Clarion 1984-12-14 Vol. 60 No. 12

              Clarion
vol. 60 no. 12
3900 bethel drive, sr. paul minnesota 55112
Merry
Christmas!
december 14.1964
Christmas: a great volunteer
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by Julie Bach
Christmas is coming. The
goose is gelling fat. Bul put-
ling pennies in the old man's
hat may not be enough this
year. Students al Bethel can
contribute much more than
pennies to Ihose whose Christ-
mases look bleak, if they know
where lo go lo help out.
Kathy Pierce, volunteer
ministries coordinator, said
lhat students are welcome to
see her if they're interested in
volunleer ministries to help
Ihe poor through the holiday,
season. "I can set up appointments and make contaets,"
she said.-
Pierce has a long list of
organizalions thai need volunteers around Christmastime
and all year round. Last year
about 100 students were involved in Christmas ministries.
Once students have checked
Campus Ministries, they may
also volunteer their services
to one of the many agencies
that minister to the poor.
The Salvation Army has at
least four volunteer opportunities for students in the few
weeks before Christmas.
Debra Wilken, director of volunteer services, said "Ihey can
talk to me" at 566-2040. Her
projects include:
1) Not-lo-be-forgotten, a
visitation program for people
who are confined to home and
may not have family close by.
Volunteers bring a gift and a
fruit basket to shut-ins.
"Most of the time they're so
warm and receptive," said
Wilken. "It's also a good lime
for us to find out how they're
doing." Last year Wilken visited a man who seemed very ill.
When Wilken took him to a
hospital, he found he had cancer throughout his body. He
died four weeks later, but during those four weeks the Sal-
vation Army was able to
shower him with friendship
and support.
Volunteers visit in teams
and only visit three or four
people. They can spend as
much time with the visitee as
they wish, simply listening.
This year visitors will bring
blankets as gifts and baskets
of fruit. They have no obligation to stay longer than they
can afford.
Wilken suggested students
sign up in groups to encourage one another and facilitate
rtunity
transportation.
Not-to-be-forgotten is
scheduled for Friday, Dec. 14,
but students can go on Saturday or any other day that is
convenient.
2) The Toy Shop, a distribution of toys to parents of
low-income families who cannot afford to buy toys for
their children. Volunteers help
parents select toys for their
children from among the many
tables of toys set up in a large
warehouse.
see page 2
Campus Ministries
sponsors toy drive
Bethel students are collecting toys for needy children.    Fedje/photo
by Kathe Stoner
Santa brings Christmas toys
for all children, but not all
parents can afford to play
Santa. To give you an opportunity to play Santa, Campus
Ministries is sponsoring a toy
drive where you can brighten
a child's Christmas by giving
a toy.
All one needs to do is buy
a new toy for a child of any
age group and drop it off,
unwrapped, at the Campus
Ministries  office.  Later  the
toys will be delivered to the
Guadalupe housing project, a
hispanic neighborhood in St.
Paul. The toys will be made
available for parents to choose
the ones that are appropriate
for their children.
Why must the toy be new?
Kathy Pierce, social ministries
coordinator said, "Why not?"
Pierce and Sister Giovanni,
the director of the Guadalupe
Area Project agreed that new
toys are important, because
Christmas is special. Pierce
said, "We give more of our
heart then." Pierce recommends educational and non-
hazardous toys. "Educational
toys are a great gift," she said.
"If they are too expensive for
one person to give, you might
want to buy them together."
Last year there were over
70 participants and the toys
were warmly received. Eileen
Wenninger, who coordinated
it last year, said, "The toys
were delivered at a party that
was held for refugee children
and their families. We have
received a lot of nice thank
you's. One year all the children sent a signed card with
pictures on it."
Wenninger mentioned that
one year they received about
$600 in cash donations along
with toys. She recalls one guy
who felt so burdened for the
children that he contributed
$100 dollars. "He contributed
that when he barely had
money to make ends meet,"
said Wenninger.
Toys are being received in
boxes outside Campus Ministries and in the residence
halls. When you are tired of
cramming for finals, take time
out and have fun in the toy
department of Target. You
may not have children, but
you can still play Santa.
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Campus
Notes
Administration Tries To
Overturn Quotas at Tennessee
State
Two weeks ago, a federal court
ordered historically-black Tennessee State to aim to become 50
percent white, but the Justice
Department says it'll appeal because it's opposed lo racial
quotas.
The case began as a Johnson
administration effort to desegregate state schools in 1968.
College Women Find It Harder to
Break Up
Women think they get more
depressed than men when a college romance disintegrates, even
if they're the ones who broke it
up, a survey of 350 campus women contends.
Wellesley Prof. Dr. Robin
Akert's survey suggests men's
heartbreaks aren't as deep orpro-
longed as women's.
Court Says Athlete Can't Sue
NCAA for Barring Him from
College Sports
Duke tennis team member
Chaim Arlosoroff already had
played organized sports in his
native Israel before transferring
to Duke in 1981.
The NCAA said he could play
only one more year in the U.S.
because of his prior experience.
Arlosoroff sued, but last week
a federal court ruled the NCAA
wasn't a governmental body—
despite having state schools as
members—and so couldn't be
sued for violating someone's civil
rights.
Inside
Have a good excuse? Sue Leigh
needs a new one.
... see page 3
Bethel students head for Ur-
bana during holidays.
... see page 3
Men's basketball team takes 2
of 3 conference matches
... see page 4
Wrestlers look forward to
additional team members
coming aboard in January
... see page 4