"The Crescent" Student Newspaper, November 4, 1988
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QUAKES COLLECTION /fill &rtopmast VOLUME CI • ISSUE 4 • NOVEMBER 4TH, 1988 • GEORGE FQX COLLEGE • NEWBERG, OR. 97132 MURDOCKMl LEARNING PROCLAIM THE NEWS RESOURCE CENTER About 1,0001.000 students and Shetler. More thanthz 50 and 100 mission represen- mission booths and tatives will visit George displays from Christian Fox, Nov. 11-13 for schools and agencies will "Proclaim' 88" Northwest be displayed. student missions con- Registration, open to ference. the public, will be held The third annual event, 3-6:30pm. Friday in the largest of its kind in Wheeler. Cost is $46. the Northwest, has been Participants are asked to staged in the past at bring writing materials Portland State University. and Bibles. Housing is The conference was being provided by GFC, scheduled at George Fox local homes, and this year when GFC churches. Pre-registered officials offered use of the high school juniors, campus. seniors, and college Malcolm Hunter, students will arrive on former missionary to campus, Friday. Africa, will discuss "The Proclaim was created Earth Shall be Filled with in 1986 by a 1985 the Glory of the Lord" at graduate of GFC, Boyd 7:00pm. Friday, and Morris. A staff member of "Glory in a Jar" at Student Foreign Missions 9:15am. Saturday, in Fellowship, Morris Bauman Auditorium. wished to form an CHRISTOPHER OEVILLEMEUV Joanne Shetler, trans- organization that brings lator for Wycliffe Bible together college mission NIGHT Translators, will talk groups from throughout HAIR LOWERING ENTERTAINS about "Reaching Un- the Northwest. The first reached Peoples" at Proclaim conference in Last Thursday night According to the Rounding out the top acts 8:00am. Saturday in 1986 attracted 803 students got a chance to response given by the were Dave Maurer and his Bauman. students. see a musical performance crowd, one of the motley crew of snotty Glandion Carney, pas- Organized entirely by of a different kind as the highlights of the evening noses. They played a tor of the Portland students, this year's GFC Music Department came when Dr. Dennis twisted version of a Bach Maranatha Church conference is and theme "The presented its second Hagen introduced an tune in between sneezes. author Earth of the book Shall be Filled with annual Music Comedy alum, the fabulous Ed While this was the "Creative Urban Youth the Glory of the Lord as Night. Kidd. Ed picked out a second annual music Ministry," will lead the a two Waters Cover the John Bowman, who classical tune on his comedy night, it is hour Concert of Prayer, Sea." Conference director organized the event, electric brooAi. Alum, actually a tradition. Dr. 8:00pm. Saturday, in is Steve Weeks, a senior described it as a chance Carol Kelly, stunned Bob Lauinger said it has Wheeler. at Multnomah School of for students and faculty to everyone when she played taken place for "at least Other activities include the Bible in Portland. "really let their hair "Happy Birthday to Me" ten years," but was workshops, small group Brad Clark, a GFC junior down." in variations by Bach, abandoned for a couple of sessions, worship international studies major Host Erik Edmundson Strauss, and Mozart. years. "Everyone seemed services, media presenta- from Brush Prairie, did a wonderful job as Another favorite act, to have a good time at this tions, and six plenary Wash., is serving as Master of Ceremonies, performed with a glass of one," he said. "There is sessions featuring Hunter campus coordinator. and as expected told some water, was the quartet of even talk of having of his ever-popular jokes. Jonathan Maurer, Paul another one in the spring." He also gave his rendition Seidman, Greg Morrill, of an old favorite, "It's and Chris Kilpatrick, who Lonely in the Saddle." gargled "Amazing Graze." PRESIDENT VISITS ORIENT for George Fox students George Fox Nov. 9th. Stevens will be and faculty to visit and College President Edward in Seoul, Korea, to study at the Osaka F. Stevens left Monday, campus. develop ties with Kang Oct. 24th for more than Nam College of Social Founded with the two weeks in Officials from the Orient as purpose of educating Welfare. he establishes that school visited ties with women students, Soai colleges in Japan Newberg last April.Kang and College has historically Korea. Nam College was founded had an emphasis in liberal On Oct. 26th as Central Theological arts and four years ago Stevens will speak Seminary with two at the added a Culture Depart- 100th anniversary cele- departments. It now has ment to teach its students bration of Soai College in 14 departments and enrolls about Japanese, English, Osaka, Japan. The school, 4,000 students. and American culture. with about 2,300 stu- During his visit, That emphasis matches dents, is the Newberg Stevens will be received in with George Fox Col- college's first special ceremony by Dr. sister lege's new English a college in an agreement Do Han Yoon, chairman Language Institute signed a year ago. This of the board and president program to help students will be Stevens first visit of the Kang Nam College from Japan with since that time. The sister Educational Foundation. It instruction in English as a school program has Ja- is expected that the two * the blood drive, held on Oct. 27th, exceeded expected second language and goal. panese students coming to presidents will sign a American customs and Stents and faculty donated 103 units of blood, the highest since Newberg during the sum- sister college at the culture. l"o2. mer mnnthc in a "hrim* Editorial 2 Nov. 4th, 1988 FROM THE EDITOR WHAT ABOUT IT? "What about the Love?" cries a cut from Amy Grant's newest album. Keith Green had many songs admonishing the "church" for being "Asleep in the Light" He had a prophet's heart. Last year we saw two highly exalted Christian leaders come tumbling down. Why? Recently our own student chaplain, Gregg Koskela, shared some tough questions with us that disillusioned students ask him. Then he asked us a tough question: "Are you a Christian Pharisee?" Time and time again Jesus made distinctions for the Pharisees. He tried to show them the difference between u dark and light, good and evil. He said, l tell you something greater than the temple is here. And if you know what this means, V desire mercy and not 9 sacrifice' you would not have condemned the guiltless' Matt. 12:6-8. He was talking about definitions. He was the definition. He is. the definition; ever renewing,ever renewed, of love and of "Christianity." Sometimes it does feel as if we are "swallowing ^WMAT TRASH. \ Could do BETTE^ * ^ camels and straining at gnats," doesn't it? THEN Do rrit Thanks Amy, Keith, and Gregg for the reminder. Now we have to ask ourselves a tough question- "What about it?" RAIDS QUESTIONED THE CRESCENT Laura Engle, Editor TO THE EDITOR: ASSISTANT EDITOR: Ron Lyons An extreme injustice is occurring in our beloved institution. I have been affected by it BUSINESS MANAGER: Laura Smith and so have PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR: Joshua Nauman many other students at one time or another. What I'm talking about are ENTERTAINMENT: Matthew Titus pranks and raids. You know, the little tricks a floor, or a group of students, pull on one SPORTS: Rob Felton another, in which the pranksters do various things with shaving cream, confetti, and COLUMNIST: Brad Clark, Kristen Diefenbaugh, Ron Lyons, toilet paper? Steve Miller, When I first arrived at George Fox, all I heard from CARTOONIST: Eric Richey the upper classmen was STAFF: Susan Beals, Dixie Cochran, Mark Oppenlander, Barbie how great some of last year's raids were. Well, last week a group of friends and I McCuen, RichSeiber decided to toilet paper the inside of the library. To make a long story short, we got ADVISOR: Richard Engnell caught and I got fired from my work study job because I was involved in the prank. We did absolutely nothing, but I still got fired. BOX A- GEORGE FOX COLLEGE For the past week I've heard from many people, even faculty, how wrong it NEWBERG, OR. 97132 503/538-8383 x.322 wrong with it? Isn't college supposed I Published bi-weekly since 1890 by the Student provide an environment where you can pull pranks without getting in trouble, as long Community of George Fox College, September through as they are not harmful to anyone or anything? I guess not May, exceptfor College examination and holiday times. I see nothing Editorials reflect the opinions ofthe editor, and not wrong with pranks or else I wouldn't have tried one. All I can say necessarily those ofthe College. Other material does not is that if you are going to pull a prank, don't get caught If you do, you and I can kick necessarily reflect the opinions ofthe editor or the back and sit in the financial aid office together thinking about how wish still College.