Clarion 2003-04-09 Vol. 78 No. 12

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Wednesday, April 9, 2003
NEWSPAPER OF BETHEL COLLEGE      Volume 78   Number12
Forensics ends season
with strong standings
By Rachel Head
StaffWriter
The forensics team ended their
season with exciting results at the
National Christian College Forensics
Invitational at Point Loma in San
Diego. Mar. 14-16. The team placed
fifth out of the 22 colleges that participated in the tournament.
Of the 25 students on the debate
team. 13 participated in this tournament. The team's advisor. Dr.
Michael Dreher, said they were able
to "compete against schools from all
across the country." A total of three
hundred people competed in the
tournament throughout the weekend.
The members of the team competed in a variety of events and succeeded in helping the team's overall
score, "Every one of our people
scored points towards our team's
performance," said Dreher. Edie
Broadbent, Faith Kroeker, Kelli
Meyer, Lisa Stauter, Lacy Larson,
Pamela Kranz, and Jason Jenkins all
placed in some of their individual
events. Janell Draper and Bethany
Piety made it to octafinals in one
event, and Katrisa Bohne made it to
semifinals in another event.
Another highlight of the event was
that Dreher was named the outstand
ing coach of the year at this tournament. (See box below)
Another recent tournament was the
21st Novice Nationals held at
Cameron University from Feb. 28-
Mar. 2. in which Bethel's team
placed 4th overall out of 40 schools
competing from all around the country. This tournament was only for
first-year team members. Edie
Broadbent placed 2nd and 8th in two
separate events as well as made it to
the semifinals for three events. Faith
Kroeker and Bethany Piety also
made it to the semifinals in an event.
These tournaments involved several long days, from about 9:00 a.m.
to 7:30 p.m. "Students were pretty
much competing most of the day,"
said Dreher. The students would give
their speeches, then judges would
determine who would progress to
semifinals and finals in each event.
There are usually around 12 types of
events at a tournament, and team
members usually compete in more
than one event.
Junior Lacy Larson says it gives
her experience. "It develops your
communication skills." She added,
"It's actually one of my favorite parts
about being at Bethel."
Dreher agrees. He says, "It's a
wonderful chance to improve people's public speaking, to really be
comfortable in front of an audience,"
Michael Dreher, associate professor of communication, was recently
honored with the Travis G. Jones
Memorial Outstanding Coach
Award at the National Christian
College Forensics Invitational,
which was held at Pojnt Loma
Nazarene University. The award was
presented to Dreher "for his dedication, influence, support, and commitment to Christ-centered leadership in forensics education."
'Girls at work' in support of a cure - story on page 2
Students gathering in the RC gym after the Cancer Walk last Friday
International Studies expands
By Kristen Eickstadt
Contributing Writer
Beginning this fall, three new study
abroad programs will be available to students. The sites will be in Spain, Australia
and Thailand.
Each of the terms was created with specific student groups in mind. The Spain term
is geared towards Spanish majors, the
Australia term is more for music, art and theater students, and the Thailand term is fitted
towards sophomores, and, don't worry, all
classes are in English.
Students studying abroad with these programs will be attending schools in the
respective country, but trips have been
planned to allow those students to see and
experience the area outside of the schools.
In Spain there are two trips planned. One
is spending five days in southern Spain:
another is two days in Madrid. Australia has
three trips offered. A two-day trip seeing
limestone caves, the world's steepest railway
and more. Another trip will be to the
Glcdwood Homestead, giving studenis the
chance to feed kangaroos and shear sheep.
The last trip is to Canberra, Australia's capi
tal, to see the national museum, the parliament house, the Australian war memorial
and other historic sites. The Thailand term
begins with a three-day hike to a tribe village
as a part of orientation, and then has two
mid-term breaks that allow independent
travel.
The Spain term will be in Segovia, which
is an hour away from Madrid. The Australia
program will be held at the Wesley Institute
in a suburb of Sydney. Payap University, in
Chiang Mai. is where the Thailand term will
be.
In Spain and Australia, students will be
housed with families in the area. In
Thailand, students will live in dorms in individual rooms, but have the option of staying
in a home for two to three weeks when they
are two-thirds through the semester.
Unlike most of Bethel's study abroad
programs, there will not be a professors
going: instead, Bethel is partnering with
schools or existing programs in these areas.
All programs cost the same as a semester at
Bethel (tuition, room and board) and include
airfare and the various excursions.
For any interested students, the application deadline has been extended to April 15,
and more information can be found at
http://www.bethel.edu/Academics/Intcrnatio
nal/Semester/index.html