8/9/13 MY ALMA MATER (CALVIN) MAKES TOP TEN AGAIN !

8/9/13 MY ALMA MATER MAKES TOP TEN AGAIN ! (In the "most sober" category, ha ha; but seriously, calvin is also listed in top liberal arts category every year as well..solid academics; and YES we do have fun & even drink a bit..or did back when I was there, but we keep it low-key & always off-campus)
 search:calvin college,most sober ,*read more at
http://m.stltoday.com/lifestyles/food-and-cooking/list-of-the-top-party-sober-schools-in-the-us/article_4309dd28-e778-50b1-812a-383f6e60b99b.html?mobile_touch=true
"TOP 20 SOBER SCHOOLS
1. Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
2. Wheaton College, Wheaton, Ill.
3. College of the Ozarks, Point Lookout, Mo.
4. Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, Calif.
5. U.S. Military Academy, West Point, N.Y.
6. Grove City College, Grove City, Pa.
7. Wesleyan College, Macon, Ga.
8. U.S. Coast Guard Academy, New London, Conn.
9. U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md.
10. Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Mich. ..."
http://m.stltoday.com/lifestyles/food-and-cooking/list-of-the-top-party-sober-schools-in-the-us/article_4309dd28-e778-50b1-812a-383f6e60b99b.html?mobile_touch=true
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Fwd: 8/1/13 REMEMBERING PROF. VANDE KOPPLE,CALVIN COLLEGE ENGLISH DEPT.

8/1/13 REMEMBERING PROF. VANDE KOPPLE,CALVIN COLLEGE ENGLISH DEPT. ("kopp" was a great person, great teacher & genuinely nice guy . He will be greatly missed) search: calvin college,english dept. ,*read more at
http://www.crcna.org/news-and-views/calvin-college-remembers-two-professors?utm_source=CRC+News&utm_campaign=6babf81ea2-CRC+News+%7C+July+10%2C+2013&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_468bc4c3c9-6babf81ea2-52230661
"...A 1972 graduate of Calvin College, Vande Kopple earned
a masters and PhD in English Language and Literature
from the University of Chicago in 1973 and 1980
respectively.
At Calvin, his teaching interests included rhetoric and
composition, stylistics, linguistics, the history of the
English Language and Secondary Education Teaching
Theories and Methods, just to name a few.
Vande Kopple was also well respected outside the
classroom, both by his colleagues at Calvin and those in
broader writing circles. He published articles in dozens
of education and English journals and enjoyed writing
creative non-fiction. Some of his favorite writings
combined his love for fishing and his family, including
The Catch: Families Fishing, and Faith , The Release:
More Tales of Families, Fishing, and Faith and The
Lure, Still More Stories of Families, Fishing and Faith.
Vande Kopple is survived by his wife, Wanda; his sons Jon
(Tiffany), Joel and Jason; and his grandson, Kincaid...."
http://www.crcna.org/news-and-views/calvin-college-remembers-two-professors?utm_source=CRC+News&utm_campaign=6babf81ea2-CRC+News+%7C+July+10%2C+2013&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_468bc4c3c9-6babf81ea2-52230661
"The day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear
with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and
everything in it will be laid bare. Since everything will be destroyed in
this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and
godly lives."2 Peter 3:10-11,posted by vk
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*ProtectUnbornLife (Adoption!) (pula)
*Read the Bible Daily & Connect w/ Believers
*Pray 4Chapels in the Public Schools (p4cps)
*Stop Violence v Women! (svw)
--Say NO to ALL Abusive Relationships (snaar)
*Be a Suicide Stopper! (bass)Give Hope!
*Fight4Kindness, (f4k)
--Commit Kindness Actions (CoKA)
*LoveOneAnother (aLOhA)
*I baptize you in the name of the Father-Son-&-Holy Spirit ! (Re Matt 28:18-20)

8/4/12 re PAUL SCHRADER, CALVIN ALUMNUS & HOLLYWOOD FILM MAKER

see main  blog with pics  at

http://seeing-paul-schrader.blogspot.com/2013/08/8413-film-director-paul-schrader-re.html

8/4/13 PAUL SCHRADER INTRO 2 "MISHIMA", 
...so I went to see legendary film director/screenwriter et al, Paul Schrader, at a showing of his 1985 film "Mishima:A Life in Four Chapters" at the Hammer Museum, & Paul spoke at the beginning and end of the movie, answering audience questions as well. He briefly mentioned his new film "Canyons" at the very end ..., albeit I don't completely comprehend what he said...while the moderator joked "its all Lindsay Lohan"..; most of the talk was about the making of Mishima...a film which I had never seen before, & which is apparently based on a true story about a Japanese writer et al. I had a personal interest in seeing Paul Schrader because he grew up in my same tradition & same hometown of Grand Rapids (MI). Of course he's several decades older & from a different era but we attended the same high school (grand rapids christian) & college (calvin). And of course he was a bit of a notorious legend by the time I was a student...with folklore about how he was a bit of a rebel at calvin college (the story goes that he was on the staff of the student newspaper "The Chimes" and got into some hot water over his reporting about a scandal re a professor having an affair. If I recall correctly, a student went to the college chaplain for counseling about this affair expecting that the counselor-client confidentiality would be respected but the chaplain apparently used the information to get the professor fired; and if I recall, Schrader was critical of the chaplain & so the college became critical of Schrader, etc ..can't recall if Schrader got kicked out of calvin or fired from the chimes or exactly what, but something transpired, & then of course in his movie "Hard Core" he used plenty of calvinist themes , or satired them, & also even filmed some parts of the movie in Grand Rapids. So what I was thinking of asking Schrader, if I had the chance, was whether he was still a Christian, or was he ever? He speaks of "calvinism" often, even as he took the podium to introduce himself this evening, but I wanted to know if he simply still has a personal faith in Jesus Christ or not. Nonetheless,I decided not to say anything...would have rather have spoken with him personally, but didn't get the chance. Tomorrow (8/5) he will return for a showing of "The Canyons" which so far has not gotten many favorable reviews (from some critics who have seen it early) but it hasn't been released yet to the general public. This showing is sold out, but sometimes they have no-shows & release a few tickets to stand-bys. I don't have much curiosity about the movie,so I'm not sure I will even try to get a standby ticket, and my curiousity to see Paul Schrader in person has been fulfilled, so I may leave it at that. I would like to hear him talk, some time, about growing up in grand rapids, etc, but don't know when that might happen,if ever, at least not in los angeles. I don't know if he has ever been invited back to calvin college or our Christian high school..probably not given the nature of some of his films (ie profanity,nudity, etc) . He was asked about his late brother Leonard (also a screenwriter who was less-known than Paul) and Paul lamented that they had "fallen apart" after Paul became more successful & never had a chance to truly reconcile before he died. I still have some questions I would like answered..about his parents, about how calvinism apparently negatively influenced him, etc. Maybe some day.