Grand Valley State University ScholarWorks@GVSU Volume 29 Lanthorn, 1968-2001 4-20-1995 Lanthorn, vol. 29, no. 29, April 20, 1995 Grand Valley State University Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/lanthorn_vol29 Part of the Archival Science Commons, Education Commons, and the History Commons Recommended Citation Grand Valley State University, "Lanthorn, vol. 29, no. 29, April 20, 1995" (1995). Volume 29. 29. http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/lanthorn_vol29/29 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 29 by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@GVSU. For more information, please contact [email protected]. i t Grand Valley State University Thursday, April 20, 1995 ih^JTIssue 29, Volume 29 LA N TH O R N Faculty senate approves new calendar year The University Academic Senate voted Friday to expand the exam period from five to six days, thereby eliminating reading day. Exams will now run from Monday through Saturday on exam week. Saturday exams will only apply to those with Saturday classes. Student senate President Todd Green, who sits on UAS, said that the move was made to insure that all exams had meeting times. “There were something like 130 exams with no place to go,” Green said. 1994-1995 school year is Green also tried to amend the proposal to keep the Monday of exam week free of close at hand, and despite busy schedules, exams, but was overridden by faculty and students still found time to enjoy the beauti­ staff. fu l weather, others prepare to move on. The new academic schedule will not take effect until Fall 1996. (top right)(l to r) Tim Weyhmiller Malcolm X's and Amy Hergenreter, members of Kappa Phi and Lambda Chi Alpha sister talks were just a couple of the partici­ pants involved in a swing-a-thon about family life to benefit the T.J.Fund and AIDS research. By Dan Moore Photo by Jeff Kiessel Staff Writer (top left) Sara Mulder, a sociology The movie and the 32 books that have and psych major, spends her last been written on Malcolm X don’t tell his twenty dollars while preparing for whole story, said Yvonne Jones-Woodward the climax of her collegiate career. in a speech in the Mainsail Lounge last Photo by Gretchen Prutzman. week. Woodward, sister of slain civil rights (left) Freshman Brienne Balliet activist Malcolm X, came to GVSU to dis­ cuss her childhood years and the impact her takes a little time out to study on mother had on the lives of she and her one of the great spring days we seven siblings. She was sponsored by Ideas had in April. & Issues. Photo by Tom Hoffmeyer. "All the things that happened to my family are what make us what we are today,” Woodward said. Woodward was three years old at the time that her father, the Rev. Earl Little, was found dead on the railroad tracks near their home. Their mother, Louise, was soon Track, cross country coach to step down at end of season placed in a Kalamazoo mental hospital. "This was the beginning of the end, Rowe, who is also an adjunct faculty mem­ Martin for a year. when we were split up. We had no family,” By Joe Schaefer ber. "When their seasons are over, they can Rowe, his assistants, and the athletic Woodward said. Staff Writer do their recruiting and organize their year, department helped make the program solid Louise taught her children religion, to and that’s really cool. I’m never organizing and financially sound. They also estab­ respect others, to be determined, arid never The shake-up in the Grand Valley State my year; I’m just playing catch-up with lished a system that has replaced and built to hold their heads in shame. University athletic department continues. everything. I’m here all the time so it’s a new equipment for the athletes, including "My mother told us to learn all we can Stephen H. “Pete” Rowe said that he full-time job, and as a full-time job, I feel it the new Tower Trail cross country course by God. 'Religions are made by man’, she will step down as head coach of the Laker should be paid that." on campus. said. We went to three different churches a men’s and women’s cross country and track GVSU athletic director Michael "We're on the wav of developing a week, but never joined," Woodw ard said. teams when the out­ Kovalchik said that the cross country and good, solid program in terms of providing When Malcolm acquired fame. door track season ends track coaching position has been a part-time athletes what they need. We have good Woodward did not tell anyone she was his in May. position since Bill Clinger, a tenured pro­ weight training and running standards," brother. She was involved in a group that Rowe joins assistant fessor in the physical education department Rowe said. discussed current events. athletic director,Joan and long-time head coach, retired. Please see X, p. 6 Boand, who retired as “It’s a part-time position, and it has Please see COACH, p. 21 head coach of the vol­ remained that way," Kovalchik said. "There leyball team, and Pat is just no money allocated in the budget for INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Rowe Baker-Grzyb, who this position.” stepped down as the women's basketball The situation at Grand Valley, which coach, in a series of coaching shifts at the has several part-time and full-time coaches, GV students Liberation Lanthom photo university. is not unusual and is not likely to change create their own Celebration, contest, Rowe said that financial reasons were soon, Kovalchik said. Other part-time p . n p. 16-17 the basis for his decision. He will also begin coaching positions include golf and tennis. talk show, pursuing a master’s degree in public admin­ Rowe took over the Laker cross coun­ istration at Grand Valley. try and track program in the Fall of 1993 “I look at these other coaches,” said after assisting former head coach Gary Cultural seminars to be held at Eberhard C a m p u s C alendar sentations by Jacquie Johnson, Tigers - Taiwan, Hong Kong and By Daniel Carpenter head of the sociology department, Singapore,” and “Strategic Staff Writer and Leena Furtado, assistant pro­ Communication: Workshop on fessor of education. Negotiating with the Japanese.” Arts and 4/27-Baseball v. Aquinas As the business world Next Wednesday, two series Each of the East Asian ses­ College (1) at 4 p.m. becomes more global, GVSU’s of programs focusing on Hispanic sions will be held the same days Entertainment 4/29-Baseball v. Northwood students are sure to meet the chal­ and East Asian cultures will as the Hispanic sessions and will 4/21-Montage Concert, at 1 p.m. lenges of the future. begin. begin at 1 p.m. CFA/LAT at 8 p.m. 4/30-Baseball v. Northwood/ Beginning today, the The Hispanic culture sessions A conclusionary seminar will Old Kent Park at 1 p.m. Seidman School of Business will are “Time Communication: be held May 20 at 8 a.m. called Campus Life 5/3-SoftbalI v. Calvin hold seminars to build cultural Cultural Imperatives,” “Transcending Cultural Barriers: College at 3:30 p.m. sensitivity when dealing with “Comprehending Cultural Selling Your Wares Abroad.” Lars 4/20-Minority Teacher Larson, chairman of the manage­ 5/6-Track-GLIAC business executives in other coun­ Differences - The Art of Inter- Education Center tries. Cultural Discourse,” and “A ment department, and marketing Championship in (MTEC) “As West Michigan business­ Dialogue With Our Neighbors: professor Ben Rudolph will be Meeting, KC/ Starboard Houghton at 10 a.m. es have continued to expand into American and Mexican presenters. at 5 p.m. 5/6-Baseball v. Saginaw the global marketplace, the need Interactions.” All of the seminars will be 4/21-CLASSES END!!! Valley State at 1 p.m. for learning to do business in the These sessions will be held held at the Eberhard Center, in the 4/24-Chi Alpha Christian 5/12-Baseball v. Oakland cultural context of other countries on April 26, May 5, and May 10. Johnson Conference Area on the Fellowship Meeting, at 1 p.m. has grown," said Jim Kadlecek, Each session begins at 8 a.m. second floor. Each session costs KC/Cove at 1 p.m. 5/13-Baseball v. Hillsdale director of the GVSU Office for The East Asian sessions $75, and registration must be 4/25-His House Christian at 1 p.m. Economic Expansion. include “Encountering China and received two days in advance. Today’s seminar is entitled, Its Business World: A Historical For more information, call Fellowship Meeting, “Building Cultural Sensitivity - A Tour,” “Chinese Culture in the Office . of Economic Kleiner B at 7 p.m. Workshops/Lectures Simulation," and will feature pre­ Different Contexts: Taking on the Expansion at 771-6770. 4/29-Commencement, 4/24-Carlos Brezina, Inter- Fieldhouseat 10:30 a.m. American Development Bank. rCorrection: Global Finance: America’s Role her accomplishments, she has Academic Policy and Standards Sports and Stakes. How can the United In the April 13 issue of The helped fill positions on standing Committee.” Lanthorn, the article “Senators 4/20-Softball v. St. Mary’s States strengthen its role in the committees through student sen­ In the senate-elect list, College at 3:30 p.m.