Statistics reveal overwhelming dissatisfaction with campus food Senate releases results of food service survey By CHRIS HALVORSON Assistant Editor Augsburg administrators were given a great deal of food for thought (and action) this week with the submission of a food service survey to the... Show moreStatistics reveal overwhelming dissatisfaction with campus food Senate releases results of food service survey By CHRIS HALVORSON Assistant Editor Augsburg administrators were given a great deal of food for thought (and action) this week with the submission of a food service survey to the president‘s staff. The survey was taken by the Student Senate Food and Housing Subcommit- tee on Dec. 5, at the steak dinner in the Commons, when more students would be at the meal and have the opportunity to fill it out. The results and the senate’s recommendations for improvement of the food service were given to both the administration and Carl Strommer, food service director, for consideration. According to committee member Joan Maland, the senate’s intent in taking the survey was to explore the student's common complaints and frustrations with the food service in an objective manner. Maland said the president's staff looked at the report last week and did not think any of the recommendations to be outrageous. The administration may give formal approval or take some action on the recommendations after their meeting this week. “The main thing is that I hope they realize there is a problem. First of all, I hope to see a Student Menu Board go into effect right away. We want this board to work with the food service in matters of budgeting and menu planning. They are to be an integral part of the food service planning,” Maland said. Maland is guessing that Strommer will take these recommendations and agree to them, but she has doubts that he will ever actually do something about them without a student board. “Rod (Sill) and I did a lot of work on the survey and hopefully something will be done,” Maland said. “But, we don't intend to give up. This is the biggest complaint of any of the on-campus students and it's just ridiculous to keep on like this. if it falls through, we'll try something else and keep trying. It’s like a personal crusade with us!" “A college food program is a service for the student," said Sill. “When it does not meet their expectations it is no longera service to them. This is the direction Augsburg's food service has taken. It is frustrating students and creating dissatisfaction on campus. Our subcommittee defined the prob- lems through the food survey and the next step toward improving the quality and service rests with the administra- tion‘s decision." The results of the survey, along with the committees conclusions and a representative sample of some of the comments students made on the questions are printed below. Four hundred fifty-one students filled out the survey. but not all answered every question. The totals for each question vary, but where there is a difference between the yes and no categories of 20% or more. the subcommittee came up with recommendations based on their conclusions. The recommendations made by the senate to be considered by the administration and the food service February 22, 1980 director are: 1. A permanent student menu board to aid in menu planning. 2. Provide whatever means neces— sary to the Food Service Director for more effective management and communications skills. 3. The evening meal revamping: a. we need at least 2 entrees and probably three (fried chicken, quiche, salad bar). b. we recommend a closed cafeteria for the evening meal with separate stations for breads, desserts and salads. c. people should still have seconds on main entrees with ex- ception of steak, shrimp, carved beef round. 4. Standards of freshness and quality of fruit and vegetables should be upgraded. 5. Weekend menus should be more interesting and fresh food should be served. 6. More variety in the menu. 7. A salad bar at the lunch and evening meal. 8. Check steam tables and have all food served at the proper temperature. 9. Ice cream and fresh fruits should be a dessert alternative. 10. Special meals offered once every two weeks (e.g. International, Thurs- day Night Buffets, Make your own Sundae, etc.) 11. Food service Director should coordinate with student activities for special menu planning. 12. Weekly menu published in the Echo and/or Update. 13. A semi-annual food service survey administered by the Director. YES NO TOTAL 1 Is the Food Service Director available to you? 56% 2 Are your suggestions ac- cepted in a satisfactory manner? 37% 63% 317 3. Are complaints handled satisfactorily by the dining serviceslafl? 33% 67% 348 CONCLUSION: Suggestions offered by students are not satisfactorily accepted by the director nor the dining staff. Many food services carry out their own evaluations each year. A lack of evaluation and review says something about the willingness to look at suggestions and complaints of students. 4. Are you satisfied with the quantity of food served? 35% 65% 441 5 Are the sizes of food needs 44 “Va 423 —’ portions satisfactory? 45% 55% 437 6 Do you like the seconds policy on food items? 60% 40% 439 7 Do you like the special meals served for traditional holidays? 90% 10% 427 8. Do you feel that there are enough “special event” meals? 35% 75% 424 9 Do you like special meals served buffet style? 89% 11% 420 10 Do you en|oy speCIal meals served picnic style out- doors? 55% 45% 422 ll Are you satisfied With the usual breakfast? 62% 38% 382 12 Are you satisfied With the continental breakfast? 61% 39% 374 13 Are you satisfied With the lunch? 57 % 43% 433 14 Are you satisfied with the dinner? 27% 73% 439 15 is the speed of the meal serwce satisfactory? 44% 56% 443 16 Are you satisfied With the hours when meals are served? 70% 30% 443 CONCLUSION: Most students appear to be satisfied with the breakfast, but are less satisfied with the lunch. The evening meal is the least satisfying for students. Student comments: “I sure wished the administration would eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner with the students so they could get a vivid picture of how the college food service does not have the students at heart. The meals Carl serves them in the Augsburg Room has no reflection of his general performance. " “I'm 6'6", 225 lbs., and I’m tired of walking away from dinner STILL HUNGRY." 17 Is the selection of con- diments (ketchup. mustard. etc )satisfactory’? 72% 26% 442 18 Are the regular employees courteous? 79% 21% 439 19 Are the student employees courteous? 91% 09% 432 20 Do the regular employees make a good appearance? 87% 13% 436 21 Are you satisfied with the flavor of thelood served? 14% 86% 415 22. Are you satisfied with the qualityofthetood served? 14% 86% 423 23 Are you satisfied With the appearance of the food served? 32% 68% 419 24 Are you satisfied with the preparation of the food served? 36% 63% 413 25 Is the food served at the proper temperature? 20% 80% 433 26 Does the menu have Sufficient variety? 22% 78% 425 27 Is the method 01 disposal of trays and serwce ware satisfactory? 78% 22% 425 28 Are you satisfied with the quality of the means served on weekends? 19% 81% 409 29 Are you satisfied With the “freshness ' of. salads? 59% 41% 427 'TUIIS7 47% 53% 436 meats? 53% 47% 414 vegetables? 49% 41% 372 desserts? 39% 61% 41B CONCLUSION: Question 22 received far more written comments than any others on the survey. Student Comments: “At times, I have had better meals at a mission, rather than the mostly undone or over done food served here. “ “The food is often of poor quality and I get tired of seeing the spaghetti sauce I had on Tuesday appear in a hot dish on Sunday. " “What flavor? If it weren’t for salt and pepper there wouldn't be any flavor. I think they could invest in better vegies. " 30. Would you like the salad bar served at the evening meal? 90% 10% 417 31 Do you feel that meals are nutritionally balanced? 57% 43% 440 32 Would you like bulk ice cream served as a dessert alternative? 95% 05% 425 33 Do you feel that you receive an adequate amount 01. salads? 80% 20% 439 fruits? 43% 57% 429 meats? 50% 50% 428 vegetables? 72% 28% 427 desserts? 72% 28% 427 34. Would you like a student board that helps in menu planning? 98% 02% 440 35 Would you like more advance notice regarding the menu? 79% 21% 435 36 Do y0u feel the menu should be published daily? 38% 63% 413 weekly? 72% 28% 405 bi-weekly7 16% 84% 414 CONCLUSIONS: Possible additions to be added to food service appear to be a salad bar at the evening meal, bulk ice cream, a student menu board, and more advance notice of the menu. Student comments: "I have not recommended Augsburg College to anybody—precisely because of the food. ” "Make the food service a service, not a money-making business. A business makes money, a food service makes food [think about it]. ” 37 Would you prefer more than one entree per meal? 92% 08% 428 38 Are you satisfied With the cleanliness olthe dishes? 87% 13% 423 39 Are you satisfied Wllh the cleanliness of the SliverA ware? 77% 23% 438 40 Are you satisfied With the cleanliness of the glass ware? 83% 17% 439 41 Are you satisfied With the cleanliness of the dining tables? 38% 62% 425 Are the general standards of cleanliness satis- lactory? 85% 15% 398 4 M Student comments: “The dining tables are rarely clean—I'm glad I can at least leave my food on a semi-clean tray. " “How often are those tables washed? Usually they're filthy. It’s pretty awful to eat supper at a table with sticky grape juice all over left from breakfast. ” 43 ll you were eligible for finanmal aid would you be Willing to work in the food serVice? 39% 61% 405 Housing forum: The beginning of dialOgue and cooperation By TEDD PETERSON Associate Editor A forum on housing in the Augsburg area is being planned to inform students and other members of the Augsburg community about some different viewpoints on the housing problems and to discuss the future of housing in the area. The forum will be held at noon on Wednesday, Feb. 27, in the College Center. There have at times been hard feelings on this issue between Augsburg and the community, but organizers of the forum stress that this is not to bea confrontation of any kind. Rather, it is hoped that this forum will be a beginning of dialogue and cooperation between Augsburg and the community. a beginning of working together to develop reason- able. practical ways of dealing with this problem in the '80s The panel will be made of an Augsburg tenant, a representative of PAC (Cedar Riverside Project Area Committee), PreSIdent Oscar Ander- son. an Augsburg student. and possibly a faculty member. Show less
ngsburg . confessmns DELlRIUM TREMENS Newsweek, February 4, 1980 l have come home again Sat at a table and tinkled the ice My lips slick as gin. The magazine I open terrifies me With its glossy color And the regularity of its lines. Another factor: gold is used in nuclear warheads. And the... Show morengsburg . confessmns DELlRIUM TREMENS Newsweek, February 4, 1980 l have come home again Sat at a table and tinkled the ice My lips slick as gin. The magazine I open terrifies me With its glossy color And the regularity of its lines. Another factor: gold is used in nuclear warheads. And the Department of Energy, which builds Warheads for the Pentagon, has asked the Treasury For stockpiled gold because it costs too much On the open market. I believe everything I read And more—the real People and screams the lines Have simplified. Some starving blacks have been refused medical Treatment because they lacked the necessary $3 For admittance to a government hospital. "The consequences of escalating tensions are grim— The whole Soviet bloc could close like an oyster. " His request for $10 million to "revitalize" the Selective Service System is expected to glide Through Congress, as one Senate aide put it, "Like a hot knife through butter. " It doesn't mean a thing but I Begin to pull It all together and squeeze it into a grain of sand So dense not a syllable of it Can escape. "When the crunch comes, ” says one Senate staffer, “You're going to discover that a high percentage Are in wheelchairs, deaf, have one eye, suffer From high blood pressure or are undergoing a sex Change. " Then I sleep it off And it swirls beyond the light of Mars Into a silence where it falls Like sawdust and a million useless stars. —John Mitchell poul kilqore Last Sunday I was finally persuaded to see my hometown’s version of the Winter Olympics. I'm referring to the Vasaloppet cross-country ski race, an annual event which was cooked up by Glen Johnstone, a local tire dealer. After visiting Mora, Sweden (the sister city of Mora, Minnesota, my hometown) and watching the fifty-mile ski race which that town sponsored, Johnstone decided that a similar race should be held back in Minnesota. He contacted a few land owners, cleared a track through the woods north of town, and started to publicize the event. In February, 1973, the first Vasaloppet (Johnstone borrowed the name of the Swedish race) was held, Only in the last few years has the race started to draw a lot of attention. The town constructed a 34-foot-high Vasaloppet bell tower and Johnstone convinced a number of Scandinavian skiers to enter the race. The Vasaloppet kept getting bigger and better, and somehow l kept missing it. This year I decided to take a weekend off from college and see what everyone was talking about. So at nine o'clock on Sunday morning i found myself standing with two thousand other people in a field ninety miles north of Minneapolis. The temperature was close to zero, and a number of bonfires had been started to keep the crowd warm. A woman standing next to me pointed into the air; I looked up and saw the KSTP-TV helicopter (“Eye in the Sky,“ the woman informed me). February 22, 1980 Suddenly the dynamite which was being used as a starting signal exploded. Thirteen hundred skiers started down the trail. We spent to next couple of hours driving to “check points" where the trail crossed various backroads. One such point, near the races halfway mark, was at Butch Dalbey's farm. About forty of us watched while, one by one, the skiers appeared. As they went by, cups of blueberry soup (a concoction of hot water and sugar which could taste good only under such circumstances) were thrust into their hands. The first six skiers through Dalbey’s check point were, predictably, Scandinavian, By noon a huge crowd had gathered along Mora's main street. As the race's most dramatic moment approached, a group of friends briefed me on what would happen. They told me how the bell in the Vasaloppet tower would be rung when the first skier emerged out of the woods on the far side of Lake Mora. They told me how the skiers would end the race by coming down the packed Show which trucks had dumped on Union Street earlier in the week. They told me how the winner would have a wreath placed over his head moments after crossing the finish line. Although the Vasaloppet is only eight years old, there are already a few legends about it. One has to do with the race four years ago, when two Swedish brothers were neck and neck until they came to the final hundred yards. At that point one of the skiers turned to his brother and said to him in Swedish, “So long. mate." He then burst ahead and won by a comfortable margin. The race wasn‘t that close on Sunday. Per Knotten, a Norwegian who was last year's Vasaloppet winner, crossed the finish line at least a quarter of a mile ahead of the next skier. Knotten‘s time on the 58—kilometer run was just over two hours and forty-three minutes. Skiers came in for the next three hours, and then an awards ceremony was held in the high school gymnasium. The winners were given medals and trophies; everyone else received patches and certificates. Glen Johnstone? “In five days." he said, “the Vasaloppet committee will get together and start planning next year‘s race.“ STUDENTS . . . Need A Place To Stash Your Cash? A banking facility for your convenience in the Fairview-Sf. Mary '3 Medical building just across the street from Augsburg. So "truck on down to the happy... . mg cormunity state bank FAIRVIEW—ST. MARY'S OFFICE bUbZAIhA/e SO Swieioo Telephone 341.394 HOURS MOWFrI—TOA M to 5 30p M l Show less
\j, 861* (4 {Araceli/es By LEE LILLOUIST Contributing Editor The Wall. That’s where it starts, that‘s where it ends. An inanimate, lifeless slab of concrete to some, a tradition of excellence to others. On the south-side of Augsburg's Wrest— ling Room 11 pictures of 11 outstanding, gifted... Show more\j, 861* (4 {Araceli/es By LEE LILLOUIST Contributing Editor The Wall. That’s where it starts, that‘s where it ends. An inanimate, lifeless slab of concrete to some, a tradition of excellence to others. On the south-side of Augsburg's Wrest— ling Room 11 pictures of 11 outstanding, gifted athletes hang neatly in a row. A sign reads “The Hall of Champions." They are the 11 Augsburg Wrestlers who have placed in the NAlA National Tournament and have graduated. Gone but not forgotten. The Tradition. Looking at The Wall, a freshman takes stock in himself; what he is and what he may become. As a wrestler he’ll spend hundreds of hours practicing beside that wall, sweating and feeling the pain. Lots of pain. And when in moments of weakness and fatigue he feels his enthusiasm and love of wrestling slowly dying, he’ll look at The Wall, Son-of-a-Bitch, there isn‘t a man alive that can explain it, but your soul is born again and it hurts a little less. The Goal. To bea Winner. You have to “pay the full price“ to improve, You'll hear "no gain without pain" what seems like a thousand times. “Practice for the sake of practice doesn't bring about improvement," Coach John Grygelko repeats, “prac— tice with the intent to improve does!“ Always improving Always working on your weaknesses. A Hell of a Grind! Drills! Do your three best takedowns. “Two more ‘eights‘ (eight-minute matches) and I’ll let you go home!" Making them go beyond their self-imposed limits of fatigue. “Tie your jock-straps tight, things are going to get rough now!“ Not content with being average. “Come on Stud, Fire—up!" The Team. The Family. Things started out rough this year. Rory Jordan. “We're a family, you can‘t possibly lose someone you love without having it affect you.“ "It made eveyone do a lot of thinking.“ “That fastest pin trophy was his. I stepped out on that mat wanting to win it, and l was thinking of him!“ He devoted himself to the sport. Losing Rory makes you sit down and think. Scott Whirley. We all hurt for him. “You score a point against Whirls, he takes it as a personal insult. He'll come back and beat the shit out of you!“ "When Whirls is in the room you can feel his presence. we really missed him," But Scott Whirley, last year‘s national champ who is out with a broken leg. is coming back. Coach "G" looks at me with a twinkle in his eyes. "Yeah that Whirls.“ he laughs. The Wall is waiting almost evilly, “he's coming back!“ The Men. MIAC Conference Team Champions for six straight years! Seven Men in the MIAC Individual Finals! Flich Barron, Jr, at 118 lbs.. with a 26-2 win-loss record. “There is more than just the physical element to wrestling, you have got to have “it” in your mind, in your soul, to be a winner.“ Tom Best, Sr. at 126 lbs, 17-2. Cut his eye and didn't wrestle in the finals. A quiet man who lets his performances on the mat do his talking for him. Bob Arvold, So, at 134 lbs.. 27-3. Lost a tough one. “If you're down in a match you have got to keepon fighting. never say die, never let up!“ Mike Chmelik, So. Heavyweight, 14-5. Rumored to have a lot in common with the Jolly Green Giant. “Wrestling is fun. But you have to work to improve.“ Augsburg's 1980 MIAC Individual Champions. Flick “Miracle Mets" Halverson, Fr. taught the team how to spell. “There ain't no “I” in team." As Captain he‘ll be leading the team into the 1980 NAIA National Championships Tourn— ament to be held at Fort Hays. Kansas beginning Saturday, Mar. 1. I kidded him on how rough it must have been to walk around with a black-eye and a band-aid on the bridge of his nose for most of the year. He laughed. The last four years have been rough. This now is when it all pays off. “I'm ready to go!" he smiles, flexing his muscles. The Wall is waiting. Other good wrestlers. John Kurkow- ski. Tim Hickey. Tom Schemel,and tough little Bobby Adams will all be back. Others will be returning and new ones Wlll be arriving. All wanting to “put it together." The Wall is waiting. The Nationals. Ask assistant coach Jeff Swenson about them. a national champion while at / Augsburg. One thing at a time. he does it right! A winning attitude. “Going into Nationals I didn't think about losing too much!“ Common sense preacher. and people listen to a winner. “Keep your weight 3.;ft21-LZS” down. Always watch what your last miracle opponents use lor takedowns, before Ha|_ what they do from the verson was DOHOm, and from the ~69 New the top. Work York Mets, on weak» before that % I ‘——< nesses, Run you‘ll have to \ ( every day. go back to \ . I Ine worst the resur— ' \ M}, feeling is rection. The i ' going to “Unrea'flla'k ‘ ’I i? \, Nationals and of the tourn ament, After a disappointingly mediocre year, he comes back to pin the #1 and #2 seeded opponents to win the MIAC. "Dedication and hard work." he smiles broadly, “and the right guys to practice with." Jeff Stoks. So. at 158 lbs.,16—5. He, like others, contributes a part of his success to all thinking that you didn't work hard enough." He saw The Wall asafreshman. he planned on being on it when he left. He's part of a proud tradition. a winning tradition. Coach John Grygelko, ’1 Mr. A Straight- ' Shooter. You just know that‘s the guy you want to wrestle the practice for. It wouldn't he's had even be worth it with "The if he wasn t in your corner. The reason they come to Augsburg. The reason they keep coming. The reason they win. The reason they Saturday Night Ride." \\ Two-hundred pull—ups every day helps too. “Winning, that's what it's all about!" Captain Brian Arvold, sr, at ’ ’ ., , “fl . 150 lbs.. 23-3. He gets them all going _ at 3:45 pm. every \ day. He also , game 55x"! z-fiC come back after they lose. straight-shooter. When a Winner like "G’ speaks. you listen "Some guys go for the ride, some guys go to the Nationals for a purpose." It hurts to be good! He shares a sermon he heard. He reads a poem, He tells of opportunities. "If I had a wish for you guys . , "It all starts with you! " "We can go down to Nationals like a bunch of rabid animals and tear them apart! You never know what's going to happen. Make up your minds! Pay the Price! What ever price you pay, you do good at Nationals. it‘s worth it! I think of the team. that we've found ourselves. We were smoking at the MIAC!" When a winner speaks, you listen. “We are a family. I'm telling you the way it is. you got to pay the price if you want to be good and if you want to - reach levels of excellence. The other thing I'll tell you is this. . reach for the darn stars! Set your sights high. Set them darn high! Don'tsay I might wm a couple matches. Say I am going to place. lam going to be the National Champ, lam going to. I am going to. I am going to . . .! And always your goal. all the way theheckup there!" he says pointing at The Wall. He's talking to his Augsburg Wrestling Team, but I think he has a lot to say to all of us. I hope he doesn't mind me sharing a part of his philosophies with you. The Spirit. Reach for the Starsl When you step out on that mat into a 10-foot circle. you are all alone, No tradition, no team, no coach goes out there with you. Whether the bleachers are empty or it's standing room only, you are alone. It makes men out of boys. All you can take with you is your skill and your spirit. Yet, if a kid lS good enough to make the Augsburg Wrestling Team, he‘s good enough to win it all—if he pays the price. A couple of weeks ago in practice “G” read a poem by Robert Service called “Carry On!" Part of it went like this! And so in [he strife of the battle of lite It's easy to light when you 're winning,- It's easy to slave, and starve and be brave, When the dawn of success is beginning, But the man who can meet despair and defeat With a cheer, there's the man of God's choosing; The man who can light to Heaven ’5 own height Is the man who can light when he's losmg. Carry on’ Carry on! The Augsburg Wrestling Team has always lacked the recognition and Continued on page 9 He‘s a Augsburg College, Minneapolis, Minnesota Vol. 86, No. 14 Feb. 22, 1980 Show less
Vice President of Development resigns after nineteen years By TEDD PETERSON Assocrate Editor in a new chapter to the re—shuffling of Augsburg‘s administration, Vice President for Development Glen Johnson has resigned to take a job with Abbott-Northwestern Hospital, Inc. Johnson's resignation will... Show moreVice President of Development resigns after nineteen years By TEDD PETERSON Assocrate Editor in a new chapter to the re—shuffling of Augsburg‘s administration, Vice President for Development Glen Johnson has resigned to take a job with Abbott-Northwestern Hospital, Inc. Johnson's resignation will be an— nounced at the Board of Regents meeting this Monday, Feb. 25, and his 19 years at Augsburg will officially end on April 1. The major factor in Johnson‘s decision to leave Augsburg was the resignation of President Oscar Ander— son. Johnson feels that a close rela- tionship between the new president and his top-level administrators is vital. He said, “It's very important that the president have primary input in choosing his chief officers,” and added that this is especially important in the development and academic areas. He pointed out that in both the business and academic worlds it is not uncommon to have major adminis— trative changes accompany the de- parture of a president. Late last year Abbott-Northwestern approached Johnson and offered him, strangely enough, the position of Vice—President for Development and Vice president of Development, Glen Johnson, said: "Augsburg is in a much sounder fiscal position than it has been for some time. " ,ECHO Pholo by Kyle Luetzow Public Relations. His duties at Abbott- Northwestern will be very similar to his duties here, with more emphasis on community relations. Although public relations (and admissions) used Alternatives offered to draft By MARY BEAMISH Students should become aware of alternatives to being drafted and fighting in a war, according to Verlyn Smith. Smith, of Metropolitan Campus Ministries, spoke to about 60 Augsburg students at a noon forum in the Augsburg College Center on Feb. 11 The possibility of reviving the draft has become more distinct since President Carter‘s Jan. 23 State of the Union speech, when he announced his intention to bring back draft registra» tion. Smith, explaining the registration process, said, “All of you would be asked to go to the post office and give your name, address and birthdate." “It's important for you people to understand that you do have alternatives," Smith remarked. The three alternatives he outlined included complying with registration and the draft, resisting, and declaring con- scientious objection. Resisting the draft means risking a penalty of five years in prison or a $10,000 fine or both. Smith pointed out that Canada has announced that it will not welcome draft resisters as it did registration during the Vietnam War. Many people don’t know what conscientious objection means, accord- ing to Smith. In 1970, the Supreme Court defined it. The court extended CO status to “all those whose consciences, spurred by deeply held moral, ethical, or religious beliefs, would give them no rest or peace if they allowed them- selves to become a part of an instrument of war.“ “It‘s important to make up your mind soon," Smith said. “If you go the conscientious objector route, you will be required to defend your view. It's important to start talking about it to friends, writing letters to friends, family and government officials. You should be public about it; risk the hassles." John Twiton, an Augsburg junior who has been active in disarmament work, also spoke at the forum. He explained why it's important to act soon in documenting one's claim of conscientious objection. He described the registration process as reported by the National Continued on page 7 to be under Johnson’s supervision as well as development, his duties new center around development, the capital fund, and all fund raising for the college. When Johnson leaves in April, an acting director of development will be appointed to take over his duties until the new president appoints (with ap- proval by the Board of Regents) a vice president. The acting director will be either Sig Hjelmeland, Director of Deferred Giving; Jeroy Carlson, Director of Alumni Giving; or Mike Walgren, Director of the Annual Fund. Johnson expects that these and other members of his staff will remain at Augsburg after his departure. When Johnson came to Augsburg in 1961, he planned to stay here only one year as acting dean of students. He stayed on as dean, as well as teaching some philosophy courses, until 1970, when he was appointed to Vice Presi- dent for Development. Of his 19 years here, Johnson said “It's been a very unusual experience. Probably the most satisfying years were my years as dean, because of the close contact I had with the students." ‘On the other hand, he said that his ‘most interesting years” have been those with development and public relations, because of his interaction with corporate and foundation execu- tives in the area. He said that he is “very pleased with Augsburg‘s reputation in the corporate communi- ty,“ and added that most people don’t realize how good this reputation is, and don't appreciate its importance. In spite of gloomy predictions for small liberal arts colleges in general, Johnson is very optimistic about the future of Augsburg. He said, “I think Augsburg is here to stay." He believes that there are many advantages Augsburg has over other schools because of its metropolitan location, and that the school has to work hard to “take advantage of these opportun- ities." He added that "Augsburg is in a much sounder fiscal position than it has been for some time." Augsburg professors speak against tenure quota system By PENNY BECKER News Editor The complicated issues of faculty tenure and promotion were discussed Monday, Feb. 11 at a meeting of the Augsburg Chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). Faculty tenure and promotion have been much discussed issues not only on Augsburg‘s campus, but nation- wide. As academic institutions face decreasing funds due to fewer college entrants, administrators are forced to either find more funds or to cut back programs and salaries. The institution of quota systems limiting the number of professors granted tenure or promotion has been a common solution to the present lack of funds. The AAUP and many Augsburg professors have expressed concern over this action, asserting that promotion and tenure have a non-monetary value. Professor Norma Noonan pointed out an important connection between faculty morale and the refusal of Augsburg to grant tenure or promotion to deserving instructors. According to Noonan, “Faculty morale is very important here" and Augsburg should “avoid tenure and promotion quotas" because they are “counter—pro— ductive." Several instructors present at the meeting voiced their agreement with her remark. The common thought was that it is difficult to be content in a job with little hope of moving up the academic ladder. A second problem grows out of the denial of promotion and tenure: re- employment. Having been employed by an institution for a number of years without receiving a promotion can be a drawback in the search for another job. This issue is important due to the likelihood that the decreases in student enrollment could force a lay—off of faculty. Noonan mentioned faculty morale as an important element in the enrollment decline. “Very likely we are going to lose some people, but we may be able to get more than our quota if we are innovative and creative. But we cannot do it if we are depressed." There is a question of the necessity of granting tenure to positions that are already threatened by financial exigency. “Why not give them first- class citizenship while the citizenship lasts?" said Noonan. Several institu- tions have used a pipeline process for shaky positions that have come up for tenure. Generally, this is a five»year contract that is neither tenured or non—tenured, according to Bev Nillson, professor of nursing and AAUP chair- person. Professor Catherine Nicholl supported this freezing of status over a release from the institution. 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Picasso ’s Picassos: At the Walker By LESLIE OUIGLEY Staff Writer In an exhibition entitled PlCASSO: FROM THE FUTURE MUSSEE PICASSO, PARIS, more than 160 sculptures, collages and drawings from Pablo Picasso‘s vast collecxion of his own works can be seen in America—many for the first time—at the... Show morePicasso ’s Picassos: At the Walker By LESLIE OUIGLEY Staff Writer In an exhibition entitled PlCASSO: FROM THE FUTURE MUSSEE PICASSO, PARIS, more than 160 sculptures, collages and drawings from Pablo Picasso‘s vast collecxion of his own works can be seen in America—many for the first time—at the Walker Art Center. This spectacular event premiered Feb. 10, and will be on display until Mar. 30. For this event, the Art Center hours are from 9 em. to 9 pm, seven days a week. Admission will be on an hourly basis, with general admission at $2; students and senior citizens $1; and 50 cents for children under 12, The exhibition includes works from all media in which Picasso worked, and from each important phase of his career. The Walker exhibition is America's first glimpse of Picasso's own Picassos—the works he chose to retain perhaps for their personal associations, or because they were too “radical” in style when he created them to find easy buyers. The legacy Pablo Picasso left behind at his death is the personification of modernism, a legendary artist who profoundly influenced the course of 20th century art through his sheer ingenuity. At his death in 1973 at age 91. he stunned the world of art when it was revealed that the greatest collection of Picassos. by far. had been owned by the artist himself. The French government agreed that a selection of these most important works would be accepted by the state in lieu of payment of inheritance taxes. In late 1981, to provide a permanent home for these works, the French government will open the Musee Picasso in Paris. The exhibition at the Walker has been selected from the masterpieces destined for the Musee Picasso. These works come to Minneapolis directly from their initial presentation to the French Public at the Grand Palais in Paris. Their only other American showmg will be at The Museum of Modern Art in New York, PORTRAIT OF DORA MAAR. a Picasso from 1937. done in oil and painted on Canvas. CLEANERS 2400 Bloomington 724-1000 February 15, 1980 2628 EAST FRANKLIN AVE MAIN PLANT 335-5666 Copyrigh/SPADEM Paris'vAGA New York LAUNDERERS E. Franklin at 27th Ave. 335-6666 Get your WORDgAl/IVOR TH WEDNESDA Y At 2:30 pm. in the Alumni Lounge Speaker: Novelist Ruth Hammond from the Minneapolis Tribune poper surqeru By LEW HOTCHKISS Several of you expressed disappointment with my ending to my space adventure printed last semester. You felt deprived. cheated. and mad. Your better judgement told you that I had failed to sufficiently end what i began, You were right and I agree with you. if you remember. Dan and myself were absconded by an alien carrying a strange time disturbing transporter. We underwent total Nothingness. Witnessed the end of the Universe, and magically popped into Reality on a Mind created planet without substance. 50,000 years in the future. We were eating dinner and listening to a biased report about our home alma mater. Earth. when I fell asleep from boredom, or something in the food . . . Suddenly. I simultaneously burned and regained sentience. Someone extinguished the flames before I cried out in pain. "You have ignored our planetary report." the voice said, “We hope you Wlii accept destruction of your planet. That is our choice. You have failed to prowde us With sufficient ewdence that you are worth saving." Just a moment! Stop! Hall! "I refuse to submit Earth for destruction." l protested loudly, "Allow me to argue in our defense. Give us the opportunity to help ourselves. Earth is not all you say it is and was. We are children taking our first steps—" “Dangerous children and parasites of the Universe! You war, you murder. you destroy; naming gods. idiologies. or God as your excuses for your bloody campaigns. The thought of matter destroying the form of other matter disgusts us. You act illogically to kill. One of your great prophets, Jesus Christ. declared that those who wield the sword will die at the other end of it. "We talk of destroying your planet but mean to transform it into a Paradise where all creatures and their souls will live in peace. Surely you deSIre this?“ The alien gazed at me with fatherly concern and understanding. He closed his mouth and prepared to listen. "Yes, I want peace. I do not desireto fight and die in battle. Life is worth hiring. in and of itself. Have you read The Martian Chronic/es?" "We know of them. You are correct when you say that life is an end in itself. Culture augments life. Conflict of culture often results in war. It amazes us how intolerant your cultures are. But we also abhore your cultures—" “Then leave us alone. Let us make our ruins, our cultures. and our lives. Observe us and record what we do but please do not squash our little anthill in the middle of the interstellar windswept field-Universe." His face paled and surrounding images faded and flurred . . . colors merged . . . light darkened . . . time regressed by 50,000 years . . . we reentered the human sphere of influence , . . the womb of Earth took us back. Dan and | conversed: “They promised to give us Paradise," I said, feeling a bit gthy. “Do you think I made the right decision?" "You didn't make the decismn," he said, pausing dramatically “They made the final demsion based on your answers to their questionnaire." His words sunk in, hurting my ego. “We were just experimental subjects, or were we?" I said. Our surroundings finally out into my consciousness. Material enveloped us Four white walls. a floor, a ceiling, a desk, a human physics department secretary. books, papers, air, carpeting . . . Dan gathered his materials for Astronomy class. I hitched my red backpack onto my shoulder and headed out. Where? To the quad, to the Student Center. anywhere 1 could sit down and try to think through the maze ol unusual experiences. (Now it's your turn.) 7 Show less
letters pyromaniacal youth attempted to get his revenge upon the Echo by burning down the office. but when that would not burn, he turned to the editor’s house, only to burn the wrong house This is only our unsupported view, which we felt compelled to share. no matter how trumped up it may be.... Show moreletters pyromaniacal youth attempted to get his revenge upon the Echo by burning down the office. but when that would not burn, he turned to the editor’s house, only to burn the wrong house This is only our unsupported view, which we felt compelled to share. no matter how trumped up it may be. Soon we hope that there will be a house-warming party in Mr. Sateren‘s new abode. The emergence of the Auggie this past interim gave many cause to rejoice, but we suspect there were equally many who were not satisfied with it because their picture in it didn‘t look like them. It is possible that most of the essential numbers such as those of faculty, friends and food service were already known, thus sabotaging the effects of the Auggie. Many, not that they own one of these relics, are wondering what to use them for, We have a suggestion: through our own scientifical test we have determined that it is conducive to getting that winter tan, The shiny pages of the Auggie, with the many blank spaces on each page, when spread out on the snow in a shape large enough to lay upon, gives one a wonderful tan that will make you the envy of your block. The best place we have found to do this winter sun-worshipping is Murphy Beach, so go out and get your own tanning book, edition 1980, and bask in those rays. We heard that the leaders of this student body, Harold Weick and Chuck “Beermeister” are thinking of staying around for another year, now that they have learned how to run it their way. We also have heard that Weik's mother and Mr. Beermeister are going to campaign actively. leaving Mr. Weik free to stay in the ovaltine office If this is not true, then please do not read this last paragraph, Wanted Handicapped student looking for at least two students (especially nursing students) to function as an aid. Excellent job training for those going into this profession. Job Description Get me dressed in the morning. including putting on my external catheter and leg bag. Help me into the wheelchair. Help me at meal time (cut up meat, etc) does not include feeding. Maybe help with medications Empty leg bag twice a day. Help with bowel care every other night including inserting suppository and getting me onto the commode. Help me in and out of shower after bowel care (I wash myself on commode in shower). Help me into bed at night and position me on side. Turn me to opposite side once during night. Will negotiate to help pay part of the college expenses encountered by the students who qualify. For further information. contact Bill Ross at ext. 1003. Continued from page 4 as we do not intend to spread vicious rumours, especially if they are not true. Lastly, we hope that Mr. Ross Berndt is still in school and that he did not have to leave school because he was pregnant, Happy Valentines Day Massacre, Tony Moen and Lee Hansen To the Editor: The policy for snow removal of all parking lots shall be as follows: 1) The snow will be plowed when an accumulation of 2" or more is received at any one time. 2) Parking lots will be plowed as follows: Facultylot . . . . , , . , . . . . . . ..5:00a.m. Commuter & Resident Hall lots . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . ..6:00-9:00 am. 3) After initial plowing of lots, a sign will be posted on each lot to designate the time of clean-up plowing: SNOW REMOVAL Date: __. Time: __ W7 ,,,, i, Cars not moved by above date and time will be towed at owner‘s expense. Lot: , ,___ . After the stipulated time shown on the sign. any cars left in the lot WILL BE TOWED at owner’s expense, and lots will be plowed of all remaining snow. 4) Snow plowing from the streets, if not done by City of Minneapolis crews, will be done by Augsburg staff on an as needed basis only. This need will be determined by Plant Servuces. Sincerely, Jerry Johnson Plant Manager Ruling Class and talented cast. Except for an unsettling first five minutes, the production was confident and well- executed. Two minor factors which contributed to the play‘s success were music and use of dialect. The music was incon- sistant in style and message, ranging from Appalachian folkto Tchaikovsky‘s Pathelique, with Church of England Hymn tunes in between. The variety seemed appropriate, however, given the general lunacy portrayed in this play. Use of English accents and occasional Freudian German were essential for the production's success. David Peterson deserves an honorable mention for his work in the play. Peterson serves as a dialect consultant for local theatre productions and also had a minor role as Detective Inspector Brockett. TRP advertises The Ruling Class as n “irrelevant portrayal of the English aristocracy as it declines and falls." They deliver at least this much, In order to understand the total picture Vietnamese Continued lrorn page 3 wings cost $3.65. Bo luc lac ($3.50) includes beef cubes sauteed in garlic, onions and sauce and served on a bed of lettuce, This is very good. One may call ahead to arrange for special large dishes to be served to more customers. If you are interested in buying Vietnamese ingredients for home cooking, you may purchase these either at Asian Mart, 908 Marquette Ave, Minneapolis (phone: 338—1058); Vietnam Hong Kong International, 419 Broadway, Minneapolis (phone: 522- 0713); or International House of Food, Nicollet Island, Minneapolis (phone: 379-2335). “Thu Lam is an Augsburg sophomore with an accounting major and French minor. Before leaving Vietnam, she worked as secretary to the Minister of Economy in Saigon, Faroufl No service charges No bounced checks Earns 5‘110/0 daily And if you need an occasmnal check—money orders available Convenient: Just across the street in the I—‘airview-St. Mary‘s Medical Office Bldg. Hrs: Mon.»Fri. 10:00 a m.-5:3O pm USE YOUR SAVINGS ACCOUNT AND SAVE PLENTY AT THE Communit Member F D.l C Riverside Can Iinued lrom page 6 the play presents, see the production at least twice. To be surprised by a witty and challenging play, once will suffice. Do not, however, pass up the chance to see this production. The Ruling Class continues on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights through Mar. 2. Tickets are $4 for all seats but free seats are available for those willing to usher at performances. Call TRP at 336-9123 for reservations and information. Continued from page 2 Minnesota State Scholarship/Grant and the Basic Educational Opportunity Grant). Although tuition costs will be going up for next year, financial aid limits will also be increased. The limit of $1100 for the Minnesota State Scholar— ship/Grant has been increased to $1250 for next year. All students, freshmen to seniors, are eligible to be considered for the Minnesota State Scholarship/Grant regardless of whether or not they have previously received this grant. As is the policy of Augsburg College, all applicants for financial aid are required to turn in a copy of their parents’ 1979 incometax return before a financial aid award can be made. Any student with questions about filling out the FFS, please feel free to contact the Financial Services Office, Rm 154, Science Hall. VVOVVH! y State Bank Show less
Augsburg student helps in smokey rescue By GARY KUBAT Features Editor Most commuters have a standard repertoire of reasons explaining why they were late for class. But Kevin Kuntz, a senior business finance major, has added a new possibility— helping at the scene of a fire. Friday, Jan. 11, about... Show moreAugsburg student helps in smokey rescue By GARY KUBAT Features Editor Most commuters have a standard repertoire of reasons explaining why they were late for class. But Kevin Kuntz, a senior business finance major, has added a new possibility— helping at the scene of a fire. Friday, Jan. 11, about 8:30 a.m., as Kuntz was heading for his “Augsburg Confession" interim class with Dr. Eugene Skibbe, he spotted a tire. When asked what prompted him to stop, Kuntz replied, “I saw a fire and there were no fire trucks there yet. It was just a reaction.“ Another student, Greg Darveaux, a ninth grader at South St. Paul Junior High School, noticed the fire as the bus he was riding passed by. Darveaux saw a figure waving for help from a second floor window as his bus passed the 939 8th Avenue South residence. He told the driver to stop, rushed out of the bus, and hopped a fence. The bus driver summoned firemen to the scene with his CB radio. Darveaux grabbed a ladder that was next to the garage and with the help of Kuntz. placed it against the house. Seventeen year-old Brian Schroeder, who had been staying with his uncle, Roger Cuhna, the owner of the house, climbed down the ladder, wearing only his underwear in the minus 44 degrees windchill. Darveaux and Kuntz carried Schroeder to the garage, then to a neighbor‘s home. Kuntz thinks that Schroeder was in shock because he was unable to tell them if anyone else was at home. As it turned out, no one else was at home, “but by that time it might have been too late. The smoke was really heavy," Kuntz said. Schroeder was treated for smoke WOW!!! inhalation at Divine Redeemer Hospi- tal. Firemen are almost certain that the Last year’s Augsburg/ans here The ’78-’79 Augsburgians have arrived. Distribution will take place Monday, Feb. 18 through Friday, Feb. 22 from 9:15 a.m. to 4 pm. in the College Center. Everyone who ordered a yearbook last year should pick it up at this time. A limited number of '78—‘79 yearbooks are available for purchase. They will be sold on a first come, first serve basis at the original price of $8. Class of ’79, the ’78-'79 Augsburg- ian you ordered last year will be mailed to you at a cost of $2. Send your check to: Augsburg/an Augsburg College 731 21st Ave. So. Mpls., MN 55454 Please include your name and the address where you want the yearbook sent. I J Last call for ordering the '79-‘80 Augsburg/an. The cost is $9 and can be paid at the Augsburgian table in the College Center next week. Not many extra books will be ordered this year, \ m who oust f \ fire started when an ashtray was emptied into a wastebasket in the basement. The house was destroyed. Fire Captain Krier said Schroeder would have died if it had not been for the quick work of Darveaux and Kuntz. Kuntz has received thank-you notes from the Cuhna's and Schroeder's other relatives. “i don‘t think the kid would have died," Kuntz maintains. “He was in the window, he probably would have jumped and maybe gotten a broken leg or something." Kuntz finally made it to his class about 9:20 a.m. Nothing was said, he just went in and sat down, although he “smelled like smoke so bad—like a bonfire." Kuntz added that others stopped to help after he did and that he would do it again if the situation ever occurred, “I don't think it’s anything anyone else wouldn't have done,” Kuntz concluded. so don’t risk missing out on what promises to be an exceptionally nice yearbook. The Sudlow Photography Cash Giveaway winner was freshman Tami Jurgens. Since she had color proofs taken, she received $50 cash. If anyone paid $2 and did not get color proofs, write to Terri Sturm and she will make sure the company reimburses you. Faculty, yearbook classroom can- dids will continue to be taken the next month or so. One photographer is now available to take all the faculty pictures. His name is Mike Swanson. For your convenience, he will contact you in advance of your picture being taken. 7th at CEDAR THE P'JL' ’ I WEST BANK 1.: \ Z ‘\ ' .252, Pitcher Nights at Pilot’s Club Miller & Miller Lite ... . .$1.50 Sunday— 8:00 RM. to 10:00 P.M. — ALSO — 'I‘ucs. zmd Thurs. -— 9—11 P.M. Breakfast Special — 9-11A.M. 55 cent Drinks THE PILOTS CLUB Writers wanted The deadline for submissions to Murphy Square, Augsburg‘s literary magazine, will be Friday, February 29. Prose (both fiction and essays), poetry. photographs, and art work are welcome from all students, faculty, and staff. Manuscripts should be submitted to editor Paul Kilgore's p.o. box; art work should be given to either Julie Docken or Rick Jackson. Preparation of manuscripts for Murphy Square will be discussed at a meeting to be held in the Century Room at 7:00 PM. on Wednesday, February 20. Anyone who is considering submitting work to Murphy Square is encouraged to attend. There are a few guidelines for contributions. All works should be neatly typed and double spaced on a ditto master (ditto masters are available in the bookstore). Con< tributors may submit upto five poems, but each poem must be on a separate sheet of paper. Prose material should not exceed 3000 words; each contributor may submit up to three such pieces. Since works will be judged anonymously, every con- tributor must write his or her name on a separate sheet of paper and attach that sheet to the submission. Names should not appear on the manuscripts. The material to be included in Murphy Square will be selected by the magazine’s editorial board. Although board members may submit their own writings, they cannot vote on these pieces. This year's board includes students Janis Blomgren, Paul Kilgore, and Kim Morken, and faculty members Boyd Koehler and Dave Wood. Murphy Square will be published in early May. OPEN MON-SAT SAM-1PM February 15, 1980 Show less
editorials Closer to the students The Carnegie Council on Policy Studies in Higher Education in its recent report, entitled “Three Thousand Futures," summerized some of the characteristics that will confront systems of higher education in the ’805. Here are a few: increasing concentration of... Show moreeditorials Closer to the students The Carnegie Council on Policy Studies in Higher Education in its recent report, entitled “Three Thousand Futures," summerized some of the characteristics that will confront systems of higher education in the ’805. Here are a few: increasing concentration of students in public institutions More and more dependence on public sources of financial aid - Slowing and uncertain rates of enrollment growth An aging faculty - More and more defensive reactions internally A new student generation 0 More and more pressure to serve the student market It’s almost like looking in a mirror. Note the resemblance three characteristics have to our situation here at Augsburg. There is little doubt that slow enrollment growth and pressure to serve the student market were largely responsible for the recent shuffling of the Registrar’s Office, Financial Services and Admissions. And because of this move it has caused some defensive reactions internally. The Carnegie Council does not plot out a very pretty future for institutions like Augsburg. They assume that the decline in the traditional 18—to—24-year-old student group will cause “a fundamental, almost radical change in higher education." Further, they predict that “a downward drift in quality, balance, integrity, dynamism, diversity, private initiative, and research capability is not only possible, but quite likely in higher education. The question is: What is Augsburg to do? It becomes quite clear when one reviews some of the disputes that have surfaced between administrators and faculty this year that the need for communication and cooperation are paramount. A case in point The recent controversy over administrative reorganization, and the subsequent resignation of the registrar. A number of faculty have reacted strongly over the lack of communication in the reorganization—decision-making process. This is understandable. But we hope this doesn‘t blind one of the benefits that can be gained by such a move. if handled right,the recent integration of services vital to students’ concerns could be a positive step. The Carnegie report sheds some light on what rationale might have dictated the recent administrative maneuver. Students in college, or proposing to attend college “will be recruited more actively, admitted more readily, retained more assiduously, uu z> m5"~ ( A film FED/M HD/Dljsr ,1 / I § (.08. new? 0/10 [ATOM/4,54% iv FlbmanIoKIS' 7H8“ 7v 3“ FINA/wees 1 Urgent) Flu!) \: A enemies, WOF, max? t: , / To Lunch. ) rHEN E (707" THE/Q , LQELL . VUH/ THE/2f e445 ri—pig i} L E. v (KW/4 SHAPI‘. counseled more attentively, graded more considerately, financed more adequately, taught more conscientiously, placed in jobs more insistently, and the curriculum will be more tailored to their tastes." Besides disagreeing with their view on the future of grading, the remaining assumptions we strongly support. It's entirely possible that the shift of reporting channels, specifically the registrar, will pull that position from the "academic arm" of the college. But we believe it will bring it closer to a different more important arm; that of the student. If a student faces an Augsburg with an inefficient bureaucracy; where admission matriculation processing is slow and inaccurate; where financial aid packages are delayed or awarded and taken away; or lastly, where more stock is put in the registrar‘s communication with the faculty than the student‘s needs, then Augsburg won‘t even be able to compete in the zero—sum game it faces just around the corner. History 101 l was raised in 'the shelter of Leave—it-to-Beaver, White suburbia. The most visible minority group in the neighborhood was Jews. A Black family moved in when I was 15 years old. They were gone by the time l was 16, There were more grocery stores in town than Black students in the high school. It was said this school offered one of the best educations in the state. For me history was White. Black history meant Jim Crow, Brown vs. Board, the Emancipation Proclamation and Huey Newton. Black history was indeed part of white history. l later found out just to what extent. In social studies we were treated to a piece of journalism that remains as vivid in my ponderings today as the day I saw it. The scene is a group of young Black children being drilled on pride. “You are a Negro," taunted the teacher. “No, I am an Afro-American," replied the trembling, searching child. “I‘ll give a dollar if you say you are a Negro," he pressed. The young boy hesitated, with tears coming to his eyes, and repeated “I am an Afro-American." That shocked me then because l couldn't understand it. l was not alone. My friends and i grew up in a world where Blacks were out there, out of reach. I didn't know it was planned. I have not become an authority on Black history. But the extent to which it is White is more evident. It is also more evident how much of it is not White. Much of it is by Blacks, about Blacks and for Blacks—and yes, for Whites. If Martin Luther King, Alex Haley and Barbara Jordan are just “stupid niggers" in your mind then you have fallen prey to your own pathetic ignorance. If not, how do they rate on your most admired list? The more subtle subjugation you impose may be the real crime. Black History Month is nearing the end of its second week. The following two weeks supply a storehouse of education for Black and White alike. lf you are White and feel you would be out of place, imagine being Black at Augsburg. If you are Black and feel Whites would be out of place they will probably remain that way. But whose place? History is as necessary to one‘s identity as one‘s identity is to understanding another‘s. And there the twain shall meet. letters What are they speaking of, YOU might ask Dear Scribe and Soothsayer, editor Sateren because he was busy The glorious pages of the Echo return once again to the fatherland; and with it, these letters, to shape and mold the lives and thoughts of its hundreds of fans, who for the past eight weeks have been wandering about aimlessly, looking for even a paragraph or sentence from the pen of Roald Sateren to guide their pursuits of leisure-suit time. Unfortunately for all of his many fans, there was to be no word from staying out of burning houses. You may ask, what are these two writers speaking of? It is obvious that we are speaking of the fire which took place at his own house, to which he had no alternative but to flee, but not to get marshmallows from the store, we are sure. This fire is no light matter and we do not intend to deal with it as such. What we feel happened is that some poor misguided, misquoted. 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Vietnamese restaurants duplicate distinctiveness of the cultures cuisine By THU LAM‘ The delights of Vietnamese cuisine have received very little attention from the Americans here, and there are very few people who know what Vietnamese cooking is like. With the influx of Vietnamese people to the... Show moreVietnamese restaurants duplicate distinctiveness of the cultures cuisine By THU LAM‘ The delights of Vietnamese cuisine have received very little attention from the Americans here, and there are very few people who know what Vietnamese cooking is like. With the influx of Vietnamese people to the United States, more people are interested in eating at Vietnamese restaurants, or even in preparing Vietnamese food at home. There are four Vietnamese restaur- ants in the Twin Cities area, and since all traditional Vietnamese ingredients are not readily available, the chefs are highly imaginative and creative in trying to duplicate the most classic dishes. In fact, Vietnamese cooking has been influenced by the Chinese and the French because Vietnam was ruled by China for nearly a thousand years and was under France’s influence for a hundred years. Yet Vietnamese dishes retain their own style and distinctive qualities as a special cuisine today. The cooking includes the use of many vegetables, freshwater fish, shellfish, chicken, pork and beef. Almost no mutton is used. Food is usually cooked in water rather than in oil. For those who are diet and health—conscious, Vietnamese food offers a fine alternative. Greater quantities of lightly cooked vegetables can be eaten without weight gain. One of the most important ingredients used in the preparation of food is nuoc mam, or fish sauce. It is a strong tasting liquid made from tiny fish called Rice Fish; they are no bigger than grains of rice. Other herbs and spices used liberally by the Vietnamese include lemon grass, fresh chillies, ginger roots, coconut juice, coconut milk, noodles, fresh garlic, dried lily flowers, unsalted peanuts, sugar cane, rice wine, sesame seeds, bean sprouts and green onions. in Vietnam, the preferred method for cooking rice is through the absorption of water. It is cooked (there are two kinds of rice: regular and sticky) without salt. When cooked, the grains must be separate and fluffy, not mushy and saturated with water. The proper kitchen utensils include a wok, a heavy stone mortar and pestle, and a meat cleaver for cutting meat bones. The four restaurants in the Twin cities offer some outstanding Vietna- mese dishes. Kim Long, 439 University Avenue, St. Paul (phone: 222-4615). Cha gio ($2.50) are good here. Is made from a very special kind of rice paper, very thin. Cha gio fillingscontain ei - ther pork, shrimp, chicken or crab and bean thread, yams, onions and spices. Bo nhung W (35.95) is also very 900d.The recipe contains tender,tnin slices of beef, raw and accompanied on a platter by sliced pineapple, cucumber, fresh coriander leaves, lettuce, lemon grass, garlic, butter, and rice paper. Meat is cooked quickly in butter garlic lemon grass sauce. Fllce paper is used to wrap the cooked meat and raw vegetables, and then is dipped in a mixed fish sauce. Other entrees include Bo Ia lot ($6.25, thin slices of tender beef wrapped in grape leaves and broiled) and Bun bo xao ($3.50). Bun bo xao consists of a bowl of Vietnamese thin rice noodles. February 15, 1950 Security: Fear and action? We are a group of concerned students and staff working to make the campus and nearby Cedar-Riverside area safer. We also represent part of a larger group of people who attended the January Sexual Assault Seminar. This survey is the first step towards raising awareness of the right of Augsburg students. staff and faculty to feel safe on the campus. If you are concerned about your own safety or that of others, please fill out the questionnaire below. First m COLLEQ Campus Guide (8/79) ii siudue midi»! II Melhy “all U ire Attila 1‘ Old Music Hall VS Lillie "male- 16 is“ Null I Admissions Home Library Science mil out Main Wesl Mall Morlerwon is". mum in": College Center Mammal mu ‘0 Muhr NIII fiOVOMAUN A Admmiomhiking s Sludemhvking ( Main inume Vunnel’lamp’slywav 5mm 0 ouzdungi» t 'uullyrSiall 9mm r Murphysquare c Wleehrld H “nouns. Mm x will"; Rzmp By CATHY ANDRESS, VAL LEBUS, RICH BULLER AND JUDY ESSMAN identify the areas regardless of whether you live on or off campus. Next note the hours during the day or night when you feel unsafe in these areas and why you feel unsafe, Finally describe how you deal with the situation and give suggestions on what to do about it. Once these surveys have been returned to in which you feel most unsafe, us. the results will be shared With appropriate security offices. If you have any questions or comments. call Cathy Andress at 341-2617 or Val Lebus at 330-1581. Where do you feel Why? How do you deal with Suggestions r unsafe? When—day 0" "59'"? the situation? Example: Wilson . bad lighting, go only during the Library n’gh'_ 7 to 9 p’ m' near bars day or with friend bUddy “Stem Please return your questionnaire on or before February 22, 1980 to the box in Urness Lobby or $08. mixed with beef tenderloin slices, and cooked in a special sauce, topped with chopped lettuce, cucumber, bean sprouts, and peanuts. At Kim Long, Pho (soup) costs $3.25 and is only available on Friday and Saturday evenings. Phoenix, 1648 Grand Ave., St. Paul (phone: 698-5015). This is another small restaurant. Cha gio is excellent and costs $2.10. At the Phoenix, you can watch the food being prepared at an open counter. Thit ga xao cai, broccoli cost $4.25. it is a combination of chopped broccoli, chicken, ginger and spices. Thit heo chua ngot ($4.25) is equivalent to sweet and sour pork and is served in sauce and a bed of chopped lettuce. Bo xao at xanh ca chua va nan/i ($5.25) contains tender beef thin slices, onions, tomatoes, and green pepper in sauce. Baa ngu xao nam dong co th/t ga ($6.25) consists of abalone fish, mushrooms, chicken and vegetables. Phoenix is my favorite Vietnamese restaurant. Bamboo Village, 400 Sibley, Park Square Court, St. Paul (phone: 298-1132). This is a nice restaurant, larger than the other places mentioned. and is decorated in Vietnamese style of bamboo huts with thatched roofs. It is very comfortable and holds a liquor license. Music is also provided for parties. The menu includes over 34 entrees, three of which are listed here. Bo xao Khoai a la Iran,cais cost $4.95; it consists of beef slices sauteed in onions with sauce and served with crisp, deep~fried potato slices. Goi 98 cost $2.25 and is a simple but delicious combination of shredded cooked chicken, shredded cabbage, mint leaves and fresh coriander leaves, Thit Kho ($3.95) is a traditional Vietnamese dish which Westerners are not as readily fond of. It consists of pork chunks, hard boiled eggs cooked in coconut juice, and fish sauce. Saigon, 317 West 38th Street, Minneapolis (phone: 822-7712). Saigon is open six days a week until 9 pm. and until 10 pm. Friday nights. Its menu includes cha gio, sweet and sour dishes, and spicy entrees. Chicken Continued on page 8 3 Show less
ougsburg . confessmns When i attended college, I forget whether it was in the bronze or the iron age, at least two things were not even imagined: man on the moon, and January interims abroad. Both I accept today, one as an accomplished fact and the other as an experience which I have lived long... Show moreougsburg . confessmns When i attended college, I forget whether it was in the bronze or the iron age, at least two things were not even imagined: man on the moon, and January interims abroad. Both I accept today, one as an accomplished fact and the other as an experience which I have lived long enough to enjoy personally. “Israel, Ancient and Modern" was the course, ably led by that seasoned leader of Augsburg groups to Israel, Dr. Phil Quanbeck. (Four interim classes are able to repeat his . well known: “Now when l was in israel . . .") It was a dis- tinct privilege for me to join him and 38 students for an unforgettable tour of tels, cities and sites in that amazing country. Frankly, I was impressed not only with what we saw and learned, but with those aspects which gave a special quality to our interesting and intense weeks there. Dr. Quanbeck had a feel for what was important and provided the viewpoint from which to examine our experiences “We are not merely on a pilgrimage." The connection with the famous Albright institute for Oriental Research and its director, Dr. Albert Glock, was invaluable, primarily because Dr. Glock had arranged our travels and appointed three extremely capable graduate assistants. students of archeology and history, to be our affable guides. Not least, the excellent group of students made the whole experience so enjoyable. They were responsible, eager, curious, reflective and remarkably good humored folks. That such a course is worthy of college credit, I am convinced. For me, at least, I gained a whole new perspective on the continuum of history, pre—historic to the present. | feel i have a better understanding of the gigantic problems facing nations in that part of the globe. I am reinforced in the conviction that personal, face-to-face encounters are essential to understanding other peoples and culture. I gained a new awareness of the scholarship which has attached itself to the study of an area that has been criss-crossed for centuries by more armies, empires and countries than any other comparable piece of geography in the world. And, coming back by way of Washington, DC, for a meeting in historic Williamsburg, I realize again the youthfulness, and hopefully the vigor, of the American nation, l confess my gratitude for the privilege of an interim opportunity before “leaving college." I want to thank the people who made the course possible, Dr. Quanbeck, Dr. Gustafson, the interim director, and Ms Mary Kingsley, director of international programs. i am convinced that the whole interim idea is a worthwhile addition to the academic calendar, to the curriculum as a whole, and to meeting the need for variety and innovation in the academic experience, Shalom! Oscar A. Anderson President Since President Anderson is writing this column on a biweekly basis, the Echo is encouraging faculty members to submit contributions. If you would care to do so please contact the Echo, via P.O. repercussions With LEE JOHN LILLOUIST Good afternoon, my name is Joe American, Back again today to spread some more of that Good Ol‘American Gospel, as usual, straight from the hip, Bleeding- heart. week»kneed. liberal cowardly Commies make me sick to my stomach! And l ain‘t just a kidding! Now normally l wouldn't care if every long-haired. marxist College Kid alive today took his Gillette Twin»Track across the ol‘carotids.. But this time it's different. They‘re not just trying to kill themselves. they're planning on taking all us real Americans with them. It's time to speak out! This then is how I see it. During Interim 80 "Kill iii" of the new decade was recorded. Not by some Russian in Afghanistan or some South Africian in Rhodesia, but by me. back in the pasture on the South-forty. l was out hunting for my dinner and dropped a running snowshoe rabbit at forty yards with the .22 caliber. Ohhh . . .. I can hear you limp—wristed. Foreign-car owners moaning from here, “Whaahhh . . .. the big mean man shoot a wittle-bitty bunny!" Well kool it, you're forgetting that Adolf Hitler. remember that great conservationist. was a vegetarian, who never displayed the care and consideration to worry about maintaining an oft-times explosive non-jewish rabbit population, Don't change the subject. Pinko! Anyways. this rabbit started screaming bloody-murder after I shot it, least ways until ljacked #2 into its grey matter, Which brings me, astoundingly. to my point. Rabbits and Hares. if they‘re lucky. vocally produce only one noise their whole life. just before they cross the river Styx into Hades. The unlucky ones die of starvation or disease without a sound. "How cerebral," I can just hear a pixie co—ed in the student center chortle. “bunnies don‘t makea sound until it‘s too late to say anything!" Now listen Bunnies. both homos and lagomorphs, that just don‘t cut it anymore. February 15, 1980 Cash it in for some hard-core reality. It takes two to tango. but only one storm- trooper with a gun to make peace-loving rabbits dance to a different tune, That beautiful dream of laying down our guns and rolling over to "play rabbit" don‘t necessarily jive with a USSR five-year-plan that suppresses the Christian Gospel among its tank-drivers, Through drugs, propaganda, and mind control their evil doctrine has even spread into the young, pliable minds of swamp cottontails. Sylvi/agus aquaticus, like the one that attacked our beloved President Jimmy Carter and daughter Amy, while canoeing, just last summer. Luckily this degenerative plague has yet to infect the snowshoe rabbits that I eat. Lepus americanus, which is still a true-blue, down-on-the-farm-iype, patriotic hare. He alone most reminds me of the only rabbit that I‘ll ever respect. The Monty Python Killer Rabbit, who had the guts to go and rip the throats out of some British Fairies, which he found prancing around in leotards on the sacred. log-shrouded. English Moors. Back to my point, before you side-winders manage to side-track me again. I. Joe American, am an American, as were my father, Brave, and my grand—father. Honest. So even though i want Jerry Brown as our next president and see no future in Nuclear Energy, I am prepared to defend with my 27 guns and 3 small cannon the rights of every American Citizen to own a car that gets 8 mpg. And if drafted I would gladly serve. This is not a Vietnam bent on protecting our oil interests. This is the biggie! Freedom and democracy are on the line, and the American way of life is threatened! We must be prepared to defend these principles with our blood, our lives, our women, in a never ending battle to the last man, with liberty and justice for all. If you liberal-type, draft-evading rabbits ain‘t got the backbone to defend Mom, apple-pie, and the American Flag. you're taking us all with you. If we can't face our challenges with conventional warfare, some "Five-Star“ in Washington is going to start pressing buttons. Whoops, we’re all nuked into extinction, I ain't a rabbit. I had to speak-out while i still had a "fighting" chance, as John Wayne would say. And while i still have the constitutional rights to do so. God bless America, God bless us, everyone, speaking-up from down on the farm. poul kilqore When I was younger I used to wonder at the incredible luck of my being born an American. l knew that I could just as easily have been born in England, where i would have been shipped off to one of those strict. David Copperfield—type boys‘ schools: or in France, where i wouldn’t have been able to find drinking water: or even in China, where I could have gone through an entire lifetime without ever having tasted a banana split or a Coca-Cola, As an American, though. i was assured of having the best. Everyone knew that the US. had the best~educated people, the most abundant natural resources, and the strongest military (we had never lost a war, remember?). When the United States spoke, people listened. ‘ “at It was somewhat perplexing. then, to spend the past January in Europe and discover that America, unlike E.F. Hutton, appears to have lost its audience. Whether we as Americans consider our country to be Number One is open to debate. For Europeans, the answer seems clear. “Don't misunderstand," a Frenchman said to the group of 30 political science students I was with. "We in France are very grateful for what the Americans did to help us during the War.“ He stopped there, leaving unspoken the message his tone conveyed: the Americans of the '403 are not, however. the Americans of the ‘805. In the ‘405, America was the world leader, and almost any European Will tell you so. But things have changed since then. The post-War dominance enjoyed by the US. is over. America is no more a superpower, Europeans believe, than is, say, Great Britain. Any superiority the States once had in military power or in standard of living has now disappeared. One example of this attitude can be seen in France's view of nuclear power. The French are dotting their countryside with nuclear plants, hoping to eliminate their dependency on foreign oil. “Aren't you afraid of a nuclear accident, a Three Mile island?" we asked. “Three Mile island was a result of American technology," came the reply. “We use French technology.“ A few of the speakers we heard seemed to infer that the US. had lost its position by resting on its laurels. so to speak. An American economist in Paris told us. "Europeans. unlike Americans, have felt a need for strength in the area of higher education.“ Perhaps no other example hit home as forcefully. Throughout our encounters with European government officials and students. l became painfully aware of how inadequate we, as American college students, were intellectually. When we attacked a member of the French Communist Party for condoning Russia's invasmn of Afghanistan. he retorted, "Explain to me how US. manipulation in Chile was any different." But we couldn‘t; no one knew enough about the U.S.-Chile relationship to answer, "Misguided MarXists.“ one of us mumbled as we left the building (this came from a student who later told me had his sights set on Harvard Law School). But the fact is that we hadn't been able to articulate our argument, and so had lost the debate by lorfeit. So when we become irritated with nations which heSItate to rally 'round the US. flag, maybe it would bea good idea to wonder how eager America is to stand at attention for countries such as England, France. or West Germany, Those who complain about our burden in leading the Free World can relax, Europeans are more than willing to carry their share, Show less
By HOWARD SMITH Staff Writer “Hockey is serious stull in this part of the country. Teams don't roll over and/or give up just because they might be down. On any given night any team is capable of winning and winning big. " Although it is unimportant who said this, what is being said is important:... Show moreBy HOWARD SMITH Staff Writer “Hockey is serious stull in this part of the country. Teams don't roll over and/or give up just because they might be down. On any given night any team is capable of winning and winning big. " Although it is unimportant who said this, what is being said is important: It takes hard work to win and, without it, don't plan on winning very often. Just ask the Augsburg Hockey Team. Despite a 16—4 overall record (9-3 in conference, tied with St. Thomas, three points behind league-leading Concordia). the Auggies have had to RNins in Concordia a must for topping MIAC Potent offense holding hockey in second rely on large amounts of goals to win their games. Their defense isn't playing up to expectations and it's just lucky the offense is playing well enough to cover for them. The season thus far has been one of frustration for both Coach Ed Saugestad and his players. At times they show flashes of brilliance, and at others they are closer to pathetic. Just two weeks ago they lost to St. John's 5-4 and looked very bad in doing it. They then had a week of hard practice and went out last Friday night and completely dominated Gustavus, win- ning by the score of 8-2. Everyone has Continued on page 12 Left winger, Brian DeCIercq, slipped one past a sprawled-out St. Marys' goalie. iECHO Pholo by Home Smith news briefs Facu/tv lecture series Dr. Mark Fuehrer will present a lecture on Thursday, Mar. 20, at 12:00 noon, in Sateren Auditorium. Fuehrer's lecture, entitled “Pro- gress: The Future of an Illusion of the Illusion of a Future," will encompass an analysis of the idea of progress and its impact upon our sense of the future. Looking for a job? The Minnesota Private Colleges are sponsoring Job Fair ’80. Feb. 18-19, at the St. Paul Civic Center. Registration is open on a first-come- first-serve basis. Although students with a career interest in business and industry would profit most, other seniors may be interested as well. There is a $15 registration fee which covers materials, lunch for two days and interviews. If you have questions please contact Barb Rockwell or Barb McEachern in the Placement Office (1170 or 1162). Wrestlers dominate By LAURIE JESSEN The Auggie grapplers lead the hot slate of winter sports at Augsburg this year. Undefeated in eight conference matches,the team is ranked 5th nationally With a 10—2 overall record. January was a month of achieve- ments for the entire Augsburg squad. Highlighting the month was a benefit held in honor of Rory Jordan, former Auggie wrestler, when the squad faced the Athletes in Action. This year‘s team is led by individuals Captain Brian Arvold, Rich Barron, Bobby Arvold, Tom Best and Jeff Stoks. The squad will feel the loss of last year's national champ, Scott Whirley, who is out for the season with a broken leg. Augsburg will be looking to freshmen who will aid in filling the gap and possibly make the team stronger. Augsburg once again dominated the February 15, 1980 Women cagers have a rough month By JOHN KRUSE Staff Writer The January interim proved to be a rough month for our women‘s basketball team. No, they didn’t flunk out of their classes. But, the time the team spent on the basketball court proved to be like a roller-coaster ride. The team did have its up moments though. Wins included decisions over St. Mary's, 64-48; running past Winona State, 62-45; destroying Gustavus, 65-48; and downing St. Ben’s, 70-59. In these victories, the Auggies displayed some good, intense, team play and several out- standing individual performances. Among these are Julie Goldstein‘s 20 points and numerous rebounds against Gustavus and in all the victories the MIAC. Their closest dual meet was a 27-16 victory over St. Thomas. This season marks the sixth straight year that the Auggies have been unde- feated in conference dual meets. Another bright spot for the Auggies was the Luther Invitational held on Saturday, Febraury 9. Augsburg won this tourney for the first time since 1975 by defeating a field of nine other teams with a score of 13O‘/2 to second place Augustana‘s 111‘/2. The entire team wrestled well in this tournament with Augsburg placing four team members in the top spot. Augsburg is highly favored to win the MIAC for the sixth straight year and has the talent and potential to place high in the national tournament individually as well as placing high as a team. Augsburg's success can be partially attributed to the coaching of John Grygelko and assistant Jeff Swenson, former national champ while at Augsburg. The team‘s final conference meet will be held at Gustavus on Saturday, February 16. All MIAC teams will be participating. The Auggies will then look on to Nationals to be held at Fort Hays, Kansas beginning Saturday, March 1. ‘inengide ngnis-t “THE WEDDING PLACE" Michael A. Valley - Wedding Consultant 2435 Riverside Avenue Minneapolis, MN Flowers For All Occasions For Appointment 332-7441 hustle and long-distance shooting of Irene Blilie. However, overall, the month has been far from rosy. More often than not, the women cagers have lacked any sort of intensity. Their motion—type offense, geared to the man-to—man, proved to be worthless against a zone defense; something opposing coaches did not fail to notice. Combine sporadic intensity, a shaky offense and a tough schedule and you're bound to get a lot of disappointments. Disappointments included heart- breaking losses to St. Thomas, 71-67 and Concordia, 68-64. Other defeats, too numerous to mention, ranged from losing to St. Catherines by six points to a tiring 24 point loss to Augustana at the tail end of the Luther Invitational. With last Friday‘s loss to UMD the Auggies‘ season record fell to 7-11. At times the team has played extremely well. Unfortunately, not often enough to win with consistency. The team has one game left against DMLC and then face district playoffs this weekend at Bethel. If the team can get it together, as they have done before, they can provide some upsets and go far in the playoffs. OOOOOOOOQOOOOOOOOOO. DAVE’S BARBER i; SHOP [1"We Cut Hair and Inflation" I} Located In Dinkytown I} Behind BuigarKing I 414 14th Avenue S.E. 5 Telephone 331-9747 OOOOOOOOOOOQOOOOQOOO Stardust Bowl “A Great Place to Unwind” 2520 26th Avenue South Just Blocks Away from Augsburg’s Campus Restaurant - CocktailLounge - Live Entertainment Dancing Enjoy Our Fun and Friendly Atmosphere Open 24 Hours fl Show less
By ROALD SATEREN Editor On Tuesday, Jan. 1, Director of Student Financial Services Herald Johnson was promoted to the position of Associate Vice President for Enrollment Services to oversee the functions of the Registrar's Office, Admissions and Financial Services. On Wednesday, Jan. 2, Beverly... Show moreBy ROALD SATEREN Editor On Tuesday, Jan. 1, Director of Student Financial Services Herald Johnson was promoted to the position of Associate Vice President for Enrollment Services to oversee the functions of the Registrar's Office, Admissions and Financial Services. On Wednesday, Jan. 2, Beverly Wegge submitted a formal letter of resigna- tion from her position as registrar. which took effect Friday, Jan. 11. The decision to resign, according to Wegge, was strictly for professional reasons. Wegge contended that the Resigning for professional reasons, former registrar, Bev Wegge. believed the administrative shuffle would not maintain the link between the registrar and the college “academic arm" of the administration‘s decision to integrate the Registrar's Office with Financial Services and Admissions restricted her from maintaining her responsibility to the “academic arm" of the college. Two other administrative actions Wegge found questionable during the reshuffling process were the system of dual reporting and the decision to form the dual reporting system, “Miss Wegge didn‘t like the idea of reporting to Herald Johnson instead of me,“ said Dean Anderson. "However, concerning academic matters she would have reported to me.“ According to Anderson, Johnson would be responsible for reporting financial affairs to Wayne Pederson, vice president for finance. Wegge, on the other hand. said that in the first executive announcement regarding administrative reshuffling, no mention was made of the registrar reporting to the dean on academic matters, and that it was something that was “tacked on“ afterwards. Last November. Dean Anderson informed Wegge of the possible integration of the separate functions in the Registrar's Office. Admissions and Financial Servnces—something she was not agreeable to. Then on Thursday. Dec. 6. Wegge had a meeting with President Anderson and was informed that the decision to reshuffle the offices had been made. She threatened to resign, but, according to Wegge, President Anderson asked her not to put anything in writing. On Tuesday, Dec. 11, Wegge met with Dean Anderson and he asked her to postpone her decision at least through the academic year as a service to the school. According to Dean Anderson, contractual compensations involving salary were proposed by the administration. Wegge thought she would stay on til February if she was granted her earned vacation days. The executive committee met and offered her two alternatives. Wegge found them unacceptable and turned in her resignation a few days later. According to one close administra- tive official, Wegge's tactics were un- acceptable. Besides opposing the administra- tion’s decision, Wegge was also critical of the idea of dual reporting. “It‘s a little strange that you report to two people,“ she said. There have been a number of con- flicting opinions about the viability of the administrative reshuffling. Accord- ing to Wegge Financial Services and Admissions could function together because there is a more “natural link" /n his new position as Associate Vice President for Enrollment Sen/ices, Herold Johnson, believes the recent integralion 0/ offices will improve the overall administrative flow. ’tfl mm: . p, between the two. "They operate separate from academic policy," she said. “The registrar is an arm of academics and With the faculty the registrar sets up academic policy and mm 1, , , carries out their (the faculty's) wishes." Conversely, Herald Johnson sup- ports the administrative reorganiza- tion. "I have felt for a long time that the registrar. Admissions, and Augsburg celebrates Black History Month By GARY KUBAT Features Editor Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr.. Langston Hughes, and George Washington Carver have all had places in American history. But are those places as eaSily identified as George Washington's, Abraham Lincoln's. Ernest Hemingway's. or Thomas Edison‘s? February is Black History Month. a time when achievements and new facts about African-Americans are pre- sented, Black traditions are celebrated and current black-white relationships are examined Conceived in 1926 by Carter G. Woodson. Negro History Week has since become a month-long com- memoration, This year's theme, “I Am." Will focus on the strength of Blacks. Cheryl Branch. Vice President of the Black Student Union. stressed the importance of this 54th annual commemoration: “First of all, i believe that history. in general, builds a strong and healthy mind. We (Blacks) must have a history or have made some contributions to history to be respected as a race. You can‘t fit into someone else‘s historical back— ground—you are what you are. You have to respect your own history. Black people's contributions have been overlooked or the credit given to someone else. If you don‘t know your past. you can‘t realistically make plans for the future.“ Branch feels that Black History Month is also significant because it "promotes group solidarity among Black people. boilds self—esteem. produces knowledge to the masses. and helps Blacks understand the present In d0ing that. it helps Blacks. as a people. proiect the future " Valerie Geaither. Black Student Affairs Coordinator. stresses that Black History Month is not iust for a small segment of the college. "There are different people and sometimes we get lumped together into one homo- geneous group. But Black History Month is a timeto share. a time to pull together for the entire community. This should be an enlightening time for other people as well It should result in better feelings and better communication.“ Registrar resigns after admin/s tra tive shuffle Financial Services are the three key offices, and that there should be some kind of integration." Johnson Said. He believes the move Will streamline information, fuse office functions and will improve the overall administrative flow. EmphaSizmg service to students. President Anderson explained. "For a long time we have felt the processes that affect students most—Admis- Sions. FinanCial SerVices and the registrar—are something that needed to be made smooth. With as few hurdles as possmle. We should have a continuum from inquiry to matricula- tion," said Anderson. “Therefore. I felt it was essential to put these elements together." Dean Anderson cited three reasons Why administrative integration was needed First is the plan to consolidate the operation of Registrar and Financial Services In the basement of Memorial Hall (to be completed sometime next fall). Second is the longvterm plan allowing coordinated Continued on page 2 WOW!!! By DAVE WOOD Staff Writer Ever meet a real live novelist in the flesh? The opportunity will be yours at Augsburg next Wednesday. 2:30 pm, in the Alumni Lounge, College Center. No. no, not Norman Mailer! Not Kurt Vonnegut, either Nothing so outmoded as those old goats, Not at Augsburg, nossnree! Come and hear Ruth Hammond read from her first novel. soon to be published by Atlantic Books. a diViSion of Little. Brown. Hammond graduated from the Universin of Wisconsm. Madison. a few years back With a degree in French. Since then she's worked as a iournalist. Most recently you‘ve seen her work in the Minneapolis Tribune. Hammond and her novel come to Augsburg under the auspices of a new series at Augsburg called WORDS, WORTH ON WEDNESDAYl or WOW! All those WOWI posters you've been seeing around campus were tacked up by the English Department. which sponsors the new event. WOW! Will sponsor prominent writers. readers and people who appreCIate effective communication every week, all semester ‘ so drag your oookbags over to the Alumni Lounge at 2'30 next Wednes- day. then listen. talk to and take refreshments With one of America s eXCiting new novelists ! See you at WOWI J Augsburg College, Minneapolis, Minnesota Vol. 86, No. 13 Feb. 15, 1980 Show less
In search of a president Searching for the eighth president of Augsburg College are [from left to right]; Rev. Mark Hanson, Dr. Harris W. Lee, Dr. John Holum, Dr. Carl N. Platou, Donald R. Grangaard, Norma E. Knutson, E.C. Moreland and H. Evan Pruitt. —ECHO Photo by Erik Kan/en By TEDD PETERSON... Show moreIn search of a president Searching for the eighth president of Augsburg College are [from left to right]; Rev. Mark Hanson, Dr. Harris W. Lee, Dr. John Holum, Dr. Carl N. Platou, Donald R. Grangaard, Norma E. Knutson, E.C. Moreland and H. Evan Pruitt. —ECHO Photo by Erik Kan/en By TEDD PETERSON Associate Editor The search for a successor to President Oscar Anderson has begun. Augsburg‘s Board of Regents ap- pointed an 11-member committee last fall. and the committee has decided on qualifications and started accepting applications and nominations. Today, February 15, is the final day the committee will be accepting nominations and applications, accord- ing to Chairman Harris Lee, Senior Pastor at the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd. The committee will now begin screening and interviewing the applicants, and a final decision is expected to be announced by May 19. Augsburg‘s eighth president will take office on July 1, Dr. Lee is one of six regents on the committee. The others are Board Chairman Clayton Lefevere, Dr. Paul Batalden. Donald Gransgaard (Presi- Considering financial aid By CHRIS HALVORSON Assistant Editor Any student who wants to be considered for financial aid for the 1980-81 school year must remember to file the Family Financial Statement (FFS) by Mar. 1, 1980. Financial aid award letters will be sent out to stu— dents by the end of the school year if they have met this deadline. The FFS will be used by the Student Financial Services Office to determine the student's eligibility for Augsburg- controlled scholarships and grants (the Continued on page 8 dent of First Bank System, Inc.), Norma Knutson, and Carl Platou (President of Fairview Community Hospitals). Rev. Mark Hanson (vice chairman) represents the alumni, C. E. Moreland the Parents’ Board, and Hugh Pruitt the Student Society. Dr, Marie McNeff and Dr. John Holum represent the faculty. The list of 14 presidential qualifica- tions the committee approved includes excellence in various aspects of administrative, educational, financial, and spiritual leadership. Active membership in the Lutheran Church and commitment to the American Lutheran Church (ALC) are also required, as well as the ability to improve “supportive relationships with the larger community.“ The last section of the qualifications stipulates that Augsburg's president have a sense of humor. Continued Registrar m, may use of the computer, and third, is the need for smooth, efficient processes for the students. According to Dean Anderson, a number of people on the Faculty Senate had reservations about the administrative shift. Faculty Senate Chairperson Richard Sargent said, “I got the impression that the majority of the senators expressed significant reservations." Two reservations cited were the need for the registrar to remain close to the faculty and the concern over the confidentiality of information being disseminated. Ac- cording to Sargent, different philoso- Week of February 10th 75 Gospel Night Revival, featuring local choirs, 7:30, Sateren Audito- rium [A] Week of February 17th 18 Film "The Man,” 8:00, Sateren Auditorium, 360-3100 [A] 19 Lecture, Harold Cruse, lecturer, 7:30, Weyerhauser Chapel [M] Lecture, 7:30, Recital Hall [C] 20 Black High School Day [A] 27 Black High School Day [H] Convocation , May Easter, 11:00 am, Learning Center [H] 22 Soul Food Dinner [T only] 23 “i AM” Disco, 9:00 p.m., East Commons, College Center $7.50 admission [A] Week of February 24th 25 Lecture & Reception, Claude Brown, 7:30, Student Center Ball- room [H] 26 Lecture, Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, 7:30, Weyerhauser Chapel [M] Film, "intruder in the Dust, ” 8:00 Black History Month, February 1980 MATCH * Colleges’ Commemoration Events p.m., Sateren, 850-3100 admis- sion [A] Panel, "Reactions to the Month. ” 1:05, Jean D'Arc Aud. [C] 28 Concert, Bernice Reagan, 8:00pm. Cofihran Lounge, Student Center [M 29 Evening of Culture Expressions, 7:30, East Commons, College Center [A] Fashion Show, 7:30 p.m., West Marion Lounge [C] March 8 Lecture, Reverend Dr. Joseph Lowry, President of SLLC, on "Black Americans and us. Foreign Policy" [M] ‘MATCH refers to Macalester College [M], Augsburg College [A], College of St. Thomas [T], College of St. Catherine [C], Hamline University [H]. Contact the respective colleges for more detailed information. T-Shirts on sale, daily 11.304230, College Center, 33. 75. phies regarding student employees exist in the departments involved. Both Wegge and former Registrar Mildred Joel refused to let students work in the Registrar's Office because of the confidentiality of transcripts. Yet, in Financial Services and Admissions, students are employed. “The whole idea of the free flowing of confidential information (between the depart- ments) was poorly thought out," explained Sargent. “I would have liked to have seen Bev give it (the new system) a try," said Kris Johnson, student repre- sentative on the Educational Policies Committee, However, Johnson ex— pressed some reservations. "Maybe they should have waited until the new President was in. Maybe it was President Anderson’s last big change —a shift in power," she said. “If the reshuffling is going to be successful," said President Anderson, "a great deal will depend on the willingness of people to work together." Dean Anderson feels the shift is good and that it is something “we‘ll just have to go with." “Administrators are pragmatists," said Anderson. “If it doesn't work, we'll junk it." 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Basketball's longest undefeated streak places team in nation’s top five! Augsburg cagers draw national recognition By HOWARD SMITH Staff Writer Welcome back folks. If you have been away traveling. studying. or just having fun, I hope you enjoyed yourselves. We, stuck here in this frozen land.... Show moreBasketball's longest undefeated streak places team in nation’s top five! Augsburg cagers draw national recognition By HOWARD SMITH Staff Writer Welcome back folks. If you have been away traveling. studying. or just having fun, I hope you enjoyed yourselves. We, stuck here in this frozen land. have also been having fun and enjoying ourselves. We've been watching our Augsburg Basketball team Win 20 in a row and establish a new school record in the process. (The old record of 19 was set back during the 1962—1963 season when present Athletic Director Ernie Anderson was head coach). The Auggies now stand alone (with a 21-1 record overall and 121 in conference) atop the MIAC conference. Rees Johnson, in his second year as head coach, has his team playing a tough match-up zone defense, and, combined with a quick, fast moving offense. have earned themselves a spot in the Top Five of all small college teams. (There are over 550 small college schools that have basketball programs). But, as Johnson points out, “We‘ve been winning most of our games by only playing solid basketball for part of the time. if we play 40 minutes, we can beat just about any team we‘ll have to play." The past two games were a clear indication of that statement. Last Thursday night saw the Bethel Royals invade the Augsburg campus ready for an upset. Neither the players nor the fans (many of whom came in the three bus loads brought over from Bethel) came away disappointed. The Auggies. first in the conference with an 11-0 record and ranked third in the nation, came out flat and the Royals, third in the conference with an 7-4 record, came ready to play. They played good defense, forcing the Auggies to put up low percentage shots. The second team played well enough to hold on to a 40-39 lead at half but in the second half it wasn't even close. Everything Bethel put up seemed to go in. In the end they made the free throws to maintain the margin the Auggies were desperately trying to cut. The final score was 9074. The Auggies now found themselves in a tie for the conference lead with St. John's and facing a tough game against them at Collegeville two nights later. St. John‘s is a difficult place to play for any opposing team. They take a lot of pride in their basketball and they also have perhaps the most vocal crowd in the league. There is a group of students nicknamed the “Rat Pack“ and they can be a factor in the outcome of the game. They have been known to intimidate opposing players. coaches. and even the offiCials. They have been oifiCIally reprimanded by the school's administration for their actions. That has not seemed to have had much affect because Saturday night they were out in force. Before a crowd of 4.500. the Auggies were going to prove they could rebound from their only loss. Not only did they prove they were back. they did it so convincingly that they Silenced the “Flat Pack" as well. The Auggies have won many of their games With their tight defense and this game was no different. Johnson has installed a complex defense, called a match-up zone. in which basically each 12 Recently named Inter-Collegiate Athletic Player of the Week. junior Greg Boone, drives the lane for two. He recently scored as season~hlgh 36 points against rivals St Johns. player covers an area on the court and the person closest to the ball covers that player. It makes the opposing players work much harder in trying to rt i‘t‘fl'l Photo Pi, HHwa Smith 22 pomts in the first half and had only 50 With about 2 minutes left in the game. but then the Auggies let up: not wanting to let the Johnnies back in the game by stopping the clock with fouls. get a good shot. St. John's scored only Continued lrom Hockey ,, the right to assume the team had broken out of their "slump" But the trip to Northfield the next night showed the team they hadn't, The Auggies started out skating very well against the Oles. leading 1-0 after the first period and 3-0 midway through the second when the roof fell in. St. Olaf scored three unanswered goals to close the period tied 3-3. The third period saw the Oles score a power play goal to take the lead and then hold off the Auggies repeated attempts at tying the score. The Auggies finished the game With 60 shots on goal but ran into a goalie who was. in a word. not After the game the players were so frustrated that there were a few tears in the locker room, These guys want to win so bad that when they don't it hurts. The next night saw a turn around again. With the team winning 8-3 over St. Mary's. An outside observer explained that there is a lot of pressure on these guys. not only from friends. fans. or family. but also from themselves. They are forCing. pressmg themselves into making the big plays that might turn not only the game around but the season also, if they could relax a little and Just let their natural hockey talents take over. then they might start to string together some much needed victories. The Auggies can't afford to lose another game if they want to win the conference title by themselves. They Will start on that task tonight in lVloorhead. with a game against Concordia. They also play them tomorrow and then travel to Bemidji for a nonconference game Sunday afternoon. Bemidii is the number one ranked team in the nation. havmg also won the national championship last year Settling down up there and playing the way they are capable of Will be very important. That might be the only way they can come back With three Wins under their belts. (At one point the Auggies were up 19 points). When it was all over, the Auggies found themselves on their familiar side of the score, winning 77-66. After the game, Coach Johnson said. “The cream really does come to the top when the pressure is on. These guys proved that tonight." Offensively. the team has been led by Junior Greg Boone, who has been averaging around 20 points per game. Against Bethel he had 26 and against St. John‘s he scored a season high of 36. with 27 of them coming in the second half. Joining Boone on the front line are Senior Mike Smith and Junior Brad Henke. Smith, who had 18 points and 21 rebounds against St. Thomas earlier this year. is possibly the best center in the league when he plays as well as he is capable of playing. Henke. who earlier this year took over Boone‘s spot in the offense when he was hurt and scored 20 points in both games, doesn‘t score that much because he doesn‘t shoot that much. He has the best free throw percentage and one of the best shooting percentages on the team. The Auggies really shine in the backcourt though, with Junior guards Tim Mattek and Ronnie Henderson. Mattek is possibly the best defensive guard, if not the best defensive player in the conference. He is a vital part of a defensive minded team and when he shuts down his player or area, the team is usually Winning. Henderson, by contrast, makes the team “go” with his offensive abilities, "iamer passing and running the offense. An “assist” is given out to a slayer if he makes a pass that directly eads to a basket. Henderson this year lS averaging 8 assists per game. In one game earlier this year he had 19. As Johnson has said, “The biggest assets this team have are that they play hard and they play together. l'm really proud of these guys and I told them that before the St. John's game. The outcome only reinforces that," Your next chance to see this talented and entertaining team play is tomorrow, against St. Mary's at Si Melby. Game time is 7:30. Hi , ,i7,7 , '7 O m '7 LO LO 32 BE 3 u f ,3 3a in? 'h: 95: _‘ _ <2 _,._—_c_ We ,, February 15. 1980 Show less
From the Senate chambers By CHUCK BURMEISTER On Tuesday. Feb. 12, the Student Senate met and three main proposals were passed with a few added amendments. A ten page report with recommendations for changes in the food service was presented by a food service subcommittee set up by Rod Sill and... Show moreFrom the Senate chambers By CHUCK BURMEISTER On Tuesday. Feb. 12, the Student Senate met and three main proposals were passed with a few added amendments. A ten page report with recommendations for changes in the food service was presented by a food service subcommittee set up by Rod Sill and Joan Maland. The recommended changes were based upon the Augsburg Student Food Survey administered the night of Dec. 5, 1979. (Details regarding these changes will be specified when and if some concrete action is taken). The alcohol policy and some Simple changes in implementation were another major order of business. Written rational and a modified statement of the actual policy were passed and taken for review to a Regent's sub-committee Thursday. The Senate agreed with the present philosophy of the policy but believed that the interpretation and implemen- tation have not effectively fulfilled the intended goals of developing educated, responsible drinking. Therefore, the objective was not to change the philosophy but to revise the means to obtain the intended goals. If you would like a copy of the Senate's proposal, leave a note at the 8.0.5. desk in the College Center lobby. A third major order of business that was acted on had to do with the question of financing the inter-campus bus. The Senate decided that a program be set up that would strongly encourage students to cross register with any of the member ACTC schools (Hamline, Macalaster, St. Thomas and St. Catherines) and maintain the bus as a central means of transportation. In order to do this a fee of between three to ten dollars could be added on to the tuition of all member ACTC schools. It you would like any information regarding what Student Senate has done or will be doing this year, contact Chuck Burmeister or any senator. Telephone numbers can be found in the front pages of the Auggies. Household items for International Students Study lamps. Throw rugs. Book- shelves. Pots and pans. All are household items not provided by the college housing department, so students living on campus bring them for their dorms, houses, or apart- ments. But what if your dorm room is thousands of miles from home? Would you be able to squeeze a bedspread, wastepaper basket, dish drainer, and canisters into your suitcase or travel tote? Such items are inconvenient and nearly impossible to transport over- seas. yet Augsburg students from abroad need them. Professor Mimi Johnson, Inter- national student Advisor, in coopera- tion with the housing department, is instituting a service to loan such housewares to Augsburg students from abroad who are living on campus. All items will remain the property of Augsburg College. if you have any of the goods listed below that you would like to contribute 10 to this housewares loan service, please bring them to Mimi Johnson (330-1090), Memorial Hall, room #228: Study lamps, bedspreads. blankets, laundry baskets. dishtowels. sheets, pillows, throw rugs, bookshelves, dictionaries. wastebaskets. pictures. mixing bowls. dishes. pots and pans, book ends, silverware, cooking utensils, dish drainers. bulletin boards, mirrors. brooms, irons, and ironing boards. news briefs Guaranteed Student Loans to be used for Spring term or summer school payments should be filed with the lender by March 1 in order to receive the loan on time. For application forms or questions. contact the Student Financial Services Office, Rm 154, Science Hall. melt 'rDAcv’s » \ \Q ‘- l\f\A/ _/V/\ ‘ Attention Auggies the best burgers in town . . . not to mention a wide variety of Cordials. liqueurs. 4 beers on tap. and free popcorn. We've got the goods on We're open 7 days a week—so come to DICK TRACY'S SA- LOON. 2207 East Frank- lin . . . See you there Tel: 332-1865 L~\/v\l\' ANV __ , ‘ be NU Trunk/K's . gym/v. .. r - . ,r 6' ' 3/) l t» i m A Wee. [40’5fo CALL FOR NOMINATIONS] APPLICATIONS The Board of Regents of Augsburg College, a four-year liberal arts college of The American Lutheran Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota invites nomi- nations and applications for the office of president. Qualifications include commitment to the Christian faith, with demonstrated leadership and administrative abilities. Letters of application or nomination are desired by February 15, 1980. Send, along with a resume, to: Dr. Harris W. 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The creation of meaning through intricate repitition College Center exhibit deserves a long look By TERRI BOCKLUND Fine Arts Editor Closer to home, in Augsburg's own College Center Gallery, an exhibit of paintings by Tiit Raid opened last Sunday and will be shown through Feb, 28. His works appear... Show moreThe creation of meaning through intricate repitition College Center exhibit deserves a long look By TERRI BOCKLUND Fine Arts Editor Closer to home, in Augsburg's own College Center Gallery, an exhibit of paintings by Tiit Raid opened last Sunday and will be shown through Feb, 28. His works appear in the showcases and on the walls of the College Center. The exhibit, entitled “Paintings Since Late 1972" is an interesting set of works using watercolors, acrylics, and plexiglass. One glance will tell you that the paintings are abstract. and to many (as Raid pointed out at the opening). “abstract” immediately gives rise to notions that the art is a bit bizarre. with no meaning or intention behind it. In the case of Raid's works. this is true. Raid told his audience Sunday that the meaning and intention of the works are not a derivative of careful observation, or of some objective interpretation of his works, but are inherent in the production of the art itself. "The main objective of painting," Raid stated. “is to find out why I do it." The meaning occurs because of the art, during-the»fact rather than after-the-fact. The paint» ing process gives birth to each new idea, as Raid explained that "Number 1 mark on a canvas tells where Number 2 mark should go, and Numbers 1 and 2 together tell me where Number 3 mark should go , , As Raid experiences each new painting, the painting itself teaches what type of art Raid should pursue. "If an idea comes back to you. well, becuase it comes back it tells you that you must be interested in it." The repetition evident in Raid's work shows that the ideas do come back, "To learn from the art, to become in Originally from Tartu, Estonia, artist Tilt Fiaid has his intricate works on display in the College Center. iECHO Photo by Erik Kanten tune with what your hand and your body are doing, repetition is necessary." The repetition of patterns in his work shows incredible detail. with tiny lines, patches of color, and textures crammed into the observer's perception of the paintings. The use of extreme detail is a technique which Raid employs to draw the observer into a “long look" at the art. to make it impossible to see it all at one time. “Making the painting interesting enough to let the thing work on you" is a goal behind the paintings, The effect is an almost tapestry-like appearance. Raid had always liked the looks of paint right after it had come out of the tube, “sort of shiny and glistening and pure, and nobody'd monkeyed with it yet." After a trip to Colorado to show neTmhetrb7flmmMurZA/rg/ttc/rr5 made: lows/Ito.an 338-6425 ' Specnals: Muuil l‘. My Ever 2 250 9711 — TUESDAY & THURSDAY RIP Nights 2 for 1 n‘ '7 7 WASTEDVVEDNESDAV S2 00 at lherloor. 941 all lhelap beer you can drink No (Th not) 8.” ill ll!‘\‘~ 26c Cllll booze and rpckiails 50c 7 SUPER SUNDAY Complimentary .\ (‘v 1.. (mi klml HU n 940 Dgadband Willie Dixon/ The MN Barking Ducks Flamingo/ Smart Alex Ruby Star/ Dgadband Lamont Cranston Feb. 15-16 Feb. 17 Feb. 18 Feb. 19-20 Feb. 21-24 his paintings, he was working on some large canvases and began to apply the paint to the surface straight from the tube to achieve an effect. With some experimentation with cake decorating tips, he found that a variety of shapes and sizes of paint could be used to create a sort of art which appealed to him, a sort which taught him as he worked with it. This is the artistic tack he has taken since, creating both large and small paintings with lines of various lengths and colors, creating patterns of great detail. Plexiglass and acrylic is a combination that Raid has also used extensively in his art, and is also a technique which he discovered accidentally. An experimental squirt of “gel medium" on a piece of colored paper caught his eye one day, and he discovered that as he moved around it, the light was refracted through the clear, glass-like line to produce different colors and shapes. Raid uses this effect in his work to attract the desired “long look" at the art, another technique which draws the observer into greater involvement with the seeing process. The paintings Raid creates use patterns which he derives from the intricacies of nature. places, and even music. Music has helped him to see and understand abstract painting, and to describe the nature of his feelings for a work. Jazz, and especially the piano music of Keith Jarret, provide him with elements in which his art reveals not a visual equivalent, but an idea for detail in a pattern. Raid is a native of Tartu, Estonia, a country near Finland. He was born in 1940, became a US citizen, and received his education at the University of Minnesota. After earning his Masters of Fine Arts degree in 1966, his works were shown at exhibits at the University and the Walker Art Center (1966), the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and the St. Paul Hilton Hotel (1967), Anoka-Ramsey Jr. College (1971), White Bear Lake Jr. College (1975) and the Estonian Cultural Exhibition at Boston City Hall (1975). The Ruling Class: Delivering a declining English aristocracy By LORI JOHNSON Theatre in the Round Players‘ (TRP‘s) production of The Ruling Class escapes technical definition. It has been described as comedy/black comedy/tragedy. One could probably add sarcasm, satire and throw in the kitchen sink and all would accurately describe the play, yet none could sum it up. Whatever it is, TRP's production was well done. The story takes place in present day England. First presented in 1969 this play by Peter Barnes is a tantalizing blend of themes and characters. There are issues for everyone . . . religion, society. politics. sex and psychology. These are blended into a surprisingly cohesive plot, although its meaning is elusive! Roles in the production were varied in a spectum of characteristics. habits and interests. However, its shining star was certainly Brian J, Martin as Jack. the 14th Earl of Gurney, who thinks he's Jesus Christ. (Or. they suggest. is it Jesus who thinks he's the Earl?) Martin shows incredible dexterity in the role, He combines traits of a paranoid schizophrenic with religious fervor and a touch of song and dance. In the course of the play his character undergoes a revolution from God of Love to Jack the Ripper. But through it all he never slips out of character, He plays the role with vigorous con- fidence, leading the audience through an outrageous script, inappropriate actions and leaves them feeling comfortable. Also turning in a strong perform- ance was David Ira Goldstein as Tucker. He characterizes a typical aging butler but is, as we learn, much more than he appears to be. Tucker is actually a closet communist with a taste for alcohol who “knows too much" about the aristocracy. His energetic performances in various scenes earned unscheduled applause from the audience. The play‘s director, Larry Whiteley, was recently named Twin Cities director of the year by the St. Paul Dispatch. He also directed TRP's production of Equus, voted best play in the area last season. His artistry was evident in the success of this challenging play. The audience received the produc- tion well. Part of the rapport comes rather naturally as a result of TRP's arena stage. Nevertheless, most of the credit for success must go to a strong Continued on page 8 Arts Agenda Saturday, Feb. 16 Midwest Trombone Workshop at the Music Hall, from 9 to 5 pm. Monday. Feb. 18 High School String invitational at Si Melby Hall, with a free concert at 7:30 pm. Conducted by Henry Charles Smith, Tuesday, Feb. 19 The Macalester Symphony Orches- tra in Concert at Sateren Auditorium, Edward Forner conducting, 8 pm, Thursday, Feb. 21 Student-Produced films shown at Sateren Auditorium at 7 pm. Judging will be done at this showing. Coffee with the filmmakers in the Music Hall Foyer after the films. Monday, Feb. 25 St. Paul Chamber Orchestra Re- sidency program presents a side-by- side rehearsal with the Augsburg Orchestra at 3:40 pm. in the Orchestra Room. Wednesday, Feb. 27 Chorale Lenten Concert, Robert Engelson conducting, at Zion Lutheran Church. Anoka, 5:30 and 7:30 am. February 15, 1980 Show less