Clarion 2000-05-17 Vol. 75 No. 14

              Wednesday, May 17,2000
The Newspaper of Bethel College
Volume 75 •Number 14
Come to the
Great Bethel
Garage Sale!
Wednesday, May 24
through Friday, May 26
7 a.m. to 7 p.m. in the
Student Recreation Center
Donations will be accepted
until Tuesday, May 23. Items
may be dropped off at specified locations outside Student Life, Campus Ministries
and in the residence halls.
All proceeds will be divided
evenly between summer missions and discipleship development.
Summer missions trips include: Phiflipines. Thailand.
Ukraine, Nicaragua and Ecuador. The discipleship ministries work toward better
equipping students in their
walk of faith.
All unsold items will go
directly to Goodwill.
Sale dates:
Wednesday. May 24:
Entrance fee $1 per adult.
Thursday, May 25: No
entrance fee.
Friday, May 26: Everything
is half price.
Call (651) 638-6372 for
more information.
Celebrating 75 years
of the CLARION
During the 1999-2000
academic year, we have celebrated our 75th anniversary
as the newspaper of Bethel
College. For this reason, we
reprinted articles from years
past in a few of the issues we
produced this year.
As a conclusion to the
75th year of the CLARION,
we would like to share with
our readers a few of the more
memorable, and some of the
more humorous, moments
that have been recorded in
the CLARION.
Spread on pages 8 and 9.
Committee recognizes faculty excellence
By Carin Larson
News Editor
On May 3, the Professional
Development Committee announced the 2000 Faculty Excellence Awards for scholarship,
teaching and service. This year's
recipients were Dr. Bill Johnson,
Dr. Bob Kistler and Dr. John
Herzog.
According to Dr. Barrett
Fisher, chair of the Professional
Development Committee, the selection of award recipients is a
colleague-driven process. Faculty
members nominate their fellow
teachers, and the committee collects nominations in the fall. The
nominee must have taught at Bethel for at least five years to be
eligible. The awards have been
presented since 1987, and so far
there have been no repeat winners.
Johnson, professor of political science, was presented the
Faculty Excellence Award for
Scholarship. He has published
five books and more lhan a dozen
articles in such fields as urban
planning and politics.
"We were particularly impressed that two of his books have
been published as second editions
and used as standard textbooks,"
said Fisher.
Receiving the Faculty Excellence Award for Teaching,
Kistler was commended for his
ability to challenge students.
"He was particularly noteworthy because he was nominated
by a colleague. It was quite clear
he had a positive effect on his colleagues as well as his students."
said Fisher. The committee was
also impressed wilh Kistler's use
of technology in the classroom.
Herzog received the third
Faculty Excellence Award for his
service at Bethel. As chair of the
biblical and theological studies
Talk to the hand, Burdick!
Sophomore Jaron
Burdick carries on
a dialog with an
imaginary hand
puppet during his
piece for the
monologue
competition.
Burdick was last
year's winner and
took second place
this year. For more
information on the
competition, see
the article on page
II.
Clarion/Photo
by Jenie Madvig
English department honors students
By Carin Larson
News Editor
Senior Jen Stewart received
the Christian M. Weinlz Award
May 4 for her academic efforts in
the English department. Presented
annually, the award honors an
outstanding student or students.
"The Weintz award winner
exemplifies all of the qualities we
look for in our students and perhaps has them in a special measure," said Dr. Barrett Fisher,
chair of the English department.
The award is made in honor
of Professor Weintz who taught
English at Bethel until 1982. Although there is no specified criteria for the award, the department
considers Weintz's own interest in
theology as an ordained minister
as well as his literary interest
when considering students.
Stewart was chosen by a
consensus of the English department faculty. She has served as a
teaching assistant in the department and worked for the
CLARION for more than two
years.
She intends to leach English in Hungary after graduation.
The Weintz award includes
a monetary gift and a piece of literature from the department.
In addition to the Weintz
award, the English department
also announced the winners of
two journalism awards. Junior
Kevin Hendricks received the
John A. and Ethel M. Lee Journalism Scholarship and junior
Krista Haskins received the Emil
Aspaas Journalism Award. The
department chose these recipients
based on a review of applicants.
Hendricks' accomplishments include taking every available journalism course offered
and completing two writing internships. He also has been involved with WBCS and the Table
Tent.
Haskins was recognized in
part because of her efforts in her
individualized major, media writing. "I've never seen a student
design a major as well and as
thoughtfully as she did," said
Fisher.
department for over 20 years,
Herzog worked to facilitate the
work of his colleagues and improve the youth ministries major.
"It is really John who has
made the Bible department one of
the most vigorous and open contributors lo the general education
curriculum," Fisher said.
Beti del College & Seminary
COMMUNITY
ANNOIJNCEMENT
May 12, 2000
This is an important reminder thai al Bethel College and
Seminary, we have agreed and are
committed to be whole and holy
people, dedicated to God with
purity of thought and action, and
characterized by the demonstration for mutual respect. The recent action in which the rock in
Kresge courtyard was painted
wilh derogatory graffiti regarding
homosexuality is clearly contrary
to our community commitments
and violates God's call that we act
with right motives and wilh love
toward one another. We believe
that life is sacred, and people have
worth because they are created in
God's image. We view this kind
of act as sinful and reflective of
some of the most harmful aspects
of our culture. All individuals who
are a pari of this community have
agreed that our lives at Bethel
should be marked by mutual encouragement, sensitivity and consideration for others. This is particularly important in dealing with
differences. We also recognize
that we have an obligation lo hold
each other accountable to these
biblical standards and to the commitments we have made. God has
done a great work in the lives of
our students this year, and it is our
expectation and our prayer that
the remaining days we all have
together this year will be characterized by His love.
George K. Brushaber
President
Judy Moseman
Vice President for Student Life
Jay Barnes
Executive Vice President and
College Provost