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Monday, March 19, 1984 Vol. 8 No. 28

ACROSS CAMPUS Housing Help Needed

The Music Department is hosting an Honors Band for high school juniors and seniors on March 24 and 25. The response to this event has been extraordinary and 116 students are expected.

Because of the positive response, additional housing for 40 students is needed. If you could pro vi de a place for a band member to sleep on the night of March 24, call Nancee Miller in the Admissions Office, ext . 3344.

COMING EVENTS Author to Speak

On Wednesday, March 21, the English deparbnent is sponsoring a lecture by novelist and short story writer Jack Matthews. His sixth novel, Sassafras, has recently been published and fs receiving favorable reviews. Houghton Miflin has just published Dubious Persuasions, a collection of Matthews' short · stories. Some of his other wqrks include Pictures of the Journey Back, The Charisma Campaigns, and Hariger Stout, Awake!

The lecture will be held at 2 p.m. in Room #154, Lake Superior Hall.

Dress for Success Presentation On March 28, John Molloy, author

of Dress for Success and Women's Dress for Success, will be on campus. the student chapter of American Marketing Association is sponsoring his appearance and the event is being funded by the Student Senate.

Molloy believes most Americans dress for failure because they let their friends, sales clerks, and the fashion industry dictate what they

The Grand Valley Farin is published every Monday by the Public Relations Office . Copy deadline is the Tuesday noon prior to ~ublication. All matPrials should be sent to Sharon Coeling, editor, Public Relations Office, 26 Zumberge Library, GVSC, Allendale MI, 49401. Telephone: 895-3221.

Men's Basketball Wraps up Encouraging Season

The Lakers finished the 1983-84 season with an 18-10 record and third place in the Great Lakes Conference, their best season since 1978-79. Led by Lansing sophomore Randy Parlor (15.9), the team averaged 78.1 points per game, their highest average since 1976-77.

Social Issues Series The School of Social Work invites

all faculty, staff and students to a

should wear. He conducted a market research program among 15,000 business executives to get their opinions and subconscious reactions to what kinds of clothing make the best impression in the business world. His books are based on the results of that research.

Molloy's "Dress for Success" program will include GVSC student models wearing clothing from J.L. Hudson's to visually demonstrate his theories.

The program begins at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, March 28. Tickets are $3.50 general admission, $2.00 for students, and $10.00 for patrons. A patron ticket includes choice seating and a reception with Molloy following the show. Tickets are available at the Kirkhof Center, ext. 3206.

, Pops concert The GVSC Singers and the Seven

Centuries Singers will present a Pops Concert on Friday, March 23. The program will include jazz, Negro spirituals, and popular 20th century music. Admission is $1, with proceeds going directly into the choir fund. The concert will be held in Louis Armstrong Theatre, Calder Fine Arts Center, at 8 p.m.

si-er Ellploynient Extravaganza On Wednesday, March 21, the

fifth annual Summer Employment Extravaganza will be held on campus.

The sunmer job situation for high school and college students is looking up, according to Ken Fridsma, director of financial aids. He says early signs indicate

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social issues discussion series. The first session will be held

from 12 noon-1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 20, in the Portside Room, Kirkhof Center. Barry Castro, professor of management, Seidman School of Business, will be leading the discussion entitled "Just Price: Social Economics and Social Work."

The session will be informal and participants are invited to bring their lunches.

there will be more jobs for students this year. In fact, he's expecting over 1,000 job openings to be represented by employers participating this year.

The purpose of the job fair is to match up employers with su111ner employees. Employers have a chance to screen hundreds of prospective employees at one sitting and students are able to interview for several jobs in one day. It gives students a head start on landing a sU111Tier job.

Forty employers, ranging from fast food operations and government . agencies, to manufacturing firms and su111ner camps, will participate in the job fair to be held March 21 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. in Kirkhof Center. All area college students and graduating high school seniors are invited to attend.

Estate Planning and Planning For Retirement Seminars

George J. Slykhouse, of the law firm Bergstrom, Slykhouse and Shaw, P.C., will be on campus on Thursday, March 29, to discuss many aspects of estate planning, including wills and trusts, in Rooms A, B, and C of Kirkhof Center. He will be making two presentations, each lasting approximately one hour, at 11 a.m. and 12 noon.

Mr. Slykhouse, a senior attorney at Bergstrom, Slykhouse and Shaw, P.C., specializes in probate and trust law. The law firm works closely with representatives of E.F. Hutton in helping people plan for the future.

E.F. Gearhart, of Integrated Resources Equity Corporation, will

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COMING EVENTS

(Continued from page 1) be making a presentation about planning for retirement on Monday, April 2, in Rooms A, B, and C of Kirkhof Center. One hour presentations will be made at 11 a.m. and 12 noon.

Faculty and staff are invited to attend and bring their lunches with them . Because seating is limited, please contact the Personnel Office at extension 3215 to reserve a space .

FACULTY AND STAFF SKETCHES

Antonio Herrera, associate professor of education, was the speaker for the West Michigan chapter of the National Management Association which met in Grand Rapids on March 1. Herrera's topfc was "Basic Principles of Time Management and Self Management."

The staff of Trio .programs (Upward Bound, Talent Search, and Special Services) participated in the fifth annual spring conference of the Michigan Chapter of the Mid-America Association of Educational Opportunity Program Personnel (MAEOPP) held in Lansing on March 5 and 6. MC/MAEOPP works to broaden accessibility to higher education.

Anita Watson-Phillips, director of Upward Bound and Talent Search, served as chairperson for the conference, which attracted nearly one hundred participants from

Ffnancfal Consultant Yfsfts Representatives from the three

financial planning/consulting finns will be on campus to meet with faculty and staff and to answer questions about financial planning, tax deferred accounts, individual retirement accounts (IRA's) or any other related questions. The representatives will be in the

·Kirkhof Center between 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. on the days and in the rooms stated below; or they may be contacted by telephone.

Michigan. Thomas Jackson, director of Trio Programs, made a presentation and received an award for outstanding leadership as president of the chapter during 1982-83. Trio staff members Lisa Walker, Jill Woller-Sullivan, and Alan Walczak, spoke on '.'Career Counseling for Non-Traditional Students," and Mercedes Toohey, Diane Alexander, and Arnie Smith­Alexander served as session moderators. Constance Jones, assistant director of special services, serves as secretary and is a member of the executive committee.

Alan Walczak recently gave a presentation entitled "Test-Wi seness ;' for the Ionia County Intennediate School District Student Leadership Forum at Belding High School.

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Baxter-OeHaan & Associates {Paul Springer and 8111 Sinclair, 456-1434) Tuesday, March 27 -- Cove Room.

E.F. Hutton (Gary Martin, 242-5439) Thursday, April 5 -- Bay Room.

Integrated Resources Equity Corporatfon {E.F. Gearhart, 949-3426) Friday, March 30 -- Bay Room.

JOB OPENINGS

Faculty Assistant Professor of Physical

Therapy, Science and Mathematics Division.

Assistant or Associate Professor of Computer Science, Science and Mathematics Division.

Assistant or Associate Professor of Technology Management, Science and Mathematics Division.

EAP Dean, Social Sciences Division. Graphic Designer/Photographer,

WGVC-TV.

COT Clerical Assistant, Bookstore,

$5.87 - $7.17.

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS page 3 l

Monday, March 19 11 a.m.-4 p.m.: Art exhibit. Paintings and drawings by Elsa Hall.

Kirkhof Center Gallery. 10 a.m.-8 p.m.: Ethnic festival. Kirkhof Center.

Tuesday, March 20 11 a.m.-4 p.m.: Art exhibit. Paintings and drawings by Elsa Hall .

Kirkhof Center Gallery. 12 Noon-1:30 p.m.: Discussion series. Barry Castro on "Just Price:

Social Economics and Social Work." Portside Room, Kirkhof Center. 6-8 p.m.: Irwin Fund Dinner. Field House Arena. 10 p.m.: Movie. "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid." Manitou.

Wednesday, March 21 10 a.m.-3 p.m.: Summer Employment Extravaganza. Kirkhof Center

Promenade. 11 a.m.-4 p.m.: Art exhibit. Paintings and drawings by Elsa Hall.

Kirkhof Center Gallery. 12 noon: Lunchbreak. Tower Brass Quintet. Free. Calder Fine Arts

Center. 12 noon: GVSC Club luncheon. Tony Travis speaking on the Future of

Higher Education. Le Petit Chateau. 1-3 p.m.: Brass clinic. Observers welcome. Calder Fine Arts Center.

Thursday, March 22 11 a.m.-4 p.m.: Art exhibit. Paintings and drawings by Elsa Hall.

Kirkhof Center Gallery.

Friday, March 23 11 a.m.-4 p.m.: Art exhibit. Paintings and drawings by Elsa Hall.

Kirkhof Center Gallery. 12 Noon: Ontell Course. Professor James Connors, University of

Hawaii, speaking on Orwell's views on Catholicism and Christianity. Room #102 Manitou.

8 p.m.: GVSC Singers and Seven Centuries Singers, Ellen Pool, conductor. $1.00. Calder Fine Arts Center.

8 p.m.: Medieval religious drama "Everyman." Tickets $4.50, students $2.50. Fountain Street Church, Grand Rapids.

Saturday, March 24 8 p.m.: Medieval religious drama "Everyman." Tickets $4.50, students

$2.50. Fountain Street Church, Grand Rapids.

Sunday, March 25 10:30 a.m.: Dialogue worship. Kistler Pit. (Coffee at 10 a.m. ). 6:30 p.m.: Catholic mass. 102 Manitou. 7 & 9 p.m.: Movie. "An Officer and a Gentleman." Calder Fine Arts

Center.

Monday, March 26 12 noon: Lunchbreak. Aebersold and Neiweem, piano duo. Free. Calder

Fine Arts Center. 12 noon: Ontell course. Professor James Connors on pessimism and

optimism in Ontell 's writing. Room #102 Manitou. 7:30 p.m.: Ontell course. Professor James Connors on Orwell's

religious views. Fountain Street Church, Grand Rapids.