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$ 800
$ 600
$ 400
'58-59 '59-60 '60-61 '62-64 '64-65 '65-66 '66-68 '68-69
Tuition costs over the past ten years
President announces tuition hike
Next year's sophomore, junior,
and senior classes elected execu-tive
officers and senate represen ,
tatives in balloting last Thursday
and Friday. Landslide victories
marked election results.
Jim Erickson captured the sen-ior
class presidency by a two to
one margin at the polls over Tim
Gibson. There were no declared
candidates for the presidency of
the junior class. Ken Irons won
the position with 38 votes garnered
in a last minute write-in campaign.
Rick Berggren took the reigns of
next year's sophomore class with
a 86-16 victory over John Good-man.
Vice President Mike Scandrett
and secretary Syvia Wilkinson,
both unopposed candidates, and
treasurer Randy Inouye will join
Erickson on the senior class cabi-net.
Inouye polled 14 write-in votes
to Debbie Gelhar's ten to win the
treasurer's position.
Unopposed candidate Judy Stein-ke
as treasurer and two write-in
victors, vice-president Bruce Otto
and secretary Sandy Port fill out
the junior class cabinet with write-in
winner Irons.
John W. Larson received 70
votes to Kurt Anderson's 21 to be-come
vice-president of the class of
'71. Bev Carlson, secretary, and
Betty Creighton, treasurer, were
elected without opposition and
round out the executive cabinet
with president Berggren.
Robert Boone, Roger Weins, and
Bonnie Schoenfelder, all unopposed,
were elected senior class senators,
while Sally Robertson, Gregg Sar-acoff,
and Murray Sitte will rep-resent
the junior class in senate
next year.
Weins, Sehoenfelder, Robertson,
and Saracoff had received consid-erable
write-in support for senate
seats in the all school elections
held earlier, although none were
able to defeat the declared candi-dates.
The greatest competition in the
class elections was for senate posi-tions
for the class. of '71. Ten can-didates
declared for the four al-lotted
the class. A primary election
before spring vacation trimmed
that number to eight.
Jim Carlson, with 85 votes, out-distanced
the field to win one of
the spots. Keith Anderson and
Faith Zwemke both polled over 50
votes, to join Carlson, while Gary
Mueller edged out the other candi-dates
for the remaining spots.
Dr. Carl Lundquist, president
of Bethel College and Seminary,
announced an increase of $200 in
college tuition this week.
The announcement came during
Monday's chapel program which
discussed plans for the coming
academic year. Dr. Walter Wes-sel,
Acting Dean of the college,
and Dr. Paul Finlay, college reg-istrar,
also spoke briefly on facul-ty
and curriculum requirement
President Lundquist, in discus-sing
next year's expenses, said
that the "only charges to 'be in-creased
will be tuition," and that
increase would be $100 per semes-ter.
He pointed out that nearly
all colleges were forced to raise
tuition for next year, and said that
Bethel still had the lowest tuition
of other protestant schools in the
Dr. Lunduist stressed that "we
don't want any students to drop out
of school at Bethel for financial
reasons." He indicated that more
aid money will be available to stu-dents
next year, and said the ad-ministration
was reinforcing the
staff in the Dean of Students of-fice
for the purpose of counseling
students with financial problems.
Efforts to help students find
summer work will also be made.
The president emphasized readi-ness
to work with students on an
individual basis in an attempt to
help them solve financial prob-lems.
In reference to the tuition hike,
President Lundquist suggested that
"the kinds of values which are
built into a Christian liberal arts
education are well worth the cost."
He pointed out the emphasis
Bethel places on personal interac-tion
between teacher and student,
and the opportunity the student has
to integrate religious beliefs with
class room experience.
This year's tuition increase fol-lows
a similar raise of $200 for
1966-67. Tuition for '67-'68 was not
raised, although there was a com-bined
$75 hike in room and board.
Class voting elects executives,
incoming senate representatives
eans to Human Rights" ends
symposium series on moral issues
In springtime a young man's fan-cy
turns to a consideration of who
his instructors will be next year.
There will be a large turnover,
with a number of present faculty
members accepting other positions.
In the social sciences depart,
ment, Dr. David Moberg will 'be as-suming
the responsibilities of the
head of the department of sociolo?
gy and anthropology at Marquette
University in Milwaukee. He will
be joined by Dr. Claude Stipe of
Bethel's anthropology department.
Dr. Robert Underwood, also of
the social sciences department, will
be joining the faculty of Wisconsin
State University at Whitewater. Mr.
Oscar Lund will continue in his
Dr. David Moberg
position at the University of Min-,
nesota and perhaps continue on a
part time basis at Bethel.
Dr. Ivan Fahs, who has been
teaching part time in sociology,
will join the Department of Op-thamology
of the School of Medi-,
cine at the University of Minneso- ,
Dr. Gary Collins, chairman of
the psychology department, will as
sume the post of head of the de-partment
of pastoral psychology at
Cowell School of Theology in
Philadelphia. Mr. Lee Bajuniemi,
acting assistant dean of students
and part time instructor in the
psychology department, will re-,
sume graduate studies at the Uni=
versity of Minnesota.
In the natural sciences depart-ment,
Mr. Robert Blomgren will
assume a short term overseas posi-tion
at the University of Nirobi
in Kenya. Mr. Jack Buss of the bi-ology
department will be returning
Dr. Dalphy Fagerstrom
to graduate school at the Univer-sity
of North Dakota.
Dr. Robert Guelich of the Chris-tianity
department will be moving
out to the Seminary, teaching in
the area of New Testament.
Dr. Max James of the English
department will be joining the fa,
culty of the University of Northern
Dr. Dalphy Fagerstrom, college
librarian and part time instructor
in the history department, and Mr.
Lyle Hill of the education depart-ment,
both will be leaving Bethel
for undisclosed destinations.
In addition, a number of Bethel
faculty members will be on sab-batical
leave. Dr. James Johnson
of the history department will be
doing research in England.
Mr. Dale Rott will be continuing
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Dr. Claude Stipe
"The Means to Human Rights"
will conclude a series of sympo-siums
on "Contemporary Moral Is-sues"
at Harnline University to-night,
beginning at 8 p.m. Eight
Twin City colleges have participa-ted
in planning the sessions.
The guest speakers at tonight's
symposium are Charles V. Hamil-ton
and Senator Fred Harris. Ham-ilton
is a member of the political
'science department at Roosevelt
University. He has co-authored a
book with Stokley Carmichael on
black power.
Harris is a democrat from Okla-homa.
He was a member of the
Statewide drive
boosts vote bill
Minnesota State Senator Eugene
Mammenga will introduce a 18-
year-old voting bill on the floor of
the Senate during the next (1969)
session if he is furnished with
proof that there is "grass roots"
support for such legislation.
Mammenga, a social studies pro-fessor
at Bemidji State College,
considers a statewide petition
campaign to be the most positive
proof of such support. Mammenga
said he felt certain that the bill
would pass the legislature easily
if proof of state-wide support is
Northern Student, Bemidji State's
college newspaper, is currently at-tempting
to get a petition cam-paign
rolling, and is soliciting the
support of Minnesota colleges and
high schools. Signatures of faculty
and members of the community
are welcomed along with those of
They request that only those who
will be 17 years of age or older
on January 1, 1969, sign the peti-tion.
Everyone signing is asked to
indicate his age after the signature.
Anyone wishing to support such
legislation should contact Ken
Brown, senior class senate mem-ber,
before May 13.
President's Commission on Civil
Bethel, represented by Larry
Day on the steering committee for
the symposiums, worked in con-junction
with Hamline in plan-ning
tonight's session on human;
rights. Day met Hamilton at
the airport today as the Negro
leader arrived in the Twin Cities.
Three 'symposiums have already
been held. Dr. Norman Shumway,
who performed the second heart
transplant, discussed medical ethics
with Senator Walter Mondale (D-Minn.)
in "Who Shall Live? The
Morality of Medical Miracles," on
April 23.
Last Monday, April 29, John
Pemberton and Dr. Russell Kirk
discussed "Selective Service — Se-lective
Objection—The Limits of
Dissent." Tuesday's symposium on
"The Morality of Power: The Dil-emma
of South East Asia" fea-tured
Senator Gale McGee, a dem-ocrat
from Wyoming, and a panel
of faculty members from the par-ticipating
'schools, including Beth-el's
Dr. James Johnson.
ebetPet Putt
May 6-10
Monday—Calvin Marsh
Tuesday—Class meeings with
Wednesday—Rev. Robert Fryk-holm
from Calvary Baptist
Thursday—Singspiration and
Friday—College Choir concert
Monday, May 6, Bethel's guest in
chapel will be Mr. Calvin Marsh
and his accompanist Stewart Sacks.
Mr. Marsh recently sang in Nor-throp
Auditorium with the Coven-anters.
He was with the Metropolitan
Opera for twelve years and was
converted through Billy Graham
ten years ago. His accompanist, Mr.
Sacks, was converted from the
Jewish religion. The two will sing,
play, and give their testimonies.
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Volume XLII—No. 24
Bethel College, St. Paul, Minn. Thursday, May 2, 1968
Departing faculty members resume
study, accept new teaching positions
1101 0. '0111 111.1 1 i 11111
Nixon tops McCarthy
in CHOICE '68 votes
Current free university movement
challengesweak points of curriculum
by Kathy Johnson
Bethel's McCarthy for President
Club, organized in February, has
participated in Senator Eugene J.
McCarthy's presidential campaign
in four states. Members cooperated
to elect delegates and precinct offi-cers
pledged to McCarthy in Minne-sota's
precinct caucuses March 5.
Several students and faculty mem-bers
themselves became conven-tion
delegates and precinct chair-men.
Following this, three Bethel stu-dents
went to Wisconsin cities to
work for Senator McCarthy before
the presidential primary there
April 2. Minnesota and Wisconsin
students as well as students from
other nearby states attemped to
distribute literature and other in-formation
about McCarthy to Wis-consin
homes. Bethel students
worked in River Falls, Hudson,
Ashland, Superior, Somerset,. and
Durand, Wisconsin.
Indiana's primary will take place
on May 7. One Bethel student spent
Easter weekend canvassing in the
Fort Wayne area for Senator Eu-gene
J. McCarthy. Two Bethel alum-ni
are making a full-time effort in
McCarthy's Indiana campaign.
Several Bethel students and alum-nus
have spent the last two week-ends
soliciting votes for Senator
McCarthy in Nebraska's presiden-tial
primary May 14. Kathy John-son
and Malcolm Avey visited Om-aha
over Easter break to help set
up an organizational structure for
the canvassing that began last
weekend. Kathy Johnson, Karen
Newcomb, Malcolm Avey, Leonard
Sammons and Jim Brand canvassed
in Nebraska April 25-28.
The McCarthy organization aims
to visit the home of every regis-tered
Democrat in Nebraska before
the May 14 primary. The purposes
of the canvassing are to introduce
voters to Senator Eugene J. Mc-
Carthy and his views on prominent
issues and to determine where the
Senator's strength lies.
Participating students find it ex-citing
to meet and work with stu-dents
from many other colleges
and unversities across the coun-try.
Another interesting part of
the campaign activities is talking
with the voters, most of whom are
pretty friendly, in their homes
about campaign issues and candi-dates.
The canvasser meet with
many interesting opinions and peo-ple
and finds satisfaction often
in changing or influencing voters'
Sixteen Bethel students have
promised to go to Nebraska May
3-5. Enough manpower presents
one of the greatest difficulties in
the campaign at this time. Anyone
interested in going to Nebraska
May 3-5 or May 10-12 should con-tact
Kathy Johnson, Jim Brand or
Malcolm Avey.
After the Nebraska primary
Minnesota students will probably
work in the South Dakota primary
June 4. Jim Brand's conclusion:
"Sure beats the National Guard!"
One of the distinctive develop-ments
in higher education has been
the free university. Initiated by
both disenchanted students and
disenchanted faculty members, the
free university movement has been
a reaction against the sterile rigid-ity
and irrelevance of much of
institutionalized higher education.
The movement came into its own
during the free speech movements
at Berkley in 1964 and the early
attempts were of a highly practical
nature, schooling the student in
the fine art of the "sit-in" and the
From this early impetus the
Richard Nixon defeated Eugene
McCarthy and eleven other "cand-idates"
in CHOICE '68 voting on
campus last Wednesday, April 24,
according to unofficial statistics re-leased
by Ken Brown, who coordi-nated
Bethel's participation in
Nixon captured 40% of the Beth-el
vote, followed by McCarthy's
32%, as 300 students voted in
the national collegiate presiden-tial
primary. Brown said nation-wide
tabulations of the voting will
be released Monday, May 6.
The mock primary gave stu-dents
across the nation an oppor-tunity
to express their presiden-tial
preferences. In addition, they
voted on three referendum ques-tions
concerning the course of ac-tion
the government should pur-sue
in Viet Nam, and what should
receive highest priority in govern-ment
spending in confronting the
the "urban crisis."
Among Bethel students, voting
centered heavily on Nixon and Mc-earthy,
with no other candidate re-cording
over 8% of the vote. Re-sults
for the referendum questions
were unavailable.
movement has taken roots on many
college and university campuses in
addition to fostering a withdrawal
from institutional education. The
idea has even filtered down to a
few of the avant garde high schools
in California.
In its extreme form, the free
university is completely unstruct-ured.
Curriculum is determined
by consensus and the topics have
ranged from the problem of GO
to the problem of a creative sex
life to the practice of yogi.
The group ofen invites an "ex-pert"
to join the group on an
equal basis with other members.
Nixon totaled 120 of the 300
votes, followed by McCarthy's 97.
Nelson Rockefeller headed the
"also-rans" with 24, and Mark Hat-field
recorded 16. Robert Kennedy
had 10; Percy, nine; Johnson, eight;
and Humphrey received six write-ins.
Six candidates split the re-maining
A member of Bethel's "Students
for McCarthy," the only active po-litical
group on campus, felt that
the vote was a "significant victory"
for McCarthy forces, in view of the
schools conservative tendencies.
• In 1960 Nixon defeated John
Kennedy by a 9-1 margin in a mock
election, with both students and
faculty members participating. The
vote was held in November, the
week of the national elections, with
70% of those eligible casting bal-lots.
The campus went Republican
again in 1964 with about 60% of
the school participating in the
straw vote. Goldwater captured
53.8% of the vote, on the strength
of freshmen-sophomore support.
T h e faculty, however, supported
The movement has combined free
thought, communal living, and a
type of absolute self expression
that would make John Dewey turn
over in his grave.
Since the social conditions that
prompted the movement are pre-sent
on most campuses and the
benefits from the plan are still
attractive, the free university idea
has appeared in milder forms on
many university campuses. Even
the Ivy League schools, the bas-tions
of academic orthodoxy, have
sanctioned the free university
In its milder forms, the free
university has been an attempt by
organize courses of common inter-est.
Contemporary social prob-lems
have been favorites among
the students with the racial prob-lem
and the war in Viet Nam be-ing
While the courses are designed
and initiated by students, they are
taught by faculty members—often
without additional remuneration.
Teaching has usually avoided the
classical lecture style; seminar
and discussion style have proved
most effective. The result has en-abled
both faculty and students to
escape the academic rut and inject
an element of spontaneity and
genuine interest into the educa-tional
At the administrative level, the
students have often appealed to
have the courses sanctioned with
academic credit. The more progres-sive
schools have seen the bene-fit
of such a program and readily
granted the credits requested.
The free university idea has
been a valuable expedient method
of adding courses to the curricu-lum
on a temporary basis, elimi-nating
the usual "red tape" in-volved
in effecting a curriculum
change. Since the course content
is determined by the exisgencies
of the day, the idea has insured
both student interest and contem-porary
relevance, and has tended
to augment the curriculum.
The 'startling fact about the free
university idea is that student
planned courses, rather than being
frivolous and impractical, have of-ten
pointed to deficiencies in the
present university curriculum and
have focused on many of the press-ing
contemporary issues.
Judging the movement, it seems
that maturity and responsibility
have been the concomitants of
freedom and power. Perhaps the
movement has demonstrated that
the passivity encouraged by much
of higher education is pedagogic-ally
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Students need courses
reflecting current issues
"What can we do?" This question has fallen from the lips
of countless individuals, especially in recent weeks, when they
have begun to perceive the gigantic problems that underlie the
internal strife of American society.
Confused by the complexity of social problems and uneasy
in the face of a "threatening" summer, Americans find them-selves
confronted with crucial issues to which neither the
church nor educational institutions have meaningfully ad-dressed
Ignorance, pure and simple, is one of the greatest road-blocks
that lie between the individual and constructive involve-ment
in social issues. And if the church and church-related col-lege
are to be relevent in today's world, they can neither ig-nore,
nor be ignorant of, the problems underlying the turmoil
of society.
Perhaps the greatest weakness in the curriculums of many
colleges is the lack of courses dealing with contemporary prob-lems.
Shoring up this weakness is one concrete avenue of action
that is open to the Bethel community if it wishes to produce
men and women who are capable of doing their part in minis-tering
to the sore spots of society.
The need for courses which would broaden the present
scope of education is great. The possibilities for subject matter
are almost endless, although this type of program may find it
necessary to begin on a limited scale.
Perhaps a good beginning point for Bethel would be an
inter-disciplinary course dealing with the contributions of the
Negro to American culture. Students could study Negro litera-ture,
discuss racial problems, and examine the social climate
that induces certain attitudes or conditions. The insight and
understanding stemming from such a course would be invalu-able,
and help build a base for concrete action.
Both faculty and students have expressed their desire to
see a course of this nature initiated. Its flexible structure would
enable it to discuss contemporary issues meaningful while
adapting itself to the individual needs of the students.
The problems of adding another course for the coming
year (at this late date) to the college's curriculum are complex.
However, the prodigious amount of red tape involved here could
be bypassed if the course is set up on a 'free university"
basis. Perhaps this might set the stage for future status as a
regular course of instruction.
The need for courses relating to contemporary issues i-evident.•
Students and faculty must provide the initiative to
make them realities. L. B.
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the Institute. Applications are due
May 10 although they will be ac-cepted
after that date. Students
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The Institute offers a full pro-gram
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UN Headquarters given by UN del-egates
and Secretariat members.
Area experts will discuss interna-tional
issues with students. Uni-ted
States governmenal officials
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policies for the partici-pants.
Discussions with outstand-ing
students across the country
and assessment of the work of the
United Nations and its agencies
will also highlight the Institute.
Participants will attempt work-shop
techniques of UN education
and international programming on
the campus. Students will find op-portunities
for informal exchange
of views and ideas with U.S. gov-ernmental
leaders, academicians,
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by Jeanne Seaholm
Some folks call me a station wagon or more ap-propriately
an overgrown truck. Technically in my
first generation I was a Greenbriar, and now in my
third generation I am a Sports Van. I just call myself
a portable theatre.
With lights, props, sound, make-up, and cast, I
cater the drama group coast to coast. Debate team
and occasionally a gospel team exercise me, too. Oh,
I figure we've traveled about 75,000 miles in four
years through Canada, Mexico, and every state except
the Carolinas.
In fact I think I've been busy every weekend with
debate or drama kids from October through April.
What a life, but I rather enjoy it.
The stories of adventure and romance I could re-late
would fascinate you. On our trip to Hawaii with
Van No. 1, they attached pontoon rubber life rafts
to my wheels. For the next performance on the itin-erary
they used Van No. 2.
Ordinarily my capacity on long drama tours is
seven people and on short debate trips is ten. For
parties they stuff in sixteen. That can make things
tense with the present heating system. In front my
driver can be perspiring while the rear passengers
are shaking.
Of course if there are many kids, then fellowship
partially remedies the faulty heating. However, if
some un-coordinated foot should happen to swiftly
kick the heating hose that runs down my floor, s-s-s-s
and the heat is no longer.
I guess I've visited every kind of place, weathered
many climates, struggled through all types of road
conditions, and met countless people combinations.
We have stationed at small and large churches, cam-puses,
restaurants, garages, hotels, and motels.
I remember one motel in Wyoming that had an
actual outhouse. Boy, did I chuckle about that one.
And the parking lots weren't the most comfortable
How many times has that crazy director sent me
knocking into poles or ramming against the curb?!
Gas station attendants must consider me so unusual
that they need souvenirs—I've lost six gas caps.
Fortunately I haven't had too much trouble with
accidents. The most consequential incident happened
on the way to California. The kids wanted to take a
curious look at Reno at night, so they decided to drive
me straight through from Denver.
I must have been rambling along about 65 or 70
m.p.h. in the Nevada desert when suddenly I felt up-set.
The director was resting on my motor until I
heaved a hacking choke. My dash lit red and I was
dribbling oil.
Two of my female passengers were stationed along
the road to flag a car if one were to pass. In the
desert I guess you just hope. Finally a car slowed and
its driver, a mechanic, was able to discover my dis-comfort
and patch my insides.
A fan blade had cut through my engine and had
severed my water pipe. Even I can't exist without
water in the desert. We reached Reno at six o'clock
in the morning . . .
As for people I've listened to old ladies who just
"adore the kids." Then I can recall one time when
the group was discouraged from performing. We were
in Miami during the civil rights flare-ups. Our next
appearance was an invitation to Koinonia Farm in
Americus, Georgia.
Although continually persecuted and bordbed, this
haven is still maintained as a socialistic, integrated
home for all people. Previous to our arrival a man
had been killed, and the owner requested that we not
perform lest any violence arise in reaction to white
college kids from the North. So they chatted with a
few folks at Koinonia and then proceeded to the
next stop.
Never-ending activities keep me amused as I roll
along. Discussions compose much of the traveling
time. Ha, I never thought I was learned, but judging
from what rattles within me, I do know a lot. In fact,
one could learn everything about anything if he were
to join me.
Entertainment passes time also. Singing and story-telling
are common while pranking runs rampant. Oc-casionally
someone attempts studying.
Probably most expressive are the pictures. Funny,
I can remember all the comical scenes but others need
flash reminders. I guess it's all in the way you view
Remember my unique heating heating system? Per-haps
that has spurred romance more than any other
facet. Casual, or may be causal, friendships have ma-tured.
Resulting from an introduction on a drama tour
a few years ago, two couples are now engaged and an-other
is quite steady. Could I clame the fame of Cupid?
I have served for four years, carrying first place
debaters and excellent drama students to and from
their contests and performances. You know, when I
consider that responsibility, I shiver with content-ment.
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I have been anguishing over the fate of Christians in the Middle East. Only three months ago America published a survey by Michael Hirst of the dire problems facing Christians across the Middle East and South Asia (6/19). Last week's news included two items that deepened my fears. The first, in these pages, reported that since the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, half of that country's 1.2 million Christians have emigrated—600,000 people. "What we are hearing now," lamented Bishop Andreos Abouna of Baghdad, "is the alarm bell for Christianity in Iraq" (8/28).
The second story concerned a mission to Lebanon and Israel just completed by the World Council of Churches. According to The Jerusalem Post of Aug. 7, Jean-Arnold de Clermont, a Reformed pastor and president of the Conference of European Churches, returning from the W.C.C. solidarity mission, declared, "We came back from Lebanon sharing the impression that this destruction was planned." The Reverend Clermont went on to explain, "Israel would not want the existence of a democratic Lebanon where Jews, Christians and Muslims were peacefully living side by side, because it does not want to see its neighbor state succeeding."
Diplomatic Deafness
I do not agree with Clermont's reading of Israeli motives, but it is true that the effect of Israel's assault on Lebanon has been to strain that country's unique experiment in interreligious "conviviality," the coexistence of Christians, Muslims and Druze. Israeli policymakers are exceptionally unsentimental and little moved by religious appeals. While Labor and its allies were sensitive to more cosmopolitan values, the heirs of Vladimir Jabotinsky in the Likud and Kadima-led governments weigh only short-term political and strategic gains. Religion does not interest them.
Insensitivity to the place of religion in world affairs, however, is not restricted to Israeli public officials. It is shared by American diplomats, especially when it comes to Lebanon. Until the Cedar Revolution last year, U.S. foreign service personnel and intelligence officers could be positively allergic to any mention of Lebanon. They acquiesced for decades in a situation in which Syria and Israel each could have its way with the country, with Syria occupying Lebanon and Israel bombing its neighbor at will.
Behind U.S. diplomatic indifference lay bitter memories: the bombings of the Marine barracks and the U.S. embassy in Beirut (1983), and the kidnapping and killing of the C.I.A. bureau chief William Buckley (1984). Moreover, with Lebanon religiously divided and all parties seeking their own advantage, distrust became the natural response for outsiders. Finally, as in the Balkans, the growing power of Islamic militants and the belligerency of some of their Christian antagonists fed the attitude that religion be damned, all that really matters is strategic interests. Add to this the bellicose ideology of neocon political appointees, and it is no surprise that the United States was blind to the effects of its policies in Iraq on the Christian population or of Israel's war on Lebanon on that country's unique experiment in religiously pluralistic democracy. (A message on Aug. 25 to the Holy See from the U.S. ambassador to the Vatican, Frank Rooney, on U.S. support for humanitarian assistance and rebuilding in Lebanon is a welcome new turn in this relationship.)
A Sanctuary of Interreligious Harmony
The tragedy is that since the end of its civil war (1974-89), Lebanon had been making progress. Last year an alliance of Christians, Sunni and Druze, helped by the international community, had forced Syria to withdraw its troops from the country and had arranged for all the militias but Hezbollah to disarm. The redevelopment of the country begun by the assassinated ex-premier Rafik Hariri had continued apace. The government of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora had created real hope that Lebanon might still be a sanctuary of interreligious harmony in an ever more radicalized Middle East. Then came the Hezbollah-Israeli war.
Hezbollah, which once aimed at making Lebanon an Islamic state, is riding high, and Lebanon's model of interreligious cooperation is once more in question. As a result of Hezbollah's growing standing in the Arab street, militant Islam possesses a strength it has not known since the end of the Lebanese civil war 15 years ago. If one outcome of Hezbollah's "victory" turns out to be a Shiite-Sunni rapprochement, then Lebanon's Christians will find themselves marginalized once again. At the very least, the cost of rebuilding and uncertainty about what the future holds may bring on new waves of emigration, accelerating the depletion of the Christian population.
According to Msgr. Guy Paul Noujaim, patriarchal vicar of Sarba, "These days a great number of Christians are joining the exodus." He observed, "They feel abandoned." Archbishop Paul Matar of Beirut told AsiaNews that his people "want to leave the country not out of fear, but out of uncertainty for [Lebanon's] future."
It is the eleventh hour for the ancient churches of the Middle East. They are doubly threatened by militant Islam and by the great powers' games in the region. Can anything be done to save them?
A Six-Point Plan
First, we must remember that Middle Eastern Christians (Catholics, Orthodox, Copts, other oriental Christians, Protestants and evangelicals) are a resilient people, who have endured the coming and going of empires for two millennia. Given a chance, they will rebound. That is especially true of Lebanon's Maronites, who have survived 1,200 years of threats and oppression.
In a very real sense, the survival of Christianity in the Middle East, particularly of the Eastern Catholic churches, depends on what happens in Lebanon, home to a number of Eastern patriarchates and to the Council of Catholic Patriarchs of the East. The Lebanese, especially the Maronites, exhibited the vitality of their church in 1999 when they hosted the First Congress of Catholic Patriarchs and Bishops of the East, which drew together hundreds of bishops from seven rites (Maronites, Melkites, Chaldeans, Latins, Copts, Armenians and Syrians) around the region and from the diaspora. The meeting, hosted by the Maronite patriarch, Cardinal Nasrallah Pierre Sfeir, would not have succeeded without the energy, organization, material resources and intellectual drive of the Lebanese church.
Cardinal Sfeir was also the leading critic of the Syrian domination of Lebanon and the country's most outspoken advocate for full Lebanese independence. Even before the Cedar Revolution, his prophetic witness made possible the Christian-Sunni-Druze alliance. Recovery may demand patient effort over many years, but Lebanon's Christians should not be counted out.
Second, the most important thing outsiders can help provide for both Lebanon and Palestine is peace. No partial settlement will do. It is time to return to the kind of comprehensive settlement between Israel and the Arabs that was attempted at Madrid in 1991 and endorsed by the foreign ministers' meeting in London last month. When I consulted experts on reconciliation and religion and diplomacy, the one thing on which they all could agree is that peace in Lebanon, in Israel and Palestine is the sine qua non of any program to save Christianity in the Middle East. A consensus is growing among international affairs specialists in the region, and even in Israel, that it is time for a comprehensive, regional settlement between Israel and all its Arab neighbors.
Third, as to the other major conflict—in Iraq—I fear that finding a path to peace will prove even more difficult. There other ways must be found. Efforts at sectarian reconciliation among Muslim (Sunni and Shiite) leaders should be tried. Arab and Muslim foundations should encourage reconciliation processes with the help of experienced civil society groups, like Religions for Peace, the International Center for Religion and Diplomacy, the U.S. Institute for Peace and the Center for Strategic Studies. Catholic peacemaking groups like Focolare, the Community of Sant'Egidio, Notre Dame's Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and the Catholic Peacebuilding Network could also support this effort. At first leaders may have to assemble outside the country, but later meetings might be convened in more secure areas of Iraq and, in time, at the grass roots. Military and police work alone will not pacify Iraq. Deeper groundwork must be laid for peacemaking.
Fourth, together the churches must enter into dialogue with both Muslim and Jewish leaders and with the region's political establishment about common concerns as well as the impact of particular policies and trends on Middle East Christians. Pope John Paul II had significant success in persuading Muslims that the invasion of Iraq was not a Western crusade against Islam. Events have overtaken the good feelings he created. The time has come for a new initiative.
During the fighting in Lebanon, Pope Benedict showed leadership in combining religious and diplomatic initiatives. He has demonstrated the clarity of mind and firmness of purpose required to undertake a new venture in dialogue, but it ought to be done in collaboration with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople and the heads of the autocephalous oriental churches. (In tandem, the Vatican also needs to overcome the anti-Islamic spin being given modest corrections in its Islamic policy by George Weigel, Michele Pera, Sandro Magister and other commentators.)
Fifth, U.S. church groups, like the U.S.C.C.B., the National Council of Churches and Churches for Middle East Peace, in a campaign of public education, should push for Congressional hearings and provide briefings for public officials on the impact of the war on terror and U.S. Middle East policy on the ancient churches of the East. In addition, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom ought to examine the multiple factors leading to the decline of Christians in the region. It recently attended to the condition of Christians in the Islamic world. Public scrutiny ought to be multifaceted and include Israel, the war on terror, religious policies in the Arab states and broad U.S. policy in the Middle East.
Sixth, the Holy See, the U.S.C.C.B. and others already involved in the education of U.S. diplomats under the U.S. International Religious Freedom Act ought to engage the State Department in as many forums as possible, apprising them of the unanticipated negative consequences of U.S. policy and diplomatic antipathy to religion on the Christians of the Middle East. These sessions should explore steps that could be taken to correct the current adverse state of affairs.
How Shrewd the Children of Light?
"The children of this world," says Jesus in Luke's Gospel, "are more astute in dealing with their own kind than the children of light" (16:8). So it has been in the Middle East these last years, where the violent once more have their way. Warning against passivity and complacency on the part of Christians in the waning days of the Second World War, Reinhold Niebuhr urged believers to take up the tools of politics, though without the malice of the children of darkness. The hour is late to preserve Christianity in the lands that were its cradle. We will need to deploy every tool of engagement, dialogue and persuasion in its defense.
These recommendations may seem unrealistic, but look where conventional thinking has taken the world. Nothing short of an all-out campaign by the Christian world to protect the Christians of the East stands a chance of saving them. And with such an effort, perhaps a smoother path may be paved for Muslims and Jews as well on the way of all toward a lasting peace.
Note to Readers
The impetus for these proposals came from the widespread insensitivity to the Christian stake in today's Middle East and the utter lack of ideas I found among experts on peacemaking for addressing the problem. If you agree with these points, please pass them along to your political leaders, experts in international affairs and N.G.O. representatives. If you have proposals of your own, please share them with us at firstname.lastname@example.com. We will publish a selection in a future issue.
It might be good to bring in on such an effort the great peacemakers of our day, scattered throughout the religions and the countries of the world. Perhaps, too, the religious could be brought in to support this great effort. I have wondered, for example, about all the good the 150 or so communities of sisters and the many communities of men religious in Nairobi alone could do for Kenya if they collaborated more closely. How powerful an influence for world peace might be the religious of the world in support of the efforts of the agencies Father Christiansen mentions.

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Nov 16, 2012, 10:22 PM
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Hi all! So I'm perhaps where many of you are or have been. I suppose I'll tell you a little about myself that way you can help to better fill my gaps.
Lately I've been climbing 5 times a week, 2-4 hours a day at a local gym (not a rock gym but they have a respectable 50 ft wall with a couple of arches). Unfortunately, I'm the only one who knows how to set (I work the wall) and no matter how hard I try, I can only set up to V7. I have previous setting experience from my collegiate climbing days, during which we were trained by a local level 2 route setter in order to set for CCS comps). Despite the inability to project V8's and above, I do push myself when I'm not working problems. I'll improvise on the wall and constantly test my limits. I'm a fan of traversing. I once loved slopers and hated crimps but ever since I've started working here, I've slowly come to embrace both. A daily routine consists of traversing, 4x4s, active recovery training, core work out (2ce a week), and hang board exercises.
It's come to a point where I can now flash V6s with ease and red point sevens after one or two tries. The reason I know I'm stuck on this plateau is that after 2 months of training/working at this gym I competed at a local comp and sent all of the sixes and sevens yet I couldn't finish an 8.
Also, I know, I know, I should be climbing outdoors more often but I live in Houston so what can I say. Granted I will be going back to Hueco for a few days in the next couple of weeks :D
Anyway, what can I doooo? Also, any tips on setting routes that are above your difficulty level?? Every time I set with the intention of achieving an 8, I put harder and harder holds, and every time I somehow end up sending the route the same day. I fail at life -___-
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Nov 17, 2012, 6:56 AM
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Simple answer: find a confirmed v7, then switch out the holds to make them smaller. Or, work on power-endurance by setting longer problems with multiple v7 cruxes.
I feel your pain, though. It is often hard to conceive of what types of harder moves you are capable of. You should climb at other gyms for more variety and improvement.
Nov 17, 2012, 7:45 AM
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5 x a week is possible but more beneficial for power endurance more-so than power. If you were able to trim that down to 3 days a week you might get more out of your sessions. Setting only counts if you are working every move as you put it up. If your not doing more than 2-3 v6's in your day then don't count it.
If I were you I'd build a circuit of 10 of those v6-v7's. Send that circuit 2 times a week then on the 3rd day only climb new problems. Within 3-4 weeks you will be noticeably stronger in your technique and grip and this will allow you to start working the pure power moves you often see in v8-v9's.
Also, find problems that take you weeks to climb instead of days or tries. Use those problems to motivate you to train certain moves or grips. As you collect an array of these sends you will find your skills grow exponentially.
Nov 17, 2012, 9:05 AM
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Simple answer: find a confirmed v7, then switch out the holds to make them smaller. Or, work on power-endurance by setting longer problems with multiple v7 cruxes.
I like that idea. It's actually something I recently began doing. Since V7 is all I could fathom, I set a route that consisted of only V6/V7 moves lol.
And I should climb at other gyms more frequently it's just that memberships are so expensive, I can't justify paying for one when I'm currently 'technically' working at one hah.
jbone, I definitely climb a total of 5 V6s and V7s every day. At one point I even try 4x4'ing on them lol. And I like the circuit idea. The problem about climbing new routes afterwards is, as I mentioned earlier, that I'm really the only guy who sets there since nobody else climbs anywhere near my level so I'm familiar with all of the problems.
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Any stronger-climbing friends that you could entice into your gym to set a few problems now and then?
It is pretty hard to set problem that you cannot do, but would be able to do after some work. You can try replicating some moves from outdoor problems that stymied you last time you tried them.
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Stop setting problems you can do.
A common problem is to say you cant do it, so you make it easier thinking the moves wont go. If you know movement and have set a sequence you know isn't too reach dependent and is all there, leave it and work it. This is how you progress and get stronger.
As a good route setter you should be able to imagine moves and see how the problem would be climbed if there was a stronger climber to do it. Now the trick is to not simply put on smaller holds to do it but use opposition and technique.... All though sometimes small crimps have their place.
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Im pretty stuck at a v5/6 to.
I noticed the pass 1-2 month a slow gain in skills and capacity .
I then started climbing outside every weekend and when I came back in the gym, I was climbing everything with a lot more ease.
Second thing, I'm currently starting a good Training Board program separeted in 2 sections. First one for fingers and second for Power.
I did only 1 session on training board and I can easily see where this will take me in 1-2 month from here.
I am barely able to hold myself with the two 2 middles fingers holds. But with the adequat training, I'll sure be able to hold myself/pullups with these soon.
Super good for your fingers strenght.
I think that climbing is the best training till you reach plateaus or really slow improvement.
Campus board would be amazing but I don't have the money for a gym right now :(
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Feb 5, 2013, 9:49 PM
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my opinion... everyone says rest, but the real secret is more!
i know that this post goes against the grain, but hear me out. like you, i've been climbing an average v5-v6 for the past 15 years (school, residency, job, family, kids... all keeps you from making any progress on your climbing) and was finally looking for some way to get out of the rut. so i asked a few strong (v13+) climbers that i know and the bottom line was "you wanna climb stronger? you climb more!" so far have followed this "climb more" mentality for the last two months, and have finally broken into v8... we'll see how long i last.
the two friends of mine are v12-13 route setters and i ask them how they got that strong and here were the responses:
1st friend = i don't really train, because i am already climbing almost 40 hours a week with setting, and then climbing outside every weekend. (you hear that? he and his other climbing friends climb 40+ hours a week!!! and they don't get injured, and they are all impressively strong)
2nd friend = he was surprised that i didn't climb at least climb 2-3 consecutive days and was expecting to get stronger. he said that i needed to start climbing 2 consecutive days (then rest day, then repeat) and make sure that the 2nd day you really push yourself hard and not just socialize at the gym. he said that you'll feel like shit for a month but then start to feel good again... once you start feeling okay with this regimen, increase it to 3 consecutive days climbing hard on all 3 days, then rest a day, and back to 3 consecutive days. he was actually shocked that this was news to me and said that all of the respectably strong climbers do at least this. (he also said that hangboarding with two arms was a waste of time... he wondered how i could get any better without doing one arm hangs... he obviously doesn't realize how hard one arm hangs are on edges for the rest of us mortals)
now i see that you are already climbing 5 days a week for 2-3 hours per day, which is a good volume... my thought would be to add campusing and hangboarding to your workouts. adam ondra says that he climbs about 5-6 days a week and in addition campuses in the mornings 2-3 times a week. and i know that he is a mutant, but check out the website of "robot climbing" which is a blog of a more regular person, with regular genes who is just brutally dedicated to training... and also climbs 5.14 and v11... well done my fellow mortal! i mention his training blog because like the adma ondra training schedule, he also climbs about 6 days a week with several morning campus/hangboard sessions as well.
here is the link: http://robotclimbing.blogspot.com/
now everyone shouts warnings about injuries with this type of volume... here is how to prevent an injury... it's not the volume of climbing you are doing, it is spending too long on one specific route or problem. because if you are projecting something, it usually comes down to 2-3 moves that you're stuck on, so you do those moves over and over and over again for hours... this is how you get an injury. the same type of stress on the same part of the same joint repeatedly... i.e. a certain tweaky sidepull or gaston that keeps stressing the same middle finger at the same joint (the PIP) with the same lateral stress... next thing you know, you have a collateral ligament injury... and here's the dirty secret about ligament tears, they take about 9 months to fully heal.
so my solution to injury prevention? give yourself a finite amount of time on any specific problem/route... i used to say 3 tries, i kept breaking it, so now it's more like 5 tries. the goal isn't to climb your first v8, it's to go beyond that.
ask a 5.14 or v12 climber about their training... usually they climb almost every day and usually either have massively long sessions each day, or do several days of 2 workouts (morning and evening)
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This is a refreshing post. I think I accidentally came upon a similar discovery. That in order to break through personally, I would need to increase volume. Thanks for the anectdotes.
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Hold on now...
Those climbers your talking too, are they climbing at or near their limit for 3 days straight? I totally understand climbing 5-6 v's below your project for 3 days in a row but I can definitely say that the v14-v15 climbers I have witnessed and spoken too have never put 3 days in a row into there test pieces.
With that in mind if your climbing v7 and want to start climbing every day you will seriously damage yourself if you put 3 days worth of hard burns into a v8-v9. Rather, put one day into your project then spend the rest of the 3 days climbing 4 or 5 v's lower than your project.
I've done both, the 6 days a week climbing schedule and the 3 days a week and from my experience, I had to earn the 6 days a week schedule. I also sent fewer outside projects because I was putting so much into inside climbing at the time.
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It's come to a point where I can now flash V6s with ease and red point sevens after one or two tries. The reason I know I'm stuck on this plateau is that after 2 months of training/working at this gym I competed at a local comp and sent all of the sixes and sevens yet I couldn't finish an 8.
My first question is how many V6s / V7s are you doing each day? How many different routes of these grades do you have to choose from, how many repeats do you do, and how diverse are the styles?
With your setting, you may be over thinking it. Or staying within your own established patterns. Rotate hold in directions you normally don't. Use slopers or unusual holds on steeper walls, Set moves that have difficult off-set balance. Any setter who understand off-set balance should be able to set really hard and really technical problems.
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Friday afternoon they make a stop in Johnson City to face ETSU (21-16, 3-7). Due to possible weather problems the doubleheader will start at 1 p.m. CDT and the second game will start at approximately 3 p.m.
Saturday afternoon at 3 they face USC-Upstate (22-10, 5-5), which shared the Atlantic Sun regular season championship with the Lady Bisons (25-8, 4-2) last season. The doubleheader has been designated as the series of week by the Atlantic Sun Conference.
These are the first A-Sun road doubleheaders for the Lady Bisons this season.
"Upstate is having another good year," said Lipscomb coach Kristin Peck. "They have an outstanding pitcher in Morgan Childers. They return a lot of players from last year.
"I like where we are right now. We just have to stay aggressive at the plate. We have to keep pitching well and then give ourselves our chance to score runs and win."
The Lady Bisons swept UT-Chattanooga Wednesday in a doubleheader by scored of 5-3 and 3-1. They have split their last two A-Sun doubleheaders against Jacksonville and Campbell. They also swept North Florida in doubleheader.
"This is a big weekend for us," said Peck. "We didn't do everything perfectly against Chattanooga, but there are a lot of positives we can take into the weekend.
"ETSU and Upstate are both scrappy kind of teams. They can both hit and they can both pitch. They are going to keep the pressure on if they put everything together. We have to do the same thing on our end."
The Lady Bisons do not have senior on the team this season, but that has not posed a problem so far this season. In NCAA Division I the Lady Bisons are ranked 18th in fielding percentage, 19th in earned run average, 22nd in won-loss percentage and 28th in batting average.
Kellie Sirus is 22nd in batting average and 26th in doubles per game. Freshman pitcher Whitney Kiihnl entered the week ranked 21st in ERA. Peck has stressed to her players that winning is all about doing things right, especially the little things.
"It is going to be a challenge," said Peck. "It is going to be a battle back-and-forth in both doubleheaders. The team that doesn't make mistakes is going to win."


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There is a three-way race for the 4th Congressional District, which covers much of Nassau County's south shore. Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy has represented the district since 1997 and is seeking her ninth term.
For the second straight election, she is being challenged by Republican Fran Becker, an original member of the Nassau County Legislature. Frank Scaturro won the Conservative Party primary as a write-in candidate and rounds out the race.
Boundaries to the 4th District have changed due to redistricting. Portions of Valley Stream, Elmont and Inwood are no longer in the district, but communities such as Bellmore, Merrick, Island Park and Long Beach, and portions of Baldwin and Freeport are in.
Herald: Why are you running for election/re-election?
McCarthy: During my time in Congress I have focused on three things: 1) strengthening and improving our economy, 2) improving access to quality education, and 3) protecting public health and safety. I believe I have been successful at all of these endeavors and am eager to continue this work. I have voted for tax cuts for small businesses and taxpayers of all income brackets, have fought for equal pay for women, am fighting to keep Medicare strong and affordable, and have made a concrete difference in protecting and creating jobs here on Long Island. I've done this by helping to forge a bipartisan deal to reauthorize a federal bank that makes a profit for taxpayers and has financed $65 million in export sales activity in the 4th Congressional District alone; by fighting to save 900 jobs – and create even more – by encouraging the FAA to build its new long-range control tower on Long Island; and by hosting a job fair connecting about a thousand jobseekers to three dozen local employers that were hiring.
Becker: I'm running for Congress as the Republican and Tax Revolt candidate because we need to get our nation and our region back on track. Our economy needs a jumpstart; the person we've sent to Washington for almost two decades hasn't been able to get it accomplished.
Scaturro: Having fought battles inside and outside Congress, written about Congress, and taught about Congress, I decided to run for Congress because I believe we are facing challenges on a magnitude that has confronted only a few generations in our history. We face challenges on several fronts — the economy, taxes, jobs, health care, national security, and education to name a few. Rather than address our nation's most pressing problems, Washington has made the situation worse with reckless spending, regulation, and job-killing taxes that have mortgaged the next generation's future. We must change course to reopen the path to growth and opportunity.
Herald: What Legislation would you seek to pass?
McCarthy: I would like to continue to pass legislation that improves our economy and creates jobs here on Long Island, including comprehensive tax reform that puts an emphasis on helping the middle class and stops our national debt from spiraling out of control; bills that support a longer-term reauthorization of the U.S. Export-Import Bank, which has financed $65 million in export sales activity in the 4th Congressional District alone; and bills that support an all-of-the-above energy policy while also protecting our natural resources. I'd also like to pass legislation that helps students get more access to higher education, which will help our nation be competitive in a global economy, and of course I'd like to see a lot more done to reduce gun violence, which is a serious problem in our nation with over 30,000 Americans killed every year.
Becker: Creating jobs for Long Island's working families, lowering the national debt, and reducing federal spending. My Middle Class Jobs Plan addresses these very topics: paying down America's unsustainable debt and ensuring the nation starts living within its means — just like we must do in our own homes. I'm the only candidate in this race with an actual, written Jobs Plan for the Middle Class.
Scaturro: More than can be listed in the space provided, but they would include measures to put our fiscal house in order: new rules implementing budget caps; amending the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act to increase presidential discretion to curb wasteful spending; and restoring our entitlement programs to a path of solvency. We should restore the Federal Reserve's single mandate to maintain a sound and stable dollar and repeal and replace Dodd Frank with sensible financial regulation. In foreign policy, I advocate expanding the NATO alliance's mandate and membership to include Israel, Australia, and Japan.
Herald: What are your thoughts on President Obama's health care reforms?
McCarthy: Our health care system was not working well for too many people. And we took action to do something about it. The health care law that passed two years ago has already helped expand access to coverage and lower the cost of care or medicine for thousands of Long Islanders. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says that it'll reduce the deficit and the AARP supports it for strengthening Medicare for patients. Now, if you have a pre-existing condition like cancer, you won't be abandoned – it'll be covered. More seniors are getting preventative checkups they need to stay healthy. The insurance companies are being required to spend more money on patient care and less on administrative costs. And seniors are saving thousands of dollars in prescription drug costs. Under this law, taxpayers don't have to pay higher costs just to pay for health care for people who choose not to take insurance and use the emergency room instead.
Becker: I do not support ObamaCare. I will keep the good parts but repeal and improve the rest. Why? Because it's a job-killing tax; the Supreme Court agrees with that assessment. No matter what my opponent will try and tell you, she voted for it, again and again. More problematic is Carolyn McCarthy hasn't even explained to her constituents why she voted for the largest tax increase in American history. She also hasn't explained why she also voted to eliminate more than $500 billion from Medicare and gut the Medicare Advantage Program that thousands of seniors across Nassau County rely on.
Scaturro: I believe the Affordable Health Care Act compromises the high quality of care that Americans receive and stifles the application of life-saving breakthroughs in medical technology. Obamacare should be repealed and replaced by meaningful health care reform under which our system would return more discretion to patients and their doctors. Working-age individuals should be able to select from a large number of health insurance options for themselves and their families to reduce premium charges. We also need to place greater emphasis on preventative care. Finally, we should implement tort reform to help control the rapidly escalating cost of health care.
Herald: What should be done at the federal level to spur job creation and strengthen the economy?
McCarthy: I've already done a lot on the federal level to spur job creation and strengthen the economy, and I look forward to doing more of it. I have voted for tax cuts for small businesses and taxpayers of all income brackets, have fought for equal pay for women, am fighting to keep Medicare strong and affordable, and have made a concrete difference in protecting and creating jobs here on Long Island. I've forged a bipartisan deal to reauthorize a federal bank that makes a profit for taxpayers and has financed $65 million in export sales activity in the 4th Congressional District alone; I've fought to save 900 Long Island jobs – and create even more – by encouraging the FAA to build its new long-range control tower here; and I've hosted several job fairs, including one that connected about a thousand jobseekers to three dozen local employers that were hiring.
Becker: My Middle Class Jobs Plan will pay down our ballooning national debt, fix the tax code by ensuring people pay just their fair share, reduce regulatory burdens that hurt small businesses, reduce spending by $6 trillion - all while creating jobs on Long Island and allowing businesses and entrepreneurs to be more competitive in the global marketplace. I'm the only candidate in this race with an actual, written Middle Class Jobs Plan. Carolyn McCarthy has put us in the middle of the worst national economy since the Great Depression. And she continues to do nothing to fix her mess.
Scaturro: Fiscal responsibility, strong families, a regulatory system that protects free markets rather than stifle innovation, and a sound and stable dollar have been the cornerstones of prosperity throughout history. To increase job creation and economic development, we need to start with fundamental change in both tax policy and spending policy. Our notoriously complex tax code should be replaced with a simpler, flatter tax code with lower rates. Economic development, which for too long has been corrupted by self-dealing special interests under the guise of central planning, needs to follow a bottom-up approach that gives the people the last word on their future.
Herald: What issues are important specifically to the 4th Congressional District?
McCarthy: The No. 1 issue that's important to the 4th Congressional District is strengthening our economy and protecting and creating jobs here. On a very local level I've done that by bringing together dozens of hiring employers and over a thousand job seekers at job fairs I've organized here. I've also been an outspoken advocate – even in the face of criticism by one of my opponents – for the FAA to build its new long-range regional tower here on Long Island instead of anywhere else within 150 miles of New York City, which is possible due to advancements in navigation technology. This would save 900 jobs here on Long Island, and create up to a thousand more from the new construction. Education is also critical to the people of the 4th Congressional District, with our excellent schools, as well as protecting our first responders and veterans, of whom there are so many here. The scourge of airplane noise is a big problem for many residents of Nassau County – I'm working with the FAA and the Port Authority to try to find solutions that will improve the quality of life for people. Finally, a flood insurance requirement is a problem for homeowners in parts of the district and I'm working to relieve them of that burden – until accurate flood local maps are developed to I'm proud to have gotten the federal government to agree to reduced insurance rates for homeowners.
Becker: Job creation, growing our local, regional and national economies again, and reducing federal tax burdens to make it easier for our working families and seniors to make ends meet.
Scaturro: Our residents are suffering from the incredibly high cost of living, which has forced many to leave Nassau County. They are concerned about crushing taxes and a regulatory environment that makes it difficult to find jobs that would sustain their standard of living. Getting our fiscal house in order and reducing the burdens of government are thus very important. So is health care from the standpoint not only of patients who receive it, but also of those who work for health care providers, who are among Nassau County's largest employers. National security is also a major concern given our location near a prime target of terrorism.
Herald: Where could the federal government do better?
McCarthy: Federal agencies can always do better at their local understanding about the specific needs of local communities. I understand it's the nature of federal government agencies to have a more broad or general understanding than local agencies, but some federal agencies – like the EPA, which is remediating polluted soil in our district – do better than others at understanding how different parts of the country are different from each other. This is especially important in economic matters, since the median income and cost of living on Long Island are so much higher than many other parts of the country.
Becker: Where can't the federal government do better? The true federal unemployment rate is 14.6 percent here according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics recent data. These unemployment numbers are beyond terrible and the Middle Class is barely getting by. But Carolyn McCarthy pretends that nothing is wrong. We must change course. We need an active representative in Congress focused on bringing jobs to the area and turning our stagnant economy around. I'm ready, prepared and the only candidate in this race with an actual, written Middle Class Jobs Plan supported by 132 American economists.
Scaturro: I can do far better in demonstrating the most basic fiscal responsibility, a deficiency so great that our national debt is now $16 trillion. The federal government's vast administrative state is too often inefficient, unresponsive, and obstructive toward those it is supposed to serve. The most underutilized tool of Congress is oversight, which should be exercised more with respect to federal agencies to make sure they are doing their jobs and that problems which often go ignored are rectified. Congress also should pass legislation with greater clarity and specificity rather than delegating that role to unelected agencies.
Herald: Why are you the best candidate?
McCarthy: I'm proud of my record of accomplishment in protecting and creating jobs and economic opportunity here on Long Island and am eager to continue working for the people of my district, both the ones I represent now as well as those in the new parts of the district, like Long Beach, Merrick, Bellmore and Wantagh. The 4th Congressional District is a special place that requires a special approach and I'm confident that I'm the best candidate to bring that approach. I don't come from a political or partisan background – I was a nurse, a wife and a mother who first went to Washington as an activist and then went as an elected representative entrusted by her neighbors to fight for them from inside the system. Today National Journal ranks me as one of the most bipartisan members of Congress in New York and I'm proud of that because that's how the people of the 4th Congressional District are – we aren't Republicans or Democrats first, we're Long Islanders and Americans first.
Becker: I'm an experienced legislator with ideas that will turn our country around. The failures and inaction from the McCarthy-Obama team in Washington are staggering. I know this election is about the economy and pocketbook issues. Our neighbors deserve a real recovery that provides more jobs and better take-home pay. Big government spending programs the my opponent favors and votes for, like ObamaCare, aren't the solution to our challenges. My Jobs Plan will end the Middle Class squeeze of declining incomes and rising prices, bring back prosperity to our neighborhoods and lives and help create jobs here in Nassau County.
Scaturro: Both of my opponents are long-serving incumbents whose votes have contributed to grave fiscal crises in which they have failed to lead after having ample opportunity to do so — Carolyn McCarthy for 16 years in Washington, Fran Becker for 17 years in Nassau County. I bring to the table a combination of a deeper knowledge of Congress, a career dedicated to our Constitution, and a fresh perspective — not to mention a specific vision that the others have not offered. Most importantly, I believe integrity comes first, which means a willingness to take a stand where others do not.
Carolyn McCarthy
Age: 68
Lives in: Mineola
Political experience: Member of Congress, 4th District, 1997-present
Career: Nurse, Member of Congress
Education: LPN, Glen Cove Nursing School
Family: Husband Dennis (deceased 1993); son Kevin; grandchildren Denis and Grace
Fran Becker
Age: 60
Lives in: Lynbrook
Political experience: Nassau County Legislator, 1996-present
Career: Local businessman & Certified Financial Planner
Education: Attended Hofstra University and Nassau Community College
Family: Wife, Clementine of almost 40 years, daughters Beth, Madeline and Diana.
Frank Scaturro
Age: 40
Lives in: New Hyde Park
Political experience: Counsel for the Constitution, U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee (2005-2009)
Career: Author, attorney and public advocate. Served as Counsel for the Constitution on the Senate Judiciary Committee, where he advised senators on judicial nominations and constitutional law issues. Served as a visiting professor at Hofstra Law School, where he taught courses on the legislative process and constitutional law.
Education: Chaminade High School, 1990; Columbia University, bachelor's degree, political science and history, 1994; University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1997
Family: Unmarried


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Around noon on Wednesday, Calgary Flames general manager Jay Feaster told Boston counterpart Peter Chiarelli that Jarome Iginla would be a Bruin. Matt Bartkowski, Alexander Khokhlachev, and a first-round pick would be going to Calgary.
Feaster planned to make Iginla a healthy scratch that night against Colorado. In turn, Chiarelli began to protect his assets.
Bartkowski, one of six healthy Boston defensemen, would not dress against Montreal. The Bruins promoted Torey Krug from Providence to replace Bartkowski. Khokhlachev would be a healthy scratch for Providence against Portland.
As it turned out, those safeguards were not necessary.
Shortly before midnight Wednesday, following the Bruins' 6-5 shootout loss to Montreal, Feaster called to deliver the news that Chiarelli had feared: Iginla, who had included Boston as one of at least three teams he wanted to play for, had shortened his list to one club. Iginla wanted to go to Pittsburgh. The Bruins were out.
The Penguins acquired the Calgary captain for a first-round pick and college prospects Ken Agostino and Ben Hanowski.
"These things happen all the time, more than you know, about deals going south for whatever reason," Chiarelli said during a Thursday press conference at TD Garden.
"We believed we had a deal. We operated on the premise of a deal. When things were silent — in my experience, you know when things go silent, usually something is going screwy from your end. And it was."
Neither Boston nor Calgary was satisfied with the conclusion to several weeks of chatter. The Bruins wanted Iginla (9-13—22) to beef up their attack. With Nathan Horton off more than on lately (two goals in his last 15 games), Iginla would have given the Bruins the touch and bite they require on the right side.
"It's tough," Chiarelli said. "We're talking about a really good player."
The Flames would have landed two pro players in Bartkowski (3-21—24 in Providence) and Khokhlachev (0-0—0 in two AHL games). While Bartkowski has struggled with confidence and decision-making in the NHL, he skates well and can muscle forwards around. Khokhlachev, the Bruins' second-round pick in 2011, is an undersized but clever forward with top-six skill.
Instead, the Flames had to accept what some league personnel believe was a lesser package in Agostino (fifth round, 2010) and Hanowski (third round, 2009).
Iginla used a no-movement clause in his contract to land his preferred destination.
"We had a deal with Boston that we liked," Feaster told TSN. "We certainly felt that would have been an acceptable way for us to go as an organization. The player indicated he wanted to be with Pittsburgh, so we got a deal done with Pittsburgh."
Chiarelli declined to disclose specific details on why the trade skidded off the rails. But the deal started to crumble Wednesday afternoon, when the Flames wanted to give Iginla time to consider the transaction.
"I assume it's because of the magnitude of the player Jarome was for the organization, they wanted to give him some space on this," Chiarelli said.
As the afternoon progressed, Chiarelli called Feaster several times. Feaster didn't return Chiarelli's calls. During their final conversation, Feaster acknowledged that something had happened to alter the trade's direction.
On Thursday, Chiarelli declined to share Feaster's information, but based on Iginla's comments during a press conference, the right wing dictated his destination.
While Chiarelli couldn't get his calls returned, Pittsburgh GM Ray Shero had no problem contacting Feaster. Like the Bruins, the Penguins had expressed their interest in Iginla several weeks ago.
Feaster had told Shero earlier Wednesday that Pittsburgh was an unlikely landing spot for Iginla. Shero informed his charges in hockey operations they were probably out.
But by Wednesday night, the Calgary-Pittsburgh talks reengaged. By the time the Penguins landed Iginla, the reports were that the Bruins had gotten their man. When Shero called home to inform his family of Iginla's acquisition, his children told their dad he was wrong — that the power forward was headed to Boston.
"I guess I had some choice in Pittsburgh," Iginla said. "Getting the opportunity as a player to go play on a team with the two best players in the world, and a team on a roll like they're on, and the success they've had, as a player, I wanted that opportunity."
Iginla was referring to Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin. Like any right-shot right wing, Iginla would prefer to skate alongside the left-shot Crosby and Malkin. In Boston, Iginla would have played with right-shot centers David Krejci, Patrice Bergeron, and Rich Peverley.
The Penguins have a lot going for them.
They are riding a 14-game winning streak and lead the league in points. They have Crosby and Malkin. Coach Dan Bylsma is well-regarded by players around the NHL.
They play in Consol Energy Center, which opened in 2010. Earlier in the week, Shero acquired Brenden Morrow from Dallas and Douglas Murray from San Jose. The Pittsburgh infrastructure might be second to none.
Chiarelli asked the Flames for permission to speak with Iginla and make his pitch, but Calgary denied the request.
"Let's be honest," Shero said during a Thursday press conference. "A lot of this has to do with having a Sidney Crosby. Having an Evgeni Malkin. Having this beautiful building. Having ownership that we have.
"I'm just the guy, as the manager, who tries to consummate the deal."
In comparison, the Bruins are like the tight end compared with the quarterback — an important player, but not the star. They are in fourth place in the Eastern Conference. During their 1-3-0 road trip last week, they scored just six goals.
Currently, Pittsburgh projects to have the better shot at winning the Stanley Cup, a trophy that has eluded the 35-year-old Iginla.
Now the Bruins regroup. Chiarelli planned to speak with Bartkowski and Khokhlachev, the two would-be ex-Bruins, to repair those bridges. Chiarelli and his group will pursue secondary trade targets — ideally, one forward and one defenseman. Prices remain high, especially for rentals.
"We have an ability to add players," Chiarelli said. "But it's been the hardest that I've ever seen it in my years because of the short supply."Fluto Shinzawa can be reached at email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @GlobeFluto.


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Kyle Stanley, a former Clemson standout, ties for sixth place on Sunday at the Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte, N.C.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Dawn had barely broken at the chilly and soggy grounds of Quail Hollow Sunday when Clemson product Kyle Stanley shook off the elements to try and give the leaders a little something to think about.
"It played tough," Stanley said. "Windy, rainy, cold — but I got off to a good start which was key and just tried to play a stress-free round."
That footloose attitude aided in equaling the day's low round with a 4-under 68 that was only one of three posted under 70 during the finale of the Wells Fargo Championship. Stanley jumped 23 spots into a tie for sixth and earned a cool $216,912.
There was minimal pressure on the 25-year-old as he teed off at 6:45 a.m., seven off the lead in a 10-way tie for 29th. But after an eagle at No. 7 got him to 4 under for the round and suddenly only three strokes behind the just starting leaders with worsening weather a virtual guarantee, the Seattle resident was not only in his element, he was in the hunt.
Nothing like some rotten weather for a kid from and still living in the Great Northwest to make a charge in what is normally balmy May conditions in North Carolina.
"This is typically how it is 300 days a year up there (in Seattle)," he said.
Stanley gave one back with a bogey at the eighth, but after rebounding with a birdie at No. 10 he began to visualize posting a very low number and kicking his feet up in the clubhouse. Maybe, just maybe, the rest of the field might begin to creep back to him as the wind began to whip and the rain began to pour.
"I kind of started thinking about that on the back-nine at one point," Stanley said.
He bogeyed the windblown 17th before finishing off his round in style with a 199-yard approach to four feet for birdie. It actually finished off a magnificent two-week stretch with aplomb as he recorded consecutive top-10 finishes for the first time since early February of 2012 when he earned his lone PGA victory in Phoenix.
He hadn't been heard from much since as he had admittedly let the good times roll.
"It was just a loss of focus," Stanley said. "You work so hard to achieve that first victory out here and your circle of friends grows bigger and a lot of things in your life change. I unfortunately didn't handle it very well and got off track fairly quickly and kind of got away from the things that had gotten me to that point.
"It was a great learning experience for me and hopefully I'll get a few more wins out here and I'll handle them differently. I think I just enjoyed (the victory) for too long and just wasn't working to be honest."
Since winning, Stanley hadn't finished inside the top 15 prior to last week and now the long-hitter feels like it's all coming back to him now. The loss of self-belief has been nullified and he's got his nose back to the grindstone.
"It obviously feels good because it's hard to kind of dig yourself out of a hole out here," said Stanley, who has earned a combined $665,713 the past two weeks.
"But I'm getting my confidence back which is key because if your game is ready and physically you're great but you aren't very confident then you're probably not going to get very good results. I've been a little bit better prepared and just kind of bringing less baggage to the golf course. It's tough to win out here. You don't just show up and hope to get lucky."


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Minnesota Drew $140 Million More than Anticipated in January
ST. PAUL (AP) - Minnesota's government has scooped up $140 million more in taxes for January than finance officials had been counting on.
But the rosy revenue numbers reflected in a report Monday could have downside to them.
The Department of Minnesota Management and Budget says that the extra collections probably signal a race to beat new federal tax rates. The biggest portion of the additional money came via the individual income tax.
Officials speculate that some high-income filers accelerated their state and federal tax payments in anticipation of tax rate bumps included in the fiscal cliff deal. It could mean less money for state coffers later.
A full state economic forecast is due at month's end. Any surplus dollars reflected in that report will be used to repay state IOUs to schools.
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The Historical Association is hosting "Historical Happenings @The Lewiston Museum" this Sunday, July 14. It is a family event filled with re-enactors dressed in period clothes; craft demonstrators, including rope making; old-time artifacts; an old-fashioned photo booth; activities and vintage games for kids; and an antique and bake sale. Plus, the museum will be open and showcasing summer exhibits.
HAL volunteers be on the lawn of the museum from 1 to 4 p.m., celebrating the organization's 40th anniversary. They'll be celebrating in style with a birthday cake commemorating 40 years of preserving and promoting Lewiston's rich history.
Volunteers will share the celebration with past presidents and trustees, the Village of Lewiston trustees, Town of Lewiston councilmen, government representatives, and those who have consistently supported HAL and the work it does. The cake cutting ceremony will be at 2 p.m.
This event is free and open to the public. It will be held at the museum, 469 Plain St.


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The Blackberry cell phone has been in existence since 1999. It took Blackberry five years to reach one million users, ten months after, Blackberry reached its two million user mark. Since then Blackberry has been steadily on the rise, now reaching 14 million users.
The creation of the Blackberry Torch 9800 could not have come at a better time. The new updated features have made the Blackberry Torch 9800 a new requested item. TheBlackberry Torch 9800 offers an immense amount of similarities to previous Blackberries. The size, style, and weight are similar; however, there is a significant amount of updates, new features, and tweaks on performance with the Blackberry Torch 9800 that makes this cell phone a unique and worthy device.
The Blackberry Torch 9800 is a Blackberry of many 'firsts'; the first Blackberry with touch screen, slide keyboard, and Blackberry 6 which makes the Blackberry Torch 9800 a 'one-stop shop'. Blackberry is typically seen as a 'business phone', the Blackberry Torch 9800 is no different. With a range of managing options, the Blackberry Torch 9800 can handle various accounts with a simple click. This new Blackberry gives its user the opportunity to manage multiple open websites with a new feature called 'tabbed browsing'. With tabbed browsing the user is able to bookmark favorite sites and also save the sites with personalized icons and customizable names, which further supports the personalization between the Blackberry Torch 9800 and its user.
The Blackberry Torch 9800 has a 5MP camera with flash and continuous focus and image stabilization and 11 photo modes and recording in order to capture last minute memories. One major factor that is an important variable when focusing on product highlights is the battery life. TheBlackberry Torch 9800 has proven to deliver results in this department with 5.8 hours of talk time, or 30 hours of music playtime or 6 hours of video playback.
Another key feature of the Blackberry Torch 9800 is 'sure type'. Sure type takes 'auto-correction' to a new level. You are able to type quickly and accurately with sure type because of word recognition software that monitors your unique word patterns and words frequently used thus creating a customized list for the terms you use the most.
One key word that comes to mind when describing the Blackberry Torch 9800 is simplicity. TheBlackberry Torch 9800 is said to have the best search engine for a mobile device with its 'universal search engine'. You are able to conduct a quick search with anything from applications, music, contacts, to notes, and emails by beginning to type the name, and it will finish it for you. It also gives you the opportunity to import your email contacts to your phone, to serve as a 'back up'. This function allows you to create labels, archiving, and manage folders.
The Blackberry Torch 9800 truly captures Blackberries historical strength and evolution as a brand. The Blackberry Torch 9800 serves the needs of both the everyday individual as well as the very hectic business individual that is managing multiple accounts. Like previous Blackberries, theBlackberry Torch 9800 stands by its mission and delivers results. It is no wonder how Blackberry is constantly increasing its number of users.
My only complaint is the volume of the speaker . I can solve this by using bluetooth but would have prefered it if the volume was easily heard without needing to put the speaker close to my ear.
For more information on the Blackberry Torch 9800, visit their website: www.blackberry.com


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