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Bethel College Advising system standards to be set Dr. Glenn will be one of five Faculty members to speak on Biblical interpretation. Bethel purchases Fountain Terrace apt's Profs to expound on hermeneutics next week by Diana Gonzalez "The Bible Department has felt that basic to our discussing and thinking -about our faith around the campus is the interpretation of scripture," said Jim Spickel-mier. During the week of February 21 to February 25, the Department of Biblical and Theological Studies will be presenting a chapel series on Biblical hermeneutics. "To help students understand what hermeneutics entails, five members of our department are going to take one chapel each to discuss how to go about interp-reting the Bible," said Dr. Al Glenn. On Monday, Dr. Walter Wessel will begin this chapel series by discussing the necessity of re-translating the Bible. Dr. Wessel has had experience in translating part of the New Testament for the New International Version. Dr. John Piper will speak the following day on interpreting the expository literature of the New Testament. "Different parts of the Bible have to be interpreted in different ways," said Dr. Glenn. "There are many different genres in the Bible. You can't use the same type of interpretation for different types of literature. On Wednes-day, Dr. Stein is going to take a specific example of New Testa-ment literature, a parable, and show how to go about interpret-ing it." For the fourth chapel talk of this series, Dr. Art Lewis will discuss the interpretation of Messianic prophesy as an exam-ple of Old Testament hermeneu-tics. Dr. Glenn commented that on Friday he will "show how a systematic theologian interprets the Bible. As a systematic theologian, I have to deal with the entire Bible. I will try to tie all the previous chapel sessions togeth-er and discuss how it relates to us today. " "We realize that this is going to be serious subject matter. Our purpose is not to do the typical sermonic kind of chapel presen-tation, but to show students how to interpret the Bible," com-mented Dr. Glenn. Dr. Glenn added that herme-neutics is a vital issue for Christians today since the oppos-ing viewpoints Christians hold on various issues stem from how they approach Biblical herme-neutics. by David Shelley "The real key to advising is knowing the curriculum well," said Dwight Jessup, director of academic affairs, concerning aca-demic advisers. At present the only policy governing the duties of advisers is an advising manual which basically covers requirements for graduation within each concen-tration. The academic policies commit-tee is currently considering a possible standard for advisers. "The basic requirement for advisers is just to meet with the students before registration time," Jessup said. "The adviser is involved a little more with students in special programs. "We would like all the advisers to have good personal relation-ships with each advisee," he stated, "but curriculum is the real responsibility. Some do a great job and we wish some would do a little bit more. "I'm sure the system can be improved," Jessup added, "but it is hard to govern." Advisers are notified if an advisee gets a mid-term note for doing D or N work up to that point. They are also notified to post specific times for office hours about two weeks prior to registration. All full-time and a few part-time faculty members are expect-ed to serve as advisers. Tuition charges at Bethel Col-lege next year will reflect the rising costs that seem to be a way of life for American residents and households. Students will pay $300 per college course for the 1977-78 year according to a statement released by the Dean's Office. This will mean a total annual increase of $180 for those students carrying the normal total of nine courses per acade-mic year. The tuition increase is necessi-tated by higher college operating costs and allows the college to keep pace with rising expendi-tures and provide minimal in-creases for faculty-staff salaries. An increase in the student financial aid funds provided by Some concentrations, such as foreign language, have fewer advisees and others such as business, have more. "The load is evened out somewhat by adding freshmen," Jessup said. "We also have a few advising who aren't faculty, for instance Jill Newcomer, music secretary," he stated. "There have been times when we've used seniors as advisers, if they knew the curricu-lum well." Jessup said that one check on advisers is in the clearing of seniors for graduation, which is handled by Paul Reasoner of the registrar's office. "He is kind of an adviser's adviser," Jessup said, "but again, that only involves curriculum." the college is also being made and will be commensurate with the tuition increase. Any changes in special instruc-tional fees, such as private music lessons, graduation fees, and student teaching fees, have yet to be announced. The same is true of campus housing costs where some increase is anticipated, but developments are still pending. Several housing options are likely to be available. Announcements about these costs are anticipated within the next four to six weeks. The minimum required food coupon purchases per regular term (fall and spring) will remain at $100 for Snelling campus residence and $225 for Arden Hills residence. Annual tuition rate increases $180 per year by Nancy Naumenko The problem of married student housing at Bethel is not a new one and steps have been taken to remedy the situation. A set of apartments has recently been purchased for the accommoda-tion of married students. "Fountain Terrace", which is located right across 35W and just north of County Road E2, con-tains 72 unfurnished apartments and 39 garages. There are 70 two-bedroom, 1 single bedroom, and 1 three-bedroom suites. At the present Bethel holds no accommodation for married stu-dents. There are 123 apartments at the Seminary but only in rare cases are college students per-mitted housing there. Present rates at Fountain Ter-race vary from $175 to $207.50 per month, but Paul Drake, director of auxiliary enterprises, declined to comment on future Bethel rates, as this information is yet pending. When questioned whether the goal of this project would be similar to that of the food service, in that it would be profit-making, Mr. Drake replied "I don't think so." It seems there would be no difficulty in filling the apart-ments. According to a survey by Dr. Mack Nettleton, director of student affairs, there are current-ly 47 married seminary couples and 40 married Bethel College couples who "might be interest-ed" in leasing these apartments. Leasing is presently on a month-to-month basis with the present renters and will continue this way until August 1. It is still uncertain as to leasing arrange-ments following that date. Marilyn Starr, director of hous-ing, stated, "Good business would say that you would have to have a 12-month lease and students are notorious for want-ing a 9-month lease. So, there are going to be some problems." The college is not presently contemplating any bus service to and from the complex. The original reason for the purchase of the apartments sprung from the dire need of the seminary for additional housing. on the inside Response to racism, p. 2 on being short,' p. 4 Bethel absurdities, P. 5 Social climate critiqued; investigation encouraged It is safe to say that a large segment of the Bethel population is disappointed with the social climate here on campus. This fact was underscored in last week's Clarion, when an unofficial survey of student opinion demonstrated an almost unanimously negative response to on-campus activities (or lack of such activities). The brunt of the blame for the social aridity of Bethel is placed upon the campus coordinators. As again seen in the survey, students feel that the campus coordinators have fallen short of their responsibility in not providing a fuller, more well-rounded slate of activities. This groundswell of student opinion is an indication of the importance of the campus coordinators at Bethel. These two people are directly responsible for the social climate of a school of 1726 students. The difficulties in such a job are obvious. Trying to please all 1726 individuals at least some of the time is an enormous task. But these difficulties do not hide the face that this year's social climate at Bethel has been a veritable desert. And the question that must be answered is . . . why? Is the problem due to this year's failures? Or is it due to a lack of funds, or to the fact that the campus coordinators are only part-time workers? We don't have the answers now, but we need them before next year, when we will have around 100 more students. It's up to the Student Senate to investigate this solution immediately and arrive at some definite answers and solutions. President, editor respond to Bethel racial problems In response to the racial slurs made on Valentine's Day, we are overcome with a combination of repulsion and sadness. This deplorable act is sickening, especially in this "Christian" college. For some individuals, this incident brings a deep hurt; for us, a sense of embarrassment and righteous anger. This blatantly racist action is shocking, but our response is not limited to this incident. What about the subtlely insidiuos racism that penetrates much of Bethel and, in fact, America as a whole? Some of this is due to naivete and some to white-black tensions in the cities. But considering Christ's ethical pronouncements on love for all, and considering Christ's relationship with minorities such as the Samaritans and women, racism of any sort is inexcusable for Christians. We are not just talking about institutionalized racism; we are talking about a racism of individuals, an undercurrent of prejudice that manifests itself in our stereotypes, fears, jokes, etc. And thus our response must be, with the aid of the Holy Spirit, to examine our lives, our beliefs and our actions. We want to isolate and attack those aspects of our life that do not meet Christ's standards of love and justice for all. The most tragic outcome of this incident would be for our response to be a short-lived flaring of emotion (accompanied by a dose of proud piety) with no long-ierm effect. Plans begun in January for a Minorities Week will culminate March 7-11. Our goal is to continue building toward this event. We pray that next month will prove to be an important step for individuals and the institution in learning about love and justice. And we hope that the Bethel community will strongly support and become involved in this effort. Pete Taylor, president, Student Association Bill Trollinger, editor, Clarion UorifOkr the Clarion Vol. 52, No. 15 The Clarion is published weekly by the students of Bethel College. Bill Trollinger editor Laura Alden news editor Mary Norton production editor David Shelley copy editor Peter Blomquist photo editor Dawn Hart arts editor Bruce Olsen sports editor Arlan Swanson business manager Letters to the editor should be sent to p.o . 91 by the Sunday preceding publication. letters to the editor Suto speaks Dear Editor: There I was picking through the ancient ruins of what used to be known as St. Paul (or was it Minneapolis) when this horrible noise began emanating from the throggletugger and before I knew it here I was. So here I am stuck in the 20th century, my time machine broken, and no way to fix it in this archaic era! I should never have wandered away from the class, especially in a restricted area. But then, the professor always encourages ini-tiative and I was tired of hearing all those lectures about the American civilization and its decline. If you've heard about the energy waste once, you've heard it a quantum of times, right? Anyway, I managed to ride the kringrump and get the machine under control only to find that I had arrived in a small room labeled "Campus Coordinator". I can assure you that Karen and Dan were as surprised to see me as I was to be there. But they soon overcame this and were very sensitive and concerned over my problem. I guess they're just that kind of people. They came up with all sorts of imaginative ideas as to what I could do to make a living here and possibly fix the machine but I could see that it was futile. Here I am and here I'll stay. Does anyone know how to fix a throggletugger? Suto Nimulus (Rick Reed) Students appalled Dear Editor: We were appalled and sickened during chapel on Monday. Gene Blair's Valentine message left us ashamed. Perhaps some day this "Christian Community" will live up to its Christian commitment and rise above race, sex and creed, and love as Christ taught us to. Mary Nelson Julie Peterson Sheryl Tengwall We're sorry Dear Editor: Racism is antithetical to Chris-tianity, insulting to intelligence and destructive to community. But, as seen in last Monday's chapel, racism exists at Bethel. We are disappointed in the anonymous individuals who have made a sham of Bethel's claims to Christian commitment, educa-tional ideals and communal bonds. We have never imagined Bethel to be an idyllic place of perfection, but we do expect respect for and acceptance of individuals. To those who have been hurt: we're sorry. Sincerely, Laura Alden Gayle Trollinger Marti Burger Jennifer Wilkens Faculty bill of rights (from the file of Al Glenn) Every instructor shall have the right to: 1. Choose those students who will be allowed to enroll in his courses. 2. Drop any student within the first three weeks without the student's permission. 3. Have three unexcused absences from lectures each quarter. 4. Take occasional naps during classroom discussions. 5. Munch on candy bars and drink Cokes during lectures. 6. Absent himself from lectures for important duties such as plugging parking meters. 7. Arrive late for lectures if he has a legitimate excuse such as "oversleeping." 8. Teach only those courses that motivate him and are relevant. 9. Drop courses at mid-quarter if student motivation and interest levels are not satisfactory. 10. Write evaluations on each student and publish them at the end of the quarter. 11. Read the student newspaper and write letters during class discussions. 12. Begin lectures the seventh week of the course and complete the entire quarter's work in the last three weeks. 13. Show up once every three weeks and take issue with all points raised regarding material covered in the classes he missed. 14. Call students at any time of night to discuss their performance on assignments. 15. Withhold -course requirements from students until Dead Week (the week prior to Final Week). 16. Ask students if there was "anything" important in the assignments the instructor failed to read or grade. 17. Burst into tears during instructor-student conferences when all other tactics fail. 18. Lecture on the American political situation no matter what the course title is. 19. Be forgiven for poor lectures if he can provide a legitimate excuse such as "sick relative" or a "night on the town." 20. Leave class one week before the end of the quarter because he has a ride to Ft. Lauderdale. Double your reading speed in just three weeks. Through AGP Rapid Reading, of course. A little money can buy time. For hardly more than pizza pennies you can free your reading time for living time. It only takes 3 class periods to more than double your beginning speed. Guaranteed! There's no way you can lose. Rapid Reading Seminar Look for posters with details. Iv/0 Elizabeth Elliot Leitch will be the 1977 commencement speaker Bethel regent Austin Chapman American Studies program to be continued Leitch, Olson to speak at graduation According to the commence-ment committee, Elizabeth Elliot Leitch will bring the 1977 com-mencement address on May 22. Virgil Olson has been selected to speak at the morning baccaulaur-eate service. Dr. Olson will center his remarks on what Bethel students have been given. Mrs. Leitch, author, public speaker and mis-sionary, will speak on what will be required of Bethel graduates. Text for the message is Luke 12:48. The committee is presently working with the subjects of student speakers and the pro-gram itself. Input from students is encouraged. (Contact Pete Taylor or Gayle Trollinger.) by Greg Smith Statistics show that today there are more college students enrolled in graduate psychology than there are practicing psychol-ogists. Of the 1740 students at Bethel College, 135 are majors in psychology. What possible forces and implications adjoin the surge of interest in this field? Dr. Steve McNeel, professor of psychology at Bethel College, suggests that this nation-wide interest may be due to a growing concern for self-understanding and self-fulfillment on the part of many Americans. Senior psychol-ogy major Jeff McHenry details it as a people-oriented desire for service. Other motivations are certainly involved as well. One pivotal concern of those interested in psychology is the condition of the job market. As greater numbers of psychology majors enter the market, the threat of job scarcity increases. Dr. McNeel reacts to this influx with optimism. The skills afforded the psychol-ogy major — research and counseling — are applicable to teaching, private practice, per-sonal therapy, business, govern-ment and other occupations as well. He sees teaching in large research-oriented state universi-ties as the only relatively closed field; but other areas, especially therapy, are in his opinion wide open. According to McNeel, Chris-tians may experience some ad-vantage over non-Christians in obtaining employment in psy-chology. For example, there seems to be a real scarcity of well trained Christian counselors. What is the stand of the church in connection with this surge of interest in psychology? The so-called dichotomy of religion and psychology is a false dichotomy; it would suggest a division of the world and scrip-ture, said McNeel. "This is not the case however," he continued, "for the Bible seems to empha-size strongly both man's respon-sibility and God's sovereignty." (e.g. Phil. 2:13) Many fundamentalists, and even conservative evangelicals, have long stood against an integration of psychology and the church. Mental illnesses have been continuously referred to man's sinful nature and been dealt with on that basis. Essen-tially the church has sometimes in the past disregarded the social and psychological influences on men's spiritual lives. It is fact that distorted child-hood relationships are often responsible for many psychologi-cal irregularities. Unbalanced parent-child relations give rise to emotional experiences that result in varying degrees of insecurity and neurosis. These in turn often affect man's relationship with God. The church, with its unique community structure, provides a solid basis for many preventative psychiatric methods. As psychic health is merely one instrument in God's divine plan, an integra-tion of preventative psychology and the parish community would help resolve the conflicts faced by individuals in society before immediate and pressing prob-lems occur. Christianity is not an automatic cure-all, and many psychological problems cannot be resolved with that assumption. Yet the integra-tion of the two can serve as a vehicle to balance the often harsh realities of life. (New Catholic World, March, 1976.) Bethel in regent role by Suzi Wells Many students may wonder exactly who or what a regent is. Regents are people nominated by a committee set up by the Baptist General Conference (BGC). They are elected to serve for a five year period, and work with the admin-istration on problems Bethel may have. The regents volunteer their free time to Bethel, as they all have other full-time jobs. One active regent is Mr. Austin Chapman of Minneapolis. Mr. Chapman explained that the regents serve as a sounding board to the administration as well as to other constituents. Problems concern faculty, stu-dents and the BGC. Mr. Chapman serves on the audit committee of the board. "The board's function is to establish a policy to provide overall judging of the source of the school," he said. Some problems Mr. Chapman has to deal with as a regent are issues concerning the increasing size of the school, and financial problems are always considered, since Bethel is heavily in debt. Other questions are raised con-cerning tenure of the faculty, and generally where Bethel is going in the future. Mr. Chapman comes to Bethel frequently and knows several students. Meeting students is not part of his job, but it helps him. Seeing his job as more than just a part-time activity, Mr. Chapman commented, "Being on the board is challenging, interest-ing, and gives me an opportunity to make a contribution." The Christian College Consor-tium has announced that the Consortium American Studies Program in Washington, D.C., will continue as a permanent program of the Washington-based, 14 member group of Christian liberal arts colleges. The decision to continue the program, begun as an experiment during the 1976-77 academic year, was made' by the board of directors upon recommendation of Consortium President Gordon R. Werkema. According to the Board, the continuation of the Consortium American Studies Program is due to its very successful first year. The program gives Christian college students the opportunity to live, work and study in the nation's capital, viewing Ameri-can culture from a Christian perspective. In its first year, about 50 students from 15 Christian col-leges will have lived on Capitol Hill, served as interns in various Washington offices and agen-cies, and studied topics ranging from the United States Congress to national priorities and the United States Economy. Each topic is taught by experts in the field, and represents a month of intensive study. Special attention is given to the Christian perspec-tive and alternatives in the area. Student opinion of the program has been overwhelmingly posi-tive. Said Hope DiBlasi, a Hough-ton College pre-law student, "I am thrilled with the opportunities the American Studies Program has opened to me as a student. There is absolutely no better method for learning the compli-cated and fascinating processes of our government than to get directly involved in those pro-cesses, as we have been allowed to do through this program." Added Doug Rehberg of Gor-don College, "The American Studies Program has been far more meaningful to me and substantive to my political sci-ence education than I could have ever believed. I will always be reaping the benefits of this practical experience in Washing-ton." Consortium President Werke-ma believes the program is important and has been well received because "it so success-fully accomplishes the integra-tion of theory and practice; the integration of faith and learning; the testing of ones Christian commitment with the realities of contemporary society; and, the unique opportunity to develop Christian community." Applications for the fall term are being accepted now in the Christian College Consortium office. The deadline for submit-ting applications is April 15. Psych, Christianity Chapman relationship examined serves three Wayne Grudem is the new theology professor. on being short 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 Clarion survey Seniors would make changes if had chance by Dan Larson Twenty-seven seniors were asked: "If you had the choice, what would you do differently in your college experience?" Nine-teen of the students have been at Bethel for their entire college education, and eight are trans-fers. Bob Bowman : "Instead of taking four classes every semes-ter, I would have taken three and gone to Bethel for five years. I would have had time to be involved in Christian Service." Bill Trollinger said he would have become involved in a church before his senior year. "For a while, my erstwhile roommate and I picked our churches by going through the phone book." Dave B. Johnson : "I wish I had been involved in a Bible study earlier — because now I see that fellowship is so important in Christian life. I would also have made a habit of sharing more closely with my friends." Lori Brodd: "I would become friends with a greater variety of people." Sue Greene: "I would try not to be so preoccupied with the social life; I had marriage on the brain." Nancy Moulton: "I would have lived in the dorm instead of a townhouse my freshman year if possible." Nancy Jo Horvath and Faith Conn said they would have spent more time studying instead of socializing. "I enjoyed people a lot, but I mixed up some of my priorities," said Nancy Jo. Dawn Nordstrom: "I would have discovered earlier the enjoy-ment in learning. I would have tried to learn for the joy in doing research for myself rather than just learning the things the professor wanted me to know." Phyllis Buttner said she learned a lot by changing majors many times. "I wouldn't have done anything differently," she said, "I had to figure out what the Lord wanted me to do and where my interests lay." Sue Greene also said she would have taken required courses in the beginning. "How-ever," she said, "at that time I thought I was going into dental hygiene, but now I'm in drama." Several students thought that attending another school besides Bethel would have been good. "I wouldn't have kept myself limited to Bethel courses," said Sue Greene, "but would have investi-gated courses in other colleges, perhaps on a summer basis, so that more time could have been given to plays." Renae Warmouth said, "I would probably have studied in Europe a year." Jeff Miller: "I wish I had known ahead of time why I was coming here. Then I would have known what I was after and what I could gain." Some students thought fewer years at Bethel would have been beneficial. Sue Fox said, "I would have taken a variety of courses, such as ceramics and more Bible classes, instead of worrying about fulfilling requirements, and probably would have quit after two years." Jay Wik said, "I would have thought more seriously of trans-ferring after my sophomore year because I'm interested in com-mercial aviaiton." Jim Norris: "I would not have come to Bethel. The reason is that I'm interested in photogra-phy which I found out too late." Tim Zimmerman: "After two years I would have seriously contemplated transferring to a university with a larger curricu-lum and choice of faculty. I'm disappointed in the inconsisten-cy between educational policy rhetoric and actual performance. This can be particularly seen in the difference between descrip-tion and class syllabi, and the actual or real performance of the teacher in the classroom." Dan Becker: "I wish I had gone here my first two years of college because I like Bethel a lot. I also wish there had been enough writing courses to make up a major." Terri Johnson: "I wish I had started here because it's a pain transferring. I was out of se-quence in the music program and classes from other schools are transferred only as .83 credits. Jan Curry: "I wish working overseas had been required as part of my political science major, and I wish a senior class surveying the social sciences had been offered." Editorship Applications Available Applications for the Clarion editorship are available in the Senate office (or through P.O. 93). The deadline for applicants is March 4. (Any questions may be directed to Bill Trollinger.) by Laura Alden I had always presumed the corporate collegiate mind to be a fairly open and reasonable one. Now, as a seasoned senior, I have concluded that the open mind is a myth. This thesis is based on subjective experience and can be summed up in a word: "stump." It was new (and news) to me that the word "stump" was so uproariously funny, especially when referring to a person's, physique. I admit that I am not a titan when it comes to vertical inches. But a "stump?" The nightmare began one naive and freshman even. I was duti-fully (and somewhat dourly) studying my colloquy notes when I heard whispering through the solid paperthin townhouse walls. "I think it's all the coffee she drinks," rapsed a voice. "No, no. It's genetic. Her parents are pygmies too," said another. "You're both wrong," a third voice countered. Then, in a barely audible undertone: "It's — glan-dular!" "Really?!" "Can your glands make you a stump?" "Stump!" "Stump!" (shrieks of hilarious laughter) I was crushed. That word. Cruel. Belittling. I felt sawed-off, miniscule, puny. But I never told them that I'd overheard. The next day I bought two pairs of platform shoes and started posture exercises in my closet. (I even tried to poof up my hair, but discovered that thin, stringy hair is non-poofable.) I thought these steps were successful in subverting the "stump" mindset. But this was the point where my present theory gained ground. Whenever I brought up the subjebt of my height, the by-word of narrow minds crept into the conversa-tion. "Why can't you just accept yourself? Being a stump isn't that bad!" (Guffaws.) So I became resentful, espe-cially against those proponents of the unkind (yet extremely popular) "Lilliputian" vernacular. These people, who are usually at least 5-foot-10, take a strange delight in uttering words that destroy the short person's image. "Stump" heads the list. Other remarks, referring to people under 5-foot-4 as runts, midgets, urchins, Tom Thumbs, shrimps, peewees or insects, don't do much for the short person's self-image. In my resentful years, I devel-oped an intellectually superior attitude toward these image-slayers. I fancied myself as an aristocrat, living above the world's slandering serfs. They were the dull-witted, one-liner cynics. I was above that, if not in height, at least in mind. Then came the enlightenment. It happened while my friend Anne and I were playing "gourmet cooks" in Anne's kitchen. I didn't see her roommate Sylvia walk in. Sylvia was behind me when Anne introduced her. I whirled around, looking up to meet her. There was no one there. Glancing down from my tower of 5-foot-2, I met Sylvia, who was all of 4-foot-10! The sibilant of "stump" started to form between my teeth. Luckily, Anne intervened, send-ing Sylvia on an errand. I stood in shock for ten seconds, letting my own narrow mind recover from the jarring. Then I, the aristocrat, gave up my rights to pride and joined the serfs. Grudem joins faculty by Kathleen Asselin Wayne Grudem, the new pro-fessor in the theology and Biblical studies department, breezed into town from Cam-bridge, England, two weeks ago. Two days later, he taught his first day of classes at Bethel College. And on Friday of the same week, the Grudems moved into their Arden Hills home between Theol-ogy and Christian Ethics. The 29-year-old professor has a Jimmy-Carter grin, atom-ant glasses of tortoise shell, and dimples. While enthusiastic about teaching at Bethel and living in the Midwest again, squash-buff Wayne Grudem has a fascinating tale of how he ended up where he is. After graduation from Harvard and Westminster Theological Seminary and ordination at Salem Baptist Church in Eau Claire, Wis., Grudem traveled to Cam-bridge University in England. There he studied for his Ph.D. in New Testament. In January 1972, Grudem took a course in Modern Hebrew at the Institute of Holy Land Studies in Jerusalem. Who else was living in the same building but Dr. Art Lewis, Dr. Walter Wessel, and the Interim Israel class from Bethel? Wayne and his wife, Margaret, became fast friends with the Wessels and Lewises from their continual contact throughout the month. "Two years ago, Dr. Wessel came to Cambridge on Sabbati-cal," said Grudem. "When we had him over for dinner, he mentioned that there was an opening in the theology department at Bethel." With Wessel's encouragement, Grudem sent his application to Dr. Al Glenn, chairman of the department. This past November, Grudem arrived in Minnesota to finalize his appointment to the department and then find a home. Although he tasted Minnesota's deep-freeze weather before re-turning to take his oral exam at Cambridge in January, Grudem said that he was "happy to get back to this climate. It's not always wet like England." Wayne Grudem is especially enthused about teaching system-atic theology. "I switched my Ph.D. work to New Testament because it al-lowed me to work more with the Bible itself," he explained, "but actually I enjoy being somewhere between theology and Biblical studies." John W. Ivance Company 501 1618 Pioneer Bldg. 224-7358 INSURANCE John W. Warms, Sr. Life—Auto--Home John W. !wince, Jr. Business John G. Chisholm Russel Akre St. Paul, Mn. 55101 four Seminary BETHEL ABSURDITIES The Drama Department has outdone itself in its contribution to the absurdity page. When you talk about absurd professors, you normally mention the Jerry Healys and the Al Glenns (have you ever seen a more ridiculous photo than the one on the first page?) But Dale Rott is more than equal to the task. His eccentricities will live on immortal in the annals of Bethel College. We really don't need to be wasting your time or ours explaining why the Banking Window is an absurdity. For instance, we snapped this candid shot as one dumbounded student tried to explain the difference between a one and a five dollar bill. At the other window, a seasoned Banking Window veteran offers his ten fingers in substitution for the broken abacus. You've got to wonder what the 1977 freshmen are going to think when they realize this is the New New Dorm. On second thought, you've got to wonder what the 1987 freshmen are going to think. But an incoming freshman will no longer have to face 22 to a showerhead. You just never know where a creative use of space will get you. Take this photo for what it's worth. We did, but we printed it anyway. No Bethel absurdity page is complete without the Clarion staff, replete with a hooded Dan Erickson posing for the absent David Shelley. Zzzzzzzzzz. five CHOICE STEAKS & SANDWICHES FREE COFFEE TO BETHEL GROUPS OF 4 OR MORE Hours: 6:30 am to 10:00 pm 7 Days a week COUNTY RD. E & SNELLING Arts Calendar Visual Art Feb. 18-28 Painting is the Object, Michael Mactavish and Robert Patrick, West Bank Union Gallery, U. of M. Feb. 18-28 Judy Blain, paintings, Artisan's World, 2274 Como Ave. Feb. 18-28 Doug Luo, watercolors, Suzanne Kohn Gallery, 1690 Grand Ave. Music Feb. 19, 26 The Passion According to St. Matthew, J.S. Bach, Mn. Opera Company at O'Shaughnessy Auditorium (221-0256) Feb. 28 An Evening with Tchaikovsky, 8 p.m. Orchestra hall. Tickets at Daytons and Orchestra Hall. Feb. 19 P.D.O. Bach, Orchestra Hall. Theatre Feb. 18-28 Vanities; Anything Goes; I Do, I Do, Chanhassen Dinner Theatre (474-4181) Feb. 18-28 The Good Doctor, Friars/ Downtown Dinner theatre (332-4474). Feb. 18- Steambath, Theatre-In-The-Round March 13 Dance Feb. 19 Paul Taylor Dance Co., Northrup (373-2345) March 3 Bayanihan Philippine Dance Co., Northrup (373-2345) March 13 San Francisco Ballet, Northrup (373-2345) March 13 Osipov Balalaika Orchestra with Stars of the Bolshoi Ballet and Opera, Northrup Special Events March 8-12 A Matter of Gravity with Katharine Hepburn at St. Paul Civic Center (333-8883) review _ Network: insult to intelligence by Dawn Hart Claims that "TV will never be the same" prodded The Clarion to view the "monumental" Network. We cannot allow such an atrocity to go on making such grandiose claims which hold no water. Why Network has been nominated for ten Academy Awards boggles our minds, insults our intelligence and deflates our expectations of American cinema. Network is the story of UBS, a competing television network, presumably on the same level as ABC, CBS and NBC. The goal of UBS centers around the National Public Ratings and the race for the number one spot. Paddy Chayefsky, screenwrit-er, seems to be attempting to glue numerous subplots into one cohesive plot. All he ends up with are sticky globs of unrelated story lines. Gene Shalit (Ladies Home Journal, February 1977) echoes these sentiments as he states that, "Chayefsky seems to be hitting about six typewriters at once as he concocts a conglom-erate of plots that zap the Arabs, Patty Hearst, big business, sex, black revolutionaries, television news, career women and the public." Because he tries to combine so many unrelated plots (that could stand alone), he succeeds in subverting each one. In doing so, The Children's Theatre Company is seeking volunteer ushers for their public per-formances for weekend days and evenings. Complimentary tickets are available for this service. If you are interested please contact: Adine Thoreen, House Man-ager 874-0500 Ext. 29 by Jim Torgerson Two Bethel students, Dave Johnson and Gary Setterberg, accompanied by Dr. John Lawyer of Bethel's Political Science Department, participated in the National Association of Evan-gelicals Federal Seminar Jan. 31 - Feb. 4 in Washington D.C. They studied Christian influ-ence on U.S. government through briefing sessions, visits to vari-ous places, and interaction with government officials. A number of speakers de-scribed their experiences in gov-ernment. Some of the people that spoke to them were: Senator Mark Hatfield; Supreme Court Justice William H. Rehnquist; Congressman Don L. Bonker; Congressman John B. Anderson; Peace Corps Director John Del-lenback; a panel of people from the press including Edward D. Plowman, News Editor of Chris-tianity Today; Sojourners Editor Wes Michelson; and Chuck Col-he produces a "schizophrenic farce that doesn't know where it's going and gets lost not getting there." (Shalit) The overriding theme present-ed (television's control of the American public) gets lost some-where between pages 10 and 14. If all the unsavory words uttered in Network were deleted, Chayefsky would be left with a gaunt skeleton of a script. The script is not conducive to charac-ter development, adequate pac-ing or picturesque blocking. As far as character develop-ment is concerned, the actors managed to stereotype their by Dan Anderson As I sit down to write this article, temperatures are climbing higher, snowdrifts are shrinking lower, and talk of Florida has reached even the most remote corners of the LRC. BUT WAIT! Before we give up on winter altogether, we must have our annual tribute to that cold cloak that covers our countryside, bringing beauty and wintery recreation. This tribute is, of course, known as SNO DAZE, and snow or no snow the word is still go for next weekend, Febru-ary 25th and 26th. It all begins Friday with a Frankie Avalon movie, "Ski Par-ty." There will be no admission charge, and it will begin at 8 p.m. in the gymnasium. Saturday will consist of out-door activities, including the traditional polar-bear dip, a cross country ski race, tubing on Mt. Zion, and a snow sculpture contest. These are, of course, contingent upon weather condi-son, former White House aide. Dr. Lawyer said that what impressed him the most was the breadth of the views represented. He said, "The speakers covered a wide expanse of government positions. "There were people from each branch of government and also the press. The people that talked were from top level decision-making positions on down. Also, the speakers had widely differing Christian philosophies that helped make the seminar inter-esting," he said. The three of them were able to meet privately with several gov-ernment officials. Johnson said, "It was a real advantage to have Dr. Lawyer as our faculty advisor. His experience in Washington made it possible for us to see people and things that would have been impossible without him." Dr. Lawyer said, "It was most valuable seeing different people at work and listening as they characters even more than the script dictated. Peter Finch and William Holden were, at times, on the brink of a character discovery. However, Faye Dun-away and crew were disasters. Although Network lacked in many areas, a few humorous scenarios, some clever staging gimmicks and a few well-conceived character bits did shine through. Basically, though, in attempting to surgically dis-sect television, Network has, instead, performed a surgical butchering job that slits cinema open and reveals its inner weak-nesses. tions and may have to be cancelled. If this is the case, there will be a snowflake hunt where participants will be award-ed prizes for finding any remain-ing snow. Saturday night should prove to be the highlight of SNO-DAZE. The evening will begin with a buffet dinner (all you can eat) at 6 p.m. in the gymnasium, with seating at round tables under a candlelight atmosphere. Follow-ing the dinner, a stage will be filled with our own Bethel talent in a SNO-DAZE production called "SNOW-BIZ." There will be re-served seating for the dinner, and tickets will be sold Monday, the 21st, through Wednesday, the 23rd. Ticket prices are $3.25, $2.75 with SAC, and meal cards may be used. We would like to stress just how to dress. This will be a semi-formal affair, which means no jeans. From "Ski Party" to "SNOW-BIZ" it will be a busy, fun-filled weekend, and we hope that most students will participate. explained the problems of their jobs and Christianity." Dave added that he was impressed by the speaker's commitment to God. "They are in positions of power but their faith and commit-ment to the Lord really came out." Gary said the event that impressed him the most was the speech Chuck Colson made the final evening they were there. "He told us how he had been in power," Gary recalled, "and then had lost all of his power. He explained to us that political power is nothing at all compared to the power we have through Jesus Christ. "Colson reminded us that political power is very transitory and that we have greater power within us because of Jesus Christ," he added. Dr. Lawyer said that the seminar will probably be repeated again next year and that Bethel would send some students. Sno-Daze to provide `fun-filled weekend' Christian influence in government studied at recent NAE seminar six Reynolds rips rebound from grasping opponent as HaliqUist orchestrates performance. ESPRIT YOUR FRENCH CONNECTION Complete summer studies program in France with sessions in Paris, Nice and Strasbourg. Up to 16 hours credit. in French and/or European history. Co-sponsored by Wheaton College and Taylor University. 3 week, 7 week, 10 week sessions from $ 1350 including air fare. Some financial aid available. For details, contact: ESPRIT, Box 636, Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois 60187. In Hardwood Groves by Mark Troxel FALCON ME ER' - avusr JIM • DAVE • DENISE Tuesday - Friday 8 - 6 Saturday 8 - 5 For Appointment Call 1713 N. Snelling 646-2323 St. Paul, iv1N 55113 Women trounce Comets; squeeze past Augies To the relief of the journalism department, I don't identify myself with journalism per se. I'm sure it comes as no surprise to those of you who have suffered through my past efforts in this publication, but I've never even come close to taking a journalism course. Be that as it may, I do have one thing in common with your everyday, garden variety journalism purist. That is a rapacious appetite for the language and a sometimes tactless intolerance for the prostitution and misuse of that language. I simply can't help but cringe when I heard the ever popular but never correct, "irregardless" or the now hackneyed "paranoid." The former is nothing more than a non-word and the latter is used to describe a continuum of emotions ranging from anxiety to anger. Even worse though, are the terms I hear used around Bethel that constitute nothing sort of logic in effigy when used in their most popular context. The first one is the word "generalization." It has always been a puzzling phenomena to me that any time anyone makes a generalization in an argument, someone just on the fringe of the fray always has to blurt out effusively, "But that's a generalization!!" After this astute observation everyone generally (oops, there's one of those nasty little varmits right now) nods their head in agreement and quite summarily discounts the argument as being invalid. My answer to this proud proclamation is always, "So what?" Obviously the little sharpie who correctly identified your point is working under the premise that all generalizations are just short of blasphemy. I beg to differ. Generalizations are not inherently bad. Not only are they a necessary tool for the organization of data, but generalizations are also stark naked logic. If a student goes to the banking window five times and five times he hears something like, "I don't care if you do have a cancelled check, you haven't paid for second semester," or the amusing, "We seem to have lost any record of your ever having attended Bethel," he has no choice but to conclude that the organization of the Bethel business office is less than efficient. Not only has he concluded this via generalization, but in this case, he is undoubtedly correct. The only time the generalization would be bad is if one concluded that every experience with the banking window would be ludicrous just because most encounters with the banking window are, or if one failed to change his opinion in light of new data. Another example of the profanation of our language is the usage of the word "discrimination." Just as "generalization," discrimination is many times assumed to be pernicious. A good example is an argument I was having with a friend of mine a few months ago. We were talYng about the injustices of the food card system and how women are always stuck with cards at the end of the year and so are forced to sell them for less than they are worth. It has always been my position that if we all have to buy a minimum of food cards that women should have to buy less than men. My friend cried "Discrimination!" and I agree with her. It is discrimination but it is fair discrimination. Women should have to buy less food cards for the same reason that cars pay less highway tax than do trucks. Just as a two ton car that is driven maybe 30 miles a day doesn't put as much wear and tear on the road as a 20 ton semi that travels 500 miles a day, a 125 pound woman is not going to eat as much as a 185 pound man. Discrimination, in the connotative definition of the word, is hateful. But our overusage of the word itself has been taken to an absurd and infinite degree in this country. We have got to start shooting for what is fair and not the mythical and ethereal "equality" that we are obsessed with. Last but not least is the ultimate cop out, "It's the Lord's will." This is used when one is too afraid to tell another person what he is feeling so he simply blames it on God. In its popular form it is manifested in the dating relationship. I've never heard the line myself but more than one "Dear John" or "Dear Mary" speech has started with, "I don't feel it is the Lord's will that we . .." Instead of telling the person that one's feelings have changed, one can rather conveniently hide behind the Lord's will and subsequently absolve self of any responsibility for the ensuing hurt feelings. by Linda Dowden During the past week the Bethel women's basketball team hosted two games. In the first game, on Saturday afternoon, they played Concordia-St. Paul and won 62 to 41. On Monday night they played Augsburg and also won by a score of 45 to 41. Against Concordia they took an early lead in the first half and held it through the whole game to win. Gail Anderson was the highest scorer for the game with 15 points. In the game against Augsburg on Monday night the Bethel girls started with a big lead early in the half and were able to hold on to it through halftime. They did a good job defensively and held the Augies' scoring down to a minimum. The half time score was Bethel 24, Augies 9. This marked a 15 point difference and the widest margin between teams. Beginning in the second half, all the Bethel team members had a chance to play in the game, as they maintained their big lead. Augsburg began to catch up in by Greg Wilcox Senioritis or panic, call it what you want, is when the end of your college experience is only a few short months away and the inevitable "what are you going to do when you get out" becomes all too real. For some seniors graduation from Bethel does not mean the end of school, as some type of post-graduate work lies ahead. But for others, graduation means venturing into that "real" world that lies somewhere outside the hallowed halls of Bethel. Being one of those whose future does not include grad school, I decided to visit Paul Redin, head of Bethel's place-ment office. (After four years I too was wondering if there really was anything you could do with a history major.) Not being one to beat around the bush I asked Paul Redin what he thought he could do for me. His answer was just as staight-forward. "Not a thing." Instead, he talked about what I would have to do for myself. the second half with about eight minutes left to be played in the game. In the next five minutes the Augies brought the score to within one point of the Royals lead. Bethel score the next two points and a time out was called with 2:31 minutes left with a score of Bethel 42, Augsburg 39. Bethel held Augsburg score-less until less than one minute left. One of the Augsburg girls hit from outside the key, bringing the score back to a one point lead for Bethel. Janet Reynolds was fouled with 27 seconds left and made free throw. Cindi Ramm was fouled seconds later and scored two more points with three seconds left to bring the final score to 45-41. Cindi Martin and Cathy Olson were high scorers with 12 and 10 points respectively. The last games of the season for the Bethel women will be this weekend when they participate in the State-District tournament to be held at Concordia-St. Paul. The season record for the team is 6 wins and 10 losses. Know yourself, be honest in your evaluation of yourself. This was the advice I was given. Take out a piece of paper and write down your particular skills and abilities. Plan out where you want to be in five years and set some goals. Organize yourself. Identify areas that interest you and set out what values you hold. All these are important and should be considered when choosing a career. The placement office is set up Records go in coed track meet by Bruce Olsen Six Bethel records were broken and two fieldhouse records smashed as the Bethel track team competed in a coed track meet. -The Feb. 12 meet at St. Olaf also fielded teams from the University of Wisconsin at River Falls and Northwestern College of St. Paul. For the men, Larry Caldwell broke the school record in the mile run with a time of 4:18.7. His time also qualified him to compete in the NAIA Nationals. Other school records were by Curt Brown in the 600 yard run (1 :13.5), and the mile relay team of Graydon Held, Kevin Shenk, Curt Brown, and Gene Blair (3:30.8). Blair also took two first place finishes in the 300 yard dash (32.7) and the 440 yard dash (52.1). Long jumper Rick Knopf also took a first place ribbon with a jump of 21'6". The best effort for the women's squad was turned in by freshman Jan Engel in the shot put. She set a new fieldhouse record with a toss of 35'6". Bobbi Hersch broke two Bethel records in the long jump and the 300 yard dash. Hersch recorded a 16'10" effort in the long jump, good enough for second place. Her 300 yard dash time of 41 seconds gave her a fourth place finish. First place finishes for the women included a 4'9" high jump by sophomore Carol Anderson. Cheryl Staurseth also recorded a first place finish with a 9.5 time in the 60 yard hurdles. As a team, the Bethel men finished second to St. Olaf with a score of 52.5. The women tallied a third place finish behind St. Olaf and River Falls. to aid students and they are encouraged to make an appoint-ment. This service is by no means for seniors only, as underclass-men are also encouraged in come in For those seniors who have made an art out of procrastina-tion, time is running out. If you have not made an appointment yet, expect to be contacted by the placement office in the next few weeks. Advice available for panic-stricken seniors seven Bethel basketbaUers prepare to recoup disastrous weekend. Cagers work hard but reap no rewa rds; drop pair over weekend Student sweeps lake after IM broomball game. Martin scratches head in rare moment of frustration. Scores 39 vs. Carleton Cindy Martin leads women to victory by Bruce Olsen "If there is a low point in the season, this has to be it," lamented Coach Roger Davis after his team had lost both ends of last weekend's doubleheader. The Royal cagers lost to North-western College of Iowa on Friday and Westmar College on Saturday. The Royals started off quickly against Northwestern, playing aggressive basketball at both ends of the court. But they were a little too aggressive for the referees and were soon in foul trouble. Northwestern found themselves in the bonus situation with only six minutes gone in the game. Besides being in foul trouble, Bethel also faced a very good Red by Bruce Olsen Forfeits and a pin by heavy-weight Jeff Zitzloff led the Bethel wrestlers to an easy 30-17 victory over Hamline University last Friday night. The Pipers fielded only five wrestlers, as the Royals won four matches by forfeit. The match started off very quickly with a double forfeit in the 118 pound class. Two more forfeits by Hamline at 126 and 134 gave Bethel a quick 12-0 lead. The first match of the night finally came in the 142 pound weight class, with both teams finding a wrestler at that weight. For the fans who came five minutes late, it was somewhat surprising to see that they had missed nearly half of the meet. Lonnie Holmgren was defeated in his match at 142 to cut the Royal's lead to seven. But another Hamline forfeit at 150 to Royal wrestler Mike Reeves gave Probes' and 'Grunt' lead IM open league by Gayle Trollinger When was the last time you saw a basketball player score 39 points in one game? Cindy Martin, captain of the women's basketball team, did just that as the team beat Carleton 63-55 on Feb. 4. Martin, a junior from Lisbon, Iowa, has played competitive basketball since she was a freshman in high school. She completed two years on the JV team and two on the varsity team. She has played three years for Bethel and has started each year. In Iowa, a six-person game is played, while five person teams are floored in Minnesota. Cindy reflected on its effect: "I have had much less experience in defense so I obviously prefer playing offense. Iowa coaches stressed funda-mentals, Martin reflected. "It was a good experience. I feel I have a better grasp of the fundamentals than other girls." Cindy is also left-handed and uses it to an advantage. "It helps a lot — no one expects people to go to the left and that's all I do." This year's team has a heavier schedule than years before, ac-cording to Martin. "We have a good team, but we're just not by Debbie Valder Intramural action began again last week with open league basketball and broomball teams. In basketball the Big Apples were steam rolled 64-32 by the Probes, Gigs and Dozers, who weren't nearly so tan but had much more skill. True Grunt made a strong second half comeback to out-score the Pink Panthers 57-53. Al Jones and Mark Stevens were high scorers for True Grunt with 22 and 18 respectively, but the key to this game was Pink Panther Bob Merritt's four fouls in the first half leaving Loren Helm to carry most of the load for the Panthers. Jay Alvin's off-rebound baskets and Kim Walker's 16 points killed the No Names 59-39. eight playing up to our potential. We'll play a good half than we don't look too good. We can't get it all together." Cindy cites defense as one weak area. "We do too much scrambling. Overall, we need to be quicker and our passes don't move like they should." Despite its weaknesses the team is recognized as having great potential. One referee said Bethel is the team of the future. Being the captain of the team puts some extra pressures on Cindy. "I feel like I have to set an example and have to make extra time available to talk to team-mates." She has a full schedule as she has a P.E./Elem. Ed. double major. She also has plans to get her coaching certificate. She sews most of her own clothes and plays the piano. Softball practice will begin soon so Cindy will begin getting her arm ready for the spring campaign as pitcher. "I have always wanted to play basketball. I like the competition and I like showing that I can be a girl and still play well." With 39 points in one game she has definitely shown her playing ability. Young and Restless versus Charlie's Angels was a close game which see-sawed the first ten minutes. Kevin Hallstrom led a second half comeback for the Young and Restless but Charlie's Angels made them just a little too restless with balanced teamwork and won 47-39. In other games Silly Goosers beat El Laser on the Strength of Jeff Berglund's 14 points and Wink's Finks over came Upper New Volta 53-44. Broomball is just getting under way with six more games to be played if the weather holds. The Svensonians lead the league now with two wins, no losses. The Razzies, Schut's, and Gardners are an even 1-1. The Divet's are 0-1 and Stevie's Wonders really need to see light to improve their 0-2 standing. Raider squad. "They shot very well and were very disciplined," said Davis. Northwestern finished the game with a 52 percent shooting mark from the floor, compared to 37 percent for the Royals. The final score was 76-58, High scorer in the game was freshman Dave Blanchard with 14, followed by Scott Wilson with 11 and Doug Erickson with 10. Wilson also added 12 rebounds for the night. The following afternoon brought the Royals to LeMars, Iowa to face more of the same from Westmar College. Bethel started very slowly, missing many easy shots early in the game. The defense also fell through, as Westmar jumped off to a quick lead. Davis had this to say about the game: "If we would have made those shots early in the game, we probably would have won. But once they got a lead, they just seemed to take off on us. They remained intense, and we didn't." Will Healy finished as high scorer for the Royals with 19 points. He was followed by Curt Oslin with 14 and Blanchard with 12. Junior Tom Koenigsberg finished with 15 rebounds in the 94-76 loss. The two losses put the Royal's conference record at 2-5. Overall the Bethel cagers are 8-14. Tonight at 7:30 p.m. the Royals will entertain Sioux Falls College. On Saturday afternoon we will host a game against Yankton College starting at 2:30 p.m. These two games will be the last home games of the season for the Royal b-ballers. Bethel a commanding 18-5 lead. At 158, Greg Kaihoi lost a close 6-3 decision to close Bethel's lead to 10 points. Kaihoi made a good comeback in the second period, as he scored all three of his points. But he tired in the third period and lost on a reversal to the Piper grappler. The two teams traded forfeits at the 167 and 177 weight classes to put the score at 24-14. In the next match, Barrett Holmgren was stopped by a score of 6-0. The 190 pound wrestler never managed to hold control over his opponent long enough to score any points. Jeff Zitzloff pinned his man with three seconds left in the second period in what was perhaps the most exciting match of the evening. "Zitz" held a 3-0 lead at the time of his pin. Zitzloff, who normally wrestles in the 177 pound weight class, was filling in for the injured Gary Peterson. Peterson, who has been Bethel's most consistent wrestler this year, hurt his ankle earlier in the week in practice. He is expected to wrestle in the conference meet tomorrow. The final match of the season will be tomorrow for the Tri-State Conference championship. West-mar College of LeMars, Iowa is the host school and is expected to win the meet. The Royals should have a good shot at second place. The meet will begin at 10 a.m. Forfeits and Zitzlof pin aid grapplers in victory over Hamline
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Title | Clarion 1977-02-18 Vol 52 No 16 |
Edition (Vol. No.) | Vol. 52 No. 16 |
Date Published | February 18 1977 |
Decade | 1970 |
Academic Year | 1976 - 1977 |
Frequency | Weekly |
Article Titles | Profs to expound on hermeneutics next week; Advising system standards to be set; Annual tuition rate increases $180 per year; Bethel purchases Fountain Terrace apt's; Social climate critiqued, investigation encouraged; President, editor respond to Bethel racial problems; letters to the editor: Suto speaks; Students appalled; 'Were sorry; Faculty bill of rights; Leitch, Olson to speak at graduation; American Studies program to be continued; Psych, Christianity relationship examined; Chapman serves Bethel in regent role; Clarion survey, Seniors would make changes if had chance; on being short; Grudem joins faculty; review- Network: insult to intelligence; Sno-Daze to provide `fun-filled weekend'; Christian influence in government studied at recent NAE seminar; In Hardwood Groves; Women trounce Comets, squeeze past Augies; Advice available for panic-stricken seniors; Records go in coed track meet; Cindy Martin leads women to victory; Cagers work hard but reap no rewards; drop pair over weekend; Forfeits and Zitzlof pin aid grapplers in victory over Hamline; Probes' and 'Grunt' lead IM open league |
Photographs | Dr. Glenn will be one of five Faculty members to speak on Biblical interpretation.; Elizabeth Elliot Leitch will be the 1977 commencement speaker; Bethel regent Austin Chapman; Wayne Grudem is the new theology professor.; BETHEL ABSURDITIES - Seminary; The Drama Department has outdone itself in its contribution to the absurdity page. When you talk about absurd professors, you normally mention the Jerry Healys and the Al Glenns (have you ever seen a more ridiculous photo than the one on the first page?) But Dale Rott is more than equal to the task. His eccentricities will live on immortal in the annals of Bethel College.; We really don't need to be wasting your time or ours explaining why the Banking Window is an absurdity. For instance, we snapped this candid shot as one dumbounded student tried to explain the difference between a one and a five dollar bill. At the other window, a seasoned Banking Window veteran offers his ten fingers in substitution for the broken abacus.; You've got to wonder what the 1977 freshmen are going to think when they realize this is the New New Dorm. On second thought, you've got to wonder what the 1987 freshmen are going to think. But an incoming freshman will no longer have to face 22 to a showerhead. You just never know where a creative use of space will get you.; Take this photo for what it's worth. We did, but we printed it anyway. No Bethel absurdity page is complete without the Clarion staff, replete with a hooded Dan Erickson posing for the absent David Shelley. Zzzzzzzzzz.; Reynolds rips rebound from grasping opponent as Hallquist orchestrates performance.; Bethel basketballers prepare to recoup disastrous weekend; Martin scratches head in rare moment of frustration.; Student sweeps lake after IM broomball game. |
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Transcript | Bethel College Advising system standards to be set Dr. Glenn will be one of five Faculty members to speak on Biblical interpretation. Bethel purchases Fountain Terrace apt's Profs to expound on hermeneutics next week by Diana Gonzalez "The Bible Department has felt that basic to our discussing and thinking -about our faith around the campus is the interpretation of scripture," said Jim Spickel-mier. During the week of February 21 to February 25, the Department of Biblical and Theological Studies will be presenting a chapel series on Biblical hermeneutics. "To help students understand what hermeneutics entails, five members of our department are going to take one chapel each to discuss how to go about interp-reting the Bible," said Dr. Al Glenn. On Monday, Dr. Walter Wessel will begin this chapel series by discussing the necessity of re-translating the Bible. Dr. Wessel has had experience in translating part of the New Testament for the New International Version. Dr. John Piper will speak the following day on interpreting the expository literature of the New Testament. "Different parts of the Bible have to be interpreted in different ways," said Dr. Glenn. "There are many different genres in the Bible. You can't use the same type of interpretation for different types of literature. On Wednes-day, Dr. Stein is going to take a specific example of New Testa-ment literature, a parable, and show how to go about interpret-ing it." For the fourth chapel talk of this series, Dr. Art Lewis will discuss the interpretation of Messianic prophesy as an exam-ple of Old Testament hermeneu-tics. Dr. Glenn commented that on Friday he will "show how a systematic theologian interprets the Bible. As a systematic theologian, I have to deal with the entire Bible. I will try to tie all the previous chapel sessions togeth-er and discuss how it relates to us today. " "We realize that this is going to be serious subject matter. Our purpose is not to do the typical sermonic kind of chapel presen-tation, but to show students how to interpret the Bible," com-mented Dr. Glenn. Dr. Glenn added that herme-neutics is a vital issue for Christians today since the oppos-ing viewpoints Christians hold on various issues stem from how they approach Biblical herme-neutics. by David Shelley "The real key to advising is knowing the curriculum well," said Dwight Jessup, director of academic affairs, concerning aca-demic advisers. At present the only policy governing the duties of advisers is an advising manual which basically covers requirements for graduation within each concen-tration. The academic policies commit-tee is currently considering a possible standard for advisers. "The basic requirement for advisers is just to meet with the students before registration time," Jessup said. "The adviser is involved a little more with students in special programs. "We would like all the advisers to have good personal relation-ships with each advisee," he stated, "but curriculum is the real responsibility. Some do a great job and we wish some would do a little bit more. "I'm sure the system can be improved," Jessup added, "but it is hard to govern." Advisers are notified if an advisee gets a mid-term note for doing D or N work up to that point. They are also notified to post specific times for office hours about two weeks prior to registration. All full-time and a few part-time faculty members are expect-ed to serve as advisers. Tuition charges at Bethel Col-lege next year will reflect the rising costs that seem to be a way of life for American residents and households. Students will pay $300 per college course for the 1977-78 year according to a statement released by the Dean's Office. This will mean a total annual increase of $180 for those students carrying the normal total of nine courses per acade-mic year. The tuition increase is necessi-tated by higher college operating costs and allows the college to keep pace with rising expendi-tures and provide minimal in-creases for faculty-staff salaries. An increase in the student financial aid funds provided by Some concentrations, such as foreign language, have fewer advisees and others such as business, have more. "The load is evened out somewhat by adding freshmen," Jessup said. "We also have a few advising who aren't faculty, for instance Jill Newcomer, music secretary," he stated. "There have been times when we've used seniors as advisers, if they knew the curricu-lum well." Jessup said that one check on advisers is in the clearing of seniors for graduation, which is handled by Paul Reasoner of the registrar's office. "He is kind of an adviser's adviser," Jessup said, "but again, that only involves curriculum." the college is also being made and will be commensurate with the tuition increase. Any changes in special instruc-tional fees, such as private music lessons, graduation fees, and student teaching fees, have yet to be announced. The same is true of campus housing costs where some increase is anticipated, but developments are still pending. Several housing options are likely to be available. Announcements about these costs are anticipated within the next four to six weeks. The minimum required food coupon purchases per regular term (fall and spring) will remain at $100 for Snelling campus residence and $225 for Arden Hills residence. Annual tuition rate increases $180 per year by Nancy Naumenko The problem of married student housing at Bethel is not a new one and steps have been taken to remedy the situation. A set of apartments has recently been purchased for the accommoda-tion of married students. "Fountain Terrace", which is located right across 35W and just north of County Road E2, con-tains 72 unfurnished apartments and 39 garages. There are 70 two-bedroom, 1 single bedroom, and 1 three-bedroom suites. At the present Bethel holds no accommodation for married stu-dents. There are 123 apartments at the Seminary but only in rare cases are college students per-mitted housing there. Present rates at Fountain Ter-race vary from $175 to $207.50 per month, but Paul Drake, director of auxiliary enterprises, declined to comment on future Bethel rates, as this information is yet pending. When questioned whether the goal of this project would be similar to that of the food service, in that it would be profit-making, Mr. Drake replied "I don't think so." It seems there would be no difficulty in filling the apart-ments. According to a survey by Dr. Mack Nettleton, director of student affairs, there are current-ly 47 married seminary couples and 40 married Bethel College couples who "might be interest-ed" in leasing these apartments. Leasing is presently on a month-to-month basis with the present renters and will continue this way until August 1. It is still uncertain as to leasing arrange-ments following that date. Marilyn Starr, director of hous-ing, stated, "Good business would say that you would have to have a 12-month lease and students are notorious for want-ing a 9-month lease. So, there are going to be some problems." The college is not presently contemplating any bus service to and from the complex. The original reason for the purchase of the apartments sprung from the dire need of the seminary for additional housing. on the inside Response to racism, p. 2 on being short,' p. 4 Bethel absurdities, P. 5 Social climate critiqued; investigation encouraged It is safe to say that a large segment of the Bethel population is disappointed with the social climate here on campus. This fact was underscored in last week's Clarion, when an unofficial survey of student opinion demonstrated an almost unanimously negative response to on-campus activities (or lack of such activities). The brunt of the blame for the social aridity of Bethel is placed upon the campus coordinators. As again seen in the survey, students feel that the campus coordinators have fallen short of their responsibility in not providing a fuller, more well-rounded slate of activities. This groundswell of student opinion is an indication of the importance of the campus coordinators at Bethel. These two people are directly responsible for the social climate of a school of 1726 students. The difficulties in such a job are obvious. Trying to please all 1726 individuals at least some of the time is an enormous task. But these difficulties do not hide the face that this year's social climate at Bethel has been a veritable desert. And the question that must be answered is . . . why? Is the problem due to this year's failures? Or is it due to a lack of funds, or to the fact that the campus coordinators are only part-time workers? We don't have the answers now, but we need them before next year, when we will have around 100 more students. It's up to the Student Senate to investigate this solution immediately and arrive at some definite answers and solutions. President, editor respond to Bethel racial problems In response to the racial slurs made on Valentine's Day, we are overcome with a combination of repulsion and sadness. This deplorable act is sickening, especially in this "Christian" college. For some individuals, this incident brings a deep hurt; for us, a sense of embarrassment and righteous anger. This blatantly racist action is shocking, but our response is not limited to this incident. What about the subtlely insidiuos racism that penetrates much of Bethel and, in fact, America as a whole? Some of this is due to naivete and some to white-black tensions in the cities. But considering Christ's ethical pronouncements on love for all, and considering Christ's relationship with minorities such as the Samaritans and women, racism of any sort is inexcusable for Christians. We are not just talking about institutionalized racism; we are talking about a racism of individuals, an undercurrent of prejudice that manifests itself in our stereotypes, fears, jokes, etc. And thus our response must be, with the aid of the Holy Spirit, to examine our lives, our beliefs and our actions. We want to isolate and attack those aspects of our life that do not meet Christ's standards of love and justice for all. The most tragic outcome of this incident would be for our response to be a short-lived flaring of emotion (accompanied by a dose of proud piety) with no long-ierm effect. Plans begun in January for a Minorities Week will culminate March 7-11. Our goal is to continue building toward this event. We pray that next month will prove to be an important step for individuals and the institution in learning about love and justice. And we hope that the Bethel community will strongly support and become involved in this effort. Pete Taylor, president, Student Association Bill Trollinger, editor, Clarion UorifOkr the Clarion Vol. 52, No. 15 The Clarion is published weekly by the students of Bethel College. Bill Trollinger editor Laura Alden news editor Mary Norton production editor David Shelley copy editor Peter Blomquist photo editor Dawn Hart arts editor Bruce Olsen sports editor Arlan Swanson business manager Letters to the editor should be sent to p.o . 91 by the Sunday preceding publication. letters to the editor Suto speaks Dear Editor: There I was picking through the ancient ruins of what used to be known as St. Paul (or was it Minneapolis) when this horrible noise began emanating from the throggletugger and before I knew it here I was. So here I am stuck in the 20th century, my time machine broken, and no way to fix it in this archaic era! I should never have wandered away from the class, especially in a restricted area. But then, the professor always encourages ini-tiative and I was tired of hearing all those lectures about the American civilization and its decline. If you've heard about the energy waste once, you've heard it a quantum of times, right? Anyway, I managed to ride the kringrump and get the machine under control only to find that I had arrived in a small room labeled "Campus Coordinator". I can assure you that Karen and Dan were as surprised to see me as I was to be there. But they soon overcame this and were very sensitive and concerned over my problem. I guess they're just that kind of people. They came up with all sorts of imaginative ideas as to what I could do to make a living here and possibly fix the machine but I could see that it was futile. Here I am and here I'll stay. Does anyone know how to fix a throggletugger? Suto Nimulus (Rick Reed) Students appalled Dear Editor: We were appalled and sickened during chapel on Monday. Gene Blair's Valentine message left us ashamed. Perhaps some day this "Christian Community" will live up to its Christian commitment and rise above race, sex and creed, and love as Christ taught us to. Mary Nelson Julie Peterson Sheryl Tengwall We're sorry Dear Editor: Racism is antithetical to Chris-tianity, insulting to intelligence and destructive to community. But, as seen in last Monday's chapel, racism exists at Bethel. We are disappointed in the anonymous individuals who have made a sham of Bethel's claims to Christian commitment, educa-tional ideals and communal bonds. We have never imagined Bethel to be an idyllic place of perfection, but we do expect respect for and acceptance of individuals. To those who have been hurt: we're sorry. Sincerely, Laura Alden Gayle Trollinger Marti Burger Jennifer Wilkens Faculty bill of rights (from the file of Al Glenn) Every instructor shall have the right to: 1. Choose those students who will be allowed to enroll in his courses. 2. Drop any student within the first three weeks without the student's permission. 3. Have three unexcused absences from lectures each quarter. 4. Take occasional naps during classroom discussions. 5. Munch on candy bars and drink Cokes during lectures. 6. Absent himself from lectures for important duties such as plugging parking meters. 7. Arrive late for lectures if he has a legitimate excuse such as "oversleeping." 8. Teach only those courses that motivate him and are relevant. 9. Drop courses at mid-quarter if student motivation and interest levels are not satisfactory. 10. Write evaluations on each student and publish them at the end of the quarter. 11. Read the student newspaper and write letters during class discussions. 12. Begin lectures the seventh week of the course and complete the entire quarter's work in the last three weeks. 13. Show up once every three weeks and take issue with all points raised regarding material covered in the classes he missed. 14. Call students at any time of night to discuss their performance on assignments. 15. Withhold -course requirements from students until Dead Week (the week prior to Final Week). 16. Ask students if there was "anything" important in the assignments the instructor failed to read or grade. 17. Burst into tears during instructor-student conferences when all other tactics fail. 18. Lecture on the American political situation no matter what the course title is. 19. Be forgiven for poor lectures if he can provide a legitimate excuse such as "sick relative" or a "night on the town." 20. Leave class one week before the end of the quarter because he has a ride to Ft. Lauderdale. Double your reading speed in just three weeks. Through AGP Rapid Reading, of course. A little money can buy time. For hardly more than pizza pennies you can free your reading time for living time. It only takes 3 class periods to more than double your beginning speed. Guaranteed! There's no way you can lose. Rapid Reading Seminar Look for posters with details. Iv/0 Elizabeth Elliot Leitch will be the 1977 commencement speaker Bethel regent Austin Chapman American Studies program to be continued Leitch, Olson to speak at graduation According to the commence-ment committee, Elizabeth Elliot Leitch will bring the 1977 com-mencement address on May 22. Virgil Olson has been selected to speak at the morning baccaulaur-eate service. Dr. Olson will center his remarks on what Bethel students have been given. Mrs. Leitch, author, public speaker and mis-sionary, will speak on what will be required of Bethel graduates. Text for the message is Luke 12:48. The committee is presently working with the subjects of student speakers and the pro-gram itself. Input from students is encouraged. (Contact Pete Taylor or Gayle Trollinger.) by Greg Smith Statistics show that today there are more college students enrolled in graduate psychology than there are practicing psychol-ogists. Of the 1740 students at Bethel College, 135 are majors in psychology. What possible forces and implications adjoin the surge of interest in this field? Dr. Steve McNeel, professor of psychology at Bethel College, suggests that this nation-wide interest may be due to a growing concern for self-understanding and self-fulfillment on the part of many Americans. Senior psychol-ogy major Jeff McHenry details it as a people-oriented desire for service. Other motivations are certainly involved as well. One pivotal concern of those interested in psychology is the condition of the job market. As greater numbers of psychology majors enter the market, the threat of job scarcity increases. Dr. McNeel reacts to this influx with optimism. The skills afforded the psychol-ogy major — research and counseling — are applicable to teaching, private practice, per-sonal therapy, business, govern-ment and other occupations as well. He sees teaching in large research-oriented state universi-ties as the only relatively closed field; but other areas, especially therapy, are in his opinion wide open. According to McNeel, Chris-tians may experience some ad-vantage over non-Christians in obtaining employment in psy-chology. For example, there seems to be a real scarcity of well trained Christian counselors. What is the stand of the church in connection with this surge of interest in psychology? The so-called dichotomy of religion and psychology is a false dichotomy; it would suggest a division of the world and scrip-ture, said McNeel. "This is not the case however," he continued, "for the Bible seems to empha-size strongly both man's respon-sibility and God's sovereignty." (e.g. Phil. 2:13) Many fundamentalists, and even conservative evangelicals, have long stood against an integration of psychology and the church. Mental illnesses have been continuously referred to man's sinful nature and been dealt with on that basis. Essen-tially the church has sometimes in the past disregarded the social and psychological influences on men's spiritual lives. It is fact that distorted child-hood relationships are often responsible for many psychologi-cal irregularities. Unbalanced parent-child relations give rise to emotional experiences that result in varying degrees of insecurity and neurosis. These in turn often affect man's relationship with God. The church, with its unique community structure, provides a solid basis for many preventative psychiatric methods. As psychic health is merely one instrument in God's divine plan, an integra-tion of preventative psychology and the parish community would help resolve the conflicts faced by individuals in society before immediate and pressing prob-lems occur. Christianity is not an automatic cure-all, and many psychological problems cannot be resolved with that assumption. Yet the integra-tion of the two can serve as a vehicle to balance the often harsh realities of life. (New Catholic World, March, 1976.) Bethel in regent role by Suzi Wells Many students may wonder exactly who or what a regent is. Regents are people nominated by a committee set up by the Baptist General Conference (BGC). They are elected to serve for a five year period, and work with the admin-istration on problems Bethel may have. The regents volunteer their free time to Bethel, as they all have other full-time jobs. One active regent is Mr. Austin Chapman of Minneapolis. Mr. Chapman explained that the regents serve as a sounding board to the administration as well as to other constituents. Problems concern faculty, stu-dents and the BGC. Mr. Chapman serves on the audit committee of the board. "The board's function is to establish a policy to provide overall judging of the source of the school," he said. Some problems Mr. Chapman has to deal with as a regent are issues concerning the increasing size of the school, and financial problems are always considered, since Bethel is heavily in debt. Other questions are raised con-cerning tenure of the faculty, and generally where Bethel is going in the future. Mr. Chapman comes to Bethel frequently and knows several students. Meeting students is not part of his job, but it helps him. Seeing his job as more than just a part-time activity, Mr. Chapman commented, "Being on the board is challenging, interest-ing, and gives me an opportunity to make a contribution." The Christian College Consor-tium has announced that the Consortium American Studies Program in Washington, D.C., will continue as a permanent program of the Washington-based, 14 member group of Christian liberal arts colleges. The decision to continue the program, begun as an experiment during the 1976-77 academic year, was made' by the board of directors upon recommendation of Consortium President Gordon R. Werkema. According to the Board, the continuation of the Consortium American Studies Program is due to its very successful first year. The program gives Christian college students the opportunity to live, work and study in the nation's capital, viewing Ameri-can culture from a Christian perspective. In its first year, about 50 students from 15 Christian col-leges will have lived on Capitol Hill, served as interns in various Washington offices and agen-cies, and studied topics ranging from the United States Congress to national priorities and the United States Economy. Each topic is taught by experts in the field, and represents a month of intensive study. Special attention is given to the Christian perspec-tive and alternatives in the area. Student opinion of the program has been overwhelmingly posi-tive. Said Hope DiBlasi, a Hough-ton College pre-law student, "I am thrilled with the opportunities the American Studies Program has opened to me as a student. There is absolutely no better method for learning the compli-cated and fascinating processes of our government than to get directly involved in those pro-cesses, as we have been allowed to do through this program." Added Doug Rehberg of Gor-don College, "The American Studies Program has been far more meaningful to me and substantive to my political sci-ence education than I could have ever believed. I will always be reaping the benefits of this practical experience in Washing-ton." Consortium President Werke-ma believes the program is important and has been well received because "it so success-fully accomplishes the integra-tion of theory and practice; the integration of faith and learning; the testing of ones Christian commitment with the realities of contemporary society; and, the unique opportunity to develop Christian community." Applications for the fall term are being accepted now in the Christian College Consortium office. The deadline for submit-ting applications is April 15. Psych, Christianity Chapman relationship examined serves three Wayne Grudem is the new theology professor. on being short 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 Clarion survey Seniors would make changes if had chance by Dan Larson Twenty-seven seniors were asked: "If you had the choice, what would you do differently in your college experience?" Nine-teen of the students have been at Bethel for their entire college education, and eight are trans-fers. Bob Bowman : "Instead of taking four classes every semes-ter, I would have taken three and gone to Bethel for five years. I would have had time to be involved in Christian Service." Bill Trollinger said he would have become involved in a church before his senior year. "For a while, my erstwhile roommate and I picked our churches by going through the phone book." Dave B. Johnson : "I wish I had been involved in a Bible study earlier — because now I see that fellowship is so important in Christian life. I would also have made a habit of sharing more closely with my friends." Lori Brodd: "I would become friends with a greater variety of people." Sue Greene: "I would try not to be so preoccupied with the social life; I had marriage on the brain." Nancy Moulton: "I would have lived in the dorm instead of a townhouse my freshman year if possible." Nancy Jo Horvath and Faith Conn said they would have spent more time studying instead of socializing. "I enjoyed people a lot, but I mixed up some of my priorities," said Nancy Jo. Dawn Nordstrom: "I would have discovered earlier the enjoy-ment in learning. I would have tried to learn for the joy in doing research for myself rather than just learning the things the professor wanted me to know." Phyllis Buttner said she learned a lot by changing majors many times. "I wouldn't have done anything differently," she said, "I had to figure out what the Lord wanted me to do and where my interests lay." Sue Greene also said she would have taken required courses in the beginning. "How-ever," she said, "at that time I thought I was going into dental hygiene, but now I'm in drama." Several students thought that attending another school besides Bethel would have been good. "I wouldn't have kept myself limited to Bethel courses," said Sue Greene, "but would have investi-gated courses in other colleges, perhaps on a summer basis, so that more time could have been given to plays." Renae Warmouth said, "I would probably have studied in Europe a year." Jeff Miller: "I wish I had known ahead of time why I was coming here. Then I would have known what I was after and what I could gain." Some students thought fewer years at Bethel would have been beneficial. Sue Fox said, "I would have taken a variety of courses, such as ceramics and more Bible classes, instead of worrying about fulfilling requirements, and probably would have quit after two years." Jay Wik said, "I would have thought more seriously of trans-ferring after my sophomore year because I'm interested in com-mercial aviaiton." Jim Norris: "I would not have come to Bethel. The reason is that I'm interested in photogra-phy which I found out too late." Tim Zimmerman: "After two years I would have seriously contemplated transferring to a university with a larger curricu-lum and choice of faculty. I'm disappointed in the inconsisten-cy between educational policy rhetoric and actual performance. This can be particularly seen in the difference between descrip-tion and class syllabi, and the actual or real performance of the teacher in the classroom." Dan Becker: "I wish I had gone here my first two years of college because I like Bethel a lot. I also wish there had been enough writing courses to make up a major." Terri Johnson: "I wish I had started here because it's a pain transferring. I was out of se-quence in the music program and classes from other schools are transferred only as .83 credits. Jan Curry: "I wish working overseas had been required as part of my political science major, and I wish a senior class surveying the social sciences had been offered." Editorship Applications Available Applications for the Clarion editorship are available in the Senate office (or through P.O. 93). The deadline for applicants is March 4. (Any questions may be directed to Bill Trollinger.) by Laura Alden I had always presumed the corporate collegiate mind to be a fairly open and reasonable one. Now, as a seasoned senior, I have concluded that the open mind is a myth. This thesis is based on subjective experience and can be summed up in a word: "stump." It was new (and news) to me that the word "stump" was so uproariously funny, especially when referring to a person's, physique. I admit that I am not a titan when it comes to vertical inches. But a "stump?" The nightmare began one naive and freshman even. I was duti-fully (and somewhat dourly) studying my colloquy notes when I heard whispering through the solid paperthin townhouse walls. "I think it's all the coffee she drinks," rapsed a voice. "No, no. It's genetic. Her parents are pygmies too," said another. "You're both wrong," a third voice countered. Then, in a barely audible undertone: "It's — glan-dular!" "Really?!" "Can your glands make you a stump?" "Stump!" "Stump!" (shrieks of hilarious laughter) I was crushed. That word. Cruel. Belittling. I felt sawed-off, miniscule, puny. But I never told them that I'd overheard. The next day I bought two pairs of platform shoes and started posture exercises in my closet. (I even tried to poof up my hair, but discovered that thin, stringy hair is non-poofable.) I thought these steps were successful in subverting the "stump" mindset. But this was the point where my present theory gained ground. Whenever I brought up the subjebt of my height, the by-word of narrow minds crept into the conversa-tion. "Why can't you just accept yourself? Being a stump isn't that bad!" (Guffaws.) So I became resentful, espe-cially against those proponents of the unkind (yet extremely popular) "Lilliputian" vernacular. These people, who are usually at least 5-foot-10, take a strange delight in uttering words that destroy the short person's image. "Stump" heads the list. Other remarks, referring to people under 5-foot-4 as runts, midgets, urchins, Tom Thumbs, shrimps, peewees or insects, don't do much for the short person's self-image. In my resentful years, I devel-oped an intellectually superior attitude toward these image-slayers. I fancied myself as an aristocrat, living above the world's slandering serfs. They were the dull-witted, one-liner cynics. I was above that, if not in height, at least in mind. Then came the enlightenment. It happened while my friend Anne and I were playing "gourmet cooks" in Anne's kitchen. I didn't see her roommate Sylvia walk in. Sylvia was behind me when Anne introduced her. I whirled around, looking up to meet her. There was no one there. Glancing down from my tower of 5-foot-2, I met Sylvia, who was all of 4-foot-10! The sibilant of "stump" started to form between my teeth. Luckily, Anne intervened, send-ing Sylvia on an errand. I stood in shock for ten seconds, letting my own narrow mind recover from the jarring. Then I, the aristocrat, gave up my rights to pride and joined the serfs. Grudem joins faculty by Kathleen Asselin Wayne Grudem, the new pro-fessor in the theology and Biblical studies department, breezed into town from Cam-bridge, England, two weeks ago. Two days later, he taught his first day of classes at Bethel College. And on Friday of the same week, the Grudems moved into their Arden Hills home between Theol-ogy and Christian Ethics. The 29-year-old professor has a Jimmy-Carter grin, atom-ant glasses of tortoise shell, and dimples. While enthusiastic about teaching at Bethel and living in the Midwest again, squash-buff Wayne Grudem has a fascinating tale of how he ended up where he is. After graduation from Harvard and Westminster Theological Seminary and ordination at Salem Baptist Church in Eau Claire, Wis., Grudem traveled to Cam-bridge University in England. There he studied for his Ph.D. in New Testament. In January 1972, Grudem took a course in Modern Hebrew at the Institute of Holy Land Studies in Jerusalem. Who else was living in the same building but Dr. Art Lewis, Dr. Walter Wessel, and the Interim Israel class from Bethel? Wayne and his wife, Margaret, became fast friends with the Wessels and Lewises from their continual contact throughout the month. "Two years ago, Dr. Wessel came to Cambridge on Sabbati-cal," said Grudem. "When we had him over for dinner, he mentioned that there was an opening in the theology department at Bethel." With Wessel's encouragement, Grudem sent his application to Dr. Al Glenn, chairman of the department. This past November, Grudem arrived in Minnesota to finalize his appointment to the department and then find a home. Although he tasted Minnesota's deep-freeze weather before re-turning to take his oral exam at Cambridge in January, Grudem said that he was "happy to get back to this climate. It's not always wet like England." Wayne Grudem is especially enthused about teaching system-atic theology. "I switched my Ph.D. work to New Testament because it al-lowed me to work more with the Bible itself," he explained, "but actually I enjoy being somewhere between theology and Biblical studies." John W. Ivance Company 501 1618 Pioneer Bldg. 224-7358 INSURANCE John W. Warms, Sr. Life—Auto--Home John W. !wince, Jr. Business John G. Chisholm Russel Akre St. Paul, Mn. 55101 four Seminary BETHEL ABSURDITIES The Drama Department has outdone itself in its contribution to the absurdity page. When you talk about absurd professors, you normally mention the Jerry Healys and the Al Glenns (have you ever seen a more ridiculous photo than the one on the first page?) But Dale Rott is more than equal to the task. His eccentricities will live on immortal in the annals of Bethel College. We really don't need to be wasting your time or ours explaining why the Banking Window is an absurdity. For instance, we snapped this candid shot as one dumbounded student tried to explain the difference between a one and a five dollar bill. At the other window, a seasoned Banking Window veteran offers his ten fingers in substitution for the broken abacus. You've got to wonder what the 1977 freshmen are going to think when they realize this is the New New Dorm. On second thought, you've got to wonder what the 1987 freshmen are going to think. But an incoming freshman will no longer have to face 22 to a showerhead. You just never know where a creative use of space will get you. Take this photo for what it's worth. We did, but we printed it anyway. No Bethel absurdity page is complete without the Clarion staff, replete with a hooded Dan Erickson posing for the absent David Shelley. Zzzzzzzzzz. five CHOICE STEAKS & SANDWICHES FREE COFFEE TO BETHEL GROUPS OF 4 OR MORE Hours: 6:30 am to 10:00 pm 7 Days a week COUNTY RD. E & SNELLING Arts Calendar Visual Art Feb. 18-28 Painting is the Object, Michael Mactavish and Robert Patrick, West Bank Union Gallery, U. of M. Feb. 18-28 Judy Blain, paintings, Artisan's World, 2274 Como Ave. Feb. 18-28 Doug Luo, watercolors, Suzanne Kohn Gallery, 1690 Grand Ave. Music Feb. 19, 26 The Passion According to St. Matthew, J.S. Bach, Mn. Opera Company at O'Shaughnessy Auditorium (221-0256) Feb. 28 An Evening with Tchaikovsky, 8 p.m. Orchestra hall. Tickets at Daytons and Orchestra Hall. Feb. 19 P.D.O. Bach, Orchestra Hall. Theatre Feb. 18-28 Vanities; Anything Goes; I Do, I Do, Chanhassen Dinner Theatre (474-4181) Feb. 18-28 The Good Doctor, Friars/ Downtown Dinner theatre (332-4474). Feb. 18- Steambath, Theatre-In-The-Round March 13 Dance Feb. 19 Paul Taylor Dance Co., Northrup (373-2345) March 3 Bayanihan Philippine Dance Co., Northrup (373-2345) March 13 San Francisco Ballet, Northrup (373-2345) March 13 Osipov Balalaika Orchestra with Stars of the Bolshoi Ballet and Opera, Northrup Special Events March 8-12 A Matter of Gravity with Katharine Hepburn at St. Paul Civic Center (333-8883) review _ Network: insult to intelligence by Dawn Hart Claims that "TV will never be the same" prodded The Clarion to view the "monumental" Network. We cannot allow such an atrocity to go on making such grandiose claims which hold no water. Why Network has been nominated for ten Academy Awards boggles our minds, insults our intelligence and deflates our expectations of American cinema. Network is the story of UBS, a competing television network, presumably on the same level as ABC, CBS and NBC. The goal of UBS centers around the National Public Ratings and the race for the number one spot. Paddy Chayefsky, screenwrit-er, seems to be attempting to glue numerous subplots into one cohesive plot. All he ends up with are sticky globs of unrelated story lines. Gene Shalit (Ladies Home Journal, February 1977) echoes these sentiments as he states that, "Chayefsky seems to be hitting about six typewriters at once as he concocts a conglom-erate of plots that zap the Arabs, Patty Hearst, big business, sex, black revolutionaries, television news, career women and the public." Because he tries to combine so many unrelated plots (that could stand alone), he succeeds in subverting each one. In doing so, The Children's Theatre Company is seeking volunteer ushers for their public per-formances for weekend days and evenings. Complimentary tickets are available for this service. If you are interested please contact: Adine Thoreen, House Man-ager 874-0500 Ext. 29 by Jim Torgerson Two Bethel students, Dave Johnson and Gary Setterberg, accompanied by Dr. John Lawyer of Bethel's Political Science Department, participated in the National Association of Evan-gelicals Federal Seminar Jan. 31 - Feb. 4 in Washington D.C. They studied Christian influ-ence on U.S. government through briefing sessions, visits to vari-ous places, and interaction with government officials. A number of speakers de-scribed their experiences in gov-ernment. Some of the people that spoke to them were: Senator Mark Hatfield; Supreme Court Justice William H. Rehnquist; Congressman Don L. Bonker; Congressman John B. Anderson; Peace Corps Director John Del-lenback; a panel of people from the press including Edward D. Plowman, News Editor of Chris-tianity Today; Sojourners Editor Wes Michelson; and Chuck Col-he produces a "schizophrenic farce that doesn't know where it's going and gets lost not getting there." (Shalit) The overriding theme present-ed (television's control of the American public) gets lost some-where between pages 10 and 14. If all the unsavory words uttered in Network were deleted, Chayefsky would be left with a gaunt skeleton of a script. The script is not conducive to charac-ter development, adequate pac-ing or picturesque blocking. As far as character develop-ment is concerned, the actors managed to stereotype their by Dan Anderson As I sit down to write this article, temperatures are climbing higher, snowdrifts are shrinking lower, and talk of Florida has reached even the most remote corners of the LRC. BUT WAIT! Before we give up on winter altogether, we must have our annual tribute to that cold cloak that covers our countryside, bringing beauty and wintery recreation. This tribute is, of course, known as SNO DAZE, and snow or no snow the word is still go for next weekend, Febru-ary 25th and 26th. It all begins Friday with a Frankie Avalon movie, "Ski Par-ty." There will be no admission charge, and it will begin at 8 p.m. in the gymnasium. Saturday will consist of out-door activities, including the traditional polar-bear dip, a cross country ski race, tubing on Mt. Zion, and a snow sculpture contest. These are, of course, contingent upon weather condi-son, former White House aide. Dr. Lawyer said that what impressed him the most was the breadth of the views represented. He said, "The speakers covered a wide expanse of government positions. "There were people from each branch of government and also the press. The people that talked were from top level decision-making positions on down. Also, the speakers had widely differing Christian philosophies that helped make the seminar inter-esting," he said. The three of them were able to meet privately with several gov-ernment officials. Johnson said, "It was a real advantage to have Dr. Lawyer as our faculty advisor. His experience in Washington made it possible for us to see people and things that would have been impossible without him." Dr. Lawyer said, "It was most valuable seeing different people at work and listening as they characters even more than the script dictated. Peter Finch and William Holden were, at times, on the brink of a character discovery. However, Faye Dun-away and crew were disasters. Although Network lacked in many areas, a few humorous scenarios, some clever staging gimmicks and a few well-conceived character bits did shine through. Basically, though, in attempting to surgically dis-sect television, Network has, instead, performed a surgical butchering job that slits cinema open and reveals its inner weak-nesses. tions and may have to be cancelled. If this is the case, there will be a snowflake hunt where participants will be award-ed prizes for finding any remain-ing snow. Saturday night should prove to be the highlight of SNO-DAZE. The evening will begin with a buffet dinner (all you can eat) at 6 p.m. in the gymnasium, with seating at round tables under a candlelight atmosphere. Follow-ing the dinner, a stage will be filled with our own Bethel talent in a SNO-DAZE production called "SNOW-BIZ." There will be re-served seating for the dinner, and tickets will be sold Monday, the 21st, through Wednesday, the 23rd. Ticket prices are $3.25, $2.75 with SAC, and meal cards may be used. We would like to stress just how to dress. This will be a semi-formal affair, which means no jeans. From "Ski Party" to "SNOW-BIZ" it will be a busy, fun-filled weekend, and we hope that most students will participate. explained the problems of their jobs and Christianity." Dave added that he was impressed by the speaker's commitment to God. "They are in positions of power but their faith and commit-ment to the Lord really came out." Gary said the event that impressed him the most was the speech Chuck Colson made the final evening they were there. "He told us how he had been in power," Gary recalled, "and then had lost all of his power. He explained to us that political power is nothing at all compared to the power we have through Jesus Christ. "Colson reminded us that political power is very transitory and that we have greater power within us because of Jesus Christ," he added. Dr. Lawyer said that the seminar will probably be repeated again next year and that Bethel would send some students. Sno-Daze to provide `fun-filled weekend' Christian influence in government studied at recent NAE seminar six Reynolds rips rebound from grasping opponent as HaliqUist orchestrates performance. ESPRIT YOUR FRENCH CONNECTION Complete summer studies program in France with sessions in Paris, Nice and Strasbourg. Up to 16 hours credit. in French and/or European history. Co-sponsored by Wheaton College and Taylor University. 3 week, 7 week, 10 week sessions from $ 1350 including air fare. Some financial aid available. For details, contact: ESPRIT, Box 636, Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois 60187. In Hardwood Groves by Mark Troxel FALCON ME ER' - avusr JIM • DAVE • DENISE Tuesday - Friday 8 - 6 Saturday 8 - 5 For Appointment Call 1713 N. Snelling 646-2323 St. Paul, iv1N 55113 Women trounce Comets; squeeze past Augies To the relief of the journalism department, I don't identify myself with journalism per se. I'm sure it comes as no surprise to those of you who have suffered through my past efforts in this publication, but I've never even come close to taking a journalism course. Be that as it may, I do have one thing in common with your everyday, garden variety journalism purist. That is a rapacious appetite for the language and a sometimes tactless intolerance for the prostitution and misuse of that language. I simply can't help but cringe when I heard the ever popular but never correct, "irregardless" or the now hackneyed "paranoid." The former is nothing more than a non-word and the latter is used to describe a continuum of emotions ranging from anxiety to anger. Even worse though, are the terms I hear used around Bethel that constitute nothing sort of logic in effigy when used in their most popular context. The first one is the word "generalization." It has always been a puzzling phenomena to me that any time anyone makes a generalization in an argument, someone just on the fringe of the fray always has to blurt out effusively, "But that's a generalization!!" After this astute observation everyone generally (oops, there's one of those nasty little varmits right now) nods their head in agreement and quite summarily discounts the argument as being invalid. My answer to this proud proclamation is always, "So what?" Obviously the little sharpie who correctly identified your point is working under the premise that all generalizations are just short of blasphemy. I beg to differ. Generalizations are not inherently bad. Not only are they a necessary tool for the organization of data, but generalizations are also stark naked logic. If a student goes to the banking window five times and five times he hears something like, "I don't care if you do have a cancelled check, you haven't paid for second semester," or the amusing, "We seem to have lost any record of your ever having attended Bethel," he has no choice but to conclude that the organization of the Bethel business office is less than efficient. Not only has he concluded this via generalization, but in this case, he is undoubtedly correct. The only time the generalization would be bad is if one concluded that every experience with the banking window would be ludicrous just because most encounters with the banking window are, or if one failed to change his opinion in light of new data. Another example of the profanation of our language is the usage of the word "discrimination." Just as "generalization," discrimination is many times assumed to be pernicious. A good example is an argument I was having with a friend of mine a few months ago. We were talYng about the injustices of the food card system and how women are always stuck with cards at the end of the year and so are forced to sell them for less than they are worth. It has always been my position that if we all have to buy a minimum of food cards that women should have to buy less than men. My friend cried "Discrimination!" and I agree with her. It is discrimination but it is fair discrimination. Women should have to buy less food cards for the same reason that cars pay less highway tax than do trucks. Just as a two ton car that is driven maybe 30 miles a day doesn't put as much wear and tear on the road as a 20 ton semi that travels 500 miles a day, a 125 pound woman is not going to eat as much as a 185 pound man. Discrimination, in the connotative definition of the word, is hateful. But our overusage of the word itself has been taken to an absurd and infinite degree in this country. We have got to start shooting for what is fair and not the mythical and ethereal "equality" that we are obsessed with. Last but not least is the ultimate cop out, "It's the Lord's will." This is used when one is too afraid to tell another person what he is feeling so he simply blames it on God. In its popular form it is manifested in the dating relationship. I've never heard the line myself but more than one "Dear John" or "Dear Mary" speech has started with, "I don't feel it is the Lord's will that we . .." Instead of telling the person that one's feelings have changed, one can rather conveniently hide behind the Lord's will and subsequently absolve self of any responsibility for the ensuing hurt feelings. by Linda Dowden During the past week the Bethel women's basketball team hosted two games. In the first game, on Saturday afternoon, they played Concordia-St. Paul and won 62 to 41. On Monday night they played Augsburg and also won by a score of 45 to 41. Against Concordia they took an early lead in the first half and held it through the whole game to win. Gail Anderson was the highest scorer for the game with 15 points. In the game against Augsburg on Monday night the Bethel girls started with a big lead early in the half and were able to hold on to it through halftime. They did a good job defensively and held the Augies' scoring down to a minimum. The half time score was Bethel 24, Augies 9. This marked a 15 point difference and the widest margin between teams. Beginning in the second half, all the Bethel team members had a chance to play in the game, as they maintained their big lead. Augsburg began to catch up in by Greg Wilcox Senioritis or panic, call it what you want, is when the end of your college experience is only a few short months away and the inevitable "what are you going to do when you get out" becomes all too real. For some seniors graduation from Bethel does not mean the end of school, as some type of post-graduate work lies ahead. But for others, graduation means venturing into that "real" world that lies somewhere outside the hallowed halls of Bethel. Being one of those whose future does not include grad school, I decided to visit Paul Redin, head of Bethel's place-ment office. (After four years I too was wondering if there really was anything you could do with a history major.) Not being one to beat around the bush I asked Paul Redin what he thought he could do for me. His answer was just as staight-forward. "Not a thing." Instead, he talked about what I would have to do for myself. the second half with about eight minutes left to be played in the game. In the next five minutes the Augies brought the score to within one point of the Royals lead. Bethel score the next two points and a time out was called with 2:31 minutes left with a score of Bethel 42, Augsburg 39. Bethel held Augsburg score-less until less than one minute left. One of the Augsburg girls hit from outside the key, bringing the score back to a one point lead for Bethel. Janet Reynolds was fouled with 27 seconds left and made free throw. Cindi Ramm was fouled seconds later and scored two more points with three seconds left to bring the final score to 45-41. Cindi Martin and Cathy Olson were high scorers with 12 and 10 points respectively. The last games of the season for the Bethel women will be this weekend when they participate in the State-District tournament to be held at Concordia-St. Paul. The season record for the team is 6 wins and 10 losses. Know yourself, be honest in your evaluation of yourself. This was the advice I was given. Take out a piece of paper and write down your particular skills and abilities. Plan out where you want to be in five years and set some goals. Organize yourself. Identify areas that interest you and set out what values you hold. All these are important and should be considered when choosing a career. The placement office is set up Records go in coed track meet by Bruce Olsen Six Bethel records were broken and two fieldhouse records smashed as the Bethel track team competed in a coed track meet. -The Feb. 12 meet at St. Olaf also fielded teams from the University of Wisconsin at River Falls and Northwestern College of St. Paul. For the men, Larry Caldwell broke the school record in the mile run with a time of 4:18.7. His time also qualified him to compete in the NAIA Nationals. Other school records were by Curt Brown in the 600 yard run (1 :13.5), and the mile relay team of Graydon Held, Kevin Shenk, Curt Brown, and Gene Blair (3:30.8). Blair also took two first place finishes in the 300 yard dash (32.7) and the 440 yard dash (52.1). Long jumper Rick Knopf also took a first place ribbon with a jump of 21'6". The best effort for the women's squad was turned in by freshman Jan Engel in the shot put. She set a new fieldhouse record with a toss of 35'6". Bobbi Hersch broke two Bethel records in the long jump and the 300 yard dash. Hersch recorded a 16'10" effort in the long jump, good enough for second place. Her 300 yard dash time of 41 seconds gave her a fourth place finish. First place finishes for the women included a 4'9" high jump by sophomore Carol Anderson. Cheryl Staurseth also recorded a first place finish with a 9.5 time in the 60 yard hurdles. As a team, the Bethel men finished second to St. Olaf with a score of 52.5. The women tallied a third place finish behind St. Olaf and River Falls. to aid students and they are encouraged to make an appoint-ment. This service is by no means for seniors only, as underclass-men are also encouraged in come in For those seniors who have made an art out of procrastina-tion, time is running out. If you have not made an appointment yet, expect to be contacted by the placement office in the next few weeks. Advice available for panic-stricken seniors seven Bethel basketbaUers prepare to recoup disastrous weekend. Cagers work hard but reap no rewa rds; drop pair over weekend Student sweeps lake after IM broomball game. Martin scratches head in rare moment of frustration. Scores 39 vs. Carleton Cindy Martin leads women to victory by Bruce Olsen "If there is a low point in the season, this has to be it," lamented Coach Roger Davis after his team had lost both ends of last weekend's doubleheader. The Royal cagers lost to North-western College of Iowa on Friday and Westmar College on Saturday. The Royals started off quickly against Northwestern, playing aggressive basketball at both ends of the court. But they were a little too aggressive for the referees and were soon in foul trouble. Northwestern found themselves in the bonus situation with only six minutes gone in the game. Besides being in foul trouble, Bethel also faced a very good Red by Bruce Olsen Forfeits and a pin by heavy-weight Jeff Zitzloff led the Bethel wrestlers to an easy 30-17 victory over Hamline University last Friday night. The Pipers fielded only five wrestlers, as the Royals won four matches by forfeit. The match started off very quickly with a double forfeit in the 118 pound class. Two more forfeits by Hamline at 126 and 134 gave Bethel a quick 12-0 lead. The first match of the night finally came in the 142 pound weight class, with both teams finding a wrestler at that weight. For the fans who came five minutes late, it was somewhat surprising to see that they had missed nearly half of the meet. Lonnie Holmgren was defeated in his match at 142 to cut the Royal's lead to seven. But another Hamline forfeit at 150 to Royal wrestler Mike Reeves gave Probes' and 'Grunt' lead IM open league by Gayle Trollinger When was the last time you saw a basketball player score 39 points in one game? Cindy Martin, captain of the women's basketball team, did just that as the team beat Carleton 63-55 on Feb. 4. Martin, a junior from Lisbon, Iowa, has played competitive basketball since she was a freshman in high school. She completed two years on the JV team and two on the varsity team. She has played three years for Bethel and has started each year. In Iowa, a six-person game is played, while five person teams are floored in Minnesota. Cindy reflected on its effect: "I have had much less experience in defense so I obviously prefer playing offense. Iowa coaches stressed funda-mentals, Martin reflected. "It was a good experience. I feel I have a better grasp of the fundamentals than other girls." Cindy is also left-handed and uses it to an advantage. "It helps a lot — no one expects people to go to the left and that's all I do." This year's team has a heavier schedule than years before, ac-cording to Martin. "We have a good team, but we're just not by Debbie Valder Intramural action began again last week with open league basketball and broomball teams. In basketball the Big Apples were steam rolled 64-32 by the Probes, Gigs and Dozers, who weren't nearly so tan but had much more skill. True Grunt made a strong second half comeback to out-score the Pink Panthers 57-53. Al Jones and Mark Stevens were high scorers for True Grunt with 22 and 18 respectively, but the key to this game was Pink Panther Bob Merritt's four fouls in the first half leaving Loren Helm to carry most of the load for the Panthers. Jay Alvin's off-rebound baskets and Kim Walker's 16 points killed the No Names 59-39. eight playing up to our potential. We'll play a good half than we don't look too good. We can't get it all together." Cindy cites defense as one weak area. "We do too much scrambling. Overall, we need to be quicker and our passes don't move like they should." Despite its weaknesses the team is recognized as having great potential. One referee said Bethel is the team of the future. Being the captain of the team puts some extra pressures on Cindy. "I feel like I have to set an example and have to make extra time available to talk to team-mates." She has a full schedule as she has a P.E./Elem. Ed. double major. She also has plans to get her coaching certificate. She sews most of her own clothes and plays the piano. Softball practice will begin soon so Cindy will begin getting her arm ready for the spring campaign as pitcher. "I have always wanted to play basketball. I like the competition and I like showing that I can be a girl and still play well." With 39 points in one game she has definitely shown her playing ability. Young and Restless versus Charlie's Angels was a close game which see-sawed the first ten minutes. Kevin Hallstrom led a second half comeback for the Young and Restless but Charlie's Angels made them just a little too restless with balanced teamwork and won 47-39. In other games Silly Goosers beat El Laser on the Strength of Jeff Berglund's 14 points and Wink's Finks over came Upper New Volta 53-44. Broomball is just getting under way with six more games to be played if the weather holds. The Svensonians lead the league now with two wins, no losses. The Razzies, Schut's, and Gardners are an even 1-1. The Divet's are 0-1 and Stevie's Wonders really need to see light to improve their 0-2 standing. Raider squad. "They shot very well and were very disciplined," said Davis. Northwestern finished the game with a 52 percent shooting mark from the floor, compared to 37 percent for the Royals. The final score was 76-58, High scorer in the game was freshman Dave Blanchard with 14, followed by Scott Wilson with 11 and Doug Erickson with 10. Wilson also added 12 rebounds for the night. The following afternoon brought the Royals to LeMars, Iowa to face more of the same from Westmar College. Bethel started very slowly, missing many easy shots early in the game. The defense also fell through, as Westmar jumped off to a quick lead. Davis had this to say about the game: "If we would have made those shots early in the game, we probably would have won. But once they got a lead, they just seemed to take off on us. They remained intense, and we didn't." Will Healy finished as high scorer for the Royals with 19 points. He was followed by Curt Oslin with 14 and Blanchard with 12. Junior Tom Koenigsberg finished with 15 rebounds in the 94-76 loss. The two losses put the Royal's conference record at 2-5. Overall the Bethel cagers are 8-14. Tonight at 7:30 p.m. the Royals will entertain Sioux Falls College. On Saturday afternoon we will host a game against Yankton College starting at 2:30 p.m. These two games will be the last home games of the season for the Royal b-ballers. Bethel a commanding 18-5 lead. At 158, Greg Kaihoi lost a close 6-3 decision to close Bethel's lead to 10 points. Kaihoi made a good comeback in the second period, as he scored all three of his points. But he tired in the third period and lost on a reversal to the Piper grappler. The two teams traded forfeits at the 167 and 177 weight classes to put the score at 24-14. In the next match, Barrett Holmgren was stopped by a score of 6-0. The 190 pound wrestler never managed to hold control over his opponent long enough to score any points. Jeff Zitzloff pinned his man with three seconds left in the second period in what was perhaps the most exciting match of the evening. "Zitz" held a 3-0 lead at the time of his pin. Zitzloff, who normally wrestles in the 177 pound weight class, was filling in for the injured Gary Peterson. Peterson, who has been Bethel's most consistent wrestler this year, hurt his ankle earlier in the week in practice. He is expected to wrestle in the conference meet tomorrow. The final match of the season will be tomorrow for the Tri-State Conference championship. West-mar College of LeMars, Iowa is the host school and is expected to win the meet. The Royals should have a good shot at second place. The meet will begin at 10 a.m. Forfeits and Zitzlof pin aid grapplers in victory over Hamline |
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