The Collegian Grove City College Newspaper March 14, 1997 Vol. 57 No. 17 French professor starts a new adventure in China with missionary fiance By Jamye Shelleby Sommer, who has a Master's level degree from Alabama to Grove City seemed a backgrounds, including growing up in Collegian Staff Writer in Teaching English to Speakers of Other nightmare, weather-wise," she laughed. strong Christian homes, and great educa- Languages (TESOL), has been teaching Reese speaks of the "year-round garden" tional and employment opportunities have Dr. Mary Virginia Reese English in China. He is currently in a lan- that her neighborhood in Alabama was, helped. is already tri-lingual. She guage school to learn Mandarin, which has and how different Grove City is from But, she clarifies, "I'm not trying to mini- has a degree in French, is been recently promoted as the official lan- home. China will certainly be a change. mize the adjustment," because, indeed, fluent in Italian, and has guage of China. Reese speaks of other adjustments that much is different. The most amazing pecu- taught both of these lan- Reese, who has been at Grove City since she expects to make, mentioning living in liarity she noticed while in China was her guages on a college-level. So why would the fall of '92 has taught French, Italian, an area where she won't know anybody, "immediate star status" as a Westerner. she want to bother to learn Chinese? Humanities 202 (Civ/Lit) and has helped won't speak the popular language well, and It is not uncommon for Chinese of all ages Simply necessity. In just over a year, with Humanities 101. She plans to also won't be completely comfortable with the to come up and stare right into the face of a Reese will be moving to China. teach English to the Chinese when they Chinese cultures. Caucasian, she says. Sommer reports that Over the semester break, Reese became move to China in August of 1998. But Reese feels very fortunate that she on occasion, he'll be asked for an autograph. engaged to a man who lives in China. Yes, The wedding is set for October 25, 1997, has had so many experiences which she Reese closes by saying that she has no he's an American. in Reese's hometown in Alabama. Som- feels have prepared her for this move. "I question that she was brought by God to Reese met Ron Sommer at a Christian mer will return to the states at the end of can look back and see that the Lord has Grove City, and that she's very grateful of Camp in Northern Georgia during her this school year and the two will reside been preparing me for this," she says. the time she's had here. teenage years. He has been a friend since, here for a year and make plans. She reminisces about the traveling she Right now, she and Sommer are planning but then, she says, "In the last year or Reese visited Sommer over the Christmas did as a youth, visiting Europe usually to be in China for a long term, but then, she just blossomed." break, and got a feel for the culture she will once year, sometimes spending summers says, smiling, that you never really can tell Reese, dressed in a smart gray suit and soon be experiencing. with relatives in Italy or Germany. what will happen. Five years can be any- black heels, speaks with her hands as much The first thing she mentions is the cold. "We've had tremendous opportunities all thing, she says, "I never would have pic- as her southern-accented voice as she ex- In Manchuria, where Sommer lives, it was our lives," she says of both herself and tured Grove City, or China, or Ron, for that plains all of the details. -40 degrees while Reese visited. "Coming Sommer. She believes that their similar matter." It don't mean a Man/woman selection begins thing if it ain't Applications for senior man and woman of the year will be dis- tributed on March 14 to eligible seniors. These applications are got that swing! due on March 20. All seniors with a QPA of 2.75 or greater are sent an application. Once the applications are re- turned, a committee of two mem- Shades of Swing will romance the Grove on ber of ODK and two from Mor- Saturday at 8 pm in Ketler Rec. It is directed by tarboard together with their advi- Hollie Shaull. sors will compile a list of candi- dates for consideration. English deals with hot political topics Inside By Matt Summers many administrative problems with that. nothing proved that obliged us to remove him Perspectives: Collegian News Editor You are inviting the IRS to show up on from office. It is interesting that the biparti- Grove City campus and start rifling files and san report did not find that he had lied, and Life in the future Congressman Phil English, whose district looking around. To me that is just plain did not find that he had broken the tax law, includes Grove City, spent Monday, March wrong, and there is a better way to design but instead suggested on the latter point that cont. 3 10, visiting the campus of Grove City Col- tuition tax relief than what the president is he had strayed into a gray area. I believe that lege. His day included an interview on air proposing." most Republicans and even more Democrats Life: with WSAJ, a Town Hall meeting, dinner On Newt Gingrich:" think that Newt Gin- were able to support the finding, because it with members of the College Republicans, grich, as Speaker, has been a political liability was attached to a very substantial fine: and an interview with the Collegian. The fol- to me in this district. I think that the outcome $300,000." Jamaica calls for lowing presents excerpts of the thoughts of of the Gingrich investigation, if anything, On Bill Clinton:" In regard to the Presi- Phil English on major issues facing this vindicated the notion that there has been dent's scandal, I think that we have an obliga- help; students Congress, in his own words. (Continued on page 2) On Education: "We have just been doing a respond 5 series of hearings in the Ways and Means Committee on the tax components of what the Campus talent to rock the Grove Entertainment: president has proposed. I think the broad out- line of what the president has proposed is By Justin Stanislawski Where right to use the tax code to alleviate the cost Special to the Collegian to the middle-class families of tuition, partic- ularly at the post secondary level. In my Tonight, in Ketler Rec.from 9-12 the first Plush FLUFF Hollywood view, America will only remain the strongest Bubble of 1997takes off. Sponsored by the Student really goes economy on earth and the wealthiest nation Musicians Organization (SMO), this event features on earth if we retain the best system of higher the live sounds of two accomplished campus bands, 9 pm wrong 8 education. Fluff and Stains of Funk. rollowing runk, SMU WIII We need to come up with more creative feature DJ's Atom, D.Cypol, and Bassclown with a Sports: ways to use the tax code to make college massive attack of ground-shaking bass and a variety more affordable. I am reluctant to see the of fresh dance tracks. Admission is free. STAINS NCAA b-ball IRS in the business of auditing entities like Opening at 9 pm, Fluff is a seasoned Plush Bubble Grove City College. The President has pro- 10 band. "We strive for that classic 80's sound, without FUNK guide 12 posed requiring a B average to access his tax (Continued on page 2) credit after the first year. To me there are so