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Nob Hill apartments may be a housing alternative for returning students. Bruce Olsen, editor Greg Kuntz, sports editor The Clarion is published weekly Holly Schmiess, news editor Mark Holmes, photo editor by the students of Bethel College. Nancy Naumenko, production editor Juan Ramos, cartoonist Letters to the editor should be sent Suzi Wells, copy editor Arlan Swanson, business manager to p.o. 91 by the Sunday before production. THE CLARION Bethel College Vol. 53, No. 16 February 24, 1978 SMP members anticipate, prepare for varied summers Bethel health service "best bargain on campus" by Suzi Wells Filling out applications, writing to home churches for financial support, and meeting for fellowship and prayer are all part of what this year's members of SMP (Student Missionary Pro-ject) are doing. As an SMPer, I have felt the ex-citement and anticipation, along with 23 other Bethel students, of the coming summer. During in-terim, several of us gathered together for Bible study, gym nights, and prayer to meet and support each other. The summer missionaries will be scattered across the United States and the world, everywhere from Chicago's inner-city to Mississippi, from Japan to Ecuador to Africa. The SMPers for this summer in-clude: Vicky Bean, Randy Blake, Tim Bont, Sharon Bowman, Joe Brandenburg, Bobbie Dischinger, Carol Dischinger, Steve Far-quharson, Paul Hertenstein, Cin-dy Martin, Sandy Madsen, Mike Messer, Becky Miller, Dan Miller, Jim Nelson, Paul Nether-cott, Dana Olson, Leigh Ann Ret-tie, Debbie Nash, Sue Sult, Bob Thorp, Suzi Wells, Tannie Woods, and Lois Malcolm. Students' reasons for going out this summer are varied. "I think it will be a good opportunity to share my faith," explained sophomore Bobbie Dischinger, who plans to work with Spanish-speaking people. "Since Spanish is one of my minors, it will give me a chance to study the culture by living right with the people," she added. Tim Bont, sophomore, plans to work with HCJB (Heralding Christ Jesus Blessing) short-wave radio station in Quito, Ecuador Tim will be working in a hospital connected with the radio station down in Quito. "I want to obtain experience both in hospital work and medical missions," he said. "I'd also like to see if it (medical missions) is a realistic goal in the future." He added that he had always wanted to take off a summer to serve the Lord in a direct way, and that working in the hospital would be an educational as well as a spiritual experience. In order for SMP to be an ef-fective ministry, it needs the financial support of students and faculty. Several fund-raising events are planned in the future, including a haircutting day on March 7, bake sales, car washes, and an auction of all unclaimed items in the lost and found. Also, every Friday an offering is col-lected in chapel. So far, SMP has collected about $4225 this year, and its goal is to have $10,000 by the end of the year. If each student were to give about $5 a year to SMP, this goal could be met. Besides financial support, SMPers need support in prayer. Dan Johnson, president of SMP, has plans for each new SMPer to have three prayer partners: one other SMPer, an old SMPer, and a student outside of SMP. Also, one day this semester will be set aside for prayer for SMP. by Shelly Nielsen Bethel administrators Marilyn Starr and Mack Nettleton are still struggling with the big question, "Where are students going to live next year?" With old campus finally deleted as a possibility for upperclassmen residency, housing directors are investigating elsewhere. The prevalent characteristic of their search, so far, seems to be uncer-tainty. Hopefully, two new campus dormitory buildings will be erected for next year's up-perclassmen. Planners have turned to the possibility of leasing Nob Hill apartments, half of them for nine months and the other half for six. On the occasion of the long-awaited dorms being completed next year, one-half of the students housed at Nob Hill will be moved into the new facilities. The goal, stated Director of Student Affairs Mack Nettleton, is to make a definite announcement of available residences by spring. Authorities are sure of a few aspects concerning housing in the coming year. Commuters will not be discriminated against. Freshmen will, hoWever, be serv-ed first as far as placement in campus residences is concerned. If the new dorms are not com-pleted as hoped, upperclassmen will probably not be housed on new campus next year. Mack Nettleton stressed that the apartments finally chosen will be the "modest kind as opposed to luxury apartments." They will contain the functional facilities of one bathroom and two bedrooms, Fountain Terrace being the basic model for comparison. At present, these are of the few decided and absolute aspects of an "iffy" dilemma known as stu-dent housing '78-'79. According to Dave Lissner, Bethel's director of community relations, the Arden Hills plan-ning commission will recommend to the Arden Hills Council that Bethel be re-zoned to obtain permits to build their new dormi-tories. "I expect we will receive those," said Lissner, optimistical ly. Lissner said his latest concern is the looming trade strike to take place this summer. The village council will meet in the Arden Hills Village Hall at 8 p.m. on Mon., Feb. 27. by Thangi Chhangte A full-time student at Bethel pays about $20 a year for health service care. This is made pos-sible by Bethel's unique health service. The health service is not actually an insurance policy, but the student's parents' insurance becomes the primary coverage. Each year, the health service receives an alloted sum of money from the general tuition. This amounted to $32,000 last year. The service covers infirmary care, medical and accident aid, and hospital assistance. A commercial group plan would cost more than the present policy, so Bethel has continued with this policy. There has been one major change in the policy, since last year. "Students having no pri-mary coverage will be reimbursed for 50 per cent of hospital expenses up to schedule limits," according to the green leaflet which Bethel students received at the beginning of the school year. The pamphlet includes infor-mation on the health service, including claim procedures, eligi-bility, out-patient and hospital coverage procedures. "I think it's the best bargain on campus," said Mack Nettleton, director of students affairs. Bethel students apparently agree with him since he has not received any complaints about the health service. Since tuition does not cover all expenses, no student at Bethel pays for the full expenses incur-red by the school. Contributions from the Baptist General Confer-ence and other organizations supplement the additional ex-penses. About 50 per cent of the students body receives financial aid. This means that most stu-dents at Bethel do not actually pay for all the benefits they receive from the health service. Not many places can one see the doctor as much as three times a week, for less than $25 a year. —dorm dilemma Student housing remains uncertain for '78-'79 Judge rules in legal suit Earlier this week we received word that the decision regarding Northwestern College and the Village of Arden Hills ruled in favor of the village. This essentially prohibits Northwestern from building the proposed auditorium under its present zoning. Nor-thwestern is expected to appeal the decision. Carter proposal expands existing loan, scholarship aid programs WASHINGTON, D.C. (CCNS) - Some 60 per cent of the nation's college students would be eligible for at least a small amount of federal aid under a $1.5 billion ex-pansion of existing scholarship and loan programs proposed Feb. 8 by President Carter. Having previously expressed his opposition to tax credit legislation currently pending in Congress, the President said his measure "will provide more real help than any tuition tax credit," which he regards as too costly and wasteful. The number of students eligible for assistance under this plan would increase from the present three million to five million. Even more significantly, however, most of the new money would be ear-marked for "middle-income" families in the $16,000-to- $25,000-a-year category previous-ly ineligible for many of these pro-grams. In addition, loan guarantees would be available to families ear-ning up to $45,000 annually, corn-pared with $30,000 under the pre-sent program. However,. maximum grants or interest-subsidies for students from families in the higher-income brackets would be only $250 (also the amount of the tax credit permitted under legislation earlier introduced by Sen. William Roth, R-Del.). Dr. Paul Bragdon, president of Reed College, Portland, Ore., and chairman of the Government Relations Advisory Council of the National Association of Indepen-dent Colleges and Universities, told the House Subcommittee on Post-Secondary Education Feb. 9 that grants to students ought to be "proportional to income all across the income spectrum up to $25,000," rather than a flat $250 for those in the $16,000-$25,000 income range. Dr. John Dellenback, president of the Christian College Consor-tium (and also a member of the NAICU Government Relations Advisory Council), - commented later on the Carter proposal, which was introduced in the House of Representatives by Rep. William Ford (D-Mich.), chair-man of the House Subcommittee on Post-Secondary Education. "I'm pleased at the President's and the Ford bill's desire to assist the middle income taxpayer, and their willingness to earmark more money to help students obtain higher education," Dr. Dellen-back said. "But I don't think either the proposed tax credit bills or this particular forin of expanded stu-dent aid legislation will equitably or substantially help students at-tending evangelical colleges. From a Christian education stand-point, two things are particularly troublesome to me," he said. "Tax credits would give the federal government more 'logic' to its argument that it is assisting education; therefore, it would reason that it can more logically impose restrictions and condi-tions" on recipients of such "assistance," including both tax-payers and colleges. "The Ford bill, for all its vir-tues, by spreading its benefits so thin and widely, doesn't make it possible for any significant number of students to attend col-lege who wouldn't otherwise be able to do so. Everybody gets a bite and no one is saved from star-vation," Dr. Dellenback said. Mr. Carter's proposal contains three major elements: The present $2.1 billion Basic Educational Opportunity Grants (BEOG) program of tuition scholarships would be expanded by nearly one-half, to $3.1 billion, serving an additional 3.1 million students. The present $15,000 per year eligibility ceiling would be raised to $25,000. The current $435 million col-lege work-study program (sub-sidizing 80 per cent of wages for by Snzi Wells Next year, a foreign studies program in Guatemala City may be part of Bethel's program for roughly the same cost as it would be to attend Bethel. Students would be studying Latin American history, Mayan Indian archeology, and Guatema-lan culture, and possibly live in homes in the Guatemala City area. They would be taking a full load and it would transfer as such to the regular curriculum. part-time student jobs) would be increased by more than 25 per cent, to $600 million. An estimated 280,000 new students' would be-eligible to participate, in addition to the 720,000 students currently in the program. The present $540 million guaranteed student loan program (underwriting loans and subsidiz-ing interest costs for student) would be expanded by more than one-half to $867 million. An estimated 260,000 new loans would be available nearly doubl-ing the number of middle-income family students. Maximum grants for low- and moderate-income family students would be raised. For those earn-ing less than $8,000 a year, it would go from $1,600 now to $1,800. Those in the $8,000 to $16,000 income range would also receive $200 more than at pre-sent. This proposal would increase President Carter's fiscal year 1979 federal aid to education budget by $1.21 billion over the $3.278 billion he submitted a few weeks earlier. The students could study at the Universidades Mariana Galve de Guatemala in Guatemala City for a full semester in either the fall or spring. President Lundquist is enthu-siastic about the possibilities of the new program, which is the first full semester overseas pro-gram that Bethel has had. He said that it is important for students to get exposure in our "shrinking world" and "broaden their hori-zons." Overseas study semester offers foreign exposure C/Fr FROM 7714 ADenhvinR09riew! vvN4TEVE4 COQID it 8L ? ‘i —editorial Senate role questioned: lobbyist versus voter The Student Senate has recently been under attack from its student constituency for being a "rubber stamp" and "do nothing" organiza-tion. This most recently became obvious in the controversial flat fee discussions, in which the Senate was very ill-prepared and ill-informed of what was going on. Even senators have verbally chastised the ex-ecutive committee for lacking organization and acting as a puppet for the administration. When one thinks about it, what has the Senate done this year that was really worthwhile? Has it really informed its constituency of all the relevant issues as it was originally elected to do? What programs has it accomplished that could be considered worthwhile? In order to construct a little groundwork, allow us to explain some of the things that Senate does. Most of Senate work begins and ends in committee. The Tuesday night meetings are mostly for the purpose of voting on committee decisions. Discussion sometimes ensues from committee decisions. The work of two committees, the Public Action Committee (PAC) and the Communications Board (composed also of students, media chiefs and one faculty advisor), compose a great deal of Senate work. PAC does much of their work through raising money for charities by a variety of fund-raising events, such as volleyball marathons and bake sales. The Communications Board regulates and oversees all student publications, such as the Clarion, Coeval and Passages. The Senate also has the responsibility of choosing the campus coor-dinators. They also have a member, usually the president, sit on the Board of Regents in order to provide some type of student input, although that student representative has no voting rights. Senate's most noteworthy piece of legislation has been the institution of the $10 activity fee charged to all full-time students. This legislation, an original campaign promise of the Johnson/Carlson administration, was to aid the floundering campus coordinator program. From present indications, it seems to be working well. But since that important legislation was approved by the administra-tion, Senate has done little in enacting major legislation that may have a positive impact on students. Their biggest moves have been to make recommendations to the administration on a variety of minor issues, such as library space and independent study fees. Senate's inactivity or rubber-stamping policies can be directly related to the role that the administration places on them. The administration tends to delegate to the Senate the role of lobbyist, rather than the role of decision maker or voter. A lobbyist's role is that of influencing. When delegated to the role of a lobbyist, one must be thoroughly knowledgeable of the relevant topics and able to discuss these topics with a familiarity that predicates on the intuition of an expert. Unfortunately, the administration has not even allowed Senate the ability to influence with any knowledge or familiarity of the topic. When they do ask for Senate's input, it is after the decision has been made and with the senators having little knowledge of the matter. This aids in giving the Senate the stigma of being ill-informed and ill-prepared. But let us not blame everything on the administration. The Senate executive committee could have been more forceful with ad-ministrative decision by voicing student opinion. After all, someone on the Senate usually knows what will happen in respect to student policy before it actually occurs. It is more a matter that they do not explain the implications of these programs to the student body, or even to the Senate as a whole, in fear of losing administrative confidence. Student government leaders must raise objections and/or provide a stimulating input into administrative decisions. Without student input, administrative policy becomes a "Royal Decree" rather than a substan-tiated argument. What this discussion finally comes down to is the true role that Senate plays in the life of the student body. Should it be a rubber-stamping organization for administrative decisions, or should it be an active participant in administrative policies? We believe it should be the latter. Why are students so apathetic towards student government? First, administrative policy towards student organizations dictates the feel-ings and beliefs of the apathetic student. The administrative leaders of this school must be willing to give student leaders some voice in the decision-making process. Without this voice the present tendency towards student apathy will continue. Secondly, student government must provide strong leadership in order to give some relevancy to the needs of students. If the executive committee is not willing to push its limits of authority, then the student voice will fall on hardened administrative ears. This can be summarized in a give and take situation. The Student Senate is not willing to give anything and the administration is not will-ing to take anything. Let us try to reverse the roles to where the ad-ministration is willing to take student input and the Student Senate is actively engaged in giving student advice. We believe this plan is feasi-ble and can work if both sides are willing to cooperate. Page 2 David Lee, doctoral candidate in organizational communication. Hensley, Lee awarded for work in outstanding articles, papers Non Smoker Auto Good Student Discounts BROWN AGENCY OFFICE: 488-5545 Curt Brown — Wendell Brown RESIDENCE: 484-9068 P.O. 449 FARMERS AINSURIUKE, 4N GROUP 7 • Saporito. Song* FALCON WORM. Sretnr SAP EP. JIM • DAVE • DENISE Tuesday - Friday 8 - 6 Saturday 8 - S For Appointment Call 646-2323 1713 N. Snelling St. POLO, MN 551 13 ■ If the "flat-fee fiasco" has accomplished anything, it might well be the shift of emphasis in the Student Senate column from information to editorial. The events of recent weeks have evoked a number of feelings, ver-bally expressed or otherwise, about the effectiveness of student govern-ment on campus. Perhaps reviewing a year as Student Senate chairman gives me an opportunity to state what I feel the role of student representatives at Bethel can and should be. First and foremost, forget the illusion Bethel is a democracy where students and administration line up weekly at the ballot box to vote on handling this week's issues. Some students, including senators, feel anything short of this is "powerlessness." The naivety of that expecta-tion is probably understandable since most students have been at Bethel for fewer semesters than they have fingers on one hand. However, the recent example of administrative heavy-handedness il-lustrates the importance of consulting Bethel's consumers—the students. The dean did offer an apology to the students which is in-dicative of a concern for the views and feelings of the student body. Nonetheless, this experience can serve as a reminder to the administra-tion of the importance of acting upon and consulting the present needs of students, coupled with the administrative concerns for the stability of Bethel as an institution. Simply because our voice at Bethel is not the final determining factor in making college policy does not mean students should write off any. sort of student voice and organization, and apathetically accept deci-sions made solely in administrative towers. The students are both the consumers and the product of Bethel College, and consequently should play a vital role in forming and shaping the policies and activities on campus. The Student Senate can operate in that role from a persuasive perspective. In order to accomplish that objective it must have the sup-port of the students who elect the members. The administration often looks upon Student Senate members and student officers as spokesper-sons for the feelings of the student body, a factor which should be con-sidered when electing representatives and/or running for office. A prime example of the persuasive ability of the Senate was in the enactment of the Campus Coordinator fee. At our request the fee was approved by the dean, although a non-mandatory raise in total fees many not have been an easy or popular administrative decision. Finally, my hope is that many concerned students will consider runn-ing in the next election. Senate can be an effective voice, if you view its role as a positive and necessary force on our campus—not as a negative force constantly engaged in battling the administration. Doors are not always as open as we sometimes wish, but an op-timistic group of student senators can achieve much positive improve-ment on campus as long as they have the proper view of their role—to serve students, and enhance student life at Bethel College. Dr. Wayne Hensley, expert of "Disciple of Christ" rhetoric. by Holly Schmiess Bethel's speech - communica-tion department has been honor-ed vicariously through honors recently granted to chairman Dr. Wayne Hensley and Assistant Professor David Lee. Both have had articles publish-ed in the "Quarterly Journal of Speech," a publication of the National Speech/Communication Association, Hensley's receiving special -merit. Both have been invited to discuss their research at upcoming national speech con-ventions. Hensley was awarded the 1977 Article of the Year Award by the Religious Speech-Communication Association for his analysis of the rhetorical vision of the Disciples of Christ. Entitled 'Rhetorical Vision and the Persuasion of a Historical Movement: The Disciples of Christ in 19th Century American Culture," it appeared in the October, 1975, issue of the "Quarterly Journal of Speech." Hensley belongs to the Disci-ples of Christ and wanted to clarify the history of the move-ment in his own mind. He corn-bined this personal interest with doctoral studies in Speech-Corn-munication, American Intellec-tual History, and American Reli-gious History at the University of Minnesota to write his thesis on the Disciples of Christ in 1972. The awarded article grew out of Hensley's doctoral thesis, and demonstrates, through the Disci-ples of Christ, the power of rhe-torical vision for a movement's persuasive efforts. According to Hensley, rhetori-cal vision is "how world views guide our understanding of e-vents and how we dramatize that concept of reality in public state-ments." Hensley has been invited to share his research in the form of a related paper, "The Death of a J ohnson/Carlson VP clarifies Senate role by Mark Carbon Rhetorical Vision: The Disciples of Christ and Social Change" at the national convention of Speech -Communication in Minneapolis in N6vember. This and two other papers, plus the comments of a critic-respon-dent, will comprise a panel en-titled "Religious Social Move-ments as Educational Environ-ments." Hensley's paper will emphasize the need for a movement's rhe-torical vision to adapt to changing social conditions to maintain com-munication with that society. David Lee, who successfully completed his preliminary written and oral exams this month toward a Ph.D. in organizational corn-munication, combined the con-cept of rhetorical vision with empirical analysis in research of President Carter's campaign. Lee and several colleagues at the University of Minnesota col-laborated on the article, "The Carter Persona: An Empirical Analysis of the Rhetroical Vision of Campaign '76," published in the October, 1977 issue of the "Quarterly Journal of Speech." It examines Carter's campaign i-mage as an example of the success of a rhetorical vision. Hensley and Lee are now pre-paring a paper they will read at the annual convention of Central States Speech Association in Chi-cago this April. "Debate as Encapsulated Con-flict: Ruled Controversy as an Approach to Learning Conflict Management Skills," is a devel-opment of the theory upon which Bethel's education-competitive debate program is built. The paper is one of five on a panel of competitive papers in communi-cation eduction. Page 3 Events Calendar Friday, Feb. 24 New campus rollerskating at Rosedale (12-2 a.m.) Bethel Band concert, 8 p.m., gym. NAIA Indoor Track Championship at Kansas City Saturday, Feb. 25 Men's basketball at St. Thomas (3 p.m.) American Harp Society concert at Seminary Chapel (8 p.m.) NAIA Indoor Track Championship at Kansas City. Sunday, Feb. 26 Harlem Globetrotters at Met Center (1:30 P.m.) Monday, Feb. 27 Clarion writer's meeting (5 p.m.) Film - "All the King's Horses" in FA313 (7 p.m.) • Men's basketball at St. Mary's (7:30 p.m.) Senior recital with Morva Thue and Bob Storeygard at Calvary Baptist Church (8 P.m.) Ann Louise Finholt art exhibit opens through March 16 at Bethel Gallery Tuesday, Feb. 28 Student Senate meeting in AC lounge (6 P.m.) Thursday, Mar 2 "All My Sons" opening night in ex-perimental theatre (8 p.m.) by Holly Schmiess Everyone knows Don Larson is an advocate of personal and honest communication. And everyone knows about his wry manner of using small incidents as platforms for great principles. So when he responded to a Clarion questionnaire last fall with a criticism of our hand-written "Don Larson, p.o. 62," it was naturally concluded that he was doling out some tongue-in-cheek 'beef' about mimeograph-ed, mass-produced surveys. When Larson was discovered one day at the xeroxing window with a stack of memos, he was cornered, a red-handed hypocrite. But in wide-eyed in-nocence, he seriously defended his misunderstood suggestion that the Clarion use xeroxed address labels instead of wasting people-hours handwriting names and p.o. numbers. "Look," he commanded as he set his stop-watch ticking and wrote out 'Don Larson, p.o. 62.' "Seven seconds." "Now think of every office in this school that sends out piles of inter-campus memos every day," he began the application. "Multiply seven seconds times the total number of those memos, and at $3.25 an hour, or whatever we pay office help, think of the waste. Who says we're short of money?" Satisfied that the Clarion survey had indeed received an earnest reply, (however literarily irrelevant), the reporter ended the encounter. Two months later, the same reporter was phoned by Don Lar-son and asked to meet him in the coffeeshop to "see some material you might be interested in." What journalist could resist such Woodward/Bernstein clandes-tine- ry? Don Larson was waiting—with a whole stack of inter-campus memos, all hand-addressed, in ballpoint backhand, fountain pen scrawl, and penciled printing. "I've talked to several offices higher up, and all they do is politely smile and say 'thank you, – he began. "Now I'm giving the Clarion a try—do what you want with it." Again, the challenge to figure wasted employment in dollars and cents. "Now here's the alternative," he said, drawing rows of rec-tangles on a sheet of typing paper. "These are xerox-sensitive labels. Every office here uses them. They cost Xcents a sheet." "At the beginning of each year, the xerox people could type up a list of every frequently-used group of addressees—part-time faculty, department chairmen, Clarion staff, etc., etc." He continued in punctuated horse-sense. "Say I needed to John W. Ivance Company 1618 Pioneer Bldg. 224-7358 John W. Ivance, Sr. John W. Ivance, Jr. John G. Chisholm Russel Akre INSURANCE Life—Auto—Home Business St. Paul, Mn 55101 Frugal Larson offers timesaver for handwritten labeling technique send something to every part-time faculty member. I could go to the xerox window and ask for that list, copied onto xerox-sensitive labels." "Look," he commanded as he set his stop-watch ticking, peeled off an imaginary label, and slap-ped it on a memo. "Three seconds." "But isn't that kind of a mindless job?" "Is copying it by hand any more stimulating?" he reasoned. "The Clarion could try it once," said the reporter cautiously after an expectant silence. "Oh no, not just once. It would never pay off," he countered. "The real dividends would come after months on this method." He leaned forward. "You need to hire headline-writers but don't have the money in your budget?" He glanced around and lowered his voice. "Sell labels. Every department in the school would buy 'em. They'd go like hot cakes." "Or SMP could," said the reporter thinking of the Clarion editor who would politely smile and say 'thank you,' prior to heinous laughter. "Or SMP," Larson agreed. The moral of this story is: 1. Don Larson is a shrewd ty-coon. 2. Bethel should use xerox-sensitive labels. 3. Clarion reporters have close encounters of the third kind. Chapel Schedule Monday - Sonday, Bethel Gospel group Tuesday Stuart Briscoe Wednesday - Pastor Spickelmier Thursday - S.M.P. Friday - Convocation: Denis Goulet by Dan Erickson Because of my recent disenchantment of the treatment of the student body by the administration, I resigned Monday as a stu-dent senator and as chairman of the rules and finance commit-tee. It was my undefstanding that the administration would look to the Senate for student opinion in matters of great importance. I was deluded. The harsh facts of life which must become obvious to even the most callous student senator are that communication between student and administrator is nil and student input and opinion is not actively sought. It is apparent after these recent forums that the administration regards the Senate merely as part of the communication chain out to the student without any active input into decisions. The Senate is being used to placate the student body. I, as senator, refuse to be used by the administration to change student opinion. My only alternative is to resign. My disillusionment has grown in two directions. One came about specifically as a result of the obscurantism and secrecy behind the flat fee issue. The other, a more general souring, came about through an emerging awareness of how isolated the administration is from both student body and faculty. In January, I knew as a senator that there might be a proposal made to change the fee structure, and even that information we were to keep strictly in confidence. We had no specifics and were assured that there would be student input before a final decision would be reached. Then, right around the middle of January, at least three weeks before it was presented to the student body, we received information from a friend in Cambridge that the flat fee rate was being used by the publici-ty department as the tuition structure for next year in contacts with prospective students. The Senate called the dean's office and was assured that this was a mistake, and that there would be student input. On Feb. 7 in Senate,_ we were told that the fee change was an ad-ministrative decision and for all intents and purposes the decision was final. The other direction my disillusionment takes is harder to put into words. As part of the Clarion staff I have seen how hard it is to get a straight answer regarding things such as the sale of old campus. A strict enrollment limit was set by the Board of Regents last year at 1825. In the fall the enrollment was 1867. The limitation was walked over as if it didn't exist. It is true that people my age have a basic mistrust of authority and power, but we are especially suspicious when this authority is accom-panied by isolation and silence. This suspicion cannot help but to have been heightened by what we have all gone through in national politics in recent years. We must all realize that decisions must be made with the future in mind; that Bethel must look to insure its tradition, scholastically, finan-cially and otherwise. But this must be tempered by the respect for the opinions of students and faculty of today. This can only be accomplished through a constant dialogue, not through rumors and memos. Perhaps this could be done if Bethel's leaders stayed on campus more often and got to know the students. I am against the flat fee change. It places quite real limits on our education flexibility here. Bethelis a liberal arts college. Perhaps we have forgotten all the implications of that. We are to be free to grow in-to total persons. We are to allow ourselves a variety of experiences here. It is hard to keep an even temper at the forum when "the model student" is discussed. The model student it seems, always finishes in four years. I was under the impression when I first enrolled that Bethel treated its students as individuals in its flexible liberal arts setting. The administration claims that the new plan will save us money. That is laughable. They are the ones manipulating the numbers and dollar signs. They could make the two plans cost the same if they wanted. Tui-tion was scheduled to go up to $320 per course next year. Before the change to $325, the new plan saved no money. Also, any way you phrase it, the new plan still cheats the three-class student. I am against cheating any part of the student body whether 25 per cent, 10 per cent, or one per cent. Bethel still remains proud of its food system in which you eat whay you pay for. Why the sudden turn around in the tuition system? I am convinced that this change in tuition is not an isolated change. When I started here there were 1400 students. Now there are 1860. By 1980, 2200. The larger an institution gets the more depersonalized the students get unless that school is very careful. All the apologies in the world do not change the fact that the ad-ministration made a mistake in not letting the student participate in this decision. There will be other decisions to be made in this changing in-stitution. Let us not let them make the same mistake twice. Page 4 Professor Don Rainbow, director of the Colorful Caravan of Theatricals. Briscoe, insightful author speaks in Tuesday's chapel Has God called you to Ministry? Upon this, build your work, pursue it with tenacity and singleness of mind—for a lifetime! Bethel Theolaical Seminary sponsored by the Baptist General Conference but serving many denominations, accredited by the Assn. of Theological Schools and North Central Assn. and offering master's and doctoral level programs NAME ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP COLLEGE GRAD. YR. On Lake Valentine in St. Paul, Minnesota 55112 Medicine wagon theatrics begin with casting from 65 auditioners by Lana Weeks Professor Rainbow's Colorful Caravan of Theatricals bursts into rehearsals. The troupe of seven vagabond actors and actresses are preparing to present melody, mir-th, melodrama, and meditations to audiences from. here to the West Coast. The medicine wagon show with its turn of the century format will start rolling for a six-week tour of the Pacific Northwest June 5. The troupe will perform in the Dakotas, Montana, Washington, Oregon and California. In Fresno, Cal. , Caravan will be highlighting the Baptist General Conference meetings. Then the medicine wagon travels to Col-orado, Chicago, Michigan, and back to the Twin Cities around July 15. Sixty-five students auditioned for this year's troupe Feb. 7 and 8. The call-back audition list of 18 was posted Feb. 9 and the finalists had one week in which to prepare their final audition. The audition entailed selling a show tune, performing any in-strumental talent, singing a gospel song, and claiming a promise of God in one's life. There was an option of singing a folk song with guitar accompaniment or doing anything one wished to fill the 15-minute alloted time. This brought to the audience's atten-tion some Flamenco dancing, oral interpretations and even a percus-sion exhibition. This year's troupe, who will be bringing the promises of God to audiences, are Wade Anderson, Greg Dirnberger, Rick Drake, Beth Ekberg, Ginny Heuer, Marc by Meg Zauner and Lana Weeks On Monday, Feb. 13, Walker Art Center and the Children's Theatre presented "5 by 2 Plus"—a modern dance repertory company out of New York. The company presented five works . by different choreographers (thus the 5 in their name) ranging from Helen Tamiris to Merce Cunningham. The company's artistic directors Jane Kosminsky and Bruce Becker (the 2) plus Carol Parker, Dan Ezralow' and Kathryn Komatsu interpreted the works successfully, making for a fine performance. The company is strong technically as shown by the varie- Maillefer, Lone Vincent and Juan Ramos, assistant director and tour manager. The College Relations depart-ment is planning this year's tour. Any church or group who would be interested in sponsoring Caravan should contact Jay Caress. ty within its program. The first, "Celestial Circus," exhibited the dancer proficiency at form and body control. Although danced well, Walker's piece was at best mediocre. The second work, "Negro Spirituals" by Helen Tamiris, was a highlight of the evening. The work consisted of six spirituals, differing in pace and drama. "Li'l David Play on Your Harp" was lighthearted comedy, while "Crucifixion" was deeply moving to the audience. The work was a solo done by company director, Bruce Becker. This black dancer established tremendous rapport with his au-dience and became its special favorite. The excellent lighting, especially for "Crucifixion," add-ed new dimensions to the touching drama. "Gallopade" by James Waring, introduced the audience to the entire company and showed what fine story-tellers the artists could be. The piece was fast-moving, funny and adored by. the viewers. Encounters, attitudes, and flirting games were mimicked by the dancers. Merce Cunningham's "Night Wanderings" was the major disappointment of the evening. Cunningham, though a well-known choreographer, failed with this piece. Quite simply, it was boring. The dancers executed the steps in fine style, but it was nonetheless repetitious and mun-dane. The night's final piece, "Just Another Dance," choreographed by Becker, energized the entire theatre and abounded with life. The pure joy of dancing was seen in every movement of every dance. It topped the evening most satisfactorily. Of special note were costumes and lighting; both were calculated to bring out the best in each work. Only the set lacked. It was a bare stage with a wrinkled and poorly hung cyclorama. "5 by 2 Plus," a technically pro-ficient group, achieved excellent communication with the au-dience, a major goal of dancers and all artists, but never allowed this perfection in technique to overshadow. by Paul Olsen D. Stuart Briscoe will speak in Bethel's chapel service on Tues-day, Feb. 28. Briscoe is a noted author and a frequent speaker at campuses and major church conventions across the country. His books cover a wide variety of Christian topics and are prac-tical and often challenging. He has been secretary-treasurer and assistant general director of the Capernwray Missionary Fellowship of Torchbearers. He is presently pastor of Elmbrook Church in Brookfield, Wis. Torchbearers was founded as an evangelization effort to British youth in a refurnished castle in the United Kingdom. Much of Briscoe's (and his wife Jill's) work concentrated on the neglected and feared inner-city street culture. "Where Was the Church When the Youth Exploded?," by Briscoe, deals with some insights gained from his experiences with British youth. Briscoe's other works include "Getting Into God," which gives practical guidelines to Christian life, "The Fullness of Christ," and "Living Dangerously," a challenge to daring and dynamic commit-ment. His newest work, "All Things Weird and Wonderful," is a com-mentary on Ezekiel, "the mysterious book of whirling wheels and dry bones" which can help in becoming "a better com-municator to a spiritually dead generation." Briscoe's wife Jill spoke at Bethel this fall and was well received. Howell students perform preludes Rachmaninoff would be pleas-ed that his 24 preludes for piano are going to be performed by 14 artist students of Dr. Gordon Howell, Bethel College professor of music, at the Seminary chapel Tuesday, February 28, 8 p.m. Rachmaninoff—noted Russian conductor, composer, and sovereign pianist—resented the fact that the world favored his C sharp minor prelude while neglec-ting his other works which he considered far superior. The preludes, composed from 1892 to 1910, are strikingly individual in their thematic ideas and luxuriant in their structural development. "Study of these preludes has been a fascinating experience for me," Professor Howell says, "and I am pleased that my students have been willing to work for a year to get them ready for perfor-mance." The public is invited to the con-cert without charge. —"5 by 2 Plus" reviewed Dancers energize theatre with five major works Page 5 Perkins urged identification with the poor in last week's convocations. Ancient world history expert returns in teaching role Did God Know? see Bethel Bookstore A Book for those who feel Christianity should make sense kewerd &Vegetable tender 'beef tips served with- green pepper, mush-room, onion and pineapple,' marinated in a special sauce and•accornpanied by a batter dipped . fresh vegetable it 69 skewered, with your choice of soup, 41 juice or salad OPEN Sun.-Thur-. 6:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Fri.-Sat. 6:30 a.m.-10 p.m. - Creeley poetry emanates intimacy, contribution to Walker Arts Center by Dave Terpstra Some may recall the presence of Dr. Richard Ward at Bethel. He taught ancient world history here for several years. This spring, he has returned to teach History of the Classical Age. He is now working for Ramsey County in the tax department. In addition, the University of Min-nesota has engaged him in a project to translate Babylonian- Assyrian documents which are written in word-signs. When asked of the intentions of the translation, Dr. Ward replied that the translation itself is not the important goal, rather the revelation of "the socio-economic ways of life around the years 2000-1600 B.C." The documents he is studying are records of real estate sales. While this may not seem like much data to go on, Dr. Ward insists, there are many indicators within the preserved records. For instance, he is able to estimate the average size of homes and fields and what was necessary to keep them going. He is able to judge the many types of buyers and the prices they had to pay for their property. He is also able to figure out the kinds of witnesses who signed these records, thereby knowing something of the civilization that existed long ago. In other words, they reveal the socio-economic behavior and ac-tions of the Abrahamic era. The process of analyzing the data is transliteration, not direct translation of the material. The difference is that the Babylonian- Assyrian documents are repre-sented in another language other than English—Akkadian. Dr. Ward's specialty is Akka-dian. Translated this way, the documents, retain much of their literal meaning. There is a definite significance in this to Christians and other closely related religious groups from that area. It will reaffirm what scholars have been sug-gesting for some time. Dr. Ward received his doc-torate in ancient history at the U of M and has taught at the University of Chicago. He has achieved a high record of respect in his field among his old (and new) colleagues at Bethel and other institutions across the Midwest. He will be a welcome addition to the Bethel faculty. by Al Arasim Seeing a poetry reading at Walker Art Center is a lot like Russian Roulette: either sheer delight or grave disappointment. Thankfully, last Saturday's ses-sion with Robert Creeley was a generous portion of the former. Considered by many to be the foremost poet of the post-WWII era, Creeley is a fiftyish, ec-centric, sprite of a man with smil-ing Irish eyes. Born in Arlington, Mass., he attended Harvard, and received his B.A. and M.A. degrees from Black Mountain College in North Carolina and the University of New Mexico. Having taught at Black Moun-tain and several other colleges, he is currently on the faculty of the State University of New York at Buffalo and is a visiting professor at the University of New Mexico. His major works are "The Island," "For Love," "Pieces," "A Day Book," and "Selected Poems," which was recently published by Scribner's. Creeley's poems are works of great warmth, immediately likable. Completely rejecting pomposity and sagacious observations, he offers an unassuming intimacy: "Pictures of time, /smoke, /faintness, /still the dream." Recounting instantaneous flights of emotion as if slowed down and viewed through a microscope: "It is hard going to the door/cut so small in the wall/the vision which echoes loneliness/brings a scent of wild flowers in a wood;" sur-rounds himself (and his audience) with a situation, rather than Morva Thue and Bob Storeygard in senior recital Morva Thue from Worthington and Bob Storeygard from Min-neapolis will be presenting their senior recital Monday evening, Feb. 27 at 8 p.m. at Calvary Bap-tist Church. Morva is a senior organ major and is studying with Jean Christian. Bob is a senior voice major and is studying with Oliver Mogck. Composers on the program in-clude Bach, Handel, Mendels-sohn, Schubert, Schumann, Wagner, Bingham, Duke, and Barber. The composition by Barber is a feature-length work for voice and string quartet. The music department extends an invitation to the Bethel com-munity to attend this recital and also the reception following. There is no admission charge. merely entering and then leaving it. What he conjures, then, is often a submissive scrutiny: "What/has happened/makes/the world. Live/on the edge/look-ing." Often minute, but not insignificant, it contains a kind of commonplace mysticism. Such as, in "Fancy," wherein he asks, "Do you know what/the truth is" and answers, "In a by David Shelley Tickets for the Bethel Choir's performance of "The Messiah" at Orchestra Hall on April 2 are now on sale. This "homecoming" concert will follow the choir's 11-day tour of Florida on which the choir will perform most of the music from all three sections of Handel's popular oratorio. Accompanying the choir will be a baroque chamber orchestra from Bethel. Soloists will be soprano Jennifer Woods, Bethel senior; alto Beth Ekberg, sophomore; tenor Paul Neslund, a professional musician from the Twin Cities; and bass Gerard Sundberg, a Bethel graduate and voice instructor. Dr. Robert Berglund, conduc-tor, describes "The Messiah" as "extremely dramatic and moving by virtue of its scriptural content and the musical genius of Handel place/I was sitting,/and there/it was, a little/faint thing/hardly felt, a/kind of small/nothing." It is a highly sensual, intensely per-sonal effect. "Not wise enough yet to know you're only here at all as the wind blows, now as the fire burns low." —from "The Children," Robert Creeley (who composed the entire work in 24 days)." The oratorio's first section quotes Old Testament Messianic prophecy and its fulfillment in the birth of Christ. Part two covers the victorious death of Christ, completed in the famous "Hallelujah" chorus. Part three expresses Christ's resurrection and the eventual resurrection of the saints to sing "Worthy is the Lamb." Tickets at a special student price of $1.50 are available at the Campus Coordinators' office. The earlier the tickets are bought, the better the seating, from a visual standpoint, though the sound is good throughout the auditorium. The choir's homecoming con-cert last year drew an audience of over 2000 to Orchestra Hall which is considered to be one of the finest acoustically constructed concert halls in the world. Tickets on sale for choir's Orchestra Hall concert Page 6 Cindy Ramm launches another shot against St. Thomas. New discipline pioneer to address convocation Curiosity foreruns chagrin: sophomore ponders fate of razors by. Paul Olsen Dr. Denis Goulet, a pioneer in the new discipline the ethics of development, will address a Be-thel convocation on Friday, March 3. In the first of a two day symposium on economics, Goulet will speak on a topic concerning ethical strategies in global de-velopment. Goulet's general field of in-terest is the ethics of develop-ment— a normative synthesis of development's troubling ques-tions. His specific interest is the economic development of Third World nations. According to Goulet (a devout Catholic), development must be guided by the Christian's view of the kingdom of God. He believes the present division of world economics is unjust, and it is a Christian's duty to achieve a just society. He says, "God's kingdom is here very imperfectly, very pre-cariously, but here in a very real way. We must be responsive to the kingdom." Goulet's goals for the present kingdom of God include material equity among nations to abolish misery, endemic diseases, and hopelessness. The ideal is not just world peace, but world justice. Goulet's ideas spring from a rich background in philosophy and political science. He has a B.A. and an M.A. in philosophy and a Masters in social planning. He also earned a Ph. D. in political science from the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil. He has studied and done apprenticeships in France, Spain, Algeria, Lebanon, Argentina, and four other South American coun-tries. To gain experience first hand, Goulet has been a manual worker in settings of poverty, both rural and urban. He has also served on planning teams of national go-vernments and done much study in universities and research insti-tutes across the world. Goulet's present involvement is in writing and acting as consul-tant for the Overseas Develop-ment Council. His address on Friday will be followed on March 14, by a presentation by Dr. Walter Heller from the U. of M. Heller's topic will be, "The State of the Economy: Analysis and Proposals." by Shelly Nielsen Curiosity killed the cat. What happens to nosy sophomores? Within a typical room in an ordinary dorm is a very plain bathroom. It is equipped with the usual, functional medicine cab-inet. What lies behind the swing-ing mirror is what produces my mental torture: a razor blade slot. Some still evenings I stand on a grimy bathroom floor thought-by Steve Erickson Carrying only five wrestlers, Bethel finished eighth in the MIAC Wrestling Meet at Moorhead last Saturday. Augsburg took first in the highly contested meet by winning six of the ten weight classes. Bethel's Gary Peterson finished second in the heavyweight divi-sion behind three-time champion Barry Bennett of Concordia who decisioned Peterson 10-0 in the finals. Peterson is the only MIAC wrestler that has escaped Ben-nett's pin this season. After receiving the bye in the first round, Peterson pinned his first opponent at 6:03. Although no other Royal wrestlers finished in the top four, freshmen Greg Heinsch and Gary Almquist and sophomore Lonnie Holmgren wrestled well, each win-ning one match. "I wasn't disappointed. Our guys looked respectable. They wrestled aggressively," said Coach Dave Klostreich. Holmgren won his initial match in the 167 division, beating number one seed, Mike Quast 4-1. He then lost to the eventual runnerup, Mark Heitkamp of St. Thomas, 11-1. In the 157 pound weightclass, Almquist had tough luck, facing both the defending 150 and 158 pound champions. He lost to both, but in between he defeated Tim Sorenson of Gustavus, who defaulted during the match because of injury. 150 pounder Heinsch was deci-sioned in his first match before coming back and whipping Gary Braun of Gustavus 10-2. In a close final contest, Heinsch lost to a St. John's wrestler 4-2 on a takedown in the final minute. "Next year we hope to be more respectable. We have a good nucleus of guys returning," said Coach Klostreich. Besides Holmgren, Heinsch and Alm-quist, that includes Dave Fuller and injured wrestlers Barrett Holmgren and Scott Martin. Peterson qualified for the NAIA nationals. This year's na-fully brushing my teeth. In an instant the old sensation of burn-ing inquisitiveness attacks. From between grinding teeth comes the audible, half-hysterical hiss, "What's behind that slot?" Suddenly I am overwhelmed by a mad desire to claw at the metal chest, to clutch a nail file and pry the cabinet violently from the wall, to dig wildly with frantic fingernails until I discover what hides behind that label. tionals will be held at Whitewater, Wis., March 1-4. For the year, Peterson's record was 15-5, the team's only winning one. The final meet results were: Augsburg 921/2, St. Thomas 73, Concordia 521/2, St. Olaf 33, Hamline 261/2 , St. John's 26, Gustavus 17, Bethel 121/2, St. Mary's 10. Hersch sets new half-mile indoor track record by Laura Woodruff On Saturday, Feb. 18, four members of Bethel's women's track team participated in the Northwest Open meet at the University of Minnesota. Both Lynn Swenson and Tami McQuoid competed in the 60-yard dash. Brenda Harris ran the mile and the half-mile. Bobbi Hersch set a new Bethel indoor record in the half-mile with an unofficial time of 2:29.1 Bethel did not place in any of these events. by Betty Logan Women's basketball team finished with a winning season this year, but its last game was a disappointing 67-51 loss to St. Thomas at the District Tourna-ment last week, "We could get the ball up, but not into the basket," said Coach Kathy Nevins about the low field goal percentage. The free throw percentage was 62 per cent, but Bethel only made it to the line seven times. Unable to play was freshman Joann Griffin, starting center for the team. Besides missing the skill of Griffin, Coach Nevins said, "Joann's absence made a dif- "When did it all begin," my racing brain asks. Did a seminary student of '42 remove an un-christian chin growth before his 8 a.m. Greek course and drop the first corroded blade? How many thousands, what astronomical numbers, followed his down the mysterious chute? Most important, where have they been going for the past three decades? To a basement level no domitory resident has yet been allowed to see or even know about? Why has this been kept so hush-hush? Suppose, I reasoned, some corporation gathers rusty razor blades below with the shrewd scheme of recycling them for resale. (If I uncover their secret would I get a cut of the profits?) This is but one example of an eternal petty snoopiness. My unnatural preoccupation with the mysterious has other times led me down the path to chagrin and frustration. No one but the overly-inquisitive would demand to hear acquaintances' innermost thoughts even though realizing they will be painful to hear. "Well, Shelly, if you must know, I think you're a prying, ignorant, useless creep. Sorry, I didn't want you to know." As a result of this maddening pro-neness to research what isn't any of my business, I get my feelings hurt at regular, frequent in-tervals. This quirk also often leads to embarrassment. What can be said about an individual who feels the compulsion to open closed doors even when they are con-spicuously labeled "MEN"? There exists no plausible excuse to give an unknown upperclass-man when asked why you were looking in his P.O. Not only is curiosity annihi-lating cats; it's getting one snoopy college student into a lot of trouble. ference in the way the other girls played." The team couldn't get their fast-break game going. Another disappointing factor in the game was the disputable fouls called on the Royals. Tommie Coach Tom Kosel said, "The calls hurt Bethel, and , you hate to see that, but there's nothing you can do about it." The game's high scorers were Cindy Martin and Cheryl Luiken, both with 10 points. Coach Nevins says she's looking forward to putting things together next season. She is pleased with the 11 win-7 loss finish of the team. Of this year's starters, two will be graduating: Gail Anderson and Cindy Martin. ELWOOD CARLSON Optician Glasses Contact Lenses, (Hard & Soft) Sports Glasses 358 St. Peter Street Discounts to St. Pad, Mina. 55102 227-7818 students & faculty Peterson shines in MIAC meet, team finishes eighth Cagers end season with disappointing loss, 67-51 Page 7 The Bethel Hockey club battles with Hamline in a recent match. Blanchard leads Royals to victory in 54-46 thrashing over Hamline Senior Dave Clapp sets new Bethel record in 1000-yard run. Anticipate varsity status Hockey club battles finances, MIAC teams, in first year by Carol Madison Hockey has held the interest of a few students off and on for the past 15 years, but this is the first year that the supposedly number one sport in the state of Min-nesota has gotten a strong foothold as a part of the extra-curricular activities of Bethel. Some of the newly sparked in-terest can be attributed to Dr. Thomas Correll, faculty advisor of the club, who is often referred to as "chief of hockey opera-tions." Correll, who came to Bethel from Canada in 1971, has always had an interest in hockey, and an added incentive for him is that his two sons, Tom and Gregg, are on the team. "It is our goal that hockey become a vital part of Bethel's athletic program," said Correll. "We want to generate the pro-gram in a positive set of cir-cumstances." David Harris, a Christian businessman from Fridley, is the coach of the team. He has had ex-perience in the organization. of hockey, and has been involved in the Minor Hockey Association in Fridley. The hockey club is not a varsity team at Bethel, and therefore is not a part of the budgeting pro-cess. The -club has had to raise its own funds this year, and will con-tinue to do so next year. Student Senate 'gave the club $500 at the start of the year, which went toward new uniforms. The team has to pay approximate-ly $50 per hour for ice time, so funds have had to come from other sources also. Individual donations, some from alumni and contacts in the community, account for a large portion of the support. Bake sales, button sales, and a roller skating party have added money to the fund. Thirteen home games are plan-ned for Columbia Arena next year, and the cost of each game will be substantially more. Each unit will be about $280, so the team will have to charge admis-sion, which is also a policy of the hockey teams in the MIAC. The team will have to continue with its fund-raising program next year. The hockey club has no recruiting program. It is instead made up of good players who happened to be at Bethel and were interested in playing. The team has a nucleus of strong players who could play on the larger MIAC varsity teams. Next year will be well-planned, with a wide variety of competition. The schedule will include at least one game with each of the varsity teams of the MIAC. The hockey team club took a major step forward this year, and anticipate another giant step next year. by Greg Kuntz The Bethel cagers scored seven unanswered points inside the last minute and posted a 54-46 homecourt victory over the Hamline Pipers Saturday night. This win avenges in earlier loss to Hamline. Guard Dave Blan-chard led the Royals with 17 points and Hamline's Ed Cassidy poured in 16. After trailing by five at the half, Bethel outscored the visitors 36-23 in the second half. The Royals dominated the boards, outrebounding the Pipers 32-19, with "Sugar Ray" Miller pulling down nine. Despite outfouling Hamline as a team 17-14, Bethel hit 10 of 12 free throws, while the Pipers made six of 10. Most of the Royals were made in one and one situations in the second half when their offense was really clicking. "We were penetrating down the middle which opened up a number of shots and got Hamline in foul trouble," said Bethel Assis-tant Coach Wendell Carlson. Actually, the Royals were beginning to get into foul trouble in the first half, and had a slow of-fensive start, trailing 8-2 five minutes into the contest. Hamline then went into their four-corner offense (which caught the Royals when the two teams met before), but the Bethel defense stayed alert and Miller tied the score at 12 with seven minutes to play in the first half. Hamline creeped ahead and held on to the lead until intermission. The Royals kept their poise in the second half as Blanchard pop-ped two quick buckets, and the hosts took the lead for the first time when center Scott Wilson hit a turn around jumper on an assist from Blanchard. The Royals proceeded to catch on fire when Curt Oslin scored after a steal and Blanchard con-verted a three-point play on a fast break. When the smoke cleared the Royals were up by twelve, 39-27. The Pipers roared back and threatened the Royals when Cassidy tied it at 41-all on a 20 foot jumper with 5:30 to play. Things stayed pretty tense the rest of the time as the Royals led by only one with two minutes left. Miller's foul at the 1:30 mark darkened the scene momentarily for Bethel. But then the Pipers were called for three seconds in the lane, and namline guard Dave Dimich traveled with 40 seconds left, when the Royals had a three by G.W. Smith Crossing the finish line at 2:13.5, junior Dave Clapp claim-ed first place in the 1000-yd. run and set a new Bethel record in the Northwest Open, held last Satur-day at the University of Min-nesota. Clapp, Curt . Brown and Nate Allen qualified for N.A.I.A. na-tional competition to be held to-day and tomorrow in Kansas City. Both Brown and Clapp com-peted there last year and will enter that meet as veteran runners and in good shape, according to Leighton Betz, assistant track coach. "We're hoping they'll get in the finals," said Coach Betz. "They have a good chance to place." At the Northwest Open, Brown ran 1:14.3 in the 600-yd. run to finish sixth. Allen finished fifth in point lead, to ice the victory for Bethel. Oslin's uncontested lay-up with 24 seconds left put the ic-ing on the cake. "We almost gave it away, but we hung in there," said Carlson. The Royals travel to St. Thomas tomorrow afternoon to take on the Tommies, who upset St. John's in overtime last Satur-day, and go to Winona to face St. Mary's Monday night. Bethel will try to avenge an earlier loss to Macalester on Thursday, March 2 at home, and close out the regular season at home March 4 against St. Thomas at 3 p.m. the 60-yd. dash and had qualified for the finals in the 300-yd. run before suffering a pulled muscle. In the shot put, Steve Carrigan set an indoor record of 46'3'A" but failed to qualify for finals. John Van Loon marked 40'5" in the triple jump and Jim Timp ran the mile in 4:24.6 to round out the field for the Royals. According to Head Coach Gene Glader, "To place in that meet is a real accomplishment." Clapp and Brown are the only two Royals who have notched vic-tories in the Northwest Open. Last year Brown won the 600-yd. run. "The showing of Bethel kids the last two years has really been very satisfying," said Glader. Of the many private schools in the meet, Bethel was one of three with a first place winner. Clapp, Brown, Allen qualify for nationals Page 8
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Title | Clarion 1978-02-24 Vol 53 No 16 |
Edition (Vol. No.) | Vol. 53 No. 16 |
Date Published | February 24 1978 |
Decade | 1970 |
Academic Year | 1977 - 1978 |
Frequency | Weekly |
Article Titles | SMP members anticipate, prepare for varied summers; —dorm dilemma, Student housing remains uncertain for '78-79; Bethel health service "best bargain on campus"; Judge rules in legal suit; Carter proposal expands existing loan, scholarship aid programs; Overseas study semester offers foreign exposure; —editorial, Senate role questioned: lobbyist versus voter; Johnson/Carlson, VP clarifies Senate role; Hensley, Lee awarded for work in outstanding articles, papers; Frugal Larson offers timesaver for handwritten labeling technique; Divide by six; Medicine wagon theatrics begin with casting from 65 auditioners; —"5 by 2 Plus" reviewed, Dancers energize theatre with five major works; Briscoe, insightful author speaks in Tuesday's chapel; Howell students perform preludes; Ancient world history expert returns in teaching role; Creeley poetry emanates intimacy, contribution to Walker Arts Center; Morva Thue and Bob Storeygard in senior recital; Tickets on sale for choir's Orchestra Hall concert; Curiosity foreruns chagrin: sophomore ponders fate of razors; Peterson shines in MIAC meet, team finishes eighth; New discipline pioneer to address convocation; Hersch sets new half-mile indoor track record; Cagers end season with disappointing loss, 67-51; Anticipate varsity status, Hockey club battles finances, MIAC teams, in first year; Blanchard leads Royals to victory in 54-46 thrashing over Hamline; Clapp, Brown, Allen qualify for nationals |
Photographs | Nob Hill apartments may be a housing alternative for returning students.; David Lee, doctoral candidate in organizational communication.; Dr. Wayne Hensley, expert of "Disciple of Christ" rhetoric.; Professor Don Rainbow, director of the Colorful Caravan of Theatricals.; Perkins urged identification with the poor in last week's convocations.; Cindy Ramm launches another shot against St. Thomas.; The Bethel Hockey club battles with Hamline in a recent match.; Senior Dave Clapp sets new Bethel record in 1000-yard run. |
Digital Collection | The Clarion: Bethel University's Student Newspaper |
Digital Publisher | Bethel University |
Editor | Olsen, Bruce |
Contributors | Schmeiss, Holly (News Editor); Naumenko, Nancy (Production Editor); Wells, Suzy (Copy Editor); Kuntz, Greg (Sports Editor); Holmes, Mark (Photo Editor); Ramos, Juan (Cartoonist); Swanson, Arlan (Business Manager); |
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Transcript | Nob Hill apartments may be a housing alternative for returning students. Bruce Olsen, editor Greg Kuntz, sports editor The Clarion is published weekly Holly Schmiess, news editor Mark Holmes, photo editor by the students of Bethel College. Nancy Naumenko, production editor Juan Ramos, cartoonist Letters to the editor should be sent Suzi Wells, copy editor Arlan Swanson, business manager to p.o. 91 by the Sunday before production. THE CLARION Bethel College Vol. 53, No. 16 February 24, 1978 SMP members anticipate, prepare for varied summers Bethel health service "best bargain on campus" by Suzi Wells Filling out applications, writing to home churches for financial support, and meeting for fellowship and prayer are all part of what this year's members of SMP (Student Missionary Pro-ject) are doing. As an SMPer, I have felt the ex-citement and anticipation, along with 23 other Bethel students, of the coming summer. During in-terim, several of us gathered together for Bible study, gym nights, and prayer to meet and support each other. The summer missionaries will be scattered across the United States and the world, everywhere from Chicago's inner-city to Mississippi, from Japan to Ecuador to Africa. The SMPers for this summer in-clude: Vicky Bean, Randy Blake, Tim Bont, Sharon Bowman, Joe Brandenburg, Bobbie Dischinger, Carol Dischinger, Steve Far-quharson, Paul Hertenstein, Cin-dy Martin, Sandy Madsen, Mike Messer, Becky Miller, Dan Miller, Jim Nelson, Paul Nether-cott, Dana Olson, Leigh Ann Ret-tie, Debbie Nash, Sue Sult, Bob Thorp, Suzi Wells, Tannie Woods, and Lois Malcolm. Students' reasons for going out this summer are varied. "I think it will be a good opportunity to share my faith," explained sophomore Bobbie Dischinger, who plans to work with Spanish-speaking people. "Since Spanish is one of my minors, it will give me a chance to study the culture by living right with the people," she added. Tim Bont, sophomore, plans to work with HCJB (Heralding Christ Jesus Blessing) short-wave radio station in Quito, Ecuador Tim will be working in a hospital connected with the radio station down in Quito. "I want to obtain experience both in hospital work and medical missions," he said. "I'd also like to see if it (medical missions) is a realistic goal in the future." He added that he had always wanted to take off a summer to serve the Lord in a direct way, and that working in the hospital would be an educational as well as a spiritual experience. In order for SMP to be an ef-fective ministry, it needs the financial support of students and faculty. Several fund-raising events are planned in the future, including a haircutting day on March 7, bake sales, car washes, and an auction of all unclaimed items in the lost and found. Also, every Friday an offering is col-lected in chapel. So far, SMP has collected about $4225 this year, and its goal is to have $10,000 by the end of the year. If each student were to give about $5 a year to SMP, this goal could be met. Besides financial support, SMPers need support in prayer. Dan Johnson, president of SMP, has plans for each new SMPer to have three prayer partners: one other SMPer, an old SMPer, and a student outside of SMP. Also, one day this semester will be set aside for prayer for SMP. by Shelly Nielsen Bethel administrators Marilyn Starr and Mack Nettleton are still struggling with the big question, "Where are students going to live next year?" With old campus finally deleted as a possibility for upperclassmen residency, housing directors are investigating elsewhere. The prevalent characteristic of their search, so far, seems to be uncer-tainty. Hopefully, two new campus dormitory buildings will be erected for next year's up-perclassmen. Planners have turned to the possibility of leasing Nob Hill apartments, half of them for nine months and the other half for six. On the occasion of the long-awaited dorms being completed next year, one-half of the students housed at Nob Hill will be moved into the new facilities. The goal, stated Director of Student Affairs Mack Nettleton, is to make a definite announcement of available residences by spring. Authorities are sure of a few aspects concerning housing in the coming year. Commuters will not be discriminated against. Freshmen will, hoWever, be serv-ed first as far as placement in campus residences is concerned. If the new dorms are not com-pleted as hoped, upperclassmen will probably not be housed on new campus next year. Mack Nettleton stressed that the apartments finally chosen will be the "modest kind as opposed to luxury apartments." They will contain the functional facilities of one bathroom and two bedrooms, Fountain Terrace being the basic model for comparison. At present, these are of the few decided and absolute aspects of an "iffy" dilemma known as stu-dent housing '78-'79. According to Dave Lissner, Bethel's director of community relations, the Arden Hills plan-ning commission will recommend to the Arden Hills Council that Bethel be re-zoned to obtain permits to build their new dormi-tories. "I expect we will receive those," said Lissner, optimistical ly. Lissner said his latest concern is the looming trade strike to take place this summer. The village council will meet in the Arden Hills Village Hall at 8 p.m. on Mon., Feb. 27. by Thangi Chhangte A full-time student at Bethel pays about $20 a year for health service care. This is made pos-sible by Bethel's unique health service. The health service is not actually an insurance policy, but the student's parents' insurance becomes the primary coverage. Each year, the health service receives an alloted sum of money from the general tuition. This amounted to $32,000 last year. The service covers infirmary care, medical and accident aid, and hospital assistance. A commercial group plan would cost more than the present policy, so Bethel has continued with this policy. There has been one major change in the policy, since last year. "Students having no pri-mary coverage will be reimbursed for 50 per cent of hospital expenses up to schedule limits," according to the green leaflet which Bethel students received at the beginning of the school year. The pamphlet includes infor-mation on the health service, including claim procedures, eligi-bility, out-patient and hospital coverage procedures. "I think it's the best bargain on campus," said Mack Nettleton, director of students affairs. Bethel students apparently agree with him since he has not received any complaints about the health service. Since tuition does not cover all expenses, no student at Bethel pays for the full expenses incur-red by the school. Contributions from the Baptist General Confer-ence and other organizations supplement the additional ex-penses. About 50 per cent of the students body receives financial aid. This means that most stu-dents at Bethel do not actually pay for all the benefits they receive from the health service. Not many places can one see the doctor as much as three times a week, for less than $25 a year. —dorm dilemma Student housing remains uncertain for '78-'79 Judge rules in legal suit Earlier this week we received word that the decision regarding Northwestern College and the Village of Arden Hills ruled in favor of the village. This essentially prohibits Northwestern from building the proposed auditorium under its present zoning. Nor-thwestern is expected to appeal the decision. Carter proposal expands existing loan, scholarship aid programs WASHINGTON, D.C. (CCNS) - Some 60 per cent of the nation's college students would be eligible for at least a small amount of federal aid under a $1.5 billion ex-pansion of existing scholarship and loan programs proposed Feb. 8 by President Carter. Having previously expressed his opposition to tax credit legislation currently pending in Congress, the President said his measure "will provide more real help than any tuition tax credit," which he regards as too costly and wasteful. The number of students eligible for assistance under this plan would increase from the present three million to five million. Even more significantly, however, most of the new money would be ear-marked for "middle-income" families in the $16,000-to- $25,000-a-year category previous-ly ineligible for many of these pro-grams. In addition, loan guarantees would be available to families ear-ning up to $45,000 annually, corn-pared with $30,000 under the pre-sent program. However,. maximum grants or interest-subsidies for students from families in the higher-income brackets would be only $250 (also the amount of the tax credit permitted under legislation earlier introduced by Sen. William Roth, R-Del.). Dr. Paul Bragdon, president of Reed College, Portland, Ore., and chairman of the Government Relations Advisory Council of the National Association of Indepen-dent Colleges and Universities, told the House Subcommittee on Post-Secondary Education Feb. 9 that grants to students ought to be "proportional to income all across the income spectrum up to $25,000," rather than a flat $250 for those in the $16,000-$25,000 income range. Dr. John Dellenback, president of the Christian College Consor-tium (and also a member of the NAICU Government Relations Advisory Council), - commented later on the Carter proposal, which was introduced in the House of Representatives by Rep. William Ford (D-Mich.), chair-man of the House Subcommittee on Post-Secondary Education. "I'm pleased at the President's and the Ford bill's desire to assist the middle income taxpayer, and their willingness to earmark more money to help students obtain higher education," Dr. Dellen-back said. "But I don't think either the proposed tax credit bills or this particular forin of expanded stu-dent aid legislation will equitably or substantially help students at-tending evangelical colleges. From a Christian education stand-point, two things are particularly troublesome to me," he said. "Tax credits would give the federal government more 'logic' to its argument that it is assisting education; therefore, it would reason that it can more logically impose restrictions and condi-tions" on recipients of such "assistance," including both tax-payers and colleges. "The Ford bill, for all its vir-tues, by spreading its benefits so thin and widely, doesn't make it possible for any significant number of students to attend col-lege who wouldn't otherwise be able to do so. Everybody gets a bite and no one is saved from star-vation," Dr. Dellenback said. Mr. Carter's proposal contains three major elements: The present $2.1 billion Basic Educational Opportunity Grants (BEOG) program of tuition scholarships would be expanded by nearly one-half, to $3.1 billion, serving an additional 3.1 million students. The present $15,000 per year eligibility ceiling would be raised to $25,000. The current $435 million col-lege work-study program (sub-sidizing 80 per cent of wages for by Snzi Wells Next year, a foreign studies program in Guatemala City may be part of Bethel's program for roughly the same cost as it would be to attend Bethel. Students would be studying Latin American history, Mayan Indian archeology, and Guatema-lan culture, and possibly live in homes in the Guatemala City area. They would be taking a full load and it would transfer as such to the regular curriculum. part-time student jobs) would be increased by more than 25 per cent, to $600 million. An estimated 280,000 new students' would be-eligible to participate, in addition to the 720,000 students currently in the program. The present $540 million guaranteed student loan program (underwriting loans and subsidiz-ing interest costs for student) would be expanded by more than one-half to $867 million. An estimated 260,000 new loans would be available nearly doubl-ing the number of middle-income family students. Maximum grants for low- and moderate-income family students would be raised. For those earn-ing less than $8,000 a year, it would go from $1,600 now to $1,800. Those in the $8,000 to $16,000 income range would also receive $200 more than at pre-sent. This proposal would increase President Carter's fiscal year 1979 federal aid to education budget by $1.21 billion over the $3.278 billion he submitted a few weeks earlier. The students could study at the Universidades Mariana Galve de Guatemala in Guatemala City for a full semester in either the fall or spring. President Lundquist is enthu-siastic about the possibilities of the new program, which is the first full semester overseas pro-gram that Bethel has had. He said that it is important for students to get exposure in our "shrinking world" and "broaden their hori-zons." Overseas study semester offers foreign exposure C/Fr FROM 7714 ADenhvinR09riew! vvN4TEVE4 COQID it 8L ? ‘i —editorial Senate role questioned: lobbyist versus voter The Student Senate has recently been under attack from its student constituency for being a "rubber stamp" and "do nothing" organiza-tion. This most recently became obvious in the controversial flat fee discussions, in which the Senate was very ill-prepared and ill-informed of what was going on. Even senators have verbally chastised the ex-ecutive committee for lacking organization and acting as a puppet for the administration. When one thinks about it, what has the Senate done this year that was really worthwhile? Has it really informed its constituency of all the relevant issues as it was originally elected to do? What programs has it accomplished that could be considered worthwhile? In order to construct a little groundwork, allow us to explain some of the things that Senate does. Most of Senate work begins and ends in committee. The Tuesday night meetings are mostly for the purpose of voting on committee decisions. Discussion sometimes ensues from committee decisions. The work of two committees, the Public Action Committee (PAC) and the Communications Board (composed also of students, media chiefs and one faculty advisor), compose a great deal of Senate work. PAC does much of their work through raising money for charities by a variety of fund-raising events, such as volleyball marathons and bake sales. The Communications Board regulates and oversees all student publications, such as the Clarion, Coeval and Passages. The Senate also has the responsibility of choosing the campus coor-dinators. They also have a member, usually the president, sit on the Board of Regents in order to provide some type of student input, although that student representative has no voting rights. Senate's most noteworthy piece of legislation has been the institution of the $10 activity fee charged to all full-time students. This legislation, an original campaign promise of the Johnson/Carlson administration, was to aid the floundering campus coordinator program. From present indications, it seems to be working well. But since that important legislation was approved by the administra-tion, Senate has done little in enacting major legislation that may have a positive impact on students. Their biggest moves have been to make recommendations to the administration on a variety of minor issues, such as library space and independent study fees. Senate's inactivity or rubber-stamping policies can be directly related to the role that the administration places on them. The administration tends to delegate to the Senate the role of lobbyist, rather than the role of decision maker or voter. A lobbyist's role is that of influencing. When delegated to the role of a lobbyist, one must be thoroughly knowledgeable of the relevant topics and able to discuss these topics with a familiarity that predicates on the intuition of an expert. Unfortunately, the administration has not even allowed Senate the ability to influence with any knowledge or familiarity of the topic. When they do ask for Senate's input, it is after the decision has been made and with the senators having little knowledge of the matter. This aids in giving the Senate the stigma of being ill-informed and ill-prepared. But let us not blame everything on the administration. The Senate executive committee could have been more forceful with ad-ministrative decision by voicing student opinion. After all, someone on the Senate usually knows what will happen in respect to student policy before it actually occurs. It is more a matter that they do not explain the implications of these programs to the student body, or even to the Senate as a whole, in fear of losing administrative confidence. Student government leaders must raise objections and/or provide a stimulating input into administrative decisions. Without student input, administrative policy becomes a "Royal Decree" rather than a substan-tiated argument. What this discussion finally comes down to is the true role that Senate plays in the life of the student body. Should it be a rubber-stamping organization for administrative decisions, or should it be an active participant in administrative policies? We believe it should be the latter. Why are students so apathetic towards student government? First, administrative policy towards student organizations dictates the feel-ings and beliefs of the apathetic student. The administrative leaders of this school must be willing to give student leaders some voice in the decision-making process. Without this voice the present tendency towards student apathy will continue. Secondly, student government must provide strong leadership in order to give some relevancy to the needs of students. If the executive committee is not willing to push its limits of authority, then the student voice will fall on hardened administrative ears. This can be summarized in a give and take situation. The Student Senate is not willing to give anything and the administration is not will-ing to take anything. Let us try to reverse the roles to where the ad-ministration is willing to take student input and the Student Senate is actively engaged in giving student advice. We believe this plan is feasi-ble and can work if both sides are willing to cooperate. Page 2 David Lee, doctoral candidate in organizational communication. Hensley, Lee awarded for work in outstanding articles, papers Non Smoker Auto Good Student Discounts BROWN AGENCY OFFICE: 488-5545 Curt Brown — Wendell Brown RESIDENCE: 484-9068 P.O. 449 FARMERS AINSURIUKE, 4N GROUP 7 • Saporito. Song* FALCON WORM. Sretnr SAP EP. JIM • DAVE • DENISE Tuesday - Friday 8 - 6 Saturday 8 - S For Appointment Call 646-2323 1713 N. Snelling St. POLO, MN 551 13 ■ If the "flat-fee fiasco" has accomplished anything, it might well be the shift of emphasis in the Student Senate column from information to editorial. The events of recent weeks have evoked a number of feelings, ver-bally expressed or otherwise, about the effectiveness of student govern-ment on campus. Perhaps reviewing a year as Student Senate chairman gives me an opportunity to state what I feel the role of student representatives at Bethel can and should be. First and foremost, forget the illusion Bethel is a democracy where students and administration line up weekly at the ballot box to vote on handling this week's issues. Some students, including senators, feel anything short of this is "powerlessness." The naivety of that expecta-tion is probably understandable since most students have been at Bethel for fewer semesters than they have fingers on one hand. However, the recent example of administrative heavy-handedness il-lustrates the importance of consulting Bethel's consumers—the students. The dean did offer an apology to the students which is in-dicative of a concern for the views and feelings of the student body. Nonetheless, this experience can serve as a reminder to the administra-tion of the importance of acting upon and consulting the present needs of students, coupled with the administrative concerns for the stability of Bethel as an institution. Simply because our voice at Bethel is not the final determining factor in making college policy does not mean students should write off any. sort of student voice and organization, and apathetically accept deci-sions made solely in administrative towers. The students are both the consumers and the product of Bethel College, and consequently should play a vital role in forming and shaping the policies and activities on campus. The Student Senate can operate in that role from a persuasive perspective. In order to accomplish that objective it must have the sup-port of the students who elect the members. The administration often looks upon Student Senate members and student officers as spokesper-sons for the feelings of the student body, a factor which should be con-sidered when electing representatives and/or running for office. A prime example of the persuasive ability of the Senate was in the enactment of the Campus Coordinator fee. At our request the fee was approved by the dean, although a non-mandatory raise in total fees many not have been an easy or popular administrative decision. Finally, my hope is that many concerned students will consider runn-ing in the next election. Senate can be an effective voice, if you view its role as a positive and necessary force on our campus—not as a negative force constantly engaged in battling the administration. Doors are not always as open as we sometimes wish, but an op-timistic group of student senators can achieve much positive improve-ment on campus as long as they have the proper view of their role—to serve students, and enhance student life at Bethel College. Dr. Wayne Hensley, expert of "Disciple of Christ" rhetoric. by Holly Schmiess Bethel's speech - communica-tion department has been honor-ed vicariously through honors recently granted to chairman Dr. Wayne Hensley and Assistant Professor David Lee. Both have had articles publish-ed in the "Quarterly Journal of Speech," a publication of the National Speech/Communication Association, Hensley's receiving special -merit. Both have been invited to discuss their research at upcoming national speech con-ventions. Hensley was awarded the 1977 Article of the Year Award by the Religious Speech-Communication Association for his analysis of the rhetorical vision of the Disciples of Christ. Entitled 'Rhetorical Vision and the Persuasion of a Historical Movement: The Disciples of Christ in 19th Century American Culture," it appeared in the October, 1975, issue of the "Quarterly Journal of Speech." Hensley belongs to the Disci-ples of Christ and wanted to clarify the history of the move-ment in his own mind. He corn-bined this personal interest with doctoral studies in Speech-Corn-munication, American Intellec-tual History, and American Reli-gious History at the University of Minnesota to write his thesis on the Disciples of Christ in 1972. The awarded article grew out of Hensley's doctoral thesis, and demonstrates, through the Disci-ples of Christ, the power of rhe-torical vision for a movement's persuasive efforts. According to Hensley, rhetori-cal vision is "how world views guide our understanding of e-vents and how we dramatize that concept of reality in public state-ments." Hensley has been invited to share his research in the form of a related paper, "The Death of a J ohnson/Carlson VP clarifies Senate role by Mark Carbon Rhetorical Vision: The Disciples of Christ and Social Change" at the national convention of Speech -Communication in Minneapolis in N6vember. This and two other papers, plus the comments of a critic-respon-dent, will comprise a panel en-titled "Religious Social Move-ments as Educational Environ-ments." Hensley's paper will emphasize the need for a movement's rhe-torical vision to adapt to changing social conditions to maintain com-munication with that society. David Lee, who successfully completed his preliminary written and oral exams this month toward a Ph.D. in organizational corn-munication, combined the con-cept of rhetorical vision with empirical analysis in research of President Carter's campaign. Lee and several colleagues at the University of Minnesota col-laborated on the article, "The Carter Persona: An Empirical Analysis of the Rhetroical Vision of Campaign '76," published in the October, 1977 issue of the "Quarterly Journal of Speech." It examines Carter's campaign i-mage as an example of the success of a rhetorical vision. Hensley and Lee are now pre-paring a paper they will read at the annual convention of Central States Speech Association in Chi-cago this April. "Debate as Encapsulated Con-flict: Ruled Controversy as an Approach to Learning Conflict Management Skills," is a devel-opment of the theory upon which Bethel's education-competitive debate program is built. The paper is one of five on a panel of competitive papers in communi-cation eduction. Page 3 Events Calendar Friday, Feb. 24 New campus rollerskating at Rosedale (12-2 a.m.) Bethel Band concert, 8 p.m., gym. NAIA Indoor Track Championship at Kansas City Saturday, Feb. 25 Men's basketball at St. Thomas (3 p.m.) American Harp Society concert at Seminary Chapel (8 p.m.) NAIA Indoor Track Championship at Kansas City. Sunday, Feb. 26 Harlem Globetrotters at Met Center (1:30 P.m.) Monday, Feb. 27 Clarion writer's meeting (5 p.m.) Film - "All the King's Horses" in FA313 (7 p.m.) • Men's basketball at St. Mary's (7:30 p.m.) Senior recital with Morva Thue and Bob Storeygard at Calvary Baptist Church (8 P.m.) Ann Louise Finholt art exhibit opens through March 16 at Bethel Gallery Tuesday, Feb. 28 Student Senate meeting in AC lounge (6 P.m.) Thursday, Mar 2 "All My Sons" opening night in ex-perimental theatre (8 p.m.) by Holly Schmiess Everyone knows Don Larson is an advocate of personal and honest communication. And everyone knows about his wry manner of using small incidents as platforms for great principles. So when he responded to a Clarion questionnaire last fall with a criticism of our hand-written "Don Larson, p.o. 62," it was naturally concluded that he was doling out some tongue-in-cheek 'beef' about mimeograph-ed, mass-produced surveys. When Larson was discovered one day at the xeroxing window with a stack of memos, he was cornered, a red-handed hypocrite. But in wide-eyed in-nocence, he seriously defended his misunderstood suggestion that the Clarion use xeroxed address labels instead of wasting people-hours handwriting names and p.o. numbers. "Look," he commanded as he set his stop-watch ticking and wrote out 'Don Larson, p.o. 62.' "Seven seconds." "Now think of every office in this school that sends out piles of inter-campus memos every day," he began the application. "Multiply seven seconds times the total number of those memos, and at $3.25 an hour, or whatever we pay office help, think of the waste. Who says we're short of money?" Satisfied that the Clarion survey had indeed received an earnest reply, (however literarily irrelevant), the reporter ended the encounter. Two months later, the same reporter was phoned by Don Lar-son and asked to meet him in the coffeeshop to "see some material you might be interested in." What journalist could resist such Woodward/Bernstein clandes-tine- ry? Don Larson was waiting—with a whole stack of inter-campus memos, all hand-addressed, in ballpoint backhand, fountain pen scrawl, and penciled printing. "I've talked to several offices higher up, and all they do is politely smile and say 'thank you, – he began. "Now I'm giving the Clarion a try—do what you want with it." Again, the challenge to figure wasted employment in dollars and cents. "Now here's the alternative," he said, drawing rows of rec-tangles on a sheet of typing paper. "These are xerox-sensitive labels. Every office here uses them. They cost Xcents a sheet." "At the beginning of each year, the xerox people could type up a list of every frequently-used group of addressees—part-time faculty, department chairmen, Clarion staff, etc., etc." He continued in punctuated horse-sense. "Say I needed to John W. Ivance Company 1618 Pioneer Bldg. 224-7358 John W. Ivance, Sr. John W. Ivance, Jr. John G. Chisholm Russel Akre INSURANCE Life—Auto—Home Business St. Paul, Mn 55101 Frugal Larson offers timesaver for handwritten labeling technique send something to every part-time faculty member. I could go to the xerox window and ask for that list, copied onto xerox-sensitive labels." "Look," he commanded as he set his stop-watch ticking, peeled off an imaginary label, and slap-ped it on a memo. "Three seconds." "But isn't that kind of a mindless job?" "Is copying it by hand any more stimulating?" he reasoned. "The Clarion could try it once," said the reporter cautiously after an expectant silence. "Oh no, not just once. It would never pay off," he countered. "The real dividends would come after months on this method." He leaned forward. "You need to hire headline-writers but don't have the money in your budget?" He glanced around and lowered his voice. "Sell labels. Every department in the school would buy 'em. They'd go like hot cakes." "Or SMP could," said the reporter thinking of the Clarion editor who would politely smile and say 'thank you,' prior to heinous laughter. "Or SMP," Larson agreed. The moral of this story is: 1. Don Larson is a shrewd ty-coon. 2. Bethel should use xerox-sensitive labels. 3. Clarion reporters have close encounters of the third kind. Chapel Schedule Monday - Sonday, Bethel Gospel group Tuesday Stuart Briscoe Wednesday - Pastor Spickelmier Thursday - S.M.P. Friday - Convocation: Denis Goulet by Dan Erickson Because of my recent disenchantment of the treatment of the student body by the administration, I resigned Monday as a stu-dent senator and as chairman of the rules and finance commit-tee. It was my undefstanding that the administration would look to the Senate for student opinion in matters of great importance. I was deluded. The harsh facts of life which must become obvious to even the most callous student senator are that communication between student and administrator is nil and student input and opinion is not actively sought. It is apparent after these recent forums that the administration regards the Senate merely as part of the communication chain out to the student without any active input into decisions. The Senate is being used to placate the student body. I, as senator, refuse to be used by the administration to change student opinion. My only alternative is to resign. My disillusionment has grown in two directions. One came about specifically as a result of the obscurantism and secrecy behind the flat fee issue. The other, a more general souring, came about through an emerging awareness of how isolated the administration is from both student body and faculty. In January, I knew as a senator that there might be a proposal made to change the fee structure, and even that information we were to keep strictly in confidence. We had no specifics and were assured that there would be student input before a final decision would be reached. Then, right around the middle of January, at least three weeks before it was presented to the student body, we received information from a friend in Cambridge that the flat fee rate was being used by the publici-ty department as the tuition structure for next year in contacts with prospective students. The Senate called the dean's office and was assured that this was a mistake, and that there would be student input. On Feb. 7 in Senate,_ we were told that the fee change was an ad-ministrative decision and for all intents and purposes the decision was final. The other direction my disillusionment takes is harder to put into words. As part of the Clarion staff I have seen how hard it is to get a straight answer regarding things such as the sale of old campus. A strict enrollment limit was set by the Board of Regents last year at 1825. In the fall the enrollment was 1867. The limitation was walked over as if it didn't exist. It is true that people my age have a basic mistrust of authority and power, but we are especially suspicious when this authority is accom-panied by isolation and silence. This suspicion cannot help but to have been heightened by what we have all gone through in national politics in recent years. We must all realize that decisions must be made with the future in mind; that Bethel must look to insure its tradition, scholastically, finan-cially and otherwise. But this must be tempered by the respect for the opinions of students and faculty of today. This can only be accomplished through a constant dialogue, not through rumors and memos. Perhaps this could be done if Bethel's leaders stayed on campus more often and got to know the students. I am against the flat fee change. It places quite real limits on our education flexibility here. Bethelis a liberal arts college. Perhaps we have forgotten all the implications of that. We are to be free to grow in-to total persons. We are to allow ourselves a variety of experiences here. It is hard to keep an even temper at the forum when "the model student" is discussed. The model student it seems, always finishes in four years. I was under the impression when I first enrolled that Bethel treated its students as individuals in its flexible liberal arts setting. The administration claims that the new plan will save us money. That is laughable. They are the ones manipulating the numbers and dollar signs. They could make the two plans cost the same if they wanted. Tui-tion was scheduled to go up to $320 per course next year. Before the change to $325, the new plan saved no money. Also, any way you phrase it, the new plan still cheats the three-class student. I am against cheating any part of the student body whether 25 per cent, 10 per cent, or one per cent. Bethel still remains proud of its food system in which you eat whay you pay for. Why the sudden turn around in the tuition system? I am convinced that this change in tuition is not an isolated change. When I started here there were 1400 students. Now there are 1860. By 1980, 2200. The larger an institution gets the more depersonalized the students get unless that school is very careful. All the apologies in the world do not change the fact that the ad-ministration made a mistake in not letting the student participate in this decision. There will be other decisions to be made in this changing in-stitution. Let us not let them make the same mistake twice. Page 4 Professor Don Rainbow, director of the Colorful Caravan of Theatricals. Briscoe, insightful author speaks in Tuesday's chapel Has God called you to Ministry? Upon this, build your work, pursue it with tenacity and singleness of mind—for a lifetime! Bethel Theolaical Seminary sponsored by the Baptist General Conference but serving many denominations, accredited by the Assn. of Theological Schools and North Central Assn. and offering master's and doctoral level programs NAME ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP COLLEGE GRAD. YR. On Lake Valentine in St. Paul, Minnesota 55112 Medicine wagon theatrics begin with casting from 65 auditioners by Lana Weeks Professor Rainbow's Colorful Caravan of Theatricals bursts into rehearsals. The troupe of seven vagabond actors and actresses are preparing to present melody, mir-th, melodrama, and meditations to audiences from. here to the West Coast. The medicine wagon show with its turn of the century format will start rolling for a six-week tour of the Pacific Northwest June 5. The troupe will perform in the Dakotas, Montana, Washington, Oregon and California. In Fresno, Cal. , Caravan will be highlighting the Baptist General Conference meetings. Then the medicine wagon travels to Col-orado, Chicago, Michigan, and back to the Twin Cities around July 15. Sixty-five students auditioned for this year's troupe Feb. 7 and 8. The call-back audition list of 18 was posted Feb. 9 and the finalists had one week in which to prepare their final audition. The audition entailed selling a show tune, performing any in-strumental talent, singing a gospel song, and claiming a promise of God in one's life. There was an option of singing a folk song with guitar accompaniment or doing anything one wished to fill the 15-minute alloted time. This brought to the audience's atten-tion some Flamenco dancing, oral interpretations and even a percus-sion exhibition. This year's troupe, who will be bringing the promises of God to audiences, are Wade Anderson, Greg Dirnberger, Rick Drake, Beth Ekberg, Ginny Heuer, Marc by Meg Zauner and Lana Weeks On Monday, Feb. 13, Walker Art Center and the Children's Theatre presented "5 by 2 Plus"—a modern dance repertory company out of New York. The company presented five works . by different choreographers (thus the 5 in their name) ranging from Helen Tamiris to Merce Cunningham. The company's artistic directors Jane Kosminsky and Bruce Becker (the 2) plus Carol Parker, Dan Ezralow' and Kathryn Komatsu interpreted the works successfully, making for a fine performance. The company is strong technically as shown by the varie- Maillefer, Lone Vincent and Juan Ramos, assistant director and tour manager. The College Relations depart-ment is planning this year's tour. Any church or group who would be interested in sponsoring Caravan should contact Jay Caress. ty within its program. The first, "Celestial Circus," exhibited the dancer proficiency at form and body control. Although danced well, Walker's piece was at best mediocre. The second work, "Negro Spirituals" by Helen Tamiris, was a highlight of the evening. The work consisted of six spirituals, differing in pace and drama. "Li'l David Play on Your Harp" was lighthearted comedy, while "Crucifixion" was deeply moving to the audience. The work was a solo done by company director, Bruce Becker. This black dancer established tremendous rapport with his au-dience and became its special favorite. The excellent lighting, especially for "Crucifixion," add-ed new dimensions to the touching drama. "Gallopade" by James Waring, introduced the audience to the entire company and showed what fine story-tellers the artists could be. The piece was fast-moving, funny and adored by. the viewers. Encounters, attitudes, and flirting games were mimicked by the dancers. Merce Cunningham's "Night Wanderings" was the major disappointment of the evening. Cunningham, though a well-known choreographer, failed with this piece. Quite simply, it was boring. The dancers executed the steps in fine style, but it was nonetheless repetitious and mun-dane. The night's final piece, "Just Another Dance," choreographed by Becker, energized the entire theatre and abounded with life. The pure joy of dancing was seen in every movement of every dance. It topped the evening most satisfactorily. Of special note were costumes and lighting; both were calculated to bring out the best in each work. Only the set lacked. It was a bare stage with a wrinkled and poorly hung cyclorama. "5 by 2 Plus," a technically pro-ficient group, achieved excellent communication with the au-dience, a major goal of dancers and all artists, but never allowed this perfection in technique to overshadow. by Paul Olsen D. Stuart Briscoe will speak in Bethel's chapel service on Tues-day, Feb. 28. Briscoe is a noted author and a frequent speaker at campuses and major church conventions across the country. His books cover a wide variety of Christian topics and are prac-tical and often challenging. He has been secretary-treasurer and assistant general director of the Capernwray Missionary Fellowship of Torchbearers. He is presently pastor of Elmbrook Church in Brookfield, Wis. Torchbearers was founded as an evangelization effort to British youth in a refurnished castle in the United Kingdom. Much of Briscoe's (and his wife Jill's) work concentrated on the neglected and feared inner-city street culture. "Where Was the Church When the Youth Exploded?," by Briscoe, deals with some insights gained from his experiences with British youth. Briscoe's other works include "Getting Into God," which gives practical guidelines to Christian life, "The Fullness of Christ," and "Living Dangerously," a challenge to daring and dynamic commit-ment. His newest work, "All Things Weird and Wonderful," is a com-mentary on Ezekiel, "the mysterious book of whirling wheels and dry bones" which can help in becoming "a better com-municator to a spiritually dead generation." Briscoe's wife Jill spoke at Bethel this fall and was well received. Howell students perform preludes Rachmaninoff would be pleas-ed that his 24 preludes for piano are going to be performed by 14 artist students of Dr. Gordon Howell, Bethel College professor of music, at the Seminary chapel Tuesday, February 28, 8 p.m. Rachmaninoff—noted Russian conductor, composer, and sovereign pianist—resented the fact that the world favored his C sharp minor prelude while neglec-ting his other works which he considered far superior. The preludes, composed from 1892 to 1910, are strikingly individual in their thematic ideas and luxuriant in their structural development. "Study of these preludes has been a fascinating experience for me," Professor Howell says, "and I am pleased that my students have been willing to work for a year to get them ready for perfor-mance." The public is invited to the con-cert without charge. —"5 by 2 Plus" reviewed Dancers energize theatre with five major works Page 5 Perkins urged identification with the poor in last week's convocations. Ancient world history expert returns in teaching role Did God Know? see Bethel Bookstore A Book for those who feel Christianity should make sense kewerd &Vegetable tender 'beef tips served with- green pepper, mush-room, onion and pineapple,' marinated in a special sauce and•accornpanied by a batter dipped . fresh vegetable it 69 skewered, with your choice of soup, 41 juice or salad OPEN Sun.-Thur-. 6:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Fri.-Sat. 6:30 a.m.-10 p.m. - Creeley poetry emanates intimacy, contribution to Walker Arts Center by Dave Terpstra Some may recall the presence of Dr. Richard Ward at Bethel. He taught ancient world history here for several years. This spring, he has returned to teach History of the Classical Age. He is now working for Ramsey County in the tax department. In addition, the University of Min-nesota has engaged him in a project to translate Babylonian- Assyrian documents which are written in word-signs. When asked of the intentions of the translation, Dr. Ward replied that the translation itself is not the important goal, rather the revelation of "the socio-economic ways of life around the years 2000-1600 B.C." The documents he is studying are records of real estate sales. While this may not seem like much data to go on, Dr. Ward insists, there are many indicators within the preserved records. For instance, he is able to estimate the average size of homes and fields and what was necessary to keep them going. He is able to judge the many types of buyers and the prices they had to pay for their property. He is also able to figure out the kinds of witnesses who signed these records, thereby knowing something of the civilization that existed long ago. In other words, they reveal the socio-economic behavior and ac-tions of the Abrahamic era. The process of analyzing the data is transliteration, not direct translation of the material. The difference is that the Babylonian- Assyrian documents are repre-sented in another language other than English—Akkadian. Dr. Ward's specialty is Akka-dian. Translated this way, the documents, retain much of their literal meaning. There is a definite significance in this to Christians and other closely related religious groups from that area. It will reaffirm what scholars have been sug-gesting for some time. Dr. Ward received his doc-torate in ancient history at the U of M and has taught at the University of Chicago. He has achieved a high record of respect in his field among his old (and new) colleagues at Bethel and other institutions across the Midwest. He will be a welcome addition to the Bethel faculty. by Al Arasim Seeing a poetry reading at Walker Art Center is a lot like Russian Roulette: either sheer delight or grave disappointment. Thankfully, last Saturday's ses-sion with Robert Creeley was a generous portion of the former. Considered by many to be the foremost poet of the post-WWII era, Creeley is a fiftyish, ec-centric, sprite of a man with smil-ing Irish eyes. Born in Arlington, Mass., he attended Harvard, and received his B.A. and M.A. degrees from Black Mountain College in North Carolina and the University of New Mexico. Having taught at Black Moun-tain and several other colleges, he is currently on the faculty of the State University of New York at Buffalo and is a visiting professor at the University of New Mexico. His major works are "The Island," "For Love," "Pieces," "A Day Book," and "Selected Poems," which was recently published by Scribner's. Creeley's poems are works of great warmth, immediately likable. Completely rejecting pomposity and sagacious observations, he offers an unassuming intimacy: "Pictures of time, /smoke, /faintness, /still the dream." Recounting instantaneous flights of emotion as if slowed down and viewed through a microscope: "It is hard going to the door/cut so small in the wall/the vision which echoes loneliness/brings a scent of wild flowers in a wood;" sur-rounds himself (and his audience) with a situation, rather than Morva Thue and Bob Storeygard in senior recital Morva Thue from Worthington and Bob Storeygard from Min-neapolis will be presenting their senior recital Monday evening, Feb. 27 at 8 p.m. at Calvary Bap-tist Church. Morva is a senior organ major and is studying with Jean Christian. Bob is a senior voice major and is studying with Oliver Mogck. Composers on the program in-clude Bach, Handel, Mendels-sohn, Schubert, Schumann, Wagner, Bingham, Duke, and Barber. The composition by Barber is a feature-length work for voice and string quartet. The music department extends an invitation to the Bethel com-munity to attend this recital and also the reception following. There is no admission charge. merely entering and then leaving it. What he conjures, then, is often a submissive scrutiny: "What/has happened/makes/the world. Live/on the edge/look-ing." Often minute, but not insignificant, it contains a kind of commonplace mysticism. Such as, in "Fancy," wherein he asks, "Do you know what/the truth is" and answers, "In a by David Shelley Tickets for the Bethel Choir's performance of "The Messiah" at Orchestra Hall on April 2 are now on sale. This "homecoming" concert will follow the choir's 11-day tour of Florida on which the choir will perform most of the music from all three sections of Handel's popular oratorio. Accompanying the choir will be a baroque chamber orchestra from Bethel. Soloists will be soprano Jennifer Woods, Bethel senior; alto Beth Ekberg, sophomore; tenor Paul Neslund, a professional musician from the Twin Cities; and bass Gerard Sundberg, a Bethel graduate and voice instructor. Dr. Robert Berglund, conduc-tor, describes "The Messiah" as "extremely dramatic and moving by virtue of its scriptural content and the musical genius of Handel place/I was sitting,/and there/it was, a little/faint thing/hardly felt, a/kind of small/nothing." It is a highly sensual, intensely per-sonal effect. "Not wise enough yet to know you're only here at all as the wind blows, now as the fire burns low." —from "The Children," Robert Creeley (who composed the entire work in 24 days)." The oratorio's first section quotes Old Testament Messianic prophecy and its fulfillment in the birth of Christ. Part two covers the victorious death of Christ, completed in the famous "Hallelujah" chorus. Part three expresses Christ's resurrection and the eventual resurrection of the saints to sing "Worthy is the Lamb." Tickets at a special student price of $1.50 are available at the Campus Coordinators' office. The earlier the tickets are bought, the better the seating, from a visual standpoint, though the sound is good throughout the auditorium. The choir's homecoming con-cert last year drew an audience of over 2000 to Orchestra Hall which is considered to be one of the finest acoustically constructed concert halls in the world. Tickets on sale for choir's Orchestra Hall concert Page 6 Cindy Ramm launches another shot against St. Thomas. New discipline pioneer to address convocation Curiosity foreruns chagrin: sophomore ponders fate of razors by. Paul Olsen Dr. Denis Goulet, a pioneer in the new discipline the ethics of development, will address a Be-thel convocation on Friday, March 3. In the first of a two day symposium on economics, Goulet will speak on a topic concerning ethical strategies in global de-velopment. Goulet's general field of in-terest is the ethics of develop-ment— a normative synthesis of development's troubling ques-tions. His specific interest is the economic development of Third World nations. According to Goulet (a devout Catholic), development must be guided by the Christian's view of the kingdom of God. He believes the present division of world economics is unjust, and it is a Christian's duty to achieve a just society. He says, "God's kingdom is here very imperfectly, very pre-cariously, but here in a very real way. We must be responsive to the kingdom." Goulet's goals for the present kingdom of God include material equity among nations to abolish misery, endemic diseases, and hopelessness. The ideal is not just world peace, but world justice. Goulet's ideas spring from a rich background in philosophy and political science. He has a B.A. and an M.A. in philosophy and a Masters in social planning. He also earned a Ph. D. in political science from the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil. He has studied and done apprenticeships in France, Spain, Algeria, Lebanon, Argentina, and four other South American coun-tries. To gain experience first hand, Goulet has been a manual worker in settings of poverty, both rural and urban. He has also served on planning teams of national go-vernments and done much study in universities and research insti-tutes across the world. Goulet's present involvement is in writing and acting as consul-tant for the Overseas Develop-ment Council. His address on Friday will be followed on March 14, by a presentation by Dr. Walter Heller from the U. of M. Heller's topic will be, "The State of the Economy: Analysis and Proposals." by Shelly Nielsen Curiosity killed the cat. What happens to nosy sophomores? Within a typical room in an ordinary dorm is a very plain bathroom. It is equipped with the usual, functional medicine cab-inet. What lies behind the swing-ing mirror is what produces my mental torture: a razor blade slot. Some still evenings I stand on a grimy bathroom floor thought-by Steve Erickson Carrying only five wrestlers, Bethel finished eighth in the MIAC Wrestling Meet at Moorhead last Saturday. Augsburg took first in the highly contested meet by winning six of the ten weight classes. Bethel's Gary Peterson finished second in the heavyweight divi-sion behind three-time champion Barry Bennett of Concordia who decisioned Peterson 10-0 in the finals. Peterson is the only MIAC wrestler that has escaped Ben-nett's pin this season. After receiving the bye in the first round, Peterson pinned his first opponent at 6:03. Although no other Royal wrestlers finished in the top four, freshmen Greg Heinsch and Gary Almquist and sophomore Lonnie Holmgren wrestled well, each win-ning one match. "I wasn't disappointed. Our guys looked respectable. They wrestled aggressively," said Coach Dave Klostreich. Holmgren won his initial match in the 167 division, beating number one seed, Mike Quast 4-1. He then lost to the eventual runnerup, Mark Heitkamp of St. Thomas, 11-1. In the 157 pound weightclass, Almquist had tough luck, facing both the defending 150 and 158 pound champions. He lost to both, but in between he defeated Tim Sorenson of Gustavus, who defaulted during the match because of injury. 150 pounder Heinsch was deci-sioned in his first match before coming back and whipping Gary Braun of Gustavus 10-2. In a close final contest, Heinsch lost to a St. John's wrestler 4-2 on a takedown in the final minute. "Next year we hope to be more respectable. We have a good nucleus of guys returning," said Coach Klostreich. Besides Holmgren, Heinsch and Alm-quist, that includes Dave Fuller and injured wrestlers Barrett Holmgren and Scott Martin. Peterson qualified for the NAIA nationals. This year's na-fully brushing my teeth. In an instant the old sensation of burn-ing inquisitiveness attacks. From between grinding teeth comes the audible, half-hysterical hiss, "What's behind that slot?" Suddenly I am overwhelmed by a mad desire to claw at the metal chest, to clutch a nail file and pry the cabinet violently from the wall, to dig wildly with frantic fingernails until I discover what hides behind that label. tionals will be held at Whitewater, Wis., March 1-4. For the year, Peterson's record was 15-5, the team's only winning one. The final meet results were: Augsburg 921/2, St. Thomas 73, Concordia 521/2, St. Olaf 33, Hamline 261/2 , St. John's 26, Gustavus 17, Bethel 121/2, St. Mary's 10. Hersch sets new half-mile indoor track record by Laura Woodruff On Saturday, Feb. 18, four members of Bethel's women's track team participated in the Northwest Open meet at the University of Minnesota. Both Lynn Swenson and Tami McQuoid competed in the 60-yard dash. Brenda Harris ran the mile and the half-mile. Bobbi Hersch set a new Bethel indoor record in the half-mile with an unofficial time of 2:29.1 Bethel did not place in any of these events. by Betty Logan Women's basketball team finished with a winning season this year, but its last game was a disappointing 67-51 loss to St. Thomas at the District Tourna-ment last week, "We could get the ball up, but not into the basket," said Coach Kathy Nevins about the low field goal percentage. The free throw percentage was 62 per cent, but Bethel only made it to the line seven times. Unable to play was freshman Joann Griffin, starting center for the team. Besides missing the skill of Griffin, Coach Nevins said, "Joann's absence made a dif- "When did it all begin," my racing brain asks. Did a seminary student of '42 remove an un-christian chin growth before his 8 a.m. Greek course and drop the first corroded blade? How many thousands, what astronomical numbers, followed his down the mysterious chute? Most important, where have they been going for the past three decades? To a basement level no domitory resident has yet been allowed to see or even know about? Why has this been kept so hush-hush? Suppose, I reasoned, some corporation gathers rusty razor blades below with the shrewd scheme of recycling them for resale. (If I uncover their secret would I get a cut of the profits?) This is but one example of an eternal petty snoopiness. My unnatural preoccupation with the mysterious has other times led me down the path to chagrin and frustration. No one but the overly-inquisitive would demand to hear acquaintances' innermost thoughts even though realizing they will be painful to hear. "Well, Shelly, if you must know, I think you're a prying, ignorant, useless creep. Sorry, I didn't want you to know." As a result of this maddening pro-neness to research what isn't any of my business, I get my feelings hurt at regular, frequent in-tervals. This quirk also often leads to embarrassment. What can be said about an individual who feels the compulsion to open closed doors even when they are con-spicuously labeled "MEN"? There exists no plausible excuse to give an unknown upperclass-man when asked why you were looking in his P.O. Not only is curiosity annihi-lating cats; it's getting one snoopy college student into a lot of trouble. ference in the way the other girls played." The team couldn't get their fast-break game going. Another disappointing factor in the game was the disputable fouls called on the Royals. Tommie Coach Tom Kosel said, "The calls hurt Bethel, and , you hate to see that, but there's nothing you can do about it." The game's high scorers were Cindy Martin and Cheryl Luiken, both with 10 points. Coach Nevins says she's looking forward to putting things together next season. She is pleased with the 11 win-7 loss finish of the team. Of this year's starters, two will be graduating: Gail Anderson and Cindy Martin. ELWOOD CARLSON Optician Glasses Contact Lenses, (Hard & Soft) Sports Glasses 358 St. Peter Street Discounts to St. Pad, Mina. 55102 227-7818 students & faculty Peterson shines in MIAC meet, team finishes eighth Cagers end season with disappointing loss, 67-51 Page 7 The Bethel Hockey club battles with Hamline in a recent match. Blanchard leads Royals to victory in 54-46 thrashing over Hamline Senior Dave Clapp sets new Bethel record in 1000-yard run. Anticipate varsity status Hockey club battles finances, MIAC teams, in first year by Carol Madison Hockey has held the interest of a few students off and on for the past 15 years, but this is the first year that the supposedly number one sport in the state of Min-nesota has gotten a strong foothold as a part of the extra-curricular activities of Bethel. Some of the newly sparked in-terest can be attributed to Dr. Thomas Correll, faculty advisor of the club, who is often referred to as "chief of hockey opera-tions." Correll, who came to Bethel from Canada in 1971, has always had an interest in hockey, and an added incentive for him is that his two sons, Tom and Gregg, are on the team. "It is our goal that hockey become a vital part of Bethel's athletic program," said Correll. "We want to generate the pro-gram in a positive set of cir-cumstances." David Harris, a Christian businessman from Fridley, is the coach of the team. He has had ex-perience in the organization. of hockey, and has been involved in the Minor Hockey Association in Fridley. The hockey club is not a varsity team at Bethel, and therefore is not a part of the budgeting pro-cess. The -club has had to raise its own funds this year, and will con-tinue to do so next year. Student Senate 'gave the club $500 at the start of the year, which went toward new uniforms. The team has to pay approximate-ly $50 per hour for ice time, so funds have had to come from other sources also. Individual donations, some from alumni and contacts in the community, account for a large portion of the support. Bake sales, button sales, and a roller skating party have added money to the fund. Thirteen home games are plan-ned for Columbia Arena next year, and the cost of each game will be substantially more. Each unit will be about $280, so the team will have to charge admis-sion, which is also a policy of the hockey teams in the MIAC. The team will have to continue with its fund-raising program next year. The hockey club has no recruiting program. It is instead made up of good players who happened to be at Bethel and were interested in playing. The team has a nucleus of strong players who could play on the larger MIAC varsity teams. Next year will be well-planned, with a wide variety of competition. The schedule will include at least one game with each of the varsity teams of the MIAC. The hockey team club took a major step forward this year, and anticipate another giant step next year. by Greg Kuntz The Bethel cagers scored seven unanswered points inside the last minute and posted a 54-46 homecourt victory over the Hamline Pipers Saturday night. This win avenges in earlier loss to Hamline. Guard Dave Blan-chard led the Royals with 17 points and Hamline's Ed Cassidy poured in 16. After trailing by five at the half, Bethel outscored the visitors 36-23 in the second half. The Royals dominated the boards, outrebounding the Pipers 32-19, with "Sugar Ray" Miller pulling down nine. Despite outfouling Hamline as a team 17-14, Bethel hit 10 of 12 free throws, while the Pipers made six of 10. Most of the Royals were made in one and one situations in the second half when their offense was really clicking. "We were penetrating down the middle which opened up a number of shots and got Hamline in foul trouble," said Bethel Assis-tant Coach Wendell Carlson. Actually, the Royals were beginning to get into foul trouble in the first half, and had a slow of-fensive start, trailing 8-2 five minutes into the contest. Hamline then went into their four-corner offense (which caught the Royals when the two teams met before), but the Bethel defense stayed alert and Miller tied the score at 12 with seven minutes to play in the first half. Hamline creeped ahead and held on to the lead until intermission. The Royals kept their poise in the second half as Blanchard pop-ped two quick buckets, and the hosts took the lead for the first time when center Scott Wilson hit a turn around jumper on an assist from Blanchard. The Royals proceeded to catch on fire when Curt Oslin scored after a steal and Blanchard con-verted a three-point play on a fast break. When the smoke cleared the Royals were up by twelve, 39-27. The Pipers roared back and threatened the Royals when Cassidy tied it at 41-all on a 20 foot jumper with 5:30 to play. Things stayed pretty tense the rest of the time as the Royals led by only one with two minutes left. Miller's foul at the 1:30 mark darkened the scene momentarily for Bethel. But then the Pipers were called for three seconds in the lane, and namline guard Dave Dimich traveled with 40 seconds left, when the Royals had a three by G.W. Smith Crossing the finish line at 2:13.5, junior Dave Clapp claim-ed first place in the 1000-yd. run and set a new Bethel record in the Northwest Open, held last Satur-day at the University of Min-nesota. Clapp, Curt . Brown and Nate Allen qualified for N.A.I.A. na-tional competition to be held to-day and tomorrow in Kansas City. Both Brown and Clapp com-peted there last year and will enter that meet as veteran runners and in good shape, according to Leighton Betz, assistant track coach. "We're hoping they'll get in the finals," said Coach Betz. "They have a good chance to place." At the Northwest Open, Brown ran 1:14.3 in the 600-yd. run to finish sixth. Allen finished fifth in point lead, to ice the victory for Bethel. Oslin's uncontested lay-up with 24 seconds left put the ic-ing on the cake. "We almost gave it away, but we hung in there," said Carlson. The Royals travel to St. Thomas tomorrow afternoon to take on the Tommies, who upset St. John's in overtime last Satur-day, and go to Winona to face St. Mary's Monday night. Bethel will try to avenge an earlier loss to Macalester on Thursday, March 2 at home, and close out the regular season at home March 4 against St. Thomas at 3 p.m. the 60-yd. dash and had qualified for the finals in the 300-yd. run before suffering a pulled muscle. In the shot put, Steve Carrigan set an indoor record of 46'3'A" but failed to qualify for finals. John Van Loon marked 40'5" in the triple jump and Jim Timp ran the mile in 4:24.6 to round out the field for the Royals. According to Head Coach Gene Glader, "To place in that meet is a real accomplishment." Clapp and Brown are the only two Royals who have notched vic-tories in the Northwest Open. Last year Brown won the 600-yd. run. "The showing of Bethel kids the last two years has really been very satisfying," said Glader. Of the many private schools in the meet, Bethel was one of three with a first place winner. Clapp, Brown, Allen qualify for nationals Page 8 |
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