| Summary: | C^ncordian January 22, !<)<)<) Concordia College • Moorhoncl, Minnesota 1998 top ten albums revealed. See page 12. Volume () Issue 14 Drawings focus of Consolidating loans can Centennial lecture save students money Amy Ladd Associate Editor The Centennial Scholars lec-ture at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, in Birkeland Alumni Lounge, will show that a picture really is worth a thousand words. In the presentation, "What Can be Learned from Children's Drawings in Namibia? A Comparison of Children's Artistic Development Across Regions," Assistant Professor of Education and Art Susan Pierson Ellingson will join senior Marisa Asmus and junior Anna Pletscher to show just that. The lecture is the culmination of research that began in 1997, when Ellingson was a Fullbright scholar in Namibia, where she collected children's drawings. More than 1,100 of those drawings were analyzed by Ellingson, Asmus and Pletscher last summer. "We helped her to develop the code book," Asmus said of her role in the project. This code book included descriptions of variables related to human figures, space, color, or design, which were used to com-pare the drawings of children brought up in Namibian industri-alized and non-industrialized areas. "We looked at the develop-mental stages kids go through when starting to draw and checked to see if the same devel-opment happens in both [areas]," Asmus, who holds majors in psy-chology and elementary educa-tion, said. Susan Pierson Ellingson According to Asmus, LowenfekTs and Britain's stages of artistic development, recog-nized in western culture, did not hold to the non-industrialized areas of Namibia. The children in these areas tended to reflect what they see rather than what they have seen. The drawings lacked references to such devices as a green grass horizon or a blue sky. "So, basically these develop-mental theories have been pro-posed but they don't always hold true," Asmus said. "We have to be sensitive to that." Their presentation Tuesday will include slides of many of the drawings and a discussion of their methods and conclusions. Many of the drawings are currently on display in the Cyrus M. Running Gallery Bridge. "It's going to be a lot of fun," Asmus said of the lecture. "[Attendees will] get a glimpse of that culture." Fifty of the Namibia children's drawings remain on display through Feb. 18, in the Cyrus M. Running Gallery Bridge. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Monday through Friday and 1 to 4 p.m. Sundays. Amanda Parise News Editor The federal government and private lender Sallie Mae are offering lower interest rates for those students wishing to consoli-date their college loans. The catch—the deadline is Jan. 31. Jeanne Dotson, Concordia stu-dent loan and account supervisor, cautions that this process is not ideal for every student, but those interested should contact the busi-ness office soon to review their individual loan situations. *They may be helping them-selves," Dotson said. "It may be good to do it." Loan consolidation can reduce student payments to single month-ly payments, lower payments by lengthening the amount of pay-back time and provide students with a lower interest rate. Dotson said at the time of graduation, students undergo exit interviews during which they review their loan situations with business office employees. Some students consider consolidation at this time. She stated that the consolida-tion plan is always available, but that the new interest rate offer is really low. The federal. government, through Jan. 31, is offering a 7.46 percent interest rate when stu-dents consolidate their loans. Both student and PLUS loans for students can be combined under this plan. Under past consolida-tion plans the interest rate reached 8.25 percent. Terms of repayment vary from 10 to 30 years. Starting Feb. 1, the interest rate will return to 8.25 percent. In order for loans to be consol-idated at the lower rate the gov-ernment must receive the applica-tion by Jan. 31. More information and applications are available by calling 1-800-557-7392 or visit-ing the web site www.ed.gov/direct loan. The Sallie Mae consolidation •see LOANS on page 4 •rs'Z-ZQjyms:yr.$^%^?^ysjrf?i(^s?*'?y?''>?*v submit grades online gives them more options to wait with grad- Leigh said. 1v;T Concordia faculty are leaving behind n u m - ^ ^ V A l e x Sze wrote the ber two pencils and scantron sheets, replacing computer program for them instead with modems and keyboards, submitting grades online. Grades are going o n l i n e ? " ! " . ^ goal of the pro- According to Carole Stalheim, registrar, the ject was to make it no faculty will be required to submit grades via the harder (to submit grades] internet this semester. Last semester faculty than the old way/' Sze were asked to voluntarily try out the new sys- said. "It saves a huge tern and 53 percent responded, Stalheim said. amount of work on the Before the change, faculty filled in sheets to other side, in the registrar's office and comput-be scanned by the registrar. According to Sarah er services." Leigh, assistant registrar, the process was time The web grading process also allows faculty consuming and was easily complicated by late to submit grades from virtually any location. grades. Now, faculty can fill in students' grades Stalheim said most do so from campus, but sev-on the web, wait for any delays before sending eral do from their homes, the web information on to the registrar's office "The feedback I've received from faculty is and then lock grades and send. v.::. >'•/, ^ v ^ V / V V ••' ^see G R A D E S on page 4 Forensics invites students to 'Tundra' Sarah Halverson Staff Writer Last weekend the Concordia forensics team drew competing teams from as far as San Francisco, Calif, to the midwestern tundra for the Talk of the Tundra Forensics Tournament. Talk of the Tundra, an annual event at Concordia, is one side of the Northern Swing tournament held in cooperation with Moorhead State University's Carol Gaede tournament. According to Cynthia Carver, chair of the SCTA department, the tourna-ment began roughly ten years ago in an effort to strengthen the forensics program in the area. Soon after the tournament became an annual event at Concordia, MSU offered to host a second tournament during the same weekend, creating what is known as a swing tournament. According to Scott Dickmeyer, director of forensics for individual events, part of the team's motivation for hosting the tournament is a desire to set an example of how they would like to see others run. "We should be a team that other programs point to and say 'that's how it should be done/" Dickmeyer said. "We should lead in the way we handle ourselves, and we also have a very strong focus on wellness issues and the way they affect the forensi-cators." In their attempt to create a higher The above students participated in the Talk of the Tundra tournament. At Talk of the Tundra senior Quinn Arnold finished first in After Dinner Speaking; sophomore Diane Odash took first in informative and third in persuasion speaking; and first-year student Jean Lybeck placed fifth in drama and sixth in informative, photo by Sarah Sicheneder tournaments do, and a buffet is set up dur- size the social aspect of the tournament," ing the day. Also, the Concordia forensics Dickmeyer said. omore forensics team member Diane Odash sees Friday night's entertain- •seeTUNDRA on page 4 level of wellness throughout the tourna- m g ftc d a y MsOt m e Concordia forensics Dickme ment, Concordia hosts put together a less t e a m nostecj a party for the participating Soph draining schedule, according to Dickmeyer. teams o n F r i d a y ^ ^ The Concordia side of the tournament gen- «We ^ ^ iVs a l s o important to empha-erally starts later in the morning than most wivw.iord.rdu dopl concord/
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