Clarion 1983-10-28 Vol. 59 No. 07

              the Clarion
vol. 59 no. 7
3900 bethel dr., sr. poul, mn 55112
October 28, 1980
Drugs: Bethel's hi
reality
by Neal Bernards
Drugs are taboo al Belhel
because Ihey are something
"Christians don't do." Bethel-
iles avoid ihe subject in the
hopes il will go away, but
reality is not so easily fooled.
Though alcohol is the mosl
commonly abused drug, this
article deals only wilh illegal
chemicals. Because of alcohol's social acceptability, most
people realize Bethel's problem with drinking, but they
do not acknowledge a probem
with drugs. After all, Bethel is
supposed to be different.
"We sure have the situation
in high schools, why not
here?" said Don Mortenson,
first-year dean of men. "So far
I've only dealt with alcohol,
bul I'm not so naive to think
that there isn't a problem.
Nothing would surprise me."
Several students involved
in Bethel's drug culture estimate that 100 lo 150 students
use chemicals. They disagree
over Ihe question of which
was more popular—speed or
marijuana. Speed can be easily concealed, while marijuana
causes red eyes, a "stoned"
look, and a smell thai lingers
on clothing.
"After alcohol comes
speed," said one junior. "During my freshmen year speed
was bought up quickly. Pol is
kind of frowned on here; it's
just not Belhel. It's not good
for sneaking around like speed
is."
However, others picked
marijuana because it is popular in high schools. Other
chemicals are readily available.
"If you know the right people it's easy to get drugs," said
a senior. "You have to go
through a feeling-out process
so you can trust them. After
that a wide variety is available." This wide variety includes different forms of
speed, marijuana, and occasionally, cocaine.
Said the junior, "if you want
it you can get it. The richer
you are the better drugs you
can take. If you have the money cocaine is available. But
with Bethel, drugs are usually a supplement to alcohol."
The level of trust needed
for such transactions lakes
lime, so il is not an open
market. The students interviewed say it is possible to
tell who belongs lo the subculture and who does not simply by appearance.
"There are certain people
you can look al and presuppose," said the senior. "Then
again, that's stereotyping. It
took until the spring of my
freshmen year before I discovered others did drugs."
"I found out the winter of
my freshmen year," said a
graduate of Bethel. "People
bringing beer into Nelson
really opened my eyes. It
works on the subconscious
more than you realize. It plays
on your mind."
Marilyn Starr, dean of
women, has a different opinion, "It takes about 30 seconds
for students to find someone
of like mind when they come
here." Starr has been dean of
women for 19 years, and she
claims, "you name it, I've seen
it."
There doesn't seem to be a
particular group of students
that uses drugs more than
another. Some theorize that
freshmen do more drugs because they plan to be here
only one year. Others say upper-class students do it more
because they can conceal it
easier.
"Freshmen are too naive to
know anything," said the senior. "Sophomores gel rebellious and like lo experiment,
but I would say juniors and
seniors do it the most. They
have their morals figured out;
drugs, see page 5
Drugs—the Bethel taboo.
Rowdy male cheerleaders add school spirit
by Jennifer Brackin
Bethel has three new
guys this year—cheerleaders lhat is. Bob Hausmann,
20, Ken Jerzyk, 19, and Gor-
dy Jorian, 18, are the 'rowdy' new additions to this
year's cheerleading squad.
"During Welcome Week
at the Opportunity Fair we
all inquired about it. We
received word in our P.O.'s
about tryouts and—here we
are!" they said.
Like never before, more
challenging stunts and
mounts can be done easier
than with all girls. Combining them has been a
success for the whole
squad.
Sophomore Paul Fisk
said, "They keep the fans
into the game, but I'd call
them 'yell-leaders' not
'cheerleaders'—that's for
girls."
To get things off to a
good start, Bethel Football
Coach Dud Lutton bought
the guys the blue sweaters
and the guys picked out
the pants and turtlenecks.
"It is going well so far,
we all get along great!" said
Hausmann. He had coached
girls' cheerleading previously, but never was one
himself. Hausmann wanted
to participate in order to
boost the school spirit.
At the time of tryouts
one prerequisite was: 'you
must be rowdy.' Jerzyk,
who had not cheered before
said, "that is one thing we
definitely all are." He continued, "I don't mind people laughing at me; it gets
them going."
Football player Al Velas-
co said, "They show a lot of
enthusiasm which takes
guts. Speaking for the team,
we really appreciate their
suport."
Jorian, a freshman, had
been a cheerleader his senior year in high school
and wanted to continue
with it. "We work hard on
uniting them both, along
with the responses from
the fans," said Jorian.
Ken Jerzyk, Gordy Jorian, and Bob
new cheerleaders.
The guys practice three
days a week for one-and-a-
half hours each day. After
a Saturday morning warm-
up before the game, they
all come together to pray
out on the field. "Then, we
get out there and go nuts,"
said Hausmann in a hoarse
voice. "We almost always
end up losing our voices."
There are restrictions,
however, on some cheers
or suggestive body movements. "No problem," they
said. "We still have a wild
Hausmann are Bethel's "rowdy"
Woodward/photo
time, especially in our cheer
where we spell out
B-E-T-H-E-L."
Luckily the makers of
'Shout' and 'Spray and
Wash' will stay in business
considering how much the
cheerleaders use trying to
get out the mud and grass
stains.
The guys are open to any
suggestions anyone may
have. "We could always
use other cheers or
mounts," Hausmann said.
"My P.O. is 724, just let us
know."
Woodward/photo
Halloween
carnival
sponsored
by John Clark
In an effort to give inner-
city kids a chance to participate in Halloween activities,
the Social Ministries office is
sponsoring the fourth October
Carnival.
The Carnival will begin at
5:30 p.m., Oct. 31 in the AC
Lounge. Participating will be
4-16 year-olds from the Special Friends, Meadowland
Townhomes, South East
Asian Domestic, Division of
Indian work as well as faculty
members' children.
"It's kind of an alternative
to trick-or-treating," said Carolyn Dean, who is helping to
organize the Carnival. "They
aren't able to go in their own
area and it enables Bethel
students to get involved with
kids in the community."
The children will play booth
games and participate in singing and skits before trick-or-
camlval, see page 3