Clarion 1993-04-16 Vol. 68 No. 11

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Assault Is Out of Bethel Securities' Hands
by Anne Bottazzi
News Editor
On Monday evening, March 29, a
female resident at Fountain Terrace was
assaulted in the South parking lot of the
housing complex. New Brighton police
reported that the girl was initially
grabbed by the arm, but she pulled
away and remained unharmed with no
further attack from the man. Bethel
Director of Security and Safety, Tim
Knutsen, assumes the attacker is from
off-campus, and that this is an isolated
event at Fountain Terrace. Knutsen
stated that nothing like this attack has
happened at Bethel in the last four years.
There has been misleading information concerning this attack, with
rumors being spread about the man's
whereabouts and his exact description.
Knutsen views the attacker's description
as "generic-looking." His overall appearance, especially height and weight
has been misquoted in most announcements sent to the community.
The New Brighten Police Department is still investigating the event.
The police department, not Bethel,
handles cases like this since the attacker
is assumed to be a non-Bethel student.
Although Knutsen has called the department twice with additional information from students, he has reported
that the phone calls have not been returned from the station.
After the assault occurred, Bethel
Security increased the patrol route to
Fountain Terrace and held a seminar
focusing on safety guidelines. Knutsen
has also put together an assault prevention booklet which will probably
come out next year and focuses on a
comprehensive list of safety tips and
the typical mindset of an attacker. The
following is a short list of a few of the
safety guidelines:
Tips To Increase Safety
In Your Car In Your Dorm
1.) Park In a Well Lighted Area
At Night.
2.) Walk To Your Vehicle With
Keys Ready
3.) Check The Back Seat Before
Entering
4.) While Driving, Keep The
Doors Locked So That No-One
Can Jump In At A Red Light
5.) If You Are Followed By
Another Car, Drive To A Police
Station, Or A Business With
Lights And Get Help.
I.) If You Are Going Out, Tell
Someone When You Will Return.
2.) Don't walk Alone At Night;
Take A Friend.
3.) Never Prop Open Dorm Doors.
This Leaves The Entrance Open
To Anyone Walking By.
4.) Never Leave Valuables Visible
From The Door Or Window
5.) Never Carry Large Sums Of
Money.
Asian Culture Celebrated At Bethel
by Chris Nepple
Contributing Writer
There are over 50 Asian-American
students at Bethel, representing as
many as seven different countries. Yet,
how many of us really know anything
about these cultures, outside of taking
an Asian Civilization course? The
week of April 12-17 marks the first
time that Bethel will celebrate an
Asian-American Emphasis Week.
Asian Christian Fellowship President,
Christopher Heng, believes that the
emphasis will give Bethel a "good
opportunity to get to know the different
Asian cultures that are represented
here at Bethel."
The idea for Asian-American Emphasis Week came from both the Asian
Christian Fellowship group and Multi-
Cultural Student AdvisorCarol Chang.
Chang said that there were two purposes: 'To promote cultural diversity
and to help the Bethel community
come to an understanding of the Asian
culture as a whole." Developing that
idea further, Chang stated that "only
through that understanding can we
really appreciate other cultures." She
further states that we need to appreciate
the students not only for being unique,
but for what they can offer us as well.
Chang hopes that all of the Bethel
community will recognize that "although we may come from different
countries, speak different languages,
and have different colored skin, we
are still one because we are all Christians and we make up one body. The
differences between us shouldn 't cause
divisions, but rather celebration."
The week will include three special
chapels and will conclude with an
Asian concert over at the Bethel
Seminary Chapel on Saturday, April
17. It all begins on Monday, April 12,
with Pastor Sunny Kang speaking in
chapel. Kang is the pastor of the
Korean Presbyterian Church of the
Twin Cities—and, in fact, is a graduate
of Bethel's Seminary. Wednesday,
April 14, will feature the internation
ally acclaimed evangelist Dr. Ajith-
Fernando. Fernando is the National
Director of Youth for Christ in Sri
Lanka. Dr. John Piper, Pastor of
Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, has said of Fernando that "there
is no third world spokesman for God I
would rather hear. I have never met a
better combination of faithful expression, radical application, and authentic demonstration." On Thursday,
April 15, The Reverend Chao Thao,
from the 500 member St. Paul Hmong
Alliance Church, will round out the
week.
The Asian concert will be held in
the Bethel Seminary Chapel. Performers will include the Asian Christian Fellowship of Bethel, the Twin
Cities Chinese Christian Church, and
members of the Chinese, Hmong and
Cambodian communities. Chang is
expecting a "very good concert" and
encourages all to come.
Asian-American Emphasis Week
was able to receive some support from
the McKnight Achieving Cultural
Diversity Grant which was given to
Bethel in the Spring of 1991. Money
requested from the grant supports the
goal for Asian-American Emphasis
Week to contribute to "the building of
a pervasive institutional culture which
embraces cultural and racial diversity
leading to an enhancement of community life through faculty/staff
awareness and student development
programs."
Asian-American Emphasis Week
may only be in it's first year, but it's
something Chang and the rest of the
Multicultural Department hope can
become an annual event. That can
only happen through students support.
With the successes of African-
American Emphasis Week, Reflections, and other cultural events that
have happened earlier this year, everyone concerned seems optimistic
about the future and believes that this
is just the beginning of a long tradition.
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