Clarion 1979-12-15 Vol 55 No 12

              the Clarions. Vol. 55 No. 12 Bethel College, St. Paul, MN Dec. 15, 1979
Decade winds down:
`exciting era' ends
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Youth symphony concert
displays state's finest
by Ellie Abbott
On Dec. 16th the Minnesota
Youth Symphony (MYS) will
perform in the Bethel fieldhouse
at 4 p.m.
MYS was incorporated in the
fall of 1972 as a non-profit organi-zation.
It has approximately 200
members in four orchestras who
attend 117 different public and
private junior and senior high
schools within a 110-mile radius of
the Twin Cities.
The goal of MYS is to provide a
by Laurie Lindahl
In terms of health insurance,
most Bethel students are well-cov-ered.
Most parents have family
health insurance policies that
cover full-time college students
until they are 25. Bethel has a sup-plementary
health plan that pays
the excess of what is not covered
under these policies.
"Bethel's health plan is not
meant to be an individual in-surance
policy," said Paul Drake,
director of auxiliary enterprises in
business affairs at Bethel. "It is to
be used only as a supplement."
Because of this, students who are
not covered under their parents'
insurance only receive half of the
maximum benefits that others do.
For example, an emergency ap-pendectomy
would cost approxi-mately
$1500: $1000 hospital bill,
a $350 surgeon's fee, and a $150
anesthesiologist's fee. As most of
the hospital and surgeon's bill will
be covered by the student's family
policy, what is not paid for will be
high level of musical training and
experience for students through
study, weekly rehearsals, and per-formances.
Selections for the concert at
Bethel will include the Shostako-vich
First Ballet Suite, the Delius
Sleigh Ride and the Lutoslawski
Little Suite.
Tickets will be on sale at the be-ginning
of this week and they will
also be available at the door on
the afternoon of the concert.
paid by Bethel.
For the student without cover-age
under a family policy, benefits
would equal approximately $345
on the hospital bill and $225 on
the surgeon's fee. Bethel's health
plan is a supplement—it helps, but
in cannot cover all.
While not being covered under
a family plan can be critical, the
most crucial time for students
comes after graduation when they
are no longer covered by Bethel's
plan or their parent's policy.
"Most young people get jobs
where they are plugged into a
group insurance plan," said Jack
Ivance, representative of Ivance
Insurance Co. "There are times,
however, between graduation and
getting a job when an individual
will be without any coverage at
all." For these cases, there are in-surance
plans which can be pur-chased
on a short-term basis. "It's
very limited coverage," Ivance
continued, "but at least it gives
you something."
by Ann Taylor
Remember last January when
Bethel's popular custodian, Keith
Tekautz, fell off his garage roof?
Keith says he doesn't even think
' about it now.
Besides a broken left arm and a
broken nose, Keith's left kneecap
was shattered. It had to be
surgically removed and recovery
was slow. He spent two months in
the hospital and another month at
home.
"I do everything I did before—
only a little bit more cautiously,"
he said.
Keith has worked at Bethel for
With the end of the decade ap-proaching,
the Clarion interview-ed
several Bethel faculty members
who have taught here through the
last 10 years.
The answres to the questions
posed by Clarion reporters reveal
much about the trends and
highlights of the decade. Just , as
importantly, the answers reveal
something of the personalities of
those interviewed.
The reporters responsible for
the article are: Julie Pflepsen, Pat-ty
Sutton and Shari Goddard.
Al Glenn
Q. How have students changed
over the '70s?
A. "In terms of exercising the
20 years and he wouldn't change
jobs for anything. When alumni
return and see Keith jogging down
the halls they often say, "You're'
still here, huh?"
"I know what they mean," said
Keith, smiling. "People think
`Oh, JUST a custodian,' but when
you're doing what you like best
and you're doing it for the Lord,
you can't top that."
NEXT ISSUE
The Clarion now com-mences
hibernation. We
shall awaken on Jan. 18.
ChriStian faith, I feel their life-styles
are more liberal.
Q. What is a significant world
or national event of the '70s?
A. "The end of the Vietnam
war was significant because it led
students to go into a 'money-hun-gry'
education such as business or
economics."
Q. Who was a significant per-son
of the '70s?
A. "There were many people
that exemplify what it means to
practice a religious lifestyle. Mo-ther
Theresa from India might be
one such person."
Q. What was a predominant
mood-attitude of the '70s?
A. "After the .Vietnam war the
people turned inward to concen-trate
more on themselves. They
read more fantasy- and science-fiction-
types of literature. They
examined their own thoughts and
sensations more. Their Christiani-ty
seems to be introspective."
Q. How have you changed over
the '70s?
A. "I am liberal in terms of so-cial
and political issues. In some
theological issues I tend to be con-servative.
I'm against dominant
movements that are opposed to
the orthodox views such as the
judgment before God, hell, and
other biblical truths."
Q. How have academic stan-dards
changed over the '70s?
A. "Bethel has become more
demanding in academics."
Q. Has involvement/apathy
changed over the '70s?
A. "Students are always apa-thetic.
Christians seem to have
turned away from their evan-gelical
duties and are concen-trating
more on social issues.
We're becoming a self-centered,
individualistic, withdrawn
nation."
Q. Do you have any other corn-ments
abOut the '70s?
A. "The '70s have initiated us
into an exciting era, in terms of
technology and education. New
challenges such as nuclear energy
and moral issues have come upon
us strikingly. This is good if we
can remain biblical."
Don Larson
Since the late '60s, the student
concern for the world and their
place in it has diminished because
the conservative orinch of Chris-tianity
has communicated more in
the '70s than the liberal branch.
The most significant event on
the world scene was the initiative
of Sadat in opening up talks with
Begin. At Bethel, it was the se-lection
of a clean and vice-presi-dent
who aren't members of the
Baptist General Conference.
70s, Cont. on pg. 3
Graduation heightens
need for insurance
Donald Larson
After slow recovery
Keith jogs cautiously
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To the Editor:
We all know that there is a
problem of overcrowding here at
Bethel. There have -been numer-ous
complaints of overcrowded
dorm rooms and complaints that
we don't have sufficient facilities
to accommodate the number of
students in the various depart-ments.
Why isn't anyone bringing up
what I consider the most crucial
area of overcrowding, namely
overcrowding in courses.
I feel that by paying the amount
of money I do for tuition, I should
be entitled to at least my second
choice when registering for
courses, and then, I should only
have to suffer through my second
choice for no more than two class-es.
In other words, I should be
able to get my first choice for at
least two classes.
Yet last year for Interim, I got
my sixth choice. For Interim this
letters
Early planning may end class trauma
editorial
Bo Conrad, quadism
take Clarion awards
The end of any decade brings ample opportunity for the Clarion staff
to well up with nostalgia and reflect upon the happenings of the past ten
years. So with no further adieu, we offer the deci-annual Subjective
Clarion Awards, listing the best, the worst, the most and the strongest
traditions, people and events.
Football coach of the decade: Chub Reynolds, who came to Bethel in
1970.
Most dominating sports team: All off-campus intramural teams
Most aptly-named residence floor: The Edgren pit
Strongest Bethel tradition: Nik Dag
Wisest decisions from the athletic department: 1) the varsity status of
soccer and hockey, and 2) entrance to the MIAC
Best basketball player: Steve Scroggins; in 1970, the Clarion said,
"freshmen showing the most promise so far, as candidates for the varsi
ty squad are: Steve Scroggins, a 5 foot 11 inch guard..."
Understatement of the decade: see above
Most popular musical group: The Bo Conrad Spit Band, famous for
"sweet melodies and low-down tones."
Students with best career preparation in an extra-curricular activity:
1972, ff. campus coordinator Dave Horn, who is \now a resident director
and director of residence life at Bethel.
The "But it's not even in the lifestyle statement" award: Four occur-rences
of streaking at Bethel in 1974.
Number one inflation fighter: -Doc Dalton, who still sells coffee at
five cents per cup.
Best job by the dean's office: Faculty recruitment
Worst job by the dean's office: Faculty retention and public relations
in instituting the flat-fee structure.
Most popular music group, honorable mention: The Priest and the
Scribes.
Shortest-lived fad: Qu'adism
The "now-you-see-it, now-you-don't" award: The debate team, and
the cheerleaders
Best silver anniversary celebration: President Lundquist
Easiest spoof: Scott Barsuhn
Most recurring problem: overcrowding
Most enduring tradition: a split campus
Most outstanding editorial opinion: Oct. 13, 1972. In supporting
Richard Nixon for the presidency, Editor Marshall Shelley said,
"Perhaps what America needs is a shrewd, calculating thinker."
Best Clarion tradition: The Marshall Shelley ineptitude award.
Most incredible basketball performance: by Paul Healy vs. Nor-thwestern
of Iowa in 1973. Healy picked up seven fouls in one game by
fouling out and adding two technicals.
Most courageous Bethelite: Julie Redenbaugh
Most entertaining athlete: John Priestly
A wise decision: Dropping the yearbook, Spire, and replacing.it with
the Roster and Passages.
Best Bethel girl joke: Why do Bethel girls wear high heals? So their
knuckles don't drag on the ground.
Best Bethel guy joke: Did you hear about the man-eating lion at
Bethel? He starved.
To the Editor:
The trauma of registration is
over. A few casualties still wander
the corridors, clinging to their
computer cards and calling, "It
can't be closed, it can't be
closed!" But, for the most part,
we have all survived. However, it
is for those broken few which I
make this petition.
Why should students pay
$5,000 to come to school here,
and not get into the courses they
want, or need? In a school of such
fine standing, shouldn't there be
enough classes with enough space
for those interested? Have our fa-culty
and or facilities become so li-mited
that we cannot provide stu-dents
with the opportunity to stu-dy
in their chosen field ?
It is very discouraging to put
out so much money for tuition
and then find three of your four
class choices closed. Besides being
a Waste of money, it is a waste of
"The difference"
year, I got my fourth choice, and to this problem is, but I would like
for fall classes, I got a fourth to bring it to the attention of
choice and a third choice. For the everybody. Could somebody
spring semester, I got two seconds please come up with a solution?
and a third. Jan Johnson
I do not know what the answer P.O. 742
Richie Milke, a third grade student of Judy Berg, Bethel house
parent, visited last week with several other third graders. Here,
Richie examines a camera in the Clarion office (Photo Doug
Barkey). e Clarion Vol. 55 No. 12 Bethel College Dec. 14, 1979
The Clarion is published weekly by. the students of Bethel Col-lege.
Editorial opinions are the sole responsibility of the Clarion
staff. Letters are welcome, and must be signed and delivered to
P.O. 2381 by the Sunday before publication.
Paul Olsen, Editor
Suzi Wells, Associate Editor
Carol Madison, News & Sports Editor
Steve Erickson, News & Sports Editor
Joy Nannette Banta, Copy Editor
Shelly Nielsen, Production, Doug Barkey, Photography Editor
Carolyn Olson, Graphics, Suanne Hawkins, Business Manager
Juan Ortiz, Cartoonist
Scott Barsuhn, Fine Arts, Jay Russell, Staff Writer
years. By settling for second best, then anticipate student interest
a student may need to spend an and prepare accordingly.
extra semester in school, catching If the classes themselves need to
up on credits missed earlier. be made larger, then that is the
A little advanced planning on price that we, as students, must
the part of the administration pay.
could alleviate many of these has- It will take some sacrifices and
sles. In our computerized age, a extra planning but students should
survey could be taken of students never have to look back on
in which they indicate probable semester with regrets, feeling that
course selections for the coming valuable time has been wasted.
semester. Faculty members could Susan Peterson
Nelson's photography enhances Festival
My aesthetic, theological and unbounded gratitude and enthu-spiritual
sensitivities were deeply siasm to all of you who had a part
stirred with this year's Christmas in this magnificent event, one
festival. Artist. Nelson's photo- which I hope will continue in-graphy
richly enhanced the in- defeasibly year after year!
volvement and impact I exper-ienced.
Dr. Nils C. Friberg
Associate Professor of Pastoral
Though I don't know many of Care and Counseling
you personally, let me voice my Bethel Theological Seminary
Class overcrowding demands solution
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Watergate, xerox, apathy 'me' reign in '70s
70's
cont. from p. 1
The '70s' most significant per-son
was Henry Kissinger who en-abled
us to back out of the Viet-nam
war and make it appear as if
we had nothing to do with it. His _
Al Glenn
winning the Nobel Peace Prize de-monstrates
the gullibility of peo-ple
who - think he brought an end
to the war in Vietnam.
The '70s will go down in history
as the decade where people
became aware of the finiteness of
our resources.
I personally have gained a more
serious concern for the exploi-tation
of the third-world countries
by multi-national corporations. I
have a growing distrust of profes-sional
politicians and am dis-covering
how difficult it is for
competitive and cooperative sys-tems
to exist side by side.
During the past five years, the
academic standards of the faculty
have been steadily toughening up
while the administration has been
lowering admission requirements.
During the past decade, people
are putting more and more control
of their destinies in other people's
hands.
Jerry Healy
Q. How have students changed?
A. "I refuse to answer that."
Q. What was the most signifi-cant
event of the '70's?
A. a) At Bethel... "The in-stallation
of the xerox
machines; it has changed the
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b) National... "The arrival of
the veg-o-matic."
c) World..."When MacDon-ald's
went international."
Q. Who was the most significant
person of the '70's?
A. "Other than myself you
mean? The inventor of the pet
rock; Fred Petros I believe. Not
many people realize he was a
Greek from the island, of Pat-mos—
of the Patmos Petros"'
Q. What was the predominant
attitude/mood of the '70's?
A. "A kind of rampant, con-cerned
apathy."
Q. How have you changed?
A. "I've become much more
conservative. I'm a product of the
'70's, that rampant apathy, and it
has made me the way I am."
Q. Have academic standards
changed?
A. "Yes"
Q. How has involvement chang-ed?
A. "I'd rather not answer that
question, because I don't want to
get involved."
Additional remarks:
"We would all do well to re-member
the famous words of
John Priestly, which were, "Rich
people sure have a lot of money."
Chub Reynolds
Q. What was a significant world
or national event of the '70s?
A. "Watergate is the first thing
I think of when it comes to events
in the '70s."
Q. Who was a significant per-son
of the '70s?
A. "Again, I think of Nixon be-cause
of Watergate."
Q. What was a predominant
mood/attitude of the '70s?
A. "Students at Bethel have a
tendency to evaluate people in a
critical way rather than uphold
each other. I'm not sure if this is a
general mood around the country
or not, but I have noticed this at
Bethel."
Q. How have you changed over
the past 10 years?
Chub Reynolds
A. "I'm 10 years older and I
haven't changed a bit. I've always
been conservative and I always
will be."
Q. How have academic stan-dards
changed throughout the
'70s?
A. "There is more emphasis on
teachers getting their doctorate.
There are more demanding
courses that they must take.'
"When I first came to Bethel
they gave students 'Fs.' Now they
give them no credit which doesn't
seem as powerful as an 'F."'
Q. How has involvement/apa-thy
changed over the '70s? -
A. "Bethel students are great
people to work with, but they
show apathy toward getting in-volved
or excited about what
other people are doing. For in-stance,
in the 10 years that I have
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Dwaine Lind
been here, I have never seen Be-thel
students get excited about
homecoming. This is not only true
with sports but with all Bethel ac-tivities.
I don't know if this is a
national attitude or just at Bethel
but I have especially noticed it
over these past 10 years."
Dwaine Lind
Q. How have students changed?
A. "They have changed only in
ways that the rest of us have
changed. Right now I'm detecting
some conservatism."
Q. What was the most sig-nificant
event of the '70's?
A. a. at Bethel... "The move out
here; that and the growth."
b. Nationally..."What we're
seeing right now (in Iran), may
well turn out to be."
Q. Who was the most sig-nificant
person of the '70's?
A. "Maybe it was Nixon. Not
only did he do a lot of things posi-tively,
he caused the United States
to react. He really had everyone's
attention."
Q. What was the predominant
attitude?
A. "I think it started out re-bellious
and has turned to more of
a kind of apathy." The whole
issue of consumerism has been
important, which calls for a level
of accountability."
Q. How have you changed?
A. "I've become less material-istic.
I'm more comfortable with
my own values."
Q. Have academic standards
changed?
A. "Yes, I think they dropped
and there is an attempt to raise
them again."
Q. How has involvement chang-ed?
A. "There's a greater social.
consciousness. But, people tend to
be very selective about involve-ment,
because of the many pres-sures
on them."
Lillian Ryberg
The most significant event of
the '70s in our country was the
Watergate crisis. At Bethel, the
most significant event was the
building of and moving to the new
campus.
The rebellion of the '60s dimin-ished
to a greater sense of accep-tance
in the '70s, although stu-dents
question things more than
they did before.
Grades are inflated now. There
is more emphasis on student in-volvement
than a decade ago, but
• I wonder if things really change:
30 years ago we were pretty in-volved
in the learning process, too.
(Faculty photos by Doug
Barkey and Tom Twining.)
Jerry Healy
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Despite the lengthy bus rides, Hagstrom residents enjoy their
isolated existences on old campus (Photo Dan Velie).
Freshmen adjust to isolation on OC
by Jan Johnson
"I like living on old campus
because I can look outside and not
see school," said Beth Alvarez,
one of eight old campus residents
interviewed. She fairly summed
up what the rest of them said.
Most agreed that it was nice to
get away from school after the end
of a long day. Sandy Veen called
her dorm room "homey." In fact,
only one freshman said that he'd
prefer to live on new campus.
The people interviewed said
that the biggest problem was rid-ing
the buses to and from new
campus. It added up to about an
hour of wasted time a day, accor-ding
to general opinion. But even
riding the bus has its advantages.
Rebecca Reimer said that she got
to know a lot of people through
riding the bus.
Actually, there were only a few
times when people said that they'd
rather live on new campus: when
something was going on at the
new campus and they couldn't get
there for it; when they forgot
something at school; or, as Brad
Byker put it, "On cold
mornings."
"Oh sure, there are a few pro-blems,
but things are being work-ed
out," said Reimer. Generally,
it was agreed that the advantages
outweighed the disadvantages.
The students said they felt
closer to the people they lived with
on old campus than they might
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have been if they all lived in the
same dorm on new campus.
Cindy Record said, "Since
we're cut off from the rest of the
students, we are kind of forced to
get to know each other better, and
that's good."
Beth Alvarez said that it seemed
as though the people on old cam-pus
cared for each other more be-cause
there was no one else to do
it. Marty Stanchfield said that it
was just like a big family.
"Really," added Alvarez, "if I
come back to Bethel next year, I
want to be on old campus. It's
great."
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Christmas
Column
Ghosts haunt `stoodents'
by Charles Stricken a.k.a. Teresa Worrell
The Sunday before finals was a rowdy one. It culminated in a party in which ten of us sat around donuts
and hot cocoa remembering the best times of the semester—the pranks, the parties, and the raids. We all
had a good time, for we weren't studying. I went to bed that night without having opened a book.
The townhouse was quiet that night, but at midnight I awoke with a start. There was someone in my
room! He appeared to be a ghost, but was bound in chains and dragged an assembly line behind him.
"St000-dent," he wailed. I quaked in my bed. Surely he could not mean me! "St000dent," he repeated.
"Who are you?" I queried tenaciously.
"I am Joseph Party!" he screamed. I trembled in my bed, but my new roommate stayed fast asleep. "I
know you remember me," he continued, "I am the one who went out with you night after night, always to
have fun but never to study. You remember when I received my academic suspension and dismissal. And
now I am paying with this!" He gestured toward the chains and the assembly line. "I am here to see that
you don't make the same mistake," he continued, his voice softening.
"But I don't understand," I ventured weakly.
"You will!" He screamed. I glanced at my roommate, but he still slept.
"Tonight you will be visited by three ghosts. The first shall arrive when
the clock strikes one." With that, the ghost vanished. I trembled in my
bed for a few more minutes, then decided it must have been a dream and
went back to sleep.
I was abruptly awakened in what seemed like only a few moments.
One glance at the clock told me that it was one in the morning. Once
again, there was someone in my room. "St000-dent," he wailed.
"Who are you?" I queried.
"I am the ghost of procrastination past," he said. "I have come to
show you your study habits of the past. Come."
I was compelled to go. In an instant we were both transformed into
light beings traveling through time and space. We were looking upon
college life two months earlier. I found myself in this scene, as well as a
friend of mine. My friend was speaking as we ran about the campus.
"You know, I really should be studying," he said.
"Relax," I heard myself say. "You can't let academics interfere with
your social life!" I then realized how these words had boomeranged
back on me. I wanted to go back, but the ghost led me on.
In the next scene I saw myself wearing a toga and running about the
academic complex. Before I could make out any details, I saw flashes of
myself of Pizza Hut, McDonald's, and Country Kitchen. "No more!" I
pleaded, but the ghost led me on. I saw myself raiding late at night and
sleeping in, calling up DJ's just to talk, even playing solitaire to avoid
my studies. All the while, my books lay hopelessly forlorn on the shelf.
By this time I was on my knees begging to go home, so the ghost led
me back to my room. In an instant I was back in bed, shuddering
tremendously. In an effort to calm myself, I told myself that it was just
a bad dream. Reassured, I drifted off to sleep.
Moments later I awoke again. It was two in the morning, and once
again there was someone in my room. This was beginning to get an-noying.
"Who's there?" I challenged.
A deep voice boomed out of the darkness. "I am ghost of panic pre-sent!
I have come to show you your study habits of the present! Come!"
I pulled my quivering body out of bed and followed him through time
and space as I had, done earlier. Suddenly I saw myself there, nervously
biting my fingernails and scribbling away in a last mad rush to catch up
on my reading assignments. '
"Why, this was only yesterday!" I exclaimed. The ghost nodded, and
suddenly we were in the library. I saw myself there still, frantically try-ing
to cram on my lecture notes. "No more!" I cried. Understanding,
the ghost took me back to my room and left me. I thought only briefly
of the panic I had experienced lately, then drifted off to sleep.
Once again, I awoke with a start. It was now 3:00 a.m., and again
there was someone in my room. "Now who is it?" I demanded, a little
agitated.
"I am the ghost of failure future," he wailed in a hollow tone. "I
have come to show you the results of your study habits. Come." I
followed him through time and space to a day early the next January.
I found myself down at my P.O. box. "Open it," moaned the ghost. I
opened the box, but was afraid to look inside. The ghost reached in and
pulled out a Bible exam. Written across the top in bold red ink was
"NC"—"No Credit." I reeled from the blow, but the ghost was relent-less.
He pulled out my psych exam, also marked NC.
"No more!" I cried. The ghost ignored me and reached into the box
again. I ran, but he had me cornered. Laughing hideously, he threw my
Anthropology paper in my face, stained with the dreaded NC. At once it
was as if I were bombarded with NCs, all of them red and angry. I
screamed and screamed.
Suddenly, someone was shaking me. I awoke in my bed, drenched in
sweat. My roommate was standing over me. "Are you all right?" he
asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine," I answered weakly. He turned and started to walk
away.
"I'll let you go back to sleep then," he said over his shoulder.
"No, I can't do that," I said. "I've got to study."
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Spoon-fed learners
need attitude change
by Ted G. Lewis
"In my country we have old saying," uttered a gentle Egyptian to me a month ago, "If a poor man is
hungry, don't just give him a fish, but teach him how to fish." Perhaps the original savor escapes the
translation, however, the significance of meeting more than temporal needs is clear.
Unfortunately, Bethel schools hundreds of starving students who are merely spoon-fed by their teachers.
What's more saddening is a prevalent approach to learning that fails to promote students to learn how to
learn for themselves. As a result, the student's identity is detached from their studies because they are not
personally involved in the learning process.
Are these rash conclusions? I don't think so. Recollect the last time you crammed for an exam, pulling an
all-nighter. Now, ask yourself why. Satisfied with your reason? Tell me, why do we dread studying and
make our prime goal to finish each obligation? But then why do we bend over backwards to know
something for our teachers and grades, with little concern for how our studies relate to ourselves. Why do
most Bethelites dominantly view the purpose of learning as a means to a smooth job for financial security?
(Bear with me, this article thrives on questions!)
Is it surprising that the American worker is similarly detached from his work? Let's discuss this topic as a
basis for understanding the former themes better. By 'detached' I mean two things. First, the worker's iden-tity
is rarely nourished and fulfilled by the actual "doing" side of his work. The second grows out of the
former: labor is solely the means whereby one acquires money to satisfy needs external to his job.
Karl Marx labeled it "estranged labor," noting the effects of industrialization. He recognized that pre-industrial
work affirmed the self-worth of a worker by involving him in the full creation of his product. A
shoemaker, for example, could express himself creatively as he designed, sewed and marketed his shoes. He
externalized his identity into his work. But when he was put on the assembly line to punch a row of holes in
a piece of leather, he lost touch with his product. If you lose touch with your work, you lose touch with
yourself.
Consequently, human values were forced to change. When Marx saw how labor failed to affirm human
worth, he concluded that society exalts man's animal functions as all important (i.e., eating, drinking, sex,
recreation, etc.). Such hedonism demands affluency to be the only "real" value, thereby defining human-ness
in terms of the quantitative fulfillment of one's animal functions. And since money alone feeds such as
value, human worth is reduced to the utility of a worker, proportionate to his salary. The result: man's uni-queness
dies, his identity is lost, and labor, being idolized and despised, furthers a subtle dehumanization.
Now to draw the crucial parallel. Is the relation between the American student and his studies rapidly ac-cepting
a similar divorce? Substitute grades and degrees for paychecks, and teachers for bosses. Now can
you see how the persuasive goal of learning is primarily to complete requirements for the sake of securing
"nice" jobs. But why do we all want such nice jobs? In our ultra-individualistic society it's staggering to
acknowledge how self-centered our work and lives become!
Penny's supermarket rates low on the list of stores that budget-conscious students should
patronize (Photo Dan Velie).
Ethnic foods spice up holidays
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Picky shopping habits
relieve tight budgets
by J.D. Kiaessy
For college students, particu-larly
those who live off campus,
grocery shopping can be a trial.
The main problem connected with
shopping is finding a store in the
vicinity that's affordable.
Recently five supermarkets in
the area were scrutinized in order
to determine which were cheapest
and closest. The five were,
Lund's, on North Silver Lake
Rd., Country Club, near Silver-crest,
The Country Store, in
Apache Plaza, Penny's, in Arden
Hills Plaza, and Applebaum's,
(formerly National) in Har Mar
Mall.
In all five stores luxury items
such as milk, eggs, bread and yo-gurt
were all priced about the
same. However, the price of ne-cessities
varied a great deal.
(Necessities being: Twinkies, M &
M's, soft drinks, frozen pizza,
peanut butter, Tang and the
reliable mask-all catsup, or ket-chup
for you connoisseurs.)
Heading up the bottom of the
list is Applebaum's. High priced
but clean, this store is too far
away for anyone but those on old
campus.
Next to the bottom is Lund's.
While Lund's has a greater variety
than any of the other stores, its
prices are high. The produce is the
best in the area, and fairly reason-able,
but this loss is made up in
the meat department. (Rumor has
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because they use a higher quality
red dye in their beef.) Seriously, it
is not the place to shop unless you
are a vegetarian, or want 24 dif-ferent
kinds of olives and seven
brands of smoked sardines.
While Penny's is close to cam-pus,
and its prices fair to mod-erate,
the personnel put it close to
Lund's for third to last.
If you do shop there, bring
cash. The questions put to those
who pay by check not only try to
establish your family's financial
past back to 1945, but are also sec-ond
only to the Spanish inquisi-tion
in extracting said information
tactfully.
Country Club and The Country
Store are not only closer to
Bethel's apartments, but are also
the cheapest of the stores. While
The Country Store's prices are
cheaper than Country Club's, un-less
you bring your own bags or
boxes, you are charged for ones
from The Country Store. Another
advantage Country Club has is
more newspaper coupons every
week.
Although The Country Store's
prices are generally cheaper,
Country Club must be rated
slightly ahead, for two totally
biased reasons. First, because at
Country Club you get a free pit-cher
with your Tang. Second,
because Country Club's prices on
Sara Lee coffeecakes can't be
beat.
said Co-Director of Food Service
Wayne Erickson, "we'll serve
them in the future. If not, they'll
never see them again."
The main reason for offering
pollo a la Chelindron (Liberian
baked chicken dish), Shashlyk
(Russian lamb kebabs) or quiche
Lorraine, plumb pudding and
scones have been to lead us into
the Christmas holidays and
brighten the week before finals.
The climax of this series will be
on Monday, Dec. 17, when
Swedish standbys (sausage and
potatoes) are combined with fare
from both the modern and early
American periods.
"There will be dishes familiar
to students from our fast food and
take-it-from-a-can culture
as well as foods their parents
would remember."
Erickson said there will be a
dessert table that students will not
believe, offering fresh fruits, a
20-pound block of carved cheese
and assorted sweets.
The cost of Monday night's
Smorgasbord has not been decid-ed,
though, as always, it will be
kept as low as possible.
Erickson and his staff chose the
Swedish/American emphasis for
the climax dinner since it is the
common heritage of many Bethel
students.
"We hope it will be fun," said
Erickson.
What sort of approach to learning fosters our drive towards affluen-cy?
(Think back to the shoemaker.) It's an approach that never pro-motes
the integration of the student's identity with his studies. Rather,
learning is a passive accumulation of knowledge. One learns facts for a
quiz for a teacher for a grade, but not for-himself. That is product-oriented
learning quite distinct from process-oriented learning. This lat-ter
approach is concerned about people, not facts. It stressed the active
role of the student's mind to synthesize his studies with who he is.
The teacher's - role clarifies the difference between these two ap-proaches.
Product orientation sets the teacher as a standard of know-ledge
to move toward. Quantity of subject content is the priority. The
process perspective sees the teacher as a guide moving forward beside
the student. Highlighting the quality of learning process, he confronts
the student to discover through' disciplined thinking. The student
recognized as a unique individual is pushing to integrate what he learns
for himself, thereby discovering his identity.
Is this process approach too unrealistic for Bethel's educational
system? No it's not. Without denying the structure, a teacher can flavor
his subject to encourage students to think. Most teachers here advocate
these ideals, but few seem to actually practice them. What is lacking is
the proper employment of the question, serving as the basis for learning
as a process. Good questions demand unknowns which imply discovery,
hence involving the student. Show me a teacher who fails to ask sharp
intriguing questions, and I'll show you a poor teacher.
At this stage I pivot the challenge to students who do not appreciate
thinking. Most of us are products of the , apathetic 70's, undisturbed by
the same values that our predecessors of the 60's revolted against. They
thought! Campus scenes buzzed with discussions that stretched minds.
But we give minimal mental effort expecting maximum return, thereby
despising our studies because of no immediate gratification. I think the
root of this lethargy is the loss of our own identity. Who we are is solely
governed by exterior institutions of work and people.
The intention of this article is to provide thought in a covered yet cru-cial
area. I threw all the billiard balls at you to wake you up. Perhaps I
can throw them one at a time next year, providing a more objective sup-port.
Over the holidays (as well as final's week) I dare you to probe my
questions. Because, for crying out loud, if you truly are a unique in-dividual,
what are you on this planet for anyway? And what are you do-ing
now to discover who you really are through learning, in order to
develop toward your ambitions? Do you have any ambitions you can
call your own?
Presently, you face an inescapable choice: either exercise your mind
or let it grow flabby.
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Patrick J. Repp Juan Ramos starred in Bethel's 1978 production of "Lillies of
the Field."
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Seventies: Beatles take Wings; Billy Budds by Jan Johnson
"Sugar, Sugar" was a hit for
the cartoon characters known as
the Archies, the Beatles had just
released "Let It Be," and on
Broadway, Stephen Sondheim's
"Company" was the show to see.
The year was 1970.
As we prepare to move into the
'80s, let's take one last look at the
world of theatre and music as they
evolved in the last decade.
In 1971, two giant hits were
sweeping New York, and both of
them were based on the Gospels.
On Broadway, the rock opera
"Jesus Christ Superstar" was
drawing in the crowds and "God-spell"
was doing very well off-
Broadway. Both produced very
successful cast albums.
Here at home, the Guthrie was
having a very successful run with
Shakespeare's "Richard II," star-ring
Richard Chamberlain. It was
a successful year all around.
In the music world things
weren't going quite so well. The
Beatles had finally made their
break official. Although they may
not have been performing toge-ther,
they were still making music.
Paul McCartney formed Wings,
and Ringo Starr got together with
George Harrison for "The Con-cert
for Bangladesh."
In 1971 another group had a
good year. "How Can You Mend
a Broken Heart" became the big-gest
hit to date for the newly
reunited BeeGees.
While Alice Cooper was shock-ing
audiences with his simulated
killings onstage, 1972 became the
year of the "teen idol." Donny
Osmond was in "Puppy Love."
Michael Jackson had "Got To Be
There," and David Cassidy
wasn't sure. He just kept singing
"I Think I Love You."
Nostalgia was sweeping the na-tion.
Everyone wanted to get back
to that "good ol' rock-'n-roll."
Sha-Na-Na became big on the
concert circuit, and on Broadway,
the musical "Grease" was starting
its successful run.
In 1973, Bette Midler took nos-talgia
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came out with her smash hit
"Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy," a
remake of the '40s hit. On a mel-lower
note, John Denver was giv-ing
everyone a "Rocky Mountain
High."
In September, just two months
after "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown"
had made No. 1, Jim Croce was
killed in an airplane crash. With
him went a very promising career.
The next year nostalgia fans
went even farther back as "The
Sting" brought back Scott
Joplin's music from the '20s. Jop-lin's
"The Entertainer" entertain-ed
thousands as it went to the No.
1 position.
Meanwhile, the latest thing to
do was "The Streak," as Ray Ste-vens
explained in his novelty song
by that name. Even Bethel wasn't
safe from these exhibitionists.
But Bethel didn't dwell on this
form of "entertainment." Interim
`74 saw one of Bethel's biggest
productions. "Fiddler on the
Roof" became the event of the
Bethel social season. "Billy
Budd," with its cast of 20 men,
was another successful production
of that year.
That same year, Professor
Rainbow organized his Colorful
Caravan, and the '74-'75 season
found them touring around the
Twin Cities area. That set the pace
for the next four years of the tour-ing
group.
In 1975, near "Beatlemania"
was caused by a Scottish group
called the Bay City Rollers, whose
"Saturday Night" had everyone's
foot tapping.
But it was the BeeGees' "Jive
Talkin'" that started everyone
dancing. That and their follow-up,
"You Should Be Dancing,"
were the beginnings of the Disco
movement.
Big things were happening on
Broadway too. "A Chorus Line"
and "The Wiz" started bringing
people back into the theatre after
a three year slump.
The '75-'76 season at Bethel
was very good too. "Godspell"
did very well, and Professor Rain-bow's
Colorful Caravan made its
first European tour of military
bases.
Meanwhile, Van McCoy had
the country doing "The Hustle;"
C. W. McCall had everyone get-ting
into the CB act after his
"Convoy;" and Britain's "Sex
Pistols" were bringing "punk
rock" into the limelight.
Another big production came
to Bethel during interim of '77.
"Showboat," held in the old cam-pus
gym, was a successful follow-up
for "Godspell." The Caravan
also made its second European
On Broadway, the adventures
of "Annie" were making her pro-ducers
very happy. But the music
business lost the "King," when
Elvis Presley died in Memphis.
But life goes on, and in 1978,
the country had an epidemic of
"Saturday Night Fever." Led by
the BeeGees, disco music swept
the country. Hundreds of new dis-cos
appeared all over the U.S.
But there were other new
sounds too. Dolly Parton, voted
female country entertainer of the
year, moved over the border from
country to pop, and soon, "Here
You Come Again" was at the top
of the pop charts.
"Ain't Misbehavin"' became
the hit on Broadway, and at the
Guthrie the U.S. premiere of Ib-sen's
"The Pretenders" did very
well. At Bethel, "All My Sons"
was a success.
The '78-'79 season at Bethel
was very productive. Including the
three interim productions, seven
plays were given. "Lilies of the
Field" and "Cain" drew good
crowds in the fall, and "The
Three Sisters" and "The Fantas-ticks"
rounded out the year.
In 1979, while Supertramp was
having "Breakfast in America,"
the BeeGees organized a concert
for UNICEF, and donated all of
the profits from their hit record
"Too Much Heaven."
Here at Bethel, the theater sea-son
got off to a rather slow start,
but it picked up as word got out
that there were two "winners"
playing. "Antigone," for the dra-matic
set, and "Bereshith" for the
more informal crowd. Both were
professionally done.
Such was the theater and music
in the '70s.
Bethel celebrates
Christmas parties
foreign-style
by Mari Broman
This past week both the Spanish
and German departments cele-brated
Christmas foreign-style.
Spanish speakers and those inter-ested
gathered in the cafeteria Fri-day,
Dec. 7 for tacos, Spanish car-ols
and pinatas. The program fea-tured
flamenco dancer senior
Juan Ramos.
As part of its international
week, the food service served a
lunch last Wednesday, open to all
students and faculty, of bratwurst
and potato pancakes. The evening
meal, also in the cafeteria, offered
a choice of sauerbraten or roast
pork, German potato salad, apple
cider and a German dessert.
After dinner students went to
the AC lounge for skits, games
and carols, along with a variety of
German desserts baked by the stu-dents.
Linda Herrman, Dana Olson, and Tim Zimmerman were a few
of the host of student "stars" emoting for Bethel's 1977 produc-tion
of "Showboat."
Few may recall the popular music poll printed in the Clarion
two issues ago. Through a prominently-displayed box in the up-per
left-hand corner of page five we asked the readers of the
Clarion to choose the most popular song of the 1970's, as a sort
of kickoff to this week's nostalgic look at the decade. We hesitate
to announce a three-way tie for the most popular.
Song Percentage
"Rhinestone Cowboy" by Glen Campbell 20
"Bridge Over Troubled Water" by Simon and Garfunkel 20
"The Way We Were" by Barbra Streisand 20
"Having My Baby" by Paul Anka 10
"Silly Love Songs" by Wings 10
"Spirit in the Sky" by Norman Greenbaum 10
"I Shot the Sheriff" by Eric Clapton 10
The vote totals were tabulated by an independent judging agen-cy,
and the results will be published nationally. The co-winners
(Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel will each receive a separate
award, due to the demise of their partnership) may be issued in-vitations
to the incredible, visionary, inconceivable, impracticable
Clarion awards banquet, tentatively scheduled for February 30 in
the Orion Room.
Lesli Smith sets to pass in Bethel's 63-51 thrashing at the hands
of St. Olaf on Tuesday night.
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by Lori Rydstrom
Bethel's No. 1 debate team
placed third at the national debate
tournament held at Bradley
University in Peoria, Ill. on
November 16-19, competing
against Notre Dame, Ohio State
and other top-ranked schools.
The Bethel debate duo of Mar-lene
Triggs and Teresa Eliason
won five of their six preliminary
rounds. They went on to compete
in the elimination round and the
semi-finals, but lost in the semi-by
Ken Wanovich
The hockey team won its first
game of the season Dec. 4, against
Eau Claire, 5-3, but then dropped
consecutive games to St. Cloud,
10-2, and Gustavus, 5-2.
"Playing well against a good
team like Bemidji gave us the ex-perience
and encouragement we
needed to bounce back and beat
Eau Claire," said Coach Harris.
"We played a good game against
Gustavus on Saturday, but we
were a little out of gas coming off
Friday's game with St. Cloud."
Bethel finished the first third of
its season with a record of 1-7.
"1 - 7 doesn't reflect the overall ef-fort
of the team," said
defenseman Mike Jackson.
"We've just -Iad too many stupid
penalties, and allowed too many
breakaway goals."
"The team has done rather well
in overcoming its lack of depth in
certain areas," said Scott
Feltman. Feltman was the second
leading scorer last year with 17
goals, and will be eligible this year
in January.
"We will have three very good
lines and a much stronger defense
with the addition of our presently
finals. They placed third behind
DePaw University and Butler
University. Triggs also placed
third overall as an individual
speaker.
November 29 Triggs and Elia-son
competed at Iowa State
University. The team again placed
third as a team and each placed in
the top four individually.
Other participants were the
teams of Phil Thompson and
Steve Penner and Mike Wiseman
and Rick Kreutzfeldt.
ineligible players," said Feltman.
"We are going to surprise some
teams taking us lightly. Our goal is
to prove we are not the `powder-puff'
team in the conference."
Bethel will gain five other
players in January who are now
ineligible. They are Gary
Shibrowski, Scott Larson, Steve
Harris, Jim Lambrides and Randy
Hopp. "We are going to be very
competitive with the added
depth," said Harris.
"We are starting to develop
some good team leadership," said
Jackson. "The team needs to
think like winners, then we will
win. We definitely have the talent,
we just need to put it all
together."
The hockey team will play three
scrimmage games during
Christmas break. After scrimmag-ing
the University of Minnesota
JV, Stout, and the Hennepin Nor-diques,
the team will head for a
two-game series at Concordia,
Moorhead, Jan. 4 and 5. Bethel
has never played on Concordia's
home ice.
The next home game is Tues-day,
Jan. 11, against St. Johns.
Game time is 8 p.m. at Columbia
arena in Fridley.
Bethel lost in the semi-finals to
Wheaton College. They won first,
second and fourth.
This tournament was the last
for Fall term. Competition will
begin again in January.
Free dorm stairs
constructed by
Conservation Corps
by Patty Sutton
The new stairs between Town-house
West and Nelson Dorm
didn't cost Bethel a penny.
The federally-funded Young
Adult Conservation Corps were
giving demonstrations at the State
Fair and needed a place to stay.
Normally they would camp out
but there weren't any camp-grounds
near enough to the fair-grounds.
Bethel opened up the
residences to them and in ex-change
they built the stairs.
The 1979-80 karate club opened
the year in fine fashion as it placed
in the first two tournaments of the
year.
The club, suffering from injur-ies
to key players as well as the loss
of many players, is rebuilding for
the second half of the year. This
year's major tournament player
has been junior Andy Leong.
In the first tournament of the
year, the Minnesota Open, Leong
placed with two third place tro-phies.
Competing against both
brown and and black belts from
three states and Canada, Leong
took third in the weapons divi-sion.
Although only a brown belt,
Leong beat several black belts for
the trophy. He also ranked third
in the brown belt form division.
At the end of the scoring
period, Leong was in a three-way
tie for first. In the run-off that
followed, Leong was only able to
muster a third.
The second tournament, the
Minnesota Fall Regional, also saw
Leong take another third place
trophy. It was a frustrating day as
he opened by scoring low in wea-pons
but came back to place well
enough in the brown belt form di-vision
for a third place.
Head instructor and Coach Ter-ry
Warner said he is confident that
the club will grow strong as the
year progresses. Several new play-ers
will be completing the basic
karate class and will move into ad-vanced
training.
Hopefully, the karate club will
field a more complete team. But
one thing is certain, as time pro-gresses
so do the karate players.
They are definitely improving and
maturing.
Women's BB
cont. from p. 8
Although turnovers were still nu-merous,
a strong defense counter-acted
that to give the team the first
win of the season against three
losses.
Karsjens again led scoring with
22 points, and Griffin followed
with ten. Griffin grabbed one
more rebound than Karsjens to
lead in rebounding with nine.
The Royals will return to action
January 9 at Concordia-St. Paul.
They host St. Scholastica on the
11th at 7 p.m., and then St. Ther-esa
on the 15th at 5:30 p.m.
Hockey wins No. 1,
adds players to team
Leong stars as karate club improves
Top debate pair places third
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The Royal grapplers upped their record to 4-1 with exciting net action like this last weekend
(Photo Dan Velie).
Page 8 sports
Coach recalls past experiences
Enthusiastic George Palke looks for a winning season in his first
year as head coach of the Royals (Photo Tom Twining).
by Ellie Abbott
This is George Palke's second
year at Bethel College, but he was
familiar with Bethel when he was
hired. Palke graduated from
Bethel in 1966 and came back to
teach and coach basketball in
1978.
While attending high school,
Palke played basketball, and
when he was a junior, his team
went to the state tournament.
Palke graduated from high school
in 1961 and pursued his education
as a history major at Bethel.
Palke played on the Bethel
basketball team and the tennis
team for four years. At one point
Palke held the career record for
rebounds. Gerald Healy was then
basketball coach, and while Healy
coached, Bethel won two con-ference
championships.
Doc Dalton was Palke's advisor
in college and Palke recalls that
Doc ran with the basketball team
during pre-season training to stay
in shape himself.
by Carol Madison
Defense seems to be determin-ing
the outcome of the women's
basketball games, and the lack of
it resulted in a loss to Dr. Martin
Luther College, whereas an im-proved
defense gave the team a
win over St. Benedict's.
A couple of good outside shoot-ers
paced DML over Bethel 80-57
in a game that wasn't really de-cided
until the fourth quarter.
Bethel was down by only six at
the half, but the lack of rebound-ing
by the Royals and the strong
outside attack by DML put the
game out of reach in the final
quarter.
A neck and shoulder injury
forced starter Sheila Kroon out of
the game in the first half, and
weakened the Royals in the guard
Following graduation from
Bethel, Palke coached basketball
at four high schools. He had eight
successful years as a basketball
coach at Centennial High School,
where his team won two con-ference
championships. During
the eight year period, Palke's
team won 80 percent of its con-ference
games.
Palke's dream has been to
coach basketball at Bethel. "I've
always wanted to coach at Bethel.
My wife and I bought a house six
years ago near Bethel. I applied
three times before I was hired, but
I knew they would hire me sooner
or later," said Palke.
Aside from coaching basketball
at Bethel, Palke is also the in-tramural
director and teaches ten-nis,
jogging, volleyball, weight lif-ting
and methods class.
Palke believes that team spirit is
very important and he
demonstrates this by wearing a
blue and gold suit which his wife
made him. She made a pair of
gold pants and gold vest and a
position. Kroon may be out until
after the semester break.
The Royals put on a strong of-fensive
show with three players
scoring in double figures. Beth
Karsjens led with 14 points, while
Joann Griffin followed with 13
and Deb Sension scored 12 points.
Karsjens also led rebounding with
six.
The lack of strong defense has
been evident in the last three
games as Bethel's opponents have
averaged 77 points. But Bethel's
main objective going into the St.
Benedict's game was to hold down
the opposition's offensive attack,
and the Royals were successful as
they downed St. Ben's 50-39.
Bethel outrebounded St. Ben's
and shot 40 percent from the field.
Women's B.B.
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blue sport jacket for him to wear
at the basketball games.
Another way that Palke
demonstrates his team spirit is the
sports jackets that he and his team
have. Palke said that the basket-ball
team was the first sport at
Bethel to buy these jackets.
Coach Palke looks forward to
the rest of the basketball season.
He said, "I'm excited about it. I
believe that we will be an improv-ed
team because we have a lot of
experienced players back, plus
many newcomers. They are
always training too. But the entire
MIAC is going to be better, so this
year will be a real challenge."
Now early in his first season at
the reins as head coach, his team is
2-2 in non-conference games.
Some MIAC insiders have picked
the Royals to finish in the top
teams in the conference.
by Steve Erickson
Bethel's basketball team took
its longest road trip of the season
last weekend, traveling out west to
take on Eastern Montana and
Rocky Mountain College and
emerging with a split.
Eastern Montana was first in
line and the home team defeated
the Royals 76-63 on Friday. Bethel
quickly fell behind by 10 points.
"We were too conservative. We
decided to slow it down because
we had heard they were very
quick. But besides a couple
players we were probably
quicker," said Coach George
Palke.
All of Eastern Montana's players
were under full scholarship, even
though it is a Division II school. It
plays many large schools this year
and hopes to move up to Division
I status next season.
With a big lead early, EM was
able to dictate how the game was
played. They went into a four-corner
delay offense for three-.
fourths of the game. Bethel did
narrow the gap to two points but
was down six at the half.
With four minutes remaining,
the Royals inched to within three
at 53-50 but Bethel was forced to
fouLand EM cashed in at the free
throw line.
Both games found Bethel in
foul trouble. "It was a different
style of officiating than what we
are used to. Sometimes it was
frustrating the way the game was
called," said Palke.
Saturday against Rocky Moun-tain
Bethel jumped to a 14-3 lead
using a press and an aggressive
man-to-man defense. In all Bethel
was charged with 22 fouls in the
first half alone but held a four-point
advantage.
Playing more careful defense in
by Steve Erickson
Bethel's wrestling team kept on
winning last week, crushing Gus-tavus
.31-7 and Concordia-St. Paul
38-14. The, junior vaulty also
looked strong in topping Golden
Valley Lutheran and Northwes-tern
on Saturday afternoon.
The Royal varsity dropped only
four matches—two in each contest
—in recording their third and
fourth wins of the season.
Three wrestlers, Rich Hodge,
Paul Frandsen, and Lonnie Holm-gren,
remained undefeated
through the weekend. Heavy-weight
Hodge with two wins up-ped
his record to 5-0 while Frand-sen,
at 142 lbs., collected a pin in
his only appearance for a 4-0
standing. Co-captain Holmgren,
wrestling at 158, is at 4-0-1 with a
win and a tie.
Friday Bethel won in the first
seven weight classes to jump out
to a 25-0 lead over Gustavus. Russ
Reynolds, Greg Widmer, and Jon
the- second half, the Royals went
out to a 17 margin. "They reacted
in a tough, frustrating situation
with a lot of poise," said Palke.
Dave Blanchard led the way
against the mountainmen with 25
points. Greg Edlund made eight
clutch free throws in nine attempts
to help put the game away. Four
players scored in double figures in
each game.
Scott Wilson is top point-getter
for the Royals so far this season
with a 16.5 average, but Blan-chard,
Rey Miller and Greg
Edlund have over ten points a
game while Gary Edlund averages
9.3.
This weekend the cagers travel
to Deerfield, Ill. for the Trinity
College tournament. Dec. 27, 28,
and 29 they will participate in the
Augsburg tournament.
Martin all won close, come-from-behind
matches. Other winners
were Kirk Walters and Greg
Heinsch.
"We cut down on our mistakes
from last weekend and wrestled
aggressively," said Coach Dave
Klostreich. "We were in better
shape than they were because we
scored in the third period."
Klostreich said Concordia was a
similar type of team as the Gus-ties,
and the score showed it.
Mike Jacoby wrestled for the
first time on Saturday, replacing
Frandsen, and collected a pin
against the Comets. He also added
two more falls in J.V. matches.
Brian Hallstrom won his first
match, too, a decision over a sea-soned
Concordia junior.
The next meet for the wrestlers
comes after break, Jan. 5 in the
Winona Invitational. Strength will
be added to the team as three in-dividuals
will become eligible
then.
Women hoopsters split
decisions in two games
Royals 'go west,' play Montana
Mat squad wipes out
opponents over weekend