Clarion 2006-11-16 Vol. 82 No. 10

              NEWS
Washing hands helps
prevent spread of flu
-page 2
VIEWS
Response to Ted
Haggard scandal
-page 3
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SPORTS
Women's hockey
starts season 1-1
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Thursday, November 16, 2006
Volume 82 • Number 10
Students
compare
Japanese,
U.S. school
systems
Live video
makes it
possible
By Travis Grabow
Several Bethel education
majors participated in an unusual event on Thursday: they
engaged in a live video conference over the Internet with a
Japanese science teacher about
the difference between Japanese
and U.S. high schools.
The connection to Tai-
kyu High School was made
with Polycom video conferencing equipment, allowing large
amounts of video and voice data
to be carried around the world
in a matter of seconds.
Patricia Paulson, who
teaches the elementary and secondary science methods courses
at Belhel, explained why it's
important to study how other
countries teach their students.
"Results of TIMSS [Trends in
International Mathematics and
Science Study] over the last 10
years has consistently shown
better results for Japanese science students than for U.S. students," she said.
"By learning more about
practices in Japan, we may gain
a deeper understanding of factors that may impact performance," Paulson said.
Some of those practices
turned out to be quite interesting. For example, students in
Japan get five weeks of vacation
over the entire year, compared
to U.S. students who receive
nearly four months vacation.
Students continued on page 2
Sweet Victory
Royals defeat St. John's, become MIAC champions
and earn ticket to NCAA Division III playoffs
By Luke Dornbush
SJU features a high octane offense and a stingy defense..,"
Defensive Coordinator Jimmy Miller was not underestimating the Johnnies last weekend.
But the Johnnies apparently underestimated the Bethel Royals.
Previously ranked third in Division III, the rival Johnnies
found themselves the latest victim of the Royals hot streak, which
now stands at six games.
That was enough to sneak them into the Top 25 for the first
time all year, where they now stand at 17.
To give a greater perspective of the significance of this game,
the last time Bethel defeated St. John's, Phil Porta was a sophomore
in high school.
On Oct. 28, 2000, Bethel defeated St. John's 43-36.
Somewhat ironically, St. John's went on to play in the championship game that year, losing to Division III powerhouse Mount
Union.
So how did they do it?
What allowed the Royals to do something no one had done
ail year?
Bethel won the old fashioned way, with their defense and a
power running game.
They won the same way they've been winning all year.
Football continued on page 10
Photo s by Pamela Feltmann
Above: Sophomore Kyle Lee prepares for a reception to score the Royals' third touchdown of the game.
Right: Senior Eric Fornshell completes the Royals' first touchdown of the game as Lee rushes to celebrate.
Cancer walk raises $5000 for research
Annual SA Event
donates to U of M
Cancer center
Photos by Rob Williams
Above: Over 100 students participated in the 2006 Cancer Walk
Friday night in the SRC. Many
students formed groups of five or
10 that walked and raised money
together.
Right: Signs around the SRC
served as small reminders to
participants of the reason and
purpose for the walk.
By Stephanie Schmidt
Over 100 students participated in the 2006 Cancer Walk
on Friday in the SRC to raise
money for cancer research.
This year's event brought
in about $5000, according to
Kelsey Kiel, BSA director of
Weekend Activities.
"We just really wanted to
show our support for the [University of Minnesota] Research
Center," said Kiel, whose committee organized all of the
night's activities. "They really
appreciate every year when we
do this..We're pretty much
happy with whatever we got."
Students participating in
last weekend's event had plenty of things to do when they
weren't walking or jogging
around the track. Most came in
groups of five or 10 and enjoyed
activities including food, board
games, basketball and an inflatable Velcro wall.
Only one person from each
team was required to be walking
at a time, although many teams
spent the majority of the time
participating together.
No matter what activity
each student was doing, everyone seemed to be having fun
and using the night to help raise
money for what all agree is a
great cause.
"1 just feel like so many
people have been either touched
by cancer, or know someone
that has gone through cancer,"
said Amber Hofmeyer, BSA executive director of Student Ac-
Cancer walk continued on
page 8