Clarion 1978-02-10 Vol 53 No 14

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Holly Schmiess, news editor
Nancy Naurnenko, production
Suzi Wells, copy editor
THE CLARION
Greg Kuntz, sports editor The Clarion is published weekly
Mark Holmes, photo editor by the students of Bethel College.
editor Juan Ramos, cartoonist Letters to the editor should be sent
Arlan Swanson, business manager to p.o. 91 by the Sunday before production.
Dan Nelson, financial aid director, plans next year's budget.
Bethel College Vol. 53, No. 14 -February 10, 1978
Influential administrators applaud "flat rate" tuition
by Shelly Nielsen
The administration plans to im-plement
a "flat rate" tuition billing
system next year. This plan requires
each student taking between 3 and 4.5
courses to pay a set fee of $1375 per
semester.
Interim will be included as part of
one semester's payment. The student
planning part-time attendance with
less than three classes will be faced
with a $400 bill for each one-semester
course he takes.
According to the dean, "normal
degree progress," achieved by com-pleting
the requirements of 8.5
courses per year, involves 92 per cent
of the present student body. This new
system operates with this majority in
mind.
The plan attempts to hold the
overall cost of attending Bethel at a
minimum. We tried to keep the
increase to 3.5 per cent as opposed to
a cost of living increase of 6.7 per
cent," reported Dean Brushaber.
The fixation of a flat rate tuition
charge will not ultimately affect the
amount of money collected by Bethel.
Each year a certain sum must be
collected to maintain the operation of
the college.
The question administrators face is
not "How much?" but "How?" The
fixed rate, according to Brushaber, is
already employed by almost every
Christian consortium college and Min-nesotan
college. In the opinion of the
administration, that answers the
query.
The system attempts to be fair to
the student. It is inevitable that
college attendance grows into a more
expensive endeavor each year. Cost
must go up somewhere.
The rise in tuition affects every,
student, whereas a massive increase
in housing fees would favor the
commuting student, the same as
drastically altering food service prices
would penalize new campus residents
while affe-tine Fountain Terrace oc-cupants
little, if at all.
The minority left in the cold.
obviously, is the 6-8 per cent of
Bethel's community labeled "part-time."
Dean Brushaber admits real-istically
that "some people are going
to be hurt by this system."
Studies, however, reveal that the
number of persons enrolled for only
one course per semester was not
higher than 16. Most of these stu-dents
were involved in a "tuition
waiver" program as faculty spouses.
A maximum of 39 individuals took
only two classes.
For those most adversely affected
by this change, namely seniors with
an accumulation of 27 or more course
credits by Sept. 1 of 1978, the option
to petition for a $325 per course fee
will be available.
To the few not making "normal
degree progress," the system is also
meant to serve as a method of
motivation. "We're trying to en-by
Paul Olsen
The results of the food and book
cost survey conducted during interim
have been tabulated and incorporated
into next year's financial aid budget.
The budget, which estimates how
much a Bethel student will spend
during the school year, is used to
determine financial aid awards.
The estimated budget is subtracted
from the amount the student and his
parents are expected to contribute.
The results is the student's demon-strated
need. All Bethel financial aid
is based on this demonstrated need.
Partly on the basis of the survey,
the budget for 1978-79 will be
established at around $4750 to $4800,
according to Nelson.
This includes estimates for books,
personal expenses, tuition, and room
and board. Transportation costs, from
$0 to $500, are computed for each
student individually.
The survey, which appeared in
everyone's P.O. during interim, is the
major input for finding food costs, and
the only basis for estimating book
costs.
According to Nelson, the results of
the survey were unexpected.
In comparison to an identical survey
taken two years ago, Bethel students
are spending less on food, and more
on books.
Two years ago a female student on
campus spent, on the average, $500
on food. The average outlay for new
campus men was $650. Allowing for
rising costs, this year's food budget
was $750.
This year's survey, however, shows
that men are spending virtually the
same amount as before. This means
they are buying less food.
Women, on the other hand, are
courage stadents to work when they
work and study when the study,"
stated the dean. "To work and study
isn't as desirable as we used to
think."
The program may deter individuals
from working and attending school
simultaneously. Dean Brushaber as-serted
that an extention of the usual
four-year program is "not the best
psychologically or emotionally" and
that "we would like to discourage"
those attempting this course. The
system, he stressed, is designed as a
source of encouragement rather than
as a punitive measure.
Despite noticeable deficiencies, the
"flat rate" program offers a variety of
important benefits. Because Bethel is
unique in its billing on the "per
spending only $479 on food, a
significant drop.
The paradox, in Nelson's mind, is
that while everyone says food prices
are too high, people are spending less
money than before. This can only
mean that people are not eating
properly.
Nelson's only control over the food
situation is the financial aid budget.
The results of the survey have
negated any possible increases in the
food budget and may have prompted a
slight decrease.
A different situation is the spending
figures established for books and
supplies.
The current budget allows for $175
for such expenditures. The survey
shows that this figure is too low.
Students expect to spend $215 this
year.
The books and supplies budget will
be raised to $225 next year, as a
result.
Next year's tentative budget breaks
down as follows: books, $225; per-sonal
expenses, $450; tuition, $2750-
$2800 (tentative); and room and
board, $1325-$1375 (tentative).
course" basis, prospective students
and transfers have no effective way of
comparing costs here with those of
other institutions. Revising this
system would alleviate the difficulty.
Only $75 extra per quarter course
will be charged when a student
desires classes over the 4.5 limit.
These, along with financial advan-tages,
make the flat rate proposal
favorable to many.
To the tide of recent and deter-mined
criticism voiced by various
members of Bethel's community,
Dean Brushaber responds that "noth-ing
is beyond the reach of good
arguments." For now, however, this
new method of billing remains in good
repute among influential admin-istrators
at Bethel.
This $4750-$4850 total, which does
not include transportation, compares
to $4500-$4600 this year.
Because of the major budget de-cisions
relying on it, the survey was
important. Nelson believes that it was
relatively accurate with more weight
placed on the new campus results
because those residents have the best
idea of actual money spent.
Approximately 37 per cent of the
1300 students at interim returned the
survey. Nelson considers this a good
response.
Over half of the women respond-ents
added complaints about the food
system. Most of them disliked the
required minimum food card pur-chase.
One man wanted the minimum
raised because he claims the food card
black market is not as profitable as it
used to be. He says more food cards
would lower their resale value—just
what the hungry male needs.
Possible future financial develop-ments
include a return to a flat-fee
tuition and revised food payment
system. There are no official develop-ments
concerning either as yet.
Interim food and book survey
tabulated, incorporated into budget
On the inside...
Administration secrecy analyzed,
p. 2
Freudian implications in "Little
Red Riding Hood," p. 3
Doug "E" Erickson feature, p. 8
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I Letters to the Editor
editorial
Tuition change raises
queries about secrecy
It comes as no surprise that tuition will be increased next year. Total costs for
full-time students will be approximately 3.2 per cent more. In raw figures it is a
slight jump from $4,625 to $4,775 for the 1978-79 school year. The logistics and
extended figures for all of this can be found in the article on page one.
There is a real secret out, however. Students learned for the first time this
past week that the tuition system itself has been revised. Tuition for the 1978-79
school year will be charged on a flat rate in place of the present "per course"
basis now in effect.
The pros and cons of the new system will not be addressed here. Even if the
tuition changes are totally agreeable to students (which they are not) this deci-sion
behind closed doors is a symptom of a greater illness that cripples the rela-tionship
between students and administration at Bethel—secrecy.
At a Student Senate meeting last Tuesday, Dr. Mack Nettleton, director for
student affairs, and Dan Nelson, director of financial aid, told an ill-informed
and consequently ill-prepared group of senators and concerned students, that
the decision to go to the flat rate was an administrative decision, and that
students have no inherent right to a priori say in the matter. The meeting was
called to clarify logistic, not ethical, questions.
Student Association President Tad Johnson knew last November that a new
tuition scale was being considered, but he was told not to discuss it with anyone.
He met with administrators to "discuss" the issue but quickly surmised that his
original input was not being solicited. The sessions were just to answer typical
objections he might raise to a decision that was already under way.
Just last Tuesday evening Dean George Brushaber released an announcement
of the change, its implications, and the rationale behind it. It was well thought-out,
reasonable, articulate, and specific. But a recurring thought during a
reading of it was, "All this was developed to such finality without input from a
single student?"
Is it a wonder the Student Senate is coping with an identity crisis this week?
How long can students be patronized by token representation? Who draws the
lines between what are "administrative" and cooperative decisions, and if that is
an arbitrary distinction, how can we ever believe in our action enough to be
anything less than apathetic?
Is it ethical to ask the student body president not to release information he
believes is pertinent to the students who elected him? Even if it is strictly an "ad-ministrative"
decision in progress, why can't we know about it?
This same type of policy is employed year after year by the Bethel admini-stration.
When they eventually do release their decisions, it is too late to pro-vide
any student input to make changes.
Last semester it was the old campus sale. When the administration finally did
reveal a statement on the matter, it was after the fact. For some reason they
thought their secrecy was necessary, but never did reveal why.
The same situation arises with each year's enrollment figures. When the ad-ministration
eventually reveals the figures, it is usually after false rumors have
been roaming the hallowed halls of Bethel for more than a month. When the
figures are released, students are disillusioned by the administration's idle pro-mises
that enrollment figures will rise insignificantly the next year.
Such was the case last year when the Board of Regents set the enrollment
figure at 1825 for this year. The real figure was 1867 as of September, 1977.
The issue we are pressing here is not only administrative secrecy, but also ad-ministrative
integrity. When it fails to answer student queries on topics dealing
with the students' future plans, its integrity is questioned. When it approaches
the student with an ultimatum rather than an option, its integrity is questioned.
When it does something that is somewhat distorted of what it originally told the
student body (i.e enrollment increases), its integrity is questioned.
We are not condemning the flat rate plan in this editorial. But rather we are
condemning the manner in which the administration shoves their newly formed
policy down our sore and lumpy throats. The lump is getting larger every day,
and eventually it will not yield another swallow.
The Student Senate is sponsoring an open forum for all those interested in
discussing the pros and cons of the flat rate system with selected members of the
administration.
The forum will be held in the AC lounge on Monday, Feb. 13, beginning at
3:30 p.m. Mack Nettleton and Dan Nelson will represent the administration at
this meeting, with the possibility of Dean George Brushaber also entering the
discussion. Please plan to be there.
Ramos refutes
editorial,
defends cartoon
Dear editor,
In response to the editorial in the
last Clarion regarding my blas-phemous
cartoon, I technically should
reply illustratively with a cartoon of
the writer concerned walking pain-fully
in a pair of Bob Moder's
shoes...but that would be distasteful.
Instead I have chosen to lock horns
literarily.
There are two reasons for the
materialization of my nasty cartoon. 1)
The Clarion survey results showed
that my cartoons were not con-troversial
enough according to the
consensus of Bethel students sur-veyed.
I took this information with a grain
of salt. It is my responsibility to be
responsive to the Clarion readers, so
if it was controversy that they wanted,
it was controversy that they were
going to get.
2) I was encouraged by people and by
anonymous notes in my P.O. to do a
political cartoon. With the exception
of the dragged-out "sale of old
campus" theme, Bethel College does
not exactly seethe with juicy political
issues. Again (with two old campus
cartoons to my credit) I was stuck with
the exception.
I must confess at this point that my
idea for this particular cartoon was not
an original one. It was sparked by a
political cartoon I had seen in the
Minneapolis Tribune.
It depicted an aide for Governor
Perpich stumbling into the Governor's
office tarred and feathered, much to
the Governor's horror.
The aide had just returned from a
visit to the Como-Falcon Heights
Community Coalition as the Gover-nor's
representative. He admonished
his honor to cancel his plans to make a
visit to the coalition in person.
One reason for Ms. Schmiess's
indignant response to my cartoon is
her obvious lack of knowledge of what
caricature is. I will not create my own
definition but instead will refer to Mr.
Webster's definition.
He defines a caricature as "A
picture or verbal expression that
ludicrously exaggerates the charact-teristics
of the thing depicted." That
gives me more freedom than literary
expression.
If in fact my cartoon was an
"incomplete" and "misleading ex-pression,"
and "several of the
Clarion staff doubted that the cartoon
qualified for the editorial page," then
why in the world was it printed in the
first place?
I challenge Ms. Schmiess to show
me a political cartoon that truthfully,
much less tastefully depicts its sub-ject.
I also suggest she re-examine her
definition of "editorial integrity," as I
for one do not see where "bias" has
its place in sound journalism.
If bias can be "well-grounded" and
"tastefully expressed," so can other
vices such as adultery and murder.
Ms. Schmiess had no business
taking it upon herself to publicly
apologize on my behalf to the Como-
Falcon Heights Community Coalition.
I found that particular action totally
out of line. I will personally apologize
for my own mistakes, if I feel an
apology is necessary.
Since no one from the Como-Falcon
Heights Community Coalition has
contacted me personally and de-manded
an apology, then I do not feel
one is in order.
Should Herbert Block, the re-spected
and nationally-renown pol-itical
cartoonist apologize to Richard
Nixon for giving him an outlandish
nose and suspiciously beady eyes in
so many of his unflattering cartoons?
An apology may be in order to the
Bethel student body of being accused
of something that I was solely
responsible for.
In the future I suggest Ms.
Schmiess direct her editorials to the
source, excluding the innocent.
I do however, thank her for the
attention she has brought upon my
cartoon. It must have been worth
something if she seriously thinks that
it has the potential to jeopardize the
efforts of a coalition that is presently
rebelling against the federal gov-ernment.
In conclusion I suggest Ms.
Schmiess walk a couple of miles in the
shoes of the potential Job Corp
applicant who is honestly trying to
gain or regain a place of respect and
worth in society. Apparently that is a
story that rates of little significance
according to her concept of editorial
integrity.
Juan Ramos
Recipient responds
to 'scrapping'
of Social Security
Dear Editor,
I am writing in response to the
editorial on scrapping the Social
Security System in the Jan. 13
Clarion.
I am obliged to reply because the
writer, although correct in many of his
or her points, has neglected to
mention all of what the program
offers, and who it touches.
The editorialist dealt with Social
Security merely as a government-run
pension plan. It is a good deal more
than that, buster.
When I was 13, my father died of a
heart attack, leaving a dependent
family of a wife and two boys, both of
whom were still living at home and
attended public schools. My mother
received Social Security for herself
(up to a short point), for my older
brother (until he reached the ripe old
age of 18), and for myself.
This money was essential at that
extra time and the years immediately
following, relieving us of an extra
burden.
When someone is in the situation
that I was (and am) in, Social Security
benefits continue until you reach the
age of 18, or the state's age of legal
adulthood. Up to that point the
monthly checks came in and name of
your parent or guardian.
If you continue school after your 18
birthday, your monthly checks con-tinue.
However, if at any time
between the ages of 18 and 22, you
stop attending school, benefits cease.
(They stop no matter what after you
become 22.)
My brother did not continue his
education. This padded my checks,
which of course all came from money
my father had paid in taxes.
I receive about $271.50 per month,
and I pay my room and board (I live at
home) with the $71.50. If it were not
for this "dead end policy" I would not
be able to go to Bethel, and indeed be
hard-pressed to pay for any post-secondary
school of good quality.
I have a part-time job, and I have
held it for almost two years. That
money is also necessary for college
tuition and books, not to mention
automobile gas and insurance. My job.
money supplements both my car and
college accounts at the bank, but my
Social Security plus a job still does not
mean that it's easy to make financial
ends meet. Under Social Security, I
can only earn $3000 or less in my
gross annual income.
If I gross more than that (which I
did in 1977 due to paid 15 minute
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District Court Judge Joseph Summers entertained a convocation audience on Tuesday with his
wit and wisdom. Summers spoke on "Constitutional Rights and the Judicial System."
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Events Calendar
Friday, Feb. 10 - The Imperials in concert, 8 p.m. in gymnasium
Saturday, Feb. 11 • Polar Bear Dive at 11 a.m. in Lake Valentine
Cross-Country ski race at 1 p.m.
Snow Sculpture contest in front of the coffee shop
at 3 p.m.
Men's basketball at St. Olaf (7:30 p.m.)
Wrestling at Gustavus Adolphus with St.
Thomas (1 p.m.)
Co-ed track meet at St. Olaf (1 p.m.)
Sunday, Feb. 12 - Lincoln's birthday
Band homecoming concert at Calvary Baptist (6 p.m.)
Monday, Feb. 13 - Men's basketball vs. St. John's (7:30 p.m.)
Open forum on tuition changes in AC lounge at 3:30
p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 14 - Valentine's Day
Senate Meeting in AC lounge (6 p.m)
Women's basketball vs. St. Olaf (7 p.m.)
Wednesday, Feb. 15 - Men's basketball at Northland (7:30 p.m.)
by Shelly Nielsen
Freud. Do you sneer at this revered
name?
There was a time in my naive youth
that I, too, scorned the man's theor-ies.
"When I was a child..."
I discovered the concepts of Freudi-an
thought in high school.
I was outraged by this nut's appli-cation
of warped thought to unques-tionably
"moral" literature. The guy
made Hamlet something only a few
degrees above a pervert.
No cracked psychoanalyst could
make me buy theories that turned
Larry Olivier's character into a
crazed, monomaniacal beast.
Jack the Ripper's personality
seemed as mild as Beetle Bailey's in
comparison.
W.A.R., the "Norton Anthology of
British Literature," and a few "deep"
coffee shop conversations have har-dened
and aged me quickly. Having
developed the cynicism necessary to
graduate with a concentration in liter-ature,
my intolerance toward percep-tive
Freudian concepts withered along
with ignorance.
I accept Sigmund Freud, a sick
Hamlet, and the Oedipal complex.
And I'm proud of it!
My only question is, "With all this
modern-day emphasis on honesty,
truth, and insight, why has certain
significant literature been left so
superstitiously untouched?"
What are critics afraid of when they
refuse to examine specific works of
art? Are they leery of offending a
close-minded public? Of disappoint.
ing trusting children?
Well, here is one analyst willing to
brave opposition and courageously
present the obvious: Freudian con-cepts
are inherent within the deceiv-ingly
simple tale of Little Red Riding
Hood.
It is a story that has cried, yes,
cried, to be told the way it was meant
to be interpreted.
My investigation developed into
such in-depth proportions that I will
include discoveries followers will not
recognize as Freudian. This is all part
of detailed, thorough study.
Let's begin with the basics of the
story.
Our setting is the usual folk-tale
forest, a scene notorious for its
complex implications. I won't delve
into the intricacies of symbolism evi-dent
here, except to state that forests
are infamous in Freudian analyses
and highly significant.
It is in this veritable jungle of
underlying connotations that readers
are first introduced to the supposedly
innocent goodie-lugger, Little Red
Riding Hood.
She is our main character, and her
facade of sweet little girlhood is re-markably
transparent. Beneath her
obedient reply, "Yes, mother," to the
request to take refreshments to a sick
grandparent is a shrewd mind.
A clue to her character is revealed
by the significant hue of her clothing.
Red! Aha!
Who but this girl in red would go
tripping fearlessly through the
woods—presumably near dusk—with
no more protection than • a sharp-edged
wicker basket and a small mace
can in her pocket? Not me, boy! Little
Red knew what she was doing, all
right.
If the hood had been green—tradi-tionally
associated with naivete—or
blue, symbolic of melancholy, this
questioning of the character's charac-ter
would be kaput. She, however,
insisted on blatantly wearing scarlet.
Tsk, tsk, fairy tale fans, you mean
you never noticed?
An important confrontation occurs
when the antagonist, the wolf, leaps
out from behind a clump of skunk cab-bage,
eliciting a startled scream and
an involuntary fumble toward the
mace from L.R.R.H.
Note the author's choice of animals
to portray this rogue: not a squirrel or
a rabbit, but a wolf! Catch the signifi-cance
there?
His ravenous appetite for "good-ies"
spurs him to race our not-so-in-nocent
innocent to Granny's cottage.
Any interior in Freudian literature
may safely be associated with a womb
image. Thus, the cabin at the edge of
the woods becomes a symbolic, pro-tective
haven.
(This, incidentally, leads the per-ceptive
reader to discover the numer-ous
secondary meanings behind other
objects. A comprehensive list of
womb symbols in this complex folk
tale would include: Little R.R. Hood's
basket, her apron pocket, the knot
hole in the fourth tree on the path,
and the chocolate eclairs taken to
Grandma.)
Due to a scarcity of space, the full
Freudian implications beneath "good-ies,"
hand made quilts, and silver hat
pins can not be thoroughly investigat-ed
here.
I will conclude, instead, with a dis-cussion
of the character of the woods-man
who draws the story to a
dramatic close by hacking the wolf to
pieces right in front of the Hood's
horrified, bulging eyes.
He is symbolic of the individual who
will protect the young and innocent,
but for selfish and objectionable rea-sons.
His suddenly apparent motive for
defending Miss Hood is to overtake
by Dave Terpstra
There is a counseling service at
Bethel which probably few people
know about. It began with just the
Dean of Students and the various
R.A.'s on campus.
However, this service has now
expanded to include three profes-sionals—
Dr. Webster Muck, Dr.
David Anderson, and Shirley 01-
seen—and campus Pastor James
Spickelmier.
Its purpose is to help all registered
students clear up their problems.
Such things as depression, personal
and academic problems, relations
with others, and vocational choices
are a few of the areas these people
deal with.
Just because this is a Christian
the wolf's position and become the
eager recipient of her compliments:
"What big eyes you have!"
It is obvious that the villain was not
completely gratified by proving his
macho chopping defenseless trees.
He sought satisfaction elsewhere—in
the attentions of a red-hooded flatter-er.
See how elements lying on the
surface of literature can be overlooked
because of ignorant prejudice and
bias?
The educated college student
should remain open to new concepts
and truths as obvious as those stated
in the above documentary. An investi-gatory,
probing nature will reveal to
you facts as stimulating as the ones I
have uncovered.
As a new student to this methodolo-gy,
you will be astounded and
delighted to find Freud in the most
unlikely sources! Take the Clarion for
example...
college does not mean that Christians
are excluded from these and other
types of problems. On the contrary, it
is more difficult, since there is the
spiritual involvement that everyone
here encounters each day.
These problems need to be dealt
with by such capable people as those
mentioned above.
Rev. Spickelmier mainly handles
spiritual counseling, along with other
related matters. But the other three
are open to all types of difficulties.
"With three of us, it give students a
choice," said Dr. Muck. "We teach,
so then our faces become familiar,
too."
Dr. Anderson pointed out that
students can come to see Dr. Muck if
they prefer the "fatherly figure," or
him if they can relate to someone of
about the same age, or they can see
Mrs. Olseen if they like to talk to a
woman instead of a man.
Because of the fact that Dr. Muck
plans to resign as the chairman of the
psychology department, that will al-low
him more time for the counseling
service, although he still will teach
here. He feels the challenge is great
and that this is more what he should
do.
The principle reason the traffic has
been so light going through their
doors is that people feel fearful of
being counseled. There exists a
stigma in many persons' minds about
being counseled.
However, all three of them said
they would welcome even the most
seemingly minute problems or
frustrations in one's life.
Since there is such a great need on
campus for a counseling service, all
three of them spend anywhere from
10-20 hours per week doing this. If
you wish to contact them for an
appointment, they have asked that
you go through Karen Hauck in AC
336 and she will set up an appoint-ment.
As Dr. Muck said, "The counseling
service is open to suggestions on
effectiveness and on how it should be
used." But the best part of it is that it
is free!
`Little Red' submits to Freudian analysis
service available
Faculty offers counseling
on complimentary basis
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by Dan Erickson
In our everday interactions with the secular world the one attractive quality
that we as Christians have or should have is hope. The world can laugh at ow
morality and our habits, but they can't laugh at our hope. They envy the
meaning that we find in our lives through Christ.
The tragedy is that many Christians don't believe that. Most of us don't see
ourselves as being too unique. We are exhorted to be lights in the darkness, but
that can easily be laughed off.
Last summer I worked at what many would consider to be one of the most
depressing places in the world, a maximum security psychiatric unit. The time
there seemed to be a concentrated experience of all of the world's problems. It
was easy to see the darkness. I also saw very clearly that I have, as does a
Christian in any field, an ability to give the people around me a sense of Christ's
hope if I just let myself be honest with them. We have to begin to realize how
unique and wonderful this saving hope is.
I'm not a psychologist, perhaps it is not my place to make judgements, but I
saw the people in the psychiatric unit give up on reality. Sure, there are a
hundred individual intangibles in anyone's route to a breakdown, but I saw that
each individual found only stress and frustration in their everyday existence,
and were without the resources to find hope.
No matter the amount of drugs we pumped into them or the number of times
we zapped with Electroshock Therapy, if they didn't want to face reality they
weren't going to. Without hope in their lives they couldn't find any meaning.
In an environment like that it wasn't long before I really had to come to grips
with myself. With so many people leading lives what was so special about my
hope? With so many people leading meaningless lives was there anything
special about the meaning in my life? That place was really rough on a person.
By the end of the summer you couldn't tell the patients from the staff without a
scorecard.
Whenever the phrase "search for meaning" pops into the conversation
things usually get very complicated. Bethel even has a class by that title this
semester. For me the attempt to find meaning in and of myself has always
ended in despair.
In trying to find meaning in my selfishness it isn't long before I become
fatalistic. All relationships, all accomplishments eventually crumble and die.
Thomas Merton said, "Ultimately the only way that I can be myself is to become
identified with Him in Whom is hidden the reason and fulfillment of my
existence."
Life's meaning revolves in a more mundane way around our vocational
choices. Seniors have a special need to reaffirm this hope that Christ gives and
to realize how affective they can be as lights.
Robert Leslie in his book "Jesus and Logotherapy" writes that "rather than
asking what the meaning in life is, the more appropriate question is to ask what
task God has in store for any one individual. In what way can I, being the person
I am, with the unique set of talents and experiences that I have, fulfill the tasks
that are waiting for me to undertake in God's world?"
by Thangi Chhangte
"I have become known as the guy
who works with sex offenders," Dr.
Thomas Correll remarked jokingly.
He was referring to his recent
research in designing treatment for
sex offenders.
Dr. Correll, chairman of the anth-ropology
department, during the
1976-77 academic year worked as the
research dirctor for the Correctional
Service of Minnesota, a private
agency.
The agency is oriented towards
research, education and community
action in criminal justice and cor-rections.
Richard Ericson, a part-time
teacher at Bethel, is the executive
director of the agency.
The term "sexual offence" in-cludes:
rape, incest, child mole-station,
and indecent exposure. In
Minnesota, adult sex offenders are
convicted in accordance with the
Criminal Sexual Conduct Law.
Two interesting aspects emerged
out of this research. First of all, many
sex offenders have been sexually
abused as children and they re-enact
their experiences. This is know as the
victim cycle.
Secondly, the offenders had very
low self-esteem. They also had in-adequate
social skills, especially in
their heterosexual behavior. Fre-quently,
they were also alcoholics.
The research focused on two major
parts. The first part of the research
was to determine the number, as well
as the characteristics of sexual of-fenders
in Minnesota. The second
part was to find out what is being
done to treat them in the U.S. and
around the world.
According to this research, 620 men
were convicted of sexual offence in
Minnesota, during 1976. Men in the
20 to 30 age range were the most
frequent offenders, though there were
some who were in their 60's.
Tom and his colleagues worked
mostly with clinical psychologists. increasingly aware of the strengths
They also systematically interviewed and weaknesses of the U.S. criminal
the police, the offenders, and court justice system.
and corrections personnel. Tom said that Bethel could get
There are 23 major treatment involved in community treatment of
centers in the U.S. which provide offenders and victims. He said that
institutional treatment or treatment in the treatment of the victims was
a community setting. At present, extremely important. He suggested
Minnesota does not have treatment that Bethel include the results of the
available for those in prison. studies in its curriculum and teaching.
St. Peter, Minn. has one major The research was sponsored by a
treatment center. It is a security grant from the U.S. Department of
hospital with a 35-bed capacity. Justice. The grant was contracted to
"The research has made me much the Correctional Service of Minnesota
more aware of the centrality of which proposed a title for the studies.
sexuality in our experience and bow The official title of the proposal
necessary it is for us to appreciate and was: Organizational and Rehabili-manage
our sexuality," Tom said tational Model Design and Develop-thoughtfully.
ment for the Treatment of Sexual
He added that it also expanded his Offenders. The Department of Cor-awareness
of the issues of socially rections has accepted the final report
devidtit behavior. It also made him of the studies.
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This bronze bust by Deanna Anderson is just one of the many
works of art on exhibition following the Raspberry Monday
exhibit. Diane Sprague Smith won this year's competition.
Raspberry Monday exhibit
displays selective pieces I Johnson/Carlson I by Tad Johnson
It is the beginning of second semester and time to start gearing-up for next
year.
First, applications for the Campus Coordinators position for the 1978-79
school year are now open. Job descriptions and applications are available in the
Student Senate office (FA 301), and the deadline for turning them in is March 1.
The Campus Coordinator positions are stipended. Applications are being
opened up a month ahead of last year so that the new Campus Coordinators will
be able to work with the current Coordinators for the rest of the school year.
This will help ease the transition and make next year's programs more
successful.
Secondly, applications for the media chief positions are also available in the
Senate office. These positions include Coevel editor, Clarion editor, Passages
editor, and the Roster coordinator. All of the positions are stipended, and
applications will be open until the end of the month.
I would encourage-anyone who is even slightly interested in these positions to
apply. The experince now of being an editor will go a long way in the business
world.
There is also a freshman senator position open. Any freshman interested in
the position should come to the Senate office and pick up an application. The
appointment shall run until the end of the current term, which is April 1.
I would like to thank everyone, especially the members of the Public Action
Committee, who either helped with or participated in the volleyball marathon.
The final score of the marathon was: new campus 1888, non-new campus 2023.
Pledges for the marathon totalled $792.62. The money collected from the
marathon and from the Love Loaves will be sent through World Vision to a
medical missionary in Peru where it will be used to start an immunization
program among the people there.
Thanks again for your donations and participation in the marathon.
Today and tomorrow, Feb. 10 and 11, Tannie Woods and I will be attending a
meeting of the Minnesota Association of Private College Students (MAPCS) at
Augsburg College.
The MAPCS organization concerns itself mainly with problems common to all
private colleges in Minnesota. It retains a student intern at the State Legislature
for lobbying on issues dealing with private college students.
Topics to be presented this weekend are "The Status of Liberal Arts in
Minnesota" and "Campus Security." I hope that these topics will help our
student government here at Bethel to function better and come up with more
ideas to help improve the student life here.
Coming up later in the month is the national convention of the American
Association of Evangelical Students to be held at the Radisson South on
February 20-23. Jim Torgerson and Bobbi Hersch have put in many hours
arranging the accomodations and contacting the speakers.
This convention is very important and will help estalblish Bethel's student
body as a leader among Christian colleges.
Debators anticipate refinement
in wake of preparatory work
by Terri Hanson
It was one of those sunny summer
Mondays thaf simply beg people to be
out of doors, and Anonymous #1 and
#2 were. In fact, Anonymous #1 and
#2 were outside picking raspberries
trying to devise a name of the $250
award and medallian they would
donate to one Bethel student each
year. Suddenly, they had a bright
idea—they would call it the Raspberry
Monday competition!
Although the story may seem rather
far-fetched, Raspberry Monday actu-ally
came into existence—and just
that way according to Stu Luckman.
The exhibit opened Monday after-noon,
Feb. 6, at 3 p.m. The usual
punch, raspberry of course, was
served with donuts, as students,
faculty and friends worked their way
through the various exhibits which
ranged anywhere from bold batiks to
earthen stoneware.
The contestants for the Raspberry
Monday competition are all Bethel art
students. They may enter any work
they have completed in the last year
or so, either in a classroom setting or
individually.
The art department faculty may
also select a work of art they have
seen a student working on to be in the
show. Because of the volume of art
work received and the lack of space
available, the faculty is very selective
about the pieces that enter the
competition.
Hence, there are always a few
"Raspberry Monday Rejects" as
Dawn Eggen, a senior art education
major, put it.
The big question, of course, is
which student will win the $250 award
(toward his tuition) and the medal-lion?
The award is given annually by
two anonymous donors, on the basis
of his work leadership role in the art
department, his general contribution
as a student as well as the work he has
entered.
This year a big moment came a few
minutes 'after 4 p.m. when Diane
Sprague Smith was announced the
winner out of the 60 some students
that entered. Diane, a sophomore,
had entered several pieces of stone-ware,
paintings and pastels.
The Raspberry Monday exhibit will
be on display in the second floor art
gallery until Feb. 24.
"Decision 1978" is an opportunity
for juniors and seniors to learn more
about knowing God's will in making
life decisions. It's also a time to
discover the possibilities of a future
with Campus Crusade for Christ.
Pat Means, United States Field
Director for CCC, will be the featured
speaker at this weekend conference at
the Radisson in Duluth. The first ses-sion
is at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17, and
the last is Sunday at 11 a.m.
Including the $5 registration fee per
person, the cost is $29 for singles, $83
for a married couple. Except for a
by Holly Schmless
"This semester we have a real
chance to grow as a team because the
prep work is done. Now the refining
takes place," debater Mike Emerson
said after three consecutive weekend
tournaments, two of which were
varsity level for him and his partner,
Scott Larson.
After almost a month's vacation,
three Bethel teams competed in a
regional tourney at LaCrosse the
weekend of Jan. 21. Larson and
Emerson came away from their first
major efforts in the varsity division,
winning five rounds and losing their
first and only to the University of Eau
Claire in quarter finals.
In junior varsity, Scott Palmquist
and Ira King tallied a four and two
record while Mark Ludwig and Bruce
Anthony took one of six.
The next weekend, Larson and
Emerson traveled with Macalester's
teams to one of the biggest meets in
the country, at the University of Utah
in Salt Lake City. They competed on
the junior varsity level and, with a
four and four earning, rated middle
ground among the 85 teams participa-ting
in that division.
Emerson was disappointed they
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breaks I took too many of) I have to
pay the office a certain amount of
money back, or money is propor-tionately
deducted from my 1978
checks, I'm not quite sure which yet.
At any rate, I am far from rich due to
these benefits.
As an additional thought on the
editorial, the writer said that without
Social Security taking out some 6 per
cent of one's paycheck, it could be
banked for an individual pension
fund. _ -_-
I think this is highly unlikely
because when you give Americans
money like that, it is going to be
spent, not saved, in more cases than
not. The average resident is not all
that swift. I am no judge, but
throughout my experiences with
people I have received that particular
impression.
But my most important point is still
the same: I need Social Security.
There's more to it than meets the
economy.
Richard Lanford
banquet, you will be on your own for
meals.
If you want to help define God's
will for your life, what a world Chris-tian
is, and what the call of God is
concerning vocational Christian
work, "Decision 1978" would be an
excellent investment.
Put the completed registration form
(page 6) and a $5 non-refundable
registration fee in P.O. 2022 by
Wednesday, Feb. 15, if you want to
attend. You will then be contacted by
one of Bethel's CCC staffers regarding
transportation and other details.
Hope to hear from you!
hadn't compiled a six and two,
attributing it to "close rounds we
thought we'd won, but didn't because
of questionable criteria for deci-sions."
He and Larson competed
against teams from the Universities of
Kansas, Montana, California at River-side,
Arizona State University, Colo-rado
College, and the Air Force
Academy.
At a regional tournament hosted by
the University of Iowa last weekend,
Emerson and Larson chose to resume
varsity competition and won a four
and two combination, beat by Ma-calester's
number one team in quarter
finals. -
In the junior varsity division, An-thony
and Ludwig won four rounds
and lost two. King and Palmquist
claimed one out of six.
Bethel debaters face their next
competition in two weeks at an
invitational in Lincoln, Neb., and the
following weekend at the University of
Southern Connecticut. Both events
are large and prestigious.
"You know the competition will be
good. Schools don't fly their teams
unless they're tough," Emerson said,
explaining why he prefers the bigger
meets.
Emerson considers Macalester to
be Bethel's most constant and elusive
rival, ranking them with Harvard,
Georgetown, and USC, among the
nation's top teams.
"We've come close to beating them,
though," he said cautiously.
Although Emerson said Bethel has
some of the most extensive compiled
data of all junior varsity teams in the
country, he admitted the need for
more research in fine negative points
of the resolution.
Emerson also recognized that he
and Larson need to polish the varsity
techniques they're just lately en-countering.
Assistant Coach Bill Fraatz received
due credit. "Scott and I are doing
more varsity debate than Bill and Jo
(Beld) did that last two years," said
Emerson, "but it's only because of
Bill's junior varsity experience and
success."
Chapel Schedule
Monday - Hymn Sing with Bob
Berglund
Tuesday - Valentine's Day
Chapel
Wednesday - Pastor Spickel-mier
Thursday - "Servanthood from
the Horse's Mouth"
Friday - Worship
`Decision 1978' conference
explores career options
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Bethel's Concert Band performed in churches and high schools on the West Coast during in-terim.
Their final homecoming concert is this Sunday at Calvary Baptist Church in Roseville.
Band returns from successful tour
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Imperials to climax weekend
IMPERIALS CONCERT:
The Imperials have a new sound that has echoed (or shall we say "rocked")
through the halls near the CC office this past week. This is going to be a super
concert you won't want to miss!! There are going to be SNO-DAZE door prizes
for winning ticket numbers...so hold on to your ticket number.
SNO-DAZE:
In addition to the concert, tomorrow, several things will be going on:
1) At 11 a.m. we will televise our annual, insane polar bear dive out on Lake
Valentine. This you have got to see! ! You may even get brave enough to take the
freezing plunge...
2) At 1 p.m. there is a cross-country tour and race for all skiers. We laid an
excellent track that is well-marked. Trophies and awards will be given in chapel
to first place male and female winners. All who finish the course will receive a
ribbon. Rentals can be had through the IM office across from the racketball
courts.
3) At 3 p.m. we will sponsor a snow sculpture contest in front of the coffee
shop on the hill. First prize to the winners will be a pizza party...all you can eat.
4) The tubing shoot on Mt. Zion will be open and the rink on the lake will be
cleared for ice skaters.
Come and find out how to enjoy winter!!
MOODS:
This year Moods is going to be a memorable evening. If you are interested in
helping out by singing, playing, acting, reading, dancing, etc., let us know. No
experience necessary. This production is geared to us amateurs who just enjoy
doing fun things.
Help wanted:
We would like to emphasize the fact that we need you. Your help in campus
events and behind the scenes is what makes for a smooth running program.
Please feel free to drop in with suggestions, criticisms or just to say "hello."
Stay tuned for Valentine's Day mystery carnation announcement!
The Sting is coming...Feb. 17.
Music greatest weakness in
"Devil's Disciple" premiere
by Holly Schmiess
A musical is like a highly
tempermental chemical compound. If
the elements blend in the right
balance, POOF! If they don't, well,
back to the drawing board.
Lyricist Warren Frost and com-poser
David Karr are probably there
now reworking "The Devil's
Disciple," Chimera's musical version
of the George Bernard Shaw play.
The equation just didn't balance.
It's hard to improve on a Shaw play,
with its delicate blend of wit, state-ment,
and rich characterization.
Maybe it's because of this uncon-tested
esteem that Frost and Karr
chose a Shaw play—a built-in success
factor.
But they invited high expectations,
and failed to meet them with music
and script of equal, independent
quality.
Music composition was the weakest
element. There's an important dif-ference
between simple and simplis-tic.
Musical hits are hauntingly sim-ple,
but simplistic motifs and rhythms
end up in grade school Christmas
pageantry.
No song in "The Devil's Disciple"
was so enchanting that you hummed it
or wanted to hear it again in the
reprise.
Chimera's adaptation stripped the
subtlety from Shaw's characters. They
were past being representative of
universal types, and neared being
stock.
Again, the music was at fault. Solos
that should have captured the unique
essence of each character rehashed
themes and personality traits of mar-quis-
full of musical greats.
For example, one could practically
visualize the yellow brick road as the
innocent, dreamy Essie sang
"Somewhere, Out There." They were
all there—Dorothy, Harold H11,
Cinderella's stepmother, Henry Hig-gins,
Lizzie Currie.
There were definitely original
elements. The English soldiers, led by
the genteel General Burgoyne and
Sargent (Bruce Bohne) were delight-ful
and stole much of the show from
the disciple himself, who displayed an
almost careless ease in one more title
role.
Much of the show's true innovation
happened in the tech area. Scene
changes were maneuvered in the mid-dle
of 1776 musket sally, scurrying
and hapless minutemen, and austerely
posed Redcoats. Successfully distrac-ting!
The sets themselves, especially the
trees, showed clever design and con-struction.
Shame on the costume
department, though for some glaring
anachronisms, especially in the
women's dresses.
There was a notable lack of dance
and full-fledged spectacle that used
the entire chorus. The choreographer
and orchestration missed some good
opportunities to collaborate.
It's fun to see a musical premiere
and project what revisions will be
made when the show closes. I'd sug-gest
"The Devil's Disciple" to anyone
who wants to wrestle, in the words of
the director, "with a strange and won-drous
beast—creativity."
by Brad Lewis
On Monday, Wednesday, or Fri-day,
from 4 to 4:30 p.m., if you walk
through the music lounge, you may
see a group gathered around snap-shots.
The group is Bethel College
Concert Band members reminiscing
about their recent interim tour to
California and the Southwest.
The 60-member band, under the
direction of Dr. Julius Whitinger,
spent 23 days of January travelling
through 16 states presenting 25
concerts to hundreds of people. The
band played a variety of sacred and
secular music in the Baptist General
Conference churches and the high
schools it visited.
The music of the band as well as its
testimony of dedication to the Lord
was well-received. The audiences
showed their gratitude to the band
with the highest form of American
compliment; the band received stand-ing
ovations at all but three of their
concerts.
The band members heard praise of
r
their musical performances and com-municated
the appearance of a light-hearted
and fun-loving group of
Christian young people.
Most of the musicians also part-icipated
in an interim course taught
on the tour by Dale Johnson, associate
professor of art. The course, "Art
and Culture of the American West,"
found the students visiting numerous
museums and exhibits.
A goal of the course was to teach
students to develop a sense of visual
literacy. Students found that task easy
after viewing several Rembrandt
paintings and the famous Towers of
Simon Rodia in Watts.
As well as tours of museums, band
members enjoyed viewing the Grand
Canyon, screaming at Disneyland,
touring Universal Studios, wading in
the Pacific, riding cable cars and
dining at Fisherman's Wharf.
The tour was arranged by manager
Brad Johnson and Bethel's director of
outreach Jay Caress. They were
assisted by the two tour bus drivers
from Greyhound, George Blackburn
and Gary Bond.
Two members of the band were
soloists, Joe Cosgrove, trumpeter,
and Ken Vork, trombonist. Andy Ross
accompanied the band on tour to
serve as narrator. Ken Vork is also the
assistant conductor of the band.
The band presented their first
homecoming concert at Edina Baptist
Church last Sunday and will present
their final homecoming concert of
sacred music Sunday, Feb. 12 at 6
p.m. at Calvary Baptist Church in
Roseville.
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Bethel eager Katie Miller scored 24 points in a winning effort
over Northwestern College last Saturday. The team's next
home game will be Tuesday against St. Olaf.
Cagers overcome hapless
Carleton, Northwestern
OUR DIAMOND BRIDAL RINGS
ARE MADE FOR EACH OTHER
Togetherness begins
with our unusual
engagement and
wedding ring
partners. Each has
been designed to
hold the other close.
A symbolic and
beautiful expression
of love.
CORNELIUS JEWELERS
300 Physicians & Surgeons Bldg.
9th & Nicollet — Minneapolis
Phone (612) 335-6940
Director of Alumni Affairs
seeks to unite students, alumni
by Laura Woodruff
The first week of the second
semester might have been lose or
draw for some, but for the women's
basketball team it was win.
On Thursday, Feb. 2, they beat
Carleton with a 57 to 33 score.
Saturday, Feb. 4, they scored 70
points to Northwestern's 42, which
brought the win-loss record up to 8-5.
In the game against Carleton a
1-3-1 defense zone was used to
contain Carleton's key player, Mad-eline
McAfee, and Bethel was suc-cessful.
"I was impressed with our
defense," commented Coach Kathy
Nevins.
The half-time score was 28-16,
Bethel. In the second half Bethel
pulled even further ahead allowing
Coach Nevins to use all the players
from the bench.
Cheryl Luiken was high scorer with
11 points, followed by Joann Griffin
with 8.
On Feb. 6 Bethel got an opportunity
to practice handling a running game
when they played the short but
speedy Northwestern team. The score
would indicate that they handled it
well, even though Cheryl Luiken and
Liz Hoist stayed home with the flu.
Coach Nevins had few regrets, but
she felt that more rebounds could
have been made, and the mistakes
that added up to 23 fouls should not
have been made.
Katie Miller came off the bench
with an injured foot to score 24 points
for the day's high. Joann Griffin
scored 16 points which were matched
by Holly Roehl's 16 from Northwes-tern.
Bethel's Cindy Ramm had 11
points.
Nevins can see much improvement
in her freshman players and men-tioned
that Deb Sension has been
doing well in her first year of
competitive basketball.
The team is looking forward to a
tough Valentine's Day game on
Tuesday against St. Olaf. Nevins feels
that Bethel can win if they play as well
as they are capable of playing, and
that a large crowd could do nothing
but help.
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Box 1963
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by Betty Logan
As director of alumni affairs, Curt
Fauth is working on ways to bridge
the gap between students and alumni.
He believes the Alumni Office
doesn't use Bethel students to dis-cover
what the students want from the
student-alumnus relationship.
"Bethel is here for the student,"
says Fauth. He goes on to express dis-couragement
that the only alumni
input the student usually sees is
financial.
Fauth would like to know how stu-dents
think they can make better use
of the alumni resources.
"You need to tell us how we can
best serve you and your school,"
comments Fauth. "Can we provide
our expertise, or experiences? What
would students like?
Two student-alumnus programs the
Alumni Office hopes to initiate are
employment experience and student
recruitment.
Fauth would like to implement a
program that would allow students to
observe and participate in a work
situation of career possibilities with
an alumnus in that vocation.
Student recruitment is presently
the responsibility of the College Rela-tions
Office, with the Alumni Office
cooperation wherever it can. With
more student and alumni help, Fauth
feels it could become much more
effective. The office hopes to discover
both student and alumni reasons for
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Bethel "a much improved team"
since the last time these two teams
played and Bethel Coach Jim Bragg
agreed. "Defensively we are starting
to play. And if we would have
rebounded like this, we would have
beat Macalester," he said referring to
the 76-66 loss earlier in the week.
"I bleed for the guys that they can't
seem to beat anyone. Gustavus played
a heckava game," said Bragg.
The Gusties upped their record to
6-4 in conference. The loss dropped
Bethel to 2-7 in MIAC and 5-9 overall.
The Royals travel to Northfield
tomorrow to take on St. Olaf at 7:30
p.m. Monday they play at home
against the MIAC leaders, St. John's
also at 7:30 p.m.
attending Bethel, and then find better
recruitment methods.
Since half of all alumni attended
Bethel after 1965, the age difference
between students and alumni is consi-derably
narrow compared with most
older colleges.
Fauth feels the ideals these similar
age groups have in common is another
factor that should ally Bethel alumni
and present students.
Fauth knows from experience how
the student-turned-alumnus feels.
"They're after me for my money," is
the predominant thought.
Though not wanting to underplay
the financial help the alumni do give
to Bethel, Fauth feels that alumni re-sources
other than monetary should
by Lisa Mills
This year something new was
added for the student who starts
Bethel at mid-year. Welcome Week
activities were held last week for all
new transfer and readmit students.
Co-chairmen Nan Goss and.
George Beyer headed • up a well-organized
staff of nine Welcome
Week workers. Nan remarked,
"George was a transfer student last
year and it was his idea to plan such
activities for this year's students."
The activities started Sat., Jan. 28
with an orientation night and a pizza
party. On Sunday the students were
taken home by various faculty mem-bers
for church and dinner. Group
stress activities on Sunday afternoon
involved putting six people on a
be utilized.
Not only would better communica-tion
with alumni benefit the students,
but the Alumni Office believes it
would give the alumni new ways to
better serve and be excited about
their alma mater.
The Bethel alumni structure in-cludes
a National Alumni Council
(NAC) which meets once a year, and
an executive council that meets once a
month. The NAC has 15 members, six
of which are on the executive council.
It is Fauth's proposed plan to or-ganize
a student committee to meet
with this national group in hopes of
discovering how the alumni can better
serve Bethel's present students.
balance beam trying to get from one
end to the other.
It was "quite interesting," ac-cording
to Nan Goss who called it one
of the highlights of Welcome Week.
Sunday night brought a vesper
service led by Bob Peota and Diane
Lloyd. Monday the Welcome Week
activities came to a climax at the
Faculty Talent Show, when Paul Kling
presented the "Three Little Pigs
Operetta."
Christini Green from Washington
said, "I really didn't know anyone at
Bethel when I came. I think Welcome
Week for second semester people is a
fantastic idea."
She went on to say, "I was able,
through the activities, to make friends
more quickly."
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A Concordia-Moorhead player tries in vain to score against
Bethel's Scott Wilson. The Royals won this match, 81-77 last
Monday night.
Forfeits stop grapplers from
gaining victory over Cans
Senior Doug Erickson in recent game against St. John's.
Miller rips for 34 points
in losing effort to Gusties
Doug 'E' Erickson continues to
shine on the Royal hardcourt
by Greg Kuntz
At the onset of the 1977-78 basket-ball
season for the Royals, premiering
in the MIAC conference, first-year
Coach Jim Bragg said of senior Doug
"E" Erickson that "he would develop
into his full potential by mid-season."
So far, the 6'7" center has hit 50 per
cent from the field and has been
mobile besides being one of the
Royals' leading rebounders.
Erickson grew up in Blue Island, Ill.
(one of Chicago's countless suburbs.)
and started his basketball career in
the Christian Service Brigade in sixth
grade.
"I was the worst player who ever
started there," chuckled Erickson.
He continued to play church league
in high school when he represented
Salem Baptist in the Covenant
League.
"We were the only Baptist church
in the Covenant League, I guess
because they thought we Baptists
were rowdies from a long time ago,"
laughed Erickson.
His team won the conference all
three years he played, even though he
didn't actually start until his senior
year. He had fun with other op-portunities
including singing in an
octet comprised of teammates.
"One time after we won a tourna-ment
in Joliet, they asked us to sing
after the game," Erickson recalled.
The group went to singing contests
at Baptist General Conference "con-tacts"
in Moline, Ill. and in Seattle.
"We had a lot of chances for
outreach this way," said Doug.
It's been a goal of Erickson's to
make a college team.
"When I was a sophomore in high
school I heard that I wouldn't make it
since I didn't play in regular high
school competition," said Erickson.
Now 6'7", he was a mere 5'8", 105 lb.
runt as a high school sophomore and
6'4" by the end of high school.
"I had to be realistic. I felt I didn't
stand a chance in regular high school
ball."
He sang in the Bethel Male Chorus
his freshman year, trying out for it the
day after he was cut from basketball.
"My roommate Mike Anderson was
in it and he suggested it," said Doug.
As a sophomore under Coach Jack
Trager, Erickson played J.V. and as a
junior under Roger Davis he played in
all the J.V. games and started some
on varsity.
"E" explained how he got his
name. "Tim Engebretson was the
original "E" here and when I joined
the team T.K. (Tom Koenigsberg)
started calling me "slim E," so I
guess I've taken sole possession of the
name for now."
Erickson believes his relationship
with people and the team have grown
in his years at Bethel.
"I feel there's a tightness with the
team like our church league team
had," said Doug.
Erickson has another year of eligi-bility
but he doesn't think he'll be
back to play it out. He is a business-economics
major and is aiming td
work up in the business world and
keep playing church league ball.
His fiance, Carrie, teaches mathe-matics
in Rockford, Ill. and their
wedding is set for this June.
"She's helped me a lot and always
tells me what I should work on in
basketball," said Doug.
"The school and the team have
given me confidence, and I've met a lot
of fun, super people. I wouldn't be
anywhere else. One of the biggest
things I've learned is not to make
excuses. I want to go out and play as
hard as I can and have fun."
by Steve Erickson
Despite the hot shooting of Ray
Miller who had 34 points, Bethel was
downed by Gustavus 81-74 before a
large home crowd last Saturday night.
A dry spell midway through the
second half did the Royals in as they
were outscored 25-12 the first 12
minutes of the second stanza. Al-though
Bethel rallied late in the
game, they could never get closer
than four points away.
The Gusties were led by guard John
Mattke and forward Mark Tiemann.
Mattke scored 18 and Tiemann tallied
21. Miller was most of the offense for
Bethel, making 14 of 18 field goal
attempts. Curt Oslin and hustling
Greg Peterson added 12 apiece.
Playing good defense, Bethel took
the lead early in the first half. Then
Gustavus changed defenses. Bethel
had trouble adjusting to the man-to-man
defense and the Gusties fought
back. They took a 35-34 lead into the
He recalled, "One time a girl I was
introduced to found out I was called
"E" and she said 'Oh, I always yell
for you at games and I never knew
who you were!"'
So basketball fans, the next time
you're at a game in the Bethel gym,
#45 is the man you're shouting "E"
about.
locker room at half-time. Miller had
22 points and kept the Royals close.
Gustavus started the second half
with a couple fast break baskets. They
stretched the lead to 14 midway
through the period and seemed as if
they were going to run away with the
contest.
At 60-46 Bethel started a comeback
led by Oslin and Peterson. The 6'1"
Oslin scored all his points in the
second half and eight of them in a
minute-and-a-half stretch. Peterson
pumped in several long range shots
and played scrappy defense. Bethel
narrowed the margin to 64-60 but
could never get any closer.
The Royals connected on more field
goals than the visitors but Gustavus
converted 13 more free throws. Bethel
outrebounded the Gusties 32-26. Mil-ler
and Tom Koenigsberg shared
game honors with seven apiece.
One of the Gustavus coaches called
continued on page 7
by Carol Madison
Although the Bethel wrestling team
was unable to overcome an automatic
18 point deficit in its loss to Carleton,
the grapplers still wrestled their best
match of the season so far.
Bethel had to give up 18 points in
forfeits, but some aggressive, intense
wrestling made the 30-15 loss closer
than the score would indicate. The
team had to come from behind in its
last home match of the season, and
according to Coach Klostreich, every-one
did the best they could do.
Lonnie Holmgren wrestled his best
match of the season, and Gary
Almquist and Greg Heinsch also
by Steve Erickson
Playing one of the better teams it
will face this year, the Bethel hockey
team bowed to the Augsburg junior
varsity 12-6 Wednesday Feb. 1.
Augsburg overwhelmed the less-talented
Royals, especially in the first
two periods. The final shots on goal
pointed this out. Augsburg bombed
goalie George Fraser with 63 shots
while Bethel had only 23. Despite
allowing 12 goals, Fraser stopped at
least another dozen scoring opportu-nities.
Bethel stayed close, trailing only
3-2 early in the second period, before
the Augies ran off a string of five
straight goals to put the game out of
reach. Scoring goals for the Royals
turned in fine performances. Dave
Fuller lost at 118, but has been
steadily improving throughout the
season. Jim Schultz also lost, but it
was his first match of the season, and
conditioning was the big factor in his
loss.
In a previous loss to Concordia and
Augsburg, Bethel was not able to
wrestle a full team, which was the
main factor in the loss.
Bethel faces conference contender
St. Thomas in the Gustavus Adolphus
Triangular at 1:00 p.m. on Feb. 11.
The season concludes with the MIAC
meet at Concordia-Moorhead on the
18th.
were Fred Hage and John Selvog who
each had a pair and Mark Olson and
Greg Correll with single goals.
"I wasn't disappointed," said
Coach Dave Harris. "We got better as
the game went on. We haven't had
any tough competition since Christ-mas.
It was hard to get organized."
As far as talent was concerned,
Augsburg had it over the Royals.
Harris said, "They would be com-petitive
with many varsity teams in
the MIAC."
In other games played recently,
Bethel crushed a weak Bethany team
17-3 and defeated the alumni 2-1.
Upcoming games include encounters
with the Hamline and St. Olaf varsity
teams and a rematch with Rochester
Junior College.
Augies overwhelm Bethel
in recent hockey action
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