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Prosecutor reviews house of ill repute' allegations J O D I M C FAR L A N D c a m pus beat editor
Proposed c o r e changes get at core o f religious study. InFocus, page 3.
Further action is p e n d i n g f o r the 24 students w h o p l e a d e d not guilty to c h a r g e s of " f r e q u e n t ing a house of ill r e p u t e " last T u e s d a y in Holland District Court. T h e city p r o s e c u t o r will review the ordin a n c e u n d e r w h i c h the s t u d e n t s w e r e c h a r g e d f o r the next 3 0 d a y s , said District Court assignment clerk J u d y B a r e m a n . " T h e y are g o i n g to deal with e a c h person o n an individual b a s i s to d e t e r m i n e the c i r c u m s t a n c e s that b r o u g h t the person to the party " said H o p e C o l l e g e director of public relations Tom Renner. " A lot of s t u d e n t s are s t e p p i n g into a n adult w o r l d a n d are not really a w a r e of the responsibilities that carries." T h e H o l l a n d Police D e p a r t m e n t handed out the a p p e a r a n c e tickets at a Sept. 2 o f f - c a m p u s party at 3 4 E. 15th St. for the ill-repute charge, a c a t c h p h r a s e that c o v e r s situations in which alc o h o l is illegally sold to m i n o r s .
T h e t w o students arrested at that party o n felony distribution of a l c o h o l c h a r g e s w e r e formally charged, but did not enter a plea. P l e a s for f e l o n y c h a r g e s a r e e n t e r e d at the C i r c u i t Court level, said S u s a n V r o e g o p , assistant city attorney. " W e hope that e a c h of the p e r s o n s will b e and will feel they w e r e dealt with fairly, but at the s a m e t i m e w e w a n t the n e w s o u t that the C o l l e g e w a n t s tranquility in the n e i g h b o r h o o d around c a m p u s , " R e n n e r said. Dean of Students Richard Frost sent out a letter to all H o p e students in late A u g u s t p r o m ising a "zero t o l e r a n c e " hard line w o u l d b e taken in situations of o f f - c a m p u s partying. T h e next step in the judicial p r o c e s s for the 24 c h a r g e d with m i s d e m e a n o r s w o u l d usually b e to go to a pre-trial m e e t i n g b e t w e e n the j u d g e , the a c c u s e d , the a c c u s e d ' s lawyer a n d the prose c u t i n g attorney. T h i s action is o n hold, however, until the city prosecutor has reveiwed the o r d i n a n c e fully. N o d a t e s have b e e n set for the s t u d e n t s facing f e l o n y charges.
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T H E W A Y W E W E R E : This Oct. 11,1967 Sports Illustrated photograph essence of the Pull in Us younger days. The Pull is 98 years old this year. Saturday's volunteers at beach sweep tackle lake side trash. CampusBeat, page 2.
Prof, listens to her heart in one-woman show. Intermission, page 7.
Take our advice and go back to bed. Opinion, page 4.
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NatM media to revisit Pull J O D I M C FAR L A N D campusbeat editor T h e last t i m e Sports Illustrated came to H o p e C o l l e g e to v i e w the Pull in 1967, the event w a s a distant cousin to the c o m p e t i t i o n that exists today. W h e n SI arrives at the b a n k s of the Black River for this S a t u r d a y ' s event, they'll see a Pull t h a t ' s c o m e a l o n g way, baby. T h e first Pull is believed to have been held in 1898, m a k i n g this year the t r a d i t i o n ' s 98th anniversary. But lacking moralers, pits, and even the river site, the s p o n t a n e o u s competition lacked the s t r u c t u r e and r i g a m a r o l e s u r r o u n d i n g the event today.
T h e a d v a n t a g e of the older and bigger s o p h o m o r e s has been a Pull c o n s t a n t f r o m the e v e n t ' s start. In fact, the f r e s h m e n w e n t 4 8 y e a r s b e f o r e d u n k i n g the s o p h m o r e s in 1946. S i n c e then, the s o p h o m o r e s h a v e w o n 3 8 t i m e s to the f r e s h m e n ' s 18. " I t ' s b e c o m e a lot m o r e athletic," said Director of Public R e l a t i o n s Tom Renner. " S o m e w o u l d e v e n argue that it used to be more f u n , b e c a u s e you had an o u t c o m e . " T h e Pull began with one team literally pulling the other into the m u r k y w a t e r s of the B l a c k River. T h e w i n n e r today is d e t e r m i n e d by measuring the a m o u n t of rope e a c h team gains. more PULL on 2
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Talk warns of gang activity JULIE B L A I R editor-in-chief O n e g r o u p s k e w s their b a s e b a l l hats to the left and d r e s s e s in red, the other w e a r s t h e m to the right and d o n s b l u e . T h e " F o l k " u s e the Star of David t o i d e n t i f y t h e m s e l v e s , the " P e o p l e " m a r k their territory with the f i v e - p r o n g e d version. O n e t h i n g H o l l a n d ' s g a n g s have in c o m m o n : they are irrational and doii't s t o p to discriminate amongst victims. O f f i c e r s f r o m the H o l l a n d P o l i c e D e p a r t m e n t and m e m b e r s of the M a c a t a w a A r e a W e e d and S e e d P r o g r a m g a v e s a f e t y tips to a h a n d f u l of s t u d e n t s M o n d a y night in a q u e s t i o n a n d ans w e r session, the first of t h r e e f o r u m s presented b y Student C o n g r e s s entitled " G a n g Issues & H e l p i n g H a n d s : Issues I n v o l v i n g O u r C o m m u nity." D e s p i t e a n e i g h t p e r c e n t d o w n s w i n g in c r i m e in the H o l l a n d a r e a this s u m m e r , o f f i c e r s w a r n e d s t u d e n t s t o play it s m a r t . " G a n g s are like a bee b u z z i n g — i f you d o n ' t b o t h e r t h e m , they w o n ' t sting y o u , " said Sgt. G e n e K o o p m a n . " T h e vast m a j o r i t y o f v i o l e n c e is m e m b e r s of o p p o s i n g g a n g s a g a i n s t e a c h other." Problems arise when students confront p e o p l e they might not k n o w are g a n g m e m b e r s , Koopman said. " S o m e guys arc proud," Koopman said. " T h e y are g o i n g to take a fight o u t s i d e f o r a fist fight and find t h e m s e l v e s in a g u n fight." W h i l e t h e r e is d a n g e r , K o o p m a n r e m i n d e d the a u d i e n c e the t er m " g a n g " needs to b e explained w h e n used in the context o f H o l l a n d . " C l o s e y o u r e y e s a n d t h i n k of ' g a n g , ' " K o o p m a n said. "You think of the c o r n e r of Flor e n c e a n d N o r m a n d y in L o s A n g e l e s a n d of a truck driver g e t t i n g hit b y rocks. If w e took o u r g a n g s there, t h e r e w o u l d b e only t u f t s of hair and pieces of cloth left." T h e g a n g s in Holland consist of t w o g r o u p s first seen f e s t e r i n g in C h i c a g o . T h e Folk a r e traditionally A s i a n , a n d t h e P e o p l e , L a t i n o . S e v e n s u b - g a n g s m a k e u p the F o l k , w h i l e f o u r g r o u p s c o m p o s e the P e o p l e . " T h e s e g r o u p s o f t e n b a n d t h e m s e l v e s together to fight one a n o t h e r , " K o o p m a n said. A s of late, h o w e v e r , m a n y g a n g m e m b e r s have b e e n u p r o o t e d , t h a n k s to a $ 7 5 0 , 0 0 0 federal grant k n o w n a s W e e d & S e e d . T h e o n e - y e a r multi-jurisdictional e f f o r t b e g a n targeting a r e a s b e t w e e n P i n e , Lincoln, 8th and 18th Streets and Quincy, Riley, 136th a n d 144th a v e n u e s with more GANGS on 7
' C a n Man' t h r o w s h e a r t i n t o fund raising f o r h o n e y m o o n ALLYSON PICKENS staff r e p o r t e r S o m e say Aaron Parker ( ' 9 6 ) would do anyt h i n g for the w o m a n he l o v e s — a n d that m a y very well be true. In A u g u s t of 1994 P a r k e r p r o p o s e d to his l o n g t i m e girlfriend Christine G r o e n e n d a l , and p r e p a r a t i o n s for their w e d d i n g b e g a n . A s they d i s c u s s e d a r r a n g e m e n t s , Christine revealed her lifelong dream of g o i n g to J a m a i c a for their hone y m o o n . But the c o u p l e realized t h e cost inv o l v e d w a s probably m u c h more than they could a f f o r d a s newly w e d s . W a n t i n g to m a k e his bride h a p p y , Parker set out to m a k e her d r e a m c o m e true. Returning to school last fall, he began thinking of all s ort s of w a y s to s a v e and m a k e extra money. O n e evening while sitting in class, Parker noticed several s t u d e n t s t h r o w a w a y empty p o p c a n s at the end o f lecture and thought to himself: " H e y , t h a t ' s sixty cents there, and p r o b a b l y m o r e in o t h e r c l a s s r o o m s , s o w h y not collect t h e m and s a v e the m o n e y f o r the h o n e y m o o n ? " A a r o n started collecting p o p c a n s out of several
of the c l a s s r o o m s in L u b b e r s and e x t e n d e d his quest for c a n s to other buildings, eventually going d o o r - t o - d o o r in residence halls. "I finally d e c i d e d to g o around to residence halls b e c a u s e I realized a lot of students just h a v e a b u n c h of e m p t y c a n s l y i n g a r o u n d in their r o o m s , " P a r k e r s a i d . "I started g o i n g a r o u n d door-to-door in s o m e of the halls, like G i l m o r e , to get c a n s . " At first, P a r k e r did not tell his f i a n c e that he w a s d o i n g this, but one day w h e n she w a s "really d o w n , " he decided t o let her k n o w that he w a s d o i n g all he could so that he c o u l d take her to J a m a i c a for their h o n e y m o o n . "I figured that since w e ' l l be just starting out, it will be a long t i m e b e f o r e w e can really take a neat vacation or do a n y t h i n g like this s o w e both decided w e may a s well go all out for o u r h o n e y m o o n , " Parker said. So far, Parker has e a r n e d a b o u t $ 7 0 0 by collecting cans, and has about $ 7 0 0 m o r e to go. H e even has a "United W a y " t y p e t h e r m o m e t e r on the back of a door in his apartment that h e u p d a t e s e v e r y o n c e in a w h i l e t o m a r k h i s more HONEVMOONER on 9
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C A N S B U Y ME LOVE: Aaron Parker ('96) is collecting bottle returns to pay for honeymoon in Jamaica.