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Vol. XLIV—No. 3
Bethel College, St. Paul, Minn. Friday, September 19, 1969
Speakers emphasize communication
It happens tonight
Moods is a groove
by Marjorie Rusche
Have you been seeing little red
dots lately? Don't despair. The
dots herald the first big campus
social bash of the year, "Moods."
It's happening in the iFeldhouse
this Friday night at 8:00. And it's
free, free, free.
The organizers of the program
are Linda Sparks and Jan Hurt.
They aim to create as many moods
as nossible while presenting a
good quality program. Dan Johnson
and Mark Kingsbeck are handling
the technical end of things, and
Jeanne Hendrickson, in charge of
program and publicity, is responsi-ble
for the little red dots.
The moods of "Moods" will
range widely — folk, rock, pop,
a reader's theater, poetry, blues,
a slide presentation, and cinema
will be covered.
Jon Lundgren will set the stage
for the evening by playing piano
mood music from 7:30 to 8:00.
Then, selections will be performed
by: Jane Alquist, blues; Dave
Shupe, folk song; Bonnie Schoen-felder,
Kris Froelich, Jon Nord-strom,
Tom Carlson, Peter, Paul
and Mary, folk; Laurel Toy, Faye
Kulbitski, Ken Fischer, Jon Nord-strom,
reader's theater; Marge Er-ickson,
Woody Smith, Julie Palen,
Hugh McCloud, reader's theater;
Dave Waite, acc. Pete Hanson,
pop; Denny Olsen, Dean Oberg,
Mike Glewwe, Doug Meyer, rock;
Gail Nelson, poetry; Gail Guthrie,
poetry, Bo Conrad, Spit Band; Bev
Pearson, piano solo; R. C. Nelson,
slide presentation; "Toys", film.
Come to "Moods." The program
liiks great. For freshmen, it's a
good introduction to campus social
life. For upperclassmen, it's a
great opportunity to see o 1 d
friends, make new ones.
by Jack Campbell
A five man team of specialized
laymen will be in charge of chapel
from Sept. 22-26 for Deeper Life
According to pastor Lawson this
year's special services will be gear-ed
to a different level than in the
past. It has been tradition to bring
in an evangelist or speaker and
let him present his ideas of what
Christianity is all about or to
delve into some basic concepts.
However, the men to speak this
year are headed by a research
physicist from Stanford Dr. Lam-bert
Dolphin. Dr. Dolphin is well
known on the west coast as a
speaker for men's groups. Pastor
The main emphasis this year will
not be on the chapel services but
on informal discussion groups in
dorms and classrooms. These dis-cussions
will be led by Dr. Dolphin
and his associates, who include Ted Next week's chapel schedule will
Wise, "hippie convert" from the not be one to miss for any reason.
West Coast, Bill McKenzie, a land Also remember that these men
developer from Texas, Mr. George have come for us and it is not
Alban, a business man from San often that such an all-star cast is
Diego, and Ron Kline, Dean of available. If you see one of them
Men at Azuza-Pacific college in running around, ask him to take
Southern California. five and rap a while.
WBCS broadcasting
resumes Wednesday
Bethel's radio station plans to Along with the regular news de-resume
broadcasting Wednesday partment, two mobile units will
morning, September 24, at 6:30 be added in order to more effec-
A.M. to kick off the 1969-70 school tively cover the news in the Bethel
year. The broadcast day will run area.
from 6:30 A.M. until 12 midnight,
Monday through Friday, and from
9 A.M. until 9 P.M. Saturday. WBCS
is located at 1050 KC. (AM)
The new year will also briig a
new type of programming, design-ed
to entertain and stimulate. Mu-sic
will range from semi-classical The station will be constantly
to light rock. Also included will be receptive to any suggestions stu-various
discussions, debates, and dents may have. Contact Mark
other talk shows. Kinksbeck or call WBCS.
Lawson added that Dr. Dolphin "These men are coming, not as
has "experimented with LSD" on authorities with answers, but ra-a
personal level and has written ther emphasizing communication
a book called "The Journey In- and exchange of ideas," Lawson
ward." stressed. They hope to do this
even more so by lodging in Edgren
in the rooms of the R.A.'s. Pastor
Lawson related further that the
men were taking their own va-cation
time to be with us.
Admissions innovates with recruitment plans
The sports department will be
broadcasting all Bethel basketball
games this year. Along with this,
a short sports summary will be
presented in conjunction with the
'My Fair Lady' banquet theme
promotes big-little sis Friendship
The fact that Admissions and
Financial Aids now resides at 1540
North Snelling is hardly news, but
the total implication of the move
is not evident in a simple state-ment
of fact.
Mr. James Bragg, former finan-cial
aids advisor, present head of
the new consolidated departments
of Financial Aids and Admissions
related that the reason for merg-ing
the two was an attempt to
regroup functions that are more
closely related. Bragg expressed the
hope that through the consolida-tion,
his department would find
it easier to "keep in touch with
students after they arrived at Beth-el."
This wish to remain in contact
with students after their arrival
on campus is part of a larger at-tempt
to update Bethel's recruiting
methods. Bragg stated that he
wanted to find out whether the
students felt that they had receiv-ed
a realistic picture of Bethel
before they came.
"Many students are recruited by
their pastors or alumni," Bragg
said, and do not receive an up-to-date
account of what Bethel is real-ly
like. The college changes from
year to year so that even a grad-uate
of two years ago would not
be able to accurately relate what
Bethel is."
To correct this situation, the
department is coordinating its ef-forts
to update the materials which
are mailed out. It is working with
alumni in sponsoring Focus on
Bethel programs in Conference
Bragg stated that up until Feb-ruary
1, 1969, when Bob Crandall
was added to the admissions office
staff, the recruiting had been left
mainly to alumni and Conference
pastors. "We have benefitted from
an unusually loyal alumni." Bragg
said, telling of another area col-lege
which had four recruiters and
had recruited only fifty more stu-dents
than Bethel.
In spite of the alumni, however,
the number of applications was
65 behind that of the year before
when Crandall came to the office.
The 1969 enrollment ended up
being higher than ever.
Bragg also mentioned that Beth-el
was planning to change its at-titude
towards junior colleges,
viewing them more as a feeder
system than a threat. Although
Bethel's retention rate is higher
than the national average, the di-rector
of Financial aids and Admis-sions
sees this as an area in
need of improvement also.
"My Fair Lady" is the theme of
the Big-little sis banquet to be
held Tues. the 23rd in Dayton's
Sky Room. The purpose of the
banquet, according to one of the
organisers of the banquet, Sharron
Eisfeld, is "to promote and
strengthen relations between Beth-el
Tickets are on sale until 3:30
Tues. at $3.50 per ticket. The big
and little sis's will sit together at
the banquet. Big sis's are re-sponsible
for seeing that their
little sis gets to the banquet and
back safely. Cars and buses will
leave from Bodien between 5:00
and 5:15.
Entertainment will be provided
by Carmen Sheppard and Miss
Mary Fall. A short speech will be
given by Sharron Eisfeld.
Others that have worked with
the banquet are Cheryl Cue, Bon-nie
Craft, Karen Rodberg, P a t
Chase, Bev Grant, Lois Rahn and
Dean Starr.
Come to the banquet. Big sis's
bring your little sis and enjoy
`Turn-on Night' oversell turns many off
by Dave Greener and Joey Healy
Time Magazine covered the Con-gress.
Other national magazines
were there. And, amidst hundreds
of young people at last Friday
night's "Turn On," were two repre-sentatives
of Bethel's own Clarion.
That the buses to the event
were overcrowded is obvious un-derstatement.
But the packed con-ditions
of the two vehicles was
far surpassed by the crowd of
people waiting to get into the
Minneapolis Armory for the ev-ening
program. Over ten thou-sand
people crowded their way
into the building but another eight
thousand-plus could not be ac-comodated.
These eight thousand
were sent instead to the Auditor-ium
Convention Center, a f e w
blocks away. The contingent from
Bethel's second bus numbered a-mong
these not over-happy wan-derers.
A video setup awaited people
as they made their way into the
Auditorium. The screen was not
over-large, the sound was not over-loud,
and the video itself could
have been improved. All this for
hundreds of young people who
had hoped to see a "live" program.
About 10:30 it was announced
over the video that there would be
an attempt to send some of the
live performers to the Auditorium.
This announcement, of course, was
applauded by the audience. Most
of them were not enthused about
the prior arrangements.
"I'm extremely disappointed,"
said one young person. "There
was too little planning." As an-other
put it, "I think they
shouldn't have sold tickets for peo-ple
they didn't have room for.
I'm not horribly disappointed, but
some of the kids are. Yes, I'm going
to get my money back!"
Similar disappointment and/or
boredom was manifest in t h e
crowd. A few paper airplanes fil-tered
to the floor. Applause seemed
unnaturally, loud; it was perhaps
sounded less in appreciation than
for other reasons. In some quarters
there was disgust and even a little
Members of the rock group 'Sun' practice for 'Moods' cont'd on page 3
Opinions expressed in the CLARION do
not necessarily reflect the position of the
college or seminary.
Page 2
the CLAROIN Friday, September 19, 1969
Lundquist report causes
optimism, puzzlement
Editor's Note: When I returned to school late this summer,
I ran into an old friend who suggested that I get and read a copy
of the Annual Report of the President. The report left me optimistic
but puzzled.
The President built a beautiful case for the "'youth revolt in
America". "The youth revolt of our day," he stated, "is a protest against
the dehumanization of man in a world of science . . . It is a protest
against the conquest of new worlds without resolving the problems
of the old one . . . It is raised not only against the technological
machine, but against the political machine, the military machine, the
industrial machine, the educational machine, the ecclesiastical machine.
The youth revolt," he stated, "is part of a world wide social revolution."
The president also said that although there had not been a single
riot on an evangelical campus last year that this fact did not mean "the
absence of keen feelings" but was due in part to selective admissions
and the Christian graces of our students. In fact, "It is only right that
thoughtful Christian youth be sensitive to these issues even more than
other people."
"The notes I hear," he continued, "are the insistence that every
human being is a person of importance and worth; that material
security ought not have the highest priority in life; that love ought
to characterize all of our interpersonal relationships; that right ideals
are worth suffering for; that honesty should characterize our actions;
that unconventional methods may open exciting new doors into the
future; and that whatever ought to be done ought to be done now.
"It is at this point that Christians have something in common with
the youth of the revolt movement. These ideals have been held by
Christians for centuries but sometimes have been lost to sight. Sud-denly
they are being sounded dramatically in a variety of strange places."
Later in his address the President lists eight general principles
by which Christian youth and students at Bethel should guide their
behavior. "The application of these principles has led to the identifica-tion
of some social practices which are viewed as detrimental to the
common good at Bethel. I might indicate that violation of these social
standards at Bethel usually results in appropriate disciplinary action."
(And I might add that he is right.)
If the youth revolt is a world wide social revolution, and the
violation of social standards is followed by appropriate disciplinary
action, it is reasonable to doubt whether the social revolution defended
by the president will ever come out of the shadows on evangelical cam-puses.
Social change and legalistic social standards constitute incompatible
Artist Series
tickets on sale
Tickets for several interesting
artist series in the Twin Cities
area are available at the present
time. Although 'most of the series
tickets are expensive, some of them
are reasonable. The concerts them-selves
promise to be of good quali-ty.
Two particularly promising ser-ies
— as far as high quality, rea-sonable
cost, and close location are
concerned — are the St. Paul Ser-ies
and the "Explorations 70" Ser-ies.
The St. Paul Series, sponsored
by the full Minnesota Orchestra,
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski director,
occur Thursdays at 8:00 p.m. at
the College of St. Catherine Fine
Arts Center. A ticket series for
the balcony is $20 or $28 for 10
concerts consisting of primarily
classical music.
"Explorations 70", a series of
five concerts for people with ad-venturous
tastes in music, will be
presented by the St. Paul Chamber
Orchestra at the Janet Wallace
Fine Arts Center on the Macalester
College campus. The series, sched-uled
for Saturday evenings at 8:30
p.m., will open on October 18.
The other four concerts will be
presented Dec. 20, Jan. 3, Feb. 28
and April 4.
The concerts will feature works
by at least a dozen twentieth cen-tury
composers, including three
compositions specially commission-ed
by the Chamber Orchestra.
Tickets for this contemporary ser-ious
music series are priced at
$16 and $11.
If you'd like to attend these or
other concert series but the prices
seem a little steep, find another
culturally minded person who
would split the cost of a series
with you. It's worth it.
For further information on tick-ets
contact Mr. Whitinger in the
Music Office.
but nothing will
happen untilwe
pause to flame'
by Dave Shupe
Some days ago, I asked Pat if
I could write again about the
"Bethel College scene." After half-baking
many articles of my own,
I discovered that what I wished
to say had been' said already. and
better — if not perfectly — by a
contemporary poet, William Staf-ford.
Talking along in this not quite
prose way
we all know it is not quite prose
we speak,
and it is time to notice this
intolerable snow
innumerably touching, before we
It is time to notice, I say, the
freezing snow
hesitating toward us from other's
grey heaven;
listen—it is falling not quite
and under it still you and I are
Maybe there are trumpets in the
houses we pass
and a redbird watching from an
but nothing will happen until we
to flame what we know, before any
signal's given.
the white man has done to rob
the black of his dignity and sense
of identity.
We as Christians have something
to learn from the hips and the
blacks. Something we should have
been spreading around a long, long
time ago. That is soul, man, soul.
The importance and ecstacy of now.
The utter sense of joy and exhilara-tion
that comes from being able to
transcend our own sordid natures
and this world's sordid reality
through Christ's love and involve-ment
in us and our love and in-volvement
in other people.
Evangelicals are unfortunately
stereotyped by "the world" as be-ing
bigoted, boring, straight-laced
sourpusses. I must say the descrip- .
tion does apply to more "Chris-tians"
than I'd like to admit.
Christ came that we might have
life, and have it more abundantly.
Do you realize what this means?
Are you living, being, experiencing
up to your potential? We have the
key to the most fullfilling and re-warding
life. Aren't we squander-ing
it by consciously or subcon-sciously
limiting ourselves to the
antedated and sterilized forms of
worship, conventional forms of
dress, hollow forms of greeting
and communication? What a pity
and what a waste to have a staid
and stereotyped form of life with
no room for spontenaity and crea-tivity.
Think and feel. Feel and think.
Interlocked and vital for life. Ne-glect
leads to death.
Begin to live your vision.
Marjorie Rusche
Eax, the Old English word for axis, is the name of a new column
that will appear weekly in the Clarion. The focus for this column will be
the problems, both foreign and domestic, that face our nation and our
society. Eax, to be more precise, will be a presentation of facts that
are vital to understanding such complex problems as the Vietnam war,
poverty, racism, crime, and unemployment.
These problems, and many others are the subject of much discussion
in contemporary America. They cry out for solution. But the bulk of
adult Americans today are complacent and even a bit defensive about
the status quo.
It is particularly important that the college-educated be prepared
to think in terms of solutions to the problems that face us. Today the
college-educated segment of our society is the fastest growing portion
of our population. But a college degree does not assure a concern in
the future of our society and nation. We must learn to put aside apathy
and the false security of complacency in order to understand the
problems of America.
This, then, is the purpose of Eax: to inform and stimulate thought
that will build the potential to solve problems. Americans can no
longer "let the government do it." They must become full partners with
their leaders as they meet and seek to solve the problems that loom larger
every day.
The growth of racism in America
Race riots are the most frightening outgrowth of racism to the
middle class American. This is perhaps true because riots threaten
the sanctity of private property — the idol of the American property
owner. But such riots are not racist themselves. They are the predictable
expression of the hatred bred in Blacks by that towering monster—
White Racism.
Ever since the first boatload of Blacks arrived in Jamestown in
1619, an attitude has grown in this country. That attitude, the "basic
inferiority" of the Negro, was a gradual product of various factors,
economic and others.
There was indeed a need for cheap labor in the young tobacco
industry of the Virginia Colony. The most desirable labor source was
Africa. The Negro was able to work long hours in the hot sun due to
his conditioning in the tropics. Without Black labor the colony could
not grow its cash crop, tobacco, which meant that the colony would fail
and probably have to withdraw to England. Though it is not certain
that the first shipload of Blacks came as slaves, it is known that within
a few years slaveholding was widespread in Virginia.
In later years the addition of cotton to American agricultural products
brought an increased demand for slaves.
At this point, over a century before the nation began to press for
its independence from England, white racism had its start. The Negro
and slavery were essential to Southern Agriculture. In search of a moral
justification for slaveholding, Southern landowners began the philoso-phy
of White Supremacy. They envisaged themselves as saving the
Blacks from the bleak existence of African tribesmen. White society,
and white man, himself, was held superior to Blacks.
The actual behavior of slaveowners was not universally bad. Some
owners treated their slaves rather as employees. But racism had gained
its foothold in the white mentality. In the process of socialization,
children learned to hold Blacks in low esteem, even to hate or fear them.
Even after the Civil War the attitude of racism prevailed. In the
South this was mixed with bitterness and despair. Even after the
instrument that degraded the Blacks had been destroyed, the racist
attitude it generated continued and hardened in both the North and
The effort to defeat racism is a war in the hearts and minds of
men. It is a much more difficult and significant war than the one that
split this nation over a century ago. Today, one hundred and four years
after Appomattox, the Black American is still not a full citizen.
The National Advisory Committee on Civil Disorders, in its report
to the President and the American People held white racism as the
underlying cause of Black rioting. The next article in this series on
racism deals with the extend of racism in America today.
the CLARION
Published weekly during the academic
year, except during vacation and exami-nation
periods, by the students of Bethel
College, St. Paul, Minn. 55101. Sub-scription
rate $4 per year.
Editor-in-chief Pat Faxon
News Editor Marjorie Rusche
Sports Editor Wally Borner
Copy Editor Tony Magnuson
Layout Editor Sue Bonstrom
Proofreader Karen Rodberg
Circulation Manager Joey Healy
Photographer Ray Smith
Advisor Jon Fagerson
Technical Advisor Mark Olson
To the editor—
I, along with many others, was
excited over Dean Olson's speech
in chapel Sept. 12; his professed
concern and desire for renewal of
the mind both individually and
communally. How it needed to be
said — the vision of the Holy Spirit
as a quickening flame sending
sparks of intellectual awareness
and vitality throughout a whole
college community — particularly
the Bethel College community.
Agreed. It is absolutely essential
that an educated individual know
how to think, 'be it analytically,
critically, or creatively. We need
this tremendous desire to keep
not apace but ahead of what's
happening, we are burdened and
blessed with the moral responsi-bility
to provide leadership in the
still-more-turbulent times to come.
However, a truly educated man
or woman not only thinks, he or
she feels, experiences, is. The art
of being must be just as carefully
developed as the art of thinking.
Indeed, it's more difficult.
"Being" is the thing that the
"hippie" culture focuses on. Be
yourself. Do your thing. Groove
with the elements — and the
chemicals. Turned off by the plas-ticity,
sterility, and conformity of
American life, "hippies" turn on
to love, giving, sharing, the experi-ence
of now. The whole emphasis
is to find yourself in and through
other people.
The blacks are developing a
sense of brotherhood, soul, group
solidarity — which is a tremendous
accomplishment considering what
Olson draws reaction
An apology is due the library
staff — Mrs. Ross and Mrs. Han-sen
in particular. Last week's
Clarion reported Mrs. Ross from
Northwestern University instead
of Northwestern College. Mrs.
Carol Hansen, not Mrs. Carol
Christensen, is the new refer-ence
Don't wait until
someone says no!
Start a
before September 30th and get
the first 50 checks
Have you tried to
Cash that home
town Check?
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Festival Choir
begins practice
40. Friday, September 19, 1969
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'Tum-on' oversell
Although not all of these people were in the original cast,
the above reenactment resembles the scene last Friday nite
when over 5 score Bethelites turned out for 'Turn-on.'
Rehearsals for the biggest mu-sical
events of the semester, Fes-tival
of Christmas, began Thursday.
The specific group practicing was
the Festival Choir, which consists
of the Womens' Choir, Male Chor-us,
College Choir, and other staff,
faculty, and students interested in
You can still audition if you are
interested in participating in Fes-tival
Choir. Mr. Whitinger, located
in the lower level of the Colegle
Building, is in charge of the audi-tions.
The Festival of Christmas will
be held Dec. 12th, 13th, and 14th
in the Fieldhouse. The program
will be announced at a later date.
by Dave Greener
Student publications at Bethel,
were recently bolstered by the ap-pointment
of an advisor whose
credentials are numerous.
Mark Olson, a second-year stu-dent
at Bethel Seminary has as-sumed
the task of "Advisor to
Student Publications" for t h e
school year 1969-70. In this posi-tion,
it will be Olson's job to
fulfill such functions as making
suggestions and having discussions
with publications editors, evaluat-ing
their staffs' work, and perhaps
conducting workshops with staff
summers as an editorial assistant
for Harvest Publications and cur-rently
he is editor of the Bethel
Seminary newspaper, Diakrisis. He
tentatively plans graduate work in
Christian Journalism after his grad-uation
from Seminary.
Mark feels that "publications
at Bethel have been fairly good—
particularly the Clarion," although
he adds that he thinks "there
could be further improvements."
Although he sees his role as
purely advisory—not as a worker
or as an editor — Olson says he
"would like to see the Spire and
the Clarion have a more important
place on the campus." As he says,
"I think that well-produced publi-cations
can add significantly to
the overall quality of the campus
As for the Clarion in particular,
it is Olson's hope that "the Clarion
could have a wider-ranging, more
penetrating news coverage as well
as careful editorial comment on
issues significant to the students."
While attempting to achieve
such goals and going to Seminary
Mark will have an additional re-sponsibilty
this school year. As of
this summer, he is a newlywed.
Mark and the new Mrs. Olson
reside at the Seminary Apartments
in Arden Hills.
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anger. And why shouldn't there
be all of these phenomena?
As a pastor who had brought
young people from Eden Prairie
said, ". . . Poor arrangements were
made. The whole thing should have
been in the auditorium, instead of
bothering with the armory. (note:
this would have presented prob-lems
too.) I'm very disappointed.
But they are trying to deal with
the problem; this is much appre-ciated,
of course."
Why had there been an oversell?
"We couldn't ask young people
to come into town to buy all the
tickets," said Dr. Victor Nelson,
executive secretary of the Con-gress.
"We can't release the exact
number of tickets, because then
there is a possibility of an under-sell."
As Reverend Paul Fryhling,
Chairman of the Executive Com-mittee
revealed, We distributed
tickets through 200 youth groups.
We didn't want them to be short."
He explained that their purpose
wasn't to make money. They didn't
want to keep people out and had
gotten the largest facilities they
could. (The Met Sports Center was
"out" because of a Twins game at
the nearby Stadium.) Performers
had been at high school assemblies
around the Twin Cities, and Fryh-ling
himself "believed all the while
that it would sell out the place."
Yet it was a "one-shot" thing and
accurate predictions had not been
made. Fryhling did state that the
"audience had been great and very
cooperative." He also had praise
for the "great effort on the part
of these kids (the performers) "who
made their way from the Armory
to the Auditorium."
Among the first of these was the
Kinsfolk from Australia. Currently
operating with Billy Graham, they
usually perform in coffee houses
with an "intimate, more folky
Another group who was "live"
at the Auditorium was The Earth-rise
Singers, who were also at
Bethel last week.
Bill McKee, noted speaker for
high school assemblies, had words
for the youth at the Auditorium.
Spicing up his message with hu-mor,
McKee brought out the idea
of Christ as "The Answer" to many
of the youth's problems.
Finally Pat Boone arrived, but
without an orchestra. Pat didn't
sing, he did give his testimoy, say-ing
that until recently his career
had been one thing that had kept
him from a proper relationship
with God and that he had had to
be ready to give it up if that's
what God wanted.
During the evening — amidst
some confusion and much over-selling
— Dr. Nelson could say
about the program, "We think it
shows that young people are in-terested
in something that is in
their wavelength, communicates to
them, and has answers to some of
their problems."
Publications receive new advisor
Olson, who has had much experi-ence
with newspapers, yearbooks,
and other publications, graduated
from Wheaton College in 1968 with
a B.A. in the social sciences. At
Wheaton, he worked for the col-lege
newspaper for three years,
fulfilling various responsibilities,
including that of managing editor
his final year. He was also on the
yearbook staff for a year, during
which he served as editor-in-chief.
He took on similar positions during
high school days.
Olson, originally from the "Land
of Lincoln" (he is a native of Wau-kegon,
Illinois), is interested in
a career of Christian journalism.
He has already worked several
African Singers
coming on tour
From the Baptist Teacher Train-ing
College and Saker Baptist
College come nineteen students
who compose "The College Sing-ers"
of Cameroon. Missionary Don-ald
E. Witt, principal of Saker
Baptist College, is their director.
"The College Singers" will be
touring the United States and Can-ada
from Sept. 3 to Nov. 24.
They will begin in New York and
go across the northern part of the
United States, into Ontario, Cana-da,
the Dakotas, then to Winni-peg,
Manitoba, and across Canada
to Vancouver, British Columbia.
From there the Singers will travel
down the west coast to Southern
California, eastward into Texas and
up through Oklahoma and Kansas
and on to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
and Cleveland, Ohio. In all, about
60 concerts will be given.
The College Singers will appear
in Minneapolis, Sept. 26, 7:30 p.m.
They will be performing at the
First Baptist Church, 10th and Har-mon.
There is no admission fee,
but a free will offering will be
The group is sponsored by the
North American Baptist General
Conference, Forest Park, Illinois.
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Full Football squad
Scots hand Royals first loss
At the start of the game, Bethel
was optimistically looking for a
win. Macalester was supposed to
have a team weakened by the loss
of many seniors. Our boys, though
not numerous, had a great atti-tude
going for them.
Bethel received. This fact in it-self
was a confidence builder be-cause
we knew we had a good of-fense.
After three line smashes,
Fred Swedberg got a beautiful
punt down field, but the coverage
just wasn't there. Macalester ran
the punt back, got good field posi-tion
and took the ball in from
there. This was the story on the
first three Mac TD's.
After five Macalester touchdowns
and a few evtra points Bethel
got rolling. Murray Sitte opened
the game up, combining on some
fine pass plays with Don Brandsma,
Dave Pound, and finally John Pet-erson
for the score. Brandsma made
some fine catches even though
Mac's coverage was good.
On the extra point attempt, both
our blocking and kick failed. The
half ended with the score 33-6.
Since we had scored, things were
beginning to look up. Even though
Mac was stopping our backs, Barry
Anderson and Bob Olson, the pas-sing
game was moving nicely.
The second half started with the
fans expecting to see Bethel come
back with a vengeance in the
form of a passing attack. However,
Macalester had adjusted their pass
defense well, and we were stifled
there too. Then Sitte, the starting
quarterback, was injured (he had
40 stitches taken in his chin) and
replaced by back-up quarterback
Gary Hasselblad. Gary had not
played football since high school
four years ago and has only recent-ly
come out for football at Bethel.
He is a fine competitor with a
cool head, but was too inexperien-ced
to be effective. Even so, he
put in quite a performance, and
kept the fans on the edge of
their chairs with his scrambling
and passing. The game ended with
Bethel on the short end of the
score, 56-6.
Macalester was bigger, had a fine
quarterback, and some great backs.
The plain facts are that we got
beaten badly. There were a few
bright spots, however — Sitte's
passing, Peterson's, Pound's and
Brandsma's catching, Anderson's
running, and Jack Campbell's fists.
Also, when the newer members of
the team get more game experience
we can expect some great games
from a fine bunch of athletes.
Soccer team begins third season with a new coach
and a promising team.
Seddefte Symposium
Wally Borner
I wasn't there. I was moving into my new apartment so
I wasn't able to see the Bethel-Macalester football tilt. However,
I heard that Bethel teams have looked worse. But with 25
guys, what are you supposed to do. There were 33 on the team
at one time and some were lost to injuries and I sure hope
that some weren't lost due to a lack of intestinal fortitude.
Years ago Macalester had a similar problem. They used
to switch helmets whenever they sent in a substitution. They
had a game against Gustavus once when the Gusties made the
trip to St. Paul with 55 players. Mac had only 22. Can you
guess what the score was at half time? Macalester led 7-0.
I'm not knocking our team, but saying that we shouldn't
give up yet. The guys that are still playing had the opportunity
to call it quits when only 23 fellows showed up for football
camp. They could have said that it wouldn't be worth the
effort to go into games with the likes of Macalester and Hamline
and get dumped by some humiliating score.
More than ever, this handful of men needs to know that
the college community is behind them. Give them a pat on the
back or a word of encouragement and maybe they'll get so
much enthusiasm and adrenalin flowing, they'll come up with
a victory or two. The ball players will have to gut out the
season. I don't think it would be fair for us to sit back and
pretend that they don't eve*n *ex i*st .
Our home town Vikes did O.K. in the pre-season as they
rolled up five wins and one loss. I don't know how they did
it because everybody tells me they don't have a good quarter-back.
They don't have a quarterback like everybody said the
Twins didn't have a pitching staff.
Anyway, the Vikings will have a rough time. The central
division has four teams that are as close to even as you could
want. It looks like the winner will be lucky to end up with nine
wins. That winner will have to be the one getting the breaks.
It just can't be worth while to predict any finish, not even with
my Viking prejudice.
It should be an exciting year. Baltimore is so loaded with
charismatic stars that they should be able to hypnotize their
opponents into giving them the top spot. I don't think Joe
Namath would be able to stop them when the chips are really
Baltimore didn't have too hard a time beating the Dallas
Cowboys last Sunday night. But Roger Staubach, filling in at
quarterback for the Cowboys, put on a scrambling exhibition
that would dilate the pupils of Fran Tarkenton. With that kind
of exhibition after being out of football for a while, it will be
interesting to see him when he gets a season or two under
his belt. * * *
Well sports fans, this is good-bye. It's come to the point
where I must turn over my mantle to someone else. I've greatly
appreciated your comments, criticism, and compliments.
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Friday, September 19, 1969
Soccer team travels to Owatonna
to begin season against Pillsbury
Murray Sitte received 40
day game with Macalester.
stitches as a result of Satur-
Bethel's fledgling soccer team
will be traveling to Owatonna Sat-urday
morning for a 10:00 game
against Pillsbury College. The Roy-als
will be out to avenge an open-ing
game loss to Pillsbury last
The squad has been practicing
regularly for two weeks and is in
considerably better condition than
last year. Also, a strong nucleus
from last year and some very ca-pable
freshmen should help build
the team into a strong, winning
Dr. Abraham has been coaching
and helping with the finer points
of the game as well as working on
the fundamentals with the less
experienced players.
The soccer teams offense will
center around Joe Goff, a fresh-man
from Massachusetts. Dan An-derson,
an M.K. from Brazil, will
team up with sophomore Lee Gran-lund
at the wing positions. Pete
Wicklund will be back as an inner
end. Transfer Jon Lewis will be
on at the inner position. All five
men are very experienced ball play-ers.
Dan Anderson must be spec-ially
noted for his dribbling skills.
Jon Nordstrom will be back in
the .gial. Supporting him at defense
will be fullback Jim Bussiere and
the versatile Jerry Jenfa. Ray
Smith will be center half with
veteran Tim Larson and freshman
Denny Peterson at the other half
back posts.
Doyle Musser and Wendell Wah-lin
are first year players and show
signs of becoming very capable
reserve players.
After the Pillsbury contest, the
team has upcoming engagements
with Bethany Lutheran of Mankato,
which will be played in St. Paul,
and with Trinity College which is
located in the Chicago area. Other
games will be scheduled with Mac-alester,
Concordia, Hamline, and
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Free-Range Chicken Gardens: How to Create a Beautiful, Chicken-Friendly Yard
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MIME Messaging
Python's main library for dealing with email messages is called the email library, which contains many different objects. A good portion of these objects are concerned with creating and manipulating MIME objects. MIME stands for Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions and is the standard for formatting email messages, especially email messages that carry attachments. A full discussion of MIME is quite extensive and beyond the scope of this article; however, some familiarity with the standard is useful for understanding how MIME messages are composed.
A MIME message is composed of many "parts," each of which holds a separate piece of data. This data can be any number of different types, for example, it could be text, an image, a media file, or any number of other things. Most messages nowadays are classified overall as "multipart" which means they contain several different parts, each containing a different type of data. MIME defines several header fields to help with the task of classifying and separating the "parts" of an email message.
Particularly, the Python libraries for email wrap much of the details surrounding the creation of MIME messages. This includes things like how to encode specific types of data so other email clients know how to decode the data, and creating message part boundary descriptions, which are often annoying low level tasks that the typical Python programmer doesn't want to deal with directly.
{mospagebreak title=The Python Email Library}
Python's email library contains many useful classes for performing menial tasks with email. The most important of the classes is the "Message" class. This is the base class upon which all other "message-part" classes are derived in the MIME object hierarchy. Any multipart message (a message with attachments) is represented by Python as a nested, linked structure of "Message" objects, while simple messages are represented by a single "Message" object. Some useful methods on the "Message" object are:
__len__(): Gives the number of header fields for the message.
__getitem__(name): Returns the value of the name header field.
__setitem__(name, val): Sets the name header field to val.
__delitem__(name): Deletes the name header field.
attach(payload): Adds the payload Message object to the payload for the message.
as_string(): Returns a string representation of the message, often used when sending the message though the SMTP object.
The Email Parser
Another useful object is Parser. This object takes either a string representation of a message (for instance, a string downloaded from an email server) or a file containing flat text of an email and turns it into the appropriate Python "Message" object representing the email. There are two ways to parse an email message. First, you can simply create the whole message object structure to represent the entire message, including all the different message-parts. Second, it is possible to tell the parser to just parse the headers of a message.
When you are only interested in the headers of a message, the second method is significantly faster. It has limited usefulness in client-side operations, as you will generally be downloading message data from a remote server, in which case you will only download the data you wish to use. However, if you were writing a script to run over messages stored as files on a server, this can be useful if you want to get message statistics without having to parse the entire message body structure — in case someone has a 30 megabyte attachment in their mailbox, for instance.
Additionally, there are a couple of shortcut functions available that allow you to skip the actual creation of a Parser object. These functions are called "message_from_string" and "message_from_file." They take a string or file pointer respectively and return the message object, without the coding overhead of creating a Parser object and then calling the actual method on the object. However, these functions don't allow you to parse only headers.
The following are a few examples to show how to use these objects. In these cases, we assume that there is a string representation of a message in the variable "msg." This could be built up directly from strings provided by the users or by downloading from a mail server, something that was described in the previous two articles in this series.
p = Parser()
emailMessage = p.parsestr(msg)
msgJustHeaders = p.parsestr(msg, True)
The second to last line parses the entire message, and the last line parses just the headers, as previously discussed. Alternatively, the same thing can be accomplished by using the shortcut methods like this:
import email
emailMessage = email.message_from_string(msg)
The shortcut methods are great if you only need plain vanilla functionality for a relatively small set of messages, and you want the entire message parsed each time. In addition, parsing a message directly from a file would work the same as above, but you would substitute the "parse" method for "parsestr" in the first example, and change the shortcut method to "message_from_file." In both examples, you would pass a file pointer object rather than a message string.
{mospagebreak title=Manipulating Message Objects}
One of the major tasks you will want to accomplish when working with email messages is header manipulation. Basically, you can add, delete, modify, and list headers that are associated with an email message. Let's assume you have parsed a message as above, and the resulting "Message" objects are in the "emailMessage" object. We can now do the following actions to modify headers:
fields = emailMessage.keys()
if emailMessage.has_key('To'):
emailMessage.__setitem__('To', 'firstname.lastname@example.com')
subj = emailMessage.__getitem__('Subject')
print "The message contains the following keys:n"
for field in fields:
print field + "n"
The preceding code grabs the header fields from the message. It then checks to see whether the message contains a "To" field. If it does, it deletes that field. Next, it sets the "To" field to the value firstname.lastname@example.com. After that, it fetches the "Subject" field and then prints out all of the field names on separate lines.
The above code is useful for fairly simple actions with email, and for many applications, this will be sufficient to accomplish the overall goal. However, the Python email library allows for the manipulation of much more complex header fields very easily. This takes place through the various "param" methods. Some headers are expected to have parameters added to allow them to carry more data in a compact fashion and to associate that data with a particular task. The standard application of this is in the "Content-type" header.
Usually, when you are working with MIME messages, the constructors for the various MIME Message objects will take care of setting the "Content-Type" header correctly, as will parsing a message using the parsing methods described above, and you won't necessarily have to manually set this header. However, if you are defining a content type or subtype that isn't covered by the built in Python classes, this will be important. To set a parameter, you use the "set_param" method, and to retrieve a parameter "get_param." In addition, Python provides a ready made "set_type" which takes a string with the names of the main-type and sub-type and sets the Content-Type header appropriately.
{mospagebreak title=Sending Email Messages}
The first step in sending an email message is to instantiate an "SMTP" object with the IP address and port of the remote SMTP server where the client should connect. If these arguments aren't supplied, you will have to call the "connect" method after instantiation to connect to the server. Once you've created the SMTP object, normally all you will need to use are the "sendmail" method and "quit" to close the connection.
In addition to these methods, the SMTP library also allows a client to authenticate with a username and password for servers that require authentication. Also, you can directly issue an SMTP command with the server using the "docmd" method. This is great for writing your own SMTP extensions, or for beginning to implement your own SMTP class. You can also use the SMTP "VRFY" command with the "verify" method to find out if a server has a specific address. However, remember that this functionality is often disabled on servers today for security reasons and to prevent spammers from taking advantage of it to send junk email.
The SMTP class's "sendmail" function is the most interesting for this article. When you call this method, you must send strings with the "To:" and "From:" addresses as well as the full message represented as a string. In order to make parsing email useful, you will probably want to send the messages you've parsed at some point, or use a built "Message" object structure to send an email. You will need to get a string representation of your "Message" objects. This is as easy as calling the "as_string" method on the top "Message" object in the hierarchy. This returns a string encoded representation of the message ready for sending with the SMTP object. Following is an example of sending a message. Again we will assume that "emailMessage" is a Message object with data about some email.
server = SMTP("126.96.36.199")
server.login("username", "password")
server.sendmail(emailMessage['from'], emailMessage['to'], emailMessage.as_string())
In general, sending email with Python is really very easy. You can take as much or as little control over the process as you wish. It's certainly possible to jump in with just the built-in classes that are provided and build most applications for email. However, if you need to go deeper, many tools are provided for you to do just that, all within the great framework of the Python scripting engine.


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Cosmagic is a rather quirky little brand from Japan. Without realising, I have actually tried quite a few of their products, like their measurable mascara, glitter eyeliner and eyebrow pencil!
My latest haul is their Sweet Deco Cheek Blusher which comes in 2 variations; Strawberry Pink and Peach Pink. I chose Peach Pink:
This cute blusher comes with lots of bits and pieces, so to speak!
In the pack you get; a blusher, a lid, a powder brush, and a fluff brush:
The blusher is a mixture of 2 powders (one is a highlighter) and the heart shape section is a cream. The lid is nice but it's a bit annoying having to unscrew it.
The brush is an average blush brush and the puff is super cute but WHAT THE HEY?! Who uses this kind of applicator!
The palette:
Peach pink is best for fairer tones so it shows up on me as quite a sheer wash of colour. It does show up, it just isn't mega pigmented. It is also quite glittery and the highlighter is whitish pink which means one has to be careful that pores are not amplified, and one doesn't look to 'fake'.
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Q: When are admissions and financial aid deadlines?
A: For admissions and financial-aid deadlines, please refer to our deadlines calendar.
Q. Is there a difference in competitiveness between Early Decision, Early Action and Regular Decision?
A: Early Decision (ED) allows applicants who know that Dickinson is their first choice to enter the admission process early, enjoying a review process focused on the student's individual merits rather than the strengths of the larger pool. Early Action (EA) allows applicants to learn of their admission earlier than they would in Regular Decision (RD), maintaining the opportunity to entertain offers from other colleges through the May 1 Candidate Reply Date.
Q. What is the difference between applying Early Decision I and Early Decision II?
A: Aside from the fact that the application deadline for ED I is Nov. 15 and the deadline for ED II is Jan. 15 there is no difference between the programs. The size of the applicant pools in both programs is much smaller than Early Action and Regular Decision, allowing you to be evaluated for admission based on your own merits rather than in competition with other applicants.
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A: Dickinson's long-standing test-optional policy provides you with a choice regarding the submission of standardized test scores. At Dickinson, submitting SAT1 or ACT scores is optional for admission. This policy was designed for students who have demonstrated academic excellence in the classroom and who do not believe their standardized test scores accurately reflect their abilities. If you choose not to submit test scores, you must indicate so on the Dickinson members page of the Common Application. Test score submission is required for international students applying for admission.
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We first reported on Captive Media's pee-controlled urinal-based video game technology exactly a year ago, with the firm at the time trialing them in UK bars to see if it'd make a splash with peeing punters there.
It evidently did. The latest news is that the firm has secured $700,000 in early-stage funding to help take the high-tech urinals beyond European shores, with a US launch likely at some point in the near future.
The latest investment comes from six groups, including Cambridge-based technology fund Martlet and tech investor Mike Ullmann of Prodigy Finance.
The technology comprises a 12-inch LCD screen that fits just above the urinal and an infrared beam that detects the direction of a user's pee. New urinals aren't required, and few alterations are made to the existing ones, so it's really just a matter of fitting the screens.
Clever Dick
As a visitor to the washroom approaches a urinal, an ad from one of its 12 'PTV' channels begins playing on the monitor. Once the pee begins to flow, it automatically switches to gaming mode, allowing the urinator to engage in games such as Clever Dick and On The Piste using only the power of his pee.
"Sophisticated algorithms then allow the user to do something simple, but very engaging – controlling the system just by aiming their stream left or right," Captive Media says on its website.
The games have been specially designed to prevent a player splashing outside of the bowl – indeed, the system ensures the majority of the delivery ends up inside the bowl, something that fails to happen all too often in some drinking establishments.
Score center
The system has proved so popular with the peeing public that its maker has even launched an online score center to show off the scores of the most skillful players.
Commenting on the success of the system, Captive Media co-founder Mark Melford said in a statement, "Since receiving a huge amount of media attention, we've been overwhelmed with enquiries from all over the world. People are responding to the fun, the interactivity and 'talkability' of our medium. Through the games and element of competition we're really putting 'social' and outdoor media together for the first time."
Bars, restaurants, hotels and airports are showing a keen interest in the urinal-based technology, while an increasing number of businesses are looking to advertise their wares on PTV.
"According to published research, the average visit time for a UK male is 55 seconds – equivalent to two standard TV ad slots," its maker said, claiming that "test promotions with brands have resulted in sales spikes of over 40 percent."
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Sox walk off with a victory
Ellsbury delivers with single in 9th
Welcome to the dog days of August.
Or, after the start of last night's game was delayed 1 hour 35 minutes by heavy rain, should that be the cats-and-dog days of August?
Whatever the case, the Red Sox found themselves engaged in yet another tussle with the Cleveland Indians after dropping the first game of this four-game series Monday night.
Clinging to a one-game lead over the Yankees in the American League East standings, the Sox escaped with a 3-2 win over the Indians last night on Jacoby Ellsbury's first career walk-off RBI before 38,101 at Fenway Park.
Before he was ejected in the eighth for arguing a checked-swing strikeout, Kevin Youkilis tied it, 2-2, with a leadoff homer in the sixth.
Franklin Morales threw two scoreless innings in relief of Josh Beckett and Jonathan Papelbon (3-0) got the win with a perfect ninth.
It set the stage for Ellsbury to drive in pinch-runner Jarrod Saltalamacchia with the winning run on his single to center off Vinny Pestano.
With one out Jason Varitek hit a one-out single to center and was replaced by Saltalamacchia. Josh Reddick, in the game for Darnell McDonald, followed with a broken-bat flare to right center to put two men aboard.
Ellsbury hit a sharply struck single to center and Saltalamacchia beat the throw from center by sliding head-first into the plate.
"I knew he was going to be aggressive with me on that first pitched ball and I was trying to be aggressive in the zone and trying to [hit] something hard up the middle,'' said Ellsbury.
Beckett got off to a rocky start, surrendering a one-out solo homer to Jason Kipnis in the first inning.
Kipnis, who hit his second homer of the season off Matt Albers in the ninth inning of Monday night's win, sent Beckett's first offering to him (a 95 mile-per-hour fastball) into the Sox bullpen.
Beckett, who owned the best opponent average (.184) in the majors, kept the damage to a minimum, striking out Asdrubal Cabrera and inducing Travis Hafner to pop up to left fielder Carl Crawford.
The Sox answered in the second inning, manufacturing an unearned run.
David Ortiz drew a leadoff walk, and Crawford followed with a ground ball to short that had all the makings of a double play.
Kipnis, however, bobbled the relay from Cabrera, enabling Ortiz to slide safely into second. Mike Aviles, making his first start for the Sox at shortstop, then singled to left to load the bases for Varitek.
The Sox catcher struck out, but the pitch got past catcher Carlos Santana, allowing Ortiz to score.
Huff bore down and fanned Darnell McDonald and Ellsbury, striking out the side.
In the fourth, Indians third baseman Lonnie Chisenhall wrapped a 90-m.p.h. changeup from Beckett around the Pesky Pole in right to give the Indians a 2-1 lead. It was Chisenhall's third homer of the season.
Beckett responded with a 1-2-3 fifth, striking out Kipnis looking to end the inning. By that juncture, Beckett had thrown 64 pitches, 46 strikes.
The Sox threatened in the bottom of the fifth when, with one out, Cabrera bobbled Ellsbury's sharp grounder for an error.
Ellsbury advanced to second on Dustin Pedroia's hard single to right. But Adrian Gonzalez, whose first-inning double extended his hitting streak to 12 games, killed the rally when he grounded into a 4-6-3 double play.
Beckett continued to grind in the sixth. After punching out Cabrera with a 95-m.p.h. fastball to end a nine-pitch at-bat, he allowed Hafner to reach on a broken-bat single to right.
Hafner was forced at second on Santana's fielder's choice. Santana stole second but wound up stranded when Beckett got Kosuke Fukudome to ground to second to end the inning.
Through six innings, Beckett fanned seven and had no walks.
Huff, though, did not answer the bell in the sixth, handing it over Rafael Perez after throwing 102 pitches in five innings. He allowed one run (unearned) on three hits and a pair of walks while striking out six.
Youkilis greeted Perez by clobbering his 16th homer into the Green Monster seats to tie it, 2-2.
Perez departed after two-thirds of an inning and handed it to Joe Smith, who got Aviles to ground to third to end the sixth.
Morales came on for Beckett in the seventh and put up zeroes over his next two frames, allowing just one hit (a seventh-inning double to Ezequiel Carrera) while striking out three batters.
Pedroia chased Smith from the game with his leadoff single to right, prompting Cleveland manager Manny Acta to summon Tony Sipp to face Gonzalez with one on and no out in the bottom of the eighth.
Sipp got Gonzalez to fly to right before getting Youkilis to fan on a 3-2 pitch he tried to hold up on. But first base umpire Gerry Davis ruled it a swing, causing Youkilis to howl in protest.
Youkilis turned for the Sox dugout and was within a few feet of reaching the steps when he was ejected by Davis. After Ortiz drew an intentional walk, Crawford stranded two runners with his pop to second.
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Perez hails Ronaldo win
Real Madrid president Florentino Perez hailed Cristiano Ronaldo after the Portugal superstar won the 2013 FIFA Ballon d'Or, saying "justice has been done."
An emotional Ronaldo picked up the award for the world's best player at a ceremony in Zurich on Monday night after pipping Barcelona playmaker Lionel Messi, who had won the crown for the last four years, and Bayern Munich winger Franck Ribery in the voting.
It was the second time Ronaldo has won the Ballon d'Or, with his other victory coming in 2008, and Madrid chief Perez believes it was thoroughly deserved.
He said on his club's website: "Justice has been done because he's the best player in the world.
"He's an example to everyone.
"We Real Madrid fans are very happy and it's a special day for us all. When the best player is chosen once a year, it's an honour to have him in our team.
"I don't want to exaggerate, but this is not just about the Ballon d'Or but also about the recognition for a leader in football who always want to achieve more."
Ronaldo's team-mates were also keen to congratulate the Portugal captain for his success, which came after he racked up a mammoth 69 goals for both club and country last year.
Madrid goalkeeper and Spain skipper Iker Casillas, who voted for Ronaldo as his first-choice ahead of Bayern Munich duo Ribery and Arjen Robben, wrote on his Twitter feed: "Congratulations friend, you deserve it".
Defender Alvaro Arbeloa tweeted: "Another day of glory for you, Cristiano! I'm proud to fight by your side! Happy Ballon d'Or!"
Sergio Ramos, who was named in the FIFPro World XI team of the year alongside Ronaldo on Monday night, added on his Twitter account: "Hard work, determination, motivation and talent. Congrats to my good friend @Cristiano. You deserve it crack..!!"


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Chinese cuisine has a long history, famous all over the world. Chinese cuisine has developed and matured over the centuries, forming a rich cultural content . It is characterized by fine selection of ingredients, precise processing, particular care to the amount of fire, and substantial nourishment. Different races loved eating chinese foods nowadays thats why a lot of Chinese Resto had risen to fullfill the cravings of every food loveres.
Yang Chow Restaurant
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Master Chef Restaurant
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Chi Dynasty
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Won Kok Restaurant
Golden China Restaurant
The Dragon Chinese Restaurant
Wok Master
Bamboo Forest Chinese Restaurant
Frontier Wok Too
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Little China Restaurant
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Bamboo Cuisine
Phoenix Inn Chinese Cuisine
Tasty Garden Restaurant
Green Apple China Bistro
Chyn King Restaurant
Louie's Chinese Restaurant
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Empress Pavilion, Inc.
Lucky China
Young King Chinese Restaurant
Ma Ma's Lu Dumpling House
Golden China Restaurant
China Express
House of Joy Chinese Restaurant
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Chinese Deli T & D
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Le Mandarette
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2013 is first year for nonpartisan Kinston races, staggered Pink Hill races
Although the filing period is months away, local incumbents and elections officials are getting their minds set for this year's municipal elections.
Every election has something special about it, and 2013's race will be no exception in Lenoir County's three municipalities.
In Kinston, nonpartisan elections will be held for the first time, meaning there will be no primary, and voters will not see a party affiliation beside the candidates' names when they go into the voting booth.
The change from partisan elections comes from five years of residents' petition drives, a 2008 referendum and a legal battle that almost went to the U.S. Supreme Court.
"I believe this race will be run on individual merit, not party affiliation. … Anyone who wants to file can file," said John Nix of Kinston, who made an unsuccessful run for the Kinston City Council as an unaffiliated candidate in 2011.
Nix, who said he plans to run again for council this year, was also the lead petitioner in the citizen lawsuit, Nix v. Holder, to have Section 5 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act declared unconstitutional — Section 5 is the part of the law which requires the U.S. Justice Department to preclear jurisdictions with a history of voter discrimination before any election changes are made.
The DOJ rejected — but later approved — the voter referendum in favor of nonpartisan elections. Justice officials argued in 2009 nonpartisan elections would discriminate against black voters in Kinston but reversed their decision when the town emerged from the 2011 elections with a majority-black City Council.
The nonpartisan quest began with former N.C. Rep. Stephen LaRoque, but he dropped his name from the lawsuit after he was federally indicted last summer.
"I don't know what kind of candidates (nonpartisan elections) will produce but it will be an awesome opportunity," Nix said.
Lenoir County Elections Director Dana King said nonpartisan elections means there will not be a primary, or a runoff election even if the votes are close.
Voters will be instructed to pick based on the number of seats which are available, such as voting for two in the Kinston council race since two seats are contested, or voting for one in the Kinston mayoral race.
The top vote-getter(s) in each field will be the winners.
"There will be no chance of a runoff," King said. "If they only win by one or two (votes), whoever wins, wins."
Jimmy Cochran, chairman of the Lenoir County Democratic Party, said party officials will meet this week to discuss a number of topics, including the municipal elections.
Cochran said he expected, regarding nonpartisan elections, that "people will vote on people they know, people they know about, what they've done."
He said, in a community as small as Kinston, voters will know the candidates and which way they lean politically, even if they do not list their party affiliation.
"I think, even in a nonpartisan race, people will know who they're voting for," he said.
Lenoir County GOP Chairwoman Michele Nix favored nonpartisan elections "because that's what the people of Kinstonvoted for."
She said people want the same things – safe schools, jobs – regardless of political affiliation, but each political party has different methods of reaching those goals.
"If we ran on the issues, rather than party labels, I think we'd accomplish a lot more," Nix continued.
Michele and John Nix are married, and she said the party could still endorse her husband's campaign, since he is a registered Republican.
"I would support him as a spouse and we would support him as a party," she said.
In Kinston, the Republican Mayor B.J. Murphy will be up for re-election, as well as Democratic City Councilmen Bobby Merritt and Robbie Swinson.
None of the three men confirmed if they will be running again, though.
"Jessica and I have had this as one of our top prayer requests for the last three to six months and we simply aren't ready to make a decision or announcement," Murphy said, referring to his wife. "And since filing is not until July we don't feel rushed to make that decision."
If Murphy were to run again, it would be his third time. He made an unsuccessful bid against then-Mayor O.A. "Buddy" Ritch Jr. in 2005, and edged out a victory in a three-man race in 2009 to become Kinston's youngest modern mayor at age 29, and first Republican mayor since Reconstruction.
Murphy, now 32, said whether one or several people file for the office this year "it will have zero bearing on the decision we make for our family and this community."
Murphy also said he had been a "major proponent" of nonpartisan elections for six to eight years.
"Two-thirds of the voters wanted it and this year they're going to get it," he said. "My political position matches what two-thirds of the community really wants."
Merritt, who won his first term on the five-member City Council in 2009, said he had not fully determined if he would run again.
"I am pretty sure I will be running," he said. "I wouldn't say, '100 percent,' but I'm pretty sure I will be running."
He added: "I've enjoyed it and I think we've accomplished a lot and I think we're on the right path — I think 2013 is going to be a good year and I think Kinston's got a lot going for it."
Merritt said nonpartisan elections wouldn't be an issue for him.
"When you're in a small community, it should be that way," he said. "You vote for the person, you don't vote for the party."
Swinson, who has served two terms since being elected to the council in 2005, was hospitalized for several days in late November after suffering a heart attack.
Swinson, who is in his early 40s, said his health will factor into whether he runs again.
"That's a major factor in my decision but I'm still weighing the options and seeing how things are going to go," he said.
He did not expect nonpartisan elections would have a major impact on voter turnout or the number of candidates who file this year.
"I think it's going to be normal business," he said. "I don't think it's going to be a drastic change in the turnout or the numbers."
La Grange and Pink Hill, the county's other two municipalities, will also see races for seats on their town boards this year.
In La Grange, the seats of incumbent Town Council members David Holmes, Veronica "Nicky" Lee and Bobby Wooten will be contested.
In Pink Hill, the seats of town board members Marion Mitchell and Mike Hill will be contested.
In prior elections, the Pink Hill mayor and all board members have run for re-election every four years, but this will be the first year town races are staggered in two-year cycles, with two of the town board members running one cycle and the mayor and third town board member running during the other.
The ballot initiative to stagger elections — the result of legislative action by LaRoque — passed with nearly 70 percent of the local vote in 2011.
"The good thing about having staggered elections is, you don't lose some of the momentum and the experience in what could be a clean sweep of the elected body," Murphy said.
Election dates 2013:
July 5 – candidate filing begins at noon
July 19 – candidate filing ends at noon
Nov. 5 – Election Day
Source: Dana King, Lenoir County elections director
The following seats will be up for election:
Mayor B.J. Murphy
City Councilman Bobby Merritt
City Councilman Robbie Swinson
La Grange:
Town Councilman David Holmes
Town Councilwoman Veronica 'Nicky' Lee
Town Councilman Bobby Wooten
Pink Hill:
Town board member Mike Hill
Town board member Marion Mitchell
Source: Dana King, Lenoir County elections director
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