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I understand that Jeff and Bettorsworld is sponsoring the both the College and Pro Football weekly contest. THANKS JEFF!!
I haven't scrolled through to see if the annual Mock Super Contest is still going to happen?
I am interest in participating.
I understand that Jeff and Bettorsworld is sponsoring the both the College and Pro Football weekly contest. THANKS JEFF!!
I haven't scrolled through to see if the annual Mock Super Contest is still going to happen?
I am interest in participating.
A Staple contest here at Bettors World seems to be in Jeopardy danger of loss, harm, or failure.
The main issue as I understand it is the complexity to accept payments (Pay pal is out). There is also equal weight of finding an administrator to
run the contest. Jeff has opined on this earlier.
We need a work around with all members here at Bettors World to bring our combined talent together to make this happen.
Make no mistake about it. This contest draws the best in the world to play. They come from all over the world to join just ask our sharks where
they are from and you might be surprised. Yes this is contest has the attention of many.
Some How some way The Mock Hilton Year 7 has got to live for another year.
Just send money orders or certified checks??
There has to be solution to send online payments? I'm in the UK and I don't know what a check (or as we say cheque) or money order is!
LeagueSafe was designed and launched in 2008 to provide not just the convenience and safety of paying
fantasy league dues online, but also the security of knowing your league dues will be paid out at the end
of the season. With LeagueSafe, your league funds are held safely all season long. Nobody, not even the commissioner,
has access to the funds until the end of the season. You can be sure your league payouts are paid in accordance
with your league rules with our first-of-its-kind "Majority Vote" security feature. LeagueSafe is ideal for all
fantasy leagues for many reasons, and it's the gold standard if you play in a league of strangers or a league
in which you don't know or trust the league commissioner.
League members pay their dues using one of our convenient and 100 percent safe and secure online payment options.
LeagueSafe can be used from start to finish without incurring fees of any kind, and we don't remove a single cent
from the league balance - 100% of every league's entry fees are paid out to winners at the end of the season.
League commissioners can allocate payouts within hours of the end of the season, and owners can receive their
winnings immediately using one of several instant payout delivery options. LeagueSafe is the trusted resource for
managing and protecting your league's entry fees.
It seems to be up to Jeff's Accountant as accepting all that PayPal money creates some accounting problems for him. Sounds like we need an escrow service like League Safe that Dinger recommends, although they will take a piece of the pie. Or Jeff mentioned Venmo, which is like PayPal but maybe does not create the accounting problem that PayPal does.
We also need someone to run the contest. It is very time consuming. I am running one at my office, and with just 12 people playing, it takes a lot of time.
I am also in with a group of 4 other guys in the Real Westgate contest. This will be my first time in the real thing. Looking forward to it.
Hopefully someone will step up and solve these issues. I hate to see the BW Mock Hilton/Westgate contest die like this.
Monroe Eaford has run the Mock Hilton very efficiently for years. I hadn't heard that he wasn't up for it this year, so I think we are good as far as that goes. Just need to work out the payment system.
Hope this happens. Gotta make my yearly donation.
Guys - I think league safe is the way to go.
Here's a couple of links/opinions
It solves the problems on my end.
Let me know.
In the past, we have started promoting the contest in July. We are way behind. So, expect a lower turnout. But it's essential that we make a decision immediately.
LeagueSafe will be good. Just requires some little effort on our part to sign up. I just signed up. Takes 60 seconds. You can use your Google email to sign up.
They don't even take a % of the pot.
They just make some money when they charge your credit card - 3%, and $3 to send you a Check if you win.
Looks like they don't take PayPal or Bitcoin. Just credit or debit card.
I say set it up Jeff and send an email to everyone on your Bettorsworld email list who has played any contest before.
We can then start promoting to our friends.
The Boys can help promote from above!
I've signed up to leaguesafe and it works for international customers - took 60 seconds. Cool!
Just signed up at League safe
Joliet Jake
Corn Picker
OK, I signed up. It seems that if The Commissioner(Jeff) signs up and then sends an e mail invite to each of the members, we'll get $10 added to the pot for each signup? Am I reading that wrong? Maybe some free added prize money?
upon further review.......I don't think this will work.
Our contest does not fit into the definition of "fantasy sports".
There's a good chance we'd get a couple weeks into the contest and then potentially have a problem.....
Venmo is pretty easy. The only downside is non US players, if we have any, can't use it. Maybe those outside US could send Checks to Jeff, or someone can act as a go between, get paypaled the money by international users, and then venmo the money to Jeff? I'd be willing to do that, but one drawback is I won't be available for that after Sept 4, as I'm going into the hospital for a few days. Also, is Monroe still willing to to the scoring? Haven't seen him around? Hope we can somehow get it together and continue this long standing tradition.
Points awarded based on the statistics (final score) of the game? Sounds like fantasy sports to me....
what about this, http://legacy.contestgeneral.com/pickem.php . Not looked into if they charge fees or anything, just seen it from other contests.
Count me in
The only logical way to do this is to let a trusted member accept Paypal payment and run the contest. I'll do both if anyone is up for that.
I trust Dragon to run.


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When one of the ways for employees to get out of the Hennessey Performance compound in Sealy, Texas is by driving down a drag strip, you begin to see why people perceive them as mad-for-power. However, after spending a day with the people at Hennessey Performance, I can say they're just like anyone else. Anyone else knee-deep in enthusiast's money and supercars.
The first thing you notice upon arrival to the shop along Interstate 10 is that there's really not much to notice. The new headquarters is operational but not completely finished. Therefore they've elected not to create much in the way of attention-grabbing signage other than a small sign proclaiming "Lonestar Motorsports Park." But when you're driving all manner of supercars around, you're going to get attention.
Attention, of course, is a good thing. Known for outrageously tuned vehicles, especially Vipers, the Hennessey operation does almost no major advertising outside of the DuPont Registry. When you're able to post a YouTube video of your Twin Turbo Viper racing to 220 mph, the news sort of spreads by itself.
Though their showroom isn't complete, an Audi R8 and a pair of Vipers make the only necessary statement sitting alone on the shiny red floor. If that doesn't work, there's always John Hennessey. It's hard to say whether he excels more at tuning or selling, but he's managed to keep doing both for a while in a state known for shops that fly too close to the sun. While it's true some question Hennessey's service record, it's hard to argue with people continuing to come back.
Besides, the real fun isn't in the showroom, it's on the shop floor, which looks as though it was built as an answer to the question: "Why mess with perfection?" On the day of my visit there are half a dozen Vipers, the first Hennessey Challenger SRT600 in prep, an SRT600 Cherokee, a GT40, a Porsche 911 peppered about a room already littered with vehicles.
My expectation was the Hennessey people would be power-mad tinkerers. While certainly dedicated to the extremes, no one tried to assault me with a Hemi-powered golf cart. However, it is a shop with mechanics who ritually test their tuned cars on the quarter-mile dragstrip behind the shop on the way home. And on the day I visited, John was on his way back from autocrossing in Siberia. They may not be power-mad, but power's most definitely on their minds.
After performing the perfunctory gawk-and-shoot with my camera, it was time to get down to business. My first question is also the most obvious, what do you do when the Viper dies? Dave Golder, long-time LeMons racer and Hennessey General Manager, points out the car is going to be around for a short time and the cars already built aren't going to suddenly disappear. The company is also expanding into new models like the Challenger, opening up a Tuner School and expanding their strip into a full race course.
There are those who would scoff at the audacity of the company's mission, which is to take already powerful cars to their extreme. There are those who turn their noses up to the company's owner — calling him audacious. But dropping the hammer on my normally-aspirated car as I charged down the track towards I-10, I couldn't help thinking what the car might sound like with a pair of turbochargers. Audacity, apparently is contagious... though affluence, unfortunately, is not.
(also see Future Hennessey Plans , Hennessey Challegner SRT600 Exclusive First Look and Weird Hennessey Vehicles)


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I was initially attempting to solve issues related to systemd not being able to open the system_bus socket in /var/run/dbus/system_bus. At some point I made a modification that has prevented me from logging in, with any username.
After logging into a tty with a username and password successfully, the tty doesn't print out anything more, my shell is never executed, and after about 30-60 seconds the tty is cleared and the login prompt is displayed once again.
/var/log/auth.log confirms that each time I try to login, I am successfully authenticated.
Oct 11 18:38:42 laptop login: pam_unix(login:session): session opened for user first by LOGIN(uid=0)
How can I make it so I can login again?
Last edited by webstrand (2012-10-12 14:32:08)
Is this a trick question?
At some point I made a modification that has prevented me from logging in...
Are we supposed to guess the nature of your computer use?
That was not my intent when I said that. I was trying to say that I have no idea what it was that got changed that caused my issue.
However I can say that I used vimdiff to merge in the following .pacnew:
I then used rmdir on /var/run and /var/lock and reinstalled filesystem.
I rebooted to see if systemd would connect to the system_bus socket properly, now that /var/run was a symlink, not an empty directory, but found that I could not login. I deduced that this was because I had removed my user from the /etc/passwd file.
I rebooted using init=/bin/sh and mount -o remount,rw / and restored my user to /etc/passwd from /etc/passwd-.
Upon reboot I found that I could not login. I rebooted again using init=/bin/sh and I reset the password on both my root and my account. I also created a new account to test with. Rebooting normally, I found that I still could not login.
Looking into the man pages, I found that agetty delegated login handling to /bin/login, and that login would print the contents of /etc/motd. I modified /etc/motd to contain something.
Upon rebooting and attempting to login again, I found that login did print the motd, which meant that I had been authenticated and that the problem was somewhere else, but that I still could not login.
Does that help? I'm still at a complete loss of what to do next.
Last edited by webstrand (2012-10-12 02:23:47)
Wait, you merged entries into group, passwd, and gshadow? You do know that the User ID's and such in those files shouldn't be messed with once they are created? You have very likely upset your system's users and groups and passwords. The lesson to learn here is do not blindly merge files, do them by hand every time. Do you have backup files? Every time a .pacnew file comes along backup the original file. Don't just rename it and start anew because the original files permissions also need to be kept. But the backup will let you restore any unfortunate changes.
Last edited by headkase (2012-10-12 02:28:36)
I have used gentoo a couple of times in the past and have begun again, and one tool that I really like is etc-update. There is a version in AUR that is ported to Arch. It searches for pacnew files and lets you choose what to do with them. I guess it is not that hard to do it manually, but it is just something I have gotten used to.
I didn't blindly merge them, I used vimdiff to copy over the lines individually, or reorded the entries manually. The only reason my user was removed from /etc/passwd was because I was careless. Though I will make backups before I merge .pacnew files from now on.
Are these files the issue? I had thought I had corrected the error, because authentication still succeeds.
I honestly don't know the "right" way to fix your issue. If I was able, I'd create a new user, mv all my old users files into the new folder and recursively chown the works.
Then see if system users and such still worked correctly.
I already tried creating a new user, and couldn't login using that one either. How would I go about testing the system users?
Well thank you for sending me down the right path. I was missing other users in my /etc/passwd file, and this was preventing me from logging in. I recovered a previous version of my /etc/passwd file by doing the following:
strings /dev/sda2 > strings_list
cat strings_list | grep -F -200 "first:x:" > search_results
The file search_results contained ~10 different versions of my /etc/passwd file. I simply selected the one that matched /etc/shadow and carefully merged the previous version into /etc/passwd.
I should note that /etc/shadow was undamaged througout this fiasco.
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Monday, July 7, 2008
And the Winners Are...
These are the people who got all 10 questions right!
Shannon from Delaware
And here are the other winning names that I randomly drew from the group of people who got 9 out of 10 questions correct!
Charlotte's Mommy
Congratulations! Write me with your mailing address so your prize can be shipped out.
1. Which one of these things has Dawn NOT shown us pictures of?
A. a bar of soap with teethmarks in it
B. her sister's Christmas tree
C. her thumb with a Strawberry Shortcake bandage on it
D. a komodo dragon
E. a doorknob
2. Which quote has Dawn NOT used on her blog?
A. Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that ~ George Carlin
B. Parents are not interested in justice, they're interested in peace and quiet. ~ Bill Cosby
C. Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much. ~ Oscar Wilde
D. When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear. ~ Mark Twain
E. Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. ~ Matthew 7:1-2
3. Which one of the following was NOT a blog post title?
A. The Bats Won't Poop on Your Head
B. You Put WHAT in the Toilet?
C. Here's Some Toilet Paper to go With That Butt Paste
D. Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
E. Don't Put Chocolate Milk in Your Pants
4. Dawn has had pictures of Brooklyn in which of these places?
A. Stuck on the top bunk bed
B. Playing in the toilet
C. Sitting in the bathroom sink
D. In the kitchen cupboard
E. Standing in the dishwasher
5. The most comments Dawn has received on a post is...
6. Which of the following things does Dawn NOT hate?
A. vomit
B. styrofoam
C. broccoli
D. balloons
E. shoes
7. Dawn is well known for her beautiful decorated cakes made to celebrate the highlights in her family. Which theme has Dawn NOT shown us pictures of?
A. Bacon
B. Lightning McQueen
C. Monkeys
D. Bugs
E. Simpsons
8. In addition to cakes, a lot of other cooking takes place in the Meehan kitchen too. Which of these kitchen disasters experiences did Dawn write about?
A. Joe putting lemon-lime Kool Aid on fish
B. Clay microwaving eggs for 55 minutes and 55 seconds
C. Austin melting the slotted spoon by making donuts
D. Savannah burning chocolate chip cookies
E. Clay turning the mixer on high and spraying flour all over the place
9. There is a lot of "gross" food found at the Meehan's. Which one has NOT been blogged about?
A. Pizza
B. Sour chocolate milk
C. Moldy sandwich
D. Petrified hot dog
E. Banana peel
F. Cookies
G. Waffle
10. True or false: Dawn fed Clayton chocolate ice cream for breakfast on national tv.
Thank you to everyone for playing!!! And thanks for an awesome first year!
And thank you so much to the wonderful ladies who donated prizes to the winners!
Leslie at Simply Lovely Gifts
Patti at Precious Text
Vanessa at My Mommy's Bracelets
Annika at Red Thread Confections
Angie at Good For the Kids
Kim at Olive Kids
Dana at Couture Moms
Michelle at 4 The Kids
Rachel at Supper's on the Table, Come Home
Roxanne from Sassy Chics
Posted by Dawn at 10:49 PM
10 comments:
Congratulations to all the winners!
I got 8 right :o)
- July 8, 2008 at 12:10 AM
Not that I think you should change your list of winners, because they've already been selected, so that's fair, but I beg to differ on #8. In your Tuesday, January 15, 2008, "Cooking 101" post, you did not say how long Clay put the eggs in the microwave, but you did mention another incident involving that amount of time, "On the bright side, it's been almost a year since his last cooking escapade (where he put a package of microwave popcorn, still encased in cellophane, in the microwave for 55 minutes and 55 seconds) so at least it's not a regular thing." Just for the record....
But I stilled missed finding the komodo dragon photo -- I hate getting anything wrong on a quiz!
- July 8, 2008 at 12:49 AM
- Brenda said...
Congratulations winners! Great prizes Dawn!
- July 8, 2008 at 7:33 AM
Seriously? I actually WON SOMETHING??? This has never ever happened to me before! How cool is this??? I will email you with my mailing address right now, Dawn. Thanks! And thanks for brightening my world every day-- I have so much fun reading your blog. :)
- July 8, 2008 at 9:19 AM
Aw, shoot. I knew I should have posted an entry; I would have gotten them all right! Oh, well. Thanks for the contest & for your wonderfully entertaining blog!
- July 8, 2008 at 11:51 AM
- Michelle said...
Can't wait to create a one of a kind NAMESAKE for one of your winners!!
What a fun contest!
- July 8, 2008 at 1:33 PM
How do we email you? I'm not seeing an email address. Perhaps I'm dense.
- July 8, 2008 at 6:49 PM
- Manic Mom said...
Happy One Year Anniversary!!!
Great quiz!
- July 8, 2008 at 9:59 PM
- ~Jenifer~ said...
This was a lot of fun! I may have researched it a bit if I had not found it Sunday night. Congrats to all the winners.
When are we going to get to see some of the interesting pics from the camping trip.... I can't wait.
I agree I am so glad that you share you hectic life with us you make my job seem easy (I only have 2 and trying for #3).
I have not recieved any emails about the up coming book so can you tell us a bit about it please?
- July 9, 2008 at 12:07 AM
- Shellie said...
Aw shoot, I was going to come back and take that quiz after I got the kids to bed, but that was a week or so ago, right? They finally passed out.
- July 10, 2008 at 12:33 AM


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Linda Erickson, manager of the coffee shop, has noticed a
problem of theft in the coffee shop (Photo by Dan Velie).
Chemicals add flavor
to New Brighton water
The great (fielke16 gieb'-'crobtker
5K Fun Run to mark halftime
the Clarion. Vol. 57, No. 5
Bethel College, 3900 Bethel Dr., St. Paul, MN
9 October 1981
Theft problem eats at Bethel Food Service
by Cliff Short
Anyone doubting the
reality of a theft problem
at Bethel College should
talk with the managers in
food services.
Wayne Erickson, direc-tor
of food services,_ and
Linda Erickson, manager
of the coffee shop, agree
that theft in the food ser-vice
areas is a major
"Theft in the coffee shop
occurs every day and
probably - takes place
every hour it's open," said
Items stolen from the
food service range from
small food items such as
cookies, to entire meals as
well as plates, trays, sil-verware
and glasses.
-W. Erickson said, "We
had to spend $208 to re-place
52 dozen water
glasses that were lost last
year, about $250 to replace
silverware, $96 to replaCe
eight dozen salad bowls,
and 20 dozen trays had to
be replaced at $49.50 a
According to Erickson,
it is impossible to estimate
how much money was lost
in food theft last year. She
said the number of empty
juice containers and food
wrappers found near the
grill area in the coffee shop
each day indicated a sub-stantial
amount of food
was consumed and not
paid for.
"During the busy times
of the day the problem is
the greatest. People will
sneak through the exits
without paying, or else eat
or drink items before get-ting
to the cashier," said
According to W. Erick-son,
when people are
caught they are usually
just asked to pay for the
items. However, said L.
Erickson, "The Dean's of-fice
will be notified of re-peat
W. Erickson and L.
Erickson agreed that the
excuse most people give
is, "I was going to pay for
it later." People say the
lines were long and they
are in a hurry to get to
class; there is not enough
time to pay..
"There seems to be a
subtle unconcern for doing
what is right," said L.
W. Erickson comment-ed,
"The thing that hurts is
the impact that something
like this has on Bethel's
Christian testimony."
School spirit commanded at Royal Homecoming
by Laurie Challman
Homecominy, activities
this year will include Beth-el's
official Preppy Day, a
bonfire on Seminary Hill,
a powderpuff football
gaine, Ind a John Fischer concert.
Festivities begin Mon-day,
Oct. 12, with nomina-tions
for Homecoming sen-ior
host and hostess. Only
seniors may nominate
classmates, but Thursday
by Tami McQuoid
Homecoming activities
this year will include the
first Bethel Alumni/Stu-dent/
Faculty 5K Fun Run.
The race will be held Sat-urday,
Oct. 17, during the
half time of the Royals'
Homecoming football.
The five-kilometer run
(about 3.1 miles) is spon-sored
by the Alumni Off
ice. According to Curt
Fauth, director of Alumni
Affairs, the race will -en-courage
alumni, students
and faculty to get together
and Friday freshman, soph-omores
and juniors will
also vote. -
Thursday at 1 p.m.,
Bethel women will show
their prowess when the
junior/senior powderpuff
football team plays
against the freshman/soph-omore
• team at Bremer
A bonfire on Seminary
Hill at 10 p.m. Thursday
while participating in a
fun activity. A member of
the Alumni Board, Paul
Wicklund, class of '66, is
the originator of the Fun
Run idea.
The race will begin be-hind
the Bremer Field
bleachers shortly before
half time and will end on
the football field during
half time. Bethel's intra-mural
staff and men's
cross-country team will
At the completion of the
race, all runners will re-ceive
a gold-colored T-night,
complete with free
cider and donuts, will be
"a fun time to get everyone
together and get school
spirit up for Homecom-ing,"
said Sherwood Mc-
Kinnis, campus coordina-tor.
Friday will be a great
day to hunt for alligators
on shirts. It is also the day
to put on those khakis and
Top-sider shoes. It's Beth-shirt
with blue lettering
that reads, "I ran in the
First Annual A.S.F. 5K
Run." The cartoon on the
T-shirts was designed by
Juan Ortiz, class of '81.
According to Fauth, the
turnout for the first Fun
Run is expected to be close
to 100.
Official entry blanks
may be picked up in the
Alumni Office. All parti-cipants
must fill out the
form and return it, along
with a $5 entry fee, to the
Alumni Office no later
than Oct. 13.
el's first official Preppy
Friday night's special
event is the John Fischer
concert at 8 p.m. Tickets
will be sold for $3.50 in
advance at the Campus
Coordinator's office, and
$4 at the door.
The warmup band for
John Fischer will be "Cer-tain
Shapes," a newlyform-ed
band comprised of Beth-el
students. Jeff Moen,
band member, said, "We'll
be performing familiar
songs that people will
know." Other band mem-bers
include: Loren Kjer-sten,
Brian Etienne, Lisa
Russell and Dave Ara-smith.
Later that night, mid-night
to 2 a.m., anyone
who is a preppy may go
roller skating. The cost
will be $1.50.
Homecoming host and
hostess will be announced
during half time at Satur-day's
1:30 p.m. Royals foot-ball
game against St.
John's. Also during half-time
there will be a 5-
kilometer run open to all
interested alumni, stu-dents
and faculty. Every
contestant will receive a
free T-shirt for entering.
Saturday night there
will be an alumni banquet
in the gym. Following the
dinner, the Alumni/Stu-dent
Variety Program will
begin at 8 p.m. The pro-gram
will be free of charge
and open to everyone.
by Dyer Davis
A lack of clean water
currently affects all New
Brighton residents, inclu-ding
Bethel students
housed at Fountain Ter-race,
Silvercrest and
Brighton Village.
On July 16, 1981, the
city of New Brighton was
informed of groundwater
contamination. The conta-mination
is believed to be
related to the disposal of
waste on the Twin City
Arsenal property, operat-ed
by the federal govern-ment.
Sampling of city water
by the Minnesota Pollu-tion
Control Agency and
The Minnesota Health De-partment
revealed minute
concentrations of chemi-cal
solvents in the city
water supply. "Trichloro-ethylene,"
a common de-greasing
agent, was found
in five of the six wells in
According to the Min-nesota
Health Depart-ment,
the contaminants in
the wells do not pose an
immediate health risk.
However, if a person
drinks more than two li-ters
of water per day, the
amount of contaminants
would exceed safety
standards for long-term
In a letter addressed to
New Brighton citizens
dated August 20, 1981,
James W. Fornell, city
manager, said that water
sampling and testing had
begun to define the extent
of contamination and the
changes in the water.
Fornell said contami-nant
levels had been re-duced
significantly by
changing the pumping
order of city wells and
using non-contaminated
wells on a first-draw basis.
On August 11th, the
New Brighton City.Coun-cil
approved a well testing
program, the reactivation
of a semi-abandoned well,
force well pumping, and
the feasibilit assessment
of drilling= ;) deeper well.
At present, the Minne-sota
Health Department
maintains that residents
need not use bottled water
or home filtration devices.
People with questions
about water contamina-tion
may call New Brigh-ton
City Hall at 633-1533.
Volume 57, Number 5
9 October 1981
Bethel College, St. Paul, MN
The Clarion is published weekly by the students
of Bethel College. Editorial opinions are the sole
responsibility of the Clarion staff. Letters are
welcome, and must be signed and delivered in
P.O. 2381 by the Sunday before publication.
Leann M. Kicker, editor
Naomi J. Ludeman, associate editor
JoAnn Watkins, news & feature editor
Ellie Feleen, sports editor
Don Copeland, Photography editor
Laura L. Phillips, copy editor
Art Gibbens, production manager
Pam Sundeen, business manager
Beth Nystrom, graphics editor
Timothy Larson, graphics
Jim Larson, cartoonist
Kraig Klaudt. columnist
"News and Feature Writing" students
Reach out
instead of
reach in
Dear Editor,
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How busy should be?
schedules need examining
Wallbeater recommends using chisel and hammer
head started to bleed when
I got hurt smashing into
both them and the wall.
They told me what they
were doing and I sym-pathized
with them. In
fact, I soon found myself
smashing my head against
the wall, in blind rage.
After awhile I asked my-self,
"Why are we doing
this?" Then I asked them
that same question. They
gave me answers but
somehow many of those
answers never seemed to
satisfy me. It just didn't
make sense.
One day I challenged
them and what they were
doing. I believed in many
of the things they were
fighting for. Their answer
shocked me. They turned
their bloody heads toward
me and began to beat me.
They left me in a pool of
blood. I limped away with
a very deep hurt, feeling
How ironic, I thought.
They were just as resistant
to change as those brick
walls. They, too, were in-vincible
when together,
but weaker when alone.
Even after they rejected
me, I still believed in many
of the things they were
fighting for and I still
sympathized with them.
I began to tear down
those brick walls by my-self.
Rather than beating
my head against the wall I
used my chisel and ham-mer,
chipping away at the
mortar. It made more
sense. It took longer, but I
felt as if I were getting
somewhere. Soon many of
the walking bricks began
to help me. The wall-beaters
told me that the
walking bricks had no
love. I soon found that it
wasn't true. Sure, not all
of those walking bricks
joined us, but I didn't ex-pect
them to either.
I left Bethel last May
not because I felt forced
out. I simply graduated.
Even though we might
have a few "walking
bricks" at Bethel, I have
found that Bethel's Chris-tian
bond is what the
people are really all about.
I was one of Doug's room-mates
for 15 months. I
worked closely with him
on the Clarion, and had a
number of art classes with
What happened might
seem tragic from a wall-beater's
perspective, but
my message to future wall-beaters
is this: you won't
get results by beating your
head against a brick wall.
Try using a chisel and
hammer. It may take long-er,
but the results will be
definite and lasting, and
the walking bricks will
listen to you.
Jay S. Russell
by Dona Amann
What appeared to be a
free ride into the "land of
long-distance phone calls"
will cost its passengers
the full fare. Many Bethel
students will have to pay
for using the Burt Rey-nolds
credit card number.
The rumor that Burt
Reynolds gave out his cre-dit
card number on the
Tonight Show is false. Ac-cording
to John Walker,
information supervisor for
Northwestern Bell, the
credit card number be-
Your recent editorial on
theft was timely. In it you
addressed an issue need-ing
attention. But I believe
you overlooked one thing.
The admonition in Scrip-ture
is that those who are
strong out to bear the fail-ings
of those who are
weaker. By doing so, the
law of Christ is fulfilled.
At Bethel, both weak
and strong brothers and
sisters dwell together. We
all struggle with some
aspect of our lives, some
more than others. For a
few, stealing may be a sin
without victory. For others
it may be cheating, lusting,
pride, or a host of other
Though immaturity in
Christ may be the ultimate
problem, it is very unfair
that we brand any student
with that tag. We are still
all sinners, and if we think
ourselves otherwise, we
are deceived.
So I disagree with you
that Bethel should "reach
in" and deal with its in-ternal
problems. Bethel is
merely the name given to
this place where 2500 staff
and students live, work
and study together. Ra-ther,
I believe that we need
to begin reaching out,
sifting through soiled
lives, and spreading the
portion of God's grace we
too easily hoard.
G.W. Smith
longs to no one. Walker
said that the credit card
number has been circulat-ing
for about a year now.
The number has shown up
across the U.S. with many
rumors attached to it.
"Bethel students that
used the number will be
billed for the calls made,"
said Walker. The phone
calls made were against
the law, said Walker, and
Northwestern Bell plans
to collect the money owed.
"Further prosecution could
be made," said Walker, "if
the bills are not payed."
"Our life," Thoreau says in Walden "is frittered away
by detail." Thoreau further admonishes people to
simplify their lifes. Though his works are far from new,
few people carry out his advice.
Refrains and variations on "I'm too busy" and "I have
so much to do" echo through the halls, offices and
homes of this community. Everyone—students, instruc-tors
and administrators—find themselves overcom-mitted.
Of course some people knowing or unknow-ingly
enjoy the business of full schedules. It makes
them feel important.
However, there are those who find that time commit-ments
and appointments rule their lives rather than
help organize them. It is easy to lose track of the dozen
or more things on the calendar or syllabus every week.
People miss appointments, start turning papers in late
and become ill.
When lives become so complicated there is a need to
reevaluate time commitments. Possibly Thoreau's ad-vice
is needed. Simply eliminate activites from
schedules. This may not have occurred to some people
because they are too busy. No matter how much
schedules are trimmed, deadlines are inevitable. They
cause stress and pressure. But deadlines are not all bad.
They are a source of motivation and mental stimulation.
The problem is deciding on the number of commitments
to be met. Those who are genuinely harrassed by time
commitments have two alternatives. Reduce activities
or make more time. Good luck.
The following is a re-sponse
to Doug Barkey's
They told me, too, that
Bethel is people. I believed
them. I still do.
Two years ago I met
Doug and many of his
friends. I was one of those
individual bricks" walk-ing
around Bethel's halls,
occasionally making
wrong turns. But I wasn't
one to go around beating
my head against a brick
wall. I knew there had to
be a better way to bring
about change.
One day I made a wrong
turn and smashed into all
of the wallbeaters. What a
mess it was! Their heads
were bloody from beating
them against the wall. My
Charges charged
for calls charged
Grace Church
an evangelical fellowship
9:30 & 11:00
Phone users
may choose
new options
by Lori Bemis
Two phone options are
now available to Bethel
students wishing to call
long-distance from their
on-campus phones with-out
calling collect or using
credit card numbers, ac-cording
to Bruce Kunkel,
director of administrative
services at Bethel.
Two companies in the
Minneapolis-St. Paul area
are available to allow
Bethel students to call
direct from their on-cam-pus
phones. These com-panies,
SPRINT and MCI,
permit long-distance cal-ling
through a special sys-tem,
said Kunkel.
"The student places a
call by dialing a given
number, which in turn
connects the caller with a
computer that records and
transfers the call," he said.
The companies service
only the main metropoli-tan
areas of the continen-tal
U.S., therefore several
students from a large city
or metropolitan area may
wish to share one of these
"I encourage Bethel stu-dents
to consider these
new options," said Kun-kel,
"if they think they will
be making a number of
long-distance phone calls
this year," Further infor-mation
is available direct-ly
from the phone com-panies
SPRINT and MCI
which are listed in the
phone book.
There is also a change
involving campus phones
this year. Now no one can
dial "9" then "0" to get the
outside operator or dial
"9" then "411" for direc-tory
assistance. This was
changed because Bethel
was being charged a large
sum of money for direc-tory
assistance and opera-tor
Anyone trying to dial
either of these numbers
from Bethel phones will
hear a "beep-beep, beep-beep"
in response. The
tone was instigated to dis-courage
these.calls, Kun-kel
by Tim Wilbee
Bethel College's fourth
Lawson lecture series will
begin next week, with the
Rev. Gordon MacDonald
as guest speaker address-ing
the theme "The Joyful
During his time on
Bethel's campus Oct. 13-
15, MacDonald will speak
in chapel and in classes.
MacDonald, 42, is pas-tor
of Grace Chapel in
Lexington, Mass. He
serves as an adjunct pro-fessor
at Gordon-Conwell
Theologial Seminary in
addition to his pastorate,
and Tyndale House has
published his books Mag-nificent
Marriage, The Ef-fective
Father, and Facing
Turbulent Times.
In 1979, MacDonald
spoke to the Inter-Varsity
Mission Conference in Ur-bana,
Ill., and will do so
again this December.
The Lawson lectures
were started in 1978 by
Maurie Lawson, who was
campus pastor at Bethel
from 1968-75.
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Dr. Gordon MacDonald will address Bethel in chapel and in class
Oct. 13-15 for the Lawson Lecture series.
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No intellectual growth
but a holy TV Guidepost
by Kraig Klaudt
Every columnist is allowed one article in which he
accomplishes absolutely nothing of eternal signifi-cance.
This column does that, so if you are prepared
NOT to grow intellectually, socially and spiritually in
the next few minutes, please read on.
It all started as a challenge put to me one evening to
take popular TV shows and convert them into "Chris-tian"
programs. I was allowed to change either the title
or the content in making it holy. What resulted was an
entire day's schedule of proselyted programming that is
reprinted here in its entirety and as TV Guidepost
would present it.
7:00 $700 CLUB-Talk
8:00 KUKLA, FRAN AND TIM LaHAYE
The four temperaments of the male are
portrayed with hand puppets.
9:00 THE LARRY FLINTSTONES - Adult Cartoon
An animated explanation of human sexuality
by the editors of Hustler, Prayboy and
Repent house.
9:30 $15,000,000 CATHEDRAL - Game
Robert Schuller, host.
10:00 ISSUES AND EVASIONS - Talk
The conclusion of -a debate on social reform
with Jerry Falwell and a 4 lb. 7 cy.z
smallmouth bass.
The Lutherans break off their uneasy
courtship with the Catholics upon learning
they have been messing around with the
Charismatics. The Presbyterians suspect that
they might be gay.
Demons are exorcised in Acapulco and spells
are broken in Europe. Kenneth E. Hap,in, host.
2:00 SHA NA NA - Glossolalia
2:30 LEAVE IT TO BELIEVER - Comedy
3:00 THE JAY ADDAMS FAMILY - Self-help
Uncle Fester admonishes Lurch for eating the
neighborhood psychologist. Pugsley finds a
verse for warts.
5:00 TO BE ANNOUNCED - Hal Lindsey, host,
5:30 WILD KINGDOM COME - Eschatology
Feature: "Herbie the Porsche Targa."
7:00 B.J. AND THE BEAR - Adventure
Top Christian vocalist and an Alabama
football coach team up to drive a Sunday
school bus.
8:00 THREE'S TRINITY - Comedy
In this episode a Jehovah's Witness, a
Unitarian and a Wheaton Bible prof. are
trapped alone in the same room.
8:30 EIGHT IS ENOUGH IS ENOUGH - Drama
Christian author John V. Taylor stars.
9:00 DALLAS - Drama
Things get pretty serious as the seminary
gang translates a Bible together and
inadvertently leaves out Mt. 5 and I Cor.
"King Kung" (1970) The primate cannot be
subdued as he swings carefree from the dome
of the Vatican.
1:00 THE SAINT - Crime drama
Simon goes undercover as a carnal Christian
to smuggle Gideon Bibles into the Moscow
Hilton. Simon: Bro Andews.
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Programs offered in Biblical,
historical and theological studies,
missions, Christian education,
church ministries and music
at the master's and doctoral
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Write to:
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From Oct. 9 to Oct. 16, just buy 2 of
those famous Mister Donut donuts.
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Pastoral Staff:
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Rev. Sid Veenstra, pastor
Rev. Millard Erickson, Interim pastor of preaching
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10:00 Sun. School
7:00 p.m. evening
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Oak Room offers alternatives to cafeteria
Growth groups supply support
by Larry Smith
The aroma of steaks,
the soft sounds of dinner
music, the flickering of
candles and the relaxed
conversation of college
students—they are all
part of Thursday evenings
when students turn the
Bethel coffee shop into the
Royal Oak Room.
"Dinner in the Royal
Oak Room is meant to be
an alternative to the cafe-teria,"
said Chris Green,
student director of the
Royal Oak Room. The Roy-al
Oak Room is entirely
Established in the early
1970s by Wayne Erickson,
director of food service,
by Mitch Anderson
The Bethel Seminary
Lay School of the Bible,
now in its second decade,
is offering four courses
this fall. The courses meet
on five Monday evenings
the Royal Oak Room origi-nally
accommodated 25
people each Friday even-ing.
Dining was in the ac-tual
"Royal Oak Room"
adjacent to the cafeteria.
Many changes have
been made in recent years.
Over 200 people now dine
during an evening at the
Royal Oak Room's present
location. Menu changes
have includedadding a sal-ad
bar, desserts and this
year's vegetable bar. The
number of workers has
grown from the original
handful to 26 students.
The Royal Oak Room
menu offers a selection of
appetizers, entrees, sand-wiches
and soups. The big
favorite is the cheese tem-from
7:30 to 9:30 p.m. be-ginning
Oct. 5.
Course cost to people
affiliated with Bethel is
nine dollars half the regu-lar
Courses include "Ephe-sians,"
"Children and
pura, according to Green.
Live music is provided
by specially selected stu-dents.
Loren Kjersten play-ed
the piano and sang at
the Royal Oak Room's fall
opening two weeks ago.
Reservations are neces-sary.
The reservation list
is placed outside the food
card office on Monday
mornings. Reserved din-ing
for parties of up to six
people is between 4:30
p.m. and 6:15 p.m. Walk-ins
are accepted on a "first-come,
first serve" basis.
New prices went into
effect last week to keep up
with rising costs. Both
cash and food cards are
Faith," "Improving Your
Image," and "Stress and
Arthur Patzia, Associ-ate
Pastor of New Testa-ment
at the Seminary, is
teaching "Ephesians: Get-ting
Serious About Your
Church." "This class," Pat-zia
said, "is geared to un-derstand
the message of
Ephesians with practical
applications to contempo-rary
Christian life."
In "Children and Faith"
Linda Kondracki, assis-tant
dean of students, will
teach parents and teach-ers
how to lay foundations
for a child's faith in our
by Linda Nylen
Would you like someone
you can talk with who is
edifying and supportive?
The Student Affairs office
is organizing small
rapidly changing society.
Due to a large favorable
response to "Improving
Your Image" last spring,
Audrey Friberg, of the Im-age
Improvment organiza-tion,
will again teach this
Women enrolled in this
course will receive practi-cal
helps in self-confid-ence,
communication, nu-trition,
exercise and hospi-tality.
Dan Erwin, seminary as-sociate
professor of preach-ing,
is teaching "Stress
and Burnout."
Late registration will be
held on Oct. 12, 6:45 p.m.
at the seminary.
"growth groups– to help
deal with special prob-lems.
Growth groups were
started last year by Mari-lyn
Starr, dean of women.
Student coordinator is
Sue Groth.
Each group consists of
about four or five mem-bers
who commit them-by
JoAnn Watkins
Ingred Dohlen, violin in-
, structor at Bethel, will be
performing with an ensem-ble
in concert at the Bak-ken
Museum of Electricity
in Life Oct. 9 and 10 at 8
p.m. The ensemble, called
Musica Primavera, is com-posed
of a violin, viola de
gambe, harpsichord and
Special guest soloist for
the performances is Shel-ley
Gruskin. According to
Dohlen, Gruskin is Amer-ica's
top recorder player.
Dohlen said that the con-cert
will be Baroque mu-sic.
The instruments used
are modern reproductions
of Baroque period instru-selves
to meeting once a
week for an hour. "There
are about twenty groups,"
said Groth. "Each group's
discussions are strictly
There are two types of
groups. In the general sup-port
groups students get
see page 5
In addition to this
group, Dohlen also plays a
Norwegian folk fiddle in a
group called Musikk Fra-norden.
"I am a classically
trained and oriented vio-linist,"
said Dohlen. "I
think it is exciting to do all
these different things."
She also does free-lance
playing throughout the
Twin Cities.
Dohlen was hired for
the open teaching position
two weeks after school
started. She presently has
nine students.
Dohlen graduated from
the University of Minne-sota
after studying violin
and piano.
Lay School classes offered at Seminary
Violinist Dohlen
performs in ensemble
Adron Ming Jr. is the new Bethel community Orchestra con-ductor.
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Director Ming envisions
Friday, Oct. 9 first class orchestra
Blood Drive, 9 a.m-3 p.m.
Resident Night Life
CC-Rollerskating, 12-2 a.m.
MIAC Golf Championship, Bunker Hills
WCC—Carleton, Away, 3:30 p.m.
MCC—Carleton, Away, JV-3 p.m:, V-4:15 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 10
VB-St. Benedict's, Home, 11:30 a.m.
SOC—St: Thomas, Away, 1:30 p.m.
FB—Concordia, Home, 1:30 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 11
Catacombs, LR 113, 10 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 12
Chapel—Celebration Hymn Sing with Oliver Mogck
Student Senate meeting, FA 426, 5:15 p.m. .
Art Exhibition opens, 7 p.m.
VB-St. Thomas, Home, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 13
Chapel—The Lawson Lectures, Dr. Gordon Mac-
Odyssey film series, FA 313, 9 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct 14
Chapel—The Lawson LectureS, Dr. Gordon Mac-
VB—Augsburg, Away, 7:30 p.m.
SOC—St. Olaf, Away, 4 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 15
Chapel—The Lawson Lectures, Dr. Gordon Mac-
CC—Powder Puff Football, football field, 1 p.m.
CC-Bonfire, Seminary Hill, 10 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 16
Official "Preppy" Day and Campus Visit Day
Chapel—Homecoming Chapel
CC—John Fischer in concert, Gym, 8 p.m.
CC—"Preppy" rollerskating, 12-2 a.m.
Saturday, Oct. 17
MCC—Bethel Triangular, Home, 11:30 a.m.
WCC—St. Cloud, Away
VB—Concordia/St. Paul, Home, 10 a.m.
SOC—St. Mary's, Away, 1:30 p.m.
FB—St. John's, Home, 1:30 p.m.
Coronation of Host and Hostess
5K Fun Run
CC—Variety Program, Gym, 8 p.m.
An events calendar will be published in each issue
of the Clarion. Any organizaiton or department
wishing to have an event included in the calendar
should submit the event, date, place and iime in
writing to the Clarion office or P.O. 2381 by the
Friday preceding publication.
Rides and riders
unite at the board
by Diane Hudson effective to the school as a
Bethel's ride board ena- whole," he said.
bles those seeking a ride According to Retts, peo-and
those willing to give pie usually wait until a
one a chance to meet. holiday is very near be-
It is located next to the fore putting their. name in
coffee shop, just inside the the proper pocket to desig-second-
level west entrance nate the area they wish to
to the LRC building. Char- go to.
lie Retts, Bethel's dean of Retts would like to en-men,
encourages students courage students to make
to make use of the board. as much use of the ride
"If more people were board as they can, to plan
aware that the board trips early and check the
exists, it would be more board often.
by Lori Pontnack
At age 15, his dream
was to become an orches-tra
conductor. Now, at age
32, he is the conductor of
the Bethel Community Or-chestra.
Adron Ming Jr., of Dal-las,
Texas, joined Bethel's
faculty this fall as assist
ant professor of music. He
teaches instrumentation,
string pedagy, ear train-ing
and cello lessons, be-sides
conducting the or-chestra.
When asked why he de-cided
to come to Bethel,
Ming said that he liked
what Bethel stood for and
he thought this was where
the Lord wanted him.
Ming enjoys both teach-ing
and conducting. "In a
sense, when you are con-ducting
you are teaching.
The conductor has to
know the music backward
and forward. He has to
teach the orchestra how to
Ming said conducting is
also quite different from
classroom teaching. "It's a
very emotional thing. It's
physically and mentally
exhausting. You're creat-ing
music and that's a
world in itself."
Ming is enjoying his
first experience in con-ducting
a community or-chestra—
one using mem-bers
of the community as
well as students. The or-chestra
has 29 community
members and 19 Bethel
students. Ming sees great
potential for the Bethel
Community OrChestra
and wants to recruit good
high school string players
for Bethel.
"We have a lot of room
to grow," said Ming, "and
we want it to be a first-class
orchestra, something
worthwhile for people to
come and hear." Ideally,
Ming would like to have a
90-member orchestra.
Ming said that Bethel
students are not much dif-ferent
than other students
he has taught. "You still
have the same type of
problems and hear the
same kind of excuses. The
difference has been in the
overall atmosphere of the
school—the strong sense
of community spirit."
When he is not teaching,
Ming can be found either
reading a good mystery or
watching the Dallas Cow-boys.
He admits to having
two "vices" in life: coffee
and the Dallas Cowboys.
"I can't live without ei-ther,"
he said.
Ming earned both his
bachelor's and master's de-grees
in music theory from
Baylor University in
Waco, Texas, and is com-pleting
his doctorate at
North Texas State Univer-sity.
For three years he was
assistant conductor at
Baylor and assistant con-ductor
for the Waco Sym-phony.
Ming is also an
accomplished cellist.
Since 1975, he has taught
private cello lessons in
Dallas, conducted junior
high school orchestra, and
been music director at
Southern Baptist churches
in Texas.
Ming and his wife Made-lyn
have been married five
years and have a three-year-
old son. They live in
an apartment in Little Can-ada.
Growth, from page 4
together to share their
problems and their joys.
They supply support for
each other and pray for
requests that are voiced.
In the special help
groups students work
with one another on a sim-ilar
problem. They pro-vide
prayer and support
for each other.
There are several groups
covering differnt prob-lems.
The groups already
established are for aca-demic
development, over-coming
weight problems,
overcoming chemical de-pendency
problems, deal-ing
with divorce and deal-ing
with death.
"The groups are open to
anyone," said Starr. "For
many years there has been
a need for this type of
thing on campus."
If you would like to be
involved in a growth
group, please contact the
Student Affairs office or
Sue Groth.
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Cheryl Thomas, student body vice president and Mark Publow, president preside over the Senate
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Senate selects chapel theme
Friday-October 16 Homecoming Weekend
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Listening room space in demand
by JoAnn Watkins
Bean bag chairs and a
stereo are not the usual
furnishings for rooms at
Bethel, but they are for the
listening room. The listen-ing
room, part of the Stu-dent
Center on LR Level 1,
is one of the areas of high
interest to many depart-ments,
on campus.
Due to crowded condi-tions
in many of the off-ices,
the use of places such
as the listening room has
been looked at by the ad-mini
stra tion. "There
seems to be discussion as
to the effective use of the
listening room," said
Gregg Hamann.
"It's an area not like any
other," said Hamann. "It's
a nice place to sit and
relax, study or fall asleep."
The multi-level room con-tains
bean bag chairs and
a stereo for the students to
use. Hamann explained
the unique structure of the
room as an attempt at at-mosphere
for the room.
There are outlets in the
room. According to Ha-mann,
the room was ori-ginally
intended for stu-dents
to go in with tape
recorders and listen.
Students can bring their
own music to play on the
stereo if they wish. No
food or beverage is al-lowed
in the room. The
hours of the room corres-pond
to the hours of the
Student Center: Monday-
Friday 8 a.m.-10:30 p.m.;
closed for chapel; Satur-day
8 a.m.-10:30 p.m.; and
Sunday 2-10:30 p.m.
In addition to use by
individual students the
room can be reserved by
groups. Hamann said the
room has been used for
Bible studies, Prayer and
Shares and for class dis-cussion
The amount of use by
the students has raised
questions about the space
being effectively used as
the room often has only a
few students using it. Dr.
Dwight Jessup, acting
dean, said the criticism is
that it is not used very
much by students. "We're
so short of space that one
comes up to asking about
how much use areas re-ceive,"
he said. "The space
has been envied," he com-mented.
"I doubt if the
function will change apart
from its use for student
functions. If you interact
with students it is a good
"We've taken so many
open spaces and turned
them into offices," said
Mack Nettleton. "There
need to be places where
students can go." Nettle-ton
said that when it was
suggested the listening
room be changed to offices
he said "No." Nettleton
said he agrees that there
are many crowded offices,
but said that he feels Beth-el
needs open, quiet lounge
places. He cited that
lounges previously exist-ed
where Xerox is now
located and off the hall in
the lower level of the FA
Hamann stated that the
Senate will be looking at
the whole utilization of the
student center. He said
that the area is for student
services and that is why
the lost and found was
recently moved to the area.
"I think Senate will be
studying its use," said Ha-mann.
As an advisor to
the Senate, Hamann said,
"I've encouraged the Sen-ate
to be creative and pro-gressive
in ideology about
the listening room."
by Laurie Challman
The topic of diversity
and acceptance of students
at Bethel was discussed as
a theme for the Oct. 22
chapel, during the Student
Senate meeting Monday,
Oct. 5.
President Mark Publow
explained that the purpose
of such a chapel was to
develop awareness within
the college community. He
stressed its significance
and explained it as a con-tinuation
of last spring's
Student Manifesto.
The idea came from
Wheaton College where a
similar chapel service has
been successful. A com-mittee
was selected to pur-sue
the issue further.
Eric Peterson, recently
appointed and approved
by the Senate to be on the
Board of Directors for the
Minnesota Association of
Private College Students
(MAPCS), spoke at the
meeting to inform the
Senate on how students
involved in MAPCS repre-sent
their schools. There
are representatives from
all parts of Minnesota
which are involved in af-fecting
legislation for is-see
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Curtis Barnett wil lead an interim study-tour to Puerto Rico
(Photo by Dan Velie).
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Bethel mascot, "Royal,"
links fans to team
Royal football fumbles
to River Falls Falcons
by Anita Baerg
"Royal," a big, friendly
lion who wishes his iden-tity
to remain anony-mous,
is the newest addi-tion
to the Bethel cheer-leading
squad. "He's a real
crowd-pleaser," said De-nise
McKay, a cheerleader
for the football team.
The addition of a mas-cot
this year is one way
the cheerleaders are try-ing
to link the fans to the
team. "He is really for the
fans," McKay said, "most-ly
to create a sense of
school spirit." His involve-ment
with the fans allows
them to be a part of what
is happening to the team
during the game.
"I really like the mas-cot,"
said one fan.
There is more to cheer-leading
than mascots and
cheers according to Dawn
Lutton, cheerleading ad-by
Janet Ewing
Life in a Puerto Rican
family setting will be part
of an interim class expe-rience
for 20 Bethel stu-dents
this coming January.
Curtis Barnett, assistant
professor of modern lan-guages
at Bethel, will lead
the study tour in Puerto
A Baptist church in Rio
Piedrasa, Puerto Rico, will
be hosting the students.
visor. "The cheerleaders _
give the crowd a feel of
what is going on," she
said. "They are the con-necting
link between the
team and the fans."
"A team consists of a lot
of other people than just
the players," said Dud
Lutton, head football
coach. He said the cheer-leaders
are a valuable part
of the sports program.
A week before school
started the cheerleaders
and mascot began train-ing.
"Cheerleading isn't all
thrills and frills," said
McKay. "It's a lot of hard
work ."
Although "Royal" is part
of the cheerleading squad,
he does not take part in
the actual gymnastics.
Eventually he could be-come
a part of the forma-tions,
but for now "Royal"
is there to amuse the fans
and to promote team spirit.
The families the students
will live with are members
of the host church.
Students will attend lec-tures
on Puerto Rican his-tory,
literature, language
and civic affairs. One seg-ment
of the trip will be a
week during which stu-dents
will work in a hos-pital,
and/or a Baptist day
There will be several
free days for the students
to spend with their host
families or visit the Puerto
Rican beaches.
Barnett has opened the
trip to non-Spanish speak-ing
students to increase
the number of partici-pants.
According to Bar-nett,
a large percentage of
Puerto Ricans know some
English so there will not
be any serious language
problems for students
who don't speak Spanish.
The study tour will ful-fill
a credit for a Spanish
concentration or cognate,
or a communication con-centration
or cognate. Stu-dents
can choose to be
graded A-NC or P-NC.
Students who choose
A-NC will be graded on a
For the fourth consecu-tive
year, professors from
the Religious Studies and
Philosophy Departments
at Westmont College, San-ta
Barbara, CA, will take
80 students skiing in the
Sierras for the month of
January as part of West-mont's
Interterm Program.
How does this work?
Westmont professors
teach a two-unit course,
"Labor and Leisure,"
which focuses on the is-short
paper, a daily jour-nal
and an exam. Those
who choose the P-NC sys-tem
will be required to
keep only a daily journal.
The tour costs $900
which includes room,
board and round-trip
transportation from New
York to Puerto Rico. The
group will fly from New
York Jan. 4 and return Jan.
28. Students are responsi-ble
for their own transpor-tation
to and from New
Although Barnett asked
that stuclents.make a $50
deposit by Oct. 2, he is
allowing additional stu-dents
to join the study
tour. The deposit is not
refundable after Oct. 23.
sues of work, workahol-ism
and leisure in a cross-disciplinary
They address the general
topic of "time manage-ment"
from a Christian
perspective, using an ar-ray
of books, articles and
self-inventory question-naires.
Since the lectures
and discussions are held
at night, students are free
to ski, skate, hike and en-joy
the outdoors all day.
The month is divided
into two two-week ses-by
Mark Wollan
In a cold, wet, mud-caked
game last Saturday,
Oct. 3, the Bethel football
team lost to the Falcons of
the University of Wis-consin-
River Falls by a
score of 7-3.
River Falls opened the
scoring early in the second
quarter when a roughing
the kicker penalty against
the Royals resulted in a
touchdown instead of a
field goal. Late in that
same quarter, kicker Jon
Frederickson put the Ro-yals
on the board with a
32-yard field goal.
With the Falcons run-ning
for over 200 yards in
the first half, the Royals
made some defensive ad-
Competing against an
impressive field of 20
teams, the Bethel women's
cross-country team finish-ed
15th at the St. Olaf
Cross-Country Invita-tional
Saturday, Oct. 3.
Last year the squad fin-ished
17th at the same
Wendy Norberg once
again led the Royals, fin-ishing
20th in a field of
over 130 runners. Leah
Schirm, who is noticeably
improving according to
Coach Bill Lau, finished
77th. Lana Lauwers, Ro-chelle
Mathiesen and Ka-thy
Zappe also ran for
Bethel, finishing in that
Lau said the team work-ed
through the meet,
which means the intensity
of the week's workouts
did not allow the women
sions, and the course, "La-bor
and Leisure," is re-peated
twice. This allows•
two groups of 40 students
to take the two-unit
The first session will
begin Sunday, Jan. 3 and
end Friday, Jan. 15. The
second session will begin
Sunday, Jan. 17 and end
Friday, Jan. 29. Each ses-sion
is held at Mammoth
Lakes, CA.
The cost to non-West-mont
students is $254.84
justments in the third
As a result, River Falls
was only able to accum-mulate
a total of 50 yards
and two first downs in the
second half.
Offensively, the Royals
moved the ball well with
fine running performances
by Keith Bueskins and
Steve Dion. Bethel had
several scoring oppor-tunities
but there were
some untimely fumbles
late in the fourth quarter.
The Royals face Concor-dia
Saturday, Oct. 10, at
1:30 p.m. at Bremer
Field. Coach Dud Lutton
said, "They are one of the
top teams in the country
at our level."
to peak at St. Olaf. This is
done so that the team will
have its best perfor-mances
in the more impor-tant
meets later in the schedule.
The women run today,
Oct. 9, at 3:30 p.m. at the
Carleton Invitational.
Senate, from page 6
sues which directly con-cern
students from private
colleges. One issue that
will be dealt with, Peter-son
said, is financial aid.
Senate also discussed
the possible funding of In-tervarsity
Christian Pro-grams
(IV). Mike Rowe, a
student leader of IV, asked
the Senate for $600 in
support. This would cover
costs in advertising, re-source
materials, retreats
and scholarships. The pos-sibility
of raising funds
for IV was discussed by
Senate members.
which includes room,
board and registration
fees. Transportation, lift
tickets, ski rental and
books are extra. The
course is fully accredited.
Students from all disci-plines
are welcome to at-tend.
Further information
and registration forms
may be obtained by writ-ing
Prof. John J. Hughes,
Westmont College, 955 La
Paz Road, Santa Barbara,
CA, 93108, or by calling
805-969-5051, ext. 394.
Students trip off on course to Puerto Rico
"Royal," Bethel's mascot takes a break and chats with a cheer-leader
(Photo by Dan Velie).
by Richard Whybrew
Women's cross country team
places 15th at St. Olaf
Westmont offers January Sierras skiing course
Spikers steadily improve,
ready for St. Benedicts
by Rob Haglund
The UM-Morris volley-ball
team, the Cougars,
beat the Royals in a best-of-
five match last Satur-day,
Oct. 3.
Bethel started out quick-ly
in the first game and
looked as though they
might win as they jumped
to a five-point lead mid-way
through the contest.
But the Cougars came
back, using the dump shot
effectively to win the
game 15-12. After win-ning
the second game 15-
9, Morris could have
swept the match but the
Royals scored a 15-10 vic-tory
in game three.
The fourth game proved
to be the most exciting of
the evening as Morris built
a 14-9 lead only to see the
Royals fight back to 14-13.
The comeback fell short,
however, as Morris scored
the next point to take the
game 15-13 and the match
Coach Cindy Book was
pleased with the play of
her squad against the
taller Morris team. "That
was the hardest we've
played all year," she com-mented.
"Everyone gave
100 per cent and that's all
you can ask for." The Roy-al
coach cited Betsy
Koonce and co-captain
Deb Omath for playing
well against the Cougars.
Earlier in the week, the
Royals dropped a match
against St. Olaf at North-field
by scores of 15-8, 4-
15, 3-15 and 4-15.
Saturday, Oct. 10, the
Royals host St. Benedict's
in an important conference
match with the JV starting
at 10:00 a.m. and the var-.
sity following. Monday
night, Oct. 12, the Bethel
bumpers will be home
again, playing St. Thomas.
IV action starts at 6:00
p.m. and the varsity will
follow at approximately
7:30 p.m. All home games
are played in the Robert-son
PE Center.
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Pipers break Royals winning streak
by Mitch Anderson Bethel goal kick deflected
off a Piper into the Bethel
The Royals suffered goal for the Pipers' third
their first defeat of the goal.
season at Hamline last Coach Mark Leigh said
week. The Pipers were the the loss was good in some
first team to break the im- respects because it re-penetrable
Royal defense. lieved much of the tension
The game was a hard- the players felt as a result
fought battle on a small of their perfect record.
muddy field. Hamline took The Royals have out-advantage
of the condi- scored their opponents 25
tions with a very physical to six in eight games thus
style of play. far. Wtih seven victories
The Royals could not the Royals now have more
establish a passing game wins than they did all of
throughout much of the last year.
game. The final result Scoring a tie-breaking
came down to two plays. goal late in the game,
The Royals failed to capi- striker Mark Johnson led
talize on a penalty kick the Bethel soccer team to
early in the second half. victory over visiting Gus-
And late in the game a tavus Adolphus. With the
2-1 victory last Saturday
the Royals' conference rec-ord
stood at 5-1.
Against Gustavus the
Royals were very relaxed
after the Gusties broke
open a tight game with a
disputable goal midway
in the second half.
Following the goal, the
Royals fought both the
driving rain and the Gus-ties
while trying to put the
ball in the net. Persistence
paid off as striker Bobby
Clark scored. Clark took a
short indirect free kick
from sweeperback Andy
Larson and drove a 25-
yard shot past a stunned
Gustavus goalie.
With less than five min-utes
to play Johnson fin-ishal
off the Gusties (1-3-
2) with a break-away goal
on a through pass from
Net-minder Bo Cedars-jo
was called upon many
times to make a variety of
saves. As he put it, "I had
much more to do today
than in the other games."
In his third year as Beth-el
soccer coach, Leigh said
he thinks this year's team
has the best talent of the
Royal teams he has coach-ed.
According to Leigh, the
team has not reached its
potential but still needs
more work.
The Royals' next game
will be at St. Thomas Oct.
10, at 1:30 p.m.
Jeff Krause takes time out from a tough workout against Ham-line.
The Royals record stands at 5-1 (Photo by Don Copeland).
Whybrew places second,
teammates improve times
Brian Holsten and Paul Kummer placed fourteenth and seven-teenth
in the meet last week against Bethel (Photo by Don
tramural cross-country
race. The five-kilometer
race around the campus
jogging course will take
place during halftime of
the Homecoming football
Intramural Faculty Di-rector
George Palke said
he thinks the annual race
will be "something that
will grow into an exciting
event." He encourages as
_many students as possible
to participate.
Another new addition
this fall is the 11-team
four-on-four men's basket-ball
league. One varsity
player plays on each team.
The teams officiate and
scorekeep their own
games. "It has worked
very well," said Palke.
Pam Madson and Denise Nygren take on two UM-Morris Cougars in last Saturday's game (Photo With more than half the
by Don Copeland). league's season completed,
by Wendy Norberg
Although the score-board
did not show it, .the
Bethel men's cross-country
team had a very success-ful
meet Saturday, Oct. 3,
on the Bethel course. The
meet was .a duel against
Hamline, who won the
meet with 19 points to
Bethel's 44.
According to Coach
Steve Wit taker, nearly
every member of the
Bethel squad ran a per-sonal
best time for the
Gerry High from Ham-line
won the five-mile race
with a time of 26:15. Se-cond
place went to Bethel's
Rich Whybrew who ran
his best time of this year—
the Pistons with captain
Rick Jaeger, Randy West-lund,
Brad Nauman, Brad
Erickson, Tod Swanson
and Mitch Jenson lead the
league with a 7-0 record.
This week the intra-mural
racquetball tourna-ment
began with almost
100 student and faculty
members, including last
year's women's champion
Kathy Stellema and men's
champion Greg Stipe.
Racquetball supervisor
Bob Giddings said, "There
are going to be some ex-citing
In other intramural ac-tion,
the football team
Fountain Terrace South
plays Brighton Village
tomorrow, Oct. 10, finish-ing
the regular season.
Monday, Oct. 12, Off-Cam-
26:54. Torn Plucker fin-ished
next for Bethel tak-ing
ninth overall.
Eleventh place went to
Ross Allen. The remainder
of the varsity squad, Mark
Boyer, Greg Stevens, Paul
Kummer and Brian Hol-sten,
captured 1 4 th
through 17th place respec-tively.
Coach Whittaker
singled out Boyer and
Stevens as making excep-tionally
substantial drops
in their times.
Friday, Oct. 9, the team
travels to the Carleton In-vitational
where they will
compete against most of
the state's toughest com-petition.
The JV squad
runs at 3:30 p.m. and the
varsity' NICe begins at 5:00
pus plays Fountain Ter-race
North for their final
regular season game. As
of Sept. 30, these teams
were undefeated.
. Kroon's Krashers re-mained
undefeated in
women's intramural vol-leyball
after beating the
two-year defending cham-pion
"Another One Bites
the Dust" Sept. 24.
Defending men's intra-mural
volleyball champion
Kaisers-slaughter also re-mained
undefeated as of
Sept. 30. Both men's and
women's intramural vol-leyball
play Oct. 15 for
their championships.
In women's intramural
soccer the first and second
place teams play Oct. 14
for the championship.
by Debbie Sayler
The men's and women's
intramural cross-country
champions will be deter-mined
Oct. 17 in the new
annual alumni/faculty in-
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Given his last name and the fact that he's a Los Angeles-based classical-music composer, Adam Schoenberg has been asked a certain question more times than he cares to remember: Is he related to the late, great 20th century composer Arnold Schoenberg?
"No, I'm not," said the 32-year-old Schoenberg with a rueful smile, as if sorry to disappoint. Seated on a couch in his L.A. home during a recent interview, he explained that he hails from rural Massachusetts and that he's a relatively new Angeleno, having moved here a few years ago with his wife.
But Schoenberg said that his family tree isn't completely devoid of musical genius — he is distantly related to the Gershwin clan by marriage.
On Tuesday, Schoenberg's "Bounce" will be presented at the Hollywood Bowl. The 10-minute piece, co-commissioned by the Aspen Music Festival and School and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, originated as a ballet, but Tuesday's concert will feature just the orchestral version. (As it happens, the performance also will feature music by George Gershwin.)
A Juilliard graduate, Schoenberg has worked closely with conductor Robert Spano and the so-called Atlanta School of composers — a cohort of new-music writers who collaborate frequently with the Atlanta Symphony. Schoenberg's "American Symphony" will be presented in Atlanta in October.
His piece "Finding Rothko," a chamber orchestra piece inspired by the works of
This summer has been a busy one for Schoenberg. His wife, Janine, a playwright and screenwriter, recently gave birth to their first child, a son named Luca. ("Bounce" is inspired by their son.) This semester, he begins a full-time teaching position at
The composer spoke about his new piece and his career so far. Here are excerpts from the conversation.
How would you describe "Bounce"?
A friend of mine said it sounds like Radiohead meets Aaron Copland. I think that's pretty accurate.
Is there anything unusual about the piece?
It uses an instrument called an aluphone. It's a new percussion instrument that comes from Denmark. [It features a series of bowls in a marimba-like formation.] I think it's the first time that it's been used in an orchestral composition.
How difficult is it to make a living as a young composer in L.A.?
Last year, I made a living off of my compositions. But with a family, I need more income. The teaching position at UCLA definitely helps.
You've written scores for some independent movies. Does Hollywood interest you?
I would love to write a film score and one orchestral piece a year. But what's important for me now is composing for orchestras.
You wrote an academic thesis on film composer
He's someone who's been influential on my own music. I was able to come out here and watch him work on "
What's your favorite Thomas Newman score?
Were you a musical kid growing up?
I pretty much kept to myself as a kid, and the piano was something I could do on my own. But music wasn't something I considered as a career until I got to college [at Oberlin].
What do you do when you're not composing?
I'm a big sports fans. I'm always watching
Would you describe yourself as a fast composer?
No, I'm a slow writer. Improvising is big for me. I'll sit at my piano [a 1917 Steinway baby grand] and just improvise. Then I'll write it down by hand. I feel comfortable composing that way, but I'll also use software.
Is it easy to compose with a newborn in the house?
My studio used to be in what is now the nursery. But now I can compose at work. I'm usually the most productive between 1 a.m. and 4 a.m.
Doesn't that wake the baby?
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If still in high school look into a Regional Occupational Program (ROP).
Many local fire departments have community outreach recruitment programs.
Graduate from high school or obtain your GED.
A diploma is much preferred.
Talk with a counselor at a community college that offers fire science courses.
Set up a course curriculum that allows you to obtain a two-year degree in fire science. If the local college does not offer a fire science program, find one that does.
This curriculum should also allow you to complete the prerequisite courses for a fire academy.
Take an Emergency Medical Technician Course (EMT).
This will accomplish a few things. First of all, it is a course required by most departments. It will also let you know if this profession is for you. If you find you can't handle the sight of blood or helping people during crises, the fire service may not be for you.
Enroll in a state certified fire academy.
Many departments require completion of a Firefighter 1 Academy prior to taking the entry-level exam.
Completion of a fire academy prior to being hired will greatly enhance a candidate's chance of successfully completing the fire department's academy. Many fire departments have a 25 – 30% failure rate.
Find out if your community has either a fire department volunteer program or Fire Explorers.
Volunteering in the fire department is an excellent way to gain real life experience. This exposure will also allow you to determine if this is indeed the right career choice for you.
Volunteer in your community.
Find something that you are interested in and volunteer your time: church, sports, hospital, YMCA, Red Cross, etc. It doesn't matter. Get involved. Volunteering is something that should be done because it's the right thing to do, not because it will look good on a firefighter application.
Firefighters are self-motivated and have historically been involved in their communities. The perception is that if you are helping out in your community now, you will be the type who will likely continue to stay involved after you are hired, helping out in various committees and groups both on and off the job.
Visit the local fire stations.
Interview the firefighters and elicit their help in planning your career path. It is a tremendous compliment to the firefighters to have someone aspire to be in their position. Visiting the fire stations will help you learn about the job and the culture of the fire service. In addition, you will learn of things that you could be doing to enhance your chances of getting hired. Ultimately, when the department hires, you will be in a good position since the firefighters have gotten to know you and have taken the time to mentor you. There is nothing better than a "home grown" prospect.
Prepare for a fire department interview.
Consider the reasons why you want to become a firefighter and be able to express them. Do your research and learn the rules of the road concerning the interview process. Participate in "mock" interviews with firefighters.
Start a log that includes everything you have done to prepare yourself.
Include details, dates, and names of instructors. Include any personal experiences that may be pertinent to becoming a firefighter. A few examples of this could be:
- You witnessed a car accident and were able to render aid.
- You volunteered your time at the Boys and Girls club.
- You experienced a life-changing event.
- You were voted most inspirational on your athletic team or your fire academy.
- Your high school athletic team won the championship.
- You were a lifeguard at the city pool.
Anything that you think might be significant. There are no rules. Write it down!
This information will go on your resume, or may be speaking points in an interview. This is preparing you to answer difficult questions in an interview, such as, "Please share with the panel a stressful time in your life, and how you dealt with it."
The log should just be an easy and accessible memory jogger for you. If you are comfortable with a pencil and notepad, keep them in your room in a convenient spot so you won't forget to use them. If you are more comfortable on the computer, then use it to formulate your thoughts and ideas.
Get in shape.
Firefighting is a very physical job requiring peak physical strength and endurance. If you are not in good physical condition, it will become very evident during the physical agility testing or the pre-hire medical exam. It is also important to look as if you are physically prepared for the job.
If you see a firefighter who looks out of shape, don't look at him and think, "If he got hired, so can I!" Odds are he was in better physical condition when he was first hired. You are trying to do everything you can to improve your chances. This is a very important part that you have complete control over!
Look the part!
The rule of thumb in an interview is to hire someone who you can see becoming a member or your crew tomorrow. A candidate who walks in with excessive facial hair, large tattoos or body piercing that is not permitted by the department's policies presents as a candidate who is not ready for the position. Do not make the mistake of saying that you will remove them when you are ready to be hired. You are making a statement. It is important to understand that the fire department is a paramilitary organization. These will definitely not improve your chances of success.
Dress professionally. Invest in a suit and tie. Although not required for the interview, a candidate who does not wear one stands out. First impressions are critical. Make sure the suit is conservative, not flashy.
Dress professionally whenever you will have contact with members of the department. This includes station visits. Remember, it is important to make a good first impression.
Enroll in a service that lets you know which departments are testing.
There are several businesses on the Internet that will inform you of which departments are testing and what their requirements are.
Most departments test every 2-3 years. They will then hire from the "eligibility list" until it expires. The window to file an application is usually very small, ranging from as short as 1 day to as long as 30 days. Once the filing period is closed, the department will not accept any more applications. If you don't have a subscription to one these services, you will miss a lot of opportunities.
Talk to your family.
The decision to become a firefighter is a monumental one. It will most likely be a long road that requires a lot of time and sacrifice. If you don't have a family or friend support network, it will become extremely difficult. Most importantly, if your spouse does not support your decision, you are destined for failure.
Surround yourself with reputable people.
A firefighter position is a life choice, not just a job. You must be prepared to live your life with excellent moral and ethical values. For this you will need the support of family and friends who are good role models. If your friends are not a positive influence in the community, you may want to find a new set of friends. Remember the old saying, "Birds of a feather flock together." A background check will scrutinize not only you, but also the company you keep.
Learn a trade.
Woodworking, framing, electrical, plumbing, welding and automotive are all common examples of a trade. Firefighting is a very physical job that requires good psychomotor skills and a hands-on approach. Typically those who have learned a trade possess these applicable job skills. If you know how a building is constructed, you will be able to predict how a fire will travel through it. If you know where the electrical and plumbing is typically run behind the drywall, you will most likely know where it would be safe to open it up. You will also have become very comfortable with power tools. The importance of being able to work with your hands cannot be overstated.
If you don't currently have this kind of experience, start taking classes in a trade at your community college. You will at least learn the basics. Back this up with some real life practical experience. It will be invaluable knowledge and will play out well in an interview. Mechanical aptitude cannot be learned in an Internet class or while sitting behind a computer.
Improve your public speaking skills.
If you are uncomfortable getting up in front of a group, you must take steps to overcome your fear. The largest percentage of the testing process is the interview, and ultimately a large part of the job deals with public speaking! You won't talk a fire out, but you will talk to different groups about how to prevent them. If you can present yourself well in an interview, you are leaps and bounds ahead of the others who can't. Even if the other candidates have more experience than you, the job will usually be awarded to the candidate who can present him or herself in a clear and concise manner.
If public speaking is your downfall, it is imperative to join Toastmasters or take some courses at your community college. A speech and debate class is an excellent way to get over the jitters. Acting or drama classes can also be an excellent way to feel more comfortable in front of a group.
Teaching others can also help you learn to think on your feet. Whether you are teaching CPR and First Aid or your local Sunday school class, it will help you learn to present information clearly and field questions.
A typical interview question might be, "What do you consider a weakness about yourself?" Your answer could be, "I used to feel uncomfortable getting up and speaking in front of a group. I knew this was a very important part of my chosen vocation. I took several classes at my community college to help improve my comfort level. Since then I feel much more confident in my ability to speak in public."
You can have all of the best traits in the world, but if you can't effectively convey them in an interview they will go unnoticed. Now that's turning a negative into a positive!
Maintain a clean driving and criminal record.
It goes without saying that firefighters are held to a standard that is much higher than the average citizen. The road is littered with firefighter candidates who have failed their background check due to a poor driving or criminal record.
Maintain a good credit history.
Your credit history is a reflection of your reliability, honesty, organization and attention to detail.
Update your resume.
Make sure your resume has no technical or grammatical errors, is well organized and comprehensive. Ask reliable friends or family to proofread it.
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