| Summary: | PHOTO BY MEGAN RICE Forsythe, the man who gives out parking tickets across cam- More FORSYTHE 0 Page 3 pus, has a heart that may keep students from judging too soon. After knowingly parking without a permit a dozen or so times myself, my own Ford Taurus got "the Boot," or the infamous parking clamp, this fall. I was scared to death to face the "Parking Ticket Man" after knowingly parking illegally. Would he scold me? Allow me to never park at Concordia again? No and no. Instead, he was kind and understanding, tell-ing me that "it's okay. These things happen." Forsythe refers to his work with Parking Services and Security as his "retire-ment job." Before coming to Concordia, he worked in law enforcement for 25 years, and served as a Moorhead police officer for 21 of those years. Prior to his work in 1 PHOTO BY KRISTIN LANGERUD Concordia's Student Environmental Alliance sold seedlings in the campus center last week. SEA, along with the Sustainability Task Force, will sponsor a number of events during Earth Week next week. For a complete list of events, see page 4 Flood diversion progress made Friday 65°/34° Saturday 61 0/34° Sunday 66°/37° WEEKEND WEATHER C Vikings _ Packert? K 65L,,Ln n 7; Cdd Friday, April 16, 2010 Vol. LXXXVIV/24 www.theconcordian.org Bryce Forsythe: The man behind "the Boot" CONCORDI The student-run newspaper of Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota th e kE,A4). i4. ii m fr Shen rec16) quickies BY EMILY GOTTA Staff Writer From a distant perspec-tive Bryce Forsythe, the tall grey-haired, "Parking Ticket Man" may seem both in-timidating and unfeeling as he drives around campus in his burgundy truck, slapping tickets on the windshield of vehicles parked in incorrect lots. Despite the legal nature of his job, Forsythe is actu-ally kind and considerate of students needs. Since beginning his work at Concordia in 2004 with Parking Services and Securi-ty, Forsythe has heard all the excuses, what he calls "rea-sons," from students who have parked their cars in the wrong parking space. "It was only there a few minutes!" "I was late to class, and couldn't find a spot!" "I didn't know I couldn't park here!" Despite the anger sometimes direct-ed at him, Forsythe responds to all students in the same manner: emphatically and with patience. With these virtues, For sythe is able to handle stu-dent parking mishaps. "Students have valid rea-sons for parking in the wrong lot. Sometimes students honestly do not know they can't park there [without a permit}. I don't like put-ting you guys and gals down. Once I booted a young man for parking in the commuter lots. The young man didn't know what to do, so I gave him a ride to parking servic-es and we got the problem all squared away," Forsythe said with a chuckle. Professors Dawn Duncan (English) and Jon Leiseth (CSTA) are featured ac-tors in "Ellis Island," a joint production of Theatre B and the Fargo-Moorhead Symphony. Based on oral histories of actual im-migrants, the piece is a moving celebration of the variety of people who have made America their home. Performances are Saturday, April 17, 8 pm and Sunday, April 18 at 2 pm. Tickets are $22-25 Adult/Senior, $10-12 Student/Child. Call 218-233-8397 for reserva-tions. Groups of 8 or more receive discounts. Concordia College Hand-bell Choirs Concert will feature Compana and Tinntinabula choirs con-ducted by Jessica Westgard. The concert will be held in Knutson Center Centrum at 7:30 p.m., Sunday,April 18. It is open to the public free of charge. BY MARY BEENKEN Staff Writer In light of the recent flood, Fargo and Moorhead have been rapidly working on plans for flood diversions for the cities, but the diver sions themselves won't be completed for another io- 12 years. This may seem like a long time, but from the Army Corps of Engineers' perspective, it is incredibly fast. "The Corps has been absolutely amazed how a very difficult and complex project like this [is done)," said Mark Voxland, mayor of Moorhead. "We've been able to work hard to get coop-eration and get this figured out." According to Voxland, the reason for the speed in figuring out the project is the attitude of cooperation and community that exists between the two cities. This is a rare situation for the Corps to deal with. "The difficulty from this project, from the Corps' standpoint is. there are two cities, two counties and two states. On top of that, they are dealing with many dif-ferent watershed bodies in Minnesota and North Da-kota," Voxland said. The diversions will be large drainage canals to di-vert water out of the Red River and around Moorhead and Fargo before deposit-ing the water further down-stream. Studies by the Army Corps of Engineers show that the canals would be a better solution than dikes because in the event that the river crests higher than the dike walls, the dikes would not contain the river. There is more room for changing flood levels with a diversion canal. "The diversion offers you opportunities that a wall does not," said Dennis Wal-laker, mayor of Fargo. Dikes would also signifi-candy lower the property value of Fargo homes, which was a risk that Wallaker says the city wasn't willing to take. According to Voxland, canals also make more sense because of the extremely flat geography of the area. With no high land to tie the dikes into, the flood wouldn't be contained for the entire length of the floodplain. "We're so flat, we have nowhere to end the dike," Voxland said. The proposed diversions More DIVERSION *Page 3 Olsen to release book about flight BY MARISA PAULSON Staff Writer English Professor W. Scott Olsen's latest book "Never Land: Adventures, Wonder, and One World Re-cord in a Very Small Plane" chronicles Olsen's flying ad-ventures in a single engine Cessna, including the setting of Olsen's world record. Ol-sen holds the world record for the fastest flight, in that type of airplane, across North Dakota: a 359-mile course in about four hours. Olsen joked about his record and his 78 miles per hour average speed during a reading at his "Never Land" release party at Stoker's Base-ment in the Hotel Donaldson on Mar. 29, but his passion for the journey across the state was clear. "My real interest is in that whole long, wonderful process of the road trip and the air trip," he said. "There's something that connects to us deeply about moving, be-ing in motion." "Never Land," released Mar. 1, is Olsen's ninth book and his second about flying. During the writing of Olsen's last book "Hard Air: Adven-tures from the Edge of Fly-ing," Olsen took a flight les-son to better understand his subjects: pilots who operate in unique or dangerous situ-ations, such as fighting fires from the air and flying at the North Pole. Those flight lessons revived Olsen's child-hood dream to be a pilot. 01- sen's father was a pilot, but More NEVER LAND 0 Page 3 CDs of the Senior Honors Concert are now available for purchase.They are $4 and can be picked up at Digital Media Services in Olin. For more information, contact Craig at 3262. Congratulations to the following Writing Center student tutors who have completed the College Reading & Learning Associa-tion (CRLA) International Tutor Certification at Level I and Level 2. In order to achieve International Tutor Certification, students must complete 20 hours of train-ing and a minimum of 50 hours of tutoring time. Caitlyn Schuchhardt Megan Slinger Nicole Nelson Stefan Olson Julie Guggemos Students - looking for convenient housing for the summer? Both Bogstad East and Bogstad Manor are available for summer hous-ing. Rent in Bogstad East is $390/month and $370/ month for Bogstad Manor. The Women's Studies Pro-gram is seeking two student interns for the 2010-2011 academic year. Applicants should be articulate about Women's Studies, have strong organizational and writing skills and be corn-puter savvy. A description and application materials are available on the Con-cordia Women's Studies Web site under "special opportunities." read us while you eat. mmm,. CONCORDIAN INDEX News pages 1-4 Sports page 5 A&E pages 6-7 Opinions page 8-9 Alt page 10 CONTACT US E-mail: concord@cord.edu Campus Mailbox: FPO 214 News Phone: 218.299.3826 Office: Fjelstad B03 Ad Phone: 218.299.3827 Online: theconcordian.org Spring fever has set in and Cobbers are getting anxious for the school year to draw to a close. With summer just around the corner, we are finding it harder to concentrate on studying. THE CONCORDIAN March 24, 2000
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