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New Campus Coordinators Scott Barsuhn and Cynthis Green Campus coordinators eager to begin Bethel bus rigger turns tour guide on Range by Suzi Wells Organizing a variety of social activities is no easy job for anyone trying to please many students. Yet Cynthia Green and Scott Barsuhn are already eagerly anticipating their roles as Cam-pus Coordinators next year. Cynthia and Scott have several new ideas for activities. A few include plans for a pizza party and silent movies, an all-night film festival with breakfast out-side, an all-school game night, and a Tom Sawyer weekend. The Tom Sawyer weekend would include a paddle boat ride down the Mississippi with box suppers and a Dixie band. "We want to plan activities that will appeal to different seg-ments," Scott explained. A vari-ety of events should appeal to a wide spectrum and help alleviate the apparent apathy this year's coordinators faced. The two new coordinators seek to unite old and new campuses and Fountain Terrace by encour-aging all students to get involved in planning and organizing social events. "We want to know what kids suggest," Cynthia said. Scott added, "We're willing to work with kids. We want every-one's ideas." Already several students have expressed an interest to help in coordinating next year, including students from both campuses and also commuters. It is impor-tant for Cynthia and Scott that students show an interest in social events next year, and so far the response is encouraging. "We don't want to run a two-man show," Cynthia empha-sized. "We want to appoint a chairman for every activity." This chairman would organize the events, and Cynthia and Scott would act as overseers. "We want to get more students involved," Scott said. "We don't want distant relationships with stu-dents. We want to motivate students." A major goal the two "go-getters" have besides getting students involved is coordinating the various departments at Beth-el, such as music and drama, to avoid cliques. One way to get students to attend a musical event even though they may not be music majors or even musical-ly inclined would be the possibil-ity of having a lawn reception following a Pops concert. The new coordinators hope that, by involving a number of students, gaps between departments can b e bridged. Along with planning a variety of activities for students, Cynthia and Scott are planning to "publi-cize to death" students so they will be aware of what's happening in the community. A column in the Clarion, a semester and monthly calendar, plus notes in P.O. boxes for every activity that coordinators plan should keep students well informed. Also, one student will be in charge of publicity. One problem that the new coordinators hope to overcome is the dating syndrome at Bethel, which has had an adverse effect on social life and activities. Explaining their plans, Cynthia said, "We're planning two things to help the dating situation. One is having a lot of group activities and informal things. Another is to have more turn-about weekends — girl ask guy." Hopefully, this will take the pressure off dating, Scott pointed out. Another problem these two face is a financial one. They are hoping that a $5 student activity fee will be required for all students, so that they can have some sort of budget to work from. Student activity cards (SACs), although necessary in the past, have been losing their popularity as students question their worth. With $5 from every student, the coordinators would have a good budget to start off the school year. Cynthia and Scott are looking forward to working together. "We want to set goals that are the same, and to be unified in our brainstorming session," Scott related. They are excited about their job and feel they can learn a lot from each other. Besides learning from each other, Karen Mann and Dan Anderson, the . present coordina-tors, have given Cynthia and Scott a few pointers. "We're learning a lot from Karen and Dan," Scott said. "They're trying to help us." With the help of students and by coordinating their own ideas, Scott and Cynthia are optimistic about the coming year. "I'm psyched for the job," Cynthia exclaimed, and Scott added, "I'm excited, too. I feel we can do a good job." by Holly Schmiess Chris Anderson's petite 115 pounds and China-doll features seem to belong at a tea party or ballet lessons. But not at the wheel of a rumbling two-ton bus on the Iron Range. Once again looks prove deceiving, for Chris is a bus driver and summer tour guide for U.S. Steel near Virginia, Minnesota. Last summer this Bethel Col-lege sophomore managed an old stick-shift school bus, held a microphone, and explained ore refinement — all at the same time! And she plans to do it again this summer. "Being a tour guide is not a position you hear about when filling out a general application with Minntac," said Chris. "But I by Martha Barker Passages, the student literary and photography magazine, will be coming out by the beginning of final's week. If you do not know what Passages is, you are not alone, because it is a new thing this year and not at all like the Spire it is replacing. The student magazine idea was conceived last spring in the Senate Communications Board when it became apparent that the Bethel Spire was expiring. Be-sides being expensive and diffi-cult to produce, a yearbook is much more of a high school than college mentality, with little creativity or insight involved. It tends to be a tired formula of listing the athletic scores and drama production casts, with photos of all the big social events and people sleeping in the library. The alternative proposal was developed partly to cut costs and amount of work involved, but also to offer more chance for creativity and thought. The proposal states that "less specific than a year-book, a Bethel magazine would be more of a mood piece, centered on a theme that catches and capsulizes a significant view of Bethel and Bethel life . . . personal in its reflection of the common, the daily Bethel style of life portrayed in an artistic and insightful way." This idea was entrusted to the art department to decipher and carry out in a 32-page magazine met a guide last summer who told me about his work." Chris's father, a system's analyst for Minntac, the taconite-producing division of U.S. Steel, urged her to apply. "The job sounded ideal — short season, good hours, and excellent pay," she said. "It's helped to get me through school this year." The supervisor of public rela-tions for Minntac liked Chris' honest warmth and shining blue eyes, and said she could have one of the four guide positions. One catch — Chris had never driven a bus, let alone earned a B-2 license. "I qualified by using a van to learn and take my test, but it wasn't ideal. The day we learned continued on page 3 format. Co-editors were Martha Barker and Peter Genheimer. Copy editor was Laura Alden, photo editor was John Ward, and Bryan Anderson was in charge of production. A larger staff was pared down by editorial decision because of group organization and commu-nication problems. Faculty advis-ors were Dale Johnson and Darrel Nelson, with a special thanks to Darrel for photo and copy contri-butions as well. Since this was the first attempt at an entirely new concept, we had free reign to create a format and theme. We called it Passages in reference to the changes and growth we experience as we pass through college. It contains pho-tography, essays, and poetry contributed by many Bethel stu-dents. The copy was written from very different points of view, illustrat-ing the diversity of our student population, and hopetully also giving a feel of the community as a whole. Each photograph was considered for its artistic merit and expressive mood, rather than as a journalistic record of the year, The magazine is under consid-eration to become a yearly project, depending on student reactions to the finished piece and people interested in produc-ing it. The editorships are sti-pended positions that offer great experience in graphics and publi-cation. • Passages replaces Spire Clarion Vol. 52, Ho. " The Clarion is published weekly by the students of Bethel College. Bruce Olsen editor Holly Schmiess news editor Nancy Naumenko production editor Suzi Wells copy editor Greg Kuntz sports editor Jim Hackett photo editor Juan Ramos cartoonist Arlan Swanson business manager Letters to the editor should be sent to p.o . 91 by the Sunday preceding publication. editorial— Students urged to consider proposals Last Tuesday the Student Senate passed a bill that would give the Campus Coordinators an annual budget of approximately $17,000. Their methods of raising this proposed budget would be to charge each student a $5 semester fee added to his tuition, which would amount to $10 over the school year. An amendment to this proposal put the decision to budget this money to the coordinators into the hands of the students by way of referendum. Through this proposal Senate is attempting to meet the social demands of a restless constituency. No activities tends to be synonymous with general apathy and low moral among the student ranks. To attempt to do something about this problem is indeed a worthwhile task and seems to be a better alternative than watching All-Star wrestling every Saturday night. But the problems incident to the additional $5 semester fee purely outweight the better points of this proposed referendum. The first question to be ascertained is why such a large figure? Before Senate had proposed this new activity fund, they had been allocating $1,000 to the Campus Coordinators. Now they wish to increase this amount by seventeen times to the figure of $17,000! To budget the coordinators this exorbitant amount of money as compared to the previous year of $1,000 seems quite unnecessary. It seems that much of the fire about this proposed budget was kindled with the recent deficient accrued by the coordinators for the Spring Formal. Because one set of coordinators go sour does not mean that future coordinators will also go sour. Until this year the Campus Coordinators have done a fine job without a huge Senate fund. Last year they finished with a $3,000 surplus, which they used to put on an excellent program for the All-School Banquet. Now with this sudden deficit, Senate rushes to bridge this money shortage with a $17,000 funding proposal! To plow more money into a problem area will not rectify the situation. Money does not buy happiness. More creativity and better management on the part of the coordinators will be a much better alternative. A second problem would be the need to spend this money in order to have a good time. We ask the question, "Is the amount of fun necessary and equal to the amount of money spent on activities?" Some of us can attest to the fact that a drive and picnic at Taylors Falls beats an expensive restaurant and movie any day of the week. We cannot seem to believe that a big increase in the amount of money will naturally and positively increase student involvement and student moral. To say that there is not a problem would be to avoid the issue. Problems do exist and alternatives must be handled efficiently. To spend $17,000 for a budget that has never been tried seems to fall short of efficient alternatives. Spending more money will not always solve the problem, as can be seen in our nation's welfare programs. A more conservative amount of money may be more worthwhile on a first-year basis. A total scrapping of the budget proposal can also be deemed possible, for mistakes made in the past do not always constitute future mistakes. With these alternatives in mind, I hope each student thinks twice before voting "yes" to this questionable spending of tuition money. Your vote is important because the administration tends to look more keenly at the opinion of the entire student body when deciding on this Senate recommendation letters to the editor the latter predominant philoso-phy. In the summer of 1975 there was discussion of the need for better security. Over time the suggestion was offered that we integrate the townhouses. This was criticized at some of the highest levels of administration and it was expressed that such a plan would result in an increase in pregnancies and general moral decline among the students. I could offer a host of other examples of this type of attitude. But for the sake of space I will offer a diagnosis of why this mentality exists and then a prognosis of how we can cure this situation. The reason this general atti-tude exists on all levels of administration is basically that the people in power are afraid to take risks, are afraid to see what students are really like, and are more concerned about maintain-ing the status quo then they are offering a climate in which persons can learn to take respon-sibility for themselves and oth-ers. Perhaps William Pannell was right when he said, during Minorities Week, that the crux of the problem in evangelical circles is money. Bethel administrators have to listen to their moneyed interests first, last and always, Lifestyle questioned Dear Editor: I am a senior here at Bethel and I have what I consider to be substantial academic credentials, as well as the respect of my professors and peers. Therefore, what I am about to say is not something off the top of my head, but something that I have been affected by for the last four years and want to see changed. Bethel, in all areas of its operations such as academics, social life, lifestyle code and general philosophy, can be char-acterized by two general themes. On the one hand, we are given the idea that the reason for so many people investing such a great deal of time and money here is so that young Christians can be prepared to take leadership roles in society and in God's Church. On the other hand, we are told both tacitly and explicity that we are still kids. We need a parent away from home. We need to be spoon fed knowledge and we need to be kept under constant watch and control lest our sex drives and general lack of disci-pline get the best of us. Let me offer a case in point to lest they should lose some part of their constituency. Follow the money and you will find who makes policy and plans the future of Bethel. What can be done? Since I am a strict believer in peaceful change, I side with Luther's theology and say that the responsibility lies with those in power. Bethel can change if the administration has guts enough to stick their neck out and create structures within which students can begin to actually share power and partici-pate in critical planning and policy making. This should involve everything from housing contracts and rules to such things as hiring and firing of teachers and long range building plans. If the administra-tion fails to take adequate measures in this direction now, in an era of relative calm, they may not be able to do it when times change, as they certainly will. In conclusion, if Bethel wants to produce some real leaders, some persons who are ready to give their lives for Christ's saki , then we had better start . making some drastic changes. If not, then let us all be content to see the evangelical leaders of tomor-row withdraw further into their religious ghettos while the world around them descends into cha-os. We will all make the choice inasmuch as responsibility can-continued on page 5 two Chris Anderson assumes her position on the Bethel bus John W. lvance Company 1618 Pioneer Bldg. 224-7358 .1sloa W. Inns, Sr. Ma W. Imes, Jr. Jaita a. Cliohelm Ilwasal Ake INSURANCE Life—Auto—HOMO Business St. Paul, Mn. Tuesday - Friday 84 Saturday 8-5 FALCON BARBER Jim • Dave • Denise 1713 N. Snelling 646-2323 St. Paul, MN Dan Erickson by Dan Erickson In a large part of the World today, and in most primitive cultures, the initiation of boys into men is based on pain. In the Angeleo Islands of the South Seas one becomes a man if he is able to hold a hot coal in his arm pit for a minute and a half (or 68 drum beats). Much of literature has concerned itself with this change, and stories like "In the Twilight" which we all run into in James Throckmorton Anderson's class try to simplify things, making the slaughter of a pig symbolic of this initiation right. But as we all know, modern society has complicated things. The process of becoming an adult is much more lengthy and painful than any South Seas ritual. We are confused, humiliated, misled, and bullied for most of our teen-age years before we become comrades with the "grey hairs." But something always sticks out for us. Some event or situation always becomes a symbol to us of our struggle. We may not be there yet, but our hearts tell us that we won't fail, that we will eventually make it after this moment of truth. For me it was Junior High Woodshop. While in the Home Ec Department at the other end of the building girls struggled to become women over electric ranges and Singer sewing machines, 34 seventh grade boys were listening to Mr. Kornman, the woodshop teacher, explain their coming manhood. "Men." He always called us men. "This semester you are going to learn the basics of woodworking, the oldest and most manly science of them all. You are going to use tools, and become self reliant." We stood spellbound. We had never imagined building a napkin holder could do all that. Everyone in woodshop had to build a napkin holder. They were complicated and tricky things, but basic, very basic. Mr. Kornman assured us that if you learned to build a good solid holder, you were equipped with all the skills to build a garage. A large chunk of the time in this class was spent listening to Mr. Kornman tell his horror stories. After years of retelling I have a feeling that he might have exaggeratd a little. You could hear a pin drop when he got to the part where some careless "man" turned his head for a moment while operating a rip saw only to look back and find his arm sliced up to his shoulder. And the story about the person who had been dating the campus queen when during a belt sanding incident (he'd been wearing a necktie, a heinous crime in woodshop) he lost his nose and lips. We in woodshop always considered ourselves the elite. We weren't like that barbaric metal shop bunch. They were always heating each others metal chairs with the blow torch and who can forget that fateful day when Brian Lipinski welded the door shut after Mr. Forsch had left the room. Now that I think about it I guess this illusion of us being initiated was mostly of Mr. Kornman's making. He probably needed it more than we did. After all, one can't feel very important when, as a grown man with a college education, he teaches hundreds and hundreds of boys how to make hundreds and hundreds of napkin holders that mothers all over America slip into hundreds and hundreds of closets. I guess I really shouldn't have been surprised when a year after I was gone he transferred to become a gym teacher. I can almost hear him now. "Men." He'd always call them men. "This is a basketball. It's the only thing that separates the men from the boys . . ." continued from page 1 the tour route, I drove my first bus! When I discovered that we had to hold our microphones too, I didn't think it could be done," Chris admitted. "If I'd have known beforehand what I was getting into, I probably wouldn't have dared try." The ore field and jargon were not new to Chris. "I had a basic idea of the mining process, but I didn't know specific facts. We learned those in one long day of lectures," she remembered pain-fully. "The next day we got acquainted with our buses and routes, and the following day we guided our first tours. Talk about on-the-job training!" she ex-claimed. "The hardest thing that first day was acting as if I knew what I was doing and trying to appear confident. It went very well," she said with relief. "My first group was fifty senior citizens. They took one look at me and asked, 'Where is the driver?' and "Are you sure you have a license to drive this thing?' " Chris usually drove three or four tours every day, each one 90 minutes long. "We guided 30,000 people from all over the world during the eight-week season. It was awesome to think that I represented a huge company, U.S. Steel, to those people. I tried to create the best impres-sion possible, especially in light of so much concern for the environment," Chris reflected. "One of the most enjoyable tours was with teen-age boys from the Christian Radich, a Norwegian sailing ship that docked in the Duluth harbor for a few days," she recalled. "And the most challenging was a tour for mentally retarded people who hovered close around me. I had to find simple words." Then Chris laughed glowingly. "One day the vice president of public relations for U.S. Steel came to visit Minntac. Our boss warned us about it for weeks, and as expected, the visitor decided to ride along on a sample tour. I was up for the next run, and wouldn't you know, he boarded my bus." For better or worse, Chris found her job settling into a routine very soon. "One of the hardest things was maintaining my own interest in the people and the route," she said. "Sometimes I didn't feel like going out there every morning and meeting a new group with 'Hi, my name is Chris and I'm your guide.' To keep it spicy, I had to find new ways of saying and doing the same old things," she said. "One time I even drove the wrong way — on Free Coupon EARL'S PIZZA 1748 N. Lexington 488-5585 75c off on any Large Pizza or 2 Spaghetti orders —OR— Free Delivery of same. Eat IN — Carry Out purpose!" Chris's personal approach to each tour was returned with interest from the passengers. "A lot of people wanted to know more about me, and why I was doing what I was doing. I told them about Bethel and was surprised at how many knew about the school," she remarked. "I was treated very well. Only occasionally was there a sexist comment," Chris said. "Everyone in the mining area, even the tourists, have to wear hard hats which rest on the bus seats as the passengers board. A favorite crack was 'Oh, we have to wear these because we have a woman driver!' " Of the four drivers, all college students, one other was a woman. Only two will return as' guides this summer. "They were a great bunch," Chris said. "We had the best talks between runs. And the boss welcomed our suggestions about how the tours and our jobs could be improved," she explained. "Now that I know the mechan-ics of the job and the people, I'm really looking forward to going back," said Chris. "Last summer was pressured. Often I'd come home and not feel like talking at A sprightly Louisianan with a fast-flowing Southern drawl has been named to a new administra-tive post as assistant to the dean of Bethel College. Tricia Brownlee, assistant pro-fessor of physical education, will assume this role September 1, aiding Vice President and Dean George Brushaber in educational research and heading self-study procedures in conjunction with the college's five-year review by the North Central Assn. She also all. But my family understood." Chris had been president of Junior Achievement in high school, and probably owes her job to her confident leadership and easy rapport with people. "I'm comfortable in front of groups and I usually like to talk," she observed about herself. Na-turally, Chris is a speech major at Bethel with hopes for a career in public relations. Until school is out in May, Chris is using more than her speaking skills at Bethel. Each week she drives 10 runs of a shuttle bus between Bethel's old and new campuses. "Easy by comparison," she's decided. "I'm a conservative driver," Chris admits. "Some kids com-plain that I drive too slowly, especially when I run the express bus and come into old campus second to the one that has made two stops along the way! But I feel I'm a more cautious and defensive driver," she said hon-estly. Yet Chris takes just enough risks to vault her into some unusual roles. "While I'm scared of challenges," she admits, "I want them because they make me grow and change. But really, I'm a chicken at heart." will assume some of the duties of the director of academic affairs who will be on sabbatical leave. Ms. Brownlee received her B.S. from Louisiana Tech University, M.S. from Washington State University, and is completing the dissertation for a doctorate in design and management of post-secondary education at Florida State University. She has been a member of Bethel's physical education fa-continued on page 4 Assistant dean named three NICHOLS INTERSTATE SHELL County Road E2 & I-35W New Brighton, MN 55112 Complete Repair Service Towing & Car Starting 636-9720 633-9740 Home of Cedric the Bulldog Ralph' entertains, teaches aspiring computer students David Perry, math professor, works on terminal as 'Ralph' looks on. CHOICE STEAKS & SANDWICHES FREE TEA TO BETHEL GROUPS OF 4 OR MORE Sun.- Thurs 6:30 am te9:00pm Fri - Sat 6:30 am to 10:00 pm COUNTY RD. E & SNELLING FALCON -HEIGHTS PHARMACY 1707 N. Snelling Ave. (Larpenteur at Snelling) 646-4555 9 A.M. to 10 P.M. Daily (including Sun.) • Free prescription delivery to Arden Hills campus • we cash chocks for Bethel students with ID. by Paul Moyer Hello once again, knowledge buffs. It's time to expand our minds as we ask probing ques-tions such as "Why?", "Where?", "How?", and "When?". Our first such question, then, will be "What is RALPH?" Simply, RALPH is a DEC PDP-11 data-processor, with present capabili-ties for use of the BASIC and FORTRAN-IV languages, and having four terminals, a card reader, and a line printer (non-operational at the present time). In real life, though, RALPH is Bethel's computer, just one of several tools which our school employs as teaching aids. RALPH, as you may or may not know, does not stand for either Radioactive and Linear Project Handler or Rigid Asyjptotic Low-er- Phase Hopper. Yet, he is somehow more than just a teaching aid. Aside from the capabilities as a teaching tool, RALPH is used for office work and the like, handling test scores and helping statistics students with their calculations. Despite all of this dry, if somewhat unimportant, informa-tion, you may still be asking "Why `RALPH'?". The reason is that new evidence has shown that our computer seems to have a personality. After all, it isn't every computer who goes roller skating and dates pretty, young calcula-tors and Xerox machines. Be-cause of this startling discovery, a few of his close associates thought it appropriate to give him a name. Thus it was that he became DR. RALPH CYBRIS. RALPH, in the ensuing months, has established himself as a bona fide faculty-member incognito. Setting up offices in AC 238, he quickly assembled a corps of elite young TA's, posted his office hours (notice to other faculty: he's here til 11:00 p.m. on weekdays!), and began team-teaching BASIC Language with Dr. Meyer of the Math Depart-ment. All of this has created a minor uproar in some of the other departments, coming to a head when Dr. Harley heard rumors continued from page 3 culty since 1968 and formerly taught junior high match and physical education in Denver. For a year she was traveling secretary for Sigma Kappa sorority. Being women's athletic direc-tor and acting department head whetted Tricia's appetite for administration. "I enjoy working on a one-to-one basis with people," she states, "as well as getting involved in curriculum planning and budgetary kinds of things." Tricia is equally at home fielding grounders and fly balls. Playing softball with a church team in Talahassee last summer, she was a constant talker on the field. "I try to do it in a sportsmanship way 7- shouting encouragement to the team. If that RALPH was going to request that the two exchange offices (RALPH is well known for his love of nature, and the view from Dr. Harley's window was probably too much for him). This potential-ly explosive feud over what has been held semi-sacred since time immaterial, one's own territory, developed into nothing more violent than a few malevolent glances as the two happened to meet in the hall one day. Happily, RALPH is now almost universally accepted (by those who are aware of his existence) as a real live faculty member, earning his way into the hearts of many by missing chapel on a regular basis and using up just as much paper as anyone else. Now, for those of you who are not interested in learning about RALPH's work and/or the ingen-uity of one of his most brilliant TA's, Jon Nelson (I say this because Jon is my roommate, and he's bigger than I am!), please ignore this paragraph. Thank-you. For those of you who stayed, I will proceed in a somewhat different vein (probably a little more vericose, if anything). RALPH and Jon collaborated on the most spectacular break-through of the year in the Physics Department — an electronic circuit that allows a pendulum to "talk" to RALPH, telling him where it's going and how fast it's going there. As simple as this may sound, it involves a signifi-cant level of technology, and I would like to take this time to congratulate you, Jon, and I would like to take this time to congratulate you, Jon, and also to tell you that you still owe me $10 from last month's phone and grocery bill. I would like to close this Running Account, Leaving Per-fect Happiness wherever it is read, by exposing one of RALPH's lesser-known traits: an affinity for pranks. After his famous rollerskating debacle, and a few wild dates with the new copier in the LRC, we all noticed a little amourous glint in his eyes. Shudders began to run up and down our collective spine as someone makes a mistake, I tell them not to worry, we'll do better next time." A wise approach also for Bethel's new assistant to the dean. we realized that Valentine's Day was fast approaching. Sure enough, when the day came, we found out that RALPH has seen a notice on the message board just off the coffee shop from a townhouse of girls: an open-ended invitation for Valen-tines, and had responded to each with the following documented message: HI THERE, GOOD LOOKING!! MY NAME IS RALPH. I SAW THE AD YOU PUT UP ON THE MESSAGE BOARD, AND I JUST COULDN'T HELP BUT ANSWER IT. HERE ARE MY VITAL STA-TISTICS: I AM 5'9", WEIGH AROUND 500 LBS., AM 1 AND 1/2 YEARS OLD, AND AM A BI-TONAL GREY. I HAVE EYES ONLY FOR YOU, AND I THINK YOU HAVE THEM EVEN NOW, 'CAUSE I CAN'T FIND THEM. ANYWAY, I THINK WE OUGHT TO GET TOGETHER AND RE-BOOT (HEH HEH)! I'D SQUISH MY DISKS FOR YOU ANYTIME, HONEY, SO HOW ABOUT IT? CONTACT ME AT THE COMPU-TER ROOM AFTER MY MAS-TERS HAVE GONE HOME!!! Another instance of RALPH's fun is somewhat insegrevious jests was the time he tried the old both-ends-against-the-middle stunt with Jon and myself. He initially looked at each person logging on to his terminals (a sophisticated synonym for "corn-ing in for a conference with DR. CYBRIS"), and if it was Jon, he did not print the usual edifying Bible verse, but instead printed the following: WHEN PAUL HAD GATHERED A BUNDLE OF TWIGS AND LAID THEM ON THE FIRE, A VIPER CRAWLED OUT ON ACCOUNT OF THE HEAT AND FASTENED TO HIS HAND. ACTS 28:3 and then proceeded to expound on this verse, followed by a multitude of insulting and ridicu-lous statements, all directed toward Jon. Not to leave anything half-done, RALPH proceeded to look for me logging on, and not only insulted me, but also disabled my terminal, forcing me to take some elaborate and semi-drastic mea-sures to get it back in working order. Be that as it may, RALPH remains my boss, and it is my hope that this piece of literary non sequitor has helped you in your appreciation of him. So, until next time, this is me saying, "Loose lips sink ships." four Johnson Carlson by Tad Johnson and Mark Carlson The end of the school year is upon us and in Senate, just as in many classes, there remains much to be done in very little time. The most important issues before Senate this week were the Spring Formal debt and the proposed five dollar student activity fee. It was decided that the student activity fee be brought to the students through a referendum. The referendum will be held next week-watch for announcements about the specific day. We support this student activity fee as an answer to the need for higher quality social activities here at Bethel. The Campus Coordinators are continuously plagued with financial problems stemming from limited money resources. With this fee the Campus Coordinators would be able to plan and contract major social events far in advance without having financial worries over student response. The social activity fee would also eliminate the SAC card, which in the past has proved to be cumbersome, inconsistent, and gives the Campus Coordinators no opportunity to plan social activities with a foreknowledge of their working budget. Besides, the activity fee would greatly reduce the "at the door" fee, thereby making attendance at social events feasible. Community atmosphere would be enhanced through pre-financed, higher quality, and more frequent social activities by bringing Bethel's geographically separated student body together for social activities. We ask for your support of the proposal in the referendum. During the meeting action was taken on the Spring Formal debt. It was decided that a portion of the escrow money currently allocated to the scholarship fund should be used to pay off the debt. Although we were disappointed in the need to take the money from the scholarship fund, we believe that this was the correct action to take. The Student Association's fiscal responsibility was a higher priority than such luxuries as a scholarship fund. It is unfortunate that the money allocated to the scholarship fund was the only money available to pay off the debt. Even if one of the other proposals for the escrow money had been selected in place of the scholarship fund the money would still have had to come from the project to which the escrow money had been allocated. Granted, a referendum was taken on the various proposals, but the referendum was actually inconclusive. Of the 453 votes cast 206 were for the scholarship fund, 149 for the omnibus proposal, and 98 for the annex rec room furniture. No single proposal had the majority of the votes. The suggestion has been advanced that a fee should be charged for the All-School Banquet. Because the money for the All-School Banquet comes out of the Student Affairs' budget, it is not within Senate's power to charge for the event. We also feel that charging a fee for an event that has traditionally been free, to pay off a debt, would set a poor precedent and bad example for future Senate administra-tions. Also, there was heavy student opposition to such a plan as evi-denced by the many signatures on the petitions brought to Senate. In the final analysis, the original intent of the scholarship bill has not been perverted. The intent of the-bill was to have all of the money remaining in the escrow fund put into a scholarship fund. This has been accomplished. There will be $2000-$2300 remaining in the escrow fund and all of it will go towards the scholarship fund. Besides that money there is also a stipulation in the bill that $3000 annually shall be added to the scholarship monies. With this stipulation $3000 the Student Association budget next year is already allocated to the scholarship fund. We are pleased that Passages, the magazine supplement to the roster, will be delivered before finals. Art instructor Darrel Nelson has been chosen to head-up next year's. He will coordinate the project and have three students working under him in the areas of graphics, literature, and photography. Finally, we would like to thank all of those people who helped in organizing the blood drive and those who gave blood. Special thanks goes to Mary Lou Youngquist who faithfully and effectively organized the entire project. All of you have done a great service to our community. Work begins for staff Maybe you've noticed some-thing a little different about this week's paper. The 1977-78 Clar-ion staff under editor Bruce Olsen has proven in this practice issue that perhaps the best way to learn to swim is to get thrown into the deep end of the pool. We come up tired but smiling to say 'hello.' Thank you to the 'old' staff for standing by to fish us out. They'll be back next time. We'll really have to do this more often — like every week next year! continued from page 2 not be given unless the students are ready to accept it. But the first move lies with the adminis-tration. I ask them to consider what I have said carefully. Sincerely, Paul Berry Senators blast letter Dear Editor: We come to you as concerned students and equally concerned Student Senate members. Two weeks ago an editorial was submitted which questioned Sen-ate's means of executing legisla-tion and also questioned Senate's concern for those in need. It disturbs us that we as students must find ourselves so isolated from the workings of the Senate. Where's the gap in our communication; the separation between Senate and its constitu-ents? Senate is often accused of not keeping its student body fully aware of the business at hand. Is this is a result of Senate's own ignorance? As Senate members, we may have somewhat subjective views, but we do not find this problem to be entirely our fault. Last year's Senate appointed a committee that was designed for the sole purpose of public relations. The PR committee may serve as a great tool in developing better relations in the future. Posted in two places in our school are the names, P.O.'s, and telephone numbers of all your senators. They are makin.g themselves available to receive any corn-ments, needs, or ideas that you may have. Posted in three places in our school are the minutes from Senate's weekly meetings and the coming week's agenda. Every Tuesday evening at 5:45 in the A.C. lounge, Senate holds its by Holly Schmiess The only thing worse than not being a graduating senior this time of year is being an almost-graduating senior. I speak on behalf of all those fourth-year students who, due to one of several legitimate reasons, won't "commence" until 1978 (provided a cure for terminal senioritis is soon discovered). Several mid-stream catastro-phies can abort the ideal four-year fording we call a liberal arts education, and delay for an extra year the paradise of success and security that awaits all graduates on the opposite bank: 1. The Transfer. Some of us heeded the call to Bethel only out of the whale-bellies of other schools. Quarter and semester credits had to be juggled, and despite the extraordinary talent of Paul Reasoner in this area, a few are inevitably dropped in the process. (Now you know what "balance courses" really means. Don't feel bad, I always thought weekly meeting. The meeting is held in the A.C. lounge and all students are encouraged to come. The purpose of holding our meetings in the A.C. lounge is not because of the lack of a better place, but rather to make it an easily accessible place and a comfortable atmosphere for you as students to attend. We assume that you as stu-dents can find a means in voicing your opinions. Through your senators you have a say in every bit of legislation that occurs in Senate. Our job is to serve you. Perhaps there were some corn-munication problems that oc-curred as a result of the "escrow money controversy", but let's see to it that it doesn't happen again. As far as legislation of the escrow money goes, perhaps it was mishandled. Yet all those who rebuked the Senate's ways of handling it were somewhat unin-formed with the decision in-volved. We heartily applaud the students who wrote the said editorial, but we question wheth-er their concerns are representa-tive of the Bethel community as a whole. Recently Senate's Public Ac-tion Committee (PAC) held a Food Day convocation that was designed to make us more aware of our own body's needs and also more aware of the needs of the world around us. After the final convocation, both students and faculty were asked to fast for a period of 24 hrs. A donation was asked for which would go to dig a well in Africa for those who don't even have water. The results give us a good support in saying that the stu-dents who wrote the said editorial are not a good representation of the Bethel community as a whole. The fast brought a heap-ing $89 which divides out to approximately 5c per Bethelite. Is that something to be proud of? In the said editorial, it was stated: ". . . we are appalled by the Senate's inability to perceive 'needs' other than those of the concern-oriented meant an inter-est in Japanese missions.) 2. The Change in Concentra-tion. This most common excuse among fifth-year seniors is popu-lar because of its multiple, if not watered-down, meaning. It is a noble name for a second semes-ter junior's attention span shrink-ing to the length of a Hogan's Heroes episode, or an inordinate shift in focus from the logistics of "Marriage and the Family" to its content. However, the bona-fide meaning is a switch in one's field of study, unfortunately a later rather than sooner occur-rence for the more sanguine among us. 3. The Special Program. By virtue of the special program major's discriminating taste, the courses he includes in his contract obligate an enrollment of terrific longevity. For example, a non-standard concentration in Calliope Repair may include a course called "The Development of the Mouth Organ in the Rococo Period." This class may Bethel community." This is obvi-ously a good indication of students who are unaware of the role which their Senate is in-volved in. Perhaps those students do not realize that the PAC committee is a Senate related group. The Public Action Committee is geared to serving those outside of the Bethel community. The PAC committee is possibly one of Bethel's greatest outreach programs, because it serves the immediate Bethel community, the Arden Hills community, as well as the entire world. The PAC committee is very active and is always hard at work. Through things such as a cloth-ing drive, a book drive, a bake sale, a basketball marathon, fasts, offerings and others, PAC has raised almost $3000 for those unperceived needs of others. We get very disturbed with the lack of involvement displayed by our community as a whole. We find it so easy to give away money which we didn't have to work for or spend our valuable time making; but when asked to really give of ourselves, we're either too busy or broke. Our dear Christian brothers and sisters, on behalf of the Student Senate we apologize for the misunderstanding that occurred through the "escrow controver-sy", but we urge you to sincerely become concerned to both instill a confidence in your senators and a true desire to meet the needs of others. Remember that giving is a privilege as well as a duty. By not giving we deny ourselves one of the advantages of our affluence. Freshmen Senators, Scott Johnson James Torgeson Editor's note: The 'editorial' men-tioned was rather a corporate letter to the editor in the April 22 issue. be offered the second half of every other spring semester, only during leap year, on request of at least 38 students of Moravian descent, having passed three of Dr. C. Howard Smith's music history exams. Needless to say, the Big Bang theory of evolution has better odds than such a course happening within a four-year tenure. Being a victim of all the above, I think I can issue a word of comfort to this misunderstood breed of senior. To my sadder-but- wiser colleagues: Don't be discouraged by the flood of graduate-directed graffiti you've been getting in your P.O.'s. The placement bulletins are just a reminder of the dog-eat-dog world we can escape from for yet another sheltered year. So what if the firm across the street from your apartment has an opening for a graduate in your field at a starting salary of $15,000? Those two phy.ed.'s you need to finish will be such a continued on page 6 Senior laments being left behind five Art department head Stu Luckman reviews work with instructor Dave Johnson. Metropolitan Opera coming to Northrup Corporate show opens by Marlene Triggs Spring means only one thing for opera enthusiasts in Minnea-polis and St. Paul, and that is the arrival of the Metropolitan Opera at the Northrup Auditorium. This year, Metropolitan Opera Week is May 16 to 21. The Metropolitan Opera is in its 33rd season in the Twin Cities having first performed here in 1945. It is sponsored by the University of Minnesota, The Minnesota Orchestral Associa-tion, and an Upper Midwest Committee of Sponsors and Guarantors. This season's repertoire in-clude the following: Samson and Delilah by Camille Saint-Saens, Lohengrin by Richard Wagner, Le Prophete by Giacomo Meyerbeer, La Boheme by Giacomo Puccini, Tosca by Giacomo Puccini, The Magic Flute by Wolfgang Amad-eus Mozart, and II Trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi. All performances have been sold out except for Samson and Delilah and Le Prophete. Camille Saint-Saens' life long ambition was to have a success in the opera house. Though he wrote over a dozen operas, only Samson and Delilah achieved recognition and glory. Samson and Delilah is the tragic drama of a powerful conqueror who falls to ruin at the hands of a bewitching temptress. Samson is played by Guy Chauvet and Delilah is continued from page 5 growing experience. About the cap and gown size request. You may submit yours a year early, but make sure you add at least an inch to your present head measurement. You also risk announcing your status in case next year's class chooses a different color. By way of encour-agement, I understand that all gown rentals include a compli-mentary bottle of Grecian Formu-la for any tell-tale signs. For those who finish at Christmas and must come back for a spring commencement, a map of the school's lay-out and office loca-tions will be provided. Think positively. Aren't you glad we are exempt from all those rigorous senior class meetings? And just think, we get to register first as many as four times! Probably the worst blow is abandonment by all our senior friends, right? It's not too late to allay this threat. The week before finals, pretend that you're having a nervous breakdown and insist that he or she give you intensive personal counseling and round-the- clock companionship. As you're cleaning the apartment, mistake his or her 30-page senior paper for an obsolete issue of The Standard. If these measures fail, be sure and go to commencement. The experienced Linda Herrmann, who saw no less than three sets of colleagues swing tassles, likens graduation ceremonies to funerals when psychologically coping with the loss of loved ones. played by Fiorenza Cossotto. This opera has not been produced in the Twin Cities in nineteen years and is the opening night performance. Le Prophete is taken from the life of John of Leyden, the leader in a Dutch Anabaptist revolt. In the story, John agrees to lead the Anabaptist uprising after he has been denied permission to marry Bertha, the woman he loves. John comes to be known as the Prophet. Through a series of misunder-standings, Bertha believes that John is dead and that the Prophet is responsible for his death. She vows to revenge the death of her lover. However when she finds out that John and the Prophet are the same person, she stabs herself. The Opera ends with John no longer wanting to live. He dies in the flames of the palace, set ablaze by the enemy. John is played by James McCracken and Bertha is played by Rita Shane. However, the central figure of the opera is really John's mother, Fides. Fides is played by Marilyn Horne. Tickets are still available for these two grand operas, Samson and Delilah and Le Prophet. Tickets can be obtained by calling Northrop Auditorium. The number is 373-2345. Ticket prices range from $6.50 to $21. Don't miss the Upper Midwest's major cultural event of the year. Finally, be of good cheer. I know Proverbs says, "Hope de-ferred maketh the heart sick." But the trials we've endured and the testings still ahead of us in our extended sojourn here . . . will make us a whale of a lot gladder to get out! by Shelly Nielsen Despite hints of controversy, the one senior art show will begin May 2 and run for a total of four weeks. This is a change from the usual two shows, each two weeks long. The change was decided upon by the art department. According to the department chairman, Stuart Luckman, the decision to alter the usual art show format was arrived at after considering the advantages and disadvantages of both types of shows. There was concern over the fact that more seniors wanted their work displayed in the second show, which coincided with graduation. The four week exhibition would insure each senior of having his art work displayed during the graduation festivities. The time factor, Mr. Luckman asserted, also had much to do with their decision to combine the two shows. Two weeks is not as ideal a length to exhibit art work as four. The art department feels this year's will be an excellent show. Mr. Luckman is aware the exhibi-tion may be crowded. In past shows only four or five art majors displayed their work for a two week period, so this is a new problem for the department. Still, the professors of art are hopeful that this will be a good exhibi-tion. Mr. Luckman reported that he has found that the "better the show, the greater the satisfaction of participants in the show," and is confident this change will result in a "better exhibition." Interviews with a cross-section of the senior art majors involved show not everyone is of this same opinion. One senior, Delinda Robinson, stated, "I think it's a disappoint-ment." Her words echo those of many art majors who have had to cut down the number of pieces they will able to display and who anticipate the overcrowding of the exhibition. Randy Bloom appreciated the way the two week shows allowed the art student to "display his work as a whole." Since the gallery is limited in space, art majors are restricted to display-ing only four pieces each Bloom felt that the new format does not as well allow showing "what you've specialized in." Some had mixed feelings. Guy Chase said there were "good things and bad things" about the four week exhibition. He assents that crowding will be a problem, but also stated that "most people think of it as their own personal show." He feels that the upcom-ing exhibition will be more of a group project. "Everyone puts something in," he declared. Since "the idea is to have a good show," each art major putting in his best work is of benefit for the display as a whole. The feelings of most art students are, however, not bitter. Delinda Robinson concedes that it is far more preferable to have "one good show instead of two mediocre." Bryan Anderson jok-ingly concludes that the new show format means less work, and Martha Barker admitted that she was "not upset." At any rate, the new month-long show will run non-stop from May 2nd until the 22nd. Four year concentrators in art have not been required to participate in this Art Gallery presentation as they would have been during the 60's. The art department looks forward to, possibly, the year after next when a change to bring about this transformation in curriculum can be made. These alterations add to the new format Bethel art students will be contending with the in the coming years. Chapel Schedule Monday Sing and Share Tuesday S.M.P. Commissioning Wednesday Dr. Lundquist Thursday Faculty Recognition/Senior Tribute Friday Pastor Spickelmier Arts Calender Visual Arts May 6-22 Senior Art Show, Bethel College Gallery May 6-17 Nelson Brown, drawings, Stevens Gallery, 2615 Stevens Ave. So., Mpls. May 13-June 13 Dragon Exhibition, art on the mythical creature, University Gallery, 110 Northrup Auditorium Theatre May 10, 11, 16, Studio Series, Poetry, Performance Art, Thea- 17, 18 tre-In-The-Round, 8 p.m. May 6, 12, 13, 20, "Death of a Salesman", Chimera Theatre, 8 p.m. 21,28,29 May 6-7, 12-14 "Once Upon a Mattress", Theatre 1900, 8 p.m. May 9, 11 One Act Plays, Bethel Experimental Theatre, 8 p.m. Music May 6 Spring Music Festival, Bethel's Male Chorus, Women's Choir, and Orchestra, Gym, 8 p.m. May 6 Spring Concert, Minnesota Chorale; Beethoven, Bernstein, Britten; O'Shaughnessy 8 p.m. May 8 Choir Concert, Berlioz Te Deum, Mozart Credo Mass; Central Lutheran Church 4 p.m. May 12 Henry Charles Smith, concert; trombonist; Northwestern College 7:30 p.m. May 11 Sharon Isbin, classical guitar, Aaron Skitri, lutist; Walker Arts Center 8 p.m. Dance May 10 Guthrie/Rotante Dance Co.; Walker Arts • Center 8 p.m. six Curt Oslin throws another strike en route to a 6-2 victory over Westmar College last Saturday Fielding, injuries hamper softballers by Gayle Trollinger Softball and spring go together but the women's softball team is having a difficult time making the combination a winning one. Poor fielding and injuries have hin-dered the players during the past week and four team members are trying to fight back and gain some confidence. Saturday, April 30, the team faced the powerful St. Olaf team and was soundly defeated. Fol-lowing the game the Royals played Carlton and were defeated once more. At this point the team'st, record was 2-10. Catcher Ruth Moser and Janet Reynolds at first base were both injured during the disastrous day's play. Moser suffered a sprained ankle and twisted knee. Reynolds received leg injuries severe enough to warrant a cast. Sheree Hook filled Moser's place and Jackie Dill took over first base on Monday as the team met St. Mary's. Other fielding changes included a switch be-tween short stop and center field. Vicki Wright took the infield while Cindi Ramm moved to the outfield. Janet Reynolds feels that the change between short stop and center field "really helped play a lot." With Cindy Martin pitching, Bethel won the St. Mary's game. Sheree Hook aided the team with a solidly hit grand-slam homerun. The final score was 12-7: upping Bethel's record to 3-10. The team is quite inexperi-enced and has committed quite a few fielding errors throughout the season. However, Reynolds is optimistic about its future. "I think we're finally picking it up — the win over St. Mary's has helped the team's outlook a lot." Tomorrow Bethel will play in the state tournament at the University in potentially tough competition. May 9 and 11 the team will play home games (at Perry field). Hopefully the St. Mary's win will be a sufficient enough force to keep the team winning. Warnings issued to students on questionable insurance policies Treating sex offenders studied by Tom Correll by Dan Erickson Spring is here. Spring means flowers, birds, long evening walks and . . . insurance. The coming of the insurance sales-man in springtime is a traditional event. They, even more reliably than the faithful groundhog, signal the end of snow. The March issue of Consumer Reports warns of some of the problems that insurance and their salesmen bring with them in an article entitled "Campus Life Insurance: At Best a Delusion, At Worst a Snare." They found that most policies aimed at the college market fail in many respects; 1) They're not needed. The need for insurance is created by economic dependen-cy; a wife, kids, goldfish, etc. 2) They're too small. The typical policy sold to a college student is $10,000. It sounds like alot, but if a student really needs insurance he probably needs much more. 3) They're the wrong type. There are basically two types of insurance; term and whole life. Term covers accidents now. Whole life tries to cover accidents now and also to provide for retirement and other types of benefits, but doesn't always do it efficiently. Companies make more money from whole life. Companies end up pushing small whole life packages that leave people under-insured. They're too costly. All campus insurance policies checked by Consumer Report were more expensive than at least half of the policies sold in the country. The article warned specifically about Fidelity Union Insurance Company. They sell one in twenty insurance policies in colleges across the country. Their College Master Plan contains variety of gimmicks that makes it difficult to compute, but which Consumer Reports regards as questionable to say the least. At least a few students here have been approached by insurance representatives selling the Col-lege Master Plan. Mac Nettleton emphasized that the gobd insurance salesman tries to touch people at critical times in their lives; when you get married, when you have your first child, when you graduate. This is when you are most vulnerable. Dr. Nettleon goes on to say, "We wish that we could help protect the student from possible problems. But unfortunately that's impossible. The best rule of thumb is to be alert to any hard sell. Any good, reputable deal will wait. Get a second opinion. A good salesman knows that 90 percent of the time he has to close the deal right then. He'll put the pressure on. Wally Johnson, biology profes-sor agreed. "In college I was pretty dumb about such things, and almost got caught a couple of times. An insurance man or a business man at your church might be a good person to talk to for a good second opinion." Obviously this is a very sim-plistic discussion of a very complicated and many faceted subject. This should only be a starting point. We urge everyone considering insurance to read the article in Consumer Reports, and draw his own conclusions. As Wally Johnson says, "It is important that you know what you are doing. It is important that you don't get yourself into something that you can't get yourself out of." by Raymond Stockwell Sabbatical leave is a time when I envision professors basking in the sun of warm tropical islands, or busily engaging in academic research. Imagine, if you will, the surprise I had when Dr. Thomas Correll, chairman of our depart-ment of anthropology, greeted me at his daughter's wedding this fall. There he was all pale and preoccupied with his thoughts. At first I assumed it was disbelief in his daughter's judgment. Later I learned the truth. Tom, as his students and friends call him, had been, and still is, working for an organiza-tion known as Correctional Ser-vice of Minnesota. Richard Erick-son, director of that agency and a part-time professor at Bethel, explained to me how Tom had come to work for him. Professor Erickson's director of research had recently left his employ. Tom seemed to fit the qualifications needed and was hired to replace him. What qualifies a man to do research related to the "organiza-tional and rehabilitation model, design and development, for the treatment of sex offenders" is a question which still eludes me. I do know, however, that Tom is qualified in the eyes of Dick Erickson, for that is exactly what Tom has been doing. Tom is by no means the only one engaged in the research. Cordeila Kent, an expert in the field of sexual attitudinal read-justment is his number-one re-search assistant. Cathy Gregory, a former Macalester student, is in a similar position. Diane Carpen-ter, a senior at Bethel, is presently working for Tom as a "research intern." In order to evaluate the re-search data that is accumulating, a task force of over 50 members has been formed. These men and women represent many areas of interest, both from Minnesota and other states. Members of this force include police personnel, medical doctors, academicians, therapists, judges, county attor-neys, as well as sex crimes victims and offenders. The two grants which fund this project, one from the Law En-forcement Assistance Adminis-tration of the Department of Justice, and the other from the Department of Corrections of the State of Minnesota, are sched-uled to terminate in August of 1977. By then Dr. Correll, and his various assistants, should have a design model for the treatment of sexual crime offenders in the state of Minnesota. Tom will then return to Bethel full-time. When he returns, Tom will bring with him a renewed feeling of accomplishment. This has al-ready been demonstrated by the content of the two courses he has taught at Bethel this year. During interim of this year Dr. Correll taught a course entitled, "Anti- Social Sexual Behavior; Victim and Offender: A Cross-Cultural Approach." This course was an ". . . attempt to think through the subject (deviate sexual behavior) with a group of students," Tom explained. The other course he has taught is Science, Man and Knowledge (S.M.A.K.) which was offered this spring semester. This course involves what Tom terms, ". . . Doing anthropology . . .". As can be easily understood when one knows Tom, he does practice what he preaches. He claims that he has been "doing" anthropology all year long. FREE 5 Cute kittens will need homes in mid-June Contact: Mary Norton-Larson p.o. 1043 or call (612) 689-4375 collect after May 22nd seven Doug Erickson puts the tag on Dave Lindenberg (the one with the hat covering his face) but without the help of the softball Traveling tennis team dominates Tri-State Trackmen take has found it necessary to travel third in relays with his books. In fact, Jim brought his organic chemistry onto the court when he played his by Carol Madison The regular season of the women's track team has officially ended, but many of the team members were able to compete one last time. The state track meet, held at the University of Minnesota on May 2, provided this last chance for competition. The track team was overall quite satisfied with their per-a. ctitsfed 4 ,feeto, Sales Clean new & used cars contact Chuck Haaland Forest City,IA 515-582-303-0 Home: 515-582-3040 singles match at Dordt College. Steve Brown and Dave Freder-icks have played doubles togeth-er for most of the season. However, Steve has had trouble staying serious when teamed with Dave. The two lefties have an exceptionally good time during their matches and play well together. In reflecting on his four years of Bethel tennis, Bill DeVoe said, "I appreciate the friendship and the fellowship with the guys on the team. I've really gotten to know them well." Mark Norlander's tennis exper-ience has taught him some things about winning and losing. "Be-cause winning was not my top priority, I benefited a lot more from both winning and losing. My priorities were doing my best, enjoying the game, and trying to keep a `Christ-like' attitude." This year the tennis team has lost quite a few non-conference matches to schools such as Gustavus, St. Thomas, the Uni-versity of Wisconsin at LaCrosse and River Falls, and Concorida- Moorehead. Some of these loss-es have been to schools in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athle-tic Conference (MIAC). This is due to the quality level of tennis in the MIAC, which is a step above that of the Tri-State. formance at state. They placed thirteenth out of twenty teams, with the competition this year much stiffer than before. Two Bethel records were brok-en in two of the events at the meet. Denise Egge did her personal best in the mile with a time of 5:21, which was good enough for seventh place. She cut seven seconds off the previ-ous Bethel record. The two-mile relay team of Shari Reasoner, Gail Anderson, Denise Egge and Jenny Kimball placed an impres-sive fourth with a time of 9:51. This bettered the old record by seventeen seconds. Personal bests also came from ELWOOD CARLSON GLASSES SPORTS GLASSES CONTACT LENSES (Hard & Soft) 358 St. Peter St. St. Paul, Minn. 55102 227-7818 Next year Bethel's tennis team will join the MIAC and play regularly in that conference. This is bound to improve tennis at Bethel, but a yearly conference championship in the MIAC is not something that can be realistical-ly expected. Debbie Anderson in the 440 yard dash at 1:08.7, and Cathy Duehn and Cheryl Meyer in the 400 meter hurdles at 1:13.9 and 1:14, respectively. Cheryl Staurseth ran the 100 meter hurdles in the 17.5, which was good enough to take her to the semi-finals. Others who represented Bethel in their events were Carol Ander-son, Jan Engel, Debbie Gros-klags, Pam Nelson and Cindy Bartels. Prior to the state track meet, people in four events had already qualified for the Regional meet on May 13 and 14 in Kansas. Qualification is based on set levels of achievement which must be reached at a meet either during the regular season or at state. Only the two mile relay team has elected to compete at the re-gional level. Either Bobbi Hersch or Jenny Kimball will run, de-pending on the condition of Bobbi's injury at the time of the meet. Others who qualified for the region, but chose not to corn-pete in their events, include Carol Anderson, Jan Engel, and Bobbi Hersch. The regular season of the track team was quite successful. Beth-el was rated second in the state among small colleges. The entire team worked hard and had a great attitude, so with the loss of only two seniors, Shari Reasoner and Debbie Gosklags, next year's team should experience contin-ued success. by Greg Kuntz It was a beautiful day Saturday and the Bethel men's track team had no less than a beautiful performance in the 11th annual Bethel-Macalester Relays at the Macalester track. Bethel finished a strong third in the nine team meet setting records in every relay event except the 440 and shuttle, and set a few infield events. The mile relay team of Nate Allen, Grayden Held, Kevin Schenk, and Gene Blair shattered the school and meet record with a 3:20.82 performance, and won the event dramatically as Blair overtook the Concordia runner inside the last 20 to 30 yards of the race. He broke the tape in triumph in the most exciting race of the meet. "We prayed before the race and I knew I could do it. It was the last race and I gave it all I had," said Blair. The record-breaking antics continued as the 880 relay team of Allen, Blair, Schenk, and Mike Bogard set a new meet and school record of 1:29.96 and came in first. The sprint medley team of Bogard, Schenk, Blair, and Dave Clapp tied the meet and school record of 3:29.5 and won the race. Bill Whittaker and David John-son finished fifth in the javelin and combined for 327'7" to set a new school javelin relay record. Dan Hogan and Jon Van Loon combined for 83'3" in the triple jump, set a new school relay record, and captured third. The school two-mile relay record was set at 7:54.73 by Clapp, Curt Brown, Jim Timp and Larry Caldwell, breaking the old mark of 7:57.5. They finished second in the event behind St. Olaf. Brown fell as he passed the baton to Clapp to end his split of the race. He said, "It wasn't bad. I wanted to keep from running into Dave." The 440 relay team came in second in 43.5, the distance medley team finished third in 10:17.55, and the shuttle hurdle relay team took fourth in 50.39. Top individual scorer Nate Allen won the preliminary 100- yard dash in 10.00 seconds flat, and then went on to take second in the finals with 10.03, behind Gustavus' speedy John Okon, who broke 10.0. Jon Van Loon and Rick Knopf leaped 5'10" and 6'2" to combine for fourth place in the high jump. Steve Carrigan and Van Loon combined to capture sixth in the shot put. Carrigan had an individ-ual put of 46'10 1/2". "I've done better in practice, but I got tense," said Carrigan. Paul Rasmussen cleared 12'6" in the pole vault and took sixth. "We really did well," said Coach Gene Glader. "We need a little more depth in the hurdles and field events, but it was a very satisfying meet." In the event's 11-year history, Bethel won it in its first year of existence (1966), and came in second in 1967 and 1972, but this was the first year that nine teams participated. Final team scores and places were as follows: (1) St. John's, 108 (2) Concordia (Moorehead), 91, (3) Bethel, 82, (4) St. Olaf, 77, (5) Hamline, 68, (6) St. Tho-mas, 68, (7) Gustavus, 45, (8) Carleton, 11, (9) Macalester, 3. Tomorrow the Bethel trackmen return to Macalester for a multi-team invitational meet, which begins at 1 p.m. by Peter Nelson Bethel's tennis team has domi-nated the Tri-State Conference in the past, and is doing the same this year. They have not lost a conference match all season and are expected to be the Tri-State champs again. The team consists of about fifteen players, but only six play in the varsity matches. The top six are Bill DeVoe, Steve Brown, Mark "North" Norlander, Dave Fredericks, Peter Nelson, and Jim "Doc" Grant, respectively. DeVoe is a senior, Norlander and Grant are sophomores, and Brown, Fredericks and Nelson are all freshmen. Junior Greg Addington and freshman Dan Runion are reserve players who have seen action on and off throughout the season. Paul Reasoner, a former Bethel tennis star, coaches the team. When Mark Norlander was asked to name one of the highlights of the team's road trips, he said, "For the first time ever, I was able to understand Jim's southern drawl." Because of Jim Grant's deep - devotion to his pre-med major, he Royals do well in state meet eight
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Title | Clarion 1977-05-06 Vol 52 No 23 |
Edition (Vol. No.) | Vol. 52 No. 23 |
Date Published | May 06 1977 |
Decade | 1970 |
Academic Year | 1976 - 1977 |
Frequency | Weekly |
Article Titles | Campus coordinators eager to begin; Bethel bus rigger turns tour guide on Range; Passages replaces Spire; editorial— Students urged to consider proposals; letters to the editor: Lifestyle questioned; Dan Erickson; Assistant dean named; Ralph' entertains, teaches aspiring computer students; Johnson/Carlson; Senators blast letter; Senior laments being left behind; Work begins for staff; Metropolitan Opera coming to Northrup; Corporate show opens; Fielding, injuries hamper softballers; Warnings issued to students on questionable insurance policies; Treating sex offenders studied by Tom Correll; Traveling tennis team dominates Tri-State; Trackmen take third in relays; Royals do well in state meet |
Photographs | New Campus Coordinators Scott Barsuhn and Cynthis Green; Chris Anderson assumes her position on the Bethel bus; David Perry, math professor, works on terminal as 'Ralph' looks on.; Art department head Stu Luckman reviews work with instructor Dave Johnson.; Curt Oslin throws another strike en route to a 6-2 victory over Westmar College last Saturday; Doug Erickson puts the tag on Dave Lindenberg (the one with the hat covering his face) but without the help of the softball; |
Digital Collection | The Clarion: Bethel University's Student Newspaper |
Digital Publisher | Bethel University |
Location |
United States Minnesota Saint Paul |
Time Span of Publication | Newspaper published from 1921 through present day |
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Type | text |
Format | application/pdf |
Physical Dimensions | 14 1/2 x 11 1/2 |
Original Collection | Printed paper copies of original newspaper in the collections of the Bethel University Library and the History Center: Archives of the Baptist General Conference and Bethel University. |
Original Publisher | Bethel University |
Transcript | New Campus Coordinators Scott Barsuhn and Cynthis Green Campus coordinators eager to begin Bethel bus rigger turns tour guide on Range by Suzi Wells Organizing a variety of social activities is no easy job for anyone trying to please many students. Yet Cynthia Green and Scott Barsuhn are already eagerly anticipating their roles as Cam-pus Coordinators next year. Cynthia and Scott have several new ideas for activities. A few include plans for a pizza party and silent movies, an all-night film festival with breakfast out-side, an all-school game night, and a Tom Sawyer weekend. The Tom Sawyer weekend would include a paddle boat ride down the Mississippi with box suppers and a Dixie band. "We want to plan activities that will appeal to different seg-ments," Scott explained. A vari-ety of events should appeal to a wide spectrum and help alleviate the apparent apathy this year's coordinators faced. The two new coordinators seek to unite old and new campuses and Fountain Terrace by encour-aging all students to get involved in planning and organizing social events. "We want to know what kids suggest," Cynthia said. Scott added, "We're willing to work with kids. We want every-one's ideas." Already several students have expressed an interest to help in coordinating next year, including students from both campuses and also commuters. It is impor-tant for Cynthia and Scott that students show an interest in social events next year, and so far the response is encouraging. "We don't want to run a two-man show," Cynthia empha-sized. "We want to appoint a chairman for every activity." This chairman would organize the events, and Cynthia and Scott would act as overseers. "We want to get more students involved," Scott said. "We don't want distant relationships with stu-dents. We want to motivate students." A major goal the two "go-getters" have besides getting students involved is coordinating the various departments at Beth-el, such as music and drama, to avoid cliques. One way to get students to attend a musical event even though they may not be music majors or even musical-ly inclined would be the possibil-ity of having a lawn reception following a Pops concert. The new coordinators hope that, by involving a number of students, gaps between departments can b e bridged. Along with planning a variety of activities for students, Cynthia and Scott are planning to "publi-cize to death" students so they will be aware of what's happening in the community. A column in the Clarion, a semester and monthly calendar, plus notes in P.O. boxes for every activity that coordinators plan should keep students well informed. Also, one student will be in charge of publicity. One problem that the new coordinators hope to overcome is the dating syndrome at Bethel, which has had an adverse effect on social life and activities. Explaining their plans, Cynthia said, "We're planning two things to help the dating situation. One is having a lot of group activities and informal things. Another is to have more turn-about weekends — girl ask guy." Hopefully, this will take the pressure off dating, Scott pointed out. Another problem these two face is a financial one. They are hoping that a $5 student activity fee will be required for all students, so that they can have some sort of budget to work from. Student activity cards (SACs), although necessary in the past, have been losing their popularity as students question their worth. With $5 from every student, the coordinators would have a good budget to start off the school year. Cynthia and Scott are looking forward to working together. "We want to set goals that are the same, and to be unified in our brainstorming session," Scott related. They are excited about their job and feel they can learn a lot from each other. Besides learning from each other, Karen Mann and Dan Anderson, the . present coordina-tors, have given Cynthia and Scott a few pointers. "We're learning a lot from Karen and Dan," Scott said. "They're trying to help us." With the help of students and by coordinating their own ideas, Scott and Cynthia are optimistic about the coming year. "I'm psyched for the job," Cynthia exclaimed, and Scott added, "I'm excited, too. I feel we can do a good job." by Holly Schmiess Chris Anderson's petite 115 pounds and China-doll features seem to belong at a tea party or ballet lessons. But not at the wheel of a rumbling two-ton bus on the Iron Range. Once again looks prove deceiving, for Chris is a bus driver and summer tour guide for U.S. Steel near Virginia, Minnesota. Last summer this Bethel Col-lege sophomore managed an old stick-shift school bus, held a microphone, and explained ore refinement — all at the same time! And she plans to do it again this summer. "Being a tour guide is not a position you hear about when filling out a general application with Minntac," said Chris. "But I by Martha Barker Passages, the student literary and photography magazine, will be coming out by the beginning of final's week. If you do not know what Passages is, you are not alone, because it is a new thing this year and not at all like the Spire it is replacing. The student magazine idea was conceived last spring in the Senate Communications Board when it became apparent that the Bethel Spire was expiring. Be-sides being expensive and diffi-cult to produce, a yearbook is much more of a high school than college mentality, with little creativity or insight involved. It tends to be a tired formula of listing the athletic scores and drama production casts, with photos of all the big social events and people sleeping in the library. The alternative proposal was developed partly to cut costs and amount of work involved, but also to offer more chance for creativity and thought. The proposal states that "less specific than a year-book, a Bethel magazine would be more of a mood piece, centered on a theme that catches and capsulizes a significant view of Bethel and Bethel life . . . personal in its reflection of the common, the daily Bethel style of life portrayed in an artistic and insightful way." This idea was entrusted to the art department to decipher and carry out in a 32-page magazine met a guide last summer who told me about his work." Chris's father, a system's analyst for Minntac, the taconite-producing division of U.S. Steel, urged her to apply. "The job sounded ideal — short season, good hours, and excellent pay," she said. "It's helped to get me through school this year." The supervisor of public rela-tions for Minntac liked Chris' honest warmth and shining blue eyes, and said she could have one of the four guide positions. One catch — Chris had never driven a bus, let alone earned a B-2 license. "I qualified by using a van to learn and take my test, but it wasn't ideal. The day we learned continued on page 3 format. Co-editors were Martha Barker and Peter Genheimer. Copy editor was Laura Alden, photo editor was John Ward, and Bryan Anderson was in charge of production. A larger staff was pared down by editorial decision because of group organization and commu-nication problems. Faculty advis-ors were Dale Johnson and Darrel Nelson, with a special thanks to Darrel for photo and copy contri-butions as well. Since this was the first attempt at an entirely new concept, we had free reign to create a format and theme. We called it Passages in reference to the changes and growth we experience as we pass through college. It contains pho-tography, essays, and poetry contributed by many Bethel stu-dents. The copy was written from very different points of view, illustrat-ing the diversity of our student population, and hopetully also giving a feel of the community as a whole. Each photograph was considered for its artistic merit and expressive mood, rather than as a journalistic record of the year, The magazine is under consid-eration to become a yearly project, depending on student reactions to the finished piece and people interested in produc-ing it. The editorships are sti-pended positions that offer great experience in graphics and publi-cation. • Passages replaces Spire Clarion Vol. 52, Ho. " The Clarion is published weekly by the students of Bethel College. Bruce Olsen editor Holly Schmiess news editor Nancy Naumenko production editor Suzi Wells copy editor Greg Kuntz sports editor Jim Hackett photo editor Juan Ramos cartoonist Arlan Swanson business manager Letters to the editor should be sent to p.o . 91 by the Sunday preceding publication. editorial— Students urged to consider proposals Last Tuesday the Student Senate passed a bill that would give the Campus Coordinators an annual budget of approximately $17,000. Their methods of raising this proposed budget would be to charge each student a $5 semester fee added to his tuition, which would amount to $10 over the school year. An amendment to this proposal put the decision to budget this money to the coordinators into the hands of the students by way of referendum. Through this proposal Senate is attempting to meet the social demands of a restless constituency. No activities tends to be synonymous with general apathy and low moral among the student ranks. To attempt to do something about this problem is indeed a worthwhile task and seems to be a better alternative than watching All-Star wrestling every Saturday night. But the problems incident to the additional $5 semester fee purely outweight the better points of this proposed referendum. The first question to be ascertained is why such a large figure? Before Senate had proposed this new activity fund, they had been allocating $1,000 to the Campus Coordinators. Now they wish to increase this amount by seventeen times to the figure of $17,000! To budget the coordinators this exorbitant amount of money as compared to the previous year of $1,000 seems quite unnecessary. It seems that much of the fire about this proposed budget was kindled with the recent deficient accrued by the coordinators for the Spring Formal. Because one set of coordinators go sour does not mean that future coordinators will also go sour. Until this year the Campus Coordinators have done a fine job without a huge Senate fund. Last year they finished with a $3,000 surplus, which they used to put on an excellent program for the All-School Banquet. Now with this sudden deficit, Senate rushes to bridge this money shortage with a $17,000 funding proposal! To plow more money into a problem area will not rectify the situation. Money does not buy happiness. More creativity and better management on the part of the coordinators will be a much better alternative. A second problem would be the need to spend this money in order to have a good time. We ask the question, "Is the amount of fun necessary and equal to the amount of money spent on activities?" Some of us can attest to the fact that a drive and picnic at Taylors Falls beats an expensive restaurant and movie any day of the week. We cannot seem to believe that a big increase in the amount of money will naturally and positively increase student involvement and student moral. To say that there is not a problem would be to avoid the issue. Problems do exist and alternatives must be handled efficiently. To spend $17,000 for a budget that has never been tried seems to fall short of efficient alternatives. Spending more money will not always solve the problem, as can be seen in our nation's welfare programs. A more conservative amount of money may be more worthwhile on a first-year basis. A total scrapping of the budget proposal can also be deemed possible, for mistakes made in the past do not always constitute future mistakes. With these alternatives in mind, I hope each student thinks twice before voting "yes" to this questionable spending of tuition money. Your vote is important because the administration tends to look more keenly at the opinion of the entire student body when deciding on this Senate recommendation letters to the editor the latter predominant philoso-phy. In the summer of 1975 there was discussion of the need for better security. Over time the suggestion was offered that we integrate the townhouses. This was criticized at some of the highest levels of administration and it was expressed that such a plan would result in an increase in pregnancies and general moral decline among the students. I could offer a host of other examples of this type of attitude. But for the sake of space I will offer a diagnosis of why this mentality exists and then a prognosis of how we can cure this situation. The reason this general atti-tude exists on all levels of administration is basically that the people in power are afraid to take risks, are afraid to see what students are really like, and are more concerned about maintain-ing the status quo then they are offering a climate in which persons can learn to take respon-sibility for themselves and oth-ers. Perhaps William Pannell was right when he said, during Minorities Week, that the crux of the problem in evangelical circles is money. Bethel administrators have to listen to their moneyed interests first, last and always, Lifestyle questioned Dear Editor: I am a senior here at Bethel and I have what I consider to be substantial academic credentials, as well as the respect of my professors and peers. Therefore, what I am about to say is not something off the top of my head, but something that I have been affected by for the last four years and want to see changed. Bethel, in all areas of its operations such as academics, social life, lifestyle code and general philosophy, can be char-acterized by two general themes. On the one hand, we are given the idea that the reason for so many people investing such a great deal of time and money here is so that young Christians can be prepared to take leadership roles in society and in God's Church. On the other hand, we are told both tacitly and explicity that we are still kids. We need a parent away from home. We need to be spoon fed knowledge and we need to be kept under constant watch and control lest our sex drives and general lack of disci-pline get the best of us. Let me offer a case in point to lest they should lose some part of their constituency. Follow the money and you will find who makes policy and plans the future of Bethel. What can be done? Since I am a strict believer in peaceful change, I side with Luther's theology and say that the responsibility lies with those in power. Bethel can change if the administration has guts enough to stick their neck out and create structures within which students can begin to actually share power and partici-pate in critical planning and policy making. This should involve everything from housing contracts and rules to such things as hiring and firing of teachers and long range building plans. If the administra-tion fails to take adequate measures in this direction now, in an era of relative calm, they may not be able to do it when times change, as they certainly will. In conclusion, if Bethel wants to produce some real leaders, some persons who are ready to give their lives for Christ's saki , then we had better start . making some drastic changes. If not, then let us all be content to see the evangelical leaders of tomor-row withdraw further into their religious ghettos while the world around them descends into cha-os. We will all make the choice inasmuch as responsibility can-continued on page 5 two Chris Anderson assumes her position on the Bethel bus John W. lvance Company 1618 Pioneer Bldg. 224-7358 .1sloa W. Inns, Sr. Ma W. Imes, Jr. Jaita a. Cliohelm Ilwasal Ake INSURANCE Life—Auto—HOMO Business St. Paul, Mn. Tuesday - Friday 84 Saturday 8-5 FALCON BARBER Jim • Dave • Denise 1713 N. Snelling 646-2323 St. Paul, MN Dan Erickson by Dan Erickson In a large part of the World today, and in most primitive cultures, the initiation of boys into men is based on pain. In the Angeleo Islands of the South Seas one becomes a man if he is able to hold a hot coal in his arm pit for a minute and a half (or 68 drum beats). Much of literature has concerned itself with this change, and stories like "In the Twilight" which we all run into in James Throckmorton Anderson's class try to simplify things, making the slaughter of a pig symbolic of this initiation right. But as we all know, modern society has complicated things. The process of becoming an adult is much more lengthy and painful than any South Seas ritual. We are confused, humiliated, misled, and bullied for most of our teen-age years before we become comrades with the "grey hairs." But something always sticks out for us. Some event or situation always becomes a symbol to us of our struggle. We may not be there yet, but our hearts tell us that we won't fail, that we will eventually make it after this moment of truth. For me it was Junior High Woodshop. While in the Home Ec Department at the other end of the building girls struggled to become women over electric ranges and Singer sewing machines, 34 seventh grade boys were listening to Mr. Kornman, the woodshop teacher, explain their coming manhood. "Men." He always called us men. "This semester you are going to learn the basics of woodworking, the oldest and most manly science of them all. You are going to use tools, and become self reliant." We stood spellbound. We had never imagined building a napkin holder could do all that. Everyone in woodshop had to build a napkin holder. They were complicated and tricky things, but basic, very basic. Mr. Kornman assured us that if you learned to build a good solid holder, you were equipped with all the skills to build a garage. A large chunk of the time in this class was spent listening to Mr. Kornman tell his horror stories. After years of retelling I have a feeling that he might have exaggeratd a little. You could hear a pin drop when he got to the part where some careless "man" turned his head for a moment while operating a rip saw only to look back and find his arm sliced up to his shoulder. And the story about the person who had been dating the campus queen when during a belt sanding incident (he'd been wearing a necktie, a heinous crime in woodshop) he lost his nose and lips. We in woodshop always considered ourselves the elite. We weren't like that barbaric metal shop bunch. They were always heating each others metal chairs with the blow torch and who can forget that fateful day when Brian Lipinski welded the door shut after Mr. Forsch had left the room. Now that I think about it I guess this illusion of us being initiated was mostly of Mr. Kornman's making. He probably needed it more than we did. After all, one can't feel very important when, as a grown man with a college education, he teaches hundreds and hundreds of boys how to make hundreds and hundreds of napkin holders that mothers all over America slip into hundreds and hundreds of closets. I guess I really shouldn't have been surprised when a year after I was gone he transferred to become a gym teacher. I can almost hear him now. "Men." He'd always call them men. "This is a basketball. It's the only thing that separates the men from the boys . . ." continued from page 1 the tour route, I drove my first bus! When I discovered that we had to hold our microphones too, I didn't think it could be done," Chris admitted. "If I'd have known beforehand what I was getting into, I probably wouldn't have dared try." The ore field and jargon were not new to Chris. "I had a basic idea of the mining process, but I didn't know specific facts. We learned those in one long day of lectures," she remembered pain-fully. "The next day we got acquainted with our buses and routes, and the following day we guided our first tours. Talk about on-the-job training!" she ex-claimed. "The hardest thing that first day was acting as if I knew what I was doing and trying to appear confident. It went very well," she said with relief. "My first group was fifty senior citizens. They took one look at me and asked, 'Where is the driver?' and "Are you sure you have a license to drive this thing?' " Chris usually drove three or four tours every day, each one 90 minutes long. "We guided 30,000 people from all over the world during the eight-week season. It was awesome to think that I represented a huge company, U.S. Steel, to those people. I tried to create the best impres-sion possible, especially in light of so much concern for the environment," Chris reflected. "One of the most enjoyable tours was with teen-age boys from the Christian Radich, a Norwegian sailing ship that docked in the Duluth harbor for a few days," she recalled. "And the most challenging was a tour for mentally retarded people who hovered close around me. I had to find simple words." Then Chris laughed glowingly. "One day the vice president of public relations for U.S. Steel came to visit Minntac. Our boss warned us about it for weeks, and as expected, the visitor decided to ride along on a sample tour. I was up for the next run, and wouldn't you know, he boarded my bus." For better or worse, Chris found her job settling into a routine very soon. "One of the hardest things was maintaining my own interest in the people and the route," she said. "Sometimes I didn't feel like going out there every morning and meeting a new group with 'Hi, my name is Chris and I'm your guide.' To keep it spicy, I had to find new ways of saying and doing the same old things," she said. "One time I even drove the wrong way — on Free Coupon EARL'S PIZZA 1748 N. Lexington 488-5585 75c off on any Large Pizza or 2 Spaghetti orders —OR— Free Delivery of same. Eat IN — Carry Out purpose!" Chris's personal approach to each tour was returned with interest from the passengers. "A lot of people wanted to know more about me, and why I was doing what I was doing. I told them about Bethel and was surprised at how many knew about the school," she remarked. "I was treated very well. Only occasionally was there a sexist comment," Chris said. "Everyone in the mining area, even the tourists, have to wear hard hats which rest on the bus seats as the passengers board. A favorite crack was 'Oh, we have to wear these because we have a woman driver!' " Of the four drivers, all college students, one other was a woman. Only two will return as' guides this summer. "They were a great bunch," Chris said. "We had the best talks between runs. And the boss welcomed our suggestions about how the tours and our jobs could be improved," she explained. "Now that I know the mechan-ics of the job and the people, I'm really looking forward to going back," said Chris. "Last summer was pressured. Often I'd come home and not feel like talking at A sprightly Louisianan with a fast-flowing Southern drawl has been named to a new administra-tive post as assistant to the dean of Bethel College. Tricia Brownlee, assistant pro-fessor of physical education, will assume this role September 1, aiding Vice President and Dean George Brushaber in educational research and heading self-study procedures in conjunction with the college's five-year review by the North Central Assn. She also all. But my family understood." Chris had been president of Junior Achievement in high school, and probably owes her job to her confident leadership and easy rapport with people. "I'm comfortable in front of groups and I usually like to talk," she observed about herself. Na-turally, Chris is a speech major at Bethel with hopes for a career in public relations. Until school is out in May, Chris is using more than her speaking skills at Bethel. Each week she drives 10 runs of a shuttle bus between Bethel's old and new campuses. "Easy by comparison," she's decided. "I'm a conservative driver," Chris admits. "Some kids com-plain that I drive too slowly, especially when I run the express bus and come into old campus second to the one that has made two stops along the way! But I feel I'm a more cautious and defensive driver," she said hon-estly. Yet Chris takes just enough risks to vault her into some unusual roles. "While I'm scared of challenges," she admits, "I want them because they make me grow and change. But really, I'm a chicken at heart." will assume some of the duties of the director of academic affairs who will be on sabbatical leave. Ms. Brownlee received her B.S. from Louisiana Tech University, M.S. from Washington State University, and is completing the dissertation for a doctorate in design and management of post-secondary education at Florida State University. She has been a member of Bethel's physical education fa-continued on page 4 Assistant dean named three NICHOLS INTERSTATE SHELL County Road E2 & I-35W New Brighton, MN 55112 Complete Repair Service Towing & Car Starting 636-9720 633-9740 Home of Cedric the Bulldog Ralph' entertains, teaches aspiring computer students David Perry, math professor, works on terminal as 'Ralph' looks on. CHOICE STEAKS & SANDWICHES FREE TEA TO BETHEL GROUPS OF 4 OR MORE Sun.- Thurs 6:30 am te9:00pm Fri - Sat 6:30 am to 10:00 pm COUNTY RD. E & SNELLING FALCON -HEIGHTS PHARMACY 1707 N. Snelling Ave. (Larpenteur at Snelling) 646-4555 9 A.M. to 10 P.M. Daily (including Sun.) • Free prescription delivery to Arden Hills campus • we cash chocks for Bethel students with ID. by Paul Moyer Hello once again, knowledge buffs. It's time to expand our minds as we ask probing ques-tions such as "Why?", "Where?", "How?", and "When?". Our first such question, then, will be "What is RALPH?" Simply, RALPH is a DEC PDP-11 data-processor, with present capabili-ties for use of the BASIC and FORTRAN-IV languages, and having four terminals, a card reader, and a line printer (non-operational at the present time). In real life, though, RALPH is Bethel's computer, just one of several tools which our school employs as teaching aids. RALPH, as you may or may not know, does not stand for either Radioactive and Linear Project Handler or Rigid Asyjptotic Low-er- Phase Hopper. Yet, he is somehow more than just a teaching aid. Aside from the capabilities as a teaching tool, RALPH is used for office work and the like, handling test scores and helping statistics students with their calculations. Despite all of this dry, if somewhat unimportant, informa-tion, you may still be asking "Why `RALPH'?". The reason is that new evidence has shown that our computer seems to have a personality. After all, it isn't every computer who goes roller skating and dates pretty, young calcula-tors and Xerox machines. Be-cause of this startling discovery, a few of his close associates thought it appropriate to give him a name. Thus it was that he became DR. RALPH CYBRIS. RALPH, in the ensuing months, has established himself as a bona fide faculty-member incognito. Setting up offices in AC 238, he quickly assembled a corps of elite young TA's, posted his office hours (notice to other faculty: he's here til 11:00 p.m. on weekdays!), and began team-teaching BASIC Language with Dr. Meyer of the Math Depart-ment. All of this has created a minor uproar in some of the other departments, coming to a head when Dr. Harley heard rumors continued from page 3 culty since 1968 and formerly taught junior high match and physical education in Denver. For a year she was traveling secretary for Sigma Kappa sorority. Being women's athletic direc-tor and acting department head whetted Tricia's appetite for administration. "I enjoy working on a one-to-one basis with people," she states, "as well as getting involved in curriculum planning and budgetary kinds of things." Tricia is equally at home fielding grounders and fly balls. Playing softball with a church team in Talahassee last summer, she was a constant talker on the field. "I try to do it in a sportsmanship way 7- shouting encouragement to the team. If that RALPH was going to request that the two exchange offices (RALPH is well known for his love of nature, and the view from Dr. Harley's window was probably too much for him). This potential-ly explosive feud over what has been held semi-sacred since time immaterial, one's own territory, developed into nothing more violent than a few malevolent glances as the two happened to meet in the hall one day. Happily, RALPH is now almost universally accepted (by those who are aware of his existence) as a real live faculty member, earning his way into the hearts of many by missing chapel on a regular basis and using up just as much paper as anyone else. Now, for those of you who are not interested in learning about RALPH's work and/or the ingen-uity of one of his most brilliant TA's, Jon Nelson (I say this because Jon is my roommate, and he's bigger than I am!), please ignore this paragraph. Thank-you. For those of you who stayed, I will proceed in a somewhat different vein (probably a little more vericose, if anything). RALPH and Jon collaborated on the most spectacular break-through of the year in the Physics Department — an electronic circuit that allows a pendulum to "talk" to RALPH, telling him where it's going and how fast it's going there. As simple as this may sound, it involves a signifi-cant level of technology, and I would like to take this time to congratulate you, Jon, and I would like to take this time to congratulate you, Jon, and also to tell you that you still owe me $10 from last month's phone and grocery bill. I would like to close this Running Account, Leaving Per-fect Happiness wherever it is read, by exposing one of RALPH's lesser-known traits: an affinity for pranks. After his famous rollerskating debacle, and a few wild dates with the new copier in the LRC, we all noticed a little amourous glint in his eyes. Shudders began to run up and down our collective spine as someone makes a mistake, I tell them not to worry, we'll do better next time." A wise approach also for Bethel's new assistant to the dean. we realized that Valentine's Day was fast approaching. Sure enough, when the day came, we found out that RALPH has seen a notice on the message board just off the coffee shop from a townhouse of girls: an open-ended invitation for Valen-tines, and had responded to each with the following documented message: HI THERE, GOOD LOOKING!! MY NAME IS RALPH. I SAW THE AD YOU PUT UP ON THE MESSAGE BOARD, AND I JUST COULDN'T HELP BUT ANSWER IT. HERE ARE MY VITAL STA-TISTICS: I AM 5'9", WEIGH AROUND 500 LBS., AM 1 AND 1/2 YEARS OLD, AND AM A BI-TONAL GREY. I HAVE EYES ONLY FOR YOU, AND I THINK YOU HAVE THEM EVEN NOW, 'CAUSE I CAN'T FIND THEM. ANYWAY, I THINK WE OUGHT TO GET TOGETHER AND RE-BOOT (HEH HEH)! I'D SQUISH MY DISKS FOR YOU ANYTIME, HONEY, SO HOW ABOUT IT? CONTACT ME AT THE COMPU-TER ROOM AFTER MY MAS-TERS HAVE GONE HOME!!! Another instance of RALPH's fun is somewhat insegrevious jests was the time he tried the old both-ends-against-the-middle stunt with Jon and myself. He initially looked at each person logging on to his terminals (a sophisticated synonym for "corn-ing in for a conference with DR. CYBRIS"), and if it was Jon, he did not print the usual edifying Bible verse, but instead printed the following: WHEN PAUL HAD GATHERED A BUNDLE OF TWIGS AND LAID THEM ON THE FIRE, A VIPER CRAWLED OUT ON ACCOUNT OF THE HEAT AND FASTENED TO HIS HAND. ACTS 28:3 and then proceeded to expound on this verse, followed by a multitude of insulting and ridicu-lous statements, all directed toward Jon. Not to leave anything half-done, RALPH proceeded to look for me logging on, and not only insulted me, but also disabled my terminal, forcing me to take some elaborate and semi-drastic mea-sures to get it back in working order. Be that as it may, RALPH remains my boss, and it is my hope that this piece of literary non sequitor has helped you in your appreciation of him. So, until next time, this is me saying, "Loose lips sink ships." four Johnson Carlson by Tad Johnson and Mark Carlson The end of the school year is upon us and in Senate, just as in many classes, there remains much to be done in very little time. The most important issues before Senate this week were the Spring Formal debt and the proposed five dollar student activity fee. It was decided that the student activity fee be brought to the students through a referendum. The referendum will be held next week-watch for announcements about the specific day. We support this student activity fee as an answer to the need for higher quality social activities here at Bethel. The Campus Coordinators are continuously plagued with financial problems stemming from limited money resources. With this fee the Campus Coordinators would be able to plan and contract major social events far in advance without having financial worries over student response. The social activity fee would also eliminate the SAC card, which in the past has proved to be cumbersome, inconsistent, and gives the Campus Coordinators no opportunity to plan social activities with a foreknowledge of their working budget. Besides, the activity fee would greatly reduce the "at the door" fee, thereby making attendance at social events feasible. Community atmosphere would be enhanced through pre-financed, higher quality, and more frequent social activities by bringing Bethel's geographically separated student body together for social activities. We ask for your support of the proposal in the referendum. During the meeting action was taken on the Spring Formal debt. It was decided that a portion of the escrow money currently allocated to the scholarship fund should be used to pay off the debt. Although we were disappointed in the need to take the money from the scholarship fund, we believe that this was the correct action to take. The Student Association's fiscal responsibility was a higher priority than such luxuries as a scholarship fund. It is unfortunate that the money allocated to the scholarship fund was the only money available to pay off the debt. Even if one of the other proposals for the escrow money had been selected in place of the scholarship fund the money would still have had to come from the project to which the escrow money had been allocated. Granted, a referendum was taken on the various proposals, but the referendum was actually inconclusive. Of the 453 votes cast 206 were for the scholarship fund, 149 for the omnibus proposal, and 98 for the annex rec room furniture. No single proposal had the majority of the votes. The suggestion has been advanced that a fee should be charged for the All-School Banquet. Because the money for the All-School Banquet comes out of the Student Affairs' budget, it is not within Senate's power to charge for the event. We also feel that charging a fee for an event that has traditionally been free, to pay off a debt, would set a poor precedent and bad example for future Senate administra-tions. Also, there was heavy student opposition to such a plan as evi-denced by the many signatures on the petitions brought to Senate. In the final analysis, the original intent of the scholarship bill has not been perverted. The intent of the-bill was to have all of the money remaining in the escrow fund put into a scholarship fund. This has been accomplished. There will be $2000-$2300 remaining in the escrow fund and all of it will go towards the scholarship fund. Besides that money there is also a stipulation in the bill that $3000 annually shall be added to the scholarship monies. With this stipulation $3000 the Student Association budget next year is already allocated to the scholarship fund. We are pleased that Passages, the magazine supplement to the roster, will be delivered before finals. Art instructor Darrel Nelson has been chosen to head-up next year's. He will coordinate the project and have three students working under him in the areas of graphics, literature, and photography. Finally, we would like to thank all of those people who helped in organizing the blood drive and those who gave blood. Special thanks goes to Mary Lou Youngquist who faithfully and effectively organized the entire project. All of you have done a great service to our community. Work begins for staff Maybe you've noticed some-thing a little different about this week's paper. The 1977-78 Clar-ion staff under editor Bruce Olsen has proven in this practice issue that perhaps the best way to learn to swim is to get thrown into the deep end of the pool. We come up tired but smiling to say 'hello.' Thank you to the 'old' staff for standing by to fish us out. They'll be back next time. We'll really have to do this more often — like every week next year! continued from page 2 not be given unless the students are ready to accept it. But the first move lies with the adminis-tration. I ask them to consider what I have said carefully. Sincerely, Paul Berry Senators blast letter Dear Editor: We come to you as concerned students and equally concerned Student Senate members. Two weeks ago an editorial was submitted which questioned Sen-ate's means of executing legisla-tion and also questioned Senate's concern for those in need. It disturbs us that we as students must find ourselves so isolated from the workings of the Senate. Where's the gap in our communication; the separation between Senate and its constitu-ents? Senate is often accused of not keeping its student body fully aware of the business at hand. Is this is a result of Senate's own ignorance? As Senate members, we may have somewhat subjective views, but we do not find this problem to be entirely our fault. Last year's Senate appointed a committee that was designed for the sole purpose of public relations. The PR committee may serve as a great tool in developing better relations in the future. Posted in two places in our school are the names, P.O.'s, and telephone numbers of all your senators. They are makin.g themselves available to receive any corn-ments, needs, or ideas that you may have. Posted in three places in our school are the minutes from Senate's weekly meetings and the coming week's agenda. Every Tuesday evening at 5:45 in the A.C. lounge, Senate holds its by Holly Schmiess The only thing worse than not being a graduating senior this time of year is being an almost-graduating senior. I speak on behalf of all those fourth-year students who, due to one of several legitimate reasons, won't "commence" until 1978 (provided a cure for terminal senioritis is soon discovered). Several mid-stream catastro-phies can abort the ideal four-year fording we call a liberal arts education, and delay for an extra year the paradise of success and security that awaits all graduates on the opposite bank: 1. The Transfer. Some of us heeded the call to Bethel only out of the whale-bellies of other schools. Quarter and semester credits had to be juggled, and despite the extraordinary talent of Paul Reasoner in this area, a few are inevitably dropped in the process. (Now you know what "balance courses" really means. Don't feel bad, I always thought weekly meeting. The meeting is held in the A.C. lounge and all students are encouraged to come. The purpose of holding our meetings in the A.C. lounge is not because of the lack of a better place, but rather to make it an easily accessible place and a comfortable atmosphere for you as students to attend. We assume that you as stu-dents can find a means in voicing your opinions. Through your senators you have a say in every bit of legislation that occurs in Senate. Our job is to serve you. Perhaps there were some corn-munication problems that oc-curred as a result of the "escrow money controversy", but let's see to it that it doesn't happen again. As far as legislation of the escrow money goes, perhaps it was mishandled. Yet all those who rebuked the Senate's ways of handling it were somewhat unin-formed with the decision in-volved. We heartily applaud the students who wrote the said editorial, but we question wheth-er their concerns are representa-tive of the Bethel community as a whole. Recently Senate's Public Ac-tion Committee (PAC) held a Food Day convocation that was designed to make us more aware of our own body's needs and also more aware of the needs of the world around us. After the final convocation, both students and faculty were asked to fast for a period of 24 hrs. A donation was asked for which would go to dig a well in Africa for those who don't even have water. The results give us a good support in saying that the stu-dents who wrote the said editorial are not a good representation of the Bethel community as a whole. The fast brought a heap-ing $89 which divides out to approximately 5c per Bethelite. Is that something to be proud of? In the said editorial, it was stated: ". . . we are appalled by the Senate's inability to perceive 'needs' other than those of the concern-oriented meant an inter-est in Japanese missions.) 2. The Change in Concentra-tion. This most common excuse among fifth-year seniors is popu-lar because of its multiple, if not watered-down, meaning. It is a noble name for a second semes-ter junior's attention span shrink-ing to the length of a Hogan's Heroes episode, or an inordinate shift in focus from the logistics of "Marriage and the Family" to its content. However, the bona-fide meaning is a switch in one's field of study, unfortunately a later rather than sooner occur-rence for the more sanguine among us. 3. The Special Program. By virtue of the special program major's discriminating taste, the courses he includes in his contract obligate an enrollment of terrific longevity. For example, a non-standard concentration in Calliope Repair may include a course called "The Development of the Mouth Organ in the Rococo Period." This class may Bethel community." This is obvi-ously a good indication of students who are unaware of the role which their Senate is in-volved in. Perhaps those students do not realize that the PAC committee is a Senate related group. The Public Action Committee is geared to serving those outside of the Bethel community. The PAC committee is possibly one of Bethel's greatest outreach programs, because it serves the immediate Bethel community, the Arden Hills community, as well as the entire world. The PAC committee is very active and is always hard at work. Through things such as a cloth-ing drive, a book drive, a bake sale, a basketball marathon, fasts, offerings and others, PAC has raised almost $3000 for those unperceived needs of others. We get very disturbed with the lack of involvement displayed by our community as a whole. We find it so easy to give away money which we didn't have to work for or spend our valuable time making; but when asked to really give of ourselves, we're either too busy or broke. Our dear Christian brothers and sisters, on behalf of the Student Senate we apologize for the misunderstanding that occurred through the "escrow controver-sy", but we urge you to sincerely become concerned to both instill a confidence in your senators and a true desire to meet the needs of others. Remember that giving is a privilege as well as a duty. By not giving we deny ourselves one of the advantages of our affluence. Freshmen Senators, Scott Johnson James Torgeson Editor's note: The 'editorial' men-tioned was rather a corporate letter to the editor in the April 22 issue. be offered the second half of every other spring semester, only during leap year, on request of at least 38 students of Moravian descent, having passed three of Dr. C. Howard Smith's music history exams. Needless to say, the Big Bang theory of evolution has better odds than such a course happening within a four-year tenure. Being a victim of all the above, I think I can issue a word of comfort to this misunderstood breed of senior. To my sadder-but- wiser colleagues: Don't be discouraged by the flood of graduate-directed graffiti you've been getting in your P.O.'s. The placement bulletins are just a reminder of the dog-eat-dog world we can escape from for yet another sheltered year. So what if the firm across the street from your apartment has an opening for a graduate in your field at a starting salary of $15,000? Those two phy.ed.'s you need to finish will be such a continued on page 6 Senior laments being left behind five Art department head Stu Luckman reviews work with instructor Dave Johnson. Metropolitan Opera coming to Northrup Corporate show opens by Marlene Triggs Spring means only one thing for opera enthusiasts in Minnea-polis and St. Paul, and that is the arrival of the Metropolitan Opera at the Northrup Auditorium. This year, Metropolitan Opera Week is May 16 to 21. The Metropolitan Opera is in its 33rd season in the Twin Cities having first performed here in 1945. It is sponsored by the University of Minnesota, The Minnesota Orchestral Associa-tion, and an Upper Midwest Committee of Sponsors and Guarantors. This season's repertoire in-clude the following: Samson and Delilah by Camille Saint-Saens, Lohengrin by Richard Wagner, Le Prophete by Giacomo Meyerbeer, La Boheme by Giacomo Puccini, Tosca by Giacomo Puccini, The Magic Flute by Wolfgang Amad-eus Mozart, and II Trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi. All performances have been sold out except for Samson and Delilah and Le Prophete. Camille Saint-Saens' life long ambition was to have a success in the opera house. Though he wrote over a dozen operas, only Samson and Delilah achieved recognition and glory. Samson and Delilah is the tragic drama of a powerful conqueror who falls to ruin at the hands of a bewitching temptress. Samson is played by Guy Chauvet and Delilah is continued from page 5 growing experience. About the cap and gown size request. You may submit yours a year early, but make sure you add at least an inch to your present head measurement. You also risk announcing your status in case next year's class chooses a different color. By way of encour-agement, I understand that all gown rentals include a compli-mentary bottle of Grecian Formu-la for any tell-tale signs. For those who finish at Christmas and must come back for a spring commencement, a map of the school's lay-out and office loca-tions will be provided. Think positively. Aren't you glad we are exempt from all those rigorous senior class meetings? And just think, we get to register first as many as four times! Probably the worst blow is abandonment by all our senior friends, right? It's not too late to allay this threat. The week before finals, pretend that you're having a nervous breakdown and insist that he or she give you intensive personal counseling and round-the- clock companionship. As you're cleaning the apartment, mistake his or her 30-page senior paper for an obsolete issue of The Standard. If these measures fail, be sure and go to commencement. The experienced Linda Herrmann, who saw no less than three sets of colleagues swing tassles, likens graduation ceremonies to funerals when psychologically coping with the loss of loved ones. played by Fiorenza Cossotto. This opera has not been produced in the Twin Cities in nineteen years and is the opening night performance. Le Prophete is taken from the life of John of Leyden, the leader in a Dutch Anabaptist revolt. In the story, John agrees to lead the Anabaptist uprising after he has been denied permission to marry Bertha, the woman he loves. John comes to be known as the Prophet. Through a series of misunder-standings, Bertha believes that John is dead and that the Prophet is responsible for his death. She vows to revenge the death of her lover. However when she finds out that John and the Prophet are the same person, she stabs herself. The Opera ends with John no longer wanting to live. He dies in the flames of the palace, set ablaze by the enemy. John is played by James McCracken and Bertha is played by Rita Shane. However, the central figure of the opera is really John's mother, Fides. Fides is played by Marilyn Horne. Tickets are still available for these two grand operas, Samson and Delilah and Le Prophet. Tickets can be obtained by calling Northrop Auditorium. The number is 373-2345. Ticket prices range from $6.50 to $21. Don't miss the Upper Midwest's major cultural event of the year. Finally, be of good cheer. I know Proverbs says, "Hope de-ferred maketh the heart sick." But the trials we've endured and the testings still ahead of us in our extended sojourn here . . . will make us a whale of a lot gladder to get out! by Shelly Nielsen Despite hints of controversy, the one senior art show will begin May 2 and run for a total of four weeks. This is a change from the usual two shows, each two weeks long. The change was decided upon by the art department. According to the department chairman, Stuart Luckman, the decision to alter the usual art show format was arrived at after considering the advantages and disadvantages of both types of shows. There was concern over the fact that more seniors wanted their work displayed in the second show, which coincided with graduation. The four week exhibition would insure each senior of having his art work displayed during the graduation festivities. The time factor, Mr. Luckman asserted, also had much to do with their decision to combine the two shows. Two weeks is not as ideal a length to exhibit art work as four. The art department feels this year's will be an excellent show. Mr. Luckman is aware the exhibi-tion may be crowded. In past shows only four or five art majors displayed their work for a two week period, so this is a new problem for the department. Still, the professors of art are hopeful that this will be a good exhibi-tion. Mr. Luckman reported that he has found that the "better the show, the greater the satisfaction of participants in the show," and is confident this change will result in a "better exhibition." Interviews with a cross-section of the senior art majors involved show not everyone is of this same opinion. One senior, Delinda Robinson, stated, "I think it's a disappoint-ment." Her words echo those of many art majors who have had to cut down the number of pieces they will able to display and who anticipate the overcrowding of the exhibition. Randy Bloom appreciated the way the two week shows allowed the art student to "display his work as a whole." Since the gallery is limited in space, art majors are restricted to display-ing only four pieces each Bloom felt that the new format does not as well allow showing "what you've specialized in." Some had mixed feelings. Guy Chase said there were "good things and bad things" about the four week exhibition. He assents that crowding will be a problem, but also stated that "most people think of it as their own personal show." He feels that the upcom-ing exhibition will be more of a group project. "Everyone puts something in," he declared. Since "the idea is to have a good show," each art major putting in his best work is of benefit for the display as a whole. The feelings of most art students are, however, not bitter. Delinda Robinson concedes that it is far more preferable to have "one good show instead of two mediocre." Bryan Anderson jok-ingly concludes that the new show format means less work, and Martha Barker admitted that she was "not upset." At any rate, the new month-long show will run non-stop from May 2nd until the 22nd. Four year concentrators in art have not been required to participate in this Art Gallery presentation as they would have been during the 60's. The art department looks forward to, possibly, the year after next when a change to bring about this transformation in curriculum can be made. These alterations add to the new format Bethel art students will be contending with the in the coming years. Chapel Schedule Monday Sing and Share Tuesday S.M.P. Commissioning Wednesday Dr. Lundquist Thursday Faculty Recognition/Senior Tribute Friday Pastor Spickelmier Arts Calender Visual Arts May 6-22 Senior Art Show, Bethel College Gallery May 6-17 Nelson Brown, drawings, Stevens Gallery, 2615 Stevens Ave. So., Mpls. May 13-June 13 Dragon Exhibition, art on the mythical creature, University Gallery, 110 Northrup Auditorium Theatre May 10, 11, 16, Studio Series, Poetry, Performance Art, Thea- 17, 18 tre-In-The-Round, 8 p.m. May 6, 12, 13, 20, "Death of a Salesman", Chimera Theatre, 8 p.m. 21,28,29 May 6-7, 12-14 "Once Upon a Mattress", Theatre 1900, 8 p.m. May 9, 11 One Act Plays, Bethel Experimental Theatre, 8 p.m. Music May 6 Spring Music Festival, Bethel's Male Chorus, Women's Choir, and Orchestra, Gym, 8 p.m. May 6 Spring Concert, Minnesota Chorale; Beethoven, Bernstein, Britten; O'Shaughnessy 8 p.m. May 8 Choir Concert, Berlioz Te Deum, Mozart Credo Mass; Central Lutheran Church 4 p.m. May 12 Henry Charles Smith, concert; trombonist; Northwestern College 7:30 p.m. May 11 Sharon Isbin, classical guitar, Aaron Skitri, lutist; Walker Arts Center 8 p.m. Dance May 10 Guthrie/Rotante Dance Co.; Walker Arts • Center 8 p.m. six Curt Oslin throws another strike en route to a 6-2 victory over Westmar College last Saturday Fielding, injuries hamper softballers by Gayle Trollinger Softball and spring go together but the women's softball team is having a difficult time making the combination a winning one. Poor fielding and injuries have hin-dered the players during the past week and four team members are trying to fight back and gain some confidence. Saturday, April 30, the team faced the powerful St. Olaf team and was soundly defeated. Fol-lowing the game the Royals played Carlton and were defeated once more. At this point the team'st, record was 2-10. Catcher Ruth Moser and Janet Reynolds at first base were both injured during the disastrous day's play. Moser suffered a sprained ankle and twisted knee. Reynolds received leg injuries severe enough to warrant a cast. Sheree Hook filled Moser's place and Jackie Dill took over first base on Monday as the team met St. Mary's. Other fielding changes included a switch be-tween short stop and center field. Vicki Wright took the infield while Cindi Ramm moved to the outfield. Janet Reynolds feels that the change between short stop and center field "really helped play a lot." With Cindy Martin pitching, Bethel won the St. Mary's game. Sheree Hook aided the team with a solidly hit grand-slam homerun. The final score was 12-7: upping Bethel's record to 3-10. The team is quite inexperi-enced and has committed quite a few fielding errors throughout the season. However, Reynolds is optimistic about its future. "I think we're finally picking it up — the win over St. Mary's has helped the team's outlook a lot." Tomorrow Bethel will play in the state tournament at the University in potentially tough competition. May 9 and 11 the team will play home games (at Perry field). Hopefully the St. Mary's win will be a sufficient enough force to keep the team winning. Warnings issued to students on questionable insurance policies Treating sex offenders studied by Tom Correll by Dan Erickson Spring is here. Spring means flowers, birds, long evening walks and . . . insurance. The coming of the insurance sales-man in springtime is a traditional event. They, even more reliably than the faithful groundhog, signal the end of snow. The March issue of Consumer Reports warns of some of the problems that insurance and their salesmen bring with them in an article entitled "Campus Life Insurance: At Best a Delusion, At Worst a Snare." They found that most policies aimed at the college market fail in many respects; 1) They're not needed. The need for insurance is created by economic dependen-cy; a wife, kids, goldfish, etc. 2) They're too small. The typical policy sold to a college student is $10,000. It sounds like alot, but if a student really needs insurance he probably needs much more. 3) They're the wrong type. There are basically two types of insurance; term and whole life. Term covers accidents now. Whole life tries to cover accidents now and also to provide for retirement and other types of benefits, but doesn't always do it efficiently. Companies make more money from whole life. Companies end up pushing small whole life packages that leave people under-insured. They're too costly. All campus insurance policies checked by Consumer Report were more expensive than at least half of the policies sold in the country. The article warned specifically about Fidelity Union Insurance Company. They sell one in twenty insurance policies in colleges across the country. Their College Master Plan contains variety of gimmicks that makes it difficult to compute, but which Consumer Reports regards as questionable to say the least. At least a few students here have been approached by insurance representatives selling the Col-lege Master Plan. Mac Nettleton emphasized that the gobd insurance salesman tries to touch people at critical times in their lives; when you get married, when you have your first child, when you graduate. This is when you are most vulnerable. Dr. Nettleon goes on to say, "We wish that we could help protect the student from possible problems. But unfortunately that's impossible. The best rule of thumb is to be alert to any hard sell. Any good, reputable deal will wait. Get a second opinion. A good salesman knows that 90 percent of the time he has to close the deal right then. He'll put the pressure on. Wally Johnson, biology profes-sor agreed. "In college I was pretty dumb about such things, and almost got caught a couple of times. An insurance man or a business man at your church might be a good person to talk to for a good second opinion." Obviously this is a very sim-plistic discussion of a very complicated and many faceted subject. This should only be a starting point. We urge everyone considering insurance to read the article in Consumer Reports, and draw his own conclusions. As Wally Johnson says, "It is important that you know what you are doing. It is important that you don't get yourself into something that you can't get yourself out of." by Raymond Stockwell Sabbatical leave is a time when I envision professors basking in the sun of warm tropical islands, or busily engaging in academic research. Imagine, if you will, the surprise I had when Dr. Thomas Correll, chairman of our depart-ment of anthropology, greeted me at his daughter's wedding this fall. There he was all pale and preoccupied with his thoughts. At first I assumed it was disbelief in his daughter's judgment. Later I learned the truth. Tom, as his students and friends call him, had been, and still is, working for an organiza-tion known as Correctional Ser-vice of Minnesota. Richard Erick-son, director of that agency and a part-time professor at Bethel, explained to me how Tom had come to work for him. Professor Erickson's director of research had recently left his employ. Tom seemed to fit the qualifications needed and was hired to replace him. What qualifies a man to do research related to the "organiza-tional and rehabilitation model, design and development, for the treatment of sex offenders" is a question which still eludes me. I do know, however, that Tom is qualified in the eyes of Dick Erickson, for that is exactly what Tom has been doing. Tom is by no means the only one engaged in the research. Cordeila Kent, an expert in the field of sexual attitudinal read-justment is his number-one re-search assistant. Cathy Gregory, a former Macalester student, is in a similar position. Diane Carpen-ter, a senior at Bethel, is presently working for Tom as a "research intern." In order to evaluate the re-search data that is accumulating, a task force of over 50 members has been formed. These men and women represent many areas of interest, both from Minnesota and other states. Members of this force include police personnel, medical doctors, academicians, therapists, judges, county attor-neys, as well as sex crimes victims and offenders. The two grants which fund this project, one from the Law En-forcement Assistance Adminis-tration of the Department of Justice, and the other from the Department of Corrections of the State of Minnesota, are sched-uled to terminate in August of 1977. By then Dr. Correll, and his various assistants, should have a design model for the treatment of sexual crime offenders in the state of Minnesota. Tom will then return to Bethel full-time. When he returns, Tom will bring with him a renewed feeling of accomplishment. This has al-ready been demonstrated by the content of the two courses he has taught at Bethel this year. During interim of this year Dr. Correll taught a course entitled, "Anti- Social Sexual Behavior; Victim and Offender: A Cross-Cultural Approach." This course was an ". . . attempt to think through the subject (deviate sexual behavior) with a group of students," Tom explained. The other course he has taught is Science, Man and Knowledge (S.M.A.K.) which was offered this spring semester. This course involves what Tom terms, ". . . Doing anthropology . . .". As can be easily understood when one knows Tom, he does practice what he preaches. He claims that he has been "doing" anthropology all year long. FREE 5 Cute kittens will need homes in mid-June Contact: Mary Norton-Larson p.o. 1043 or call (612) 689-4375 collect after May 22nd seven Doug Erickson puts the tag on Dave Lindenberg (the one with the hat covering his face) but without the help of the softball Traveling tennis team dominates Tri-State Trackmen take has found it necessary to travel third in relays with his books. In fact, Jim brought his organic chemistry onto the court when he played his by Carol Madison The regular season of the women's track team has officially ended, but many of the team members were able to compete one last time. The state track meet, held at the University of Minnesota on May 2, provided this last chance for competition. The track team was overall quite satisfied with their per-a. ctitsfed 4 ,feeto, Sales Clean new & used cars contact Chuck Haaland Forest City,IA 515-582-303-0 Home: 515-582-3040 singles match at Dordt College. Steve Brown and Dave Freder-icks have played doubles togeth-er for most of the season. However, Steve has had trouble staying serious when teamed with Dave. The two lefties have an exceptionally good time during their matches and play well together. In reflecting on his four years of Bethel tennis, Bill DeVoe said, "I appreciate the friendship and the fellowship with the guys on the team. I've really gotten to know them well." Mark Norlander's tennis exper-ience has taught him some things about winning and losing. "Be-cause winning was not my top priority, I benefited a lot more from both winning and losing. My priorities were doing my best, enjoying the game, and trying to keep a `Christ-like' attitude." This year the tennis team has lost quite a few non-conference matches to schools such as Gustavus, St. Thomas, the Uni-versity of Wisconsin at LaCrosse and River Falls, and Concorida- Moorehead. Some of these loss-es have been to schools in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athle-tic Conference (MIAC). This is due to the quality level of tennis in the MIAC, which is a step above that of the Tri-State. formance at state. They placed thirteenth out of twenty teams, with the competition this year much stiffer than before. Two Bethel records were brok-en in two of the events at the meet. Denise Egge did her personal best in the mile with a time of 5:21, which was good enough for seventh place. She cut seven seconds off the previ-ous Bethel record. The two-mile relay team of Shari Reasoner, Gail Anderson, Denise Egge and Jenny Kimball placed an impres-sive fourth with a time of 9:51. This bettered the old record by seventeen seconds. Personal bests also came from ELWOOD CARLSON GLASSES SPORTS GLASSES CONTACT LENSES (Hard & Soft) 358 St. Peter St. St. Paul, Minn. 55102 227-7818 Next year Bethel's tennis team will join the MIAC and play regularly in that conference. This is bound to improve tennis at Bethel, but a yearly conference championship in the MIAC is not something that can be realistical-ly expected. Debbie Anderson in the 440 yard dash at 1:08.7, and Cathy Duehn and Cheryl Meyer in the 400 meter hurdles at 1:13.9 and 1:14, respectively. Cheryl Staurseth ran the 100 meter hurdles in the 17.5, which was good enough to take her to the semi-finals. Others who represented Bethel in their events were Carol Ander-son, Jan Engel, Debbie Gros-klags, Pam Nelson and Cindy Bartels. Prior to the state track meet, people in four events had already qualified for the Regional meet on May 13 and 14 in Kansas. Qualification is based on set levels of achievement which must be reached at a meet either during the regular season or at state. Only the two mile relay team has elected to compete at the re-gional level. Either Bobbi Hersch or Jenny Kimball will run, de-pending on the condition of Bobbi's injury at the time of the meet. Others who qualified for the region, but chose not to corn-pete in their events, include Carol Anderson, Jan Engel, and Bobbi Hersch. The regular season of the track team was quite successful. Beth-el was rated second in the state among small colleges. The entire team worked hard and had a great attitude, so with the loss of only two seniors, Shari Reasoner and Debbie Gosklags, next year's team should experience contin-ued success. by Greg Kuntz It was a beautiful day Saturday and the Bethel men's track team had no less than a beautiful performance in the 11th annual Bethel-Macalester Relays at the Macalester track. Bethel finished a strong third in the nine team meet setting records in every relay event except the 440 and shuttle, and set a few infield events. The mile relay team of Nate Allen, Grayden Held, Kevin Schenk, and Gene Blair shattered the school and meet record with a 3:20.82 performance, and won the event dramatically as Blair overtook the Concordia runner inside the last 20 to 30 yards of the race. He broke the tape in triumph in the most exciting race of the meet. "We prayed before the race and I knew I could do it. It was the last race and I gave it all I had," said Blair. The record-breaking antics continued as the 880 relay team of Allen, Blair, Schenk, and Mike Bogard set a new meet and school record of 1:29.96 and came in first. The sprint medley team of Bogard, Schenk, Blair, and Dave Clapp tied the meet and school record of 3:29.5 and won the race. Bill Whittaker and David John-son finished fifth in the javelin and combined for 327'7" to set a new school javelin relay record. Dan Hogan and Jon Van Loon combined for 83'3" in the triple jump, set a new school relay record, and captured third. The school two-mile relay record was set at 7:54.73 by Clapp, Curt Brown, Jim Timp and Larry Caldwell, breaking the old mark of 7:57.5. They finished second in the event behind St. Olaf. Brown fell as he passed the baton to Clapp to end his split of the race. He said, "It wasn't bad. I wanted to keep from running into Dave." The 440 relay team came in second in 43.5, the distance medley team finished third in 10:17.55, and the shuttle hurdle relay team took fourth in 50.39. Top individual scorer Nate Allen won the preliminary 100- yard dash in 10.00 seconds flat, and then went on to take second in the finals with 10.03, behind Gustavus' speedy John Okon, who broke 10.0. Jon Van Loon and Rick Knopf leaped 5'10" and 6'2" to combine for fourth place in the high jump. Steve Carrigan and Van Loon combined to capture sixth in the shot put. Carrigan had an individ-ual put of 46'10 1/2". "I've done better in practice, but I got tense," said Carrigan. Paul Rasmussen cleared 12'6" in the pole vault and took sixth. "We really did well," said Coach Gene Glader. "We need a little more depth in the hurdles and field events, but it was a very satisfying meet." In the event's 11-year history, Bethel won it in its first year of existence (1966), and came in second in 1967 and 1972, but this was the first year that nine teams participated. Final team scores and places were as follows: (1) St. John's, 108 (2) Concordia (Moorehead), 91, (3) Bethel, 82, (4) St. Olaf, 77, (5) Hamline, 68, (6) St. Tho-mas, 68, (7) Gustavus, 45, (8) Carleton, 11, (9) Macalester, 3. Tomorrow the Bethel trackmen return to Macalester for a multi-team invitational meet, which begins at 1 p.m. by Peter Nelson Bethel's tennis team has domi-nated the Tri-State Conference in the past, and is doing the same this year. They have not lost a conference match all season and are expected to be the Tri-State champs again. The team consists of about fifteen players, but only six play in the varsity matches. The top six are Bill DeVoe, Steve Brown, Mark "North" Norlander, Dave Fredericks, Peter Nelson, and Jim "Doc" Grant, respectively. DeVoe is a senior, Norlander and Grant are sophomores, and Brown, Fredericks and Nelson are all freshmen. Junior Greg Addington and freshman Dan Runion are reserve players who have seen action on and off throughout the season. Paul Reasoner, a former Bethel tennis star, coaches the team. When Mark Norlander was asked to name one of the highlights of the team's road trips, he said, "For the first time ever, I was able to understand Jim's southern drawl." Because of Jim Grant's deep - devotion to his pre-med major, he Royals do well in state meet eight |
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