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Volume 11. Issue No. 5

King Keith and Queen Jill Cobbers take back the night

those who have died, celebrate Rachel Berg those who have lived, and thank News Editor those who work against the vio- lence," she said. "We have the power! We have The participants marched to the right! The streets are ours! the Moorhead Center Mall for a Take back the night!" rally where various women shared On Tuesday evening, women their personal stories as well as and men from Concordia, words of hope. Janeen Kobrinsky Minnesota State University set the tone with words of music: Moorhead, and North Dakota State University marched and chanted words such as these as part of the 10th annual "Take Back the Night" march. Junior Tanya Hoagland, an intern in the Women's Studies department, said she is marching "to speak against injustice." The march is "a voice for people who Every Night Rap* & Atxne Critia Cantor have been silenced by rape and of FBrao-MoorhMd abuse," she said. Other interns (701*293-7273 from the Women's Studies depart- " I ment were also present at the am a woman here on planet march, as well as many students Earth...I have a will to live in me," and Concordia faculty and staff. she sang. Keynote speakers included Photo by Marieke Mygland The event was sponsored by the Rape and Abuse Crisis Center Birch Burdick, Cass County State Keith JVfcCoy and Jill Anderson were crowned Homecoming King and Queen at the of Fargo-Moorhead. Beth Attorney, and Lisa Borgen, Cass Coronation ceremony Tuesday night. See page 2 for more pictures and details. Haseltine, director of the center, Clay County Attorney. said the purpose for the event was + SEE NIGHT ON PAGE 16 threefold: "We are here to mourn Safety policies are secure as two years prior. It is also were reported to the Rape and Dacia Simmons required that any crimes reported Abuse Crisis Center. Concordia Staff Writer throughout the year that have a students were not notified of The Concordia campus has potential of being continually either of these incidents, Iverson been informed that Campus dangerous must be told to the stu- said. This is because the reports to Security will notify students of dents in a timely fashion, accord- the Rape and Abuse Crisis Center any potentially dangerous situa- ing to the Clery Law. were gathered when the statistics tions that may occur on our cam- "Any college campus willing were being put into the report and pus. When crime occurs, posing a to be honest and up front with the the "timely manner" requirement threat of continuing danger to the had already been past. The rape student population, Campus incident on Concordia's campus Security will, in a timely manner, "If there is ... danger was not reported to the students raise the awareness to the stu- because there was not a continu- dents. in a situation, you ing danger, said Iverson. Raising the awareness of will receive an email "If there is a continuing danger crimes on college campus's origi- in a situation," said Iverson, "you nated because of the Jeanne Clery from me." will receive an email from me." Disclosure of Campus Security This year's numbers are low in Tom Iverson Policy and Campus Crime the area of sexual assaults, but the Statistics Act, (Clery Law), in Campus Security chance an assault taking place has 1991. This is a federal law requir- not lessened. "Do not let the ing college security to inform stu- college community," said Carmen numbers alarm you," said Carmen dents. Collins, Public Education Collins," but also do not put your "Raising awareness [to the Coordinator of the Rape and guard down." Being aware of the campus] is the intent of this law," Abuse Crisis Center, "is obvious- crime sexual assaults that happen said Tom Iverson, head of ly willing to take a stand for the on Concordia's campus is impor- Campus Security, "as well as it's community." tant for the college community. spirit." This year's Crime Statistic "It is important to look at the What is required of our cam- Report reported three sexual numbers but be aware that you are pus, under federal law, is for assaults. Of these assaults one not seeing the whole picture," Campus Security to annually pub- happened on Concordia's campus said Collins. "The numbers Photo by Rachel Berg lish a report on any crimes report- and was directly reported to reported are only one-third of the ed over the previous year as well Campus Security. The other two actual assaults committed." Marijka Belgum-Gabbert takes part in Take Back the Night www.cord.edu/dept/concord Members of the 2000 Homecoming Royalty Court are: Chad Terry, Kent Narum, Steve Meinz, Blake Klein, Jacob Borge, King Keith McCoy, Queen Jill Anderson, Paige Wakefield, Melissa Berg,.Jenny Bohnsack, Katie Pence, and Britta Petersen Homecoming Coronation starts the "Century to Celebrate" Jacob Borge tries to steal the title from King Keith McCoy Crown Bearers Jacob Borge and The Homecoming Royalty are Liz Capouch Paige Wakefield. Borge, age 4, is chosen through a series of two The Concordian the son of John and Kathy. polls. In the first election, seniors Tuesday night, Concordia Wakefield, age 5, is the daughter are allowed to each vote for up to kicked off its Homecoming fes- of Leigh and Karen. five males and five females form tivities with the coronation of this The Homecoming Royalty their class. After this election, the year's king and queen. were escorted in next by faculty top five males and females are The evening started with prel- members of their choosing. Each placed on a ballot on which the ude music performed by the member of the Royal Court had entire Concordia student body Concordia College Jazz their moment in the spotlight as votes. The winners are deter- Ensemble under the direction of their bios were read and they mined from this final vote. Russell Peterson. were formally introduced. This Anderson and McCoy had Coronation Co-chairs Angie year's royalty are: Jill Anderson, similar reactions to being chosen Benson and Casey Triplett took Melissa Berg, Jenny Bohnsack, as royalty. "I was surprised," the stage next to serve as hosts of Katie Pence, Britta Petersen, Anderson said as McCoy reiter- the ceremony. They began by Blake Klein, Keith McCoy, Steve ated, "I didn't know. It was com- introducing Ernie Mancini, Meinz, Kent Narum, and Chad pletely unexpected." Executive Director, who wel- Terry. Anderson was very excited to comed those attending and intro- As a musical interlude, a cap- be chosen. "It's very special and duced the twenty-six member pella group Etc. performed their truly an honor," she said. McCoy Homecoming committee. piece "Happy Little Corner." was glad to be opposite Anderson President Thomas Thomsen Thomas and Barb Thomsen as royalty. "We were both on the then gave some remarks upon the came forward next to crown the Homecoming Committee, so it's evening, after which Benson and King and Queen. In two sus- cool that Jill and I were chosen." Triplett reclaimed the podium to penseful moments, Keith McCoy He also joked, "my roommates present the 2000 Homecoming and Jill Anderson were named are already harassing me." Melissa Berg looks on as Jill Anderson finds a corncob in Royalty. 2000 Homecoming King and her box, signifying her win. First to be introduced were the Queen. 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MINNESOTA October 6,2000 NEWS 3 Gore, Bush square off for first time: 'It's game day'

Sandra Subieraj sanship, showing voters Bush prime-time debate: that he is too could "work across lines with green for the job. Boston (AP) "This is a big night Republicans and Democrats alike "Bush can 'work In the survey, 71 percent of Texas Gov. George W. Bush in the campaign, no to achieve." across lines with respondents said Gore, a former declared himself "Ready to go'" Lieberman and Republican congressman and senator, had and Vice President Al Gore's sup- matter how you Dick Cheney debate Thursday Republicans and "prepared himself well enough for porters cheered, '"It's game day, look at it." night in Kentucky, then Bush and Democrats alike.'" the job of president." Just 49 per- go get 'em" as the presidential Gore meet again on Oct. 11 and cent associated that quality with contenders faced off in debate for Joseph Lieberman 17. Election Day is Nov. 7. Karl Rove Bush, the former oil company the first time, exactly five weeks executive and managing partner Democratic candidate for To keep the candidates cool, before Election Day. university officials turned the Chief Bush strategist of baseball's Texas Rangers who vice-president Tuesday night's duel of words thermostat inside the Clark Most were carrying the first one, has served nearly six years as at the University of Massachusetts Athletic Center gym well below but NBC gave its affiliates a Texas governor. it. This is a close election," said before a TV audience estimated as 65 degrees. That's the show-time choice between the baseball play- On issues, Bush held a clear Gore's running mate, Joseph high as 75 million came with vot- temperature. Once the lights were offs and the debate, while FOX advantage over Gore when Lieberman, as he made the rounds ers appearing evenly split flipped on and seats filled, that went with its series premiere of respondents were asked who of the network TV pre-debate between promoting the was required under contract by "Dark Angel."' would lower taxes and keep the shows. Democratic vice president or giv- the Commission on Presidential Veteran PBS newsman Jim nation's military defenses strong. Chief Bush strategist Karl ing Republican Bush a chance to Debates. Lehrer was moderator. Gore was overwhelmingly follow the White House path of Rove said that his man, aside from The bipartisan group is spon- favored on questions of making proving he had the ability to be A New York Times/CBS News his father. soring all four debates with the poll underscored the depth of at health care more affordable and "This is a big night in the cam- president, also aimed to trump the idea that they will be shown on as being able to negotiate effectively often-combative Gore on biparti- least one stereotype that Bush was paign, no matter how you look at many TV networks as possible. hoping to erase through the with world leaders.

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The Concordian told they would graduate with this with these seniors' education. education majors the chance to Wohlfeil points out that, in the Hansen, who wishes to graduate structure their classes around the scheme of things, the changes are Some graduating elementary licensure a year before anyone with a K-6 licensure and neces- new or old license. not great. "We are giving these education majors are frustrated else. sary additional license as well as a "We took our' best guess," said students an option," he said, in about the licensure they will Senior Anna Zbacnik feels license in Parent Education, will former education department that they can choose the license receive. that, "We weren't informed that only be able to graduate with a 1- chair Mike Wohlfeil. they will receive. If they do desire Many seniors believed that the this [K-6 with 5-8 concentration 6 license and Parent Education Marilyn Guy, the current the K-6 license and its require- four-year plan they were given in licensure] might not work." license. She will not be able to department chair, says the tracks ments, they may have to take" early November of their sopho- Three weeks into this year, graduate with a license to teach developed two years ago were additional courses. This, accord- more year would include all these seniors learned that the 1 kindergarten, which she called written with "the hope that stu- ing to Wohlfeil, is a choice the stu- courses needed to graduate under requirements for the licensure had "my dream." dents could be licensed as quickly dents must make. the new license. This fall ele- been changed from what original- as possible." mentary education majors concen- ly was thought and many would "1 have a strong desire to teach "I think it's very unfortunate trating in social studies, science, not be able to graduate with the kindergarten," she said, "and had Guy feels that Concordia acted that students are disappointed," or math learned that the courses new licensure unless they paid for I been told earlier I would have responsibly and was even pro- Guy said, "There's been no they had taken may not have met additional courses. If students been able to complete the require- active in creating a plan that attempt to miscommunicate. The the requirements for the new elected not to take the additional ments under the old license ended up being so similar to the faculty has been pro-active and licensure. courses, they would receive the requirements to teach kinder- plan meeting the state's final has allowed students to be older 1-6 license. The state of Minnesota recent- garten." requirements. She notes that sen- licensed under either the old or ly decided to change the teaching Senior Julia Eeg expected to Eeg agrees. "My understanding iors graduating from Concordia new systems." licenses it offers to elementary graduate with the K-6 and 5-8 was that we would graduate with before the state's date of Students are also hopeful for a education majors. Previously, licensures, concentrating in social the new requirements," she said, September 1, 2001 will be able to resolution. "I'm willing to work teachers were licensed by studies and math. "I have to take "and kind of be grandfathered in." benefit from this new licensure with Concordia as much as Minnesota to instruct grades one an economics and a geography The education department at because of Concordia's expedien- jConcordia is willing to work with through six, with the option of class," says Eeg, to fulfill social Concordia realized the need to cy. me," Zbacnik said. teaching kindergarten. The studies concentration require- change Concordia's education Guy also points out that change is effective for students ments. programs as soon as possible. The Concordia was the first school in Correction: In last week's Symposium reaction story, a quotation by Dr. Roy Freshmen senators anxious Hammerling was taken out of context. Hammerling did not mean to imply that Concordia is not a religious institution. Rather, he stated that Concordia's emphasis is on academics first, but still has definite for their first term in office religious affiliation. The Concordian apologizes for this error. the things it shouldn't. Dacia Simmons Gonzalez has started working toward this goal Staff Writer by talking with athletes and students from the vari- ous dorms. "I am very thankful to the students who Theatre The votes have been cast and the Freshman voted for me," Gonzalez said. "1 appreciate that they Senators have been decided: Darci Ellerston, Heidi The Tao of Steve think I am capable of doing the task." Freudenstein, Rodrigo Gonzalez and Katie Larson A charming, funny story of an average guy are the Student Senate's newest senators. Katie Larson wants to bring a new enthusiasm to with a not-so-average philosophy of life. the Senate. "I didn't think I was going to win going Sundance Jury Prize for Outstanding Actor "[The Senators] will be expected to attend Senate Nightly 7:00 & 9:00 am.' Saturday 'Matinee at 4:30 p.m. meetings, keep office hours, serve as a resource for into the election," she said, "but I wanted to meet a Sunday Maiinccs at 2:00 & 4:30 clubs and organizations on campus, and act as wise lot of people and this was a good way to do it." stewards of Student Activity Fee," said Phil Gates, Larson said the first Senate meeting went well for her and that she learned, "Each Senator has a voice Chair of Senate. Friday Night. The Big IDu, Hue on SUgelH Prc-ihotu social starts at 7 p.m. Music starts at a pjn. The Senators are up to these challenges. "I want- and I am excited to ed to make a difference at Concordia," Eltertson hear my voice, to said, "and I think being on Senate will help me speak up when I accomplish that goal." She also said she will not want to and not to Concordia College have a platform until she is more educated on the be too afraid." concerns of the campus. Gates said the "I am really excited to get in there and get to Senate will be aid- Student Health Center know people in the Concordia environment," ing the new Freudenstein said. She plans to get involved with Senators, "prepar- clubs and different organizations to find out what ing to help [the their wants are. But Freudenstein also does not Senators] make a Services Available have specific goals, but she said she will take each smooth transition concern and deal with them as they come. "I hope into their newly that I can represent the Freshman class," said elected position." • Diagnosis and treatment of respiratory, gastrointestinal, genitouri- Freudenstein, "and keep their best interest in mind." nary, skin, neuromuscular, and orthopedic conditions Rodrigo Gonzalez plans to try and meet all the necessities students have. 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.-•'•»• '!5 World •••^••i i in ••HI ' i QMIUHIIIH'I Debate draws big audience Nader turned away NEW YORK (AP) Fourteen baseball playoff game between the complete a sentence," CNN's Jeff BOSTON (AP) Ralph Nader filed earlier in the day by million people watched a geneti- New York Yankees and Oakland Greenfield said. thought he had at least a seat in the Massachusetts Libertarians to try cally engineered babe but prelimi- Athletics instead of the debate. An ABC's George audience at Tuesday' s presiden- to force organizers to include their nary ratings showed that ABC and estimated 11 million people Stephanopoulos, a former Clinton tial debate -- thanks to a college candidate, Harry Browne. CBS got more viewers for the watched NBC ~ although Nielsen aide, said Gore was able to domi- student who gave his ticket to the "The plaintiffs have slept on Bush-Gore debate than for the could not immediately report who nate by talking longer and steering Green Party nominee. their rights by waiting until the first Clinton-Dole joust. was watching baseball and who the debate to issues that played But the Commission on last minute to seek relief," Suffolk The combined audience for saw politics. well for him. But, he added, the Presidential Debates, which kept Superior Court Judge Gordon ABC and CBS was an estimated Based on ABC and CBS meas- vice president had a tendency to Nader off the stage Tuesday night Doerfer ruled. He said intervening 32 million people for Tuesday urements, viewership stayed pret- swagger. because he hadn' t garnered 15 in the debates would deprive the night' s debate between Democrat ty steady throughout the debate. ABC and CNN used groups of percent in polling, wouldn' t even public of information it needs Al Gore and Republican George CBS's audience grew from the voters, supposedly including sev- let him watch from a side room at about the candidates. W. Bush, according to an analysis first half hour, and ABC dropped eral who were undecided, and the University of Massachusetts- The lawsuit claimed Browne of Nielsen Media Research figures slightly during the last half hour, interviewed them. The ABC panel Boston campus. should be included because from the nation* s largest markets. said Larry Hyams, chief of indicated Bush did well; more of Nader flashed his ticket and a Massachusetts, which officially Those two networks had roughly research at ABC. the CNN group favored Gore. smile to cheering supporters as he recognizes the party, spent 26 million viewers for the first "The people who tuned in at Cable network MSNBC was whisked by shuttle bus into $900, 000 to help pay for the debate in 1996 between President the • beginning were there at the employed NBC correspondent the debate site. But when he got debate. Clinton and Bob Dole. end," Hyams said. Lisa Myers and a group of off the bus, a commission security Like Nader, Browne and It wasn' t possible to estimate The most-watched presidential researchers as a " truth squad" to officer, flanked by police officers, Reform Party candidate Pat by Wednesday morning the total debate, between Ronald Reagan look for misstatements of fact. told him his ticket wouldn' t get Buchanan were in Boston on audience for the debate, which and Jimmy Carter in 1980, drew Earlier Tuesday, the head of the him in. Tuesday, trying to make conspicu- also was carried by PBS, some 80 million people. The first Federal Communications lTve been instructed by the ous their absence from the debate. NBC stations and cable networks. Clinton-Dole debate in 1996 had Commission criticized Fox and commission to advise you that Buchanan told reporters his While Gore and Bush parried 46 million viewers, the second NBC for not airing the debate live. even though you have a ticket you campaign would start advertising over issues, the Fox network aired had 36 million. Broadcasters have an obligation to are not an invited guest in posses- next week in states he says the "Dark Angel," a sci-fi thriller CBS anchor Dan Rather pro- serve the public given their free sion of the ticket to this event," Republicans have abandoned, about a leather-clad young woman claimed long stretches of the first use of the public airwaves, FCC John Vezeris told Nader. including California, New Jersey (Jessica Alba) with superhuman Bush-Gore encounter " pedantic, Chairman William Kennard said. Nader, who previously said he and California. His party is seek- skills produced by shadowy gov- dull, unimaginative, lackluster, "This is a fundamental obliga- had been assured by debate offi- ing 5 percent of the popular vote ernment genetics experiments humdrum — you pick the words." tion that is not tradable," Kennard cials all tickets were transferable, in order to secure federal match- who rides motorcycles and steals "Governor Bush' s father was said." All the networks should be left the debate site, shaking his ing funds for the 2004 presidential from the rich. It was the first time criticized for looking at his watch covering all of the debates live." head. election. one of the four major broadcast during the presidential debate in NBC stations were mixed in "They'll pay severely for this After the debate, Buchanan networks declined to cany a pres- 1992, but there were many across what they showed. The Hotline, after the election," Nader said of told Fox News Channel that he idential debate live. the country tonight doing much an industry newsletter, said 44 the commission. was disappointed in the perform- Fpx* s estimated audience for the same thing," Rather said. NBC affiliates planned to show Nader was among' a trio of ances of both candidates — but "Dark Angel" was 14 million peo- Several network pundits said baseball and 28 intended to air the third-party candidates who did said Republican George W. Bush ple, significantly higher than its Bush stood to gain the most by not debates. Of the 44 carrying the their best Tuesday to keep the hadn't attacked Democrat Al Gore usual Tuesday audience, accord- appearing to wilt under the pres- game, 13 later planned to show Republican and Democratic nomi- hard enough. ing to Nielsen. sure. the debate on tape delay. nees from hogging the show. "If you' re going to hit some- Given a choice, many NBC sta- "I think he surprised a lot of Hours before the debate, a body, hit them," he said. tions aired the American League people who thought he couldn' t judge threw out a court challenge round the

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Mars, members of the secretive program sale} ; Wednesday. v :»-' ;: ..* -.\: ?*>. 4. Stuffed GABORONE, Botswana (AP) A stuffed African bushman, whose display In a Spanish Bushman returned museum provoked International outrage, was mcetved as a celebrity Wednesday after returning to .the continent he was taken from 170 years ago. . Hundreds of well-wishers sang Botswana' s national anthem and tried to elbow their way (nto the community hall where his cas- ket was on display. Dozens of police officers fought to hold back the tKrong, allowing only small groups Inside, , . 6 WORLD October 6, 2000 Stakes rise as fierce fighting erupts in Gaza Strip

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) Hundreds of terrified Palestinian friends looked on, grim-faced — into effect since the clashes broke leadership had encouraged the Fierce fighting erupted protesters flung themselves fiat on and then immediately left for out last week. wave of violence. " The situation Wednesday in the Gaza Strip, with the ground. Netzarim, where he had been The violence was triggered by now is orchestrated, . and is Israeli troops firing armor-pierc- "I was very scared/' said 18- killed the day before. "Allahu a visit Sept. 28 to Jerusalem' s Al extremely counterproductive for ing missiles after an isolated army year-old Hanan el-Habiba. "I akbar!" — God is great! -- they Aqsa mosque compound by right- the interests of the Palestinian outpost came under Palestinian couldiV t see because of the dust, shouted as they went. wing Israeli politician Ariel people, " Israel' s deputy defense gunfire. But an uneasy calm or hear because of the big roar of Meanwhile, the radical Islamic Sharon. Palestinians considered it minister Ephraim Sneh told reigned in much of the Palestinian the missiles.'* group Hamas denounced the Paris a desecration of Islam' s third- reporters in Athens, where he was territories amid a U.S.-mediated When one man was wounded peace effort, saying it represented holiest shrine; Sharon defiantly to attend an armaments exhibition. peace effort. by a bullet or shrapnel while lying " careless disregard for the blood cited right of access to the site, Although Israel says it is only Hospital officials said two flat, fellow protesters, trying to of our martyrs." In leaflets distrib- which is sacred to Jews as well. taking the necessary measures to Palestinians were killed, including keep as low as they could, uted in the West Bank, the group - Travel remained dangerous in protect its soldiers, Palestinians a 13-year-old boy, and at least dragged and pushed him 300 - which violently opposes any much of the West Bank, where say the Israelis' use of force, seven people hurt in the fighting at yards to an ambulance, passing peace accord — called for new many Jewish settlements have including attack helicopters and Netzarim Junction in central him from one person to the next. confrontations on Thursday and been cut off from Israel because of anti-tank missiles, is out of pro- Gaza, scene of some of the worst In the West Bank, gun battles Friday throughout the West Bank, army restrictions on civilian portion to the threat posed by clashes in a weeklong spasm of broke out near Joseph' s Tomb, a Gaza and inside Israel. movements. Some Israeli demonstrators. violence. In all, the fighting has Jewish enclave in the troubled Large-scale demonstrations by motorists have been fired upon, "This is the first time that I' ve left 62 people dead and more than town of Nablus, but Palestinian Arab citizens of Israel in sympa- and Palestinians have erected bar- seen the rock-throwers facing 1,800 injured, most of them police for the first time in days thy with their Palestinian brethren ricades of burning tires and boul- tanks," said Hussein Sheik, a Palestinians. moved to keep Palestinians out of appeared to have died down ders along some principal routes. leader of the Tanzim, a paramili- Although the two sides were the area. Another exchange of fire Wednesday, but tensions still sim- Top Israeli officials renewed tary force aligned with Arafat' s talking again — with Yasser Arafat occurred in the tense West Bank mered. In the Israeli coastal city of accusations that the Palestinian Fatah faction. and Prime Minister Ehud Barak village of Tulkarem, but no casu- Jaffa, adjacent to Tel Aviv, Arab brought together in Paris by alties were immediately reported. demonstrators blocked a street and Midwest Conmmnitv Residential Services Inc. Secretary of State Madeleine As Palestinians slain in earlier attacked journalists, injuring an Albright -- there were ominous fighting were buried, some young Italian television reporter. signs that protesters' fury had not mourners went from funeral pro- Tensions were also evident in Midwest Community Residential Services Inc. is in yet been spent. cessions to the front lines. search of "dedicated," "futuristic" employees. Jerusalem, where extra police and Variety of programs available to fit your Near the Jewish settlement of In Gaza's Jabaliya refugee paramilitary border police were interests. Flexible hours. 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Like slow, sure strokes on clear plastic, the 25-year veteran artist draws one more fire. My jeweler explained how frame of a new cartoon. Then she starts the next, inching the studio clos- its ideal cut creates a rainbow er to its goal: a place alongside Walt Disney Co. and other leaders of the global animation industry. blaze of light. Its unique laser Cartoons are serious business for China — both a promising export and a inscription identifies rt as mine tool to turn back a flood of imported children1 s pop culture that stirs deep alone. Choosing a diamond unease among communist leaders who look on entertainment as an ideologi- suddenly became so much cal tool. "Government officials don1 t want easier than I ever imagined. to see foreign cartoons in front of 250 million Chinese children," said It's my Lazare Diamond.™ •',* '.V •-'•'.•. William Brent, president of China Entertainment Network, a media con- sultancy in Shanghai. " There are countless decrees saying, 'Animation Find the world's most beautiful for Chinese children should be made by Chinese.'" diamonds at Royal Jewelers in Shanghai Animation is China's ilpt leading challenger in this contest. Founded in 1957, it merged with six downtown Fargo. Your jeweler for other state firms last year to create a cartoon conglomerate. With more than a lifetime. Financing available 200 artists, China's culture mandarins can compete with foreign rivals. upon approval. - Chinese studios already face com- petition from foreign cartoons import- ed to feed a voracious appetite for TV programming. Conditions will only get tougher after China joins the World '.'v.^Vi. Trade Organization and has to allow in even more movies and TV programs. 'JEWELERS. " Compared with international stan- dards, we have a long way to go," One of America's Fines! Jewelers Chen Guibao, Shanghai Animation' s 73 Broadway Box 2011 deputy general manager, said in an Fargo, North Dakota 58107 interview at the 1925 Art Deco villa that serves as studio headquarters. 701-232-2491 T T H E LAZARE DIAMOND Opinions Build on our foundations they sometimes encourage and support iXhe Concordian This Concordia students with jobs after grad- weekend uation. Alumni signify Concordia's I EDITORIAL hundreds commitment, for they are the backbone o f of our traditions and image. Cobber alumni return to Concordia. Since the symposium, however, there Some come to reunite with old college has been discussion on campus regard- friends, others to see changes on cam- ing Concordia's foundations. pus, and some come to see their children Concordia's religious affiliation and who have followed their footsteps. foundations have been questioned, and As students we may not take much our commitment to diversity has been interest in all these "old people," but it is doubted. It seems that we want to grow important that we acknowledge these beyond this schools traditions to become people, for we can learn from them. a more worldly institution, but we are The success of a Concordia education struggling between what we have been is proven in alumni* A study from last in the past and what we want to become. year found that Concordia alumni were To move forward, it is essential that more involved in their communities and we build upon our foundations and* churches than those of state schools. strengths, for this is our identity. Concordia graduates also felt a stronger According to Martin Luther, good sense of community among students. Christians are fastidious in learning We cap build on these traditions to about the world around them. Therefore, move fonvard and accomplish some of if we build upon our foundations, our our goalstoward diversity. As a commu- goals for the fijture will be reinforced by nity we can work together, expressing tradition, making them stronger and our individual concerns and interests, more unified. Keep these things in mind while acknowledging differences and and take the time to learn from our learning from them. alumni this weekend as we host this In these alumni we see the essence of Homecoming weekend. Concordia. They contribute funds to improve our campus and education and the cobb: life after Concordia 7 mistook the gray hue and winding roads for uncertainty' Darrell Ehrlick '98 When I left the friendly confines of Cobberville and Lutheran. But all joking gside, diversity goes far beyond of view. But we must also remember that an essential part relinquished my rights to all the wild rice I could eat in din- acknowledging Martin Luther King, Jr.fs birthday or saying of diversity must be to acknowledge the entire spectrum of ing services, I could have scarcely dreamed about the twist- you support the gay and Jeisbian movement. views that inevitably come with being diverse. Moreover, ing and surprising road I would travel. Diversity has become a sort-of catch word. It is a vague, as a college founded upon the principles of Christ, we are I had what I thought to be the best-laid plans. I tried to vacuous term that often times changes to fit the designs of compelled and commanded to take diversity one step far- be a textbook study of thoughtful and well-informed; after whomever uses the word; Can anyone really discern what ther, we must offer peace in return. Instead of trading barbs all, I had read Dostoevsky and I considered Sartre. The makes something diverse? The word seems patently sub- and bombarding each other with dogma, we must do the world, so to speak, was my corncob. jective and prone to overuse. unthinkable. We must welcome their views to the table, It's a Hinny thing when you get out of Concordia the Besides, who would dare stand against an idea like understanding that it is only through the voices of dissent, courses and programs that were so structured, the planning diversity? When we talk diversity though, there is another through the voices which sound most unlike ours, that will that seemed so genuine and thoughtful and the hopes and side that is often overlooked, that is tolerance and under- we become diverse. dreams that were close enough to be touched all fade in standing. When I first got out from under the "C," I mistook the hue. Life reverts to a monochromatic gray, roads that once The issue at Concordia may not be whether Cobbers gray hue and winding roads for blandness and uncertainty. looked straight, with distance, bend. want diversity, the real issue may be whether they can han- What I've since discovered is that the winding roads are Maybe I considered Sartre too much. I still read The dle diversity. Diversity means being broad enough to toler- trickier to navigate, but thoroughly more enjoyable to trav- Concordian. Old habits die hard. M the risk of kicking, ate those voices which we find abhorrent, or at best, dis- el. And that gray that tints the world around me is not real- beating, punching and pulverizing a dead horse. I would tasteful. Diversity is not about cherry-picking only those ly the absence of color, rather the amalgamation of colors like to consider the uglier side of tolerance. people, views and ideas that seem best suited to our own. coming together. .My reaction to tfop little ^episode with the visiting Diversity, despite its ambiguous and multi-valent mean- Buddhist monks was, at first, abhorrence. As Lisa Schaffhit ings, is a daunting challenge. Can Concordia withstand the -Editor s note-Darreli Ehrlick was the Concordian edi- ('02) said jn her letter to the editor: "We ask for diversity kind of far-reaching, broad-minded attitude that it takes to tor -in- chief in 1998. He now resides in North Logan, Utah and when we get it, we shun it." become a place where diversity can thrive? and is editor-in-chief of the Cache Citizen, a weekly paper I used to joke that I was in the minority at Concordia It is right to become upset with those that would vilify, in Logan. because I am Russian and Methodist, not Norwegian and demonize, oppress or squelch those with a different point

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We were "graced" To quote another Concordia student, "We because Buddhist spirits weakened me. After I have not forgotten about the God I worship. because of their willing- didn't ask to be prayed for." The sheer audac- last week's Concordian, my faith is now All I am doing is opening my mind to anoth- ness to come and ity of those who stood around the bell tower is stronger, having come face to face with pure er sector of the world. demonstrate cultural what infuriates me. First of all, we did not ignorance in the form of some students. We joke at Concordia that we live in a bub- practices toward world commit a sin by attending the events of the But what upsets me the most are the bigot- ble. But sadly, the joke's on us. We do live in healing. By coming to monks. Second, by praying for our souls in ed, self-righteous opinions of some students. a bubble. If we "Cobbers" are not decent campus, they opened eyes to experiences that that way, those who prayed for us have judged To explain my frustration, I'm not going to enough to broaden our horizons beyond we usually cannot experience at Concordia. us inferior because we don't worship as they throw Concordia's mission statement, or other Fargo-Moorhead, what kind of people is But did they open our eyes? do. But, we must remember this simple fact: random Bible verses in the faces of the igno- Concordia sending out into the world? With the attendance at the symposium, I Those in attendance of the monks weren't rant. What I want to talk about is human The flood of letters and discussion that has can safely speak for most students and say that worshipping - we were just in attendance, decency. taken place at Concordia is an eye-opening we were not there to worship gods. It is also appreciating a different culture. If Concordia wants to flourish, it needs to opportunity. My hope is that students and evident that their intent on coming here was In light of these events, I'm extremely dis- be open-minded. While Concordia is a staff emerge from this as a more cultured not to recruit us for their faith. appointed in the ignorance of certain students. Lutheran-affiliated school, not every student community, so that when we leave, we For those of us that are Christians, we did In fact, I was enraged by the comments made is Lutheran, that's what's so wonderful about embrace society, not shun it. not forget about our God nor the sacrifices of by some students in regard to the monks' pres- this campus. The curriculum doesn't just tout The 'new' image for girls F1EBIGER Today's society has con- resentation of a physical person. CHIROPRACTIC demned Barbie as an unrealistic, We condemn Barbie, merely a vessel for a little neck & lowerback pain • carpal tunnel unattainable representation of girl's imagination, and yet super-skinny, over-sexed • headaches • auto accttenB* sports injuries Preferred Provider for most Insurance the ideal female body. Barbie teen stars are slowly taking Barbie's place. As pop and Concordia Employees. Insurance has since been ordered to gain music gains force in all aspects of the media, filed for you. Student Discount Dr. Tanya Pfcbiger Dr. Todd Ficbfger weight and get a breast reduc- Christina Aguilara becomes more recognizable and 701-232-8200 - 3060 25th Street South rVneficd MEDIC A. One tion. However, there has never respectable than Madeleine Albright. Intelligence and • Southpotntc Mall • Fargo aeswc HEALTH PLANS been any argument as to ambition is apparently less a priority than a thin body Barbie's status as a purely imag- and sex appeal. inative figure created for play. On one hand, we have always idolized the image GREAT TEMP WORK! On the other hand, in stores now sits a doll creat- of the young, beautiful, popular, talented star. Shirley ed to be a mini-representation of a real person, a new Temple dolls have never been controversial. object for idol worship, with even more frightening Madonna, for all her controversy, has always been a implications. trendsetter. However, never before has a sex symbol In plastic fronted boxes in neat, orderly rows in been so directly marketed towards young people via the children's toy section sit boxes of scantily clad toys and dolls. Sexuality has gotten younger. Even "Get Out the Vote" Work Christina Aguilaras. Her waist is hardly the width of Barbie, for all her disproportion, was never blatantly a thumb and her low-cut shirt exposes chiseled-in sexual. Nationally Recognized Call Center cleavage. The most frightening aspect is her belly We worry about raising our little girls right, about 2-Weekly Shifts button, which sticks out from her exposed midriff. If giving them all they need for an equal opportunity, (9 a.m.-2 p.m. and 5:45 a.m.-10 p.m.) you press it, the doll plays one of Christina's hit about giving them a healthy self-image. In our songs - there's even a volume dial on her side. zealotry, we destroy figures like Barbie for her and/or Weekends At least Barbie is fake - she's just some doll on the impossible hip to waist ratio, while in the meantime, October thru early November shelf. However, somewhere along the line television we allow dolls to infiltrate little girls' rooms with and music stars have become very real role models frighteningly sexual clothes, blaring the message that Fill out an application at for many little girls. Now those little girls can own a girls need to be rubbed the right way from their tiny 112 University Ave. N., Suite 322, Fargo horribly disfigured and misrepresented body as a internal radios. model for their ideal selves, and no one seems to Yes, sex sells. But must it be used for 12 year think anything of it. olds? Perhaps the new pop stars, the new icons and Paid Training, Bonus Wage for Today's pop music stars have become more than role models of the age, should take on the moral Telecommunications Expience! EOE just music makers - they have become the foremost responsibility that follows. There is no reason why role models and examples for today's youth. this should not include a healthy body image, a Suddenly, at the height of gender equity, girls are mature attitude toward sexuality, and the chance to being encouraged to stay at 100 pounds their whole allow children a childhood before they're bombarded lives and sing on MTV about sex and popularity. And with the sexual. 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Everyone on campus knows what they are getting into when they come here. If you are not happy with receiving a Christian Lutheran education, then why are you here? Everyone who is I am writing in response to Sophia Tareen's Sept. 15th column, "Marriage for Sport." an adult (that means 18+, even though we can't have a beer, but that's another issue) can I found it humorous, yet frustrating. leave campus and do whatever they want with their lives and cannot be told what to do. Ms. Tareen insists that students who are engaged, especially to other Cobbers, are not That means, on the same principle, please don't tell me that my college has to change to "focusing on our nature as confident and competent individuals." Also, according to Ms. accept new cultures. I love to learn from other cultures which is why I loved the fact that Tareen, they are rushing into marriage because they "don't take any happiness in (their) Concordia brought the monks to the symposium this year. But, by learning from other own selves." tl cultures doesn' t mean I support them or think what they are doing is right. Choosing a She notes that the average marriage age on the East Coast surpasses our Midwestern religion is like a science experiment, you must first know many wrong answers before you ways by several years." Big deal. The East Coast also has a crime rate many, many times know which answer is the correct one. higher than the Midwest does. Does that mean we should raise Minnesota's homicide rate while waiting until we're thirty-five to get married because the East Coast way of life is Jeff Yager obviously the right way? I don't think so. '03 I am a fifth year student, working towards my second degree, and I am engaged. I did- n't plan on finding my future spouse at Concordia, but it happened, and I'm happy. She is by far one of the most individualistic, independent people I know, far from the insecure, ring-needy Cobber Jane that Ms. Tareen paints a stereotypical picture of. And I definitely Consider the perspective of others did not propose to my fiance because I was motivated by "tradition" or "the stark despair of being alone forever." Has Ms. Tareen actually asked an engaged couple why they got engaged? She obvi- I guess I asked for it when I agreed to come to a Christian college. I am not a Christian ously hasn't if she assumes people do it out of despair, tradition, or fearfulness. neither am I a Buddhist, so I won't even deal with that subject. In many of her columns, Ms. Tareen has preached against the dangers of stereotyping What struck me the most however is the use of words such as "false teachings", "false and generalizing. Why, then,is she putting engaged students in a group and generalizing gods", "hollow philosophy"! You talk about being saddened, think about how saddened I them? It's hypocritical, if you ask me. Ms. Tareen will know when the right person comes am to realize that there are people here at Concordia who think that I am 'false' and 'hol- along for her. Maybe it will be next year, maybe it will be ten years from now. But until low'. Think about the image of Concordia you are portraying to the world, I am ashamed it happens for her, she shouldn't be judging other*people. today to call myself a Cobber. I am an International Student, very much different from the average Cobber... today the Jason Mahlen *00 topic is religion, next it could be the very things that make me different, race, color, cul- ture, ethnic origin. Don't try and make me feel ashamed of who I am, because I am NOT and will NEVER be. College is a choice I am proud of who I am' and what I stand for, I am proud to be different. I am proud of the fact that I am here halfway around the world from my home, surrounded by people unlike me. And you know what makes me proud? I am proud because I have the guts to I saw a couple things in last week's letters that made me scratch my head. The take in all this diversity and call it my home! articles on page 7 both deal with very closely related issues: Concordia's image and mis- You talk about there being a limit to being tolerant in the name of diversity; if every- sion statement. The authors of these articles are missing a very key point. People one's just about being 'tolerant', then it is seriously time for a lot of us to think about our CHOOSE to come to this college. This isn't a public high school which everyone in the places here in Concordia. community attends. It is a private college which people willingly apply to and attend. Get this, not only are people not forced to attend Concordia, they even PAY money (a lot of Soonashir Panday it, to be exact) to attend. This may be a shocking idea for some people, but it's the truth. "03 Why is this important? It's simple.. Unless y<>u picked your college by spinning a globe and stopping it with your finger, you knew this was a Lutheran Liberal Arts College.' There aren't any Catholics, Muslims, Buddhists, or Atheists that attend Concordia that can claim their religious rights are being violated here at Concordia College. How can you willingly let people violate your rights? Sony, it doesn't work that way. If Concordia

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• long time ago, students will be able to Neema Mosha experience the balance of capitalism and The Concordian communism in a rapidly developing coun- try, Lumb said. The pyramids of Egypt. The Taj Dudng the four.week long visit? the Mahal. A Tanzanian wildlife park. These students wiIi travel to Hong Kong, are just a few of the destinations awaiting shanghai, The Great Wall, Tiananmen Cobbers who will travel on this year's Square, and the uncovered Terra Cotta sol- May seminars abroad. diers The students will also visit the older One group of Concordia students will and historical cities - Chengdu, Xian, stand upon the Great Wall on their four- Chongqing and Guanzhou. They will visit week seminar to the People's Republic of both urban and rura, areas and compare China, the first Concordia trip to China in the rapjd]y developing urban areas and the more than 20 years. rural areas that are lagging behind. "It's a place where _^______^^^__^__ The students will stay you will be able to «rTi v J > 7 -77 at universities and compare and contrast [The StlidentS] Will hotels, Lumb said, and our culture to theirs," look at the nation in tentative plans for house said Dr. Ruth Lumb, visits have been made. associate professor of transition, and the The students will travel business and econom- by plane, train, and on ics. She said the trip is problems assosiated bicycles, which are the an opportunity "to with it.". main form of transporta- look at a nation in tion in China. transition and the Ruth Lumb Although the plans problems associated are still being finalized, with it [such as] the associate professor of busi- Lumb hopes Concordia environment's pollu- students will have the 1 ness and economics tion.' opportunity to visit a Lumb, who visited hospital of traditional China on many oca- Chinese medicine, and sions in the past 17 years, belives this trip talk t0 poiitical leadcrs and policy makers. will be a great opportunity for students to They wiH also attend formal lectures at x^c

see marketing working with elements of universities and will interact with students commumzm and democracy. in al, of the cilies Thcy win also have thc More than knowledge of economic, opportunity t0 attend a Christian church bussiness or marketing will be needed. service and experience worship in a difTer- Marketing is an interdisciplinary course ent culture and countTy> that incorporates many other disciplines From her past experience, Lumb says such as sociology, psychology and com- that China generany has a low crime rate, munication, Lumb said. One must be more carefu, in the larger China's huge economic power and dif- cities? but the situation is generally safe for ferent cultures as well as China's well- inhabitants, she said> The Chinese are known history of communism and patnar- courteOus, kind and hospitable to visitors, chal society, will enable Concordia's stu- Photo by Ruth Lumb dents to see a whole new world. Since + SEE CHINA ON PAGE 11 democracy was introduced in China not Students will be visiting many different places in China. Thier schedule will include visits to campuses of different universities as well as visits to places such every day life places as a food marketr

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A..*-* linment OCTOBER6» 2000! aro>5» u Two views on Radiohead's latest evolving studio. Jason Okrzynski On the opening track, Staff Writer "Everything In It's Right Place", per- That feeling. Christmas morn- the listener finds just this. forming at the Fargo Theatre as ing, after the months of waiting Opening with an eerie synth part of the Harvest Moon and one long night, the presents sound, which will deliciously Sorcerer's Ball on Friday, Oct. 6 are finally ready to be opened. haunt the album throughout, the at 8 p.m. Also performing for the That is how thousands of boys rip the Oreo open and eat the event will be Green House. Radiohead fans felt at midnight filling. The vocal track creeps in, There will be a pre-show drum Tuesday when the long awaited, pre-recorded and then spliced to jam at 7 p.m. The Big Wu hail oft delayed Kid A finally hit support the rhythm of the song. In from Northfield, Minn, and have stores. With trembling hands the the skipping lines "Everything In gained a reputation as one of the packages were ripped -open and It's Right Place" is imposed over most popular live bands in the played, to both the chagrin and a mushily cut and re-spliced "Kid Twin Cities area. Tickets $10 pleasure of it's aaxious pursuers. A, Kid A, Kid A" and are available through Do not tread lightly when This mixed with a growing Zandbroz, Vinyl Connection and deciding whether or not to pur- symphony of sounds-slightly Ticketweb.com. , chase this CD. It is recorded with reminiscent of the "orchestra the preconception that those who orgasm" Lennon achieved in the • The Fargo-Moorhead purchased it have made the long Beatles' "A Day in the Civic Opera will be putting on a journey from noise to brilliance Life"-opens the album as almost production of the 1816 Rossini which took fans deep into the a welcome, or warning, as if ask- opera The Barber of Seville, vision that was OK Computer. ing, "You like this song? 'Cause which will feature Concordia But, don't make the mistake of there's nine more coining!" music faculty member Peter expecting OK Computer. This is As if this were not enough the Halverson in the title role of the about where the comparisons end. idea of the sound collage is mas- find Yorke at his best. The vocal ic this album's genius will be. It is barber, a role he has sung with The smooth guitar licks, the tered in the calmingly annoying, line is a dreary reminder of why somewhat telling of the album's the Minnesota Opera and several soothing melodies, the flowing "The National Anthem." Opening we love Radiohead. Often here as eccentricities that there will be no other companies. ;r; > lyrical poetry, were all lost some- with a simple bass line, separate throughout the album, vocal har- radio releases and that the band The famous opera, performed where around Liverpool. This tracks are compiled one by one monies are a mixed layering of returned to the studio last month in the Italian "opera buffa" album is reaching towards a form- until a mess of sound pulls the lis- harmonies that come off as a har- for an album with a hopeful late (comic opera) tradition, is less sonar mood, and it pins it tener deep inside Radiohead's binger of coming sadness as he February release. Rossini's most well-known down. world. The vocal track is mixed wails "I laughed until my head Though the album is magical, work- So familiar is the music The air is filled with sound on with some kind of unidentifiable came off... this is really happen- soothing, eerie and harmonious that most people who have never this album. Rather than a classical noise climaxing and in its finality ing this is really happening." all it once it is a one shot deal. been inside an opera house can instrument based rock album, Kid with a mess of horns which col- This is not to say the album is There will not be hoards of still be able to recognize its A achieves a full singular sound lide to crash and burn the song. perfect, though it may be close. would-be rockers rushing out to arias, which have been featured that is rare to any kind of pop The album's highlight is the Personally, I miss Johnny recreate this album as there were in commercials and Bugs Bunny genre. They achieved this with song "Idioteque." This song will Greenwood's lucid flowing gui- with OK. It is too esoteric in tone. cartoons alike. subtle irony. Radiohead, who be one that you will find yourself tar, though he appears at times, he Even in the possibility that 'Performances are at North often criticize the world's increas- singing in your dreariest night- is the David Robinson of this Radiohead will pull a Beck and Dakota State University's ingly technological atmosphere mares. An anticipating drum beat album taking a smaller role to win have a totally different follow up, Festival Hall stage on Saturday, have created an album which is mixed with ornately placed har- a championship (or perhaps a Oct. 7 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. would not be possible without the monic crescendos, stolen straight Grammy, as it were). On top of + SEE KlD A ON PAGE 13 8 at 2 p.m. Tickets available technology found in a quickly off of Satan's computers. Here we this it is hard to say how pragmat- through the Festival Hall box office at 231-7969. Student rush tickets are also available 15 min- utes before the curtain rises. 'Diviners 'proved to be a divine show • Tickets are still on sale for the "Weird AI" Yankovic con- cert. Touring for his recent Running With Scissors album, the accordion-wielding funny- man will be playing such beloved satirical hits as "Fat," "Dare to Be Stupid," "Eat It" "Amish Paradise" and "Smells Like Nirvana" at the Fargo Civic Memorial Auditorium on Wednesday, Oct. 18 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $25.50 and $20.50 and are available at Ticketmasler outlets. For more information, call Ticketmaster.

• Also set to perform in Fargo is country star Alan Jackson, with Brad Paisley opening at the Fargodome. Jackson is known for his hits "Chatahoochie" "Gone Country" "It Must Be Love," and 'Tall Tall Trees" many of which he will no doubt sing. Tickets will go on sale on Photos by Mike Boe Monday, Oct. 2 at 10 a.m. The Diviners performed last weekend at the Frances Frazier Comstock Theatre, Tickets will be available through opening Concordia's 2000-2001 theater season. The play received positive .the Fargodome Ticket Office and all Ticketmaster Ticket Centers reviews from audiences as well as The Forum newspaper. The play was directed including Dayton's, Discontent by Helen Cermak and told the story of a disturbed man and his unlikely friend- and the NDSU Memorial Union. ship with a wavering preacher in southern Indiana in the 1930s. Dealing with such topics as religion, psychology and faith, The Diviners had something to offer for all. Concordia Theatre's next production will be Children of Eden. October 6, 2000 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT 13

has been shatteringly bipolar. Spin rhythms and lays wheezing •KID A Magazine called it Radiohead's squeeze-box fright chords over Faculty member FROM PAGE 12 best album ever, and internet chat them, creating an alt-dance Kid A is awe-inspiring. For rooms have been flooded with anthem for everyone who wonders anyone looking for another apoplectic fans demanding to why Halloween doesn't have a found in 'Seville' smooth pop-rock treat Santa may know why the English band let theme song. And the album closer, not be coming down your chim- success go to their heads. "Motion Picture Soundtrack," Halverson has been rehearsing There are indeed moments with its turgid, yet mesmerizing Emily Rankin ney this year. As for me, visions of for the part of Figaro about six sugar plums dance in my head, to when Kid A sounds like the album accordion and organ riffs and The Concordian hours a day for the last two and a the eerie layered-sound of Kid A. a band might make when they spangly virtual harp glissandos, sounds like a particularly beguil- Peter Halverson, assistant half weeks. He has played the realizes they can release their ing outtake from Bjork's director of voice at Concordia, role of Figaro before and enjoys answering machine messages on a Homogenic album. will take a stab at being a barber the part. "[Figaro] is a fun charac- Eric Henderson double-disc and the critics will ask this weekend. In an opera, that is. ter to play, and he sings great A&E Editor for the out-takes. The Maynard For all its experimentalism, the Fergeson nightmare that ends Halverson will sing the role of music, music that fits my voice Ask a typical Radiohead fan album also finds the band in con- 'The National Anthem" will likely the mischievous barber Figaro in well," he said. and you will hear an earful of ventional mode on the gently have alt-rock purists reaching for two F-M Civic Opera perform- According to Halverson, you Radiohead's status as the savants weeping guitars of "How To all twenty-five discs of Pearl ances of the comic opera, "The don't need to be an opera buff to of modern music. That they are Disappear Completely," Jam's recent concert tour. Barber of Seville." attend and enjoy "The Barber of the only band to successfully com- "Optimistic," and "In Limbo," the The plot of the opera involves Seville." Halverson said it's light- bine traditional rock with ele- However, it is the album's former being particularly effective Figaro trying to help Count hearted, comic, melodic, and it ments of ambient techno and stronger musical moments which in its self pity. Almaviva win over the beautiful has drama. "It's good theater Broadway-level pathos. That they are causing mixed reactions in the I won't claim to be able to pre- Rosina. However, Rosina's elder- when it's well done," he said, are the most significant lyrical fan circles. The album opens with dict whether enchants or enrages ly guardian, Dr. Bartolo also "and good theater is enjoyable for geniuses since Joni Mitchell or the nervous caramel whirlpool of purists. It is to the album's long- wants to marry Rosina so he can everyone." He also notes that the Bob Dylan. That they are frankly "Everything In Its.Right Place." term credit that each listen will have her inheritance. Figaro, Dr. opera will be performed in the most intelligent and praise- Throwing conventional songwrit- provoke a different response. At Bartolo's barber, devises a variety English, so it will be easy to worthy musical group ever. ing norms to the winds, the track turns, Kid A is their most features smooth electric piano of schemes against Dr. Bartolo so understand. It would also be worthy to note overindulgent, stimulating, noodlings and frontman Thorn Rosina will fall for the Count. Performances of "The Barber that Radiohead's fans are among stoned, bitter, smooth, and experi- Yorke's heavily-vocodered vocals "Figaro is sort of a jack-of-al! of Seville" will show on Saturday, the most loyal and open-minded mental album yet, and a glorious creeping in and out of the mix. trades," Halverson said of his October 7th at 8:00 in the evening among music lovers. Who else return to album-oriented rock. "Idiotique" takes scratchy techno character. He notes that many and Sunday, October 8th at 2:00 would unwaveringly follow the people are familiar with Figaro in the afternoon. Both perform- strange path that has seen without even knowing it. "As ances will be held in Festival Hall Radiohead move from the punk children, people probably heard at NDSU's Reineke Fine Arts thrash of Pablo Honey and its Indigenous Concert Figaro's famous aria in Bugs Center. TLC-baiting hit "Creep" to the (Rock, Blues Band) Bunny cartoons," he said. woozy liquid melancholy of 1997's platinum-selling OK Computer. with Luke Andrew Band Write for the Concordian.., The ardency of Radiohead's When: October 28th @ 7:30 fans will probably be put to the preferably for the A&E ultimate test with their newest Where: Historic Fargo Theatre release, Kid A. For weeks now the album has been available on the downtown Fargo internet in various forms, and all but the purest-6f-heart fanatics How Much: because, of course, it is who just had to wait until they $8.00 with an NDSU student ID could physically buy the album most diverting. Call 3826! have listened to it. The response and Blues Festival Ticket Holders $15.00 General Public a You can purchase a ticket at fun rnys- Mother's Music in Moorhead TAPES • CD'S • CLOTHING fyry. Call All seating is reserved $$26 and prepare to WE MOVED a y e 7TH & MAIN PLAZA MOORHEAD un. AC-

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MIAC Championship @ For the men, the win over Carleton contin- Bunker Hills ued a trend of late-game heroics. Junior Chance 1 p.m. - Football hosts BuzzePs goal in the game's 79th minute made Hamline (Homecoming) this the third straight game in which the 12 noon - Women's soccer Cobbers have either tied the score or taken the @ St. Mary's lead in the final 11 minutes of regulation. 2 p.m. - Men's soccer @ At the time of Buzzel's kick, the Cobbers were short handed because of an earlier red St. Mary's card violation. But scrappiness filled the void Sunday as Buzzel scored amidst a scramble of bodies in 1 p.m. - Women's soccer front of the Carleton goal. Five players found hosts Alumni themselves on the ground inside the six-yard 3 p.m. - Men's soccer hosts box, and somehow the ball found its way into Alumni the net. TBA - Women's golf @ MIAC Championship "We have to keep our heads Meet @ Mankato CC up. We have the potential to do well, but itf s just not hap- pening right now." Meghan Hansen sophomore SPORTS BRIEFS: The Cobbers have four consecutive one- goal victories. Their record is 6-2-1 overall. The men may be riding high, but Kevin Roos named Concordia's women are facing a tough climb MIAC men's soccer up the conference hill after losing their third Player of the Week straight game in the MIAC. Concordia's Kevin Roos (Jr., The Cobbers scored first against Carleton, with sophomore Meghan Hansen scoring her Photo by A.J. Kiefer Fargo N.D., Fargo South H.S.) first goal of the year at 49:43. Two Cobber men's soccer teammates outjump a Carleton foe and head the ball was named the MIAC player of the week for his performances Concordia held its lead for ten minutes until down the field. Concordia beat Carleton 1-0 to move its MIAC record to 3-0. Carleton's Morgan Russell-Dempsey, off a against St. Thomas and post three times . . . Things just weren't going University of Minnesota-Moorhead was post- Carleton. On Tuesday against pass from Mutebi Birungi, beamed the ball into our way." poned until Tuesday, Oct. 10, at 4:30 p.m. St. Thomas he scored the win- the Cobber net. Birungi later produced the Hansen notes that the team has a tendency to The Cobbers now stand at 5-4-0 on the sea- ning goal in overtime, and on game winner with just under 14 minutes left to get down on itself when the other team scores, son. play, finding herself alone in front of the net and that they must do a better job of focusing in Concordia hosts its homecoming games Saturday versus Carleton he and forcing a kick past a diving Concordia such situations. The key to turning their losses tomorrow against St. Mary's. The women start assisted on the game winner goalkeeper, junior Kathy Braun. to wins, Hansen stresses, is to keep fighting. at noon, with the men afterwards at 2. with only 11 minutes left in the The loss was their second in a row by only "We need to keep our heads up," Hansen On Sunday, both teams continue their home- contest. Both goals were a key one goal. said. "We have the potential to do well, but it's coming celebration, hosting the Alumni in their factor in helping the Cobbers "It was another frustrating loss," said soph- just not happening right now." annual match-up. The women open at 1 p.m. improve their record to 3-0 in omore Meghan Hansen. "We must have hit the The women's Tuesday game against the and the men follow at 3 p.m. the MIAC and 6-2-1 overall. Men's golf falls back on final day of Twin Women's golf championships this weekend Cities Classic. —from MIAC Hompage— This was the first time since the Tommie's 1994 MIAC win that the team One day after shooting a sea- (St. Peter, Minn. - Monday, Oct. 2, 2000) Head coach Duane has finished above the Cobbers. son best team score of 286 the Siverson and his Concordia Cobbers will look to defend their champi- All three teams are in the NCAA Division III rankings this fall with onship title on October 8 and 9, when Gustavus Adolphus hosts the 2000 Concordia holding the second-ranked position behind first-ranked Cobbers fell back and shot 330. Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) Women's Golf Methodist College (NC). Monday's performance Championships at the Mankato Golf Club. St. Thomas sophomore Kris Paulson (Minneapolis, Holy Angels dropped Concordia five spots in The Cobbers are looking for their ninth MIAC title since 1991. High School) is a favorite to take the individual first-place medal a sec- the standings, and they finished Gustavus and St. Thomas will be right with them in the championship ond year in a row. Also contending for the championship are 2000 third- 14th for the meet. The low man battle, as all teams have veteran experience and depth to contribute. team All-american Jenni Kovash (Sr., Moorhead, MN), and 2000 NCAA for the Cobbers was Mike Concordia is returning three players from their 1999 championship 9th place finisher Maria Amlen (Sr., Stockholm, Sweden), both of Hagen (Jr., Moorhead, Minn.) team, including two-time all-MIAC senior player Jenni Kovash, senior Concordia. who shot 79-71-82 for a three Maria Amlen, and sophomore Tanya Ulvin. Gustavus1 Alicia Golembeski (Jr., Waconia, MN) and Kate Reiman day total of 232. Next up for Of the nine players returning for Gustavus, two-time all-MIAC play- (Jr., Cannon Falls, MN) are also expected to be top finishers as they Concordia is the MIAC confer- ers Kate Reiman and Alicia Golembeski will be expected to lead the placed 4th and 8th respectively at last year's MIAC championships. ence meet on October 6-7 at team, while St. Thomas looks for a strong performance from their seven St. Benedict's Becky Cole (Jr., Andover, Anoka High School) and Bunker Hills GC in Anoka. returners including 1999 MIAC champion Kris Paulson. Monica Milbert (Sr., Cold Spring, Rocori High School) who finished 5th St. Thomas did edge out the Cobbers this fall at the Southwest State and 1 Oth at last year's championships will also look to finish in the top University Invitational on September 23 and 24 placing second overall. ten. '._"'.•• October 6, 2000 SPORTS 15 Volleyball bumped around in conference play 15-11. Kara Murray The Cobbers flew past St. Olaf in the The Concordian fourth game 15-2, but the fifth game left Coming off their first place finish at the Concordia short. St. Olaf had the win by a Concordia Tournament the Cobbers strug- 15-13 score. gled through a challenging week of volley- "St. Olaf was probably the best game of ball, dropping three straight games. the week," Davis said. "We really stuck "St. Thomas, St. Olaf, and St. Mary's are together as a team and went hard for every- all up in the top of the conference," said thing." senior Stacy Davis. "It was a tough week." Saturday, the Cobbers went into action The week began for the Cobbers with a yet again, hoping to beat St. Mary's. But game against St. Thomas. The Tommies Concordia was disappointed as St. Mary's took the upper hand right away in the first swept the Cobbers in three straight games match of the game winning 15-3. 8-15,7-15, and 7-15. Davis led the Cobber attack with 12 kills and Leah Sanden added 28 assists. "St. Thomas, St. Olaf and "We are working on getting stopped and St. Mary s are all up in the explosive movement to the ball," Davis said. "We play really good defense and if top of the conference. It we could improve, we would be hard to rt stop." was a tough week. The Cobbers now look ahead. Davis sees success in her teammates, describing the Stacy Davis team as hard working, dedicated, and ready senior to have some fun. "We have a really close team," Davis Concordia regrouped in the second noted. "Since we have only six home games match to win 15-12. But St. Thomas pulled we are all kind of in the same boat, dealing together to take the remaining two games with being stressed out on assignments and 15-9 and 16-14. everything." On Friday night the Cobbers faced off On Tuesday, however, Concordia against the Olies for an exciting match up. returned to the win column, handing Bethel Concordia edged St. Olaf in the first its first conference loss this season. Concordia is now 10-9 overall and 2-4 in game 15-12. Then the Oles pulled ahead in Photo by A.J. Kiefer the second and third games to win 15-9 and the MIAC. Cobber freshman Mary Ness spikes the ball earlier this week in MIAC Football falls to big play 39-22 loss to Gus ties puts Cobbers at 1-3 and returned it 29-yards for the all. The loss also delivers a seri- Union Station Sports Bar & Grill Eric Morrow touchdown. ous blow to the Cobbers hope of a The Concordian Featuring Italian and American Food . Suddenly, Gustavus led 23-7.-. conference championship and a 705 Center Ave E (Formerly Paisano's) So far this season, the big play "We don't get off to really playoff birth. has killed the Concordia football great starts," said senior Joel "It's a big disappointment," Dilworth, MN 56529 team. Nelson. "When we're down by ten Nelson said. 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sexually abused her and her two daughter. like domestic violence. An event like coro- •NIGHT It took them many years to speak out about nation undermines the Take Back the Night Major League Baseball FROM PAGE 1 their experiences, but now both of them march." speak often in public, sharing their stories. Belgum-Gabbert also wished that more Post season Matchups Clay County Attorney. "If we start with the education of our faculty and staff had attended. Although Burdick spoke of the importance of pro- children," Daria said, "the possibilities are there were members of Concordia staff viding safety for victims. Speaking to endless." With these and other words, Daria there, she "found it interesting that as stu- Giants 5, Mets 1 abusers and rapists, he said "obedience to is competing on a national level with her dents we are encouraged to get involved in SAN FRANCISCO (AP) « Livan the law is demanded; it is not a right." original speech about domestic violence. the community and in events that we Hernandez held the Mets to five hits over Burdick also called for an attempt to At the conclusion of the rally, the names believe in. I wish I would have seen more 7 2-3 innings and Bonds fought back his "make heroes out of those who are suffer- of 53 victims of domestic violence were professors and staff members there, too. playoff demons with an RBI triple and a ing violence." Abuse in any form cannot be read; 10 of these were children. For each Still, she does believe that those who key single as San Francisco beat New tolerated, he said, and "it will find no sanc- name read, a flower was taken out of a bas- were in attendance did much to stop York 5-1 Wednesday in the opener of their tuary in our community." ket as a memorial to the individual. domestic abuse and rape. NL division series. Borgen also spoke of tolerance during Haseltine then read the poem, "He Gave Nights such as this are important to let her speech. "We will not tolerate violence," Me Flowers," which tells of a woman being the world know women just won't stand for Mariners 5, White Sox 2 she said, "and we will support those who killed by domestic abuse. abuse, Belgum-Gabbert said. As she said CHICAGO (AP) -- Seattle's bullpen are victims." Students who attended the march and when she walked to the Moorhead Center bullied the Chicago White Sox again, During her speech, Borgen discussed raljy did so out of support for victims and Mall with all the others, "Join together! pushed aside the majors' most potent many of the cases of abuse she has seen as to take back thfcir streets. Free our lives! We will not be victimized!" offense and landed the road-tough a Clay County Attorney, including a 17- "I marched to show my support for Mariners a 2-0 lead in their division year-old who had been forced to have sex women who have been victims of vio- series. with her stepfather since she was 13. lence," junior Marijka Belgum-Gabbert Now the White Sox will try to be "No one knew about the abuse," she said, "and to remember those who have The Concordian loves you. sweepless in Seattle when the best-of-five said. "Not even her mother who was mar- died." It whispers your name in series shifts to Safeco Field on Friday. ried to this man." Belgum-Gabbert noted the importance its sleep. Borgen said that of the 100 cases of of a large group working together for an Yankees 4, Athletics 0 assaults charged last year, 90 were domes- event such as this. "A larger group raises It wishes you would write OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Andy tic. community awareness of the issue," she more often. Pettitte's near-flawless pitching and a radi- During the rally, many survivors of said, "and awareness is what's needed to cally revamped lineup allowed the New domestic abuse shared their stories. A end domestic violence and make our streets It doesn't care what. York Yankees to temporarily delay obitu- woman who preferred to only be called safer for women and men." It just wants to hear from aries for the two-time defending World Sarah read her autobiographical poem, However, she also believes that the Series champions. "Theft of Innocence." One passage read, march does not receive quite as much atten- you more often. Pettitte allowed five hits in 7 2-3 score- "Cry for her raped little body which uttered tion from Concordia as it should. She spoke less innings and the Yankees defeated the not a sound, for she hid deep within her specifically of the conflict with coronation. Oakland Athletics 4-0 Wednesday night to mind thought never to be found." "Take Back the Night is on this night Give it a call. tie their best-of-five AL division series at Mother and daughter Mary and Daria every year," she said. "I wish that 3826 1-1. also shared their story of domestic abuse. Concordia would place a different value on Mary's husband physically, verbally, and coronation when you compare it to an issue Cardinals/Braves: off day

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