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Proposal B Would Lower Drinking Age — Once Again — to 19by Su«n Collin*

Michigan's drinking age is again an issue before voters. Proposal B, as it appears on the ballot, calls for the drinking age to be lowered from 21 to 19.

Michigan’s legal drinking age has been changed three times in the past decade. The legislature rolled back the age from 21 to 18, in 1972, in re­sponse to the 26th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which permit­ted 18 year olds to vote in federal elections.

In December 1978, the legislature voted to raise the drinking age to 19 in an initiative to reduce traffic accidents among 18-20 year olds and to remove alcohol-related problems from the schools.

Twenty days later, the legal drink­

ing age was moved back to 21 as a re- tures.suit of a constitutional amendment Student Senate President, Ignore entitled "Proposal D" on the Knox says, "I’m in favor of lowering November 1978, general election the drinking age, I don't think we ballot. should have people who are half-

7 prefer people spend energy on teaching responsible drinking , rather than spend

energy on its prohibition ’Proposal B, to be voted on next

month, was on the ballot through statewide petitioning. A total of 287,722 signatures were needed in order to place the proposal on the ballot.

Members of GVSC's Student Senate were responsible for gathering approximately 4,000 of those signa-

childrcn and half-adult if I could vote for 18, ' would.”

"If 19 and 20 year olds are going to have the responsibilities of an adult, they ought to have the fun, too,” Knox added.

The Senate also pushed to get a proposal on the ballot that would allow the sale of liquor by the glass

Florida D ry fo r 18-Year-Olds; Youth Group Raps ‘Prohibition ’

in Allendale township.Richard Mehler, Grand Valley’s

Dean of Student Affairs, remarked, "Personally, I think the 21-year-old drinking age is unreasonable. I think what they wanted to accomplish with it hasn’t worked, except for taking (alcohol abuse) out of the high schools to some extent."

"I prefer people spend energy on teaching responsible drinking rather than spend energy on its prohibi­tion.”

Mehler said the higher drini-ing age has probably helped reduce vandalism in the dorms.

However he adds, " It’s very diff­icult to assess if the higher drinking age has contributed to less vandalism in the dorms or if it was the result of education, additional staff and more security ir the dorms.”

(editor's nnh' This is a press re lease received from the Florida Youth Alliance.)

TAMPA. September The Flor­ida Youth Aliance (f;YA), a group of young people opposed to the new Florida law raising the legal drinking age from 18 to 19, is urg­ing young people in other states not to vacation in Florida during the coming tourist season.

Steve Kingsley, FYA public re­lations director, says that the cam paign will be aimed particularly at beach areas that are patronized by large numbers of young people, in­

cluding Fort lauderdale, Daytona Beach, and Clearwater.

"We believe that this law is inex­cusable and unjust. Unfortunately, our so-called leaders have laughed at and scorned the young people who oppose the law. So we have to make a little noise where it counts."

Kihgsley said that by aiding the boycott and making an impact in Florida, students in other states may gain the attention of lawmakers back home and bring about changes in their home states, many of which have also raised drinking ages.

Grand Valley’s

Student Run

Weekly The LanthornVolume 14 ALLENDALE, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1980 Number 9

Prez to Hold

Convocation

On Tax Plans

President Arend Lubbers will pre­sent “A Special Presidential Convoca­tion” Tuesday Oct. 21, on the tax proposals which will appear on the Michigan ballot this November.

Information about the three pro­posals and their potential impact on Grand Valley will be discussed. The President will answer any questions concerning the tax initiatives.

The informational meeting will be held at 11:30 a.m. in the Campus Center Multi-purpose room. All students, faculty and staff are wel­comed to attend.

The three proposals focus on property tax cuts. Each, if passed, would make a lasting impression on the state government and the services it supplies.

State government officials claim that if one of them, the Tisch pro­posal, was passed, 12 of Michigans colleges and universities would have to be closed—including Grand Valley.

Proposal A, the Smith/Bullard plan, is a shift from property tax to income tax. Its backers feel the pro­posal concentrates on providing equal, quality education across the state.

Proposal C. the Coalition pro­posal, offers taxpayers an additional exemption of $7,100 and proposes to recover lost revenues through a sales tax increase from 4% to 5.5%.

Proposal D, otherwise known as the Tisch plan, calls for a $2 billion cut in property taxes by a rollback in property values to 1978 levels and then, a 50% reduction in property assessments from 50% to 25%.

There is a substantial evidence that the Tisch proposal would sever­ely cripple state services in Michigan, including higher education.

Grand Valley has already felt the pinch of the Tisch proposal. The State legislature is staying all plans for state building projects until after the November 4 election. This in­cludes the construction of Grand Valleys new fieldhouse.

Governor Milliken has also re­leased tentative budget cuts in the event Tisch passes. For Grand Valley, there would be no state funds appropriated to the college. State appropriations now account for 69% o f Grand Valley’s budget.

CLERICAL WORKERS HERE are sailing anti-Tisch bumper stickers. Meanwhile President Lubbers plans a "special convocation"(see story at left) next Tuesday (photos by Bob Stofer).

New M otor City Center To Bolster RecruitmentNearly 10 percent of Grand Valley’s

students now come from the Detroit area - and that number is expected to increase as a result of expanded rccuiting efforts including the open­ing of a regional office in Detroit.

More than 35 education leaders, including community college pres­idents and regional school superin­tendents, attended a luncheon held in Detroit recently to announce the official opening of the center.

“The event and the newspaper and television publicity that accompanied i: stimulated a considerable amount of interest in Grand Valley and in the institution’s recruiting efforts in Detroit," Francis Kornegay, director of the regional office, said.The office, located at 77-79 E. Mil­

waukee Ave., will serve as an inform­ation center assisting with recruiting efforts as well as working with De- troit-area alumni. The opening luncheon, held September 25, was the first of three events designed to strengthen communications be­tween Grand Valley and the Detroit- area educational community. Later this month, the center will host meetings with school principals and guidance counselors.

“We feel extremely fortunate that Francis Kornegay has agreed to serve as director of the center," Bruce Loess in. Grand Valley’s vice presi­dent for institutional development, said. “Dr. Kornegay has a long- established reputation as a civic lead­er in Detroit, including 20 years as director of the Detroit Urban League. His experience in the com-

by Susan Collins

Student Senate reduced a pro­mised $6,000 to $8,000 special grant to The Lanthorn to $4,000 Monday.

The money is intended to retire a portion of the $15,000 deficit in the newspaper’s on-campus student or­ganization account.

The deficit, money The Lanthorn effectively owes the college, stood at $23,000 in the summer of 1979. Last year the newspaper paid back $6,556 to the college, surpassing the goal of $5,476 agreed to by The Lanthorn and the college administra­tion.

This year. Vice-president Ronald VanSteeland indicated to the Student Senate that he would like them to show their support for the student-edited newspaper by guaran­teeing that $8,000 to $10,000 of the remaining debt was eliminated. According to Senate President Lenore Knox, VanSteeland said that he would consider closing the news­

paper if this goal was not met.Adding the $4,000 to the $2,500

surplus The Lanthorn’s budget pro­jects, $6,500 should be paid back this year.

At the Monday meeting. Senator John Garlicki spoke in favor of re­ducing the grant.

“It seems to me that The Lanthorn doesn't want to sacrifice anything." Garlicki said. "This will be an incentive for them to work harder.”

Lanthorn Editor-in-Chief Steven Verburg told senators that sacrifices were being made, that the newspaper was currently operating on a “bare- bones budget", and that he didn’t think any more could be pared from the budget without “seriously affect­ing the quality of the paper.”

Despite normal inflation and soar­ing hourly wage costs (which rose nine percent last year) and printing costs (which rose 15 percent), The Lanthorn's 1980-81 budget allows only a three percent increase in

munity will be an invaluable asset to the institution.

"In addition, his assistant, Frieda Greene, brings to the office many years of involvement, first as a teach­er and later as an administrator, in the Detroit school system.

’These two staff members bring to the office not only considerable energy and enthusiasm for Grand Valley's programs, but also a great deal of experience in educational and civic affairs in Detroit."

‘They exemplify the kind of qual­ity that students can expect to find at Grand Valley, in terms of aca­demics, faculty, and support ser-

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S T U D E N T S E N A T O R S JOH N Garlicki and Dean Schultz listen

intently as proposals for a special newspaper grant are discussed

(photo by John S. Wanat).

Bilingual Ed Awaits Gov’t Grantbv Audriannc Hill

The Bilingual Education Program has received word from the federal government of a possible grant of $59,928.

Although the government has set aside these funds for the program, the expenditure of the money still awaits approval.

In order to get the funding ap­proval Dean of Education Tyras Wesscll must submit a proposal of where the money will be spent.

The grant, which would be ex­tended through Sept. 30, 1981. would pay about two-thirds of the

program director’s salary.Grand Valley will pick up the re­

maining tab of $9,000. The total of $26,900 will pay the director through the summer, his overtime and one month of next year.

The grant will also pay $6,500 of all other bilingual faculty members plus another $7,500 for adjunct faculcy and $2,400 for a student assistant. Grand Valley will pay $5,500 towards the faculty’s salaries, Wesscll said.

Other fringes that may be paid for by the grant will be travel expenses, office supplies, and student tuition. $9,000 will go for student tuition.

allowing some financial relief to both full and part-time students.

In an interview this week, Wesscll cautioned that, “These figures are not exactly accurate, but they will give you some idea.

All of the money is going directly into the program, serving mostly the faculty and students. However, it hasn’t been approved, we are still negotiating on spending.”

The grant would represent a long- awaited boost to the program, which was denied federal funding last year following harsh criticism by a govern­ment evaluator.

total costs over last year's actual ex­penditures, according to the news­paper’s business manager, Theresa Orlaske.

The Senate decided on the $4,000 grant first by voting six proposals onto a ballot. The proposals specif­ied which Senate committee budgets the money would be drawn from, re­presented grants ranging from $8,000 to no grant at all.

The Senate then voted on the six proposals, allowing each senator three votes. The top three vote-get­ters were then voted on, with a plan for giving The Lanthorn $4,000 from the Allocations Committee budget winning by a comfortable margin.

Allocations Committee commands the second largest chunk of the Senate’s $60,000 budget which is taken from tuition dollars. The com­mittee funds operational costs of student organizations. Allocations previously awarded The Lanthorn a

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Lanthorn Is

'All Am erican’

N ewspaperThe Lanthorn has been awarded

an All American honor rating by the Associated Collegiate Press of the University of Minnesota School of Journalism for the first half of the 1979-80 school year.

Competing against other college and university weeklies from a- cross the nation, The Lanthorn received “marks of distinction” for its coverage and content, writing and editing, editorial leadership and opinion features, as well as photog­raphy, art and use of graphics.

"Marks of distinction” are given “to reward initiative and innova­tion, within the bounds of sound journalism," according to the ACP Guidebook.

Associated Collegiate Press judge Michael Sessler wrote that, “The Lanthorn is a superb student news­paper, certainly one of the best (if not the best) weekly I've seen in a long time. It's amazing that you can do so much good work con­sistently in a weekly format."

The Lanthorn previously received a first-place rating for spring and fall terms of 1979 from the Colum­bia Scholastic Press Association. Only one other Michigan college newspaper received this rating in its division.

Senate Shrinks Extra Lanthorn Grant

Paper to Receive *4,000 to Pay Debt

i

The Lanthorn-October 16, 1980 page 2

Letters

L A N T H O R N Letters to the mutt include tlgneture. eddrete end phonenumber of the writer. The eddiete e-rd phone number will not be printed. The writer'* neme may be withheld on taqueef but pidrllcetion o f anonym ous letter* I* not encouraged. Letters which ere legible end under 300 w ord* ere moet Idtely to be printed. All ere subject to cereful condeneetion. T H E L A N T H O R N reserve* the

right to reject eny letter.

Kditor,

The lanthorn has the responsi­bility to be accurate, especially when serious charges arc leveled as in the articles anil the editorial on herbicide on campus (October 9, 1980). The herbicide 2, 4-1) is not the infamous "agent orange" of the Vietnam War, anil it is not a source of the toxin dioxin. You arc confusing 2, 4-D with 2, 4, 5 T.

Any discomfort caused by the spraying originated with the carrier (solvent) instead of the herbicide. That discomfort was nevertheless unnecessary, hither a different car­rier could have been used, or, even better, no carrier ptiuld have been used (i.c., no spraying in the first place).

GVSC can’t afford such extrava­gance. If the Plant Department in­vests in a weed free lawn when we arc so short on funding for essentials, this is evidence that budgetary priori­ties arc backwards.

Howard Stein Director, Research and Development Office

Editor,

As 1 am sure that you arc well aware of, there is an issue that is of great concern to every student of higher education in a public insti­tution the Tisch Amendment on the Nov. 4 ballot. If passed, this amend­

ment would destroy our system of higher education in Michigan.

As President of the student body at Ferris State College, I am alerting every student on our campus of what will happen if Proposal D Passes. And from what I hear from leaders of higher education in Mich­igan, Grand Valley is in about the same boat as Ferris. That is, possibly having to close its doors. This is bad news for Grand Valley students as well as Ferris students.

If college students are ever going to rally and defeat an issue, it has got to be this one. If every registered student will exercise that right we could defeat Tisch soundly. After all, there are over 200,000 students attending the 15 state supported colleges and universities.

It’s like what Gov. Milliken said about Proposal D, “ It would destroy our ability to maintain a quality educational system.” What it boils down to is that if this passes, there will be no financial support for any state supported colleges or universities except U of M, MSU and Wayne State. That leaves Grand Valley, Ferris and 11 other institu­tions out in the cold.

So please, students of Grand Valley, get out and vote against the Tisch Amendment. Help higher education in Michigan from disinte­grating.

Sincerely, John A. Johnson, President

Associated Student Government Ferris State College

Editor,

Homecoming activities last week were appalling! How insensitive can Stupid Senate, SAGA, and the ad­ministration be? Spending scarce funds (STUDENTS MONEY!) on such drivel as Camelot (the film), ridiculous costumes, magic shows, and expensive (and therefore ex­clusive) dances and social events is at best questionable, but considering that few students had a say in how their money should be spent, and few students even attended most of the events, the expenses and planning were undefensible.

In a year when Tisch is steam-

turally, and politically within and outside of GVSC?)

Students need to address these questions, to their Stupid Senate Representatives, their administrators, and themselves.

Name withheld on request

Editor,

rolling the public into abolishing Michigan colleges and universities, wouldn’t you think that admin­istrators and student leaders would be careful about planning events that would warrant public approval and student participation?

(How can anyone justify keeping GVSC around if the folks here seem to be into rehashing bull— ?)

Homecoming was insensitive polit­ically, culturally, and economically. (How many student organizations have been begging for money, sup­port, recognition to conduct their work? How can money be blown on this crap when the administration and Stupid Senate can’t seem to find a reason and a way to keep legitimate student voices around like The l.anthorn and representatives on the ACAS?

Is this the sort of crap Jeff Brown would train students to organize? How much is this costing the stu­dents— not just financially, but cul-

I depend on the Grand Haven- Muskegon Bus to get to GVSC be­cause I don’t own a car and car­pooling to GVSC is nearly impossible with my schedule. Before they imp­lemented this run I was unable to attend.

The total fare to and from GVSC for one day wouldn’t even begin to cover the gas cost for our family car to be driven to and from the college. I cannot afford to live on campus so the bus run was the only answer to my problems of transportation.

As the administration is respon­sible for making the future GVSC budgets and deciding what programs, such as transportation, to cut back on, it is hoped that they will consider the students from the Muskegon, Nunica, and Tri-cities area who rely on this bus to get to the college.

If there is not a Grand Haven- Muskegon Bus Run in the future, there will be at least one less student at GVSC, as I will not be able to con­tinue my education.

Maureen Czinder

Editor,

This is an open letter to the Student Senate:

I wish to point out what I believe was an irresponsible decision by the Student Senate: the refusal to fund The Lanthom adequately.

In the process of my disillusion­ment with this college, I have watched many of the positive aspects

which attracted me here disappear alternative education via the closing of TJC, Blues and Jazz Festival, student-run radio. The elimina­tion of these was "just fine” by the irrelevant grievances of the powers- that-be.

It seems tragic that the Student Senate should follow suit by helping to eradicate yet another major student communication and aca­demic function.

The decision made Monday was formed on the basis of a three-week argument within the Senate, in which the true issue of whether or (obviously) not we supported our student newspaper was warped into distorted proportions. Senators re­fused to cut the Program Committee budget at all because, supposedly, movies and video tapes arc a more serious priority than the student newspaper. Supposedly if they did cut it, funding would be insufficient for providing "top-notch program­ming" for the "7,000 students we represent”.

I must ask: If there is no major campus publication, by what med­ium are these 7,000 students going to find out about this “top-notch

programming" (if you think campus event apathy is rampant now, wait until you have to rely on last minute Clear Hooter blurbs); or for that matter any other decisions Student Senate makes in the student's be­half?

There was also much discussion questioning the actual readership of The Ijnthorn and the quality of it’s content. Such prestigeous awards from the Associated Collegiate Press and Columbia Scholastic Press Assoc­iation arc recognition which cannot be received easily, and certainly not through the publication of irrespon­sible journalism.

lastly, there was some question among some senators as to if the already hrcak-boncs budget was real­istic. I invite any Senator down to The Ijnthorn office on layout nights to watch our obsolete typesetting equipment faithfully break down, or better yet, to try to squeeze high fig­ure advertising out of local busi­nesses considering (lie economy and our limited advertising radius.

If we could not withstand the cut, and judgement was passed in light of the notion of “looking out for Number One”, as one senator phrased it, then I’ve misunderstood my function as a senator. I guess I thought Number One was the insur- ance of a student voice.

Darlene Johnson SS Appointments Chairperson,

Lanthom Arts/F.ntertainment Editor

It’s a Brave New Job Market: Gene-Splicing

Senate Grant from page one Detroit$12,500 grant to cover printing costs. The $4,000 will be added to that at the end of the school year.

Senator Thomas Roth said that the $4,000 grant was "like throwing (The Lanthorn) half a life raft."

After the meeting, Lanthorn editor Vcrburg said, “We’re apprecia­tive to the Senate for the support they’ve shown so far. This is going to be another tough year, but we’re determined to continue to serve the community, and to continue to im­prove the paper.”

Student Senate’s other standing committees, Programming (which stages film, video, and musical events) and Recreation were un­touched, as was the Senate’s opera­tional fund.

Including only the original $12,500 allocation, The Lanthorn's 1980-81 budget projects a $2,500 profit for the year.

Programming started the year with a budget of $24,000, Alloca­tions with $24,500, Recreation with $3,500. The operational budget began with $7,000 for the year.

THE LANTHORN

Steven Verhurg EDITOR IN CHIEF

David PollMANAGING EDITOR

Susan Collins NEWS EDITOR

Paulette Longwell LAYOUT EDITOR

Darlene Jolmson ARTS/ENTERTA1NMENT

JohnS. WarutCHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER

Richard Plowden SPORTS EDITOR

Lois A Rodgers CHIEF AD ARTIST

Theresa Orlaske BUSINESS MANAGER

Warren PefleyADVERTISING MANAGER

Published weekly (bi-weekly in the summer) during each semes­ter by the students of Qand Valley State Colleges, 1 College Landing, Allendale. Michigan, 49401. Telephone 895-7803.

The opinions expressed in Tbt Lanthom are not necccssarily those o f Grand Valley State Colleges.

from page oneWorking with Komegay and Greene

will be Nashid Fakhrid-Deen, assist­ant director of admissions and coordinator of the Upward Bound Talent Search program. Komegay, Greene, and Fakhrid-Deen will rep­resent Grand Valley at functions such as college nights and high school career days.

The Detroit center will be open from 9 a.m. to 3 p jn . on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Korn- egay, Greene, and a third consultant, administrative assistant Marion Merritt, will staff the office.

Last year Grand Valley’s enrollment included 643 students from the tri­county Detroit area, including 341 from Oakland County, 226 from Wayne County and 76 from Macomb County.

“We believe that our activities in Detroit will be increasingly cost- effective, particularly in view of the rapidly rising travel and other costs of sending admissions counselors from Grand Valley to the Detroit area to deal with the large number of school, community colleges, and prospective students there,” Loess in said.

“We are also gratified at the sub­stantial donations of one, equip­ment and space we have received from persons associated with the project and others in the Detroit area who believe this is an important educational service.”

(CPS)-lan Kennedy is out of a job. The University of California- San Diego biologist resigned under fire for allegedly cloning a virus that was, at the time, beyond the pale of federal guidelines. But he shouldn’t be out of a job for long.

For between recent scientific breakthroughs in genetic engineer­ing and recent legal breakthroughs in commercially exploiting the new “life forms,” a healthy new job market has opened up. But the neonate industry is having trouble convincing students the job market is for real.

“We’re basically sitting and won­dering where all the college gradu­ates are," reports Jim Craig, researcher and quality control man­ager at Bethesda Research Labs, a supplier of gene splicing parapher- alia.

“ I have several slots in my lab,” he sighs, “and I can’t fill them."

Gary Sojka, chairman of the biol­ogy department at Indiana Univers­ity, notes a similar lack of student interest. “The biology department hasn't picked up in enrollments, but we have in terms of interest, in the press and the public.”

He adds, "But we sure don’t see undergraduates beating down the doors. They’re still going to busi­ness school.”

Yet some of the new companies that have jumped on the accelerat­ing biotechnology bandwagon - firms like Cetus, Genentech, Genex, and Biogen - are beginning to erase the glut of PhDs in biochemistry and related fields, according to In­diana geneticist Thomas Kaufman.

“People with post-doctoral exper­ience haven’t been able to find jobs. They are now going to places like Genentech," he observes.Genex Corp. of Rockville, Md.,

for example, now employs 50 people, “nearly half of whom are PhDs,” says the company's Ardith Myers.

Entry-level salaries for “post-docs and recent post-docs” are $20,000 to $30,000, she says, while “tech­nicians,” who have college back­

grounds in biology or chemistry, can expect to start between $13,000 and $18,000.

Eli Lilly, another big employer in the field, promotes from within, says Russell Durbin, a company spokesman.

“ If a person just wants a hands-on technician job,” advises Jim Craig of Bethesda Research, “he’d be best off getting as much biochemistry as he can. If you can show some com­petence and science background, you have a good chance at a job.”

The job market, moreover, is likely to stay open for a while, since enrollment in biology courses hasn’t increased to meet the grow­ing demand. It probably won’t in­crease in the future, at least in absolute terms.

"All this genetic engineering is coming in the face of a national drop in the number of 18-year- olds,” notes Indiana's Sojka. But he predicts enrollment will increase in relative terms.

Still, preparing for a career in genetic engineering can be difficult because, as Craig concedes, schools generally do not offer direct train­ing in recombinant DNA technol­ogy. If none is available, Craig recommends that "students should take some molecular biology courses, with some experiments re­lated to recombinant DNA.”

Sojka points out that “a number of courses talk about how you would do recombinant DNA work.” He suggests that juniors

and seniors join a faculty member’s research group that may be involv­ed in recombinant DNA work.

Future gene splicers can also pur­sue valuable experience through the National Science Foundation’s Undergraduate Research Participa­tion Projects. NSF Program Mana­ger Max Ward says the projects give college juniors the chance to join a research team that uses the technology.

Walter Saurbier, head of the NSF program at the University of Minnesota, cautions that actual gene splicing is only a pan of the much-larger panorama of biotech­nology.

“ Recombinant DNA technology is only one technological aspect,” he explains. “The rest is growing cells, extracting molecules from cells, and analyzing them by bio­chemical means.” He adds that students do not usually do the actual gene splicing, but work with the tools and products of the tech­nology.

But majoring in biology or chem­istry, even getting lab experiences, will only qualify an undergraduate for a technician’s job. "Your best chance to carry out research is to have a PhD and postdoctoral ex­perience," Craig counsels.Getting a PhD in biology, chem­

istry or a related field usually takes four to five years of full-time grad­uate work. Such study is usually subsidized by research or teaching assistantships.

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KEEPING IN BALANCE with Camelot, Mark Sadatki it recruited for a juggler's act. The demonstration led off a night of activities, including a Medivial Feast, Mr. Finger's show, a coffeehouse and a dance. The free event was sponsored by Student Activities and Housing (photo by Bob Stofer).

Lanthorn j * ■ 1 V , .

Arts/EntertainmentMother/Daughter syndrome

Feminist Film Touches On Sensitive Issues

IN A SCENE FROM "Daughter Rite" the two sisters confront one another with their feelings

(photo courtesy Media Relations).

by Maureen Ruddy

"I hate my mother. . . and in hating my mother, I hate myself".so went the dialogue in Michelle Citron's powerfully moving docu- drama "Daughter Rite"; which con­cerns itself with the dynamics of the mothcr/daughtcr love and hate syndrome.

Citron’s film style is tight, jerky, and highly selective in terms of precisely what she wants the viewer to sec; the dialogue moves with the subject anil the camera. The sub­ject is never lost-it's truth stares you blantantly in the face.

In a rare moment the camera re­mained perfectly still as the adult sister Maggie retells an adolescent horror story. She describes the night that she was raped by her stepfather, hiding in shame under the covers. Her mother comes home and instinctively knows what has happened, although she makes a conscious denial of the incident. Through the sensitivity of this scene we are brought to one with

the daughter's anguish. ‘‘Daughter Rite" shows the mother and daugh­ter forever questioning the validity of each other’s cxistancc.

Citron’s style of filmmaking is innovative and unusual. It might even be termed disturbing, but so might the message. The film is composed of complimentary pat terns of optically printed images of childhood home movies in slow

sequences of the two grown sisters."Daughter Rite” is a fiction film,

and the sound track is guided by the voice of 28 year old Maggie, as she gives an autobiographical ac­count of life with her mother and sister Maggie’s seemingly diary- like narration depicts a daughter’s seemingly fruitless search for "per­son-identity” m her mother and consolation in her sister’s love,

stained with competition and envy for her mother’s love.

Drawn from a Composite of true to life experiences told to the artist by women of all ages, Citron's “Daughter Rite” is a strong con­cluding statement of a humanist's endless search for the unconditional family love in a truly despairingly nuclear society.

Magic ‘Fingers’ Awes Camelot Crowd

IR V W EINER, AS "M r. Fingers", performs a card trick tphoto by Bob Stofer).

by Jill Prince“Mr. Fingers” described Irv Wei­

ner perfectly as he transported the magic of Merlin the Magician to Grand Valley.

His performance during Home­coming was the twenty-second time he displayed his talents for GV students, which broke all existing re­cords for booking a college perfor­mer. Mr. l ingers first performed at GV for the college’s anniversary in 1956......................................................

Irv Weiner recicved the name “Fingers’’ as a child from name- calling neighbors since he spoke to to his deaf-mute parents through

sign and body language. As a magi­cian, the once derogatory name adds intrigue to his demonstrations.

After achieving the ability to per­form magic, Mr. Fingers went through “hell on earth” as he messed up his life with alchohol and drugs. He used his gift for a time cheating at cards before he cleaned up his life, and is now the nation’s leading sleight-of-hand entertainer.

“I will reach into my repertoire * and take out some significant things

that might entice the people” said Mr. Fingers regarding his home­coming performance, lie displayed his talents through card tricks, trans­

porting the pages of a book, pushing a hat pin through his ann and ripping it out while controling its healing, conducting his pulse to the beats of songs, and reading the minds of four students.

A highlight of his performance was a small box which he sent to Grand Valley in July containing pre dictions regarding October 11 the day of the performance. After open ing the box and the factory scaled tin can inside, and extracting the predic­tions, each one proved true; Iran and Iraq were at war, the added total of four students’ three digit numbers was I960; the hostages has not been

released, and there was a major earthquake in Algeria.

Mr. Fingers was glad to come to Grand Valley, “I feel like family."

CLASSIFIEDS6500 Intriguing books and maga zincs in garage at 2589 Lake Michigan l)r. N.W. Gall 455-0723 or 453-8652.

Silo Gopher to H ost G V Clubsby Jeffry Rodin

Although it was Grand Valley Night at the Silo Gopher last Thurs­day, there were more local regulars taking advantage of the College Night Specials than were GV stu­dents present.

Located in Marne, The Silo Gopher bar is not a new establish­ment. The “Gopher” has been around for many years, and has re­cently come under new management. In the past, the Gopher has been known for it's live country and blue- grass music, the bar is now attemp­ting to change that image, appealing to a more college aged crowd.

Thursday nights have been set

aside as GVSC Nights, with plans for different student organizations to sponsor their own night. As of yet, however, there have not been any clubs taking advantage of the opp­ortunity.

Appearing presently at the Gopher is the band “Chapter Four", which will be playing until the end of November every Thursday through Saturday. The band plays a wide variety of music, ranging from hard to country’ rock; and a iew blue- grass songs thrown in to "keep the locals happy".

The varied repetoire of rock music includes many selections by Bob Seger, and old favorites by Grand

Funk and the Zombies. Although the bar was not crowded, the band remained enthusiastic and managed to keep a few people moving on the dance floor throughout the night.

Aside from good music at the Gopher, they also offer a limited menu of food and snacks for those looking for a casual meal, as well as game facilities. There is no cover charge during any night of the week.

Although the Grand Valley crowd at the Silo Gopher is currently small, a future visit on an organization sponsored night could prove to be an enjoyable night out. Interested groups are invited to contact Ron at 677-9510 for more information.

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This Halloween Grand Valley State Colleges’ own Alpha Kappa Alpha, Nu Theta Chapter Sorority, presents: Gangster . . .Gangsterette Masquerade Dance. The affair will be held Halloween night in the Campus Center from 9 p.m. until 2 a.m.; admission is $2.00, the D.J. will be WKW.M’s Norman B., there will be a mocktail bar for those who will have thirst quenching needs and the attire is gangster or costume. All students arc invited to come out and take part in this mobster Hallo­ween masquerade.

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Marcal Marcaau -internationally acclaimed pantomime artist will perform at the new Da Vos Hall, dow ntown G .R. Oct. 21.8 p.m. Tickets $12.50 thru $25.00.

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HEAD FOOTBALL COACH Jim Harkama (photo by Bob Stofar)

Cross Country Squad Third In lough G V Invitational|by Roy I inslcy Valley's top five finishers. Coach

William dinger said "We didn't fin- Gt.iiul Valley State College's Elev- ish from 1 to 5 as well as we wouid

enth Annual Cross Country Invita- haved liked to." meaning that his top t i il tame to a chilly close last finishers were not close together at

■ ur11us Fifty two runners from the end of the race as he would have •lit Michigan Colleges braved the liked.

\(, ! , October air to run Grand Spring Arbor with 127 points andValle;. '•• lough five mile course. Aquinas College with 130 points

"iig the top schools attending placed fifth and sixth while Northern • i Saginaw Valley and the Univers- Michigan University and Lake Super- itv ' i I'cttoit, two of the toughest ior State ended the Invitational, team (.rand Valley has faced this seventh and eighth. v c .i i . With twenty-eight points Sag-in .w Valley took first place honors "It was a very difficult race for ft:ir iling four of their seven runners Grand Valley,” stated Clinger. “We m (Olid, third, fifth and sixth have a young team made up of pri- placi Meanwhile, the University of marily freshman and sophomores. Ivtroit wrapped up second place and Both the University of Detroit and fills four points with their top run- Saginaw Valley run very well, both i i Gars Servias, crossing the finish have tough squads with seasoned run- l ine u 25 50 Servias walked away ners, we feel that we did the best we v. ith first place but fell short of could do, we would have liked to do I k .thing the course record 24 33 better but all in all I feel we did G t i. 1976 by lony Luttrell of great.”Spring, Arbor by 1 minute 17 see.) The temperature was 46 degrees ( . " I Valley's squadl (83) nipped and the winds were gusting, that

t.inr place. Oakland University makes Grand Valleys course (which '8 5 1 c two points, taking a well is already considered tough) even desert I third place, (den Bradley, tougher. Hopefully Mother Nature (band Valles s first finisher took will be kind next week as the Lakers eight' (tall, ending his run at 27 01, host the Great Lakes Championship followed closely by Greg Hyde at Ten Thousand Meter race, with all 1. ok Sophomores Doug Kuiper the conference teams attending at and David Lodes rounded out 10:30 Saturday.

Lanthorn Sports

by Richard I’lowden

Before a homecoming crowd of 2,357 the Grand Valley football team finally put on a display of both their offensive and defensive talents against a formidable opponent in defeating the Saginaw Valley Card­inals 45-22 Saturday.Saginaw, the defending league

champions and rated 16th in the na­tion was no match for a Laker squad that wanted to prove to all doubters that they are indeed a good football team.

Grand Valley set up their first touchdown in the first quarter when quarterback Dave Quinley threw a 38 yard pass to Mike Woods, giving the lakers good field position on their own 23 yard line. Six plays later fullback Jim Mccrman scored one of his three touchdowns of the day on a one yard run.

Even though Saginaw scored 22 points the Laker defensive squad a- gain put on their weekly spectacular. Whether it was defensive back Craig

Blanchard knocking down passes, linebacker Paul Svahik in on almost every hit and stopping a sure touch­down, tackle Hubert Massey chasing the Cardinal quarterback out of the pocket, noseguard TonyKocnigsknccht catching him, or Clarence Edwards tackling the Sag maw Valley punt returners single handily, the Lakers worked well together as a defensive unit.T he defense held Saginaw to a mere-

43 yards rushing and caused four fumbles. "The defense gave us the ball,” said Laker Coach Jim Harkema.On the offensive front the Lakers

showed that they have talent and depth. Harkema used five receivers and five running backs, alternating players in each of these positions al­most every play. “These young players car. t get experience if they don't play," Harkema commented.

Tailback Will Roach, back from an injury but still not one hundred percent, rushed for 104 yards and his counterpan Tony Schmitt ran

THE LAKERS PUT on another, fine defensive show Saturday (photo by Bob Stofer).

very well and had one touchdown.Along with Meerman's three touch­

downs and Schmitt's one, the Lakers also got scoring support from tight end Rub Rubick, whose four yard pass reception gave Dave Quinley a single season record nine touchdown passes.

Pat .Telly returned a Cardinal punt 44 yards for a touchdown and kicker Kamel Cariuty had a good day con­necting on all of his extra points and converting a 41 yard field goal.

Harkema was estatic as his Lakers

upped their record to 2-1 in the conference and 4 2 overall.

"This week we made the skill plays that were nonexistent against Wayne.” Harkema stated. "I feel our offense has always been there, we just took the next step." Harkema added, "We think we should be in the top 20 (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, NA1A) and we may creep in there now."

Saturday, the Lakers face North­western Iowa at L30 p.m. in Lub­bers Stadium.

WILL ROACH (32) makes a cut against Saginaw (photo by C.E Heveker).

Womens Tennis Squad Now 13-0by Sue Sliauli

It was a rather "routine” week for the women’s tennis team. Not to s i\ it wasn't spectacular, it was, but the u ay the season has been going, winning has become routine for the I iker's.

Northwood and Saginaw Valley visit'-.' Grand Valley this week. Both tear acre sorely disappointed los­ing be (he same score of 9-0. The girls traveled to Hillsdale on Tuesday, Oct. 7th, in what proved to be a fairlv competitive match. After it was over. Grand Valley came out on top. w inning 7 2.

Gran . Valley s conference record is an astounding 11-0 and their over­all ma-E has been lifted to 13-0. Out of 117 singles and doubles matches (has lar. die women have lost only twelve of them.

The match against Hillsdale did pro­vide some interesting entertainment.

Number one doubles Dresinga and Dickinson played their best match of the season, defeating their oppon­ents 6-1, 6-0. Number three seated Patty Dickinson also had her best singles match of the year breezing to a 6-3, 6-0 victory.

Number one and two singles Kelli Dresinga and Becky Keeney were behind 0-4 in their second sets but rebounded to win 7-5. Both girls won their matches in straight sets. Becky Keeney retains an impressive record thus far on the season with twelve wins against just one defeat.

Nancy Hack and Louanne Price also had excellent matches. Hack easily defeated Betsy Holmes in straight sets, 6-1, 6-2. Price moved up from a previous 6th scat to 5 singles and embarrassed Hillsdale’s Ann DeBoer 6-3, 6-1.

The only two losses came from number six singles Marti Loud in a tough three set match, and the num­ber three doubles team, the first doubles defeat of the season.

“I think we played our best match as a team against Hillsdale,” said Coach Dickinson. “Even our two losses were played well.”

"Hillsdale has good depth and is very tough. They’re the kind of team that can give you trouble,” he added.

Fortunately, this week didn’t pro­vide any spoilers to mar Grand Valley’s perfect record, however, the next few matches will be a crucial test. The women face Oakland Uni­versity on Thursday, and Ferris State on Monday both matches will be at 3:00 p.m. at Grand Valley’s tennis courts. In ease of rain or ex­treme cold, the matches will be play­ed at Ramblewood Tennis Club.

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Erisbee Team Soars

To Regional Event

Grand Valley’s trisbee team, the (inn... Connection, competed in the Mic1 gan Ultimate Championship tourney last weekend. The Connee ->n played well, (tiding up with a 5-1 record, third phee. and a spot in the regional eh. ,-ionships November 1 and 2.

Saturday. Grand Valley beat Adrian 34-1. Grand Rapids 22-5, University- of Michigan 12-6, and Ferris State 11-9.

On Sunday the team lost to Kalamazoo before defeating Ferns 24 15 to secure third place.