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'■—W''"&WK'<MW*Uk*^itX*V-*.',PJ9M—R '< I Runbcck—pg. 2 • Royal Cup events—pg. 8 Friday, October 20, 2000 Homecoming—pg. 10 ■ - IKii ! Si %^f *L> > All the hype-pg. 14 The Newspaper of Bethel College Homecoming football-pg.16 ' Soccer-pg. 18 Volume 76 • Number 3 RION Bethel maintains high ranking By Bill Lent Contributing writer In their annual college rankings, U.S. News and World Report ranked Bethel ninth among Midwest liberal aits colleges. Though the finish represents a drop of one place from last year's rankings, Assistant Director of Admissions Jay Fedje remains positive towards the ultimate significance of the ranking's outcome. "We are excited to maintain that level of competition throughout the past few years," Fedje said. "However, we want prospective students not to look at just the rankings, but to look at Bethel for its worth on his or her own." U.S. News and World Report has ranked schools for the past 10 years, recognizing Belhel for the last six. Every year, the magazine reviews all colleges and universities and classifies them within categories, such as academic reputation, student retention, faculty resources, student selectivity, financial resources, alumni giving and "graduation rate performance" to give prospective students a guide to begin their college search. The magazine takes three steps in ranking schools. First, the colleges and universities are categorized according to mission and region. After each school is analyzed according to the aforementioned criteria, each factor is assigned a weight that reflects a numerical score. Finally, the scores are assigned to each school for their ranking. For more information on how the rankings arc configured, visit the U.S. News and World Report Web site at www.usnews.com/usnews/ edu/college/corank. htm. World Challenge offers hope for children By Kassidy D. Hagen Staff writer This year. World Challenge focuses on the children of the world and the hardships (hey face. World Challenge has shifted direction the last few years under the leadership of Associate Campus Pastor Darin Mather. Initially, they were focused only on general missions awareness, but the positive response for hurricane victims in the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua during the 1998-1999 school year prompted a decision to have more specific direction each year. For that reason, last year's focus was on the needs of Ihe Sudan, for which 24 thousand dollars was raised. This year (he concern is separated into four main areas that will be addressed throughout the year: vulnerability to violence, vulnerability to .illness, vulnerability to exploitation and vulnerability to neglect. The first half of this semester will deal with the vulnerability of children to violence. A look at'statisiics reveals the impact of violence. Over 90 percent of war casualties are civilians, most of which arc women and children. More than 300,000 children under 18 years of age arc fighting in armed conflicts. According to Save the Children, 10 million children have been traumatized by war in the last ten years. It is sometimes overwhelming "to see how many issues there are," junior Emelia Wolfgram said, "yet God is providing through the programs out there." Senior Bethany Hanson said lhat children's issues are "a salient topic, a poignant topic. It touches home closer to people here because everyone has a younger brother or sister, or cousins." It is something lhai students can connect to because "there is so much here that they can do," said Hanson. Afler three years of involvement, Sara Hoffman said lhat it has been "really cool to sec how God is challenging Bethel." She also said lhat World Challenge continued on page 3 The Royal Mascots provide school spirit and memorabilia at the Homecoming football game. Worldview forum presents homosexuality By Jason Alexander Kroeker Staff writer At the Worldview forum on homosexuality Sept. 25, two men shared their stories with students in the second floor lounge of Heritage Hall. About 120 sludents attended the event, which was an attempt to foster a bridge between Bethel students and individuals from the gay community. "Sludents that were there had a great response," said Christine Osgood, resident director of Heritage Hall. "I was deeply moved by how gracious they were." The evening was not a debate or discussion. Its purpose was to provide insight into two men's lives and hear what people outside of Bethel have to say about ihis issue and how they arc affected by it. According to senior Malia Hoffman, resident assistant, there were some misconceptions aboul the event. One was that Belhel or the residence life staff of Heritage Hall was endorsing homosexuality. The evening did not deal with doctrinal issues, instead it was structured for Bethel to reach out in love toward others and gain a better understanding of a different group. Marc Blakcsly and Naic Oyloe were the two men who presented their life siories to sludents. Blakesly is involved with the United Church of Christ Coalition for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgcnder Concerns. He visits churches to raise awareness of the difficulties homosexuals face and to foster understanding and love between people. Hoffman learned of his ministry through the Coalition's Web site. Oyloe is a senior at Northwestern College and works wilh Outpost, a ministry in Minneapolis lhat helps people who desire to leave the homosexual lifestyle. He has spoken to a youth ministry class at Bethel previously. "It allowed me to see another perspective," junior Matt Palmer said. "Everyone was very respectful to the guys who shared " Blakesly and Oyloe's presentations were followed by a question and answer session. Students wrote questions on sheets of paper, which were then filtered through Osgood and Hoffman to avoid disparaging or malicious comments toward the iwo men. "We should love everyone, just as Christ loved everyone," Osgood said. Hoffman was pleased with the empaihy expressed toward the two men and that there were no comments made during the session. She said that since ihe forum Blakesly had a much higher appreciation of Bethel. "All ihe derogatory remarks I heard were from students who didn't attend the event," Hoffman said. Osgood and the Heritage residence life continued on page 3
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Title | Page 1 |
Alternative Title | The Bethel Clarion |
Edition (Vol. No.) | Vol. 76 No. 03 |
Date Published | October 20 2000 |
Decade | 2000 |
Academic Year | 2000 - 2001 |
Frequency | Biweekly |
Notes | This project has been financed in part with funds provided by the State of Minnesota through the Minnesota Historical Society from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. |
Digital Collection | The Clarion: Bethel University's Student Newspaper |
Digital Publisher | Bethel University |
Editor | Bowen, Jennielee |
Contributors | Fast, Jonathan (News Editor); Mueller, Laura (Views Editor); Welch, Talia (Variety Editor); Aue, Sarah (A&E Editor); Grono, Sarah (Sports Editor); Madvig, Jenie (Photo Editor); Kruck, Joshua (Layout Editor); Ochs, Jon (Business and Advertising Manager); Martin, Barb (Administrative Advisor); Horstman, Joey (Academic Advisor) |
Location |
United States Minnesota Saint Paul |
Time Span of Publication | Newspaper published from 1921 through present day |
Copyright | Reproduction or distribution of these files is permitted for educational and research purposes with proper attribution to the Bethel Digital Library. No commercial reproduction or distribution of these files is permitted under copyright law without the written permission of Bethel University Digital Library. For questions or further information on this collection, contact digital-library@bethel.edu. |
Type | text |
Format | image/jpeg |
Physical Dimensions | 11.5 x 16 |
Original Collection | Printed paper copies of original newspaper in the collections of the Bethel University Library and the History Center: Archives of the Baptist General Conference and Bethel University. |
Original Publisher | Bethel College |
Transcript |
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Language | English |
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