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Title: Augsburg Echo April 21, 1978, Page 06
Collection: The Augsburg Echo Collection
Search Result: FACEsZ Living in a special interest house concerned with "Simplified lifestyles" doesn't necessarily mean that you have a simple life. Grit Youngquist is a senior urban studies major who lives in Chez Nous. Conceming her family background. Grit confesses that “I'm kind of a vagabond." Being the...
Show moreFACEsZ Living in a special interest house concerned with "Simplified lifestyles" doesn't necessarily mean that you have a simple life. Grit Youngquist is a senior urban studies major who lives in Chez Nous. Conceming her family background. Grit confesses that “I'm kind of a vagabond." Being the daughter of a Lutheran minister. Grit has moved around quite a bit. She was born in Sioux Falls. South Dakota. graduated from high school in Granite Falls. and now goes home to Montivideo. Grit attended St. Olaf College in 1973-74. but. as she says. she spent more weekends visiting friends at Augsburg than in Northfield. Transferring to Augsburg the next fall only meant that she spent her weekdays here, too. "I‘m not really sure why I transferred." Grit admits. “My interests were changing. I became more interested in the kind of experiential learning that Augsburg offered. and wanted to concentrate more on the social sciences." After establishing herself at Augsburg. Grit took off for a year to travel and work. Part of her travel itinerary that year took her to Nairobi. Kenya, where she was one of the ALC's eight delegates to the World Council of Churches. Grit's involvement with the American Lutheran Church has also included a three-year stint on the National Board of Luther League. In addition. she was chosen as chairwoman of the steering committee for the 1976 All Lutheran Youth Gathering in New Orleans. Also during her year off from school. Grit visited Oslo. Norway. where she visited friends participating in the Scandinavian Urban Studies Term (SUSTD. The visit sparked an interest in studying the urban environment in Scandinavia. “Scandinavian countries have a good history of planning—I've heard them referred to often in classes." Grit will be returning to Oslo this fall to participate in the SUST program. Her involvement there will complete her urban studies degree at Augsburg and give her the off-campus experience that her major requires. Grit‘s interest in urban environments led her to secure an internship with the dispositional advisor's program in the public defender‘s office this semester. Grit serves as an advocate for criminal offenders. working out alternative placements for them. In her free time. Grit enjoys biking. "reading that I don't have to do." playing racquetball, and anything else that involves “good times with good people." Beyond next January, Grit isn't sure what she'll be doing. "My plans are pretty indefinite." she states. “I'd like to incorporate my interests in urban studies and theology into some kind of job or possibly more schooling." S.P.C.0. offering several free events The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra will present three events the week of April 24 as part of the Consortium Residency Program co-sponsored by the Associated Colleges of the 'IXvin Cities. On Thursday, April 27. the Orchestra's Chamber Arts Consort will present works by Mozart and Handel in concert, beginning at 7:30 p.m. at The College of St. Catherine's Music Recital Hall. Following the concert the musicians will participate in a side-by-side rehearsal with college students. On Friday. April 28. well-known composer Luciano Berio will lecture at Macalester College's Concert Hall at 2:00 p.m. His compositions include chamber music for a great variety of instruments. orchestral works. works for solo voice. for chorus and magnetic tape. Recently he had conducted many orchestras which have commissioned pieces from him. Also on Friday at 2:00 p.m. will be a master class by soprano Cathy Berberian at Hemline University's Bridgman Hall. 6 Students from the ﬁve colleges will sing works by Wagner, Haydn, Dominick Argento. Ned Rorem and others. and will be critiqued in their pieces. A singer of distinguished reputation as well as an actress. Miss Berberian is best known for her interpretations of contemporary works and her ability to sing in 20 languages. All of these events are free. and the community is invited to attend. News briefs Help is needed for setting up for the Mother Daughter Banquet. If you are interested. contact Carol Romness immediately at ext. 210 or ext. 211, or by The library now has an electric typewriter for student use. Cost is 25 cents for 20 minutes. If there isn't enough use the machine will be taken out. P. D. problems, dilemmas, Q. questions Question: Is the tuition the same for 3. 4 or 5 classes? If so. why? Shouldn't 3 courses cost less than 4. and 4 less than 5? Answer: The Office of Student Financial Services was happy to answer this question for us. The definition of a full-time student is one who takes 3 or more classes. thus they must pay the full-time tuition costs. Question: What happened to the 550.000 given to Augsburg by General Mills to build ramps for the handicapped students? The money was received by Augsburg some time ago. Answer: According to the director of planning. the money given by General Mills was not given to build ramps, but was to be used for the “removal of architectural barriers." Secondly. the 350.000 is a pledge and only $25,000 has been received. Of that money. a part of it has been used to pay an architect's fee. Question: How did the I‘Chin Wag" get its name? Answer: in 1955. the old Mortensm Tower (which was located where the Fairview-St. Mary‘s parking ramp is now) opened a coffee house. The inhabitants name'i it the “Chin Wag." They got the name from the old phrase wagging the chin." which was a slang expression for talking. The name was carried over when the college center was built. Deb 8: Joan .0'OOOOOOOOCCOOCOOOIICIOO00......00...........'..........- O SAlpha Psi Omega to throw 5a big fund raiser tonight 0 2 By SUE BONNER : NewsEditor Tonights's the night! Tonight is the :All Night Benefit party co-sponsored by 'Program Commission and Alpha Phi oOmega. The event is a fundraiser for a :foster child organization; its goal, 0according to Rob Brown. Social Chair- .person of Program Commission and a :member of Alpha Phi Omega. is to raise ofunds to help foster parents provide ﬁre :detectors. required by state law. in the ohomes and to provide birthday presents :for the children. : Brown said that Program Commission 0 is supplying the money for the event and :the fraternity is helping to set it up. The Obeneﬁt will be held in the College Center .and donations are $1.50 at the door. : Various activities will highlight Otonight's beneﬁt. Registration for the :foosball tournaments can be made at :SOS all day until 6:30 pm. The atournaments will begin at 6:45 p.m. At :7z30 p.m. in the Century Room. the : Monty Python Flying Circus movie "And .Now For Something Completely Dif- :ferent" will be shown (free popcorn will :be provided). 0 .OIIOOOOOO...I...00....O..0.0.0..00...OOOOOOOOIIOOOOCCOC." Brown also said that there will be a dance with two bands playing from 9:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m. in the Commons. The two bands are "Soda" and "Rocking Horse." The bands will play inter- changing sets; "Soda" is scheduled to play ﬁrst. said Brown. According to Brown, "'Soda'and 'Rocking Horse' are completely donating their time." Bill Pluta. owner of Peak Productions, and Renee Mathis, a head agent of the ﬁrm. have been extremely helpful in arranging for these bands to come to Augsburg. Both bands. said Brown, took the night off from other engagements to donate their time to help raise funds for the beneﬁt. Highlights at the dance will include door prizes (donated by area merchants), a dance contest. and a limbo contest. Brown encourages all students to attend the party tonight: it will be fim and it is for an extremely good cause. He said. “We want to make this a success so that this kind of event can be continued." Don’t forget—tonight in the Center'- from 6:30 pm. to 3:00 a.m.. Alpha Phi Omega and Program Commission's Beneﬁt party. Scholarship fund raiser set The second Annual Alumni Fund Raise is scheduled for April 22 at 8:00 p.m. in the College Center. This year’s theme is "An Evening Designed with you in Mind: Command Performance." The purpose of the evening is to raise funds for alumni scholarships. Alumni of Augsburg. including present graduates. are eligible to use the money from this fund for graduate study. Appropriately one notes that the evening's entertainment will be pro- vided by a number of former Auggies. Most have become professional enter- tainers. About half of the program is classical music featuring the classical guitar talent of Cory Johnson as well as other assorted classical performers. The second half of the evening devotes itself to jauier compositions with some folk music. comedy reading. and musical groups. Tickets cost $3.00 for adults and 32.“) for students (incidentally. the 32.00 is tax deductable). Interested seniors or alumni should fee free to contact Stella Rosenquist at ext. 456 for more information. April 21. 1913
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Title: Augsburg Echo April 21, 1978, Page 07
Collection: The Augsburg Echo Collection
Search Result: 1°!“ ....-‘.: Honorary Doctorates Continued from page 1 Holum's objection to this practice is that the degree is given “in advance of a career. in honor of an election." When asked if he thought that if the college developed strict guidelines then honorary doctorates would be acceptable, Holum...
Show more1°!“ ....-‘.: Honorary Doctorates Continued from page 1 Holum's objection to this practice is that the degree is given “in advance of a career. in honor of an election." When asked if he thought that if the college developed strict guidelines then honorary doctorates would be acceptable, Holum said that this would "create more problems."_ _ ‘ “We are not powerless to formulate honor," said Holum. He suggested that the College start a program modeled after the New York‘s Parsons College of Design Parson's Award. This year's winner was Joan Mondale. Holum said that while it takes time to develop such an award, he felt it was better to create a coveted award than to confer an honorary doctorate. I As for honoring those who donate large amounts of money to the College, Holum said that it would be better to start a professorship in honor of the donor than it would be to confer a degree. “The honorary doctorate is a throwaway," said Holum, "a professorship or a building is not forgotten." The issue of using the degree as a means to gain money from the recipient is one of the issues in this year's debate. According to Holum, in 1966, when the Regents earlier proposed it, the proposal excluded donations or the potential for donations as a possible reason for the degree. This year's proposal, said Holum, made no mention of this condition. In his statement to the faculty Sateren stated, “I recognize that honorary doctorates may easily be—and often are—prostitued: they can, in effect, be sold: they can be used for political gain for almost anything but what it would seem a liberal arts college ought to confer such a degree for. But this is not the fault of the honorary doctorate, but of those who decide the basis upon which it is conferred." Holum also argued that the use of an honorary doctorate for money is wrong. “People give money to an institution because they believe in an institution." “Symbols are important," said Holum, “They convey our most deeply held values and beliefs. We've got a symbol here that symbolizes something about Augsburg, that we can deal with problems without elitism. It shows that we walk with integrity in the world of academe." Kevin Bonderud, Student Society President, attended the faculty meeting, and said thathhe has “mixed feelings" on the honorary doctorate, but is on the whole opposed tot em. “I'm afraid of it." said Bonderud, “because it is abused so much." Bonderud also said that he felt the College shouldn't give honorary doctorates if the College “can't give real Ph.D.'s." Bonderud said that he is strongly opposed to using the honorary doctorate to gain money for the College. Calling such an action “selling the title," Bonderud said that such a procedure would be “disgusting.” He did say, however, that he could see the value of the honorary doctorate. “There are people who deserve them," said Bonderud. He said that he would support them if “strict criterion were laid out on who could get one." "I’m for the honorary doctorate," he said, “but it doesn't work." “we should honor those deserving honor, but the honorary doctorate shouldn't be the procedure to go through." "Illegitamate honorary doctorates hurt those who deserve honorary doctorates, not those who have earned Ph.D.’s" he added. Bonderud pointed out that he feels the faculty gets “pretty upset over the honorary doctorate.” “It’s important for them to remember,” said Bonderud, "that Ph.D.'s are just a title. " He went on to say that he felt it was important for the faculty who already have their degree to continue their scholarly work. “Are they doing something fresh and new?" asked Bonderud. “Just because you have a Ph.D. doesn't make you good in class," he said. “If! were asked to vote yes or no on honorary doctorates," said Bonderud, “I would vote no, not because I’m against honorary doctorates but because I don’t trust those who pick who should get them." Bonderud also added that he thought the faculty would vote the proposal down. Jim Anderson, President of the Alumni Board, told Echo that the Alumni Board voted unanimously against the proposal for honorary doctorates. "The Board." said Anderson, "would rather that they continue to award the Distinguished Alumni award rather than the honorary doctorate." The Alumni Board met on March 30. and while not all 21 members were present, an estimated number of 17 members did vote unanimously against the honorary doctorates proposal. ‘ The vote comes before the faculty in the next faculty meeting. which takes place during the ﬁrst week in May. “3.32% April 21, 197B Centrex Continued from page 2 to the student account would be the line charge." "The original plan was to put a phone everywhere and tack on a fee." Bonderud said. The fee increase was avoided when "they came up with having Centrex phones where ever they are now," he added. “It's the best way." Bonderud also said that “The option should be kept competitive with Northwestern Bell. One of my major complaints is that no house can live with one phone." He hopes that the option fee will be kept low enough “so (the students) can get into the Centrex system." “At this point it should be a per phone people in an Umess room could buy a phone for a third of what a house of six would pay. According to Bonderud, the per phone charge will be used. In place of the operator's desk now in the Umess lobby, a security and information desk is proposed. This would be manned from closing to opening every evening. Information calls would he handled by a separate operator during the day. "Exactly what it will be hasn't been determined," Bonderud said. "Our main concerns were the cost, security in Umess, leaving the student option of plugging into Centrex and not having a fee just thrown at them this charge for the optional phone." stated Bonderud. The original proposal was for a per student fee. This meant that two year." Bonderud said. "You can't keep charging students fees for mainten- ance .. Soundings Continued from page 4 and ranks among the finest pieces of sports writing, up there with Ernest Hemingway's Death in the Afternoon and Isaak Walton's The Compleat Angler. The book consists mostly of gracefully written retellings of incidents in various baseball games. Angell, however, is not alone in producing superbly written books on baseball. A few years ago Roger Kahn published a beautiful work entitled The Boys of Summer. The title was taken from a line by Dylan Thomas. “I see the boys of summer in their ruin," and the book accounts the tragic lives of :everal members of the Brooklyn Dodger teams from the early 1950‘s. And, of course, I shall always treasure a hokey book I bought in ninth grade about the New York Mets winning the World Series. For some reason baseball inspires quality writing. M. Howard Gelfand‘s articles on the Twins are little gems in comparison to Allan Holbert’s generally uninteresting or overstated articles on the Vikings in the Minneapolis Tribune. What about baseball evokes essays where football or basketball never would? That question is unanS‘verable, as are most questions about baseball's essence. Baseball was much maligned in the early 1970’s. How anachronistic! cried the modern American soul. While our culture pulsed violently forward in a delirious search for more elaborate and more expensive thrills. There stood baseball, an old, quiet game which moved at a ponderous pace, was filled with endless eccentric rituals, and was devoid of bone-crunching ﬁghts or constant violence. Utterly irrelevant! screamed the jaded urban sensibilities. Yet in the past two years these heritical outbursts have been muted. Some attribute this renewal of interest to the glorious 1975 World Series between the Cincinnati Reds and the Boston Red Sox. Granted, this was one of the greatest of all World Series. and it was a watershed event in the history of the game. I don't think, however, that this one Series "saved" baseball. The 1974 season saw numerous attendance records broken. Baseball has been on the upswing for several years. Again, I am at a loss to fully explain this phenomenon. Complete explanation escapes me. In case you hadn't noticed, gentle reader, I love baseball unreservedly. If asked why I suppose I could give a few rational reasons. I do enjoy its mathematical quality—a couple years ago I read of an analysis by two physics professors of the screwball. I love its sometimes unbearable suspense. its elegant pace and wonderous disregard for time. I relish its moments of heroism and its menacing undercurrent of danger. I thrill at its aesthetic—Saul Steinberg has called it an art and not a sport. But. in the end, I cannot really explain whey I love baseball. Explanations elude me on this point. That is why, in my mind. the best way to explain baseball is to share memories of baseball games. I, for instance. shall never forget a June evening two years ago when l accidently turned on a Monday Night Baseball game. featuring the New York Yankees and the Detroit Tigers. I caught the game in the top of the seventh inning, and 45,000 Detroit fans in rickety old Tiger Stadium had gone mad with love for a manicky young man on the pitcher's mound. He was out there swearing at the ball. jumping with excitement after every out, getting on his hands and knees to personally fix the dirt on the pitcher's mount, and. above all, pitching terrifying baseball while destroying the mighty Yankees. After the final out of the ninth inning he shook hands with every player on the Tiger team. umpires. and a couple groundskeepers. And the 45,000 fans refused to leave the stadium. They stood on their feet cheering until Mr. Mark Fydrych came out. crying with joy, to tip his hat to the crowd. Baseball is filled with an endless web of stories like this. No one, in my opinion, told them better. or had more of them. than Mr. Halsey Hall. Hall, with Herb Carneal and Ray Scott, broadcast the Twins games during the glory days of the 1960's. They were the finest sportscasting trio in baseball. Ray Scott was the epitome of the professional sportscaster. accurate and informative. Herb Carneal had the smoothest, most soothing and artful delivery one could desire. And then there was Halsey Hall. The trio has since broken up. Herb is still around, but Ray Scott has moved on. replaced by another pro. Joe McConnell. And Halsey Hall died laughing in the dead of the 1977-78 winter. As of yet. however no attempt has been made to replace Halsey. That, in itself, is tribute enough to the marvelous Mr. Hall. His stories always bespoke a deep knowledge and love of the game. They were. I believe. his attempt to explain the inexplicable greatness of baseball. Recently, a friend of mine pointed out. "You know, you always forget how great baseball is until they start playing it again." So, another season is upon us. Another spring, summer and early autumn to collect tales which will further illuminate, perhaps, the deap mysteries and beauties of baseball.
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Title: Augsburg Echo April 21, 1978, Page 08
Collection: The Augsburg Echo Collection
Search Result: Mugge to lead semester-long course in Mexico By KATHY YAKAI. Features Editor Joel Mugge has been taking a communications class to Mexico for the last four interims. Finally. he gets to stay for a whole semester. Mugge. a communications instructor and counsellor at Augsburg. has developed a one...
Show moreMugge to lead semester-long course in Mexico By KATHY YAKAI. Features Editor Joel Mugge has been taking a communications class to Mexico for the last four interims. Finally. he gets to stay for a whole semester. Mugge. a communications instructor and counsellor at Augsburg. has developed a one—semester "Program In Global Community" that will be implemented for the first time in spring. 1979. Positive student reaction to his interim program started Joel thinking about the possibility of expansion. “People have told me that the interim program is superb. but too short," he states. Although Augsburg offers numerous opportunities for foreign study. they are coordinated through other schools. This is the first Augsburg-sponsored foreign program. "This is really kind of an exciting first for us—lots of other colleges and universities already have such programs." Regarding foreign study. Mugge went on to say that. " . . . too often, it becomes an exclusive thing for people who can afford it." The Mexican program is an exception: the fee will be equivalent to one semester at Augsburg ($2.045). Students will not be able to make any money during that time. but loans and scholarships will apply. As stated in the publicity letter. the primary objective of the foreign study term is "to provide you with an opportunity to begin to develop an awareness and understanding of the issues involved in the struggle to build a world community." Mugge stresses the community aspect of the program. as the group will be living in a large house together for the The view here certainly tops four months in Suerdrup Library. —SIaIl photo by Jim Purdham term and sharing the daily struggles and joys involved in community living. As Mugge says, “It's important for us to learn to live as a few people together if we‘re ever going to live together as a whole world. We can't separate the global community from you and me." Participants will also have the opportunity to experience another kind of living. Each person will spend 2-3 weeks living with a Mexican family to understand Mexican culture on a more personal level. But the program will focus on more than just lifestyles. The academic component. which allows the student to get four units of credit in a 4-1—4 system. will consist of four courses. The first. an intensive Spanish course. will be taught daily for the first four weeks of the term. Although this individualized instruction will be geared to the level of each student. a prerequisite for being accepted is one Spanish course or its equivalent. Mini—courses will make up the second course, a cultural studies seminar. The seminar. which counts as a lower division General Studies credit, will deal with such topics as “The Role of the Mulit‘national Corporation." and “The Church and Social Change in Latin America." Mugge will teach the third course. called "Communication in Global Perspective." Attention will be given to interpersonal and small group dynamics as well as issues in inter-cultural communication and global justice. Upper-division credit will be given in the area of Speech/Communications for this course. The fourth course, according to Mugge. is what really makes this .OIOOIOCOOOOOOOOCIOOOIUIOI0.0.ICOOOOOCOC0.0....COOOOOOOCOOIOUOOOIOOIOOI0......ODOUOIII. SPAN enters 32nd year of international learning By KATHY YAKAL Features Editor Watching a National Geographic special on television is one way to learn about people in other countries. Participating in the SPAN program is a bit more expensive and time-con- suming, but a lot more realistically enriching. SPAN {Student Project for Amity among Nations) was started in 1946 by a group of University of Minnesota students. Dedicated to helping Ameri- cans learn about and interact with people of other cultures, SPAN provides ﬁnancial and organizational support to facilitate that goal. A summer independent study done in a foreign country makes up the academic component of the program. In choosing a topic for that study, students are asked to identify something that they wouldn't be able to do without visiting the country. More than library research is required. In devloping their independent study topics. students receive help from SPAN group advisers. During the school year preceding the program. students meet with their advisors several times. Four countries are chosen for SPAN each year. Countries chosen for the summer of 1979 are Haiti, South India. 8 Sweden, and Tanzania. ’l‘wo Augsburg professors have been chosen as advisors for 1979. Dr. R. John Singh. formerly a citizen of Guyana. South America. and currently an instructor in religion at Augsburg. will be advising the Haiti group. Don Gustafson, associate professor of history at Augsburg, and his wife, Bev. will work with the group going to South India. The Gustafsons are familiar with the area and the program, as they have done doctoral research in India and previously accompanied a SPAN group to south Asia. Jane Bjomdal. a senior sociology/ psychology major at Augsburg. went on the SPAN trip to Greece last summer. She recalls of her experience that “ . . . the Greek people and my experiences with them made a profound impression on me. By living and speaking with many Greeks I gained a much richer appreciation of their culture." Jane explains the necessity of applying early for the program. “The preparation year gave me an under- standing of the Greek culture and a sensitivity to the Greek people which the average tourist or student does not have prior to their time in Greece." So with the preparation year, the summer abroad, and the few months allowed to complete a final draft of the projecct. the program involves a two-year comrnittment. According to its publicity brochure. SPAN is the lowest cost study abroad program around. Tuition and a $25 deposit are paid to the University of Minnesota. Students are allowed to make their own living arrangements in order to keep costs down. Additional allowances are made in the form of scholarships and loans based on individual need. Participants can earn 12-27 credits from the University of Minnesota. including orientation seminars (6 credits). language study (up to 15 credits), and completed project (6 credits). These credits are transferrable toAugsburg. The late Senator Hubert Humphrey was an avid supporter of the SPAN program. He praised the opportunity to “ . . . make college studenm aware of the world beyond their hometowns. colleges. and national boundaries." Coming from a small town himself. Humphrey said he “appreciated fully the revolutionizing impact that this kind of responsible study and travel abroad could have on the lives of college students." More information about SPAN is available through Mary Kingsley or by calling Jane Bjomdal (ext. 278). program applicable to any major discipline. Students will be asked to develop an independent study in consultation with a departmental advisor on campus. "l'm kind of excited about the possibilities here." says Joel. “Someone in biology could do a study in agriculture or medical health systems, for instance." So the program isn't limited to one academic major—credit could be given for the independent study in almost any area. In addition to the credit courses. other activities are planned. Visits to community resources and agencies. volunteer ﬁeld experience in individual areas of interest, and attendance at cultural events in Cuernavaca. where the group will be living. and in Mexico City will be possible. And. of course. students will want to do exploring on their own. Mugge is trying to plan a four-day class week for part of the time so students will be better able to do that. Mugge has set a maximum of 20 students for the program—10 from Augsburg and 10 from other colleges. "l'm a bit concerned about the first year." he admits. “My idea is that this should become an ongoing program. so a successful first year is really important." Anyone interested in more information and an application should contact Joel Magge in CS D. OOOOOOCOOII....‘OOCOOIOOC... C.S.D. budget out In the March 31 issue. the Edie reported on services offered by the Center for Student Development. The article cited the ﬂexibility and quality of services offered there and, in one paragraph. hinted at "budget limita- tions." Recently this budget was cut. In 1966~67. student services con- stituted 9.3% of the total unrestricted Educational and General Budget. At that time. student services included the registrar, admissions. student ﬁnancial services. campus pastor. dean of students. guidance and counselling. career planning and placement, minority coordinator. and health service. The term "Center for Student Development" was not used until 1970. But in that 1966-67 budget. the services which have since been synthesized into CSD—dean of students. guidance and counselling. career planning and placement. minority coordinator and health service—received 4.7% of the budget. No change occurred in the total student services budget in the following ten-year period. Nine and three tenths percent was still allotted to them in 1976-77. But CSD received a cut of 1.9%, leaving them with 2.8%. compared to the earlier percentage of 4.7. The remaining 1.9% was shifted into other areas of student services. like admis- sions and ﬁnancial services. Marianne Sander bad no explanation for the drastic cut. "It‘s just due to the reallottment of funds." she stated. Has this reduction had an effect on CSD's functioning? It would be foolish to say that there's been no effect. Because of better planning and organization. we've been able to continue to offer our services.” said Sander. April 21. 1978
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Title: Augsburg Echo April 21, 1978, Page 09
Collection: The Augsburg Echo Collection
Search Result: Lorraine Livingston, retiring Eng. proﬁ, questions retirement age By HOLLY GROTEN Staff Writer “I think mandatory retirement at any age is wrong.” says Lorraine Livingston, English professor, who is retiring after 18 years at Augsburg. Professor Livingston, who has taught every English class...
Show moreLorraine Livingston, retiring Eng. proﬁ, questions retirement age By HOLLY GROTEN Staff Writer “I think mandatory retirement at any age is wrong.” says Lorraine Livingston, English professor, who is retiring after 18 years at Augsburg. Professor Livingston, who has taught every English class offered at Augsburg at one time or another, is unhappy with SOS basis making student help a success. Iverson feels that they are a dependable and efficient staff. To fill up the gaps in the volunteer schedule, paid reception- ists under the supervision of Millie Nelson work at the desk. SOS was originally set up in 1973 by Al Bachman as a class project. In its first year of operation SOS was located in the back ofﬁce. As well as giving standard information it served as a speakers bureau and a place to sell tickets for campus events. The switch from having SOS located in the back office to moving it out to the front reception desk has made SOS more available to students. Iverson feels that students are making use of the services offered at SOS. However 95% of the questions asked are telephone numbers, bus schedules, directions, and the time. "SOS is a workable part of the student government commission." said Iverson. Iverson added that she has had no hassles with student government and that Eric Spore and Arlene Shorts have been very supportive of the project. The budget for SOS this year was $100. Some of this was used for publicity in the fall. A part of this money is also used for buying supplies which are available for student use. Paper can be purchased at the desk for a small fee. Kris felt that she had an ample budget to work with. Kris said that her main goal for the year was making SOS more visible to the students and getting them acquainted with all the services offered. Overall Kris feels that most students take advantage of SOS and the services it offers. She likes to emphasize that there is lots of information. including community events. So next time you have a question lat SOS answer it! April 21, 1978 the retirement forced upon her by Augsburg. “Mandatory retirement is an anachronism in the 20th century,” she said. Although President Carter has signed the bill raising the national retirement age to 70, Professor Livingston ﬁnds herself exempt from this law. One exception to the law is that college and university professors with tenure will continue to be subject to mandatory retirement at 65 until July, 1982. According to Livingston, older professors are retired to give recent Ph.D graduates job openings. “The thinking of the college has been to retire their older college professors earlier and earlier," she said. "Now the college will have to reverse all that so the college policy will be in line with the national policy. “The college should make haste to revise its retirement policy. But this leaves unanswered the question of what will happen to new people who want to come into college teaching. I don't have an answer to that," stated Livingston. Professor Livingston, who was born in Minneapolis and raised in Anoka. received her B.A. and M.A. from the University of Minnesota, with additional graduate work there in the English field. The oldest of Professor Livingston's two daughters is a librarian. but will take a year off to work on writing a novel. Her younger daughter is associate professor of law at DePaul University in Chicago. In addition to teaching English classes, Professor Livingston is also advisor to Augsburg's literary magazine. Murphy Square. Through many re~ visions. Livingston believes “it has become better and better every year." Professor Livingston observes that once a professor retires, he/she is quickly forgotten. “They no longer seem part of the community," she said. “It would be nice if the college would occasionally invite retired professors back to resume their role in the college community, even if it was just for one term, or a summer school session, or an interim," she said. She explained that some people are simply not ready to retire. "I think one reason that supports this is chronological age has nothing to do with biological age. Many people remain healthy. productive, and creative even into their eighties and nineties." she said. Next year Professor Livingston plans to write a book. She is hesitant, however. to disclose its contents. Even though she will not be an active faculty member, she will continue to be concerned with the Augsburg community. Auggie Chess Team draws a draw By DAVE BACKMAN The Augsburg chess team scored a mild upset by tying the first-place Kelly's Commandos 2-2 in Twin City Chess League action on April 4. The Commandos were previously unbeaten and untied. Winning for the Auggies were first-board Joe Wallack. who trounced Barbara Peskin (the state women's chess champ). and Fred Buckland. who crushed Steve Coddon. Third-board Peter Martignacco lost a close contest to Mike Brown, while Gene Kelly waltzed over Augsburg's Dave Backman. The tie evened the Auggie's record at 2-2-2 going into their final match of the year on May 2. C.S.D. seeks transfer advisors The Center for Student Development will hire three Transfer Advisors and one Transfer Coordinator for the 1978-79 school year. The responsibilities will include acquainting new transfer students with the Augsburg community, promoting informed academic planning, and facilitation integration into campus life. Work will begin with a spring planning session on May 18. A summer orientation day. Aug. 19, will be held and some additional time will be spent during the first days of each semester. Compensation will be between $75.00 to $100.00. Former transfer students are urged to apply. A job description and application form are available in C.S.D. Deadline for application is Apr. 28. 1978. Habitat Society sponsors week examining urban 'l'he Habitat Society is sponsoring a Habitat Week from April 2428 at Augsburg College. The society is sponsoring the events to create and maintain an awareness of our surrounding human habitat and issues associated with it." says Kendra Bonderud, Society member. The week is patterned partially after the idea of the United Nations Habitat Conference held in Vancouver. BC. in June of 1976. At that gathering, repre- sentatives from several nations met to discuss the world-wide phenomenon of urbanization. Creative alternatives and solutions to the many problems associated with an urbanizing world were discussed. The Habitat Society extends an invitation to both the academic and metropolitan communities to join with them in sharing and learning about our Habitat. Opportunities for participation will begin with a look at the global level, and focus through the week to issues of metropolitan, community and Augsburg importance. Faculty members are encouraged to share these events with students as part of classes. The society also encourages the larger community to learn with us and share suggestions for future events. Following is a list of activities planned for the week. More specific times and places will be posted later. Several films not listed here will also be a part of the Habitat Week. Monday. April 24 10:30 a.m.—Chapel—Rev. Kay Jor- genson from Augustana Lutheran Church, speaking on “Church in the City." 1:20 p.m.—East Commons—Wamer Shipee from the University of Minnesota will introduce a film from the UN. Habitat Conference. The film will be shown several times that day. Tuesday, April 25 1:10-2:40 pm. — East Commons — Jerry Allen. architect and director of Criteria, Inc. will speak on Ecological Architecture. Wednesday, April 26 10:30 a.m.—Chapel, Si Melby Hall— Mark Hanson from Prince of Glory Church will speak on "Why be interested in the City?" 1:15-3:00 pm. — East Commons — Mississippi River Plans in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Robert Ready. coordinator in Minneapolis. Rick Weiderhorn. planner in St. Paul. Thursday, April 2/ 12:30 p.m.—The Future of Cedar Riverside—panel discussion with people from the Cedar-Riverside community. City Council and others. Also—Tours of the CedarvRiverside area, following. leaving from the Center. 8:00 p.m.—East Commons—John Milhone, Minnesota Energy Agency. Friday, April 28 12:00 noon—The Future of Augsburg College in its Community, panel discussion, Center Lounge, administra- tion, faculty. students. Posters in the Center list complete schedule. more DAVE' BARBER L... SHOP / "We Cur Hair and Inf/3N0!) " ‘ Located In Dinkytown Behind Burger King M 414 14th Avenue S.E. Telephone: 331-9747 Personals Dear Dad— Since you told me that Mom was a German Shepard, I’ve discovered where I got my good looks! Love—Junior
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Title: Augsburg Echo April 21, 1978, Page 10
Collection: The Augsburg Echo Collection
Search Result: Oles dum By EMILIE NYSTUEN Sports Editor I I I l l j Augsburr's Mens' Baseball team took it on the chin Saturday. April 15. losing both games of a double-header to St. Olaf by identical scores of 4-0. In the first game Chris Geason was pitching well, He struck out 10, walked two, and gave up two...
Show moreOles dum By EMILIE NYSTUEN Sports Editor I I I l l j Augsburr's Mens' Baseball team took it on the chin Saturday. April 15. losing both games of a double-header to St. Olaf by identical scores of 4-0. In the first game Chris Geason was pitching well, He struck out 10, walked two, and gave up two of four earned runs. but it was not enough as the Oles overwhelmed the Auggies at the plate. Auggies threatened in the second inning. Dan Johnson and Terry Kirlin both singled. but were left stranded on base with three straight outs. The Ole's did their work in the fifth and sixth innings scoring a run in each. As happened all day, it was the error that really hurt. Ole's added two more runs to their 2-0 lead, St. Olaf out hit Augsburg 7 to 4 in this first game. It was Augsburg's lack of hitting and inability to advance those that did get hits that cost them the game. In the second game, the Auggies seemed to fall apart even further. In the third inning the Ole first baseman singled. The next batter got on base by a wide throw to first by Dan Johnson. Torgerson stepped up to the plate and tripled both batters home. To make things worse the next batter hit right through Bill Ruckles legs at short stop and scored Torgerson. With the bases loaded there were two questionable calls that led to Tim Christianson being thrown out of the game, Auggie Jim Peterson was put in to pitch the remainder of the game. In this game Auggies out hit the Oles 6-2. Randy Griffith went 1-2, Jim Peterson (as designated hitter) 2-5, and Paul Nies 2-6. Saturday, April 22, there is a schedule change. The Auggies will be playing Saturday at Veteran's Field with Bethel. A trio ofAuggies warming up for their eventual double loss to St. Olaf. —SIa/Ipholo by Ellk Kanlen Specials Mon kip Deev7/7M9 II 70! OM! RIP Nights21a16-17 Wed Spec-obome Kn LuSaV 2'01169 Sun BozoﬂudoOH IO Papa John Creech The Explodo Boys $3.00 A A * 917 CEDAR AVEySnglglNNEAPDLIS * Women’s Tennis shuts out Lakewood Nesday, April 4. Augsburg Women's Tennis Team hosted its ﬁrst home meet at the Como Tennis Club. They defeated Lakewood Community College by a score of 8-0. The scores were: . Singles—Stacy Eichman (won) 6-2. 6-3. ... 2. Singles—Melody Boraas (won) 6-1, 6—4 3. Singles—Claudia Flathman (won) 6-l.’6«3 4. Singles—Lori Klapperich (won) 6-2, 6—1 5. Singles—Gail Wagner (won) 6-0. 6-0 6‘ Singles—Ruth Nyhus (won) 6-0, 6-0 Both doubles teams also scored victories at this meet. Thursday. April 6. Augsburg lost to Macalester and lost two players to injuries. Gail Wagner sustained a knee injury and Ruth Nyhus suffered an ankle injury. Some of the other teams that the Auggies will be facing the remainder of the year are: U of Wisconsin-River Falls. St. Teresa's College. St. Catherine's. Concordia-St. Paul. Bethel. Luther College. Women’s Track ﬁnishes third By EMILIE NYSTUEN Sports Editor Auggie Women's Track team travelled to Stout State to face: Stout State. Macalester. U of Wisconsin-River Falls Wednesday April 12. and finished in third. The team was led again by Susie Meyer. Point totals were: River Falls -— 142.5. Stout — 47.5, Augsburg — 28. and Macalester — 14. Each Auggie woman that competed gained points. The Auggies were hampered by several team members not competing. This caused the Auggies to miss out on a good chance for second place. With the entire team present there would have been a very good chance of obtaining 50 points. Susie Meier again was the point leader with a first in the high jump and 100 meter hurdles. Connie Lamon finished fourth in the 440 meter hurdles. Kim Kelrn was fourth in the mile. Gayle Pearson did very well with a fifth in the discus and a second in the shot. Nancy Jones ran very well with a third in the 440. Karen Nelson. throwing the javelin for the first time this year. got a ﬁfth place. The 440 relay team finished third. Hindering quick times were the weather conditions that were terrible— very windy and cold. The Augsburg women have a dual meet with St. Thomas the 27th and the Macalester Invitational the 29th. aﬂouoo Sinqtﬂnv g = a a a u E :7 g : .3 m "I a. on A April 21. 1978
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Title: Augsburg Echo April 22, 1977
Collection: The Augsburg Echo Collection

Title: Augsburg Echo April 22, 1977, Page 01
Collection: The Augsburg Echo Collection
Search Result: 1,83 #20 PAC candidates Page 2 Bottled message Page 3 By CAROL DUBOVICK Co-Editor The first phase of the 1977-78 housing assignments, the announcement of houses granted to special interest groups, created a surge of discontentment Monday. Part of the decision, posted late Friday, announced that...
Show more1,83 #20 PAC candidates Page 2 Bottled message Page 3 By CAROL DUBOVICK Co-Editor The first phase of the 1977-78 housing assignments, the announcement of houses granted to special interest groups, created a surge of discontentment Monday. Part of the decision, posted late Friday, announced that five houses had been granted to special interest groups. The groups and their assigned houses include: Simplified Lifestyle, Chez Nous; Men's Concerns, Alpha Pi; Environmental Concerns, Sigma; Omicron lll, Omicron; and Christian Min— istry, Delta. The final assignment, the designation of Lambda as an Interna- tional House, was announced Monday morning. Thirteen houses remained to be assigned by lottery number combinations. By 1 pm. Monday, petitions were being distributed by persons concerned with the assignments. According to the petition, no one was told special interest groups would receive priority “in all cases" over the regular lottery numbers. Signers of the petition asked that the decisions be immediately re—evaluated and some repeated. The dissatisfied students also alleged that the entire lottery process had been Shorts urges commuter vote today A special election is being held today to fill two vacancies, senior class off-campus representative and junior class oft-campus representative, on the Student Senate. When this issue of the ECHO went to press, no applications for these positions had been turned in to Student Society officers Eric Spore and Arlene Shorts. "We currently have no provisions for write-in candidates, so any junior or senior commuter, even without their knowledge, could win the election," said Shorts. “We're disappointed that no one has showed any interest in fulfilling these positions. We strongly feel that Student Senate is very important and has a lot ol power and we think that the commuters should want someone responsible to represent them and to carry out their interest." she said. “We realize that this is not the case with all commuters, but after the commuter turnout in the preveious two elections, it seems that the majority of commuters don't care about student government. “There are certain problems that commuters complain about every year. such as parking and transportation services. In order to act upon these problems, we need a commuter veice in the senate and a high commuter turnout today at the polls." 'Dal —_—_.e,,,._,_ , 1.. "Flu u— ’o. Controversy arises over special interest housing 35““ Wit-m" 9:1: ions .5; LSmipii-Ci’el LiIesiuig- Om Mon: 1. Min': (on cums- pun DMicron 5. Chrish’m Minisrlﬂ' &' Examime nut-16ml. House - Wit be ‘85 In" made worthless. As a result of the discontentment, the deadline for housing requests was extended from Tuesday, April 19 to 3 pm. on Wednesday. April 20. The Tuesday meeting of the Housing Committee was also opened to students to clarify the Housing Committee‘s position and to allow students to air complaints. Chris Hanson, acting director of Resident Programs, along wnh Housing Committee members Dirk Abraham, Jackie Arends, Matt Sorgenfrei, Eric Spore, Cindy Thern and Mike Valentiner, presided at the open hearing Additional Housing Committee members Ann Brennan, Jon Leverentz and Carol Romness were not present. Hanson began the session on a negative tone, stating. “At this point in the process it would probably be too late to change things this year." She noted that interest in housing is not high until spring and emphasized that complaints should have been aired earlier in the year. She also responded to the petitions being distributed stating, “Everything that has been done has been done by deadline and spelled out clearly." Numerous complaints were aired claiming that the housmg office had not met the deadlines set in the room selection procedure memo sent to the Continued on page 7 Bike registration defends against theft By DIRK ABRAHAM News Editor One of the most popular means of springtime transportation and exerCIse for college students is bicycle riding. Unfortunately, bicycles are also one of the most popular items to rip off in the Twin Cities area with Augsburg being a case in point. Three bikes belonging to Auggies have already been Slolern this year, so unless you‘re prepared to padlock your ten-speed to the bedpost, your Schwrnn Will remain a member ol the imperiled speCIes list There is a defense for the bike-owner, though: Bicycle Registra‘ tion, Under a new law, all bicycles must be registered and licensed With the state, provtding a way to trace a bike if it is stolen In addition. according to Mortensen Tower Head Resident Deb Bergh, all bikes currently parked in Mortenseri's basement wrll now be required to be licensed or they will be removed Bergh said that Minneapolis resrdents can be licensed at any one of 143 eXisting motor vehicle oilices or at any of 217 new bicycle deputy offices. Some of the places offering licenses are new or used bike dealers hardware stores and Target stores The closest Sites for Augsburg students are Pursuit Bicycle at 2435 RiverSide. the Target store at Lake and Minnehaha. the Freewill Bike Cc-Op Continued on page 7 nexus." Augsburg College Minneapolis, Minnesota Vol. 83 No.20 April 22,1977
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Title: Augsburg Echo April 22, 1977, Page 02
Collection: The Augsburg Echo Collection
Search Result: Students seek Project Area Committee positions By ANN BENSON Staff Writer Three Augsburg students are candidates for delegate positions on the Cedar-Riverside Project Area Committee (PAC). The names of Suzy Moe, Bobbie Aitchiscn and Lyndon Torstenson will be on the ballot at the April 26 election...
Show moreStudents seek Project Area Committee positions By ANN BENSON Staff Writer Three Augsburg students are candidates for delegate positions on the Cedar-Riverside Project Area Committee (PAC). The names of Suzy Moe, Bobbie Aitchiscn and Lyndon Torstenson will be on the ballot at the April 26 election. The Cedar-Riverside PAC is an organization which coordinates citizen input and advice concerning area urban renewal plans. PAC channels this advice to government agencies such as the Minneapolis Housing and Redevelopment Authority (MHFlA), the city agency which has the power to develop and carry out urban renewal plans for the Cedar»Riverside area. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is the federal agency which provides funds for urban renewal projects. In its guidelines, HUD requires that the city provide “opportunities for all citizens to participate in all phases of the HUD- assisted renewal and housing pro- grams." In 1971, a suit was brought before the city of Minneapolis accusing the city of not living up to HUD's guidelines. The suit resulted in the Cedar-Riverside PAC’s formation. Cedar-Riverside PAC is made up of 36 members. Twenty-five of the members represent Cedar-Riverside residents—five delegates from each of the five geographical districts com— prising the area. The remaining delegates are representatives of special interests in the area. Religious, cultural, social service and business groups as well as institutions and development organizations are in~ cluded in the special interest delegation. Recently, Augsburg Col- lege, Fairview Hospital and St. Mary‘s Hospital resigned from PAC. PAC has voted to leave their seats open “and is encouraging their return in the interest of communication and co- ordination of orderly development in the community." Suzy Moe and Bobbie Aitchiscn are running as delegates from the fourth district—the district which includes Augsburg College. Lyndon Torstenson lives in the third district and, if elected, will represent that con- stituency. Moe cites several reasons for running for PAC. First of all, she holds a genuine interest in the future of Cedar-Riverside. As a student and as an urban studies major, she feels she can add a new perspective to the issues being considered by PAC. At the same time, she expects to learn much about urban politics from a PAC experience. Moe is conscious of an apparent lack of interest in PAC on the part of the Augsburg student body. She feels this is an extension of a more general lack of involvement with the city on the part of Augsburg students and she suggests that this lack of concern by its students may be a reason that Augsburg as an institution is not taking an active role in PAC. Aitchiscn decided to run for PAC office because of a desire to improve relationships between Augsburg and Course evaluations debated at Student Senate meeting Lengthy debate over differing faculty and student course evaluation methods dominated both halves of a split Student Senate meeting held Wednesday, March 30. After the first-half agenda was conducted by outgoing President and Vice-President Ron Robinson and Bruce Cunningham, the traditional ceremony of “the transfer of the office keys" was held with new officers Eric Spore and Arlene Shorts assuming control. The course evaluation issue was voiced by Dean Charles Anderson, who addressed the Senate at Robin- son's and Cunningham’s request. According to Anderson, the evaluation drawn up by his committee will "probably be approved by the faculty." He said that after examining the Senate-endorsed Five—College evaluation, he felt the needs of the college would be better suited by the faculty's version. “Our interest is diagnostic,” said Anderson. “Our evaluation will be mandatory, and will be used to improve the faculty and the college as a whole." He stated that the aims of the Five-College evaluation seemed to be more of a rating service, and might possible hurt instructors by “black- balling" them. Speaking in favor of the Five-College system, Cunningham said that students deserved the right to see the results of evaluations, and should have input into any evaluation method at Augsburg. Other senators brought up Continued on page 6 PAC—a relationship she perceives as being “very tense.“ She feels her presence on PAC would indicate a concern on the part of Augsburg to that organization, and that through newspaper articles and announce— ments, she could relay to Augsburg information on what is happening in the community. Aitchiscn is concerned about a lack of interest in local affairs on the part of Augsburg students, and the fact that while catalogs and brochures emphasize “Education in the City" there is little curricular emphasis to make the slogan a reality. Aitchiscn feels that at Augsburg, students tend to view themselves as being under the auspices of the college—with limited responsibilities doled out to them—and don’t act as real citizens of the city. Aitchiscn said, “Students aren’t taken seriously in administrative decisions made affect- ing the institution of Augsburg." Torstenson views the Augsburgl PAC relationship as being critical to a successful Cedar~Riverside community redevelopment and hopes to work to smooth out the relationship. He notes a tendency within PAC towards over- statement and over-emotionality which is sometimes seen in PAC’s publicity. He sees this as a cause of frequent setbacks for PAC—including setbacks with PAC’s relationship with Augs- NOW PLA YlNG at the Little Theatre is "The Good Woman of Setzuan, " di- rected by Michael Beery. The cast, which includes Lori Flyman and Eric lngman, opened the production Thursday night. The play will run tonight through Sunday at 8 p.m., April 28-30 at8p.m. and May 1 at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are available by reservation at the Public Relations Office, Ext. 456. —ECHO Photo by Jim Purdham burg. "Augsburg's alienation from PAC may be understandable given statements like ‘Augsburg has run ragged over the community for 40 years' which appeared in Snoose News, published by PAC." Torstenson would like to work towards a more rational presentation of PAC‘s other- wise sensible and sensitive urban plans to the community. The main issue currently before the PAC is the Urban Renewal Plan adopted by the city of Minneapolis in 1968. It calls for high-rise institutional- |yShow less

Title: Augsburg Echo April 22, 1977, Page 03
Collection: The Augsburg Echo Collection
Search Result: Floating note brings unexpected response \ SHIPS AHOY—Megan Marcotte [I], a College of St. Catherine student, and Auggie Paula Brookins set a bottled note adrift on the Baltic Sea. It was found by a Swede named B/‘orn. By DAVID RAETHER Fine Arts Editor Not everything Augsburg students receive in...
Show moreFloating note brings unexpected response \ SHIPS AHOY—Megan Marcotte [I], a College of St. Catherine student, and Auggie Paula Brookins set a bottled note adrift on the Baltic Sea. It was found by a Swede named B/‘orn. By DAVID RAETHER Fine Arts Editor Not everything Augsburg students receive in their PO. boxes is intrinsically dumb, trivial or boring. Sometimes, through hideous twists of fate, an Augsburg student gets something interesting in his or her P 0 Such is the case for Paula Brookins. Through a truly complicated twist of late. Brookins and Megan Marcotte, a College of St. Catherine student, recently received a letter from a Swedish man neither of them have ever met. it all began last September when Brookins, a junior urban studies major, left the Twin Cities to spend a semester in Scandinavia on the Scandinavian Urban Studies Term program SUST is a program whereby students may spend a semester in Scandinavia studying urban problems and urban planning. During part of their term the group visited Helsinki, Finland. While there Marcotte purchased four wine glasses. These. however, were not just ordinary wine glasses. Marcotte had purchased Russian glassware, which is noted for its quality and cost. On Oct. 9 the group left Helsinki and returned to Stockholm. They were traveling by ship across the Baltic Sea. While on board Marcotte bought a bottle of Leiblraumilch. an outrageous German white wine known far and wide for its ability to make the drinker do outrageous things. During the dark evening on the Baltic Sea. Brookins and Marcotte drank the Leibfraumilch out of the thoroughly exquisne Russian glasses. April 22. 1977 —ECHO Pholo by Steve Wehrenberg Upon finishing the contents of the bottle they felt themselves overcome with a desire to do something outrageous. So Brookins and Marcotte decided to put a note into the empty and throw it into the sea. It should be mentioned, however, before this narrative progresses much further, that while in Norway earlier in the term they heard a story in the news about a bottled note almost to wonderful to be believed. It seems that a Scottish sailor had thrown a bottle with a note in it into the thoroughly grouchy North Atlantic Ocean and had had this bottle found by a Norwegian girl. Five years later, after a much more discreet courtship, the Scottish sailor married the Norwegian girl who had found his wandering bottle. Thus, Brookins and Marcotte casting propriety aside. stole a piece of paper, wrotea six line piece of slightly drunken doggerel and stuffed it into their empty wine bottle. The sky was clear, the sea was calm. the moon was out: there were gulls following the ship. They threw the bottle into the Baltic Sea. It would all have been an event easy enough to target. for bottles are rather small and seas are rather large. had the bottle never been found. Yet on Dec. 20 a young Swede named Bicrn Hanell found the bottled note near his father's fishing cabin on the Swedish coastline of the Baltic Sea Hanell 5 reply was not swift in coming to Brookins and Marcotte He mailed his 'eply to the address given on the note That address however. was the address the two women were living at in Oslo. By the time it got to Oslo Brookins and Marcotte had already returned to the United States. Hanell's letter was then forwarded to St. Louis, which is where Megan is from. Finally, in March, the letter arrived in the Twin Cities, much to the surprise of everyone. The letter was written in Swedish. Since neither Brookins nor Marcotte could read Swedish, a translator was needed. They called in Lise Lunge~ Larsen. Larsen, an Augsburg senior who is actually from Norway and not from Whitehall, Wis., speaks many langu- ages and is known far and wide for her love of the writings of Virginia Woolf, Thus began her hopefully long and fruitful career as a translator by translating the letter for Brookins and Marcotte. During the course of the translation Larsen discovered. much to her dismay, that while Norwegian and Swedish have a word for a bottle with a note in it—flaskepost—English does not. “Is this any way to run a language?" she was heard to mutter. in the letter the mysterious Mr. Hanell wished the two women well on their poetic ambitions, described the odd circumstance of his discovering the bottle and closed with those immortal words "Var so god." News briefs Margaret (Maggie) Kuhn, Gray Panthers founder and National Convener, and Dr. Yung-huo Liu, director of Older Persons Information and a counseling associate at UCLA, will address the Conference on “Being Old in Contemporary China and America; A Cross Cultural Perspective on Aging." The Conference, organ» ized by the Associated College of the Twin Cities Program on Aging and the Midwest China Study Resource Center, will be held on Tuesday, April 26, from 8:30 am. to 4:15 pm, at Macalester College in St. Paul. The day-long program will include addresses by Ms. Kuhn and Dr. Liu; formal responses by resource persons including Dr. Berth Adkins, Chair- person of the White House Council on Aging; question and answer sessions with the speakers; lunch; films; and small group discussions focusing on: 1) policy for older persons, 2) family patterns, 3) human services, 4) work and retirement, 5) activities and satisfaction, and 6) older Chinese- Amerlcans. Each small group will include a leader familiar with China and one familiar with aging in America. The registration fee is $6.00, or $3.50 for senior citizens and students (includes lunch and materials). For registration or further information, Contact the Program on Aging, Macalester College, 647-6139. A University of Minnesota professor who has been a long-time consultant to Minneapolis' Cedar—Riverside “New Town" project will deliver an Augsburg College faculty growth lecture Monday, April 25, at 8 pm. in the East Commons of the College Center. Dr. David Cooperman‘s topic will be “Contradictions and Paradoxes in the Urban Community with Implications for the Cedar Riverside Area." The event is funded by the Associated Colleges of the Twin Cities and is designed to promote discussion among faculty members of the five Minneapolis and St. Paul colleges as well as the general urban community. Dr. David Krantz, professor of psychology at Lake Forest College and presently scientist—in-residence at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford will speak at a noon luncheon (bring your own) in the F.D.Ft. room on Friday, April 29, His talk concerns the place of BF. Skinner in modern psychology and is entitled “From Deviance to Grey Flannel Psychology: The Case of Operant Conditioning," There is to be, in addition, a discussion at 3 pm, led by Dr. Krantz on trends in modern psychology and social soience. Dr. Krantz is currently preSident of the history and theory division of the American Psychological Assomation. Sing—A-Long—Tues THFlU Sat—9 P.M.»1A.M. Stardust Bowling Lanes Convenient Location Near Campus 252026ﬂ1Ave.So. CocktailLounge - PianoBar BOWLING 24 Hours A Day 721-6211 E Fra; Alin ai 27th Ave 335-6666 MAiN PLANT SWIM, ‘35? 2628 EAST FRANKLIN AVE 2‘00 mourningan 721-1000 335-6666
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Title: Augsburg Echo April 22, 1977, Page 04
Collection: The Augsburg Echo Collection
Search Result: editorials GUI IUI lUlb The popularity of special interest housing, combined with the decreasing number of annex houses available to students, has left the housing office with an unanticipated situation. Upperclassmen are crying “foul,” having found that their long-awaited high lottery numbers...
Show moreeditorials GUI IUI lUlb The popularity of special interest housing, combined with the decreasing number of annex houses available to students, has left the housing office with an unanticipated situation. Upperclassmen are crying “foul,” having found that their long-awaited high lottery numbers are of little help in securing the more desirable houses on campus. After the lottery closes tomorrow afternoon, the housing office will be forced to make some decisions regarding the future of special interest housing, if a situation similar to this year’s is to be avoided. The option we recommend is one that was voiced during Tuesday night‘s hearing with the Housing Committee—continue the assignment of special interest housing, but limit the number. We accept the legitimacy of special interest housing in cases where the desired living situation could probably not be achieved in any other way. Examples are: co-ed living or international living which would include underclassmen who may not be able to live in a house according to the lottery system. Any additional special interests, we believe, could just as well be carried out in another housing option, either in an apartment or on a dormitory floor, as in a house. According to the system we endorse, the number of houses designated as special interest housing would be decided each year in proportion to the number of available houses. If the number of annex houses continues to decrease, we believe the number of houses assigned to special interest groups should proportionately decrease. The specific houses designated as special interest housing should also be rotated each year. We believe these controls would induce groups to apply for an interest rather than a house. In determining which interests are valid to prevent special interest housing from being a loophole in the lottery system, the ECHO suggests the Special Interest Housing Committee find out whether a proposal includes an already existing special interest within a group. We believe they must reject proposals in which the “cause” was created a few weeks before the lottery. We see annex houses as being an available housing option rather than a growth experience which must be accompanied by stringent goal statements and guidelines. The experience of living in a home situation with persons of similar age is an educational experience in itself. The spontaneous situations which inevitably result when persons divide responsibilities, share possessions, live a similar lifestyle and yet retain very definite habits and opinions lead to an educational experience which cannot, and need not, be categorized as a specific special interest. Women questioned Lighter meals mon To the Editors: save ey “Next year I’m living in a special interest house — gay atheism.“ l'm interested in hearing some of the accomplishments that the “W0- mens Concerns Group“ has made this year. Is thinking up a neat name for a group enough to warrant exemption from the lottery and getting one of the nicest houses free? If so, then everyone going for houses next year should get an equal chance at thinking up a name and the person in charge can pick out the best names for the best houses and we could drop the lottery completely. Congratulations to the Womens Concerns Gr0up for getting away with it so nicely this year. A “Concerned” Student To the Editors: In light of the current food service financial problems, I am offering my reasons for not eating at the upstairs food service, particularly the evening meal. This is in hopes that it can provide some help in the assessment of problems. I never eat the evening meal: I couldn‘t eat the $210 worth of food. People of different physical builds have different intake needs. Why should l pay for those who have high caloric or wasteful tendencies? I don't benefit from the system of payment, I just get an ulcer worrying about it. So I eat at the Wag where i can pay for just what I want. I prefer lighter foods, and lighter meals. For instance, many times | just eat vegetables or salads for dinner. Obviously, the money collected supports the more expensive dishes, such as meats and casseroles. If I don’t like that, I pay for it anyways. I see a serious mistake in the present system of collecting a flat-rate payment and providing an endless quantity of food—people are incited to consume as much as they can (which for many people such as myself isn't that much anyways). And from what I‘ve observed, waste is common. I find this is a senseless way to obtain cost cuts from economies of scale! The food made should fit our real needs. In considering that most Americans are overweight while over half the world starves. I find this administra- tive incentive for us as students to overconsume stupid and unethical. Why are we being “educated” here at Augsburg while our administration promotes such things? Are we to be ignorant to what exists in the world today, and blindly support such over- consumption? There are other ways to obtain economic management of the food service, I would like to see a structure more suited to our real eating needs. Sincerely, Bobbie Aitchison 'Special interests are unfair To the Editors: What happened to the lottery system at Augsburg College? The system began two years ago with the idea that upperclassmen should have priority in choosing a place to live on campus. This year, however, “special interests" have been given priority over everyone else and I feel this is unfair. Of all the special interest houses which were accepted, I truly wonder how many actually had an interest that wasn’t secondary to the fact that “otherwise we'll never get a house.” When I went into the housing office to ask about the situation, Chris Hanson told me, “If you wanted a house so badly, you should have thought up a special interest.“ This reasoning is very backward in my eyes. The special interests should go through the lottery like everyone else. I believethat my own ‘special interest' of wanting to live with my friends during my senior year at Augsburg is as valid as any goals which have been cooked up by the special interest groups. Special interests houses have become merely a cheap loophole in the lottery system, one which I believe should be closed. Bev Ranum April 22, 1977
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Title: Augsburg Echo April 22, 1977, Page 05
Collection: The Augsburg Echo Collection
Search Result: It struck me with renewed force during the Easter season just past. Maybe it was because of what I had personally experienced, or because of the powerful TV presentation of Jesus of Nazareth, or because of some reading I had done, like the Star review, “The Faith of Blacks." Whatever it was, I...
Show moreIt struck me with renewed force during the Easter season just past. Maybe it was because of what I had personally experienced, or because of the powerful TV presentation of Jesus of Nazareth, or because of some reading I had done, like the Star review, “The Faith of Blacks." Whatever it was, I said to myself: There is indeed, in the welter of ideas re- garding human existence and human affairs, a Christian point of view which is unique, different, and revolutionary. It is a point of view which can be described with clarity and espoused with honesty and examined with integrity. In some of the older literature about Augsburg, the phrase was frequently found, "To see all things through the eyes of Christ." The cliche may strike us as somewhat naive, but it was a way of saying what I am here confessing: There is a Christian point of view. And those who accept the privilege of being in the procession of all who espouse this point of view have considered this way of looking at things so fundamental they have founded institutions such as Augsburg. There is a Christian point of view about death. Resurrection faith sees, not an ultimate dualism of dust to dust for the body and a flight of soul to some cosmic consciousness. Life is whole and what is and what will be cannot be forever cut apart. There is a Christian point of view about this created universe. This world doesn't merely exist—it belongs. “This is my Father’s world." There is a Christian point of view regarding history. The human drama is more than a pointless cycle of repeated seasons. History has a pivot in the person of a timeless Invader of Time and He points to the ultimate purpose of history, the Kingdom of God. There is a Christian point of view on the character of God. No matter what name you use or what metaphysical construction you employ to describe the Ultimate. the Christian point of view is very simple: at the heart of all things is One best seen in the face of Jesus of Nazareth. There is a Christian point of view regarding humanity, a view that is both uni- versal and particular. All people are all loved by the “all love" of God. Each and every person is unique, sacred, and of infinite worth. i There is a Christian point of view as to what makes the world go round—what gets it all together. Love, mercy, foregiveness, patience, goodness. The Christian shorthand word for all of these is “grace.” Yes, thereis a distinctive Christian point of view. Shame on us at Augsburg if, committed to the Christian viewpoint, we fail to make it apparent and important. You don't have to accept this point of view—but please, don‘t ignore it. Continued from page 4 There's more to life than pizza Dear Mr. and Mrs. Editor: Several weeks ago we were strolling through the College Center with a minimal amount of pseudo—scholastic material flitting through our academic centered minds when suddenly we heard a loud, vocalized "GO" and then sounds of slurping and grunting followed by a big hairy belch. Being at a loss as to what rude antics were behind these disgusting sounds, we continued our strolling and found Rob Jonas with a stop watch seated by Dave Cornelliano who sat aside a half eaten Pizza Park sausage and anchovy pizza. We exchanged “Helios” and walked away, thinking it was one of those weird things that those funny basketball players do. But then through an ECHO article. we found that our Dave Cornelliano is going to play ball for the pope. This puzzled us. Why would Dave leave a Christian college and turn down an offer from a Christian pro team to go play for a Catholic country? Since Dave‘s love for pizza would drive him to go to Italy. we suggest that Dave should instead live at his pitted-out Edda and work at Mama Rosa‘s and snarf pizzas when the April 22. 1977 manager isn’t looking. Cornelliano, we want you! Hugs and Kisses, Eric Burtness Mark Braaten ADA attacked To the Editors: Who is this ADA, and who does he think he is? I had heard rumors on the Auggie campus about a guy under the alias of ADA, but I passed it off as malicious gossip. However, I've now found it to be true, and I don‘t like it. Doesn‘t he know there is a town in northern Minnesota named Ada? Doesn't he know the people there have feelings? I used to live in Ada myself, and I am qune offended at such a tasteless use of the town‘s name. My brother Lee. a senior at Augsburg, would also find such use of a dignified name completely out of place. I‘m surprised at you, the editors of the ECHO. How dare you let this character use the name of ADA in the paper—as one of your staff writers? I think you should be ashamed of yourselves. The next time this ADA guy writes for you. be sure to find out his real name and use that. It's the least you can do for a small town's dignity. In defense of Ada. Minn. Sybel Hansen §OUﬂDIlIGS V/ \\\"///// INCAR explained By ROBERTA LAMMERS, BOYD KOEHLER, MARY STUMME, DOUG OLLILA, SHIRLEY JANKE, PHYLLIS SMITH There have been questions about what some of us in the International Com» mittee Against Racism (lNCAR) have written about institutional raCism and sexism and about the relationship of the two. In the first place, we define racism as institutionalized inequality and contrast it with prejudice and bigotry. Institutionalized racism functions to separate people into groups on the basis of any convenient criterion and the groups are treated unequally in society, ‘Race" is one way of dividing people into groups, but the criteria for “racial” divisions are actually skin color, hair, etc., rather than race in the biological sense. The biological concept of race (and it is a concept rather than a concrete reality) has no meaning for the human population, because we do not have human groups that are isolated reproductively. “Race” therefore is a sociological concept for humans. Racism in the broad sense includes the division of people on the baSIS of "race." sex, social class, ethnic background, etc, (The male—female dichotomy is also more sociological than biological; biologically, there are many combinations of X and Y chromosomes, but sociologically. people are expected to be male or female.) INCAR fights institutional racism. Institutional racism causes bigotry and prejudice, and we believe it will do no good to fight symptoms without fighting causes. All of us are prejudiced and bigoted to some degree, because we were all educated in a racist society; we believe we will never eradicate prejudice and bigotry until we change the racist nature of institutions in our society. For example, IQ tests are biased culturally against some minorities, and they are the basis of tracking people toward unequal opportunities in schools (Bowles & Gintis 1976). They are used regardless of whether individual teachers are prejudiced. To attack the prejudice of the individual teacher does nothing to change the nature of the tracking system. We would rather fight to abolish the use of IQ tests in educational institutions and invite any teacher who understands that fighting racism is in his/her interest to join that fight. When we protest Marine recruiters we are not protesting prejudiced acts by a few individuals; we are protesting the systematic encouragement of racism in the Marine Corps as represented by those prejudiced acts as well as inequality in promotions and job training. We are protesting furthermore the development of a racist military institution which is likely to be used in support of US investments in apartheid in South Africa. We invite any Marine who understands that fighting in such a war is not in his/her best interests to win in that struggle. In a racist society like ours, all institutions perpetuate racism. INCAR will protest racism in all institutions. Since we have only our own resources, we will first spend our energy on issues that are closest to “home” and are therefore the clearest examples of institutional racism. During the summer Minnesota CAR Will adopt Honeywell as an additional focus. This corporation, which became infamous during the Viet Nam war as the manufacturer of fragmentation bombs, has plants in South Africa where profits are being made off cheap black labor. Honeywell's corporate headquarters is in Minneapolis, and representatives of Honeywell are found on the governing boards of many area colleges. We believe it is in the interest of all working people to fight institutional racism, Racism is a technique used to keep us fighting among ourselves and to prevent our uniting to fight for improved working conditions and in general for more control over the conditions of our own lives. A more collective control over those conditions is in the interest of all working people. These reforms must be won from the power structure in our society. The existence of this power structure IS documented by C. Wright Mills, The Power Elite, and William Domhoff, Who Rules Amer/ca? Those people who are not part of this power structure are part of the "working class." which obviously includes those who are disabled (often from job—related causes). those who have retired from work, those who are maintained by the welfare system as a constant alternative or supplementary labor force for employers, and students. who are preparing to become workers. The only people With enough power to influence where and how military forces "defend" the nation are part of that power elite, Whether those people are good- intentioned is immaterial. Whenever their interests (the accumulation of wealth and power) are in conflict With ours. their interest prevail. Augsburg CAR Will continue to fight institutional racism at Augsburg College by continumg to protest both the presence of military recruiters and the use of Department of Defense funds here. We Will object to connections With firms With corporate interests in South Africa. We Will be havtng educational forums during thefirst week in May on sexism and racism in texts and curriculum and in hiring. We will recall what promises were made during the "Day in May" at Augsburg College nine years ago and see how much progress has been made During that week we will be showmg the documentary on South Africa. Last Grave at Dimbaza. several times to educate people to the conditions of apartheid. Anyone interested in helping With these events may contact any of us and/or come to our next meeting.
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Title: Augsburg Echo April 22, 1977, Page 06
Collection: The Augsburg Echo Collection
Search Result: GET HAPPY is the theme for the Cabaret Singers Eighth Annual Spring Shows to be held April 24 and 26 in the Commons Beginning at 8 pm. each evening, the shows will include such songs as “Calendar Girl, " musical medley from the Wizard 0/ Oz. Vocalists include: Front “Me and My Shadow, "and a [l—r...
Show moreGET HAPPY is the theme for the Cabaret Singers Eighth Annual Spring Shows to be held April 24 and 26 in the Commons Beginning at 8 pm. each evening, the shows will include such songs as “Calendar Girl, " musical medley from the Wizard 0/ Oz. Vocalists include: Front “Me and My Shadow, "and a [l—r] Frank Dickson, Dennis Meyer, Paul Daniels, Karla Weise and Jeff Peterson; Middle [l-r] Julie Anderson, Jan Waddington, Son/a Danie/s, Elev Flanum, Mary Jo Erickson and Dorothy Korpela; Back [l-r] Chuck Cassada, Pat Boehm, Mike Sparby, Chuck Gabrie/son and Mark Aune. Accompanists not pictured are Jill Cronk, piano, and Bob Gardner, string bass. The Cabaret Singers are under the direction of Son/a Danie/s. —ECHO Photo by Jim Purdham Student Senate Continued from page 2 the issue of consumerism, in that their tuition dollars help pay faculty salaries. Later, during the meeting of the new Senate, further discussion was held, culminating in a motion by Kevin Bonderud that any evaluation system used at Augsburg must be viewed by both faculty and students. Standing Committee C will work on this motion. Another of the evening's highlights was a report from Jeroy Carlson to the old Senate on the progress of the Renewal Fund. A film that is shown to area businesses was viewed, and Carlson answered questions on fundraising and the plans for building and renovation. At that time, he said, 53 percent of the total had already been raised and the college was almost certain to reach its goals. Robinson informed the Senate of the decision on board plan options The announcement that the Chin Wag was being retained met with widespread approval, as well as the decision to retain food coupons. Standing Com- mittee 8 reported that they had found few options for more study rooms. but did recommend that the meeting rooms in Mortensen lobby be left open later at night. Cunningham said that library assistant Boyd Koehler is going to make more of an attempt to enforce quiet regulations, and hopefully signs will soon be posted. The Spring Affair was discussed, after which the organizers asked for volunteers to telephone commuters and encourage them to attend. O DAVE’S BARBER j SHOP d"We Cut Hair and Inﬂation" [1 Located In Dinkytown a Behind Burger King (.4 ' >4 41414th Avenue SE. 5 Telephone 331-9747 M—a In a final humerous note, the traditional “gag” proposals were made, including a request by Lori Otto for a $100 honorarium for the Senior Class President, and a motion by Dirk Abraham to allocate $10 to buy a cheap watch for Cunningham so he could tell people in Old Main the time. After a ten-minute break, the new Senate was called to order for the first time by Shorts. Most of the meeting was procedural, with Shelly Patterson appointed as acting secretary, Kevin Bonderud appointed as Chairperson Pro Tem, and Steve Hoffmeyer appointed Parliamentarian. In addition, the Senate ratified procedures on Rules of Order, attendance policies, set up standing committees and finalized the meeting time at 6 pm. Wednesday. In other business, the Seante approved the proposed by-law which places a $25 stipulation on financial matters that must be approved by the president or vice president before going to the treasurer for the required second time, and added the Darkroom Commission to the official list of commissions in the by-Iaws. chosen The biggest challenge Mark Black has faced in his three years at Augsburg? “Belching,” he replied after a reflective silence. Belching? “Yeah. During my freshman year on the Toejam Revue we once taped a sketch with a drunk. The drunk was going to stumble through the credits at the end, introducing it all with a big burp. Mike Milbrath was going to do the credits, but he couldn‘t burp on will. So I had to do that part. “I drank a lot of pop and swallowed a bunch of air. I got my cue and everybody sat there waiting for me. But my burp was stuck. So we tried it again. This time my burp really came, but everybody said it was too replusive to use. Finally l did get a really fine one out, and we got on with the taping." Mark does have more creditable experiences as an Auggie. He is a percussionist with both the Jazz Ensemble and the Orchestra and claims that these two organizations take up the greater portion of his spare time. His interest in percussion instruments has led him to form a rather large personal collection of percussion equipment—mostly less commonly used types of instruments, such as African log drums and unusual bells. This summer he plans to audition as a percussionist for Renaissance Fair activities. Electronic music—or any “unorthodox” music for that matter—is another of Mark's distractions. He has taken several electronic music classes and recently performed a synthesizer solo with the Jazz Ensemble. “I like experimenting with weird music," Mark said. Mark also likes experimenting with film. He made about eight short films with high school friends in Forest Lake, Minn., mostly slapstick comedies and spoofs on Dracula and Frankenstein. During his freshman year at Augsburg he did a take-off on The Exorcist and is currently working on a plot for a movie he is making with John Popham for his Cinema Arts class, Occasionally one of his films is given an exclusive showing at a Chi House party. Chi has been Mark's home for the last two years. Among his pleasurable pastimes with fellow inhabitants of Chi is playing “Empire of Petal Throne,” ascience fiction- fantasy word game, almost every Friday night. Mark is an art major, He is presently fabricating a Viking sword, which will be authentic down to Norse inscriptions on the blade and handle, for a Scandanavian art history class. Mark is not necessarily planning a career in art. Presently his plans involve nothing more definite than refining the art of avoiding a career as a bus boy. for premeds \\ . \‘ : //: v //// elm/[IE , \ x \ ill ii ‘9 § 0 Courses in Native Americ Studies Heard the Word? offers some special summer programs that are one-ofeakind: , o A Topics Review Series on the New MCAT - A Prelaw Program for prospective lawyers - An Archaeological Field Program in Southern Minnesota /*\~ 7 o A Theatre Production an.» Write or call for your Catalog to: Director of the Summer Sessrons, Hamline Umuersuy, St. Paul. MN 55104 In addition to a full schedule 0/ regular courses, Hamline University gill; C4MPUS =(TL TRAVEL allﬁ‘ CENTER l l l . 2506 RIVERSIDE AVENUE MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55454 : — OFFERS — MPLS / LONDON . 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Title: Augsburg Echo April 22, 1977, Page 07
Collection: The Augsburg Echo Collection
Search Result: ‘ k Special interest assignments students. Kevin Bonderud, junior class president, asked, “Is not the housing office responsible for the information on the sheets? We have to play by your rules, but you don’t play by your rules.” According to the housing memo, the lists of houses retained or...
Show more‘ k Special interest assignments students. Kevin Bonderud, junior class president, asked, “Is not the housing office responsible for the information on the sheets? We have to play by your rules, but you don’t play by your rules.” According to the housing memo, the lists of houses retained or reserved by special interest groups would be posted Monday, April 11. The posting was delayed until Friday, April 15 and Monday, April 18. The initial deadline for annex housing requests was changed from Monday, April 18 to Tuesday and then to Wednesday. Assignments for annex houses, scheduled to be posted on Tuesday, April 19 was changed to Wednesday. And the signatures due on room and board contracts were changed from a Thursday deadline to Friday. Students argued that there was not enough time allotted to change housing plans after the special interest housing list was posted Friday and Monday, a week later than scheduled. Concern was also heard about additional time being given to the special interest groups to clarify their proposals. Mike Sparby, senior class on-campus representative, asked why the special interest groups were given a second chance. Hanson responded, “In the special interest proposals it was clear the groups had an idea of what they wanted to do. They were not clear, however, as to how to draw up the specific proposals." She assured the students that the Monday, March 28 deadline for special interest proposals had been enforced and that only clarifications were accepted after that date. Groups desiring special interest status were required to submit applications byMonday. March 28, which included goal statements, specific proposals, methods of evaluation and personal statements by each member, as well as first, second and third housing choices. Another deadline issue which surfaced dealt with the Friday, Marcn 25 advanced payment deadline which guaranteed students lottery numbers. According to the room selection memo, “Those who register but fail to pay the advanced payment by March 25 will be ineligible to participate further in these procedures." Junior Julie Anderson claimed that two persons who had not made the advance payment requested lottery numbers from the housing office earlier in the day. Sophomore Janet Anderson said she was one of the persons who had made the request, but was turned down. She said, however, that the other student had been granted a lottery number. Hanson admitted to have granted a student a lottery number on Wednesday. She said she did so on strong recommendations by the Housing Committee to be more lenient than had been the case in the past when dealing with late payments. Eric Anderson, a sophomore, asked why 10 houses had been closed this year. Hanson said that the closing of houses was a financial decision. She said the other housing options have to be filled first. Hanson also indicated that eventually annex houses may all be special interest housing as a way of chosing them. Continued from page-1 Special interest housing was created in February 1976 by the Housing Committee. At that time, Director of Resident Programs Tod Hanson stated that it was the intention of the resident program that within five years there will be only 15 Annex houses and all will be assigned to special interest groups. “Making all houses special interest is making a farce out of special interest," junior Kirsten Sateren stated. She suggested that the number of special interest houses be limited, making the special interest groups find a really good proposal. Bev Ranum, also a junior, stated that she believes a lot of special interests are created as a loophole. Abraham, the only student on the Special Interest Housing Committee, claimed, “We went overthe proposals carefully. I guarantee that we would not have let an empty proposal through." Abraham stated that there is an element of student trust involved in housing. “You have indicated here that your fellow students and friends would lie to get a house." he said. The Special Interest Housing Committee, comprised of Dirk Abraham, Housing Committee representative; Ralph Crowder, coordinator of Black Stu- dent Affairs; Chris Hanson, acting director of Resident Programs; and Marianne Sander, vice president for Student Affairs, met twice to evaluate the proposals and assign houses. Kendra Bonderud, senior class at-large representative, stated that when she had previously confronted Hanson about special interest housing, Hanson had told her that if she wanted a house bad enough she should go special interest. Most of the opinions voiced agreed that the lottery system is an acceptable system, if it is followed. Juniors who are holding high senior lottery numbers expressed frustration that their numbers were now almost worthless. Sparby summarized their stance, “There are enough people concerned. We are getting sympathy, but not action. We want something done this year. We won't be around for next year." Hanson agreed to present Marianne Sander, vice president for Student Affairs, with the recommendation that followed. The recommendation proposed that this year’s special interest groups be guaranteed housing, but the actual house would be determined by the lottery. Thus, if two seven-house combinations had a higher number than the special interest groups, the two groups would have the first choice on houses. The remaining houses would then be assigned to the special interest groups. Hanson said Sander would have to be consulted as to the legality of the proposal, since some housing contracts had already been signed. Hanson said she would also commit herself to looking into the idea of instituting penalties for special groups that do not fulfill their proposed guidelines. Wednesday morning it was learned that the proposal had been rejected. No reasons for the decision were available by press time. The remainder of the annex houses were to be assigned later in the day as planned. Men's teams begin seasons By TONI SCHUTTA Staff Writer are Tom Barringer, number four singles, Steve Thompson and John WANTED: 1 person to share 3 bedroom house with 2 others. West Bank Area. Call Bob 871-1760 after 5 or all weekend. The season is really just getting started for the golfers. The qualifying watch for information abou' Augsburg men‘s tennis has been handled in both its matches this year, losing 8—1 to St. Thomas April 15 and dropping their first match 7-2 to Macalester. Coach Ed Saugestad stated that one of the team's main problems this year has been finding facilities. Although practice started a few weeks before Easter break. the team spent part of their vacation hunting for courts. Saugestad said that the team is actually doing quite well considering the lack of practice time. Recently the team was granted two hours daily court time at an area court. Freshmen fill the team‘s first three singles positions. At number one singles is Tim Ross, last year's state high school doubles champion from Northfield. Ross is an exceptionally strong, talented player with a good future. according to Saugestad. Frank Beckendorf. a freshman from Blue Earth and the number two singles player. joins Ross on the number one doubles team. “The number one doubles team has an excellent chance of doing well in the conference." Saugestad said. Playing third singles is freshman Ed Kettner and another freshman, Fritz Hadeler fills the number five singles spot. Returning from last year‘s team April 22, 1977 Blaine. The men’s tennis team has not done well in recent years, winning only one match last year against Concordia of St. Paul. This year’s squad is much improved. according to team member Barringer, “We have some good freshmen on the team, also this year we have more scheduled matches; we'll play everyone in the con- ference." Snodgrass feels that the team may do a little better this season. There are a number of new faces on the team including John Benson, who replaced Bill Caris as head coach. Benson said that his players are as good as any in the conference. Last season the men‘s golf team finished the season in the middle of the MIAC conference, winning approximately half of their matches. This season veterans Gary Austin, Steve Snodgrass and Mike Kennedy return. hoping to improve their record. The team played in one ore—season match at Como, April 14. against Bethel. Augsburg lost by only five strokes. 319 to 315. Steve Snodgrass won medalist honors with a score of 71. Gary Austin was second with a 76. round started last week and Benson hopes to have the team down to eight players by the end of the week. The team will have approximately eight matches this season and will participate in several tournaments. The men's track team has not participated in any meets so far this season, but will work toward the state meet at Macalester May 13 and 14. Nate Carlsen, last year's 440 champ, has returned to defend his title and also expects to place in the 220-yard dash. Freshman Eric Lukes, will participate in the 100 and ZOO-yard dash, and Kevin Hoversten will participate in long jump and triple jump competition. . Continued from page 1 at 3336 E. 25th St. and Carlson‘s Sporting Goods at 3725 Minnehaha. To find other locations, call 296—8468. For those who already obtained a city license, the licenses will remain valid until they expire. at which time state license will be requrred. The cost of the three-year license and sticker is $3.50. with $3 gomg for the sticker and 50 cents for service charges. Program commission’s Big Event. Reserve Friday night on May 6 for an evening of fun. Auphiwus Whulori/ Utah 550 million years ago, this tiny trilobite was the most highly developed animal alive. living at the bottom of the sea in what is now southern Utah. Preserved in fossil form, it is now part of our Collectors' Cabinet, which features but- terflies, grasshoppers, beetles. spiders, fossils, rockt. For appreciators, beginning and advanced collectors. $10 to $25 depthoffield
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Title: Augsburg Echo April 22, 1977, Page 08
Collection: The Augsburg Echo Collection
Search Result: Auggie nine enter conference play, beat Mac By LARRY COUTURE Sta/I Writer Baseball is in full swing for the 1977 Auggie nine now as they got into conference play Saturday. The season itself began before Easter break with a trip south to Missouri and four games with Benedictine (Kansas) and...
Show moreAuggie nine enter conference play, beat Mac By LARRY COUTURE Sta/I Writer Baseball is in full swing for the 1977 Auggie nine now as they got into conference play Saturday. The season itself began before Easter break with a trip south to Missouri and four games with Benedictine (Kansas) and Northwest Missouri State. The team came back to a snowy Easter break with a 3—4 record, splitting two double headers with Benedictine and winning one of three against the Missouri team. Recent games have been less than encouraging. After splitting two games with Mankato State the Auggies dropped a heartbreaker to the U of M, 2-1. it was a close game with the Auggies collecting four hits off Gopher ace Brian Denman while the Gophers slapped out just six hits off Auggie hurler Chris Geason. “Geason has been our number one pitcher so far; he lost a no-hitter with two outs in the seventh inning against Mankato State. Jim Peterson and Dave Johnson are our number two and three pitchers," explained Augsburg base- ball coach Edor Nelson. “Hitting has been a problem but we have started to hit the ball, and i don't think it will be long before the hits start dropping in. Senior Steve Setterberg has been hitting the ball well,” Nelson went on. Edor Nelson has been the Auggie baseball coach for 31 years, since 1946, He has “9 or 10" titles to his credit and has recently fallen into the pattern “of winning the title every other year." His last two champion- ships were in 1973 and 1975; last year the Auggies finished third with a 12—8 conference record. Captains this year are senior first baseman Greg Bannon and catcher Mark Strandemo, but Strandemo is currently scholasti- cally ineligible for athletics. Another key player in the Auggie title hopes is sophomore third baseman Dan Johnson. Johnson led the Auggies in their conference opener against Macalester on Saturday. Johnson hit the ball solidly in both games of the double header and with Jim Peterson’s three hits the Auggies dominated the first game 14-1 and squeaked out the second 3-1. Geason and sophomore right hander Tim Christensen handled the traditionally weak Macalester team, each notched a complete game. Last year the Macalester team was forced to fold in the middle of the season due to lack of interest by the players. The two victories put the Auggies on top of the league with a 2—0 record and perhaps gave some of the players who had been struggling at the plate a bit more confidence. Beating Macalester by no means made Augsburg the conference favorites. Coach Nelson believes the confer- ence powers this year will be St. Mary‘s and St. Thomas, with both teams sporting pitchers with pro prospects. There are three home games coming up next week: tomorrow against Concordia, Wed. against St. Olaf, and a week from tomorrow, April 30, against St. John's. All home games are played at the Veterans Hospital Field this year for the first time. The field is located near the intersections of the Crosstown 62 and Highway 55. Coach Nelson wants strong support from the students this year—after all, it‘s the odd year. 4 in. L Tw.¢m,w_. __ SLIDING INTO FIRST BA SE during last Saturday’s conference opener against the Macalester Scots is Augsburg ’s Ftich Garland. Looking on for the Auggies Is first base coach Mark Olsen. The Auggies swept the doubleheader by scores of 14-1 and 3-1, —ECHO Photo by Dave Eckstein Inexperience plagues women’s spring sports By ERIC BURTNESS Staff Writer This year‘s softball team is again coached by Mary Timm, who has coached both volleyball and softball before at Augsburg. Nancy Baker, Kathy Ingman, Maggie McDonough, Shari Lee and Sandy Spitzack are the five returning players from last year's team to help make up the 13 girl squad. So far this season the Auggies have lost games both to St, Cloud and Carleton. The Augs were well beaten by the experienced hard hitting of St. Cloud, who seemed to psych out the Auggies from the start. Carleton was a tough loss for the Augs. Going into the bottom of the seventh (women‘s softball plays only 7 instead of 9 innings), the Augs led 3—2. Carleton had two outs with two on base. But then the Carlies got a hit to drive in two runs, beating the Auggies 4-3. Coach Mary Timm cited inexper- .ence as a major factor in this year‘s outlook, “Some of our girls have played slow pitch softball before, but the fast pitch we play is really a different game," she said. There are problems adjusting to the batting. and fast pitch is much more of a thinking game than slow pitch. Hopefully we will do well this year and not get rained out as many times as we have in April 22, 1977 the past." Peggy Brendon and Debbie Wilson head the coaching staff for the women's tennis team this season. Brendon just graduated from Luther College and is presently enrolled in law school at the U. of M, Wilson coached at Luther and in Virginia and is also doing graduate work at the University while teaching at Blooming— ton High School. Practice began at the end of March with 30 girls competing for the 16 spots on the varsity squad. “We had to cut a lot of girls but the ones we kept have shown a marked improvement since the start," Brendon said. So far the Tennies have had two meets; an eight team tournament and a tri-meet with Macalester and St. Mary's. “At the tournament we really did quite well even though we didn't Telephone: 333—0919 DENNIS THE BARBER 27TH & FRANKLIN Complete Line of RK Products win a match. We don‘t want to peak too early in the season," said Brendon. At the tri-meet, the Augs lost to Macalester 3-2 and lost to St. Mary’s 5-0. The coaches, however, are optimistic about the season’s outlook. “We are trying new combinations in the doubles and different girls in the singles, so soon we should be able to come up with winning combinations and players," Brendon said. Charlie “Marathon Man" Gerster gathered up as many fast women as he could and founded the women's track team. Because the team is in its first year, it suffers from both a lack of experience and a lack of depth. So far this season the track team has had four meets with four to 12 SPAN ISMOVINGPEOPLEAROUND THEWORLD! The Minnesota Project for Amity among Na- tions enables undergrads to prepare in depth for research and immersion in another cul- ture Particupants earn 12 or more U of M credits during the preparation year and summer abroad, Financial aid is available. APPLY NOW FOR INDEPENDENT STUDY DURING SUMMER 1978 IN ISRAEL ‘ MEXICO ~ TAIWAN - YUGOSLAVIA. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT Mary Kingsley ~ 126 Memorial Augsburg College Or Call' 332-5181. Ext, 487 Deadline. May 2,1977 different teams involved. Although individual members have sometimes done well, the team as a whole has not, usually placing in the bottom third of the standings. Minneapolis, Minn. 55454 Augsburg College
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Title: Augsburg Echo April 25, 1975
Collection: The Augsburg Echo Collection

Title: Augsburg Echo April 25, 1975, Page 01
Collection: The Augsburg Echo Collection
Search Result: ‘ nlx54M75 \JﬁW‘QxO AQCHNES Blood drive ends today—give! Minnesota, hats off to thee! P~I1IOTOS by BELKNAP

Title: Augsburg Echo April 25, 1975, Page 02
Collection: The Augsburg Echo Collection
Search Result: In Sivertson and Knutson Roorps_ Today is last chance to 10m the Mortensen blood bust By STEVE WEHRENBERG Stall Wrrter When was the last time you volun- teered your services to perform a “good deed" for someone? Been a long time. huh? Well. don‘t feel bad. The situations that lend themselves to...
Show moreIn Sivertson and Knutson Roorps_ Today is last chance to 10m the Mortensen blood bust By STEVE WEHRENBERG Stall Wrrter When was the last time you volun- teered your services to perform a “good deed" for someone? Been a long time. huh? Well. don‘t feel bad. The situations that lend themselves to the performance of good deeds are, at best, scarce to col- lege students living on a college cam- Little old ladies to be walked across the street are not found in abundance around the campus or Mama Rosa's. And. in a very real sense. the time and/or money is not always available to many college students for giving to and help- ing charitable organizations. Read carefully because the cause is not lost. Augsburg has a great oppor- tunity for students to chalk up their an- nual good deed by helping in the annual blood drive. Today is the last day you can (if you're between 18-65 and in good health) donate some of that precious red stuff and do everyone a real favor. The Minneapolis War Memorial Blood Bank is on campus today provid- lng the beds. nurses and all the equip- ment — including pop and cookies AFTER DONATIONS — to all the blood- glvere. Still, one might ask. what makes going through this highly technical vam- pire process such a good deed? Besides the fact that blood is the life giving liquid, one of the best things about this particular good deed is in donating blood you're indirectly benefit- ing yourself. There is virtually no chance of ever re-using your own donated blood but wl" "t does happen is that by donating it. you aid the Blood Club arrangement be- tween Augsburg and the Blood Bank. It's your protection against the high cost of blood. Blood now usually costs between $30-70 per pint, depending on the type and availability when bought outright. A member of the club can draw the amount of blood needed out of Augsburg's ac- count — free of charge. Who are the members of this club? You are and so is your immediate family. The you includes all full and part-time students. faculty, and staff people. Coverage begins the first day of registra- tion or employment and continues throughout the calendar year and isn't terminated until 12 months after gradua- tion or the last day of employment whether you actually give blood or not. Pretty good deal. right? Steve Charles. the student president of the Blood Club has set two main goals for the current drive. The first goal he feels is to “collect between 450-500 blood units." Last spring. 231 units were collected from 303 donors. The other units were rejected for medical reasons. But. because many units have been used or have become spoiled. one-lifth of Augsburg's total available units have been cancelled. The second goal according to Charles “is the continuation of our broad coverage program which is de- pendent on the first goal." Since the Blood Club is a non-profit organization, it receives only a few dol- lars each year from student council for public relations. The Blood Club exists solely on the contributions of blood from the Augsburg population. If those contributions shrink and blood reserves become to low. the club may have to cut back on it's coverage. Some of the problems facing the blood drive, according to Charles. are what he calls a “general lack of concern coupled with the stigmatism‘s of pain. fear and unpleasantness "that many people have concerning this virtually painless and non—time consuming proc— ess. ' Charles believes that donating blood is indeed a good deed. "There are not too many times during a lifetime that you‘ll have a chance to save people‘s lives." he argues. “but donating blood is one of them." (Editor‘s Note: The author, convinced himself of the goodness of blood donat- ing. signed himself up to donate his first pint of blood yesterday. A complete review discussing the quality of the cookies will appear in next week's ECHO). Mother-Daughter Banquet scheduled for May 3 Augsburg's annual Mother-Daughter banquet is planned for May 3 in the Commons with a theme of “I Enjoy Being A Girl". Sponsored by Alpha Beta Chi. the banquet will begin with a buffet at 4:30 pm. followed by the program at 6 pm. Tickets are now on sale in the Col- lege Center with prices scaled from $3.75 for adults. $3.50 for students not on board-plan and $2.50 for board-plan- ners. Students may also order corsages for their mothers when buying tickets. SIM/06 IS CAI/us... Ali/0 Moon r5 L/FE_ In the event you failed to read Steve Wehrenberg's story elsewhere on this page. don't forget the blood drive today in the Sivertson and Knutson Rooms in Mortensen Tower. The Book Store is holding a 20%—off sale on most of their current inventory. Dictionaries. leftover textbooks and cur- rent titles are all on sale while Summer School and Heritage Resource series re- main at their former prices. Fall pre-registration is planned for April 28-May 7. Students should meet with their advisors prior to registering. Tonight and tomorrow evenings and Sunday afternoon are the final days you'll have to catch “Look Homeward. Angel" at the Little Theatre. It's free to Augsburg students with lD, with adults admitted for $1.75 and students $1. Cur- tain time is 8 pm. evenings and 3:30 pm. Sunday afternoon. Individuals interested in working with handicapped people this summer should contact either Terri Puffer (338-2992). Roger Simon (ext. 309), or Doug Johnson (3385296) to apply for the jobs. Work time is flexible and duties include study aid. health care aide. and house- keeping. Options include a possible live- in arrangement. working for pay or ob- taining class credit. depending on the individual. A benefit concert for student scholar- ships is planned for Monday (April 23) at 8:15 in the Music Auditorium. Pianists James Johnson and Diana Lee Metzker will perform with oercussionists Johnny Melcher and Bill Belknap Bartok's Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion, Also on the program are Robert Beverly and Alice Preves. A $2.00 donation is re- quested for admission. 1-.- People interested in interims abroad should contact Mary Kingsley at ext. 487 as soon as possible to plan for their in- terim. The Religious Life Commission is looking for people to serve next fall. Contact Dave Halaas or Steve Sveom. Bud Brisbois will appear with the Augsburg Jazz Ensemble May 4 at 8 pm. in Si Melby. Brisbois is one of the top trumpet players in the country. Tickets are $2 and $1 for students. available in so 5 . . . . Today is the final chance to cancel soring classes. @Ch. WILLIAM C. BELKNAP PAMELA LIEN editors-in—chief JAMES BERNSTEIN news editor LAUREL ANDERSON arts Edllol This week's Itall vulture: Lisa Bednar Photography staff: D.C. Carlson MARK JENNINGS features - sports editor Sharon Follingstad Scott Bouman Lee Hansen Steve Charles LARRY JEDDELOH busmess manager Lpn' one Dave Dow Brad VandeVoort M-k H k JIM PURDHAM head photographer Steve Wehrenberg ' e 96 Terry Lancaster PAT MATTOS Circulation manager Jon Moren DAVID C. WOOD iacully consulrani Larry Morgan Eddie Nestingen RUSS Stolle darkroom manager THE AUGSBURG ECHO. Published weekly each Friday except during Augsburg interim. vacation periods and holidays by the students of Augsburg College. 731 - zlst Avenue South. Minneapolis. Minnesota 55454. Phone: 332-5181. ext. 301. Opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the supporting staff administration. faculty, or the remainder of the students. Annual subscription rate is $5. Affiliated with Associated Collegiate Press and College Press Service. 2 April 25, 1975
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Title: Augsburg Echo April 25, 1975, Page 03
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Search Result: names new commission members Student Council grants ECHO additional money By JIM BERNSTEIN News Editor This edition of ECHO is in your hands because Student Government last week approved an ECHO request for $500 to cover operating expenses until the end of the school year. Actually. the money...
Show morenames new commission members Student Council grants ECHO additional money By JIM BERNSTEIN News Editor This edition of ECHO is in your hands because Student Government last week approved an ECHO request for $500 to cover operating expenses until the end of the school year. Actually. the money will pay for only one of the three remaining issues. the other funds are coming from projected and accumulated advertismg revenues that have been “stashed” or deposited —choose your word a in ECHO's sav- ings account. ECHO Business manager Larry Jed- deloh explained to the Student Councrl the intricacies of the ECHO budget and detailed how the money is spent to cover production costs including typesetting and printing. Jeddeloh told the council that ECHO had used up all the funds allocated to it for 1974-75 and the short age was not due to any "cost overuns". rather because Student Government had failed to budget adequately last spring. Last week. there was no ECHO because editors Bill Belknap and Pam Lien elected not to publish an issue unless they could be assured ECHO would have the money to pay for it. Council member Roz Nordaunne recommended that ECHO be granted their request suggesting that “We owe it to the students to use their money for something most can come into contact with." The Council passed the request unanimously. In the other major piece of business. the Council rejected two of student body president Jelf Mueller's appointments to commissions and other student govern- ment posts and while ratifying 12 others. Sandy Douglas and Beth Quanbeck were appointed to the Educational Policies Committee by Mueller but the Council rejected both appointees claim- ing that it was not in the best interests of the Committee to have two people serv- ing from the same academic major. Both Ouanbeck and Douglas are political science majors. Instead. the Council passed a motion that stated "We recommend in the con» sideration of student appointees to the Educational Policies Committee. the (student body) President make special effort to provide divisional diversifica~ tion. Mueller was upset with the Council decision and told ECHO "I don‘t agree with the Council and their objections to two of the best people I could appoint to the job. “I don't know why they are so op- posed to putting two political science majors on Ed Policies. I think it's unfair to refuse to consider two people who have the ability and willingness to repre- sent the student body. Beth and Sandy are highly qualified and would do a good job. That should be the criteria. "What major someone selects should have no bearing at all on whether they be allowed to serve in student govern- ment. Their major doesn‘t impair their abilities to do a good job. They were re- jected — not because they were un- qualified — but because they had the same major. I just can't accept that argu- ment. Sandy Douglas told ECHO that she was “pretty discouraged" about the re- jection but would still like to gain a seat on Ed Policies. "l think the Ed Policies Committee is something that I can do a good job on and make a contribution. Student government needs a variety of partici- pants from the different aspects of Augsburg. The appomtees should be judged on ability. I don't think I was and l'd like to see this practice stopped before it spreads. I don't think student government should be allowed to dis- criminate simply because of your ma- jor. Mueller indicated that he is strongly considering sending the Douglas and Quanbeck nominations back to the Council. He may also submit one or the other with another individual in a different major for consideration or recommend two different people. "I'm not sure at this point what I'm gomg to do." said Mueller. “I'll examine my op- tions and do what I think should be done, Whatever happens. I don't think Beth and Sandy were treated fairly." Reappointed to the position of stu- dent society treasurer was Jeff Edson while Vickey Sheppard succeeds Peggy Pepper as student society secretary. Dave Haalas was returned to the Religious Life Commission and will be joined by Steve Sveom in a co-commis- sioner arrangement. Other appointments include Becky Johnson to the Committee on Teacher Education: Karen Pfeifle to the Five Col- lege Advisory Board; Belvin Doebbert as Community Relations Commissioner: Ruby Lawrence to the Minority Affairs Task Force: Joel Gisselquist and Tom Koelln to the Committee on Faculty Per- sonnel and Dean Myers and Ruth Fairchild to the Communications Com- mission. In other Council actions. $50 was given as a memorial to the Ataxia Foun- dation in the name of Alan Ace who died three weeks ago. Auggie Carnival You want to have some fun and possi- bly win a pair of free tickets to a local movie theater or eating place or other valuable prizes? Then the place to be is the forthcoming Auggie Carnival. Thurs- day. May 1. at Si Melby Hall. There will be bingo. a dunking booth. a jail. an egg tossing contest. tug-o-war and many other booths and contests. along with a raffle for a 10-speed bike and a penny guess for a pair of cross- country skis. The carnival is being put on by mem- bers of Augsburg's football team and all proceeds will go for the purchasing of equipment for the Augsburg weight training room. moss“ “I was flying before I could drive. I used to have my parents take me to the airport." said Scott Bouman. But even before learning how to fly he was snapping pictures with his favorite camera. Bouman began his photographic career when he was a sophomore in high school. and not long after he began fly- ing. He's from Burnsville. so it's not surprismg that he does a lot of photo—work for the Burnsville area. Among his ac- complishments are more than 75 published pictures that have appeared in the Sun and Dakota County Tribune news- papers. He also did the pictures for a booklet for the Federal Aviation Administration. Add to that: taking pictures for wed— dings. working for the PR department here. and being the head photographer of the Augsburgian. As Bouman says. “I'm open to do any type of free-lance photographs. as long as it's legitimate!" At the end of May he will be traveling to Saskatchewan to shoot air-to-air pictures for the Canadian International Snowbirds. an aerial demonstration team. Flying and photography seem to fit in well With Bouman‘s chosen vocation. "I want to get a commercial pilot's license so that it will be easier for me to do aerial photography." He plans on being a free-lance photographer With a special in- terest in aerial photography. Currently Bouman is a sophomore majoring in math and communications. He can be seen running around campus with a camera hanging around his neck. So. if you happen to run into him. just remember one thing — “Smile”. About the cover... The talented performers pictured are from cultural happenings at Augsburg during April. A benefit variety show was held to help send the choir to Europe. and the Jazz Ensemble performed to an SRO audience at their April 10 concert. Perhaps you've noticed a new publication appearing lately here calleo IMAGE. IMAGE. a religioust oriented newsletter for Augsburg and the surrounding community is the brainchild of Jodi Schrupp. a sophomore double-major in religion and communications. Jodi has had much experience in the field of journalism. During this past Interim she gained more experience by working on the Granite Falls TRIBUNE. As a journalism class project she also published a feature news issue on Trinity Lutheran Church and its role in the City. This pr0ject involved her in different facets of operation in~ cluding conducting interviews. writing feature articles and planning layout. Jodi's idea for the religious publication IMAGE is based on "an outgrowth of the publication ‘Light of the World' which was published last year. When I heard that no one had offered to work on the paper for the coming year. I gave it some thought. “I felt that there was a need for such a publication but felt that 'Light of the World‘ was geared only toward an isolated group. IMAGE. in her eyes. "will be a bi-Weekly publication based on religious news and events but Will be aimed toward the entire campus community." Jodi hopes that IMAGE Will "provide a greater opportunity for students on campus to express themselves through features and prose or poetry. It would also. hopefully. allow for greater coverage of religious happenings on and off cam- pus; more space than ECHO is able to fairly provide." She hopes in the future to go into missnon work or possi- bly enter the field of religious journalism "Depending on the job market". Jodi mused. "I Will proba- bly work on a small town newspaper first to gain experience and then move on to a Christian magazme " She is also open to the possibility of working on a secular publication it the opportunity arises. "I believe." she said. "there is a need for Christians in ev- ery aspect of life. God can use that person in whatever he or she is doing."
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Title: Augsburg Echo April 25, 1975, Page 04
Collection: The Augsburg Echo Collection
Search Result: REPEHRCUSS ONES Last Fall I went into the Knotty Kniche toward the end of lunch hour and sat down to eat with Dean Ken Bailey He was iust finishing, so I said. "Don't feel like you have to stay." He said he did have to go. but would stay for a minute or two. I took a bite of my BLT and chewed on...
Show moreREPEHRCUSS ONES Last Fall I went into the Knotty Kniche toward the end of lunch hour and sat down to eat with Dean Ken Bailey He was iust finishing, so I said. "Don't feel like you have to stay." He said he did have to go. but would stay for a minute or two. I took a bite of my BLT and chewed on it for a very long lime while I tried to think of something intelligent to say to the Dean. He lit his pipe and eventually we started talk- ing, I don t recall the conversation in Its entirety but two things stick In my mind from the talk we had The first IS the way Bailey reacted to a note someone had scratched on the table (You know those tables in the Knotty chhe.) The note bluntly expressed a student's frustration at not being able to get what he needed at Augsburg That really bothered Bailey He talked about what kind of things he could do as Dean to help students get what they wanted and needed from school He was frustrated because he couldn't do as much as he wanted. The second thing I remember is how much he loved and missed teaching and how badly he wanted to get back into it. By now. I had finished my lunch and had to go to my next class Our short chat had turned into an hour discusSion. Ken Bailey is leaving the administration and returning to teaching. l'm glad to see him doing what he wants. but l'm sad to see him leave the Dean's position. It‘s a loss for the administration, but a gain for the philosophy department. Before I started to check into II. I had no idea of the impact that the Dean has on the College. The Dean IS a member of the Administrative Staff. which meets weekly to coor- dinate the administration of the College and to consult with the President. He is also chairman of the Educational Policies Committee which is one of the most powerful faculty committees The Dean is ultimately responSIble for the budget and program decrsrons for all departments and academic support programs of the College (including the library. CHR. and Audio Visual). A Search Committee consisting of Mildred Joel (Registrar). Carl Chrislock (History). Mark Furhrer (Philosophy). Marie McNeff (Education). Ken Erickson (Physics). Ralph Sulerud (Biology). and Neal Thorpe (Biology) was set up by the faculty to recommend candidates for a new Dean to the PreSident, As I look at that list. | ask myself why it is that half the people on this committee are from the natural sciences? That isn t exactly well balanced. unless you consider the natural sctence divtSion equal to half of the college. A Search Committee dominated by natural soience leISIOl'l makes me apprehenswe to say the least I see the natural soience people as haVing a purist attitude towards the college experience. They tend to have a limited concept of liberal arts education The oppomtment of someone who reflects this attitude could lead to the demise of the limited experiential and creative learning opportunities that do exist. like the internship program. MUSlP. or even CHR. Augsburg could swmg back into a purely classroom oriented college Some members of the faculty are aware of this problem and at the last faculty meet- ing they proposed that the Search Committee be expanded to include some more peo- ple from the other leISIOl'lS The motion failed Following that. at the same meeting. Jeff Muel. .r proposed that a member of the student body be given a position on the Search Committee Kermit Paulson pulled a beautiful political move and called for a quorum There wasn‘t one, so no vote could be taken So much for political action. I don‘t know what the unrepresented faculty members are doing, but Jeff Mueller, President of the unrepresented student body, has sent out letters to many students asking Ior input on a number of questions related to the selection of the Dean. This is a good move If people respond. it should provide Jeff with a good perspec- tive on what the students want and he can then relate this information to President An- derson, the Search Committee and the entire faculty It also could get some students in- terested enough to talk to their professors about it, I think it is important for us to let the faculty know that we are concerned. If they know that, and still cut us off from the process. it‘s going to take a lot of work to teach them that they can‘t afford to. But. I do feel that the faculty will respond to the stu- dent's point of view — if we only let them know what it is. Charley lngman a!» m"? to“ Jan“ Leg.“ 262“ "168 7//\\\\V//// in celebration and thanks for Alan Ace (June 4. 1939-April8. 1975) “The mystery of God has been going on many years, and I am happy to have seen and enjoyed the miracle of God who has so abundantly filled by life with happiness and joy..." — Alan Ace Alan Ace lived in the midst of the mystery and miracle of God Today we can rejoice in his love for life and his Lord sense of humor paﬂence we can reioice in the encouragement he gave to others we rejoice in how Al, as he. in a speCial way overcame his handicap. taught us new meanings for freedom, caring. miracles. and Joy Death steals...but the compassionate love of Christ brings all together again, We will miss Al... | share With you some words of Dag Hammarskjold...words that can be understood because of Al's life and love... To love life and men as God loves them —- for the sake of their infinite possibilities. to wait like Him, to judge like Him without passing judgement, to obey the order when it is given and never look back — then he can use you — then, perhaps, He will use you. And if he doesn't use you — what matter. In His hand, every moment has its meaning, its greatness, its glory, its peace, its co-inherence. From this perspective, to “believe in God" is to believe in yoursell, as self-evident, as “illogical,” and is impossible to explain: ill can be, then God is. Lord. we give you thanks for Alan Ace...continue to fill our lives with happiness and joy through your mysteries and miracles. Amen. (Editor's Note: This memorial was given during chapel on April 11, 1975. by Dave Halaas. Religious Life Commissioner.) al- . Ed. note: the following letter was for- warded to the attention of ECHO. March 31. 1975 Mr. Donald A. Stoike Manager oi Education Programs Aid Association for Lutherans Appleton. Wisconsin 54911 Dear Mr. Stoike: I should like to express my strong en- dorsement of the Conservation of Human Resources Program (CHR) which is currently underway at Augsburg College. The program was initially intended to provide learning experiences which could not be achieved in the traditional classroom setting. But what is so hear- tening to all of us is that it has achieved far more than the creation of valuable new learning environments. lts potential benefits. in fact. are literally incalcula- ble. Here we have a common-sense ap- proach through higher education to communicate with groups in our society who for too long have largely been "writ- ten»off" or excluded from a conventional academic approach. CHR links the resources of the com- munity with the needs of the institu- tionalized in a way that works to the ad- vantage ot each group it serves. It broadens educational opportunities for college students and helps the Univer- sity or colleges to play a more meaningful role within the community. For resident and inmate populations. it can offer hope, a new sense of dignity and awareness of alternative lifestyles. One can only hypothesize about the range of added educational and human services benefits which might accrue from CHR's expansion, But certainly on the basis of observation to date. CHR deserves public commendation for its goals and eminently merits your con- tinued support. With my warmest personal regards. Sincerely. Wendell R. Anderson April 25, 1975
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Title: Augsburg Echo April 25, 1975, Page 05
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Search Result: filmclipmmmt ronpalosaari I _ IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII The cat and the canary Over Easter vacation I hit a series of disasters: our cat killed the mother hamster leaving nine little hamsters. | splashed paint remover In my eye. two of our kids got strep throat. our Easter Company cancelled out...
Show morefilmclipmmmt ronpalosaari I _ IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII The cat and the canary Over Easter vacation I hit a series of disasters: our cat killed the mother hamster leaving nine little hamsters. | splashed paint remover In my eye. two of our kids got strep throat. our Easter Company cancelled out because of strep throat fears. and I saw Funny Lady. Funny Lady, unfortunately, was not the least of the disasters. One reviewer has cruelly compared the film to a concrete souffle Other reviewers. for obscure reasons. have praised the film. Faced by such divergent opinion. one is usually safe in taking a middle group. I. therefore. state that though the film bored and dismayed me. I do not consider it a concrete souffle. Souffle implies a certain unity' Funny Lady lacks unity as well as most of the other qualities one associates with a good film. Don‘t see it if you can help it: especially not at $3.50 a ticket. My dismissal of the film may offend Streisand fans, But real Streisand fans have already seen the film and gone back to their stereo sets to listen to "The Way We Ware” and to pray for the quick release of her next film. Lest anyone consider me so small as to be a Streisand knocker. l protest. She does the best job in the film by achieving mediocrity. James Caan as Billy Rose. and Omar Sharit as Nick Arnstein are much worse. Caan was fine as Sonny in The Godfather. He probably will be good in Godfather ill. There. I predict. he will play Michael's son now grown up. who has strangely inherited the looks and traits of his late uncle. In Funny Lady he is woefully miscast. Where the film does show some class is in the camera work. Although the script plods along. the photographed images are worth watching. James Wong Howe was cameraman, and although competent camerawork can't save a bad film. it can. in this one, give the viewer some legitimate enjoyment. While Streisand fans wait for Funny Female Senior Citizen, those interested in comedy and aging can go see Harry and Tonto. This film did not stir much interest on Augsburg campus when it first played Minneapolis. Not even sociology majors in- terested in geriatrics talked about it. Now that Art Carney won an Academy Award for his role in the film I think some more from here will go see it. Harry is a retired English teacher. a Widower now suffering the outrages of New York City. His life is made bearable by his ties to his old neighborhood. his friends. and his cat and faithful companion. Tonto. Unfortunately. his neighborhood is changing. and his friends are dying. After he is evicted from his apartment which is scheduled to be torn down and spends a short time with a suburban son and his wife. he takes off on a cross-country journey. It is here, I think. that the film shifts from exaggeration to fantasy. His trip through America is closer to The Odyssey than a cross-country car trip. He travels in a magic land where by some mysterious power he is able to cope with all problems. emerge triumphant from any predicament. In New York his age and the urban society are surely crushing him, but once out of New York his youth is renewed. He can drive and not be weary; he can hitch hike and not be faint. In fact he can hitch hike and get laid by a beautiful call girl (old age, where is thy sting?) and got cured of bursitis by an Indian medicine man (A.M.A.. where is thy vic- tory?). Warning: All minor roles in this film are gross stereotypes showtng that as a good guy. Harry can relate to socialists. blacks. sexually liberated youth. soft drug trippers, and just about anyone else except of course his own children. and he even tries there. That travel may be magic can be seen in books like The Odyssey, Don Quixote, and Huckleberry Finn or in the imagination of any Auggie planning a trip abroad for the summer, The long trip in Harry and Tonto is a pleasant fantasy that also. untorlunately. reinforces old American prejudices that the proper response to the city. and now the suburbs too, is flight. At least this film does treat old age with some respect as well as some humor. I was glad to see the theme of sex and the older person raised even if it was used mostly for snickers or extravagant fantasy. The film sugar-coats old age. but our seeiety so often treats aging as obscene that I can accept a little sugar coating. Since our only choice is to get old or to die. old age has a definite advantage. Finally. any film that has an English teacher as here automatically deserves some appreciation. Lest you be tempted to rush into a crowded field, I warn you that Harry does wind up quoting Shakespeare to his cat. That unfortunately. is much more realistic than the magic iourney. Community Events this week Guild of Performing Arts — HIRAM TITUS. pianist Will perform a solo concert tomor- row night (Saturday) at 8:00. Theatre 1900 presents "Old King Cole" by Joe Grenzeback and Haakon Bergh at the Howard Conn Fine Arts Center (1900 Nicollet Ave.) through May 11. Call 544-9950 for more information. Whole Coffeehouse — MIMI FARINA. songwriter. guitarist and folk singer. will ap- pear Friday and Saturday night. Admission is $2.50 at the door. but only $2 in advance at MSA Student Store. The coffeehouse is located in the basement of Coffman Union at the U of M. Cinema Theatre Company — A Man For All Seasons by Robert Bolt plays tonight and tomorrow night at 8. Call 2220792 for reservations. Theatre In the Round — The Misanthrope by Moliere runs through May 11. Student tickets are $2.50. Call 336-9123 for reservations. Coffeehouse Extempore — Recording for the album. LIVE AT EXTEMPORE Will be done tonight and tomorrow night at 10. with Lonnie Knight performing. Pholo by Bill Belknap The Augsburg Jazz Ensemble once again played to a standing-room-on/y audience in the Commons on April 10th. A. J. E. performs in Commons By ADA Staff Writer On April 10th. the Augsburg Jazz En- semble. directed by Jim Carlson. proved themselves to be a superior musical group. Playing through an electric pro— gram, they eaSily handled everything from swmg to funk. Musical improvements in the ensem- ble. even from last fall. are incredible. Sections are much tighter and rarely drift apart. So|0ists are starting to feel comfortable with their role and are learn- ing some of the basic elements of this type of playing The band also played with more enthusiasm and drive. qualities which were often lacking last fall Another nice thing to see was a large. responswe audience. Audiences in the past have been unresponsive. some- times not knowing what to expect from the music, Needless to say. this has a great effect on the musical performance The band played many different styles. Dialogue for Trumpet. Alto and Orchestra. by Dick Grove. a so-called "thirdstream" piece. is a combination of 50's cool pan and clas5ical music Chris Charles laid down a nice trumpet solo. as did Joel Wilhelm on sax: unfor- tunately. his flute playing was smothered by the band The next chart. Roadster. was written by Augsburg sax player Dave Sletten. who proved he is one of the most im- proved sol0ists in the band. No longer afraid of the mike. he is starting to loosen up and lay down some good stuff Sammy Nestico's That Warm Feeling was one of the best numbers of the en- tire evening A ballad like this one is hard to perform because main melody— Iine notes must fall |uSl behind the beat. The band brought this off well. but became a little disorganized toward the end of the piece BaSSISl Craig Gud- mundson (who in the past has had a ten- dency to play as loudly as his outfits). was under control and played well for most of the performance, It's too bad he played too loudly in this selection. but he is learning that bass in a Jazz band is supposed to be felt. not heard Highlighting the second set was Charter Jazz Suite, by Bill Holcombe. a ripoff of Buddy Rich‘s Channel One Suite. in this difficult piece. the band showed a line sense of dynamics and an ability to handle numerous time changes. Eric Hanson was showcased with an excellent drum solo. Often creeping toward a sense of boredom on one idea, he would then switch to some other pattern. which eaSin resulted in a technically difficult. beautifully coherent solo Providing comic relief between the second and third sets was the Faculty Dixreland Band, who facetiously fouled up a few Scott Joplin works Leading off the third set was Bob Rockwell's funky chart, Spider, which was played loo smoothly and didn't sound very funky Mike Murphy. on tenor sax, played an OK. but disiomted solo. Shadow of your Smile featured Doc Carlson on trumpet and Craig Anderson on guitar Both played well. it‘s too bad Doc no longer has a Flugefhorn. which would have sounded beautiful here Mike Murphy showed Without a doubt that he 15 the best soloist in the band during Got the Spirit. Starting the num- ber out With a bluesy solo. he displayed the expressweness which makes him such a good mUSlClarl The chart itself was yust a toundetorce for Murphy. who laid down a solo which never became self indulgent and was always interest- ing To get audience identification he used riffs from Norwegian Wood and Shortnin' Bread. It was loo bad Chris Charles couldn't top out on his high trumpet notes during this chart, because he did well otherWise, All in all. a stun- ning performance. Doc Carlson should be congratulated for getting this together. for he is the main man behind this group The Jazz Ensemble is no longer a sidelight. they are a force to be reckoned With 5
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