Volume 77, Issue 10: December 6, 1996 North Park Press

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Putting the 'Park' back into North Park
Solutions to the over-crowded parking conditions being pursued; both long and short term
by Dan Erickson
vapid (vap'id) adj. uninteresting;
lifeless; dull; boring
That may be the dictionary def-inition
of the word, but it's taken
on new meaning in the midst of
the parking crisis commuter stu-dents
face each day. VAPID is the
acronym for Volunteers Against
Parking in Distress. This is the
title of a resolution recently pro-posed
in a faculty meeting that
would have faculty and staff vol-untarily
park on neighborhood
streets rather than in the lot on the
corner of Foster and Kedzie.
The Staff Steering Committee
and the College Cabinet have
worked together on the drive to
help alleviate the over-crowding in
the parking lot.
"I think it will make a differ-ence,"
said Dena Luchsinger, chair
of the Staff Steering Committee
which first came up with the pro-posal.
"We started thinking of the stu-dents
who arrive at school at 8:55
in the morning, have a test at 9:00
and end up being late because they
couldn't find parking," she
explained. As a committee they
decided that staff members, on a
'DAG: walk
among the new
prayer groups
on campus
by Tim Lundgren
"God does nothing but in answer to
prayer," John Wesley once said. This quote
has particular importance at North Park this
year as the campus is experiencing a dramatic
increase in group prayer. Whether it is a result
of the fresh new faces on campus or is simply
the work of God, it is the general consensus
among returning students that this year has
brought with it a surge of religious awareness
and excitement.
Anyone who has seen a large group of peo-ple
walking around campus and braving the
cold on Monday evenings, has witnessed one
of the more popular forms of group prayer on
campus. Dubbed "the D.O.G. walk," this
group had its humble beginnings when stu-dents
Keith Palmer, Tony Gapastione, and
Courtney Zivojinovic walked around the
campus one night and decided that it would
be great if others were to join in. They were
amazed by the number of people that were
interested. The name "D.O.G. walk" is an
acronym for "Diggin' on God" and is "God"
spelled backwards.
"We had 60 people by the fourth or fifth
week," said Gapastione. "It was really cool."
Every Monday night at 11:00 p.m., the
group gathers at Anderson Hall and starts its
worship by singing a few songs. Though the
founders of the D.O.G. walk share a little
about themselves and let people know what
the walk is all about, the main purpose of the
walk is to address personal prayer requests
and to pray for the campus in general. Along
the walk, the group prays for each of the
places on campus where it stops; praying for
the Athletic Department, for instance, when
they reach Carlson.
"The Hump is just the best place, because it
is the center of campus," said Gapastione. "It
is just so powerful. It is cool because it is so
volunteer basis, could make the
effort not to park in the
Foster/Kedzie lot, the only lot
reserved for student use.
The idea was brought to the
College Cabinet where cabinet
member Dr. 'Don Klingberg
drafted the proposal now known
as VAPID. Klingberg presented
the proposal in a recent faculty
meeting where response ranged
from vapidity to enthusiasm.
"There wasn't much spoken
support for it, that's for sure," said
Klingberg. However, ten faculty
members did immediately support
it by signing the pledge to park off
campus.
Klingberg reports that finding
alternative parking hasn't been a
hassle. "It's so easy," he said, "I
may just not even buy a parking
pass next year."
Those supporting VAPID
acknowledge that it can only be a
temporary help until more parking
is opened up around campus.
"Hopefully it will help out for
the remainder of the year and then
hopefully next year there will be
something else," said Luchsinger.
The VAPID proposal concludes
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Junior Nate Tungseth and sophomore Jennifer Cooper
bow their heads in prayer at a recent chapel service
cold out there and people are just totally lis-tening
to one another."
Everyone associated with the D.O.G. Walk
has been impressed with the turnout, but they
all stress that it is by God's grace alone that it
has succeeded. Participants would also like to
invite everyone to the D.O.G. Walk, even if
they can only be there for some of the time.
Everyone is also welcome to attend a D.O.G.
Walk party in Java Haus after communion
this Sunday.
Another opportunity that students may take
advantage of is a prayer group that meets
every Friday night at 6:30 p.m. in the Cranny.
It is the continuation of a project that was
started last year, and it too has been growing
as the year has progressed.
"It is for people who just want to get
together and pray," said senior Paul Johnson,
Vice President of Campus Ministries. "People
talk about prayer requests and spend time
praying for either personal or campus issues.
It is unstructured and laid back."
Like many of the other group prayer oppor-tunities
on campus, this prayer time is not a
Bible study; instead, the time is completely
devoted to prayer, and anyone interested in
becoming a part of this prayer time is encour-aged
to attend.
A third opportunity for group prayer is one
that anyone can participate in on their own
time. After some speakers had come to Col-lege
Life and expressed the importance of
prayer in every day life, two students associ-ated
with College Life, Kristin Janes and
Brita Moon, thought it would be helpful if
everyone on campus was being prayed for on
an individual basis. They put together a list of
names of everyone on campus and gave any-one
who was interested a list of 14 names to
pray for during that week.
"We started on Sunday and by Thursday
more than half of the campus was already
being prayed for," said Janes. "It was some-thing
we could do on our own time with our
own initiative. Obviously," continued Janes,
"there is nothing we can do about calling peo-ple
up and asking, 'Are you praying?' but we
think that this is important and is something
tangible for our community." Anyone inter-ested
in obtaining a list of names of people to
pray for can contact Janes or Moon and give
them your mailbox number.
This list of praying opportunities is by no
means all-encompassing. There are many
other opportunities for group prayer on cam-pus
this year, and with the heightened sense
of religious awareness, one probably need not
look far to find a group.
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Good luck on your finals.
The grace period for Chicago's area code split which occurred in
October will end on Jan. 11. Be sure to inform friends and family
that North Park's new area code is 773 instead of 312. The 312 area
code only serves areas in or near downtown and the new 773 area
code serves the outlying neighborhoods.
Get your resumes prepared, Careerfest—the job fair for students of
Illinois small colleges and universities will be held February 7, 1997.
For more information contact Charles Olson in the Career Planning
Office.
Parking...
saying, "We applaud board and
administrative efforts on the park-ing
problem and again stress to
them the urgency of both short-term
relief and long-term solu-tions."
A special meeting of the Cam-pus
Development Committee of
the Board of Directors will be held
in January to "crystallize some
ideas" regarding parking solu-tions,
according to Carl Balsam,
Vice President of Administration
and Finance.
Nicole Masse, Commuter Stu-dent
Association president, met
with Balsam Wednesday morning
to discuss some of the long-term
solutions. Her findings were
reported in a meeting of the CSA
that afternoon.
The lot on the corner of Kedzie
and Carmen is still under negotia-tion.
It is also being investigated
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as to whether it is environmentally
safe after the fire which destroyed
the auto shop which used to stand
there.
As President Horner reported in
the State of the School Address
last month, there is a possibility of
moving the tennis courts from
behind Sohlberg and opening up
about 100 spaces there.
Another potential, and costly,
solution would be to transform the
existing Foster/Kedzie lot into a
multiple-level lot. This would
reportedly cost $7,000 per space,
over a million dollars total. How-ever,
according to Balsam, if the
college continues to grow as is
expected, this will be looked into
as a solution.
"It's not an easy problem, but
it's one we're looking at from
every angle," said Balsam.
Hostetter's opera to
premiere in barn
by Hilde I,illehagen
North Park Communications
professor Robert Hostetter's
biggest extra-curricular project,
at the moment, is the writing of
a folk opera.
In preparing a script for the
opera, a research crew taped the
stories of 80 people. From these
oral history interviews came
2,000 pages of transcript which
Hosetter is now in the process of
transforming into the opera.
It will be finished early next
year and premiere at the centen-nial
of Newport, Virginia, in
October of 1997. Upon Hostet-ter's
request, the last remaining
barn in Newport has been reno-vated
into a performing arts cen-ter
and will be used for the cele-bration
of the centennial.
Hostetter, a member of the
Faculty and Student Cross-Cul-tural
Committee at North Park,
received his Ph.D. in Theater
with a secondary in Communi-cation
Studies and Film from
Northwestern University. He is
in his eighth year at North Park.
In his spare time, Hostetter
presented two papers at a con-ference
for the Speech Commu-nication
Association in San
Diego last month. Both of his
papers were selected among the
top four in their divisions. They
were entitled Theater and Peace
and Conflict.
Chicago will host next year's
conference and Hosetter is help-ing
to organize a seminar on
meditation. He hopes to employ
North Park students in the exer-cises
of the seminar.
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There is also the possibility of
implementing a course on medi-ation
at North Park. Hostetter
claims there is a need for such a
course, saying: "Conflict is at
the heart of drama, and conflict
resolution and reconciliation at
the heart of the Gospel. A place
like North Park should be an
ideal place to bring them
together."
Before any of this can hap-pen,
however, Hostetter has
other projects to complete. He is
currently working on a screen-play,
but before it can be made
into a movie, he needs to find a
director, raise $4 million, and
rewrite the screenplay for the
fifth time.
Hostetter has also made a
proposal for a documentary
called "New Frontiers in Inter-national
Peace Making," and is
currently trying to find a docu-mentary
producer.
If he is successful in his
search, Hostetter will have an
even busier schedule ahead.
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Lucia Festival to help kick off
North Park's holiday season
by Josh Church
The 18th annual Lucia Festival
at North Park College will take
place on Saturday, December 7,
and Sunday, December 8, at 7:00
p.m. The festival, which will be
held in Anderson Chapel, costs $1
for adults and is free for students.
A reception, featuring coffee and
Swedish cookies, will follow the
festival.
Lucia is an annual Swedish
Christmas holiday celebrated on
December 13. "Luciadagen," as it
is called in Sweden, marks the
beginning of Sweden's Christmas
season. Lucia is often referred to
as the "holiday of light" because
the candles which are placed in the
windows bring light to an other-wise
dark sky in Sweden.
In Swedish families, the eldest
daughter is most commonly cho-sen
as Lucia, and she wears can-dles
on her head to indicate her
distinction. The other daughters
are made attendants and they walk
in the traditional Lucia procession
carrying candles. In Swedish
schools, a Lucia is chosen among
all of the girls, and it is considered
a great honor.
Lucia is celebrated not only in
Sweden, but also by Swedish-
Americans in the United States.
Maggie Morris, North Park stu-dent,
is one of the many women
who has had the honor of being
Lucia at one time or another. She
was involved in the Lucia festival
at her church from second grade
through eleventh grade. She was
chosen to be Lucia her junior year
of high school. For her, Lucia was
the beginning of the Christmas
season. "Lucia meant Christmas,"
said Morris.
For some, Lucia is celebrated
for other reasons. North Park stu-dent
Carl Andy Johnson explains:
"Lucia is fun because the youngest
daughter in the family has to serve
the family breakfast in bed ... or
maybe it's the oldest daughter. I
can't remember. I only have one
sister. But, it's still fun."
At North Park's Lucia Festival
this weekend, the two women cho-sen
to be Lucia are Liz Freeman
and Erica Nelson. Both Freeman
and Nelson are fourth year stu-
Senior Lukas Eklund
participates in last
year's Lucia Festival.
dents who have been involved in
the Swedish program at North
Park throughout their college
careers. Morris and other students
will share their thoughts on Lucia,
and what it means to them. Tradi-tional
Swedish Christmas carols
will be sung and prayers in
Swedish and English will be
recited.
Love at first byte?,
North Park student meets fiance in cyberspace
by Kelly Hislop
Newspapers, telephones, radios,
television. Technology has been
making the world smaller for
decades, and the most recept addi-tion
is the Internet. The Internet
brings people from all over the
world together in new and often
interesting ways.
Case in point: Jennifer Johnson,
a senior at North Park College, has
just recently started planning for
her August wedding — to a man
she met over the Internet. She
talks excitedly of her wedding
dress, the invitations, the church,
and, of course, the groom. His part
in planning, though, is rather diffi-cult;
he lives in Ireland.
Johnson had never used the
Internet until a friend introduced
her to the chat sessions and other
Places where she could meet peo-ple.
Johnson says she was only
looking for fun, but ended up find-ing
much more.
The first thing she encountered
in the world of Internet relation-ships
was many lonely people
looking for cheap pleasure. She
soon made friends with people
from all over the world, but was
always hesitant of what she calls
"freaks."
"The Internet is a game," John-son
explained. "People can have
different identities. The computer
provides a security." She went on
to explain that it is hard for a per-son
"talking" on the Internet to be
consistent with who he/she is. It is
too tempting to many people to
make themselves into something
that they are not.
But John Daly was different. He
was sincere.
She says she knew Daly
through other Internet acquain-tances,
but never really connected.
with each other. One day, they just
started "talking" to each other, and
soon were very interested in each
other.
They talked for a few months
over the computer. But, soon,
school for both of them ended, and
Johnson went on tour with a North
Park group for the summer.
"We wrote every week," she
said. "He had the itinerary of all
the places that we were, and he
wrote me everywhere."
The letters, postcards, and brief
phone calls went on for the next
year. Finally, Johnson and Daly
decided that they should meet.
Daly flew to Chicago last May,
just before college for Johnson let
out for the summer. He stayed for
the entire summer, but the first
meeting was not all either had
dreamed about.
"I was anxious, he was ner-vous,"
Johnson said. "He was so
nervous that his cheek would
quiver. The first week was very
awkward."
Though she had her doubts the
first week, Johnson's fears were
soon relieved. She felt that she
11/1/4mailic firav ArAtirivirisrm
Iraqi oil will be back on the world market for the first time since
the Persian Gulf War under a U.N. oil-for-food deal. The announce-ment
made last Tuesday said Iraq has already signed contracts to
sell oil to 50 international firms from Europe, Southeast Asia, and
South America. The limited oil sales, allowing Iraq to export $2
billion worth of oil over the next six months, are intended to ease
the suffering of the Iraqi people under U.N. trade sanctions.
Fifty-thousand students and other protesters filled the streets of -
Belgrade Monday as demonstrations against Serbian President Slo-bodan
Milosevic continued. The protest, the largest of the last two
weeks, came in response to Milosevic's threats to forcefully quiet
the streets of the city with security forces if demonstrations con-tinued.
The demonstrations began last month to protest alleged
socialist rigging of elections, but have grown into demands for the
removal of Milosevic who has been in office for the past nine years.
The U.S. and Japan signed an agreement Monday to cut Ameri-can
military presence on the Japanese island of Okinawa. To
replace the U.S. air stations on Okinawa, the two countries
announced plans to build a revolutionary floating helicopter base
somewhere off the island's east coast. Negotiations to cut U.S. pres-ence
on the island have been going on for the past year as a result
of the September 1995 rape of an Okinawa schoolgirl by three
American servicemen.
"NATO expansion will lead to new divisions in Europe," warned
Russian President Boris Yeltsin last Friday. The comment was the
latest of recent anti-NATO statements made by Russia in response
to NATO expansion plans in eastern Europe. In a European security
summit held in Lisbon, Portugal this week, U.S. Vice-President Al
Gore addressed the Russian concern saying NATO "remains a
defensive alliance it poses no threat to any other nation."
Doctors said Monday they were optimistic that Mother Theresa
will recover from her third heart surgery in the last five years. The
86 year-old 1976 Noble Peace Prize winner, considered by many,
to be a living saint for her extensive work with the poor, had
surgery last Friday to clear two blocked coronary arteries. Although
optimistic, doctors are still worried over the nun's long-standing
lung and kidney problems.
South African President Nelson Mandela will sign into law a
post-apartheid Constitution Tuesday that enforces racial and social
equality. South Africa's highest court Wednesday authorized Man-dela
to sign the constitution into law. Inkatha Freedom Party leader
Mangosuthu Buthelezi remains opposed to the constitution claim-ing
it doesn't give provinces the federal powers he had demanded
since democracy talks began in 1990.
knew Daly very well from his let-ters
before his arrival in the States,
but she couldn't be sure if she
liked him as much as she liked the
idea of him. Once they arrived at
her home in Manistee, MI, how-ever,
she was pleasantly surprised.
"He got along with everyone,"
she said, speaking of her younger
siblings and her parents. "He was
very patient and gentle."
Johnson has six younger sib-lings
and was unsure how Daly
would respond to her family. She
says she knew that he was right for
her when she saw how he inter-acted
with her siblings and her
parents. Daly proposed a few
weeks later and Johnson accepted.
The time they have been apart
has been difficult for both, but they
are struggling to make it work.
Johnson plans to go to Ireland for
a few weeks after Christmas, and
letters and phone calls are still an
important part of their relation-ship.
So is e-mail.
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North Park students just starting to learn about life in Sweden
by Kristi Hendrickson
A year like no other... We may
not have any snow yet, and advent
may not have begun, but the dark-ness
that greets us at four o'clock
every day, along with a growing
number of Lucia songs hanging in
the air, tell us that December is
coming to Sweden `snart'. For the
twelve of us who are part of the
NP exchange with SVF (Sodra
Viitterbygdens Folkhogskola) in
Jonkoping, Sweden, this really has
been a year like no other.
Although we've been here three
months (some of us five), it seems
as though we're just starting to
learn about life in this country.
And December signals our time to
go home?
In many ways it feels as though
we've just begun. It is only
recently that we've grown accus-tomed
to hearing our teacher tell
us we've been a class like no
other. Now we almost pride our-selves
with the fact, and it seems
making history has become part of
our class mission. Some of our
'first' accomplishments include
the following: first class with e-mail,
first class to be truly interna-tional
(one Brit, one Canadian, one
French), first class to witness
Chuck and Elsa Wiberg gettin'
down to Stayin' Alive, the first
class with the greatest number of
visitors (eight of twelve convinced
their loved ones to make the trip),
and we're the first class to have
received a record number of pack-ages.
But our list of accomplish-ments
continues: first class lucky
enough to have Walter the oldest
and the boldest, first class with as
many boyfriends
(yes boys, be
proud), first
class to miss
their boys as
much (smile
again boys, we
mean you) first
class to have had
constant rain on
the tropical
Greece trip, first
class with as
many run-ins
with the police,
and the first class
to have fought
off knife-wield-ing
attackers in
Athens. It has
been a year like
no other.
So not only
does our fearless
leader Hans con-stantly
remind us
of our history
making firsts,
we're experienc-ing
some novel-ties
of our own.
We're still trying
to understand
why potatoes can't be prepared in
more than one fashion, why
orange and green clothes are con-sidered
stylish, why Swedish dry-ers
take two hours to make our
clothes hot and humid, and how
tight jeans can be popular at all.
We also marvel at the fact that
peanut butter is considered a for-eign
food, 'fika' is a national past-time,
and for those of us who live
in Sweden's version of Cabrini
Green (Herrgarden) — that cover-
Let's bike! North Park students enjoy some quality time during their semester in Sweden.
(front) Milinda Mitchell, Laura Knipp, Erin Murakami, Kristi Hendrickson, Karen Wenell, Kevin Peterson (middle)
Kerstin Lindgren, Kari Youngberg, Laura Dahlgren (back) Walter Pukala, Ted Norman, David Lockridge
ing to and from the shower can be
considered optional. It didn't take
us too long however to learn that
corn flakes and cellular phones are
both an important part of a
Swede's daily life, and that a good
meal wouldn't be complete with-out
some tasty baby food (alias
kram) and killer coffee for dessert.
Yet some things will never change.
As every class does, we love to
spend our free time playing wally-ball
in the yim.
We also love to simply spend
time together. Four months of rel-ative
academic ease have meant
ample time to play practical jokes,
meet some crazy Swedes, and
bond with each other often, and
thankfully, during our weekly
prayer meeting. Despite being far
from the spirit filled worship ser-vices
of North Park, we have made
it a point to meet together every
week, (including a memorable
meeting in a hotel in Athens), to
grow closer to each other and to
God. He has done wonderful
things for us and among us, and
for this we will be forever thank-ful.
Now as the music of Lucia falls
upon our ears, we realize our time
is quickly coming to an end. We
look forward to returning to our
homes, our loved ones, and at least
a few weeks worth of storytelling.
Thanks for your prayers and for
not having forgotten us. We're
soon on our way, bringing with us
sixteen wonderful Swedes, and a
lifetime worth of memories.
Let's Oka!
Meet the 16 Swedes
coming to North
Park's campus next
semester in conjunc-tion
with the Sweden
Exchange Program:
(front row) Rebecca Wik-lund,
Karolina
Daniel Obradovic, Mar-cus
Anvegard, Ann-
Helen SkOld, Linda Jans-son
(middle row) Anna Carls-son,
Anna Staaf, Asa
Carlsson, Daniel
Myrgren, Per Hagman,
Andrea Eirestal
(back row) Mike Evans,
Johan Deguerry, Mathias
Heimerback, Erik Nord-strom
The ongoing Trek continues
by Adam A. Ward
Star Trek: First Contact
****
Usually in the lobby of your
local theater, one would encounter
the casual ticket-taker, the bleep-ing
video games, the familiar
redolence of popcorn. One would
not expect knife-wielding Klin-gons
or a stoic character in cyber-netic
Borg garb with pale pomade
giving you the "evil eye." But this
is the scene that met the eyes of
infinite numbers of "trekkies" who
crawled out of their personal bio-stasis
chambers for the latest
installment of the never-ending
Star Trek series: Star Trek: First
Contact.
Though this film is detailed in
script and challenging to watch, it
doesn't actually require you to
have kept up with the series. The
movie is well written enough to
draw in an unenlightened audience
without relying too heavily on
Next Generation episodes.
One generally gets the idea that
the "Borg" are both flesh and
cybernetics, of the same collective
consciousness, and whose goal it
is to "assimilate" other worlds and
cultures to enhance and make
more Borg for itself. Incidentally,
it does anchor to the Federation's
battle with a Borg 'cube' about six
years ago when Captain Picard
himself was assimilated. When a
huge Borg cube returns to wage
final war, Picard and his dauntless
crew bravely take the lead. A
small Borg vessel escapes destruc-tion
at the last instant and manages
to time-travel back to the mid-21st
century, on the cusp of man's first
revolutionary warp-propulsion
experiment, intent on stopping the
event and dooming earth to Borg
assimilation before interstellar
travel is ever realized.
There are several plots going on
at once. The crew must attempt to
convince the "legendary" yet
reluctant Dr. Cochrane (James
Cromwell) to make his destined
flight. Picard must try to accom-modate
the fears, and surprising
wisdom, of 21st century civilian
Lily Sloan, played extremely well
by Alfre Woodard (Grand
Canyon), while his ship is being
assimilated around him.
The android Data is captured
and presented to the very heart of
the Borg consciousness: a female
Borg, malevolent yet suave and
poised, played with a kind of
graceful deceit by the heavily
made-up Alice Krige. She gener-
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ates a sense of evil beauty that one
believes it fitting that the cold, effi-cient
Borg hive is run by a such a
queen.
The space scenes are remark-able,
and we see some fantastic
action scenes on the outside hull of
the ship when Picard and crew
members don space-suits, some-thing
not done since Star Trek:
The Motion Picture.
Effects aside, this movie is
funny, intelligently written and
styled. Though it does not follow
through on all of the commercial
hype, it is still very much a delight
for Trek fans and movie-goers
alike. Jonathan Frakes, or "Com-mander
Riker," did a superb job
directing this, the first independent
Next Generation film. It is a fine
piece of work.
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members Kelly Ogg, director Greg Minim, and Josh Hample.
The concert formerly known
as Queen of All Saints
by Rebekah Eklund
My favorite part of the end of
fall semester is the Festival of
Lessons and Carols, or the concert
which persists in my memory as
Queen of All Saints. This year, the
festival was held in its full majesty
at Grace Lutheran Church in
nearby River Forest, on December
2 and 3.
This marked my fourth year
attending the concert, and I admit I
had been looking forward to an
evening in the magnificent Queen
of All Saints Basilica. However,
Grace Lutheran quickly dispelled
my wariness and proved itself to
be a beautiful church. As tenor
Karl Freeberg sang the opening
notes of the Sanctus (from H.
Berlioz's Requiem) during the
Prelude, I noted that the acoustics
were just as good as I remembered
them from past years.
For those students who are
unfamiliar with the festival, the
lessons (Scripture readings relat-ing
to the birth of Christ) are inter-spersed
with carols, hymns, and
orchestral pieces. The first Christ-mas
event of the season at North
Park, it offered a relaxing evening
away from studying, immersed in
the musical talent of fellow NPC
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The lessons began with Genesis
3, which says that the seed of a
woman shall bruise the serpent's
head, and concluded with Lesson
Nine, the mystery of the Incarna-tion
expressed in John 1. Readers
from both nights included Dr.
Theodora Ayot, Professor of
African History, Dr. James S. Nel-son,
Associate Professor of Theo-logical
and Biblical Studies, and
the Rev. Jodi Mullen Fondell, Col-lege
Chaplain.
For the carols, performers were
the College Choir, Chorus, and
Orchestra, the Chamber Singers, a
Woodwind Quintet, and organist
Leon Nelson. Pieces ranged from
the traditional English Sussex
carol to a 14th century German
carol, "In dulci jubilo."
The final song of the evening
was the highlight of the night for
me, when the congregation, all the
choirs, and the orchestra launched
into a glorious rendition of "0
Come, All Ye Faithful."
Overall, while Grace Lutheran
may not have been the familiar
Basilica, the performers success-fully
put together an enjoyable
concert, as well as an opportunity
to experience the Christmas story
through worship and music.
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Page 6 Dec. 6, 1996
The 1996 Chocolate Jell-O Awards
by Jelani Greenidge
In the entertainment world
today, there are many awards to be
gained. The motion picture indus-try
has the Oscar, the television
networks have the Emmy, the
music industry has the Granuny.
In the same way, the Gospel Music
Association sponsors its annual
Dove Awards to highlight the best
in Cluistian music. Now don't get
me wrong; I like Christian music, I
listen to it extensively. Still, there
are two problems I have with
award ceremonies in general: they
usually only highlight mainstream
artists, and there is too much sig-nificance
given to them. With that
in mind, I now present the official
recipients of the 1996 Chocolate
Jell-0 Awards:
The Best Use of Movie Clip in
Song Award:
T-Bone: "Throwin' Out the
Wicked" (from Tha Life of A
Hoodlum)
The song opens with dialogue
from an old Bruce Lee film:
"What's your style?"
"My style? You could call it 'the
art of fighting without fighting."
'The art of fighting, without fight-ing?'
Tell me some of it ... "
That sound clip is the perfect
introduction to T-Bone's hip-hop
persona of a psychopathic lyrical
assassin. T-Bone appeals to the
hard-core rap listener with his
maniacal disposition and gangsta
beats. The difference in lyrical
content is that the objects of his
fury are demons and evils spirits,
as opposed to "wack emcees."
Best Fusion of Seemingly
Incompatible Genres:
Erace : The Gotee Brothers
This album seamlessly meanders
through shades of hip-hop, rhythm
and blues,
and even (gasp) bluegrass in some
spots. In "Yoknapatawpha (Mental
Mississippi)", there's a musical
breakdown that features a spirited
country-sounding chorus of
"Where Are You Tonight" fol-lowed
by a mellow 70s-style elec-tric
piano solo, all in the space of
approximately 25 seconds.
The "We-Get-Free-Publicity-
For-Having-A-Name-That-
Sounds-Like-Another-Rap-
Group" Award:
This award goes to The G.O.G.z,
(God's Original Gangstaz), whose
name and sound bear a striking
resemblance to the popular rap
foursome Gospel Gangstas, who
also go by the shortened moniker
of the "0 double G'z", which
stands for Original Gospel
Gangstas. The name G.O.G.z
sounds like a wanna-be band. This
is not to say that The G.O.G.z are
bad at what they do; it's just that
their name makes them sound
worse than they really are.
Most Picturesque Simile in a
Rap Song:
"What's Happening:" S.F.C. (off
the compilation Next Level of
Hip-Hop)
"Forget your cliques, I won't
change to be accepted/I'll just get
up and jet, and stand out like a
hickey on a light-skinned girl's
neck ... "
Super C, the lead emcee for the
longevitous hip-hop group, has
always been able to come up with
interesting similes in his rhymes,
but this one takes the cake.
Best Album with Help Recruited
From Big-Time Secular Artists:
Irreplaceable Love: Commis-sioned
This album from the Detroit
gospel funk band features two
songs written and produced by
Shawn Stockman and Wanya
Morris of Boyz II Men. This is
very ironic, considering that the
vocal style that propelled them to
fame was showcased by Commis-sioned
years before anyone had
ever heard of Boyz II Men.
Best Song That Resembles A
Skit From A PBS Show:
"Rap 'n Read:" Young Warriors
For the Cause
"If you wanna learn to rap then
you need to learn to read/get your
Commissioned get into the groove, sounding a lot
like Boys II Men. Or is it the other way around?
mind on time with the rhyme
[word-upl"
I would have really loved this
song, if it weren't for the fact that
I'm no longer in seventh grade. In
other words, this song would have
been really fresh about five years
ago.
Most Poetic Metaphor in a Rap
Song:
"Jazz:" GRitS
Teron Carter (the darker of the two
emcees that comprise GRitS) uses
beautiful imagery to describe his
heritage expressed in jazz, the
legacy of strength and dignity evi-dent
in the music he grew up lis-tening
to, and how it gives him
strength in his daily walk with
Christ:
"...the voice of the horn cries for
freedom of imprisonment/releas-ing
the soul from the shackles of
environment.. .jazz is the mother,
and hip-hop's the child/ she died
and revived, now her child's run-ning
wild..."
Most Ambiguous Distinction of
Genre:
This award goes to
Integrity/Hosanna! Music, for
prominently displaying the head-ing
'URBAN Praise & Worship'
at the bottom of the ground-break-ing
release "Praise In the House"
by Fred Hammond and Radical
For Christ. Does this mean that all
of the other Integrity releases were
suburban? Of course, they could
have called it 'Black Gospel', so
I'll stop complaining.
Song Most Closely Resembling
A MentosTM Jingle:
"Everybody": Gina
It's not that I don't like her voice.
As a matter of fact, I think she has
a great voice. It's just that you can
only command so much respect
with lyrics like "everybody sing
the language of love" sung in such
a repetitive, 80s-roller-skate-disco
style.
The summer's biggest hits deal with smaller pastures
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by Greg Harms
Just in time for Christmas, this
summer's three biggest hits are
available on home video. In the
theaters, their big budget special
effects thrilled audiences and
broke records. However, watching
a movie at home just isn't the
same as watching it in the theater,
and, way too often, many movies
loose something in the transition
from the big screen to the small
screen.
Independence Day, the year's
highest grossing movie, is also one
of the year's best. The transition to
video does not significantly hurt it.
The special effects are not quite as
spectacular, but are still thrilling.
This slight decrease is made up for
by strong performances which,
due to less attention on the special
effects, are allowed to shine
through. While the plot is rather
simple, the acting is very solid and
well done, especially by Bill Pull-man
and Will Smith. The charac-ters
are likable and, despite its
length, the movie clips along at a
good pace. The only problem
comes in the last 30 seconds. As
the camera pans from a crashed
alien ship to debris raining down
above it, the picture suddenly
switches to letterbox format, one
of the worst ideas in video history.
The abruptness of the transition, as
well as the needlessness of it, dis-rupts
the feel-good ending.
Twister is rather inexplicably
the year's second highest grossing
movie. Completely devoid of
characterization, plot, or any sem-blance
of good acting, it relies on
special effects for its substance,
and this hurts it greatly. The prob-lem
is that the special effects are
not as thrilling on a TV screen as
they are on a movie screen. In the
theaters, the grand scope of the
effects masked the movie's prob-lems.
With the diminished thrill on
video, the problems are laid bare.
First of all, the acting is almost
non-existent. Almost everyone's
performance is flat. Second, Helen
Hunt's character, Jo, is almost no
different than her character on
Mad About You, and she plays Jo
exactly the same as Jamie. The
movie may as well have been
called Jamie Bucchman Chases
Tornadoes. While Hunt is good as
Jamie, it would have been nice to
see her show some maturity in her
acting by going against type.
Third, all the supporting characters
are incredibly annoying, especially
Dusty. On the big screen, it was
easy to ignore them while waiting
for the next tornado, but since the
tornadoes are nothing to look for-ward
to on video, the viewer is
forced to suffer watching the
minor characters. Director Jan
DeBont, having already dispensed
with plot, should have just filmed
45 minutes of tornadoes and not
included any characters at all.
Viewers are better off waiting
about 20 years for the theatrical re-release.
The third highest grossing
movie of the year, Mission:
Impossible is actually better on
video. The viewer feels a more
intimate relationship with the
characters and is more easily
drawn into their world. Hammer-ing
from critics complaining that
the movie is too complicated was
completely unwarranted. Mission:
Impossible is simply an intelli-gent,
well-written movie. Thanks
to Jim Carey, any movie that
requires the use of more than two
brain cells to follow is now con-sidered
complicated and not worth
the effort. Mission: Impossible is
one of these movies that requires
more than two brain cells, but if
the viewer can get past the great
mental strain, the use of another
brain cell is worth the effort here.
The special effects are integrated
so well into the story that they are
not consciously noticed until the
end, and so do not suffer in the
transition. Characterization is
good, but the acting is uneven.
Tom Cruise has never been a
knock-out actor. Usually he is con-tent
to cruise along on his looks,
and this is no exception. Vanessa
Redgrave is an effective counter-balance
to his acting. All things
considered, this Hitchcockian
movie is sure to please, and let's
hope the sequel is just as good.
Dec. 6. Nutcracker Suite .
$15 with student ID. Mandel
Hall, University of Chicago
at 1131 E. 57th St. For tick-ets
and info, call 312-461-
9708.
Everday. Tunes at Noon.
Chicago Music Mart.
auk/0
Now-Dec 8. The Fragrance
of Ink: Korean Literati Paint-ings.
The David and Alfred
Smart Museum of Art at
5550 S. Greenwood Ave. For
info, call 702-3121.
Dec. 6 and 7. Soulfront. $10.
8:00 p.m. The Second City's
Skybox Studio Theatre at
Piper's Alley at 1608 N.
Wells. For more info. call
312-337-3992.
Dec. 12. Fruit Pieces: Apples
on Tin Cups, Debra Man-coff,
speaker. $15. Noon-
1:00 p.m. Terra Museum of
American Art at 664 N.
Michigan Ave. To register,
call 312-664-3939 by Dec.
10.
Sunday
BSA Kwanza
College Life in
Chapel, 7 m
Now-Dec. 7. The History of
the Devil, or Scenes from a
Pretended Life. 8:00 Thurs-
Sat, 3:00 Sun. $18 on Thurs,
$20 on Fri and Sun, $22 on
Sat. Student Rush $5 before
show. Noyes Cultural Center
at 927 Noyes St., Evanston.
For tickets and info, call
847-475-1875.
Now -Dec. 14. Hereafter.
8:00 p.m. $10 with Student
ID. Stage Left at 3408 N.
Sheffield. For tickets and
info, call 325-9884.
Now-Dec. 15. Stage Door.
7:30 p.m. except Sundays, at
2:00 p.m. $5-$10. Merle
Reskin Theatre at 60 E.
Balbo Dr. For tickets and
info, call 312-922-1999.
Now-Dec. 19. Mrs. Klein .
8:00 p.m. Tues.-Sat. 3:00
p.m. Sun. $20 with Student
ID. Royal George Theatre at
1641 N. Halsted.
Now-Jan. 5. The Male Intel-lect
(an oxymoron). Mercury
Theatre at 3745 N. South-port.
Tickets through Ticket-master
or by calling the box
office at 325-1700.
Dec. 6. Un Re in Ascolto.
7:30 p.m. Civic Opera House
at 20 N. Wacker Dr. For tick-ets
and info, call 325-1700.
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Christmas Car-oling
Dow,ntOWitt:
Junior Betsy Ericson and Dr. Pete Pearson, professor of Biology, take
advantage of the one time during the year when the library allows food
and drink consumption, the Nutcracker Open House. Students, faculty
and staff alike turned out for the event on December 4 from 2:30 to 4:00
in the afternoon.
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7 Contract for 79 Lloyd and Masson
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20 Hoffman Oscar film 88 _ Pitmen
21 Napoleon was one 87 Mad TV rival
22 Bargain basement 68 Sea dog
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25 Genetic material 99 Pea packets
28 Shuck 102 Starlet persona
27 Alabama city 104 Craze
29 Supply staff to 106 Animal Farm author
30 Quiescent 107 Needle-nosed fish
32 Singer Below 106 Opponent
34 Richard Laskey book 111 Meet on the street
36 Presidents' Day event 113 Old word of
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40 Graph start 114 Stage whisper
42 Frazier foe 116 Clean off the end table,
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45 Fuss 120 Summer quaff
47 Dancing flyers? 121 Nell's hero
64 Numerical Info 122 Those demos
56 Dart about 123 Pica requiring glasses
57 Endangered 124 Set up • goat
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61 Aquarium denizen
66 _ Mrs* Uses
67 Calcutta costume
63 Bit of cottage cheese
59 Mitch Miller's
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Page 8 VIEW
by Pete Peterson
Looking for the cherry filling
So this is it, it's the end of the
semester, half way through this
crazy, crazy year. Can you believe
it?
At these points in my life (birth-days,
semesters, Christmas), I stop
for a second and ask myself, are
you moving forward? Are you
growing as a person, growing as a
Christian? Most of the time, I feel
like I can answer "yes," but some-times,
I feel like I've slid a little bit
backwards. Usually there's no real
way to compare, so it's just plain
old hard to judge. But I got a gift
in the mail a couple of months
ago, and I saved it for this week.
It's my final Threshold journal
entry. Perhaps you will be as
entertained as I was when I reread
it:
"My final journal entry. hmm. It
seems weird to finally be done
with this semester. It also feels
really weird to be 1/8 done with
college. (undergrad, o' course.)
Life is a crazy thing, ms. advisor.
I dont see life as a box of choco-lates.
I dont see it as a bowl of
cherries. I guess if I could say
what I thought life was, i'd say it
was like a jelly donut that you had
to eat to see if they forgot to put
the jelly in or not. If they didn't
you got screwed by the jelly donut
people. If there was a center, good
for you. Yeah, i think that right
NTS
kind.
"I'm not saying that i dont think
my jelly donut has cherry filling,
and I know my jelly donut has
blueberry filling, lots of it. I really
dont know if lye got cherry filling
or not. Its tough to say. Maybe
now that's how id describe it. Of
course, that's a secular definition.
Spiritually, it's still a jelly donut,
but there are two kinds of centers.
earthly, cherry one, and a heavenly
blueberry one. You may or may
not have the cherry one, but if you
find God, you get the blueberry
one, and that one never runs out of
filling. That is, of course the best
when i get to the center of the
donut ill know. or maybe when i
get to the center there wont be any,
and ill throw the donut away, not
realizing that if i continued to eat
the donut there'd be this pocket
way on the other side with the best
cherry filling you ever tasted. Fact
is, it doesnt matter, cause i got the
blueberry filling, cherry filling is
We buy books that can be reused here–or on other campuses.
only frosting on the proverbial
pastry. Or maybe the guy at
dunkin donuts is smoking when he
makes the donuts and then the
ashes fall into the dough. what
happens then? it really doesnt ruin
the filling, but it just kind of sucks,
doesnt it. the dough is like all the
challenges and crap that you have
to get through in life to make it to
the jelly, and ashes are like the
super crappy stuff that peppers our
everyday lives. Ok, now you're
probably thinking 'boy has he
gone over the edge.' well, not
really. It all makes sense. Not in a
super perfect thelogoical way, but
in an esoteric sense. I just felt like
id go off on a tangent. It was fun,
and entertaining. Anyway, thanks
for everything, and I'll see you
around!"
Life goes on, and two years
later I'm still looking for that
cherry filling. Each day I feel more
like I need to let go of the whole
concept of cherry filling. Not
because metaphorically it's silly
and ridiculous, but because cherry
filling is the stuff I'm not supposed
to care about. It's all the crap that
the world says is important. Suc-cess,
fame, money, sex, power, big
house, beautiful spouse, you name
it. I don't need to worry about it.
It'll all fall into place, if it's meant
to. If it doesn't, then I didn't need
it anyway. The bottom line is that
there are things in my own heart
that bother me — they scream
Dec. 6, 1996
"inadequacy," they subconsciously
whisper to me about justifications
and so-called "just" resolutions to
"balancing my time with God."
What kind of crap am I feeding
myself?
Please, cut out the part of your
lives where you worry about
"cherry filling." I can see that (at
least, in my own life) there is so
much that is irrelevant and simply
worldly, human desires; this
doesn't mean that I can simply
walk away from it all — but it
makes me sick to my stomach to
think that there really are, despite
what I tell myself, things in my
life more important than God. I
challenge you to think about
where you are with God as com-pared
to two years ago. Two years
is a long time when time is short.
Have you moved farther forward?
Is it further up and further in, or is
it further sideways and less for-ward
than it is nothing at all?
"Strive to enter through the nar-row
gate, fo7 many, I say to you,
will seek to enter and will not be
able."
I don't really know what I was
thinking two years ago; simple
words from a hastily written jour-nal
do not fully render who I was
and what I believed. But right
now, as I look around my room
and look inside my heart, all my
cherry filling starts to taste like so
many mouthfuls of sand.
Stolen Moments
by Pete Ousley
Who Owns NPC(11)?
I recently had the opportunity to
travel to Boston. I was sent as a
representative of the Student
Association (SA), and more
specifically North Park College. I
have spent many of my days here
at NPC working late into the hours
of the night on one thing or
another. Trying to solve a problem
here is an interesting task. We are
not all that open to change. We
move when standing still is no
longer an option.
In all sincerity, that is not much
different from any other institution
or organization. In Boston I had
the opportunity to talk about our
policies to a number of different
people. The interesting thing is,
when you talk about student gov-ernment
to others, they don't hold
back. People question everything:
why you do this, why you do that.
The result is that I begin to defend
the institution and the Student
Association. I can't help but pro-tect
this place even when I don't
agree with it. I can rationalize
everything we do, and I articulate
our justifications, and slowly their
questions begin to calm. I can't
help but notice that people have an
unusual amount of questions for
North Park wherever we go. I have
learned to defend her quite well.
The best part about their ques-tions
is that I not only gain insight
into how our administrators think,
but I begin to perceive their
dilemma in terms of communica-tion
to students like me. The thing
is, the more they ask me questions
and the more I respond, the louder
that voice in the back of head gets.
Yeah, why the hell do we do
things that way?!
I suppose what I am really try-ing
to say is that we are all stu-dents
here and to some extent we
all must claim this place. What
concerns me is when we all gather
together here, there are some of us
who feel that they have more own-ership
of good ole NPC than oth-ers.
My grandparents wouldn't
have thought to cross through the
gates of Old Main way back when,
but that doesn't negate the fact that
I'm here. I am going to take mY
degree as I have taken this institu-tion
with me. No different than
you. This is my home and I defend
it vigorously to outsiders. I don't
fault you for doing the same. But
don't forget, this is my institution
as well, and you don't need to
defend North Park from me.
People are always asking about
change. What do you think needs
to be changed, and why? Change
is always opposed by someone, so
I would like to assert another
course of action. How about we
stop asking, and just begin to fiX
whatever it is that needs repair.
Dec. 6, 1996 VIEW
OUR BALANCE
by mike o'sullivan
Mission Accomplished?
I can't tell you how relieved I
was to leave for Thanksgiving. On
top of needing a break, I hadn't
seen my best friend in almost a
year, and I was on my way to
spend five days with him and other
friends I hadn't seen in a while.
Once I was in the car, I fully
relaxed and let my mind wander as
it's prone to do in its random way.
It was hard to believe that it was
Thanksgiving of my senior year of
college already. Time has flown by
so fast that when I think back over
the years I get airsick. Nostalgia
hit me hard. So many good times,
some bad times, too, and so many
People that have come across my
path in this time, that it's
impossible to remember them all.
This feeling stayed with me the
entire visit with my friend Drew.
We went to Covenant Bible Col-lege
(CBC) together, and share
Memories of that time. We sat
around a table one night with three
Other CBCers and laughed over
funny stories, and good times. But
along with the happy memories
came the balancing negatives as
well. Stupid choices, wasted time,
things left unsaid and some things
I wish I could take back. Overall, I
feel that when I look back, I often
see myself so caught up in busy
work that I took that special year
for granted.
This semester is no different. I
can't believe that we're at finals
time already. I'm not ready for it
to be over yet, in many ways. I
feel that I just moved in to
Sohlberg, that I just finished get-ting
my floor ready for my resi-dents,
and that I just started my
classes. Looking back again, I see
myself wrapped up in so much
busyness that this semester is gone
without my having tapped it for its
full potential. It's a shaming, hum-bling
thought that even though I
have done a lot, and accomplished
much, and had a blast, there are
things that should have been at the
top of my priority list that weren't
even on there.
An infamous Carl Hobbs quote
comes to mind when I think of
this: "Don't confuse activity with
accomplishment." I may have suc-
NTS
ceeded in many areas these past
months and years, and I may do
even more before I get that cov-eted
diploma. But busyness for the
sake of busyness isn't what got me
there. I need to remind myself that
quality over quantity is generally
best. Running around like a mad
dog isn't going to aid me in feel-ing
no regrets years from now
when I look back.
I'm glad that this lesson is being
taught to me now, while I still
have time to learn it. I have
another semester to give it the old
college try. I hope that I can stick
to my guns, and not get so over-whelmed
with activity that I miss
out on accomplishment, making
the coming semester one of the
best times I've ever had. If! don't,
I'm sure my memories will tell
me.
Enjoy your time off, Parkers —
and have a Merry Christmas.
Questions, comments and criticisms
can be sent to "Four Balance" do Col-lege
News—Box 10.
The way things used to be:
words of an OberSenior
by Erik Carlson
I imagine I am not alone in feel-tOg
that the calendar dealt us a
harsh blow this year. Thanksgiv-lOg
fell so late this year that, fol-lowing
the short break, just two
weeks remained to finish the
semester. I was fortunate enough
le get off campus and
go very far away for
these four days —just
long enough to get
used to good food and
a healthy lack of
tesponsibility. But Sunday night as
rushed back to school (inciden-tally
I was very ill), I was slapped
with the bitter realization that I
had less than two weeks to get
everything done, just as the Holi-dad'
Season kicks into gear. Who
4as time to enjoy the anticipation
°1 Christmas, and attend all (or
any) of the ensuing festivities?
, A minority perspective on this
Issue is that of the Fifth-Year
Senior — or as I prefer to call
"OberSenior." Our num-are
few, so unless you know
Lek of us, it's likely you've never
Leard our perspective on things.
When we came to this fair campus
YOU were all in high school, or
Junior high even. A lot has
eAl'angecl around here since then ...
111, the stories we could tell, if
°Illy you'd take the time to stop
and ask one of us, "What was
North Park like when you were a
first-year student?"
First-year student!? HA! When
I came to North Park there was no
such thing as a first-year student.
We were Freshmen, and we lived
in Freshmen dorms. Why, I
remember when Sohlberg Hall
was the wildest place on campus
— sure it was violent, and many
very time crunch we find ourselves
in now.
You see, fall term came to an
end with the coming of Thanks-giving.
So the Monday after
Thanksgiving marked the begin-ning
of a new semester. Imagine
for a moment that low-pressure,
carefree feeling of the beginning
of a semester,
and combine
that with the
abundant festivi-ties
of the Holi-day
Season, and
combine that with the beginning of
basketball season (which used to
be a big deal around here), and
combine that with the knowledge
that in just a few weeks you would
have a hefty vacation. In my mind
that was the best time of the
school year, because (to be honest)
it was real easy to blow off school
work and just have fun for three
weeks without damaging your
grades.
But this special time of year can
never again be enjoyed by North
Park students the way it once was.
I know I can't hope to drum up
enough support to bring back the
trimesters — you don't care, you
don't know, you never experi-enced
the sheer bliss we eberSe-niors
once knew four years ago.
So I'll just sit here and dream for
a few more minutes before I start
my last paper.
"First-year student!? HAI When I came to North
Park there was no such thing as a first-year stu-dent.
We were Freshmen ..."
were often fearful, but those of us
who survived were better for hav-ing
lived there. Back then there
was no Anderson Chapel, and in
its place was a beautiful spacious
lawn called Ohlson Beach — I'm
not really sure why we called it
that. And the Chaplain? She was
the volleyball coach. Yeah, we had
some good times. Why, there was
the time all the guys in Sohlberg
recieved death threats, and ... oh I
could go on and on.
To bring this back around to my
original topic — when I was a
freshman, we weren't on the
Semester system. Back then North
Park was on a schedule that is rare
in American higher education
today — the Trimester. This was a
series of three seasonal ten week
terms — fall, winter, and spring.
In comparison to semesters, I
much prefer the old schedule. In
large part my opinion involves the
Page 9
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before publication. Please limn you letters to 250 words or
less. We reserve the right to cut longer letters if necessary,
although content will never be altered.
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Dear Editor,
I would like to address the article written in "The View From Here"
portion of last week's (Nov. 22) College News by Matt Guncheon.
I, more than anyone, understand that a good bit of sarcasm can be very
humorous at times. And I do applaud the columnist for attempting to
bring us a few "chuckles." However, one writing for a representation of
an 1800 student institution must use careful judgment in choosing what
or whom to use as the center of that cynicism.
As an athlete here at North Park, I take a lot of pride in the outcome
of not only my own team but also those of my fellow student-athletes.
Athletes are forced to juggle a rigorous practice schedule, difficult work-load,
hours upon hours of studies, and any extra-curricular activities they
choose to become involved in.
Granted, some of our teams have not been as successful in the win
column as they wish to be of late. This does not at all take away from the
work required to become a winner. Winning is a long, difficult process
which leads to some bumps and bruises along the way. It is best if those
bumps and bruises do not come from fellow students who feel the need
to arouse a cute laugh.
In all, I wish more North Park students would recognize all athletes.
No words are necessary, compliments are not requested. If you wish to
support your teams, that's great. If not, keep it that way. But please do
not bring others down with you.
Tim Dykes,
Sophomore
Columnist's response:
To respond to Mr. Dykes' letter, belittling the efforts of North Park ath-letes,
in general or even specifically the football team in November 22's
column was not my intention. For not making my point clearer in the
column and thereby giving rise to this issue, to you and all NPC ath-letes,
especially NPC Football, I give my apology. For writing the col-umn,
I do not apologize. For writing it poorly, I do.
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North Park College
SWEET ASS•IIIATI•111
Senior Shannon Heuber
(above), senior Pete
Ousley (below)
Students honored with
"Renaissance" award
by Amy Christenson
Shannon Heuber, Lindsay
Mitchell, Pete Ousley, and Marc
Siciliano were selected as this
quad's Renaissance students
because of the dedication that they
have demonstrated through their
enthusiastic involvement around
campus.
"Renaissance" is a program
designed by Student Association's
(SA) Academics and Education
team to recognize students for
their achievements and contribu-tions
both in and outside of the
classroom. The focus is not only
on the number of activities that the
nominees participate in, but, on
the attitude and character dis-played
while doing them. Four
students, two men and two
women, will be selected for this
honor each quad by a committee
of Student Association members.
Students can be nominated by any
student, faculty, or staff member.
Nomination forms are available in
the SA Headquarters.
Shannon Heuber is a senior
Psychology major. Her credentials
include: an Urban Outreach (UO)
coordinator and staff position,
member of the psychology club,
member of Chamber Singers and
the Choir, and participant in the
Committee on Gender Issues.
Shannon's determination, compas-sion,
and hard work make her
stand out as a Renaissance student.
Lindsay Mitchell is a sopho-more
Youth Ministry major. Lind-say's
positions include: Anderson
Hall Resident Assistant (RA),
member of Anderson Hall Coun-cil,
a coordinator of Plug-in for
UO, and organizer of the Saint
Lucia day festival. Lindsay's
energy and enthusiasm mark her
as a dedicated member of the
North Park community.
Pete Ousley is a senior English
major. This year he is the treasurer
for SA, a member of SA's Com-munity
Initiative Team, a writer
for the College News, and is
actively involved in the Black Stu-dent
Association. His resourceful-ness
and dedication make Pete an
invaluable student at North Park.
Marc Siciliano is a senior Biol-ogy
major. His positions include:
Peer Advisor, a science teacher
assistant, and an athlete. Marc is
recognized for his friendliness and
natural leadership ability.
Sophomore Lindsay
Mitchell (above), senior
Marc Siciliano (below)
Under new leadership,
BSA reorganizes
by Bevin Cherry
The Black Student Association
has redefined its purpose and exis-tence.
It has gone back to its roots.
Due to both a lack of communi-cation
and understanding about the
BSA and dramatic
changes in its lead-ership,
the BSA has
experienced a lack
of interest, participa-tion
and support.
Noting this the
Black Student Asso-ciation
has recently undergone
internal changes with regards to
structure and leadership.
The BSA has recently had a
change in leadership. Upon the
resignation of William A. St. Clair
II as president, the BSA has
elected new officers: Bevin Cherry
was voted in president and Calvin
Thompson as vice president.
These students are now in the pro-cess
of re-establishing the BSA
and getting it back on track.
The BSA has also adopted Par-liamentary
Procedures and
Robert's rules of order for which
the BSA can effectively run their
business meetings. BSA has estab-lished
procedures and policies to
bridge the gaps that has been cre-music
department, black students
being recruited for athletics rather
than academics, and the poor rep-resentation
of black youth being
brought to campus as prospective
students. The leadership of BSA is
addressing these issues and other
concerns.
The Black Students Association
was historically established as an
organization for the embracement
of its people, the black students.
The organization was to become a
place, a home for the black stu-dents,
allowing
them to gather with
people with whom
they share common
ground. The organi-
- zation was to be a
place where the
black students
could come to terms with their
heritage and culture, and freely
practice their traditions. The orga-nization
primarily was to be a
place where the black students
could combat the evils and injus-tices
they come across and face
each day of their lives on campus.
It is now correct to say that the
BSA is that place, a home for all
its people, the black students and
all those concerned with the strug-gle
of black students.
The Black Students Association was
historically established as an organi-zation
for the embracement of its pea
pier the black students.
ated with their allies, and to better
the communication to its members
and allies.
The BSA has been addressing
various issues and concerns
brought up by its members
throughout the year. A few of
these are the problems black stu-dents
face on campus with regards
to security and harassment by the
Chicago police department. Con-cerns
have included the Gospel
Choir and its merger into the
Senate news
Students polled on attendance policy
by Betsy Ericson
The attendance policy survey in
response to a student concern
elicited strong responses from stu-dents
on Monday. About 100 stu-dents
answered four questions
regarding required attendance in
classes. The overwhelming major-ity
(84 of 100) stated that they
were not in favor of attendance
policies, although 42 out of 100
admitted that such a policy
encouraged them to go to class
when they wouldn't otherwise.
These results and others will be
followed up on by Scott Appleq-uist,
student representative to the
faculty, in conjunction with Dean
Ebner and various faculty commit-tees.
One of the student concerns col-lected
on Monday responded to
the fitness center's new improve-ments.
"I'm anxiously awaiting
the arrival of the new stairmas-ters,"
the student stated. "Please
could we get a treadmill too?" In
Tuesday night's meeting Senators
expressed a hesitation to act ofl
this request; it is primarily the
responsibility of the Athletic
Department to maintain the Fit-ness
Center. The purchase of new
stairmasters was supported by SA
because of the obvious immediate
need. Students will have to wait
for either a larger demonstration of
student interest or a new fitness
center for a new treadmill.
Another issue addressed bY
Senate on Tuesday was handi'
capped access to school buildings.
In response to student concern,
Senators passed a resolution
addressed to the administration. fl
stated students' belief that all
future buildings should be 100
percent handicapped accessible
and that present buildings should
be modified to be as accessible as
possible to handicapped people.
An ad hoc committee was formed
that will work on this project and
report on progress biannually.
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Big Chuck's
totally biased
view
'Da bowls
by Charles Sikorski
With Division I college football
seasons coming to an end soon,
the bowl games will take place
while we are home for Christmas.
So here are my views on the
upcoming bowl season.
Being a huge Big Ten fan, (two
of the most influential people in
the founding of American football,
George HaIlas and Amos Alonzo
Stagg, both came from Illinois), I
am quite sorry that Ohio State lost
All three Florida teams, Florida
State, Miami, and University of
Florida are ranked among the Top
Ten in the nation and will be going
to major bowls. I am not a fan of
the south, but it is amazing how so
much talent can come out of one
area. One tends to wonder ,how-ever,
about all the times these
teams are getting busted for vio-lating
NCAA sanctions.
Northwestern, tying for the Big
Ten championship but losing out
They all have stupid names and
sponsors as well. What's next,
the Spam Bowl, or the Aunt
Jemima Syrup Bowl?
to Michigan again. The reasoning
for this is that the Big Ten has not
won a national championship
since 1968, and we will not win it
this year. Last year, at least the loss
to Michigan put Northwestern in
the Rose Bowl. This year, it did
not do anything helpful except
cost coach John Cooper about
three bonuses. So OSU will still be
going to the Rose Bowl, but this is
the year they needed to be unde-feated,
because they are going
against undefeated Arizona State,
whereas Pac-Ten teams are nor-mally
much weaker than Big Ten
teams.
The dominating figure of recent
college football has been in the
south, notably Florida and Texas.
on the Rose Bowl, will be going to
the Citrus Bowl in Orlando.
Northwestern is fortunate to be
going to a bowl game their second
year in a row, a first for them, but
they are another Big Ten team just
points away from a possible
national championship.
The Wildcats are going to a
New Years Day bowl, but back in
the old days there were only four
bowl games, which is why they
rarely played in a bowl, even if
they were halfway decent. Thank
goodness for modern college foot-ball,
where there are fifty-five
bowl games. They all have stupid
names and sponsors as well.
What's next, the Spam Bowl, or
the Aunt Jemima Syrup Bowl?
Saturday night marks first
men's basketball home game
by Matt Flesch
After an 0-3 start, the North
Park men's basketball team looks
to turn things around.
Despite their poor
record, they have
shown an ability to
score having lost to
Bethel 177-107 during
the second game of
their young season.
North Park shot the
lights out from three
point range against Bethel, sinking
15 of 24 three point shot attempts
for a .620 percentage. Rick
Alspach and Kevin Terrell led the
scoring attack. Alspach was six for
six from beyond the three point
arc, while Kevin Terrell led the
team in scoring with 35 points.
Terrell, who currently leads the
team in scoring with an average of
30 points per game, made 13 of 13
free throw attempts at Bethel.
Falls, they lost 81-50, and they lost
to Benedictine 75-64 following the
Bethel game.
The most glaring problem for
the team has been their
defense. They have
turned the ball over 42
times while their oppo-nents
have had just 27
turnovers, and are
allowing their oppo-nents
an average of 91
points per game.
North Park
hopes to turn things around during
their first home game December 7
at 7:00 p.m. against Concordia,
and win their first conference
game at Augustana on December
10.
North Park shot the lights out from
three point range against Bethel,
sinking 15 of 24 three point shot
attempts for a .820 percentage.
Miguel Tharpe and Denny
Keizer have also played well
offensively, averaging 11 and 10.3
points per game, respectively.
With the exception of the game
at Bethel, however, North Park's
offensive has had its problems. In
their season opener against River
Men's and women's basketball stats
Name
Kevin Terrell
Miguel Tharpe
Denny Keizer
Rick Alspach
Seneca Weikerson
Andreas Therapos
MEN'S BASKETBALL LEADERS
FG FGA Ptt . A S Ava. Reb AVQ-. Pts
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3 28 .464 5 5 6.0 11.0
2 26 .462 5 2 9.0 10.3
8 14 .571 3 0 1.0 10.0
9 13 .692 6 7 2.0 7.3
6 24 .250 9 1 1.3 7.0
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL LEADERS
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Stacy Albrecht 4 9 .444 8 7 1.0 11.5
Michelle Hayden 10 19 .526 1 3 5.5 10.0
Melissa Walsh 7 20 .350 3 2 4.5 9.5
Britt Dahlstrom 4 9 .444 3 2 2.0 4.0
Dana Goons 4 9 .444 0 0 3.5 4.0
Dragana Kosanovic 2 7 .286 0 1 4.0 2.0
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Women's basketball team has
got a new attitude this season
by Andrew Almer
In their first tournament this
season, the women's basketball
team fell to a record of 0-2. While
this record may indicate the start
of another disappointing season
for a North Park team, it actually
has given the team hope for a win-ning
season. Aside from playing
two close halves against very
strong teams (Loras and Lake For-est),
many of the North Park
women have stepped up and
shown impressive determination.
Among players who have
brought their game to a new level
is junior Michelle Hayden. Hay-den,
who is starting at Center for
her second consecutive year, leads
the team in rebounds with 11, and
is second in scoring, averaging 10
points per game.
Hayden was influenced by a
variety of factors when she
decided to come to North Park.
First, she is a Chicago native and
wanted to attend a small school
which was close to home. Also,
Junior NNchelle Hayden leads
the team In rebounds with 11
she wanted to major in nursing
and had heard good things about
the school's nursing program.
Finally, she was recruited by
North Park to play basketball and
received encouragement from her
high school basketball coach who
had attended North Park himself.
Hayden saw limited playing
time her freshman year before
quickly stepping into a starting
position her sophomore year.
After two disappointing seasons,
Hayden hopes her team will
record a winning season this year.
With the addition of new head
coach Jack Surridge, Hayden
shows optimism for the upcoming
year saying, "The team is a lot
more determined this year. We
have worked hard in the pre-sea-son
and seem to be a lot more
motivated." According to Hay-den,
Coach Surridge's experience
gives him an idea of what it takes
to win which makes him a motiva-tional
figure for the team to look
to.
The difference between this
year's squad and last year's squad,
as Hayden sees it, is aggressive-ness.
She noticed a lack of aggres-sion
last year which has been
replaced with a "hunger" to win
this year. Although North Park has
virtually the same team on the
court this year, the attitude has
clearly changed. "As a team we
are striving to be at least .500 and
to play to our potential," said Hay-den.
Men's
Basketball
Women's
Basketball
Wins Losses Coming up
0 3 Dec. 7, Concordia
Dec. 10, at Augustana
Dec. 14,11. of Chicago
1 3 Dec. 7, Benedictine
Dec. 10, at Beloit
Dec. 14, at Rockford
This new attitude was evident in
their opening game against power-house
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who trailed the entire game against
Lake Forest last year, managed to
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adult
- There will be a $7.50 departure fee and Two beverage minimum per
person. The fee must be paid during the time of reservation. (this is not
included with the ticket)
- No verbal agreements will be honored. No refunds. No exchanges.
- By reservation only, and subject to availability.
- Reservation Center Hours: 9am to 5pm Monday - Friday
- Check tickects for more rules