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BU's 2013-14 student leaders

Bethel's families on campus

Spring athletes to watch

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ladyOn Sunday, Feb. 24, drivers raced in the 55th Day-

tona 500 in Florida. James Franco, the grand marshal for the race, changed the famous opening statement a bit: “Drivers – and Danica – start your engines!” He was acknowledging Danica Patrick, the first woman to win the pole at a Sprint Cup race, which meant she was the lead driver to start and had the first choice of pit stalls. When introduced to the crowd, Patrick received as many cheers as popular driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. Throughout the race she was consistently in the top 10, and she finished in eighth place, living up to the hype that had many people calling the race the “Danica 500.”

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Michaela MohsFor The Clarion

Life in the slow lane

In Britain, an increasing number of cities have decided to lower speed limits to 20 mph on all residential roads. Part of the cause behind this “go-slow revolution” is the British Conservative Party, which set guidelines last month for local communities to make 20 mph limits one of their “priorities for action.” Currently, polls show that citizens don’t mind the slower speed limits, and a survey by a Brit-ish newspaper showed that one-third of local governments had already lowered their speeds or plan to. Some cities imposing slower speeds include Oxford, Cambridge and Liverpool. More cities are looking to make all their streets 20 mph, not just residential ones, to improve safety.

Fishy labelingOceana, a non-profit ocean conservation group, report-

ed their findings after a two-year investigation: about one-third of fish bought at supermarkets, restaurants and sushi counters was mislabeled. They discovered this “fish fraud” was surprisingly consistent around the country after volun-teers collected fish samples from 647 vendors in 21 states. Nearly 75 percent of sushi restaurants had at least one fish sample mislabeled, while this seafood substitution was found at only 18 percent of grocery stores. Because over 80 percent of the seafood in the country is imported, it’s unde-termined whether the mislabeling – such as farmed salmon from Chile masquerading as “wild caught from Alaska” – oc-curred at supplier, distributor or retail level.

Toxic swim: Not worth It

It sounds like a good deal: swim in one of several Chi-nese rivers and earn thousands of dollars. However, the upset Chinese citizens posting such offers online don’t believe officials from the local environmental protection bureaus will take them up on it. Chinese news agency Xinhua has reported that 64 percent of groundwater, in 118 Chinese cities, is severely polluted. The offers start-ed when journalist Deng Fei asked his Twitter followers to post pictures of polluted rivers in their hometowns. People used the pictures to speak out against the current state of rivers that used to be used for drinking water and washing clothes. Deng proposes that the environmental offices be controlled by Beijing, not the local govern-ments.

New ingredients for road salt

Every winter, state agencies lay down about 10 to 15 million tons of road salt in order to combat icy roads. Because much of the salt eventually runs off into nearby ponds, streams and roadside soil, more environmentally and financially friendly options are being tested. Wisconsin uses cheese brine mixed with salt, which uses about 30 percent less salt and saved about $40,000 in the first year. Other cities in Illinois and Minnesota have started using beet juice and sug-arcane molasses to help road salt stick and to reduce dependence on rock salt.

Students suspended over Shake

Many students in Michigan recently had a few days off – but not for vacation. More than 30 Milford High School students were suspended for spans of three to five days because of their involvement in a Harlem Shake video shot in one of the school’s classrooms. In most Harlem Shake videos, a lone person dances while everyone else in the room carries on as normal. The scene then cuts to a crazy dance segment involving large numbers of people. The lat-ter stage is responsible for the Milford High School suspen-sions, since the students displayed suggestive dance moves. Four other high schools have suspended students for similar videos this month.

Michaela MohsFor The Clarion

Some may joke that PSEO students are technically still in high school or too young to go to Gadkin, but are there any academic differences between under-graduates and PSEO students?

PSEO students typically have to take classes to not only fulfill general re-quirements (and, if they have decided, classes for a major), but also to com-plete high school requirements. Addi-tionally, housing and meal plans aren’t covered as part of the PSEO tuition or fees paid for by the state.

According to the Bethel PSEO ap-plication, PSEO students are “regarded essentially as freshmen.” There are a few restrictions, however. One restric-tion related to academic options is that

full-time or part-time PSEO students cannot take any biblical or theologi-cal courses with the prefixes BIB, THE or YOM. A student can return to complete their undergrad degree at Bethel and take one of these courses the year after participating in the PSEO program.

A second restriction for PSEO stu-dents at Bethel deals with personal en-tertainment. Based on federal laws put in place several years ago, all university libraries are restricted from lending R-rated movies to PSEO students regard-less of their age. If a PSEO student tries to check out such an item, their library card

generates a “flag” notification, making it impossible for the transaction to be com-pleted.

David Stewart, the director of librar-ies at Bethel, said that this federal law is not a “question of reduced services, or of personal freedoms” but rather some-thing that the Bethel libraries are re-quired to practice.


NewsNewsCollege Republicans get things rolling againnClub plans on getting involved on campus and beyond

Jon WestMark News Editor

After a long hiatus, the Bethel College Republicans reorganized their club with a new constitution, new elected officials and an announcement of increased in-volvement with the statewide organiza-tion in a meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 27.

The group met sporadically three times prior to this year’s presidential elec-tion, but when current club president Paul Hultgren returned from studying abroad this semester, he and a small group of others who share his passion for politics decided to get organized. “During the election we were kind of missing in action or occupied with other things,” he said. “It fell apart so we’re just trying to restart it.”

They wanted to do it the right way. “We’re trying to be more formal and professional – more of a legitimate club rather than just a bunch of dudes and a few girls that get together and do politi-cal things,” Hultgren said. The small party drafted a new constitution, adapting and

amending the St. Thomas and Carthage College versions to make it something unique to Bethel’s group. Following Rob-ert’s Rules of Order – a formal structure for moving through motions, elections and votes – the group presented and rati-fied the constitution and elected an ex-ecutive committee.

Andrew Hasek, the chairman of St. Thomas’ chapter of College Republicans, attended the meeting and spoke about his campaign to be the chair of the Minneso-ta College Republicans. Since taking over as St. Thomas’ leader last April, Hasek, a junior, has helped the St. Thomas chapter grow considerably, tripling the group’s email list, increasing meeting attendance from five to 60 and privately fundraising $1,200.

Hasek has selected Bethel sophomore Zach Berry to serve on his platform com-mittee. Berry, who was also elected as secretary of the Bethel chapter, will join eight other college students from around the state to propose and edit ideas for Hasek’s campaign, and if Hasek is elected,

will help bounce ideas off of him during the one year term.

After a frustrating failure to organize an event for the presidential debate last fall, Berry feels like the group is finally moving in the right direction. “The club was at a pretty apathetic stage,” he said. “We were there, sure, but in terms of our motivation, nothing, absolutely nothing.”

Being nominated to Hasek’s platform committee was a pleasant bonus, but Berry hopes that the connections with Hasek, whether he wins the state chair or not, will lead to partnerships and collabo-rations with other chapters.

Hasek also hinted that there was a good chance that, if he is elected, one of his three vice chairs will come from Beth-el.

For Hasek, networking and helping build other groups not only develops ca-maraderie between Republicans at dif-ferent schools, but it is also a crucial part of his campaign. The chair is voted upon by delegates from across the Minnesota chapters, and the number of delegates

from each chapter is determined by the overall size and strength of the group. The candidate’s running platform has less to do with conservative philosophy – as the chair must abide by the state Republican platform – and more to do with effective-ness in growing the organization.

Whether Hasek’s campaign is success-ful or not, Berry is excited for the future of the club at Bethel. “It’s just great that now we have this passion, the drive and the motivation,” he said. “So now we’re just setting fire.”

Club members listen to Bethel College Republican president Paul Hultgren as he discusses the club's new structure.

St. Thomas College Republican chairman Andrew Hasek presents his platform and answers questions at Bethel's meeting.

PHoToS FoR THE CLARIoN CoURESTy oF BETHEL CoLLEGE REPUBLICANS

Mary PoldingFor the Clarion

Results of the 2012 alumni survey were recently released, indicating sur-prisingly high levels of employment, but also confusion on some of Bethel’s key core values.

The survey is given to those who have been out of Bethel for one, five and 10 years. While alumni further out from graduation seem to have more in-terest in providing feedback, the survey revealed many positive results regarding students’ experiences post-Bethel.

Every year from June to October, sev-eral faculty members and staff develop questions and manage communications with hundreds of alumni in order to get a better understanding of how students' time at Bethel influences their profes-sional and personal lives after college. The survey results are compiled and

sent out in a report to administrators, faculty, staff and the Board of Trustees.

Typically, departments receive de-tailed reports of the survey results, and each group may determine if action is necessary. In the past, the Board has created various task forces to monitor issues brought forth by the alumni sur-vey. Here, we examine a couple key find-ings from this year’s alumni survey, from the 2011, 2007 and 2002 graduates.

Perhaps one of the most interest-ing findings was the low unemployment rate. The one- and five-year alums re-corded just 1 percent unemployment, and 10-year alumni were at 3.4 percent. Being the Bethel community that we are, it would only be natural for us to wonder how we stack up in comparison to other college grads, particularly to those from the University of St. Thomas.

According to the Economic Policy In-stitute, the average unemployment rate

for college graduates in 2012 was 9.4 percent. The University of St. Thomas has not released its 2012 data yet, but in 2011, St. Thomas recorded an alumni unemployment rate of 4.5 percent. Ac-cording to the survey, Bethel alumni at-tribute a large part of their success in the job market to Bethel’s loyal faculty. One alumnus said, “People continued to push me and believe in me, and I re-ally appreciated that about the staff at Bethel.”

While the unemployment rates showed substantial success, the alumni survey reflected a frustrating sentiment towards certain aspects of Bethel’s core values. Survey participants were asked to rank the core values in terms of how their experiences at Bethel helped them to develop in those particular areas. “Learner” and “Truth-Seeker” received consistently high ratings across alumni results, while “Reconciler” and “World-

Changer” were ranked lowest, with sig-nificantly less enthusiasm.

Perhaps these results will bridge the apparent gap between the administra-tors' and students' views on reconcili-ation at Bethel, although the students’ opinions seem to remain quite incon-sistent. Joel Frederickson, a Bethel psy-chology professor and a member of the team that works on these results, said, “Reconciliation continues to be the core value that receives the widest range of responses. Some recent alums think that Bethel focuses too much on recon-ciliation ... Others complain that Bethel does not do enough related to reconcili-ation.”

Overall, this survey presented strong feedback for Bethel’s administration and staff to examine. While it indicated areas of attention, it provided positive feedback in terms of alumni satisfaction and preparedness.

Alumni survey shows shows high employment numbers, mixed feelings about some core valuesn The survey, sent to three graduated classes, helps focus attention on areas that may need attention

ONE- AND FIVE-YEAR ALUMS 10-YEAR ALUMNI ST THOMAS ALUMNI (2011)(2012 results not yet released)

AVERAGE RATE FOR COLLEGE GRADS

(Results from Economic Policy Institute)Unemployed

Employed

99% 96.6% 95.5% 90.6%


News NewsBSA names 2013-14 president and VP Bethel announces major housing changes

nStudent Life confident that despite potential snags, the change is good for the community

nAfter an uncontested election Ashley Ancona and Jacky Arness are declared next year's student leaders

celeste harloW For The Clarion

With the housing process underway, Bethel students have a few different options than in years past. Because undergraduate housing is being removed from Fountain Terrace and transferred to Widen Hall in the fall of 2013, North Village will split into two dorms – North Woods and North Waters. However, these changes raise questions other than what color shirt the new dorm will wear for homecoming.

For the past two years,

the Office of Student Life has been attempting to move all single undergraduate stu-dents to the main campus. Jim Benjamin, the associate dean for resident life, explained that they sensed students felt “forced to live in Fountain.” Moving forward, Benjamin and his colleagues want to offer an alternative they think will better suit the community in the long run.

Fountain Terrace will be-come a Bethel-run apartment community, instead of a dor-mitory. The hope is that it will foster a true apartment style community, which will consist of students from the semi-nary, graduate school and col-lege of adult and professional studies as well as faculty, staff and married undergrads.

Minor renovations will begin this summer to prepare each building for the switch. These changes will be similar to the shift Wessman under-went two years ago when it was converted from seminary housing to undergraduate dorms.

Though housing has un-dergone change for a few years, the newest shift may be the most drastic yet, rais-ing concerns from students of both dorms involved. Semi-nary families will be espe-cially affected by the change, particularly those with chil-dren. The current residents of Wingblade and Widen have developed a strong sense of community which will likely

be lost as students and their families decide where to live.

Some current residents of Fountain Terrace also face a difficult decision. Each resi-dent of Fountain receives a 20 percent discount on their housing costs. As they move back to campus, this discount will dissolve, leaving some students without affordable housing alternatives.

In the midst of these inter-nal changes, more off-campus housing options will become available this coming fall. E-Street Flats is a new student housing development a mile from campus on the corner of Country Road and Lexing-ton. The new apartments will be inside the renovated hotel previously used for North-western College housing.

E-Street plans on offering a range of amenities and apart-ment styles for all college students in the area. With Fountain Terrace no longer a community option off of the main campus, some Bethel students may opt for the off-campus college community of these new apartments.

Benjamin is not worried about this potential compe-tition or the possible loss of seminary residents. He is con-fident the housing changes will be positive for the Beth-el community as a whole by fulfilling his office’s goal “to have all on-campus housing truly on campus.”

Matt kelley Editor-in-Chief

With the recent approval of juniors-to-be Ashley Ancona and Jacky Arness as next year’s BSA president and vice presi-dent, the student body will be led by candi-dates who ran unopposed for the sec-ond consecu-tive year. The pair was still subjected to standard scru-tiny of Student Life, and a vote – admittedly of meager turnout – took place online Feb. 26 and 27.

“I think BSA is really lucky, because I know they’ll have a fantastic team for next year,” said Austin La-roche, current student body president. “Honestly, even if there were five teams running against them, it wouldn’t matter. I think this team’s going to do a great job, and I’m really excited to work with them. I feel like this is the team that God has brought to BSA.”

While Ancona and Arness are both excited to be in lead-ership roles, they both said that they would have preferred to

campaign against opponents.“I think that a competition

excites people,” Arness said. “If they see people actually run-ning against each other, they want to know what they’re run-ning for. ‘What do you stand for? What is BSA?’ Those ques-

tions come to the front of people’s minds.”

Both of next year’s leaders were bothered by the trend of unopposed elections. Ar-ness said that it’s difficult to pinpoint a reason why so few stu-dents have welcomed the challenge of leading BSA the past two years, but she indicated that it may be due to a comfort-zone mindset. “People are very much

routine-oriented – at least that’s been my perception,” she said. “So often trying new things doesn’t sound very ap-pealing. If they haven’t been in-volved in the past, it’s not really on their radar.”

Ancona attributed the trend to early graduation – the same problem plaguing enrollment numbers and the university

coffers – and the popularity of study abroad programs. It ap-pears to be getting more diffi-cult to find good candidates. By the time students are mentally, emotionally and spiritually pre-pared to lead, many of them are seeking off-campus oppor-tunities or already starting their careers.

Another problem is that the student population lacks knowledge about BSA and its leadership, something that An-cona and Arness want to ad-dress directly. The leadership team indicated that its early priority would be “bridge-building,” connecting BSA to other organizations and institu-tions in the school. The goal is that educating and engaging in-volved students in other areas will increase participation and leadership.

With capable students hav-ing to decide where to allocate their time – as an RA, in ath-letics, for Welcome Week, as a part of BSA or in countless other ways – it’s easy for these groups to contend for the at-tention of those who want to get involved.

“Sometimes it feels like we’re competing against each other, when really we’re work-ing for the same cause: to make everyone’s experience at Beth-el University the best it possibly can be,” Ancona said. “My big-gest goal is to see how we can work with those other organiza-tions so students don’t feel like they’re picking between one and another.”

Ancona pointed directly to

the athletic department as an example, saying that BSA needs to do a better job supporting teams and athletes if it wants to tap into the leadership poten-tial already present in sports.

Arness reiterated the goal of building connections, adding that Bethel’s size gives its student body the opportuni-ty to be more collaborative, compared to larger schools where factions are more com-mon and divi-sive.

While Bethel’s size isn’t new to Ancona, the campus itself is. A year ago she was at In-diana Wesley-an University, frustrated by certain school policies and searching for an alternative that better fit her academic needs and personality. After finding a home at Bethel this year, she’s poised to take over as the BSA president, who also serves as president of the stu-dent body.

Some may see her limited time on campus as a hindrance, but Ancona sees the experience at IWU as an advantage. She said that time at another school

has helped her see more clearly what Bethel’s true assets are and where the university needs to improve.

The next step in the process is hiring a team of executives to manage specific facets of BSA and work directly under Ancona

and Arness.With the

exception of a few select tasks reserved for the BSA president – namely meet-ing regularly with President Jay Barnes and occasionally with the Board of Trustees – the president and vice presi-dent are free to divide re-sponsibilities as they see fit. Although they have months to ad-just, the pair sees Arness in constant com-munication with the ex-

ecutives, with Ancona’s input reserved for final decisions.

At this point, Ancona and Arness don’t know all the nu-ances of what their jobs will be next year, but as Laroche trains them, the picture will become clearer. According to Laroche, that learning process is one of the most rewarding aspects of the position.

PHoToS FoR THE CLARIoN By ERIN GALLAGHER

Ashley AnconaPresident

"I really want to surround myself with people who think outside the box. Sometimes we get stuck doing the same old thing. Those events are awesome, but as we grow, we need to challenge ourselves to do things a little differently."

Jacky ArnessVice President

"As VP, I love that I have what I see as a very ap-proachable role. I think VP is a position that students feel really comfortable com-ing to, and I really hope to capitalize on that. I really want to see that aspect of my role fulfilled."


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lexi Beasley For The Clarion

Prior to last semester, Ben, my boyfriend of three years, and I had not gone more than 10 days without seeing each other. And believe me, 10 days was quite the hiatus for us. Now, however, we have lengthened that gap to three and a half months – a drastic change from our normally in-tertwined life at Bethel.

Last semester I traveled from Minnesota, where I’ve

lived my whole life, to the Big Apple, where I spent a semes-ter taking writing classes and doing an internship at Verily Magazine. However, moving to New York City for almost four months meant that Ben and I would have to participate in the dreaded long-distance re-lationship.

The summer months before I left were spent emotionally and mentally preparing for the time away from him — yes, I was that girl who cried at the thought of leaving her true

love. But the lessons I have learned have been invaluable, not only for our relationship, but also for both of us as in-dividuals.

There are many articles that I’ve seen about whether or not one should enter into a LDR, but what I haven’t seen are ones about people who have actually participated and succeeded in this diffi-cult journey. And since Bethel stresses studying abroad (and I highly recommend it!), many students have to get used to the idea of being apart from their significant other. Thus, I want to explain both the highs and lows of our time apart and share the three key lessons I learned.

1) Use, But Don’t Overuse,

TechnologyTechnology can be a huge

blessing for those who have to manage relationships across long distances. Skype, cell phones and the Internet have made keeping up with loved ones seem a bit less daunting. Ben and I tried to keep our communication up so even though our lives were totally separate, at the end of the day, we still felt connected. Sending him a picture of my walk through Central Park or something that reminded me of him was always a fun thing for both of us. Letting him see a picture of my world made it feel less like there were 1,013 miles between us. However, putting the cell phone down can be equally beneficial. While our time spent together

at college has been wonder-ful, many times friendships with others can suffer. Being separate allowed Ben to spend ample amounts of time with his college buds and allowed me to develop friendships with girls in New York. Con-stantly using your phone un-dermines this and defeats the wonderful benefit of being totally present with friends. Maintaining time away from the screen is just as important as time on it.

2) Plan AheadOne of my favorite things

I did to prepare for my time away was surprising Ben with a basket of presents the day before I left. Each present was labeled with a date — one for every week I was gone. Though it took some time (and money), every week both he and I were able to look for-ward to it. Every Sunday we would Skype and he would open the present marked for that day. The presents ranged from a new movie to a couple packs of gum. By planning ahead, Ben knew how much he meant to me and was re-minded of this every week. Having things to look forward to besides the end date, which can seem so far away, was key to the enjoyability of our time away from each other.

3) Become Your Better SelfThrough my semester in

New York, I was truly able to develop as an individual more than I ever have. Coming into college with a boyfriend, I

never felt like I was on my own, though I loved being able to have Ben so close and always being able to talk to him when I wanted to. After moving to New York, this level of comfort changed dramati-cally. I could no longer walk five minutes to his dorm. So instead of pining away and feeling bad for myself (which I will admit I did on occasion), I decided to use this time as a way to grow individually. Ev-erything very quickly became solely up to me. Grocery shop-ping and making every meal myself, though sometimes challenging, became fun! (I to-tally took for granted Bethel’s cafeteria!) I even learned how to cook chicken — something I was terrified of before. That one took a full Skype session with my mom, so I suppose I can’t take full credit. Tak-ing the subway every day and having none of my previous comfort system around me, allowed me to grow and be-come more independent. And Ben appreciated it, too! No one likes feeling like someone is totally dependent on them for their happiness, especially during the dating years!

My time away from Ben, though difficult at times, produced many unexpected blessings. Our time apart has increased the love and admi-ration that I have for him and has made me feel so lucky to have such a good guy by my side. As they say, distance truly does make the heart grow fonder!

Coping through the distance nLearning how to make a long-distance relationship work

The Covenant: What is our intent?craig henkelFor The Clarion

The Covenant is not wrong; however, I question the pur-pose.

I see an Old Testament ap-proach to a New Testament promise – a New Testament promise in which Jesus only gives us one overriding law: to love God and love people. Ac-cording to this one law, every-thing else falls underneath.

I see a list of rules that hin-ders authenticity and creates a scale of hierarchy. Was this the purpose? Of course not. But there is a cycle of thought in which covenant breakers and covenant keepers are tainted by the lie that one is “better” than the other. When does this

cycle stop? But, I might add, are there really any covenant keepers anyway? What I mean is keepers of the only true Cov-enant that matters – Christ’s Covenant with us. Do we not all fall short in matters of our Covenant relationship with our King, Jesus Christ? So what does this mean? It means that whether a person simply gos-sips, swears, consumes alco-hol or has frequent sex before marriage, we are all the same in regard to sin. We are all the same not by what we do, but by what He did.

I find students following the covenant not necessarily be-cause of their love for Christ, but so that something doesn’t get taken away. It is followed not out of love, but out of fear

of losing something – a fear produced not just by losing a spot on the team, but by losing self-image and respect from judgmental eyes. Shouldn’t I rather be concerned that when I break the Covenant, Christ’s Covenant, that I am turning my back on the one true Love that never fails me? To have legalis-tic “punishment” for breaking Bethel’s covenant would be to place a grading system on our sin.

Something like gossip is often generated from the prin-ciple that someone is less, due to wrongdoing. This can be detrimental to a community. Gossip, or breaking the cov-enant, sometimes results from the very thing we’re trying to destroy.

Let us be authentic for a minute. On judgment day, it will not matter whether you break Bethel’s covenant or not. And that’s beautiful. That is what Christ’s freedom refers to: the freedom from sin due to grace. What will matter is your heart. It is a scary thought, but might Bethel’s covenant hinder us from seeing what the real Covenant is? I’m talking about the Covenant relationship that has open arms without having to earn it ... a gift – without having to pay a fine or a duty in order to be granted grace, without having a tally count of how many “crimes” you have committed.

I’m not saying Bethel is bad, or the covenant itself is bad. It is how the covenant is being

both implied and applied. Bethel is an incredible school, but to say that it does not have any flaws would be to say that Bethel has some sort of divin-ity. Flaws are good; flaws cre-ate growth. Think about what our relationships would look like if everyone were flawless. If that were the case, there would be an overwhelming amount of constraint, because mistakes tend to be the best way to relate to one another, and the best way to show and receive forgiveness. This is an individual battle, but it is up to the community to tackle.

Forgiveness has been dem-onstrated in the most beauti-ful way possible, and it begins with three nails and two pieces of lumber.


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Culture CultureRaising kids amidst the ruckusnRDs reflect on the experience of living as a family on campus

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Lissner 106 has light blue walls, wood floors, multiple hanging fin-ger paintings, and toys decorating every couch and chair. The apart-ment, which lies at the end of a hall of college suites, is the home of Paul and Brooke Berg and their two sons Bridger, 4, and Oakley, 2.

Berg may be the resident direc-tor of Lissner Hall, but he is also a husband and a father. A 2003 grad-uate of Bethel's psychology depart-ment and graduate of the seminary, Berg has been a resident director since 2004. He served his first year at Sterling College in Kansas, and then moved to Bethel, where he spent three years on freshman hill before moving to Lissner.

Becky Johnson, the RD of Bodi-en Hall, and her husband, Erik, have raised their daughter Addie at Beth-el, amidst the chaos of college life. Addie, now 16 months, was born during Johnson’s first year as the RD of Bodien during the 2011-12 school year.

The Bergs and the Johnsons represent a growing number of resi-dent director families on campus. Raising children on a college campus has its definite benefits, including a deep-rooted support system and a never-ending supply of babysitters.

“I don’t know if I’ll ever be in another season of life where I’ll have so many people volunteering to babysit,” said Berg. “That’s really such a gift.”

He added that his kids serve as a buffer, often allowing him to make life-to-life connections with the stu-dents.

Berg has enjoyed having his summers, Christmases and spring breaks off, as well as the simple

breaks in the day since that time al-lows him to be an active dad.

While Johnson did highlight the accessibility to great babysitters, she also mentioned the importance of support.

“We have a lot of support for being new parents because we have people around us, connected to us and who know us and are real-ly open to helping us out,“ she said.

Raising kids on a college campus can also be a challenge. Johnson emphasized that her job can be re-lationally demanding, which can occasionally be a hindrance on her relationship with Addie.

“I wonder if at the end of the day sometimes, I have given so much of myself in a relational way that I don’t have as much to give to my family,” Johnson said.

In addition to this relational as-pect, there is also a certain lack of privacy that RDs experience. There is a “fishbowl” atmosphere, where students are interested in every-thing that an RD does.

“Sometimes there is a sense that you crave to be a little bit un-known," Berg said.

For Johnson, the challenge may lie predominantly in the fact that she lives beneath a floor of first-year men. “Some of the intrusions with shared life can be challenging," she said. “I am trying to raise a baby underneath a floor of men. I realize that it might not always be a sweet, calm atmosphere.”

Johnson has to use discretion in situations where she must confront students about the noise level. While she cannot call up to the guys every time, she has been able to determine when the intrusions be-come disrespectful.

Fortunately, Addie has grown accustomed to the constant noise,

and is a pretty heavy sleeper. Berg has experienced similar sit-

uations, in which staff meetings in the office adjacent to his apartment have kept Oakley awake. He, how-ever, takes the blame, understand-ing that it would take the simple step of shutting the door or asking his staff to be a little quieter.

Both Johnson and Berg love the energy of a college campus and af-firmed that the influence has been largely positive.

“I love that there are more people that are engaged with life, thinking critically, thoughtfully con-sidering their faith,“ said Johnson. “There is more genuine openness, and it is really beneficial to have it around [Addie].”

“College students have been in-credibly positive influences on my

kids," added Berg.Johnson and her family will be

moving to North Waters next year, where she will continue her RD duties in a different setting. “I am feeling torn between the things we need as a family and what is required of me in the RD role,“ she said. “I am hoping that it will be a better match.”

Berg and his wife, who is due in April with their third child, will be moving on to their next chapter of life. He turned in his letter of intent in January but has not made any definite plans. With a seminary de-gree, Berg hopes to get involved in pastoral ministry.

“Lissner will forever be a really special place for my family, “ he said.

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Oakley Berg, 2, has become a member of the Lissner community thanks to the willingness of his dad Paul to let him interact with the students.

On Tuesday morning the majority of Bethel students were woken up by a call at 5:42. “Bethel University staff, students and faculty, due to winter weather, classes are canceled for Tuesday, March 5.” Students groggily tweeted about the snow day and then went back to bed. For many, this was a day that they thought would never come during their years at Bethel. The real questions is, what did Bethel students do with this unexpected day off?

“I’ll PRobably go outside and play in it.”

“Go build A FIre and make some hot soup." “Try to shovel off people’s cars.”

“I’m gonna be a bum and play some Pokemon.”

“I slept in. That was pretty fun.”

“I’m going to read the Wall Street Journal and drink chai tea.”

“I’m going to catch up on some homework that I should have done days ago.”

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“Getting bigger biceps in preparation for spring break.”

“Pack for warmer weather.”

“Order $50 worth of chinese delivery with the other girls on my Floor! It's too cold to go to the DC! " -Sarah Boadwine

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Culture CultureBethel students 'do the Harlem Shake' Students post anonymous confessionsnGroups of students participate in the 30-second YouTube craze

nA Facebook page provides a “safe” way for Bethel students to share their deepest secrets


In the digital age of Facebook, Twitter, blogging, forums and endless other communication technologies, people are relying more on the shield of anonymity to share their viewpoints.

While anonymity is by no means a new idea, technology has allowed people to hide be-hind the screens of their laptops, tablets and smartphones. Long gone is the snail-mail, PostSe-cret method of sending in anony-mous confessions. Instead of coming forth and openly voicing opinions, people are relying on social media to voice anything controversial.

"Confessions" Facebook sites have been popping up, featur-ing colleges across the country. Some Bethel students followed the trend, making a page for other students to post their confessions. Confessions are submitted to an “anonymous” SurveyMonkey page, and these may or may not be posted to the Facebook page, depending on content.

In an email conversation, when asked why the page was made, the creator said, “We thought that it would be a cool thing to laugh about, and just kind of see where it goes. Hon-estly I didn't think there would be so many people on board so quickly.”

While the admins have cen-sored the posts to some extent, many borderline offensive posts have gotten through the filter.

“We post maybe 20 percent of the confessions that come in... As the creator I have the final say, but we generally agree on what is funny and what is over the line,” said the site’s creator.

Confessions on the site range anywhere from humor to secret crushes to more serious things such as alcohol and drug abuse. While the page may seem like a harmless way to let people share their feelings while re-maining unidentified, the site has its downsides. Some confes-sions are fairly benign and don't threaten to cause damage. How-ever, others could be considered more divisive to the Bethel com-munity.

The true anonymity of the page, however, cannot be de-termined. According to the SurveyMonkey privacy policy, “Respondents’ personal infor-mation can be captured by the survey creator in two ways: by expressly asking you for your personal details (name, address, etc.), and by configuring the survey to automatically capture your IP address and/or email ad-dress.”

While this survey does not “expressly” ask for students’ in-formation, there is the chance that the administration of the site could be collecting IP ad-dress information without re-spondents knowing.

When asked about this, Beth-el Confessions' creator respond-ed, "I have never once seen a way to do that, and I have no in-terest in doing so."

While many college and uni-

versity pages have remained ac-tive, the page for Loras College was shut down, according to Des Moines’s WhoTV.com. The com-ments were not representing the school’s values, so some stu-dents came forward and asked for the page to be shut down.

With that being said, stu-dents have been heavily posting and commenting on the site in the past two weeks. With hun-dreds of comments, the Bethel community has not given the site administrators any reason to stop what they are doing, and some people have even encour-aged the site through their com-ments.

Confessions can be sent to a SurveyMonkey link to be anonymously posted on the Facebook page.

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The "Harlem Shake" song has been ringing in people’s minds since the fad went viral.

The Harlem Shake videos, as seen on YouTube, are approxi-mately 30 seconds long. Videos

start with one person, and then the screen cuts to a crowd of people in costumes doing their interpretation of the Harlem Shake dance.

The Harlem Shake is an ac-tual style of dance that origi-nated in Harlem, N.Y. in 1981. According to a video called

“Harlem’s Response to the Har-lem Shakedown,” members of the Harlem community have responded to the YouTube phe-nomenon with negative feed-back.

Despite potentially “doing it wrong,” Bethel’s own students have taken part in the You-

Tube sensation. Three Har-lem Shake videos have been filmed on Bethel’s campus.

While some of the videos were advertised and planned thoroughly, sophomores Na-than Brubaker and Eric Eiter took a more spur-of-the-mo-ment approach to their weight room video.

“For us, it wasn’t about how many views we could get,” said Brubaker.

“We were just sitting around looking for some-thing to do on a Friday night,” added Eiter.

While getting views was not their intention, they have already racked up over 5,000 views on their video.

The 30 second video took very little planning. The group of over 20 students grabbed what they had for costumes in their rooms and headed over to the weight room just as it was about to close. The whole process, according to Brubaker took about 30 minutes.

On the other hand, the freshmen’s Harlem Shake video was a more planned out pro-cess, with a message sent out to the freshmen, giving details about the filming of the video in the BC. Because of their more calculated approach, this video had more people and more costumes.

“I think the freshmen’s video is super impressive be-cause of all the costumes, but

each one is unique and funny in its own way,” said Brubaker.

While the video is a good way to build community, and a fun way to spend time, there have been negative repercus-sions of Harlem Shake videos at other schools. Some videos, in an effort to take the trend to the next level, have resulted in school disruption and major damage of school property.

Because of this, some stu-dents, most recently a Univer-sity of Alabama student, have faced potential expulsion for their Harlem Shake efforts.

The videos done at Bethel, however, have all been filmed after official school hours, as to not disrupt classes or events, and have not being destructive to campus property.

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The weight room Harlem shake featured over 20 freshman, sophomores and juniors. The class of 2016 performs the Harlem Shake in the BC.


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When Bethel’s baseball team took the field for the season opener, freshman Jake Hanzalik stepped onto the mound for the first time as a Royal to try to start the season – and his collegiate career – with a victory. He succeeded on both counts. Hanzalik held Northwestern to just three hits and no runs in six innings of work, finishing with three strikeouts, one walk and a win. Demonstrating poise beyond his years, Hanzalik calmly defused threats posed by the Eagles like an established veteran. “He stepped into a difficult spot as a freshman starting the first game of the year, but there’s no way you would ever guess he’s a freshman based on his performance,” said sophomore shortstop Nik Anderson. “Even when he gets into a slight jam, he gets himself out of it with ease. The kid’s an absolute phenom.” Showing that his first start was no fluke, Hanzalik took the mound last Tuesday against UW-Stout and posted four strikeouts over six innings to earn his second win. With a wicked windup that features his signature leg kick and a fastball reported to have topped out at 91 mph in the season debut, count on Hanzalik to continue to baffle batters all season.

The Royals softball team will have experience on its side this season with 16 returning players on the ros-ter. Among the talented bunch of returners for the Royals is Kal Sorensen, one of only five freshmen in the conference named to the MIAC All-Conference team last year. In her impressive first season, Sorensen started all but two games while batting .311 and leading the team with 23 RBIs. The first baseman also showed skill with the glove, fielding at an efficient clip of .945 for the year. Head coach Rod Radcliffe was impressed by Sorensen in 2012 and looks for her to build on her successes this season. “Kal is a very bal-anced player; she’s one of our best hitters and has one of the stronger arms on our team,” said Radcliffe, adding that Sorensen has been working hard to “improve her fielding consistency and retool her swing to hit for a higher average.” Radcliffe praised Sorensen’s well-rounded game, saying, “You could see Kal anywhere in the infield because she’s versatile enough to play in any spot in the case of injuries.” Wher-ever Sorensen is found on the diamond this season, her impact is sure to be felt in all aspects of the game.

A spring of change has come to the women’s tennis team this year with the introduction of new head coach Drew Fernelius. Additionally, the return of top singles player Abby Edin bolsters the team’s lineup but bumps the rest of the singles players down a peg. Senior captain Steph Brown has taken this reorder-ing in stride and has been an energizing presence as both a player and leader. Brown set the tone for her team in this season’s early outing against Saint Scholastica, highlighted by a pivotal 6-4, 7-5 singles vic-tory against renowned opponent Alexis Gunderson to help the Royals take down the UMAC powerhouse. “She played incredibly well,” said sophomore teammate Abby Kreklau. “She stayed very focused the whole match and proved that she was a top competitor against a really good opponent.” Playing in the No. 3 singles position after being No. 2 for the majority of 2012 might deject some players, but Brown has a team-first attitude and cares less about rankings than team success. “Beyond her abilities as a player, she’s just such a great leader for our team,” said Kreklau. “Her energy is so contagious. She brings the best out of all of us.”

Although sophomore Matt Berens is known for his aptitude as a runner, he’s gotten quite good at leaping up the 3000-meter conference rankings as of late. Riding the momentum of a strong cross country sea-son this fall when he qualified for nationals, Berens entered the track season with intentions to improve on his already strong times from last spring. Each meet this year has marked another improved time for Berens, most recently at the Snowshoe Open at the University of Minnesota, where he finished second among all Division III runners in the 3000-meter run with a time of 8:37.91 – a personal best. Berens now finds himself second in the MIAC in the event, and head coach Andrew Rock points to his work ethic as the cause. “He’s an incredibly hard worker,” said Rock. “He puts in a lot of miles when nobody else is around and trains when nobody else is willing to do extra work.” Making consistent improvements is customary for Berens, so don’t expect him to slow down when he’s so close to the conference’s top spot. “He’s got a shot to win it,” Rock said. “He’s had a great start, but I think you’re going to see him continue to improve.”

For track athletes whose season begins in early January, studying abroad over interim is usually out of the question. Limitations, however, ought not be associated with Courtney Fregeau. After all, the junior sprinter has refused to limit herself to any one event. Over her collegiate career, Fregeau has run in 60-, 200- and 400-meter individual races and has been a part of five relay teams that hold Bethel records. While roaming around Europe over J-Term, Fregeau and teammate Ashley Quick worked out in whatever way they could – running hills, interval training and the like – when most people would have used the trip as a vacation from training. To head coach Andrew Rock, such discipline is what makes Fregeau such a sound all-around runner. “Courtney is talented, but it’s not enough for her to just be talented,” ex-plained Rock. “She works really hard to develop that talent.” The hard work is paying dividends all over the track. In Bethel’s invitational meet, Fregeau recorded a second place finish in the 200-meter and another in a photo-finish 4x400 meter relay. She finished first among all other Division III competitors in the 400-meter at the University of Minnesota’s Snowshoe Open following her first place performance in the same event at Grinnell College, where her time of 60.46 seconds fell just 1.44 seconds shy of Bethel’s record. Not bad, considering her late start to the season. As the year goes on, Fregeau’s potential in her multitude of events is as one might expect: limitless.

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Sports SportsBigger than a gamenMen’s basketball supports Blake Nicols in his father’s battle with cancer

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A team’s record can’t represent the unselfish nature of its players, nor can it rep-resent the love and encouragement found among its members. In the same way, the men’s basketball team’s 11-9 MIAC finish could never convey the incredible support senior guard Blake Nicols received from his teammates as the season drew to a close.

On Dec. 27, Nicols received the news that his dad, Robert, had been diagnosed with bone cancer. What had begun as intense back pain a few days earlier evolved into the frightening diagnosis that changed Blake's perspective.

The news made everything else in Nicols’ life, including basketball, pale in comparison. Two days after his dad’s diagnosis, Nicols was supposed to return to Bethel for bas-ketball practice, but he still wanted to be at home with his family.

“I didn’t want to leave,” Nicols said. “Bas-ketball was still important, but my family be-came more important, and I felt that I should be at home.”

Even though Robert was optimistic about his battle with cancer and insisted that his son returned to Bethel, it was hard for Nicols to focus on basketball while his dad was struggling at home with chemo.

“When I came up here [after I found out], I had the worst practice of my career,” Nicols said. “Once I told the team about my dad, ev-erybody was extremely understanding and supportive. Basketball made me block out what my dad was going through and focus on something else extremely important to

me.”Robert knew he was going to lose his hair

as a byproduct of chemo, and in the ultimate show of support, Nicols told him, “When you lose it all, I’m losing all mine.”

Robert lost all of his hair on Feb. 3. The following day, Nicols arrived at the game against St. Thomas with his head completely shaved. After the game, assistant coach Jus-tin DeGrood initiated the idea of every play-er shaving his head in support of the family.

“Whenever a member of your family is suffering, physically or emotionally, you do everything in your power to support them,” DeGrood said. “Organizing the haircuts is minuscule compared to what [Nicols] and his family have done for our basketball pro-gram.”

Nicols didn't want his teammates to feel obligated to shave their heads, but by the time the Royals made it to their Saturday game against Saint Mary’s, every player and coach had shaved their heads in support of Nicols. That evening, the Royals posted a 94-46 victory, but it was more than just the win that mattered – it was the love and sup-port Nicols received from his team.

“Before the game was even over, I was tearing up a bit,” he said. “The completely unselfish gesture they made for my dad shows how unified we are as a team.”

Although the Royals’ season ended ear-lier than they had hoped, it was a special season for Nicols because of the people he was able to play with and what they were playing for.

“When you play with people that you love, it becomes more than just a game,” Nicols said. “We played for something bigger than ourselves, and that’s the unique thing about playing for Bethel: we play to honor the Lord.”

Basketball is certainly more than a game for Nicols and his dad. In fact, Nicols believes it has become a special kind of therapy. “I think going to school here and playing bas-ketball here was in itself a treatment for my

dad, because he gets to watch me and know that I am being taken care of,” he said.

In Robert’s battle with cancer there are good days and bad days, but both Nicols and his dad approach the journey with determi-nation and optimism. Finding joy in sharing life’s moments together on and off the court has been essential for a father and son fac-ing something much bigger than a game.

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After senior guard Blake Nicols shaved his head in support of his dad's battle with bone cancer, the rest of the team followed suit.

Women’s hockey closes out an impressive seasonnAfter a midseason slump, the team made a respectable playoff run

Jared nelson For The Clarion

After advancing two games into the MIAC playoffs, the women’s hockey team was de-feated Feb. 28 in the semifi-nal game against the Gustavus Gusties, a powerhouse team yet to lose in conference.

However, the Royals (11-5-2 MIAC) didn’t go down without a fight. Having won its first play-off game against St. Catherine University, the team took an early lead against the Gusties and controlled the majority of the game before falling apart in the third period, ending in a 2-3 loss.

Although the Royals made an impressive run, their cam-paign didn’t begin as smoothly as the second half of the season ended. At the end of Decem-ber, the team was finishing up a tough stretch in its schedule and was just over the .500 mark.

“We had a very difficult schedule in the first half of our season,” said head coach Brian Carlson. “We had some tough competition, which was re-ally good for us. We ended up where we wanted to be.”

The squad took a hiatus from conference play and began 2013 in Europe, traveling the conti-nent and playing three games against professional and nation-al teams during their nine-day

trip. The Royals jumped right back into conference play upon their return to the States, but they were still feeling the ef-fects of their trip overseas.

“You can never be 100 per-cent sure how the team is going to react to a trip like that, but there was some recovery time involved,” Carlson said. “There is no question that it took a toll on us.”

Although the trip had ad-verse effects on the team’s physical condition, junior for-ward Cristina Masten said the trip brought the team much closer as a unit.

“The best part about it was the chemistry that came out of this trip,” Masten said. “Not only were we able to see things that many people don't get to see, but we were able to do it with our teammates. That made the trip even more unforget-table.”

The Royals dropped their first three games after the break, but it didn’t take long for them to find their stride. They played their best hockey of the year to close out the regu-lar season, winning six straight games in the final stretch.

According to Carlson, a mon-umental win against St. Thomas helped get the team on the right track.

Coupled with a successful series against Concordia, a con-ference leader, the Royals’ win against the Tommies helped propel them upward in the

standings and proved that they could compete with any MIAC team.

“The six-game winning streak showed that we peaked at the right time,” Carlson said. “Our goal was to be a playoff team, and we achieved that and gave ourselves a crack at a run to the NCAA tournament.”

Masten attributed the late-season momentum to the chem-istry the team has been building on and off the ice throughout the year.

“The key for our team throughout the last part of the season has been how well we have been playing as a unit,” Masten said. “We just really came together with everyone making big contributions.”

Carlson also gives much of the credit to the five seniors on the team. Biz Huss, Molly Ea-gles, Sarah Kartak, Kate Wahlin and Jess Newstrom have show-

cased the experience that Carl-son said is crucial to the team’s performance.

Besides strong leader-ship, the team also depends on young talent. Masten was selected twice for the MIAC Women’s Hockey Athlete of the Week award, and junior Lindsay Burman was an All-Conference selection. Freshmen Caroline Kivisto and Erika Allen were also selected for the MIAC All-Rookie team.

With all the individual ac-colades and contributions from players who will return next season, Carlson is excited about the team’s future.

“Our level of intensity is key for us,” Carlson said. “We rely a lot on our goaltending and scor-ing. When we pressure, we’re a hard team to beat.”

Junior forward Cristina Masten leads the team in scoring with 24 goals and 13 assists for a total of 37 points of the season.

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The Clarionion - Bethel's own slice of "The Onion"Student risks life and limb for fashion’s sake

Collin D’Kopps Of The Clarionion

We have all heard the phrase, “beauty is pain,” but last week one Bethel student took that concept to the extreme.

On Monday, sophomore Jennifer McYoung took an unexpected trip to the emergency room as a result of her choice in fashion. Her morning began like any other: picking an outfit.

“Since I really hate Mondays, I de-cided that I wanted to be comfortable. My obvious choice was a Bethel sweat-shirt and a pair of black leggings,” McY-oung said.

She had recently purchased the leg-gings at Target and had yet to wear them.

“They felt good when I first put them on,” McYoung commented. “I mean, they were a little tight, but there’s no such thing as too tight when it comes to leggings.”

As McYoung went about her day, at-tending classes, chapel and meals, she

began to notice a strange feeling in her feet.

“They felt a little tingly, I guess, but they were also getting cold and throb-bing a lot,” McYoung said. “And my UGG boots generally keep my feet very warm, so I knew something was up.”

By dinner she was feeling intense pain in her feet. After getting back to her dorm room, McYoung took off her boots and realized her feet were red and swollen much beyond their normal size.

“It kind of freaked me out. I gener-ally pride myself on having pretty feet, but that night they just looked gross,” McYoung said.

Her roommates immediately took her to the ER.

Savannah Milton, one of McYoung’s roommates, commented, “When we decided to take Jenny to the ER, she could barely walk, and she couldn’t feel her feet at all. I was seriously wor-ried that they would have to be ampu-tated!”

When the girls arrived at the ER,

the doctors quickly realized that McYo-ung’s leggings had been cutting off cir-culation to her feet all day. Out came the scissors, and soon the new leggings were nothing but shreds of fabric on the floor. McYoung asked the doctors to compensate her for the leggings. They denied her request.

The roommates returned to Beth-el later that evening, with McYoung sporting a pair of scrub bottoms. Her only instructions from the doctors: never wear leggings that cut off blood flow.

McYoung said, “I honestly don’t think they were too tight … I probably just wore them too long.”

Since McYoung’s incident, other girls have reported instances of losing circulation in their feet as well – just not to this degree. But this epidemic is not about to change fashion trends on campus. McYoung is planning on vis-iting Target within the next few days, and new leggings are on her shopping list.

“I might go down a size,” she stated. “I think I just need to give myself more time to break them in ... work my way up to wearing them for a whole day.”

Despite the health hazards of wear-ing leggings, it looks like Bethel girls will continue to cling tightly to this popular fashion item.

the clarion -- march 7, 2013

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