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Culture Raspberry Monday exhibit opens -page 4 Sports Kirby Carr finishes record career -page 10 Sports First disc golf tournament successful -page 10 THE BETHEL UNIVERSITY Thursday, May 17, 2007 Volume 82 • Number 24 Lo resigns due to disagreements with pending change in employee alcohol policy Campus pastor Jim (Umf+) Lo felt staying under a change would leave him morally conflicted By Cory Streeter Jim (Umf+) Lo, resigning as campus pastor following this year, said he is leaving due io personal convictions againsi an immineni change to the employee alcohol policy. After learning ihis spring mid-semesier of a poiential future change, Lo said he began fasting and praying for God to take away his unease over a change. "I have asked the Lord that if he warns me to stay here to please remove this conviction... because I wanted to stay here," Lo said. "I have loved the Campus Ministries staff and the ministry of preaching and teaching. But [God] hasn't [removed the conviction]." "I feel as if this conviction really is a God-given personal conviction that I have," he said. Lo's strong opposition to alcohol stems from his experiences in international missions, where he witnessed the horrors of alcohol abuse. "Having worked overseas as a missionary and having seen lhe ill effects of whal alcohol did lo the church 'It Happens at Bethel' Project addresses reconciliation from student perspective By Briana Dalberg There are iwo camps at Beihel: the majority of white studenis who believe that reconciliation on campus is encouraged solely by faculty, and the students of color who feel as if they are silent fighters for reconciliation and social justice that is ignored by the majority of students. Through the "Il Happens at Bethel" group project, social work sludents Courtney Knoll, Allyson Rempel and Emily Hall hope to bridge the gap between these iwo perspectives they've defined. Knoll, junior, described their ultimate goal was to "get the voices of the students of color, their testimonies, their thoughts, out io lhe student body lo truthfully say what they experience at Bethel." These stories are meant to plant thoughts of change aboul the social injustices occurring within the student body. (Bold- ed texts are excerpts horn the project) "As Tar as reconciliation goes...Beihel is 25 years behind the rest of society." Without an answer...it happens al Bethel. "We [studenis] can say lhal the faculty pushes il [reconciliation] and overdoes il and use lhat as an excuse to not be excited aboul il," Knoll said, "but the fact remains lhat racism is rampant on our campus." Knoll is concerned thai the problem even extends beyond It Happens continued on page 8 Photo by Danica Myers "I've worked with people all through my ministry that have drunk. To me, that's not the issue. For me, being a part of an institution where I thought coming in that alcohol was not a part of it, that's the issue, because it is changing." -Jim Lo and lo believers...for me, I had "I've seen Lhe devastation of his children—you knew on African men who drank their lo lake a hard stance [againsi al- of a man drunk just coining in a Friday nighl ii was going to "home brew" until they went cohol]," he said. and beating up every single one happen," he said. He even knew blind. Lo said he came to Bethel believing the Covenant would coniinue to uphold his personal conviction againsi the use of alcohol. He said there was no talk of a change as he went through the hiring process. "1 see a Covenant as nol just being a piece of paper that I sign," he said, "I feel as if in some ways that was a contract. ..a contract that I was making with God as well as with Bethel University." "I've worked with people all through my ministry that have drunk," Lo said. "To me, lhai's not the issue. For me, being a part of an institution where I thought coming in that alcohol was not a part of it, that's the issue, because ii is changing." Lo expressed his joy for the year he had as a part of the Campus Ministries leam, but knew continuing would nol solve his problem. "If I stayed here, I knew that it would continue to probably eat away at me with the policy being relaxed," he said. At off-campus speaking Jim Lo continued on page 2 Brushaber reflects on his Bethel presidency Photo courtesy of BGC History Center. St. Paul, MN. Above: Brushaber walking alongside the Queen and King of Sweden at his presidential inauguration in 1982. Below: Brushaber reading bedtime stories to eager students during the 1980s as part of a BSA event or fundraiser. After 26 years leading the institution, President George Brushaber shows no hint of stopping, even into retirement By Marie Hansen When George Brushaber succeeded Carl Lundquist as president in 1982, he asked Lundquist what it was like to be president of the same college for his 28-year tenure. "He said, '1 don't have a clue. It's been 28 different schools... It was never repetitious, dull or boring.' At the time, 1 didn't appreciate the truth of that," Brushaber said. "These have been wonderful years," he said. "I've never been bored, never found it routine. There's always something exciting that gets my adrenaline going." Brushaber, president for 26 years of his total 36 years of service, loves his occupation. "What do I do for fun? Hey, I go to work at Bethel—that's fun. People may think I'm nuts, but that's just how it is," he said. "Where else can 1 get a job where I get to hear the best music and go to the best athletic activities? And all the other stuff that goes on at a campus like this? That's not work." Brushaber sought io provide the best possible education, spiritual development and community for students. "Excellence is required because we're an offering to the Lord," he said. "If every student bears the image of God, which I absolutely believe, and every student is precious in the eyes of God, how can we not do excellence?" During lhe lasl 34 years, Brushaber watched and guided the school as enrollment increased from 2,600 undergraduates to 6,000 total students. "You didn't have to be too smart to grow the school," Brushaber said. "What you had to do was be committed to excellence and integrity. Colleges all around us were growing in the 1960s. The real achievement was to do il and maintain our Chrislian focus and commitment." Brushaber raised a new building approximately every 18 months during his time as president. Raising funds for Bethel constituted the majority of his work. "But I don'l have an edifice complex; they're just a means to an end," he said. "I don't want a monument of brick. I want a better chance for helping men and women to develop a life of Christian faithfulness," Brushaber worked hard to hire quality facully. "All but two or three or lhe people in the faculty are people I've hired or who have been here since I've been here," he said. "1 lake greal pride in the excellence of our faculty." Brushaber also built an atmosphere of cooperation during his time at Belhel. "I lake greal pride in the facl that we do not have deep points of conflici between Lhe administration and the faculty," he said. "I think students get a much better education when there isn'i a lot of dissonance in the air." Brushaber's family supported him throughout his lime at Bethel, including his wife, Darlene, and two children, who attended Bethel as studenis. "Our lives have been woven into this place in so Brushaber continued on page 8 [ •
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Title | Page 1 |
Alternative Title | The Bethel Clarion |
Edition (Vol. No.) | Vol. 82 No. 24 |
Date Published | May 17 2007 |
Decade | 2000 |
Academic Year | 2006 - 2007 |
Frequency | Weekly |
Notes | In this issue, page 10 (back cover) serves as a starting point for sports coverage - the articles are continued on page 9 within the newspaper. 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 | Feltmann, Pamela |
Contributors | Streeter, Cory (News Editor); Westlund, Nicolle (Views Editor); Ekbom, Doug (Culture Editor); Sanny, Maria (Sports Editor); Helmke, Alexander (Layout Editor); Green, Stephanie (Assistant Layout Editor); Husted, Anna (Photo Editor); Gibson, Laura (Copy Editor); Lueth, Olivia (Copy Editor); Kelly, Aaron (Business and Advertising Manager); Wisner, Marie (Administrative Advisor); Alsdurf, Phyllis (Academic Advisor); Reed, Scott (Academic Advisor) |
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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 | 12.5 x 23 |
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 University |
Transcript | Culture Raspberry Monday exhibit opens -page 4 Sports Kirby Carr finishes record career -page 10 Sports First disc golf tournament successful -page 10 THE BETHEL UNIVERSITY Thursday, May 17, 2007 Volume 82 • Number 24 Lo resigns due to disagreements with pending change in employee alcohol policy Campus pastor Jim (Umf+) Lo felt staying under a change would leave him morally conflicted By Cory Streeter Jim (Umf+) Lo, resigning as campus pastor following this year, said he is leaving due io personal convictions againsi an immineni change to the employee alcohol policy. After learning ihis spring mid-semesier of a poiential future change, Lo said he began fasting and praying for God to take away his unease over a change. "I have asked the Lord that if he warns me to stay here to please remove this conviction... because I wanted to stay here," Lo said. "I have loved the Campus Ministries staff and the ministry of preaching and teaching. But [God] hasn't [removed the conviction]." "I feel as if this conviction really is a God-given personal conviction that I have," he said. Lo's strong opposition to alcohol stems from his experiences in international missions, where he witnessed the horrors of alcohol abuse. "Having worked overseas as a missionary and having seen lhe ill effects of whal alcohol did lo the church 'It Happens at Bethel' Project addresses reconciliation from student perspective By Briana Dalberg There are iwo camps at Beihel: the majority of white studenis who believe that reconciliation on campus is encouraged solely by faculty, and the students of color who feel as if they are silent fighters for reconciliation and social justice that is ignored by the majority of students. Through the "Il Happens at Bethel" group project, social work sludents Courtney Knoll, Allyson Rempel and Emily Hall hope to bridge the gap between these iwo perspectives they've defined. Knoll, junior, described their ultimate goal was to "get the voices of the students of color, their testimonies, their thoughts, out io lhe student body lo truthfully say what they experience at Bethel." These stories are meant to plant thoughts of change aboul the social injustices occurring within the student body. (Bold- ed texts are excerpts horn the project) "As Tar as reconciliation goes...Beihel is 25 years behind the rest of society." Without an answer...it happens al Bethel. "We [studenis] can say lhal the faculty pushes il [reconciliation] and overdoes il and use lhat as an excuse to not be excited aboul il," Knoll said, "but the fact remains lhat racism is rampant on our campus." Knoll is concerned thai the problem even extends beyond It Happens continued on page 8 Photo by Danica Myers "I've worked with people all through my ministry that have drunk. To me, that's not the issue. For me, being a part of an institution where I thought coming in that alcohol was not a part of it, that's the issue, because it is changing." -Jim Lo and lo believers...for me, I had "I've seen Lhe devastation of his children—you knew on African men who drank their lo lake a hard stance [againsi al- of a man drunk just coining in a Friday nighl ii was going to "home brew" until they went cohol]," he said. and beating up every single one happen," he said. He even knew blind. Lo said he came to Bethel believing the Covenant would coniinue to uphold his personal conviction againsi the use of alcohol. He said there was no talk of a change as he went through the hiring process. "1 see a Covenant as nol just being a piece of paper that I sign," he said, "I feel as if in some ways that was a contract. ..a contract that I was making with God as well as with Bethel University." "I've worked with people all through my ministry that have drunk," Lo said. "To me, lhai's not the issue. For me, being a part of an institution where I thought coming in that alcohol was not a part of it, that's the issue, because ii is changing." Lo expressed his joy for the year he had as a part of the Campus Ministries leam, but knew continuing would nol solve his problem. "If I stayed here, I knew that it would continue to probably eat away at me with the policy being relaxed," he said. At off-campus speaking Jim Lo continued on page 2 Brushaber reflects on his Bethel presidency Photo courtesy of BGC History Center. St. Paul, MN. Above: Brushaber walking alongside the Queen and King of Sweden at his presidential inauguration in 1982. Below: Brushaber reading bedtime stories to eager students during the 1980s as part of a BSA event or fundraiser. After 26 years leading the institution, President George Brushaber shows no hint of stopping, even into retirement By Marie Hansen When George Brushaber succeeded Carl Lundquist as president in 1982, he asked Lundquist what it was like to be president of the same college for his 28-year tenure. "He said, '1 don't have a clue. It's been 28 different schools... It was never repetitious, dull or boring.' At the time, 1 didn't appreciate the truth of that," Brushaber said. "These have been wonderful years," he said. "I've never been bored, never found it routine. There's always something exciting that gets my adrenaline going." Brushaber, president for 26 years of his total 36 years of service, loves his occupation. "What do I do for fun? Hey, I go to work at Bethel—that's fun. People may think I'm nuts, but that's just how it is," he said. "Where else can 1 get a job where I get to hear the best music and go to the best athletic activities? And all the other stuff that goes on at a campus like this? That's not work." Brushaber sought io provide the best possible education, spiritual development and community for students. "Excellence is required because we're an offering to the Lord," he said. "If every student bears the image of God, which I absolutely believe, and every student is precious in the eyes of God, how can we not do excellence?" During lhe lasl 34 years, Brushaber watched and guided the school as enrollment increased from 2,600 undergraduates to 6,000 total students. "You didn't have to be too smart to grow the school," Brushaber said. "What you had to do was be committed to excellence and integrity. Colleges all around us were growing in the 1960s. The real achievement was to do il and maintain our Chrislian focus and commitment." Brushaber raised a new building approximately every 18 months during his time as president. Raising funds for Bethel constituted the majority of his work. "But I don'l have an edifice complex; they're just a means to an end," he said. "I don't want a monument of brick. I want a better chance for helping men and women to develop a life of Christian faithfulness," Brushaber worked hard to hire quality facully. "All but two or three or lhe people in the faculty are people I've hired or who have been here since I've been here," he said. "1 lake greal pride in the excellence of our faculty." Brushaber also built an atmosphere of cooperation during his time at Belhel. "I lake greal pride in the facl that we do not have deep points of conflici between Lhe administration and the faculty," he said. "I think students get a much better education when there isn'i a lot of dissonance in the air." Brushaber's family supported him throughout his lime at Bethel, including his wife, Darlene, and two children, who attended Bethel as studenis. "Our lives have been woven into this place in so Brushaber continued on page 8 [ • |
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