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WND Scoops 2009
U.S. Border Patrol Agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean
WND led the investigation into the high-profile prosecutions and convictions of Border Patrol Agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, who received 11- and 12-year sentences for slightly wounding a fleeing illegal alien drug smuggler in 2005 with a gunshot while in pursuit and in the line of duty. A federal prosecutor gave the drug smuggler full immunity to testify against the agents.
WND's in-depth coverage of the case began with the first report Aug. 7, 2006. And in the years leading up to President Bush's commutation of the agents' sentences in January 2009, WND published at least 228 news stories and 51 commentaries about the case.
Joseph Farah, editor and chief executive officer of WND, launched a petition and letter-writing campaign in late 2008 that re-focused attention on the Ramos-Compean case in the last 30 days of Bush's term.
The petition collected more than 40,000 signatures by the time Bush commuted the agents' sentences, and the letter campaign produced more than 3,000 FedEx letters to the White House.
In a letter sent to WND, Compean expressed his gratitude for the petition and letter campaign.
"Thank you again for everything you have done to help. Words are not enough to express how grateful my family and I are."
Farah described the incarceration of the two men as nothing less than a human rights abuse – a miscarriage of justice perpetrated at the highest levels of our government.
Les Kinsolving, WND's correspondent at the White House, raised the issue of a pardon or commutation for the imprisoned agents at presidential news briefings, and eight times there was a "no comment" or an equivalent answer.
When President Bush commuted the men's sentences as one of the last acts of his presidency, WND broke the news to the world.
"Thank God for this commutation" said Farah. "This will end the sleepless nights for their wives and children. This is the first step toward making those families whole again."
Ignacio Ramos' father-in-law, Joe Loya, was among those grateful for the extensive coverage.
"We can only thank Joseph Farah, Jerome Corsi and the staff at WorldNetDaily because from the beginning you have been with us and you never gave up on the case," he said. "Your reporting had a lot to do with the decision today by President Bush to commute the sentences."
Among the highlights of WND's 2009 reporting on the Ramos and Compean case:
- WND was first to reveal the U.S. Department of Justice had opened a file on imprisoned Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean and a commutation of their sentences was under review.
- Jose Compean's wife, Patty, told WND she will not resent George W. Bush if he leaves office without granting her husband freedom, but she would like to have a heart-to-heart moment with the president.
- A spokeswoman for the Federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed to WND that Compean and Ramos might be eligible to leave federal prison before their official release date of March 20.
Following their release, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal from the men who were trying to have their felony convictions dismissed.
Is Barack Obama constitutionally eligible to serve as president?
WND has been reporting since before the 2008 election on questions – and lawsuits – raised over Obama's birth and eligibility.
Congressional hearings were held to determine whether Sen. John McCain was constitutionally eligible to be president as a "natural born citizen," but no controlling legal authority ever sought to verify Obama's claim to a Hawaiian birth.
The U.S. Constitution, Article 2, Section 1, states, "No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President."
Obama's presidential campaign released to select news organizations only what is known as a "certification of live birth," a document obtainable in Hawaii in 1961 by Americans actually born outside the country. However, Joseph Farah, WND editor and chief executive officer, has been calling for the release of Obama's long-form birth certificate showing the hospital of his birth, attending physician and other details to confirm his citizenship status.
Complicating the issue are Obama's move to Indonesia as a child, where he reportedly attended that nation's public schools, and his later travels to Pakistan, raising questions about on what nation's passport was that travel accomplished. Then there are the multiple law firms hired to make certain Obama's long-form birth certificate information, and other documentation such as college records, remain sealed from public view.
Among the highlights of WND's exclusive 2009 reporting on Obama's eligibility:
WND broke the strange phenomenon of Internet news sites swapping Obama's birthplace like magic, changing it from the Queen's Medical Center in Honolulu to the Kapi'olani Medical Center across town.
This happened within hours of a WND report exposing numerous reports that Obama's birth took place in more than one hospital.
The Honolulu hospital which for nearly six months proudly declared Obama was born at its facility and used that claim as a major fund-raising tool began an active cover-up, hiding a White House letter announcing his alleged birth there and refusing to confirm such a letter even exists.
After weeks of inquiries, the White House refused to verify the authenticity of a letter allegedly sent by Obama in which he ostensibly declared a Honolulu hospital as his birthplace.
Wikipedia could not make up its mind about where President Obama was born. The free, online encyclopedia displayed at least two countries the commander in chief may have been born in – the U.S and Kenya.
WND revealed how the media actually probed other candidates, divulging personal documents on arrests, college and surgeries.
WND chronicled more than a dozen documents that remain unreleased or otherwise blocked from the public eye.
Other highlights:
- President Obama may have been using campaign funds to stomp out eligibility lawsuits brought by Americans, as WND proved his campaign paid more than $1 million to his top lawyer since the election.
- With more than 200 individual threads and thousands of comments on the eligibility issue alone, WND revealed that moderators of the White House website on "open government dialogue" worked tirelessly to scrub the dialogue about Barack Obama's elusive "long-form" birth certificate.
- More than eight months after Barack Obama was elected president, the mystery surrounding his precise birthplace deepened as the myth-busting website Snopes.com – along with several news agencies and an Obama community blog – directly contradicted the president's own claim regarding the hospital in which he was born.
- The physician who attended President Obama's birth remains shrouded in mystery.
- Images of two 1961 Hawaii birth certificates similar to the one President Obama purportedly has on file were unveiled by WND. The long-form birth certificates include the name of the hospital, the name of the attending physician, name and address of the parents, the race of the parents and the race of the baby.
- In response to a direct question from WND, Hawaii refused to verify as authentic the short-form certificate of live birth or COLB posted on the Internet by the Obama presidential campaign and by FactCheck.org.
- More cracks appeared in the official story of Barack Obama's family life, with the revelation in school documentation from the University of Washington that Ann Dunham most likely left her husband, Barack Sr., within weeks of the baby's birth.
- Stanley Ann Dunham, Barack Obama's mother, was registered for college classes in Seattle only 15 days after reportedly delivering her first-born child in Honolulu, according to school records obtained by WND.
- Documents uncovered by WND strongly suggest Barack Obama Sr. and Stanley Ann Dunham, President Obama's parents, did not live at 6085 Kalanianaole Highway in Hawaii – even though birth announcements in local newspapers listed that address.
- An extensive WND investigation revealed an approximately six-and-a-half-month interval in which there is no documentation for his mother Stanley Ann Dunham's whereabouts in the months leading up to Obama's birth.
- WND broke the story when Maj. Stefan Cook, scheduled to report for deployment to Afghanistan within days, had his military orders revoked after he argued he should not be required to serve under a president who has not proven his eligibility for office.
- Chief Justice John Roberts agreed to take from a California attorney legal briefs and a WND petition bearing over 325,000 signatures of people asking the court to rule on whether or not the Barack Obama is eligible to serve as president.
- Fox News anchor Shepard Smith stunned many when he said he believes Americans challenging the eligibility of Barack Obama to hold the office of president are "crazies," saying "there is no truth whatsoever" to the suggestion Obama is not a "natural-born citizen."
- The Kenyan birth document released by California attorney Orly Taitz is probably not authentic, according to WND's investigative operatives in Africa, though officials in Nairobi do not rule out the possibility President Obama may indeed have been born in their country.
- WND exclusively reported on a plan by Hawaiian state senator Will Espero to introduce a bill in the state legislature that would force the Hawaii Department of Health to release Obama's original, long-form birth certificate.
"Where's the birth certificate?"
In May, Farah launched a national billboard campaign in an effort to keep the issue before the American people. The billboards, being leased around the country, ask the simple question, "Where's the birth certificate?"
The billboard campaign followed one launched months earlier to collect the names on an electronic petition demanding accountability and transparency on the issue. The petition gathered nearly 500,000 names.
Czar wars
WND was the news agency that broke the first major story on Obama's "green-jobs" czar Van Jones and it was the dogged reporting of WND's Jerusalem bureau chief Aaron Klein that helped bring down the first high-ranking member of the Obama administration.
In April, Klein exposed Jones as a self-described radical communist and "rowdy black nationalist" who said his environmental activism was actually a means to fight for racial and class "justice." That was followed by many other revelations from WND about Jones.
In April, WND also exposed Cass Sunstein, Barack Obama's nominee for "regulatory czar," as an advocate of a "Fairness Doctrine" for the Internet that would require opposing opinions be linked and also has suggested angry e-mails should be prevented from being sent by technology that would require a 24-hour cooling off period.
Among WND's many other "czar" exclusives:
Regulatory czar: Adult dog more 'rational' than baby
Obama science chief: Abortion can save planet
Holdren says Constitution backs compulsory abortion
Obama team 'socialists with communist background'
Department of Homeland Security vs. "right-wing extremists"
WND broke the news of a newly unclassified Department of Homeland Security report warning against the possibility of violence by unnamed "right-wing extremists." The "extremists" were characterized as those who express concerns about illegal immigration, increasing federal power, restrictions on firearms, abortion and the loss of U.S. sovereignty. The report singled out returning war veterans as particular threats.
After the Department of Homeland Security branded pro-lifers and tax protesters as "extremist threats, "gun owners feared a bill proposed that would keep firearms out of the hands of those only suspected to be "domestic terrorists."
At least two groups demanded Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano quit after a report revealed the agency's report on "right-wing extremists" was based on sources no more or less secure than Internet chat, WND revealed in an exclusive report.
Something in the air
As WND reported, CNBC analyst Rick Santelli became a YouTube sensation after he spoke out against President Obama's proposed $275 billion deficit-financed homeowner bailout plan and other massive spending measures with a call for a new "tea party" from the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
WND's coverage played a pivotal role in helping to launch the tea-party movement. The news site was the first media outlet to provide a comprehensive list of more than 40 planned tea parties across the nation, using information gathered through Facebook and other online searches.
WND was first to reveal how town-hall meetings, driven by the tea-party movement and billed as opportunities for Americans to ask health care
questions of an "open" and "transparent" administration, were being packed with "planted" questioners ranging from Obama campaign donors and Organizing for America volunteers to single-payer health care lobbyists and ServiceEmployees International Union members.
And when taxpayers stormed Washington, D.C. on Sept. 12, in a three-day event to take their fight against excessive spending, bailouts, growth of big government and soaring deficits to the front door of the U.S. Capitol, WND was there to provide complete coverage of the historic event.
The "pink-slips" campaign
Did you ever want to send an urgent message to every member of Congress, ensuring delivery to their offices on Capitol Hill and letting them know they are being watched?
WND helped make it possible through a bold program called "Send Congress a Pink Slip." The "pink-slips" campaign guarantees a brief but poignant message will be delivered by Federal Express to all 535 members of the House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.
Voters across the nation, and representing every state, answered the call and joined together to generate the 8 million pink slips in the special campaign that warns members of Congress they will be facing a one-way trip home on election day if they support big government.
If you stacked the pink slips Congress has received in 2009 warning members away from support of the health-care bill, big spending, hate-crimes legislation and energy taxes, the pile would be half a mile (nearly 2,700 feet) tall and tower over the tallest buildings in the world.
Michael Savage banned in Britain
WND told the world the reaction of talk-radio host Michael Savage upon hearing the news Britain's top homeland security official released a list grouping him with terrorists and neo-Nazi murderers banned from entering the country because the government believes their views might provoke violence.
Muslim Mafia
In the wake of the sensational ACORN video sting operation by two young investigators, an even more daring and devastating undercover investigation – this one infiltrating the nation's most aggressive Muslim "civil rights" organization for six months – has produced startling new revelations about the supposedly "moderate" group.
A new book detailing the operation and its findings shows the Washington, D.C.-based Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, is not the beneficent Muslim civil-rights group it claims to be.
Co-authored by Paul Sperry, an investigative journalist and expert on terrorism, and P. David Gaubatz, a counter-terrorism investigator and former Air Force special agent, "Muslim Mafia" uncovers how the nonprofit Council on American-Islamic Relations fronts for established terror networks intent on bringing the United States under the authority of the Quran.
In a courageous act of high-risk surveillance that stretched for six months, Gaubatz's own son, Chris Gaubatz, posed as recent Islam convert David Marshall and served as an intern at CAIR's national headquarters in Washington, D.C. Gaubatz spirited out 12,000 pages of documents during the secret operation.
Other 2009 WND scoops:
- WND was first to report that Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor was listed as a member of the National Council of La Raza, a group that's promoted driver's licenses for illegal aliens, amnesty programs, and no immigration law enforcement by local and state police.
- A federal judge dismissed a case brought by Michael Newdow and the American Humanist Association seeking to ban prayer and the phrase "so help me God" from presidential inaugurations.
- Alan Keyes spoke to WND immediately after he was released – against his will – from an Indiana jail in the wake of protesting pro-abortion President Barack Obama's commencement address at the University of Notre Dame.
- ACORN, the radical organization charged with voter fraud in several states, was born in the radical leftist revolutionary philosophy known as the "Cloward-Piven Strategy" advanced by two Columbia University sociologists in the 1960s.
- As the Obama administration pushed through Congress its $800 billion deficit-spending economic stimulus plan, WND told the world the true deficit of the federal government already is measured in trillions of dollars, and in fact its $65.5 trillion in total obligations exceeds the gross domestic product of the world.
- WND's exclusive reporting revealed how the Obama administration's federal-budget deficit could reach $2.5 trillion in 2009 and $4 trillion in 2010.
- WND broke the news of the Federal Reserve buying U.S. Treasury bills in a move that could sink the dollar by "monetizing" the U.S. federal debt.
- WND was first to reveal unemployment in March was 20 percent higher in so-called "blue states" won by Democratic candidate Barack Obama in last fall's presidential election than in "red states" won by Republican candidate John McCain, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- Barack Obama's approval rating starts out much like Jimmy Carter, WND reported.
- In a decision anticipated as a major setback for proponents of renewable biofuels, the California Environmental Protection Agency prepares to vote against corn ethanol on the grounds that use of the biofuel cannot help solve "global warming."
- President Obama gave his "guarantee" he will sign an executive order overturning President Bush's order restricting federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, WND reported.
- WND broke the story of how lawmakers in 20 states staged a rebellion against the growing dominance of federal control by pressing for sovereignty resolutions under Ninth and Tenth Amendments to the Constitution.
- WND was first to report that Miss USA judge Perez Hilton launched into a full-blown attack on Christian contestant Carrie Prejean – calling her a b-tch and a c—, as well as defacing photos of her with sexually explicit drawings – because she believes marriage should be between a man and a woman.
- WND broke the news that Tami Farrell, the beauty queen who replaced the ousted Carrie Prejean as Miss California, apparently holds the same view as her predecessor, Carrie Prejean, and President Obama that marriage should be between a man and a woman exclusively.
- In an exclusive interview with WND, Jeffrey Boutwell, the Washington, D.C.-based head of the Pugwash Conference, confirmed top-level Iranian and American officials participated in four closed-door international conferences to discuss Tehran's nuclear program.
- WND exclusively reported how the Random House Dictionary provided on Dictionary.com defined the word "narrow-minded" as being "extremely conservative."
- WND was there as representatives of more than two dozen of the nation's top talk shows held an unprecedented private meeting to brainstorm strategies against what they agreed are government plans to squelch critical political speech on radio.
- Over one million, empty, red envelopes symbolizing lives snuffed out by abortion poured into the White House mail room, as Americans expressed their displeasure with President Obama's stances on abortion.
- A Tennessee elementary school ordered the words "God Bless the USA" and "In God We Trust" covered up on student-made posters in the hallways.
- WND alerted Americans to a federal dictate that would have undercut the nation's ammunition supply, until gun owners rose up and got the policy reversed.
- WND unveiled the inspiring story of a personal banker in Arlington, Va., who quit his job after Chevy Chase Bank announced it will begin accepting consular cards from customers who many suspect are illegal aliens.
- WND drew attention to Samuel Wurzelbacher's promotion of the Fair Tax, calling on America to join "Joe the Plumber" in flushing the IRS.
- WND conducted the first in-person interview with a Nicaraguan political refugee, who was beaten with sticks, shot at, nearly raped and almost murdered – all because she fought for free elections.
- After breaking the story of Nicaraguan political refugee Auxiliadora Martinez, 23, and her fight for asylum, WND was first to reveal that she had been granted asylum in the United States and was no longer fearing for her life.
- WND was first to report the Environmental Protection Agency's silencing of one of its own senior researchers after the 38-year employee issued an internal critique of the EPA's climate change position.
- While many Americans remained oblivious to the imminent risk of major hazards and contagions spreading throughout their communities at any given time, WND exposed major risks of hospitals trucking infectious waste to off-site disposal facilities, a procedure that could leave the nation vulnerable to a pandemic or biological attack.
- WND broke the news to the world that the modest global warming trend has stopped – maybe even reversed itself.
- WND broke the news of ominous forfeiture provisions in a new bill that would punish rock collectors and paleontologists with arrest and expropriation of their cars and other equipment for even unknowingly disturbing fossils on public land.
- When many parents think of Girl Scouts, they imagine young girls in uniform selling Thin Mints and Tagalong cookies – but WND revealed a new curriculum puts its focus on feminist, communist and lesbian role models.
- WND was first to report former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore, who was ousted from the bench for defending the Ten Commandments, planned to announce his gubernatorial bid for the state's top job.
- WND's exclusive reporting revealed how the White House refuses to release any details about the fifth annual summit of the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America, now operating under the title of the North American Leaders' Summit.
- Iran won't agree to direct talks with Obama administration, WND revealed in an exclusive report.
- WND gained an exclusive interview with Steve McEveety, producer of "The Passion of the Christ," about his new movie, "The Stoning of Soraya M." which exposes the dark underbelly of Shariah law.
- Advocates of Christian and home education celebrated statements by the president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee that may signal a shift in the denomination away from encouraging public schooling.
- WND broke the news that President Obama and Vice President Biden were exempt from the executive order Obama signed in his first full day in office that capped compensation for White House aides to $100,000 a year.
- Michael Farris took up the cause of freedom by inviting Americans to sign his "Declaration of the Principles of Liberty," a bold proclamation resisting the encroachment of socialism and federal tyranny.
- WND profiled Ed Meese, the former attorney general under Ronald Reagan, who was credited by some as having saved the U.S. Constitution from activist judges.
- WND broke the news that swept the nation of a San Diego pastor and his wife who were interrogated by a county official and warned they would face escalating fines if they continued to hold Bible studies in their home.
- WND exposed the profane and hateful comments leveled against a Christian 12-year-old on YouTube who dared to post videos critical of homosexuality.
- WND discovered an online version of The Game of Life confounded some parents because it allowed players to choose same-sex marriage partners and form homosexual families.
- A mother and father in New York were subjected by their school district's attorney to a faith "sincerity test," which ultimately ruled their beliefs too questionable to qualify for a religious exemption to mandatory student immunization.
- A couple in California, required by law to have their dog implanted with a microchip in order to take him camping, swallowed their objections … and watched their Chihuahua named Charlie Brown bleed to death from the procedure.
- WND printed an exclusive interview with Ann Coulter on the release of her new book, "Guilty," in which she explained how America's liberals pretend to be victims in order to advance, attack, and oppress others.
- Creationists fought back with billboards of their own after the Freedom from Religion Foundation put up Darwinist billboards in Rhea County, Tenn., home of the Scopes "Monkey" Trial.
- An organization battling the state of Massachusetts in its effort to normalize homosexual relationships found state officials now are allowing applicants for drivers licenses to select their gender on official documents.
- A North Carolina judge ordered three children to attend public schools because the homeschooling their mother has provided over the last four years needs to be "challenged."
- On the heels of two active duty members of the U.S. military serving in Iraq calling for President Obama to prove his eligibility to be president, a retired major general has agreed to join the case, saying he just wants "the truth."
- WND reported on a plan in the U.S. House of Representatives to determine whether "a workable, fair, and reasonable mandatory service requirement for all able young people" should be developed across the United States. But the language that was included in H.R. 1388 suddenly disappeared.
- Radio talk show host Michael Savage has teamed up with the Thomas More Law Center of Ann Arbor, Mich., to file a lawsuit against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano.
- Supporters of a plan to amend the U.S. Constitution to include parental rights are warning moms and dads across the United States they already are losing their rights to make decisions regarding their children's health, education, welfare, finances, sex education, access to abortion and even leisure time.
- At least one pro-family organization that has opposed the pro-homosexual "Day of Silence" is being targeted with hate e-mails and telephone calls, including suggestions that officials go and kill themselves.
- According to an online Yahoo program, the Global Position System coordinates for the White House, probably one of the best-known publicly owned buildings in the world, are 38.898590 Latitude and -77.035971 Longitude. And since you know that, it's no big deal for the White House to know the coordinates for your front door, is it?
- Physicians in Montana could be facing "kill-on-demand" orders from patients who want to commit suicide if a district court judge's opinion pending before the state Supreme Court is affirmed.
- A federal law implemented against pro-life advocates is being cited in a lawsuit that is bashing back at "Bash Back!," a pro-homosexual anarchist organization that infiltrated and disrupted a worship service at a Michigan church last fall.
- The U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency is proposing a new definition that could be used to eliminate 8 of 10 legal pocketknives in the United States right now, according to activists who are gearing up to fight the plan.
- Members of the graduating class of 2009 at Florida's Pace High School have expressed their objections to ACLU restrictions on statements of religious faith at their school by rising up en masse at their ceremony and reciting the Lord's Prayer.
- A polygamy advocacy organization says the New Hampshire law that is intended to assure "equal access to marriage" for all instead specifically embeds in state statutes bigotry against polygamists.
- A campaign seeking a new trial for an Oklahoma soldier convicted of murder for the death of an Iraqi insurgent is gaining steam, perhaps at least partly because of a statement from a witness for the prosecution that the soldier was telling the truth when he explained the shooting was in self-defense.
- The founder of the homosexual activist group GLSEN, which promotes homosexual clubs in high schools, middle schools and grade schools and is the driving force behind the annual "Day of Silence" celebration of homosexuality in many districts, has been handed a federal appointment where he will be responsible for overseeing "safety" in the nation's public schools.
- A ruling from U.S. District Court Judge Catherine Perry that singled out the Bible as an "instrument of religion" and banned its distribution in a school has been overturned by the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
- The retiring general counsel for the National Education Association has complained that conservative "ba—-ds" are picking on his powerful union, which boasts more than 3 million members who contributed "hundreds of millions" of dollars annually to its causes.
- An ad campaign featured on a U.S. Army website seeking those who would be interested in being an "Internment/Resettlement" specialist is raising alarms across the country, generating concerns that there is some truth in those theories about domestic detention camps, a roundup of dissidents and a crackdown on "threatening" conservatives.
- A 10-year-old homeschool girl described as "well liked, social and interactive with her peers, academically promising and intellectually at or superior to grade level" has been told by a New Hampshire court official to attend a government school because she was too "vigorous" in defense of her Christian faith.
- Planned Parenthood abortionists in South Dakota have been accused of "defying" a ruling from the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that found constitutional a state requirement for informed consent.
- At least two groups are demanding Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano quit after a report revealed the agency's recent report on "rightwing extremists" was based on sources no more or less secure than Internet chat.
- The District of Columbia, where government restrictions prompted the landmark Heller decision in which the U.S. Supreme Court found individuals have a right to be armed, still doesn't understand the Second Amendment, according to a new lawsuit.
- A class action lawsuit has been filed by an Iranian woman now living in Los Angeles whose brother was jailed and tortured to death by the regime of Muslim leaders in Iran, seeking in excess of $10 billion in damages.
- A mother and father are going public with details about how Swedish social-services officials had police halt a plane en route to takeoff in order to take custody of their 7-year-old son after they had argued with local school officials about his homeschooling.
- WND exclusively reported how the Random House Dictionary provided on Dictionary.com defined the word "narrow-minded" as being "extremely conservative."
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Coroner: "Three Cups of Tea" co-author David Oliver Relin commits suicide
Updated at 4:26 p.m. ET
GRANTS PASS, Ore. David Oliver Relin, co-author of the best-selling book "Three Cups of Tea," said in legal filings about a year before his recent suicide that his career suffered from allegations of lies in the story of a humanitarian who built schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Relin committed suicide in the suburban Portland city of Corbett last month, according to the deputy Multnomah County medical examiner, Peter Bellant, late Sunday. He was 49.
Relin died of a blunt force head injury on Nov. 14, Bellant said. He declined to provide other details.
The book, which has sold about 4 million copies since being published in 2006, describes how Greg Mortenson, the other co-author, resolved to build schools for Pakistani villagers who nursed him to health after a failed mountaineering expedition.
The account came under scrutiny last year when CBS' "60 Minutes" and writer Jon Krakauer said it contained numerous falsehoods.
- "Three Cups of Tea" author to pay back $1 million
- Mont. legislators sue "Three Cups of Tea" author
- Greg Mortenson could face $20M in back taxes
In April, a U.S. district judge rejected a lawsuit by four people who bought the book, dismissing claims that the two authors, the publisher, and a charity conspired to make Mortenson into a false hero to sell books and raise money for an associated charity.
In an August 2011 court filing, Relin attorney Sonia Montalbano said the litigation "has had a negative impact on Relin's livelihood as an author."
In another filing, Montalbano said "Relin takes no position on many of the accusations made by the Plaintiff" but "does stand by the manuscript he wrote."
She pointed out that in an introduction Relin wrote for "Three Cups of Tea," he "fully acknowledged potential inaccuracies." In that introduction, Relin wrote that Mortenson's "fluid sense of time made pinning down the exact sequence of many events in this book almost impossible."
Following allegations that parts of "Three Cups of Tea" were made up, Mortenson denied any wrongdoing, though he has acknowledged some of the events were compressed over different periods of time.
"Three Cups of Tea" was conceived as a way to raise money for and tell the story of Mortenson's Central Asia Institute, which he co-founded in 1996 to build schools in Central Asia.
Montalbano described Relin in court documents as a journalist looking to write his first book when he was approached by a magazine editor Mortenson contacted looking for a writer to tell his story.
Relin then interviewed Mortenson, attended several of his lectures and read previous articles before preparing a book proposal that was bought by Penguin Group. After selling Penguin on the idea, Relin then conducted more interviews with Mortenson and others before writing the manuscript, Montalbano said.
In a 2008 interview with the University of Oregon literary journal Etude, Relin said he had objected to Mortenson being identified as co-author.
"That's been the only negative thing about this whole adventure for me," Relin said.
"It was published that way over my objections," he added.
The publisher released a statement, saying, "All of us at Penguin are saddened to hear of the death of David Oliver Relin. We extend our heartfelt condolences to his family."
Relin was born in Rochester, N.Y.
His second book, "Second Suns, Two Doctors and Their Amazing Quest to Restore Sight and Save Lives," was scheduled to be published in June.
The lawsuit against Mortenson, Relin and Penguin was filed in May 2011 in Montana, where Mortenson lives and the Central Asia Institute is based.
Relin was not involved in a separate investigation by the Montana attorney general into how Mortenson ran the charity.
The investigation led to a settlement in April that called for Mortenson to reimburse the charity nearly $1 million, his removal from a position of financial oversight and an expansion of the board.
The probe and settlement did not deal with the content of "Three Cups of Tea" or Mortenson's sequel, "Stones Into Schools," which Relin did not write.

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Anda wore a Manuel Mota for Pronovias gown that she accessorized with a veil from Vows Bridal Outlet. Gabe sported a slim-cut Dolce & Gabbana tuxedo with a tie from Barneys New York.
The couple chose to marry at Swedenborg Chapel in Cambridge. "We felt very strongly that our wedding should feel like 'Boston'—the goal was to reflect the dual images of the city as both traditional and modern," says Anda.
The service included a processional to Bach's "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" and a reading from Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke. The couple wanted to keep the ceremony decor simple. "The chapel itself is so beautiful—the candlelight and the architecture were all that was needed," says Anda.
After the service, the newlyweds and their 103 guests moved to The Hampshire House for cocktail hour before making their way into the venue's wood-paneled library for dinner. Surrounded by shelves of books, a marble fireplace aglow with flickering candles was the room's focal point. Round tables displayed a combination of tall and low centerpieces of orchids, garlic shoots, peonies, and lavender. All florals and decor were by Mimosa Fresh Flower Design.
The three-course menu included chilled cucumber and lump crab soup, beef tenderloin, lobster tail, Chilean sea bass, and stuffed tomatoes, all catered by the venue. Between each course, friends and family offered Champagne toasts. After diner, the couple cut their buttercream-frosted orange Grand Marnier cake.
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Anda and Gabe took to the center of the room for their first dance to "My Favourite Book" by Stars. JetSet Sounds provided the evening's lighting and music, which had everyone dancing until midnight. But the festivities didn't end there: "We gathered for table service at the bar at The Liberty Hotel, where more than half of the guests stayed up partying past 2 a.m.," says Anda. "For Boston, that's pretty impressive."
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4 .
Autumn is Theme
For Semi-Formal
"Autumn on Parade" is the theme for the fall semi-formal ban-quet
Saturday night at the Biltmore Inn following the Sioux Falls game.
Dick Borstad, senior fullback for the Minnesota Gophers, will be
the speaker. Last season Dick won fame for field goals and conversions
at strategic moments in Gopher games. The M.C. will be Gene Messenger.
When asked why a fall banquet was being held preceding Home-coming
for the first time in Bethel history, Art Erickson, social council
chairman, replied, "The social council feels that there is a need for
extra fall activity. The banquet was considered particularly timely this
year because there are only three
home games."
"This is going to be a football
weekend," Bob Johnson, athletic
council chairman stated.
To emphasize the second home
football game this year there will
be a pep fest Friday night in the
fieldhouse at 9 p.m.
Buses will leave the girls' dorm
at 1:15 p.m. for the game at Ram-sey
Outing At
Red Wing
Red Wing, Minn., will be the
scene of the All School Outing on
Saturday, October 12.
Last Friday night about 300 students gathered up their blankets and went over to the fair grounds for
a western flavored variety attraction called the "Fall Round-up". Featured in the program were skits, such
as the one pictured here, a trio, a male quartet, a guest soloist, a male choral group, several instrumental-ists
and a "wild horse". In the quartet here are Bud Malmsten, Stu Luckman, Dave Davies, and Rich Samuel-son.
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Volume XXXIV — No. 2 Bethel College and Seminary, St. Paul, Minn. Thursday, October 3, 1957
Frosh Elect
Prexy; Classes
Plan Activities
About 36 of these students are new to the seminary.
Tomorrow a reception will h' held it thp dining morn, providinc,
an opportunity for new and returning seminary students to become
better acquainted, Dean Omark announced.
Seminary and faculty and students will attend a retreat at Camp
Iduhopi at Lake Independence, CampusCalendar October 7 and 8. Plans have been
made for organized recreation,
dinner, and an evening meeting.
Freshman class officers were
elected and plans for class plays
and Homecoming activities were
initiated at the class meetings held
during chapel hour last Thursday.
Bruce Leafblad of Waukegan,
Ill., was elected president of the
freshman class at their first of-ficial
class meeting.
Other officers chosen at this
meeting, for which Bob Reed serv-ed
as acting chairman, were Larry
Nelson of Hopkins, Minn., vice-president,
June McGillevry, also
from Waukegan, secretary, and
Thelma Fredrickson from Seattle,
Wash., treasurer.
Russell Johnson, associate pro-fessor
of biology, was elected class
Plans for Nik Dag and Home-coming
were made at the sopho-more
class meeting. Dwight Jes-sup,
president, requests any sopho-more
interested in working on any
committees to contact either Den-nis
Nerstad or himself.
Class dues of $2.50 per year if
made in one payment or $1.50 per
semester were approved.
Gerry Wilber and Karen Chris-tensen
were appointed by the jun-ior
class to choose the class play
that will be presented this spring.
A float committee, Roger Holm,
Marion Ruge, and Arlene Berg-strom,
was also approved. Gerald
Healy, instructor in English, is
junior class adviser; Dave Shold
is president.
"The Importance of Being Ear-nest"
was approved by the senior
class as their class play to be
presented on Novemer 2. W. Ro-bert
Smith, professor of philos-ophy,
is senior class adviser; John
Anderson is president.
Plans Include
Replacing the traditional Home-coming
banquet will be a barbeque
at Como park, Art Erickson, social
council chairman, announced in a
preview of Homecoming activities.
This barbeque for students and
alumni will follow the Homecom-ing
game with Worthington at
Alexander Ramsey field, October
Dr. W. F. Widen, present chair-man
of the Board of Education
and ex-tennis champion, will be
the speaker and the male chorus
will sing at the Homecoming pro-gram,
Saturday evening, in the
Planned for Friday evening is a
variety show, featuring skits by
the various classes and organiza-tions.
Classes and campus organiza-tions
will compete for the awards
given for floats, skits, and pin
designs. Art encourages all the
groups to work hard on their plans
to create closer competition than
was exhibited last year when the
sophomore class won all three
The Homecoming slogan will be
chosen by the social council this
During the day students will be
able to participate in such organ-ized
activities as swimming, base-ball
football, tennis, and badmin-ton.
Cars and buses will leave for
Red Wing in the morning shortly
after breakfast. Two meals will be
served in the park there.
The junior class is in charge of
planning the day which is sponsor-ed
by the social council.
More Students
Have Returned
This year there is a larger per-centage
of returning students than
at any other time, Clifford Larson,
dean of the college, stated when he
released the official college regis-tration
of 486.
Breaking down this figure into
classes, the freshmen number 185;
sophomores, 151; juniors, 69; sen-iors,
70; and unclassified, 11.
There are 269 men and 217 wo-men.
Bethel college students represent
28 states, Alaska, Canada, China,
Cuba, England, Guam, and India.
Dean Larson says that the lar-ger
percentage of returning Bethel
students indicates an increasing
holding power at Bethel.
Mpls. News Ed
Is Journalism
Teacher Here
Teaching journalism this sem-ester
is Robert Hosokawa, news
editor for the Minneapolis Morn-ing
Before becoming news editor,
Mr. Hosokawa taught at the Uni-versity
of Wisconsin, Winona
State Teachers college in Winona,
, and Syracuse uilivv—oit:y-- h.
Syracuse, N. Y.
Clifford Larson, dean of the col-lege,
states that he considers
Bethel very fortunate in obtain-ing
a journalism teacher with both
teaching experience and practical
affiliation with the field.
In addition to his editor's work,
Mr. Hosokawa also fills in the
school of journalism at the Uni-versity
of Minnesota when he is
Mr. Hosokawa received his B.A.
in English from Whitman college
in Walla Walla, Wash., and his
M.A. in journalism from the Uni-versity
of Wisconsin.
Student Senate
Appoints Harris
Bryan Harris, senior, was ap-pointed
National Student Assoc-iation
Co-ordinator by Jack Tier-ney,
Student Senate president, at
the Senate meeting, September 23.
As Co-ordinator Bryan's duties
will include attending N.S.A. con-ferences,
handling mail and infor-mation
regarding the association
and arranging for N.S.A. meet-ings
on the Bethel campus.
Commenting on his appointment
Bryan stated, "This appointment
opens a large field of interest for
me. It will give me an opportunity
to study student activities on other
"The N.S.A. supplies informa-tion
on student affairs on national
and inter-national levels. The as-sociation
publishes circulars of
interest to all colleges which will
be available to Bethel students.
"I hope that association with
the N.S.A. will help Bethel to be-come
a better Christian college."
Preparing for Saturday's banquet, John Conda looks on as Marge
Donahue attempts to wash his car. The banquet, entitled "Autumn on
Parade", will be held at the Biltmore Inn.
Sem Begins Today
With 115 Enrolled
Seminary classes began this morning at 8 a.m. with the approximate
registration of 115 according to the office of Edwin Omark, dean of
October 3—F.M.F.
—Seminary classes begin
4—Pep fest
—Seminary reception
5—Football with Sioux Falls,
Ramsey field, 2 p.m.
—Semi-formal banquet, Bilt-more
Inn, 7:30 p.m.
9—Singspiration, Edgren re-creation
room, 7 p.m.
10—Football with Mason City
11—All School Outing, Red
Wing, Minn.
25, 26—Homecoming
"The Ministry of the Holy
Spirit in the Ministry" is the
theme of a special lecture series
Dr. Peter Joshua will give during
the week of October 15-18. He
will speak at chapel and two even-ing
Yesterday morning the seminary
officially opened with a chapel at
which President Lundquist spoke.
All twin city pastors received in-vitations
to this chapel service.
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Thursday, October 3, 1957
Ede:re/tea Once Upon a Summer Evening
Chapel Has Purpose
We accept too many things too carelessly. One such thing is the
chapel hour. We fail to appreciate it and its significance to our campus
and lives because we have never examined its purpose. Why is thirty-five
minutes of our valuable time set aside from class hours every
morning ?
A number of people would say that this is the time to come to talk
with our friends, to catch up on who is going with whom, or what Ed
did last night. Some prefer to use the time to read their mail or to
write that letter home. Some, fortunately many, come to chapel to .. .
well, what do they come for ?
Chapel as we see it is set aside for those who wish to come together
for common worship of God and instruction from Him. It is planned
that through song, prayer, and speaking, our Christian lives may be
enriched to the end that we might love and serve our Saviour better.
This is the purpose; this is an hour we must be thankful for.
To make this significant, we cannot come to chapel just out of
habit, or because a friend is going, or because there isn't anything else
to do, or because it is expected we be there. We must come because we
choose and desire to worship and know Christ. If the motivation of our
attendance is elsewhere, we will fail to grasp the blessing that is there.
What will help us prepare for this service ? Perhaps announcement
of the chapel program for the week would be in order. In the past few
years, the quality of the service has increased, and attendance has also.
Granted, a few students will discriminate between speakers, but for the
many such a plan would give more meaning and expectancy to this
hour with God.
Something To Think On
by Lawrence Van Heerden
"One reason some folks don't git no whar is dat dey wo'nt goin'
no whar in de fust place!" Hambone.
There are not too many men who from their youth saw clearly the
"path" God wanted them to walk. For most Christians it is a "station
to station" affair with mistakes and struggles along the way. Many
an enthusiastic and youthful missionary visionary ends up finding God's
will in Minnesota. For some promising pastor's-to-be the trail ends up
in Timbucktoo somewhere. But this should not nullify ambition and
goals in life. No Christian ever gets anywhere without purpose and
What are you at Bethel for? Four years of your life and $4,000
is not meant to be tampered with lightly. It ought to be a sure-fire
investment which will benefit mankind and please God. To ensure such
results we must at least have the highest of motives and some definite
goals. And even though we can't see too far ahead yet there are aspira-tions
for everyone to unveil for himself.
---,hat about the mastery of our studies in as far as we are able ?
Who of us has that broad appreciation of the other man's point of
view as well as that rock bottom depth of soul? For most of us this
would be goal enough for four years. And yet there are other objectives
which could painfully drag out the best that is in us. Emotional stability
is foreign to so many "citizens of the Kingdom". The sins of the Spirit
continue to cancel out the dubious merits of legalistic "separation from
the world". We labor or we loaf. But where is the love which can trans-form
both? Objectives! Goals! All of them! What are we dallying
around for ? What are you at Bethel for ?
"Take time and trouble to keep yourself spiritually fit. Bodily
fitness has a certain value, but spiritual fitness is essential,
both for this present life and for the life to come." I Tim.
4:7-8 (Phillips)
Suggestions Wanted
by Jack Tierney
Ever feel you could improve something ? I suppose we all have,
but isn't it strange that we sometimes see a situation needing improve-ment
and do nothing about it. I know it is only natural to say, "I can't
do much" and "well, my suggestion would be rather silly anyway" and
any number of other excuses. Your feelings might be, if I were like
Bob Reed or Art Erickson or Dave Shold, then I could do something;
but not little old me—I'm too insignificant.
You know what my reply will be. You know that I am going to
say you can better any situations or organizations on campus. Yes,
people like you Bob Brister or Jean Miller or you Elaine Johnson, or
Bill Browning, your ideas are wanted and needed. You may have seen
or heard of something elsewhere that could be incorporated into our
social, cultural, or athletic programs. You may have heard a speaker
that the religious, social, or cultural council could bring to campus at
a future date. Your past experience in a certain area may be extremely
beneficial to some committee. All your ideas are important to the Senate.
Last Monday we presented an opportunity for you to become ac-quainted
with the structure and operation in the Student Senate. As
you learned our responsibility is to function in your behalf. We cannot
do this effectively without your constructive criticism, your new ideas
and your enthusiastic support.
If you are not content with an improvable area of campus life and
say nothing, then only you are to blame. There would be no need for a
Senate without you. Since you are here and the Senate is here—use it.
To Whom It May Concern
We don't really need a college building. We don't really need a
landscaped campus. We don't really need a dining hall. What we need
at Bethel college is a dating bureau.
In a recent poll taken on campus, the lights in the girls' dorm were
checked at approximately 9:30; they were all on . Upon closer check
it was discovered the occupants were engaged in various stimulating
activities such as darning socks, washing nylons, and putting up hair
(where there's life there's hope).
by Lorraine Eitel
I didn't know what to wear that
evening. It had been hot all day,
it would probably be hotter in
church. Yet there were storm
clouds in the west. It would prob-ably
rain before the "sing" was
over. My dad kept yelling from
downstairs that the family was
waiting. I can't stand to have
people yell at me, especially when
it's hot. It couldn't hurt them to
wait a few minutes, teach them
I decided to wear my white
print sheath. It would fit well un-
Students Discover Life
by Bob Reed
It might be assumed that every student who is enrolled at Bethel
has a clear understanding of the aims and purposes of the liberal arts
program. The current college catalog bears out the importance of this
emphasis in the minds of those who form the academic policy.
Most new students, however, know very little about the liberal arts
program. Almost immediately they are indoctrinated. Such was the case
at Freshman Retreat this fall when a student panel discussed the sub-ject.
But this does not in any way convey the values of a liberal arts
program to the student. Only when he has discovered for himself, a
new appreciation for the fine arts, for history, and for science, can he
know the importance of a liberal education in his life.
Many students come to college feeling that the campus is a place
to prepare for living. It is far more than that — it is living. To find
that life is more than earning a living, more than filling a position at
some firm, school, or church is worth far more than the sacrifices made
by attending college. Some students make this discovery during their
freshman year. Others do not experience it until their senior year. It
is unfortunate that some never discover it at all. These students leave
college with a few tools which equip them to "do something" in life.
However, they are much the same individual as when they arrived with
their limited values and appreciations.
During this year each student can make a contribution to his own
life and his own usefulness by re-examining his values and putting
forth the effort to acquire and experience what the liberal arts can
Zetteut to de Editirt
Dear Editor,
I sure did enjoy that there af-fair
that went on over in those
fairgrounds last Saturday night.
I, and I reckon others, would like
to thank those grand folks who
did such a fine job. Art, the social
council, and I suppose there were
others who gave us a treat that
by Dick Bibler
IrOMY WE MIN MOTHER EXTTING& STIMULATING UNIT IN LATE NODAL II iSTORY.
magazine apart. Great Scott! What
a brat! It was just like any other
Sunday night.
We got there late, as usual.
They were singing "Some Golden
Daybreak" when we came in. I
don't like that song. It's pitched
too high. I always thought they
ought to have more alto solos in
church. I like to sing.
I squeezed into the back row
with all the other girls my age.
My parents sat about three rows
from the front as they always did.
I was glad I had a straight skirt
on. The other girls looked sloppy.
Their full skirts were all wrinkled
and starchless from the heat and
The sermon was just as boring
as any other Sunday night. I be-gan
to speculate on who would
take me to the "sing." I rather
hoped Roger would. He was the
most fun, kind of wicked in a way,
although he tried not to be. I
didn't notice how dark it was get-ting
It began to rain. It rained harder
and I was glad. I would rather
listen to the rain than to Pastor
Olson. I don't know what he was
preaching on, but he had just fin-ished
saying "and Christ said to
the devil" when thunder crashed
almost on top of us and the lights
blinked out for about five seconds.
In the blue darkness Pastor Olson
looked as though he were trying
to hide behind the pulpit. Then
the lights came on again.
"Maybe that was the devil",
Pastor Olson said, referring to his
last statement. There were some
nervous giggles. I made a face to
the girl next to me. Pastor's
brand of humor never quite ap-pealed
to me.
Then it happened again. Only
this time it was different because
when the lights came back on they
were brighter. Terribly bright. In
fact it hurt my eyes and I raised
my arm to shield them. When I
moved my arms and opened my
eyes the church was empty. Well,
almost empty. There were quite a
few people sitting here and there
dazed by what had happened and
I was still there.
I had had too much Sunday
School not to realize what had
happened. It had been a golden
daybreak somewhere I guess. "As
the lightning is seen in the east."
Without my parents now I'm my
own boss. And am I ever having
a time!
I might as well enjoy this life
because it's the only one I'll ever
der my raincoat and it was cool
for right now. Oh, how I hate hot
weather. Good grief!
It was just like any other Sun-day
night. My mother nagged at
me all the way to church about
being nice to people. I told her
that if she believed the golden
rule, she should stop nagging me.
Then she started to cry. What a
My brother wanted to have the
car windows open. I not too gent-ly
reminded him that I had spent
fifteen minutes combing my hair.
But he wouldn't close it until I
started to tear his Science Fiction
showed variety, originality, and
It seems to me, that if those
other councils exhibit the same
quality of programs that this coun-cil
seems to be doing, Bethel's
extra-curricular activities this year
will be second to none. Thanks
N. L. ,Hermes
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Jessup's Sport Jottings Wahpeton Racks Bethel
Almost void of spirit and drive, the Bethel Royals after a good first half failed in the second
This should be a most interesting week end for Royal followers. Wahpeton Science won the day with a 27 - 12 score last Saturday at Wahpeton, N. D.
Bethel received the first kick-off on the 32 yard line and drove the surprised Wildcat team
Commencing with a big Pep Fest in the middle of campus at 9 p.m. with a 50 yard drive. Wahpeton countered with a 60 yard push, but the Bethel defense held fast
Friday, the week end will be topped by the Sioux Falls - Bethel game
at Ramsey field at 1:30 Saturday afternoon and a banquet that evening
featuring Dick Borstad, University of Minnesota fullback . . . Sioux
Falls, who were stopped by the Royals last year 39 - 0, should expect a
rough afternoon Saturday. Our guess is that Bethel will capture their
first victory by a margin of two touchdowns . . . Coach Lundin called the
Northland contest a "moral victory" for his charges despite the 0 - 0
score . . . Correction: The last CLARION credited the Royals with only
94 net yards passing in the Hibbing game. It should have been 160.
To Bethel's new cheerleaders. Here's hoping they can write a few
new yells to replace last year's elementary ones.
To Lundin for his football explanation talks in gym classes last
week. This is something that is much needed and worthwhile.
To the athletic council for promoting the idea of a girls' intramural
program. Such a program seems only reasonable and the lack of per-sonnel
to head such is a definite Bethel shortcoming.
A World Series poll taken of fifty students last week indicates the
Braves as favorites at least on the Bethel campus. Twenty-eight expected
Milwaukee to win; 22 chose the Yankees. This corner will stay with
Mantle and his associates who should have no easy time of it, probably
needing seven games to win. Sports Illustrated agrees with this
view . . . The November issue of Sport magazine includes a good
profile on Minnesota's Bobby Cox . . . Any comments from readers of
this column are welcome and should be placed in the CLARION box in
the library.
Center Neil Christenson
Proves Worth To Team
One of the outstanding players of the Bethel gridders this year is
Neil Christenson freshman from Little Falls, Minnesota. Comparatively
small for college football centers (Neil confesses to "almost" 160
pounds), he has proven himself to be one of the best Royal linesmen,
playing the full sixty minutes each game.
Christenson won his biggest foot-ball
honors last year playing for
Little Falls. For his outstanding
play at center, he was selected
All-Conference in the Central-Six
League and National High School
All-American honorable mention.
Neil is undecided as to his pro-fession
after college, but his pre-sent
plans include at least two
years at Bethel. For the cause of
th,- blue and gold, here's hoping
lie will stay four.
Getting warmed up for the pep fest Friday and the game Saturday
are Barbara Chapman, Judy Hegstrom, and Terry Brown.
Cheerleaders Are Chosen
New Uniforms Planned
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Eight girls were selected as the
Bethel cheerleaders by the ath-letic
council at tryouts held Sep-tember
20. Heading the group is
Terry Brown, sophomore from
Little Falls, Minnesota and a mem-ber
of last year's cheering squad.
Others chosen were sophomore
Nancy Russell and frosh Meridee
Anderson, Barbara Chapman, Judy
Fosberg, and Judy Hegstrom. Gail
Ohlin and Cleo Munson were select-ed
as substitute alternates.
Plans for this year include new
uniforms consisting of blue slacks
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trimmed with blue collars, the
formation of a much needed Bethel
Pep club, and some new, more
constructive yells.
Co-eds' Sports
May Soon Be
Following a faculty-Student Sen-ate
cabinet luncheon Tuesday noon,
it was announced that the admini-stration
is favorable inclined to-ward
a women's sports program at
Action is now being taken to
secure personnel and to get a
suitable program organized-.
Since great student interest has
been shown in such a program, it
is hoped the women's athletic pro-gram
may soon be a reality.
Royals Hold,
Tie Northland
In 0-0 Contest
by Dennis Johnson
The Northland Lumberjacks
found that using an ax against
a stonewall availeth nothing, in
their homestand against Bethel
September 21, as the game ended
in a 0-0 tie.
The Royals, anxious to beat the
team that was victorious over
them in last season's Homecoming
game, twice threatened to move
the ball over the goal line. The
Northland eleven only succeeded
in raising their victory hopes once
in the final three remaining min-utes
of the game. With the excep-tion
of those three times, the game
was matched on slippery ground
between the 30 yard lines.
Fine running by Jim Milbery,
highlighted Bethel's offense, but
the Royals could claim only 31
net yards and four first downs.
Although Northland received seven
first downs and gained 129 net
yards, Lundin's men defensively
held firm in clinches and continued
to look good. Hard tackling Bruce
Erickson, Bob Brister, Bob Rey-nolds,
Stu Luckman, and defensive
signalman Neil Christenson de-serve
much credit for a well fought
Neil Christenson
Johnson Places
In Track Meet
Bob Johnson's time of 12:04
earned him a fifth place in a two-mile
cross country meet between
Bethel and Macalester at Lake
Nokomis last Saturday. Bob Pom-merenke
also represented Bethel
in the meet in which seven runners
from Macalester participated. The
other members of Coach Fredrick-son's
crew were unable to com-pete.
Grab the tennis shoes, men! An
active intramural program has
been organized; competition should
begin soon, possibly this week. The
eight teams have been selected
(see the lists on the fieldhouse
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Bethel taking over at the second
With the Lundinmen in charge
of the ball on their own 20, Sun-deen
blasted off tackle for a 1-10.
Again hitting the left side, Bill
Humpheries, on two consecutive
plays, sprinted for two valuable
first downs. Quarterback Bruce
Erickson then finding the ball
hard to move, signaled the team
into punt formation and the ball
was booted into the end zone. Jim
Milberg caught Wahpeton for a
loss, which forced them to punt.
Neil Christenson, Bethel's ace cen-ter,
playing his best performance
of the season, blocked the kick
with his body, picked up the ball
and carried it for a T.D. The ex-tra
point was blocked.
Wahpeton received the kickoff
on their 15 and in a series of
sweeps netted 55 yards. A success-ful
pass brought the Wildcats into
the end zone.
Bethel's final six points came
after a screen pass from Erickson
to Samuelson which gave Bethel
a first down. The ball was snapped
to Erickson who pitched out to
Thomas. Thomas threw a touch-down
pass to Carl Linden giving
Bethel a 12-7 lead. The attempted
kick was blocked.
In the third quarter Wahpeton,
on an off tackle play, scored and
made the score 13-12. Their next
T.D. came following a fumble in
the Royal's backfield on their 20.
Again the Bethel pass defense
failed to hold and a T.D. pass
was thrown to give Wahpeton a
20-12 lead. The final Wildcat T.D.
was made on a fake punt, carry-ing
the ball around end for a 56
yard run. The conversion being
good made the score 27-12.
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an awards system of both individ-ual
and team trophies is being
established. According to Bob
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will include touch foot-ball,
volleyball, basketball, bad-minton,
ping-pong, softball, and
possibly bowling.
A lack of capable personnel to
head a similar girl's intramural
program is stalling athletic coun-cil
plans for this purpose. If this
obstacle can be overcome, Bethel
women, long neglected in this area,
can expect such athletic activities
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The play, written in 1895, is a clever satirical farce-comedy based
upon absurd situations of the polite English society. As a social satire
it ridicules many solemn and revered conventions. Its flippancy is ap-parent
in Wilde's own comment that it is "a trivial comedy for series
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Bob Reed, and Jack Tierney will play the lead roles. Supporting actors
will be Hope ,Seffens, Phyllis Anderson, John F. Anderson, Joel Stolte
and Bruce Richardson. Co-directors of the play are Barbara Carlson and
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Thursday, October 3, 1957
FMF Membership Open,
Prexy Nelson Announces
Art, German,
Swedish Clubs
Christian Colleges
Help Protect Truth,
Says Dr. Carlson
Sing Will Be
Held Oct. 9
The Religious council will spon-sor
an all-school singspiration
Wednesday, Oct. 9 at 7 p.m. in the
recreation room of the Edgren
residence, according to Richard
Swanson, president. He added that
this will be the first of many Wed-nesday
evening events throughout
the year.
Another decision of the Religious
council, made at their meeting,
Sept. 17, was to set up a mission-ary
offering budget of $5,000. This
year, unlike other years, the whole
amount will go to foreign missions.
Carroll Erickson, Christian ser-vice
chairman, reports that nine
gospel teams have been organized
with approximately ten members
on each team.
According to Roger Bear, devo-tional
chairman, prayer meetings
have been held on each floor of
both dormitories since school
Other members of the Religious
council are Sylvia Jackson, secre-tary;
Glenn Ogren, vice chairman;
and Warren Nelson, F.M.F. repre-sentative.
Dr. Richard Curtis, as-sociate
professor of speech, is
Senate Purchases
115 Watt Spotlight
Under the order of the Student
Senate, an All-spot spotlight was
recently purchased for $225.
The 115 watt spotlight which can
also be used as a flood light has
a pin-point spot adjustment with
a complete color system. Set on a
three wheel tripod the spot is ex-tremely
The light was first put in use
by the social council in the Fall
Round-Up presented last Friday
The constitution does include a
membership policy which specifies
that to qualify for membership,
individuals must attend at least
two consecutive regular meetings.
A membership card is then award-ed.
However, the executive com-mittee
again emphasized the fact
that failure to receive a member-ship
card restricts no one from all
or any meetings.
The executive committee con-cluded
that their primary interest
in planning Foreign Missions Fel-lowship
programs and activities
is to stimulate the interest and
support of the entire campus.
To Meet Soon
Three of Bethel's clubs, the Art
club, the German club, and the
Swedish club have announced plans
for coming meetings.
A new club at Bethel this year,
the Art club will hold meetings
two Tuesday nights each month.
One meeting will be a formal meet-ing
with speakers, films, and an-alysis
of various forms of art. The
other meetings will be more in-formal
and consist of visits to art
galleries or sketching trips.
Bruce Erickson, German club
president, announced that the first
meeting of the club will be a lun-cheon
after the dining hall is com-pleted.
At that meeting officers
will be installed.
The Swedish club will meet in
the new dining hall for a "coffee
clatch" sometime after October 1.
At this meeting Mrs. Ingeborg
Sjordal, instructor of Swedish and
adviser for the club, will tell of
her trip to Sweden this summer.
Later they plan to visit the Swe-dish
American Institute in Minne-apolis,
according to Bob Johnson,
The presence of Christian lib-eral
arts college affords the best
security for our nation of the full
and unhindered pursuit of truth,
Dr. Edgar M. Carlson told the
Honors convocation audience this
Dr. Edgar M. Carlson
"Big Response"
Displayed At
Dramatics Club
"The response was beyond ex-pectation,"
was the way Roy Brott-lund
expressed his reaction to the
organizational meeting of the Dra-matics
club, Friday evening.
Roy, appointed by the cultural
council to organize a dramatics
club, called the club a "creative
At the meeting he presented the
possible opportunities open to club
members. These include working on
class plays and with gospel teams,
and sponsoring dramatics work-shops.
Purposes of the club, stated at
the meeting, are as follows:
"To acquire an appreciation for,
and an understanding of, various
types of drama.
"To seek a broader understand-ing
of human nature and emotions
through the interpretations and in-sights
of different writers.
"To provide a fellowship and an
outlet for those who wish to write,
act, direct, or in other ways par-ticipate
in the dramatic arts."
To quote Roy, "We're going to
have a great time."
Be ?"
In explaining the difference be-tween
a Christian and a non-
Christian college, Dr. Carlson said
that the real difference is not in
ownership or support, not in the
Christian commitment of the tea-chers,
not in the Christian char-acter
of the students, and not in
the atmosphere.
Instead, he said the uniqueness
of the Christian college lies in
what it teaches — the centrality
which it gives to the word of God.
The fact about which Christian
faith is most sure, Dr. Carlson
continued, is that God in Christ
forgives sins. There is complete
freedom in the program of the
Christian college to declare the
fact that and to take it seriously
in all realms of learning, he added.
Also at the convocation the
Magnus Larson scholarship of $500
was awarded to Linden Magnuson
and that of $200 to Robert Fryk-holm.
Nils Friberg received the
Nels C. Parsons scholarship of
$100. Alla sree minary scholar-ships.
Gospel Teams
Organized At
2 Workshops
by Joy Pim
Bethel's gospel team work be-gan
with well-attended two-night
workshops, September 24 and 25,
under the leadership of Clifford
Anderson, Christian service dir-ector,
and Nels Stjernstrom, dir-ector
of public relations. The work-shops
were held in the college
In introductory remarks, Mr.
Stjernstrom outlined the aims and
outreach of gospel team work.
Students were then classified ac-cording
to their abilities into
groups such as vocal ensembles,
instrumental ensembles, soloists,
speakers, song leaders, and read-ers.
Within these groups each stu-dent
auditioned his particular tal-ent.
Assisting with the auditions were
Mrs. Helen Blanchard, instructor in
music, Sheldon Fardig, assistant
professor of music and education,
Chris Weintz, instructor in Eng-lish,
and Mr. Stjernstrom.
According to Mr. Anderson, gos-pel
team leaders will be selected.
These leaders will organize teams
to which students will be assigned.
These teams will plan their own
programs and meet regularly for
As the requests come to Bethel
for gospel teams to go to local
churches, rural communties, or
missions, the Christian service of-fice
will make assignments to the
various teams.
Reviewing the workshop, Mr.
Anderson stated, "The opinion of
those who worked with the stu-dents
during these auditions is
that for the beginning of the
school year this is one of the best
groups they have ever seen.
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"The Foreign Missions Fellowship is an organization for all Bethel
students, student wives, faculty members, and staff members," announc-ed
President Warren Nelson at the first cabinet meeting of the 1957-'58
school year.
This statement was made when the question of restricted member-ship
was raised. The executive committee expressed concern over the
fact that many students believe that Foreign Missions Fellowship is
only for those young people who are studying and preparing for service
in the mission field. Ed Tegenfeldt, treasurer, emphasized the aims of
the Foreign Mission Fellowship by referring to the constitution which
states that the purpose is "to
promote the close association of
Christian students interested in the
work of foreign missions for fel-lowship,
prayer for missions, spir-itual
encouragement, and service."
He later added: "After all, we ex-pect
every Christian to be interest- A chalk drawing workshop, stu-ed
in missionary work, and so we dent showings, and poster work
want to make it very plain that are definitely scheduled according
we wish to serve the whole school." to Jim Sheldon, president.
Carlson, president of Gus-
Adolphus college in St.
Minn., spoke on the theme
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More than four years after a Prince George's County teen died after getting hit on her walk to school, her family was awarded tens of millions of dollars in a wrongful death suit, but the legal battle could be far from over.
The morning of Sept. 1, 2009, a Lincoln Continental hit 13-year-old Ashley Davis as she crossed Brinkley Road to get to her school bus stop. Some of her classmates watched in horror.
The car then struck a minivan and a 17-year-old boy.
"She was on her way," her mother, Nycole Davis, said. "She was doing the right thing. She was going to school. She was a good girl. She didn't deserve this."
Ashley, a Crossland High School freshman, suffered catastrophic injuries and died two weeks later. Her parents sued the Prince George's County School Board.
"The school board was negligent," said John Costello, the lawyer for the family. "They had adopted a policy to provide for safe transportation. The policy was they were going to pick up Ashley on her own side of the street. They never did. They forced her to cross the street. She got killed crossing the street."
"If she didn't have to cross the street … she'd be graduating this year," her mother said. "She'd be going to prom this year."
At the end of the civil trial, a Prince George's County jury awarded Ashley's family a verdict of $90 million in damages plus medical expenses and funeral costs.
"I didn't ask anyone to give me any money or anything like that," her mother said. "I just want someone held responsible for what happened to my daughter."
Prince Georges County Public Schools emailed a statement to News4 saying, "No judgment has been entered in this case. It is still under litigation."
Some cap a verdict or limit it in the neighborhood of $100,000 when there is a lawsuit against a municipality or school system, so this case could be far from over.


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Independence can be a very good thing. But not always.
I am a rather independent sort. Most Texans are. After all, the West was won by independent, rugged individualists. Individualism is not only in the culture, but in our DNA.
Part of the greatness of our country is due to those people who struck out on their on to new adventures and enterprises, often pulling themselves up by their "own boot straps."
Independence can be a very good thing. But not always.
I remember once when I was at a chaplain's conference out in Californian, one of our fellow colleagues lost his billfold. It had all of his money as well as all of his credit cards and I.D. Well, chaplains being a rather empathetic sort, we got together and collected money to help him to get home. However, when the representative tried to deliver the money to him, he refused it. "I don't need it," he said.
Here he was, penniless with no I.D. over 500 miles from home, and he didn't need it? It was certainly a case of him being too "independent" for his own good!
Sometimes we need to embrace our need to be dependent. Now, don't get me wrong. Yes, some people are too dependent upon others. In fact, being overly dependent can be downright pathological. I am afraid, for example, that we have some systems in our society that sometimes foster unhealthy dependence.
The Diagnostics and Statistical Manual, or DSM IV, is used by physicians, psychologists, and psychiatrist to diagnose mental and behavioral problems. One of the diagnostic categories is "Dependent Personality Disorder," a condition in which an individual is so dependent upon others that the person never reaches any personal fulfillment.
Another category, though, is one called "Schizoid Personality Disorder." Not to go into all the details, let me just say that the main characteristic of this disorder is that the person is extremely withdrawn and socially isolated – an extreme example of hyper independence. Again, this kind of person never reaches his or her potential or fulfillment either.
Now, most people live somewhere in between. In my experience, though, most "normal people" in our culture live on the "independent" side of the "midline." In other words, most "average" people are just a little too independent in our society today.
That's me.
However, there are times when we are thrust into situations where our beloved "independence" is stripped away.
I think back again to the operating room during my recent surgery. There I was immobilized, wearing nothing but a hospital gown – you know, the kind with the split down the back. As my mind began to get blurry from the anesthetic, I remember one of the last thoughts was, "Oh, no! I can't do anything about this now!"
I was in a position of total dependence upon my surgeon and other caregivers. Of course, I really would not have wanted to be awake during the procedure, but, as an independent sort, it would almost have been worth the pain in order to feel in control.
Then, of course, there was the recovery time afterward. Even as they got me out of the bed to go home, I tried to refuse the wheelchair. "I can walk," I said as my head was spinning.
Life sometimes plays funny little jokes, however. I was going to have to sleep in my recliner for the first couple of weeks. However, the handle that operates the reclining mechanism is on the right side of the chair, and it was my right arm that was operated on. Every time I needed to get up or sit down, I had to call for my wife to operate the handle on the chair.
I won't go into the details about grooming and hygiene, but I was totally dependent upon Katy for almost everything for a while.
However, I learned an important lesson. Being dependent is not such a bad thing sometimes. It is humbling.
We human beings like to think that we are in control of our own destinies. However, we are not, in the grand scheme of things. We are really, ultimately, totally dependent upon God. For everything. Our lives. The air that we breath. Water. Weather. Everything.
That includes eternity as well. During my recovery, I was often reminded of the verse that says, "For by grace are you saved and that not of yourselves, not as a result of works …"
No matter how "independent" we think we are, we are all ultimately dependent upon God. That is something you can depend on.
(The Rev. Al Henager is pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Heber Springs, Arkansas. He can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com.)


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Five changes Blackhawks could make in Game 4by Dan Rosen / Chicago Blackhawks
BOSTON -- The Chicago Blackhawks haven't scored a goal in more than 122 minutes and they trail the Boston Bruins, 2-1 in the best-of-7 series, heading into Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final on Wednesday at TD Garden (8 p.m. ET; NBC, CBC, RDS).
The Blackhawks have to make adjustments. They need to be better in several different areas if they want to break out of this death grip that the Bruins have them in and even the series before it shifts back to United Center for Game 5 on Saturday.
Chicago coach Joel Quenneville is no doubt dissecting Game 3, poring over video to find where his team can improve and what advantages it can look for in Game 4.
Here are five changes the Blackhawks will likely be exploring as they devise a game plan to win Game 4:
1. Erase Boston's advantage at the dot
The road team is always supposed to be at a disadvantage on faceoffs because it has to have its sticks down first. The home faceoff man gains the advantage because he can come down with his stick as the puck is being dropped.
"You can look and see what they're doing, where their feet are, where their stick is and where their hands are," Blackhawks center Dave Bolland said. "When you have the chance to go down last, you always have the advantage."
But that doesn't mean the discrepancy in faceoffs should be as great as it was in Game 3.
Chicago lost 40 of the 56 faceoffs, including 24 of 28 to Patrice Bergeron. Michal Handzus was 0-for-10 through two periods and then didn't take a draw in the third. Bolland was 1-for-8 through two periods, and he, too, didn't take another faceoff in the third period. Jonathan Toews lost 11 of his 19 faceoffs.
The Blackhawks were particularly bad in the offensive zone, where they lost 17 of 23 faceoffs. They were 1-for-7 when they were on the power play. Chicago lost 12 of 17 faceoffs in the defensive zone and 11 of 16 in the neutral zone.
"We've been watching the group of centermen here, digesting it, dissecting it, knowing we have to be better as well," Quenneville said.
However, it's not only on the centers; the Blackhawks need their wingers to be more active and aggressive in pursuit of the puck after the centers try to win it.
"Bergeron had a great night, but it's not just on the centermen taking them," said forward Patrick Sharp, who won three of his five draws. "We looked back at things and there are a number of 50-50 pucks we can come up with as wingers. You don't just point the finger at the one guy; it's really a team effort to get the puck back."
2. Simplify their entries on the power play
Chicago's power play has been problematic -- and that's putting it lightly. More to the point, the Blackhawks' power play is absolutely killing their entire game. Not only is it getting shut out (0-for-11 in the Cup Final), it's taking momentum away from the rest of Chicago's game.
A big part of the problem is the way the Blackhawks are trying to enter the zone. The offensive blue line has become like a jumble of barriers that can't be navigated. They are slow and timid when they reach the blue line and it's giving the Bruins a chance to pressure at the high points to turn over the puck and create shorthanded scoring chances, sometimes breakaways.
Generating speed through the neutral zone would help the Blackhawks get clean entries into the zone, but to gain and keep possession against the Bruins requires an even simpler strategy of just getting the puck in deep in any way possible and going to chase it down.
"It's tough to get a clean entry. I think we might have to get a little indirect plays to get possession on our entries," Quenneville said. "It starts with losing the draw initially. That's the area we have to get better. Hopefully you don't have to resort to the entry. We're still going to have to find a way to get through it and find ways to have possession off it. Might have to go indirectly to get it and have puck battles to get more retrievals."
Utilizing the chip-and-chase game isn't something the Blackhawks typically resort to because of their speed and playmaking ability, but if they use it they can still play to their strength, which is their speed, but only without the puck. They can use that speed to go in and hunt the puck down behind the Bruins' four penalty killers, who rarely break their structure and usually like to attack the puck.
However, if Chicago uses this style, it has to beat the Bruins to the puck. If it doesn't, Boston is essentially putting a box around the puck, sealing it off and clearing it down 200 feet.
And if the Blackhawks can get the puck deep and win the puck battles, it will also open up their cycle game and that could get the Bruins away from finding the pressure points. At the very least, getting the puck deep and winning the battles will alleviate some of the poise issues the Blackhawks are dealing with at the points.
3. Shift Kane around on the power play
Patrick Kane plays on the right-wing half-wall when the Blackhawks are on the power play. He's typically dangerous there, but remember that is also the area Bruins captain Zdeno Chara patrols. If Chicago is going to dump the puck in and have it go into their right corner, the odds of Kane winning the puck battle against Chara are slim.
However, if the Blackhawks moved Kane around on the power play, maybe shift him to the left side on their entries and have Jonathan Toews on the right side, that could give them a chance to win more battles in that right corner so they could free the puck up and have Kane dangerous on the left-wall. Since he's a lefty, he may also be able to protect the puck there and make plays.
4. Put the big guns back together
Chicago hasn't scored a goal in the past 122:26. To break the slump, it's time for Quenneville to load up his top line and put Sharp, Toews and Kane together.
"Usually when we're put together it's a situation when we need to score, we're chasing from behind, so the mindset is hop the boards with that attack-first mentality, get to the net, make something happen," Sharp said.
They need that mentality now. They need to score.
The argument against loading up is that it makes matchups easier for the Bruins, who will put the Bergeron line with Chara and Dennis Seidenberg on the ice as much as possible against a line with Sharp, Toews and Kane. That's fair, but what Chicago is doing now is not working, so it's time for Quenneville to see what his best can do against the Bruins' best.
"We'll see how we go along here," Quenneville said, "what the lines will be."
5. Raise the battle level and get to the front of the net
The Bruins are arguably the best team in the NHL at protecting their goalie and sealing off the slot. They rarely break structure and they're so big on the back end that even when teams put in a full effort to get to the front of the net, they still find it quite difficult to establish position there.
"They do have a tight game, play a tight house and get back there quickly," Bolland said.
The Blackhawks can't use that as an excuse. They have to do what the New York Rangers and Pittsburgh Penguins couldn't do -- find a way.
But how?
"The non-puck carriers have got to be willing to travel there," Quenneville said. "It's tough to get the puck, but we've got to be willing, the non-puck carriers, to get there. I thought we did a real good job in the L.A. series. At times in this series we've had more presence at the front of the net. That's what we've got to be looking to do: travel, get there, make sure [goalie Tuukka Rask] doesn't see the puck."
A key is recognition. The Blackhawks have to be aware of when there is even the slightest of openings to get to the net and who is playing against them. For example, if it's Chara and they can take him to the front of the net, then Chicago could force him to act as a screen in front of Rask.
"The more you get Chara or Seidenberg in front of him, it's going to be worse for him," Bolland said. "For us, it's just battling and getting them to the net, moving."