Ursinus College Digital Commons @ Ursinus College Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper Newspapers 12-10-1991 The Grizzly, December 10, 1991 Eric Foellmer Ursinus College Megan Mendte Ursinus College Laura Zobel Ursinus College Andrea Branas Ursinus College Sara Jacobson Ursinus College See next page for additional authors Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews Part of the Cultural History Commons, Higher Education Commons, Liberal Studies Commons, Social History Commons, and the United States History Commons Click here to let us know how access to this document benefits ou.y Recommended Citation Foellmer, Eric; Mendte, Megan; Zobel, Laura; Branas, Andrea; Jacobson, Sara; Overpeck, Craig; Kushwara, Dana; White, Kristin; Rubin, Harley David; Miller, Melisa; Rawls, Annette; Compton, Erika; Lumi, Carrie; Richter, Richard P.; Baccino, Nick; Gelston, Trey; Gonnella, Bob; Lecrone, Laura; McDonald, Liz; Ronning, John; and Nagy, Douglas, "The Grizzly, December 10, 1991" (1991). Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper. 286. https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/286 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Newspapers at Digital Commons @ Ursinus College. It has been accepted for inclusion in Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Ursinus College. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Authors Eric Foellmer, Megan Mendte, Laura Zobel, Andrea Branas, Sara Jacobson, Craig Overpeck, Dana Kushwara, Kristin White, Harley David Rubin, Melisa Miller, Annette Rawls, Erika Compton, Carrie Lumi, Richard P. Richter, Nick Baccino, Trey Gelston, Bob Gonnella, Laura Lecrone, Liz McDonald, John Ronning, and Douglas Nagy This book is available at Digital Commons @ Ursinus College: https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/286 . t ....:r.. r,' - ; W.ppr - /?I.ppy" ~W.Ppy , W .ppy - , W . ppy" • ?lolld.,., • <J l of,d.y, • Wof,d.y~ • Cfl of,d.y, • Wof, d.y~ • lZZ y Publishing the truth from good motives and for justifiable ends Volume 23 Number 10 -A lexander Hamilton .S/..4 Updike Addresses U rsinus ~ Hostages Freed ~ BY MEGAN MENDTE ~ BY LAURA ZOBEL Upon his release he read a News Editor ~ Sports Editor statement given to him by his captors to read: "We invite the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist !t Last week the three remaining heroes of the glorious Islamic John Updike appeared in ~ A merica n Hostages--Joseph intifada in the beloved Palestine to Bomberger Hall on Tuesday, iLl Cicippio, Alann Steer, and Terry pack together, uru te their words December 3 at 8 p.m. It was a very ~ Anderson-were released. Their step up their struggle ... we ~111 not personal visit for Updike because iLl release from captivity is the result accept less than the elimination of he was not only reading from his ~ of months of negotiations led by Israel from eXistence." own works, but also from the ~ the UN secretary General Javes Besides the Influence of UN works of his mother. ~ Perez and GiadoneclO Picio, who negotiations, the release of The event, which was free and ~ arranged an exchange of western hostages is also the result of the open to the public, was titled "A .~ hostages for about 300 Arab changing political < oals of the Writing '!\Iother and ,on". Linda pnsoners held by Israel, as weU as radical groups who held the Grace Hoyer U'ldikc was, like her ~ the return of missing Israelt hostages as well as Iran and Syna. SOli, 0. ,'riter 0 short ories and ~ soldiers in Lebanon. Since August An Important reason IS Iran, who novels. She .. r.J tier la'c husband, ~ when negotiations began, 9 has consiJerable Intluencc over the Wesley R. Updike, ml:t jtJ western hostages and 91 Arab radical groups that held the frl:shmen Jl Lrsinus in 1919, and ~ prisoners have been released. h 0 s ( a g l: , dec Ide d t ~ a ( graduatl:d wllh the class of 1923. ~ Joseph CiClppio was kidnapped strengthening its tiCS to the west After her death in C clObn of on September 16th 1986 by the and economic reconstructIon were 1989, Updike gave his mother's ~ Rev 0 I uti 0 n a r y Jus tic e more important goals than tlS literary papers to Ursinus. These jzJ Organizatlon, while worktng at the interests in Lebanon. Also the havc been carcrully indexed and ~ American University in Beirut. Gulf War changed Syria's outlook. cataloged. Thcse arc available to jzJ Alann Steer was abducted on Syria became an US ally by joinmg researchers, by appointment, in the jzJ January 24th 1987 by the Pro the coalition and recognizing the Rare Book and Manuscripts Room jzJ Iranian group IslamIC Holy War Arab-Israeh peace process. of Myrin Library. jzJ His kidnapping was due to the These three fo rmer hostages Updike brought more of hiSjzJarrest of Muhammad Ail Hamad have left Germany and arc mother's papers to add to the o.i for the 1985 hijacking of a TWA returning home to reacquai nt collection dunng his VISIt. ~ jet. themselves with their fa mIlies and "Whenever I think of her papers Jq Doctors at the military hospital start a new chapter in their lives. safe in the bosom of Ursinus, I ~ in Weisbader, Germany say that On Friday Norristown welcomed smile, knowing how much this ~ Cicippio and Steer will suffer home Joseph Cicipplo. Over 1000 would have amazed, amused and ~ permanent neurological damage, people waited for him at the pleased her," Updike has written. jzJ due to blows to the head by their Philadelplua International Airport. For Updike, a trip to jzJ captors. Cicippio also suffered AU the hostages are happy to be southeastern Pennsylvania is a Pulitzer Prize winning author John Updike. jzJ frostbite damage to his hands and home and have the opportunity to homecoming. Updike's roots serve o.i feet due to being chained on a celebrate Christmas with their as a foundation for his early fiction Jq balcony during the winter months. families, but all do have regrets such as 'The Centaur" (1963), Updike is a 1954 graduate of Updike'S talk lasted only an ~ Steer's and Cicippio's release and are emotional about the whole "Olinger Stories" (1964), and "Of Harvard University. After a one- hour and a half, but in that time ~ were motivated by the release of ordeal. Terry Anderson expressed The Farm" (1965). This inspiration year Knox Fellowship to the he read part of a short story of his ~ 25 Arab prisoners by Israel on his views while in Syria: 'There is continued in his most popular Ruskin School of Drawing at own and a full story written by his ~ December 1st. only that with my release are I R bb' " I f O-'"ord he as h'lf ed a t ff mother. He spoke to a large crowd works, the" a It nove s, two 0 wn~t'er 'at 'Thwe New YoSrkear.~ a of students, faculty and community jzJ Terry Anderson, the last hope soon the release of the two which, "Rabbit is Rich" (1982), and In o.i American hostage to be released Germans and all the Lebanese "Rabbit at Rest" (1990), gained 1957, Updike moved to Ipswich, members. Ir. his last remarks he Jq / f " H I I hi · ·u commented on how much he ,jZJ after 6 1 2 years 0 captlVlty. e held by srae, t s tactic WI never him Pulitzer Prizes. Throughout Massachusetts. His change of o.i was kidnapped on March 16, 1985 be used again. The causes of this his works, Updike has shown the residence appeared in his writings :~~oI~at~~ ~~s~:o~se~St:;:~:~ ~ by the Pro Iranian group Islamic troubled episode are complex and world to his readers through the in "Couples" (1968), "The Witches soon with more works from his Jq Holy War for the Liberation of difficult. It is these causes which frequently conflicting paths of of Eastwick" (1984), "Roger's . ~ Palestine after the US vetoed a must be addressed and eliminated. popular culture, sex, marriage, Version" (1988), which were all set mothers vast coUectlon. jzJ UN resolution condemning Israeli The holding of innocent people by r;;~~;;~~~~~~~;;;;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~l~~~~;;~~;~~~~~;;~;;~~~~, Kester and Yeakel Win Rhone-Poulenc Rorer Scholarships FROM COLLEGE Yeakel were nominated by the (RPR) Central Research of 1992, and an additional $5,000 nice to have the opportunity to get COMMUNICATIONS chairs of their respective Chemistry Undergraduate for the senior year, provided they out into the field and do some Special to The Grizzly departments at Ursinus and then Scholarship and Yeakel's RPR meet aU criteria. research in industry." approved by the Scholarship Central Research Biology Rhone-Poulenc Rorer is Yeakel said, "I'm excited about Chemistry major Robert Kester Committee. To be considered for Undergraduate Scholarship carry currently opening its new it. I am very anxious to do the and biology major Amy Y cakel either award, students must have a awards of $2,500 for the 1991-92 corporate headquarters on Route research. It will be a good have been named the winners of GPA of 3.30 (B+) or greater in academic year, the oppornmity to 29, south of Collegeville. stepping stone to deciding on a the first Rhone-Poulenc Rorer their major at the end of their work on a research project as an Kester commented, "It's a great career. It will also be different to be awarded at sophomore year. intern at Rhone-Poulenc Rorer honor to be one of the first people from anything I've ever done." College. Kester and Kester's Rhone-Poulenc Rorer Central Research over the summer to receive the scholarship. It is Page 2 The Grizzly December 10, 1991 '999999999.99'.N~s.9999999'99999. Global ~ ~ Ursinus EMT's ! ~~~~:d ~.