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'LEARNING RESOURCE CENTEK BETHEL COLLEGE 3900 Bethel Drive St Paul, Minnesota 55112 Thirty-five cents wilt still buy a whole Bethel bagel, provided lost" dishes and silverware continue to come in (photo by Doug Barkey). e Clarion. Vol. 56, No. 20 Bethel College, St. Paul, MN March 20, 1981 Housing lottery out; priority in by Shari Goddard Bethel students and em-ployees returned enough missing food service dish-es, glasses and silverware to hold of the scheduled March 16 price hike. "Be-cause students seemed 'to be making an effort to return things...we'll give them credit and hope they continue," said Wayne Erickson, director of food service. When over $1000 in sil-verare, dishes and glasses disappeared this year, Erickson announced a ten per cent price increase if the items were not return-ed by March 13. "I felt something had to be done," he said. Erickson added that some loss is normal each year, but "this year more stuff has disap-peared. It really got to be frustrating." A return table was set up outside the food-card coordinator's office for those who found "lost" items in their rooms or offices. When the return effort started, food ser-vice had three dozen glasses, one rack. As of last Firday, students and by Patty Sutton Major changes have been made in the place-ment system, the lease and the blocking off of certain areas of housing for spe-cial students. "By offering as much choice of room-mates and rooms as pos-sible," said Rod Long, di-rector of housing, "the community that has deve-loped among students in the residences can be pre-served and built upon from year to year." Long said that the great-er flexibility of choice will help students to take great-er pride in the physical facilities and thus lower others had returned ap-proximately seven racks. Other items were also re-turned. According to Erickson, some of the items were taken carelessly—brought to rooms and forgotten. People took other items deliberately. The price raise was to "make a point that we couldn't put up with it," said Erickson. "We have to make ends meet in food service. Be-thel probably operates on one of the smallest food service budgets for a col-some unnecessary main-tenance costs. The lottery system has been abolished in favor of a system where students choose the apartments in which they will live and are granted their choices according to present hous-ing, their class at Bethel and then on a first-come-first- served basis. March 30, applications will be taken for those who wish to remain in their current residence for the next school year. Those who wish to be housed in the same build-ing but a different apart-ment, will turn in their applications a week later. lege its size in the coun-try." He said irnost col-leges can not compare their $1 million food ser-vice budget to the approx-imately $700,000 Bethel spends. After spring break, Erick-son and Judy Helman, as-sistant director, plan to spend a few days in dorms, trying to explain food service to people, "for people who would like to know more about it or who don't understand it in the first place," Erick-son said, chuckling. From this point, the se-lection is according to the students' school classifica- _ tions, from seniors to spe-cial students, and based on the lowest-priority rank in each roommate grouping. If a housing application is rejected because it is improperly filled out, or because the apartment or townhouse chosen has been taken, the applicants will have to make changes and resubmit their appli-cations. A list of housing which has been designated will be posted near the student affairs office. Housing for married stu-dents is new this year. The one-bedroom apart-ments in three Silvercrest buildings: 2030, 2060 and 2090, are reserved for cou-ples. Most of the campus housing, excluding Arden Village East B4, 5 and 6; C; D; E and F4, 5 and 6, are for freshmen only. Long has also worked on revising the lease, to make it more clear and concise. Last Monday through Thursday, March 16-19, Long conducted a series of questions and answer ses-sions in each of the resi-dences to inform students about the new housing pro-cedures. Senior "spruce-up" springs into action Food service dish disappearances reappear The third annual "Spruce Up a Senior's Spring" will be held April 11 this year. "Spruce Up a Senior's Spring" is an out-reach to senior citizens in the St. Paul area, using Bethel students to help do spring cleaning that they are unable to do them-selves. In 1979 the Campus Ministries Office began working with the Wilder Foundation in St. Paul to develop an outreach that would help senior citi-zens. Among other pro-grams, the Wilder Center offers daytime activities for senior citizens who still are able to live in their own homes. For "Spruce tip a Sen-ior's Spring" the Wilder Center registers its mem-bers that have spring cleaning that they are un-able to do. Most often this work is raking the lawn, changing and washing storm windows, and mov-ing furniture indoors to clean around and behind it. Bethel students then supply the manpower to do the work and the resi-dents provide all the sup-plies. Last year, due to a smaller student turnout than expected, each car-load of student volunteers was assigned to do work at 3 or 4 homes. This year to make it go more smooth-ly 30 homes will be gua-ranteed a group of stu-see page 11 seriously ought to medi-tate on Matthew 7:2, "For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you." I realize that people such as Steven Judy make the Bible a difficult book to live by. Be that as it may, are we to forgive or seek revenge on our ene-mies? see page 3 The Clarion is published weekly by the,:students of Bethel College. Edifttal opitflons are sole E sitnht of t e iarioriR4 oriie ive st an sti Leann ir, Beth Nystrom, graphics Ted Lewis, columnist Page 2 editorial Court decisions can eventually backfire Following a general trend toward active conserva-tism, many Christians are asking courts to guard and support their beliefs—as in the fight to put prayer back in the schools. Since these advocates call on all Chris-tians to support their attempts, it is important to under-stand all the implications of the court actions. Going through the courts may win a short-sighted goal, but court decisions are two-edged swords. What we throw at our adversaries they have the legal right to throw back at us. For example, with the right to pray in schools comes the right for prayer to any god. With the teaching of creation on religious, rather than scientific, grounds, comes the right to teach other religious beliefs or practices. Not long ago, a Christian took the transcendental "To know that which before us lies in daily life is the prime wisdom." —John Milton, from Paradise Lost, 1667 Foresight. If we all had it, perhaps half of our prob-lems would be solved. Not all of us are blessed with it—to be expected—but the tragedy is that in recent years, fewer and fewer people have possessed this gift. We live in an "eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die" society. Look around: Throughout the 70s the U.S. congress year after year exceeded the federal budget by billions of dollars. Why? Because highly influential special interest groups demanded money, and elected officials did not want to go on record as opposing funding for minori-ties, the poor, education, etc. The result? We now have a budget deficit approaching the one trillion mark, not to mention the inflation which has significant reduced the dollar's buying power. (The U.S. federal govern-ment prints extra money to pay its bills. The law of supply and demand dictates that when the supply of money is greater than the supply of goods and services, its value decreases.) People are starving in Somalia, India, and other places around the world. Others have responded by sending food and medical aid. Why? For the sake of humanity and compassion. The result? Lives are saved today, but for every one life saved today, an additional two or three people will die from starvation in 20 years. Our feeble attempts to save the half-billion starving people today will double the suffering and number of starvation victims two decades from now. A married couple decides to rent housing as they feel they cannot afford to buy. Why? Interest rates and home prices have made housing too expensive. The result? They wait five years and still feel the costs of home ownership are too high. They have paid for rented housing for five years and still have nothing to show for it. They could have been building equity and watched the value of their investment keep pace with inflation (They could have rented out part of their home to help pay mortgage costs.) Foresight does not mean one should not take risks. It simply means to realistically consider the future impact of a decision made now. It is a quality of leader-ship to reject a popular idea in the present tense, con-sidering its implications in the future tense. It is a quality of Christianity not to live for a present world on earth, but to live for a future world. Granted, not everything can be predicted. Who would have guessed 15 years ago that OPEC would monopolize oil prices, or that Social Security would begin to run out of money? Still, too many potential meditation movement to court, claiming it should not be allowed in schools since it is a religious movement. We cannot protest other religious teachings in our schools if our insistence does not include our religion. Some Christians have asked California court to allow the teaching of creation. But they made the mistake of insisting that religious freedom be the grounds. How can the courts allow creation and deny T.M. on these same grounds? There is no simple answer to these questions. Each citizen has a right to got to the courts to protect his/er freedom. But when we go, we must look beyond the simple solutions to the implications of the decision they demand. —sg problems are ignored until it is too late. It seems gaso-line lines have to reach a certain length, the budget has to reach a certain deficit, etc. before people look seriously at the problems at hand. How serious must a problem get before we do something? Thank heaven for the futurists who decided 20 years ago that Bethel would have to relocate its entire cam-pus, for those who began enacting legislation to solve our pollution problems and for others who initiated programs to limit nuclear arms. May we all have the foresight to think in the future tense, applying it to every aspect of our lives. —jsr To the Editor: butive justice is, at best, Just after midnight on an unenlightened interpre- Monday, March 9, Steven tation of the purpose of Judy died in the electric law. Legally, society has a chair in Michigan City, right to demand protec- Indiana. Although Judy tion, but no right what-was indeed guilty of rape soever to demand re-and murder, his execution venge. was an indictment against Next, from a moral justice. While society does standpoint, Judy's execu-have a right to be pro- tion was a degradation of tected from felons such as the value of human life. Steven Judy, there was no Morally abortion is con-legal or moral justification sidered wrong because is for his execution. does not regard the hu- From a legal standpoint, man sanctity of the fetus. the state of Indiana acted Capital punishment does in an irresponsible man- not regard the sanctity of ner. The fact that Judy human life as well. Does requested the death penal- society have a moral duty ty was no a valid reason to execute its enemies? for killing him. For exam- That would be like argu-ple, if I were to request ing that society has a right that a friend of mine shoot to abort fetuses because me because I lacked the the baby might be deform-guts to kill myself, the ed. courts would never up- Furthermore, Steven Ju-hold my friend's case. My dy's execution was a par-friend would indeed be ticular embarrassment to convicted of murder. the Christian sub-culture Thus, I contend that the of our society. I suggest state of Indiana has com- that before we as Chris-mitted murder. The law tians sit people like Ste-ought not to be used as a means of obtaining cold- chair, turn on the juice ven Judy in the electric blooded revenge on the and triumphantly claim, enemies of society. Retri- "He had it coming," we Opinions expressed on this page are the sole responsibility of the individual editors. Futurists avoid future problems with foresight letters Death of Judy makes Christian life hard to live Dona Amann, sophomore, 1981-82 Spire edi- Leanne Kicker, junior, Clarion editor for 1981- tor (photo by Doug Barkey). 82 (photo by Doug Barkey). 1981-82 media chiefs chosen by Patty Sutton Student senate voted Tuesday on the recom-mendations for the cam-pus coordinators and me-dia chiefs. Leann Kicker was chosen as Clarion editor and Dona Amann was appointed editor of the Spire. The recommendation to accept Lori Droogsma and Sherwood McKinnis as the new campus coordi-nators was rejected. The senate requested that the selection committee meet Notice Due to spring break, a tight production bud-get and other semi-regular occurrences, the Clarion will not re-sume its regular pro-duction schedule until April 24. We will see our readers before then in an irregular pro - duc tion. Page 3 To the Editor: " Ultimately, we've got to be Christian," stated Don Belton, assistant pro-fessor in the social work department. The issue in question is racial integra-tion, or rather the lack of it at Bethel College. I was recently made Aware of some disturbing statistics. The total num-ber of minority students at Bethel comprise less than 1 per cent of the stu-dent enrollment. And less than 10 per cent of these minority students ever graduate from Bethel. How can this be, at a school that purports "not to discriminate on the ba-sis of age, color, ethnic/na-tional origin, physical han-dicap, race, or sex...?" There is little doubt that we have a problem. Either minority students avoid Bethel, or the ones who To the Editor: Bethel's environment tends to produce sterile, "cookie-cut ter"* Christ-y. One cause of such is the infamous LIFE-STYLE • STATEMENT. The lifestyle statement firstly invites only Chris-tians to attend Bethel, and thereby neglects an out-reach- for-Christ oppor-tunity unique to a Chris-tian liberal arts college for the agnostic, potential Be-thel students who are searching for an answer. At the Bethel oasis, this outreach opportunity, unique to a Christian lib-eral arts professor, is de-nied; minds are being wasted. If the lifestyle state-ment were to read, "Bethel invites any prospective liberal arts students who wants to be challenged by Christianity," then per-haps Bethel would be-come more of an outreach to the collegiate "world." True, there would pro-bably be more radicals and a worldly sector on campus, but Christ him-self commanded us to be in the world and yet not of it. In other words, it is intrinsic to dynamic Christianity to be exposed to the "real world," i.e. non-Christian people. come have a difficult time making it through. I was in a group looking into this problem. We in-terviewed Don Belton be-cause of his acquaintance with the problem and his participation in a task force to deal with it. He said that many prospec-tive minority students are warned by former stu-dents about the subtle signs of predjudice and cultural misunderstand-ings that occur here. Those students who do come find the warnings to be true. Prejudice does happen at Bethel. It can be as sim-ple as not talking to a minority students, or as crude as a valentine from the KKK. (This happened here.) Even class lectures may be unconsciously geared for only white, mid-dle- class Baptist Scandi-navians. These classes can Bethel is not the "real" world! Christ was a rebel and a minority in - a hostile environment. Bethel's en-vironment is just the op-posite. One may point with tre-pidation at the Hamline, Gustavus, etc. campuses to warn of impending doom. But who really knows where they falter-ed, or if they really did. Just because they may have failed doesn't mean we should hide cowardly in our corner of the world, for this is not spirit of Christ. It is very possible that with a dynamic and dedi-cated Christian faculty and staff, Bethel could be-come a battleground for Christ, rather than an oa-sis of Christian apathy. And if Bethel were to fal-ter under such conditions, then the present lifestyle statement is a meaning-less and condescending fa-cade of ethics (rather than a statement of a student faith), because the individ-ual student's faith would have been rendered false in the face of a "real world" challenge. Doug Newman P.O. 177 *Greek ranSla tion—no-dos onihros nodos he very confusing to some-one from a different cul-ture. One young woman dropped out the week be-fore finals last year be-cause she had difficulty understanding the materi-al in the way it was pre-sented. The tragic aspect is that some of these students who don't make it here blame themselves, consid-ering themselves to be fail-ures. How can we as a Christian community al-low this to happen to our brothers and sisters in Je-sus? Although the problem cannot be solved over-night, there are steps that we as a student body can take to alleviate it. First, we must work to create an environment that is welcoming and warm to everyone, not just those of our own race and culture. Specifically this means to treat our minority stu-dents as people, brothers and sisters having the same Lord. We must strive to elim-inate the subtle acts of prejudice that we may even hardly be aware of. Most of all we need to pray that God will mold Bethel into a community where all Christians can learn, regardless of their race and culture. Until this happens, we do not reflect the wonderful variety in the body of Christ and cannot call ourselves a Christian school As Don Belton said, the solution is that "Ultimately, we've got to be Christian." Daryl Morrissey Prejudice subtle, but present Lifestyle cause of cookie-cutter life again and bring whom-ever it recommends the second time to the entire senate body for a short interview before it votes again. The problem with the selection of the campus coordinators was that the evaluation process was being called into question. from page 2 Unfortunately, all of us are the long-run losers in the execution of Judy. Win-ston Churchill stated, "The mood and temper of the public with regard to the treatment of crime and criminals is one of the most unfailing tests of the civilization of a country." For this reason, I contend that by condoning the kil-ling of Judy our society and our Christian sub-cul-ture in particular have tak-en a large step backwards. In closing, I would like Some senators were con-cerned about the lack of information about the choices prior to voting. Others had heard reports from constituents about the choices and wished to look into the matter fur-ther before assenting. Roster and KABY posi-see page 11 to point out the fact that I am not defending Steven Judy. He needed to be pun-ished, but certainly not murdered. Further I am not a bleeding-heart lib-eral who wants to come to the aid of every psychotic killer in this country. However, I do contend that the manner in which the state of Indiana hand-led the Steven Judy case was a crude, barbaric and uncivilized rendition of "justice." 1 Frank La Tona MarchP 90. 109 81 Forty adults over 60 participated in Bethel's Elderhostel program last summer (photo by Doug Barkey). Minnesota Governor Albert Quie announced a $1.7 million increase in the scholarship and grant program January 27. Page 4 Over-60 find Elderhostel rewarding The Minnesota Associ-ation of Private College Students (MAPCS) has opened the first phase of a letter writing campaign in-tended to address the state and federal changes in student financial aid, programs which threaten to force one out of every 10 students out of college. The MAPCS has an-nounced that is will soli-cit letters from its 35,000 member constituency ad-dressing proposed cut-backs in the Minnesota State Scholarship and Grant Program. January 27, 1981, Gov-ernor Albert Quie an-nounced he was request-ing only a $1.4 million increase in the scholar-ship and grant program. The Minnesota Higher Ed-ucation Coordinating Board, a state advisory agency, have requested a $37 million increase to maintain current $1,400 maximum grant, compen-sate for inflationary rises in college costs over the past year and provide awards to eligible stu-dents in the increasing pool of students seeking aid. It is estimated by the co-ordinating board that un-derfunding the program by nearly $16 million over the next two years will result in as many as 12,600 students being re-fused aid and an addition-al 9,000 students being de-nied the opportunity to have their applications re-viewed for eligibility due to lack of funds.-To assure these students an award of some size, the program would be forced to reduce each of the awards made by Joanne Watkins Bethel is just one of 22 Minnesota colleges and universities participating in Elderhostel '81. Elder-hostel is a nationwide summer college program for persons over 60. "I personally think it is the most exciting thing on campus all year," said Dean Tricia Brownlee. "It is super in some small way to serve the older people and the commun-ity," she continued. About 40 men and women will move to Bethel July 19 for a week of "living and learning." Activities for the older courage private college students to write to their own legislators and those on key state committees in reference to the scho-larship and grant pro-gram. As a part of the let-ter drive, MAPCS will sponsor a inter-school competition allowing it to determine how many let-ters have been sent to state legislators regard-ing the necessity of the state scholarship and grant program. Students interested in assisting with the letter drive's education effort are asked to call the MAPCS state office at (612) 641 -2455 or to con-tact their student govern-ment leaders. by Patty Sutton "The Christian Con-science and the Payment of War Taxes" was the topic of a meeting held Monday, March 9. Min-nesota War Tax Resisters presented the meeting, sponsored by the People of Faith Peacemakers lo inform the public about their views. People from varied back-grounds with different in-tensities of belief met to discuss their ideas, rally support and suggest pos-sible individual response. One man at the meeting said, "It would be immor-al and insane to pay war tax, because it is hiring someone to do something I would not do myself." It is estimated that 33.1 adults include field trips, cultural events and cam-pus activities. The Como Conservatory, the Muse-urn of Natural History, the Minnesota Symphony, a Twins' game and a ban-quet at the end of the week are some of the activities. planned. The focal point of the week is the classes offer-ed. Each of the participat-ing schools offers three courses covering a broad interest scope. Classes to be taught at Bethel include "Artists and You: Learn to See What They See" taught by art instructor Barbara Glenn. A course entitled "Moses and Mor-ality" will be taught by Dr. Arthur Lewis. "Life in the Thirties: The Way it Was" will be taught by Dr. Roy Dalton. The classes are held every day for one to two hours. They do not have exams or required home-work. Though they do not receive grades, last year there was a graduation ceremony. Wearing Beth-el frisbees as their caps, the students received dip-lomas as "Masters of Youthful Thinking." "I enjoyed all of the pro-gram: meeting people and courses and going out on the trips," said Carl Rad-ke, Elderhostel partici-pant. He and his wife Mar-ian participated with 40 other older adults last summer. The Radkes, both re-per cent of federal income tax goes into the fund for military expenditures. Some people have pushed the percentage as high as 49.9 by including past mil-itary expenses and the nuclear arms race. Another problem dis-cussed was the federal excise tax on telephone services. Some of the mo-ney pays for military ex-penses and people against war tax refuse to pay that portion. The majority of war tax objectors do not keep the taxes they withhold. In-stead, they channel it into the World Peace Tax Fund or the Minnesota Alterna-tive Fund, which sponsor grants for groups work-ing on peaceful projects. In the Twin Cities area, the movement has 200 peo-tired, came to Bethel for the classes. "I appreciated the warmth of the people at Bethel," commented Mrs. Radke. Mr. Radke said he felt this warmth was due partially to the Christian environment. He said the close contact with the professors made him feel at home. "My most rewarding ex-periences," said Dr. Lew-is, who also taught last year, "were there class re-sponses." He said their minds were young, their interest was obvious and they were very alert. "If anything there is height-ened motivation," com-mented Dr. Lewis as he compared them to college students. "It keeps you in touch with people and your mind active," said Mr. Radke. "It is very infor-mative and good. You learn something new," he added. The cost for the week is $140 which includes room, board, tuition and most activities. The hos-telers stay in the dormi-tory and eat in the cafete-ria. "The only complaint," said Brownlee, "is that they wish there were kids around." Registration forms and a catalog may be obtained by telephoning Minneso-ta Elderhostel at 376-2704. Details about the Bethel program may be secured from Dr. Tricia Brownlee, 638-6367. pie on its mailing list, at least 60 people withhold-ing federal income tax and 150-200 resisting the telephone tax. One man said, "I won-der if Jesus ever said, 'I'd like to be the one through whom the world is re-deemed, but I don't want to go to the cross. Do we ask this?" tinder the Reagan ad-ministration, the move-ment expects a stronger, more solidified response to tax resistance. One way to avoid the war tax problem -is to fill out a W-4 withholding form and pay for taxes collectively each year. That eliminates automatic tax withholding and gives the individual more free-dom of choice about how much lax to pay. to the current 46,000 recip-ients by an amount yet to be determined. Each participant in the program is required to put $700 per year toward their tuition costs under the eli-gibility formula. In addi-tion, only 85 per cent of the student's educational costs (tuition, room and board) is used to deter-mine eligibility. The MAPCS letter drive begins Wednesday, March 18. It is intended to en- MAPCS begins first phase of campaign War Tax Resisters present views The Rev. Bruce Thiel-man will speak in cha-pel March 30-31. Thiel-man is dean of chapel at Grove City College. An alumnus of Grove City College, Thielman devotes more of his time to college, univer-sity and seminary min-istries than to any other area of service. He has spoken at Be-thel in the past. Thielman earned his B.A. at Westminster College and his B.D. at Pittsburg-Xenia Theo-logical Seminary in 1959. He recieved a Doctor of Divinity de-gree from Grove City College in 1972. In 1973 he was given the Doc-tor of Letters degree by Sterling College, Sterl-ing, Kans. Thielman was born in Pittsburg, Penn. in April of 1933. Page 5 Eight blood donors earn pins school German students and their teachers are ex-pected to attend the con-vention, according to Su-zanne Jebe, program spe-cialist in modern and clas-sical languages for the Minnesota Department of commitment and concern Of the 256 donors ac-for people of the area. cepted, several received This year Ruth Oliver pins from the Red Cross and Laurie Lindahl coor- to recognize that over a dinated the drive. Lindahl certain period they each and Oliver worked hard have given a gallon of to make the blood drive a blood. The following indi-success and further the viduals received pins: good standing and repu- Deborah Ross, Elizabeth tation of Bethel with the Weinberg, Laura Phillips, Red Cross. Keith Bergstrom, Ann Rob-bins, Mike Bryan, Bo Bur- Concern mounted ear- ridge and Kim Mullin. her in the week as the number of people to work and to give progressed slowly. But the donors and the workers came through and made the drive successful. board of regents, who make the final decision. "We then hope to an-nounce the candidate well ahead of the annual meet-ing in June," said Healy, "so the public will have a chance to get to know the candidate before he is presented in Omaha." Mum's the word concerning next president The new president will work with Lundquist for all of next year, until Lundquist leaves in next June. After leaving Bethel, Dr. Lundquist will have served his 28th year at the The committee presents helm of Bethel College and Seminary. by Tim Wilbee Who the next president of Bethel College and Sem-inary will be may be the best kept secret in the Baptist General Confer-ence (BGC). Due to Dr. Carl Lundquist's impend-ing retirement the need to find a new chief executive arose. BGC chief execu-' tives must retire at 65. A search committee was formed last year in re-sponse, responsible for presenting a candidate in time for the BGC annual meeting in Omaha, Neb., this June. The board of regents formed the committee, which consists of two fa-culty members (one from both the seminary and the from page 9 computer, $5400; and Wil-derness Challenge (course offered in the summer for freshmen), $10,240. • Some of the other less significant sources of reve-nue include traffic fines, $2500; tuition deposit for-from page 10 Listings are arranged according to college dis-ciplines, including intern-ships in business and in-dustry, newspapers, broad-casting, education, gov-ernment, health and medi-cine, law, museums, per-forming and visual arts, college), four regents and one person selected from the constituency. Robert Luther, from San Diego, Calif. chairs the committee. He was in the Twin Cities last Thurs-day and Friday to inter-view candidates. "We have narrowed the list of candidates to eight now," he said, "and would like to narrow that number to two or three. However," he added, "who these can-didates are is extremely confidential." Nominations for the po-sition were solicited from within the conference (in-cluding the Bethel cam-pus) and also from out-side. The committee care-fully researched all can-didates. Intensive inter-feitures $2500; rent late fee (from seminary) $1000, LRC fines, $1500; copy ser-vice (cash sales), $2500; and an administrative al-lowance from the govern-ment for administering the NDSL, SEOG and work study programs, $43,000. science and research, and social service organiza-tions. The book sells for $7.95. Both books may be pur-chased at local book-stores, or by writing to Writer's Digest Books, 9933 Alliance Road, Cin-cinnati, Ohio 45242. After much work and pleading for donors and workers, the spring Be-thel blood drive became a reality last Thursday in the gym. The spring and fall drives give Bethel students the chance to reach out to the commu-nity and give the gift of life. Past encounters be-tween the Red Cross staff and the Bethel commu-nity have given the school a gOod reputation with the Red Cross and the en-tire metro area. This is just one way that students, fa-culty and staff show a by Ginger Hope Bethel's campus is the site of the 1980-81 conven-tion of the Minnesota As-sociation of Students of German (MNASG) April 4 - 5. Several hundred high dates' Christian character is looked at; their reputa-tion and commitment to Christ is examined." While the candidates do not necessarily have to be members of the BGC, they must be compatible with conference interests. Healy assisted Luther in last week's interviews, and they will present their findings to a full commit-tee meeting March 26. The committee hopes to reduce the number of can-didates to two or three. their final selection to the The next blood drive comes in October. The job of coordinating such a task falls in the hands of Laurie Lindahl and Steve Jarabeck. Education. Jebe said the program emphasizes "having fun within the context of a learning experience." The weekend will feature- a va-riety of topics, from Ger-man arts and crafts to soc-cer. German students from Bethel will host the group. The keynote speaker for the convention is Dr. Ger-hard Weiss, professor of German at the University of Minnesota. Also on the program are a Sunday morning church service in German, a student variety show and guided tours of the campus by upper-level German students from Bethel. Students will stay in the college and seminary gym-nasiums and eat in the cafeteria. Saturday evening, a trio of German musicians will entertain Bethel students and visitors during the supper hour. viewing has been part of this process. Jerry Healy, the college's committee member, des-cribed the criteria deve-loped for the ideal candi-date. A solid educational background and theologi-cal training of some sort is desirable to enable the fu-ture president to address seminary interests. The committee also seeks administrative ex-perience in education and an understanding and commitment to liberal arts schooling. "And," said Healy, "the candi- Bethel welcomes German students Dale Johnson, associate professor of art, will lead an art tour of Europe, designed especially for non-art majors (photo by Tom Twining). Put your head where your heart is. try ministry. Programs offered in Biblical, historical and theological studies, missions, Christian education, church ministries, and lay leadership at the certificate, master's and doctoral levels. Write to: Dr. Gordon Johnson, Dean T hBeoeltohgeilc a l Seminary / 3949 Bethel Drive, St. Paul, MN 55112 4747 College Ave., San Diego, CA 92115 ifh ■ Bonita Wahl, of "Thursday's at 3" fame, continues with the now expanded group, called Aptix (photo by Tom Twining). Page 6 Tour plans artful Europe arts education, followed by a mock lecture given by Dr. Jim Johnson, pro-fessor of history. They had the option of tracks A, B and C, de-signed to include chapel, classes, a mock class and . additional times from 1:15-1:45 in the afternoon to meet with professors and coaches of their choice. Students were encour-aged to attend classes of interest from a class sche-dule made available dur-ing registration. The class schedule offered D mo-dule, 11:10-12:00 and E module, 12:10-1:10 as a-vailable times to attend classes. It listed classes all the way from art and biology to philosophy and theatre arts, meeting dur-ing these times. The afternoon closed with a session in the cafe-teria involving a time when three current Bethel students, Jeff Westund, Cynthia Pennington and Cheryl Austring, shared some thoughts about Be-thel. They told what was available as far as student by Lorelei J. Markson Optics iap-tiks / n. p1.1: properties relating to vi-sion or the eye. A few arts students at Bethel have a vision. Theirs is called Aptix / ap-tiks / n. 1: A group of students who see a. the need to encourage one an-other in the visual arts. b. the need to discuss their own art and the art of oth-ers. c. the opportunity to expand their awareness of art in the surrounding by Jay Stuart Russell Visit to the European art treasures of Paris, Flor-ence and Venice are just a few of the stops planned in Bethel's summer course, "The Visual Arts in Eur-ope." Dale Johnson, asso-ciate professor of art, will lead the tour, which is list-ed as a creativity balance course and worth one Beth-el credit. Students will fly round-trip on a chartered jet from Minneapolis to Paris, leav-ing May 27 and returning activities and social life, as well as emphasizing the need to be prayerful in making the decision to at-tend Bethel. Also Sharon Worthington, director of financial aid, discussed the option of financial aid and encouraged students to check into this. She mentioned that 85 per cent of the students cur-rently enrolled at Bethel receive some source of financial aid. Most of the high school students that participat-ed in the campus visit day had made the decision to attend Bethel in the fall of 81. The general prospec-tive student reaction was positive toward Bethel; they felt very welcome and found Bethel students friendly and helpful. The classroom experience was helpful in getting a taste of the daily college life, although a number of stu-dents felt that a one-day session was not enough time to get to know the students or the college. This is only one out of 10 different recruiting em-phasis days. community.. d. a unique time and place to consider what it means to be both a Christian and an artist. As an offspring of last semester's "Thursday's at 3," begun by faculty mem-ber Bonita Wahl, Aptix is the art students' baby. The time, Thursday at 3 p.m., and the place, the art gal-lery, remain unchanged. The group focuses on encouraging individuals to nurture their creativity in-dependently of the class- June 19. Cost for the tour is $1500. "The tour will be espe-cially built to introduce non-art majors to the rich heritage so- readily evident in these major art centers in Europe," Johnson said. He stressed that students do not need an art back-ground to take the course. Johnson will perform a dual role as the tour's ar-tist guide. Course work will involve lecture-tours, discussions, readings and a personal journal, but "it will not be all work," John-son added. "Sight-seeing, bartering in European shops, people-watching and just enjoying spring in Europe will fill the after-room and hopes to pro-mote unity among art stu-dents so that they can sup-port one another in their efforts. They hope to do this in a number of ways. Thursdays they will dis-cuss different topics im-portant to individual art students and their work, as well as those topics currently under discus-sion in the art world in general. They may view and discuss films and the art work of fellow si u-noons of the tour:: he said. The group will travel by motorcoach in Europe, staying in student hous-ing or economy class ho-tels. Breakfast and dinner is included in the tour's cost. A tentative itinerary for the tour includes stops in six European countries: France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, West Germany and the Netherlands. Mu-seums and Cathedrals in the tour include Chartres. Versailles, Notre Dame, the Louvre and the Uffizi and Pitti Palace in Flor-ence. Stops at the graphic design centers in Basel, Switzerland are also on the agenda. dents or faculty. In addi-tion to the Thursday ses-sions, the members plan trips to galleries, exhibits, films and other areas of interest. They will try to keep all those involved informed about art events via a pub-lication or bulletin board. In this way they hope to create an awareness among the art students and to inspire individuals to commitment and con-viction in their own work. by Mary Swisher If you noticed unfamil-iar faces around campus this past Friday, it might have been due to the 200 prospective students who visited Bethel Friday, March 13. Bethel had its Spring campus visit day for prospective students, reaching students from up to 150 miles away. The day began with re-gistration at 9:45 a.m. and ended with an afternoon panel discussion at 2:30. Events were planned and organized by Steve Whit-taker, recruitment coordi-nator, and Phil Kimball, director of admissions, to enable those interested to experience a typical col-lege day at Bethel. Se-lected Bethel students served as hosts and host-esses, giving tours and taking the students to chapel, classes and lunch. The purpose for the visit day was to get stu-dents on campus and help them get the feel for aca-demic life. The prospec-tive students could choose to attend a sample class which dealt with the pur-pose of a Christian liberal Campus visit day primes prospective students Baby Aptix nurtures creativity free education. With the cost of Bethel rising and my eight-year program it was going to cost me a fortune. the job and think that what you do won't matter. If you and enough of your friends think of others first instead of yourselves, "O.K., I've made my choice. I want a new car and free education. How about a trip around the world also?" "Fine, your first two wishes are granted. Now I'll take you on that trip around the world. Follow me." I expected the best trip of my life. Our first stop was El Salvador. I saw a war-torn country with people killing each other. I wanted to leave. We then went to Cam-bodia where I saw people starving and dying. We left there, but it didn't mat-ter where we went. Each place was just as terrible as the last. I felt so help-less. "Mulligan, I want to do something to help. Grant me another wish," I said. "Sorry, You have used your wishes on yourself. But don't look at the size of the job might be accom-plished." I awoke suddenly. What a dream! I thought I had to be too anxious for spring break trip to have a weird dream like that. Let's see, I need to find my swimsuit. I'm sure I'm going to need it down in the Bahamas. I have to be sure to bring.... Too often we are willing to do things for others but at what point are we wil-ling make sacrifices? We put stipulations on what we will do. Sure, I'll give or help, but not until I get my new car or my new stereo. The job is big, but workers are scarce. It's time for all of us to make the job smaller. But the desire to work has to come from the heart. No one can make anyone else do anything. Let's not use up all of our "wishes" on ourselves. Page 7 Wish for others as you would wish for yourself rights too. Don't I get a pot of gold or something like that?" "Well it used to be that way," he said, reminis-cing, "but because of the price of gold we gave that up. Now we offer three wishes instead. So, what do you want?" Millions of things raced through my mind, but, be-cause I was a rationalist I first thought of a new car to replace my old rust heap. I then considered a by Brice S. Russell St. Patrick's Day. What a strange day, I thought to myself as I jogged around the Bethel campus. It sure was a great feeling to be up at six in the morning to see God's beauty. But I though it was ironic to see brown everywhere, be-cause the St. Patrick's Day color is green. All of a sudden I heard a rustle in the woods. Thoughts of muggers, weirdos and who-knows-what raced through my mind. I squinted to try and see what it was. It came closer, and I really started to panic. After I saw the size of the thing, I was not so afraid, I yelled, "What are you?" The thing, a sawed off tiny little man in a green suit, peered at me. He took off running as fast as his little legs would go. Since I had some track experience (I had to run the mile for a P.E. compo-by Ted Lewis Imagine a nickel with only one side. How about a one-sided door or ID card? Impossible, isn't it? Perhaps you could paint them on canvas and see only one side, but without two sides those objects could never by handled. Similarily, one-sided spirituality has no depth and is viewed only on the surface. In the context of American Christianity, we have tended to stock our houses and hotels on a spiritual monopoly of good feelings. "If you have faith, things will go smoothly." Consequently, the dark side of rough struggles has been banished from the real estate of spirituality. One-sided spirituality refers to pursuing positive experiences in life by preventing negative experiences from playing a necessary role in one's growth. The previous article on fixes and the story both showed our proneness to cover over our personal problems rather than admit them and work through them. This article extends this issue in the light of American Christian-it y. Products to buy. Entertainment to see. Gatherings to attend. Sex. Vacations. Parties. Experience. Experi-ence. Experience. Our culture bows to the gods of grati-fication. And no wonder the competition is so great: everything guarantees a good experience. Amid this sea of emotional appeals, American Chris-tianity echoes the same line to stay afloat. "Listen! We also guarantee full satisfaction!" In many cases, the meat of Christianity has -been boiled down to "what's in it for me?" At extreme, we are parasites feasting on our 'pie in the sky' on earth in order to get high off it. Me-Christianity: I'll cite examples from my own life. Bible reading and prayer: crutches to hobble over my guilt with instant inspiration. Generated worship: spiritual mast urbation that floods me • with fuzzy warmth. A half-a-dozen or so . "second experiences": final arrivals that raise me above others. Pat answers: gold nuggets that impresses my wisdom on others. All these made me feel smooth and secure! And yet t hey screened out my weaknesses and insecurity deep within. I had taken what was good, but wrapped them around myself. On the surface: super-spirit ualit y! On the inside: a wounded heart. This self-centeredness is the mother of one-sided spirituality. Rough experiences just don't fit into a life that "should" be filled with good feelings all the time. And so when those had sharks surface, we see them as barriers to spirituality instead of bridges. This mind-set leads us to escape struggles and put on smiling masks. Escapism follows a denial of the (lark side of reality. "Life should be much better than it is." The t wo catego-ries of escapism (or fixes) are transcendence and div-ersion. The former alters our slate of consciousness so that we rise from restlessness to calmness. The latter' nent), I quickly caught him. "Where's the fire, shorty?" I asked him. He was silent. "Come on," I urged. "I'm not going to hurt you." He finally started to speak. "My name is Mul-ligan and I belong to the International Society of Leprechauns. Because of my pledge to the Union, I am instructed to grant you three wishes." "Wait a second there, Mulligan. I know my occupies our thoughts with activity so we need not face our problems. Similar to physical addictions, spiritual and reli-gious fixes can make us over-dependent on them for security. Yet, whether we sponge off of spiritual highs or busy ourselves in pious activity, we harm ourselves whenever we run from our dark side rather than con-front it honestly. In brief, we depend on experiences to free us from our personal struggles. I call it "faith in our own faith," which banks on earning security. Again, this self-reliance breeds a surface spirituality which masks over our dark sides. Americans are experts at delaying death. Despite the wonderful benefits of medical technology, however, I think we are afraid of death. Likewise we are experts to cover over the pain of daily life. Perhaps we're afraid of life too, as it is in reality. That leaves us in quite a paradox with only three options: 1) suicide; 2) pretend life should be smoother and better, and live as if it were so; 3) accept life as it is — imperfect, full of tension, messy, fallen — and not be afraid. (Warning: most suicides occur with those who take number two seriously.) **** *********** (The fourth article in this series will amplify the third option above and braid many loose ends together. Stay tuned.) whanoney and Camel Hair -1 Me-Christianity reveals insecurity The 45-member Bethel Women's Choir leaves today for a tour in the Pacific Northwest through April 5. Errol Tyrone (left), Juan Ramos, a 1980 Bethel graduate, and David Looby perform in the Harmon Place Players' production of "The Fantasticks." FALCON BARBER STYLIST 1713 N. Snelling Men & Women's Hair Styling Bethel Larpenteur For appointment call 646-2323 Jim Chet Dave Kathy • ozo Page 8 Kansas sows music seeds by T.R. Wilbee Kansas, one of hard rock's super-groups, visit-ed the Twin Cities last Saturday, playing to a near-capacity crowd at the Met Center in Blooming-ton. The March 14 show merited special interest on the part of many rock mu-sic fans, especially follow-ers of contemporary Chris-tian music. Kerry Livgren, songwri-ter/ keyboardist/guitarist for the band, made a splash in the evangelical Christian world last year with his conversion and subsequent solo album, "Seed of Change." Livgren has remained with Kan-sas, and the group releas-ed an album this winter entitled "Audio Visions." An aura of eager antici-pation greeted Kansas' ar-rival on stage and resulted in a standing reception that lasted through the first three numbers. Open-ing the hour-and-a-half set with the hit "Point of No Return," the band played a repertoire that included most of the "Au-dio Visions" album plus a collection of older songs, including "Dust in the Wind," "Hold on" and "Par-adox." A la ser show highlight-ed the concert, and if the crowd's reaction was any indication, Kansas was every bit as welcome as their last appearance here in the summer of 1979. A standing ovation brought the band back on stage for a double encore of "Por-trait" and the classic, "Car-ry on Wayward Son," which lasted until the house lights came on, bid-ding everyone a good-night. The show exhibited the philosophical tendencies and musical ornateness now expected from Kan-sas. I was prompted to consider throughout the concert that this group may lend the most cre-dence to the often lacking element of art in rock 'n' roll. Livgren, Mr. Mellow personified on stage, be-came a Christian in July of 1979. He discussed his new life in a recent inter-view with Progressive Pa-cer magazine. He spoke of his place as a Christian in the field of rock music and his desire to lead people to Christ. "I don't feel like the Lord's given me the gift of writing this music and put a vehicle into my hands— Kansas has sold nine mil-lion records and that's sort of a vehicle to reach peo-ple— it's not something that I feel like the Lord wants me to throw away. The mild-mannered Liv-gren sees a need to evan-gelize to all the world. "I very much want to be evangelical," he remarked in the interview, "That's what 'Seeds of Change' is all about—to reach that huge audience of kids who listen to rock and roll with the message, because there are very few people doing that." He cited examples of hundreds of letters from listeners who claimed to have been led to the Lord through his music. His im-mediate ministry has brought Dave Hope, bas-sist for Kansas, to a deci-sion for Christ. It is evident in 'Seeds of Change' that Livgren has arrived at a point he seems to have been seeking, judg-ing from his earlier Kan-sas material: I've been here and I've been there Seems like I've been everywhere before I've seen it all a hun-dred times Still I think there surely must be more. There is not question upon examining the lyrics of his solo album that Liv-gren is a born-again Chris-tian: You just can't doubt the things that you feel So lift me up, the time has come to sing And give up every-thing, To live for the King No doubt Livgren falls suspect to those Chris-tians who choose to be judgmental of his involve-ment with secular rock music. But he feels called to continue with the band. "Before I was a Christian," the Pacer article said, "I would have had no inter-est in it. So I felt it was very much God's will and very necessary to get out there in that huge secular music business and pro-claim the gospel." see page 9 A new theater company joins the ranks of the al-ready sumptuous number of theatres in the Minnea-polis area. Opening March 12 and running for three consecutive Thursday-Sunday week-ends, Harmon Place Play-ers present "The Fantas-ticks", the well-known Skaff and James Larson. "The Fantasticks" was chosen because the music is excellent and the script is good literature. Those give actors and technical people an opportunity to stretch. Besides, it's spring. And this play is about love and growth, about two young people who are in love with the idea of love and the two fathers who attempt to arrange their match, about fate and the realization of reality. It's a play which reminds all of us that "love and destiny can't often be decided and nothing of any value in life comes without a little pain," said Director Bormann. Tickets are $4.00 and reservations can be made by calling Wendy Ander-son at 535 -4692, after-noons and evenings. Show runs March 12 - 15, 19-22, 26-28 with one Sunday Matinee, March 22 at 2:30. Curtain time is 8 p.m. musical by Harvy Schmidt and Tom Jones. Although not yet estab-lished in the Harmon Place territory, the corn-pany plans to draw from a community thick with ar-tists and the culturally in-terested. With Artistic Director Louise Bormann, Musical Director Lorna Anderson and Managing Director Wendy Anderson pooling their efforts, the show is well into its last week of work. Cast members in-clude Odd-Tank Nielson, Juan Ramos (1980 Bethel graduate), Donna Roberts, Terry Carlson, David Loo-by, Errol Tyrone, Theresa New theatre offers Tantastick' cast The rock group Kansas performed most of the hits from their album "Audio Visions" at last Saturday's concert in Minneapolis (photo by Tom Wilbee). Page 9 From Our compiled by Jay Russell They thought chivalry was dead then? From the March, 1927 issue. Chivalry While women's issues today deal with many facets of women's rights, women's issues 54 years ago often tended toward another direction, as evi-denced in an article titled "Chilvary," by Miss Effie Nelson: "Perhaps the most out-standing reason for the decadence of chivalry is the want of courtesy. If you beg to differ with me, come with me on any crowded street car. See the elderly lady hanging helplessly to the strap just before a husky able-bodied man, who sits com-fortably, watches to see how long grandma can keep her balance. "...Let us imagine, I say, because it truly taxes the imagination to see that which has been declining ever since that time (the 12th century, "when chi-valry was at its best") and is now but a faint gleam in the distant past." Effie, if • you thought chivalry was on the de-cline then... An odd dish. Jokes were a regular feature of the Clarion in its early years, in which the anecdote "An Odd Dish" toyed with a rela-tively new invention called the radio: "A young bride...asked her husband to copy off a radio recipe she wanted. He did his best, but got two stations at once, one of which was broadcast-ing the morning exercies and the other the recipe. This is what he took down: "Hands on hips, place one cup of flour on the shoulders, raise knees and depress toes and mix thoroughly in one-half cup of milk. Repeat_ six times. Inhale quickly one-ha If teaspoon of baking powder, lower the legs and mash Iwo hard-boiled eggs in a sieve. Exhale breathe nat urally and sift into a bowl. "Attention! Lie Hat on the floor and roll the white of an egg backward and forward until it comes to a boil. In ten minutes re-move from fire and rub smartly with a rough towel. Breathe naturally, dress in warm flannels, and serve with fish soup." Boys will be boys... "Bethel College" was "Bethel Academy" in 1927- a much smaller institution than the present Bethel College. Because of its size, an event such as the "boy's banquet" was much more feasible. This was the way Bethel boys at the banquet were described: "They were just as full of life and pep as they always are. They were out for a good time and they meant to get it. Evi-dently boys believe that to have a good time one must make it. ...Someone has defined a boy as 'an appetite with a skin stretched around it." " Kansas, from page 8 It seemed to me only fit-ting to hear not only the questions again last Sat-urday, but this time to witness the answer, too. The show did not end with an altar call, and there was no five-minute spot for Livgren to tell the crowd that God has a plan for each person's life. But is was an evening 'par ex-cellence' in which I saw a band, Kansas, dedicated to contributing good mu-sic and, most of all, a light, shining in the darkness. Chapel Schedule March 30-April 3 Monday - Dr. Bruce Thielman, dean of the chapel Grove Ctiy Col-lege. Tuesday - Dr. Bruce Thielman Wednesday - Rev. Lee Eliason, worship ser-vice Thursday - Gregg Heinsch, Bethel College senior Friday - Dr. Robert Fry-kenberg, Convocation by Jay Stuart Russell Bethel budget: tuition costs, fuel increases, food prices. Inflation hits from all angles in the Bethel Col-lege and Seminary $13.7 million budget. To under-stand the costs in operat-ing a private college and seminary, the Clarion ex-plores the top four areas of revenue and expenditures within the budget. Budget, part 3 in a series of 8. Student fees of $7.5 mil-lion seem like an awesome amount of money for col-lege and seminary stu-dents to pay, but the en-couraging note is this: Bethel's scholarship in-come of $1.1 million helps ease the burden on stu-dents. Scholarship income makes up the largest share of revenue indicated in the other sources piece, of the revenue pie graph. More specifically, Bethel's scho-larship income is broken down into these parts: des-ignated grants, $60,000; Allis grant, $35,000; work study federal, $247,500; work study Minnesota, $25,500; MHECB (Minne-sota Higher Education Co-ordinating Board)' grants Revenue — and scholarships, $450,000; and the MHEC institution share, $250,000. All of this aid goes directly to the col-lege, while the seminary receives only $32,000 in designated grants. The $250,000 institution share from the MHECB is a payment to the school based on the number of recipients of state scholar-ships and grants. The state contributes the funds, but places no restrictions on how they can be used; Expenditures Bethel uses them for schol-arships. Designated grants are monies allocated by organ-izations (such as church-es) for student scholar-ships. They differ from Bethel's endowment fund in that endowments are gifts given to Bethel in which only the interest may be used. Bethel owns the principle, but is not allowed to use it. The school receives $30,000 in non-designated gift in-come from endowment in-terest. Organized activities contributed $140,940 to the miscellaneous revenue, which comes from ticket sales in the athletics, dra-ma and music depart-ments. Athletic events con-tribute $6500; drama, $7200; women's choir, $8080; male chorus, $5260; band, $3260; and college choir, the largest at $93,000. Special events also included as organized activities are the Fine Arts Festival, $2000; academic see woe 11 The Bethel Male Chorus leaves for an Upper Midwest concert tour today, returning April 1. Scholarship $ lowers student cost We asked our readers... Has the new plus/minus system helped or hurt your GPA, and do you think it's a fair system? Kathy Femlund, junior: Melody Ho, junior: Yes, it has helped my It hasn't affected my GPA, and yes, it is a fair GPA, because I didn't get system. It can go both any pluses or minuses. I ways, but for the most think it's fair because it's part if you work hard it a better assessment of can help you. what a student actually does in a class. Jerry Manus, freshman: It has probably helped my GPA, because I got some C -1-'s, and those would have just been C's. Lori Olsen, senior: It has hurt my GPA. I think grading is an inac-curate method of learn-ing, so naturally I think the plus/minus system is inaccurate as well. Leann Kicker, junior: The plus/minus system has hurt my GPA. It is an unfortunate change in the system, as it tends to cre-ate more competition in this already competitive school. Students may be-come less helpful to one another, in pursuit of the almighty grade. Paul Otto, senior: Yes, I think it's fair. It has probably helped my GPA. 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Chisholm Page 10 Books list internship and summer job opportunities by Jay Stuart Russell How would you like to work this summer at Mo-kuleia, a church camp on the north shore of Oahu, or at Sperry Chalet, high in the mountains of Glac-ier National Park, or work as an intern in a public relations firm in New York, or at a theatre corn-pany in California? For a small investment you may find just what you're looking for in two books published by Wri-ter's Digest Books: 1981 Internships and 1981 Sum-mer Employment Direc-tory of the United States. In its 30th year of pub-lication, the employment directory offers job infor-mation supplied directly by the employer. The book is divided in two parts, the first of which offers hints on how to apply for a summer job, write a re- 1191131 AM■oonrktlolaajz. sume, prepare for an in-terview and tips on what employers look for in ap-plicants. The bulk of the book lists names and addresses of employers, along with information on types of positions, salaries, em-ployment dates, how to apply and whether the employer offers room and board. Some employers even list fringe benefits, such as transportation al-lowances, bonuses, home cooked meals and, in some cases, college credit. The listings are grouped according to state and fur-ther divided into job cate-gories, including business and industry; government; resorts, ranches, restau-rants and lodging; sum-mer camps, summer thea-tres; national parks; and commercial attractions. The summer camps cate-gory is one of the largest. The employment direc-tory's big plus is that the employers listed are ser-iously and actively look-ing for summer help, hav-ing indicated a desire to be included in the book. Offering 15,000 on-the-job training opportunities, 1981 Internships lists po-sitions for those who seek experience in a particular career field. Besides the advantage of obtaining college credit, many of the internships offer salaries or stipended positions. Others offer training and experience as the salary, by Cathy Schmeltzer Some may think of a sabbatical as nothing more than a leisurely vacation, but, according to Dean George Brushaber, that is a false assumption. The purpose of a sabbatical is to enable the faculty to maintain the scholarship necessary for effective teaching. A sabbatical al-lows teachers to undertake work which they could not otherwise accomplish while teaching. while a few charge a fee. The internship is de-signed as a full-time posi-tion in .a career field, usu-ally short-term, ranging from a few weeks to a few months. Some positions, designed for the graduate, may last a year. The book lists informa-tion similar to that given in the summer employ- This program keeps the teachers growing, sharp, and, most importantly, able to maintain the high level of educational excel-lence. the policy at most colleges (Bethel included) allows a full-time teacher who has served for six years to apply for a sabba-tical leave. The applicants must submit a plan of what they propose ro do on their leave. This plan is screened very carefully. It must show promise of benefit-ting students directly at the return of the teacher and be approved by the board of regents. The usual sabbatical lasts six months, but in rare cases when a full year is needed the year's leave is granted. Teachers on sabbatical continue to receive their regular salary from Be- 1 hel, unless the sabbat-ment directory, including information about a com-pany, eligibility require-ments, salary, fringe ben-efits, as well as informa-tion on housing. The book is not arranged by states, as is the summer employ-ment directory, but does have a geographical cross-index. see page 5 ical lasts a full year. In that case they only receive a salary for six months. The number of teachers that are allowed to take a sabbatical is determined by the amount of money Bethel has for replace-ments and the availability of quality replacements. Teachers on sabbatical must also keep in contact with Bethel by writing periodically. On return they are also required to submit a written report of their leave to the board of regents. So, when teach-ers take a sabbatical it means they are not lying on a beach somewhere in the Caribbean, but on an assignment perhaps at an-other university, research-ing in a lab, writing a book, producing artwork, composing music or serv-ing abroad. Profs work for sabbaticals The women's soccer club, coached by Tom Persico, consists of forty women this year. They open up their season after spring break against Coon Rapids High School. Controversy enters senate Bethany Baptist Church Cleveland and Skillman Avenues, Roseville, Mn Worship Service at 11:00 AM Sunday School at 9:30 AM (Special College-age) Evening Service at 6:00 PM Church Telephone 631-0211 Dr. Millard Erickson Bethel Seminary Professor Interim Pastor BALDWIN PIANO RENTALS 631-9548 Page 1 1 Horn seeks balanced chapels from page 3 tions have not been chosen yet. The position of gen-eral station manager awaits the decision by Dean Brushaber about which department KABY yoAr_ The El Salvador bill failed in a roll-call vote, 7 -6. The bill would have made public a declaration of support from the Bethel student association in fa-vor of U.S. withdrawal from the situation in El Salvador. This information would be noted in letters to Congress and in the Minneapolis Tribune. The bill for allocating $500 to the cheerleaders was dropped to only $200, but failed to pass even at that lower amount. The Clarion was allo-cated $500 to make up some of the loss incurred when the budget was cut over the summer. The money will help cover printing costs for the next issues. Senate is planning a field day Ma y 9. The por-lion of Old Snelling be-tween Lindy's and Bethel will be roped off and a race will be held for peo-ple who have converted old beds into moving ve-hicles. Two team events will be next in the line-up of events, a water race on Lake Valentine and a re-lay race of some type across the football field. The climax will be an attempt to break a Gui-ness world record. The selection of the record has not yet been made defi-nite. One possibility is the record for stuffing people in a bus. Senate approved a reso-lution to begin leasing and servicing the vending machines around campus. Senate estimates the min-imum profit at $3500. It hopes to begin operating the vending machines some time during April. The bill passed to esta-blish a karate club in lieu of an intermediate PE class in karate. Two bills were brought up and discussed under new business. One bill was a request for an allo-cation of $200 to world relief for the purpose of alleviating the starvation of the Ethiopian refugees in Somalia. A bill to end censorship of artwork was also pro-posed. The bill includes the suggestion that a stu-dent representative be given voting power on the administrative committee that monitors academic freedom, as well as on the site commitee. SENATE ELECTIONS Senate election results are in: Mark Publow, President Cheryl Thomas, Vice-resident Publow and Thomas swept the election with a strong 56 per cent of the vote. by Debbie Anderson Most students do not contemplate the origin of the chapel schedule. It just happens, right? Not accord-ing to David Horn, the assistant to the campus pastor and the person re-sponsible for the chapel schedule. If the schedule does not evolve from no-thing, where does it come from? Horn said that the cha-pel schedule comes from a variety of sources. The Cha-pel and Spiritual Life com-mittee made of students and faculty help to gener-ate ideas for chapel speak-ers and programs. Some of these ideas are then pur-sued and secured for a chapel slot sometime dur-ing the year. from page 1 dents. Another 30 homes will be accepted on a type of waiting list. "Spruce Up a Senior's Spring" is a good expe-rience for both the senior citizens and the students. The senior citizens see some work done they could not do and have con-tact with young people. The Campus Ministries of-fice and the Wilder Center have received numerous calls and cards where the seniors expressed how much the service the stu-dents provided meant to them in recent years. They in turn encourage the students. It is a nice change of pace from the normal Bethel routine, Other sources for cha-pel are outside people who request to speak in chapel. Often these speakers repre-sent some special interest group or missions. Horn said that there is a Bethel policy concerning speak-ers who ask to speak at Bethel. They can not pro-mote their group or spe-cial interest unless ap-proved by Bethel. Other chapels are re-quired throughout the year. For example, some administration members have received a slot on the schedule. Sing and Shares and SMP chapels are also guaranteed chapel times. Faculty sometimes ask to speak in chapel. Some-times students ask to share in chapel. Horn said so many students would and the satisfaction that comes from having help-ed someone in need is great. Participants are not paid, but the senior citi-zens provide all kinds of goodies for munching while working. Students who drive are given mon-ey to reimburse them for gas used. The Wilder Center has appreciated Bethel's help so much in this project over the last two years that this year they plan to invite the newspaper and television media to cover the event. All Bethel personnel — students, faculty and staff — can participate 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sign-up like to be in chapel that it is impossible to use every-one, although he tries to fit people in where it is appro-priate. Convocation speakers are a final source for cha-pel speakers. Convocation, says Horn, "is not a wor-ship time. Convocation is separate from chapel." Horn is not responsible for convocation, rather a committee of faculty mem-bers decide on convocation topics and speakers. Stu-dents are welcome to par-ticipate on this committee. The most important as-pect of the chapel is that there is a balance, said Horn. "If we have three speakers in one week, we try to balance it with a student chapel or music or something else," said Horn. sheets will be posted on the bulletin board outside the Campus Ministries of-fice (LR326). Students may sign up in groups of three our four vi individu-ally. It is a good opportun-ity for townhouse units or dorm floors to form groups to work together. Students meet in the PE lounge to receive maps and instructions on Sat-urday morning, and then divide up to go to the homes. In case of rain, plan on April 25. More information about "Spruce Up a Senior's Spring" is available from Suzie Tjernlund or Curt Hansen in Campus Minis-tries. Workers put spring in seniors' day Senior Deb Sension has been very active in both academics and athletics during her four years at Bethel (photo by Doub Barkey). Tennis line-up looks strong Page 12 sports Sension seeks high goals by Ellie Abbott Senior Deb Sension has been an asset to Bethel, whether in the biology de-partment, the training room or athletic events. Sension grew up in the small town of Chenoa, Ill. While attending Chenoa High School she was ac-tive in both volleyball and spring track for four years. Sension graduated from high school in the spring of 1977. That fall she came to Bethel to begin a busy, but rewarding, four years. When asked why she chose Bethel, she said, "My cousins lived in this area so I had been in the cities before coming to Bethel. I liked the location that Bethel was in and when I visited Bethel, it seemed like a friendly place." Sension began her col-lege career as a double major, with concentra-tions in physical education and biology. At the end of her sophomore year, Sen-sion decided to transfer to by Wendy Norberg The women's track team finished sixth out of eight-een teams last Friday in the biggest indoor meet of the season, the Ole Invita-tional. Eau Claire pulled of a two-point win over host team St. Olaf for the team trophy. The Bethel women made a good showing while also establishing a number of school and personal re- Florida State. After a great deal of thought, prayer and some convincing words from her track coach, Howie Kellogg, Sen-sion decided to return. "I knew I belonged at Bethel, so I came back," she said. Sension has been active in women's athletics since her freshman year. She played basketball for four years and was a forward on the varsity squad for three years. Sension has also partic-ipated on the track team for three years, in which she does the heptathlon. The heptathlon consists of seven events: the high jump, long jump, shot put, javelin, hurdles, 200-meter dash and the 800-meter run. During her freshman year Sension participated on the volleyball and soft-ball teams and was also active in intramural vol-leyball. Sension's career goal is to be a certified athletic trainer. This past fall she cords. The 4x1 lap relay of Lynn Severson, Jenny and Danette Burgess and Sher-ri Lindquist took second place and set the school record at 1:25.94. Captain Severson also took second place in the 300-yard dash, setting Bethel's record at 38.09. She later finished third in the 60-yard dash, giving Bethel a 7.28 record in that event. In the two-mile run spent many hours in the training room and on the football field in prepara-tion. In order for her to take the NATA (Nation-al Athletic Trainer's Asso-ciation) test, she has to work with a certified train-er for 1800 hours. Work-ing as a trainer last fall helped her toward this goal. This fall she hopes to enter graduate school at South Dakota State, where she will finish up her hours. In addition to athletic training, participation in athletics and a heavy aca-demic load, Sension is also a teacher's assistant for the biology department. She assists the anatomy/ physiology labs which meet weekly, and is re-sponsible to prepare for each lab session. Sension has found her busy college life reward-ing and looks forward to pursuing her career goal as a certified athletic trainer. Wendy Norberg lowered the school record to 11:45.05. Personal records were set by Jenny Burgess in the hurdles, Danette Bur-gess in the 300, Mary Shelander in the 400, Ellie Abbott and Norberg in the 600, Joanne Ferril and Deb Auty in the 800-meter run. Olaf's fast track, the fast competition and a lot of good encouragement by Becky Dye The men's tennis team has been hard at work among Bethel's team mem-bers contributed much to-ward the improvements made by so many of the women. This week the team has a meet at Macalester on Wednesday and will stop for a meet in LaCrosse, Wis., Friday, on the way to Florida for spring break. After break the outdoor season begins with a meet at Gustavus April 4. practicing at Arden Hills Tennis Club since interim, in preparation of the 198,1 season. Coach Mark Norlander commented, "We have a very strong top end of the line-up this year. "We took quite a jump coming into the MIAC two years ago. In the Tri-State we held the championship for 10 years, but our con-ferences record last year was 2-7. "We have more balance this year and should do better." Transfer sophomore John Lilleberg joined the team this year. He holds the 1979 Minnesota state men's singles title. Kirk Smith, junior, is the only returning player. Seniors Randy Goen, Mike Kim and Tim Steele will also compete, along with junior Mark Reasoner and sophomores Jeff Nisson and Mark Johnson. The indoor season be-gan March 6 for Bethel against St. John's Bethel lost, 9-0. Bethel was also defeated March 15 by the Gustavus junior varsity team, 9-0. The next match will be held here at Bethel, March 31 against St. Mary's. Coach Norlander com-mented, "They are about at our level. It should be a close match and we could come out on top." Tracksters place sixth, set records Men's mile relay lowers record Tim Huisinga participated in the MIAC indoor track meet last Saturday. by Ellie Abbott The men's track team performed well at the in-door MIAC conference meet hosted by St. Olaf Saturday. The Royals would have been fourth out of eight teams if a team score had been kept. The Royals brought home four first-place fin-ishes and one new school record in the mile relay. Senior Paul Otto once again dominated in the sprinting events, taking first in the 176-yard dash (18.46) and the 300-yard dash (32.70). Phil Asay- leaped to a victory in the triple jump with a distance of 14.42 meters. Asay also placed sixth in the long jump, jumping 6.46 meters. The mile relay of Tom Plocker, Dave Jorgenson, Tim Snyder and Otto, placed third overall, but broke the school indoor record with a time of 3:28.83. St. John's won the relay, breaking a new field house record at 3:22.75. In the 400-meter dash Bethel's Plocker raced to a victory with a time of 51.88. Mike Dirks follow-ed closely behind (52.70) with a third place finish. In the 600-meter run Jor-genson finished second overall, timed at 1:14.78. Don Hauser and Jay Van Loon were fourth and fifth with times of 1:16.44 and 1:16.61, respectively. In the high jump Jason Velgersdyk jumped 6'4" for a third place. The win-ner from St. Olaf jumped 6'6". The men tricksters open up their outdoor season the weekend following spring break. Sports Events Spring Break Trips Men's and Women's Track — Florida Baseball — Texas Soft ball — Arizona
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Title | Clarion 1981-03-20 Vol 56 No 20 |
Edition (Vol. No.) | Vol. 56 No. 20 |
Date Published | March 20 1981 |
Decade | 1980 |
Academic Year | 1980 - 1981 |
Frequency | Weekly |
Article Titles | Food service dish disappearances reappear; Housing lottery out; priority in; Senior "spruce-up" springs into action; editorial - Court decisions can eventually backfire; Futurists avoid future problems with foresight; letters - Death of Judy makes Christian life hard to live; Prejudice subtle, but present; Lifestyle cause of cookie-cutter life; 1981-82 media chiefs chosen; Over-60 find Elderhostel rewarding; MAPCS begins first phase of campaign; War Tax Resisters present views; Eight blood donors earn pins; Bethel welcomes German students; Mum's the word concerning next president; Tour plans artful Europe; Campus visit day primes prospective students; Baby Aptix nurtures creativity; Wish for others as you would wish for yourself; Wild Honey and Camel Hair - Me-Christianity reveals insecurity; Kansas sows music seeds; New theatre offers Tantastick' cast; From Our Files: They thought chivalry was dead then?; Scholarship $ lowers student cost; Books list internship and summer job opportunities; Profs work for sabbaticals; Horn seeks balanced chapels; Controversy enters senate; Sension seeks high goals; Tennis line-up looks strong; Tracksters place sixth, set records; Men's mile relay lowers record; |
Photographs | Thirty-five cents wilt still buy a whole Bethel bagel, provided lost" dishes and silverware continue to come in (photo by Doug Barkey).; Dona Amann, sophomore, 1981-82 Spire editor (Photo by Doug Barkey); Leanne Kicker, junior, Clarion editor for 1981-82 (Photo by Doug Barkey); Forty adults over 60 participated in Bethel's Elderhostel program last summer (photo by Doug Barkey).; Minnesota Governor Albert Quie announced a $1.7 million increase in the scholarship and grant program January 27.; Special Chapel Speaker: Rev. Bruce Thielman; Dale Johnson, associate professor of art, will lead an art tour of Europe, designed especially for non-art majors (photo by Tom Twining).; Bonita Wahl, of "Thursday's at 3" fame, continues with the now expanded group, called Aptix (photo by Tom Twining).; The 45-member Bethel Women's Choir leaves today for a tour in the Pacific Northwest through April 5.; Errol Tyrone (left), Juan Ramos, a 1980 Bethel graduate, and David Looby perform in the Harmon Place Players' production of "The Fantasticks."; The rock group Kansas performed most of the hits from their album "Audio Visions" at last Saturday's concert in Minneapolis (photo by Tom Wilbee).; The Bethel Male Chorus leaves for an Upper Midwest concert tour today, returning April 1.; We asked our readers... "Has the new plus/minus system helped or hurt your GPA, and do you think it's a fair system?": Kathy Femlund, junior:; Melody Ho, junior:; Jerry Manus, freshman:; Lori Olsen, senior:; Leann Kicker, junior:; Paul Otto, senior:; The women's soccer club, coached by Tom Persico, consists of forty women this year. They open up their season after spring break against Coon Rapids High School.; Senior Deb Sension has been very active in both academics and athletics during her four years at Bethel (photo by Doug Barkey).; Tim Huisinga participated in the MIAC indoor track meet last Saturday. |
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Transcript | 'LEARNING RESOURCE CENTEK BETHEL COLLEGE 3900 Bethel Drive St Paul, Minnesota 55112 Thirty-five cents wilt still buy a whole Bethel bagel, provided lost" dishes and silverware continue to come in (photo by Doug Barkey). e Clarion. Vol. 56, No. 20 Bethel College, St. Paul, MN March 20, 1981 Housing lottery out; priority in by Shari Goddard Bethel students and em-ployees returned enough missing food service dish-es, glasses and silverware to hold of the scheduled March 16 price hike. "Be-cause students seemed 'to be making an effort to return things...we'll give them credit and hope they continue," said Wayne Erickson, director of food service. When over $1000 in sil-verare, dishes and glasses disappeared this year, Erickson announced a ten per cent price increase if the items were not return-ed by March 13. "I felt something had to be done," he said. Erickson added that some loss is normal each year, but "this year more stuff has disap-peared. It really got to be frustrating." A return table was set up outside the food-card coordinator's office for those who found "lost" items in their rooms or offices. When the return effort started, food ser-vice had three dozen glasses, one rack. As of last Firday, students and by Patty Sutton Major changes have been made in the place-ment system, the lease and the blocking off of certain areas of housing for spe-cial students. "By offering as much choice of room-mates and rooms as pos-sible," said Rod Long, di-rector of housing, "the community that has deve-loped among students in the residences can be pre-served and built upon from year to year." Long said that the great-er flexibility of choice will help students to take great-er pride in the physical facilities and thus lower others had returned ap-proximately seven racks. Other items were also re-turned. According to Erickson, some of the items were taken carelessly—brought to rooms and forgotten. People took other items deliberately. The price raise was to "make a point that we couldn't put up with it," said Erickson. "We have to make ends meet in food service. Be-thel probably operates on one of the smallest food service budgets for a col-some unnecessary main-tenance costs. The lottery system has been abolished in favor of a system where students choose the apartments in which they will live and are granted their choices according to present hous-ing, their class at Bethel and then on a first-come-first- served basis. March 30, applications will be taken for those who wish to remain in their current residence for the next school year. Those who wish to be housed in the same build-ing but a different apart-ment, will turn in their applications a week later. lege its size in the coun-try." He said irnost col-leges can not compare their $1 million food ser-vice budget to the approx-imately $700,000 Bethel spends. After spring break, Erick-son and Judy Helman, as-sistant director, plan to spend a few days in dorms, trying to explain food service to people, "for people who would like to know more about it or who don't understand it in the first place," Erick-son said, chuckling. From this point, the se-lection is according to the students' school classifica- _ tions, from seniors to spe-cial students, and based on the lowest-priority rank in each roommate grouping. If a housing application is rejected because it is improperly filled out, or because the apartment or townhouse chosen has been taken, the applicants will have to make changes and resubmit their appli-cations. A list of housing which has been designated will be posted near the student affairs office. Housing for married stu-dents is new this year. The one-bedroom apart-ments in three Silvercrest buildings: 2030, 2060 and 2090, are reserved for cou-ples. Most of the campus housing, excluding Arden Village East B4, 5 and 6; C; D; E and F4, 5 and 6, are for freshmen only. Long has also worked on revising the lease, to make it more clear and concise. Last Monday through Thursday, March 16-19, Long conducted a series of questions and answer ses-sions in each of the resi-dences to inform students about the new housing pro-cedures. Senior "spruce-up" springs into action Food service dish disappearances reappear The third annual "Spruce Up a Senior's Spring" will be held April 11 this year. "Spruce Up a Senior's Spring" is an out-reach to senior citizens in the St. Paul area, using Bethel students to help do spring cleaning that they are unable to do them-selves. In 1979 the Campus Ministries Office began working with the Wilder Foundation in St. Paul to develop an outreach that would help senior citi-zens. Among other pro-grams, the Wilder Center offers daytime activities for senior citizens who still are able to live in their own homes. For "Spruce tip a Sen-ior's Spring" the Wilder Center registers its mem-bers that have spring cleaning that they are un-able to do. Most often this work is raking the lawn, changing and washing storm windows, and mov-ing furniture indoors to clean around and behind it. Bethel students then supply the manpower to do the work and the resi-dents provide all the sup-plies. Last year, due to a smaller student turnout than expected, each car-load of student volunteers was assigned to do work at 3 or 4 homes. This year to make it go more smooth-ly 30 homes will be gua-ranteed a group of stu-see page 11 seriously ought to medi-tate on Matthew 7:2, "For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you." I realize that people such as Steven Judy make the Bible a difficult book to live by. Be that as it may, are we to forgive or seek revenge on our ene-mies? see page 3 The Clarion is published weekly by the,:students of Bethel College. Edifttal opitflons are sole E sitnht of t e iarioriR4 oriie ive st an sti Leann ir, Beth Nystrom, graphics Ted Lewis, columnist Page 2 editorial Court decisions can eventually backfire Following a general trend toward active conserva-tism, many Christians are asking courts to guard and support their beliefs—as in the fight to put prayer back in the schools. Since these advocates call on all Chris-tians to support their attempts, it is important to under-stand all the implications of the court actions. Going through the courts may win a short-sighted goal, but court decisions are two-edged swords. What we throw at our adversaries they have the legal right to throw back at us. For example, with the right to pray in schools comes the right for prayer to any god. With the teaching of creation on religious, rather than scientific, grounds, comes the right to teach other religious beliefs or practices. Not long ago, a Christian took the transcendental "To know that which before us lies in daily life is the prime wisdom." —John Milton, from Paradise Lost, 1667 Foresight. If we all had it, perhaps half of our prob-lems would be solved. Not all of us are blessed with it—to be expected—but the tragedy is that in recent years, fewer and fewer people have possessed this gift. We live in an "eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die" society. Look around: Throughout the 70s the U.S. congress year after year exceeded the federal budget by billions of dollars. Why? Because highly influential special interest groups demanded money, and elected officials did not want to go on record as opposing funding for minori-ties, the poor, education, etc. The result? We now have a budget deficit approaching the one trillion mark, not to mention the inflation which has significant reduced the dollar's buying power. (The U.S. federal govern-ment prints extra money to pay its bills. The law of supply and demand dictates that when the supply of money is greater than the supply of goods and services, its value decreases.) People are starving in Somalia, India, and other places around the world. Others have responded by sending food and medical aid. Why? For the sake of humanity and compassion. The result? Lives are saved today, but for every one life saved today, an additional two or three people will die from starvation in 20 years. Our feeble attempts to save the half-billion starving people today will double the suffering and number of starvation victims two decades from now. A married couple decides to rent housing as they feel they cannot afford to buy. Why? Interest rates and home prices have made housing too expensive. The result? They wait five years and still feel the costs of home ownership are too high. They have paid for rented housing for five years and still have nothing to show for it. They could have been building equity and watched the value of their investment keep pace with inflation (They could have rented out part of their home to help pay mortgage costs.) Foresight does not mean one should not take risks. It simply means to realistically consider the future impact of a decision made now. It is a quality of leader-ship to reject a popular idea in the present tense, con-sidering its implications in the future tense. It is a quality of Christianity not to live for a present world on earth, but to live for a future world. Granted, not everything can be predicted. Who would have guessed 15 years ago that OPEC would monopolize oil prices, or that Social Security would begin to run out of money? Still, too many potential meditation movement to court, claiming it should not be allowed in schools since it is a religious movement. We cannot protest other religious teachings in our schools if our insistence does not include our religion. Some Christians have asked California court to allow the teaching of creation. But they made the mistake of insisting that religious freedom be the grounds. How can the courts allow creation and deny T.M. on these same grounds? There is no simple answer to these questions. Each citizen has a right to got to the courts to protect his/er freedom. But when we go, we must look beyond the simple solutions to the implications of the decision they demand. —sg problems are ignored until it is too late. It seems gaso-line lines have to reach a certain length, the budget has to reach a certain deficit, etc. before people look seriously at the problems at hand. How serious must a problem get before we do something? Thank heaven for the futurists who decided 20 years ago that Bethel would have to relocate its entire cam-pus, for those who began enacting legislation to solve our pollution problems and for others who initiated programs to limit nuclear arms. May we all have the foresight to think in the future tense, applying it to every aspect of our lives. —jsr To the Editor: butive justice is, at best, Just after midnight on an unenlightened interpre- Monday, March 9, Steven tation of the purpose of Judy died in the electric law. Legally, society has a chair in Michigan City, right to demand protec- Indiana. Although Judy tion, but no right what-was indeed guilty of rape soever to demand re-and murder, his execution venge. was an indictment against Next, from a moral justice. While society does standpoint, Judy's execu-have a right to be pro- tion was a degradation of tected from felons such as the value of human life. Steven Judy, there was no Morally abortion is con-legal or moral justification sidered wrong because is for his execution. does not regard the hu- From a legal standpoint, man sanctity of the fetus. the state of Indiana acted Capital punishment does in an irresponsible man- not regard the sanctity of ner. The fact that Judy human life as well. Does requested the death penal- society have a moral duty ty was no a valid reason to execute its enemies? for killing him. For exam- That would be like argu-ple, if I were to request ing that society has a right that a friend of mine shoot to abort fetuses because me because I lacked the the baby might be deform-guts to kill myself, the ed. courts would never up- Furthermore, Steven Ju-hold my friend's case. My dy's execution was a par-friend would indeed be ticular embarrassment to convicted of murder. the Christian sub-culture Thus, I contend that the of our society. I suggest state of Indiana has com- that before we as Chris-mitted murder. The law tians sit people like Ste-ought not to be used as a means of obtaining cold- chair, turn on the juice ven Judy in the electric blooded revenge on the and triumphantly claim, enemies of society. Retri- "He had it coming," we Opinions expressed on this page are the sole responsibility of the individual editors. Futurists avoid future problems with foresight letters Death of Judy makes Christian life hard to live Dona Amann, sophomore, 1981-82 Spire edi- Leanne Kicker, junior, Clarion editor for 1981- tor (photo by Doug Barkey). 82 (photo by Doug Barkey). 1981-82 media chiefs chosen by Patty Sutton Student senate voted Tuesday on the recom-mendations for the cam-pus coordinators and me-dia chiefs. Leann Kicker was chosen as Clarion editor and Dona Amann was appointed editor of the Spire. The recommendation to accept Lori Droogsma and Sherwood McKinnis as the new campus coordi-nators was rejected. The senate requested that the selection committee meet Notice Due to spring break, a tight production bud-get and other semi-regular occurrences, the Clarion will not re-sume its regular pro-duction schedule until April 24. We will see our readers before then in an irregular pro - duc tion. Page 3 To the Editor: " Ultimately, we've got to be Christian," stated Don Belton, assistant pro-fessor in the social work department. The issue in question is racial integra-tion, or rather the lack of it at Bethel College. I was recently made Aware of some disturbing statistics. The total num-ber of minority students at Bethel comprise less than 1 per cent of the stu-dent enrollment. And less than 10 per cent of these minority students ever graduate from Bethel. How can this be, at a school that purports "not to discriminate on the ba-sis of age, color, ethnic/na-tional origin, physical han-dicap, race, or sex...?" There is little doubt that we have a problem. Either minority students avoid Bethel, or the ones who To the Editor: Bethel's environment tends to produce sterile, "cookie-cut ter"* Christ-y. One cause of such is the infamous LIFE-STYLE • STATEMENT. The lifestyle statement firstly invites only Chris-tians to attend Bethel, and thereby neglects an out-reach- for-Christ oppor-tunity unique to a Chris-tian liberal arts college for the agnostic, potential Be-thel students who are searching for an answer. At the Bethel oasis, this outreach opportunity, unique to a Christian lib-eral arts professor, is de-nied; minds are being wasted. If the lifestyle state-ment were to read, "Bethel invites any prospective liberal arts students who wants to be challenged by Christianity," then per-haps Bethel would be-come more of an outreach to the collegiate "world." True, there would pro-bably be more radicals and a worldly sector on campus, but Christ him-self commanded us to be in the world and yet not of it. In other words, it is intrinsic to dynamic Christianity to be exposed to the "real world," i.e. non-Christian people. come have a difficult time making it through. I was in a group looking into this problem. We in-terviewed Don Belton be-cause of his acquaintance with the problem and his participation in a task force to deal with it. He said that many prospec-tive minority students are warned by former stu-dents about the subtle signs of predjudice and cultural misunderstand-ings that occur here. Those students who do come find the warnings to be true. Prejudice does happen at Bethel. It can be as sim-ple as not talking to a minority students, or as crude as a valentine from the KKK. (This happened here.) Even class lectures may be unconsciously geared for only white, mid-dle- class Baptist Scandi-navians. These classes can Bethel is not the "real" world! Christ was a rebel and a minority in - a hostile environment. Bethel's en-vironment is just the op-posite. One may point with tre-pidation at the Hamline, Gustavus, etc. campuses to warn of impending doom. But who really knows where they falter-ed, or if they really did. Just because they may have failed doesn't mean we should hide cowardly in our corner of the world, for this is not spirit of Christ. It is very possible that with a dynamic and dedi-cated Christian faculty and staff, Bethel could be-come a battleground for Christ, rather than an oa-sis of Christian apathy. And if Bethel were to fal-ter under such conditions, then the present lifestyle statement is a meaning-less and condescending fa-cade of ethics (rather than a statement of a student faith), because the individ-ual student's faith would have been rendered false in the face of a "real world" challenge. Doug Newman P.O. 177 *Greek ranSla tion—no-dos onihros nodos he very confusing to some-one from a different cul-ture. One young woman dropped out the week be-fore finals last year be-cause she had difficulty understanding the materi-al in the way it was pre-sented. The tragic aspect is that some of these students who don't make it here blame themselves, consid-ering themselves to be fail-ures. How can we as a Christian community al-low this to happen to our brothers and sisters in Je-sus? Although the problem cannot be solved over-night, there are steps that we as a student body can take to alleviate it. First, we must work to create an environment that is welcoming and warm to everyone, not just those of our own race and culture. Specifically this means to treat our minority stu-dents as people, brothers and sisters having the same Lord. We must strive to elim-inate the subtle acts of prejudice that we may even hardly be aware of. Most of all we need to pray that God will mold Bethel into a community where all Christians can learn, regardless of their race and culture. Until this happens, we do not reflect the wonderful variety in the body of Christ and cannot call ourselves a Christian school As Don Belton said, the solution is that "Ultimately, we've got to be Christian." Daryl Morrissey Prejudice subtle, but present Lifestyle cause of cookie-cutter life again and bring whom-ever it recommends the second time to the entire senate body for a short interview before it votes again. The problem with the selection of the campus coordinators was that the evaluation process was being called into question. from page 2 Unfortunately, all of us are the long-run losers in the execution of Judy. Win-ston Churchill stated, "The mood and temper of the public with regard to the treatment of crime and criminals is one of the most unfailing tests of the civilization of a country." For this reason, I contend that by condoning the kil-ling of Judy our society and our Christian sub-cul-ture in particular have tak-en a large step backwards. In closing, I would like Some senators were con-cerned about the lack of information about the choices prior to voting. Others had heard reports from constituents about the choices and wished to look into the matter fur-ther before assenting. Roster and KABY posi-see page 11 to point out the fact that I am not defending Steven Judy. He needed to be pun-ished, but certainly not murdered. Further I am not a bleeding-heart lib-eral who wants to come to the aid of every psychotic killer in this country. However, I do contend that the manner in which the state of Indiana hand-led the Steven Judy case was a crude, barbaric and uncivilized rendition of "justice." 1 Frank La Tona MarchP 90. 109 81 Forty adults over 60 participated in Bethel's Elderhostel program last summer (photo by Doug Barkey). Minnesota Governor Albert Quie announced a $1.7 million increase in the scholarship and grant program January 27. Page 4 Over-60 find Elderhostel rewarding The Minnesota Associ-ation of Private College Students (MAPCS) has opened the first phase of a letter writing campaign in-tended to address the state and federal changes in student financial aid, programs which threaten to force one out of every 10 students out of college. The MAPCS has an-nounced that is will soli-cit letters from its 35,000 member constituency ad-dressing proposed cut-backs in the Minnesota State Scholarship and Grant Program. January 27, 1981, Gov-ernor Albert Quie an-nounced he was request-ing only a $1.4 million increase in the scholar-ship and grant program. The Minnesota Higher Ed-ucation Coordinating Board, a state advisory agency, have requested a $37 million increase to maintain current $1,400 maximum grant, compen-sate for inflationary rises in college costs over the past year and provide awards to eligible stu-dents in the increasing pool of students seeking aid. It is estimated by the co-ordinating board that un-derfunding the program by nearly $16 million over the next two years will result in as many as 12,600 students being re-fused aid and an addition-al 9,000 students being de-nied the opportunity to have their applications re-viewed for eligibility due to lack of funds.-To assure these students an award of some size, the program would be forced to reduce each of the awards made by Joanne Watkins Bethel is just one of 22 Minnesota colleges and universities participating in Elderhostel '81. Elder-hostel is a nationwide summer college program for persons over 60. "I personally think it is the most exciting thing on campus all year," said Dean Tricia Brownlee. "It is super in some small way to serve the older people and the commun-ity," she continued. About 40 men and women will move to Bethel July 19 for a week of "living and learning." Activities for the older courage private college students to write to their own legislators and those on key state committees in reference to the scho-larship and grant pro-gram. As a part of the let-ter drive, MAPCS will sponsor a inter-school competition allowing it to determine how many let-ters have been sent to state legislators regard-ing the necessity of the state scholarship and grant program. Students interested in assisting with the letter drive's education effort are asked to call the MAPCS state office at (612) 641 -2455 or to con-tact their student govern-ment leaders. by Patty Sutton "The Christian Con-science and the Payment of War Taxes" was the topic of a meeting held Monday, March 9. Min-nesota War Tax Resisters presented the meeting, sponsored by the People of Faith Peacemakers lo inform the public about their views. People from varied back-grounds with different in-tensities of belief met to discuss their ideas, rally support and suggest pos-sible individual response. One man at the meeting said, "It would be immor-al and insane to pay war tax, because it is hiring someone to do something I would not do myself." It is estimated that 33.1 adults include field trips, cultural events and cam-pus activities. The Como Conservatory, the Muse-urn of Natural History, the Minnesota Symphony, a Twins' game and a ban-quet at the end of the week are some of the activities. planned. The focal point of the week is the classes offer-ed. Each of the participat-ing schools offers three courses covering a broad interest scope. Classes to be taught at Bethel include "Artists and You: Learn to See What They See" taught by art instructor Barbara Glenn. A course entitled "Moses and Mor-ality" will be taught by Dr. Arthur Lewis. "Life in the Thirties: The Way it Was" will be taught by Dr. Roy Dalton. The classes are held every day for one to two hours. They do not have exams or required home-work. Though they do not receive grades, last year there was a graduation ceremony. Wearing Beth-el frisbees as their caps, the students received dip-lomas as "Masters of Youthful Thinking." "I enjoyed all of the pro-gram: meeting people and courses and going out on the trips," said Carl Rad-ke, Elderhostel partici-pant. He and his wife Mar-ian participated with 40 other older adults last summer. The Radkes, both re-per cent of federal income tax goes into the fund for military expenditures. Some people have pushed the percentage as high as 49.9 by including past mil-itary expenses and the nuclear arms race. Another problem dis-cussed was the federal excise tax on telephone services. Some of the mo-ney pays for military ex-penses and people against war tax refuse to pay that portion. The majority of war tax objectors do not keep the taxes they withhold. In-stead, they channel it into the World Peace Tax Fund or the Minnesota Alterna-tive Fund, which sponsor grants for groups work-ing on peaceful projects. In the Twin Cities area, the movement has 200 peo-tired, came to Bethel for the classes. "I appreciated the warmth of the people at Bethel," commented Mrs. Radke. Mr. Radke said he felt this warmth was due partially to the Christian environment. He said the close contact with the professors made him feel at home. "My most rewarding ex-periences," said Dr. Lew-is, who also taught last year, "were there class re-sponses." He said their minds were young, their interest was obvious and they were very alert. "If anything there is height-ened motivation," com-mented Dr. Lewis as he compared them to college students. "It keeps you in touch with people and your mind active," said Mr. Radke. "It is very infor-mative and good. You learn something new," he added. The cost for the week is $140 which includes room, board, tuition and most activities. The hos-telers stay in the dormi-tory and eat in the cafete-ria. "The only complaint," said Brownlee, "is that they wish there were kids around." Registration forms and a catalog may be obtained by telephoning Minneso-ta Elderhostel at 376-2704. Details about the Bethel program may be secured from Dr. Tricia Brownlee, 638-6367. pie on its mailing list, at least 60 people withhold-ing federal income tax and 150-200 resisting the telephone tax. One man said, "I won-der if Jesus ever said, 'I'd like to be the one through whom the world is re-deemed, but I don't want to go to the cross. Do we ask this?" tinder the Reagan ad-ministration, the move-ment expects a stronger, more solidified response to tax resistance. One way to avoid the war tax problem -is to fill out a W-4 withholding form and pay for taxes collectively each year. That eliminates automatic tax withholding and gives the individual more free-dom of choice about how much lax to pay. to the current 46,000 recip-ients by an amount yet to be determined. Each participant in the program is required to put $700 per year toward their tuition costs under the eli-gibility formula. In addi-tion, only 85 per cent of the student's educational costs (tuition, room and board) is used to deter-mine eligibility. The MAPCS letter drive begins Wednesday, March 18. It is intended to en- MAPCS begins first phase of campaign War Tax Resisters present views The Rev. Bruce Thiel-man will speak in cha-pel March 30-31. Thiel-man is dean of chapel at Grove City College. An alumnus of Grove City College, Thielman devotes more of his time to college, univer-sity and seminary min-istries than to any other area of service. He has spoken at Be-thel in the past. Thielman earned his B.A. at Westminster College and his B.D. at Pittsburg-Xenia Theo-logical Seminary in 1959. He recieved a Doctor of Divinity de-gree from Grove City College in 1972. In 1973 he was given the Doc-tor of Letters degree by Sterling College, Sterl-ing, Kans. Thielman was born in Pittsburg, Penn. in April of 1933. Page 5 Eight blood donors earn pins school German students and their teachers are ex-pected to attend the con-vention, according to Su-zanne Jebe, program spe-cialist in modern and clas-sical languages for the Minnesota Department of commitment and concern Of the 256 donors ac-for people of the area. cepted, several received This year Ruth Oliver pins from the Red Cross and Laurie Lindahl coor- to recognize that over a dinated the drive. Lindahl certain period they each and Oliver worked hard have given a gallon of to make the blood drive a blood. The following indi-success and further the viduals received pins: good standing and repu- Deborah Ross, Elizabeth tation of Bethel with the Weinberg, Laura Phillips, Red Cross. Keith Bergstrom, Ann Rob-bins, Mike Bryan, Bo Bur- Concern mounted ear- ridge and Kim Mullin. her in the week as the number of people to work and to give progressed slowly. But the donors and the workers came through and made the drive successful. board of regents, who make the final decision. "We then hope to an-nounce the candidate well ahead of the annual meet-ing in June," said Healy, "so the public will have a chance to get to know the candidate before he is presented in Omaha." Mum's the word concerning next president The new president will work with Lundquist for all of next year, until Lundquist leaves in next June. After leaving Bethel, Dr. Lundquist will have served his 28th year at the The committee presents helm of Bethel College and Seminary. by Tim Wilbee Who the next president of Bethel College and Sem-inary will be may be the best kept secret in the Baptist General Confer-ence (BGC). Due to Dr. Carl Lundquist's impend-ing retirement the need to find a new chief executive arose. BGC chief execu-' tives must retire at 65. A search committee was formed last year in re-sponse, responsible for presenting a candidate in time for the BGC annual meeting in Omaha, Neb., this June. The board of regents formed the committee, which consists of two fa-culty members (one from both the seminary and the from page 9 computer, $5400; and Wil-derness Challenge (course offered in the summer for freshmen), $10,240. • Some of the other less significant sources of reve-nue include traffic fines, $2500; tuition deposit for-from page 10 Listings are arranged according to college dis-ciplines, including intern-ships in business and in-dustry, newspapers, broad-casting, education, gov-ernment, health and medi-cine, law, museums, per-forming and visual arts, college), four regents and one person selected from the constituency. Robert Luther, from San Diego, Calif. chairs the committee. He was in the Twin Cities last Thurs-day and Friday to inter-view candidates. "We have narrowed the list of candidates to eight now," he said, "and would like to narrow that number to two or three. However," he added, "who these can-didates are is extremely confidential." Nominations for the po-sition were solicited from within the conference (in-cluding the Bethel cam-pus) and also from out-side. The committee care-fully researched all can-didates. Intensive inter-feitures $2500; rent late fee (from seminary) $1000, LRC fines, $1500; copy ser-vice (cash sales), $2500; and an administrative al-lowance from the govern-ment for administering the NDSL, SEOG and work study programs, $43,000. science and research, and social service organiza-tions. The book sells for $7.95. Both books may be pur-chased at local book-stores, or by writing to Writer's Digest Books, 9933 Alliance Road, Cin-cinnati, Ohio 45242. After much work and pleading for donors and workers, the spring Be-thel blood drive became a reality last Thursday in the gym. The spring and fall drives give Bethel students the chance to reach out to the commu-nity and give the gift of life. Past encounters be-tween the Red Cross staff and the Bethel commu-nity have given the school a gOod reputation with the Red Cross and the en-tire metro area. This is just one way that students, fa-culty and staff show a by Ginger Hope Bethel's campus is the site of the 1980-81 conven-tion of the Minnesota As-sociation of Students of German (MNASG) April 4 - 5. Several hundred high dates' Christian character is looked at; their reputa-tion and commitment to Christ is examined." While the candidates do not necessarily have to be members of the BGC, they must be compatible with conference interests. Healy assisted Luther in last week's interviews, and they will present their findings to a full commit-tee meeting March 26. The committee hopes to reduce the number of can-didates to two or three. their final selection to the The next blood drive comes in October. The job of coordinating such a task falls in the hands of Laurie Lindahl and Steve Jarabeck. Education. Jebe said the program emphasizes "having fun within the context of a learning experience." The weekend will feature- a va-riety of topics, from Ger-man arts and crafts to soc-cer. German students from Bethel will host the group. The keynote speaker for the convention is Dr. Ger-hard Weiss, professor of German at the University of Minnesota. Also on the program are a Sunday morning church service in German, a student variety show and guided tours of the campus by upper-level German students from Bethel. Students will stay in the college and seminary gym-nasiums and eat in the cafeteria. Saturday evening, a trio of German musicians will entertain Bethel students and visitors during the supper hour. viewing has been part of this process. Jerry Healy, the college's committee member, des-cribed the criteria deve-loped for the ideal candi-date. A solid educational background and theologi-cal training of some sort is desirable to enable the fu-ture president to address seminary interests. The committee also seeks administrative ex-perience in education and an understanding and commitment to liberal arts schooling. "And," said Healy, "the candi- Bethel welcomes German students Dale Johnson, associate professor of art, will lead an art tour of Europe, designed especially for non-art majors (photo by Tom Twining). Put your head where your heart is. try ministry. Programs offered in Biblical, historical and theological studies, missions, Christian education, church ministries, and lay leadership at the certificate, master's and doctoral levels. Write to: Dr. Gordon Johnson, Dean T hBeoeltohgeilc a l Seminary / 3949 Bethel Drive, St. Paul, MN 55112 4747 College Ave., San Diego, CA 92115 ifh ■ Bonita Wahl, of "Thursday's at 3" fame, continues with the now expanded group, called Aptix (photo by Tom Twining). Page 6 Tour plans artful Europe arts education, followed by a mock lecture given by Dr. Jim Johnson, pro-fessor of history. They had the option of tracks A, B and C, de-signed to include chapel, classes, a mock class and . additional times from 1:15-1:45 in the afternoon to meet with professors and coaches of their choice. Students were encour-aged to attend classes of interest from a class sche-dule made available dur-ing registration. The class schedule offered D mo-dule, 11:10-12:00 and E module, 12:10-1:10 as a-vailable times to attend classes. It listed classes all the way from art and biology to philosophy and theatre arts, meeting dur-ing these times. The afternoon closed with a session in the cafe-teria involving a time when three current Bethel students, Jeff Westund, Cynthia Pennington and Cheryl Austring, shared some thoughts about Be-thel. They told what was available as far as student by Lorelei J. Markson Optics iap-tiks / n. p1.1: properties relating to vi-sion or the eye. A few arts students at Bethel have a vision. Theirs is called Aptix / ap-tiks / n. 1: A group of students who see a. the need to encourage one an-other in the visual arts. b. the need to discuss their own art and the art of oth-ers. c. the opportunity to expand their awareness of art in the surrounding by Jay Stuart Russell Visit to the European art treasures of Paris, Flor-ence and Venice are just a few of the stops planned in Bethel's summer course, "The Visual Arts in Eur-ope." Dale Johnson, asso-ciate professor of art, will lead the tour, which is list-ed as a creativity balance course and worth one Beth-el credit. Students will fly round-trip on a chartered jet from Minneapolis to Paris, leav-ing May 27 and returning activities and social life, as well as emphasizing the need to be prayerful in making the decision to at-tend Bethel. Also Sharon Worthington, director of financial aid, discussed the option of financial aid and encouraged students to check into this. She mentioned that 85 per cent of the students cur-rently enrolled at Bethel receive some source of financial aid. Most of the high school students that participat-ed in the campus visit day had made the decision to attend Bethel in the fall of 81. The general prospec-tive student reaction was positive toward Bethel; they felt very welcome and found Bethel students friendly and helpful. The classroom experience was helpful in getting a taste of the daily college life, although a number of stu-dents felt that a one-day session was not enough time to get to know the students or the college. This is only one out of 10 different recruiting em-phasis days. community.. d. a unique time and place to consider what it means to be both a Christian and an artist. As an offspring of last semester's "Thursday's at 3," begun by faculty mem-ber Bonita Wahl, Aptix is the art students' baby. The time, Thursday at 3 p.m., and the place, the art gal-lery, remain unchanged. The group focuses on encouraging individuals to nurture their creativity in-dependently of the class- June 19. Cost for the tour is $1500. "The tour will be espe-cially built to introduce non-art majors to the rich heritage so- readily evident in these major art centers in Europe," Johnson said. He stressed that students do not need an art back-ground to take the course. Johnson will perform a dual role as the tour's ar-tist guide. Course work will involve lecture-tours, discussions, readings and a personal journal, but "it will not be all work," John-son added. "Sight-seeing, bartering in European shops, people-watching and just enjoying spring in Europe will fill the after-room and hopes to pro-mote unity among art stu-dents so that they can sup-port one another in their efforts. They hope to do this in a number of ways. Thursdays they will dis-cuss different topics im-portant to individual art students and their work, as well as those topics currently under discus-sion in the art world in general. They may view and discuss films and the art work of fellow si u-noons of the tour:: he said. The group will travel by motorcoach in Europe, staying in student hous-ing or economy class ho-tels. Breakfast and dinner is included in the tour's cost. A tentative itinerary for the tour includes stops in six European countries: France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, West Germany and the Netherlands. Mu-seums and Cathedrals in the tour include Chartres. Versailles, Notre Dame, the Louvre and the Uffizi and Pitti Palace in Flor-ence. Stops at the graphic design centers in Basel, Switzerland are also on the agenda. dents or faculty. In addi-tion to the Thursday ses-sions, the members plan trips to galleries, exhibits, films and other areas of interest. They will try to keep all those involved informed about art events via a pub-lication or bulletin board. In this way they hope to create an awareness among the art students and to inspire individuals to commitment and con-viction in their own work. by Mary Swisher If you noticed unfamil-iar faces around campus this past Friday, it might have been due to the 200 prospective students who visited Bethel Friday, March 13. Bethel had its Spring campus visit day for prospective students, reaching students from up to 150 miles away. The day began with re-gistration at 9:45 a.m. and ended with an afternoon panel discussion at 2:30. Events were planned and organized by Steve Whit-taker, recruitment coordi-nator, and Phil Kimball, director of admissions, to enable those interested to experience a typical col-lege day at Bethel. Se-lected Bethel students served as hosts and host-esses, giving tours and taking the students to chapel, classes and lunch. The purpose for the visit day was to get stu-dents on campus and help them get the feel for aca-demic life. The prospec-tive students could choose to attend a sample class which dealt with the pur-pose of a Christian liberal Campus visit day primes prospective students Baby Aptix nurtures creativity free education. With the cost of Bethel rising and my eight-year program it was going to cost me a fortune. the job and think that what you do won't matter. If you and enough of your friends think of others first instead of yourselves, "O.K., I've made my choice. I want a new car and free education. How about a trip around the world also?" "Fine, your first two wishes are granted. Now I'll take you on that trip around the world. Follow me." I expected the best trip of my life. Our first stop was El Salvador. I saw a war-torn country with people killing each other. I wanted to leave. We then went to Cam-bodia where I saw people starving and dying. We left there, but it didn't mat-ter where we went. Each place was just as terrible as the last. I felt so help-less. "Mulligan, I want to do something to help. Grant me another wish," I said. "Sorry, You have used your wishes on yourself. But don't look at the size of the job might be accom-plished." I awoke suddenly. What a dream! I thought I had to be too anxious for spring break trip to have a weird dream like that. Let's see, I need to find my swimsuit. I'm sure I'm going to need it down in the Bahamas. I have to be sure to bring.... Too often we are willing to do things for others but at what point are we wil-ling make sacrifices? We put stipulations on what we will do. Sure, I'll give or help, but not until I get my new car or my new stereo. The job is big, but workers are scarce. It's time for all of us to make the job smaller. But the desire to work has to come from the heart. No one can make anyone else do anything. Let's not use up all of our "wishes" on ourselves. Page 7 Wish for others as you would wish for yourself rights too. Don't I get a pot of gold or something like that?" "Well it used to be that way," he said, reminis-cing, "but because of the price of gold we gave that up. Now we offer three wishes instead. So, what do you want?" Millions of things raced through my mind, but, be-cause I was a rationalist I first thought of a new car to replace my old rust heap. I then considered a by Brice S. Russell St. Patrick's Day. What a strange day, I thought to myself as I jogged around the Bethel campus. It sure was a great feeling to be up at six in the morning to see God's beauty. But I though it was ironic to see brown everywhere, be-cause the St. Patrick's Day color is green. All of a sudden I heard a rustle in the woods. Thoughts of muggers, weirdos and who-knows-what raced through my mind. I squinted to try and see what it was. It came closer, and I really started to panic. After I saw the size of the thing, I was not so afraid, I yelled, "What are you?" The thing, a sawed off tiny little man in a green suit, peered at me. He took off running as fast as his little legs would go. Since I had some track experience (I had to run the mile for a P.E. compo-by Ted Lewis Imagine a nickel with only one side. How about a one-sided door or ID card? Impossible, isn't it? Perhaps you could paint them on canvas and see only one side, but without two sides those objects could never by handled. Similarily, one-sided spirituality has no depth and is viewed only on the surface. In the context of American Christianity, we have tended to stock our houses and hotels on a spiritual monopoly of good feelings. "If you have faith, things will go smoothly." Consequently, the dark side of rough struggles has been banished from the real estate of spirituality. One-sided spirituality refers to pursuing positive experiences in life by preventing negative experiences from playing a necessary role in one's growth. The previous article on fixes and the story both showed our proneness to cover over our personal problems rather than admit them and work through them. This article extends this issue in the light of American Christian-it y. Products to buy. Entertainment to see. Gatherings to attend. Sex. Vacations. Parties. Experience. Experi-ence. Experience. Our culture bows to the gods of grati-fication. And no wonder the competition is so great: everything guarantees a good experience. Amid this sea of emotional appeals, American Chris-tianity echoes the same line to stay afloat. "Listen! We also guarantee full satisfaction!" In many cases, the meat of Christianity has -been boiled down to "what's in it for me?" At extreme, we are parasites feasting on our 'pie in the sky' on earth in order to get high off it. Me-Christianity: I'll cite examples from my own life. Bible reading and prayer: crutches to hobble over my guilt with instant inspiration. Generated worship: spiritual mast urbation that floods me • with fuzzy warmth. A half-a-dozen or so . "second experiences": final arrivals that raise me above others. Pat answers: gold nuggets that impresses my wisdom on others. All these made me feel smooth and secure! And yet t hey screened out my weaknesses and insecurity deep within. I had taken what was good, but wrapped them around myself. On the surface: super-spirit ualit y! On the inside: a wounded heart. This self-centeredness is the mother of one-sided spirituality. Rough experiences just don't fit into a life that "should" be filled with good feelings all the time. And so when those had sharks surface, we see them as barriers to spirituality instead of bridges. This mind-set leads us to escape struggles and put on smiling masks. Escapism follows a denial of the (lark side of reality. "Life should be much better than it is." The t wo catego-ries of escapism (or fixes) are transcendence and div-ersion. The former alters our slate of consciousness so that we rise from restlessness to calmness. The latter' nent), I quickly caught him. "Where's the fire, shorty?" I asked him. He was silent. "Come on," I urged. "I'm not going to hurt you." He finally started to speak. "My name is Mul-ligan and I belong to the International Society of Leprechauns. Because of my pledge to the Union, I am instructed to grant you three wishes." "Wait a second there, Mulligan. I know my occupies our thoughts with activity so we need not face our problems. Similar to physical addictions, spiritual and reli-gious fixes can make us over-dependent on them for security. Yet, whether we sponge off of spiritual highs or busy ourselves in pious activity, we harm ourselves whenever we run from our dark side rather than con-front it honestly. In brief, we depend on experiences to free us from our personal struggles. I call it "faith in our own faith," which banks on earning security. Again, this self-reliance breeds a surface spirituality which masks over our dark sides. Americans are experts at delaying death. Despite the wonderful benefits of medical technology, however, I think we are afraid of death. Likewise we are experts to cover over the pain of daily life. Perhaps we're afraid of life too, as it is in reality. That leaves us in quite a paradox with only three options: 1) suicide; 2) pretend life should be smoother and better, and live as if it were so; 3) accept life as it is — imperfect, full of tension, messy, fallen — and not be afraid. (Warning: most suicides occur with those who take number two seriously.) **** *********** (The fourth article in this series will amplify the third option above and braid many loose ends together. Stay tuned.) whanoney and Camel Hair -1 Me-Christianity reveals insecurity The 45-member Bethel Women's Choir leaves today for a tour in the Pacific Northwest through April 5. Errol Tyrone (left), Juan Ramos, a 1980 Bethel graduate, and David Looby perform in the Harmon Place Players' production of "The Fantasticks." FALCON BARBER STYLIST 1713 N. Snelling Men & Women's Hair Styling Bethel Larpenteur For appointment call 646-2323 Jim Chet Dave Kathy • ozo Page 8 Kansas sows music seeds by T.R. Wilbee Kansas, one of hard rock's super-groups, visit-ed the Twin Cities last Saturday, playing to a near-capacity crowd at the Met Center in Blooming-ton. The March 14 show merited special interest on the part of many rock mu-sic fans, especially follow-ers of contemporary Chris-tian music. Kerry Livgren, songwri-ter/ keyboardist/guitarist for the band, made a splash in the evangelical Christian world last year with his conversion and subsequent solo album, "Seed of Change." Livgren has remained with Kan-sas, and the group releas-ed an album this winter entitled "Audio Visions." An aura of eager antici-pation greeted Kansas' ar-rival on stage and resulted in a standing reception that lasted through the first three numbers. Open-ing the hour-and-a-half set with the hit "Point of No Return," the band played a repertoire that included most of the "Au-dio Visions" album plus a collection of older songs, including "Dust in the Wind," "Hold on" and "Par-adox." A la ser show highlight-ed the concert, and if the crowd's reaction was any indication, Kansas was every bit as welcome as their last appearance here in the summer of 1979. A standing ovation brought the band back on stage for a double encore of "Por-trait" and the classic, "Car-ry on Wayward Son," which lasted until the house lights came on, bid-ding everyone a good-night. The show exhibited the philosophical tendencies and musical ornateness now expected from Kan-sas. I was prompted to consider throughout the concert that this group may lend the most cre-dence to the often lacking element of art in rock 'n' roll. Livgren, Mr. Mellow personified on stage, be-came a Christian in July of 1979. He discussed his new life in a recent inter-view with Progressive Pa-cer magazine. He spoke of his place as a Christian in the field of rock music and his desire to lead people to Christ. "I don't feel like the Lord's given me the gift of writing this music and put a vehicle into my hands— Kansas has sold nine mil-lion records and that's sort of a vehicle to reach peo-ple— it's not something that I feel like the Lord wants me to throw away. The mild-mannered Liv-gren sees a need to evan-gelize to all the world. "I very much want to be evangelical," he remarked in the interview, "That's what 'Seeds of Change' is all about—to reach that huge audience of kids who listen to rock and roll with the message, because there are very few people doing that." He cited examples of hundreds of letters from listeners who claimed to have been led to the Lord through his music. His im-mediate ministry has brought Dave Hope, bas-sist for Kansas, to a deci-sion for Christ. It is evident in 'Seeds of Change' that Livgren has arrived at a point he seems to have been seeking, judg-ing from his earlier Kan-sas material: I've been here and I've been there Seems like I've been everywhere before I've seen it all a hun-dred times Still I think there surely must be more. There is not question upon examining the lyrics of his solo album that Liv-gren is a born-again Chris-tian: You just can't doubt the things that you feel So lift me up, the time has come to sing And give up every-thing, To live for the King No doubt Livgren falls suspect to those Chris-tians who choose to be judgmental of his involve-ment with secular rock music. But he feels called to continue with the band. "Before I was a Christian," the Pacer article said, "I would have had no inter-est in it. So I felt it was very much God's will and very necessary to get out there in that huge secular music business and pro-claim the gospel." see page 9 A new theater company joins the ranks of the al-ready sumptuous number of theatres in the Minnea-polis area. Opening March 12 and running for three consecutive Thursday-Sunday week-ends, Harmon Place Play-ers present "The Fantas-ticks", the well-known Skaff and James Larson. "The Fantasticks" was chosen because the music is excellent and the script is good literature. Those give actors and technical people an opportunity to stretch. Besides, it's spring. And this play is about love and growth, about two young people who are in love with the idea of love and the two fathers who attempt to arrange their match, about fate and the realization of reality. It's a play which reminds all of us that "love and destiny can't often be decided and nothing of any value in life comes without a little pain," said Director Bormann. Tickets are $4.00 and reservations can be made by calling Wendy Ander-son at 535 -4692, after-noons and evenings. Show runs March 12 - 15, 19-22, 26-28 with one Sunday Matinee, March 22 at 2:30. Curtain time is 8 p.m. musical by Harvy Schmidt and Tom Jones. Although not yet estab-lished in the Harmon Place territory, the corn-pany plans to draw from a community thick with ar-tists and the culturally in-terested. With Artistic Director Louise Bormann, Musical Director Lorna Anderson and Managing Director Wendy Anderson pooling their efforts, the show is well into its last week of work. Cast members in-clude Odd-Tank Nielson, Juan Ramos (1980 Bethel graduate), Donna Roberts, Terry Carlson, David Loo-by, Errol Tyrone, Theresa New theatre offers Tantastick' cast The rock group Kansas performed most of the hits from their album "Audio Visions" at last Saturday's concert in Minneapolis (photo by Tom Wilbee). Page 9 From Our compiled by Jay Russell They thought chivalry was dead then? From the March, 1927 issue. Chivalry While women's issues today deal with many facets of women's rights, women's issues 54 years ago often tended toward another direction, as evi-denced in an article titled "Chilvary," by Miss Effie Nelson: "Perhaps the most out-standing reason for the decadence of chivalry is the want of courtesy. If you beg to differ with me, come with me on any crowded street car. See the elderly lady hanging helplessly to the strap just before a husky able-bodied man, who sits com-fortably, watches to see how long grandma can keep her balance. "...Let us imagine, I say, because it truly taxes the imagination to see that which has been declining ever since that time (the 12th century, "when chi-valry was at its best") and is now but a faint gleam in the distant past." Effie, if • you thought chivalry was on the de-cline then... An odd dish. Jokes were a regular feature of the Clarion in its early years, in which the anecdote "An Odd Dish" toyed with a rela-tively new invention called the radio: "A young bride...asked her husband to copy off a radio recipe she wanted. He did his best, but got two stations at once, one of which was broadcast-ing the morning exercies and the other the recipe. This is what he took down: "Hands on hips, place one cup of flour on the shoulders, raise knees and depress toes and mix thoroughly in one-half cup of milk. Repeat_ six times. Inhale quickly one-ha If teaspoon of baking powder, lower the legs and mash Iwo hard-boiled eggs in a sieve. Exhale breathe nat urally and sift into a bowl. "Attention! Lie Hat on the floor and roll the white of an egg backward and forward until it comes to a boil. In ten minutes re-move from fire and rub smartly with a rough towel. Breathe naturally, dress in warm flannels, and serve with fish soup." Boys will be boys... "Bethel College" was "Bethel Academy" in 1927- a much smaller institution than the present Bethel College. Because of its size, an event such as the "boy's banquet" was much more feasible. This was the way Bethel boys at the banquet were described: "They were just as full of life and pep as they always are. They were out for a good time and they meant to get it. Evi-dently boys believe that to have a good time one must make it. ...Someone has defined a boy as 'an appetite with a skin stretched around it." " Kansas, from page 8 It seemed to me only fit-ting to hear not only the questions again last Sat-urday, but this time to witness the answer, too. The show did not end with an altar call, and there was no five-minute spot for Livgren to tell the crowd that God has a plan for each person's life. But is was an evening 'par ex-cellence' in which I saw a band, Kansas, dedicated to contributing good mu-sic and, most of all, a light, shining in the darkness. Chapel Schedule March 30-April 3 Monday - Dr. Bruce Thielman, dean of the chapel Grove Ctiy Col-lege. Tuesday - Dr. Bruce Thielman Wednesday - Rev. Lee Eliason, worship ser-vice Thursday - Gregg Heinsch, Bethel College senior Friday - Dr. Robert Fry-kenberg, Convocation by Jay Stuart Russell Bethel budget: tuition costs, fuel increases, food prices. Inflation hits from all angles in the Bethel Col-lege and Seminary $13.7 million budget. To under-stand the costs in operat-ing a private college and seminary, the Clarion ex-plores the top four areas of revenue and expenditures within the budget. Budget, part 3 in a series of 8. Student fees of $7.5 mil-lion seem like an awesome amount of money for col-lege and seminary stu-dents to pay, but the en-couraging note is this: Bethel's scholarship in-come of $1.1 million helps ease the burden on stu-dents. Scholarship income makes up the largest share of revenue indicated in the other sources piece, of the revenue pie graph. More specifically, Bethel's scho-larship income is broken down into these parts: des-ignated grants, $60,000; Allis grant, $35,000; work study federal, $247,500; work study Minnesota, $25,500; MHECB (Minne-sota Higher Education Co-ordinating Board)' grants Revenue — and scholarships, $450,000; and the MHEC institution share, $250,000. All of this aid goes directly to the col-lege, while the seminary receives only $32,000 in designated grants. The $250,000 institution share from the MHECB is a payment to the school based on the number of recipients of state scholar-ships and grants. The state contributes the funds, but places no restrictions on how they can be used; Expenditures Bethel uses them for schol-arships. Designated grants are monies allocated by organ-izations (such as church-es) for student scholar-ships. They differ from Bethel's endowment fund in that endowments are gifts given to Bethel in which only the interest may be used. Bethel owns the principle, but is not allowed to use it. The school receives $30,000 in non-designated gift in-come from endowment in-terest. Organized activities contributed $140,940 to the miscellaneous revenue, which comes from ticket sales in the athletics, dra-ma and music depart-ments. Athletic events con-tribute $6500; drama, $7200; women's choir, $8080; male chorus, $5260; band, $3260; and college choir, the largest at $93,000. Special events also included as organized activities are the Fine Arts Festival, $2000; academic see woe 11 The Bethel Male Chorus leaves for an Upper Midwest concert tour today, returning April 1. Scholarship $ lowers student cost We asked our readers... Has the new plus/minus system helped or hurt your GPA, and do you think it's a fair system? Kathy Femlund, junior: Melody Ho, junior: Yes, it has helped my It hasn't affected my GPA, and yes, it is a fair GPA, because I didn't get system. It can go both any pluses or minuses. I ways, but for the most think it's fair because it's part if you work hard it a better assessment of can help you. what a student actually does in a class. Jerry Manus, freshman: It has probably helped my GPA, because I got some C -1-'s, and those would have just been C's. Lori Olsen, senior: It has hurt my GPA. I think grading is an inac-curate method of learn-ing, so naturally I think the plus/minus system is inaccurate as well. Leann Kicker, junior: The plus/minus system has hurt my GPA. It is an unfortunate change in the system, as it tends to cre-ate more competition in this already competitive school. Students may be-come less helpful to one another, in pursuit of the almighty grade. Paul Otto, senior: Yes, I think it's fair. It has probably helped my GPA. Grades are so com-petitive— it's good be-cause it tells you where you are in comparison to other students. by Jay Stuart Russell photos by Doug Berkey Central Baptist Church 420 North Roy Street St. Paul, Minnesota 646-2751 Staff: Garvin McGettrick Ron Eckert Stewart Dow Mike Anderson Will Healy Kathy Cupp Greg Dirnberger Bus Leaves: NC 9:00 FT 9:10 SC 9:20 Northwestern 9:30 Centennial 9:35 Services: 8:45 and 11 10 Bible Study 6 p.m. evening - Models wanted: J. Design Co. needs models for classes. Free haircuts. Call immediately. 781-1311 John W. Ivance Company Since 1946 1618 Pioneer Bldg. 224-7358 r. r. INSURANCE Life—Auto—Home Business St. Paul, MN 55101 John W. Ivance, S John W. Ivance, J John G. Chisholm Russel K. Akre John R. Chisholm Page 10 Books list internship and summer job opportunities by Jay Stuart Russell How would you like to work this summer at Mo-kuleia, a church camp on the north shore of Oahu, or at Sperry Chalet, high in the mountains of Glac-ier National Park, or work as an intern in a public relations firm in New York, or at a theatre corn-pany in California? For a small investment you may find just what you're looking for in two books published by Wri-ter's Digest Books: 1981 Internships and 1981 Sum-mer Employment Direc-tory of the United States. In its 30th year of pub-lication, the employment directory offers job infor-mation supplied directly by the employer. The book is divided in two parts, the first of which offers hints on how to apply for a summer job, write a re- 1191131 AM■oonrktlolaajz. sume, prepare for an in-terview and tips on what employers look for in ap-plicants. The bulk of the book lists names and addresses of employers, along with information on types of positions, salaries, em-ployment dates, how to apply and whether the employer offers room and board. Some employers even list fringe benefits, such as transportation al-lowances, bonuses, home cooked meals and, in some cases, college credit. The listings are grouped according to state and fur-ther divided into job cate-gories, including business and industry; government; resorts, ranches, restau-rants and lodging; sum-mer camps, summer thea-tres; national parks; and commercial attractions. The summer camps cate-gory is one of the largest. The employment direc-tory's big plus is that the employers listed are ser-iously and actively look-ing for summer help, hav-ing indicated a desire to be included in the book. Offering 15,000 on-the-job training opportunities, 1981 Internships lists po-sitions for those who seek experience in a particular career field. Besides the advantage of obtaining college credit, many of the internships offer salaries or stipended positions. Others offer training and experience as the salary, by Cathy Schmeltzer Some may think of a sabbatical as nothing more than a leisurely vacation, but, according to Dean George Brushaber, that is a false assumption. The purpose of a sabbatical is to enable the faculty to maintain the scholarship necessary for effective teaching. A sabbatical al-lows teachers to undertake work which they could not otherwise accomplish while teaching. while a few charge a fee. The internship is de-signed as a full-time posi-tion in .a career field, usu-ally short-term, ranging from a few weeks to a few months. Some positions, designed for the graduate, may last a year. The book lists informa-tion similar to that given in the summer employ- This program keeps the teachers growing, sharp, and, most importantly, able to maintain the high level of educational excel-lence. the policy at most colleges (Bethel included) allows a full-time teacher who has served for six years to apply for a sabba-tical leave. The applicants must submit a plan of what they propose ro do on their leave. This plan is screened very carefully. It must show promise of benefit-ting students directly at the return of the teacher and be approved by the board of regents. The usual sabbatical lasts six months, but in rare cases when a full year is needed the year's leave is granted. Teachers on sabbatical continue to receive their regular salary from Be- 1 hel, unless the sabbat-ment directory, including information about a com-pany, eligibility require-ments, salary, fringe ben-efits, as well as informa-tion on housing. The book is not arranged by states, as is the summer employ-ment directory, but does have a geographical cross-index. see page 5 ical lasts a full year. In that case they only receive a salary for six months. The number of teachers that are allowed to take a sabbatical is determined by the amount of money Bethel has for replace-ments and the availability of quality replacements. Teachers on sabbatical must also keep in contact with Bethel by writing periodically. On return they are also required to submit a written report of their leave to the board of regents. So, when teach-ers take a sabbatical it means they are not lying on a beach somewhere in the Caribbean, but on an assignment perhaps at an-other university, research-ing in a lab, writing a book, producing artwork, composing music or serv-ing abroad. Profs work for sabbaticals The women's soccer club, coached by Tom Persico, consists of forty women this year. They open up their season after spring break against Coon Rapids High School. Controversy enters senate Bethany Baptist Church Cleveland and Skillman Avenues, Roseville, Mn Worship Service at 11:00 AM Sunday School at 9:30 AM (Special College-age) Evening Service at 6:00 PM Church Telephone 631-0211 Dr. Millard Erickson Bethel Seminary Professor Interim Pastor BALDWIN PIANO RENTALS 631-9548 Page 1 1 Horn seeks balanced chapels from page 3 tions have not been chosen yet. The position of gen-eral station manager awaits the decision by Dean Brushaber about which department KABY yoAr_ The El Salvador bill failed in a roll-call vote, 7 -6. The bill would have made public a declaration of support from the Bethel student association in fa-vor of U.S. withdrawal from the situation in El Salvador. This information would be noted in letters to Congress and in the Minneapolis Tribune. The bill for allocating $500 to the cheerleaders was dropped to only $200, but failed to pass even at that lower amount. The Clarion was allo-cated $500 to make up some of the loss incurred when the budget was cut over the summer. The money will help cover printing costs for the next issues. Senate is planning a field day Ma y 9. The por-lion of Old Snelling be-tween Lindy's and Bethel will be roped off and a race will be held for peo-ple who have converted old beds into moving ve-hicles. Two team events will be next in the line-up of events, a water race on Lake Valentine and a re-lay race of some type across the football field. The climax will be an attempt to break a Gui-ness world record. The selection of the record has not yet been made defi-nite. One possibility is the record for stuffing people in a bus. Senate approved a reso-lution to begin leasing and servicing the vending machines around campus. Senate estimates the min-imum profit at $3500. It hopes to begin operating the vending machines some time during April. The bill passed to esta-blish a karate club in lieu of an intermediate PE class in karate. Two bills were brought up and discussed under new business. One bill was a request for an allo-cation of $200 to world relief for the purpose of alleviating the starvation of the Ethiopian refugees in Somalia. A bill to end censorship of artwork was also pro-posed. The bill includes the suggestion that a stu-dent representative be given voting power on the administrative committee that monitors academic freedom, as well as on the site commitee. SENATE ELECTIONS Senate election results are in: Mark Publow, President Cheryl Thomas, Vice-resident Publow and Thomas swept the election with a strong 56 per cent of the vote. by Debbie Anderson Most students do not contemplate the origin of the chapel schedule. It just happens, right? Not accord-ing to David Horn, the assistant to the campus pastor and the person re-sponsible for the chapel schedule. If the schedule does not evolve from no-thing, where does it come from? Horn said that the cha-pel schedule comes from a variety of sources. The Cha-pel and Spiritual Life com-mittee made of students and faculty help to gener-ate ideas for chapel speak-ers and programs. Some of these ideas are then pur-sued and secured for a chapel slot sometime dur-ing the year. from page 1 dents. Another 30 homes will be accepted on a type of waiting list. "Spruce Up a Senior's Spring" is a good expe-rience for both the senior citizens and the students. The senior citizens see some work done they could not do and have con-tact with young people. The Campus Ministries of-fice and the Wilder Center have received numerous calls and cards where the seniors expressed how much the service the stu-dents provided meant to them in recent years. They in turn encourage the students. It is a nice change of pace from the normal Bethel routine, Other sources for cha-pel are outside people who request to speak in chapel. Often these speakers repre-sent some special interest group or missions. Horn said that there is a Bethel policy concerning speak-ers who ask to speak at Bethel. They can not pro-mote their group or spe-cial interest unless ap-proved by Bethel. Other chapels are re-quired throughout the year. For example, some administration members have received a slot on the schedule. Sing and Shares and SMP chapels are also guaranteed chapel times. Faculty sometimes ask to speak in chapel. Some-times students ask to share in chapel. Horn said so many students would and the satisfaction that comes from having help-ed someone in need is great. Participants are not paid, but the senior citi-zens provide all kinds of goodies for munching while working. Students who drive are given mon-ey to reimburse them for gas used. The Wilder Center has appreciated Bethel's help so much in this project over the last two years that this year they plan to invite the newspaper and television media to cover the event. All Bethel personnel — students, faculty and staff — can participate 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sign-up like to be in chapel that it is impossible to use every-one, although he tries to fit people in where it is appro-priate. Convocation speakers are a final source for cha-pel speakers. Convocation, says Horn, "is not a wor-ship time. Convocation is separate from chapel." Horn is not responsible for convocation, rather a committee of faculty mem-bers decide on convocation topics and speakers. Stu-dents are welcome to par-ticipate on this committee. The most important as-pect of the chapel is that there is a balance, said Horn. "If we have three speakers in one week, we try to balance it with a student chapel or music or something else," said Horn. sheets will be posted on the bulletin board outside the Campus Ministries of-fice (LR326). Students may sign up in groups of three our four vi individu-ally. It is a good opportun-ity for townhouse units or dorm floors to form groups to work together. Students meet in the PE lounge to receive maps and instructions on Sat-urday morning, and then divide up to go to the homes. In case of rain, plan on April 25. More information about "Spruce Up a Senior's Spring" is available from Suzie Tjernlund or Curt Hansen in Campus Minis-tries. Workers put spring in seniors' day Senior Deb Sension has been very active in both academics and athletics during her four years at Bethel (photo by Doub Barkey). Tennis line-up looks strong Page 12 sports Sension seeks high goals by Ellie Abbott Senior Deb Sension has been an asset to Bethel, whether in the biology de-partment, the training room or athletic events. Sension grew up in the small town of Chenoa, Ill. While attending Chenoa High School she was ac-tive in both volleyball and spring track for four years. Sension graduated from high school in the spring of 1977. That fall she came to Bethel to begin a busy, but rewarding, four years. When asked why she chose Bethel, she said, "My cousins lived in this area so I had been in the cities before coming to Bethel. I liked the location that Bethel was in and when I visited Bethel, it seemed like a friendly place." Sension began her col-lege career as a double major, with concentra-tions in physical education and biology. At the end of her sophomore year, Sen-sion decided to transfer to by Wendy Norberg The women's track team finished sixth out of eight-een teams last Friday in the biggest indoor meet of the season, the Ole Invita-tional. Eau Claire pulled of a two-point win over host team St. Olaf for the team trophy. The Bethel women made a good showing while also establishing a number of school and personal re- Florida State. After a great deal of thought, prayer and some convincing words from her track coach, Howie Kellogg, Sen-sion decided to return. "I knew I belonged at Bethel, so I came back," she said. Sension has been active in women's athletics since her freshman year. She played basketball for four years and was a forward on the varsity squad for three years. Sension has also partic-ipated on the track team for three years, in which she does the heptathlon. The heptathlon consists of seven events: the high jump, long jump, shot put, javelin, hurdles, 200-meter dash and the 800-meter run. During her freshman year Sension participated on the volleyball and soft-ball teams and was also active in intramural vol-leyball. Sension's career goal is to be a certified athletic trainer. This past fall she cords. The 4x1 lap relay of Lynn Severson, Jenny and Danette Burgess and Sher-ri Lindquist took second place and set the school record at 1:25.94. Captain Severson also took second place in the 300-yard dash, setting Bethel's record at 38.09. She later finished third in the 60-yard dash, giving Bethel a 7.28 record in that event. In the two-mile run spent many hours in the training room and on the football field in prepara-tion. In order for her to take the NATA (Nation-al Athletic Trainer's Asso-ciation) test, she has to work with a certified train-er for 1800 hours. Work-ing as a trainer last fall helped her toward this goal. This fall she hopes to enter graduate school at South Dakota State, where she will finish up her hours. In addition to athletic training, participation in athletics and a heavy aca-demic load, Sension is also a teacher's assistant for the biology department. She assists the anatomy/ physiology labs which meet weekly, and is re-sponsible to prepare for each lab session. Sension has found her busy college life reward-ing and looks forward to pursuing her career goal as a certified athletic trainer. Wendy Norberg lowered the school record to 11:45.05. Personal records were set by Jenny Burgess in the hurdles, Danette Bur-gess in the 300, Mary Shelander in the 400, Ellie Abbott and Norberg in the 600, Joanne Ferril and Deb Auty in the 800-meter run. Olaf's fast track, the fast competition and a lot of good encouragement by Becky Dye The men's tennis team has been hard at work among Bethel's team mem-bers contributed much to-ward the improvements made by so many of the women. This week the team has a meet at Macalester on Wednesday and will stop for a meet in LaCrosse, Wis., Friday, on the way to Florida for spring break. After break the outdoor season begins with a meet at Gustavus April 4. practicing at Arden Hills Tennis Club since interim, in preparation of the 198,1 season. Coach Mark Norlander commented, "We have a very strong top end of the line-up this year. "We took quite a jump coming into the MIAC two years ago. In the Tri-State we held the championship for 10 years, but our con-ferences record last year was 2-7. "We have more balance this year and should do better." Transfer sophomore John Lilleberg joined the team this year. He holds the 1979 Minnesota state men's singles title. Kirk Smith, junior, is the only returning player. Seniors Randy Goen, Mike Kim and Tim Steele will also compete, along with junior Mark Reasoner and sophomores Jeff Nisson and Mark Johnson. The indoor season be-gan March 6 for Bethel against St. John's Bethel lost, 9-0. Bethel was also defeated March 15 by the Gustavus junior varsity team, 9-0. The next match will be held here at Bethel, March 31 against St. Mary's. Coach Norlander com-mented, "They are about at our level. It should be a close match and we could come out on top." Tracksters place sixth, set records Men's mile relay lowers record Tim Huisinga participated in the MIAC indoor track meet last Saturday. by Ellie Abbott The men's track team performed well at the in-door MIAC conference meet hosted by St. Olaf Saturday. The Royals would have been fourth out of eight teams if a team score had been kept. The Royals brought home four first-place fin-ishes and one new school record in the mile relay. Senior Paul Otto once again dominated in the sprinting events, taking first in the 176-yard dash (18.46) and the 300-yard dash (32.70). Phil Asay- leaped to a victory in the triple jump with a distance of 14.42 meters. Asay also placed sixth in the long jump, jumping 6.46 meters. The mile relay of Tom Plocker, Dave Jorgenson, Tim Snyder and Otto, placed third overall, but broke the school indoor record with a time of 3:28.83. St. John's won the relay, breaking a new field house record at 3:22.75. In the 400-meter dash Bethel's Plocker raced to a victory with a time of 51.88. Mike Dirks follow-ed closely behind (52.70) with a third place finish. In the 600-meter run Jor-genson finished second overall, timed at 1:14.78. Don Hauser and Jay Van Loon were fourth and fifth with times of 1:16.44 and 1:16.61, respectively. In the high jump Jason Velgersdyk jumped 6'4" for a third place. The win-ner from St. Olaf jumped 6'6". The men tricksters open up their outdoor season the weekend following spring break. Sports Events Spring Break Trips Men's and Women's Track — Florida Baseball — Texas Soft ball — Arizona |
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