Clarion 1986-04-11 Vol. 61 No. 18

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Vol.61 No. 17
Bethel College 3900 Bethel Dr., St. Paul, MN
Student leaders for '86-'87 selected;
unity, communication goals pursued
by Brad Best
. Over the last couple of
months many students have
been involved in the selection
of nexl year's student leadership positions. Students have
filled oul applications, been interviewed, and finally either
accepted or denied for various
positions. These positions include: Student Body Pres-
denl/Vice-Presidenl, Campus
Coordinator, Clarion Editor,
Roster Editor, and RA's. Some
of these have already been
made public while others are
appearing here for the first
time.
Perhaps the most publicized
positions are the newly elected
President and Vice-President.
Many students worked on the
campaigns and participa ted by
voting. Rodney Schlauger and
Scott Nelson were named President and Vice-President respectively.
As Schlauger returned from
Europe April 7, the following
information comes from vice-
president-elect Nelson.       ,
Nelson is excited and looking forward to serving the student body. He has a good relationship with two of the other
newly elected student leaders,
Randy Hultgren and Sarah
Cole, and hopes their goals will
Pictured from left to right are Sarah Cole, Rod Schlauger,
Lori Hanks and Randy Hultgren.
enable them to work closely
together. A very unified student leadership is being sought
after for next year.
Nelson also looks forward to
the challenge of dealing wilh
the administration and bringing out the needs of the students. "We need to find out
what the specific problems are
and challenge the administration to get things done," said
Nelson.
The position of Campus
Coordinator for next year will
be filled by Randy Hultgren.
Hultgren is currently a sophomore and the Special Events
Chairperson. In his plans for
next year, he hopes to pull the
school closer together and provide activites that will be enjoyable for everyone.
Before applying for the position, he prayerfully examined
himself and the task before
him. After applying, his tena-
tive calender was reviewed by
a board of faculty and students, who later interviewed
him. Two days later, he was
awarded the position.
Hultgren desires the input of
the student body concerning
the activities on campus. He
also intends to work with
many different groups at Belhel rather than compete with
them. "The only reason we are
here," said Hultgren, "is to
serve you and meel your needs.
Experience Bethel C.C., it's all
for YOUJ" "The most important part of the Campus Coordinator," he stresses, "is to
have your support, both in attendance and in feedback to
the evenls."
Also gaining a new position
is Sarah Cole as next year's
Clarion Editor. Currently
working as Copy Editor, Cole
was chosen out of three qualified candidates after submit-
leaders see p. 3
Academic program changes announced:
fall to bring credit hours, new majors
by Laura J. Tibstra
The Dean's Office and the
Office of the Registrar have
been planning at great length
for a major modification in the
curriculum at Bethel.
Students will find altered
numbering systems, new
courses, substitutions and other
changes in the registration
materials, scheduled to be distributed April 11,
Beginning with the Fall '86
term, Bethel will be on a credit
hour system, as opposed to the
current 4-1-4 course system.
Also offered are new majors
and a handful of course
changes.
All students will have the
opportunity to select their major (concentration) from the
current (old) curriculum or
from the new catalog. New
curriculum students work toward a major and minor, rath
er than a concentration and
two cognates. The new curriculum offers a few new majors
such as elementary education,
as well as changes within previous majors.
With this selection of majors,
only one stipulation is held;
that one may not, under any
circumstances, mix the requirements of an old and new
specialization/major. A clear
choice must be made between
the two, and the requirements
of that major must be fulfilled.
A comparison of the old concentrations and new majors is
recommended for the choice
most advantageous to the student. Old concentration requirements can be studied in
the '85-'86 catalog, and the new
majors are found in the new
catalog distributed with the
registration materials.
"One of our goals is that no
student will be disadvantaged
in the change from the old to
the new curriculum," said Tri-
cia Brownlee, Associate Dean
for Academic Programs. She
stresses that even, wjth the
change in requirements, "No
one is required to take more
than what they were told when
they entered Bethel."
All current students who
were classified as a sophomore
or junior in September '85 are
required to complete 17 courses
in old General Education requirements. These students
must also complete a total of 34
courses and 128 semester credit
hours. Brownlee noted that if
one completes the 34 courses at
Bethel, at least 128 credil hours
will have been fulfilled. Thus,
for upper classmen, the switch
to credit hours will not create
further difficulties. Transfers
are to check with the Regis
trar's Office if they have questions.
For students on the old General Education requirements,
any 3 or 4 credit hour course at
Bethel will fulfill a "course"
requirement. With the • new
numbering system, the prefixes
denoting the category of the
requirement they fulfilled (e.g.
D.O.) will be dropped, but a
listing of current courses that
will meet old General Education requirements can be found
in the registration material
each semester.
Also available from advisors
is a list of courses that will no
longer be offered, with a list of
substitute courses for students
needing those courses to fulfill
an old concentration requirement. This is not to be considered mixing requirements of
curriculum see p. 6
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■ The Eugene Johnson Gallery
of Arl is hosting the Senior Art
Exhibition from April 21-May
2. The works of seven senior
art majors will be featured.
The opening reception will be
April 21 from 7-9 p.m.
■ The Art Center of Minnesota in Wayzata is exhibiting
the work of Bethel art students.
The Center East Gallery will
house the works through May
1. The gallery is open Monday
to Friday 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.,
Monday through Thursday 7-
10 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m.-3
p.m.
■ Harpist Anne Ransom and
flutist Mary Wilson will collaborate in an evening of duets
on April 18 at 8 p.m. in the
Seminary Chapel. The recital
will feature the "Sonala for
Flute and Harp" by Damase
and other French master-
works. Admission is $4.
■ The new Latin American
Studies Program of the Christian College Coalition gives
students a four month experience in living, serving,
learning and observing. It is a
unique work-study program
centered in San Jose, Costa
Rica.
Credit is awarded for the
term. To be considered for the
program, one must be a junior
or senior full-time student,
have a 2.75 or highter GPA,
have one-year equivalency of
college-level Spanish, and be
approved as a good representative of Belhel. If qualified, see
Doug Briggs, Assistant to the
Dean, for an application.
■ To introduce Bethel College
students lo evangelism and to
build b' tter relations with local churches, Outreach Ministries has organized Evangelism Day.
On Saturday, April 26 students will converge for a rally
on campus at 11"15 a.m. for
prayer and a pep rally. From
there they will divide up and
head out to six local churches
where they will participate in
evangelism-oriented outreach
activities. According to Director of Outreach Kathy Pierce,
each church will plan a different type of outreach activity,
from door-to-door evangelism
to church recruitment.
briefs see p. 6