| Summary: | the ONCORDIAN A Student Newspaper for the Concordia Community Concordia College, Moorhead MN • November 18,1994 • Volume 91, Number 22 photo by Kirstcn Winters The mural for the Concordia Christmas Concert is set up inside First Center South Mall, Fargo, for painting. Passer-bys took part in the completion of the mural, like Emily VanErkum, at right. Feir speaks to educate and prevent Melanie Hoffert News Editor J onathan Feir came to Concordia with a message. A message of life and death. A message that AIDS can happen to anyone, even young liberal arts students. Feir, a 1994 graduate of SL Olaf College, visited Concordia on Nov. 15 to educate about AIDS. He is HIV positive. Feir works with colleges and schools in the Twin Cities and also with Clay County and Fargo Community Health in relation to HIV testing. His visit to Concordia included an appearance in Chapel and a presentation about his experiences in the Centrum Tuesday night According to Feir, he was a typical college student, involved in different activities and was popular with his friends. He did-n't think that he was in a risk cat-egory for contracting HIV. However, during his junior year he started to develop symp-toms of the virus, but passed it off as mononucleosis, or the flu. After losing 30 pounds, he went in and received a test for HIV. Because he was in a monogamous Please see page 3 photo by Erik Llndquist Casey Humphrey demonstrated the art of paint-by-numbers as she helped complete the Christmas mural. Missing No leads on disappearance of Moorhead woman Moorhead police reported Wednesday that they still have no solid leads in the search for a missing Moorhead woman. Renae Lynn Nelson, 22, was last seen Oct. 28 at American Bank and Trust j Company, in Moorhead. T h e r e , according to The Forum, police stated that Nelson deposited all but S20 of her paycheck. Police have had unconfirmed reports concerning Nelson's whereabouts, including that she was seen the evening of Oct. 28 at the Flying J Truck Stop in Fargo, The Forum stated. Moorhead police explained that all routine procedures have been taken with the Nelson case. Nelson is 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighs about 130 pounds. She has long, wavy brown hair, blue eyes and a scar on her right ear-lobe. When she was last seen, she was wearing a blue jean jacket, sweater, blue jeans and white ten-nis shoes. She had two Black Hills Gold rings on her left hand and a class ring on her right hand. Any information regarding Nelson's whereabouts can be directed to the Moorhead Police Dept. at 218-299-5111. Senate gets a break with brief meeting Meghan Lulf Copy Editor Favorites were played in the Nov. 13 Student Senate meeting as sena- * tors demonstrated their leniency with the Emergency Reserve Fund for the • Cornerstone Resource Center. The reserve fund benefits were passed without any cuts for $2,278.60. The Cross Country Ski Club also presented a budget during Sunday's meeting. The Skiiers projected a budget of $2,161.67 to be used towards various mainte-nance equipment and uniforms. "Much of the funding comes out of our own pockets," stated Brenda Greely of the Cross Country Skiiers in chambers Sunday night. "A lot of us own our own skis, which is quite a bit of money in itself." After further budget discus-sion, the club was left with $1,718.82. Cuts in items such as uniforms and trips to expensive meets resulted in the reduction. "I was impressed," Greely said. "I thought (the senators) took thoughtful consideration of our club. They based their decision on our successes last year as a team, and the fact that this was only our second year as a club." The next budget on the lineup was that of the men's volleyball club. Captains Bill Korinek and Greg Caspers based their proposal for a $2,344.84 budget on the fact that men's volleyball membership is growing, and there is more interest in the sport. The biggest cut came when Senate deleted funds for JV and varsity coach fees. "Students are up to the task (of leading their own organiza-tions)," said Senator Eric Wolff, explaining why he voted to cut coaching costs. Senator Allen Drees Jr. stated that paying for a coach was against Senate precedent, and that "it is a good precedent, and Senate should stick with it." The Final budget allocation was $1,454.99. The Organizational Support Committee was next on the agen-da, with a proposal of $1,044.94. Debate was limited. Funds cut were costs for a radio, money for pencil holders and $100 for "Perspectives". "It is only fair after (cutting SLC's "Perspectives" budget by $100) that we cut $100 here," stat-ed Senator Michael Raum. The final budget stood at $782.13. The last major issue of the night was the discussion concern-ing Election By-Laws. Kyle Knutson, of the Political Affairs Commission, proposed that the elections for senior, junior and sophomore senators be held on the same day as the presidential elec-tions. "It will increase the voter turnout, trying to get student's attention twice is not as easy as it ideally should be," Knutson rea-soned. The opposing view expressed in chambers was that same-day election procedures would exclude able people from senate who might have lost the presiden-tial election. "I think it is impor-tant that we don't lose some good people (in senate)," said Senator RichLarsen. "I do not support the motion to make both elections on the same day." Many senators adamantly stood their ground, expressing dif-fering opinions on the issue, but the motion to have same day elec-tions carried. Early in the meeting, Senate Chair Rob Smith announced that the administration was searching additional avenues for the cash Please see page 3
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