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Hope College Hope College Digital Commons The Anchor: 1989 The Anchor: 1980-1989 9-20-1989 The Anchor, Volume 102.03: September 20, 1989 Hope College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/anchor_1989 Part of the Library and Information Science Commons Recommended Citation Repository citation: Hope College, "The Anchor, Volume 102.03: September 20, 1989" (1989). The Anchor: 1989. Paper 15. https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/anchor_1989/15 Published in: The Anchor, Volume 102, Issue 3, September 20, 1989. Copyright © 1989 Hope College, Holland, Michigan. This News Article is brought to you for free and open access by the The Anchor: 1980-1989 at Hope College Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Anchor: 1989 by an authorized administrator of Hope College Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. News Opinion Arts Abalos speaks anchor gives Hope jazz group on life in survey results cuts album America on WTHS -page 12 -page 2 -page 6 Bulk Ran fTTV# HopHopee Collegl.olle^ce ^ UiPottv PAID Perm f m The anchor Holland, Ml Volume 102, Number 3 September 20, 1989 Rising toward the new decade Amnesty International unites at Hope tremendous good for the prisoner sists of individual raindrops." ed on carefully checked facts. by Carrie Maples peacefully expressing an opinion and may give aim the strength to or because they choose to em- Joel Anderle, student coor- Eck said of governments, news editor carry on. brace a different faith. The group dinator of the Hope chapter, "Because they know what we say showed the videotape "Colors of is true they listen, they may not At present, the campus group "What we are doing tonight, also strives to encourage a fair, has no budget from Student Con- Hope," produced by Amnesty In- admit it, but they do listen." The 'you and I, in many places in the expedient trial before imprison- gress, but that should be taken ternational. The tape tells the flood of mail creates an "um- .world could get us arrested," ment. Above all. Amnesty Inter- care of soon. Anderle said ap- true story of Juan and Marisa brella of protection" for a said Hannelore Eck, the western national opposes the torture and plications will be available at the Carlos. During the Peron regime prisoner end his privileges may Michigan coordinator of Amnes- abuse of prisoners and the death WTHS offices and the student of the 70's in Argentina, Juan and increase or he may be freed. Just .ty International. She was speak- penalty in all cases. membership fee is $15 per year. Marisa were kidnapped by the knowing that someone, ing at the first meeting of the Amnesty International tells the A time and date for the next world through the media where death squad for Juan's connec- somewhere cares for him and is •Hope student chapter last willing to make the effort does meeting will be posted. Wednesday, Sept. 13. in the world human rights are be- tion with the union in the shop Eck began the meeting by ex- ing violated. In stressing the where he worked. Juan and Marisa both tell of the torture &' plaining in brief the origins and group's affiliation with no 4, goals of the organization. political parties, Eck said, We they were forced to undergo and Twenty-eight years ago, a are not political. We don't care the separation from their son, • British lawyer and several col- what political party you are. " Patrick, when he was bom in leagues in Britain and France Eck went on to explain that prison. rTI ^ nrr united to push for the release of there are 12,000 student groups in After three years, Marisa was .some Portuguese students being the U.S. and that while each released and fled to California held without formal charges. group functions differently, each with Patrick in New York City. •Their efforts were successful and is important. Each month, each The tape ends with Patrick say- Amnesty International was born. student group is assigned a ing of his first meeting with his Their headquarters is still in prisoner(s) to write for. The let- father, "He looked kind of funny •London. ters go directly to the govern- cause I never met him before." The goals of the organization ment responsible for the Amnesty International is cur- are based on the UN Declaration prisoner's captivity and plea for rently 3.25 million strong and has >9f Human Rights. They push for his or her release. Eck stressed tremendous influence, mainly the release of prisoners of cons- the importance of the individual, cience, people imprisoned for saying, "Even a rainstorm con- because their information is bas- Campus Crusade seeks approval "By focusing in discipleship by Mpine Qakisa meetings and weekly which ir, being involved in the Bi- • news editor fellowships. "Our style of doing things will ble and sharing your faith with other people, challenges you and ' More than 35 students at Hope be different from other Christian organizations," she stated. your faith and helps you grow," .are planning to start an in-# terdenominational Christian Greij, who transfered from the he explained. Moreover, Scott said that the group that is geared towards the University of Michigan where Campus Crusade will help those .growing in personal faith and she was involved with Campus who are interested in growing in evangelism, according to Laura Crusade said that she missed the challenge of sharing her faith in the work of God. 'Greij. The Campus Crusade, which is Greij, a junior at Hope College, other Christian organizations at in the process of forming, "will said that the Campus Crusade, Hope College. be able to work with other Chris- •the organization that they are tian groups as a body of planning to start will "challenge "I felt like 1 didn't grow as believers." according to Scott. you while helping you to grow in much as I did in the Campus Kelly Rowland, a WTHS D.J., selects the Crusade at the University of Greij said that the Campus .your faith." Crusade, like any other new next song for her radio show, Sunday's 12- Explaining the difference bet- Michigan," she added. organization, has submitted their 2PM. See WTHS feature article, pages 8-9 ween the Campus Crusade and Grant Scott, who is also a constitution to the extracur- other Christian organizations at junior at Hope, said that the (Photo by David Sweet.) ricular activites committee, Hope, Greij said that members of Campus Crusade "gives you the "and hopefully we'll be approv- •the crusade will be actively in- opportunity of learning about the volved in Bible studies, prayer Christian faith in order to grow." ed." r Page 2 the anchor September 20, 1989 New•r A « » i * s ^ '•*«••• r • • . 1 • ' Abalos details mirrors in the lives of people of color by Brian Paige cion in Mexico. staff writer marginal people ...we say 'so and Born to and raised by Hispanic 4 a democratic society when the so' is a good Mexican or so and parents in Detroit, Abalos has Declaration of Independence was so' is a good Italian." Abalos David Abalos, author, lecturer had the unique opportunity to written...even in the 1950s went on to say that "The lie of and professor at Seyton Hall view the cultural and social because there was still segrega- history is not what we said, it's University recently spent three heritage of the Hispanics as an tion... only now is America grow- what we left out., the history of days on the Hope College campus American citizen. ing into a democratic society." meeting with faculty and women, the history of colored Abalos expanded his topic to On Monday, Sept. 18 he people." students to discuss issues dealing delivered his keynote address en- include not only minority with Hispanic Heritage Month. Abalos also believes that our titled "United States Society as discrimination but also in- Abalos comes to Hope with a revelation of history is incorrect. Both Window and Mirror for dividual oppression and rich background in higher educa- He expressed concern that the challenged his audience to break Latinos. Choosing Between history that is taught in tion. Recently he has taught a Repression and Transforma- out of stereotypical thought pat- Princeton University and worked classrooms today comes from tion'' to students and faculty in terns. the traditional history recorded for the state of New Jersey's the Maas Auditorium. "We accept the definition of Department of Higher Educa- by the settlers who arrived in the In the lecture he touched on the other people on who we are...we i \ tion. Previously he has also had east, not the original Spanish ex- problem of prejudice and accept what people in the second teaching experience at several plorers who settled the southern David Abalos discrimination toward Hispanics grade said...we accept what the other institutions including Yale part of America. and other minorities in America 4 4 SAT scores implied.. this not seduce," and that instead of' University, Kean College and the today. America is still growing up becomes a form of oppression." Centro Intercultural de Educa- into being a democratic society," being manipulated by power and- 44We feel that the minority are Abalos concluded by saying Abalos stated. "America was not seJf-mterest, we should be more that "education should lead, and concerned with individuality. Oriental rope ordered for Pull Van Eeuwen presents math by Jon O'Brien was vandalized at night and was staff writer to soak for three hours. The otl in no condition to be used the next end was cinched with a steel paper in Boulder, CoioraHo day.