| Summary: | NEWS THE CONCORDIAN - CONCORDIA COLLEGE - MOORHEAD, MINNESOTA Volume XCVI, Issue 06 - Friday, October 15, 2004 The Concordian is the official student newspaper of Concordia College and is published each Friday of the academic year, with the exception of holidays and exam weeks. The purpose of The Concordian is to affirm the mission of Concordia College by cultivating thoughtful and informed students, faculty and staff through the awareness and discussion of college, local, national and world affairs. Letters to the Editor and guest columns are welcome. Letters must be typed, double-spaced and signed with the author’s name, year in school and phone number for verification. Non-students should include name, office and residency. The Concordian reserves the right to edit obscene and potentially libelous material. All letters become property of The Concordian and will not be returned. Please limit to 250 words. 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Adviser Dr. Pamela Jolicoeur. . . . . . Publisher STAFF Brandon Teachout Editor-in-Chief THE CONCORDIAN A B O U T 2 10 15 Correction: In the Oct. 8 issue of The Concordian the photo of a man cleaning a statue on page 8 was credited incorrectly. It is by Donna Lenius. Lilly sponsors guest conductor By Molly Engstrom A l i c e P a r k e r could sing before she c o u l d speak. She s t a r t e d composing songs at 5 and was writing orchestral composi-tions before she graduated from high school. She has devoted her life to creating and directing vocal music. It is because of her decades of experience, unparallel talent and out-standing commitment to music of the church that Concordia invited her to spend a few days on our campus this week. The music department and Campus Ministry Commission hosted Parker this week. She was spon-sored by the Lilly Call to Serve Program, which seeks to equip students with a greater understanding of vocation. The purpose of her visit was to help students explore music and vocation by learning from her life experiences. She shared how God has called her to use her gifts in music and to serve others - particularly in the area of church music and congrega-tional singing. “Alice Parker is both one of the most respected and one of the most widely published and performed choral composers of the last century,” said Gretchen Person, associate pastor at Concordia. “She has a unique ability to engage and inspire musi-cians and non-musicians alike.” Parker’s knowledge of sacred vocal music is ency-clopedic, Person said. “She loves working with young people and engages them in creative and inspir-ing ways,” Person said. Parker had the opportu-nity to participate in several aspects of campus life while she was here. On Wednesday, she spoke at both the morning chapel and evening communion services. Also on Wednesday, she spent time with students when she participated in a choral conducting class and gave students and faculty a chance to ask her questions over lunch. In addition to these activities, she visited each of the five choirs at Concordia. All five groups are currently working on pieces composed by Parker and appreciated the time she spent directing and guiding them. “We are able to get the most authoritative com-ments since it’s her music. She has a lot of experience to share with us,” said Paul Nesheim, director of Chapel Choir, Bel Canto and Kantorei. Parker wrapped up her stay by meeting with church professions’ students on Thursday afternoon and offering a Mortenson Study looks at sleep patterns of children above Arctic Circle By Michelle Kittleson Lisa Sethre-Hofstad, profes-sor of psychology and Tove I. Dahl, dean of the Concordia Norwegian Language Village, presented “Arctic Adaptations to Midnight Sun: Children’s Sleeping Patterns in Northern Norway,” Monday in Birkeland Alumni Lounge. Sethre-Hofstad collected data for her post-doctoral research last year while on sab-batical in Tromsø, Norway— 240 miles north of the Arctic Circle. “The Arctic Circle is a magi-cal place where the sun starts shining all day,” Dahl said. Through the University of Tromsø, Sethre-Hofstad and Dahl were connected with five local schools, which connected her with 80 participating fami-lies; most had lived there for more than 10 years. Sethre-Hofstad studied the sleeping and waking patterns, circadian rhythms, of partici-pating children during the extreme light and dark periods of the year. In northern Norway, the sun is down 24 hours a day Nov. 21-Jan. 21. Duncan lectures on Lady Gregory By Maren Taylor Dawn Duncan, associate profes-sor of English, gave a l e c t u r e t i t l e d , “ L a d y Gregory and the Feminine Journey: The Gaol Gate, Grania, and The Story Brought by Bridget,” about an essay she wrote which was published in “The Irish University Review” in the summer of 2004. The lecture was given Oct. 5 as part of the Faculty Colloquium Series. The essay provided a close reading of three plays by Lady Gregory, an Irish writer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In her presentation, Duncan offered a unique perspective by analyzing the plays by the traits of the male archetypal hero through a female lens. “We are so influenced by our culture and by tradition-al modes of thinking,” Duncan said. “They create blinders for us.” Duncan’s essay strived to remove these “blinders” by redefining the archetypal hero through a different standpoint, she said. The essay was “demon-strating ways in which the archetypal pattern lends itself to revision from a woman’s perspective,” said Alfhild Ingberg, English professor. Although her essay expresses a feminist point of view, Duncan does not want her readers to think that she wants men and women to be seen as identical. “It is not a matter of men and women being equal but of being valued with equal reverence,” Duncan said. The essay provided the audience with information regarding the archetypal hero and Lady Gregory’s plays, but it also has a broad-er impact on a person’s standpoint on gender issues, Duncan said. “(One of my students) said that hearing the lecture made her more aware that there are still inequalities in how women are viewed, treated, considered,” Duncan said. “Because of that awareness, she is now more eager to seek out those models and to actually become a model on behalf of women for who we are and what we are and can do.” While Duncan’s essay provided a new critique of Gregory’s works, the works may have been widely mis-understood for decades. “(Duncan’s essay) also shows that the archetypal pattern lends itself to a gross misreading of (Lady Gregory’s) plays, unless you are prepared to revise it to include females as heroes,” Ingberg said. Duncan spent two years on the research and refine-ment of the essay. A fellow scholar commented on the persuasiveness of her argu-ment when it was presented as a conference paper. She then submitted it to “The Irish University Review,” the most prestigious journal in the field of Irish literature. This year, the entire journal is dedicated to Lady Gregory’s works. “I hope that (the essay) continues to familiarize those who are unfamiliar STUDY, 7 Video revolution hits campus By Ryan Kirk Friday night in Fargo- Moorhead poses a dilemma for Concordia College students. Dance Dance Revolution, or DDR, is starting to become more popular on campus thanks largely to junior Nick Redenius, the founder of DDR Friday Nights. He started the organi-zation last year in an attempt to meet other DDR players and bring in new ones. “When I got here, I felt I was alone as far as DDR players,” he said. DDR is a game where on-screen cues tell the player which parts of their dance pad to step on. For example, if an up arrow flashes on the screen, the player must step on the up arrow on the pad in a certain time frame. The winner is the player with the highest accuracy. As simple as the premise sounds, the game attracts a number of people. When the group first started last fall there was so much inter-est that finding a room big enough was difficult, Redenius said. “We held a Halloween tour-nament where everyone showed up in their costumes,” he said. “There were at least 50 people there, and one guy was trying to dance in a milkshake costume.” Feminist group organizes breast cancer awareness week By Lesley Johnson Breast cancer is the leading cause of death in women between the ages of 40 and 55, a fact Concordia senior, Michelle Kittleson, knows all too well. At the age of 47, Kittleson’s mother passed away only months before her high school gradua-tion. Kittleson has learned to deal with the loss of her mother and is now helping to fight against the disease in her own way. Kittleson is an active member of the Concordia Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance, and she encouraged the group to find a way to observe Breast Cancer Awareness Month at Concordia. Kittleson and senior Lindsay Hoeft, also a member of the alliance, are co-chairing Concordia’s Breast Cancer Awareness Week and have lead all of the activities for this occa-sion. They sold buttons in Knutson all week for a dollar. Kittleson and Hoeft made all of the buttons, and all of the proceeds will be donated to the National Breast Cancer Foundation. The money will help provide educational programs, funding for research projects,and free mammograms for women who don’t have insurance. Kittleson and Hoeft’s goal was to sell 120 buttons. Within the first few hours on Monday alone, 45 buttons were sold. Hand-outs with facts about breast cancer were made by other members of the feminist alliance and were available this week at the same table as the buttons. “Something that’s unknown is always something to be feared,” Hoeft said. “If you know more about it, if you know methods of treatment, if you know how to detect or if you know survival rates or inci-dent rates, you’ll be better able to deal with something that comes your way,” Hoeft said. “Ignorance isn’t the greatest thing.” The Concordia Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance’s goal for the week was not only to educate people about breast can-cer, but also to let students know that breast cancer affects college students as well as older people, basically everybody. “It’s very important that stu-dents realize that breast cancer can affect students,” said Nancy Jones, the faculty advisor for the Concordia Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance. “Most peo-ple know someone who has had breast cancer.” Kittleson is only one example of this. “I feel very odd putting myself out there,” Kittleson said. “But still, it’s really important to put yourself out there to make a dif-ference.” A picture of Kittleson and her mother were displayed in Knutson along with the buttons and a short write-up about Kittleson’s mother and the effects of breast cancer. Kittleson has freely shared her story and offers others who have shared similar experiences a source of strength. Kittleson’s story has already inspired one person to action. “I went to high school with Michelle and I have known her for many years and I know what she went through,” Hoeft said. “She was the only one working on this project and I just thought that it would be really cool if we got together.” CANCER, 7 VIDEO, 7 COLLOQUIUM, 7 CONDUCTOR, 7 Purpose of visit to help students explore music and vocation from her life Faculty Colloquium Series continues with lecture on Irish playwright Duncan Parker
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