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ST. OlAF COLLEGE Curriculum Wellstone captivates Minnesota Review The next stop for the green eaches the bus will be at Capitol Hill final stages by Tad Johnson Smith. The Minnesota Gubernatorial and Wellstone believed from the U.S. Senate races this year grabbed beginning of his campaign, "that by Tad Johnson national headlines with some of the politics is about more than money At the latest faculty meeting, the most questionable campaign tactics and power games. In the best sense deadline for curriculum used in years. In newspapers across it is about the improvement of reconstruction was moved from the state, the other races took a back people's lives." December to February 12. seat to these two races. In It was this kind of sincerity he At the present time, the Curriculum Northfield, all eyes were turned on showed on Wednesday morning Review Committee is making election day to a man diminutive in saying to a crowd of reporters revisions suggested by the sub stature, but who by the end of the "1 will work so hard to live up to committees and by the recent survey evening seemed to be the tallest your trust," to up to your of faculty concerning curriculum man in Minnesota. expectations....Thank you, review. These revisions will be taking Paul Wellstone, the Carleton Minnesota." place this month, along with those political science professor, defeated Wellstone won by a 52 to 48 revisions suggested by individuals. Rudy Boschwitz to gain one of percent margin— 881,712 votes to Of the faculty who were given the Minnesota's seats in the U.S. Senate. 828,432—with 99 percent of the vote survey, 64% returned the Wellstone was able to declare counted. In Northfield, Wellstone questionnaire. victory on Tuesday night for many was the victor by a 67 to 33 margin. If all goes according to schedule, reasons. In Carleton College's own district, final revisions will take place during Analysts said a large voter he received 578 votes while December, along with one more round turnout of pro-choice supporters, Boschwitz received 88. of revisions by faculty. In January, Boschwitz's negative television ads Wellstone was the only challenger individual committees composed of backfiring, and the anti-incumbent to oust an incumbent in this year's faculty members from different sentiment across the nation helped Senate elections. The analysts said it departments will iron out the three Wellstone on his way to could not be done, but some how plans, preparing them for the Washington. Wellstone proved the cynics wrong. February 12th faculty meeting. The Wellstone said in a Messenger Now that Wellstone is in office, he process could end with the selection interview nearly a year ago that, "If vows to take action for his of one of the plans. it is a campaign of issues rather than supporters. "1 [will] put much less Student input is still needed in the image, I'll have a chance of winning. emphasis on the excess spent on the final stages of curriculum revievv. On I'm running a different kind of military, and more emphasis on Thursday, Student Senate sponsored campaign." health care, education, child care, the Ole Tea Party in order to increase Wellstone ran a Grassroots style environmental, social, and economic student activity in curriculum review. of campaign and the idea of him issues." At the two hour rally, several riding around the state in an old In the Star-Tribune, Wellstone faculty members, small group leaders, school bus painted green became his summed up his feelings "It would and senate officers spoke about the trademark. Wellstone saw himself be a waste to work so hard to go to importance of student involvement in as the man endlessly searching to Washington and then not throw curriculum review. "Student Senate find Boschwitz, like the film-maker myself into it. I intend to be a fast- wants to make this issue important to of "Roger and Me" was trying to paced Paul." the student?. Wejvant to give them find General Motors CEO Roger the tools to voice their opinions," said Senate President Russell Ballew. Governor The "tools" Ballew referred to were 750 cards of three varieties. On these 4,023 of 4,090 preciencts cards, students were able to specify Rudy Perpich/DFL which components of the particular Arne Carlson/IR plans they liked or disliked. The purpose for handing out these cards Wendy Lyons/SWP was explained by Curriculum and Ross S. Culverhouse/GRP Educational Policies Committee Heart Warrior member Eric Molho. "The information on the cards will enable (Judith Ann) Chosa/ERP us to present a proposal on student Carleton political science Professor Paul Wellstone will need some vacation time from his post at the concerns about curriculum review to U.S. Senate Northfield college, as he goes to Washington to serve as one of Minnesota's State Senators. the faculty." Paul Wellstone/DFL Rudy Boschwitz/IR U.S. House District One/528 of 528 prcts. Tim Penny/DFL 156,018 Doug Anderson/IR 43,746 Professor Jacobel lectures on Other 16 District Two/887 of 887 prcts. JimStone/DFL 77,776 the geophysical perspective Vin Weber/IR 128,654 Other 49 Robert Jacobel, professor of States Geological Survey, he visiting professor at the Institute for 243 of 268 prcts. District Three/ physics and Paracollege tutor, will undertook a number of projects on Arctic and Alpine Research, Lou DeMars/DFL 84,429 present the college's first of the South Cascade Glacier, Washington, University of Colorado-Boulder, Jim Ramstad/IR 165,140 ninth annual Mellby Memorial relating to a glacier flow and the where he worked on producing Other 18 Lectures on "Ice and Climate—A response of ice to climate change. images of internal structures within District Four/238 of239 prcts. Geophysical Perspective on Global From 1982-83, he was a visiting the ice from the Antarctic radar Bruce Vento/DFL 142,249 Change." scientist at the University of data. Oan Maitland/IR 76,996 The lecture, free and open to the Washington and worked on Jacobel is the author of numerous Other 108 public, will be at 7:30pm Thursday, Variegated Glacier, Alaska, in the scientific papers and presentations on the subject of radar remote District Five/228 fo 234 prcts. Nov. 15 in Studio A of the WCAL first study of glacier surge. In 1987, he participated in airborne radar sensing in ice, and he has helped by Martin Olav Sabo/DFL 137,833 Radio Building. The lecture series honors the studies over central Greenland, and his involvement in this research area Raymond C. Gilbertson/IR 51,487 contributions to education and St. produced a map of bedrock to enrich his courses in geophysics Other 35 Olaf by the late Professor Carl A. topography This map was used to and environmental studies. He District Six/286 of 291 prcts. Mellby, called "the father of the locate the site of the current helped design and served as the Gerry Sikorski / DFL 154,453 social sciences" by William C. international effort to extract an ice first coordinator of St. Olaf's Bruce Anderson/IR 84,863 Benson in the book High On core for long-term climate studies. interdisciplinary concentration in Other 26 Manitou. The sponsoring Faculty In 1987, he joined the United State Environmental Studies. District Seven/921 of 925 prcts. Development Committee notes that Antarctic Research Program and Jacobel is a consultant to the Minnesota Science Museum. For his Collin C. Peterson/DFL 105,936 Mellby and other faculty "have spent the next two field seasons in work on ice streams, he received the Arian Stangeland/IR 92,066 demonstrated that a small liberal western Antarctica using radar to arts college can foster an excellence study fast moving ice streams. The Antarctica Service Medal form the Other 79 marked by comprehensiveness, goal of the study was to understand National Science Foundation. He District Eight/718 of 718 prcts. intellectual rigor, arid creativity." the dynamics of ice streams and to plans a third trip to Antarctica in James Oberstar/DFL 150,414 Jacobel began his research in predict the response of the ice sheet 1991-92 with sciences from NASA Gerald Shuster/IR 55,842 geophysics after coming to St. Olaf. to global warming. and a new radar system developed Other 8 With glaciologists from the United This past year Jacobel was a at St. Olaf. Robert Jacobel

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