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MEET THE PRESIDENT by Janine Sands I ' ve had a sense for ten or eleven years that God was calling me to be a president of a Christian col- lege, said President Ed Stevens dur- ing my recent interview with him. Sure enough, a little over a year ago, Ed Stevens received a phone call from Jim Settle asking him to come interview for the position here at George Fox College. Until then, he hadn ' t had much awareness of Newberg, Oregon, let alone George Fox College. One of the things that impressed him most about the col- lege was the sincere agape love shown him by the faculty during the interviewing process. Since coming to George Fox, President Stevens has seen even more that he likes. The students, he says, are of a higher quality — both in moral quality, and a seriousness of purpose. Because of the enjoyment he gets from being with the students, President Stevens is currently carrying a one-third facul- ty load. He hopes to continue teaching one or two business classes throughout his career here as presi- dent of the college. This also helps him achieve one of his goals: There should be a unity of purpose as a campus, not factions opposing one another. Ed Steven wants to work hard to break the pattern of faculty vs. administration or students vs. faculty. He feels teaching will help him maintain a balance of view. Other goals President Stevens has for the college run along the lines of student involvement in the com- munity, increased participation in in- tercollegiate sports programs, and a turn -around in enrollment. I asked him how we, the students and facul- ty, could best help him achieve these goals. His response? Strive for ex- cellence. Realize that you share ownership of the college. George Fox is yours, and we all have a stake in this. Our new president is very dedicated to the unification of pur- pose and thought here on campus and is determined to preserve our uniqueness. Christian institutions ought to be very different from secular institutions, he says. How can we disagree? Janine Sands — 5 —
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PRIDE DOESN by Mark Serfling We knew we were going to win . There wasn ' t any way around it. We knew it before we ever got to the boat ramp; but when we arrived and found that all of the other entrants in the Battle of the Barges were made up soley of girls teams, we were positive that the 1983 George Fox College Willamette River Raft Race was all ours. We had reason to be cocky. After all, we had made vast im- provements on last year ' s winning raft design . Half of the original Rub- ber Lightning crew was back again this year, and except for the skinny clown in dress suit, the whole team was made up of muscle men. Our only challenge was to break the school record. It didn ' t bother us a bit that they gave the six or seven girls teams a five minute head start. It was only fair. We were men! As we watched T FLOAT them leave, we felt a little pity for them (not much). After all, their knees were going to ache from kneeling for an hour and a half, and they were already getting wet. We could just imagine how cold the water must be. Sitting high and dry in our ingenious speed machine, we remarked on what a miserable day it was to make women float down the river in their own contraptions. After what must have been the longest five minutes since time began, Rubber Lightning II was unleashed and allowed to catch and overtake her victims. As we neared them, a whistle was blown to put a righteous terror into them. But they didn ' t seem to understand. They laughed, waved, and made jokes. This was a serious race! Who can figure females? One of the first rafts we passed was voted most likely to sink by what must have been a unanimous deci- sion. They were having a frolicking good time; it looked like something straight out of a Mountain Dew com- mercial, while we were more Michelob Light ( Would good friends really go at it this hard? Slowly but surely, we were pass- ing the other rafts one by one. But it began to seem a little odd that we men had to work so hard just to pass the girls on rafts constructed little bet- ter than your average flotsam. Perhaps Rubber Lightning II wasn ' t all it was cracked up to be. By the time we got to the bridge which marked the half-way point, it became obvious that something was very wrong. We had planned on be- ing in the lead by this time, and we were only in the middle of the pack. Oh well! We were gaining all the time. 6 —
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