The Collegian Perspectives 2-3 News 4-5 Religion/Features 6 Parents' Weekend 7-10 Features 11-12 Entertainment 13-14 Vol. 53-No.20 Grove City College, Grove City, Pa. Saturday, May 1, 1993 Sports 15-16 Welcome to Parents Weekend '93 Grove City College will kick conclude with the Spring In the afternoon, Grove City off its annual Parents' Week- Coronation will feature the Dance and Reception in Ketler Program in the Arena at 6:45 will entertain Waynesburg end on Friday, April 30. Recreation Room, featuring College in baseball and John crowning of Spring Queen p.m., followed by All-College The weekend's events will Amy Szalinski and Junior the coronation of this year's Carroll University in tennis: Sing at 7:30 p.m. Over 600 begin Friday evening in Pew Queen Kristine Rich. senior "Spring King." The TAP One-Acts will be students comprising fifteen Fine Arts Center, where On Saturday morning, par- Greek and independent men's featured again at 1 p.m. and This year's Spring Dance students will showcase their ents, students and faculty are the college jazz ensembles will Pageant will take the audience and women's groups will par- talents. A student art exhibit invited to the Recognition perform in Ketler Auditorium back to the days of sock-hops ticipate in this year's competi- will be featured in the Art Convocation in Harbison at 1:30. and poodle skirts as the Orch- tion. While the judges are de- Gallery starting at 7 p.m., fol- Chapel. Student awards and ciding on the winners, the in- Also on Saturday, the 1993 esis dancers be-bop to the lowed by a Symphonic Band achievements will be an- tramural sports awards and Spring Court will process sounds of the "Fabulous Concert in Ketler Auditorium nounced, leading up to the sorority/fraternity academic (weather permitting) at 2:30 Fifties." The pageant will fea- at 8 p.m. coveted Senior Man and awards will be presented. from the Mary Anderson Pew ture memorable songs like Student-directed productions, Woman of the Year honors. Parents' Weekend will con- dormitory to the Physical "Mr. Sandman" and "Smoke better known as the TAP One- The convocation will begin Learning Center for the annual clude on Sunday morning with Gets in Your Eyes." Acts, will run every half hour with the Touring Choir at 9:30 a 10:30 a.m. worship service in Coronation and Spring Dance beginning at 8 p.m. in the Lit- a.m. followed by the award Harbison Chapel, led by Dean Pageant, which begins at 3 tle Theatre. The night will All parents are welcome to presentations at 10 a.m. of the Chapel Dr. Richard p.m. in the Arena. The attend the Parents' Association Morledge. Engineers win first international competition A group of Grove City Col- versity (British Columbia); and lege engineering students re- "Archimedes," a mechanical cently traveled to Canada to spider designed at the Uni- prove that the spirit of Ameri- versity of Waterloo (Ontario, can inventiveness is alive and Canada). Each robot was en- well. They have returned with tered in one of ten main their inventive spirits still events, with judges awarding flourishing and with GCC's points for autonomous ability, first win in an international performance during the com- design competition. petition and design innovation. Mechanical engineering se- Tilden described the Grove niors Dave Phillips, Jim Rioux, John Sutherland, Tom Matzke City robot as a "radical" design and Lewis Ometz captured a which judges found hard to Gold Medal and a laptop com- classify: "It's a unique ap- puter for the "most unusual" proach to the problem of en- design at the Second Interna- ergy-efficient walking in that tional BEAM Robot Olympics it's not a typical biological held this past weekend in motion," explained Tilden. The robot uses two d.c. motors Toronto, Canada. The team also garnered a Bronze Medal and a complex sliding beam/wheel mechanism to in the legged robot category navigate at near-human walk- and a "lunatic fringe" award From left to right: Dave Phillips, Jim Rioux, Tom Matzke, John Sutherland and Lew Ometz. for enthusiastic walking ing speeds. GCC gained points for three successful runs on a demonstrations. 30-foot obstacle course and "Our robot performed beauti- London, Sproul to speak fully and we only lost one re- scored bonus points for having lay switch in four days of the options of manual, radio and computer control. demonstrations," explained Social critic and author Dr. 40 team leader Dave Phillips. "The creativity and ingenuity Herbert I. London and noted Phillips attributes their success of this design speak well of theologian Dr. R.C. Sproul both our talented students and to teamwork and careful will address Grove City Col- preparation. "It doesn't matter faculty," commented College lege's Class of 1993 at next how great your design is, if it President Jerry H. Combee. month's commencement exer- Technical coach and Profes- doesn't work reliably, you've cises and baccalaureate ser- got problems." sor of Mechanical Engineering vice. Dr. Mark Reuber, who accom- According to organizer Mark Currently the John M. Olin Tilden, the BEAM competition panied the team to Canada, Professor of Humanities at (Biology, Electronics, Art and noted that the overall quality New York University, Dr. Mechanics) was created to en- of the robots at the competition London will deliver his com- was "quite high." Other com- courage creative robot designs mencement address, "State of petition winners included the and is a "no-holds-barred robot the Universities Today," on movable truss robot from the match" that has spawned simi- May 15 at 10:30 a.m. in the University of Toronto's Insti- lar events in Scotland and college arena. Hong Kong. Among the 50 tute for Aerospace Studies and Dr. London is a noted social MIT's micromouse robot, sec- competitors that joined GCC's critic whose work has appeared "Wild Thing" walking robot in ond place finisher in last year's in every major newspaper and this year's match-up were the micromouse competition in journal in the country, R.C. Sproul Tokyo, Japan. Dr. Herbert London "Popoe" robot from Lucknow, including such diverse publi- "Our experience at national- India; "Leo," a six-legged cations as Commentary, Na- Cultural History of the Rock newsletter called The London walker from the University of level competitions really tional Review, American Spec- Revolution; Military Doctrine helped," noted Reuber: "The tator, Wall Street Journal, Letter and a nationally syndi- Kent, England; the "robotic and the American Character; dog" from Simon Fraser Uni- students are used to working as Fortune, Washington Times, cated column for King Fea- a team." Armageddon in the Classroom tures. New York Magazine, New York and his two recent books, The A graduate of Columbia Uni- Times, Christian Science Broken Apple: New York in the versity and the recipient of a Monitor, Modern Age, Los An- 1980s and A Strategy for Vic- Ph.D. from New York Uni- What's Inside geles Times and the Washing tory Without War. versity, Dr. London is also the ton Post. Dr. London has created a 47- Among the 13 books he has recipient of an honorary degree part CBS series entitled, "The from the University of Aix- Gala roundup - page 5 authored are Myths that Rule American Character." A guest Marseilles. America (with Al Weeks), lecturer on many major radio Senior graduation plans - page 6 The Reverend Dr. R.C. which inspired the NBC tele- and television news programs Sproul will deliver the col- vision series of the same title; Special Parents' Weekend insert - pages 7-10 and at colleges and universi- Why are They Lying to Our lege's baccalaureate message, ties, he has also appeared as Children?, which was the fo- "Piercing the Mundane," at Dr. Currid and Dr. Reeder co-host on the popular CNN 7:30 p.m., May 14 in Harbison cus of a speech on education say goodbye - page 11 program, "Crossfire." He is Chapel. by former President Reagan; chairman of the National As- Fitting In: Crosswise at the In addition to being an or- Habitat for Humanity - page 12 sociation of Scholars, and is dained minister in the Central Generation Gap; Overheated editor of Academic Questions. Spring sports teams dominate - 15-16 Decade; Closing the Circle: A He also writes a monthly Continued on Page 5