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One smart thing to know about public speaking and presenting: The same skills that help you speak to a large crowd can help you speak to a smaller group, or just one person. You can use message development skills to plan ahead what you want to say when asked about any situation--from what you do for a living to what you think of the event you're attending--and use confidence-building skills to get through difficult conversations.
A good start for those more focused speaking situations is the book A Good Talk: The Story and Skill of Conversation, which advocates active listening and paying attention to body language when you're conversing with someone. Author Daniel Menaker did an interview with The Splendid Table, since lots of these conversations take place around the dinner table, with tips and advice for your next conversation:
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Inspiration, ideas and information to help women build public speaking content, confidence and credibility. Denise Graveline is a Washington, DC-based speaker coach who has coached nearly 200 TEDMED and TEDx speakers--including one of 2016's most popular TED talks. She also has prepared speakers for presentations, testimony, and keynotes. She offers 1:1 coaching and group workshops in public speaking, presentation and media interview skills to both men and women.
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This avocado hummus is delicious. And I know I say that a lot, but I really rilly like this one. It's a good one!
In other related news, why are avocados so expensive? I get that they're delicious, buttery, fatty (in a healthy way!), pretty, and again, delicious.
No but really…
I like to consider myself a pretty good "ripe" fruit picker, but avocados sort of make me nervous, because sometimes they're perfectly ripe, yet their exterior is still a little green. This is risky business. Because, I mean, what if I cut into it, thinking it's ripe and then…it's not. That's a whole $2-$3 in the garbage. Stressful!
I sometimes put my pride on the side and I enlist the produce guy to help. He's always knows what's up. He picked the ones you see below. They were sort of unripe looking on the outside, slightly soft and totally perfect on the outside. He's good!
This avocado hummus is exactly what it sounds like: avocado and hummus totally making out, getting married and making a child.
I went the traditional hummus route. There's a good dose of garlic in this, lemon flavor for days and an awesome tahini flavor. The avocado flavor is subtle, yet totally apparent.
Can we also just discuss how delicious tahini is?! I want to put it in everything right now.
Avocado Hummus
2 garlic cloves
1 (15-ounce) can of garbanzo beans
1 lemon, zest and juice
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1. Place garlic cloves, garbanzo beans, lemon zest and juice from the lemon and tahini in a food processor. Blend until smooth. Salt to taste.
2. Add two avocados and blend just until smooth. Salt to taste once more. Transfer to a bowl, pour a few tablespoons of olive oil on top, and sprinkle a few dashes of paprika. Serve with whatever you like, whether it be pita chips, warm slices of pita or crackers.


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Although state officials estimate there are up to 800,000 veterans living in North Carolina, Gov. Bev Perdue told the audience at Tuesday�s dedication ceremony the N.C. State Veterans Home in Kinston is the �latest and probably last for a while.�
Although state officials estimate there are up to 800,000 veterans living in North Carolina, Gov. Bev Perdue told the audience at Tuesday�s dedication ceremony the N.C. State Veterans Home in Kinston is the �latest and probably last for a while.�
The 100-bed Kinston facility is the fourth state-owned �skilled nursing facility� for veterans to open since 1999. Nursing homes of similar sizes are in operation in Fayetteville, Salisbury and Black Mountain.
The homes are managed and staffed by a private contractor, United Veterans Service of N.C. Inc., a subsidiary of Georgia-based UHS-Pruitt. The N.C. Division of Veterans Affairs oversees the contractor and provides a veterans� service officer in each home to assist residents.
All other employees, including the up to 175 staffers of the Kinston home, are employees of UHS-Pruitt.
Perdue told the audience state officials� goal was to serve veterans and their families in each region of the state, and Kinston�s home is designated for Eastern North Carolina.
�Home life is what we determined to make it, and home life it is,� the governor said of the level of care.
Moses Carey, secretary of the N.C. Department of Administration � the parent agency of the Division of Veterans Affairs � who spoke during Tuesday�s ceremony, told The Free Press later that the state regularly updates its count of veterans living in North Carolina, and the current number is close to 800,000.
�As more people leave the military they settle in this area, so that number is growing daily,� Carey said.
The $13 million facility was funded with a mix of state and federal funds, including federal stimulus dollars. Carey said �it requires a partnership� to fund the skilled nursing facilities, a major factor in why there are not more facilities planned for the future.
�It�s the last one for a while but that doesn�t mean it�s the last one forever,� he said of the Kinston home.
Carey said veterans can also obtain care through Veterans Administration hospitals around the state, or reside in private nursing homes, paid for by them or qualifying Medicaid or veterans� benefits.
Tommy Sowers, assistant secretary for public and intergovernmental affairs at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, said Tuesday the VA received requests for more than $800 million in federal funds to support veterans nursing facilities around the country.
Sowers, a U.S. Army veteran who served in Iraq, said the state nursing homes �are part of the entire continuum� of veterans care, which includes in-home care and telecare, which allows caregivers to remotely monitor patients using technology such as telephone alarms, monitors, sensors and more.
�This a beautiful facility, but we recognize veterans have varying needs of care and we want to provide that care in the best way the veteran wants it, and in a way that keeps them healthy,� Sowers explained.
Veterans� views
Up to 300 people attended Tuesday�s dedication, many of them veterans. Several said they had applied to live in the Kinston home or felt the facility would meet their needs.
�This is going to come a long way in alleviating pressure among families of our most seriously ill veterans,� said Eric Cantu, a Vietnam War veteran and commander of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2771.
Army veteran Roger Williams, 85, of Kinston, said the facility �would be perfect, I think, because I can�t stand too long.�
Williams, who served in the Army from 1945 to 1947, said both his feet had been amputated. He used a rollator walker to get around Tuesday, and had to sit on its padded seat while talking to The Free Press.
Williams was brought to the ceremony by his neighbor Sterling Phillips, who was in the Army from 1960 to 1962. Phillips said he thought the facility would help his friend.
�He would be with people,� Phillips said of Williams. �He would have company and then he would have everything he needed, so I think it will be real nice for him.�
George �Hound Dog� Dove, 82, of Kinston served as an Army infantryman during the Korean War from 1951 to 1953. He was in the 5th Regiment of the 25th Infantry Division.
�I had two Christmases on the front lines,� Dove said after Tuesday�s ceremony.
Dove was riding an electric mobility scooter and said his doctor had been able to place him on a list of potential residents for the Kinston home. He earned a Bronze Star for bravery and two Purple Hearts from wounds sustained in Korea.
�I love it, plenty of room and everything,� Dove said. �I really do, because I�m getting where I can�t do things for myself.�
Dean Smith, the administrator of the home, said residents must be evaluated individually by a physician to determine if they need the skilled or intermediate care provided at the home.
�We don�t provide an assisted living or rest-home level of care,� he said.
Twenty of the home�s 100 beds make up the �memory support unit,� designed for patients with conditions such as Alzheimer�s disease or dementia.
�Those beds will take a lot of pressure off the community,� explained Charlie Smith, who was the state�s assistant secretary for veterans affairs when the Kinston project was conceived in 2007.
Smith retired in 2011 and was warmly welcomed during Tuesday�s ceremony. He said the memory support unit will provide relief for a number of caregivers of Alzheimer�s patients who are veterans.
He thanked local leaders and other state agencies for their assistance on the five-year odyssey to get the home open.
�There were obstacles that we had to get over but the community worked with us on those issues and was really helpful,� he said.
Administrator Dean Smith has been reaching out to members of the community as well.
�I�ve found there�s a lot of community support for the facility, a lot of respect for the military in this area,� he said. �It�s going to have a great economic impact on Kinston.�
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Syrian refugee exodus to Jordan has slowed to trickle, U.N. says
The flow of refugees crossing from Syria into Jordan has all but stopped in the last six days amid heavy fighting in the area and claims by Syrians that Jordanian border guards are preventing them from entering.
The Jordanian foreign minister has denied that his government had closed the border, but Syrians said Jordanian soldiers had turned them back.
A decision by the Jordanian government to block the flow of people across the border not only would exacerbate the humanitarian crisis that's unfolding in Syria – thousands had been fleeing into Jordan every day, seeking refuge from the civil war there – but also would complicate efforts to supply the rebel groups that are fighting to topple the regime of President Bashar Assad.
"When we asked the border guards why they won't let us in, they gave no reason," said Abu Mohammed, a Syrian rebel who used a nom de guerre that means "Father of Mohammed" in Arabic. He makes regular trips to Jordan in order to ferry weapons and other supplies into Syria and take refugees and the wounded out.
As has happened on Syria's northern border with Turkey, the Jordanian government has been allowing fighters, supplies and refugees to pass in and out of Syria through unofficial crossings into rebel-held areas. These unofficial crossing points are crucial to the rebellion.
"This is something from the Jordanian government. We don't know why they are doing this," Abu Mohammed said.
International aid agencies in Jordan are more cautious about the reasons for the drop, but they confirmed that no new refugees arrived Wednesday or Thursday at the Zaatari camp, a sprawling tent and trailer complex in Jordan's northern desert that's home to as many as 150,000 Syrians who've fled the violence in their country.
Jordan has been overwhelmed by the influx. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the organization's primary refugee agency, has registered more than 400,000 Syrians in need of assistance in Jordan, and it says nearly 100,000 more are awaiting registration. In all, UNHCR has identified more than 1.5 million Syrians who've fled the country and are in need of assistance, and it estimates that another 6.5 million are displaced inside the country, meaning that more than a third of Syria's approximately 22 million people have been displaced, some of them multiple times.
"We're in close collaboration with the government to try to see what the reason is, and we will continue to do so," said Tala Kattan, a UNHCR spokeswoman in Jordan.
Qattan said the drop-off began Sunday, and that only 13 people had crossed from Sunday to Tuesday. That was a sharp decrease from the 500 who'd crossed Saturday, and far less than the influx of 1,000 to 2,000 daily that she said was the average.
A Jordanian who coordinates medical aid with rebels and asked to remain anonymous for security reasons said the drop-off coincided with a Syrian government offensive in the south.
"The entire area in front of Turrah and Ramtha was bombarded with heavy cannon fire and rockets," he said, mentioning two Jordanian towns near the Syrian border. "Tuesday was the worst, but Wednesday it calmed down a bit."
"They've been attacking steadily," he said, referring to Syrian government forces. "Two shells even landed in Turrah."
The reports of heavy fighting in southern Syria come amid a government offensive on multiple fronts that appears to be an effort to regain territory lost to the rebels in the past year. Pro-Assad forces also are besieging the city of Qusayr near the border with Lebanon and have retaken several towns and villages on the outskirts of Damascus recently as well.
The Jordanian government generally has kept its border with Syria open during the fighting, despite the strain the refugees have put on Jordan's ability to accommodate them. Jordan's population of about 6 million is already impoverished and lacking resources, and the government has complained bitterly about the lack of international support for the refugees. UNHCR says it has a more than $300 million shortfall in its budget.
Jordan, whose population is made up partially of Palestinians displaced by the creation of Israel in 1948 and the Israeli-Arab war in 1967, closed its borders to Iraqi refugees in 2005.
The slowing in the refugee influx coincided with a visit to Jordan by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who met there Wednesday with rebel leaders and representatives of other countries that have provided backing for the rebels. Some analysts suggested the Jordanian government may have seen halting the refugee flow as a way to pressure those countries for greater assistance.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Joanna MacKay and Elaine Ni of the women's tennis team were named the Doubles Team of the Week by the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC). MacKay and Ni kicked off their 2005 season by defeating Francesca Albrezzi and Seiko Fujii of Smith College, 8-2, in the No. 1 position on Saturday. The win helped propel the Engineers to a 9-0 victory over the visiting Pioneers in their first match of the year.


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It should surprise no one that some if not all of the violent pro-Mubarak forces are plain clothes police officers.
The Guardian notes:
Sharif Kouddous, a prolific Egyptian tweeter and blogger in Cairo, describes "a brutal and coordinated campaign of violence" by the Mubarak regime, in an article posted on Democracy Now's website:
"Suddenly, rocks started falling out of the sky," said Ismail Naguib, a witness at the scene. "Rocks were flying everywhere. Everywhere." Many people were hit. Some were badly cut, others had arms and legs broken. The mob then charged in; some rode on horseback and camels, trampling and beating people. Groups of them gathered on rooftops around Tahrir and continued to pelt people with rocks.
"It's a massacre," said Selma al-Tarzi as the attack was ongoing. "They have knives, they are throwing molotov bombs, they are burning the trees, they are throwing stones at us … this is not a demonstration anymore, this is war."
Some of the attackers were caught. Their IDs showed them to be policemen dressed in civilians clothes. Others appeared to be state sponsored "baltagiya" (gangs) and government employees. "Instead of uniformed guys trying to stop you from protesting. You've got non-uniformed guys trying to stop you from protesting," Naguib said.
AP points out:
Supporters of President Hosni Mubarak charged into Cairo's central square on horses and camels brandishing whips while others rained firebombs from rooftops in what appeared to be an orchestrated assault against protesters trying to topple Egypt's leader of 30 years. Three people died and 600 were injured.
The protesters accused Mubarak's regime of unleashing a force of paid thugs and plainclothes police to crush their unprecedented 9-day-old movement, a day after the 82-year-old president refused to step down. They showed off police ID badges they said were wrested from their attackers. Some government workers said their employers ordered them into the streets.
"If any of the violence is instigated by the government, it should stop immediately," said White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs.
CNN writes:
The United States doesn't know the identity of "thugs" who attacked anti-government protesters Wednesday in Egypt, but others have identified them as "supporters of the government," U.S. State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley told reporters.
"This was clearly an attempt at intimidating the protesters," Crowley said.
And Al Jazeera reports:
Protesters in Tahrir Square shows the Al Jazeera camera the ID cards of accused plain clothed security (police ID) who came in earlier to create chaos.
This is just like when the British police attacked the non-violent protesters led by Gandhi, or the police in towns in the South of the United States attacked the peaceful protesters led by Martin Luther King, Jr.
Note: The police were also the ones doing most, if not all, of the looting. See this and this.


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Did you know you can get a medal from the U.S. military for schmoozing?
Apparently you can.
At General David Petraeus's recommendation, the Joint Chiefs of Staff gave Tampa Bay socialite Jill Kelley the country's second-highest honor a civilian can receive, reports Jeane MacIntosh of the New York Post.
Kelley received the award from Petraeus himself in a ceremony in Washington DC last year.
Jeane MacIntosh quotes from the citation, which lauds Kelley for many achievements:
- "outstanding public service to the United States Central Command, the MacDill Air Force Base community and the Department of Defense from October 31, 2008 to May 31, 2010."
- Kelley's work in "advancing various military endeavors" and her "willingness to host engagements with senior national representatives from more than 60 countries," according to the Tampa Tribune.
- "On multiple occasions, Mrs. Kelley invited senior national representatives, their spouses and senior leaders to her home to demonstrate their gratitude and support. These events promoted camaraderie, understanding and a better appreciation for coalition and military customs, concerns and abilities."
- "She [was] instrumental in introducing the commander, early in his tenure, to local and state officials, particularly the mayor of Tampa and the governor of Florida."
- "The singularly distinctive accomplishments of Mrs. Jill Kelley are in keeping with the finest traditions of public service and reflect great credit upon herself, United States Central Command and the Department of Defense."
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The Warehouse Education and Research Council (WERC) has announced a new voluntary Warehouse Certification Program that certifies an individual warehouse facility's capabilities to perform core warehousing functions. The program provides an industry-standard grading methodology that includes a facility inspection and process assessment by an independent, trained third-party auditor.
"As the recognized leader in education and research for the warehouse, distribution and logistics industry, WERC focuses on advancing the art and science of warehousing/distribution and driving the warehouse profession to new levels," said Michael Mikitka, WERC CEO.
In partnership with consulting firm Supply Chain Visions, WERC takes warehouse certification to a higher level. "Our new program goes a step further than ISO certification," Mikitka told Modern. "While ISO certification establishes what an operation practices and what they are actually doing, ours determines if these practices best practices."
First of all, the review process identifies areas of opportunity and challenges. For example, Mikitka said that a typical series of questions addressed in the certification process would ask if a facility has a warehouse management system? If so, is it common? Then, going the extra mile, how can we bump it up a notch?
Kate Vitasek, founder of Supply Chain Visions explained, "This [certification program] offers a significant advantage over ISO type certifications that simply audit that a process is performed. WERC Certification also goes beyond benchmarking studies that focus solely on quantitative metrics such as fill rate, on-time shipments or inventory accuracy. WERC's qualitative approach provides a holistic comprehensive review and an audit based on industry standards vetted by industry pros."
Additionally, the new program is flexible enough to provide value to all industry segments, and it's a valuable marketing tool for companies, showing customers that they have taken extra steps to ensure the highest level of performance and efficiency, Mikitka added.
A few key facts about WERC's Warehouse Certification Program:
*An unbiased, professional review of warehousing practices compared to industry standards.
*Help in identifying areas for improvement.
*Certification based on audits using the WERC "Warehousing & Fulfillment Process Benchmark & Best Practices Guide," which outlines five levels of warehouse process competencies ranging from poor to best practice and covers the common warehousing processes.
*Audits are comprehensive, yet recognize differences in industry requirements.
*WERC Certification is complementary to any quality system, such as the ISO 9000 series.
*Certification is an optional service WERC offers its members and the industry.
*The standards allow for differences in industry, customers, restrictions and product characteristics and requirements.
to download a sample of the information included in an audit report.
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To report non-police emergencies such as downed trees or street flooding, call police dispatch at 510-233-1214 and leave a message for the San Pablo watch commander. The watch commander will decide whether to call out city crews to respond. To report a life-threatening emergency, please dial 911.
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Before getting Medi-Cal coverage this year, Marisela Sanchez never had much reason to learn how health insurance worked.
When she needed drugs for her high blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes, she saw her doctor at a Los Angeles health center and got prescriptions. When she needed more, she went back for new ones.
So during a recent visit, when her physician didn't write new prescriptions for all her medications, she assumed she should stop taking them. Only later did she learn she was supposed to ask for something she had never heard of before: refills.
"The concept of refill is very difficult for our patients," said Nicole Alton, the director of pharmacy at the Eisner Pediatric & Family Medical Center, where Sanchez gets care. "She is just one of hundreds of people who come and don't understand the system."
Health officials have spent much of the past year promoting the Affordable Care Act and enrolling people in coverage. Now they are trying to help consumers understand the basics of health insurance — the foreign language of deductibles, co-payments, co-insurance and the like — and how to use their new coverage.
"Giving somebody an insurance card and not really telling them what that insurance is going to do for them is not going to produce the health outcomes that we all want to see," said Brendan Saloner, a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Pennsylvania. "If the goal is to improve health and lower costs … it is really important to equip consumers with the education they need."
Patients who don't grasp fundamental health and insurance concepts are less likely to make smart decisions about when and where to seek care, experts said. In fact, people with low "health literacy," as experts put it, are more likely to be hospitalized and use costly emergency rooms, according to the Institute of Medicine.
It's a big problem. About one in 10 people in the U.S. have a proficient level of health literacy, according to an assessment by the U.S. Department of Education — that is, they could understand and use health-related information in daily activities.
And researchers at the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics determined that just weeks before open enrollment began last year for state and federal insurance exchanges, more than 40 percent of Americans couldn't explain a deductible — the amount patients owe for health services before insurance kicks in. The authors found that those likely to benefit most from the health law — uninsured and low-income Americans — had the least awareness.
"There is a huge void," said Bonnie Braun, a health literacy expert and professor at the University of Maryland School of Public Health.
Language and cultural barriers add to the confusion. "It's hard to understand even if it is Spanish," said Marisela Sanchez, the Los Angeles clinic patient. "If it's in English, it's worse."
Community health centers throughout the nation are seeing some of the problems firsthand.
At the Eisner health center, lead enrollment specialist Martha Vasquez said the vast majority of patients who bought private insurance selected plans with the lowest premiums, not necessarily grasping that those plans came with high deductibles.
Now they are asking why the visits that they consider preventive aren't free and whether hospital visits are included in their plans. They also are uncertain what specialists they can see and what medications are covered.
Jessie Yuan, a physician at the center, said patients have been confused about health insurance for a long time. The new health law "just adds another layer on top of that," she said.
Yuan said she sees it as part of her job to give a brief orientation to new Medi-Cal patients. On a recent morning, she spoke with Oscar Gonzalez, a diabetic patient from Huntington Park, in Spanish. Gonzalez had been switched to Medi-Cal from a free county program for the uninsured.
With Medi-Cal, Yuan told her patient, over-the-counter medications like Tylenol and cough syrup aren't free anymore. He can get a free vision appointment but will have to pay for glasses.
It will be easier to get referrals to specialists, but if he needs to change the appointment, he has to do it himself.
As for medications, "It's your responsibility to go to the pharmacy and ask for what is called a refill," she said.
Gonzalez seemed bewildered.
He didn't even know he had been automatically switched to the Medi-Cal program until Yuan told him. "I knew by the news they were making some changes," he said. "But I don't know all the rules."
Insurance is often perplexing even to savvy consumers. Industry acronyms abound: HMOs, PPOs, ACOs. Letters arrive in the mail saying "this is not a bill" yet appear to be just that. Some detail exorbitant prices that have nothing to do with what is actually owed.
It's not just low-income patients or those new to insurance who need help understanding their new policies. Others with higher incomes who signed up for coverage under the state's insurance exchange, Covered California, are equally perplexed.
To address these problems, efforts are underway across the nation by government agencies, universities and health plans to help people understand the language of health insurance, what services are covered and how to make the best use of policies. The University of Maryland and the nonprofit Insure the Uninsured Project in California are among those who have offered workshops or are planning to.
Health insurance exchanges are publishing glossaries of insurance terms. Health plans are holding webinars, sending out welcome kits and trying to make everything "clear, simple and easy to use," said Susan Pisano, spokeswoman for America's Health Insurance Plans. Pisano said that patients will take better care of themselves if they understand their benefits.


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The Central Connecticut men's soccer team lost to Vermont 2-0 in their opening game of the 2012 Vermont Fall Classic. The Blue Devils are now 1-2-0 after losing their second straight game following a home opener victory against Yale on August 31st. The Catamounts improve to 2-3 on the season.
Central will play their second and final game of the tournament on Sunday, September 9th at 11 a.m. as they take on the University of New Hampshire. The Wildcats (2-2-1) enter Sunday's contest coming off of a 0-0 draw against Niagra in the tournament's Friday afternoon game.
Vermont scored in the ninth minute of action as the Catamount's Jesse Scheirer put a header into the back of the net past senior keeper Anthony Occhialini. The goal came off of a cross from Sean Sweeney who was assisted by Zach Paul of Vermont to put the Catamount's up 1-0.
The second goal of the game came from Vermont's D.J. Edler. Edler took a thru pass from Danny Childs and beat the defense to give the Catamount's a 2-0 advantage over Central before the half.
Occhialini recorded five saves in the game off of seven shots-on-goal. The senior played 57:10 minutes of regulation before being relieved by sophomore Josef Abele who made one save. Vermont out-shot Central 16 to 13 with eight shots-on-goal to the Blue Devils' six.
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the CLARION
Volume X X XVII—No. 11
Bethel College and Seminary, St. Paul, Minn. Tuesday, March 28, 1961
Leontyne Price, 73.5 per cent College Students Cast Votes
Recording Artist, To Elect The Entire Royal Realist Slate
Appears Apr. 6
Leontyne Price, who appeared as
Bess in the recent movie "Porgy
and Bess," will be the featured
guest of the next Schubert con-cert
series to be held on April 6.
Miss Price, who since 1958 has
been a recording artist for RCA-Victor,
is the daughter of James
A. Price and was born in Laurel,
Miss. on Feb. 10, 1927. She gradu-ated
with a B.A. degree from Cen-tral
State college in Wilberforce,
Ohio in 1949 and three years later
married William Warfield.
In addition to being soloist for
the Hollywood Bowl from 1955-59,
Miss Price has traveled to Vienna,
Berlin, Paris and London with
"Porgy and Bess' in 1952-54; and
as recitalist and soloist with sym-phonies,
she has toured the U.S.,
Canada, Australia, and Europe. In
1955 she received the merit award
for the role of Tosca in NBC-TV
Study, Travel
Prospects Seen
For Summer
Time is running out for the
summer scholar to make his study-vacation
To help his answer the big ques-tions
of "what to study," "where
to go" and "how to get there,"
the Institute of International edu-cation
this week released two pub-lications
on summer study.
For the first time, the Institute
has devoted its educational ex-change
magazine--the IIE News
Bulletin—to a comprehensive re-port
of summer study opportuni-ties.
Articles, written by know-ledgeable
authors, cover such in-triguing
summer projects as for-eign
language training in the So-viet
Union, Crossroads Africa, a
seminar in Florentine art in Italy,
and the Berkshire Music center.
In addition to these depth reports,
the IIE News Bulletin includes
two bibliographies—one on coun-tries
and another on summer pro-grams.
The other Institute publication
is a booklet entitled "Summer
Study Abroad," a new up-dated
listing of summer programs which
the Institute publishes annually.
The publication lists scholarship
opportunities for numerous pro-grams
in all fields in 14 European
countries, six Latin American na-tions,
three countries of the Far
and Near East, and various award
projects in Canada.
Anyone interested in either of
these publications should write to
the Institute of International edu-cation,
1 E. 67th St., New York
21, N. Y. The cost of the IIE News
Bulletin is 25 cents. The "Summer
Study Abroad" booklet is free.
treated. And today we see great
strides being made in the psy-chiatric
treatment of criminals.
Criminals are not wrong, they are
`maladjusted,' insecure,' or 'un-stable.'
" The concept of justice
is not eternal but relative to the
needs and demands of the state.
Mr. Healy probed into the pre-sent-
day church relating to it some
methods common to the "Brave
World" of 1984, written by George
Orwell. "Conformity and orthodoxy
have something in common," sug-gested
Mr. Healy. "Julia (referr-ing
to the heroine) said, 'Ortho-doxy
means not thinking.' " Often
our churches produce orthodox,
but non-thinking Christians. We
almost invite on ourselves an evil
which is not to be found in our
orthodox background, and that is
doctrinal conformity without spir-itual
understanding—well dressed
Finally Mr. Anderson reviewed
a book from the pen of a Com-munist
author, Not By Bread A-lone,
by Vladimar Dudentsev. This
book, now banned by the Soviets,
pin-pointed an abiding unrest
within the Iron Curtain. Certain
key statements like "the love is
out of date," the condemnation of
a "raw idea" and Dudentsev's in-terest
in not only the material
joys, but also the joy of a belief—
all these served to reinforce Mr.
Anderson's assertion that the
church ought not disregard the
movements within our spiritual
and political opponent.
Steve Peterson, junior from
Galesburg, Ill., was announced
Tuesday night as the newly elect-ed
president of the student senate.
The announcement was made dur-ing
the intermission of the band
concert by Bruce Leafblad, presi-dent
of the student senate. Other
elected officers are Larry Peter-sen,
vice president; Lois Wester-berg,
recording secretary; Mabel
Moen, corresponding secretary;
and Jim Spicklemier, treasurer.
It was a clean sweep of all of-fices
by the Royal Realist's party
which proposes organizational im-provements
and changes in stu-dent
life. The new amdinistration
seeks to improve college-seminary
relations, increase student repre-sentation,
place a permanent stu-dent
representative on faculty com-mittees,
and others. The aim of
the R.R. regarding student life is
to help create a student that is
dedicated to living a mature Chris-tian
life. This type of person must
be a self-reliant student, a bal-anced
person, and a responsible
There were a total of 573 votes
cast in the student senate elec-tions.
Of these votes 500 were cast
in the college with 73.5 per cent
of the student body participating
in the election. Sixty and eight-tenths
per cent of the seminary
voted in casting 73 votes when
they voted on Tuesday.
*These characteristics were first
noted in President Lundquist's
address in the fall of 1960.
WUS Emphasizes
Student Needs
The problems and needs of Af-rican,
Asian, and Middle Eastern
students were emphasized at the
World University service confer-ence
at Hamline on Saturday,
March 18.
The purpose of the conference
was to give the participants a new
insight into and an appreciation
of WUS. The main aim of WUS
is to unite the efforts of all those
interested, on the various campuses
around the world, in helping to aid
students get an education. Funds
and energies are pooled in a loose-confederative
manner for the bene-fit
of those in emergency situa-tions
relating to student lodging
and living, student health, and
refugee services.
The day-long affair had repre-sentatives
from many colleges and
universities in this vicinity. The
furthest distance traveled was by
the delegates from the University
of Minnesota at Duluth.
Dr. Huntley Dupre, the dean of
Macalester college, keynoted the
luncheon. His address on "The
Growth of the World Student Com-munity"
was the basis for a dis-cussion
that followed.
____The leaders of the various dis-cussion
groups were Mr. Naidu of
the University of Minnesota, Dr.
Armajani of Macalester, Dr. St.
John of Hamline, and Mr. Irving
Stolberg, a regional executive who
represented the head-office in Chi-cago.
Steve Peterson (back row center), student senat e president-elect poses for first formal picture with
his cabinet which includes James Spickelmier (1), and Larry Petersen (r), Mabel Moen (1), and Lois Ann
Westerberg (r).
Ellis, Healy and Anderson Approach
Contemporary Utopian Literature
by Phil Caldeen
Last Monday night, March 20,
the Theological Discussion group
began a weekly series of lecture-discussions
on contemporary prob-lems
facing the church. The group
heard E. Earle Ellis, assistant pro-fessor
of New Testament, Gerald
Healy, instructor of English, and
Marvin Anderson, instructor of
history, approach contemporary
utopian literature each in his own
distinctive manner.
Among the several issues dis-cussed
was the matter of individ-uality
versus the collectivized so-ciety
and the inherent dangers in
state enforced conformity.
"We must accept or reject,"
said Dr. Ellis, "the current trend
of thought which permits an uni-versal
religiosity, where the Chris-tian
and Buddhist, for example,
may find the basic answer to his
basic needs in a merely different
manner. 'The abiding sin of Chris-tianity,'
says Toynbee, 'is their
exclusiveness.' " In a word, the
church faces the problem of pur-ity.
How much of our Christianity
is cultural ? How much is revealed
by the Holy Spirit ?
A second challenge is the threat
to the dignity of man. "In The
Brave New World the savage was
not punished for his crimes, he was
Crawford Talks Peace--
'Those willing to exterminate
will be exterminated . . . '
The Rev. Curtis Crawford stated in his address to the FORUM on
March 23 that he believes his senses more than his mind. "My senses
tell me peace . . . I feel life inside, not death . . . I see peace, not war
but how can I believe this ?
He continued by saying, "I know that we stand ready . . . to use
the methods of mass extermination and we are paying for it. Fifty-six
per cent of every tax dollar is spent for the arms race."
"Tyranny takes away life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, yet
we are ready to be tyrants and take this from tens of millions of peo-ple—
We stand ready to do this."
Both sides claim that they want disarmament but there is grave
USSR resistence to supervision.
Our goal should be world wide inspected disarmament which will
have to occur step by step with a check on each step. We will have to
stop nuclear testing and production.
Thus far disarmament proposals would only slow down the arms
race. There is plenty of room for the U.S. to act, said Mr. Crawford in
conclusion. The problem is not only disarmament but the problem of
continuing the viability of the human species.
the CLARION
Editor Lois Bradshaw
Asst. Editor Sharon Dickau
Night Ed._____Robert Beardsley
Asst. Night Ed.___Don Mattson
Feature Ed.__Sharon Bergstrom
Sports Ed. Jerry Dahlin
Telephone Editors—
Don L. Johnson, Don McKelvey
Art Editor_ Dale Goit
Adviser Lewis Barrett
Education Implies Ability to Make Intelligent
Value Judgments, Non-conformity Above Beards
Senate FORUM Idea Praised ;
Let's Support Future Discussions
Recently we have had the privilege to have several noted speakers
on campus to share with us their opinions on controversial matters that
are of importance to the future of mankind.
Numerically it appears that the student body is far more interested
and concerned with things of greater import (coffee shop, T.V., Rook
and other 'epicurean delights' which certainly contribute immensely to
their 'liberal' educations).
At the last FORUM which featured the Rev. Curtis Crawford,
noted theorist and speaker on nuclear disarmament, there were approxi-mately
50 people in attendance. Of these 50, it seemed that five were
visitors to the campus, three were members of the faculty and 42 were
students who were able to tear themselves away from the 'books and
other pleasures' to hear this man.
Of course it isn't so important how many people were present—
or of those people present how many listened, fell asleep, studied, wrote
letters or notes, or day dreamed. If one of those in attendance under-stood
the speaker's thoughts and found himself able to agree or sympa-thize
with his cause or was inspired to think about the subject in dis-cussion
in light of his experiences it was worthwhile. In this case, the
speaker and the FORUM fulfilled a useful purpose.
However, in the future let us try to support the FORUM which is
intellectually stimulating and probably the most effective thing insti-gated
by the senate in the past year. — LEB
Student Gov't Reorganizes
In Two Areas This Spring
by Bruce Leafblad
Senate President
During the next two months you will probably hear a lot of talk
about student government re-organization on campus, and you might be
wondering what it is really all about. In these two short articles I hope
to explain the present thought which is in support of such a move. Let
us survey two particular areas of thought in this writing: constitutional
inadequacies and structural problems.
Regarding the constitution and the by-laws of the senate, I could
sum up the major problem in this fashion—the constitution has long
since seen its day of effectiveness and, in many cases, its relevance to
present needs and demands of student government on our campus.
Briefly may I just point out a few of the more significant problems.
Frist of all, there are a number of committees and councils mentioned
in the by-laws which are not and have not been in existence for a num-ber
of years due to one reason or another. During the course of time
in which these changes in actual structure have been made, the by-laws
of the constitution have remained the same. Second, the definitions of
council responsibilities and memberships are inadequate in some cases
and too detailed in other cases; it is interesting to note that one council
is charged with no responsibilities at all under the by-laws. Third, one
of the five executive cabinet offices is not even mentioned in one of
the important clauses concerning election procedures. These are just a
few instances which should be sufficient enough to illustrate my point.
The other matter is that of structural problems in the present set-up.
First, the present number of councils and the nature of their respon-sibilities
is not comprehensive of all areas of concern for the student.
At present the councils are active in the athletic, cultural, social, and
religious areas of student life, but the very core of our college exper-ience
has been ignored—that being the academic, intellectual, and edu-cational
aspect of college life. No provision is made for further intellec-tual
interest and growth outside of the classroom; this year THE
FORUM series has been an outreach in this area, the responsibility for
which was given to the executive cabinet of the senate since there is
not a council to whom such responsibilities could be charged. Also, there
is no provision for course and curriculum evaluation on the student
level; the present set-up makes no attempt to determine whether or not
we as students are getting the type of educational experience we ought
to have. The second point is this : the present structure of the senate is
not adequate in student representation. There are only fourteen voting
members on the senate representing over 800 students; this amounts to
one and three-fourths per cent of the student body. The population of
the school has been growing rapidly, but the membership of the senate
has remained the same; thus, the ratio of student representation has
been rapidly decreasing and will continue to do so until such time as a
change is made in the present structure. My last point is closely related
to the second. By maintaining such a small voting membership on the
senate we do a grave injustice to our students by only allowing a very
small number of people to have the opportunity to develop their leader-ship
abilities in the heart of student government. When election time
comes around, we find that it is not easy to find even two people to
run for each of the senate offices—much less are we able to find
enough candidates who have had sufficient experience on the senate to
be truly qualified for such a position.
Of necessity these points have been very briefly presented, but I
trust that they shall suffice to point up the problems. In the next
issue I shall discuss the matter of: college-seminary relations in student
Non-conformity, originality and campus activities. For as John
individuality seem to be hackneyed Stuart Mill said, "The mere exam-words
in contemporary vocabu- ple of non-conformity is itself a
lary. Their frequent use indicates, service. Precisely because the con-however,
an awry, perhaps thwart- formity of opinion is such as to
ed, but nevertheless developing in- make eccentricity a reproach, it is
terest in the people off beat—in desirable, in order to break through
those who indulge in the luxury the tyranny, that people should be
of being themselves rather than eccentric."
conforming. This implies more than
It doesn't take courage to be
beards, sloppy clothes and extra- just externally different; it takes
Students Support Peace Corps
Editor's Note:
In light of the current interest in the Youth Peace Corps, we
include this article with opinions pro and con of this operation
which we feel could be an answer to our foreign relations with
under-developed nations. — LEB
Reacting quickly to President Kennedy's executive order establish-ing
a temporary Youth Peace Corps, several U.S. college and student
organizations have come forward with their support, doubts and offers
of services.
Last week Columbia university's student board unanimously approv-ed
sending a letter to Columbia's President Grayson Kirk urging him to
"offer Columbia as a regional training center for future Peace Corps
Citing President Kennedy's message to Congress on March 1 pro-posing
the nation's colleges and universities as personnel training
grounds for the Peace Corps, the board called upon the university ad-minsitration
to "bring Columbia's name back into the foreground of
national education by becoming the first university to offer such a pro-gram
in cooperation with the Federal Government."
At Phillips university in Enid, Oklahoma, the Student Senate wrote
to all Oklahoma congressmen in Washington in support of the Peace
Corps, and the student governments of both the University of Oklahoma
and the University of Redlands, California, have gone on record as sup-porting
the program.
The Minnesota Daily reported that foreign students on that campus
gave general approval to the Peace Corps, but in an interview with the
Michigan Daily, five Chilean students touring the U.S. on a U.S. Na-tional
Student association program expressed a doubt about the Corps'
effectiveness. They pointed out that the weight of the new Latin Ameri-can
policy in the U.S. cannot be borne by a peace corps, but a basic
change must be made in the economic relationship between the U.S. and
One Chilean remarked that most of the natural resources in the
Latin American countries are being removed by United States industries.
"If a portion of these resources is sent back as charity, the people will
not appreciate it."
For one thing, the Chileans felt the Peace Corps would be more
successful if it were part of the United Nations instead of the State
department. Then, they added, the government (in Chile) through which
the Peace Corps would deal is quite conservative and Corps workers
might be channeled into work which would maintain the status quo, not
bring progress.
The education provided to Americans by the Peace Corps program
seemed worth-while to the Chileans and they were glad that Americans
would have a chance to find out about Chilean problems, but they feared
that U.S. Corps workers might have a hard time understanding the
problems since our terms of reference are so different.
The thought of what happened at the resur-rection
of our Savior should constantly be on our
minds and in our hearts as a powerful life-giving
reality, for it is in His death and subsequent resur-rection
that we rest all that we believe. In the
resurrection Jesus gained victory over death by the
life that was given to Him by His Father, a life
of eternal quality and power to forever put sin
and its consequence, death, out of existence for the
Christian. We as Christians rest our sense of
eternity on this fact of eternal significance, that
death is swallowed up in victory unto life because
of the life-giving death and resurrection of our
Paul, in Philippians 3:10 has one thought in
mind, that is, "to know Him, and the power of His
resurrection." What power could the resurrection
have to Paul in his supreme desire to know Christ.
What part does the power of the resurrection effect
in our life, considering the two thousand years
lapse of time between that experience and our pre-sent
For the Christian, resurrection life is always
contemporary. The "power of the resurrection," or
only a deflated ego. Students exist
today in a maze of persuasion.
Erich Fromm writes, "Since there
is still a need to feel differences,
the initials on the handbag or the
sweater, the belonging to the
Democratic as against the Repub-lican
party, to the Elks instead of
the Shriners become the expres-sion
of individual differences. The
advertising slogan 'it is different'
shows up this pathetic need for
difference, when in reality there
is hardly any left."
At Bethel this issue has repeat-edly
been dealt with in the form
of petty rebellion over social habits
and dress. The hollow gasp for
these forms of rebellion and free-dom
of religion denotes individual-ism
about as much as beards, etc.
It takes courage to search one-self
and thus find an expression
for originality. Each individual
tends to be swallowed by conven-tion
and tradition. Often one can-not
explain one's yes' and no's and
pointing to a college, a church,
parents, or friends simply shrugs
and continues to drift.
It is time for students to take
a good look at themselves and to
ask "why?" sometimes instead of
"what," "how much," or "when."
If one cannot elevate personal
gripes to the level of principles
and non-conformity above beards,
education will be worthless; for an
education implies that a person
has the ability to make intelligent
value judgments. — LEB
Resurrection Should be a Constant Thought.
Death Swallowed up in Victory Because of It
just the thought of a resurrection, implies a death.
We can only participate in Christ's resurrection
and its power if we have first died with Him to our
sin in salvation, His death to sin effecting our death
to sin. Looking back on the resurrection historically
is only one way of viewing it. The real way to look
on the resurrection, or the way that is real and
living to us, is to experience the death and resur-rection
of Christ throughout all the contemporary
moments of our life. If we have been crucified with
Christ, we shall also be raised with Him. If we
die to our sins daily, we shall also have resurrection
victory over sins daily.
The power of the resurrection is the power of
the holy life, a life of constantly putting to death
of sin. Paul states this process of life in death when
he says: "for if you live according to the flesh you
will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the
deeds of the body you will live (Romans 8:13)."
Resurrection lfie is this life out of death, as Jesus
gained life for us by His death. The Spirit of the
resurrection is life and victory over sin for us daily,
if we but live in the Spirit's purifying presence, sin
dying under its purging; the pure in heart knowing
and beholding their Lord. — Jim Nelson
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Subject to senate approval, Sharon Dickau, sophomore social studies major from Bellingham, Wash.
will take over the editorship of the CLARION. Previously Miss Dickau held the positions of assistant edi-tor,
news editor, and reporter.
Assisting Miss Dickau is Dean Dahlquist, fresh man pre-med student from Rockford, Ill. He has been
active in senate as freshman class president.
They will begin their editorships and select their staff following Easter vacation.
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CLARION Investigates Music '61-'62 CLARION Editor, Sharon Dickau
Club's Subversive Activities To Be Assisted By Dean Dahlquist
by CLARION Committee to
investigate competition
Few people are aware of the
underground activities of a certain
group on campus. These people
are quite ordniary and at first
glance you might take them for
ordinary students. But, beware,
for these people are subversive.
Furthermore, they belong to that
dread organization called "The
Music club." We thought you might
be surprised at learning this. And
to top off this startling fact—they
put out propaganda! The first is-sue
came out last week, deceiving-ly
titled "Overtones," and con-tained
information as to the club's
Albatross Issued
—(UPS)—The second issue of
Albatross, an inter-collegiate
magazine of letters founded by
students at Swarthmore college,
was released last week.
The recent issues feature a
debate on the House Committee
on Un-American Activities, and
a plan for Food for Peace by
an Amherst undergraduate, in-cluding
his letter addressed to
Mao Tse-Tung on sending Am-erican
surplus foods to the gov-ernment
of Mainland China.
The editors encourage inter-ested
students to submit letters
to the Albatross, Swarthmore
college, Swarthmore, Penn. Sub-scriptions
are $1.75 for a six
issue year. The magazine will
appear monthly until June.
We of the CLARION staff feel
that in order to inform the stu-dent
body of the activities o f this
group we must publish this warn-ing
to you. These people are ex-tremely
dangerous. We cannot
stress this enough. To become bet-ter
acquainted with this problem,
we have listed simple rules to fol-low
in dealing with the problem:
1). Whenever approached by one
of the music club members, be kind
to them.
2). To better equip ourselves to
combat them, attend their monthly
meetings in order to ferret out
their faults, shortcomings, and
3). Do not take rash measures
against them for they are a strong
and influential party.
4). Be kind to their leader, C.
Howard Smith, for he must re-main
strong to cope with the in-surgents
within the group's ranks.
5). Lastly, we urge you to read
their propaganda, the "Overtones"
in order to see what a well-or-ganized
machine you are up a-gainst.
This paper comes out
monthly and can be obtained by
placing your name in box 625 with
your name and box number. If you
feel inclined to join their ranks,
we cannot stop you, but we will
feel deeply moved because we
know that you are out to acquaint
yourselves with music and its
ramifications. We know that you
will be welcomed royally by them
and once gone, you will never be
reclaimed by we on the outside
looking in. eamftad Zetod oteep
Bethel senior, Marge Johnston, has accepted a position as GMG
director at the national office of the Baptist General conference in
Chicago. Miss Johnston, a religious education major, will be working
with the GMG committee appointed by the board of women's work. The
position involves planning promotional programs and counselor materials
for the GMG program. Miss Johnston will begin her duties in June.
Truman Turnquist, Grasston, Minn. senior, has been awarded an
assistantship in chemistry at the University of Minn. for the 1961-62
school year.
General arts senior Raymond Duncan has been accepted at the
University of Minn. medical school.
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HUAC Rights,
Not Tactics,
Upheld By Court
(UPS)—A sharply-split Sup-reme
Court last week reaffirmed
the right of the House Committee
on Un-American activities, HUAC,
to investigate communism. But the
committee's tactics were assailed
sharply by the dissenting justices.
By a 5-4 vote, the court upheld
contempt of Congress convictions
against Frank Wilkinson of Los
Angeles and Carl Braden of Ken-tucky
who refused to answer ques-tions
put to them by a subcom-mittee
in Atlanta in 1958.
Justice Hugo L. Black, who led
the dissenters with a vigorous
criticism of the committee's prac-tices,
is also the man whose words
inspired the formation of organi-zation
of college students waging
a battle against what it calls the
"Communist-led" drive to abolish
the HUAC. The Student's Com-mittee
for Congressional autonomy
(SCCA), started by two North-western
students, uses as its motto
a statement made by Justice Black
in 1936: "There is no power on
earth that can tear away the veil
behind which powerful and auda-cious
and unscrupulous groups
operate, save the sovereign legis-lative
power armed with the right
of subpoena and search."
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point per contest average. The
Grasston, Minn. ace collected 97
field goals and 81 free throws in
out-distancing runner-up Stan Am-undsen
of Northwestern (Minn.)
who finished with 214 points in
10 games for a 21.4 average. Turn-quist's
achievement is further em-phasized
by the fact that only
one other conference eager, Bob
Kruel of Milton, managed to col-lect
over 200 points. Kruel finished
with 202 points in 12 games for a
16.8 average.
Jerry Healy's squad will cer-tainly
miss Turnquist next year.
The cool and collected forward was
certainly instrumental in leading
the Royals to a 10-2 conference
record, a scant game off the pace
of champion Northland. Although
his calm attitude gave the 6'3"
sharpshooter a deceptive appear-ance
on the court his accomplish-ments
cannot be denied. All who
witnessed him in action will tes-tify
to his defensive skill and re-bounding
ability in addition to his
deadly jump shot and other offen-sive
assets, not the least of which
was an outstanding ability to
shoot free throws. Turnquist con-verted
approximately 80 percent
of his charity attempts for the
The accomplishments of Coach
Healy's squad in the conference
race must not be overlooked in
spite of the disappointment of the
failure to share in a slice of the
crown. The Royal's 10-2 record is
certainly impressive, particularly
when considered in light of the
fact that the Royals finished three
full games in front of third place
It is interesting to note that
Healy's club won three of four
games with the other top clubs.
The Royals split with champion
Northland, losing 79-57 and hand-ing
the champs their only confer-ence
defeat by a score of 60-51.
Bethel demolished Milton in their
two meetings by scores of 75-49
and 65-49.
Defense and team balance was
the key to Northland's champion-ship
squad. The Lumberjack's stop-ped
opponents with a stingy 58.9
points per game while averaging a
whopping 78.2, an average victory
margin of 19.3. Bethel limited op-ponents
to 62 points per contest
to finish second in this depart-ment.
The Royal offense gener-ated
an average of 74.6 points
per game to finish third behind
Northwestern (Minn.) and North-land.
The champion Lumberjacks
showed fine team balance with
four players in the top 20 scor-ers.
Tom Frizzell led the Wiscon-sinites
with 174 points. The Royals
had two players in the top 20 in
addition to Turnquist. John Peter-son
accumulated 135 points in 12
games while Jim Eckblad totaled
127, also in 12 contests.
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posed of nineteen fellows. Of these,
only two are returning lettermen.
Larry Bradshaw, captain, and Ron
Swanson are back from last year.
Competition-wise, Bethel faces
most of the other Twin City col-leges
in either dual or triangular
meets. They will also participate
Truman Turnquist Captures
Conference Scoring Race
The track team has completed
its second week of training. De-spite
the inexperience of the squad
as a whole, Coach Jerry Thompson
said that the boys have proved
very willing and have worked hard
getting into condition.
The squad for this year is corn-by
Rick McNamara
Final Badger-Gopher statistics
show that Truman Turnquist, sen-ior
mainstay of the Royal cage
squad, won the conference's indi-vidual
scoring race with a total of
275 points in 12 games for a 22.9
End Excellent
by Gordon Bear
The Royalettes, under the coach-ing
of John Holmberg and Mrs.
Owen Halleen, accomplished feats
that would cause any coach to
stand and take notice. Stand and
take notice is just what the Bethel
fans did as the girls put on a top
performance game after game
earning for the season a win one
and loss one record.
Among the schools who came out
on the short end of the score col-umn
were the Pillsbury, Swedish
hospital, Northwestern and St.
Paul Bible college. Defeat for the
Royalettes came in a close game
with the Pillsbury lassies ending
with the opponents holding a slim
two point lead.
Due to the floor play set up for
women's basketball, a winning
squad has to be strong both on
defense and offense. Bethel had
this combination and more. Out-standing
on the shouting end of
the floor were Carol Peterson and
Nancy Gustafson. Along with the
precision teamwork on the floor,
the Royalettes enjoyed spirited
support from the cheering galler-ies.
Receiving honors at the victory
banquet were the following Roy-alettes:
Nancy Gustafson — most
points for the season (191) and
best free throw percentage (33 of
50), Carol Peterson—highest point
average per game (22 points), Lori
Geijer—most personal fouls, Ar-lene
Frieberg — least personal
fouls, and Eunice Murra rewarded
as team morale booster.
In summing up these accomp-lishments,
my advice to the Royal-ettes
would be—"Watch out, scout
Gerald Healy is on the look-out
these days."
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in the Badger-Gopher conference
meet later in the spring. Seven
or eight meets are slated in addi-tion
to the conference meet. Open-ing
meet of the season will be
the Carleton relays on April 22.
Coach Thompson stated that
most of the team's strength will
lie in the distance runs, the quar-ter
mile and up. Bradshaw, a dis-tance
man, and Swanson, a hurd-ler,
both look improved over last
year. Two other prospects that
have looked good are Fred Pur-cell
and Dale Pearson. Both prov-ed
their ability last fall in cross-country.
Thompson stated that the
boys should give a good account
of themselves, especially in their
own competition.
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Otters and hamsters, sleeping and bathing. Soccer and magic, Broadway and shenanigans. All this and more in a fresh crop of summer books for kids.
"Sleepyheads" by Sandra J. Howatt, illustrated by Joyce Wan; $17; Beach Lane/Simon & Schuster; ages 2-6.
The best bedtime books hold their appeal through repeat readings. "Sleepyheads" does that with gentle rhymes, illustrations large and detailed enough for babies to follow and a simple storyline. Young fans of Monterey Bay Aquarium otters will recognize a certain water-resting sleepyhead.
"Hot Rod Hamster: Monster Truck Mania" by Cynthia Lord, illustrated by Derek Anderson; $17; Scholastic; ages 2-6.
It's easy to fall in love with Hot Rod Hamster, an enthusiastic little guy on the lookout for fun at the fair: rides, food and the chance to save the day for Fearless Franco's monster truck show.
Artwork in Hot Rod Hamster's third book is as energetic as its star rodent. Rhymes and "Which would you choose?" queries throughout invite little ones to chime in, and add to the book's read-aloud charm.
"President Taft Is Stuck in the Bath" by Mac Barnett, illustrated by Chris Van Dusen; Candlewick Press; $17; ages 4-8.
William Howard Taft was so hefty that he had a custom-made bathtub in the White House. Award-winning Berkeley author Mac Barnett takes the story that President Taft once got stuck in his bathtub and runs with it. "Willy" has the first lady call in members of the president's cabinet, each of whom devises a solution appropriate to his position. (The vice president simply wants to be sworn in as president.) The text is humorous and early 20th century-sounding, with oversized illustrations that suit the subject perfectly.
"Soccer Star" by Mina Javaherbin, illustrated by Renato Alarcão; $17; Candlewick Press; ages 4-8.
With the World Cup in Brazil this summer and the Olympics there in 2016, why not look to a picture book to illuminate the popularity of soccer in Brazil? "Soccer Star" keeps things real by showing kids living in poverty who need to work, and how overcoming sexism in sports takes determination and, if possible, a supportive older brother. Score!
"A Snicker of Magic" by Natalie Lloyd; $17; Scholastic; ages 8-12.
Sixth-grader Felicity Pickle (love that name) sees words. She collects words such as splendiferous. Since her father left Felicity, her mother, little sister, and their dog have been wandering the country in their van, the Pickled Jalapeño (love that, too). Now they've come to Mama's hometown, Midnight Gulch, Tennessee, a town with a magical history. Felicity wants to use words to convince her rambling mama to stay put. She makes a best friend who specializes in anonymous good deeds. Felicity also meets many of the colorful townspeople, past and present, in order to understand the magic in the town's history and what she might do to turn it loose again.
"A Snicker of Magic" is a charming family read-aloud. I recommend keeping a cheat-sheet of the large cast of characters and their specialized snickers of magic. That, or multiple readings.
"Five, Six, Seven, Nate!" by Tim Federle; Simon & Schuster; $17; ages 10-14.
Nate, the indefatigable star of Peninsula native Tim Federle's award-winning "Better Nate Than Ever," is back, and in a Broadway production, the premiere of "E.T.: The Musical." It's a dream come true. Or is it, when the director keeps cutting klutzy Nate out of scenes and the child star of the show -- a rich kid with the worst stage mother -- seems to have it out for him? What good could watching all the rehearsals and running lines with E.T.'s understudy (while they get mani-pedis) possibly do for Nate?
Lots, as it turns out. This sweet sequel is full of onstage and backstage drama, laugh-out-loud scenes, crazy characters and a touching post-production kiss. Tim Federle's recording of the "Five, Six, Seven, Nate!" audiobook is not to be missed -- listen to it on that summer family roadtrip.
"The Great Greene Heist" by Varian Johnson; Scholastic; $17; ages 10-14.
Prankster and schemer Jackson Greene swears he's reformed: no more cons after the last one went horribly wrong, leaving him estranged from his basketball-playing love interest, Gaby de la Cruz. But when Gaby's opponent for middle school president vows to steal the election with assistance from the crooked principal and then cut funds to clubs, Jackson and his nerdy crew come up with a clever and evolving game plan that surprises even some who think they're in on the caper as it unfolds on election day.
There has been quite a bit written recently about the lack of diversity in books for young people. This novel, by contrast, features a charming African-American main character and his Hispanic, Asian and Caucasian friends. But kids shouldn't be encouraged to read "The Great Greene Heist" simply because it reflects a 21st century population. This book has humor, multiple plot twists, and a whole lot of heart.
Debbie Duncan is a Stanford writer who has been reviewing children's books for the Weekly since 1997.


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The Qu'ran doesn't label dogs as untouchable (in fact, there's quite a nice vignette of the Prophet Muhammad setting a guard for a dog with a litter of puppies).
According to Mohammed Hanif, writing in The New York Times, "[m]ost of Muslims' dog hate comes to us via the Hadith." Which makes one wonder (yet again) about the veracity of the corpus of sayings of the Prophet as reported by his Companions…and repeated through the ages (sort of like a centuries-long game of 'telephone').
Check out what Hanif has to say here.
There's a nuanced discussion of one of our favorite topics: Islamophobia, by Massimo Pigliucci on the website Scientia Salon.
One snippet: "While the statistics on international terrorism are complex and can be read in a number of ways, there is little doubt even in the mind of sympathetic commentators like CNN's Fared Zakaria that contemporary Islam does have a problem with violence and oppression (especially of women and gays)."
And another: "simply pointing out that Islamic ideas play a role in contemporary terrorism and repression does not make one a Islamophobe, and using the label blindly is simply an undemocratic, and unreflective, way of cutting off critical discourse."
Read the whole essay here.
As the 21st Century rolls along, American Muslims are dealing with ever more complicated questions regarding religious observance and personal behavior.
Here's what one Muslima has to say: "Yes, it's possible to be queer and Muslim"
"I don't need to defend why I keep going back to my mosque, don't need to name the spiritual highs and sense of connectedness I derive from this imperfect space, this imperfect community. This imperfect community that struggles with homophobia, but also with anti-blackness and misogyny, that is simultaneously battling surveillance and racial profiling, wars in the name of saving us from ourselves, motherlands being pounded by drones."
Yet another gunman with an Arabic name has opened fire in an American city.
This time the gunman was born in Kuwait and the city was Chattanooga, Tennessee. Those killed: four United States Marines.
According to the New York Times: "The Federal Bureau of Investigation identified the gunman, who also died Thursday, as Mohammod Youssuf Abdulazeez, who became a naturalized United States citizen and went to high school and college in Chattanooga."
Read more here — or on almost any other U.S. news source.


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setkeycodes, as you can see in its man page, associates scancodes to keycodes. Obviously enough, it takes two arguments: the first argument is the scancode, the second argument is the keycode. However, it is not always easy to determine these arguments. The simplest way to determine the exact scancode is to look at the system log: in fact, any time we press a key which has a scancode but no keycode, the kernel suggests us to use just 'setkeycodes' to assign a keycode to it. In the message the kernel gives us also the scancode we have to use actually. However, also this code is not always usable as it is: when it is composed of four characters and starts with an 'e', then we can use it as it is as the first argument for 'setkeycodes'. On the contrary, when the kernel gives us only two digits, we have to prepend '0x' to it. As an example, suppose that the kernel tells us that the scancode is 71; then the first argument for 'setkeycodes' will be 0x71. To see the last 10 lines of the kernel log you can type:
$ dmesg|tail -10
The second argument is partially arbitrary. Partially! In fact:
- the keycode has to be in the range 1-127;
- it should not conflict with the keycodes already mapped to a character in your keymap.
In order to respect the second condition, you have to look at your keymap. In configuring your system through /etc/rc.conf, you have chosen your keymap, or decided to stay with the default one: in fact rc.conf includes a 'KEYMAP' setting. The keymaps are stored in your system in one of the subfolders into /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/i386/. E.g., mine is the Italian keymap and its path is /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/i386/qwerty/it.map.gz. It is a text file compressed with gzip2. Let us gunzip it.
# gunzip /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/i386/qwerty/it.map.gz
Now we can read it (sometimes less is able to read also gzipped files: in this case the above passage is dispensable):
# less /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/i386/qwerty/it.map
We have to choose a keycode not conflicting with those already associated with characters. Most of the lines in the keymap are of the following format:
keycode <keycode> = <keysym>
These lines are ordered according to the numeric value of the keycode, thus it is easy to find the highest keycode used by the keymap. Thus, the second argument for 'setkeycodes" has to in the range between the successor of this highest keycode and 127.
Let us say that 112 is in this range (this is actually true with the italian keymap): now we can actually use 'setkeycodes':
# setkeycodes 0x71 112
If we run 'showkey' again, we can see that our hotkey has now the keycode 112. However, this is true only for the current session. To make this permanent, we need to execute 'setkeycodes' each time we boot our system. This can be done inserting the following line in /etc/rc.local:
setkeycodes 0x71 112 &


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USB flash drives
USB flash drives let you take files from A to B with ease, and with big amounts of storage available for small prices it's a cost effective choice too.
The price of a USB flash drive, starting at under £5,will vary mostly depending on the storage size of the USB stick, which for the majority ranges from 8gb to 128gb. An 8gb USB flash drive will hold around 2000 songs or 2500 photos, making them good for small media collections or for business use.
Since they first came onto the market, the humble USB stick has seen some important changes, namely in security and speed. If you're storing sensitive business information, or wanting to keep your private data as private as possible, a USB stick with password protection will keep you safe. For a faster product, take a look at our USB 2.0 flash drives, which are up to 40 times faster than a regular USB flash drive.
If you want to get really smart with your data storage then a PNY USB flash drive could be just the bit of kit you need. Take the PNY DUO-Link for iPhone & iPad for example, a fantastic data storage card which plugs into an Apple Lightning connector on one side and a standard USB on the other. Moving between your iOS device and your mac or PC couldn't be easier.
Whether you're looking for a simple USB stick or a shed-load of storage, our range of flash drives have everything you need to dominate your data.


text: Main Content Act 331 of 1966 friendly link Printer Friendly bills affecting index and updates Search within this Statute for COMMUNITY COLLEGE ACT OF 1966Act 331 of 1966AN ACT to revise and consolidate the laws relating to community colleges; to provide for the creation of community college districts; to provide a charter for such districts; to provide for the government, control and administration of such districts; to provide for the election of a board of trustees; to define the powers and duties of the board of trustees; to provide for the assessment, levy, collection and return of taxes therefor; to authorize community college districts to operate a new jobs training program, enter into certain training agreements, and issue bonds to finance the training program; to prescribe penalties and provide remedies; and to repeal acts and parts of acts. History: 1966, Act 331, Eff. Oct. 1, 1966 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 153, Eff. Mar. 23, 1999 ;-- Am. 2008, Act 359, Imd. Eff. Dec. 23, 2008 © 2017 Legislative Council, State of MichiganThe People of the State of Michigan enact: DocumentTypeDescription Section 389.1SectionCommunity college act of 1966; short title. Section 389.2SectionViolation of Michigan election law applicable to petitions; penalties. 331-1966-1DivisionPART 1 (389.11...389.88) 331-1966-2DivisionPART 2 (389.101...389.195)