Clarion 1981-11-20 Vol 57 No 11

              Jill Johnson gathers and scrambles in the cafeteria line (photo by
Dap Velie).
A Bethel student bites into a Bethel made cinnamon swirl sandwich.
Nik Dag sails off to "South Pacific"
the Clarion. Vol. 57, No. 11
Bethel College, 3900 Bethel Dr., St Paul, MN
20 November 1981
Despite high meal costs, Bethel food prices comparatively low
by Anita Baerg
Joe Student walks into
the Bethel cafeteria, looks
at the prices and groans.
"How can they charge
$1.75 for one piece of •
baked chicken?" he asks.
Yet Bethel students pay
less per semester for their
food service than students
attending either Macales-ter
College or the College
of St. Thomas.
"We try to keep them
(costs) as low as possible
and still not lose money,"
said Wayne Erickson,
manager of Bethel's Food
Service. Food prices are
checked regularly "to see
that they are in line," Erick-son
said.
Bethel students living
on campus use the Food
Service meal plan and pay
$375 for the first semester
and $350 for second semes-ter.
There is no charge for
interim if a student at-tends
both fall and spring
terms. Students at St.
Thomas pay $437.50 for
one semester, and students
attending Macalester are
charged $470 for one semes-ter
and half of interim.
Erickson said Bethel at-tempts
to set food prices
as low as possible while
still making enough profit
to cover costs. "We try to
find a price that is in line
with normal prices," said
Erickson, "and we try to
maintain that price through-out
the school year."
Prices for fresh fruits,
chips and other ready-made
foods sold in the
cafeteria and coffee shop
usually have set mark-up
prices and Food Service
does not make much profit
over the initial cost.
However, food such as
meats, potatoes, vege-tables
and other raw food
products are marked up
two and a half to three
times the original cost.
The mark-up covers costs
such as electricity, staff
and employee salaries
telephone and many other
expenses.
"We are operating a bus-iness
just like anyone
else," said Erickson. The
Food Service has the same
over-head and expenses
as any cafeteria business
or restaurant, he said, and
must buy an operating li-cense
just like any other
food business.
Fobd Service is budget-ed
$800,000 this year for
purchasing and operation
expenses in the cafeteria,
coffee shop and for special
banquets. "The size of the
budget doesn2t mean
much," said Erickson, "but
instead is determined by
the income from food
sales." Last year Food Ser-vice
lost money due to
inflation and other factors,
Erickson said.
Any profit made on food
sales would go into the
by Wendi Engel
Palm trees, sailor hats
and leis decorated the gym
Friday evening, Nov. 13, for
the Nik Dag banquet which
depicted the - Theme of
"South Pacific."
The evening included
dinner, skits and the movie
"South Pacific."
Lori Droogsma, Campus
Coordinator, was very
pleased with the turn out.
"The evening was wonder-ful.
Everything went so
well," Droogsma said.
More people showed up
by Dyer Davis
Who sounds like a jazz
band playing the trom-bone,
trumpet, a bass and
drums but really is not?
The Jazz Techs Saints.
The Jazz Techs Saints
are a group of five Bethel
alumni who perform the
sounds of different musi-cal
instruments by use of
their mouths alone. The
band consists of Dana Ol-son,
Greg Durenburger,
Kyle Sidlo, Rueben Dahl-general
fund, according to
Erickson. But profit does
not just come from stu-dent
purchases. When a
campus or off-campus
group holds a banquet it
pays a set fee for each
individual serving. The
group then adds its own
expenses to the meal price
and the ticket price is deter-than
were expected. With
tables set up on the main
floor for over 600 students,
there were approximately
24 students without places
to sit. Tables were quickly
set tip and the students
served.
Dinner consisted of Poly-nesian
chicken on rice, a
vegetable and salad fol-lowed
by banana cream
pie. During the meal music
from "South Pacific" set the
mood for the evening.
Following the meal, skits
entertained the audience.
Using the characters from
quist and Dave Eckert.
The Jazz Techs Saints
feature the sounds of a
trombone, trumpet, bass,
drums, saxophone and
rhythm guitar. Their mu-sic
repertoire rangs from
"Oh, When the Saints Go
Marching In" to "Feels So
Good," by Chuck Man-gione.
What began as a run-ning
joke in the fall of
1977, evolved into a part
in the Bethel Student Var-mined
from the combined
expenses plus any profit
the group wants to make.
"Take Nik Dag for ex-ample,"
said Erickson.
"Food Service charged $9
per couple for the meal.
But the $15 ticket included
more than just food." Cam-pus
Coordinators had to
add other expenses to the
"Fantasy Island" and "Gilli-gan's
Island," the players
told of their fantasies for
Nik Dag.
"South Pacific" was then
shown. Students who did
not attend the banquet
watched the movie from
the balcony.
During the meal, "Beefy,"
Rax's standing steer,
roamed from table to table
giving away balloons and
coupons for free cokes.
A photographer was also
present to take pictures of
the couples.
iety Show of the same
year, and the Jazz Techs
Saints were born.
Through repeated ef-forts
the Jazz Techs Saints
were given an appearance
in the biannual "Mouth-off"
of the Prairie Home
Companion radio show in
1980, hosted by Garrison
Keeler. This live perform-ance
was also recorded by
KSTP-TV and broadcast
on the news.
All five of the original
ticket price, according to
Erickson.
The Christmas Smorgas-bord
is an example of Food
Service operating at cost.
"We do this for the stu-ents,"
said Erickson, "and
try to keep it around $4
per student which enables
us to break even with our
expenses."
Students to
register
for classes
by Cliff Short
It is registration time
again and Bethel students
will soon be lined up in
front of computers at ap-pointed
times in an at-tempt
to get the classes
they desire or need.
Registration begins
Thursday, Nov. 19, 1 p.m.
to 3:45 p.m., and will con-tinue
Nov. 20, 23, and 24,
during that same period.
"The system will be based
on seniority," said Mary
Caldwell, registration sys-tems
coordinator. "Those
who are closest to gradua-tion
will get priority."
All students should
have already received
their registration appoint-ment
times, pre-registra-tion
procedures and class
schedules. Caldwell em-phasized
that students
will not be able to register
before their appointed
times and will not be able
to register without their
advisor's signature on the
registration form.
"If it is impossible for
see page 2
band members were in the
Bethel College Choir, and
each played a musical in-strument
at one time or
another. At present, Olson
and Durenburger are Beth-el
Seminary students and
Sidlo attends the Univer-sity
of Minnesota. Dahl-quist
is music director at
Elim Baptist Church and
Eckert is counselor at the
Longfellow School for De-see
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by Jim Larson
Celebrate on Thanksgiving
Clarion staff gives thanks
Thanksgiving is one holiday rarely written about.
Somehow it does not evoke particularly romantic
images that lend themselves to writing. Those who do
write about Thanksgiving often respond with some
cynicism about the celebration and/or its modern
intent. After all, what can be said about a turkey dinner
steaming on the dining room table except that many
people cannot afford it?
Hunger is a real problem. But the point of Thanksgiv-ing
is not food. The point is celebration. Food is just one
manifestation of celebration and thanksgiving. There
are other ways of celebrating, however. Whatever the
means, Thanksgiving should be celebrated in a way
that is appropriate and meaningful to the individual:
not to eat for eating's sake or even to fast to try to make
a point; both are self-indulgent.
The Clarion expresses thanks in two ways. The first
is on a quiet, personal level. The second is in print. The
Clarion is thankful for the right to free press. It is
thankful for a supportive administrative board and
readership. It is thankful that people are willing to help
as editors, writers, sources, artists, photographers,
advisors and more. It is thankful that it is given and
able to raise the money necessary for a weekly produc-tion.
It is thankful for a lack of censorship. It is thankful
for criticism. It is thankful for responsibility. But above
all the Clarion is glad it has God to give it an over-arching
structure. letters Imh
Volume 57, Number 11
20 November 1981
Bethel College, St. Paul, MN
The Clarion is published weekly by the students
of Bethel College. Editorial opinions are the sole
responsibility of the Clarion staff. Letters are
welcome, and must be signed and delivered in
P.O. 2381 by the Sunday before publication.
Leann M. Kicker, editor
JoAnn Watkins, associate editor
Ellie Feleen, sports editor
Don Copeland, photography editor
Laura L. Phillips, copy editor ,
Art Gibbens, production manager
Pam Sundeen, business manager
Naomi J. Ludeman, editorial assistant
Dyer Davis, staff assistant
Beth Nystrom, graphics editor
Tim Larson, graphics
Jim Larson, cartoonist
Kraig Klaudt, columnist
"News and Feature Writing" students
CC changes requested at Senate
Page 2
editorial
Dear Editor:
"Oppression and the
Lifestyle Statement":
I am writing about the
lifestyle statement (LS)
again and I would almost
rather write about a dead
horse, if I could, but I can't
at this time so I won't.
Something is wrong when
rules and regulations, such
as the LS, become oppres-sive
to certain people.
What do I mean by oppres-sive?
For instance, when
Gnurd Bonk came to Beth-el
he had to testify to a
this was just an attitude
and Gnurd had no real
reason to feel cautious in
his unbelief and doubt.
Perhaps there were people
who really wanted to help.
And perhaps Gnurd may
have sensed this concern
but such optimism was
guarded, not free and un-oppressed.
Or what about, for in-stance,
one Beaver Cleaver
who had some bad habits
such as drinking to excess
that were destroying the
faith that he wanted, he
knew he probably could
not lick those habits im-mediately
and he desired
Christian guidance while
in college to help him with
his problems.
Well, when the Beaver
reads the LS it essentially
states, "Either don't drink
or don't come, we don't
want you Beaver Cleaver."
As such, the LS does not
advertise a desire to help
the Beaver and his spirit-ual
problems and needs
when in fact such a desire
may exist.
Regardless, the Beaver
lies, saying that he won't
drink, knowing good and
well he will likely still
succumb to these habits
while hoping to clandes-tinely
obtain counseling.
You may say, "Well gee
Beav', you don't need to be
clandestine, you can be
honest because we love
by Debbie Sayler
Claiming the job had no
job description Campus
Coordinator Lori Droogsma
recommended a redefini-you,
Beaver." I would say
you are probably right due
to the following:
In both Gnurd's and the
Beaver's cases the oppres-sive
attitude of unopen-ness
portrayed was per-haps
not necessary be-cause
help and concern is
available at Bethel for
those who want it. For
those who doubt, as Gnurd
did, Christian professors
(I think most would agree)
honestly desire and even
crave in some cases" to
share what it means to be
a Christian, and so do
many students. Counsel-ing
programs are availa-ble
to those with lifestyle
"problems," and students
are given periods of grace
to improve.
So why advertise, as the
LS does, that such help
does not exist when in fact
it does? The idealist would
perhaps propose that we
should scrap the rules and
the regulations, saying in
effect, "Let's not be legalis-tic
about a very personal
and subjective thing one's
Christianity." On the other
hand, the administration
may represent the view
that those rules are prag-matically
necessary; it
feels it is necessary to turn
away the weary and the
down-trodden, i.e., prob-lem
drinkers and the faith-less.
I tend to agree in princi-tion
of the Campus Coordi-nators
jobs in her special
report on the Campus Coor-dinators'
Office to the Stu-dent
Senate, Monday, Oct.
16.
ple with the idealistic
standpoinl which empha-sizes
individual choice,
but admit that perhaps its
measures are initially too
drastic. Perhaps such mea-sure
takes the second step
of change before the first
one is taken.
Perhaps an amendment
should be made to the life-style
statement whereby
its standards for lifestyle
and Christian testimony
are retained; however, an
asterisk would appear at
the end of the statement
and the corresponding foot-note
would say that such
standards for certain in-dividuals
are conditional,
whereby individual consi-deration
will be gladly
given. Perhaps this is a
less drastic first step to-wards
considering individ-ual
differences than the
idealistic abolition of all
rules and standards.
You may argue that
such is a paradox, that
you cannot have both. To
this I would respond, "Yes,
but our Christian faith is
often paradoxical, requir-ing
pure and beautiful
faith. So too, perhaps,
faith is required to believe
that in acquiescing from
the hardline rules of the
LS we can create a more
Christ-like environment at
Bethel."
Doug Newman
Droogsma, one of two co-ordinators,
said the Cam-pus
Coordinators' system
has remained the same over
the years even though Beth-el
has grown and changed.
She recommended chang-ing
the job to a union of stu-dents
that meets as Senate
does. She said this might
add something nEw to the
social activities planned by
the Campus Coordinators.
With students handling dif-ferent
responsibilities more
time would be allowed for
orjanizing activities.
Senate proposed having
a Senate working group
during interim to consider
changes in the Campus Co-ordinators'
jobs.
In other business dis-cussed,
Senate voted in fa-vor
of allocating money for
a tutor program for the In-ternational
Students Asso-ciation.
Senate also dis-cussed
a sale of lost-and-found
articles, possibly giv-ing
the money from the sale
to SMP.
The budgetary guide-lines
for Senate funding of
non-Senate organizations
were once again discussed.
Voting on the guidelines
was postponed until the
next session.
registration,
from page 1
students to make their ap-pointed
times then they
can come in to register
Wednesday, Nov. 25, and
any time after that until
the start of spring term,"
said Caldwell, "but class-es
won't be nearly as avail-able
by that time."
belief in Christ when he
was still an agnostic search-ing
for answers. Perhaps
it's a good thing that
Gnurd decided to lie and
come to Bethel and seek
Christian leadership ra-ther
than go to a secular
school where a negative
influence might have led
him astray. Nevertheless,
this "lie" of Gnurd's some-how
created an attitude of
mistrust and suspicion, an
attitude of "me against
them," i.e., an attitude of
oppression.
Perhaps it is true that
Something wrong when rules cause oppression
Rev. Michael Zhidkov, pastor of the First Baptist Church of
Moscow, expounded upon the confines of Christianity
within Communist Russia. Rev. Khidkov and Rev. Alexei
Bichkov, Secretary of the Baptist Union of Russia, were
guests at Bethel Nov. 12-13 (photo by Don Copeland).
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Klaudt •
A Campus brims with coffee, pets, gossip
Students and alumni
meet in committee
come Week and Parents'
Weekend. They have serv-ed
as hosts and hostesses
at the Welcome Week Par-ents'
Breakfast and at the
Homecoming Brunch. Sev-en
members helped raise
$41,000 in Bethel's recent
phonathon.
Fauth said that the most
active alumni will be those
who are most informed as
students. "As students at
Bethel you are a captive
audience, and I'm very ea-ger
to make you aware of
what the alumni opportun-ities
are," Fauth said.
One of SAC's purposes
is to have students avail-able
that the Alumni Of-fice
can depend on for help.
'Another purpose is to
make students aware of
what responsibilities and
privileges come with be-ing
a Bethel alumnus.
SAC is also involved
with the Business Depart-ment,
the Career Place-inent
Office and the Alum-ni
Board in coordinating
internships and other ca-reer-
related activities to
benefit students.
by Kraig Klaudt
Cary Klaudt, a second cousin of mine, stopped by to
visit me in my plush Clarion office the other day.
Though he is now working for the advertising division
of Master Charge, Incorp., he has kept in touch with
happenings at Bethel since graduating last spring.
"Kraig, your articles are getting too serious. If people
want preaching they'll go hear Pastor Glenn in chapel.
(It had been a while since Cary was at chapel) You need
to uncover some hot, scandalous stories instead," -he
said.
In an indignant fit of rage I threw my notebook at him
and snarled, "Here, you try to find something to write
about if you think it's so easy."
A few hours later Cary returned to my desk with a
grin and a notebook full of spicy stories on campus. The
following are printed with Cary's permission:
Many are unaware of the recent lifestyle crackdown
on campus. An outside agency has been brought in to
enforce the most overlooked, disregarded rule of them
all: no pets in campus housing.
Illegal Beagles, Incorp., a group of ex-mercenaries
from Chicago, has been hired to eliminate every bird,
mammal and fish kept as a pet. Rodents and lice in
Silvercrest are exempt because of the Environmental
Protection Act.
This is a move in the right direction. Macalester and
Hamline now have dogs,- cats and lizards romping
indiscriminately in every room and Bethel could soon
backslide in the same way.
Reggie X, a Bethe•music major, tells of how the recent
security measures affected him:
I was in my townhouse one evening, quietly feeding
my pet goldfish Skipper. All of a sudden someone's.
pounding on the door yelling, "Illegal Beagles, we know
you've got fish in there. Open up!"
I started to panic. "Hey man, I ain't got no fish on me..
I'm clean," I said. The door burst open and in rushed five
Illegal Beagle officers carrying tranquilizer guns. I
dashed for the bathroom with my fishbowl hoping to
flush away the evidence but wouldn't you know it, my
roomie was in there drying his hair and had the door
locked. They got Skipper between the eyes. I've sure
learned my lesson: fighting the lifestyle does not pay.
The Buddhist faith has announced it plans to enter
the religious retreat market this winter. Nirvana '82
will bring thousands of mystics together to achieve
their first annual mountaintop experience. The authors
of How Zen Shall We Live and The Unequal Yoga will
address the truth seekers. For more information contact
your local chaper of Inn•er *V *a c*a ncy.
I was at school the other morning and in passing
observed the daily Eucharist which Dr. Dalton offi-ciates.
I was impressed by the devotion of those
gathered around the altar to partake of the a la carte
coffee and cookie sacraments.
Now, I'm from a Lutheran background and have no
problem with having a sip of coffee now and then in a
religious context. It is only when I see people depending
on the liquid to sustain them through the day that I
begin to worry. Columbian black has a way of leading
to bigger things like tea, hot chocolate and, ultimately,
coke (street slang for Coca-Cola).
Not only that, the coffee grounds themselves may
stunt growth, increase heart rate and cause insomnia
and nervousness which by no means add to the com-munity
atmosphere.
Look what happened to Marlo Thomas, Robert Young
and Joe Dimaggio, each avowed coffee drinkers. Each of
them once had a successful acting or sports career; now
they are doing TV commercials for a living.
I would support any action by the Baptist General
Conference to substitute Postem in place of pure coffee
when used within a Christian environment.
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GOSPEL GOSSIP...Jimmy Swaggart has been con-tracted
to appear in the first of a series of Lite Beer
commercials featuring famous televangelists. Swag-gart
will argue in good fun with Dodger manager
Tommy Lasorda whether Lite "tastes great," "less fulfill-ing,"
"tastes great"...It has been learned that high cam-pus
officials have admitted that relocating the guard
shack on the left side of the road earlier this year was an
unfortunate political move. Plans are being made to
place it in the middle of the road where it belongs...Fi-nally,
the Dean's office has denied charges that it
intends to decrease parking space in half to raise,
through tickets, the revenue needed to pay off the Spire
debt. Press Secretary Wally Featherbone stated, "That
would be ludicrous. We plan to eliminate ALL on-campus
parking and shuttle-bus students from parking
lots rented near the new domed stadium."
by Anne Staus
Curt Fauth, Bethel's
alumni director, is enthu-siastic
about a certain
group of Bethel students.
These students have volun-teered
their time and tal-ents
to serve on Bethel's
Student-Alumni Commit-tee
(SAC), headed by
Fauth.
SAC, formed last spring
under Fa uth's direction,
has been very active this
year. SAC members have
guided parents on tours of
Bethel during both Wel-jazz,
from page 1
liquent Children.
The Jazz Techs Saints
will perform for a second
time on the Prairie Home
Companion show Satur-day,
Nov. 21, at the Old
World Theater in St. Paul
across from the St. Paul
Science Museum. The live
performance begins at 4:30
p.m., with the radio broad-cast
starting at 5 p.m. This
performance will be broad-cast
on National Public
Radio across the U.S. and
Canada.
Page 4
Possessions enchance me,
I am abundant.
My life runneth over
yet still I want.
•
For the gooey richness of life
I am thankful.
When warm walls enclose me
I become grateful.
Photos by Don Copeland and Dan Velie. Verse by Wendi Engel.
vki AtatAsiVt*
Thanksgiving Prayer
Thank you Lord, that you have chosen for me a col-lege
far away, for it has helped me to appreciate rny_
home.
Thank you Lord, that my parents aren't here to nag
me, but that I've felt the warmth of their prayers day by
day.
Thank you Lord, for disagreements with my room-mate,
for you are teaching me to get along with others.
Thank you Lord, for that bad grade on my test, for
you are teaching me to be disciplined.
Thank you Lord, for the loneliness I feel, for it has
taught me to reach out to others.
Thank you Lord, for the teachers who expect the
seemingly impossible, for you are inspiring me to do my
best.
Thank you Lord, for the cold outside, for it helps me
to appreciate your warmth.
Thank you Lord, for discouragement, for it urges me
to reach out to you.
– Thank you Lord, for your presence—even when I am
"too busy" to acknowledge you.
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Luxury breeds mindlessness
by Jerry Manus
It is time we admitted it:
Thanksgiving has chang-ed.
We are not homeless pil-grims
anymore simply of-fering
thanks for the basic
necessities of life. No, we
have lived too long with
too much to eat and too
much wasted heat to take
a heartfelt interest in such
basic matters. We now en-joy
luxuries that are much
more sophisticated and in-triguing.
I propose the following
prayer of thanks as one
fitting for our present situ-ation:
I thank you God, that I
live in a society in which it
is possible to isolate my-self
from other people if I
choose to, and thereby not
be affected by other peo-ple's
pain. It is really great
to be able to go behind my
wall, by myself or with
my little group of friends,
and not need to worry
about anyone else.
I thank you God, that I
am not a rotten sinner like
the gays, hookers and
winos that hang out down
on Hennepin Avenue and
try to mess up our nice
city. You have shown fa-vor
to me by putting me in
a clean, respectable corn-munity
of decent Chris-tians
who are living for
you.
I am grateful Lord, that
you have put me in a na-tion
that fears you. For
you led our forefathers in
their battles as they wrest
led the land from the sav-age
heathens, oppressing
and killing all who stood
in their way.
Thank you for letting us
have peaceful and happy
hearts, despite the fact
that our nation is supply-ing
the weapons and mil-itary
training that are be-ing
used in Guatemala and
El Salvador to systemati-cally
annihilate groups of
people and even entire
towns. It is great to be able-to
say, "There's nothing I
can do."
We thank you God, for
letting us use a vastly dis--
proportionate amount of
the world's energy and
protein supply. It is such a
blessing to be able to oc-cupy
a relatively small
area of the earth with a
small proportion of the
earth's total population,
yet continue living as if
we were the only people
here that really mattered.
This proves that we are
your favored people.
Most of all God, thank
you for the religious com-munity
you've given us.
For within this commun-ity
we may appease our
consciences easily and
comfortably by simply fol-lowing
man-made rules
and some extremely nar-rowed-
down applications
of your commands.
In short, thank you for
our contented, mindless
apathy as we once again
celebrate this happy holi-day.
thanks•giv•ing n.
(thangks'giv'ing) An act of
giving thanks; an expression
of gratitude, esp. to God.
Biblical Studies prof.
Herzog joins Bethel
Thanksgiving day set
to give thanks to God
by Jim Baumgartner
Nearly 360 years ago a
group of people in the
North American colony of
Plymouth observed a day
of thanks to God. This
was the first Thanksgiv-ing
Day in the New World.
The Pilgrims celebrated
in order to give thanks for
a good harvest and the end
of a difficult year. The
traditional fruits, vegeta-bles,
turkeys and pump-kin
pies so common today
were, on the menu that
first Thanksgiving Day.
In later years many of
the colonies celebrated in
order to give thanks for
good harvests and victo-ries
over Indians. In the
19th century many states
observed Thanksgiving
Day, each appointing its
own celebration dates.
In 1789, President
George Washington is-sued
the first presidential
Thanksgiving proclama-tion
to honor the new Con-stitution.
As a result of the
prodding of Mrs. Sarah J.
Hale, editor of Godey's
Lady's Book, President
Abraham Lincoln on Oct.
3, 1863, appointed the last
Thursday of November as
Thanksgiving Day.
Every president after
Lincoln made similar pro-clamations
until 1941
when Congress set Thanks-giving
Day on the fourth
Thursday of November as
a public holiday.
Dr. John Herzog, a new professor of Biblical Studies, accepts
God's prompting to come to Bethel. Herzog previously taught at
Gordon College in Massachusetts (photo by Dan Velie).
by Diane Hudson
Dr. John Herzog, new
professor in Biblical/Theo-logical
Studies at Bethel,
said that only the leading
of God brought him to Beth-el
from an eight-year teach-ing
stretch at Gordon Col-lege.
Herzog said, "I had
no reason to come here
instead of staying at Gor-don,
but since I was in-vited
I kept open to the
idea and God convinced
me and my family that he
wanted us at Bethel."
Herzog believes his
teaching experience was
one reason Bethel asked
him to interview for the
position. He said, "Bethel
wanted someone with a
general theological sym-pathy
who could work
well with the rest of a pro-fessional
team."
Herzog is presently
teaching Introduction to
Biblical Studies, Ad-vanced
New Testament
and Beginning Greek. He
studied Greek as an un-dergraduate
at Wheaton
College where he earned
both a B.A. degree and a
M.A. degree. He corn-
. pleted his doctoral work
at Hartford Seminary in
1972, and recently- com-pleted
a textbook for sec-ond-
year Greek studies
which he hopes to have
published soon.
Together with Jim
Holmes, associate profes-sor
in mathematics at Beth-el,
Herzog is part of Beth-el's
Curriculum Review
Committee. Herzog said
the administration be-lieves
he and Holmes will
add insight to Bethel's
curriculum review be-cause
they are new to the
school.
Herzog said he looks
forward to Bethel's wider
range of academic and ex-tracurricular
activities.
When asked to compare
Bethel and Gordon Col-lege,
he said, "Because
Bethel is twice the size of
Gordon, it is able to do
more in athletics, art, mu-sic
and drama. The extra
funds enable students
here to get a more fully-developed
academic ex-perience."
In 1980, Gordon College
awarded Herzog the Facul-ty
Excellence in Teaching
Award, given each year to
the professor whose total
contribution in the class-room
is most noteworthy.
Herzog and his wife
Ruth have two sons, Tim,
14 and Nathan, 8.
Besides teaching, Herzog
enjoys cross-country ski-ing
with his family in the
winter and summer acti-vities
such as camping
and swimming.
Edgren and Bodien dorms are two areas of Bethel which bear the
names of people who have contributed to the college and semi-nary
in some significant way (photo by Doug Barkey).
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Gift income pays costs,
provides scholarships
by Debbie Sayler
Tuition only covers 70
per cent of the costs at
Bethel. The other 30 per
cent is paid for by gifts
given to the school. Last
year this gift income ex-ceeded
$3 million, accord-ing
to John Sahlin, Beth-el's
director of develop-ment.
The gift income helps to
pay for Bethel's current $2
million per year operating
costs such as employees'
salaries and day-to-day
maintenance.
Another part of the gift
money goes for scholar-ships
and to pay for "capi-tal
(new building) pro-jects."
The $3 million Bethel
received last year in gift
income came from several
sources. Baptist General
Conference churches and
associated churches con-tributed
31 per cent of the
gift income. Corporations
and foundations contribut-ed
27 per cent. Other peo-ple
interested. in Bethel
contributed nine per cent.
Bethel alumni contribut-ed
seven per cent, and par-ents
of former and current
Bethel students contribut-ed
six per cent. Bethel fac-ulty
and staff contributed
one per cent, and the Board
of Regents contributed
slightly under one per
cent.
In 1980-81, more than
7,200 people donated mon-ey
to Bethel. Two hundred
and eight corporations do-nated
more than $110,000
in the Matching Gift pro-gram.
In this program com-panies
match dollar-for-dollar
any gifts contribut-ed
to Bethel by their em-ployees.
The Office of Develop-ment
is in charge of fund-raising
at Bethel. The staff
seeks contributions by
telephone, through mail
and by talking face-to-face
with possible donors.
Letha Scanzoni, co-auth-or
of All We're Meant to
Be, one of the first and
most well-known books
on evangelical feminism,
will speak at Bethel Col-lege
on Thursday, Dec. 3,
at 7 p.m. in FA 312. The
meeting, which is open to
Bethel students, is spon-sored
by the Twin City
Evangelical Women's Cau-cus.
Scanzoni will present
an overview of the current
status of the evangelical
women's movement and
will answer questions
from the audience.
polis. Her greatest contri-bution
to Bethel was her
unselfish spirit of encour-agement
and her far-sight-ed
vision for Bethel.
Under her leadership, thou-sands
of dollars were
raised for Bethel. Her
dream was to have dormi-tories
for Bethel students.
Margareta, also known as
"Mother Bodien," died in
1938, 13 years before the
first wing of the first dorm
was completed on Bethel's
old campus at 1480 N. Snel-ling
Ave. Both Edgren and
Bodien were names origi-nally
given to'dormitories
on the old campus.
Nelson dorm is named
after Effie V. Nelson. Nel-son
served Bethel (Acad-emy
and College) for 41
years. She began teaching
at Bethel Academy in 1925
and became librarian for
both the college and acad-emy
in 1932. After many
years as librarian Nelson
She has written 'exten-sively
on the subject of
biblical feminism for
many publications, includ-ing
Eternity, Wittenburg
Door, and Daughters of
Sara. She is also co-auth-or,
with her husband, John
Scanzonl, of a sociology
textbook Men, Women
and Change. John Scan-zoni
is a teacher at Indiana
University.
Mrs. Scanzoni is in the
Twin Cities primarily to
participate in a conference
on battered women spon-sored
by the Minnesota
Council of Churches.
began teaching German
and English at the college.
In 1937, Nelson became.
the first Dean of Women at
Bethel College.
The Robertson Physical
Education Center, another
significant building at Beth-el,
is named after H. J.
Robertson. Robertson is an
alumnus of the University
of Minnesota. He is an
elderly farmer from west-ern
Minnesdta who, accord-ing
to Johnson, donated
generously to Bethel.
The major donor of
funds for Bethel's court-yard
project was the Kres-ge
Foundation of Michi-gan.
Thus the Kresge Court-yard
is named after that
foundation.
Alvin and Mabel Cla u-son
of Forest City, Iowa,
have the Fine Arts build-ing
at Bethel named after
them. The Clausons do-nated
to Bethel valuable
land they owned in Mon-tana.
Bremer Field is named
for the Bremer foundation
of St. Paul in honor of the
substantial contribution it
made to Bethel.
by Tami McQuoid
Bodien, Edgren, Nelson
and Robertson are build-ing
names frequently
heard at Bethel. Even
though these names are
common to the vocabulary
of most Bethel students,
few students know where
these names came from
and who they represent.
According to Florence
Johnson, Bethel's director
of publicity, most build-ings
at Bethel are named
after Bethel alumni or per-sons,
foundations and or-ganizations
that have con-tributed
a significant
amount of money to spe-cific
projects.
The three dorms on Beth-el's
campus, however, are
named after individuals
who contributed in other
ways to the establishmerit
and growth of the college
and seminary. -
Edgren dorm is named
after J. A. Edgren (1839-
1908), the founder of Beth-el
Theological Seminary.
Edgren was known for his
adventurous spirit, heroic
faith, love of, hard work
and great scholastic achieve-ments.
He was a Swedish sea
captain who had a dream
of starting a seminary for
his fellow countrymen
who were struggling to
make Christ known to the
rest of the world. In 1871,
Edgren's dream became a
reality when the first stu-dent
enrolled in the new
seminary in Chicago. The
seminary was eventually
moved to St. Paul, Minn.
where it became Bethel
Theological Seminary.
Bodien dorm is named
for Margareta Bodien. She
was the wife of the pastor
of the First Swedish Bap-tist
Church (now Bethle-hem
Baptist) in Minnea-
Bethel buildings named for significant contributions
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by Wendi Engel
Six Bethel students this
semester spent a weekend
learning about solitude
and silence at ARC (Ac-tion,
Reflection, Celebra-tion)
Retreat Community
Center. The students are
from Ken Gowdy's Com-munity
class. Gowdy, as-sociate
professor in Soci-ology
at Bethel, is living at
ARC with his wife and
two daughters.
Kurt Harris, Dan Thomp-son,
Gabrielle Pratt, Mary
Carlson, Bonnie Boich and
Cindy Seaquist took part
in the retreat which fo-
Ken Gowdy, associate profes-sor
in sociology, lives at ARC,
a retreat center.
by Ellie Feleen
The Bethel wrestling
team hopes to continue its
winning tradition this
year, according to Coach
Dave Klostreich. The Roy-als
have had three con-by
Cliff Short
Music in the coffee shop
and cafeteria will not be
heard, at least for a while,
because the Bethel admin-istration
has discovered a
copyright law which pro-hibits
the playing of the
music without proper li-censing.
According to Dr. Thom-as
Johnson, assistant to
the Dean, a revision to a
copyright law prohibits
the playing of "piped-in
music"—where radio, tel-evision
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cused on prayer and re- and learning experience temporary students living
flection, alone and in the for the individuals in- there.
group. volved, an experience every- The community is dedi-
The schedule included a one should try, according cated to a reflective life-presentation
of the in- to Gowdy. "I see people style, seeking to witness
ward journey in which deeply affected by the re- and bring about peace and
each person listened to treat. It is a marvelous justice. "ARC blew away
God and his/her self. A idea," said Gowdy. many of the stereotypes
presentation was also giv- Boich said that the re- I'd had about Christian
en on the outward journey treat could not be easily communities. I experi-which
is looking to the described in words. enced some very positive
world to live the kingdom Seaquist added that one things," said Thompson.
of God with peace and jus- must be there to under- "Simple lifestyle and the
tice. These ,45 minute pre- stand what actually hap- ecumenical style of wor-sentations
were followed pens personally and as a ship were very meaningful
by reflective times during group. to me."
which the 'individuals si- Pratt said, "ARC has The purpose of ARC is
lently meditated and helped to show me the to bring about social
prayed. quality of life that can be change. People who come
Free time and fun things achieved when a group of to ARC have decided to
were planned for Satur- believers live together." get away from the pres-day.
The weekend con- Backgrounds of the in- sure of the real world.
cluded Sunday with a wor- dividuals living at ARC Through prayer and medi-ship
service. There was no are diverse. The individu- tation they take inventory
preaching. Everyone par- als include a Roman Catho- of their lives. They they
ticipated in interpretation lic sister, a Lutheran lay return to everyday living.
of Scripture and prayer. minister, a Quaker and a The idea-for ARC origi-
The service also allowed Covenant family. There nated with a family con-time
to serve one another are also individuals, usual- cerned about effective so-through
communion and ly students, who spend a cial change. They, along
sharing of gifts which couple of months there with some other families,
were verbal, physical and learning. Presently there decided to start the com-
Material. are five adults who com- munity with educational
The retreat was struc- prise the core as well as purposes in mind to help
tured to be a relaxation three children and two social justice.
secutive winning seasons nertson. These four wres- Rick Schwab.
and are optimistic about tiers will make up the nu- Transfer students Gary
the 1981-82 season. cleus of the team. and Larry Hildebrant will
Russ Reynolds is the Four freshmen who will contribute to the middle-captain
of the team this be making a key contribu- weight class for the Roy-season.
Reynolds will be tion to the team this sea- als.
joined by Ben McEachern, son are Jim Krier, Bob Ber-
Tim Kemp and Rich Rey- ringer, Doug Johnson and
merous speakers in a tive council would be try-building
such as a student ing to make a decision on
union building, dining hall this situation in the near
or dormitory—without future.
first paying a licensing fee. "We would really like to
"The licensing fee will have the music back," said
probably cost about Wayne Erickson, manager
$1,000," said Johnson. of food service. "People
"With a tight budget we're have indicated that they
not sure that will be a like the music and it
good investment." John- makes waiting in those
son said that President long lines a bit more enjoy-
Lundquist's administra- able."
ARC offers opportunity for reflection events calendar
Friday, Nov. 20
Seminary Anniversary Banquet-Gym, 6:30 p.m.
Drama—"The Caucasian Chalk Circle," Theater, 8 p.m.
CC—Resident Night Life
HOC—U of Wisconsin/$tout, Home, 8 p.m.
CC—Rollerskating, 12-2 a.m.
Saturday, Nov. 21
WBB-Alumni Game, Home, 3 p.m.
MBB-Concordia-St. Paul, Home, 8 p.m.
Drama—"Acts," Theater, 8 p.m.
WCC-AIAW Nationals, Away, Idaho State University
Sunday, Nov. 22
Catacombs, LR 113, 10 p.m.
Monday, Nov. 23
Chapel—Celebration
Social Issue videotapes, LR 413, 3:30 p.m.
Student Senate meeting, FA 426, 5:15 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 24
Chapel—Student Missionary Project
WBB—Dr. Martin Luther College, Away, 8 p.m.
Odyssey Film Series FA 313, 9 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 25
Chapel—Pastor Spickelmier
Thursday, Nov. 26
Thanksgiving Recess
HOC-MIAC Tournament, Away, St. Cloud, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 27
Thanksgiving Recess
HOC-MIAC Tournament, Away, St. Cloud, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 28
MBB—Northwestern, Home, 7:30 p.m.
HOC—MIAC Tournament, Away, St. Cloud, 7:30 p.m.
WR—Golden Northern Tournament, Away, U of Wisconsin,-
Superior
Monday, Nov. 30
Chapel—Celebration
Student Senate meeting, FA 426, 5:25 p.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 1
Chapel—President Lundquist
WBB—Morris, Away, 7:30 p.m.
Odyssey Film Series, FA 313, 9 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 2
Chapel—Pastor Spickelmier
MBB—Trinity, Away, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 3
Chapel—Carolsing, AC Lounge
Friday, Dec. 4
Chapel—Rev. Kneely Williams
HOC—Gustavus Adolphus, Home, 7:45 p.m.
MBB—Aurora Classic, TBA
WBB—Concordia-St. Paul, Away, 6:30 p.m.
Festival of Christmas, Gym
Saturday, Dec 5
WR—St. John, Away, 10 a.m.
MBB—Chicago Tournament, TBA
Festival of Christmas, Gym
Wrestling team anticipates successful season
Law quiets coffeeshop music
Coach Klostreich is "look-ing
forward to a success-ful
season," and added,
"We are a more experi-enced
team this year and
we have good leadership
from the upperclassmen.
We finished fifth in the
conference last year and
our goal is to finish even
higher this year."
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by Ellie Feleen
Bethel hockey coach
Craig Dahl has been pre-paring
for the' 1981 -82
hockey season since the
1980 -81 season ended.
Dahl has recruited players
from all over the country
and expects to have a good
hockey season. "We should
vastly improve over last
year if the players work
hard all season," said Dahl.
The tri-captains this
season are David Johnson,
Gary Shibrowski and
Dick Smith. Joining these
returning players are Jeff
Eklund and Scott Dahl-strom.
Varsity defensemen in-clude
Eric Bottila, Bruce
Nord and Dale Ludeman.
Returning goalies are Eric
Peterson and Kurt Alm-berg.
New varsity recruits in-clude
Eric Dye (Alaska),
Perry Espe, Jim Laporte
(Mich.) and Doug Peter-son.
Dahl recruited three
players from Kellogg High
School and they are Jeff
Schaber, Scott Thomas
and defenseman Scott
Prigge. Scott Mayer, Keith
Substad, Jon Erickson,
Rob Skanse, Joe Skelly,
Steve Reis, Toby Wilson
and John Lilleberg are also
new to the team.
Coach Dahl has added
three freshman goalies to
the team. They include
Doug Anderson, Jim Grif-fin
and Chris Robideau.
Dahl said, "We have a
great deal of talent on the
team and I think we will
have a fine season."
The Royals open their
season Friday night, Nov.
20, at Columbia Arena
where they will take on
the University of Wiscon-sin-
Stout hockey team.
by Dyer Davis field goals. It is a game of
bodies in motion, both in
Football. It is a game of the air and on the ground.
risks. A sport where each Whether high school, col-snap
from center may lege or professional, foot-bring
success or defeat. It ball is a game of eleven
is a game of yards and men working together for
inches, of touchdowns and the same purpose: triumph.
Hockey players show depth and talent
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Royals whip Auggies, 17-15
by Mark Wollan
The Royal football team
ended its season on a posi-tive
note Saturday, Nov,
14, by defeating Augsburg
17- 15.
The Royals struggled in
the early part of the game
and turned the ball over
twice on interceptions. But
Jon Fredrickson put the
Royals on top 3 -0 at the
end of the first quarter.
Augsburg pulled ahead
briefly in the second quar-ter
on a 34-yard touch-down
pass. However, the
Royal offense retaliated
with a 33-yard scoring
pass from Steve Doten to
Pete Kramka, and took a
10-7 lead into the locker
room at halftime.
Early in the third quar-ter
Doten secured the lead
for the Royals by scram-bling
for 22 yards into the
end zone.
Offensively the 329 total
yards Bethel accumulated
came through passes total-ing
165 yards and rushes
totaling 164 yards.
Guards strengthen b-ball team
by Ellie Feleen Captains Leslie Smith
and Kroon are the only
Although the Bethel seniors on the basketball
women's basketball team team this year. Also re-lost
a few players to grad- turning are Christenson,
uation last year, co-cap- Duehn, Shelly Sorensen
tain Sheila Kroon is opti- and Kathy Kvam.
mistic about the 1981 -82
season. "Our guards will The Royals will add six
add a lot of depth to the freshmen to the squad this
team this year. Sue Duehn season: Karen Almeroth,
and Kim Christenson are Sharon Huisinga, Lisa Iver-very
quick and will be key son, Lisa Coler, Beth Free-players
on the team," said man and Debbie VanMark.
Kroon. Transfer student Tammie
Paulson will round out the
team.
Carol Girdler is the new
women's basketball coach
and alumnus Beth Kars-jens
will be the assistant
coach for the Royals.
The Royals open their
season with an alumni
game Saturday, Nov. 21,
at 3 p.m. Their first regu-lar
season game is Nov.
24, at Dr. Martin Luther
College.
Ron Russel outjumps an alumni player in the game last Saturday night. The Royals defeated the
alumni 117-84. Each year the season opens with a game against Bethel alumni. Saturday, Nov. 21
the team plays Concordia-St. Paul at 8 p.m. in the gym (photo by Steve Van Sickle).