grand valley forum, volume 010, number 31, march 31, 1986
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Monday, March 31, 1986 Vol. 10 No. 31 Grand Valley State College
West Michigan Public Television Tops Goal WGVC/WGVK, Channels 35/52
ended their March membership drive successfully, with pledges totaling $505,005-more than $5,000 over their goal of $500,000. The total set a new record at the station, surpassing the previous record of $502,276 set during Festival '85, last March.
"We're absolutely delighted with the response of West Michigan viewers," said Director of Development Phil Fleming. "Of all the public stations in Michigan conducting membership drives, WGVC/ WGVK went the farthest over its goal."
With 70 percent of public television stations nationwide reporting final figures, WGVC/ WGVK's average gift of $83.79 was the second highest in the nation. PBS reports that dollars are down 2 . 3 percent from last March and the number of pledges is down 5.9 percent. Last year, during Festival '85, 6,681 viewers pledged to West Michigan Public TV, compared with 6,027 in Festival '86.
According to George E. Lott, Jr., General Manager of WGVC/ WGVK, the outcome of this drive was especially important since the previous two membership drive fell short of their goals. In February, cutbacks
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were announced following a half-year financial analysis by station management.
"Obviously, we are pleased that west Michigan viewers have responded to the drive in the way they did, so that we
Coming Events State Supreme Court Justice to Lecture
Michigan State Supreme Court Justice Dennis Archer will be the guest lecturer for a class entitled "Blacks and the U.S. Constitution" today at 12 noon. The special course focuses on the evolution of black freedom in the United States.
~rcher will speak on "Personal Reflections on Race Relations Today." The campus community is invited to attend the lecture which will be held in Room 102, Manitou Hall.
April Lunchbreak Concerts
The April Lunchbreak Series opens on Friday, April 4, with a performance by the GVSC Faculty String Quartet. Music professor and violinist Daniel Kovats directs the group, whose other members are violinists Steven Smith and David Prudon and cellist Lee Copenhaver.
On Monday, April 7, classical guitarist Joseph Breznikar will give a concert. He has earned a reputation as a superb guitarist in performances across North and South America and in the Far East. Breznikar is an artist-in-residence and teaches at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.
Oriana, a baroque and classical music ensemble, will perform on Thursday, April 10. The program will highlight the vocal and instrumental works of well-known as well as more unusual composers from 1700 to 1800. The group performs on instruments of that period.
will not have to institute further cuts," said Lott. "With the start of the new financial year on July 1, we are hoping to restore the level of local service which was cut back in Februar y . We are back on track."
Dance Kaleidoscope will perform in a return engagement on Tuesday, April 15. The Indianapolis-based modern dance company is widely acclaimed for its variety of dance styles and techniques.
The Lunchbreak Series for this academic year will conclude on Tuesday, April 22, with a sesquicentennial celebration of Mark Twain's birth featuring Michael Maudlin as the "sage of the Mississippi."
yunchbreak Series performances are held from 12 noon to 1 p.m. in the Louis Armstrong Theatre. Performances are free and open to the public.
Comedy Offered as Theatre Spring Production
"The Real Inspector Hound," a comedy by Tom Stoppard, is the current production of Theatre Grand Valley. According to Director Laura Salazar, the play celebrates the use and abuse of logic in murder mysteries.
Cast in the leading role of Moon, a neurotic young drama critic, is Tom Hamilton. Gar y Maat, who appeared in several Stage Three productions, plays Birdboot, an established critic who is attracted to leading ladies.
Susan Walker-Kniola makes her Grand Rapids area debut as Cynthia, the sophisticated Lady Muldoon. Gina Gaskill, who appeared with The United Stage at the Boarshead Theatre last month, plays the "other woman."
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Faculty Sketches Kathleen Haase, visiting
instructor of foreign languages, and Christine Rydel, professor of Russian, presented papers at the 90th annual meeting of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters, Sla v ic and East European Studies Section, held at Central Michigan University on March 14. Haase's paper was entitled "Kroleki i Udavy: A Mirror of Soviet Society;" and Rydel's paper was entitled "From Myth to Poem: Doctor Zhivago's Universal Voice."
Rosalyn Muskovitz, associate professor of art and design, will have an exhibit of her recent prints at Crown Hall, Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, during April.
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Other cast members are United Stage member Tim Cusack, and newcomers Mary Donovan, Patrick Bosley, and Ra y Gautreau. Jill Hamilton is the designer.
The pla y opened on March 28 and productions will continue on l\pril 4, 5, 11, and 12 at 8 p.m. in the Louis Armstrong Theatre. There will be a special matinee for high school students at 12 noon on April 9. Tickets, available at the door, are $4.50, general admission, and $2.50 for students and senior citizens.
Calendar of Events Monday, March 31
10 a. m.: Manitou
12 noon:
Lecture: "Yugoslavia Today," by Petar Mandie. 10 2 Hall.
Today," Lecture: Personal Reflections on Race Relations by Dennis Archer. 102 Manitou Hall.
Tuesday, April 1
1 p.m.: Baseball. GVSC at Michigan State Uni versity .
Wednesday, April 2
2:30 p.m. Softball. GVSC at Hope.
Thursday, April 3
9 p.m.: Star Search: performing arts and novelt y/ var iety competition for students. Kirkhof Center. Free admissi on . For more information call ext. 3295.
Friday, April 4
12 noon: Lunchbreak. GVSC Faculty String Quartet. Fre e . Louis Armstrong Theatre.
Friday, April 4, and Saturday, April 5
Softball. GVSC at SIU Tournament. 8 p.m.: Theatre. "The Real Inspector Hound." Admissio n ,
$4.50; students and seniors, $2.50. Louis Armstrong Thea tre .
Saturday, April 5
1 p.m.: Baseball. GVSC at Saginaw valley State.
Sunday, April 6
10:30 a.m.: Dialogue worship. Kistler Pit. 1 p.m.: Baseball. GVSC at Ferris. 6:30 p.m.: Catholic mass. 124 Lake Huron Hall.
Monday, April 7 - Friday, April 18
10 a.m.-5 p.m.: Art exhibit. GVSC juried student exhibition. Calder Art Gallery.
Monday, April 7
12 noon: Lunchbreak. Joseph Breznikar, guitarist. Fre e . Louis Armstrong Theatre.
3 p.m.: Softball. GVSC at Saginaw v·alley State.
Tuesday, April 8
3 p. m. : 4 p. m. :
Softball. Baseball.
Wednesday, April 9
Calvin at GVSC. GVSC at Aquinas.
12 noon: Theatre. "The Real Inspector Hound." Special performance for high school students. Admission, $4.50; student and seniors, $2.50.
1 p.m.: Baseball. GVSC at Central Michigan University. 3 p.m.: Softball. Hillsdale at GVSC.
Wednesday, April 9 - Friday, April 11
Spring Band Tour.
Thursday, April 10
12 noon: Lunchbreak. Oriana, baroque and classical ensemble. Free. Louis Armstrong Theatre.
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Calendar of Events (Continu ed fro m pag e 2)
Friday, April 11
3 p.m.: Softball. Alma College at GVSC.
Friday, April 11, and Saturday, April 12
8 p.m.: Theatre. "The Real Inspector Hound." Admission, $4.50; students and seniors, $2.50. Louis Armstrong Theatre .
Saturday, April 12
1 p.m.: Baseball. Wayne State University at GVSC.
Sunday, April 13
10:30 a.m.: Dialogue worship. Kistler Pit. 1 p.m.: Baseball. Northwood Inst i tute at GVSC. 3 p.m.: Spring Band Concert. William Root, conductor. Louis
Armstrong Theatre. 6:30 p.m.: Catholic mass. 124 Lake Huron Hall.
Monday, April 14
3 p.m.: Softball. Ferris at GVSC.
Tuesday, April 15
12 noon: Lunchbreak. Dance Kaleidoscope . Free. Louis Armstrong Theatre .
1 p.m.: Baseball. Aquinas at GVSC.
Wednesday, April 16
3 p.m.: Softball. Northwood Institute at GVSC.
Thursda y , April 17, and Friday, April 18
Great Lakes History Conference. Amway Grand Plaza Hotel.
Friday, April 18
Jazz Jubilee.
Friday, April 18, and Saturday, April 19
1 p.m.: Baseball. GVSC at Hillsdale. Softball. GVSC at St. Francis Tournament.
Saturday, April 19
National History Day, West Michigan Regional Competition.
Sunday, April 20
10:30 a.m.: Dialogue worship. Kistler Pit. 1 p.m.: Baseball. Saginaw Valley State at GVSC. 3 p.m.: Spring choral concert. Ellen Pool, conductor. Louis
Armstrong Theatre. 6:30 p.m.: Catholic mass. 124 Lake Huron Hall.
Monday, April 21-Tuesday, April 29
10 a.m.-5 p.m.: Art exhibit. Graduating B.F . A. exhibit. Calder Art Gallery.
Monday, April 21
1 p.m.: Softball. GVSC at Lake Superior State.
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Monday, April 21, and Tuesday, April 22
Spring Jazz Band Tour.
Tuesday, April 22
12 noon: Lunchbreak. "Mark Twain," by Michael Mauldin. Free. Louis Armstrong Theatre.
8 p.m.: studio jazz and small ensembles concert. Daniel Kovats, conductor. Louis Armstrong Theatre.
Wednesday, April 23
3 p.m.: Softball. GVSC at Wayne State.
Thursday, April 24
1 p.m.: Baseball. Michigan State University at GVSC.
Friday, April 25, and Saturday, April 26
Softball. Laker Invitational Tournament at GVSC.
Saturday, April 26
l p.m.: Baseball. Ferris State at GVSC. 8 p.m.: Theatre. "Plays in Process." Free. Kirkhof Studio
Theatre.
Sunday, April 27
10:30 a.m.: Dialogue worship. Kistler Pit. 1 p.m.: Baseball. GVSC at Wayne State University. 6:30 p.m.: Catholic mass. 124 Lake Huron Hall.
Tuesday, April 29
Classes end.
Wednesday April 30
2 p.m.: 3 p.m.:
Baseball. Softball.
GVSC at University of Detroit. GVSC at Lewis University.
Wednesday, April 30, through Thursday, May 8 Concluding period.