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Student Run Weekly The Lanthorn ALLENDALE, THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1980 Number 28 V olum e 12 Blues Festival May Be Moved Provost Would Add

by Steven Vcrburg layed to him by Student Senate usually draws several complaints each President Jeff Hubbard. The com­ year from faculty who find it dif­ Grand Valley’s Blues and Jazz promise, reportedly offered "as a ficult to conduct classes near the Festival, a springtime tradition since possibility" by Vice-president for loud music. 7 More Faculty Here 1972, may be moved or delayed this Administration Ronald VanStecland Aldrich downplayed the possibil­ year because of complaints from would move the Festival to Robinson ity of moving the event off campus faculty and academic deans about field behind the Commons with the but said it was an option that had to by Susan Collins Moreover, Grand Valiev's enroll­ noise and disruption of classes. stipulation that there would be "no be kept open because of the techni ment for the 1980-81 school year In fact, Festival organizers have noise" before 3 p.m. cal problems of staging the Festival Based on budget projections for based on FYES (Full-Year Equival­ considered taking the May 10 event Aldrich had planned to begin on the intramural field or near 1980-81, seven faculty persons and a ent Students) is estimated at 4.J35 completely off campus. playing taped music and doing sound Kistlcr Hall. number of othc. personnel will be Students. The occurence of a sub­ "There would be substantial add Stephen Aldrich, General Manager checks at 2 p.m. added at GVSC in an effort to stantial enrollment drop or a cut in itional expense in going to those of WSRX-FM, who is coordinating Last winter, Aldrich and other “strengthen current programs" here. state appropriations would result in a this year’s festival, said Tuesday that Festival organizers decided to trans­ other sites which have been suggest­ According to a report presented devaluation of the budget. plant the event to Robinson field to ed,” Aldrich said. “Also, we’ve got The proposed budget also in­ because of opposition from the acad­ Aldrich (Photo by John Haafke) by GVSC Provost and Vice-President emic deans to the traditional site on avoid complaints about loud music two blind blues musicians coming for Academic Affairs Glenn cludes salary increases on an average the Campus Cehter lawn and to an and potential dangers posed by the which makes it essential that we have Niemeyer to the faculty Salary and of 11.5% for faculty and administra­ alternative site behind the Commons, proximity of Zumbergc Pond to in­ some hospitality facilities close to Another complicating factor is a Budget Committee, there will be tive-professional staff, and compensa­ the 1980 Blues and Jazz Festival toxicated festival-goers. the stage.” series of events planned by Pi Kappa three new teachers at Seidman tion adjustments for other staff could be forced to start later in the Then, though no formal recom­ Aldrich said the other proposed Phi fraternity as part of their "Pro­ College, two in the School of Social committed in existing union agree­ afternoon than usual - or, concicvab- mendation was made, a memo from sites could limit the amount of ject PUSH", a week-long fundraiser Work, one in WJC.’s Arts and Media ments. It also includes increases in ly, off campus altogether. Dean's Council to Vice-president electrical power available at the for severely handicapped children. Program, and one in the Financial insurance benefits and compensation. Aldrich has been told that the VanStecland (whose Student Affairs stage. Other costs, including tents, The fraternity plans to stage a Institutions, Insurance, and Real Priorities set for Academic Affairs GVSC administration would prefer Office helps coordinate the Festival) concessions and portable restrooms, “rockathon” in which participants Estate program at Kirkhof College. in 1980-81 include strengthening to see the Festival either on the in­ cast a shadow of doubt over possi­ would probably total $1,200 to would rock in rocking chairs to cam Additional pcrsonncl--an analyst current programs through the addi­ tramural field north of the Field- bilities for holding the annual event $1,500, according to one person in­ pledges for the fund drive, as well as and a data entry clerk-will be added tion of faculty, material and equip­ house, or on the north or east side of at Robinson field. volved in planning the event. some musical activities and raffles to the Computer Center, along with ment, grant funding, plus a new pro­ Kistlcr House to avoid intcruption of CAS Dean Charles Sorensen says Student activities administrator on the same stage as the Festival dur­ $75,000 in funds designated for gram in physical therapy, develop­ classes. he objected to the Robinson site be­ Jeff Brown said that GVSC would ing the preceding week. “computer.” ment in continuing education and a At press time he said, he was cause he feared it would disrupt probably pay those costs if they The funding for these supplemen­ support-computer system. continued on page 3 weighing a possible compromise re­ classes in Makinac Hall. The Festival were necessary. tary posts and programs results from the reallocation of TJC funds amounting to approximately $475,000, and $60,000 in other money. Coordinator Wallace Answers However, the proposed budget for 1980-81 hinges on two important R o tu r n in o factors: state appropriations and en­ V V VWomen m m w v m r Concerns ^ ^ ^ ^ rollment. Both factors are yet unde­ “I want to develop a support sys­ by Cheryl Brewster, Wallace returned to college at the termined. age of 33 to earn her master’s degree tem to provide the assistance that Niemeyer expressed this by say­ woman need,” said Wallace. Mary Wallace, GVSC’s new co­ at Kansas State University in family ing, “The key is next year-and there Wallace said she has two strong is so much unknown.” ordinator for returning women stu­ and child development. She earned feelings: One to offer a quality Despite Governor Milliken's re­ dents has the responsibility of meet­ her undergraduate degree at Illinois education, and provide a individual­ commendation that 6.96% of the ing women »n campus and helping State 11 years earlier. ized touch, so that students feel that state budget be allocated to higher them in all areas. During those years, Wallace raised they are wanted. education (approximately $52 mil­ Wallace began her job March 3, her family, two sons and one daugh­ Wallace concluded by saying: lion), there has been speculation of a 1980 and works three days a week. ter. Her husband was a professor at "Each woman needs encouragement cut to perhaps 3% or 5% of state re­ Her office is located at the Continu­ Kansas State when she decided to and 1 know, because I’ve been there venues. This would mean a loss of ing Education office. return to school. between $250,000 and $500,000 to Wallace said: “My priority is to “Grand Valley identified one per­ before and 1 want to help as much Niemeyer GVSC. meet other faculty and students on son for this role,” commented Wal­ as I can.” campus. An important responsibility lace. “I would like to talk to any is having the answers for returning woman and tell her that I’m aware of woman students." the frustrations. Once the decision is Wallace’s job was created follow­ made to return to college you’re ex­ Writer Olsen To ‘Break Silences’ ing the recommendation of the Task cited, but scared to death.” Force on Women’s programming. Wallace said she is gearing towards the fall semester and she plans on Wallace (Photo by John S. Wanat) The task force was appointed by Ways in which people can be more Olsen achieved early success as a readings by Olsen and several west having orientations and workshops. Provost Glenn Niemeyer in response creative will be explored at a confer­ writer but her career was interrupted Michigan writers, films, and dis­ She is waiting for a enrollment print­ to questions about the status of ence to be held here April 21-23. for twenty years by the demands of cussion sessions. A panel discussion out and making an effort to get some on Monday, which is “alumni day” women’s programming at Grand The three-day event will focus on raising four children. After resuming good ideas for the program. Valley. women, minorities and others who her career, she published the widely- and the opening day of the confer­ have traditionally faced difficult ob­ acclaimed novella, Tell He A R iddle ence, will feature Olsen, Adrian stacles in their attempts to express in 1960;the novel Yonnondio from Tinsley, dean of William James College; and lxiri Hansen, a profess­ themselves creatively. the Thirties ; and a non-fiction book New Faculty Ethics Code Addresses Award-winning author Tillie Olsen entitled Silences. Published in 1978, ional staff member of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, will be the featured speaker at Silences explores class, color, sex “Breaking Silences: Our Work and and other obstacles to creativity ob­ Poverty and Migratory Labor, part of Our Voices," the 1980 Synoptic served and experienced by the the Senate Labor and Human Re- Sexual Harassment Question at GV author. Conference sponsored by Grand contmut'd on page 3 Valley’s William James College. Conference events will include by Raymond Stock said that the procedure suggested by volving academic staff, the student the Professional Conduct Task Force should talk first with the head of the A proposal on professional tells complainants they will “still academic unit, usually a department academic ethics, developed partly in have to go to the department chair­ chairperson or program coordinator. response to reports of sexual haras­ person or coordinator,” to start an The student may also go directly to sment of students at GVSC, has met investigation. the academic dean, who may then with the approval of the faculty Knox claims that though the involve the unit head. Students senate's chair-and the apparent dis­ proposal says that the complainant should be aware that they have approval of the Student Senate (SS). “can go to the academic dean,” there access to a number of supportive £ The Professional Conduct Task is too great a chance that the resources in the thinking through of Force of the Executive Committee of academic dean will refer the person their complaint. These include the the (faculty) Senate (ECS) released back to the department cnair or co­ counselors of the Career Planning a "Statement on Professional Ethics” ordinator before acting. and Counseling Center, the office of early this month that provides no The people occupying these pos­ the Dean of Students, and the staff separate procedure for sexual com- itions “are usually males’ ’’ Knox of the Women’s Information plaints-the crux of two other pro­ says, and may be unsympathetic to Bureau.” posals on the same problem present­ female complainants. The same list of recommended ed to ECS last year. In its “Recommended Procedures procedures says that “each academic ECS will vote on the proposal for Student Complaints of Profes­ unit will have to incorporate into April 25. If passed, a will then be sional Misconduct,” the task force submined to the All Colleges says; "As with any problem in­ continued on page 3 Academic Senate (ACAS). After ACAS, it must then be accepted by GVSC President Arend Lubbers and VVSRX Seeks New Chiefs the school's Board of Control. ECS Chair Dorothy Merrill says WSRX is now accepting applicat­ for the station. she is optimistic it will be approved ions for the positions of general man­ Applications will be accepted thr­ by her committee, and hopes it also ager and business manager for the ough April 24. Applicants will be mrisfies SS. ”1 think it's a good pro 1980-81 school year. required to appear before the Radio poml~ Ac adds. All applicants must submit a re­ Advisory Board, May L for inter­ But SS Cabinet Member Lenoie sume and individuals applying for views. Anyone deairing addition­ ,wd Ray VraaaI (on floor) o f GVSC’. Unitarf it Knox, primary author of a com­ the position as general manager al information should contact WSRX plete sexual harassment grievance must mdlnde a 3 to 5-page sum­ at ext. 128 or mop by the station in pokey proposal sent to ECS last fall. mation of their goals and ambitions person. The Lanthorn—April 17, 1980 page 2 Check System Leads To Lethal Situation Lanthorn Editorials by Chris Berry check of ten dollars from his Aunt Riny and Uncle Les. The newspaper account said he America is be­ had gone to visit his Great Aunt Helen in Minne­ Our Only Real Tradition ing caught off-guard. apolis, but upon amving at her house, he found While the nation’s that she had moved. (It was later discovered that eyes are focused on this Aunt Helen had won $300,000 in a lottery and, One sunny day in May of 1972, before most of us were out of high the hostages in Tehe­ for fear of having to share her newly won wealth school, a crowd of several hundred music lovers gathered east of the ran, a presidential with the rest of her family, she secretly bought and library, where AuSablc Hall now stands. election race, and moved to a penthouse in the Bahamas.) Once the /• t .* 1 *» A U«/l wsrsn»rl the Russian invasion young man tounu inai num »*w,su* *— (iranil Valley’s first Blues and Jazz Festival was staged that day bv.the of Afghanistan, the roamed the city until he dropped dead from the now-defunct Student Congress. American banks are cold. scheming to make the institution of banking a nec­ This article laid uneasy in my mind. Why didn t this young man cash the checks, stay at a hotel, Since then the Festival location has been changed twice, once to the essity for every United States citizen. and travel back to his home the following day? front of the ficldhousc, and later, in 1975, to the Campus Center lawn. I first became aware of this plot a month ago A man of such youth could not have been grieving while reading an article in a newspaper about a so at the disappearance of his Aunt-not to the The Festival has flourished on the lawn, drawing about 10,000 people young man (18) who froze to death on the streets point of neglecting his own life. Why did he let in the last five years. The first year it rained and the crowd was small, but of Minneapolis. Alright, you say, what’s so strange: himself die? These questions ran over and over in more recently it has brought in several thousand persons each year, firmly even in America people still starve on the streets. my mind, puzzling and perplexing me until grad­ establishing the event as Grand Valley's biggest and best student activity. This may be true, but the interesting kicker about ually, I forgot the incident because of my concen­ It draws more people to the campus by far than any other event including this death was that he died with a wallet full of un­ tration on the scholastic grunt and grind. Homecoming. cashed checks-all payable to him: $89.53 from Yes, like so many important issues, I let this Geoff’s Party Store (where he’s employed); $20.00 It is an event put on by and for students. incident slip into the wastelands of apathetic for- getfulncss—that is, until last weekend. Last Satur­ Blues and Jazz has grown in the natural amphitheater formed by the day I went to Old Kent (State) Bank, the branch library and the Campus Center rising on either side of the small man-made right off campus, and tried to cash two checks, Checks are a banking device to make it easiei hollow next to Zumbcrge Pond. The aesthetic and acoustic beauty of the each of them being under twenty dollars. I inked for customers to handle money, but this device, event derives in large part from this setting in the center of campus. The my John Hancock on the check backs and handed and banks themselves, should not monopolize what waft and wax of airborne frisbees mingling in the sunshine with music arc them to the teller. The teller looked over the people can do with their money. People should a delight enjoyed by thousands of sun- and blues-worshippers during the checks twice and me once and then asked, “Sir, still have the choice of burying their earnings in seventies. At night between sets, the laughter echoing between the two do you have an account here?” I answered that I the backyard in Mother Smuckcr jars if they so buildings, and moon and the stage lights reflecting in the pond combine as didn’t. She gave a smirk and handed the checks wish. The fact is though that most, if not all, a calm, sensual counterpoint to the music. back to me, saying that she couldn’t cash them. I tried to explain to her that I was a student living employers pay with checks which makes it essential for people to open bank accounts if they plan The Festival is GVSC’s only real tradition. in the dorms who they could easily get in touch with if the checks bounced. But she said, “Sorry, to get their money. The evolution of checking is definitely creating a monopoly for banks This year, because of pressure from the academic deans, primarily CAS bank policy.” I pulled out my student I.D., home Dean Charles Sorensen, the Festival may be shortened and moved to library card, driver's license, social security card, over our country’s monetary system . Because checking is an important part of our Robinson field behind the Commons. National Honor Society membership card, and even a picture of my dog Scruffy and I, but still she nation’s economy, it would be too great of a loss Festival coordinators decided to move the music away from the balked at cashing the checks. Luckily, I had a to cancel checking. Instead, checking should be Campus Center last winter to avoid complaints from faculty about the friend present with an account at the bank and modified. “noise," and to avoid the hazard, real or imagined, posed by the pond. who was willing to cover the checks for me. How can checking be modified to suit an indi­ When Sorensen heard that the Festival would be moved onto his turf be­ This experience shed light on what happened vidual’s needs and fredom? Easy! Make checking hind the Commons he objected, saying he feared classes in Makinac Hall to that poor guy in Minneapolis. Obviously, if thief-proof. The reason banks don't cash certain would be disrupted by the volume and, we suspect, the allure, of the he had sense enough to wear his pants with the checks is that they are afraid of losing money. This problem, because banks arc too lazy to invest event. zipper in the front, he knew how to cash checks at a bank. He must have tried. My guess is that the in a safer system, is paid for with our patience. Since then. Festival coordinators have considered a compromise: Per­ banks all turned him away because he didn’t have When all checks arc trusted and ail users of haps the Festival could be held behind the Commons if there was "no an account at any of them and because the checks checks are never turned away, then checking will be as it should be, a device and not a difficulty of noise before 3 p.m. were all from out-of-town. Penniless, he roamed from bank to bank until he froze to death. our monetary system. Fears about excessive noise arc unfounded. The first act slated for 2 p.m. (already a late start by Blues and jazz standards) is John Davis, a blucsman who sings and plays acoustical piano. Festival planners intend to provide security for academic buildings to keep concert traffic cither on Letters Robinson field or in the Commons where designated restroom facilities will be. one less full-time professor and will Editor, Wc feel the security assurances, the volume of the first act and the fact Editor, Editor, be losing other art faculty when that the stage will face the ravine treeline, should be sufficient to avoid This is an open letter to CAS Thomas Jefferson College is elimin­ I really enjoyed the article or any significant encroachment on Friday afternoon academic activities. Will I ever find the wisdom to understand how the faculty senate of Dean Charles Sorenson, Provost and ated. “Patrol Car Assaulted”. 1 am not an Vice-President Glenn Niemeyer, and It is sad enough that fine artists advocate on violence but 1 can under­ A far superior arrangement, though, remains embodied in the tradition­ this school can create a curriculum committee without a single student President Lubbers: are treated as second class citizens stand why a situation like “Patrol al Festival site, the Campus Center lawn. voice on it? I hope not. A commit­ An inexcusable condition exists for their vocational choice in the Car Assaulted” could arise. I and in an advanced drawing class at Cedar “real world” without the same in­ several friends of mine have had the Aside from the acoustic and aesthetic advantages there, the lawn re­ tee which is looking at the very core of our studies here at GV can have Studios. Thirty-five students are reg­ sensitivity being perpetrated by the unpleasurable experience to be con­ presents what is best about the Blues and Jazz Festival. no credibility in my eyes without istered in a class meant to accommo­ educational structure supposedly fronted by “Wonder Boy Super date no more than fifteen. This dedicated to our growth. Let us af­ Cop,” (Mike Catalino). Wc can’t It is our only real community event and it belongs in the center of student representation on it. ford the fine arts with at least the understand who this guy thinks he is. the campus, not on the intramural field or in the cornfield beside Kistler, The Student Senate, instead of re­ room cannot physically accommo­ dignity and room size'afforded the Somebody should explain to “Super as has been proposed. The Festival should not be shortened under any questing a few voices on the Cur­ date so many students with room to Cop” that even though some of us do circumstances— least of all as a compromise to get it in the boondocks riculum Study Committee could draw comfortably. The class has commercial arts. Let us not sacrifice sprawled to two rooms, with the potentiating individual creativity for make mistakes, we sure would appre­ behind the Commons. have, I suppose, formed a student committee to look into the matter instructor commuting from room to body count, assembly-line instruc­ ciate some courtesy after being tion, and dollar-worship. stopped. We feel that at least wc It is possible that the administration for some reason dislikes the Blues and then make separate recommend­ room. A mileage allowance should could be treated like citizens and not and Jazz Festival because it is an event sponsored, controlled and oper­ ations to Provost Nicmcyer. Perhaps be added to his salary. Pamela M. Greinke like a criminal who has just committ­ ated by students; because it is a day of unbridled celebration, or because it will. However, that certainly Coordinator, Campus Center Gallery ed murder. Maybe somebody should it is a day when administrators - whose job it is to administer and re­ would have been a far cry not only The great response to this class Co-President, Art Company explain the term discretion to him gulate campus life - find themselves in the midst of a large-scale event over from the spirit of cooperation undoubtedly has to do in great part (which is a desirable goal) but also with Professor Takahara’s excellent also! which they have no control. (This letter was cosigned by 26 from the current policy on this teaching ability. However, it is im­ Thank you other students-Ed.) More likely they simply do not appreciate the worth of the one day campus to avoid duplication of acad­ possible for any one professor, re­ A concerned group of GVSC students. each year when the center of campus belongs to the students. emic programs. (Anyone who has gardless of energy expended, to give been on a committee can tell you the individual attention necessary to The Blues and Jazz Festival makes a mockery of the staid, administered committee work can be a “program” each student in the time provided. "student activities" normally found in Campus Center TV’s, headphones, in its own right!) This individualized attention is vital hamburgers and pinball machines. It should be preserved in its traditional It is time some faculty on this to an artist’s creative growth. A 35:1 The Lanthorn campus rid themselves of the para­ student/teacher ratio is functional in noia that seems to be directed to­ an introductory lecture class, but Steven Verbury David A. Poll ward any attempt by students to disastcrous in an advanced drawing EDITOR-IN-CHIEF MANAGING EDITOR gain a contributing voice into what class. 1 empathize with the economic our education will ultimately be like Marty Driver Paulette Longwell dilemma of the college, but feel over­ and how our college is operated. ART DIRECTOR LAYOUT EDITOR Students have as much to be con­ crowding of students and overwork­ cerned about in these issues as ing of professors is unfair and exploi­ Cherlet Vender Woude faculty. Perhaps more since their tive of all concerned. This could Raymond Stock eventually lead to a loss of revenue “life goals and career plans" arc so CONTRIBUTING EDITORS closely linked to what GV offers to due to decreased enrollment. Grand Valley has a reputation for its students by way of an education. Suzanne Joseph Susan Kruger an excellent fine arts program. Our It is tiii.c for students (and the SPORTS EDITOR a r t s /entertainment Student Senate) to assert themselves artists received nearly half of the total prizes awarded by the Hackley in using the voice they have as Lois Rodgers John Haafke Art Museum u: their recent exhibit. students at our beloved college- CHIEF ARTIST CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER GVSC’s. Rarely does a Festival year go by without similar representation. “. . .what is impossible for the Joe Irrar Warren lay We are not asking for a 1:1 in- Pet university as an institution is possible ADVERTISING MANAGER for students as individuals and in structor/student ratio. We are asking group*. And what is possible for for a part-time instructor to relieve T he Lanthorn is the weekly (bi-weekly in summer) students as individuals and groups Takeshi of his lead in this da*; or at student publication of the Grand Valley State Colleges. can, on the collective level, emerge least the closing of a clast when the as a possibility for the university as recommended limit has been reached Editorials are the opinions of the writers on The a whole.” from: Counter Course by rather than adding indiscriminately Lanthorn't staff and do not necessarily represent the Ticvor Patman. until the room capacity as allowed official poficks of the Colleges. T b e Lanthorn is funded Lenore Knox by the fire marshall has been reach­ in pan by the Student Senate. Student Senate ed. We are already functioning with The Lanthorn-April 17, 1980 page 3 Carter’s Balanced Budget New Senate To Vote Soon May Slice Financial Aid On 3 Candidates for Prez, Veep election and would like to see Grand Committees. President Carter's newly-proposed Lcifman notes, “it doesn’t look by Susan Collins balanced federal budget may cut as like much of a cut. But when you Valley get more involved with Lenorc Knox is a William James registering and the Presidential College junior majoring in much as $50 off the amount of figure in an 18 to 20 percent in­ Next week the new Student campaign. financial aid each student receives flation rate, it becomes a substantial Senate will elect its president and Environmental Studies. She has Ereon feels the Student Senate served on the WJC Council for one next year, while drastically reducing cut. vice-president for the 1980-81 now has not worked well together to help to colleges trying to remove At the U.S. Office of Education, school year. year and on the Student Senate for represent the student body. She architectural barriers for handicapp­ news of the cuts was met warily. According to the Senate's one year taking an active role in the would like to see the Senate serving ed students. "We feel the reduction can be ac­ Constitution, “the senators-elect will Sexual Harassment Task Force as more people on campus, saying the The budget, introduced in March complished without disrupting the choose the president and vice- chair, in GRASCA, in Citizens for a Senate should “Sec what the stu­ Fair Drinking Age, as well as serving as a means of combating inflation, current application system, ven­ president by allowing nominations dents want and what they expect." as chair of the Appointments proposes giving the Basic Educational tures Thomas Butts, acting deputy from the floor and casting private Also, Ereon thinks the SS should Committee. Opportunity Grant (BEGG) program commissioner for student financial ballots. The president will be the provide more entertainment and Like Ereon, she is deputized to $140 million less than what President aid. Ereon (Photo by John S. Wanat) senator receiving a majority vote programming through the expansion Carter had proposed in January, (14 votes). The vice-president will of both the Recreation and when he submitted his first budget to “We knew that whatever we did be the senator receiving the second Programming Committees, and block Congress. we had to be responsive to the most votes.” booking with GRASCA. She believes Steve Lcifman, lobbyist for the economic issues we face,’ he adds. Currently, three senators arc the Senate needs additional funds in Coalition of Independent College and “Overall, one out of every six Bus Fares seeking nomination for president: order to accomplish more program­ University Students (usually referred students receives some form of Teresa Ereon, John Garlicki, and financial aid," COPUS Leifman ming. to as COPUS), estimates the cuts, if Lenore Knox. Another priority for the CAS approved, would mean that every complains. “We’ve launched a To Rise Ereon. a CAS freshman is major campaign to stave off the bud­ freshman is “making students more student with BEOG aid will get $50 majoring in pre-med and political get cuts. But the most effective way Bus fares for the Holland and aware of what is happening less next year, although tuition on science. She has one year experience to stop this is through the people Grand Haven runs will increase 25 academically.” most campuses will be going up. on the Senate and also serves as a who benefit from the programs. cents beginning April 21. A sophomore, John Garlicki is “The danger in that," Lcifman Grand Valley representative and Leifman hopes for a grassroots pro­ Part of the increase is attributed a Business major in Accounting and explains, “is that the people who treasurer of the Grand Rapids Area to the rising cost of gas, oil, and Management at Seidman College. He can least afford the cut are going to test against the cuts. Student College Association Carter’s new budget also asks labor. Other reasons include the low has been involved in the Student be cut first.” (GRASCA). ridership rate on the buses and the Senate for two years and presently Congress still must approve the Congress to lop $25 million off the She has been deputized to register attempt by G.V.S.C. to reduce the serves as chair of the Allocations president’s new budget, but Lcifman amount previously set aside for re­ people to vote in this fall’s general subsidy it provides to the service. Committee. expects it to approve the BEOG cut novations designed to make cam­ Roughly 80 percent of the cost of Garlicki’s main concern for the because "Congress is so screwed up.” puses more accessable for handicapp­ the runs has been provided by the Student Senate is “to bring it back "The environment in Washington is ed students. colleges with the balance made up by up to par”, that is, to increase Knox (Photo by John S. Wanat) very peculiar,” he says. “People Title VII of the 1973 Rehabilita­ student fares. The new rate will involvement and participation in want a balanced budget, but not at tion Act demands that campuses re­ leave students providing 25 percent student government. Stressing the expense of their own programs.” move architectural barriers for handi­ register voters for the general of the cost with G.V.S.C. covering involvement, he said Senate members If the cuts are approved, total capped students. A recent U.S. election. the remaining 75 percent. Dept, of Health, Education and Wel­ should “stop depending on one She, too, would like to see the BEOG funding for the 1981 fiscal Until new tickets are obtained, fare study estimated it would cost person to carry out the wuik. Senate and all students get involved. year would be reduced to $2.16 holders of the present tickets can $561 million for colleges to meet Garlicki also expressed a concern She added, "Students haven't used billion, approximately the level of continue using them by buying com­ the June 2, 1980 deadline for com­ the SS as a sounding board for their fiscal 1979. plimentary 25 cent tickets. over the use of Senate funds, saying - “When you look at the number," plying with the federal regulations. “I don’t feel they have used the problems." money wisely.” He wants to see Knox believes "issues come and the students get their money’s worth go”, but she is interested in and feels there is a need for better developing a better grievance policy budgeting in the Senate. However, on campus. he does believe the Senate is suf­ Knox agrees with her opponents CAS Writing Tutors Neglected fering from a lack of funds. that the Senate is in need of more Like Ereon, Garlicki sees a need funding. She also feels improve­ for more quality programming-but ments are needed in the areas of budgeted to the center by the CAS Commenting on the role of the Garlicki (Photo by John S. Wanat) he thinks it could be achieved leadership, morale, and communica­ English Department. Writing Center in the effort to us ing an increasing number of students through the combination of the tion between SS and the faculty Student staff members include prove writing skills in students, seeking advice and assistance with Programming and Recreation senate. Margi Derks, Cathy Iott, Genia Foote says, “We just sec it as one writing problems. The center is cur­ step in a whole bunch of steps we re rently operating at “about 50% cap­ Nesper, and Lucia Vaccaro. There is also one part-time faculty staff trying to take.” acity” according to Professor Walter The Writing Center is located in Foote, director of the Center and member, Regina Hoscy. Hosey tau­ room 13-204 of Mackinac Hall, ext. sole full-time faculty staff member. ght freshman composition last fall The Center, located in the base­ and winter terms. 219. Faculty Ethics from page one ment of Mackinac Hall, offers free tutorial service to persons who have questions or difficulties with a part­ Kendall May Join ECS last summer. their governance documents formal GVSC arose in February, 1979, the icular piece of writing. The staff can In September, a SS task force written procedures by which to in­ result of a series of Lanthorn articles help the student with such things as Student Senate Coalition in which allegations of sexual explo­ under Lenore Knox began to vestigate charges of serious breaches rewrite Mehler’s proposal, presenting organizational, structural, and mech­ Possible state cutbacks in future itation of students by professors The Grand Rapids Area Student of professional conduct by academic its own version to ECS in late Nov­ anical problems,. Work can be br­ allocations to area colleges is a pro­ were described. Amplified in local College Association (G.R.A.S.C.A.), personnel.” ember. Upon receipt of this pro­ ought to the Center in any stage of blem G.R.A.S.C.A. plans to chal­ news media, the controversy led to the writing process. which includes members from the Knox says that “this could posal, ECS created its Professional lenge. the formation of a Student Life task GVSC Student Senate, may soon be take months,” and charges that she Conduct Task Force, hoping to settle Students aren’t the only people A motion presented by Grand force under Dean Mehler. adding the Kendall School of Design has “heard of a couple of com­ the entire issue of teacher /student taking advantage of the Writing Valley’s Curt Hanson has spurred Mehler’s group’s proposal was not to its membership. plaints” in this academic year. How­ Center. “We’ve had our first faculty G.R.A.S.C.A. to protest to GVSC’s pursued after it was presented to abuse. G.R.A.S.C.A serves as a student ever, Knox said that she has made ‘customer’, someone who's going to administration concerning the pos­ lobby to local, state, and national no effort to investigate them. publish an article in an historical sible disruption of the Blues Festival. government. It also serves to pro­ The task force was charged with journal,“ Foote said. He came in G.R.A.S.C.A is also participating from page one vide useful and educational infor­ the creation of both a statement on and said,‘Hey, could somebody read in voter registration drives and the Tilly Olsen mation among area schools. faculty ethics and recommended pro­ this and give me some comments on circulation of petitions to put the the style and organization?”. If Kendall joins, G.R.A.S.C.A. will cedures for complaints of abuse, in­ drinking age back on the ballot. sources Committee. Hansen, a Grand nesday events will be held in Lake The Center is staffed chiefly by have a 7 member voting block to cluding sexual harassment. Two pre­ These actions arc a part of statewide Valley graduate, is a legislative staff Michigan Hall, room 132. students, most of whom have had affect the policy directions of the vious sexual harassment proposals— efforts by the Citizens For A Fair assistant to U.S. Senator Gaylord Persons seeking more informa practical experience teaching writing Michigan Higher Education Student one drafted under Dean of Students Drinking Age to obtain 350,000 Nelson of Wisconsin: she works in tion about the conference should in elementary and high schools thr­ Association (M.E.S.H.A.), a state­ Dick Mehlcr last spring, and another signatures to insure a new vote on call William James College, ough the Teacher Certification pro­ wide student lobbying organization. written by SS last fall-were con­ Washington, where she lives with her the subject. Delegate seats arc awarded on husband, U.S. Senator Ronald W. ext. 690. gram. All but one of the tutors have A variety of upcoming cultural sidered by the task force. M.E.H.S.A. according to a school’s The statement on ethics pro­ Riegle Jr. also taken the CAS course, “The events amongst area schools were size, with U of M and Michigan State duced by the task force is five pages In addition to the events on the Teaching of Writing”. The tutors arc also reported at the meeting. Blues Move paid minimum wage, with money having the maximum of 3 scats each. long, excluding a two-page definition Grand Valley campus, Tillie Olsen of sexual harassment used by the will read and discuss her work at the from page one State of Michigan, plus the task Fountain Street Church in Grand Rapids on Tuesday, April 22, at 7:30 Applications are now being accepted force’s own one page list of recom­ Aldrich said a 3 p.m. starting time mended complaint procedures. p.m. on Robinson field would mean he Daily highlights of the conference, The ethics text insists on would not be able to add any acts to whish is free and open to the public, for the positions of Editor-in-Chief and academic and political freedom for the current roster, which now in­ faculty, and stresses the responsibil­ include: cludes five bands. He said he had an­ Business Manager for the 1980-81 Lanthorn. ity of staff to treat every student im­ Monday, April 21: 10 a.m., read­ other performer who wanted to play, partially. Sexual harassment and and that it appeared certain that he other abuses are explicitly condemn­ ing and discussion with Tillie Olsen, Campus Center, multipurpose room: could obtain the necessary additional ed. funds. The later starting time might According to Knox, SS objec­ 3:30 p.m., panel discussion with Olsen, Lori Hansen and Adrian also mean some performers would These applications should include a statement tions to the proposal if it is passed by have to play shorter sets than plan­ ECS, will be pressed in the joint Tinsley. ned, he said. indicating generally what directions and changes ECS/SS Conference Committee, Tuesday, April 22: 9:30 a.m., Last year between 5,000 and which was created after student showing of the film Salt of the 8,000 persons attended the Festival, the applicant plans for the newspaper, along with members were expelled from ECS/ Earth, Lake Michigan Hall, room which is said to be Grand Valley's ACAS last fall. 132; 7:30 p.m., readings by Tillie biggest alumni event. a resume of ail related experience. This was also confirmed by SS Olsen, Fountain Street Church, This year, John Lee Hooker, the Vice-President Curt Hansen. Grand Rapids. Bryan Lee Blues Band and the Though yet unaware of existing Fenton Robinson Band are the SS objections to the proposal, Wednesday, April 23: 10 ajn-. featured performers. Merrill, who is a member of the Con­ panel discussion with Olsen, Mich­ The Blues and Jazz Festival began Applications should be returned to Steven Verburg in ference Committee, expressed inter­ in 1972. In 1974, it became an est in ironing out differences with igan poet Judith Minty, Virginia the Lanthorn office (downstairs in the Campus Center) Gordon and Robert Mayberry of American folk tr.ussc festival and was the students, “if there are any. staged east of the Fieldhouse. Since The Conference Committee has William James College; 2:30 pm-, before April 18 Final interviews April 21-25 1975 it has been staged on the no formal decision making power. readings by local writers; 5 pan., Campus Center lawn. The Newspaper Advisory Board will announce selection on April 28 The issue of sexual harassment at reading by Tillie Olsen. All Wed- The Lanthorn-April 17, 1980 page 4 Lanthom^rts/Ente rtai n ment

Photos by John Haafke Gordon Alexander and Christine Loizeaux

5. Dance, Dance, Dance! Eleven danceslsolos, duets and ensemble works) fill the fare for the final week of ihe Dance Alliance ai Stage 3. Audiences should note ihat tne 8:00 performances run from April 16 through 19-not until the 23rd as er­ roneously stated in last week's Lanthorn. The Company, founded by Christine Loizeaux and shown in center photo, consists of (from left) Emily Euker, Janet Welsh, Therese Povolo, Le Ann Sch­ midt, Claire Porter, Christine King and (not shown) Donna Andersen and Bill Atwood. Works pictured are 1) Mother, choreographed by Emily Euker, 2) Clock­ work by LeAnn Schmidt, 3) Deux Amies, by Donna Andersen, 4) At Last Again, Always, But, by Therese Povolo, 5) Conversation 1976, by Claire Porter, 6) Pha­ ses, by guest artist Karen Gober, 7) Bridge by Bill Atwood, 8) Passway, by Claire Porter, and 9) Runningmate by Christine Loizeaux.

Photo Contest The Lanthorn is sponsoring a Black & White photo contest for students only. Enter as many as you like. Dead line May 15, Prizes 15,10,& 5 bucks. Winners published May 20 Enter Now!!! The Lanthorn-April 17, 1980 page 5 For Those Who Like to Watch ‘Being There’ Stands a Chance by Marty Driver ized by super-graffitti on a tenement walls “America ain t shit cause the white folks got the god." Could Kosinski be a walk in wardrobe closet Being There: Comedy by Jerzy Kosinski. Directed by Hal Ashby. Starring racist, protected by satire? Peter Sellers and Shirley MacLaine. Casting Clouseau as far as he could sling him, Peter Seller's portrayal of Chance the gardener overshadows even his early Kubrick films (Lolita 1 can t read. 1 can t write. — Chance the gardener and Dr. Strangelove). “He can't lose." — Unanimous Strategically revealed in the film is an example of the concentration in­ volved in portraying a character described as everything from intense to Chance the gardener was a non-rcgistcred, anonymous American Human­ "truly peaceful". It appears as the most obvious comedy in this light but being. IsoUted for forty-odd years in the high-walled garden of the "Old acid-tinged film. Man ’ for reasons that remain insignificant. Chance worshipped the 25-inch Shirley Macl-ainc as Eve Rand, the compassionately gullible wife of the Wlvis and hutbandi watch T V in Corporeal Mime Theater'i latest. screen. With the consciousness of a geranium growing in the light of a color powerful industrialist, is the first to misperccivc the oblivious gardener. 'Pyramidi Along the Nile' (photo by Anne Moore Butzner, GR Press). television tube, he left the womb upon the “Old Man’s" death and his uni­ During the film’s fumbling "erotic" sequence, F.vc is "sexually liberated" verse became “Just like T.V., only you can sec farther.' while Chauncy ignores her, imitating "l.ilian's Voga . Shirley respectfully "does herself off” in a sincere Hollywood manner, as Chauncy "likes to TJC *Showcases’ watch” (TV that is). Mclvyn Douglas, as Benjamin Rand, repeats his typecast deathbed char- New Mime Plays actor. Although Mel handles the role of a razor's-edge hero-villain tact­ The milkman, a yardboy, a mail­ The ordinary acts of ordinary people fully, the audience can probably be heard whispering, "Is he still alive yet?" man. a paperboy, a gentleman caller, somehow become extraordinary in The impending discovery of Chauncy's non-identity is stifled just as the plus a teenage daughter, grandmoth­ this latest work by the Corporeal turn of events become improbable. er, two wives and two husbands. . Mime Theater. Dave Clennon, as Thomas Franklin, is the evicting lawyer holding the Excerpts from Pyramids Along true knowledge of Chance’s non-existent past. Exposing the gardener to the Peeling apples, pouring coffee, raking leaves, glancing at a wristwatch. . . the Nile, plus two more new pieces, skeptical Rand family M.D., Doctor Allcnby, Franklin becomes concerned will be performed at next week's TJC about his political future. showcase on Tuesday, April 22 at Imbecile or not, Chancy was a powerful and influential man. National New Location 4:00 p.m. on the second floor of intelligence is righteously spoofed during the mad scrambling for data on The blank, clean-slated character of Chance enabled him to assume the Lake Huron Hall. the discreet Mr. Gardener. Jack Warden, as the President, senses and fears for Lunchbreak shape of anyone’s desires. Instantly, he was the modern oracle of the polit­ Pyramids, whose title is taken the destiny of Chance, resulting in Presidential sexual impotence. ical-economic elite, the prince of detente, the contemporary Cary Grant, from a 50's song played on the Director Hal Ashby ironically used the tube as an integral performer Next Week long-awaited new American hero and household word. radio during the piece, was created itself. The inanity of television complements Seller s brilliant interaction. It Screenplay and book author, Jerzy Kosinski, suggests the prevailing con­ Next week’s lunchbreak perfor­ by director Thomas Ix-abhart with a is the,deceitful educator and contact with Chance s obscure universe. dition of Chance the gardener, mistakenly called Chauncy Gardener, wouid mance, The United Mime Workers choreography fellowship from the Real segments of television programming were synchronized with the lead him into some very high places. of Urbana, Illinois, will be in the National Endowment for the Arts. The joke itself, fate’s well-meaning attack on a hopeless vegetable, would film’s tides, punctuating and serving as the musical score. Vou II all recog­ main lounge of the Campus Cen­ have failed from repetition (the long gag) had not Kosinski underlined a so­ nize that neighborly, mesmerizing Mr. Rogers as he amuses Chance with ter, instead of LAT in Calder Fine cial statement. The author’s view of imperialist America is insightful (for kiddie flash cards. Arts Center. (The changed loca­ a Polish refugee): corporate-political back-scratching alliances and the power- A dual finale graces the film, allowing the fantasy to be self-contained. tion makes room for the week driven, manipulative media are relayed as seemingly exaggerated yet under­ It is almost like Being There with a swift bellylaugh back to reality. long channel 35 auction in LAT.) HUGOS stated. For those of us who “like to watch ", Being There is filmed with crystal The mime group will perform at The treatment of blacks in Being There was feebly patronizing, summar­ depth and the ambience of a classic. noon, April 24, with free admis­ sion.

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Paul Stookey— of the 'Peter, Paul and Mary’ trio. 8 p.m., Saturday, April 19 at Monday at ttia Movie* -double feature: the Great Northern Music Hall, 1948 Nanook of the North- directed by S. Division. Tickets $7.00. Call 243-8721 Robert Flaherty, a classic documentary for more info. .f ‘ ’ c WJC Synoptic Conference— "Breaking on Eskimo life. Ted Nugent-hard rock. 8 p.m ., Saturday, Arms Book Store f ha City—directed by Willard Van Siiences: Our Work and Our voices"— April 19, Wings Stadium in Kalamazoo. corrwr of Lak« Dr. & Robinson Rd. D yke, examines the plight of the cities in speaker Tillie Olsen. Lectures, readings Dance A ’liance: in concert—Grand Valley Eastoon Saloon-bluegrass, country. 1939, musical scor*» hy Aaron Copland. and discussions. April 21-23, CC Multi­ students performing under the direction cal _ Science Fiction, Baseball Lotta Miles, April 16-19; Student Senate 7:30 Monday, April 21, Grand Rapids purpose room. For more information of Christine Loizeaux and Claire Porter. Riders, April 20-22. at ext 231 for Cards. Comic books, Museum East Building multi-purpose contact WJC or 895-6611 ext. 690. Last week of run is April 16-19, 8 p.m. .1437 Wealthy SE Grand Rapids. participation! room. Admission $2.00. 1980 Great American Talk Festival- at Stage 3. Tickets $3.00 general, $1.50 Intersection Tavern: Stream winner- Old Books, Paperbacks, Selt of the Earth— in conjunction with the sponsored by Grand Rapids Junior Collage students. jazz, rock nightly, 1520 Wealthy SE W JC Synoptic Conference, deals with Donald H. Rumsfeld-served as White Provisional Theatre Company of Cal­ Magazines. Grand Rapids. Last year workers' struggles in a 1930's coal mining House Chief of Staff and Secretary of ifornia-present ing: rraised a is * ^ *'•$407(500 plus Mon-Sit 11:30-8:00 Biermeister Tavern: Eddie Russ T r i o - strike. 9:30-11:30 a.m. Tuesday April Defense under the Ford administration Inching Through the Everglades 8 p.m. with 1,000 walkers! til, 464-0111 Tu<, t i ; 30-9:00 jazz, nightly. Wealthy SE Grand Rapids. 22, 132 LMH. 8 p.m. Thursday, April 17, Wednesday, April 16, plus their latest Year Zero: Tha Silant Death of Ann Landers—syndicated columnist piece; Cambodia— recent British documentary, 8 p.m. Friday, April 18. Still Tima 8 p.m. Thursday, April 17 CAMERA 5:00 p.m. Sunday, April 20 at Stage 3. David Letterman-comic. 8 p.m. L A T . Tickets $3.00 general, $2.00 stu­ SPECIAL DISCOUNTS $1.00 donation will be contributed to Saturday, April 19. dents. One ticket good for both nites. the American Friends Service Committee. Julian Bond-legislator, columnist, TJC Showcase: Thomas Leabhart and the to GVSC STUDENTS Volcano Surtsey—geoflick 12 noon April commentator on NBC's Today Show. Corporeal Mima Theatre— performing their Cent 21 and 23, 118 Loutit. 3 p.m. Sunday, April 20. new piece "Pyramids Along the Nile". ON ALL PURCHASES! Film History of tha Jews— 12:30 to All lectures will be held at the Ford Field 4-5 p.m. Thursday, April 22, 2nd floor 3:30 p.m. Thursday, April 17, 132 LHH. House at Bostwick and Lyon. For more LHH. Financing Available A Niflht at tha Opara-The Marx Brothers, information call Grand Rapids Junior Lunchbreak: United Mime Workers- 51 Monroe M all 7.30 p.m. Friday, April 18, East Building College: 456-1600. of Urbana, Illinois, 12 noon, Thursday, 2019 S. Division of The Grand Rapids Public Museum. Escape from Iran: Robert B. Anders— April 24, CC Main Lounge, (not LAT), Bijou Theatre: Despair-satire 7 and A previous counsular officer in Teheran, free. 3150 Plainfield N.E. 9 p.m . April 16&17. Anders will relate his personal experiences One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest— 8:30 1533 Wealthy St. S.E. La Cage Aux Follea-com edy 7 and during the Student military takeover at p.m. Thursday, Friday. Saturday through 2883 S. Wilson, Grandville 9 p.m. April 18-24, Saturday Matinee. the American Embassy. 12:30 p.m. May 3. Presented by the Grand Rapids Admission $3.50, Student Night Monday, Thursday, April 17. Fountain Street .... Civic Theatre; 459-7146 for tickets. $1.75. Church Sanctuary. Tickets $3.00 general $1.50 students, available at the door. Voight H o u se -1 1 5 College SE, an opulent NORTHTOWN With this cntiie Northtown id - one ticket Victorian mansion is open for a guided only $1.50 (except Fri. or Sit.) tour 1-3:30 p.m. Friday. April 18. Admis­ sion is $2.00 general admission and $1.00 for students and senior citizens. Little Darlings ® Capture the Sun-the Chaffee Planetarium I FOXES Clothesline Art Sale— Grand Valley examines the sun as a star of life and a students exhibit and sell their work source of power. 8 p.m. April 17-18 and With thil entire Quid id-1 ticket 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday thru Friday 'til 2:30 and 3:45 p.m. April 19-20. QUAD only $1.50 (except Fri.Sat.) April 24. CC Art Gallery. The Word of Witness: The Faith and 2MSt.lt E.l SmA d CotkrMt M Mu*egon Museum of Art-competitive Practice of Islam-1 2 -1 p.m. Wednesday, Dustin Hoffman ^ Stores close to you in show. 23 Grand Valley students and April 23. LMH rm. 176. GILDA LIVE ® faculty entered and took one half of the Model UN Conference-Private Invest­ Starring Gilda Ratner 'K R A M E R VS. KRAMER' awards. Thru May 3 at the Muskegon ment in South Africa'-speaker William Holland • Grand Rapids Museum of A rt, 296 W. Webster Ave., Brodwick, 1 p.m. Wednesday April 23, Muskegon Muskegon. CC Multipurpose Room. ALL THAT JAZZ mLittle Darlings

i The Lanthoni-April 17, 1980 page 6 Sue’s Views Lanlhorn ^ p Q ltS By Suzanne Joseph Coach Pleased Sport Shorts Infielder Shines as Baseballers Beat Hillsdale by Richard Plowdcn On and Off Campus In their first league games of the year, the Grand Valley State Lakers took two games Friday from Hills­ dale College. In the first game, pitcher Bob Opland threw a five Former Grand Valley student and luinthorn reporter, Tom hitter and in the sixth inning gave Kadctnachcr, will be one of 12,000 men, women and children competing up his first run in 14 innings of pit­ in Monday’s 26.2-mile Boston Marathon in Massachusetts. Rademacher, ching. Opland, a junior, now has currently employed by The Grand Rapids Press, will cover the event for an earned run of 1.29 and the Laker the Press on foot. This will be his first marathon, and had to request bats gave him a good cushion with a special credentials to enter as a runner-reporter. Normally, entrants 6-2 victory. Second baseman Terry qualify for the Boston Marathon by qualifying in a previous marathon Smith started the weekend on an within a prescribed time. The 5-foot-10, 163-pound dedicated athlete is excellent note knocking in all the frightened about his assignment. "This whole thing is scary, believe me," Laker runs with a pair of three- Rademacher said. “ I’m entered in a race for psychos. Veteran runners run homers. I’ve recently met have told me no matter how hard one trains, the last six In the second game, Greg Walter miles feel like a pair of freight trains are anchored to your thighs.” pitched a four-hitter, struck out ten, and walked three as the Lakers shut­ out Hillsdale 3 -0. Walter, a freshman laker senior Mark Cheklich will be among twelve of the best college has given up one carncd-run and has basketball players in the state at Ford Fieldhouse on April 26, for the fifteen strikeouts in 13 1/3 innings annual Ta-Wa-Si basketball classic. Ta-Wa-Si, which is an Indian term while maintaining an earned-run- for "Friend and Helper,’’ is a non-profit athletic association set up to help average of 0.69. Mike Rcnno and Grand Rapids athletes. Chcklich’s teammates, who will play the Grand Kelly Kolbc each had one RBI while Rapids 'Packers, include Ron Charles and Terry Donnelly (Michigan State), Terry Smith smacked his third home Mark Lozier (Michigan), Leon Guydon (Central Michigan), Earl Cureton, run of the day, this one a solo shot. Wilbert McCormick and Dave Niles (University of Detroit), Kenny On Saturday, the Lakers traveled Cunningham (Western Michigan), Kevin Blakely (Eastern Michigan), to Mt. Pleasant where they dropped Many Grasmcyer (Calvin College) and Ed Howell (Ferris State). two games to Central Michigan, 9-8 and 10-4. Jim Hcrendeen started the The inclement weather has not stopped the Laker baseball team from practicing, as they do so indoors (photos by first game for the Lakers before be­ John S. Wanat). After a successful winter sports season, Grand Valley is only four points ing relieved in the second inning by capped off a magnificent weekend off the pace in what promises to be a race to the wire in the Great Lakes Mark Wiersma. Wicrsma, pitching for with a home run, but it was not Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) President’s Cup standings. the first time this season, pitched a enough, as the Grand Valley team Following the completion of eight fall and winter sports, Wayne State strong 4 1/3 innings but was tagged lost 10-4. Laker of the Week Now 5-3 overall and 2-0 in the leads the all-sports race with 74 points, while defending champion Grand with the loss. Terry Smith continued conference, Coach Phil Regan is Second baseman Terry Smith has plus one in each of the Central Valley and Saginaw Valley arc tied for second with 70 points each. being a terror hitting his fourth home run in two days while Jim Ryan also pleased with the performance of his been chosen Laker of the Week by Michigan games on Saturday. hit a homer. club. “Wc seem to have made all the The Lantbom sports staff for his He now owns a .500 batting Km Shubert was the Laker starter fundamental plays," says Regan, overwhelming offensive contribution average! 12-24), including seven runs- Chris Raven, a 1979 graduate from Grand Vaiiey, contemplated - in the first game and took a 2-0 lead “and our pitching is good, we also to the Laker basebali team last batted-in against Hillsdale, and five tryout with a professional basketball team in the Netherlands, but just into the fourth inning before giving have a pretty good hitting team; weekend. hits against Central. recently decided to sign with the Club Esstudintes in South America. At up four runs and being lifted because scoring twelve runs against Central The all-star now holds the GVSC 6-foot-3, 180 pounds, Raven was one of the nation's top frec-throw of a stiff arm. Ken Pahl made his is quite a few for a double-header.” Smith, a junior from Battle Creek, career home run record of ten, after shooters, plus an All-American while at Grand Valley. "It's too good an first appearance this year by pitching The lakers host Oakland Univ­ hit five home runs in four games; slugging three during his fresh­ offer to pass up,” he said. "They’ve got a spot for me on the team, they 1 2/3 innings before being relieved in ersity tomorrow and Wayne State on two in the first game against Hills­ man year, two as a sophomore and pay my plane ticket, they give me a house and food, plus pay me a salary.” favor of Chuck Sleeper. Terry Smith Saturday. Both games begin at 1 p.m. dale on Friday, one in the second. five already as a junior. Raven’s salary will range somewhere between $12,000 and $49,000, depending on his skills. Lakers, Now 6-4, Strive for Consistency On Saturday, April 26, the Michigan Heart Association will sponsor “National Run for Life Day" at Grand Valley. This marks the first year by Laurie Benedict seven innings, striking out three and badly-needed games. Grames’ performance at shortstop. that the association’s chapter in Kent County has sponsored the run. walking three while allowing only In the first game, with the score Saturday found the Lakers in an­ Other chapters throughout the counry will be sponsoring the identical Consistency is the key word for three hits. tied (0-0), the teams went into an other extra-inning situation ; this time 6-milc race and 2-milc “ Fun Run" on the same day, giving it the reputa­ the Grand Valley women’s softball In the second game. GVSC’s de­ extra inning where Grand Valley got against Wayne State University. The tion of being the “World’s Largest Running Event." The event, which team this season, according to Coach fense remained weak as they com­ the winning run when Heikkila hit score was tied 1-1 as they went into costs $6.00 to enter, is open to all persons, all ages. Each participant will Ann Rancourt, as her squad now mitted five errors. Their offense Cindy Daines in to end the game. the eighth inning. The Lakers failed receive a t-shirt and a certificate, and individual awards will be presented owns a 6-4 record. seemed to come alive in the fourth Hyde pitched the eight innings, col­ to get a hit, while Wayne scored on a to the top three winners in several divisions. Registration forms arc After dropping two games to the inning when Jane Hanson started the lecting three strikeouts and no walks. wild pitch giving them a 2-1 victory. available in the Fieldhouse. University of Michigan (2-1,9-2), the inning with a hit and Robbin Sawyer The score of the nightcap seemed Hyde (now 3-2) pitched all eight inn­ Lakers bounced right back and took followed by hitting in a run. more decisive as GVSC acquired five ings. two games from Eastern Michigan Heikkila started things rolling in the runs in the third inning and two in In the second game, however, the Phil Regan, Grand Valley's Director of Public Support, is expecting University (1-0, 7-2) and ended the sixth inning when she hit a triple and the fifth. The Laker hitters were Lakers proved to be too much for 1,500 participants in the first GVSC Jog-A-Thon to be held May 31 week by splitting a double-header scored on a Michigan error, but the Daines, Heikkila, Sawyer, Peg Van Wayne as they came out hitting and inside Grand Valley’s new Arend D. Lubbers Stadium. The event is with conference foe Wayne State Laker errors proved to be too costly Antwerp »nd Jerry Heth. Kim got five runs out of six hits with only designed to raise funds for athletic scholarships and non-profit organiza­ University (1-2 and 5-2). as Michigan went on to win the Martens pitched all seven innings two errors. Daines starred for the tions. The amount of money raised depends on how much the partici­ On Monday, April 7, the Lakers nightcap. allowing only four hits while striking Lakers batting .750 and collecting pants have secured in pledges per lap (on the 440-yard track), and how travelled to Ann Arbor where three “Ever since I’ve started coaching out three. three hits. The other hitters were manv times they run, jog, walk or crawl around the course. Non-profit costly errors and a weak offense (no at Grand Valley, I have never seen a “I feel very good,” stated Heikkila, Karen Layman and Sawyer. groups and organizations are invited to participate in the Jog-A-Thon to hits) in the first game resulted in loss Laker team play as poorly as they Rancourt. “They played really Kim Martens (now 3-2) pitched all raise funds for their own causes. After expenses for the event are met, number two for Rancourt’s squad. did in the second game,” stated a dis­ well." seven innings, struck out two and groups will keep half of the money they raise. Registration forms are Grand Valley’s solo run came in the appointed Rancourt. Rancourt was pleased with the walked three. available in the Fieldhouse. fourth inning when catcher Faith Last Friday, the Lakers hosted pitching and strong defense which The Lakers host Calvin College Heikkila drew a walk and scored on Eastern Michigan and bad weather contributed critical plays. She was today at 2 p.m., and Lake Superior a wild pitch. Marie Hyde pitched all did not stop them from winning two also pleajed with freshman Tammy Saturday at 11 a.m. Class D All-Stater Mary Hopp from Central Lake High School is the first woman basketball player to sign a letter of intent to play for Grand Valley next season. At 5-feet-10, Hopp averaged 27 points and 14 rebounds per game during her senior year for the Trojans. She moved into seventh place on the state’s all-time scoring list with 1,612 career points. Hopp is also an outstanding softball catcher. Head Coach Pat Baker is delighted to have Hopp at Grand Valley. "I'm planning on her being a strong rebounder for us,” Baker said. “She has a verticle jump of 24 inches, which is outstanding for a woman.”

Three AU-State basketball players have signed national letters of I Cold weather and rainy days haven't intent to play for Tom Villemure’s men's team at Grand Valley. They stopped Laker Football coach Jim include 6-foot-4 guard Jim Oiesnavage from Carsonville-Port Sanilac, H Harkema from conducting 6-foot-7 center-forward John Kendzicky from Saline and forward ^ 'r workouts which began April 8 Bruce Jones from Class C State Champion Reed City. Oiesnavage, whose Kw' v* ' The ■nn“*1 spring scrimmage is May brother played for Grand Valley in 1972, connected on 68 percent of his _ 3 at 1 p.m.(photo by John S. Wanat). shots from the floor this season and avera >ed 28 points per game.

Grand Valley’s women's track team, in its second year of existence, finished third in their first meet of the season on Saturday, behind Spring Arbor and Hope College, junior Dawn VenderZouwen from Grandville starred in the javelin and shot put with finishes of 91-6 and 32-10K respectively. Also stand-outs were freshman Jay dyne Meredith (HudsonviUe) who finished 15-1 IK in the long jump, and junior Sheri Anderson (Shelby) who threw the discus 107-9Vi.

r The Lanthorn-April 17, 1980 page 7 Rowers Shine at Notre Dame GV Recruits Named by Steven M. Seruiia Harkema. "There were a lot of good by Chrii Berry high school players graduating this Basketball season is over and the year." Cloudy overcast and threatening 1980 baseball season has begun, how­ Grand Valley was able to sign rain was nothing new to the Grand ever the past month has been a busy many West Michigan players and Valley Crew as the cool weather one for the Grand Valley football leading the pack arc Cnosscn, followed them down to Indiana for coaches. It’s been recruiting season Donald Simmons, a defensive back their first regatta of the year against and high school seniors have been from Grand Rapids Creston, and Notre Dame and the University of fair game for the college recruiters Gary Srotko, offensive guard Michigan. Becau se the dammed river trying to build or rebuild their pro­ from GR West Catholic. was wide, it allowed for firm winds grams at big and small school* alike. Harkema also recruited heavily in to create rough water that troubled The Laker coaches chased after the Detroit area and landed David the many crews, especially Grand some of Michigan’s top high school Harris (Central), and Richardo Valley who is accustomed to the senior prospects and so far have Boozer (Mackenzie), Reggie Hudson glass-smooth Grand River. But even come up with a respectable group of (Osborn), Brad Jones (Chadscy), on foreign water, all four of Grand freshmen for the fall season. Stephan Morgan and James Riggens Valley’s crews put forth strong Thirty-one players signed national (Henry Ford), Larry Stinson showings, particularly the women's letters of intent to play football at (Scrvite), and John Utter (Catholic varisty and novice who each came up Grand Valley and Laker coach Jim Central). with first-place victories. Ilarkema sounds pleased with his Spring practice is upon us and the new recruits. "We think we were pigskin will be flying through the The women’s varsity displayed by able to get people to fill our weak air again as the Lakers begin their far the most overwhelming victory of areas, the offensive line and our de­ second season with their Air-option the day by literally leaving the other fense, which were caused by the offense as their main scoring threat. two shells in their puddles (oar graduation of our starters from The Grand Valley annual spring scr­ backwash). They quickly showed last year. It may be our best re­ immage, the Blue and White game, their supremacy in both technique cruiting year ever, but we"11 have to will be held in Lubbers Stadium on and power by skimming out to a wait and see." May 3 at 1 p.m. three-length lead at the 1000-meter mark (the half way point) leaving A crew tradition is to throw the coxswain in the water after a victory. Pictured above is Sharon Leddy, a fresh­ man from Jenison, being tossed in the water.by her women novice teammates (photo by Jeff Rodin). Harkema believes the signing of no question as to who would win four big linemen, Carl Cnosscn the race. Their time for the course (6-foot-2, 235 lbs.) from Jenison, were going to be in for a tough day finished second with a 6:44 mark their techniques showing much was 7:31 followed by Notre Dame Lane Holmes (6-foot-5, 280 lbs.) when they discovered that some followed by Grand Valley with 6:49. promise for the first regatta of the with 7:56 and the University of Stevensvillc Lakeshore, J amie equipment was missing making it The men’s novice lost a close race year. Michigan with 7:59. This Saturday, Grand Valley will Ross (6-foot-2, 253 lbs) from Port The novice women gutted through impossible to row in their usual shell. as their 7:17 time was surpassed by host its first dual-regatta against the Huron Northern, and Herman a high-water finish to snatch a two- Having to row in the unfamiliar Notre Dame’s 7:13. Michigan University of Michigan on the home Benson (6-foot-4, 220 lbs.) from Mu­ women’s shell, the men put forth a finished a distant third with a time of second victory over Notre Dame. skegon Heights will help the Lakers good showing by only finishing nine 7:49. water of the Grand River at the foot Their 8:22 time edged Notre Dame’s of the GVSC ski hill. The varsity greatly as Grand Valley lost the 8:24 and Michigan’s 8:49. seconds behind Notre Dame’s race­ All of the Grand Valley crews men have vowed to revenge their loss services of All-American tackle The varsity men knew that they winning time of 6:39. Michigan looked in great physical shape with to Michigan from last weekend, and a Ron Essink and Roland LaBaumbard large spectator turnout is expected due to graduation. as the first race will promptly start “It was a good recruiting year for at noon this Saturday. all the conference teams," added Dial., This Week With the Lakers Department of Natural Resources a summerjob: Summer Work-Study Jobs 8 0 0 -331-1000 Thursday Softball at Calvin 2 p.m. Tennis City Tourney at GR Racquet Club all day Representatives from the Department of Natural Resources Work as a Manpower will be interviewing on-campus for full-time summer Work- temporary. Flexible 1 p.m. Friday Baseball Oakland at GVSC Study positions: schedules. Good pay. Women’s Track at Calvin 2:30 p.m. Assignments available in Tues., Aprill 22 & Wed., Region II Parka 8t Forwta (N o . Lower Mich.) City Tourney at GR Racquet Club all day Tennis April 23: Region I Parka & Forest (U.P.) your college town or Wildlife Div. (Belding. Jackson, Muskegon,Allegan) hometown, Please call, 11 a.m. Saturday Softball Lake Superior at GVSC toll free. Tennis at Oakland 9 a.m. Week of Mav 5: Region II Parks (lower Michigan) Men’s Track at Wisconsin noon Contact Sheila Klemm. Student Employment Office in Seidman Hou«e. for an I MANPOWERTfMPOHARY StRV1C£S Baseball Wayne State at GVSC 1 p.m. appointment. Call 895-6611, ext. 238. ______w Crew Michigan at GVSC noon

Monday Women’s Track at Ferris 3 p.m. Softball Hillsdale at GVSC 3 p.m. Tennis Hope at GVSC 3 p.m. Still undecided 1 p.m. Tuesday Baseball at Ferris

3 p.m. about where to live this Wednesday Softball at Central Michigan summer or next fall? Outlook is Dismalfor 1 rack by Lionel Barnes win the GL1AC. The Cardinals fin­ this year’s team will be: Jeff Chad - ished with 262 points. The other wick (long jump), Glen Bradley (mile Grand Valley Apts, Grand Valley opened its 1980 out­ teams finished in the following run), Don Kuiper (half-mile run), Hubert Massey (discus), Kurt Pitcher door track season last Saturday, as order: Northwood-2nd, Albion-3rd (hammer throw), Fred Shoemaker they traveled to Saginaw for the Aquinas-4th, Wayne State-5th, Grand (100 and 200-meter dashes), Jim Saginaw Valley State Invitational. Vallcy-6th, and Lake Superior State- has the solution: Kaminski (400-meter intermediate Bill dinger's squad finished sixth 7 th. hurdles), Doug Waldie (long jump in a seven-team meet. One school Grand Valley’s sixth-place finish is and high jump), and Kevin Deyo record was shattered when Greg indicative of where they will be most (800 meter and half-meter run). Hyde, a sophomore from Emmett, of the year. Coach dinger admits The Lakers will travel to Kenosha. Summer Rates: 6/16—8/17 placed seventh in the 10,000-meter that the team will finish about the Wisconsin Saturday to compete in run. Hubert Massey finished second same as last year’s sixth-place per­ the Carthage Invitational. 1 bedroom *280 total in the discus throw, after suffering formance in the GLIAC (Great Lakes from a knee injury last year, causing Intercollegi-.te Athletic Conference). 2 bedroom *400 total the junior from Flint to undergo He cites one main reason for the surgery. “We’re very pleased with non-development of his squad. “We Hubert’s progress,” dinger com­ don’t have a complete outdoor track. Fall 9/1/80—5/15/81 Because of this, all our meets are mented. Another solid performance was away. It also causes problems in our 1 bedroom *250 monthly recruiting,’’said dinger. turned in by Darr Leutz, a freshman 2 bedroom *350 monthly from Jackson, who placed fifth in Another problem that the Lakers the pole vault event. Other Lakers will have this season is the lack of ex­ who placed were Kurt Pitcher who perience on their roster. This year, finished sixth in the 400-meter run, 19 out of the 31 mem ben are fresh­ and Fred Shoemaker who finished men. A further setback is the loss 4 5 4 -0 5 3 9 All units completely furnished of sophomore hurdler Mike Woods, sixth in the 1 0 O-meterdash. 1437 Wealthy The winner of the meet was Sag­ who recently broke his right wrist. dinger feels that the nucleus of inaw Valley, who is also favored to Lotta Miles • Spacious rooms April 17 -1 9 • All utilities are paid for 'iiiN'ih• N|K"N ARDEN’S • atVMPu* •%tmm t Closed • Just a 5 minute walk to campus w 3 o m «T/ACOV1SU. April 21 • Models shown by appointment o v n „ YEa IS Of CONTINUOUS SttVICr * • n u t com pute r Riders A Miller April 22 Grand Valley Apts. Dirk Rivers April 23 -2 6 895 - 6351 or 2 4 3 - 2 8 6 3 10000 W. FULTON. GRAND RAPIDS TheWfithorn—April 17, 1980 page 8

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