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September 10,1986

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Convocation Opens School Year "What Stand Beyond" was the title of a m s o t e l o q u e n t y delivered convocation address by the distinguished Dr. Manford Byrd, J r .

Byrd, a graduate of Central College in Pella, Iowa, received his Ph.D. from Northwestern University and now holds the p r e s t i g i o u s p o s i t i o n of Superintendent of the Chicago Area Public Schools.

Byrd impressed on students that a life committed to "faith, knowledge, and service is required if one is to m a k e a positive impact on society."

Indeed, Byrd expressed that we must " t u r n obstacles into opportunities" and to always be in a " s t a t e of preparation."

Students were encouraged to "become great men and women, not celebrated or wealthy, but corageous and strong...to take the paths of most resistance."

Concluding his r e m a r k s , he inspired everyone to "work to become—not to acquire...what stands beyond...your commitment. If we e n u m e r a t e the problems that beset us, if it often easy for us to despair, 'I am only one' I can't do all, but I can do some. And that that I can do, I ought to do. And that that I ought to do, by the grace of God, I will do."

Also during the convocation, an honorary doctor of letters degree was awarded to Byrd and an honorary doctor of laws degree w a s awarded to L. Homer Surbeck, a retired attorney from Atherton, California.

Surbeck led a distinguished law career, graduating first in his class at Yale Law School, serving as law secretary to Chief Justice William Howard Taft,

The goal of WTHS this year is "quality."

That was the m e s s a g e delivered to over a hundred potential disc jockeys at an informational meeting Sunday night for Hope's student-run FM radio station.

The E x e c u t i v e C o m m i t t e e (EC) of WTHS is so concerned about getting top quality d.j.'s and staff that they declined to give an on-air date, instead waiting until everything is in place before the fun begins.

"We want to have enough time to have a clean running outfit," stated personnel director Bryan Eytcheson.

The following schedule, however, leads one to believe that WTHS will hit the air waves late this month or early next: This week will consist of training seminars for any new potential d.j.'s.

Next week will be devoted to both old and new d.j.'s practicing.

Auditions for shows will be the week after that.

And then there will be a mock week, in which each d.j. goes through his or her (or their) show as if they were on-air—even though they aren't.

Only after all that will WTHS decide when it will go on the air (watch the anchor for the continuing saga).

The EC m e m b e r s stressed that anyone could be a d.j. and they encouraged all forms of music.

P r o g r a m Director John Miller urged the potential d.j.'s to "feel free to express yourself in whatever way you w a n t . " The EC is planning various changes to heighten the quality of this year's broadcasts: Among other promotions, said Tim Kleyla, there will be record give-a-ways, and possibly bumper stickers and a concert in the spring. There will also be a professional programming guide.

The bigs news for news is that there will be an AP Wire Service. No longer will the news personnel keep up on the news by watching television or reading newspapers as was done last year.

News Director Nathan Bocks added that "news is no longer boring," but will be "fun and innovative" and shorter.

Steve Spencer, Sports Director, echoed Bocks and added that there will be live broadcasts of many of the Hope g a m e s , possibly i n c l u d i n g w o m e n ' s basketball.

Music Director Jon Hop stated that the focus of WTHS will be towards " a n alternative music station."

He added that if WLAV starts playing something, WTHS is going to pull it, thereby keeping several steps ahead of them and light y e a r s ahead of the top 40 stations in West Michigan.

Eytcheson commented that all hopeful d.j.'s will have to audition and all new d.j.'s must have a partner, a m a j o r change from last year.

The EC is also planning on clamping down on the rules and r e g u l a t i o n s of o n - a i r personalities.

"Termination is going to be a pretty definite thing," stated Eytcheson.

Production Director Pete Myers plans on working with the d.j.'s to help them make their shows individual, unique, and professional.

"We'd like to think of this year as when people really take notice of us in the community and here at Hope," stated Eytcheson.

"Our goals are definitely quality oriented this fall," commented Miller.

"Quality more than quantity," added Steve Cooper, General Manager. "Much more professional than last y e a r . " Hop concluded, " W e ' r e going to be playing things which are left of center."

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and becoming a m e m b e r of a Wall Street law firm, working in New York for many years.

Surbeck shared his "golden rule for life" with students by saying, "put God first and He will direct you and crown your efforts with success."

President Gordon Van Wylen presided at the convocation. Also participating were Provost Jacob Nyenhuis and Chaplain Gerard Van Heest. Alfredo Gonzales, a s s i s t a n t dean for

multicultural life, presented the honorary degree to Byrd, and J a m e s Zoeteway, professor of political science, awarded the honorary degree to Surbeck.

The Hope College Chapel C h o i r , d i r e c t e d by R o g e r Rietberg, professor of music, sang an anthem and was accompanied by Norene Walters, part-time lecturer of music.

The annual ice c r e a m social followed convocation.

A children's magic show and continous musical entertainment will highlight the 21st annual Community Day Picnic to be held at Holland's Smallenberg Park Saturday, Sept. 13.

Community Day has been cosponsored by the City of Holland and Hope College for over two decades to foster the positive relationship that exists between the college and community.

This year's picnic will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. The purchase of a picnic ticket also enables the bearer to attend the Hope College football g a m e against Wittenberg University of Ohio at the Holland Municipal Stadium. Kickoff is at 1:30 p.m.

The picnic menu will include hamburgers or bratwurst, baked beans, coleslaw, potato chips, brownies, and beverage.

Joseph Beyer of Holland will provide the entertainment for the children with a magic show at noon. The American Legion

Band and the Hope Jazz Ensemble will also be featured as they provide continous musical entertainment during picnic hours.

In keeping with the Community Day spirit, halftime entertainment will feature the Holland High School Marching Band.

Tickets are $3.50 for adults, $1.50 for children five through 11, and $3 for senior citizens.

Children under five will be admitted free when accompanied by an adult.

In case of rain, the picnic will be held at Phelps Hall on the Hope College campus.

Tickets may be purchased at the Holland Area Chamber of Commerce office, the Holland City T r e a s u r e r ' s office, and the Hope c o l l e g e Dow C e n t e r .

Tickets will also be available during the picnic at Smallenberg Park.

For further information, call the Hope Office of Public Relations at (616) 392-5111, ext. 2030.

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State of the College (Editor's ' Note: Just before school began, president Van Wylen Addressed the faculty and staff of Hope with his "State Of The College Address." For the next several weeks, the Anchor will be printing the bulk of his report with commentary coming either in the Inklings or a future issue of the Anchor. Your reactions are also welcome.)

SOME THOUGHTS REGARDING THE FUTURE Though there are other matters that could be said about the current state of the College, I want to move on to share with you some thoughts regarding the future. I do so with particular reference to the fact that the College will have a new president at the close of this fiscal year. I am eager that the College not lose any significant momentum during this period. I will certainly do my best in this regard, though I do sense within my some hesitation to make decisions that another person must implement and live with.

I believe that the best way to maintain momentum is to have w e l l - d e v e l o p e d and wellaccepted plans so that decisions can be made in the light of these plans, and thus have significance that transcends this transition periof. Our senior staff has been working over the summer to formulate such plans. These will be discussed with the department chairpersons at our first meeting this fall.

However, I thought it might b e helpful if I took this opportunity

to outline my thinking on a number of areas.

Size of the College and Future Enrollment For some time we have had as our goal to remain at our present size. While this could be interpreted as a decision simply to retain the status quo, there are several factors which make this a reasonable decision : At our present size we are able to have a reasonably large number of faculty members in a number of key departments, offer a diversity of majors and provide significant extracurricular opportunities for students.

There are significant economies of scale in being our present size as compared to being smaller.

Our present size makes near optimum use of our facilities; becoming larger would require a major expansion of our facilities.

It would be difficult to recruit the additional students to become larger, and particularly difficult to do so while retaining the academic quality of those we admit.

B e c o m i n g l a r g e r would make it difficult to retain the sense of community we enjoy and the personal nature of the College.

For these reasons, I strongly urge that we focus our energies on recruiting well-qualified students in such numbers that we retain our present size. We need, however, to recognize that in view of demographic factors, to

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achieve this goal over the next decade will be difficult. The number of high school graduates will continue to decrease until 1992, and even then will increase very slowly for several years.

Thus, retaining our present enrollment will be a major undertaking and will require our best cooperative efforts.

There are two aspects of maintaining enrollment. These are admissions and retention, and both are of vital importance. Because of this, the concept of enrollment management, in which there is a focus on both admissions and retention, has been developed in recent years. We are moving forward to develop and enrollment management approach at Hope and will be giving this Increased attention this year. This will involve giving Increased attention to retention, which we plan to do this year, while maintaining a vigorous admissions program.

Such an admissions program involves considerable strategic planning and a wide variety of activities. These Include public relations and marketing, concepts that seem foreign to our vision of an ideal college. These have f however, become an ac: cepted and necessary aspect of higher education these days, and we will do our best In public relations and marketing, while seeking to keep these activities in proper focus.

One of our great strengths has been the active involvement of the entire College commnity, particularly the faculty, in our admissions program. It is vitally important that we continue this in the future, and I urge that we retain this dimension of our admissions program.

There are two other aspects of enrollment that I must briefly touch on. The first Involves minority students. As I mentioned earlles, we are embarking on a new effort In this matter this year. I want to stress that this

must be a long-term effort, and that our goal is notslmply to "look good" In this regard.

Rather, our goal Is, first of all, to serve these students to the best of our abilities. Further, we want to be a college that reflects In our student body and faculty the diversity of contemporary society. This Is the world In which both we and our graduates must live and serve. We want to help our students prepare to live with a genuine sense of community In a diverse society, and see the power of Christian faith to help achieve this goal.

As we Increase the number of minority students, we may need to provide assistance for some of these students In their transition from high school to college. 1 do not propose that we Initiate a specific program at this time, but we must be alert to this possible need and open to addressing It when It arises.

The second Issue is financial aid, both need-based and meritbased. Financial aid has become both a need and an expectation of many students and an Integral element of both admissions and retention. It has also become a very costly Item. Las year our expenditures for financial aid were $2,200,000, which is ten percent of our Educational and General budget. The whole matter of need-based and meritbased financial aid will be one of the most important things to manage in the years ahead.

As I reflected on this, it seemed to me that there are three factore we should keep in mind.

Quality is always more important in admissions than financial aid. Only when we maintain high quality in all facets of our programs can financial aid help In admissions and retention.

It will be Important to give continued attention to the balance between need-based and merit-based financial aid. Both are Important and both must be

supported, but the balance between the two must be such that we maximize the overall Impact of these resources. Further, the new emphasis on recruiting minority students may require additional need-based resources.

We need to continue to explore creative ways to help families and students finance the student's education. Our new Alumni Friends Tuition Program, which Involves prepaid tuition. Is one such effort. While loans will no doubt continue to be used by students, we must be careful that students are not saddled with too large a debt when they graduate. This whole matter of financing students' aducatlon Is worthy of our thoughtful, creative efforts.

One final comment In regard to enrollment. On reviewing data on GLCA colleges last year, I was struck by one significant difference between Hope and the other G1CLA colleges. This Is In t h e n u m b e r of p a r t - t i m e students. Of our headcount enrollment, twelve percent are part-time students. Thus, In round numbers, we have 2,200 full-time students and 300 parttime students. Hope is the only college in the GLCA with a significant number of part-time students. The reason is that most are in small towns, or in cities such as Kalamazoo, where there are other Institutions that meet community needs. Hope is rather unique in the GLCA in being the only institution in a fairly large city in which there are no other colleges.

There is on implication of this that I believe we should bear in mind. When we do various studies and compare Hope to other GLCA colleges, I believe we will have a more accurate picture if we use enrollment of p / o o s e s e e ST A TE, n e x t page

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full-time students rather than head count. It is only recently that this point became clear to me, and I want to pass this on to you. For example, when we talk to prospective students about the size of Hope, or evaluate library experditures per student, or the percentage of students living in our residence halls, and compare ourselves to other GLCA colleges, we should use the number of full-time students rather than head count.

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During my first years at Hope, two private institutions—the University of Richmond and Tulsa University—each received bequests of about $50 million. I have been eagerly opening the mail each day for the past fourteen years—and am still waiting.

And now I am down to the last ten months. The only real hope I have for the College is to carefully choose my successor!

If I were to put my perception of Hope's financial picture in a nutshell, it would be this. Hope's vision for excellence, and its achievement of this vision have, over the years, outstripped its financial resources. I want, first of all, to say that I think this is something of which we can be proud. It is rewarding to achieve more than is expected of us. It has also been rewarding to build the physical facilities and strive to a c q u i r e t h e f i n a n c i a l resources needed to fulfill this vision. But to acquire the resources to close the gap between vision and reality is a very difficult task. Further, our vision and expectations tend to expand, as they probably should, so that even as resources are provided, the gap tends to reamin.

This matter was brought to my attention in a rather striking way recently as I reviewed the publication Voluntary Support of Education for 1984-85. This report lists the gifts received by colleges during 1984-85 and the value of their endowment on June 30,1985. What was especially interesting is that Hope had the largest income but has the s m a l l e s t e n d o w m e n t . Hope

received $7,380,000 in gift in- planning—annuities, trusts and come, while the average for the wills. A very significant program other 10 GLCA colleges (ex- in planned giving has been built cluding Antioch College, which up over the last ten years and has had departed from its original been enhanced through The mission and has become- a Campaign for Hope. This prouniversity with campuses in gram provided opportunities for several cities across the country) friends of the College to give was $4,105,000. Thus Hope's gift significant resources to the Colincome, was forty-five percent lege at a time when they are no greater than the a v e r a g e . longerneeded. As of June 30, the However, on June 30, 1985, the market value of the endowment value of Hope's endowment, was $17.9 million. While this is however, was $14,540,000, which small compared to many colis t w e n t y - e i g h t p e r c e n t of l e g e s , i t h a s i n c r e a s e d $51,000,000 average value of the significantly and is now an imendowment of the other 10 col- portant factor in our finances. leges. Thus, we are doing well in Further, the prospect for steady our current fund-raising pro- growth in the endowment fund is gram, for we have been near the very good. top of the GLCA for the last few The third is to vigourously seek years. But it will take a long funds for various programmatic time, even at this rate, to build a c t i v i t i e s . T h i s i n c l u d e s an endowment commensurate federally-supported programs with our needs. such as the National Science While it would be great to Foundation, the National Endowreceive a truly major gift, the on- ment for Humanities, and the ly path we can responsibly follow National Institute of Health; is to work diligently to build our State funds such as the Michigan r e s o u r c e s from t r a d i t i o n a l Council for the Arts and the sources. As we do so, I have con- M i c h i g a n C o u n c i l for the cluded that to achieve both pre- Humanities, and a variety of sent and long-term financial foundations. In most of these strength we must vigorously pur- cases, the initiative must come sue three important activities in from faculty members, though parellel. These involve the An- the Office of College Advancenual Fund, the Endowment ment is prepared to be of every Fund, and programmatic sup- assistance it can. port.

If we vigorously pursue these The Annual Fund will be the three approaches to fund raising, basic of providing additional I believe that the financial resources in the short run. This strength of the College can past year we received $1,520,000 steadily increase in the years for the Annual Fund. With the ahead. It will be particularly completion of the Campaign, we helpful that the need for physical will place a great deal of em- f a c i l i t i e s s h o u l d d e c r e a s e phasis on the Annual Fund. This significantly after the library year the budget is $1,670,000. and certain related projects are With the new organization in completed. However, the need to operation in the Development Of- carefully allocate resources will fice, I believe that in a few years be with us for the indefinite tha Annual Fund can reach $2 future. million annually, and within five We need to remind ourselves or six years $2.5 million per year. that we have a great resevoir of If this can be achieved, this will good will and positive support for provide significant resources to the College. We also have a good sustain and enhance the opera- reputation among various funtion of the College and our com- ding agencies such as NSF and mitment to esxcellence.

NEH and a number of foundaSecondly, we must continue to tions. The challenge before us is build the endowment. This will to c o n t i n u a l l y b u i l d a n d be done primarily through estate strengthen these relationships.

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provide ways in which people can have a genuine sense of ownership of the College, and provide effective vehicles for persons and organizations to support the College.

Young Artists Series begins with pianist Pianist Paul Shaw, winner of the 1986 New York-based Young Concert Artists International Auditions, will open the 1986-87 Hope College Young Artists Series with a concert Friday, Sept. 12 at 8 p.m. in Dimnent Memorial Chapel on the Hope College campus.

The Young Artists Series will feature five musicians during the academic year.

Season tickets for the season are currently on sale through the Hope College public relations office in the DeWitt Center. The cost is $25 for a family membership, $15 for an adult, $12 for senior citizens, and $5 for students. Tickets will also be sold for individual c o n c e r t s as follows: adults, $5; senior citizens, $4; and $2 for students.

The Young Artists Series is supported in part by a grant from the Louis and Helen Padnos Education Fund of Holland.

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In 1977 he came to the United States to study at the Juilliard School where he was awarded the William Petschek and Marc Ajemian Memorial Scholarships.

He prformed at Lincoln Center as soloist with the Juilliard Philharmonia under the direction of Richard Westenburg, and as winner of the Juilliard Concerto Competition he participated in the Marlboro Music Festival in Vermont.

Future Young Artists concerts will include violinist Maurice Sklar, Dec. 9; cellist Marcy Rosen, Jan. 20; clarinetist Daniel McKelway, March 10; and organist Michael Gailit, April 10.

A brochure describing this series and the 1986-87 Hope College Great Performance Series may be obtained by calling 3946996.

McCombs on exhibit Bruce McCombs, associate professor of art at Hope College, recently had his prints included in the following exhibitions: The Ninth British International Print Biennial, a traveling exhibition at The - Victoria and Albert Museum, London; The Print, Ann Arbor Art Association; The Thirteenth National Print Exhibition, Hunterdon Art Center, Clinton, N.J. McCombs was also awarded a purchase prize In the 62nd exhibition of The Society of American Graphic Artists, held at the Leuer House In New York City.

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Alex Cole to Picnic in the Pine Grove Alex Cole the stand-up comedian-entertainer likes to think t h a t his s t y l e f a l l s s o m e w h e r e between George Carlin and Bill Cosby. "And no, that's not just in the phone book, but in my style and presentation," Cole muses.

He refers to himself as the average Joe, but this average Joe transforms himself into the quintessential storyteller, parlaying life's everyday experiences and observations into laugh-a-second material. And it wasn't just recently that Cole got the comical itch. He has wanted to be an entertainer ever since he was five. That's when his dad played a Bill Cosby album and told him what it was all about; at that time the flame to be a standup comic w a s lit.

That was all it took to unleash the gradeschool funnychild, a St. Cloud, Minnesota, native who, it was said by the PTA, was the kid who takes over the classroom at

the beginning of the day and doesn't give it back to the teacher until the final bell rings.

Scholastically, Cole says, ' T d always shunned cheating, and with that upstanding attitude I combined a little bit of stupidity to forge out a quite mediocre C average."

At age 16, Cole, a member of a rock'n roll band, joked between songs as the band played for burgers and beverage. "The better we performed the better we ate, so we played with all our hearts and stomachs," he said.

In 1978, he began playing college campuses with crowds ranging from 50 up to a house of over 5,000 at the University of Pittsburgh while performing with Pure Prairie League. Cole has vigorously continued the college circuit, playing up to 150 shows per year.

Through his college dates, he earned the 1985-86 nomination for Entertainer of the Year and

Comedian of the Year by NACA (the National Association for Campus Activities). Along with this recognition came a bevy of other accolades and highlights; earning a tie of the national TV show "Star Search," regular stints at the Improv in New York and the Comedy Celler in Greenwich Village, being named the first Comedian of the Year at the 1983 Minnesota Music Awards.

Cole is turning heads, including that of critic Bob Protzman of the St. Paul Dispatch, who wrote: "He's a wonderful mimic. He also has a pliant and handsome countenance that he can twist and screw into all sorts of expressions and an incredible energy that the stage can't seem to contain."

Alex Cole has also doubled-up audiences for the Oak Ridge Boys, The Commodores, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Cab Calloway, Stanley Jordan, The Talking Heads, and The Tubes.

With the diversity of the crowds that he has worked, along with his new agency, the Jim Halsey Company, Cole looks for nothing but success.

"There are absolutely no plans here for failure, because I can't afford it, it's too expensive," he said.

So the self-proclaimed buffooncomedian- storyteller hailing now from Coon Rapids, Minnesota, has his eye on the bigtime. "I study how comedy works. I like to know why people laugh and how I can best entertain them. I just like to get out there and shake up the crowd," Cole states.

The man is definitely shaking up his audiences, and as for Alex Cole's future, there's be a whole lot more shakin' goin' on.

Alex is sponsored by SAC and the Western Food Service and will appear during the Picnic Dinner in the Pine Grove on September 10.

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"La Semilla" on display in DePree A show of black and white photographs of migrant field workers in Western Michigan will be featured in the Corridor Gallery of the DePree Art Center from Sept. 22-29.

The photographs were taken

by Andy Fierro who began working on this project as a personal interest a year ago. Recently he received a grant from the Muskegon, Ottawa, Oceana Regrant Agency (M.O.O.R.A.) of the Michigan Council for the Arts. The grant was applied for through the Crossroad Chapel of the Reformed Church in America of which Fierro is the pastor.

The present exhibition consists of 25 b l a c k a n d w h i t e photographs of the migrant field w o r k e r s throughout O t t a w a , Muskegon and Oceana counties.

Fierro has entitled the show " L a Semilla" which means the seed in Spanish. Fierro entitles the project " L a S e m i l l a " because of the many memories that he brings to this work. Having been born in Texas, his parents and many relatives moved to Michigan in the early SO's spending many of their years working the fields in Western Michigan.

While most of the photographs are of the workers in the field, Fierro was also able to capture their moments of leisure. He was asked to photograph a special concert for the migrant workers in Hart. This concert was produced by the Hart Migrant Education P r o g r a m and also supported

by M.O.O.R.A.

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The annual A c t i v i t i e s F a i r brought a c r o w d to the DeWitt patio.

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This program allows you to learn about another culture just as you represent your own country. But what does Vienna have to offer you? Well, if you're willing to challenge language barriers, test your map reading skills and meet people (not to mention radiation and terrorism—for the editor's enjoyment)—then this is the program for you. Vienna S u m m e r School o f f e r s opportunities to travel in several countries in Europe for example; the N e t h e r l a n d s , G e r m a n y , Austria, Czechoslovakia, Italy and Hungary. But what do students do in Vienna when they're not making weekend excursions? Several courses are offered covering a range of core curriculum subjects. Art history has been a long standing favorite with students taught by F r a u Doctor Spitzmuller. A music course, economics, G e r m a n , l i t e r a t u r e and independent studies are available to study.

The German course offers the special feature of a language lab open 24 hours a day right outside the door. Who goes on this prog r a m ? Students from Hope, Albion, Ferris, Michigan State, U of M as well as students from T e n n e s s e e , C a l i f o r n i a , Minnesota, New York. What's in it for you. Travel, friendship, culture, music. Bier Kellers, excitement and possibly romance.

The summer of '85 saw a whirlwind romance that led to a November wedding. But above all this program offers you a whole new way to look at the world. For more information c o n t a c t Dr. S. H e m e n w a y ("Doc") at x3068 or get a brochure from the International Education office. Also look for Information meetings later this semester. Vienna Summer '87.

Orientation met with a beautiful weekend this year. These two pages show just a couple of the highlights for new students. Not shown was the ever-fun Playfair, the first dance, the first picnic, and many other events (sorry about that). All photos taken by Paul Chamness.

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The Anchor Files

Student Enlertainmant Commillee

20 years ago. September 23, 90 years ago. October, 1896.

'Hurrah Boys! Why buy new 1966. "Students deferments from clothes when you can get your old eligibility for the Selective Serones Cleaned, Dyed and Pressed vice have expired and...To obtain as good as new. A whole suit for another deferment a student f only $2.25 at the City Dye Works. must simply complete a form We also make clothes to measure available in the records office and guarantee a perfect fit. Now which notifies the local draft boys let us hear from you. F. board that the applicant is a stuWarner. R i v e r Street near dent...The draft calls have been Seventh Street." increased to record heights..."

50 years ago. September 16, 1936. "Blue Key as usual is running the Book Store under Chirman Peter Vanden Berg and Lester McBride. The store is to be entirely different than last year's. Instead of selling only used books, there will be on hand new books and school supplies of all kinds. Students get to sell their books in the store at their own prices."

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The band's less instrumentally original numbers sounded painfully too much like Huey Lewis (who produced three songs on the LP). On the other extreme of the originality spectrum, on "On the Western Skyline," the six foot five inch Hornsby sported an accordian and an irrepressible grin as he towered over the front of the stage enthusiastically tapping his foot looking like a robust character out of a frontiersman's tall tale.

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Volleyball squad reaches MIAA standing A young but experienced Hope College volleyball squad gives • cause for optimism as the Flying Dutch seek to continue their climb toward being a MIAA title contender.

Last year the Flying Dutch finished fourth in the MIAA standing, up two notches from their sixth place finish in 1984. The team finished with an overall 1514 record, highlighted by winning the championship of the Great Lakes College Association (GLCA) tournament.

The team has six returning players from last year's squad

and only one is a senior, according to caoch Donna-Eaton who is beginning her third year at the helm.

"While we will be young we will not lack experience," notes Eaton.

The returnees include senior Jill Vredevelt; juniors Barb Gras, t h r e e - s p o r t s t a n d o u t DeeAnn Knoll, and Lynette Ohala; and sophomores Stacy Dyes and Sarah Smith.

Knoll and Ojala have been on the varsity since their freshman year and Gras and Smith were starters last fall. As a.freshman Kyes played an important role

coming off the bench either as a setter or backrow specialist.

"We have the largest preseason roster since I've been coach," said Eaton. "Not only do we have a large number of freshmen recruits, but also several students already attending Hope. Add to that the group of sophomores from last year's jayvee team. I'm expecting tryouts to be very competitive.

The season opens Tuesday, Sept. 9 at St. Mary's Ind. Hope will host this year's GLCA tournament the weekend of Sept. 1920.

Golf Going for it Four returning letter winners and a promising group of newcomers are reasons to make Hope golf coach Doug Peterson optimistic about the upcoming campaign, Hope has finished third in the MIAA standings each of the past four years. They were only seven strokes behind league runner-up Albion in 1985.

Returning letter winners from a year ago are sophomore Steve Knott, junior co-captain Jim Rafferty, senior co-captain Quinn Smith, and sophomore Rolfe Timmerman.

L a s t f a l l the D u t c h m e n featured a balanced attack with their top six golfers separated by an average of just two strokes per league tournament round.

T i m m e r m a n led the team, averaging 81.4 strokes per round.

Among promising new comers are two transfers—junior Brian Westveer and junior Gabe Marshall.

Three freshmen prospects who received all-state recognition as preps are Todd Barckholtz, Dave Tull, and Paul Ver Meulen.

Freshmen Cullen Chappie and Mike Ensing were both all-

conference performers in high school.

Hope will have a new home course this fall, moving to the outstanding Grand Haven Country Club.

Once again, MIAA golf teams will play seven tournaments and tally total strokes to determine the league champion. The season opens Saturday, September 13 at Olivet.

Hope will host the MIAA tournament on Tuesday, September 23.

Soccer Facing Rebuilding Hopee College launches its soccer season faced with a major rebuilding job.

The Duchmen finished third in the MIAA standings a year ago, posting a 9-8-1 overall record.

Gone are six starters including two-time MIAA most valuable player Kevin Benham.

"We return a very strong nucleus to build our season on," notes head coach Todd Kamstra who is beginning his second season.

The team is led by all-MIAA forward Jerry Nyanor, a junior.

Last fall Nyanor was the second leading scorer in the MIAA with 15 goals in 12 games. He tied Hope's single season record for

Total coals with 18. ifi otal goals The team's tri-captains are all juniors - Ron Giradi, Mike Dubert, and Todd Winkler.

Kubert led the team in assists last fall with nine. A standout returnee from 1984 is senior Paul Rod. The flying Dutchmen face another challenging season, starting with road contests against NCAA Division I teams Central Michigan (Sept. 9) and Michigan State (Sept. 12). The league opener will be at Alma on Sept.

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Run For Congress STUDENT CONGRESS WANTS YOU! STUDENT CONGRESS SHOULD PROVE TO BE AN EFFECTIVE AND ACTIVE ORGANIZATION THIS YEAR AS IT SEES NEW LEADERSHIP TAKE THE HELM WITH BOLD IDEAS.

IT IS FAIRLY EASY TO DO SO. PICK UP A PETITION AT THE STUDENT AFFAIRS OFFICE, GET IT SIGNED BY THE NEEDED NUMBER OF STUDENTS (25 for a dorm, 50 at-large), AND RETURN IT TO THE STUDENT AFFAIRS OFFICE BY SEPTEMBER 15.

LIKE WORKING AND DECIDING INSTEAD OF DEBATING AND TALKING.

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BUT THEY CANT DO ANYTHING WITHOUT COMMITTED INDIVIDUALS REPRESENTING THE STUDENTS.

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This week, we're gonna talk about choosing a major. This topic, like all others, is 6f varying interest to various people; freshmen couldn't care less about choosing a major, unless they're possessed pre-med students, but this should prove a helpful primer; sophomores find it of vague interest—just above their poli-sci reading assignments and just behind tormenting freshmen; juniors, finding themselves beyond petty bickerings such as this, are interested to the extent that they will occasionally flip through the catalogue to see how many hours they have to get to major in either psych or s o c i o l o g y .

Seniors who haven't decided will get very interested when the Registrar shows up, pipe and thumb screws in hand. Those who have decided are basically aloof and continue to muddle along, thinking everything's under control.

Picking a major is easy: it all depends on what you want to do

with your life. If you like being cloistered away in a windowless room filled with obnoxious fumes and blank-eyed people, then chemistry is your bag. If you like flaying animals that have been soaked in formaldehyde or pulling petals off flowers, talk to Dr. Gentile in Biology. If you like lots of money, go into either of those for an industrial research grant or pre-med. If it's pre-med, you'll have to learn to be tense and very obsessed with grades and you must like spending many hours cloistered away in small windowless rooms.

If charts and graphs and pretty printouts do it to you, head for physics, psychology, sociology, comp. sci, or economics. Econ is okay, but smart people tend towards Wall Street. It's more interesting, moves faster, and you can get rich more quickly than anyone who thinks looking at flaws in the Holland City Budget is the height of ecstasy. If you don't believe me, compare the salaries of Louis Reukeyser and Paul Volker. Reukeser, the god

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Volker made it on t.v. whenever he pissed Reagan off and has, to all intents and purposes, vanished from the public eye and is probably living s o m e w h e r e in Newark, wondering if he should have kept his mouth shut, (The moral of this story is that you make the best of it no matter what shape the economy's in and quit wasting time complaining about it. T h i s is c a l l e d capitalism.)

Of the bunch I've listed so far, physicists are the most fun, basically cuz they get neat toys like partical accelerators, lasers, supercomputers and zero gravity chambers to play with. If you're a good physicist, you may even get to go to JPL in California and play with, say, a Mars Rocket.

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that fits into this class). Or, you be a scholar, and sit in dusrooms trying to read an 800 y e a r old manuscript in the dark because any bright light* will destroy it; better yet, specialize in some oddball area like Sanskri ^ which maybe 20 people worldwide can read or, heaven forbid, speak. There's always politics, and a communications ^ a j o r can likely get a job in a t.v. studio somewhere. Music, yet another major, is its own reward, ^ that don't pay the Visa bill, unless you're Eddie Van Halen. course, all this is not to say that you'll get a job in your chosen field. I know a guy who double majored in Bio and Chem and is now selling computer systems over in England, Of course, you can get a job as a professor here at Hope, hang around long enough, surviving the meager salary you get, then ^ named President of the coll e g e - Who knows, it's happened before. coul(1

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The other side of the stick is people who, for one reason or another, like being, if not poor, no where near as well of as any research chemist you might come to name (Linus Pauling ring any bells?). Poli sci, English, history, religion, communications (unless you're named Ted Turner or Rupert Murdoch), philosophy. Also foreign language, although you do get to travel and maybe become a translator at a summit meeting in Geneva or Tokyo. If you like to sweat, go to Dow and they'll take care of you.

What can you do with anyone of those six majors listed above.

Lots. You can teach, if you like snotty kids and odd hours and going three months without pay every year. You could be a missionary, if you enjoy exotic diseases and possibly hostile cultures. If you like having critics looking around every corner, you could be a writer (or an art:st, wh'ch is another major

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It's t i m e to d o s o m e t h i n g ' a b o u t 'Hope p a r t y ' p r o b l e m No one c a n e s c a p e seeing (he signs p u t u p d u r i n g the past two weeks in n u m e r o u s establishm e n t s a c r o s s this city. "Welcome b a c k Hope s t u d e n t s " they say.

I should like to d e s c r i b e , however. m y feelings a s a p e r m a n e n t resident who h a s not looked forward to the a n n u a l a u t u m n influx of; Hope College s t u d e n t s (and my n e i g h b o r s a s s u r e m e I do not stand alone in these feelings).

Yes. the kids a r e back, and tonight the p a r t i e s b e g a n in the four-or-five-block a r e a which s u r r o u n d s the c a m p u s per se."

These p a r l i e s a r e well-organized (and not by f r e s h m a n s t u d e n t s ) ; they even boast " s l u s h f u n d s " financed by selling " a d m i s s i o n " per h e a d . P e r s o n s living in the i m m e d i a t e vicinity a r e fully a w a r e of w h a t is going on. but 1 doubt the r e s t of Holland realizes the extent of the " H o p e p a r l y " problem, b e c a u s e it is not within earshot.

The p a r t y to which I r e f e r specifically in this letter is in process as 1 w r i t e . P i c t u r e , if you can, a two-story f r a m e h o m e of ordinary size, with a p p r o x i m a t e l y 300 people c r a m m e d into it - 300 s c r e a m i n g and shouting, drunk and d i s o r d e r l y , d r u g - a b u s i n g

people who overflow into the y a r d , the s t r e e t and up to College Avenue f r o m 41 E a s t 14tb Street, w h e r e t h e action is c o n c e n t r a t e d .

The s m e l l of pot p e r m e a t e s m y n e i g h b o r s ' and m y back y a r d s .

The m u s i c is loud, but the voices a r e m o r e so. I h e a r people called by n a m e in shouted conversations. T h e r e is a lot of s w e a r i n g .

T h e r e a r e r e p e a t e d obscenities.

G l a s s c r a s h e s , and a ladder falls a w a y f r o m a second-story window. It is about 11:30 p . m . It is not a p a r t y , it is a raucous, drunken brawl.

Police a r r i v e , and s o m e o n e shouts, " i t ' s the g - d — c o p s ! " " D o n ' t r u n ! " yells somebody else. A young f e m a l e voice s c r e a m s . " Y o u c a n ' t gel a w a y with this! I'm a Hope s t u d e n t ! " Another girl tells someone to ( s o m e t h i n g obscene) "off that c o p ! " A fellow yells, "1 h a v e a beer; want a beer. Dude?" A chant ensues: "Power sucks!" (and) "Bull Crap. M a n ! " College a u t h o r i t i e s claim they can do nothing about the behavior of s t u d e n t s who live off c a m pus. and t h a t the college is in no way r e s p o n s i b l e for their actions.

1 claim this to be a total disreg a r d for a portion of the college population, a g r e a t m a n y of

whom a r e u n d e r - a g e ; and that if a student is enrolled at Hope, he or she should be at least minimally bound by Hope r u l e s and regulations which involve decor u m . F u r t h e r , if the college cannot be r e s p o n s i b l e , the c o m m u n i t y m u s t be responsible, and c e r t a i n l y the c o m m u n i t y h a s ordinances about individual behaviors which a f f e c t a d v e r s e l y the c o m m u n i t y a s a whole.

It is i m p o r t a n t to say at this point that this m i s b e h a v i o r by certain s e g m e n t s of the s t u d e n t body is not new. It h a s been going on for at least seven y e a r s , and is well-documented in both police and college files. When m y parents lived h e r e , d r u n k e n nextdoor Hope s t u d e n t s fornicated on their front lawn, and u r i n a t e d and vomited on their side fence.

When m y m o t h e r a p p r o a c h e d the senior who " r a n " the " h o u s e . " she was told she ought to sell h e r properly and m o v e to a b e l t e r p a r t of town.

It'is lime lo do s o m e t h i n g concrete. I am sick and tired of hearing c o m m e n t s such a s : " T h e y

a r e just k i d s . " — "You know you c a n ' t beat Hope College." — "Close your e y e s lo it. b e c a u s e Hope students bring a lot of money into H o l l a n d . " - I w a n t to ask a few questions. I a d m i t to being at a loss for the answers, but the questions j n u s l be addressed.

How do the u n d e r - a g e d r i n k e r s get away with it? Is the d r u g scene deliberately overlooked by Hope authorities? If not, why a r e their h a n d s lied? Do the people who a r e being asked by Mr. Boersma to c o n t r i b u t e to Hope's expansion, know about this undes i r e a b l e e l e m e n t in " t h e i r " school? If Hope c a n r a i s e the money for a l i b r a r y addition, why c a n ' t it prioritize for onc a m p u s housing? A r e the alumni associations a w a r e of what Holland Police h a v e known for y e a r s about Hope s t u d e n t s ? Are parents (paying up to $10,000 a y e a r ) a w a r e ? Why c a n a bunch of Hope-ites get a w a y with r e p e a t e d infractions of the law, when an ordinary citizen c a n n o t ? Can you imagine any o t h e r g a t h e r i n g of 300 rowdy p e r s o n s getting a w a y with this type of " a s s a u l t ? " What about Hope's i m a g e as a privately-endowed, Christian college?

The use of alcohol by minors, drug abuse, excessive noise and nuisance behavior a r e all illegal.

How do the Hope College f r a t e r nities, c h a r t e r e d , condone It? Who t a k e s the responsibility for a certain g r o u p ' s illegal actions? If no one c a n , if no one does, we live in a s t a t e of a n a r c h y . And a word to our city council: how can you even think of condoning a city budget which cuts the police force? With a r r o g a n t Hope College rowdies on the loose, with the school unwilling to a d d r e s s It as a m a j o r problem, with a police force diminished, just who will monitor this aspect of our -community? (c) 1986 by the Holland *> 1 a m not a disgruntled old Sentinel. Reprinted with f u d d y - d u d d y who n e e d s h e r sleep. I a m an actively-conpermission.' cerned citizen, a 33-year-old parent, a registered n u r s e who a good barrel, but I know also attended the University of Michi- that when those few p r o l i f e r a t e gan. and who chose to c o m e back into 300 people at one drunk-anddisorderly, out-of^control to Holland to live and work. I am a Holland native who has many " p a r t y , " they b e c o m e the m a j o r relatives and friends who have ity.

- Welcome back Hope students? g r a d u a t e d from Hope.

I write b e c a u s e I love this city, v What a t r a v e s t y I its beauty and its quality of life. I Louise A. Jonker-McCorlove m y home, which h a s seen mick is a Holland resident and four generations of the s a m e working on an advanced defamily living in it. I a m not blind gree at Grand Valley State to the fact that " a f e w " can spoil College.

"Left of Center" bv Larry J Wagenaar When I first read the words I was angry. How could she say things like that and mean all of us. It simply wasn't fair. It wasn't true. Noway.

By now you probably have heard of the letter written by Mrs. Jonker-McCormick. Dr. Beal sent out a letter to the off campus students. Dr. Van Wylen responded to it in the paper, students put up signs on their front lawns: "please fornicate here, not on the grass." It seems as if we have our first campus "crisis" of the year.

A couple of weeks ago I was watching TV 8 while they were showing a report on the problems Grand Rapids area colleges were having with alcohol, the drug of

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choice. I thought to myself that while many Hope students drink, by and large it keeps pretty much under control. It seems that the report was more accurate than I had first believed.

Is it always the same group that gets it going? The parties I went to always seemed well under control—how did this one get to have 300 people?

Reports tell of some of the profanity thrown at the police for breaking up the party. As it turns out, there were a lot of parties going on that night and more than one of them was "busted". The cops had decided to get down to business on this holiday weekend and we decided to give them the opportunity.

Scratch that. I don't mean "we". It upset me that some pe^ pie could get out of hand and

Beginning Anew

by David Hoff The more I think about it, and the more I live through it, I'm convinced that the New Year starts in September. The champagne and gaiety of December 31 formally celebrate the christening of new books, new clothes, and new courses, which occurred three months earlier.

The beginning of the school year is the end of summer, and the student body has a different face than in May. One quarter of the students are at Hope for the first time. And the old students, with tanned cheeks and sun streaked hair, have changed.

Everyone looks healthy, vibrant, and alive—the after effects of summer.

The campus, like the student body, takes on a fresh look. The ^construction workers have filled the hole that will support the Van Wylen library. And the Maas Center, a skeleton in May, is

ready for dances and banquets and whatever else. Fences have sprung up and sidewalks have laid down to barricade or lead up to the new buildings, whatever the case may be. I've noticed a few baby pines in the grove.

Everything—well, almost everything-is new. At least it seems that way.

The first week of the semester is a fresh start. Every year before school begins in the fall, I make a list, in the back of my mind, of what I want to accomplish. I always hope to broaden my social life—find new friends, keep the old ones—and improve my study habits—spend less time with books and boost the GPA. In addition, I expect to delve into new extra-curricular activities (this fall, I will write for the Anchor) and stay involved with the old ones. These am-

make the rest of us look bad, make it look like most Hope students did not know how to have a controlled gathering. One that did not bother the neighbors, and did not produce the fiasco that ensued Labor Day weekend.

The college has no business governing the actions of students living in private off campus housing—but the students were out of line. What is the college supposed to do? If the police alone take care of the problem, fines are heavy and one is looking at a police record and maybe some jail time, not simply a talk to the dean.

Last year we had an Alcohol Awareness week. Most of the presenations portrayed alcohol as a bad substance that should be ivoidr i . The cacophony of voices with the same message produced

a bunch of students that rebelled and carried an empty keg around campus screaming "we wanna drink". It seems to me that advocating abstinence is not necessarily the best thing to do.

But does responsible use and reasonable behavior make sense? Is it possible? The more outbursts like the one that took place Labor Day weekend is only going to result in more arrests and a further clamp down by the school.I am not advocating that minors drink. It's an issue that passed me by personally a long time ago. However, I am not one to put my head in the sand and hope a problem will go away.

Most of us are too old to act that way anyway.

Mrs. Yonker-McCormick wrote her article while the party was still at full roar. She dragged

everything into her anger from drugs to the Hope building program and simply lashed out at almost all aspects of our respectability. She went too far in stereotyping all of us. However there was a lot of truth to what she said though. It was out of hand and she did a good job of tarnishing all of us.

If all of us can keep our gatherings under control the police won't have to "bust" us, the college won't have to intervene and we won't have angry neighbors writing to the Sentinel. Best of all we won't have to hear us catagorized as "the kids are back," those "screaming and shouting, drunk and disorderly, drug-abusing people," "...arrogant Hope College rowdies on the loose". It simply isn't true about most of us.

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bitious g o a l s — N e w Y e a r ' s resolutions, if you will—are a chance to correct the mistakes last semester, and unknowingly commit different, if not larger, blunders this time around.

I come to school itching to start. I yearn to fulfill my goals immediately. I expect my new c o m m i t m e n t s and goals to change me. I might be too optimistic. But I'm ready.

The first week of school, for all of its newness, lacks the zest I feel for it. Despite the veil of cosmetic changes, we spend our first days doing the same stuff every year: unpack boxes and suitcases, claim boxes, furniture, and lofts from storage, stand in line at the bookstore, stand in line for an ID picture, set up the lift, pay the bill. Busy work, busy work, busy work.

As we do our chores, we have the same conversation at each

stop. How's your summer?

Where you living? What classes you taking? What is your major, anyway? You look good. I like your hair that way. Give me a call.. We'll get together.

And the first day of classes is just as predictable: what's your name, here's the syllabus, this is the book, this is how you can get an A...

I can't wait to start the new year, but, once it begins, I abhor formalities. I'm ready for action: new classes, new friends, new experiences. But for the first week, I, like everyone else, ask the standard questions, give the polite answers, and feign the proper interest. It's a thin facade, like the walls that will protect the Van Wylen library.

I've discovered that each semester, despite its different schedule and requirements, falls into the same pattern: a three

week general introduction followed by a quick, almost painless, round of tests. After a short, unneeded four day break, we return for more tests, few p a p e r s . H o m e c o m i n g , and Nykerk. We ease into Thanksgiving, a much needed rest and change of diet, to brace ourselves for the bombardment of school work (all which should have been started earlier). In the end, we wrap up the work, with relief and satisfaction, and go home for three weeks of rest.

The first week of school plays a necessary role in the cycle of the semester. Without it, we'd all jump into our work and friendships—like a swimmer into a cold lake—without preparing ourselves for the challenge a h e a c d . And w i t h o u t that preparation, we would—like the stunned swimmer—run for the warmth and comfort of home.

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SCHWEITZER for off-campus Basketball Coach wanted. Male S T U D E N T C O N G R E S S volunteer to be coach-leader for r e p r e s e n t a t i v e . . . e x p e r i e n c e d , area church youth group. Must energetic SCHWEITZER have basic knowledge of basketOld M.Y. Girls—Our last official ^nod week to party together! Let's do of b S s F a c i l ^ s aTe avaflable it like we used to! I'm going to ° miss everv one of vou so much' First United Methodist y Church Hna. T ^ is within walking nugs, Laura — distance from Hope College. An Mailed subscriptions to the opportunity to spend time at area anchor: $12 a year. Dirt cheap. campgrounds is also available Hey Bait! Wednesday nights, during the fall and spring months free. For more information P.W. and drinks with Babs! please call: Marge Rivera, 396choochoo?

5205 or 394-0367 after 5:00 p.m. or Dionjelatig—I'm so glad you & see Mr. VanderBilt at the Dow. baby car are back. I hope the SS , house is as good to you a s M.Y. To the UAW s86: Can you believe we lasted the was! Big Hugs, L. whole summer? I personally Personals in the anchor cost a miss our gloves, stergent, and mere nickle. Drop em off outside especially D zinksi Too bad we our office by Sunday. can't to anymore Kollen lobby Max, Sus, Susie, Wend, Kath, w i n d o w s . Or d i r t y d i s h e s .

Dionjelatig, and Robiin—table Anyway, I miss seeing you guys! dancing, loud jams, Vuarnets, L e t ' s g e t t o g e t h e r a n d Hawaiian Shorts & cruising in reminisce! Love, UAW member the baby car. Too much fun!

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TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE. Q: How many of the people who died of lung cancer last year were smokers?

A. 25% B. 40% C. 60% D. 80%

Hey girls from x6037, hello hello Nuke Scott Brown! hello...Hello!!!...oh by the way, Nyfcg gcott Brown again just to goodnight! be sure!

Death Row Prisoner, Caucasian W e l c o m e back off c a m p u s male, age 40, desires cor- students! One question: Why are respondence with either male or you c h a n g i n g the ' ' h o u s e " female college students. Wants names? The Encore remains the to form a friendly relationship same.... and more or less just exhange past experiences and ideas. Will choo c h o o ! ! ! ! ! ! answer all letters and exchange Please Mr. Asst. Editor, if we pictures. If interested write to start a "I don't want to see J i m J e f f e r s , B o x B-38604, another 'Scott Brown' ad ever again" campaign can the student Florence, Arizona 85232. body declare him banded from o.k. Guys the w ant ads this year??

FIRST STEP: ask her out and PLEASE! 1 We'll raise bribe !!!. treat her like a lady SECOND STEP: TELL her she's the one your dreamin' of...

THIRD STEP: hold her in you arms and never let her go...

THE MONKEES FOREVER!!

You're a young nymphet who FINALLY made it through the maze but were are the glasses?

Stand on a chair and YELL "Randy Andy! Randy Andy!

Randy Andy!" You will SOON be assisted with your SUDS.

WATCH OUT!! IT'S COMING SOON! IT'S S T U P E N D O U S , MAGFINICENT, IT'S BETTER THAN THE BEST RADIO SHOW E V E R ! MORE THAN THE MOST MUSIC! WATCH OUT MOTHERS, HIDE YOUR C H I L D R E N ! IT'S COMING SOON! IT'S T H E SCOTT BROWN POWERLIGHT SHOW! FRESHMAN BEWARE! Pil, are you behind this PARK AID" c o n c e r t f o r p o l i t i c a l reasons? You sly dog.

QUITTING. IT COULD BE THE TEST OF YOUR LIFE

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Hey EVERYBODY, did you see that on OCTOBER 4TH, Tom "The Segar" Cruise, is starring in RISKY BUSINESS!! Quick everyone show up to the movie in your darkest black shades!! We at Hope will "like that old fashion rock 'n roll" while wearing our "sunglasses at night"!!

HEY, HEY, HEY...YA YA YA YA Y A ! ! ! ! !

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CHOOCHOO Dear Phil, please run all these ads, or your next city council meeting will be raided....

Take the last train to Clarksville!

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