The Collegían Grove City College Newspaper March 1999 Vol. 59 No. 16 INSIDE Sell-out expected for Caedmon's Call By Jeremy Kennedy Grove City is their next stop. raw, not as produced. We are so much stonger Guest Writer to the Collegian A lot has changed for the band since they with our focus now. We were naive before. We NATIONAL NEWS, were last here. Guitar player Cliff Young and didn't know we could say no. I think we're SCHMATIONAL Folk-rock band Cacdmon's Call will be re- NEWS turning to Grove City on Saturday, March 6. For in-depth national news Acoustic duo Dog Named David and Ameri- coverage, the Tribune and cana-folk artist Fred Haring will open the Post-Gazette are available show. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. outside Alumni. For a quick The current tour is in promotion of Caed- list of the latest in campus mon's Call's new album "40 Acres" set to re- events, however, check out lease on April 13. The tour is designed to hit the new Campus News side- major music markets as well as the band's bar. strongest college audiences. (See News. P. 3) "We're getting back to what we've always wanted to do: playing on college campuses," HELLO MCFLY? says founding member and vocalist Danielle An archetypal defense of Young. "It's the kind of music college students the social immediacy of the want to listen to. We like to think of our music Back 10 the Future trilogy. as thinking music. The music doesn't over- Seriously. power the lyrics. Our songwriters challenge tour (See Perspectives. p. 4) the listeners." Caedmon's Call started out as a college CAN WATER RUN band. playing their first show to 150 people in UPHILL? a classroom. They have since played at many vocalist Danielle Glenn married. Caedmon's more hard-core independent even with a new. A science major debunks colleges. large and small, including Duke and Call has also just finished "40 Acres" for their big label." Young said. some popular (and possibly Clemson. They have sold out venues at Harvard new label: Essential Records. The new album was produced by Glenn incorrect) beliefs about crea- and the University of Texas. among others. "The new album is going to be a lot more (Continued on page 21 tion "science." (See Perspectives. p. 6) Social critic Decter takes on multiculturalism ALICIA SILVER- STONE IS FAT Midge Decter. an author and editor in the Books. AND UTTERLY field of social criticism, will speak at Grove Decter is also a frequent contributor to Com- UN-CUTE. City College on Tuesday, March 9 at 7 p.m. in mentary and has written three books: The Lib- A new movie, Blast from Ketler Auditorium of the Pew Fine Arts Center. erated Woman and Other Americans; The New the Past, fails to live up to -She will discuss multiculturalism in her talk Chastity; and Liberal Parents. Radical Chil- expectations. And you titled "Putting One Over on Innocent Children." dren. thought Bat-girl could rescue Currently a free-lance author, Decter's essays any film? and reviews. mostly in the field of social criti- (See Entertainment p. 7) cism, have appeared in a number of periodicals including Harper's The Atlantic, The American OUTDOOR Spectator, First Things, The National Review The Edge COLUMN GOES TO The New Republic, and The Weekly Standard. [PLACE NAME]. Decter is a member of the board of trustees to raffle of the Heritage Foundation, the board of the Create your own virtual Center for Security Policy, the National Forum vacation with the outdoor column. Yes, even the Colle- Foundation, the Institute on Religion and Public Life, and The Clare Booth Luce Fund. Playstation gian has fallen prey to felt- She served as executive director of the Com- need consumerism. mittee for the Free World from 1980 to 1990 (Fill your desires on Life, 10) and as a distinguished fellow of the Institute on By V.J. Rubenstein Religion and Public Life from 1990 to 1995. Collegian Staff Writer A TLC WITHOUT As an editor. Decter has served in a variety COMPUTERS? of capacities. beginning with the Hudson Insti- The following conversation was overheard in tute and CBS Legacy Books. She served as the Rumor has it that the TLC chemistry class. floor may be bare next year. Social critic Midge Decter will speak in Pew executive editor of Harper's literary editor of "Hello, you're on Rick's Cafe!" "Am I on Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. the Saturday Review and senior editor at Basic without extra computers. as caller seven?" "Nope, you're caller one... try it will be the first year when again." Click. all four classes have laptops. "Hello, you're on the air!" "Am 1 caller Untrue and completely Harrah strikes chord with-honesty seven?" "No, caller two call back." Click. false-commuters and per- "Hello, you're on the radio!" "Am I caller seven?" sons whose computers are "Didn't you just call?" By Bill Bowan stress the wrongs of the abortion industry: under repair will still need "Yeah am I caller seven?" "No. try again." Collegian News Editor rather, Harrah focused his words on how the Click. access to PCs. The staff of love of Christians indelibly changed his life. the TLC would like to put an "Hello, you're on WGCC!" "Am I caller On February 17th students at Grove City Col- "I'm not here to criticize or judge, only God end to this rumor: There are seven?" "No you are caller four." "Man, lege heard a speaker unlike what they have be- can do that." With these words Harrah began no plans to remove comput- this is tough." Click. come used to. That speaker was former abor- recounting a youth of physical abuse that led ers from the TLC. "Hello, you're on the air." "Am I caller tion clinic owner Eric Harrah. Unlike most him to leave his family at an early age and con- seven?" "No, keep trying, bud." Click. speakers, Harrah did not use high speech or vince him that he was a homosexual. Later. "You are on the Edge!" "Am I caller rhetoric. What the one-time drug addict did Harrah advanced his way through politics work- seven?" "Sorry, caller six. Hang up and try bring was the honest truth. Harrah gave a com- ing for the Delaware State Majority Whip. Want to write for again." "All right. Once more." Click. pletely honest, if at times harsh. account of his Through his experiences in Delaware politics "Hello, thanks for calling Rick's Cafe." The Collegian? life from his homosexual experiences as a youth Harrah became the President of the Delaware "Am I caller seven?" "Ooooh you Have some story ideas? to becoming one of the largest abortion opera- just state chapter of the National Organization for missed it. You're caller eight." Click. tors in America. Women, the first to attain a position that high in Contact Kim Stetson: This tragic story was a reality for Grove City Along the way Harrah has dealt with many the organization. Box 563 X. 2414 freshman Andy Brackbill, who desperately personal issues from leukemia and cancer to his Harrah says that it was through these experi- toggled the flash and redial buttons in a race to or e-mail: own lifestyle- and faith. His speech did not (Continued on page 31 (Continued on page 3)