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September 19, 1997        Volume 103
Issue 1
In this issue:
Greetings from the Editors, page 2
Dear Ron, page 2
Robert Cowgill/The Movie Business, page 3
Creative Work, pages 3 & 4
Computer Lab Primer, page 4
President WiUiam V. Frame greeted students during Welcome Week at "Meet the Prez."
photo by Hanne Anderson
IT Unifies Departments
by Jim Webber
Co-Editor in Chief
The Academic and Administrative
Computing, Telecommunications,
and Audio-Visual departments
have been consolidated as
Information Technology (IT).
The unified IT Service Center is
the initial contact point for service
and support of all campus computing, media and telecommunications needs, including: scheduling of computing and media
equipment for in-class use, checkout of laptop computers and media
equipment, computer-related work
requests, creation of e-mail
accounts, and telecommunications
requests.
Work requests may be placed by
phone (330-1044), by e-mail
(help@augsburg.edu), or in person. The IT service center and
staff offices are located on the
Link Level of the Lindell Library,
across from the Art Gallery.
Computing help—previously centered in the Foss Computer Lab—
is now spread out over campus.
The Foss Center Computer Lab
will be open and staffed for the
same hours as the Lindell Library,
which are 8 a.m.-11 p.m.,
Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Saturday, and 12 p.m.-11 p.m.
Sunday. An evening help desk
will be added to the
Urness/Mortensen 24-Hour
Computer Lab by the end of
September.
Important
Numbers/ Addresses
IT Service Center,
X1044
Computer Work
Requests,
help@augsburg.edu
Parking Permits Go on Sale
Again to Students, Faculty
by Jim Webber
Co-Editor in Chief
Parking permits went on sale 6:00
a.m. Friday. September 5 to over
200 waiting resident students. A
total of 240 resident permits were
sold for 219 available spots, and
325 commuter permits for 249
spots. Faculty permits (for 339
spots) are still being sold. Each
permit cost $99. up $10 from last
year.
At least 250 resident students
arrived early to the sale. The waiting line quadrupled in size
between 4:00 and 4:30 am,
observers said. Nearly everyone
who began waiting before 5:00 am
got a permit, but the limited store
ran out for several students who
arrived later than 5:00 am.
Many students were unhappy that
they did not get a permit, and also
that nearly four hours of sleep
were lost to a long wait in the college tunnel system.
"I do not understand why this process is condoned when it makes
everyone so tired that he or she
cannot participate in class the next
day," a first-year student said.
Most students awoke between
3:00 and 4:00 am, but many did
not sleep at all.
Safety was another concern; the
dense crowds blocked doorways
and other fire exits. The security
dispatcher asked all people waiting to move back five feet from
the doorways so that no one would
be pushed down in a sudden rush
to the door, but with no security
officers present—except one, who
distributed permit registration
forms—the crowd re-closed on
the entrances and exits.
Student Senate and Buildings and
Grounds (nee Plant Services) have
agreed to change the "first come,
first served" policy on the sale of
parking permits to a renewal system, in which only new students—
22 percent of all 1996-7 permit
holders— need to wait for an
available permit. All sophomores,
juniors, and seniors—29, 21, and
28 percent of 1996-7 permit holders, respectively— will simply
renew their parking permit contract.
Acting CFO of the Budget
Committee, Dick Adamson, said
that the $10 price hike—which
will generate an additional $2400
to last year's $21,600 revenue—
will be used to maintain 21st
Avenue South and commuter
parking spaces (next to Husby-
Strommen Tennis Courts). These
maintenance costs cover snow
removal and pothole repair.
$50,000 Allocation Marks
Beginning of Residence
Hall Improvements
by Rachel Selle
News Editor
Mortensen Tower is infested
with mold, the lounge furniture
is made out of plywood and carpet, and Urness Tower is nicknamed the Furnace. Therefore,
when President William Frame
announced this past August that
he would be spending $50,000
to renovate these two halls, there
was one question on most people's minds: Where is he going
to start? And then, what can
only $50,000 accomplish?
Housing accommodations have
long been a campus issue. This
year, with a new administration
and a new program beginning
called RHA (Residence Housing
Association), students might
begin to see some changes. In
his memorandum dated August
21, Frame wrote, "Our facilities
may not meet your expectations
upon arrival— they certainly do
not meet mine—but we are
resolved to address this problem
within the year." He admitted
last Friday, however, that the
$50,000 had not been spent yet.
The first order of business seems
to be dealing with the mold
growing in Mortensen, by
removing the caulk in the tuck
points and replacing it with mortar to stop all the water leakage.
"It is rather sickening to notice,"
said Frame. "It can't be good to
have mold growing on a roof."
See Allocation on
page 7
Orientation 1997 Welcomes
Largest Frosh Class
by Tyler_Livingston
St
staff Writer
On September 1, Augsburg
College welcomed over 300 new
first-year students or first-year
transfers who represent the graduating class of 2001.
This same group of students
represents the largest incoming
class Augsburg has ever had in
its 128 years of existence, and
they shatter the previous "largest
class" mark by at least fifty students. Augsburg is at least 50
students over the budgeted figure, which translates into big
bucks for the college and growth
for our community.
With the process for admission
completed, the first-year students came together for one of
two registration sessions this
past summer. The June and
August registration sessions saw
141 and 155 students spend the
night in Urness Tower, begin to
See Orientation on
page 7
Many students huddled in the college tunnel system while waiting
for parking permits.
Photo: Jim Webber