Goshen College - Maple Leaf Yearbook (Goshen, IN)

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1 I rp77 N ' .1 s 'il Sw. s Goshen College Too liberal? This pasT year college adminisfrafors Talked wiTh concerned consTiTu- ency who felT G-oshen's educa- Tional mefhods were someTimes aT odds wiTh Chrisfian objecfives. A group of pasTors expressed Their concerns in a memo senT To The adminisTraTion: TlHow can The college be equipping The sTudenT To cope wiTh The onslaughT of IusT and envy, especially in lighT of The 1981-82 film schedule which fea- Tures I?-raTed films and collaferal read- ing which is borderline'? The adminisTraTion responded. We cannoT seT arTificial limiTs To whaT we examine in human experience. They should be jusT as broad as The Bible iTself. STudenT opinion is varied, Com- menTs range from: I resenT The whole censorship issue on campus. I feel like The Moral MajoriTy is moving in. To I came To a Chrisfian college because I did noT wanT To read . . . junk, A huge majoriTy of sTudenTs 00.4 per- cenTj feel The school is neifher Too conservaTive nor Too liberal, JusT over Ten percenT indicaTed They feel GC is Too liberal and almosT Twice ThaT num- ber QTQ3 percenTy found The campus Too conservaTive, The one elemenT sTudenTs consisTenTly appreciafe is The freedom To discuss Touchy issues. As a junior parT iT, There is a real freedom of inTellecTual exchange of The reli- gious issues on campus which you don'T gel aT a loT of oTher ChrisTian insTiTuTions. We are noT puf in To a cookie-cuTTer moId. Phil HerTzIer

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