CHICAGO, ILLINOIS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1987 VOLUME 68 NUMBER 4
Horner Explains Cut-backs
by Teri Benevich and Terri Cluff
Last week North Park's full-time ad-ministration
and staff was reduced from
130 to 105 people. Reductions included the
president's cabinet, which wen from eleven
to eight members. Other cuts, saving $465,-
000 when fully implemented, included the
dismissals of Dean Strang and Dr.
Patrick Lattore.
Last Friday, at 4:40 p.m., after two days
of shocking truths and questionable
rumors, President Homer addressed
students in a question-answer forum,
regarding insititutional adjustments, that
lasted for almost two and-a-half hours.
For students who somehow missed the
stories, some true, some partly true, others
gross misrepresentations that were float-ing
around campus, Friday brought an end
to oblivion. The day was characterized by
tension: tears during chapel, and student
picketers rallying to "Keep Dean Strang...
Save North"Park," and to "Save Our Facul-ty."
President Homer held meetings
throughout the afternoon with College and
Seminary Faculty, staff, and admin-istration.
At the outset of the student forum, which
began late as it was preceded by Dr. Hor-ner's
meeting with College faculty, the Pre-sident
gave a brief address before opening
the floor to questions. he acknowledged his
noted absence from campus, expressing
his regret for the situation at a time when
the trust necessary has not yet been es-tablished.
" i've been off campus a lot," he
said, "But that's not my style of op-eration."
•
by Pete Johnson
Homer also recognized the standing-room-
only student turnout in the LHA, say-ing
it was "a complement to the
institution.. .and it encourages me;...This is
the kind of student body I want to work
with."
Homer went on to list past, present and
projected figures for student enrollment
and retention rates. Without reductions, he
said, this year would end with a $1.3 million
deficit, in addition to the debt already
incurred.
President Homer explained the reasons
for these cut-backs, rattling off figures that
proved, as several students put it, he had
"done his homework." Last year, according
to Horner, the budget was within $4,000 of
being balanced. With a total budget of $12
million, half of which is personnel, that was
very close. Still, $4,000 added to North
Park's previous deficit, resulted in a grand
total of $2.9 million.
Besides the cut-back in personnel, Hor-ner
hopes to raise enough money to cover
the $2.9 million debt as soon as possible to
avoid increasing interest fees. "I can't raise
money," he says, "unless I can demonstrate
that we are doing everything we possible
can to operate cost effectively."
Some staff and administrators were
given only three days notice to leave their
offices. Horner wants to see them
relocated as soon as possible, and feels that
' the best way to do this is to terminate their
jobs and provide severance pay, giving
them time to find new jobs. The time alot-ted
for severance pay, is proportional to
their salaries and to the ease of finding a
new job. The minimum duration, of
severance pay varies between six weeks,
for those whose salaries are under $10,000,
and a maximum of six months.
With 25 staff and administrators no lon-ger
at North Park, many people will be
working extra hard to cover their duties as
well. Arthur Nelson, who has been Dean of
the Seminary for the past year, found out on
Thursday that he will now be Dean of the
College and the Seminary. Horner rea-soned
that it would be easier for Nelson to
add the College to his responsibilities than
it would be for Strang to add the Seminary
to his. The fact that Nelson is Covenant
does play a role in this decision. Horner ad-mits,
since it is a Covenant seminary.
Nelson is also a senior pastor.
Nevertheless, the dismissal of Dean
Strang was the biggest complaint among
students. Several at the forum asked why
they were not included in the decision, con-sidering
the significant role they play in the
life of North Park. To this Homer respon-ded
that many of the people who are res-ponsible
for the atmosphere at North Park
are people most students don't even know.
But, he recognized the validity of students'
bond to Strang.
North Park as a Covenant College won't
change, Homer says, and expresses his vi-sion:
I think North Park can be the best
Christian College in America" Financial
aid awards will not be affected either.
Students can, however, expect an increase
in tuition, though "nothing extraord-inary."
G.E. Requirements Changing
In an unscheduled meeting last Wednes-day,
the full faculty passed a new series of
General Education requirements that will
take affect with next year's incoming fresh-man
class. There were three sections to the
proposal, and only two of them were
passed.
Section 1
Common core of courses (5 courses)
G.E. 101-English composition (1st
term)
G.E. 175-Studies in literature (2nd
term)
G.E. 185-Introduction to biblical studies
(3rd term)
(The three above are recommended for
freshmen)
G.E. 201-202-Traditions of the west
Section 2
Common requirements with choices (9
courses)
comparative perspectives (1 course)
S/A 190-Introduction to anthropology
S/A 192-Contemporary American culture-an
anthropological approach
S/A 325-Peoples of the new world-
Prereq. S/A 190 Pol. Sci./Hist. 335-
Modern China
Pol. Sci. 336 Modern Japan
Pol. Sci. 260-Comparative politics
Econ. 335-Analysis of modern economics
Phil. 362/Rel. 362-Comparative religion
Span. 309-Mexican History and Culture
(A student may also meet this require-ment
by direct personal experience-educational
or living-in a culture other than
the U.S. The current procedure for meeting
this requirement will continue).
Christian faith and contemporary life
(1 course)
The religion department will select
courses that meet the objective subject to
faculty approval.
Fine arts (1 course)
Music 101 (Music majors may substitute
Music 109,110,111)
Art 101 (Any student may substitute a
minimum of 5 credit hours from among art
103,111,154, 311,312,313,314,315)
Speech 103
Music 311,312 or 313
Foreign language (2 courses)
Proficiency through 103 level or two
courses in the same foreign language
Mathematics (1 course)
Math 103-Concepts and structures of
Math (Intended primarily for the student
who will not continue with other courses
in math).
Any other mathematics course above the
103 level.
Comp. Sci. 190-Fundamentals of com-puter
software (see catalog for prerequisite)
Math 149/Stats. 149-Statistics for Social
Sciences
Phil. 193-Logic
Science (2 courses)
G.E. 111-112 Science and the natural
order or two terms of laboratory sci-ence.
(B. Mus., but not music education,
students have the option of one course in
Science)
Contemporary society (1 course)
G.E. 121-contemporary society
Econ 191-Intro. to Macroeconomics
Pol. Sci. 190-American Government
S/A 191-Intro. to Sociology
Hist. 192-U.S. Since the Civil War
President Homer at the forum.
Throughout the forum Horner kept
referring to a "Strategic Planning Docu-ment,"
or "the Bible according to David
Homer. It outlines the changes that have
been instituted, long-range goals, and pro-jections
for North Park's future. Students
can pick up a copy in the President's office
or from his secretary.
A list of the people affected by the recent
cut-backs will also be available sometime
this week.
Health and Physical Education (3
courses)
P.E. 041,042,043,044-one course
Two P.E. activity courses
The P.E. requirement is waived for all
evening and extension students and for any
student age 30 or over.
The one section which was proposed but
not passed was
Requirement for Exploration (1 course
to be selected among the following
options
Philosophy
Foreign Language
Art, excluding studio courses
Music, excluding studio courses
Speech
Psychology
With respect to the traditions of the West
requirement, students presently enrolled
will still be allowed to waive one term of
Trads. Only next years incoming freshmen
will be required to take both terms. Those
of you concerned can breathe a sigh of
relief.
by Brad Engwall
"In and through community lies the
salvation of the world. Nothing is more
important.
Thus begins M. Scott Peck's book on
community-making and peace, The Dif-ferent
Drum. (For those of you out there
screamin "Heresy!!" Peck does not in any
way mean to detract from Christ's authori-ty
as savior, but rather complements it as
we shall see.)
When I was interviewed last May for the
position of Religious Life Committee
Chairman, I was asked what my vision
was for the position. At that time all I could
articulate was my deep sense for the
greater community here.
Somewhat miraculously, Pe6k, my
favorite author, came out with his book in
June. In this book he describes the drama of
community development; these are the
stages that groups inevitably go through on
their way to true community.
Now true community should always be
the experience of Christians for two
reasons: first, as Alfred Adler put it albeit
late in his life, there is no better philisophi-cal
basis for gemeinschaftsgeful (com-munity
spirit) than Christianity, and
secondly, we not only possess the phil-isophical
foundation but also the empower-ment
in the form of the Holy Spirit.
Why aren't we there? In the drama of
community development there are two at-titudes
which keep us from entering, and
one which leads us there.
The Water's Edge
The attitude of apathy is the starting
point for most groups. The attitude reflects
primarily a lack of understanding of God's
power and the beauty of community.
Dr. Alan Richardson, who recently spoke
in chapel, touched on this attitude when he
pointed out how the paralytic in John 5 had
become a "professional waiter". This is an
attitude I often can find in myself.
He ended his sermon syaing that Jesus
comes to us just as he came to the paralytic
saying, "Do you want to get well?" Do
we?
The second inhibitive attitude is that of
pride. This is somewhat the opposite ex-treme
of apathy. Certain types of pride may
be good but it needs to be limited to the ex-tent
that it helps us to love.
Tragic Examples of the kind of loyalty
that keeps us from loving are common in
this world. I know a girl whose grand-mother
is protestant. Her babysitter was a
mormon. Her babysitter constantly bar-raged
her with her mormon beliefs at-tempting
to convict her. Her grandmother
reacted with an equally violent attack in
favor of her faith. Now that this girl has
grown into a woman she retreats from any
edifice or religion.
This kind of faith, a hethen called pride,
loyalty, or zeal, is anything but healing and
therefore masks the love of Christ.
Other examples of this pride can be
found in the Middle East conflicts between
Iran and Iraq; and Israel and Lebaruion. In
South Africa whites use their Christianity
as justification for apartheid. This pride
has for hundreds of years separated Pro-testant
and Catholic hearts. Even on North
Park's campus we feel it's divisive effects.
Kurt Hanus pointed this out in last week's
article in this column. •
Before moving on I would like to point
out that while apathy and pride seem to be
opposites they are often found together.
Where then, do we go, if not to apathy or to
pride?
The answer is, we must go beyond
these poles, but this is an adventure into the
unknown. Peck would say the one bridge to
community is "emptiness". You may be
saying, "Whoa..(mystical) this is getting a
little far out for me." and I would agree with
you that it is hard to get a grasp on this con-cept,
but back in the recesses of your mind
you can sense what's in store and it's scary.
Emptiness is an adventure into the un-known.
It is not taken up without courage.
The greatest example we have of empti-ness
is found in Jesus Christ, "Who being in
the very nature of God, did not count equali-ty
with God something to be held onto, but
emptied himself." (Philip. 2:6-7). Here is
the key to emptiness.
In this example we can taste the meaning
of emptiness: emptying ourselves of
barriers to communication. In no way could
God communicate fully with us except by
becoming like us. This is why John call,
him "the Word" (John 1) his full com-munication
in one final word!
Indeed Peck defines emptiness as the
emptying of barriers to communication
which come in the forms of: expectations,
ideology, theology, and needs to heal. con-vert,
fix, or solve. All this is done in order to
make room for the "other" in another per-son.
It removes the constant pressure of the
ever impending expectations of a society
which would have us fall into it's mold.
In other words it gives space. (Almost a
trite word after the 60's). Thus emptiness
primarily shows itself in our communica-tion
with each other. It is committed to
being personal. It will not stretch or pull the
other to squeeze them into our values and
beliefs, for that would in effect suffocate
their "otherness".
Thus it avoids generalizations such as "I
understand, divorces are the worst things."
When, in fact, the others' divorce may have
been the best thing for him. If she or he ac-cepts
this generalization it has succeeded
in deningrating her or his person and put up
a barrier to the communication of herself
or himself.
This space is ultimately very healing
because it offers us the opportunity to be
"ourselves." Yes, truly, really and fully our-selves!
Just what God had created when he
gave us life and just what he meant when he
promised us abundant life!
Recently, I have heard much talk about
community and the need for it, from
national magazines to casual conversation
to formal speeches. These concepts of
community have been largely based on im-plied
definitions. I thank M. Peck for mak-ing
his explicit. We now have a choice;
emptiness and community or apathy and
pride.
Letters
Dear Students,
This past week has been a difficult one
for all of us associated with North Park. To
most of us, whether we are students, facul-ty,
administration, or staff, this is our
home, and we are a family.
We've recently learned that North Park
is facing some pretty serious financial dif-ficulties,
and as a result, our family has
been disrupted through many cuts. My
heart and prayers go out to these people
and their families, for they have given so
much of themselves to this place. When you
see these people, be sure to offer your
thanks for their commitment and service.
Your support and commitment as
students of North Park was very evident to
me as I saw such a large turnout at last
Friday's student forum with Dr. David
Horner. I appreciated the fact that so many
of you came out to become informed, not
only to learn of the reasons behind the cuts,
but also to learn of the plans and outlook for
the future of North Park.
As we move forward in the recovery
plan, we need you to continue to give your
support to this institution. Keep asking
questions, listen, and be informed. It will
take time to readjust, but through patience
and understanding we will realize that ef-forts
are being made to strengthen North
Park, hopefully evident to you through Dr.
Horner's presentation.
Thanks for the caring and support that
you have shown.
Respectfully,
Tim Peterson
S.A. President
Dear Dr. Nelson,
Although you have been Acting Presi-dent
for a year, Associate Dean of the
Seminary for a year, and are familiar with
our campus and College, I welcome you to
the new position you are about to under-take.
I'm sure you're also aware of the fact
that many of us are hurting because of the
loss of very good friends of ours, Dean
Strang and his family.
I posed a question at the student forum
held with Dr. Horner last Friday. Dean
Strang has been highly visible on this cam-pus,
not only to resident students but to
commuters as well. He has made himself
available to students by putting in very long
hours on campus during the day and also by
living on campus. The nature of his job put
him in contact with many students every
day, but he also spent a lot of time with
students in other ways.
Dean Strang opened his home to the
Residence Hall staff at Christmas for their
annual White Elephant party, he opened it
to the New Student Orientation Staff for
barbecues every fall, and this year he
welcomed students for Halloween. He
spent his entire spring break with forty
students for several years on the Wander-ing
Wheels bike trip through Florida, came
to many dances on campus, and attended
several athletic events each year, in addi-tion
to coaching one of the teams for a
while. He came to Student Association
meeting every week, and never had any
qualms about getting on stage, whether it
be for Homecoming or Christmas, for
students or for faculty.
My question to Dr. Horner, and now to
you, is this: How will you make yourself vis-
LeARN
ible and available to resident students and
commuters? I realize that your style is not
the same as David Strang's, and it doesn't
really have to be. But Dean Strang was
never squeamish about taking the risk of
possibly stepping on some toes while in the
process of putting himself on the line,
whether it be in a disciplining situation or
on stage. He never meant to offend any-one.
Ocassionally he made himself vulner-able
to people, and sometimes people took
advantage of that, but it was at these times
that he proved he was human.
Also, speaking as an RA., Dean Strang
was always there to back us up 100%. We
are going to need your support now more
than ever, as "the system- here on campus
becomes more structured. I believe you are
willing to do this.
The point of this letter is this: please
don't be afraid to make yourself occasional-ly
vulnerable to us in the process of getting
closer to the students. We need to see you
around, because one of the aspects of North
Park that makes it so appealing to those of
us who are here is that the faculty, staff and
administration know the students and have
a genuine interest in them.
Again, I welcome you, and hope to see
you around campus and at student planned
activities at the college.
Respectfully,
Teri Benevich
I want to congratulate the North Park
College football team. You men have been
an incredible inspiration to me. Your high
spirits and consistency have not gone un-recognized.
The stereotype of the loud, ob-noxious
football player is rapidly turning to
that of a good sportsman, dedicated athlete
and gentleman.
It was great hearing from Sean Murphy
how wonderful of an experience football
has been. He told me how the coaches em-phasize
being good sports and good Chris-tians;
and how winning the game comes,
second to being a good person. Kelvin
Warren told me about the coaches strict at-titude
toward minor drinking and swearing
on the field, It takes courage to tell a college
student that he can't drink or swear and yet
those are the types of discipline required
for being a winning Christian football
team.
I am confident that you men are on your
way to being a very competitive football
team with a winning record. Thank you for
the encouragement- CONGRATULATIONS
on all that you have accomplished, and
good luck.
Jon Lindberg
From The Editors Desk
by Jeff Fleeger
Looking around, I don't see things getting
properly accomplished. Maybe that's the
way it has always been around North Park?
I may just be acknowledging it now that I'm
in a position which requires me to be
observant.
Take this paper, for instance, the readers
have been deprived of the quality they
deserve. Somewhere along the line, com-mitment
and perseverance enters into this.
I seriously feel that a few haven't carried
out their commitments to the readers, thus
College News hasn't been running like a
well-oiled machine.
If you want to accomplish something in
life, don't quit until it's accomplished. Face
each problem as it comes along solve it and
keep going forward. Nobody ever said it
Would be easy.
The successful people are the ones with
the perseverance, tenacity, and persis-tence
to keep struggling toward their
goal.
You can get anything you want out of life
if you just keep trying, just keep knocking
on the door. Sooner or later, it will open for
you. If you get discouraged and quit, your
goal will never be reached.
Today, you still have that goal in sight.
Reach for it. It's not where you are now that
counts; what matters is where you're going.
If you don't do it now, you won't do it
tomorrow!
Well, I'm here for the duration, rain or
shine, because I feel I owe it to the students
and faculty to keep them informed. I have
nothing but respect for those who have
stuck it out and committed themselves to
jobs that have not been easy. They have
persevered through trying times. These
are the true champions who stick it out and
don't quit at the first sign of a storm.
But College News isn't the only thing
lacking in involvement and responsibility.
Many other programs are slowly disin-tegrating
because of the lack of involve-ment
by students and faculty as well.
This school, this world, needs the
cooperation of all to make it an acceptable,
and bearable place to live. Please don't let
the responsibility fall on the shoulders of a
few. Get involved!
I can't tell you how satisfying and
rewarding it is to give of yourself. That's up
to you to discover! It is one of the most frus-trating
feelings you will encounter in your
life when you think back to what might have
been but never was
Hello Again From Sweden U2 Review Senate Update Hello again from Sweden—
We've noticed that not many letters have
made their way from North Park to SVF.
We thought we'd remind you of this trivial
piece of information.., and give you our ad-dress.
We're at: SVF, S-552 66, Jonkoping,
SWEDEN, and now on to more important
subjects.
On Wednesday, September 30, our entire
class boarded a bus at 8 a.m. and headed
south to Vaxjo (don't even try to pronounce
this). We stopped at the immigrant institute
where many of us looked up information
about our ancestors.
We also wandered around the museum
for a while and then headed out for lunch.
After that we went on to the Crystal fac-tories
of Orefors and Kosta Boda. There,
we were given the privilege of touring the
floors, where they hand make all their
crystal.
This was very interesting...but even
more exciting was the tax-free shopping in
their exclusive stores afterwards. Many
Christmas presents were purchased and
sent home. Since our presence in class is
required on a day to day basis (notice: Skip-ping
is not permitted) it was great to have
an excused day-off.
Speaking of having no classes, we're
heading for Athens on October 31st for a
week of educational excursions and...POWER
TANNING. Hopefully the weather will
cooperate. We've been studying Greek his-tory
since September 10th and should be
prepared for the splendor of ancient
Greece.
But before they let us leave we have to
prepare a haunted house followed by a
masquerade dance for the school on Hallo-ween.
The Swedes have never been faced
with the horrors of Halloween, so it's up to
us to show them the specific thrills of this
particular holiday. We're putting on the
show Wednesday evening the 28th, seeing
as we leave the 31st.
Now, as previously promised we want to
introduce to you the first two of our Swedish
classmates. Their names are Thomas
Blomberg and Jan (pronounced Yohn)
Farbotko.
Thomas is 23 yrs. old and he's from
Stockholm. Jan is 25 and he is from Jon-koping.
In talking to these two we un-covered
some interesting facts like:
1) Thomas' favorite food to pig out on is filet
mignon (expensive taste, eh?) while
Jan's is Quarter Pounders--we think he'll
fit right into the U.S., don't you?
2) Thomas' favorite subject in school is
definitely not biology, but probably
geography, while Jan's is...believe it or
not...English.
3) Their favorite movies are: Thomas-
Midnight Express and Jan-Scarface.
4) You may be wondering what their most
dreaded household chores are. Well,
we'll tell you: Thomas hates vacuuming
while Jan despises dishwashing. The two
of us however, definitely feel that clean-ing
the toilet beats both of these hands
down?
5) Jan's most hated animal in the whole
world would be the snake except for the
dreaded French toy poodle. Thomas dis-likes
bats.
6) We asked Thomas who the person he ad-mired
the most was. He responded
Beethoven. Jan's favorite "people" are
Donald Duck and John Cleese.
7) And finally the favorite sports of these
two gentlemen are: Thomas-Ice hockey,
and for Jan-Soccer, badminton, and
tennis.
These two are good friends and they
share an apartment here in Jonkoping.
They plan to travel together this summer
after their term at NPC. Now that you have
learned something about these guys, bet
you just can't wait to meet them, eh?
Well, thanks for your time and we'd love
to hear from you.
We miss you all,
Tracey and Diedre
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Opera Gets
Thumbs Up
by Nona L McClure
On October 24, I had the privilege of see-ing
"Faust" by Charles Gounod at the Lyric
Opera of Chicago.
The opera was in French, but it had the
added feature of projected English titles.
The opera was in three acts starting with
Faust selling his soul to the devil, then
meeting Marguerite, his lover, ending with
Marguerite receiving salvation and forgive-ness
from God.
The opera itself is very humorous and
very colorful with its elaborate costumes.
The character who stole the show was
Mephistopholes, played by Samuel Ramey.
He not only had a great voice, but his acting
was superb.
Faust and Marguerite did a commend-able
job as well. I recommend that every-one
should have the experience of going to
the Lyric Opera of Chicago. You may even
be pleasantly surprised.
by Blake Stromberg
Being one of the many U2 fans at this
school, I was excited to hear that the group
was coming to Chicago on their tour of "The
Joshua Tree". I was also envied by many
because! was fortunate enough to get a tic-ket
to one of their three sold out concerts at
the Rosemont Horizon.
If! were to give a two word summary of
the concert, it would be high energy. From
the moment I stepped into the auditorium
until the moment I left, the energy of the
crowd exceeded that of any other concert I
have been to. Before the concert began,
many were walking around with U2 tee-shirts
purchased at the show and home-made
banners were hanging from the
balcony like the one that labeled U2 as "The
Unforgettable Tour."
When the band walked onto the stage, the
crowd immediately jumped to their feet
and began screaming at the top of their
lungs. People danced and sang as the band
played such songs as, "I Still Haven't Found
What I'm Looking For", "With or Without
You", and "Where the Streets Have No
Name". When they began performing older
songs like "Sunday Bloody Sunday" and
"Pride (In the Name of Love)" the noise
level escalated to a height which only a 747
can compare.
After 14 songs, 2 encores and an un-forgettable
sing along of "40", the band left
the stage and only the sound of cheering
and clapping could be heard from the
crowd. The concert was one of the best that
I have been to and I would love to hear
them again.
by Tim Peterson
* This weekend marks the Fall Board of
Directors meetings, which will be
attended by representatives Brent Gus-tafson
and Tim Peterson. Comments or
concerns can be made through these
reps, or feel free to talk to a Board mem-ber
in person sometime during the
weekend.
* Karl Stephan, 1987 Cupola Editor, has
been notified of his options in order to
complete his responsibilities.
Lay-out must be completed by Novem-ber
30th, after having met weekly deadlines
to Jostens, the company which produces
the yearbook. In the event Mr. Stephan
chooses to return the uncompleted project,
along with his salary, production will be
completed here at North Park.
* The S.A. is again searching for an editor
for the College News. Students interest-ed
in this project who have had some ex-perience
and are willing to commit their
time should contact either Joanne Thorpe
(Anderson) or Tim Peterson (Ext.
4218).
* The 1987-88 Student directories, spon-sored
by the Student Association, have
arrived and have been distributed
around campus. Students, faculty, staff,
or administration who wish to purchase a
copy may do so through the Student
Association office or by contacting Jon
Lindberg (Burgh Hall).
Library Murder Exposed
by Terri Cluff
and Donald Nelson
Ann Briody-Toussaint has been proven
the guilty party in the vicious murder of Dr.
Peter Fellowes, by student detective Mark
D. Johnson. Johnson is a Junior transfer
student from Jamestown Community
College in New York. He is an English
major at North Park this year.
At approximately 9:30 p.m. on Wednes-day,
October 21, Briody-Toussaint stabbed
Fellowes three times in the chest with the
rod from the drawer of one of the card
catalogs.
The rod has been missing for some time,
and Briody-Toussaint confessed to having
hidden it earlier in the year, waiting for the
perfect moment to realize her devious
plans.
The moment came that Wednesday eve-ning
when Briody-Toussaint was leaving
the Library. As usual, she passed through
the Technical Services office, only to find
Fellowes pouring over several new dic-tionaries
that were in the process of being
catalogued. He was alone.
Briody-Toussiant slipped the rod from
its hiding place behind some books, and ap-proached
him innocently. After exchanging
some friendly words, Briody-Toussaint
could hold in her anger no longer. An argu-ment
ensued, resulting in the tragedy we
are all too aware of.
Motive disclosed.
Johnson, along with the North Park
security force, grilled the murderer until
she confessed her motive. "He has no re-spect
for Circulation policies!" cried
Briody-Toussaint under the heat of bright
lights and the constant, angry pounding of
Johnson's fist against his other hand.
Apparently, a student from North Park
had refused to make the payments on
several overdue books. When Briody-
Toussaint, the Circulation Manager, sent
the student to Dean Fellowes for dis-ciplinary
measures, Fellowes was so over-joyed
with the student's thirst for knowledge
that he let him go with no action taken.
As one student said, "We all know
Briody-Toussaint's temper." In her fury,
she killed Fellowes, reasoning that "If I let
Fellowes go on, we'd soon have no books in
our collection. I did it for the Library."
Briody-Toussaint's conviction is immi-nent,
says Head of Security Harry Tan-nehill,
who was often noted to say, "There
hasn't been a single vicious crime since I
came to this institution." It was no surprise,
then, when Tannehill claimed he'd "do
everything I possibly can to see that
Briody-Toussaint never walks the streets
again." The trial is next Friday.
While Ann Briody-Toussaint apparently
has a degree in murder, her actual counter-part,
Wallgren Library's own Ann Briody
recently received her Master's degree in
Library Science (MLS) from Rosary
College in River Forest, IL.
Briody has been at the Wallgren Library
for six years as the Circulation Manager.
She is the mother of six children; two are in
college, and the remaining four are in high
school and live at home.
Briody is a member of the Queen of All
Saints Basilica, where the North Park
College Choir and Orchestra traditionally
perform their annual Christmas concert.
Since receiving her MLS, Briody has
worked part-time at the Skokie Public Li-brary
in addition to her position at North
Park. She was as surprised as you were to
find that she was the villainess in our Li-brary
Murder Mystery game. Thank you,
Ann, for being such a good sport.
Thanks is also due to Dr. Peter Fellowes,
who remains alive and well, and con-gratulations
to Mark D. Johnson, grand
prize winner.
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Soccer Finale
by Kim Gustafson
The soccer team finished off its season in
a big way. The Vikings won last Wednes-day's
match against the University of Il-linois,
Chicago with a 2-0 score. The
defense did a great job of pushing the ball
up on the sides and providing the forwards
with many scoring opportunities.
There were many close shots but Alex
Kawles was the only one to actually get the
ball in the net and he did it twice. Alex
scored on diagonal runs rushing past the
other team's defenders and kicking beauti-ful
shots.
The Vikings were ahead midway through
the second half thanks in part to Peter's
blocking some key penalty shots. The North
Central game has been a traditionally high
power match and this year was no
exception.
The competition was extremely intense
and as the game picked up in momentum
the referees lost control of the match. The
refs started handing out yellow cards left
and right to both teams and even made
some careless technical errors.
Peter Marafatso had a notable day also
having his second shut-out game of the
season. Marafatso also had an exceptional
day at last Saturday's game against North
Central.
The match got delayed during the second
half and the break caused the North Park
team to lose some of their drive and the
match ended in defeat.
Overall though, the Vikings finished the
season with a much better record that last
year and are looking forward to next fall.
Quick, kick the ball, Dave!
Tennis Update
by Krista Lownsberry
Tennis anyone? The girls varsity tennis
team had a good season with a 4-10 record.
That record introduces a young team that
will undoubtedly do well in the upcoming
seasons.
The team consisted of seven players not
including the coach, Mary Mattson. The #1
singles position went to the only senior this
year, Renee Lindahl. Throughout her four
years on the North Park tennis team, she
had her toughest season but faced it with
her best ability.
The #2 singles position was played by
Jenny Mankell. This was her second year
on the team, she moved up from the #6
singles position. #3 singles was played by
freshman, Kristina Lindberg. #4 singles
was played by Betsy Gustafson. She really
improved from her #7 singles position as a
freshman last year.
Freshman, Andrea Carlson won the #5
singles position from the #6 singles player,
Krista Lownsberry and #7 singles was
played by Fristen Soderstrom, a freshman.
Renee Lindahl and Jenny Mankell fought
at the #1 doubles position this year. #2
doubles were played by Betsy Gustafson
and Kristina Lindberg and #3 doubles were
played by Krista Lownsberry and Andrea
Carlson.
On October 16th and 17th, the tennis
team had their conference meet in
Waukesha, Wisconsin. They played very
well earning 8 points which is how much the
team earned last year.
The team owes a lot to Mary Mattson and
Eric Lownsberry for their continued efforts
to work with and support the team.
The players practiced at TAM Fitness
Center throughout the winter, and are look-ing
forward to a more experienced and win-ning
team next fall!
Janice Swanson easily wins the NPC Cross Country Classic.
Cross Country News
by Kim Gustafson
The Cross Country team has had a great
season. They've placed well in many of
their invitationals brushing some course
records and running personal bests prac-tically
every week.
Janice Swanson won the women's race
and Ann Stahl had an awesome race as well
finishing third. Dan Dietrich was the first
finisher for the North Park men in fourth
place. The Cross Country season draws to a
close with Saturday's conference meet and
then regionals.
At the State meet, the men's varsity team
finished in second place out of all division
III colleges in Illinois. The women's varsity
team finished fourth. In addition to the
team standings, nine individuals qualified.
for the prestigious All State Title.
The last two meets promise to be very
tough competitively with many nationally
ranked teams. Although the meets are too
far away to attend, encourage the North
Park team and wish them luck in their
final races.
Bible Studies Church Visitation
Sign-ups for faculty-staff student Bible
studies beginning Winter Term will be hap-pening
in the next few weeks. Be on the
lookout for a chance to join one. They are
great fun and give you a chance to get to
know the "BIG GUYS" a little better.
Religious Life Committee will be spon-soring
a trip to LaSalle Street Church on
Sunday, November 15th. Richard Foster,
author of Money, Sex and Power, will be
speaking. Transportation will be provided.
Keep an eye open for posters for more
information. Renee Lindahl shows how much concentration it takes to play tennis!
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