Students vote to overturn Senate resolution
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The Calvin College student body voted on March 13 to rescind a resolution passed by the Calvin College Student Senate opposing a possible war in Iraq. Calvin students turned out in extremely high volume to vote on the issue. According to the official results, 1,450 students cast a vote. Student Senate President Betsy Cooper said that more students voted on this issue than voted for Student Senate's Executive Team and Senators combined. Of those who voted, 855 students, or 59 percent, voted in favor of rescinding the resolution. 595 student, or 41 percent, favored upholding the resolution.
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Senate declines to rescind motion
Packed cheek by jowl into Commons Lecture Hall Tuesday were students, faculty and other concerned citizens who had gathered for a panel discussion on the Student Senate resolution on war in Iraq. The discussion was organized by Student Senate in anticipation of yesterday’s campus-wide vote on whether to overturn the resolution passed two weeks ago. Last week Senate received a petition to rescind the resolution. In such cases, Senate votes on the resolution again, and if it stands, as in this case, it is referred to the student body via a referendum of sorts. Senate president Betsy Cooper said she thinks Senate did not rescind the resolution because senators see a referendum on it as a good way of gauging student opinion.
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Student arrested on campus
A Calvin student was arrested on Monday in the Rooks-VanDellen dormitory by the Grand Rapids Police Department. The arrest took place around 1 p.m. on Monday. Several students were in the dormitory when the arrest took place. According to eyewitness reports, the student, who was a resident of first floor VanDellen, was taken out of the dormitory by officers and was taken off campus by police. The Grand Rapids Police Department confirmed that there was a police incident on Calvin’s campus on Monday, March 10, and provided a report number for the incident. However, the GRPD would not give any further details, citing a pending investigation.
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Deposed tobacco scientist speaks on industry evils
Without the usual private investigators following him, Victor DeNoble spoke at the Prince Conference Center Tuesday evening regarding his experience as a researcher with Phillip Morris that led to him testifying before Congress against the tobacco giant. “The seven major tobacco industry executives testified before Congress that nicotine had no harmful side effects; that people smoked cigarettes because they liked the taste of nicotine,” DeNoble said.
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Dialogue rocks the casbah
Students with musical talent have a rare opportunity at Calvin. They are given the possibility of putting their music on a CD for free. For three years, Dialogue has created a CD consisting of Calvin talent performing original songs. Some of the selections for this year’s CD have already been made and recording has begun. Like the magazine, the Dialogue CD is meant for faculty, staff and students, but as of yet there have been no faculty submissions, according to Nick Dykert, co-creator of this year’s Dialogue CD.
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WAC lecturer discusses U.S.-China relationship
Monday’s meeting of the World Affairs Council of Western Michigan brought Dr. Bates Gill, Freeman Chair in China Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, to Calvin for an overview of transitioning China. With his explanation that “While China is going through positive change, the next five to ten years will present enormous challenges in politics and economics,” Gill addressed the question, “Is China Rising or is China Faltering?” The first of the key issues Gill considered was the new leadership being formed in China. ـPresently, the 10th National People’s Congress is taking place, in which the nine new leaders of the Communist Party chosen at last November’s 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China are being slated for state posts. ـ
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Calvin's observatory gets a new telescope for your viewing pleasure
Students may have noticed a large crane parked in front of the science building last Thursday. The crane marked the arrival of a new telescope that many in the physics and astronomy department were anticipating for a long time. The telescope, funded by a $130,000 grant by the National Science Foundation and a matching grant from Calvin College, was ordered in May and finally made its appearance last week. The telescope, custom made by Optical Guidance Systems, will be a major boon to the astronomy program at Calvin.
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Senate Corner
This has been both a busy and important week for Student Senate, and also for the entire student body. Two important things have happened, and at this point, I only know the result of one. On Tuesday we held a special panel discussion about the war with several professors and a few students. Special thanks to Professors Adel Abadeer, Robert DeVries, Terry Etter and David Hoekema, to students Jimmy Osborn and Andrew Storteboom and to Chaplain Herm Kaizer for being so willing to participate in our discussion. This was a great opportunity to hear different perspectives articulated in an intelligent and productive manner and I was impressed by all panelists.
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Campus Safety Report
Click here to read this week's Campus Safety Report.
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