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Arts Sports Index Amy Grant Men's basketball News P. 2 goes pop may face Calvin in Editorial P. 8 with new album tournament game --Page 11 --Page 14 Opinion P. 9 Hope College Bulk Rate U.S. Postage PAID Permit #392 the anchor Holland Ml February 27, 1991 Upholding the principles ot a iree press Volume 103, Number 18 Computer Administration to make missing decision on fate of WTHS from by Scott Kaukonen "affects the community, however, it Dr. Joe MacDoniels, professor news editor (the station's mission statement) is of communication and former VanZoeren not written for them to have advisor to WTHS, said that Across the Hope College anything to do with the someone who tunes to WTHS, campus, there are several distinct community. Its primary focus "shouldn't have any doubt that it )y Cynthia Tanty visions of what WTHS-FM (89.9), should be Hope College student." came from Hope College. It staff writer the Hope College radio station, is, Bakker-Gras also noted, "If that shouldn't be in contrast with what should be and could become. was rewritten, they could change we hold as our mission (as a A Dell compulcr and its The sometimes conflicting how they operate." college.)" MacDoniels noted that accessories were reported missing visions have spurred debate Brad Votava ('92), president of this docs not mean WTHS has to &nd presumed stolen from concerning the future of WTHS. Student Congress, said that WTHS play "Christian" music. VanZoeren 240 on Jan. 14. The debate ranges from who the A Dell computer, similar "...should aim at the student body- "The license we operate under Carl Heideman of Computer to this one, was stolen. audience of WTHS is to who not the community since it's paid presumes that we operate as a and Information Technology Photo by Rich Blair should control the airwaves to how for with student funds." public service for educational Department received a call from to make it a better radio station. Chris Allman ('92), last purposes in a non-commerical Professor Michael Jipping of The consensus among those semester's general manager of the manner," said MacDoniels. "We * Computer Science, informing him locks," such as touch code locks. involved seems to be that decisions station, who is currently studying must be prepared to demonstrate of the missing computer. Public "We as a department take other need to be made. Recently, the in Washington, D.C., said, "The that we intend to educate and to Safety was then called and it is precautions. We'd like to have it as Student Communications McdL Nation is first and foremost for the serve the audience in the listening supposed that the computer was open-door as possible. To some Committe, which oversees all students. But since we are full-air audience in our coverage area. stolen sometime over the previous extent you can do as much as you campus media (including the FM siation, you can't deny that weekend. can and someone's going to get anchor, Inklings, Opus, and Hope we re there for the community." See 'WTHS; P. 4 r Custodian Dale Scamehorn around it," said Jipping. TV) held a special meeting to found the cart on which the According to Heideman, discuss the future of WTHS. terminal had been mounted in VanZoeren 240 is a classroom and As the anchor prepared to go to VanderWerf 106, which is a is supposed to be locked over the press Tuesday afternoon, a copy of . receiving room. On the floor of the weekends. He said, "It looks like a memo dated Feb. 19, 1991, from room next to the steps Scamehorn someone had a key to the room." Sandy Alspach, chair of the Student also discovered some 'Sparkling When Scamehorn arrived early that Communication Media Committee Bowl' cleaner, in which some morning he noted that the exterior lo Reed Brown, administrative footprints were found. He also doors and the two interior doors director of WTHS, arrived in the bund a piece of hacksaw blade and were locked. He also added that the mail. >ome drops of blood. The hacksaw room could be accessed through the It contained "several options to Hade was apparently used to cut the rear door of the elevator. Thus, the consider" along with the Alspach's •» plastic cable ties and metal cable elevator had to have been forcibly recommendation. ^rackets that secured the terminal in opened. Scamehorn said, "Some Much of the debate hinges .|»lace. knowledge of the elevator had to be upon defining and reacting to the More precautions are now known to access the room by way station's listening audience. The eing taken to prevent similar of the elevator" because of the mission statement of the station, as r')bberies. According to Director of manner in which the rear door was it is currently written, reads that 'ublic Safety, Ray Gutknecht, opened. "The purpose of (WTHS)...is to fhere is too much of an open-door The case will remain open for a serve the information and •volicy at Hope. If a person was full year. As of now there are no entertainment needs of the Hope teen carrying a VCR under their witnesses or suspects. "Nothing College student community...." ffyn, the staff and student body has turned up," said Gutknecht. Anne Bakker-Gras, director of Pi iiii Public Safety asks if anyone has tvould think it was normal." student activities and one of the Michael Theune ('92), a WTHS DJ, gets ready to any information to please contact 4 Heideman said there is "talk of student founders of WTHS in the introduce another song. Photo by Rich Blair doing more sophisticated door them i mid-1980s, said that while WTHS Page 2 the anchor February 27, 1991 r News Actress performs African-American poetryl by James R. Hall situation rather than merely a been scarred and battered./ My assistant news editor poetry reading. hopes the wind done scattered . This approach seemed to work But I don't care!/ I'm still here!" "Could we turn up the house well for the audience: those who She added a personal note to the lights a little? I like to be able to came seemed to enjoy themselves performance with a story about her it.' see the people I'm reading to.' with chuckles and small bursts of first trip to Africa and how it With this opening statement, applause after many of the pieces. affected her life. In 1977 she went Schyleen Quails showed that she The front section of DeWitt as part of the U.S. delegation to wanted a personal approach, and Theatre was mostly filled for the the Second World British and this is exactly what she brought to program. African Arts and Culture Festival her African-American poetry Quails choose poems which in Nigeria, which was an enormous reading on February 21. event. she said were important to her. - Some of the poets she read were These most often celebrated Quails explained that when the A • V renowned, such as Nikki Giovanni women, usually showing them to U.S. delegation entered the stadium and Langston Hughes, but she also be strong and proud. Other poems for the opening ceremony, 90,(XX) « S>, i •» » ^ read from other of her favorite dealt with the beauty and mystique black people stood and cheered, poets as well as some of her own of Africa. saying "Welcome Home. We love verses. She quoted the poems One poem was from the you." She mentioned, "It just almost completely from memory, perspective of a woman who just happened that it was on the adding a great deal of energy and lost her man to another woman, birthday of Martin Luther King." color. explaining how "I hate to lose She said she was so excited, "For Halfway through the program somethin'.*' The poet explained the first four days ... I couldn't go •v ': »• she brought a group of young how she lost a watch once, and if to bed. I felt like I was walking people on stage to act as a chorus she got that upset about a lost across the continent of Africa." background for one of her poems. watch, you can imagine how she One thing this experience taught A sim'u' thing happened near the felt about losing a man. her was about acceptance towards Schyleen Quails read not only her own work, but the end of the program, as the audicnce Other poems found reasons lo others. She stressed, "In this works of African-American poets Nlkkl Giovanni and snapped or clapped a steady beat celebrate in the midst of a troubled Western society of ours, it would Langston Hills. Quails' reading was sponsored by while she read a poem.