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• Published: 1997
• Subjects: Blair; Handle The; Indian; North Pole; Norway; Roland; Alaska
• Online Access: http://cdm16921.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16921coll4/id/14329

2 TheConcordian NEWS FEBRUARY 21,1997 ar» as. foBows: Feb. 22* 23, dosed; Ifob* 24*2fl, 8 a.m< to 5 p.m.; March 1, closed; ,7 p,rr • Studanfcj can nominate a Concordia faculty member who has done outstanding work for a Flaal Award for scholarship and for leaching, Applications are due March 3 and we aysitebte in the dean's Grandmother was an Indian to support programs Princess: Images of Native •^directed toward *DtemantlIfjg American Women." The pre-fiadsm/ are avaHable in the sentalion wlit be held at 7:30 Student Affairs office* Proposal p.m. on March 4 in the deadline* is March 21*#Ste*•$ .Centrum, # A special Black History Month Jazz Celebration featur-iri$* musical legends Clark Terry, a trumpet player, and saxophonist Irv "Mr Smooth" Williams starts at 3 p.m. on Feb< 23 in Moorhead Slate University's Roland Dille Center for the Arts Hansen Theatre. For tickets call the MSU box office at 236-2271. • Theatre de ta Jeune Lune ^pf Minneapolis will present "The America Project/ its orig-inal dramatic and comic play about the birth and develop-ment of America at 7:30 p.m. on March 21-22 In the Rolland Dille Center for the Arts Hansen Theatre al MSU, For tickets call 236-2271. News briefs are compiled each week from information received at our office. If you know of an item for a news brief, or want to know what to put In a press release, let us know. Please send event Information to The Concordlan, FPO 104, Concordia College, Moorhead, Minn. 56562, call 299-3826 or e-mail concor- • Lake Region and Five Wings Art Councils are spon-soring a free workshop for artists at the New York Mill Regional Cultural Center, The workisbopft whj^, v$, te, held 9 «uti. to 4 p*m/| 1$ tor artiste of all <fec1p8nes who are interest* ed in sharing creative expert* ences with students grades K- 12, Registration deadline is March 7. For more informa-tion, call the Lake Regions Art Council at [phone] or 1-800-262-ARTS. • As part of Native American Week and Women's History Month, Dr. Gwen Griffin, asso-ciate professor of English at Mankato State University, will present uMy Great- Weekend weather., Ught snow possible Friday and Sunday. Dry Saturday. Highs: 25*35 Lows: 0-10 This week in Concordia history . . , fri 1961, Minnesota State Treasurer Val Bjornson deliv-ered a keynote address to Concordia's mock senate. The mock senate was held in conjunction with Political Emphasis Week. Student senators and other Cobbers attended the speech. This week in history elsewhere . . . On Feb. 21, 1942, four British teams set out with dogsleds from Alaska to Norway over the North Pole. -The Almanac of Dates Quick quote. 'The first thing to do when you're being stalked by an angry mob with raspberries, Is to release a tiger." -John Geese Monty Python's Flying Circus Fast fact*??. One in 100 American boys and one in 150 girls will become lawyers when they grow up* -Uncle John's Second Bathroom Reader Working the night shift Elizabeth Weixel Staff Writer S.A.F.E. Walk is dishing out cash for a safe cam-pus. S.A.F.E. Walk, or Safe Assistance For Everyone, now pays Friday and Saturday night workers, accord-ing to sophomore Chad Dahlke, co-chair of the pro-gram. This new practice began a month ago. Difficulty in recruiting weekend volunteers prompted the change, said Campus Security Director Tom Iverson. "We've always had trouble getting weekend workers. From the inception of the program, we've had trouble," he said. S.A.F.E. Walk has planned to pay weekend work-ers for about two years, according to Dahlke. Paid workers cover Friday and Saturday night shifts from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. and work in conjunction with campus security, Iverson said. When not escort-ing students, workers responsibilities include check-ing exterior and interior doors, patrolling parking lots, watching for suspicious persons and reporting to campus security. Sophomore Jon Voss, who works the weekend night shift every three weeks, characterizes his job as "the extra eyes of campus security." About 12 workers currently handle the paid week-end shifts, according to Dahlke. The paid shifts are open to all S.A.F.E. Walk volunteers and are handled on a rotating schedule. "[Iverson and I] were con-cerned that everyone had equal opportunity for [paid] shifts," Dahlke said. Workers are trained by campus security to handle the added responsibilities that come with paid week-end work. They learn campus security codes, how to approach questionable situations and how to report incidents, according to Dahlke. They also file initial complaint reports through campus security dispatch, added Iverson. Funding to pay student workers comes from Student Senate and reallocations of the campus secu-rity budget, according to Iverson. photo by Kirsten Winters S.A.FJE Walk workers assist campus security. The changes havf increased the organization's workload. "It's made it more complex," Dahlke stat-ed. S.A.F.E. Walk formed a leadership board to deal with the added complexity. The purpose of the board, Dahlke said, is to bring more people into the decision-making process. According to sophomore Beth Salmon, secretary of the board, it serves to advise the organization. "As far as S.A.F.E. Walk, we make decisions as a whole, both the volunteers and the board," explained Salmon. While the organization itself has changed, student use of S.A.F.E. Walk's services has not, according to Iverson and Dahlke. Forensics takes first at state tournament Erika Mikkelson News Editor Concordia's Forensics Team outshined its competition last weekend at the Minnesota State Tournament held at Normandale Community College in Bloomington, Minn. Concordia won the tournament for the sixth year in a row with a total of 376 points. Winona State University came in second with a total of 262, and Moorhead State University took third with 154 points. Senior Travis Boerboom led the team, winning the individual sweepstakes portion of the tourna-ment. Boerboom competed and placed in five events, which made him the tournament's top speaker. Senior Rick Purrington placed second in the individual sweep-stakes. The team nearly swept the indi-vidual sweepstakes with sopho-more Tammy Frisby taking fourth place. All three members, along with other team members who have qualified, will be attending the national tournament in April in Texas. "We have great talent on the team. They are national level com-petitors, and it shows," said Dr. Fred Sternhagen, director of foren-sics. The other eight members of the team contributed to its sixth TVavis Boerboom was named top speaker at tourna-ment. straight state championship. First-year students Matt Peterson, Annie Soldner and Jennifer Gayvert each placed in their events. Sophomores Quinn Arnold, Kathy Russeth and Brie Swenson also placed at the tournament. Juniors Kristi Wolff and Blair Thompson added to the win by placing in th^ir events at the tour-; namenL Thompson qualified for the nationals at last week's tourna-ment. \ "I'm excited because I've been working a long time to get there. I'll be making revisions in my speech over break. And Til be working with the coaches," Thompson said. The team's season is not over yet. Concordia will host the dis-trict tournament March 7-8. .Teams from Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota and Nebraska will compete at this tournament. Competitors will have the oppor-tunity to qualify other events for nationals at this tournament, accordin&to Sternhagen. \ continued on page 3 Hakanson readmitted to hospital Darrell Ehrlick Managing Editor Physical Plant Director Ansel Hakanson was readm itted to Fargo's Merit Care Health Center last weekend with internal bleed-ing. He had been released last week after a Feb. 3 car accident. Tests following his release revealed internal bleeding, according to Clyde Allen, Concordia spokesperson. Hakanson underwent surgery Sunday at Merit Care. . According to Allen, it's still uncertain how long Hakanson will be in the hospital. "It could be a long recovery," Allen said.- It's also uncertain how long'it will be until Hakanson returps to C o n c o r d i a . : • : ] - ':'•''[• '. "We [Concordia] feel the loss, of a solid worker and a good friend, but Ansel has hired quality staff that have done well in pick-ing up the slack," Allen said. At press time, Hakanson remained in satisfactory condi-tion, according to Merit Care. "Right now the family is very, very thankful to be through this," Allen said. Hakanson and his wife were injured in a car accident on 1-94 two weeks ago. The accident hap-pened about 15 miles out of Moorhead. "