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Bethel debutante hopefuls will learn to smile, walk, preen, pose in
new modeling school which replaces the now defunct nursing pro-gram.
Pretty-faced nurses
A hidden camera captured these shenanigans during last year's
Welcome Week. This photograph was used as evidence in the anti-
WW decision.
e Carr ion Vol. 55 No. 666 Bethel Collage, Ardent Hole, MN April Fool's
Physics laboratory melts down
by Scott Barsuhn
Plans for the addition of the
nursing school program to
Bethel's curriculum have been al-tered
to accommodate what the
dean's office has termed "a dras-tic
increase of interest in the field
of self-awareness."
The nursing program has been
postponed indefinitely, and the
administration will in turn focus
all of its attention on the develop-ment
of a new modeling school.
"Frankly," said Dean George
Brushaber, "the public has de-manded
it. Modeling is something
that we as a Christian liberal arts
college cannot ignore if we hope
to produce graduates that com-pete
with others adequately in the
job market."
Nation-wide statistics for grad-uates
in the past three years have
shown that a degree in modeling is
a key to employment in virtually
every type of occupation availa-ble.
Bethel intends to incorporate
this trend by equipping graduates
with the necessary experience in
"presenting oneself" to a poten-tial
Screening of applicants will
"tighten up," and a portfolio
must accompany each application
form submitted to the admissions
office. Those students included in
the homecoming royalty of their
high schools will be given first
consideration. All other appli-by
Scott Nannette Barsuhn
Editors Note: A "total nuclear
meltdown and explosion" was
narrowly avoided on Friday,
March 28, according to "inside"
reporter, Scott Nannette Barsuhn.
The administration tried to
keep this thing hush-hush, but I
know all the details, since I was
there when it happened.
I was studying down in Doc's
corner, like I do every Friday get axe
cants will be judged on "looks
alone," and no discriminatory
factors will enter the selection pro-cess.
Chances of reviving the nursing
program are slim because, accord-ing
to Brushaber, "nursing was
really just a cover from the start."
He emphasized the importance
of getting the program launched
before some of the "obviously an-ti-
modeling" students had a
chance to react and criticize.
Those students will be phased out
eventually because of peer pres-sure,
and within the next few
years, Bethel plans to advertise in
"Campus Life" as the "Utopia of
attractiveness in Christian liberal
arts education."
night, when "it" happened. I was
sitting right next to the cookies,
like I usually do, when I heard a
girl scream inside the chem lab.
I heard her yell "fresh!!' so I
knew she and her lab partner must
have just mixed up a fresh concoc-tion
of something that had mole-cules
in it. About 30 seconds later,
she ran out the door of the chem
lab, with her male partner hot on
her heels.
As they ran past the cookie
cans, I heard the guy yell, 'mint-brown,
mint-brown! He looked
pretty desperate, so I three him
about ten Oreo mint cookies as he
That was when I realized both
he and his partner were the same
color as the mint-green cookies.
They were sort of glowing green,
like something you'd see during
Then I heard the explosion. It
wasn't very big, but it did knock
out the west wall of the AC build-ing.
It also knocked all of Doc's
cookies on the floor and they roll-ed
all over the place. I mean they
really rolled far. I even found one
all the way down by the p.o.'s.
I had started picking up all of the
cookies as fast as I could, when I
suddenly noticed they had all
turned into mint cookies. That
was when I realized what the guy
was really saying—meltdown!
Green, slimy smoke then filled
the halls, and I got kind of ticked
off, because my studies had been
interrupted. I was about the only
guy left in the whole AC building,
because everyone else had gone
home for spring break. I decided
that I might as well go home and
clean up, as that green slime was
starting to stain my clothes, skin,
hair and fingernails.
I was going to put Doc's cook-ies
back in his closet, as the locked
door had blown open during the
explosion, but when I looked in,
the closet was gone!
In its place was a huge hole,
about one hundred feet deep, that
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Activity abounds on Sem Hill
by Scott Barsuhn
Rumblings have been heard
from Sem Hill for quite some
time, but today the hill was found
to be volcanically active. The hill
erupted today, spouting students car-rying
sleeping bags and blankets.
"I've felt the earth rumble once
in a while when I've been near
Sem Hill, but I never expected this
would happen," said one observ-er,
who said he saw several stu-dents
race from the hill and seek
shelter in Lake Valentine. "I
don't quite know what to make of
President Lundquist has de-clared
the college and seminary
campus a national disaster area.
Students in townhouses near the
hill were evacuated earlier today.
They have been housed in Bethel's
old campus until their townhouses
can be rebuilt and volcano-proofed.
"I've always said never say ne-ver,"
said the director of student
affairs, who had mentioned prior
to the disaster that old campus
might be a housing consideration
for next fall. "We may have to
move the entire seminary complex
back to old campus, also," he
Many engaged or close-to-it
couples were upset by the blast.
"Sem hill is a fun place to take
your gal in the evening: you can sit
and watch the sunset over Lake
Valentine on cool nights," one
Bethel fellow said. "Now all you
can do is take your geology lab
partner over there to examine lava
Plans to level what is left of the
hill are being made now, and
thoughts of a new lighted jogging
path are in the making. So, al-though
the hill may not be a ro-mantic
spot anymore, running
may become the new sport in that
by Scott Barsuhn
In an attempt to escape the dis-pleasing
affairs of the world, the
Bethel administration has decided
to cancel Welcome Week 1980.
"Welcome Week has become a
madhouse of raging freshmen, as-sisted
by upper-class Welcome
Week staffers who insist on re-verting
to highschool-like behav-ior
to 'orient' the new students,"
said George Brushaber, vice presi-dent
and dean.
Charlie Retts, dean of men and
former Welcome Week chairman,
said, "I'm not surprised. I could
see it coming. The beautiful and
joyous simplicity of Welcome
Week is gone. No more can we re-main
aloof from the world out-side.
It has entered via Bethel
The age old Welcome Week tra-dition
will die a. quick, painless
death. Administration spokesmen
said they cannot let the ordeal
drag on and on. "We must elimin-ate
this activity immediately, be-fore
it penetrates the very walls of
our buildings," said one spokes-man
who wished to remain un-identified.
Other specific reasons for elim-inating
the Welcome Week pro-gram
were posted on the dean's
bulletin board as follows:
1) The interaction between
males and females during Wel-come
Week activities is seen as de-trimental
to the mental health of
2) A large number of broken
bones have resulted from the un-ruly
and wild games arranged by
Welcome Week staffers.
3) General disarray of dorm
rooms during the activities has
been determined to be hazardous
to students' health.
4) The food service is unable to
continue producing quality meals
during Welcome Week so as to
fool students into believing that
the Bethel Food Service serves de-licious
It is felt that the school year
minus Welcome Week will be of a
much higher caliber than a school
year with Welcome Week. Stu-dents
are expected to be in frames
of mind more applicable to heavy
study loads.
Professors are reported to be
excited about the cancellation of
Welcome Week. "If we don't
have to work at first getting stu-dents
calmed down after the impe-tuous,
uncivilized behavior of
Welcome Week, we can get into
the course material earlier and of-fer
students a wider range of
examinations and quizzes during
the term," said Lynn Fauth.
Welcome Week staffers already
chosen for the 1980 program will
not be left without a job for the
summer, though. Administration
officials, according to Brushaber,
will work closely with the group of
students, trying to devise a plan
for more efficient p.o. box stuff-ing.
The new plan will help office
staff better fill students' p.o.'s
with junk mail during the first two
weeks of classes in the fall.
Say 'good-bye' to Welcome Week
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Lovely Bethel spring
inspires musing
We don't have to take it anymore. I mean it! I mean what does it
take? I don't have to come here you know. Sure, I could have gone to
the U and collected a big fat scholarship, but no, I came to Bethel. I
could have been involved in the give and take of real intellectualism, but
I came to Bethel. I mean, I put out, y'know. And what do I get for it?
I'll tell you. Nothing. I don't get nothing. I mean it!
Look, I'm leveling with you, right? I mean, I'm putting it on the line,
y'know? I want some action out there, and I want it right now. We
don't have to take it! Let me hear you say it. We don't have to take this
kind of garbage. We don't.
You think we won't get any action out of the Administration? You
better believe we will! They just think they can do it all their way. Well,
not any more! We are beautiful and we have power! We don't have to
take it anymore! When we say "Jump" you'd better believe that the
Administration will say "How high?" Don't believe me? Well try it and
see, you lazy, complacent, apathetic slobs, just try it!
Lovely Bethel spring
inspires musing letters
You know I just love springtime. I just love the birds and the trees
and the grass...don't you just love the way the grass changes from
brown to green? I do. I just live for the song of that first robin. I love
robins. Somehow they just put together what Spring is all about for me.
Spring reminds me of a funny little story. Well, it's only a tiny, little
story, but here goes.
Sammy was a tiny gnome who lived at the bottom of a lovely elm tree.
It was Spring and Sammy was stretching his little arms and legs after his
long hibernation. Soon he began to sing his happy song. "It's a wonder-ful
day in our neighborhood...," he sang. And it was.
Happy Spring Everybody from the whole, big Carrion staff!
hey yeah get down what's shakin'
by Scott Barsuhn
During the past week you may
have noticed a number of official
looking people carefully examin-ing
the PE building. A profes-sional
scrutiny was conducted by a
three man team from Crane and
Sons, Inc., a local engineering
firm, and two St. Paul building in-spectors.
They unanimously
agreed on the same conclusion:
the gym could collapse at any mo-ment.
Ed Williams, spokesman for the
team, stated that the probable
cause was the decibel level of last
Friday's concert. "People often
don't believe it, but it's true. Any
sound that is persistent and loud
enough can slowly deteriorate the
physical environment," he said.
A forty-page report compiled
by these experts states that Sweet
Comfort Band did the initial dam-age
in May of 1972, but it was un-doubtedly
the Daniel Amos Band
that brought Bethel near
Abner Crane, supervising en-gineer
at Crane and Sons, Inc.,
observed to his (and our) horror
that the mortar between the legen-dary
Bethel bricks is crumbling
away. "I haven't seen anything
like this in all my thirty-two years
in the business. Those bricks are
just sitting there. Any significant
impact or decibel level could top-ple
the entire building."
Crane also noticed that several
welds and rivets in the steel super-structure
of the roof of the PE
building are no longer functional
due to vibrations from the recent
This threatening news has the
Bethel administration in a frenzy.
In the search for a solution, two
options are being considered: de-stroying
the PE building to con-struct
a new one, or patching the
flaws in whatever way possible.
Since the latter option is nearly
impossible due to the extent of
the damage, the former will likely
be the best alternative. This "di-saster
waiting to happen" cannot
be allowed to stand.
Until the PE building is de-stroyed,
extra caution will be ab-solutely
necessary. The Student
Affairs office has explicitly indi-cated
that concerts at Bethel are
history. Bethel's athletic coaches
wholeheartedly agreed to aban-don
the PE building for the safety
of student athletes. Thus, indoor
athletics at Bethel (including rack-etball)
are also a thing of the past.
Chapel will be held as usual, but
all attending are encouraged to
walk and talk softly anywhere
"gymwards" of the library. The
podium will be located nearer to
the bleachers since the sound sys-tem
will be longer be used.
It is anticipated that both de-struction
and construction will be-gin
as soon as spring semester is
over. Until then, the cooperation
of all is a must if we are to survive
the near-fatal decibels dealt last
Friday night.
Ed Williams gave words of en-couragement
to those who may
Yeah you there in Ames. If you
think of it you might pick me up a
couple of other records. I will of
course reimberse you;...If you
consider the present danger to be a
grave one: "There is a good
chance that the PE building will
not collapse until after gradua-tion."
Down in the mouth? Losing
faith? Make your appointment
today in the campus ministries
office. Pastor Jim available now
for sensitive counseling.
The Iran Crisis: Why no
Iranian students at Bethel?
The Iran Crisis: What can I
Wednesday—Greg Gagne:
Attempting success
Thursday—Nick Bockwin-kle:
Being successful
Friday—Chapel by phone,
dial 638-6305
happen to find a Guess Who or
Grand Funk or Billy Joel or...well
use your discretion. Did you hear
about the red sox, 4 pitchers with
ERA of over50.00 pretty impres-sive
huh. Say did you get to see
those pitchers you took of your
sister, I was going to send you
your maps of texas and hey
thumbs -up Iowa. That reminds
me of Pinback, that is the last
time I let him bring home an alien.
If he is not going to feed the sack-er
well forget it. What reminded
me of that movie was the thumbs-up
topic, if I lose you here just let
me know. Today I'm going to talk
with Dave Auker to find out just
what is going to with Uncle Sham.
Also I'm going to tell him to pro-mise
anything just to get him com-mit
to coming to camp this sum-mer.
You see Dave is in the cities
(Branurd and DoLuth) and is go-ing
to meet face to face with the
dictator of Behtel. I don't think I
dare refer to him by name seeing
how this is going to be published.
How does it feel to be famous? So
the week-end you came up here
was kind of a waste of
bucks...first we take you to a
place that has a terrible movei I
still think Pinback is the
greatest...then to a place that is
supposed to be fancy in our genes.
Recombinant genes being too ex-pensive...
and the scallops you did
not even like. Oh well I guess we
should let you plan things at least
then we know we're not doing
anything that you do not like, of
course that usually means that we
do nothing...I hope these com-ments
are not .too biting. I think
Johns has finally cooled down a
bit Hawaii was rather a heady ex-perience
for him thaough. By the
time you get this there will be less
than 4 weeks of school left...the
teachers can call me an anti-intel-lectual
or whatever they please but
I'm fed up with the hassles of try-ing
to please them for one
year...lf that made sense you let
me know. From what I hear of the
fact that you are never at home on
Saturday night you are getting
along alright. I'm still praying for
you though Bucko. I think that I
will cut it off here so I don't take-up
all 8 pages of this underground
junk publication. All they ever
print in here is stuff that has
nothing to do with what the ma-jority
of the people at this school
are interested. Hang tight and
we'll talk to you much later, here
we go
Love and Prayers,
Editorials should
use good spelling,
talk about mothers
who sacrificed all
Dear Son:
That last editorial was very
creative. Perhaps a little contro-versial,
but your spelling has im-proved.
I'm so proud. I sent a
copy to Grandma.
I don't like the sounds of that
"Ted" friend of yours who hangs
around the Clarion office. Are
you sure he's a good influence?
Margaret Blootch told her mother
he wears jeans a lot. Why don't
you find wholesome friends?
Are you eating right? Do you
use your electric blanket at night?
Are your clothes clean?
Dad sends his love.
Write soon.
Until PE building falls: whisper
Students who missed Florida sunshine took advantage of Minnesota rays last week (Photo Scott Bar-suhn).
Bethel college
In the event that all upper-classmen do not fit into existing housing, I would like to make the following
alternative suggestions:
1) Request permission to house students in the conveniently-near military depot and run a bus to that
location. The problem with this choice would be the additional gas costs. Also, the base has requested
that, while on the premises, all residents wear standard military uniforms.
2) To make the most efficient use of space, railroad berths could be scattered about in little-used areas
of the buildings. Suggested sites include: the mosaic area in the student lounge; the library; the listening
room and AC lounge. In areas like the AC lounge where there is a high ceiling clearance, the berths could
be suspended from ceiling to floor for maximum use of space. We could also enclose the indented area
above the PE steps entrance and provide a ladder for convenient access.
3) If the military base can spare the equipment, bunkers could be moved onto college grounds as tem-porary
housing units. The thermal heat from the newly erupted Seminary Hill could provide easy, cheap
heat If there is a long delay in building new dormitories, the bunkers could be re-labeled as permanent.
4)With relatively little cost, we could implement a more flexible plan. Students could be issued a sleep-ing
bag at the beginning of the semester and left to find their own places within the college buildings at
night. The doors to offices would still be locked of course, but there are ample couches, chairs and spaces
on the floor for a large number of students (we would also bring the large, green library chairs out of
hiding). The advantages of this plan are numerous. The whole program could build a spirit of participa-tion,
excitement and community. Separate buildings would be assigned for each sex.
We would also issue one cardboard box for personal belongings, to be stored in the boiler room during
5)A variation of the above scheme is to assign bus seats to students each night. They would have to rise
before the first bus run each morning and bed down after the last, but this would only be a small incon-venience.
6) A nearby hotel has made a generous offer, they have volunteered the use of their pool/lounging area
each night Students would need to limit their luggage to one suitcase, but the management does promise
to store them during the day.
7) A large cave has been discovered under Valentine Lake. With additional supports, this area could be
made reasonably safe for permanent residents. Explosives are also being stored there, but we anticipate
little danger if students are housed on the other side of the cavern.
Students would need scuba gear to enter and exit the cave, but in time we could develop a shuttle ser-vice
using weighted capsules. We also need to consider the extra cost of hiring student workers-each win-ter
to keep a hole open in the ice.
These are just a few of the infinite possibilities for next year's housing difficulties. I'm sure that the
students will not mind a little inconvenience and bother as we suffer some of the small discomforts of
growing pains. Please let me know your impressions.
(names were omitted for protection from libel)
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Chapel crawlers have
ample time to make it
by Scott Barsuhn
"A new chapel procedure is
needed," said Pastor Jim Spick-elmier,
"to halt the procrastin-ation
extant on the Bethel cam-pus."
Spickelmier and Dean George
Brushaber have sent an outline of
the proposed changes to the Cha-pel
and Spiritual Life student/fac-ulty
committee for final approval.
The two-fold purpose of the ac-tion
is to more strongly encourage
chapel attendance and to lengthen
the chapel period, which Spickel-mier
said, "is already too short."
To lengthen the chapel period
Spickelmier proposes locking all
doors to the gymnasium at pre-cisely
10:20, when chapel begins,
Mr. Barkey,
I usually don't complain much,
but the disgusting display of your
so-called photographs in the Clar-ion
has provoked me beyond re-straint!
Frankly, they stink! What
do you do?—pay the Clarion so
they will publish your abominable
insults to the profession of pho-tography!
Your slide shows are an
offence to the eye and the mind!
What's more, you think you can
write! I beg you, please!, stay out
of writing! Looking at and read-ing
your garbage would be a dou-ble
curse! I don't mean to get per-sonal,
but why are you such a
slob? Until you cut your revolting
hair, I thought you were gray or
something. And can't you find
some clean clothes? It is a sad sign
of the times that they allow your
kind to attend Bethel.
Anonymous Barsuhn
Have we got a week for you!
We'll start the weekend with a
bang! Rod Stewart will be in the
gym Friday evening at 8 p.m. giv-ing
one of his terrific, roof-raising
concerts! ! Rod is a popular musi-cian
in the outside world and you
won't want to miss this special op-portunity!
Tickets are $30 per per-son,
and can be picked up in the
CC office!!
and changing the content of cha-pel
services to resemble old time
Baptist evangelistic rallies, which
assures each service of running
"Locking the doors would en-sure
that no one could disturb the
speaker of the day by walking on
those bleachers that echo and am-plify
every move that one makes,"
said Spickelmier. "We're also try-ing
to make students responsible
for their time."
Many students have complained
to Spickelmier that they were ne-ver
sure when chapel started.
"So," said Spickelmier, "the
dean and I discussed the problem
and decided that installing clocks
around the, school would just be
too expensive, especially when
you can just ask someone who has
a watch to tell you the time."
Instead the pastor chose to seize
the opportunity to teach students
a lesson in responsibility.
"If we lock the doors and hire
security personnel to patrol the
coffee shop and other high-densi-ty
congregation spots, we can
teach the importance of responsi-bility
as well as encourage atten-dance,"
he said.
The safest places for the dedi-cated
chapel abstainer will most
likely be one's own dorm room or
the restrooms.
To encourage early arrival in
chapel, Bethel will begin fining
faculty members who insist on
keeping their students in class be-yond
10:10 a.m. For each minute
the professors detain students,
they will be fined $10.
"With every student assured of
ten minutes passing time, there
should be no excuses: a student
could crawl from anywhere in the
building to the gym in ten min-utes,"
said Spickelmier. "When
the dean had his secretary crawl
from various areas of the build-ings
she did quite well. She had
minutes to spare."
Spickelmier is optimistic that
the students will view the changes
as implemented for their own
good. He said, "I like my ideas."
Saturday afternoon we'll spon-sor
a Sing-Along-With-St. Paul
activity! The whole city is invited
to this singspiration ! ! ! Meet in
Como Park (outside the reptile
house) at 2:30 for a great time and
a chance to meet the people living
in the same city you do!!!!
And, of course, the event every-one
is waiting for, Spring Formal,
is coming up! There have been
some minor alterations this year
because of money crises! We'll be
seeing the exciting drama "The
King and I" at Hazel Park Junior
High School, and then going to
the Big Boy Restaurant on Silver
Lake Road for a super-fabulous
Win a free trip for two to meet
the Ayatollah Khomeini with a 25-
word essay on "I think
should be the next Bethel presi-dent
because . . ." You fill in the
blank and supply the reason. The
Carrion will choose the best essay.
Winners will be announced dur-ing
chapel on Friday.
dinner and fellowship!!! Dress is
formal! See you there!!
Beginning Monday, we'll have
booths set up by the PO's for Sup-portaCause
week!! Buy a carna-tion
for your sweetheart, a cup-cake
for your roommate, a pack-age
of tracts for spontaneous wit-nessing
on the street, a graduation
ring for yourself or that special
friend, a crocus for the Lung
Association, a Bethel. T-shirt (1/4
off) for the continued financial
well-being of the book store, or a
"Bethel is People" visor for the
soccer team's trip to Peru!!!!
Have a special week!!
Let s get Cootdinated
Memo uncovered
Railroad berths, boxes
bunkers, watery caves,
offered as extra housing
by Scott Nannette Barsuhn
The Student Affairs Office re-cently
announced the lottery
system for next year's housing. In
this system, all freshmen and
transfer students will occupy on-campus
housing and all others will
compete for Fountain Terrace and
Silver Crest apartments.
The Clarion has just discovered
a secret memo from an un-named
dean to an un-named college presi-dent
suggesting housing possibili-ties
for those upper-classmen who
are not selected in the lottery.
In the championship of the NAIA ice fishing tournament, Hamline
took Bethel's team into overtime before succumbing to the icy cold
waters of Lake Valentine (Photo Scott Barsuhn).
For effect, yell "Fire!"
in Founders' meetings
Kate Maltman here demonstrates the process of assexual reproduction. The original Maltman
(left) splits into two, and each half regenerates the missing parts (center). The result is two iden-tical
Maltmans (right). (Photo property of Dupli-Kate, Inc.)
Page 4 sports & science
Bethelite splits!
Maltman meets her match
by Scott Barsuhn
Regulations which consolidate
and simplify the general require-ments
of most programs admini-stered
by HEW's Education Divis-ion
were published today.
Publication of the Education
Division General Administration
Regulations culminates nearly two
years' work on the consolidation
of administrative, fiscal and pro-grammatic
requirements. The re-quirements
are spelled out in
clear, simple English.
by Scott Barsuhn
Kate Maltman, a senior major-ing
in biology, is expected to make
world scientific headlines as the
first human being to undergo
longitudinal binary fission and re-generate
parts. This LBF&RP pro-cess
is an assexual reproductive
process most commonly found in
Until Maltman, the highest
form of life yet discovered to un-dergo
LBF&RP was the planari-an.
Due to the highly unusual oc-currence
of this method of repro-duction
in humans, the Bethel in-sect
taxonomy department (head-ed
by P. Christian) recently called
on cestodial experts from around
the country to assemble for a
three-day conference on assexual
Because Maltman attends
Bethel, P. Christian has noted the
unique opportunity for a Chris-tian
emphasis in the conference.
Included in the schedule are a key-note
address by Gregg Johnson on
Assexuality and the Church," and
seminars on Vertebrate Assexual-ity,
Assexuality as a Matter of
Preference, and Opening the Clo-set
on Assexuality.
Sure to draw major media
attention is Maltman's demon-stration
of LBF&RP before the
careful scrutiny and critical obser-vation
of the assembled taxono-mists.
The complex process of
LBF&RP has taken Maltman
years to perfect.
She began experimenting on
house cats at the age of 14. Using
a Sears Craftsman radial arm
saw, she bisected her first cat by
beginning cranially and following
the mid-ventral line to the caudal
When Binky failed to regener-ate
parts, Maltman went back to
the proverbial drawing board and
induced LBF&RP in planarians,
annelids and mollusks. Under
Maltman's influence, many life
forms underwent the process of
splitting into two equal parts
down the middle and then regen-erating
the missing parts on both
halves. As a result, two identical
organisms appeared: ASSEXUAL
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phylogenetic tree, Maltman soon
became proficient at inducing
LBF&RP in apes. At this time she
enrolled at Bethel and came under
the watchful and encouraging eye
of P. Christian.
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met with sharp criticism. But real-izing
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in the P. Christian wing of
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will reduce paperwork
and the time spent by those per-sons
applying for grants and ad-ministering
projects," said Com-missioner
of Education William
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by Scott Nannette Barsuhn
The news is that Derek Harper,
one of the leading high school bas-ketball
guards in the country, is
being recruited heavily by Coach
Palke and his staff. Although he
has been offered one free food
card each semester in benefits for
attending Bethel, Harper report-edly
wants his own condominium
and for Bethel to name its new
Academic Center addition after
him. The school is considering his
Students Affairs and the P.E.
department have gotten on a plan
to house visitors on the Bethel
campus. From now on, incoming
alumni and perspective students
may stay in the racquetball courts
overnight. This would save money
for alumni who usually stay in ex-pensive
hotels and the school
would utilize space not normally
used at night. The only hitch thus
far: how to get the visitors up and
out of the courts by 7 a.m., when
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It has been rumored that to
forestall dwindling chapel atten-dance,
the daily service may be
made mandatory. That has not
come about yet. However, start-ing
next year, mandatory football
game attendance will be enforced.
Each student must be present at
every 1980 home game and at least
one away contest. One
administration source, who wish-ed
to remain anonymous, cited the
fact that "too many students are
studying or just having a good
time on Saturday afternoon rather
than attending Royal football
games." Any students found in
violation of this rule will be forced
to take Writing and Research over
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number of rule changes for next
year, certain to alter the course of
the game. Relatively minor
changes including raising the net
to 12 feet off the ground and not
allowing players to use their
hands. But the biggest modifica-tion
may be that players no longer
have to raise their hands and wait
at the edge of the court until the
official allows the team to substi-tute.
Due to lack of funds in the athle-tic
department, no coaches will be
re-hired next year. Teams will be
run on a democratic basis, with
each team member casting a vote to
decide starting lineups. Any sub-stitutions
during a game also must
be voted on. In case of a tie, the
deciding vote will be cast by the
oldest female cheerleader attend-ing
the game.
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Yale Fencing History
Yale fencing started in 1894 but did not begin making waves until 1920 when Bobby Grasson was appointed head coach of the sport. His appointment was soon justified when Russell Davenport '23 won the IFA foil championship as a senior. The following year A.P. Walker '24 earned a spot on the 1924 U.S. Olympic Epee team. Gordon Wolf '26 filled the weapon gap by winning the IFA sabre championship in 1925, followed by Robert Nutting '27 in 1927. Meanwhile, Yale had enjoyed its greatest fencing year in 1926 by winning all four IFA team trophies.
John F. Potter '32, the only fencer ever to win the IFA foil title three straight times (1930-32), lost just one match during his four years in New Haven. A proud Yale fencer, Dernell Every '28, a two-time IFA champion, three-time national foil champion and one of the six Olympians honored with a Kiphuth Fellowship Award (1981), was a member of four U.S. Olympic teams and won a bronze medal at the 1932 games. He qualified for the 1940 and 1944 games but World War II cancelled the competition. Frank S. Righeimer '29, both foil and epee IFA champion his senior campaign, also won indoor and outdoor national epee championships that year.
Current Eli head coach Henry Harutunian was among the 12 Yale people who wore the red, white and blue in the 1984 Olympics. Under Harutunian, who has coached the United States in many major international competitions, the Eli men and women have finished consistently among the NCAA's best. The men won two consecutive NCAA foil championships in 1992 and 1993 and also took home the NCAA sabre championship in 1994. The women's team has claimed national titles in 1982 (AIWA), 1984 and 1985.
Among the many fine female fencers in Yale's history are Andrea Metkus '85, who won a national individual championship in 1982 and went on to become the first Yale fencer to win All-America accolades four straight years (1982-85), and Kristine Campbell '91, who earned a spot on the NCAA All-Decade team for her efforts in the national championships between the years of 1988-1991. Campbell was also named the NCAA Woman of the Year for Connecticut in 1990-91. More recently, Katie Zuckerman '99 was a four-time All-America selection from 1996-99. Other Eli women fencers have gained recognition in the classroom, like Jessica Yu '87, who was first-team GTE Academic All-American in 1986-87. Yu also gained notoriety after graduation, earning an Oscar for Best Documentary Short Film.
Another historic chapter in the Yale fencing story was added in the summer of 2004. Sada Jacobson '06 earned a bronze medal in the women's sabre competition at the Olympics in Athens, becoming the first American woman to earn an Olympic medal in fencing.

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I am an American girl who has seen Tim McGraw live 18 times and as traditional as they come. I do not, however, participate in baby showers. This ceremonial welcoming of a baby rarely treats birth with reverence. I believe women can - and should - birth naturally and breastfeed their babies. The American way of having babies is in crisis. This is an educational blog; exploring birth, breastfeeding, & attachment parenting. I am a Natural Childbirth Educator and this is my voice.
Monday, January 17, 2011
The Next Generation -- The Old Lady Post
I've had some interesting conversations lately with a friend about this and related subjects. These are some of my thoughts, and I may show my age quite a bit in this post, but I think it's important to have this dialogue in our homes. Do we want to raise our children to be adults that are driven by the outward praise of others to feel good about themselves?
First, when I was a kid, I wasn't really involved in sports. I did ski and I played clarinet. I was a cheerleader in 5th grade. I got good grades, at least until high school. I do not ever remember an awards ceremony for anything. I don't remember my sister getting trophies for sports. We just participated in different things. We either excelled or we sucked. That pretty much determined what we went on to do later. We learned how to fail and how to get over it and move on.
My kids have all played soccer and even when they didn't score a single goal all season, the kids on the team all got a trophy, especially when they were little. I think this is the most ridiculous statement to our children -- "Thanks for participating, and just for doing so, we are giving you a trophy." What does that say to the teams or children that truly excel, the ones that really earned the trophy?
At the risk of sounding like an old person, I see so much laziness in many young people today. My younger kids all have awards ceremonies at the end of the school year. They are very long, as the parents listen to all the awards of all the kids. Some of these awards are truly praiseworthy, and others, frankly, are unbelievably stupid. It's the participation awards that get me. Why are we praising these kids for having the opportunity to participate in an activity?
Right about now is a great time to mention that my children are so far from perfect, and half the time I have no idea what I'm doing as their parent. But I look at so many young people and know that I don't want my children to take what they have for granted. I don't want them to feel like their value or self esteem comes from what other people think of them.
So this leads me to the question, is it a good thing that we are praising them for every little thing they do? Will they ever learn how to deal with criticism? Will they learn how to fail and how to succeed -- both with grace?
This friend I was talking with this week was telling me about a guy that her husband had hired to help him with a project. He was 22 and insisted that he couldn't work at certain times (his girlfriend didn't like it), along with a number of stipulations for his boss! Can you imagine telling your boss all the things you require in order to work for him? He obviously felt "equal" to his boss, even superior.
This leads me to a side discussion concerning informality in our American culture. Children being treated as "little adults." They are not adults. And children calling adults by their first name, in my opinion, is wrong. It does not encourage respect and has a very negative effect on the respect children have for adults, or the lack thereof. I could never have imagined calling my friends' mothers by their first names as a child. That would have been incredibly disrespectful. Even this migration to adding "Miss" in front of a first name, it just shows that we are more lax than we used to be. It puts children and adults on the same level. I understand with close family friends, but I believe it should not extend outside of that. Before we moved to Texas, the schools my children were attending in NM were beginning to start using the "Miss" in front of their names instead of the formal "Mrs." and their last name. I am relieved that our school district is "old-fashioned" and the children are even encouraged to use "ma'am" and "sir."
Since I'm on a roll...
Men don't wear suits to work anymore (OK, my husband does, but many are not required to anymore). My dad would never have allowed his employees to not wear suits to work. He was bothered by the shift to business casual and felt it was a huge mistake. I think he was right. He was a CPA and so is my husband.
People wear jeans to church, like they are going to a BBQ or to the movies. Dressing up shows respect. Respect for our ourselves, our work and for our Lord. Why do we have to be so relaxed about everything in our lives? It spills over into disrespect for the things that really matter.
I also worry about this next generation not being able to communicate. The texting and Facebooking is the main way my 14-year-old son communicates with nearly everyone. We have many conversations about it, but it's hard for him to put it down. I worry about addiction to these devices. It's rude and disrespectful to answer a phone call or text while talking to someone else, and yet, we all do it.
We all have so many distractions demanding our attention all the time. We become consumed with me, me, me. Not just the next generation, but all of us. Fortunately, the older we are, the more we remember how it used to be. This generation doesn't know how it was. It's up to us, the ones who believe that more formality in our culture was a good thing. Respect. Dignity. Thinking outside ourselves. Who's with me? Or is this what turning 40 does to you?
26 comments:
- Robin said...
Haha oh man! I am glad to not be worried about all the things that are on your mind. I am already stressed enough just trying to be a mom , wife, daughter and friend. whew!
- January 17, 2011 at 5:32 AM
- Mai said...
Very interesting! I am 10 years older than my sister and and she seems to have this 'the world owes me something' attitude. It really annoys me that she doesn't think I worked hard for what I have achieved. She thinks she'deserves' the same without working for it!
Thought provoking post thank you for sharing :) x
- January 17, 2011 at 6:12 AM
- Diana J. said...
Good post, and I agree!!
An example from my life: I was valedictorian of my high school. So were 15 other kids. It was totally meaningless, and I was furious about it, because I felt that the honor had been degraded into nothing by giving it to so many instead of the one (whoever it was) who really deserved it. Since I graduated, it has truly turned into a joke, with 30-50 "valedictorians" per class.
Preach it! :)
- January 17, 2011 at 9:10 AM
- Mama Sticks said...
You might find the books "Nation of Wimps" and "Nurture Shock" interesting. I found them fascinating because they both covered what you're talking about: the next generations dependency on praise. There's even some evidence that this need for praise is leading to higher levels of depression and suicide in teenagers/young adults.
What the authors recommended is not praising our kids as much, as counter-intuitive as that sounds. And praising them for things they can control i.e. congratulating them for trying hard, not for being smart.
- January 17, 2011 at 9:50 AM
- Joe said...
I had a father recently tell me he felt horrible that he and his wife didn't give their now 22-year-old daughter more praise when she was 18. That was the age they found out she was ADD. I thought to myself, "More praise and self-worth? Has he seen the myspace and facebook pages of teenagers today?" That's the last thing they need is self-worth and confidence-they have tons of it. If I see one more picture on facebook of a teenage girl taking a picture of herself in the mirror with a cell phone camera, while in a baby Gap t-shirt that's two sizes too small, I'm going to throw up. What kids need are parents who parent and not parents who are friends. They also need parents who give them names spelled correctly...the way it's been for the last 150 years. It's absolutely pathetic that we'll have a generation of kids spending more time spelling their names to teachers, than the time it takes to write it down. Jennifer is not Jennipher and Madison is not Madisyn and when you take parts of two names and make something that sounds like it came from a Teletubby episode, you look illiterate. Quit trying to be cool and act like a parent. My wife and I aren't cool, that's why we have good kids. Join us!
- January 17, 2011 at 10:19 AM
- Krista Eger said...
My husband and I have done a lot of discussing on this topic.
In New Jersey where he grew up (I don't know if this exists anywhere else) they had this thing called the gifted and talented program and he was in it. He was told over and over that he was smart and he learned that he didn't have to work in school because he was born smart. Then when he got to middle school where homework started to count for your grade, his grades started to drop and he thought it was because he wasn't smart anymore. This of course was completely untrue. He has always been great at test taking, but terrible at doing homework. That is just one example of how praising has been a huge problem. It's definitely still a huge problem because even though he does great whenever he takes a college class, he still struggles with the fear of failure. We have decided that we are going to direct our praise to our kids with compliments on what they DO not how the ARE.
My husband has been doing a lot of reading about the lasting effects of child abuse and really the things you mention here go hand in hand with that. The fact is that less people are abusing their kids these days this causes that disrespect for authority that you talk about because it's not beaten into them. Although, the proper respect for authority should be taught, the fact that this occurs is a good sign that these kids haven't been abused and are able to think and act for themselves. I believe that good behavior should be taught, not beaten into. When people haven't been abused, they also have more sensitivity toward others and are less likely to support war. I wish I knew the book my husband read on this because it's all about the way to end war in this world is to stop child abuse in any form.
I'm 24 so I would be in this group of people you're talking about. I never thought about awards ceremonies like that before. I was in a dance class for several years and I received my share of participation awards. They didn't make me feel special, I just thought they were stupid. They had no value at all whatsoever. I don't think participation awards really give kids a sense of accomplishment.
In my opinion, I think that it's all about how parents raise their kids. Posts like these are great because it gets you to look at what you are teaching your kids. Parents are much more important to the way people view the world than anything else. The way the parent's react to the awards ceremonies and praise is more important than the awards themselves. Because of what my husband went through, to be honest, he needs praise so much that he can't even do things sometimes because he is so afraid he won't get that praise. I've never thought of it like that before. He is just so afraid of failure because of the praise he got as a kid. It's so hard to raise children the absolute right way. Every generation has something wrong with them. It is easy for me to look at other generations and point out all of the things they do wrong too. You just have to do your best to learn from every generation and try not to make the same mistakes.
- January 17, 2011 at 11:03 AM
- Krista Eger said...
Also, the depression talked about in Mama Sticks' comment is SOOOOOOOO TRUE! It really sucks. The worst part is that my husband recognizes it, but the effects from the praise directed at the WRONG thing last forever. I think the thing I struggle with the most is having so much anger towards my mother-in-law for doing that. She didn't know she was doing it so I can't really be mad at her for it, but I just wish she wouldn't have! My husband even knows that's why he has depression, but it's not something you can just flip a switch for and magically it disappears. It's absolutely awful!
- January 17, 2011 at 11:10 AM
- Laura said...
I must be unique. I'm 24 years old, and I don't think I truly experienced the "awards for everyone" phenomenon until my later years in high school. It was in orchestra--my orchestra director started giving everyone some kind of award (who attended the banquet of course). It was so stupid.
I do have something to say about calling adults by their first name. I lived in a west Houston suburb for most of my childhood, and we called my friends' moms Miss proceeded by their first name. I never saw it as disrespectful, but the moms still had almost a parent-child relationship with us. But I do agree with you for the most part. It seemed normal for the girls in YWs in one of the wards I lived in to call our leaders by their first names. I was shocked.
My husband has a sister who is almost thirteen, and oh my word. She has an iPod touch and plays games on it all the time, and she's always playing on my mother-in-law's laptop. It worries me. She's also in a gifted talented program, and she lets it go to her head. She *is* smart, but she takes the whole thing too seriously. But then again, I have issues with GT programs anyway.
- January 17, 2011 at 11:59 AM
- slw7920 said...
I agree with most of the article; only thing I don't agree with is the "men don't wear suits to work anymore". You dress for the job. If you're a mechanic, it would be moronic to wear a suit to work. If you're a computer programmer, you don't wear a suit to work. If you work in IT help desk, you don't wear a suit to work. If you're a cook or a busboy at a restaurant, you don't wear a suit to work. You dress for the job.
- January 17, 2011 at 12:08 PM
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- January 17, 2011 at 1:18 PM
- T said...
I am only 27 years old and I agree with most of your post.
I do think that kids these days are being rewarded for doing things that they SHOULD be doing anyway. Why should I buy you a toy for minding your manners, when you should be doing it anyway? To me it is spoiling them to think that they will be rewarded for mediocrity. Then they grow up and live in the real world and realize that they are going to be just like everybody else if they are just being mediocre. Mediocre is not rewarded when you are older so why should it be now?
Another thing I don't agree with these days is the automatic acceptance onto sports teams. Not that long ago when I was TRYING OUT for swim team, I had to actually have potential to make the team, and I didn't just get put on relay teams until I was actually worth something to my team. I don't get this everybody plays concept that has been invading our kids' schools and teams.
I do believe that you can get more results out of praise than you can get out of criticism, but that does not mean that a child's life will be devoid of criticism. Just make sure you tell them what they are doing right more than and as well as what they could do better. Otherwise what are we coaching them to do if we don't tell them, "I'm sorry you didn't get the award this time. You _____ really well, but _______ was a better choice because_________ ... Next time work on ... and you may get it." Maybe then we might instill some work ethic in our kids.
Recently we were at my husband's Christmas party, and sitting next to this table of people. One of them kept yelling out "BONUS". Last year there were no Christmas bonuses and this year there had not been any mention of a bonus, YET the table of AIAO (Adults in Age Only) felt entitled to one. This is a gift, don't count on it. They don't have to share squat with you but you are willing to ruin everybody elses' good time in order to demand your bonus. How ungrateful can you be?
Now as an adult that went to private school most of her life, I can say that I do not agree with the how we dress thing. We were forced to wear uniforms every day of the week and it did not make us anymore respectful. Same concept as a suit. Now I work in a field where most of my guys are covered in pipe dope and mud, and I am expected to crawl under their desks and in their Skoal covered floorboards to fix their computers, sorry not doin that in a dress or a pants suit. I agree with slw7920 about dress your job. Also I while I don't condone going to church in PJs, I don't think that God cares much how you look when you worship, just that you ARE worshiping. I have been guilty of a nice pair of jeans and shirt myself.
- January 17, 2011 at 1:19 PM
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- January 17, 2011 at 1:19 PM
- Mrs. Obie said...
This is a great post. I praise my 4 year old for things that she does fantastic, like for instance, when we're doing practice math problems and she gets it right. I think it's great, and praise-worthy, since math isn't something that most kids to until at least kindergarten, maybe not even 1st grade.
What I don't praise her for is things like doing her chores. She's expected to do those things, and she doesn't get praised for it. She gets a "thank you for doing what you were told" or "your room looks much better than before, isn't it nice to have a clean room?".
Like another commenter said, kids are walking around with a "this world owes me something" attitude, and it's got to go.
Great post and you're so right!
- January 17, 2011 at 2:09 PM
- Carol said...
I am 22. I see the results of this praise to death cycle in myself. I have even felt like my parents love has hinged on the praise they gave me. (Which I am sure would break their heart if they knew that.) If I didn't get praise then I didn't do well and there for I must have failed.
We do not praise my daughter. (She's only 2.) That's not to say we don't encourage her or tell her when she does well.. but.. for example the other day I was at the play place at the mall and I heard a mom say "Good job sliding." Well.. its gravity. All the child had to do was not fall off the 2 ft slide. We lived with my parents for a time and my mom would say Good job _____ or Good ______ after a time it was very apparent my daughter was doing these things for the praise. Not because she wanted to do it.
I cant help but feel that others of my generation feel the same way I did. (Although I will admit to being a sensitive person.)I think my generation may be more afraid to fail than anything else. We have been praised and been put high up on a pedestal and can do no wrong.. I mean we got trophies for not scoring a goal all season. We need validation. Those bonuses tell us we are doing well. Ever since we were young we had someone tell us we were doing well even if we were doing bad. Now suddenly we exit high school and nothing. I imagine in others as well as myself that created a bit of insecurity. So we then make ourselves equals to others. At least that's my take on the situation. From my very limited standpoint.
- January 17, 2011 at 2:22 PM
- BN said...
I have a few thoughts on this post. Actually, it touches on topics that are dear to me and often come up in conversation with me - so I have a lot of thoughts on it. I'll share only a few though.
First, I think we would all would do well to remember, as we complain about the younger generations, the parts that we played, and continue to play, in raising them. We reap what we sew.
On the subject of praise and the havoc it wreaks upon a developing child's psyche and future as a healthy, well-(enough)-adjusted member of a functioning society, I suggest you read the works of Alfie Kohn, "The Continuum Concept" by Jean Leidloff, and Jane Nelson's writings on praise vs. encouragement.
On formality, I was raised calling my parents, aunts and uncles by by their first names. Now titles like Auntie, Uncle, Grandma, Grandpa, and Cousin are terms of endearment, not mandated "respect."
However, we were also taught that different people had different opinions on that subject. As an adolescent and teen, I would ask my friends parents what they preferred to be called, and most of them did not choose Mrs/Mr. (to show my affection and respect for them, I called multiple sets of friends parents by "mom" and "dad.")I think that is far more respectful than assuming they desire old formalities. It takes alot more than ordering a child to call someone by a title to instill feelings of respect for others.
While I absolutely agree that children are not little adults, I also believe that they do inherently deserve the same level of respect we show adults. This includes showing respect for their opinions and preferences, and compassion when we aren't able to reasonably allow those preferences. It also includes, in my opinion, not pandering to them, not being patronizing or condescending, not manipulating them through bribes(praise) or threats. It means truly treating them the way we would want to be treated - with respect.
- January 17, 2011 at 2:26 PM
- Becky and the Boys said...
You are right on target and I am often the only mother who does or doesn't do what every other mother seems to be doing, but the funny thing is that my kids rarely even question what I do. I would never have even thought of this stuff if it wasn't for John Rosemond, the author (particularly his book Raising a Nonviolent Child). In the 50s, no one thought anything of the majority of pickup trucks parked at high schools having loaded rifles visible in the window during hunting season, and there sure weren't school shootings. With modern parenting there is school violence all the time.
All the other parenting "authorities" preach about "building self esteem" in children and all that garbage that leads to the self-absorbed, lazy, sometimes-violent, demanding, dependent boobs of today - so many of whom are still living "at home", because they are too sorry to go out on their own and struggle and be poor like their parents did for years before they were around or remember.
- January 18, 2011 at 12:59 AM
- Christina Pond said...
I agree completely! I hate those 'participation awards'. In life everything has ups and downs. I hate all this PC stuff. Sometimes we lose, and getting over that makes us stronger creatures!
- January 18, 2011 at 9:51 AM
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- January 18, 2011 at 10:32 AM
- Coastkids said...
well said! I am in your 40 'something' demographic, have 5 kids ranging from 11 to 27 and the older kids see what you describe all the time.They hate it and have to fight it with their peers a lot. We have taken to calling it the "attitude of entitlement" and it is endemic, and pervasive. Totally bizarre. I do think the next generation will reap the sad results, perhaps they already are. Starting from the home up is the only way to work a change that I can see, so, much appreciated this post.
- January 18, 2011 at 12:12 PM
- Kimberellie said...
I can't say I agree with you on most points here. Well, getting an award for everything IS ridiculous and DOES make less of those who have truly excelled.
But I don't think using first names puts children and adults on equal footing. Nor do I think dressing up equals respect. You can be equal respectful (or reverent in terms of church) in a suit as you can in jeans.
I think that these outward signs, though they may be indicators of declining respect in our culture, are not the cause of this decline.
Have you read "Hold onto Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More More than Peers"? The author (a child psychologist) traces the decline in respect (among other things) to the increasingly "peer attached society". In other words, teenagers and children have stopped respecting adults because they are no longer "attaching" to them but instead are "attaching" to one another. Essentially a case of the blind leading the blind. Anyway, I think you would find it fascinating.
As for texting, FB, etc: oh yes. Couldn't agree more. I don't find anything more rude or irritating than this! Esp. when it is adults doing it!
much respect, and love your blog: Kim
- January 18, 2011 at 2:08 PM
- Rita said...
I wanted to point out that in the South, it is the common and respectful term to call someone Miss and their first name. Mrs is always accompanied by last names. It is important to ask which title is preferred because lots of folks are here from areas other than the South. Dad was from the North and we were required to say Mrs. last name.
Otherwise, I agree with the post!
- January 25, 2011 at 2:48 PM
- Andy said...
Ma'am you need to get over yourself and adapt.I'm not saying lose the old stuff, simply teach it but don't force it. It's good to have it handy in case of a 2012 or some other year but right now handling a computer and technology is vital. The apocalypse isn't going to come in your lifetime so you shouldn't worry about it. And how about putting you in a business suit all day? You might as well be Amish. I like Amish people because I'm into the whole Native American/Wild West thing. And as for church: you wear a nice blouse with jeans that's perfectly appropriate. What about the people who like western clothing? That's also proper dress. Tucked in with boots. Respectful.
- January 31, 2011 at 3:58 PM
- beccalouise said...
I am 31 and I agree with everything you said. My parents, grandparents, and youngest brother are all addicted to texting and apps on their phones though, so it does seep into the older generations! My phone is a piece of crap that doesn't support apps and is usually behind the couch where my toddler has thrown it.
- February 26, 2012 at 3:09 PM
- beccalouise said...
I also want to respond to Joe's comment. I had to laugh out loud when you talk about the girls taking pictures of themselves in the mirrors. But I want to add that is really not a result of confidence of self esteem. I think that is an outward show of something that is really lacking. Girls with true self esteem don't post those ridiculous pictures and try to look sexy on the internet. I noticed when my younger sister started posting pictures of herself like that, it was just the first red flag of some big problems and going down the wrong road.
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Picture: Jack Antonoff and Nate Ruess of Fun. - fun. kickoff the Toyota Concert Series on a special edition of NBC's 'Today' live at Seaside Heights...
fun. guitarist Jack Antonoff has started his own side band called Bleachers, and he revealed its first single on Tuesday (18Feb14).
The Grammy-winning rocker wrapped fun.'s world tour last October (13), but he's not slowing down during their hiatus, focusing on a brand new group.
Antonoff took to Twitter.com on Tuesday (18Feb14) to announce the new band and release its first single, called I Wanna Get Better, on which he wrote, co-produced and sang lead vocals.
After the outpouring of support from fans, he wrote a heartfelt 'thank you' letter to his supporters on his Tumblr.com blog, divulging more information about a project he managed to create during the fun. tour and keep under wraps for a year.
He writes, "Didn't realize today would be as emotional as it is. I've been working on bleachers for a year and a half now. I didn't mean for it to be this big secret, but I didn't want anything to speak for it besides the music itself. we live in a real "big announcement next week!" type of culture, and this all meant too much to me to put anything out there besides actual music.
"But now you know, and it means the world to me. everything I do, whether it's fun., bleachers or something else, the work only comes to life because you all inspire me to make it real. I could so easily sit in the studio (or rather in bed) and just work on things forever and never get to the point. moments like today, releasing new music and being able to connect you about it are why it all matters."
Bleachers' full-length studio album is due out this spring (14), and they will make their Tv debut on new U.S. talk show Late Night With Seth Meyers on 26 March (14).
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J. Elmer Housley
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- Death date
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- Aluminum Company of America
1946 -1947
J. Elmer Housley, AIEE President, 1946 - 1947, was in charge of engineering at the Aluminum Company of America, and supervised the operation and maintenance of the company's hydro-electric power system.
Housley was AIEE president from 1946 to 1947.
Mr. Housley, who was born on January 9, 1893, in Knoxville, Tennessee, was graduated from the University of, Tennessee with a bachelor-of-science degree in electrical engineering in 1915.
Since 1915, Mr. Housley has been associated with the Aluminum Company of American and subsidiary companies. From 1915 to 1922 he was with the Aluminum Ore Company, East St. Louis, Illinois, as apprentice engineer, electric shop foreman, electrical engineer and assistant power superintendent. The year 1922 was spent as sales engineer in the Kansas City, Missouri office of Aluminum Company of America. During part of 1923 he was engaged in extensive rehabilitation of 1200 electric motor drives and the industrial electric distribution system at the East St. Louis Works of the Aluminum Ore Company. During the years at this location, he was instrumental in persuading the electric motor industry to change motor designs to withstand severe duty in chemical plants. Silver-soldering of squirrel cage rotors was introduced in the field on a large scale in 1917. Other improvements in insulation and design of distribution circuits, substation design, and motor control insulation were introduced and were described in the technical press.
Early in 1924 he became assistant district electrical superintendent, Aluminium Company of America, Alcoa, Tennessee. In 1927 he became district electrical superintendent and in turn superintendent of power and district power manager, the position now held. Since 1927 Mr. Housley has been in charge of engineering, operation and maintenance of the hydro-electric power system of the company in Eastern Tennessee and Western North Carolina. This system is inter-connected with other power systems in the central area. He has been actively identified with the problems of interconnected power system operation, load and frequency control, telemetering and carrier current relaying and communications. A large expansion of industrial facilities in the Alcoa area presented many interesting problems. Some of the technical problems covering lightning, oil maintenance, mercury-arc rectifier installation and maintenance have been covered by papers presented at engineering society meetings. About 125 technical articles have been published on industrial plant and power subjects. The idea of preventive maintenance and modernization has been stressed in his work.
Mr. Housley joined the American Institute of Electrical Engineers in 1919, and was transferred to the grade of Member in 1939 and to the grade of Fellow in 1943. He was AIEE vice-president for the Southern District (#4) (1941-43) and has served on the following committees: national membership, nominating, industrial power applications, working group standards No. 20, subcommittee on standardization of electric arc furnace transformers. He served as chairman of the committee on electrochemistry and electrometallurgy (1944-46). He has been active in the work of the East, Tennessee Section and the Knoxville Technical Society for many years.


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A few weeks back we wondered aloud about what had become of GM
motor-mouth product czar "Maximum" Bob Lutz. Good news folks, he's been spotted, and now we're pretty sure we know why GM's PR team's been trying to keep him both busy and the hell away from the US of A. "Maximum" Bob's been spotted out in jolly London taping an episode of "Top Gear" attending the London Auto Show and jawing on hybrids with the folks over at just-auto.com. Lutz's exact comments to the folks only about auto (and a poll!) after the jump.
"Toyota has said, economically, hybrids make no sense. The reduction in fuel [consumption] does not pay for the technological content and cost of the vehicle so therefore economically it remains fairly nonsensical, so that's the left-brain analytical argument.
The right brain is it's the popular thing to do, many people believe that if we all drove hybrids the world would suddenly get cooler again and then it's the patriotic thing to do because if you drive a hybrid you will no longer be funding the Arab terrorists, and so forth.
So, with all those beliefs out there, you have to do a hybrid for public policy reasons."
See, and there's the difference between GM and Toyota. At Toyota, when a major figurehead says something like that — his PR team magically points at something shiny and bright and the reporters all go "Oooh...Prius!" At GM, when Bob Lutz says something like that — his PR team magically points at something shiny and bright and then disappear. And really, that's the GM way.
But let's get our readers opinion.
EXCLUSIVE: LONDON SHOW: Automaker must have hybrids despite expense and doubtful benefit - GM 'product czar' [Just-auto.com]
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Craigee wrote:Cav took 8 seconds off his 4km PB. And he had the cheek to say he was disappointed not to break Wiggins' Olympic record? The female sprinters couldn't qualify a team for the team sprint but they turned up in Rio and were top qualifiers in the Sprint. Trott had done how many omniums and IPs? Plenty but she takes seconds off her PB for the individual pursuit. Skinner improved out of sight in 2016 from average to a brilliant 9.7 then slips back again this year to 15th fastest. Exactly the same with Katy Marchant. Slipped back to 16th this year. Something stinks for sure.
If the other countries don't demand bike checks and done properly with good testing equipment in Tokyo then they get what they deserve. They were all suspicious of GB in Rio and it was all about motors.
These but more particularlarly Cav's performance are of concern. The concept of a mature elite athlete taking 8 sec off his pb from World Champs to Olympic games in the same year is eye-watering. To anyone connected with elite athletes this should set off the hooters, sirens and flashing red lights. If, it goes along with what we were told that the UCI advised that there would be no checks for motors at the Olympic track events, it did open the gates.
The more we find out the more the story moves from right out there with the "faked moon landings" to "why the hell wouldn't they?" if the technology was there, others were doing it and the International Federation had taken testing in house and the guy running it there was leaking forthcoming test events to the management of the pro teams.


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House Judiciary Committee Denies That Its SOPA Hearing Is Stacked In Any Way
from the beltway-delusions deptWe've already discussed how the deck is completely stacked in favor of SOPA at the House Judiciary Committee meetings. Considering they invited five folks who are already in favor of the bill, and only one against, you'd think that this was undeniable. But in the intellectually dishonest vortex of Congress, where apparently you can deny reality and stick your tongue out at anyone who calls you on it, a nameless Judiciary Committee staffer has insisted that nothing could be further from the truth, and the hearings are perfectly well balanced.
"Throughout the legislative process, we have met with groups and companies with different views on how to address rogue websites. Earlier this year, the Committee held a hearing on the problem of rogue websites at which the public interest group perspective was represented by the Center for Democracy and Technology. We also heard from Floyd Abrams—a well-known constitutional scholar—who affirmed that the Stop Online Piracy Act is constitutional under the first amendment and provides sufficient due process. And tomorrow, we will hear from a representative of Google, which opposes legislative efforts to rein in rogue websites. Assertions that the legislative process has been stacked against the opposition are inconsistent with the facts.Very little in that statement is true or accurate. First of all, Floyd Abrams is hardly a representative of the public -- as his outreach was on behalf of the MPAA. And, at the same time over 100 law professors, practitioners and scholars -- including many of the brightest names in the field -- have written a letter disagreeing with Abrams (and they did so on their own behalfs, not for a client). It's really incredibly sleazy for the committee to suggest that Abrams' testimony here is somehow part of the other side's views.
"This bill has strong bipartisan support in the House Judiciary Committee. The theft of America's IP costs the U.S. economy more than $100 billion annually and results in the loss of thousands of American jobs. We must protect America's intellectual property from rogue websites. The Stop Online Piracy Act helps stop the flow of revenue to rogue websites and ensures that the profits from American innovations go to American innovators."
Separately, as we explained, Google is hardly the only voice speaking out against this bill, and putting them on the panel is the most cynical of moves by the committee. After all, they've been trying to pretend that only Google is upset about this bill, so putting Google as the sole "against" speaker, makes them easier to marginalize. Even worse, while it appears that Google shares some of the concerns of others lined up against this bill, its concerns are fairly specific to Google. It's unlikely to address the concerns of tons of other technology companies, content creators, innovators and the like. And, on top of that, there are no consumer, public or human rights organizations at the hearing.
This is the most insane part of all. Remember, copyright's sole purpose is to benefit the public. To have no one representing the public is the ultimate travesty, and the ultimate insult to the very core of copyright law.
Only inside the beltway does "bipartisan" matter. And, for what it's worth, the bill also has strong bipartisan opposition as well. This isn't a partisan issue. Whether it has bipartisan support or opposition only matters in the board games in the minds of Congressional staffers who think this is a game of red vs. blue, rather than mucking with the actual economy.
Finally, as for "the theft of America's IP costs the U.S. economy more than $100 billion annually and results in the loss of thousands of American jobs" that's bullshit again. First of all, it's infringement, not "theft." That the "House Judiciary Committee" gets this basic terminology wrong again shows how they're insulting copyright law. Second, the $100 billion number has been debunked so many times -- including by the Government Accountability Office -- that it's really shameful to even bring that number up, and shows that the depths of intellectual dishonesty going on here. They'll cite any debunked number to prove a point.
Let's face facts: the Judiciary Committee is simply too afraid to hear from those who oppose the bill, because we have the facts, the public and the law on our side. And when you're trying to ram through a bad bill, Congress has no time for anything like that. So it sticks its head in the sand and pretends that's the way the world really is.
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Hailee Steinfeld and Taylor Swift are besties? Apparently! And it turns out "The Amazing Spider-Man" star Emma Stone introduced them.
"We met, oh my gosh, like three years ago through our mutual friend Emma Stone," Steinfeld told E! on Wednesday at the Los Angeles premiere of her latest film, "Romeo and Juliet," at the Arclight Cinemas, where she was joined by the Grammy-winning singer.
Away from the spotlight, the celebrities are normal girls who "just love to kick back, listen to music, watch TV, bake, watch movies and all of that kind of stuff," Steinfeld previously told the site.
And, boy talk is like totally required.
"Oh yeah, of course. What else is there to talk about?" the 16-year-old said.
Steinfeld shone in a hot-off-the-runway spring 2014 Prabal Gurung dress and Swift, 23, joined her at the premiere in a floral Reem Acra dress.
Her Shakespearean flick, adapted by "Downton Abbey's" Julian Fellowes, also stars "Homeland's" Damian Lewis, "Gossip Girl's" Ed Westwick, Stellan Skarsgård and Paul Giamatti. Steinfeld plays star-crossed lover Juliet to Douglas Booth's Romeo, and the film hits theaters Oct. 11.
The young actress said she went back and forth between being intimidated by the iconic role and treating Juliet like any other character she'd played before.
"You kind of have to take it as any other role because I feel like, if I made it a thing that I was a part of remaking this classic or playing this iconic role, I would sort of lose sight of the work," she told Variety. "So I was able to read it on a clean slate and go into it and just sort if immerse myself in the entire world."
The "True Grit" beauty is also starring in the highly anticipated adaptation of Orson Scott Card's "Ender's Game" with Asa Butterfield, Abigail Breslin, Harrison Ford, Ben Kingsley and Viola Davis. The futuristic film hits theaters Nov. 1.
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