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December 5, 1990
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Volume 103, Number 12
College removes Kletz ! s 'sexist' pinball machine by Hychard Bouwens staff writer A few weeks ago. a pinball machine was removed from the game room next to the Kletz cafeteria because some concern (Hi Hope students believed the machine was overly provocative "Future Spa," the pinball machine s name, contained numerous depictions of females and males, arrayed in attire such as skimpy swimwear and body suits On November 7. the anchor printed a letter from Elizabeth Schultz, describing in full detail the depictions which garnished the machine and publi cizing what sne believed to be an oversight in Hope s sexual harassment policy Apparently s o m e students notified Ann Bakker-Gras. the head of the vSocial Action Com-
mittee. and she supervised the removal of the pinball machine Sandy Harmon, manager of the Kletz. said. "1 found out about it after the fact, and apparently some students , were upset about the s u g g e s t i v e nature of the pinball machine."
'I found out about it after the fact....' -Sandy
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Harmon
" They got a hold of Ann Bakker-Gras She's the SAC director (SAC; administers to the games m there " The removal of the machine has remained predominately un noticed by the Hope community nowever Harmon added We really naven t had any comments No one has really said anything
jDarren Y o u n g ( 91) l e a d s the e n t r a n c e p r o c e s s i o n for V e s p e r s held Vespers
last S u n d a y .
The
s e r v i c e s held last w e e k e n d c e l e b r a t e d the first S u n d a y of a d v e n t w i t h
p a g e a n t r y a n d both v o c a l and I n s t r u m e n t a l m u s i c . A l s o for the first t i m e , a f e m a l e Michelle
Barkman
( 93),
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Photo by Rich Biair
Milestone takes a look back by Scott A Kaukonen news editor
Chad Dykema ("91) was the cantor lor the Vesper services held last weekend. He started the vocal portion Ol the service. Photo by Rich Blair
Sporting a "History of Hope C o l l e g e " t h e m e , the 1989-90 Milestones h a v e a r r i v e d on campus. Last y e a r ' s story is interspersed with photographs of Hope's past, m a n y of which were pulled from the J o i n t Archives. 44 Some people m a y say it's only a yearbook about last y e a r , " said editor Ben O p i p a r i ('91), 44 but it gives you a sense of perspective on the school. You just don't realize t h a t Hope h a s been around since 1866."
Old p h o t o s i n c l u d e s u c h highlights a s Hope College senior photos of c u r r e n t Hope professors, scenes of the c a m p u s before construction of m a n y of the current facilities, and past athletic t e a m s , greeks and student organiza tins A c c o r d i n g to O p i p a r i , a similar idea was used with a Hope yearbook in the 19308except t h a t one went year-byyear (1866 to 19306), took two y e a r s to complete a n d was over 400 pages in length. O p i p a r i , in his second y e a r a s editor of the Milestone, has tried to m a k e t h e yearbook m o r e con-
temporary. 4 'College yearbooks tend to be more traditional - gothic buildings for e x a m p l e . . . W e ' r e trying to use different colors, flashy lettering. The problem is if you get too m u c h into that it looks too m u c h like a high school yearbook with questions like, 4 What was your f a v o r i t e movie?' M O p i p a r i , who h a d no experience with yearbooks before taking the helm of the Milestone at the beginning of last y e a r , has surrounded himself with a staff
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