Clarion 1998-05-13 Vol. 73 No. 14

              Arts&Entertainment: page 11
Issues:
pages 8,9
Variety:
page 6
Julliard Bound:
Bassoonist
Sandy Johnson
Catholicism:
Do Catholicism and
Protestantism clash at Bethel?
Transfer students speak:
Students share why they are
leaving Bethel.
Wednesday, May 13,1998
NEWSPAPER OF BETHEL COLLEGE
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Copy center vandalized
By Jamieson Clair
Co-Editor-in-Chief
Clarion/ Photo by Matt Lang
Bethel's Copy Center was broken into sometime between
6 p.m. Friday, May 1, and 2 p.m. Sunday, May 3. Nothing
was stolen and no suspects have been named. A student
worker noticed the damage Sunday afternoon and Copy
Center Clerk Barbara Barnes found the test drawer open
early Monday morning. Minimal damage was done to the
door lock and the drawer which is designated for tests to
be copied. Whether the burglar was looking for tests or
money could not be determined. According to Copy Center Manager Debbie Buchanan, the one test that was in
the drawer was not taken, and was rewritten. No money
was in the center prior to the break-in.
Faculty stands behind Boyd
By Joanne Nystrom
Co-Editor-in-Chief
The Bethel College faculty
unanimously passed a resolution in support of theology
Professor Greg Boyd at the
May 5 faculty meeting.
Boyd's view on God's
knowledge of the future has
been criticized by Dr. John
Piper, pastor at Bethlehem
Baptist Church in Minneapolis.
Boyd presented his "openness" view to the faculty at the
April 29 faculty meeting. After discussion, Faculty Moderator G.W. Carlson proposed
a resolution in support of
Boyd, and he coordinated
writing the resolution.
The following is the resolution in its entirety:
To:   Bethel Board of Trustees
President Brushaber
Provost Jay Barnes
Whereas the Bethel faculty has
a strong commitment to the
value of academic freedom
and responsibility in a Christian Liberal Arts college; and
Whereas the Baptist General
Conference has accommodated both Arminian and Cal-
vinist traditions within its history and has a long tradition
of valuing religious liberty and
toleration; and
Whereas President Brushaber
and Provost Barnes have inter-
Boyd
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Computer Services monitoring
printing and blocking web in fall
Record numbers study abroad
By Kara Miller
Staff Writer
Next fall 45 students are
expected to be studying off-
campus, a tremendous increase from 17 last fall (not including 26 on England Term)
and 35 this spring.
International Studies Assistant Rebecca Ritland said
that the number of students
studying abroad has exploded
due to word-of-mouth advertisement.
"People come back and talk
about their experiences. That
is the best form of advertisement," said Ritland.
The students will be studying abroad in places like
Study abroad
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By Amy Herman
News Editor
Fall semester will usher in
more than a new schedule,
new teachers and a new housing arrangement for Bethel
students. Academic Computing has a few changes of its
own in mind: the creation of
student accounts and the
implementation of a new web
filtering program.
Student accounts mean no
more floppy disks bouncing
around in student backpacks.
They also mean printer
monitoring. Each student will
be allowed to print 200 pages
free. Each additional page will
cost five cents.
"This is to control excess
web page printing," said
Douglas Nguyen, Director of
User  Services,  Academic
Computing Services.
According to Nguyen, in the
past three years, the Bethel
community has gone from
printing 25,000 pages per year
to printing 75,000 pages per
year. Most of this increase was
due to web site printing.
The implementation of a
web filtering program will also
happen fall semester to prevent
members of the Bethel community from viewing pornographic and gambling sites.
This year, the Academic
Computing Services Advisory
Committee (ACSAC) has
tested two filtering programs,
SurfWatch and WebSense, on a
trial basis.
SurfWatch was deemed inappropriate for Bethel's needs
because it blocked some
searches using keywords instead of "looking" at the con
tent of the web site.
WebSense has proven to be
much more sophisticated.
"The search is not impacted," said Bill Doyle, member of ACSAC, "but if the
search uncovers a site that is a
blocked site, and you try to access that site, you will be
blocked because at that point
you are trying to access an [inappropriate] web page."
WebSense does not look
only at the front page of the
web site, but rather at all pages
involved with that web site.
"[WebSense] only blocks
the pages [at a web site] that
are inappropriate according to
the predefined criteria," said
Doyle.
WebSense's trial period has
just been concluded.
Students unhappy with Bethel's off-campus housing option
Residents complain about maintenance at Fountain Terrace, but enjoy benefits
By Lisa J. Foote
Guest Writer
Fountain Terrace, Bethel's
only off-campus housing option, has been the cause of
complaints this year from students who say it does not meet
their standards or expectations.
Tenants voiced their concerns about the fact that each
occupant pays approximately
$300 a month, but still lives
with leaky ceilings or floors,
moldy carpeting and tile, dirty
water, broken locks and insects.
According to Resident Director   Michele    Fennick-
Pinkham, these complaints
have been dealt with.
"[Students] need to know
that if they call maintenance
and register a complaint,
[maintenance] will do their
best to make changes and fix
the problem."
Fennick-Pinkham said that
Fountain has a contract with
Ecolab to spray or set up traps
if a pest problem exists.
Junior Beth Eiserloh does
not believe her complaint was
given the necessary attention.
Eiserloh said she complained
about an ant problem and was
forced to solve it herself by
purchasing ant traps.
Senior Heather Ehresman
had better luck with Bethel
maintenance, even though it
took some time before the desired changes took place.
Ehresman "had a terrible
kitchen floor" first semester.
"It took a while to fix it," she
Fountain Terrace
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