The Collegian Grove City College Newspaper February 25, 2000 Vol. 60 No. 15 Since Chapel organ receives repairs By Russ Parker ginning to suffer eight or nine the first phase of organ improve- Collegian Staff Writer years ago when he first came to sole. Konzen said, "Most people ment. Among their many tasks is be completely restored by August, Grove City. don't have any idea of what goes hardening the surfaces in the when Nelson Barden will return The college realizes that the or- in to making it work." Organ re- The pipe organ in Harbison chambers to produce a purer the console. "It's a wonderful, pairmen have to be well versed in Chapel has seen better days. Dat- gan is quite an investment, cost- sound. "Like Mom's fine furni- wonderful project," said Konzen. ing $20,000 when originally pur- music, carpentry, drafting, cabinet ing back to 1931, the organ has ture," said Konzen about one of He expects the organ to have a making and architecture. made music for countless con- chased from Kimball, a company "brighter, cleaner sound" when the finished chambers. Thomp- The restored instrument will now out of business. Since last everything is finished. certs, vespers and weddings. Re- son-Allen has completed 75 per- January men have been hard at consist of all its original parts. cently, however, the organ began cent of its job, all the while hiding And the work is already paying to show signs of wear and tear. work to bring it back to its full The only replacements are the off. Organ students have had the the progress from the average per- Over the last year a project to glory. leather valves attached to all the opportunity to deal with an instru- son by placing façade pipes in the bring the instrument back to its Dr. Konzen said Kimball instru- nearly 3,000 pipes. "Leather grill while they fix the real ones. ment not in perfect condition. ments are characterized by their valves are cut individually by original quality has been under- Konzen said, "They've managed "It's been an interesting thing for "excellent workmanship and engi- hand," said Konzen, "and they get taken. to keep half the instrument going them having to play with only Dr. Richard Konzen, Associate neering. The instrument is second worn over time." In one playing all the time." half the stops - a good prepara- of the college hymn, "O God Our Professor of Music and the col- to none." Two companies have The second company involved tion for the real world." As the lege organist, described the im- undertaken the task of renovating Help in Ages Past," 14,000 valve in the process of restoration is renovators continue to make pro- the organ. Thompson-Allen Com- movements occur. After many provements to the organ as a Nelson Barden and Associates of gress, the organ returns more and "museum quality restoration." He pany, the curators of organs at hymns and many years the old Boston University. They are re- more to its old form. Said Kon- valves must go. said he noticed the instrument be- Yale University, is responsible for sponsible for restoring the con- zen, "When an organ works right, Konzen said the organ should it keeps on working." Internships Red Box available to missions GCC students approaching By Josh Simmons By Meghan Price Collegian Staff Writer Collegian News Co-Editor As the semester flies toward the Whether you have thought halfway point. the Red Box sum- about this opportunity before or mer mission trips are quickly ap- are just looking for an exciting proaching. Five excited students way to spend your summer, now are busily researching exotic is the time to consider an intern- places and trying to decide where ship. According to Ms. Betty God needs them the most. In less Tallerico, Grove City College's than a month they will have to Internship Coordinator, intern- report their findings to the Reli- ships "give students a real world gious Activities Committee at its experience." Most internships are monthly meeting on March 13. done over the summer (roughly There they will make presenta- 150-160 students a summer par- Diesel Injection will perform Bon Jovi's "Living on a Prayer" at tomorrow's talent show. They tions on three places and mission ticipate) but some can be done are just one of 12 groups performing at the 7:30 p.m. show. organizations they have studied over the course of a semester and explain why they are inter- (roughly 20-30 students per se- ested in those particular locales. mester). After that, they have to wait for Each prospective intern is re- Talent show to be held tomorrow the Committee's decision about sponsible for finding his or her which of the three trips each pre- own internship position. While sented has been selected for the college tries to alert students them. and faculty about internship no- By Matthew Divelbiss in this year's show. According Following the original compo- Ever since December when tices it receives, it does not main- Collegian Editor-in-Chief to Matt Smith, Roundtable event sition, Gretchen Gutzwiller and they were selected, Juniors Kristy tain an internship "bank" or coordinator, "This year's talent friends will perform a humorous Barbacane, Rob Hall, Starry Ken- "place" students in specific intern- The "All Campus Talent Show show has a great variety of musi- song entitled "Last Night nedy, Mike Koerber and Abigail ships. As if the student were seek- 2000" will be held tomorrow cal talent that will entertain eve- with words by Jessica Davenport Wengerd have been researching ing a real job, the stress is on tak- night at 7:30 p.m. in Crawford ryone. The acts vary from rock who will perform with the group. the many places in the world that ing personal action and responsi- Auditorium. band to original compositions." The audience will then be enter- need to be ministered to and dis- bility. While there is not a set list The event, sponsored by the The show begins with the rock tained by an original composi- cerning which is best suited to of internships available, notices of Junior Class, Roundtable and band Diesel Injection playing tion arranged by James Kerans. their individual strengths. Help- positions are forwarded to the Crown and Sceptre, will be Bon Jovi's "Living on a Prayer." It will showcase Anna Watson ing them in this task is Senorita chairs of relative departments. hosted by Matt Tegtmeier and Kim Dietrich and David Peters on violin and Kerans on piano. Forrester, the Red Box advisor. All majors can participate in an Omar Torrens. will then perform "Hear Me," an All the future missionaries meet (Continued on page 2) A total of 13 acts will perform original work arranged by Peters. (Continued on page 3) twice a week with her to discuss (Continued on page 3) INSIDE Perspectives Life Entertainment Sports H. Huebert tells you Here's a look at Grove City College stu- James Hendrickson re- Women's Basketball why the environment is dents join the fight against views Woody Allens' heads for the PAC's semi- what's inside this just fine. hunger. Sweet and Lowdown. finals. -p. 4 week's issue. -p. 5 9 -p. 12