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^ Former student files civil suit holding the College liable for sexual assault by previous resident director's husband. JODI MCFARLAMD editon-in-chief
Concert forces A I D S reality check.
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S L I C E O F L I F E : fatin Muhawi ('97), Ellen Kassis ('98), and Alex Parker ('97) serve traditional Palestinian dishes at the International Food Fair.
Foreign cultures dish it up DeWitt's original look sported a b o w l i n g alley, ballroom, and more.
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Non-natives yearn for other climes.
Spotlight, p a g e 9.
JESSICA NELSON staff r e p o r t e r
Maas Auditorium was a mesh of cultures this past Saturday at the International Food Fair. Approximately 16 countries were represented by international students and students who have studied abroad. "This is a way of sharing their culture with the Holland community as well as expressing hospitality, which is very important in many cultures," said Laurie Engle, International Student Advisor. T h e i n t e r n a t i o n a l s t u d e n t s p r e p a r e d and served ethnic dishes, gladly sharing a piece of their homelands. "This is a great opportunity for me to share a little taste of my culture with o th e r s , " said Melushka Monroy ('98), representing Peru. The attitude was festive under the flags standing for each country represented at the event. Many students wore traditional clothing. Upbeat ethnic music added to the atmosphere as students and families mingled between food
SAC cleans up on awards STACY BOGARD staff r e p o r t e r
Quilts bear testimony to women's lives.
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Hoopsters c h o m p i n g at the bit t o show their stuff.
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While planning next semester's entertainment line-up, the Social Activities Committee (SAC), racked up seven awards for the 1995-96 school year. SAC received the awards while attending the National Association for Campus Activities ( N A C A ) conference the weekend of October 31 through November 2. Hope received first place in the Comprehensive Programming Award out of 126 institutions ranging in size from 2,500 to 7,499 students. The award included recognition of S A C ' s entertainment calendar, and also the New Student Orientation program for last year. The other awards S A C received were in the graphics design divisions of professionally designed and student-oriented. "We have been pretty successful in the last five years in being recognized as far as the graphics we d o and the entertainment we have," said Kevin Randall ('98), S A C ' s Associate Director. Jeremy Monty ('97) received first place for his multi-colored poster for Talent Jam. Anne Bakker-Gras, the director of the Student Activities, won numerous awards for her work including first place for S A C ' s non-poster publicity for Creative Dating. Hope received twelve awards last year and four the year before. "This is a good reflection on Hope College m o r e SAC on 8
booths, tasting foods from afar. "1 wish that we had more chances to do things like this," said Banu Demiralp ('00) of Turkey. "It was great to see so many students take advantage of this unique opportunity." Ashley Singer ('97), although not an international student, represented Russia. Singer was an exchange student there and did not want Russia to be neglected."! just wanted to be sure that Russia was represented because we do not have any students from there this year," Singer said. "The atmosphere was great and I loved the foods," said Peter Myers ('00). "It was a great chance to learn about different cultures." The dishes were purchased from $.50 to $3. Most of the money was used to pay for food costs. Any profits received are used to sponsor a girl living in Mozambique who supported by the International Relations Club (IRC). Look for more events sponsored by the IRC, including "Images: A Reflection of Cultures," at the Knickerbocker, which will offer more foods as well as performances and displays.
Hope College is the defendant in a civil lawsuit filed Friday by a former student. The lawsuit alleges that the husband of a former resident director provided prescription drugs and alcohol to underage students, and repeatedly sexually abused the plaintiff. According to the suit Matt Muller, husband of former Voorhees Hall R.D. Barb Muller, "repeatedly molested and sexually abused" the former male student on "premises o w n e d and maintained by Hope College." The student attended Hope during the 1994-95 academic year. The College disputes the charges because a criminal suit settled in July of 1995 stated that the incident occurred in Holland Township, not on College property, said College spokesman Tom Renner. " T h e y ' r e alleging something different than the criminal case," Renner said. On July 25, 1995, Holland District Judge H. Meyers Jr. sentenced Muller to 30 days in jail and two years probation, according to a Nov. 19 article in The Grand Rapids Press. Muller pleaded no c o n t e s t to fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct. This plea "is viewed as an admission of guilt," Renner said. T h e College is being charged with negligence because on at least one occasion molestation "occurred in the presence of a faculty member," the suit says. The faculty member did not stop the assault and/or report it, the suit alleges. The plaintiff is suing the College for more than $ 1 0 , 0 0 0 for d a m a g e s , i n c l u d i n g d i m i n i s h e d health, mental anguish, and loss of education. The College is responsible for the incidents because it encourages residency of R.D. spouses in halls, allowing Muller to reside in Voorhees. The College "should have known that the male residents of Voorhees Hall would place their trust in Matt Mullen..in place of a female resident advisor," states the suit. Court dates have not been set for this jury trial. "This is the beginning of a long process," Renner said.
Archaeologist spies on Sinai Sinai in Saudi Arabia. Publishers Simon & Schuster bought the idea. The book Gold of Exodus, based on his team's Bob Cornuke spent ten years in the Los An- discoveries, is coming out in May. Castle Rock geles Police Department. He's been on SWAT also plans a movie by that title. Cornuke claims that experts from Riyadh to teams and in shootouts, in the middle of "some pretty hairy stuff." He was arrested three times the U.S. and even the Saudi Arabian government in the Middle East: once in Turkey, once in concur that he is correct. The traditional site of Mount Sinai, the BibliSaudi Arabia, once captured and held in an cal location where G o d gave Moses the Ten Egyptian gunboat. Yet none of that, he says, compares to the C o m m a n d m e n t s , is in the Sinai Peninsula in feeling he got standing on the location he says Egypt. But Cornuke claims that the Israeli government searched the mountain for 16 years folis Mount Sinai. lowing the 1967 Six D a y s ' "It was like going over the War and found not a shred of top of a roller coaster. I was evidence that it is the true site. electrified. I had never felt like "There is absolutely no evithat before," the Bible archeIf you believe in d e n c e at all to support that ologist told about 300 students N o a h ' s A r k , Moses, M o u n t Sinai is in the Sinai in Dimnent Chapel Monday Peninsula," he said. night. and Pharoah's Based on Biblical and hisCornuke said that the expechariots, you a r e torical evidence, Cornuke and rience c h a n g e d his life. "I several others set out for Saudi used to be a real doubter," he not committing Arabia to hunt for clues on said. " N o w I know that I beintellectual suicide. what they believe to be the true lieve in God, and I can make route of the Exodus, the midecisions based on His word." —Bob Cornuke raculous escape of the Jewish "I think it reinforces the reBible Archaeologist people from slavery in Egypt. ality of the Old T e s t a m e n t The Bedouins in Saudi Arabia s c r i p t u r e s , " he said. " T h i s shows that it's more than a myth. If you believe teach about a mountain in that country where in Noah's Ark. Moses, and Pharoah's chariots, they say Moses received the Ten C o m m a n d you are not committing intellectual suicide," he ments. The Bible also describes the mountain as being in "Arabia." With those two pieces of evisaid. C o m u k e ' s Indiana Jones days started when dence. Cornuke and his team began to retrace he met astronaut Jim Erwin. Erwin sparked the Exodus route. At the site on the Gulf of Aqaba where they C o m u k e ' s interest with his plans to go looking propose Moses parted the waters of the Red Sea for Noah's Ark. Two trips to the Middle East later, Cornuke to allow the Israelites to cross and escape the is convinced that he has located the true Mount m o r e S I N A I on 8 CARRIE X E N N A N X campusbeat editor