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...article attacking the Peace Corps for becoming less idealistic, (Crimson 4/16/83). Beth Schwinn offered a peculiar set of priorities for the program. Why does Schwinn criticize the Peace Corps for recruiting volunteers with practical skills? Developing countries want skilled volunteers. They don't want us merely to send over thousands of well-intentioned Crimson reporters to exude idealism. Why on Earth does Schwinn protest the increase in retirement age of volunteers, which to me is the most admirable aspect of the Peace Corps? So many retirees in this country become trapped in stultifying, deadly boring existences. The Peace Corps offers...
...Finally, Schwinn's implication that by offering minimal job placement to returning volunteers, the Peace Corps is attracting more materialistic people, is ludicrous. Nobody joins the Peace Corps to make money. If the Peace Corps abandoned returning volunteers completely, many idealistic people might feel they could not afford to join. Does Schwinn want volunteer programs reserved for the wealthy...
Despite their defeat, Captain Carolyn Powell said last night that she was pleased with the swordswomen's showing, particularly since their third-ranked fencer, junior Beth Schwinn, was out with back injuries. "We haven't even come close in the last four years, we've had scores like 14-2 and 15-1," Powell said. "This is their smallest margin of victory since I've been here...
...score never came closer than 6-3 and two of the four team members--sophomore Vivi Fuchs and captain Carolyn Powell--conquered all of their opponents. Junior Amy Jones. making her varsity debut, and junior Beth Schwinn each went...
...entire meet, the swordswomen lost only 11 of 44 bouts. Although none of the swordswomen made the individual finals, both Schwinn and freshman Vivi Fuchs came within one bout of qualifying...