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This News Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Grand Valley Forum, 1976- at ScholarWorks@GVSU. It has been accepted for inclusion in 1976-1977, Volume 1 by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@GVSU. For more information, please contact [email protected]. orum ran Monday, October 18, 1976 Vol. 1, No. 3 Grand Valley State Colleges Humanities Series Set for Tonight

The fifth in a series of six monthly programs cosponsored by College IV and Fountain Street Church will present David Soet, chairman of the Kent County Democratic Committee, Monday, Octo­ ber 18, at 7:30 p.m. in the church chapel. Soet will speak on "How We Shape Public Policy," the same topic covered in September by Dr. Paul Henry, Kent County Republican chairman. The series bears the overall rubric of " Is Knowledge Power: Human Values and the Presiden­ tial Politics of 1976," and has been made possible through a grant from the Michi­ gan Council for the Humanities. The pro­ ject director is Dr. Reid Holland, assis­ A windmill in East Frisia. tant dean of College IV . The moderator for the series is Jerry Elliott, of GVSC's Media Relations office.

Holland announces that the conclud­ Frisian Sojourn Fascinating ing program in the series will have Fred Harris, former U.S. Senator, as the speak­ er. Harris, who will appear on November By Mary Seeger The first surprise was the apartment, nesses or public institutions are open on 5, just three days after the national elec­ A glance at a map of northern Europe arranged for us by a friend. I'd wondered Wednesday afternoons, so we planned ex­ tions, will speak on the topic " Is the shows a small area of Germany jutting how the place would be furnished, but I cursions on those days or worked at American Political System Responsive to out into the North Sea just northeast of soon discovered that I needn't worry home. Since we are equally at home in Knowledgeable Citizens?" at 7: 30 p.m., the Netherlands. This is Ostfriesland, East about such matters as the furniture German and English, we didn't suffer also in the chapel. Frisia, a part of the West German state of matching the draperies- the apartment from culture shock. We had shipped Harris, a former candidate for the Lower Saxony. East Frisia is a fascinating was absolutely bare, down to the light ahead about 50 paperbacks in English for Democratic presidential nomination, now area, largely unknown even to Germans, fixtures. We rented furniture and rugs, light reading, and we subscibed to one is a professor of political science at the except as the butt of numerous East Fris­ begged draperies and curtains from U.S. newsmagazine, but otherwise our University of New Mexico at Albuquer­ ian jokes sweeping the country. My hus­ relatives, and ran up a substantial bill at reading matter was Der Spiegel, Die Welt, que. He is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate in band and I have just returned from six the Kaufhalle, the local equivalent of :rnd other local and national pub_lications. political science from the University of months of study and research in Aurich, Thrifty Acres. A refrigerator lent to us by East Frisia is very flat, with much of Oklahoma, the top student in his law the office of social services, a used Volks­ its land reclaimed from the sea by centu­ the capital city. school class at Oklahoma, the youngest Both of us have ties to the area be­ wagen, used bikes, and a second-hand ries of dike-building. The area has many U.S. Senator ever elected from his state, television set completed our shopping and canals and windmills, and is primarily cause of our work in dialectology and and a former Democratic National Com­ German-American history. We left Michi­ depleted our bank account. agricultural, greatly resembling its close mittee chairman. gan in late March, a trip which did not We found it easy to fit into- the rou­ neighbor, the Netherlands. It is unified begin well. Our flight from Chicago was tine of living in Germany. Such things as culturally, historically, geographically, Harris for several years has been highly cancelled, and we landed in London in­ radio and television without "commer­ and linguistically. Among German regions active in promoting an interest in the stead of Amsterdam, but eventually we cial messages" and the closing of most East Frisia is uniquely conscious of its country's energy problems and in In­ located our luggage and rented a car from offices between 12 :30 and 3 :00 p.m . history, at least partly because of the ac­ dian affairs. His wife, LaDonna Harris, is Amsterdam to Ostfriesland. suited our temperaments well. Few busi- tivities of the Ostfriesische Landschaft. a full-blooded Commanche. He is the au­ The Landschaft is a centuries-old semi­ thor of several books on politics and for legislative institution that functions today the last several years has been regarded as as a cultural parliament with government a leader in the reb~orn populist movement. Grand Rapids Press Looks financial support for its many projects. One of his best2known books is The New (West German lottery funds supplement Populism. regular allocations, an idea we might try Earlier speakers in the humanities se­ to import to Michigan?) The Landschaft ries have been Charles Sorensen, chairman maintains a large library and facilities for To Faculty for Articles of CAS 's history department; Dr. Duncan scholars. It sponsors lectures, publishes Littlefair, pastor of Fountain Street books, exhibits art works, and has a Church; and Arend D. Lubbers, President The Grand Rapids Press's Wonder­ should be written in language readily special research institute for coastal understandable by lay persons. A light of GVSC. land Magazine, which is published with studies. The professional staff includes an the Sunday edition of the paper, is eager touch won't hurt their chances of being archeologist and severa.l. historians. There This is the second of two projects gen­ to have faculty members of Grand accepted. A flat rate of $25 .00 will be are several workgroups whose members erated by College IV and funded by the Rapids area colleges submit relatively paid for each article accepted. .study and record all facets of East Fris­ Michigan Council. The first, held last year, short pieces (800-1,000 words) for pub­ ian culture, including archeology, history, was cosponsored by the Intertribal Coun­ lication in the magazine. Charlie Moore, editor of Wonder­ genealogy, language and literature, folk­ cil of Grand Rapids. The proposal, like The articles may be on any subject, land, is interested in filling the "back lore, and natural resources. Both of us the present one, was drawn up by Reid although the object of the project is to part of the book" with short pieces be­ were associates of the Landschaft during Holland. give faculty members a forum in which cause of the high readership articles in that part of the m agazine receive. our stay. to express their views on matters of All of the programs in the present se ­ particular concern to them. The subject Questions on any specific article in When Bill was granted sabbatical leave ries, like all programs funded by the matter need not be related to the facul­ progress may be addressed to either in 1972, it seemed natural for us to go to Michigan Council for the Humanities, ty person's own discipline, but may be Moore or his assistant, Hank Bornheim­ the area to continue his studies in Low through grants from the National En­ devoted to a hobby or any special in­ er, by calling the Grand Rapids Press, German dialectology. Despite the name, dowment for the Humanities, are open to terest the writer is pursuing. Articles 459-1400. (Continued on page 4) the public without charge. RSVP Ecology As the Science of Love

By Tony Parise "We must learn about love - love ofother persons, Everyone knows that ecology, t he scientific study of life in its appointed home, has important politi­ love ofthe earth and ofits creatures." cal and economic aspects. Its spiritual side may be 1 . ess widely acc redited. Yet if we try to imagine an 0 ecological but non-scientific view of the biosphere we monstrab le are always identical, deformed by the belie f that beliefs are "irrelevant." are immediately thrown back to vegetation mysteries (Irrelevant to what?) and other primitive earth religions. For the ecologist We must learn about love-love of other persons, love of the earth and of its crea­ looks at life forms as elements of a single system, tures. The fact and the manner and the depth of our loving we learn from "those who whole, indivisible, in a sublime se nse perfect. Logi­ have deeper digged Love's mine than I." The great explorers of the human spirit are ca ll y, if not psychologicall y, it would seem a small our teachers because they are our superiors and what they encourage us to reali ze, to step from the perfect to the sacred. experience, are intrinsic goods- not the whims of callow youngsters or abstracted old The study of living communities not only touches fellows. The moral and emotional experiences of mankind , no less than the physical several disciplines; it touches us to the heart and en­ and chemical experiments, constitute a common treasure, a commonly owned heri­ gages our moral faculties. Indeed, it seems to me that every attempt to understand the tage. To be civilized is to share in that richness . To be ravished by Botticelli's Venus perilous relationship between man and earth abuts, finally, on a consideration of or by the call of a loon because we have learned their emotive significance is to be cu l­ valu es; and values, in turn, depend on structures of cultivated feelings. In other words tured. To be uncivili zed is to look around the Louvre and say, "I don't know nothing -to phrase my argument in terms which may antagoni ze some scientists-the study of about art but I know what I like." To be uncivi lized is to look around the world and earth and man must be informed by poetry and philosophy, by experiences of the im­ say, "Blue whales? Great auks? I couldn't care less ." agination. Whether we consider man and his environment from a biological or an I do nbt wish to suggest that the civilizing mission is the exclusive province of art­ economic or a political or a demographic or a technocratic angle, whether we consider ists and poets. To the contrary, my first point is that the insights and perspectives of the relationship between man and the earth as a matter of cost-benefit accounting or the ecologists enrich our sensibilities. Surely the civilizing enterprise should confront as a matter of sacrament, still our judgments must be based on values; and values live one of the monstrous problems-perhaps the si ngle root of all the problems- which in the imagination and are planted and fostered by works of art and by the creative mankind faces: how to re-establish the bond between earth and its oddest creation, intellect. (In some other ways, too, but none I want to honor right now.) The imagina­ that prodigal son who, by virtue of a knowledge and a power we call god-like, is some­ tion, I might add, is a place collectively owned though individuall y exploited, like the thing of an alien in his mother's house. The glorious enigma of man , formulated in commons. more or less these terms, is at the heart of a whole generation of works which would Let me try to give some concrete and se nsory substance to those abstractions. Sup­ not be possible except for the labors-nay, the interpretations-of scientists. Indeed, pose some ninny says that a world without the great auk or the passenger pigeon is in many of these works are written by ecologists or biologists with ecological yearnings. no objective sense impoverished-and indeed will be in no way poorer when the last Representative works that immediately spring to mind are Aldo Leopold's Sand wilderness is paved over. What possible rational argument would address itself to the County Almanac and the more recent Pilgrim at Tink er Creek, by Annie Dillard. brutishness of this brute? Or suppose so meone avers-as indeed Euge ne Rabinovitch, Many other fine writers might be mentioned: Loren Eiseley, Rachel Carson, J. W. t he editor of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, does- that since man can survive Krutch, Edward Abbey, Wendell Berry, Edwin Teale ... but I needn't extend the list. without any other living creatures except the bacteria in his body, therefore it is only Enough to say that there is a substantial body of literature which brings together sc whim or caprice t hat makes some people prefer a world of biological diversity. What entific knowledge and love of the earth. rational argument can change his mind? Or what can one do, short of physical vio­ lence, with Herman Kahn, who fi nds nothing unthinkable in the prospect of strip­ These works remain part of a larger literary tradition-one that goes back into pre­ ping four western states in order to support an energy-intensiv e life-style? Of course, in history. What they bring is an old passion newly informed. And that fact leads me to the cases of Rabinovitch and Kahn, one might dispute the facts; one might argue that my second point, e.g., that these works cry out for critical mediation by humanists man can never synthesize food from inorganic matter and that stripping the West is a and scientists, together. "The poetry of earth is never dead," said the Romantic poet final solution but not to the energy problem. But if one grants the facts, can one still , John Keats, who heard that poetry shrilling in the cricket's song. Now the scientist on a purely scientific basis, oppose the conclusions? Can one-to use a reall y stupid hears it too, hears the poetry even as he counts the vibrati ons per second. What a fine expression- remain " valu e free"? Or is one obliged to agree that the love of God's chance for the humanities and the sciences to establish, as t hey say nowadays, "a re­ world is merely another hangup, no better and no worse than any other? lationship." It seems to me that if we feel too embarrassed to argue on the basis of considered sentiments, if we feel that only facts, not feelings, are cogent, then we have become Tony Parise has been a member of the English department in the College of Arts and monsters of intellect, deformed by the belief that the real and the scientifically de- Sciences since 1968.

Cultural Exchange Funding Model in Final Review Stage Festival to Be Held Last spring the Michigan House and the task force. Vice Presidents Vice President VanSteeland stated, The residence li fe staff at Grand Val­ Appropriations Committees appointed a VanSteeland and Loessin served as the "The task force members have been di­ ley is sponsoring an all-campus Cultural Higher Education Task Force to make re­ Grand Valley representatives. Members of vided into subcommittees, each of whi ch Exchange Festival, which will take pl ace commendations concerning the funding the legislative staff and the Governor's is examining a major university function in the residence halls on November 1 and of higher education. Two representatives budget staff served as resource people to from a funding point of view. Subcom­ 3. The festival will include such things as from each of the 15 publi c baccalaureate the task force. The task force has met as a mittees were established for instruction, native dress, food, dance, music, poetry, universities were ap pointed to serve on group three times to date. public service, research, institutional su p­ and arts and crafts whi ch are representa­ port, financial aid, student services, and tive of t he various cultures that exist in academic su pport." He continued, "Each the Grand Valley community. All facu lty, subcommittee has spent many hours de­ staff, and students are encouraged to at­ GVSC Cooperates with Newaygo veloping a formula for determining how tend the festivities. Persons wishing to many state dollars should be spent in perform, provide a display, or prepare support of university operations. The task foods from their heritage should contact In City Master Plan Project force is examining both the adequacy of Sandy Herman, director of Kistler House, state appropriations for higher education extension 607, or t he Housing Office, ex­ Sixteen students from Grand Valley Analysis of economic and population relative to other large industrial states and tension 531, before October 22. have been hired by the Newaygo City factors, an investigation of current city a fair way to distribute the total state Council to design a community master facili ties, and public attitude surveys are all ocation among the fifteen separate plan. It is expected to involve an indus­ some of the things students will use to institutions." The Grand Valley Forum trial park, a rerouting of M37, and a reno­ design the master plan and carry it out. VanSteeland said, "If a consensus can vation of t he business district. Another important part of the project is be reached among the task force, and sub­ Editor: Clarice Geels When t he Newaygo City Council ap­ a citizens group that will have a signifi­ sequently the legislature, a more rational Managing Editor: Martha Kiander proached Ron Poitras, civic planning pro­ cant role in the decision-making process. and equitable system for funding the uni­ fessor at William James College, with an Fifteen Newaygo residents are participat­ versities may begin in 1977-78. The de­ The Grand Valley Forum is published invitation to provide advice, he asked ing in the planning and execution of the tailed examination by the task force of on Monday of each week wh en classes Fred Bevis, of CAS's environmental sc i­ project. current unive rsity funding levels confirms are in session during the fall, winter, ence department, to participate also. Now The City Council believes that by taking what we have known for some time, and spring terms. All material should eight WJ C students and eight CAS stu­ advantage of nearby, low-cost skills they namely that Grand Valley is underfunded be sent to the editor in the Media Re­ de nts are working on the project and be­ will help students gain necessary experi­ in both academic and support services lations and Publications Offices, Mani­ ing paid $6,209 by the city for expenses ence aqd give them a place to test their when compared to other institutions. We tou Hall, Grand Valley State Colleges, such as transportation. But the main re­ ideas, put tax dollars back into the col­ hope that the funding model will ensure Allendale, Michigan 49401. Telephone: ward is on-the-job experience in city plan­ lege, and save the city an expensive engi­ that the past inequities will be corrected 895-6611, extension 222. ning. neering consultant fee. in subsequent fi scal years." Barbara Johnson Looks to Olympics GVSC Student Champion Skater

For most athletes, international com­ Last spring, Barbara's attention was di­ week, she hopes to be on the ice at the petition is a tantalizing dream which rected to the Grand Rapids MSSA club , Jo ll y Roger. To get to the World Games, eludes their grasp by mere moments or which she and another GVSC student, she must attend a designated number of inches. But few sports personalities have John ('Skip') Obermeyer, established for Speed Skating Association meets, and pursued that goal with more fervor than local novice speed skaters. The club, be­ earn enough points to qualify for the Grand Valley student Barbara Johnson. gun with ten members, now has a board World Games Try-ours at Champaign, Johnson, a sandy-haired, bespectacled of directors of which Barbara is vice-pres­ Illin ois. junior from Wyandotte, is focussing on ident. The group operates at the Grand "I'll know by the first of the year the 1977 World Indoor Speed Skating Rap ids Joll y Roger Ice Arena. which meets I must attend and how many Championships to be held at a yet unde­ But after an exciting 1975-76 speed­ points must be wo n to qualify for termined location. Don't be surprised if skating chase, a sweep in the Grand Champaign," she says. "The dates and de­ you see her on television in 1980 sprint­ Rapids-sponsored MSSA compet1t1on, tails are not yet designated." ing about the Olympic rink in Lake and a place in the Wyandotte speed-skat­ ing race, Barbara has seriously begun Placid, New York. w In the meantime, Barbara will con­ consider working toward a berth in the Last weekend, she earned four medals tinue to work our and to guide novice 1977 World Games. and a pewter beer stein at the K-W skaters at the Jolly Roger. (Kitchener-Waterloo) Sertoma Interna­ Barbara Johnson, champion speed skater What really keyed the 5-6 speedster on tional Octoberfest Speed Skating Meet in making that team, however, was her fin­ But marked on her calendar is the Association-sanctioned races throughout weekend of March 17th-18th, when the Kitchener, Ontario, against Detroit and ish in the North American Indoor Meet at Michigan. National Indoor Race is scheduled at St. Canadian competition. Wyandotte last April. Johnson donned her tights, warm-up, For many years, skating was simply a Louis, Missouri. "It'll be tough," she jersey, and kangaroo-hide skates seven hobby for Barbara, who had all she could "I felt I did well in the 1MJ at says. "But I think I can place." years ago when she purchased them with do to hold her own against MSSA oppo­ Wyandotte. I beat one of the 1975 World Barbara has no doubts about her abil­ babysitting earnings. nents. More recently, however, after years Games members very badly and qualified ity to get to the World Games. "I'm Since then, she and her family have of conditioning and-practice, winning has for every final ( 400, 800, 1000 and 15 00 going to win it if it kills me," she says. " J competed in Michigan Speed Skating become a hab it. meters). I felt then that I would be able know I can do it." to get to the games and decided to try for a berth on the team."

Like most speed skaters, Barbara be­ gan intensive training during July. Includ­ Faculty, Staff Invited To ed in her daily routine was a 20-mile bi­ Foundation Gives cycle ride and seemingly endless running. "I thought I'd get sick of the training," Music Department she says. "But that didn't happen. I reall y Use Athletic Facilities look forward to it every day." In August, she attended a clinic held Record Collection by Olympic Indoor Speed Skating Coach, The CAS department of music has Grand Valley has extensive athletic fa­ Located on Peter Schotting at Midland. Equipment rental room: been designated by the Rockefeller Foun­ cil ities and equipment which are available the west wing of the first floor of the Schotting's tips and conditioning pro­ dation of New York to receive a 100- for use by faculty and staff. All persons Field House. Telephone: 895-7812. gram encouraged her to continue in her record collection of American music be­ wishing to use the courts or the equip­ Camping equipment, bicycles, and canoes pursuit of the slot in the World Games ing produced by the Recorded Anthology and gave her a roadmap to follow. ment must have GVSC identification. Will are among the items available for rent for of American Music. The gift was awarded Ka terberg, the director of recreational a nominal fee. Listed below are the hours on the basis of the department's "com­ programming, says that students have it is open and the items available. "I thought I was in shape when I went there [ to Midland] , " Barbara said recent­ mitment to musical education and schol­ been using the courts and equipment Monday: arship and for its ab ility to make these much more than the faculty and staff 8: 30- 11 :30 a.m. ; 3: 30-5 :30 p.m. ly, "but I couldn't walk afterwards. I learned I have a lot more ahead of me." records accessible to a large public." have, and he urges all interested persons Tuesday: The records, to be issued over the ne xt to take advantage of them. Information 10: 30- 11: 30 a.m.; 3: 30-5: 30 p.m. She now uses Schotting's training recipe in her daily work-out which includes three years on the New World Records on specific sports facilities and equipment Wednesday: dashes, cross-country runs, endurance ex­ label, will include all idioms from all per­ is listed below. 10:30-11:30 a.m. ; 3:30- 5:30 p.m. ercises, circuit training, and skating simu­ iods of music in American history. Thursday: lations on a waxed formica board. Approximately half of the records will be Tennis, handball, racq uetball, and 10:30-11 :30 a.m.; 3 :30-5 :30 p.m. devoted to works never before recorded. Friday: 12 noon-6 p .m. squash courts: Tennis court located on " I find that everything revolves The collection will be housed in the CAS Saturday: 9-11 a.m. the main floor of the Field House ; hand­ around skating now," says Barbara. music department listening room in the Sunday: 3-5 p.m. ball, racquetball, and squash courts on "Skating comes first." By the end of this CFAC. the lowest level. For reservations call the Equipment available for rent (rates given Eq uipment Issues Room, 895-7812, not for faculty and staff): more than 24 hours in advance. All re­ Day Weekend servations are for one hour, on the hour Bicycles $1.00 $3.00 between 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. and on the Tents 1.50 3.50 This Week vvith the Lakers half hour between 11 : 30 and 9: 30 p:m. Canoes 3.00 6.00 Back packs 1.00 3.00 Weight room: Located on the second Ponchos .25 .70 floor of the Field House in the red wing. Cooking sets .25 .70 Tuesday, October 19 4 p.m.: Soccer. GVSC at Hope. Available from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. except Canteens .25 .70 6:30 p.m.: Volleyball. GVSC at Ferris State. during scheduled class periods. Coleman stoves .25 .70 A $3 .00 per day late charge, plus the Wednesday, October 20 Gymnastics room: Located on the daily rental charge, will be assessed indi­ 4 p.m.: Field hockey. GVSC at Central Michigan. second floor of the Field House. Avail­ viduals returning equipment after the re­ 4 p.m.: Women's tennis. Ferris State at GVSC. able from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Mondays servation check-in date. The rental charge and Fridays, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p .m. on for winter sports equipment has not yet Thu rsday, October 21 Tuesdays and Thursdays. A supervisor is been determined. 4 p.m.: Field hockey. Olivet at GVSC. present during those hours. Hi red recreation supervisors will be on duty to set up nets, confirm reservations, Basketball, volleyball , and badmin­ and answer questions from 6 to 10 p.m. Friday, October 22 2: 30 p.m.: Women's tennis. GVSC at Wayne State with Lake Superior. ton: Located on the main floor of the Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. 6 p.m.: Volleyball. GVSC at Kellogg Community College. Field House. Available between 12 noon on Saturday, and 12 noon to 10 p.m. on and 1 p.m., and from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday. Saturday, October 23 except when there is a home game. Intramural sports are also open to fa­ 10 a.m.: Women's tennis. GVSC at Hillsdale. Schedule subject to change from one culty and staff. More complete informa­ 2 p.m. : Football. GVSC at Hillsdale. term to the next. tion-calendar, rules, and regulations-can 9: 30 p.m.: Volleyball. GVSC at Western Michigan. Locker room facilities are available be found in the Intramural and R ecrea­ t hrough the physical education office, tion Handbook, which can be obtained but all persons must provide their own from the Campus Activities Office or combination locks and towels. Buzz 206, located in the Campus Center. PEC OK's Graduation Rules; What's Happening? Discusses Christmas Oosing Monday, October 18 7: 30 p.m.: "Is Knowledge Power? Human Values and the Presidential Politics of The President's Executive Committee, of closing the college for the week be­ 197 6" series. Sponsored by GVSC's College IV and Fountain Street Church. at its meeting on October 1, approved a tween Christmas and New Year. Since Fountain Street Church, Grand Rapids. proposal for graduation rules and proce­ both holidays fall on Saturday, an alter­ dures from the task force appointed by native holiday schedule to the normal Tuesday, October 19 President Lubbers to review certification Thursday-Friday closing would be Mon­ 8 a.m.: "Leader Effectiveness Training," a one-day workshop. Sponsored by CAS's procedures for graduation and to develop day and Tuesday of the week following School of Business Administration. $32.50 per person. Registration and work­ guidelines to ensure that only legitimate Christmas arid Thursday and Friday of shop details may be obtained from Dr. Jack Payne, School of Business Admini­ candidates for graduation take part in that same week for the New Year holi­ stration, ext. 562 or 563. commencement exercises. The new pro­ day. Employees might then take Wednes­ 10 :00 a.m. : Senator Robert Packwood (R.-Ore.) campaign speech for President cedures will be implemented during the day of that week as vacation. Various Ford and Marvin Esch, Michigan candidate for the U.S. Senate. Room 174, Lake winter term 1977. groups on campus are polling their Superior Hall. Sponsored by GVSC Students for Ford and the Grand Valley Poli­ employees for their reaction to this tical Science Club. The PEC also discussed the possibility proposal. 3 and 7 p.m.: Film-"The Stranger." Sponsored by the CAS Freshman Humanities. Room 132, Lake Huron Hall.

Wednesday, October 20 Channel 35 Highlights 4 and 8 p.m.: Film-"Medium Cool." Sponsored by the GV Feminists and Student Activities Allocation Committee. Room 132, Lake Huron Hall. "Fifth Quarter" Host Jim Kipp and Elliott's World. "Bodyscape," a head football coach Jim Harkema re­ dance piece choregraphed by Christine Friday, October 22 view highlights of the GVSC-Saginaw Loizeaux and her dance students at TJ C. 11 a.m. t o 1 p.m.: Political Awareness Forum, featuring a Ford campaign represen­ Valley game. October 18, 7 p.m. October 21, 8 p.m. tative. Sponsored by Campus Activities. Campus Center Main Lounge. Wolf Trap. Beverly Sills stars in "Meet the Candidates." WGVC and Saturday, October 23 "Robert Devereaux," an opera by Doni­ the Grand Haven and Holland area zetti. October 18, 9 p.m. 8 :15 p.m.: GVSC "Premier Series 1976-1977" presents United Stage's production League of Women Voters examine the of "Play It Again, Sam." Louis Armstrong Theatre, Calder Fine Arts Center. "The Puzzle Children." A program 197 6 election from the local perspective. Season tickets available. Individual tickets $2 .50 in advance, $3 .50 at the door. on children's learning disabilities, with The following State Representative can­ Details may be obtained by calling 895-6611, ext. 242. Julie Andrews and Bill Bixby, hosts. Oc­ didates will be on the program to answer tober 19 , 8 p.m. phoned-in questions: Ed Fredricks (R) Monday, October 25 and Michael Villwork (D), from the 54th All day: Awareness Training for Supervisors Seminar. Sponsored by CAS's School Follow-up to "The Puzzle Chil­ District; Melvin DeStigter (R) and David of Business Administration. Room 225, The Commons. $32.50 per person, in­ dren." Viewers are invited to call in Godfrey (D), from the 95th District; and cluding lunch and materials. For reservations and seminar details contact Dr. their questions on learning disabilities. Ed Geer lings (R) and Ruth Marcus (D) Jack Payne, Sr., School of Business Administration, ext. 562 or 563 . Telephone 895-6691 or 800-442-2771. from the 97th District. October 22, October 19, 9 p.m. 7 p.m. Tuesday, October 26 All day: Awareness Training for Supervisors Seminar. See above. Bulletin Board Exhibitions Continuing Education Office to mined through the Continuing Education Monday, October 18, to Sunday, October 31 Publish Inventory of Short Courses Office. Short courses and workshop pro­ 8: 30 a.m. to 5 p.m., weekdays: "Works on Paper," a one-man exhibition by Larry and Workshops posal forms are available from the Con­ Spaid, Temple University, Philadelphia. Sponsored by Thomas Jefferson College. The Continuing Ed ucatio n Office is tinuing Education Office. Campus Center Art Gallery. preparing an inventory of short courses and workshops that can be offered to Robes for Commencement community organizations, school dis­ If you wish to rent a robe for com­ tricts, and business enterprises on a mencement on December 11 , please con­ cosponsored or contractual basis- usually tact the Bookstore. Deadline for orders Job Openings on their premises. is October 25. If you have ordered a robe Each course or workshop should in­ through Campus Activities, you do not (Apply at the Personnel Office unless Grade 1-$3.89 start, $4.49 rate. vo lve a minimum of three hours of in­ need to rent one. Please call Nancy at 374 otherwise stated.) Available immediately. struction or participation and a maximum if you have any questions regarding robe Clerical, Office and Technical: Custodian 3rd shift- possibly weekends, of 20 hours. The programs should not be rentals. Clerical Aide (part-time). Range B, $3 .28 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Grade 1- $3.89 start, tied to a fixed location and should be -$4.69 an hour. Available immediately. $4.49 rate. Available immediately. Custodian-temporary. 3rd shift- possibly geared to the successful achievement of GV /MCC Textbook Orders Due Secretary I (part-time)-Educational Stud­ weekends, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Grade 1- specific educational objectives, e.g., con­ Attention MCC faculty: Please prepare ies Institute. Range B, $3.28-$4.69 an $3 .89 start, $4.49 rate. Available im­ ducting a successful personnel interview, textbook orders for winter term classes hour. Avail ab le immediately. or teaching the use of electronic calcula­ and include course title and code, text­ mediately. tors in junior high mathematics. Some book title and author, and number of Maintenance Staff: Custodian (part­ Grand Valley State Colleges is an Equal programs will be eligible for continuing texts needed. Send your orders to: Mrs. time). Weekends, 10 a. m.-6 p.m. ' Opportunity Employer. education units. Betty Kinsley, MCC Bookstore, 221 Wh en completed, the inventory will be South Quarterline Road, Muskegon, compiled as a directory or catalog for cir­ Michigan 49442. 1 Frisian Sojourn Fascinating culation to prospective sponsors. The (Continued from page 1) Continuing Education Office will arrange Late Textbook Orders for the distribution of the directory and Textbook orders were due Friday, Oc­ the East Frisian language is no longer work will involve detailed histories of will administer all the programs. Partici­ tober 15. If you have not sent yours in, Frisian but a Low German dialect with these communities and a linguistic survey pating faculty will be eligible for extra please do so at once. Send all orders to some traces of Frisian. Speaking dialect is to record the East Frisian still spoken by compensation at rates yet to be deter- the Bookstore. " in" these days all over Germany, but third- and fourth-generation immigrants. this is no recent development in East Fris­ Our first visit to the German Demo­ ia, where the language is very much alive. cratic Republic (East Germany) left a In Aurich, for example, with its popula­ deep impression. The contrasts between tion of 20,000, the dialect can be heard the two parts of Germany exist in all fa­ What's Your· Number? on the stage, in the classroom, on the cets of life, from the economic and politi­ street, and from the pulpit. There is also a cal systems to the most mundane details regular Low German column in the news­ of everyday survival. We had another The Publications Office is assembling information for the annual Student-Faculty­ paper and a flourishing dialect literature. sample of Eastern Europe when we sailed Staff Telephone Directory. Faculty and staff who wish to be included in the direc­ When we learned there was no practical, home on a Polish freighter. We were two tory should fill in this couoon and mail or deliver it by Wednesday, October 27, to descriptive grammar of the dialect, Bill of only twelve passengers on a container Jim Kipp, Publications Office, Manitou Hall. wrote one that will be published in Ger­ ship and had a relaxing seven-day crossing many. from Bremerhaven to Newark. The en­ Name ______Spouse's name ______My current work is a large-scale study tire six months passed quickly, and it is of East Frisian emigration to the United difficult to realize that we are back so Title ______States. During our recent visit, I worked soon. We both welcome opportunities to with primary sources to determine who discuss our work and our travels. Campus addres•;,.______Campus extension ______emigrated, from which location, and the Mary Seeger is an assistant dean in the reasons for emigration. I have been able College of Arts and Sciences. She is cur­ Home address ______Home phone ____ to reconstruct the settleri"lents in Iowa, rently on leave of absence from the for­ Illinois, Minnesota, South Dakota, and on eign languages department where she is an the Kansas-Nebraska border. Further associate professor of German.