IMarcli 2003 Two down- Hope College • Holland, Michigan • A student-run nonprofit publication • Serving the Hope College Community for 116 years Briefs Calvin student faces ticket- scalping charges Holland policc plan to file a criminal complaint against a Calvin student, whose name has noi been released, for alleg- edly attempting to sell tickets to last week's 80-81 Hope M1AA tournament semifinal victory over Calvin. The stu- dent was trying to sell the tick- ets, which he got for free from Calvin, for $20 each. At the time tickets to the game were still available for S5 each. Michigan stale law allows game tickets to be resold, but only at or below face value. Penalties for scalping tickets in- clude up to 93 days in jail and a $500 fine. Video games debate date set The Student Congress- sponsored James E. Bultman Speaker Series featuring a debate between attorney Jack Thompson and Rolling Stone editor David Kushner on violence in video games, has been scheduled for 7 p.m. March 25 in Dimnent Chapel. It is titled "Video Games: The Bottom Line, Gamers vs. Blamers: Are video games training killers or simply entertaining?" i A/VCHOH PHOTO BY ROB ONDRA With his team standing behind him, women's basketball coach Brian Morehouse addresses a pep rally Sunday night. The Flying Dutch play their first-round game in the Dow Center Wednesday against Mount St. Joseph. The Dutchmen have a first-round bye and will host a second-round game on Saturday, more HOOPS o n 8 Mock U.N. conference has busy agenda Kurt Koehler CAMPUS BEAT EDITOR Weapons of mass destruction, sustainable development, terrorism, the global water crisis, global health care, and the status of women are issues we hear about on television or read about in the paper almost daily. As the United States fights to win support for a second Iraq resolution, these issues and others will be tackled this week at Hope College's 31 M annual Model United Nations conference. The confer- ence, which is among the largest of its kind in the state, will bring about 900 students and faculty from 45 high schools to Hope. The conference opens Thursday with a keynote address by Bruce van Voorst, a retired correspondent for Newsweek and Time magazines (see page 2 for more on van Voorst) and concludes on Friday. Organizers of the event believe they will leave better informed about issues that confront the glo- bal community. "I think, through them, they will learn a lot about IR (International Relations).. Furthermore, we hope that the students take away from this conference debating skills and an interest in international rela- tions." said Elizabeth Van Houwelingen ('03), who is serving as secretary general. Jack Holmes and Joel Toppen, professors of political science, are serving as advisors to the confer- ence. Holmes believes that the par- ticipants in the conference get a chance to look at the world from a different perspective through their participation in the conference. 'T think they can get an idea of what it's like to represent another country and ideas and an idea of the issues and thought processes that countries go through when they consider issues of importance to international politics," Holmes said of the conference. The conference itself will be di- vided into the Advanced General Assembly, which will deal with weapons of mass destruction, and sustainable development; the Intro- ductory General Assembly, which more MODEL UN on 3 , Global tastes delight guests AMCHOR PHOTO BY BOB ONDRA Fairgoers enjoyed cuisines from many different cultures on Saturday night. The International Food Fair tradition dates back over 25 years. Fair gives students and others an opportunity to experience exotic foods Kurt Koehler CAMPUS BEAT EDITOR Last Saturday night the cultural diversity of Hope College's international students was on display. The annual International Food Fair was held celebrating the many cultures these students represent and their cuisines. The fair was sponsored and organized by the International Relations Club and by the Fried International Center. The food fair was prepared by the interna- tional students themselves, who alone or in groups, cooked one of their respective culture's cuisines for the fair. Tables that were set up to feature the food also displayed educational materials concerning the food and the cultures that it originated from. Stu- dents also dressed in traditional cultural at- tire while they served the food out to mem- bers of the Hope community. Not everyone who participated was an in- ternational student. Members of the latina Sigma Lambda Gamma colony also partici- pated. Among these was Susana Rodriguez, who enjoyed the experience. "I had a great time, and I wish 1 had done it before," Rodriguez said. 4 'My organization cooked rice, com and flour quesadillas, pico de gallo, and guacamole representing Mexico. I felt it was a great success. I met a lot of people, everyone liked our food, and we had a blast. We are planning on doing it again next year, and maybe we will represent another coun- try." The proceeds generated from the ticket sales at the food fair were then donated to the Heifer project. Inside [email protected](616) 395-7877 Habitat Ceramics Campus, page 2 • ^ Reality television Spotlight, page 3 Dance 29 Arts, page 5 Strength Training Sports, page 7
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Two down-
Hope Col lege • Hol land, Mich igan • A s tuden t - run nonpro f i t pub l i ca t ion • Serv ing the Hope Col lege Communi ty for 116 years
Briefs
Calvin student faces ticket-scalping charges
Holland policc plan to file a
cr iminal compla in t against a
Calv in s tudent , w h o s e n a m e
has noi been released, for alleg-
edly attempting to sell tickets
to last w e e k ' s 80-81 H o p e
M1AA tournament semif ina l
victory over Calvin. The stu-
dent was trying to sell the tick-
ets, which he got for free f rom
Calvin, for $20 each. At the
time tickets to the game were
still available for S5 each.
Michigan stale law allows
game tickets to be resold, but
only at or below face value.
Penalties for scalping tickets in-
clude up to 93 days in jail and
a $500 fine.
Video games debate date set The Student Congress-
sponsored James E. Bultman
Speaker Series featuring a
debate between attorney Jack
Thompson and Rolling Stone
editor David Kushner on
violence in video games, has
been scheduled for 7 p.m.
March 25 in Dimnent Chapel.
It is titled "Video Games: The
Bottom Line, Gamers vs.
Blamers: Are video games
training killers or simply
entertaining?"
i
A/VCHOH PHOTO BY ROB ONDRA
With his team standing behind him, women's basketball coach Brian Morehouse addresses a pep rally Sunday night. The Flying Dutch play their first-round game in the Dow Center Wednesday against Mount St. Joseph. The Dutchmen have a first-round bye and will host a second-round game on Saturday, mo re HOOPS o n 8
Mock U.N. conference has busy agenda Kurt Koehler C A M P U S B E A T E D I T O R
Weapons of mass des t ruct ion,
sustainable development, terrorism,
the global water crisis, global health
care, and the status of women are
issues we hear about on television
or read about in the paper almost
daily. As the United States f ights
to win support for a second Iraq
resolution, these issues and others
will be tackled this week at Hope
College's 31M annual Model United
Nations conference. The confer-
ence, which is among the largest of
its kind in the state, will bring about
900 students and faculty f rom 45
high schools to Hope.
The conference opens Thursday
with a keynote address by Bruce
van Voorst, a retired correspondent
for Newsweek and Time magazines
(see page 2 for more on van Voorst)
and concludes on Friday.
Organizers of the event believe
they will l eave bet ter i n f o r m e d
about issues that confront the glo-
bal community.
"I think, through them, they will
learn a lot about IR (International
Relations).. Furthermore, we hope
that the students take away f rom
this conference debating skills and
an interest in internat ional rela-
t i o n s . " s a i d E l i z a b e t h Van
Houwelingen ( '03) , who is serving
as secretary general.
Jack Holmes and Joel Toppen,
professors of political science, are
serving as advisors to the confer-
ence. Holmes believes that the par-
t icipants in the conference get a
chance to look at the world f rom a
different perspective through their
participation in the conference.
'T think they can get an idea of
what it's like to represent another
country and ideas and an idea of the
issues and thought processes that
count r ies go through when they
consider issues of impor tance to
international politics," Holmes said
of the conference.
The conference itself will be di-
vided into the Advanced General
Assembly , which will deal with
weapons of mass destruction, and
sustainable development; the Intro-
ductory General Assembly, which
more MODEL UN on 3
,
Global tastes delight guests
AMCHOR PHOTO BY BOB ONDRA
Fairgoers enjoyed cuisines from many different cultures on Saturday night. The International Food Fair tradition dates back over 25 years.
Fair gives students and others an opportunity to experience exotic foods
Kurt Koehler C A M P U S B E A T E D I T O R
Last Saturday night the cultural diversity
of Hope College's international students was
on display. The annual International Food
Fair was held celebrating the many cultures
these students represent and their cuisines.
The fair was sponsored and organized by
the International Relations Club and by the
Fried International Center.
The food fair was prepared by the interna-
tional students themselves, who alone or in
g r o u p s , c o o k e d one o f the i r r e s p e c t i v e
Editor's voiceEditor s voice , J \ ' i r,) r ' wn.
Something is wrong with this system.
Increased classtime not all its cracked up to be
A c c o r d i n g to the m i n u t e s f r o m the A c a d e m i c A f f a i r s
b o a r d ' s m e e t i n g o n Feb . 25, four -c red i t c lasses are no t
m e e t i n g e n o u g h .
F ive yea r s ago , t he co l l ege c h a n g e d its co re r e q u i r e m e n t s
to fou r -c red i t c l a s se s b e c a u s e of these s a m e reasons . S i n c e
that t ime , a lmos t eve ry d e p a r t m e n t h a s run into va r ious
p r o b l e m s w i t h s c h e d u l i n g the n u m b e r of c lasses they w a n t
b e c a u s e of the long h o u r s that c lasses m e e t . M u s i c a l
e n s e m b l e s a n d ex t r acu r r i cu la r ac t iv i t ies h a v e had t roub le
wi th s c h e d u l i n g b e c a u s e of c l a s s conf l i c t s . R e m e m b e r that
hou r at 11 a . m . o n T u e s d a y s and T h u r s d a y s ca l l ed c o m m u -
ni ty h o u r ? Or ig ina l ly ,
th i s h o u r w a s r e se rved
f o r s tuden t s to w o r k
ou t s ide of the i r c l a s se s
in the H o l l a n d c o m m u -
nity, n o c l a s se s w e r e
a l l o w e d to be s c h e d u l e d in this w i n d o w . C h a p e l t i m e on
M o n d a y , W e d n e s d a y and F r i d a y w a s a l so s u p p o s e d to be
he ld sac red in this f a s h i o n . Both of these t i m e s h a v e b e e n
e n c r o a c h e d o n d u e to t he inc reas ing d e m a n d f o r m o r e
c l a s s t ime . S o m y ques t i on is, if all of t he se ^ c l a s s - f r e e "
t i m e s are no l onge r c l a s s - f r ee , h o w are w e no t s p e n d i n g
e n o u g h t i m e s in the c l a s s r o o m ?
It s e e m s to m e that , if t he se t i m e s a r e be ing s c h e d u l e d
over , s o m e t h i n g is w r o n g w i t h t he cu r ren t c o r e s y s t e m . In
all of m y e x p e r i e n c e , th ree h o u r s of c l a s s t i m e is s u p p l e -
m e n t e d wi th h o u r s of h o m e w o r k eve ry n ight . T h e c o m b i n e d
t ime spen t o n c lass a n d h o m e w o r k is e n o u g h to sa t i s fy a
fou r -c red i t c lass . T h e a s s i g n m e n t of ou t s ide w o r k s e e m s to
be a d r iv ing fo r ce b e h i n d th i s poss ib le c h a n g e . If this is t he
case , I h a v e s o m e n e w s f o r the fo lk s on the A c a d e m i c
Af f a i r s b o a r d : f o r the m a j o r i t y of c lasses , h a v i n g m o r e
c l a s s t i m e wil l no t r educe the a m o u n t of a s s i g n e d h o m e w o r k ,
bu t o n l y inc rease the a m o u n t of ma te r i a l that t he h o m e w o r k
cove r s . A l o n g wi th no t so lv ing the p r o b l e m that it is m e a n t
to, this so lu t ion wil l o n l y increase t he c l a s s c o n f l i c t s
t h r o u g h o u t the w e e k . Ins tead of a i m i n g to inc rease the
a m o u n t of t i m e that w e s p e n d in c lass , o u r r ep re sen t a t i ve s
shou ld f o c u s o n ge t t ing us o u r c l a s s - f r e e t ime b a c k .
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'Bowling' not shown as throwaway movie To the Editor:
I am wr i t i ng in r e s p o n s e to
Grelchen Schmidt 's letter in the 2/
19 edition of The Anchor about the movie "Bowling for Columbine."
As Films Chair for SAC this year, I am very pleased to hear positive
c o m m e n t s a b o u t o u r m o v i e s .
Gretchen is not the only student to express this view; many people I
have talked to had good things to say about this movie. Additionally,
I heard students bring the movie
in to d i s c u s s i o n in 3 d i f f e r e n t
classes. Certainly this is a movie
that impacted the campus commu-
nity. Through Gretchen's letter, some
unfortunate myths concerning this movie arose. First, the reason we
brought the movie is twofold. In our
survey of campus last semester .
"Bowling for Columbine" scored very high. While other new movies
did score higher, "Bowling" was
definitely popular enough to bring
to campus. The reason the movie was shown
on such a busy w e e k e n d
(Valentine's Day, Winter Fantasia)
was almost completely beyond our control. Most of the popular mov-
ies were not available until after
March 1. In order to show "Bowl-
ing for Columbine" as well as other popular movies, we had to show it
during that weekend. I knew that it would have a tough time doing well
during that busy weekend, but I had
hope that people who wanted to see
it would come out anyway. Student and faculty did come out.
214 of you came out to the movie,
roughly the same number that at-
tended "Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya
Sisterhood" and 30 less than 'Mr. Deeds". Indeed, the movie did fairly
well. I am sure that it would have
done better on another weekend, but we did not have that luxury. We
needed a good movie on that week-
end, and "Bowling" was the most popular one available.
I regret that "Bowling for Colum-bine" was seen by many as a filler
for a busy weekend. It was not the
case at all. It was one of Hope's top
picks that just happened to be re-leased to the college market at a bad
time. Thank you to all that sup-ported the movie, and I hope that
SAC can continue to bring movies
the Hope community wants to see. We are always open to feedback at
Poor student writing result of laziness, not faculty To the Editor:
After reading your editorial in the Feb. 26 edition of
The Anchor regarding writing and whether Hope Col-
lege is producing graduates with good writing abili-ties or not, I decided to comment. I don ' t think that
the writing issues at Hope can be blamed entirely on
the faculty. Students' laziness and apathy toward as-
signments is a more likely source of the problem. I
know f rom exper ience , even be fo re being cal led "grammer man" in The Anchor.that I have a tendency
to fall short of the expectations of my teachers and
professors in my writing. Apart from actually starting
a paper on time (which, admittedly, was rare), I tried my hardest to ensure that the paper was quality. I al-
ways read and re-read papers to ensure that spelling,
grammar, punctuation, and formatting were correct.
Sure, it might take a little more time to do, but it en-
War is not always against Christian values To the Editor:
sures a quality product in the end. Not many students
are self-motivated enough to do that until they are in
the marketplace and have to write well in order to keep
a job. Perhaps that is where the faculty can step in— give the students strategies to edit writing before a
paper is turned in, or give them examples of good writ-
ing. It is definitely better to teach someone to do some-
thing correctly the first time than it is to let someone f a i l t i m e and t i m e a g a i n . I l ike t he
recommendation given to students in the last paragraph
of your column: "...resist taking the easy route and show your professors what you can really do." I think
that's the best advice that someone can give. We're
all lazy and apathetic, to a point., It 's time to change
that, and start taking the road less traveled. Take own-ership of your own work, create a quality product in
the end, and be proud of all you can accomplish. —Paul Jackson ('02)
I have tried my best not to get
involved in the debate on whether
we should go to war with Iraq. While normally I enjoy debating
any topic, I just don ' t feel like 1
know enough about the whole situ-
ation to decide whether war is the answer. I do believe that it should
be our last resort, but in my opin-
ion, we may be at that now. What I
do know, however, is that some-t i m e s war is neces sa ry . I read
C h a d ' s editorial about how war
should never be an option for Chris-
tians, and I just think that it was a
little shor ts ighted. I comple te ly
agree that Christians are called to be peacemakers, but I don't believe
that this rules out every case of war.
I don't believe that going to war to stop Hitler f rom murdering inno-
cent people was wrong, and there
are many other examples of this. I
agree that the best way to deal with conflict is to compromise and find
nonviolent means for action when-
ever possible. I would just like to comment though that we don't live
in a perfect world, and these ideal-
istic goals are not always possible.
1 guess I am not arguing for war in the case of Iraq as much as against
the notion that war is never accept-
able. I especially reject the idea that
Christianity rules out the option of ever going to war. I believe that in
some cases, especially when deal-
ing with unreasonable people, com-
promising will never do any good. A compromise only works under
the premise that both parties can be
trusted. As I stated earlier. I don't p ro f e s s to know nearly enough
about the whole situation to claim
that we are beyond the point of compromise. I do realize that fact
that it is entirely possible though,
and in that case I fully support go-ing to war against Iraq and I don ' t
feel that this would be going against
my Christianity in any way. —Wendy Schroeder COS)
the 2003 spring semester, Issue #20 of 25
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Dancers rehearse Julio Rivera's piece for Dance 29, "Forever Without End ... As it Was," which is presented Thursday through Saturday.
Maureen Vonovitz A R T S EDITOR
For 29 years, dance students and profes-
sors have come together to choreograph, re-
hearse, and perform in Hope 's longstanding
annual dance concert. This year, the popular
Dance 29 will take place at 8 p.m. Thursday
through Saturday in the DeWitt Main The-
atre. ' T h i s is the dance event at Hope College,"
said Julio Rivera, visiting associate profes-
sor of dance. "For a long time it was the only
dance event that was happening on campus
until we started to introduce dance through
different venues."
Rivera 's dance in the concert is a m o d e m
piece entitled, "Forever Without End. . .As It
Was." He explains that his inspiration for the
piece was the idea of birth and the cycles
through which things come to be. The dance
is in three parts. The first, "the angels watch,"
represents divine order; second is "origins,"
which represents birth; and the third "beyond
t o d a y . . . m a y b e t o m o r r o w " beg ins with a
nightmare scene to represent the happenings
of today's world and ends with the hope that
there will be a better life afterwards.
Rivera is impressed with the work the
dancers in his piece have done leading up to
the concert. T h e dancers have similar feel-
ings. "I have really enjoyed working with Julio,
although there have been struggles along the
road, he stood by me, encouraged me and
never lost faith in me," said Sona Smith ( '06).
"1 believe that working with him has strength-
ened me in many ways as a dancer, an artist,
and a person." Another m o d e m piece in the show is "On
the R o a d A g a i n . . . A g a i n . . . A g a i n . . .
A g a i n . . . " c h o r e o g r a p h e d by S t e v e n
lannacone, associate professor of dance.
Another highlight of the concert will be
the dance "Not All Islands Are Surrounded
by Water," choreographed by Avi Kaiser, a
guest choreographer f rom Europe. The danc-
ers point out that this piece may be a little
different than what audiences may expect
f rom a dance concert.
' T h e choreography throws you for a loop,
and is very unpredic table ," said Bethany
Whi te ( '03) . "People might be confused ,
bored, and even strongly dislike it, but oth-
ers will be intrigued."
Kathleen Davenport ( ' 04 ) agrees, but also
believes that even those who do not like the
piece will be able to get something out of it.
' T h i s is a piece I honest ly don ' t think
people will 'get ' or necessarily understand,"
Davenport said. "But I think that every per-
son will take something different f rom the
piece." The concert won ' t be entirely without clas-
sical dance pieces, however, as will be shown
in the en pointe ballet piece, "Albinoni," cho-
reographed by Amanda Smith, lecturer in
dance. Dancer Peter Hammer ( ' 06 ) says that
others will f ind "the display of grace and
beauty through the classical ballet" to be in-
teresting in this piece.
Lightening the mood a bit will be the jazz
piece "Bluer Pastures" choreographed by
Dawn Mcllhargey, lecturer in dance. Dancer
Jeffrey Kurtze ( '05) describes this piece as a
" jazzy, mus ica l theatre , count ry wes tern
number." "It is very lighthearted and I laugh almost
every time we do it," Kurtze said. "I think
the audience will enjoy the spirit of the piece
and have a chance to laugh out loud during
what is sometimes believed to be a serious
dance concert ."
Kurtze is also in "Captured in Passing (En
Passant)," choreographed by Linda Graham,
associate professor of dance and co-coordi-
nator of Dance 29. The dance features a re-
enactment of a chess game.
"It is a serious and sensual game of love
and war," Kurtze said.
Picking up the pace will be "1927 Time-
Steps 2003," a tap piece choreographed by
Roseanne Barton-DeVries, lecturer in dance,
and the high-energy jazz piece, "Over the
Top," choreographed by Ray Tadio, visiting
assistant professor of dance.
The dancers have worked hard in prepara-
tion for the concert.
"We spent about 20 hours a week for 3
weeks in November rehearsing, learning, and
choreograph ing (our) p iece , " said D a w n
Flandermeyer ( '05) .
Tickets for Dance 29 are $7 for regular
admission and $5 for senior citizens, students
and Hope faculty and staff members. They
are now available in the DeWitt ticket of-
fice, open weekdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Craioveanu performs Professor preps for Carnegie Hall with local recital
Glenn Lester S T A F F R E P O R T E R
This spring, a world-class vio-
linist will take a trip away f rom
Hope. But first, he will present
a concert right here on Hope ' s
campus. Mihai Cra ioveanu , violinist
and professor of music, will per-
form in Carnegie Hal l ' s Weill
Recital Hall on March 29. This
Sunday, he will give a preview
concert as part of Hope 's Faculty
R e c i t a l S e r i e s at 2 p . m . in
Dimnent Chapel. Admission to
the concert is f ree and all are
welcome to attend.
Craioveanu was first invited to
Carnegie Hall last year and was
invited back for this year. "I was
selected and recommended by
v a r i o u s p e o p l e in the mus ic
world," Craioveanu said. "The
concert was successful ."
This Sunday, he will perform
the same program he will be per-
forming in New York. He and
pianist Irina Kats will play pieces
by Mozart, Strauss, Vieuxtemps,
P o r u m b e s c u , G e r s h w i n a n d
Sarasate.
These are "some of my favor-
Mihai Craioveanu performs Sunday.
ite pieces," Craioveanu said. He
plans to balance two "large-scale,
complex" sonatas in the first half
with shorter pieces that are "vir-
tuoso in character." The piece by
Henri V ieux temps , " S o v e r n i r
d ' A m e r i q u e 'Yankee D o o d l e '
Variations Burlesques," is par-
ticularly challenging. Originally
performed in the 1940s, it was
recently republished, according
to Craioveanu. Craioveanu, who
has performed all over the world,
said he sought a variety of mu-
sic, ranging f rom standard clas-
sical repertoire to "jazz to popu-
lar and folk-inspired tunes."
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Oleksiy Koltakov is second Van Cliburn piano finalist
GPS performance is 8 p.m. Thursday in Dimnent Chapel Katie Taylor SENI IOR S T A F F R E P O R T E R
This year, fans of piano music
d o n ' t h a v e to l ook f a r to f i n d
entertaiment. Thursday night at 8
p.m. in Dimnent Memorial Chapel,
the Great Performance Series will
f e a t u r e the s e c o n d y o u n g Van
Cliburn piano finalist of the year,
Oleksiy Koltakov.
Even if music buffs haven't heard
this name yet. they probably will
soon. Koltakov was a finalist in the
Eleventh Van Cliburn Competi t ion
of 2001, a prestigious international
piano contest. Needless to say, this
was quite an accomplishment for
someone just 23 years of age.
Though young, Koltakov was not
by any means inexperienced when
he entered Van Clibum. The Ukrai-
nian had already toured the United
States twice and performed in other
countries such as Germany, France,
Israel, China and Australia as part
of in ternat ional mus ic fes t ivals .
Since the age of 13, Koltakov had
studied piano under the guidance of
t h e r e n o w n e d p i a n i s t V i c t o r
Makarov.
As a prize for advancing to the
finals of the Van Clibum, Koltakov
received career management and
concert engagements for two years.
He was also featured in a documen-
tary, directed by Peter Rosen, on the
p i a n o c o m p e t i t i o n t i t l ed " T h e
Clibum: Playing on the Edge."
Hope Arts Coord ina to r Derek
Emerson is enthusiastic about host-
ing K o l t a k o v ' s p e r f o r m a n c e ,
though no one with the Great Per-
formance Series has actually heard
him play.
"Usually those coming out of the
Van Cl ibum have not recorded yet.
We book them based on them be-
ing finalists in the competition and
reviews," Emerson said.
A c c o r d i n g to recen t r ev i ews ,
Hope has reason to look forward to
Koltakov's arrival on campus. The
f e e d b a c k on h i s r e cen t p e r f o r -
mances has been more than posi-
t ive—audiences have been amazed
at the talent of this pianist.
Joanne Sheehy Hoover wrote a
review of Koltakov's February 16
concert for Albuquerque Journal,
titled "Pianis t ' s passion is infec-
t ious . " T h e p r o g r a m Kol t akov
played was the same one planned
for his appearance at Hope.
" (Kol takov) clearly set out to
w o w the audience with his Placitas
Arts Series concert, and indeed he
did, leaving them literally shouting
for more," Hoover wrote.
The program is made up of works
written by Chopin and Liszt, two
19,h century musicians. The pieces,
including Chopin ' s Sonata No. 3
and Liszt 's Sonata in B minor, are
bold compositions to attempt. They
require physical strength to pull off
the rapid, raging movements, yet
both pieces call for the pianist to
be gentle and intricate at t imes.
According to Hoover ' s article, the
l o a d e d p r o g r a m " a l l o w e d f e w
spaces in which to catch a breath."
Still, Koltakov managed it excep-
tionally well.
Cra ig Smi th of T h e Santa Fe
New Mexican reviewed the same
p e r f o r m a n c e a n d w r o t e ,
"(Koltakov) radiated healthy self-
confidence and muscular, glittering
t e c h n i q u e a s he b a r n s t o r m e d
through Liszt and Chopin. . .always,
there was an exuberant quality in
AKCHOff PHOTO COURTESY
DEREK EMERSON
The 23-year-old pianist Oleksiy Koltakov arrives on Thursday for an on-campus recital.
his playing." Perhaps this is the kind of piano
playing that only a young, ener-
gized musician such as Koltakov
could pull off. And with such posi-
tive responses to his drastic, emo-
tionally charged recital, it is likely
that this talented pianist will not
remain unknown for long. Hoover
predicted: "If this young man's ar-
tistic mastery keeps pace with his
instrumental virtuosity, he should
have quite a career." For those wishing to experience
the mus ic of Oleksiy Kol takov,
tickets are available in the theatre
lobby box office in DeWitt. The
cost is $5 for Hope students and
children, $14 for the general adult
public, and $12 for senior citizens.
Tickets will also be available at the
door.
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G U E S T W R I T E R
'If y o u ' r e not par t of the so lu t ion. . . '
"Slavery was hundreds of
years ago, so get over it. I don ' t
see color, and minori t ies are the
ones separat ing themselves ." I
have heard these s ta tements ,
and some similar to them.
They con jure up feel ings of
hurt and devalue feel ings
regarding the lynching, rapes,
beat ings, and mental scars
imbedded deep within Af r i can-
Amer icans . Al though disheart-
ening, the oppress ive race
relat ions of the past remain part
of the history of our country.
A g r o u p of people are
ens laved , oppressed and torn
apart . Despi te these factors , the
quest ion " W h y is Black
History Month ce lebra ted?"
still r emains a valid ques t ion
for many. A board in a
res idence hall last m o n t h slated
"Wha t do we celebrate this
m o n t h ? You should k n o w it 's
your history," s u m s up the fact
of the mat ter well . S imple
research knowledge suggests
that a cause elici ts an effect .
Integration is only needed if there
has been segregat ion. Rat i f icat ion
14,h A m e n d m e n t in 1868, Brown
v. Board of Educat ion and later
Plessy v. Ferguson, were all
act ions taken because m a n y
ci t izens of the United Stales of
Amer ica desired to maintain the
status quo. Historical ly Black
Col leges and Universi t ies , the
N A A C P and other organizat ions
were created because Af r i can
Amer icans w e r e prohibi ted f r o m
part icipat ing in the normal
activities of Amer ican society,
and were a lways punished for
hav ing considerably larger
amoun t s of melan in in their skin.
Since Black History M o n t h
has ended , let me share some
ques t ions I have . W h y d idn ' t I
learn about anyone other than
Rosa Parks, Mart in Luther King
Jr. and all of the tradit ional faces
k n o w n to the civil-rights-
movemen t while s tudying U.S.
His tory? W h y did I only hear
about whi le male figures, w h e n
it c a m e to the founders and
signif icant contr ibutors to our
count ry? W h y were part icipa-
tors of the civil-rights-
movemen t regarded as
" t rouble" and not founders of a
social movemen t that would
change the wor ld? Le t ' s be
honest , our country has finally
begun to recognize the struggle
and contr ibut ions to the wor ld
that Af r ican Amer icans have
made . I want to say thank you.
Dr. Car ter G . Woodson , fo r
creat ing Black History Month
and taking interest in your
race, that had been labeled
unintel l igent and referred to in
endless negat ive connota t ions .
Every genera t ion has its issues,
but let 's make sure w e grow,
learn and set a posi t ive
example for our ch i ldren ' s
chi ldren. As the saying goes ,
"if y o u ' r e not a part of the
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