The Collegian Perspectives 2 News 2.5 Religion 5 Features 6 Entertainment 7 Sports 8 Vol. 53 17 Grove City College, Grove City, Pa. Friday, March 19, 1993 Throughout the storm Students worship despite snow By BECKY BEINLICH lem, according to Sentell. "It Two to three hundred people Collegian News Editor all pulled together so quickly. attended. "Some people from Morning church services all Within a few minutes, we had the community were there. over town and evening vespers lined up Clowns for Christ, some of the head residents on campus had already been guitarists and New Grace were there, and even some canceled by Saturday night, Singers." Organizers hung kids," said Sentell. "We really but a few GCC students made signs to publicize the service felt God was there and direct- special efforts to keep the Sab- on campus and broadcast an- ing the whole thing.' bath holy. "We really thought nouncements on WSAJ cam- Sophomore Joelle Thompson, God was moving in us to have pus radio. who attended the service. a service," said junior Mark The service began with 20 agreed. "You saw a group of Sentell, who collaborated with minutes of worship led by the students unite for a common friends (including senior Darcy guitarists. Clowns for Christ purpose. What struck me was Kain and sophomore Mike performed three skits, New the way it all came together. Black) to organize an im- Grace sang three songs, Sentell We saw God's power in the promptu service in Harbison preached for 20 minutes and snowstorm on Saturday night, Chapel at 11 a.m. last Sunday. the congregation sang a clos- and then again in the service Preparations were no prob- ing hymn. on Sunday. The "Blizzard of '93" hit the campus last weekend. Behind the scenes, the dedicated maintenance, housekeeping and food service staff worked diligently throughout the storm. In order to provide food service for the students, several women slept on dormitory sofas both Saturday and Sunday nights so that they would be here when needed. Many worked additional hours and extra shifts to keep the Gee Dunk open. Other food staff members drove and walked to work in the snow, and one even rode a snowmobile to get here on time. Blizzard blitzes weekend schedule The maintenance and housekeeping staffs worked cease- This is a list of all campus Lambda lota Tau inductions lessly throughout the weekend, undertaking the Herculean Symphonic band rehearsal activities that were canceled or Touring Choir trip to Salem, task of removing the snow. Many of them worked all night Collegian editor's meeting postponed during the blizzard: OH Counterpoint (Independent long to clear the campus and make it accessible. These Saturday: Clowns for Christ trip to Women's All-College Sing) employees provided invaluable assistance in maintaining nor- Rocky Grove Presbyterian ABT Blind Date Party rehearsal Church mal operations. Half of a senior music Prayer Forum Bridal shower The college is extremely fortunate to have such a fine staff. recital Roundtable meeting These committed workers competently handled the severe Monday: Kappa Mu Epsilon (math Sunday: CLASSES! honorary) inductions storm and went beyond the call of duty to ensure that services Vespers in Harbison Chapel Scholar Lecture Society of Women Engi- to the campus went uninterrupted. FCA Bible Study Chapel choir rehearsal neers breakfast Alpha Phi Omega meeting Touring Choir rehearsal Senior engineers give 'more than chimes' to local church Thanks to the efforts and in- ued Hanne. "Basically, we'll Other added improvements genuity of some Grove City be designing a system whereby over the existing system are College engineering students, a menu of hymns could be being incorporated into the the chimes of Grove City's stored on a computer and design, including the ability to Tower Presbyterian Church played back at any given play chords. The new system will not only be ringing, but time." will require less maintenance computerized The upgrade will be a two- than the existing chime system. Seniors Dilrukshan Asir- phase project, Phase one, to be vatham, George Hanne, Ehren completed this semester, in- "This project exemplifies our Graber and Darryl Muctzel volves the design and commitment to providing real- will be providing a service to prototyping of the chime world engineering experience the church while working on system. to our senior electrical engi- their senior electrical design neering majors through our project. The objective of this phase is Senior Experience in Electrical "The chime system at Tower to incorporate a menu-drive Design (SEED) program," Church has a strictly mechani- computer system along with a commented faculty advisor Dr. cal control mechanism,' said user-friendly method of Robert Mueller, associate pro- Hanne, the project coordinator. recording hymns via a piano fessor of electrical engineering "This design was brilliant in style keyboard. The hymns and an elder at the church. "At Senior electrical engineering students (L-R) Ehren Graber, light of the technology of will be placed into a song li- the same time, Tower Church Darryl Muetzel, Dilrukshan Asirvatham and George Hanne with 1929, but now a more versatile brary, and the computer will be and the Grove City community their prototype of the chime system at Tower Presbyterian Church. system would be a worthwhile able to play back these hymns will benefit greatly from the investment.' when desired. efforts of these students." be beneficial for the church as problems facing business and Also serving as advisor is Dr. Tower Presbyterian's chimes Phase two will involve the well as a great experience for industry. Past projects have Frank Duda, professor of the students." are one of 411 sets of Deagan full-scale implementation of included a Diagnostic Baseball electrical engineering. chimes ever produced. The the chime system at the Bat (D-Bat); a telephone "We're very excited and ap- modern chime control system church. Four junior electrical Grove City College's Senior interface device to aid the preciative of the students' ef- Experience in Mechanical and will be added as part of the engineers - Nabil Ahmad, hearing-impaired in com- forts to get the chimes ringing church's current tower renova- David Harbaugh, Scott Electrical Design gives stu- municating over the telephone; again,' added Reverend Clark tion process. McDevitt and Stephen Prouty dents essential hands-on design Bigfoot II, a walking robot; Olson-Sawyer, pastor of "We're calling our project - have committed to handling experience before graduation. Wolverine I, a super-mileage Tower Presbyterian Church. 'More than Chimes," contin- this phase in their senior year: Students form competitive vehicle: and a Whistle-Trig- "It's a wonderful idea and will design teams to attack real-life gered Game Clock Stop.