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June term offers Polish experience by Pam Lundberg feature editor

Captains BUI Roberts ('91) and Bruce Fletter ('91) will be leading the Flying Dutchmen Into the NCAA Division III Cross Country Championship meet held at Grinnell College In Iowa. Photo by Lance Evert

Improved Knick expands range by Hope Maples

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A new and improved Knickerbocker T h e a t r e is now open to the public. A n o n y m o u s l y f u n d e d r e n o v a t i o n s h a v e given the Knickerbocker a facelift. The funds used in all the exterior work and in the new lobby were donated specifically for changes in the Theatre. "Several friends of the College have been involed in helping us with this project," said Bill Anderson, vice-president for Business and Finance.

Phil Tanis said, 4 , The The atre is now much more usable for live events which is something we a r e putting more e m p h a s i s on." The T h e a t r e is planning to host the Grand Rapids Symphony, the Great P e r f o r m a n c e Series, the All-College Sing a n d o t h e r events.

The Knickerbocker is owned by Hope College. The College owns the lot the T h e a t r e sits on but the rest is owned by Lumir Corporation. The new lobby of the The atre extends into the new building owned by Lumir. "We have an a g r e e m e n t with them The costs for improvements to that we can use that part of the the interior, such as reur olster building!rent f r e e ) . " said Andering the seats, new carpeti ana son Rental c h a r g e s for the repainting t h e c r . n g nf the T h e a t r e h a v e i n c r e a s e d for theatre, were met by the i uliege groups not associated with Hope itself. "We want to expand the use of As a r e s u l t of t h e i m - the Theatre and see groups using provements, the Knickerbocker it during the day. The long ra nge will be able to host more live goal is to turn the Knickerbocker entertainment. Theatre m a n a g e r into an all a r t s place with not just

film, but also live events on s t a g e , " said Tanis. "Although we a r e going to concentrate on live events because we now have the facilities, we a r e going to continue doing the regular film s e r i e s , " said Tanis. "Students will see a re-emphasis on high-quality foreign and a r t films. We're going to get back into the foreign m a r k e t because there's a lot of good stuff out there." The K n i c k e r b o c k e r d o e s n ' t show R-rated films because the Theatre wants to feature films that a r e acceptable for the entire family. " T h a t allows unrated films as long as the content is suitable," said Tanis. Tanis said, 4,(The Lumir Corp.) worked with us to design the building and their walkway was designed to allow a c c e s s the The atre f r o m Ninth Street for the Hope Students. The outside was fixed to m a k e it fit perfectly and enhance the downtown '

The new June term in Poland "truly is uniq je in t e r m s of what's going on in h u m a n history now," said Dr. Heisler, coor dinator of the p r o g r a m . This " c l a s s " can be used for almost any r e q u i r e m e n t : economics, multicultural, cultural history or social science The Poland J u n e term is open to anyone It is a three credit-hour program for t h r e e weeks. The cost is approximately $2500 including a i r f a r e , tuition, housing and other expenses. The students will be studying economics at the K r a c k o w A c a d e m y of Economics. They will be taught by the staff in a r e a s of sociology, history, religion, etc. Professors Heisler a n d Zajcek will be giving

s e m i n a r s also. "At this time in h i s t o r y , E a s t e r n E u r o p e is changing from a communist society to a m a r k e t democracy, so people get a chance to see what that means in t e r m s of real people," said Professor Heisler of the Economics Department. This program is taught from a wide p e r s p e c t i v e . T h e r e f o r e , "people don't have to be students of economics to a p p r e c i a t e this," said Heisler The students will be taken to the Polish Alps, Warsaw and Polish factories, and will be meeting Polish students. They a r e going to be living in the d o r m s of the Academy. This prog r a m is h i g h l y b e n e f i c i a l because "This time won't happen a g a i n , " said Professor Heisler. Students must apply at the Business-Economics Department by J a n u a r y 15.

An unidentified concessions worker (far left) and former Holland mayor Phil Tanis serve two customers in the renovated Knickerbocker Theatre The theater was recently refurbished through the benefit of anonymous donations. Photo by Rich e u i r


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