Clarion 1987-04-10 Vol. 62 No. 17

              The Clarion
Vol. 62 No. 17
ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA
10 April 1987
Repairs reduce summer housing openings at Fountain
by Paul Johnson
Applications for summer
housing at Fountain Terrace
have been available since April
1 from Auxiliary Services in LR
111.
This summer the'rent will be
$400 per month which includes
water and utilities; telephone is
extra. According to Tom Tul-
berg of Auxiliary Services,
about 42 units will he available,
housing approximately 160 students. Tulberg said that they
were looking into the possibility of subleting apartments at
Seminary Village which wall
add additional spaces.
Applications will be filled on
a first come, first serve basis.
Tulberg stated that the sooner
students get their applications
in, the better chance they have
to get an apartment.
Bethel students will have first
priority for available spaces.
However, in past years Bethel
has had a constituency of retired persons. These people, often related to Bethel, come to
the Twin Cities during the summer to visit relatives, and have
rented units at Fountain Terrace. Since the units are fully
furnished, it has been a "perfect
fit"  for them. When student
demand isn't high, renting to
non-students helps to keep the
units in use. This year it is
anticipated that 12 units will be
filled by retirees.
The main reason all the available units are not open to students seems to be that Bethel
cannot afford to leave any of
these units empty. The retired
persons are a type of security to
insure that this won't happen.
Tulberg said that "It is tough
to know from year to year what
the student demand will be."
Last year there was a large demand by students for summer
housing in  comparison with
John Dennis and the Mayberry Mayhem woo Gadkin Chapel attenders with their rendition of "Tell Me
More." photo by George Wessman
PTL's Bakker ruined by 7year-old sin
Charlotte, N.C. (EP)—In his
first press interview since he
resigned his ministry over a
sexual affair with a church secretary, the Rev. Jim Bakker,
former president of the PTL television ministry, said, "I'm so
very sorry this happened. I failed. I made a mistake, and I am
hurting because of it. All I can
do is ask everyone's forgiveness."
He added, "This is devastating for the children. Our lives
are totally destroyed. All we
have left is our faith in God,..It's
amazing how 15 minutes can
destroy your life."
Bakker stepped down from
his leadership post with PTL
after admitting he had made
payments to Jessica Hahn fol
lowing a sexual encounter with
her seven years ago. Bakker's
resignation came weeks after
he revealed that his wife,
Tammy Faye Bakker, had been
hospitalized for treatment of a
17-year-long addiction to prescription drugs.
"Tam is able to hold up so
steady through this," he said in
an interview with the Muskegon Chronicle. "No nasal spray,
no Allerests, no Valium, which
was just running her life."
Bakker said he had stopped
following the news reports of
the growing scandal which
some have dubbed "Pearly-
gate." "I guess it's a free-for-all
time right now," he said. "I can
understand the media doing it;
that's their job. But I'm so sur
prised by people in the ministry
...to Hear such hatred directed
toward me."
"It's amazing how 15
minutes can destroy your
life."
 —Jim Bakker
Bakker's attorney, Norman
Roy Grutman, has said that Bakker's fall was engineered by
rival evangelist Jimmy Swag-
gart, who Grutman said planned a "hostile takeover" of the
PTL ministry. Swaggart denied
the charge, and an investigation
by the Assemblies of God has
determined that there is no sub-
other years. They could have
filled Fountain Terrace entirely
with students. Although this
could be the case this year,
apparently student's plans tend
to be less firm than those of the
retired persons.
One problem in figuring student demand has to do with
those who are hoping to find a
summer job in the Twin Cities.
Tulberg said that some students
who had applied for housing
last year were unable to find
jobs and therefore went home.
Thus spaces were made available, but since there was a waiting list of persons desiring housing, these spaces would not be
left empty.
Rod Long, director of housing, said that this year there
would be fewer apartments
available than last year because
of necessary repairs. At least
one of the buildings will be
undergoing fairly extensive repairs and thus will not be in use
this summer. Long said that
such repairs need to be made
during the summer so that the
buildings can be ready for fall
occupancy.
The repairs include everything from putting in new carpeting, to plumbing, to the painting of walls and ceilings. Basically, whatever needs to be done
they are going to try and do. The
budget determines when and
how much repairs can be done,
which unfortunately tends to
inconvenience some.
Some of the apartments are
rented on a yearly basis to married students, and these, of
course, are not available for
summer housing.
Tulberg said that if necessary,
they would have a list for those
who are looking for roommates.
Should all the apartments be
filled, a waiting list will be set
up in case of last-minute cancellations.
Senate discusses housing;
new policy gains approval
Pearlygate see p. 2
by Brad Best
Student Senate met for the
twenty-fourth time on Wednesday, April 1 and reviewed the
newly composed housing proposal. This proposal is the result
of a combination of student
input, a Senate executive committee, and Rod Long, housing
director.
Long was present at the meeting to introduce the proposal
and answer any questions. "The
process is pretty much the same
as last year. It's still a class-level
priority system that recognizes
squatter's rights," said Long.
Students' financial
records will be
checked to make sure
that their bills are
paid.
One of the things that will be
different this year is that housing selection will be done in
three phases—one for town-
houses, another for dorms and
one for Fountain Terrace. The
system will still employ a combination of freshmen and upper-
classmen, with upperclassmen
comprising a maximum of 30%
of all occupants.
Students' financial records
will be checked to make sure
that their bills are paid. "We've
gotten into some degree of difficulty with the business office
when we sign up people for
housing who aren't eligible to
register for classes," said Long.
Senators were concerned
about squatter's rights, their
role in communicating this
information to their fellow students, and with the length of the
policy which may be too long
for some to -read thoroughly.
Senate decided to vote on the
new housing application process and a majority of senators
were in favor of supporting it.
The Rules and Finance committee wrote bill 28-24-1 concerning an allocation of funds
for the all-college banquet. A
total of $1,300 will be needed
for the banquet with $1,100
coming from the Senate budget
and another $200 through fundraisers. An upcoming Air Band
will be part of this fundraising.
The rules were then suspended so that they could vote
on the bill without further discussion. Senate voted on the
bill, which was passed by a
majority vote.
Other Senate news: The Public Action Committee has organized an informative seminar
concerning abortion for April
23rd in the AC Lounge at 3:45
p.m.