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Title: Augsburg Echo April 14, 2000, Page 03
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Search Result: April 14, 2000 é’éFeatures page 3 International students’ celebration at Augsburg An evening theme of worlds within a world Denltza Batanova Contributing Writer The culmination of a week-long celebration of the inter- national presence on campus was last Friday, April 7. Approximately 85 guests,...
Show moreApril 14, 2000 é’éFeatures page 3 International students’ celebration at Augsburg An evening theme of worlds within a world Denltza Batanova Contributing Writer The culmination of a week-long celebration of the inter- national presence on campus was last Friday, April 7. Approximately 85 guests, including students, faculty, staff, and President and Mrs. Frame attended the annual Interna- tional Student Dinner in East Commons. The event started at 6:15 pm. and continued until 8:30 pm. It was an evening full of diversity, fun and good food. The program incorporated color, movement, speech, acting, and an incredible amount of talent The participants repre— sented a wide array of nationalities, including Norwegian, German, Latin American, Indian, African and African- American. The program was varied. There were two classi— cal Indian dances, a monologue, two skits, a hip—hop dance, a Senegalese traditional dance, a song, a poetry reading, and an “open mic," when everyone had the chance to say a few words. The highlight of the program was the fashion show, which was in two parts. The models from Norway and Colombia wore traditional African costumes, whereas the African beauties dressed up in Norwegian sweaters, hats, gloves and rain coats. It created not only a great atmosphere for the audience, but it also related an important message of diversity. The initiative of dressing up in another country’s traditional or non-traditional styles emphasized the idea of cultural acceptance and openness to people from different parts of the world. During the program, President Frame addressed the photo courtesy of Sharon Rolenc/ECHO Keneeshia Williams and Svravanthi Dakoji wore the traditional attire of their mother countries. photo comes; of Shaan Homo) LLHG Augsburg’s many international students pose for a photo after the dinner. guests by saying how grateful he and Augsburg College are to have the international students‘ “contribution to life. sports and the arts at the campus." He characterized the international student population as an important and indis‘ pensable pan of the existence of the College. Jim Trelstad-Porter, the International Students Advisor. also spoke, thanking all participants and guests for their presence. He promised that by next year there will be a lull set of flags representing every single nationality on cam; pus. Trelstad—Porter also announced that there will be Cross-Cultural Club elections coming up soon. Ewryone. including American students, is invited tojoin the Club. In the ongoing spirit of advertising. he continued to pro— mote different activities involved in cross-cultural settings. The closest upcoming event that will be happening here .it Augsburg is the Pan—African Cultural Series, which will begin April 17. In addition, through August l4). Augsburg College is sponsoring a trip to Guatemala for students, face ulty and staff. The cost is $250 for students and a little higher for faculty and staff. Interested people should con- tact the Center for Global Education as soon as possible. Mr. Trelstad—Porter encouraged active participation in all events. At the end of the evening, all international stue dents joined together on stage for a group photo. They introduced themselves and what country they were from. It was a grand ﬁnale that recapped the cultural interaction seen throughout the night. “The Academy“ (Augsburg College) would like to give special thanks to the organizing committee: Aida see “International Dinner" pg 4 What do you think about Graduating _ with Distinction replacing Latin Honors? Denitza Batanova (senior): Marc Koehler (senior): “I feel cheated. being a senior. I “It was very upsetting working would have much rather graduated for four years towards a goal of with Latin honors, because that graduating with Latin honors make a difference." only for it to be changed." Jen Anderson (senior): Shannon Sullivan (senior): “To be honest, I don‘t know u lot “I was really upset when I got my letter. Now I won't graduate with honors unless I do an extra pro— ject and who has time for that?" about this issue. However, I do “I think graduating with honors think that Augsburg needs to be! by distinction is too general. no tcr inform their students about one knows what specifically you important academic issue such as did to get that title." these."
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Title: Augsburg Echo April 14, 2000, Page 04
Collection: The Augsburg Echo Collection
Search Result: April 14, 2000 ﬁFeatures page 4 Batalden Ethics seminar focuses on housing issues Ted Mondale and Reverend Craig Lewis were featured guest speakers Allison Hlemkes News Editor The 18th annual Batalden Seminar in applied ethics, funded by Abner and Martha Batalden, started Thursday. The seminar...
Show moreApril 14, 2000 ﬁFeatures page 4 Batalden Ethics seminar focuses on housing issues Ted Mondale and Reverend Craig Lewis were featured guest speakers Allison Hlemkes News Editor The 18th annual Batalden Seminar in applied ethics, funded by Abner and Martha Batalden, started Thursday. The seminar began .Thursday evening with .speaker Ted Mondale and continued Friday morning with Reverend Craig Lewis. Mondale, former Minnesota senator and current chair of the Twin Cities Metropolitan Council, spoke about the economy, housing, and the smart growth agenda. Mondale defined smart growth as a place where people who have made mistakes can still live and be successful with a merge of moral issues and economics. The economy was the ﬁrst topic of Mondale’s speech. Mondale said we. as Minnesotans, need to do what is nec— essary to be successful in the future. One of the ways Mon- dale suggested we become successful is to stop competing between Minneapolis and St. Paul and focus on competing between the regions. Mondale said that if our cities con- tinue with this current competition, we will fail. The competition between the regions is for the quality of the infrastructure, quality of the workforce, and the qual- ity of the lives of the people in the region. Mondale said that we have built our region well. because people come here to build their companies and then stay to raise their children. Highways. Mondale said, are one of the main problems of our society. “Since World War II we have been building highways," Mondale said. “If we continue, we will become a service-oriented society." Poverty is already focused around the freeways, and the freeways are becoming more congested without an outlet. To change this, Mondale said we need to make a change. In twenty years, more than 500,000 people have moved to the Twin Cities area. Also, Mondale said that we will build the equivalent of Woodbury every year if this growth rate continues. He explained this growth by explaining that “the Baby Boom generation is now retiring, and we as a society have built our region around the Baby Boomers and their cars,“ indicating the growth and expansion of high- ways. Mondale also explained that we could not economically continue the way we have been in the past, because it would cost us $12 billion more than planned to continue, according to our current development, and “we would have Students dance at International dinner Kevina Nakiwah, Alka Temu. Satoumata Diagne, and Aida Ayalew, International Dinner continued from pg3 (Ethiopia). Aika (Tanzania/Kenya). Stefan (Ger— many). Camila (Norway). Fati- mata (Senegal). lmtiez (Kenya). and Camille (Nicaragua). In addi you all! to move the Basillica and the Walker Art Center,” Mondale said. The ethical process comes into play with our morals when the Twin Cities’ housing crisis becomes the issue. “We are currently about 100,000 households too short" Mondale said. “There is a group of people who are suffer- ing and have to move and leave the good community, gen- erally when the father‘s income is lost." The opposing viewpoint occurs with housing because cities profit from building high—proﬁt, low-density housing. Mondale said that a faith—based college like Augsburg needs people to come out into the community and speak up on the issues of housing and making jobs pay adequately. Mondale said we’re knocking down as much affordable housing as we’re putting up, which is against the smart growth model. Mondale said we need to reject our former “We need to love our neighbors and learn how to associate, and if we learn how to associate and get involved, we can form strong communities that are built from within. ” lion. this evening would have not been possible without all the par- ticipants in the program and their honorable guests. A deep bow to tron. And last but not least. debate and merge into a new discussion with three core ideas: 1) economic growth is good; 2) we need to preserve our environment; 3) we need to end our fiscal conserva— tivism. First, Mondale said we need to ﬁnd someone a good job where he or she can grow. Second, 93 percent of Min- nesotans want open space near them and want the govern- ment to pay for it. Third, why should we build something and then throw it away just because we are not hooked up to a freeway? Mondale closed by saying that “we’re starting the race in a pretty good place, and ought to end up there, but we need a new core model.” Augsburg College can bring a high moral value and an academic and business view. “We can be a model for the rest of the world and the country," Mondale said. He encouraged us to high, because you’ll be surprised what your kids and grandkids can do.” Mondale took questions about the light rail and housing after his speech. Reverend Craig Lewis spoke Friday during a special convocation on similar issues to Mondale‘s. Lewis wel- corned the crowd with a big “Wassuuuh” and moved into the statement that “ethical discourse should not be in soundbytes.” Lewis’ topic was “Choosing Where to Live in a Diverse Society.” Lewis started his speech “as every pastor should,” by reading the parable of the Good Samaritan from the Bible. Lewis has moved a lot because of his pastorate, so he and his wife, Augsburg Regent Gloria Lewis, and their sons have lived in a variety of neighborhoods, and the environ- ments surrounding them have varied as well. In the few years they lived in a Victorian house in Philadelphia next to a crack house, Lewis’ sons were felon-stopped eight or nine times. Gloria Lewis, according to her husband, drove out 80 to 100 drug dealers while they were in their house on the west side of Chicago. Lewis said they “needed to get into the mix of things, and the church wasn‘t doing that." They wanted to create a bridge between the neighborhood and finding jobs for the community. Lewis encouraged the Friday morning attendees to “look at a community for what it’s got, not what it doesn’t." When his family moved to Minneapolis, Lewis walked all around the city. “We have an advantage with Minneapolis, because this is a manageable-sized city.” Loring Park was the site for the Lewis’ new home, until the couple had to engage in a civil rights battle because “after the judge heard ‘The Lewis’ are an African American couple from the west side of Chicago,’ he said, ‘I’ve heard enough,’ and we were evicted.” “No one is homeless,” Lewis said. “Some may be houseless, but no one is homeless.“ People try to negotiate their spot in life. “We must remember that Jesus was also houseless.“ However, Adam and Eve were evicted, and the curse of Cain was to move around.” Where we choose to live is an ethical dilemma. “Per- sonal identity says where we’ll live," Lewis said. He also stated that there are social and economic strategies to our choices, as well. Lewis said we need to love our neighbors and learn how to associate, and if we learn to associate and get involved, we can form strong communities that are built from within. Submit via e-mail echo@augsburg.edu photo courtesy of Sharon Rolencx'ECHO thanks to Marriott for keeping our tummies happy throughout an evening of international celebra- “slewing- umwriqu Don’tlietYour 'lhnGetllnllet Yuma. hypnjﬂlﬁllli'n “that mamas-gar Sawﬂy“ mm 1W m-m’a . .
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Title: Augsburg Echo April 14, 2000, Page 05
Collection: The Augsburg Echo Collection
Search Result: April 14, 2000 Emily Nugent A&E Editor Last Wednesday night, Augsburg alumnus David Deblieck (‘88) put on his one-man show, Portrait of a Sissy, in the Tjorholm-Nelson Theater. This show was sponsored by the Augsburg The- ater Department, as well as the English Department and BAGLS. We only got...
Show moreApril 14, 2000 Emily Nugent A&E Editor Last Wednesday night, Augsburg alumnus David Deblieck (‘88) put on his one-man show, Portrait of a Sissy, in the Tjorholm-Nelson Theater. This show was sponsored by the Augsburg The- ater Department, as well as the English Department and BAGLS. We only got to see a small portion of Deblieck’s show, which was written and performed by him. It is concluding its run, tour of festivals, such as the Seattle Fringe Festival, and a run at the Red Eye Theater. Through a combination piece that included dance, storytelling, and acting, Deblieck shared intimate and entertaining stories from his childhood and what it was like to be a “sissy.” Deblieck grew up in a small Minnesota town and learned to deal with his assigned label. But Deblieck showed us that just because you are a sissy doesn’t mean that you have to be a nobody. In one of the entertaining interludes, he took us through a child— hood story where he did indeed save the day -— or shall I say his alter-ego, Super Sissy, saved the day? Through this story, playful as it was, the undertones of his struggle to be the “different” one in his small town became clear. Although we were not able to see the whole show, Deblieck said that in some of his other stories and interludes he delves more deeply into what it was like to grow up as a homosexual in today’s society. This issue was played upon in a sketch about Char— lie’s Angels, when Deblieck knew that he would rather be one of the Angels than Charlie. But it was through the use of these playful skits that Deblieck made his point. Although someone may rather wear a boa than a baseball cap, everyone should be able to do the things that excite them without having to worry about how they are going to be treated for it. With an equally playful opening dance number, the multi-talented Deblieck added another dimension to his piece. It is hard to say, however, what impres- sion I would have gotten from seeing the piece in its entirety. Apparently, the deeper issues have a much more emotional and sad impact. Sissy Saves the Day Augsburg alumnus David Deblieck’s one—man Show However. the part that was shown was pure enter- tainment. The jovial and often dancingly sweet Deblieck had the audience in the palm of his hand. It was not necessarily because of the poignancy of his work, but because of the instant charisma he had and the tenderness that was apparent in the telling of his own words. As members of the audience commented in the post—play discussion, Deblieck never forgot the hap— piness that can still be present even when being chas— tised for being one of the most fundamental things you can: yourself. Even if you hold little in common with Deblieck, you can still ﬁnd a commonalty in his overarching themes. This dancing, giggling. silly portrait of a young gay man and his struggle to hold his own was a bright look into the discouragement that comes with every self—discovery. David DeBiitzci—z s PORTRAIT or- A SISSY London ....... ..$461 113: Elm first“ JEN-nu; Paris. . . $473 My» um‘w’ Raisin C's _ is Madrid ....... . .5630 Nm vm.....$250 W1 A; catwamm’a Amsterdam. . $558 rat?- 6151800 317 m m ‘6 Tmmrwrt WEE!" THERE. t magmas: me‘a two uterus». left-trim 2.3;" U1" W“ S l; E? LOSE 2O POUNDS IN TWO WEEKS! Famous US. Want-715‘ Alp}!!! S}: Tam: Dirt During the non—an off season the US “hastens Alpine Ski Team numbers used EM “Stu Team" diet to lose 20 pounds in mm weeks. l’lnt's right v .10 pounds in 14 days! The basis of the diet #5 chemical food action and was deviated by a famous Colorado physician especially for the US Ski learn. 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In the opening scene, as his current girlfriend, Laura (Iben Hjejle), is leaving him, Rob turns to address the audience and smacks us with the question, “Why do women bother?" Rob is a likable looser who can sum up his life’s experi- ence in a series of “top ﬁve lists." which he gives us throughout the movie. His apartment is the color of a cell— block, and his friends, who help him run the record store, are post—nuclear versions of Laurel and Hardy. And just as I was getting comfortable with watching this poor guy emas- culate himself, he confesses to the audience the real reasons Laura left him. At this point I was completely drawn into the ﬁlm. Rob isn’t an innocent looser; he’s a normal guy who has done heinous things to his girlfriends out of inse— curity, jealousy, and unwillingness to control his behavior. And he tortures himself over it: in one scene Rob lays in bed screaming and thrashing because in his imagination Laura is having the best sex of her life with someone else. Ordinarily annoying, Rob’s monologues to the audience bring a brilliant irony t0 the movie. To us, he is honest and ...what “High Fidelity” lacks in Olestra love it makes up for in humor. aware -— misguided, but nevertheless aware. Yet, in his rela— tionship with Laura he can’t be. In the scenes they have together, he can‘t get past the idea that she’s sleeping with someone else, and continues to ask her about it. Laura ﬁnally comes back to him (I’m not spoiling a sur— prise). She isn’t wrapped in satiny undying love with bows of lust on her nipples; she comes back to him because she‘s tired, and isn’t afraid to tell him. “I’m too tired not to be with you," she says. This is not romance; it’s a hard. sane. and real concrete foundation that we come to rest on in our relationships. Later, Rob has his moment of clarity. His relationship is comfortable, and it’s easier than starting over or being alone. Rob says to Laura, "I‘m tired of the fantasy. It never really delivers." Maybe this is too much for the ordinary moviegoer, but what High Fidelity lacks in Olestra love it makes up for in humor. The ﬁlm let‘s us laugh at our pain. And it poses some deep questions about relationships. There were a number of cool cameos by Tim Robbins, holistic in patchouli and blue sunglasses, Catherine Zeta— Jones, a sexy—and—she—knows—it, self-absorbed princess, and Lily Taylor (one of my favorite actresses) bathing in exis- tential angst and craving sex. John Cusack‘s delivery was superb; even when he addressed the audience directly, the gravity of his predicament never left his face. lben Hjejlc as Laura was a little ﬂat, but it was hard to imagine what type of woman would settle for Rob, even when she was tired, and you get the sense her character's effect was a dircctor- ial choice. Throughout the film, Frears uses lilm techniques that help move things along. Flashbacks, narrative intrusions. and three tries at one scene make the ordinary a treat to watch. There are plenty of messages to take from the film and I‘m sure women and men will view the movie differ- ently (what films don’t we?) But the film‘s slow cxamrna» tion of a real—life relationship helps both men and women pack their bags and move from Venus and Mars back to Earth. It was a delightful and provocative film, a 7.5 out of ten (five being a marginal recommendation).
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Title: Augsburg Echo April 14, 2000, Page 06
Collection: The Augsburg Echo Collection
Search Result: £3 Faith 85 Community April 14, 2000 page 6 d Average grade tor Fall 1998 8. Spring 1999 3.4 from page I m 3.31 Augsburg is comparable to 3-3 other twin city campuses. The average grade for students during the 1998-99 academic year was 32 3.14. This is in line with other ' college campuses in the...
Show more£3 Faith 85 Community April 14, 2000 page 6 d Average grade tor Fall 1998 8. Spring 1999 3.4 from page I m 3.31 Augsburg is comparable to 3-3 other twin city campuses. The average grade for students during the 1998-99 academic year was 32 3.14. This is in line with other ' college campuses in the twin 3-14 cities. Macalaster and St. Cather— ine have higher averages, and St. 3.1 Thomas and the University of Minnesota have lower averages. 3-03 The most frequently issued grade Source. among the colleges surveyed is an 3 Reg's‘ars °m°e A 295 of each college - y , UofM These colleges still have Latin Department 01 Honors. This brings the question 29 Statsmcs ol whathJraduation with Distinc- ,Data added and Iron nuans outside ol Augsburg. averaged 10, .>\llon said it "may enhance what a each semester student presents." A student 2'8 by Kelly . . - . ~. ~ ,- Johnson whose [)rOJCLI is up for TCHCW and wishes to remain nameless said, "Graduation with Distine— 27 “On dwsnl mum anylhmg 0Ut— Augsburg‘ MacCalaster St Catherine St Thomas' UotM side of the college." Sam Walseth. senior. said he didn‘t know, but if grade inﬂation is a problem. then the outside world might not put much empha- sis on Latin Honors. Reichenbach explained that Graduation with Distinction gives the student an opportunity to say. “I got distinc- tion because I accomplished something unique" since “grades have become practically useless." Sharon Rolenc, senior, says‘ “I don‘t think the term Graduation with Distinction means anything outside the walls of Augsburg, but if you say. "I graduated Magna Cum Laude,‘ well, then Community Calendar Bread for the Journey in concert Bread for the Journey will present an evening of lively singing on Thursday, April 13, at ’7 p.m., in the Hoversten Chapel. Musicians include Ray Makeevcr, Mary Preus, Linda Breitag, Bret Halsa, Tom Witt, and Tony Machado. Suggested donation is $5, and Augsburg students are free with ID. Proceeds will support the Yucatan Peninsula Education Project. This event is sponsored by Campus THE CEDAR CULTURAL CENTRE IS LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS TO STAFF OUR WONDERFULLY DIVERSE MUSIC AND DANCE EVENTS FROM ANI DIFRANCO TO THE HEART OF AFRICA AND ASIAFROM HAPPY APPLE TO THE HANG UPS TO HARDANGER FIDDING, HOVEN DROVEN AND THE WHOLE MUSIC CLUB MASON JENNINGS TO METAPHOR TO MALI, MADAGASCAR AND THE MAJESTY OF THE WORLD'S MOST AMAZING TRADITIONAL MUSIC AT YOUR DOORSTEP-CONVENIENTLY LOCATED IN THE HEART OF THE WEST BANK ARTS DISTRICT-ACCESIBLE BY BUS AT 416 CEDAR AVENUE S. (CEDAR & RIVERSIDE, IN MINNEAPOLISSEE GREAT SHOWS FOR FREE WHILE EARING PASSES FOR FUTURE SHOWS! PLEASE CALL JAY AT 612-338-2674, EXT. 40 TO FIND OUT MORE. they know you’re a good stu- dent." The controversy about grade inflation that the faculty has been concerned about for twenty years is still unresolved and has not been addressed with the change in honors. Augsburg has revoked the tra- dition of recognizing excellence with Latin Honors. The replace- ment is a new tradition of recog- nizing subjective academic projects approved by individual departments. Cornerstone Festival
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Title: Augsburg Echo April 14, 2000, Page 07
Collection: The Augsburg Echo Collection
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Title: Augsburg Echo April 14, 2000, Page 08
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Search Result: April 14, 2000 é’ESports page 8 Auggie men narrowly miss team title at River Falls Carrie Lina’ from women ’5 track provisionally qualiﬁes for nationals Desman Oakley Sports Editor The Augsburg men‘s track and field team scored the most points in recent Augsburg history en route to a 116 point....
Show moreApril 14, 2000 é’ESports page 8 Auggie men narrowly miss team title at River Falls Carrie Lina’ from women ’5 track provisionally qualiﬁes for nationals Desman Oakley Sports Editor The Augsburg men‘s track and field team scored the most points in recent Augsburg history en route to a 116 point. second place performance. missing the title by less than ten points to Concordia- St. Paul last weekend in River Falls. Wisconsin. The men were paced by Josh Natzel. who captured three ﬁrst- place finishes and a second. lndi— vidually. Natzel won the ZOO—meter dash in 23.3 seconds. and was second in the 400—meter with 51.19. Natzcl was a part of the win- ning 4X100 relay. joined by “Woody” Woods. Kris Froyum. and Damien Rochon-Washington and the 4x400 relay team that outdistanced the rest of the ﬁeld by five seconds. That team consisted of Natzel. Desman Oakley. Chris Ohnstad. and Christian Dawson. Other ﬁrst place finishes came from Oakley in the 400—meter hurdles and Dawson in the 800-meter run. Ben Bauer. in his ﬁrst meet. took first in the discus. Bauer also made points by ﬁn— ishing second in the shot put and Pmto come.“ Con. =03 Walbridge Augsburg Sorts information third in the hammer throw. Two more top three ﬁnishes came from Woody and Ohnstad in the ZOO-meter and 800-meter. respec— tively. The women tallied 42 points on the day. good enough for sixth place. and were led by Carrie Lind. who provisionally qualiﬁed for the national meet in the ham- mer throw with a toss of 45.69 meters. Teresa Lewandowski notched her second consecutive victory in the 400—meter dash and Chrissy Baune continued her excellence in the 1.500 with a victory. Kara Nelson. a pole vaulter. vaulted her way to a second place ﬁnish. Another highlight for the women was the 4x400 meter relay. This event marked the ﬁrst time in three years that the Aug— gie women have competed in a relay event. The foursome of Lewandowski. Nelson. Tiffany Lynch. and Baune scored ﬁfth place in the event. The two teams split up tomor— row with the women going to St. Olaf at 9:30 and the men heading to Macalester for a 10:15 meet. Senior Kristi Smith pitches in an Augsburg game last season at Ander- son—Nelsonfield. Don’t feel that your favorite sport has enough coverage in the Echo? Then join the Echo staff and contribute to Augsburg sports news coverage! Sports writers and photographers need for the 2000-2001 Echo staff. Interested? Call 330-1102 or email echo©augsburgedu and ask Sharon or Kelly for details. this weekend. . l a r l t f t . t1 st Photo courtesy Charles WalbridgeAugsburg Sports Information Carrie Lind throws the 20-pound weight in last year‘s MIAC indoor track and field meet. A two-time NCAA Division 111 national runner-up, Lind provisionally qualified for nationals in the outdoor shotput Softball off to a 3-1 start Desman Oakley Sports Editor The Augsburg softball team swept Concordia-Moorhead April 4 and split with St. Benedict Sat- urday to move to 3-1 in MIAC conference play. In the 4—2, 5-3 sweep, Augsburg was led by Rachael Ekholm, who had three hits. two RBI, and three runs scored. Ekholm also picked up the victory on the mound with seven strikeouts and 1 walk. Kristi Smith earned the game one pitching victory, only giving up four hits and one earned run. Smith also managed two hits at the plate. Another offensive threat for the Auggies was Jennifer Lemke who also had three hits to go along with two RBI. The Auggies traveled to St. Benedict last Saturday and rebounded from a ﬁve—inning 0—9 game one loss to win game two 5— 1. In game two. Ekholm picked up the pitching victory and was a power at the plate with three hits, including a solo home run. and two runs scored. Tully Kaiser had two hits and a stolen base. while Lemke chipped in with a hit and two RBI. The Auggies will attempt to V stay close to the top of the MIAC standings with three more confer- ence showdowns this week. including one tomorrow at 3:00 pm. at Minnesota's Biermann Complex. (stats compiled from Don Stoner. Augsburg SID) GO AUGGIES GO! Baseball loses early season double-headers Desman Oakley SportsWEditorg if 7" 7 The Augsburg baseball team suffered two sweeps from confer- ence opponents Bethe] (April 5, 2-511-5). and SLMary’s (Satur- day. 7—10:3-13). At Bethel on April 5. the Aug‘ gies could only muster nine hits and compiled six errors in two losses at the hands of the Royals. Mike Schwalen had three of those hits and scored a run. In the Auggies' ﬁrst home dou- ble—header, they were swept by St. Mary‘s. In the ﬁrst game, Augs- burg tried to erase a 0—6 deﬁcit behind the bat of Rich Storholm, who had 6 RBI in the last two innings, but it wasn't enough. as St. Mary‘s scored four in the lmt inning. Storholm‘s RBI came in the form of a three-run homerun and a three-run triple. In game two. St. Mary’s‘ pitch- ing was Overwhelming. as Augs- burg scored all three runs in the ﬁrst inning. Schwalen led the Auggies in hitting. going three for four with a triple and a run scored. and Ben Wilson went 2— 3. with two RBI. The Auggies will look for their ﬁrst win this week with two opportunities this weekend. Sat— urday at Parade Stadium and Sunday at Concordia-Moorhead. Both games are at 1:00. (stats compiled from Don Stoner. Augsburg SID)
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Title: Augsburg Echo April 15, 2005
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Title: Augsburg Echo April 15, 2005, Page 01
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Search Result: no: ,1 e.» April 15, 2005 Campaign Raises Credit Volume 11 1 Issue 20 INDEX SPORTS .................... .. NEWS ....................... .. .......................... ..page 2 .......................... ..page 3 COMMUNITY/VALUES .................. ..pages 4— 5 A & E ........................ .....
Show moreno: ,1 e.» April 15, 2005 Campaign Raises Credit Volume 11 1 Issue 20 INDEX SPORTS .................... .. NEWS ....................... .. .......................... ..page 2 .......................... ..page 3 COMMUNITY/VALUES .................. ..pages 4— 5 A & E ........................ .. OPINIONS ................ .. FEATURES ................ .. Awareness for Students 'JeﬂMoores News Editor A majority of Augsburg stu- dents are using credit cards, but not all of them fully understand the con— sequences of credit, according to a recent survey sponsored by Student Affairs and Student Government. While most students who use credit cards have never had to skip a payment, the survey shows that 35 percent of students have never heard of the term “credit score,” and 71 percent of students do not know that employers can use a credit score when considering applicants. In an effort to increase student awareness of responsible credit use, Student Affairs and Student Government have teamed up with the Saint Paul Foundation's Credit Card Project Survey and its “What’s My Score?” campaign. Between February and April, the College will survey students, provide educational materials, and survey the students a second time to determine the campaign’s effective- iness. “Students can beneﬁt by leam- ing about money matters,” said Associate Dean of Student Affairs Ann Garvey, who worked to bring the program to Augsburg after The ~ Saint Paul Foundation approached College administrators. The Saint Paul Foundation is a non-proﬁt organization whose mis- sion, according to campaign litera— ' ture, “is to contribute to the health and vitality of the community.” Specifically. “What’s My Score?” hopes to educate students about credit score, from the term’s deﬁnition to ways in which credit scores are used. Garvey believes that issues of credit are important to students, especially as credit scores are used more and more by entities such as landlords and employers. “As an educational institution,” Garvey explained, “we try to take _ advantage of partnerships to bring various educational programs to students.” ' The campaign’s initial step began with a Web-based survey between Feb. 9 and Feb. 2 1. Students answered questions regarding demographic informa— tion, spending behavior, and general knowledge about credit ratings. Throughout the remainder of . the school year, students Will‘be educated through posters, ads in the Echo, and an educational week in April. In all, 687 students participated in the initial survey. Of those who responded, 72 percent have at least one credit card, and 39 percent have two or more cards (see chart). Nearly 28 percent of students do not use credit cards at all, and the majority (39 percent) pay oﬁ‘ their balances in full each month. These behaviors, according to the campaign, are key to gaining a high credit score. But Augsburg students lacked knowledge in other important areas. For example, about half knew that a high credit card balance could decrease a credit score. The survey also showed that not all students know the cor- rect deﬁnition of “credit score,” and 35 percent had never even heard“ of the term. About one fourth replied, “I don‘t know” when asked to choose the deﬁ- nition of “credit score” from a list of possibilities. The next phase of the cam— paign will feature educational tools provided by The Saint Paul Foun- dation and ap- proved by Student Senate. Each campus participating in the project receives $2,700 to purchase advertising materials. Approved materials include posters, ﬂiers, advertisements in the Echo, and an information kiosk that .will feature a credit rating simulator so students can estimate their own credit ratings. For students who don’t want to wait for the kiosk to show up, the US Congress has offered another option: free annual credit reports. In accordance with the Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act (FACT Act), signed into legislation by President Bush in December of 2003, consumers can obtain one free annual credit report from each of the three major credit reporting companiesiEquit‘ax. Experian. and TransUnion. Minnesotans gained free access to their ereditreports as ofMarch 1, 2005. By September, all US states and territories will have access to the program. according to An— .......................... ..page 6 .......................... ..page 7 .......................... ..page 8 Student Trisha Chevalier discovers how much she knows about credit rating as Margo Wilkowski answers any questions students may have Wednesday in the Christensen Center. l‘hoto b} l‘\tll\ Hoyii Li'lltj nual(‘rcditReportcom. at service created by the three companies to provide consumers with access to their reports. After April‘s education week. students will be surveyed in :1 post- test similar to the surv cy adminis- tered in February. Student Affairs and Student Government will use the second survey’s results to deter- mine ifthe campaign has informed Auggies about credit. Music Therapy Celebrates 30 Years Boyd Koohler Associate Professor Over 200 Augsburg students, alumni/ac, faculty, staﬁ‘, and guests from across the country celebrated the 30“ anniversary of the College’s Music Therapy program Saturday evening. April 9, 2005, in the Chris- tensen Center. “Flicker to Flame,” a Power- Point“ presentation by Roberta Kagin, program founder and di- rector of Music Therapy since 1974, chronicled the programmatic growth and professional contribu- tions of Augsburg music therapy majors, who currently constitute one~third of the College’s music majors. “These students transform the lives of their clients,” said Kagin, explaining how Augsburg gradu— ates have initiated music therapy programs at various Twin Cities medical sites, including North Me- morial Hospital, Health East Care Center, the Struthers Parkinson’s Center, and many others. Kagin herself has transformed student lives, according to Bill Bowen, who gave a detailed testi- monial to her application of music therapy techniques in “miracu- Iously" improving the short-term memory of Bowen’s son, Edward “Major” Bowen. Major, an Augs- burg ﬁrst-year, sustained severe memory loss as a result of brain herniation in high school and was referred to Augsburg by Board of Regents Allen and Jean Housh. “The single most important thing about my son is that he is a student of Roberta Kagin," said Bill Bowen. Other highlights of the evening included a keynote address by Cher— yl Dileo, a longtime music therapy educator at Temple University in Philadelphia. “Music therapy is a powerﬁil tool for intervention," said Dileo, who described the critical role music plays in her work with pa- tients at Temple‘s Heart Transplant Center—or “Heart Failure Hotel,” as she called it. Demonstrating how specific songs validate love. hope and cop- ing for patients with heart failure, Dileo said that “music therapy is the only way many patients await- ing heart transplants dare share the range of their emotions." Kagin has two major visions for the future of music therapy at Augsburg. One is the establishment of a master‘s degree program in mu- sic and medicine. The other is the creation of a Center for Creativity and Transformative Learning as a joint effort between Augsburg and Abbott Northwestern Hospital. “Her idea about the new center is inspiring,” said Kim Donley, mu— sic therapist and integrative medi- cine practitioner at Abbott North- western Hospital who attcnded this event. “It is wonderful to see the involvement ot‘so many people and agencies working together to make the center a reality,” she said. Janelle Busscrt, assistant pro— t‘cssor of Religion and current Music Therapy student, shared Donley’s enthusiasm. “I think these visionary projects for the future are very exciting,” she said. Inside the o OPINIONS - Reclaiming Feminism NEWS - Fond du Lac to Leave Augsburg COMM UNI TY/ VALUES - Student Art Opens
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Title: Augsburg Echo April 15, 2005, Page 02
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Search Result: page 2 Auggies Hand Johnnies SPORTS First Loss of the Season Caitlin Mccallum Staff Writer The Auggie men split games again last weekend in a heated double header against top MIAC seed St. John's University. Over 150 fans came to Parade Stadium Saturday to watch the Auggies hand the Johnnies...
Show morepage 2 Auggies Hand Johnnies SPORTS First Loss of the Season Caitlin Mccallum Staff Writer The Auggie men split games again last weekend in a heated double header against top MIAC seed St. John's University. Over 150 fans came to Parade Stadium Saturday to watch the Auggies hand the Johnnies their ﬁrst loss of the season. The Auggies struggled for hits throughout the ﬁrst game. Sopho- more Brian Bambenek gave the Auggies their lone run to even the score at the top ofthe third inning. but a two-run homer at the bottom ofthat inning gave the Johnnies the lead which they maintained to win the ﬁrst game 6-1. A single by senior Taylor Pagel brought in the RBI. Bambenek was hit with an inside fast ball in the shoulder. but wasn‘t hurt. Coach Keith Bateman was frustrated to say the least. The team needed to be recharged and Coach Bateman had one simple piece of advice for his players: “swing your bat!" “We don‘t buy bats not to swing. They were so hesitant. but for the second game they came out aggressive." Bateman noted. Sophomore Tyler Kraft echoed his coach. “We wouldn‘t allow those guys to sweep us. We had a chip on our shoulder and came out to prove we could win." P i t c h e r s have arguably been the stand- out players for Augsburg this year. Bateman has been espe- cially impressed with the play of the bullpen this year. “TK (Kraft)has been our bulldog. When we’re in ajam, we throw him out there." . said Bateman. Junior Eric Grant started the ﬁrst game, striking out four in six innings. Sophomore Adam Johnson started the second game and struck out three in two innings. “We‘re better when we set the tone as hitters.” said Bateman in an obvious understatement. Augsburg scored eight of its ten runs in the ﬁrst three innings. with ﬁve runs stemming from just one hit. Sopho— more Matt Johnson had two doubles and drove in three runs. St. John‘s scored three runs in the 7th inning, bringing them within three runs to tie. However. the Aug- gies began playing defensively and Pitchers have been Auggie Baseball's standout players this season. Photo courtesy w u w .augsburg.edufathletiCs stopped the rally to win by a ﬁnal margin of 10-7. “It was a new game and we knew we had to take care of busi- ness," said Bambenek. The entire team felt like this win over St. John’s helped to bring them to- gether. Augsburg is 11—9 overall. The team will be in St. Peter this weekend to face Gustavus for a double header at 1 pm. Gustavus holds the same record as Augsburg in MIAC play (3-3) and the Auggies hope to sweep the Gusties. Track and Field Wins Four Events at Invitational Joey Carlson Sports Editor Several Auggie track and ﬁeld athletes continued to excel at the llatnlinc invitational last Friday. .-\lthough there were 1)i\ision l and Do ision 11 schools at the track meet. the Auggies wert still able to come away with four ﬁrst place ﬁnishes. “I‘m really proud of the team. we \\ ere able to do really well against some really tough competi- tion." Augsburg Head Track and Field Coach Dennis Barker said about his team. Tonnisha Bell. ajunior. claimed victories in two of the most com- petitive events last Friday. She placed ﬁrst in the 1 00— and 200—me- ter dashes with times of 12.33 and 25.65 respectively. Bell has already qualiﬁed for the national meet in the 100 meter- dash and hopes to qualify in the ZOO-meter dash. The Division 111 national meet will be held at Wart- burg College several weeks after school is out on May 26-28. Hannah Dietrich won the wom- en‘s 1.500-meter run in 4:42.60. just Lo seconds behind the NCAA provisional qualifying time of 4:41.00. She also ﬁnished second in the women‘s SOO—meter run in 2:20.58. Angela Bergeson ﬁnishes! third in the Sim-meter with a time of 2:20.03. For the Auggie men. Jon Dahlin was able to grab a ﬁrst place ﬁnish. He won the hammer throw with a 51.5o—meter (le-feet. 2.0-inches) toss. Earlier this season. he set an NCAA provisional distance at 53.26 meters ( l 74—t'eet-9.0). Coach Barker hopes that Dah- lin will be able to repeat last year's winning performance in the hammer throw at MIAC Championships. Angela Van Binsbergen re- corded a second-place ﬁnish in the women‘s triple jump and a fourth- plaee ﬁnish in the women‘s javelin throw. Ellen Waldow ran to a ﬁfth place ﬁnish in the women's 400- meter dash. Spencer Power placed sixth in the men's discus for the Auggies. while Micah Lenthe placed seventh in the men‘s 5.000-meter nm and Steve Zaffke placed seventh in the men‘s triple jump. Tony Ciro placed ninth in the men‘s [DO-meter dash and 10th in the men‘s ZOO-meter dash. At the end ofthis season Augs- burg will say goodbye to graduat- ing seniors Dietrich. Dahlin. Riley C onway. Dan Vogel and Paul Sanft. Although Barker knows that the loss of these athletes will hurt the team. he is conﬁdent that the returning Augies and the incoming ﬁrst—year students will be able put together a competitive season. The Auggie track and ﬁeld squad will be back in action next Saturday at 10:30 am. at the Gus- tavus Adolphus College Invitational in St. Peter. Minn. April 8, 2005 Softball Continues to Struggle - Joey Carlson Sports Editor The Auggie Soﬁball team was crushed by Carleton College in two games earlier this week. Aﬁer being destroyed by Carleton 10-1 on Mon- day. the team was again defeated by an 8-1 margin on Tuesday. On Monday. the Auggies were outplayed by the Carleton Knights for the entire game. The Knights' Vickie Gunderson had an outstand- ing game, hitting her second home- run of the season and eleventh of her career. After only ﬁve innings the game had to be cut short due to rain. The teams were scheduled to play a doubleheader. but the second game was put off until Tuesday. As it turned out, Augsburg was only putting oﬁ‘ another defeat. but this time they would play much better through the entire game with the exception of one inning. The Knights started off the game with another Gunderson homerun in the ﬁrst inning. which gave Carleton an early 1-0 lead. After a scoreless second inning. Carleton put together a seven-run third inning, which was a margin that the Auggies would be unable to catch. The Auggies were able to put one run on the board in a later inning but Carleton had already done too much damage in the third. “If we could‘ve just taken away thatoneinningwewouldhavebeen right in the game, that's just the way it has been going for us,“ head coach of the softball team Carol Enke said. These two losses come on the heels of being swept by St. Thomas in a two game series 8-0 and 11-0. The Auggies hope to do better as they face Concordia-Moorehead _ next Thursday at 4 pm. 731 Managing Editors ........ .. News Editor Opinions Editor Features Editor A & E Editor Augsburg Echo 1st Avenue South Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454 Phone: (612) 330-1102 Fax (612) 330-1666 Email: ....Carolyn Herman. Evan Boyd ............... ..Matt Kleinschmidt Advertising Manager ............. .. leff Moores lulie Nelson Sara Holman Keme Hawkins Community/Values Editor ................................. ..Carl Grulke Sports Editor loey Carlson Copy Editor ................................................. ..Carolyn Herman Layout Editor Fvan Boyd Faculty Advisor Boyd Koehler Staff Cartoonist Peter Gulsvig Staff Writers: Teresa Bamhill, Janice Blixt. Brett Cease. Ted Fabcl. Sarah Gilbert, Brian Halon, Donny Lessard, Caitlin Mc- Callnm. Melissa Mot]. Sean Stanhill hie/Augsburg Echo ispublished each Friday—except during vacation periodsandbolidays~bythesmdemsofAugsburg College. Opinions expressedarethoseoftheauthorsanddonotneeessarilyreﬂwdrose ofthesupportmgstaﬂ‘.adrninisuatiomfaculty.ord1creminderofthe M15. TheEcImdocsnotmcessarilywmmtheprodmormices it Printed by PrimGroup Midweston recycled paper. .. — tawmmwy~ w. ~ ’h-_"-'u m s”..- A a...” .6 - .-.......~.-_-. v . -—- : “Mo-av -e- w wr-war'm a».
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Title: Augsburg Echo April 15, 2005, Page 03
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Search Result: runes mum Contributor A typical “sticker price” for Augsburg runs at nearly $27,000, including tuition and room and board at $6,080, but total college costs atAugsburg after typical fees and departmental expenses can be 40-50 percent more than the price listed at Augsburg’s Web site and that of...
Show morerunes mum Contributor A typical “sticker price” for Augsburg runs at nearly $27,000, including tuition and room and board at $6,080, but total college costs atAugsburg after typical fees and departmental expenses can be 40-50 percent more than the price listed at Augsburg’s Web site and that of the Minnesota Private Col- lege Council. According to data acquired from Augsburg’s website and Augs- burg Controller Jeff Swenson, vari- ous fees greatly increase the cost of college from that of the price commonly listed. The cost of room and board, for example, includes full board, which costs $2,980. That leaves enough only for the bottom-of-the-line double-occupancy room that goes for $3,100. Although accounting fees and depart- mental fees at According to Augsburg ’s web- site, every Day Student is assessed $100 for a ﬁrst-year student ori- entation fee and a $20 newspaper readership fee. The website additionally pro- vides an estimate of S l 25 per course for books. A typical full-time student with 4 classes per term is looking now at a total of $27,708, or 3 percent higher than the comprehensive cost listed by the Minnesota Private C 01- lege Council. Many departmental fees are not included in the standard fees assessed by the college. A music student who wants private music lessons can add $350 per term. A full-time education major is looking at student teaching fees of $100 per course, with most educa- tion degrees requiring at least 3 student teaching credits. Add another $1,000 and the NEWS Add in the estimated $125 per course for books, and summer costs a total of $6,380. The new annual total is then $38,238 — a 42 percent increase from the initial price. Taking a full course load throughout the year and in the sum— mer. participating in music lessons and student teaching. one would Apﬂ18,2005 «Augsburg’s Sticker Price Not Whole Story likely run into problems getting . one‘s paperwork done on time. Add a $50 late registration fee § per term and a $50 petition fee per 3 term for registration changes after 1 published deadlines. Late tuition payments are as- sessed $25 per month with the bal- ance subject to an 8 percent annual ﬁnance charge. Then there is the payment plan fee of $50, automatically assessed when the ﬁrst payment due date is missed. With each fee assessed once per term during the academic year, the cost is $350, assuming no ﬁnance charges are applied. Choose standard Augsburg may provide ben- eﬁcial services such as stu- .. dent technol- ogy and are in line with other ,3 colleges, fees can inﬂate the 5 cost of college to unexpected i proportions. A larger ‘5 or more pri- to vate room can range any- where from $3,400—$7,500 per year, with a single-occupancy room costing $6,250 per academic yean Add that into the total cost, and there is a 15 percent increase from the base price. MNComdothalaCakoaa EMAmuﬂCodotColw war-unaware“: brumwdeaWcmy-mm runs-rum- tally is up to $31,858, or 19 percent higher than the base price: If a student chooses to take summer school classes, a maximum of 4 classes is allowed at $1,470 per course. WWW-Tm Roman-re Required Fees. Addams: Services Student Accomrm Fees service and the overall tally is up to a grand total of $38,593, 44 percent higher than the student who pays only for ﬁill time tuition and fees and standard room & board. Augsburg‘s web— site mentions, but does not list, estimates for potential library and parking ﬁnes. ﬁnes for housing damages and extracurricular activi- ties such as athletic teams and music en- sembles. These miscellaneous fees would further separate the true cost of an Augsburg education from that of its advertised sticker price. . Lyra Student Senate Corner Estimated Annual Cost of College Y.‘ U! Augsburg Full-Time Day Program. m-OS x it}. v, Q E \ Q u: N u» ’3 "2 u. Student Expense-(1n lhounam'h) {’2 1') 5.0 .abc.» MN Counch cl Pr rate COileguS Angst-mg wens”? Exm uh Al the E w.» Um-wwiarﬁm: mic N». c “my: A. 3.3.: i; f. . H 3,. . r ‘Fond Du Laeto Leave Augsburg Senate Wraps Up Year Melissa Mott Staff Writer At its April 10 meeting, Stu- dent Senate approved two requests for funds before discussing ways in which Senate can improve for next year. Sunday’s meeting was the last under President Bobby Brown and Vice President Paul Cumings's leadership. ‘ Senate allocated $600 to Mur- phy Square for extra printing costs and another $1000 to the Lacrosse Club for various registration costs. Committee chairs then gave their end-of-the-year reports. Each committee discussed what it did throughout the year and ways the next year‘s Senate can improve. Nominations Chair Gretchen Hemmingsen spoke on her commit- tee, which was new this year. The goal of the Nominations C ommit- tee is to seek students to serve on administrative committees. Two students were placed on administra— tive committees this year. Senior Laura Bakke and Junior Antonio Spargo. Senator Hemmingsen stated that next year Senate should create a mission statement for the Nominations Committee. Constitution Chair and Vice President Paul Cumings discussed changes that had been made to the Senate by-laws, including the changes made to accommodate online elections. The Charten'ng Committee rec- ognized twenty-two organizations this year, a few more than last year. Also, the Chartering Committee adopted a new policy of chartering organizations for the following year at the very end of the spring term. First-year Senator Jameson Moore gave a report on the Umess Hall Action Committee, which Moore began in hope of renovating Umess Hall. He warned the sena- tors to “make sure administration keeps their promises.” Moore cited a speciﬁc incident in which Director of Facilities and Risk Management David Draus said he’d make sure the halls were painted but then re- canted at a later date. Moore will not be able to continue his work with the committee next year, since he has been accepted to West Point Academy. In an open forum later in the meeting. senators discussed ways to enhance next year‘s Senate. Sophomore Senator Maria Mitchell stated that atfendance should to be taken at committee meetings. Senators also agreed that com- missioned organizations should have mandatory attendance at Senate meetings at least once a month. PASU is currently the only commissioned organization that regularly attends Senate meetings. Senator Hemmingsen sug- gested that Senate discontinue its use of Parliamentary Procedure, which, she stated. intimidatcs people from attending the Senate meetings. President Bobby Brown rebutted by saying that the Senate needs some order and that there are other ways to be inviting. President Brown thanked the Senate for a great year. According to Brown, the Senate has improved in countless ways from past years. In last week's senate comer, Jennifer Lidholm's name was ac— cidentally omitted as the newly— elected Weekend College Class President Carolyn Herman Co-Managing Editor The Urban Outreach Branch of Fond du Lac Community College, which has resided at Augsburg since 1997, has been asked to leave its residence in East Hall by July 1 to make room for parking lots. The lots are intended to re- place the parking lots that will be taken over by the planned Gateway building, according to President Frame. “Given our radical dependence on working adults and a fairly sub- stantial daily commuter population. we would do ourselves grave injury in respect to enrollment ifwe don’t replace the parking," said Frame. East Hall, which will be torn down along with three other build- ings on the east end ofcampus. has been on the removal list for some time. Director of the Fond du Lac Urban Outreach Program Janicc Denny said the program knew it would eventually have to lcavc Augsburg. “It‘s not uncxpcctcd. but wc didn’t expect to have to move in six months." Denny said. “We have to scramble now because we have summer session starting in June.” East Hall itself has structural problems, and President Frame said it would be inefﬁcient to rehabilitate the building. especially with thc increased need for parking. Prof. Karen Sutherland. who has workcd closcly with Fond du Lac reﬂected. “As somconc who has worked with 01ch lccl that it is :1 loss to the campus as n wholc." Administration Outlines Fiscal Success Jeff Moores News Editor The College is predicting a million dollar surplus this year. largely thanks to programs such as the new Master of Business Administration program. The surplus will most likely be used to offset the Weekend College deﬁcit and work toward College initiatives such as repairs and expansion. according to President Frame and other ofﬁcials who out- lined Augsburg’s ﬁnancial status at the annual All Hands Convocation last Wednesday, April 6. Provost and Dean of the Col- lege Chris Kimball conﬁrmed that the adult programs have brought in ﬁscal success for Augsburg. “The Master of Ans in Education...has been. I think. more successful than anyone dreamed in meeting the needs of students who want to makc teaching a career." he said. Kimball also said that ﬁve groups of MBA students have begun. whereas the program hoped to start at least one. Ofﬁcials also credited success to the growth of programs at the Rochester campus. which will soon grow to include MBA and Master of Arts in Leadership programs. Overall. adult enrollment has been growing despite steady declines in Weekend College en— rollment, according to Julie Olson. executive director of Enrollment Management. Current WliC cnroll— mcnt stands at 858 students. down from more than 1200 sludcnls 2n the program‘s peak in 1991, according to Olson. These vacancies in enrollment translate to a $600,000 deficit, according to Dick Adumson, vice president for Financc and Admin— istration. Thc million-dollar surplus will help offset this dcl‘icit and work toward other projects, such as deferred maintenancc to various campus buildings. Adamson also outlincd thc priorities for fiscal year 2006. which include a compcnsntion boost for College cmployccs. “(‘ompcnsu— tion. . .is seen as the highest priority for this institution.” Adumson said. Plans include a 3 percent “across the board“ increase and a “pool” of 1,5 to 2 percent that will be uscd for cquity—buscd and incubbuscd adjustments. In a later intcrvicw. Adamson said that the ("ollcgc hopes to go above thc projected industry~widc average 01.4 percent increase wnh its 4.5 percent total incrcasc. Other l'uturc investments Ad— amson listed includcd lhc renova- tion ol‘thc Iowa lcx cl ()1 Swrdrup Hall. the expansion of thc coll'cc shop. the renovation ol' showers and plumbing in Urncss Hall. and _ the destruction oflour buildings on the east side of campus for use as parking.
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Title: Augsburg Echo April 15, 2005, Page 04
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Search Result: page 4 Counter-Recruitment H COMMUNITY/VALUES ‘ Movement Builds Donny Lessard Staff Editorialist A relatively unexplored tactic in the anti-war movement is spread- ing across the nation on campuses and in communities. The Counter- Recruitment movement is led by studean who are trying to get mili-...
Show morepage 4 Counter-Recruitment H COMMUNITY/VALUES ‘ Movement Builds Donny Lessard Staff Editorialist A relatively unexplored tactic in the anti-war movement is spread- ing across the nation on campuses and in communities. The Counter- Recruitment movement is led by studean who are trying to get mili- tary recruiters out of their schools while winning young people over to the anti-war movement. All around the country in high schools and colleges from New York to San Francisco. students are actively confronting recruiters. passing out literature, and having demonstrations to voice their op- position to recruitment for what they see as a war-machine that has consistently lied about beneﬁts packages and the ability to get out of the military or change one's position once in it Along w ith the unpopular war II) Iraq according to a C'NNr'USA Iodayi(iallup Poll. 63".. oI‘Amcri- cans disagree with Bush's handling of the war the anti-recruitment strategies have been largely effec- tive in setting back the military‘s recruitment quotas. Army officials have reported that they did not meet their quotas for l’cbruary or March. and are not expected to meet their quotas for April. either. The Army Reserves has not met its quota since October oI~ last year. The military has taken desper- ate actions in an etlort to meet these quotas. For instance. last month the Army revised its maximum age of recruits to 3‘); additionally, the former requirement ofa high school diploma for recruitment has been rc\ised read: essentially done away with to allow for thousands more to be accepted. Furthermore. “Recruiters are hitting NASL‘A R events. rock con- certs. rodeos and rib testivals. using custom-painted llumvees and other gimmicks to attract the masses." according to the (‘hicago Tribune. This is an opportune time for counter-recruitment, and the move- ment has taken advantage of this. For example, 150 students at San Francisco State University showed up to a career fair where recruiters from the Air Force and Army Corps of Engineers Students were present, ready to protest. The protestors surrounded the recruit- ers” tables chanting anti-war slo- gans and eventually staged a sit-in and anti-war teach-in. Similarly. actions have taken place all across the country. In Los Angeles. students refused to take the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB). In Chicago. a proposal to put a Naval Academy in a high school was stopped by anti-recruitment activism by students, staff, com- munity members. and faculty. In Massachusetts, students at Holy- okc Community College got their Student Senate to pass a resolution banning military recruiters from campus. A common fear noted by the counter-recruitment activists is the unprecedented access to high school students' information given to the military through the No Child Left Behind Act. Though seemineg uncon- nected to education. the military has been granted access to previ- ously off-limits infonnation by the federal govemmcnt. The future for the anti-war movement has been bolstered by a recent legal argument. found in the overturning of the Solomon Amendment of 1995. This law allowed the federal government to withhold federal funding from campuses that bar military recruiters. According to Socialist Worker Online. “the judges agreed with those ﬁling the suit that the amendment forces colleges with anti-discrimination clauses [like Augsburg] to welcome the military. an openly anti-gay or- ganization." We will see where this movement goes and if Augsburg itself is affected. Hunger Banquet Sean Stanhill Staff Writer .A\ group of students from Dr. Rosemary Links‘ Global Peace and Social De\ cfopment class spon- sored a hunger banquet April I4 at 4:30 pm. in the Centur)~ Room. The banquet hosted about 30 students with the intent of raising awareness of global hunger and famine. "Many individuals questioned the meaning ofsuch an oxymoronic concept.“ says Erin Olsen. hunger banquet cwcoordinator. “one which requires. more often than not. an ex- planation of what a hunger banquet actually is." The hunger banquet consisted of feeding participants based on how the nest of the world eats. Each participant recieved a meal accord- ing to 3 represented social class proportionately to how many other panicipants there are. In other words. a chance few are 3 pasta salad dinner. a larger but still relatively small group are rice. beans. and a tortilla and the majority of the group are only rice and water. “This is to raise awareness regarding the ridiculous distribu- tion of food around the world.“ said Olsen. "According to Bread of the World. ‘in the developing world. more than 1.2 billion people cur— rently live below the international p0\ erty line. earning less than $1 per day.” Each person randomly drew an ID card at the door. assigning that individual a name. a country and an income. The participants were then sent to their designated table or in the lowest class‘s ease. the ﬂoor. which was representative of their socio- economic position. Select members of the lower class moved up to the middle and vise versa. but the upper class remained unharmed “Even though a large number of students that expressed inter- est [were] not...in attendance. it‘s more about spreading and raising awareness than actual turnout." says Olsen regarding the coordinating students‘ tabling efforts. April 15, 2005 ydrogen: Energy Source of the Future? Visiting Scientist Presents at Augsburg Jamee Blixt Staff Writer A presentation was held on the conservation of energy and natural resources through the use of hydrogen in Hoversten Chapel on April 11. Dr. John Turner, who has dedicated his life ’5 work to ﬁnding a more sustainable energy source for the United States, and eventually the rest of the world, was the main presenter. Turner, the principal scientist for the Center for Electric & Hydro- gen Technologies, acknowledged and disputed the popular opinion that coal and fossil fuels can provide a sustainable energy source. Turner stated that coal is not economically viable. as coal plants take more energy than they put out. A coal plant takes 70 percent of the energy produced in the actual act of producing. and the rest of the energy is used up in the process ofﬁnding more coal. It also cannot be a sustainable resource since human beings are consuming coal at a faster rate than the earth is producing it. Coal is an acceptable resource for now. but no one knows ifit can be depended upon to last throughout the rest of the century. This criticism also applies to fossil fuels. Turner said that when he tries to ﬁnd a sustainable energy source, he does not seek to ﬁnd one that will last the century, as is' the case with coal or fossil fuels. He wants to ﬁnd one to last through the millennia. Neither coal nor fos- Dr. Turner suggests using more wind. solar. biomass, and geother- mal power. Out of all these. Turner spoke of wind and solar power with the greatest detail. Many other countries already use wind and solar power. There are isolated locations in the United sil fuels . States can do Turner satd that when he th a t this. , , a l s o I tries to ﬁnd a sustainable u s e F o 3 Si th fu e | 5 energy source, he...wants to 505.5: 32:55; ﬁnd one to last through the :ieﬁf to mine ' ' . and ex_ mtllenta. 8y pensive B u t to im- Turner port — sometimes costing humanity a more intense loss than that of monetary value. As Gorge Bush once said, “National security de- pends on energy security.“ That‘s why it is important to not only ﬁnd a sustainable energy resource but to ﬁnd an economical one as well. according to Turner. It is unlikely that any country would partake in an energy conservation process that was more expensive than the energy process already being used. As a cost-effective alternative. suggests that we use them more often, as these are both inexpen- sive ways to utilize a renewable resource. Turner also suggests replacing coal and nuclear energy systems. as well as oil imports with hydro- gen. Hydrogen'is also a renewable resource. Ofcourse this is not done naturally. but plants can be set up easily enough to do this type of work for the same amount ofmoncy it would take to mine and import gasoline. Notice: Men and Women wanted for hazardous journey. Small wages. Bitter cold. Long months of complete dark- ness. Constant danger. Safe return doubtful. Honor & recognition in case of success. Become a medievalist. lav-1m bong me“ daily. Contact mm nu III-o 0 o-nu: Mat 0: visit our “to: H.W.W
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Title: Augsburg Echo April 15, 2005, Page 05
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Search Result: unmatww~ .. . page 5 TedFdrel Stathriter On Saturday, April 16, students from ' Augsburg, 10-15 adultsandanestimated 65 higlscbolsmdemsﬁ'ornSdiﬁ‘erentchmches will be participating in Auggie Service Day. This year's Auggie Service Day theme is hunger, which was suggested by the events main...
Show moreunmatww~ .. . page 5 TedFdrel Stathriter On Saturday, April 16, students from ' Augsburg, 10-15 adultsandanestimated 65 higlscbolsmdemsﬁ'ornSdiﬁ‘erentchmches will be participating in Auggie Service Day. This year's Auggie Service Day theme is hunger, which was suggested by the events main organizer Jeanette Clark. The event, which is being sponsored by Thrivent, LINK, Campus Kitchens, and Campus Ministry, will give volunteers an opportunity to respond to the issue of hunger, parﬁeularly in the Twin Cities. “Auggie Service Day is a chance for I ‘youth from around the Twin Cities to ﬁnd ' out how they can make a diﬁ'erence in their communities,” said Auggie Service Day service site coordinator Sarah Pesola. “It is also a way for Augsburg College to reach out to youth, and to respond to issues like hunger and homelessness.” COMMUNITY/VALUES Clark started planning the event back in October, but she credits a great number of people and sponsors for the end result. “Auggie Service Day truly is a team ef- fort,” said Clark. “Not only did three groups collaborate on the eﬂ‘ort, but many individual students were instru- Aﬁer introduction games. the groups will be sent out to one of the six sites: Campus Kitchens, Our Savior‘s Housing. Simpson Housing Service. Merrick Community Ser- vices. Community Emergency Services. or the Bridge for Runaway Youth. All six of the sites mental in making this event happen.” The event will begin at 9 a.m. on Saturday withawor- ship service put on by Augsburg stu- dents Greg Atkins and Josh Scott. The worship will be followed by The event...will give volunteers an opportunity to respond to the issue of hunger, particularly in the Twin Cities. deal with counter- ing hunger in the Twin Cities and are always looking for volunteers. After lunch the volunteers will be brought back togeth— er with the people from their churches and will discuss their a discussion about hunger led by Jess Kraft and Amanda Franklin. Next, the volunteers will be split up into ‘six groups organized to include both students from urban and suburban churches. experiences at their sites. During this time there will be a discus- sion featuring information and material from the Bread of the World Organization. which is a group that deals with the political side of April 15, 2005 :Auggie Service Day to Focus on Hunger hunger in the world. “We hope to not only discuss why issues such as hunger are important for people of faith." explains Clark. “but also he“ service is incorporated into all aspects oflife through daily acts of kindness and integrity." A main goal of Auggie Service Day is to make evident to people the fact that one day is not suﬁicient in solving the problem of hunger or suffering of any kind. This event is meant to act as a call to attention that people must leam to live lives in constant service to other humans to make positive changes. To ﬁnd out more about Auggie Service Day. students can contact Jeanette Clark at clarkj ltaTaugsburgedu or ﬁnd out more infor— mation in the Campus Ministry ofﬁce located in Foss Center next to the Chapel. Two Student Art Shows Open at Augsburg Senior Art Exhibition and All-Student Juriea’ Art Show Feature Student Work Sarah Gilbert Staff Writer April 8, 2005 marked the opening of two student art shows at Augsburg. The Gage Gallery housed the All-Student Juried Art Show while the Christensen Center Gallery was host to the Senior Art Exhibition. ‘ Students provided orchestral music at the All—Student Juried Art Show as jurors David Feinberg, pro— fessor of painting and drawing at the University of Minnesota presented awards to students. “There were three times as many entries to this year’s show as last year’s,” said Coordinator of Galleries and Exhibits Kerry Mor- gan. Out of these, six works were honored with awards. Fourth place went to Cleothis Nielsen-Johns. Shane Eggerstedt received the third place award; Lauren Taylor was awarded second place, and Audra Johnson and Anthony Sellman tied for ﬁrst place. The show will be open to viewers until May 8. The senior show, which runs from April 8 to May 20, gave out just one award. but honored several senior art students. Mediums in— cluded acrylic. ceramics, water and ink on handmade paper, charcoal. as well as photographs. both color and black and white. The artists featured in the Senior Art Exhibition were: Emily Burck, Sandy Evans, Sandy Kalin- owski, Jennifer Kotsmith Kraus. Darby Lorents, Sara Beth Olson. Madeline Ped- erson. Corrine Schuster, Aaron Suprenant and Gurayn Sylte. M o r g a n explained. “In order to gradu- ate '[art majors] have to do at least one show.” This was an op- portunity for these students =r“ : . 4.: a,» . . 3f rp’ MMnS-Opm byEdTempleton. Add!" EdTempleton 7 unidsttho his lib by ﬁlmmaker Mike Mills. and: DJTarlkMoody 5-9 pm mum Greetings from the Walked 5-9pm TICKETS] INFORMATION: pm EdTemploton‘smermnpasshisliiensaprofessionalskateboarder stripmalls.beadies,andywthwlmreof0rangeCounty. Forthis talk, Templeton dismisseshow his surromdings inform his art mdpmsentssegmentsofGoodarEviLaskamboatdingﬁlmbyhis meompmyToyMadiineJndDefonnecadowmentaryabom 612.375.7600 tinker-artery pireldtGet infre’e. Target Free Thursday Nights Launch Party Gaming in free is back Celebrate the return of the Walker Art Center with an evening of free gallery admission, an artist talk. some DJ beats. artmaking activities, and free buttons designed ClwdtthebonsendbruksofKFN‘sGmowGudeJJarikMoody. OutemaiteninspivedbyﬂweudiitecnnofHuzoglideMeuron. Sparsaedby Ea'luﬂ'plm Mrs-Seem WW “9" 0 WWW __~ atththlkerArtCemor 711/ EXHleONS : DANCE :2 FILM :: Music :1: was»; 3:.Mmﬁﬁimfiiiiiiifii 7, if _‘ 7’ .7 f'i’!//: (r to share their work with their Augsburg peers. staff and with their families to whom special invitations were ex- tended. Morgan went on to say that sending out the invitations was an effort to make the show more of a celebration of all art majors and their work. Morgan encouraged viewers to remember the work they were viewing was. “only the tip of the iceberg.” She emphasized that these seniors had worked hard and have lots of pieces that weren’t exhibited in the show. The students were given an op— portunity to talk about their work. Some described who they Were as artists, while others talked about their preferences for certain media and what inspired their work. Aaron Suprenant “wanted to 2005 All-Student Juried Art Show in the Gage Gallery. Photo b) ( aroljm Herman/H llU Sénior Art Show exhibition. l'liuto i-\ k .Hi i iHlli.‘ l ('ll() pay homage to the city that‘s been [his] home." He accomplished that with his color photographs. Olson discussed her love of bold colors and working abstraetly. while Lorents, the recipient ot'thc 100 dol— lar gift certiﬁcate for art supplies. explained her piece as. “a lifeline“ with each part representing a phase in her life. For many. this was their last show at Augsburg. ('hair of the Art Department Kristin Anderson thanked the interns. Jenny Wheat- ley. Sara Beth Olson. and Sandy Kalinowski. who worked to put the show together. and she spoke to thejoys of working with the art— ists. “We’ve enjoyed. very much. getting to know these students and their work." Gallery hours of the Gage Gallery are Monday through Fri- day l0 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturday through Sun— day l to 5 pm. Gallery hours of the ('hris- tcnsen Center are Monday through Sun— day 8 am. to 5 pm.
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Title: Augsburg Echo April 15, 2005, Page 06
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Search Result: page 6 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Nudity Proves Necessity at Mixed Blood Brian Halaas Staff Writer As much as the Mixed Blood Theaterand the media hav c tried to downplay it for fear of =t overpowering the message and purpose of the play. there is no doubt as to what ev eryone in the audience has been...
Show morepage 6 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Nudity Proves Necessity at Mixed Blood Brian Halaas Staff Writer As much as the Mixed Blood Theaterand the media hav c tried to downplay it for fear of =t overpowering the message and purpose of the play. there is no doubt as to what ev eryone in the audience has been talking about after lie'slic sees "lake Me Out": the nudity. As it ttirned out. "Take Me Out" is a thoroughly successful production that tackles (excuse the non—baseball term) several hard issues. including homosexuality. narcissism. and the nature of friendship. The audience may have been thrown off by the nude male shower scenes at ﬁrst. but its relevance and sincerity are what make this play a hit. Ihc story begins when professional baseball star Darren Lemming (Lindsay Smiling) surprises his fans and teammates by announcing that he his gay. The ﬁrst act views the lighter side of the awkward and \IITpTISIIIg w ays in which his teammates (one ot’whoin is recent Augsburg graduate ('arson I,ce) handle the news. The second act moves deeper into the more difﬁcult issues surrounding Darren‘s aimounceinent. The situation evolves dif- ferently than the stereotype might suggest. Instead of Darren being completely hated. lie is turned into something that he doesn‘t want to be. Smiling ell‘ectively portrays this struggle to be comfortable in his identity. A majority of the scenes take place in the Iockerroom before and after a game. The play humorously and ellcctiv ely explores the interactions among the teammates. as they feel uncomfort- able for the first time in w h at h a (I been their sacred mas- culinity ha— ven. which was shat- tered thanks to Darren. This is why the nudity was used. It wasn‘t an attempt at exhibitionism in the very least: instead. it added the ultimate level of realism. as the audience was able to take a peek at what really happens in men‘s locker rooms. The team‘s lovable and wisecracking shortstop. Kippy Sunderstrom (Sean Dooley). narrates the story. Dooley portrays the char- acter so that the audience can‘t help but like him. However. the entire cast was generally inclined toward humor instead ofdrama. and Dooley in one of the most dramatic scenes in the play made that point quite clear. He faltered at the dramatic points. but shined throughout every other pan ofthe play. Lindsay Smiling as Darren Lemming in “Take Me Out" Photo courtesy of Mixed Blood Theater In The Mixed Blood‘s raw theater space. set designer Jeff Thompson created a squeaky clean look that seems to go along with baseball. The inclusion ofa variety of contemporary popular baseball themed songs to transition between scenes added energy to the play at the expense ofits overall fluidity. Nonetheless. the pace never let down keeping the audience attentive from begining to end. Ultimately. “Take Me Out" is worth the trip. especially if you live on the Augsburg campus--the trip is only a ﬁve-minute walk down Riverside. See the Entertainment guide for more details. What’s an Auggie to Do? An Entertainment Guide Brian Halaas Staff Writer The New “alkcr. Opening Weekend The \\all\ei rc—opens its revamped space and introduces guests to its new “mg by mounting a wide variety of exciting performances. The da_\ kicks off with a performance from Philip (ilass. esteemed composer pianist. and follows with ev ery- thing from Indonesian contemporary dance to Islamic suﬁ music. April lo—l7 w \v w .\v alkcrartorg s5 V Take .\Ie ()ut .\Ii\ed Blood Theatre Sec rev iew for details. \lt\ed Blood‘s historic ﬁrehouse theatre 1501 S Fourth Street Through \Iay 8 w \\ \\ ini\edblotxl.com $10535 (S10 on Thursday nights) The Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival A variety of movie theaters in town (from L‘row n Theater Block E to the Oak Street Cinema) provide exclusive showings ofino\ tes from around the world. Sponsored by Minnesota Film Arts. it is worth picking a random ﬁlm and taking adv antage of the op- portunity to see a movie you probably won‘t be able to see anywhere else. Through April 16 ww\v.mnﬁlmartsorg S7 for students The Laramie Project University Theater Just across Riverside from Augsburg. you ha\e the opportunity to \ie\\' this powerful production created by a theater troupe in re- sponse to the murder of-Matthew Shepard. Perfonnances at the Rarig Center Through April 18 w w w.cla.umn.edu theatre SS for students The Swim Red Eye Theater Three women ofdifferent race and from completely different backgrounds meet up to swim a race around the entire world. This Midwest premier of Janet Allard's script is given the "Red Eye" treatment. I www.theredeye.org 310-514 for students In The Mirror Pangea World Theater A mum-disciplinary work consisting of video. digital media. text and performance is a brand new work being performed within a short walk from Augsburg. With an intema- tional cast. explores the impact that media inevitably has on us all. Performed at the Playwright Center on Franklin www.pangeaworldtheaterorg SIO for students April 15. 2005 Ring Sequel Still Scary Teresa Mares ContributOr Seven days. If you had watched the for— bidden video tape. you would have received a phone call with a young girl whispering “Seven days“ to you. You have one week to live. What are you going to do'.‘ Well. as Rachel Keller found out at the end of The Ring. the 2002 ﬁlm directed by Gore Verbin- ski. in order to survive the seven days. you must make a copy of the tape and let Samara Morgan‘s story continue to be told. And it was. “The Ring" was a re-make of a Japanese horror ﬁlm Ringu. directed by Hideo Nakata who rctums for another round with “The Ring Two.“ his ﬁrst American ﬁlm. Who better to direct the sequel than the original maker of “The Ring"? I will confess that “The Ring“ is my favorite scary movie. It scared the poop out of me! And I love it for that. When I heard that they were making a sequel. I was upset. I thought that it was going to ruin “The Ring.“ Usually sequels suck more than Anna Nicole Smith. but I watched the trailer for the movie anyway. As I watched it. my eyes glued to the computer screen. I knew that this movie was going to be different from the other sequels. This one was going to kick butt! “The Ring Two" came to theaters March 18. and you can bet your bottom I was in the theater that night. I certainly wasn‘t disap- pointed. While the ﬁrst "Ring" had a better story line. “The Ring Two" was far creepier than the ﬁrst one. Samara Morgan has con- tinued her killing spree of people who have watched her tape. but with one catch: ifa copy was made before the seventh day at IO p.m.. they‘d live. Like Rachel Keller(Naomi Watts) found out in the ﬁrst "Ring." the message is therefore passed on. Rachel and her son Aidan (David Dorf— man) moved to a new town to get away from their past memories ofSamara. But soon. Ra- chel hears about a boy who died mysteriously and everyone keeps talking about his face. She decides to see if her worst nightmares have come true. This was a mistake for Rachel because Samara found her. And what Samara craves in this ﬁlm is a lot more disturbing than the ﬁrst. On Rachel‘s joumey to ﬁnd more about Samara‘s past in order to save herself and her son again. she meets a few people on the way; Max (Simon Baker). a coworker of Rachel‘s. Evelyn (Sissy Spacek). Samara's crazy biological mother. and of course. Sa- mara Morgan. (played by Kelly Stables) who is back in town. Unfortunately for Rachel. moving away won’t keep Samara at bay. The second movie ties beautifully to the ﬁrst one and has an ending that brings closure to both movies. Some think that there will be a third “Ring” movie. I do not. For those of you who liked the first "Ring." go see the second one! For those of you who didn‘t like the ﬁrst one. the second one probably isn‘t for you. Either way. it‘ll leave you sleeping with the light on and seeing Samara wherever you go. ONE DAY. W IXI‘URD VIANFROG DECIDED ID 00 ID THE BEACH WIXIORD MAXIROG \\l\l t‘Rl‘Vt‘i \ lt‘ illl ii: \tll SADD. THE HARSH SL'N BL’RNED HIS \IANF‘ROG SKIN THIS CAL'SED FESTERING BOILS TD BREAK ()LT ()V WINFORD‘S SKIN THEY 002E CHILDREN WOLLD STARE AT HIS INFECTED SORES AND W INFORD WOL'LD FEEL ABSL RDLY SELF-CONCIOL'S INTO THE OCEAN LN RESPONSE TO THE VERBAL HOSTILTTY OF THE CHILDREN. THE SLANI‘ROG W OL’LD WADE AS THE SALT WATER ASSLLTED HIS BLISTERS HE WISHED FOR THE TID TO CARRY HIM AND HIS SORROW AWAY
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Title: Augsburg Echo April 15, 2005, Page 07
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Search Result: .2. ' 9 «V ' discussedthis deadline’at the two Itseemsthatﬂierehavebeen some misunderstandings involving ' belections for next year’s Senate. 7‘. t . 'These misconceptions are clearly ‘ evident in Sean Stanhill‘s article ' .“Democracy is Dead Within the Halls of Augsburg College.” Stanhill stated...
Show more.2. ' 9 «V ' discussedthis deadline’at the two Itseemsthatﬂierehavebeen some misunderstandings involving ' belections for next year’s Senate. 7‘. t . 'These misconceptions are clearly ‘ evident in Sean Stanhill‘s article ' .“Democracy is Dead Within the Halls of Augsburg College.” Stanhill stated in his opinion ar- ticle, the applications for next year’s ,. Senate stated “’I'hrusday March 7” imtead of “Monday March 7" as deadline; However, Senate had meetings leading up to the elections. At one point, Elections Chair and Senior Senator Ana Power passed out a calendar of elections, includ- ing the Monday deadline. In fact, the Sunday meeting before the ap- plication deadline, Senator Power explicitly stated that the deadline was the very next day at noon. Senator Edward “Jay” Matchett was present during these meetings. Senator Matchett was well aware of the deadline. When Matchett and his run- ning mate Aaron Wells handed in ‘ their application forty minutes late, they genuinely seemed surprised to be rejected. I hate to be the voice of reason here, but there are some deadlines you do not miss. We are not theoretically in college to pro- long our sense of childhood but to prepare for the professional world. Sorry, but in the “real” world, miss- ing a deadline is not negotiable. Stanhill also stated that Senior Senator (and member of the Elec- tions Committee) Gretchen Hem- rningsen was “seen ripping down [Matched and Wells] posters.” The sign postings policy has been rather strictly followed this year, and there are certain places where posters are not allowed to be posted, such as on wallpaper. Hemmingsen said that she did take down posters from both campaigns when the posters were not in accordance with the posting policy. ' Hemmingsen further stated that when she received an email from Matchett concerning this, she did in firct respond to the email. I realize this may create only a he-said-she- said problem to this response, so I feel the need to add that Hemming- Ien has been a distinguished senator for the past two years. After run- ning against Bobby Brown and Paul Cumings in last year’s election, she has worked hard to make sure that elections would be more eﬂ°ective this year. Matchett and Wells further showed their disregard of Augs— burg policy by campaigning when they were not allowed to. Door- knocking is an acceptable form of campaigning, when it follows the rules. According to policy that Senate laid out this year (of which Matchett was aware), door-knock- ing is not allowed past 9 pm. in the residence halls. However, Matchett and Wells were door-knocking in Mortensen at 10:30 pm. the ﬁrst day of elections. This is even aﬂer Elections Chair Ana Power told those running not to campaign aﬁer voting began. Stanhill also stated that “When Matchett requested to be present during the counting of the ballots, he was scorned.” The truth is each group of President/Vice President running mates get a representative to be present during the counting of the ballots. I was there, as well as Matchett, for the time Hemming- sen had scheduled to count votes. However, there was an electronic problem with retrieving the votes. Since it was spring break, both Matchett and I were leaving for vacation. Hemmingsen told us she would call when she got the results from IT; she did in fact call me that evening and made an attempt to conference in Matchett, leaving a message to call her when he did not answer. A couple of days later I re- ceived an email from Matchett say— ing that he had accidentally deleted her message before listening to it and asked for the results. I immedi- ately emailed him said results. I fail to see how Matchett was “scorned” in these proceedings. Stanhill also discussed Presi- dent Brown’s veto of Matchett and Wells' request to be put on the ballot. In fact, when the motion was being voted on by Senate, the wording was used in a negative and awkward manner, confusing most senators. Matchett was even one of the senators that voted against him being put on the ballot. The results were, obviously, OPINIONS .. "Democracy is Dead "Article not exactly reliable. Instead of spending more time to go through the process of reconsidering a mo- tion, Browp vetoed the motion. Interestingly enough, in situations of a veto, a senator can move to ‘override the president’s decision, only needing a two-thirds majority. However, Matchett made no such motion. Therefore, he either did not know the by-laws of the student constitution or he knew that such a motion would be futile. In Stanhill’s opinion article, Matchett is quoted as saying that “the Cumings campaign dipped into the Senate funds." Once again, someone in this scenario is misreading the by-laws of the student constitution. Accord- ing to the bylaws, each legitimate (by this I mean those who have gone through the process to be put on the ballot) president/vice president team is allocated $125 to campaign with. The Cumings-Mot] campaign did not “dip” into senate ﬁmds. Actually the campaign used fewer funds than were originally allotted. If Matchett and Wells had honestly felt that this election was in any way unfair, they could have contested the election. A person running for ofﬁce has the ability . to contest an election if he or she I feels it was in some way unfair. Matchett and Wells did not do this. A contested election goes to the Judicial Board and not the Senate. So, once again, Matchett (who has been a senator for a year) and Wells either did not know the by-laws or thought such a procedure would be unsuccessful. Though Stanhill’s article was an opinion, there should have been factual evidence to support this opinion. Matchett and Wells knowingly handed in their petition late, assuming they were above the deadline. Campaigning policies were broken or disregarded. Fur- thermore, Matchett showed an ig- norance of Senate proceedings and policies, which are the foundation of Student Senate and its leaders. In effect, Matchett and Wells are blaming Senate for their own short- comings. It is irresponsibility, not the alleged “death of democracy" that led to troubles in this year’s election. GI e It Carolyn Herman Co-Managing Editor Give me back my feminism. It‘s been stolen. And while I would like to propagate theories of Bjork- singing C osmonauts as the perpetr. — tors, I’m afraid the reality is both more depressing and frightening. The great Leviathan of dc- empowcring machinery that is American culture has appropriated feminism and turned it into some sort of pseudo-insult. femi-Nazism that people feel they have to apolo- gize for. “I‘m not really a feminist—— they’re scary.“ “Well, I guess I’m a feminist. but I don’t really like to talk about it." Damn it, feminism is a good thing! It is nothing more or less than the radical idea that women are people. When women were fighting for the vote or for equal rights in the workplace, some people saw them as unnatural or evil, but many others saw them as heroic. When a woman said she was a feminist, it was assumed that there was a certain position she held, a position that insisted women be given equal rights, consideration, and respect. But somewhere in between Su— san B. Anthony and Ani DiFranco, feminism got assaulted by one of the most invidious smear campaigns I’ve ever seen. Pop culture did what it inevitably seems to do With any force that demands justice for a marginalized group—suffocated it with shameless pro— paganda. For example, Pat Robertson wrote: “The feminist agenda is not about equal rights for women. It is about a socialist, anti—family political movement that en- courages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians." Dyspcptic mon- goose. Never. in my twenty-odd years of indoctrination into feminist theory, have April 15, 2005 Back! I ever encountered such absurd twaddlc. What person possessing the intellectual capacity of a stale loafofrye bread would bclicvc such an asinine conccpt‘.’ Apparently. a lot of pcoplc. Now, when I say I am a feminist. people assume that cithcr [just got dumped or that I am a torch-bean ing man-hater. Thc_\' assumc that feminism somehow rc\ och‘s around men. and my cxpcricncc of(or dis- taste for) them. This is prcpostcrous. How can the word “ibminism” rc\ ol\'c around men? What acid-tripping primntc came up with that conccpt‘.’ For more years than anyone \\ ho rcads this has been alivc. fcminism has been about empowering women as womcn, and sprcading that idcrr that being a woman limits nobody. I am a feminist. That means I consider myselfequal to any task or any person. It means when I nccd someone to help me carry a heavy load. I look at people‘s muscles, not their gender. It means that I fully recognize that men, women. and all the genders in between are equal. Not the same. Equal. It does not mean that I‘m in permanent attack mode, or that I take everything too seriously by default (and ifI do, it is the result of my own inherent self-righteousness, not my feminism). It means I am concerned with breaking the glass ceiling, not killing children or taking up witchcraft. It means I am a woman, and I want other women to be as happy about that state of being as I. International women’s day "' ' I’Imlr- «,lillllt -.} Hi 2' \I, “tl.ll4ilrlll r H Ill Reader Responds to “An Academic Answer” Steve Quick ‘ Contributor Upon my conclusion of read- ing the article titled “An Academic Answer,” by Jeff Moores, I could not help but respond. Moores writes the piece with the intention ofarguing how the recent trend of highly liberal educators in colleges and universities such as our own is acurally a good thing. There was so much wrong with this article that it deserved a look from the other side. “An Academic Answer" takes the subject matter complme wrong from the very beginning. A major theme carried throughout is that liberals are better equipped for the teaching profession and the mm bun" from conservatives has no merit since the best people for the position are in place and just so hap- pen to be from the opposite political Dani’- . A distinction must be here, as it was not done in Moores’s article. Conservatives are not upset over the amount of liberals in the education profession. They are up- set that the liberals inﬂict their own personal views onto a diverse group which is complewa unnecessary in regards to Inching the material. It is one thing to hold a certain belief. It is quite different to inject bias into lessons that are unconnected to politics and can do quite without it. While “An Academic Answer” bases a large amount of it subject matter from the author’s personal emotionsandanarticlebythevery liberal Paul Krugman of the New York Times, a more appropriate source would be from the recent article in the Pioneer Press, “Survey details liberalism of US. college faculty.” This article from April 3, 2005 uses ﬁndings from a recent survey by the University of Toronto. The survey found that 71 percent of faculty at colleges and universities are liberal, compared to 15 percent conservative. In fact, the study did not ﬁnd one ﬁeld of study that had more conservative educators than liberal. The closest was business at 49 per- cent for liberals and 39 percent for conservatives. This wide discrepancy was seen as evidence of “possible dis— crimination against conservatives” and “‘the most likely conclusion’ is that ‘being conservative counts against you.” So as can be seen from an unbiased study from an unbiased source, as opposed to that of “An Academic Answer," that there really is such a problem with the overwhelmingly liberal educators and the amount of bias input into their teachings. Even beyond that, “An Aca— demic Answer" was full of emotion without any fact in support, thus rendering the opinions worthless. The best example comes from Moores’s statement, “My point is this: our professors, here and throughout the country, are those members of society dedicated to the propagation of truthful education.” Truthful in the mind of a liberal maybe, but that does not say very much as anyone will always ﬁnd truth on his or her side of arguments. Moores goes on with a variety of claims of what these professors are, again without anything but cmo- tion to back such statement. ll'an opinion is to be given, there must be some factual groundwork for it to sit on otherwise it has no meaning whatsoever. Overall “An Academic An- swer” misses the target completely. It attacks a point that’s not so much in question on the subject as well as bases the argument solely on cmo— tion rather than research and facts. Sure the liberal community may cry that it is their constitutional right for professors to say what they want in the classroom, but it is also the student’s right to receive an education ofmultiplc viewpoints in classes as hearing both sides of issues is exactly the diversity that this college and many others strive to achieve.
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Title: Augsburg Echo April 15, 2005, Page 08
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Search Result: page 8 New Medieval Major Started Brett Cease Staff Writer Chances are good that you have seen evidence of/‘vugsburg's newest major. l’rocessionals of hlack-robed students traveling through the commons or chained books within the library may have caught your interest and attention. You may have...
Show morepage 8 New Medieval Major Started Brett Cease Staff Writer Chances are good that you have seen evidence of/‘vugsburg's newest major. l’rocessionals of hlack-robed students traveling through the commons or chained books within the library may have caught your interest and attention. You may have pondered rccent handouts that pose the question. ‘Whai do the modern university. t’atholicisin. lslam.... the nation state. trial by jury. Parliamentary government. the printing press... and tltct opcrnican v iew ofthe solar s}, stem all have in common?" All these odd inctdents are a direct result ofAugsbttrg‘s nevvest major. Medieval Studies. According to the majors main adv iser and instructor. Phil Adamo. Medieval Stud» some sort of thread that weaves together the entire process.“ Adamo explained that the pro- fessors needed an entrance level course to test their branch ofleam- ing in the market and see if people would actually become interested. In response, the group came up with a class called “Medieval Con- nections HUM l20." along with a speciﬁc style for teaching it, labeled the connections model. The model uses one main instructor to direct the course. but also includes many other satellite instructors who rotate through to teach theirown subjects. The Medieval Connections class itselfwas designed to be inter- disciplinary. This meant that in the class. many different departments worked together to explore a com- mon theme: studying the Middle Ages. The twelfth and thirteenth centuries were chosen as the eras to specifically ics prov ides “an introduction for students to the culture of the Middle Ages its div erse his- tory and beliefs. its arts and lit- erature and to the disciplinary atid interdisci— plinary skills necessary loi‘ils serious study." :\ c c o I‘ (L mg to Adamo. the major vv as officially ap- “Wearing the robes may seem a little bit Harry Potter, but the class was not meant to be some absolute imitation, and recreation of history. " investigate be- cause. among other events. they saw the emergence of the modem uni- versity and aca- demic approach to the liberal arts. Accord- ing to Adamo. “Those two centuries have a lot to say about college students and we thought we‘d make the prov cd when it \v as voted in by the faculty at their December 3004 meeting. :\s it stands now. Medieval Studies is a rcal and declarable major. Adamo responds to any who might be questioning the utility of a \lcdtcval Sttidics‘ major by com- paring it to other degrees vv ithin the humanities “A major in Medieval Studies prepares students for life beyond collcgc." said Adamo. “It teaches students liovv to read closely. think ciiticaLly. vvritc vv cll. and argue cf- tcctiv cly Because of its emphasis on precise reading. analysis ot‘tcsts. and spirited discussion. the major in Medieval Studies titlcrs a solid tottndation for graduate or profes- sional study." Adamo said that serious dis- cussion of the new major began about three years ago vv hen several Augsburg professors interested in Medieval Studies started meeting together. The original intention was to create a new interdisciplinary major by rcconibining :md using classes with a medieval focus from differ- ent derumncnts that already existed in the Augsburg catalog. As the professors pooled the courses. they realizmi the common themes in the classes make a cohe- sivc new major. “The problem vv ith any sort of new interdisciplinary program is tinding hovv to make it acadenucally signiﬁcant." Adamo said. “You don‘t just vvunt to take ten com shove them together and count that as a nujor. Instead. you non! to have connection be- tween the lives ofAugsburg college students now and the lives of col- lege students in the Middle Ages.“ Medieval Connections takes a \ cry specialized approach to how the class engages students in the material. To Adamo. this means creating a nevv environment and giving the students exercises that will in some way replicate or hint at vv hat life in a medieval university was like. These exercises include a sand hour glass to keep class time. a common book in the library that ev eryone shares. wearing academic robes. an oral ﬁnal examination. and a full tncdiev al feast to celebrate the many talents and accomplishments of the students. "Wearing the robes may seem a little bit Harry Poner. but the class was not meant to be some absolute imitation and recreation ofhistory." said Adamo. Rather. the intention was to provide students with a sense of what the past was like. so that they could have an experience that put them in a different place. “Most importantly. Medieval Connections was designed to get students out ofthe perspective ofthe 2 l“ century and allow them to think about the past in a discrete and more analytical way.“ said Adamo. Medieval Studies is now of- t‘crtng its Medieval Connections class for the second } car. For further information. visit www. augsburgedu medievalstudies. or contact Phil Adamo directly at adamotg‘augsbmgedu. FEATURES April 15, 2005 Auggie Forms New Nonprofit Students taking new approach to save lives Teresa Bamhill Staff Writer Today in the world there are mil- lions of people in need of help. They need clothing. shelter. food, health care. or protection. There are many people who are less fortunate then we. Is there a way you can help? Darn right. and the solution is closer than you think. As sophomore here at Augsburg College. I started my own nonproﬁt organization in February this year. l wanted to take a stand and start helping people who needed it. Many students have already received little ﬂyers in their mailboxes about the project. called The Click To Save Project. ‘Unlike most nonproﬁt organi- zations. the Click To Save Project does not have one main focus. That is because the organization feels that there are too many people and things out there that need help. and she didn‘t want to limit herself or the members. She leaves the focus up to her members so that each person gets to do something about which he or she feels strongly. One ofthe organization‘s strong points is that it offers ﬂexibility. Members have a choice on whether or not to participate in any fundraiser; they do not have to be involved unless they want to. The project also takes minimal time because there are members from all over. Here at Augsburg, current members include: Alia Scheirman, Antonio Spargo. Sami Privratsky. Heather Nystrom. and Erik Helge- son. “I think it is a great way for people to make a huge diﬁerence without taking much time out of their day. It’s nice to be able to decide if you want to participate in the ftmdraisers too because then you aren‘t obligated to help if you don‘t feel the need to or can‘t.“ said member Alia Scheirman. The project saved the lives of four children in February when the group bought blue Cultivate Peace bracelets, like the Yellow Live Strong bracelets many people are sporting. . The group planned on helping more people by putting up a table in Christensen Center and having an item catalog people could look through and order items. such as clothing. jewelry. and home acces- sories. The money made from each item would go directlyto help feed the hungry. save children‘s lives. feed animals in shelter?» fund breast cancer research and mammograms. and save the rainforest. Unfortu- nately. the newly formed group does not have the fumk to secure a table. Despite the setback. group spirits remain high. “There’will be more opportunities in the future. A couple of ideas under consideration are donating money to local schools for books and supplies, repairing children‘s playgrounds, donating money to fund for breast cancer research. and possibly planting a ‘peace garden.‘ New members are always wel~ come at the Click To Save Project. To get involved. send an email to C lick_To_Save_Project@hotmail. com and learn how you can start saving lives. Maximize Your Education. 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Title: Augsburg Echo April 16, 2004
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Title: Augsburg Echo April 16, 2004, Page 01
Collection: The Augsburg Echo Collection
Search Result: \. April 1 6, 2004 Volume 1 10 IN D EX OPINIONS ................... .. NEWS .......................... .. SPORTS .................... .. FEATURES ................. .. .......................... ..page 2 .......................... ..page 5 ................... ..pages 4—5 .............................
Show more\. April 1 6, 2004 Volume 1 10 IN D EX OPINIONS ................... .. NEWS .......................... .. SPORTS .................... .. FEATURES ................. .. .......................... ..page 2 .......................... ..page 5 ................... ..pages 4—5 .......................... ..page (5 COMMUNITY/VALUES .................... ..page 7 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT ................... ..p'.1ge 8 Parking costs Discrepancy in diversity Overﬂowing lots cause ﬁnes, anger Nick Carpenter Staff Writer Trisha Pederson Staff Writer Oversold permits. Too few parking spaces. A couple thousand tickets. These are the factors con- tributing to disgruntled students and revenue at Augsburg. According to data collected during the 2002-2003 school year, Augsburg generated a total of $146,375 from parking permit sales and ticketing. For a full school year, residents and commuters pay $150 for a park- ing permit. Underground parking beneath New Hall costs $600. During the 2002-2003 school year, Augsburg sold 270 resident permits, 355 commuter permits, and 53 underground permits. Augsburg made $117,600 from the sale of these permits. Augsburg oversold their per- mits. Terri Adams, a buildings and grounds assistant, cemented on the issue, “We oversell resident lots by 10 percent. and commuter lots by 13 to 15 percent.” According to Adams, the 270 residents must share 238 parking spaces and the 355 commuters who received permits must share 124 spots. During the 2002-2003 school year, close to 50 percent of the com- muter students were unable to pur— chase commuter permits. Residents faced a similar prob- lem. At the end of the permit sales in the fall of 2002, close to 71 per- cent of students living on campus didn’t have a parking permit. One resident, Brenda Grabau, felt that the number of commuter students without permits were the real issue on campus. “A main rea- son for having problems with park- ing is because the number of com- muters and there aren’t enough spaces for all those people. It didn’t matter when 1 got a permit. If 1 leave campus there is never a spot to park when I get back. There needs to be more spaces," she said. Many students are feeling the backlash of this lack of space where it really hurts—their wallets. Last year, security issued 2,639 tickets. Approximately 71 percent of tickets were issued to cars with— out permits. Augsburg made $28,775 from the 62 percent of people who actually paid the ﬁne. Augsburg has been trying to make more parking spaces avail— able. Between 1993 and 2003, 99 parking spaces were added. accord- ing to Adams. Freshman Hilary Neste summed up the Augsburg parking issue: “It’s bad. Really, really bad. They need more parking spaces.” Keme Hawkins Staff Writer Melanie Bevis Staff Writer According to the enrollment records in the Oﬁ'tce of Institu- tional Research at Augsburg Col— lege. the numbers of enrolled stu— dents of color appear to stay fairly consistent. During the ten-year period from 1992-2002, the stu- dents of color represented l l per- cent of the student body. The records reﬂected the number of enrolled students who opted to pick one of the ﬁve ra- cial categories recognized by the US. Depamnent of Education of- fered on applications for day school. Weekend College. graduate school and other academic pro- grams such as ACTC and exchange student programs. Those categories were: Black/African American. Hispanic/Non—White. Asian Paciﬁc Islander, American Indiani‘Alaskan. and White. Racial disclosure is not re- quired on admissions applications. Students who do not wish to di- vulge their racial heritage have the option of foregoing the multiple choice question altogether. Those students were listed us “no re- sponse" in the enrollment records. But these numbers do not rep— resent the entire student body The records did not include interna- tional students who. up until 2003. were excluded from the category. In an effort to keep the charts ho— mogenous they \\ ere not included in our charts. The number ot‘students opting not to pick a racial category rose 500 percent over the ten year pe- riod. There are many reasons why DIVERSITY continued on page 3 Augsburg Student Racial Demographics Numbers of Students As in. , «if, " 7‘ '3 at s ‘ ' +POC ‘ People of(‘olor Total White Missing/No Response 7‘ ‘ W Years 111/00 112/00 113100 114100 115/00 116/00 117/00 118/00 119100 11101001111100 Criminal activity increases at Augsburg Ben Kimball Staff Writer The Augsburg security de- partment has put out four security alerts on A-Mail in the past month. These incidents have trig— gered the security depart- higher than last year, since he only has been at Augsburg since August of 2003. “There is always an increase in activity in the spring," said Pack, who was previously in the security security department has increased patrols in this area ofcampus. “We are also trying some different and dynamic patrolling techniques," Pack said. Stafﬁng levels for the security department vary ment to adjust their pa- trolling patterns. as well as look into improving existing systems. The most recent crime on campus oc- curred on April 13. when an SUV was stolen from the admissions parking lot sometime between Pack, recognizing the need for additional officer support, has hired additional part-time oﬂ’icers since he ﬁrst started. each day. Pack used an example ofa typi- cal Tuesday. During the daytime. one or two officers will be on patrol. During the night. the number of ofﬁcers on duty in— creases to three or four. The patrols are split up between time 8:00 am. and 11:30 am. John Pack. director of safety and secun'ry. has noticed that number of incidents has tn— creased in the past few months. Pack was unable to determine if the level of criminal activity is department at the University of Minnesota. The three latest incidents that were reported on A-Mail were all on the east side of campus. The spent in the security vehicle and on foot. Pack. recognizing the need for additional oﬁicer support. has hired additional pan-time ofﬁcers since he first started. Currently. the Augsburg security staff has seven patrol ofﬁcers, with one lead of- ﬂeet In next year's security budget request, Pack addressed the need to upgrade the security camera sys- tem. Augsburg security currently uses around 25 cameras on campus. Pack would like to change the re— corders and bring the system up to current standards. The idea of add— ing more cameras will also be con— sidered. The security department will be talking to whom faculty and student groups in the coming months to gauge opinions on how to increase the ett‘ectixencss of se— curity at Augsburg. The incidents that have sparked interest in security are an armed robbery on March 7. theft from vehicles between March 25 and March 27. and an assault near the ice arena on March 31. The armed robbery occurred just before I am. A St. Paul mzm was robbed at gunpoint while load- ing items into a car alter an event at Mclby Hall, The victim. un» harmed in the incident, reported two men pointed a gun at him and escaped on foot with around $3.500 in cash. Thrcc vehicles had their side windows smashed out while parked around Murphy l’ark; two were parked on liutlcr Place and the tlnrd was parked on 7—1 2 Street S. A duffel bag and a walch were the items that were taken. A woman was assaulted near the ice arena. The women, who had JUSl left the ice arena. was walking cast on Ritersidc Avenue. She was approached and struck III the eye by the perpetrator, 'l he '. ictirrt then ran back inside the ILL‘ arena. The woman was not injured. and noth— ing ‘A as stolen, OPINIONS- . Student expresses frustrations with both political parties SPOR TS - The baseball team contends for playoﬂ spot A&E- “The Da Vinci Code " mixes ﬁction and truth
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Title: Augsburg Echo April 16, 2004, Page 02
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Search Result: OPINIONS page 2 April 16, 2004 An Augsburg senior gives her final word Michelle Morse and lost some of my best friends. I’ve been honored Opiniene 59H with the Linda Schrempp Alberg Leadership Award and I’ve been escorted off campus by either security or the police twice. Why do I share this with...
Show moreOPINIONS page 2 April 16, 2004 An Augsburg senior gives her final word Michelle Morse and lost some of my best friends. I’ve been honored Opiniene 59H with the Linda Schrempp Alberg Leadership Award and I’ve been escorted off campus by either security or the police twice. Why do I share this with you? Because I want you to remember me when you think that things will never unstoppable. Don’t burn any bridges because there’s nothing worse than falling from the top all alone. I’ll be gone soon (God willing) and there are a few other things I never got to see at Augsburg that I hope are in the future. For the Residence Life professional staff, I’d like to see more focus on the students and their concerns and needs than on forced programming and excessive discipline. Beware of the power getting to your head and listen to your student staff. They know the most about the students. For other departments like the Enrollment Center and Dining Services: ﬁnd a way so that students know why things are the way they are. For example, why is there so much confusion in the Enrollment Center and why does everyone in Umess, Mort, and Anderson have to be on a meal plan? I learned a lot from interviewing these two departments, I just wish I had known some things before my ﬁﬁh year was almost over. I would hope that people in Student Affairs, such as student activities and the student senate, would ask the students before they plan programs or instate policies. Don’t spend money on an event that is only going to draw a dozen people. The problem doesn’t always lie within publicity, sometimes it’s about the program itself. I hope that the faculty would continue to give out their cell phone numbers and remain committed to the students. I hope that student-led traditions remain. And I hope that student-run organizations like the Fun Club continue to emerge and gain support. But most of all, I hope that everyone can try to ﬁnd a way to respect each other. I haven’t always done this and that is perhaps my only regret. We’re all in such different places in our lives but that doesn’t put anyone above anyone else. Stop tearing down posters and bulletin boards and stop tearing down each other. I’ve gained a lot of friends during my time at Augsburg and I’ve lost quite a few as well. I want everyone to know that I treasure the one’s I’ve gained and I miss the one’s I’ve lost. ‘ Augsburg is a special place. Thank you to all of those who have made it memorable. For those of you who are staying, I hope you leave Augsburg better than you found it. And for those of you graduating, a sincere congratulations; I Augsburg is a special place to say the least. One semester I managed to fail every single class. The next two semesters I made the Dean’s list. My freshman year I was busted for drinking on Case Day. The next'year I was get any better. You’re never as bad as you think you are. an RA. Two years in a row I was voted best community And believe it or not you can go from the bottom to the builder by Residence Life. A week after the second award top. I was banned from all the residence halls for being a Likewise. you can go from the top to the bottom. I “threat to the community.” I’ve been homecoming royalty also want you to remember me when you think you’re cartoon courtesy of Sarah Anne/ECHO Living amongst madmen Dan Katz Contributor Democrats are stupid and crazy. Republicans are stupid, crazy, and scary. I should know. I work for them. How do you people choose sides? No one’s got the right idea. Yet for some reason, come this November (November. right?). you guys are gonna put either a Repo or a Demo in the White House. EEEEeeeeeew. Republicans have got pretty much all of it all wrong. I don’t understand why we’re at war with Iraq. Yeah. 9/11. But that wasn‘t Iraq. Yeah, Saddam sucks. But so do a lot of other people. Like the 9/11 people. Republicans claim to want a smaller government (which would be great). but instead have expanded it, giving some branch ofthe military the ability to know what books I read. Ugh. And they‘re kinda destroying the environment. Republicans are against gay marriage because it’s not Christian. Same with abortion. Oh. and a lot ofthem are bigots. They hate all sorts of non— Americans. Republicans are the reason my boy Howard Stem’s getting kicked offthe air. and why dozens of movies and TV shows were pulled atter 911. I like movies and TV. I like Howard Stern. I DON’T like these bastards. But you Democrats. You guys really really suck, 1 don't know how I truly feel about the war. But it’s retarded to be against the war simply because it’s war. Wars exist. That’s like being against AIDS. Democrats are pro-choice, which is cool. But Democrats are so pro—choice, that they won’t even consider thinking about any type of reform. Like, I don’t know. Is it really cool to force a birth at eight months pregnant and stab the baby in the head with a pair of scissors? Hell no. There’s nothing good about that. No really, there isn’t. Shut up! And I hate that Democrats wanna take my money away and give it to people who don’t deserve it. And I hate that if by some chance I’m lucky enough to make a lot of money, they’re gonna take huger portions away to give to even more people who really don’t deserve it. And Democrats are stupid because they’re against giving vouchers to kids who go to crummy public schools. You’re supposed to be the good guys. And you‘re supposed to be liberal, which means open to new ideas. even if it comes from the other side. Who cares, as long as it makes sense? But you Democrats are so passionate (which is ﬁne) that you really hate anyone with a slightly different opinion than your own. What’s wrong with you? Oh and Democrats, like Republicans are bigots. too. They seem to hate white Jewish heterosexual males. So I hate you guys. So we have Bush, whom I’m not sure if he’s stupid, evil, crazy, or (d) all of the above. And then there’s Kerry, who’s Bush, except he also wants to take my money away. Why is that better? Yes, a moderate Democrat might be a good idea. But be moderate the other way. Demo- crats should still be AGAINST censorship and NOT against two guys getting hitched. We’re so screwed. I hope you realize that. You, Democrat or Republican, or whatever the hell you are. Because you have so blindly followed whichever “group think” mentality you’ve been taught, that you’ll vote for stuff that’s stupid and insane, and you’ll vote against good ideas, just because it came out of the other side. You’re both guilty of destroying this country. You’re both guilty of pushing us onto an irreversible trail to hell. I hate you, I hate you, I hate you. Vote John McClane in ’04. “Yippy cay yay, motherf 5 Vote Bruce Wayne. Vote Dirty Harry. Vote Jack Black. Vote John Belushi (yes, John, not his douche bag, brother. No. I know he’s dead. Just vote for him, jackass). Speaking of which, Vote Johnny Knoxville. Vote Harry Dunne and Lloyd Christmas. Vote Happy Gilmore. Vote Jason Lee. Vote Marty McFly. Vote for Keith Richards. I don’t care if he’s foreign. He’d be better than Kerry or Bush. pa know how hard it is to do. 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Title: Augsburg Echo April 16, 2004, Page 03
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Search Result: April 16, 2004 NEWS page 3 Paying more for damages Case Day discouraged Ben Kimball Staff Writer Damage reports in Augsburg residence halls are on the rise. As the end ofthe academic year ar- rives, students will begin to see thesedamages reﬂectedintheir col- lective billing statements. Some...
Show moreApril 16, 2004 NEWS page 3 Paying more for damages Case Day discouraged Ben Kimball Staff Writer Damage reports in Augsburg residence halls are on the rise. As the end ofthe academic year ar- rives, students will begin to see thesedamages reﬂectedintheir col- lective billing statements. Some wells. There was also an incidence of stolen ﬁre extinguishers, which were discharged and required cleanup. Jason Kemp, hall director in New Hall, reported a collective bill- ing fee of $3.12 per student. This total is around the same as last year. of the residence hall students will notice that the total charges are higher than last year. Collective billing is how resi- dence halls pay for damages that occur throughout the school year. These damages are the types that ...vandalism', cleanup of vomit, urine, and broken glass... go above the usual wear and tear type incidents that are taken care of by submitting a work order. As of April l, student collec- tive billing in Mortensen Hall was $3.52 per student. This is up $1 from last year. Audrey Clare, hall director for Mortensen, described a wide variety of damages that oc- curred throughout the year. Some of these damages include an eleva- tor repair due to vandalism, cleanup of vomit, urine, and broken glass from beer bottles in one of the stair- Damage incidents that were billed in New Hall included multiple vomit cleanups, holes kicked in the walls, burns in the carpet, and the repair to the wall where the change machine was ripped out. Anderson Hall reported the smallest amount billed per student. The total per student, $2.46 as of March 29, added up to a hall total of $41]. Anderson Hall director Christina Olstad reported damage to flood lights and exit signs. The DI VERSI TY continued from page I more students do not want to disclose their racial background. Kathleen Kuross, coordinator of the Ofﬁce of Institutional Research at Augsburg, believes having a lot of minorities is always a good thing. She explained that the government needs to know students” races because a lot of programs, such as TRIO, are based on the number of minorities enrolled at Augsburg. “Diversity is numbers based so we have to keep asking," Kuross said. Kuross also suggests that it is not a coincidence that as the number of students not disclosing their racial identity is raising, the number of students categorized as white is falling. She says it is likely they are part of the same group. elevator panels had to be repainted ' due to key marks and writing. Sev— ‘ eral areas needed to be cleaned up, including cigarettes in the stairwell. Additional cleanup was also needed because some students did not place , their bags down the trash chute. Urness Hall has seen many damages. One first ﬂoor resident commented on recent damages. “I’m frustrated that all of Umess ; was charged hundreds of dollars because the 9th floor lobby win- dow was broken. It’s not fair. Just because one person does some damage doesn’t mean 300 people should have to pay for it.“ If students who cause the dam- age come forward and report it, or witness others committing damage and report them, the responsible parties are charged with the dam- age after an investigation. “1 encourage and expect all students to accept responsibility for their actions and hold others ac- countable for their destructive be- havior,” Olstad said. Augsburg makes no qualms about its goal of creating diversity on campus. The school has a Diversity Committee and created a focus group on race relations. Although Augsburg pointedly sets out to increase diversity, it is clear that some consider the practice of collecting racial and ethnic data archaic or threatening, while others see it as a measure to ensure equality. Warehouse John Pohl Contributor Alexis Twito Copy Editor Today marks the date of an annual tradition at Augsburg C ol— lege. but many members of the Augsburg College community are left wondering what exactly this tradition is and ifit is being taken out of context. In most recent history. Casc Day has been about gathering in Murphy Park and drinking 34 cans of beer in 24 hours. Historically speaking. “Case Day began as a place for students to share commu- nity values and discussion about civil rights cases. There is no cor- relation between 24 cans of beer and community building." Jeff Stafford said. director of orienta- tion and student activities at Augsburg College. Stafford added that last week’s statement by student body president Nate Grand in the Echo is “a bad attempt to smooth over what is not." Case Day has turned into something that the school does not promote or encourage its students to participate in; however. the re- cent endorsement by student body President Nate Grand encouraged students to attend this year‘s Case Day. and stated that this tradition is an “excellent opportunity to gather in community over food and beverage." Grand said he was misunder- stood in the articlc. “There are go- ing to be numerous cvcnts out there [in the park]." he said. There will be sport teams practicing. as wcll as Casc Day altcmativc c\ cnts. not just people looking to drink. The goal ofthc aniclc. Grand said. was to warn people of the problems of(‘asc Day \\ iihout go- ing into too much dcpth on thc cf- fccts ofbingc drinking and of ruin~ ing the campus bcforc major donors come to Augsburg. Mario Bolton stated that “he [Grand] should bc punished for pro— moting this cvcrrt." Bolton \\ crit on to say that “no orgarri/ation on cam- pus should promote an m cm likc Case Day.“ For Augsburg student l‘rik Helgcson. who shares the vicw of many Case Day attcndccs. "(‘asc day is a time when we should come together and. despite popular bclicf. rarely is a case of beer consumed by one individual." Clearly thcrc is debate over the definition ofCasc Day and the pro— motion ofthis community building event. Nevertheless. the advice and hope by both those who endorse this event and those who do not is to stay safe, don’t drink and drive. and don‘t be destructive to the com- munity or public property. Associate Dean for Student Affairs Ann Garvey stated that as a community, we have not had an al- cohol poisoning relatcd death in her 5 years at Augsburg. and she hopcs that continues. Report sparks debate Hannah Fundingsland News Editor A study was conducted recently by Robert Bcnnc. author of“()ua|ity UPS WILL HELP PAY FOR YOUR EDUCATION. with Soul“ and religion professor at Roanoke (‘ollcgc. io dclcrminc if Augsburg has been able to maintain its church connections. ’l‘lrc t‘cpoi‘l comes with many controvcrsics within the collcgc. Bennc conducted similar studics at Wheaton. St. Olaf. and Notr'c l)amc. The Bcnne report concludcd that only one-third ofAugsbui‘g faculty members are practicing Christians. among other r‘csulis. Bcrrrrc corri- merited that the estimate “came from an intcrvicw with thc chripcl staff. That was accompanied by thc estimate that only about 20 faculty crunc to chapel." Many faculty members arc conccrncd about thc accuracy oftlrc study and say that the report focuses only on Augsbiirg‘s religious aspects. “Benne was focused on orrc aspect ofour mission to thc ncar' exclusion ofothers.” English Professor Douglas (irccn said. Political science Professor Norma Noonan was conccriicd about the manner in which information was collcctcd for the study. “'l‘hc consult- ant was given privatc secondary data about thc college and on a liirritcd basis interviewed select faculty and students." she said. Others still feel the study is helpful dcspitc inaccuracies. “I think the report is illuminating and thought-provoking. Sornctirncs he gets it wrong. At other points he is off-key. But it is useful to have someone from the ‘outside‘ take a look at one important dimension ofthc collcgc‘s mission." religion Professor Mark 'l'ranvik said. Faculty also pointed out that the report had a condescending and pa- tronizing tone. "I thought I treated cvcryorrc with rcspcct whom I iirtcr— viewed. 1 read the report publicly to a lunchcon of faculty and ittllllllllxr trators. Though there was lively disagreement. i thought the irrtcrcharrgc was civil not condescending or patroni/ing by anyone." Bennc said. One faculty member pointed out that Bcnnc makes comments about Augsburg's pre-lau program. which docs not exist Bennc commented on the error. “l had Augsburg faculty go through my final report and PART-TIME PACKAGE HANDLERS 58.50-59.50/hr plus benefits (Medical/Dental/Vrsron/Lite 6 401K) Paid Vacations - Weekends 5 Holidays 0ft - Consustent Work Schedules w Get as much as SS,000‘/year they corrected a number ofmistakes. I had a number ofcrrors in the first LEAR??- i‘lw W350“ We report. which is quite probable for someone trying to understanding and "09"" "m 3" "P5 b" a“ Lear“. ng‘m‘ analyze a complex institution. We obviously failed to get all the errors." The Benne study results were originally posted on President lrarrrc‘s website but shonly after the controversy began the results were removed and placed on the Lilly Grant website. President frame noted on his website that the report contained factual errors. 'l he Bennc report is now ax ailable online at wwwaugsburgedu/lilly. The Benne report will be further debated at the upcoming laculty sen— ate meetings. "The most imponant thing is that important issues Will be talked about. That can only benefit the college,” Bennc said. Available Shifts: ﬁght Silt (Sn—Th- loam-3a) Sunrise Shit (Ibo-Fri 3‘43.) height Stilt (Ibo—Fri Spa-9’.) Must be available all 5 days Stan 8 end times may vary mwrmgasizmsm lo toque wont pan-time lob opportunities, please (oritact your HR Recrurtei at 612-379-6571 an. 2M2
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Title: Augsburg Echo April 16, 2004, Page 04
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Search Result: page 4 Golfers start out swinging Meniv Golf Ben Kimball Staff Writer The young Augsburg men’s golf team had an average performance in their ﬁrst two events of the spring golf season. The Auggies started out this spring at the Augustana Invitational in Illinois. The team ﬁnished ninth in the l7...
Show morepage 4 Golfers start out swinging Meniv Golf Ben Kimball Staff Writer The young Augsburg men’s golf team had an average performance in their ﬁrst two events of the spring golf season. The Auggies started out this spring at the Augustana Invitational in Illinois. The team ﬁnished ninth in the l7—school, l9-team event that was held April 2-3. The team shot two rounds of 306, ending up with 612. Central College of Iowa won the event, shooting 286 and 290 for a 576. Sophomore Evan Holmes, who had an 81-stroke average last fall, led the Auggies. placing 30th overall in the event. Holmes shot a 151 total. 79 on Saturday and 72 on Sunday. The rest of the team at the event, all freshmen. ﬁnished close to one another. Andrew Johnson ﬁnished 38th with 153, Brian May and Thomas Erickson tied in 44th place with 154, and Erik Helgerson ended up in 64th with 158. The team then traveled to the Wartburg Invitational, held in Waverly, Iowa. The in- vitational, held on April 9—10, was played on two courses: Centennial Oaks Country Club and the Waverly Country Club. The invita- tional featured 20 schools, 22 teams overall. The team ended up in 15th place, shoot- ing 302 on Saturday and 321 on Sunday for a 623 total. Central College oflowa won its second consecutive event. shooting 291 and 287. for a 578 total. Leading the Auggies were May and Johnson. who tied in thirtieth place with rounds of 152. May had rounds of 74 and 78. ,Johnson shot rounds of 73 and 79. Holmes ended up in 64th place with a two-day total of 159. Erickson tied for 78th place with a 160 and freshman Jon Cooley ﬁnished with an 84th place showing and a 163 total. The team returns to action this weekend at the Buena Vista Invitational in Spencer and Storm Lake. Iowa. Women is Golf The Augsburg women’s golf team started its spring schedule at the Wartburg Invitational in Waverly. Iowa. The team ﬁn- ished in ninth place, in the ll-school, l2-team event. The team ended up with a 733 total, 361—372. Wisconsin-Oshkosh won the event with a 665 total. 329-336. Leading Augsburg was freshman Marisa Navarro, who led the fall half of the sched- ule with an average of 86.8 in ten rounds. Shooting two rounds of 86, Navarro ended up with 172, good enough for seventh place overall. Sophomore Micaela Pommerening ended up with a 175 (83-92), tying for 22nd place. Pommerening shot an average of 92.9 in ten rounds last fall. Freshman Brooke Hamann placed 45th with a 188 total. In 56th place was freshman Kelsey Boler with a 198 total. Shooting 210 i and in 67th was senior Jackie Jacobs. The team returns to the course today and vitational. Nonhﬁeld Golf Club. SPORTS April 1 6, 2004 Lacrosse women see first Victory Jana Ford Staff Writer Some may have noticed the signs around campus, the chalk on the sidewalks, or even the team practicing in the park. If you haven’t already, you should start to take notice be- cause the Augsburg College women’s la- crosse team has recently kicked off their sec- ond season as a club team here at Augsburg. After starting 0-4, the Auggies experi- enced their ﬁrst victory of the year Wednes- day, April 7, against Hamline. The Auggies blew Hamline away with the ﬁnal score of 8-3. Two Augsburg players, seniors Christina Hughes and Sarah Prosinski, contributed greatly to the scoreboard. They both had hat tricks during the game. Freshman, Jessica Gaulke, and junior Jana Ford also contrib- uted one goal a piece to the Auggie effort. Overall, the Augsburg team connected their passes to control most of the game. The Augsburg defense stepped up to help their goalie out. Among the many defensive ef- forts made by the team was one made by freshman, Selena Theisen. Theisen single- handedly stopped a penalty shot from going in the net. Senior goalie Stephanie Lund made some saves during the game to hold Hamline back to only three goals. Lund added that, “the team worked best as a team for the ﬁrst time on Wednesday.” Captain and student coach, Sarah Sletten, said, “Hamline was our best game of the year, so far.” The results are there to prove it. photo courtesy of Stephanie Luna/ECHO Senior Sarah Prosinski (left) follows the play during Wednesday’s 5-2 loss to Carleton. When asked about her team as a whole, Sletten exclaimed, “I am impressed with the effort each team member made on the ﬁeld. We have a really good team with great per- sonalities. We are out there to have as much fun as we can, and to play the best lacrosse that we can.” Although the team and the league are very young, both are working hard to raise awareness for lacrosse. There are many play- ers on the team this year that are new to the sport, and the team is always open to anyone on campus who wants to try out llacrosse. Even if you don’t feel like picking up a stick and tying your cleats, the team could still use your support on the sidelines. Sletten promises that, “The end of the season game at St. Thomas (on Wednesday, April 21) is going to be crazy, especially if the Auggie crowd comes to support us.” Baseball team winning under Bateman Ben Kimball Staff Writer First year coach, Keith Bateman, and the Augsburg baseball team are exceeding many people’s expectations. Posting a 2-2 Minne— sota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) record and playing 10-12 overall, the team is in the running for a playoff spot. Currently sitting in ﬁfth place in the MIAC. the team has. already split double- headers with St. Thomas, last year’s MIAC champion, and Bethel, who is in second place in this year’s MIAC race. The Auggies started MIAC play with a split against St. Thomas on April 3, winning the ﬁrst game 4-3 and dropping the second 6-0. The victory broke a 22-game losing streak against the Tommies, which spanned eleven years. St. Thomas scored ﬁrst in the top of the second. Augsburg tied the game in the third, thanks to a double by sophomore Darren Ginther that scored sophomore Ricky Schreier. St. Thomas would score single runs in the fourth and ﬁfth innings. The Auggies then scored three times in the sixth inning to clinch the victory. Senior Collin Nash started the scoring with a single to the right side, scoring sopho— more Andy Nelson. Nash and Ginther would later score when junior Taylor Pagel reached base on a shortstop error. Junior Jeremy Nelson improved his record to 3—1, pitching ﬁve innings and a1- lowing three runs on four hits. Freshman Tyler Kraﬁ earned the save, his ﬁrst of the year. The performance also earned MIAC pitcher of the week honors for Jeremy Nelson. , The second game of the doubleheader ‘ was a diﬁerent story. St. Thomas' pitching _ 3 held Augsburg to only four hits. Ginther Saturday at the Carleton College Spring In— , The event will be held at the : pitched four innings in the loss. dropping his record to 2-2. The team then traveled to the Univer- sity of Minnesota-Morris on April 5, where they beat up the Cougars 9-3. Helping the offense explode was sophomore Joe Haehn, who hit for the cycle (single, double, triple, and homerun). Aﬁer spotting Morris a 2-0 lead in the ﬁrst inning, the Auggies would get on the board in the third. Andy Nelson earned an RBI, when he reached base on a ﬁelder’s choice scoring Haehn. 'Pagel would single to leﬁ in the fourth inning, scoring Ginther. Haehn started the scoring in the ﬁfth with a homerun to left ﬁeld. Andy Nelson .would then score off a Ginther triple to right center. Nash then singled to the shortstop, scoring Ginther. Ginther scored again in the eighth inning off a sacriﬁce fly by Pagel. Morris would score another run in the bottom of the eighth. Augsburg then put the game away for good with a three run ninth. Aﬁer tripling to right center, Haehn crossed the plate after a single by Andy Nelson. Ginther drove in the other two runs when he singled to the leﬁ side. Freshman Rich Muske earned his ﬁrst victory of the season, pitching seven innings and allowing just two runs on seven hits. Junior John Golnitz pitched two innings of relief work, giving up one run on three hits. The Auggies then returned home on April 7. to play a doubleheader against Bethel. Both teams combined to score 43 runs in the two games. Bethel won the ﬁrst game 12-11 and Augsburg won the second game 12-8. Bethel scored two runs in the ﬁrst in- ning of the opening game. The Auggies would tie up the score in the second inning, with Nash and junior John Kozitza scoring off a Haehn double down the left ﬁeld line. The Royals added four runs in the third inning, and two more in the fourth. A bases loaded walk in the bottom of the fourth by freshman Ari Keating would score senior Pat Knaﬂa. The Augsburg scoring continued in the ﬁﬁh, with a grand slam by Pagel. After another Bethel run in the sixth, Augsburg answered back again in the bot- tom of the inning with a two-run homer by Knaﬂa. Bethel put the game away with a three- run homer in the seventh inning. Augsburg tried to come back in the bottom half, but fell short. Freshman Brian Bambenek walked with the bases loaded, scoring Pagel. Haehn would score off a sacriﬁce ﬂy to centerﬁeld by Andy Nelson. However, Ginther ground out to the shortstop to end the ﬁrst game. The wild scoring hung over into the sec- ond game. Bethel scored twice in the sec- ond inning to take an early lead. Reaching base on a double to center ﬁeld, Pagel scored via a ﬁelder‘s choice RBI by Kozitza. Four runs were scored by Bethel in the fourth inning. Augsburg scored another run in the bottom of the same inning. Keating grounded out to second base, scoring Haehn. Augsburg then blew out Bethel in the ﬁﬂh inning, scoring nine runs. Ginther and Andy Nelson twice, plus Kozitza, Haehn, Schreier, Troy Deden, and Pagel would score. Pagel scored again in the sixth inning, off a ground out to second by Haehn. Bethel would try to rally in the seventh, but only scored two runs. Freshman Matt Johnson started the game and pitched three plus innings, allowing ﬁve earned runs. Freshman Chris Schroeder came in for relief and earned his ﬁrst victory of the year. This weekend features two critical MIAC home games for the Auggies. On Saturday, Gustavus comes to Parade Stadium for a doubleheader. Then, on Sunday, Concordia—Moorhead stops by for another doubleheader at Parade Stadium. Both games start at 1 pm. r
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