The annual Christmas buffet will he he?!" in (he Commons December 1?. The affair will he a stamie fame]. one: sport coats for thc .6135; nice dresses for the 911-19. Serving times are from has nnfi 6-7= wi 01 a serving of punch in the Alumni Lounvs- humming at 3130. Board plan students will not be... Show moreThe annual Christmas buffet will he he?!" in (he Commons December 1?. The affair will he a stamie fame]. one: sport coats for thc .6135; nice dresses for the 911-19. Serving times are from has nnfi 6-7= wi 01 a serving of punch in the Alumni Lounvs- humming at 3130. Board plan students will not be chm-pad, hut tickets must be picked up in advance at the center reception desk-oedmission is by ticket only" Off» campus students will he charged “v.50; 1110 event in open to students, staff, faculty? administration, and regents. Because of the size problem, students are asked not to invite peofle not connected with the school. with the evceptio-n that married students may brine their spousesfl Chuck Olson tied for the MAC Tend in scoring in soccer as the Magpie Squdd Med for second wince with St. John's two pnins hohmd 399mm champion Gustavus. Olson's total of 8 90.913 Med the fimre amassed by Pachy Lopez of Gustavus; Paul Holmes was the second best Aum-‘le scorer” z-dth four- eonls 9:16 a third place finish in conference scoring. The final team stand‘l ngs arr- as follows: l«Yon Lost Tied Ptst GF GA Gustavus 0 1 9 75 1 Augsburg ? 0 3 7 1-3 5 St. Jchn's 3 1 1 7 11 5 Macalesber 2 2 1 5 9 1h St. Thomas 0 h 1 1 n 17 Hemline O h 1 1 h 7“ Mr. Stephen Gahdelsen of the Augsburg music departm ment will perfom in an organ recital at Diamond Lake Lutheran church, 5760 Portland Avenue Southa on Wednesday, December 10 at 8 p.121» All students are encouraged to a‘tend this open «wash. -7. Show less
51521:“!!9’1K'w? WW-‘Gmrfiaon *Mmamuumré new to {my 1-? ' .meméflmg’uuma CoUoko »» WWO?’ '1‘?!“ _ ‘séuro was ' v an n: .maI-rf) dam meme-a W" ' v V :m‘muwormm‘fldfi wan on it was , an“ up Mitchel-39W:- Mama" This "orronnnt's v wwnukmwmrwwmt'hfir ans IW ' g AMQfltflidgmu-Thr ‘ ~ , scan was h9-31 in favor... Show more51521:“!!9’1K'w? WW-‘Gmrfiaon *Mmamuumré new to {my 1-? ' .meméflmg’uuma CoUoko »» WWO?’ '1‘?!“ _ ‘séuro was ' v an n: .maI-rf) dam meme-a W" ' v V :m‘muwormm‘fldfi wan on it was , an“ up Mitchel-39W:- Mama" This "orronnnt's v wwnukmwmrwwmt'hfir ans IW ' g AMQfltflidgmu-Thr ‘ ~ , scan was h9-31 in favor-‘6? "Afiéskurpn . ' o ahcand m1 half was more exciting us Aurvus- ' hm tied tha score with 1?:50 rmmininv‘. ' ‘ .3 The Auguatnm conchimv staff can hn thankea : M—hmnhutinn two“ nts at that, point. on a 3 dalhlo technical foul. For a while it lookod like A; In poinp to and up 9 c105: game. but bugskuw ifl'ucnd to control the ball and Hw- h'oards to null Gal-the:- ahepd in tho fins] Nimbus to obtain their SIM win. 'I'hny my son, now-r befor tho. you is (Wer-e ~ nick Kelly has to he picked the most valuable m of the Pan. But it was an all-out team effort kept Auaskure 1n the loud. “any, A 517 foot mard,vas hivh point mu m- Hu- nioht «ms 3 $31.11*” 17 of £56259 9"" 1n tho-v1”! rat half. “3 V "turned in flu- Inoond ha]! aftor an influx-y. Hut _ “19 h» we play“!!! 3?. less than Yul} spend in tap closing dmtos, ’19- throw in 5 points and sat up now with his maiden 13:11:: = Jim cooks wand 11 for tbs mum. nnfi also * hdpr‘ K011: ant ur - 1M. mo. The 6'1” ward. ‘ fllflnfim deflhnt hall inhaling. ability, was ‘ flu deadly lhoodm from the cuisine Freshmn 1 Inc! all" junior 61m Bruins. with " and 7 "' film chly. proved to coach Errfia Avior "i‘ can that Lawn" shouldn't have too mun!» tremble ‘* «an oar-rd post?“ this yo-r. The ban? 111.9 of mm Johnson. Gary swar- 4? son. and John Evert cantro'l‘ed the he r65. hot)» on offense orr' dofersa. Bike Hang, :2 6'9" K, aophmrn, sew-M two points Hut wosfouvh on tha ‘ hoards. BMG' Wessmn has" a goof mam. vi”: 6 points. «M sophomors Dam Lehrlm prom-d thw he gun 53-911 11; mt. any time. . N V. ,1 5m Show less
with talented freshman like Sheldun Ania-non. Kipp Skadnn, Wan-an Larson and Gary Fillm'son (out with an ankle injury aftflr "auxin? 16 point! par Fame in the first two contests of the your). uni snothor 6'9” cantor, Rich Crrlson. 1n ream-w. the Aupcrlas have the potnntinl of putting a good club... Show morewith talented freshman like Sheldun Ania-non. Kipp Skadnn, Wan-an Larson and Gary Fillm'son (out with an ankle injury aftflr "auxin? 16 point! par Fame in the first two contests of the your). uni snothor 6'9” cantor, Rich Crrlson. 1n ream-w. the Aupcrlas have the potnntinl of putting a good club on the court at any when time. ‘ The first confer-anon gum is this "admde at 7:30 in Kelby Hall. The UHD M1602: providu the opposition. ~16- u' w' N“ v i ' ‘ ‘ 1 may" H c. I Vi 9.,1 , x r . u —.-«.':--.r":'«“- ,x'r'. \,,'~«:‘ r m no N not" ‘-"h’ Show less
A . y ,1"; .HL'._ .-: c;;._.: -;- ‘ _. ,.) T. , nod Ewen asbzbiLszej solely for tn= dcposl: ‘3 a; E) :aoeivej as c e:‘ in tn: LL 0, since {:3 money in txis 53C3L.: Ho; thrc=Fui§e «i . aai . r ~11ei to be used for tne improvoment of tne quality tni size a: 616 paper Hark believe} :‘ L tn: editors... Show moreA . y ,1"; .HL'._ .-: c;;._.: -;- ‘ _. ,.) T. , nod Ewen asbzbiLszej solely for tn= dcposl: ‘3 a; E) :aoeivej as c e:‘ in tn: LL 0, since {:3 money in txis 53C3L.: Ho; thrc=Fui§e «i . aai . r ~11ei to be used for tne improvoment of tne quality tni size a: 616 paper Hark believe} :‘ L tn: editors could use tne funds for tae Leno directly or indirectly: inarofore“ s a re- u .< to p"rt of tno staff taut mad workod :ne gull year wicxout Srisry~ 9:5 as an oppor- tunity to educ te rue new editors to cne procedures involvEd in editing tn! n wsgaper; M rk pldnned train trip to Chicago for tnosc,pcoploy de realized toe necessity of casnn “Clan and accordingly ue received verbal permission from hichsrd {enccn wao cud earlier ndb’ ed to define the policy for the expenditure of advertising funds“ .nd 10 received verb 1“ wonudissentins pernissicnfrc; bne :uclic tiocs Conalsrionentho Echo's direct superior. rne dry tact tno group w;s to loave for Cnica50--in foot” only about five nours boa fore tceir de,-rturo-~tnc new president of the Ltudent society called Mark andtold nim tnq~£ no could not ‘0 to Cnicsgo. rais was a tinely sug_estion indeed since tickets nod been bOUéflt nd reeervcticns and been made“ when H:rk returnod; a Sp861Al persecutionsry meeting of the btudent Council was neld. At this seating Mark was flogged verb 11y to sucn nn extent tn t me completely broke down, .1 nave nezrd tA~t suoa techniques of inter- ro._ticn nave been used in ocutnern JallSc but 1 didn’t realize Ens: it would-—or even couldt-J.pr¢n Jere. As a side noteD one of too urine interroa tors was fed Jonson» inis fall, th't some inborrosotorx as tae nesd of txe big-name entertainment connit- tee of £10 irogrsm Commission; Was instrnctod to book big—none groups for concerts at Aug» bur.s Je took = random poll and found tnst suéuécnts Wanted aroups Lust were pop-rock or raid-rock, A pop—rock group “.5 going to b; in the era, in tne fall9 and thereforeetneir price would be llizhtly lower. Bod booked tool with tne npyrov-l of George Dialman, the progr—u conciseioner: Lorhze Grindsl. the ,resident of tne student booiety;-nd Dcu; uskon tne director of tne college oentera In. concert lost money. Before this loss and bcccle evidentd inothar concert and becn planned. inis rock group lypczred to be more popular ,mong college studfints. nnd since it was a double lot the pros- pects were brignto dietary now recorder however, that tnis concert was s fiesoo of Jo 0V9“ 1°rter nature than the one proceeding itofi “"1t° n'tur 11!» People were upset:"Fiftoen tncus nd dollars is a helluv lot of money" Alotflfir Pfirsccutlonery neetinz wcs scheduleda fiut ginoe it was a matter in whicn the Counoh °°uld P0351bly have looked down tne barrel of 738 fin=er of guilt. the student body was gfl- en tn. opportunity or becoming too official y. Scoutionern At this meeting iod9 George and L race were tarbally flogged and G°u11 n v5 or krn down if the étt ck had been nor or 'riaat I“? rain: at t is nwrr Live is s..nplea E I notion and ccourred--bcthlest spring 3nd this f'll. rho fault coild accurately nave be found in tne structure of a government th:t would allow eucn “fl-grant violations". A so; ’cnt Was needed9 unwaverr since strrotures reflect the noticnl of noxone in particulor° _wiccn aunt H33 organized in both oasesq and igzgyitggf did it accomplish any positive soalé flank has happened has neppened, and we nod ‘ ' 35"! find OTScnizere refiner oneu a c sllse full of Spiro Agnew:7 Jae McCartnys 1,;gg'331'l Jflflsee. 1! action is to be taken, 1 ;snould be taken tale spring o: election --S. F. Show less
'T‘O the Hilton Z have addx‘essed the following remarks to President lecn find? in so doing, would like to share me «Uh the Augsburg comn‘ltyl "£13 a member of the small silent M110er! 1 feel that it is time to spuak out, hauling prev- iously haen uncertain and afraid of the Great Si— lent f... Show more'T‘O the Hilton Z have addx‘essed the following remarks to President lecn find? in so doing, would like to share me «Uh the Augsburg comn‘ltyl "£13 a member of the small silent M110er! 1 feel that it is time to spuak out, hauling prev- iously haen uncertain and afraid of the Great Si— lent f‘ajorityu Becausa I do not lava avnrything about Anny-ch; I suprose that I will eventually a have to not out, or wait to be thrown out with the other rotten cores and effnts- snobao But when I was a child, I believed America to be the good, the true? art? the beautiful: as I banana 3 man, I was forced to put away my univefe and was left with a residue of bitternessfi as if someonn had played my youth for 9 fool. "Insofar as the war hssfurther embittared no, I think that I can suggest what is mm? with it: I was not at all incredulous that our boys Hod slaughtered a community 09 civilians. I have shudder-a6 at every report of how mam 'suspoctod‘ Viet Com-r hnd been bombed, presumably kiTIod. «no now must put. my conscience at aaae war a massive 5] mi no of Vietnamese civilians. "In short, I havn come to believe that we are no bottom 11‘ no worse. than anyone else. just more walthy "nd more powrful {m and ther‘fore morn dangerous than most. And therein has the rub which has taken protesters into the streets and our future into 331.13. In more ways than one. the war h=sm~de criminals of us all, although ‘99-- Had no. the polices-H111 continue to go from "Dm‘endaws of th- vent W111. of sauna. shrug and 53319 war is hell. So be it. I would only add thnt if this justification will suffice, then we have sold our souls to the prince of hell and in time will reap our peace. if such things as universal justice aver Mist. "It is an unfair avorsimplificamon to any ;o,. Hut wannr=11y it 15 my opinion that the war has hpoucht out the worst I hl‘d feared “hmt t-*P“Eas the mace mam “’5 bPWEh" .510- Arm-1r 2; Show less
enemy: “is speech was addressed to that group at“ . 1 'n‘ mum puppets known as the silrnt majomty and he‘i ' A " did not Seem to hate any desire to say anvt‘ninf ' relevant to the young. Yet any young misc" interested in the fate of the corntry (nh‘ichvis this overwhrlning majority of young... Show moreenemy: “is speech was addressed to that group at“ . 1 'n‘ mum puppets known as the silrnt majomty and he‘i ' A " did not Seem to hate any desire to say anvt‘ninf ' relevant to the young. Yet any young misc" interested in the fate of the corntry (nh‘ichvis this overwhrlning majority of young pfoplu) was “voted in front of the television set that night. On the other hand, Allen Ginsberg and Eldridge C waver cannot relate to -fixon, who has hem.- their 57111501 0f "pi reprossion" in this cmn’nry. Clea. vor rernrs to Ronald Reagan as n‘f-ickey House, and those "ho are hip to What is happening today in California are inclined to agree with that. Won” message is interspersed with gunfire and napalm. some people ca relate 0 "but. 'Ihose. who, get rich 0 r naplnm r‘an certainly relate to that. Hohhot: that the bullets are being shot- nt American citi- ' zons in their own comnunitiea, mostly young people, there can he no rapport until the establistnnent disarms itselfo This is how young people feel today. Look at the alienati n, thr enormous "hole, that this situation muses. How can there be any meaning- ful living taking place- in a world where there is this kind of turmoil? The problem does not end with the ymmg versus the old. It begins there. The train of confine sion m-~VPs from there to the less obvious conflict of; youth versus itself. There is much talk of the salvation that young proplr will brim; wit” them as they grow into adulthood. Bat this salvation is ' Wishful thinking. The younger generation must begin to understand that the phrase "come together" means spiritually. . ' r There are many good example-a 01’ Your": P991119 coming together for a short period of time. The Democratic convention and the subsequent, violence . that surrounded Chicago did much to pull 00905108 . factions of yonng ngple together. For fihe time they were forced to an: the r“ a1 HIM 1"” ‘ V face, in living color, with a can of macminv'one: hand, a bi'vly club in the other, and a snout as fl _.‘- . long and ugly as on: history 01’ Min-‘3 “9911.9: 3'15}? realization brought ’6 ousands or white young?“ If to their senses and cauefivthen to 301“ MWB‘M their black brethren and form a Y1.“ “W31 , V Show less
u w lrrollosrint schedule will bn fol'l (wed ns 1 a» possible for tho: combined m‘xltcations “9‘ and the “aspen r1, 9¢~-'rm‘spsr 7 w-‘Wtzo (Snow Days Issue} I If 294311813“? ' v ary- 9"”?1113p931' tar-1 mfifis'pw pm. 27w‘n111spnr ay “mum? M_ V studehta wishing to get a story of any v whim-b :Itho... Show moreu w lrrollosrint schedule will bn fol'l (wed ns 1 a» possible for tho: combined m‘xltcations “9‘ and the “aspen r1, 9¢~-'rm‘spsr 7 w-‘Wtzo (Snow Days Issue} I If 294311813“? ' v ary- 9"”?1113p931' tar-1 mfifis'pw pm. 27w‘n111spnr ay “mum? M_ V studehta wishing to get a story of any v whim-b :Itho Whisper would act than tc the mm the Friday artsy-nan before pumicvtion ‘ banning whisper. The editor retain“: the ,. ‘mlnfde '0‘:- mt inoludq: it in t‘hepsparn " fitngptsi will be shade to £33109: the 53m: ‘sanfatfllbh of news in the 59112 n the Echo. as" concerning the publ‘! coHon of ~ Fahd Should be direm‘ed to Dar- . In 't Echo an office Or room 120 of ' 1" Si) fiéattpns 101.11 be appreciated» ’ comments 'ahout Iousy twain". ’ in bér the three tyevritnv-s in 3:1: Bfokan 1n di'férant ways. "W3 9 matnst typlatsin thr ' ' produce Wrens-y - If ousstions Show less
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nrotsctiong lot the conflicts Letve~n "straights" 4r? "hips", freaks and flops is one that :3111 Fonc times. If young people are divided now into these c~tegories, mm. is going to happen as they grow older? As most young ptoplo know, the older one nets, the loss receptive one is in charge“ “Rh... Show morenrotsctiong lot the conflicts Letve~n "straights" 4r? "hips", freaks and flops is one that :3111 Fonc times. If young people are divided now into these c~tegories, mm. is going to happen as they grow older? As most young ptoplo know, the older one nets, the loss receptive one is in charge“ “Rh age cones stubbomess and a sense of security about one's life style. 80 it is clear that young people had better change before they set much older. 1h- concept of "do your own thing" cannot apply hex-co Sore peoples' thing consist of preVentinr', others from doing their thing. The '(u Klux Klan, for ex— ample, will not be tolornted if they should decide to do their thing on my 1m. Young people gen-ral- ly agree that doing one's own thing should be tol- erated as much as possible. But this leads only to a continuation of the power struggle. In fact it intensifies the power strug: 1e, because now selfish organizations like the KKK and the American Legion can hide the very phrase -nvented ty the young people to stop repress- ion. Stokley Carmichael said that when Lyndon John: son used the ohrare "We shall own-one" on national tolevision that the civil rights nowment died. The same is true with "do your own thing." The minute that phrase is applied to some undeserving organi- zation it loser- its meaning, and therefore becomes obsoleten The contradictions that are obviors in this discussion of the oral-Jen are precisst the problem itself: which way totturn'l Every faction, every (group, every thought, every word seems to lack the essential truth or love: In fits of nadness and dsspnir y-mng peOple are crying" out, "I cannot live here any longerz" It is not a (:35: of throwing in the travel. It is a case of being ovnrvhelmed by contradictions, of being crushed by the lack of understanding on earth today. I'ven on small scales this look of underu standing is *nough to drive moat neople insane. Young people are rear‘hing out desperately for understanding eVen among, their peer group" "‘rso fluently there is no response and tine-3:“ young people end up trying to find love in acid or not“ There “3..- Show less
.v-t thiq rain: we wars: suppr-ed m present. tI-e xesults of tum utui‘ont ecclaby meshing of last week; hOHG‘YGX, S'a‘tce the meet-1m: emanated. t9. nothing more than 9 tea-hash. of the information primed in Friday's ache, them is really no need for such a wuu-ary. or importance tar new we a.... Show more.v-t thiq rain: we wars: suppr-ed m present. tI-e xesults of tum utui‘ont ecclaby meshing of last week; hOHG‘YGX, S'a‘tce the meet-1m: emanated. t9. nothing more than 9 tea-hash. of the information primed in Friday's ache, them is really no need for such a wuu-ary. or importance tar new we a. motion made by lien iambreoht. that fat: nausea and George Dghlman tender their resignations. .-.f't-:x a spirited. debate (lad alternately ' by a fired m. editor and several incensed students) the. notion failed on a division when only 39 or the people present supporth it: .\11. in all" the meeting went quite well. .Jmost good enough. in fact. to wan-tut another one when budget talks begin next spring. Or perhaps when the krosram Conniss'lon draws up its phile‘aoph: this winter it nmzld. be diseuesed. at. a genetal meeting of the student Sooiety. ks far as that. goes. i. wenldn't hurt puhlioutiou either». ..nyone wichina to help start a movement for M! another student Society meeting to discuss the futures of 1~ub11~ ortions and irogram Commission on this campus is encouraged. to content as by my 1.0“ box. Take an acaive part in [our student government; If"; arty, ‘ v‘ _/ — Show less
Page 6 Good Paces Grapplers THE AUGSBURG ECHO Friday, December 5 Augsburg Matmen Face Building Year by Terry Blue Augsburg’s twice-defending MIAC championship wrestling squad faces what coach Ron Pfef- for terms a “huilding year" during the 1969-1970 season. Pfefi'er seems to have chosen his words... Show morePage 6 Good Paces Grapplers THE AUGSBURG ECHO Friday, December 5 Augsburg Matmen Face Building Year by Terry Blue Augsburg’s twice-defending MIAC championship wrestling squad faces what coach Ron Pfef- for terms a “huilding year" during the 1969-1970 season. Pfefi'er seems to have chosen his words well be- cause 15 of the 23 men currently practicing are freshmen. St. John's, St. Thomas, Concordia and Gusta- vus should all boast improved teams. When one considers this fact and also the Auggies’ loss through graduation of such veterans as the Miller twins, Rick Snow, and Joel Branes it is easy to see why coach I’l‘eil'er discounts talk that labels his team the “favorite” to retain its conference crown. Supplying leadership for the Auggies this year will be team can- tain Mike Good. a junior from Frid- ley who last year gained second place honors in the NAIA tourna- ment in Omaha. Other returning veterans are Larry Stewart (two- time defending MIAC champ), Bill Hickman and Ron Johnson (run- ners-up in last year's conference meet), sophomores Pat Marcy and Jim Mastro, senior Gene Skoglund and junior Bob Martin. Art Scheu- nemann, a junior who has not wres‘ tled his first two years at Augs- burg, has also reported for prac— til'l’. The success of this year‘s team will rely to a considerable extent upon the contribution of freshmen. liattling it out with the varsity vet» LUTHERAN BROTHERl-IOOD life and flea/(ll Insurance for [Millers/Is If you're a Lutheran. you qualify for special benefits only a member of our Society can get. You owe it to your family to investigate. Please call Silas B. Hviding 724-0701 William A. Johnson 545-0268 Dennis The Barber 27th and Franklin 933 27th Ave. S. So what if you’re only nineteen. Call us and see what insurance can do for you. John Swan 8. Jim Kunze The College Shield Tel. 3313572 THE NATIONAL llFE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY erans in the lower weights will be Scott Brown, Jim Lewis, Tim Mc- Ewan, and Ron Georgeson. The struggle should be every bit as in- teresting in the middle weights where Chris Gates, Jefi' Erickson, Jim Carlson, Mark Mattison, Rob- bie Davidson and Mark Morris each plan to earn a place. In the upper weights, freshmen Kim Anderson, Jon Hanson, Doug Anderson, Steve Dahlman, and Ter- ry Peterson all hope to gain var- sity positions. Adding up the pluses and mi- nuses facing this year’s team there is still good reason for an optimis- tic outlook. The Auggies have an abundance of talent in weights 118 through 167. In all there are 17 men competing for the seven var- sity positions available. The inten- sity of competition should develop a polished varsity in the lower and middle weights. On the other hand, the three up- per weights are a real question mark due to inexperience. Last year the Miller twins did an out- standing job at 177 and 191 but they have since depart/Edi Filling these voids and finding a heavy- weight are the toughest assign- ments at present. Meanwhile the Augs have al- ready begun non-conference compe- tition with the St. Thomas rota‘ tional held this past Wednesday. This Saturday Augsburg gets into action once again at our third an- nual Takcdown Tournament at 9 am. in Melby. In summing up the team’s pros- pects for this season, coach Pfef- fer and captain Good feel last year’s dual meet record will be hard to match because of the tougher schedule the Augs are facing. How- ever both agree that the strength of the squad will show most clearly in tournament competition, and that is where titles, glory, and “hard- ware” may be won. —-Photo by Imam-r MIKE GOOD Hockey The Augsburg hockey team be- gins its season tonight with the first of two weekend games with the Lakehead University team of Port Arthur, Ontario. The puck- sters return to Minneapolis to play the annual varsity-alumni game on December 12 at 10 pm. in the Gold- en Valley Ice Center. Coach Ed Saugestad has three tough lines working u n d e r him again. On one c a p t a i n Terry Holmes teams up with junior Bruce Murray and senior Mick Thorsten- «a - a, 43;}! —Photo by Breamar TERRY HOLMES Christmas is Near. . . Shop at the AUGSBURG COLLEGE BOOK STORE IMMEDIATE OPENINGS — MEN STUDENTS $300.00 Guaranteed {or II Works Part-time Work Also Soun- FulI-tlmo Opening: CALL TODAY: 721-6430 824-9789 Team son to present a potent scoring at- tack. On another line Greg Nelson, Bill Lundgren and Corky Hall com- bine talents, while on the third line Gary Wilde, Dave Peterson and Bob Halvorson skate together. Defensively, Tom Unstad, Doug Smestad, Al DeWolf an d John Wanshura return this year, while egins Season freshmen Chuck Sundbloom, Don Swenson and Doug Conboy will also help. Curt Johnson returns as the Auggie goalie this winter. The conference schedule begins January 5 with a game against St. Thomas at Aldrich Arena in North St. Paul at 8:45. On January 3 and 4 the Auggies battle the University of Winnipeg at the Golden Valley Arena. Saugestad looks for Gustavus and St. Mary’s to be tough this year, but adds “we expect to be in contention for the title or we wouldn’t play." Anonymous Reporter Finds, Council "Ads" Interesting “Lose Their Money and Run (for Re-election)" is a new and unique type of drama that Student Coun- cil has presented lately on Monday evenings. The presentations are difi‘erent from other forms of drama in that each performance is unplanned (ex- cept for a little scheming here and there) and each performance itself is different (except for the common feature of boredom among specta- tors). The producer of the act is Beacom Associates and the director is Tod Hanson. The plot centers around the los- ing of $14,000 and how the cast tries to make it up. Each of the members attacks the problem in varying ways. Miss Grindal gets the problem off her hands by im» plying that it i: the council's prob- lem and that they should find the solution. A] Zirzow, playing the role of cynic, explains that the so- lution to the crisis is to sell candy. Jackie Henry, playing the peo- ple's protector, advises the council to appropriate $800 to the Black Student Union (to help the situa- tion). Meanwhile, Craig Olson ap- pears after awaking from his eve- ning nap. Mark Francis recom- mends that neither the Program Commission nor Student Council should receive the blame for the GI lell I'toin Pants 3.95 GI Sheepskin Jchts. 5.75 GI Overcoat; . . GI Wool Pants . GI Bush Jackets . .. . GI Cotton Shirts .. 9?: GI lunlr Beds . . . .ZZ.50 GI III: Jackets . . . .99: ARMY STUFF GI FieId Jade” ..3.50 = GI Wool Shirts ....2.95 — Snoopy Helmets 559139 GI Caps Assert. GI Raincoat: . . . GI Ammo. Boxes .. . GI Mattresses ’ GI Ponchos . . . . . ..2.95 ,2 10005 of Gov't SurpIus Item: .97: . ....5.95 RONNING’S loath" Shoo: 3. SPORTING GOODS 5mm Pm m any "1" Shin: . 19¢ Where Sportsmen Meet 5“ 30m AVE, 545, MPLS. 55414 magma"! _ {fl 2700 E. 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He moves that “the executive branch look into the possibility of maybe secur- ing a loan if it is feasible and ev- eryone thinks it is a good idea and that a committee of distinguished and influential members of Student Council of Augsburg assist the ex- ecutive branch into looking into this.” The members debate the motion by clarifying the terms: “What is ‘ the executive branch? Does this I commit us to taking out the loan? . Has this motion passed yet?” With all questions answered the council votes. The motion passes with Rachel Iverson decisively cast- ing her abstaining vote. The cli- max comes, however, when the mo- tion comes to adjourn. Student rad- ical Olson boisterously casts his no vote and the members saunter out of the Century Room to the pro- cessional “Side by Side." 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Friday, December 5 Council Actions Continued Proposal Passes, But Soon Becomes Folly (continued from page 2) The consideration also called for giving the BSU $800, cutting the figure of $14,155 to $13,355 and putting things out of balance once again. Council be gan by questioning Augsburgian... Show moreFriday, December 5 Council Actions Continued Proposal Passes, But Soon Becomes Folly (continued from page 2) The consideration also called for giving the BSU $800, cutting the figure of $14,155 to $13,355 and putting things out of balance once again. Council be gan by questioning Augsburgian editor Jill Steele. She said she could order less books (a trick already employed by the Echo to save money), cut the number of pages (also being don e by the Echo), and change the format (which will p r o h a bl y come this term with the Echo), but that she would need at least $3000 to begin with and some advertising income. Discussion muddled along until Ron Wahlberg made a motion w h i c h seemed to cover all angles. Major points and efl'ects of his resolution were: 1) $6000 LOAN, PAYABLE OVER TWO YEARS. 2) CUT BACK BUDGET IN FOLLOWING MANNER: A. Echo—$1500 B. Program—$3450 C. Augsburgian—SHOO D. International Students— $50 E. Administrative Expenses —$50 F. Senior Class—-$40 Total cut—$9790 3) GIVE THE BSU $800, MAK- ING TOTAL BUDGET CUT 58990. THE AUGSBURG ECHO 4) Pick up the remaining $6500 from the Treasurer for the fall, plus $4000 advance on next term. Add the $6000 loan to get a total income of $16,- 500 before Christmas. BEGIN PAYING THE $14,- 090 LOSS BY SUBTRACT- INC THE $2620 MISCEL- LANEOUS FUND. GIVING A FIGURE OF $11,470 TO PAY. 6) SPEND $3000 0 F T H E LOAN MONEY TO C U T THE DEFICIT To $8470. 7) APPLY THE $8990 BUDGET CUT TO CREATE A BAL- ANCE 0F $520. 8) ADD INTO THE BUDGET A 5 Students Inspect Crisis; Attempt to Explain Why Now that the specifics have been pressntcd concerning the student :government financial bind, it is time to present editorial opinion on the question. This will be done in two steps. First, I will present all the responses to two sets of ques- tions sent out to members of the student body. In the second section, I will put forth my own opinions; the reader should keep in mind that the ideas I present are mine alone, and not necessarily those of any -sothspatafl.membcr or any other Augsburg student for that matter. With this in mind, let us begin by examining the responses to the let- ters ssntout to the student body. First, approximately twenty- five members of student govern- ment received a letter which I shall print in toto here: “Dear Council Members and other people in student government: "I’m sure all of you feel the deep concern that the Echo stafl' does concerning the fiscal problems fac- ing the Student Society. In order to present an explanation to the student body, I plan to devote three-fourths of the next issue of the Echo to Student Government on this campus. I need your help in this undertaking. In particular, I ,am writing a long editorial in which I‘hope to trace the rise of the problem. the actions of the council in trying to solve the prob- lem, and the reactions of members of the student body to this whole question. Could you answer the fol- lowing questions for me, and get than into my 11.0. or the Echo p.o. by Wednesday, Novcmbcr 26? If I do not receivs a reply from you by that time, I will be unable to include whatever comment you might wish to make. Feel free to roam away from these questions, too, if you would like, and address yourself to the problem as you un- derstand it. I would like to inter- view all of you, but problems with make this an impossibility. Think m for your consideration." ‘Six responses were received to that law, on verbal and five written. The questions asked were the following: ' 1. What do you think of the action sound! look! A. Whatisyourreactiontothc m of the cut on ma Augsburglan? B. What is your reaction to the cuts on the Program Com- mission! o. What do you drink about the loan! D. What other proposals would you make to get us out of the mire? 2. Would you limit our problems to any one person, group, or event or do you think the en- tire student body is at fault? 3. Have you asked your constitu- ency what they think about this? Do they care? Have you represented their viewpoints, do you think ? Mike Manz, responding orally, deplored the- cut'iri the Augsburg- ian in particular. He felt that the loan was the only fair way out of the problem, and also saw the prob- lem as arising from the whole stu- dent government rather than from any one person or event. Sophomore representative Rach- el Iverson outlined the following answers: “1) Approve of action in general. A. Personally, I don't mind— however, I would rather a large Echo out than Augs— burgian cut. B. Negative, but seeing no ac- ceptable alternative at the moment, it is imperative. C. A loan is necessary. I favor the two year over the short- er time loan. D. A budget freeze. Placing blame is not my duty or the duty of the council. The debt has been incurred and we have to determine what to do with it. The most we can do in the area of blame is decide on future concerts—to have or not to have. We decided ‘not to have' and in this sense blamed big name committee for con- cert choices and student body. for not attending plus Minne- apolis concert trends—in other words, a combination of all factors. Yes, however the above views are mine because the questions were directed 'How do you feel . . .' People I've talked to disapprove of the Augsburgian cut, but have no other solution. Several want an extended loan (several years), while others support council action as the only possible action." “2) us) Junior Linda Filipl wrote the following reaction: "I think the action taken by the Student Council was the only real- istic solution possible. A loan was very nsmsary and since this yur’s . be - .v u . forthisdcbglfcelitisonlyrisht to try and pay back half of it this year and leave the rest to be paid back next year. Al t h o u g h next year’s students should not be bur- dened with a debt at the beginning of the year, it is the only possible way the debt can be paid back with- out cutting off all activities for this year. “I think the cuts made were very reasonable since most s t u d e n t 5 don’t care about an Augsburgian or the social events sponsored by the- Program Commission. Maybe when some of these things are tak- en away from them for a while, they will appreciate them and may- be even attend some of the events provided for them. “I definitely think the entire stu- dent body is at fault somewhat but not exclusively. This is because, as I said before, the students don’t at, tend the events; but then when such groups as Paul Revere and the Raiders are brought here, one can hardly expect a majority of the students to attend. So I feel that no one person is entirely at fault. “I can only say that I regret that this had to happen, but since it did, there's no sense wasting time try- ing to decide who is at fault, but rather we should all work together to get through this and make sure it doesn't happen again!" Dave Andell, junior class presi- dent. deplored the budget cuts, say- ing council "should have looked for another way out." He accepted the loan idea as "possibly the only way out," and suggested further that “maybe the school c ou l d have loaned or given us some money." In answering the second question, An- dell wrote “I don't think that one person can be blamed. Maybe the first concert, if an event should have been blamed—bad choice of bands." Finally he concluded that "there is more concern than what shows. People are more concerned than we think about what happens to their money. They don't have any more of an idea of what to do than anyone else." Freshman class President Ken Anderson also took the time to re- spond to the questionnaire. His an- swer follows: "In reference to your requests for comments on the fiscal prob- lems caused by the failure of the last two concerts, I would be more than happy to give you some of my “After discussing the matter $10 ALLOTMENT FOR THE JUNIOR CLASS. LEAVING A BALANCE OF 5510. 9 Figuring the highest interest rate on the loan at 7 per cent (on improbably high figure), Wahlberg figured that $420 would cover the interest on the loan, leaving $90 in bal~ ance. Aftcr long discussions this was finally accepted. Dnhlman then brought up a discussion of the win» ter (fourth) concert and possible mini-concerts with groups like the Goliards. Francis moved that no money be allotted for concerts, and that all future concerts be taken 100 per cent by Harry Beacom, who is the promoter for Augsburg's con- certs. While this sounds contradic- tory. it is not; Program Commis» sion remains free to use its funds to sponsor a concert, and funds are not specifically allocated for con- certs anyway. So a concert at Snow Days remains a possibility. The meeting adjourned. One question of importance was raised at the meeting by adviser Page 3 Don Gustnfson. Gus questioned the possibility of n lunn. Ron Mnriinsun quickly cnlnicd all doubts by stating that he had in fact checked into the matter. nnd that \\'l\ll\‘ there was no probable commitment. there was a tentativo form of ngn‘cnu'nt in tho Trcnsurcr's office to \‘o-sign a note. THE NEXT D A Y. Mnrtinson told me that the plans hnd fallen through nml that u now wrinkle had been added—it was ncrcssnry that n regent sign any note mining out of the college. With the impos- sibility of procuring n lonn mn- ironting n hastily nctivc council, it was obvious that tluI whole of thlbcrg's bill bccnnn- inoperative. A special meeting was culled for December 2 to discuss u now pro- posnl by Lnrhnc to pnrtinlly freezi- the budget. Sinu- tbnt m o c t i n p: ('OII'IOS after the Echo ili'nillinc but before publlrniinn of th 0 Echo, many people know by now the out come of that issue. The next issue of the Echo will discuss the results of actions taken in the opening weeks of the winter term. with my constituency and others, I realize that a number of people are looking for specific individuals or groups upon which to lay the blame. I feel that it is entirely wrong to do so, as the concerts were business risks designed to make a profit. My constituency was shocked and concerned, and this is natural considering the amount of the loss. The point is that the time spent locking for someone to blame should be spent looking for solu- tions, and ways to avoid this situa- tion in the future. “I feel that criticism of the com- mittee that investigated solutions is somewhat valid. The committee proposed one s o l u ti o n that it thought the most desirable, but I felt that a list of different possibili- ties should have been drawn up. However, I feel that Ron Wahl- berg’s bill adequately distributes the budget cuts. I don't feel that any one organization should receive a total cut, and I’m sure my con- stituency would agree with me. The cuts on the Augsburgian and the Program Commission were equally severe in respect to the limitations placed on the functions of each. “I feel that the entire burden shouldn’t be placed on this year's organizations, and that a loan does a somewhat adequate job of carry- ing part of the debt over to the next year. “The issue that will be debated in the future is the philosophy behind holding concerts of big name qual- ity. The question that has to be an- swered will be: are the concerts to be held to make money or are they to be provided simply as a service to students by allowing promoters to hold them in our building? "Thank you for allowing me to express some of my opinions con- cerning the matter." Finally, sophomore representa- tive John Gisselquist answered the letter in the following manner: “While writing this, I'm taking it for granted that Darrell has ac- curately described the financial siL uation the Augsburg Student Soci- ety is in. I think the real problems we face here are: 1) finding a scapegoat; 2) budgeting ourselves for the rest of the year; and 3) making sure the same thing doesn't happen again. All three problems are equally cumbersome and vague. “As far as finding a scapegoat is concerned. I suppose the first place to look would be council, because council has the ultimate control over Student Society funds. Last spring council gave Program Com- mission the right to sign four con- tracts during the summer for the upcoming school year. Contracts had to be signed during the sum- mer because they have to be signed quite a bit ahead of the perform- ance date to insure getting a good act (or any act). "This year's council came into office only a few weeks before school was out last year. The deci~ sion to sign the contracts could only have been given by this coun- cil because it involved this year's funds. There was no time to find out exactly what acts we could get and no way of proving that there would be so many acts in the city at this time that would lose money. Concerts as a whole in the past have made money and, whatever anyone says, they have always been set up to make money. "When your budget does not in- clude insurance for losses from big name entertainment, as it never has here as at most other schools, you have to set up your concerts to profit. There is no such thing as ‘break-even’ in a field as instable as big name entertainment. We have lost before (for example, the Brothers Four), but we've never lost twice in a row. As for that, we now find ourselves in a position where we can't risk any more mon- ey. "As far as putting the blame on Program Commission, it is George Dahlmsn and Tod Hanson who set up these programs apart from Pro- gram Commission and its funds. I sincerely hope that'thcir point of View was solicited because I cer- tainly don’t feel justified to speak for them and it would be rldiculoul not to have their point of view given. "Putting the blame on the stu- dent society as a whole for not turning out seems rather ridicu- lous. If they didn't turn out, the programs must not have intercom them enough to spend that much money to go to them. And ifthat is the case the programs weren't right. "Concerning budgeting for the rest of the year, 3000 additional dollars will have to be cut from the budget put out at the last coun- cil meeting, because the school (keeping in mind that some money has been spent for this first part of the school year) would not co-cign a loan. It should be also kept in (continued on page 4) Show less
Friday, December 5 (continued from page 4) Another student inspected the concerts closely: “I feel the Student Society had little choice but to take the actions that it did. I am rather dismayed, however, at the third action, name- ly the out back of funds for the Program Commission, because I... Show moreFriday, December 5 (continued from page 4) Another student inspected the concerts closely: “I feel the Student Society had little choice but to take the actions that it did. I am rather dismayed, however, at the third action, name- ly the out back of funds for the Program Commission, because I feel that many of the activities pre- sented by the Commission are ex- tremely important and are appre- ciated more than we might expect. I wish someone could come up with a fund-raising proposal to help al- leviate our losses. Such a project would require large-scale plans and enthust and frankly I don't know what it might be. "As to the reasons for our losses, I can only go by my experience and those of my friends. None of us could summon any desire to go hear Paul Revere and the Raiders. We would have liked to have seen Pat Paulsen and the First Edition, but, as is the case with many of the students, our pocketbooks were too bare. We want big names, but then many of us can't alford to go see them. "Also, the scheduling was not al- ways ideal for us; a performance at the Little Theater (which, inci- dentally, drew a full house) was held on the same night as the Pat Paulsen concert. The only solution I can see is to get acts that are not well-known e n o u g h to demand large feesk but up - and - coming enough to interest the students. I also think more and more people are beginning to appreciate ‘Soul’ music— just listen to the records that are being played in the Chin- wag and listen to the students’ mu- sic chatter. “It’s a gritty problem. Maybe we'll have to refrain from bringing as much big name entertainment to the campus—maybe only one big concert a year." " ‘fir‘junior‘ student questioned the possibilities of a student poll be- fore a concert: “In reviewing this problem, the actions taken seem to be fair to some extent. Although the plan- ning commission on activities shouldn’t receive the whole blame for the loss of money, they should accept some responsibility for what has happened. It might have been better to have spaced the big name entertainment further apart rather than having them both in October. “A person may ask, ‘How were we to know that it wouldn’t turn out?’ To an extent they are right. However, I believe that a poll might have been taken of fresh- men, sophomores and juniors of what their reaction to these groups at that particular time might have been. Froni this poll. an idea might have formed as to if these groups were popular e n o u g b and were wanted rather than assuming that they would be acceptable to the en- tire college. "The things done about the loss in budget money seem somewhat appropriate. However, I feel that the seniors shouldn’t be deprived of their pictures in the annual nor should the Echo have sufiered so much. Eliminating other social events also appears rather harsh since it isn't really the fault of the entire student body. “The idea of borrowing the mon- ey was really the only thing that could have been done. Yet, I feel that an all school sponsored event should have been made probably to help pay the loss. For in this way, the working of everyone together on campus might further the pro- motion of working better together and help stop apathy that seems to be going on today." One student took the present bind to generalize what he sees as I prevailing attitude around the campus: “I was completely unaware that the loss on the concerts were so big as to demand these cutbacks. I don’t like the idea of cutting down the Augsburgian, the paper, etc. But I don’t see that we can hold the officials of the Student Society responsible financially—so I guess the loss has to come out of our other activities. "However, since the two concerts were planned without my knowl- edge and consent, I feel I have a right to complain. The Student So- ciety officers are playing around with a lot of our money, and they are expected to exercise good judg- ment. Everyone is entitled to a mistake once in a while, but why plan two concerts? (One loss would have been better than two, right?) “I think that the whole student body should be presented with the facts and with all of the action Stu- dent Society has taken to correct the situation. "This is exactly the thing I dis- like most about this school—the way other people are throwing my money around. Whether it's for losses at concerts, uninteresting symposiums, a dull Centennial week, etc., we work hard for that money and don’t like to see it treat- ed so lightly. In other words, I don't like the whole thing. If I can be of further ‘help’ please let me know.” Another 5 t u d e n t deplored the cut-back in services to the student body: “It was with disgust th at I learned about the proposed cut- backs in student services due to the financial losses at two so-called col- lege concerts that were in reality public concerts that took place on the Augsburg campus. Though the students paid a ridiculous (over 200 per cent) increase in their general fee this year, they received no spe- cial discount on tickets. If the pur- pose of the fee was to improve the services to students, it has been a great failure. ‘ ' "Concerts at other colleges suc- ceed, so why do Augsburg’s fail? A recent concert held at a St. Paul college was packed with most of the viewers coming from the spon- soring college. This college gave discounts on tickets to its own stu- dents which seems only fair if the purpose of such activities as con- certs is to benefit the student pop- ulation. Perhaps this idea is lack- ing in the planning of concerts at Augsburg. “Another reason for the success of this other concert was the wide appeal on the campus for the per- forming artist. While I admire the courage and sheer 'guts' of the Augsburg group responsible for bringing on to this campus those heroes of the tinsel-teeth set known as Paul Revere and the Raiders, I wonder if their appeal to the stu- dents of this college was ever taken into consideration. “The massive turnout of Augs- burg students at that extravaganza would seem to bear out my attack on their appeal to Augsburg's and probably all college age students. After this total disregard for the wants of the student population, how could a following concert be expected to appeal? “Rather than helping alleviate this p r o bl e m of financial loss caused by a lack of real student representation somewhere in the maze of Augsburg's policy-making hierarchy, those in power have dc- cided to further cut back student services, many of which have been paying back the student and giving him some justification for that 200 per cent increase in general fees. “Those individuals in s t u d e n t government who planned and sup- ported concerts which had no chance of appeal and who gave no special treatment to their fellow students such as in ticket disoounts, do not in my atimation represent the studens of this institution. By cutting many of the effective serv- THE AUGSBURG ECHO ices to the students who. seem to have paid many times over for them. those in power are furthering an unjust policy of not serving the students. “Why should the students be punished for the stupidity of the few? Those responsible for these concerts who never took into ac- count the ideal of serving Augs~ burg’s student population deserved to be punished, and not the student population that has paid too much already." A senior student made eight com- ments in regard to the situation: “1) This is an opportunity to eliminate the Augsburgian, so do so. 2) Responsibility lies with the P r o g r a in Commission, I believe. and specifically with Dahlman and Martinson. They should be removed from student government. In the first place they should have taken the initial losses instead of press- ing on and in the second place why should big Auggie Tech try to pio- neer big name entertainment? That kind of shit has to stop. Program Commission has been wielding a lot of power the last two or three years and should be checked. And why in hell a second entertainment in the first quarter? “3) Perhaps we need to evaluate our position on the paper. Either we should figure out how to make it fiscally sound or drop it. Perhaps this will have to he done this year, or at least, temporarily. Sorry, Darrell. And that goes for P.C. too. ZAP. “4) Where are we securing a loan, how much is it costing us, and are we positive that some of our minor programs and involve- ments can’t be cut besides the three already named”.l 5) Maybe the Stu- dent Council (ha-ha) could rein- state Tod Hanson (who only lost about $1500 last year) to the posi- tion of chairman of P.C., if they (undoubtedly) feel that we need one. “6) Is it possible that student government could leave a kind of comptroller general in charge of the funds every year to insure that such fiascos don’t keep popping up'.’ 7) Are we, I hope not, having a JS prom? Maybe a small dona- tion would help. 8) How much will it cost student government to find professional answers to help them out of their mess?" One of the more penetrating an- swers was the following one from a junior student. “First of all, concerning the cut back of Echo funds: I think this is a tragedy indeed! The paper is a vital communication link on this campus which is separated by the fact that close to half of the stu- dents are commuters. But more im- portant, the Echo is an avenue through which student opinion may be registered. Without this avail- able medium for the exchange of views, the democratic ideals which I hope are important to Augsburg will be lacking. “Augsburg students have been accused of being apathetic. This may or may not be true, but I do believe that through the Echo stu- dents have been confronted with issues and have reacted—note the number of letters to the editor in the past one and one-third years as compared to those Echo issues previous to the 1968-69 school year. I applaud the Echo for providing the opportunity to the Augsburg community to be heard, and I con- sider this function of the Echo vital enough to recommend the proposed cutbacks for the Echo not to be put into effect. “Concerning the Augsburgian, l personally do not get a charge out of looking at page upon page of mug shots—now, that is. I say not now because as soon as I look through my high school yearbooks. mug shots take on new meaning— they are memories which can never be replaced. I definitely do believe senior mugs are a must! Seniors, especially, have spent much time and money to attend Augsburg, and I would consider it a slap in the face were I not represented in the yearbook the year I graduated. What is a large part of the college but the students?! “I do believe that the cut back in the Program Commission was justified—partially, at least. Week- end entertainment hasn't been drawing well so I think it could be eliminated until students demand something. If they don‘t. then no entertainment should be provided. Concerning the loan, I don‘t under- stand the situation fully and there- fore am not qualified to comment." These, then, are the responses which have been received concern- ing the student financial situation. The views expressed are varied, but all seem to agree that it is a shame the mess occurred, and that some- thing similar to the action taken had to be taken. It is now time to present my own views. As one of the parties affect- ed by the budgct cuts council has made all year, I am biased against council to be sure. I think they have used personal difi’erences in the past to justify their actions to themselves, while justifying their actions outwardly with only the best of intentions. Which is to say that I think council is composed of a bunch of two-faced bigots. But my personal feelings that way are unimportant. As much as I dislike this student government this year, it is my representative, I'm stuck with it, and the decisions it makes affect me primarily as an Augsburg student, and only second- arily as an editor. I don't agree with the people on council who say we should quit trying to place the blame. As Mr. Average Auggie, I think that this is quite important so that we can insure that nothing like this ever happens again. I see the blame falling on no one person. Primarily I have to blame Tod Hanson and George Dahlman. They showed poor judgment, their committee should have been larger, they should have consulted their constituency far more than they did, and they should have worked more closely with Ron and Larhac. But I also blame Larhac and Ron for not providing the kind of lead- ership they are capable of—the kind of leadership which has every- body in government pulling togeth- er instead of being out to make a name for themselves. As Hanson himself said at a meeting (and this is paraphrase only because I don't remember the exact words) if con- certs succeed, he claims thc suc- cess, and if they fail George gets the blame. This is showing sh-- for brains; a normal Hanson move, I may venture. Further, though, the blame must be put also on the Student Council which gave two people the power it did. And this leads into a whole second point. There are no checks and balances along the line which can save the s tu den ts if their "leaders" screw up the works. Why should the students sufl’er because they showed poor j u d g m e n t in electing people who don't take their job seriously enough to consider every angle of it. To the Student Council, I can only say wake up and pray that no one starts any recall movements in e fo r e your terms of office are up. In regards to the actions of coun. cil, I think they were hasty. It seems that the facts bear me out here more than anywhere else. Only the day after the bill was passed did the student leaders find out the loan was an impossibility. Pardon me, but you are wasting our time when you have to hold umptcen million special meetings (all two or more hours long) and then come up with answers that Page 5 just dig the Student Society into a deeper hole. .\l_\' huts arc oil' in the people connected with this lonn business—you did a first rntc jol of inspecting tho possibilities of n loan. How can we prevent things like this from happening in tho futuru‘.‘ I have some ideas, nnd they muy hurt some people. I don't cnn‘ any more. For n term I've muzzlcd my big mouth, even against cuulisul from many people uflur ouch of these concert losses. I feel like two cents: I‘ve been u traitor to the student body I'm supposed to ho sorving. Keeping my job after (hut battle last spring was my first goul. Well, I've proved thut I run put out a decent pnpcr. Now it is time to got off my con~ sorvative uss and start helping tin- Student Society sou w h c r e t h v short-comings are on this rumpus. And I'm sad to say thnt the major one I've seen on this campus comes in the area of student govornmcnl. Okay. here are my idcns. Think them over for yourself, and rem-l to them. Remember, sludunt body, you are in the driver's chuir ngnin within n term: candidates will comr- to you for your votes. )lnko every- one fight hurd for yours this time around. First I would draw up u workn» ble constitution. At present we lll't' operating under hy-luws und purl of an old constitution ln‘cuusc of ll half-cocked referendum voted on in 1966, when only 50 people voted. To heck with the idou of u collu» giate charter—draw up n constitu- tion and then try to work into :1 possible charter later. Especially, how about a student bill of rights so that we don't always get the short end? Second, separate publications completely from student HOVCI‘H- ment. Thcrc is no reason that an editor should have to {car rcprisnl from so—cnlled politicians for tnk- ing a stand. I will either prove or disprove this in the coming week. Put the pnpcr, yearbook and dark- room directly uudcr the Trcnsurcr. and have them start setting up their own sclf-pcrpctuuting funds. Reduce the student government. n1- lotment accordingly. Third hold a special meeting to discuss the problems with the con- certs this full. Put Tod Hanson through the some questioning ses- sion Mark Rcifi went through Inst year with the Chicago trip. After all, Mark only spent $900 and was grilled for questionable grounds at best. I think Tod and George as well as others could he questioned for their parts in this whole mess. For examples, the goals of the con- certs, lack of reports by the com- missioner to council, commission- er's books to be examined, and choice of acts to name only a few. Fourth, and finally, I would like to see an amendment to the Con— stitution, or the hy-laws, or what- ever we arc operating pndcr, which would make it impossible for the Student Society President to ap— point any one to a Commission or committee who is also a member of council. There is entirely too much double representation along these lines, and the result can he prejudiced, biased voting. The best interests of the students are not served with three members of Pro- gram Commission on council and another breathing down their necks so hard that they are afraid to shift in their chairs without asking permission. Once again I would like to apol- ogize to my constituency—the vast majority of the Augsburg students, who don't know what is happening because clowns like me never have the guts to tell them. I'll do better in the future, even if it costs me my job. Show less
Page 4 Sfudenf Response C onfinued THE AUGSBURG ECHO Friday, December 5 Echo Editor Comes Down Hard on Govt. (continued from page 3) mind t h a t Program Commission has nothing to do with big name entertainment bu t, fo r example, spends money on Sunday movies, entertainment in the Knotty Niche,... Show morePage 4 Sfudenf Response C onfinued THE AUGSBURG ECHO Friday, December 5 Echo Editor Comes Down Hard on Govt. (continued from page 3) mind t h a t Program Commission has nothing to do with big name entertainment bu t, fo r example, spends money on Sunday movies, entertainment in the Knotty Niche, Noon Time News, special speakers and the monthly activities calendar. “You will notice that 33000 is budgeted for the yearbook in the last budget. It has been found that a more realistic minimum figure would be $6000 to put out anything at all. So an additional $6000 will have to he cut somewhere to put out an Augsburgian. This would mean a virtual standstill of all stu- dent society affairs and functions for the rest of the year. “As far as next year is con- cerned, I believe the next adminis- tration will have to re-evaluate many things, especially the role of big name entertainment. I am not for a drastic overhaul of student government because this would bring up more problems than it would solve; but a re-evaluation of some facets of student government will be necessary to keep what has happened from happening again." A letter was also sent to 75 mem- bers of the student body. Unfortun- ately, only about twenty people re- sponded. The letter written to them and the responses received follow. “Dear Student: “As you may or may not know, the Augsburg Student Society has recently been forced to take action to eliminate a $14,000 loss on Big Name Entertainment which has de- cimated the student budget. As a result, the following things were done: 1) The Echo was cut back $1500 —meaning four less issues this year than usual. 2) The Augsburgian was cu t back $4750, meaning a com- plete change in style and prob- able elimination of all mug shots, including 5 en i o r pic- tures. 3) Program Commission was cut back $3400, meaning less week- end entertainment, art work in the center, recreational activi- ty, and forum and lecture type events like the News at Noon. 4) Plans have been laid to secure a $6000 loan to be repaid with- in two years. “The Echo is featuring student government in the next issue since so many people seem to be inter- ested so suddenly in the things gov- ernment does. You have been se- lected in a random sample to re- spond to the Echo editors consider- ing the above proposal. “What do you think of the ac— tions taken by council? Where does responsibility for the losses lie, and what actions do you think should have been taken? Or do you agree with the actions taken? Since the editors do not have time before fi- nals to see a lot of people and get their individual reactions, this let- ter has been sent to 100 students in the student body, and hopefully you will take the time to write an- swers to this question. Your an- swers don't have to be elaborate— you may sign them if you wish, and if you don't wish to answer them, give the letter to someone else to answer. We are attempting only to bring forth some student opinion on this question." Before printing some of the stu- dents' replies, let me make the fol— lowing statements. First, I gave up the idea of a random sample be- cause I felt I needed to guarantee any kind of response, and so the sample population was picked by browsing t h r o u g h the Auggies, finding people I knew to be out- spoken on many things with as many differing viewpoints as pos- sible; I then sent out 75 rather than 100 letters to the people I chose. While the method is hardly condu- cive to statistical analysis of the student body as a whole, this was never the intent of the editor in asking for participation. The following r e s p o n s e s are placed in no particular order; rath- er than comment upon them, I will let the reader inspect each reply and come to his own conclusions. One of the briefest answers read, “It takes unusual ingenuity to ac- cumulate a $14,000 debt. Three cheers for the Big Name Enter- tainment Committee.” Since not all of the letters are signed, the iden- tities of the authors of all letters will be kept secret also. The letters are retained on file in the editor’s room and will stay there for future reference. Another student's response was simply, “I agree with the cuts that have been taken as long as they are temporary. The Augsburgian cut is one which could be permanent, however. Most important, I think future big name entertainment pro- jects should be much fewer and far between and wiser consideration in who to invite should be used—if this project is continued at all." One senior commented a little more fully: “While the intent of many is to make Tod Hanson the scapegoat of this little fiasco, the majority of the blame must lie with Student Coun- cil. They gave the go-ahead to Tod and George Dahlman. They OK’d the proposed concerts in light of the fact that we almost lost money last year. They thought they could make money on entertainers that appeal to very few at Augsburg. They didn't take time to consider the poor timing of the concerts, sandwiched between heaven knows how many other events going on fall quarter. “Council's whole attitude toward the whole thing is in line with the past two years’ motto, ‘do nothing until pushed. Then do it haphazard- ly.’ Council meetings are never host to quasi - intellectual discussions, but are rather a quick gathering where a few express their personal views, and then the chairman tells them what to do about it and they do it. “Parliamentary procedure is as loosely followed as at a pepfest. The chair feels free to interject opinion from the chair at any time, and neither the parliamentarian nor any council member has the courage to object to being told how they are going to settle any par- ticular problem. “Council members seem to take pride in not feeling responsible to those who elected them. All in all, it's a waste of good typewriter rib~ bon to bother discussing the Augs~ burg Student Council. To eac h member of the council, a thousand lashes with a student constitution, or don’t you know what one of those is?" A sophomore student responded in the following way: 1) “The Echo is necessary as a media to inform the students of just what the stu- dent council is taking away from them." 2) “Jill Steele got the royal shaft. All the work she has put into it already, and now the Augsburg- ian will be nothing but a hard cover comic book. It's a crying shame." 3) “The Program Commission cut sort of shoots the wad this year for weekends on the Augsburg cam- pus." 4) “Since they can’t get the loan, maybe the council should try playing the stock market: Or the horses. Concerts definitely are not the answer, are they?" Another response was, “W h y have big name entertainment at all? The entertainment committee could at least choose groups that the students wanted to see. Maybe we should get a new student gov- ernment. Why should the money we spent for the yearbook, newspaper, entertainment, etc. go to pay for someone else’s m is to k e? It’s a crime! But what else can they do? The debt has to be paid some way.” A junior discussed the responsi- bility of student government to the student body: “I think that the ac- ademic world is Augsburg’s first responsibility to its students. If we are paying tuition to go to classes, why should we be supporting or- ganizations and p r o g r a m s that have nothing to do with the educa- tion we are here for? Why do we have to pay room and board when all our money goes to the same place? “I think that our social life is another major responsibility of our college, but more emphasis should be placed on cheaper entertainment such as Gene Cotton. Gene‘s music was the most enjoyable program I’ve seen; he had a message and got us involved in the program." One frustrated senior r e p 1 i e d simply, “I think the whole mess stinks. However, I have no specific ideas. No one person is really re- sponsible.” Another student discussed the lack of communication with the student body concerning concert names: “The actions are necessary at this time to correct the losses, but at no expense should senior pic- tures be changed. The responsibil- ity must be with the Program Com- mission and if these mistakes are to be corrected in the future, there must be a reference to the student body to check on the before-hand opinion of coming concerts. I’m sure they do ask a limited number of people about their ideas on who to secure for a concert, but I’m sure that careful su r vey of student opinion would have shown that the Paul Revere concert would he a loss." One of the more humorous an- swers was the following show of frustration: “It was practical, but it sucks. Who ever hired those stu- pid bands can pay for them. It is about time Augsburg College gets on the stick and quits wasting mon- ey. They have done this in every- thing—I say no to the budget cuts. And from now on whoever they get, let’s pray that they are good —and not somebody dead.” Another student looked at the situation with a little more serious- ness, commenting, “I feel the debt should be spread out and paid over the years—and not make these few years sufl'er. No one is to blame for the losses—concerts just weren’t selling good this year. There were too many in the cities at one time. I think the spendings should be cut down considerably this year, but not to pay it all ofi‘ this year. The seniors should not have poorer pic- tures, as they are not necessarily to blame." A dominant theme of the answers seems to be the unfairness of the cuts to the student body. As one student put it, “I think the budget cuts by the council are a sad, but necessary situation. The cuts are probably the only way to remedy the problem, but there is really not much excuse for that kind of loss. In the future, the Big Name En- tertainment Committee might do a better job of choosing programs that might appeal more to the col— lege population. It doesn't seem fair to the students that a loss they really had nothing to do with should or must be made up by cut- ting three valuable programs.” One person who does have a pos- ition currently in student govern- ment places the blame for the situ- ation on clumsy leadership by coun- cil and Larhae Grindal. He writes, "I feel no one person can be held responsible for the business loss of $14,000. Any ‘fault’ there is should be directed to the Student Council and especially the executive: the President and vice-president. Tod Hanson made regular reports to the council before any big name en- tertainment last year and this. The council accepted and approved of what he was doing. “The council knew and the execu- tive knew what was going on. Tod Hanson conducted the project in a business manner, taking into con- sideration the chances of such a business venture and communicat- ing the risks to those in authority over him. Mr. Hanson and the Pro- gram Commissioner held nothing back from the council or the exec- utive. “My criticism of this matter is not before the fact, but rather af- ter the fact; that is, the failure of the council and the executive to act promptly and with knowledge in dealing with the problem. The ac- tions of the student administration this year have reflected poor, if any, forethought.” Nine longer answers were re- ceived, and I have saved them for inclusion now. One senior applied a humorous-sarcastic wit to the whole problem when she wrote: - > “I suppose that because I am a graduating senior what I am going to say can no longer be counted as student opinion. Nevertheless, be- cause of the constant inefficiency of the Program Commission, I feel that it is only right, since this whole ball of shit has been my rap for the past two years, that I tell you and whoever else is involved that if you need a new Program Commission head, I am available. For the last two years, our Pro— gram Commission has not only had its head in the toilet, but it has also been licking the bowl. We have been taking second rate talent for so long that we are now accus- tomed to it. “It is my contention that if we take time and money to book top name talent and publicize it, the result would be a clear profit. You haven’t got a profit because you haven‘t got the right persons get- ting the big name entertainment. I hope in the future you can find someone more qualified for the pos- ition which the Program Commis- sion requires." Another senior also responded vehemently: "I have a few initial reactions relating to the information includ- ed in your letter. Let me emphasize that these are initial and developed through no discussion. Therefore, they may be irrational, illogical and debatable, but I think they are de- serving of consideration. First of all, I almost consider the action taken by those responsible for so- liciting entertainment as a personal affront to me as a member of the Augsburg Student Society. “Outward appearances of this action smack of selfish motives. It is truly sad when all of Augsburg must sufier because of these mo— tives. It is a shame to see those in— volved have not the foresight, hind- sight or sight in general to recog- nize the fact that we have ' , come out on the short end of this big name entertainment thing. We can’t even come out even, much less make money. There are too many of these big names making appear- ances around the area for Aug:- burg to profit by entering the com- petition. Therefore, it shows a lack of intelligence to continue trying to make money in this way. "As an Augsburg senior, it has become quite evident to me that Augsburg's campus life, athletic prowess, and academic reputation contain no inherent drawing capa- city for students or funds. Must the results of what appears to be irresponsible action on the part of the committee in charge of big name entertainment create an addi- tional deterring factor in the eyes of prospective students? "If the four points you propose are enacted (I don't know if they have been or not) this will be the case. I am not aware of alterna- tives proposed, but those on the re- verse side of this paper seem to be quite drastic. They jeopardize those aspects of a campus (college!) that we do have. It seems to create an atmosphere that will truly strengthen the apathy that is far too prominent on this campus now. I hope this is of some help to you." Another student responded n 3 follows: “In response to the letter which you sent out this week, I first would like to say that I am glad someone is finally going to let the student body know what has been happening while their eyes were closed. Students at Augsburg have been kept in the dark for entirely too long about what their Student Council has been up to; it is high time, that wallowing-tad. Perhaps their unfortunate mistake was that they assumed that their student government was being up- erated properly. And perhaps their assumption was warranted — after all, wasn’t the big issue in elections last spring that of bringing “The Mark of Excellence” into student government? “Yes, indeed; too much was as- sumed. In the first place, we all as- sumed that the Student Council knew what they were doing—now the tables are turned, though, and we find a Student Council that has succeeded in frittcring away four- teen thousond-plus dollars of the students' money. We all assumed that the council would be financial- ly responsible, not the group of in- experienced and self-unlined 'youths' that they turned out to be. “When we elected the Student Council, we also assumed that they were logical; that is, they had a well-adjusted sense of priorities. Now we find it to be diflerent; we have a council that will consider paneling out eight hundred dollars while they simultaneously consider how to save themselvel from drowning in red ink. Their trouble is simple: they have put the cart before the horse for so long that the horse has long since left for the glue factory. “When the student; read thin is- sue of the Echo. I hope that they will not be so foolish u to canine that the council will mummy rec- oncile what has been a ridiculously long and drawn out comedy of er- rors. We must no longer sit back to ‘see what happens.. We mult‘ put an end to assumptions. Ironi- cally enough, the problem was summed up eloquently by none oili- er than that immortal champion of lethargy (and vice president) Ron Martinson himself, when he candid' - ly stated: ‘The trouble around ban is thattoo (damn) muchhuheen assumed—just too (damn) much: (F l ' 4 ‘ '0 y the moment)" (continued a: page 5) Show less