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From Deepholm, an ancient evil arises to pose a new threat to Azeroth and Kalimdor. As the battle rages on with the Undead Scourge, the world has undergone drastic changes signaling the rise of another epic adventure. World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, the 3rd installment of the highly popular MMORPG has taken the franchise into another dimension of Blizzard awesomeness. New races, new race-class combinations, new zones, instances, battlegrounds and raids,and an all new level cap of 85. It will be a completely different game than you've ever experienced in Northrend.
There have been several revamps in content that we've become attuned to in Wrath of the Lich King, and our Mr. and Ms. Popular in raids and groups, the Tanks, will have to get used to a whole new system that will challenge the tanks in adjusting their rotations and strategies in the game. Check it out tankers, here's a sweet short glimpse of what's in store for you in Cataclysm.
The Stats system has changed, rechanged, and changed again. This time statsare focused to what Blizzard likes to call "core" stats which simplifies and amplifies each statistic. Don't worry though because some are not completely removed, they've just been incorporated into the main stats and removed from gears so that players can have an easier and less strenuous time gearing up. Tanks should primarily concern themselves with the removal of Defense Rating and Armor Penetration Rating as they'll be replaced by stats coming from the Talent tree. In the absence of those, Stamina has been increased in gears.
Our classis tanks, the Warrior class, have undergone several revamps in Cata. The most notable is the mitigation and management of Rage. Warriors now have "Rage Normalization", a new system introduced to standardize the Rage accumulation and consumption. Rage doesn't rely anymore on the amount of damage dealt or received but instead will be based on the health the Warrior has. This is an attempt to solve the issue of Rage management and Rage starvation in battles.
Various attacks have also changed their Rage cost in exchange for higher damage or higher threat like Heroic Strike and Maul. While Shouts such as Battle Shout, Commanding Shout, and Demoralizing Shout will have no more Rage cost. These changes may leave a Warrior dumbfounded once Cataclysm hits our hard drives as strategies and rotations may differ from what they've been used to. But hey, gaming's boring if we things over and over, right?
Our fuzzy-bear Feral druids will undergo a similar change as that of the Warrior, as "Rage Normalization" takes into effect. They will also enjoy additional skills beyond level 80 that may help them maintain agro while tanking. One of them is "Thrash" where bear druids deal damage and cause the targets within 10 yards to bleed. This additional skill allows our ADHD druid tanks to have another button to press during an encounter.
Our light-binding Paladin tanks will be more than happy with their additional skill, "Guardian of Ancient Kings". The skill summons a guardian (duh) that either heals a target (for Holy specced Pallys) or absorbs all damage (for Protection Pallys) in a period of time. The Protection spec will be buffed up for a more tank-focused tree, where Paladins under the tree will have improved and focused defenses and threat generators that will help maintain agro.
Finally, our tanks with a lost identity, the Death Knights, will be having Blood as a dedicated tank tree leaving Frost and Unholy more room to grow in DPS. Runes will now generate faster by sets of 2 instead of one at a time making skill rotation faster. Additional skill that can be helpful in surviving as tanks is "Necrotic Strike", a skill that allows the Death Knight to deal and absorb damage to and from the enemy.
Cataclysm is a whole new game for tanks, and if you're attack pattern works in Wrath of the Lich King, don't expect it to work as well in the 3rd expansion. Tanks are generally regarded as the person that can screw up or make up the battle at the beginning of an encounter. So better read up and stay updated as we approach Cata's arrival so that us DPS and Healers won't get pissed at you.


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What A Job: Making Sure No Brands Appear In A Movie
from the holy-waste-of-resources deptRob Hyndman alerts us to a column from an entertainment industry lawyer, explaining his job in "errors and omissions clearance procedures." Basically, the job is watching movies to make sure nothing gets on the screen that doesn't have permission:
Every single character's name in the script must be checked to ensure there isn't someone out there with that exact name who may think they are being portrayed without their permission. All the proposed signage for stores, institutions and other locations must be researched to ensure the names and logos are not subject to copyright or trademark restrictions. If the characters and locations are real, permission must be granted and consents signed. Only certain phone and license plate numbers may be used.What a stupendous waste of time, money and resources. But it shows what a ridiculous society we've created, where intellectual property law means that you can't have a McDonald's appear anywhere in the background in a movie. I'm sure that's exactly what our founding fathers were concerned about when they put in place the constitutional clause about "promoting the progress."
Once the script is written and production begins, all props on set must be checked to ensure no copyright or trademark infringement exists. Fictional cereal being eaten in the fictional restaurant by the fictional family must be cleared before the box can be put on the table.
A rough version of the finished production is then reviewed to ensure nothing was missed and no golden arches appear in the background of the outdoor shot at an intersection in a busy downtown location.
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This package redesign helps reinforce the credibility of the science behind Celsius in a fresh, eye-catching design.
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Celsius Holdings, Inc., (Other OTC: CELH.PK) the creator and marketer of Celsius®, the world's first calorie burning drink backed by clinical science, announced the unveiling of a newer, chicer packaging for the company's ready-to-drink supplement line. With brighter colors and more appealing information for consumers, the new package design stays true to the premium standard that Celsius fans have enjoyed for years.
It's the same great taste and clinically proven formula, but with a completely revamped look. The new package design, which begins shipping in November, highlights Celsius' key benefits of burning more calories and providing lasting energy. Overall, the updated look and feel will appeal to Celsius' target audience and hopefully reach an even wider demographic as well.
"This package redesign helps reinforce the credibility of the science behind Celsius in a fresh, eye-catching design," says Gerry David, CEO of Celsius Holdings, Inc. "The redesign is just the first step in a large-scale marketing effort to expand the Celsius brand. This new design release coincides with our single-serving distribution strategy, which provides a lower entry price for the consumer to stimulate trial. We're also greatly looking forward to the consumer reaction. So far it has been extremely positive."
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Donna Farhi: In its broadest sense Yoga is a return to wholeness. There is an uncompromising belief in yoga philosophy that wholeness is our implicit birthright. But most of us forget our wholeness, or in yogic terms we forget our true nature, and we live in a kind of illusion that we are alone. We suffer from a kind of spiritual amnesia that makes us feel separate from our authentic selves, separate from others, separate from nature. Even as we are taking a breath in, literally taking the world into us, we still think we are the masters of our own separate universe. Yoga is any practice that restores this original wholeness and sense of connection with the world.
The wonderful thing about Yoga as a life practice is that one can choose practices that suit ones constitution, age, and time of life. So for one person, meditating restores her sense of wholeness, for another it may involve rigorous physical postures, and for others a commitment to service to the community. Regardless of the practice, the ultimate purpose of yoga is to break out of this amnesia and to live every day with a full awareness, appreciation, and humility, that are part of a much bigger picture. Yoga says that when we live with that awareness we are living in freedom.
Q: Many preconceptions result from others attempting to define or classify yoga as a religion, science, or new age meditative practice. What are your thoughts on this?
Donna Farhi: First, there's nothing new age or new about yoga. It's a tradition literally thousands of years old, which is to our advantage because it means that the basic precepts of the whole practice have been tested over time and proven sound. Yoga is really more clearly defined as a technology for bringing about an experience of stillness and equanimity. And while it's not a religion, the practice of the central precepts of yoga inevitably draws people to the direct experience of those truths on which religion rests. So you can be a Christian who practices yoga, or a Hindu or Buddhist or Catholic that practices yoga, because the underlying precepts are the same. What's different is that yoga doesn't claim to be the only or best set of beliefs, which is so often the cause of disharmony and violence and bloodshed between different religions. Yoga says that no matter who you are, your essence and heart are the same as those of everyone else in the world.
The basic premises of yoga were set down thousands of years ago by people called Seers, meaning that their lens of perception was so unadulterated, so pure, that they could observe the very workings of Nature. Religion asks us to believe. Yoga doesn't ask us to believe anything until we've proven it's true for us. Yoga says, "Hhere are some observations gleaned over time through the minds and hearts of clear seeing people about how to live a life of freedom. Check them out for yourself and find through your own direct experience the truth about yourself."
Q: Why do you feel yoga is becoming more popular now?
Donna Farhi: I think that yoga is becoming popular in America, in particular, because Americans are experiencing a crisis of meaning in their lives. And this crisis of meaning exists on all levels - for instance in the work place with people who don't find their work satisfying or meaningful in any way. Most of the physical fitness regimens that have dominated American life since the turn of the century have been fundamentally mechanical; they treat the body as some kind of object to be manipulated. If you look at the advertising around fitness these days, the body is referred to in much the same way as a car or a machine. I think Americans are now looking for activities that could be better described as life practices, which enable us to be not only healthy and fit physically, but emotionally and spiritually as well. The primary goal of most life practices is to burn calories, but to foster a deep sense of well being on all levels of our lives. And because they are so much about skill building and refinement, they are immensely challenging and interesting and you can do them for a lifetime without ever getting bored. It's like the difference between someone who makes the commitment to learn to dance versus taking an aerobics class. One cultivates meaning that is larger than itself.


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Today it is the turn of Sonia from Fabric And Flowers whose project uses the Brighton Rock bundle.
Here is the full schedule of the blogs on the bloghop:
31 June: Jo from My Bearpaw
1 July: Kerry from Very Kerry Berry
3 July: Nicky from Mrs Sew And Sow
4 July: Helen from Archie The Wonder Dog
7 July: Sonia from Fabric And Flowers
8 July: Charlotte from Displacement Activity
10 July: Trudi from Trudi-Quilting Prolifically
11 July: Susan Claire from Gourmet Quilter
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Welcome to Flotte Istanbul,
we bought an old car to start a three month trip to Istanbul in August 2011.
The simple aim of our project was trying to record the moments we spent with
different artists on our way to Turkey. After all travel experience we made
in the past, we found out that encounters are the most valuable gift of travelling.
Follow the links to spend some time with us, meeting interesting people.
Cheers Flo & Otte
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Dr. John Webster of the School of Divinity, History and Philosophy of King's College of the University of Aberdeen will present "The Queen of the Arts? Theology and the Humanities" as the 2010 Danforth Lecture at Hope College on Monday, March 8, at 4 p.m. in Winants Auditorium of Graves Hall.
Dr. John Webster of the School of Divinity, History and Philosophy of King's College of the University of Aberdeen will present "The Queen of the Arts? Theology and the Humanities" as the 2010 Danforth Lecture at Hope College on Monday, March 8, at 4 p.m. in Winants Auditorium of Graves Hall.
The public is invited. Admission is free.
The lecture will sketch a theology of the liberal arts, arguing that theology talks about created intelligence by talking of God who is wise and gives the gift of wisdom. Webster will reflect on St. Bonaventure's Reduction of the Arts to Theology (1270), in which all human arts are traced to their origin in the triune God who illuminates all things.
After studying English and theology, Webster undertook doctoral work on the German Lutheran systematic and philosophical theologian Eberhard Juengel. He taught in Durham and then in Canada as a professor at Wycliffe College, the University of Toronto, and before coming to Aberdeen spent seven years as Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity at the University of Oxford. He has a range of interests in the fields of systematic, historical and moral theology.
He is a founding editor of the "International Journal of Systematic Theology," and on the editorial board of the "International Journal for the Study of the Christian Church" and of the "Scottish Journal of Theology Monographs." He is also a series editor of "The Great Theologians" and "Barth Studies" for Ashgate. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2005.
In the area of constructive Christian dogmatics, Webster's research concerns questions of the nature of dogmatic theology and of its material content as the rational articulation of the Christian gospel. His particular interests are in the doctrine of the divine attributes, Christology and soteriology, and in human response to the divine work (especially ecclesiology and ethics). His major long-term writing project is a multi-volume systematic theology. With Professors Ian Torrance and Kathryn Tanner, he recently published the "Oxford Handbook to Systematic Theology."
Much of his work for the last two decades has been concerned with modern historical theology, and in particular the history of the migration of Christian theology to the margins of the dominant intellectual and cultural institutions of the West. The focus has involved particular attention to the career of modern Protestantism in the last two centuries.
He has a special research interest in the theology of Karl Barth, where he has developed a rather different account from that found in most interpreters. Webster emphasizes the central significance of biblical interpretation and the Reformed tradition in Barth's work, and views his ethical interests as an integral part of his theology throughout his career. He is currently researching Barth's theology in the 1920s.
In recent years he has developed an interest in giving a doctrinal account of the nature and interpretation of Scripture, one which is not dominated by hermeneutical theory but which gives an account of Scripture and its readers through such doctrinal themes as revelation, salvation, sanctification and church. In this connection, he is currently preparing a theological commentary on Ephesians.
The Danforth Lecture is sponsored by the Hope College department of religion with support from an endowment established by the Danforth Foundation of St. Louis, Mo. The program was established by the foundation "to deepen and enlarge the religious dimension of the campus family through speakers who can reflect on the broad, interdenominational and yet positive sense of the Judaeo-Christian perspectives of life and existence."
Some of the many distinguished scholars who have visited the campus through the program in the past include theologian Dr. Martin E. Marty of the University of Chicago Divinity School; Dr. Phyllis Trible of Union Theological Seminary; Dr. Jon D. Levenson of Harvard University; Dr. Daniel Maguire of Marquette University; and Dr. Allen Verhey of the Divinity School at Duke University.
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Names Paul Nelson, I'm a massive reader of dark fiction, Horror, Fantasy, Thriller. I also review for website Shelfinflicted and for Scream Horror Magazine and Website.
Favourite authors include John Connolly, Lee Thompson, Ed Lorn, Craig Saunders, Joe Hill, Kealan Patrick Burke, Mark Lawrence, Joe Abercrombie, Michael McBride, James Newman & Stephen King. Just to name a few.
I also collect Signed first editions, wish I'd got more money, there's so many books I want and there needs to be more hours in the day.


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Molly Landreth explores concepts of identity and community through intimate large-format film photography and multimedia collaboration. She has exhibited and spoken about her work at the Seattle Art Museum Gallery, the Jen Bekman Gallery, Leslie/Lohman Gallery and Kathleen Cullen Fine Art in New York as well as many other institutions and festivals internationally. Landreth was the recipient of the Robert Giard Memorial Fellowship and named one of Humble Art Foundation's Top 31 Emerging Art Photographers. Her work has been featured in the New York Times Lens Blog, Time Magazine's LightBox, LeMonde, The Guardian and The Advocate. Her editorial clients include The New Yorker, Newsweek and Marie Claire. Landreth earned an MFA in Photography,Video and Related Media from the School of Visual Arts in New York and a BA in Studio Art from Scripps College in California. She is based in Seattle and is faculty at Photo Center Northwest.
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However, it is unclear what parties her coalition will comprise. A grand coalition with the social democrats, the SPD party, which won 25.7% and has pro-coal and lignite tendencies, is possible.
Alternatively, the Greens with 8.4% might be persuaded to join the CDU/CSU to add a stronger renewables leaning to a future coalition.
The Left party clocked up 8.4%. In the unlikely event that SPD and Greens agree to work with the Left Party to total 42.7%, Merkel's strength could be challenged.
The anti-renewable liberal FDP Party has been thrown out of parliament altogether, getting less than 5% of the vote.
Future wind and renewables plans will , anyway, be tempered by the upper house (Bundesrat) — representing the federal states — which is dominated by the SPD and the Greens.


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Thank goodness for Stephen Colbert, who got a nice jab in at NBC on its own late-night Olympics broadcast last night. (As a reminder, NBC is the network that refuses to let you actually watch the Olympics, by offering tape-delayed coverage, fake authenticity, and fake patriotism all around.)
After finishing a goofy segment with Bob Costas, Colbert got up from his chair and climbed all the way into the fake fireplace on NBC's set.
"You know, it's the authenticity that I really appreciate about NBC!" he said. Bob Costas lost it, laughing hysterically during Colbert's gag.
Because NBC wants to keep an exclusive on its Olympics Web video, we can't embed the clip. But you can click here to watch it on NBC's site, if you have Microsoft's Silverlight plugin installed. The fireplace goof starts around the 5 minute, 40 second mark.
Around the 4 minute, 40 second mark, you can see Bob Costas mounting a stuffed moose, from a Colbert Report taping earlier in the day.
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Nicholas Arnold lives in Ohio and was born in 1997.
• Nicholas' favorite subjects in school are language arts and social studies.
• He is a member of the Boy Scouts of America and Miracle League of Central Ohio.
• Some of Nicholas' hobbies are reading, photography, traveling, and playing golf.
• He also likes going to museums in his spare time.
"What really makes a good reporter is the ability to put the reader in the article. I hope to learn how to ask essential questions and supporting questions that will allow me to write a high-quality article."


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Ladies and gentlemen....children of alllllll ages want to see Mattel® STEP RIGHT UP and cannonball Crackers the Clown into the wonderful Masters of the Universe Classics line!
Crackers the Clown doesn't come to Eternia all alone either! He comes with his Circus Train vehicle, Myrtle the Circus Elephant could be a large scale beast item, as well as the rest of the Sideshow from under the Eternian Big Top including the Human Cannonball and The Star of the Show, The Great Orlando's trapeze act!!!
Also a possible variant for Crackers from the vintage Freak Show-style circus poster with his blue outfit and RED clown nose! Too bad they cancelled the Toys Я Us 2 paks as this would be perfect for them!


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- 12:00PM - I was getting in the shower & noticed that I had lost my mucus plug. I figured that it meant that labor was getting close. But since it was still a bit early, I assumed that I still had a few days at least! I tried not to read too much into it.
- 7:00PM - Some awesome ladies from my church threw kind of a last minute combined baby shower for me and a few other expectant mothers in our church. The decorations were adorable, and the food and treats were yummy!
At about 8:30PM, I was sitting at the table just chit-chatting with everyone when I felt a little bit of fluid trickle out of you-know-where. Hmm... at this point I wasn't sure if I had just peed a little or what. I knew that it very well could have been my water breaking, since that exact thing happened with Bennett. Since I was surrounded by people, I didn't want to make a big spectacle and to be honest, I was in a little bit of denial - and so - I just sat there for about another 10 minutes talking and laughing. Pretty soon, I knew that I would have to get up eventually and just let whatever was going to happen, happen. So....
- 8:45PM - I stood up from the table at my baby shower and POP. My water broke everywhere!!! I stood there in shock for a little while, not really sure how to tell everyone that I was leaking amniotic fluid all over the floor. So I just kind of mumbled it to my friend sitting next to me and of course this was her reaction: "Oh my gosh!! Are you serious?! Everyone!! Mandy's water just broke!" Within seconds everyone was standing around me asking what they could do and how they could help! I suddenly got so emotional, I just stood there and started crying. Partly because I was embarrassed (not that I should have been, we were all Mothers!), but mostly because I realized that I was going to be HAVING A BABY in the next day or two. I pretty much had a meltdown in the middle of Marisa's kitchen. Once I got it together, Janea and a few others helped me get my stuff together and got me to my car.
*I just want to make sure I say how grateful I am to all of the amazing ladies at church. They were are so supportive and wonderful. Couldn't have been with a better group of people at the time.
- 9:00PM - Contractions start. They are mild, but definitely consistent.
- 9:15PM - Arrive at home & tell Philip what had happened. We immediately called my sister & brother-in-law to see if they could come and stay with Bennett. We had to get to the hospital pretty quickly because I needed to get the antibiotics for the Group B Strep that I had tested positive for. You are supposed to get them 4 hours prior to delivery. And even though I kind of assumed that my labor would be a lot longer than 4 hours, my OB told me to go straight in if my water breaks. Philip and I went upstairs, finished packing up our hospital bags and I had another break down.
At this point, I was so emotional. I was just in disbelief. I mean, I knew that I was getting close to my due date but when it all started happening - I just freaked out. I was worried about what labor would be like this time and how I would handle it. I was already starting to miss Bennett, knowing that I wouldn't see him much for the next few days. And I was excited that I was going to meet my new little man so soon!!
My sister and brother-in-law showed up around 9:30 (luckily they live only a mile away). We gave them a quick run down on what was happening with Bennett's schedule and then we left for the hospital.
- 9:45PM - Left for the hospital.
- 10:30PM - Arrived at the hospital. We got all checked in, the nurses start monitoring the contractions. They were coming every 3-4 minutes and were lasting about 60 seconds each.
- 11:30PM - I'm 4cm dilated.
- 11:45PM - Contractions are getting WORSE! They are feeling pretty dang intense at this point. Decided to get the epidural. Felt it slightly. If you remember in Bennett's birth story - I got the epidural and it failed. It pretty much did the same thing this time. I had a tiny bit of relief but for the most part, I still felt everything pretty strongly.
(from here on out.... the story goes quickly!!)
By midnight, I was feeling quite a bit of pain still, but luckily the epidural took the edge off a little bit. I could have a normal conversation in between contractions. I could tell that they were getting stronger and closer together. My labor seemed to be progressing very fast!! This was good news because it meant that the baby was NOT posterior anymore!! Posterior babies have a pretty hard time progressing and dropping so we were fairly confident that he was facing the right direction!! Halleluiah!
So what did I do?? I rolled to my side and squeezed my legs together. I started mumbling something along the lines of "No, I'm not ready yet. I don't want to have this baby right now!" The nurses and my Mom and Philip had to keep reminding me that there was nothing I could do to stop it. This baby was pretty much almost out already.
My OB showed up right around 2:00AM, scrubbed up real quick and told me that this baby would probably be born any minute.
I got in position and gave a good push. Immediately, with the first push, you could see a couple inches of his head emerging. I pushed again with the next contraction and he came out a little more. I'm not gonna lie - with an epidural that was barely there, I could FEEL what they call "the ring of fire". I felt it with Bennett, too... but I totally forgot how much it hurts!! Ouch.
The next set of contractions came and my OB told me to basically just push with everything I had and my little boy would be here!! So that's exactly what I did. I pushed as hard as I could and his head came out. She promptly told me to stop pushing and to wait for a minute. The umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck so she needed to unwind it before I got him out the rest of the way. Seriously, the anticipation was killing me!!
As we stared at him, 2 names came to mind. One that my Husband really favored, and one that I really liked. Looking back, I think I would have been happy whichever name we chose but at the time - I really felt strongly that Easton was his name. And Michael would be his middle name. And that was that. (the story how this name was chosen is coming soon!)


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Vol. XXII No. 14
BETHEL INSTITUTE, St. Paul, Minnesota April 21, 1943
April 29—May 2
The Student Missionary Confer-ence,
which met in October at
Gustavus Adolphus College, is hold-ing
the spring meeting at the
Lutheran Bible Institute in Minn-eapolis.
School Song Is Composed Class Examine
bur Ericson is also a composer of
no meager talent, dashing off a
song every now and then.
It has just recently been brought
to our attention that he has written
a Bethel School Song, collabora-ting
with Maurice Lundh on the
words. Way back in October he had
noticed Bethel's lack of such a
song, so one day, fifteen minutes
before dinner, he scribbled it down
on paper. In the future, if the stu-dent
body likes it, he is planning to
arrange it for chorus and instru-mental
Wilbur also says he is planning
to compose a pep song, and if any-one
wishes to write some words,
he will put them to music.
The words to his Bethel School
Song are as follows:
In the shadow of the past,
Bethel stands by God's grace.
We will sing her praises to the
He name we'll not disgrace.,
For our Alma Mater true,
We will always do our best.
And we give our thanks our God
to You,
For Bethel will stand.
Tours to U. of M.
Are Planned
A Bethel Alumni Association at
the University of Minnesota is or-ganized
under the leadership of K.
J. Karlson, Jr.
The Association and the Bethel
Student Council recognized the
need for such an organization to
help Bethel students at the Uni-versity
become acquainted with the
campus and faculty and to orient
and adjust themselves to the new
The Student Council plans to
conduct tours of the University for
students who plan to atttend here
next year.
Violet Carlson, Seminary Sen-ior,
has finished her first copy for
her thesis. The topic deals with
church unity.
desperately to under-your
ears have drifted
Chopin? You immedi-
" for who else at Be-is
gradually be-
Johnson Speaks
for Life Week
Deeper Life Week is being ob-served
at Bethel this week with
the theme, "The Living Christ" or
"The Real Christ." Two meetings
are held each day at 9:45 and
The speaker is Rev. J. G. John-son,
pastor of the Elim Church,
who is known throughout the
country as a powerful evangelist.
Last summer he held tent meetings
in both north and south Chicago,
and while he was there he spoke
at the Christian Business Men's
meetings each noon. Their ser-vices
were some of the most suc-cessful
that have ever been held
in Chicago.
A deep spirit of prayer already
has been manifested in the student
groups. The "intimacy of the eve-ning
meetings makes possible the
richer spiritual experience as the
students who want to live close
to_the Lord gather in spiritual fel-lowship.
President Wingblade offers the
following challenge for this week
to Bethel students: "Even in a
wonderful group like that of Bethel
students, there are varying circles
and varying degrees of closeness
to the Lord. But we have a Christ
who is so infinitely great that He
is able to be a personal Savior to
each of us, and great enough so
that all of us can be superlatively
closest to Him.
Team to Go to Duluth
A large Gospel team is being
sent out by the Religious. Council
to hold meetings in Duluth the
weekend of May 1 and 2. This is
the longest Gospel team trip this
Many Good Will tracts have been
received by the Religious Council
for distribution by all who wish to
distribute them.
Plans for street meetings are
being made.
Current Topics
"Should India be given her in-dependence?"
"Is the church go-ing
to be pushed out after the
war?" "What about opium?"
Discussion of such present day
questions is the work of the
speech classes. They have peen
conducting research for materials,
and will begin a round of speeches
Tuesday, April 27.
Students in the College aid Sem-inary
are invited to attend any of
the regular classes when speeches
are delivered.
Miss Platts has suggested that if
th ere was sufficient interest, a con-vocation
program could be ar-ranged
with some of the best dis-cussions
presented for the student
Gardens Begin
A portion of land on the north
side of the campus is being plowed
up for use as Victory Garden by
any faculty member who wishes
to plant there. Mr. Eric Borgeson,
custodian, intends to have a gar-den.
In the summers of 1941 and
1942 Mr. Borgeson won prizes on
his garden in Chicago and out of
600 flower gardens his was award-ed
a prize both years.
The lot directly south of the
Women's Dormitory is also Bethel
property but is being used for
Victory gardens by people in the
14 Maintain "B"
The Honor Roll for mid-terms
is released with 14 students mak-ing
a B average.
Violet C. Carlson
Ethel Heitzman
Clarence Lake
Marian Larsen
Verda Lindberg
James Nyquist
Maxine Olson
Lester Pipkin
Carol Rexion
Theresa Westmo
Mildred Peterson
Lorna Swanson
Evelyn Sundberg
Gladys Biller
The purpose of the conference is
to clarify and disseminate mission-ary
vision and prepare students
spiritually to meet the missionary
Bethel College is a member of
the S.M.C., and Bethel students
are invited to attend. Special mu-sic
will be from Bethel, according
to Elving Anderson, President of
the Missionary Band.
Rev. Robert Hall Glover, M.D.,
F.R.G.S" director for North Amer-ica
of the China Inland Mission,
is the main speaker of the Con-ference,
was born and educated in
Canada, but has lived much of his
life in the United States. He was
for eighteen years a missionary in
China and has traveled over one
hundred thousand miles in foreign
lands visiting missions in Japan,
Korea, the Philippines, Indo-China,
India, Africa, the Near East, and
Latin America.
He has had experience both as
a home and foreign missionary,
as a missionary executive, teacher,
and lecturer, so that he has ob-tained
both a theoretical and prac-tical
understanding of missions
and their problems.
One of his books, "The Progress
of World-Wide Missions," now in
its ninth edition, has become a
textbook in nearly all the Bible in-stitutes
and many of the semina-ries
and colleges of the United
States and Canada. For five years
Dr. Glover was the director of the
Missionary Course at the Moody
Bible Institute of Chicago, and is
now the Home director for North
America of the China Inland Mis-sions.
Other speakers at the Student
Missionary Conference will be Rev.
Maynard Force of Trinity Luth-eran
Church in Minneapolis, Paul
Crusade, and Dr. Gustav Guldseth,
Norwegian Lutheran medical mis-sionary
to China. Among the dis-cussion
leaders at the conference
will be Mrs. George Anderson, mis-sionary
to Tanganike territory in
Africa; Rev. Gustav Westmo, mis-sionary
to the Moslems in India;
Mildred Hasselquist, missionary
candidate for Nepal; and Rev. Er-nest
Weinhardt, missionary to Bo-livia,
South America. There will
be discussion groups of mission
areas and also on Missionary sur-vey,
how to present the Mission-ary
vision, Mission fundamentals,
Missions and the war, and others.
Have you ever been sitting in class, striving
stand the lecture that is being delivered, when to
the welcome strains of anything from a hymn to
ately thought to yourself, "There's Wilbur again,
thel spends all his waking hours at the piano?
Besides his being an accomplished pianist, Bethel
coming aware of the fact that Wil-
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1. To maintain and promote the Christian principles of Bethel
2 To promote scholarship.
3. To foster more school spirit.
4 To establish a better understanding among the students.
Editor-in-chief Ethel Hale
Associate Editor Carol Rexion
Featune Editor Virginia Holmberg
Sports Editor Dana Lar§pn
Reporters Carlton Christenson, Doris Fanberg, Gordon
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Typist Evelyn Sundberg
Business Manager Stamford Widen
Editorial Advisor Miss Enid Platts
Business Advisor Dean Emery Johnson
Getting the Most
From Bethel
By G. Arvid Hagstrom
From the Chicago slums a small boy with a broken leg came to the
hospital. He came from a very poor family where, with seven children
to feed, hunger was never quite satisfied. At his home when a glass of
milk could be afforded it had to be shared with several children; so at
the hospital when he had been made comfortable and the nurse brought
him a glass of milk, the boy looked at it longingly and then asked, "How
deep may I drink?" The nurse said, "Drink all of it, darling, drink it all."
How many students at Bethel are drinking all out of the cup of bles-sings
that is offered at this Christian school? Do you get and seek and
retain all that the daily program contains: class and group prayer meet-ings
as well as prayer tower; chapel services with helpful messages both
in song and speech; lectures and helpful hints by teachers in class and
personal conversation; impressions and influences from devoted lives of
faculty members and students; personal devotion by reading the Word,
other good books, prayer and meditation? Does your note book -and your
diary fill up with gems of truth, advice and hints for better living and
fruitful service that will cause you to consult these books from time to
Are opportunities for helpful service slipping by unused or are they
being loyally used for Christ and for ones for whom He gave Himself?
A right answer to these questions will enable you to drink deeply of
the cup of blessings God provides at Bethel, and you will get the most
out of your short stay here. Read Ps. 116:124 13, 14, 17, 18, 19.
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Dear Editor:
It seems to me that we should
have passed the three-year old
stage of "bubbling" questions. It
is annoying to say the least, to go
down the hall, ready to go out and
have everyone stop and ask where
you are going. What difference is
it to them whether you go to Lake
Park or to Minneapolis to church?
What we do and where we go is
certainly our own business. Then
when we return we are cross-ex-amined
again as to where we have
been and whom we were with.
Until we establish an Informa-tion
Bureau at the sign-out desk
for those who are just too curious
and have to know—Let's let our
personal affairs be our own.
These were mixed up with the
more serious letters to the editor
by mistake, but we are printing
them anyway.
* *
Dear Editor:
There is something vitally wrong
with my car. Everytime I reach
a speed of over 65 miles an hour
while traveling up Snelling, the
motor flieg out from the hood.
Twice already I've almost hit
pedestrians. Can something be the
' matter? I'm beginning to get wor-ried.
Bethel Man k?)
Editor 'Replies:
There is nothing to worry about.
Let the pedestrians look out for
themselves. They should know bet-ter
anyway. This is the machine
by Robert Norstrom
Passion Week brings to us a
week of pictures of the life of our
Christ. The series presents to the
unbeliever a story of the pathetic
failure of a man; but it is a most
beautiful story of love to the
Christian. The unbeliever sees the
story begin in triumph and end
tragically in death, but we see the
story move from a temporal glory
to the - crowning and most marvel-ous
story of all time.
On Palm Sunday we see the first
scene. Amidst palms waving,
cheering, and singing, He rides in-to
Jerusalem in majesty and hon-or,
His admirers following Him
singing His praises. All this glory
and honor was the just due to their
King who had shown them so ma-ny
wondrous things. In the back-ground
of the picture we see the
sinister planners of His death, and
underneath the "Hosannas" there
is the undercurrent of the coming
cry "Crucify Him!"
The next pictures show us some
very different scenes. The pic-tures
of a Man in agony, a Man
in deep suffering flash before our
eyes. Then, there is the group of
His disciples alone in the upper
room' where He only realized His
true mission to this earth. It was
here that He revealed to the dis-ciples
the plan of His life and the
manner of commemorating His
death. He also was alone in the
Garden of Gethsemane, with suf-fering
so intense and a burden so
great that He sweat drops of blood.
He was a lonely figure on His
knees, a far cry from the kingly
entrance to the city. Here was the
true One, the Christ of the loving
heart who was driven to His knees
because the burden was too great
for Him to bear.
The intense suffering continued
on the Mount of Calvary where
the sins of the entire world were
paid for in the suffering of One
who had known the glories of
Heaven and had given • them all
up that He might be "the Lamb of
God that taketh away .the sins of
the world." He was not just a
martyr to a cause but the Son of
The most glorious picture comes
in the last scene. Here we see
the Risen Lord, victorious over
death and the grave. His work
is complete, and He stands with
outstretched arms bidding all not
only to•accept His Atonement but
to follow Him. He is the humble
Christ, and we should follow Him
in humility. He is the Christ who
stood alone for His Ideals. He is
the One who gave His all that we
might live. Is it too much to ask
of us that we be firm in faith and
give our all?
Today is the tomorrow you wor-ried
about yesterday.
by Marjorie Porter
Virginia Backlund
NO! "However, there are too
many activities in the churches of
the Cities in which we are expec-ted
to take part. We should have
more social events exclusively for
the school, supported by the entire
student body."
Harold Carlson
NO! "In order to develop proper
social grace and ease, we should
have more coed functions."
Esther Ingebretson
YES! "At times it is too heavy.
The chief alibi for unprepared les-sons
here is, too many social ac-tivities."
Lloyd Nordstrom
YES! "If social activities were
increased, I'm afraid they would
interfere with the program out-lined
for study."
Arlene Peterson
NO! "More activities and better
advertising of them."
Gordon Johnson
NO! "Not in quality. More var-iety
is needed with greater em-phasis
on functions of a formal
nature that would develop our cul-tural
Chapel Nuggets
"There is a similarity between
the ocean and God's grace ��it is
fathomless, restless, all powerful
and it's purifying.
"We as Christians must cut down
on the weights that are holding us
down, keeping us from winning
the race that is set before us."
"God will lead us if we are wil-ling
to follow."
3/30/43—Dr. Hagstrom
"Nothing is greater in life than
building up God's Kingdom."
"We have before us life with all
of its responsibilities. We must
not follow the line of least resist-ance."
Life is my college. May I grad-uate
well, and earn some honors.
—L. M. Alcott
.. Prayer is energy that can circle
out, like ripples on a pond, to
touch the farthest shore of man's
concern. —Anonymous
You probably wouldn't worry
about what people think of you if
you could know how seldom they
do. —Orin Miller
The Editor's Mail Box
THE BETHEL CLARION Page 3
Wherry the 2"raiyv goes Woo 00
By Carl Rosenquist
With that title you must think
that spring is in the air. Yes, it is
and with all its glories too. Wan-derlust
seems to be one of the
things that comes with springtime.
From my observation it seems to
be the best season of the year for
wanderlust-striken individuals.
Well, you may ask what real
wanderlust is anyway. Webster
states it as being, "The love of con-stant
travel and desire to travel
from place to place." Of course,
then, some people will say that it is
a vagabond's attitude of life. They
say wanderlust tends to draw us
away from any set goal in life ex-cept
one of wandering, but there
is where I put my foot down! You
see, I have wanderlust the year
round, but I'll be switched if I'm
a vagabond or a tramp.
With that clear in your mind you
might wonder how wanderlust can
affect a person and what will stim-ulate
this desire within a person. I
must say that being a romanticist
helps the wanderlust immensely,
and of course a vivid imagination
is another contributing factor. For
instance, I have chills running
down my spine on hearing the lone-ly
tone of the train whistle as the
train rushes steadily through the
night for far distant regions. How
about you? Wouldn't you like to be
on the train heading for the histor-ical
beauties of New England or
perhaps the sun-bathed land of Cal-ifornia?
And so it is with wanderlust. Any
sound of travel or fine weather
spure me on. Look what it did with
Richard Haliburton. When spring
came, he sat on the campus of
Princeton and yearned for the day
he could scale the heights of Mat-terhorn,
swim the Hellspont, and
charge Mount Olympus. He knew
where he wanted to go but it was
the matter of breaking from the
bonds of confinement.
But he wasn't the only famous
person who had the inspiration and
knew where he wanted to go. Ful-ton
Lewis, a young motorcycle fan,
had dreams of going through Per-sia
ancl'Ilidia on a motorcycle. He
wanted to release his excess ener-gy
of youth. The `result was a "one-man
caravan" taking eighteen
months through thirty-two coun-tries
covering thirty-two thousand
miles. When this was over and he
had made a name for himself, he
still felt that tugging in his body
for exploring new regions when he
glanced out the window at his idle
But these are just outstanding
examples of the wanderlust family.
Perhaps we are a queer group of
individuals but I assure you that at
least we are happy.
"I finally find myself actually
in a camp after waiting a month
for induction. I've been here twen-ty
days now and though it is only
a reception center I haven't any
hopes of leaving soon. When I ar-rived
at Camp I put in my appli-cation
for the Air Corps cadets and
have passed the mental exam and
also all the physicals including the
flight physical. I would have been
shipped out to some pre-flight
school but I have had a little
trouble with my citizenship status.
At camp I am a barrack guard
and all I do is lie around and see
to it that all the fellows get detail
and that the barrack is swept and
mopped and ready for inspection.
While I'm waiting to be shipped I
get a 36-hour pass every week-end
which enables me to get home for
a few hours.
I miss school a lot but as you can
imagine but I have the hope that
some day I'll be able to come back
and finish out. I miss speech class
especially, but I don't miss making
those speeches and I still wonder
why I was so dreadfully scared.
Greet my friends!"
* * *
"I've bedn around a lot this year
in the Service but I'm still in U.S.
I started out in Ordnance as tank
mechanic and then I transferred to
the Medical Department. From
there I was sent to New York City
in a Military Police unit but was
placed in the Medical Detachment
there. From there I was sent to
Techicians' School in Georgia.
Here I studied Surgical Technici-ans
duties. I'm through here now
and I'm going back to New York
It seems that it is my fortune
and God's gracious leading that I
have been selected to go to col-lege
for the Army to study medi-cine
for 4 years. After that I'll re-ceive
a Doctor of Medicine degree
and a reserve commission. My wife
expects to go to the U. of M. during
the four years that I am studying,
or some University near whereGI'll
This army college is very con-centrated
and strenuous. It runs all
year around and 14 hours a day.
It's 8 years of education in half
the time. I will appreciate the days
I was at Bethel now."
Two more girls were thrilled to
death last week when they were
accepted for entrance into the
stool of nursing at Deaconess Hos-pital,
Minneapolis. By the way the
girls are Edith Ann Peterson and
Elderine Norquist.
History is becoming more and
more interesting to the students
because of the socialistic ideas of
Muggsie Swanson. We wonder how
longe her views will remain radical
or will she change the whole class
to her side
Did you know? —Verna Jorgen-son
has recently moved back into
the dormitory. Florence Van Dyke
as well as Joy Phillips do part time
nursing while going to school.
Guess Who
The girl with all the SKIRTS
hails from Minnesota, down Wis-consin-
Iowa way. Her farm exper-ience
has carried over to her col-lege
days, and now she is know as
one of the "POTATO SISTERS".
And she can peel RUTABAGAS too
She's that sophomore who has all
those big, pretty BOWS (BEAUX)
Her present concern is in making
plans' for the construction of a
She can tell of an experience of
last year when she was caught in a
closet in the dormitory during Op-en
House. We're not sure who was
more embarassed—she or Bob Nor-strom.
Ans: Lola Grace Anderson.
The Stork Called
May 2—ARNOLD GUSTAFSON
Lord Dost Thou Care?
Lord, dost thoucare?—Yea, for thy
gain or loss
So much I cared, it brought me to
the Cross.—
Lord, I believe; help Thou mine
Good is the word; but rise, for life
is brief.
The follower is not greater than
the Chief:
Follow thou Me along My way of
Christina Rossetti.
cg.frawd.9. 440.1
Dean Johnson is doing a grand job at the Senate. We were down at
the capitol the other day spying on him. That place buzzes like a bee-hive.
Everyone is in a hurry, looking neither to the right nor left, stick-ing
strictly to his own business.
As we walked through those beautiful paneled, sculptured halls, the
thought of the greatness of our government dawned on me. We have a
great deal worth fighting for.
They ARE Workers
My boss told me to write this story in order to get more names in-to
the paper. I am not going to beat around the bush and tell you that it
is for something else, but I hope it will make you feel more acquainted
with your fellow students. JOHNNY DANIELSON, HELEN CARLSON,
and WI•BUR ERICSON won't have their names in this story because
you know all about them anyhow, or at least think you do.
Quite a few students are doing the same kind of work while earning
money. At several business establishments Bethel has sent d good dele-gation
of workers. Since school started last fall there have been many
from Bethel at Wards. "SHINE" SWANSON, WILLIS WESSMAN, EL-WOOD
ANDERSON, LaVERNE JOHNSON, GLADYS BILLER, RUTH
PETERSON, KAY JACOBSON, VIOLET C. CARLSON, and several others
are working there. Do not forget to buy a hammer or a few nails from
MELVIN PETERSON in the hardware department or a bulb from DICK
KLINE in the electrical department.
CLARENCE LAUER and MELVIN SWANSON recently got cleaned
out. Oops! I did not mean that. They work for some dry cleaners on Lar-penteur.
Homemakers, we know they are not home breakers, include
ALICE OLSON, VERDA LINDBERG, BERNICE PETERSON, and you
know the others. All of the home breakers must live in the Woman's
dormitory. It sounds that way.
At Husch Brothers there is one nice family headed by HELEN
HEITZMAN. Her night watchmen friends are IVAN BAKER, WARNER
LUNDBERG, CLARENCE SAHLIN, and BILL HARING.
ROGER LINDHOLM works in a lumber yard on Snelling Avenue
when he is not traveling to Cambridge and back. The East Side Christian
Mission in Minneapolis, a branch work of the First Baptist Church is
led by LAWRENCE WAGSTROM.
Even though he cannot have it, at least he can see it. I am talking
aboutHAROLD CARLSON, a butcher.
Como — Snelling
Standard is the best
Knop Says .. .
A fellow was walking by a small
jail house one day, when an old
friend of his stuck his head out
from behind the bars and said
hello. The traveler was quite sur-prised
and looked up and said,
"Why hello there, what are you
doing in there?"
"0, I'm a waiter in here."
"What do you mean waiter?"
"I'm serving time!"
Now that the grades are out, the
thought has come to my mind, that
the fellows in this school shouldn't
be expected to work too hard. If
they do, they will get good marks
and will be sent to the army right
away. You see, they are expected
to have 4—D's.
Reputation is what folks think
you are. Personality is what you
seem to be. Character is what you
are. —Anonymous
That which is given us by cir-cumstaiace,
fortune, accident, or
chance, can be taken away by the
same means. That which we have
become is eternal. —Anonymous
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Page 4 THE BETHEL CLARION
At one of the first class meet-ings
of the Juniors last fall, it was
decided that they would like to
promote a three-year class project.
The project decided upon was a
"doubles tennis court". Committees
immediately began investigating
costs, possibilities of getting mater-ials,
and best location. They
thought especially of the Bethel of
tomorrow, Men's dormitory, Ad-ministration
building. Prof. Omark
was unanimously chosen to be
class advisor of this project.
At present we have the follow-ing
information: 1. Cost with hired
help, $12,300 to $2,500. 2. Cost with
hired supervisor and donated la-bor,
$1,800 to $2,000.
The class has contacted Thor
Knutson, chairman of the grounds
committee and he favored the pro-ject.
Rev. Wyman Malmsten, prom-ised
to work for the courts, Dr.
Wingblade, expressed much inter-est
in the project and was glad the
Juniors had chosen it as their job.
Someone suggested the hopeful
possibility of a substantial sum
from Bethel's athletic fund. Sports
fan, Franny Otto, has promised an
$18.75 bond as a starter. Much en-thusiasm
is displayed from all
sources —several have promised
Tentative plans are to raise as
much of the money as possible and
perhaps borrow the rest to com-plete
the project by the spring of
Presents Skit
An Easter program was pres-ented
at the B.W.A. program last
Thursday afternoon, April 15. The
cabinet members took charge and
presented an informal skit on what
Easter means. The main object
was to show that too much thought
is given to the things connected
with Easter and too little thought
to the spiritual side of it—the real
meaning of Easter. Solutions for
the problem were suggested and
definite action urged. The prog-ram
closed with a prayer meet-ing.
A special feature was a vocal
trio by Helen Soder, Ruth Solvang,
and Gerry Jasmer.
Refreshments were served be-fore
the meeting by Miriam Quarn-strom
and Ruth Nelson.
Have Your Shoe Repairing
Done at
1560 W. Como at Snelling
Coal, Pkg. Fuel and Fuel Oil
A missionary band meeting was
held in the Seminary chapel, Wed-nesday
evening, April 14.
Orloue Gisselquist, president of
the Student Missionary Conference
who led the meeting, told some-thing
of the background of Student
Missionary work.
Jean Lundberg, a student at the
Lutheran Bible Institute and Mil-dred
Hasselquist both gave their
testimony concerning their call to
Central Asia.
Peter Stam III, Secretary of Stu-dent
Foreign Missions Fellowship
and nephew of John Stam, who
was martyred in China, gave a
short, challenging message. He
pointed out that we as Christians
are debtors to those who know not
Christ and that we should follow
the great commission, "Go ye into
all the world and preach the gos-pel
to every creature." His text
was taken from Romans 1:14-16.
Following the meeting refresh-ments
were served.
Between Robert and Jackson
Supplies for Printing and Enlarging
Complete Stock of Film
Catch a Snack at
Earl Johnson's
Sandwich Shop
Como at Snelling
It's our patriotic duty
to give your car
the best of service.
Drive in for a check-up
SNELLING and BREDA
LINCOLN sc-I oc $1 and up
Larpenteur and Snelling
Kelly Lectures
Tom Kelly, cartoonist and lectu-rer,
of the State Board of Conser-vation
gave an illustrated talk on
conservation of our natural re-sources
for our April 13th convo-cation.
Mr. Kelly's pictures and play
upon words received much res-ponse
from the audience.
He emphasized the great waste
in forests and wild life of the
United States.
That something must be done
because the future generations as
well as those in the present, need
natural resources was the main
thought of his lecture.
Hamline Hardware Co.
General Hardware
F. 0. Hagen J. W. Hagen
755 N. Snelling Ave., St. Paul
—Where Students and
Faculty Meet Around
the Coffee Cup.
Men's Shop
504 No. Snelling Ave.
Phone MI. 6491
Your Nearest Men's Shop
Juniors Sponsor 3 Year
Tennis Court Project
S. M. C. Prexy
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You'll Like The 2012 Chevrolet Colorado If...
If your pickup's capabilities are more important to you than its fancy styling or cushy interior, the 2012 Chevrolet Colorado is a truck that should be in your driveway. Those worried about the cost associated with driving a pickup will appreciate the base model's impressive fuel economy and surprisingly strong 4-cylinder engine.
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For 2012, Chevrolet makes a number of equipment changes to the Colorado line. The Power Convenience Package is added to 1LT trims, while 2LT trims gain standard front bucket seats. LT models no longer offer a manual transmission, and the 5.3-liter V8 engine is no longer offered on the 1LT. A locking rear differential is made standard on 2LT, 3LT and 1LT 4x4 models.
Interior Features
The 2012 Chevrolet Colorado offers a no-frills interior that is highly functional and easy to maintain. Seating is comfortable for front-seat passengers, with good thigh support from the firm cushions. However, the Extended Cabs tiny jump seats are not fit for human occupancy over any great length of time, and while the Crew Cab offers true 2-person seating, rear-seat legroom is tight. Base models have an overabundance of gray plastic and gray cloth seats, neither of which is very inviting. Higher-level models can be equipped with cloth or leather cashmere colored seating and feature a bit more dash and door-panel embellishment to brighten the interior.
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Among the 2012 Chevrolet Colorado's greatest strengths are its solid chassis and potent yet fuel-efficient powertrains. The Colorado's rigid body-on-frame architecture renders rattles and vibrations nearly nonexistent, even on washboard roads and rough pavement. Thanks to Chevy's off-road and performance packages, the Colorado can step up its off-road game, as well as its around-town image. If there is one fly in the Colorado's ointment, it's the unusually wide turning circle, which can prove problematic when trying to maneuver in tight quarters. We think the standard 2.9-liter engine is quite robust for its size and offers exceptionally good fuel economy.
Pricing Notes
The Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) for the 2012 Chevrolet Colorado ranges from around $18,000 for a WT Regular Cab to about $24,500 for a Crew Cab LT. A fully loaded LT Crew Cab with 4-wheel drive tops out at close to $34,000, while the base Regular Cab model can be loaded with options and still remain around $21,000. To help make your best deal, be sure to check the Kelley Blue Book Fair Purchase price. It shows what the Colorado is typically selling for in your area, a valuable piece of information when negotiating. As for resale potential, the Colorado falls far short of the values held by the Toyota Tacoma and Nissan Frontier. Kelley Blue Book expects the Colorado to retain less-than-average residual values.
Notable Equipment
The 2012 Chevrolet Colorado WT features a 5-speed manual transmission, 2.9-liter 4-cylinder engine, air conditioning, cruise control, anti-lock brakes (ABS), side-curtain airbags, stability control, Bluetooth, tilt steering wheel, dual outside mirrors, automatic headlights, carpeting, AM/FM stereo, XM Satellite Radio, tachometer and forward-facing jump seats in the Extended Cab. The LT trim adds an automatic transmission, chrome front and rear bumpers, Deluxe Cloth upholstery, CD player, power mirrors and leather-wrapped steering wheel. To that the Z71 adds the Z71 off-road suspension, auto-dimming mirror, rear sliding window and the 3.7-liter 5-cylinder engine.
Notable Options
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Favorite Features
The Colorado's tailgate can be set at a 55-degree angle so that items can rest flat on the tops of the wheel wells and align with the tailgate.
Side Curtain Airbags
Standard side-curtain airbags are an important safety feature worth having.
Under the Hood
Engine choices for the 2012 Chevy Colorado include 4- and 5-cylinder powerplants, as well as a V8 engine on the LT trim. The standard 2.9-liter 4- and the optional 3.7-liter 5-cylinder engines might seem small, but they are both big on power. The 2.9-liter 4-cylinder produces an impressive 185 horsepower and offers up most of its 190 pound-feet of torque between the ranges of 1,200 and 5,600 rpm. That's enough power to muscle any lightly-equipped 4-wheel-drive vehicle through the toughest terrain. The optional 3.7-liter engine makes 242 horsepower. Both of these engines produce class-leading horsepower while returning good fuel economy. The big 5.3-liter V8 is powerful but not easy on gas and is best ordered only when towing is a priority.
2.9-liter in-line 4
185 horsepower @ 5,600 rpm
190 lb-ft of torque @ 2,800 rpm
EPA city/highway fuel economy: 18/25 (2WD), 18/24 (4WD, manual), 17/23 (4WD, automatic)
3.7-liter in-line 5
242 horsepower @ 5,600 rpm
242 lb-ft of torque @ 4,600 rpm
EPA city/highway fuel economy: 17/23 (2WD), 17/23 (4WD), 16/21 (4WD, Crew Cab)
5.3-liter V8
300 horsepower @ 5,200 rpm
320 lb-ft of torque @ 4,000 rpm
EPA city/highway fuel economy: 14/20 (2WD), 14/19 (4WD)}
Editors' Notes
Mid-size pickup trucks make a lot of sense, especially if you use your vehicle for work and play rather than shuttling to the office and running weekend errands. But, with budgets tight and fuel expensive a full-size pickup is probably overkill for most needs, which is why the 2012 Chevrolet Colorado is the right-size pickup for today's light-duty chores. Although its aging platform isn't as fresh as the Toyota Tacoma or Nissan Frontier, the Colorado still has a rugged charm about it. And its price point certainly can't be argued with, offering one of the most affordable entry-level trucks on the market. With the temporary demise of the Ford Ranger for 2012 (an all-new model is set to debut in 2013) and Ram not offering a Regular Cab Dakota, the Colorado has the domestic market all to itself. With a broad range of models, cab and bed configurations and engine choices, not to mention rear-wheel or 4-wheel drive, the Colorado is an attractive prospect for budget-conscious working folk and truck junkies in general.