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North brings message of activism check

Billy Crockett holds impromtu concert* Religion, page 7.

Vegetarians thrive on Hope's campus. Spotlight, page 9.

Images 97 at the Knick this weekend. Campusbeat, page 2.

Student organization budgets come out for the next year. InFocus, page 6.

Baseball undefeated in M I A A play. Sports, page 12.

S T A C Y B O G A R D c a m p u s b e a t e d i t o r

Standing behind a wooden po-dium on the Knickerbocker Theatre stage in a crispNvhite shirt and black pinstripe suit. Oliver North finally had his chance to take H o p e by ^torm last night.

Nor th d i scussed "Fa i th unde r Fire, Conserva t i sm on C a m p u s " with over 500 students, faculty and c o m m u n i t y m e m b e r s du r ing an 8 :30 p .m. speech fo l lowed by a question and answer session.

Although he is not an expert on the topics. North stated his qualifi-cations on the subjects was built through experience as a husband, father of four children, a small busi-n e s s m a n i n v e n t i n g l i f e - s a v i n g equipment for law enforcement of-ficials, 22 years as a United States Marine and as "a person who has traveled extensively in this coun-try."

Whi le most of the controversy surrounding Nor th ' s presence on campus was focused on his past involvement with the Iran/Contra affair, only one question f rom the a u d i e n c e c o n f r o n t e d th is i ssue . Most were interes ted in N o r t h ' s op in ion on the current f inancia l controversy facing President Bill Clinton, and the continuing sexual

Isn't it Iranic?

^Pure coincidence brings a journalist involved in exposing the Iran/Contra scandal to campus at the same time as Oliver North. D A V E G A B R I E L S E staff r e p o r t e r

This week Hope College students have the to opportunity to listen to a man who has been in the heart of journal ism for the past 20 years.

John Wallach, foreign editor of Hearst Newspapers for almost three decades, has come to speak as part of the Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellows program through the Busi-ness and Economic Department.

Wallach's visit has some unin-tended irony.

Wal lach w a s one of the main journalists who exposed the Iran/ Contra scandal, and in an unrelated visit Oliver North spoke on cam-pus at the same time.

' T h e two of us being here was completely coincidental ," Wallach said. "I was booked to c o m e to Hope about a year ago."

N o r t h ' s visit was dec ided and p l a n n e d this s emes te r , wi th no knowledge of Wallach's impending stay.

T h e Visit ing Fel lows Program brings leaders in certain fields to the campuses of small liberal arts col-leges for a week of lecture, discus-sion, and answering some of the current problems in the world, as well as those of the past.

One of the small lectures given by Wallach look place yesterday a f t e r n o o n d i s c u s s i n g the I r a n / Contra affair, a talk he usually gives to most of the campuses he visits.

"The real tragedy is that one hu-man being was able to subvert the

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harassment problems surrounding the Armed Forces . He said that Clinton will be forced to step down be fo re f in i sh ing out his second term.

In response to the Iran/Contra question. North stated that he was never even charged with lying to Congress, so he obviously could not have been convicted, but "the criticism will never go away."

Frequently interspersing "that 's my humble opinion, other than that I d o n ' t fee l s t rongly abou t i t ," among his articulate, strongly opin-ionated responses. North answered approximately ten questions f rom the audience.

Many questions dealt with issues Nor th men t ioned in his lec ture ranging f rom the importance and power of the Consti tut ion to his opposition to curfews for teenag-ers.

"I thought it was a very interest-ing speech, especially his points on the individual 's responsibility and that we as citizens should get in-volved. I was very much in favor of him coming in the first place," said Doug Roberts ( '97) .

North challenged the people in the aud ience to pa r t i c ipa te and make changes now so that their ideal future can be met.

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L I N E D O ^ V N : A sudden cold front last Sunday brought in winds that reached up to 70 miles per hour, causing power outages throughout the lower half of the state. There was also damage done to area houses, including a tree falling on a 13th Street house and damage done in front of the French House on the corner of 14th Street and Columbia Avenue. Large tree branches brought down a power line and littered the house's front lawn until Monday afternoon

Revamped core expands op t ions L A U R A M I M A I L O F F staff r e p o r t e r

T h e Spanish department is pro-posing a new way to broaden stu-dents ' horizons and increase cul-tural diversity as part of the Hope experience.

A team of dedicated faculty and staff have been working together to create what will be Hope's first in-dependent overseas study program in Qucretaro, Mexico. Other pro-grams that send students to travel in Europe, Asia and Africa, for ex-ample, are all programs that Hope has entered with another university or organizat ion. This time Hope will go it alone.

Neal Sobania, Director of Inter-national Education and professor of

history and Alfredo Gonzales, As-sistant Provost have been working on the project for several years so first and second year Hope students can travel to Queretaro next fall. The purpose behind this program is that it offers an opportunity for students with less Spanish speak-ing background to learn the lan-guage in a natural and more inten-sive setting.

"We are offering the program in Queretaro as a painless way for stu-dents to acquire language skills in a way that is better than [what 1 call) ' seat time,*" Sobania said. "Naturally, living and speaking in a foreign country, students will ex-perience more of the Spanish lan-guage in one day than they would in an entire week in the classroom

[at Hope]," he said. "The program allows students to

complete 16 credit hours toward core, their Spanish major or minor, and/or any department based on the independent study project a student chooses to do. Students can earn valuable pre-medicine or political science experience during their in-dependent study, for example," said Dr. Hersilia AIvarez-Ruf, Associ-ate Professor of Spanish, who will travel with students to Mexico to help ihem orient to the atmosphere before flying back to Holland for fall semester courses. She will re-turn at the programs end in order to evaluate the students' progress and escort them home.

A difference in the program is the more COURSES on 8

Campus Beat ^Anchor Apr i l 9, I 997

campus briefs S A C 1997-98 l eade rsh ip chosen

T h e appo in tmen t s fo r the two

most powerful student positions on

SAC were made last week.

Joy Green ( '98) , next year ' s As-

sociate Director and Mary Lucas

( '98) were appointed after a appli-

ca t ion and in te rv iew p rocess in

front of two different panels.

The Associate Director position

deals with the SAC's $86 thousand

budget, which holds a majori ty of

the money distributed through the

student activities fee.

"1 work in the outside world do-

ing the actual p rogram booking ,

while Mary works with the students

on the ' inside ' world," Green said.

Lucas will fill the Student Direc-

tor position to run commit tee meet-

ings and work within the commit-

tee to plan and cover events.

Both Lucas and Green are excited

for the coming year.

"I t 's going to very challenging,

fun and exciting next year," Green

said.

Congress f o r u m t o be he ld A p r i l 14 Student Congress will o f fe r its

third forum this Monday, April 14.

"Christian Atmosphere at Hope"

will be the focus of the 9 p.m. fo-

rum in the Kletz.

Panel members, who have not yet

G r e e k l e t t e r s l i f t ed The usual fun and games associ-

ated with the swiping of items f rom

Greek organizat ions ' has taken a

serious turn with the disappearance

of the E m e r s o n i a n a n d A l p h a

Gamma Phi letters.

The letters were taken off both of

the 13th Street houses on March 22

during the last weekend of spring

break. The incidents were reported

to Public Safety, which has no leads

as to the culprit.

Members of both organizations

conf i rmed their at tendance will re-

spond to quest ions presented in the

same open mike format that was

used for the past two forums on the

b u d g e t i n g of f u n d s and O l i v e r

North Congress has presented.

f r o m t w o houses are upset with the occurrence and

do not expect their letters to return.

"Tha t ' s our identity nailed on the

front of the house," said Troy Davis,

R e s i d e n t A s s i s t a n t of the

Emersonian Cottage.

Alpha Phi 's also expressed dis-

taste with the culprit 's motives.

"There ' s really no point to it, and

whoeve r ' s done it, I just wonder

what they were trying to prove ,"

said Bly the Siddall ( ' 97 ) , Alpha

G a m m a Phi president.

M o r t a r B o a r d j u n i o r s se lec ted Mortar Board announced its new

junior class members last week that

wi l l aid the c o m m u n i t y in and

around Hope through "leadership,

s e r v i c e and s c h o l a r s h i p , " the

society's motto.

T h e g roup cons is t s entirely of

seniors, and participates in service

projects in and around campus.

Hope ' s Mor tar Board nat ional

honor society was establ ished in

1961 and holds traditional events

like "Wearing of the Blue," a break-

fast for f reshmen and sophomores

on the Dean ' s list, and they count

the ballots for the Hope Professor

of the Year award.

Each year the members also de-

cide on what focus they would like

to take in the other activities they

conduct.

Next year ' s member s f rom the

Get t ing cul tured Saturday's Images to show Hope's diversity D A N M C C U E

s ta f f r e p o r t e r

Hope will celebrate diversity this

S a t u r d a y w i th d r a m a t i z a t i o n s ,

dances, songs and poetry in Images:

Reflections of Cultures.

The f ree performance will be at

the Knickerbocker

Theatre beginning

at 6 p.m. Approxi-

m a t e l y 100 s t u -

dents will represent

16 of the countries

that Hope ' s inter-

na t iona l s t u d e n t s

call home.

According to Im-

ages C o o r d i n a t o r

Laurie Engle, Im-

ages "has its own spirit and tran-

scends our differences. It 's a cel-

ebration of l ife."

There will be an in ternat ional

bazaar f rom 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the

N B D bank lobby next door to the

Knick. The bazaar will feature cul-

tural exhibits on the participating

countries, which are from four con-

tinents.

The variety show will begin at 8

p.m. Events will include Japanese

cheerleading, a Zambian wedding

d a n c e , a n d a

French skit.

A c t s f r o m

Bulgaria, India,

Korea, Peru, Sa-

moa and Spain

wi l l p r e s e n t

d a n c e s , w h i l e

Korea, Bulgaria

a n d G e r m a n y

wil have songs.

J a p a n , I n d i a ,

Kenya, Norway, Palestine, Spain

and Zambia will par t ic ipate in a

fashion show.

"Each presentation will be alive

with emotion, and these emotions

Images has its own spirit and

transcends our differences. It's a

celebration of life. — L a u r i e E n g l e

I m a g e s C o o r d i n a t o r

may range f rom joy and pride to

sorrow and confusion," Engle said.

Eng le s t ressed that I m a g e s is

about celebrat ing cultural differ-

ences in America and abroad.

Fried Center Special Programs

Coordinator Amy Otis ( '96) added,

"As Americans, we ' r e afraid to ask

questions, and this is a time for (in-

ternational students) to share.. .who

they are."

Images began in 1994 when in-

ternational students wanted to ex-

pand their fashion show.

"We wanted to do something that

featured songs, plays, dances, and

p o e m s — s o m e t h i n g more than a

fashion show," according to Images

participant Sheryl Gabriel ( '97) .

The revamped 1994 fashion show

ran in the Kletz. Due to high atten-

dance, Images was held in Phelps

in 1995. This will be the second

year that it will be in the Knick. Last

year 's show was a full house.

class of 1998 are: Ann Barry, David

Brzezinski , Stacy Jo Brown, An-

t h o n y B u l l , S a r a h C a t r o s ,

J a c q u e l i n e C h a p m a n , J o n a t h a n

C h a r n i n , K i m b e r l y C o l l i n s ,

G a b r i e l a D e c k i n g a , A n g e l a

d e F o r e s t , • S t e v e n D e V r i e z e ,

Katherine Drake, Elizabeth Free-

man , Mir iam Garcel lano, Jessica

G r e v e n s t u k , J e a n n a K e i n a t h ,

Valerie Kle inhekse l , Lisa Knott ,

Melissa Krolik, Mary Lucas, Car-

r ie M a i n e s , R e b e c c a M a i t n e r ,

Miluska Monroy, Susan Palleschi,

Karen Paradis, Brian Petroelje, Jill

P o h l m a n , E l a y n e P r o v o s t , Erin

S c h i l l e r , D a v i d S c h r i e r , E l l en

S c h u l t z , K e v i n S e r r a , J a s o n

Shattock, Amy Strassburger, Scott

V a n d e r W a l , A n i t a Van E n g e n ,

MaryEllen Walter, Jamie Williams,

Noelle Wood and Kristin Zimdahl.

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S I M G - A - L O M G : Members of the community, including David and Caitlyn Lilly, turned out for the Bily Crockett concert last Sunday night at The Gathering, but Crockett hyk unavoidably delayed. "It was wonderful anyways," Lilly said. See full story on page 7.

Faculty forum discusses diversity initiative S T A C Y B O O A R D

c a m pus b e a t e d i t o r

C o n c e r n e d f acu l ty met last

Thursday, April 3, to discuss the

issue of diversity on campus and

what initiatives must be taken to

improve this situation.

T h e P r o f e s s i o n a l I n t e r e s t s

Committee held the forum to look

at ways to bring more faculty and

student diversity to a comfortable

environment on campus. A reso-

lution had already been compiled

for later presentation to the entire

faculty, but the committee wanted

more input on the wording and

content.

"We arc bringing comments to

the table and the goal of our reso-

lution is eventually to bring it to

a faculty mee t ing , " said Mike

Jipping, chair of PIC and associ-

ate p rofessor of compute r sci-

ence.

A report on the diversity situa-

tion on campus in the late 1980s

s t rongly stated that " the cur ren t

multi-cultural condition of the Hope

College community constitutes and

educational failure of considerable

p r o p o r t i o n s . T h e r e is a d e e p e r

fa i lure . . .Our ethnic homogene i ty

threatens the credibility of our wit-

ness to the culturally diverse char-

acter of the kingdom of God. (Acts

2) ."

Approximately 30 faculty turned

out to offer their opinions and com-

ments.

Jack Holmes, professor of politi-

cal science, opened the discussion

by suggesting the system used at

Calv in Col lege , where qua l i f ied

minorities are hired early for posi-

tions that will eventually be open.

"We have to get away from the

P.C.," he said.

Holmes, along with other profes-

sors was against the issue of estab-

lishing timetables because when

they are not met it is looked at as

a failure even if they have brought

in a substantial number of non-

Caucasian faculty and students.

Another suggest ion that was

offered up for consideration was

that of a "plus one goal ," where

the faculty will strive to add one

more non-Caucasian member to

the staff than they had the previ-

ous year.

The forum also looked at what

changes are necessary in the cam-

pus environment so that everyone

would feel comfor tab le in this

setting. The faculty members focused

on restructuring the document in

a way that was agreeable to all.

"I think it would be very regret-

table for a vote to come up in a

faculty meeting and have it voted

down," said Carol Simon, asso-

ciate professor of philosophy.

Frosh not t o be t icketed

for parking in o t h e r lots S T A C Y B O G A R D c a m p u s b e a t e d i t o r

Public Safety is attempting to al-

leviate the freshmen parking prob-

lem by issuing fewer tickets to those

not parked in designated lots.

Freshmen are assigned to lots F,

Q, S, V and W usually situated far-

ther away from their living quarters

then they are happy with, but the

problem recently is that there are no

spaces even available to any cars in

these lots . F re shmen have been

forced to park elsewhere, decreas-

ing the number of spaces available

to upperclassmen.

"We are careful as to what we

ticket because a lot of students bring

their ca rs up as they p repa re to

leave. We can ' t in good conscience

go out and write tickets for spaces

they parked in since no others were

ava i l ab le , " said Duane Terpstra ,

Director of Public Safety.

Freshmen cars have consistently

made up almost one- thi rd of per-

mits issued to students in the past

few years, even though it is not en-

couraged for frosh to even have a

vehicle on campus in their first year.

Public Safety issued 238 freshmen

p a s s e s and 9 4 4 u p p e r c l a s s m e n

passes last school year, and 247

frosh passes to 863 upperclassmen

in ' 94 - '95 .

Public Safety will look at ways

to alleviate this problem over the

summer by visiting other colleges

to see how they go about adminis-

trating their restricted parking areas.

"We are trying to come up with a

plan to try and alleviate the prob-

lem here," Terpstra said.

" W e are see ing this yea r that more PARKING on I I

Apr i l 9, I 997 the Anchor Campus Beat

Strutting their stuff Talent Jam '91 rocks the Knickerbocker

N O E L L E W O O D

sta f f r e p o r t e r

Talent Jam '97 , a l ight-hearted

cousin to All Col lege Sing, gave

creative Hope College students a

chance to show off their talents last

Saturday night at the Knickerbocker

Theatre.

The SAC-sponsored event was

known in past years as Air Jam, and

included only lip syncing acts. Last

year 's move to the Talent Jam for-

mat has allowed for a greater vari-

ety of Hope ' s talents to grace the

stage. Most acts consisted of stu-

dents performing their own origi-

nal compositions, while others were

renditions of well-known songs and

Broadway pieces.

Firs t , s e c o n d and th i rd p l ace

prizes and trophies were distributed

to the winners at the end of the three

hour show.

This year ' s show opened with

Hope College's own paisley dAve.

T h e s ix-month-old band is c o m -

prised of Josh Schicker ( ' 9 9 ) on

vocals and guitar, Ben Lappenga

( '99) on electric guitar and vocals.

Matt Youngberg ( '99) on bass, and

Dan Patterson ( '99) on drums, won

the group category of All College

Sing last fall. The group played their

own original music, some of which

can be found on their new 5-track

d e m o CD.

Emcee Mike Raybum, a musi-

cian-comedian who has been part

of the SAC series for the past three

years, opened the competit ion. He

entertained the audience before, and

between each act with his wit and

fancy finger work on the acoustic

guitar.

In his introduction, Raybum de-

scribed Qube, a jazz group consist-

ing of Mat t B a u m a n n ( ' 0 0 ) on

drums. Josh Wheeler ( '00) on saxo-

phone, and Pat Blake ( '00) on bass,

as a group that "likes to funk it up."

Qube, which as existed for only a

month, took first place with their

original jazz compilation.

"1 was really surprised to win

wi th all the other good acts in-

volved. It was a really great experi-

ence," Baumann said.

Second place was captured by

Rebecca DeVries ( '00) , who per-

fo rmed , "I C a n ' t Say No!" f rom

Rogers and Hammers te in ' s Okla-

homa in a brown calico dress f rom

frontier-era times. DeVries enter-

tained the audience in this fl ir ty

song of a girl 's trouble in denying

the wishes of randy young "fellers."

T h e i n d e s c r i b a b l e A w e s o m e s

took third p l ace wi th their l ip-

syncing "Jungle Boogie" act. Seven

students dressed in the jungle rega-

lia of Tarzan, Jane, a witch doctor,

a monkey, two zebras and a lion per-

formed their unique and humorous

original compilation that included

"Guitarzan."

"We made them laugh; we made

them cry; we gave them a monkey.

What more could you ask for? It

was the best time of my life," said

Rob Brandt ( '99), The Awesomes '

witch doctor.

Although these three acts were

the ones to capture the prizes, the

remaining five acts were anything

but ordinary.

Jenny Pierce ( '00) performed a

piano solo of "If You Believe" by

Jim Brickman, while Megan Hicks

( ' 9 9 ) wandered the s tage with a

towel on her head, green gook on

her face, and a toothbrush in her

mouth dur ing a p e r f o r m a n c e of

"Hello. Hello" by Menotti.

Jaded Gray, with what they de-

moreTALEMX on I I

GET F U N K Y : Members of

Qube 1 "funked it

up"for the

crowd at the Knickerbocker last Saturday

night. The

group took first

place honors for their original

"Jazz Compiliation."

Pat Blake COO) on bass. Matt

Baumann C00) on drums, and

Josh Wheeler

C00) on saxo-phone use

improvy rock

and funk

influence to

compile the music for their

one-month-old

band.

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Anchor p h o t o s b y Josh N e u c k s

* M E J A N E ' : The Awesomes jumped into third place with their "Jungle Boogie" medley that

provided a witch doctor, Tarzan, Jane, a lion, monkey and two zebras as entertainment.

S W E E T S O N G : (Above)

Rebecca DeVries C00) grabbed second

place with her

entertaining

rendition of "I Can't Say No!"

from Okla-

homa.

(Left) Josh Schicker ( f 99)

sang lead vocals for Hope's own

paisley dAve, who opened the

show with a half

hour set. The

group intro-duced songs on

their new demo

CD.

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our voice. your voice.

Spaced out Faced with jus t plain too many cars for H o p e ' s

congested lots. Public Safety has had to switch their

ticketing policy midstream.

Now frosh, who traditionally are left to park in lots

with names like "Siberia" and "The Yukon" to reflect

their distance f rom residences, will not be penalized

for parking in other lots, provided that their own far-

off lots are full.

Is it fair to penalize f reshmen parked in the only

spaces they can f ind? Nope.

Is it fair to upperclassmen who can ' t f ind spots in

their lots thanks to frosh cars now parking there? Nope

again. How about fo r those f acu l ty that d r ive a round

searching in vain for open spaces to hold their wheels?

It isn't fair for them, either.

The problem only worsens with the addition of the

Haworth Conference Center, which needs a larger lot

of its own.

Parking problems are nothing new to students and

staff. But instead of shrugging shoulders and holding

up their hands at a loss, administation and Public Safety

needs to take real action.

There are alternatives to ticketing the dickens out of

a parking-permitted public with no place to put the car.

If new lots are deemed not cost efficient, perhaps it's

t ime to consider a min imum credit hour requirement

to get permits.

E v e r y y e a r P u b l i c S a f e t y e v a l u a t e s p a r k i n g

availibility and decides how many permits to issue. So

why the crunch?

Public Safety will study the parking situation yet

again this summer, but the studying needs to be made

concrete.

Because Hope College has too little of it.

correction. Greg Folkert is interim associate director for the Social Activities Committee (SAC). This information was incorrectly reported in the April 2 Anchor.

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Student objects to conservatives' defense of North Dear Editor,

B e i n g o n e o f a n u n d e r - r e p r e s e n t e d

m i n o r i t y o n H o p e ' s c a m p u s i s o f t e n d i s -

h e a r t e n i n g a n d f r i g h t e n i n g . It i s a m a z -

i n g t o m e t o m e e t p e o p l e e v e r y d a y w i t h

w h a t a p p e a r s t o b e t h e s a m e c o o k i e - c u t -

te r i dea l s as m o s t in W e s t M i c h i g a n . M y

a b j e c t l i b e r a l i s m is no t o n l y r a r e h e r e ,

bu t o f t e n d i r e c t l y c o u n t e r e d w i t h a t t a c k s

o n m y c r e d i b i l i t y a n d i n t e l l i g e n c e . It i s

f r o m t h i s e m b a t t l e d v i e w p o i n t t h a t I

h a v e b e e n e a g e r l y w a t c h i n g t h e d e b a t e

o v e r O l i v e r N o r t h u n f o l d .

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P r e s i d e n t C l i n t o n w a s a s s a i l e d w i t h

q u e s t i o n s a b o u t h i s i n t e g r i t y — I l o o

s u s p e c t C l i n t o n i s l e s s t h a n a p e r f e c t

p r e s i d e n t . I q u e s t i o n h i s m o r a l s , h i s

j u d g m e n t , a n d h i s e f f i c a c y as a w o r l d

l e a d e r . W h e n the c o n s e r v a t i v e s f e l t j u s -

t i f i e d in n a m e - c a l l i n g , p a r t o f m e s y m -

p a t h i z e d a n d e v e n a g r e e d w i t h t h e m .

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t h e s e s a m e p e o p l e w h o h a r a n g u e d a s i t -

t i n g p r e s i d e n t , w h o h a s no t b e e n c o n -

v i c t e d o r e v e n i n d i c t e d , c o u l d so f e r -

v e n t l y s u p p o r t a c r i m i n a l s u c h a s M r .

N o r t h f o u r m o n t h s la ter . T h e o u t p o u r -

i n g o f s u p p o r t f o r a m a n w h o s e a c t i o n s ,

h o w e v e r i l l ega l , r e s u l t e d in w h o k n o w s

h o w m a n y d e a t h s i s a p p a l l i n g . P r e s i d e n t

C l i n t o n , w h o a d m i t t e d l y s h o u l d b e a c -

c o u n t a b l e a s a n e l e c t e d o f f i c i a l , h a s

b e e n a c c u s e d o f n o t h i n g c l o s e t o i n n o -

c e n t c i v i l i a n d e a t h . N o r t h ' s a c t i o n s o f

a i d i n g in t he i l l ega l a n d e x p r e s s l y f o r -

b i d d e n a c t o f s e l l i n g a r m s m o s t c e r -

t a i n l y r e s u l t e d in d e a t h s t h a t o t h e r w i s e

w o u l d h a v e b e e n p r e v e n t e d .

S o m e N o r t h s u p p o r t e r s i m m e d i a t e l y

p i p e u p wi th t h e n o t i o n t h a t h e w a s s i m -

p l y " f o l l o w i n g o r d e r s . " I h e s i t a t e t o

c o m p a r e N o r t h w i th t h e N a z i ' s w h o j u s t

" f o l l o w e d o r d e r s " b e c a u s e t h e i r c r i m e ,

a l t h o u g h s i m i l a r i n o u t c o m e , w a s m o -

t i v a t e d b y a m u c h m o r e s i n i s t e r e v i l .

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t h e y w e r e p u n i s h e d a t N u r e m b u r g , a n d

N o r t h w a l k e d a w a y f r o m h i s t r ia l w i t h

an o v e r t u r n e d c o n v i c t i o n .

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O l i v e r N o r t h no t o n l y d i s h e a r t e n i n g , b u t

d a n g e r o u s . If N o r t h , a c t i n g in t h e s a m e

f a s h i o n , h a d b e e n a l ibe ra l b l a c k f e m a l e

( g a s p ! ) w o u l d s h e h a v e b e e n i n v i t e d t o

s p e a k a t H o p e ? R e a l l y n o w . w h o w o u l d

w a n t t o l i s t en t o a s t u p i d l ibe ra l s p e a k ,

a s t h e r e i s n o t h i n g w e c a n l ea rn f r o m

h e r d i v e r s e e x p e r i e n c e s ?

A s f o r N o r t h ' s v i s i t , I d o n ' t r e a l l y

c a r e a b o u t t h e d e t a i l s . T h e c o n t r o v e r s y

s u r r o u n d i n g h i s v i s i t is f a r m o r e f a s c i -

n a t i n g t o m e . I d o n ' t m i n d b r i n g i n g a

c o n s e r v a t i v e s p e a k e r t o c a m p u s —

L i d d y D o l e w a s a g r e a t a d d i t i o n t o

H o p e ' s c u l t u r e . I u n d e r s t a n d t h a t m a n y

c o n s e r v a t i v e s o n c a m p u s d e s i r e t o p e r -

p e t u a t e o n l y tha t k i n d o f t h i n k i n g at th i s

i n s t i t u t i o n — f i n e ; I c a n d e a l w i t h b e -

i n g in t h e m i n o r i t y .

W h a t I d o n ' t l i k e i s t h e p r e s i d e n t o f

H o p e C o l l e g e a c t i v e l y s u p p o r t i n g a

l a w b r e a k e r w i t h h i s p r e s e n c e a n d w i t h

h i s d o l l a r s . T h a t is no t w h a t H o p e C o l -

l e g e s t a n d s fo r , a n d tha t is n o t w h a t a

C h r i s t i a n C o l l e g e s h o u l d e m u l a t e .

C h r i s t a l s o t e l l s u s t h a t " p a y C a e s a r

w h a t is d u e C a e s a r " in t h e N e w T e s t a -

m e n t .

W h y d o e s o u r p r e s i d e n t s a y the o p -

p o s i t e ?

Marcia M. Ziegler ('97)

Mental Illness left out of Disability Awareness Week Dear Editor,

T h i s l e t t e r i s in r e s p o n s e t o D i s a b i l i -

t ies A w a r e n e s s W e e k . W h i l e I a p p l a u d

t h e e f f o r t s o n c a m p u s r e g a r d i n g d i s -

a b i l i t i e s , I a m d i s a p p o i n t e d t h a t o n e o f

t h e m o s t d i s a b l i n g i l l n e s s e s h a s o n c e

a g a i n b e e n e x c l u d e d : m e n t a l i l l n e s s .

T h e n u m b e r o f p e o p l e s t r u g g l i n g w i t h

c h r o n i c m e n i a l i l l n e s s in A m e r i c a o u t -

n u m b e r s all o t h e r d i s a b i l i t i e s . I s u s p e c t

t h e s a m e is t r u e o n t h i s c a m p u s . I h o p e d

t h a t it w o u l d h a v e a t l eas t b e e n i n c l u d e d

in t h e " h i d d e n d i s a b i l i t i e s , " b u t a p p a r -

e n t l y w e a re c o n t i n u i n g t o p e r p e t u a t e

t he m y t h s a n d s t i g m a s a s s o c i a t e d w i t h

it b y i g n o r i n g a n d / o r h i d i n g i t e v e n

d e e p e r t h a n o t h e r h i d d e n d i s a b i l i t i e s .

C h r o n i c d e p r e s s i o n , s c h i z o p h r e n i a

a n d b i - p o l a r ( m a n i c d e p r e s s i o n ) a r e t he

t h r e e m a j o r f o r m s o f m e n t a l i l l n e s s . I

k n o w a n u m b e r o f p r o f e s s o r s a n d d o z -

e n s o f s t u d e n t s w h o h a v e o r a r e e x p e r i -

e n c i n g t h e d i s a b l i n g e f f e c t s o f M I , p e r -

s o n a l l y o r t h r o u g h a f a m i l y m e m b e r o r

f r i e n d . O n e o u t o f f o u r f a m i l i e s i s a f -

f e c t e d b y m e n i a l i l l n e s s , a n d y e t o f all

t he d i sab i l i t i e s , it is l eas t u n d e r s t o o d a n d

m o s t f e a r e d . If H o p e is t o d o a c r e d i b l e

j o b in r a i s i n g a w a r e n e s s o f d i s a b i l i t i e s

it m u s t i n c l u d e m e n t a l i l l n e s s .

A n o t h e r i m p o r t a n t f a c t — m e n t a l i l l-

n e s s o f t e n s t r i k e s in t h e l a te t e e n s a n d

e a r l y t w e n t i e s ( c o l l e g e a g e ! ) E a r l y d e -

t e c t i o n c a n s i g n i f i c a n t l y i m p a c t t he s e -

r i o u s n e s s o f t h i s d i s a b i l i t y , a n d e a r l y

d e t e c t i o n i s d i r e c t l y r e l a t e d t o t h e

k n o w l e d g e a n d u n d e r s t a n d i n g o n e h a s

o f t h i s i l l n e s s . I n c l u d i n g M I in D i s a b i l i -

t i e s A w a r e n e s s W e e k i s t h e l e a s t w e

s h o u l d b e d o i n g in t h i s a r e a .

I w o u l d s u g g e s t t h a t at l eas t o n e per -

s o n w h o h a s s o m e e x p e r i e n c e w i t h o r

k n o w l e d g e o f M I b e i n c l u d e d in t h e

p l a n n i n g o f n e x t y e a r ' s D i s a b i l i t i e s

A w a r e n e s s W e e k t o m a k e s u r e t h i s m a -

j o r d i s a b i l i t y i s m e a n i n g f u l l y r e p r e -

s e n t e d . A f t e r a l l , a l i b e r a l a r t s h i g h e r

e d u c a t i o n i n s t i t u t i o n l ike H o p e C o l l e g e

s h o u l d b e a t t h e f o r e f r o n t o f fighting the

k i n d o f i g n o r a n c e a n d p r e j u d i c e t h a t , in

s p i l e o f s c i e n t i f i c b r e a k t h r o u g h s , k e e p s

m e n t a l i l l ness in t he c l o s e t - h i d d e n e v e n

d u r i n g D i s a b i l i t i e s A w a r e n e s s W e e k .

Judyth Thomas Theatre Dept. Office Manager

Les/Bi/Gay Student Union posts faculty contacts Dear Editor,

T h i s l e t t e r i s w r i t t e n t o i n f o r m H o p e

s t u d e n t s a b o u t t h e L e s / B i / G a y S t u d e n t

U n i o n , a n d g i v e t h o s e w h o h a v e q u e s -

t i o n s , o r s i m p l y w a n t t o n e t w o r k a n d

f i n d s u p p o r t w i t h o t h e r l e s b i a n , b i -

s e x u a l , o r g a y s t u d e n t s , t h e n e e d e d in-

f o r m a t i o n t o g e t in t o u c h w i t h u s .

W e a r e p r i n c i p a l l y a s u p p o r t - o r i e n t e d

g r o u p d e s i g n e d t o d i s c u s s t h e i s s u e o f

h o m o s e x u a l i t y a n d h o w it p l a y s a r o l e

in o u r o w n l i ve s . W e s t r e s s c o n f i d e n t i -

a l i ty . If y o u h a v e c o n c e r n s a b o u t w h a t

p e o p l e w i l l t h i n k o r h o w t h e y wi l l r e -

ac t , w e c a n p r o m i s e a p l a c e o f s e c u r i t y

to a s k q u e s t i o n s o r v o i c e o p i n i o n s .

B e c a u s e o f t h e c o n f i d e n t i a l i t y f a c t o r ,

w e a s k tha t y o u w o u l d c o n t a c t o n e o f

t h e f a c u l t y / s t a f f m e m b e r s l i s t ed b e l o w .

T h e y wi l l l i s t en to y o u r c o n c e r n s a n d

w i l l , i n t u r n , d i r e c t y o u t o o u r t w o s t u -

d e n t l e a d e r s . T h i s p r o c e d u r e i s u s e d s o

t h a t if y o u a r e u n c o m f o r t a b l e o r u n s u r e ,

y o u wi l l no t h a v e t o r i sk n e g a t i v e r e a c -

t i o n s , a n d s o o u r m e e t i n g s w i l l r e m a i n

c o n f i d e n t i a l , e n s u r i n g p r i v a c y o f o u r

m e m b e r s . A l t h o u g h th i s m a y s o u n d l ike

a b i t o f w o r k t o g o t h r o u g h , w e e n c o u r -

a g e t h o s e o f y o u w h o m a y h a v e s e r i o u s

q u e s t i o n s c o n c e r n i n g y o u s e x u a l i t y a n d

w o u l d l ike t o m e e t o t h e r l e s / b i / g a y s tu -

d e n t s o n c a m p u s . W e a re h e r e t o s u p -

po r t y o u — s t r e n g t h in n u m b e r s .

T h e f a c u l t y c o n t a c t s a r e a s f o l l o w s :

Hersilia Alvarcz-Ruf . Maria Andre. Char les

Aschbrenner . Priscilla Atkins. Ellen Awad.

Jane B a c h . Wes Ball , Miche l l e B o m b e .

Tamara George . Janis Gibbs . Julie Goebel .

Kristen Gray. Brigiite Hamm-Porter . Steven

l a n n a c o n e . Lynn Japp inga . L o m a Jarv is .

Steve Bouma-Prediger . David Jensen. Jackie

Bart ley. Deirdre Johns ton , Mylene Catel .

Margare t Kasimatis . Col leen Conway. J .M.

DeU'Olio , Jane Dickie. Donna Eaton. Rob-

ert E lders . Derek Emerson . J im Gent i l e .

Perry Landes . Don Luidens. Billy Mayer.

Holly M c K e e , Kim Mendels . Jim Moti f f .

Judith Mot i f f . Diane Mulroney. Phil Munoa.

Dave Myers . Nancy Nicodemus . Courtney

Penn. Tim Pennings. J a m e s Piers. Rich Ray.

Maura Reynolds. Jack Ridl. Daina Robbins.

Pal Roehling. Heather Sellers. Marcia Smits.

J o a n n e S t e w a r t . L i n d a S t r o u f . D e b r a

Swanson . Leonard VanWyk. Allen Verhey.

M a r y A n n P e r m e s a n g . Lesl ie W e s s m a n .

Boyd Wilson

The Les/Bi/Gay Student Union

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t o t h e e d i t o r in t h e las t Anchor w r i t t e n

b y D a v i d S c h o u t . I w o u l d l ike t o e m -

p h a s i z e t he f a c t t h a t t h e a r t i c l e in t h e

F e b . 12 e d i t i o n o f The Anchor w a s no t

a b o u t m e . It w a s a b o u t t h e fac t t h a t I

p r o v i d e i n f o r m a t i v e c l a s s e s , p a m p h l e t s ,

a n d p r o t e c t i o n t o r e d u c e the s p r e a d o f

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M r . S c h o u t s a i d .

N o . I n e v e r d i d s a y t h a t c o n d o m s

w e r e f o o l p r o o f . T h a t i s p a r t o f m y pur -

p o s e . If p e o p l e k n o w h o w t o u s e

c o n d o m s p r o p e r l y , r e g a r d l e s s o f

w h e t h e r t h e y a r e s e x u a l l y a c t i v e at t h e

l i m e , w e wi l l no t h a v e t o b e a s c o n -

c e r n e d a b o u t t h e f a c t t h a t t h e y a r e no t

f o o l p r o o f . T h e p e o p l e w o u l d b e a r m e d

f o r t he s i t u a t i o n if it w e r e t o a r i s e . I

k n o w tha t o n e c a n n o t ge l p r e g n a n t o r

c o n t r a c t an S T D if o n e a b s t a i n s f r o m

s e x u a l a c l i v i i i e s , a . k . a . r i s k y b e h a v i o r s .

I m u s t c o m p l e t e l y d i s a g r e e w i t h t h e

f a c t t h a t S c h o u t c a l l s t h e u s e o f

c o n d o m s an " i l l o g i c a l " m e a n s o f p r o -

t e c t i o n . If p e o p l e m a k e t h e d e c i s i o n t o

h a v e s e x . t h e y s h o u l d t a k e a n y m e a n s

t h e y s e e n e c e s s a r y t o p r o t e c t t h e m -

s e l v e s . a n d 1 s t r o n g l y u r g e t h e m t o d o

s o . T r y l o o k i n g a t a c o n d o m a s a b u l l e t

p r o o f ve s t . E v e n t h o u g h p o l i c e o f f i c e r s

c a n g e t s h o t in t he h e a d a n d k i l l ed , t h e y

st i l l w e a r t h e m b e c a u s e it i n c r e a s e s t h e

c h a n c e o f s u r v i v a l .

Il is t h e c o n s c i o u s d e c i s i o n o f e a c h

i n d i v i d u a l w h e t h e r o r no t h e o r s h e w i l l

b e s e x u a l l y a c t i v e . I a m no t p r o m o t i n g

s ex , I a m p r o m o t i n g p r o t e c t i o n . It i s a l s o

e a c h i n d i v i d u a l s c h o i c e w h e t h e r o r no t

t h e y t a k e a d v a n t a g e o f t h e p r o t e c t i o n

a n d i n f o r m a t i o n a v a i l a b l e . E v e n if a

p e r s o n is n o t s e x u a l l y a c t i v e . I s t i l l

s t r e s s tha t they s h o u l d b e a w a r e o f t h e

n e c e s s a r y p r e c a u t i o n s a v a i l a b l e , n o t

o n l y f o r t h e m s e l v e s , bu t s o t h e y m a y

b e a b l e t o h e l p a f r i e n d a s w e l l . I w a n t

t h e k n o w l e d g e a b o u t t h e d i s e a s e t o

sp read f a s t e r t h a n the d i s e a s e i t se l f . T h a t

is h o w w e wi l l s t o p it.

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fac t p r e v e n t t he e m o t i o n a l s t r e s s c a u s e d

b y s e x u a l r e l a t i o n s h i p s , n o r w e r e t h e y

m e a n t to. T h a t i s a n o t h e r t o p i c tha t w e

n e e d no t g e t i n t o a t t h i s t i m e .

A b s t i n e n c e i s in f a c t t he s a f e s t " s e x "

k n o w n . I d o no t c h a l l e n g e tha t . B u t . if

p e o p l e a r e g o i n g t o h a v e s e x . I b e l i e v e

t h a t it s h o u l d b e w i d e l y a v a i l a b l e f o r

t h e m t o h a v e s a f e r s e x ( i .e . c o n d o m s . ) I

t h i n k it i s no t o n l y p o i n t l e s s t o d e g r a d e

i n d i v i d u a l s ' d e c i s i o n s , b u t d e f e a t s o u r

c o m m o n g o a l s o f l o w e r i n g u n w a n t e d

p r e g n a n c i e s a n d d e c r e a s i n g the s p r e a d

o f s e x u a l l y t r a n s m i t t e d d i s e a s e s . I t h i n k

p e o p l e s h o u l d h a v e t h e i r o w n o p i n i o n s ,

bu t s u c h d i v i s i o n s o f p e o p l e w i t h c o m -

m o n g o a l s m a k e s u s c r u m b l e a s a v i -

a b l e f o r c e a g a i n s t tha t w h i c h w e a i m t o

d e f e a t .

M r . S c h o u t . I p e r s o n a l l y i n v i t e y o u .

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w i l l b e m o r e t h a n g l a d t o d i s c u s s t he

m a t t e r s at h a n d a n d a l s o let y o u h a v e

s o m e o f t he m a n y a b s t i n e n c e p a m p h l e t s

p o s t e d a r o u n d m y r o o m . I a l s o e n c o u r -

a g e y o u to h a n d ou t t he " t r u e l o v e c a n

w a i t " c a r d s tha t y o u m e n t i o n e d .

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W h e r e the Dough Goes Organizations take an in-depth look at the '97-98 budgets

S. BOGARD & M. THOMPSON c a m pus b e a t e d i t o r

a n d s ta f f r e p o r t e r

Each student on campus con-

tributes $90 a year to the student activity fee, adding up to a total of

$228,590 to be allocated among

Hope's 27 student organizations.

Seven members of the Student

Congress Appropriations Commit-

tee decided their fates just before Spring Break. Recommendat ions

made by the committee were ap-

p r o v e d by f u l l C o n g r e s s las t

Wednesday. "We are rational people and we

want to give money to all groups, but the needs must be justified, and

there is only so much money to go around," said Tyler Smith ( '97) ,

Student Congress Comptroller. But displeasure with budgets

has prompted some student organi-

zations to criticize the budgeting

process and the justification behind

some organizations receiving thou-

sands of dollars and others only re-

ceiving a few hundred. Four c r i t e r i a are looked at

when appropr ia t ing money : the

number of students in each group,

how well they fulfill the college

mission, how well they fulfill their own mission, and how wisely they

use their student money, according

to Smith. "The system is fair, and the

process works," he said.

Staci Richards ( '97) , Habitat

for Humanity 's director, disagrees. t4If H o p e C o l l e g e wan ts to

bridge the gap between the college

and the c o m m u n i t y t h e n they should seriously look at supporting

the organizations that work with the

n i ty , " s h e

" Appro-t i o n s

l ook at d i f f e r e n t

when allo-

d e n t m o n e y .

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that order." In 1996 Habitat received $67

of the requested $4,283. Black Coa-

lition (BC) received $2,869 of a re-

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events to attract more student in-

volvement. Many of the cuts made were in

the areas of visiting speakers that

are open to the community at no

cost , and c o n f e r e n c e travel ex-penses for organizations.

Small groups struggle with the

process, said Ntsiki Sisulu ( '97) of

BC. "Appropriations is always con-

c e r n e d a b o u t h o w

m a n y m e m b e r s a t -tended. We are a small

organization on cam-

pus and we also cater

to a small group. Our numbers can't

compare to the larger organizations. This issue alone makes the process

seem questionable." Comptroller Smith said bud-

geting should not be a rigid process.

"All organizations have their

own reasons for existing on this

campus," he said. "There can ' t be

one set of criteria of how to allo-

c a t e the s tu -

t ies fee . In-

than one ap-

n e e d s to be

der to guaran-$

dent activi-

s tead more

p r o a c h

used in or-

tee a more

m e e t g r o u p

c o u r s e

fair and thorough process." "The present system works,

and the commit tee does a pretty

good job with the responsibility of

allocating the funds , " said Anne Bakker-Gras, Director of Student

Activities and last year 's commit-tee advisor. "Plus, appropriations

has a set criteria. They are out to

serve the whole student body."

Smith understands some orga-

nizations are unhappy with the sys-

tem, but blames some of this on

the groups themselves. " S o m e o rgan i za t i ons d o n ' t

fully disclose what they are doing

with the s tudent money," Smith

said. ' T h i s includes not being hon-

est about their income levels or their

c a l c u l a t i o n s of

h o w m u c h t h i n g s cos t .

Other groups

d o n ' t s t i ck very close to

the b u d g e t

they presented

to appropriations. Instead some groups spend their

money on things other than what

they proposed. "

This year Student Congress

tried to get to know each student or-ganization better. In a pilot effort

to understand the group's and their

needs , one member f rom appro-

priations was to

wi th e v e r y

d u r i n g the of the year.

T h i s w a s

o n e of t h e ^ ^ l f ^ H m a j o r d i s g r u n t l e - I m e n t s

that O P U S I I had wi th

the d is t r ibut ion of their budget,

since they were not visited by a Stu-

dent Congress representative, ac-

cording to Derek Zoetewey ( '98),

OPUS editor. "We didn' t feel that as an or-

ganization in the eyes of the com-

mittee, we were worth anything "

he said. O P U S presents a nat ional ly

recognized writers series that strives

to bring "people of diverse back-grounds to campus," according to

Zoetewey. They were asked to jus-

tify the use of the student activities

fee towards these events since the

presentations are free and open to

the public . The commi t t ee sug-

gested that OPUS look to the En-

glish department for funding, since

it consists primarily of people in that field, but Zoetewey disagrees.

" I 'm a psychology major, for

goodness sake. People from all dif-

ferent types of majors attend these readings. It is not solely English

majors ," he said. W h i l e a c k n o w l e d g i n g that

there are problems with every sys-

tem, overall " the present system

works well," Smith said.

In agreement , Richards said

"this new process might help us. In

the pas t I i i d o n ' t think

Appropria- t i ons u n -d e r s t o o d where all

o u r m o n e y

went" • m w Other ^ I groups are

u n h a p p y be- • ' c a u s e they

feel they have been micromanaged

and that appropriations is too intru-

sive, Bakker-Gras said. Groups feel this way because they have to edu-

cate the emmittee about their activi-

ties, and this can be difficult.

Overa l l , s tudents a l locat ing

student money is a great idea, she

said. " T h e a l l oca t ion of s tuden t

money is an educational process for

everyone — not many schools al-

low the students this opportunity. It

puts a responsibi l i ty on the stu-

dents ' shoulders to make the pro-

cess work. Plus, it is an excellent

opportunity for students to learn how to budget $300,000, hear ar-

guments, and decide for the student

b o d y h o w the i r m o n e y wil l be

spent," she said. Editor's Note: We at The An-

chor recognize that we are also a part of the budgeting process de-scribed above. We fully disclose our own financial information in the table below.

1997-98 B u d g e t s Organ iza t ion Requested G r a n t e d Percentage*

Social Activities Committee $122,798 $86 ,604 37.529%

The Milestone $ 50,219 $ 30,774 13336%

The Anchor $ 29,642 $ 20,625 8.938%

Appropriations $ 18,179 $ 18,179 7.878%

WTHS $ 29,511 $ 16,131 6.990%

Capital Requests $ 15,000 $ 1 5 , 0 0 0 6.500%

OPUS $ 18,155 $ 11,355 4.921%

Student Congress $ 7,252 $ 7,252 3.143%

Nykerk $ 4,665 $ 4,565 1.978%

Black Coalition $4 ,468 $ 3,968 1.720%

Ice Hockey Club $ 12,852 $ 3,192 1.383%

Fellowship of Christian Students $ 3,433 $ 2,238 0.970%

Alcohol Issues Matter $ 3,410 $ 1,750 0.758%

Women's Issues Organization $ 1,438 $ 1,203 0.521%

Hispanic Student Organ. $ 13,170 $ 1,045 0.453%

International Relations Club $1 ,840 $ 1,030 0.446%

Environmental Issues Org. $ 2,358 $ 1,023 0.443%

Habitat for Humanity $ 1,738 $ 9 0 8 0.393%

Men's Volleyball $ 8 7 5 $ 7 0 2 0.304%

Pull (Even) $ 7 9 9 $ 6 9 6 0.302%

Pull (Odd) $ 9 7 2 $ 6 4 6 0.280%

Union of Catholic Stud. $ 842 $ 5 4 7 0.237%

Hope Republicans $ 2,200 $ 5 1 8 0.224%

Hope Democrats $ 1,198 $ 3 1 3 0.136%

Amnesty International $ 7 6 0 $ 2 6 0 0.113%

Partners In Promise $ 604 $ 2 4 0 0.104%

Lacrosse Club $ 4,018 $0 0.000% • P e r c e n t a g e of total S t u d e n t Activit ies fee

Apr i l 9. I 997 ^Anchor Religion

Meeting at the Crossroads Bilingual church offers services for English and Spanish speakers

KIM POWELL rel igion e d i t o r

Regardless of where you live,

Sunday mornings at 11 a.m. is still

the most segregated hour of the

week.

To meet the needs of the di-

v e r s e H o l l a n d

community Cross-

roads Church pro-

vides a service that

m i x e s the t radi -

tional and non-tra-

d i t i o n a l , y o u n g

and old, and En-

glish and Spanish.

The congregation

meets every Sun-

day at II a .m. at

Western Theologi-

cal Seminary.

T h e 50 per -

cent hispanic and

50 percent bi l in-

gual church has established a com-

munity of believers that seeks rec-

onciliation between people and with

God. Crossroads Pastor Andy Fierro

( '79) looks at these statistics and

knows there is still a lot of work to

be done in uniting the church.

"Reconciliation has to start in

the church,'* F ier ro said. " I t ' s a

shame that the church isn ' t at the

forefront ." Religion professor Jeff Tyler

attends Crossroads because it is a

church that 's ethnically and racially

diverse. "I t 's not a Hispanic ministry,

it 's a bilingual, multi-cultural min-

istry even though the two dominant

races are caucasian and hispanic,"

Tyler said. "I t 's a meeting place to

understand each other."

T h o u g h Cros s roads r eaches

out to a part of the community that

other churches don ' t reach, it is still

misunderstood. "The community doesn' t know

what to do wi th i t ," Tyler sa id .

"They think it is cute and interest-

ing, but they don ' t want to be apart

of it." Fierro believes that it 's not the

form of the church that matters as

much as the function.

I hear a lot of racist views f rom some of

the leaders in the community . Asians and Hispanics are

not par t of the church leadership in

Holland. — J e f f T y l e r

R e l i g i o n P r o f e s s o r

Fierro chooses to wear a cleri-

cal collar for those looking for a

church leader in the community, but

as soon as he takes up the guitar and

s t a r t s t a k i n g s o n g r e q u e s t s ,

parishoners know they 've entered

a different kind of church.

" I t ' s not typically Reformed ,

but in the true sense it is reformed

because it is not

dictated by tra-

d i t i o n , " F i e r r o

said.

R e a c h i n g

out to all c o m -

munities regard-

less of ethnicity

is hard for some

members of the

c o m m u n i t y to

understand.

"I run into

people w h o say

races don ' t mix

w e l l . " T y l e r

said. "1 hear a lot of racist views

f rom some of the leaders in the

c o m m u n i t y . I t ' s p r e t t y a w f u l .

Asians and Hispanics are not part

of the church leadership in Hol-

land." There may be people in the

community that think Crossroads is

a mistake, Tyler said, but the church

continues to grow f rom about 30

members in the '80s to anywhere

f rom 80 to 140 people today.

Miche l le Haidi^c ( ' 99 ) , w h o

has b e e n a t t e n d i n g C r o s s r o a d s

faithfully for the past school year,

is used to at tending non-Engl ish

church services.

Her parents were b o m in Ro-

mania and Haiduc's church at home

is in Romanian only.

"I t 's not like a normal church

service " Haiduc said. "It 's so down

to earth that it reaches out to large

groups of people."

T h e s m a l l , i n t i m a t e a t m o -

sphere of Crossroads and the genu-

ine caring and sincerity that Haiduc

witnessed f rom Fierro and the con-

gregation is what keeps her com-

ing back, even though she doesn ' t

speak a word of Spanish.

The service is set up so that the

songs are sung in both English and

Spanish and the sermon is preached

by Fierro in both languages as well.

"Andy does a great job of mak-

ing you think of something, drop-

ping it off to l e t ^ o u think about it

[while he translates] and then starl-

ing up again," Haiduc said.

Joy Green ( ' 98 ) goes to Cross-

roads to maintain her Spanish.

"I love to speak Spanish and

worsh ip wi th Hispanic peop le , "

Green said. "I really like Cross-

roads. The people are so genuine."

F i e r r o b e g a n p a s t o r i n g at

Cross roads af ter a t tending Hope

and Western Theological Seminary.

He describes Hope then.

"Hope was diverse," he said.

"I had a lot of international friends.

Hope was a good experience."

Fierro wasn ' t what s tudents

now would cons ide r the typical

Hope student. T h e son of migrant

workers that decided to settle in

West Michigan, Fierro experienced

his fair share of p rob lems in el-

ementary and high school. He was

told not to speak with a Spanish

accent to not being able to date the

"white girls."

Because of his own upbringing

in the Holland communi ty Fierro

feels that he is able to understand

the cross-cultural questions youth

are dealing with today.

"The youth right now are fight-

ing for their identity," Fierro said.

He also sees a lot of hope for

the future generations.

"Our kids right now are grow-

ing up with d ivers i ty . " he sa id .

" T h e y ' r e either going to have to

learn to get along or they' l l be at

war with each other."

In spite of the s low-moving

process of teaching people to use

words that are inclusive. Fierro be-

lieves that the non-traditional Re-

formed church will provide a place

where the communi ty and students

can learn how to communicate with

each other.

Cross roads en joys the atten-

dance of Hope students. Fierro said.

" P e o p l e that c o m e in f r o m

Hope and make Crossroads their

home, that is success," he said as

he remembers students like Shan-

non Moses ( '95) . who is now a mis-

sionary in Mexico.

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Anchor photo by Zach Johnson

A N Y R E Q U E S T S : Crossroads Pastor Andy Fierro takes song requests as he leads the music portion of the service in Spanish and English.

Crossroads is only one church

in the Holland area that offers ser-

vices in Spanish. St. Francis de

Sales Catholic Church has had a

Spanish mass every Sunday for as

long as organizer Pal Lamb can re-

member.

They have also held services

in Vietnamese twice a month until

just a few moths ago. when they

had trouble finding a priest that

could speak the language.

Lamb also helps to organize

Saturday night masses for the mi-

grant communi ty in the summer

months. The migrant worker's ser-

vice is a regular service Spanish,

she said.

F ie r ro e n c o u r a g e s s tuden t s

that are looking for diversity in

Holland to give a place like Cross-

roads a try.

" W h y I like college students

coming is they are pushing their

limits," he said. "If their experience

at Hope isn ' t as diverse as they

would like it to be then they shoirfd

go out and search."

I n s t e a d of b u i l d i n g f a i t h

around security they should build

it around courage, he said.

Accord ing to Fierro. places

like Crossroads reach a unique sec-

l ion o f the c o m m u n i t y that is

searching for something that the

traditional church can ' t give them.

"It raises hopes that people

can get together." Fierro said. "It

is possible. You just have to work

at it."

Christian musician performs against the odds KIM POWELL rel igion ed i tor

/Anc/7or photo by Zach Johnson

S O L I D A S A R O C K : Singer Billy Crockett performs in Dimnent for the Chapel service Mo day.

C h r i s t i a n s i n g e r s o n g w r i t e r B i l l y

Crockett performed an unscheduled concert

Monday night after canceling his performance

at Sunday 's Gathering due to flight delays.

Dur ing the a f t e rnoon Chape l serv ice

Crockett sang and announced an impromptu

concert that would be held Monday night.

In spite of the concert ' s short notice, be-

tween 150 and 200 students and community

members gathered to hear Crockett sing in

Dimnent.

The 40-someth ing musician wrote sev-

eral of the songs sung in Chapel including

"Love Carrier," "Here 's Another Picture," and

"Build us a House." Affectionately referring to his songs as

his "kids" Crockett smiled as students sang

along through portions of the concert.

"The thrill of songwrit ing is seeing a

song take on a life of its own in the lives of

other people," he said.

Unable to remember a t ime when he

didn't want to sing, Crockett describes his

music as something that possessed him.

" I t ' s a l anguage that speaks to me ,"

Crocket t said. "Music that has a mystical

power to wake people up is Christian music.

It has authenticity." G r o w i n g up in the c h u r c h e x p o s e d

Crockett to Christianity early in life.

"I grew up on Bible stories and hymns,"

Crockett told his audience. "I gave my heart

to God as a little boy."

Crocket t believes the gospel is about

"great hope," and strives to produce music

that reflects that hope. He comes up with his music moslly from

conversations, whether they are with really

good friends or with himself. Once an idea

and title come to mind, the rest is easy, he

said. Listening to Crockett 's music, it is clear

that he writes about real people, real situa-

tions and the God that is real to him.

Since becoming involved in the music

industry about 15 years ago, Crockett has been

on the production side as well as performing.

After graduating f rom college with a de-

gree in mus ic , he did product ion work in

Nashville, Tennessee.

"I put down my dream of songwriter, but

then eventually came back to it," he said.

Deciding to test out his new "instincts,"

Crockett said he called all his youth pastor

fr iends and asked them if he could come and

play for their groups.

Crocket t now has people to set up his

per formance schedule for him. And he trav-

els from his home in Texas and his wife of

two years to sing.

Crockett ended the concert with a song

about being thankful and expressed his ap-

preciation to the Hope community for invit-

ing him here. Students were invited to meet Crockett

in the lobby after the concert.

Intermission ^Anchor Apr i l 9. I 997

A L L A B O U T ART Melissa Herwaldt

A d d t o your labor, make your own 'zine Ann and I were among countless

bored suburban kids across

America who were publishing

'zines. 'Zinecullure has grown

and developed so much thai it

has now become a cultural

When I was sixteen. I was

bored. 1 was sleepy. I was doing

nothing but listening to Bad

Brains and watching General

Hospital.

My friend Ann was an artist,

likewise caught in her own

teenage slump, spinning an

endless web of techno and skate

culture in her mint green

bedroom. Once she had drawn a

portrait of her boyfr iend ' s dead

dog, and inadvertently found

herself in the business of

drawing the neighborhood 's

mangy curs rigor mortis for

pocket change.

Both of us were ink brats,

meaning we loved the written

word, and sketching. Like

typical Jersey girls, we had

strong wills, she f rom her Asian

mother and I f rom my minister

father.

Our suburban upbringing

had made us very aware of City

chic, and the fact that we did not

have it.

With a copy of Factsheet

Five, the godfather of ' z ines in

I our grubby hands, we decided to

pool our brainpower and artistic

talents. As for the fr inge culture

that usually accompanies 'zines,

we would fake it. As for the

usual theme that accompanies

many 'zines, we would ignore it.

'Z ines are part of the "small

press" or underground world of

the media, publications that deal

with countless subcultures and

issues. Usually published by

small groups of people or even

one person, ' z ines usually have

no commercial value and are

made simply for the joy of

creating an amateur publication

and spouting one ' s opinion about

anything f rom Barbies to music

culture to Armadil los.

Many 'zine publishers are

anti-corporate and stress the raw

look of a 'zine, complete with

xerox copying and uneven staple

jobs. Others are slick with glossy

paper and advertisements.

Ann and I titled our 'zine

"Jazzy Stab" not for any

particular reason other than that

it sounded cool. Other possibili-

ties were "The Cold Equ inox"

and "Ipwergis Pudding."

The basic rule for a 'zine

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Roll is a punk 'z ine that has been

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Mondo 2000 is a mega-zine that

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the international rave scene.

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nature of the 'zine is that it

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thankless year, I realized that

phenomena.

"Jazzy Stab" covered

fashion, music, and our opinions

about our experiences with the

New York City c lub and rave

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literature and art. Let me break

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published my poetry, her

cartooning, my idea of fashion

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wear barbecue tongs in your

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America ' s rave culture.

Beginning 'z ine publishers

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hundreds of copies. Start with

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The most t ime-consuming event

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Many of the issues were

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came out bi-monthly.

We distributed "Jazzy Stab"

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anyone who would take one.

Although we listed an address

for submissions and reactions,

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probably lucky; listing that kind

of information is dangerous.

As a student, you have

access to more sophisticated

equipment: computers , a scanner,

specialized desktop publishing

programs like Pagemaker.

Ideally, depending on how

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put into it, your 'zine could be

much more elegant than our

crappy issues of "Jazzy Stab."

Although the messy, anti-

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addresses for 'z ine catalogs.

Speaking of e - ' z ines

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S E N I O R A R T S H O W S H I N E S : The senior artwork displayed in DePree Art

Gallery was debuted to a crowd of several hundred people last Friday night. Lami (Brian Grant) fs sculpture and Nate Greenwood's paintings (above) are among the artwork featured.

Conference to bring in children's author M. HERWALDT in termiss ion ed i to r

Six h u n d r e d schoo lch i ld ren

will interact with famed chi ldren 's

author Katherine Paterson during

the co l l ege ' s 24th annual Young

Author ' s Conference April 17.

P a t e r s o n , a u t h o r of s u c h

ch i ld ren ' s s taples as " B r i d g e to

Terabithia" will be presented with

a Doc to r of H u m a n e Let ters by

Hope College.

The conference will held in dif-

ferent spots across campus, includ-

ing residence hall lounges, the Dow

Dance Studio, and Maas Audito-

rium.

Richard Mezeske , educat ion

professor and director of the con-

ference for the past five years, said

he is thrilled to have such a influ-

ential Christian author speaking at

the conference.

"The way that Katherine Pater-

son was brought here is an interest-

ing s tory ," M e z e s k e said. "Two

Hope students, Seth and Noah Dale,

attend the church in Barry. Vermont,

where Kather ine Pa te rson ' s hus-

band preaches. They were telling

Katherine about Hope College, and

she asked to know more about it.

In the fall of '95, they asked me, 4 H o w w o u l d y o u f ee l a b o u t

Katherine Paterson coming to cam-

pus? ' And I went crazy!"

The 6 0 0 elementary students

COURSES from I non-credit service component . Par-

ticipating Hope students will work

side-by-side with Mexican univer-

sity students on various projects.

"Every national university re-

quires it of their students as a way

to be involved with the c o m m u -

nity," Sobania said. "Also, it 's an-

other language opportunity in con-

versational Spanish language."

C las ses will be held on the

University of Queretaro 's campus.

Hope students will take courses in-

dependent of native students, due

to limited Spanish backgrounds.

This fall semester program is

a pilot program to send students on

an exchange program.

"Our goal is to make this an

annua l fa l l s emes t e r p r o g r a m , "

Alvarez-Ruf said. "I think it 's an

important step for Hope students,

especially because there is such a

large Mexican-Amer ican popula-

tion in Holland." she said.

c o m e f rom 50 area schools, f rom

all of Allegan 's public schools and

as far south as Benton Harbor. The

conference will be held f rom 8:30

a.m. to noon.

"It is a brief, intense confer-

ence," Mezeske said. "The children

that have been elected to represent

their schools have each written or

illustrated a book. At the conference

they are broken up into groups of

10 to 14 kids, and they read their

books."

The Hope Dance Department

will be indirectly involved through

the talents of "Strike Time Dance

Company," which is Dance profes-

sor and chair Maxine DeBruyn ' s

dance company.

"Every year there is an arts

connection, and this year it is the

dance c o m p a n y . " M e z e s k e said.

"Some of the dancing will interpret

Katherine Paterson's writ ing."

Pa te rson ' s publ i sh ing career

spans three decades, and her many

books are primarily for children and

adolescents. But her career includes

many years of teaching as well as

wri t ing. From 1954 to 1955 she

taught public school in Virginia.

She later earned an M.A. in

Christian Education and spent sev-

eral years as a missionary in Japan.

Paterson went on to earn her

M.R.E . f rom Union Theolog ica l

Seminary in New York City, and

taught sacred studies and English

at Pennington School for Boys in

N e w Jersey f rom 1963 to 1965.

Her literary accompl i shments

include the National Book Award and

Newbery Honors for "The Master

Puppe t ee r " in 1977 and for "The

Great Gilly Hopkins" in 1979. and

"Bridge to Terabithia" in 1979.

Other awarded books include

"Rebels of the Heavenly Kingdom"

published in 1983.

T h e H o n o r a r y D o c t o r a t e ,

Mezekse said, celebrates her contri-

butions to the literary world.

"Katherine Paterson is one of the

fo remos t chi ldren 's authors of her

generat ion," he said.

The Young Author 's conference,

Mezeske said, is a tool to encourage

young people to write.

" T h e Young Au tho r ' s confer -

ence is the first lynch pin to get these

kids to focus on writing. Our hope is

that they continue to have an enthu-

siasm to read and write when they

leave the conference," he said.

The conference also has turned

out to be a heavy recruiting tool for

the col lege."One of the Hope profes-

sors asked the students in his literacy

class if any of them had attended the

Young Author ' s Conference as chil-

dren. And 75 percent of the students

had!" The conference is not open to the

public but she will be signing books

at Pooh's C o m e r on eighth Street on

Wednesday, April 16, at 7 p.m.

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Apr i l 9. I 997 the Anchor Spotlight

It's not easy bein' green Vegetarians talk about being meatless at Hope and experimenting with a stricter lifestyle

. __ __ sume animal products for survival, any vegans on campus. —

^ All ,,'.rmiryr Rut VAn; QM/arA of A. S X R A S S B U R G E R spotl ight ed i to r

Most Hope students would per-

ish without pizza. Great Lakes is

only a phone call away on those late study nights or when you just don ' t

have the heart to whip up another

gourmet batch of macaroni. A car carr ies you toward the G o l d e n

Arches or takes you on a 2 a.m. run for the border. Blythe Siddall

(*97) used to be

a self-professed Pizza Hut lover,

unt i l she c a m e

h o m e f r o m a

S p r i n g B r e a k

spen t w i t h

vegans.

"I d idn ' t feel like cooking the

other night and

f ina l ly jus t or-

dered a p izza ,"

she said. "I ate

o n e p i e c e and that w a s al l I

c o u l d do . I

cou ldn ' t handle

the cheese." The cheese? Why would some-

one consciously cut dairy foods out

of their diet, unless maybe they

were lactose in to lerant? Siddall

found out over the week of Spring Break, when she stayed^with an old

friend who has become a vegan.

W h a t ' s a . . .vegan? The term "vegan" is unfamiliar

to many people; the lifestyle has yet

to acquire the popularity of veg-

etarianism. But there is a distinct

difference between the two. While

•vegetar ians abs t a in f r o m m e a t

(beef, chicken, pork, etc.), vegans

cut out all animal products f rom their diets, including eggs, honey,

and all dairy products. Some of the

more orthodox vegans also avoid

wearing silk, leather, wool, and fur.

Vegans think most people eat ani-

mal products because they 've been

raised to do so, based on The Four Food Groups "p ropaganda" and

education provided by associations

such as the beef indus t ry . But vegans point out that before man

learned how to make weapons, he

had no natural claws to catch ani-mals or sharp incisor teeth to tear

animal hides. Instead, God created

us with fingers to pick and peel

fruits and vegetables.

In the beginning

Where does the vegan point of view c o m e f r o m ? Vegans vehe-

mently oppose all cruelty to and ex-

ploitation of animals, both for hu-

man consumption and fashion pur-poses. They believe it 's completely

unnecessary for humans to con-

Then God said,'! give you every seed-bearing plant on the

face of the whole ear th and every

t ree that has fruit wi th seed in i t .They

will be yoursfor

food.' G e n e s i s 1:29

sume animal products for survival.

All the protein and vitamins we

need, vegans say, can be found in

grains, pastas, breads, potatoes, ce-

reals, beans, rice, fruits, and veg-etables. Vegans (and some vegetar-

ians) also f ind a strong basis for

their beliefs in the Bible. "I was reading my Bible back in

high school, when I came across

this verse that got me thinking," said Melissa Ooms ( '99) , who ' s

been a vegetarian

f o r t h r ee and a

half years. "It said s o m e t h i n g l ike

G o d c r e a t e d

people to eat the

seeds of the earth.

A f t e r t he Fa l l ,

man began to eat

meat." M o s t v e g a n s

call on this verse

to prove that us-

ing animal prod-

ucts is unnatural

and wrong.

" B e f o r e , I

t h o u g h t v e g a n s

were people who

just craved all these foods that they

denied themselves," Siddall said. "After spending a week with them,

I realized that they don't crave these

foods at all. It makes them sick to

think of eating them." A tough choice to m a k e

Siddall, who is now highly con-

scious of everything she consumes,

sees herself as an "unwilling con-

vert." "Before Spring Break, I ate whatever, all the time. Now I think

a b o u t w h a t e v e r g o e s in to m y

mouth. I can't help it. I don ' t eat

meat anymore, and I think more

about dairy products," she said.

Yet Siddall doesn ' t see herself

"jumping into veganism." "I have

no time to cook," she said.

O o m s u n d e r s t a n d s t he t i m e c runch . She notes the f inancia l

spect of veganism as well.

"If I wanted to be vegan, it would

be hard, because I 'm a college stu-

dent too," Ooms said. "I don ' t have the money to shop for special in-

gredients for my meals. If you look

at the labels, there are meat prod-

ucts in everything." Ooms believes that a partnership

exists between humans and animals

which sanctions the human con-

sumption of products such as milk. "I do have to think about myself,

too...my health," she said. T h e g reene r s ide of Phe lps

The amount of Hope vegetarians

vastly ou tnumbers that of Hope vegans. In fact. Rick Balfour, pro-

duction manager for Phelps Dining Hall, says he has no knowledge of

any vegans on campus But he 's very aware of

Hope 's strong tribe of

vegetarians.

" T h e d e m a n d is h igh," he said. "Veg-

etarianism is a hot topic

on campuses now." Sheila Kennedy, the

registered dietician for Crea t ive Din ing Ser-

v i ce s , has a l so seen H o p e v e g e t a r i a n i s m

rise. "You find that hap-

pening a lot on college c a m p u s e s , " she said.

"When you have like

p e o p l e a r o u n d l ike

people, it really catches

on." Kennedy also men-

tioned the fact that the

college age group is in-

credibly fat conscious, which o f t en leads to

cutting out meat from a

diet. Be ing in tune with

these sorts of student

eating habits is integral

to Bal four ' s job. "We try to go above and be-

y o n d to m e e t t he i r

needs," he said.

A l t h o u g h he ca l l s

himself a "meat and po-t a t o e s " guy, B a l f o u r

recognizes the wide de-

mand for meatless en-

trees in the dining hall. "Since this is a growing

choice for eating, it 's a

real challenge to cater to

a wide variety of veg-

etarians with a wide va-

riety of dishes."

Creative Dining Ser-

vices provides at least

one vegetarian entree for each meal every day.

S e l e c t i o n s run the g a m u t f r o m c r e a m

cheese and mushroom

e n c h i l a d a to a pas ta

sp r ing g a r d e n sa lad .

The long list of entrees

is the result of some ma-

jor strides made by Creative Din-

ing Services in the past few years. "Last year we introduced the veg-

etarian bar as an alternative to just

a simple salad bar," Balfour said.

Students on meal plan recognize the

bar as the spot for pitas, hummus, vegetables, and different types of

beans. T h r o u g h his job , Ba l four has

traveled across the country to vari-

ous other colleges, sampling their dining services. He still feels Hope

is superior. "We receive fresh pro-duce six days a week. When it's in

Anchor photo by Jess Grevenstuk

W H E R E ' S X H E B E E F : Hope vegetarian Melissa Ooms ('99) displays some of the meatless staples of her daily diet — Grape Nuts, peanut butter, and Pop Tarts,

H O L Y C O W : In 1960, an average cow produced 2.5 tons of milk per year; in 1990 she produced 7 tons, A growth hormone causes the udders to enlarge.

photo courtesy of Vegan Outreach

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Meatless Wonders Hope vegetarians are in esteemed company...

L. Tolstoy

Socrates

H. Thoreau

G.B. Shaw

Da Vinci

T. Edison

A. Einstein

Plato

Gandhi

Voltaire

R. W. Emerson

Buddha

season, we buy our vegetables lo-

cally. Hope is still the best I 've ex-

perienced." Ooms agreed. "I know lots of

schools don ' t even offer vegetarian

meals ," she said. "You have no

choices." N o regre ts When Ooms was living at home

before college, her parents were the

ones who narrowed her choices. They didn ' t agree with vegetarian-

ism for their daughter, forcing her

to slip her dinner meat to the dog, hide it in her pocket, or even bury

it in the backyard. But Ooms doesn't regret her de-

cision to abstain from meat, which she adapted to gradually, first cut-

ting out red meat, then poultry, and then, finally, fish. "I feel more in

tune with man's peace with animals,

with that relationship," she said. Ooms cites the Bible as the cata-

lyst that caused her to examine her

eating habits, but she 's quick to point out that she doesn't believe

eating meat is a sin. " I 'm not saying that God doesn ' t

let you eat meat," she said. "It just

feels better for me." According to Kennedy, people

like Ooms have every right to feel

good about their choice."There are

no real health risks in becoming vegetarian," she said. "Of course,

you can ' t just eliminate meat. You

need protein, but you can get it from

seeds, nuts, beans, and peanut but-ter. Dai ry p roduc t s are a great

source of protein as well . That ' s where vegans can run into prob-

lems." As f o r H o p e ' s v e g e t a r i a n s ,

Balfour and head chef Bob Willey

said they are always open to sug-

gestions, even beyond the standard Phelps comment cards. "Students

with recipes or suggestions should stop in," Willey said. "We're always

available, and we're always willing

to add on to our existing menus." Editor's note: To coincide with

the upcoming Earth Jam, Phelps

will pay tribute to Hope's vegetar-

ians on April 22. Students can

sample several vegetarian entrees

as well as a strict vegan meal.

Apr i l 9. I 997 ^Anchor M NORTH from I

"One of the best ways to guaran-

tee your future is to decide exactly

what 4We the People ' want . . . I 'm

suggesting that the future is far too

important to leave it in the hands of

politicians or to despair over it," he

said.

Student Congress was p leased

with the results of the lecture. 4 i t t u r n e d o u t b e t t e r t h a n I

thought. T h e auditorium was full

and people seemed to en joy the

speech." said Ryan Cook( '97) , Stu-

dent Congress President and one of

the organizers of the event.

Many of those opposed to North's

presence, the faculty, stuck by their

resolution that expressed regrets to

the invitat ion of a person of his

background to campus and the use

of campus funds towards his pay-

ment. Few faculty attended.

North stated that he has faced

more oppos i t ion than this whi le

speaking at colleges around the na-

tion. At the University of Wiscon-

sin a riot took place that left a po-

lice officer hospitalized after he was

kicked, and it is usually faculty and

not students that raise a ruckus.

He commended students and ad-

ministration for standing up against

some "hostile opposit ion."

Student response was positive in

regards to North 's presentation.

"I was skeptical of what he was

going to talk about, but I was very

pleased with what he sa id ," said

Elizabeth Freeman ( '98) .

A coincidence to North 's visit is

the parallel arrival of John Wallach,

a journalist/author who was nation-

ally honored for his role in break-

ing the Iran/Contra scandal. North

stated that he does not personally

know Wallach.

W a l l a c h wi l l be on c a m p u s

through Thursday, while North will

leave later today.

A small group discussion involv-

ing North was held this morning at

8 :30 a .m. to cont inue where the

question and answer session left off

last night.

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people are having a difficult time even finding a parking space," he

said. The problem centers around the

fact that the policy on parking has

not been revamped for at least 17

years. Even though problems have been

increasing throughout the past few

years, this year is the pinnacle, ac-

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he and his wife Janet occupy their t ime with writing books deal ing

with issues in the Middle East. ' T h e Seeds of Peace project is in

its fifth year now, and I am focus-

ing on devoting my life to it," said

Wallach of changing avenues. "The

project is an effort to do something

positive with my life." John Wallach will be on campus

throughout the rest of the week, giv-

ing speeches on economic develop-

ment in the Middle East and how

peacemaking is accomplished.

Wallach will also give a video

presentation on his Seeds of Peace

program in Winants Auditorium on Thursday at 11 a.m. He encourages

all interested in the peacemaking

effort to attend.

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C A P T A I N E N F U E G O

Glyn Williams

Leave the game alone The biggest and saddest

change to Major League

Baseball this season is the

addition of the travesty called

inter-league play, which is when

teams from the two different

leagues play against each other.

The main reason the owners

cited for changing the game is

that they want to draw the fans

back in.

Well, they are mistaken to

think that messing with the

game will make the fans love it

again. Instead, the owners are

doing precisely what the fans

don ' t want. You don ' t mess with

the game of baseball .

The fans want the game to go

back to the way it started. Let

the pitchers battle their way

through a game. If the bases are

loaded and there are no outs, let

the pitcher dig down deep and

get out of the inning.

Inter-league play cuts down

the excitement of the game in

many ways, especially in the

Fall Classic.

Part of the reason the World

Series was such a classic last

year is that the Yankees and the

Braves had players on their

roster that have never played

against each other. Every at-bat

was brand new. Every time

Bernie Will iams stepped up to

the plate against Greg Maddux

you were in suspense because

you had no idea whether or not

he could hit Maddux ' s

curveball. It was a mystery that

unfolded before your eyes.

Inter-league play takes away

f rom the strategy of the game by

partially making scouting

reports obsolete. Instead of

players and coaches spending

endless nights watching tapes of

their opponents facing other

players they will merely have to

think back to earlier in the

season when they played each

other.

Inter-league play is also

inconcievable because of two

nasty little words: designated

hitter. The American League has

it, the National League doesn ' t .

When American League plays

at National League parks during

the season the designated hitter

position is tanked and the

ptichers are forced to step to the

plate. T h e National League will have

the clear upper hand. Example:

The Seattle Mariners will play a

two game series in San Diego on

July 2-3.

In these two games the

Mariners will either have to let

their pitcher bat and sit Edgar

Martinez or play Edgar in the

field and sit someone else.

This is a lose-lose situation for

the Mariners. The pitcher in

question would have to bat even

though he will only have a

handful of at-bats all season and

thus no experience.

If Edgar sits, you lose his

wonderful batting skills, but if

he plays the outfield he may biff

on an easy play due to inexperi-

ence in the field and cost Seattle

the game.

T h e same situation will

obviously not exist for the

Padres, as their pitcher will be

used to batting and they don ' t

have to mess with the lineups.

Baseball is a very simple

game.

The fundamentals of it haven ' t

been altered since its youth.

There is no reason why it should

be changed now.

The Traveling Dutchmen • W o m e n ' s T e n n i s - The Flying Dutch (10-4) won all three of

their matches this weekend at the Great Lakes Colleges Associa-

tion tournament in DePauw, Indiana. Hope beat Oberlin 8-1,

Denison 6-3, and DePauw 5-3.

•Men's Tennis- Hope ' s men ' s tennis team (8-8) had less

^ ^terparts did over the

losses in the G L C A

(5-2) and Wooster (4-

won their last match 7-0

success than their female coun-

weekend. After two close

tournament to DePauw

3), the Flying Dutchmen

over Ohio Wesleyan. •Men's & W o m e n ' s T rack - Both Hope track teams lost to

Alma over the weekend but at the same time defeated Olivet

handily. Amy Cook ( ' 99 ) won both the long j u m p and 4 0 0 meter

hurdles, while Jason Haid ( ' 00 ) won the long j ump and high jump.

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Hope paced by young players G L Y N W I L L I A M S sports ed i tor

This y e a r ' s F ly ing D u t c h m e n

baseball team is dominated mostly

by underclassmen, with only f ive

sen io r s and fou r j u n i o r s on the

squad. However, the young Dutchmen

are playing far beyond their years

right now, with a 9-9 overall record

and at 4-0 lead the Michigan Inter-

collegiate Athletic Association.

"This is the quickest we ' ve ever

reached .500 after the Spring Trip

since I 've been a coach here," said

head coach Stu Fritz. Fritz guided

the Flying Dutchmen to a league

championship in 1994.

Hope started their season shak-

ily but have really c o m e around

since opening their season losing

nine of their first 13 games . The

Flying Dutchmen have won five in

a row since then and the young team

is maturing before Fri tz 's eyes.

"We're a very young team and we

are suffering through some grow-

ing pains," Fritz said. "But it 's a

long season and we have a long way

to go."

H o p e e x t e n d e d the i r w i n n i n g

streak over the weekend when they

snipped Albion 5-1 on Friday, April

4.

The weekend was originally set

as a triple header, with two games

on Saturday, but the rain forced the

games to be postponed.

On Friday the Flying Dutchmen

were paced by the pitching of Matt

Vriesenga ( '99) and the hitting of

Dean Esteves ( '99) .

Vr iesenga pi tched a comple t e

game for the win, giving up only

four hits and no walks, while drop-

ping his earned run average to 1.75.

The win was his third of the season

and the right hander has yet to lose

a game.

" T h e r e w a s some ou t s t and ing

pitching out there today," Fritz said.

"Vriesenga definitely came to play.

Anchor photo by Josh Neucks

B R I N G I T : Hope College ace Matt Vriesenga ('99) was the winning pitcher in Friday's 5-1 win over Albion College. The Flying Dutchmen will host Elmhurst College today at 4 p.m.

but we also had some big hits in key Fri tz 's only complaint regarding

moments ." Friday 's win was Hope 's inability

Most of those big hits Fritz was

re fe r r ing to c a m e off the bat of

Esteves, who had three of Hope ' s

seven hits in the game and drove in

three runs. He had some big plays

at shortstop as well, as in the sixth

inning when he got his team out of

a j a m by t u r n i n g an u n a s s i s t e d

double play.

"Dean has really had a hot bat for

us lately," Fritz said. "He has gone

6 - f o r - l l over the past f ew games

and his 3-for-4 today really got us

going and has helped us play with

more conf idence ."

to bring home the runners. Through

the first three innings alone the Fly-

ing Dutchmen left eight base run-

ners stranded.

" T h a t is s o m e t h i n g tha t w e

shouldn ' t make a habit of doing,"

he said. "If we get the runners on

base, w e need to bring them home,

but in the long run I think we re-

sponded well ."

T h e Flying Dutchmen ^re sched-

uled to host Elmhurst College this

af ternoon at 4 p.m. at the Buys Ath-

letic Field. However , due to the

weather the game may be cancelled.

Dutch softball struggling t o repeat

Baseban game -today a t ^ p w against Eirviust college

Buys Athletic, Pieid

M I K E Z U I D E M A staff r e p o r t e r

After a 1-3 league start and an

overa l l 10-7 record , the F ly ing

Dutch softball team is looking to

improve and m a k e a run for the

Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic

Associat ion championsh ip and a

bid into the Division III national

tournament.

While last year ' s team compiled

a 29-8 record and a first place fin-

ish in the league, their non-league

record kept them out of the tourna-

ment. This year ' s team will have to

try and repeat with a team domi-

na ted m o s t l y by f r e s h m e n and

sophomores.

"We' re a young team and some-

times we play well, like we did in

F lor ida ," said head coach Karla

Wolters. "Then the next week we ' l l

struggle like we did against Grand

Valley."

Hope lost two games to Grand

Valley by a combined score of 15-

4 on Friday, March 28.

Despite a pair of impressive vic-

tories against Ferris State on April

1, the largely young team has had

to deal with injuries and adverse

weather condit ions in addition to

early season miscues.

"Young t eams will make mis-

takes, and when we eliminate those

we will start to play good bal l ,"

Wolters said.

Wolters is looking to the co-cap-

tains Heather Ozinga ( '97) and Lisa

Timmer ( '97) to improve on these

young mistakes.

O z i n g a and T i m m e r a re a l so

among the league leaders in hitting

with .417 and .400 batting averages

respectively.

Wolters also had high praise for

A n g i e B a r n e s ( ' 9 9 ) and R e n e e

Carlson ( '99) who have stepped up

in the face of minor injuries.

"We try to make sure we have the

bases c o v e r e d with at least two

people at every posi t ion and we

have had to rely on some people

who haven' t played much," Wolters

said. To make a run at league leader

Alma, who is 21-3 overall, and a

shot to make the national tourna-

ment, Wolters is also looking for the

pitching to step up.

"We' re looking close at the pitch-

e rs to i m p r o v e , " W o l t e r s s a id .

"They have pitched well at times

but we ' re looking for more consis-

tent performances."

Starting pitchers Erin Beckman

( '99) and Lisa Lazelcre ( '99) will

look to duplicate last season's com-

bined 17-5 record.

" W e ' r e a young , en thus ias t ic ,

hard working team that enjoys be-

ing together, and those things will

start to pay off ," Wolters said.

Hope 's next game will be Thurs-

day, April 10, at St. Mary 's , Ind.,

and then they will play a h o m e

doubleheader on Saturday, April 12,

aga ins t A lb ion , w h o has a 6 - 1 9

record.

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