Goshen College - Maple Leaf Yearbook (Goshen, IN)

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Mary MeTzler STudenT inTeresT and involvemenT in campus responsibiliTies dropped To a new low. Twelve sTudenT-TaculTy commiTTees lacked sTudenT members. Some sTudenTs doubTed The value oT CommuniTy Government oThers seemed To be Too involved wiTh academics: l came To Goshen mosTly To sTudy. NoT many oTher freshmen are involved in exTracurriculars, so I sTayed ouT because everybody else did. Luann Clarlc Even Though GCCG is a disappoinTmenT To Those who wish To eTTecT changes. and even Though The average sTudenT seems To be Taking schoolwork more seriously, plain apaThy is perhaps The besT explanaTion Tor The laclc oT concern: IT The average GC sTudenT does noT parTicipaTe in any exTracurricular acTiviTies, iT is because he does noT wa nT To, noT because he is Too busy. Rhoda Sommers As an expression oT The spiriT oT The Times, This Trend Toward non- involvemenT is undersTandable, alThough noT'iusTiTiable. Idealism is in shorT supply.

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STudenT-adminisTraTion relaTions were somewhaT sTrained when The dancing quesTion surTaced again This year. ConTroversy erupTed when The adminisTraTion sTopped a sponTaneous dance ThaT occurred aT a campus rock concerT. The Opinion Board was The scene Tor someTimes heaTed debaTe beTween Those who were upseT by The dancing and Those who enioyed iT. A compromise in The near TuTure seemed unlikely. , ' More conTroversy Tollowed The Torced cancellaTion oT a scheduled campus appearance by The Purdue UniversiTy Gay LiberaTion FronT: l was raTher glad They didn'T allow The Gay Lib guys on campus. Like, how oTTen do you allow someone who believes in devil wor- ship To speak aT your home church? If someone's having problems wiTh homosexualiTy iT could iusT mess Them up more. Barb WeybrighT Well, l Think They should have allowed Them To speak. However, being dependenT on oThers for funds, a college can'T always nec- essarily pracTice iTs ideals. Jim Clemens RespecT Tor TradiTion and The consTiTuency were some oT The consideraTions in The adminisTraTion's decisions. A commiTTee was Tormed To sTudy on-campus dancing, and The Gay Lib issue illus- TraTed The need Tor a consisTenT policy Tor speakers. PoliTicians, and oThers noT in,The AnabapTisT TradiTion, regularly address GC sTudenTs wiTh oTTicial sancTion. Ginny Zarria

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X Mary Weldy R J' 41 M Eileen Rosenberger. Ann Froese, Lyn Sommers