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�Talkfest� is work of Inner Banks Media owner-operator Henry Hinton, who recently added the Huckabee show to the daily WNBU line-up, noon to 3 p.m. weekdays.
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The event is free to the public because of local business sponsors. Potash Corp Aurora and Ann�s Dumplings are title sponsors and Joe Alcoke Auto and Truck is the exclusive automotive sponsor. Other local businesses and nonprofit organizations are participating in a business expo, which gives them access to the many people that are expected to attend.
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Vol. XXXI — No. 9 Bethel College and Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota
February 26, 1954
Mr. Railey to Present Voice
Recital Next Friday Evening
Mr. Bailey Dr. Pearson Chosen
For Palestine Trip
Dr. Anton Pearson, seminary pro-fessor
of Hebrew, has been chosen
one of the delegates from the Na
tional Association of Professors of
Hebrew to attend the Israel Work-shop
this summer.
Dr. Pearson is one of the fifteen
professors to attend, chosen from
the 94 members of the association.
The group will fly from New York
July 2 to spend six weeks in Israel.
Under the leadership of both
American a n d Hebrew archeolo-gists,
the group will visit all parts
of Palestine and will see such
things as the House of Parliament,
communal settlements, new hous-ing
areas as well as ancient sights
and cities.
Dr. Pearson
Chamber Singers Also to Participate
Roger Bailey, baritone soloist and instructor of voice at Bethel, will
present a recital at 8 o'clock Friday evening, March 5 in the college
The recital will consist of three groups of solos by Mr. Bailey and
a fourth group featuring the Chamber Singers with him. Entirely Eng-lish
music will be sung and the presentation will include music by six
of England's greatest composers. Peggy Smith Bailey will be the ac-companist.
A Hymne to God The Father Pellahn-Humfrey
See Liberty, Virtue and Honour Appearing Thomas Arm,
Come, Calm Content Thomas Arne
I'll Sail Upon the Dog Star Henry Purcell
Roger Bailey, Baritone
Songs from Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Woodcutters Song
Watchful Song
The Song of the Pilgrims
Mr. Bailey
Folk Songs of the British Isles Benjamin Britten
The Plough Boy
The Sally Gardens
0 Waly, Waly
The Ash Grove
Mr. Bailey
The Last Supper Cecil Forsyth
Mr. Bailey and the Chamber Singers
Tract Team Plans
Work Tomorrow
Saturday evening the Bethel
tract team will endeavor to re-vive
work down on skid row in
Minneapolis. The team will be dis-tributing
tracts to the so - called
"forgotten men" of that area.
Those interested are asked to
meet at 7:00 p.m. in room 106 of
the college building for a brief
prayer meeting in preparation be-fore
going out.
All interested students are urged
to join in this Christian service
Chapel Choir Leaves
For Regional Concerts
The Chapel Choir leaves at 1:15 today for their first concert trip
of the season. The 39 member group under the direction of C. Howard
Smith will travel by Capitol Bus lines.
Tonight the choir will be singing at the First Baptist Church at
Willmar, Minn., tomorrow at the State Hospital in Willmar and the
evening concert will be at Litchfield.
The program for the tour includes:
A Choral Invocation Clewell
Jesu, Priceless Treasure Bach
Come, Soothing Death Bach
How Lovely Is Thy Dwelling Place Brahms
Thou Life of Life Tchesnokoff
Come Thou, Holy Spirit Tchesnokoff
Go to Dark Gethsemane Noble
Advent Motet Schreck
Roll Chariot ____ Noble Cain
Go Tell It on the Mountain Arranged by Work
When Christmas Morn Is Dawning German Folksong
Children of the Heavenly Father Swedish Folksong
I Am Thine 0 Lord Arranged by Sateren
And Can It Be That I Should Gain Charles Wesley
I Hear Thy Welcome Voice Sateren
The Word Believing Sateren
The Lord Bless You and Keep You Lutkin
Doris Moberg and Dale Nystrom will sing a duet. Nancy Swanson
is soprano soloist and a male quartet consisting of Jim Young, Dale
Nystrom, Harris Paulson and Sherwood Talbert will also be singing.
Nancy Mullin is the accompanist this year.
This area concert trip is the first tour the choir will be making
outside the Twin Cities this year. Another trip will be taken to Duluth
and St. Cloud the 26th and 27th of March.
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Tonight—Art Program, M r .
Cameron Booth, Student
Lounge, 8 p.m.
Friday, 5 March — Mr. Bailey,
voice recital, chapel, 8:30
Sat.-Sunday, 6-7 March — Soph
omore retreat, Camp Iduhapr.
Monday, 8 March—Student
Wives Association, recreation
room; Student Recital, chapel,
8:30 p.m.
Friday, 12 March—Spring Con-cert,
fieldhouse, 8:15 p.m.
Monday Friday, March 15-19 —
Final examinations.
Tuesday, 23 March—Spring
quarter begins.
14, 15 April Prospective Stu-dents'
Women's Federation
Plans Spring
Concert March 12
Friday, March 12, is the date
set for a spring concert to be held
in the Fieldhouse at 8:15 p.m.
Sponsored by the Bethel Women's
Federation, the concert will fea-ture
Bethel talent exclusively.
Choral groups including the
chapel choir under the direction
of C. Howard Smith, assistant pro-fessor
in music, and the male
chorus and girls' chorus directed
by Nels Stjernstrom, instructor in
music, will sing. Directed by
Charles Erickson, the Bethel band
will render instrumental numbers.
These four groups will also com-bine
for a grand finale.
Roger Bailey, instructor in
voice, will render some vocal sel-ections.
Piano students Cathy Bab-cock
and Dick Peterson will also
offer solos, and another instru-mental
feature on the program
will be a trumpet trio.
Tickets will be on sale at $1.00
per person or $.50 for students.
The public is cordially invited
to attend.
Prof. Bohne
Acknowledged as
Doctoral Candidate
With the successful passing of
his oral preliminary examination
on Thursday, February 18, Prof.
Quentin Bohne has officially been
acknowledged by the University
of Minnesota as a doctoral candid-ate.
This oral examination marks
the last of a long series of steps
toward his Ph. D. with the excep-tion
of the thesis itself. Prof.
Bohne's major field is Civil En-gineering
with emphasis on struc-tures
and stresses, and his minor
is mathematics. His thesis, which
he has begun work on, deals with
the design of a cylindrical struc-ture
of a type to resist the severe
shock waves of a direct atomic
`Painter's Point of View'
Theme for Tonight's Lecture
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This evening at eight o'clock in the student lounge Cameron Booth
will lecture on "A Painter's Point of View." A display of his paintings
is on exhibit in the student lounge.
Mr. Booth, the son of a Presbyterian clergyman, studied at the
Chicago Art Institute for five years. After graduation he was awarded
a fellowship to study in Europe, but served in the army for two years
during World War I before taking study in Paris. In 1921 Booth ac-cepted
a teaching position at the Minneapolis School of Art. He again
studied in Europe in 1927 and in 1928. The time between 1940-48 was
spent in New York studying and teaching. At the present time Mr.
Booth is a professor at the University of Minnesota. In 1948 Mr. Booth
was honored by Hamline University when they conferred upon him the
honorary degree of Doctor of Humanities in recognition of his con-tribution
to art in the mid-west.
Tonight in his lecture Mr. Booth will show examples of his early
and later paintings and will tell of his artistic growth into the abstract
expressionist that he is today. Included in this will be an interpretation
of his art.
Mr. Cameron Booth
Music Faculty Previews
Symphonies for Broadcasts
The music department of Bethel college has recently been respon-sible
for two symphony previews under the sponsorship of the Women's
Federation of the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra.
The next symphony, Friday March 5, which will feature Myra Hess,
pianist, is the one for which Miss Mildred Bisgrove and Mr. C. Howard
Smith, instructors in music, have recorded previews. The first preview
was heard last Sunday morning, 9:45 a.m. over radio station WMIN and
the next one will be heard Sunday morning, February 28.
With Dr. Paul Grabill as speak-er
on these previews, the first one
featured the overture to Medels-sohn's
"Midsummer Night's
Dream," and Brahms, Symphony
no.. 2. Next Sunday's broadcast
will be a review of the life of My-ra
Hess as well as the part which
she- will have with the symphony,
playing Beethoven's Concerto no.
4 in G Major. On these broadcasts,
excerpts from the symphonies and
concertos are also played.
The Women's Federation which
sponsors these broadcasts has all
the colleges in the Twin Cities re-sponsible
for previews for the var-ious
Debaters Win
4 Out of 5
Bob Hilton and Don Richardson
led the Bethel debaters by winning
4 out of 5 rounds at Eau Claire
State Teacher's College last week-end.
At the tournament, in which
over twenty colleges and universi-ties
participated, Hilton also made
the finals in two events, oratory
and extempore speaking.
Besides Hilton and Richardson,
registered for first division debate
were Barbara. Olander and Ronald
Palosaari. Bethelites in the other
section o f debate were: Adella
Bennett, Wally Anderson, Sylvia
Elthon, and Kay Hanson. The de-baters
also took part in folk tale,
discussion, and after dinner speak-ing.
Student Newspaper of Bethel College and Seminary
Saint Paul, Minnesota
MARILYN ANDERSON, EDITOR; ELOISE ANDERSON, Ass't. Editor; DON
ST1PE and DALE NYSTROM, Sports Editors; DON RICHARDSON and
RONALD PALOSAARI, co-feature editors; CHUCK FRANSON, Business
Manager, DAVE CLARK, Advertising Manager, BONNIE WELIN, Circulation
Manager, RALPH CARLSON, AND BOB CARLSON Photographers.
STAFF MEMBERS: Carolyn Anderson, Morrie Engstrom, Allen Fredrickson,
Becky Gotfredson, Susie Kettelson, Marie Magnuson, Ripley Moore, Dorothy
Larson, Donn Goss, Jean Seldon, and Wayne McArthur.
DAVID GUSTON, Adviser
Printed by The Anderson Press, Minneapolis; Minnesota
Issued bi-weekly during the school year, except holidays and vacations.
Subscription Price: $2.00 Per Year
Page 2 THE CLARION Friday, February 26, 1954
Curriculum Plus
by Don - Richardson
If college is merely a place a person has
been sent by his parents to receive a
"Christian education" then it is very possi-ble
that any extra curricular activities are
unnecessary. If college is merely a place a
person goes to get a four year vacation, a
slip of paper, and a better paying job, then
there may be little need fo4 extra-curric-ulars.
If college means no more than a
cheap boarding place while working to
keep a car running then again extra- cur-ricular
activities are quite useless. How-ever,
if a person comes to Bethel with the
real intention of getting a liberal education
designed to improve his power and methods
of thinking, to learn to use his talents a
little more effectively and in all seriousness
to come out better equiped to benefit his
fellows, it would seem then that extra-curricular
activities would be desirable and
almost necessary.
The added incentive that any Christian
ought to have above and beyond that of
the average non-Christian is double reason
why the matter of extracurriculars is one
of urgent consideration. The opportunities
provided in this single area will tend to sup-plement
the efficiency of classroom courses
and also supply certain advantages that the
average courses could never do.
No doubt future teachers and preachers
have successfully absorbed great quantities
of history, literature, sociology, psychology,
philosophy, a n d the sciences. However,
these prospective servants of God and man
will probably f i n d themselves gainfully
serving only in proportion to the degree in
which they can express themselves and
their knowledge effectively. It is well that
our curriculum affords several opportunities
wherein a student can gain the skills of
expression. Nevertheless, the•practicle ben-expression.
Nevertheless, the practical ben
efits of opportunities beyond the curricu-lum
cannot be adequately duplicated.
Probably no other extra-curricular activ-ity
so lends itself to producing this skill
of meaningful expression as does intercol-legiate
debate. The debater quickly real-izes
the foolishness of spouting forth unsup-ported
generalities. He is trained to make
it a habit (not stopping with debate) to
avoid saying anything of importance that
cannot be confirmed by evidence. He learns
how to organize a series of ideas; he picks
up some sound practical speech techniques;
he soon discards a vocabulary of meaning-less
words; he drops awkward speech hab-its;
he is careful what he says. Bethel de-baters
are given opportunity to face some
of the best college debaters in the nation.
They have to be sharp.
Other outlets of meaningful expression
are afforded by the publications. Here es-pecially
by trial and error, by a gradual
recognition of writing methods, by a sense
of responsibility to get across a certain
point to a certain group — by such methods
an individual can amass a wealth of lasting
experience in the art of expressing.
Though these conclusions may evoke the
hearty "Amens" from all sides, the pity of
it all is that so comparatively few future
preachers and teachers are active in these
extra-curriculars. Somehow, to a thinking
person, this ought not be. Perhaps it will
not continue to be as newer students en-vision
the increasing demands in their fields
for leaders who can express themselves.
Belated New's
In 1933, Dr. Pearson was managing editor
of the CLARION.
Dr. Carl Lundquist and his partner, Eddie
Nelson, in 1936 won high honors for Bethel
Junior College in debate.
In 1939 Professor Swan Engwall was the
main speaker for homecoming.
In 1948, Mr. Roy Dalton was typist for
the CLARION.
Dean Edwin Omark once sang in a Bethel
male quartet.
In 1944 Walfred Peterson was feature ed-itor
of the CLARION.
Eugene Johnson left school at the end of
the winter quarter in 1948 to help drive a
Conference truck to Alaska.
(Editor's note: These bits of archaic news
were gleaned from old issues of the CLAR-ION
to bring the newer students up to date.)
On the Limb
With Axel
by Stretch and Ronnie
My hopes for Axel, my pet chimpanzee,
have really paid out. He seems to be
taking the stuff seriously — in fact, too
seriously. The other day he studied his
lawn mower sharpening in the heating
plant during chapel. He tried the dorm
first, but it was too noisy.
He unfortunately missed out on the
most of the Founder's Week meetings. It
wasn't until Thursday afternoon that he
realized the sessions weren't being held
in the coffee shop. He did enjoy the foun-der's
week menu at the dining hall and is
anxiously looking forward to prospective
student's days.
Axel has added one more practical course
to his curriculum and extra-curriculum.
When he found out that he could make
B's in most of his courses without both-ering
to study, Axel decided to
take intercollegiate debate. He did-n't
really want to, but he wanted a
good mark in English communications. Ax-el
is now Bethel's only debater regionally
acknowledged for his foot gestures.
Axel's staying on with debate was mom-entarily
questioned when he was disqual-ified
in after dinner speaking at the Eau
Claire tournament for his bad taste and
also for spitting cherry seeds at the judge.
Axel then rationalized (something new he
learned to psychology). He blamed the bad
taste on the coach and his ill manners on
the places he ate at on debate trips. How-ever,
Axel is not without honors. Bradley
University heard that he was in debate
and immediately sent him certificates for
.oratory, discussion, folk lore, and minor
sixteenth century play-acting.
I am very much afraid that Axel has
not yet learned the value of the African
gold nugget (called thredts in South Ub-angi,
Africa). He put one in the missionary
offering the other day, but he recovered
it in time when he saw only silver thredts
among his gold. He chased the usher clear
into the hall, downstairs into the coffee
shop, and interrupted a seminar on exis-tential
ethics before he finally regained
his thredt. His other monetary moves were
more disasterous. Before I could warn him
he had bought a set of Cutco, Kitchen
Craft, a vacuum sweeper that can run on
a dry cell, and a litter of pigs. Last week
a fellow on second floor in the dorm stuck
him for eight pair of used socks, a couple
eighty-seven cent ties, and a can of readi-whip
shaving cream. He didn't know that
chimpanzees don't shave. When I got home
from church Sunday he was in the wash-room
smattered from the waist up with
foam lather trying to shave with the rest
of the fellows.
Methy's Menu
by Stretch
While inadvertantly rumaging through an
old filing cabinet for research material, I
ran across this bit of poetic verse (or
versified poetry or whatever you want to
call it) that I'd like to pass on to those
students who miss breakfast like I usually
Methuselah ate what he found on his plate,
And never, as people do now,
Did he note the amount of the calory count;
He ate it because it was chow.
He wasn't disturbed as at dinner he sat,
Devouring a roast or a pie,
To think it was lacking in granular fat,
Or a couple of vitamins shy.
He cheerfully chewed each species of food,
Unmindful of troubles or fears
Lest his health might be hurt by some
fancy dessert —
And he lived over nine hundred years.
Everybody Smile
by Rip Moore
This is the time of the year when Spire
pictures are taken. Many people have nev-er
taken these important pictures. This ap-plies
both to the photographer and to the
photographed. -
The first thing to pay attention to is the
little note in the P.O. box. These are in
back of the old letters your box partner
never takes. This note mentions there will
be a Spire picture taken of you yesterday.
This causes sadness of heart because you
want your picture taken. You know you
have to take off half the morning to find
out what you should do. It is always the
same. The picture has been postponed to
next week. This is very nice as you missed
a surprise quiz in the class you cut.
Pictures are always postponed till test
days. They are taken the hour before the
test. This is very good for it gives you a
chance to relax. It takes away the tempta-tion
to cram. Some students complain about
this. This is unfair. They would h a v e
flunked the test anyway.
To take the picture you put on a suit.
This makes your friends happy. It gives
them a chance to laugh at you. It also
teaches virtue. You learn not to get angry
when the mud is splashed. You should
wear your good brown suit. It look gooc.
and the mud shows less.
Photographers are always on time to take
pictures. It is too bad they forget the film.
It only takes a few minutes to get the film.
In that time you can look at the rest of the
group. They look as bad as you do.
There is someone with the photographer.
He holds the little outfit with a bulb in it.
This is very hard to figure out. When the
photographer's bulb goes off his never does.
They then talk excitedly a minute. After
that the photographer gives all a fishy
smile. You then rush to your test, and an-other
picture has probably been taken.
Teach Us
To Pray
by Ronald Palosaari
Many have heard the word "prayer" so
much that it has become as exciting as an
eight o'clock class. Yet doesn't it seem that
prayer should be as satisfying as Sunday
dinners if the Bible speaks with any truth
upon it. For the Bible doesn't carry the
idea of praying in public only when trapped
into it and then making a strong effort to
say phrases in such a way as to please any-one
who might be listening. Neither does
the Bible carry the idea praying so that
someone (possibly a roommate) might see
and appreciate the fervor of one's spiritual
labors; nor does the Bible carry the idea
of quickly running over a few set phrases
at night or in the morning because of habit
The Bible does seem to carry the idea of
a human being in actual conversation and
communion with his God. It carries the idea
of humans sometimes pleading, sometimes
asking, sometimes repenting, sometimes
thanking, and many, many times receiving.
Are all the apparent prayers in the din-ing
hall really prayers of thankfulness? Are
the bowed heads for effect? Ought we not
from time to time carefully examine the in-tensity,
direction, and sincerety of our own
praying especially when so praying in view
Washington Irving says somewhere that
when we see one with whom we have
quarrelled lie cold in death, we, feel sad and
ashamed to think that we have been angry
with one that after all was so weak.
Longfellow says somewhere that if we
could know the sorrows, the burdens, and
the cares of our worst enemy, our hatred
would change into pity and even into love.
For — it is Victor Hugo who warns that
pity and love are so closely related that
if we are to keep at all costs from loving
a person then we should watch against any
tendency to pity him.
But it is recognized that one of the out-standing
characteristics of true greatness
is sympathy. We find it in the great poet,
the great artist, the great musician. We
find it infinitely in the Christ — who saw
the multitude as sheep without a Shepherd
and "had compassion on them."
The name of the agency which has been
used to bring relief to warstricken Europe
has been rightly named "Care." It is easy
to let the words slip off the tongue, "I
don't care." But the crying needs of th∎
world are calling poignantly for people who
The high expression of personality is
sympathy. It will show in the light of the
eye, in the tone of the voice, in the radi-ance
of a smile. It will lighten the load of
the pilgrim and ease the pressure on the
heart of the sorrowing, and it will make
the lonely one no longer lonely.
It was said of "Evangeline" that "when
she had passed it seemed like the ceasing
of exquisite music."
More things are wrought by prayer
Than this world speaks of. Where-fore
let thy voice
Rise like a fountain for me night and
For what are men better than ,sheep
or goats
That nourish a blind life within the
If, Knowing God, they lift not hands
of prayer
Both for themselves and those who call
them friends?
How anxious do we find ourselves to
pray? Haw deep is our interest in prayer
meetings? One student just recently told
how troubled he was over the decline in
prayer meetings. He did not even realize
that a prayer meeting took place twice a
week across the hall from him. There are
no recorded deaths from surprise at seeing
a new face in a dorm or noon prayer meet-ing,
s but there could be ample testimony of
people who have really been made happy
because one new face showed up at a prayer
If you at all believe, it would be fitting
to do it.
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Friday Evening Rally Climaxes Founders Week
Another successful and inspirational Founder's Week concluded with the Friday
evening Fieldhouse service iast week. Featured speakers at that service were the
Rev. Marvin Samuelson, pastor of Bethel Baptist Church of Duluth, and Dr. Robert
Smith, philosophy instructor at Bethel. Music was furnished by the Chapel Choir and
the Male Chorus.
The theme, "But We See Jesus" was carried out in the messages of the speakers
who were Rev. Lester Thompson, pastor of Galilee Baptist Church, Denver, Colorado,
Dr. Frank Woyke, executive secretary of the North American Baptist General Con-ference,
Rev. Gordon Johnson, pastor of First Baptist Church, Minneapolis, and Rev.
Carl Lundquist, Dr. Robert Smith, Dr. Bernard Ramm, and Professor Clifford Larson
of Bethel's faculty.
A former Bethel quartet featured special music at several of the services. The
quartet included Paul Leafblad, Don Patet, Jim Rentz, and Robert Sandin. Also pro-viding
special music were the Girls' Chorus, Chapel Choir, and Male Chorus.
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February 26 — Art Lecture — "A Painter's Point of View" —
Cameron Booth—Student Center Lounge-8:00 p.m.
February 27 — Organ Recital — Arthur B. Jennings — Northrop
Auditorium-8:30 p.m.
February 28 — Science Lecture — "Spring on the Prairies" —
Minnesota Museum of Natural History-3:00 p.m.
February 28 — Augsburg College Choir Concert — Central Luth-eran
Church-4:00 p.m.
March 2 — Harpsicord Recital — Minneapolis Woman's Club As-embly-
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Recently Organized
To anyone who has ever had the inspiration or inclination to write
for Christian publications, the newly organized Writers' Club of the
Twin City area will be of special interest . .. and profit.
Organized for the purpose of fellowship, encouragement, criticism
of manuscripts, and perhaps most important of all, becoming better
acquainted with existing markets, the first meeting was held Monday,
Feb. 22 at the University YMCA, Minneapolis. The next meeting will
be March 22 at the Downtown YMCA, Minneapolis, at 6:00 p.m., where
the group will eat together at the cafeteria, and from 6:30 to 8:00 will
discuss what various members have published and are currently work-ing
on or interested in.
Fellowship is to be on three
levels: for the aspiring beginner;
for the active writer who has sold
five or more pieces divided among
at least three publications; for the
regular writer who has made a
book sale or sold 25 manuscripts.
Any Christian writer or would-be
writer will be welcome and will
find kindred spirits in the fiction
field, in the writing of personality
sketches, devotionals, feature ar-ticles
and full-length books. It has
been suggested that pastors who
will be writing for their Confer-ence
papers, misionaries who will
send home missionary letters, and
pastors' wives who will be called
upon for devotional writings, may
also find this club of great value
and inspiration.
Gospel Team Briefs
A team composed of Ida Mary
Lundsten, Eric Warnstrom, Ripley
Moore, and Harold Angell with
Ron Skoog as leader took charge
of the evening service at the Clear
Lake Baptist Church in Gibbon,
Minnesota, Thursday evening, Fe-bruary
Speaker Chosen
For J.S.Banquet
The speaker for the Junior-Se•
nior banquet, May 21, has been en-gaged,
according to Vicky Balcom,
program chairman. He is Dr. Wil-liam
Berg, director of Evangelism
for Augustana Lutheran Churches
throughout the United States and
Canada, with headquarters in Min-neapolis.
The Radison Hotel has been
chosen as the place for the ban-quet.
Several committees are busy in
preparations for the event.
Vicky Balcom is chairman of the
program committee assisted b y
Marilyn Anderson, Alden Moberg,
and Ronald Palosaari.
• At the First Baptist Church in
Two Harbors, Minnesota on Sun-day
14, were Mr. and Mrs. Roger
Swank, Mr. and Mrs. Russ Baus-tian,
and Jim Young.
• Audrey Berge and Gladys John-son
provided special music at the
University YMCA in Minneapolis
Sunday morning, 14, and at the
Bethany Baptist Church Sunday
a Clair Cable, Robert Feather-stone,
Roy Walters, Dave Clark,
and Dick Peterson were at the
Burnett County Baptist Church in
Webster, Wisconsin, on Sunday
morning and afternoon, Feb. 14.
Music for a combined Youth for
Christ meeting at Monticello, Min-nesota,
last Saturday evening was
provided by a trio composed of
Martha Tieszen, Dorothy Larson,
and Eloise Anderson. Clair Cable
also played his trumpet at this
ems.... The next meeting of the Student
Wives Association will be held in
the recreation room of the boys
dormitory at 8 p.m., March 8.
Mrs. Magnuson, an interior dec-orator,
will speak on this topic
in relationship to home decorating
and Mrs. Herbert Hage will be the
soloist for the evening.
Refreshments will be served
following the program.
At the beginning of the spring
quarter the Swedish Club plans
a guided tour through the Ameri-can
Swedish Institute in Minnea-polis.
Anyone and everyone is wel-come
to visit this nationally fam-ous
building with the Swedish Club
members. More details will be giv-en
at a later date.
Members of the German Club
had their monthly meeting on
March 1 in the Bodien Residence
after eating their noon meal to-gether
in the dining hall. There
was group singing of lyrics and
hymns, JoAnne Bennett sang a
solo, and Anna Marie Oesterle
read from the newer translations
of the German Bible. Miss Oester-le
also talked about a German
Gospel Team Fund
Buys New Hymnals
$200 out of the gospel team
treasury was recently contributed
to the purchase of our new chapel
hymnbooks. This amount covered
approximately two-thirds of the
entire cost of the books.
The large balance in the treas-ury
is an indication of the faith.
fulness in giving of our churches.
Through their work, members of
the gospel teams are not only do-ing
evangelistic work, but are also
helping to better the school's fac-ilities.
Selective Service
Applicants to
File For Tests
All elibible students who intend
to take the Selective Service Col-lege
Qualification Test in 1 9 5 4
should file applications at once for
the April 22 administration, Sel-ective
Service National Headquar-ters
advised recently.
An application and a bulletin of
information may be obtained at
any Selective Service local board.
Following instructions in the bul-letin,
the student should fill out
his application immediately a n d
mail it in the special envelope pro-vided.
Applications must be post-marked
n o later than midnight,
March 8, 1954. Early filing will be
greatly to the student's advantage.
Results will be reported to the
student's Selective Service local
board of jurisdiction for use in
considering his deferment as a stu-d
e n t , according to Educational
Testing Service, which prepares
and administers the College Qual-ification
Sophs Trek to
Iduhapi Mar. 6
Many sophomores are anxiously
looking for snow! March 6 and 7
are the days set for their annual
winter retreat at Camp Iduhapi.
The cost of the weekend is esti-mated
to be about six dollars. The
group will leave at 8 a.m. Satur-day
morning and will return Sun-day
afternoon. Besides the recre-ational
activities of the weekend,
Dr. Elving Anderson will speak
on topics pertinent to college life.
Members of the committees wel-come
suggestions. Jim MacFadyen,
Doug Dalton, Harold Richardson
and Phil Caldeen head the ar-rangement;
transportation, pro-gram,
and recreational commit-tees,
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Three Bethel couples have an-nounced
their engagements within
the last two weeks.
Carolyn Clark and Joe Saunders
became engaged on February 15,
and they will be married June 12
at Endicott, New York.
Peggy Grooms received a dia-mond
from Cal Peterson on Feb-ruary
12. They are planning a
June 26 wedding in the Central
Baptist Church.
Betty Skoog and Harold Barnes
announced their engagement o n.
February 12 also, but have not set
their wedding date as yet.
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William Rogers, Jerry Anderson,
and Ronnie Lohr were at the
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Page -4 THE CLARION Friday, February 26, 1954
Bethel Takes Founder's Classic
Coach Encourages Workouts
Hey! It's time to be working out for those spring sports! Athletic
Director, Del Ray Peterson, says that the way is all clear for a top-notch
season in baseball, track, tennis, and golf. The Royals will ten-tatively
be competing with Augsburg, Hamline, Macalester, St. Thomas,
Concordia, and Northwestern Schools. Anyone interested in any of
these sports can sign up for them on the sheet which is posted in the
locker room of the fieldhouse.
Coach Peterson
_ - -
but determine the final standing,
intramural interest is running
Royals Stomped
The Royals suffered their worst
defeat of the season Monday night
at River Falls, 100-58. It was a case
ofo-"more of the same" as height
again shattered Bethel's chances
as it did in the first meeting of the
teams which ended 83-66 for River
Erickson was the only one who
seemed able to find the hoop. He
dunked 15, with Messenger getting
10, and Sandburg 8. Although Riv-er
Falls was definitely a smoother
outfit, the Royals helped them by
having their worst night of the
current season.
There will be a meeting on Wed-nesday,
March 3, in the field-house,
at 12:45 for all those inter-ested.
At this time plans will be
discussed and further information
will be passed out. If there, are
conflictions with the designated
time information may be obtained
from Del Ray Peterson.
Coach Peterson also added that
the time is coming nearer for the
athletic chapel program, during
which the athletic awards of the
year will be made, and the annual
sports' banquet. The "B" Club will
announce more of these plans in
the immediate future. Watch the
CLARION for future reports!
Royalettes B ake
With Mary Nicol rattling t h e
boards for 15 points, the girls bas-ketball
team defeated a scrappy
Northwestern team 27-20 on Tues-day
night in the fieldhouse. It was
a hard fought affair throughout
with the score at halftime 11-7 for
To the average male observer it
looked nothing short of downright
rough. However,. the gi r 1 s ex-plained
that this is the way the
game is played.
Although the season is almost
over for the guys, the girls still
have a number of games sched-uled.
The girls also rallied from a 17-
1 1 halftime deficit Wednesday
night to defeat Elim Baptist by a
score of 38-30. Mary Nicol again
led the way in scoring with a neat
21 points, while Jan Mc Kinney
dumped in 14.
Winona Outlasts Royals
A behind-all - the - way Bethel
closed its 1953-54 home season
with a brilliant last-minute rally
that fell three points short.
Winona, the best team to grace
the Royal's floor this season, was
all shine with its sharp ball-hand-ling
and accurate shooting. Still
Bethel, with dogged persistance,
fought back in a manner that
could bring nothing but admira-tion
from the crowd.
Winona showed great poise in
using the same type of offense
that Bethel has been developing all
year. Although the Winona players
had height, the main factor for
the Winona win was the very high
average of shots made. Through
much of the game, the Winona
team held a lead of 17 points.
Bethel was the better at the end.
At the start of the fourth quartet
Bethel cut Winona's 17 point lead
to 10 points. Then Winona tried
a stall. The stall almost won the
game for Bethel as it continued to
cut the lead to the final score of
82-79 in favor of Winona.
Paul Redin was high scorer with
31 points, the highest total for any
Bethel player in one game this
year. Erickson a n d Steinhaus
played all-out as usual and Howard
Johnson gave his best performance
of the year.
Led by standouts Don Laing,
Cliff D. Anderson and Clarence
Wood, the seminary basketball
team stands undefeated in the
current season.
Averaging nearly 70 points per
game to the opponents 50, they
boast a strong, well balanced club
which has knocked off such teams
as Luther Seminary, Northwestern
"B" squad and our own "B" squad.
Don Laing is individual high
scorer with an effort of 26 points
against Luther Seminary.
Others on the team are Ronnie
Skoog, Paul Thompson, Bud
Pierce, Bod Sandin, Dean Olson,
Marvin Sandburg, Don Sheldon,
and Roy Nelson. Coach for the
team is Everet Johnson.
Naturally the Royals started slow
and were behind as much as eight
points at times in the first quarter.
Then the rally began, accompanied
b y vigorous cheering f r o m the
Bethel spectators. The game was
never put "on ice" as the Eagles
continued fighting, even in the
waning seconds.
Howard Johnson, getting his first
starting nod of the season from
coach Del Ray Peterson, earned
his was with good shooting, smooth
ball handling, and real fighting un-der
the boards.
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West Team to Beat
"Beat West" is the cry of the
Saturday morning intramural boys.
West, the only undefeated power,
is looking for its intramural clinch-ing
victory when it plays Michigan-
Wisconsin, Saturday.
Michigan - Wisconsin may have
different ideas, however, as a win
would move them into a tie for
first place. Minnesota is holding on
to third place with a five-win,
three-loss record. Iowa and East
follow with weak Illinois bringing
up the rear.
With Saturday's clashes to all.
The Royals waxed hot to the glee of a fine Founders Week crowd
as they trounced their traditional cross-town rivals Northwestern
Schools for the second time in as many contests to the tune of 55-50.
As usual room mates Hal Erickson and Bruce Steinhaus provided
plenty of scrap for the Bethel squad, and all of the Northwestern boys
seemed to be overloaded with this questionable trait.
According to spectatOrs from both schools; the refereeing wasn't
the best. The game was characterized by foul-shots—some earned and
some not.
As was the case in the first con-test,
two Eagles found their way to
the bench via the foul-out route
and most of the players from both
teams were not far from it when
the final buzzer blew.
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Inquiry Question
Reading 4: The Youth of Indiana Becomes the President of the United States
The boy who grew up on the Indiana frontier eventually became the leader of the nation and did so at a critical point in its history. After moving to Illinois, Abraham Lincoln worked at several different jobs before he became a lawyer. His success as a lawyer led him to Springfield, the capital of Illinois, where his long interest in politics became a serious part of his life. In 1834, he was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives where he served three terms. In 1846, he was elected to the United States House of Representatives and in 1858 he ran for Senator from Illinois. Although he lost that election, he gained national prominence, partially through debates with Stephen A. Douglas on the issue of slavery. Two years later, in 1860, he was elected President of the United States, just as the crisis over slavery and secession peaked. Many of the qualities and characteristics that would help him to lead the country through the Civil War were born and nurtured during his formative years between the ages of 7 and 21.
Quotes from Abraham Lincoln:
"In this country, one can scarcely be so poor, but that, if he will, he can acquire sufficient education to get through the world respectably." (1)
" . . . I am never easy . . . when I am handling a thought, till I have bounded it north and bounded it south, and bounded it east, and bounded it west." (2)
Abraham Lincoln's intelligence was invaluable in making the many difficult decisions that came with being President during a time of crisis. He worked hard all his life to educate himself, in spite of many obstacles and challenges, and while President he continued to learn. As a boy he listened to his father and friends talk about the issues of the day, and then worked the idea in his mind until he understood it. His stepmother, Sarah Bush Johnston Lincoln, later recalled that he would repeat things over and over until it was fixed in his mind. As President, he listened carefully to his generals and advisors and read books on military strategy in a continual effort to learn and understand.
"Labor is the great source from which nearly all, if not all, human comforts and necessities are drawn." (3)
"Labor is the true standard of value." (4)
Growing up on the Indiana frontier, Abraham Lincoln learned at an early age that hard work was necessary for survival. He spent long days working with his father to clear the land, plant, and tend the crops. He hired himself out to work for neighboring farmers as a means of bringing additional money in for the family. When he decided to become a lawyer, he read and studied diligently and advised others to do the same. Certainly as President, he knew that it was going to take a lot of hard work to save the Union. He put in long hours attending to the countless details of running the country, including spending the entire night, sometimes, at the telegraph office, waiting for the latest news from his generals. He believed in the virtue of hard work not only for himself but for others. In response to a woman seeking work for her sons in 1865, he forwarded her request to one of his generals with a note stating, "The lady bearer of this says she has two sons who want to work. Wanting to work is so rare a want that it should be encouraged." (5)
. . . resolve to be honest at all events; and if in your own judgment you cannot be an honest lawyer, resolve to be honest without being a lawyer." (6)
Honesty and integrity were character traits that Abraham learned early in life, possibly from observing his father. Thomas Lincoln was described by those who knew him as "a sturdy, honest . . . man." A young and impressionable boy was certainly impressed by the regard with which neighbors and friends held Thomas, and determined to emulate his behavior. Abraham exhibited his own sense of honesty on a number of occasions, enough so to earn him the nickname of "Honest Abe." As a teen, he had borrowed a book about George Washington from a neighbor and while it was in his possession, the book was damaged. Not having any money to pay for the damage, Abraham honestly told his neighbor what happened and offered to work off the value of the book. For three days he worked in the man's fields as payment for the damaged book. Such a strong sense of integrity later became a hallmark of his presidency.
"With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan..." (7)
Abraham Lincoln has long been revered for his compassion as so eloquently stated in his Second Inaugural Address. There were also instances of him granting clemency to deserters and of writing heartfelt letters of condolence to bereaved families. Perhaps because he had experienced loss himself at a young age, he was able to empathize with those in pain. But his acts of kindness were not limited to just people. At the age of eight he killed a wild turkey and was so distraught that he resolved never to hunt animals again. A childhood friend remembered that one day at school Abraham ". . . came forward . . . to read an essay on the wickedness of being cruel to helpless animals." Whatever its origins were, the compassion that led him to urge the binding of the nation's wounds, after the terrible devastation of the Civil War, helped ensure the country's survival of its trial by fire.
"I recollect thinking then, boy even though I was, that there must have been something more than common that those men struggled for." (8)
"I hold, that in contemplation of universal law, and of the Constitution, the Union of these States is perpetual." (9)
Abraham Lincoln held very strong beliefs about the sanctity of preserving the Union. In his mind the Founding Fathers envisioned a form of government unlike any the world had ever known and they sacrificed everything to create it. The ideas of freedom, equality of opportunity, and representative government were the foundation upon which a new nation was built. As a young man in Indiana, he read biographies of George Washington and Benjamin Franklin and accounts of the revolutionary struggle they, and others, waged and endured. The impression they left on him was strong and lasting. So much so that when he found himself faced with secession, he did not hesitate, but resolved to preserve the Union. That decision, based on beliefs formed during his youth, significantly impacted the United States of the 1860s, and the United States of today, which still exists due to his resolve.
Questions for Reading 4
1. What are some of the characteristics Lincoln began developing during his time in Indiana?
2. How did these characteristics show up in his life as President?
3. What experiences in your life have left a lasting impression?
(1) "Eulogy on Henry Clay," July 6, 1852, reprinted in Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, v. 2, p. 124. You can visit the entire collection online via the Humanities Text Initiative on the University of Michigan's Digital Library Production Service website at http://www.hti.umich.edu/l/lincoln/.


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January 14, 2004
Los Angeles — The "digital divide" exists in many countries around the world, and is especially apparent in the gap between the number of men and women who use the Internet, according to surveys conducted in 14 countries in the UCLA World Internet Project released January 14, 2004.
The UCLA World Internet Project, the first survey of its kind to produce international comparison data on the social, political and economic effects of Internet use and non-use, found that more men than women go online in all of the surveyed countries.
To download charts of all of the major findings in the UCLA World Internet Project, visit www.ccp.ucla.edu.
Among Major Findings...
- Television viewing is lower among Internet users than non-users in all of the surveyed countries.
- Information on the Internet is viewed as generally reliable and accurate by a large percentage of users in most countries.
- Surprisingly high levels of online use among the poorest citizens in all of the survey countries — in spite of major divisions in Internet use between the richest and the poorest.
- Important effects on social, political, economic, and religious life in urban China, where the world's largest population finds increased ability to reach out to others, in spite of government restrictions.
"We found some online behavior is remarkably consistent worldwide," said Jeffrey I. Cole, director of the UCLA Center for Communication Policy and adjunct professor of policy at UCLA Anderson School of Management. "Clearly, use of the Internet is reducing television viewing around the world while having little impact on positive aspects of social life, most Internet users generally trust the information they find online and Internet use is having a major impact on life in urban China."
The World Internet Project - created and organized by the UCLA Center for Communication Policy, which also analyzed the international comparisons - includes studies that were conducted primarily in 2002 and 2003 by universities and research institutes in Asia, Europe, Latin America and the United States. The Center for Communication Policy is one of six centers of influence at UCLA Anderson School of Management.
The countries, age ranges of respondents and survey year are: Britain (ages 14 and up, 2003), Chile (residents of Santiago, ages 12-60, 2003), China (12 cities of more than 100,000 people, ages 17-60, 2003), Germany (ages 14-75, 2002), Hungary (ages 14 and up, 2001), Italy (ages 16 and up, 2002), Japan (ages 12-74, 2002), Korea (ages 12-64, 2001), Macao (ages 18-74, 2001), Singapore (ages 18 and up, 2001), Spain (ages 16 and up, 2003), Sweden (ages 18-80, 2002), Taiwan (ages 18 and up, 2000) and the United States (ages 12 and up, 2002).
While researchers in all of the survey countries asked a basic set of questions, not all questions were asked in every country.
Internet Gender Gap
"Overall, we see an average 8 percent gap between men and women using the Internet," Cole said. "That figure is not as large as we might have expected, given the gender disparities that persist around the world. However, in several technologically developed countries, the gap is surprisingly large - in some cases almost twice as many men as women use the Internet."
The gender gap in Internet use was as high as 20.2 percent in Italy (men, 41.7 percent; women, 21.5 percent) to as low as 1.6 percent in Taiwan (where 25.1 percent of men are Internet users, compared to 23.5 percent of women).
In the United States, 73.1 percent of men use the Internet compared to 69 percent of women - about half the average gap of countries in the UCLA World Internet Project.
The gender gap of Internet use in the countries surveyed on this question for the UCLA World Internet Project is (in percentages):
Britain men 63.6; women 55.0
Germany men 50.4; women 41.7
Hungary men 20.3; women 15.1
Italy men 41.7; women 21.5
Japan men 54.7; women 46.2
Korea men 67.8; women 53.8
Macao men 37.8; women 28.8
Singapore men 47.2; women 34.0
Spain men 46.4; women 27.2
Sweden men 67.7; women 64.4
Taiwan men 25.1; women 23.5
United States men 73.1; women 69.0
Television Viewing
In every country in the World Internet Project, Internet users watch less television than non-users.
The largest gap in TV viewing between Internet users and non-users is in Chile (Santiago) and Hungary, where in both countries Internet users watch an average of 5.7 hours less television each week than non-users; following closely are Japan (5.4 hours less for users) and the United States (5.2 hours less for users).
"The first three years of the UCLA Internet Project have shown that Internet users in America 'buy' their time to go online from the hours they once spent watching television," Cole said. "Now we are seeing the same trend worldwide. Clearly, we are witnessing a huge change in behavior that we are only now beginning to explore."
Social Activities: Internet Users Vs. Non-users
In contrast to television viewing, Internet users in all of the surveyed countries spend more time than non-users in social activities.
Internet users in all of the surveyed countries spend more time or as much time as non-users socializing with friends or exercising, and spend more time reading books in all of the countries except Germany and the United States.
Is Information on the Internet Reliable and Accurate?
In most of the countries in the UCLA World Internet Project, more than half of Internet users say that "most or all" of the information they find online is reliable and accurate.
Users in Korea have the highest level of trust in online information, with 69.7 percent saying that most or all of the information on the Internet is reliable and accurate.
The least-trusting Internet users are Swedes; 36 percent said that none or only some of the information online is reliable and accurate, followed by Japan (25.3 percent), Germany (18.5 percent) and Singapore (18.3 percent).
In the United States, 53.1 percent of users say that most or all of the information they find online is reliable and accurate, while 7.1 percent say that none or only some of the information is reliable and accurate.
The Internet in China
The Internet is having a measurable impact on social life among users in urban China (12 cities of more than 100,000).
Among the findings about urban China:
Politics - More than twice as many Internet users in China compared to any other surveyed country say that the Internet increases their contact with people who share their political interests.
Hobbies and recreation - Significantly more Internet users in China compared to any other surveyed country report that the Internet has increased their contact with people who share their hobbies or recreational interests.
Religion - 11.2 percent of Internet users in China say that the Internet increases their contact with people who share their religion - more than in any other country and a significant figure for citizens of a nation in which religion officially is banned.
Online friends - Internet users in China report an average of 7.7 online friends who they have never met in person - more than twice as many as any other surveyed country.
Overall Internet Use
The percentage of Internet users varies considerably from country to country in the World Internet Project, with a high of 71.1 percent in the United States to a low of 17.5 percent in Hungary.
The percentages of Internet users in countries surveyed on this question are:
Britain 59.2
Germany 45.9
Hungary 17.5
Italy 31.2
Japan 50.4
Korea 60.9
Macao 32.9
Singapore 40.8
Spain 36.4
Sweden 66.1
Taiwan 24.2
United States 71.1
Hours Per Week Online
Korea has the largest percentage (55.7 percent) of Internet users who are online an average of 10 hours or more per week; by comparison, 41 percent of users in the United States are online an average of 10 hours or more per week.
Internet Use: The Richest and the Poorest Users
Not surprisingly, the wealthiest quarter of the population is much more likely to use the Internet than the poorest quarter. However, in more than half of the surveyed countries, at least 20 percent of the poorest quarter of the population uses the Internet.
Sweden (49.1 percent), Korea (46.4 percent) and the United States (43.1 percent) have the highest use of the Internet within the poorest quarter of the population.
The percentages of the poorest quarter of the population that uses the Internet in countries surveyed in this question are:
Britain 24.4
Germany 27.8
Hungary: 1.6
Italy: 10.6
Japan: 32.6
Korea: 46.4
Macao: 12.3
Singapore: 21.6
Spain: 17.6
Sweden: 49.1
Taiwan: 18.2
United States 43.1
Background: The World Internet Project and the UCLA Center for Communication Policy
The UCLA Center for Communication Policy is a unit in the UCLA Anderson School of Management and is also affiliated with UCLA. In addition to creating and organizing the World Internet Project, the UCLA Center for Communication Policy also conducts the UCLA Internet Project, the comprehensive year-to-year study of the impact of the Internet on users and non-users.
Findings from Year Four of the UCLA Internet Project will be released in the spring.
The UCLA Internet Project is supported by public foundations and private companies, including the National Science Foundation, Hewlett-Packard, Accenture, Time Warner (AOL), Sony, Verizon, SBC and the UCLA International Institute.
World Internet Project International Partners and Contacts
P. Universidad Catolica de Chile
Sergio Godoy Etcheverry
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Guo Liang
European Institute for the Media
Andrea Koenen
Technical University Budapest
Tibor Dessewffy
SDA Bocconi, Bocconi University
Andreina Mandelli
Toyo University
Shunji Mikami
Yonsei University
Wang-Bae Kim
University of Macao
Angus Cheong
School of Communication Studies
Nanyang Technological University
Alfred Choi
Adriana Marina
World Internet Institute
Johan Bang
National Chung Cheng University
Cheng-Chung Li
United Kingdom
Oxford Internet Institute
William Dutton
Richard Rose


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Sir Elton John cursed at the audience during his show in London on Thursday night after they booed One Direction star Harry Styles.
Styles was in the crowd to watch the music legend's gig at the Roundhouse venue in the British capital as part of the iTunes festival, and Sir Elton took time out from the set to thank his famous guest for attending, saying, "Thanks to the fabulous Harry Styles".
The singer's statement was met with a loud chorus of boos and jeers from the crowd, prompting Sir Elton to snap back, "I love One Direction, [bleep] off," before continuing with the show.
One Direction hit headlines last month when they were booed at the MTV Video Music Awards while picking up an award.
Pop superstar Lady Gaga later came to their defense, branding the crowd's behavior upsetting and embarrassing.


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Yesterday, speaking at Facebook headquarters, President Obama assessed the guts of Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) and other congressional Republicans and concluded that their deficit reduction plan isn't "particularly courageous." That might be accurate – their plan lacks specificity and could target a lot more for elimination – but it's pretty rich for the President to throw out such a conclusion. After all, his whole strategy appears to be the bankruptingly lame-but-safe crying of doom for cute kids and other supposedly defenseless people no matter what the size of the proposed cut to a social program or how ineffective the program has been. That, and the constant lamentation that "the rich" – a small and therefore electorally weak group of voters – don't pay their fair share. (And the constitutionality of federal programs? That doesn't even get a mention.)
Representative of this cowardly course is the President's mantra about "investing" more in education-related programs despite blaring evidence that the programs don't work or, as is the case with federal student aid, actually make the problem they're supposed to solve much worse. But the President wants votes – like most politicians, he wants lots of people to think he's giving them great stuff for free – so he's not doing the mildly courageous thing and telling people "look, these programs don't work, we have a titanic debt, and I'm going to cut things that might sound good but aren't." No, he's doing things like going to community colleges and, in front of cheering groups of students, talking about mean Republicans and how he wants to protect students just like them by keeping the federal dollars flowing.
That's no profile in courage, nor is it a responsible way to deal with the federal government's gigantic problems.


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AWKWARD RUN-INS �When Melanie (Tia Mowry) goes on a first date with a new guy, Jerome (guest star Mehcad Brooks) he invites her to his work party at the sky box of the Sabers game and she cautiously agrees. Derwin (Pooch Hall) is upset when he first hears the news, but Malik (Hosea Chanchez) tells him to use the energy on the game. Later, Kelly (Brittany Daniel) and Tasha (Wendy Raquel Robinson) compete over an endorsement opportunity for Malik and Jason (Coby Bell). Salim Akil directed the episode written by Jenifer Rice-Genzuk (#40596-033).


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Erik Assadourian & Annie Leonard with Chip Giller: Is Sustainability Still Possible?
These days, the word sustainable has become practically meaningless, with most "sustainable" products just a step less bad than conventional alternatives. And because of the power of such "sustainababble," the world largely has ignored the rich spectrum of political, cultural, and technological changes that would set us on the path to a truly sustainable future. The newState of the World 2013—which features contributions from experts at the Worldwatch Institute, such as Senior Fellow Erik Assadourian, as well as from environmental thought leaders such as The Story of Stuff author Annie Leonard—argues that while the science of sustainability is clearer than ever, we still face the question of whether transforming our society into one guided by sustainability is even possible. Assadourian and Leonard are joined in conversation by Chip Giller, founder and president of Grist.
Presented by: Town Hall as part of its Civic series, with Grist and Elliott Bay Book Company. Series supported by The Boeing Company, the RealNetworks Foundation, and the True-Brown Foundation. Sponsored by The Stranger.
Tickets: $5.
Doors open: 6:30 pm.
Town Hall member benefits: Priority seating, discounted onsite book sales.
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Snap o' the Day: Welded rail
Ben Bryant and Clifton Maxey of the Buckingham Branch Railroad prepare to weld two pieces of rail previously connected by bolted-on bars, shortly before 9am on Tuesday, May 5, near the intersection of Route 250 and West Leigh Drive. The work is part of an ongoing, taxpayer-funded upgrade to what was formerly known as the the historic Chesapeake & Ohio main line.
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Rain keeps coming. I guess RWSA will have to raise our rates to make up for the dearth of spring garden watering. Does anyone really believe that in 50 years we will be using chemically treated drinking water to water our lawn or flush our toilets ?
Great link at this article to Weather Underground which provides up-to-date precipitation totals for all parts of our region: May total at McCormick Observatory 1.22in, April total was 3.03in.


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This first-time mommy-to-be sure isn't letting any pregnancy woes cramp her style! Despite complaining of sore feet, expectant mother Tamar Braxton attended her gender-neutral baby shower at Bel-Air Hotel in L.A. on Sunday, May 5 rocking a pair of multicolored, sky-high Giuseppe Zanotti stilettos.
"These are very comfortable," the Tamar & Vince star told Us Weekly. "I'm not going to wear anything that's gonna make my feet hurt any more than they are. As long as they're comfortable, they can go with me!"
Joined by her husband of five years, record executive Vince Herbert, the "Love and War" singer revealed that she's luckily been having a fairly easy pregnancy thus far.
"I feel great," Braxton, 35, told Us. "I have a lot of energy. I'm always upbeat and everyone has to tell me to sit down somewhere. But I feel amazing."
The reality star's footwear wasn't the only surprising fashion trend at the family-feted party — as sister Trina showed up wearing hot pink onesie pajamas, much to her sibling's surprise.
"She's about to change a lot of onesies, so she's got to get used to it," Trina explained. "It was very befitting of the occasion."
Indeed, Tamar's four sisters — Toni, Traci, Towanda and Trina — have all been helping her gear up for her impending baby duties by dishing out their tips.
"My sisters have lots of advice," Tamar shared. "But I think the one that sticks out the most is be the best mom you can be and always focus on your family first."
But it seems that there is at least one piece of advice that Tamar has not taken from big sis Toni, who said she's been telling Tamar to ditch the heels during pregnancy!
"She's not listening," the "Unbreak My Heart" singer, 45, told Us. "It's just so dangerous. I get it. You want to look cute, but the last few weeks, few months, you have to take it easy!"
As the WE tv star prepares for motherhood, she admits that there is one pregnancy perk she's caving into: Cravings!
"I'm the greediest person in America, of course," Tamar laughed. "I love potato chips! I love a lot of junk food, but I can't have a lot of salt."
Her hubby Herbert, 43, told Us they're super-eager to welcome their new family addition. I'm elated. I have no words," Vince said, adding of his wife, "I can tell Tamar is going to be a great mom."
Tamar & Vince's first season wrapped in December 2012, but she confirmed on Twitter that they will be back for a second season, with a premiere date not yet announced.
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Posted by JAHEBIL on 2012-11-29
We received a terms sheet from them on favorable terms causing us to terminate advanced negotiations with other VCs. Several weeks later they had still not started due diligence. Finally I chased and they bombed out. We found another VC and survived but my perspective was this was a speculative terms sheet. We had some internal issues with an Irishman we didn't know about and not sure if that was anything to do with it but anyway, watch out!PRIVATE: Members Only
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Atlantic Bridge is one of the better Irish VCs. They have their own money (rare in Ireland where about 80% of VC funds are from Enterprise Ireland in one way or another) and give quick answers.
We are too small for them, they are more in the $3m+ range. But they followed up with lots of useful information and pushed us in the right direction.PRIVATE: Members Only


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Many have said it would be plain wrong to not design a panda hoodie to celebrate the Mists of Pandaria launch. They're right: it would have been. Luckily for all of those correct people, we headed the possible issue off at the pass by designing just that: a panda hoodie, complete with ears and not just black, but white fabric as well. You can use it as an excuse to hang out in bamboo groves all day looking generally tranquil and contemplating the mysteries of the universe. That is, of course, assuming you can tear yourself away from Pandaria for a while.


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Keppinger, White Sox beat Marlins in extras
Chicago, IL – Jeff Keppinger's bases-loaded single plated Tyler Greene with the winning run in the 11th inning to lift the Chicago White Sox to a 4-3 victory over the Miami Marlins.
John Danks received a standing ovation following his pitching performance of six-plus innings. The left-hander, who made his first start in more than a year, allowed four hits and three runs and fanned five. Danks' 2012 season ended with arthroscopic surgery on his shoulder.
Nate Jones (1-4) recorded the final two outs of the top of the 11th inning, and the White Sox, who were seemingly robbed of the win a frame earlier, loaded the bases against Ryan Webb (1-2).
Paul Konerko singled with one out and was lifted for Greene in a pinch-running situation. Dayan Viciedo singled to right off the glove of a diving second baseman Derek Dietrich. With runners at the corners, the Marlins elected to intentionally walk Conor Gillaspie. Keppinger then hit a sharp grounder beyond a diving Placido Polanco into left field to cap the opener of this three-game set.
Alex Rios singled in the sixth inning to extend his career-high hitting streak to 18 games for the White Sox, who have won three of their last four games.
Dietrich belted a two-run homer in the fourth inning, but the Marlins lost for the 10th time in their last 12 games.
Miami wasted a chance with two men on base in the 10th when Polanco grounded into a double play. Chicago loaded the bases in the bottom portion, and Rios looked safe at first on a potential double-play ball, but first base umpire Angel Hernandez made the out call to end the frame.
"We continue to get our opportunities to score and we just can't score," Marlins manager Mike Redmond said. "That's just where we're at. We've been watching this all year. It's frustrating. We continue to get guys in situations and we're just not able to drive a runner in."
Marlins starter Tom Koehler, who pitched six innings, saw a line drive go off his back in the third inning.
Dietrich homered to right field with Polanco on base in the fourth, but the White Sox evened it an inning later thanks to Keppinger's RBI groundout and Hector Gimenez's run-scoring base hit.
Paul Konerko, who is hitting just .236 this season, singled to left to drive in Rios in the sixth. It was one of three hits for the first baseman.
"It's becoming more consistent," White Sox manager Robin Ventura said of Konerko's hitting. "You can see the light at the end of the tunnel of at-bats, time after time. He's doing the right thing and not trying to do too much, just hitting."
Miguel Olivo's sacrifice fly with the bases full in the seventh tied the game again. Nick Green then singled to fill the bases again, but Jeff Mathis grounded into an inning-ending double-play.
Game Notes
This was Danks' first start since May 19, 2012 ... Rios' hit streak is the longest by a White Sox since Carlos Lee's 28-game run from May 13 - June 16, 2004.


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The administration was forced to release more than 1,300 pages of documents related to the gun-trafficking program. The subpoenaed records reveal frantic e-mail communications between senior officials about how vigorously to defend the operation, as well as concerns about the veracity of some of the proposed defenses.
Several of the exchanges also expressed worries that if the administration were to cooperate with the congressional investigation, Congress would press for even more information. Others highlight the general fear among those involved that exposure would damage the image of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (still known as ATF).
One e-mail from U.S. Attorney Dennis Burke, who oversaw much of the gun trafficking, recommends sending a "stern missive" to the Arizona Republic newspaper for exposing the scheme. "Just baffling that they refuse to engage even just to protect the integrity of the agency," he wrote in a February 1 e-mail to Justice Department Criminal Division boss Lanny Breuer. In another e-mail, Burke complains that congressional investigators were acting as "willing stooges" for defenders of the right to keep and bear arms.
The documents that were released to the press also show that top officials urged the Department of Justice to issue a strong and categorical denial of accusations made by ATF whistleblowers. And in the end, despite the seriousness of lying to Congress, that is precisely what happened.
In a February 4 letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), for example, DOJ legislative affairs boss Ron Weich offered a series of blatantly false statements. "ATF makes every effort to interdict weapons that were purchased illegally and prevent their transportation to Mexico," Weich falsely claimed in the letter. The official response also inaccurately stated that the ATF had not "sanctioned" or knowingly allowed illegally purchased assault weapons to cross the border.
Holder admitted some of the lies on November 8 in testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee. While acknowledging that the denials contained in the letter were "inaccurate," however, he attempted to blame lower-ranking officials in field offices. Finally, yesterday, after it had already become public knowledge, senior administration officials formally withdrew the letter and the lies contained within it.
"Facts have come to light during the course of this investigation that indicate the February 4 letter contains inaccuracies," wrote Deputy Attorney General James Cole in the December 2 letter to Congress withdrawing the previous false statements. But he, too, tried to deflect responsibility.
"Department personnel ... relied on information provided by supervisors from the components in the best position to know the relevant facts: ATF and the U.S. Attorney's Office in Arizona," Cole noted in the letter. "Information provided by those supervisors was inaccurate."
Before the earlier letter was officially withdrawn, however, Sen. Grassley and congressional investigators had already determined that it was filled with false information. And outrage — in Congress and among the public — was already boiling.
"It's unconscionable that a federal agency would let such a misleading letter stand for more than nine months," Grassley said last month. "The head of the Criminal Division knew it was false, his deputy knew it was false, the whistleblowers knew it was false, the documents suggested it was false, and I discovered it was false — but, if Congress had relied on the department's official talking points, we still wouldn't know the truth today."
Last month Holder also finally admitted to providing inaccurate testimony under oath — some critics of the administration called it "perjury" — before a House Committee investigating the scandal. He claimed, for example, that he had only found out about the deadly gun-running scheme "in the last few weeks."
But on November 8, after the DOJ's own documents exposed the lie, the U.S. government's top law enforcement officer finally conceded that he had not told the truth. "In my testimony before the House committee, I did say 'a few weeks.' I probably could have said 'a couple of months,'" Holder told the Senate Judiciary Committee on November 8. "I don't think that what I said in terms of using the term 'a few weeks' was inaccurate, based on what happened."
Incredibly, however, the Attorney General was still not being honest. In reality, Holder was bragging about the operation — which has been implicated in the murders of federal law enforcement officers such as Border Patrol agent Brian Terry and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent Jaime Zapata, along with hundreds of other victims — as far back as 2009.
"My department is committing 100 new ATF personnel to the Southwest border in the next 100 days to supplement our ongoing Project Gunrunner," Holder told a Mexican arms-trafficking conference in April of 2009 during a speech that is still posted on the DOJ website. Gunrunner was the umbrella operation that oversaw Fast and Furious as well as other U.S. government gun-trafficking schemes until it was finally exposed.
More than 50 members of Congress so far — the list continues to grow — are calling for Holder to step down or be fired. And more than a few GOP presidential candidates including Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann have echoed the sentiment.
Powerful gun groups are calling for the Attorney General's ouster, too. National Rifle Association chief Wayne LaPierre, for example, argued that Fast and Furious was a deliberate plot to undermine the God-given right to keep and bear arms protected by the Second Amendment.
But instead of tendering his resignation, Holder has gone on the offensive, calling for more gun control and lashing out at media outlets he believes are at least partially responsible for his woes. "You guys need to — you need to stop this," the Attorney General told a reporter for The Daily Caller late last month when asked about the growing chorus in Congress demanding that he step down. "It's not an organic thing that's just happening. You guys are behind it."
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), the Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee which is investigating Fast and Furious, has not yet added his name to the growing list. "The fact is it is not about any one person. It is not about Eric Holder," Issa told the Christian Science Monitor, saying the problem is much bigger and that the investigation is still ongoing.
"It is about a failure that seems to be pervasive within [the Department of] Justice that investigations play fast and loose with the expectations of what is right or wrong when it comes to ... collateral damage," Issa was quoted as saying. "This isn't the first time the FBI and other agencies have been involved in investigations in which bad people are allowed to continue doing bad things in the name of going after bad people."
Meanwhile, the ATF agents responsible for blowing the whistle on the deadly scheme have suffered. The officials in charge of the program and the attempted cover-up, on the other hand, have mostly been rewarded with promotions and lucrative "transfers."
It remains unclear exactly what the gun-running scheme was supposed to accomplish. DOJ and ATF claim the idea was to track the firearms and prosecute higher-ups. But critics don't believe that excuse — especially because most of the guns were not even followed.
Groups such as the NRA have said it was likely an unlawful plot to undermine the gun rights of law-abiding Americans — and Holder's continued insistence on more regulation has only added fuel to the fire. Other experts contend that Fast and Furious was part of a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operation to interfere in Mexican politics and the ongoing drug wars south of the border.
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