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Students to vote

S.C. writes new constitution

by Tim Mulder It has now been said that the Student Congress, as it presently exists, is little more than a discussion group.

LAST NOVEMBER at one of their regularly scheduled ^discussions", a number of Congress members expressed frustration with the ineffectual power and the inequitable representation of their system.

As a result of that November meeting, a nineteen member committee was established to write a new constitution for the Student Congress, and last week they completed their work.

A COPY of the new constitution is contained in this issue of the anchor, and it is hoped that every member of the student body will read it carefully.

On Tuesday, March 25, from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., students will be able to vote for a referendum on the constitution in Durfee, Phelps, and the Kletz.

ACCORDING to Student Congress President, Jim Beran, "If they vote " N O " , they are voting for the old system of twelve elected members to the boards and forty appointed members to the committees, and a Congress that serves merely as a discussion forum.'

The new constituion is an attempt to reform such short-

comings in the old system. If ratified by the students, every member of the Congress will be an electea member. He will be elected by the students with which he lives.

IN ORDER to accomplish such representation the campus has been divided into seven districts, including off-campus students.

In addition to the district representatives, the president, the 1st vice-president in charge of the speaker series, the 2nd vice-president in charge of Congress appropriations, and three representatives-at-large will be elected.

ELECTION OF the president and two vice-presidents will take place on Wednesday, April J3. To be eligible to run for one of these positions a student must submit a petition of endorsement signed by 75 students to Jim Beran, Tom O'Brien, or^Kathe Machle by no later than Friday, April 11.

Petitions may be obtained from any one of the three Congress officers from April 8-11.

THE OFFICIAL campaign will begin on April 11 and terminate at 4:00 p.m. on April 22. Election of the remainder of representatives will take place next September.

Under the old system students ran for specific positions on specific boards, but under the new system students will run only for membership in the Student Con-

gress.

THEY WILL then be appointed to a specific board or committee by the president, with the approval of Congress, or by a direct Congressional appointment.

This will eliminate the problem of dual accountability to both the Congress and the student body. It assures both a strong executive and legislative branch and will facilitate more efficient action.

THE STUDENT body will have the right to recall and replace any member of the Congress at any time. Congress, likewise, will have the right to replace any one of its board or committee members if it feels that that person has consistently acted in a manner which is inconsistent with the consensus of the Congress.

Finally, the new constitution provides that there must be at least one male and one female Congress member on each board.

THIS YEAR every student member of the Campus Life Board is a male. It is believed that both sexes deserve, and should play an active role of participation in all of the boards.

"A strong system alone is not enough to make a good Congress," Beran said. He added that, "without the interest and active involvement of the student body, the Congress serves no valid purpose."

Hope has not had a functioning museum located on its campus since the 1940V Because of a lack of interest, the original museum slowly went through a prolonged period of decline.

"THE LESS valuable artifacts were deposited on the third floor of VanRaalte Hall where they're just dust collectors and prone to decay," John Smith said.

He stated that a majority of the valuable remnants which once served as a center of activity and learning were either scattered about the campus or lost through neglect.

SMITH HAS acted as the vanguard of students interested in the revival of the museum. He has brought together a museum committee consisting of four students and five faculty members.

Since the creation of the committee, work has been completed on a proposal calling for the reinstatement of a museum on Hope's campus.

THE COMMITTEE'S function.

Smith said, is to decide what constitutes suitable museum material, what areas of interest will be included, the amount of money to be expended, and how the museum shall expand.

The committee members, with the help of the A-Phi-0 Service Fraternity, are organizing the useful materails and artifacts contained in Van Raalte.

THE MATERIALS were then transferred to Voorhees basement

John Smith directs new Hope museum.

Fraternity housing: some complex questions Marjorie DeKam

There may be some changes in the fraternity house complex next year. According to Associate Dean of Students Michael Gerrie, the Fraternal Society and the Centurian Fraternity have requested that their frats be moved to cottages.

PRESIDENT of the Fraters, Ron Paulson said, "The Frat would like to buy their own property, preferably on or near campus, in order to foster more responsible citizenship."

However, as the Fraternal Society realized such a move could not come this year, Paulson said, "there is a strong desire to get out of the frat complex, so the frat has requested to move to a cottage temporarily."

EVEN THOUGH this year the fraternity has enough members to fill 60 percent of the house, that is 100 percent of any two floors, the number is close. Paulson said 4 ^ it would be hard to get the minimum number because few members want to remain in the frat complex.

Gerrie said it will take a year or more before the Fraters find out if they can buy a house. It would have to be approved by the Campus Life Board, the faculty, the president and the Board of Trustees. He said also the Fraternal Students rehearse for a dance concert to be held Friday and Saturday nights at the DeWitt Cultural Center. Alumni and the City of Holland

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where the new museum is located.

Five rooms in the basement of Voorhees have been selected for the museum, Smith said. The committee believed it would be wise to use a limited number of rooms at first, and if response is favorable, to add additional rooms.

The areas which will be covered are in Hope's original museum.

These areas include the history of Hope and artifacts given to the college by its earliest alumni and missionaries.

Areas which conceivably could be a part of the museum might be in the areas of fraternities and sports. "A fraternity could have a room set aside displaying its history, its honorary members, and some of the projects it has supported," he said.

"WITH HOPE'S vast amount of artifacts and antiquities from alumni we could have an educational museum of great significance in many ways," Smith said.

He added that it also will bring artifacts back into a central location under a serviceable inventory.

Under the committee's auspices the antiquities which have value will be better assessed.

The general student response has been favorable concerning the idea of a new museum, Smith said.

The committee hopes students will involve themselves in the actual activities of the museum, such as in the areas of research and organizational functions.

would have to be included in such a decision.

PAULSON said the frat has been exploring the feasibility of buying a house, and they want to have the college's approval before requesting alumni support.

The CLB yesterday voted on whether to grant the Fraters residence of Taylor cottage, and to let the Centurions move into Crispell cottage next year.

RESIDENTS of the cottages would .be relocated, Gerrie said, and he added the college will meet the individual housing needs of those living in the cottages. This would involve about 26 men.

Certain independent students have opposed giving a cottage to a frat, Gerrie said, because it would exclude their chances for living in a cottage.

HOWEVER, Gerrie feels, "A dorm like the Fraternal house, if filled with independents, would be better than what we now have for them."

The Knickerbocker fraternity was the first frat to leave the frat complex. The other frats will remain in their houses next year.

Cosmopolitan and- Arcadian have more members than needed to fill their complete houses and the Emersonians have maintained the necessary percent of active members living in the house and also have filled the rest of their house. r1

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The newly proposed Student Congress Constitution STRUCTURE AND ORGANIZATION OF THE STUDENT CONGRESS PURPOSE: f The purpose of the Student Congress is to provide a representative body in the community governance system.

MEMBERSHIP: The Student Congress will consist of a president, two vicp presidents, Board members and elected representatives. The three officers will be designated as the cabinet. The cabinet members and Board members will be designated as the executive board.

The executive board, along with the elected representatives, will comprise the voting membership of the Student Congress.

BOARD O F TRUSTEES: Representation to the Board of Trustees will consist of the Cabinet, one member from each Board and elected members of the Student Congress. There shall be two representatives on each committee of this Board with the exception of the Student Life and Academic Affairs Committees, which will be open to all interested students.

JUDICIAL BOARD: The Judicial Board will be selected by the executive committee and approved by Congress. It will be comprised of five members.

THE PRESIDENT: The president will be the chief representative of the student body. He may initiate policy which expresses areas of student concern, formulate policy, and refer such to a task force, Committee or Board for further examination. The president will have the authority to appoint task forces and designate chairmen as he deems necessary. He will have the power to call, with proper notification, meetings whenever necessary.

THE FIRST VICE PRESIDENT: The vice president will be responsible for all campus elections and polls. He will be responsible for evaluating the performance of the members of task forces. In years of a Student Congress funded speaker series, he will coordinate and chair an ad hoc committee designed to plan the series. He will

be responsible for all publicity necessary f o r the Student Congress.

They will approve by a m a j o n t y the members of the Boards. They have the power to reappoint any Board or Committee member by a 2/3 vote of the total membership. They will be responsible for approving by 2/3 vote the allocation of the student activities fee as recommended by the Student Appropriations Committee. They will approve the representatives to the Board of Trustees by a 1/2 vote with the exception of the cabinet members.

They will have the poWer to establish ad hoc committees or task forces^ They will have the power to remove the cabinet members by a 3/4 vote of the entire membership of Congress. In that event elections will be held in two weeks. They will set up rules for the conducting of their meetings.

THE SECOND VICE PRESIDENT: The second vice president will be responsible for the promulgation and distribution of the minutes of cabinet, executive council and Congress meetings.

He will be in charge of all budgetary concerns of the Student Congress. He will serve as chairman of the Student Appropriations Committee. He will be responsible for tabulating the results of all Student Congress votes and keeping a record of such.

THE SECRETARY: A secretary will be appointed by the cabinet (preference will be given to work/study students) to perform all necessary clerical functions and to take minutes of meetings. He is not a member of Student Congress.

APPOINTMENTS AND ELECTIONS: Each Board will have representation from both sexes, whether or not it is an appointed member or elected.

The cabinet members will be elected by all-campus ballot in early April. District elections will take place.in mid-September.

THE EXECUTIVE BOARD: The president will, with the consultation of the cabinet, recommend to the Student Congress the members of the all-campus Boards. The president will, again with cabinet consultation, then designate which Board each of the officers will serve on (only one per Board). The Congress as a whole will then elect one member to each Board, with the exception of the Campus Life Board to which they will elect three* members. The president will appoint the remaining members from the Student Congress. The first vice-president shall be able to recommend the appointment of alternative members to the Boards and Committees.

The executive board will be responsible for the leadership of task forces. They will appoint with 2/3 approval of the Congress the members of Standing Committees from the elected representatives. They will appoint all necessary Judicial Board members from members of the student body by a 2 / 3 vote.

They will also recommend the student appointees to the Board of Trustees. They will have the power to establish ad hoc committees or task forces. ^Possible change considered by ADAF.

CAMPUS REPRESENTATION Womens' Residence Halls D y k s t r a - 4 representatives C o t t a g e s - 1 representative Brumler/Lichty/Van V l e c k - 2 representatives Mens' Residence Halls C o t t a g e s - 2 representatives C o l u m b i a / Z w e m e r - l representative Fraternity C o m p l e x - 3 representatives Mens' and Womens' Residences D u r f e e / G i l m o r e - 3 reptesentatives Co-ed Residences K o l l e n - 4 representatives P h e l p s - 2 representatives - .

Off-Campus 5 representatives At-large 3 representatives ACCOUNTABILITY: The student body, by petition and a majority vote, may call for. a new Congress. Elections will be held within* three weeks by the petitioning body, and a new Congress will be installed.

THE CONGRESS: The Student Congress will be comprised of members elected in the established procedure.

The Congress will be responsible for representing the student body on all matters of campus concern.

Rewording requested

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The following are suggested re-wordings of cer- sounding board, advisory body, or sample of stutain articles in the Faculty Handbook on Student dent thinking to Standing Committees on their preliminary findings and proposals.

Representatives on Board Committees.

Change A 1.4.1.3 f r o m : Student Representatives to Board ^Committees. .

The Board of Trustees invites the Student Congress ' to elect for one year terms, one student representative to each of the standing committees of the i Board, except in the case of the Committee on Student Life where two members should be elected. sTo The Board of Trustees invites the Student Congress .to elect for one year terms, two representalives to each of the standing committees of the Board, i except in the cases of the Committees on Student Life and Academic Affairs which will be open to all : interested students.

Change A2. 2.6 part B from: Students: A student elected to a senate office or to an upperclass presidency shall serve one one of the Boards. The remainder of the student representatives on the Boards shall be elected by the student body in the spring under procedures established by the Student Congress. The Board members automatically become members of the senate by virtue of their election to a Board.

To A student elected to the Student Congress will be appointed to a Board or Committee under the procedure established by the Student Congress. y Change A2.7 from: Its role shall include: a. The election and/or appointment of student members to the three Policy Boards and the appointment of student members to the Standing Student-Facility Committees. At least one student member of each Board and Committee should be a Senator in order to more easily maintain channels of communication. Student members of these Committees and Boards hold full voting memberships. b. It reports to the student body decisions reached- by the legislative Boards and serves as a

c. The Senate, by majority vote, may recommend a proposal or study to the Administration of the College or to the Chairman of any Standing Board or Committee, normally through the Senate representative on that Board or Committee. d. The Senate has administrative responsibility in areas assigned to it, with its approval, by the Boards and by the administration. e. : It deals, through the Student Court, with violations of College regulations by members of the student body. f. It promotes and organizes the College social program. g. It serves as the official .agency for student opinion to the faculty and to the administration.

To The Student Congress is a representational body primarily concerned with student ideas and responses to all aspects of the college program and the reflection and formulation of recommendation to Boards and Committees for detailed studies and action is its responsibility.

Its role will be: a) The election and appointment of student members to the three policy Boards and appointment of student members to the Standing Committees. Student members of these committees or Boards hold full voting rights. b) It reports to the student body' decisions reached by the legislative Boards. c) The Student Congress, by majority vote, may recommend a proposal or study to the Administration of the College or to the Chairman of any Standing Board or Committee. d) Shall remain the same. e) It deals, through the Judicial Board, with violations of College regulations by members of the student body. f ) It is responsible f o r the appropriation of the Student Activities Fee through its sub-committee established for that purpose.

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250 applicants received

Psych. Dept continues search

by Annetta Miller It's a buyer's market for experimental psychology professors.

T h a t ' s the word f r o m Dr. Les Beach, professor of psychology and chairman of the d e p a r t m e n t .

The department has screened over 6 0 0 applicants for a teaching position in experimental psychology since last year.

ACCORDING TO Beach, over 250 applications have been received this year with more expected. Last year the department received 350-400 applications.

"We sifted down to what we feJt were the very top candidates and invited four t o c a m p u s , " Beach said.

Of the four, two were offered contracts, but both declined.

"Neither of them turned us down because of anything about Hope.

They were very attracted to Hope.

A number of applicants have volunteered that this was their first

choice, and most of them have applied t o many places." Beach said.

HE SAID T H A T one turned down the position for a more lucrative j o b at another institution, while the other attributed his refusal to personal reasons.

"By that time it was so late that we made the decision to discontinue the search." Beach said, as an alternative the department hired Dr. Steven Flagg as visiting professor for the 1974-75 academic year.

O F T H I S year's applications.

Beach said that the initial screening was conducted by himself and three d e p a r t m e n t members. Applicants w h o are selected are requested to write personal statements concerning how they feel about teaching at an undergraduate institution in a liberal arts setting, and c o m m e n t on their philosophy of teaching and ways of interacting with students.

Applicants are later rated by

each d e p a r t m e n t member, Beach said, and input is received from s t u d e n t s and administration.

ACCORDING TO Beach, teaching qualifications are the most important factors considered. " S o m e show more interest in their research than in teaching," h e said.

He said that the quality of applicants, both professionally and personally, has been very high this year. One applicant was reco m m e n d e d by B. F. Skinner, according to Beach. He added that more qualified female PhD's have also applied this year.

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Gorgory Orr reads to a poetry gathering at the DeWitt Cultural Center

search, in terms of both money and our time and energy. But we are determined to find the best person for the j o b . People are impressed with the facilities and offerings here and we have an excellent chance of finding a person qualified in both the professional and personal dimension."

Wednesday night.

Gaass speaks

Minister discusses sexuality

by Michael Kincheloe "There are different aspects of any relationship, emotional physical, psychic, and other things I can't explain," stated Howard Gaass, an outspoken man and gay pastor of the Metropolitan Community Church in Baltimore, Maryland, a gay congregation.

GAASS MET with students on Wednesday to discuss the pressures that society, especially the church, place on gay individuals and speak of his coming to an understanding of his identity as a gay person.

When asked if he forsaw any quick progress for the gay people of our society, he replied that it would not be a short period. He expressed his belief that the black movement and women's liberation had laid much groundwork for the gay movement, since their e f f o r t s in their own causes could perhaps lead to greater understanding and tolerance of minorities. " T H E G R E A T E S T resistance to any r e f o r m in our society for the gay individuals comes and will come f r o m the church," he stated.

Gaass added, "Please make that a small V in the word c h u r c h . " Gaass noted, "Ignorance is the greatest block in the church. Once

HOWARD GAASS people have had personal dealings with a gay person their attitude usually will change, especially if that person is a son or daughter or brother or sister."

WHEN ASKED how he had been received by other clergy he expressed pleasant surprise in their acceptance of him. He did mention, however, that he had to leave the R e f o r m e d Church since it was not possible for him t o be a minister in the Reformed Church.

He is presently a pastor at the Metropolitan C o m m u n i t y Church,

Sculptural ceramics to be exhibited soon The Hope College Art Department will sponsor an exhibition of Sculptural Ceramics April 9-30 in the Gallery of the DeWitt Cultural Center.

Nine potter-sculptors will exhibit . works in clay, including architectural works, works cast from the human body, a funerary urn and f o r m s with p h o t o silkscreened decorative glazes.

The artists include Bing Davis, Bob Engle, Greg Jaris, Steven

K e m m e n y f f y , Tom Lollar and Ann Soukup, David SmithGreenwood, Joe Stallone and S. Judson Wilcox.

Wilcox formerly taught psychology at Hope and is presently attending the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, working toward his Master of Fine Arts.

There will be an opening reception for the artists on Wednesday, April 9 at 7 : 0 0 p.m. in the Gallery.

which members approximately ten thousand gay individuals in the country.

AT A DINNER Wednesday night, in responding to criticism of his stand that he could be both gay and Christian, he stated, Love between people is what a relationship is for and not for propagation."

Gaass emphasized the cultural overtones of the Bible and that Christians of today must be concerned with the attitude the Bible offers them to live by and not the finite societal laws and customs that are presented to Christians in the Bible. . GAASS' major concern was the way in which the church would handle the gay people. "I have had many encounters with gay people in bars and when I tell them God loves them and they can be Christian they respond to me by saying air their lives they had been taught and heard otherwise."

He expressed hope that the church will one day understand that being gay is not a sin and that gay individuals can be as much a Christian as a straight individual. " T h a n k God Christianity has survived the c h u r c h , " he responded a b o u t the churches injustices t o any minority group.

Prof, to publish article in language journal as foreign language career advisor Dr. Alan Bedell, assistant profor the department of foreign fessor of German, recently had an article accepted for publication in- languages and literatures.

In November, 1974 he particithe May 1975 issue of the Bulletin pated in a panel discussion on of the Association of Departments 0 career opportunities for foreign f Foreign Languages, a profess ona language students at the annual i l association related to the meeting of the Michigan Foreign Modern Languages Association of Language Association.

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Ti hIIC e article, dl lldCy entitled ClllillCU " O \Jn11 WIgd" Orgaii • nizing a Foreign Language Career ( f ) ! I f Z C J f Z * S / n P ^ Conference," is an outgrowth of <sll I Q Bedell's experience in spearheading and planning a conference on a similar topic for the Michigan Chapter of the American AssociaThe fomerly traditional "All tion of Teachers of German at College Sing" will be held f o r the Hope in April, 1974. first time since the mid 1960s Bedell, w h o has been a member tomorrow at 8 p.m. in Dimnent of the faculty since 1971, serves Memorial Chapel.

Each group participating in the program is required to have a minimum of twelve singers and two songs. Judges will be f r o m the Holland area. .Five groups have registered to participate in Saturday night's musical extravaganza. They are Bruce McCombs, assistant-pro- the Delta Phis, the Arcadian Frafessor of art, has been invited by ternity, Sigma Sigma, third floor the Detroit Workshop on Fine Gilmore, and Alpha G a m m a Phi. Prints to be included in a Bicen- Some songs that will be sung are tennial Portfolio.

"You'll Never Walk Alone," Supported by a grant from the "There's Nothing Like a D a m e , " Michigan Council for the Arts, " O n a Wonderful Day Like Tothis p o r t f o l i o will be composed of day," and "Let There Be Peace prints by thirty Michigan artists, On E a r t h . " Most of these prints will be The Students Activities Comdonated to museums and cultural mittee will also sponsor a folk institutions across the nation. concert in the Kletz at 9 : 0 0 p.m.

These prints will also be organized Friday, featuring the music of into a traveling exhibition Bob Hedstrom. Admission is free.

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It is refreshing for Hope to hear an individual speak honestly about himself and of his beliefs, knowing those beliefs are in the decided minority.

This past Wednesday, our community had the privilege of listening to Howard Gaass, a self-acknowledged gay clergymen.

On the whole, the student body received Gaass with a somewhat closed mind, but at least with an unhostile attitude. The majority listened and discussed with him on a level of commurtication that was appropriage for college individuals.

Gaass, himself, expressed that Hope was basically very gracious to him.

Our concern is not so much their attitude, but of the attitude and behavior of a small minority present at Gaass' discussions. This group of individuals had the right to question and oppose the concepts Gaass had presented, but they had no right to be hostile to him. He was a guest of

Hope and should have been treated as such.

There is certainly nothing wrong with open and candid discussion of opposing views' on an issue, but what man has the mystical ability to tell another he is wrong about what the Holy Spirit is telling him to believe or do. If there is such an individual, it seems apparent that many of the inner turmoils of the church would be eliminated, by this individual pipeline to God. The rest of the world has no such pipeline, but Wednesday night, Hope seemed to have a few. It is reassuring to us to know some people have all the answers for themselves as well as others.

This self-righteous piety was dealt with once before approximately 2000 years ago. Our congratulations to our modern day scribes in their ability to quote verse after verse of Scripture, proving their beliefs true and all other opinions false.

We hope that the discussion Wednesday was beneficial for all present, but more importantly, we desire that the discussion will cause certain individuals to reflect on their attitude and behavior towards those who are not in accord with their beliefs.

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Federal investigators are now looking free-enterprise system we delivered that oil. into charges that at the height of the Arab Suppose we have another crisis? We're oil embargo American businessmen overgoing t o have to do the same thing again. If charged electric power companies, hospithe Commies knew how we made windfall tals, schools and consumers by as much as profits on the Arab oil embargo, we'd all a billion, possibly $3 billion. be dead ducks. Think of your country, I COULDN'T believe that Americans man, before you write this story." could do this to other Americans and I ROCK, I've known you for years. You went to see Rock Ogelthorpe, the spokessupport the National Symphony, the Boy man for the Our Country Right or Wrong Scouts of America, the Metropolitan Oil Institute.

Opera, the church of your choice. Why do " R o c k , " I said, " h o w could you rip off you have to cheat people on their elecyour own people during an oil crisis?' tricity bills.

Rock touched the American Flag in his "We didn't cheat anybody. All we did lapel nervously. "If we didn't somebody was sell oil t o the electric companies. We else would have." didn't tell them to charge their customers. t4 BUT YOU took advantage of poor If they raised their prices it had nothing to people who were dependent o n electricity do with us. We're not in the power for heat and cooking: widows, orphans, business." ^schoolchildren and sick patients. Doesn't " D O YOU believe that the men involved that bother your conscience?" in the schemes should be brought to Eliminate Student Government? Much limited task forces, and many others. ^ "What about our stockholders?" Rock justice." of what has been said about student Student government is capable of much said defensively. "They certainly deserve a "Of course. If they did anything wrong government is true. It has been inefficient more. It serves a very positive function in fair return on their investment.

The price they should be fined $2,000 or $3,000. as a whole, and it has been somewhat its best form. We need organization and a of oil is made in the marketplace.

When the After all, we don't condone crime." distant from the student body. But it does change in human strategies. We need to Arabs shut off their spigots, we had two "1 wasn't thinking of a fine. I was not have to be. Student government is make use of the key resource people in the choices: * sell oil at the fixed prices the thinking more of sending them to jail for what we make it. community. . government laid down or make a few bucks maybe five or 10 years or, since we're We need enthusiasm, and that means The mechanical functions of student for a rainy day. talking about a billion dollars, maybe 20 allowing effective student p a r t i c i p a t i o n government are being done. The Executive THIS WHOLE thing is exaggerated.

We years."

Council filled the student positions on the and I don't mean just student government are talking about a few pennies for the ROCK WAS shocked. " Y o u d o n ' t send members either. We need more than just College Community's committees, and the average consumer.

Would you like to see businessmen to jail just for overcharging job of the Appropriations Committee will personal presidential government. what we're doing t o attract fish around our people.

After all, they have families and are We need the delegation of authority as be done again before the academic year is oceangoing oil rigs?" pillars of their community. over. well as responsibility in meaningful student " N o , " I said.

"I want to talk to you Let's keep this in perspective. Jail is for government decision-making to lower about some of your dealers forging tanker people who commit crime in the streets. If levels. We need everybody who wants t o , invoices so that they could charge $10 for there was any hanky-panky, and I'm not to participate in the process of leadership. $5 barrels of oil." . f saying there was, no one was taken to the T h e opportunities exist here. The time ROCK WAS getting red in the face. hospital." has come. After the frustration, I believe " N o w you're dealing with national secu"I guess you're right. Rock. No one did we're ready for a new beginning. rity. The Russians would love to know how get h u r t . " Stew Graham we did it, but you're never going to find •'Let's forget all this talk," Rock said.

A small group, mostly the < Executive out from me.

The point is that the power " I t depresses me. Would you like to see a Council, has taken some limited initiative companies in this country needed oil desfilm on how oil companies are saving the to formulate student government reforms;. perately, and thanks to the American alligators in the Everglades?" and some few task forces continue to function. But there must be much more to student government.

There is. The role of Student Congress I object to the caption "America Sleep should be to represent the student body Well" for the front page photograph in the and be responsive to it, to facilitate a anchor March 7. unique developmental environment and to The photograph shows an Indochinese experiment with and consider innovative soldier, a woman (probably the soldier's ArfandTm m ik h i g & n concepts; to research decisions in order to wife) and t w o children (probably the solcooperatively contribute to the welfare and dier's family). It is obvious that the people Published during the college year except vacation, holiday and examination periods progress of the college community in a in the photograph are upset. T o me this by and for the students of Hope College, Holland, Michigan, under the authority of responsible manner along with the other photograph is emotionally upsetting. the Student Communications Media Committee. Subscription price: $7 per year. major elements of the community.

I do not question the use of the Printed by the Composing Room, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Member, Associated Do these sound like nebulous and dis- photograph, but contend that the editorialCollegiate Press, United States Student Press Association. Office located on ground .ant objectives? They're n o t necessarily. izing caption is inappropriate for the front floor of Graves Hall. Telephone 392-5111, Extension 2301 and 2285. The opinions Ihere are some standard approaches which page. If a newspaper expresses persoital on this page are not necessarily those of the student body, faculty or administration iren't being used, but which could be views, it should do so on the editorial page of Hope College. mployed without much trouble at alL where it is clear that the newspaper is These include: meetings at regular inter- doing just that-expressing personal views.

Acc^; . c Michael Kincheloe Cartoonist john W. Stopped vals in a regular meeting place; the use of Response to such views by readers of Associate Editor Marjorie DeKam Advertising . .Dave DeKok published and posted decisions, agendas, the paper is then possible. The caption in Managing Editor Oave DeKok Layouts Rick Raley meeting times and locations; the use of question most certainly has connotations Assistant Editors Barbara Brown Reporters regular and formal forums for presenta- far beyond the literal meaning of the words Tim Mulder ions by concerned community members; in the caption. jv > John Scholten Ken Maxwell constituting the membership of the StuEditorial Assistant Annetta Miller Whether I agree of disagree with the Peter Maassen dent Congress by election f r o m designated p h o t o and its caption is not important. The Sports Editors Mel Vandermolen , Mary Claerbout districts; the use of modified forms of view is an editorial one and belongs in the a ' Jon Soderstrom D. Paul DeWeese initiative, referendum and recall; the use of editorial section of the newspaper.

Photography Editor John Beahm Photographers Bill Paplawsky responsible standing committees and Steve Chappell Art Editor Karen Dimon

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Dylan's Blood on the Tracks: a musical supernova

by Tom W. Sima

J o h n n y Cash said of Bob Dylan on the back cover of Nashville Skyline that Dylan was a "brilliant erupting c o n e " . This analogy held t r u e in 1974, when Dylan went on his nation-wide t o u r with the Band, and gave performances that can truly be described as spectacular and volcanic, b o t h in delivery and e f f e c t .

LISTENING TO Before the Flood, this writer was b o t h shocked and at the same time attracted to Dylan's t r e a t m e n t of "Lay, Lady, L a y " , " K n o c k i n ' on Heaven's D o o r " , and "Blowin* in the Wind".

The wild, enthusiastic roar of the crowds added t o the effect.

The 1974 T o u r may have been a ragged, outrageous eruption, but it remains a t r i u m p h a n t hallmark chapter to the Bob Dylan legend.

A F T E R T H E shock waves had faded and the smoke and dust of the Tour had settled, Dylan went back to the studio and made another album. Released in the a u t u m n of 1974 with hardly any fanfare. Blood on the Tracks became, and still is, a musical supernova. The album was n o t the enraged Dylan w h o screamed out Highway 61 Revisited with firestorm intensity; nor was it really the mellow easy Nashville Skyline Dylan.

BLOOD ON THE Tracks, if anything, is an eclectic Dylan but different in a novel way, for Bob Dylan is never the same way he was when we last saw and heard him.

Blood on the Tracks is a mixture of love songs, ballads, and a touch of electric blues with a smashing " h a m m e r song"! This does not mean Dylan is w i t h o u t some axe to grind, f o r life always has times when anger and outrage become integral parts and Dylan is no exception. This is because he is h u m a n , and in this album Dylan is no exception.

DYLAN'S HUMANITY in Tracks pulses w i t h a new kind of life that runs through most of the songs in the album. The opener, "Tangled Up in Blue" is one of the love songs of a man w h o had a short, intense affair, but b o t h agree to split. " A f t e r a j o b as a cook, the storyteller and his love drift back together by accident. Eventually, they break up and separate; and our man, after a while, sets o u t in search of his honey one more time.

THE SONG moves at a bright, b o u n c y , foot-tapping clip that flows rather easily, showing that Eric -Weissberg and Deliverance can be a great asset t o Dylan. He sings in a voice that lacks the rasp of his earlier works, but it fits the song perfectly.

"Simple Twist of F a t e " moves slower, quieter, and Dylan is calmer here. T h e song is a b o u t a short love between two people that ends abruptly as a lightning bolt, followed by a strange, painful silence.

T H E TITLE of t h e - s o n g sums it all u p , and it is delivered with a s o f t melancholy that soothes.

Here in plain view is a soft, mellow, subdued Bob Dylan, almost a m e t a m o r p h o s e d Nashville Skyliner, but quite unique.

Dylan has at times written songs of loss, pain and a t o u c h of bitterness; and " Y o u ' r e a Big Girl N o w " is one of these. The music flows slowly and sadly, and Dylan makes this song a rainy night n u m b e r that fits a mellow, sad mood.

IT'S A SONG like " J u s t Like a W o m a n " , but this is not a new version. The pain of rejection is obvious here, but b o t h sides are h u r t bad. Dylan sings " I don't need y o u , since you d o n ' t want

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Participating in the service will be the 120 voice College Chorus, directed by Roger Davis, associate professor of music, and the Collegium Musicum, directed by Carroll L e h m a n , assistant professor of music.

A n t h e m s to be sung are: " H o sanna t o t h e Son of David" by Praetorius, "Since by Man Came D e a t h " by Handel, "Crucifixus f r o m the Mass in B Minor" by Bach, and "Christ We Do All Adore T h e e " .

Donald F i n n , assistant professor of theater, a choral reading group and t h e Collegium Musicum will present tke major work of the evening, " T h e passion of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew."

Dan Berrigan to be in G.R. Daniel Berrigen will speak tonight at Aquinas college. He will speak on the subject of peace. The lecture is scheduled for 8 : 3 0 p.m. and will be held in the Wege Center at Aquinas.

an angry y o u n g m a n ; and here, foot-tapping pace t h a t ' s a delight ^ with "Idiot Wind", he attains t h e to hear. At the end of the song, he wishes that he could go back; but fury of a m u s h r o o m cloud.

DYLAN T H E N follows " I d i o t as h e states this, we know that he Wind" with a bright, bouncy, ex- is stronger in many ways. " B U C K E T S O F Rain" is a ultant song of good love found at "just for f u n " sdrt of song of last called " Y o u ' r e Gonna Make friendship and expectation that Me Lonesome When You G o " . It doesn't last long, like a rainbow; Dylan does in a very light-hearted but its beauty lies in its shining manner. He seems happily casual about the whole thing, and the expression of pure j o y .

It has a touch of melancholy, song moves at a tumbling, bright but it remains the happiest song pace, aided by Buddy Cage's steel Dylan has composed in years. T h e guitar picking.

It's all a mixture of happy subject is love that will soon be desire that seems destined f o r out of reach, and Dylan leaves it some harshness, but that we never at that, with the same sparkling freshness of his 1971 Bangladesh k n o w . The song ends the album -on a shining happy note as a cool, concert performance of "Mr. bright day after a t h u n d e r s t o r m .

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A FEW WEEKS ago, this writer MEET ME in the Morning is a lazy, whining electric blues song noticed in a local music store a about love fading like light a f t e r considerable n u m b e r of Dylan albums along with Blood on the s u n d o w n . Dylan's high, whining Tracks. This revival seems t o be performance and the buzzing caused by the release of the new blues r h y t h m shows that he can LP, but it does not stop there. still handle the blues effectively, That Blood on the Tracks has m e " but the bitterness is there, and Deliverance comes through been causing a renewed interest in but it does not make him callous. again. its author is due in part to a In Bob Dylan's music, a "Lily, Rosemary, and the Jack reaction that, has been going on h a m m e r song is a song of raw of Hearts" is the most entertainsince the 1974 T o u r began. The outrage, butterness and a cold- ing song on the album. It's a story blooded last laugh over fallen of a clever bank r o b b e r y , a ruined last album Dylan made that had pride, c o r r u p t i o n and hypocrisy. marriage, greed, injustice and de- any long-term e f f e c t was Nashville Past examples are "Positively 4 t h ceit, but the poet brings it all Skyline in 1969.

THE PAT Garrett and Billy the S t r e e t " and "Like a Rollin' together in a fast-paced narrative Kid soundtrack of 1973 failed t o that's a joy to hear.

Stone". create any great stir. Planet Waves THIS HAMMER song is enwas more noticeable, due t o THE SONG "If You See Her titled " I d i o t Wind", and it's a Dylan teaming with The Band, Say Hello" is one of the most literal t o r n a d o . It's full of bizarre but it was basically "traditional images, aimed seemingly at a sensitive, tragic love songs Dylan Dylan", the type that had been single individual.

The music has ever written. It flows slow and pounds like a d r o p forge, and s m o o t h , like a river on a prairie; around all the while.

The blockbuster of t h e T o u r Dylan fires the lyrics out with and it is a r i v e r - a river of tears and Before the Flood overawed * and heartbroken pain. raw, shrill savagery. Paul Griffin's In the song, Dylan suffers with the nation t o an unexpected deorgan shrills like an avenging bangree. Dylan had never been more deep agony over a w o m a n once shee in the background. intense, angry, e l e c t r i f y i n g - o r greatly loved and now impossible We never know what the Idiot compelling. t o reach.

Dylan does not sink to Wind is, b u t , according to Dylan, NOW WE HAVE Blood on the 1 it covers America like a cloud of despair, for the closing lines reveal Tracks, a n d ; things are not the marauding locusts. In the final a simple, dignified hope that same.

Bob Dylan has written a keeps him going, despite the term o v e m e n t , Dylan spares not even strange, brave new chapter in himself for allowing the wind to rible scars of loss.

A SECURE, "safe at last" re- what we the people are making soil him. Dylan has been at times i n t o his legend. lief permeates "Shelter from the Whether this is the start-of a S t o r m " , and here we find Dylan new era or t h e end of one, radiating a confident calm at surn o b o d y can say with any degree viving plenty of hard knocks and of certainty. All we know is this: knowing he has a good place to Bob Dylan, like him or n o t , is still hide when he needs to. going strong in his own enigmatic, Odd analogies and images are The Hope College Band will at times w o n d e r f u l , "song and here and there scattered, but present a spring concert Tuesday Dylan makes it flow at a lively. d a n c e " way. at 7 : 3 0 p.m. in the main theater of the DeWitt Cultural Center.

Guest saxophonist, part-time teaching associate Bryon Minor, THE DRAWING LEGION ANNOUNCES A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY will p e r f o r m Robert Jager's Concerto for Saxophone, Brass and TO VIEW THE PAINTING MORE TALKED ABOUT THAN SEEN - THE JACOB'S Percussion. Minor was a s t u d e n t LADDER PAINTING. of Marcel Mule at the Paris Conservatory and holds degrees f r o m SATURDAY MARCH 22 Northwestern and Ball State UniAT 10:00 P.M. versities.

AFTER THE DANCE PROGRAM He has concertized extensively in Europe a n d the United States AT THE DEWITT CULTURAL CENTER and currently teaches saxophone STUDIO THEATRE in the Music D e p a r t m e n t . This past fall he gave his New York A MONTH IN THE MAKING BY A DOZEN WELL-KNOWN ARTISTS, THE MAMMOTH debut in Alice Tully Hall of LinPAINTING WITH MUSICAL ACCOMPANIMENT AND TABLEAU VIVANT MAY BE coln Center with A n t h o n y KooiVIEWED FOR ONE BRIEF HOUR BEFORE IT IS DISMANTLED, NEVER TO RETURN. ker as his accompanist.

The band, recently returned SEIZE THE DAY, HOPE STUDENTS! ÂŤ1 f r o m a t o u r of Michigan high THE HARVEST IS READY, schools, will also p e r f o r m the Blue THE BRIDEGROOM IS COME, Lake - Overture of John Barnes Chance, Four Preludes of Robert BUT HURRY! Russell Bennett, the American ONCE THE DOOR IS CLOSED IT WILL NEVER BE REOPENED AGAIN. Overture of Joseph Jenkins and marches by Malcolm Arnold and John Philip Sousa.

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HOLY w m SERVICES Dimnent Chapel Hope College March 23-29, 1975 SUNDAY. March ?3. 11:OC a,in, (P>i]bi Sunrtpy) Morning Worship;

Choplein Hillegonds, preaching Ministry of Christ's People Choir Hike Payus, organist SltNDAY. March .^3. 3:30 p.m.

Palm Sunday Choral Service T U o Ccliege Chorus, directed by Mr. Roger Davis The Collegium Musicun, directed by Dr. Anthony Kooker The- Speaking Choir Brass Organ Hymns, Preyerf.Homlly ...

MONDAY. March 10:00 n.n. to 10:20 a.m.

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Rev. Nornen Kansflold, Western Seminary, preaching Mr. Roger Davin, organist Mr. Vaughn Mp^tnm, soloist 10:00 a.m. to 10:20 a.m.

Morning Worship:

Dr. James Cook, Western Seminary, preaching Mr. Roger Rietberg, organist Anthem sun1: by the Chapel Choir under the direction of Dr. Robert Cavanaugh WEDNESDAY. March 26. 10:00 a.m. to 10:20 a.m.

Momlag Worship:

Dr. Herman Ridder, Central Reformed Church, Grand Rapids, preaching Mr. A1 Fedak, organist Anthem by the Men's Choir under the direction of Mr. Roger Rietberg THURSDAY. Mnrch 27. 10:00 a.m. tc 10:20 a.m.

Morning Worship:

Dr. Jack Stewart, Westminister Presbyterian Church, Grand Rapids,.preaching Mr. Rogrr Rietberg, organist Anthem by the Women's Choir under the direction of Dr. Anthony Kooker

THURSDAY. March 27. 11:00 p.m. Maundy Thursday Service of Holy Communion, Chaplain Hillegonds, preaching FRIDAY. March 28. 10:00 a.m. to 10:20 a.m.

Morning Worship:

Dr. Gordon VanWylen, preaching Mr, A1 Fedak, organist Miss Susan Hermance, soloist

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Machle decries S.C. As someone on the "inside" of Student Congress, Fd like to comment on Bill DeBlock's letter of two weeks ago. My feelings, like Bilfs are that Student Congress ought to be eliminated as an unnecessary function for many reasons.

First, if, as most people at Hope seem to agree, we truly want a form of Community Governance, and an organization such as Congress defeats that purpose.

By excluding the other groups on campus (faculty and administrators) we tend to form into separate, somewhat hostile factions working against each other.

Second, Congress acts only as a discussion group and, as such, accomplishes little of real value, making it a waste of time. Third, students have more success getting what they desire through sources other than their student government. Who goes to Student Congress with an idea or problem?

Fourth, the only real powers j>iven to Congress are concentrated in the Boards and Committees which could easily continue without Congress.

The Student Appropriations Committee could well be handled as SAC is presently, with students applying for membership, and those who are not qualified, appointed.

Other Committees could be handled in this manner (applying to the Committee) and Board members could continue to be elected by the student body providing valid campus representation.

Fifth, money from the Student Activities Fee goes to support the Congress, and the $1,000 or so dollars could be spent on more valuable, campus-wide activities.

Or, if such wasteful spending were eliminated in this and other unnecessary areas, perhaps we cculd work on keeping tuition more stable.

Sixth, the Speaker Series (which brought Nader, Berrigan and DeCrow) could be handled through Student Activities Committee, or better yet. Cultural Affairs Committee with more e ^

Dance tonight in the 'Pit' Tonight, from 8:00 until 1:00 p.m, the Black Coalition will sponsor a dance in the " P i t " of the DeWitt Cultural Center, featuring two disc jockeys, D.C. Bill and D.J. Davis. The proceeds of the dance wUl go t o . t h e Black Coalition Treasury.

The admission charge at the door is_50 cents. The game room activities, pool, ping pong and bowling are free of charge, but the pin ball machines are not.

There will be a drawing sometime during the night, the first prize being $3, second prize $2 and third prize ? Special recognition will be given to the sorority and fraternity with the most representatives there, including pledges.

Piano recital to be given Pianist Nancy Thompson will present her senior recital tonight at 8:15 p.m. in Wichers auditorium of the Nykerk Hall of Music.

Thompson is a senior piano major in instrumental music education and studied with Associate Professor of Music Chalres Aschbrenner.

Selections to be performed will be by Bach, Beethoven, Brahms and Bartok. -

pertise and efficiency, than through Congress.

I realize that a Student Congress Committee has recently spent many hours revising Congress. I served on that committee, and my first observatiort is that the question of necessity of Congress was never satisfactorily dealt with, as some of us pointed out.

The proposed restructuring never, therefore, deals with what 1 see as the basic deficiency in Congress, its' lack of any important function as a whole.

I see no reason why Congress should be continued in any form.

As students, our representation comes through the Board and Committee members. Let us continue those, but, like Bill, I see no reason to continue Student Congress as a traditional event', and a frustrating, useless one at that.

Kathi Machle

Luidens lauds 'gay' Christian This past week many of us on campus had the unusual opportunity to meet with Mr. Howard Gaass, a genuinely honest Christian homosexual. The impact of his visit prompts me to share with fellow Christians a concern raised by discussions centering on the issue of the Christian homosexual.

I have become deeply troubled by the Christian church's occa-

sional lack of acceptance of persons struggling with burdensome problems which it has historically shunned and condemned.

In the case of homosexuality (which I do not here wish t o Biblically condemn nor support), we Christians have come to turn our institutional backs on those who are struggling with the realities of homosexuality in our society. As a resuH, among these men and women are devout Christians who feel only ostracism and rejection by fellow Christians.

I fully feel the difficulty which the institutional church has had in relating to the 'gay' christian. Yet Christ demands that our love not be a discrimanatory love. That love should be ready to express itself in earnest confrontation.

Confrontation should be with open hearts, honestly aware of the realities of all personally human struggles, be they of the homosexual, the mentally ill, the forgotten aged, or the imprisoned criminal.

We each must realize the worth of life of every man and woman, for God's love and forgiveness can be accepted by all.

We as Christians are not called to judge, but to serve. 1 suggest in that light that we each examine our readiness to love those whom we have socially rejected.

Similarly, may we as a Christian community more readily serve those whom we have neglected as a result of their lives in our society.

Robert Luidens

SAC again to sponsor Coffee House Circuit The Social Activities Committee announced today that they will feature talent from the New York Coffee House Circuit on c a m p ij^agtfiiTnextvV e e k.

Harlan W h i ^ will perform iday^thfough Wednesday nights in the DeWitt Cultural Center Art Gallery. Shows are at 9 : 0 0 and 10:15 each evening. Admission is free.

White says of his songs, "I'm just writing myself some nice pic-

tures." His writing is heavily influenced by Haiku poetry and Zen. White grew up in Lake Charles, Louisiana: "Halfway between New Orleans Jazz and Texas Country and Western." He played in a Rhythm and Blues band at fifteen and began traveling and singing. From a rock band in Louisiana he went to a folk group in Denver. He spent a year traveling and performing in Europe and then returned to Nashville to start a Bluegrass band.

German and Japanese students to come here This summer students from Germany and Japan will attend the American Studies Abroad (ASA) Programs at Hope. The International Summer School (ISS) under the direction of the Office of International Education is currently recruiting teaching assistants f o r the two study groups: the German Program (June 30July 30) and the Japanese Program (July 5-August 10). Primary duties of the assistants will be

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conducting English language classes and counseling. . For application forms and further information (salary, etc.) contact Mr. Powell, Foreign Languages, Graves Hall, Room 4. The deadline for applications is April 8.

Dance dept gives concert "Dance I", a dance concert presented by the newly formed Department of Dance will be held today and Saturday in the DeWitt Cultural Center. The concert each night will begin at 8 p.m.

The program will feature examples of dance presently offered at the college, including part-time teaching associate Rich Rahn's tap & jazz class, modern dance taught by part-time teaching associate Maxine DeBruyn, English court and country dances under the direction of J o h n Tammi, assistant professor of theater, and, as guest performers, the Flint Ballet company will perform two works choreographed by Hope's ballet instructor, Ed Riffel.

A $ 1 admission will be charged at the door.

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Heresies denounced After a weekend in Hartford, Connecticut a group of theologians arrived at what they felt were threats to Christianity in today's world, the following is their "appeal for theological affirmation."

This week their first seven themes are included, in the next issue the remaining six wiil be discussed.

The renewal of Christian witness and mission requires constant examination of the assumptions shaping the Church's life. Today an apparent loss of a sense of the transcendent is undermining the Church's ability to address with clarity and courage the urgent tasks to which God calls it in the world.

This loss is manifest in a number of pervasive theme?. Many are superficially attractive, but upon closer examination we find these themes false and debilitating to the Church's life and work. Among such themes are: Theme 1: Modern thought is superior to all past forms of understanding reality, and is therefore normative for Christian faith and life.

IN REPUDIATING this theme we are protesting the captivity t o the prevailing thought structures not only of the 20th century but of any historical period. We favor using any helpful means of understanding, ancient or modern, and insist that the Christian proclamation must be related to the idiom of the culture. At the same time, we affirm the need for Christian thought to confront and be confronted by other world views, all of which are necessarily provisional.

Theme 2: Religious statements are totally independent of reasonable discourse.

The capitulation to the alleged primacy of modern thought takes two forms: one is the subordination of religious statements to the canons of scientific rationally; the other, equating reason with scientific rationality, would remove religious statements from the realm of reasonable discourse altogether. A religion of pure subjectivity and nonrationality results in treating faith statements as being, at best, statements about the believer. We repudiate both forms of capitulation..

Theme 3: Religious language refers to human experience and nothing else, God being humanity's noblest creation.

Religion is also a set of symbols and even of human projections. We repudiate the assumption

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that it is nothing but that. What is here at stake is nothing less than the reality of God: We did not invent God; God invented us.

•W -• •: " -J Theme 4 : Jesus can only be understood in terms of contemporary models of humanity.

THIS THEME suggests a reversal of " t h e imitation of Christ"; that is, the image of Jesus is made to reflect cultural and counter-cultural notions of human excellence. We do not deny that all aspects of humanity are illumined by Jesus. Indeed, it is necessary to the universality of the Christ that he be perceived in relation to the particularities of the believers' world. We do repudiate the captivity to such metaphors, which are necessarily inadequate, relative, transitory, and frequently idolatrous. Jesus, together with the Scriptures and the whole of the Christian tradition, cannot be arbitrarily interpreted without reference to the history of which they are part. The danger is in the attempt to exploit the tradition without taking the tradition seriously.

Theme 5: All religions are equally valid; the choice among them is not a matter of conviction about truth but only of personal preference or life-style.

We affirm our common humanity. We affirm the importance of exploring and confronting all manifestations of the religious quest and of learning from the riches of other religions. But we repudiate this theme because if flattens diversities and ignores contradictions. In doing so, it not only obscures the meaning of Christian faith, but also fails to respect the integrity of other faiths. Truth matters; therefore differences among religions are deeply significant.

FRIDAY, MARCH 21 Folk Concert: Bob Hedstrom, Kletz, 9 : 0 0 Third Annual Model United Nations, DeWitt, Senior Recital, Wichers, 8 : 1 5 Dance Concert, DWC Main Theatre, 8:00 Film; "Cowboy Classics'^ Winants, 7:00 & 9 : 3 0 50^

SATURDAY, MARCH 22 All College Sing, Dimnent, 8 : 0 0 Dance Concert, DWC Main Theatre, 8 : 0 0 Film: "Cowboy Classics", Winants, 7:00 & 9 : 3 0 50^

SUNDAY, MARCH 23 Passion and Eastertide Choral Service, Dimnet, 8 : 3 0 MONDAY, MARCH 24 NY Coffee House Circuit; Harlan White, DWC Art Gallery, 9 : 0 0 & 10:15

TUESDAY, MARCH 25 NY Coffee House Circuit; Harlan White, DWC Art Gallery, 9 : 0 0 & 10:15 Concert: Hope College Band, DWC Main Theatre, 7 : 3 0

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26 NY Coffee House Circuit: Harlan White, DWC Art Gallery, 9 : 0 0 & 10:15 Lacrosse: Albion, Van Raalte Field, 3:45 Junior Recital, Wichers, 4 : 0 0 FRIDAY, MARCH 28 Spring Recess begins at 11 ;20 am.

Theme 6: To realize one's potential and to be true to oneself is the whole meaning of salvation.

SALVATION contains a promise of human fulfillment, but to identify salvation with human fulfillment can trivialize the promise. We affirm that salvation cannot be found apart from God. Theme 7: Since what is human is good, evil can adequately be understood as failure to realize human potential.

This theme false understanding of the ambiva-j lence of human existence and underestimates the pervasiveness of sin. Paradoxically, by minimizing the enormity of evil, it undermines serious and sustained attacks on particular social or individual evils.

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Hope College anchor March 21,1975

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Walls of Jericho

by Jon Soderstrom Datelinelmjfc . . March 12. 1975; Hope College.

The east # a f n ) f the gymnasium, housed within the unimpressive Camegie-Schouten athletic complex, broke away from its foundation and nearly collapsed.

THIS ORDEAL occasioned a temporary closing of the facility, along with the cancellation of all classes and activities which make use of the building, until the wall could be shored up and reinforced.

Although this suspension of activities was only for one day, causing little or no inconvenience, it served as a graphic reminder of the dire need this college has for a new athletic facility.

THE CARNEGIE gym, built sometime before the Middle Ages, has held up relatively well, but fails to meet the demands of a modern intramural and intercollegiate sports program.

The building is so old that it is the only one whose completion date is not mentioned in the college catalogue. But it isn't unreasonable t o suggest that many students' grandparents may have utilized these facilities (though slightly remodeled).

CERTAINLY most parents who attended Hope remember the days when an elevated track completed the interior decor. However, it is time for Hope to move into the TO's (or at least the 6 0 ^ ) , as have most of the other schools in the MIAA. The time to make the move is now, for the longer we wait, surely the more it will cost.

President Van Wylen seems set on having every cent pledged before signing any contracts.

gone towards the new facilities. With this incident, it is unclear how much more money will have to be spent in future repairs to make the building remain safe for competition.

IN ADDITION, funds are being sought to renovate portions of the gym, to enhance its future use.

While this might seem appealing for the time being, it would seem put to better use in the building fund for new an^ better facilities.

It is reasonable to assume, considering the fact that we've put up with the gym for as long as we have, that we can make the sacrifice a while longer if it means the new gym is built that much sooner.

Certainly there are advantages in retaining the Carnegie complex (though it is sometimes hard to think of one). The best would be that in its present antiquated condition, n o one cares how much use it gets. ' When seen against the complete security check it takes to get into the newly opened Peale Science Center after five o'clock, this appears very enticing.

However, if the building fund has a substantial percentage of the projected cost, then it is time for the construction to begin.

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Athletic dept. defends Hope's b-ball program The following article was written by the athletic department staff in response to the sports column in the March 7 anchor.

HOWEVER in the meantime costs have shot up as a result of inflation, and pledges are down as a result of the recession (though the goal set is close to being reached).

A classic example of the problems involved in this wait may be seen in what happened with the Montreal Olympic complex. By waiting, t o insure the proper funding, the cost of the project more than doubled, nearly jeopardizing the running of the 1976 games.

AS A result, the Canadian Olympic Committee has had to be innumerable sources for the necessary funds, something which would have been unnecessary if they would have proceeded earlier.

Moreover, the money which went into the repairs of the present gym is all the more which could have

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On March 7 some opinions were expressed " F r o m the Sidelines" by Bob Klomparens on Hope's 1974-75 basketball season.

Such terms as disappointment, missed opportunities, unfulfilled potential, frustration, and disenchantment were used to paint a dismal picture of Hope basketball from November to Maith 1.

WHEN THE goal of all teams, the championship, slips away in spite of planning and practice, some let-down is in the works.

Anyone directly involved in sport knows that such feelings of depression are part of the package. This was true in some degree during the past season all the way from Calvin to Adrian and is about par for the course when twelve or more players vie for five positions. ^ WHEN CANDIDATES turn out for a team no one promises them a "rose garden", but the emotional gamut in basketball is not all negative. It certainly includes satisfaction, elation, and some moments of genuine ecstasy.

It does, and did for our team this year. Any portrayal of our season which excludes this dimension is simply a distortion of the complete picture.

WHAT KIND of a team did we have and how did it really do?

First of all, it was a young team with three freshmen and one sophomore in the line-up much of the time. Young, inexperienced players make mistakes which lead to -turnovers and defeats, and we had our share. , However, it is to their credit that in t h e seven-team MIAA only two teams (Calvin and Alma) finished higher. Few will deny that future prospects are bright for this group of underclassmen.

AT THIS early stage they obviously need positive reinforcement from us all rather than an introduction to "scapegoating".

Hope's coaches were certainly no more satisfied with third place than were the players. In analyzing the variables contributing to

our losses this season one cannot accept the accusation that one of the main reason was a disciplined offense.

THE CHARGE that Coach DeVette has not been able " t o choose an offense which corresponds to his players' unique talents and abilities" runs counter to the collective opinion of MIAA coaches past and present who feel that this is one of his greatest attributes as a coach.

His opinion this year was that the squad was not equipped to launch a wide open "run and g u n " type of offense. Far from being an "anachronism", control type offenses are very much the order of the day both in and out of the MIAA. ONE NEED only consult tournament scores on the sport pages for proof. The assertion that "today every good team in college and the professional ranks has a sound running game" implies that all are fast break teams and as such is pure nonsense.* A careful study of the most successful teams in major and small college circles will show that the majority of good teams have quick, aggressive, all-around athletes who can run if the opportunity presents itself but usually run a sound pattern offense.

RUSS DeVETTE would not deny that he has made mistakes in strategy and judgment. Most of us have made more. He has brought nine championships and 301 basketball victories to Hope College.

He has made the tough decision when called for and lived with resulting criticism. This is quality coaching, an outgrowth of a quality person. .

HIS INTEGRITY has ruled out the false facade and the glad .hand, and if this is the absence of charisma, so be it. It is understandable that young men intent on immediate fulfillment should allow reprimand and denial t o obscure his deep concern for them, but his coaching colleagues have seen it and been moved.

When his actions or those of another have caused his players hurt or disappointment it has become his own. Obvious to us is the fact that he loves each for what he is and covets the welfare of each.

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