Clarion 2005-11-17 Vol. 81 No. 11

              THE   BETHEL   UNIVERSITY
Thursday, November 17, 2005
Volume 81 • Number 11
Ryback and Coleman
elected to lead the
Twin Cities
By David M. Miller
Voters of Minnesota's two
largest urban centers, Minneapolis and St. Paul, went to the
polls last Tuesday and strongly
voted to re-elect Minneapolis
Mayor R.T. Ryback over Hennepin County Commissioner Peter McLaughlin and elect Chris
Coleman in St. Paul over the
incumbent Randy Kelly.
The final results from Tuesday's elections showed Ryback
received 61 percent of the vote
and Coleman earned 69 percent
of the vote.
The polls leading up to
both races were rather accurate in their predictions, which
showed both winners leading in
their respective cities by over 60
percent. But while the outcome
of the elections may have been
accurately predicted, the why
behind the outcome is not quite
as clear-cut.
In Minneapolis, DFLer Ryback was challenged by someone
whom many analysts thought
had a strong chance of winning.
In a city where the DFL party
has traditionally dominated the
political landscape for decades,
a war wages between old and
new factions.
McLaughlin, the defeated
challenger, is a long time member of the DFL "old guard" and
has a distinguished, liberal background. Additionally, McLaughlin carried a powerful endorsement with the support of most
labor unions in Minneapolis.
But instead, voters chose
the younger Ryback once again.
Why? Arvonne Fraser, wife of
former Minneapolis Mayor Don
Fraser and a progressive activist, says the reason is "Charm...
We've seen a lot of charming
young men elected recently.
Tim Pawlenty, Norm Coleman,
Ryback. They're not bad people,
but only charming."
Fraser highlights lhat
McLaughlin is perceived as the
old, stuffy liberal and many
younger voters simply are not
interested in that, even if the
party elite is backing him.
While the situation in Minneapolis may seems perplexing
and is leaving people searching
for explanations, the St. Paul
race could be leaving some with
a sense of justice being served in
the ousting of Kelly.
Kelly, who endorsed George
W Bush in the 2004 presidential elections, essentially committed political suicide in a liberal town where the president is
not highly favored, according to
polls.
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Called to serve, sent to Bethel
Dean of Campus Ministries candidate visited campus
By Pamela Feltmann
Dr. Jim Lo is full of numbers, such as one doctorate, two
master's degrees, six languages,
three marathons, 13 years in Africa, nine years of teaching at a
university, around 14shori-term
mission trips wilh students, seven teaching awards, and one big
heart for the Lord.
Lo, the candidate for the
next dean of Campus Ministries,
took time to talk with both faculty and students during his visit to campus on Friday, Nov. 11.
During that time, he told about
his background, his vision for
Bethel, and how God called him
to serve on this campus.
Despite all of his accomplishments, Lo admitted to feeling "inadequate" and "scared"
for the position. However, that
will not hold him back, because
he knows that it is a call from
God.
In fact, the day before receiving the phone call from Jay
Barnes, offering him the position, Lo was listening to a sermon about the text in 2 Kings 2
where Elijah says to Elisha, "...
the Lord has sent me to Bethel." That is one reason why Lo
said, "I feel that it is a call from
God."
"Dr. Lo is known for his
energetic preaching and is a favorite speaker in chapel, local
churches, summer camps and
conferences," said Barnes in a
community announcement.
Lo's vision for the students
at Bethel is partly to help them
grow in their personal relationship with Christ. "I would love
to see a stronger prayer community (on ihis campus)," said Lo.
He also said he wants "to help
the community here to have a
love for reading God's word.
Lo and his wife Roxy, who
recently became grandparents,
have been married for 31 years.
Lo said of his wife, "Roxy is a
wonderful prayer warrior." He
also said that "when Christ is at
the center of your marriage, it is
a wonderful, wonderful thing."
"I am a person that is on a
journey with the Lord."
-Dr. Jim Lo
Photo by Danica Myers
In addition, Lo added that
"part of the mission has to be
global," reaching out to the
Twin Cities and the world. In
the last nine years, Lo built up
the World Impact program at
his current job at Indiana Wes-
leyan University, where he is
also a professor of intercultural
studies. During that time, he
has gone on around 14 mission
trips with his students, which
many of the students said were
the time they grew the most in
their faith.
After teaching, Lo said he
is looking forward to being able
to focus on the spiritual lives of
students without having to give
a grade for it. Lo displays "the
willingness just to get to know
students," said Justin Fredericks, student body president.
"I am a person that is on a
joumey with the Lord," said Lo.
After beginning that joumey
growing up in a dysfunctional
family, Lo was brought to Christ
at the age of 19 through two of
his friends. Lo became a pastor,
then later entered the mission
field, and finally was called to
Indiana Wesleyan University.
Similar to his call to Bethel,
Lo felt the voice of God leading him to each of these various
service opportunities. "There is
always joy at being at the center
of God's will," he said.
Lo plans to visit campus
again during the week of March
6-10, when he hopes to really
get a feel for the context of the
position. He plans to talk more
with students, visit dorms and
classes, and possibly speak at
chapel.
Tony Campolo a dynamic presence on campus
Bethel students challenged on whether they were invaded by Christ
By Steffanie Lindgren
Bethel students were challenged to respond last week
when Tony Campolo spoke
powerfully in chapel and Riot.
Wednesday's chapel challenged students to take on the
responsibility of being filled
with Christ. "He became one of
us, because it was the only way
he could communicate with us,"
said Campolo.
Christ did not stay, however, and Campolo described
what Jesus said to His disciples,
"When I come back, il will be
different. I will be in you."
"The Bible says that you are
the body of Christ... When was
the last time you allowed Christ
to invade you?" asked Campolo.
He went on to explain that when
you lake on the heart of Christ,
you are concerned about things
Christ is concerned about.
"If you know of brothers
and sisters in need and you keep
what you have, then how can
you say you have the heart of
Christ?" Campolo challenged.
Friday's chapel bought the
challenge of being disciples.
"And the work that I do, ye shall
do."
"But you're going to do
even greater things than I have
done," Campolo explained.
"When Christ was in Jesus he
could only look at one face at
a time. If the same Christ that
was in Jesus was in each one
of us, all 500 of us, how many
people would He be able to love
at any given moment?"
During Wednesday night's
RIOT, Campolo talked about
the recent energy bill passed
giving tax breaks to oil companies, despite their $55 billion
profit from last quarter.
He said the farmers in the
United States who received
subsidies were responsible for
closing down 100 farms a week
in South Africa. The subsidies
give U.S. farmers an unfair advantage.
"For every dollar out of our
budget to help the people of the
world, Norway gives 70," Campolo said. "I contend that if
God doesn't judge this country,
he owes Saddam and Gamora
an apology."
When Campolo was asked
questions on the issue of just
war  he   raised   the   question,
"Would Jesus drop a bomb?"
This he answered by saying,
"When Jesus said love your enemies, I think he basically said
don't kill them."
"The first thing you gotta
do as college students is learn
what is going on in the world,"
said Campolo, "I really, really,
really do believe that students
can be activists."
Students responded in a
variety of ways to Campolo.
Kristen Studioso, a freshman
who attended both Chapel and
riot, didn't like the illustration
he used of the girl who got the
prestigious teachingjob.
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GADKIN a swingin' time
From a concert by David Barnes
to a evening of swing dancing,
GADKIN was the boy-ask-girl
event of the weekend