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Performing lust Now
Sno-Daze features concert
The "Just Now", an eight
membered show group recently
back from the Orient, will play
their first college engagement
in the Twin Cities at Bethel, Sat-urday,
Feb. 27 as part of the
Sno-Daze festivities.
The group will be presenting
a program "specially cut and
tailored for Bethel," said leader
Byron Stefferud. "Our style is
very diversified as you will dis-cover
Saturday evening, rang-ing
all the way from the BS & T
sound (Blood, Sweat and Tears)
to Man of La Mancha to Jimmy
Webb and the Carpenters."
Stefferud stressed that the
"Just Now" is more than a sing-ing
group. "We are a group of
22 affiliated artists performing
together in a show group," he
said, "and our musical num-bers
are enhanced by poetry,
lighting and stage techniques."
The group, consisting of seven
males and one female member,
will be performing a wide vari-ety
of numbers including: "A-quarius,"
"We've Only Just
Begun" by the Carpenters, an
arrangement of "Norwegian
Wood," "Didn't We?" by Jimmy
Webb, two selections from "Je-sus
Christ Superstar," and Si-mon
and Garfunkel's "Bridge
Over Troubled Water."
Kitty Moses, a member of the
Bethel college choir, will be
singing a solo with the grou t.)
as well as performing a duet
from "West Side Story" with
one of the lead singers.
The "Just Now" begins their
performance at 8:00 p.m. in
the fieldhouse Saturday, Feb.
27. The cost is $2.25 per per-son,
including refreshments.
Saturday's concert is the final
event of this year's Sno-Daze
festivities. Activities begin
Thursday, Feb. 25 at 6:00 p.m.
with a wrestling meet against
The Royal's final basketball
game of the season versus
Northwestern follows at 7:30
in the fieldhouse. During half-time,
the queen's court will
judge participants in the beard
and mustache growing contest.
Prizes of $10.00 and $5.00 will
be awarded in each category for
the "winter growth with the
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February 18, 1971
Bethel College 1480 N. Snelling Ave. St. Paul, Minn. 55101 .
AAES provides forum in Christian context
In an effort to "provide a nat-ionally
representative forum for
Evangelical college students to
speak on issues relevant to the
campus, the church, and the
nation," the American Associ-ation
of Evangelical Students
(AAES) will sponsor an Evangel-ical
Student Congress.
Bethel plans to send nine stu-
Feb. 22-26
Monday — A Jim Johnson mus-ical
chapel. Sing and be sung
Tuesday — Tina Nicholas, for-mer
drug addict, will sing and
give her testimony.
Wednesday — Convocation. Dr.
V. Elving Anderson is speak-ing
on Genetics, "The New
Thursday — The Frederick Se-wells
in concert.
Friday — Dr. Gordon Johnson,
Dean of Bethel Seminary will
Dr. V. Elving Anderson
dents to the Congress held at
Oral Roberts University, March
25 through March 28. Student
governments from over 500 lib-eral
arts and Bible colleges of
all denominations have been
invited to participate.
According to Elden Elseth,
student body president, the pri-mary
purpose of the Congress
is to provide a forum for stu-
In an attempt to strengthen
two departments, Bethel has
added two qualified staff mem-bers
to the faculty.
Thomas Correll has accepted
the invitation to come to Bethel
new demonism
"The New Demonism" is
the topic Dr. V. Elving Ander-son,
a Bethel alumnus, will
speak on at a convocation, Wed-nesday
,February 24 at 10:45.
A genetics expert, Dr. Ander-son
is now a zoology professor
at the University of Minnesota
and assistant director of the
Dight Institute of Genetics. He
has a special interest in the gen-etics
of human behavior and
mental retardation. He was a
member of the Bethel faculty
from 1946-1957.
Dr. James Johnson, Convo-cations
Committee Chairman,
feels that Dr. Anderson will
"present a provocative chal-lenge."
dents from Evangelical colleges
to confront and express Christ-ian
perspectives on current so-cial
"In an America beseiged by
problems," said Kenneth Omar,
President of the AAES, "the
Evangelical student's Christ-ian
commitment and love for his
country compel him to become
involved. The Congress will en-
College next fall as Associate
Professor of Anthropology.
Mr. Correll has been teaching
at the University of Manitoba
in Winnipeg, Canada for the
past four years. He taught at
Bethel College for two years,
1965-67. Previous to this he
served for nine years as a mis-sionary-
translator to the Eski-mos
in Northern Canada.
Present plans are for Mr.
Correll to receive his Ph.D. from
the University of Minnesota
this spring.
Charles McKinney, teacher at
the University of Idaho in Busi-ness
and Economics has ac-cepted
the invitation to come
to Bethel College. He will head
up the program in Economics
and Business.
Before teaching at the Uni-versity
of Idaho, Mr. McKinney
served as Assistant to the Vice-
President of Finance at Wash-ington
State University, Pull-man,
Washington. He also
taught at Biola College in Cali-fornia.
Added to his teaching
experience, he has had a vari-ety
of positions in business. At
the present time, he is com-pleting
a doctoral program in
Economics and Business.
able the Christian student to ex-amine
the problems and then
to say and to do something con-structive
about them."
At the Congress, five commit-tees
— Campus Governance,
Christian Witness, Domestic
Concerns, Educational Direction
and Foreign Affairs — will ex-amine
a broad range of issues.
These committees will prepare
the positions papers and resolu-tions
to be presented to the gen-eral
legislative sessions.
Elden Elseth will be serving
as chairman of the Domestic
Concerns committee. He cited
environmental control, racism
and priorities in U.S. spending
as some of the major topics for
examination and study by the
Though the AAES is not lis-tened
to nationally yet, Elden
said that it is gaining more pres-tige.
This, he said, was one of
the accomplishments of last
year's Congress; making the
Evangelical student voice heard
and their stand on social issues
known. "We hope to be heard
more and more on a national
Interaction between schools in
talking with students from other
schools was also mentioned as
an important part of the AAES.
"It was a great way to share
ideas," said Sam Griffith, "and
to observe how are schools were
alike and different." Norma
Wilcox said her participation
in the committee on Campus
Governance gave her lots of
ideas which she is trying to
put into practice at Bethel. For
example, teacher evaluation,
student rights, and how to se-cure
better communication be-tween
faculty, student, and ad-ministration.
The senate is now looking for
interested students to attend the
Congress. If interested, contact
the student senate office before
March 1 when representatives
will be elected.
Captain Jim Delich sinks
2 points for the Royals
against Hamline.
Spirit within
Campus Church
attracts many
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Auxiliary aids
in time, money
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through the
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New faculty members
added in economics
and anthropology
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Dance theater home
for Campus Church
by Nancy Fritz
"If you want to go to church,
try the Minnesota Dance Thea-tre.
If you want to talk to the
pastor, phone the Fish Book-shop
for an appointment," said
a member of the Campus
Church. It may be confusing
at first until you realize that
the Campus Church is literally
"on the move".
Campus Church was born in
the Bethany Presbyterian
Church near the University
campus. It soon outgrew these
quarters however, and moved
to the Mormon Church nearby
for morning and evening serv-ices.
Having worn out its wel-come
there, it is now meeting at
the Dance Theater mornings and
at Grace University Lutheran
Church Sunday evenings. These
places are not permanent, how-ever.
Campus Church isn't an or-ganization.
The best term to des-cribe
it would be "organism".
Some of those attending the
church are now applying for of-ficial
recognition as a University
of Minnesota campus organiza-tion,
but this is being done for
the benefit of securing use of
University buildings and facili-ties.
There is structure within the
church, but it is informal. It
operates this way: if one feels
able to help in certain areas of
need, he may volunteer himself.
At other times individuals are
suggested for certain jobs. All
of this is done, said a church
attender, trusting the Holy Spir-it
for direction and guidance.
The Holy Spirit is the center
of this church, says Rev. Er-nest
O'Neill, pastor of the
church. It doesn't claim to be
the only true kind of Christian
Church. It exists because a
need was found and further ar-eas
of opportunity have contin-ued
to present themselves.
It is felt by church members
that no Christian "enterprise"
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best general appearance, tex-ture
and thickness" said a com-mittee
member. "And if you
want to be judged, just BE
Immediately following the
game, the coronation and pre-sentation
of the Sno-Daze court
will take place. The queen and
her court will be selected this
Thursday and Friday from the
freshman and sophomore clas-ses.
A reception has been ar-ranged
in the cafeteria after
the coronation.
Plans for Friday evening in-volve
a "come and go" party at
the Seminary with tobagganing,
skating, sliding and refresh-ments.
Three folk groups will
be performing at 8:00, 9:00 and
10:00. Cost for the evening is
$1.00 per person.
A sleigh ride has been sched-uled
from 1:00 to 4:00 at a cost
$1.00. A buffet dinner will fol-low
in the cafeteria from 4:45
to 6:00.
"I'm excited about Sno-Daze,"
said one girl, "because it sounds
like a good program and doesn't
cost too much." Another said
she was glad to see a lot of act-ivities
that didn't require dates.
"I hope lots of kids go," said
one Bethel student. "Lots of
people are what makes it."
should be continued beyond its
ability to administer relevantly
to the needs surrounding it. A
church working on its own or-ganizational
power without the
guidance of the Spirit is in dan-ger
of being a dead institution.
A church is people, and Cam-pus
Church is composed of all
sorts: nurses, secretaries, stu-dents,
photographers, artists,
teachers, and people "in be-tween".
They call themselves
evangelicals, Jesus Freaks, or
just plain Christians.
The most well-known mem-ber
is Pastor Ernest O'Neill. Ac-cording
to one person, he's the
one with the big smile and Irish
accent. "He never seems to run
out of answers and encouraging
words for those who are search-ing
and trying to live their
lives the way Christ said they
Personally, I like Campus
Church because it seems alive.
I like the informal atmosphere
and all the different people
sharing Someone in common.
I like its vision nothing less
than reaching the world for
Jesus Christ. It does this by
working with the ideas and ar-eas
of need coming to it through
the members. Examples include
summer outreach in Puerto Ri-co,
the Virgin Islands, Paris,
London and maybe across Com-munist
Borders. In the Twin
City area its ministry involves
the Ashland House, a commun-al
type home for students and
working people and also the
place for Wednesday night pra-yer
and planning; the Fish
Bookshop opened Feb. 3 com-plete
with office and rap-room.
Another house has started, too,
but it doesn't have a name yet.
There is also a coffee house.
You might not feel quite com-fortable
at Campus Church, or
you might come with all sorts
of inspiration and find your
niche. If you're searching for a
group it's certainly worth a visit.
by Jan Spurlazzo
Greg Brunko — Other church.
es, in general are too struct-ured.
At the Campus Church,
you can go and worship with
kids who are just like you. The
message there is centered on
the needs of youth today.
To me, the Conference church
is almost dead. There are too
many organized groups which
tend to make it like a "church
society" for everyone's own en-tertainment.
The Campus
Church seems to care more for
inward matters rather than out-ward
Greg Brunko
by Dick Halverson
Many of us have had the
very pleasant experience of the
free family worship of the
Campus Church, and afterwards
have gone to the address of
964 Ashland Ave., St. Paul for
an after church dinner and
fellowship. This house, called
the "Ashland House" probably
for the lack of a better name,
has become the people-oriented
center for the Campus Church.
Owned by former Bethel stu-dent
Roger Young, and occupied
at latest count by eleven young
men and women, the house has
slowly become a Christian dis-cipleship
home patterned to
some extent after the Christian
communes of California. The
Lord Jesus Christ is the head
of the house with certain ones
taking on responsibilities as
needed. There are amazingly
few problems among the "bro-thers
and sisters" but they
laughingly talk about the sanc-
Jan Flannery — Christ is
alive at the Campus Church.
Everyone is accepted and plays
an important part when we
come together with the love of
God in us. I sense a real unity
where Christians are really liv-ing
as Christians. I don't find
hypocrisy there like I find in
other churches. I like people
who want to show their Christ-ianity.
When I went to the Campus
Church I was looking for some-thing
really loose, because I
come from a Catholic back-ground.
The Catholic Church
was full of rules and regulations.
When I became a Christian I
had many questions, but I wasn't
getting my answers.
I didn't feel welcome in the
Catholic Church — it seemed
like everyone could care less.
People had no reason to go.
There was no growth; it stagnat-ed.
But now that I've been in
real fellowship at the Campus
Church, I can go back to the
Catholic Church, and find good
,fellowship __. with _.Christians
Cherry Lewis — I was tired
of the regular church-like at-mosphere.
At the Campus
tifying experience of one bath-room.
In addition to the after church
dinner, many gather there on
Wednesday night for a business
meeting and prayer time. Also,
after the Sunday evening ser-vice
at the Campus Church,
there is a general open house
for fellowship. But really, it is
open house all the time. It is
a good place to rap, park your
heavy burden, or just to enjoy
the atmosphere.
Without doubt, the most im-portant
quality of the Ashland
House is expression of the love
of Christ. After hearing the
Word of God at church, one
can see it put into practice at
the house. One can also see
that some Christians are taking
seriously the final apolegetic
for Christ and that being a
visible substantial love that
Christians have for one another.
As one of the Ashland dwellers
would say, "Far out!"
Cherry Lewis
Church I can just feel the love
of God. When Pastor O'Neill
preaches, he radiates God's
love. This is something I don't
see in a lot of Christians
which I feel I should see in
ALL Christians. If a person has
the spirit you should see love.
The Campus Church is a good
new direction for our generation
because so many have become
fed-up with the way the church
has been. At the Campus Church
you don't have to be too con-cerned
with surface things
like what you wear. I feel that
of the fish
by John Larson
The Fish Bookshop has been
open for only a month, and is
located "right above the flower
shop on the corner of Oak and
Washington." (Others claim it's
not exactly above the flower
shop but its easy to find.)
Most of the people that go,
work, and pray there are from
the Campus Church, and helped
get it started. As word spreads
though, new faces show up. Un-iversity
Christians who have
never had a "place" to go have
found one. Non-Christians, some
mistaking it for the 'Pisces
Bookshop', some looking for
something free, some wanting
to rap, some finding more than
all of these — themselves, are
at the Fish Bookshop, too.
There aren't many books at
the Shop because there's not
much room. The guy that runs
it said, "As far as the market
goes, the books aren't all big
sellers. We have them here be-cause
they tell the Truth." He
meant they talk about Jesus
and the 'deeper Life' He gives.
One wouldn't think there'd be
much activity with that type of
book, and there probably would
not be if they were only in the
book selling business. But as
it is, the Bookshop also serves
as the office for the Campus
Church, the home of the Christ-ian
newspaper Dunamis, and as
a quaint location for various
gatherings, some intentional,
some not.
When there is a lull, some of
the Christians take the books
down to the street-level. They
go door to door and into the
dorms. They sell books, give
themselves, and Jesus lives;
something new for the Univer-sity.
"The Fish Bookshop is really
just a place where brothers
and sisters can meet each others
non-Christians, and the Lord,"
said a brother. "There's nothing
much more than that."
there, everyone is accepted for
what they are. In other church-es
it seems like only a superfi-cial
I think the Campus Church
can have an effective ministry.
I've learned a lot there about
the Spirit and Christian growth.
I like the open prayer they have
and just being able to share
something if you want to. I was
getting sick of church, but the
Campus Church is a whole new
experience for me and alot of
others. I've never been to a
church like that before.
Glenn Hansen — I like the
spirit of the Campus Church.
You can walk in and feel the
Spirit of God. I'm tired of the
established church because of
the institutional way they go
about worshipping. They're in
a rut.
The church I go to at home
is a big, stylish one, and you're
expected to dress up to go.
There, they put on their clothes
like they do their religion. At
the Campus Church if I wanted
to I could wear my jeans and a
sweatshirt and feel comfortable.
In conclusion, I would like to
say, "Jesus loves me."
Campus Church appreciation expressed
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Mrs. Kenneth Kiel (left) and Mrs. Arnold Wicklund display progress on S & H
Green Stamp collection.
Visiting Bethel campus
Students gain realistic view
as Starr appreciates idea
of freedom with respomsibility
Miss Marilyn Starr, Assistant Dean of Students
by Sharon Watson
When asked "Where were you
last night?", I answered,
"I went to a banquet for the
Bethel Women's Auxiliary."
"Pretty boring, huh?" was the
"Boring—NOTHING!" I said.
"I have come to appreciate the
many ways the women have
helped me. They are responsible
for the warm quilt and soft
pillow on my bed, the cup I
drink my tea from, and the chair
I sit in while I drink my tea."
Unknown to many students,
the Bethel Women's Auxiliary
has been serving Bethel with
their time, talent, and money
for 56 years.
Since Mrs. Marguerite Bodien
was the first president of the
auxiliary in 1915, the list of
services performed by the aux-iliary
has expanded to include
almost every area of student
The auxiliary's most import-ant
project is the Prayer Part-ner
Program. The name of each
by Bruce Johnson
"It was an eye opening ex-perience
for me to visit a cam-pus
and find out that the stu-dents
don't study all the time.
I thought that's all they did,"
said prospective Bethel student,
Gerald Gibcke, Wausau, Wis-consin.
Gibcke is one of many pros-pective
students that visit Beth-el,
trying to find out what it
has to offer them as graduating
high school students, and how
Bethel differs from other
schools of higher education.
During his two day stay here
Gibcke had interviews with de-partment
heads, talked with stu-dents
and discussed what Bethel
requirements were for entrance
with the personnel in the ad-missions
James Bragg, director of ad-missions,
said that Bethel "does
not high pressure any student
to come to this school. We tell
them what we think Bethel is
and how it differs from other
institutions and tell the students
that if this is the type of coll-ege
they are looking for, we
hope they will come."
freshman is given to a woman
who supports the student in
prayer during this year of ad-justment.
The special project for this
year is providing a scholarship
for a foreign student to Bethel
through a S & H Green Stamp
program. Mrs. Arnold Wicklund
is the chairman of the project.
Purchasing furniture for the
lounges at the New Dorm was
another project of the auxiliary
this year, amounting to
The auxiliary is responsible,
in part, for the smooth func-tioning
of Founder's Week.
Tasks such as serving meals,
manning registration and tele-phone
booths, and providing
nursery service are performed
by Auxiliary volunteers.
This year, women from Olivet
Baptist Church in Robbinsdale
also made 21 costumes for the
opera "Yeoman of the Guard."
This is the third dramatic pro-duction
they have assisted in
this capacity.
Bragg continued by saying,
"we urge prospective students
to go on campus and talk to
students and faculty, and ask
them anything about the college
they want to know. We want
them to see what Bethel is and
not just tell them what we think
it is."
Being a music major, Gibcke
had an interview with Julius
Whitinger, chairman of the mu-sic
department. During the in-terview,
Whitinger merely pre-sented
what Bethel had to offer,
and some requirements that
would help in certain areas.
Whitinger didn't preach Bethel
to Gibcke, he just gave him
some solid advice as to what
course of action he should fol-low
in his college years, where-ver
he goes.
If there is one item that
Bragg likes to sell about Beth-el
it is the student body. "This
school is made up of the people
that are in it and that is one
quality we like to sell."
Gibcke said one of the
things I like best about Bethel
iis the people. It seems as
though this school is held to-gether
by the people."
Other big projects the aux-iliary
has undertaken have in-cluded
purchasing a Hobart
mixer for the food service,
"Busy Beth," a tractor for use
on the new campus, books for
the library, audio-visual equip-ment
and chimes for the band.
The auxiliary has also provid-ed
quilts, pillow and mattress
covers, laundry bags, draperies,
by Sharon Watson
Through the collection of
S&H Green Stamps the Bethel
Women's Auxiliary is able to
bring Tekle Gebre Selassie from
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to Beth-el
next fall.
Tekle accepted Christ at a
Billy Graham Crusade in Addis
Ababa at age 16. Now 26, he has
served as a deacon in the Addis
Another visiting student also
made the comment that after
one day on campus the thing
he liked about the school was
the people. "They seemed hap-
When picking a college, it is
those first impressions that will
determine if Gerald Gibcke,
Wausau, Wisconsin and other
high school seniors will pick
Bethel or some other secondary
education school.
Gerald was on campus for
two days trying to get the
feel of what Bethel was and
what it had to offer to him as a
music major.
"I couldn't really get a real-istic
view of what Bethel had to
offer from the material that was
sent to me so I had to come and
see for myself just what Bethel
Interested students that come
to Bethel are urged to attend
classes and see the school in
action. This way they can find
and feel if Bethel is the school
for them. So if someone comes
up to you and says "tell me a-bout
Bethel", just act natural,
it is only a prospective student.
bed spreads and furnishings for
dorm kitchens.
Even though the auxiliary is
not able to satisfy the big needs
of Bethel they help the com-munity
in many small but im-portant
ways. They are also in-terested
in helping individual
students with needs.
Ababa church, as Production
Manager of the Globe Publish-ing
House, and as president of
the Baptist Association of Ethi-opia.
After studying through the
11th grade at evening school
in Addis Ababa while working
days, Tekle finished high school
at a Mennonite secondary school
in Nazareth.
Tekle is interested in educa-tion,
and has started some
"rainy schools" during the
rainy season in Ethiopia, when
it is not possible for the people
to farm. After completing coll-ege,
he said he would like to
return to his people, for only
10% can read or write.
Tekle will be one of the first
foreign students to come to Be-thel
from a Conference church.
by Sharon Watson
"I don't like students to think
for me. I like to make my own
decisions." This statement of
independence came from the
Assistant Dean of Students,
Miss Marilyn Starr.
Often prejudged by students
as being "anti" towards such
things as long hair on guys
and Gospel rock because of her
connection to the "establish-ment",
Miss Starr said she wish-ed
that students would take
time to find out how she really
feels. "Bethel is large enough
so I don't get to know the stu-dents
as well as I'd like to,"
she realizes.
Miss Starr dislikes being fear-ed
as a Dean. Most of her time
is spent counseling rather than
disciplining, contrary to popu-lar
belief. "I'd like any student
to be able to come to me," com-mented
Miss Starr, "even with-out
a problem."
Miss Starr appreciates "the
current idea of the freedom to
do your own thing", but stated,
"What distresses me is the lack
of sensitivity and responsibili-
Tekle Gebre Selassie
The auxiliary is providing a
scholarship for Tekle in cooper-ation
with the Sperry and Hut-chinson
Company. Each year
the women need 1125 Green
stamp books to provide tuition,
room, board and books for Tek-le.
405 books are still needed
this year.
ty that goes along with it. I
really like the openness and
honesty that is prevailing among
young people. I wish I could be
a part of this."
Even though disciplining is
a small part of her job, Miss
Starr feels it is the hardest
part. "But," she adds, "disci-pline
is a part of life, and nec-essary
for growth and learning."
Miss Starr, too, had to learn
how to accept disciplining as a
student. She was once campused
for popping corn.
She admitted she was no an-gel
as a student. "Russell John-son's
course was my worst
course. I couldn't stand biology
lab so I'd skip it and go ice-skating."
Miss Starr expressed her inde-pendence
outside of her job,
An avid skier, she spends 'most
of her winter vacations in Colo-rado.
She owns a little sailboat
that she sails on White Bear
lake during the summer. "These
are two of the most exciting
sports," she said, "You're the
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Women give time, talent, money
Green stamp books will
bring student to Bethel
Thursday, February 18, 1971 the CLARION
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Editorials • • • •
To the Editor: and joy I felt after coming to
Those of you who knew me Bethel last September or the
last semester knew about my wisdom I gained that brought
religious convictions; I was a me closer to Him. But these
Mormon. I came to Bethel last people helped me take one
semester with the intention of more step. That's the way the
"spreading the true gospel of Lord works. Each day is just
Christ," the Bible and the Book a little better than the one be-of
Mormon. And believe me, I fore if you walk with Him and
did. For the first few weeks, become a living sacrifice for
so many of you got the works Him.
shot at you and now I'm eter- Through them He showed me
nally grateful to you who put up the real Truth and how Satan
with me and were concerned had hold of me all semester. I
enough to be patient with me. It just thank God for His mercy
takes a true Christian friend to and forgiveness, even though we
fully understand another's trials break His heart so many times.
and just pray and trust the Lord Thank you, Lord.
to work it all out and He real- The Friday before second sem-ly
does! ester, on the way back to Beth-
Thank you, Jesus! el, I decided once and for all
While I was home for break, to end this Satanic power that
I met some beautiful Christians I had wrestled with for the past
and the Lord really helped me six months. That night out in
to grow through them. I thought front of Bodien my roommates
nothing could surpass the peace and I carried out "the Great
Cheering lacks oomph
To the Editor: our biggest hangup here at
Come on fans yell! ...
You won't ????
So let's hear it!
Let's hear it!
All right we'll have to do it
ing at Bethel is kind of a let
as JV cheerleaders find cheer-
SP-IR-IT Got the Spirit
Fresh out of high school, we
the enthusiasm that only guys
can stimulate.
counterparts, the school lacks
Since our squad lacks the male
like performers than cheerlead-ers.
Most colleges depend on the
extra spirit that guy cheer-
Bethel is that we feel more
leaders are able to arouse.
Is cheerleading for girls only?
down. Not that cheering is a We must admit though that
lseptodnoswe nin, cbouot ptehrea tcioron wwditsh roeu- rs foammoe ussp girroitu ips, ethveid reonwtd iines .t hWaet
cheers is minimal. sincerely appreciate their un-
To try to overcome this ob- organized cooperation, although
stacle, we've attempted to sim- their timing is often way off.
plify our cheers to the level
Let's try that cheer again.
of the average college student SP-IR-IT Got the Spirit
— mainly, very simple. So let's hear it!
We feel that the purpose of Yeah!
cheerleaders is to lead the All right. That's much better!
crowd in cheering for the team, J.V. Cheerleaders
not just performing. Perhaps O
The body does not have one member, but many.
We are the body of Christ
Yahweh has arranged the parts of the body — everyone
of them — as he has seen fit.
Therefore, seeing that I am not an eye, I cannot say I
am not part of the body. For we are all of one body each having
a different function, but all working interdependently.
Yahweh has given to the members of His body talents; to
one He has given five talents, to another He has given three
and to another only one. For all is given by Yahweh to each
according to his ability, for the functioning of the body.
Therefore seeing that I have three talents, and not one, I
cannot say that he who has one is less than I; neither can I
say that he who has five is greater than I; for Yahweh blends
the body together, that there may be no schism in the body,
but the members may be mutually solitcious for one another.
For perfection is not found where one comes to a stop, but
rather as one does that which he has been made to be. When
I look to the living God and say, "Father, what would you have
of me?" and then do, then I am perfect. When we all turn to
Yahweh to look to Him, rather than other parts of the body, and
ask Him, "What am I to be?" then we can be perfect, that
is to be what we were intended to be. Can the heart ask of the
eye "What should I be?". Or the eye say to the ear, "Because
you are not an eye I have no need of you?'
We are all part of the body of Christ. Do that part which you
are ... not that which "they" say you should be.
• •
Burning" or as I like to think
of it, "the Great Awakening."
We burned all of my four Books
of Mormon, and for the first
time since last August, I felt
total peace inside, with nothing
holding me back. I was sure and
I am sure and I'll be sure until
I die and then some!
So friends, that's my story. I
just wanted to share with you
one of the most precious mo-ments
in my life — "the Great
Awakening" and another victory
for Christ!
Praise the Lord!
I love you all very much and
I pray that you will walk closer
and closer to the Lord each day.
I'd like to leave these with
But Thou, 0 Lord, art a
God full of compassion, and
gracious, long-suffering and
plenteous in mercy and truth.
Oh, turn unto me, and have
mercy upon me; give thy
strength unto thy servant,
and save the son of thine
handmaid.—Psalms 86:15, 16
Keep awake, all of you,
and pray, that you may not
come into temptation; the
spirit is right willing, but the
flesh is frail. —Mark 14:38
Love and Peace
in Christ,
Dee Freese
Class of '74
Dishroom help
petitions for
To the Editor:
It was a dark stormy night,
lightning flashing, a clap of
thunder shaking the atmos-phere.
The maid suddenly
screams, a dead body rolls down
the stairs.
Every good letter is suppos-ed
to start by catching the
reader's attention. Now that I've
got your attention, I'll explain
who or what Hobart is. Hobart
is the dishwasher in the dish-room
and I'm one of the faith-ful
followers of this mighty
Working at the window gives
you a chance to see and meet
a lot of people. There are a
few things that could help us
guys in the dishroom:
1. Whenever there are three
or four kids sitting together,
stack your trays. It will save
space at the window and pre-vent
2. Throw all paper and bones
away. This saves time.
3. Have a neat tray. A messy
tray really slows the fellow
working the window.
All of these would be of
great help to the person work-ing
the window.
Finally, I would like to thank
everyone who does help the
window worker by stacking his
trays, or making them neat.
Just remember — "A happy
window is a neat window."
One of "Hobart's"
faithful followers
Mark Wood,
Class of '74
90r444t rite
At Editor Miko's invitation I am glad to be an occasional
columnist in The Clarion this semester. He has suggested that I
begin by discussing student opportunity to effect change on the
This is a vital concern. All of us who have dedicated our
lives to God for service among youth believe -in you profoundly.
We respect your cumulative judgement and want to be guided by
it as we strengthen Bethel for the future. The basic Biblical
assumptions on which the school was founded are not subject
to change, of course, but our expressions of them always need
updating and our applications of them must keep pace with the
changing needs of each new generation.
As I see it, there are two ways by which students may
promote policy change apart from the violent and destructive
protest which has erupted on many campuses. One is informal and
one is formal. In my judgment, the informal is much more
effective in a closely knit Christian community on a small campus.
The basic guideline is very simple: when you believe that
something at Bethel ought to be changed, go directly to the person
who can do something about it. This will expedite action far more
quickly than coffee shop gossip — the key decision-maker may
never hear about it; or a newspaper letter or editorial — he may
miss that particular issue; or a petition — he may react to its
emotional rather than its rational overtones. These devices may
be good for ventilating feelings but they rarely bring about actual
change. The open-door policy at Bethel means that any student
can go at any time to any administrator to discuss any matter.
This is the most direct and most effective route.
In the event direct appeal fails and the student is still
dissatisfied, he has recourse to the more formal structure. This
provides for student representation at every level of campus
life. The Student Senate, headed capably by Elden Elseth and
Hugh McLeod, is anxious to know about every legitimate student
concern and to propose a course of action. Every area of life at
Bethel has a committee of both faculty and students assigned to
its oversight. Students also meet with the Dean's advisory com-mittee
and even the Board of Regents. Resident advisors in the
dorms, faculty advisors, or staff people in the Student Personnel
Office are always available to direct you to the appropriate
persons. And in this context — after the personal approach has
been tried — letters to the editor, petitions, and other formal
ways of marshalling support for an idea are in order. But they
represent an unnecessary expenditure of time and energy until
the simple direct route has been taken to the person who can do+
something about the matter in question.
I and all my colleagues want to facilitate constructive inter-action
so that Bethel will be a better place because of the influence
of the students whom God has led to the campus. The Board of
Regents, to be sure, is finally responsible for every policy decision
made at our school. But it has delegated its authority to many
groups, including the Student Senate. While it must hold its staff
personnel responsible for the decisions made, I am glad that
the Board wants them to be made with the highest possible input
from our students.
Ultimately, it is only for you that Bethel exists!
Sincerely in Christ,
Carl H. Lundquist
Hugh McLeod and Joel Goff petition for MPIRG.
(Minnesota Public Interest Research Group) Voting by
referendum will take place February 18 and 19.
Co-ed tells of "Great Awakening"
Live 4 the CLARION Thurs.clzy, Februar 18, 1971
Dr. Paul Rees
ter which sometimes made us
thankful for a somewhat peace-ful
American-type shelter.
One of the most challenging,
fun, and frustrating undertak-ings
was shopping in Jerusa-lem's
Old City Market. The Old
City is that part within the
walls. Its shops are operated
mostly by Arabs.
A typical conversation be-tween
an ignorant American and
a shopkeeper begins as the na-tive
vendor eagerly invites the
visitor into his shop, "Welcome!
Welcome! Come in. It costs
nothing to look. Only a few
minutes of your time." "Well,
OK . . . " "Do you like this
dress?" "Yes, it's very pretty,
but . . . " "It will make you
like an Arab queen. Since you
are my first customer of the
morning, I will give you special
price. Good luck . . . " And so
it goes until finally the trans-action
is made, and guess who
got the best end of the deal?
Bartering is only one of the
many phenomena of the Holy
City. The mosques, minarets,
and cathedrals were a wonder to
behold. History was alive in
the beautiful layers of mosaics,
excavations, shell-torn walls and
fortresses, and even the rock
strata. We visited so many ruins
that they almost became
commonplace. The ornate decor-ations
in churches marking
"holy places" also became near-ly
repugnant. However, for each
outward manifestation of man's
attempts to reach God, there
was the simple, yet majestic
work of the Lord.
There are as many types of
flora in Israel as in the whole
United States. Hills and moun-tains
are everywhere, dotted
by shepherds with their flocks.
Whether in the cities or barren
deserts, the realization came
that Jesus could have stood on
the very spot where we were.
There were traditional sites of
the holy places which are main-tained
in their natural beauty
—the Garden of Gethsemane,
Garden Tomb, Capernaum by
the Sea of Galilee. The thoughts
and emotions one experiences
in places like these are inexpli-cable.
As one of the tour mem-bers
writes, in thinking back
over the trip:
Like many have said, words
cannot express all the experi-ences
and feelings that we
encountered on the tour. In
all of the places we visited,
it was stressed that they only
commemorate Christ's life.
This made us stop and realize
that Christ was no closer to
us in the Holy Land than He
was to us back home in the
United States. His Word did
become more alive by seeing
fishermen casting their nets
on the Sea of Galilee, by
drawing water from Jacob's
well, and by having a service
at the Garden Tomb. Yet God
is so wonderful no matter
what part of the world you
worship Him in.
True transformation is our only hope
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Dr. Rees urges church to recall mission
by Sarah Reasoner
Revolution in Morals. The Sexual Revolution. The Meaning of
Latin American Revolution. The Technological Revolution . .. rev-olution.
Probably one of the most frequently occuring words in
the conversations and writings of today is the word "revolution."
No one will question that "the times, they are a'changing." Dr.
Paul Rees in his book, DON'T SLEEP THROUGH THE REV-OLUTION
calls the average pew-warmer to play an active role
in the bold revolution.
The book begins with the il-lustration
of Rip Van Winkle
sleeping through the American Book
revolution. Dr. Rees is attempt-ing
to wake up John Doe Chris- Review
tian who sleeps while revolu-tion
rages around him. With a
very real concern for people, Dr. Rees urges the Church to
recall the mission and get on with it.
The subject of missions is not avoided, although Dr. Rees
indicates an awareness of the current questioning of the role of
missions. He says, "perhaps we are less sure than our fathers that
the CHURCH HAS a mission to the world and that every Christian
is by nature a missionary." Yet Dr. Rees emphasizes that the
Church has a message and that is for all people. He quotes Dr.
Samuel Zwemer, "Nothing human can be alien to the Gospel. He
died for all, who died for us. He hateth nothing that He hath
But Dr. Rees also says that "the Christian witness requires
for its effectiveness something other than its evangelical content.
It requires a climate of personal and group relationships in
which respect for the person of the witness precludes reception
of the message borne by that witness." In other words, the
Christian needs to earn the "right to be heard." Just as Jesus
became man and identified with man in order to redeem him,
the Christian must identify with people in today's world.
Dr. Rees says, "If we believe in an incarnational theology,
then let us practice an incarnational psychology: going where
people are, getting next to them, identifying with them, gaining
their confidence at some level or another of their legitimate
With a wide background of experience in world missions,
Dr. Rees discusses some of the revolutionary changes in the
world today as they relate to missions.
1) reversal — the tide from West to East in no longer running.
2) resurgence of Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism — all ac-centuating
their identification with a nation's cultural heritage
and stressing the foreignness and intrusiveness of Christianity.
3) resentment of the colored races against white assumptions
of superiority has now become a global phenomenon.
4) readjustment is the Christian's task with convincing man-ifestations
of the wholeness and unity of the Church.
Although the discussion of mission policy and principle is
good, one of the book's most helpful emphasis deals with the
difference Christianity makes in one's own life. Dr. Rees says
boldly and clearly, "When carrying the name 'Christian' can
have so little bearing on the stuff and shape of daily living,
when it has ceased to generate distinctive motivations, when
it no longer issues in behavior patterns that are creatively and
convincingly different from those of society in general, then
Christianity, in the measure in which this is true, has gone
cultic. No longer a life-force, it has become a residual form. It
is more of an escape from reality than an engagement with reality."
As a solution to this cultic Christianity, Dr. Rees in his final
chapter calls for an awareness of the power and person of the
Holy Spirit. Quoting Arthur Hurd he says, "The doctrine of the
Holy Spirit has been the undiscovered country of Christianity, the
dark continent of the Christian life, the land where our spiritual
resources lie, but lie undeveloped."
The book is short and informative and very much to the
point. The Church must wake up! The average Christian must
join the revolution and work actively as he is empowered by the
Holy Spirit.
Interim students view history and worship God in Israel
by Pat Farmer
The following are some of the
things we experienced on the
Bible Lands Interim Seminar
(BLIS!), which Dr. Lewis em-phasized
had always been cal-led
a "seminar", meaning that
we were supposed to study.
We arrived at the Lod Air-port
in Tel Aviv on the evening
of December 30, 1970, and be-came
accustomed to finding our
own suitcases without aid or
requirement of luggage tags.
Patience became ingrained in
all members while waiting,
waiting. We were finally whisk-ed
through customs in moments
with the aid of a travel agent
and the ominous appearance
of our mountain of suitcases.
The next event was the one
hour sharut ride to Jerusalem
and the American Institute of
Holy Land Studies which be-came
our home, school, and
refuge from the wiles of Jeru-salem
street life. During the
three weeks of our stay there
was no day quite like any other.
Every excursion brought some
new and unbelievable encoun-by
John Larson
Many of us today spend good portions of our time articu-lating
the emptiness that prevails within the Christian Church.
We are quick to see the deceptive methods of institutional
Christianity: get a board together, launch a Sunday school and
a ladies' mission circle, call a pastor and turn the crank. It didn't
seem so bad while we were in it, but now that we're here
in college, we look at it and get sick, even bitter.
But sometimes while carrying out our song and dance
against organized hypocrisy, we fail to realize who it is that they've
cranked out. Are we so naive as to believe that we have escaped
all those years of double-talk just by going to college? Has this
school done that much for us?
Ask the Black students how much difference they see between
us and "the church." Let's face it, we're as tight with our money
as the old man is with his. Our discussions carry the same
disease that kills the church — of course we don't label it gossip
since most of it's supposed to be true. We hate to sit through
those boring sermons every Sunday — but remember, it's we that
sleep! We're the ones that complain about Alice's cooking and
then, in the next breath, we condemn to hell the internal strife
of the church.
Brothers and Sisters, we are the Church! We can't continue
to play our games and blame it on the other guy — that's what
everyone else is doing. We're quick to condemn the sex pervert,
the rapist, but, Brothers, how many appetites do we feed at
dinner? How many of our own sisters do we look through every
day? And I used to say "Oh, that's only normal." Well if that's
normal, why claim Christianity? Why get Jesus into the act?
He did not die to make me "normal"!
If Jesus died and gave us the Holy Spirit so we could be
like. everyone else, then there's nothing in Christianity that's
worth our 'time. If all we have here at Bethel is an academic and
social fellowship club with a little bit of Christianity thrown
in to give it respectability — then I want out. I want all God has,
or I don't want any. And I'm no different than most of you.
But I think now its important to see that its not God that's
powerless; its we that haven't understood Him. And most of us
don't realize that Jesus died to free us from our sin — and that
means our everyday experience of impatience, nervousness, re-sentment,
false humility and sarcasm, or aren't these sin? We
should be quick to admit it's these little things that are ugly
and it's this ugliness that hung Jesus on the cross.
The cross means death. Nothing lives when it's hung on a
cross, not even Jesus. And Jesus didn't die alone. We died with
Him. "We know that our old self was crucified with him ... " The
man in Roman times who took up his cross and started down
the road had already said goodbye to his friends. He was not
going out to have his life redirected; he was going out to have it
ended. That's the difference.
God salvages the individual by liquidating him, then raising
him again to live a new life. If we do see nothing new then we
shouldn't claim Jesus. If there is no real difference between us
and those who don't know Jesus, how can we say "Jesus lives
in me."?
Jesus does not live today to make us depressed, pride-ridden,
and empty. Those are the very things that killed Him. And we must
never hesitate to put down all that is ugly within us and pick up
the new life of the Holy Spirit. It's then that we are transformed.
And a true transformation is our only hope.
Romans 6: 1-11
hursday, February 18, 1971
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You'll be surprised
when you claim the re-ward
. . . a pleasant
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Come soon.
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Greg Ekbom comes from underneath to aid in a
decision against Concordia in the February 10 match.
The Not Corner
by Rich Zaderaka
The basketball team did not play exceptionally well against
Hamline. They made a lot of bad passes and had quite a few
turnovers. But when they can win on an off night, they've done
quite a job.
Hamline wanted that game so badly they could taste it. You
could couot their victories this season on one hand. I feel the
Pipers played almost to the top of their potential. They were
beaten by a better Bethel team.
* * *
The sportsmanship of some of the fans at the Macalester
game was less than amusing. The childish behavior of a few
gave a negative reflection of what Bethel stands for to the Mac-alester
people at the game.
* * *
The basketball games this weekend will be broadcast live
(via telephone line) over WBCS 1050/AM. Take your radios to
the wrestling match on Saturday night. The Royals could be in
the championship game.
* * *
Most wrestlers have read these books:: Two Pounds Over by
Betty Barfs, Desperate To Make Weight by X. Lacks, Why Go Out?
by Ernie Ledder, Referees Decision by Rydon Tyme, On His Back
by Howie Bridges. and On the Top by Willie Pinnum.
call us for the
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Their 100th Year
Open for bowling
most anytime with
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Bethel students
Bethel wrestlers slated
for final competition
The Bethel grappling squad
heads into its final week of com-petition
with Saturday's match
against Pillsbury and a match
next week against Eau Claire,
On Tuesday, the Royals had
a match against St. Thomas.
The match was after the dead-line
for this week's issue.
Last Saturday the Northwest-ern
Red Raiders bested Bethel
24-16. The Royals got off to a
16-3 lead but were unable to
score after Bruce Barringer's
pin in the 150 division. Bill
Bragg at 142, and Dave Ekbom
at 134 picked up decisions. Nor-thwestern
forfeited Rich Zad-eraka
at 126 for Bethel's other
five points.
Wednesday, Feb. 10, Bethel
beat Concordia 24-16. Once a-gain
the Royals built up an
early lead in the lower weight
classes. After a forfeit to Dave
Peterson, and a win by Rich
Zaderaka, Dave Ekbom and
Bill Bragg recorded pins. Dave
Carlson lost a tough match at
150, and Greg Ekbom and Dave
Hanks won on decisions.
Concordia's rugged captain,
Randy Neal, defeated Chuck
Jackson at 177, and the Comets
picked up ten more points on a
pin at 190, and a forfeit at
by Kathy Oleson
"They're here! The bus is
here. Help them bring in their
luggage." was the cry of Miss
Morgan, women's basketball
coach last Friday evening at
the arrival of the Wheaton wo-men's
basketball team.
Saturday morning Bethel's
The basketball season heads
down the homestretch, with the
team slated for action in the
Lea Invitational Tournament.
The Royals go into the tourney
with a season record of 10-12,
having won seven of their last
Steve Scroggins goes up
for another basket at the
Briar Cliff game on Friday.
"B" team lost to the Wheaton
"B" team 32-17. Bethel's de-fense
hustled quite well, but
could not keep up with Whea-ton's
shooting ability. High
scorer for the Bethel team was
Sarah Reasoner with 10 points.
The "A" teams then met in
battle with Bethel again fall-nine
Bethel made it two consecu-tive
weekends of double victor-ies,
winning over Hamline on
Saturday and Briar Cliff on
Led by the hot shooting of
Steve Sroggins (25 points), the
Royals whipped the Pipers 76-
69. Willie Hill added five bas-kets
and five free throws for 15
points, Gordy Wahlberg four
buckets and five charity tosses
for 13, and Gordy Nordmark
hit five fielders for 10.
The Royals shot welll team-wise
from the field and from the
free throw line.
On Friday evening, eleven
men hit the scoring column,
four in double figures as Be-thel
trounced the Chargers of
Briar Cliff 87-60 Doug Fargo
paced the attack, netting 25,
aided by Willie Hill with 16,
Steve Scroggins with 12, and
Gordy Nordmark, 11.
Royals enter Lea Invitational,
victorious in 7 out of last 9
ing to a strong offensive and
defensive strategy. With Whea-ton's
Mary Lindman and Robin
Norman under the basket Linda
Schmid and Lynn Dreesen found
out what it was like to be in
"the land of the giants." Bethel
played a hard game, but find-ing
the basket proved to be the
downfall of the team. The game
ended in defeat for Bethel 49-
21 with Linda Schmid leading
the scoring with 11 points.
Playing Wheaton was differ-ent
than playing other teams.
Sharing popcorn, spaghetti and
experiences helped the teams
to see a oneness in Christ, and
losing to Wheaton was not quite
as hard as losing to Concordia.
In the women's first game
Augsburg was squashed 48-26.
Lynn Dreesen led the scoring
with 13 points, followed by
Kathy Head with 10, Chris
Kimball and Linda Schmid with
8 points apiece.
Bethel's second game brought
them up against Fairview School
of Nursing. Again Bethel romp-ed
victorious, winning 45-25
with Linda Schmid leading the
scoring with 18 points. Chris
Kimball followed with 10.
High scorer for Bethel was
Linda Schmid with 20 points
in the third game which took
the team to Concordia and their
first loss to make the record
even at 2-2.
Bruce Barringer puts the squeeze on for a pin in
the Northwestern match on Saturday.
Women's team even at 2-2
Wheaton women trounce Bethe149-21
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First off, I must apologize. To my 29 followers. You see, my husband and I moved after 25 years of living in the same home. What an ordeal to go through everything and get rid of a ton of your stuff that just sat around not being used or looked at in years. Some even decades!
Anyway. I found all wrapped in a rubber band a bunch of my Grandma Lyon's recipe cards! They were all browned from the years that have gone by, and the rubber band snapped the minute I touched it. Some of the recipes were her mother's (Minnie Hanson Fahl) and her Aunt Lottie, Minnie's sister. How cool is that! In a few days check back with me and I will post some of the recipes. At the end of a Chocolate Cake recipe it said "beat it good". How funny.
Above, are the card instructions. These are old fashioned - at least I think so.
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Eine brandneue BluRay "Planes, Trains & Eric" von der letzten Far & Middle East Tour!
"Planes, Trains And Eric" follows Eric Clapton and his band on the Far and Middle Eastern leg of his 2014 World Tour. The film features 13 full length performances from the tour intercut with interviews with Eric Clapton and the band members, rehearsal and soundcheck footage, travel by trains and planes, presentations and "fly on the wall" filming of all the many aspects of being on the road with Eric Clapton.
Bonus Features: Additional interviews
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Minnesota-Texas Tech Preview
The last thing Texas Tech expected to be doing as college
football's coaching carousel began to spin was hopping on board to
hire someone itself.
In the end, the Red Raiders wound up with a rather familiar
Former Texas Tech quarterback Kliff Kingsbury will take over the
program as one of the youngest head coaches in the FBS, but first
interim coach Chris Thomsen will try to lead the Red Raiders past
Minnesota on Friday night in the Meineke Car Care Bowl at Houston's
Reliant Stadium.
Tommy Tuberville never quite clicked in his three seasons in
Lubbock, but it was still a shock when the former Auburn coach
suddenly announced Dec. 8 that he was leaving Texas Tech (7-5) to
go to Cincinnati.
Athletics director Kirby Hocutt named Thomsen, who had been in
charge of the offensive line, as the team's interim coach two days
later, and two days after that he found a new coach. Hocutt
announced the decision to bring Kingsbury back to the program he
starred for from 1999-2002 with a video message on Twitter.
Perhaps it was a fitting way to introduce the 33-year-old, who
becomes the second-youngest coach in FBS behind Toledo's Matt
"It's just been a whirlwind but I couldn't be happier, beyond
ecstatic to be back. It feels like home," Kingsbury said. "This is
where I wanted to be, it's where I've wanted to be."
Thomsen will still coach the bowl game, and he'll have another
former Red Raider quarterback – Sonny Cumbie – call plays against
the Gophers. But Texas Tech fans should be intrigued with
Kingsbury's arrival for one big reason – he spent 2012 as the
offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Texas A&M,
where he tutored Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel.
Minnesota (6-6) is still hoping Jerry Kill is the best fit for a
program that's looking for its first bowl win since after the 2004
season, and it's at least taken a step in the right direction by
making its first postseason appearance since 2009 after going 3-9
in Kill's first season.
"We've been through some hard times," senior defensive back Troy
Stoudermire said. "Coach Kill did a great job getting us back bowl
Still, the Gophers went 2-6 in the Big Ten after opening with
four non-conference wins. Only in a 44-28 victory over Purdue on
Oct. 27 did Minnesota score more than 17 points in a conference
The personnel and coaching staffs of the Red Raiders and Golden
Gophers have certainly changed since these teams met in the 2006
Insight Bowl, but their records are the same and the Meineke Car
Care Bowl has to be hoping they get a show as good as the one those
teams put on in Tempe.
The Golden Gophers held a 38-7 third-quarter lead before
allowing the Red Raiders to rally and win 44-41 in overtime,
surpassing Marshall's 30-point comeback in the 2001 GMAC Bowl as
the biggest in Division I history.
Texas Tech's offense, as usual, is among the nation's best. The
Red Raiders are second in the nation in passing yards (361.9 per
game), 12th in total yards (501.4) and 16th in points (37.8) led by
senior quarterback Seth Doege, who finished second in the FBS with
38 touchdowns.
Perhaps the toughest thing to maintain without Tuberville will
be the success of the defense, which made major strides in 2012.
Texas Tech was tied for 114th in the nation in total defense (485.6
yards) in 2011 but was 39th (367.3) – and second in the Big 12 –
this season.
That improvement didn't turn out to mean much, though. The Red
Raiders only forced 10 turnovers – third-worst in the FBS – and
didn't have one in their final five games.
They also allowed at least 52 points in four of their last
"I feel like all the losses we took this year, the tough losses,
we never got down," said receiver Darrin Moore, who finished tied
for fourth in the nation with 13 touchdowns. "We came back the next
day ready to work. We never held our heads low. We came back and we
got right back at it."
Texas Tech might not have to worry about scoring enough to keep
up with the Golden Gophers. Minnesota's offense is 114th in the
nation, averaging 317.5 total yards, and it'll no longer have its
top target in the passing game.
Junior receiver A.J. Barker, who had a team-high 577 yards and
seven TDs, abruptly quit the team in November amid allegations of
mistreatment by Kill.
Barker isn't the only one who won't be back. Sophomore
quarterback Max Shortell, who lost his job to freshman Philip
Nelson on Oct. 20, will also head elsewhere.
Those are minor issues in the grand scheme of things for Kill,
who experienced his third game-day seizure in his first two seasons
at Minnesota in a 26-10 loss to Michigan State on Nov. 24.
Kill walked out of the stadium and has recovered after missing
the second half of that game, and he intends to be on the sidelines
in Houston.
The last four Meineke Car Care Bowls have been decided by an
average of 20.3 points.
Three Texas Tech players – defensive back Cornelius Douglas,
linebacker Chris Payne and defensive tackle Leon Mackey – were
suspended for the game this week because they violated team


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Since there is no place for questions, I thought I would put one here.
It has just occured to me to want to know a bit more about our humble programmer. More technical than personal.
What is your primary development platform?
How did you come to develop for both Windows and Ubuntu (Deb)?
Why Ubuntu (Debian) vs. other distros?
Why Python?
Yeah, just being nosey


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I'd like to nominate a a cup of perfect Japanese green tea I enjoyed (over) a week ago as the yum of the week. I've been drinking green tea for years, but the most I generally could say about it was that it was green, it contained caffeine, and I liked it. I couldn't distinguish much difference between varieties beyond that. This all changed when we lived in Japan. In the small, local tea shops in our neighborhood, I discovered the fine variations of flavor in tea, and the pleasure of a truly perfect cup of green tea made from high quality leaves grown in regions renowned for their tradition of tea. On a less gourmet level, I also discovered Japanese bottled green tea during that first hot, unspeakably humid summer. The green tea sold packaged like coca cola in plastic bottles in Japan is never sweetened, and is naturally preserved with vitamin C, making it the ideal summer beverage. It's cool, refreshing, and has about a fourth the amount of caffeine of a cup of coffee with no calories. It's also rumored to contain beneficial elements that help control cholesterol and cancer. Next to chilled herbal tea, chilled green tea is one of my favorite calorie free beverages. It's a million times better than some nasty, artificially sweetened soda. Unfortunately, most of the bottled green tea now available in the States is sweetened, which just seems like sacrilege to me. Properly prepared tea should never be bitter, and green tea is best enjoyed on its own unique terms, sans sugar. I think millions of grandmothers would turn over in their graves in Japan if they knew about the American tendency to add sugar to green tea. By the way, although the Trader Joe's prepared green tea doesn't contain sugar, it seems to me to be lacking in the light fresh flavor found in Japanese brands, so I prefer to buy my packaged tea from a Japanese market. But what IS green tea anyway? Quite simply, it's one of the least processed products made from the leaves of the tea bush, Camellia sinensis. (The varieties of tea in order from most to least processed are black tea, oolong tea, green tea, and white tea.)
If you're interested in Green Tea, you can check out Wikipedia's extensive entry. For now, here's a list of Japanese varieties of green tea:
*if you have Japanese characters installed in your browser, there will be characters to the left of the romanji (English letters spelling out a Japanese name).
"玉露 Gyokuro (Jade Dew)
Selected from a grade of green tea known as Ten-cha (碾茶), Gyokuro's name refers to the pale green color of the infusion. The leaves are grown in the shade before harvest, which alters their flavor.
抹茶 Matcha (rubbed tea)
A high-quality powdered green tea used primarily in the tea ceremony. Matcha is also a popular flavor of ice cream and other sweets in Japan.
煎茶 Sencha (broiled tea)
A common green tea in Japan made from leaves that are exposed directly to sunlight.
玄米茶 Genmaicha (Brown-Rice tea)
maicha and roasted genmai (brown rice) blend.
å† èŒ¶ Kabusecha (covered tea)
kabusecha is sencha tea, the leaves of which have grown in the shade prior to harvest, although not for as long as Gyokuro. It has a more delicate flavor than Sencha.
番茶 Bancha (common tea)
Sencha harvested as a second-flush tea between summer and autumn. The leaves are larger than Sencha and the flavor is less full.
ç"™ã˜èŒ¶ HÅjicha (pan fried tea)
A roasted green tea." (source: Wikipedia)
Note: I have never been sure if genmai cha or Hojicha are gluten-free or not. Because it is possible that barley malt COULD be added (although it may not be) I try to avoid these teas. Be very careful to avoid MUGI-cha, which is a popular chilled summer tea made from BARLEY. (mugi=barley) It does not contain tea leaves, caffeine, or calories. But of course, it does contain GLUTEN. This drink may be served in Japanese restaurants, especially in the summer, so be careful if you are on a gluten-free diet.
But you may wonder what inspired this sudden post on tea. Some time ago VegJ of Vegetable Japan and I decided to do a little international exchange and send each other care packages. I sent her the widest assortment of brown rice, gluten-free pasta that I could find here in California, and she sent me traditional Japanese products likedried shitake mushrooms and nori strips for making onigiri. It was all lovely, but one of my favorite things that she sent was a package of high quality tea locally produced in Kagawa, Japan. Her package arrived in the nick of time to rescue me from a rather ugly four -shots-of-espresso-a-day habit that I'd fallen into due to the aforementioned graduate student deadlines. Best of all, when I poured that first cup of green tea from those tender green strips of tea, of course using one of my favorite Japanese teapots, I felt just a little bit like I was back in my old apartment in Chiba City, Japan. I sat on the balcony, sipping my green tea slowly, looking out at the trees and birds, and felt relaxed for the first time in quite a while. As a religious studies graduate student, I don't use sect denominations to describe my mood- but it was… if not a "Zen" moment, a very tranquil and peaceful moment.
So why not see if you can steal a little peace of Japanese tranquility in a perfectly brewed cup of green tea? VegJ has a very nice post on tea that you should check out, but let me leave you with these two rules. 1) Water quality is VERY Important. If you don't use bottled water, at least use filtered water to create your tea. Any flavor in your water will mar the taste of the tea. 2) No sugar in your green tea! Please! You can put as much sugar, milk/honey/stevia etc. in your black tea, but give green tea a chance to seduce you on its own merits. If you put sugar in your green tea in front of teashop owners in Japan there will be tears shed and possibly bloodshed as well, so keep this in mind. On the other hand, if you do get a chance, try a green tea latte. It's cheating, but it's lovely. Ok. Lecture over. That being said, however you enjoy your tea… ENJOY SOME TEA! And, if caffeine doesn't work for you, try decaffeinated tea OR some nice herbal tea. It's not quite the same, but it might even be better for you.
Here's some fun videos to help you enjoy your tea:
Try these instructions on how to prepare a proper cup of green tea. (Japanese, but easy to understand through observation):
Note the difference in the VOLUME of the tea he uses. For green tea, water should not quite have reached the boiling point or the tea will become bitter. He recommends for Sencha that you let the tea steep for two minutes, but for a high quality tea, about 30 seconds is better. Also, he says the flavor is very concentrated in the last drops of tea, so you should try to get those last drops into your teacups. If you oversteep the tea, the tea will also be bitter, so try for a short steeping and see how you like it. High quality tea can be used several times before the flavor fades. You may want to steep it longer with each successive steeping.
This explanation of the Japanese tradition of tea is all wrong. (Japanese) That's what makes it so funny:
They suggest at the end that once you finish all the elaborate preparations for tea, you can relax with a cup of coffee. ;)
Now, relax with a cute CM (commercial) for packaged tea. Japanese, with English subtitles. This commercial is actually for a Thai brand of tea, but it's in Japanese. Weird, huh?
On the road?
One of my favorite tea shops is the Tao of Tea in Portland, Oregon. They opened their doors in my third year of college at Reed and I spent many a happy hour there trying their high quality teas in traditional teapots and serving dishes. I even belonged to their tea of the month club for a while!
A second favorite tea shop is the Dushanbe Tea House in Boulder, Colorado. The teahouse was a gift from Dushanbe, one of Boulder's sister cities, and was constructed in Dushanbe and shipped over to Boulder to be reassembled. The building itself is gorgeous, and the tea is lovely. You can also enjoy a (pricey) light meal.
Would you believe I don't have a favorite teahouse in Mountain View? Me either! I'm open to suggestions. In fact, won't you tell me all about your favorite tea shop in the comments? I'd love to hear about other great tea shops across the US or Overseas


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Can You Sue Google Because You Don't Like The Type Of Ads It Puts Up Near Your Listing?
from the seems-like-a-stretch dept
There have been plenty of stories concerning lawsuits against Google from companies that don't like others buying text ads based on the original company's name as a keyword. While the court results on these cases is mixed, it seems like Google should easily win. First, and most importantly, the complaint shouldn't be against Google, but against the companies doing the advertising. Second, it's not a violation of trademarks. Trademarks are only supposed to protect against consumer confusion, not give the owner complete control over the use of the mark. However, it looks like there's a slightly different variation on these types of cases over in the Netherlands. There, a dating site for farmers (talk about niches...) is complaining when people search Google for their site, the ads that show up are for "sex" sites. The dating site is worried that such advertisements damage the image of their own site. It's an interesting legal question -- though, again, it may be a difficult for the company to win. If others believe that the dating site is most closely associated with sex, then it's not exactly Google's fault. Of course, this also raises another question: if others set up a Google bomb so that other such sites showed up in the organic listings, would the company still be able to complain? Google says they won't adjust their organic listings, even in the event of a Google bomb -- so it's difficult to see how you could blame Google for the sites your company is associated with. The dating site's explanation is a bit weak as well, claiming that just because Google can block such advertisements, it means it has an obligation to do so.


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Church on the streets in Greece
Unemployment in Greece has spiralled in the last year, with more than half of young people out of work. The things that were once considered basics are now luxuries, says the Reverend Jimoh Adebayo.
He and his church are helping to run a soup kitchen in central Athens that is feeding around 700 people each day.
Church in the Street was set up four years ago to assist destitute migrants but after the country plunged into economic crisis, more and more Greeks are lining up for the free lunch.
Malcolm Bradshaw, of the Anglican Church in Greece, a co-founder of the project, estimates that around a third of the recipients are Greek.
With pensions halved, it is not surprising that many of them are pensioners, but more recently some younger faces have started to appear.
"The situation is very dire," says Rev Jimoh, who pastors Faith Apostolos Ministries, a Pentecostal church in Athens.
Since the financial crisis kicked in, he says he has seen his largely migrant congregation dwindle as people return to Africa and Asia or move to other parts of Europe to escape the hardship in Greece.
"Of those that remain, only a very few have jobs but they have family and children. For those who are working, their hours and their pay have been reduced. We are living at the mercy of God," he explains.
The exodus has had a knock-on effect on the church's income, meaning that it is not able to contribute to Church in the Street financially.
"It has been very strenuous because even the majority of the congregants don't have work and don't have jobs."
Instead, Pastor Jimoh and other members of his congregation give their time by serving each day at the soup kitchen.
Guests at the kitchen include Muslims from North Africa and Palestine, and many children, who come with their parents. The regulars include a group of around 150 Afghan women and their children.
"It's not to convert them to Christianity, it's to help them because they are hungry," Pastor Jimoh stresses.
As Church in the Street only provides a lunch meal each day, Faith Apostolos Ministries does what it can to meet the additional needs of struggling families, such as providing baby food, nappies and clothing.
In the run-up to Christmas, toys were collected to give as Christmas presents to children.
Not surprisingly, Christmas has been muted for Greece's most hard-pressed.
"They are supposed to be exchanging gifts with their loved ones but how can they do that when they don't have a job or place to live?" said Pastor Jimoh.
"They just want to have food on their table and a place to sleep. The way things are now, the things that used to be basic no longer are. They are a luxury."
Church in the Street is based at a local council building and funded largely by the Greek Orthodox Church. The Anglican Church in Greece is also contributing financially from a hardship fund of 80,000 euros that has been donated by chaplaincies across Europe, including the UK, for projects in Greece.
"It is a measure of solidarity because of what is happening in Greece," explains Malcolm.
The funds are welcome, he says, because many of the institutions that traditionally coordinate social welfare projects have been hard hit by the crisis.
"They are finding it very difficult to properly budget and maintain the level of service they want to maintain," he said.
The Anglican Church in Greece is too small to do anything independently so it works closely with the Greek Orthodox Church and the Greek Evangelical Church.
Malcolm says Church in the Street has strengthened church relations.
"Ecumenism is not top of the agenda in Greece so this particular programme is significant in that it has got three Churches involved in it," he said.
Pastor Jimoh agrees: "We are an independent church but this is Christianity in practice. Our doctrinal differences take a back seat when people are out there in the cold, homeless and hungry.
"What is Christ all about and Christianity all about if we cannot put away our differences and see what we can do collectively to help them."
It's been a difficult few years for Greece. Shops are closing down and many premises are empty. The bloated civil service and nationalised industries are all being slimmed down. At the same time as large scale redundancies, the government is hiking existing taxes and announcing new taxes.
Fotis Romeos is General Secretary of the Greek Evangelical Alliance. With evangelical churches accounting for just 0.25% of all the churches in Greece, he admits they are feeling "overwhelmed" by the scale of the crisis.
Like Pastor Jimoh, he says churchgoers have been drastically impacted by the crisis and this has had a negative impact on the churches as the pleas for help are multiplying at the same time as resources are dramatically decreasing.
"Many churches face serious problems in paying the salaries of their pastors," he says.
Nonetheless, they too are doing what they can, he says, by providing food packages to families and offering free medical services from professionals within the church congregations.
"In this dramatic social turmoil, the church cannot step in to fill the whole gap but we are stepping in to declare a message of hope with words and deeds as much as we can," he says.
"There is a great sensitivity and the entire evangelical community has reached its limits helping people in need."
In the midst of all the bad news, there has been a welcome increase in young people and migrants turning to the church.
In the last decade, 90 migrant churches have sprung up in and around Athens.
"And we have seen a growing interest among young people who have been disappointed by the political system and other ideologies," he says.
Few are in any doubt that 2013 is going to be another tough year for Greece. Protests against austerity and job cuts bring Athens to a halt on a regular basis and it is unlikely that many of the empty premises are going to be filled any time soon.
"There has been an increase in begging. You can't step out on the street without being approached by someone for a euro or seeing someone sitting on steps begging. One only has to use their eyes and one begins to see that there are difficulties within the country," says Malcolm.
"In terms of the mood of the population, there is a lot of deep anger inside. It's not revolution but there is deep anger and people can't see any light in the tunnel. In that sense, there is little hope around and that anger is probably going to intensify in January with the tax hikes."
Fotis is hoping that the crisis will cause people to rediscover biblical principles and apply them to their lives. He is also looking to the international community to help.
"The need is so great and the international community has not been informed enough about the social disaster that thousands of families - well established just a few years ago - are facing today.
"The middle classes have had to bear an overwhelming load and they have done everything to share their responsibility.
"We believe that the international community should consider this and try to do their part in order to handle the crisis which has devastated the lives of thousands of innocent people," he concludes.
Malcolm meanwhile is asking Christians to pray for wise judgement and courage not only among Greek politicians but within the EU too.
He says, "A certain rigour has got to be kept in the situation, otherwise the Greeks will avoid doing it but the EU has to remember that behind all the decisions it makes there are human faces and their decisions are affecting what is happening behind many a door here."
People outside of Greece can help by praying and offering financial assistance, but there is something else that they can do and that is to visit, says Fotis.
"We would like to invite the friends of Greece to visit our country. The crisis has not affected the huge treasure of biblical sites, the hospitable spirit of our people and the unique agape Greek love. It may sound like the ancient voice crying: 'Come to Macedonia to help us...'"


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3 in 3, It's MondayPosted on December 10th, 2012 by Fingers Malloy
Topics include beer is medicine, the President taking the oath of office in private with no press allowed–and a new poll finds a majority of peeps believe Santa is a Democrat.
H/T Politomix, Twitchy and Fark.
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DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - After prayers at the mosque, Ibrahim Lo is off to do some last-minute Christmas shopping. Soon he is eyeing the rows of dolls wrapped in plastic bags on a wooden table as he searches for gifts for his four children.
A bouquet of inflatable Santa toys tied to a nearby tree bobs in the air at this outdoor market in the seaside capital as he makes his picks.
It looks a lot like Christmas in Senegal, where 95 percent of the 12.8 million residents are Muslim. Even the Grande Mosquee, a mosque that dominates the city's skyline, is aglow in holiday lights.
"When they go to school, the children learn about Santa," says Lo, wearing a flowing olive green robe known as a boubou. "We are born into the Senegalese tradition of cohabitation between Muslims and Christians. What is essential is the respect between people."
Senegal, a moderate country along Africa's western coast, has long been a place where Christians and Muslims have coexisted peacefully. Most Christians here are Catholic and live in the south of country and in the capital.
Hadim Thiam, 30, normally sells shoes but during December he's expanded to an elaborate spread of tinsel, cans of spray snow and fireworks.
Senegal, a moderate country along Africa's western coast, has long been a place where Christians and Muslims have coexisted peacefully.
"It's not linked to God. It's for the children," says Jean Mouss, 55, a Christian out shopping for holiday decorations at Thiam's stand. "We wish Muslims a Merry Christmas and invite them into our homes for the holiday."
Signs of Christmas are prevalent in this tropical seaside capital.
Green and flocked plastic trees of every size are sold on street corners alongside Nescafe carts and vendors splitting open coconuts. "My First Christmas" baby sleepers are folded neatly on the top of the piles of second-hand clothing for sale on the streets. There are French "buches de Noel" and chocolate snowmen for sale in the upscale patisseries.
At lunchtime, a chorus of schoolchildren singing "Silent Night" echoes across a courtyard. The main cathedral is now a spectacle of lights each night – no easy feat for a city often subjected to power cuts.
Still, not everyone in Senegal thinks embracing Christmas is all in good cheer. Mouhamed Seck, a Quranic teacher and imam for a mosque in a Dakar suburb, says taking part in the holiday is supporting a non-Muslim's religion.
"Islam forbids Muslims from taking part in these festivities," he says.
Parents who celebrate Christmas, though, say it's a secular time to celebrate with their families on a national holiday.
"To make my two children happy, I buy gifts for them and ask their mother to prepare a very hearty meal but we don't go to Mass," says Oumar Fall, 46, who has a 10-year-old and a 13-year-old.
Santa Claus, known in this former French colony as Pere Noel, also makes the rounds at upscale shopping centers and grocery stores in the weeks before Christmas.
Mamadou Sy, 40, had been working at a hotel in Morocco until his visa recently expired. Now back in Senegal, he's making extra money this December as a Santa at the seaside Magicland amusement park.
Senegal is a unique case where 5 percent of the country is Christian. Christians celebrate Muslim holidays and Muslims celebrate Christian holidays.
–Mamadou Sy
Like children everywhere, some are frightened by him, but most just want pictures – and presents.
"Senegal is a unique case where 5 percent of the country is Christian," he says, seeking shade while wearing his red fur costume and hat. "Christians celebrate Muslim holidays and Muslims celebrate Christian holidays."
The tradition even extends to Senegalese schools. Therese Angelique Soumare's students all get together for a Christmas party the weekend before the holiday with their parents. The teachers put presents under a tree and Santa Claus shows up to hand them out.
"Everyone celebrates because it's for the children. Here in Senegal we are good neighbors," she says as she picks out gifts for the party. "We sing, we dance and we love seeing the children's joy."
Associated Press writer Sadibou Marone contributed to this report.
(Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)


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I use to track my power and to do my interval trainings and the power data is very accurate
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I like the cycle ops, but it should be easier to interface with smart TVs...without having to use appleTV, etc...also, the software app Zwift does not have diversity options to tailer profiles accordingly...as I am an African American and there were no profiles that were remotely similar to mine.
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Very useful in my training for triathlon Best alternative if you cant bike outdoors but you dont want to miss one training day
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My Magnus works great with Zwift... once I figured out how to get it calibrated. Save yourself some headaches and time and download Rouvy mobile to update and calibrate your trainer.
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Amazing blue tooth capability for use with multiple apos
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Remarkably easy to use and very straightforward to set up. I use my iPhone and screen mirror to the AppleTV with Zwift software and am very pleased so far. Definitely get a good workout and can focus on maintaining power without being focused on speed. I expect this will lead to much more consistency on rides.
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Easy to setup and use. Love being able to train indoors and have trainer adjust like I was outside
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