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carlon Bethel College St. Paul. Minnesota March 21. 1975 Malachi 4:2
Doc stops to chat with coffee sipper Gary Edwards.
Bethel/s corner on nostalgia;
sip it with your coffee
Tucked into a corner of Bethel's structural
maze of glass-lined corridors, winding
stairways, and numbered mailboxes,
is Doc Dalton's "Coffee Corner," and
for the hundreds of students and faculty
who mecca there daily, the pleasure
it offers goes far beyond the basic menu
of coffee, tea, and cookies. It is an
experience in Bethel nostalgia.
The Corner, in reality an extension
of Doc's second-floor, Academic Center
History office, was born in another era
of Bethel history, an era that Doc wants
to help students remember.
"The Coffee Corner started over at
the Old Campus History House on Arona
about 13 years ago," Doc explains, slowly
sipping coffee from a gaily decorated
mug made for him by a Bethel art
student. "When we came over here to
the New Campus, I thought it would
be good to continue it as a reminder
of our heritage here at Bethel. Perhaps
a look at our heritage will inspire us
as we move into the future."
The Corner's nostalgic furnishings represent
a great deal of Bethel history.
An antique wooden cabinet graces one
corner, a cabinet that once belonged
to Effie Nelson.
"Effie taught here at Bethel for over
40 years," reminisced Doc, "she was
one of my teachers. When she retired
a few years ago she donated that to
us. And then of course we have the
fine portrait of Mrs. Bodien."
The portrait, originally hung in the
girls dormitory which bears her name,
continued on page eight
Pancakes eaten
for Proiect Fifi
Over $1,300 was raised by the Public
Activities Committee this past weekend
as it sponsored pancake breakfasts in
three area churches. The money was
raised in connection with the Committee's
Project Fifi, to go toward the needy
of Honduras.
According to the coordinator of the
breakfasts, former Bethel stUdent Randy
Landis, 1100 people were fed in all:
280 at Trinity Baptist of St. Paul; 220
at Minnetonka Baptist; and 695 at Woodale
Baptist of Bloomington. Another pancake
breakfast will be held at Park
Avenue Methodist next weekend, and the
Committee members expect to feed another
300 people there.
"One-hundred and twenty kids pitched
in and helped us," explained Landis,
"and most of them were Bethel students."
Bethel freshman Steve Unruh
headed up the Woodale effort, and Nancy
Lundholm (Bethel senior) and Ann Johnson
(a sophomore) were the force behind
the Trinity breakfast. Landis and David
van Benschoten (a junior) organized the
Minnetonka breakfast.
The pancake breakfasts bring the Project
Fifi total to $4,000.
-o'n the j'ns'ide
IOpen d'o'rml policy
inc.onsistent, p.2
H,o'w blacks were
recruited to, Bethel,
see p. 4 ,
"Open dorm" policy
should bel consistent
The "open dorm" policy of Bethel Student Housing has
long been a bone of contention between the administration
and the students. This year is no exception. The Clarion has
received three letters on the subject in the last several
months, and many more complaints have been voiced to us
on that topic in the security of our boiler room office.
What we wish to do in this column is commend Student
Housing for its progress in this area, and hopefully point
out the inconsistencies which remain in "open dorm" policy.
We wish to commend the administration for the student
housing policy it has adopted on new campus.
We particularly applaud the townhouse policy. It provides
opportunity for healthy interaction between men and women
students and helps decrease the level of social retardation
which exists in many students at Bethel. This policy allows
each student to accept responsibility for his (or her) own
sexual behavior. And it fulfills the obligation of the administration
to show its discouragement of sexually promiscusous
behavior on campus.
What we need now is a similar housing policy for the
upper classmen on old campus. At the present time, only
Hagstrom dorm on the old campus has weekly open dorms.
Edgren (for men), has open dorm twice a month and
Bodien (a women's residence) holds open dorms once a
month and for two or three hours on special occasions.
Hagstrom residents seem to be satisfied with their situation.
It is the residents of the other dorms who are still
voicing discontent.
We remember that the reasons for infrequent open dorms
in Edgren and Bodien have been the same for the past
four years. They are (mainly);
1. The rooms have no private bathrooms, as does Hagstrom,
and residents must leave their rooms to shower, etc.
2. The floors are larger and have corners, which make
them more difficult to monitor.
3. The rooms have no living room area, as do the
townhouse units. '
Let us explain why we find these "reasons" inadequate:
1. Men and women are fully capable (if they are not
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exhibitionists) to walk down the hall fully clothed; attend
to their personal business; and walk back to their respective
rooms fully clothed. As far as facilities for the oppo~ite
sex are concerned, it's high time that a rest room in both
dorms was established for that purpose (parents and siblings
need a place to go, too!)
2. An R.A. or dorm council member can easily walk
down a hall, around a corner and check on the rooms around
the corner. If this is too much work, additional help should
be requested. Students should be willing to volunteer their
time for this supervision if they want open dorms.
3. The townhouse living rooms are but three feet away
from genuine bedrooms and many of the living rooms have
couches in the first place.
Our point is this: the administration cannot possibly
be responsible for the sexual behavior of all -Bethel stu·
dents (even within the confines of this campus) and it
need not accept this responsibility. To restrict open dorms
on the old campus will not stop oouples from sexual in·
volvement if they decide that this is what they want. And
no one need feel constrained to hunt the dorms for such
couples as if they were witches and Bethel was Salem Vil·
lage. Making "rounds" of the rooms of adult students to
check on their behavior seems to us ridiculous. AT 18 YEARS
RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS OWN -BEHAVIOR. The reasonable
supervision of open dorms on this campus would seem to us
to be the townhouse policy: room checks at 1 a.m. and the
availability of houseparents or the equivalent should serious
trouble arise.
Of course, if the majority of dorm residents to not wish
to have open dorms, open dorm policy is unnecessary. The
present houseparents at Bodien feel that the will of the
majority has been discerned in that drom and that the
present open dorm policy is satisfactory there. However, no
one has seen the results of any vote. It is important that
no policy be forced down students throats if it is unreasonable
to the majority of them.
We are not advocating "free love" in Bethel dormitories.
We are only arguing, as we have all year, for the increase
of student responsibility at Bethel. We have called
for student responsibility in the Student Senate, in the
Public Activities Committee, and on the Campus Pastor
Search Committee. Now we are calling for more student
responsibility in Bethel dorms.
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To open or not to open • • • dorms
The policy of open dorms or visitation
to rooms occupied by the opposite sex
continues to be an area of contention
between students and administration. The
differences between the types of housing
on both campuses and the students who
live on either campus is in question.
On new campus there are two types
of ' housing: townhouse and dorm. The
student population is mostly freshmen.
The men's townhouses have visitation
every Saturday night from 7 p.m. to
1 a.m. and every Sunday afternoon from
3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Visitation is by invitation
only. One resident assistant (R.
A.) is on duty in each building (5 total)
during visitation. ·
The women's townhouses have visitation
every Friday night from 7 p.m.
to 1 a.m. and every Sunday from 3
p.m. to 6 p.m. All resident assistants
are on duty during visitation.
The Arden Hills dorm (co-ed) holds
open dorm every Friday night, occasionally,
only after special school events.
Open . recrea tion rooms are on Friday
night, Saturday night and Sunday afternoon.
During ' open dorm, the house mother
and dorm president must be present
besides the R.A. ,on duty.
The policy decision for new campus
open dorms or visitation was made by
the Housing Committee working with the
dorm councils and resident assistants.
On old campus there are three dormi-tories.
The students l\ving there are all
Hagstrom holds open dorm every Friday
night from 8 p.m. to 12 midnight.
A dorm council member is present on
each floor.
Edgren holds open dorm every other
weekend, rotating Friday or Saturday
night. The dorm is also opened for some
special events. Dorm Council also superintends
every open dorm.
Bodien holds open dorm one Friday
night a month and one Sunday afternoon
a month. Dorm Council monitors every
open dorm and ~t least one houseparent
must be in residence.
The policies set on Old Campus are
voted by each dorm council. The initial
guidelines for the dorm councils are
set by the Director of Student Housing,
Miss Marilyn Starr.
Ron and Sunny Anderson, houseparents
in Bodien, talk about the open dorm
policy with some hesitancy. ,
"When we attended houseparent meetings
last summer it was presented to
us that the~ ideal open dorm situation
would be one open dorm per month
in Bodien with each of the other dorms
having only one also, leaving one weekend
per month free.
"According to our dorm council and
the majority of girls who have voiced
an opinion, most girls living here don't
care to have more than one open dorm
per month. There are some girls who
feel very strongly about having an open
dorm, but we feel we must do as the
majority wants.
"Each of the residences is a different
situation. Hagstrom rooms have private
bathrooms. The straight halls make it
easier for the dorm council to monitor.
The townhouses having living rooms -
also R.A.'s. The New Dorm has a recreation
area. Bodien has corners and
stairs that make it much more difficult
for the dorm council. -
"We had a dorm council meeting the
night that a ballot was taken by an
unknown person. Some kids came to
us in anger about the ballot. We talked
about the open , dorm policy that night.
The dorm council voted to keep it the
way it now stands. We decided that
we can't keep changing our policy. It's
not fair to our dorm council, our floor
coordinators, or the kids living here.
This wasn't a rash decision on our part.
"No girls outside the members have
come to our dorm council meetings. No
one -has come to us personally about
open dorm other than those who are
against it. We would be happy if they
did. We're willing to listen.
"We don't feel like we should be compared
to other dorms. Each is different.
Our goal for Bodien is to make it the
most desirable place to live.
"As far as the open dorm problem
goes, we don't think it will be resolved
until everyone is living on one campus."
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gone to her floor coordinator, houseparent or Miss Starr to
discuss the matter and also let them know what the poll
(which ~ was unfair) was ab.out, there possibly could have
been a different solution.
Many girls had discussed their opinions of the open dorms
with floor coordinators and houseparents. Therefore the policy
was not a . rash decision in response to the poll but rather
a carefully thought-out solution that had been wrestled with,
prayed ab0ut and discussed before attempting to set up the
present policy. The problem had arisen earlier in the year
so there was quite a bit of time to think and talk about
the problems and the solutions in setting up more open
dorms (which, by the way, we seldom see well attended).
Rela'der cOln'te,nds la'st welek's
ope,n dlor'm letter inc,omple,te
Dear Editor:
I would like to respond to the letter to the editor regarding
Bodien's open dorm policy. The letter did not give
a complete picture of the situation at the dorm. The meeting
in which the decision was reached regarding the new
open dorm policy was arranged before knowing anything
about the poll that mysteriously appeared under each -doorone
morning. On the ballot was the room number and both
roommates were expected to vote on that one ballot.
It is unfortunate that the whole school needed to become
involved in a -dorm matter. If the indignant coed had only
Hopefully,_ in the future, residents of the dorm will go
first to those who can do something about a particular problem
rather than appealing to Bethel students after the decision
has been made.
Respectfully submitted,
Marilyn Hooge
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Blacks at Bethel, part I
1969-71: How Bethel recruited black students
E'ditor's note: This is the first feature in a. series which
will ~explore the successes and failures of racial integration
at Bethel.
by Steve Harris
The history of Bethel College is a long and rich one,
dating back to the fall of 1871 when John Elexis Edgren,
a Swedish Baptist sea .captain, had an idea to start a
school "for preachers." Yet the history of the American
black at Bethel is re~atively short, dating only five or six
years. This brief period experienced a turbulent beginning,
reflecting changes in an America far different than the
one John Edgren immigrated to over a hundred years ago.
. Black became beautiful in America during the last decade
as the civil rights movement, conceived in a Southern city
bus in the middle '50s, matured into a national experience.
The 'children of this movement flooded American college
campuses, bringing with them an awareness of, and demands
for, a recognition long denied to minority students.
Bethel College was no exception. Although its makeup
had been almost totally white (except for periodic international
students), it too experienced an awakening to
minority students. ~tirred by faculty calls for a larger representation
of American blacks on the Bethel campus,
a Minority_ Recruitment Committee was formed which recommended
on November 11, 1969 " ... that Bethel College
actively recruit American minority students."
This directive was channeled into the Office of Admissions,
headed by Jim Bragg, director of College Relations,
starting the largest minority recruitment drive in
the history of Bethel College.
"We worked through black pastors, black school counsellors
on the East Coast, and locally with the Union Gospel
Mission," . explains Bragg. "We wanted them to help
us find black students for BetheL"
The drive was ap immediate success. Ten American black
students, all male, enrolled in Bethel for the fall semester
of 1970, the majority being from the Twin Cities area. The
next year saw the total increased to fQurteen, including the
first black woman to attend Bethel College.
The presence of the largest black group in the history .
of the College created obvious friction on the campus. Allegations
that the black students had been allowed in ort
lower academic standards, that they had been given "free
ride" financial assistance, and that they did not have to
sign the school's statement of faith, were made, charges that
Bragg claims were totally false.
"When we got an application from a black, we give
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it sp-ecial treatment. We gave them more personal attention
than a regular application. We encouraged them and helped
them more in their application process.
"As far as academic criteria goes, however, we kept
_ the same standards with every application. The Minorities
Committee emphasized that we should interpret those applications
carefully, keeping in mind that their test scores
revealed the fact that blacks were at a disadvantage in
taking some tests. But the basic criteria ~as never changed."
The charges regarding the financial aid black students
received and that they did not have to sign the statement
of faith, were also untrue, says Bragg.
"The only aid given to them was some faculty assistance
·, and some grant money from the Financial Aid office,
with the remainder coming from the state and federal
government in the form of Economic Opportunity Grants.
Those who received those funds qualified because of their
family's financial status. The same kind of financial help
which we gave ' them was available to every other student
who qualified, white or black.
"As far as the statement of faith goes, they all signed.
Three or four people read each one, just as they do with
every application, and although I am sure we were sympathetic
to those specific applications, as I read over them
again there is only one that I would question today."
In conclusion, says Bragg, the fact that the Admissions
Office tried to help black students through their application
procedure shouldn't be criticized unfairly.
"Some of the black students were given special exceptions.
But we make the same kind of exceptions every year
with different students, white or black. We make them very
carefully, but I'm all for doing- it. I think we should take
chances on some kids. We should not try to make Bethel
some kind of exclusive club."
Problems did develop, admits Bragg, in the now defunct
"Special Students" program, a "loose-end" left over
from the days. before Bethel had an admissions office.
"It used to be," explains Bragg, "that anyone could walk
in here off . the street and fill out a "Special Student Application"
and he could be accepted. In the confusion of
registration two blacks were admitted through this type of
application without even going through this office. They
didn't have to sign a statement of faith. This was a mistake
on our part; it was a loose-end in our admissions procedure
that has been taken care of."
Next issue: The problems faced by the black students
coming to Bethel.
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We gathered, that summer,
Ic;;>ng-haired girl i'n a lightning shirt,
bearded man in sandals and beads,
all of us, beautiful people.
We met to change the world,
burn incense, play guitars,
read our poetry,
become children again.
We meditated on oranges,
ended the war,
lived out a happy fiction.
Ev§rything was cool,
we were beautiful,
and we were children.
Now you have grown up,
back in the real world
of ugly America,
living by blood instead of flowers.
You traded Donovan for Alice Cooper
and wrote lovs poems to your money.
Beautiful people I'm still here.
Let's be beautiful again.
Wayne Pauluk
M any brave men ..
I ngeminate; immerse themselves In fluid vestments of war.
Rewarded, wee tots:
Ridicule those others .
Obscured by barbed wire;
Remember a brother dead, stabbyd in their sight
Observing new play.
Retinue of omnipotence
Rifle young souls,. .
I mpressionable young children learn their less.ons well.
M any brave men
~eturn home to pray for peace in Jesus' name.
Beth Klingensmith
The billowing clouds
Bring forth tidings of raindrops
On this new Spring day.
PS'al a note
of sweet fragrance.
D~bbby Grosklags
OlhJ BEING COIMFORTABLE
A corner takes comfort in my presence.
I fit just so, formed well inside the joint
That I see not one r~ason to make sense
Of all the spheres - Universe in point.
When angles fit my mode of thought, why tense
With problems; why get out of joint?
. Replace my cornoc, I will die - sad art,
I feel my corner small has shaped my heart.
Liane Schmidt
Debby Grosklags
Wayne Pauluk
Bruce Nordeen
Nancy Claasen
Debby Grosklags
Liane Schmidt
Nancy Goedeke
Jenny Eddy
Doug Johnson
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assistant ed'itor
assista nt editor
assistant ed'itor
production manager
censorship coordinator
aesthetics advisor
subject i-o the wind
she blows through the
-forests of the mind
and drifts in endless
soft and light she '
tickles and pricks the
heorts of all good
r.lG') in their quiet
yet the feather is
aHe r every night ,
comes a daybreak
a-fter every winter
comes a spring
and if it stopped being so,
i woul dn 't believe that ...
ufter every goodbye -
comes a hello
A. Nel son
but a part of the whole
and carries only the
softest whisper of the
Dan Becker
My tricycle was red
peanut butter and honey before bed
a knee to climb upon
a horse to ride upstairs
We had Sunday drives in the car
summer vacations camping under stars
A father's love is so and I could see it grow
And now the wheels a car
the bill is to the registrar
You've always loved me so
but what about my soul?
T annis Hart
Around the rough-hewn cornerstone delights
A child-like daisy of assorted movements
Where she finds joy in praise of humble sights
And sounds of song, of Life and Love content.
Upon the door which Love has often opened
Are hollows smooth, well trusted. Children knew
The bid of joyful songs within; no end
To such a song as this - eternally new.
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Within, the air is echoed - thrilled with light
Where eyes' new vision moves among old tears
That fallon worn and ruined steps. The bright,
Still steadfast walls surround - the Spirit hears.
So un adorned and, Father commonplace . .
Oh still ! To be a temple such as this!
by Liane Schmidt
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... Rules 'Of the iGame - Theatre in the
Round, 8 p.m.
The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit - Cricket
Theater, 8 p.m., opens on Wednesday
The Mikado - Chimera Theater Company,
8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2
and 7 p.m. on Sunday.
Ukrainian Tales - Children's Theater
Company, "a play for young people,"
opens Saturday, 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. and
on Sunday at 2 p.m.
Number Nine - College of St. Thomas,
8 p.m. on Saturday only.
Lesson - College of St. Thomas, 8
p.m. Monday only. I
The Secret - College of St. _ Thomas,
8 p.m. Wednesday only.
Barefoot in the Park - Edyth Bush
Theater of Hamline University, 8 p.m.,
opens tonight ..
Flowering Peach - Centre Stage, Jewish
Community Center, 8 p.m.
Little Moon of Alban' - Lakeshore
Players, 8 p.m. \
Oabaret - Landfall Theater, 8 :30 p.m.
Wednesday through Saturday, and 7 p.m.
on Sunday.
Twigs - Old Log Theater, 8 :30 p.m.
Opera tick.ets
given to Bethel
Because of the generosity of six businessmen,
75 Bethel College and Seminary
students were able to purchase tickets
for the Opera, "I Am the Way"
for only $1, reduced from the original
$3 price. The Music Department wishes
to thank Arthur Hage, Everett Nyman,
Jack Ivance, Jr., John Chisholm, Larry
Benson and Hugh McLeod, Sr.
Wednesday through Sa turday and 7: 30
p.m. on Sunday .
Evenings' of Mime - MacPhail Center
8 p.m., closes tonight.
A Sleep of Prisoners - Pillsbury-Waite
Cultural Arts Center, 8 p.m.
Marilyn Horne, - Orchestra Hall, '-8
p.m. on Monday.-
Nokomis Junior High School - in concert
at Temporary Exhibitions Gallery,
at 2 p.m. Sunday. .
Stravinsky, Mozart, and Ives - Civic
Orchestra of Minneapolis, 7 p.m. Sunday,
Burnsville Senior High School; 8 p.m.
Monday at Northrup Auditorium
Fifth Sun: Renaissance Music in Mexico
- Concentus Musicus, 8 p.m. Wednesday,
Minneapolis Iristitute of Arts.
Martha Jackson Collection - Walker
Art Center. -
Education of the Craftsman: Master
and Apprentice in 18th Century Silverwork
- Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
French Sketches - Minneapolis Institute
of Arts.
Jade: From the Later Dynasties
Minnesota Museum of Art.
Larson goes Baroque
Kevan Larson from Sherburn, Minnesota
will be presenting his Senior recital
Monday evening March 24 at 8 p.m.
in the Seminary chapel. _
Kevan is a senior . music major and
is studying with Dr. Whitinger and Mr.
Mogck. The program will include both
1:rombone and vocal selections from the
period of Bach and Handel to contemporary
The Music Department extends an invitation
to the Bethel community to attend
this recital and also the reception followJng.
There is no admission charge.
Long hair is in
let us shape it.
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by Gloria Jacks'On
Grace Peterson is really excited about
her summer! Along with Kerry Jo Olson,
Carol Sage, Jeff Miller, Terry Olson,
and Tim Zimmerman, Gracie will tour
with Doc Rainbow's Colorful Caravan
of Theatricals from May 26 to June
26. After the troupe returns from their
tour to the · west coast Gracie hopes
to return to California to join the Lamb's
Players, a Christian theatrical group that
presents the gospel in various forms
of drama.
"Ever since I was a little ·girl, I
wanted to be an actress. It wasn't until
the Lord set me free to be myself
that I learned that I have to accept
myself as being the way I am, then
give my best for the Lord. /
"After I went on Caravan last year,
I didn't even think about applying for
this year. I sent an application to Lamb's
Players. I asked the Lord that if I
didn't find out by a certain date about
Lamb's Players I would tryout for
Cara van. I found out on the same. day
that I had been accepted for both.
"I was kind of scared about how technical
and how much bigger the Caravan
has become this year, but Doc Rainbow
impressed me when he said that we
must be top-notch for the Lord.
"The most exciting thing that I see
ahead is just doing the show, because
I know the Lord wants to use me:Of
course there is the ex~itement of
a new melodrama. Little things like getting
to be the petunia make it exciting.
"In the Lamb's Players I hope to
use some of the things that I have
learned in college. I would like to act
or to work with costumes. I'm excited
about a new place, finding a church
and getting involved in it, and starting
fresh, I've found a real purpose in drama
as a ministry."
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Worship lO:45 Ia.m. and 7 p.m.
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'I don't think a Christian college should look .. austere ... '
continued f'rom page one
was rescued for the Corner by Doc
after a rather eventful past.
into a planter box to hold a variety
of his many plants, a hobby that has
transformed his office into a carpeted
greenhouse with furniture.
price of 5 cents a cup, along with the
consumption of at least 50 dozen cookies.
The weekends usually find Doc shopping
the local supermarkets for bargains to
match his $70 budget. It's doubtful that
he breaks even. But Doc never meant
for the Corner to be a competitive coffeeshop,
and neither does an appreciative
Bethel community treat it like one.
"She used to hang over the favorite
'love-seat' in the Bodien lounge," laughs
Doc, "but apparently some newer students
didn't appreciate her constant
watchfulness. She ended up in a closet,
and during one Founder's Week tour
was found seated on a biffy. We finally
rescued her and gave her the place
of honor she deserves. Mrs. Bodien, although
she never held an official capacity
at Bethel, was a real friend of Bethel
students and was a leader in the organization
of the Bethel Women's Auxiliary."
"The Corner is part of my office in
a way," says Doc.
"I don't think a Christian college should
look like an austere institution so I've
tried to maintain a family-type atmosphere,
a warm, enjoyable place .where "Oh, some students sometimes grumble
when they see that we might be closed
for a day," admits Doc with a smile,
"maybe they think I'm a salaried coffeeshop
manager. But I think the majority
enjoy the fact that they can come here
for a few moments between class to
relax with friends. Some have told me
that it's places like the Corner that
make Bethel so unlike other institutions."
. students can feel comfortable enough to
drop in and visit. If the Corner and
my office can help accomplish that, all
the work involVied is more than worth
Situated around the Corner are other
relics of the past, including the old History
House sign post which Doc converted
The work involved keeps Doc (and
his four daily dishwashing crews) busy
on top of his already hectic class load.
An average week at the Corner will
see over 1,600 cups of coffee and 750
cups of tea served, at Doc's non-inflated continued o'n page nine
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by 'Craig and Mark Johnson
If you are like many of our brothers and sisters in
the community who are enjoying their walk with Jesus, the
idea of daily ' seeking God's forgiveness for sins of thought,
word, deed, is sometimes a difficult problem to wrestle
with~ Our feelings of· guilt or lack of guilt enter into our
relationship with the Lord, and make the daily walk with
Him a source of irritation. Many important questions arise
in this area of endeavor.
How does one ask for forgiveness when he can't think
of anything he has done wrong, and furthermore, when he
doesn't feel guilty? First, one must understand the importance
_ that guilt plays in following Christ and obeying his
Word. But one must also recognize the illusive and deceptive
scheming that the other force has on us when we are
engrossed in false guilt. Being aware that false guilt can
bind up or tie down the growing Christian will enable us to
live daily more victoriously.
Secondly, does God want us to dig back into the depths
of our minds and pull something out, even if we can't
think of anything we've done wrong? Bonhoeffer answers
this simply when he states, "He (the Christian) knows' that
God's Word in Jesus Christ pronounces him guilty, even
when he does not feel his guilt . . . " The important thing
, is not what I think or how I feel about myself, but what
God thinks about me. We stand as sinners, yet His grace
is sufficient for all our sin.
Many times we experieQ,ce this feeling that we are just
the worst of sinners, too great to be forgiven. At those
times we feel too rotten to approach God, and as a result
we suffer from loads of guilt and despair. To this situation
Bonhoeffer writes, "God's Word in Jesus Christ pronounces
him (the Christian) ' not guilty and righteous, even
when he does not feel that he is righteous at all."
As we can see, the solution to both of these feelings
is found in the Word of God. To lose our perspective of
God's forgiveness is often because we have lost our per'
spective of God's Word. Bonhoeffer sums this up well when he
says, "The Christian no longer lives of himself, by his own
claims and his own justification, but by God's claims and
God's justification. He lives wholly by God's Word pronounced
upon him whether that word declares him guilty or innocent."
In a few weeks we would like to address ourselves
again to this theme of forgiveness and touch on one of the
least talked about ideas that Bonhoeffer has written in
contrast with present evangelical thought - brotherly confession.
"A man who confesses his sins in the presence of
a brother knows that he is. no longer alone with himself;
he experiences the presence of God in the reality of the
other person."
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The Lady Royals placed first last Friday
in every field event while setting
two fieldhouse records at their last indoor
meet of the season. An unofficial
score left the University of Minnesota
on top with 52 points, Bethel second,
31, and host St. Olaf third, 26.
Linda Batterman long-jumped 15'4.5"
for the first place and a fieldhouse
record in that event. Bobbi Hersch did
the same with a high jump of 4'7".
In the shot put, Gail Anderson was first
with a toss of 25'6.5".
Bethel proved almost an even match
for the U of M in the short-distance
events, but the U of M was particularly
strong in the endurance contests.
Bethel's top long-iumper, IIWillyll Gardner, leaps to a first place
finish at Macalester.
J enni Cockrell was first in the 60-yard
dash and second in the 60-yard hurdles.
J an Clegg took third in the 60-yard dash.
Although the mile relay team bettered
its previous time by 25 seconds, it still
lagged behind both St. Olaf and the
U of M. Bobbi Hersch managed : a thirdplace
finish in the 300-yard run, and
Linda Batterman was fourth. Greta Holland
improved her time in the 880 by
14 seconds to place fourth in that event.
coffee corner, continued from page eight
Our interview over, Doc smiles
warmly, sets down his cup, and begins
to stack the dirty cups for washing,
a job he'll hurry to finish before his
next class. The Corner is full of people
now, Jim Johnson laughing with .one
.of his students, Don Larson, followed
by a group of Anthropology friends, filling
his cup on the way to his office
around the corner, a busy Art major,
splashed with paint, grabbing a quick
lunch of tea and cookies.
As they all stand there, next to Effie's
cabinet and beneath Mrs. Bodien's portrait,
one can almost feel the Bethel
tradition in this place. And that, after
all, is what Doc Dalton's Coffee Corner
is all about.
The women tracksters have five meets
scheduled for their outdoor season, beginning
with an April 12 invitational at
Golden Valley Lutheran College.
track, continued fro·m page ten
"Willy" Gardner dominated the high jump and long jump
events, and placed third in the 60-yard dash to lead Bethel
in individual points. His recent high jump of 6'6.75" made
him the first team member to qualify for the NAIA National
Outdoor Championship, May 22-24 at Arkadelphia, Arkansas.
The Royals' best event was the 600-yard run, in which
they captured the first three places. Bill Whittaker, freshman,
won the race with a time of 1 :18.1, followed in order
by Curt Brown and Doug Peterson.
Three school records and one freshman record were
broken. John Selvog ran the 176-yard low hurdles in 22.5
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In the pole vault, Bruce Peterson cleared 14'1.5", setting a
new school record. Gene Blair shaved .3 seconds off the
old record in the 176-yard dash. Selvog, Blair, Bill Whittaker
and Bruce Peterson ran the eight-lap relay in 2 :49.0,
compared to the fastest previous time, 2 :52.4.
Jerry Flasch and Frank Bahr were second and third
in the shot put, while Dave Clapp and John Cox were
second and third in the 1000-yard run. In the mile, Steve
Whittaker and Larry Caldwell paired up for second and third
places. Tom Schaffer finished second in the 60-yard high
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the Royals' season opener, March 31
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by Bruce Ols'en
While trying to find someone to interview for a preview
to this year's baseball season, I happened to run into Marshall
Shelley, this year's captain of the Royals. There he
was, sitting in a hunched position, trying to console a
depressed-looking pitcher. No, it was not a pitcher who had
just been cut from the baseball team, but rather a clay
pitcher that Shelley had just created with his own two
hands. Marshall Shelley, our baseball captain, playing with
clay! To think that the freshmen players look to : him for
Shelley was quick to persuade me that he does know
something ahQut baseball, so I sat down to take notes.
The team will again be coached by Jack Trager, who also
does a little basketball coaching in the winter season. Trager
will be assisted by Gary Paulson, who is a 1973 graduate
of Bethel. Paulson, who will work mainly with the pitchers,
is "more known for his verbal than his pitching wizardry,"
according to Shelley. "He keeps everyone loose with his
quick wit and his mastery of hyperbole."
Shelley pointed out that pitching has always been a
weakness for Bethel's baseball teams, but he expects it to
change this year. "Pitching should be one of our strengths
this year. We have seven pitchers now, anyone of which
could have been a starter on last year's team."
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Returning pitchers for the Royals are Craig Oslin, Don
Paterson, and Marv Zaderaka, with freshmen Curt Oslin,
Scott Laugen, Tim Doten, Bryan Ljung, and Mike Kingbird
also vying for starting positions.
The hitting aspect of the game has always been a
strong point of a Bethel team. Said Shelley, "If the hitting
is as good as it was last year, we should have a good
shot at the conference championship." Leading the way in
the hitting department will be catcher Roger Madison, who
last year was noted to be "exceptionally good with the
stick." First base will be filled by either of the Oslin
brothers when one is pitching, or by sophomore Greg Wilcox.
Kevin Hallstrom should occupy second base, but the
biggest competition will come at shortstop, where senior
Terry Karlsgodt will be battling it out with junior transfer
Barry Jones. Third base will be filled by either Dale Witherington
or "Cam" Johnson. The outfield seems to provide
much competition too, as five players will be vying for three
spots. They are Scott Logan, Dave "The Rave" Peterson,
Marshall Shelley, Terry Jenson and Mark Grindahl.
Does the team have any weak points? "No," said Shelley.
"This is by far the best team I've been on in my four
years at Bethel. I just hope we don't have too much dissension
on the team this year because there are so many
guys with only nine positions to fill. It looks like J.T.
(Coach Jack Trager) over-recruited."
Bethel's first game will be against Nebraska Wesleyan
as part of the team's spring trip south. The game will
be played March 31.
Trackmen win fourth meet,
look to conference indoor
by Curtis Kregness
Bethel's track team travels tomorrow to Mankato for the
Tri-State Conference indoor meet, its final competition before
the annual spring trip. Over the Easter excursion the Royals
will run at Graceland College (Lamoni, Iowa) March 31;
Evangel College (Springfield, Missouri) April 2; and tentatively
at the Banana Relays (Southwest State, Minnesota)
April 5.
Westmar College will be the team for the Royals to beat
in tomorrow's important indoor conference meet. Last Saturday,
Bethel dumped St. Thomas and Macalester, continuing
its record-breaking season (before this year, the squad
had never won a single indoor meet). That was the Royals'
fourth win in five meets.
track, continued on page nine
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Alarms blared in Dragon Base, one of the largest R & D facilities on Fico, disturbing Private Jets from his slumber. Almost automatically, he began suiting up, knowing even before the coms officer began telling them that the siren meant they were under attack. Once he had the standard red-and-gray fatigues on, Jets left his room and began heading to his post, moving at a rapid, yet unhasty, pace. The rest of his squad was already on their way, and Jets fell in step with them without slowing down. Commander Harrier barked out his orders as they reached the hangar holding their vehicles.
Four DVX-4929 prototypes, experimental tank-killing craft specifically built to wage war against huge targets. Each man boarded his colossal tank-like rover, lying down in the holosensor tray before being entombed in the blackness as the top hatch closed above them. A split second of total darkness passed as the sensor input arrays came online, before bathing the pilot in the dull gray light that the external sensory suite picked up in the hangar. Following procedure they had drilled in countless times between training simulations and combat exercises, the five pilots of Rabid Cyclops Squad each linked their vehicles up to an A.G.N.E.S. transport for airlift to the front. After a final clear from the air control each craft took off, taking nimbly to the skies despite their heavy loads.
As the airborn convoy neared its destination, Commander Harrier's gruff voice echoed inside each man's iron tomb. "Alright, quick coms check before we put down. Jets, Lefty, take point. We need to hold Ivan's armored division off of the Irregular line as long as we can, give the Citsols time to dig in. Concentrate fire on the lead vehicle, one volley, then then fall back. Don't give them time to lock onto you. Don't expect the bird brigade to help out too much, they've got their hands full keeping Ivan's aircraft off our six."
Each cockpit shook slightly as the gunships touched down, the crunch of gravel audible even through the tank's thick armor. Cyclopses 4 and 5 rolled out, each trundling over to the road and then disappearing amongst the rubble, as Commander Harrier began setting up the rest of the Cyclopses for the coming battle.
The ruined red-light district of Owlopolis simmered, the gaping holes in the skyline crackling with dark energy highlighting that no part of the planet had been spared the orbital strikes the mysterious enemy had fired as an opening salvo. Thermopylae fighters cruised overhead, prowling the skies like sharks, hungry for enemy aircraft to devour. Bits of trash, lost belongings, and discarded posessions littered the streets, evidence of the civilian population's hurried retreat that had occurred just after Home Defense Fleet confirmed that it could not hold back the encroaching armada. A discarded scarf floated about in the wind like a lost ghost, flitting to and fro in the breeze. Then the drive wheel of a Teklatan Rhino smashed the gossamer phantom into the mud, grinding it together with the dust and tears that had been shed when the district had been abandoned.
The Teklatan grunts were not happy with their lot, cannon fodder for their alien overlords, but they followed orders out of a combination of fear and residual duty to their commanders, who had been seduced by the foreign powers with tales of pillage and plunder in a galaxy far from their own. Now that they had finally begun the promised campaign, tensions had eased, but the only fighting thus far had been in space, and until proper ground combat could be established, each Teklatan, from the lowest rifleman to the most prestigious Rhino Driver, would remain anxious, itchy fingers groping for triggers. It came almost as a relief when the lead Rhino, despite being a typical example of Teklatan engineering, and as such being essentially a box on wheels with guns sticking out and covered in thick plates of Syntha-Steel ABS armor, exploded into a firey ball of superheated plasma.
Each Rhino Driver searched their sensor screens for precious seconds, looking, in vain, for the attackers. The first vehicle had been destroyed just as it had entered an open plaza-like area, clearly bordering onto one of the more affluent sections of town. It was not until the second Rhino erupted into a similar flower of explosion-y death, that the convoy identified their attacker as a strange tank-rover a few degrees to the left of straight ahead, and a third Rhino was consumed in plasmatic fire before the remainder found the second attacker, a similar vehicle off to the right. The element of surprise lost, the one on the left retreated, following its companion down a side street. The armored convoy charged, confident that now that the enemy was revealed, they would be easy pickings for the invader's massed cannons.
Jets and Lefty retreated down the cul-de-sac, until they got to the end. Before their cumbersome armored vehicles could turn their devastating cannons back around, the Rhino convoy had cut off their escape. The new lead Rhino's captain focused rather too much on his cornered prey, as he didn't see the vehicles protecting his flank transform into more smoldering wreck-packages. To be fair, he had been in that position for all of two minutes, but it was still a grevious error to not pay attention to his flanks. His concentration on wiping out the enemy in front of him was so complete, he didn't see anything wrong until his targets suddenly began changing shape before his eyes, plates and components shifting until they had transformed into the Teklatan's least-favorite war machines to fight against: Mecha. The erstwhile leader didn't get a chance to even blurt his astonishment before the two enemy mechs fired their weapons and reduced him and his vehicle to smoking ash.
The Cyclopses were quite pleased with themselves. They had destroyed the enemy convoy with no casualties and minimal damage to their vehicles. Jets had just finished sharing a joke with Corporal Farshot when he noticed something in his cockpit's holographic display. "Wires, you have something on your foot." "What?" Wires looked down, and sure enough, there was a man on his DVX's foot, apparently a survivor from one of the Rhinos, brandishing what looked like a large war hammer. "Oi! Git off!" With that, Cyclops 3 kicked his foot, sending the man flying in a blur of blue. He impacted on a ruined corner store, and lay still. "What was up with that?" Wires asked. "Dunno, must have been a particularly stupid Ivan." He had just turned to follow his compatriots when the blue-clad enemy returned.
The Immortal, for that is what the feisty bugger was, swung his hammer, shattering through the light armor that protected the joint between the DVX's lower leg and left foot. Wires grunted in astonishment as his mech lurched foward suddenly. He tried to correct for the disturbance, but the Immortal had already swung again, using his mallet as a pole to vault up and connect a devastating swing with Cyclops 3's head. The robot head flew off into the distance as the Immortal flew on, carried by his hammer's momentum until he crashed to the ground, hammerhead down, in a kneeling position, clearly expecting the mech to fall behind him in a dramatic manner.
Unfortunately for him, DVXs are made of slightly tougher stuff than their drivers. Wires regained his balance and reverted the sensors to the vehicular arrays, restoring his sight to what he'd see if the tank mode of Cyclops 3 was active. He saw the Immortal, who was starting to turn, apparently noticing the mech hadn't fallen yet. Wires lurched his rifle into firing position and let rip. A smoking crater appeared where the Immortal had been, but he still stood, looking slightly disdainful, and a bit to the left. With that, the Immortal launched himself at Wires, smashing the DVX's rifle with a single swing of his hammer. Cyclops 3 teetered backwards, and went to ground with a crash. The Immortal used the back end of his hammer to pry the armored carapace of the vehicle apart, exposing Wires, who was now only protected by the red flashing haze that was his holographic display.
As the Immortal drew his hammer back to smash the Corpsman into a bloody paste, he noticed three things: One, the Corpsman showed no sign of fear, his face undeniably showing the signs of a man still hell-bent on killing his enemy. Two, the wrecked vehicle was beeping. Three, the holgraphic display clearly said "1 ni tcurtsed fleS". The last words the Immortal heard were "No Prisoners," muttered darkly around a Gamma Corps Fusion Grenade pin, and then the world became a roaring inferno of flame, pain, and disintegration.
The rest of Cyclops Squad looked on, astonished at the rapid destruction of one of their own by a mere infantryman. Captain Harrier opened a long-range channel. "HQ? We've got some footage you may want to look at..."


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In the final chapter of Evolutionary Creation: A Christian Approach to Evolution (2008), Christian scholar Denis O. Lamoureux presents another important perspective, stating, "My central conclusion in this book is clear: Adam never existed, and this fact has no impact whatsoever on the foundational beliefs of Christianity." Also summarized in a slide-audio web lecture with a two page handout A and B, today's post is the last of a three-part series taken from Lamoureux's I Love Jesus & I Accept Evolution (2009), in which he argues forcefully against the historicity of Adam, primarily on biblical grounds.
Did the apostle Paul believe that Adam was a real person? Yes, well of course he did. Paul was a first-century AD Jew and like every Jewish person around him, he accepted the historicity of Adam. In fact, he places Adam's sin and death alongside God's gifts of salvation and resurrection from the dead through Jesus. In Romans 5:12 and 15, he writes that "sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned. . . . For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God's grace and gift that came by the grace of the One Man, Jesus Christ, overflow to the many!" Paul also claims in 1 Corinthians 15:21 that "since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a Man. For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive."
It is understandable why most Christians believe that Adam was a real historical person. This is exactly what Scripture states in both the Old and New Testaments. To defend their position, these believers often offer three arguments by appealing to the apostle Paul. First, they use a conferment argument. They contend that since Paul believed in the existence of Adam, then Adam in the opening chapters of Genesis must have been a real person. In other words, the apostle's belief in the historicity of Adam confers historical reality to Adam. Second, these Christians employ a consistency argument. They argue that since Paul refers to Jesus as a historical person in Romans 5 and 1 Corinthians 15, then it is only consistent that his references to Adam in these chapters must also be to a real individual in history. Third, believers point out that the Gospel appears in these New Testament passages. In particular, it is explicitly stated in 1 Corinthians 15:1–7 and introduced by the clauses "the Gospel I [Paul] preached to you" (v. 1) and "by this Gospel you are saved" (v. 2). They contend that we can't just pick-and-choose the Bible verses we want, such as accepting the Gospel and rejecting the existence of Adam. On the surface, these three arguments are quite reasonable. In fact, I used all of them thirty years ago when I was a fiery young earth creationist.
But let's reconsider these popular arguments. First, the conferment argument. Many Christians argue that since Paul believed in the existence of Adam, then Adam must have been a real person. But what else did this apostle believe? In one of the most important passages in the New Testament, the wonderful Kenotic Hymn, he states that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord (1) in heaven, (2) on earth, and (3) in the underworld (Philippians 2:10–11). Paul clearly accepted the 3-tier universe. But, does his belief confer reality to this understanding of the structure of the universe? And since he believed the world had three tiers, do we also have to believe it? More specifically, Paul accepted that there was a subterranean region where beings exist. Does his belief bestow reality to such a place with such individuals under the surface of the earth? And if we decide to reject the 3-tier universe in Philippians 2, but to accept Jesus as Lord, are we to be accused of being inconsistent? Or worse, of picking-and-choosing the Bible verses that we want to believe? I doubt anyone would answer "yes" to any of these five questions.
Second, the consistency argument states that since Paul refers to Jesus as a historical individual in Romans 5 and 1 Corinthians 15, then references to Adam in these chapters must also be to a real person in history. However, this common line of reasoning fails to distinguish real history (the existence of Jesus) from an ancient understanding of human origins (the de novo creation of Adam). In other words, the often-used consistency argument is in fact inconsistent! It conflates (collapses together) actual historical events of the first century AD with an ancient biology. This is similar to using the Kenotic Hymn in Philippians 2 and the historical fact that Jesus actually existed in order to argue for the existence of the 3-tier universe presented in verses 10-11; and then to extend the ancient astronomy in this New Testament passage back to Genesis 1 to claim that God actually created a world with three tiers. I am doubtful that anyone would appeal to consistency in such a way.
But let me appeal to consistency in a way that is not often heard in Christian circles. Consistency argues that since Paul accepted ancient astronomy and ancient geology, then he must also have accepted ancient biology. The static 3-tier universe was the science-of-the-day embraced by this apostle and his readers, and so too was the notion that living organisms were static (immutable) and reproduced "according to its/their kind/s". Paul refers to this ancient biological (taxonomical) conceptualization in 1 Corinthians 15:39 by stating that "all flesh is not the same: men have one kind of flesh, animals have another [kind], birds another [kind], and fish another [kind]." Since he viewed living organisms as separately created kinds, it is only consistent that he understood the origin of life through the ancient biological notion of de novo creation. In fact, the apostle presents this ancient science of human origins in Acts 17:26 when he states, "From one man God made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth." Paul definitely believed that human life began with the quick and complete creation of Adam. In other words, he accepted the biology-of-the-day. In this light, I am doubtful that there are any Christians today who accept the ancient astronomy and ancient geology so clearly stated in Scripture, and consistency argues that neither they should accept the ancient biology in the Word of God.
Third, it is necessary to underline that Jesus and His sacrifice on the Cross are not dependent on the existence of Adam. Now, there is no doubt that Paul believed in the historical reality of both Adam and Jesus. In particular, this apostle recognized that the Gospel is based on the Lord's existence and His physical death and resurrection from the grave. Stating concisely the Good News and its implications, Paul writes:
Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the Gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. By this Gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise you have believed in vain.
For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that He was buried on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that He appeared to Peter, and then to the Twelve. After that, He appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. Then He appeared to James, then to all the apostles, and last of all He appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born...
And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith…. …And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins
1 Corinthians 15:1–7, 14, 17
Please Note: This is the Gospel as stated in the Bible, and there is no mention whatsoever of Adam and whether or not he existed. Christian faith is founded on Jesus, not Adam. This religion is called Christ-ianity, not Adam-ianity. Also note that this passage refers to many people who lived during a well-known point in real history (first century AD) and who had actually met the Lord (Peter, the Twelve, 500 brothers, James, Paul). This is not the case with Adam. Of course, Paul believed that Adam existed, and mentions him later in 1 Corinthians 15. But Adam's existence is based on de novo creation, the origins science-of-the-day for Paul and his readers. Therefore, in the same way that we must separate, and not conflate, the inerrant message that Jesus is Lord from the fact that the 3-tier world presented in Philippians 2 does not exist; we must also separate, and not conflate, the historical reality of Jesus and His death and bodily resurrection from the fact that Adam never existed, because Adam's existence is rooted in an ancient biology of human origins.
Considering these three counterarguments above, it is possible to suggest a new approach to Romans 5 and 1 Corinthians 15 by employing the Message-Incident Principle.
The central message in Romans 5 and 1 Corinthians 15 is this: we are sinners and God judges us for our sins; but the Good News of the Gospel is that we are offered the hope of eternal life through the sacrificial death of Jesus and His physical (bodily) resurrection from the dead. In order to deliver as effectively as possible inerrant spiritual Truths about human sinfulness and the divine judgment of sin, the Holy Spirit accommodated to Paul's level by employing an incidental ancient biological notion from the early chapters of Genesis—the de novo creation of Adam. To be sure, this is a very challenging and counterintuitive way to read Scripture. Nevertheless, we must not conflate, but instead separate the inerrant, life-changing Messages of Faith from their incidental ancient vessel in Romans 5 and 1 Corinthians 15. These passages in the Word of God do not reveal how God actually made humans, but that He created us; and that we are sinners in need of a Savior, whom the Lord has graciously sent to die on the Cross for us—the latter is The Gospel of Jesus Christ. Amen!


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I for one will be happy to see the end of 2005. It's been an up and down year for me personally, and I saw that reflected in the industry, too. Hurricanes, rising gas prices, investigations by the Securities and Exchange Commission and U.S. Attorney General into Bally Total Fitness, accounting issues at Sports Club Co., and the controversy about accreditation of personal training certifications and the National Board of Fitness Examiners — all caused concern in the industry.
The year also had its positives. The sale of 24 Hour Fitness for $1.6 billion created a big buzz about our industry in the investor community. Town Sport International has received much attention as it waivers between going public and seeking a new owner. Life Time Fitness continues to show growth and promise as a public company. All of this coupled with extensive media coverage of the growing obesity problem has served to increase Wall Street's interest in the industry.
Then we have the issues that fall somewhere in between. While 2005 numbers aren't available for membership and club growth, the International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) recently released 2004 numbers, and there is little reason to believe the growth seen in 2004 changed significantly in 2005. Health club membership grew in 2004 to 41.3 million, an increase of 4.8 percent, according to IHRSA. However, the number of clubs has increased even faster, rising 14 percent in one year to 26,830 clubs as of January 2005. These numbers would seem to imply that memberships per club decreased; therefore, revenue per club also decreased. However, IHRSA reported that revenues per IHRSA-member club were up in 2004 (total revenues of $2.17 million per club, a 4.5 percent increase over 2003). Earnings for these clubs increased by 8.6 percentage points from 8 percent of total revenues in 2003 to 16.6 percent of total revenues in 2004. However, several consultants I've spoken with have stated that revenues per club were down in 2005, and calls from desperate club owners were up. We'll have to wait another year for IHRSA to release its 2005 numbers.
A growing number of low-priced, no-frills clubs have opened, often reaching the previously uninitiated exerciser who stayed away from gym membership because of cost. Unfortunately, these clubs also are pulling some members from the mid-priced clubs, and the operating model for many of these clubs is to get as many people to sign up on EFT for as little as possible and hope that not all of them show up. Goodbye member follow-up and added revenue potential per member.
The increase of single-gender circuit training facilities has also contributed to the phenomenal growth in club numbers. These facilities can be a good way to reach some of the deconditioned market, but where do these members go when they plateau? And are too many of them expanding too fast, leaving their franchisees out in the cold?
Every year our industry faces its challenges and triumphs. Often, they are the same year after year. No person can ever look back upon a year full of only sweet moments just as no business can close a year without a crisis of some degree. However, just as anyone who has gone through a difficult period often emerges stronger and wiser, this industry will do the same to face the challenges and triumphs that lie ahead for next year.


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"Dear Donna", "Hey Donna", "Thanks Donna!" Oh boy, we didn't exactly think of this one through did we? Putting out two first names to make one has got a lot of people thinking that DonnaMay is a single name. Though we don't mind as we are basically a two in one package, we bicker like little children and have a love for each other like two sisters (cue "awwws"). We finally took to going behind the camera for a fun shoot with our very favorite Kaja Tirrul and though it was filled with "Kaja, what am I suppose to do? Where do I look?", Kaja was able to magically capture the authenticity of Donna and May duo that we are. With a ton of giggles and a little chilly weather, we managed to pull off this incredibly fun shoot and are so excited to share it with all of you! And c'mon folks no one wants the tears and hysteria of poor little May feeling left out**, here's the two-in-one duo of DonnaMay Stylist!
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Nearly 75,000 Americans have electronically filed public comments with the Federal Communications Commission about the commission's plan to selectively enforce decency standards on the public airwaves.
A new proposal that could open America's airwaves to more swearing and occasional nudity has galvanized family groups to organize a massive response that has become one of the largest online comment campaigns in the history of the Federal Communications Commission. The FCC says it now has nearly 75,000 comments from Americans about its proposal to punish only those TV and radio networks that become egregious repeat offenders in airing swearing and nudity. In terms of sheer quantity, that's larger than all but five other proceedings since the FCC started accepting public filings online during the 1990s. "This issue has generated so much interest because parents are deeply concerned about the corrupting influence of modern media on their children," said Bryan Fischer, Director of issues analysis for the American Family Association. "The bottom line is that the airways are owned by the American people, and the FCC is supposed to act as a steward of the airwaves for us. They are accountable to us for the decisions they make." The FCC issued a public notice April 1 stating the intent to focus its enforcement of decency laws only on "egregious" repeat offenders. That notice kicked off a 30-day period for public comments regarding the FCC's proposal for decency enforcement. Roughly a week remains ahead of the April 30 deadline for public comments. "Simply put, the issue of broadcast decency affects every family in the country and Americans have a long and time-honored tradition in law of protecting children from offensive content," said Dan Isett, Director of Public Policy for the Parents Television Council. "It is no surprise that the American people have spoken up in large numbers to defend their children. ... I have yet to find one (comment) that says, 'Please give us more indecency.' There may be one in there somewhere, but I haven't seen it." For groups like AFA and PTC, a major sticking point with the FCC's proposed vision for tweaking decency enforcement is that the new policy would sanction the broadcast of ostensibly offensive content like the f-word or images of female frontal nudity in moderation. In other words, the FCC is basically willing to allow the use of profanity and nudity as long as that sort of risqué content isn't deliberate and repetitive. "We're optimistic, given the overwhelming number of responses they have received, that (the FCC) will do the right thing here," Fischer said. "American families have made it abundantly clear that they do not want unchecked profanity and nudity piped into their living rooms, and it is incumbent upon the FCC to recognize and honor their wishes." Tens of thousands of concerned citizens voiced their opinions by filing a public comment with the FCC thanks in large part to the outreach efforts of American Family Association and Parents Television Council. "Many of our communications with our members over the past couple of weeks have focused on this issue and the critical nature of the proceeding before the FCC," Isett said. "It is gratifying that so many have responded, but we expect many more will. ... There have been a number of other groups vocal on this issue, notably the American Family Association, Concerned Women for America and Morality in Media." Fischer added, "It's interesting that the day we sent out an action alert to our online network, there were just 12 comments on this issue. Today there are over 74,000 comments; the current (FCC proceeding) with the next highest number of comments has just 626. "Certainly not all of those 74,000-plus comments came from the AFA network, but many did. I know that the Parents Television Council and the Family Research Council have joined us in raising the profile of this issue." Step-by-step instructions for filing a public comment with the FCC are available on the Deseret News website. With 237,000 filings to date, the FCC proceeding that has generated the greatest amount of electronic filings is the comments portal for the Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service. The joint board arose from the Telecommunications Act of 1996, and is staffed by "FCC Commissioners, State Utility Commissioners, and a consumer advocate representative."%3Cimg%20src%3D%22http%3A//beacon.deseretconnect.com/beacon.gif%3Fcid%3D71691%26pid%3D46%22%20/%3E


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Las Vías VerdesTake old disused railway tracks, recover and repurpose them and you have the perfect cycle path connecting points of interest, cutting steadily through empty or built-up land at a gentle gradient. There are four Vías Verdes ("green ways") to choose from in Catalonia: The Iron and Coal route is 12 km (7 miles) long and follows the old industrial route from Ripoll to Sant Joan de les Abadesses-Ogassa. Two former narrow-gauge railway routes (El Carrilet from Olot to Girona and from Girona to Saint Feliu de Guixols) are much longer and offer scenic views of the valleys, towns and seascapes in their path. Finally, Terra Alta is a partly paved route along the old railway line which used to run between the towns of Tortosa and Pueblo de Hijar. Cutting through the Pàndols and Cavalls mountains, it's an easy route with glimpses of medieval towns and exceptional nature.
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Costa BravaRoads over rolling hills, coastal routes and deserted hinterland: the Costa Brava really has it all. This is the country of contrasts, and to top it off, it has some great cycling infrastructure. The popular route from Girona to follows the coast and takes you through the fishing village Tossa de Mar, with sunny beaches, rugged rock walks and a uniquely preserved medieval fort called "Vila Vella enceinte". Another highlight is artists' favorite Cadaqués - Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró and Salvador Dalí were inspired by the beauty of the coastal town on the northern Cap de Creus peninsula. Cliffs and hidden coves are also found in nearby Cap de Creus national park. Take a trip here with your bike and find out firsthand why Lance Armstrong made the Costa Brava his training base!
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MontserratThe striking Montserrat mountain is first National Park. Situated near the city of Barcelona, the multiple peaks of Montserrat range in height and tower up to 1236 m above sea level. The mountain also houses the famous Benedictine Abbey Santa Maria de Montserrat, which can be reached by cable car, railway, road – or bike! Starting point is Monistrol de Montserrat, a village east of the mountain. A cycle trip around Montserrat sounds perhaps less challenging than venturing straight up but don't be fooled – it includes some strenuous climbs. Stunning green valley views are the reward for mastering rocky peaks and forested ridges, while the round trip promises an ever-changing perspective on the Catalan people's holy mountain.
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BarcelonaThere is no doubt is great for cyclists. From next to no cycling infrastructure in place ten years ago to an impressive 11th rank among the world's most bicycle-friendly cities, the Copenhagenize Index praises its spectacular comeback with the words: "brilliant for showing the world what is possible"! With one of the most popular (by numbers) bike share systems and lots of traffic-calming measures in place, the city famous for unfinished Gaudí buildings and shopping in La Rambla ensures that bicycles are back in fashion in Spain. Pedal past the bars and restaurants in the Gothic Quarter, cycle along the seaside trail and visit Parc de la Ciutadella to see for yourself what the fuss is all about.
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GironaWith its vibrant cafés, its beautiful old town and its exceptional cycling infrastructure, Girona is the perfect base for your biking holiday in Catalonia. 99 km (62 mi) northeast of Barcelona, this city is less touristy and has lots of historical and cultural attractions going for it. Built on a hillside, there are colorful stacked houses, narrow cobblestone streets, ancient city walls and significant Jewish heritage to discover. Newly built country roads leave alternative, older roads void of traffic – making them even more useful to cyclists. A charming nearby medieval town is Peratallada, known for its beautiful stone buildings. It lies halfway between Girona and the Mediterranean Sea.
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Create your own patent application drawings like the one in the baby-spinner post and send your best entries to me at firstname.lastname@example.com with Crazy Patents in the subject line. Save your files as JPGs or GIFs under 800k in size, and use a FirstnameLastname.jpg naming convention using whatever name you want to be credited with. Send your work to me by next Wednesday morning, and I'll pick three top winners and show off the rest of the best in our Gallery of Champions. Get to it!


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One of the most interesting indie bands around, Ra Ra Riot is not to be missed.
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Recent Release: The Orchard
Release Date: August 24, 2010
Label: Barsuk Records
Band Origin: Syracuse, NY
Join WXPN at noon on Friday, August 13, when the Indie Rock band, Murder by Death play songs off their new album, Good Morning, Magpie.
Formed in 2000 in Bloomington, Indiana, Murder by Death play a unique brand of music that highlights Gothic themes, Americana, and traditional rock and roll. With their crunching guitars and pulsating electric cello, Murder by Death have successfully bridged the gap between raucous, energetic rock music and softer, more low-key, country. Murder by Death have gained fame not only for their musical offerings, but also for their lyrical matter. With many songs touching on dark, ghastly themes – from zombies to the Devil – it is no wonder Murder by Death are seen as one of the most magnificently morbid bands of today.
On Good Morning, Magpie, Murder by Death have crafted their first non-concept album, although there are still plenty of detailed narratives threading the record. A sprawling, ambitious work, "Good Morning, Magpie" makes good on Murder by Death's ability to heighten suspense in their music, and bring the listener into their darkly-crafted dream world. You can practically see the barren, haunted towns and dense, dark woods that serve as the backdrop to Murder by Death's unforgettable storylines. Far more than a Halloween-tinged gimmick band, Murder by Death weave these storylines into their tightly arranged blend of country-inspired instrumentation. As the cello tragically entwines the thump of the drum with the buzz of the guitar, it is near impossible to not be enchanted by Murder by Death. With affecting plotlines and superb musicianship, Murder by Death show once again that indeed they are a force to be reckoned with.
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Recent Release: Good Morning, Magpie
Release Date: April 6, 2010
Label: Vagrant Records
Origin: Bloomington, Indiana
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Nicole Kidman leaves the Palais des Festivals following a jury lunch wearing a short white dress during the 2013 Cannes Film Festival on Friday afternoon (May 24) in Cannes, France.
The evening before, the 45-year-old actress hit the stage at the amfAR Cinema Against AIDS Gala held at Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Cap d'Antibes, France.
Nicole and the other guests toasted the evening with Moet & Chandon champagne and the brand auctioned off a luxurious coffret of its legendary champagne Grand Vintage Collection 1893 during the gala, raising €50,000 to benefit lifesaving AIDS research.
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text: Hello, I have a problem about setting up an alias in ISPConfig (184.108.40.206) I have a main website, 24market.fr, which is only the root installation of my cms. Then I have a bunch of alias on it, such as iphone-stickers.com, skin-stickers.com, etc. I define the alias on nginx and the cms catches the urls and deliver a different view for each on them. What I am trying to create an alias from a former website of mine, playstation-stickers.com, to a category in skin-stickers.com (so a full url, with a path etc.). I tried several options in isp to do my redirect, but with no success, it only redirects me to my main store. Does anyone have an idea about how to do? By advance, thank you.


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For the first time in almost a decade, voters in District 16 will have a choice for State Representative with Romano.
Posted 26 March 2012 - 07:34 AM
I want to make the State great again, said Romano by building up our economy and job base, getting rid of the fraud and corruption and lowering our taxes so Illinois families can prosper
Not being part of the political norm that this State has been is accustomed to and disheartened by the low ranking of Illinois compared to other States, Vince has been encouraged by a cross current of Democrats, Republicans and Independents to unseat longtime incumbent and House Speaker Madigans right hand man, Lou Lang (Initially appointed to Representative in 1987 25 years ago)
You can donate to or to find out more information on Vincent Romano at www.RomanoForRep.com
Posted 26 March 2012 - 09:08 AM
--George Orwell
People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men [and women] stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
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If we mobilize people from all over(they can do things from home too, like make phone calls, purge voter rolls online, do research on what Lang has voted on, donate, come up to the district on a weekend when we have groups going out, etc) We can take the machine with man power!
We are building up over the next month to push till the fall, I hope I can count on the people that want to see the change in this State that needs to happen!
Start spreading the word!
Posted 27 March 2012 - 11:47 AM
Your site looks cool. But you may want to take a look at how youve coded your css. Some of your tags are showing.
Would be nice to see you taking out Madigan's right-hand man.
Can you share any specifics on the primary?
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Posted 27 March 2012 - 04:50 PM
In the suburban cook we got a 45.3% Rep turnout vs 54.7% dem...in what was a traditional 70% D area. There was a Presidential vote, my race, a water rec and a judge. All running unopposed but I was the only one I know of actively campaigning and doing get out the vote calls and putting signs up...even presidential races didn't come to my district or put up signs. The Dem side had lots of campaigning going on with lots of judges doing run offs. My name was so hard to find on the ballot, I had to really look for it and some people didn't find my name I was told (only 4 races on the Rep ballot and figure how they managed that
We take a major piece out of the Chicago Machine...we will see the machine falter
Posted 28 March 2012 - 10:02 AM


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And that place, right about now, is bored out of our skull.
That likely makes us sound like the worst ingrate ever, given the long winter and the exciting changes to the on-field and off-field make up of our favorite team. Still, as we listen in to games or check out the stories and tweets coming out of Dunedin, our eyes glaze over like Ban Roll-On dispensers as we wait jam our knives and forks into the real meat of the season.
(A parenthetical note here in lieu of a footnote1: We were so determined to drive away the March blahs yesterday that we spent an hour trying to track down a flight to Tampa so that we could go to the actual Spring Training facility this weekend and smell the sweet odor of the Toronto Nine and hear the crack of the bat and fill our empty soul with real baseball activity. Alas, last minute decisions seem not to be the most effective manner of getting yourself a plane ticket at a reasonable price.)
There's probably two points here: Firstly, we've clearly become too engrossed with all of this Blue Jays tomfoolery. (No fucking kidding.) While podcasters and beat writers and the like took the winter off to write about fantasy football or curling or hockey or the Olympics-One-Glorious-Year-Later-Oh-My-God-Look-At-Melissa-Hollingsworth's-Powerful-Limbs, we spent our fall and winter up to now ears-deep into each story, non-story, whim/notion/idea/what-have-you leading into the coming season. Which is a bit like eating crème brulé three meals per day for three months. Eventually, you need something different.
Secondly, we fear that such a level of engrossment has led us to become exactly the thing that we loathed the most: Jaded. And cynical. And self-important. We've talked to a few bloggers over the years, and while most of us are embarassed to say this outside of that circle, this shit starts to feel like work at a certain point.
We shouldn't feel that way, of course. We started this blog for the love of the game and we've learned so much about the game over the past four seasons, in large part thanks to those of you who've shared your thoughts and a multitude of links through the comments and Twitter. But that knowledge can be stultifying at times, as one begins to be incapable of feeling something as a baseball fan.
This will all pass, certainly. The smell of Rogers Centre turf and the sound of many of us joined together for the season opener will almost certainly reawaken the visceral joy that the game provides us. We'll probably even snap out of this funk by the time Sunday rolls around, and the Jays are actually playing the Pirates right there on the TV. Just bear with us if we seem a little detached from the daily stories of this guy's tweak and that guy's chances and the other one's options.
April 1st can't get here quickly enough.
Hey! Music!
1. Because footnotes apparently drive some folks batshit crazy. Heyo!


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We thought we'd heard the last of Gumpert, the German company that specializes in catastrophically ugly yet brutally fast supercars. Gumpert declared bankruptcy in September, but it appears to be back with a new supercar called the Tornante.
The Tornante was first shown as a concept car at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show, but patent images of a production version have leaked out. Before its bankruptcy, Gumpert had planned on building the Tornante to replace its original model, the Apollo.
The 2011 Tornante concept had a 4.2-liter, twin-turbocharged Audi V8 like the one in the Apollo. It was rated at 690 horsepower and was coupled to a six-speed sequential-manual transmission. Top speed was 186 mph according to World Car Fans, which leaked the photos.
That Tornante may have just been a base model, though. Gumpert makes several versions of the Apollo, with the top Apollo S producing 750 hp and claiming a 223 mph top speed. For all that, Gumpert charges roughly $550,000.
The Apollo and Tornante are the brainchildren of Roland Gumpert, a former Audi engineer who led the development of the company's quattro all-wheel drive system, and coached the Audi Sport factory rally team to four World Rally Championships.
The Tornante will reportedly make its public debut at the Geneva Motor Show in March 2013. Although a handful of Apollos were imported to the United States, the Tornante may not make the trip across the pond. Since its bankruptcy, Gumpert has been concentrating on building up core European sales, nixing an expansion into China in the process.
Is Gumpert financially healthy, or is the Tornante just vaporware? We'll find out next March.