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The small community of Airey sits next to the community of Saucier, which is just south of the community of Wiggins and north of the community of Lyman. Here you are just southeast of the De Soto National Forest and west of I-59.
If you are looking for spots to dine near the community of Airey, there are a variety of locally owned and national chain restaurants in other communities surrounding this area. Local schools and community churches can also be found in nearby communities of Perkinston and Wiggins.
Real estate in Airey can mostly be found in the nearby surrounding communities of Saucier, Perkinston and Wiggins. If you are looking for homes for sale in Airey then you will find a number options along Highway 49.
While on the Mississippi Gulf Coast you can enjoy the sandy beaches and Mississippi sunsets while sipping a mixed cocktail at one of the many bars and restaurants that line the shoreline.
The rural community of Airey is near to communities that provide community and civic minded events, and an array of modern conveniences.


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Piercing accessories include many different items. The most popular ones are individual weights, various lubricants, bondage collars, gauge wheel tools, handcuffs and O-rings. If you are interested in piercing tools such as tapers, look them under tools.
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You may order individual weights to enhance your piercing jewelry or sex toys. These weights can be easily attached to your jewelry pieces or adult toys to make them heavier. This adds to the experience and makes the piece more intense. It can improve the aesthetics but even more, these weights add functionality to your piercing or sex toys. The weights are ideal for those who like intensity and want their jewelry pieces or adult toys to be extra heavy. They are also great for those who are into BDSM and painful pleasures.
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The top Republican fundraiser in the Senate, John Cornyn of Texas, just gave a preposterous speech on Wall Street reform in which he pushed the plan recently promoted recently by disgraced J.P. Morgan Economist James Glassman.
Cornyn is opposing the use of a "resolution mechanism," which he and other Republicans like Sen. John Ensign are disingenuously smearing as a "taxpayer bailout." This resolution mechanism is what the FDIC uses to shut down ordinary commercial banks. President Barack Obama and the Democratic leadership in Congress are trying to create a similar process for complex megabanks like Citigroup or J.P. Morgan Chase. It's not a bailout, it's not the government picking winners and losers, it's a systematic method for shutting down failing behemoths.
What does Cornyn want? Well, instead of a safe new system to shut down banking behemoths, Cornyn and other Republicans are pushing, "a small tweak of bankruptcy laws," including a change in the status of derivatives, which are currently exempt from the bankruptcy process. This is exactly what Glassman pushed in his infamous "analyst report" that spewed misinformation about Wall Street reform. Here are Glassman's exact words:
What flaws need fixing? The financial system is highly interconnected. The bankruptcy laws need to be modified to allow for an orderly unwinding of a failing financial institution (for example, ending the exemption given derivatives has attracted some attention).
This plan is absurd. Bankruptcy is a slow process that cannot provide the immediate certainty markets need about the impact of a failing institution. There's nothing particularly dangerous about ending the bankruptcy exemption for derivatives, but the idea that it will end too-big-to-fail is ludicrous. The plan's promoters think that if derivatives are subject to bankruptcy law, banks won't be quite so keen to trade them. But of course, the horse is well past the barn door—the derivatives market is already a crazy multi-trillion-dollar casino. Does anybody seriously believe that putting a complex, multi-trillion-dollar financial behemoth through bankruptcy will stop being an economic nightmare just because derivatives are suddenly included? If you rely on bankruptcy, banks will be bailed out, it's as simple as that.
The Republican double-talk on this issue has moved well beyond surreal. Democrats had hoped to impose a $50 billion tax on Wall Street that would be used to pay for any costs associated with shutting down a failing megabank. Earlier this week, Republicans pushed through an amendment that removed that tax. But today we've seen several Republicans go to the Senate floor, including Sens. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., and John Ensign, R-Nev., screaming that the current bill puts taxpayers, not banks, on the hook for too-big-to-fail! Ensign said specifically that, "financial institutions, not the taxpayer" should pay to unwind a failing megabank, and under the current bill, taxpayers will take a hit.
So while pretending to get tough on Wall Street, DeMint, Ensign and Cornyn are pushing a policy that comes straight from the chief economist at J.P. Morgan Chase. It is the same plan pushed in that infamous analyst report earlier this month.
I don't actually believe that a resolution mechanism, with or without a $50 billion tax on Wall Street, will be sufficient to end too-big-to-fail. But it is nevertheless a necessary step. We haven't used bankruptcy for commercial banks since the Great Depression, and there's a good reason for that. Now that our economy is dominated by a handful of complex megabanks, those firms should be subject to a similar process. Just as important, nobody—Republican or Democrat– should to spewing Orwellian idiocy on the Senate floor.


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An East Texas lawmaker interested in protecting the state's $3 billion poultry industry thought he got approval Saturday to make it illegal for anyone to attend a cockfight.
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The state House took two votes. And the bill appeared to pass – despite quite a few "no" votes. The "Citizens for the Protection of a Rural Lifestyle" formally opposed the measure when a legislative committee heard the bill earlier this session. The ACLU also opposed it.
Rep. Wayne Christian, R-Center, met with a couple of reporters later to explain his reasons for making it illegal to attend an illegal cockfight. And then Speaker Joe Straus announced the bill would have to be debated again on Monday because several amendments were not considered.
"We're going to start over. It's going to work out fine," Straus said later.
Cockfighting has been illegal in Texas for more than 100 years, but the "blood sport" continues to flourish.
"The reason why we're having fights is because people are there gambling," Christian says. "How can you have an illegal activity and support that illegal activity?"
His bill also would make it illegal for anyone to train cocks to fight or to possess cockfighting equipment. Currently, only the two fighters in the pit are subject to prosecution.
The Texas Poultry Association favors the bill.
Many of the fighting cocks are brought to Texas illegally from Mexico and could bring disease with them, says Christian, who mentioned an El Paso case that stopped poultry production there for 18 months.
The poultry processing business is a lifeline for East Texas and would cripple that area if something similar happened, Christian says.
His bill (HB 1320) proposed to make cockfight attendance a Class A misdemeanor, which carries a maximum penalty of one year in jail and/or a fine up to $4,000.
But Christian accepted an amendment to lower the crime to a Class C misdemeanor, which is similar to getting a traffic citation, after realizing that children often accompany parents to these cockfights. And would happen to those kids as their parents get hauled off to jail under a Class A misdemeanor offense?
Although it was a non-record vote, the House electronic voting board showed a considerable number of "no" votes to Christian's bill.
"We have a large number of people participating in this illegal activity. It completely blows my mind," he said.
An elderly man in the House gallery began shouting (definitely defying House rules and protocol) after Christian's bill passed. But it's not certain the man represented "Citizens for the Protection of a Rural Lifestyle."
Actually, cockfighting is a big problem in metropolitan areas, too, Christian said.
The debate will resume on Monday.


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Our first field trip ever for this here site was our trip to "Quite Frankly With Stephen A. Smith," back when it was on the air. This ended up causing a tiff in the pages of the Chicago Tribune, of all places.
We've since made our peace with Stephen A. — at least internally — and even admire the intestinal fortitude to have open comments on his personal site. That takes guts, and confidence in what you're doing. We salute that. Even if we sometimes turn the volume down on the television a little bit when he's talking. Still.
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Universal Language is one of Joe Lovano's most ambitious and successsful albums, an attempt to prove the cliché that music is indeed the universal language. He does this by writing a set of ten original compositions that cover a broad spectrum of sounds and styles, from hard bop to worldbeat-influenced post-bop. His band -- trumpeter Tim Hagans, drummer Jack DeJohnette, pianist Kenny Werner, vocalist Judi Silvano and bassists Charlie Haden, Scott Lee and Steve Swallow -- handle the subtleties of the music expertly, bringing the melodic themes into unexpected territory. Silvano's voice is used as texture, not a lead instrument, which helps give the music complexity and an otherworldly depth. It's an unabashedly adventurous and risky project, and it works frighteningly well. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine


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Glass Shards of Diabetes
When I heard Dr. Oz talk about what diabetes does to the body (synopsis below), it finally sank in what was happening (diabetes-wise) to my body as I ate and ate and ate some more, giving me my ponderous belly ("Buddha belly") and I could visualize the internal damage I was surely causing myself when I ignored the disease that has killed several members of my family.
Gestational and regular Diabetes Mellitus (GDM/DM) have been an on-going discussion on my Navelgazing Midwife Facebook Page for the last few days. The conversation began with the vaginal, pain-med-free birth of this 13 pound, 11 ounce baby boy in England. When there are babies this huge in the news, I typically comment about undiagnosed GDM and then the rebuttals ensue. "I had an 11 pound baby and I didn't have GDM!" or "Not everyone with a big baby has GDM." And I end up explaining diabetes, over and over again, so I thought it was darn tootin' time to explain myself here, offering a place to refer to because the discussion will continue coming up as our privileged cultures get fatter and fatter, and more and more women will be diagnosed with GDM/DM and our families, with DM, too.
Also, when this topic comes up, I get comments like this one:
"I have a huge family history of Type II DM, and I've had two 9+ babies. I'm a healthy weight, active, and eat a decent diet... but I feel like I'm just a ticking time bomb for DM!"
The last thing I want to do is scare the bejeezus out of anyone! What I do want to do is 1. Make my Self grasp the gravity of my own situation and 2. Encourage women (people) at risk to pay attention, not freak out.
So, as I said, Dr. Oz explained why diabetes is so devastating in a way, for the first time, that made so much sense. He had an animation that (in its most simplistic form) showed how a carbohydrate changes into a glucose molecule after we eat it and how the glucose (sugars) flow through our bodies, literally feeding our brains and muscles so they are able to function. He also showed how the pancreas sends out insulin receptors, scattering them throughout the body so they can metabolize the glucose for the brain and muscles to absorb, explaining they act almost like vacuums, the glucose zooming towards the insulin. However, when we eat more carbs/sugars than our bodies need, the pancreas can't keep up with sending out enough insulin receptors and the glucose then zips around the body, causing damage and the extra calories make fat, especially fat around the middle of the body. This inability to keep up is the Insulin Resistance (IR) we're hearing more and more about. The newest term is Impaired Glucose Tolerance (IGT), a description often called Prediabetes. Other forms of IR are Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) and Metabolic Syndrome (MS). All of these are often used interchangeably, but do have nuances of differences that are better explained by the experts, not in this basic piece.
What is a part of this piece is that when I say "GDM," I am lumping in all the different IR, PCOS, MS, etc. issues because they all go hand in hand, merely located on different parts of the same spectrum of pancreatic metabolic pregnancy disorders.
I know this part is boring as crap, but bear with me, the good stuff's coming.
So, when we left the glucose, it was floating around looking for some insulin to metabolize it. Dr. Oz brilliantly describes the glucose (crystals) as glass shards that course through the body, slicing things as it wanders hither and yon. In our arteries, the shards make cuts and the artery then "bleeds", forming a clot and then a scar when it heals. Over and over again, the shards cut, "bleed," then scar, building up on each other. Sometimes the shard slices off a section of the scar tissue, making an even bigger spot that eventually scars and the part sliced off "floats" downstream, mashing up against another group of scars. Eventually, over time, the scar tissue... and other cholesterol thingies... have built up so much, it completely closes off the artery; arteriosclerosis, one of the major risks of diabetes.
This shard analogy explains a lot of the damage diabetes causes, from slicing the kidneys into eventual failure to causing eye damage, blinding the diabetic. However, I cannot, for the life of me, find why GDM causes stillbirths. As a midwife and as someone who discusses this topic so often, it frustrates me terribly not to know the exact biochemical/physical mechanisms between diabetes and babies being born still. All over everywhere, we can find that stillbirth is a potential complication of GDM, but I've scoured .org and medical journals looking for the specific piece of information I'm looking for. If someone out there can help, I would very much appreciate it –and I know others would, too.
This brings me to a point, actually, that we hear such and such is a risk of <fill in the blank> (stillbirth from diabetes, as an example), yet it isn't explained why. I believe if we knew why complications happened, women would be more compliant; I know I would be.
Audit on Stillbirths in Women with Pregestational Type 1 Diabetes, found in Diabetes Care, written in 2003, is one of very few articles/studies I found that explains what happens to the fetus in utero and why he or she eventually dies:
"Early as well as late suboptimal glycemic control may predispose to fetal distress, due to fetal hyperinsulinemia, acidosis, and hyperlacticemia, as maternal hyperglycemia and elevated HbA1c are risk factors for fetal asphyxia, possibly leading to intrauterine death."
And while this speaks about Type 1 diabetes, it does, absolutely, have a great deal to say about Type 2 during pregnancy; mainly, the better the glycemic control, the safer the baby.
(As an aside, I learned a new term: "neglectors." In the same study, explaining the stillbirths goes this way:
"The lack of fetal surveillance together with the lacking improvement in glycemic control during pregnancy, the high rate of smokers, and the low social status indicate that this group has limited compliance, corresponding to the term "neglectors" introduced by Mølsted-Pedersen and Pedersen in 1967."
I suspect today's term is closer to "non-compliant.")
Large-for-Gestational-Age vs. Macrosomic
During these endless Net conversations (which I thoroughly enjoy, by the way), big-babies-as-a-genetic-factor butts up against the big-baby-because-of-undiagnosed-GDM. What is the difference and who gets to say which is which (or who is who)?
In the olden days, a large for gestational age (LGA) baby was different than a macrosomic baby, but in the literature now, I see the terms being used interchangeably; odd. This makes the distinction between the genetically large and macrosomic babies nearly impossible. But, I did find these two definitions, what I have been familiar with for many years.
"Gestational age is a measure of the growth and development of the fetus in the uterus and the infant after birth. LGA refers to a fetus or infant who is larger than expected for the age and gender or with a birth weight above the 90th percentile. The measurement is based on the estimated gestational age of the fetus or infant, compared with what is considered normal height, weight, head size, and developmental level for a fetus or infant of the same age and gender."
"One of the most important factors about macrosomia is the differential rate of growth of the fetal head, chest, and trunk as gestation proceeds, both in the babies of diabetic and of nondiabetic mothers. Until 36-38 weeks, the fetal head generally remains larger than the trunk. Between 36 and 40 weeks, however, the relative growth of the abdomen, chest, and shoulders begins to exceed that of the fetal head. This is especially the case in babies of diabetic mothers where glucose substrate levels are higher in both the mother and fetus. Thus both in prolonged gestation and in babies of diabetic mothers the size of a baby's trunk is likely to increase, increasing its chances of shoulder dystocia."
I do agree there can be ten pound babies of six feet tall moms and that is likely enough to not be a macrosomic baby, but ten pound babies of 5'4" 200+ pound moms are a different story.
The basic point of this whole post is to say that just because a woman tests negative for GDM does not mean there aren't other insulin-related issues at play… issues that can make for abnormally-sized babies and include the complications that come along with such babes. For those with IGT/Prediabetes, most will develop Type 2 Diabetes within ten years. I've also read there are ten to fifteen years before the Type 2 Diabetes diagnosis where pre-diabetes is taking a toll; one that, too often, includes pregnancy.
I met a woman just today whose first baby weighed eleven pounds and she's post-dates with her second. When I mentioned glucose issues, she defensively told me she didn't have GDM, but how can someone not be convinced there is some glucose/insulin issue at play? What are doctors and midwives not saying that lead moms to believe nothing is wrong? Do these women have to finally develop diabetes in order to retrospectively acknowledge their child's size was, indeed, a giant wake-up call about their future health? That is exactly what I had to do after bragging about not being diabetic with a 10 pound 6 ounce baby; I might not have tested positive, but I positively had something glucose-related going on.
Why are there so few of us talking about this in the midwifery/natural birth community? I believe this is something we all need to work with. Don't we want our mamas and babies to stay safe? Sweeping this issue under the rug is going to do nothing but cause more stillbirths, more shoulder dystocias and more diabetes for everyone. Let me tell you, first hand… diabetes SUCKS.


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Evanescence Singer Amy Lee Faces Serious Allegations From Hacker Group Anonymous
They're frequently portrayed in the press as a sort of electronic hive mind for mischief-makers, but the Internet hacking group known as Anonymous actually operates behind a social agenda — one component of which is the online pursuit of child pornographers. It's the type of mission you'd think most people would easily agree on, but in one of the oddest news stories of the year, Anonymous is accusing Evanescence leader Amy Lee of shielding offenders in a "sick cover-up."
Anonymous have called out Lee and her label, Wind-Up Records, in a news post calling them "targets" of an initiative to "expel from the Internet and systematically destroy" them both. The group claims to have unearthed information proving Lee and her agents used "corporate legal threats to hide evidence of child pornography and their own culpability in attempts to procure the suicide of a teenager" and hid "evidence of child molestors lurking on their official chat board."
Aside from encouraging members to target a number of Evanescence-related websites, Anonymous announced plans to picket the band's fall tour "in full masked gear" while reminding readers that "this is a peaceful protest" and cautioning participants, "Obey all laws, do not destroy any property, and do not do anything that could give law enforcement a reason to arrest you."
As NME reports, the list of alleged violations is fairly grisly, and while the band has yet to issue an official comment, its online forum has been shuttered by management. It remains to be seen how Evanescence will attempt to deal with the first round of pickets, scheduled to begin when the band kicks off its UK tour in November.


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General/Summary: I've stayed away from this game since the PS2 has come along mainly because EA, until recently, has done a poor job of making great games. In that time fortunately the folks at Sega have provided more than enough competition and isn't that free market economy on display...there is nothing greater than competition to produce quality games.
This year we finally have TWO quality games to choose from. While I know this is a review of NBA Live it is hard to deny any comparisons between Live and the 2K series. Having played both games and I will state for the record that I'm a big 2K fan. This years Live has certainly gained some credibility with me. The obvious statements have been made about the differences between these games. The biggest and most common comparison is Live is arcade while 2K is sim. This simply is not true.
The differences in these games are NBA style of basketball circa 1983 versus current NBA style. Anyone who thinks Live is arcade like dosen't have a sense of NBA history. In the late '70's and through the mid-80's NBA games routinely finished with both teams socoring well over a hundred points. I remember in 1983 the game between Detroit and Denver that finished with both teams scoring over 175 points each!!! Back then the NBA was about open and offensive play. Sure defence is important but 20 years ago no one really cared. It was about running the court and getting the easy baskets on the other end.
Todays NBA is all about defence. Players are bigger, faster, stronger and they even play harder but all of that leads to much less scoring. In a nut shell that is the difference between Live and 2K. Live is open, fast and defence is secondary in strategy. In 2K it is much more half court, run your plays to perfection and play good hard defence. Which is better? Thats up to you. If you prefer old-school NBA to modern NBA then Live is your game. IT IS NOT AN ARCADE TITLE.Read More
General/Summary: This is a pleasent new way to approach basketball simulation, but unfortunately too many problems that just ruins the whole game. Nba Shootout 2003 has however improved a lot since 2001. with the right analog stick making it easy to perform crossovers. The problem is that this game still lacks compared to other basketball titles out (live and 2k). The graphics, gameplay and commutary have all improved but still are terrible compared to other b-ball games. Overall this game is a poor nba live knockoff and will never be the best b-ball game out there.Read More
General/Summary: Overall this game is prettey cool. In the past, 989 has gotten a bad rep and deservedly so. Well, what a surprise to see it finally out doing the well favord EA sports company. In my mind, this game is the best college basketball game out. Now I know that isn't saying much but Final Four is the best option for college b-ball lovers like myself. After seeing EA's March Madness, I had to laugh because it dosen't even offer the option of playing in a season. So unless you want to play a six game tournament over and over, Final Four is the choice to make. However, this game is not without some flaws of its own. The game has prettey good graphics but it still doesn't come up to par with the capabilites of the PS2. The lack of player models is sort of a let down. I understand that you can't make every person in the game down to their exact physical characteristics but a little more than 8 diffent player faces would be nice. Also when playing the game, I was impressed by the movement of the crowed and the chears that performed at various times. However, This game promissed to have the crowds chant authentic school cheers and the band playing the fight songs. I have heard these on a very rare occasion. It would also be nice to have the crowed yell real loud when the visiting team has the ball. The commentary is prettey good. I do wish that they could say a little more though. Every time you turn the ball over like 8 or more times you will hear " They're just givin the ball away tonight." But other than that the sound is good. This game is fun and it allows you to get into it with option of playing a full season and keeping track of rankings, stats, and even 1st and 2nd team all conference and all american awards.Read More
Interview with Hot Sauce: Part One
Try as we may to find it, there is no definition which quite covers the one-man phenomenon that took a game with a half-century of history and remixed it in a single summer. How could mere words describe someone who brings capacity crowds to their feet in anticipation of what he might do? Which adjectives could accurately describe a player who routinely crosses defenders off their feet and fans off their seats? What combinations of letters on a page could capture the feeling in a park, gym or arena when a slightly-built six-footer does something so astonishing with a piece of synthetic leather that spectators rush the floor?Read More


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2011 Halloween Costume Contest At Tech
SOCORRO, N.M. October 31, 2011 – Nearly 100 students and employees gathered in the atrium of the Fidel Center for the annual Halloween costume contest Monday.
|Nowka Leviner, (left) Macey Center director, and Registrar Sara Grijalva, won second place for their costumes, "The Vision of Good and Evil."
|The Tech Gym won the staff award yet again. From left are Annine Gabaldon, Melissa Begay and Jen Garcia as "Leprechaun, Pot o' Gold and Rainbow."
|Derick Hess won the top student award for his costume as Nosferatu, the 1922 horror film character loosely based on Dracula.
|Victoria Ramirez (right) and Samantha Pfeiffer won second place in the student category as Flight Attendants Barbie and Pamela.
Tech students and staff showed off their creativity in costume design and execution. As always, some students went with gore or horror movie characters. Plenty of video game characters showed up as well. There was even a Flying Spaghetti Monster and Captain Underpants.
After a short delay due to an untimely fire alarm, judges from the Student Association and the staff came up with winners.
The Tech Gym crew -- only three people this year -- won the staff award for the sixth year in a row with "Leprechaun, Pot O' Gold and Rainbow." They won last year as the Flintstones and in 2009 for their full-blown recreation of Michael Jackson's "Thriller." In 2008, the gym crew was the Popeye cast. In 2007, they were the Alice in Wonderland cast. In 2006, they won with zombie outfits.
Student Awards
1st: Derick Hess as Nosferatu
2nd: Victoria Ramirez and Samantha Pfeiffer as Flight Attendant Barbie and Teresa
3rd: Jeff LaPierre and Kristina Nyland as "The Magic School Bus & Ms. Frizzle."
Faculty and Staff Winners
1st: Annine Gabaldon, Melissa Begay and Jen Garcia as "Leprechaun, Rainbow and Pot o' Gold."
2nd: Sara Grijalva and Nowka Leviner as "The Vision of Good & Evil."
3rd: Vicky Gonzales as a Venetian Statue
For more photos, visit the New Mexico Tech News page on Facebook.


text: Issue 07 Preview – Compete to Survive Chris Cerino 0 COMMENT Photography by Henry Z. De Kuyper Competition Shooting Will Get You Killed…Or Will It? Competition skills translate to performance on the streets. Some say no. I beg to differ. When was the last time you were seated in a car and fired your pistol through the windshield at a target? Or practiced shooting your AR-15 from a low barricade with one hand while the other applies pressure to your friend's sucking chest wound? Not lately I'll bet. Unless you've been out shooting competitions. There will always be debate on the value of competition as training. To truly assess the pros or cons, you have to know what valid training really is. Where one may see value, another may see a road toward bad habits. Training is best accomplished by time on task with a qualified instructor/observer, if possible, and the motor programs you build in training have everything to do with how you will perform in the real world. What you have done most is what you will do when there is no time to think — and that can be in the competitive arena or on the street. There are many in law enforcement who embrace competition as a validation of skills. I've found that these folks are generally the ones who have a really good, solid skill level. Conversely, there will always be those who shout down competition as poor training for life-saving tactics. Don't hate me, but I've generally found that those who feel this way usually don't have a solid skillset and probably wouldn't prevail in a test of said skills. Usually the type who say, "Don't worry about me, when the shit hits the fan, I'll go nuts." This is probably not going to happen. Research shows that a man, given no time to think, will react as he has been trained. You don't rise to the occasion; you default to your level of training. These days, regardless of skill level, it seems that everyone wants "advanced training." J. Michael Plaxco said in his book Shooting From Within that "there are no advanced techniques, only advanced applications of the basics." Almost everything we do in competition, self-defense, or law enforcement, when broken down, is still just comprised of the basics. As a trainer first and competitive shooter second, I've been privileged to look at all of this from an angle that many can't, and some won't. For the past several years, my main focus has been teaching mastery of the basics, because until they are mastered, teaching "advanced" skills is an exercise in futility, but it wasn't always that way. What I found was that too many people can't perform the basics on demand. Some students were so lacking in the fundamentals of marksmanship that it was impossible to move forward before pointing out what they did not know. For the rest of this article, subscribe digitally here: RECOIL Issue 7 Explore RECOILweb:Sig Sauer P238 Scorpion sweepstakesUltimate Rail-Pod from CTK PrecisionBastion Releases Pure Carbon Fiber Neck KnivesThe A5 - Rig Light Backcountry Pant from Beyond


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Latinos Online, 2006-2008: Narrowing the Gap
I. Overview
From 2006 to 2008, internet use among Latino adults rose by 10 percentage points, from 54%1 to 64%. In comparison, the rates for whites rose four percentage points, and the rates for blacks rose only two percentage points during that time period. Though Latinos continue to lag behind whites, the gap in internet use has shrunk considerably.
For Latinos, the increase in internet use has been fueled in large part by increases in internet use among groups that have typically had very low rates of internet use.2
- While U.S.-born Latinos experienced a two percentage point increase in internet use from 75% in 2006 to 77% in 2008, foreign-born Latinos experienced a 12 percentage point increase during the same period, from 40% to 52%.
- In 2006, 31% of Latinos lacking a high school degree reported ever going online; in 2008, this number was 41%. In comparison, Latinos with higher levels of education experienced three to four percentage point increases in internet use.
- Internet use among Latinos residing in households with annual incomes less than $30,000 increased 17 percentage points from 2006 to 2008. For Latinos in households earning $30,000 to $49,999 annually, internet use increased two percentage points, and for Latinos in households earning $50,000 or more annually, there was no change in internet use.
Whereas Latinos gained markedly in overall internet use, the pattern of home internet access changed very little. In 2006, 79% of Latinos who were online had internet access at home, while in 2008, this number was 81%. White and black internet users show a similar leveling off. In 2006, 92% of white internet users had a home connection, compared with 94% in 2008. In 2006, 84% of African American internet users had a home connection, compared with 87% in 2008.
While there was little increase in the likelihood of having a home connection among internet users from 2006 to 2008, rates of broadband connection increased dramatically for Hispanics, as well as for whites and blacks. In 2006, 63% of Hispanics with home internet access had a broadband connection; in 2008 this number was 76%. For whites, there was a 17 percentage point increase in broadband connection from 65% to 82%, and for blacks, the increase was from 63% in 2006 to 78% in 2008.
In order to maintain comparability across years, all results are based upon landline telephone surveys conducted by the Pew Hispanic Center and the Pew Internet & American Life Project from February to October 2006, and from August to December 2008. During this same time period, there was a dramatic increase in the proportion of people living in households with only cell phones, and no landline telephones.3
The rapid increase in cell-only populations, particularly for Latinos and African Americans, coupled with the fact that people in cell-only households tend to be slightly more likely to use other forms of technology than people who are reachable via landline telephone, suggests that if anything, the results shown here may underestimate increases in internet use, especially for Latinos and African Americans.4
Other key findings include:
- Among Latinos, English-reading ability was linked with internet use—81% of Latinos who read English very well were online, as compared with 63% of Latinos who read pretty well, 52% of Latinos who couldn't read English well, and 24% of Latinos who couldn't read English at all.
- Conversely, Spanish-reading ability was not associated with internet use at all among Latinos.
- Native-born Latinos had higher rates of internet use and a greater likelihood of having a broadband connection among home internet users.
- Some 77% of native-born Latinos used the internet, as compared with 52% of the foreign-born.
- While 83% of native-born home internet users had a broadband connection in 2008, this share was 68% among the foreign-born.
- Younger Latinos were more likely to use the internet than older Latinos.
- Among Latinos ages 18 to 34, 77% used the internet; among those ages 35 to 49, 65% used the internet; among those ages 50 to 64, 53% used the internet, and among Latinos ages 65 and older, one-quarter used the internet.
- Education was linked with increased use of the internet, and greater likelihoods of having a home internet connection, and having a broadband connection among Latinos.
- Some 41% of Latinos lacking a high school degree went online in 2008; almost three-fourths (74%) of Latinos with a high school degree went online, and 92% of Latino college graduates went online.
- Among internet users, 64% of Latinos lacking a high school degree had a home internet connection in 2008, as compared with 84% of Latino high school graduates, and 94% of Latino college graduates.
- Some 62% of Latino home internet users who lacked a high school degree had a broadband connection in 2008; this share was 78% for Latino high school graduates, and 86% for Latino college graduates.
- For Latinos, higher household income was associated with internet use, having a home internet connection, and having a broadband connection.
- Some 56% of Latinos in households earning less than $30,000 annually went online in 2008, as compared with 74% of Latinos in households earning $30,000 to $49,999, and 88% of Latinos in households earning $50,000 or more annually.
- Among Latino internet users, 71% of those with annual household incomes less than $30,000 had a home connection in 2008, as did 83% of those with household incomes of $30,000 to $49,999, and 92% of those with household incomes of $50,000 or more.
- Some 71% of Latinos with annual household incomes less than $30,000 who had a home internet connection had broadband access in 2008; in comparison, this share was 79% for Latinos in households with income of $30,000 to $49,999, and 85% for Latinos in households with incomes of $50,000 or more.
About this Report
This report focuses on patterns of technology use among Latinos, whites, and African Americans from 2006 to 2008. The estimates used in the report are derived from a total of eight telephone surveys, three of which were conducted for the Pew Hispanic Center, and five of which were conducted for the Pew Internet & American Life Project. All told, the Pew Hispanic Center surveys interviewed 7,554 adults, and the Pew Internet & American Life Project surveys interviewed 13,687 adults.
A Note on Terminology
The terms "Latino" and "Hispanic" are used interchangeably in this report, as are the terms "foreign born" and "immigrant."
All references to whites, blacks, Asians and others are to the non-Hispanic components of those populations.
"Foreign born" refers to persons born outside of the United States to parents neither of whom was a U.S. citizen. Foreign born also refers to those born in Puerto Rico.
"Native born" refers to persons born in the United States and those born abroad to parents at least one of whom was a U.S. citizen.
- Results for 2006 differ from those reported in the 2007 Latinos Online report, because more survey datasets have been combined here in order to increase sample size, and because "don't know" and "refused" values were omitted from the denominators when calculating rates for the 2007 report, while "don't know" and "refused" values are included in the denominators when calculating rates for this report. ↩
- Conversely, some groups, such as college graduates, are approaching nearly universal internet access. Given that they may have reached a saturation point, it is not surprising that they are experiencing minimal growth in this measure of technology use. ↩
- In 2006, 15% of Latinos lived in cell-only households, and in 2008, this number was 25%. For African Americans, 13% lived in cell-only households in 2006 compared with 21% in 2008. Among whites, the share of residents in cell-only households increased from 11% in 2006 to 17% in 2008 (Blumberg and Luke 2009). ↩
- The surveys used to compare changes in internet use among Hispanics did not include cell phone samples. Studies by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press have documented that the exclusion of cell phone samples produces only small levels of bias on most questions, but measures of technology use tend to be affected more by the absence of cell phones than other kinds of measures.
Across seven different estimates of internet use (including broadband, wireless internet, smart phone and social networking) in People-Press surveys in 2008 and 2009, Hispanic respondents in the dual-frame samples (those that included cell phones) varied from 2 points lower to 5 points higher, compared with respondents in the landline samples only. The mean difference for the items was 2.3 percentage points and the median difference was 3 percentage points. ↩


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text: Life is changing for Saige. Her grandma is still recovering from the accident, and she misses the time they spent together. She takes comfort in riding Georgia, her grandma's youngest horse. She knows her grandma needs cheering up, so Saige comes up with a plan to restore their special art afternoons. Inspired by her grandma, she organizes a "Day of Beige" at her school to show how boring the world would be without creativity and color. Things are finally starting to get better, and then grandma tells her of plans to sell Georgia. Can Saige find a way to keep the horse she loves—and help save the arts at her school? Author: Jessie Haas. Paperback. 128 pages. Ages 8+


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Freshmen guys grit their teeth as they trans~
port classmates on a mattress.
Freshmen students agreed that the body life
game was Jlinspirationalll and IIreally neat.1I
A time • • • to begin with God
by Dawn Hart and Gloria Jackson
Spiritual growth and enlightenment was the main goal of the Welcome Week staff this year. Each of the 30 aff
members strove for spiritual maturity in their own lives as they worked with the incoming freshmen class September 1 to
September 5.
Staff Co-chairman Judy Allison conveyed a great respect for the new class when she said, "The freshmen participated
in a )'lay that inspired the Welcome Week staff to do the job we did. The whole staff was impressed with the quality
of the new class, especially their respect for people, their participation in planned events and above all their desire for
spiritual growth - Our goal was definitely accomplished."
The Class of '78 began its Welcome Week activities with a "mixer" which ended in the formation of small prayer
groups. Throughout the week, these prayer groups met every morning for fifteen minutes for a devotional and prayer
Other activities included a body life game in which the freshmen were divided into three large units: Faith, Hope and
Love. Within these units, five-member bodies were formed. As the members of each body completed the set tasks, Faith,
Hope and Love were able to unlock the chains of a box representing sin, and therefore rescuing life. This game
portrayed the Church as it works together for God: there is no competition, but a working together of a body of believers
toward the end goal of eternal life for all through Jesus Christ.
Freshmen students agreed that the body life game was "inspirational" and "really neat." Some commented that they
learned to depend on God as they learned to depend on other members of their body. Body life lecturer Henry Hintermiester
concluded the session.
The gym was the setting for the banquet on Tuesday nigh t, where skits portraying Bethel's foundation and Bethel today
were presented.
At the Koinonia service Wednesday night, freshmen and transfers discovered how God can humble a Christian as
the prayer groups followed the foot-washing ceremony of Christ and his disciples.
Freshmen, transfers and staff members interviewed agreed that it was a great week. Dave Johnson, a staff member,
placed the credit in God's hands when he said, "God did everything." Judy also gave several instances of answered
prayer, especially concerning the weather.
"I hope the kids got as much out of it as me," said staffer Lynn Peterson. "It was a growing thing for Ole."
Bethel strives to·
satisfy the needs
of the total man
It is a peculiarity of Baptists that they are often
more widely known for what they don't do than for what
they do. They don't smoke, drink, or chew and don't
hang around with people who do. However, in the past
year this negative spirit has not dominated Bethel as a
hrgely-Baptist institution of higher education.
The Bethel community, instead, has shown a positive
spirit of love and concern for humankind (this in the face
of the lethargic social conscience pervading many college
campuses. The student body has shown its concern in the
AfrIcan Relief Project (which raised over $6,000 for Food
for the Hungry; in the organization of The Barn (a
drop-in center for Arden Hills' youth), and in the Peace
Symposium of last May. The Christian Hot-Line (together
with its follow-up work with callers) reached into the surrounding
community last year to help satisfy our neighbors'
spiritual needs, and the Student Missionary Project
continues work in this area.
In short, we have begun, as a community, to satisfy
the needs of the total man: physical, emotional, and spiritual.
Under the leadership of Dean Virgil Olson, the Administration
has aided the student body in this regard,
making notable steps toward the achievement of academic
freedom and encouraging the Student Affairs Office in its
new, constructive position on "student personnel" problems.
MUch good was achieved by our community last year,
and the Clarion reported it. This year we trust there will
be even more that is right with Bethel; more that we can
report to make known to you and the audience which we
serve. Our news features will print the facts - our opinion
on what is done and said at Bethel will be reserved
for this column and the other columns in this paper.
We look forward to being a newspaper of all the students
(to paraphrase a currently famous quote). It's going to
be a great y,ear.
Anothe:rdream dead
You have pardoned Richard Nixon from his Watergate
actions, and we are sorry. You have interfered with the
workings of justice, and we are angry. You hav,e continued
the great cover·up and we are outraged.
It is too bad. You came into our Presidency at a time
when we needed a moral leader, a man who would uphold
right and unconditionally condemn wrong. When you in·
voked the prayers of your people, and the help of your God,
we were encouraged. But once again, we in America are
disappointed. You have helped to destroy a dream - a
dream that this country was indeed based on equal justice
and treatment for all. That dream, along with many others
this past decade, is dead, once and for all. And it is
too bad - there are not many dreams left.
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Participation in a gospel musical team, teaching Sunday
School, assisting in a Campus Life Club at a local
high school, leading someone to Christ on a telephone,
singing in a local coffee house, or traveling with a summer
evangelism team; these are some specific opportunities
for Christian Service at Bethel.
Certainly serving Jesus Christ through these specific
opportunities is a privilege and even the responsibility of
every Christian. Perhaps service for Jesus could be summed
up in the Bethel philosophy, that giving to the One who
gave Himself for us is the natural result of- an experience
with Christ. Christian Service, then, is the tangible
means by which a Christian student will exhibit and
demonstrate to the world around him his love for his
neighbor and for his Lord.
For this reason, I would not encourage participation
in any service out of a legalistic sense of obligation.
Rather, I would encourage a relationship with the Lord that
would joyfully manifest itself in service for Him. At the
same time, it does seem feasible that some may become
involved in order to find a deeper rela tionship with Christ
through service. In fa ct , seldom does there fail to exist
a situation when one does not grow personally as a result
of giving to someone else. Therefore, I would encourage
participation in service to the student who naturally
desires to do so, as well as to some who are open
to see what Christ can do in their own life as a result
of a willingness to serve.
This is why I'm excited about that Sunday School teacher
who takes seriously his task of being a real teacher,
discipler, and evangelist. This is the person who really
has the joy of giving and through this will certainly experience
growth. I'm excited about the gospel singing
group who desires to put Jesus Christ first in their singing so
that people invariably see Christ in their lives. Such an
experience is certainly a cause for growth in a student
involved in such a ministry. Or this is why I'm throughly
excited about a telephone ministry by which many people in
the Twin City area are coming to know Christ personally
and growing in Him as a result of a few short hours
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Election 'set for September
by Judy Harrington
In an effort to "get things under way"
in the Student Senate, the fall elections
have been moved up into September.
"Elections used to be held in October,"
said Student Association Vice-President
Randy Landis, "but we'd like to get
them out of the way early so we can
get down to work this fall."
According to Blair Oklobzija, vicechairman
of the Elections Board, a total
of 11 positions may be open in the
Four positions will be open for senator-
Freshmen will probably have seven
senators to elect; however, this figure is
based on the Admissions Department record
of 480 incomIng freshmen. If, when
actual enrollment figures are obtained
and it is found that additional freshmen
have enrolled, the representative number
of senators may increase. (One senator
is elected to every 75 students.)
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The Sophomore, class will be electing
three senators. Juniors may have only
two senators to elect, as that class has
substantially fewer returning students
this fall. Two senators' will be
elected by the Senior class.
Filing for Student Senate positions will
be open next week, Tuesday through
Friday, September 17 through September
20. At this time, candidates must file
their declaration of candidacy with the
Senate Election Board (forms for this
are available in the Student Association
office across from the music lounge,
third floor, Fine Arts Center).
Within a day of this declaration, candidates
are issued petitions and copies
of the election NIles. Petitions for senator-
at-Iarge require 35 signatures; petitions
for senator, 25 signatures. All petitions
are to be returned to the Election
Board by the date to be set by
that Board.
Primary elections are scheduled
Monday and Tuesday, September 23 and
24. Final elections will be Thursday and
Friday, September 26 and 27.
Any candidate must be a member of
the Bethel Student Association; that is,
a student carrying more than one and
a half courses. He or she must have
a 2.0 G.P.A., which must be upheld
throughout the term of office.
Some senators are working already
this fall to include a new restriction
in the Senate Election Code - one to
limit the amount of publicity a candidate
to Student Association office may
"We'll probably pass a restriction on
the number of posters a candidate may
have," said Oklobzija.
"Last year we passed one on the
amount of money a candidate could
spend, but so many people had things
contributed to their campaigns that the
restriction wasn't very effective."
a week on the part of a Bethel student. Certainly seeing
someone accept Jesus Christ is cause for personal joy and
growth by means of giving to someone else.
This then, is why specific aspects of service will
certainly be part of one's growing experience here at
Bethel, and this is why I would encourage every student
to prayerfully consider involvement in an area of service.
Feel free to discuss many different opportunities with
anyone in the Christian Service Office in Room AC335.
It certainly is my sincere prayer that our campus will
be a visible community of believers demonstrating to a
watching world the powerful and life-changing message of
Jesus Christ.
Dan Peterson
Director of Christian Service
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by Ray Stockwell
A vievv held by many leading educators stresses the
opinion that students feel that a college education is simply
limited to academic pursuits. While this may be true of
many students even at Bethel, there are at least three
students here who act contrary to this assumption. These
three students are Terry Hollister, Eric Tanquist, and Scott
Terry Hollister, a senior this . year, decided during the
1974 spring semester to do something decidedly different
with his summer vacation. Leaving on June 6, Terry traveled
to New York to spend three days in intensive cultural
orientation before leaving for the Republic of Niger
to work with the Sudan Interior Mission.
On arriving in Niger, Terry traveled to the Moradi
r..iver Valley area in southern Niger. John Ocker, a 25-
year assO,ciate with Sudan Interior Mission was Terry's immediate
supervisor while in Africa.
Terry's work in Africa was not what many people
would consider particularly fulfilling work, however, to him
it gave a feeling of accomplishment seldom experienced
in the day-to-day routine of student life. Terry was involved
in a cooperative well-digging-project with the nationals
of Niger and Terry acted in a ' supervisory role. During
his stay, which terminated on August 18, Terry helped
in the construction of 25 different well projects which are
currently being used for both irrigation and drinking purposes.
The educational experience which this project provided
was, to quote Terry, "Really worthwhile." Terry went on
to sa~, "I really saw the need for long-range self-help
programs like the one I was involved in. It's a really
good experience to get out of your own culture and to live
and work in another one. It's something Bethel students
should get into."
Eric Tanquist, another Bethel Collegiate, left the United
States around January 1 and returned to this country on
June 22. During this five-month leave, Eric toured Israel
and Cyprus as well as attending a school for Soviet Immigrants
in Jerusalem. While at school in Israel, Eric
engaged himself in Hebrew studies.
During his stay in Israel, Eric toured throughout the
country visiting the Golan Heights, the Sinai Desert, all(~
Jericho, to name a few. However, if this had been the total
scope of Eric's educational experience the trip would certainly
not have been as meaningful for him as it obviously
was. This is easily revealed by a statement of his
concerning the high point of his trip. He said, "It was
spending a long enough time there to really appreciate
the people." Eric says he would enjoy returning to Israel
sometime in the future to work on a "kibbutz" (a pure
socialistic farming C'Ommune).
Terry (above) and Eric have a new part-time
vocation - driving the Bethel bus.
Scott Hafemann, a sophomore at Bethel, also went to
Israel, via Luxembourg, Southern Italy and Greece. Although
Scott and Eric did not leave together or stay
together in Israel, they did have the opportunity to travel
together while staying there. Scott lived in a dormitory
housing unit in Jerusalem with a number of Arab-Palestinians.
"At times I felt like I was in the middle of the
Middle-East conflict," he said.
One thing that impressed both Scott and Eric was
the strong nationalistic feeling the Israelites have for their
country. Scott said, "The Jews see themselves as the land -
for the modern Jew, Judaism is Israel."
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Bill Trollinger
What are the ideals behind Bethel's
Introduction to Liberal Arts course? According
to Dean Virgil Olson the purpose
of ILA is: "to stimulate the student
to raise questions and to /teach
the integration of faith and lmowledge."
Dr. Stan Anderson, ILA coordinator, said,
"The purpose of the course is basically
to introduce the students to Liberal Arts
at Bethel."
A report presented to the Bethel faculty
(April, 1973) states: "(the purpose
is) to introduce the student to the model
of a liberally educated Christian scholar
and to give the student direction
for the remainder of his college program."
This course was not formulated by
narrow-minded disciplinarians hoping to
instill an attitude of submissive 'regimentation
upon the freshman student. The
ideals are obviously commendable. Un-fortunately,
ideals without practical appli·
cation are worthless. Introduction to Liberal
Arts seems to be a course that
looks good on paper, but proves to be
impractical in the classroom. Basic problems
that seem to be inherent with Introduction
to Liberal Arts are as follows:
1. The goals of the course come across
as vague and-or impractical. Bethel
sophomore Doug Horst: "The only
goal I can see in Colloquy (ILA) is
to test your ability in written rhetoric."
Paul Wright: "I never knew the goals
in the first place." Dr. Roy "Doc" Dalton:
"If one goal of this class is to
integrate faith a,nd learning, then it is
best done where relevant, and not in
such a strained situation as ColIoquy
2. The course seems to totally depend
upon the . ability of the individual teacher,
thus underscoring the fact that
the course itself is weak. Dwight Jessup,
professor of Political Science, stated,
"The course rises and falls upon the
ability of the teacher." Dean Olson lamented
that, "Some of the faculty themselves
do not understand the Integr?-tion
of Liberal Arts."
3. The demands upon the teacher are
excessive. "Doc" Dalton elaborated,
"One-third of a teacher's workload can
be tied up with teaching Introduction
to Liberal Arts. Kids are having distinct
problems getting courses and we
could release these teachers to increase
the amount of courses available to the
.4. One kink tba t has been partially
worked out is the forcing of students
to take Introduction to Liberal Arts in
the second semester of college. Last
year's freshman class was not quite so
fortunate, as Gayle Norris, a transfer
student testified, "As a transfer student,
and after carrying six classes at Biola,
I was sufficiently prepared for Liberal
Arts." This year no freshman will have
to take ILA during his second semester,
but instead during Interim, if the
person misses the first semester course.
In the final analysis the course is
vaguely defined, difficult to teach, and
criticized by both faculty and students.
The ideals forming the basis of !LA
are commendable, but the practical and
logistical problems are awesome.
Dr. Anderson has recommended that
the Introduction to Liberal Arts program
be reviewed in relation to the entire
freshman experience. This is the present
status of the former "Freshman
Colloquy" . course.
Dr. Brushaber
;s ~om;ngl
As Thomas Jefferson remarked when
he succeeded Benjamin Franklin as minister
to France, "I succeed him; no
one can replace him." It is in the same
spirit that Bethel releases Academic
Dean Virgil Olson and welcomes Dr.
George Brushaber into that office. Dean
Olson is being succeeded; he could never
be replaced.
In February, 1974, Olson submitted his
resignation from Bethel in order to become
Executive Secretary of the Board
of World Missions of the Baptist General
Conference. He leaves behind a college
that has grown tremendously during
his term of service.
Upon the resignation last spring, a
dean search committee was formed, com-:posed
of regents, faculty members and
students. Four men were interviewed by
the committee; its unanimous choice and
the choice of. the Board of Regents was
Dr. George Brushaber, present vice-president
and dean of Westmont College,
Santa Barbara, California.
Brushaber, 35 years old, holds degrees
from Wheaton College (A.B., Philosophy,
Classics, Theology), Wheaton Graduate
School (M.A., Philosophy of Religion),
Gordon Divinity School (B.D., summa
cum laude), and Boston University Grad;uate
School (Ph.D., Epistemology, Metaphysics).
He is an ordained minister
in the Church of God, and has served
as pastor in several churches in Massachusetts,
both in the denominations of
the Covenant Church and the United
Church of Christ.
At the 95th Annual Meeting of the
Baptist General Conference in Seattle
last June, Dr. Brushaber was elected
Academic Dean of Bethel College, thus
approving the recommendation of the
Board of Regents.
Some controversy arose on the floor
of the meeting over the choice of Brushaber.
To quote The Standard (the Baptist
General Conference's official publication):
"Delegates were more than
slightly interested in Dr. Brushaber's
church affiliation - he was
ordained by and is a member of the
Church of God~ Anderson, Indiana.
The election of the College dean, scheduled
for Tuesday afternoon (of the conference),
was postponed until Wednesday
morning so that the candidate could fly
to Seattle to be presented to the conference.
In a relaxed and informal interview,
President Lundquist asked Dr. Brushaber
how he became acquainted with the Conference,
about the Church of God, about
his intentions of Conference church affiliation
in the Twin Cities, about his
response to the Conference affirmation
of faith, about his personal lifestyle and
his opinion on the College's code of
ethics, about his millennial convictions
and how he came to know Christ. Then
the President invited the four Bethel
vice presidents and Dr. Robert Stein,
College faculty member, to give their
personal endorsements to the candidate."
Brushaber was elected by an "overwhelming"
majority at the meeting.
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"The Quality of Life in America" is
the theme of this semester's convocation
series. The series will bring at least
four guest lecturers to the Bethel campus,
according to Professor of History
Jim Johnson, chairman of the studentfaculty
Convocations Committee. Two 'academic
conferences will also be included
in the series.
Dr. Luther Gerlach, social anthropologist
and faculty member at ,the University
of Minnesota, will address the
student body during the 10 :30 a.m. chapel
time on September 25. Dr. Gerlach
has done original research in the area
of social change in America, and has
published several books on this subject.
He will also speak that day at a student-
faculty luncheon and in several
classes (to be announced).
Astronaut Jack Lousma is thescheduled
convocations speaker for October
8. Lieutenant Colonel Lousma will lecture
on "the contributions' the NASA space
program has made to the quality of
life in America." His will be an evening
speech. Lousma served as a member
of the astronaut .support crews for the
Apollo 9, 10, and 13 miSSions, and was
a pilot for Skylab-3, July 28 to September
25, 1973.
October 11 through 12, Bethel will be
hpst to the seventh annual fall meeting
of the Conference on Faith and History.
"Civil Religion and Christianity -
An Historical Perspective" is the theme
of the conference. Martin Marty (Former
editor of Christian Century) of the University
of Chicago, will give the address
at the evening banquet, 6 :30 p.m., entitled,
"Churches Behaving Civilly."
"This is the first major academic conference
Bethel has hosted," said Professor
Johnson. "Scholars will be coming
here from all over the United States
and also from England and Canada."
A conference on "criminal justice" will
also be held at Bethel this fall, November
6 through 8. During this time,
several inmates of Minnesota state prisons
will be visiting the campus and
addressing the student body. This
conference is being organized by Dick
Ericson, instructor in social work.
"It looks like a lively convocation series
this fall," said Johnson. "We hope
students will take advantage of the opportunities
for the enrichment they provide."
clarion briefs. • •
"Crucible" - September 14 at 1 :30
p.m.; September 18, 21 at 8 p.m.
"Love's Labor Lost" - September 13
at 8 p.m.
"King Lear" - September 14, 17, 18
at 1:30 p.m., September 19, 20 at 8
"Variety Show" - September 15 at
7 p.m.
Students may reserve $4 tickets' for $2.75
Dudley Riggs Brave New Workshop
2605 Hennepin Avenue South, Minneapolis
"A Reunion of Satirical Sketches
Drawn from over Five Years of Topical
. Reviews" - through September 24
1430 Washington Avenue, Minneapolis
"Jacques BreI is Alive and Well and
Living in Paris" - through September
Theater in the Round
Cedar Riverside
"Great Catherine" (George Bern-ard
Shaw) - September 12 through 14,
20-22, 27-29 and October 4-6 at 8 p.m.
Edyth Bush
"Spoon River Anthology" - September
Lakeshore Players
"Merry Adventures of Falstaff'" - 8
p.m. Tickets are '$1.75
Theatre of Involvement
"Green Cockatoo" - September 13-21
(weekends) at 8 p.m.
"Reflections" at 8 p.m.
Tickets are $2.
Ringling Brothers and Bamum Balley
Circus - Met Center, Bloomington, September
Moiseyev Dance Company - Minneapolis
Auditorium - September 21 at 8 p.m.
Tickets are $1.50.
Nancy Reimers from Bloomington, Minnesota
will be presenting her senior piano
recital in room FA 312, September 13
at 8 p.m. Nancy is a senior music
major and is studying with Dr. Gordan
Howell. Program selections include "Appasionata
Sonata" by Beethoven, pieces
by Chopin and Liszt, and a group of
four Toccatas by Bach, Debussy, Kbachaturian
and Prokofieff. The Music D~
. partment extends an invitation to the
Bethel community to attend this recital
and also the reception following. There
is no admission charge.
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Shirley Van Wambeke
Well, it's a new year and we have
a new office. All of the coordinating
on campus will now be comIng out-of
the dutch doors between the coffee shop
and the cafeteria. For all of you who
come to buy a candy bar from the
vending machines, and are met by a
sales pitch for a S.A.C. card, we refer
you to the P.E. corridor.
We are hoping the turnout for the
Eo Conrad Spit Band concert will not
be hindered due to the fact that it
is held on Friday the 13th. Eo promises
one of the best concerts in Bethel history.
Tickets will be sold at the door,
and are $1 with an S.A.C. card and
$1.50 without. Also Saturday, September
14, we will be seeing King Lea.r at
the Guthrie Theater. Watch for details
concerning the departure time of buses
to this event. Lastly, contrary to popular
opinion, the S.A.C. cards do not
finance a campus coordinator vacation
to Mexico .... the Bermuda's maybe.
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After a slow start and some near
misses, the Bethel soccer team finally
started to click, as they went on to
demolish St. P a ul Bible, 5-2.
Starting off in a frigid state of mind ,
the team found themselves behind early,
with St. Paul taking a 1-0 lead. But
the jitters of that first game started
to leave our team, as they began playing
some team soccer, and had the
ball down in St. Paul's territory the
last few minutes of the first half. Still,
the going was hard with the ball bouncing
off the goal post and just missing
by a few inches on many occasions.
With the first half ending in a 1-1
tie, fans were wondering if the; team
would continue its hot pace, or cool
down and hope for breaks in the second
half. But the team didn't get cold.
Instead, they ripped through St. Paul's
defense and scored four goals in the
second half.
St. Paul's final goal was a result of
what new Head Coach Steve Voth called,
"a mix-up." As Coach Voth substituted
players freely towards the end of the
game, he forgot to report the substitution
of a goalie. The referees awarded
St. Paul a penalty shot, and they scored
on the shot.
Last year's leading scorer, Peter Wilson,
led the way to victory with three
goals against St. Paul. Freshmen Dave
Osgood and Mark Balderson completed
the scoring with a goal apiece.
Harrie'rs in
Sunday action
Cross-country, perhaps the loneliest of
sports, swings into action this weekend
at Bethel as the Royal runners take
on Gustavus and Southwest State in a
triangle meet Sunday. The meet will
begin at 11 a.m. on the Gustavus campus.
Coaching the Bethel team is Dr. Gene
Glader, and before him lies a busy schedule.
Seven meets and the NAIA District
13 Championship will provide plenty of
competition as Bethel attempts to keep
its record improving.
This is an introductory columnc; one in which I intend
to accomplish three things: 1) To outline my basic
goals in writing about sports; 2) To describe in brief
terms the probable format of the column, and the philosophy
behind this format; 3) To speak in general en'Ough
terms so that in the long run, I'll be able to write about
anything I please. (Within the area of sports, of course.)
As I hurredly write this column, (it's due at 6 :00,
and it's 5 :00 now), one question won't leave me alone. Why
do I want to write about sports? The only conclusion I
can reach doesn't really make any sense. I'm not exactly
sure why I enjoy sports. There is a strange magnetism
that draws me to sports competition, the way some'One
else may be drawn to drama or art. If I hear a basketball
bounced in the gym, I have to go in and investigate.
There is a magnetic excitement about a Van Gorkom
to Ogimachi touchdown pass during a pickup foot-
. ball game out on the lawn, an excitement that is difficult
to express in words. This magnetism draws me to intramural,
pickup, junior varsity and varsity games by the
hundreds each year.
My philosophy concerning sports is a result of this
magnetism. I have learned to enjoy sports at all levels,
and to recognize the importance of each of these levels.
I believe that a "B" league intramural basketball game is
just as important as a varsity game to those wh'O participate.
Because of this, I will try to cover the sports
at Bethel in their totality. Hopefully, I will succeed in
keeping athletics in their perspective, because I firmly
believe that more than anything else, sports should be
for fun. A good athlete is really n'O more important than
someone with talents in any other field. But sports are
important to me, and I believe that they do deserve it.
lt is my belief that there is no such thing as "objective
journalism." No writer win report 'On a topic without
some degree of bias. Objectivism, however, should be
a goal for the writer. I will promise to attempt to report
more than 'One side of sports, by investigating the attitudes
and viewpoints of other people who are involved in
sports in an active way.
I am really looking forward to this year, and hope
that many will participate in athletics on some level, either
as a player or a fan. I will not make predictions for
the year in terms of wins and losses, (I was the guy
who said that Hank Aaron would never hit the long ball
in the big leagues), but I will say that if a person is
interested in sports, he can find what he wants somewhere
at Bethel, either in intramurals, varsity competition,
or in pickup games. Sports can be an excellent
way to have fun at Bethel, and I hope t'O capture some
of that fun in my column this year.
Football - Milton, here Saturday 14, 1 :30
Cross-Country - Gustavus, Southwest State, at Gustavus,
Sunday 15, 1:00.
Soccer - Hamline, here, Thursday 19, 3 :30
Lakehead University, here Saturday 21, 10:00
QB Holine sets Royal offense
Toughened Royals
vs. M.C. tomorrow
by Curt Kregness
Watching the films of the Royals' 7-3 loss to Macalester
Saturday, Football Coach Charles "Chub" Reynolds
recalled that it was "a frustrating experience, because we
played well enough to win." Last year's 30-3 drubbing
at the hands of Macalester was similar only because "we
beat ourselves both times," Reynolds said.
Looking ahead to the eight remaining games, he decided
that Bethel's depth and overall material this year
are the best since he started coaching the Royals. "We're
going to be contenders in every game," Reynolds predicted,
"with our strongest asset being the offensive starting line."
That strong offense may have been considerably weakened
Saturday, with the injury of two key halfbacks - Larry
Rocholl and Ken Coffman. C'Offman scored the Royals'
only points with a third quarter field goal. Rocholl will be
out at least for tomorrow's contest here against Milton
College, Wisconsin, at 1 :30 p.m. Reynolds said that he
has probably torn several ligaments in his left knee. Coffman
may sit out tomorrow's game also; it's possible that
he has a damaged cornea.
Although the Royals have an experienced defensive seccondary,
weakness in the defensive line may be the Royals'
biggest stumbling block, according to Reynolds.
Northwestern of Iowa can be expected to sweep the
conference again, said Reynolds. Red Raider officials say
the team is "the best ever." Yankton College is boasting
a big defensive line this year, Reynolds added,
which should help them capture a top conference position.
Reynolds noted that Westmar College may be "down
a bit" from last year; Sioux Falls and Concordia are
too early in the season to evaluate.
Tomorrow's home contest should pit a tenacious Milton
College defense against Bethel's returning offensive
squad. Milton downed Dubuque College (I'Owa) 7-0 Saturday.
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HANG TIME HEADQUARTERS — When the lockout stretches for five months and takes as many dramatic twists and cynical turns as the recently ended 149-day odyssey we've all lived through since July 1, trying to designate "winners and losers" is a trivial pursuit we'd normally pass on around here.
But there's more than just a new collective bargaining agreement rising from the ashes of the lockout. There's a true winner in all of this, a man that blazed his own trail and gave his doubters the index finger over the lips sign for questioning his actions all those months ago.
You remember Nets point guard Deron Williams announced in July that he was headed to Turkey if the lockout stretched into the start of the NBA season. Folks chuckled at the idea of one of the league's biggest stars scurrying halfway around the world to play for a team they'd barely heard of (Besiktas made headlines here in the states last season when they signed Allen Iverson to a contract) in a league they'd never heard of.
Comments blasting Williams for what appeared to be at the time a perplexing, panic move by an A-list player in the prime of his career turned out to be a masterstroke for Williams. Not only did he dazzle in his 15 games with Besiktas, averaging 21.8 points and 6.5 rebounds, he left Istanbul a hero, one with his No. 8 Besiktas jersey retired (check him out in the video above) and with a coach who speaks of him in a way usually reserved for a Hall of Famer:
"European basketball had a thrill during the NBA lockout," Besiktas coach Ergin Ataman told the Hurriyet Daily News. "A star player like Deron wore the Besiktas jersey; many children came to love basketball thanks to him. Now, everything will be back the way it used to be."
Williams also left with some nice pocket change (his reported salary in Turkey was $200,000 every four weeks) to make up for the NBA checks missed during the month and a half's worth of NBA games missed due to the labor negotiations.
Williams returns just in time for the Christmas Day start to the NBA season, richer, wiser and in an even better position than he might have been if he decided not to play the role of trailblazer in this instance. So if there's a player in better game shape heading into the NBA's abbreviated training camps around the league, we want to see him. And if there's a player with better leverage going into this season, he needs to show himself.
Williams chose not to sign a contract extension with the Nets and instead will resume his role as one of the two or three most coveted free agents in the game after this season. By opting out and becoming a free agent after the season, Williams could re-sign with the Nets for five years and $100 million or he could receive a four-year, $70 million deal from another team, per the new rules of the collective bargaining agreement to be.
That's a budget boost of roughly $30 million for the guy crazy enough to assume that the lockout might actually take a little while to get solved and he needed a lucrative alternative that allowed him to train and compete at a high level while he waited.
(Keep in mind, this is the same man who pleaded the case all along that had the union threatened decertification right away the lockout might have ended even sooner.)
Now that he's back home, the Nets are reportedly pursuing the likes of Dwight Howard (via some blockbuster trade) and free agent bigs Tyson Chandler and Nene, in an effort to entice Williams to stick around for the move to the Brooklyn in 2012-13.
Any way you slice it, Williams emerges from the lockout WINNING!