Billings’ ’mobiles page 3 lno Jazz Festival III page 6 Judicial Council lifts election freeze By CAROL DUBOVICK Co-Edltor The Judicial Council late Monday night unanimously decided to lift the freeze on the installment of elected Sudent Body President Eric Spore and Vice President Arlene Shorts.... Show moreBillings’ ’mobiles page 3 lno Jazz Festival III page 6 Judicial Council lifts election freeze By CAROL DUBOVICK Co-Edltor The Judicial Council late Monday night unanimously decided to lift the freeze on the installment of elected Sudent Body President Eric Spore and Vice President Arlene Shorts. The decision followed a three-hour open hearing and one and one-half hours of closed deliberation by the Judicial Council in its opinion announced at about 11:40 p.m., the Judicial Council stated that they found election guideline violations had taken place, but did not believe the violations warranted an overturn of the election results. They therefore decided that Spore and Shorts would take office, following a train-in period of five full school days beginning Tuesday, March 28. The Council also announced that recommendations will be made in its formal opinion concerning the election guideline violations. Monday night’s hearing resulted from the Judicial Council’s earlier decision to hear the allegations brought before them in a brief presented by Roz Nordaune at a March 18 meeting. The brief, prepared jointly by the Walter Bradley-Nick Choban and Robyn Whitbeck-Brad Elliott teams and supporters. outlined questionable campaign practices dur- ing both the primary and general elections, The brief recommended that a new election be held on the grounds that the campaign and election violations invalidated the election. It was also at the March 18 meeting that the Judicial Council froze the final election results. Spore and Shorts were scheduled to take office March 25. At the 'Monday night hearing, attended by about 60 students, Judicial Council members Margaret Anderson, Jeff Blixt, Glenda Cunning» ham, Dr. Richard Marken, Chair- person Suzy Moe and Margene Petersen heard evidence, in the form of testimony, solicited by representa- tives of Spore-Shorts, Bradley- Choban, Whitbeck—Elliott and the students who signed petitions which accompanied the brief. Judicial Council members not present at the hearing were Dr, Myles Stenshoel and Kevin Peterson, who had previously removed themselves from the council to prevent any possible bias. Dr. Keishiro Matsumoto also was not in attendance, for reasons unknown to the ECHO at press time, A time limit of one—hour was set for each team to present their case. Nordaune, representing the approxi- mately 100 students who had brought the brief before the Council, Bruce Olson, representing the Bradley» Choban team, and Denise Schafbuch, representing the Whitbeck-Elliott team, began the proceding by calling witnesses to substantiate the allega- tions made in the brief. The brief, as originally presented to the Judicial Council March 18 outlined the following nine charges: THE DEFENSE—Elected vice Presrdent Arlene Shorts [I] and PreSideni Eric Spore [c] listen to testimony at Monday night 5 open hearing Jlm Bern- stein [r] served as the Sparesnorts' spokesman and presented the defense arguments. —EC~C‘ pth’USCi Car: Socc. P —intense peer pressure to influence votes, especially in Urness Tower. —bal|ot spillage and early sorting, —failure to receive election day procedures from Election Chairman Dan Larson. —posting violations by the Spore- Shorts ticket. —questionab|e acquisition of mater- ials by the Spore»Shorts team. —partisan workers behind the election table during the general election by the Spore-Shorts and Bradley-Choban tickets. —an illegal P.O. Shore-Shorts ticket. —persona| violations of posted school policies, specifically parking violations, by the Spore-Shorts team. —neg|igence in exploring conse- quences of a fundraiser. stuff by the Only four of these allegations were raised at the hearing. in the process of proving the allegation that intense peer pressure was used to influence votes, Kris Peterson and Denise Karalis, re- ceptionists at the College Center desk, were called by Nordaune to testify. Peterson stated, that while working, she observed Spore milling around the election table for about 10 minutes on the day of the final election. Karalis testified that she observed Cindy Hill, an Urness Tower Resident Assistant (RA) and Spore-Shorts supporter, and an unidentified friend, lingering around the election table for about 45 minutes. She said Hill sat in the main lounge and confronted people as they approached the election table to vote Rachel Koski. also an Urness Tower Fl.A.. and freshmen Peggy Schnee~ wind and Frank Dickson testified to intense pressure and intimidation they experienced in Urness Tower during the campaigning. In the cross examination of Koski, Schneewind and Dickson, directed by Jim Bernstein, spokesman for the Spore-Shorts team, it was revealed that no physical threats had ever been directed to the witnesses by campaign supporters. According to Dickson, it was "feelings" and a "domineering atmosphere" which prevailed in Urness Tower. Hill, called to testify by Bernstein, stated that she did not say anything to influence voters during the time she was near the election table. The remainder of the allegations were pointed at the decisions made by Election Chairman Dan Larson during the election period. According to the brief, partisan workers had been placed behind the election table to help with the voting procedure. Explaining how he selected persons to work behind the election table, Larson stated that he tried to find persons who were nonpartisan. He admitted, however, that he had to resort to allowing partisan persons help with the balloting during rush periods. Continued on page 5 THE PLAIN TIFF—Representing the parties seeking to invalidate the election because of alleged questionable campaign practices and election gurde/ine .iiOiations were [l to r] Denise Schalbucn, Roz Nordaune and Bruce Olsen Augsburg College, Minneapolis, Minnesota Vol. 83, No.19 Aprili,i977 Show less
Adjusted income ceiling raised for federal loan eligibility By GINNY BONDE Stall Writer Federally Insured Student Loans with an interest benefit are available to more students now than last year, according to Herald Johnson, director of Student Financial Services. Follow- ing federal action last... Show moreAdjusted income ceiling raised for federal loan eligibility By GINNY BONDE Stall Writer Federally Insured Student Loans with an interest benefit are available to more students now than last year, according to Herald Johnson, director of Student Financial Services. Follow- ing federal action last November, the maximum adjusted income of parents of a student eligible for a loan has been raised from $15,000 to $25,000. “Virtually all students at Augsburg will be eligible now because of this liberalization and other means to make the loan available to students," said Johnson. “Just a few will not be eligible." This eligibility is for the interest benefited loan. Any student may take out a loan with a 7 percent simple annual interest rate from the federal program. A federally insured loan with an interest benefit is more beneficial to most students than is a personal loan from a bank, said Johnson. For example, if a student has borrowed $900 each of four years he/she has attended Augsburg, no interest is assigned the loan during those four years. Starting May 1977, when this hypothetical student graduates, he] she has a grace period of nine months before payments of the loan must begin. After the nine month waiting period, the student has 10 years to pay back the $3,600 loan. That is equal to $30 per month, plus the 7 percent simple interest. The interest begins to accrue only when payment of the loan is due. If a student is able to replay the loan before payment is due, the pre- payment will be interest free and, unlike some loan policies, there is no penalty for early payment. Other types of loans—a personal loan from a bank, for instance—are issued at a higher interest rate and may include a policy whereby one would be penalized for early payment of the loan. The conditions of an interest benefited or “interest-free“ loan are: —a student must qualify for the loan by showing need. To determine need, his/her parents’ income and expenses are assessed to find adjusted income. —a student must attend school at least half-time for at least nine months olf the year. If this condition is not met, the nine-month grace period will begin. —the limit on the loan is one-half the total cost for a year of school. For 1977-78 Augsburg students, one-half the total cost is estimated at $2,435 for residents and $2,110 for commuters. For students with such fees as music lessons, total costs would be higher. —the absolute maximum loan for a year is $2,500. Students wishing to apply for loans can obtain forms in the Student Financial Services Office. After the student, his/her parents, and Augs- burg have each completed their respective portions of the form, it must be filed with a lender. The lender may be a savings and loan, other banking Chin Wag remains the same in new board plan options By DIRK J. ABRAHAM News Editor In a last-minute revision of proposed board plan options for the 1977-78 school year, both the Chin Wag and Food Coupons will be retained in their present form, according to Student Body President Ron Robinson. This decision was reached Friday by a special committee consisting of: Burt Fosse, vice-president for finance and management; Marianne Sander, vice- president for student affairs; Carl Stromer, director of food services; Doug Wasco, director of auxiliary services, along with Robinson and Eric Spore. At the March 16 Student Senate meeting, Sander reported that under the final proposal by the President's staff, the Chin Wag would become totally a vending operation, coupons would be eliminated, and there would be just two board options: a full board plan costing $725 and a meal card plan costing $400. According to Robinson, this pro- posal met with such disapproval from students and faculty that the special meeting was held. Fosse told those present that the housing contract for next year was being printed, and the board plan uncertainty was delaying its completion. Major complaints centered on the lack of flexibility in the proposal, Robinson said. “We went into the meeting with the intention of compromising by splitting the $400 option into $200 worth of meal cards and $200 of coupons,” Robinson said. After some debate, it was decided to change that to $250 worth of cards and $150 worth of coupons, retaining the present Chin Wag setup in the process. The key difference between the presidential staff proposal and the compromise is the amount of revenue generated by Food Service. “The aim of the presidential proposal was to increase revenues in the Commons,” said Robinson. “Revenues won’t be as high with the compromise, but the student and faculty protests make it justified." Burte Fosse said that changing the character of the Chin Wag would have been “a poor decision." He also stated that, “If the majority feel they do not want a change, then there is a price to be paid in other areas. If we do not save money here, there will not be money for other things that various groups would like to have done.” Doug Wasco commented, “I really feel it is a good compromise to meet the needs of increasing costs of food service and still allow flexibility for students on board plan." Robinson explained in an interview Sunday night that many students don’t understand the use of Food Service revenues. “There’s a big debt on the College Center, which students help to pay for with $50 of their tuition. Food Service has to contribute also, as a user of the building. Any Food Service profits go to help this and other areas of the College budget," said Robinson. Robinson went on to say that he is very pleased with the compromise, terming it “a victory for the students." Robinson also mentioned that some phases of Chin Wag and Commons operations, such as hours, are still being debated and will be announced later. firm, or an insurance company. If the loan is issued, a check for the amount will be sent to Augsburg. Once the check is endorsed by the student, it is receipted. If the student's account is overpaid, Augsburg will issue a check to the student upon request. Alternatively, the student can leave the credit in his/her account for future expenses. In Minnesota, the federal loan program is also called Minnesota State Student Loans. In the Minnesota program of insured loans, the federal government is the insurer. In the case of death or disability, the government insures the lender against loss. Policy differs slightly from state to state. The federally insured program is an important one for Augsburg monetar- ily, according to Johnson. He estimated that $450,000 comes in from various lenders through this program. Because fall semester payments are due August 20, 1977, next year's students are urged to beginapplication by this June. Alpha Phi Omega elects new officers Augsburg's Omega Beta chapter of Alpha Phi Omega Fraternity, a national service oriented fraternity, elected new officers at its March 17 meeting. Taking office March 24 were: Scott Langguth, president; Steve Wehrenberg, vice president, member- ship; Randy Asman, vice president, service; Jon Moren, secretary; and Phillip Styrlund, treasurer. The fraternity, which became an official chapter in May of 1976, is currently conducting a membership drive. Pledge members this spring will be initiated next fall, according to new president Scott Langguth. One of the chapter‘s objectives is to recruit new members from the freshmen and sophomore classes. "Many of our members are juniors and seniors, so we’re trying to build up a base by recruiting underclassmen,“ said Langguth. He pointed out that although nine new members were initiated March 4, raising the chapter's membership to 19, nine members will graduate this spring. Alpha Phi Omega Fraternity has been involved in many service projects in both the Augsburg and surrounding community since its installation last spring, according to Langguth. Members recently installed the bell in the Art Building to help make the building more accessible to handicap- Confinued on page 5 JIM PURDHAM SCOTT BOUMAN ERIC N HANSON DAVID C WOOD. Faculty Consultant CAROL DUBOVICK . . . 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Augsburg economics prof James Billings 'rolls’ in style By LARRY COUTURE Staff Writer Rolls Royces can be seen frequently around the Augsburg campus now that spring is here and they are out of storage. Do they belong to an Auggie commuter? Well, not exactly. Actual- ly, they are prize possessions... Show moreAugsburg economics prof James Billings 'rolls’ in style By LARRY COUTURE Staff Writer Rolls Royces can be seen frequently around the Augsburg campus now that spring is here and they are out of storage. Do they belong to an Auggie commuter? Well, not exactly. Actual- ly, they are prize possessions of Augsburg Economics Professor James Billings. Billings has three Rolls Royces—a 1952 Silver Wraith, a 1953 Bentley Silver Dawn, and his greatest classic, a 1933 Phantom II. Billings has frequently opened his Lake Harriet home to students and last week he extended his hospitality to some of the ECHO staff by treating them to a Minneapolis ride in his Silver Wraith. The Wraith is his sleek black classic. Billings bought it last March in Jamestown, ND, and he says, “This model is very rare. Only 1800 were made over a 14 year period. Rolls Royce contracted out the coach building to 150 separate coach makers and this particular car was done by James Young, the most elegant of coach builders. The original dollar adjusted cost was about $85,000 and by 1959 they had stopped making this model." The interior of the car is intricately paneled with the finest satlnwood and walnut stock. Paneling and mirrors border the top quality leather upholstery. A "picnic bar" accom- modates back seat riders along with the first class leg space in the coach—complete with footrests. The Bentley Silver Dawn is the sportiest of the Billings Royces. The two-tone silver beauty is complement- ed by a red leather interior and the classic Royce grillwork, "I once drove the Bentley to a special concert for the King of Norway at Orchestra Hall and somehow the people got it mixed up with the King's car. All the old women were running up along side and banging on the windows." Billings chuckled. Billings takes pride in his Phantom II, conSIdered by many to be the best of all Royces. The car is 6 feet 4 inches tall, 20 feet long. and with a black paint job could pass as a Nazi staff car to the casual observer. Actually. the car was owned by the niece of King George V. Lady Mary Gosling. and comes complete with seats facing - g“ EYEBALL TO HEADLIGHT with a 1953 Bentley Silver Dawn. one 0/ three ciassrc Roi/s owned by Prof. James Billings, who calls himself an “art economist. " PROUD OWNER BlLL/NGS April 1, 1977 Invites an ' photographer to experience the interior or PlS 7952 Smer * ECHO '5 r' R0 5 Royce Oni‘, i 800 «(ere made were 14 year iii": Pr?” Laue Ecrs'eiri each other in back. Side mounting tires and flags stand out when the car IS in full dress. “The Phantom is my favorite. probably because it‘s the classic Rolls Royce.“ Billings beamed. "Rolls Floyces are rising at about 25 percent per year and there aren't many to be found. For a while you could get them for $10.000 to $12.000. Now the less expensive ones aren't around." According to Billings. driving a classic car is really much cheaper than people think. He pointed out the appreciation in classics as opposed to depreCIation in new cars. And Billings adds. "i pay a lot more insurance for my Ford. which I think has no market value." All four cars have one feature in common—the Augsburg parking permit stuck to the back of the mirror. Cars are not the only Billings passion; art may be his first love. He keeps his cars at his mini-mansion on Lake Harriet along with his art studio and living room gallery. His collection ranges from Old English paintings to Persian rugs. His house is a jungle of antiques. Many have already been sold and are now awaiting transport to the new owners. Many of his experiences in art dealing are brought into the classroom. like the Friday he spent in a Minneapolis precmct station. it seems he had been contemplating buying “an official. registered pair of police handcuffs“ at an auction The handcuffs came without keys but Billings had already tried one on before he realized that he was no longer in any posnion to bargain lor a good price. Billings travels and telephones across the country in pursun of an art deal. Many of his sales are completed Sight unseen by the buyer, pOSSibly illustrating the respect his colleagues in the art world have for him. The classtc Rolls Royce could also be considered a work of art, Billings likes to think of himself as "an art economist“ and seems Willing to sell anything at the right price. Auph iscul Whulori/ Utah 550 million years ago, this tiny trilobite was the most highly developed animal alive, living at the bottom ol the sea in what is now southern Utah Preserved In fossil term, it is now part at our Collocmrs' Cabinet, which features but- terflies, grasshoppers, beetles, spiders, lossils, rock: For appreCIators, beginning and advanced collector! $10 to $25 depth of field i 405 ceda, rer. ‘ Show less
editorials GUI IUI lUlb John 19:30 . . . It is finished . .. At approximately 11:40 pm. on Monday, March 28, Judicial Council officially terminated what seemed to be an endless election process that has brought out the worst in most everyone involved. The ECHO has watched and noted all the... Show moreeditorials GUI IUI lUlb John 19:30 . . . It is finished . .. At approximately 11:40 pm. on Monday, March 28, Judicial Council officially terminated what seemed to be an endless election process that has brought out the worst in most everyone involved. The ECHO has watched and noted all the proceedings carefully: the mundane platforms that surfaced in our paper five weeks ago, slightly lightened by a hamster and two freshmen; the “spirited” and surprising write—in campaign and victory exactly three weeks ago; the huckstering, the muckracking and the name-hacking that has predominated since then; and the broken friendships that may silently linger on. This was a difficult time for little Augsburg College, where two opposing spokespersons in the Judicial Council hearing play on the same IM broomball team; where one alleged election malefactor and one Judicial Council member live in the same house on campus; where supporters and candidates of opposing tickets attend the same classes, frequent the same parties and pass each other daily in the quad, in the Center and in the Commons. Now it is finished—el tinis—thanks to the Lord and more thanks to Judicial Council. Some may call the Council members spineless for taking the easy, most convenient way out of an unprecedented controversy. But we feel Judicial Council could have reached no other decision based on the evidence, or lack of evidence presented to it. And even if all of the allegations presented to the Council Monday night by the Bradley-Choban and Whitbeck-Elliott tickets — intense peer pressure, ballot spillage and early sorting, failure to receive election day procedures and partisan workers behind the election table—were proved true, they are certainly not substantial enough to invalidate an election. We still fail to believe that any of these “questionable” campaign practices could have biased the election and swayed the outcome. President OscorAAnderson By the time this is printed, I trust the outcome of the stu- dent society election will have finally been determined. Whatever the result, the tradition of capable and responsible student leadership at Augsburg will be continued. In the years I have served the college, I have not been dis- appointed in the caliber or character of the elected officers of the student body. And they have not always agreed with the administration, by any means! I confess that I cannot go along with the cynics who claim that student government is a Charade and that student society officers are lackeys who are ineffective in shaping the experiences of our college community. Strong student leadership is a vital factor in fostering the welfare of our entire enterprise. Because I believe students should be responsible for their part in our life together, I hesitate to make any suggestion regarding their affairs. But I shall risk an observation which may mean, if it results in a change, a more effective student government. I am referring to the time of year student society elections are held, something that has not been changed even though changes have taken place in the academic calendar over a span of years. As | see it, to hold elections in late February or early March actually deprives the incumbent officers of a full year of effective administration. See what actually happens. Newly-elected officers take over about the first of April, usually around the time of the Easter break. The period after Easter becomes a time of organizing the student society for the ensuing year, while running pell-mell into spring exams and the summer hiatus. After cranking up again in the fall, things go along well for a few months until Christmas, after which the January Interim interrupts all normal student government. Then suddenly the new term starts in February, it's time to think about elections again, and the incumbents quickly become lame ducks. What if—and this is just a suggestion which may have little merit—what if elections were held early in May with results ascertained before exams? The elected officers could, I think, use the summer months to get their administrative team together, with greater certainty about what returning students are available. The opening of school early in September would give a new student government the usual impetus and spirit which go with the start up of another academic year. The officers and their colleagues could then look forward to a full term of office which would coincide with the entire school year. Well, this is not an extremely crucial issue. But I confess to wishing that the fine student society officers the Augsburg student body elects might derive the benefit of knowing their administration coincides with the established academic calendar instead of the start and stop, start and stop schedule presently the case. What do you think? cruiters which was initiated by the Committee Against Racism. Burtness reacts Dear Mr. and Mrs. Editor: Who is this character called Neil Pauluk and what is he trying to do to this campus? In a feature article in last week's ECHO, Mr. Pauluk was reported as setting up camp in the College Center so that the college would build a house to accommodate drunk commuters. Why does Mr. Pauluk urge commuters to get drunk? Doesn't Mr. Pauluk realize that total inebriation is not conducive to a healthy mind. body and soul? Mr. Pauluk should don his pajamas with feet in them and made to carry on a conversation with a moose in a coma in the Quad. My attention was also directed to Dave Wood's Letter to the Editor. Davey‘s mastery of the language and sentence structure is such that he really should plan to major in English. Ftich Kammakazi also wrote a Letter to the Editor badmouthing Eric Spore and Arlene Shorts. For his naughty words and now thoughts. Rich should be shot wrthout trial. As one final point. I would like to wish Er Vinniger as much luck with his baseball team as he had with his basketball team. Tootles ’till later, Eric Burtness Wag consolidation is Fiscal Creativity To the Editors: In the March 25 issue of the Echo, Dave Wood refers to the consideration of consolidating the Chin Wag with the Commons as being done in the name of "Fiscal Responsibility." As | see it, the consideration was one of Fiscal Creativity. Consolidation would have provided cost reductions. Cost re- ductions here would permit cost increases responding to a list of legitimate and important requests as long as your arm. As is announced elswhere in the ECHO the final decision was not to consolidate. Cost savings will not be available: requests will remain unmet. You can't have your iefse and eat it too. Burt Fosse Protests against funnies To the Editors: I think the time has finally come to protest against the infamous ECHO cartoonist, this person who is apparently so ashamed of his own works that he signs them E.N.H. In the previous seven months of ECHO fun-land, this lampooning cartoonist has made light of all things sacred to the minds and hearts of every conscientious Augsburg student. His lampooning has ranged from criticizing our beloved Carl Strommer and his delectible veal-patties to maliciously slandering the crucial student government elections. The next thing we know, this anonymous E.N.H. (whoever he may be) will be making unmittigated assults upon the drummer of Augsburg's Jazz Ensemble I. In the immortal words of Lee (Ada) Hanson, “He has been banned, and he should be barred!" In protest, Tony Moen CAR misleads T; the Editors: | wtsh to comment on the letter in the March 25 Echo concerning the protest against Marine Corps re» I am just as much against racism as is the CAR, and I hold no brief for the macho posturings of the Marine Corps. However, I feel that CAFl’s position is logically untenable. Of course there is racism in the military. There is racism in many institutions. However, it is an untenable position to deny a given group a hearing simply because some of its members practice racism. To deny the Marine Corps an opportunity to recruit at Augsburg because some marines are racists is an example of McCarthyism. Those of us who vigorously fought McCarthyism in the ‘50‘s called such a position "guilt by association.” I am not a First Amendment absolutist, but I do know that such purists would object vigorously to a ban on Marine recruiting. After all, if such a social parasite as Larry Flynt should be allowed to publish his “Hustler,” then Marines should be allowed to recruit. I wholly missed the part about “the working class.“ I assume that “the working class" is comprised of all of us who have to work for a living. This includes about all of us except the idle heirs ol fortunes, the disabled, the retired and the welfare recipients. Those who have to work for a living are so heterogeneous a group that it would Continued on page 5 April 1, 1977 Show less
Etta air Culla'S T' Sliiir‘l' no book; CW): 1 Aaliilas JOHN ZETA A PA Wio‘lorl’lC‘iJ lid” Continued from page 4 be impossible to speak of “the interests of the working class.“ It is a misleading half-truth to speak of war as “the real business of the military." Although the military is the... Show moreEtta air Culla'S T' Sliiir‘l' no book; CW): 1 Aaliilas JOHN ZETA A PA Wio‘lorl’lC‘iJ lid” Continued from page 4 be impossible to speak of “the interests of the working class.“ It is a misleading half-truth to speak of war as “the real business of the military." Although the military is the organization which wages war. war is certainly not its sole business. An equally important business of the military is defending the nation. and as long as there are people in this world who are not gaverned by reason and peaceful intentions, there will be need for a defense organization. Perhaps differently chosen words by the CAR would have influenced more people in the good light against racism. William E. Oyler Asst. Prot. of German Dept. oi Foreign Languages April 1. 1977 Music Building is coming To the Editors: What ever happened to the new music building? It's coming folks and it's coming real soon, On Monday, March 21, I was fortunate enough to sit in on a meeting of the music faculty. the architects and an acoustician. The new building has taken shape and i am very excited about the plans. I am also pleased to see that with each phase of the planning. input is being sought. The building which will soon occupy the muddy parking lot next to the Art Budding. Will be a structure well thought out and a fantastic addition to Augsburg College. Brod Anderson §Ol|flDIflGS V/ \\\"//// RLC plans Easter celebration By PAULA GEISTER AND TIM HOKANSON Religious Life Co-Commissioners RLC is planning a week long celebration of Easter beginning on April 11. the Monday after Easter vacation. One event already on the calendar is the Eucharist service on Wednesday, which the FlLC is in charge of. We're hoping that it will be something out of the ordinary. Thursday evening the musical, “He Lived the Good Life” will be presented by a group of people from area churches who have formed the Right Direction Company. The musical is based on the life of Jesus. Singing led by LYE will be floating through the College Center during noon hour on Monday and IVCF is bringing in a speaker to speak on the topic “Evidence on the Resurrection." During the first part of the week, time will be given to preparing for the Eucharist service Wednesday night. Everyone is invited to participate in preparation for worship by blowing up balloons, making banners, baking bread, preparing special music or volunteering your time and talents for whatever use we can make of them. A handful of people have been involved in the planning stages, but everyone is needed to make it a week of rejoicing and celebration. Our attention will be focused on the rolled away stone and the empty tomb; the victory over sin and death accomplished by the resurrection of Jesus. We challenge you all to personally examine the meaning of Easter in your lives and to publically witness that meaning within the Augsburg community, Easter can be used as a time for looking over the past year and evaluating yourself, your priorities, your relationships with others and your commitment to Christ. Because of Easter we live in the knowledge and hope that our short-comings and failures have been forgiven and forgotten, and we‘re given the opportunity to start all over again. The cross speaks to us of suffering and rejection. Bonhoeffer writes in The Cos! o/ Discipleship, “Suffering and rejection sum up the whole cross of Jesus. To die on the cross means to die despised and rejected of men . . . the disciple is a disciple only in so far as he shares his Lord's suffering and rejection and crucifixion.” Through baptism we die with Christ and are reborn to live in Christ and partake of his cross. The RLC hopes that this Easter celebration will promote growth and strengthening of our Christian faith. And that through it we will meet the needs of those around us by allowing them to meet Christ through us and all that participate. We are here to proclaim Jesus Christ. Let‘s celebrate this Easter! ! l! Continued lrom pagel dumped the ballot box at 1:45 pm. According to reports, the bottom of the ballot box was not tightly fastened when Cunningham lifted the box, causmg about half the ballots to fall on the floor in the College Center Continued on pages “I had to use whoever was willing to work," he said. Another allegation that surfaced was Larson‘s failure to hand out election day procedures to the candidates. Larson stated, “I did not feel the material was relevant. If anyone would have asked for a copy I would have given them one." Continued from page 2 He testified that he was available to answer the candidates' questions throughout the entire campaign period. He claimed that he was personally asked. numerous times throughout the election, to clarify guidelines. The final point stressed by Nordaune was the ballot spillage which occurred when Bruce Cunning- ham, student body vice president, first Personals Dear J.P., A.B., and. inobstrusively. J.K. Fooled you! He heingly yours, DR. and El. P .I "WILL Fran Tarkenton sign with the Vikings next year? J.E. and J.K. Alpha ped students, continuously collect paper in Mortenson lor reclycling, and frequently meet with underprivileged students from Holy Rosary School for smmming, sliding and other activities which always are available to the children. Last year the chapter headed the Blood Drive and aSSISted the Public Relations Dept. With Parents' Day. This fall A.P.O. members dressed down for the infamous “Ugly Man on Campus Contest" during home— coming. In th future, Langguth said that the chapter hopes to expand its paper re- cycling program to include both annex housmg and Urness tower and also to acquire an OillClal APO. house for some of its members who live on campus. 5 Show less
I" JAZZ GUESTS — Gerry Niewood on soprano sax and John Faddis on trumpet perform with Augsburg '5 Jazz Ensemble I during last week-end’s Jazz Festival III. Reviewed By ADA Staff Writer If you likejazz, last weekend was the time to be at Augsburg. For two nights and one day you could hear all the... Show moreI" JAZZ GUESTS — Gerry Niewood on soprano sax and John Faddis on trumpet perform with Augsburg '5 Jazz Ensemble I during last week-end’s Jazz Festival III. Reviewed By ADA Staff Writer If you likejazz, last weekend was the time to be at Augsburg. For two nights and one day you could hear all the jazz you wanted around the campus during the 1977 Augsburg Jazz Festival. Eighteen high schools jazz bands played at one time or another Saturday, while Friday night trumpe- ter Jon Faddis headlined the show and Saturday night’s performance featured reed man Gerry Niewood. The festival got off to a solid start Friday night in the sweaty confines of Si Melby Hall. In a marathon three hour session plenty of good music was heard. The evening opened with Jazz Ensemble ll, moved to combos II and IX, and then finally Jon Faddis and Jazz Ensemble I. Combo II was highlighted by the solo work of trombonist Brian Cornish and sax man Ken Holmen. Combo I was up next with better overall talent especially their solid rhythm section, and put together a good performance. Gerry Niewood sat in on one number and was excellent, to say the least. Sally Jones added vocals on that all time night club tune, “Lushlife.” After the tight, veteran group‘s performance, the stage was set for Faddis. Jazz Ensemble I came out smoking with “Wind Machine" and then brought out the bizarre Mr. Faddis, Once onstage, he seemed a reservoir of bad jokes and inane antics, which ruined the show for some people—but not me. Why? Pure and simple: Faddis may well be the best trumpet player around today. He can play lead and the high notes necessary for this, and he can play "jazz solo." And he does everything effortlessly. He does not warm up. and even when he plays incredibly high notes he appears to use no pressure at all. He is only 23 years old too. The set opened with a Dizzy Gillespie chart. "Manteca.“ with the band chanting “We‘ll never go back to 6 Festival is sizzling success , . L. ‘- .1 —ECHO Photo by Mike Vaientiner Oakland!” “I Remember Clifford," “Lover Come Back to Me,“ “’Ftound Midnight," were next, the blisteringly paced swing chart, “Things to Come” followed. Throughout all the tunes Faddis played with all the qualities previously mentioned. The only time the band seemed to semi-break down was in “Things to Come," where they started at the right tempo but eventually slowed, although not enough to wreck the piece. piece. Saturday night was definitely the highlight. First, Jazz Ensemble I played two electric sets, ending with the sizzling “Backwoods Sideman." Sax players Mike Murphy and Ken Holmen traded riffs and left the audience ready for the third set. Bob Gardner opened the third set with a quasi-Spanish guitar solo, and then Gerry Niewood came out to play soprano sax on “Spain.” Torn Lunquist also soloed on trumpet. Niewood turned flutist on the ballad “Silence of the Snow“ and ended his set in a duet with Murphy in “Two Franks." Throughout all three charts he proved to be a very inventive soloist. Even though he plays in the somewhat confining linear style, he was never in a dearth for ideas. He is the type of guy you would like to play with because his well never runs dry. What followed these pieces was what I had been waiting for. Faddis was brought back and he and the reticient Mr, Niewood jammed, along with the rhythm section. for at least 10 minutes on “Manteca.” They played together; they traded licks; they did it all. The concert should have ended there, but it did not. As a joke, the Jazz Ensemble played the classic "Tuxedo Junction“ to foil Faddis and then burned through "Things to Come.“ The audience for two nights was treated to two of the cleanest. straight ahead sol0ists they will ever hear. Mustcally, the 1977 Jazz Festival was a SUCCESS. Fitzgerald? stories fail on film By DAVID RAETHER Fine Arts Editor One of the side benefits of being Fine Arts Editor for the Echo is that you often receive invitations to opening nights and premieres of new productions around the area. Not long ago I received an invitation to attend the national premiere of the first film in a series to be aired on PBS called The American Short Story on Film. It is a series of nine films, funded by the National Endowment for the Human- ities, covering a period from the civil war to today. The film that I was invited to see was a film of F. Scott Fitzgerald‘s short story “Bernice Bobs Her Hair.” The National premiere of this film was held at the University Club. The University Club is an impressive old building set on the edge of a hill where Summit Ave. swoops down to the city of St. Paul and reality. St. Paul was the birthplace of Fitzgerald, and Summit Ave. was the setting of many of Fitzgerald's major moments as a youth. The major discomfiture of the evening was the interminany long line of speakers the well dressed and very polite audience had to sit through before being allowed the opportunity to View the film. The first major speaker was Bruce Vento, congress— man from St. Paul, who gave a thoroughly trivial speech on how dear F. Scott Fitzgerald is to the fine people of St. Paul and how his works still have meaning for us today. Things started to pick up when the sixth speaker, an eminent Fitzgerald scholar, gave a brief talk on some of the thematic elements of the story, such as the theme of rite of passage from youth to maturity and of the role of women in modern society. This speech was followed by a set of remarks by Dr. David Nobles,, historian from the University of Minnesota. Nobles discussed Fitz- gerald’s place in American intellectual history and the theme of the crises of cultural writings. Finally, Norris Jackson, a friend of Fitzgerald‘s from his St. Paul days and a classmate of his at Princeton, stood up to speak, “I must say," Jackson said to the audience, “that after hearing these remarks I hardly recognize the man they are talking about." He then proceeded to tell all sorts of wonderful stories about Scott and Zelda and Princeton in those days. “Scott was many things,“ said his old friend, “but he was never boring." The film itself was nothing notable. I have noticed a rather disturbing trend in films based on Fitzgerald’s works. When there is an attempt to do a translation of his works on to film, the people involved in the project are so careful to bring the work literally on to the screen that inevitably the film is stilted. “Bernice Bobs Her Hair” suffers this same purist plague which mummified “The Great Gatsby." The pacing is slow and the acting, particularly by Shelley Duvall, is at time langorous. The langorous pacing muffles the comedy inherent in the story. “Bernice” is about the adventure of an old-fashioned girl from Eau Claire who spends the summer with her sophisticated cousin in the East and all of her cousin's sophisticated friends from Yale and Princeton. The world they move in is not unlike the glittering world of Restoration Comedy. The film, however, by attempting to bring the story to the screen so literally, loses the marvelously witty surface of the story. After the film was over and after the reception, during which meat hors d‘oeuvres and chablis were served, I walked out of the University Club, whose glory seems to have faded slightly over the years, and hitchhiked home along the graceful, tree—lined Summit Avenue, passing on the way the house where F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote his first novel, This Side 0/ Paradise. identity in Fitzgerald’s TEACHERS WANTED: West and other states. Placements since 1946 Bonded, Southwest Teachers Agency, Box 4337, Albuquerque, NM 87106 I l I l I l l l l §\\lll CAMPUS -t ) TRAVEL anfi CENTER i l l . 2506 RIVERSIDE AVENUE . MINNEAPOLISMINNESOTA 55454 — OFFERS — i MPLS / LONDON . 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Former student body pres. makes comparisons Gildseth-Poulson platform stressed involvement, community By ANNE BENSON Staff Writer Augsburg’s recent student govern- ment elections prompted memories of undergraduate days for Bruce Gild- seth. executive assistant to President Anderson. Gildseth, a... Show moreFormer student body pres. makes comparisons Gildseth-Poulson platform stressed involvement, community By ANNE BENSON Staff Writer Augsburg’s recent student govern- ment elections prompted memories of undergraduate days for Bruce Gild- seth. executive assistant to President Anderson. Gildseth, a 1962 Augsburg graduate, served as president of the student body during his senior year at Augsburg. BRUCE GILDSE TH, executive assist- ant to President Anderson, served both as Augsburg ’5 Student Body President and captain of the basketball team in 1961-62. Running with Kermit Paulson, who is an Augsburg physics professor, Gildseth entered his presidential race as somewhat of an underdog candidate. Though both he and Paulson had been involved in Student Senate, neither was a member of the “in” circle of student leaders. Their opponents were a part of the student government "establishment." The Gildseth-Paulson ticket offered the student body a wide range of interests. Gildseth, who was captain of the basketball team and a resident assistant, recalls that his sports involvement didn't result in a “jock” image during the campaign, but that Paulson's high academic achievement was a prominent part of the ticket. Their platform was not unlike the platforms of this year‘s presidential candidates. The issues were general, stressing student involvement and a sense of community. Gildseth's decision to run for student body president was not an easy one for him to make. it was made after Gildseth was aware of what his responsibilities would be as basketball captain. An influential factor in his decision to run was a talk with Coach Ernie Anderson, in which Anderson advised Gildseth to think only of basketball while on the court. but to forget the sport while off the floor and to pursue nonvathletic interests, Gildseth recalls that about two~ thirds of the way through the year he was exhausted, "I can sure identify with Ron Robinson," says Gildseth in reference to this year's student body president, who Is captain of the April 1. 1977 football team as well as president. Despite a very hectic nine months in office, Gildseth has no regrets for having undertaken the job of president. His administration "accom» plished nothing very earthshattering," but went through a “solid healthy year” nevertheless. For Gildseth, one of the highlights of the year was a trip to the University of Wisconsin for the National Student Association Congress. Her he was exposed to some of the first murmurs of student unrest which was to erupt on the nation’s campuses a few years later. Creating a very controversial con- ference were speakers like William F. Buckley, representing a conservative Young Americans for Freedom, and Tom Hayden, the liberal activist who later became known as a member of the Chicago Seven and who recently ran for the Senate in California. Gildseth notes with interest the similarity of the political calm of Augsburg's students during his undergraduate days and that of students here today. He spent the years of greatest student unrest away from Augsburg—as a graduate student at the University of Minnesota and as assistant dean of students at Kansas State University. By 1972, when Gildseth returned to Augsburg, students generally had returned to the same rather conservative political stance they held in 1962. While Gildseth has noticed con- tinuity in the political consciousness of Augsburg students over the past 15 years, he is aware of many changes in the college. The most significant change, perhaps, has been in Augsburg‘s sense of community. Gildseth feels that some of this community identity has been lost, and he offers several possibilities as to why this is so. Changes in Augsburg's physical setting have influenced the community greatly, he believes. Fifteen years ago Augsburg was set in a strictly residential area. The Cedar»Fliverside developments hadn‘t taken place, the St. Mary's/Fairview complex wasn‘t as large as it is today, and l-94 hadn’t been built yet. Gildseth today misses the proximity of faculty. staff and students which was possible during his student days at Augsburg because of the residential character of the neighborhood. He recalls fond memories of evenings at the nearby home of Professor Gisselquist, suppers with Gerda Mortensen and many other intimate Telephone: 333-0919 DENNIS THE BARBER 27TH & FRANKLIN Complete Line of RK Products contacts with faculty members. In addition to alterations of Augsburg’s physical environment, Gildseth feels that changes in city living in general have contributed to the loss of sense of community. An increased intensity of city life, coupled with a greater mobility, has resulted in a student population which is not tied to the Augsburg campus and which seeks to leave the urban setting whenever possible. While Gildseth‘s memories of a closer Augsburg community are fond ones, he doesn't regard the changes Augsburg has undergone as being negative. He believes that the Twin Cities locale is a tremendous asset to the college. Though the great variety of students drawn from the metropolitan area and the opportunities for involvement in city activities and organizations make student life today more of a challenge, according to Gildseth they also present the potential for a much richer learning experience. And while the community “spirit” at Augsburg is much less intense than it once was, Gildseth feels that it still exists. "The identity and support students associate with Augsburg." he said, “gives them the confidence to break out into the urban setting." Did you know? that Saturday, April 16 is the Spring Affair. This formal evening will be held at the Minneapolis Women‘s Club from 8 pm. to 12:30 a.m. Faculty, students and staff are invited to attend. Tickets may be purchased in 50.5. no later than Wednesday, April 13. The cost is $5 per couple. It is sponsored by student government and 8.05. that there is a roommate file in 8.0.5. it you need a roommate, stop in at 8.0.5. and fill out a card. more . . . . 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Cornell headed for European pro league By LARRY COUTURE Staff Writer Augsburg senior basketball captain Dave Cornell is going to Europe in May to check out a basketball offer, and if everything works out he will be playing basketball professionally in Italy next year. “I don't know too much bout... Show moreCornell headed for European pro league By LARRY COUTURE Staff Writer Augsburg senior basketball captain Dave Cornell is going to Europe in May to check out a basketball offer, and if everything works out he will be playing basketball professionally in Italy next year. “I don't know too much bout the offer or specifics, but an agent who scouts American players is going to take me to Italy this May to check things out," Cornell explained. “I guess Italy is the best place to play in Europe as far as pay and basketball are concerned. I don't know about liv‘ng there, though." So it appears Cornell not only got an offer but he got a good one, good enough to put it ahead of the one given to him last week by Athletes in Action, at Christian witness pro team. The Buffalo High School graduate came to Augsburg four years ago after being recruited by former basketball coach Butch Raymond. “Erv (lnniger) and I arrived at Augsburg at the same time," Cornell recalls, “and since then I've had nothing bad to say against him, either as a person or as a J -C0uncil Continued from page 5 The persons involved in recovering the ballots said they were convinced all the spilled ballots had been returned to the box without any losses. Nordaune introduced figures which indicated that a 8.5 percent absolute voting discrepancy was present upon comparing the number of ballots to the number of persons marked as having voted. Nordaune also charged that the sorting of the ballots, which took place before voting closed, was in violation of election day procedures. She alleged that the candidate representa« tlves had not been duly notified of the change in procedure. In her closing argument to the Judicial Council, Nordaune urged the Council to invalidate the election on the basis of the doubts and violations presented, She stressed that the appeal was not directed at any one team. She asked that a new election be held and regulations dealing with elections be enforced. Bernstein stressed, in his closing argument, that the allegations had not been proven. If proven, he said, the allegations would not be sufficient enough to overturn an election. Hearing of the Judicial Council‘s decision to uphold the election results, Bradley stated, “I will accept the Judicial Council‘s decision. “I feel they made it because of what they felt would best benefit the student body, however. I don't think the Council based it on the defense presented by the Spore-Shorts team." He added, "The point was to show that there were discrepancies. The things that were brought out were true. Discrepancies are facts and should be looked at in future elections. "To prevent this from coming up in later elections, I believe there should be a stronger set of guidelines. I think the Judicial Council should enforce that portion of their decision,“ Bradley stated. Whitbeck also said she will accept the Judicial Council's decision. She believes it was made because the Council was afraid of setting a precedent and because they were dealing with a controversial issue. "There were some reliable charges made and the rebuttal didn't begin to attack them," she said. Whitbeck stated that she believed the hearing succeeded in releasing tenswn. Nordaune agreed that the open hearing was valuable in that it April 1, 1977 allowed students to air their opinions. She added, “In the Judicial Council’s opinion they acknowledged that everything presented was justifiable. We made our point that from now on, elections should be accountable.” Spore said that after hearing some of the evidence he felt it was not worthwhile taking it to the Judicial Council. Shorts added, “Their basic contention was to make guidelines. That could have been done through the Student Senate.“ Spore said, however, that he felt the Council handled the procedure well. “To have something of this impact fall into its hands, the Council did a good job," he stated. Spore concluded, “I'm glad its over. Now we can go to work uniting the students, making appointments, work- ing with the new Senate and _ studying." We're the cutters who Promise to listen to the way ygg want your hair cut. I week (Mon. at Thurs. ’til 9 pm.) NO APPOINTMENT (INCLUDES SHAMPOO, HAI acur AND eLowsn shrme PRECISION HAIRCUTTING FOR MEN AND WOMEN MINNEHAHA MALL, Next to Target This Weekend Register to WIN A 10 Speed Bicycle! coach." Even though he was recruited by Raymond, Cornell is quick to point out that lnniger Is “an excellent recruiter, probably one of the top in the state and with such a good program he finds it easier to get people." Cornell has always been a winner. His three years at Buffalo netted the team a 61-10 record. During his senior year they only lost two games—both by one point. Having been denied the chance to play in a state high school tournament, Cornell was involved in post-season play each of his four years at Augsburg. The Auggles finished second, first, first, and first in the MIAC respectively, with his career climaxed by a trip to the national tournament in Kansas City and a 31 point effort by Cornell. His career high was during the Christmas tournament this year when he hit 32 points. His junior and senior years brought him All-MIAC honors. Cornell is third on the all—time scoring and rebounding lists at Augsburg. The feat is remarkable, considering the number of injuries that have hampered him or kept him out of games, especially in his first three years. He broke his right foot his freshman year, had severely torn ligaments in his leg his sophomore year and had a bad left foot his junior year. When asked if he has ever thought about what may have happened had he chosen one of the Big Ten schools over Augsburg Cornell replied, “Sure I've thought about it a lot, but I don‘t regret coming here for a minute. The teams have been great, the coaching Open 5th days NECESSARY Dave Cornell excellent, and Augsburg has been good for me." Dave Cornell has been good for Augsburg. mum—gm..— DAVE’S BARBER SHOP “We Cut Hair and Inflation " 1 Located In Dinkytown iBehind EurgerKingl 4 41414th Avenue SE. Telephone: 331-9747 v to <1 in in :' .E E .2- 3 n. a o I: .E 2 Augsburg College Show less
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From your friends in Finance & Mana It you liked the $2115 edition, you’ll love the new improved By STEVE WEHRENBERG Staff Writer Except for BIC pens and bubblegum. the prices of goods and serVices have soared in the United States this year. In purchasing anything — from movie tickets to Sugar... Show moreFrom your friends in Finance & Mana It you liked the $2115 edition, you’ll love the new improved By STEVE WEHRENBERG Staff Writer Except for BIC pens and bubblegum. the prices of goods and serVices have soared in the United States this year. In purchasing anything — from movie tickets to Sugar Pops to Lew blue-jeans — a significant hike in the amount of green and Silver is necessary and un- mistakeably noticeable. The cost of a college education is no exception. Augsburg is raismg its tuition from $2115 this year to 82349 for the 1975-76 academic term ~ an eleven percent in- crease. Reasons for the Augsburg tUition raise are threefold. Augsburg's Vice President for Finance and Management. Burton K. Fosse. explains the $234 price iump is caused by a “response to infla- tionary pressures. charging what we ought to be charging in relationship to other ALC affiliated colleges, and in- creasing pressure on gifts to be used for student aid " Probably the most obvious reason for an increase in tuition is what Posse de- scribes as the "inllation rate as it has affected the College." A large part of the college's expenses are wages and sat» aries. As the cost of living increases. wages and salaries must go up. therefore increasing Augsburg's over- head. The price of fuel. paper. and print- ing. with other college operating costs skyrocketed by inflation. are also blamed by Fosse as iustification for the tuition raise. One basis used by Augsburg to deter- mine the amount of tuition. is the rela- tionship of cost to the overall service the college provides to students. as com- pared to other colleges of the same nature. This year. in relation to eleven other ALC affiliated schools. Augsburg felt it was not charging enough. subse- quently calling for a raise in tuition. The tuition raise moves Augsburg up the ALC ladder from the fifth to the fourth most expensive institution. gement - $2349 Augsburg is not alone in the tuition hike. All but one of the eleven ALC schools also indicated increased stu- dent tuition next year. Two other Min- nesota ALC Colleges. St. Olaf and Con- cordia of Moorhead. are going up $200 and $210 respectively. The final influence on thetuition raise is because Augsburg is able to use little of its gift dollars toward operating costs. Of the 5607.000 Augsburg College re- ceived in outside contributions this year. $550,000 was awarded in Augsburg stu- dent scholarships said Fosse. With se- venty~lour percent of the college's stu- dents receiving some form of financial aid. taking a 22 percent chunk out of Augsburg's Gross College Budget. a tui- tion raise was considered necessary to offset the pressure on use of gifts for this aid. What will Augsburg's tuition do in years to come? In Fosse's opinion. “As long as we have a period of inflation in our country, a raise in college tuition is inevitable." Meager attendance, much thought highlight symposium By JIM BERNSTEIN News Editor Four impressions left-over from last week's symposium on “Private Faith - Public Policy." First. too many empty seats. Those that were occupied tended to come from the ranks of professors. staff people and guests. Too few could be counted as Augsburg students. Secondly. and not une> ‘ectedly. were the furrowed brows that creased so many foreheads. especially during keynote speeches. Slightly dazed. glazed smiles are the third impression. Their presence sur- faced en mas'se during the rebuttals. Lastly. where were the questions? Were the speakers so good as to satisfy the curiosny of all who came? Did every- body agree on the issues raised or were they too complex and defied under— standing? Anyway. the symposium was held with all the keynoters and panelists showing up save Rep. Martin Sabo who missed the Thursday evening session because the gun registration bill came to the floor of the House. Dr. James P. Shannon. currently the executive director of the Minneapolis Foundation and a former Catholic bishop opened the symposium Thurs- day morning before the largest crowd to attend the three-part affair. He discussed the question of the dis- tinction between public and private morality. reducing it to a claim that public morality is simply the extension of private morality. the logical growth of one into the other. He said about Watergate "it demonstrates the ultimate superiority of law over individuals despite its excesses. it had the therapeutic effect of reinforcing morality." The respondents including Gladys Brooks from the Metropolitan Council. Dr. Frank Soraul from the University of Minnesota and Dr. Harvey Stegmoeller from Concordia College in St. Paul. who responded by raising questions about obscenity. pacifism and education in relation to morality. Brooks made a pomted comment suggesting that morality and govern- ment deCISion making do not always walk hand in hand. Based on her ex perience at the Minneapolis City Coun— cil and the Metropolitan CounCil she claimed "you‘re on the line when it‘s time to vote. How you vote does not al- ways reflect morality." Dr. Mulford 0. Sibley keynoted the Thursday evening session concerning ethical training for public responsibility and dealt with the problem of “weighty and trivial offenses." He suggested the possibility that public officials are proba- bly of higher moral fiber than the public would like to believe and that the public "deludes itself into believing that our conduct is higher than those govern- ment figures who‘ve been exposed." Dr. Sibley claimed that religion has tended to "perpetuate the organization and become idolatrous" rather than prophetic and the consequences have brought war and "brutal economic systems.“ Rev. Canon George LeMoyne of the Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota and John Littlelord from Breck School in Minneapolis responded to Dr. Sibley. Lit- tletord decried the abdication of respon— sibility by parents that he faces daily and called for greater cooperation and com- munication between parents and youths. High-schoolers he said “are frequently divorced from real life and are the most rootless individuals I know." Canon LeMoyne argued that “the one universal quality we all share is cons- cience no one has the right today to sit on their duffs and say ‘let someone else do it' — because we‘re all In this together." Dr. G. Theodore Mitau of the Min- nesota State College System concluded the Symposium Saturday night with remarks about the First Amendment issue in training for public respon- sibility. He said "Public law responds when citizens insist on morality. Government may become more open ~ but not nec- essarily better those who covet civil liberties will watch with great care the process of decision-making." Warren Spannaus. Minnesota At- torney General. Rosemary Davis of the Minnesota Ethics Commission and Dr. SYMPOSIUM continued page 7 Registration for January 1976 In- terims abroad will be Apr. 28-May 2 in Memorial 126 at the International Study Center. Check bulletin boards and P.O.s for more information. Dr. Kenneth Priebe. National Director of the United Mission Appeal will be here April 16. Anyone interested in learning more about UMA or joining Dr. Priebe for lunch should contact the Religious Life Commission at ext. 641. Dr. John Brantner of the University of Minnesota will speak at the Apr. 17 con- vo at 9:50 am. in East Commons. Dr. Branter is an expert on death — specifically how to prepare for it yourself and to deal with deaths of others. His convo. titled “Death and the Self". will discuss the question of death and his ex- perience over the past 10 years with how people handle it. The Minneapolis War Memorial Blood Bank will be here April 24 and 25 in the Knutson and Sivertson Rooms in Mor- tensen from 9 a.m.-4 pm. each day. If Augsburg meets its quota it will help save lives and the coins in your pocket- book. Watch ECHO and the bulletin boards for more information. Patti Mattos and Deb Olson are co- chairing the annual Mother-Daughter Banquet planned for May 3 at 4:30 pm. in the Commons. Individuals who would like to learn more should contact them for more details. Applications for ECHO editorial posi- tions may be pickedup at SOS and must be returned by April 16. All positions are open and are paid. See Bill Belknap or Pam Lien at ECHO. ext. 301, for more in- formation. Tickets a're on sale in the Public Rela- tions Office for the Augsburg Choir Bon Voyage concert May 11 in Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis. Tickets are scaled from $3 to $5.50. Anyone not interested in working on ECHO next year who would settle for student government jobs should pick up and return application to 50$. They have a list of jobs to be filled. some paid. echo WILLIAM C. BELKNAP PAMELA LIEN editors-in-chief JAMES BERNSTEIN news editor LAUREL ANDERSON arts Polio! MARK JENNINGS ‘eimes son's em if 119' LARRY JEDDELOH 04: NEWS my. JIM PURDHAM hem onovuqvipnm PAT MATTOS CIVL'L‘B'HA)" mintng DAVID C. WOOD in: .i‘. : 't'wsmn‘ This week's staff writers: D. C. 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By JIM BERNSTEIN News Editor More than 40 years have passed since The Depres5ion but its stories and lessons are creeping back into the headlines With uneasy frequency. As the economic woes of the United States deepen. writers and broadcasters scurry backward in time seeking com~ parisons With.... Show moreBy JIM BERNSTEIN News Editor More than 40 years have passed since The Depres5ion but its stories and lessons are creeping back into the headlines With uneasy frequency. As the economic woes of the United States deepen. writers and broadcasters scurry backward in time seeking com~ parisons With. and solutions for. the money troubles of the Seventies. Politicians and economists hedge on using the word "depresswn" to describe the Situation today; most prefer "reces- Sion" if forced to diagnose current ills. No matter what word one prefers to use. there seems to be little disagree- ment among the population that the United States is in serious economic straits. IneVitably. memories of The Depressmn become more Vivid and ominous to the two surviving genera- tions that experienced it. while a new generation, born to and raised in relative affluence. wonders "What was it like then and could we handle it now?" A course designed and taught by Dr. Grier Nicholl through CHR is grappling with The Depression not tn a purely historical context. rather as a combined learning experience between people who survtved The Depres5ion and peo- ple who can only imagine it. There is no history textbook. no series of dates and events to be memorized and no analy5is of Circums- tances leading to The DepresSion Only the Interchange between 11 senior citizens and 13 young people. those who remember. those who wonder "Many of the younger people don't know very much about The Depression." said Dr Nicholl. "their impressions are largely based on what their parents and grandparents have told them and to some extent. what they've seen on TV and in the movies. or read in books ' There are two "textbooks' used for the course, Studs Terkel's "Hard Times” is a series of interVIews and discussions With people of every economic and SOCIaI strata about their recollections of The DepresSion. The other. edited by Harvey Swados. titled "The American Writer and the Depressnon". is an anthology of excerptsand manuscripts written during The DepresSion about The Depressron. "People blamed themselves during The Depressmn for what was happening — now they blame the government and society." — Martha All of the seniors held iobs during The Depression including teacher. aC» countant. auto mechanic. SOClal worker. secretary and houseWile. a distinction that is not lost on Dr, Nicholl "These seniors were among. l suppose you might say. the lucky ones They were employed. and as far as t know. none was ever destitute. Even though they were caught in it. the seniors are some- times surprised what they read a they weren't aware of some of the things that were happening ~ especrally in the labor movement." Oldsters recall breadlines, soup-kitchens — youngsters wonder, will it happen again? "I lost my money in the bank — I had /ust started teaching. I wanted to make my own way. to take care olmysell. [cer— tainly learned not to put everything In one basket." — Gertrude The class meets Tuesdays and Thursday's in the Si Melby Lounge in what one would probably describe as an informal setting The immensely com- fortable lounge chairs are gathered in groups of four. five. or Six around a table With at least one senior ~ usually two or three — at each group The mix is intentional — Dr Nicholl insists on one senior to each group — but individuals are not assigned to any particular group during this phase of the course. There is some settling. according to Dr, Nicholl After several weeks. some people alighted With each other but there are others who su With a different group nearly every day, "There was some. call it apprehen- sion I suppose. on the part of both the seniors and young people about each other The young people were a little overwhelmed by the knowledge they were involved in a class With people who had first-hand experience about the sub- iect of the course and were uncomforta» ble about being With the seniors — what to say. how to react. were they "sharp". that sort of thing "The older students were apprehen- sive about the young people." recalled Dr Nicholl “thinking they might be radi- cals and revolutionaries As you might expect both the seniors and young peo- ple found out they had nothing to be worried about and they hit it off quite well and have formed lriendships' "One of the valuable lessons." Dr Nicholl remarked "is the sense of human relations one comes into contact With The interaction between the young people and seniors — between opinion and experience — is very rewarding to me as a teacher. and I hope. to the stu- dents. seniors and young people " All of the young people taking the course are taking it for credit and With traditional grading The senior Citizens are split between those who are getting credits and four who elected to audit Some are bused to class by Dr Nicholl from Cedar Square West and BonSon West. While several others from Pillsb- ury»Waite and Anoka arrange their own transportation. Last Fall, Dr Nicholl taught another CHFl class along the current model though With a much different emphasrs "The Good Life brought several of his current senior students to Augsburg and they elected to come back for The Depression Dr Nicholl admits he s ' delighted that so many came back from the tall class Dr Nicholl maintains they returned for two reasons One. they enioyed mak- ing new friends With the young students the first time and second, he believes. "They want to think They enioy the stimulation and getting out ol the apart- ments They like the campus atmosphere and the contact With the young people “Besides.” he added. “it beats sitting and doing crafts all the time " “I can't believe young people would be able to handle a depresston now. We're used to having excess and I wonder if we would no how to get along." — Sue The young people come for a similar and a much different reason. They are worried about the economy and are curious about what went on during The Depression they have heard and read about They. too. are looking for another experience and the opportunity to form new friendships. "It blows their minds really." says Dr. Nicholl, "the young people begin to compare the stories and descriptions from the seniors to what is happening t0» day They are espeCIally worried about unemployment — the most visible stgn that something is wrong 7 and the ramifications it had in the The Thirties and the parallels that can be drawn With the present “ “When people today get desperate — if they need something e they‘ll go out and take it If it's there They'l/go out and get what they need any way they can " A Rory Until this week a class period would include about 45 minutes of small group dISCUSSlOn about readings from the text and a particular aspect of life during The Depresston The next 45 minutes became a group Iree-for»all With Dr Nicholl loosely gutding the discussmn He ventures opinions when necessary and asks a lot of questions to keep the discussion paced A question by Dr Nicholl about the vitality of capitalism and its legacy of money and security triggered this ex- change "We're a lot more individualistic now The rich all seem to be richer while the rest don't seem to be very much ahead I guess that's because they have the money and they're the ones ivho'l/ take risks " — Carol "If that's true. then I think we are gorng to have to come up With a different system I don't mean communism neces» sarin but there must be a fairer system " ~ Diane "I see nothing else as an alternative. There is not a system In the world as at- tractive as ours A good many lolks don't think we have a per/ect society and I'd agree they are right. But this is still a pretty good SOCiety With its ups and downs but it's up to the people how many more ups they want than downs " — Claire "I agree With Claire We might need some changes but I'd prefer to stay With this system " a Shirley "The problem is credit cards. We spend our money belore we get it," — Herman "People didn't revolt against the es- tablishment then. They stayed with it even though they didn‘t always like it." — Gertrude "People don't have any faith in government today. Watergate and the economy have made everyone SUSDlClOUS of government " ~ Mike “Right. If people today make a change they‘ll change everything If they get upset enough they‘ll go all the way. Roosevelt acted to save capitalism in The Thirties. Today. people wouldn't save it." — Rory “I don‘t think so. maybe I'm an idealist but I think young people would work through the system to make the system work, They won't throw it out as long as they think it Will work Ior them They‘ll make changes, yes, but they'll do it through laws.” — Sue "Everyone is afraid of a demagogue taking control, like Hitler in Germany because things got so bad " — Mike From that pomt. the discussion drifted into a few comments about the probable candidicy of George Wallace for president in 1976 Two class mem- bers supported him. both seniors. while two others opposed him both young people The generations frequently disagree across the political spectrum. said Nicholl but never do the exchanges car- ry bitterness or contempt They tend to diVide along generation lines With fre- quent Slde-SWllChlng That he believes. is a natural result arismg from the different perspectives the years or lack of them. bring With the semester nearing the end. the class has divided into groups drawn along special interest lines. With each group domg a detailed study of one seg- ment of Depression life The protects Will be researched through the end of the month and then presented orally to the rest of the class Literature and Film Of The Period. the Federal Art Protect. MuSic of the Period and Problems of Laborers and Sharecroppers are among the SUDIGCIS During the class members have kept tournals where they responded to the readings and to class discusSions DEPRESSION continued page I 3 Show less
One Sunday last January, while attending a church service in Washington. D.C.. I noted what seemed to me to be a signifi- \. cant insertion by the pastor who led the worship. into the Gen- eral Prayer ol the Church. This is the lengthy prayer with many petitions. ranging over a wide gamut of... Show moreOne Sunday last January, while attending a church service in Washington. D.C.. I noted what seemed to me to be a signifi- \. cant insertion by the pastor who led the worship. into the Gen- eral Prayer ol the Church. This is the lengthy prayer with many petitions. ranging over a wide gamut of concerns, punctuated 7. by the congregational response. “Hear us, good Lord." l All my life l have been accustomed to the words in that one petition which implores Divine wisdom for "the President and the Congress of the United States; the Governor and Legis- lature of this Commonwealth." l confess I have taken it as a matter of course that fallible human beings. elected to high ot- fice in state or nation whose responsibilities lie in the executive and legislative arenas of government, need a special endowment of wisdom from on high. Events in these latter days would support the conviction that all the above de- scribed individuals and political entities stand in special need of intercession for their sagacity. courage and integrity. But this Washington pastor disrupted the flow of the familiar words in the General Prayer by words which stuck in my mind. To this petition for government he added: "and the justices of the Supreme Court of these United States." Then and there I was struck with the realization that historically we have sought the help of the Lord oi the nations for the people in executive mansions and legislative halls. but overlooked per- sons who sit on the benches of the courts of this land, and particularly the fallible human being appointed to the highest tribunal in our country. By adding a prayer for this august body of judges. l was reminded that the course of our nation and of our individual lives are most profoundly altered by the decisions of the Supreme Court. One can argue that the citizens of this nation, by virtue of living under the supreme law at the land, namely, the Constitution of the United States. are ultimately more dependent for justice and liberty on the Court that any other collective body of human beings. That is reason enough for our earnest intercession on behalf of these learned but human individuals. Such prayer for the judiciary is never out of place because exceedingly complex and diflicult cases are continually before the Court and none are more intricate and profound than those which relate to the First Amendment and the so-called Establish- ment Clause with regard to church and state. Presently before the Court are two cases involving disputes over state aid to church related colleges: the so-called Roemer case from Maryland and the so-called Blanton case from Tennessee. These are the first such cases to be heard by the Supreme Court since the Tilton vs Richardson case in 1971, when the Court ruled 5 to 4 that construction grants under the Higher Education Facilities Act to colleges in- cluding those church-related were constitutional. The new cases involve non- categorical grants to eligible institutions including those church-owned (Maryland) and tuition grants (Tennessee) to students attending church-related colleges. i am no student of constitutional law nor of the Supreme Court. but it seems to me that the Blanton case might be crucial in determining whether students at both public and private college shall be eligible for assistance from government sources. The removal of state and federal aid to students opting for education at a church related college would be a near tatal blow to schools such as Augsburg, Gustavus Adolphus, St. Thomas. etc. Our worthy justices will need our prayers, that theirs may be the wisdom of Solomon to protect, on the one hand. the principle of neutrality between church and state, which is essential to our form of government, and on the other hand, to preserve the equality of opportunity for the student citizens of this country, that they may have the treedom to choose. without economic discrimination. between publicly supported and church supported institutions of higher learning. We cannot write our justices, but we can pray for them. ail-l- peopie used to scream‘ Bloody Murder" when there was killing involvmg the U. S , but if they were genumely concerned wouldn't their v0ices be heard now also? I call them "gutless Charlatans." If there was an actual concern and sympa- thy. it wouldn't have disappeared with the U. S. involvement. I want to hear your v0ices, 'cause I CAN'T HEAR YOU!!!! To the editors Where are you Jane Fonda? And where are your followers”) It SleenS me to Witness the slaughter now taking place in South Vietnam' I seem to remember the uproar raised when the soldiers of the U S were killing the "in- nocent" North Vietnamese Where are those same people now when women and children are being shot down while trying to escape from their homes. which Sincerely. are being taken over merellessly? Those Charles T Gabrielson Al WE PERCUSS CNS One of the big issues of the past month has been the housing lottery system being used this year for room selections. When I first heard of the lottery system l was against it. I thought it was unfair to married students and I felt that the elimination of squatters‘ rights would have bad effects on the Augsburg campus. Now. | feel that the injustices to the married students have been corrected and the compromise reached on squatters rights is fair to the people who have put a lot of time and money into their room, It preserves the spirit and traditions which are in the houses. Lately. there's been a petition Circulating complaining about how fast the lottery system was adopted, It‘s really funny to hear people complain about things happening too last. I can hardly believe it. People should be glad that the decision doesn't have to go through all kinds of red tape. It makes posSIble changes which couldn‘t normally oc- cur. That‘s not to say that the adoption of the lottery system didn't happen terribly last. As a matter of fact, the straight lottery system was tentatively adopted by the Housing Committee at the same meeting that it was originally presented. But, as soon as they did that. word spread like the Viet Cong through the northern provinces and every- body who had a hand in the decision began to teel unfavorable rumblings from peo- ple, punctuated by an occasional emotional eruption. At this point in time. the housing committee had really been out of line. Instead of checking out the student feelings about what they were domg they lorged ahead and even tried to keep the decision from students until the information was in the P.O.'s. Tod Hanson found himself gomg around to the people affected by the new system and telling them what had already happened He prefers to ask people for reactions before a decision has been made. So. he suggested. and John Hanson, chairman of the committee, agreed, that an open meeting was needed, That's when the Housing Com- mittee got back on the right track, They opened up the process and started to listen to what students had to say. About 75 people showed up at the open meeting and really let the committee ‘have it.‘ They tore apart the system. pointing out injustices. asking all kinds of “What if..." questions, lt was really a good dialogue. I think the students went away understanding the system better (I know I did) and the Housmg Committee reacted to what the stu- dents had to say. They weakened. and preserved squatters rights. They put married stu- dents on an equal ba5is with everyone else. and they kept the lottery for all unreserved rooms. Then. the next day, one of the most disappointing events of the entire process oc- curred. People in some of the houses were discontented with the lottery and decided — mostly out of ignorance — that talking wouldn't do any good. So, they put signs on their houses saying, “Lick the lottery, Indian Givers, Tod-God" (which is just dumb since it wasn't his decision, but Chris‘). and the one I like best. “U of M, here we come.” I don't know what the people in those houses were trying to prove. but they did prove that Augsburg students have a tremendous capacny for being narrow-minded. rude and insensitive. | wish they would go to the U of M and check out how responsive the system is over there. If people still don‘t like the lottery system it seems to me that they ought to present their ideas and petitions to the Housing Committee. I don't see how it does any good if you go to Chris Hanson or Marianne Sander or even to the Judicial Council for a rever- sal of the decision. All that does is undermine the little power that student committees have. It is ironic that students spend so much time trying to gain power over their life at college and then, when a student committee which has some power makes a decision they don't like, they want someone from the administration to overturn the decision. It seems kind of self-deteating. Why don‘t they work with the people on the committee? Overall. I think everyone involved can learn something from the entire process. The Housing Committee cannot just pull surprises on the students. They must give people more warning and education about the changes they are considering and rather than try to make their deci5ions isolated from the rest of the student body they should elicit reactions from the people affected. The students should realize that the members of the Housrng Committee do have an important job and should demonstrate their concern in more constructive ways than putting signs on their houses. They should try voting in— telligently in the fall and keeping in touch with student government throughout the year. Charley lngman “77/5 LoT‘I‘EEY 40554 ' a g , " W2 g 7.44/26, m fl ’9‘ ‘1 Show less
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laureotions -:-- 5-5-57“— |. Ci. anderson - - I I Survival: spring break in Florida Remember the movie Where the Boys Are. that mind-probing saga about college students' spring break among the sun and palm trees? The one With all the Wild parties and swimming pools and gorgeous girls and handsome... Show morelaureotions -:-- 5-5-57“— |. Ci. anderson - - I I Survival: spring break in Florida Remember the movie Where the Boys Are. that mind-probing saga about college students' spring break among the sun and palm trees? The one With all the Wild parties and swimming pools and gorgeous girls and handsome guys and fun. fun. fun? Well. not everyone‘s springtime escapade can turn out the same as Connie FranCis' did. and the nine of us who wedged ourselves into a Chevy van With a fine vacation planned (suntanning at Daytona Beach. a Wild day at Disney World, camping on beautiful Marco Islands, and perhaps a few days in the Tennessee Mountains). can verify the fact that there is certainly an art to surviving in Florida during Easter break After the cramped. two-day drive (“My rear end feels like somebody kicked it!"). how exciting it was to finally arrive at Daytona Beach. Florida, tamed North American Wild spot. tourist trap. and hotel extravaganza! Word of Advice: Don't arrive in Daytona Beach during spring break without a reservation and expect to find anyplace to sleep. We had planned on saving money by finding a camping spot. instead of staying at an expensive hotel. HA! Every campsite we found was decorated with ugly "No Vacancy" signs. and the hotels had been filled up for days. We decided to cruise down the student-studded main drag of Daytona. asking peo- ple if they knew of anyplace we could stay tor the night. “Y'all can stay in my room,“ cried one friendly lad. "There's 30 people there already, but if y'all don‘t mind a crowd. come on over!" Forty people in a hotel room sounded like it would be one fine time, but we thought we'd ask around a bit more anyway. Suddenly. unbelievably, we spot» ted an Augsburg student in the crowd. and she anlled us to come to her hotel room The way it ended up, Bill. Al. Mark. Wendy. Pam. Terry. Kathy. Dave Roger, Gil Chuck and Tom slept in the room, and Kathy. Paula and I rolled out our sleeping bags in the van. About 3 am. the outraged hotel management came pounding on the Windows. say- ing that their parking lot was not a campground (which we knewl, and demanding that we leave the premises immediately. Realizmg that the management’s slobbering and ill- tempered Doberman Pincer would have given anything to kill us. we hastily found AI (who had the car keys) among all the sleeping bodies in the hotel room. and drove away. searching the res-dential areas of Daytona tor a cozy curb to park at for the rest of the night. The next day. the suspicious management called the hotel room. saying that they were gomg to come up and "look around" because they'd heard two unregistered girls were staying there. Gil assured them that two unregistered girls weren‘t staying there. and he was telling the truth 7 seven unregistered girls were staying there One day at Daytona Beach was enough for us, so we left lor Orlando. where we ex- pected to find a rollicking good time at Walt Disney World, We gain sang. "M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E!" as the miles rolled by. About ten miles north of Disney World we found ourselves in a traffic jam, and at the end of the traffic lam were sugns that said “Sorry! Walt Disney World is filled." But Walt! But Mickey! We came all the way from Min— nesota! Too bad for us. They turned us away. and in angry despair. Bill mumbled, "M-I— C-K-E-Y _ u . _ _." We decided to head for Marco Islands, the home 0/ rich people and land of white sand. beautiful shells, peace/u! terrain, and breathtaking sunsets! Were we ever excited as we tugged our camp gear down the beach looking for a suitable place to set up the tents! The excitement didn‘t last long. Has anyone ever told you that Florida has no bugs? If someone ever tells you that Florida has no bugs. send him to me. and I will straighten him out. Florida has bugs: hordes of sand fleas that bite without mercy, We were on the beach about five minutes when we noticed we were being attacked. Didn't we have any insect spray along? Of course not! (Hasn't anyone ever told you that Florida has no bugs?) To escape the fleas, we hurriedly ate dinner (sandy hot dogs), and crawled into our sleeping bags. I‘ll never know what possessed us to bring winter-type sleeping bags to the Gulf of Mexico. but there we were. all ready for subzero temperatures. screaming at the bugs. If we tried sleeping without using the bags the bugs went wild. and if we tried staying in the bags, we created a sauna. It was awful. "Gee, you guys, my bag is good down to ten degrees!" "Oh yeah? Mine goes down to zero!" It was Cuss City inside that tent. We cussed at the heat and we cussed at the gritty sand and we cussed at the lack of water and we cussed at the bugs. “What do they do? Just run around our bodies and bite?" yelled Bill. We sweated and swatted for about half an hour before madly running down to the beach in our grundies. spending the next few hours pacing up and down shore by the light of the full moon. “We can't just walk around all night, you guys!" “Well, what do you suggest? Going back to that lousy tent?" "No way!" “Let‘s build a fire on the beach — that will keep the bugs away!" Great idea. Before long. most of us were gathered around the old campfire, cursing the bugs and counting the hours until morning. We left Marco a day early (looking like we‘d just escaped from a measles quarantine) and headed our way back up to Disney World. finally making it inside the gates. What a great place! If you ever go there. don't miss the Haunted Mansion or the Jungle Cruise. They‘re both a good time. (Here I would like to publicly apologize to the rest of the group for being at the wrong end of the Disney World Monorail for over an hour. I could have sworn we agreed to meet at the entrance ticket booths...) After our experiences, most of us decided that if we ever go back to Florida, we‘ll take enough money to pay for a hotel room and forget about camping. Bill says if he ever goes back to Marco Islands he'll give any beach campers he sees a case of beer and a can at Yardguard and say. "You kids have guts." In a scene from Chanhassen's Sleuth. Milo Tindle (Peter Michael Goetz) and Andrew Wyke (Paul Ballantyne) play a few games with each other. Now appearing at Chanhassen Goetz and Ballantyne in “Sleuth” By PAMELA LIEN Co-Editor If Andrew Wyke believes his Wife "converses like a child of six. and makes lovelikethe abominable snowman."why does he invite her lover to his country home? Does Wyke have ulterior motlves. or is he really happy to hand his Wife over to the young and handsome Milo Tindle? While the plot thickens and resolves itself. Sleuth, now being presented by the Chanhassen Dinner Theater. enter- tains the audience With humorous ban- tering. intricate games, a ballling Story» line, and actors who carry off their parts superbly. Paul Ballantyne portrays Andrew Wyke, a mystery writer who simply doesn‘t know how to leave his work at the office, or at the typewriter, as the case may be. He is brilliant as the pom— pous. distinguished and game-playing author. Peter Michael Goetz as Milo Tindal proves himself a worthy, if sometimes reluctant opponent for Wyke's verbal and manipulative antics. Andrew Wyke has turned his life into a complex game of cops and robbers. and equally childish, has made all rules to sun himself. On top of that. he is quite insistant that people play with him. In his game With Milo, a little liquor, knowledge of Andrew's extravagant wife and Wide limited finances. are enough to establish a very convincmg rationale for the plots and schemes of Andrew Wyke. The wit in this play surpasses any I've heard in a long time. One hardly has time to recover from one exquiSite remark before another one is tossed out. Goetz and Ballantyne work together beautifully in the verbal tennis match between Andrew and Milo. Andrew asks. "Would you agree that the detective story is the normal recreation of noble minds?“ to which Milo replies. “Perhaps it would have been truer to say that noble minds were the normal recreation of detective story writers." The entire play is set in Wyke's aristocratic. if somewhat gloomy. coun- try home in Wiltshire. England. The at- mosphere of this setting is enhanced by the intimacy of Chanhassen's Courtyard Theater. The most recent of their dinner theaters, it offers a warmth and enVIron- ment conducive to Sleuth. The actual set itself. produced by Tom Butsch, is com- plete to the last detail. Directed by Gary Gisselman. the play is a treat for those who enjoy a great deal of action. a fast-moving plot. and a story-line which never allows one to be a lump ahead. Community Events OREBRO CHAMBER ORCHESTRA from Sweden — Wednesday. April 16 at 8 pm. in Si Melby ARTISTS OVER 50 EXHIBIT — Sponsored by the Cedar-RiverSIde Lifetime Learning Center, art exhibits of the works of South and Southeast Minneapolis hobby artists over fifty Will be shown in May at Cedar High. Borson Towers, 2121 Minnehaha and the Pen- tagon Buildings. Tell your elderly relatives and friends to bring their entries to the Lifetime Learning Center before April 20m. WEAVERS GUILD OF MINNESOTA — A Tidball Exhibit is on display until May 15. If you‘ve never seen any Tidball before. here‘s your big chance, folks‘ COFFEEHOUSE EXTEMPORE — A LIVE ALBUM will be recorded April 10 E: 11. with admisswn of 51,50. If you've never been able to hear yourself clap and cheer on a record. here's another big chance for you w 5 Show less
Have we got a tale for you! ...And in the beginning, there was Nels Auggie Johnson By STEVEN WEHRENBERG Staff Writer 'Teske scores for the Auggies.” shouted Dick Fischer. the Augsburg P.A. announcer. his words echotng throughout the crowded Augsburg Jock Palace [commonly known as SI Melby Halli ... Show moreHave we got a tale for you! ...And in the beginning, there was Nels Auggie Johnson By STEVEN WEHRENBERG Staff Writer 'Teske scores for the Auggies.” shouted Dick Fischer. the Augsburg P.A. announcer. his words echotng throughout the crowded Augsburg Jock Palace [commonly known as SI Melby Halli "What a way to spend a Saturday night.“ I thought. "Watching a basket- ball game With a girlfriend isn't a bad evening actiwty but watching it with a girlfriend and a high school football recruit7 Well. to quote a trite saying. ihree’s a crowd " Yes. I had been persuaded by Coach Carts to entertain. introduce to Augsburg College Me and put up for the evening, Harold (the Hammer) Dumbrowski. an alLstate defensive tackle from the Iron Range Harold was. in coach Caris‘s words "a real line foot» ball player and could really be used next year on that defenswe line " Well. I guessed the coach was right. we did need some "beef" for the line next year. And Harold probably was a real fine football player, but as a social companion. he was about as much fun as a little brother. My main gripe was that Hammer (he preferred to be called "Hammer" over Harold. or as one oi my teammates suggested. "Dumbro") con- tinued to ask ridiculous questions about the College that I'm sure I didn't know the answers to. like: "Why do they call it the Chin Wag" and “Who‘s this Si Melby character?" "Foul on the Auggies‘ Ray Hamilton." bellowed Fischer over the boos of the fans returning my mind to the game ‘Heh " snorted Hammer Hey you what did you say your name was again? 'Steve " l replied wmcing at the thought of another one of Hammers in- quir._ 3. "What‘s an Auggie?" 'Ohn that s our school nickname.’ I stated convincmgly ’Yeh but what's it mean?" continued Hammer "What's it symbolize?" The answers to those questions were unknown to me and smce Hammer had dug down deep enough In his vocabul- ary to come up With the word "symbol- Ize." I thought I had better try and make a decent impressmn on him and find out Not wanting to sound altogether ig- norant. I then told Hammer something about how they don‘t always tell fresh- men everylhing. you have to remain here until your sophomore year and be "initiated" before they will inform you on such an "important" piece of knowledge as the meaning of an Aug- gie. Leaving the Hammer trying to decipher the word "initiated" and the rest of my jumbled jargon. I began my research of the meaning and/or symbol of an “Auggie.” The first seemingly knowledgeable person I spotted was the premier Auggie himself. Jim SWIggum After four years of starring on the gridiron, i figured old Swiggs should know what an Auggie is. "Hey SWiggs. what's an Auggie?" | asked. "Geez I dunno." he answered With his Kenyonese drawl. "A baby ostrich or something?" "Aw come on. you can give me a bet- ter answer than that." I prodded "Well." Swtggs thought “i guess an Auggie is a person who goes here for four years and then says. Ouimosabee. I need a Jobee.” Typical senior! After that encounter. | deCIded I should find someone a bit more knowledgeable than old SWiggs. Then I saw himl if anyone would know the meaning of an Auggie it would be Jeroy Carlson. a former Auggie and currently the College's Alumni Director. l con- sulted Jeroy and he told me that as far back as he could remember the word Auggie was Just a nickname for Augsburg's athletes. He related that at one time the official symbol of Augsburg was the eagle. but that it soon faded away. being replaced by the nickname Auggie. Jeroy referred me to Ernie An- derson. the Athletic Director. saying that “Ernie‘s been around longer than me." Ernie told me about the same story as Jeroy. stating the eagle was once voted by the students as the college mascot. but that the idea never really caught on According to Ernie. there was once a symbol created for the word Auggie by a student. It was a troll. or something of the sort. so ugly looking that Anderson decided he'd rather have no symbol than this grotesque little man. I now had my answer to what the meaning and/or symbol of an Auggie was — nothing. Somehow I didn‘t think that nothing was a good enough answer for an alllstate defensive tackle desper- ately needed by the football team. Also. because I was sick of answering Ham- mer's dumb questions and wanted to give him something to think about. I decided to tell Hammer my own version of the meaning of an Auggie. "Hammer." I started. "The word Aug- gie was included in the name of one of the first great Norwegian student- Nels Auggie Johnson saved the day for Norway in the Greater Scandahoovian Olympics of 187 B.C. and has proved to be an Inspiration for the Auggies ever Since athletes. Nels Auggie Johnson. whose life style and principles our athletic pro~ gram is based on." "Oh yeh. I think l've read about him in history class." declared Hammer. “He went by the name Auggie because eight out of every ten Nor- wegian men also were named Nels Johnson at that time. Auggie demon- strated his athletic and intellectual qualities in the Greater Scandahoovian Olympics of 187 B.C. "The Norwegians. perennial losers of the Olympics. and known as the shnooks of the Northland. were bound and deter- mined to Win that year. The King. seek» ing to field the best team ever. recruited young men from all over the country. The most impresswe and eaSily the most dedicated was our hero. Auggie. Auggie adhered to strict training rules. running from hill to dale and dale to hill. at least twice a day. He never partook of alcoholic beverages. not even imported German beer. and only ate the true nutri- tional Norwegian foods, lutefisk. and Ieise, “Because of Auggie's superior in- tellectual and physical abilities. out- standing determination. and overwhelm- ing desire. he was chosen captain of the Norwegian Olympic team and led them into competition against the Finns and the Swedes in the Greater Scandihoo- vian Olympics of 187 B.C. “The Greater Scandihoovian Olym- pics consisted of two main events, fish- ing and fiord tording. Nonivay had never won either of these events. in fact, they had never achieved higher than last place. But. in the Olympics of 187 B.C. our hero. Auggie. brought Norway up from the depths of defeat. "In the fishing event. the object was to catch the most fish. This was usually accomplished by the Swedes. whose team members would wade out neck- deep into the water. intently watching the schools of fish aimlessly swimming about At a precisely designated mo- ment, the Swedes would. With the quick- ness of Cobras. snatch up the un- suspecting fish with their teeth. Much the same technique was used by the Finns, With the exception that instead of capturing the fish with their teeth. they used their hands. Many fish were lost to what the Finns called ‘sloopery faengers.‘ “Norway's method of extracting fish explains their consistent losing of the event. The Norwegians would wade out neck-deep in the water like their rivals. but in place of capturing the fish with their hands or teeth. would in a mellow voice call out 'Herega Fishca' (which translated from old Norwegian means ‘here fishie‘) and attempt to lure the fish to shore. “During the fishing event of the GS. Olympics of 187 B.C.. Auggie discovered a new and unique method of fishing. Bored and tired of calling ‘Herega Fishca' Auggie relaxed and unbuckled the tight belt that had been holding up his hipwaders. The buckle of the belt. dangling in the water. was soon engulfed by a huge fish (the first fish. in- ctdentally. ever caught by a Norwegian Olympian). By the time Auggie had secured his first catch to shore. another fish was biting his buckle. Awe-struck. the rest of the Norwegian team gathered around Auggie as he explained the tech- nique to them. Soon all the Norwegians were 'buckling in' fish. and the team c easily won its first Olympic event in history. Also. this new fishing method. being the first technological discovery in the country's history. did wonders for its fishing industry. which was null at that time. The King decreed the discovery to be called the Auggie Technological Dis- covery tlater abreviated to Auggie-Tech to save space in history textbooks)." “Hmm. isn't there a school in Chicago by that name?" inquired Hammer. "it's working." I thought. "Auggie had now become a national hero. and with all this new found fame could have easily sat back on his laurels in the final event. fiord tording. He didn't, and subsequently aided Norway in the winning of another event. "The Finns. as expected. were the fastest fiord forders and appeared to be Norway‘s main competitors. Since the fjords were fairly deep. the Finns would weigh themselves down with rocks placed in their hipwaders. sinking to the bottom of the fjord. They would then. by alternately pushing themselves off the bottom. rise above water for air and then sink back down to make their way across the fjord. “Norway‘s traditional method of fiord Iording was somewhat like that of the Finn's. but with a significant difference. They inserted more rocks in their hipwaders and. skipping the rising for air. attempted to cross the fiord by walking on its bottom. Even though the Norwegians were known as old wind- bags. very few thought they had the lung capacity to withstand the trek. The common procedure of the Norwegian fiord forder was to make his way to the midpoint of the fjord. become nervous. and instead of continuing onward. hur- riedly backtrack to shore." “Well that makes sense." commented Hammer. “When our hero’s turn came to ford the fiord. he began his trip in the tradi- tional Norwegian fashion. only to end It in a completer difterent manner. As Auggie slowly trudged across the bot- tom of the fjord. he neglected to remem- ber that his belt buckle was still un- buckled from the previous event. By the time Auggie was .halfway across the fjord. his weighted hipwaders had slip- ped oft. jetting him up to the surface like an errant torpedo. Stranded in the mid- die of a deep fjord. the quick-thinking Auggie made his way to the opposite side by doing a frantic imitation of a Nor- wegian Retriever bringing back a fellen duck from a woodland pond. “As before. the Norwegian Olympic team was astounded by this discovery. thinking this particular method of water travel was reserved for animals. Soon all of Auggie's teammates mastered the stroke (later named by the King as the Auggie Doggie Paddle) and the Nor- wegians easily won the event and thus captured the first Greater Scandihoo- vian Olympic victory in their country‘s history." “Yeh. I heard some talk about the Auggie Doggie something or other from some guys in the locker room," added Hammer. “Well actually." i replied. "Around here that's what we call..." Any further comment was sharply interrupted by an amateur Kung Fu kick to the small of my back from my female friend sitting directly behind me. "Let's watch the game. huh Hammer." Show less
7 On being \\ // black at Augsburg By VAL MAXWELL Augsburg College. Christian. Lutheran Educational Institution. Like most institu— tions in this country. it too fosters. operates daily. and functions perhaps unaware of its role in perpetuating the phenomenon of white racism. The student body is... Show more7 On being \\ // black at Augsburg By VAL MAXWELL Augsburg College. Christian. Lutheran Educational Institution. Like most institu— tions in this country. it too fosters. operates daily. and functions perhaps unaware of its role in perpetuating the phenomenon of white racism. The student body is composed mostly of good "Pepsi-Generation” white boys and girls. most of which have no direct knowledge whatsoever of the black experience in this country. this city. this college. Most whites react towards black people as if they are inherently radioactive or something. I confess this is a frustrating topic which needs honest revelations from a top national level down to lowest muniCipal level. Black peo- ple are the way they are because white people are the way they are. There is no communication of a meaningful nature that I perceive here at Augsburg. There is only Interaction As Communication. a model/concept/phenomenon where the level of interaction defines itself. Black students realize the fact there is no black faculty at Augsburg! Check that out. Ralph Crowder is Black Student Affairs Coordinator. but one man in a posnion isn't enough. The responsibility is up to the College to actively recruit black professors. Do we see evidence of this College‘s good faith? No. Black students complain of: inadequate financial aid. no black counselors. racism projected from teachers and students. lack of classes which pertain to the black ex- perience and obviously the absence of black faculty. inadequate housing for black stu- dents (if you're not receiving adequate financial aid you eXist provtsionally wherever you can). A fundamental working definition of racism is the phenomenon which affects most whites to behave in reactionary. aversive. arrogant. hostile. indifferent and sometimes violent ways towards non-white people. I know self-examination is painful, but it was Socrates. I believe. who said. “the unexamined life is not worth living." What color is truth? What color is humanity? Facts remain facts. whites have historically abused power and non-white peoples. Oppression is still happening. May | quote the Bible: "God gave Noah the rainbow sign. no more water fire next time." Institutional racism which exists at Augsburg must be dealt with. Augsburg is going to have to change or be changed. The Last Poets say. "All Revolution means is change...“ Changes made in housing proposal per cent to 75 per cent. The Housing Committee‘s final recommendations have been forwarded to the Administration and room selection procedure for 1975-76 has been set. Room selection and contract signing will take place in Si Melby on April 26. beginning at 1 pm. Students unable to be present must designate. in writing, someone to have power of attorney; in either case. all contracts must be signed and the $50 advance payment made that day. From the Committee's final recom- mendations. only two changes were made. One change. made through mutual agreement between Chris Hanson and house managers. lowers the percentage needed to keep an Annex house from 80 West Hall. despite the Committee's recommendation to open it to all stu- dents. will retain its "married couples only" status. Auxiliary Sen/ices made this decision based on economical reasons and the large demand by Augsburg students for married housing. Despite other rumors, the numbers that were listed in the room selection procedure memo for each class will be split up to develop the seniority system the Housing Committee proposed. Also. class rank will be determined by the student‘s status as of Spring term. 1975. If you are officially a junior after the Interim (1975) you Will receive a senior number, and so on. DEPRESSION continued The iournals are turned into Dr. Nicholl for inspections and comment and also offer him a basis for evaluating each students depth of participation. Members of the class evaluate each other in the area of contribution to the class Within the small groups. The evaluations are used by Dr. Nicholl in grading and in deCiding how well the groups are functioning. The concept for combining the young people and senior Citizens into a class together is the result of a seminar con- ducted With Dr Carl Chrislock in 1971 on The Depressnon, In that session. they brought several seniors to the class as speakers but not as partiCIpants The reaction. said Dr. Nicholl. was “stunning.” The students responded so well to the seniors discus— sion of their experiences and thoughts he decided to mix the generations in a class sponsored by CHR. “it's easier for young people today to go on unemployment — they don't feel embarrassed about it." — Carol "/ was completely horrilied at just the thought of going into the unemployment line." — Martha "This is a people oriented class...we're crossing the generation gap and having a good time doing it." — Dr. Nicholl SYMPOSIUM Continued Myles Stenshoet of the Augsburg faculty discussed in turn. the open meeting law, workings of the Minnesota Ethics Com— mission and the problems associated With First Amendment rights and protec- tion of religious freedoms. The symposium was sponsored by the Minnesota Council of Churches. Augsburg Political Science Department. Bethany Lutheran Church and the Religious Life Commission. Applications for summer housing may now be picked up at Auxiliary Servtces, Deadline for applications is April 30. International student ID cards are available from the International Study Center, Memorial 126. for those who are traveling outSIde of the United States this summer The cost is $2 00 Check also for information on infra-European student flights. All Augsburg students. faculty. and administrators are inVited to take part in a seminar entitled Alcohol —- Use and Abuse — How It Relates to You. This will be held in the College Center on Satur- day. April 12 from 9:30 a.m.-4-30 p m. The session is sponsored by the Center for Student Development and Youth Emergency SerVIce. Please con- tact Larry Morgan for further informa» tion. uinen I emotlaa here, ‘I‘h {raid me Yd get ($23“ and de ad sure enouh, 1 lug in a room. and sleep 0“ a board l-M news By D. C. CARLSON Staff Writer Broomball This spring. a new person has been added to the I-M organization. Cecilia Crum. a master‘s candidate from the University of Minnesota, will be interning under l-M director Erv lnniger. Crum will assist Inniger and Bill Raadt in setting up new l~M programs and will head the expanded broomball program. Spring Broomball is quickly slipping its way into the hearts of many Auggies. Set up with three divisions to accommo- date the 20 teams. the league will last five weeks of regular season play and one week of playoff action. Teams were placed in their respective divisions based on their play in the games held before the spring break, Teams look to be evenly matched in each diVISIon and broomball looks to be on its way to another successful season. Below are the scores of recent games. DIVISION I MINCEMEAT PI 3 FIGHTING SAINTS i 56ers 1 4m FLOOR ANIMALS 0 SIGMA 3 STREAK 0 GAMERS 2 STEELERS o MINCEMEAT PI i SIGMA i STEELERS 2 4m FLOOR ANIMALS 0 DIVISION II T-BAUM BOMBERS 4 DOW-BRAATEN 1 DIPSTICKS 1 SOUL PATROL f G'Y‘S‘T i anssrens 0 DIVISION III RIFFS 5 CHIEFS o PERPETUAL MOTION 2 MONDAV kNioHrERs 1 FANSN FITERS 3 DUCKS o BE N0 ECHO APRIL 18 Show less
Last Tuesday night. senior Ray Hamilton was chosen as the MlAC's Most Valuable Player for the 197445 basketball season basketball Junior Jeff Nessler was elected cap- tain of the 1975-76 Augsburg basketball team and senior Ray Hamilton was chosen as Augsburg‘s Most Valuable Player for the 74-75... Show moreLast Tuesday night. senior Ray Hamilton was chosen as the MlAC's Most Valuable Player for the 197445 basketball season basketball Junior Jeff Nessler was elected cap- tain of the 1975-76 Augsburg basketball team and senior Ray Hamilton was chosen as Augsburg‘s Most Valuable Player for the 74-75 season as an- nounced at the annual basketball ban- duet Hamilton picked up other honors for the season as he was chosen as the MIAC‘s MVP and was picked lor the Awards announced at athletic banquets MIAC all-conlerence. District 13 and second All—Lutheran teams In being chosen for the District 13 team. only Winona's Gus Johnson polled more votes than Hamilton Hamilton was also given honorable mention to the NAIA All-American team Teammate Nessler was likewtse picked to the MIAC all-conlerence and District 13 teams. and was named third team All-Lutheran hockey 1974-75 proved to be a record break- ing \year for Augsburg‘s hockey team Last night at the Hockey Banquet. Coach Ed Saugested. after announcing that JunlOl Jon Bergherr had been selected as the 1975-76 hockey captain. with Scott Smith as alternate. an nounced the indiwdual awards and numerous records that were broken In fact. except for one Augsburg Col- lege hockey record (goals scored against). the entire record book has been completely rewritten, Individual award Winners are as follows MIAC all-conlerence - senior Mike Sack. Juniors Scott Smith and Jon Bergherr, and sophomore Tim Evans MIAC honorable mention - iunior Steve Reinarz. and lreshmen Jim Peter» son and Gary Hughes NAIA All-American Sack NAIA All-American honorable men- tion - sophomore Tim Evans MIAC Most Valuable Player — senior Mike Sack (this is the first time that an Augsburg hockey player has won this award) Augsburg's MVP - senior Mike Sack MIAC scoring champion - sophomore Tim Evans Augsburg hockey record breaking per- lormances. indiwdually. team. seasonal. and career, are as follows. Individual Records Career scoring leader - senior Mike Sack. 162 pts. Career goal scoring leader - Junior Scott Smith. 72 goals Career assists leader < senior Mike Sack. 91 assists Most goals for a season - sophomore Tim Evans. 42 goals Most assists for a season - senior Mike Sack. 39 asSIsts Most points for a season - sophomore Tim Evans. 78 p0ints Most penalty minutes - iunior Bob Nordin. 54 minutes Team Records Most Goals for a season - 224 goals (No. 1 nationally. NAIA. 1974-75) - senior Mike Baseball team splits a pair in Kansas City By BRAD VANDEVOORT Stall Writer Even though the Augsburg baseball team was only able to play two games on their ten game road trip to Kansas City. Coach Edor Nelson felt the trip was suc— cessful The team also was able to have three practice sesswns outdoors. in- cluding an intrasquad game C ach Nelson said. “The trip gave us a chance to look at our freshmen and lirst year ballplayers I was impressed With the way the guys played The trip was good for morale. as it gave the new ballplayers a chance to get to know the veterans, All in all I was very pleased With the trip " Strong Winds. cold weather. and rains kept the Auggies from playing all their scheduled games. On Wednesday. March 26, Augsburg split a double-header against Rockhurst College of Kansas City. Mo Augsburg lost the first game 1-0. but came back to Win the second one. 8-2. Ron Allar threw well in the first game giving up only three hits. Jeff Nessler got the only hit for the Auggies in the closely fought. but losing effort In the second game. the Augsburg bats came' alive and shelled three Flockhurst pitchers for 8 hits and 8 runs. Jett Nessler led the way with three hits. followed by Greg Nelson and Jon Hedrix With two hits each, and Steve Setterberg with one hit, Pitcher Bill Raadt checked Rockhurst With 2 runs on 8 hits. At the present time the team is prac- tictng indoors until the weather permits the team to go outside. The first home game is tentatively set for Saturday. April 12 at Valley View Field in Bloomington against St, Johns. Game time is 100 PM. Yes, Elizabeth, there are spring sports at Augsburg! By M. JENNINGS Sports Editor Despite the unpredictability of MID» nesota springs. the quick approach of summer break, and the lack of faCIlities Augsburg College does lield SIX athletic teams in the spring Along with the baseball and track teams. there are men s and women s ten- nis teams. a golf team and a women s softball team In fielding a tennis team. Augsburg does so Without the benelit of a practice court In fact, because of the growmg popularity of the sport. Augsburg cant even rent a court during prime practice hours (3 00 pm - 6 00 pm] anywhere in the TWin Cities. This does cause a prob- lem But the athletes are persistent and the program stubbornly Survives While all involved look forward to that time when Augsburg boilds its own courts Women's tennis The women‘s tennis season is broken up into fall and spring seasons During the fall season. the team posted a 3-5 record The women have three returning let- ter winners in Junior Sue Forsmark. senior Sue Kittieson. and sophomore Melanie Hatella to build their team around They. along With 10 other women. Will be competing for the 12 spots open in Singles and doubles com- petition. Unlike their male counterparts. they do not have any MIAC or State cham- pionship competition planned. but do have a 5 match season schedule. along with the pos5ibility of adding a few more matches. depending on the weather As for right now. all the team is look- ing forward to is "for the snow to go away.’ according to Coach Cathy Dye. Men‘s tennis Coach Ed Saugested also has three returning letter Winners to bqu around as he prepares for the 1975 tennis season Returning are senior Dan Lingen. No. 2 Singles player in ‘74', tumor Chuck Rapp. No 3. and sophomore Steve Niewald. No 4 All together. there are 9 men out for the team. Last year Augsburg did poorly in the MIAC conlerence meet. but as Saugested says. "we're always looking for a better year But it's hard to be com- petitive Without being able to practice on a steady basis ' The team is scheduled to compete in 5 dual and 1 triangular matches before competing in the MIAC conlerence championship May 9 & 10 at Concordia ol Moorhead. Golf Thirteen men are out for Coach Bill Caris's golf team. led by returning letter Winners sophomore Gary Austin, the No. 2 player last year and Junior Doug D. Carlson. No.3 "We lost Rick Colvin our No. 1 player from last year's team. but we've got a lot of men out. especially some upper-class- men who haven't competed before. so I'm looking l0rward to a little better year.” says Cans, Last year the team finished in the lower half in the MIAC conlerence meet. but linished 12th out of 25 teams in the State meet, The conference championship meet will be held April 30 8. May 1 at the Braemar and Coon Rapids courses. The State meet Will be the lolloWing week. May 9. at Mankato. Editor's Note: Due to poor communica- tion between the stall and me. and then Coach Mary Timrn being out-ol—town. the women's softball preview WII/ not ap- pear until next week. sis Senior Mike Sack has recently been named to the NAIA all-american hockey team. along with his being voted the WAGS Most Valuable Player lor the 74-75 season. Most assists for a season - 314 assists (No. 1 nationally. NAIA. 1974-75) Total points tor a season - 538 points (No. 1 nationally. NAIA. 1974-75) Most goals in MIAC conlerence play for a season - 164 goals (No. 1 in the MIAC) Minneapolis. Minn. 55454 Augsburg College 8 Show less
College is a peculiar place. It offers what are called “majors”. "What is your major?" we ask, as if the answer was of ultimate importance. Does your college offer strong majors, we are asked. Indeed: Chemistry, History, Philosophy, Political Science, etc. But are these majors? Only in the jargon... Show moreCollege is a peculiar place. It offers what are called “majors”. "What is your major?" we ask, as if the answer was of ultimate importance. Does your college offer strong majors, we are asked. Indeed: Chemistry, History, Philosophy, Political Science, etc. But are these majors? Only in the jargon of academe. Majors in college are really minors. They are minors because none of them deal with the whole of life nor are they ultimately basic to the experience of every student. Majors are merely dis- ciplines — tight, restricted, circumscribed little chunks of human knowledge, essential for defining an expert, but never for defining a person. Yet persons are vastly more important than academic dis- ciplines, so one wonders how colleges dealing with persons can ignore in their structures and functions those essential matters which deal with personhood. Every person is a human being, but where is major consideration given to study of the self and human nature? Every person is a sexual being, where is major consideration given to human sexuality? Every person is "born unto trouble as the sparks fly upward", but where is the opportunity for major consideration of human suffering? Every person seeks some meaning in life, but why no major in ultimate human des- tiny? Every person will die, but where is any major effort made to deal with the funda- mental experience of death? I confess to the uncomfortable feeling that most college graduates have spent four or more years majoring in minors and have hardly grappled in any disciplined fashion with these fundamental subjects. If there is any exposure to such issues it is usually extra- curricular. Major in the Christian point of view is the resurrection of Jesus. The Christian com- munity and all its institutions are rooted in the message of Easter. Death is becoming a subject with increasing visibility in our time, as more and more discussions, seminars, articles and books on death appear on the scene. A forthright recognition of the fact of death is wholesome. The issue is whether this recognition leads to resignation or resurrection. Do we face death as an inevitable finale or as a vanquished enemy? If I believe in the resurrection, life itseif is undefeatable and therefore has meaning. If I believe in the resurrection, history has an “absolute future“ to use Karl Rahner's phrase. If I believe in the resurrection, ,all the essential facets of my personhood are affirmed — I'm not only important for my “soul”. All this is major in my book. Have a glad Easter with all God’s resurrection people. sounmnes // \\t’///// 0 son and Morrison created new professionalism There probably is not a harder question to answer in tangible terms than the question of "what did student government accomplish this past year?” because of the numerous day-today situations that are handled often have intangible results. But this in no way deletes from the significance of the question. The priority of the Olson-Morrison Administration, was to increase effective communi- cation between all the sectors of the college that dealt with students. There also was the task of effeciently administrating the obvious areas under student government's control, as programming and publications. This goal has been reached; students now, not only have representation on all of the major decisionvmaking bodies on campus, including the Board of Regents, Faculty Personal Committee, Educational Policies, and very recently the Administrative Staff; even more importantly students are now listened to with a strong degree of acceptance. Student government has moved towards an aura of profes- sionalism as a viable means of meeting students needs. The area of specific programs and commissions, of which student government holds ultimate responsibility, are publications, programming, and community relations. This past year funding for these operations was increased by the passage of the $5 referendum to increase student government funds to $30 per full-time student. This referendum provided an increase in the General Fee for student government at the same time the college administration increased its portion of the fee by $50 per full-time student. Both increases were necessitated out of the need to provide quality products in a period of rising costs. Obviously, the major task of student government officials this past year has been administration. This administration involves not only assuring the effective use of the $42,000 budget, but the appointments and directives to all student representatives to committees involving the setting of college-wide policy, be it curriculum, housing, or inter-college cooperation. These duties plus the daily role of student advocate for any group or particular student in need of assistance, present an ominous task. A task whose fulfillment you must ultimately judge in light of the Olson-Morrison operations this past ear. y We feel that they should be commended for effectively working for the benefit of Augsburg students. Suzann Olson and Andrew Morrison will be missed. ‘The Skin of Our Teeth’ exciting experience By PAUL PARUCH Editor’s Note: Paul Paruch is a freelance writer from Minneapolis. The family of man is alive and well and living in Excelsior, New Jersey; or so Thornton Wilder would have us believe in the Little Theater's current production of his play, “The Skin of Our Teeth.” The play under the direction of Aileen Cole follows the cycle of man's existence from his primitive beginnings to the pre- sent in an entertaining, although some- times tedious, two and one half hour evening. The director of this production de< serves a great deal of credit for not only tackling Mr, Wilder’s theory of our per- plexing history, but also for turning such a weak vehicle into an enjoyable and oft times exciting experience. i suppose that the weakness of any particular theatrical vehicle becomes moot, when for most, the suspension of disbelief will occur re- gardless, and their night at the theater considered well spent. However, from a more traditional point of view, it is neces- sary to look at the elemean and ideas expounded in the play if we are to under stand why a particular piece was written in the first place. Mr. Wilder’s attempt to take the his- tory of man, and pack it into a two and one half hour show is at least pre- sumptuous. To do so, as I am sure the playwright found out, one would have to eliminate a number of variables and there- by reduce the scope of the piece. What we ultimately have in Mr, Wilder’s play, then, is not the story of man, but the story of Western man. It is not the story of man's struggling with the life ethic but rather of Western man’s confrontation with the Judeo-Christian ethic. This Judeo»Christian concept is essentially at the root of Wilder's apparant under- standing of the life force, since the play is spiked with innuendo regarding Adam and Eve, Cain, the Arc and the great storm, and even the patriarch of Western knowledge, Moses. At the outset, such traditional beliefs are possible the very reason why we continue to survive only by “the skin of our teeth." The production Itself is probably one of the finest l have seen on the Augsburg stage in some time. The acting and cos- tumes, as well as the set design, compli- ment each other to produce a most enter- taining evening. Jack Palmer’s set design adheres beau- tifully to the structuralist style, a style which employs the rudiments of a parti- cular location desired; thus, it creates the effect of knowing what the setting is but not necessarily where it is. While the structuralist style is excellent for this play since we are dealing with an "everyman" motif, and no particular location is neces- sary, l have misgivings about the slides being used to open the play and also in- troduce us to the family. It is necessary to the general flow and also to the aesthe- tic quality of the production, to stick to one particular style. Putting the Antrobus family into a suburban situation is fine, but if structuralism is to be used for the greater part of the play, then one should either be introduced to the family with- out showing them on slides or else we should be introduced within the confines of the structuralist style. The Costume Mistress, whom l am sure is also the director, should be com- plimented on not trying to create the ef- fect of primitive existence in her costume concept. The essence of the play is within the lines and not within the spectacle. A twentieth century style of costuming is effective here in that it illicits a feeling that although many of these confront- ations with disaster happened centuries ago, they could and are still happening today. As far as what Ms. Cole has tried to create in terms of production concept is beautifully executed by her cast: from the T.V. announcer, a fine portrayal by Jeff Nelson who employs a lugubrious deadpan, seemingly indicating that the news is always the news but never new to a most convincing Moses, played by Regie Huber. Essentially, this play is rather difficult to act, simply because the characters must be bigger than life without be- coming caricatures. The cast of this play has to that end most adequately. The charaCIer of Sabina, played by Meridee Woolson, was fine for what it was, but somehow I felt that the characterization missed the point some- where along the way. It would seem that Sabina and her antithesis, Mrs. Antrobus, played mildly by Karla Haij, should evolve out of: A) Woman-Manipulator and B) Woman«Mate. Ms. Woolson came off as more of the standard "dumb broad" rather than a very real, very con— fusing, and finally, very ambitious wo- man. Sabina must incorporate the essence of not just the "other woman” syndrome but she must also be more. She must be the woman with whom a man does not create life but with whom he enjoys it, not just physically, but totally. A fine acting job was turned in by David Brisbin in the role of Mr. Antrobus. His portrayal of Antrobus with his dreams, hopes and his great gusto for life is truly everyman; and Brisbin was most convincing. Brisbin's final scene played with his son, Henry, a remarkable per< formance by a veteran of the Augsburg stage, David Colacci, is definitely the highlight of the play. The scene evolves around a father’s and son's confrontation after a war in which they fought on op- posing sides. This confrontation between Mr. Antrobus who earlier in the play was responsible for the alphabet, the wheel and who had furthured the knowledge of mathematics, seems to represent the crea- tive, progressive and, if you will, tech- nological segment of mankind. On the other hand, the son, Henry Antrobus, seems to symbolize man's childlike rebel- lion against the authority of time which suffers us not to moVe forward but re- main permanently behind. Of course last, but assuredly not least, was the portrayal of Gladys Antrobus, the daughter. I don’t really know what she meant, but she was purely delightful (admittedly, it took me a while to get used to her clacking shoes which seemed to herald her entrances like a Shake- spearean trumpet blast). I always, how- ever, looked forward to Jill Lundeen’s ap- pearances on stage. The production is fun, entertaining, and it will invariably be an evening well spent. The last performances for the play take place tonight at 8:00 p.m., tomor- row (Saturdayl at 8:00 pm. and Sunday at 3:30 pm. Letters, with the writer's name, should be sent to: Echo, P.0. Box 148, Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MN 55404. The editor reserves the right to edit these letters and accept or reject them on the basis of good taste. 41 Show less