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November 12, 1987IWestern Maryland College/Page 7 by Berke by I,:ee Spector An interview with Dr. Gregory Alles, Professor of Religious Studies Teaches: Introduction to Religious Studies, Hebraic Scriptures, Christian Scriptures, World Religions East and West. Interests: Religion, music, (he plays the piano), 20th Century Germany (pre-Nazi). SQuib Asia (particularly India and Ancicnt Greece). Alles has a BA from Valparaiso in Indiana, a MA and PhD from University of Chicago. He also has a ministerial 'degree CynthiaSchaferphoio from the Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago. . Dr. Gre~oryAlles .., My lifelong dream is: the collegiality. I also love the I'm living it now, I always view from my "office." (Dr. wanted to teach and write. Alles currently has- a temporary Something I'd like to do office in Baker Memorial Chapel.) but never have done-yet-. The thing I like least is to: go to Europe and India. is: I don't have an office yet Ir I weren't a teacher I On the whole, I'd rate would be: Nothing. I can't WMC: I don't know, I haven't think of anything I would rather been here long enough. do than teach. I'd describe myself as: I The best part of my job don't know. Isn't describing what is: students. other people are what I can do? The worst part of my Comments: I am now working on job is: giving grades. It would a book" called, Religion. and be nice to have a school where Rhetoric. It's based on Valmiki's students would just come to 1~ Rdmayana. It's about the size of because they wanted to. the Iliad and Odyssey put The thing ] like' best so together. I would like to teach a far about WMC: the size and Jan Term on it sometime.