Candle Cause of a Winter Excursion Olson Receives Daughter's Kidney

Heidi Brendon wins indoor track title. Tfemcordian See page 10. Candle cause of A winter excursion CLV office fire Erika Mikkelson office. A crew spent Sunday Editor-in-chief cleaning the office equipment An unattended candle left most susceptible to the smoke on a desk in Concordia's and soot left by the fire, Language Villages Office in according to Hakanson. The the Outreach Center caused a company returned this week to fire detected early Sunday disassemble the office space morning. and work on the air ducts. According to Physical Plant For the CLV staff the fire Director Ansel Hakanson, a could not have come at a worse candle which was not extin- time. guished at the end of the work- "This is our busy season/ Students Andy day Friday ignited the fire said Paula Homer, CLV recep- Graning, Leif which caused severe smoke tionist. "We're trying to make a Fedje and Sarah damage in the office. Passersby little progress each day. Tweet look on as reported the fire to the Everything is covered in heavy Paul Gruchow Moorhead Fire Department black soot. Some things we can talks about vole Sunday at 7:17 a.m. The ring- save tracks and other ing fire alarm alerted the two CLV student workers and wildlife at individuals to call 911, accord- employees, along with employ- Hamden Slough ing to Hakanson. ees of the physical plant, com- near Audobon, puter services and campus The majority of office dam- Minn. age was caused by smoke. The security played a part in the ini- Gruchow took actual fire damage was concen- tial clean-up of the office. students in his trated on the desk where the Senior student worker Language of candle was left burning, Celine Pederson echoed 4 Winter class according to Hakanson. Homer's comments. snow-shoeing on "We have a policy on candle "People are starting to regis- February 13 and use," Hakanson said. "It is very ter [for summer camps]," 20 to experience detailed about not allowing Pederson said. "This has nature first-hand. candles .... Here is a good stopped everything for a couple example why." of days." photo by Concordia's policy says According to Hakanson, it Sonya Nelson candles are not allowed in any would be "wild speculation" to buildings with the exception of determine the cost of the fire in usage in college-sponsored regards to damage and clean- events, including worship ser- up. Concordia's insurance car- Olson receives vices. rier is preparing preliminary A contracting firm which estimates. specializes in the clean-up of The CLV offices relocated smoke and fire damage is to the basement of the daughter's kidney working with Concordia to sal- Outreach Center. vage contents of the CLV Ryan McCallum retinopathy due to his failing kidney, a condition that caused blood ves- Sports Editor sels in his retina to burst, leaving The thoughts and prayers of him without sight for as long as two Senators disqualified members of the Concordia commu- weeks at a time. Yet, he continued to nity and the Fargo/Moorhead area work long hours at Concordia Sarah Hafversbri were answered on Wednesday as Staff Writer . despite this condition until his Dean Olson of the SCTA depart- vision problems forced him to take a ment received a kidney from his leave of absence. Senators-elect Randall Lempertand Paul Huggenvik have daughter Julie, a 1996 Concordia Thanks to the dedication and been disqualified for violating Student Association campaign graduate, at Fairview-University determination of Julie, Dean now rules. •-•>•*• --\;v. :v.-vzz&st& Medical Center in Minneapolis. plans on returning to work by Allegations were made on February 24, accusing Lempert Dean and Julie arrived at the hos- August. , and Huggenvik of soliciting votes, displaying advertisements pital on Monday morning to under- Dean Olson "It's exciting to know that I'm and carrying on campaign activities within the voting booth go preparation examinations before going to have my dad back the way dialysis. Julie is a dietician, and their operations. On Wednesday, area of the Knutson Center, activities which are all specifi- he was a few years ago " Julie said. once she found out that Dean was Julie underwent a two-hour surgery cally against SA Bylaws. The next two highest vote-getters, "It's fun to think that you can give experiencing kidney failure, she put to remove a kidney. After that, Dean Jennifer Dryer and Nicholas Christen, will fill the two empty life back to the person who gave life him on a strict diet, and this has had a procedure that lasted around senior senate posilions. ,•„...^.^, , > . .,. .. .. to you. That's the greatest gift you slowed the deterioration so much seven hours to complete the surgery. Lempert and Huggenvik, both write-in candidates, have can give." that even his doctors were surprised. They will both remain at the hospi- admitted to unknowingly breaking the rules. Dean's operation could not have Julie wanted to do much more for tal for at least the rest of next week "We did not know the rules, and that is our fault," come at a better time. If Dean had to her father, but due to medical rules, before returning home. Lempert said. "But the punishment didn't fit the crime." • wait any longer, chances are he she was unable. Dean said that Julie Dean single-handedly put togeth- According to the SA constitution, all candidates, includ- would have been placed on dialysis. took aggressive steps in order to be er Concordia's television studio, and ing write-ins, are accountable for a thorough knowledge, of Once he crossed that point, the able to donate her kidney. other audiovisual equipment using campaign rules. ;^- chances of his body rejecting the According to traditional medical cast-off parts from bigger television kidney would be much greater. rules, Julie would have had to wait Article V, Section 5, Clause 11, of the SA Bylaws states stations and his engineering genius. 'Two months ago, they wanted until she was 28 years old to be con- that "All write-in candidates shall be subject to regulation by He assembled a studio that now is me to start dialysis at the clinic, and sidered as a donor. Because Dean the election marshal(s). It shall be a write-in candidates the envy of most larger colleges and the university hospital told me to developed diabetes when he was 18, responsibility to check on the rules and regulations of the many small television stations. hold off as long as I could " Dean and doctors require donors to wait campaign for any office sought" However, eight years ago, Dean said. "Now, the chances are very until they are 10 years older than Bryan Rud, Election Marshall, emphasizes the responsi- noticed that his vision was starting slim that I will reject the kidney" their parents were when they devel- bility of the candidate. to deteriorate. Dean developed a Dean said that Julie could also be. •see SENATE on page 4 condition known as diabetic credited with his ability to stay off •sce OLSON on page 3 2 Cfoncordian News March 12, 1999 newslii Bechmann encourages connectedness Amanda Parise as using artwork to reconnect of. Everyone's familiar with movies, but not aware of how News Editor with nature and concentrate on * mm. 'line relationships to better appreciate much they address philosophical Christin Bechmann, senior, life. ideas." understands what it means to be a Weekend weather Bechmann, a philosophy and Bechmann's study of compart- busy college student. While political science double major, mentalization has prompted her Cloudy and windy. preparing her student lecture for became interested in the subject to think more about disconnect- Highs: 30s. Lows: 10s. 7:30 p.m., Thursday, March 18, last fall, while taking the edness in her own life and those Bechmann said she was suffering Philosophy of Art course, taught around her. "We're always rush- from the very stress and rushing by Dr. Richard Gilmore. She ing" she said. "Everything is sep- Weekend events ^ v - which she is speaking against. wrote a paper about Dewey's arated" "It's made me aware of the Friday .^ -,••• * .• .- ;:-;-v,-v^v^. book, including the ideas of other She cited the example of eat- Christin Bechmann extreme sides of things," she said. 9a.m. Community time: Faculty philosophers. She decided to ing dinner, stating that many peo- "It's kind of amazing for me." and learn from their environment, meeting as a whole expand her paper, under the guid- ple use instant or fast-food to according to Bechmann. "We 7p.m. CEC film, "Enemy of the ^ Bechmann's lecture, titled ance of Gilmore, into a student ensure they have enough time to need to have more aesthetic expe- " State/ Olin 124 •'- - ': "Art, Aesthetic, Experience and lecture and senior thesis project. rush off to a meeting or other riences," she said. 9:15p.m. CEC film, "Enemy of the What It Means to be Human: A To increase audience under- event. Instead of taking the time k^'viV';^State/ Olin 124 K^^; Deweyan Analysis of Modern Bechmann hopes those attend- standing of the subject, to make dinner and eat it in a Saturday ..^-v^ vy^^^^f; Day Life," addresses compart- ing her lecture will gain a con- relaxed atmosphere, people push 7p.m. CEC film, *Enerny of the mentalization and aesthetic expe- Bechmann will use movies, sciousness of what is going on in including "Bladerunner", to illus- off time for relaxation until later, State/Olin 124 rience. their lives, paying more attention trate Dewey's ideas.

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