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MIDDLEBURY — In his three previous successful gubernatorial bids, incumbent Middlebury Republican James Douglas has been able to cite a litany of priority issues to tackle while in office, including property tax reform, improving health care access and fixing the state's roads and bridges.
This year, Douglas — and indeed other candidates for statewide office — are seemingly unified in rallying behind a single, dominant campaign issue: dealing with the sagging economy and its effect on the state budget.
Douglas is being challenged this year by Jericho Democrat Gaye Symington and Middlesex independent Anthony Pollina.
"The economy; that's the major concern on the minds of everybody," Douglas said during a recent interview at the Addison Independent. "It's the top priority our state is going to face during the next couple of years."
Thankfully, Douglas said, Vermont is contending with an economic slowdown that is less pronounced than other regions of the country.
"We have done well compared to other places, in terms of the national slowdown," Douglas added. "Our banks are strong; they didn't issue risky loans, to the extent that other states did. The foreclosure rate is low here. (Vermont banks) have cash to lend. Our financial system, locally, is in good shape."
Still, Douglas noted Vermont is not "immune to the impact of what is going on around the nation and the world."
Like Lt. Gov. Brian Dubie, Douglas noted the extent to which many elderly Vermonters are dependant on investment income that has been taking a hit in the stock market.
"One report I saw indicated we are number one in terms of the percentage of our income tax receipts that come from capital gains," Douglas said. "So when those gains disappear, as they are likely to for the next year or so, our general fund revenues are going to take a hit."
The governor noted Vermont is coming off a good quarter for general fund revenues — up $7.4 million from July through the end of September.
"But those are estimated tax payments that are going to be refunded in April when people are filing for their returns, and probably more," Douglas said. "So I expect we are going to downgrade our revenue forecast when we meet next month."
The state's Emergency Board has traditionally met semi-annually to go over revenue estimates and make adjustments. But this year, the board has been meeting quarterly "because of the volatility of the economy and its effect on revenue performance."
Douglas believes state officials may have to make more rescissions to the 2008-2009 general funds budget next month, based on sagging revenues. That would be in addition to the $24 million in cuts made last month and more than $4 million sliced from the transportation fund, Douglas noted.
Douglas wouldn't hazard a guess on how much more would need to be cut to balance the state's ledgers, but stressed "it's important to make these adjustments as quickly as possible."
The governor lauded the state's Joint Fiscal Committee for being a willing partner in making tough budget decisions in recent months.
"We're working well together," he said.
Douglas said planners in his administration is already under orders to prepare a very frugal spending plan for fiscal year 2009-2010.
"The instruction I have given to each agency head, so far, is to come in with a draft budget down 5 percent for next year," Douglas said. "That's the bottom line. It means that we'll have some upward pressures in certain areas — probably human service caseloads that we need to accommodate — so some we'll have to tighten up more."
Debt service, public safety and services for abused children are a few areas that Douglas wants to hold harmless from cuts.
The governor acknowledged that public safety has been a funding priority for his administration since he took office. He noted the Vermont Department of Public Safety budget has, over the last five years, gone up at a rate that is triple the overall general fund.
The increase in public safety spending, according to Douglas, has in part been a product of soaring gas prices; a crackdown on drug-related crime, which has demanded more staffing and overtime; and a focus on battling and preventing sex crimes.
"Overall, drug-related issues continue to rise," Douglas said. "We have to take it seriously to make sure we're not an easy mark."
He remains opposed to increasing taxes to offset dwindling revenues, though he said he is "open to alternative structures of motor fuel taxes." The governor acknowledged the recent drop in gas prices and said he was intrigued by the notion of allowing for a gas tax increase if the per-gallon price of fuel drops below a specific "trigger" price.
"I'm going to think about that," Douglas said.
One penny on the gas tax raises around $3 million, according to Douglas. The gas tax helps fund improvements to Vermont's transportation infrastructure. Douglas noted that, ironically, high fuel costs and successful public transportation programs have been reducing fuel sales and therefore state transportation revenues.
But Douglas believes some of the initiatives he proposed during the past two years have Vermont well positioned to weather an economic storm. Those initiatives included:
• A 15-point "economic stimulus package" that resulted in, among other things, a sales tax holiday weekend earlier this year. Other elements of the package included homeownership and mortgage assistance programs, investments in transportation jobs, job creation tax credits, low-interest capital for small businesses and start-ups, investments in downtown development and a "New Neighborhoods" affordable home construction initiative.
• An "e-State Initiative" aimed at creating a universal network of high-speed wireless phone and Internet services to cover all regions of Vermont by 2010.
Looking forward into the next biennium, Douglas hopes to further stimulate business and residential growth by providing tax incentives for businesses to refurbish and occupy now-vacant industrial sites; for entrepreneurs to create housing in the vacant upper-stories of downtown retail buildings; and for issuing an "innovation challenge" to Vermont-based companies to invent trailblazing products.
"The idea is to really spark some research and development here, not just with a tax credit, but with a reward," Douglas said of the innovation challenge. "The example I have used is, if you are the first company to develop a car that gets 70 miles per gallon — or a component of that vehicle — in Vermont, then you can operate free of state taxes for 15 years. If you are the first one to develop a car that doesn't use fossil fuel at all but gets the same amount of horsepower capacity as what we've got now, same deal."
Other issues discussed by Douglas during the interview included:
• Energy.
"It's quite obvious that Vermonters want us to move toward greater use of alternatives to independence — to the extent that is possible," Douglas said.
Vermont will need to be careful in charting its energy future, Douglas said, given the soon-to-be expiring Vermont Yankee and HydroQuebec contracts. Those two sources account for two-thirds of the state's electricity.
"We have to look at this in the bigger context of cost and affordability, too," Douglas said. "We've gone from having the highest electric rates in New England to the lowest, in five years. There are two reasons — Vermont Yankee and HydroQuebec. We want to address the safety issues at Yankee before the license is extended, but economically, that's been a real plus for us. It has also allowed us to maintain the lowest emission portfolio in the country."
Douglas supports the ongoing independent study of Vermont Yankee. That study will culminate in a report due this January, which should go a long way in determining whether the facility gets re-licensed, according to Douglas.
• Health care.
Douglas is pleased that Vermont has been able to provide health care coverage to another 11,000 previously uninsured Vermonters since last November, through programs like Catamount Health and other state programs.
"I think we're making some real progress, but we've got to keep at it," Douglas said. "I'd like to find ways to insure everybody and to address the premium increases … I don't think there's any quick fix."


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Notes: Second all-time at Yale in three-point field goals made with 213, which is 16 behind career leader Ed Petersen '92... Yale's all-time leader in three-point field goal attempts with 568... 13th in school history in scoring with 1,193 career points... Fifth all time in steals (134) and eighth in assists (295).
2007-08: Finished 10th in the Ivy League in scoring (11.9 ppg.), fourth in three-point field goals made (2.26), sixth in steals (1.33) and eighth in assists (2.59)... Became the 21st player in school history to score 1,000 career points in the win over Portland... Reached the milestone with a three-pointer from the baseline with 9:24 left in the first half... Scored six of his 11 points in overtime, including four free throws in the final 1:05, to seal Yale's win over Fairfield... Had nearly 100 family and friends in the stands for the Stanford game, which was nearly 40 miles from his hometown of Piedmont. The team practiced at Piedmont High School the day before the game... Named the preseason Ivy League player of the Year by both the Sporting News and Athlon Sports.
2006-07: Unanimous first team All-Ivy selection... First non-senior at Yale to earn first team recognition since Dean Campbell in 1990... Named Ivy League Most Valuable Player by CollegeInsider.com... Finished in the top 10 in the Ivy League in six categories - scoring (6th, 15.3 ppg.), assists (4th, 3.56 per game), steals (3rd, 1.85 per game), three-point field goals made (3rd, 2.63 per game), assist/turnover ratio (3rd, 1.55) and field goal percentage (10th, .412)... Averaged 16.4 points in 14 Ivy games, which was third in the league... 71 three-pointers were one shy of Ed Petersen's school record... 50 steals were the second most at Yale since 1983-84... Only player to start all 27 games... Led team in scoring in 21 games and scored at least 20 points on six occasions... Named the Ivy League co-Player of the Week after scoring 26 points in a win over Columbia and adding 18 points against Cornell... Recipient of the Dutch Arnold Award as Yale's most valuable player at post season banquet.
2005-06: Honorable mention All-Ivy selection... 61 three-pointers tied for the third most in a single season in Yale history... 84 assists led the team... Finished in the top-10 in the Ivy League in four categories - scoring (9th, 11.3 ppg.), assists (5th, 2.90 per game), three-point field goal percentage (5th, .409) and three-point field goals made (4th, 2.10 per game)... In 14 league games, averaged 12.1 points and made 34 three-pointers... Top performance came at Columbia when he was 7 of 13 from the field, including 4 of 9 from three-point range, en route to scoring 22 points... In Yale's home sweep of Columbia and Cornell averaged 15.5 points and 3.5 assists... Had 16 double figure scoring games, including two 20+ performances, and led the Bulldogs in scoring in eight games... Had eight assists against Wagner.
2004-05: Recipient of the Eggie Miles Award as Yale's top free throw shooter (.818)... Third on the team in assists (45) and fourth in three-pointers (20)... Twice named Ivy League Rookie of the Week. The first time came after he scored 16 points in Yale's victory over Santa Clara, and he earned the honor again after his strong performance against Harvard. In 24 minutes, scored 13 points and added five rebounds and one steal. During Yale's key 13-0 run midway through the second half, he had seven points and one assist, and his blocked shot as time expired preserved a 54-53 win... Recipient of the D.J. Frandsen Sixth Man Award at the Cable Car Classic... First career start came at Niagara, and he responded with 10 points and five assists.
Before Yale: Piedmont High School's all-time leading scorer with 1,402 career points... As a senior averaged 18.3 points, 5.3 rebounds and 4.9 assists... Selected All-Northern California in Division 4 and was the team MVP and first team All Bay Shore Athletic League as both a junior and senior.


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A toll road that's customer-friendly? If the idea sounds foreign, chances are it is. Unless, of course, you travel the ØresundsBroen between Denmark and Sweden. The five-mile expanse of bridge and tunnel not only connects the two countries, it connects its customer" with destination ideas based on their unique likes and dislikes – the bridge's way of driving the revenue-generating traffic it needs to support itself. Using SAS Customer Intelligence, the bridge's marketing and customer-service teams share meaningful, relevant offers unique to each of the 180,000 travelers who own toll passes.
Within a few months of adopting its customer-focused business strategy, ØresundsBroen had already sold 35,000 new bridge passes, despite the financial crisis and heavy rain all summer. At the same time, ØresundsBroen reaped an efficiency gain of 20,000 hours saved, thanks to automated management reporting and more efficient work processes.
"Our goal is to gain more new customers and for the customers that already have a bridge pass to use the bridge more often," explains Karsten Längerich, Head of ØresundsBroen's Leisure Segment. "The 16 kilometers of asphalt spanning Øresund Sound is an expensive pleasure. That's why our rewards programs, with their attractive offerings on the other side of the sound, play an important role in our sales."
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ØresundsBroen connects Sweden and Denmark via twin-track rail and a four-lane divided stretch of route E20, which runs across northern Europe from Ireland to Russia.
Formerly an operations-based organization, ØresundsBroen has shifted to customer-focused business strategies. Each time the 180,000 "contract customers" travel the bridge, it scans their toll passes. Combining driving patterns with demographic and preference data from the rewards program, ØresundsBroen has a rich collection of data to gain insights on how to increase traffic.
"The number of passengers at our tollbooths increases measurably when we get it right, offering a low-cost golf vacation in southern Sweden to Danish golf aficionados or offering Swedish families a discount on a trip to Tivoli," Längerich says.
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The strategy applies to communication channels like weekly email newsletters, marketing campaigns, service emails and the customer-service center. For example, the content of its weekly email newsletter is unique to the "DNA profile" of each of the 180,000 recipients.
SAS analyzes click rates and response statistics and automatically updates each DNA profile with fresh information.
"Open rates for our emails are at around 30 percent, which is high considering that we send them out every week," Längerich says. "We maintain a relentless focus, prioritizing relevance and inspiration over the hard sell in our communications, and we don't bombard the customer with spam. We know exactly what we're sending to our customers and when, across all of our departments."
"The relevant communication has to do very much with one hand knowing what the other hand is doing. Being customer-oriented is consequently an exercise in cooperation and knowledge-sharing as well, and SAS has powerful tools for that. Above and beyond supplying the organization with customer insight, this solution is creating a transparency in the flow of communication with our customers that we have not had before."
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SAS provides the analytical platform, which collects data and converts it to knowledge about the customers. The solution integrates with all of the customer contact points and reaches into many other areas within the organization.
In addition to email and campaign management, ØresundsBroen uses SAS for event-based communication, such as alerting customers before their credit cards expire. In the customer-service center, formerly a purely administrative department, agents can extend relevant offers to callers based on their DNA profiles, thus increasing sales from a new angle.
For the DNA profiles, ØresundsBroen rates customers on 15 areas of interest, like golf, classical music, spas, and gourmet food. The ratings are the basis for communication.
"The risk of failure is too great using classic customer segmentation," Längerich says. "We believe that the key to more sales is close customer relationships based on relevant, attractive communication. That's the reason we use DNA profiles."
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In addition to providing analytical CRM and campaign management, SAS analyzes customer satisfaction, business-cycle studies and surveys. And ØresundsBroen uses SAS for financial reporting and budgeting as well as for performance assessments.
"The plan is for all customer communication to occur within SAS," says Längerich. "We are currently creating a lifecycle for each customer, which will guide our communication with them throughout the year and throughout the course of the entire customer relationship. All the data are transferred into SAS, which will ultimately contain a panoramic view of each customer."
"The business case for the SAS solution is that it will generate one additional half crossing per customer, and we believe that this is totally doable," Längerich adds. "SAS is making a huge difference on the strength of the email newsletters alone. We used to send out identical emails to all our customers, and even with that sort of mass communication, we saw an increase in the traffic through our tollbooths. We don't yet have measurements documenting the impact of the individualized emails, since we've only been sending them out for four months, but we can see a clear increase in open frequencies and click rates, and thus greater interest in our offers."
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PROVIDENCE – The R.I. House Finance Committee unveiled and then approved an $8.1 billion fiscal 2013 state budget late Thursday night, which scraps controversial meals, hotel and sales tax expansions proposed by Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee and most of the governor's municipal pension plan reforms.
The budget, which could be voted on as early as next week by the full House, took advantage of better than expected state revenue to increase spending by $156 million over what Chafee proposed four months ago while avoiding some of his tax increases.
Those abandoned tax proposals include Chafee's suggested 2 percentage-point hike in the meals tax and an extension of the hotel tax to bed and breakfasts and vacation rentals.
"They played a huge role," House Finance Committee Chairman Helio Melo, D-East Providence, told reporters in a briefing Thursday about what the increased revenue projections meant to the budget, which would increase total state spending by $397 million over the current year.
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The Finance Committee budget would restore $9.6 million in aid for the developmentally disabled, $4.7 million from state coffers, out of around $24 million cut last year.
While some of Chafee's most controversial proposals were cut, House Democratic budget writers kept many of his ideas in the spending plan, including an additional $11 million in education aid to cities and towns.
The Finance Committee budget would also pave the way for new tolls on the Sackonnet River Bridge by adopting Chafee's plan to move the bridge under control of the R.I. Bridge and Turnpike Authority.
Also following Chafee's plan, the Finance Committee budget would extend the 7 percent state sales tax to pet grooming, limousine rides, car washes, taxi rides and clothing worth $250 or more. Chafee had proposed charging sales tax to clothing worth $175 or more.
In the wake of the collapse of 38 Studios, the budget would reform the state film tax credit program by bringing it inside the Department of Revenue and barring applicants from using state money to qualify for credits.
Most of the state borrowing measures Chafee had proposed putting to voters were included in the Finance Committee budget, but not authority for a new $50 million joint University of Rhode Island-Rhode Island College advanced nursing center in Providence.
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- A 4 cent increase in the cigarette tax, as in the governor's budget, to $3.50 per pack.
- A $2.6 million stabilization payment to Central Falls to cushion retirees hurt by the bankruptcy.
- Would not cut the state bureau of audits as proposed by Chafee.
- Eliminate cut proposed by Chafee in dental care for adults on Medicaid.


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Subglacial volcanic eruption begins in Iceland
Iceland closed airspace over the Bardarbunga volcano as a precaution Saturday after the volcano began erupting under the ice of Europe's largest glacier.
Authorities did not shut down airspace over the rest of the nation as Iceland raised its aviation alert to its highest level of red and put the Coast Guard on alert after detecting a small subglacial eruption of lava from the volcano, which is beneath the Vatnajokull glacier.
Iceland's red aviation alert, the highest on a five-point scale, is a warning that an eruption could be imminent. However, scientists who flew over the volcano spotted no visible signs of an eruption at the surface that would spew ash and steam into the atmosphere.
The volcano has been rocked by thousands of earthquakes in the past week.
"Both the thickness of the ice at the possible contact point ... and the volume of lava in possible contact with ice are highly uncertain," Iceland's Meteorological Office in Reykjavik said in a statement on its website.
It could take hours for the lava to reach the surface of the ice.
"It is also possible that the lava will not break through the ice, and the eruption could remain subglacial," the agency said.
Vulcanologist Melissa Pfeffer told the Associated Press that seismic data shows lava from the volcano is melting ice beneath the Vatnajokull glacier. It's not still clear whether the eruption will melt the ice and send steam and ash into the air.
Ash from Iceland's Grimsvotn volcano canceled flights in Scotland, northern England and Germany in May 2011. The eruption of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in April 2010 forced the cancellation of more than 100,000 flights.
Airlines are monitoring the current situation. Since 2010, aviation regulators have changed policies about flying through ash. They provide detailed information about where ash clouds are and how dense they are and then leave the final decision up to airlines and regulators.
The chunk of closed airspace over the volcano extends over the North Atlantic, and Virgin Atlantic said a London-do-San Francisco flight took a detour to avoid it.
Nicholas Wyke, a spokesman for continental air traffic controller Eurocontrol, told The Associated Press in an e-mail that it was difficult to estimate how many flights typically crossed that airspace, noting that trans-Atlantic flights vary their routes based on wind conditions.
"It is unlikely that this danger area will have any significant effect on north Atlantic traffic," he said.
The Bardarbunga volcano is 15.5 miles wide and rises about 6,234 feet above sea level and is beneath Europe's largest glacier. It last erupted in 1996.
Authorities evacuated several hundred people earlier this week from the highlands north of the Vatnajokull glacier as a precaution.
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V LIII—No. 16 Bethel College, St. Paul, Minn. Friday, Jenuary 31, 1969
ST. PAUL f'
Students face highertuition in '69-70
Size of increase awaits
final budget balancing
Hard times may force zoo to move
Zany efforts supply temporary relief
An official announcement of a tuition increase for next year
will be made "very early in the new semester," Dr. Carl Lundquist,
college president, revealed late this week.
"We are in the last stages of budget preparation for the new
school year," Dr. Lundquist said. "On the basis of this we hope to
establish the new tuition charges very soon. There is no question,"
he added, "that tuition will be somewhat higher."
Every possible effort, however, is being made to keep the cost
down. President Lundquist explained that "all charges will be re-viewed
in terms of balancing the budget, and whatever increases
are made will be the lowest possible."
The president indicated that college administrators have been
working overtime this week in an effort to round the budget into
final shape, and said that the same task would also provide some
"weekend business." Consequently, nothing definite can be said
about the size of the tuition increase at the present moment.
President Lundquist was also unable to forecast changes in
room and board fees due to the indefinite status of budget particu-lars.
The CLARION, however, has learned from other sources that
an increase in the cost of room and board seems probable. These
costs were last raised two years ago, from a total of $600 to 675.
The tuition increase will be Bethel's ninth in the last eleven
years, reflecting the spiraling costs of education during that period.
Included in the tuition raises of the previous ten years are $200
boosts in 1966 and again last year.
Official announcement of the new increase will come consid-erably
earlier than it did last year when the tuition raise was not
publicly declared until April 29, in a special chapel period.
by Janell Hastings
Genus, Felinus; species, leo; variety, Royal mascot.
According to Webster, a mascot is "one supposed to
bring good luck by being present." If that is the
case, Bethel's luck has barely made it through the win-ter.
The friendly felines at Como Zoo almost lost their
post due to the 1969 budget cut. Twenty-five per-cent
of the 250 animals and one and one-half zoo
keepers were slated for extinction.
A few Bethel students were interested in starting
a campaign to financially support and "adopt" one of
the lions at the zoo as the Bethel Royals' mascot. But
to their dismay they found that a lion is not a cheap
pet. (They average meals of 10 pounds of horse meat
per day. At 28c a pound that would be $1,022 per
Numerous other Twin City campaigns to raise the
$22,000 needed to save the zoo kept an Emergency
Fund Committee working overtime for three months.
A 24-hour talk-a-thon on WLOL radio brought ex-cellent
results in the zoo's quest for aid. Twin City
clubs such as the Snow Barons Snowmobile Club held
benefits raising as much as $200 each. Victor Tedesco
St. Paul Parks Commissioner, toted his saxophone to
the Knights Lounge one evening to "play" his part in
the fund drive.
Early in January the committee announced that
its goal had been reached—with even $500 extra to
be given to the Como Park Conservatory.
This year's crisis is over, but how about future
Another committee, the Metropolitan Zoo Advi-sory
Committee, studied the question thoroughly. Last
November they completed plans for a new $20 million
zoo to be built at another location. One of the sites
considered is the State Fair Grounds.
It has been proposed that the new Metropolitan
Zoo would be financed by a seven-county area and
part of a state cigarette tax.
In contrast to some of the crowded conditions at
Como Park's about 18-acre zoo, the proposed new zoo
would provide roomy, enclosed climate-controlled ar-eas
allowing the visitor to see artic exhibits in July
and the deep greens of the tropics in January. Walk-ing
through heated corridors, one would be able to
watch beavers in their winter homes under the ice
or lions on a piece of transplanted African veldt.
Education and research would be basic functions
of the zoo. Classrooms staffed with competent zoo
personnel will provide excellent study opportunities
for touring groups. In conjunction with the Univer-sity
of Minnesota, college classes and research pro-grams
will be conducted by the zoo.
Many officials, including Governor LeVander,
have approved these progressive plans.
More recently, an apparent movement to change
the concept of the proposed metropolitan zoo to an
institution with state-wide support and control has
also been discussed by the Metropolitan Council.
Whatever the turn of events, many Bethel students
will be taking a special interest in the fate of the zoo.
The nearby offering of free entertainment has al-ways
drawn many students since the zoo began in
For further information on the proposed future
zoo pick up the pamphlet, "A Zoo," at the Como Park
Well, not quite—in spite of artic snows, the lion still holds
center stage in the hearts of all good Royals. Yet even this
cozy polar bear, despite ideal climate conditions may be forced
(see story above) to leave Bethel-land because of financial diffi-culties.
And he doesn't even have to pay tuition!
student government may have its
hands full when it tries to trans-fer
potential funds from student
pockets to its own bank account,
Burton Wessman of the Business
Office indicated earlier this week.
Wessman, Vice President of Bus-
Mess Affairs, felt that his office
should not be expected to take an
active part in collecting the twen-
This is the last issue of
CLARION under the editor-ship
of Lynn Bergfalk, who
has held the position for the
past two semesters. Watch
for details of the annual ed-itorship
change in the next
"It seems more logical to me,"
he said, "that if the senate wants
to operate on an autonomous ba-sis,
collection of their fee should
be autonomous. To be consistent,
they should take the whole ball of
Even if some arrangement re-garding
collection was worked out
between student government and
the Business Office, Wessman said
that students couldn't be forced to
pay. Consequently, "We wouldn't
guarantee the senate the sum of
the total fees," he said.
The proposal will rise or fall
with the will of students in a ref-erendum
slated for February 12.
Under the current set-up, the sen-ate
draws its budget, like all de-partments,
from the college's gen-eral
Nine students
face discipline
Despite an accumulation of ru-mors
rivaling that of Minnesota
snow, Bethel's Student Service of-fice
has not been functioning as a
secret police organization, Dean of
Students Webster Muck told the
CLARION earlier this week.
"We operated in terms of evi-dence
or complaint," Dean Muck
said, referring to recent disciplinary
action taken by his office against
nine students. "If we worked at it,
we undoubtedly could find others
who are guilty of some rule infrac-tion,"
he added, "but I don't see
my job as that kind of job."
Of the nine students involved,
three were dismissed while three
others were "pressured out," choos-ing
to leave rather then remain in
school on social probation. Three
others will continue in school un-der
varying degrees of social pro-bation.
Proposed student tax collection
may"tax"tax collectors' patience
If students pass the proposed ty-five dollar fee from students
amendment for financial autonomy,— should the amendment pass.
■014% 'soar,
Well, costs are going up anyway; we might as well jump on the bandwagon and
charge students another twenty-five bucks.
Financial autonomy would enhance
role of student government -- Taylor
by Gregory Taylor
Student Association President
The comments this week are in-tended
to help plow out some of
the snow around the financial au-tonomy
proposal for the Student
Really the proposal is quite sim-ple.
It's predicated on the fact that
it takes money to offer student op-erated
programs and that because
this money is in the most part
provided by students, students
should manage it.
Official college figures indicate
that Bethel students are paying for
88 percent of the college educa-tional
expenses for 1968-69 or a
total of $1,308,300. The balance is
largely provided by the Conference
and amounts to 11 percent of the
expense or the grand sum of $158,-
625. Students clearly pay for the
largest portion of the educational
expense at Bethel and but for
about another $150 each would pay
for it all. The money now received
by the Student Association comes
out of this pile.
By now, it should be well known
among all of us that there are
problems with the present system
of financing the Student Associa-tion.
(Example: remember those
dorm rebates? It sometimes takes
us just as long). But to some ex-tent
this is irrelevant.
The point is that our proposal
poses no great problems while
greatly enhancing the role and re-sponsibility
of student leadership
at Bethel. Life is continually chang-ing
despite the need of some per-sonality
types, so why not partici-pate
and in the process develop a
change for the better?
Cindy Simkins, our treasurer,
does all the normally necessary
work that independent manage-ment
would require. If by having
our own bank account she could
write our checks, it would be
slightly less effort for her and it
would have weeks in many instan-ces
for us. And we could work the
year in and the year out.
At present any surplus money
we may have as of May 31 reverts
to the college general fund while
the precedent is for any deficit to
be charged against our next year's
budget; we could carry our funds
from year to year with our own
account. And with some degree of
stability provided by not having
to compete with the other depart-ments
which have an unfair ad-vantage,
we could more efficiently
use our money.
It is important though, that all
Page 2 the CLARION Friday, January 31, 1969
Why not solve problems
as well as find them?
The proposed amendment which President Taylor and the
student senate have succeeded in bringing before the student
body focuses increased attention on Bethel's student govern-ment.
And in the discriminating circle of that limelight, we
have something of a "moral vindication" of our government,
for we find that activism and foresight are by no means bed-fellows.
Finding problems is one thing; solving them is another.
Unfortunately, man is unquestionably better at the first task
than the second, and our student senate has been no exception.
The stage for the proposed student tax was set this fall
in a senate/administration clash over Homecoming funds. This
disagreement, coupled with deteriorating relations with the
Business Office over the mechanics of the senate account, led
the senate to search for some means of alleviating the tension.
This, then, is basically the setting in which the proposed
change is rooted. Although the complex and many-sided nature
of the problem made alternative solutions possible, the senate
chose to move for financial autonomy. The price tag—following
a failure to obtain a guaranteed percentage of tuition—was set
at twenty-five dollars per student.
If passed, this set-up would give student government less
money to work with than what would be available through
existing channels and allows no vision for future expansion of
student programs.
In essence, it seems like an immature response to basically
procedural problems which might better be met through poli-tical
expertise and meaningful cooperation with administrative
personnel. A solution reached in this latter manner would not
involve additional expense to students, and it would seem more
in harmony with the Christian ideal of working out differences
The current situation is reminiscent of a referendum held
just last spring. Faced with an acute shortage of candidates
for student government positions, the senate attempted to solve
the problem by removing qualifications rather than seek posi-tive
means of enhancing such posts.
Consequently, an amendment to abolish academic qualifi-cations
for office holding was unanimously endorsed by the sen-ate.
After passing 64-28 in an unpublicized and highly irregu-lar
referendum which was subsequently voided, students over-whelmingly
rejected the amendment 202 to 74 in a second ref-erendum.
One begins to wonder when an amendment unanimously
endorsed by the senate is overwhelmingly rejected by their
constituents. This disparity between the views of students and
their government seems to exist this year as well, although
student government—oblivious to any danger signals—contin-ues
in a rhetoric filled by pretensions of a student mandate.
Such a mandate needs to be cultivated before it can be
asserted however. Implicit in the senate's legislation has been
the assumption that they—and they alone—accurately reflect
student opinion; whether its a twenty-five dollar tax on stu-dents
or a 400 percent increase in stipends for senate execu-tives,
it's the will of the students themselves. It is up to Bethel
students to challenge that assumption. That's why we have ref-erendums.
With the referendum that will decide the
fate of the financial autonomy amendment less
than two weeks away, discussion has still failed
to deal directly and clearly with several sig-nificant
aspects of the proposal.
Basically, two related questions need thor-ough
and objective study. First, precisely how
is the present system unsatisfactory? And
second, simply what is the relative weight of
advantages and distadvantages under the pro-posed
system? Would the new method of hand-ling
student funds provide services that would
not be available under existing arrangements?
Consideration of these simple questions
might serve to put the entire issue into better
perspective. In addition, a cogent discussion
of the proposed constitutional change should
specifically consider that:
• The proposed amendment would cost
stude-+s an additional twenty-five dollars.
No matter how one looks at it, this fee would
come directly from the student's pocket; it
seems highly unlikely that the college would
compensate this expense with a comparable
reduction in their own charges.
• The proposed amendment represents a
failure by student government to secure a set
percentage of the college's tuition income. The
provide sufficient funds for the full operation
of student organizations.
• The proposed system would limit the
vision and growth of student government. Not
only would available funds be incompatible
with next year's needs, any future expansion
would involve the clumsy mechanism of stu-dent
referendum—a strange and difficult way
of dealing with expected budget growth nor-mally
handled with relative ease through ap-propriate
administrative channels.
• The new financial arrangement would
contain several vulnerable points. While the
increased responsibilities of the Student As-sociation
treasurer would provide excellent
practical experience for qualified individuals,
the nature of this opportunity would be such
that only extremely competent people could
capably meet it.
The proposed system would also duplicate
functions which have been specialized in the
Accounting Office, while the training of suc-cessive
student officers would preclude the
measure of continuity realized through the ac-counting
offices. Also consider that student
government in the past, like other departments
DISCUSSION, con't on page 4
Amendment needs thorough discussion
administration's rejection of a memorandum
requesting 2% of student tuition as funding
for the senate budget resulted in a revised
plan calling for a tweny-five dollar student tax.
This revision represents a backdown from the
original proposal rather than a compromise.
• Collection of the fee would pose a ser-ious
problem. Burton Wessman, Vice President
of Business Affairs, has indicated that no stu-dent
could be forced to pay the twenty-five
dollar fee. Consequently (if class dues are
any indication), the senate could wind up with
considerably less than the possible maximum
• The senate would be forced to operate
under a budget far short of the $31,600 they
have requested for next year. Student body
president Greg Taylor has estimated that $27,-
000 to 28,000 (Senate Minutes No. 2, December
11) would be given to senate next year under
the existing system, should students reject the
proposed amendment.
Earlier Taylor also said (Senate Minutes
No. 11, page 3) that the senate's request, then
$29,000, represented a "minimal budget." Thus
it would seem that the proposed student tax
—involving a total budget that could conceiv-ably
fall far short of even $25,000—would not
the student operated functions now
included in our budget be kept to-gether.
On the one hand, we can-not
have a mess of separate barna-cle-
like fees, while on the other
we can't have some student activi-ties
responsible only to the Admin-istration.
We as students can best
decide what our money should be
directed towards and what meets
our needs. And the disputes there
will be among us we should learn
to settle ourselves; we do anyway.
There have been a few criticisms
raised. One regards the idea of
using a "Student Association Fee"
to effect this proposal. A separate
fee is no great gem but it is a
workable one. Cynically it could be
said that our tuition would just be
raised another $25 for something
we already pay for. Not really.
Costs are going up for Bethel and
as long as students provide the
greatest source of revenue, we
We're saying that eventually we
want to see the college develop
new sources of revenue, but for
now, if the cost is going up any-way,
let's use this opportunity to
establish our separate fee. For the
use of the money that would have
been budgeted to us for next year,
it has been agreed that we can
provide priorities. We could ask
for recreation equipment for the
campuses, for counseling services,
and the types of items that we nor-mally
could not receive without
added cost to us.
How could this fee be collected
and how would it be managed? It
would be collected by the Business
Office at the time of registration
along with the other fees and then
be deposited in the Student Asso-con't
on page 4
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 Lynn Bergfalk
Layout Editor Sue Bonstrom
News Editor Margie Whaley
Entertainment Editor Chuck Myrbo
Sports Editor Wally Borner
Business Manager Bill Goodwin
Circulation Manager Pat Faxon
Proof Reader Karen Rodberg
Advisor Jon Fagerson
Opinions expressed in the CLARION do not
necessarily reflect the position of the toners
or seminary.
MISSIONARY MEMENTOS One group of '68 summer student missionaries reported their experiences to a chapel audience.
Several of last year's participants were among interviewers who selected 12 students for next year's program.
Friday, January 31, 1969
the CLARION Page 3
Bookstore discount for students?
EDITOR'S NOTE : The CLAR-ION
asked several faculty and
administration members ( who
enjoy an across-the-board thir-ty
percent discount on Bookstore
purchases) what they thought
of the student discount advoca-ted
in the January 10 CLARION
The editorial had proposed a
thirty percent discount for stu-dents
participating in a "book
club" where they would buy a
stipulated amount of non-text
books during the school year. It
was suggested that such a plan
would encourage students to
build personal libraries and to
purchase supplementary reading
for course work.
Richard Walters, head of
Bethel's Auxiliary Enterprises,
has said that such a plan was
workable, although he admitted
that implementation might be
dependent upon student pres-sure.
Burton Wessman, Vice
President of Business Affairs,
said he would support any rec-ommendation
Walters made.
DON LARSON (not pictured)
Professor of anthropology
My reaction to the whole idea
was good. I think we ought to ex-
Dean of the college
I think its worth discussing; I
know some schools which have
some sort of book plan. If we can
encourage kids to buy books, we
ought to use any means we can.
Books are the tools students will
be working with, and a good per-sonal
library is very important.
periment in this area, and students
should push for such a program.
I don't know what might be in-volved
in working out the details,
but I was struck by the idea.
Ass't Dean of students
This is an ideal time for students
to build personal libraries, and a
30 percent reduction on the cost
of such books would be a substan-tial
encouragement to do so. I
can't see where it would pose any
threat to the Bookstore or its anti-cipated
income. The editorial made
a beautiful point about secretaries
benefiting from the current dis-count
set-up in purchasing luxury
items; it makes one wonder who
the bookstore is serving.
Ass't Dean of students and
financial aids office
I don't really understand or
know how the present 30-20-10
percent discount system was estab-lished
or can be justified. However,
I'd have to look at the profits and
book prices more closely before
saying the bookstore could prac-tically
operate by lowering its
prices. It seems there should defi-nitely
be an adjustment made so
that all patrons share benefits.
Professor of English
The editorial was good, in my
opinion, because it did acknowl-edge
the validity of different points
of view instead of just demanding
a 30 percent discount for students
too. One of my colleagues sug-gested
that profits from the book-store
might go toward student
scholarships. I don't really have
the answer either, because if mon-ies
from Bethel's auxiliary enter-prises
were poured into student
aid then tuition would probably
have to be raised, or teachers' sal-aries
Reader questions room-search policy by Pastor Maurice
Harold Lindsell, editor of Chris-tianity
Today, will speak at the
opening chapel of our second se-mester.
Dr. Lindsell is a dynamic
spokesman for evangelical Chris-tianity
and we are fortunate to
have him on our campus.
The week will close with Walt
Pederson giving an illustrated de-scription
of a snowmobile trip to
the North Pole. He is a member
of our Brainerd church. His topic
is "I Prayed at the North Pole."
Ironically, his visit to Bethel was
almost cancelled because of a
snowmobile injury recently sus-tained
in his back yard.
ebaint lOicthtigbt5
To the editor:
Two observations about the arti-cle
"Muck explains college policy"
seem to be both pertinent and in
If the student-tenants of college
buildings concede that school of-ficials
have the right to enter priv-ate
rooms to check on "fire,
broken facilities such as heat and
water, suspected intruders, danger-ous
material (sic), or stolen proper-ty,"
it would not necessarily fol-low
that evidence so found is to
be considered valid in campus
In fact unless an independent
judiciary could be established to
issue qualified approvals for
searches (i.e., a campus equivalent
of the search warrant), such evid-ence
should (for what would seem
obvious reasons) never be con-sidered
valid. And it would seem
that if college authorities should
have the desire to obtain incrim-inating
evidence on anyone, that
they will be able to do so through
valid means, and that if they are
unable to do so, that the individual
involved is probably not a great
threat to the Bethel community,
Secondly, as a political science
major I am horrified to see that
one so responsible should in all ap-parent
seriousness suggest that a
clause legalizing a search should
be placed in the New Dorm con-stitution.
This suggestion ignores
the widely-held opinion that consti-tutions
should ideally be brief, lim-iting
documents establishing and
limiting the role of the government
in question (the residence council),
leaving other matters to be resolv-ed
at inferior levels.
And if residence councils are to
purport to be governing bodies of
and by Student Association mem-bers,
it makes little sense for their
constitutions to seemingly oppose
the stated principles of the Associ-ation
which include "Each student
shall be able to rely on rules of
by Marie Watson
"Exciting" was the response of
Clarice Smith to the interviews
which took place last week for the
Student Missionary Project. Clarice
and Ted Danielson, co-chairmen
for the project with the assistance
of several others, interviewed a
number of students for the 1969
summer Student Missionary Pro-ject.
Some criteria used in selecting
those to work with the project in-cluded
poise, spiritual and emo-tional
maturity, evidence of a will-ingness
to work hard, sense of hu-mor,
and language ability. Probab-ly
most significant in the minds of
evidence in accord with the princi-ples
of American jurisprudence"
(Student Senate Minutes, Novem-ber
20, 1968).
It makes little sense to deviate
from Association principles and
from what the Association is try-ing
to accomplish in order to es-tablish
administrative policy in a
student document. Let us hope that
o u r student constitution-writers
seek help next time, not from ad-ministrators
but from political sci-entists.
Leonard Ray Sammons
the interviewers was the spiritual
depth of the student, his love for
God and the resulting desire to
serve Him by sharing with others.
The purpose of the Student Mis-sionary
Project is dual. First, the
students are sent to assist the mis-sionaries
on the fields to which
they are going.
Their assistance includes varied
duties such as teaching children in
a Bible school, office work, music,
calling, constructing buildings in
some cases, and working on a per-sonal
level with people and com-municating
to them the gospel of
Secondly, the purpose is to give
Tuesday will be class meeting
day, Wednesday the Pastor will
bring the message on Colossians
3:1-4, and on Thursday one of our
fine gospel teams will minister to
A new note will be sounded on
the campus on Sunday evening,
February 2, in Room 3 of Seminary
Hall at 10 o'clock. Responsibility
for this happening may be laid to
Jim Carlson, Sally Robertson, War-ren
Withrow, Val Cudnoski, Dave
Pound, John Goodman, Gail Klem-etti,
and Bill VanWambeke. Every-one,
of course, invited.
Minnesota Baptist General Confer-ence.
An item of interest in this year's
program is the new fields that
have been chosen.
Contrary to what was indicated
in chapel, the money received is
only one third of the total required.
$3,600 is the amount estimated to
be needed to cover the project. At
this time $1,200 is all that has been
The lack of publicizing the day
of offerings is one factor involved
as the day has varied and changed
from previous years. If the propos-ed
amount is not met by the end
of the school year, some of the
students chosen will not be able to
Along with the regular Friday
offerings, students are encouraged
to give for this phase of the Lord's
work in the two containers being
placed in the coffee shop. There
will be a sign placed in the coffee
shop indicating the amount of mon-ey
received and students will be
aware of the state of finances need-ed.
Dr. Arthur Lewis is the advisor
for the Student Missionary Project.
This is a student sponsored project
and those chosen as missionaries
are only a part of Bethel's mission
thrust for Christ. They are repre-senting
the entire Bethel communi-ty
in their endeavors and all stu-dents
can share in this work by
prayer and giving.
students the opportunity to be in
a mission field, both for the en-riching
experience it is to them
and for the experiences and the
message of mission work they re-late
to students upon their return.
Students chosen to represent
Christ and Bethel next summer and
the countries to which they will be
going are: Bev Pearson, Sue Taft—
Sweden, Gayle McCandles—Japan,
Bruce Otto, Rolland Shearer—An-tilles,
Sandy Sanford, Sue Ander-son,
Randy Stauter—Indian mission
(Alaska or Canada), Lynn Wilson,
Marilee Benson, Kathy Gowdy, Jim
Ankerberg—Home Missions under
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Friday, January 31, 1969
leads Re-Vision ere is the Bethe
art conference
Bethel's Nelson wh • I used to Know?
"Education of Vision" was the
theme for the 3rd annual regional
art education conference, spon-sored
by the Wisconsin Depart-ment
of Public Instruction (The
Arts, University Extension, Uni-versity
of Wisconsin) and featur-ing
Robert Clark Nelson, Bethel's
associate professor of art, as prin-cipal
The conference's theme was
based on the premise that verbal
emphasis in our society promotes
"blindness." Thus, today's student
must be visually educated and his
perception must experience re-vi-sion.
Art educators must make stu-dents
aware of the role of visual
experience and expression in con-text
of total human existance.
Professor Nelson's topics at the
event, which was held Thursday at
Waukesha, Wis., included: "Visual
Education"; "Design and Vision/
Design as a Form of Visual Educa-tion,"
and "Film and Vision/A
Slide Motion Experiment."
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of the college, has operated with-in
the present structure without
undue hardship. This might indi-cate
that the senate's current fin-ancial
hangup with the college ad-ministration
is merely an abera-tion
rather than an irresolvable
• All other considerations aside,
Constitutional revision
is under study, and a radical re-structuring
of student government
seems probable in the relatively
near future. Consequently, any re-vision
of the senate's financial sys-tem
should be delayed until the re-vamping
of student government it-self
is thoroughly studied. To avoid
divergent directions, it is impera-tive
that both be considered si-multaneously.
In view of the above considera-tions,
it seems as though the bur-den
of proof rests with the propon-ents
of the financial autonomy
amendment. Student voters, how-ever,
need to carefully analyze the
strengths and weaknesses of the
proposed change. This encompasses
a responsibility which merits ser-ious
consideration, for ultimately
the student body is the final arbi-trater
in issues which affect them-selves.
by Parad I. Selost
Sure it's aggravating, I thought, nervously
twisting my weather worn cap in my damp hands.
A $200 hike in tuition is followed by an abortive
attempt to establish higher rental charges in the
new dormitory in this, a tuition-raising year! On
top of that, the cost of washing clothes is upped
150 percent and—to put the icing on the cake—the
cost of double-decker ice cream cones is raised a
el _el.
Now raising the cost of ice cream cones is the
one that really gets me. It took me four months
to work up enough courage to go see President
Lundquist about it, but today, after spending my
last dime for a single dip cone, I could wait no
longer. I don't care if times are hard, this is simply
going too far, unless . . .
Maybe the school is really on the verge of
financial collapse . . . The thought struck with
an ominus thud in the pit of my stomach, much
like that sinking feeling one gets after two bites
of the "daily special" in the dining hall. It was
a sobering experience, and, clutching my stomach
and glancing anxiously at the closed door of the
president's office, I remorsefully repented of my
hasty anger.
Regardless of the cost, regardless of the per-sonal
sacrifice involved, students must be willing
to help the school remain financially solvent, I
thought, alternately turning my synthetic black
fur earlappers up and down with renewed vigor.
Raise the cost of washing clothes to fifty cents!
Charge a quarter for ice cream cones ! We must
subjugate our selfish desires for the good of Beth-el,
I thought patriotically.
We must be willing to grovel in poverty, to
bind ourselves in fetters of self-denial, so that
the college may move ahead. What is a student,
that the college should be mindful of him ? 0'
wretched being, of infinitismal value, how dare
you question this illustrious institution?
So, having resolved in my mind the need for
burgeoning costs, I turned my thoughts, with
humble penitence and gentle sadness, back to
ice cream cones. Gone forever were the days when
a slender dime would purchase a luscious, double-decker
Waves of nostalgia swept over me as I re-called
the sweet hours of fellowship in our homey
coffee shop that stemmed from the irresistable
call of a ten cent, double-decker cone. "Nevermore,
nevermore," the words of Edgar Allen Poe's "The
Raven" echoed through my mind, as a lonely tear
coursed down the grief stricken contours of my
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ciation bank account. There are
no problems with this or the man-agement.
The Business Office at
less expense and effort to their
staff than now would assist us in
setting up the best procedures and
would serve as consultants through-out
the year.
By the way, anyone foolish
enough to agree to collecting the
fee separately on an individual ba-sis
would deserve what little he
would receive. Not even Adminis-tration
or faculty members are con-tent
to leave their salaries on a
free will offering basis — there is
no reason to.
The amount we would receive
would be less than our budget re-quest
for next year under the pres-ent
system. This would have the
effect of making us more careful
in our management of it, and the
efficiencies of having our own bank
account and management would
help to compensate. The amount
would not be static, however, but
before the fee could be raised stu-dent
opinion and need would have
to be represented.
To close with, there are no prob-lems
in tais proposal which could
not be overcome if the desire is
present. As you may have noticed
throughout it, much experience, re-sponsibility,
and self-confidence
are also to be gained by it as an
enrichment of our education and
effectiveness as Christians.
The office of treasurer would be
especially invaluable in these re-spects
for business majors and per-haps
provide some impetus for a
stronger department in that Feld.
This a tremendous opportunity
for increasing student awareness
of the Association as well as to
demonstrate that Christian coliegi-ates
may be innovators and re-sponsible
among students, rather
than the followers we would be if
we postpone ac aptation for another
five years.
My jibs and bias are evident in
this treatise (which is probably
longer and more lucid than any
produced by me for a class this
year), but I hope that neverthe-less
this serves to inform rather
than provoke anomosity. The pages
of the Clarion are better used for
petitioning the administration or
faculty on behalf of student needs.
Students who have completed at
least two years of college work and
are interested in learning about
careers in local government are
eligible for a summer internship
program that will provide a first
hand view of local government op-erations.
During the ten week program,
interns will be provided with a
meaningful work experience in-cluding
assignments that contri-bute
directly to the actual opera-tions
of the municipal government,
such as attendance at public meet-ings,
participation in staff meet-ings,
and discussions with key gov-ernment
Participants will have the oppor-tunity
to become familiar with the
internal organization of municipal
government as well as gain an un-derstanding
of basic programs and
goals of the government. Each in-tern
draws a total salary of $900.
The program is sponsored by the
International City Managers' Asso-ciation.
It is designed to interest
undergraduate students in careers
in local government and urban af-fairs.
Applicants do not have to be gov-ernment
or political science ma-pors.
Preference will be given to
those students who express a defi-nite
interest in learning more
about local government.
Application blanks are available
from Political Science Instructor
Dwight Jessup. They must bet sub-mitted
by March 1.
A sight we now see dimly, through misty corrido
to face.
'Tis but another crack in that homey atmo-sphere,
the "one big family" bond, that once
characterized Bethel, I thought, gazing up into
the benevolent eyes of John Elexis Edgren who
patiently watched the exterior part of the office
from his vantage point on the wall opposite me.
Oh, the suffocating bigness of the modern day
Bethel ! How ruthlessly our cherished illusions of
a perpetuation of the good old days vanish in the
face of Bethel's growing cosmopolitanism!
I laughed sadly. How foolish of me to think
that the coffee shop might save the ten cent,
double-decker cone from extinction just to help
preserve a homey, friendly atmosphere. It must be
my small town upbring
The door suddenly swung open, and President
Lundquist motioned me into his office. Trembling,
I hesitantly left my chair, still trying to quiet
those searing pangs of conscience that had fol-lowed
my selfish, intemperate thoughts.
"Nice day, isn't it?" He smiled as a gust of
brisk wind swept through the subzero cold out-side,
rattling the office windows. "What did you
have on your mind?"
"Well, sir," I said, inconspicuously swallowing
the rising lump in my throat. "I was wondering if
it wouldn't be possible to raise tuition again next
Taylor explains amendment .. .
rs of memory, we once saw face
Municipal govit
offers students
Southwest thwarts revenge attempt
as Royals fall 15-16 in return contest
The Bethel grapplers almost eked out a revenge
win against Southwest State Wednesday night. After
losing earlier by a score of 26-10, Bethel fell to
Southwest by a score of 16-15.
Bill Kunde succumbed to Fairchild by an 8-2 score,
but then Bethel took the next three matches. Mourn-ing
gave the crowd a good show of his agility as he
decisioned his opponent 9-4. Then Doug Warring, hav-ing
lost to the same opponent in the first meeting,
turned the tables with a 4-3 victory. Ekbom squeaked
by Baumgartner 1-0.
Then the score tightened up at 9-8 in favor of
Bethel when Barry Anderson was pinned by Vogt.
Jim Olsen had a rough match also, however he came
out on the winning end of a 2-0 score.
Dale Berry wrestled a strong foe and kept the
fans on the edge of the bleachers as he just man-aged
to escape a pin and lose 8-2.
fg ft tp
123 Kunde pinned Matz 6:17 Renwick 2 3 7
I 3 0 Mourning pinned Gorentz 2:45 Weko 3 0 6
137 Warring pinned Mueller 3:46 Feldman 2 0 4
145 Ekbon won by forfeit Pederson 14 6 34
152 Anderson dec. Miller 10-2 Johnson 1 1 3
160 J. Olson pinned Busacker :32 Larson 6 4 16
167 Neal dec. Berry 2-0
177 B. Olsen dec. Kroels 10-0
Hwy Parsch dec. Onouye 13-6
Fouls: Bethel-27;
fg ft tp
4 8 16
1 6 8
6 0 12
1 0 2
1 0 2
0 2 2
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123 Fairchild (S) dec. Granlund (B) 6-3
130 McDowell (S) pinned Mourning
137 Kofoed (S) dec. Warring (B) 3-0
145 Ekbom (B) tied Baumgartner (5)
152 Vogt (S) pinned Anderson (B)
160 J. Olsen (B) dec. Eichten (S) 7-0
167 Jensen (5) pinned Berry (B) 4:50
177 B. Olsen (B) pinned Moe (S) 7:06
Hwy Schuchard (S) dec. Inouye (B)
123 Richards (M) dec. Kunde (B) 10-2
130 Hauson (M) dec. Mourning (B) 6-4
137 Warring (B) tied Coughlin (M) 2-2
145 Ekbom (B) dec. Selt (M) 1-0
152 Anderson (B) tied Rulewicz (M)
160 160 J. Olsen (B) dec. Hart (M)
167 Gray (M) pinned Berry (B) 5:20
177 B. Olsen (B) dec. Brayak (M) 4-0
Hwy Tarbell (M) pinned Inouye (B)
123 Kunde (B) dec. Matz (C) 9-0
130 Mourning (B) pinned Gorentz (C)
137 Warring (B) pinned A. Mueller
145 Ekbom (B) dec. R. Mueller (C)
152 Anderson ( B) pinned Busacker (C)
160 J. Olsen (B) pinned Neaf• (C)
167 Kroels (C) dec. Berry (B) 3-2
177 B. Olsen (B) pinned Pansch (C)
Hwy Vaudt (C) pinned Inouye (B)
Fouled Out: Pederson, Larson
fg ft tp fg ft tp
Larson 3 1 7 Rilos 4 I 9
Brodin 2 0 4 Smith 3 3 9
Pederson 8 6 22 Moore 5 8 18
Weko 6 0 12 Bell 6 5 17
Feldman 7 3 17 Anderson 4 0 8
Johnson I 0 2 Rossi 0 4 4
Renwick 6 I 13
Richardson 2 0 4
Fouls: Bethel-17; Colorado-9
fg ft tp ST PAUL 61
Weko 4 0 8
fg ft tp
3 3 9 Clausen 2 2 6
Feldman 50 I0 Zabel
02 2
Nord mark 0 1 1 Schleicher 64 16
Pederson 84 20 Coburn 10 5 25
Johnson 21 5 Wengert
2 2 6
Larson 9 1 19 Allwardt
02 2
Richardson 2 I 5 Golnitz 01 1
Brodin 2 0 4 Phillips 10 2
Berry 12 4 Cloeter 01
Fouls: Bethel-26; Concordia-I8
Fouled Out: Weko
fg ft tp
fg ft tp
Weko 3 0 6 Lake 2 6 10
Renwick 2 0 4 Pennyfeather 3 2 8
Feldman 5 I II Saniuk 4 0 8
Swed berg I 2 4 Lang 7 5 19
Pederson 13 13 39 Brown 3 0 6
Larson 4 4 12 Lee 4 4 12
Richardson I 0 2 Eberling 2 0 4
Brodin 3 0 6 Luebke 1 0 2
Berry 0 I I
Fouls: Bethel-25; Northland-20
Fouled Out: Weko Saniuk
fg ft tp fg ft tp
Weko 0 1 I Glas I 0 2
Renwick 6 0 12 Mjelda 4 I 9
Feldman 4 I 9 Noonkesser 5 2 12
Pederson 5 3 13 LaVelle 6 17 29
Larson 3 4 10 Cleavland 3 2 8
Richardson 3 2 8 Schwarzrock 2 0 4
Brodin 2 0 4 Boone 2 0 4
Fouls: Bethel-21 ; Bemidji-I2
Fouled Out: Weko
With the score 12-11, Bethel
could have clinched the meet with
Bob Olsen coming up next. Appar-ently
his opponent had figured out
how to keep off his back this time,
however; in their first meeting,
Bob had pinned him with one
minute left. This time, however,
the Southwest wrestler managed to
stall enough and kick whenever he
was almost on his back to avoid
being pinned. Bob tried hard but
could only manage an 8-1 win.
But then, heavyweight Randy
Inouye ran into trouble and was
on his back at 1:38. It was a noble
attempt and a good comeback, but
left the crowd disappointed as the
Royal's season mark slipped to 8-
Freshman Jim Olsen wrestled his
last match for Bethel as he will
be leaving school and going into
the service. He takes with him a
record of 11 wins and only one
loss, and leaves a big hole to fill
in the 160 pound slot.
A midwest snowstorm sliced four
days and five contests out of a
scheduled two week tour by the
Bthel College Women's Choir. The
semester break trip would have
taken the choir, under the direc-tion
of Oliver Mogck, through Min-nesota,
South Dakota, Iowa, Neb-raska,
and Illinois, but the snow
cancelled the choir's South Dakota
and Nebraska performances.
Leaving Bethel on January 23,
the co-eds arrived in Mankato
Thursday afternoon and were treat-ed
to supper before singing to a
small congregation that evening.
However, due to poor driving con-ditions,
the trip to Scotland, South
Dakota, was postponed.
Friday the choir practiced new
music and toured the Performing
Arts Building at Mankato State
College, where they sang in the
new recital hall for two music
professors. In the afternoon the
thirty-nine girls invaded the new
shopping center just outside Man-kato.
Finally the decision was made to
return to Bethel until driving con-ditions
improved. The Women's
Choir then left campus Tuesday
morning, resuming their tour with
a concert in Humboldt, Iowa. Eight
more concerts are scheduled for
the last seven days of the trip, with
the choir scheduled to return home
February 4 or 5.
On tour the group presents —
sacred concert of various styles
and periods at each church. Selec-tions
include several psalm set-tings
by Brahms, Randall Thomp-son,
and Kent Newbury, hymn ar-rangements,
and spirituals.
In addition to acapella singing,
the choir uses piano and organ
accompaniment. Several smaller
vocal and instrumental ensembles
add increased variety to the pro-gram.
Over one hundred first se-mester
students did not enroll
for second semester, according
to the Registrar's office. Part of
this turnover will be compensa-ted
for by incoming transfers.
A number of departing stu-dents
completed their gradua-tion
requirements during the
past semester, while others are
transferring because Bethel does
not offer a concentration in
their major field. Finances, mar-riage,
and military service were
other reasons cited for leaving
Four students have special roles:
Becky Lindaman, assistant conduc-tor,
Beverly Pearson, piano accom-panist,
Betty Jo Worrell, organist,
and Cindy Simkins, president of
the choir, who will describe the
academic program and the purpos-es
of Bethel.
The choir has produced three re-cordings.
Released in July, 1968,
the most recent stereo recording
is available in the bookstore or
through members of the choir.
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Barry Anderson 152 pounds and co-captain of the Royals, smiles for the camera. On the mat,
however, he has shown little charity to his opponents as he has built a fine career record
during three years of competition.
Man of many talents leads wrestlers
You wouldn't expect such a nice, quiet-looking An evening early last fall ("Moods") was probably
fellow to be so good at twisting other guys into one of the high points in the career of the other side
pretzels, but Barry Anderson is building up one of of his life. His main hobby is guitar picking and sing-the
better personal records in the history of Bethel ing along on occassion. You all remember Barry An-wrestling.
Barry is co-captain of the wrestling team derson of "Alice's Restaurant" fame.
and has been one of the big reasons for the team's
success this year.
Last year Barry ended the season with a 12-5 rec-ord
and has a good chance of improving on that this
year. Thus far, he has an 8-3-1 mark with five matches
left. He has been putting out in every match this
year and Coach Doug King feels that Barry has po-tential
that he is not even aware of yet.
Anderson is a three-sport man at Bethel, having
lettered in football and baseball as well. He is a solid
performer in all three sports.
Barry is majoring in psychology. He hopes to go
into high school counseling and do some coaching. A
junior now, he anticipates a hitch with Uncle Sam
upon graduation.
1 Hockey, North Stars vs. Chicago 8:05
1 Hockey, Gophers at Michigan
1 Basketball, Bethel vs. Brair Cliff 7:30
1 Basketball, Gophers vs. Northwestern
2 Basketball, Pipers vs. Houston
2 Hockey, North Stars at Philadelphia TV 6:00
4 Basketball, Pipers at Denver
5 Basketball, Pipers at Los Angeles
5 Hockey, North Stars at Toronto TV 7:00
5 Basketball, Bethel Women at Carleton
6'6" Ron Pederson added an-other
record to his list of
school marks last week against
Winona with his 359th career
free throw. Here he prepares
to convert another from the
charity line.
by Faith Zwemke
"Promising" is the prediction for
the prospects of the women's bas-ketball
team this season. The sea-son
was initiated by a scrimmage
with Concordia, and a January 9th
contest against Golden Valley Lu-theran
College marked the first of-ficial
Surpassing Concordia 27-19, the
women cagers encountered various
normal first-game problems. Their
free-throw percentage was below
par, but the overall general shoot-ing
looked quite good. Marilyn Ed-gar,
a team veteran, scored 10
points for Bethel.
As indicated by the score, 44-12,
Bethel completely dominated the
game with Golden Valley, taking
an early lead and adding to it
A check of the basketball score
book reveals an apparent oddity.
Ron Pederson has yet to break
loose on a scoring spree at home
this season. He has averaged 20
points in five home court appear-ances
with a single game high of
only 23.
On the road, however, there
have already been five occasions
where Ron has scored thirty or
more points, the high game being
last weekend at Northland where
he sunk 39 counters. Counting last
night's game, Pederson has eight
home games left. Of those eight,
two of them, Northland and South-west,
are return games in which
Ron hit over thirty on the foe's
throughout the game. Two Bethel-ites
broke into double figures in
the scoring column. Karla Ask
topped the list with 14 points and
was followed by Marilyn Edgar
with 11 points.
Bethel's shooting was good, while
Golden Valley was plagued with
inaccuracy. Golden Valley was also
handicapped by a scant 31 percent
at the free-throw line. Collectively,
the Bethel squad looked capable as
the defense proved effective, and
the offense faced no major difficul-ties
in scoring.
The team is coached again this
year by Miss Carol Morgan, who
was encouraged with the good
turn out at practices. From now
into March the team has a full
schedule of games and will be play-ing
court. In all, six of the eight re-maining
home appearances are re-turn
games with Dordt and Brior
Cliff meeting the Bethel squad
for the first and only time of the
Just for the record book, Peder-son
had a slow night against Wi-nona
(Jan 21), but sunk his nine-tieth
free throw of the season to
add another record to his college
career. Truman Turnquist had 358
career free throws between 1957-
61. As of the Bemidji game, Ron
has 106 on the year for a career
total of 375. Turnquist also holds
the single year record with 140
free throws and it is likely that
he will lose that record as well.
Women cagers show talent
Breaks free throw mark
Pederson takes aim on road
Sadefte S ymposi• um
by Wally Borner
More than any group on campus, it seems that our cheerlea-ders
have probably worked the hardest for the least recognition.
The girls have as much school spirit and enthusiasm as anyone
else on campus. The reason is not just because they are the cheer-leaders
and are expected to, but they are cheerleaders because
of their enthusiasm.
Cheerleaders are an institution in high schools, colleges, and
universities, and deserve the fans' cooperation despite the fact that
some may feel that they aren't pretty or don't know any good
cheers or aren't agile. Most criticism is unfounded and contributed
by the people with the least spirit. Also, much criticism is destruc-tive
rather than constructive.
Our cheerleaders are Carol Larsen, Cheryl Cue, Bonnie Erick-son,
Karen Richards, and Karen Taflen. If you don't know them,
you should get acquainted with them because they are a great
group of girls. Now no matter what you think of cheerleaders in
general, ours look terrific even when they are sitting on the side-lines.
One of the Bethel coaches, who is an authority on cheerleaders,
appreciates the support the girls have been giving his team. He says
that the athletes would rather look up and see some pretty cheer-leaders
than an otherwise dead crowd.
One of the complaints I have heard is that there are too
many cheers to memorize if one wants to cheer. But if the girls cut
down on the number of cheers, then someone is certain to say
that it gets boring to do the same ones all the time and our cheer-leaders
must be unoriginal. And then, if one thinks back to last
fall, on at least one occassion the girls printed up several of the
cheers so that students would be able to learn them easier.
It is hard to say what fan support and cheerleaders actually
mean to an athletic team. Whether they are in the Rose Bowl
or an otherwise vacant lot the desire to win should be foremost in
their minds not "will there be many people to see us play and to
root for us."
Nevertheless, the homecourt advantage is traditional. There
have been enough athletic events in this century to prove or disprove
the value of the homecourt or field. The taste of defeat takes on an
added touch of letting down the fans and so the desire to win has
to be that much greater.
Bethel people have shown good fan support this winter, espe-cially
for the wrestling team. Basketball is practically a way of
life, therefore, we expect a good crowd to be there.
Every fan is important, from the quiet kids munching on pop-corn
and rabidly taking in the game to Leonard Sammons with
his, well never mind that. And in the light of this, the cheerleaders
have the responsibility of introducing a bit of civility into the game.
The winter sports season is coming to a close and we'd like
to see the fieldhouse packed for the rest of the schedule. And when
you go, try cheering along with the girls. It may seem a bit high-schoolish
at first but it will sound a lot better than a lot of other
stuff that comes from the bleachers.
Bethel's energetic cheerleaders take to the air during a
break in Royal basketball action.
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Typical: you wait ages for a blockbuster free-kick at this World Cup, then two come almost at once. Within 13 first-half minutes Japan booked a place in the second round – they will now face the Group F winners Paraguay in Pretoria on Tuesday.
Any watching Adidas executives also breathed a sigh of relief as first Keisuke Honda's 30-yard free-kick flew past Thomas Sorensen and then Yasuhito Endo curled the firm's controversial ball sweetly beyond the Danish wall.
Afterwards Honda said he would be satisfied only if Japan progress further. "I had expected to be really jubilant if we won today," he said. "Why is that not the case? Maybe because we have not finished the competition. We have to go further. Step by step I want to go higher."
Japan had initially appeared to be playing for the draw that would earn passage to the second round on goal difference and within half an hour they had had two players booked for time-wasting.
The impressive Honda also took his time when sizing up a free-kick from the right after 17 minutes. From at least 30 yards his patience was more than rewarded. The CSKA Moscow striker, one of the few Japanese players to play outside the J-League, unleashed a swerving, dipping free-kick that suggested he has fully tamed the ball. Sorensen, impressive in their win against Cameroon, was culpable. He shifted his balance and got his positioning wrong. Endo repeated the trick soon after for their second, but from a more central position.
On a pitch that will haunt England's goalkeeper Robert Green for ever, Sorensen had a really unhappy evening. He also misjudged the flight of a less impressive free-kick from Endo and only just managed to knock it on to the bar.
The Jabulani ball is used in the J-League and Japan, used to its idiosyncrasies, adopted a shoot-on-sight policy. They impressed every time they swept forward. Their front three of Yoshito Okubo, Honda and Makoto Hasebe buzzed around the static defence. Even with their lead cut to a single goal and with the clock ticking down, they continued to attack, getting another reward when Honda combined with Shinji Okazaki for the third.
Japan's coach, Takeshi Okada, had told them to play without fear. "They were courageous, they were not cowardly at all," he said later. "I did not want to concentrate only on defence. I told them to summon all their courage to be aggressive."
Denmark, needing a win, had started purposefully enough and also tried to press in the second half but they lacked the class to do so. With matters becoming ever more urgent, Jon Dahl Tomasson found himself alone eight yards out and miscued his shot. Arsenal's Nicklas Bendtner was also disappointing.
Their sombre manager, Morten Olsen, admitted afterwards that they had paid for not taking their chances but he also paid tribute to Honda. "A wonderful player."
There was a flicker of hope for the Danes before Japan's third. Soren Larsen hit the bar from long range, then Hasebe pushed Daniel Agger and the defender fell. Tomasson's penalty was easily saved but the forward duly knocked in the rebound.


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