Clarion 1995-11-10 Vol. 71 No. 05

              The official student publication of Bethel College
Friday/November 10 / 1995    Volume 71, Number 5
Inside. . .
Variety
Dutton's Crew
A behind-the-scenes look
at the people who heal and
support Bethel athletes.
Ice, Ice, Baby
Chilling Gadkin facts and
history of this retroSaddie
Hawkins tradition.
Arts
Powder Keg?
Finally.. .sparks fly in the
film review.
Sports
Winter Sports Preview-
How will Bethel's winter
sports fare under the
heat of MIAC
competition?
Opinions
Is the Masterplan
doom for destruction?
Hamernick explores
the potential
downfalls.
Next Issue
Nov. 22
Changes in statement
affect students1 lifestyle
By RENAE ORVIS
News Editor
If you've heard that the
lifestyle statement has undergone changes, you're right. If
you've heard about huge
changes in it, you're wrong. The
lifestyle statement has been revised, but in the words of
George Brushaber, this is more
of a "restatement of the vision,
not a revision of the statement."
It all started in the fall of
1991 when Stuart Brisco
preached a three part chapel series on holiness. His series
prompted discussions on the
idea of a possible reworking of
the lifestyle statement.
In 1992 more structure came
to this idea and in 1993 the
president named former Provost, Dave Brandt, President of
Student Life, Judy Moseman
and Campus Pastor, Keith
Anderson the official committee to rewrite the existing statement in a more positive and
contemporary format. At this
time, the committee has finished their work and placed
their final draft before the Board
of Regents for approval at their
meeting in Jan.
What this means to the average student is that the new
lifestyle statement will be
shorter, clearer, more contemporary, more accessible and
more meaningful.
But what about dancing?
Well, this issue was "given quite
a bit of consideration,"
Moseman said. Right now, "although the wording on dance
was changed in the document,
implementation of on-campus
dancing (is) tabled pending further discussion at the Regents
level" according to Jay
SEE CHANGES PAGE 2
Weldon Jones receives prestigious award
By ROBIN HOUSER
Variety Editor
Since Bethel was recently
rated third in the nation among
liberal arts colleges for excellence in teaching, it comes as
no surprise to find that Bethel's
own biology Professor Dr.
Weldon Jones received the prestigious award: Minnesota Professor of the Year.
Jones, currently on sabbatical at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, was quite surprised to find
out he had won the award. "Of
course I was surprised," he said.
"But to me, the huge thing is
what it said about Bethel. When
you're at a college that doesn't
have the reputation of a
Carleton or Macalester, you always wonder how you rate with
other people or other colleges.
To me, it's nice that other colleges are now aware of the
Bethel Biology Department."
The Minnesota Professorof
the Year award is given out annually by the Carnegie Foundation. That committee gets one
nomination from every college
in the country and then selects
a winner for each state. Jones's
name was submitted last year by
Dave Brandt, Bethel's previous
Provost. "After Dave talked to
me about it and submitted my
name, I had to write an essay
on my education philosophy,"
he said. Along with the essay,
Jones had to turn in a resume
and a collection of letters of
support from former and
present students, faculty and administration.-
Bethel has been lucky to
have Jones as a central part of
their Biology Department since
the fall of 1982. He came to the
Midwest after being raised in
Maine and attending school on
the East Coast. Attending
Harvard for his undergraduate
and graduate work, Jones then
went to Stanford Medical
School for two years to finish
his post doctoral fellowship.
During this post-doc he studied
fruit flies, which he has continued to study over the years.
"People think it's strange to
study fruit flies at medical
school, but it's really just a part
of studying and understanding
how genes work."
After spending years researching while in school, Jones
decided that the research life
wasn't for him. "I realized that
I didn't want to spend the rest
of my life stressed out about trying to make sure I had all the
research tools and getting
grants, and all that. And I'd always enjoyed teaching, so I
started looking for jobs at colleges."
Though Jones never attended a Christian school, the
thought of teaching at one always intrigued him. He ended
up applying at Bethel because
it was practically the only
Christian college that had a full-
time position open at the time.
His parents had attended Christian schools, but Jones himself
had always been under the impression that the education was
not as good at Christian schools
than at secular colleges. He has
since changed his mind. "I was
foolish at the time," he said, "in
SEE JONES PAGE 6
Ashcroft launches her newest book
By LEANNE KRANZ
Writing Intern
English professor Mary
Ellen Ashcroft will hold autograph sessions Saturday, Nov.
11 and Sunday, Nov. 12 for her
book. The Magdalene Gospel.
The signing will take place at
Barnes & Noble at Har-Mar
Mall in Roseville at 1 p.m. Saturday and at Barnes & Noble at
the Galleria in Edina at 1:30
p.m: Sunday.
The Magdalene Gospel began with Ashcroft's own Bible
study. She had started reading
the gospels from the poinl of
view of the women involved in
Jesus' life and was interested in
exploring the life and teachings
of Jesus from a female perspective. The end result of this study,
her new book, has been reviewed in Publisher's Weekly.
This pleases Ashcroft, since
only a small amount of books
receive recognition in
Publisher's Weekly,
If readers would like an
autographed copy of The
Magdalene Gospel, but are not
able to attend eilher of the signing, they can obtain a copy by
calling one of the two Barnes
& Noble locations before the
weekend of Nov. 11 th and 12th.
The Magdalene Gospel is also
available in Bethel's campus
store.
Mary Ellen Ashcroft
Forum shares
magic of the
silver screen
By AMY WIKEN
Writing Intern
A film is a ribbon of
dreams," Orson Wells once
said. ". . .Messages reach us
from another world that is not
ours and that brings us to the
heart of a great secret. Here
magic begins."
"The Magic of Stories" is the
theme for this year's Film Forum. Through the support for'
several departments and the
Provost office, the Film Forum
is able to show six films
throughout this school year,
chosen for their unique power
both to tell and show stories.
The Film Forum was started
16 years ago by Dr. Don
Postama, professor of philosophy. Postama saw a need for
critical analysis of film by students, something that wasn't
being encouraged at Bethel. He
said that students are taught to
analyze and study literature and"
books for meaning. But Bethel
was neglecting the visual medium of video and film, a medium students were very familiar with.
Postama stated two goals for
the Film Forum. First, the films
will bring the broader world to
campus, allowing students to
observe different cultures, times
and experiences outside of their
usual realm. Secondly, the films
will express different ideas that
students may not be familiar
wilh. Fiim has its own power
which can "magically transplant us into its (the film's)
world," Postama said. These
two criteria help students to see
something new and maybe
something new about themselves.
The showings are set in a
discussion-oriented context.
Before the film is shown, a one-
page handout is provided and a
brief introduction is given. The
introduction touches on basic
themes or ideas to look for
within the film. Following the
showing, a discussion is held
for those who are interested.
The discussion is lead by
Postama, Thomas Becknell or
others who have special knowledge or interest in the topic of
the film. For the October showing of Like Water For Chocolate, Trish Beckford, Professor
of Spanish and Luis DeJesus
helped lead the discussion due
to their experience with the
Spanish culture.
This is the first year the Forum is being held in the Benson
Great Hall. In years past, the
films were shown in FA 313 on
16mm film. But changes were
made because the film
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