text:
Playing games, teasing us with warm, sunshine-filled days, nature lured us into thinking winter
had passed. But the cruel awakening came with an ice storm—winter reigns. Trees were coated
with a glistening sparkle (photo by Doug Barkey).
Choir sings world premiere
Dr. Bob Berglund; Dr. Heinz Werner Zimmerman. composer and Dr. Henry
Charles Smith. associate conductor of the Minnesota Orchestra worked
together to produce the world premiere of "Missa Profane." Broadcast live in
Chicago and Mpts; the performance drew critics' praise (photo, Barry Howell).
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Bethel College, St. Paul, MN
March 6, 1981
KABY: between students and a dept.
by Shari Goddard
The Bethel College Choir
performed the world pre-miere
of Heinz Werner
Zimmerman's work, "Mis-sa
Profana," at Orchestra
Hall last week. The Min-nesota
Orchestra accom-panied
the choir for the
Wednesday through Fri-day
concerts. Members of
the Mt. Olivet Lutheran
choir and alumni of the
college choir also sang
with the Bethel group.
The work is a mass not
meant to be played during
a worship service because
it would disturb the peace
of a service. "It's a very
unusual work," said Keri
Hallstrom, a senior choir
Zimmerman blended cho-ral
parts with d Dixieland
band, the orchestra, an
electronic tape (complete
with sirens) and soloists.
Often the choir sang a con-trasting
melody to what
various other groups play-ed
and sang.
According to Hallstrom,
the work symbolized the
Christian's need to hold
firm in a world of distrac-tions.
"You had to concen-trate
all the time and not
follow the symphony...we
couldn't give in to what
else was going on," she
"It's a great writing,"
said Todd Magnuson, also
a senior choir member. "I
see a real luke-warm atti-tude
even among Chris-tians,
and I see this as a
real calling to get your act
back together."
Reviewers, according to
Magnuson, liked the
work, but argued over its
philosophy. "To really ap-preciate
this you have to
be a Christian," he said.
The choir began practic-ing
the approximately 190-
page work five hours each
week beginning in Septem-ber.
Rehearsals continued
through interim, when the
college choir also began
meeting every Thursday
night to practice with
alumni and Mt. Olivet
choir members. Those two
groups had met every
Thursday night since last
by Patty Sutton
"Since we began opera-tion
during interim, we've
had to bargain for prime
time hours because of class
needs," said Sue Fahren-kamp,
general station man-ager
of KABY. "If it (KABY)
were underneath the speech-communication
it would have the
power to call the shots."
She was referring to the
student senate proposal
being reviewed by the
dean's office which would
bring KABY under the su-pervision
of the speech-communication
instead of senate's commun-ication
board, as is cur-rently
the set-up.
The proposal was made
last December, after
months of discussion and
before KABY was function-ing.
"The idea seemed rea-sonable
at the time. Speech-communication
said it
would strengthen KABY
with funds and support,"
said Fahrenkamp.
Now the emphasis is on
the student organization,
run by and for the stu-dents,
but the emphasis
under the speech-commun-ication
department will be
for the classes and, at the
present, I don't see the
promises for money com-ing
"This semester we lost
three hours on Tuesdays
and Thursdays which we
had scheduled for air time
because Philip Rohler's `TV
and Radio Production
"I question how much
power the student leaders
would have," she contin-ued.
"As a staff, we have
unity in our position. If
there are differences of opin-ion,
no one has brought
them up."
"I'm not sure how the
idea originated," said
Caryl Brown, student body
vice-president. "When the
speech-communication de-partment
sent a proposal
to the dean to establish its
media broadcasting cog-nate,
it seemed like a good
time to lock into it. I as-sumed
that was the direc-tion
KABY would eventu-ally
Since 1973, the audio-visual
department of the
LRC has coordinated the
use of the equipment and
by Patty Sutton
"March 16 prices at the
food service will increase
10 per cent," said Wayne
Erickson, director, "unless
the silverware, dishes and
glasses which have been
stolen are returned."
A dish return table will
be stationed by the food
card coordinator's office.
All food service items
should be brought back by
Friday, March 13.
Over 700 glasses and
1000 pieces of silverware
have been taken since
school started. "Glasses,
cups, dishes and silver-ware
may seem like small
items," said Erickson, "but
the cost of replacing them
is getting to be a stagger-ing
amount, over $1,000 to
this date.
"I've seen this college of
800 on Snelling Avenue
grow to now over 3,000,
with new facilities and
new standards," said Erick-son.
"We still look with
pride on our lifestyle code,
but how much are we tol-erating
with 'Christian
Erickson said, "Glasses
space for student ratio and
the media classes. It me-diates
conflicts and works
primarily with equipment.
"Generally speaking,
speech-communication tak-ing
over KABY is good,"
said Roy Wilbee, academic
services director at the
LRC. "There are things to
work out whichever way
it goes.
"One thing that will have
to be worked out is the
equipment maintenance,"
he said. Under the new
proposal, the audio-visual
department would com-pletely
relinguish its con-trol
over the station. He
said that the amount of
involvement his depart-ment
will have with the
equipment will have to be
see page 6
and silverware are not the
only concern. Some peo-ple
think nothing of eating
half of their salad before
weighing it or refilling
their juice glass and not
paying for it."
Erickson related a con-versation
with some other
college food service direc-tors.
He said they talked
about the problems of
drugs, drinking and brawl-ing
at their cafeterias.
"One of them looked at
me and asked, 'Don't you
have these problems'?"
said Erickson. "I an-swered
`no.' I guess that's
one advantage of working
on a campus where the
students have a Christian
But one of the other di-rectors
turned to him and
said, "I bet your kids steal
silverware." Erickson said
that he could only agree.
The other man replied,
"Then your kids aren't any
different than ours."
"Taking a spoon put a
Bethel student in the same
category as a drug dealer,"
said Erickson. "It shat-tered
our testimony."
"What they added was
the big sound. And what
we had were the finer
nuances," said Magnuson.
The one-hour-and-ten-minute
concert received a
standing ovation the final
night at Orchestra Hall.
Thursday's concert was
held at O'Shaughnessy
Auditorium at the College
of St. Catherine.
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And now, ladies and gentlemen, we begin our treatise
on...what do you expect? Do you expect a scathing
tidbit of comment that doesn't hesitate to cut to the
bone, seethe with fury or bite like a rabid dog? Unlikely
as it may be, you could be expecting a column of words
meant only to uplift, edify and praise. Wouldn't that be
a change?
We are stuck in a rut, as the saying goes. We expect
what we get, and we get what we expect. This line of
rambling will do just that—give you what you antici-pate;
it will supply you with just exactly what editorial
opinion is "supposed" to do. It will criticize. But the
purpose of the criticism may be different than the every-day
sort of criticism.
It's depressing; there's no doubt about it. What else
can it be when all you hear day in and day out is how
terribly rotten everything is. It's depressing. When a
paper is handed to a prof the student expects it to come
back with comments and a grade. Nine times out of ten
the bad comments outweigh the good. As a student
presents a speech in class the audience prepares to
point out the flaws in delivery content and whatever
else can be found askew.
The friend beside us makes a comment on a subject
of personal concern. First response to friend's com-ments:
negative. As if the person had no right to an
opinion. As if the person had no value, no intrinsic
worth, no potential.
Everything is coming up deadwood. No roses. No
compliments. No "Let's• cheer `sOmeone up and have a
good time." We are stuck in a "rut. "There is no spirit of
edification. No one takes time to think about the pain
the other is feeling. We are all so wrapped up in our-selves,
in our own selfish little worlds that seem to be
ripping at the seams, that we forget to take note of our
world. We forget that a word of praise never hurt; it
would probably help.
It wasn't all that bad. There are myriads of good
things to recognize and-develop. We aren't hopelessly
lost in muddy negativism. But it sure would appearthat
way. We are stuck in a rut. Ruts are tough to climb out
of. Isn't it too bad that the only ones who can get us
out are ourselves?
by Ginny Olson
With 85 per cent of Be-thel
students receiving fi-nancial
aid of some form,
President Reagan's pro-posed
budget cuts do not
create a spirit of optimism
on campus. Several dif-ferent
areas of financial
aid will be affected by
these policies: the Na-tional
Direct Student Loan
(NDSL), the Supplemental
Educational Opportunity
Grant (SEOG), the College
Work-study Program
(CWP), Social Security
benefits, the Pell Grant
Program (otherwise
known as the Basic Grant
Program) and the Guaran-teed
Student Loan (GSL).
As of 1978, any student
could receive a GSL, no
matter what the family
is N
income was. Next year
this will change. The go-vernment
instead of cut-ting
the money that is put
into this program, will be
curtailing the eligibility of
people applying for the
The Pell Grant Program,
-the cornerstone of all fi-nancial
aid programs; will-have
a sharp drop in funds
if Reaga-n's proposals are
passed through Congress.
Dan Nelson, director of
enrollment at Bethel, said
this year students receiv-ed
a maximum of $1750
from the Pell Grant Pro-gram.
He continued to say
that unless Congress ap-propriates
$911 million,
the maximum amount al-lowed
per student will
drop to $1250.
However, with pro-grams
such as SEOG and
CWP, "We think at best
that these will keep the
same amount," said Nel-son
optimistically. The
CWP pays almost 80 per
cent of student workers'
salaries at Bethel.. Nelson
hopes that this $255,000
budget for Bethel will re-main
the same.
On the other hand, the
NDSL program will
change. In 1980-81, Bethel
paid out $530,000 in NDSL
money. $250,000 of that
was from the government,
the remaining was money
from students repaying
their loans. Nelson pulled
out his pocket calculator
and, with a few quick jabs,
figured that next year Be-thel
will receive only
$160,000 from the govern-ment.
The $530,000 figure
Of this_ year will be more
like. $450,000 next year,
-accotding.to Nelson.
,•••••, , • • ... •
once again
by Gloria Martin
Bethel Seminary was
due for accreditation re-newal
this year. It has
been accredited by the
Association of Theologi-cal
Schools since 1966 and
in 1975 was given full ac-creditation
by the North
Central Association of Col-leges
and Schools.
February 15 through
February 18, two represen-tatives
from NCACS and
one representative from
ATS came to Bethel Semi-nary
to look at its facili-ties,
administration, facul-ty,
etc. They interviewed
all of the faculty members,
the Board of Regency Exec-utive
committee, some
alumni and a few stu-dents.
A year and a half ago, a
self-study committee be-gan
reviewing all aspects
of the Seminary in prepa-ration
for its application
for accreditation renewal
by the two associations.
The committee, headed by
Dr. Buchannon, gathered
information and materials
about the seminary and
sent them to the associa-tions
to be studied before
the representatives came
to the campus.
The seminary will not
have the official word
about the renewal until
this spring. However, the
see page 6
Still stuck in a rut...
and not climbing out
For those one in twenty
Bethel students who re-ceive
Social Security Bene-fits,
the future looks
gloomy. The Reagan ad-ministration,
following in
the footsteps of the Carter
administration, will total-ly
kill any benefits to col-lege
students. That is ap-proximately
$250 a month,
full benefits that these
students will not receive.
"There is some good
news," said Nelson with a
smile. "Bethel students re-ceive
financial aid money
from the Federal govern-ment,
the State govern-ment
and from Bethel it-self.
This year Bethel will
be increasing its funding.
It will be raising its scho-see
page 3
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Fast-food denial brings food fast
by Lori L. Swanson
"May I help you?" Smile.
"Large Tab?" Smile. "There
you are. Thanks." Smile.
The afternoon carbona-tion
kick continued and
my coffee shop smile be-came
more coffee shop
and less me. I was think-ing
about how it would
feel not to taste anything
wet for days and weeks. I
was thinking about some
country "somewhere over
there" where carcasses lit-ter
the parched land,
where 1.5 million people
are starving. Ethiopia and
Somalia. "Sprite?" "Sure."
Smile. "Thanks." "Just a
glass of water?" "There
you are." Smile...Contam-inated,
murky water. A
well crawling with six
inches of contaminated
murky water can't quench
the thirst of a refugee
camp crawling with
76,000 dying people.
The afternoon carbona-tion
kick continued as I
injected Bethel with gal-lons
of Coca Cola and cold
water. I smiled on the out-side
and screamed on the
inside. I wasn't screaming
because it's a sin to drink
Coca Cola. I was scream-ing
because I felt so help-less
giving people Coca
Cola while the world's
worst disaster was giving
people faster drinks of
death. I was screaming
because no one seemed to
know about East Africa.
(The Southeast Asian sit-uation
dwindles by com-parison.)
I talked to others who
were silently screaming
because they felt so hope-less.
I told them I was just
one person. My donated
cup of water wouldn't
make a splash. A LIE.
Twenty-five dollars will
supply 500 pounds of pro-tein
biscuits, enough to feed
125 people for a week. Be-thel
is having a fast next
week. Maybe theproceeds
could make a splash. "Just
a glass of water?" Lord
help us learn to give a cup
of water in Jesus' name.
Film depicting East African situation, Mon-day,
March 9, 6 p.m. AC Lounge Southeast Asian famine pales in comparison to the East African
problem. A Bethel fast next week will strive to raise relief money.
Page 3
A $32 million grant?
Now that's financial aid Overdue bills get charged
Senior Paul Varberg became a millionaire overnight, with a $32 million Bethel grant. Varberg could
Blood drive shoots for 300
have attended Bethel well into next century, providing tuition doesn't increase too rapidly. Now
that's financial aid. Reagan cuts, from page 2
The Red Cross is count-ing
on at least 300 volun-teers
to give blood when
the bloodmobile comes to
Bethel Thursday, March
12. Sophomore Laurie Lin-dahl
and junior Ruth Oli-ver
share responsibilities
as coordinators for this
year's blood drives.
The goal for donor sign-ups
was set at 300 to make
sure that the Red Cross
meets its 260-pint quota,
which covers the needs of
all participating hospitals.
"What most people don't
understand," said Lindahl,
"is that we have an obliga-ti
on to fulfill. We've
pledged a certain number
of pints and the Red Cross,
in turn, has pledged those
pints to its hospitals. If we
don't come through with
our side of the bargain,
and the Red Cross can't
cover us for us with a sur-plus
somewhere else, the
hospitals — I mean, the
people in the hospitals,
are the ones who suffer.
As coordinators, Ruth and
I have a rather awesome
responsibili I y," she sighed.
Aside from the blood
drive held a year ago, Be-thel
has never had a real
problem get ling donors —
and that was due only to
the red measles outbreak.
But h coordinators have
great expectations for this
To all students who were
distressed when they saw
this statement on the bot-tom
of their bookstore and
tuition bill, received only
four days before the due
"The bills," said John
Bergeson, controller of
business affairs, "were
suppose to come out about
two weeks ago." Switch-ing
over to the computers
was the cause for the
In 1980 the banking of-fice
borrowed $1 million
from a bank, due to late
payments, with an inter-est
rate fluctuating be-tween
19 and 21 per cent.
"A large percentage of
students do not pay their
bills on time," said Berge-larships
and grants by 21
per cent. This year they
gave out $612,000, and
next year they'll raise it to
He went on to say that
the financial aid office's
biggest fear now is the
timing. Since Reagan's pol-icies
are still in the pro-posal
stage, the uncertain-ty
is passed onto Bethel.
"At this stage, we will be
hard-pressed to make
awards in mid-May," said
Nelson. "With the uncer-tainty
that we have now,
we will have to make ten-tative
son. "If we don't charge
students (for late bills),
the cost from those inter-est
rates will eventually
flow into tuition. This way
not everybody will pay
for others."
Bergeson also explained
how the charge will work.
"The one per cent is a
monthly charge on unpaid
balances on anything over
30 days old." A student
will not be charged an
interest fee if charges on
the bill received February
25th are paid before the
next bill is computed and
sent out, which, said Ber-geson,
"should come out
around the second week of
April." The business of-fice
now hopes to issue
bills once a month.
While it may look as if
Reagan's proposed cuts
just hit the private col-leges,
Nelson said, "Every-one
is in the same boat.
That includes both pri-vate
and public schools.
Public schools rely heav-ily
on Federal and State
funds. While tuition may
be different, the other
costs are pretty much the
Nelson encourages stu- .
Previously there was a
$20 late fee. "This new
late payment charge is
more equitable for stu-dents,"
said Bergeson. Be-fore
it did not matter if a
studenit's bill was $200 or
$2,000. They were both
charged $20. Now the
students will be charged
in proportion to the a-mount
of their bills."
Studen-ts who can not
pay their bills due to, for
example, their Guaranteed
Student Loan not coming
in, should talk to Berge-son.
Bergeson said,
"loan students -will not be
charged a late fee this
spring if you come in and
talk to me, but probably
will be charged next fall."
dents with questions to
stop by the financial aid
office. He is optimistic
about working out indivi-dual
student's packets. He
offered some hope in that
these budget cuts are only
proposals, and there are
many interest groups push-ing
against them. But it
looks like Bethel students
may have to dig a little
deeper and scrape a little
harder to meet the rising
costs of education.
spring blood drive: "I
have faith in the Bethel
communit y," said Oliver.
"There is no question in
my mind as to whether or
not we will get enough
She also said the Red
Cross has a very high
opinion of the Bethel com-munity
because of their
performance in past blood
drives. "They're not just
depending on us from a
professional standpoint,"
she said. "They're excited
to come because the atmos-phere
here is warm and
the people are friendly."
About 25 volunteers
from Bethel are needed per
hour to assist the Red
Cross staff in making the
blood drive run sm000th-ly.
Sign-up sheets for vo-lunteers
and donors are
located down by the POs.
Freshman Eileen Hermanson. Sophomore Randy Richardson
(photos by Doug Barkey).
Junior Debra Bowman. unior Mark Chapman.
Bethel Budget
Page 4
A new crop of SMP'ers prepares to encircle the globe
by Mary Swisher
Students of the Student
Missionary Project are
busy getting passports as
well as preparing for their
summer mission work.
Some of the 38 students
will be working in the
United States and others
abroad. Within the -next
two weeks they find out
final summer assign-ments.
A few students
know already.
Janice Gustafson plans
to go either to Southern
Texas or Mexico; Jan Bil-lings
and Kathy Thomp-son
are going to France.
Ruth Oliver is returning to
the Philippines after spend-ing
last summer ,there.
Jane Saari will work with
Native Indians of British
Columbia. Igor Steeves
will be going to Alaska,
and Leslie Smith will tra-vel
with a Sports Ambas-sadors'
basketball team.
The students meet two-thirds
of their expenses;
S.M.P. pays one third. So
far the S.M.P.ers have
about $10,000 of an esti-mated
$18,000 needed.
The K-leb concert Febru-ary
21 was a fund raiser
for the S.M.P.ers. Others
for the near future include
the movie "Brother Son,
Sister Moon" in the gym,
Sunday, April 12, and the
traditional S.M.P. hair-cuts
given before spring
break. Most of the money
raised so far has come
from the S.M.P. chapel of-fering
taken every Wed-nesday.
The S.M.P.ers prepare
for summer 1981 through
orientations as well as
meeting once a week for
prayer support. They be-gan
with an all-day orien-tation
Saturday, Feb. 7
designed to prepare them
for whatever cultural dif-ferences
they might expe-rience.
Kathy Nevins, in-structor/
counselor of psy-chology,
and Don Larson,
professor of Linguistics
and Anthropology ad-dressed
the group.
Two other orientations
will be offered in March
and April. One of these is
designed to help the pro-spective
missionaries gain
insight on the Biblical ba-sis
of missions. Former
S.M.P.ers plan these orien-tations.
For spiritual support
the students meet regular-ly
in prayer cells open to
all. They meet at 1 p.m.
Tuesdays and 3:40 p.m.
Thursdays in the prayer
These 1981 S.M.P.ers
would appreciate prayer
and financial support.
Karen Axdahl 225
Kelly Bagley 306
Melanie Bates 324
Janet Billings 293
Deb Bowman 1821
Stephanie Cavaleri 402
Mark Chapman 387
Diane Erickson 494
Sue Fahrenkamp 1833
Jody Fergin 1873
Janice Gustafson 777
Rachel Hanks 637
Peggy Hardle 822
Gail Heinsch
Eileen Hermanson 687
Jeff Johnson 1124
Julie Johnson 750
Marlys Johnson 1887
Cindy Kallstrom 809
Tamara Kappauf
Maria Lopez 1681
Celeste Magnuson 1209
David Matti
Ruth Oliver 1088
Cynthia Pennington 1173
Sally Perry 1420
Randy Richardson 1472
Jane Saari
Kim Schmidt 1545
Bryant Smith
Leslie Smith
Igor Steeves 2014
Patty Sutton 2059
Kathy Thompson 1455
Karen Ulrich
Vicki Walker 1744
Kevin Walton 1487
Marian Woolworth 1723
Student tuition fees meet over half of Bethel's budget costs
by Jay Stuart Russell
Bethel budget: tuition
costs, fuel costs, food pri-ces.
Inflation hits from all
angles, and the Bethel Col-lege
and Seminary $13.7
million budget is not im-mune
to the increases.
Part 2 in a series of 8.
As in most small col-leges,
student tuition is •
the largest single source of
income, and Bethel is no
exception. But while the
tuition revenue at the col-lege
amounts to $6,920,165,
seminary tuition fees
bring in $517,620 of the
total student fees of
$7,437,785. That's a 93 per
cent to 7 per cent ratio.
But take heart; the some-what
lopsided ratio does
have two explanations.
First, enrollment esti-mates
for the 1980-81 bud-get
reveal that the semi-nary's
enrollment is no-where
near the collge's
estimated enrollment. Esti-mated
enrollment for the
seminary was 315 stu-dents
compared to the
college's 2065 students.
Even so, total estimated
enrollment at the two
schools was 2,380, a 13 to
$7 per cent college-semi-nary
Yet if seminary stu-dents
paid 13 per cent of
student fee income, they
would pay a total of
$966,912—nearly double
their current total.
Seminarians currently.
pay $150 per course,
which totals $1350-$1800
tuition charges if a stu-.
dent takes the normal
course load of 9 to 12
courses per year. Edna
Schultz, seminary regis-trar,
said "Seminary tui-tion
fees are comparable
to those of most other
seminari6, which in gen-eral
are lower than college
tuition fees." College stu-dents,
on the other hand,
paid $3400 tuition for the
1980-81 school year.
The second explanation
of the seminary mis-matched
figures comes
from Dick Daniels, dean of
students at the seminary.
"The seminary used to
have no tuition charge for
their students. The Bap-tist
General Conference is
committed to the need of
adequately trained minis-ters,
and the denomina-tion
is willing to under-write
more of the costs of
seminary students than
those of the college stu-dents."
Conference church-es
alone donate $1 million
to the college and semi-nary.
In the college portion of
the student fee revenue,
tuition fees provide the
bulk of the income—
$6,724,825 of the $6.9 mil-lion
received from student
fees. The remaining
$195,340 is further broken
down into eight other
Summer school pro-grams
were estimated to
bring in $65,000 during
the summer of 1980. The
summer programs include
workshops, the elderhos-tel
program for senior citi-zens
and both sessions of
summer school.. Tricia
Brownlee, director of aca-demic
programS,•said 133
student took courses
offered during both ses-sions
of summer school.
None of the courses was
offered during both ses-sions,
and many of the
students took courses dur-ing
both sessions.
Bethel receives $40,040
from the Mounds Midway
Nursing program, as Be-thel
faculty teach nine
by Hellen Gutsche
Inflation has hit Bethel
College, and tuition is not
all that has been affected.
The Spire, Bethel's newly-resurrected
yearbook, has
upped its budget for this
school year.
According to Warren
Barber, treasurer for stu-dent
senate, the estimated
expenses for the Spire in
1980-1981 are $20,000, an
increase over last year's
Passages costs of nearly
Barber states the raise
.is mainly due to the in-crease
in total pages of the
book. By incorporating
Passages, the Spire has
grown to 224 pages, 24 of
them color.
Allotments collected
from student fees cover
$12,000 of the projected
cost. The remaining $8,000
will be raised through ad-vertising
sales and church
pat ronage.
courses at the nursing
school for its liberal arts
program. The money re-imburses
salary expen-ditures.
Application fees contri-bute
$11,000 to the college
fee income. In 1980, 1209
students applied for ad-mission,
paying a $10 ap-plication
fee. "That isn't
Barber anticipates no
difficulties in meeting the
budget. "We are not doing
this on a renewal basis—
just taking over where
someone else left off. But
we do have a four-person
sales staff and one of them
is full-time. That's better
than it's been before, " he
Thus far sales have ac-cummulated
one-half of
the necessary funds. Area
businesses involved with
Bethel are being approach-ed.
Ad sizes range from
one-eighth page to full-page,
priced from $45 to
$280. Sandi Covert, Spire
editor, said she has not
been asked for a full two-page
ad, but she'd gladly
sell one.
For $25 a church name,
address and pastor will be
listed in the yearbook. The
staff is also considering
selling ads to seminaries
and graduate schools.
even a drop in the bucket
for running the whole ad-missions
said John Bergeson, comp-troller
of business affairs.
The admissions budget
estimate for 1980-81 is
Other fee income the
college receives includes
see page 6
If the projected budget
is met, the Spire will be
available to each student
without charge. There will
only be a nominal charge
of two to three dollars if
the sales do not cover the
cost. The finished book
will be worth approxi-mately
$12 to $15.
The Spire will cover the
full year, including bacca-laureate
and commence-ment.
The final section
will go to the printer, In-tercollegiate
Press, in ear-ly
June. It will be available
to students in the summer.
Seniors and non-returning
students will be mailed
their copy.
The Spire staff mem-bers
are Covert; Dona
Amann, assistant editor;
Tim Nelson, business man-ager;
and Scott Pearson,
sales and advert icing man-ager.
Pearson works full-
Hine. All positions on staff
are stipended.
Spire may charge small fee
compiled by Jay Russell
WBCS chooses
in the groove
as new theme
This broach is now on display at the Minneapolis Institute of
Arts as part of THE VIKINGS exhibit (photo courtesy of the
National Antiquities Museum, Stockholm).
March 3 - May 3 this 10th - 11th century female figure will help
dispel rumors that Vikings spent all their time plundering (photo
courtesy of the National Antiquities Museum).
Page 5
Viking display invades art institute
From the February 27,
1969 issue.
In the .groove.
Bethel's student radio
station on old campus
WBCS changed its theme
for the new semester from
"new dimension in sound"
to "in the groove and on
the move." One of the sta-tion's
major goals was to
establish a semi-contem-porary
" 'We're trying to get
away from the stereotype
Christian radio station in
order to get through to
people who don't regular-ly
listen to Christian sta-tions
and religious sta-tions,'
" said station man-ager
Mark Kingsbeck. The
station was anticipating
an eventual increase of
power and switch to FM
Plans were being dis-cussed
for the purchase of
additional equipment for
the station "to replace the
somewhat worn out items
donated to the station by
Marriage rule.
Bethel's faculty was
scheduled to vote on a
proposed change in the
school's student marriage
by Laura Phillips
Bethel is using Sprint,
an alternative toll (long
distance) phone system,
to skirt Ma Bell's high
prices, according to Bruce
Kunkel, director of admi-nistrative
Sprint is a microwave
network phone system
which allows users to
save from 25 to 50 per cent
on long distance calls.
Sprint's parent company,
Southern Pacific Railway,
offers the service, which is
similar to those offered by
ITT and MCI.
Bethel has been using
Sprint since February 15,
1980. "It came as an out-growth
of Bethel's in-creased
long distance
phone activity," said Kun-kel.
"Those administrators
having heavy long dis-
The current marriage
regulation, included in the
1968 catalog, read: "'Any
person becoming married
during the school year
will be required to with-draw
from school at the
time of marriage and will
not be eligible for re-en-rollment
for at least a
semester. Under certain
unusual circumstances,
marriage will be permit-ted
by special action of the
administration.' "
The new rule was re-vised
to read: " 'Any stu-dent
marrying during the
school year must write his
plans to the Student Ser-vices
Office to clear past
and future housing ar-rangements,
eligibility and any other
appropriate planning.' "
The reason for the regu-lation
was to provide coun-seling
for the students,
" 'helping them to make
the right decision.' "
"A student's marriage
plan does affect the school
records on matters of hous-ing,
changed status, etc.,
and students who are do-ing
poorly academically
or having social or emo-tional
problems' were oc-casionally
advised to post-pone
marriage plans."
tance calling to Sprint lo-cations
(major cities) use
the system." Presently, 50-
75 Bethel administrators,
ranging from the president
to the PE department to
the Bethel West staff in
San Diego, use Sprint.
Bethel still does 85 to 90
per cent of its long dis-tance
business through
the Bell system because
Sprint hits only a speci-fied
group of cities such as
the Twin Cities, Chicago,
New York, Dallas/Fort
Worth, Los Angeles, San
Diego, San Francisco, etc.
To use Sprint, the caller
first dials a local number
which ties Bethel into a
Sprint location in south
Minneapolis. The caller
then dials a special author-ization
code and then the
desired area code and long
Historians, archaeolo-gists
and others well-versed
in the chronicles of
humankind know that the
Vikings, those legendary
Scandinavian seafarers,
did more than just raid the
defenseless, plunder wealth
and wreck great cities.
These alleged barbarians
of the north actually con-tributed
to the develop-ment
of civilization, a fact
that is clearly supported
by THE VIKINGS, an ex-hibition
of Viking art and
artifacts displayed at the
Minnespolis Institute of
Arts March 3 - May 3.
The exhibition, recently
showcased in New York,
includes more than 500
objects from the Viking
world on loan from muse-ums,
governments and
collectors throughout Scan-distance
Kunkel offered Sprint
as a cost-saving option to
the Bethel administration.
It was chosen over ITT
and MCI because its bil-ling
procedures were more
"There is a Sprint resi-dential
service offered,"
said Kunkel. "Students
may purchase Sprint for
their own personal use
and save money." How-ever
there are two stipu-lations:
1) the student
must have a Touch-Tone
phone and 2) must make
about $25 worth of calls
per month to save money,
as there is a flat monthly
rate for the service.
For more information,
call Barb at MCI at 333-
3308, or John Webb of
Sprint at 871 -3400.
dinavia and other coun-tries.
Rare and priceless, this
exhibition" is the largest
and the most comprehen-sive
ever assembled to
depict the colorful tribes
of ancient Scandinavia.
With its collections of
archaeological treasures,
gold and silver jewelry,
gilt bronze objects and del-icate
carvings in wood,
stone and ivory, THE VI-KINGS
helps shed light
on who these people really
were and how they emerg-ed
to influence Europe and
explore vast sections of
the globe.
As sailors, they exhi-bited
a mastery of seago-ing
technology, building
the swiftest, most power-ful
ships of their time,
ships lauded as the most
perfect nautical vessels
ever constructed.
As pioneers, by sea or
land, the Vikings blazed
paths through previously
uncharted territory. Their
travels led to the estab-lishment
of major trade
routes and settlement of
new lands.
Viking ships were the
first to visit the New
World. A group of Norwe-gian
emigres, fleeing the
rule of Harold Finehair,
settled Iceland, founding
the oldest republic in the
world. Eric the Red, ban-ished
from Viking Now-way
for three years for kil-ling
three men, explored
Greenland and established
her first two settlements.
Eric's son Leif Ericsson,
toured portions of the
North American eastern
seaboard long before Chris-topher
Columbus arrived
to claim it for Spain.
With their conquest of
England and Ireland, the
vikings established York
and Dublin as major com-merical
centers. Where the
Vikings settled the local
people assimilated their
art spreading Viking cul-ture.
The Vikings' culture
sharply contrasts their
barbaric reputation. Us-ing
wood, metal, ivory
and stone, the Vikings
created beautiful carvings
of complicated shapes.
They utilized the runic
alphabet to record tales of
adventure and courage.
The Icelandic Sagas, long
poems of heroism, explo-ration
and valor, was a
Viking contribution to lit-erature.
Organized by the Bri-tish
Museum in conjunc-tion
with New York's
Metropolitan Museum of
Art, this one-time-only
exhibition has been lim-ited
by contract to exclu-sive
engagements in Lon-don
and New York.
In fact, Samuel Sachs II,
director of The Minneapo-lis
Institute of Arts, con-tacted
London four years
ago when the exhibition
was still in its formative.
stages and was politely
informed that it would not
be available.
Several months of in-ternational
diplomacy and
transatlantic flights con-vinced
the exhibition's
owners to allow an addi-tional
showing in Minne-sota.
And what better place
for a second showing of
"The Vikings?" The Upper
Midwest boasts a rich
Scandinavian heritage. Al-most
30 per cent of the two
million Americans of Scan-dinavian
descent living in
the United States reside in
the five-state area of
Minnesota, North Dakota,
South Dakota, Wisconsin
and Iowa.
In Minneapolis, a Vik-ing
house is being added
to the exhibition. Made of
mud, straw and wattle
(thin willow twigs strip-ped
of bark), the house
will contain furniture,
cooking utensils, a firepit
for heating and cooking
and other items illustrat-ing
the Viking lifestyle in
the period from 800 to 850
The Institute also hopes
to display a replica of a
full-sized Viking ship,
built recently by the late
Robert Asp, a Moorhead
Minnesota resident, in an
abandoned potato ware-house—
from 150 very
large oak trees, a few nails
and ten years of labor.
The ship, presently
berthed in Lake Superior,
has already passed one
cruise test. In 1982, the
ship, "Homkemst" (Home-coming),
is scheduled to
sail to Norway, the Asp
family's ancestral home.
Tickets, sold for speci-fic
dates and hours, are
available at the Institute,
2400 Third Ave. So., Min
neapolis or at the Vikings
Ticket Center located on
the skyway level of the
IDS Tower in downtown
Minneapolis, or by mail
from the Institute.
The price scale: $3.50
for adults and $1.50 for
senior citizens and child-ren.
For more information
call 870-3333.
Sprint supplements NW Bell
Bark cloth from the South Pacific islands is the subject of a major traveling exhibition called
"Patterns of Paradise," Science Museum. Louis Casagrande, curator of anthropology at the
museum, examines a piece of tapecloth, against a photomural (photo courtesy of Science Museum).
Central Baptist Church
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Garvin McGettrick
Ron Eckert
Stewart Dow
Mike Anderson
Will Healy
Kathy Cupp
Greg Dirnberger
Bus Leaves:
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6 p.m. evening
Winter fudge becomes springtime pudge
by Judy Helman
Now that warmer weather begins to show its face,
and you start to move a little bit faster, are you noticing
that the winter hibernation has done something? If you
haven't pulled out some of your spring and summer
clothes, you probably haven't been hit with the realiza-tion
that sitting around this past winter has added some
new dimensions to your figure.
It's time to start doing something serious about
trimming off those extra pounds. One of the best ways
to get going is by exercise. Though swimsuits are a good
incentive to start exercising, it should be part of our
everyday routine. The Wellness Program has several
options for you to get together with people in order to
exercise, jog, and encourage each other in dieting.
While exercise is not the only way to stay healthy, it
is essential to any weight loss program is two ways: it
helps to burn up calories for actual wieght loss and
tones and firms up the body. The whole secret to weight
loss, for most individuals, is one simple guideline:
weight loss occurs when more calories are used than
are consumed.
So, if you've been eating a lot of high-calorie foods
and sitting in the library, there is most likely some extra
weight you need to get rid of and be careful not to gain
To give you an idea of how much your exercise is
paying off, here is a chart of various activities and how
much energy they use. To find out how many calories
you would burn while doing them, multiply the given
number by your current weight and the number of
minutes spent in each activity. Also, there are 3,500
calories in a pound of fat. This is how many calories
that have to be used up in order to lose a pound of fat.
Bicycling, mod. speed .07
Handball .063
Jumprope .072
Piano playing, moderate .02
Running .067
Sewing .012
Skiing, downhill .059
x-country .078
Swimming (2 m.p.h.) .075
Typing, rapidly .017
Walking (3 m.p.h.) .025
Writing .012
Page 6
Debate persists over KABY control
KABY, from page 1
"Another thing is set-ting
up guidelines so that
the managers of the sta-tion
are really genuine man-agers,"
said Wilbee. He
said the proposed situa-tion
for next year can work
if the new managers and
the speech-communication
department set down guide-lines
this spring.
"When student ratio shut
down a few years ago, it
was suggested that it not
open again until it was
under the speech-communi-cation
department's guid-ance,"
said Wilbee. "I was
in favor of that."
"Now seemed like a good
transition time," said
Brown. "Sue Fahrenkamp
is frustrated because she
doesn't see the proposal
working, but it hasn't been
accepted yet."
"Sue's got a lot going
against her and she's done
an excellent job," said
Brown. "She been able to
air her opinions but we
don't want to start reas-:
sessing the situation be-fore
it has a chance to
"One of the problems
we have with all the media
is consistency from year
to year," said Brown.
"There'd be better profes-sionalism
and more con-sistency
if KABY was un-der
the speech-communi-cation
"The proposed change
is a reversal of roles," said
Philip Rohler, KABY facul-ty
advisor and speech-corn-munication
"The speech-communica-tion
department would
then function as its super-visor
and the communica-tion
board would be an
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Evening worship, 6
"It is the belief of the
department and others
around school," he said,
"the administration will be
more willing to appropriate
funds to the station. It
would be co-curricular and
not extra-curricular.
"The major benefit is bet-ter
curricular use of the
facility. Right now the stu-dent
ratio and the curricu-lum
are totally separate
programs," said Rohler. He
said the advantage is that
KABY's use will be ad-ministered
by one depart-ment
with the academic
and professional back-ground
to implement the
"Our goal is to serve
both programs to the ful-lest,"
said Rohler. "In the
event of conflict with the
studentratio as a separate
from the curriculum, it is
my understanding that the
school's present, unwrit-ten
policy is to give the
curriculum priority.
"Under any management
the students can go to a
higher authority and peti-tion.
Their due process
hasn't been interrupted;
this is just a change of
command," said Rohler.
"They have to trust the
communication board, and
they will have to trust us."
Budget, from page 4
music lesson fees, $55,000;
practice room fees, $5,500;
student teaching, $1300;
and graduation fees,
$12,000. Graduating sen-iors
are required to pay a
$30 fee which covers the
costs of commencement,
baccalaureate and di-plomas.
A major traveling exhi-bition
of the folk craft of
tapa-making in the South
Pacific islands opens at to
Science Museum of Min-nesota
in St. Paul Tues-day,
March 10.
Organized by the Field
Museum of Natural His-tory
in Chicago, "Patterns
of Paradise" will include
over 100 specimens of
tapa, fabric pounded from
tree bark and decorated in
various patterns. Some of
the pieces were costumes
part of the exhibit. Over
75 artifacts of shell, wood,
pottery, and other mate-rials
from the South Paci-fic
will also be included.
Ongoing programs at
the museum during the
run of the exhibit demon-strate
tapa pounding using
mulberry wood, design
printing, coconut grating,
ancient forms of Polyne-sian
dancing and Polyne-sian
"Patterns of Paradise"
runs through May 15. Ad-mission
is included in the
purchase of an exhibit hall
ticket: $2.00 for adults,
$1.50 for senior citizens,
and $1.00 for children 12
and under.
from page 2
representatives from the
two accreditation associa-tions
went over their re-port
with Dean Gordon
Johnson, President Carl
Lundquist and other (:om-mit
tee members.
Johnson said that the
representatives were re-commending
the semi-nary
for accreditation re-newal,
so there is no rea-son
why the official word
should not be positive. Be-thel
Seminary will con-tinue
to give the dual ac-c
red i ta lion that gives
great credibility for its
students, especially for
those students who are
transferring and those
who plan to further their
education in graduate
studies programs.
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worn by royalty and the
elite of the islands, where
wealth was measured by
the huge bundles of tapa
owned and exhibited by
Represented in are sam-ples
of bark cloth from the
islands of Tahiti, Fiji, Ton-ga,
Samoa and Hawaii.
One of the specimens is
believed to have been
brought back from Hawaii
by explorer Captain James
Cook in the late 1700s.
Because of the fragile
nature and often large size
of tapa, museums have
found it difficult to store
and exhibit bark cloth suf-ficiently
to reveal the var-iety
of designs, colors and
materials used. "Patterns
of Paradise" is believed to
be the first major exhibit
in the world to display
this ancient craft. The Na-tional
Endowment of the
Arts provided partial fund-ing.
A videotape showing na-tives
of the South Sea is-lands
making tapa will be
shown continuously as
Museum displays ancient bark cloth
"The Madwoman of Chaillot" will be presented March 5-7 and 10-14 by the Bethel theatre department. It is directed by Susan
Odgen-Malouf (photo by Doug Barkey)
for the outdoor
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Bethel's tennis team, coached by Paul Reasoner, practices throughout the winter
season. Clarion coverage begins next week (photo by Don Copeland)
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from page 8
Although the Royals
might not have finished as
high in the standings as
they had hoped, there is
no doubt but that they
would have finished lower
without the experience
provided by Edlund. "He
provided leadership for
us, especially getting the
ball up the floor against
pressure defenses," com-mented
Head Coach
George Palke.
When asked if this
year's team met the goals
they set, Palke reflected
and said, "One of the ob-jectives
we set this year
was to play hard all the
time. This team played
harder every game than
any team I've coached."
And how about the future?
"We've already sat down
as a team to discuss that,"
-he said, "and our goal next
year is to be MIAC
from page 8
the conference and qualify
for nationals.
Field coach Howie Kel-logg
was pleased with her
pentathlon performance.
He is very optimistic a-
from page 8
powerplay at 17:38. Scott
Dahlstrom and Dick Smith
During the second per-iod
Bethel outscored Gus-tavus
three to one. The
first goal came at 12:19,
scored by Dahlstrom and
bout the goals Sension has
set, calling her "One of the
most 'coachable' athletes
I've ever worked with."
The team members will
be united this weekend as
they all travel to Mankato
State for the Mankato
assisted by Smith and Jeff
About a minute later
Bruce Nord scored, assist-
. ed by Steve Kettlekamp.
Dave Johnson made the
final goal of the period on
a powerplay, assisted by
Peter Dahl, making the
score 4-6.
The comeback ended for
Bethel after the second
period; third period action
was controlled by Gusta-vus,
although the Gusties
only scored once, making
the final score 7-4.
Goalie Eric "the Sour-dough"
Peterson made 29
saves for the game, as did
the Gustavus goalie.
Coach Craig Dahl pre-dicted
for next season,
"With the added talent
from recruiting, the expe-rience
and added maturity
"The Madwoman of
Chaillot," a comic fantasy
by French playwright Jean
Giraudoux, will be pre-sented
by Bethel's depart-ment
of theatre arts March
5-7 at 8 p.m. in the college
theatre. Tickets may be
reserved by calling 638-
6466 weekdays, 12-4 p.m.
All seats cost $3.50.
The drama is set in a
Paris cafe just prior to the
outbreak of World War II.
Four madwomen and their
vagabond assistants unite
by Naomi Ludeman
Harvey DeVries, presi-dent
of the Bethel Devel-opment
Foundation, walked
into the Development Foun-dation
board meeting with
a small rectangular box.
Its contents included fine
tobacco products such as
cigars, cigarettes and
snuff. DeVries proceeded to
offer President of Bethel
College and Seminary,
Carl Lundquist, his choice
of a cigar or snuff.
The Bethel Development
of the players returning,
we should have a much
improved team."
The seniors that will be
leaving the Royals are
Kettlekamp, Scott John-son
and Steve Larson. As-sistant
Coach Dave Harris
will also not be returning
next year.
in a crusade to prevent
ruthless and materialistic
capitalists from taking
over the world and dril-ling
an oil well beneath
The Louvre. Included in
the cast of 28 are a juggler,
magician, clown, baron,
s4ockbroker and presi-dent.
Susan Odgen-Ma-louf,
assistant professor
of theatre arts, directs the
production. She has direct-ed
numerous productions
as a student at Stanford
and Northwestern Univer-sities.
Foundation was given
stock in the U.S. Tabacco
Company and with that
privilege a sample of their
fine products.
A word of explanation:
the Bethel Development
Foundation has the policy
that it will not invest in a
business that contradicts
the Bethel standards and
lifestyle statement. But
this does not mean that
people do not give gifts to
Bethel that are contradic-tory,
such as stock in the
U.S. Tobacco Company.
But in this circumstance
the timing of the board
meeting to decide to sell
the stock was such that
U.S. Tobacco Company
was notified of the Foun-dation's
ownership before
the decision and sale could
be made, so the Foundation
received the samples. The
stock has now been sold.
Page 7
French comic fantasy
presented at Bethel
FILM FORUM presents
"The Burmese Harp," Tues-day,
March 10 at 7 p.m. in
FA 313. One of the strong-est
anti-war films from
Japan, the film was Kon
Ichikawa's first interna-tional
success. It explores
the question of individual
and collective responsibil-ity
for the horrors of war
while finding a melancholy
beauty even in the bleak-est
of circumstances.
Gift of the fine tobacco
contradicts lifestyle
Both varsity and junior varsity women's basketball teams
wrapped up their seasons, last week, with wins. Varsity ended
with a 12-8 win record and junior varsity with a 5-3 season.
Page 8 sports
Newman, Otto break
indoor track records
31.54, fast enough for a
second place finish.
Freshman Dave Jorgen-son
placed sixth in the
440-yard dash with a blaz-ing
time of 51.8. Tom
Placker made it to the fi-
• nals in the 600-yard run,
clocked at 1:14.92.
Twenty-two schools com-peted
in the Iowa meet.
Coach Dave Anderson
commented, "It was an ex-tremely
competitive meet,
and we saw some really fine
athletes there." Anderson
also said that he is looking
forward to competing as
a team again. The Royals
travel to St. John's to.
morrow. The women's softball team coached by Marcia LaRock practices for their first season game.
Hockey finishes season,
places seventh overall
by Ellie Abbott
The men's track team
continued its indoor track
season by traveling to the
University of Northern
Iowa last weekend.
Only 12 tracksters
competed, but there were
two school records brok-en.
Middle distance run-ner
Dwight Newman
broke his own school record
in the 1500-meter run with
a time of 4:13.9, taking
two seconds off his pre-vious
Captain Paul Otto once
again broke a school re-cord,
this time in the 300-
yard dash. Otto's time was
by Ellie Abbott
The women's basket-ball
team ended the sea-son
on a happy note, de-feating
Golden Valley Luth-eran,
71-53. The win put
the Royals at a 12-8 record
Seniors JoAnn Griffin,
Linda Johnson, Beth Kars-jens,
and Deb Sension
played the last game of
their college career. Coach
Marcia LaRock said, "The
seniors started the game,
and it was a special start
because it was their last
college game. The game
was also a special win for
us, and I thought they all
did a good job."
Leading the scoring for
Bethel was Karsjens with
20 points. Griffin followed
with 15 and Kim Chris-by
Rob Haglund
The Royal basketball
team dropped its last
two games of the 1980-81
season and ended up in
seventh place on the MIAC-ladder.
The losses, to St.
Thomas and Hamline,
gave the Royals a 7-11
mark for the year and an
11-15 record overall.
Against the Tommies,
the Royals were unable to
check the fastbreak of the
'Purple Tide,' and. St.
Thomas built a 38-31 half
time lead. The Royals out-scored
the visitors in the
tenson and Sension scored
14 and 10 respectively.
The Royals began the
game slowly, and Golden
Valley jumped ahead 8-0.
By half-time Golden Val-ley
was leading 29-24 and
LaRock said, "We were
tight the first half of the
game because we were
emotional." But the Roy-als
worked together the
second half and defeated
Golden Valley, 71-53.
Freshman guards Kim
Christenson and Sue
Duehn "played an outstand-ing
game," said LaRock.
Duehn had six assists and
four steals for the Royals.
The junior varsity team
also ended the season with
a feeling of satisfaction by
defeating the Shooting
Stars, an AAU team from
the University of Minne-second
half but came up
short as the third place
Tommies claimed a 72-67
win. St. Thomas center
Mike Gitzen led all scor-ers
with 22 points. Mike
Hanley led the Royals
with 16. Greg Edlund add-ed
14, and Jason Velgers-dyk
chipped in 11 along
with 7 rebounds.
The Bethel five then
closed out the season at
Hamline where the Pipers
avenged an earlier loss to
the Royals by posting an
82-75 win. Velgersdyk
poured in 26 points to lead
the Bethel cagers who
sota, 60-41. Transfer Ka-thy
Kvam led the scoring
for the Royals with 18
points. The win put the
team at a 5-3 overall re-cord.
This was the last game
for the Royals manager,
Rose Sension. Expressing
her appreciation, the
Coach said, "Rose has
been with us a long time
and we will really miss
her. She has been a very
responsible manager for
She also commented on
the outstanding job by as-sistant
coaches. Phil Alme-roth
and Paul Lindsay,
who helped out midway
thru the season. "They
both have been very help-ful
this season and have
done a great job. I really
appreciate all they have
done for the team.
were ahead at the half
Hamline shot very well
from the field, especially
senior guard Jeff Schunk,
as they upped their final
conference record to 9-9,
two games ahead of the
Royals in sixth place.
Dwayne Nordstrom play-ed
a strong game against
Hamline with 11 points
and 10 rebounds. Edlund
fought off some illness to
finish with 10 points in his
last game as a Royal.
see page 7
by Becky Dye
The Bethel Royal hock-ey
team finished its sea-son
last week by tying St.
John's Tuesday and losing
to Gustavus, 7-4 Friday.
Bethel finished the season
seventh of eight confe-rence
schools, ahead of St.
Coach Craig Dahl com-mented
on Friday's loss,
"We played very poorly in
the first period, but after
that we played some of
the best hockey we've
played all season."
Gustavus scored five
goals to Bethel's one in the
first period. The Royal's
single goal came from de-fenseman
Rick Palm on a
see page 7
place third
at Carleton
by Wendy Norberg
The University of Wis-consin/
Eau Claire and the
College of St. Thomas fin-ished
first and second a-head
of third-place Bethel
and host team Carleton
last weekend in women's
Captain Lynn Severson
once again led the team,
capturing first place in
both the 60-yard dash
with a 7.5 and the 280-
yard dash, where she and
teammate Dannette Bur-gess
both broke the Bethel
record. Severson esta-blished
it at 35.4. Burgess
was second overall in that
event and third in the 60
yard dash.
In the field events, Tam-my
Ruck took third in the
high jump, and Sara Bark-er
and Carrie Severson
finished third and fourth
respectively in the shot
Distance runners Ellie
Abbott and Wendy Nor-berg
competed at the U. of
M. in the 2-mile, taking
first and third respective-ly
in their heat. Senior Deb
Sension also competed at
the U. in her first Pentath-lon,
capturing second
place with 2701 points.
Her usual outdoor event
will be the Heptatheon,
consisting of seven events,
in which she hopes to win
see page 7
Women cagers win last game
B-B ends disappointing season
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - Junior Josh Girling rebounded from a first round loss to win three consecutive matches and capture the consolation championship in the Namath Draw of the Crimson Tide Fall Championships on Sunday. Girling won in straight sets in the consolation quarterfinals and semifinals before defeating Davy Sandgren of Tennessee (6-7, 6-2, 7-5) in three sets to take the title.
Girling led five Golden Eagles who participated in the Crimson Tide Fall Championships last Friday through Sunday. Tech had a good showing overall, with two individuals and one doubles team playing in final round matches on Sunday. Team scores were not kept.
Junior Mario Gutierrez made quick work of his first three opponents in the Musso Draw, defeating each of them in straight sets, before being tripped up in three sets (4-6, 6-4, 3-6) by Creighton Blanchard of Alabama-Birmingham in the championship match.
Gutierrez and Girling teamed up to made a run in the White Doubles Draw as well. The pair won 8-4 and 8-2 in their first two matches to set up a semifinal match, which they narrowly lost by a score of 8-6.
In the Bryant Draw, sophomore Alex Chen dropped his opening round match before knocking off Igor Ogrizek (6-3, 1-6, 6-4) in the first round of the consolation bracket. Chen then fell to Leon Nasemann (6-2, 6-2) in the consolation semifinal round to be eliminated.
Freshmen Oscar Pachon and Arturo Santa Ruiz were also in action as Pachon finished with a 1-2 record in the Stabler Draw and Santa Ruiz finished 1-2 in Stallings Draw.
Chen and Pachon teamed in the Crimson Doubles Draw but fell, 8-2, in their opening round match.
The Crimson Tide Fall Championships was the final scheduled tournament of the fall for the Golden Eagles men's tennis team. The team will resume play this spring when it begins OVC play.

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Protecting People With HIV in the California Budget
February 2010
California has been facing a massive budget deficit for the past several years, a problem that is expected to continue for the next several budget years. A weak economy, structural barriers to increasing revenues, "solutions" from previous budgets that imposed future costs, earmarked revenues and limited options to balance the budget are some of the contributors to the difficulty the state faces. Governor Schwarzenegger and the Legislature have chosen to cut spending in essential social programs rather than show the leadership necessary to adequately address the state's fiscal crisis by examining appropriate revenue sources in addition to cutting state spending.
In February 2009, the Legislature and the Governor passed a budget for the 2009-10 fiscal year. The budget contained a shortfall that needed correction almost as soon as it was signed into law. The Governor proposed severe cuts to health and human services in a budget amendment process that started in early spring. That proposal included an $85 million cut from HIV services, eliminating state funding for Education and Prevention, Home and Community-based Care, the Therapeutic Monitoring Program, Early Intervention programs, Housing, and Epidemiology and Surveillance. It also reduced funding to the State Office of AIDS and to the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP).
Project Inform and our partners mounted a strong advocacy campaign, including a rally in Sacramento, lobbying, and compelling testimony from people living with HIV, providers, and doctors. The Legislature restored the worst of the cuts only to have the Governor remove even more state general fund from the programs with his veto of the Legislature's proposal. By August, the state was reeling from deep cuts to HIV services, Medi-Cal and other important programs that people with HIV depend on to stay healthy.
In spite of protests, many of which were organized by Project Inform and our partners, and law suits questioning the cuts, the money was not restored and the fight against HIV in California has suffered a serious blow. As local health jurisdictions struggle to find innovative ways to continue essential services, it is unclear what the overall impact of the cuts will be.
In fall 2009, the Governor and his administration began development of the FY 2010-11 budget and it became clear that ADAP was moving quickly towards a large shortfall in funding. Advocates estimated that $100 million more would be needed to ensure that ADAP could continue to serve all who qualify and need the services. The Legislative Analyst's Office later confirmed the amount.
Again, advocacy campaigns were mounted, with press conferences and rallies. People with HIV and their allies turned out in force, attending events and contacting the Governor. More than 80 organizations signed on to a letter demanding that the Governor fully fund ADAP in his budget proposal. In spite of a budget deficit of close to $20 billion and proposed cuts to many important health and human services programs, the Governor put $97 million in state general fund into ADAP, allowing it to serve all who need it, with one important exception. ADAP will no longer serve 36 municipal jails, resulting in a $9.5 million reduction in the overall program, and raising concerns that those in municipal jails may not continue to get the HIV treatment they need during their stay in jail and as they transition back to the community.
Currently, the Legislature is developing its response to the Governor's proposal. We have an uphill battle to ensure that ADAP retains the necessary increase it received in the Governor's budget and that people in municipal jails get the treatment they need. Medi-Cal serves about 50% of those with HIV in California and we will also have to fight against the devastating cuts that have been proposed for that program. In addition, California is preparing to renew its Medi-Cal waiver, the plan that outlines how it will serve seniors and people with disabilities. Project Inform will be working to ensure that people with HIV are represented in that process.
The work of this last year and the victories we have won together would not have been possible without partners and coalitions but most importantly, people with HIV and their allies who have been strong advocates throughout the process. Unfortunately, California continues to face huge budget challenges, record levels of unemployment, and decreased revenues. Given the unwillingness of California elected officials to raise appropriate revenues and the continued proposed cuts to essential services, our work is far from over.
This article was provided by Project Inform. Visit Project Inform's website to find out more about their activities, publications and services.


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NASHVILLE (AP) - The Senate Finance Committee has advanced a proposed constitutional amendment to explicitly ban a state income tax to a full floor vote.
The panel voted 9-1 on Tuesday to advance the measure sponsored by Republican Sen. Brian Kelsey of Germantown that would also ban a state or local payroll tax.
The measure would need to receive two-thirds votes in both chambers of the General Assembly before it could go before the voters in 2014.
Opponents argue the measure is unnecessary amid solid opposition to an income tax among Republican lawmakers who already hold supermajorities in both the House and Senate.
The lone vote against the measure came from Democratic Sen. Douglas Henry of Nashville, an income tax opponent who said the measure would tie lawmakers hands in tough economic times.
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Smooth Nearness Diagram Navigation. More...
Smooth Nearness Diagram Navigation.
This driver implements the Smooth Nearness Diagram Navigation algorithm, an improvement over the nd driver that removes oscillatory patterns and improves overall driver performance.
This algorithm handles local collision-avoidance and goal-seeking and is designed for non-holonomic, non-circular robots operating in tight spaces. The algorithm is in the following paper:
Durham, J. ; Bullo, F. "Smooth Nearness-Diagram Navigation" 2008, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2008. IROS 2008, 690-695
This driver reads pose information from a position2d device, sensor data from a laser device and/or sonar device, and writes commands to a position2d device. The two position2d devices can be the same. At least one device of type laser must be provided.
The driver itself supports the position2d interface. Send PLAYER_POSITION2D_CMD_POS commands to set the goal pose. The driver also accepts PLAYER_POSITION2D_CMD_VEL commands, simply passing them through to the underlying output device.
This driver commands the underlying position2d simply in velocity, so it's suitable to be used on the robots for which the GoTo() function is not yet implemented (e.g.: the Erratic robot).
- Compile-time dependencies
- none
- Provides
- Requires
- "input" position2d : source of pose and velocity information
- "output" position2d : sink for velocity commands to control the robot
- laser : the laser to read from
- Configuration requests
- all position2d requests are passed through to the underlying "output" position2d device.
- Configuration file options
- robot_radius (meters)
- Default: 0.25 (m)
- The radius of the minimum circle which contains the robot
- min_gap_width (meters)
- Default: 2*Robot radius
- Minimum passage width the driver will try to exploit
- obstacle_avoid_dist(meters)
- Default: 4*Robot radius
- Maximum distance allowed from an obstacle
- max_speed (meters/s)
- Default: 0.5
- Maximum speed allowed
- max_turn_rate (radiants/sec)
- Default: 60 degrees
- Maximum angular speed allowed
- goal_position_tol (meters)
- Default: Robot radius/2
- Maximum distance allowed from the final goal for the algorithm to stop.
- goal_angle_tol (radiants)
- Default: 30 degrees
- Maximum angular error from the final goal position for the algorithm to stop
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Celebrate Gay Marriage With a Cookie!
They're the perfect treats to commerate New York's historic first day of gay marriage.
-Kenneth Thapoung
With the 7-year marriage of Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony coming to a bitter end, it's nice to know some people still believe in lifetime love!
Read Kris Jenner Got A Facelift for Daughter Kim Kardashian's Wedding!
One Tough Cookie has created same-sex bride and groom cookie pairings to celebrate Sunday, July 24th, 2011. It's the first day gay couples can legally marry in New York. Other One Tough Cookie cutouts include pencils, puppies, and log cabins. Couples may want to advise their tailors and seamstresses to let the stitching loose, just a wee bit, for the big day.
"I'm thrilled to be able to create these special wedding cookies in celebration of Sunday, July 24 – the first day gay couples can officially marry in New York," creator Gail Dosik said. "I'm proud that the state representatives who, just two years ago voted no, have come around to do what's right for all."
You can order the cookies and have them sent anywhere just in time for the ceremony!
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Associated Press Release
ATLANTA (AP) -- A partnership between an autism research center and the state of Georgia is working to boost early detection and diagnosis of the disorder.
Research shows that 1 in 88 children in the U.S. have autism spectrum disorder, which includes developmental disabilities that affect ability to communicate, understand language and relate to others.
In Georgia, state and contract employees are being trained to work with day care operators and pre-K providers to identify early warning signs and support parents.
Research shows that symptoms can be detected as early as the first two years of life, and early intervention is key.
The center hopes to expand the partnership to other states and is working with the U.S. Department of Education to bring its work to Head Start programs nationwide.


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Commemorative trail ride is fun
MORGAN'S BRIDGE — The wagons didn't show up for the commemorative Wagon Train but about 30 riders took advantage of the trail ride.
Morgan's Bridge was the campsite on Thursday.
The trail ride continues today from Morgan's Bridge to the lunch site at Trail Creek Road. Tonight's camp will be set up at Miner's Creek Road.
Everyone is welcome to join the trail ride at any point.
Musicians performed Thursday evening. Cowboy poetry will be featured tonight.
The ride ends at Cedar Creek on Saturday. At 1 p.m. on Saturday, the county is sponsoring a free barbecue at Cedar Creek.
Please call commission clerk Lynette George at (208) 782-3013 or email her at email@example.com to reserve a spot.
Remember to bring a lawn chair for the barbecue.
Bingham County Commissioners organized this commemorative ride to honor Idaho's Sesquicentennial; 150 years ago Idaho became a territory.
"We did this to commemorate what early settlers did," said Commissioner Ladd Carter. "We also thought possibly people haven't had opportunity to do this sort of thing.
"The kids have had so much fun," he said.
Five young riders had never been on a trail ride before.
Hannah Wolfley, 7, said the ride was "good."
Hannah is also an avid rock collector. She found three rocks with fossils just by walking along the road. She was also in no rush to leave the campsite.
Sierra Wolfley, 11, said, "It's awesome except for the heat."
"I'm riding in my mom's saddle," said Lily Wolfley.
"It's super fun," said 7-year-old Kamden Bruegeman. "I get to spend time with my grandma."
Sophie Waldrom told her grandpa, Whitney Manwaring, that "her butt was kind of little and boney." Her grandparents added more padding under her saddle.
Mike Dodge from Moreland and his granddaughter, Kyra Trahant, were watering their horses in the river at the campsite.
"We are doing this for the fun of it," Dodge said. "We didn't find the starting point so we took a ride around [Morgan's Bridge] and waited for the rest of the people to show up."
The trail ride was not without mishap. Rider Boyd Gardner's horse spooked and he was thrown.
Asked how he was he said, "I'm good."
Gardner has been on lots of wagon rides.
"I've been an outrider, wagon master and flunky," Gardner said. "I like being an outrider; checking on how everyone is doing."
He has been on wagon train rides, "mostly for the church." He has traveled on various wagon trains from Cardston, Alberta, Canada, to San Marino, Calif.; from Anacortes, Wash., to the Mississippi River.
Bruce Lloyd is the medic on this trek.
"I have a satellite phone and 700 radio with me in case we need to airlift someone out of here," said Commissioner Whitney Manwaring. "We have a buckboard filled with medical supplies, plus water and gator aide."
The pace of the trail ride was very inviting. The riders were at the campsite about mid-afternoon.
Kids were fishing in the river. Others were watering their horses and still others were preparing for the evening meal.


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Online Vendors
The following is a list of vendors that provide online purchase capability. You are able to purchase commodities from them through the internet.
- W.W. Grainger -- LCC Web Site
- Herman Miller -- Limited to desk chairs
- Office Depot- Single Source Vendor for Office Supplies
- MSU University Stores - Do Not Order Office Supplies
- Student Bookstore (SBS) - Textbooks
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Date of Show: Thursday, May 24
Synopsis: From punk rock mosh pits and sold-out stadiums to the Great White Way, this electrifying documentary follows Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong as he works with Broadway veterans to turn his mega-hit album, American Idiot, into a staged Broadway musical. The film goes behind the scenes to reveal the creative choices and challenges made by Grammy® winner Billie Joe and Tony® winning director Michael Mayer (Spring Awakening) to create the thrilling and one-of-a-kind musical experience. More than just a making-of profile, Broadway Idiot is a portrait of a world-famous artist having the guts to try something totally new. The film provides insider access to dress rehearsals, planning and performances that reveal Billie's personal transformation from rock star to Broadway star. Broadway Idiot provides a unique window into the art of theater as rock stars and stage stars collide and create something never seen before.


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The Carolina Hurricanes fired coach Kirk Muller and most of his coaching staff Monday, one week into Ron Francis' tenure as general manager.
RALEIGH, N.C. — The Carolina Hurricanes fired coach Kirk Muller and most of his coaching staff Monday, one week into Ron Francis' tenure as general manager.
"Kirk and his staff worked very hard, but we feel that the team is in need of a fresh start at this time," Francis said in a statement issued by the team.
The Hurricanes scheduled a 2 p.m. EDT news conference to discuss the moves.
Assistants John MacLean and Dave Lewis also were fired and goaltending coach Greg Stefan was reassigned back to the team's pro scouting department.
Rod Brind'Amour, a third-year assistant who was the captain of Carolina's Cup-winning team, will remain part of the coaching staff, Francis said.
Muller was 80-80-27 in three seasons with the Hurricanes, who haven't made the playoffs since 2009, the longest active drought in the Eastern Conference. Carolina finished 13th in the 16-team East this season and has missed the postseason in seven of the eight years since winning its only Stanley Cup in 2006.
Muller, 48, made six All-Star teams during a 19-year career with six clubs, most notably New Jersey and Montreal.
He had never been a head coach in the NHL and was in his first season coaching the Milwaukee Admirals of the AHL when he was hired during the 2011-12 season to replace the fired Paul Maurice.
The relentlessly positive Muller spent the past month in limbo, saying in mid-April that upper management had not told him anything about his job status and that he was going about his business as if he would remain the coach.
While owner Peter Karmanos Jr. said late in the season that he liked the coaching staff, he added last week that any decision on Muller's fate would be entirely Francis'.
During his formal introduction as GM last week, Francis said his impending decision on Muller's status "needs due process."
Muller's final season was doomed by subpar years from the four highest-paid players on the roster — forwards Alexander Semin and Eric and Jordan Staal, and goalie Cam Ward.
When Ward was asked during his exit interview if it was tough for Muller to get his message across in the dressing room, the goalie said "for me, obviously, I'm going to avoid that one."
MacLean, a teammate of Muller's in New Jersey and Dallas, and Lewis, a former head coach with three NHL clubs, each spent the past three seasons on Carolina's staff.
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The five-station extension provides a direct train-to-plane connection for travelers taking public transportation to San Francisco International Airport.
"The SFO extension is a crowning achievement for the Bay Area," said BART Board Director James Fang. "The public has embraced this so much that the extension fares not only cover all of its operating expenses, it also makes money we can use to invest in other customer improvements and future BART extensions. We think this can serve as a model for other rail agencies."
Ridership on the extension continues to grow. Ridership has increased by 27 percent over the past four years and, in the past two years, it's grown at a rate of 10 percent.
The BART to SFO Extension is 8.7 miles long and consists of five stations: Colma, South San Francisco, San Bruno, San Francisco International Airport and Millbrae.


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If you're looking for truly special clothing, look no further. Momi Boutique offers very rare and unique styles for your little girl. All of their items are handmade with love and it definitely shows.
Despite my bachelor's degree in Marketing, fashion & design have always held a special place in my heart. Throughout my childhood I could often be found sketching away a clothing line that I only dreamed of creating. My mother spent countless hours in front of her sewing machine my entire childhood so fashion runs thick in my blood. It was during my pregnancy with my first daughter, Lilyahna., that I once again had a burning desire to create. After searching high & low for the "perfect" crib bedding I decided I would make it myself. After many hours of hand stitching little decorative pillows my boyfriend (now husband) bought me my sewing machine, I moved on to children's fashion & the rest is history! My daughter never slept in her crib once, however, a business was born & a dream had come true.
My passion is designing & creating unique designs for anywhere her little feet take her! In my shops you will see sets that are CuTe, yet ClaSsY & will make any little girl look like a Doll. You will find styles ranging from shabby chic to euro pageant. Here at MOMI boutique we have an eye & a love for it all! I am very passionate about my creations & enjoy the thrill of working from home with Lily & Leah by my side.
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WARRENSBURG, MO (Sept. 17, 2012) – Building upon a strong town-gown relationship between the University of Central Missouri and the local community, the first "Tailgate with the City" is planned for Saturday, Oct. 13, immediately following the 2012 Homecoming Parade in downtown Warrensburg.
This special outdoor event, featuring food, children's, games, entertainment , vendors and more, is planned for 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.at the civic center complex at 102 S. Holden St. It is coordinated by a committee that includes representatives of the City of Warrensburg, Warrensburg Main Street, Warrensburg R-VI School District, and UCM. Student volunteers from Warrensburg High School also will assist with the event.
All activities are designed to give UCM students, employees and alumni, local families, and community visitors fun options in the downtown area between the conclusion of the parade and the beginning of the Mules Homecoming football game. Attractions include demonstrations/performances by Spirit Express, students from UCM's Department of Theatre and Dance, and the Team Air tumblers from the Warrensburg Parks and Recreation Department. CenturyLink is sponsoring a children's inflatable, and there will be a variety of other opportunities such as children's bounce houses, games, face painting, hoop shoot, ring toss, football throw, and a visit from Mo the Mule. A variety of food items such as hotdogs, cupcakes, and soft drinks will be available, along with a DJ and static displays such as a National Guard helicopter and a fire truck provided by the Warrensburg Fire Department.
Opportunities for additional food vendors still are available. Anyone interested should contact Julie Turnipseed at 660-429-3988 or email email@example.com. The deadline for vendor registration is 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28. Turnipseed is also the contact for individuals who have question or simply want to learn more about the event.


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A few predictions for the Sox starters:
- Curt Schilling: 16-9
- Josh Beckett: 17-7
- Daisuke Matsuzaka: 14-12
- Jon Papelbon: 14-10
- Tim Wakefield: 12-14
- Jon Lester: 8-4
- The rest: 15-10
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If I did my math right, that's 106 wins... holy shit! Are we that good on paper?
Jim -- good catch. I was using Dubbya's "fuzzy math" in my win column. 96 wins was what I was shooting for -- I've adjusted the "other category" to "15 wins" so that the numbers now add up.


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I did not want to write about this. I still do not want to write about this. But, I feel compelled to write about this. By this I mean the recent water cooler gossip that Brian Burke's job may be in jeopardy thanks to events in his personal life. I was not going to write about it until I read what Steve Simmons had to say.
I'm sure you're all familiar with the story by now. If not let Greg Wyshynski sum it up for us:
On Sunday, a Toronto sports website called BlueToro.ca published a report — since deleted, but cached here — that Toronto Maple Leafs GM Brian Burke "could soon be" fired by Maple Leafs Sports Entertainment "because of an extracurricular incident, implicating other MLSE employees."Essentially, the blog published innuendo that had been passed around the Toronto hockey and media fraternities for the last several weeks with the frequency of children trading sports cards. (link)
When I read the original blog post I quickly dismissed it as baseless speculation at best, and libel at worst. Obviously someone out there agreed with the latter as the post has since been taken down. The site must have gotten more hits than Cal Clutterbuck and this apparently lead to Bob Mackenzie addressing and confirming that these were in fact only rumours.
Steve Simmons also weighed in on the matter in this post. After telling us that these rumours have been passed around for months but have no truth to them Simmons proceeds to tell us all exactly what those rumours are. This is the first I had seen of these rumours actually published anywhere, the Toro post made no specific reference to them, nor did Mackenzie. According to Simmons: "This much we know, even though it isn't our business. Burke is apparently having marital problems." It seems like a specialty of certain writers to make a statement and immediately follow it up with the exact opposite of what they just said, e.g. "Not that Phil Kessel deserves anymore pressure but he has yet to win a Stanley Cup in his career."
Even though it was none of anyone's business Simmons became the first person, which I'm aware of, to put into print the actual rumours about Burke. So that's good. How did it come to this you may ask? Well, allow Mr. Simmons to explain:
So what has happened here? The worst of the modern world of journalism and the blogosphere is at play here. A story gets whispered about and talked about so often that it becomes truth simply by being spread regularly — and in this case by people who should know better. From word of mouth it makes its way to Twitter or a blog or somewhere where the principles of journalism are not exhibited. The regular rules of attribution and sourcing don't exist in non-traditional media outlets such as blogs.
Again we see the trope of following up one thought with a contrary one. While he says that this was the result of "the worst of the modern world of journalism and the blogosphere" he proceeds to blame the whole thing on the blogs and our apparently non- attributing, non-traditional osphere. (As a side note I've used footnotes in many of my posts.)
Most of the people I read regularly or follow on Twitter- MSM or Blogger- have moved past the "MSM vs. Blogger" battle and recognized that content is what matters. The medium is no longer the message. Apparently Mr. Simmons disagrees. What I find interesting is that both he and I had the same thought when we first heard the rumours. His "initial inclination was to let this pass". Hey mine too! Does that make me a journalist? Unfortunately other people would just not let it go and "the more I've been asked about it by prominent hockey people, the more there seemed a need to bring some calm to rumours that have no validity."
So, instead of simply saying that these rumours had no validity, Simmons explicitly stated what the rumours were, and then told us all that it was not true and was none of our business anyway. What's worse it that there was absolutely no reason for him to include the conjecture about Burke's personal life. The rumour that most people heard and that needed to be addressed was that, for some reason, Burke was going to be fired. Now, thanks to the responsible journalism of Mr. Simmons we all know that Burke is "apparently having marital problems".
I don't want to suggest that Steve Simmons is a hypocrite, but he published a rumour about Brian Burke's personal life in a post attempting to silence rumours about Brian Burke's professional life. See what I did there?


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Students Design Pennsylvania Bridge at Stevens Institute of Technology
Civil Engineering students at Stevens Institute of Technology are engineering a solution to a real life problem with a bridge replacement project in Lower Salford Township, Pennsylvania. The Senior Design team of Jeffrey Hart, Louis Nemeth, Michael Pagliaro, Anne Marie Prieto, and Edzon Valle, and advised by Associate Professor of Civil Engineering Dr. Leslie Brunell, designed a two-lane replacement for the current one-lane bridge over Skippack Creek. The project is sponsored and evaluated by The Louis Berger Group, Inc.
Bridge ModelThe team's final product is an 83-foot two-lane single-span bridge design that conforms to design specifications of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) and Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) while minimizing environmental impact and keeping costs low.
Even with the rigorous design guidelines, the project allowed the team to develop its own solution to the problem of replacing a deteriorating single-lane bridge. "In this project, we got to do everything from scratch. The project was ours," Ann Marie says. "It was a wonderful learning experience."
The team drew upon their experiences in Stevens classrooms and in the field through Stevens extensive cooperative education experience to design their project. "Bridge design was a totally new area for most us, but we were prepared in other ways," Michael says. "We incorporated everything we learned before – steel design, concrete design, geotechnical engineering, and water resources engineering – and we took it up a level to apply it all to a bridge. We had to learn a lot really fast, but this was very advantageous to our future careers."
"This project introduced the team to the many facets of a typical design project, and allowed the team mebers to focus on specific areas of the design while gaining familiarity with other aspects," says Dr. Brunell. "This introduction to a complete bridge design will hopefully help them real-world engineering fundamentals as they begin their careers as engineers."
In addition to designing by AASHTO and PennDOT regulations, the team had to contend with scour, the removal of sediment from around bridge abutments by swift-moving water. Scour is the most common cause of bridge failure in the United States. Jeffrey Hart was in charge of ensuring that the bridge does not negatively impact the stream it runs over. This meant checking 100 years of floodplain data, evaluating the scour to the previous bridge, and designing a solution for the bridge they designed.
For Louis, overcoming real-world challenges like scour are what make civil engineering so engaging. "A lot of what appealed to me was the ability to be on-site. You can be out there on a construction site, faced with real challenges, as opposed to working in a cubicle."
The project challenged each member of the team to design every aspect of the bridge to the best of their abilities. "I'm a 5/5 co-op student, so I was exposed to bridges in my work, and the calculations associated with them. In co-op though, I was only reviewing calculations," explains Edzon Valle. "For Senior Design, we had to design from the ground up. It was a great challenge. We spent a lot of time and hard work on that, and it ended up being very rewarding."
It was the application of all these components that led Edzon to pursue civil engineering. "I'm a structural guy. I like the theory behind it, and I really enjoy doing the structural component," he says. "I was debating whether buildings or bridges, but given my experience with this, and my co-op experience, I know that I am definitely going to design bridges."
About The Louis Berger Group, Inc.
The Louis Berger Group, Inc., is an internationally recognized consulting firm that provides engineering, architecture, program and construction management, environmental planning and science, and economic development services. The group is devoted and trusted partner to federal, state, and local government agencies; multilateral institutions; and commercial industry. To this diverse client base, it brings strategic vision and an entrepreneurial spirit, developing innovative solutions to some of the world's most challenging problems. With a resource base of 5,000 employees and affiliate employees in more than 90 countries, The Louis Berger Group is able to respond to local conditions while providing its clients with the technical resources and rapid response capabilities of a leading global organization.


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I've been looking hard at the L2D-CE as a task light to supplement my SWAT kit. Though I've already got lights on me in my getup, one is mounted on my weapon, and the other is a S/F with P60 lamp assembly, which won't give me much run-time. The L2D-CE with its variable outputs and use of common batteries seems to be an answer to the cost of buying primary CR123's.
It seems most results people are talking about are attained using Energizer Lithium primaries, which at Sam's Club cost ~$20 for 12, which isn't a whole lot better than buying primary CR123's.
Will Energizer rechargeable 1.2V NiMH cells rated at 2500mAh work in the L2D? Is there a better rechargeable battery alternative?


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Maybe an Avira user will post which option they chose and why.
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Configuration :: Guard
You will normally want to monitor your system constantly. To this end, use the Guard (= on-access scanner). You can thus scan all files that are copied or opened on the computer "on the fly", for viruses and unwanted programs.
Scan mode
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Scan when reading
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Scan when writing
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Scan when reading and writing
If this option is enabled, the Guard scans files before opening, reading and executing and after writing. This option is enabled as the default setting and is recommended.