Baldwin Wallace University - Grindstone Yearbook (Berea, OH)

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:9 IN !I-I 4 5. Winter Quarter W p. O y.- H y- N .- W .- a .- OI .- Gt .- '4 igHHElzt N UI H O M set N a 29. Millerhs CnurW b: 9 M l... I BUILDING RIDGES For some students Martin Luther King Day was just a half dayr of class- es. For others, it was a day of rememberance and a commitment to the ideals of Martin Luther King. A workshop was held on race re- lations, led by the National Coalition Building Institute. 11 included com- munication building exercises and stereotype breaking in order to re- duce prejudice. According to Cherie Brown, the workshop leader, ttYou have to deal with the pain underneath that gives rise to prejudice. It was a very intense, emotional afternoon for all involved. College Chaplin Dr. Henry Knight said, there was real communication, real pain there and be- cause of it we built some bridges. As has been the tradition for the past three years, a candle-light procession from the College Union to the Chapel took place. At the end of the procession, a memorial service was held to honor this man who helped to build bridges so that all people would be truly equal. Risking themselves to build bridges, Yolanda Curler tstandingl and Dr. Syhil Reinlhaler trighu spent an afternoon in the College Union Pil on Martin Luther King Day. Protecting their candles from lhe wind, alu- denla, faculty, and slalTbraved the cold in order In make a slalemenl for peace.

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The spell was cast. Bill Allman reeled in ten lalenled people who performed magic in the John Patrick Theatre during the Hrsl lwo weeks of November. Decked cu! in costumes that looked to have been resurrecled from the salvation army and make-up that any clown would be proud to wear, they danced and sang to a full house almosl every night. Moreover. Codspell was so successful an extra night was added to appease the raving audiences. The original Broadway production was conceived and directed by John Michael Tebelak, once an apprentice to 1he Berea Summer Theatre. The play has been performed here a num- ber of limes. On the lenlh anniversary of lhe plays writing Tebelak returned and direcled it. This years perfor- mance adapted some modern day conn notations that the perceptive audiences immedialely picked up on and enjoyed. The play itself is based upon the Gospel according to SLMallhew. lls universal appeal comes from its ability to leach the parables of Jesus without the theology of a specihc faith. The cast spenl 3 lol of time preparing lhe play and it showed in the over-all performance that was given. The au- dience seemed to be pleased, as did the cast. Godspell 15

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Challenging Values uThis was higher education at its best. I loved it! said Academic Dean Mark Collier about Milleris Court. The focus was on euthanasia and abortion. issues that Dean Arthur Miller of Harvard Universilyis Law School stated our modern age has crystallized and precip- italedf' His visit to B-W on Thursday, January 29 was sponsored by the Academic and Cultural Events Series tACESt. The program was a hypothetical court case revolving around a high school senior that had been in a motorcycle accident and needed a life-saving blood transfusion, which went against his religion. The Hjuryi composed of students, faculty, and staff, was challenged with the dilemma of deciding if the student should receive the transfusion despite his protests. Miller challenged every response and the result was ten-to-lhree, in favor of the transfusion. iiBut Doc. I donit want it! bellowed Miller as he argued with with Jim Summa. then we anes- thesize him first! Summa responded. Miller kept the discussion livelyr by constantly al- tering the situation. Parents or a pregnant wife were added to the story line to try and change the minds of the jury Other scenarios had the accident victim in a coma and the decision whether or not to end his life support equipment, or the boy being paralyzed from the neck down and wanting a lethal injection. The iinal segment of the program dealt with the story of a woman who was five months pregnant who wanted an abortion. As the program concluded, Miller stated HWe end just as we begin . . . with problems that are insoluble. Martin Luther King h Aurthur MfNer 1