Teachers-To-Be Get New Leader by Lisa Lindeman Years to Teaching High School Level History and Fort Wayne, Indiana
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Os- Volume 31, Issue 2 Concordia College, 275 North Syndicate, St. Paul, MN 55104 Monday October 16, 1995 Teachers-to-be get new leader by Lisa Lindeman years to teaching high school level history and Fort Wayne, Indiana. the teaching of history and philosophy classes. English, 18 months to the United States military, Fort Wayne owns five years of John Grote's Although his career has brought him to St. New faculty member John Grote officially and the rest of his life to his wife and family. life and most of his heart as well. Grote spent the Paul, John's heart remains with his wife and chil- joined Concordia in the middle of September. As Grote's work eventually focused on the history past five years teaching at Fort Wayne University's dren in Indiana. He speaks proudly of his four many teacher education students know, the edu- and philosophy of education. This brought him to education department. His primary task included children, three boys and one girl, and especially of cation department faculty shifted somwhat as a his wife. His children ,attend the Lutheran High result of Dr. Schoenbeck's appointment to the SchOol in Fort Wayne. The job at Concordia is a position of Dean. This led to the addition of John recent opportunity which caused his family to be Grote. split for the time being. With a senior in high Grote's primary task. at Concordia is super- school and with previous moves in family history, vising and placing student teachers, pre-student he decided to commute this year. Every two to teachers, and teacher aides as well as instructing three weeks he is able to make it home. the teacher-aide classes. Grote expresses much There is much more than school and family excitement and anticipation in his opportunity for to John Grote. He experiments with woodwork- field contact and actual involvement in preparing ing. Grote also enjoys the outdoors: hiking, camp- teachers which Concordia has provided for him. ing, sports, and gardening. His family owns a farm Grote is a native of St. Louis, Missouri. He in Michigan, and during the summer they live in a not only attended grade school and high school in cabin which they are slowly remodeling. This time St. Louis, but he also received a bachelor's degree of family bonding and hard work is a special joy in at the University of Missouri and both his masters Following the likes of current CSP students Geoff Klaas and Doogie Neel his life. Keep your eyes alert for all new faces on and PhD from Washington University, St. Louis. from the St. Louis area, John Grote makes himself comfortable in his new campus, and be sure to welcome Dr. John Grote into our family at Concordia. t Between each educational experience, Grote position in CSP's education department. gained much life experience. He dedicated six Sheik who shook NYC convicted by Pete Obermueller cutors related to the World Trade Center bombing tinue to be a servant of God. Anyone who has cho, unleashed 135 tapes that had been obtained by which killed six people and injured more than sen this path in life has to take it with equanimity." the prosecution's star witness, Emad Salem. Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman's "war of urban 1,000. Four other men were convicted last year During the trial, the sheik did not take the Defense lawyers sought to discredit Mr. Salem by terrorism" was cut short last Week by a New York and were sentenced to multiple life terms. stand in his own defense, causing many argu- proving that the admitted perjurer was also a dou- federal jury. The blind Egyptian cleric was convict- The charge of seditious conspiracy carries ments among the defense team. Sheik Omar did ble agent. ed of seditious conspiracy in his Islamic "war" with it a 20 year sentence. All 10 of the men were not want to testify about other Islamic extremists The defendants will not be sentenced until against the United States. convicted on this rarely used charge. One of the who might be sought on charges in the United sometime early next year. Still to be prosecuted The sheik was also found guilty of conspiring other nine men faCes life in prison for the 1990 States. Also, he did not believe that a courtroom in are three other defendants, including Ramzi to assassinate Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak murder of another Islamic extremist, Rabbi Meir the United States was a forum to explain Islam. Yousef, one of the alleged masterminds of the as well as soliciting an attack on U.S. military Kahane. The nine month trial consisted of 210 wit- World Trade Center bombing.t installations. The 57-year-old sheik faces a life sen- All the defendants plan to appeal based on nesses by both sides, and the prosecution tence for the conspiracy charge. the definition of the word jihad. The prosecution Nine other defendants were also accused of had to convince the jury that several bombings conducting a wide-ranged conspiracy to harm sev- between 1989 and 1993 were all part of an Islamic Wolf Pack Packed eral buildings in New York, including the United holy war, or "jihad," against the United States. The by Carrah Rosine by a bear. The difference in the two area is enor- Nations building, Federal Bureau of Investigation, prosecution also had to prove that the blind sheik mous, and the fact that she has remained there so bridges, and several tunnels. was a spiritual leader whose religious authority Whining and pacing back and forth, the lone- long reveals the problems management has to While the defendants weren't charged with gave him the power to direct the struggles. ly wolf at Como Zoo continues to be in isolation. face. the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center in The guilty verdict came as no surprise the Originally, the wolf was with her two sisters in the The wolf den is a large forested area in the New York, the conspiracy charges were related. sheik, who was quoted as saying, "Whatever the wolf den. After the sisters ganged up and attacked corner of the zoo with two dens to escape the This is the second major victory for federal prose- decision is, I accept it and will persevere and con- her, she was placed in a cage previously inhabited ComoContinued on page 3 Take A Peak Inside! Classifieds Concordia Speaks World News and Movie Review He Said... A&E...pg 9 A&E...pg. 8 Variety...pg 5 Commentary She Said Everything Else... Editorials...pg 12 page 6 For answers to your student loan questions, talk to Citibank, the student loan experts. Our customer service representatives are here to help you from the beginning of the financial aid process through your final student loan payment. Exceptional customer service is just one reason why students have trusted Citibank with their education financing more than any other bank. 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