The Race Is on One Finalist, That Person Exaggerations Are Made
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INSIDE... --News Briefs --Board Rep Proposal --Favorite Photos --Lean On Me Reviewed Cq\CORDIA COLLEGE A Publication of the Concordia Student Association Cronauer says Volume 24, Issue 9, Friday, April 14, 1989 New NT/Greek 'Good Morning' Prof Sought to CSP Students Study Abroad by Stephen A. Scheer Three CSP students have by Angie Cairns exciting plans for studying Dr. Marvin Middendorf, abroad in the near future. New Testament, Greek, and Adrian Cronauer, the DJ that Kim Moritz will be studying Humanities professor, will Good Morning Vietnam is economics this summer in be leaving Concordia at the based on, presented a Japan, and Rachel Utter and end of December 1989. convocation at Concordia on Kathryn Galchutt will spend Thursday, March 30. the first part of next year at A search committee to find Oak Hill College in London. another New Testament and In his presentation, Greek professor has been Cronauer included clips from Oak Hill is a Lutheran appointed, however, the the movie and from his College where students names of the finalists could original radio broadcast from the other Concordias not be attained. from Saigon in 1965. He also will join Kathryn and Rachel compared what life in pre- to study during the fall and "The committee is war Vietnam was really like part of the winter quarters. interviewing the finalists, with what was portrayed in and is beyond the first level the movie. of screening," said Robert DeWerff, Vice President of As in all Hollywood College Relations. After the creations, to make a good search committee selects larger-than-life story, The Race Is On one finalist, that person exaggerations are made. must be approved by Interim The same holds true for by J. D. Goetz President Wentzel and Dr. Good Morning Vietnam. The youth will also be 1111111•1111111 111116111•111 entertained by a musical Loma Meyer. The ■ Four hundred seventy Junior performance by a group recommendation will then High age students will be on from Old Emmanuel be passed on to Concordia's . Concordia's campus May 5 Lutheran Church in Inver Board of Regents, and the and 6 for the Eighth Annual Grove Heights and Board for Higher Education Junior High Youth Concordia's King's Players. in St. Louis. Gathering. The local band, Clockwyz, DeWerff, who is not on the will also perform at a dance. committee himself, said that Students ranging in age the committee is "looking from grades 6-9 from the 5- Over one hundred for a member of the LCMS... state region will be Concordia students will be with an earned doctorate, participating in the event. involved in the convention, and a strong aptitude for and some faculty and staff classroom teaching." This year's theme is "the members plan on Race is On" and will focus on The Board of Regents meets participating also. "How we run the race of this month, and the Board for Higher Education meets living our daily lives According to the Staff Adrian Cronauer empowered by Christ," in May. The new professor Coordinator of the event, should be named at that according to Rhonda Renee, Danette Griffith, students As depicted in the movie, an time. the student chairman of the who wish to help with the amount of censorship was event. The search process was begun by publishing a used by the Armed Forces Youth Gathering should description of the opening Radio Station, but this only The convention will keep contact either Rachel Kruse in the Lutheran Witness. applied to certain news the youth .busy with and Paula Meyer (#351) or Individuals from Missouri, activities such as swimming, Eric Nelson (#342). bible study, worship, and Wisconsin, and across the continued on page 2 working on a special 20 by country have applied. 24 foot project. EWS N T H E W 0 Dr. John F. Johnson, the Pinney who died of cancer Concordia St. Paul's tuition is lower than Dean of Students at the St. on February 22,1989. other private colleges in the Twin Cities area. Louis Seminary, accepted There will be comedy According to figures given by the admissions the call of presidency of entertainment and the band departments of seven area private colleges, Concordia St. Paul on March Clockwyz will provide music. Concordia is the only one with tuition costs 31. Johnson was first given lower than $7,000 for the '89-'90 school year. the call on February 17. Northwestern College in Roseville had that Recently plans have been Johnson will officially lowest standard room and board costs. assume the office on July 1. made to have a speaker talk Until then, interim President to the students of Concordia The costs for tuition and room and board are Wentzel will participate about self defense. as follows: with Johnson in making Tuition R & B Total The date and location have major decisions on campus not been finalized. The Augsburg $8,740 $3,328 $12,068 by means of mail and daily bulletin will contain telephone. news of the exact time and Bethel $8,500 $3,180 $11,680 When Johnson reaches location. If any Concordia campus, he will be living in student or Faculty/Staff Concordia $6,690 $2,550 $8,940 the President's house members have suggestions located next to the chapel. for the talk they are urged Hamline $9,860 $3,224 $13,084 The house is presently to contact commuter occupied by Dean Tesch. advocate Bobbi Smith or Northwestern $7,575 $2,520 $10,095 Resident Assistant Shelley Novotny. $3,140 $11,684 There will be a memorial St. Catherine $8,544 fundraiser on April 29 at 8:00 pm for CSP student Kris St. Thomas $8,992 $2,740 $11,732 = Continued from page 1 Good Morning Vietnam the only English station for censorship the officer in helped show the American the American GI's„was to charge denied his request, events. Censorship of songs audiences a new and project a state-side sound. saying that there wasn't such as the Beach Boys and different facet of Vietnam. proof that it actually the Beatles was not a The movie gave people a Cronauer, with the help of happened. problem. Cronauer chance to finally laugh, not other DJ's, set to work to explained that the DJ's were at the severity of war, but at biing the sound of home to "Look," Cronauer argued, "I not limited to playing just one of the human ways of the fighting men. This have personally seen heads certain kinds of music dealing with a no-win meant making commercials severed from torsos and, because of censorship, but situation by using humor. out of public service barring the Second Coming , mainly because it was not announcements, such as the they are not going to get up always available. The humor of this picture advertisement for malaria and walk away." was brought even more to pills. "Monday is Malaria The movie shows Cronauer, life by the zany and bizarre Day! Don't forget to take played by Robin Williams, The reality of Vietnam was a beginning his zany one-man comedy of Robin Williams. that big, orange pill!" part of the DJ's life with a Pseudo-contests were also show at 0600. When As Adrian Cronauer pointed .45 always within arm's Cronauer first reached out, the original script that held, telling the GI's to "be reach when broadcasting, he and fellow military DJ caller#10 to win..." when everyone at the AFRS knew Saigon he was actually given Ben Moses wrote together there was no way for this. But just to keep an afternoon time-slot. It everyone reminded, the wasn't until the DJ that was went through several someone to call from the doing the morning show left changes before it was put in middle of the jungle. VietCong would occasionally front of Williams. But, that Cronauer began to blow up a housing complex after all that, what was seen The whole purpose was to where military (such as patent his G00000d give the American men and on the screen basically broadcasters) were living. Morning Vietnam!! over the women a morale boost and deviated from what anyone early morning airwaves. help them deal with the behind the scenes expected With this kind of experience, culture shock of Vietnam. Cronauer left Saigon after Another exaggeration in the to hear, thanks to Williams's excellent talent one year with what he called film included Cronauer's Adrian Cronauer's one year of ad-lib comedy. No one his "own personal demons." immediate opposition with stay in Saigon, however, asked Robin to compare Fears, feelings, and pain of the 'Brass.' As Cronauer was not all tongue-in-cheek Vice-President Nixon with what he saw and pointed out in his humor and the laid back Mr. Ed, nor was he asked to experienced in one of presentation, the only ease of• a DJ's life. It was America's most devastating problem he really faced was incorporate Hugh Hefner's true that military DJ's were wardrobe into a fashion wars are some of the things censorship of the news. This not required to dress like comparison about military he felt that all veterans have would also mean then, that trained fighting men, but wear. But what people did to deal with. the officers over him did not that did not separate them send Cronauer out into end up seeing was the first from the reality of the war comedy about Vietnam that, Today, Cronauer is seeing enemy territory as depicted going on around them.