Clarion 1980-02-15 Vol 55 No 15

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Dawn Seiford and Wanda Jenkins both would serve in armed
forces if called by a draft.
The Clarion asks
US draft: yes or no?
Should women serve?
Dalton gang returns from 30' by Patty Sutton those around him,"
The "Depression House" stu- len, freshman.
dents said their fellowship and
learning to cooperate are high-lights
of their Interim experience.
The class, "Depression House:
Era of the 1930s," led by Roy
"Doc" Dalton spent the month in
an abandoned farmhouse 30 miles
west of Brainerd near Pillager,
Minn.
Students studied the '30s by liv-ing
through as close a representa-tion
of the era as could be simu-lated.
All 32 of them lived in a
two-story home without electri-city,
indoor plumbing or a tele-phone.
They got water from an out-door
pump, chopped, split and
carried wood for the cookstove
and barrel stove, and took care of
the kerosene lanterns used for
lighting.
The lack of many conveniences
and the closeness to each other
was a new experience for the stu-dents.
"I learned to enjoy myself and
others without the normal distrac-tions,"
said Linda Waite, junior.
Trying to show love to others in
actions as well as words was some-thing
with which several members
of the group said they struggled.
"I really learned from Doc's ex- Doc's Depression House inhabitants survive
ample of love and concern for and Maytag (Photo Cynthia Pennington). Royals destroy unblemished ■
said Ross Al- "I learned to have patience with
people of completely different
sans Amana, Frigidaire,
Donna Erickson, sophomore,
said that she is more "conserva-tive,"
having learned that people
can live without many of the ma-terial
things emphasized in today's
society.
"I chose the class members to
represent many different types of
people so that the students could
achieve the most personal
growth,"said Dalton.
personalities and backgrounds,"
said junior Steve Andersen "and
to try to love them even though we
had personality clashes."
Students ate beans, hoecakes,
oatmeal, mush, potatoes and
milk. Two Sundays after atten-ding
church services in
Pillager,they were invited to a
potluck or to individual member's
homes for dinner.
Gary "Bumpkin" Edlund lays in two points in Bethel's loss to
St. John's (Photo Doug Barkey).
Clarion. Vol. 55 No. 15 Bethel College, St. Paul, MN February 15, 1980
season, the Royals (9-4) stand
third, three games out of first.
Augsburg, sporting a 12-1 record,
took sole possession of first from
St. John's with a 77-68 decision
over the Johnnies Saturday.
In order for Bethel to advance
to post-season play, St. John's
must lose three times, which is
very unlikely.
The Royals led most of the first
half, with margins of up to six
points. But the Auggies struck
back, taking a 40-39 lead at the
break.
Bethel, seeking to revenge an
earlier 73-45 rout by the Auggies,
jumped fast in the second period,
scoring the first six points. From
there they held the lead through-out
the game. Augsburg was
forced to foul and Bethel's strong
free throw shooting stretched the
margin.
Palke played man-to-man de-fense
the first part of the game.
"We put (Scott) Wilson on Greg
Boone (Augsburg's top scorer). In
summer league, the guys tell me
Wils was able to stop Boone pretty
good," said Palke. It worked as
Wilson virtually shut Boone up
early. Boone netted most of his 26
points late in the game against
zone defense.
In his spare moments, Wilson
found time to score 21 points and
haul down 12 rebounds. For his
efforts he was named NAIA Dis-trict
player of the week.
by Jay Stuart Russell
Recently President Carter an-nounced
his support for a contro-versial
move that would reinstate
draft registration for men and
women who are 19 or 20 years of
age. The Clarion polled a group of
Bethel students and asked their
views on the following questions:
1) What is your opinion of
Carter's support for draft registra-tion?
Auggie Another move was to put Gary
Edlund on Ronnie Henderson.
"He is bigger and could play off
him. Yet with his wingspan he
could stop the passes and contest
his shot," said Palke. Henderson,
the best point guard in the league,
was held to 10 points while com-mitting
nine turnovers.
In the second session with the
lead, Palke switched to zone, al-ternating
between two different
types. Augsburg had trouble fi-guring
out the defense and the
Royals broke it open.
Besides Wilson, four other Roy-als
reached double figures: Dave
Blanchard, Greg Edlund, Jason
Velgersdyk, and Gary Edlund
with 20, 13, 12 and 10 respective-ly.
At Mac, a circus atmosphere
existed, with the basketball action
on the court comprising only a
single ring of the show. Side
shows included spontaneous gym-nastics
competition during time-outs,
displays of outrage shown
by both opposing crowds at the
shaky officiating, contests to see
who could disconcert the other
team's free throw shooters the
most, and a Mac mascot who ap-peared
to have failed dressing
completely that morning.
Bethel came from behind to
overtake the fifth-place Scots (7-6)
60-56. Despite yelling and arm
Royals, see p. 8.
2) Should women be drafted?
3) Would you serve if drafted?
Dawn Seiford
Al I think Carter's policy for
draft registration is a good one.
We have to be prepared with
names and statistics in case some-thing
drastic happens. It's nice to
be idealistic and think that a war
will never break out in our
lifetime, but we have to be
realistic about it. It's a scary
thought, though.
A2 Yes, I think women should
be drafted also. It's not fair for
men if they aren't. I don't know if
I'd like to see women in battle;
there are a lot of other things they
can do — important jobs.
A3 Yes, I probably would go if
I was drafted. I wouldn't want to
go, but I'm sure most of the guys
don't want to go either. I couldn't
see myself shooting anyone. I
can't even shoot a rabbit in self-defense.
No, seriously, if I went to
war I hopefully would stay off the
front lines, not because I'm afriad
to die, but because I would pro-bably
let the opposition shoot me
before I'd shoot them. I guess I'm
being pretty idealistic about the
whole issue. I'm hoping we won't
need the draft.
Wanda Jenkins
Al It makes me think he must
have some reason to think we're
going to war, because of all the
trouble in Iran and Afghanistan.
A2 I really don't know.
"Should" sounds like a moral
question. Given the same training
as men, I feel the potential is
there. I think a woman should
have the option to perform in any
way she feels she is capable.
A3 I don't really want to go, as
most people don't. I don't know
if I could shoot anyone; I have no
concept • of that whatsoever. I
would go, though, if I could be of
some use.
Draft, see p. 4
by Steve Erickson
Basketball Coach George Palke
received one of his nicest birthday
presents last Thursday as his team
clobbered previously unbeaten
Augsburg 90-74.
The Auggies, leaders in the
MIAC, were ranked third in the
NAIA and were one of only two
unbeatens in college basketball,
sharing company with DePaul,
the NCAA's number one team.
Saturday, Bethel completed a
very successful weekend, winning
a second straight road game in a
wild encounter with Macalester.
Palke, who celebrated his birth-day,
has never lost on it in 14
years of coaching. In fact, the first
year he coached, the team won
once and that was on his birthday.
With only two weeks left in the
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editorial
letters
Prayer found as apathy alternative
Son campaign subs
fun for commitment
I'm going...
So Campus Crusade proclaims with posters and blackboard mes-sages.
To what is our curiosity being aroused? To Operation Sonshine;
to the spring break trip to Daytona where the motto is to "Have Fun in
the Son."
Great! Everyone should come back to classes with a prestigous
Florida sontan. Just picture the sonshine on our shoulders as we flip
frisbees around the beach. Oops, lost it in the son. Better be careful; you
don't want a sonburn—your nose will peel. All we really need is to bring
along plenty of sonscreen. Let's put on a skit for these kids; how about
"Butch Cassidy and the Sondance Kid?"
The "Fun in the Son"/Daytona campaign seems to dishonor the Son
of God (see Hebrews 1) and sullies what otherwise may be a worthy
objective. But of greater importance, it points to a harmful tendency in
today's church. Must we, as Christians, replace whatever is pure, just
and honorable in Paul's exhortations (Philippians 4) with whatever is
fun?
Campus Crusade is by no means alone in the emphasis on having a
good time for the Lord. Glance back at last month's church calendar.
Note the ski nights, the skating parties, the adult fellowship at Herald's
Christian Supper Club and even the trips to Jackson Hole, Big Sky or
Taos. Now look for the day the junior high group had a work day for
the benefit of senior citizens, at no charge. Count the senior high, col-lege
and adult service projects. We have become a generation of
consumer Christians.
By consumer Christian, we mean someone attending a fellowship with
other believers for the ways it can profit him. The consumer Christian
selects those areas of involvement that will make his trouble worth it,
getting an adequate spiritual return for his time and/or money.
If we attend a church service we had better be inspired,, have our
spines tingled or at least be tickled. Should the speaker fail, why bother
returning for the next service?
Even leaders in the church become consumer-oriented, attempting to
offer kids the most for their entertainment dollar with socials, activities
and always a stop at McDonald's. All this is presumably based on the
challenge of offering kids the most fun, so they won't look elsewhere.
Consumer Christianity manifests itself at Bethel. Dawson McAllister
is speaking? He's good, everyone go to chapel. Sing and share? Well,
that's pretty good, quite a few people should be there. SMP
commissioning? See you later. To a great extent, chapel attendance is
dictated by the likely ambiance of the hour.
But what happens when the old drawing cards no longer draw? What
about the junior higher who decides roller skating is no longer cool, the
senior higher who doesn't get into skiing, the Bethel student who grad-uates
and can no longer draw on a Tony Campolo, a Founder's Week
service or Pastor Spickelmier? Too often, when fellowship loses its fun,
novelty or inspiration, people move on.
Because of the tendency of churches to offer exciting and fun pro-grams
to attract people to its doors, it often fails its responsibility to
teach commitment and a sense of duty to one's brothers and sisters.
Youth pastors and Campus Crusade leaders often spend far too little
time teaching commitment and far too much time acting as PR men for
their organized activities (all in the name of fellowship).
But the church of Jesus Christ should be different. Rather than trying
to beat the massive entertainment industries at their own game, we must
beat them by refusing to adopt their strategies.
The leaders of the younger Christians need to impress on them that
life with Christ is not an eternal social hour; that there is loneliness,
boredom and hard work; but there is Christ. And we who are not yet
leaders must improve our commitment to churches, to chapel and the
true and honorable, things Paul urges us to consider.
"Fun in the Son" is a product of the "me generation" and we have
used it here as one example of the submission of Christians to the he-donistic
philosophy of today. Although the Daytona frolic may be use-ful,
the program and the organization should reconsider its emphasis on
fun.
letters
Tuition increase report
effective, commendable
Editor: No one was thrilled at the in-crease
in cost, but with the effec-
Being strong advocates of giv- tive and in-depth reporting that
ing credit where credit is due, we you did, it was understandable
would like to commend the Clar- why such an increase was inevita-ion
on their research and handling ble.
of a very delicate subject, namely
Sincerely,
the cost increases for the 1980-81
Steven Paul Hoswell
school year. Susan E. Stone
Dear Editor:
It is so easy for Bethel students
to become complacent and iso-lated
from the world in which we
all find ourselves a part. It dis-turbs
us that we have become a
community of apathy concerning
the world situation today.
We sit in the coffee shop, read
the public affair, and make jokes
about the draft, but do we realize
the severity of the situation? We
know that there is trouble out
Dear Editor:
Thank you for kindly including
me in your Subjective Clarion
Awards list. Your research team is
to be commended for their fine
job in digging up the previously
obscure statistic from that historic
night in Orange City, Iowa.
As you undoubtedly know, this
is not only a school record, but
also an NAIA national record,
and a feat that will never be out-done
at Bethel College.
I do feel, however, that I should
not be honored for the most incre-dible
basketball performance.
Maybe for the most extra-ordin-ary,
but the term incredible is best
suited for describing the perfor-mance
of a Mr. John Priestley
during a game at the University of
Morris in January of 1973.
During this contest, John set
what must be records by missing
the rim on 13 consecutive shots,
travelling, palming and double
dribbling the ball 14 times, giving
up 38 points to the man he was
"guarding," and turning the ball
over (bad passes, dribbling out-of-bounds,
three second violations,
failing to report in to the scorer,
over and backs) 31 times.
Of course, there are no official
records of this performance, but
those of us who were there will ne-ver
forget it. Incredible. . . .
there and that the possibility of
war has never been greater in re-cent
memory, but we place it on
such a low priority that we hardly
pay any attention to it. Why not?
The roller skating rink is a lot
closer than Iran, let alone Af-ganistan!
We as Christians have been
given the power to overcome those
evil elements in our world com-munity
that threaten peace which
in turn will affect each and every
one of us. We all have heard, most
I would also like to comment
Dave Shelley, on the other
briefly concerning your Marshall hand, gets all kinds of good press.
Shelley Ineptitude Award. I will In my opinion, Dave Shelley is
be the first to admit that Marshall everything that his brother was,
Shelley was one of the most hap- and less. In fact, since me, the
less, obnoxious, uninformed, in- Clarion hasn't had an editor with
ept, and totally unsuccessful peo- an ounce of class.
ple to ever darken the halls of
Thank you again for your kind
Bethel, but enough is enough. consideration. I enjoying receiv-
Every year the guy gets lam- ing your paper. I use it to wrap
basted by the Clarion; so what if fish here in Cebu City, Philip-he's
a successful, if boring, editor pines.
with a famous publishing com- Paul Healy
pany. Cebu City, Philippines
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have experienced, but we seldom
use the power of prayer in the pre-sent
situation.
Pray for the safe release of the
hostages and their families. Pray
for world peace both in action and
in the hearts of men world wide.
The threat of war and the possi-bility
of a nuclear holocaust de-mands
our earnest prayer support.
Steven Hoswell
Bobbie Dischinger
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New grading system heightens pressure
Dear Editor:
In response to the article on the
proposed future grading system to
be used at Bethel, we would like to
say that, in our opinion, the pro-posal
represents a misconception
of the purpose of a grading sys-tern,
and is nearsighted with re-spect
to the probable future con-sequences
this policy would have
on the student body, if put into ef-fect.
The addition of pluses and mi-nuses
to the present grading sys-tern
assumes (at least implicitly)
that the grading system is a good
indicator of what the student
learns. Perhaps it implies some
sort of direct equivalence such
that learning equals achievement
and vice versa. Theoretically,
then, a more precise, grading sys-tern
would be a far better indica-tor
of what any particular student
has learned than is the present
grading system.
It seems, however, that grades
of any sort are at best an approxi-mation
of what a student learns.
There are several reasons for hold-ing
such a view. To begin with
there is the subjective element on
the part of the professor in the ac-tual
grading of assignments.
Granted, some things are grad:
ed according to an objective stan-dard,
but most things are not. The
professor is free to decide from
her or his own judgment the pre-cise
value that an assignment has
"earned."
What about the comparing of
grades within a classroom? Does
the highest grade always represent
the greatest amount of learning
and the lowest grades the least
amount?
Perhaps all of us have heard
something like, "I sure studied the
wrong things for that test!" or
"That test was not a fair test of
my knowledge."
This brings us to a second
point. Grades reflect actual per-formance
at a specific time and
under specific conditions, but lit-tle
else. It is doubtful that scores
accurately reflect what a student
has learned. Few would question
the fact that many students know
more than they are actually tested
on. This is something the grading
system cannot account for.
The basic A, B, C, D, NC sys-tern
takes into account this ap-proximation
between grades and
learning, perhaps not in a com-pletely
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almost certainly in a better way
than the proposed system would
do.
Of greater importance, how-ever,
is the probable impact the
future grading system will have on
the student body. Bethel currently
has high academic standards
(something we can be quite thank-ful
for), but with high standards
comes high pressure.
Presently, the amount of pres-sure
is probably tolerable for most
students carrying a full load. But
inevitably, it seems, Bethel be-comes
a "pressure cooker" at
some point during the semester.
It's something we have learned to
accept as part of a high quality
education.
The problem with the new sys-tern
is that it will significantly in-crease
the pressure on many stu-dents
without a corresponding in-crease
in the quality of education.
Many students are in favor of
the new system, but perhaps they
do not believe there will be an in-crease
of pressure. We suggest
that any such student ask someone
who has attended a college like
Wheaton about how "nice" it is
to have the plus/minus grading
system.
"Pressure" seems to be a gross
understatement of conditions
there.
Students also may believe that
the new grading system will allow
them to raise their GPA's. This is
certainly a possibility, but this is a
two-way street. The same system
that allows a little bit higher grade
in one class allows a little bit lower
grade in another.
Unless the student is generally
getting grades near the borderline
for the next highest grade, the new
system may have no positive over-all
effect at all and may even have
a negative effect on his or her
GPA.
The plus/minus addition will
promote a stronger sense of corn-petition
than presently exists. It is
disappointing to see Bethel sup-porting
a move that so typifies the
competive spirit in the world
around us.
Is it really so difficult to main-tain
our present educational stan-dard
in view of perhaps creating
additional peptic ulcers, emotion-al
breakdowns, etc., under the
proposed system?
We all hear complaints of how
the general body life of the college
has been declining in recent years.
Is it likely that the new grading
system will not add to the pro-blem?
We are told that the purpose of
a liberal arts education is to devel-op
people into more well rounded
individuals. What we see, though,
is a trend toward training students
to compete well in a competitive
by Jan Johnson
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there's time to get involved now.
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atmosphere.
Most of us are aware of the un-ethical
means by which students
have attempted to raise their
grades. We contend that the in-creased
pressure of the new grad-ing
system would increase this
kind of activity (cheating), thus
adding to the decline of the
spiritual condition of the student
body.
These are basic issues that,
hopefully, will be considered in
the decision to change the present
grading system. Perhaps the new
system could be re-evaluated be-fore
it is too late to do anything
about it.
We think the issue is worth a
second look. If the new system
must come, we hope that someone
can provide sufficient justification
ation Debate Association). Bethel
is the only school in the five state
area ranked in the top 50 teams.
Debate Coach Rod Broding at-tributes
Bethel's high standing to
the success of Teresa Eliason and
Marlene Triggs. As a team, they
have not finished less than third
place in any tournament thus far.
There are openings for indi-vidual
events as well as debate.
These events include prose, poe-for
the change, if indeed such
justification exists.
We believe the students should
understand the reasons for any
such major change, which directly
involves them, before the change
goes into effect. They should un-derstand
both the positive and
negative aspects of the new system
in a realistic way before they are
forced into the situation by an ad-ministrative
stroke of the pen.
We suggest that the negative as-pects
of the change outweigh the
benefits to be realized under the
proposed change and thus stand in
opposition to the proposed grad-ing
system.
Sincerely,
Spencer Gamber
Tony Anderson
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For more information, talk to
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Draft registration stirs student anxieties, fears
cont. from p. 1
Dean Olson
Al I'm against the draft and be-ing
told "you have to go and
fight," but I can also see where
it's needed at the same time. I sup-port
draft registration, but not ac-tually
being drafted. I think Car-ter's
policy is good, even though
I'm against it, but I think it's
needed if we go to war.
A2 If the draft does go through,
I think women should be drafted
with men, with some stipulations.
For example, the government
should not be able to take both a
mother and father within a fami-ly,
and women shouldn't be put in
combat. One problem with
women in combat is that there
would be a lot of fooling around.
Another reason women shouldn't
be in combat is that it would be
hard enough for a man to watch
another man dying beside him, let
alone watching a woman die.
A3 If people were drafted, I
would enlist in a non-combat role
to avoid being in combat. I
couldn't kill anyone else, and that
is the main reason I'm opposed to
the draft. I'm opposed to the idea
of being trained to kill.
Dean Olson
Bo Burridge
- Al I think Carter should rein-state
draft registration because we
would most likely need mass
movement of men if we go to war.
Draft registration would help
expedite that mass movement.
Another reason is because if we
went to war, the cause would be a
more distinct and just reason for
war than it was in Vietnam.
A2 Yes, I think they should be
drafted, but they shouldn't be re-quired
to serve in all the capacities
that men serve.
A3 Yes, I would go if I thought
the war involved fighting for jus-tice.
Becky Grothe
Al I don't know too much
about it, but I don't think it's
wrong; it has to be done. If we're
going to war, Carter should take
steps to make us ready. I don't
think we should just sit back while
our country goes to war.
A2 I feel that women should be
in the back lines helping out, but
not up front killing people. Wom-en
tend to be more emotional, and
probably wouldn't be much help
in the front lines.
A3 Yes, I would help out in any
way I could, but not on the battle-field.
I wouldn't feel right killing
anyone.
Ann Carlson
Al I think it's good Carter is
taking a firm stand, because we
need to be prepared to take action
if a disaster comes.
A2 No. As far as actual com-bat,
I don't think we can hold up
as well in that type of situation.
Maybe as a nurse or in an office,
but I don't think we're equipped
for fighting in combat as men are.
A3 Yes, I want to obey the
law—we're commanded to obey
our government.
Grant Johnson
Al I think it is an indication
that a draft is imminent. I
wouldn't assume, however, that a
war is imminent. I'm sure they in-tend
to avoid entering a war.
A2 Definitely not. If there was a
war I would rather return [home]
to a society in which a portion of
the populace had lived a semi-nor-mal
life.
A3 Yes, but I would seek a non-militant
function. I object to kill-ing
because it is the ultimate ex-pression
of dominance. It means,
"I deserve to live, but you don't,"
or "we are right and you are
wrong." Fighting or arguing is
not the approach I use to handle
disagreements with my friends. I
wouldn't adapt those methods
simply because my government
employs them.
Dan Eckert
Al For myself, no, but for the
country, yes. I don't support his
policy of draft registration, but I
will register if I have to.
A2 No, I don't think so.
A3 If I was told I could have a
non-combat position, I would go.
If there was a chance I would have
Dan Eckert
to kill or take human life, I would
refuse to go and suffer the conse-quences.
As a Christian, I would
violate the law of the land if it
meant being drafted to kill.
Steve Watkins
Al I think it's a good thing; a
necessary element. It's necessary
for us to have military strength.
We need to give up a lot to live the
way we do in this country. Being
drafted is a minor thing compared
to what we have. It's necessary be-cause
a volunteer army hasn't
worked.
A2 Yes, but not to the same ex-tent
as men are. Women should be
seriously considered in some
areas. They should do a much
more in-depth evaluation before
they decide.
A3 Yes, I would go. I would not
have done it a few year ago, but
now my attitude has changed. I
feel it's just a small part of being
able to live in this country.
Todd Bjorklund
Al I think Carter is right to
reinstate the draft. Our current
military status is insufficient com-pared
to the Russians, and for
that reason, we need a greater
amount of support and man-power.
I think if we have a war, it
will be a conventional war, not a
nuclear war. America is a great
nation because of the sacrifices
made in the past, and if we want
to continue to be a great nation,
we have to continue to make sacri-fices.
A2 Women should be consi-dered
for non-combat jobs, be-cause
they've got a responsibility,
too.
A3 I would not want to be a
conscientious objector, so I guess
I would probably go.
Scott Webb
Al I'm a strong believer in the
red, white, and blue, and if it
means giving my life to keep
America's gas tanks full, then
show me where to aim the barrel.
The world needs to re-learn that
America can't be pushed around.
Think of it if the Russians take
over the world. Do you want to
eat Borscht every night and have
your sister attacked by Cossacks?
This year's Campus Crusade is
once again sponsoring "Opera-tion
Sonshine" a week-long exper-ience
in witnessing and sharing the
Gospel on the shores of Daytona
Beach, Florida.
A2 Send women? Why not send
whole families? I think it may be
an advantage for women to be
drafted, but there would have to
be a division of labor which best
utilizes the skills of women and
those of men; something like what
the Coast Guard does now.
Scott Webb (photos Tom Twin-ing,
Doug Barkey)
A3 I would go if drafted. I
know that some Christians feel
that their responsibility as Chris-tians
eliminates them from
"earthly"wars, and that's fine. I
spoke to a Russian woman a few
days ago, and she said that the
Russian people do not want war,
but have no choice if the govern-ment
calls out the troops. She
thinks that Americans want to
battle with Russia. I think a lot of
innocent people are caught be-tween
super power governments,
and they will suffer because of it,
but the alternatives may be few.
War is horrible, but it is a part of
life which can't be ignored. I think
it would be my responsibility as an
American to go to war if drafted.
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to share their faith.
This year's "Operation Son-shine"
will be from March 30 to
April 5. All students interested
must pre-register in the Campus
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Pre-registration fee is $25. The
cost of the trip is $75 plus food
and transportation.
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created by the appearance of the campus landscap
Page 5
by Rhoda Noordmans
Christmas vacation this year when
Working as a groundsman for there was no snow to clear, the
Bethel College is a job for all sea- whole crew worked inside, tigh-sons.
No one knows this better tening nuts and bolts that had
than Roger Stavem, who, follow- worked loose on the bleachers,
ing three years at Anoka Voca- and building a partition in the
tional School, came to work at Be- weight room.
thel nearly nine years ago. Stavem is also responsible for
The obvious winter job for any stocking the dorm fireplaces with
groundsman in Minnesota is snow firewood. And on cold days or
removal. The college has two any other time students have car
trucks equipped for the job. They problems, he is glad to help.
make short work of cleaning the The main job in spring is the
drives, but cleaning off large preparation of the softball field.
parking lots is not so easy. Stavem The football field of the fall turns
says he and another maintenance into the baseball outfield, and the
man work together, clearing one infield takes shape as the bases
section at a time and sanding it. and pitcher's mound are resurrect-
The job is made more complicated ed after the winter.
if cars are parked on the lot. Summer brings a never-ending
• All of the thirteen maintenance cycle of lawn mowing, watering,
people work together and help and fertilizing. Assisted by a
each other out when the work group of about five seminary stu-load
in one area is unusually hea- dents, Stavem begins mowing at
vy and the load in another area is one end of campus on Monday of
very light. For instance, during each week and works toward the
other end of campus, finishing by
the end of the week.
On Monday the job begins all
over again. If rain makes mowing
impossible, they start again from
the beginning as soon as it is dry
enough.
Landscaping is a favorite part
of Stavem's job. He enjoys it both
during his working hours on cam-pus
and in his spare time after
work. He takes care of a nursery,
about two acres in size, which is
near campus.
Its stock of young green ash,
butternut, and maple trees is used
to replace deceased campus trees.
This transplanting is usually done
in the fall. The nursery also has
some overgrown pine, spruce, and
a type of white cedar.
The present landscaping con-sists
solely of lawns, trees, and
shrubbery. Stavem would like to
add some flower pots in the fu-ture.
One possible location for the
flowers is the circle in front of the
ceremonial steps. Such a change
would make a bright first impres-sion
on people driving onto cam-pus.
Stavem, who was married last
May, also enjoys bowling in his
spare time. He bowls in two
leagues, one of which he has been
a member for 7'/ years. His wife,
Pam, is a Bethel graduate, and
teaches in a day care center in
Roseville.
Stavem sees his job as responsi-bility
not only to Bethel, but also
to the public. Everyone who
drives through the campus gets a
certain impression of the grounds.
It is his responsibility to see that
their impression is good. Visitors
often ask him for directions.
"One of these days I'm going to
have to get somebody to give me a
guided tour around campus so I
know where everything is!" he
joked.
Stavem stressed that he and the
other maintenance workers are
open to hearing problems, dis-cussion,
and suggestions from stu-dents.
"We're here to serve the
students," he said. And Roger
Stavem obviously enjoys doing so.
Shelly
Nielsen
Physical education
warps sane weaklings
by Shelly Nielsen
The administration has been figuring finances for '80-'81, and —
well, kids, let's face facts. One department at Bethel has got to go.
Either the curriculum takes a whopping cut, or we toast marshmellows
over a bunsen burner in the cafeteria all next year.
I have a practical suggestion. It's easy. It's not all rash. Best of all, it
will purge my pent-up reservoir of bitterness.
Kill the PE department.
Oh, I know... We've always had one, and uniforms are fun, but some-thing's
got to get the axe. (If we fire Roe, Muck, and Edwall, where do
we put all those eccentric psychology majors? Not in the English depart-ment,
I'll tell you.) The football team will get over it. Buck up. There's
always pinball.
Could be I'm biased. Once I was a well-adjusted, tender houseplant.
Absolutely normal. Until my first trip to Morland Elementary School's
gymnasium. But when we marched onto that slick, varnished floor,
kind Miss Eliason went ape. She screamed things like "Single
file!...Number off!...Form squads!"
Shakes a kid up. Kindergarten had been cookies next to this. There,
my only taste of sadism had occurred during "duck, duck, grey duck"
games — and the only risk I had run was that of being brained by a
clumsy, excited classmate as he scrambled around the circle.
But Miss Eliason wasn't fooling around anymore. No sir.
"We're going to play Dodge Ball," she informed us, her smile twist-ing.
Her rules were grade-school simple — and barbaric: be the last
body standing. Achieve this by dodging the ball. If you're hit, sit down.
Now throw the ball at everyone else. Clever. PE turned us against our
friends.
The game started. A couple of converts to Miss Eliason's warped plan
went berserk. The ball was everywhere. Former playmates were flinging
it about with destructive superhuman strength. I cowered in this pack of
shifting first-grade bodies. At any instant I could be knocked silly by
some idiot with a muscular right arm.
What sort of defense did a 6 year old pacifist have? Apparently, only
one. Years too late, a fellow PE victim described his intelligent solution:
"I sat down the minute the ball was tossed into the crowd. Didn't win a .
single game, but saved myself a lot of psychological damage." Smart.
Took me three grades of Dodge Ball to figure this trick out. In the
meantime, I consistently lasted until the last three minutes of every game
— dashing madly, sweating, screaming — until, inevitably, some de-ranged
athlete (and more often than not that 85 pound tank, Martha
Welp) hurled the ball against my cringing flesh. Never got a lick of glory
for all my near-wins. Suffered plenty.
There were other instruments of torture to explore in later years:
jumpropes, cage balls (what does a fourth grader think of as this mon-strous
contraption plummets toward his frozen, four-foot body? Good
preparatory experience for "Are You Ready to Meet Your Maker?"
talks at church), trampolines, balance beams...Gotta hand it to Phys.
Ed. teachers. Their creative torture devices make Vincent Price look like
Good King Wenceslas.
Their best was an intriguing plaything called the scooter. If someone
else didn't run over your hands during those relays, you ended up doing
it to yourself. Who else but a PE teacher would concoct this mad plan?
Fooled into thinking we were having fun, we physically marred our own
bodies.
In junior and senior high, things didn't get better; the equipment got
sophisticated.
Uneven parallel bars. Pure sadism. Hoist myself onto that celestial
pole? Flip backwards? Hang from one leg? Fat chance. I hadn't spent
seven years in the public school system for nothing. Craftily, I devised
my defense: I sprained an ankle every four weeks — a total of 54 times
between 1970 and 1976. Six years I was on the bleachers in wrinkled gym
suit, stretched-out anklets, JC Penneys tennis shoes...and an Ace ban-dage.
You'd think things'd get better in college. Guffaw. One example will
prove my point: Only the PE department thinks overturning a stable
canoe into frigid green water is a valid experience. We write papers in
every other class.
In the interest of Bethel's economic security, I propose the imme-diate,
obliteration Of this painful curricular tradition. Physical educa-tion
is as American as hepatitis, boot camp, and dentist drills...but I —
speaking as one lax, unhealthy body with a hand in the potato chip bag
— can do without it.
Chairman of Bethel's art department, David Johnson, presents Scott Barnard with the Rasp-berry
Medallion for winning the Raspberry Monday festival (Photo Doug Barkey).
Stavem performs seasonal duties
Vicki Hoy, RA, leads a Bible study in her dorm.
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friend in the coffee shop (Photos Doug Barkey).
RA opportunity opens for 1980-81
Steve Johnson:
"The best thing
about being an RA is
being able to get pop
after the rec room is
closed."
Keri Christensen:
"It stretches you in
ways you never
thought you'd be
stretched."
Mark Rentz: "Being
an R.A. is more than
I bargained for, but
not a bad bargain!
Rita Glasscock:
"One of the great-este
benefits for me
has been the people I
have met through
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RAs vital to freshman experience
by Peter Nelson
It is a well-known fact around
Bethel that an RA is a super-hu-man
being: Faster than a speeding
bullet. More powerful than a loco-motive.
Capable of solving large
problems with a single utterance
of wisdom.
Well, that may be stretching it a
bit, but the leadership of the resi-dent
assistant is vital to the wel-fare
of the Bethel residence fami-ly.
RAs are leaders. RAs are
examples, whether they want to be
or not. RAs are influential people,
and they can make or break the
freshman experience at Bethel.
The RA selection process begins
soon, with applications available
Feb. 25.
According to the resident assis-tant
application, the responsibili-ties
of the RA are many: orient
new students to the campus, give
spiritual and academic counsel, be
a reference person, be available
to,and actively maintain relation-ships
with, all students in one's
unit, initiate and organize social
activities, and assist in disciplinary
matters. RAs can count on ap-proximately
four duty nights per
week.
To be an RA, you must have a
GPA of 2.5 or higher, and be a
sophomore or junior at the time
of application.
Students who serve as an RA re-ceive
free room and board for that
school year.
Two of this year's RAs are Jon
Fast and Vicki Hoy. Jon is an RA
for mostly sophomores in Arden
Village East, and Vicki is an RA
for freshmen in Nelson dorm.
Their response to the following
questions may be helpful to stu-dents
thinking about being an RA.
Why did you apply to be an
RA?
Jon: "I ' know it sounds trite,
but I wanted to help people. I was
at Fountain Terrace last year and I
felt cloistered—there wasn't the
openness you would have in a
townhouse or a dorm. I wanted to
get to know younger students. I
also prayed about it a lot and felt
that God wanted me to be an RA.
I also knew that being a leader and
an example would force me to
grow spiritually."
Vicky: "I decided my freshman
year that my personality fits with
the job of being an RA. I would
really like to spend my life work-ing
with people."
How much time does being an
RA take?
Jon: "A lot. More than the few
duty hours. Little things add up,
and you also have to spend time
being available and dropping in
on the guys on the other floors of
the townhouse."
Vicki: "A large amount—to do
it and do it well. In the first month
or two you need to spend a lot of
time just building relationships so
they don't think you are just an
authority figure."
Does being an RA hurt your
grades?
Jon: "No. God provides the
time for work. He honors the time
you give to friends. He has also
helped me to have discipline."
Vicki: "No. Best semester I've
ever had."
What is the hardest part of be-ing
an RA for you?
Jon: "Reaching out to new peo-ple.
I tend to be quiet with people
I don't know. Welcome Week was
difficult, but things have im-proved
a lot."
Vicki: "Seeing people not tak-ing
advantage of Bethel and all the
opportunities there are to get in-volved."
What is the most rewarding part
of being an RA for you?
Jon: "The rewards are numer-ous.
I may sound trite again, but
meeting new people and seeing
their committment to the Lord is
very rewarding. Also, the chance
to live with all Christian men. I
know I won't always have that
kind of fellowship. Another re-ward
is the remarkable 6-0
Broompistols broomball team."
Vicki: "My girls are just a bless-ing.
I love 'em! Meeting new peo-ple
is another blessing; just watch-ing
them grow and knowing you
are a part of it."
Has being an RA affected your
relationships with old friends?
Jon: "Yes. It has enhanced
many. I appreciate them more,
and I have stayed close to my old
roommate and my other good
friends.
Vicki: "Yes. RAs and freshmen
have become close friends. My
time is primarily spent with the
girls on my floor."
What one thing would you tell
all of next year's RAs?
Jon: "You will encounter many
frustrations (i.e., prayer and share
attendance may dwindle), but
don't let them stop you or make
you think you are a failure. Be in
prayer about these frustrations."
Vicki: "Be enthusiastically bu-sy.
You will be busy, so have a
positive attitude."
If you had this year to live
again, would you still be an RA?
Jon: "Yes. I will look back at
this year as my best in college."
Vicki: "Definitely!"
The Central Committee for
Conscientious Objectors (CCCO)
has announced that they are regis-tering
individuals who are oppos-ed
to participation in the military.
Larry Spears, director of
CCCO's Youth and Conscientious
Objection Campaign, said, "The
need for young people to go on
record as conscientious objectors
to war has never been greater than
it is today."
According to Spears, "There is
a very real possibility that Con-gress
will pass a bill, after the 1980
elections, requiring the mandatory
registration of young people with
Selective Service. Young Ameri-cans
should start thinking about
whether they could participate in
the military."
Spears says that CCCO has al-ready
registered several thousand
young people through its con-scientious
objection card. "These
cards are available from CCCO,
P.O. Box 15796, Philadelphia,
PA 19103. They simply state "Be-cause
of my beliefs about war, I
am opposed to participation in the
military."
According to Betty Alexander,
a National Selective Service
spokesperson in Washington, the
cards could carry a lot of weight in
convincing a draft board of an ob-jector's
sincerity. "It sounds like a
rational approach," she said. "It
shows the applicant is not exper-iencing
a late crystallization of be-liefs.
"They [CCCO] are a very
organized group. They know a
statement made at this time would
carry a lot of weight. If the draft is
reinstituted and a young man can
prove he went on record in a time
when he was not in danger of go-ing
to war, then it might have
some influence on his board."
"The usefulness of this card,"
says Spears, "is that it provides a
record of an individual's opposi-tion
to war and the military. Un-der
current Selective Service regu-lations,
an individual who is called
up for active duty will have only
10 days to put together his or her
CO claim. This CO card will help
demonstrate to the military the
thousands of young people who
will not serve in the military even
if the nation returns to the draft."
CCCO was founded in 1948 as
the Central Committee for Con-scientious
Objectors and is a na-tional
agency counseling young
Americans facing the prospect of
military service.
At the Northwest Open, Paul Otto sprints to a Bethel record in the 300 (Photo Doug Barkey).
Page 7
Records broken,
three go to nationals
by Greg Kuntz
Bethel College basketball has
come a long way since joining the
MIAC conference in 1977. Three
individuals, who are now seniors
and tri-captains, have grown up
with the change, playing in nearly
every contest over four seasons.
Dave Blanchard has been the
floor leader in assists, and third in
scoring. He has shot 45 to 50 per
cent from the field in his career,
and better than 50 per cent this
season alone. He holds the best
free throw shooting percentage
record for single season at 85.7
per cent, and is presently ahead of
that mark at 92.9 per cent.
"The stats aren't as sweet as
winning," said Blanchard.
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Palke said, "He has controlled
our offense and keeps us
running."
"Blanch" has been involved in
basketball most of his life; ever
since he got a basketball p.j. uni-form
when he was four years old.
"My father set up two baskets
in our basement," said Dave. No-body
thought that Blanchard, at
5'10", would play in college. "I
worked hard at it," he said.
The Royals' leading post and
wing man for most of four sea-sons
is Rey "Radar" Miller. Sixth
in all-time scoring and seventh in
rebounding, Miller has been one
of the most versatile players in
Bethel cage history. At 6'7",
Miller holds the blocked shot
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Center Scott Wilson, "Mr. De-fense,"
is an example of hustle. In
one game when he was a fresh-man,
Wilson stole the ball with
score tied and ended the game
with a slam dunk as time ran out.
Once notorious for getting into
foul trouble, Wilson has fouled
out only once this season while
playing better defense. He is sec-ond
in all-time rebounding. "Bas-ketball
has been the natural thing
for me to do," he said. "Nobody
works harder," said Palke.
All three agreed that better
team play has made a difference
and that the biggest win was the
recent upset over Augsburg.
"We're just as good or better
than anyone in the MIAC," said
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Breaking eight school records in
the last two weeks, the Bethel
track team is off to a fast start in
its indoor season.
Qualifying for indoor nationals
held today and tomorrow were
Phil Asay, Paul Otto, and Greg
Stipe. They qualified on the basis
of their performances at the
Northwest Open held Feb. 1 and 2
at the U of M.
Asay, a sophomore transfer
from Buena Vista, Co., and field-house
records with his triple jump
of 48'4", four feet more than
Stipe's previous school mark.
There is a possibility that if he
Miller said that fan support, the
cheerleaders, and the bench have
made the difference in the out-come
of some games.
"They are like an added
person," he said.
"The bench pushes us, and
Priest [John Priestley] keeps you
loose," said Blanchard.
What has meant the most to
these stars is the team fellowship
and closeness.
Blanchard said, "We have
stuck together through disap-pointments
and have encouraged
each other."
Miller said, "We want to turn it
all over to the Lord and play like
He is the only audience."
All three desire to remain in-volved
with some aspect of bas-ketball
after Bethel.
Other seniors: wing Tom Weko,
who has been outstanding and
surprising, Gary Edlund, and
Steve "Hoss" Carrigan, will all be
missed after this season.
"It will be hard to replace the
experience and the leadership they
have. They are not just good play-ers,"
said Palke, "but some of the
finest individuals on campus."
by Carol Madison
Rejecting the stereotype that
track is to be enjoyed in shirt
sleeves and sunglasses, the worn-en's
track team has already com-peted
in their initial meet of the
season on the indoor track at the
University of Minnesota-Duluth.
The Royals fielded a nine-mem-ber
team at the Duluth Triangu-lar,
which included competition
with St. Scholastica. The team fin-ished
second behind UMD.
Bethel took three firsts in the
long distances, with Brenda Har-ris
finishing first in the mile and
800-meter run, and Wendy Nor-berg
in the two mile run.
Lynn Severson placed second in
the 55 and 200 meter dashes, as
well as anchoring the second place
4 x 176 relay, which included Jen-nifer
Burgess, Theresa Meredith
and Sherri Lindquist.
Third place points were earned
jumps that distance at nationals,
he might qualify as an all-Ameri-cans
(top six).
Sophomore sprinter Otto set a
Bethel record with a 31.7 in the
300, breaking Gene Blair's time by
one-half second. Teammate Keith
Johnson placed fourth in the same
event at 32.4.
In the long jump, Stipe in-creased
the indoor mark to 22'4".
Last weekend the Royals placed
second in a meet with St. Olaf and
River Falls, but they showed im-provement
over their third-place
finish a year ago.
Stripe competed in six events,
winning the pole vault, taking sec-ond
in the shot put and fourth in
the high jump. His 43'1 1/4" shot
put was his best ever and he also
did well in the 60 yd. hurdles.
Setting a school mark in the 60
hurdles, Asay took first with a
time of 7.8 sec. He set another
fieldhouse record at St. Olaf with
a triple jump of 47'21/4".
Mark Boyer and Dwight New-man
lowered the school record in
the 800 and 1500 meter, respec-tively.
Brian Galloway also ran
well in the 600.
Paul Healy (see p. 2)
by Carrie Severson in the shotput,
Lindquist in the 55 meter dash,
and Carol Torgerson in the mile.
While the rest of the team was
competing in Duluth, shotputter
Sara Barker deviated from the
group and competed in the North-west
Open at the U of M, where
she placed seventh and set a new
indoor record with a distance of
37' 11".
Coach Shirley Dawson looks
for a successful season, barring
major catastrophes.
"We have strengths in the field
events and relays," she said.
"How well we do will depend on
how we progress, and how healthy
we stay. We have a potential to do
well by the time we get to state."
The Royal's first big test will be
February 22 when they travel to
Carleton to compete against five
other private colleges.
Leadership of seniors key to success
Women take three firsts
at indoor track debut
Deb Sension brings the ball up court against Carleton defenders in a close 66-60 victory (Photo
Doug Barkey).
Page 8 sports
Frandsen unbeaten as Royals win
by Steve Erickson
With the season winding to a
close, Bethel's wrestling team pil-ed
up four more victories as it
tunes up for the MIAC tourna-ment
scheduled for tomorrow.
Bethel smothered Carleton
29-15 on Wednesday before winn-ing
three times in a home meet Sa-turday,
downing Hamline 30-17
Northland 47-9, and Westmar
30-27.
It was the first time the Royals
had beaten Westmar since 1971.
Westmar was nationally ranked
before the season began.
Even though Bethel's 15-6 rec-ord
is the best in Royal history,
Coach Dave Klostreich had hoped
for a few more wins. The team has
already set records for pins with
71 and takedowns with 266.
Freshman 142-1b. Paul Frand-sen
leads the team with a 21-0 rec-ord.
He has set a school record
with 71 takedowns, frequently
toying with opponents by throw-ing
them to the mat, allowing
them to get up, and then throwing
them down again. Frandsen also
leads the team with 14 pins.
Senior Lonnie Holmgren, in-jured
part of the season, stands at
10-2-2.
Other wrestlers participating in
the conference meet include Russ
Reynolds (13-6), Mike Anderson
(12-9), Kirk Walters (10-8-1),
Greg Widmer (10-9-1), Dean Alm-quist
(9-7), Jon Martin (4-8),
Wayne Reeves (1-2), and Sam
Hildebrandt (4-6).
Martin has been out part of the
year with injury while Reeves be-came
eligible in February.
Because of the late news of hea-vyweight
Rich Hodge's scholastic
ineligibility, Almquist will wrestle
at heavyweight tomorrow, with
Hildebrandt wrestling at 190 lbs.
Hodge, who reportedly took
only two classes last semester,
must forfeit his matches in Jan-uary
and miss the remainder of
the season. None of Bethel's Jan-uary
meet results will be affected.
Bethel's hockey suffered through a rough week, losing to St.
Thomas 13-2 before falling to St. Mary's 6-3 (Photo Dan
Velie).
by Carol Madison
Regardless of how the rest of
the season goes, the women's bas-ketball
team deserves recognition
as the "comeback team of the
year" for their success in turning
around a disastrous beginning in-to
a respectable and praiseworthy
finish.
The Royals have chipped away
at a first semester 1-5 deficit by
winning nine and losing only two
games, upping their record to
10-7.
Interim break was spent in Illin-ois
where the Royals stepped onto
the courts of Trinity and Wheaton
colleges. After a shakey and ner-
- vous start at Trinity, Bethel finally
pulled away in the last minutes to
win 57-46.
Deb Sension led scoring with 17
points, and Sheila Kroon, Katie
Miller and Joann Griffin each
added 12 points. Miller and Leslie
Smith led with eight rebounds
each.
Despite a large amount of Be-thel
fan support at the Wheaton
game, the Royals couldn't over-come
foul trouble and lost 82-68.
Bethel fell behind early in the
game, but did manage to narrow
the score to just seven points dif-ference
at the half. But then the
foul trouble started, and four
players were forced to the bench
before the game was over. The
Royals were called for 30 fouls,
compared to 18 for Wheaton.
Wheaton converted those fouls
for 28 points, while Bethel only
scored four on free throws.
Joann Griffin poured in 20
points, and Sheila Kroon and Beth
Karsjens each added ten. The
team suffered a blow as Katie
Miller, who has been -averaging
ten points and eight rebounds,
was lost to an ankle injury.
Kroon, an aggressive and quick
point guard, has increased her
scoring average to ten points, and
Coach Marcia LaRock considers
her performances to be very sig-nificant
in the overall team effort.
The Royals barely squeeked out
a 66-60 win over Carleton despite
a 20 point lead just into the second
half. A rash of turnovers allowed
Carleton to tie the score with two
minutes left, but the Royals hung
on by scoring the last six points.
Foul trouble again surfaced as
Carleton scored 15 points on 22
free throw opportunities in the se-cond
half, compared to just a sin-gle
free throw attempt by Bethel.
Beth Karsjens led scoring with
14, Kroon added 12, and Doreen
Almeroth came off the bench to
contribute ten.
The Royals barely sqeaked out
St. Paul Bible College 94-69, their
best offensive effort of the year.
The offensive attack was high-lighted
by 26 assists.
The scoring was balanced as
Karsjens led with 23, Almeroth,
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B-ball, cont. from p. 1
waving by the Mac fans, the Roy-als
sank six of their last free throw
attempts for the win.
Mac, led by forward Dave Bu-tina,
reeled off 11 straight points
midway through the opening per-iod
and held a nine point lead at
the half.
With about 13 minutes remain-ing,
Bethel started to come alive,
spurred by Blanchard's hustle.
Greg Edlund narrowed the margin
to two with a pair of free throws
before a Velgersdyk jumper tied
the game at 45 with eight minutes
left. Gary Edlund then gave Be-thel
the lead with a 20-footer.
The Royals held the lead from
there on, but not before some
anxious moments. A mental error
by the Scots may have cost them
the game.
With :56 remaining and Bethel
holding a 54-53 lead, Mac called
timeout. When they returned to
the floor they were given a techni-cal
foul for too many players. Not
only did Blanchard sink the free
throw but Bethel gained control of
the ball.
Mac was forced to foul when
the Royals began to stall. Greg
Edlund dropped two to run the
lead to 57-53. Macalester scored
right away and then had a chance
to tie it but Butina missed his sec-ond
free throw. Bethel controlled
the rebound.
Sinking three free throws be-tween
them, Tom Weko and Gary
Edlund salted the win away in the
closing seconds.
Greg Edlund finished with 13
while Wilson had 12 and Blan-chard
11.
Palke singled out Miller as hav-ing
a great defensive game. "Peo-ple
think of Rey just for his scor-ing.
This was his best defensive
game since I've been here."
Palke, whose appearance on the
Sid Hartman show has given his
basketball program some expo-sure,
said the fans deserve a lot of
credit. "Our fan following has to
help our recruiting. Any player
likes to see a big fan following."
Next game is tomorrow night at
St. Olaf. Bethel then hosts Ham-line
next Thursday at 7:30.
The best Royal wrestling team in history participates in the MIAC tourney tomorrow (Photo
Dan Velie).
Women cagers comeback continues
Griffin and Sension each added
14, and Kroon scored eight.
Freshmen Gail Heinsch and Becky
Bruss made their debut in the
scorebook by adding eight and six
points.
The Royals host the district
tournament tomorrow, and will
meet Augsburg at 2 p.m. A win
will advance the team to the state
tournament at Concordia-St. Paul
on February 21.