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again and again d u r i n g the
three hour Pull. The
Sports
Soccer T e a m
Beats A l m a
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W h o ' d You
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sophomores did that a lot
on Friday , as they defeated
the Freshmen by hauling
in 1 9 ' 7 " for the victory.
After losing last year, the
class of '90 finally tasted
the sweetness of w i n n i n g
at the Black River.
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Sept. 30, 1987
News
King Gives "State of the Greek System" Address
Over 100 members from all of
Hope's 13 greek organizations
attended Bruce King's "State of
the Greek System" address
Tuesday night, Sept. 22, in the
Maas Center. King is the director
of Student Organizations at
Hope.
Instead of telling first hand
what will be in store for the
greeks in the coming months.
King failed to set the record
straight, reiterating points he
has already made in the last few
weeks.
King stated he wants to work
with the greek organizations to
increase their standards of
brotherhood, sisterhood and
unity. The goal of all fraternities
and s o r o r i t i e s should be
e x c e l l e n c e and t h r o u g h
excellence they should grow and
develop.
On the subject of pledging.
King said, "I have never seen
pledging here at Hope, so I
assume everything is okay. But
from what I have heard from the
administration, pledging is
something we're going to have to
work on."
Among King's concerns were
the "tactics" used by actives
during pledging. "Pledging is a
grooming period where the
active members should be
preparing the pledges to become
a part of their organization," he
explained.
He reiterated the need for
immediate changes in pledging,
specifically hazing and other
negative aspects of pledging,
including injuries, m i s s e d
classes, and lower grades.
The a d m i n i s t r a t i o n has
budgeted $10,000 to aid the
greeks in creating positive
pledging programs free from
hazing. Each fraternity and
sorority will receive $200 to be
used at their discretion towards
the goal of haze-free pledging.
Other activities, such as
sending fraternity and sorority
representatives to national greek
conferences are also being
planned. At these conferences
Hope representatives will be able
to learn about alternative
p l e d g i n g p r o g r a m s and
brainstorm new ones.
In addition to changing
pledging. King feels Hope's
greek organizations have earned
a bad reputation in the past and
that they need to turn that image
around and create a more
positive image for themselves
among non-greeks,
administration, and faculty.
One Cosmopolitan active
responded saying he felt it was
unfair that the greeks have to
prove themselves "innocent" to
the rest of the campus. King
agreed it was unfair, but stated
that life isn't always fair and it
needs to be done.
Many questions were raised
regarding the pros and cons of
hazing and whether hazing is
really as bad as everyone seems
to believe.
"How do you make the pledges
achieve that deepness of love
between their pledge brothers
without making them come to the
point where they want to quit?"
asked Chris Zinn, a
Knickerbocker. "Without first
attaining that state of mutual
Despite Hijinks and Delays, Sophs Win
against 13, and tying the practice
ropes t o g e t h e r , w e r e all
alternatives being considered
After starting 40 minutes late, instead of using the shorter rope.
the sophomore class of 490
Hoping for the best, calls were
defeated the freshman class of made to the Coast Guard in
'91 by pulling in more than 19 feet Holland and Grand Haven in
of rope during the 90th annual search of a r e p l a c e m e n t .
tug-of-war last Friday.
However, no assistance was
The weather and conditions at available. Instead, a rope off a
the Black River, east of Holland, tugboat was loaned to the school
were perfect compared to last by the Great Lakes Shipping Co.,
y e a r ' s muddy m e s s . And a local business located in
although a number of technical Macatawa.
aspects went haywire, the
But it was still too short. It was
enthusiasm for this year's Pull then decided by the Pull
remained high.
administrators and coaches to tie
The day started in regular the two ropes together.
fashion for both teams, although
The actual event started at
the coaches for the freshmen 4:41 p.m. with the knot of the two
squad were in for a slight scare..
ropes in the middle of the river.
At 2 p.m., two hours before the After the marking of the rope by
Pull was scheduled to start, an the judges, both spectators and
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89 Puller d i s c o v e r e d the competitors got set for the three
freshman pits had been filled in hour battle.
by vandals during the night.
Neither team made great
Also, a couple of foot boards were gains during the beginning. But,
missing.
it was clear the freshmen were
Members of last year's '89 giving up more rope to the
team, '89, '90, and '91 coaches determined sophomores.
scrambled to get the pits into
their regular condition in time
for the scheduled start.
However, when the pits were
re-dug, it was learned that the
rope used in past Pulls was too
short. Upon stretching it out, it
only reached from pit 13 on the
sophomore side to pit 15 on the
freshman side. Each team has 18
pits.
"In the end (the pits) turned
out to be a minor concern
compared to the rope being too
short," said Gary Kunzi, *91
team coach.
By Brian Breen
anchor Editor
Last year, the rope was cut
after the Pull and apparently
whoever cut it removed a sizable
length as a souvenir. When it was
spliced back together over the
summer it was considerably
shorter, yet no one knew some
rope was missing.
Postponing the Pullj puUirig .13
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While 491 struggled with their
inch-ups and lock-ins, '90 waited
with experience and confidence.
However, at 5:20 p.m., the event
was still up for grabs.
But as the Pull grew over one
and one-half hours old, it was
apparent the momentum had
swung to the sophomore side and
was likely to stay there.
Since the two ropes combined
were longer than the actual
length of the pull rope, it was
ruled that when a mark behind
the anchor (pit 18) moved four
feet in the opposite team's
direction, a pit would be
technically "popped", forcing
two pullers to pull out of one pit.
Around 7:15 p.m., '91 was
forced to pop a pit. "Psycho '90"
was the sophomore theme, and
they showed they meant it. After
a while winning wasn't the only
goal, but the way they were going
to win became important, too.
When the o f f i c i a l
measurement was taken at
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approximately 7:50 p.m., the
rope had moved 19'7" in the
sophomores favor. It was the
largest margin of victory in three
years.
The win r a i s e d the
sophomore's record to 32-17 since
1934. There have been two draws
and three cancellations.
"They have the talent to win
(next year) and they had it the
day of the Pull," said Kunzi,
about his freshmen team. "It just
didn't work out that way."
While the preparations will
take place again next year, the
opportunities for a frosh victory
are now reduced to one. This was
something the sophomores faced
this year.
"It was just fun to win," said
90 coach Kurt Kossen, summing
it all up. "I really don't have
anything else to say." And while
the *90 coaches were quiet and
smiling, the *90 team proved with
squeals, screams and even tears,
that it's always fun to win.
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independence they would never
truly achieve that deep love."
"I don't know," answered
King. "But I know there has to be
a better way. 1 know it can be
done without hazing."
He then went on to question the
ethics of hazing. "What are we
getting these people ready for?
War? The Marines?," asked
King.
"It's not so much what we're
preparing them for, but what
they already have inside them,"
commented Scott Mancinelli,
another Knickerbocker. "We
have to see if they have what it
takes to be a part of our
fraternity."
"What is it that you're looking
for?" questioned King. "I can't
tell you that," shot back
Mancinelli. "But I know what it
is, and the Cosmos know what
they want, and the Fraters know
what they want and so does
everyone else here."
After continued debate among
greeks and King, Mike Goyne,
IFC president, made a short
speech in defense of the present
greek pledging system.
Goyne said that although
minor changes might need to be
made, as a whole the system has
worked quite well for a long time.
King ended the meeting by
saying the task force to study
pledging is still in the planning
stages, but they will come up
with s o m e guidelines and
recommendations for the greeks
to work with as soon as possible.
Stroessner Wins
Javits Fellowship
Recent Hope College graduate
Steven J. Stroessner has been
awarded a prestigious Jacob K.
Javits Fellowship from the U.S.
Department of Education.
A 1986 magna cum laude
graduate, Stroessner majored in
psychology at Hope. A native of
W h i t e w a t e r , Wise., he is
currently in a social psychology
Ph.D. program at the University
of California at Santa Barbara.
The Jacob K. Javits Fellows
Program is designed to provide
financial assistance to students
of s u p e r i o r a b i l i t y , a s
d e m o n s t r a t e d by t h e i r
achievements and exceptional
promise to pursue graduate
stude in the arts, humanities, and
social sciences. Selection is
b a s e d on the a p p l i c a n t s '
academic grades, letters of
r e c o m m e n d a t i o n , Graduate
Record Examination scores, and
a personal essay.
Only lie graduate students
were designated Javits Fellows
this year. Now in its third year,
the Jacob K. Javits Fellows
Program is one of the most
lucrative fellowships in the
country. It will provide for
Stroessner's full tuition and a
yearly stipend for the next four
years.
Sept. 30, 1987
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Sophomore Exum Dies After
Asthma Related Attack
By Brian Breen
anchor Editor
The campus of Hope College
was silenced early Thursday
morning as word spread that 19year-old Erik Exum, a resident
of Phelps Hall, had died shortly
after midnight Thursday of an
asthma related seizure.
Exum collapsed outside his
room on the third floor of Phelps,
after complaining of pains while
he was lying in his sleeping loft.
Public Safety, Holland Police
and local paramedics were
dispatched to the scene around
12:10 a.m. and transported him
to Holland Community Hospital
were he died a short time later.
According to one college
official, Exum was taking
medication for an ankle injury
along with medication for his
asthma. Apparently the two
reacted, causing the seizure.
Exum played defensive back
on the Hope football team. He
was a 1986 graduate of St. Joseph
High School, located 65 miles
south of Holland.
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Erik really loved to play
football. He w a s a very
coachable kid," said Ivan
Muhlenkamp, E x u m ' s high
school grid coach. "He was
willing to do whatever you asked
of him."
A business administration
major, Exum was described by
Muhlenkamp as a very dedicated
student-athlete. "Erik wasn't a
super student, but he was a good
student," Muhlenkamp said. "He
was a good kid."
A prayer service for Exum was
held on campus Friday morning
in Dimnent Memorial Chapel On
Saturday, Hope Football players
placed stickers with Exum's
number on their helmets for the
game against Wabash.
News of Exum's death filtered
quickly through the campus and
his hometown. Letters notifying
parents and alumni of the sad
news were also sent out by Hope
President John Jacobsen.
"His death was very difficult
for our own football players,"
said Muhlenkamp, who still
coaches football and teaches
math and physical education at
St. Joseph High school.
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Erik lifted weights over the
summer (at the school), so a lot
of younger players knew him,"
he added. "He was good friends
with my own son. He kind of grew
up in my house."
Funeral services for Exum
were held Saturday morning at
the First Congregational Church
in St. Joseph.
Philadelphia Semester Rep
On Hope Campus Today
By E r i c Shotwell
anchor News Editor
Y e s t e r d a y on H o p e ' s
campus, Steve Brooks held a
meeting for people interested
in attending the Philadelphia
Urban Semester. Mr. Brooks
is t h e d i r e c t o r of t h e
program, and will be visiting
with about 20 c l a s s e s today to
tell students more about the
s e m e s t e r in Philadelphia.
The Philadelphia s e m e s t e r
counts for 16 credits here at
Hope. Students work four full
days a week in an internship
p r o g r a m
d e s i g n e d
specifically for them, and
also attend two four-credit
courses to round out their
semester.
One of these courses is the
"City Seminar," a multidisciplinary course that has a
focus not unlike Hope's own
core curriculum. Students
also choose another fourcredit course a s an elective
during the semester.
According to Dr. Joseph
MacDoniels, who is one of the
c a m p u s coordinators of the
Philadelphia Semester, the students numbered about 20
program is "basically equal per semester.
in cost to Hope tution for a
"The
Philadelphia
semester, but it can vary. S e m e s t e r w a s o r i g i n a l l y
(Students) can live frugally I n t e n d e d f o r s t u d e n t s
or they can really enjoy the interested in sociology and
city and live 'high on the u r b a n s t u d i e s , " s a i d
hog'." Participants in the MacDoniels. "But now it is
P h i l a d e l p h i a S e m e s t e r heavily used by business and
t r a d i t i o n a l l y r e n t a n communication majors. In
a p a r t m e n t or r o o m and addition, new opportunities
arrange for their own meals, for students interested in
using the money they would medicine and teaching h a v e
normally use for room and recently arisen."
board at Hope.
Anyone interested in the
The program is affiliated Philadelphia Urban S e m e s t e r
with the Great Lakes College should contact either Dr.
Association (GLCA), unlike M a c D o n i e l s
of t h e
the Chicago Semester, which communications department
is affiliated with Colleges in or Dr. Muiderman of the
the Reformed tradition. Hope b u s i n e s s a d m i n i s t r a t i o n
has been sending students to department.
Philadelphia for about 20
The Hope College catalog
years,
a c c o r d i n g to a l s o h a s a d e t a i l e d
MacDoniels, and a student description of the types of
may opt to go either during courses offered during the
spring or fall s e m e s t e r s .
semester. Applications for
Currently, there are 39 prospective students next
s t u d e n t s f r o m H o p e in s e m e s t e r will be taken now
Philadelphia, which is quite a through Oct. 15, but late
large number compared to application to the program
prior years,
when
m a y a l s o b e m a d e if
P h i l a d e l p h i a S e m e s t e r necessary.
Strain Back
The best way to win the Pull Is not to lose
any rope. Pulling hard and straining back
are ways of accomplishing this.
Personals, Subscriptions
Up in cost
GLCA PHILADELPHIA CENTER
a liberal arts program for professional
development and field study
Steve Brooks will be on campus
Tuesday & Wednesday, September 29, 30
Contact Tony Muiderman, Economics Dept., or
Joe MacDoniels, Communications Dept., for details
The cost of both personal ads
and subscriptions for the anchor,
Hope's college newspaper, have
been increased aaccording to
Brian Breen, editor of the
weekly, student run paper.
R a t e s for p e r s o n a l and
classified ads have been raised to
25 cents, up 20 cents from a year
ago. Originally, the cost was five
cents per ad.
"At our last staff meeting, the
members voiced their support
for raising the prices," said
Breen. "The reasoning was for
the time and effort, five cents
was just too cheap."
Earlier in^ the year, - the
subscription price for the anchor
was raised from $12 to $15 a year.
"Basically, we hope to increase
our average size of the paper
each week," Breen said. "With
the costs of everything up again
this year, we felt it was
necessary to go with the flow."
The anchor still remains free 1
to students and faculty who pick
the paper up on campus. Breen
stated that right now only
approximately 10 to 20 people
w i l l be a f f e c t e d by t h e
subscription rate increase.
"However, we hope to increase
our number of subscribers in the
future," added Breen. - i;; •r a
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Entertainment
Pink Floyd Tour Stops in Chicago
at the Rosemont
By A.C. VanderKolk
anchor Staff Writer
After a long public absence,
Pink F l o y d has r e c e n t l y
reappeared on the music scene
with both a new album and tour.
This weekend saw Floyd in the
windy city, playing at the
Rosemont Horizon in Chicago.
And while the band has changed,
it can still rock.
The show opened with the song
"Echoes" from the album
"Metal", and continued with
most of the songs from the new
album, entitled "A Momentary
Lapse of Reason".
Besides the music, the band
was striking itself. When Roger
Waters left the band many
worried that Pink Floyd would
disintegrate, given that Rogers
w r o t e , s a n g , and p l a y e d
keyboards on all their previous
records. And to an extent, there's
no denying that his presence is
missed.
But to compensate for Water's
loss, David Gilmour has taken
over all the writing chores and
has moved to lead vocals. Nick
Mason is still excellent on drums
and Rick Wright has lost none of
his p s y c h a d e l i c touch on
keyboards. The rest of the band
consists of a percussionist, a
bassist, backup guitarist, two
women on backstage vocals, and
a saxophone player who blew the
house down.
The first half of the show was
almost entirely from the new
album and was supplemented
with the kind of light and video
show that has made Pink Floyd
concerts famous. At one point
three spotlights were focused at
Gilmour's feet, reflecting up so
only his body could be seen. It
was bizarre not being able to see
his head while hearing him sing.
The light show also included
lasers. Many were focused down
onto the stage, and bounced up
towards the crowd. Two were
large beams aimed above the
crowd's heads that slowly began
to spread until they looked like
overlapping twin fans. The
effects were topped with an
explosion and fireworks.
The second half started with
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the lowering of a giant papier
mache boar (as in pig) onto the
stage, followed with a long
instrumental. They continued
with a lot of old stuff. They
played "Money," "Time," and
"Us and Them" from the 1973
"Dark Side of the Moon" album.
In each song the saxophone
player went into solos that lasted
no less than ten minutes. They
also played "Welcome to the
Machine" and "Wish You Were
Here" from the album of the
same name. In both songs the
band jammed and the crowd
went wild.
From "The Wall" they played
the infamous "We Don't Need No
Education" and ended the show
with "Comfortably Numb." The
encore was from the new album.
Throughout the last two
songs the lights went crazy.
Green, red, blue, and yellow
lasers shot all over. A huge bank
of lights in front of the stage
began to rotate, making beams
reminiscent of the hammers in
the movie "The Wall." The final
special effect was a huge disco
ball b r o u g h t out d u r i n g
"Comfortably Numb." As the
song played it rotated and slowly
began to open, ultimately
becoming a large star filled with
lights.
While m a n y f a n s w e r e
concerned over the loss of Roger
Waters, David Gilmour's
versatility and the new band's
quality made up for the loss. The
added effects of their light show
combine to make Pink Floyd a
must see event.
1987-88 Theatre Season
Well Under Way
By Reka Jellema
Special to the anchor
Although it is only the third
week of the 1987-88 school year,
the Theatre Department has
already held its auditions for the
season's productions.
There will be four plays this
season, beginning with
Shakespeare's "As You Like It"
where you can join Rosalind,
Jaques, Touchstone and a
delightful cast of characters as
they wander through The Forest
of Arden e m p l o y i n g their
brightest wit in pursuit of
happiness and romance. The
play will be performed October
23, 24, and 28-31 in the DeWitt
Theatre.
The next production will be
"The Dining Room" by A.R.
Gurney. This touching modern
comedy delineates the dying
l i f e s t y l e of e a s t e r n white
Protestant gentry and the
neglected room which was once
the vital center of family life.
The performances will take
place December 4,5, and 9-12.
Following "The Dining Room"
will be "Galileo," by Bertolt
Brecht. The play encompasses
one man's conviction to further
the world of science, despite
political and religious oppression
in the seventeenth century. This
epic drama bears a powerful
message to our increasingly
scientific contemporary world.
The performances will be held on
February 19,20, and 24-27.
There will be performances
April 22, 23, and 27-30 of August
Strindberg's play 4 Easter,' a
sensitive and poignant drama
which reveals the Heyst family's
trials during three haunting
days, and the enlightening
resolution of renewed faith, hope,
and love.
Theatre is an integral part of a
liberal arts education. The
Theatre Department hopes you
will join them for all of the plays
to be presented this season, and
they encourage you to find out
more about the theatre by
working in one of the theatre's
special areas, such as sewing in
the costume shop, working on the
sets in the scene shop, or working
with the lighting design crew.
See you at the shows!
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Major Concert Dates
Oct. 4 THE YELLOWJACKETS, State Theatre, Kalamazoo.
Oct. 15 THE OUTFIELD, Devos Hall, Grand Rapids.
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[Allendale.
Oct. 16 LISA LISA & CULT JAM, Devos Hall, Grand Rapids.
Oct. 20 INXS, Wings Stadium, Kalamazoo.
Oct. 24 TOM WAITS, State Theatre, Kalamazoo.
Oct. 29 R.E.M., Crisler Arena, Ann Arbor.
TBA JEAN LUC-PONTY, State Theatre, Kalamazoo
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3. ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN
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4. DOCUMENT
R.E.M.
5. THE JOSHUA TREE
U2
6. LONELY IS AN EYESORE
Various artists
7. IN MY TRIBE
10,000 Maniacs
8. BUCKY FELLINI
Dead Milkmen
9. BROOMTREE
Downey Mildew
10. HELLEBORINE
Shelleyan Orphan
11. MENDING WALL
Chalk Circle
12. REUNION WILDERNESS
The Railway Children
13. LINDY'S PARTY
The Bolshoi
14. BLOW YOUR COOL
Hoodoo Gurus
15. MOTION OF LOVE 12"
Gene Loves Jezebel
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Alumni run Held at Grand Haven Country Club
True Fans
Die Hard
Ben J. Hanneman
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Sports Editor
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Yes, I am a die-hard Detroit
Tiger fan.
For that matter, I am a diehard Detroit anything fan.
Of course with the events that
took place this weekend in
Toronto I am dying hard. They
did manage to win one game of
the series, though, which was
important.
Not only does that victory keep
them 2*6 games behind, but it
also proves to them and to us that
Toronto is beatable in the
stretch.
Now why would anyone want to
admit to living in a place like
Detroit? After all, isn't Detroit
the murder capital of the world?
Actually, to set the record
straight, I'm really from Grosse
Pointe Park, a great city on the
shores of Lake St. Clair.
That's the key: If you're not
exactly from Detroit, make sure
you specify that or people will
look at you and wonder why you
don't carry a sub-machine gun or
something. But yes, I have lived
in Detroit for most of my life.
Doesn't Detroit have what
many people feel are the worst
teams around? Wait one minute!
That is where the greatness of
Detroit lies - with the fans.
When you get right down to it,
the sports fans in Detroit are
what makes the city what it is.
Forget the new People Mover.
Forget the Renaissance Center.
But forget the fans? How can we
without taking away the heart of
the city? Sports fans in Detroit
are the greatest in the world.
Chicago's fans are great too, but
that's another column.
Yes, Detroit fans are the
greatest anywhere around. Who
else would jump on the Tigers
band-wagon in 484, the greatest
year I can remember, and still be
hanging on through the bumpy
ride of *85, '86, and now most of
the '87 campaign.
Who else would sit through a
season in which the Lions went 16 at home and 5-11 overall? Also,
let me remind you of all the fans
that supported the Red Wings
and the Pistons in their attempt
at i m m o r t a l i t y in t h e i r
respective sports. Many people
say that sports are boring. What
do they know?
What is boring about being at
Tiger Stadium with the bases
loaded and two out in the bottom
of the ninth with Detroit trailing
by one run and Kirk Gibson
batting? Of course, Gibby will
probably strike out, but you see
my point.
What is boring about watching
Isiah Thomas dribbling around
guys like Michael Jordan and
Magic Johnson and making a
reverse lay-up to win the game?
What is boring about...? Need I
go on?
Sports will always be thrilling
for me. It is really a shome that
so much can take away from that
thrill that sports should have.
That's what true sport is all
about.
Little Giants Defeat
Hope in Indiana
Turnovers were the downfall
for Hope's f o o t b a l l t e a m
Saturday against the Wabash
Little Giants in Crawfordsville,
Ind. as the Dutchmen's bid for
two consecutive vicotories wa
spoiled in a 27-14 loss.
Hope turned the ball over ten
times, seven of which were
intereceptions from three Dutch
quarterbacks, as they watched
the Little Giants score 24 of their
27 points in the second quarter.
The Dutchmen did score first
on a 34-yard pass play from Keith
Stewart to junior tight end Tim
Peterson. From then on things
fell apart. Stewart was later
forced to leave the game with a
mild concussion and Hope didn't
score again until the fourth
quarter when reserve Eric Elliot
hit Senior Todd Rose with a 13yard touchdown pass.
Joe Cossey, Hope's leading
ground gainer, averaging 62
yards per game, led all Hope
rushers with 40 yards. In the
receiving department, Todd
A c k e r m a n and P e t e r s o n
combined for 107 yards between
the two of them.
In the second quarter, Wabash
put on much the same clinic that
Hope did the previous week at
home with Depauw. The Little
G i a n t s s c o r e d 24 p o i n t s ,
including a touchdown on a 39yard pass interception.
The Dutchmen fall to 1-2 on the
year and 0-0 in the MIAA. Hope
will regroup this week for their
last non-league contest at home
this Saturday against Findlay,
Ohio, before taking on Albion on
homecoming day. Game time is
1:30 p.m.
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anchor Sports Editor
You couldn't help but feel the
excitement as the current MIAA
champion cross-country team
matched skills against the best of
the best from years past at the
first annual alumni run at the
Grand Haven Country Club.
On hand for the women's race
representing the alumni was
Valeria Hendrickson and Diane
Underwood. Both Hendrickson
and Underwood finished in the
top 15. Sandra Lake and Tauna
Jecmen tied for the victory at
18:19.
In the men's race Randy
Johnson and Kevin Cole got a
blast from the past racing
against Lindsey Dood, Craig
Kingma, John McElwee, and
Steve Underwood.
From the start the excitement
seemed to center around the
matchup between this year's top
runner, senior captain Randy
Johnson and last year's top
runner, Dood.
As the runners completed the
first loop, Dood and Johnson led
the pack, setting the tempo for
what would probably be a
fantastic finish.
The second loop past the
clubhouse saw relatively no
change in the leader position.
Both runners stayed within
striking range of the other racer.
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Soccer Team Blanks Alma Scotsmen 2-0
By Sue Looman
anchor Writer
In a charged atmosphere, the
Flying Dutchmen soccer team
took control of an evenly
matched game for win over the
Alma Scots last Saturday.
The rapport between Hope
players had changed; they acted
together instead of individually.
The Dutchmen took the initiative
from the kickoff but the Scots
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also wanted a win. The evenly b a c k f i e l d coordinator and
matched teams each took the protecting Hope's goal.
offensive and the defensive in
The score was even at 0-0 until
what seemed to be a stalemate.
the second half of the game when
T h e F l y i n g D u t c h m e n a corner ball from Jerry Potter
welcomed back a presence helped Todd Winkler put in a
sorely missed from previous score over the opposing players'
g a m e s due to an injury. heads. There were several
Sophomore midfielder Steve occasions of goals but the
Ullenius helps in forming plays linesmen called Dutchmen
and raising drooping team spirits players offsides.
out on the field. Freshman Scott
Offsides is called when there
Van DeHoef has also effectively isn't a defender between the
taken Jim Bursma's place as opposing player and the goal.
This resulted in a legitimate goal
for Hope when an offsides call
was made and the ball was
thrown in by an Alma player.
The Dutchmen took control
immediately and the ball was
passed to Mike Kubert, who
connected for the second goal.
The final score was Hope 2, Alma
0.
There was also a yellow card
given in the game, which
signifies that a player has
exhibited unnecessary
roughness. If two cards are giver
to a player, he has to leave the
game. The yellow card was giver
to an Alma player in connectior
with body contact with Brenl
VanBlois.
The o v e r a l l g a m e was
entertaining and exciting and the
improved performance of the
Flying Dutchmen made it all
worthwhile.
The next home game will be
against Hope's rival, Calvin, on
Tuesday, October 6.
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Feature
Lambert Gets Lost in Tokyo on Personal Walk
(Editor's note: The
following article is the fourth
of a 12 part series which will
chronicle the exploits,
adventures and thoughts of
David Lambert during his
travels in J a p a n on the J a p a n
May Term last spring.)
By David Lambert
anchor Writer
Monday morning I w a s
1
awakeneda bDV
the tele
fephone at
5:30 a.m. The voice at the
other end turned out to be our
intrepid leader, Ludwigsensei (Dr. Ludwig), who
cheerfully wished m e "ohayo
gozaimus," (good morning)
and told m e it w a s t i m e to go
out to the Tsukiji fish market.
and joined our merry group.
As it turned out, the Tsukiji
fish market w a s worth the
rude awakening.
The Tsukiji fish market
w a s an experience. As w e
approached the market, I saw
m e n on c h u n c k y b i k e s
bearing styrofoam boxes on
their back bike racks. The
boxes w e r e presumably filled
•with fish, and w e r e about the
size of grape crates.
The front part of the
market, which w a s the first
place I entered, w a s a large
warehouse area, filled with were the primary sounds in
smoke from the multiple fires the main part of the market.
which burned in rusted oil
And then there are the fish drums. E x c e p t for the fires -more fish and shellfish than I
and a few ice chipping h a v e e v e r seen in one place
machines, there s e e m e a to be before. Live eels, shrimp, and
little selling going on there crabs squirmed in barrels
this morning.
and boxes; conchs, snails,
clams, oysters, scallops,
As w e progressed farther flatfish, and octopi, regular
into the market, the activity and pickled, w e r e also in
b e c a m e much m o r e intense. abundance.
H u n d r e d s of w h o l e s a l e r s
Tuna takes up two large
presided over their s m a l l
warehouse
rooms, and is
stands. The stands are
auctioned
off
under a large
arranged in a grid in the main
pastel green overhang
t
part of the market.
next to the harbor. There
four auctioneers, surrounded
Fish are carried a w a y on
by crowds of e a g e r tuna
carts, both motorized and
buyers and rows of tuna, sell
hand operated, which ply the
the monstrous fish - which
narrow aisles. The motorized
m e a s u r e about three of four
carts look s o m e t h i n g like a
feet by about one and a half
very large scooter with R2-D2
feet.
at the helm. More precisely,
I e s t i m a t e d that about two
the thing at the front is a
or three thousand tuna must
motor and housing with a
h a v e been present or recently
steering wheel on top. To turn
sold that morning. All of the
the cart, the entire a s s e m b l y
tuna w e r e frozen, and
must be turned, a m a n u e v e r
smelled m o r e like ice than
which the drivers performed
fish. E v e r y w h e r e , tuna w a s
quite nicely.
being sliced, hacked, and
loaded into carts, the sheer
The hand carts, which w e r e volume of tuna which is
much simpler c o n v e y a n c e s - caught and distributed each
basically a board on w h e e l s - morning is overwhelming.
were
also handled
After the visit to the fish
competently. The sound of the market, w e went to Meiji
carts and the
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they didn't know w h e r e Meiji
Gakuin University was.
Finally, I m e t a w o m a n who
c a m e from England, and
asked her w h e r e I was.
Having lived in Tokyo for a
year, she knew m y problem
well. She advised m e to take a
cab back to Meiji Gakuin.
That I did. at a cost of 550 yen,
which indicated I had been
s o m e w h e r e over a m i l e a w a y
from c a m p u s (the first drop
is 470 yen, which lasts for two
kilometers or two and a half
minutes, the second drop is
550.)
Ludwig-sensei w a s waiting
for m e at Meiji Gakuin when I
got back at about 6:10 p.m.
He had instructions to get to
the restaurant w h e r e w e were
going that night, a s the rest of
the group w a s gone already.
Fortunately, we didn't
have to use the instructions,
as we caught the rest of the
group just as the subway
(which w e transferred onto)
w a s about to pull out.
The w a l k I took that
afternoon w a s not only an
introduction to the j o y s of
getting lost in Tokyo, it w a s
also a sort of high water mark
for the observaton of cute
things and s e n s e l e s s English
phrases, both e l e m e n t s of life
in Japan which I could not
avoid noticing.
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To the 10th Street Phelps Guys Thanks for the serenade on
Saturday night ! You know we Netherlandic Studies Program
Spring Semester of 1988
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Mrs. Van Wylen, who had
flown over to r e c e i v e the
Doctor's honorary degree,
and had our o p e n i n g
ceremony, not necessarily in
that order.
After the formalities, w e
were free to wander around
Tokyo until six that evening,
when w e had to attend a
dinner for Dr. Van Wylen. I
took the time between 2:30
and 6 p.m. getting lost.
I got lost in Tokyo - really
lost - for the first time. I left
Meiii Gakuin with a plan to
walk around the block. I
ended up zig-zagging through
the city, discovering I w a s
around one and a half m i l e s
from the c a m p u s . I had to be
back at Meiji Gakuin at 6
p.m., which w a s in about 10 or
15 minutes.
The first lesson of Tokyo
streetwalking is don't a s s u m e
anything. In a city where the
streets h a v e no n a m e s , w h e r e
they aren't laid out in any
particular way, and w h e r e
there are no real important
l a n d m a r k s or d i s t i n c t
neighborhoods, it p a y s to
watch where you're going
very carefully.
Everything ended up okay
in the end though; when I
noticed it w a s gelting late, I
tried m y J a p a n e s e on a few
people and panicked a bit
when I realized that mostof
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Opinion
Will the Real Robert Bork Please Stand Up?
By Donald Kaul
Tribune Media Services
I have been having this
dream lately. I dream that
I'm a U.S. senator on the
judiciary committee. Before
m e is S u p r e m e Court
nominee Robert Bork. When
my turn to question him
arrives, I take the
since you became a federal
judge, you have committed
a c t s of c e r t i o r a r i w i t h
consenting adults?"
A look of horror freezes on
Bork's face. His rheumy e y e s
begin to water. "I don't
know," he says. "That is to
say, I'm not sure of the
number. Seven times w a s it?
Do you have a page number
on that?"
I press on. "And isn't it also
true that, as a result of this
behavior, you have
contracted a severe c a s e of
stare decisis, and are under
treatment for it even now?"
" I w o u l d n ' t c a l l it
treatment, senator," he says.
"It's more like a salve."
I then stand up and begin
whirling my glasses around
"I put it to you that it w a s
by a stem. "And further," I not a mistake but instead a
say, "in the famous c a s e of consistent pattern of favoring
Snopes vs. Backwater,
unfettered monopolistic
Mississippi, didn't you rule p o w e r of m u l t i n a t i o n a l
that a meter maid could force c o r p o r a t i o n s a n d d i r t y
a motorist to shove beans up dancing. I further put it to you
his nose if she found him that you have a long personal
double-parked?"
history of running amber
"Yes," he says, "that was lights, not returning library
the result of the decision and I books on time and tearing
deplored it, but I w a s unable tags off mattresses. Can you
to find anything in the give this august committee
C o n s t i t u t i o n p r o t e c t i n g even one reason why it should
people from beans in their not reject your nomination
noses."
and rescind your driver's
I crouch menacingly on the license?"
top of my desk. "And in the
"I know I've said a lot of
even more famous c a s e of stupid things in my time,
Dipstick vs. All the Bad senator, buf I didn't believe
People in Toledo, didn't you any of them. A lot of them
rule that deputy county were said when I w a s a
sheriffs could force mothers professor in law school and
of unborn children to do the w a s trying to keep the c l a s s
h o k e y - p o k e y on s a n i t a r y from throwing their pencils at
landfills without regard to m e when I turned to write on
their personal health or the blackboard."
safety?''
At this I jump down off m y
"Yes I did, but at the s a m e desk, rush up to Bork and
time I thought that c a s e was grab him by the tie. "Come
being argued under the fifth off of it, Bork, we've had
Commandment. It wasn't enough of this! You spend
until alter I learned it w a s the your whole life sounding like
Fifth Amendment that was a speech writer for Simon
being invoked. I m a d e a Legree, then you come up
mistake, I admit it."
here and all of a sudden
From the
Editor's
Desk
Brian Breen
he will be a terrible judge and
that's true no matter which
Bork shows up on the bench.
Giving him the best of it, he
has a remarkably consistent
record of coming down on the
side of an issue that puts the
individual at the mercy of the
state. He has, however, three
things going for him:
He is 60 years old.
He is a chain smoker.
He drinks s o m e ; m a y b e
more than some.
In short, he does not look
like a man who is going to be
on the court 20 y e a r s or so. He
probably won't last 10.
The alternative R e a g a n
nominee is likely to be Orrin
Hatch, who is just as
conservative as Bork, not
nearly as smart and is a 53year-old Mormon, he doesn't
drink, he doesn't smoke, he
doesn't even chew licorice
gum. He's going to live
forever. You put him on the
court and he's there until
2015, voting the flat earth
platform.
I say Robert Bork is the
best offer the liberals are
going to gt from President
Reagan. They should snap
him up.
you're Eugene Debs. Admit
it, you're a serious right-wing
nut who is trying to lie his
way onto the court."
Bork bursts into tears and
says: "You're right, senator,
I'm unworthy. I don't know
what ever made m e think I
was fit to serve on the
Supreme Court. I withdraw
my nomination and intend to
enter a monastery the first
thing Monday."
I cut off his tie and wave it
to the television c a m e r a s as
the cheering crowd carries
me around the hearing room
on their shoulders.
Too bad life isn't like that.
Certainly the Bork hearings
aren't. If anything, they have
been rather confusing. You
don't know which Bork is
being nomianted, the
trenchant conservative of his
speeches and writings or the
altogether reasonable
moderate of his testimony.
It's a case of "Will the real
Robert Bork please stand
up?"
I know this much, though;
if I were a senator I'd vote to
confirm Bork in a minute.
I say that even though,
from a liberal point of view.
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A.r. Daane's Clothier presents the latest in tall fashions
from the names you know
Neuharth is a Model of
Newspaper Success
Allen Neuharth is hot.
Brian Breen is not. Not yet, at
least.
Neuharth is the founder of USA
Today and chairman of the
Gannet Co., one of the largest
newspaper chains in America.
As for myself, I have the
distinction (and headaches) of
being the editor of the paper
you're reading. The anchor.
Last week, Neuharth's picture
a p p e a r e d in both P e o p l e
Magazine and Esquire, along
with two in-depth articles. The
only place you'll find my face is
in the anchor, and somewhow it
isn't quite as glamorous. I mean,
I put it there.
Yet, there are similarities.
Neuharth is a newspaperman
and e x e c u t i v e . I'm a
newspaperman and student. He
started Ms own newspaper. In a
way, that's what every anchor
editor does at the beginning of
the semester.
We both make decisions.
Decisions that a f f e c t our
respective papers. Neuharth's
have paid off. He turned a risky
business venture into the nation's
most widely read newspaper.
While he still has critics, he has
re-shaped contemporary
American journalism. And he's
made lots of money doing it.
Have my decisions paid off?
Do people like the new front
page? Do they like the syndicates
and columnists?
I wish I could say yes, yes and
yes. But it's still too early to tell.
Some people like the new layout,
others do not. Some like the
national news and some feel
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Sept. 30, 1987
Page 11
Letters to the Editor
Westol and King Are Wrong On greek Pledging
An open letter to Dave Westol,
Bruce King and the students of
Hope College.
Where do you get your
information? I have seen none of
the practices described in f h e
anchor's article of Sept. 23.
For example, Dave Westol was
quoted as saying, 44 ... five hours
of running them (pledges) up and
down stadium steps and doing
push-ups... (is)... 100 man hours
wasted." I would be interested to
know has Mr. Westol seen this
happen here at Hope? Has
anyone made a report of this type
of grueling physical abuse?
Furthermore, regarding the
accusation that pledges are not
encouraged academically during
their pledging period, I say this is
mistruth. I do not know a Greek
organization on campus which is
not concerned with the grades of
its pledges. When I pledged last
year, I was encouraged to
approach my active brothers for
help with my studies and did so
often.
A large part of pledging is
learning to meet deadlines and to
approach 4<no-win" situations
with a positive attitude. This is
education which helps us not only
in our Greek life, but in our jobs
and our 44real life" outside of
school.
I am not "screaming like a
stuck pig", as Mr. Westol put it,
nor am I advocating paddling,
excessive exercise, degrading
pledging a c t i v i t i e s , public
embarassment, or any of those
other things which many people
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have the false impression that we
greeks do.
I am to point out that pledging
is a complicated process and
every activity we do serves some
purpose which is often not even
realized until after the eve* .t. It is
also considered out greatest
secret. Something each brother
has in common which no one else
knows. And frankly, it's no one
else's business.
Can someone learn everything
there is to know about a
fraternity in three weeks? Of
course not, I am still learning
about my fraternity and the men
in it, and I always will be.
Ihaveonefinalpoint. Mr. King
commented on the greeks "lack
of service and a lack of outside
sources other than partying and
Breen Shows '80s mentality at Its Best
Is history repeating itself? An
article from the College Press
Service printed in the Sept. 16
anchor, reports that tie-dyes,
ripped jeans, and mini-skirts are
once again fashionable. The
article suggests the return of
s u c h f a s h i o n on c o l l e g e
campuses indicates a "return of
the 60's".
This return is evident in the
"leftward" trend in fashion on
the Hope College campus, but for
some students, it appears that
the intellectual fervor of the 60's
has sadly been left behind.
For example, many (students)
are disinterested or uninformed
about the escalation of violence
in the Persian Gulf, U.S.
involvement in South America,
and the possible consequences of
the appointment of Judge Robert
Bork to the Supreme Court.
The editorial in the Sept. 16th
edition is a pathetic display of the
4
80's mentality at its lowest. We
are not against having fun, but
the antics described by Mr.
Breen are an insult to the
majority of Hope College
Students, most of whom could not
care less about Mr. Breen's
weekend adventures. The anchor
ought to be a medium through
which students are stimulated to
write and think about local and
worldwide issues.
In recent semesters the anchor
has been a challenging paper. If
the return of 460's fashion is to be
accompanied by a return of the
intellectual mood of the 460's, the
college newspaper will need to
address more significant issues
than "house wars," "slamming
brews" and ripped jeans, and
every student ought to demand
that the anchor reflect more.
r * ** f'' j
So far, the most positive
comment has come from a guy I
don't know real well. He said, "I
finally have to sit down and read
the anchor. I can't just page
through it." With that in mind,
we seem headed in the right
direction.
I'm still making decisions that
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chapel, There are g r e e k s
involved in managing Hope's
radio station and editing the
anchor. There are greeks on the
Pull teams and greeks in
Nykerk. Look around, you'll find
a lot of greeks where you don't
expect to.
P l e a s e be c a r e f u l of
unsubstantiated rumor and
hearsay. Most of what you hear
is simply not true.
HARRY F. COFFILL
EMERSONIAN HALL 305
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to the editor. Letters should be
500 words or less and may be
edited for space and content. AD
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we're not covering the local
scene enough.
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social activities in greek life."
The Hope catalog reads, "Six
fraternities and five sororities of
a social nature, all local, exist on
Hope's campus."
That is what we are, Mr. King,
and our main purpose for
existence is the social bond we
have with each other. But if I
must defend our existence, I can
speak of a few things which
greeks have done.
The Knickerbockers run a
bottle drive every year to benefit
Muscular D y s t r o p h y . The
Cosmopolitans organize a dance
to raise funds to combat cerebal
palsy. My fellow Emersonians
and I support the Special
Olympics. We were also on hand
at the recent Community
Football Day put on by Hope to
set up and take down chairs and
tables.
Greeks perform dozens of
functions on campus from
arranging dances to ushering in
affect this newspaper. That's my
job.
In the last week I've faced
some tough ones. Like last issue,
when the headline machine
broke. I had to decide to either
write the heads by hand or not
print at all. I chose the former.
This week I had to deal with the
story of the football player who
died. Should we cover it as
straight news or like a feature
story? Should we cover it at all?
I decided to run the story as
news. And I ended up writing the
story myself.
The point of this is to inform
you how the editor runs the paper
and the paper runs the editor.
There are certain perspectives to
consider.
To a c e r t a i n d e g r e e ,
everything an editor does affects
the paper in some way. That's
something to think about when
there are about 3,000 readers I
have to answer to when things go
wrong.
But what about Neuharth?
Who does he answer to? Only
about 5.5 million readers and
thousands of stockholders. I'm
sure he has headaches, too.
Probably migranes.
With that kind of pressure and
r e s p o n s i b i l i t y how d o e s
Neuharth describe himself?
"I'm just a paper boy," he said in
People magazine.
1 guess one could say that's
where the similarities end.
Because for me, it hasn't become
that easy yet.
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