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This Issue is brought to you for free and open access by the Lanthorn, 1968-2001 at ScholarWorks@GVSU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Volume 5 by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@GVSU. For more information, please contact [email protected]. v,,l.5, No. 11 me grand valley frtate colleges EX-CIA.MAN NOW STUDENTS ATTEND NATIONAL GVSC STUDENT STUDENT LOBBY Most college communities have a to leave the service. “ At first I wanted great wealth of people who have had to go back overseas, but they 'froze CONFERENCE dealings with the Central intelligence me in my Washington job." So he made Agency, many unwittingly. One stu­ a complete break with intelligence work. dent attending Grand Valley State Col- Five Cirand Valley students attended leges has had more than a fleeting The service has left him with many the 2nd annual National Student Lobby experience with the agency. impressions of U.S. intelligence opera­ Conference in Washington. D.C., Feb­ For eight years he was deeply tions. " i think we have some of the ruary 28 - March 2. A total of 700 stu­ involved in U.S. intelligence operations best intelligence people in the world dents representing 48 states, including around the world. That he remains here, mainly because we have the most the District of Columbia, met on the anonymous is one of the conditions he money. They say money can buy any­ demanded before granting this thing. and that's basically true. And if campus of George Washington Univer­ sity to discuss topics ranging from finan- interview. you can't buy. you can threaten. In To casual inquiries he admits having South America, it's a way of life. Every­ cial aid for higher education to U.S. thing works on bribes." interests in Africa. served in the Air Force for eight years The first day of the conference as a radio operator, enlisting During his years in Washington, it included: briefing on issues, lobbying immediately after high school was common for foreign embassy dip­ instructions, and scheduling of appoint­ graduation. But after a few more ques­ lomats to present him with "Chivas Regiil. wines from their countries, and ments w ith Senators and Congressmen. tions. stories emerge of serving in Thai­ At a reception the first evening, keynote land in the mid '60s. a time when the invitations to parties." in return for speaker Congresswoman Shirley Pentagon was steadfastly refusing to small favors. STUDim (ERIE R- Chisholm challenged all students to admit the existence of American ser­ As he describes it. international rela­ tions is. in simplistic terms, a game of organize and work to make student lob­ vicemen in that country. bying stronger. "For you have the He refers to serving in a mysterious favors asked for and returned. "In terference in other governments can power b. change America today." she Task Force Alpha and will say nothing (old her audience. be avoided." he says. " It’s fine to pick more than his official title was ground R PREVIEW "The only way to describe the con­ combat information monitor. H is base up information, but you pick up infor mation to be used to your advantage ference." stales Theresa Johnson after was Nakon Phanom, on the Mekong returning from the NSL Conference, River the closest U.S. base to Hanoi. later. You're not interfering—yet. But the most interesting room in the buil­ "is to say it was an extremely educa­ B-52s from nearby Ubon flew missions when you want that favor, you're The new Student Center, rising like or main parking lot area. The Bookstore interfering. You put the information to some prehistoric monster out of an will be relocated here in this section ding. In the center of the room will be tional and enlightening experience con­ over the Ho Chi Minh Trail. cerning the actual working mechanics He's obviously enjoying the good use. It depends on how much you antedeluvian swamp, is near com­ over the theater. The new Bookstore the same type of huge foam furniture as found in the main lounge, but along of a congressional lobby. interview, mentioning names and places need the favor, that little base, that pletion. With its progress comes the will be three times the size of the present information about what's going on in query of what it will look like when the one. the wall there will he a series of headsets Lobbying can be effective. But only but neglecting to fill in essential infor­ and reclining leather chair w here a per­ if we are organized, informed, and mation. His descriptions are prefaced a certain country." work is done this fall. Down the center of the building, son can listen to the music of his prefer­ timely." with phrases like. "I heard stories It's not uncommon for the State Although the Lanthorn ran several walking in from either side will be the ence by indicating to the operator at The second day of the C (inference. that...hut I wouldn't know anything Department to be openly supporting articles on the plans for the Center last student "m all" This is a large corridor certain government while the Central year, a sketch of the final draft or the containing information booths, ticket the control desk what music he would Thursday, began with an appointment about it." followed by a very knowing with ReprescntivcGuv Vandcr Jagt (R- Intelligence Agency is actively aiding plans now in progress, seemed approp­ sales and a small cigarette/newspaper like to hear and where he w ill be sitting. smile. You can also bring your own records Michigan's 4th District, inclusive of After his Southeast Asian tour of subversive elements to overthrow the riate at this time. stand, all operated by the Bookstore. to be played here. There will be an out Ottawa County). The Cirand Valley duty, he was transferred to Ethiopia for same regime. He explains it as another It is commonly known that the Stu­ The ceiling over this hallway will extend facet of the favors game, an attempt by dent Center will include several snack above the third or top level. There will door patio overlooking the pond a< students agreed that ( ong. Vandcr Jagt what he calls "mapping the country." which one may study or listen to music didn't have a lot of good things to say or flying reconnaisance flights. Adja­ the U.S. to make more countries bars. These will be situated on the first be balconies on the third level overlook­ during the warmer seasons. about Education Hills now pending in cent to the former British Protectorate indebted to it. "If you need help, you level facing the pond and Zumberge ing the mall area and walkways to carry Above this area on the third level wil" the ( ongress. As one student stales. of Somalia. Kthiopia was threatened at go to certain places to get it. But what Library. The two comer rooms will be traffic between the two halves of the if you don't need any help? There's no the largest and most individual of the building. be several more lounges, in more of an "< ongresstnan Vandcr Jagt was not the time by the desires of that country individual study atmosphere and less to annex Ethiopia's Somali provinces. reason to ask a favor. But if something series, with the smaller rooms contain­ The second floor section above the very receptive at all " should happen, you're forced to go to ing mostly vending machines and light snack bars, overlooking the pond again, condusive to conversation. The Art At a caucus later in the day, the Con­ To the north, French Somaliland, bor­ Gallery will reopen in the large room Big Brother'." snack equipment for commuters who will contain several lounges and open ference discussed the ten most impor­ dered by both Ethiopia and Somalia, nearest The Fine Arts Building. tant issues - which were selected was seeking independence from At the same time he notes. "A lot bring a lunch. workshop area for various student The large area facing the road, above through a previous referendum. The list France. These factors combined to of things are blamed on the CIA. Some The cafeteria nearest the Fine Arts organizations. the Bookstore, will be comprised of a of topics were: educational aid (BOG. result in more than a few border clashes. they .ire responsible for. But a lot of Building will be carpeted with heavier, The room nearest the Fine Arts others are caused by 'friends' from more formal furniture Building will contain the building's only large conference room, half of which FOG. workstudy. and national defense He is more willing to discuss his work can be easily divided into six smaller in Africa. Thn« in over; the conflict other countries..'.' Bolivia and Uruguay All entrances into and within the, offices, excluding those in employment loan). US economic interests in Africa. nn e h d . Mti words arc more hesitant, are his e xamples of countries receiving twriMins ww ne b ra trm tn n y .. «rm«ti>r of the radio jtuttua. Them wil^be the rooms by means of movable partitions. Indochina war. economic transition to those already constructed leading in Student ~ ‘ and Campus- Activities Offices. Ifs primary fbnetfrm wttl pmhnhl, be his descriptions more sketchy when he aid from many "friends." that of a lecture hall for visiting His explanation of the logic of most from south campus. Building Coordinator Office and vol­ day care centers, newspaperman's talks of his next assignment privileges, student air fare, energy South American countries is reminis­ The first level goes underground at unteer programs offices. There will be speakers. For the next three years he served A refreshing note for many students (.rises, md highway trust funds. as an interpretive translator of Spanish cent of the rationale behind the famed the opposite end of the building, facing space for some functions of various stu­ is that tnerc will no. he one white w all During the final day. Friday, there and Portugese for the Pentagon. His job Duchy of Grand Fenwick. "They need the road, and this entire portion will dent organizations, such as a place for in the entire building. They will consist were brief meetings with Senators and was in rapid communications, monitor­ money. There's very few countries that contain an experimental theater. It's receiving mail, making posters and a have the kind of money they need. They interior is planned as verv casual: a round table lounge room as a commun- of red brick and the hallways will be their aides in the morning. I he majority ing and sometimes relaying messages maiti- iif niver: an old brick, cobbles­ if 0'** <(•*» (* :»s devilled to discussion from South American countries to their pay each other, i he tiesl thing 10 dot potential coffeehouse atmosphere. itv council-type mcciii'ig room tone substance. There will be a lot of on what was happening in state lobby respective Washington embassies. is declare war on the U.S. and lose." There will be a large open crafts room An important factor purposely color and variety on the walls in the groups "Teletype equipment was hooked up "But U.S. aid to other countries situated in front of the theater, equipped developed into this building is it's flex­ media,of graphics and fabrics, and the I he lobby in Michigan is the to individual countries. Most messages often backfires." he says, citing the with kiln, dark room and photography ibility. It has the potential of adapting floor levels are staggered to give various Michigan Higher Education Student were in code or scrambled. Certain aftermath of the Chilean earthquake of lab equipment. into or acquiring any kind of room or more than a year ago as an example. The radio station and offices, rest rooms that the college develops a need visual effects. Association, it is a new organization, people decoded them so certain other There are still some matters of selec­ people could translate them." he says, "Mrs. Nixon went down there andgave rooms and the commons game room w ill for. being formed only a year and a half ago. tion being work “d out in interior objects presently, there are minor conflicts smiling. a lot of money. T hey expect money to also be included on this level. This game There will also be a television lounge come from us. But oni man Fidel Cas­ room, however, will contain six pool in this section and a main lounge with such as furniture, prints and arrange­ between the universities and colleges Of course, each embassy had its own ments. Students or personnel interested tro gave one pint of blood and he got tables, three ping pong tables and a comfortable version of modem fur­ in Michigan as to who will control most communications with its country, hut in contributing ideas are welcome and the lion's share of the credit." several pinball machines. niture. a cubed foam design. of the power. I he five major depart- should a coup or natural disaster take advised to contact C arolyn Wise of the place, all other lines of communications His years in the service he doesn't A music/reading lounge will occupy ments within the MHESA are: Campus Activities Office in Lake academic reform, legal aid. state lobby, were usually closed. regret. He doesn't oppose the interven­ The second level will actually be the the end room near the ravine and it has. first level as you walk in from the street in concept, the potential of becoming Michigan Hall. information service, and student rights. "There are very few people in the ing operation of the service branch he ■Gail Kalisli services who are qualified to do this." served in. His attitude is more The next meeting of the MHFSA will meet April 7 at Ferris State College to he says of his job. "At the most, thirty. detached, realistic, and experienced. elect the executive board for next year. And it requires a top secret clearance. ” "T his is a cruel world." he says, "and Another smile indicating there is much people are out to take advantage of you Anyone seeking more information Campus Info Discussed ibout other events at the NSL Confer­ more he could tell, but won't. You might have high ideals when you ence or the future of the MHFSA He goes on to describe his joh as get out of high school or college about A Campus Information Task Force as a source of visual communication, thing to that effect'. highly pressured. "When you work, changing the world. But you won't should contact the FXt () office in the was established dn Tuesday. March 6. and for next fall, one large centralized If this plan turns out to be financially ( umimms Building. you work hard. 1 worked with diplomats because people are going to change you 1973. for the purpose of improving cam­ information booth in the new student and practically feasible, it is then hoped and attaches, and that's kind of hairy. "I had these ideas in my head when pus communications. union. that students would become more We had one guy iransferred because he I was in the service that maybe I could In a memorandum from Ken Vender- By the end of this meeting. 11 of us aware of what's going on from day to made a mistake. He used a familiar help someone. But it just doesn't work bush and Erv Bode, sent to various consented to work further on the Cam­ day. As it stands now. the crowded Miffed At The term instead of a formal one." that way." media-involved students, and certain pus Information Task Force: Shirley bulletin boards, an abundance of post­ Because of the tension, he decided -Mary Kramer concerned staff members, it was stated: Doebel. Erv Bode. Barry Keefe. Caro­ ers and announcements tacked on “ Many people on campus do not get lyn Wise. Jeff Niemens. Miles Kappcr. doors, and the GVSC Memorandum Academy to events that they might enjoy: many Mary Kramer. Patrick Minnick. Gor­ (which is published weekly), are a few others don't know of things that are hap­ don Morris. Ken Venderbush. and of the means by w hich campus informa­ pening that contribute to life of the myself. tion is made available. Also. "Real GVSC community, it isn't that infor­ The next meeting was held on Deal" at WGVS can be called, but Awards? mation isn't available - there's too Tuesday. March 13. The Task Force Barry Keefe noted that not many stu­ much, or it isn't timed right or decided that a pilot project during spring dents take the time to call this number. something." term is needed and would be a worth­ The Task Force will meet again on Therefore, this is the problem the while idea. It was recommended that March 28 and. hopefully, will make a FLIK FLAK group and myself have tried to. as Erv more information be gathered on the decision on whether or not to go ahead Bode would say. “ brainstorm." The possibility of having a bulletin of cam­ with the pilot project. More specific Page 5 March 6 meeting was not too produc­ pus activities produced daily and then information will follow in the next edi­ tive. However, many good ideas distributed in the G.T. Room, the Com­ tion of the Lanthorn. . emerged, such as. having a daily infor­ mons. the ARA. and any location -Cathy Marten IYAY FOR BRANDO A mation sheet - distributed strategically where students gather. It might be where students gather, the use of video called "The Laker Hot Line." or some­ Inside: Members of the GVSC community comment on education in the year I960. See page 10.

The future of liberal education? It has none- From .. There i»a real danger of large the White House and HEW. portions o f this society being left from the big foundations and with nothing meaningful to do. think tanks down to the meanest End. as a turning state legislator and school Is anesthetizing and shallow administrator, all the instru­ ments agree that the liberal idea* Stephen Rowe is dead. William Jt i College prof. -Anthony Parise Prof of English. CAS

Dibit* Continues— Sec ' t t e r s to editor, Page Laarhnrn Tfo.i-uriny- Miirgh 1QT» RETURNING POWs AREN’T QUALIFIED Union Bank: Ail Take TO SPEAK ON “AMNESTY” Atoms for Poaco because jt is not generally agreed Amnesty and POW, two terms that we Americans were doing the often in the news these days. The "right" thing when we dropped ail United States' returning prisoners those bombs on North Vietnamese of war are thankfully returning from military installations, supply and No Give or Postileneo their captivity in North Vietnam. depots, and hospitals. But rather than leave it as a blessed Many of these returning pris­ The controversy has flamed high this country. Strontium 90 in our event in the history of mankind, the oners were dedicated to a career in Grand Valley State Colleges h« hanks actually nuke little or no money the armed forces long before there in the past few years, for and against milk, cesmium in our air. other pol­ citizens of our country are busy accumulated an endowment fund

me that the said doctrine was contrary members (and every other person) that to Holy Scripture — I wrote and printed its position is the correct one. blit no ^ in which I ilivniss this new doc- church has the right to insist that the faifass fa (he trine already condemned and adduce Stale bend to its theology, arguments of great cogency in its favor If the State passed a law that forced The best way to know what WJC is without presenting any solution of any woman to undergo an abortion doing would have been to have attended and m o re ... WJC Function these. I have been pronounced by the against her religious principles, that IsHak Interview the presentation presented on February Holy Office to be vehemently sus- would be a violation of her religious C larified The Errors of Father Wade and The C la rifie d 14. 1973 by William James College Catholic Church peeled of heresy, that is to say. of hav- freedom. The principle of religious free­ under the auspices of Campus Ministry. Father Wade is grievously mistaken ing held and believed that the Sun is dom dictates that the State must allow I do not believe Professor Ishak Laatbom Editor: on at least three points. the center of the world and immovable its citizens to operate under the direc- I have been following the evolution To the Editor of Lanthom: attended. The next best way is to come In the Lanthom of March I. Father and that the Earth is not the center and lion of their own consciences, even if of the Lanlhom during (he past few Ir. the Lsr.thsrn on February 15. on over, attend our classes, talk to our Wade writes: “ A population explosion moves: that direction is considered sinful by faculty and see our projects. We are years. It has come a long way to its 1973, there appeared an article entitled on a planet-wide basis is a non- Therefore, desiring to remove from some or all religions, even that person's present status of a respectable studen- "Public Service Schools Offers Alter­ very proud of our students and their problem." I am convinced that he is the minds of your Eminences, and of own religion. t/faculty newspaper. However, i could nate Route.” As a practicing attorney work and would love to show it off. wrong, and that a world-wide popula­ all faithful Christians, this vehement We can ask then, what laws should not help but notice, once in a while, with a graduate degree in Public Thanks for your time and attention. tion explosion is not only possible, but suspicion justly conceived against me. be passed concerning or regulating a less than accurate reporting of inter­ Administration. I naturally was most Rhonda R. Rivera virtually inevitable. The population of with sincere heart and unfeigned faith abortion. The answer is almost none. views. I am sure this is not intentional interested in that subject. As i perused Assistant Professor the world is increasing by more than ! abjure, curse, and detest ihe aforesaid The laws that are passed should con­ Most probably it is due to deadlines and the article. I was dismayed to find cer­ William James College 200.000 people per day on the average. errors and heresies....” cern those performing abortions, their the lack of experienced interviewers. tain inaccurate reflections on the nature Does father Wade seriously believe Galileo's works were placed on the qualifications, training, etc. It is then For example, the interview that was of WJC. some unfortunate statements that this can continue forever? Unfold­ Index of Forbidden Books, and that each church has the same oppor­ granted to Miss Kramertre: The Middle attributed to Professor Samis Ishak and ing events will, within the next 10 or remained there for nearly 200 years, tunity to convince people of the right­ East situation and the School of Public interesting inferences about colleges More on Abortion 15 years, force him and the Catholic until 1822. ness or wrongness of the aft. Service. SPS). I think that Ms. Kramer like WJC. As a faculty member of WJC, Church belatedly to acknowledge the Father Wade wrote: “ Serious Finally, while I feel that no Christian has grasped the spirit of Ihe interview, I would like to discuss what I believe In the last two issues of the Lanthom existence of a population explosion of students...could do no better than to can support or participate in a State pol- though not all of the contents. to be the correct nature of WJC. This Father Wade has contended that ihe terrifying proportions. read Giorgio De Santillana's book. The icy of indiscriminate abortion, every However, your report on the School of is NOT a letter criticizing the School supposed worldwide population crisis But let us judge Father Wade’s views Crime o f Galileo.." Christian can and should support each Public Service!Lanthom. February 15. of Public Service. In my opinion, one is a now problem and reiterated his of the future in the light of his views The facts which I have reported individual woman's right to her own 1973. page 8, columns 5 A 6) is not the of the unique attributes of the cluster opposition to abortion. of the past. He refers repeatedly to "the above are found in-that book on pages decision guided by her Doctor and her !“whole truth." The quotations were college concept is that different colleges Many well meaning individuals con­ Galileo Myth." He objects to the way 305. 306. 307, and 312. own religious beliefs or lack of beliefs. taken out of context. In particular. I can offer different educational modes sistently make the mistake of believing I “presented the Galileo Myth." He Is this a Myth? Did all this have pre­ Yours respectfully. am referring to this part “ He faults WJC to suit the needs of students and at the that the causes of the environmental writes: "W hatever went on in that cious little to do with science? , Philip DcrPhilbosian. Jr and similar colleges with using profes­ same time cooperate with one another crisis (which Father Wade accepts as affair, it is clear that science had pre­ Abram V. Martin Campus Chaplain, sional programs at a recruiting gim­ to build a fine educational institution. real) can be isolated and that the crisis cious little to do with it." Professor o f Mathematics Reformed Church in America mick. Once a student is there, -..he is Certainly, this mean* constructive is either due to population size or lifes­ I ask two questions: Is it a Myth? far from being prepared for any profes­ dialogue about educational methods tyles o f people with respect to the use Did science in bet have little to do with sion whatsoever." I do not remember and philosophy among the colleges but of resources but not both. This either-or it? And I ask Father Wade and the and still more. The End. that WJC was mentioned by name as the keynote is cooperation and under- argument is erroneous because the envi­ reader to answer these questions in the Letter to tf Ming “ professionnl program* a* • ronment disruption reused by man is light of the following facts. Dear sir gimmick..." and etc- It i* my belief that Therefort , let me state that only one the result of the interaction of the num­ On June 22, 1633, a Court of the Holy My brothers on the Campus Ministry There must be a printing error in the WJC hat been evolving from an idea of WJC't purposes is ‘‘career bers of people and the lifestyles Office, consisting of ten Cardinals of Cduncil have shared their opinions con­ article on ZPG by Father Wade. I refer to a concept and at the present time, directed." We are also “Attune- (technology, etc.) of people with the Romro Catholic Church, presented cerning the abortion question in pre­ to the statement, “A population explo­ to a reality. It is tree that I do not know orfcatod” rad “persoo-centercd." We respect to Che use of resources. This Galileo with a statement which had vious issues o f your paper. I do not plan sion on a planet-wide basis is a non­ What specific professions that WJC is wish a student to fidse dichotomy argument is a smokes- been written for him. and which he was to prolong the argument nor to write problem." Nobody in his right mind ■rj ps-risgtbe for. This may be experience in a a t us from required to read to the Court while on n lengthy position paper, but rather to would make a statement like that. due to feck of kaowjerige on my part. where he k _ eg uj have his' knees, rod then to sign. The state- offer an alternative position to laws gov Unless the planet he is referring to is where the programs are directed to id adopt i read: “ I, Galileo, son of the late rreing abortion. My position is the same feiainltgii ~r*~rknfirrtiitirnlniril to Vincenzo Galilei. Florentine, aged one as the Supreme Court took several rears truly rod sncdAc goals of each of the units of resources or pay (evenly arraigned Pfrsoasjly weeks ago. Their decision eras made An ignorant Protestant. ofGVgC. Most protaMy.it is s confe­ a ft The dearly I on a Coastituhaanl level not n religious s s tioa a t those. Nevertheless, the ^u°M ost Eminem and Reverend Lord one. ■ at WJC sad the *•<>• o f the Soman Cathofic Church to Cardinals When dealing with abortion (and ich a heretical prerity . . perhaps birth control), most people are Christian commonwealth, having faced with a religious decision. The Who's the Idiot? that graduates may rarer law or by Pope Peal in Ms IM g ______before my eyes rad touching with my 1 to Huaaaac Vitae, has the effect at To the Editor The idmt who wrote the' Bhufrt»» ?g n71

skin and does not invade the deeper tis­ sues. The very hclpftil expert on warts CLAS3JFJ KD S that I queried, told me that want are To; Cop Beviovs Career im encouraged by akin irritation and he assured me that they could be spread from one part of the body to another. FRM PMOTtMIRAfH* . "l ift Is a celvb- Therefore, it is possible that your ven­ mtton 1 Photographer, doing photo ttiay mi ereal warts did come from your boyf­ ele brat Ion Will photograph crlehrallofl of riend. However, it would be hard to ■ns king (212) 24k.r>t4K tell whether the wart on his penis came IB It)® from you or from himself, unless he is As a transfer student from Grand | 1 so inventive that he gets through each Rapids Junior College a few yean ago. ilrtriag in Wusih Anwrira • June 1st fkw J day without touching his own penis. I found it accessary to attend orienta­ months along Pan Any Highway In VW While uncomfortable and ugly, warts tion at GrandValley Slate College; nmprr Artist ■ teacher gentleman leaks are not dangerous, therefore in the which all of us, unfortunately, are famil- ngethrr adventurous person who speaka words of a printed source I consulted: iar with—especially incoming ome Spanish lo share driving No Freshmen. rxpense Write details Bos AJSIft VV DO “ Hemic treatment is not indicated." UnivPl.NVC llttxit Non venereal warts are usually A large group of students, usually ( | J | removed hy cutting them off the surface packed into IJ2 Huron, would have to of the skin if they do not disappear spon­ endure one speaker after another telling far Real - food novrln concessions Music taneously. Another method is to freeze them all those boring little details con­ festival. Quebec ( it), t anada Permits them with liquid nitrogen or other such cerning various aspects of college life. ssuesl ( anadtan government, information means. Warts on the surface of the foot One of those speakers always present all Ui:tltNt.7t<<6 (plantar warts) requite mote vigorous at orientations is Police Chief William cutting since they ate pressed inward A. Johnson. He informs new students ' « r about campus rules and regulations. d rivers w a n ted to drive cars West. ^ V hy the weight upon them. The venereal all (212) M2 17m wart is treated by the application of a More interesting than his speech at topical poison which is usually success­ orientation is Police Chief Johnson as ful in one or two tries. If not. they can a person. A nek In Israel far a year. X. A. Degree needed oftpn Kf «aR?n off with 2 spscis! instill* Chief Johnson started out as a patrol­ la woth in development towns, teachers, ment. man with the Grand Rapids polite pocail workers, communitv workers, etc. From your letter I would suggest that Force in 1940. By 1957. he had worked sork In profession Wrilc or cal! Shcrut vour boyfriend definitely make another his way up to Chief of Police. He held l.a'Am. 515 Purk Avc . NVt (2121 7M P2U) attempt to get rid of the warts on his his position until 1969 when he retired: fingers and on his penis. Until you both It is mandatory that a police officer on the G.R. force retire at the age of frO. vcrc very few difficult situations. $10 for the broken gate, and $50 to the get rid of them, I am sad to say. he ['1'PUTS ANGEIA. "A nice dating program should keep his fingers away from your After retirement Chief Johnson ’ 'was "When I first came here, there were court ." For students w ho can't pay the casting about for attoiuer activity arid fine, there is a ten-dav jail xentencc. Tor nice people nlwavs' and in nil ways' genital area unless he wears surgical several occasions when groups of stu­ free Brochure Hot Line (2011 545-25X5 THK IKK 'TO R'S BAG gloves. In addition, use of a condom came upon one at GrandValley." He dents proceeded to give me the I he judge has been suspending that sen­ by Arnold Werner, M.D. during this time would also be wise. was offered the job of Campus T hief tusiness. which I expected; but for- tence, but it goes on the violators' police of Police in 1969. and is now going into innately, they disappeared into the record. There is a $10 fine for going it) dating servlee. No hassles, no over OliFSTIDN: Is sexual vigor a function his fifth year of service. sunset." around the gate, also. detailed forms 10 fill out. nothing sent lo yourl Jonnson confessed in a icvcid ■•lies VVc >|*okt* i'i it-fiy tuntui .lit ui~.ig piV.f" Chief •<»hns.'" fouls rh«i th». ruins liome Private is our Polio t all I2l2l M9-| of regular sexual practice? I have not '(tun. ihe (in exchange. 6-12 Mon-fri. Address letters to Dr Arnold Werner. indulged in any kind of sexual act the view that he had had some reservations km on campus. "Narcotics is nothing charged for parking are unfair, that stu­ Box 974, Hast Lansing. Mi. 4KR25 last couple of years and fear that my about working on a college campus. "I new ; I think the medium is over­ dents should not have to pay more than came here with some pre-conecived emphasized. I’m not condoning drugs, faculty and staff: "I made my opinion sexual potency is decreasing. This of Mouse Parti for stimulating rnmrrxatlonaliato QUESTION: My boyfriend has warts course is it feeling based on an overall ideas which. I'm happy to report, have but the big problem on this campus is known, and this was not the opinion Tri 9, Sal. U. Sun 7. font. J). ages 25-4.5. on his fingers and lately I have been decreased frequency of erection and in since been dissipated." alcohol. Most people around here accepted as official policy, and I oper­ all Don at 1212) 9X9-U99 developing small ones in the vaginal the intensity of regular sexual desire. He continued. "I came here some- choose to overlook this problem." ate on policy.” area. F.ven more recently he has I am JO. what defensively." although ( hief When asked about handling students Chief Johnson will be leaving us in Johnson now says he has found the job who violate the parking restrictions, the full and Mr. Purl Cobb will take earn to Cook from ( itrdon Bleu trained developed a wart on the shaft of his ANSWER: Alas and alack, there is over. "H ir the first time in 65 years. leather . students make land eat) such elas­ penis. Is it possible that we are passing to he a "gratifyingexperience." He dis- Johnson stated that campus authorities some evidence that decreased sexual covered that campus life was much dif­ have caught about 50 students w ho have I will do what ! want to do. My wife tics as Quiche I ortainc. Trout Amandine this condition back and forth? He has activity over a long period of time mid ( hocolate Mousse Small classes In the been to a dermatologist about his warts, ferent from what he expected despite driven through the parking gules - for­ and I will do a little traveling and just results in decreased sexual interest. On the student unrest in 1969. He experi­ cefully. "Naturally, we don’t catch enjoy life." home begin monthle Next one begins but nothing seems to gel rid of them. Tuesday. May 1. 1: t) ) (XI or 7:1)0 to 9:00 the other hand, brace yourself, it is enced a few conflicts, but found that every violator, hut the 15 students we He will spend his time fishing, 0 Any advice? rather normal to experience some p m. ( all 4S’ 9)24 for reservations 6 weeks "the kids more or less accept you for have caught ended up in Hudsonvillc reading.gardening, and "looking at pre- Jt.5.00. ANSWER: Warts arc an infectious dis­ decrease in the frequency of spontane­ what you are until proven otherwise." District Court where they were fined ttv girls - I'll never outgrow that!" ease. They are caused by a virus and ous erections and intensity of sexual Johnson appears to understand the the best guess is that all warts are prob­ desire after the age of JO in men. It's reasons behind the student unrest and been my experience that people do not ably caused by the same virus but look says that a lot of the attitudes are due Summer In I# Oi F< > ! • different depending upon the part of the generally complain about a lack of sex­ lo the "tenor of the times." Ecuador Kids that is infected. With exception ual desire but rather complain about According to him. "Youth has of warts in the genital area and the soles sexual desire that remains unfulfilled. always been rebellious." He feels that Two $400.00 scholarships will he At 5:00 pni on Monday. April 2nd. publicising events supporting the of the feel, they usually occur on unco­ There is nothing magical about a high this dissent is healthy and that without available to Grand Valley State College a small group of people w ill be holding Indian take-over Wounded Knee. They vered parts of the body. The warts level of sexual desire. If it doesn't it. the changes needed in this country students interested in studying in an informal meeting in the larger of the believe in getting things done. grows in the superficial layers of the bother you. I wouldn't worry about it. would never happen. He is. however Ecuador this summer. The Ecuador two upstairs Common's Dining Rooms. Formed following the last of the Race ritical of students who expect change program sponsored through Volunteers Their “organization" has no name, no Relations Seminars held Iasi quarter, for International Development involves officers and no set policies. But in the the organization pictures itself as a, Jr************** to occur overnight. "It takes the sober­ Heat on the heat ing influence of the years to realize this American students serving as tutors to several short weeks they've met loose coalition of groups and people Ecuadorian students who will be com­ who actively respond to events that Letters to the Editor isn't done." together, their members have either col­ “ On the other hand." he said at ing to the United States in August. lectively or individually been involved affect them. ~ Dear Editor; Dr. E. Gearhart, chairman of the in: raising money for hospitals in North All interested persons arc urged to continued from paqe t another point, " I ’d hate to see what ^ From time to lime, when those who the world would be like if it were strtic- Foreign Language Department states. and South Vietnam, finally getting our attend the April 2nd meeting. Contact *******%******** ' intermingle among its. dnd 'Instruct tri (ured according to my fixed and rigid ■Although there ts^to foreign language Indian Counciler her own office, and. John Arnold at ext. 699 for details. ' in proper conduct, afe CohfUSed. 'Of ideas." At age 60, Chief Johnson requirement, scholarship preference 711i,.r, *»double standards. today: “ They're adventurous: for the dy life as well as a basic comprehension PREPARATION Ijtnthorn and by rumor of the Jill John­ Such injustice has recently appeared most part, they have a message—they of conversational English." ston visit to campus. As can be attested on r?.mpi;s. and so naturally so. that think »hcv have a mandate or a mission: GY SC credit may be uitans-H through independent study by enrolling by the hundred some in attendance, 1 fear it to be ingrained. they’re quick to challenge the world or STUDENTS!! including 7 or X men. and by a tape The Whole Note on Csrupij Police the establishment. My job here has been in 'Field Studies in Latin America.' Regular cost of the program is $995 <10, recording of the talk. Jill Johnston did At our school's Vehicle Registration a very happy experience.” not "kick out the men" at the beginning center, where I went to inform that my with scholarship assistance the partici­ If you plan to student teach of the program and did not refuse to auto was in disrepair, and temporarily pants fee is $595.00. during the 1973-74 school year, the let them listen to her talk. stranded in a school parking lot. a burly When he leaves campus next fall, he Students will have 10 to 12 days of deadline for your application to The truth of the matter is this: Ms. officer confiscated my hatchet, said. "I will not have a'diploma or a training and orientation prior for leaving Educational Studies Institute is Johnston spoke and read from her soon which was being transported home from certificate, but I will have obtained an to Ecuador. The volunteers, in teams APRIL 10, 1973. to be published autobiography for about my marooned car. The hatchet was to education which I could not have of two or more, will reside with families an hour. She then invited the men to be kept safely till my return from received elsewhere." for two months in Quinto, Guayaquil. All students teacher aiding fall ask questions for about 15 minutes, classes, and I was to receive it just prior I asked Chief Johnson if there were Quenca, Manta or Leja. term, 1973, the deadline for your after which she said that she wanted to campus departure. any outstanding difficulties he had Scholarship applications which are application is APRIL 10, 1973. to talk only to the women in attendance. Therefore, after class, on my way off experienced in his four years on available at 210 LSH must be completed My purpose is neither to support nor campus. I stopped for my tool. With campus. He replied that actually there by April 2. condemn iVIs. Johnston s actions, but the hatchet in the deputy's hand, ready to set straight to the college community to return the instrument. I asked how and other readers of the college news­ he could have confiscated my hatchet paper what really happened at the if it were to be used as a tool. Instead meeting. I think that the reviewer of of answering. Chief Johnson was called the meeting has done a disservice to in. the Lanthorn's readers and to those "What's your place of residence?" who sponsored Johnston’s visit, by mis­ he asked. representing the case but also by neg­ "That's irrelevant," I returned. lecting to mention what I thought A pause. Then the deputy, with con­ perhaps the best part about Johnston's firmed self-righteousness: "On campus J.OEILSIiAMIl talk — her sense of humor, which, it hatchets must be supervised." seemed to me, generated at the meeting "At TJC," I retorted, “ we are proud much more laughter than ill feeling. to supervise ourselves." Moreover, we should all realize that "Put the hatchet back in the closet. Jill Johnston is only one of the voices, We shall keep it." barked the chief. not the voice, of the Women's Move­ And while returning the hatchet to ment. Women have as many different its closet of confiscation, the deputy political and social points of view as announced that they would soon decide men have. I should suspect. Johnston's whether or not to send out a warrant point of view and her followers have for me. charging me with carring a the same right to be represented than weapon on campus.(!) any other sub-group has. And the Before I could leave, my driver's women's studies seminars at Grand license was demanded. (Astute these Valley (Miss. Mis.. Ms. Myths) have fellows. While junior is apprehended on included as participants what we call 44th for sneering at the men in blue, “ radicals” and “ liberals” aqu his sister is raped on 45th) “ moderates" as well as those who And behold, when the Chief Johnson aren't sure which of these or other titles saw my name on the card, he recognized fit uSCiti, fcut who are interested in pro­ it from lim n n u t and knew it was good. moting equal opportunities and self- At once, all that had been taken from realization for women. me was returned, and. as a child of Finally. I think that the Lanthorn Virtue, i journeyed back to rny abode. should be less concerned with sen­ When are these people going to sationalism than with accurate and sen­ realize that students are adults, and sitive reporting of the events on must be so respected? Supervision for campus. a hatchet...such being their stunted -Roberta Simone. view , tt is they, the psisce. who seed supervision. Sorrowful is this day, Speaking of 0rgas« because these people lack the elemen­ tary inodes of human conduct and To the Editor o f the Lanthorn: responsibility to their fcBow The article on War in yonr laatadiorm And since whea a ‘ wax pretty good (considering it DM I look hostfle the 5 ^tptapsd ■ the LwKhorel^bntJ^was ■T ns he rocopiaad me? (Was 1 RaskolnikofT miraculously

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DOUGLAS MQVES flagi^llb 20. 1Q71 w i i r Eastern Philosophy For A •i Western Man - BLUEGRASS G€MlNl (TWim) / AURIGA The Ceftfe Caitof One of the major misconceptions that Egyptians, felt that our Independence llnmirtl Killish If you play banjo, guitar, mandolin people have In regard* to "Battera was a more significant occasion thnn ha** (preferably a »trln« ha**), har Philosophy" I* viewing it a* an anti- a mere pollUcef victory, it I* also clear In my previous articles I delved Into monk or a mutation of any of the ■hove \ (hat Christianity is not solely an tin' vnilull' aspects nf Bluegras* mink, you can fit Into a Hluegra** group. if Christianity movement that ha* penet­ rated our " western world" at another orthodox foundation. The derivation of Him iilnv I have c shawsted in* material* you are planning to form a ‘band--- of M llthl* Kcentrk fad. It I* true that many east­ the "Oreal Seal" In regards to why the amlrcstnitccx in i hcv apply lomy some- nature #ny of the aforementioned ern beliefs are penial to their founder* pyramid of Masonic origin was used for wluti Miperflunl purpose* Instrument* will do. an American symbol still remains u However iheie la still one more Your repertoire nughl lo con*l*tof a (Buddlsm, Confuslonlim, Krishna movement, LaoTtedoctrines, etc.) yet mystery. Yet I feel It Is Important to aspect left, and that la how you, the .10 • 50 npllt betw##n traditional song* ( / A l d t b M these beliefs are essentially the tame put a new perspective into our thoughts vicwei. can plav Blucgrnss and form » (l.e. Siagalee, l.ong Black Veil. Foggy In regards to Christianity. Although we Mountain Breakdown) and unfamiliar at Christianity In that they there three Hliiegms* hand. Important characteristic* • Discipline, art not iware of the esoteric reasons f a r pin veil in several Bluegras* material *uch a* original *ong* Phocyan as lo why the pyramid was used to sym Kinds myself and it s O.K.. fan hut It A* far a* singing goes ■ don’t make the golden rule, and the practice of love. / ORION It appears that many orthodox Chrit- bollze our country, we do know where can become ipiilc haring and tedious, believe you can If you can’t. Poor voc It originates from and can no longer sameivlull like a very lang elevator ride. tlana feel that any spiritual organization al* can detract from the mo*l perfect assume that esoteric Christianity whs I in tlieiininiliated the heal way lo learn of mu*lclan*hlps. If needed find one or that embraces Reincarnation, Karma. Astrology, Cosmic Conciousness. Nir­ Introduced by eccentric faddists. In the songs vs hieh •should. I auppoae, two people who sing exclusively. I feci, there ere about thirty Cotplc meet he the lindillanal slanduuls since they swear on whatever you hold a* holy that vana, Meditation, Psychic Energy or the concept of all men reaching Christ Ing placet In the U.9. and numerous nil icM-inhie one another (could Ihla he a famous Bluegras* musician, who** Sinus Concloutnets. is an organization that Masonic lodges In operation. Now that n nice «av at saying ihev sari of sound name elude* me right now. once said It he* been established that the pyramid .ilikr ’i ■ would he in listen lathe record* of poor Bluegras* singing “ A harking fh ife group of atara will ba vlaibla It an anti-Christ force in the world. The sttoundlna truth of the matter Is that on our one dollar hill originates from at find someone to 'haw them lo you. turd carries no bones." in the S.M. aku a t sundown in lata No Isaaks al Itliiegraaa songs exist* to Rather than carry on In this vein, let March and early April, nn knowledge hm ihete arc plenty of me say one final thing with regards to Editor's Note: Dan Anderson. i • ilk in ink- is hose sangs can be mod- writing Bluegras*. train songs are not astronomer and Jefferson ( ollege tutor, 5. Aldebaran • The red eye of the died in vogue this year rewnewed this editor’s knowledge of Rill. Taurus. Note Colors! Betilgeuse celestial phenomena between term*. utd Aldebaran art red, contrasted with The following is a summary of that dls- the blue-whitish appearance of Rlgel course. uid Sirius. This beautiful group of constella- h. Plelde* (Constellation)-The Seven MUSIC ’73 tions. stars, etc. will be plainly visible listers, beautiful oepn cluster, \ l vvfi >R I JA/.Z FWfNVALt PALI CREATES ALICE COOPKRt in the southwestern sky at sundown in 7. Saturn - Just about on a line I his year's Newport jit/z festival Alice Cooper - the outrageous late March and early April, completing between Aldebaran and Elnath. w In. Ins no longer held In Newport, drag-rock star - is currently being Its majestic sweep across the heavens H. Auriga (C uniisllation) • The hill m Ness York C ity looks like immortalized ny one of iiiv world's that is the outstanding feature uf the charioteer, Jewel-like constellation, skies on winter evenings. Contains Capciia, uiW o ' (hi bright.;; the United States "G reat Seal ol an Egyptian thristian i nuren it may the biggest and best of Iheni all. famous • and outrageous painters - America," found on the back of h one be interesting to diicuvcrihi-ii inii-rpre- \nioiig the planned events will he 1. Sirius - Brightest star other than of stars, yellowish appearance. Salvador Pali. the sun. 9. The "X " near Elnath indicates the dollar bill, has a symbol of a pyramid tations regarding the life of Christ and ,i one-night trihule to KnV f harles. The Dali portrait of Aiice - which that derives from an ancient Egyptian His teachings, featuring t liniles and his orchestra, will be unveiled in New York in early 2. Orion (Constellation)- The mighty approximate direction that I* 180 hunter, the brightest stars of any con- degree* from the center of our galaxy, organization. This organization does It Is written in Coptic manuscripts ssiih naii.ilion and commentary pro­ April • Isn't exactly a painting - but believe In the concept that all men will that Jesus the Christ was the greatest vided In author James Baldwin. a sort of combination of sculpture stellalion has so many bright stars. thus looking "out" through the disk of 1. Bctclgctise - A red giant. If the the Milky Way. eventually reach Christ Conciousness. Avatar, (catalyst for spritiiHlity in man) Mmi in the plans is an fvening and holography. Holography is u The organization I am speaking of is ever to walk the face or this earth with I >nke I llington ami an evening relatively new concept in photo­ center of Belclgeusc were at the center 10. Gemini - The Twins, with Castor of our sun. the earth would be "inside” and Pollux the bright stars. Two planets the Coptic Philosophy of Egypt. However, the Coptics also believe that hides siiiicei I hosted hy H.H. king. graphy which uses laser beams lo According to ancient scrolls i'.iat there have been many others that came I here will also he a tribute concert create a three-dimensional photo It! (Uranus and Pluto) were discovered 4. Orion nebula • A birthplace of when "wandering" through Oemlni. remain intact in Egypt, the Coptic before Christ who had also reached l.n I ll.i 1 aagei aid featuring a re­ impression. In other words, the Church was founded by the Essenes (a Christ Conciousness. These other union of lire old ( buck Webb hand, hologram can be viewed as a three- i!B!±___ religious sect in the time of Christ). Avatars are felt to be preceding teincar- .mil a ic-union of the l ount Basie dimensional object in space, with Shortly after the Crucifixion of Christ nations of the Christ. An example hand ol the I'fXO’s. Other events front and buck and sides —just like Mankind *s it became the goal of the Essenes to would be Moses and Huddah. Accord inehide a < ollon ( luh Re-visiled a real object. keep the teachings of Christ in pure ing to the Coptic philosophy the reason tiiehl null < ah ( allaway. Louis But. of course, anyone can create form. As a resu lt, many Coptic why Jesus was the highest of ( hrists 11nilnn and others, and concerts a hologram — given a basic know­ Golden Rule Churches were build in Egypt. Despite was because he had purified Himself dcsoleil to Ness Orleans ja// includ­ ledge of the techniques involved and i have always espoused the sum duty: Do naught unto the original goals of the Essenes, the to the greatest degree so that the ( hrist ing lag lime and solo ja// piano. the proper equipment. But Dali's idea that spirilual revelation others which would cause Coptic Church split into two distinct energy could flow through Hint at the \lio|!ciliei this year’s f estival pm 'rail of Alice Cooper will be transcends all mankind. It is you pain if done to you. organizations about MXX1 A.D. Why is highest intensily.lt is also believed that ss ill lent lire over 1.000 musicians, something that only Dali could dangerous for any religion to (Mahabharata 5:1517) this split important? Because it illus- Christ will return to the earth In flesh pciforming in al least h4 dilferenl create. It will feuturc a representa­ BUDDHISM: Hurt not trates how there is always an Inner and form in the Aquarian Age (we are just s onceils I he festival runs from consider itself the exclusive tion of Dali's concept of Alice's others in ways that you an outer group in any spiritual moving into the Aquarian Age). It is .lone Mill through July Xth. and will brain — colored in orungc. with source of all truth. The divine encounter is a universal aspi­ yourself find hurtful. organization. Why? Because men are a belief of the Coptics that, as water he scallcied oset eleven different chocolate eclair suspended in the not all at the same state of con- (lows best through a clean pipe, ( hrist locations in the New York met- middle, as well as objects described ration and experience of ull (Udanavarga 5:18) CONFUCIANISM: Is there ciousness. I somehow have been misin- will return In a ten fold state of intensity inpolil.iM area — including ( entral by Dali as a "soli watch" and "Dali humanity. terpreted in the past for illustrating how (as Christ intimated to His diciplcs in I’,irk anil the Malcn Island ferry. ants." This does not diminish the one maxim which ought to men are at various levels of awareness, the New Testament), ( hrist is believed / iirtli /Veit \ In addition. Alice will be wearing commitment to an individual he acted upon throughout I do not consider this belief to be pre- to be the spirit - not the man where KOI k M \K I R ADING CARDS: the Diamond Tiara of Westminster. tradition one iota. On the con­ one's whole life? Surely it judicial. It gives me an answer to why the spirit is contained. Christ is thought Kcnn-nit’er those baseball trading which is valued al over one-million trary. the greatest contribu­ is the maxim of loving- Albert Einstien could formulate his of as a principle that will continue to cauls for years they were the dollars And in one hand he holds tion to religion comes from the kindness: Do not unto theory of relativity while others fail to happen until every man hus reached u i.ivonu collectors ncni for million* another Dali creation, described as personalized devotion of the others what you would not succeed In high school mathematics, state of Christ Cpncjousnae* - and gitcr ol American kids, who avidly col­ a microphone made up of a fractured individual to his or her own have them do unto you. So, In the case of the Coptic Church, that takes place, there will be higher lected and trailed them - and prob­ Venus de Milo sculpture. commitment. (Analects 15:23) the mass of people adapted to the states ofconciousness to reach (" t hese ably destroyed theii teeth by eating It all may sound pretty confusing, Nor does this diminish in TAOISM: Regard your exoteric group while the/ cm studied in things you shall do and,greater"). The ilie bubble gum that came with them. hut it’s a safe bet that the finished the esoteric group. Coptics feel that Christ recognized the product will be even more bewilde­ any way the genuine and wide­ neighbor's gain as your own Well, baseball trading cards arc spread differences between gain, and your neighbor's The Inner or esteric Coptics soon need for an inner and outer teaching probably still around, hul in keeping ring. religious systems. While no loss as your own loss. (T* found it necessary to build a school for men because of the difference in ss uli the changing times, today’s kids EiHill .Veil' where children could learn th chidden conciousness in people ("To the masses base a new kind of trading card — ivvc religions need be alike, it ui-Shdng Kan-Ying P’ ien) meaning of Christ's teachings (in- I speak in parables, but to you myl ilie rock'n'roll star card. is uncanny how many con­ JUDAISM: What is hateful to eluding those ir».;hing; a; found in the ‘beloved I speak the truth"). The Cot-| I lie ness series of trading cards cepts are shared in common. you, ao not to your fellow New Testament). This school was built pics also feel that every spiritual Avatari is called " I in makers" mid each card There is need today to man. That is the entire kaw ; on the Nile River and was recently that has walked on this earth has gone in the IX card sets features a rock emphasize those values which all the rest is commentary. fiooued out by the Aswan Dam. After through all of the preliminary stages of Mar or gmiip. On the revelse side can help mankind to share (Tal Shabbat 31a) being flooded out of their sacred place growth that you and I are going through iiisi like the baseball cards — is greater tr»st and under­ CHRISTIANITY: ASS things of learning, same of the Masters (one right now. If it were not for this concent a brief biography of the singer — aCh s Ms standing. whatsoever ye would that who has mastered himself according to of spiritual evolution I would be forced ssiili the notable addition of his or A wonderful example of this men shouid do to you. do the faith) of the school began laying the into worshiping a God with prejudices, i t t e s * her astrological sign is the theme which is identified ye even so to them; for this foundations for a new mystery school For what macrocosmic intelligent force According to Art l.ahoc. the Los in our culture as the "Golden is the Law and the to be built in America. that guides the entire cosmos would Angeles disc jockey who produced Rule." Through the scrip­ Prophets. (Matt 7:12) What do the Coptics have to do with create some men with a retarded intel- the cauls. they're selling like hot our dollar bill? I spoke of how there tures of at least seven of the ISLAM: No one of you is a ligence and others such as Christ who cakes in fact, while the series was MOMPY COVtffOUf IfftVfCf was a split in the Coptic Church. The are in complete harmony with their nisi being test marketed in several world's leading religions runs believer until he desires for outer group, that is still flourishing C J t 4 5 8 - 9 3 9 3 his brother that which he mental physical, emotional and spiritual cities, new s of it got out by brief men­ this single theme, expressed in today, is whertfreemasonry originated. aspects unless one had earned equilib­ tion ai a couple of magazine* Sud­ astonishingly similar form. desires for himself. (Sunnn) fhi* The pyramid on our Great Seal is a rium through a just evolutionary law. denly. the l.os Angeles office of anonymous Contributor masonic symbol meaning -he peak o f To me, this does not support prejudice *■ Hilinakers" was flooded by perfection in man. At the base of the — it negates it , requests tor the curds from all over pyramid is the year 1776 (the year of I hope this article has put new per- the country. Naturally, l.ahoc and American Independence). The latin spectives into your view of Christianity his company are now frantically try­ words above the pyramid "ANNUIT and what it stands for. I encourage let- ing to arrange for a saturation-style COEPTIS" mean each year It begins, ters to the editor on any of these topics national distribution through record The phrase beneath the pyramid so it can be clear to the readers that stores, T e m p o ra ry “NOVUS ORDO SECLORUM" I am not advocating any of these beliefs As for the problem of there being have the English translation The new to be "the" way. but just a different too lew rock stars to make collecting order o f the Ages. To me it is clear that perspective on your pre-established of the cards interesting. Laboe the Masons, a derivation of the Coptic beliefs. _ figures he has that one licked. He -Steven L. Creamer also happens to be the producer of the O ldies hut Goodies" record re lie f o f series, and he holds trading cards HAVE YOU LIVED BEFORE? rights to over NX) pop stars—many A Gold Medal Film of whom have been long forgotten. Earth News h ead ach e. From the Theosophical Soceity I t ir* tetter to light one small candle, than REINCARNATION to curse at the dark­ EXPERTS FOR PANEI DISCUSSION ness." ______v- • q a la a G March 30th, 1973. 8 P.M. Main Auditorium 415 E. Fulton Davenport College, Grand Rapids

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Rob*n Shechtman, mime composer ■nd tutor at Thoms* Jefferson College. Patrick Duncan ha» many of hi* compo«itlon* being per­ Whenever a list is created of what philosophy. Don Siegel still makes Singe the Blurs. Diana Ross deserves formed throughout the United State* is supposed to he the best of any sub­ some of the fusicst-paecd exciting films this honour if only because she tarried The Lenthom recently Interviewed Mr. ject. certain aficionado* will obviously today. Only Sam Peckinpah, even more the soul of Billie Holiday out into the Shechtman In an attempt to give the he ofTcnded ut the choices made. What offensive to some pci-pic. can surpass audience and put it into your hand*. Qrand Valley community ihc opportun­ the Academy Awards nominations him. In many ways. Dirty H u m was Beit Supporting Actor: Marlon ity to leant about hi* background and offend most is the internal politicmg that a beautiful film with the help of the San Brando and Richard Pryor. Marlon accompllthment*. has become such a large pari of the Francisco scenery, and gave Clint Eas­ Brando's role in The Godfather wa* by When a«ked what he wn* doing nomination process. twood a chance to perfect his Silent all rights a character part, which he did before he decided mu»ic wa* the career An example is this year's nominalion Hero image brilliantly, hut doesn't deserve the for him, Mr. Shechtman (or Boh a* of Llv (Jllmann fqr Best At tress for her Best Comedy: Pittv II Annin. Sum. accolades heaped upon it. Richard everyone at Thome* Jefferson ( 'ollege role in the Emigrants. also a nominee Director/Actor Woody Allen is the only Pryor as Piano Man in Lady Sings the call* him) *ay* he never decided. He in Ihc Best f ilm category. The Emlg- comedian of the likes of Chaplin. Stun Blurs wus magnificent ns the weak, hut •tale*, "I got my bachelor'* degree run It is particularly offensivc^as a l aurel, or the Mars Brothers, left in loyal compalriot of Billie Holiday. from Rutger* Univcr*liy. an AH In nominee, because it is a foreign film and Ihc U.S. today Woody Allen makes Best Supporting Aetrna: Shelley Win­ American Studle*. which I* pre-law; I was already nominated for last year's some of the truly fonny. (at least inten­ ters and Sharon (Jans. In The Poseidon wa* thinking of going to law *chool, awards. I his breaks two of the tionally funny) films, and this was one Adventure. Shelley Winters' piece of foreign *ervlce, or city planning. These Academy's usually strict rules. Hut .... of his best. work wiped out much of the pure crap were the thing* that inlerc*tcd me." Llv Ullmunn is a very pretty, very good Best Muslral Comedy: Deep Thrum she has done lately. Totally in control It took Bob five year* to get hi* actress and did a fantastic job in Berg­ No comment. of the character, she gave a poignant bachelor'* degree hecau*e he wa* play­ man's latest film. Cries and Whispers. Best Musical Drama: l.ndv Smut the quality that added much to the film's ing with a hand that traveled to South Cries tint! Whispers is ineligible by Blues. A throroughly moving film com­ cohesiveness. Sharon Gans played America and F.uropc. "When I finally ihose same two rules broken by the pletely dominated by Billie Holiday via Billy Pilgrim's slovenly, saccharin, hys­ graduated I decided I'd give it a year Emigrants. hut since Liv Ullmunn is Diana Ross terical wife in Sltiunhirrhnu.se Five and to sec If I could become a compiler." such great Box Office potential ("The Best Technical Achievement and Best was just unbelievable. Not likeable reflect* Boh. "I knew Iliked mu*ic hm greatest new actress since Ingrid Film by a new Director: Silent Running. maybe, hut unbelieveahly funny and I didn't want to he a player all the time, Bergman "I. it would he good public Douglas Trumbull's first direction (he sad at the same time. •o I thought one of the other thing* to relation* for her to get the nominations was involved in ihe technical effect* of Also, an honourable meniion goes to Michael Sacks who played Hilly Pilgrim do would be a composer." Robert Shbctman - "oh, qoah, h e 's an unknown' and maybe even an Oscar, 2001) is a haunlingly beautiful Science During ine nc*i ihiec ?»■*■ Bob Of course, this all lead* up to my own Fiction film I licit transcends the meager in Sitiughtrrhuu.se Five. When Von- ccssiui piece, Then all of a sudden il are playing my music, we can relate, "best' list. We'll call them "Paf* on negut's world of fantasy and bitter real­ studied under a well known composer all started to blow op. ihot piece was plot. Bruce Dorn does a good job of we re Ihc same age. I cun say; 'aw, no the Hack". holding himself in check, through it ity could have fallen apart into utter who taught both privately and al Surah done at Lincoln ( enter. As a result of il slinks, you're playing it terribly. doesn't entirely succeed, and it results chaos, Sacks held the whole thing Lawrence University. By this time Boh that piece oilier people asked me to do Where the hell did you learn how to had composed a few thing* hut wa* BES T FILMS OF 1972 in one of his best portrayals yet. Also, together wilh marvelous dexterity, pieces for them play?' And Ihcy can say; 'it's not me, without destroying any of the satiric spending most of hi* time playing for "A composer can 'ripen' before a the three drones (robots) Huey. it's your crappy music." I mean we can Be*I Film* in the old Hollywood social comment. Polish wedding* and bar mitzvah*. player can. In other words at twenty- really get al it. it's a real interaction." Dewey, and I ouie. are masterpieces of Tradition: The Godfather wa* the best Best Photography: The haunting Being tired of havtng to play every night five I was writing what could be per­ Boh figures that if he would have got­ characterization in Ihe most unlikely 'shot in the arm' that the business has roles ever created. Played hy amputees, tones of The Godfather and cinematic and wanting some security, he applied formed in public, but there weren't too ten involved in the polities of manipulat­ the major part of the humanity of the expertise displayed in Deliverance. to graduutc school in order to gel the many musicians, who ill twenly-five had in years. I: surpassed Cone Willi ing people lo play his music he would film rcsls on their short shoulders. Hal Best Director: F rancis Ford Coppola credentials needed to secure a college- were ready to perform in New York have some of his sin IT on recordings iht Wind in Box Office in one year, teaching position. while GU IW has been going since and Robbie the Robot can never ccpml for The Godfather, which wouldn't So what's happening now is at around today. As a result there is a possibi'ity have been such a surprise to the indus­ Having already studied under the thirty there area lol of musicians I know 19)9. (We must also remember that in the emotion brought out by their part that within ihc next two years he will in Ihe film. try if his earlier work you're a Big Boy instructor from Sarah Lawrence and like friends who are now beginning to 19)9. theatre tickets were 50 cents, ok have a lot of his work coming out on so. Tickets started at five and ten dol­ And the most unusual, beautiful, dis­ Now had gotten the recognition it wanting to continue their "master- take positions of importance and recordings. I hc Philadelphia Chamhet lars on The (iot(ltiiher',\ first run.) turbing and most neglected film of the deserved,. apprentice" relationship. Bob chose responsibility and they're becoming Players have commissioned Hob to Sarah Lawrence over Yule, where he Also released this year, reminiscent year was Sluunhlerhuuse The Well There it is. Some arc missing. I 'big shot' players. And they sa\ ‘hey write (hem a piece, with ihc option to acted, well directed, and curiously haven't seen Sounder or Sleuth yet. so had also been accepted, to do hi* write us a piece, we want to play your write a half do/en more, for a recording of flints in the Crtuul Hotel genre, was graduate work. It was in Bob's Iasi year The Poseidon Adventure. Another moving, it followed time-tripping Billy they aren't included. And watch the music, we believe in your music.' It's ihcy will he making. Pilgrim across time and space. Witty, Academy Awards anyway. They con­ in graduate school when u friend asked no longer a mutter of trying to convince Presently. Boh considers himself an entertaining film that gave a boost to the industry. sad. horrible, and fascinating, il is tain everything; laughter, sorrow, Boh to write a piece for his upcoming famous performers, w ho are len years "unknown" in ihc world of American already creating its' own minor cull. excitement, and boredom that you have percussion redial a! the Manhattan older than me to play my music. music He fell* this lo he very preten­ Best Drama: Delivenuu ■«• was the best School of Music. film since Mike Nichols' ( orntil Know- Best Actor: Al Pacino's portrayal of in real life and just like real life, there "So a rehearsal is very different now tious. "What this means, states Hob "is are more losers than winners. But they "I wrote him ihc piece." says Hob. "he than when I was in my early twenties. that if someone mentions my name in Indue to destroy part of the 'super-male' the transformation of Michael ( orlcone m I lie Godltiihrr was one of the great did do one thing this year that I can't was an incredible musician, the piece Then when I'd go to rehearsal. I'd sit New York. Ihcy say: 'oh yeah he's an mv lii llt.it movies helped propagate, anil enjoyments of 1972. I he changes he find fault with. They piesentcd Edward was a smashing success. As a result of there and some famous pianisl would unknown.' But before being an contained the reality and mmesty that w ent through completely dominated the Ci. Robinson a special Oscar before he that piece Ihc Manhatian Percussion ask me; 'how do you like it7' \nd I'd unknown there's nothing, there's is demanded by younger audiences today. film, and his acting was a beautiful thing died. A small payment for all the enjoy­ Ensemble, which is a great and famous say: 'oh.ah ’ What could I tell them ’ oblivion. percussion group, asked nie to do a Best Action Film: Dirty Hurry. to watch. ment that he provided through the But now when I go to rehearsal wilh Ken Schepers years. Thank you Mr. Robinson. piece for them. I did and it was a sue- people from ( hieagoorNew York who I hough some don't agree with his Best Actress: l or her .job in Lady

1rt Orange SAW Area Poetry Contest

FANTASTIC 13th t '/ R E K ,, ___ .. . j ,i fit . . VJZl The Dyer-1ves Foundation is again test division indicated on each copy. Rymd ha‘hum sponsoring its annu.1l Kent County Poetry from, the two student divisions Shows : 1:0Q, 2:.3d. Poetry contest. Prize* of $75. $50. and should bp sent to Waller Lockwood, 4:00, 8:30, 10:00 $25 w ill be awarded in each of the tow English Dept.. Grand Rapids Junior major division*, student (senior) and C ollege; from ihe non-student division Cute. airy, and nihilistic: a nice fee­ Reg. Admission--$3.50 non-student. \ third division, student to Philip Jung. English Dept.. Grand ling (for the most part is gained from (junior), with prizes of $)0. 520, and Rapids Junior ( ollege. To he eligible, reading the first page of the Orange ! S10. has been added to this year’s manuscripts must he received hy April Rymd. The Orange Rymd is a literary WITH THIS AD, ONF contest. I). 197.1, magazine punitshcd by the Grand Val­ ADMISSION - $2.00 io qualify lor the non-student Preliminary judging will he done by ley's College of Arts and Science’s Eng­ division, one must he a resident ot (sent Dr. Ken Kuiper of Clavio C oiicgc. K. lish Department. The DR has replaced ( ounty. not attending school on a reg­ W. Oldenburg of Grand Valley State the Amaranthus. the former literary ular basis. ( ollege. anil Pat Pulliam of Grand magazine published hy the above men­ I he student (senior) division is open Rapids Junior College. They w ill deter­ tioned source. loans student of a high school or college mine the ten finalists in each category. The first piece by Phillip E. Bowman within Kent ( ounty. including Grand I hose poems will be published in book­ (•»•> 941.4004 J im Burrr is entitled Psalm, it speaks of the Valley State ( ollege. Also, any resi­ let form and circulated locally. Final "Rhyme Man" and his job of spinning dent of Kent County who attends col­ judging will be done by ( had Walsh, rhymes for the young to dream on and noted poet, critic, and scholar from SERVICE CENTER lege elsewhere is eligible. the old to forget with. Fun except for Poems, no more than five per entrant, Beloit ( ollege. editor of the Beloit Jour­ the underlying bitterness which dis­ *710 EASTERN, • K ORA NO RAPIDS, MICH 4*MO* should be submitted in triplicate, with nal of Poetry. tracts from its enjoyaW mess. name, address, phone number, and con­ W. Lockwood A well written and captivating prose piece by David Olson is the second •POBTg Cab aiBvici Race Caw Rrcraration number. Loaded wilh meaningful PART* m ACCKRflORlS* names, the descriptive Purple Sage and the Devil is reminiscent of a Biblical Literature course one might take in spile of the Bible's popular reputation. It was alive with much talk-talk, but the last sentence made it sound like it was written by the Religion Editor or the Grand Rapids Press. Three pieces by Jim Quakenbush. one prose and two poetry, are smooth M A K E K f O S W reading news accounts of believable enough events. This Is Flynn is an inter­ esting monologue where Mr Quaken- THIS SUMMER bush toys with the idea of tieing a highly- publicized. almost universal, event (President Kennedy's death) into a per­ sonal story. The transitions throughout TIF lack finesse. Th monologue turns into a straight soliloquy "soon." JQ commits (as Anthony Burgess pointed out when he was at Grand Val­ ley last month) one of the most unforgiv­ able errors in writing; he doesn't resolve a character and/or situation introduced earlier. I* President Kennedy's death universal enough it doesn't need a little resolving? Ruth Lake by JQ •* *en?|ul; and respectful. To feci * “ hunk c. »it# this is true poetry. Surprize and How Fortunate by Eileea Turpin are intriguing vestiges of a non-eschatoiofical nature. The pieces al — lg please, and put a grin on this reader's b e e . O f all the number* in this first edition of the OR. these two by ET were the moet fan and did the assua- sivc favor of saving us from reading mote prohwdity than we re already encuflibesed with For those of us that think Ernest H eadw ay s poetry was fifth rate. STEREO EM/AM COMPONENT SYSTEM b e n issS s ggmmrrof WITH RUHJ-fN « TRACK TAPE PLAYER iiivt in Harvey Koaatt placet. Try AND DELUXE RECORD CHANCER * Daily aaminm ' •Haw fun i*d stril m dtt S ntathms nrift hn on campus at r rApril'.SthlSipiupand I S0UNDAR0UND MAKE MONEY Km Runmar and mM It BRETON VILLAGE » i nna n in Grand Rapids, Muskegon, Holland, Gran ■ Havon, Lancing, cad Datroit-M etro Area. ROGERS PLAZA Thi.m rfay, M arrh _?9. 1Q7^ ■ m i L a a t h a r r . ff/fa g g s [b sSio s^ J ftlfos f/geaaas GVSC Serves BUNK A kegger ii being planned by J.W., R.C., and B.H. of the Ravine Bowling On Model UN Team, who are in need of approx­ imately $500.00 to repair Copeland's college students and 550 delegates broken window. The kegger ii pari cf I Five days of high key tension and inten­ their fund raising drive and they will sive study resulted in new friendships staged at the hotel, after-hours tun and appreciate any and all support! end increased pride in Grand Valley games abounded. However, scuous- Spring csnae trips on the Pins River iState Codeaes for II GVSC.students ness of the delegates was seen in then are being planned for the weekend of Inder the direction of advisor Ingrim vigilor,; attendance to committee meet May 18. Singing and guitars will jLaFleur. William James students Mar- ings and attentive reaction to guest accompany the nightly campfires. Ijolijn VanderVelde. Gordon Morris, speakci s. Interested parties should contact Deb­ David Porter, Barry Keefe. Anne Mr. Rohcit H k< inch slock bie Rode; a $1.00 reservation fee is Jacques, Jean Rosewarne. and Dean of Icfiiil affairs ;ii the l mictl N,iti«>n\ required by each. Williams, along with CAS students in New \ »»ik spoke »>f the apparent <1 Copeland it also devising a plan for I Molly Eklund. Jeff Ross, Dave Wester, rasiiatic failure ol the t nitcJ Nations a four-way arm wrestling contest to be and Beth Amantc represented GVSC In an analogs defending the importance held in the Commont as was the Banana at tKe Great Lakes Invitational Model of building peacekeeping politico Fating Contest. United Nations in Ann Arbor. March thimigh the I N. Kosensloi.k Matc»l 7-11. The model UN held at Ann “ We do not write off medicine as a Arbor's Rsmsds Inn served to acquaint worthless science simply because it has Compliments to Chris Llnditrom and students with the governing procedures not found a cure foi cancel In to«l.i\ > inteidependent world an organization Roger Fogg, both of Kietler. wito won and diplomatic policies of the United Nations in New York, as well as pro­ such as the l nilcd Nations is needed the Banana Eating Contest on March Wc should not dismiss it as ineffective first. Roger set a state record by down­ vide an educational medium that chal­ but use it as a tool to look loi .in -w t i s ing thirty-three delicious bananas and lenged the delegates. Roscnstock also pointed out tfi.it vt i Chris, after tying with another contes­ Walking off with the only scholarship tain situations such as the dispute tant. won that second round after casu­ awqrd, David Poner. chairman of the between India and Pakistan weie not ally consuming twenty-three of those South African Delegation served to yellow fruits. make GVSC stand out among the 2? brought to the I N until after vm.Icik. Roger enjoyed his dinner-dance date midwestem high schools, junior col- broke out. leges and universities represented. In G uest speakci William I r.iiuil striving to focus the model UN toward Somerset refers to the (Juecn as the an educational process, judges can- old bird' but would not allow others vessed the 350 participants and finally to commit the bla'phenn Somerset .1 awarded the $100.00 scholarship to l*or- dedicated f nglixh subject entered the this ^ D v e is c m«n t paio e r ovsc ' .uni served out the entire five days. jtiniot enjoy the diminishing treat of open is easily forgotten. Energetic hikers placed, there arc too often barren nessed the eighteen contestants' stuff­ negotiated on and seeked out solutions Barbara Adeieuti te.l as pu sideni ol fields and the feeling of freedom. Off could easily start their own beer can sidewalks which lead to laziness and ing attempts. Bananas were to international situations. Many the General \sseinl>l> She. meluded in the distance frogs are croaking. The collection just from a brief hour's walk casually dropped crud. everywhere; peelings filled five or six delagates spent spare time caucusing in the five day session with a icniindcr sky surrounds us with white, fluffy in the ravines. Also found are other The blame for the deterioration of the buckets at the end. order to get resolutions through the "There are nevci winnets m a w.u In clouds, a rare sight for former city interesting artifacts such as old issues quality of life can't be pinned on any Many thanks to the cooperation of assemblies that would meet the next live short .lass so- h i e wrestled with dwellers. of the Lanthorn, not written with this one individual or one group of people. the contestants and their peeler- day, the problems ol the w arid IhatistM l It should be blamed on all members of partners; with one exception. Dave Concentration was not the sole people more who have a t etter umlei the community. There is a level of eon Lorenz, who ironically represented the feature. With the entire program run by standing ot w In siousness, however, that awakens administration, cheaicu * bii by stuffing people to our environment and makes mushy bananas into his pockets as well us want to cherish it. as his mouth. Prof Ronald Dwelle, CAS Enqlish, Dept., It is this awareness that awakens our holds the current record of twenty - eyes to the immediate beauty engulfing WARNING! five minutes, for reading' J.I .'Seagull our lives. As long as weTtmain blind To those "sidewalk trespassers" to the country, we will be merely passing between the dorms, beware of "looking.” We will surpass unique colorful, wet flying objects and other sights that make up the daily lives of conductors of H'O. Spring fever has many. struck hooligans like Robinson's Don Juan says in the book A Sep-raie "Gator" and friends; their aims are Reality bv Csrfos Castaneda, "looking fairly, (unfortunately) accurate. Some referred to the ordinary way in which exciting water fights are to be expected. The LANTHORN is the bi-weekly student we are accustomed to perceive the Exams are over - for a while. Thanks newspaper of Grand Valiev State Colleges. world, while 'seeing- entailed a very to a midnight study break held March complex process by virtue of which a The opinions expressed in the Lanthorn are 13 in the upstairs Commons, many those of the staff or of signed contributors man of knowledge allegedly perceives crammers were able to refresh them­ the essence' of the things of the selves with pop and snacks. All correspondence or inquiry should he world." * Candice Drane d irected to LANTHORN, 17 LSH, GVSC. —Roxann Burkey REPORTERS: Beth Amante, Steven L. Creamer, Howard Kalish, Steve Bvers, Gail Kalish, Roxann L. Burkev, Gwen DeJono. r XLL COLLEGE ELECTION SPORTS REPORTERS: Sheila Esiott, Hans WHO HAY VOTE? f i l l stu d e n ts (TJC, WJ C, CAS) may v o te , Horsti k WHO MAY RUN? fny regularly enrolled student. This includes SPORTS EDITOR: Rich Neil students from all schools and colleges. ARTISTS? Rick Brunson, Jeff Jurich, WHAT CAN YOU RUN FOR? Community Cbuncil, 111 College Senate, EX CO , David Fair and other all-college positions. MOVIE AFICIONADO: Pat Duncan HOW DOES ONE BECOME A CANDIDATE? Get a p e t i t i o n from the Community PHOTO, EDITOR: Michael Darnton Council O ffic e anytim e a f t e r March 30 and return i t by OFFICE STAFF: Cathv Nolen A p r i l 1 3 , 4:30 pm, with 25 signatures. BUSINESS MANAGER: Rav Stitt PROSPECTIVE CANDIDATES Can obtain further information and petitions MINISTER OF INFORMATION: Mary Kramer at the EXCO office, 110 Commons or call ext.261. ASSISTANT EDITORS: Michael Bauer, land ice ELECTION SCHEDULE: Drane M a rc h 30, Friday Petitions may be picked up at 110 Cbmmons ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Cathv Marlett fpsil 13, Friday Deadline for filing petitions EDITOR: Ken Schepers ELECTION: APRIL IS ELECTION: APRIL 18

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S k THE BIRTH OF 7:30 im p le I be verage Sister I love you PER 7 DIIVS 9il FEMINISM at GVSC I think while L rhe hill women "LIVING TOGETHER": i STRRCRLE 1 speck about cassoroles The U.S. Census Bureau recently Nightwood:* Book Review April I in East Lansing. Carol Downer. behind the grill released statistics which confirm of the now-famous Los Angeles Self- I am here eorty that those so-called “maniagclcss Djuna Barnet is a modem American Help Clinic, where she was busted for or school families” are on the rise. Marriage- author who seems to have been largely prescribing yogurt as a cure for a vaginal for o rime the only less families, by the Bureau s ignored by the American public. She infection but was acquired of the w o m an up definition, are households consisting of persons who live alone, or persons was bom in New York in 1892 and charge, will speak on and demonstrate eorty ro study, me living with non-relatives. wrote short stories, plays and reviews feminist health practices, on the lost end of o rendezvous/some According to the Census Bureau before the publication of her first novel The conference, to be held at the report, the number of marriage-less in 1928. Nightwood was released in Bri- United Ministries in Higher Education straight w o m e n srill undress In closers families is growing at a pace nearly tain in 1936 and in the U.S. in 1937. at 1118 S. Harrison, begins at noon on fpur times greater than the increase It met with some critical success. Friday with a film, and continues JoyedJenkins’0 standard family households. In Alfred Kazin. in his review for the New through Sundry evening with low-cost I960, there were 7.9 million house­ York Times termed it **..a strange meal: prepared by the Morning Glory holds maintained by unrelated per­ excursion in the technique of fiction.” Kitchen, free child care, and a $1 regist- oil rhe unexplored caverns coll me sons. By 1972. that number had I know what i warn The story lines is simple. Fe'ixVol- ration fee for the whole weekeno. Some grown to 13.3 million out of the 66.7 kbein, who pretends to barony, meets workshop subjects are ‘'Conscious- 6 It's not here, It' s nor million total household. the fantastic, fraudulent Dr. O’Connor raising: a Radical Attack on Hierarchi- what I've ever hod. -/. nrlh Wm th rough whom he is introduced to Robin c a l S tru c tu res,' ‘‘W eaving as a they fell me Ir doesn't exist Vote. Felix marries Robin and she bears Woman s Craft." and “Gay-Straight bur they lie obour everything him a son after which she leaves both Relations in the Movement the ( hal- one of these caverns will reveal husband and son and lives, at different lenge of Fear.” ...... liberation & love: pardon me. times, with two lesbian women. The A poetry workshop and reading will i must look elsewhere setting, sometimes Paris Other times he given by Barbara Gioson. a tutor Ifs no; that you're In my way. Vienna, is so vague as to seem unimpor- at Thomas Jefferson College, on Fnday tant. But it is the language Ms. Bames afternoon and evening GrandvaJley uses to develop her complex, some­ women are cordially invited to the con­ times mystifying characters. ference. Feminist Alchemy In his introduction to the book T.S. Elio! «sys of her style: "To say that to bo €ontinuod.,. Nightwood will appeal primarily to "to be continued...” must be an thinking of readers of poetry does not mean that expression of ragged and battle-scarred her dreams it is not a novel, but that it is so good hope.. .for in no other spirit could I con- ond how I was a novel that only sensibilities trained tinue to write, hoping that the battle to 0 witch today on poetry can wholly appreciate it.” be read and understood and above all the gargoyle visited Dr. O’Connor does an inordinate taken seriously will strengthen my her in her amount of musing and reminiscing voice, not silence it...because my voice sleep/sweer her aloud, and it is what he says of the is not only mine. Listen carefully, do sleep was in her dream others, and the intimacies of their lives you hear a murmur of awakening, bubb- 1 was standing there which they reveal to him that provide ling and rising above the vast sea of the gargoyle my the drama. Eloquent metaphors flow apathy? Tis a restlessness among the dork force from the doctor's mouth. "In the servants, and a painful self-awareness II acceptance of depravity the sense of the beginning to possess the plebians. Dork Powers . reveal your past is most fully captured. What is a Mr. Wasp, your wife and daughter, ruin but Tim e casing itse lf of your maid and mistress, your niece and deep nighrselves to me I om reaching for endurance? Corruption is the Age of your starlet and your Miss America and maturation of energy/l om Time. It is the body and the blood of your cheerleader and your nurse and striving outwards/In wards estasy. religion and love...we do not your G.V.S.C. snow queen and your climb to heights, we are eaten away to secretary and your Vends and Vour oil words hove their power them, and then conformity, neatness, hooker and your liberated chick and lit- III ccases to entertain us.” tie old mom are taking off your makeup If I grow my fern os o It is because of this rich style of writ- and costumes sometimes and trying to potion will your love grow ing that the characters become so vital rediscover who they really are...but not to me? If l love my plonr yet enigmatic. It has been argued that in relation to you. Mr. Wasp, because with all it s being reflected Dr. O'Connor, Baron Felix, RobiiVote you're part of the act. All the actresses gently In my eyes, the smoll and the rest are m cic ly excellent carica- are getting tired of vour stage directions nuances of It's core token tures of emotionally ill people. An and are thinking about writing their own well of. if my plonr love me equally strong case has been made for script for once, or maybe even scraping would you? vie wing them as philosophical examples the whole stupid play, of a sickness which has overcome mod- Mr. Wasp I am no longer your any- Joyce Jenkins em society. Whichever way the reader thing. I am a person who determines chooses to view them, and I'm sure her own role, her own direction as com- there are other possibilities as well, the pletely as is possible...outside of and characters are so strong that the book beyond your many insidious forms of is worth reading simply as a study of economic, social, emotional, intel- ■ I B I B I ■■■!■!■ IB IMII some very singular personalities. lectual. and spiritual vampirism. 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EDITORIAL Tbehe is no doubt that basketball is the number one »pbrt on Grand Valley's campus, and the 20-6 season just completed did little to hurt the program. First year coach Tom Villcmure did an excellent job considering he had only four returning lettermen from the 1971-71 team that was 17-10. D on Schmuckal Gary Adams John F ly ' The season had many highlights, some of which were Mike Pojeski the victories over Ripon C ollege and Aurora College, in ordertogain the Aurora College Tournament Cham­ pionship. Then, upsetting St. Joseph’s College 79-78 on the Pumas own court: that victory was the first Spring Sports Start Next Week time the Lakers had beaten St. Joseph's after three previous attempts. SOCCER Another first for the Lakers was their 84-68 victory There will be a Soccer Clinic year before. A record number of people graduated last year. Ron set school ing positions, will he Jim Hendrixson. conducted by the Soccer coach came to the try-outs this year. Included records in hits ami doubles, and was Barry McKee, and Nick Sylesma. uver Lake Superior Suite College at Sauit Sic fvj«uic. in this group were 60 women. Because the teams leading hitter, at .347. while But from that point on. the Lakers ran into trouble, cm April 3.1973 in the fieldhousc. Last year, the strongest part of .he of the increased campus-wide interest, Bob was the starting shortstop, and the team was the doubles combinations, but when they travelled to Ferris State College with a 14-1 No prior experience necessary. Coach Springer has scheduled a rowing number one relief pitcher. All persons interested are asked some changes will have to be made record only to be defeated 81-80. mainly because of activity class for the last five weeks of Mike Pojeski. a 1971 J.C. All- because the Adams and Adams double to be at the fieldhousc at 4 p.m. the spring term. According to Springer. American. at G .R J.C .. will he hack (which was 8-2) and the Crisman and From the Ferris game to the end of the season, the "Anyone can row." and no particular in the outfield this year. Last year. Mike Bylsma double (which was 9-1) have Lakers were only 6-5, and for some reason could not athletic ability is required. Rowers set a school record for RBI's with 30 been broken up due to graduation. ,win the big one. The Lakers were soundly whipped CREW must, however, have a good sense of while hitting .282. Sonny Atkinson. The Takers ended up second in both by Shaw College in Detroit after we had had little rhythm and endurance that is "second Gary Greenshields. and Dan Fischer the GLIAC and NAl A District 23 trouble with them at home. , only to distance runners." (when he is not pitching) will fill the Tournaments, behind Ferris last year. by Hans Horstik Grand Valley's season opens on two other outfield positions. Sunny hit Then at Ashland College in Ohio, the Lakers lost While most college students elected This years GLIAC championship will April 7th as the Lakers travel to Ecorse. .241 last year and leau the team in be held at North wood Institute May 17- in double ove“rtime after Pst Smith and Tool Veltcamp to spend their spring break basking in Michigan for a regatta with Wayne walks, with 19. Gary hit .200. but only 19. the Florida sun or fighting blizzards in had fouled out in regulation time. But the most embar­ Slate. Four home slots are on the saw limited action, while Dan hit for The Tennis team should have another Michigan, the members of Grand Val­ rassing loss had to be the rematch with Ferris before schedule, the first being against Notre a .299 clip. fine season, but it will be difficult for ley’s Crew team chose to endure spring over 4.000 fans for the GLIAC Championship. This Dame on April 14th. All home regattas At first base will he Dick Lincoln, them to match the fine year they had training at the University of Alabama game they were going to get revenge for the earlier will be held at Riverside Park in C-rand who hit .357 last year in only 28 trips last year. at Huntsville. loss up at Ferris, except no one told it to Ferris and Rapids, home of the infamous WLAV to the plate. Jerry Fouch will he back ■Rich Neil The l aker rowers and their coach. raft race. The Lakers conclude the sea­ at second. Last year he hit .233. and they just outplayed the Lakers in every aspect of the Paul Springer, left for the south on game. Ferris won and the loss also cost the Lakers son on May 26th with the Grand Valley was third on the team in RBI's. The March I Ith and hoped to put in at least State Colleges' Invitational. shortstop, third base, and catching posi­ the GLIAC championship. 40 hours on the water before they tions are still not filled. The last game of the season for the Lakers was returned to Michigan on the 2Mh. The There will be noGI.I AC competition against Hillsdale in the first round of the NAl A District team had previously spent five weeks in baseball this year, since only three GOLF 23 Tournament. After trailing by eight points in the training indoors at the fieldhousc. BASEBALL of the school's have teams. It could turn last two minutes of the game, the Lakers came back Coach Springer expects his charges out to be a good year for the l.akers to do well this season mainly because without the services of Fred Roh. who had fouled out. Jim Command is entering his third if the pitching comes around. to send the game into overtime. But it was not to he he has twice as many letter winners -Rich Neil The Golf Team, under first year returning this year as he did last year. year as head baseball coach at Grand coach Torn Villemure. could be in for and the Lakers had a long ride home after losing 80-79. Two of the veterans. Don Schmuckal Valley, and is looking forward to an a very long season due to last year's Two things stand out in my mind as improvements and Larry Thomas, arc beginning their improved season over last year, when graduation. Lost to the team because over the year before. First, the ability to win on the fourth year of rowing. Eighteen new the team was 10-18. In 1971. the l.akers of graduation, was Mark Bishop. Steve road, something that had not been done in the past rowers arc expected to give the team were 13-9. hut last year, due to some TENNIS I cuchtmann. and John Gage. The three by the Lakers. Three games tj]at probably would have more depth than it had in prior years. one run losses because of a lack of of them were the main force behind last been in the loss column the year before were the one The l.akers are a member of the Mid­ pitching, the l.akers had plenty of trou­ years K-9 dual record. point victories over Oakland. Wayne State, and St. American Collegiate Rowing Associa­ ble and were IIM8. Returning for the Lakers will be Scott Joseph's. tion (MACRA) and will be competing Hopefully, part of that problem will Hoover, and Mark Sloan, who had a against schools that have much larger he taken care of by Pat Hunnes. a The Tennis Team, under the direc­ 81.2 stroke average, and Kurt Lun- The second, and most important factor, was the transfer from Central Michigan Univer­ tion of Dave Sharphom. has high hopes •earns defense. The year before, the Lakers allowed enrollments. Some of these are Wayne degren. who carried an 81.3 average. sity. Pat is a lefthander, and well known of improving on last years fine dual This year, the l.akers will again take 91.9 points per game. This year, it was only 75.8 points State University. Notre Dame. Purdue University. Marietta College (Ohio) in the Grand Rapids area as a top semi­ record of 7-3. part in the Alma College Invitational, a game. Most of the credit must go to Pat Smith, who and the(be University of Minnesota. player. , . , . __ , The Lakers lost two of their top six where they were 8th last year, and the had an excellent year on defense. Tom Veltcamp and Coach Springer explains that Grand ^ DSn Fischer, who had a --T record ptayers.no. 2. Rick Bylsma. and No. Spartan Invitational, where they placed Rimm Griffin also were very important to the change. Valley can compete against these larger last year, with a 3.03 ERA,ERA. is back along 4, Mark Adams, due to graduation. But 10th in the college division. 1 think the mtyor reason the Lakers did not have schools because "The big school row­ with Tim Ruffing, the workhorse of the Tom Crisman. the No. I singles player, I he I •■tkers finished second in the even a better year was because they lacked a center. ers are inexperienced, too. " staff. Tim was 3-2 last year, with a 3.82 who was 5-5 last year, and Gary GI.IAf last year. This years champ­ Jeff Lende is an excellent forward, but he is just not Nonetheless. Springer feels that the FRA. Jeff Gillespie should have a bet­ Adams, the No. 3 man. who had an ionship will take place on May 18th. schedule is tough and Marietta and ter year this year than last, when he e xcellent year at KM), will both he hack. at Northwood Institute, in Midland. heavy enough to play center. The only other thing Also reluming will be Steve Mooney, I can complain about were the officials, and it's not Purdue are the teams to beat. was 2-4 with a 5.25 ERA. With so'fcw returning golfers, and The Crew team has improved greatly One of the problems facingJim ( om- who was 6-1. and Ross DcMull. who many other fine golf school's in the just on the road. We hired had ones at home. too. finished »he season at 5-3. Three in recent years compiling an 11-16 iTwrid :r. to find r f'IMVVIMVIII.1 • VSI •XV'II It S going to he H Inno c^acAn for I think that the GLIAC should hire refs on the league Vclthouse. and Bob Conser. who freshmen, who will be looking tor start- l om Viiiemure, and his golf team. level so that we don't have any more replays of the record last year compared to 3-19 the Ferris game at Ferris. For the rest of the games. I realize it's going to he hard to get good refs, hut an attempt should be made. To talk about individuals on the team, and not start with Fred Roh would he insane. Over the past four years. Fred has done just about everything, including becoming one of only about twelve people (in the his­ 5 tory of college basketball in the State of Michigan) to score 2,000 points in his career. This year. Fred broke his own Laker record of most points in a season; i. Vfi now 720. season average, now 27.7. and most field t) goals, now 302. He also broke the single game scoring record (which was also his) and the ficldhouse record, f when he tallied 45 points against Lake Superior. Tom Villemure has a lot of challenges facing him for next year, but his biggest wili be in trying to find a replace­ ment for Fred Roh. The other two seniors on the team made up the start­ ing Backcourt. They were Pat Smith, and Tom Vel­ tcamp. Pat was the best defensive player in the history of basketball at Grand Valley. and if it's not bad enough to lose him. Tom Veltcamp. an all around player who averaged 11.6 points a game this year, is also leaving. To find a new backcourt combination is Mr. Ville- murc's second most important task. M 3 OtUaaa. n.wx'— lo b Jeff Lende will be back for one more year. This year he was the second leading scorer, with a 19.9 * w~2»c* average, and the leading rebounder with a 9.3 average. Kimm Griffin, only a Sophomore, was a strong fifth man averaging 10.3 points a game, and 6.9 rebounds. Tom Villemure has two strong candidates for next years team on the J.V. squad. Both Tony Smith and ‘ Don Myles look like they can move into starring posi­ tions. If Tom Villemure expects to have as good a i Earn Cash Weekly! * season next year a s he had this year, he has a lot « of work to do becuasc he lost a lot of talent through | Blood P lu a w Demon graduation. ______6y; Richard Neil Needed Wky A SOLEX? ------i5rTi a Cm k f i d nr April 7 • Oalrlaad University (2) 3 April 11 - St. Joseph's (lad.) CoNcge (2) A pril 13 - FERRIS ST A T E COLLEGE (2) hiyikUa la A pril 17 - SHAW COLLEGE (2) April 2» • Hope Colnge (I. 3:30 p m.) April 21 • ALMA COLLEGE (2) April 24 - Spring A ltar CoSege (2) Wayae Stale Uaiveraky (2) May 4 - UNIVERSITY O F DETROIT (2) 9 - AQUINAS COLLEGE (2) ■ a a i a a ! • II te*MMdMaSStSeG) 14 19 17 SaS DISTRICT 23 Ta * 22 (2) 29- i n 79 - l i t * AVE.. E 977-MS4 ■Pag* IQ ■Lanthora Thuradav. March 28. 13Li pi me', the newet. larger group of stu EDUCATION PREDICTIONS FOR 1980 dents have made liberal am (3l the mainstay of today’s baccalaureate prog­ In an effort to find out what a cross .section of people on the Grand Valley campus to persons and education itself I expect rams that some of those colleges will find think about education, the Lanthorn asked twenty members o f this intellectual community But not all careers requiring study meaningful interfaces with the teaming beyond high school are tied lo academic the following questions: networks, offering central locations for disciplines. Eo prepare people for What modes o f gaining a liberal arts education will be most prevalent in students to use libraries, computers. nonacademic, non-discipline - oriented X V equipment. and for students to find careers, higher educational institutions the year 1980? a dense population of academic people > rl- are developing specialized professional How will an institutionalized liberal arts education he viewed in the year when they need them They might programs, with steadily increasing 1980? (Eg: practical, unnecessary, outdated hy a need for vocational training, become open academic communes; Nit enrollments, competing for many of the etc.1 minimally. admissions requirements, V i same students increasing enrollments, housing contracts, prerewuisite struc­ competing for many of the same stu­ The responses represent only a segment of the campus community, hut w r believe tures. college calendars, tuition dents w ho would he interested in liberal they are characteristic of many people who have serious thoughts on this matter. I he schedules for off-campus credit, arts (3). This competition is what is per­ methods of transferring credit, and even ceived as a conflict bet-veen vocational only regret the Lanthorn has concerning this, is that there were few students who had credit itself, will need severe modifica­ serum s and liberal-arts education, and the most opinions about this topic------will rule, or Congress will legislate tion lo facilitate a free floating popula­ likely outcome of the competition is that -ANTHOSY p a r is h v against discrimination on the basis of tion of students, faculty. and adminis­ 4 the relative enrollments m liberal arts Prof- o f English. CAS educational degrees as they arc now trators. The college, as an open (3) programs and professional programs The future of liberal education? It has conferred—as they, no more than vex academic commupc. can be both the * 1 will be decided by the relative numbers none. From the White House and or race, arc measures of competence new Ivory lower and the social change of job opportunities to which the prog­ for a particular job. Thus holders of agent at once. HEW. from the big foundations and *•••••••• rams lend By 14B0. that will almost cer­ think-tanks down to the meanest state B A 's. M.A’s.etc.. will no kingerhavc tainly mean a smaller proportion of the legislator and school administrator, all tiny inside tracks on the job market. or Kenrteth R. Venderbush. student "market" will go to liberal arts the instruments agree that the liberal get higher pay than those lacking the I tie President for Student A ffairs (3). idea is dead No one who pays the least degiccs Fmpkiyers will no longer he As our society gets more and more Liberal arts (2) is much harder to attention to such bellwethers as the able lo use “ degree holding" ax a pre­ complex I believe the need for liberal analyze, if only because of its generality Hudson Institute or the Carnegie Foun­ screening device for interviews and education will increase, not decrease. encompassing such diverse entities as dation. such prophets as Clark Kerr or tests. What shape it should take, however, liberal i.rts (I), the TJC BPh program, such prototypal crisis managers as Her­ (2) Regional ITcgrce'C ertificate grant­ will vary from person to person the synoptic program of WJ< . and (in man Kahn or Zbigniew Brzczinski can ing institutions with common standaids The recent high school graduate who theory ) the smorgasbord distributional doubt that the liberal arts are going to will he established in accordance with has had a lot of gcneral/libcral programs of liberal arts (3) colleges such • be phased out. Any "responsible the recommendations of Ihe Newman education, may need his higher educa­ as ( AS. A student could be interested person” — Newspeak for someone Task Forces—and colleges will phase tion heavily laced with practical in liberal arts (2) purely for personal with power - who makes conciliatory out their ow n degrees either by inten­ involvements. On the other hand, an devekipment. and/or he could be pursu­ gestures in the direction of liberal tion or hv attrition. older person may be eager to retreat ing a certain kind of career opportunity education is either a glorious fool or an (3) I he predictions of the ( arnegie into an ivory tower for her or him. enhancement Although infenot to pro­ "expert in inter-personal relations" — ( nmmission on Higher Education that the need is for hooks and ideas, untram- fessional and liberal arts (3) programs Newspeak for a manipulator of people. post-secondary education will have a syeled by practical concerns. For other in opening lip specific job opportunities, Still, not everyone is done with some­ Robert J. Toft hroadcrclicntcle not tied to specific cur­ a program which actually succeeds in Dean o f College IV people a combination of the two thing just because it's done for. Some ricula. that such education will be approaches is called for: so in a period developing skills and perceptions of of us still ask why it is done for. And Undergraduate education in I**K0 will spread over longtime periods, and that of four years there should be flexibility general applicability would put the stu­ if we still like it. we ask how we can serve at least two functions preparation students will forego the four-year block to move in and out of academe and the dent in a position to move fairly easily manage as aliens ansi outsiders. foi work and prcparalion for leisure. and loyalty to a single college, arc true. world of affairs. into any of a number of careers, and l iberal education has gone out of 1 here may he less emphasis on the bac­ I see the flexibility afforded by our make him less vulnerable to obsolcs Together, or even singly, these -David Porter business because it depended on the calaureate degree and greater emphasis U illiam James College Student (JVSC cluster of colleges to be very ccncc than his specialized counterparts antique view that a man who could he on specific tub related skills More assumptions, if true, will radically well suited to the needs of the increas­ called a man has to decide certain things people will be taking a limited college change higher education (if not ik ingly diverse student population What would hope that liberal arts, about himself, about his society, and program with some specific objective institutions)—particulativ Iibcral is sauce for ihe goose may well not be in all its forms, will be viewed about the universe — and that his worth in mind. Ihe increase in leisure time arts—as we know it ( ollcgcs and I he question more accurately sauce for the gander. with distrust, as a source of is measured by his judgments even as will bring many more persons back to degree programs will no longer he (he phrased would be. "What will the stu­ Then there is the dimension of each main ingredient in a student's post­ unduly independent individuals. his acts arc informer) by them. Further, the college lot study not related to their dent of 1480 be liniktiig for?" i believe person that goes beyond his strictly Wilbur H alkoe his judgments are the work rtf disci­ work secondary education. None of the he w ill be (.Hiking for two things. One. "academic" devekipment The ques­ plined mind (which explains why t on- We will continue lo see an increase assumptions arc far-fetched: current enough educational freedom to do as tion needs to be asked, what is there Prof of Mathematics. CAS sciousncss III people arc not inter­ in l he community colleges and junior col­ trends among the population and some he wants, with enough structure to give about each person that is deficient? I would predict that hy 1480 there will ested). Mind — this quaint old belief leges serving the large urban areas institutions certainly validate the last him guidance. T wo. a liberal arts educa­ What docs he or she do. or not do. that be more students enrolled in nondivip- would have it - can discover values that Much of the training for jobs will take two I ihcral arts education is rapidly tion that will evpand his thoughts and impedes his progress toward goals? linary programs with liberal arts (2) are really out there in the world. And place at these schools. In addition, stu­ mos ing outside Ihe traditional structure at the same time aim him to security Each indiv idual needs to ask this about objectives than in liberal arts (3) prog mind, so conceived, is not an arid dents of all ages will be taking courses of the classroom and the domain of the after school. him- or herself. Also someone in his rams. abstraction, not a collection of inputs, for enrichment and enjoyment. Many professoriate. Ielevised and cor­ The traditional highly structured sys­ college should know him well enough As to how the general public w ill v icw not an indifferent instrument. Rather, persons will stop alter two years with respondence courses continually g.un tem of the '50's and bO s fails to meet to be helpful in this regard The expecta­ the various forms of higher education, it is compact of will and intent, of pas- • the associate degree and enter the job and audience, bin they are only a minm these ends. The traditional system is tions of a faculty adv iser should in my professional programs will he as Ameri­ sions and compassions, and all un­ market. Where four veal colleges and aspect of the real situation changing. < AS for example is highly judgement include concern about the can as apple pic. and liberal arts (3) will necessary aspects of the thinking universities arc located, the' will con­ structured along traditional lines. Vet. student's personal non-academic probably come to share that halo. process. tinue to draw heavily from the sur­ New N ork sfateRcgcnts' University there arc some subtle differences development deficiencies. I iberal arts (I) w ill be as inconspicuous These abstractions don't convey rounding areas but will feel great com­ is in essence the first’Regionnl External between ( AS and traditional systems. The "liberal" education should in 1480as it is today. much nowadays; for most people to say petition ____ Degree (Hunting Institution: il offers A student chooses from several founda­ therefore provide programs and agents I would hope that liberal arts (21. in the acts of the mind come alive in the ■ no courses, granting degrees on the The number of private liberal tion courses rather than having course for helping persons gain "liberation" all ils forms, will be viewed with dis­ guts of the living is to perform a "I- bases i*l courses tulen elsewhere, life- requirements. All faculty teachers, stu­ from behaviors that arc self-defeating trust. as a source of unduly independent iterary act” — Newspeak for windy tills colleges may decline. experience. and examinations. Recom­ dents are encouraged through discus­ as well as for developing personal skills individuals. Because Ihe only ways a nonsense. So for purposes of clarifica­ R o b e rt./. Toft mendations from a < alifornia study sion groups and small classes to have and altitudes not previouslyacquired. college could work tow ard w idened per- tion let me dramatize the whole bit. I he /)<■<(/) of College l\' group indicate that that state wilt sunn direct and personal relationships with Our Student Development groups arc spcctivcs without producing such happy man I'm talking about is capable establish a similai structure, and one professors. ( AS is constantly review­ intended to help in this dimension of independence of thought would be to of saying this: "Look. Supcr- Ihe number of private liberal arts col­ of the high population midwest ing its systems and proposing changes. education. teach poorly or to indoctrinate well. Corporatc-Statc: I think your activities leges may decline. Many of these stales — I would guess Illinois—will We are not going to see a great change In short. I sec CVSC moving toward • •••••••• arc here OK and there all screwed up. schools todav are struggling desperately probably follow. in the traditional system in seven years. the kind of higher learning that will be I think I know enough about first princi­ for survival. Those private liberal arts Numerous structures currently exist Hut. the traditional system is going to needed in the future. Stephen Rowe. William ples and about reason to judge of this. colleges which will he the most success­ for students to hire theii own facult'. change its structure making its structure James College Prof. I think I have the courage to speak and ful w ill take on a more definitive charac­ choose their own subject matter, and more open and student oriented. Tradi­ I regard the future to be very uncleat act my judgments. And in any case, my ter than thex have had for many years set up their own learning structures. tional schools of I‘WO will have a struc­ — always, but especially now I prefer self respect and my sense of my ow n Thus, wc will see colleges with strong I he I ree Universities have given ovei ture very similar to that oft AS in 1471. to respond to your questions not as a indentity (‘my immortal soul.' it used religious emphasis colleges of music, to I earning Networks 01 Peoples Yet- I nfortunately. ( AS docs not meet the matter of speculation and or as an ever- to he sailedi obiige me to judge tor great book'- colleges (such as St. John's lon Pages in Imcwitn Ivan iiiicn sanii lull needs of .1 student in ivnii. kiSc in future-guessing, but rather out myself.” at Annapolis), etc., each attracting stu­ Mike Rossman's theories (and even though < AS structure is a vast of the committment and hope which I Such an attitude bespeaks an obsolete dents seeking that particular brand of John Holt's latest book): EI EX in New improvement over NIU. MSU. U of have. mode of being. The true modem say s education. Turk ( ity. Evanston l earning M. SI LI. and a hundred other colleges, I would hope that there would be an something like this: "My area of exper­ The trend toward individualization of Exchange in Evanston and Chicago. it does not provide enough educational expansion in modes of gaining a liberal tise is narrowly circumscribed. My educational experience is likely to Project One in San Erancisco arc high freedom to meet the needs of the stu­ education in the year 1480 In my undei opinions in this area are not evaluative grow . There will be many more avenues use examples. They are appealing to dent. Because of the need for educa­ standing, education is an important or moral and do not involve me as a for taking education off the campus. people who want an education but don’t tional freedom alternatives to education function ol any healthy society. It person. Those opinions arc correct by External degree programs, university consider the degree neces­ will continue to grow in both numbers seems to me that our present reference to certain goals which are without walls, open universities, and sary—or—who consider meeting the and variety. •* institutionalization of education in themselves the givens of my profession. cable television may make significant requirements for a degree a validation I he non-structured system or free schools and universities is inadequate Values are not my department — and inroads into the traditional college- of the institution, not the person. More school on the college level (TJC). I to the future. I see our American future since there is no Licensed. ( unified bound population. The use of modular formally. ( amptis Free < ollegc has believe, has already hit their peak of to be one in which »c are confronted Moral Science, no one's opinions on instruction, extension courses, and cor­ resource people, program advisors, popularity and'will be decreasing in with an increasing threat of what Han­ values are any better than anyone respondence work will become more internships, projects in IK states for its total number of students enrolled in nah Arendt calls "a society of laborers else's." acceptable and more popular. students to contact, use. do...and gel such schools over the next seven years. without any labor." I take this to mean No exaggeration here at all. Consider T he challenge lor American higher undergraduate or graduate degrees I here are three reasons One. you leam that there is a real danger of large por­ the SAC general who on being asked education over the next decade is to Minnesota Metropolitan State ( ollegc nothing in a non-structured system. tions of this society being left with whether he really would incinerate the provide the options needed to satisfy and < (immunity ( allege of Vermont H'ilhur WalLtu' Two. you don't get an education that Prof, oj Maiheiiiaiiis. CAS nothing meaningful to do. and. as a con­ world, said yes. come doomsday he the increasingly diverse interests of the are stale initialed and funded examples can be applied to a ,carcer. Three, it sequence. turning to anesthetizing and would think only of his duty to his pro­ supporting population. Education will of similar structures At present, the lat­ is only for an elite few who can afford shalkiw activities. I think that the dras­ fession. Consider the presidential The one prediction which can safely soon become just another consumer ter charges no tuition to Vermont resi­ II and don't have to worry about a job be made about the future of liheral arts tic political implications of a society advisor who said the morality or immor­ item for many persons. It will take its dents. after graduation. These concepts are which is anesthetized and deprived of ality of the Viet-Nam war is "ir­ education is that it will be going in three place along with a new suit of clothes, What then w ill become of the present unjustified, but they exist and a large- directions at once. The reavin this pre­ meaningful activity are clear to all of relevant” —and in any case he is a a new car. and a trip to Europe as a colleges? Unfortunately, and most number of people believe ihcy are true. us by now. technician of options, not a moralist. diction is quite safe is that the term competitor for those funds remaining probably, most of the institutions will Unforunately. that is going to effect "liberal arts education" has three dis­ It is my hope then that wc wouia rec­ Consider the homher pilots who. with­ after the essentials have been paid for endure as institutions do. creating or both support and enrollment in 1480 ognize liberal education as an important out the least trace of tension or anxiety. tinct meanings in present usage. Stated out of the weekly check. Many people affirming their functions in "fulfilling' However. "I would like to make one briefly, these arc: function of a healthy society. and find recite the creed that bombing is just arc no longer willing to accept the state- them. A lot of students will still go to thing perfectly clear." TJC in 1480 will a number of ways and contexts in which another job which is well done when (D a classical study of phikisophy. ment that a college education college for lour years because the laboi he a healthy school hui TJC is now an the arts, and (to a lesser extentl "pure" to institutionalize it. These might done well. Or. just forfun. consider the guarantees a better livelihood. It is the market won't be able to absorb them exception to the general rule of non- include education in the work process president of the American Medical empirical sciences, emphasizing in all job of educators to offer these people and they won't have the initiative lo structured schools. It will he even more areas those works which have main­ (i.c.. in industry and labor unions), in Association who explained that only an education that will bring enlightmcnt gather and use richer resources: stu­ 'of an exception in 1480. apprenticeships, in a vast expansion medical men can judge of any matter tained the respect of western scholars and enrichment to their lives, both at dents who would rather have a mapped- I he real thrust in alternate education over an extended period of time. and enrichment of "continuing pertaining to health care: everything is work and at play. out program and a single kicatkin. sM over the next seven years will be open education.” and. perhaps most • •••••••• (2) any form of higher education a matter of expertise and he would not denisof parents who will still see educa­ structure with a great deal of personal crucially. in the conte xt of citizen action presume to judge whether food was which is devoted primarily to develop­ tion outside of colleges as no education contact from all parts of the school com- programs and efforts 10 speak about and properly cooked or not because he is ing wider intellectual perspectives and And college* cater lo their clients: theii munity. The difference between an those capabilities for perception, enhance the common good. not a cook. (Did he really mean that liberal arts programs will he mundane, open structure and non-structure sys­ It appears to me (hat if this son of he would eat fried turds on the advice analysis, and expression which are of puerile, barely liberal, hardly art. But tem is hard to define. It is mainly a dif­ value in many different areas of human liheral education is to find recognition o f his cook?) t doubt that even these programs will ference in attitude and objectives. The endeavor. and expansion in this society. Acre is So how do the "proud remnants of be immune to minimal change for sur­ systems have strong similarities, but (31 disciplinary studies, i.c. the study one crucial problem which will have to a visionary race" live in a darkling vival. Some will attempt to coopt alter there are two general structural differ­ of one or more of the academic disci­ be dealt with. I understand that (his world? In my view, nothing we do wtB native education's features to attrtft ences which demonstrate the differ­ plines (physics, philosophy, problem is what people frequently are make anything happen, hence it is not students, but not understanding me ences in attitude and objectives. One. sociology ....-see the C AS catalog) in talking about when they use the phrase a question of action hut of attitude- essence will simply end up with a patch- well-defined graduation requirements. such a way that successively more "cultural revolution." The problem, What attitude befits unreconstructed quilt of iiuuws. uo-campus study. This includes a well-defined degree advanced work leads iu insicasing which cm> he stated variously, is to find ioaers? I accept * e instruction of mod­ credit by examination. UWW. life program. However, in an open struc­ depth and decreasing breadth of study. new and creative ern poets, who all—or nearly experience. TV learning and more ture the degree program is changablc Liberal arts (I) has never been (and '‘choice" for the student as needed to meet the different educa­ sever wilt be) attractive to more than Some colleges w ill probably go *e tional requirements of each individual a fraction of a percent of our population. is nothing less 1 Cummings'' K « h c r way: understanding that they student with no relaxation of academic coming the hypocrisy t et cnile