rooms in the hospital's Another reason is that the program has a pediatrics department. strong staff coordinated by Curtis B. GVSC's biomedical communications Copyright Laws Menning, who is widely recognized not program is intended to prepare its grad­ only as an instructor in photography but uates, who receive a bachelor of science as a photographer who frequently works degree in biomedical communication, to with other media in the production of handle almost any communication assign­ special programs. ment in a hospital or other medical facil­ ·To Hit Colleges Grand Valley's current catalogue notes ity. General requirements for the program that "the biomedical communications include 10 hours credit in writing skills, program is an interdisciplinary program 10 hours in arts courses, 10 hours in the Colleges and universities have been given on the campuses. Further, it would have to be determined whether the designed to educate students in the use of humanities and 10 hours in social sciences. exhibiting some alarm over what the cost .many types of audio and visual media for of the new copyright law provisions that musicians were being paid and whether the performances were given for profit. use in health and medicine." become effective January 1, 1978, may Dick Buist at Butterworth has had be. The Chronicle for Higher Education Spokesmen for the music publishing industry have said they don't want to occasion to employ all of the skills he recently speculated that the total cost for learned at Grand Valley. He does all of Job Opening using copyrighted music on college create an impossible situation for the col­ leges from presenting musical events for the still photography for the hospital, is campuses might run into the millions. But in charge of all of the audio equipment neither the Chronicle nor college music their students and the general public. Executive, Administrative, Professional In view of the apparent willingness of and its operation, writes, produces and Career Education Project Assistant. departments and promoters of on-<:ampus films instructional motion pictures for musical events have any real idea of how the industry to negotiate, as well as the William James College. $10,000- lack of any definite information to the use by doctors, nurses, medical technolo­ $12,000. Available immediately. the new provisions may affect colleges gists and others, and produces videotapes and universities. contrary, it probably is premature to regard the situation as threatening heavy for such purposes as instructing the Contact the Personnel Office for more in­ Representatives of higher education strictures on the use of copyrighted music. hospital's entire _staff in safety measures, formation. and on-campus promoters have been conducting negotiations with ASCAP, BMI and SESAC, the three organizations that represent the interests of their member publishers and composers. Although the copyright law changes were passed a year ago, little attention was paid to them until a few months ago. Since then, it would appear, those institu­ tions and persons most likely· to be af­ fected by them have frantically been trying to reach an agreement with the three organizations. Most college music departments an