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Eighteen white rats are the subjects for the psychology department's personality study (photo by Dan Velie). Students struggle for small classes Crowded classrooms translate into packed hallways before and after chapel, and during class breaks (photo by Dan Velie). LEARNING RESOURCE UNTO; BETHEL COLLEGE 3900 Bethel Drive St. Paul, Minnesota 55112 the Clarion. Vol. 56, No. 11 Bethel College, St. Paul, MN Nov. 21, 1980 Rats join the Bethel race by Leann M. Kicker Do rats have perSonal-ity? That is the question Mike Roe, assistant profes-sor of psychology and Tam-my Roedel, research assis-tant, are testing in a study done here at Bethel. Eighteen white rats and about 65 students partici-pate in the study. The stu-dents work as raters. The rater observes the behavior of the rat in a particular setting and records the ani-mal's actions. The research is strictly observational. "We don't do anything cruel to the rats," said Roedel. "We only observe their behavior. We don't use shock, for example." The purpose of the study is to prove _t hat animals have personality. Roe and Roedel use the definition of personality based on the human model that states that there are "individual differences in rats," said Roedel. The concept that ani-mals have-personalities con-trasts with the behaviorist theory that animals are empty organisms influen-enced by their environment. So far there has been little work done in this .area, according to Roedel. Roe and Roedel intend to publish the results of the research. Roe and Roedel also think that the results may be an aid to animal handlers. Roe-del said that if they find personalities in rats, that information might be help-ful both in learning to han-dle difficult animals and in raising animals that are easier to handle. This would be similar to the way know-ledge of human behavior is used to help individuals with behavioral problems, said Roedel. This study is a "sta-tistical study of animal be-havior, not just a verbal description," said Roedel. "That ' should make the study carry more weight." The rats are given num-bers rather than names but Roedel affectionately calls many of them "Baby." When the new science wing is complete, it will include a large psycho-logy department with an animal laboratory. Roedel said, "Maybe we will have other animals besides rats in the laboratory," Prayer chain links women and needs by Shari Goddard Like an alarm set-off for a fire, a group of faculty wives and other women at Bethel quickly meets crises with a chain of pray-er. When someone phones a prayer request to Mar-garet Grudem, chairperson of the project, she calls the captains of the three indi-vidual chains, who then call the next person on their lists. In this way, approximately 40 women eventually receive the pray-er request. As they receive a phone call, each woman writes down the message, prays immediately and calls the next person on the list. If no one answers the phone, she calls the next person on the list. The group han-dles answers to prayer in the same way. "That (prayer), I think, is one of the greatest things we can do," said Nancy Lundquist, a member of one of the groups. She add-ed that when a prayer re-quest "goes through, we don't chat about it. It is given verbatim and it is passed on verbatim." Any person can call Gru-dem at (612) 636-2587 with a request. Lundquist said that requests often come through without specific details, but "that's fine be-cause the Lord knows the details." Calls for help range from students who are having problems at school, to prayer for help during the delivery of a baby, to a recent request for prayer for a possibly abducted child. If some-one needs meals delivered during a crisis, Grudem said they can also help in that way. The chain serves as an outlet for the Bethel Facul-ty Women's organization. Open to women, whether faculty members or the wives of faculty members, see page 3 by JoAnn Watkins "There are over 50 people in my Bible class," the fresh-man exclaimed. "I think that is a bit unusual," a friend said. "There are about 20 in most of my classes." "Yeah, and I couldn't get those smaller classes because they were closed," a third stated. As these students discov-ered the size of classes vary from under 10 to over 100. The smallest classes are primarily upper level classes. Directed study pro-grams generally involve one student. The advanced class-es in departments such as linguistics, Spanish, social work and theatre arts enroll a small number of students. Different sizes of classes can be found in all depart-ments. The introductory courses have the largest enrollments. By departments, the great-est number enrolled, 977, is in the physical education skill classes. The average class size is 22 with 45 dif-ferent classes meeting dur-ing the semester. The largest class, a sec-tion of Theology I with 139 students, gives the theo-ogy department the largest average class size: 71, The smallest average class size is 5 in secondary education which is compromised of upper level courses. The Biblical studies de-partment, a large depart-ment at Bethel, has an aver-age class size of 41 with 733 enrolled. With 445 enrolled in busi-ness classes, the average class size is 28. The aver-age class size for the bio-logical science and psycho-logy departments are res-pectively 16 and 35. Overall the average class-size at Bethel is 22. This is not the same as a student-to- teacher ratio since some courses are team-taught. The sizes were figured from a departmentalized fall course schedule. The average is not based on the number of different students enrolled in the department but the num-ber of enrollments. Student teaching and labs held in connection with another class were not included in figuring the averages. see page 3 editorial Semester end is near: downhill from here on To the Editor: I am writing this letter in response to Alvera Mick-elsen's letter to the editor in the October 31 Clarion. Since I am composing this the day after the election one might think that I would take the spoils from the victory of the last twen-ty- four hours and smugly be silent. I cannot. The fact is that winning an election means nothing unless one can im-plement the principles es-poused in the campaign. I believe Mrs. Mickelson's arguments against a hu-man life amendment are illfounded for a number of reasons. Logically, if one were to apply Mrs. Mickelsen's pre-mise to our governmental processes we would legal-ize anything we couldn't completely control. We now have laws on the books in all 50 states mak-ing rape, the sale of hard drugs, robbery, murder and countless other actions il-legal. Have any of these crimes against humanity been eradicated? Have any even been held in check? Almost all reports indicate that these crimes are on the increase. Should we then conclude that since we cannot con-trol these acts we ought to legalize them as some sug-gest? The practical rami-fications of this line of reasoning are preposter-ou s. Biblically the purpose of government as stated in Romans 13:1-5 and I Peter 3:13-14 is to be "The ser-vant of God" who will "exe-cute His wrath who do right." This is obviously an activist role ordained by God to "withhold the onslaught of the barbar-ians" as William Buckley once said. We must be mindful that this mandate was given in the New Testament not the Old s- o there is no ques-tion of its application to the present day. Also we must remember that it was stated to Christians, who were living under the dom-ination of a purely pagan Roman government. It seems reasonable to say that God expects far more from a nation com-posed of many individu-als who claim to be Christ's, who claim to give allegiance to His Word and who are directly involved in a participatory demo-cracy. We, after all, are the government in a far great-er sense than the citizens in a Roman dictatorship. As citizens in a demo-cracy we share responsi-hilit y for ils.actions unless we have done all we could before God to right the wrongs we perceive. I ad-mit Tha l America is not a Christian nation, but that fact does not excuse Chris-tians from having a Scrip-ture- directed influence in that society. I reject the idea that we ought not get involved in the abortion issue because it will continue even if a human life amendment is see page 3 Dear Editor, This morning, before I turned on the shower, I prayed that it would be lukewarm. For the past 60 to 70 days my prayer has been for hot water, but every morning it's the same story — freezing cold. I thought that maybe I was asking for more than I real-ly need, so I reduced my request from hot water to lukewarm water. Believing with all my heart, I step-ped into the shower. My bloodcurdling scream brought my roommates into the bathroom to see, what the problem was. When they realized what I was screaming about, their only counsel was to "curse God and die." Cold showers are only part of the problem of liv-ing in Fountain Terrace Apartments. In my apart-ment, the .ceiling is only half there. Although this makes a great conversa t inn piece, ii is an inconven-ience. We live on the third floor, so the missing ceil-ing allows falling rain into the living room. Who knows what will happen during the spring thaw. Maybe we'll build an ark. The dripping ceiling also limits where we put the furni-ture because we have to maneuver around the pots and pans that are catching the drips. Our refrigerator is an-other cause of anguish. Our freezer doesn't freeze. This means no pizza, frozen vege-tables, ice cream, fish sticks and pot pies because either they spoil or melt all over. As a consequence, macaroni and cheese has been our diet since September. October 1 another prob-lem was added to the list. The heat went on. No mat-ter if the thermostat is set on 50 degrees, our apart-ment is 78 degrees. I didn't realize thaI when I signed the lease I ,would gel a sauna. Other minor problems are building my lion. In the bathroom there is only one spot to plug in anything. Four girls with four hairdryers and four curling irons with an ocas-sional hot rollers are all competing for one solitary outlet. Besides this, Our living room curtains don't shut. So far this has attracted to our sliding glass door t total strangers, water hal-loons, and pumpkin insides. The part that scares me about this is that because our apartment is so hot, we have to open the window. This means anyone could climb up the balcony when they see that girls live in the apartment, because of the non-shut table curtains, and walk right into the living room. I could go on and men-lion the problems that Foun-tain Terrace residents are having, butt hey corn kvri te see page 3 letters Ratify amendment; maintain morality I should have started with -this one , . $400 for cold water, hot apartment? Zoom in. No, not too close. A little bit out of focus. Get the frame centered on the subject. Ah, back a bit. Got it in focus? Good. Snap the shutter. You have just photo-graphed yourself.. You took a while to get into focus. Things were a bit blurry. It's that time. Things are at low tide. Depression is setting in. Things are tough—all over. Spiritual, emotional, social, Physical—every part of you is tired. We were warned of this two and a half months ago. But here we are. Hard to find words. Ideas don't stick together. Com-mas, periods, semi-colons, question marks—words-land like a black blob on paper. Topic sentences lack continuity, paragraphs miss the point. The barrage of paperwork seems senseless, not to mention endless. The time we thought we would have for people is slowly diminiShing; for many it is already gone. We are on a treadmill that won't stop spinning. At least not for four more weeks. The end is in sight. Can you believe it'? We sang a song of beginning only a short while ago. Now we begin the down side of the hill, even though th6 climb may feel uphill. We cry out. "God, it is hard and I nekl your help." Maybe that's the problem. We forgot to cry out—before we found ourselves waist-high in immovable mire. Now we are stuck. We don't have a choice. Only way out is up. Funny how that works. Admit it. We have been depending on ourselves more than we want to confess to. It need not be something to hide. We are all guilty. If we weren't we wouldn't be in the mess we are in right now. We can't turn back and retrace what we have already done. The future is all we can look for. If we've gotten ourselves into a predicament, well, we will have to get ourselves out of that very same predicament. It's tough, being a student, a prof, a human being. But, you know what? It can ... it will ... all work out. The picture will develop clearly—no blurs. God promiSed. —job Joy Nannette Banta, edito r Jay Stuart Russell, associate edi tor'' Shari Goddard, news editor Ellie Abbott, sports editor Doug rkey, photography editor Mari Broman, copy editor Art Gibbens, production editor Suanne Hawkins, business manager ratty Sutton, editorial assistant Beth Nystrom, graphics Ted Lewis, columnist Juan Ortiz, cartoonist Nance Dornfeld, ad sales Page 2 4•111111E_R.N. 0 Construction on the science addition 'has begun with the familiar onslaught of machinery, bricks, noise... and mud (photo by Doug Barkey). Page 3 Faculty open sexuality forum by Randy Pate Bethel faculty and admin-istration were recently in-volved in the first of five forums on human sexual-ity. Glenace Edwall, asso-cialeprofessor of pscyhol-ogy, spoke on "A Psycholo-gical Perspective on Hu-man Sexuality." To the Editor: I would just like to take the time to thank openly at this point in the year, Dave Lucas, Caryl Brown, Cindy Robinson, Warren Barber, Arnie Abens, Deb Bowman, Janet Brown, San-dy Erickson, Karen Evans, Pete Franzen, Randy John-son, Rick Kreu tzfeld I, Todd Magnuson, Lams Maxwell Steve Prange, Patricia San-toian, Mark Wollan, Keith Mason, Bobbie Lee, Micheal Kleven, Eileen Hermanson and Rich Bell. Thank you for working extra hours to raise funds for the handicapped stu-passed. Admittedly abor-tions will continue. But this same rationale was used in history when Su-preme Court Chief justice Taney wrote in the Dred Scott decision prior to the Civil War that black slaves "had far more than a cen-tury before been regarded as beings of an inferior order, altogether unfit to associate with the white race... and that the negro might justly and lawfully be reduced to slavery for his benefit." Many of the 35 people present seemed pleased with the program. Tom Correll, professor of an-thropology, said, "This for-urn ranks right at the top of any academic intellec-tual experiences I have been involved in during my ten years as a profes-sor here." Dale Johnson, dents at Bethel, for giving time and money to Hope Missions and for again spen-ding hours upon hours in developing a major project for this year that will im-prove Bethel College as well as support outside local missions. • You hang in there even though there is zero praise and often ridicule of being a Bethel College senator. You're a great bunch of students and it has been an honor for me to be able to work with a group that has as much character as you. Charlie Dean of Men We have heard the "rights" of the woman car-rying the doomed child in her womb to the exclusion associate professor of art, said the talks were 'Just great." Faculty Development Co-ordinator Tom Johnson is in charge of the program. He wants the lectures to bring a number of academ-ic perspectives to the topic of human sexuality. The meetings convene directly after the regular faculty meetings. After the lecture, two respondents, chosen ahead of time, have a chance to reply on the subject matter. Johnson said the feeling toward the lecture is good. He is looking forward to the upcoming January 6 lecture by Tom Correll on "An Anthropological Per-spective on Human Sexual-ity." Class size, from page 1 An average was not fig-ured for the applied music department which involves the performing groups and private lessons. Why could the third stu-dent in the conversation above not get into a class if it was small but closed? A class is closed when the number of students regis-tered for the class reaches a set limit. "The limit is set by the of the equally legitimate rights of the child just as we chose to hear only the rights of Dred Scott's "own-er" to the exclusion of the human rights of Mr. Scott. You may claim that the unborn child is not human or not created in the image of God, but if you cannot partake of that casuistry then we cannot partake of the hypocrisy of ignoring the child's right to life. The two positions simply do not mix. No, Mrs. Mickelsen, abor-tions will not end, but the Scripture's mandate for gov-ernment is to carry out its task of punishing the evil doer and protecting the innocent whether or not it is completely effective in that task. We as Christians can best show our alle-giance to our Master by at least "attempting to effec-tively protect the rights of all human life and aiding the troubled mother with economic help, spiritual and psychological comfort, acceptance in Christian love and compassion re-gardless of the repugnance teacher," said Dr. Paul Fin-lay, registrar. "It is the number he wants in the class." Finlay said the prin-ciples teachers use for set-ting the limits include their style of teaching and their plans for the class. "Most often its's the capa-city of the room," Finlay said. He said that beCause all the classrooms are used during B, G and H modules the classes may be sche-of her contemplated acts and if necessary provide adoption services to her. We must never in any way assist her in destroy-ing the spark of life in her that also was created in the image of God. The on-ly time we are justified in taking the life of another is in self-defense when that life clearly threatens our own. In Psalm 94:16ff the Psalmist asks "Who rises up for me against the wick-ed? Who stands up for me against the evil doer? ... Can the wicked rulers be allied with thee, who frame mischief by statute? They band together against the life of the righteous, and condemn the innocent to death." The answer to this question should include Christians who consistent-ly apply complete under-standing of Scripture to the difficult problems fac-ing us. Sincerely, Ken Lewis Bethel Alumnus (C 66-68 S 7074) Bethel Field Area Represen-tative duled in a smaller room than the teacher originally desired. In some situations the number enrolled may be more than the limit set by the teacher or the room capacity. "They needed in," said Robert Weaver, assis-tant professor of business, who allowed more stu-dents than his set limit to enroll in his business re-sources management class. He said his reasons for allowing a student to enroll in a full class included late registration and a need for the class for a concentra-tion or cognate. He said he sets the limit lower than capacity to allow for this. Classes for spring semes-ter will vary in size as they do this fall. Students who find classes closed that they need for their program may find that teach-their own letters. Besides, the proper authorities alrea-dy know about the show-ers, the heat, and our ceil-ing because the Fountain Terrace A.D.s have com-plained every week at the A.D. meetings. Other Foun-tain Terrace residents have also brought their com-plaints to ot herofficials. My real purpose in writing this, however, is not to demand luxury: Comfort would be nice, but I can live without that for seven more months. The question that has been bothering me is this: why are we paying nearly four hun-dred dollars per month? ers are flexible on the limits for their class. Prayer chain from page 1 not all members of the organization also belong to the prayer chain. Each year chain mem-bers re-sign for the group, to insure interest and avail-ability. This year three groups have formed. Mem-bers have the option of belonging to a morning, evening or an all-day group. This helps estab-lish when a person can most easily be reached. "It helps me feel a part of Bethel," said Grudem. "The only thing I regret is not having kept a log of the answered prayers." She said that she plans to keep one this year. Several apartments in the area such as Brighton Village and Chateau Ro-yal charge between three and four hundred dollars per month — but they have hot water. They probably have ceilings that don't drip, freezers that freeze and curtains that don't al-low strange men to peer into the apartment. Maybe four hundred dol-lars is for the fan in the bathroom that automati-cally goes on when the light is turned on. Sincerely, Debra A. Anderson I doubt that many thought that the Emanci-pation Proclamation would summarily end slavery to say nothing of racism. Yet Lincoln proceeded to issue the edict. I can remember letters `Great bunch of students' loaded with character Amendment, from page 2 when people used this argu-ment that one "cannot leg-islate morality" when the 1964 Civil Rights Act was being hotly debated. Did racism cease when the act was passed? Hardly! Then should we repeal it? As important as human dignity, personal freedom from slavery and civil rights are, how much more important is the most ba-sic right of all: the right of the innocent to life itself? The Dred Scott decision labelled a certain segment of humanity as sub-human and therefore not entitled That sort of reasoning to basic rights. The Su-ironically sounds like the preme Court's decision in slogan that says that "every Roe Vs. Wade in 1973 arbi-child deserves to be a want- trarily and without prece-ed child." The implication dent did the same thing. It being that we are doing relegated the unborn child the unwanted child a favor to the status of a blob, a when we permit its mur- fetus or the "Products of der by abortion. Conception" as the seman-tics define "it." "It" is there-fore not worthy of protec-tion under the Constitution of our land. Cold water, from page 2 Rick Talbot, senior, helped establish a Bethel branch of the Intercollegiate Religious Broadcasters (photo by Doug Bar-key). for a year or two. I haven't been through the unspeakable grief of having several friends and family members die in one winter. But I have had to learn to let my old nature die, and that process is by 71, , • no means painless. I wasn't taught to fish and plant corn by the fri-endly forest dwellers. But the new friends You gave me have strengthened me by their kindness and help-ed me through the tough • Computer terminals to conserve costs GROW OPENING NAUTILUS FITNESS CENTER OF NEW DRIGHTON If you want to improve your fitness, health and physical appearance—Nau-tilus offers you a proven method of achieving measurable results. Nautilus' is the overwhelming choice of pro-fessional athletes. Men, women, stu-dents — everyone can benefit from Nautilus' individualized programs. FREE WORKOUT By Appointment Rice Creek Center 2140 Silver Lake Road New Brighton, MN 55112 636-8124 compiled by Jay Russell Friend nearby: right by side, now he's gone Page 4 Modern pilgrim can thank God too by Sue Fahrenkamp The Intercollegiate Reli-gious Broadcasters (IRB) is a national organization that students at Bethel can get involved with to assist in a broadcasting career. The IRB is a student branch of the National Reli-gious Broadcasters (NRB), a voice for religious broad-casters. The NRB is a pro-fessionarorganization which aids new Christian radio and television stations that are just starting out. The NRB also lobbies in Wash-ington, D.C. Students involved in IRB may attend the annual job fair, held this year in Wash-ington, D.C. The members of IRB pay a reduced rate at the national and re-gional conventions. The stu-dents receive a membership card and are put on a mail-ing list. The members of IRB also get a monthly magazine entitled "Reli-gious Broadcasting." Students can get invol-ved in IRB by filling out a registration form and pay-ing a registration fee. "This organization is good for anyone interested in broad-casting," said Rick Talbot, From the November 5, 1953 issue Article, "Friend Forgotten" reprinted in its entirety. He was always there when I needed him but I guess that's the only time I paid much attention to him. Besides, I had so many friends. He used to be around a lot in the morn-ings but I preferred to study, so I didn't have much time to talk to him. He took too much of my time. One day I remember pro-misinp, I'd go with him somewhere—I don't remem-by Jerry Manus Thanks, God. You know I didn't cross an ocean in a small crow-ded ship. But I did drive a long way in a car that I wasn't sure would make it. I didn't stand on alien shores contemplating the awesome task of creating a home in the wilderness. But I was almost over-whelmed by the prospects of adapting to a new life style, and meeting all the costs involved. I didn't permanently exile myself from my home, friends and loved ones. But You know, Lord, it wasn't easy to say goodbye, even IRB member. IRB deals with all areas of broadcasting such as radio, television and cable television. The IRB deals with Christian radio and television stations around the world. The organization is new around campus, but not around the country. Phi-lip Rohler, instructor in speech-communication, and Talbot, a Bethel student, worked to get IRB estab-lished at Bethel. Currently 12 students from Bethel and Northwestern College are involved. ber the particular place— hut it was where he want-ed to go. But I forgot about it. Usually the others want-ed me with them. He was always asking me if I loved him. I don't know why he always ask-ed me. None of the others did. He seemed to want me for himself but there wasn't much time for that. There were always so many other things to do; studies, games and organ-izations and church. I'd go with him there,-but he still wasn't satisfied. see page 5 by Naomi Ludeman How do you spell relief? C—O—M—P—U—T—E----R Registering for classes is a chaotic time. With the pur-chase of computer termin-als, Bethel has attempted to lower the chaos and pressure during class re-gistration, Management Information System (MIS) is the compu-ter terminal into which fall, interim and spring classes were punched. "It's interest-ing to watch my name and courses compute onto a screen," said one student. Time and cost are chief advantages of the new sys-tem. Before last summer, school registration was a long and tedious job. The informa-tion could be fed into a computer only after the students registered for their classes and the computer cards were collected and in order. With the new system, classes are punched direct-ly into the terminal and into students' records. The system has much less pa-per work for the registrars. Laurie Merritt, record su-pervisor, said, "This fall registration was more work because we did it both ways in case we didn't operate the machines cor-rectly.". They did not use the back-up system for in-terim or spring registra- Carol Chryst, the new registration systems coor-dinator, said, "The system will eventually cut costs." ,Previously Bethel bought time on an off-campus com-puter system called Pro-gress Management Services (PMS). Chryst worked for PMS for five years before she came to Bethel. Anot her advantage of the new system is the "ease in handling information," said Chryst. "I don't have to look things up in files. It is great fun!" The Registrar's Office is not the only "relieved" off-ice to use MIS. Public Affairs, Admissions, Development, Student Affairs and Stu-dent Accounts all use the system. Each office has its own password into the coin-pu ter program so that it can not intrude on other programs. The disadvantage to MIS is that it can break down. "But a repair man usually comes the same day to fix it," said Chryst . Bethel owns two compu-ters. One is on the fourth floor near the dean's off-ice. This is the school busi-ness computer. The other is by Doc's corner for st .u-dent and faculty use. The purchase of 11 terminals last spring makes the sys-tem complete. spots. I didn't travel to a strange land to find free-dom to worship You. But I did come here to learn to serve You more and to know You better. So I, too, am a pilgrim. And just as the Pilgrims, after all their hardships, found it in their hearts to thank You, so do I. For considering me worth the trouble and patience it takes to cause me to grow, for watching over me in a stran-ge place and never turning Your back on me, I offer you my own humble thanks-giving. Thanks God. Senate turns project plans Inside-Out by Sue Fahrenkamp The student senate plans a lighted running track and increased security on cam-pus as part of Project In-side- Out. The new t rack, considered because of the demand, will be lighted, so stu-dents can run at night. "A poll taken at Bethel showed that over half the student body jogs," said Janet Brown, student senator. The type of surface has not been decided. A date for the start or completion of the project is still uncertain. Pre-sently, the senate is work-ing with the administra-tion to decide where the track will go. The senate wants to plan the track around the new fieldhouse — in a spot where it will not be disrupted in five years by new buildings. Another senate project is increased security on campus. The senate is not sure which goal will be completed first. Senate hopes to raise funds through Project In-side- Out. The money will go for inside projects, such as the running track, and projects outside campus, such as missions. Project Inside-Out start-ed last Friday, when sen-ate sponsored 1 he movie night. Eight events are plan-ned throughout the year to raise money. Sixty per cent will go for inside projects, and fort y per cent will go for the outside project. IRB aids student broadcasters Programs offered in Biblical, historical and. theological studies, missions, 'Christian educa-tion, church ministries, and lay leadership at the certificate, master's and doctoral levels. Page 5 WildHoney and Camel Hair Conformity forces 'means to an end' mentality Lucie R. Johnson, Bethel's new associate psychology profes-sor, has a special interest in analyzing children's drawings (photo by Dan Velie). Johnson explores art for children's ideas Lucie R. Johnson, new associate professor Of psychology, fits easily in-to Bethel's Swedish atmos-phere with her blond hair and blue eyes. Johnson is a developmen-tal psychologist presently. working on a project with children's drawings of peo-ple. The children are three to four years old, just begin-ning to draw and no longer scribble. According to Johnson, "Drawing is like evolving a language. To put objects on paper and,come to the realization that a circle can represent a person is excit-ing. It is problem-solving." The purpose of Johnson's project is to try to under-stand how and what chil-dren think when they draw. Johnson is married and has two children: Marc, 12, and Paul, 10. Her hus-band Earl works with com-puters and develops soft-ware— any kind of instruc-tions one would give a computer, according to Johnson. In her spare time- John-son likes lo read in many different areas such as phil-osophy, theology • and science fiction. Sometimes she does some leather tool-ing. Johnson says that hob-by "is kind of dead right now; at Christmas it comes by Leann M. Kicker more alive." Johnson came to Bethel from the University of Min-nesota Institute of Child Development where she worked in research. How-ever, she likes teaching very much as she has taught in other colleges. So, when an opportunity came up at Bethel, she took advantage of it. She likes working in a Christian col-lege framework: "It is nice because you get to help integrate faith with learn-ing. In secular schools you see the need but cannot do anything unless they ap-proach you first," she said. As lime went by I grew a little stronger and then I enjoyed 1 he host of com-panions grouped about Inc. But I was rat her neglectful of him. He would talk to me often and tell me about as place we might go ()ge- 1 her some day, if I loved hint But "someday" seem-ed so far away. Often I didn't hear him when he talked for the other voices Files, from page 4 Then suddenly—with-out warning—I grew vio-lently ill and for daysl lay upon my bed barely con-scious. During this lime he never left my side. My other friends were there sometimes, t 00. by Ted Lewis Computers or students? I/6u decide. "Pieces of intel-lectual apparatus, ticking away, waiting for the teacher to push all the familiar buttons: Important Fact ... Big Idea ... Assignment Due ... Test Question ... Right Answer ... Required Reading ... click-click-click. "Watch the teacher—find out what he wants—do it— get the grade—pass the course--7 take your degree-get the job—watch the boss—find out what he wants— do it—get the raise..." Such was Theodore Roszak's description of his college students. Computers don't feel emotional stress. Students do when they function like computers. Last week the column unveiled a stress-worn student who felt drained by his education rather than fulfilled. Why do we face stress? The symptoms of stress surface through our com-plaints: "I've got too little time to finish: finish all my studies and still do other things; I've got too much homework and too many other things to do; I get so little fulfillment from dull or difficult studies." So we hate the pressure, yet submit to the pressure. "Down the road, it'll pay off," we assure ourselves. Stress, more common than the common cold, often results from the virus "disintegratis." When what we do becomes disintegrated from who we fully are, we're quite susceptible to this virus. For example, when the 'doing' aspect of washing dishes or writing papers becomes distasteful to us, the 'finishing' aspect alone tends to fulfill us. In brief, the process is endured for the product, be it wages or grades. If we don't like to study, studying will rub against us. We all can tolerate certain degrees of stress. In fact, stress is often helpful, making us adapt to new situa-tions creatively. But too much stress overloads our minds and bodies. Some authories say 85 per cent of all symptoms show a reaction to emotional stress. - So how do we cope? We can start by opening our eyes to the 'whats,"whys' and 'knows' of stress and its causes. The following facts are left open for consider-ation. Fact: First grade. The sheep are divided from the goats (and literally in those reading groups with animal names). Smart ones get rewards for duplicating what the teacher wants. Dumb ones, labeled 'slow,' get poor grades. Everyone's status is marked, by and large, for the next 16 years. Fact: Even our college grading system rewards "pre-dictable conformity," reinforcing students to learn were so loud. As I watched him, he seemed different than the others, sort of quiet but kind and tender, nevertheless. quite happy. My friends grew merry—but he grew sad. Then one day he turned to me and said, "Lovest Gradually it became ap- thou me more than these?" parent that I would get I shook my head. And he well. They never left my t urned and slowly left the side, nor did he. I was room. FREE! Personalized Engraving when you purchase Brass Christmas ornaments at Bethel Bookstores (No coupon necessary) what is expected of them. This accumulative learning approach makes knowledge a means to the end of grades, and often discourages students from integrative learning. This latter approach views knowledge as a fulfilling end when creative and critical thought reward the student. Fact: "Listen closely, young American. Do you want to be successful in society? Then ya gotta earn your education ... yes, earn that degree... and that nice job. Then you can earn the American dream. You'll never be happy without money." Fact: American colleges are increasingly moving away from liberal arts education and toward career training education. Specialization reigns. And Bethel is no exception. While the humanities wane, business escalates. Fact: Our economy is dovetailed with our educational structure. The flat-fee tuition promotes students to take four courses at a time in order to benefit finan-cially. This ensures a healthy flow of students to pass through Bethel. Unfortunately, most full-loaders don't experience a healthy flow in their studies. Before reading another article, stop and pull these facts together. Discover how they may contribute to our stress. The next "Wild Honey and Camel Hair" will discuss practical alternatives to help restore an integra-tive learning experience which indeed fulfills us, not drains us. Stay tuned to this channel. 3949 Bethel Drive, St. Paul, MN 55112 4747 College Ave., San Diego, CA 92115 Analytical Chemist Stephen Wheeler, new to Bethel's science dept., enjoys performing amateur magic acts in his spare time (photo by Dan Velie). Ski during January for credit! Westmont College offers as part of Interterm, its special January program, 'Labor and Leisure, a course taught by a theologian and a philo-sopher in the heart of the High Sierras at Mam-moth Mountain, CA, one of the nations best ski areas, from January 4 - 16 (Sunday - Friday). Ski all day, study at night! For details of how you can enjoy this unforget-table experience write: Prof. John Hughes or Prof. Jim Mannoia, Westmont College, 955 La Paz Road, Santa Barbara, CA, 93108. Or call us at 805-969-505t ex. 386 (John), ex. 382 (Jim). Or check with your Registrar for the appropriate litera ture and registration forms. The Guthrie Theatre presents Charles Dickens' holiday classic "A Christmas Carol," opening on Wednesday, Nov. 26 at 8:00 p.m. for a straight run through Jan. 3,1981. Richard Hillger is featured as Scrooge, the lonely miser who learns the spirit and joy of Christmas. Coordinators sell Guthrie tickets John W. Ivance Company Since 1946 1618 Pioneer Bldg. 224-7358 John W. Ivance, Sr. John W. Ivance, Jr. John G. Chisholm Russel K. Akre John R. Chisholm INSURANCE Life—Auto—Home Business St. Paul, MN 55101 FALCON BARBER STYLIST 1713 N. Snelling Men & Women's Hair Styling 1J Bethel For appointment X f call 1.upenteur 646-2323 Page 6 Magician turns to chemistry at Bethel by JoAnn Watkins From its beginnings as a family celebration in Swe-den, the Saint Lucia tradi-tion has been observed in many Swedish areas and institutions. This year Saint Lucia is part of the Festival of Christmas at Bethel. The legend of Lucia orig-inated in Syracuse, Sicily, around the year 300 AD. Lucia, a godly girl, was engaged to a wealthy noble-man. When Lucia's mother became very ill, Lucia pray-ed that God would restore her mother's health, prom-ising that if God would do this she would give her dowry to the Church. Lucia became absorbed in giving aid to the needy after she kept her promise to God for healing her mo-ther. Her fiance turned her over to Roman soldiers who placed her in jail. The Romans, who were perse-cuting Christians, tortured her, but she still professed Christianity. Her captors gouged out her eyes and attempted to burn her at the stake. She was put to death by sword, according to the legend, on Dec. 13, 304. Later, the early Church declared Lu-cia a saint. She is now known as Santa (Saint) Lucia, who helped the poor and gave her life for her faith. One legend tells how, during a famine in Swe-den, a large ship came across Sweden's largest lake. On the deck appeared Lucia in a white robe with a crown of light in her hair. She distributed large by Laura Phillips Bethel's chemistry de-partment has acquired a new analytical chemist. A native Californian, Steph-en Wheeler is a self-taught amateur magician. He has given stage shows and even built some of his own magic equipment. "I've always been inter-ested in magic," said Wheel-er, "ever since I was a kid." While living in Minneso-ta, Wheeler has performed two magic shows: one for U of M students at Middlebrook Hall and one in a nearby church. At Bethel, though, Wheeler lim-its his wizardry to the chem-istry lab. amounts of food to the starving people. The word. "Lucia" has been traced to a Latin word meaning light. When Lucia is portrayed, she carries a lamp or torch and her head is outlined by a halow. Lucia wears a long, white robe with a red sash at the waist and a metal crown entwined with sprigs of lingonberries. The tradition of Lucia is still celebrated throughout Sweden. On Dec. 13, the year's shortest and dark-est day, Lucia comes and lights begin to shine. Early in-the morning on this day the traditional Lucia cof-fee is served. In most Swej dish homes, the eldest daughter serves coffee and the customary Lucia buns, "lussekat ter," to the mem-bers of the household while they are still in bed. Saint Lucia and her cowl will begin the Festi-val of Christmas this year )y Serving coffee and little rakes to members of the audience._ Wheeler grew up in Cali-fornia where he received his B.S. in chemistry from the University of Santa Clara in 1975. He then moved to Minneapolis where he received his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1979. From 1979-1980 Wheeler taught at Wheaton College, filling in for a teacher on sabbatical. While at Whea-ton he met Jane Kellar, a former TEAM missionary to France, whom he will .marry January 3. The soft-spoken Wheel-er joined Bethel's faculty this fall. "I came to Bethel by the 'open-and-shut-door policy'," he said. The year Wheeler graduated from the U of M there was no chemistry opening at Be-thel, but there was at Whea-ton. This year the door to Wheaton closed, and the door to Bethel opened. A, Christian for a little by Gloria Martin Soon the Guthrie will start its annual perfor-over three years, Wheeler is interested in chemistry because "it's one way to look deeper into God's crea-tion," he said. "I think the Lord wants us to look and marvel at His works." Wheeler also sees the natural sciences as a way to glorify God. "God has given ,me some-thing that I can do and I think He wants me to use it," Wheeler said. What does he like about Bethel so far? "I really enjoy the chance to interact with students," Wheeler said. "I enjoy the personable small college atmosphere and have ap-preciated the student in-teractions." He also enjoys Bethel's campus. "I really like the campus setting with the lake and the jogging trails," commented Wheeler. "It's the prettiest campus I've seen." mances of "A Christmas Carol." In Charles Dicken's delightful Christmas clas-sic you will see the old miser, Scrooge, transform-ed into a loveable man in one evening. The acting is exquisite, and the stage is equally charming. The Campus Coordina-tors have purchased 400 tickets for Bethel students. Tickets are available for Thursday, Dec. 11 and Fri-day, Dec. 12. SI mien! s will pay $4.75 for tickets val-ued at about $6.00. They will go on sale Wednes-day, Dec. 3, on a first-come, first-served basis. Santa Lucia and court serve Festival LOVELINES Need phone counselors for 24-hour Christian hotlines. 4 week training in area of counseling and evangelism offered. Starling Nov. 2. Gill Dan or Audree 379-1193. But, "It would be nice to have a window in my 'of-fice," he said with a gentle smile. Wheeler believes he has a ministry here at Bethel. Focusing his daily class devotionals on the theme of living the victorious life, Wheeler said, "I want to do more here than just teach chemistry; I want to have an - eternal impact. My number one goal is to do something that will count for eternity." Though kept busy by teaching four classes, Wheel-er would like to be more involved in research, pre-ferably collaborating with the research director at the U of M. He would like to pursue the areas of elec-trochemistry and compu-ter applications in the chem-istry lab (e.g. interfacing computers with chemical instruments). ---- see page 7 The wrestling team prepares for their invitational meet at St. Johns on Dec. 6th. (Photo by Paul Gavic) FARMERS 4 INSURANCE GROUP 40\ /v/A • Curtis R. Brown 488-5545 484-9068 res. AUTO-HOME-LIFE—RENTERS 25°o Good Student Discount ' 10% Driver Training Discount ' Non-Smoker Package Discount' Central Baptist Church 420 North Roy Street St. Paul, Minnesota 646-2751 Staff: Garvin McGettrick Ron Eckert Stewart Dow Mike Anderson Will . Healy Kathy Cupp Greg Dirnberger Bus Leaves: Services: NC 9:00 8:45 and 11 FT 9:10 10 Bible Study SC 9:20 7 p.m. evening Northwestern 9:30 Centennial 9:35 BALDWIN PIANO RENTALS 631-9548 Bethany Baptist Church Cleveland and Skillman Avenues, Roseville, Mn. Worship Service at 11:00 AM Sunday School at 9:30 AM (Special College-age) (See posters for church bus schedule) Evening Service at 6:00 PM Church Telephone 631-0211 Page 7 Pep band adds spirit to sports The Bethel Royal Pep Band made its debute at the alum-ni basketball game Satur-day, Nov. 15. Basketball coach George Palke, athletic director George Henry and band director Charles Olson have been working on plans for the band for over a year. "Were really excited about having a pep band," said Palke. "It adds a lot to the game." The basketball team and the athletic department pur- "We had a super trip to Illinois and we also be-came more spiritually to-gether this year." The football team, coached by Dud Lot ton, ended. the season with a 2 -6 con-ference record and an over-all record of 2 - 8. Concor-dia was conference champ with a record of 7-2-0 and Macalester was behind the Royals at 0 - 7- 1. Jim Anderstrom led the to a m p assing.. fo r 1D 88. yards and ten touchdowns. Ken Cooper ended the sea-son with six touchdowns and 36 pass receptions for 478 yards. Sophomore Brian Flater ran a total of 350 yards for the season. The enthusiasm of the football team was great this year and Lift ton was also pleased with the spir-itual unity of his team. The women's cross coun-try team finished the sea-son placing sixth out of eleven teams in the state and 13th out of 23 teams at the regional meet in Iowa. Captain Brenda Harris ran her last college cross country race this fall as the first Bethel cross coun-try runner to complete four years of competition. She also lettered every year. Coach Betz was new this fall and enjoyed the sea-son. Reflect ing on the over-all season, he said, "We began the season with two veterans and 13 newcom-ers to college cross coun-try. Ellie Abbott ran stea-dy all season, showing the efforts of a good summer program. Lana Lamers, Brenda Harris, Linda Hall- ' blade, and Chris LeVeseur ran their best at the mgion-al meet al Iowa State. "One of thehighlightsof chased uniformS1T-shirts and cowboy hats) for the band. The pep band, composed of about 50 students, is not limited to members of the Concert Band. Any instru-mentalist able to attend rehearsals and performan-ces is eligible. The Bethel Royal Pep Band rehearses once a week under the direction of Steve Lahm, student conductor of the Concert Band. The repertoire includes hit tunes, marches and t radi-the year for me was the Friday morning sharing time. We claimed a number of God's promises includ-ing Phil. 4:19: 'My God shall supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus." The men's cross coun-try team ended the season in seventh place in the MIAC 'and sixth place in the NAIA district meet. Brent Friesen ran the race of his life at the district meet and just missed quali-fying for the national meet by eight places. Friesen, a fourth-year let-ter winner this fall, re-ceived a plaque for his achievements. Ross Allen, Ross Fleming and Dwight Newman received two-year awards and Mike Nel-son, Bob Peitzman and Tim Snyder were awarded first-year awards. Wheeler, from page 6 Though he has no imme-diate plans for the future except staying at Bethel, Wheeler has considered missions. "I would like to be a non-professional mis-sionary and teach the sciences overseas," he said. A downhill and cross-country skier, Wheeler has also played trombone for a hobby. He enjoys listen-ing to classical and roman-tic symphonic music. tional pep band pieces. The band will perform at one home game each week throughout the bas-ketball season. Olson hopes to see the program expand to include other sports next year. "We're really going to have a good time in pep band," said director Lahm. And that's what pep band is about, according to Ol-son. "We're not . trying to provide a profound musi-cal experience," he said. "Our goal is to contribute enthusiasm, spirit, and fun to sports events." Reader contribution by Dave Anderson, student Do you feel that the cost of a college education is in-creasing uncontrollably? Them is something you can do to slow the increasing cost of a college education. Director of Physical Plant Jim Woods estimates that the electricity for.. the .col-lege and seminary, plus heating and cooling for the acaderhic complex, will cost about $230,000 for the 1980- 81 schoolyear. With the utility bills for off-campus housing and the heating and other expenses for the dorms and townhouses, the figure swells to over $400,000 — about $200 per student. Though the utility- bills at Bethel are • paid by a special group of alumni, and students do not direct-ly pay for the energy they use, someone pays the bill for the lights and heat. There are otherareas where these funds could be used. In 1973 the 3M corpora-tion began an energy con-servation drive. In the sev-en years since that pro-gram began approximate-ly $40 million was cut from their energy bill. Those savings are enough to operate the company for one year — free. As of 1979, 26.3 per cent of 3M's total amount of energy used per unit of production was saved. Bethel's largest energy consumers are lights, heat-ing and water heaters. For every 14 hours that a 75- watt light is on, it costs about four cents for electri-city, for example. At times, it becomes difficult to stay warm in townhouses; a wool sweater or a long-sleeved flannel shirt can be just as comfortable as a high thermostat setting. A one-degree decrease in ther-mostat settino b equals a three per cent decrease in heating costs. Hot water is a commod-ity we seem to assume will always be there. The lack of hot water for morn-ing showers could be avoid-ed if everyone would (1) turn off the water while they lather up, (2) take a somewhat cooler shower, with less water pressure, (3) turn off the faucet while they brush their teeth, (4) just let the faucet trickle while they (guys) shave. Remember, too, that open doors and windows, wash-ers', dryers, electric irons, ovens, toasters, stereos, tel-evisions, hair dryers and so on, also use energy, and not only small quantities of it. Some Bethel students' actions seem to indicate an attitude that says, "I have paid my student ac-count so I deserve to get my money's worth." That is a positive attitude with reference to classes and studying, but shouldn't ap-ply to our thinking about energy use. Jesus urges us to be good stewards of what has been given to us (Luke 16:10 and Matt. 25:21). Our ener-gy sources have been giv-en to us, thus the analogy applies. Think about snowflakes. As individual snowflakes they seem most insignifi-cant. Add enough snow-flakes together though, and they become a snow bank, difficult to handle. Waste-ful energy practices also become more difficult to deal with as they persist. Direct any comments or questions concerning ener-gy conservation to Dave Anderson, P 0 265. , Chapel Schedule Monday—Dan Taylor (English prof) Tuesday—Thanksgiv-ing special (faculty) Wednesday—Lee Elia-son (worship service) Thursday—Thanksgiv-ing break Friday—Thanksgiving break Johnson, from page 5 Johnson has a verycom-plimentary first impres-sion of Bethel. She said, "It is the friendliest place I have ever encountered. Peo-ple talk to one another, care about one another. There is a general caring atmosphere. Maybe you no-tice it more when you are new because people go out of their way to .make you feel comfortable." Two of Johnson's stu-dents said that Johnson is easy to talk to and very funny in class. Her soft-spoken nature makes her very easy to talk to about anything, they said Fall sports wrap-up, from page 8 You can conserve energy too The men's basketball team lines up to practice for tomorrow night's game at 5:15 p.m. (Photo by Paul Gavic). Defense operates as basketball key Coach Dahl's hockey team opens up their hockey season tomorrow as they travel to Eau Claire. (Photo by Paul Gavic) Page 8 sports Royals open season, defeat alumni team 6-2 by Becky Dye The Bethel varsity hock-ey team opened their third season last Saturday by defeating the alumni team, 6-2, at Columbia Ice Arena. Coach Craig Dahl corn-mented, "We played pretty well; there was a lot of hustle. There are some fun-damental things we need to work on." In the first period at 9:40, Eric Bottila blasted one unassisted from the blue line. Two minutes la-ter Brian Hertel intercept-ed a pass in front of the net and fired for the second score. Alumnus Tom Correll scored next- with an unas-sisted goal into the corner of the net. The Royals an-swered this goal almost immediately on a break-away scored by Dave John-son. Alumnus Bill Ostlund then shot one in from the by Ellie Abbott The Bethel athletic pro-gram had its "ups and downs" this fall, bust for-tunately, there were more "ups" than last year. Al-most every sport improved their record from last year, and the coaches already look forward to next year. The volleyball team had the best season in several years, and Coach Cindy blue line to make the score 3-2. The Royals took off in the third period scoring three goals. Dick Smith scored on a pass to the front of the net from team-mate Steve Ries. The same two teamed up for another score on a perfectly exe-cuted play set up in front of the net by Ries and tipped in by Smith. The final goal of the game was fired in from the blue line by Guy Kaltman, making the score 6-2. Dahl, pointed out that goalie Eric, "the Sour-dough" Peterson, "did real-ly well in the nets." Dahl also complimented Bruce Nord's line for doing a "su-per job." Tomorrow the Royal hockey team travels to Eau Claire, Wisc. Dahl corn-mented, "They (Eau Claire) lost to Superior this week. I think they're in our league; I think we'll do well." Book was pleased with their performance. Reflect-ing on the season Book said, "Both the varsity and junior varsity had one of the best seasons they have ever had. The varsity fin-ished 21-11 overall and the junior varsity finished the season at 10-3." The highlight of the sea-son was the state tourna-ment in which the Royals tied for fifth place. Although Coach Book by Rob Haglund This is the second of two articles on Bethel bas-ketball, taking a _look at the strengths, weaknesses and expectations of the 1980-81 Royal roundbal-lers. Two things are certain about the upcoming has-will lose JoAnn Griffin and Joy Sorenson to gradua-tion, the team looks strong for next year. Book was encouraged off-season prac-tice and said, "The return-ing players are enthusias-tic about coming back and hopefully will play in the spring and summer U.S.V.B.A. (United States Volleyball Association) or attend summer camps." The soccer team ended their season with a 6-6-4 ketball season: 1) nothing is certain and 2) no matter what happens it should be an exciting year. This year's basketball Royals were hit hard by graduation, losing four starters, three of whom were all-conference. 'How well the team fills those vacancies will determine the extent of their success. Head coach George Pal- • ke counts on added quick-ness and stronger defense to make up for the lack of experience. Two players that the Royals will look to for experience are co-captains Greg Edlund and Andre LaBerge. Edlund, a 6'5" senior from Meadow Vista, Calif., has the most playing exper-ience on this year's squad. He should provide the lea-dership the Royals need from his wing position. LaBerge, a 6'4" junior from New Hope, Minn., will spark this year's team with his intensity and hus-tle. Coach Palke obviously likes the effort LaBerge puts out: "I doubt if any-one puts more into the game than Andre. He will overall record, compared to a 5-8-1 record last year. They finished seventh out of nine teams in the con-ference. Coach Mark Leigh said, "It was really disap-pointing because we were one win out of fourth place; three teams tied for fourth place." Sophomore Mark John-son and junior Andy Lar-son made all-conference and all-district this year, so they will be ready for action next year. be our stopper ondefense," he said. Anchoring the front line will be Jason Velgersdyk, a 6'8" sophomore from Edi-na, Minn. According to Coach Palke, Velgersdyk has pick-ed up more confidence and aggressiveness which, coupled with his outstand-ing leaping ability, should make his a threat both offensively and defensive-ly. 'The "sleeper" on this year's team could very well be Dwayne "Dewey" Nord-strom, a 6'7" soph. from Chicago, Ill. "Dewey will do all the right things for us. He's not flashy and you don't really notice the job he does until you check the statistics after the game," Palke commented. The guard position is still up for grabs. Palke is closely looking at senior Paul Lindsay and junior Cal Lauwers, both from Anchorage, Alaska, and sophomores Jeff Westlund from Richfield and Mike Hanley, a transfer from St. Martins, Wash., as well as several freshmen. Ion Fredrickson and Greg Held will both grad-uate this year. "Jon has been a big part of the team for four years, said Leigh. "And Greg had a lot of heart. He was a vital part of the team this year." Leigh was disappointed the team did not make the play-offs, but had some positive comments also. See page 7 The Royals should have some depth. at the post position with 6'8" sopho-more Steve Goodwin and freshmen Jeff Blumer and Dion Wolter, an all-state selection from Wisconsin. The reserves at wing in-clude juniors Curt Nettle-ton and Dave Williams, a transfer from Superior, Wisc., and sharp-shooting sophomore Rich (aeger. Palke said that this year's freshmen are the best group to come to Be-thel since he has been here. They have come together as a team better than any other he has worked with. Every one of them was named to some type of all-star team. This is good news especially to Assist-ant Coach Paul Reasoner who will be working with the junior varsity this year. Dave Blanchard, Mark Stevens and John Priestly will also serve as assis-tant coaches. The very capa-ble and ever-popular Brad Kroulik works as the team trainer, and the Royals boast the prettiest mana-ger in the conference in Kim Oshima. The success of this year's team will depend on 1) whether someone can pro-vide the floor leadership needed from the point guard position and 2) how long it will take the team to gain the experience need-ed to compete in the MIAC. The conference should be very balanced this year with every team capable of beating every other. The season begins at home to-morrow night, with the junior varsity playing St. Scholastica at 5:15 p.m., and the varsity at 7:30 p.m. Athletes wind up fall season successfully
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Title | Clarion 1980-11-21 Vol 56 No 11 |
Edition (Vol. No.) | Vol. 56 No. 11 |
Date Published | November 21 1980 |
Decade | 1980 |
Academic Year | 1980 - 1981 |
Frequency | Weekly |
Article Titles | Rats join the Bethel race; Prayer chain links women and needs; Students struggle for small classes; editorial - Semester end is near, downhill from here on, letters - Ratify amendment; maintain morality; $400 for cold water, hot apartment?; Faculty open sexuality forum; letters - `Great bunch of students' loaded with character; Modern pilgrim can thank God too; IRB aids student broadcasters; Senate turns project plans Inside-Out; Computer terminals to conserve costs; From Our Files: Friend nearby, right by side, now he's gone; WildHoney and Camel Hair - Conformity forces 'means to an end' mentality; Johnson explores art for children's ideas; Magician turns to chemistry at Bethel; Santa Lucia and court serve Festival; Coordinators sell Guthrie tickets; Pep band adds spirit to sports; You can conserve energy too; Royals open season, defeat alumni team 6-2; Defense operates as basketball key; Athletes wind up fall season successfully; |
Photographs | Eighteen white rats are the subjects for the psychology department's personality study (photo by Dan Velie).; Crowded classrooms translate into packed hallways before and after chapel, and during class breaks (photo by Dan Velie).; Cartoon: "I should have started with this one..."; Construction on the science addition 'has begun with the familiar onslaught of machinery, bricks, noise... and mud (photo by Doug Barkey).; Rick Talbot, senior, helped establish a Bethel branch of the Intercollegiate Religious Broadcasters (photo by Doug Barkey).; Lucie R. Johnson, Bethel's new associate psychology professor, has a special interest in analyzing children's drawings (photo by Dan Velie).; Analytical Chemist Stephen Wheeler, new to Bethel's science dept., enjoys performing amateur magic acts in his spare time (photo by Dan Velie).; The Guthrie Theatre presents Charles Dickens' holiday classic "A Christmas Carol" opening on Wednesday, Nov. 26 at 8:00 p.m. for a straight run through Jan. 3, 198 |
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Transcript | Eighteen white rats are the subjects for the psychology department's personality study (photo by Dan Velie). Students struggle for small classes Crowded classrooms translate into packed hallways before and after chapel, and during class breaks (photo by Dan Velie). LEARNING RESOURCE UNTO; BETHEL COLLEGE 3900 Bethel Drive St. Paul, Minnesota 55112 the Clarion. Vol. 56, No. 11 Bethel College, St. Paul, MN Nov. 21, 1980 Rats join the Bethel race by Leann M. Kicker Do rats have perSonal-ity? That is the question Mike Roe, assistant profes-sor of psychology and Tam-my Roedel, research assis-tant, are testing in a study done here at Bethel. Eighteen white rats and about 65 students partici-pate in the study. The stu-dents work as raters. The rater observes the behavior of the rat in a particular setting and records the ani-mal's actions. The research is strictly observational. "We don't do anything cruel to the rats," said Roedel. "We only observe their behavior. We don't use shock, for example." The purpose of the study is to prove _t hat animals have personality. Roe and Roedel use the definition of personality based on the human model that states that there are "individual differences in rats," said Roedel. The concept that ani-mals have-personalities con-trasts with the behaviorist theory that animals are empty organisms influen-enced by their environment. So far there has been little work done in this .area, according to Roedel. Roe and Roedel intend to publish the results of the research. Roe and Roedel also think that the results may be an aid to animal handlers. Roe-del said that if they find personalities in rats, that information might be help-ful both in learning to han-dle difficult animals and in raising animals that are easier to handle. This would be similar to the way know-ledge of human behavior is used to help individuals with behavioral problems, said Roedel. This study is a "sta-tistical study of animal be-havior, not just a verbal description," said Roedel. "That ' should make the study carry more weight." The rats are given num-bers rather than names but Roedel affectionately calls many of them "Baby." When the new science wing is complete, it will include a large psycho-logy department with an animal laboratory. Roedel said, "Maybe we will have other animals besides rats in the laboratory," Prayer chain links women and needs by Shari Goddard Like an alarm set-off for a fire, a group of faculty wives and other women at Bethel quickly meets crises with a chain of pray-er. When someone phones a prayer request to Mar-garet Grudem, chairperson of the project, she calls the captains of the three indi-vidual chains, who then call the next person on their lists. In this way, approximately 40 women eventually receive the pray-er request. As they receive a phone call, each woman writes down the message, prays immediately and calls the next person on the list. If no one answers the phone, she calls the next person on the list. The group han-dles answers to prayer in the same way. "That (prayer), I think, is one of the greatest things we can do," said Nancy Lundquist, a member of one of the groups. She add-ed that when a prayer re-quest "goes through, we don't chat about it. It is given verbatim and it is passed on verbatim." Any person can call Gru-dem at (612) 636-2587 with a request. Lundquist said that requests often come through without specific details, but "that's fine be-cause the Lord knows the details." Calls for help range from students who are having problems at school, to prayer for help during the delivery of a baby, to a recent request for prayer for a possibly abducted child. If some-one needs meals delivered during a crisis, Grudem said they can also help in that way. The chain serves as an outlet for the Bethel Facul-ty Women's organization. Open to women, whether faculty members or the wives of faculty members, see page 3 by JoAnn Watkins "There are over 50 people in my Bible class," the fresh-man exclaimed. "I think that is a bit unusual," a friend said. "There are about 20 in most of my classes." "Yeah, and I couldn't get those smaller classes because they were closed," a third stated. As these students discov-ered the size of classes vary from under 10 to over 100. The smallest classes are primarily upper level classes. Directed study pro-grams generally involve one student. The advanced class-es in departments such as linguistics, Spanish, social work and theatre arts enroll a small number of students. Different sizes of classes can be found in all depart-ments. The introductory courses have the largest enrollments. By departments, the great-est number enrolled, 977, is in the physical education skill classes. The average class size is 22 with 45 dif-ferent classes meeting dur-ing the semester. The largest class, a sec-tion of Theology I with 139 students, gives the theo-ogy department the largest average class size: 71, The smallest average class size is 5 in secondary education which is compromised of upper level courses. The Biblical studies de-partment, a large depart-ment at Bethel, has an aver-age class size of 41 with 733 enrolled. With 445 enrolled in busi-ness classes, the average class size is 28. The aver-age class size for the bio-logical science and psycho-logy departments are res-pectively 16 and 35. Overall the average class-size at Bethel is 22. This is not the same as a student-to- teacher ratio since some courses are team-taught. The sizes were figured from a departmentalized fall course schedule. The average is not based on the number of different students enrolled in the department but the num-ber of enrollments. Student teaching and labs held in connection with another class were not included in figuring the averages. see page 3 editorial Semester end is near: downhill from here on To the Editor: I am writing this letter in response to Alvera Mick-elsen's letter to the editor in the October 31 Clarion. Since I am composing this the day after the election one might think that I would take the spoils from the victory of the last twen-ty- four hours and smugly be silent. I cannot. The fact is that winning an election means nothing unless one can im-plement the principles es-poused in the campaign. I believe Mrs. Mickelson's arguments against a hu-man life amendment are illfounded for a number of reasons. Logically, if one were to apply Mrs. Mickelsen's pre-mise to our governmental processes we would legal-ize anything we couldn't completely control. We now have laws on the books in all 50 states mak-ing rape, the sale of hard drugs, robbery, murder and countless other actions il-legal. Have any of these crimes against humanity been eradicated? Have any even been held in check? Almost all reports indicate that these crimes are on the increase. Should we then conclude that since we cannot con-trol these acts we ought to legalize them as some sug-gest? The practical rami-fications of this line of reasoning are preposter-ou s. Biblically the purpose of government as stated in Romans 13:1-5 and I Peter 3:13-14 is to be "The ser-vant of God" who will "exe-cute His wrath who do right." This is obviously an activist role ordained by God to "withhold the onslaught of the barbar-ians" as William Buckley once said. We must be mindful that this mandate was given in the New Testament not the Old s- o there is no ques-tion of its application to the present day. Also we must remember that it was stated to Christians, who were living under the dom-ination of a purely pagan Roman government. It seems reasonable to say that God expects far more from a nation com-posed of many individu-als who claim to be Christ's, who claim to give allegiance to His Word and who are directly involved in a participatory demo-cracy. We, after all, are the government in a far great-er sense than the citizens in a Roman dictatorship. As citizens in a demo-cracy we share responsi-hilit y for ils.actions unless we have done all we could before God to right the wrongs we perceive. I ad-mit Tha l America is not a Christian nation, but that fact does not excuse Chris-tians from having a Scrip-ture- directed influence in that society. I reject the idea that we ought not get involved in the abortion issue because it will continue even if a human life amendment is see page 3 Dear Editor, This morning, before I turned on the shower, I prayed that it would be lukewarm. For the past 60 to 70 days my prayer has been for hot water, but every morning it's the same story — freezing cold. I thought that maybe I was asking for more than I real-ly need, so I reduced my request from hot water to lukewarm water. Believing with all my heart, I step-ped into the shower. My bloodcurdling scream brought my roommates into the bathroom to see, what the problem was. When they realized what I was screaming about, their only counsel was to "curse God and die." Cold showers are only part of the problem of liv-ing in Fountain Terrace Apartments. In my apart-ment, the .ceiling is only half there. Although this makes a great conversa t inn piece, ii is an inconven-ience. We live on the third floor, so the missing ceil-ing allows falling rain into the living room. Who knows what will happen during the spring thaw. Maybe we'll build an ark. The dripping ceiling also limits where we put the furni-ture because we have to maneuver around the pots and pans that are catching the drips. Our refrigerator is an-other cause of anguish. Our freezer doesn't freeze. This means no pizza, frozen vege-tables, ice cream, fish sticks and pot pies because either they spoil or melt all over. As a consequence, macaroni and cheese has been our diet since September. October 1 another prob-lem was added to the list. The heat went on. No mat-ter if the thermostat is set on 50 degrees, our apart-ment is 78 degrees. I didn't realize thaI when I signed the lease I ,would gel a sauna. Other minor problems are building my lion. In the bathroom there is only one spot to plug in anything. Four girls with four hairdryers and four curling irons with an ocas-sional hot rollers are all competing for one solitary outlet. Besides this, Our living room curtains don't shut. So far this has attracted to our sliding glass door t total strangers, water hal-loons, and pumpkin insides. The part that scares me about this is that because our apartment is so hot, we have to open the window. This means anyone could climb up the balcony when they see that girls live in the apartment, because of the non-shut table curtains, and walk right into the living room. I could go on and men-lion the problems that Foun-tain Terrace residents are having, butt hey corn kvri te see page 3 letters Ratify amendment; maintain morality I should have started with -this one , . $400 for cold water, hot apartment? Zoom in. No, not too close. A little bit out of focus. Get the frame centered on the subject. Ah, back a bit. Got it in focus? Good. Snap the shutter. You have just photo-graphed yourself.. You took a while to get into focus. Things were a bit blurry. It's that time. Things are at low tide. Depression is setting in. Things are tough—all over. Spiritual, emotional, social, Physical—every part of you is tired. We were warned of this two and a half months ago. But here we are. Hard to find words. Ideas don't stick together. Com-mas, periods, semi-colons, question marks—words-land like a black blob on paper. Topic sentences lack continuity, paragraphs miss the point. The barrage of paperwork seems senseless, not to mention endless. The time we thought we would have for people is slowly diminiShing; for many it is already gone. We are on a treadmill that won't stop spinning. At least not for four more weeks. The end is in sight. Can you believe it'? We sang a song of beginning only a short while ago. Now we begin the down side of the hill, even though th6 climb may feel uphill. We cry out. "God, it is hard and I nekl your help." Maybe that's the problem. We forgot to cry out—before we found ourselves waist-high in immovable mire. Now we are stuck. We don't have a choice. Only way out is up. Funny how that works. Admit it. We have been depending on ourselves more than we want to confess to. It need not be something to hide. We are all guilty. If we weren't we wouldn't be in the mess we are in right now. We can't turn back and retrace what we have already done. The future is all we can look for. If we've gotten ourselves into a predicament, well, we will have to get ourselves out of that very same predicament. It's tough, being a student, a prof, a human being. But, you know what? It can ... it will ... all work out. The picture will develop clearly—no blurs. God promiSed. —job Joy Nannette Banta, edito r Jay Stuart Russell, associate edi tor'' Shari Goddard, news editor Ellie Abbott, sports editor Doug rkey, photography editor Mari Broman, copy editor Art Gibbens, production editor Suanne Hawkins, business manager ratty Sutton, editorial assistant Beth Nystrom, graphics Ted Lewis, columnist Juan Ortiz, cartoonist Nance Dornfeld, ad sales Page 2 4•111111E_R.N. 0 Construction on the science addition 'has begun with the familiar onslaught of machinery, bricks, noise... and mud (photo by Doug Barkey). Page 3 Faculty open sexuality forum by Randy Pate Bethel faculty and admin-istration were recently in-volved in the first of five forums on human sexual-ity. Glenace Edwall, asso-cialeprofessor of pscyhol-ogy, spoke on "A Psycholo-gical Perspective on Hu-man Sexuality." To the Editor: I would just like to take the time to thank openly at this point in the year, Dave Lucas, Caryl Brown, Cindy Robinson, Warren Barber, Arnie Abens, Deb Bowman, Janet Brown, San-dy Erickson, Karen Evans, Pete Franzen, Randy John-son, Rick Kreu tzfeld I, Todd Magnuson, Lams Maxwell Steve Prange, Patricia San-toian, Mark Wollan, Keith Mason, Bobbie Lee, Micheal Kleven, Eileen Hermanson and Rich Bell. Thank you for working extra hours to raise funds for the handicapped stu-passed. Admittedly abor-tions will continue. But this same rationale was used in history when Su-preme Court Chief justice Taney wrote in the Dred Scott decision prior to the Civil War that black slaves "had far more than a cen-tury before been regarded as beings of an inferior order, altogether unfit to associate with the white race... and that the negro might justly and lawfully be reduced to slavery for his benefit." Many of the 35 people present seemed pleased with the program. Tom Correll, professor of an-thropology, said, "This for-urn ranks right at the top of any academic intellec-tual experiences I have been involved in during my ten years as a profes-sor here." Dale Johnson, dents at Bethel, for giving time and money to Hope Missions and for again spen-ding hours upon hours in developing a major project for this year that will im-prove Bethel College as well as support outside local missions. • You hang in there even though there is zero praise and often ridicule of being a Bethel College senator. You're a great bunch of students and it has been an honor for me to be able to work with a group that has as much character as you. Charlie Dean of Men We have heard the "rights" of the woman car-rying the doomed child in her womb to the exclusion associate professor of art, said the talks were 'Just great." Faculty Development Co-ordinator Tom Johnson is in charge of the program. He wants the lectures to bring a number of academ-ic perspectives to the topic of human sexuality. The meetings convene directly after the regular faculty meetings. After the lecture, two respondents, chosen ahead of time, have a chance to reply on the subject matter. Johnson said the feeling toward the lecture is good. He is looking forward to the upcoming January 6 lecture by Tom Correll on "An Anthropological Per-spective on Human Sexual-ity." Class size, from page 1 An average was not fig-ured for the applied music department which involves the performing groups and private lessons. Why could the third stu-dent in the conversation above not get into a class if it was small but closed? A class is closed when the number of students regis-tered for the class reaches a set limit. "The limit is set by the of the equally legitimate rights of the child just as we chose to hear only the rights of Dred Scott's "own-er" to the exclusion of the human rights of Mr. Scott. You may claim that the unborn child is not human or not created in the image of God, but if you cannot partake of that casuistry then we cannot partake of the hypocrisy of ignoring the child's right to life. The two positions simply do not mix. No, Mrs. Mickelsen, abor-tions will not end, but the Scripture's mandate for gov-ernment is to carry out its task of punishing the evil doer and protecting the innocent whether or not it is completely effective in that task. We as Christians can best show our alle-giance to our Master by at least "attempting to effec-tively protect the rights of all human life and aiding the troubled mother with economic help, spiritual and psychological comfort, acceptance in Christian love and compassion re-gardless of the repugnance teacher," said Dr. Paul Fin-lay, registrar. "It is the number he wants in the class." Finlay said the prin-ciples teachers use for set-ting the limits include their style of teaching and their plans for the class. "Most often its's the capa-city of the room," Finlay said. He said that beCause all the classrooms are used during B, G and H modules the classes may be sche-of her contemplated acts and if necessary provide adoption services to her. We must never in any way assist her in destroy-ing the spark of life in her that also was created in the image of God. The on-ly time we are justified in taking the life of another is in self-defense when that life clearly threatens our own. In Psalm 94:16ff the Psalmist asks "Who rises up for me against the wick-ed? Who stands up for me against the evil doer? ... Can the wicked rulers be allied with thee, who frame mischief by statute? They band together against the life of the righteous, and condemn the innocent to death." The answer to this question should include Christians who consistent-ly apply complete under-standing of Scripture to the difficult problems fac-ing us. Sincerely, Ken Lewis Bethel Alumnus (C 66-68 S 7074) Bethel Field Area Represen-tative duled in a smaller room than the teacher originally desired. In some situations the number enrolled may be more than the limit set by the teacher or the room capacity. "They needed in," said Robert Weaver, assis-tant professor of business, who allowed more stu-dents than his set limit to enroll in his business re-sources management class. He said his reasons for allowing a student to enroll in a full class included late registration and a need for the class for a concentra-tion or cognate. He said he sets the limit lower than capacity to allow for this. Classes for spring semes-ter will vary in size as they do this fall. Students who find classes closed that they need for their program may find that teach-their own letters. Besides, the proper authorities alrea-dy know about the show-ers, the heat, and our ceil-ing because the Fountain Terrace A.D.s have com-plained every week at the A.D. meetings. Other Foun-tain Terrace residents have also brought their com-plaints to ot herofficials. My real purpose in writing this, however, is not to demand luxury: Comfort would be nice, but I can live without that for seven more months. The question that has been bothering me is this: why are we paying nearly four hun-dred dollars per month? ers are flexible on the limits for their class. Prayer chain from page 1 not all members of the organization also belong to the prayer chain. Each year chain mem-bers re-sign for the group, to insure interest and avail-ability. This year three groups have formed. Mem-bers have the option of belonging to a morning, evening or an all-day group. This helps estab-lish when a person can most easily be reached. "It helps me feel a part of Bethel," said Grudem. "The only thing I regret is not having kept a log of the answered prayers." She said that she plans to keep one this year. Several apartments in the area such as Brighton Village and Chateau Ro-yal charge between three and four hundred dollars per month — but they have hot water. They probably have ceilings that don't drip, freezers that freeze and curtains that don't al-low strange men to peer into the apartment. Maybe four hundred dol-lars is for the fan in the bathroom that automati-cally goes on when the light is turned on. Sincerely, Debra A. Anderson I doubt that many thought that the Emanci-pation Proclamation would summarily end slavery to say nothing of racism. Yet Lincoln proceeded to issue the edict. I can remember letters `Great bunch of students' loaded with character Amendment, from page 2 when people used this argu-ment that one "cannot leg-islate morality" when the 1964 Civil Rights Act was being hotly debated. Did racism cease when the act was passed? Hardly! Then should we repeal it? As important as human dignity, personal freedom from slavery and civil rights are, how much more important is the most ba-sic right of all: the right of the innocent to life itself? The Dred Scott decision labelled a certain segment of humanity as sub-human and therefore not entitled That sort of reasoning to basic rights. The Su-ironically sounds like the preme Court's decision in slogan that says that "every Roe Vs. Wade in 1973 arbi-child deserves to be a want- trarily and without prece-ed child." The implication dent did the same thing. It being that we are doing relegated the unborn child the unwanted child a favor to the status of a blob, a when we permit its mur- fetus or the "Products of der by abortion. Conception" as the seman-tics define "it." "It" is there-fore not worthy of protec-tion under the Constitution of our land. Cold water, from page 2 Rick Talbot, senior, helped establish a Bethel branch of the Intercollegiate Religious Broadcasters (photo by Doug Bar-key). for a year or two. I haven't been through the unspeakable grief of having several friends and family members die in one winter. But I have had to learn to let my old nature die, and that process is by 71, , • no means painless. I wasn't taught to fish and plant corn by the fri-endly forest dwellers. But the new friends You gave me have strengthened me by their kindness and help-ed me through the tough • Computer terminals to conserve costs GROW OPENING NAUTILUS FITNESS CENTER OF NEW DRIGHTON If you want to improve your fitness, health and physical appearance—Nau-tilus offers you a proven method of achieving measurable results. Nautilus' is the overwhelming choice of pro-fessional athletes. Men, women, stu-dents — everyone can benefit from Nautilus' individualized programs. FREE WORKOUT By Appointment Rice Creek Center 2140 Silver Lake Road New Brighton, MN 55112 636-8124 compiled by Jay Russell Friend nearby: right by side, now he's gone Page 4 Modern pilgrim can thank God too by Sue Fahrenkamp The Intercollegiate Reli-gious Broadcasters (IRB) is a national organization that students at Bethel can get involved with to assist in a broadcasting career. The IRB is a student branch of the National Reli-gious Broadcasters (NRB), a voice for religious broad-casters. The NRB is a pro-fessionarorganization which aids new Christian radio and television stations that are just starting out. The NRB also lobbies in Wash-ington, D.C. Students involved in IRB may attend the annual job fair, held this year in Wash-ington, D.C. The members of IRB pay a reduced rate at the national and re-gional conventions. The stu-dents receive a membership card and are put on a mail-ing list. The members of IRB also get a monthly magazine entitled "Reli-gious Broadcasting." Students can get invol-ved in IRB by filling out a registration form and pay-ing a registration fee. "This organization is good for anyone interested in broad-casting," said Rick Talbot, From the November 5, 1953 issue Article, "Friend Forgotten" reprinted in its entirety. He was always there when I needed him but I guess that's the only time I paid much attention to him. Besides, I had so many friends. He used to be around a lot in the morn-ings but I preferred to study, so I didn't have much time to talk to him. He took too much of my time. One day I remember pro-misinp, I'd go with him somewhere—I don't remem-by Jerry Manus Thanks, God. You know I didn't cross an ocean in a small crow-ded ship. But I did drive a long way in a car that I wasn't sure would make it. I didn't stand on alien shores contemplating the awesome task of creating a home in the wilderness. But I was almost over-whelmed by the prospects of adapting to a new life style, and meeting all the costs involved. I didn't permanently exile myself from my home, friends and loved ones. But You know, Lord, it wasn't easy to say goodbye, even IRB member. IRB deals with all areas of broadcasting such as radio, television and cable television. The IRB deals with Christian radio and television stations around the world. The organization is new around campus, but not around the country. Phi-lip Rohler, instructor in speech-communication, and Talbot, a Bethel student, worked to get IRB estab-lished at Bethel. Currently 12 students from Bethel and Northwestern College are involved. ber the particular place— hut it was where he want-ed to go. But I forgot about it. Usually the others want-ed me with them. He was always asking me if I loved him. I don't know why he always ask-ed me. None of the others did. He seemed to want me for himself but there wasn't much time for that. There were always so many other things to do; studies, games and organ-izations and church. I'd go with him there,-but he still wasn't satisfied. see page 5 by Naomi Ludeman How do you spell relief? C—O—M—P—U—T—E----R Registering for classes is a chaotic time. With the pur-chase of computer termin-als, Bethel has attempted to lower the chaos and pressure during class re-gistration, Management Information System (MIS) is the compu-ter terminal into which fall, interim and spring classes were punched. "It's interest-ing to watch my name and courses compute onto a screen," said one student. Time and cost are chief advantages of the new sys-tem. Before last summer, school registration was a long and tedious job. The informa-tion could be fed into a computer only after the students registered for their classes and the computer cards were collected and in order. With the new system, classes are punched direct-ly into the terminal and into students' records. The system has much less pa-per work for the registrars. Laurie Merritt, record su-pervisor, said, "This fall registration was more work because we did it both ways in case we didn't operate the machines cor-rectly.". They did not use the back-up system for in-terim or spring registra- Carol Chryst, the new registration systems coor-dinator, said, "The system will eventually cut costs." ,Previously Bethel bought time on an off-campus com-puter system called Pro-gress Management Services (PMS). Chryst worked for PMS for five years before she came to Bethel. Anot her advantage of the new system is the "ease in handling information," said Chryst. "I don't have to look things up in files. It is great fun!" The Registrar's Office is not the only "relieved" off-ice to use MIS. Public Affairs, Admissions, Development, Student Affairs and Stu-dent Accounts all use the system. Each office has its own password into the coin-pu ter program so that it can not intrude on other programs. The disadvantage to MIS is that it can break down. "But a repair man usually comes the same day to fix it," said Chryst . Bethel owns two compu-ters. One is on the fourth floor near the dean's off-ice. This is the school busi-ness computer. The other is by Doc's corner for st .u-dent and faculty use. The purchase of 11 terminals last spring makes the sys-tem complete. spots. I didn't travel to a strange land to find free-dom to worship You. But I did come here to learn to serve You more and to know You better. So I, too, am a pilgrim. And just as the Pilgrims, after all their hardships, found it in their hearts to thank You, so do I. For considering me worth the trouble and patience it takes to cause me to grow, for watching over me in a stran-ge place and never turning Your back on me, I offer you my own humble thanks-giving. Thanks God. Senate turns project plans Inside-Out by Sue Fahrenkamp The student senate plans a lighted running track and increased security on cam-pus as part of Project In-side- Out. The new t rack, considered because of the demand, will be lighted, so stu-dents can run at night. "A poll taken at Bethel showed that over half the student body jogs," said Janet Brown, student senator. The type of surface has not been decided. A date for the start or completion of the project is still uncertain. Pre-sently, the senate is work-ing with the administra-tion to decide where the track will go. The senate wants to plan the track around the new fieldhouse — in a spot where it will not be disrupted in five years by new buildings. Another senate project is increased security on campus. The senate is not sure which goal will be completed first. Senate hopes to raise funds through Project In-side- Out. The money will go for inside projects, such as the running track, and projects outside campus, such as missions. Project Inside-Out start-ed last Friday, when sen-ate sponsored 1 he movie night. Eight events are plan-ned throughout the year to raise money. Sixty per cent will go for inside projects, and fort y per cent will go for the outside project. IRB aids student broadcasters Programs offered in Biblical, historical and. theological studies, missions, 'Christian educa-tion, church ministries, and lay leadership at the certificate, master's and doctoral levels. Page 5 WildHoney and Camel Hair Conformity forces 'means to an end' mentality Lucie R. Johnson, Bethel's new associate psychology profes-sor, has a special interest in analyzing children's drawings (photo by Dan Velie). Johnson explores art for children's ideas Lucie R. Johnson, new associate professor Of psychology, fits easily in-to Bethel's Swedish atmos-phere with her blond hair and blue eyes. Johnson is a developmen-tal psychologist presently. working on a project with children's drawings of peo-ple. The children are three to four years old, just begin-ning to draw and no longer scribble. According to Johnson, "Drawing is like evolving a language. To put objects on paper and,come to the realization that a circle can represent a person is excit-ing. It is problem-solving." The purpose of Johnson's project is to try to under-stand how and what chil-dren think when they draw. Johnson is married and has two children: Marc, 12, and Paul, 10. Her hus-band Earl works with com-puters and develops soft-ware— any kind of instruc-tions one would give a computer, according to Johnson. In her spare time- John-son likes lo read in many different areas such as phil-osophy, theology • and science fiction. Sometimes she does some leather tool-ing. Johnson says that hob-by "is kind of dead right now; at Christmas it comes by Leann M. Kicker more alive." Johnson came to Bethel from the University of Min-nesota Institute of Child Development where she worked in research. How-ever, she likes teaching very much as she has taught in other colleges. So, when an opportunity came up at Bethel, she took advantage of it. She likes working in a Christian col-lege framework: "It is nice because you get to help integrate faith with learn-ing. In secular schools you see the need but cannot do anything unless they ap-proach you first," she said. As lime went by I grew a little stronger and then I enjoyed 1 he host of com-panions grouped about Inc. But I was rat her neglectful of him. He would talk to me often and tell me about as place we might go ()ge- 1 her some day, if I loved hint But "someday" seem-ed so far away. Often I didn't hear him when he talked for the other voices Files, from page 4 Then suddenly—with-out warning—I grew vio-lently ill and for daysl lay upon my bed barely con-scious. During this lime he never left my side. My other friends were there sometimes, t 00. by Ted Lewis Computers or students? I/6u decide. "Pieces of intel-lectual apparatus, ticking away, waiting for the teacher to push all the familiar buttons: Important Fact ... Big Idea ... Assignment Due ... Test Question ... Right Answer ... Required Reading ... click-click-click. "Watch the teacher—find out what he wants—do it— get the grade—pass the course--7 take your degree-get the job—watch the boss—find out what he wants— do it—get the raise..." Such was Theodore Roszak's description of his college students. Computers don't feel emotional stress. Students do when they function like computers. Last week the column unveiled a stress-worn student who felt drained by his education rather than fulfilled. Why do we face stress? The symptoms of stress surface through our com-plaints: "I've got too little time to finish: finish all my studies and still do other things; I've got too much homework and too many other things to do; I get so little fulfillment from dull or difficult studies." So we hate the pressure, yet submit to the pressure. "Down the road, it'll pay off," we assure ourselves. Stress, more common than the common cold, often results from the virus "disintegratis." When what we do becomes disintegrated from who we fully are, we're quite susceptible to this virus. For example, when the 'doing' aspect of washing dishes or writing papers becomes distasteful to us, the 'finishing' aspect alone tends to fulfill us. In brief, the process is endured for the product, be it wages or grades. If we don't like to study, studying will rub against us. We all can tolerate certain degrees of stress. In fact, stress is often helpful, making us adapt to new situa-tions creatively. But too much stress overloads our minds and bodies. Some authories say 85 per cent of all symptoms show a reaction to emotional stress. - So how do we cope? We can start by opening our eyes to the 'whats,"whys' and 'knows' of stress and its causes. The following facts are left open for consider-ation. Fact: First grade. The sheep are divided from the goats (and literally in those reading groups with animal names). Smart ones get rewards for duplicating what the teacher wants. Dumb ones, labeled 'slow,' get poor grades. Everyone's status is marked, by and large, for the next 16 years. Fact: Even our college grading system rewards "pre-dictable conformity," reinforcing students to learn were so loud. As I watched him, he seemed different than the others, sort of quiet but kind and tender, nevertheless. quite happy. My friends grew merry—but he grew sad. Then one day he turned to me and said, "Lovest Gradually it became ap- thou me more than these?" parent that I would get I shook my head. And he well. They never left my t urned and slowly left the side, nor did he. I was room. FREE! Personalized Engraving when you purchase Brass Christmas ornaments at Bethel Bookstores (No coupon necessary) what is expected of them. This accumulative learning approach makes knowledge a means to the end of grades, and often discourages students from integrative learning. This latter approach views knowledge as a fulfilling end when creative and critical thought reward the student. Fact: "Listen closely, young American. Do you want to be successful in society? Then ya gotta earn your education ... yes, earn that degree... and that nice job. Then you can earn the American dream. You'll never be happy without money." Fact: American colleges are increasingly moving away from liberal arts education and toward career training education. Specialization reigns. And Bethel is no exception. While the humanities wane, business escalates. Fact: Our economy is dovetailed with our educational structure. The flat-fee tuition promotes students to take four courses at a time in order to benefit finan-cially. This ensures a healthy flow of students to pass through Bethel. Unfortunately, most full-loaders don't experience a healthy flow in their studies. Before reading another article, stop and pull these facts together. Discover how they may contribute to our stress. The next "Wild Honey and Camel Hair" will discuss practical alternatives to help restore an integra-tive learning experience which indeed fulfills us, not drains us. Stay tuned to this channel. 3949 Bethel Drive, St. Paul, MN 55112 4747 College Ave., San Diego, CA 92115 Analytical Chemist Stephen Wheeler, new to Bethel's science dept., enjoys performing amateur magic acts in his spare time (photo by Dan Velie). Ski during January for credit! Westmont College offers as part of Interterm, its special January program, 'Labor and Leisure, a course taught by a theologian and a philo-sopher in the heart of the High Sierras at Mam-moth Mountain, CA, one of the nations best ski areas, from January 4 - 16 (Sunday - Friday). Ski all day, study at night! For details of how you can enjoy this unforget-table experience write: Prof. John Hughes or Prof. Jim Mannoia, Westmont College, 955 La Paz Road, Santa Barbara, CA, 93108. Or call us at 805-969-505t ex. 386 (John), ex. 382 (Jim). Or check with your Registrar for the appropriate litera ture and registration forms. The Guthrie Theatre presents Charles Dickens' holiday classic "A Christmas Carol," opening on Wednesday, Nov. 26 at 8:00 p.m. for a straight run through Jan. 3,1981. Richard Hillger is featured as Scrooge, the lonely miser who learns the spirit and joy of Christmas. Coordinators sell Guthrie tickets John W. Ivance Company Since 1946 1618 Pioneer Bldg. 224-7358 John W. Ivance, Sr. John W. Ivance, Jr. John G. Chisholm Russel K. Akre John R. Chisholm INSURANCE Life—Auto—Home Business St. Paul, MN 55101 FALCON BARBER STYLIST 1713 N. Snelling Men & Women's Hair Styling 1J Bethel For appointment X f call 1.upenteur 646-2323 Page 6 Magician turns to chemistry at Bethel by JoAnn Watkins From its beginnings as a family celebration in Swe-den, the Saint Lucia tradi-tion has been observed in many Swedish areas and institutions. This year Saint Lucia is part of the Festival of Christmas at Bethel. The legend of Lucia orig-inated in Syracuse, Sicily, around the year 300 AD. Lucia, a godly girl, was engaged to a wealthy noble-man. When Lucia's mother became very ill, Lucia pray-ed that God would restore her mother's health, prom-ising that if God would do this she would give her dowry to the Church. Lucia became absorbed in giving aid to the needy after she kept her promise to God for healing her mo-ther. Her fiance turned her over to Roman soldiers who placed her in jail. The Romans, who were perse-cuting Christians, tortured her, but she still professed Christianity. Her captors gouged out her eyes and attempted to burn her at the stake. She was put to death by sword, according to the legend, on Dec. 13, 304. Later, the early Church declared Lu-cia a saint. She is now known as Santa (Saint) Lucia, who helped the poor and gave her life for her faith. One legend tells how, during a famine in Swe-den, a large ship came across Sweden's largest lake. On the deck appeared Lucia in a white robe with a crown of light in her hair. She distributed large by Laura Phillips Bethel's chemistry de-partment has acquired a new analytical chemist. A native Californian, Steph-en Wheeler is a self-taught amateur magician. He has given stage shows and even built some of his own magic equipment. "I've always been inter-ested in magic," said Wheel-er, "ever since I was a kid." While living in Minneso-ta, Wheeler has performed two magic shows: one for U of M students at Middlebrook Hall and one in a nearby church. At Bethel, though, Wheeler lim-its his wizardry to the chem-istry lab. amounts of food to the starving people. The word. "Lucia" has been traced to a Latin word meaning light. When Lucia is portrayed, she carries a lamp or torch and her head is outlined by a halow. Lucia wears a long, white robe with a red sash at the waist and a metal crown entwined with sprigs of lingonberries. The tradition of Lucia is still celebrated throughout Sweden. On Dec. 13, the year's shortest and dark-est day, Lucia comes and lights begin to shine. Early in-the morning on this day the traditional Lucia cof-fee is served. In most Swej dish homes, the eldest daughter serves coffee and the customary Lucia buns, "lussekat ter," to the mem-bers of the household while they are still in bed. Saint Lucia and her cowl will begin the Festi-val of Christmas this year )y Serving coffee and little rakes to members of the audience._ Wheeler grew up in Cali-fornia where he received his B.S. in chemistry from the University of Santa Clara in 1975. He then moved to Minneapolis where he received his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1979. From 1979-1980 Wheeler taught at Wheaton College, filling in for a teacher on sabbatical. While at Whea-ton he met Jane Kellar, a former TEAM missionary to France, whom he will .marry January 3. The soft-spoken Wheel-er joined Bethel's faculty this fall. "I came to Bethel by the 'open-and-shut-door policy'," he said. The year Wheeler graduated from the U of M there was no chemistry opening at Be-thel, but there was at Whea-ton. This year the door to Wheaton closed, and the door to Bethel opened. A, Christian for a little by Gloria Martin Soon the Guthrie will start its annual perfor-over three years, Wheeler is interested in chemistry because "it's one way to look deeper into God's crea-tion," he said. "I think the Lord wants us to look and marvel at His works." Wheeler also sees the natural sciences as a way to glorify God. "God has given ,me some-thing that I can do and I think He wants me to use it," Wheeler said. What does he like about Bethel so far? "I really enjoy the chance to interact with students," Wheeler said. "I enjoy the personable small college atmosphere and have ap-preciated the student in-teractions." He also enjoys Bethel's campus. "I really like the campus setting with the lake and the jogging trails," commented Wheeler. "It's the prettiest campus I've seen." mances of "A Christmas Carol." In Charles Dicken's delightful Christmas clas-sic you will see the old miser, Scrooge, transform-ed into a loveable man in one evening. The acting is exquisite, and the stage is equally charming. The Campus Coordina-tors have purchased 400 tickets for Bethel students. Tickets are available for Thursday, Dec. 11 and Fri-day, Dec. 12. SI mien! s will pay $4.75 for tickets val-ued at about $6.00. They will go on sale Wednes-day, Dec. 3, on a first-come, first-served basis. Santa Lucia and court serve Festival LOVELINES Need phone counselors for 24-hour Christian hotlines. 4 week training in area of counseling and evangelism offered. Starling Nov. 2. Gill Dan or Audree 379-1193. But, "It would be nice to have a window in my 'of-fice," he said with a gentle smile. Wheeler believes he has a ministry here at Bethel. Focusing his daily class devotionals on the theme of living the victorious life, Wheeler said, "I want to do more here than just teach chemistry; I want to have an - eternal impact. My number one goal is to do something that will count for eternity." Though kept busy by teaching four classes, Wheel-er would like to be more involved in research, pre-ferably collaborating with the research director at the U of M. He would like to pursue the areas of elec-trochemistry and compu-ter applications in the chem-istry lab (e.g. interfacing computers with chemical instruments). ---- see page 7 The wrestling team prepares for their invitational meet at St. Johns on Dec. 6th. (Photo by Paul Gavic) FARMERS 4 INSURANCE GROUP 40\ /v/A • Curtis R. Brown 488-5545 484-9068 res. AUTO-HOME-LIFE—RENTERS 25°o Good Student Discount ' 10% Driver Training Discount ' Non-Smoker Package Discount' Central Baptist Church 420 North Roy Street St. Paul, Minnesota 646-2751 Staff: Garvin McGettrick Ron Eckert Stewart Dow Mike Anderson Will . Healy Kathy Cupp Greg Dirnberger Bus Leaves: Services: NC 9:00 8:45 and 11 FT 9:10 10 Bible Study SC 9:20 7 p.m. evening Northwestern 9:30 Centennial 9:35 BALDWIN PIANO RENTALS 631-9548 Bethany Baptist Church Cleveland and Skillman Avenues, Roseville, Mn. Worship Service at 11:00 AM Sunday School at 9:30 AM (Special College-age) (See posters for church bus schedule) Evening Service at 6:00 PM Church Telephone 631-0211 Page 7 Pep band adds spirit to sports The Bethel Royal Pep Band made its debute at the alum-ni basketball game Satur-day, Nov. 15. Basketball coach George Palke, athletic director George Henry and band director Charles Olson have been working on plans for the band for over a year. "Were really excited about having a pep band," said Palke. "It adds a lot to the game." The basketball team and the athletic department pur- "We had a super trip to Illinois and we also be-came more spiritually to-gether this year." The football team, coached by Dud Lot ton, ended. the season with a 2 -6 con-ference record and an over-all record of 2 - 8. Concor-dia was conference champ with a record of 7-2-0 and Macalester was behind the Royals at 0 - 7- 1. Jim Anderstrom led the to a m p assing.. fo r 1D 88. yards and ten touchdowns. Ken Cooper ended the sea-son with six touchdowns and 36 pass receptions for 478 yards. Sophomore Brian Flater ran a total of 350 yards for the season. The enthusiasm of the football team was great this year and Lift ton was also pleased with the spir-itual unity of his team. The women's cross coun-try team finished the sea-son placing sixth out of eleven teams in the state and 13th out of 23 teams at the regional meet in Iowa. Captain Brenda Harris ran her last college cross country race this fall as the first Bethel cross coun-try runner to complete four years of competition. She also lettered every year. Coach Betz was new this fall and enjoyed the sea-son. Reflect ing on the over-all season, he said, "We began the season with two veterans and 13 newcom-ers to college cross coun-try. Ellie Abbott ran stea-dy all season, showing the efforts of a good summer program. Lana Lamers, Brenda Harris, Linda Hall- ' blade, and Chris LeVeseur ran their best at the mgion-al meet al Iowa State. "One of thehighlightsof chased uniformS1T-shirts and cowboy hats) for the band. The pep band, composed of about 50 students, is not limited to members of the Concert Band. Any instru-mentalist able to attend rehearsals and performan-ces is eligible. The Bethel Royal Pep Band rehearses once a week under the direction of Steve Lahm, student conductor of the Concert Band. The repertoire includes hit tunes, marches and t radi-the year for me was the Friday morning sharing time. We claimed a number of God's promises includ-ing Phil. 4:19: 'My God shall supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus." The men's cross coun-try team ended the season in seventh place in the MIAC 'and sixth place in the NAIA district meet. Brent Friesen ran the race of his life at the district meet and just missed quali-fying for the national meet by eight places. Friesen, a fourth-year let-ter winner this fall, re-ceived a plaque for his achievements. Ross Allen, Ross Fleming and Dwight Newman received two-year awards and Mike Nel-son, Bob Peitzman and Tim Snyder were awarded first-year awards. Wheeler, from page 6 Though he has no imme-diate plans for the future except staying at Bethel, Wheeler has considered missions. "I would like to be a non-professional mis-sionary and teach the sciences overseas," he said. A downhill and cross-country skier, Wheeler has also played trombone for a hobby. He enjoys listen-ing to classical and roman-tic symphonic music. tional pep band pieces. The band will perform at one home game each week throughout the bas-ketball season. Olson hopes to see the program expand to include other sports next year. "We're really going to have a good time in pep band," said director Lahm. And that's what pep band is about, according to Ol-son. "We're not . trying to provide a profound musi-cal experience," he said. "Our goal is to contribute enthusiasm, spirit, and fun to sports events." Reader contribution by Dave Anderson, student Do you feel that the cost of a college education is in-creasing uncontrollably? Them is something you can do to slow the increasing cost of a college education. Director of Physical Plant Jim Woods estimates that the electricity for.. the .col-lege and seminary, plus heating and cooling for the acaderhic complex, will cost about $230,000 for the 1980- 81 schoolyear. With the utility bills for off-campus housing and the heating and other expenses for the dorms and townhouses, the figure swells to over $400,000 — about $200 per student. Though the utility- bills at Bethel are • paid by a special group of alumni, and students do not direct-ly pay for the energy they use, someone pays the bill for the lights and heat. There are otherareas where these funds could be used. In 1973 the 3M corpora-tion began an energy con-servation drive. In the sev-en years since that pro-gram began approximate-ly $40 million was cut from their energy bill. Those savings are enough to operate the company for one year — free. As of 1979, 26.3 per cent of 3M's total amount of energy used per unit of production was saved. Bethel's largest energy consumers are lights, heat-ing and water heaters. For every 14 hours that a 75- watt light is on, it costs about four cents for electri-city, for example. At times, it becomes difficult to stay warm in townhouses; a wool sweater or a long-sleeved flannel shirt can be just as comfortable as a high thermostat setting. A one-degree decrease in ther-mostat settino b equals a three per cent decrease in heating costs. Hot water is a commod-ity we seem to assume will always be there. The lack of hot water for morn-ing showers could be avoid-ed if everyone would (1) turn off the water while they lather up, (2) take a somewhat cooler shower, with less water pressure, (3) turn off the faucet while they brush their teeth, (4) just let the faucet trickle while they (guys) shave. Remember, too, that open doors and windows, wash-ers', dryers, electric irons, ovens, toasters, stereos, tel-evisions, hair dryers and so on, also use energy, and not only small quantities of it. Some Bethel students' actions seem to indicate an attitude that says, "I have paid my student ac-count so I deserve to get my money's worth." That is a positive attitude with reference to classes and studying, but shouldn't ap-ply to our thinking about energy use. Jesus urges us to be good stewards of what has been given to us (Luke 16:10 and Matt. 25:21). Our ener-gy sources have been giv-en to us, thus the analogy applies. Think about snowflakes. As individual snowflakes they seem most insignifi-cant. Add enough snow-flakes together though, and they become a snow bank, difficult to handle. Waste-ful energy practices also become more difficult to deal with as they persist. Direct any comments or questions concerning ener-gy conservation to Dave Anderson, P 0 265. , Chapel Schedule Monday—Dan Taylor (English prof) Tuesday—Thanksgiv-ing special (faculty) Wednesday—Lee Elia-son (worship service) Thursday—Thanksgiv-ing break Friday—Thanksgiving break Johnson, from page 5 Johnson has a verycom-plimentary first impres-sion of Bethel. She said, "It is the friendliest place I have ever encountered. Peo-ple talk to one another, care about one another. There is a general caring atmosphere. Maybe you no-tice it more when you are new because people go out of their way to .make you feel comfortable." Two of Johnson's stu-dents said that Johnson is easy to talk to and very funny in class. Her soft-spoken nature makes her very easy to talk to about anything, they said Fall sports wrap-up, from page 8 You can conserve energy too The men's basketball team lines up to practice for tomorrow night's game at 5:15 p.m. (Photo by Paul Gavic). Defense operates as basketball key Coach Dahl's hockey team opens up their hockey season tomorrow as they travel to Eau Claire. (Photo by Paul Gavic) Page 8 sports Royals open season, defeat alumni team 6-2 by Becky Dye The Bethel varsity hock-ey team opened their third season last Saturday by defeating the alumni team, 6-2, at Columbia Ice Arena. Coach Craig Dahl corn-mented, "We played pretty well; there was a lot of hustle. There are some fun-damental things we need to work on." In the first period at 9:40, Eric Bottila blasted one unassisted from the blue line. Two minutes la-ter Brian Hertel intercept-ed a pass in front of the net and fired for the second score. Alumnus Tom Correll scored next- with an unas-sisted goal into the corner of the net. The Royals an-swered this goal almost immediately on a break-away scored by Dave John-son. Alumnus Bill Ostlund then shot one in from the by Ellie Abbott The Bethel athletic pro-gram had its "ups and downs" this fall, bust for-tunately, there were more "ups" than last year. Al-most every sport improved their record from last year, and the coaches already look forward to next year. The volleyball team had the best season in several years, and Coach Cindy blue line to make the score 3-2. The Royals took off in the third period scoring three goals. Dick Smith scored on a pass to the front of the net from team-mate Steve Ries. The same two teamed up for another score on a perfectly exe-cuted play set up in front of the net by Ries and tipped in by Smith. The final goal of the game was fired in from the blue line by Guy Kaltman, making the score 6-2. Dahl, pointed out that goalie Eric, "the Sour-dough" Peterson, "did real-ly well in the nets." Dahl also complimented Bruce Nord's line for doing a "su-per job." Tomorrow the Royal hockey team travels to Eau Claire, Wisc. Dahl corn-mented, "They (Eau Claire) lost to Superior this week. I think they're in our league; I think we'll do well." Book was pleased with their performance. Reflect-ing on the season Book said, "Both the varsity and junior varsity had one of the best seasons they have ever had. The varsity fin-ished 21-11 overall and the junior varsity finished the season at 10-3." The highlight of the sea-son was the state tourna-ment in which the Royals tied for fifth place. Although Coach Book by Rob Haglund This is the second of two articles on Bethel bas-ketball, taking a _look at the strengths, weaknesses and expectations of the 1980-81 Royal roundbal-lers. Two things are certain about the upcoming has-will lose JoAnn Griffin and Joy Sorenson to gradua-tion, the team looks strong for next year. Book was encouraged off-season prac-tice and said, "The return-ing players are enthusias-tic about coming back and hopefully will play in the spring and summer U.S.V.B.A. (United States Volleyball Association) or attend summer camps." The soccer team ended their season with a 6-6-4 ketball season: 1) nothing is certain and 2) no matter what happens it should be an exciting year. This year's basketball Royals were hit hard by graduation, losing four starters, three of whom were all-conference. 'How well the team fills those vacancies will determine the extent of their success. Head coach George Pal- • ke counts on added quick-ness and stronger defense to make up for the lack of experience. Two players that the Royals will look to for experience are co-captains Greg Edlund and Andre LaBerge. Edlund, a 6'5" senior from Meadow Vista, Calif., has the most playing exper-ience on this year's squad. He should provide the lea-dership the Royals need from his wing position. LaBerge, a 6'4" junior from New Hope, Minn., will spark this year's team with his intensity and hus-tle. Coach Palke obviously likes the effort LaBerge puts out: "I doubt if any-one puts more into the game than Andre. He will overall record, compared to a 5-8-1 record last year. They finished seventh out of nine teams in the con-ference. Coach Mark Leigh said, "It was really disap-pointing because we were one win out of fourth place; three teams tied for fourth place." Sophomore Mark John-son and junior Andy Lar-son made all-conference and all-district this year, so they will be ready for action next year. be our stopper ondefense," he said. Anchoring the front line will be Jason Velgersdyk, a 6'8" sophomore from Edi-na, Minn. According to Coach Palke, Velgersdyk has pick-ed up more confidence and aggressiveness which, coupled with his outstand-ing leaping ability, should make his a threat both offensively and defensive-ly. 'The "sleeper" on this year's team could very well be Dwayne "Dewey" Nord-strom, a 6'7" soph. from Chicago, Ill. "Dewey will do all the right things for us. He's not flashy and you don't really notice the job he does until you check the statistics after the game," Palke commented. The guard position is still up for grabs. Palke is closely looking at senior Paul Lindsay and junior Cal Lauwers, both from Anchorage, Alaska, and sophomores Jeff Westlund from Richfield and Mike Hanley, a transfer from St. Martins, Wash., as well as several freshmen. Ion Fredrickson and Greg Held will both grad-uate this year. "Jon has been a big part of the team for four years, said Leigh. "And Greg had a lot of heart. He was a vital part of the team this year." Leigh was disappointed the team did not make the play-offs, but had some positive comments also. See page 7 The Royals should have some depth. at the post position with 6'8" sopho-more Steve Goodwin and freshmen Jeff Blumer and Dion Wolter, an all-state selection from Wisconsin. The reserves at wing in-clude juniors Curt Nettle-ton and Dave Williams, a transfer from Superior, Wisc., and sharp-shooting sophomore Rich (aeger. Palke said that this year's freshmen are the best group to come to Be-thel since he has been here. They have come together as a team better than any other he has worked with. Every one of them was named to some type of all-star team. This is good news especially to Assist-ant Coach Paul Reasoner who will be working with the junior varsity this year. Dave Blanchard, Mark Stevens and John Priestly will also serve as assis-tant coaches. The very capa-ble and ever-popular Brad Kroulik works as the team trainer, and the Royals boast the prettiest mana-ger in the conference in Kim Oshima. The success of this year's team will depend on 1) whether someone can pro-vide the floor leadership needed from the point guard position and 2) how long it will take the team to gain the experience need-ed to compete in the MIAC. The conference should be very balanced this year with every team capable of beating every other. The season begins at home to-morrow night, with the junior varsity playing St. Scholastica at 5:15 p.m., and the varsity at 7:30 p.m. Athletes wind up fall season successfully |
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