| Summary: | 2 Cfoncordian News January 15, 1999 news m Students gather to build homes • • • • 1/15/99 me Weekend weather j- s Cloudy with snow. I;*-•'•'*'.y;};•. Lows: 10 Highs: 20 Weekend events : Friday ••'"'[ Tundra Forensics Tournament 9:20 a.m. Community time: Peace Prize .;.; Forum information/reservations, Centrum , 7 p.m. CEC film, Olin 124 8 p.m. Faculty Recital, Christiansen Recital Hall 9:15 p.m. CEC film, Olin 124 '•<;;•_:"• Saturday •:••.; -:,••:•.;•.<.--:.;.;/;- ';'.' Tundra Fbrensics Tournament - .; • • •,1 p.m. Men's and Women's Track: V.i * • - ' - - * - , ! Concordia Invite ->.'."•> 3 p . m . Women's basketball v . S t . . ••vl j r / - ^ ' -> C a t h e r i n e , M e m o r i a l " : • ' i ;• .< v A u d i t o r i u m J- :C- • V; CEC film, Olin 124ij^> ^; .CEC film, Olin 124!'v't r'ft:V*'•: 7p;m. 9:15 p Sunday 7 p.m. CEC film, Olin 124 i^ln b r i e f s • ' - ^ - ?• FM Communiversity is [holding a book fair as a part Vof its annual fund drive from £.1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, at v, • Barnes and Noble ^ (Booksellers in Fargo. Those attending the book fair may £ register for FM .•,;:.;.*.:-_:3: ^•Communiversity classes and [•buy suggested reading for those courses. For more , " ^information call 299-3438.\ • Two interest meetings for - student government posi-tions will be held later this knonth. Those interested in ^President and Vice-President Selections should meet at.'"%T£: 6:30, Jan. 19, in the SA "'*•;** Office. The Student Senate • Interest meeting is 6:30, Jan. 26, in the SA Office. f- ::w • • The Hunger Artist Gallery, Albuquerque, N.M., is host-ing its second annual Student's Only Art ;v; Exhibition. Deadlines for submissions are Jan. 19 for teachers and Feb. 15 for stu-dents. A total of $1,000 in cash awards will be given. For more information call ,505-843-7250. . „• . .;'££ • • & • • Moorhead Community >,;>: -Education is offering a class :-bn how to play the game ;; - fjxidge. It will be held from ^9:30-11:30 a.m., Saturdays, beginning Jan. 30 in Park View Terrace Community Room, 100 3rd St. N., Moorhead. Call 233-6010. Kristy Heinle The Concordian It's all about helping others, according to junior Lindsay Swenson, co-chair of Concordia's Habitat for Humanity. The organization will send 132 students south during spring break to assist in building homes for those less fortunate. Students will travel to Tampa, Fla., Winter Haven, Fla., Jonestown, Miss., Vicksburg, Miss., Moorhead City, N.C., Johns Island, S.C. and Forth Worth, Texas. While at these seven sites, stu-dents will have the opportunity to photo p r o v i d e d t 0 T h e C o n c o r d i a n build a new house or restore a C o n c o r d i a students gather on a roof they completed during the Concordia Habitat for rundown home. During the next ¥T . „. . . . . . . „ . «. . . , TT . . & . . Humanity Chapter spring break trip m Clearwater, Fla., last spring. two months, Habitat student trip j r r b f > j f b eleaacdhe rss iwtei llt ok eelepa rinn cownhtatc t twheitihr group will be working on. "What we do when we get there depends upon what stage they are at in building the house," Swenson said. To build the houses, volun-teers from across the nation work together by donating their time. The Concordia chapter sends the largest group of volunteers in Minnesota. Last year, 142 stu-dents signed up for the trips, a record high. Since the chapter When planning for them, weath- sponsors such as churches and began sending students on trips er is always a big consideration. organizations to help in financing in 1991, the numbers have dou- "We try to pick places which their trips. Several fund-raisers almost every year. "These will attract students," said junior are also planned. Students have Nathan Naef, trip leader for the opportunity to sell cook- Winter Haven. "It's spring break, books, participate in a bike-athon so most people want to go some- and baby-sit children of faculty trips are a very rewarding experi-ence," Swenson said. "It's a way to reach others." Every year, Concordia's Habitat chapter receives a list of over 100 sites to choose from for where warm." The board also tries to choose sites which are low in cost. spring break trips. A board Students are responsible for pay-of 14 students and two faculty ing $310, which covers trans-members register in November portation, food and accommoda-for the following spring's trips, tions. Many students write to during a Parents* Night Out. The trip is well worth the money, according to Naef. "You end up making lots of friends on these trips " Naef said. "It's also a great chance to put your faith into action." SA continues financial aid lobby appoin Erika Mikkelson Editor-in-Chief When it comes to financial aid and higher education, Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura better get ready to rum-ble. Members of Concordia's Student Association who serve on the Legislative Affairs Council of the Minnesota Association of Private College "This [legislative] session will be a lot more difficult" Gilbertson said. "With the gov-ernor talking this way students need to get involved." If a bill for financial aid is vetoed by the governor the veto could be overridden by the legis-lators, according to Gilbertson. The power legislators have to override the veto is why the Students are lobbying influence of college students Minnesota's State Legislature to durinS t h e legislative session ensure that ffiinnaanncciiaall aaiidd for higher education remains a top priority. . Ventura has many college students and administrators con-cerned about the fate of financial aid. In a recent speech at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Ventura discussed what's on his agenda for higher education. What he revealed wasn't much. In an Associated Press article Ventura was quoted as saying, "I think it's true. If you're smart enough to be here, you're smart enough to the get the books and figure out how to stay here." According to the article, Ventura's sentiments were met with only a few claps. He quick-ly stated that he supports higher education, but believes that there are other ways to get an educa-tion without financial aid. It is this sentiment toward higher education that has SA President Adam Gilbertson wor-ried. will be important, according to Gilbertson. "We'll heed to explain the importance of financial aid," Gilbertson said. "Right now many students at Concordia are state grant recipients. If that would be cut those students couldn't be here." Gilbertson, SA Press Secretary Jennifer Gayvert, recently appointed Political Affairs Commissioner Bryan Rud and SA adviser Lonnie Pederson will travel to St. Paul this weekend to meet with six members of the higher educa-tion committee. These senators have been supportive of financial aid and higher education in past years. According to Gilbertson, the Legislative Affairs Council of the Minnesota Association of Private College Students will continue to lobby at the capital through February. The'new semester brought Cayvert, Student Association changes to Student press secretary, fills the role of Association's administrative Vice-President of External staff as well as Student Senate. Affairs for MAPCS. In the executive branch, "•"' "MAPCS benefits all 16 pri-senior Jana Johnson, formerly vate colleges so much, and I Executive Assistant, was am honored to serve as one of appointed to the position pf its vice-presidents," Gayvert! Chief of Staff. ':-:'^'^^^^^-^ said. "One of my main respon-sibilities is publicizing the organization, so hopefully I can help the organization grow through better awareness. But as always, my first priority is to Student She will fill the vacancy left by junior Tracy Olson, who is spending the semester ^fr^ Spain. Junior Dan Buchholz will fill the posi-tion of executive assistant. ,,- ' Both appoint-ments were approved unani-mously by the senate on Jan. 10. "I think Dan and Jana will do well in their new positions, and I look forward to Adam Gilbertson "I think Dan and Jana will do well in their positions Association." S t u d e n t Senate had two spots vacated this semester due to . the; appointment of Bucholz as executive assistant and the res-working with both of them," ignation of senior senator Jess said Student Association Adam Gilbertson. " : : Senior Bryan Rud was named Political Affairs Commissioner, filling the spot1 left vacant by the resignation of Mark Stansbury. ^J&p&? Rud will serve on the Legislative Affairs Council of the Minnesota Association of Private College Students (MAPCS), a position left vacant by junior Jennifer Gayvert. Fulkerson who is student teaching this semester. Both resignations take effect Ian. 17. ^ Members of the junior or senior class who are interested in filling either spot may pick up an application in the Student Associations offices beginning Jan. 18.
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