Vol5,No.6 University of Maryland. Augsburg Campus March 1993· No major construction planned for this term by CURT. HARTMANN Staff Reporter

The installation of fIre safety doors in Building 12 is the last major project planned for this semester at Augsburg Campus, Residence Life director Steve Curtis said. The news should come as a relief t6 dorm students as last seme..... ter was full of loud and inconvenient projects. such as the beating system replacement in Building 46. However, he said that the RLO has received complaints from residents in Building 12 because of the noise and dust involved in installing the doors. Another problem with the building is the ongoing trouble with the plumbing system caused by studeuts dumping food down the drain, he said. Minor projects scheduled for this term include painting the Building 51 attic and Students looking at tour info. installing new stalls in one of the second-floor bathrooms in Building 51, he said. He added Public Affairs file photo that those should be in soon. Minor internal maintenance and repair will still be done as needed arollnd the dorm Study Tours buildings, Curtis said. The Cultural Activities and Study The planned renovations to widen the door to the dance floor on the second floor of the Tours Office in Building 46 has "tons Student Union Building have been canceled because the fire marshall has approved the size of information" for students who want. of the existing door, he said. to travel, said Michael Dickinson, The benches upstairs are completed and a few cosmetic upgrades are planned for the deejay director. "My fIling cabinets are full of booth, he'\iaid. pamphlets and fliers." When the weather gets better, work will begin on the park-like mall to be created in the parking lot in front of the SUB. Benches and flowers will be added to the area, Curtis said. Students from allover attend campus i by AMY WEICHEL and universities. there," he added. I Managing Editor Bauder said the educational system in He said after completing his associates, he Venezuela was much "stricter and harder" and plans to continue his education to reach his Some might call Augsburg Campus "little that it takes a lot longer to accomplish the goal of a doctorate in International Business. America," but students from all over the same sort of degree there. ''1' 11 be studying for the rest of my life world can be found here. He said he has also lived in Brazil. probably," he said. Federico Bauder, a native of C.aracas, Canada, New York City and ConnecticuL He He said he felt lucky to have the chance Venezuela, is a 20-year-old third-semester added that he is fluent in English, which he to study at an American university. student at the campus. learned as a child in the United States, and al­ He added that about 80 percent of the popu­ Bauder said he is in Germany because his most as fluent in German. lation in Venezuela is poor and that "not parents, both Venezuelan, are with the Veue­ Bauder expressed dissatisfaction with Augs­ many people get the .chance for a higher zuelan Embassy in Bonn. He added that he burg Campus. He said he found that the education." wanted to study at an American university to basic education was good, but the living Bauder said he has been in Germany for stay in Europe. conditions were not the last two and a half years and plans to "They're easy," he said of U.S. schools "1 liked Munich better. 1 was used to it continued on page 3 Inside this issue: opinions. p. 4; crosswords. p. 7; stateside news, p. '8 2 AJJgsburg Cbserver March 1993 Bookstore introduces coffee bar by HEATHER DAVIS Textbooks change from term to term However, problems often arise with their Staff Reporter because of revised editions, change of instruc­ arrival, she said. Shipments are often mis­ tors or in campus curriculum, she said. placed in transit, therefore delaying the Students can not only go to the campus The bookstore is a non-profit organi­ books' arrival. bookstore these days to buy books, but also zation, .she noted. This means that the . At the end of each semester, the bookstore just to read and enjoy a cup of coffee. "prices of the books depend on what we pay buys back books in saleable condition from The bookstore recently opened a Cappu­ for them." the students, she said. Only books that can ccino and Espresso bar and now has a The average price range of the textbooks is be used the next semester will be bought discount book selection, said Anita Brew­ from $3.95 to $67.95 for this semester. back. ster, bookstore manager. "All of the prices are calculated by the "We p~y one half of the original price for "We want the students to come in to read original cost of the book, the postage and a hardback books and one fourth the original something other than textbooks," she said. sman mark-up to maintain the bookstore's price for paperbacks," Brewster said. Textbooks, however, are probably what exPenses," Brewster said The used hardback books, then, are resold are on most students' minds at the start of "The books are so expensive because most at 70 percent of the new textbook price, each semester. books are only published by one company. while used paperback books go for 50 Each semester around 100 textbooks are This allows the .publishers to monopolize percent of the new textbook price, she said. ordered from more than 50 publishers, she the prices," she continued. Students can also buy last term's text­ said. Orders are placed in November for spring books from other students. Students can ad­ She said instructors choose the textbooks term textbooks and in June for fall term vertise their books on a bulletin board (out­ that are to be used in each of their classes. textbooks. side of the bookstore. Murphy helps rec,over stolen microwave

by THOMAS BARTHMUS up next to Building 46, she said. T'wo soldiers are awaiting a summary Staff Reporter Murphy then filed an official police report martial and risk being discharged from the with' the military police and reported the army, she noted, The microwave that was stolen by U,S. license number of the suspected car. The microwave will be returned as soon as soldiers from Building 46 on Nov. 8, .1992, The trace revealed that the car was a rental the case has gone through court. is in the process of being returned to the car from Augsburg, rented to a group of According to Murphy, "The microwaves university. soldiers from Schweinfurt, she said. are bolted to the'wall now." It is being returned, thanks to the help of An investigation then proved that the She also said she was thankful for the Karen Murphy, Augsburg Campus area coor­ individuals in the car had indeed stolen the students' cooperation and help during the dinator. microwave. incident Murphy was outside of Building 46, mak­ ing ber usual roiJ.nds, when she noticed a car with its lights out pull up to the side of the Returning students eligible building, she said. She took note of the license plate, just for a variety of scholarships because it seemed so out of place, Murphy by NICOLE PELTIER the campus. said. Staff Reporter "If there is a student who thinks they're Earlier that evening, four soldiers from returning and wonld make a good candidate, Schweinfurt had been inside Building 46, Three scholarships are being offered to they shonld come to see Mi. McMahon," using the microwaves, she said. fIrst-year students who will be returning to said Mary Fiedler, director of Admissions Two microwaves had just been placed in Augsburg Campus next year. and Registration. the hallway of the first floor of Building 46 The first is the Franz Josef StrauB Mark McMahon is the coordinator of the for the students' use and were not yet chained Scholarship, which is a $500 scholarship. Augsburg Campus Scholarship Program. to the wall. It is based upon academic excellence. To be considered for one of the scholar­ The microwaves were pnt out so as to no which means a 3.0 GPA, and a knowledge of ships, a student must be nominated by one longer inconvenience the students, she said, current political/cnlturai developments in or more members of the AC faculty or even though Residence Life bad not had time Germany. staff, Fiedler said. to secure them to the wall. The second is the Augsburg Campus She said before the nominations begin, a Shortly after 9 p,m.; Murphy noticed that Performing Arts Scholarship, w!Ji~i! are two committee is formed by the AC faculty and one of the microwaves was missing. $500 scholarships awarded to students with staff on a volunteer basis. The committee In an effort to Imd the stolen property, outstanding accomplishments in performing rounds down the applicants to four or five Murphy started checking rooms. arts and with a solid academic record. candidates per scholarship. She did not want to do it, bnt she had no The third is the Wilson H. Elkins Schol­ This process begins at the beginning of other ideas at the time, she said. arship, which is a $500 scholarship. April, she said. Thanks to the students' cooperation, It is based upon academic excellence, The winners of the scholarships will be Murphy was able to piece together the crime which means a 3.0 GPA, and evidence of announced at the end of the semester and at and she was reminded of the car that pulled leadership during the student's IIISt year at the awards ceremony on May 8,. she said. I MaIch 1993 AugsbuTg CI>seroer 3 Violators get community service by HEATHER DAVIS informed of the sanction and told that he or can be challenged and that students can often Staff Reporter she must perfOID1 community service hours, negotiate over the sanction given for the vio­ Murphy said lation. Students who violate university policy Also in this notice they are told that they Recently, second-semester student Frank often get assigned community service hours must report to Murphy within a week for Molitor received community service hours as a way to learn from their violation, said their assignments, she said. for violating the alcohol policy, he said. Karen Murphy, area coordinator, If the student does not reply, a second He said he happened to walk into a room These students do such jobs as asSisting remiuder is sent to the student a week later, in which there were bottles of alcohol and the maiutenence staff, cleaning up the cam­ Referral to Steve Curtis, director of Resi­ right after he entered, Murphy appeared and pus, campus buildings and residence halls, dence Life, is the result of no response from wrote-up the people iu the room. recycling, working in the library or worlGing the studenc Curtis can then dismiss the He originally received 30 hours of commu­ iu the community, she said. student from the residence halls, Murphy nity service and 16 weeks of disciplinary "I try to place students in jobs that fall said. probation, Murphy said. under their sanction," she said. "For exam­ When the student meets with Murphy, he Later, his s'!'lction was reduced to 10 ple, if the studeut was written up for noise, I or she is given the assignment and the time hours of community service and eight weeks assign them to the library. Or if they violate frame in which the hours must be com­ of disciplinary probation after he talked to ftre safety regnlations, I have them put up pleted. Unless' olherwise instructed, the and cooperated with Murphy. flte safety signs." student must continue reporting to Murphy. Murphy said of the group, "Cooperation So far 25 students have been assigned So far, the majority of the students are was immensely in their favor." community service this semester; she nDted. cooperating and there have not.been many However, Molitor said he thought he A student is assigned community service problems, she said should not have been punished because he' depending on the offense. The student is She added that all write-ups for violations had not been drinkiug. Students from all over continued from page 1 stay through next semester, then travel. complete her associates degree here and then Athens, Greece. somewhere abroad. go on to get her bachelors degree iu busiuess, Redmond attended an American high Another foreign student is Francisco Javier management. schOOl in Berlin for two years and bas family Martinez, from Madrid, Spain. This is his Sazdova described the difference between living there. second semester at the campus. American and Yugoslavian schools as being "I just wanted a change of scenery," Red­ Martinez said he lived in Hamburg for two "totally different." mond said of his decision to attend here. years while attending a German school there. She added that the professors ate much Redmond plans to complete his associates He said that his father is iu the Spanish more approachable here as opposed to degree here and go on to another American tnilitary and is posted at the NATO school Yugoslavian professors whom students "had university where he wants to receive a in Oberammetgau. to be afraid of." bachelors degree in busiuess. Martinez said this is his ftrst time learniug The students are "very friendly" at Redmond expressed satisfaction with the English and he fmds his most difftcult class Augsburg Campus, she said. educational system here, ·but stated that the here English because he has <'to write like Another foreign student attending the "Greek curriculum is harder" than the Shakespeare." campus is Demetrious Redmond, a native of American. He added that he took correspondence classes while in Hamburg through a Spanish university at home, but" said "it was so Students travel to Strasbourg boring." by DALLAS JUBLOU British delegate, who had acted as the He said that he plans to complete his Staff Reporter group's sponsor to the parliament. associates degree here, then get a bachelors The experience not only showed how the and masters degree iu business management About 20 Augsburg Campus students European Parliament worked but also gave or economics froni. a Spanish university. visited the European Parliament in Stras­ insight into how the U.S. Congress works, Martinez said he finds it easy to fit in bourg, France, on Feb. 11. Mendoza said. here and that "only the language" is a The stridents from government classes and The students each paid $10 for the trip and perSistent problem he faces. the Student Government Council traveled by also raised money to go by selling books at He explained that it could be ."worse if 1 bus to the center of government for the Euro­ the PX, she said. had no friends to help me." pean Community. Mendoza added that siuce the Students are "I'm lucky I found these guys," he said of Anita Mendoza, fourth-semester ·student in Europe and the European Community is his Spanish-speakiug friends. said the trip was to allow students to see and becoming such a large power, that she Another foreign student here is Tanja experience how the European Parliament thought it was important that "we as Sazdova of Macedonia. eVOlved, worked and works with the different Americans get a chance to see this." Sazdova was born in Frankfurt of Mace­ languages. "1 hope they do it again next semester." donian parents and attended high school there Students watched and listened as parlia­ she said. for the last year and a half. ment members gave speeches and proposals. Goverurnent professor Susan May helped Sazdova said that she would like to They also got a chance to talk with a the students organize the trip. -- ~'======~~~~~~~~------

4 Augsburg <»server March 1993 Opinions • Editorials • Guest Columns Spend a moment with the dean by RENEE RADER One of the advantages of a small student body is that the dean or News Editor person in charge is more accessible and willing to talk to students on a one-to-one basis. So far the dean' s new open office hours this term have been a We are paying for our education at Augsburg Campus and success, Dean Mary Baron told me the other day. should use any means possible to have our ideas heard and to Open'hours? Yes, the dean has set aside an hour every week or influence the quality of the education. so for students, faculty and staff to talk to her without an appoint­ 1 urge students to stop by and see the dean during her open ment. office hours and use the line of comm$ication she has opened for The majority of people using the hours are students, Baron said. our benefit as well as the uuiversity;s. 'She also said that different students have been stopping by each The dean's open hours for March are: time. Tuesday, March 16, 11 a.m. to noon. Students drop in to talk about anything-what they like or Monday, March 22, 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. dislike, recommendations and observations about the campus. Tuesday, March 30, noon to 1 p.m. Some of the issues that have been brought up so far include the lack of a meal plan, a request for a wider variety of food in the SUB, complaints about the work in BUilding 12 and praise for the UM gets government HonDes Colloquium this semester. The dean seems to be doing her pan to open up communication contract for programs between her and students. Now it is up to us students to use the opporturtity . by MARY BARON I hear studeIlts complain about the dean and policies of the Dean, Augsburg Campus Augsburg Campus. For example, students claim the dean is unfair and insensitive and yet have never talked to her. Or they gripe The European Division of the University of Maryland was about the dry campus policy. recently awarded contrncts for undergraduate and graduate education Rather than complaining or gri:>ing, we should take any programs on U.S. military installations in Europe. suggestions or complaints that we have directly to the dean. We The selection of the university for these programs does not can also offer positive comments so that the administration knows change the' course offerings at the Augsburg Campus, bot does what we do like about the campns. broaden the course offeriugs at Education Centers located in Last year I attended Auburn Urtiversity 'which had a student Europe. population of 21,000. The idea of going to the university president The goverument selected the Europeau Division to offer under­ to complain or just sit and chat was unthinkable and probably graduate courses in liberal ans. These courses include the human­ impossible. ' ities, social sciences, mathematics, sciences, computer studies and business/management. These acadentic courses are currently offered by the urtiversity. Also, the urtiversity was selected to deliver upper-level liberal ans courses offered by a non-trnditional means, courses offered on video or in a OPen University format. The government also awarded Maryland several graduate prograrus. The European Division, in cooperation with a sister campus in the University of Maryland System, Bowie State University, was selected to offer a Master of Science (M.S.) degree in Management Information Systems and a Master of Arts (M.A.) in Admin­ istrative Management with concentrations in Public Admini­ strntion and Business Adntirtistration. Also, in cooperation with the Urtiversity of Maryland College Park Campus, the flagship campus in the University of Maryland System, the government selected the European Division to .offer the Master of Education (M.Ed) prograru ill Counseling and Personnel Services (CAPS). This is the same program that has been offered in the Asian Division orthe Urtiversity of Maryland for the past 25 years. Au three graduate degrees will require 36 hours to complete. The selection of the European Division for these five-year contracts follows closely the awarding of undergraduate liberal arts courses and the graduate program in Counseling and Personnel Services 'to the Asian Division of the University of Maryland. Mareh 1993 Augsburg Observer 5 Opinion Poll: Safe Sex by DARY A GROTE Jacques Louviere, fourth-semester student: "Wear a Gummi Staff Reporter and have fun!" Dallas Jublou, fourth-semester student: "There is no such With the ever rising amount of sexual activity among ado­ thing as safe se.x. Sex in itself is dangerous." lescents and the increasing nwnber of AIDS cases reported, Clay Olson, second-semester student "Be smart when you safe sex is becoming a necessity.. . get active because in our generation we can not afford to take Over the past decade 176,047 AIDS cases have been any chances." reported. Although some cases result from blood transfusions "Decisions are best made through the knowledge of risk or coagulation disorders, they acconnt for only 3 percent of the . taking." infections. Samantha Jones, second-semester stude~t: "Not only are you Another 4 percent is undetennined. The other 93 percent are risking unsafe sex which could cause pregnancy, you're risking COImected to sexual contact. your life due to disease if you don't use' condoms or other What it all cOmes down to is safe sex. Do Augsburg means." C"-lIlPUS students think it is as important? Thomas Barthmus, fourth-semester student "Peop]e who Tanya Hussen, staff worker: "] just think people should be have any moraJs shouldn't be having sex anyway." more careful. What's more? 50 cents for a condom or your Shannon Howe, staff worker: "Students on campus, ] think life?" -. a majority of them do have sex but probably only haJf of those Josh Lopes, fotrrth-semester student: "Everyone] know is who do have sex have safe sex." having sex and it is just people who are immature who are not "People should reaJly think about being safe about what using condoms." they do." Jessica GaJloway, part-time student: "With the amount of Mark Summers, first-semester student: "Be safe, you only sexual activity on campus, you're not only sleeping with that have one life to live." person, but everybody before you as well. So, safe sex is a John Cooper, first-semester student: "People are going to necessity." have sex anyway so they might as well make it safe." Eric Weatherington, fourth-semester student: "ConsiderinQ: Kim Scearce, third-semester student: "] think anyone who that] already have a daughter, ] think safe monogamouS sex is doesn't use a condom is an idiot." not only smart, but a helluva lot cheaper than raising a child Cindy Lohman, health educator, RN: "] think a lot of in '93. Trust me." students are educated and conscientious euough to intend on Emma Searby, second-semester student: "As part of using condoms, but Wthey don't have them available they initiation] had to collect 10 condoms and it was reaJly hard to don't use them." get them from the guys dorm." "Spur of the moment hits before logic kicks in. Do get "Either they didn't want to give them or they don't use condoms, have them available, and and know how to use them them, because there weren't any around." before the opportunity strikes." Opinion Poll: Clinton by KEITH SCOTT it'll be Perot '96." Staff Reporter Brandon Klink, fourth-semester student: "His presidency could be a god-send for the Republicans, aJthough he's go~ or University of Maryland students expressed mixed views perhaps he's got, aJl these grand aJ!\bitions without feasible concerning President Clinton's first 100 days in office. plans." Of the students polled, many were up-to-date with Clinton's Leonard Getzin, second-semester student: "] think he's doing politics, but questioned his performance so far and disagreed all right, considering the speed at which our system works. I over specific programs and policies he has proposed. hope he keeps it up, although] don't think he'll be able (0." Nick Philpitt,first-semester student: "] did not like him to Julia Morollo, fotrrth-semester student: "Considering he has . begin with and the American people should have voted for just started] can't really say anything. He didn't exactly start George Bush because they knew what they were getting." at an easy time. We will have to see at the end of his term." Greg Vine, flIst-semester student, said about Clinton's Jamie Mells, fotrrth-semester student "1 think he's doing' policy toward homosexuals: "It's not right to the people in the the best he can, conSidering all the problems the Bush admin­ service because it does not allow male privacy." istration left him to solve. 1 think the public wants immediate "]f they do let gays in, it could be solved by providing change and with the problems of this country maybe Clinton separate facilities." should nGte have promised to change things within a set time Rodney Sanders, fotrrth-semester student "He is doing shitty because these problems cannot be solved quickly." because he changed his campaign promise on taxes and it's a Marie Hess, fotrrth-semester student: "] voted for Bush's no go to gays in the military." reelection. Although Clinton has taJked aJot regarding his Bill Hickey, frrst"semester student: "] don't feel that he is plans for a nationaJ health plan, ] do not believe it will happen fulfllling his campaign promises, especially in terms of taxes in the near future. Probably the only thing he has done right is and spending cuts. ] think that if he keeps going like he is, to change his jogging attire from shorts to sweatpants." 6 Augsburg aJserver March 1993 Entertainment • Reviews • Activities Variety of clubs close to campus by JAMES KLENC 11 offers live jazz twice a week. music available. Staff Reporter Don Benson, first-semester 'studen~ said, During the rest of the week they have no "I like it because it plays American jazz and cover charge, but the lasers are off and they There is no lack of nightclubs, discos or is well ventilated for non-smokers, of which play reggae and rock. bars in the Augsburg area, most Augsburg I am one, plus, there is no cover charge." Several students have claimed that they Campus students say. There is one high-class dance club in the were denied entry to the club because they Several night spots are located directly off area, the Tropicana, located in r-nedberg, a were Americans, although one of them said base. suburb of Augsburg, near the Baggersee. it was because they were wearing sneakers. One of them, Alexis, offers fast rap/dance They charge DM 10 on Fridays and "The big Steroid freak at the door let in the and caters mostly to Americans. Alexis has a Saturdays, but most students who go there people before us, but when he heard us cover charge most uights. say it is well worth it. speaking English, he said it was a private To find Alexis, go out the back gate by It offers faJ,ltastic laser shows for the party," one of the students, who asked to Building 12, then tum right and walk to the dancers and plays only the newest dance remain anonymous, said. comer. Across the street from Alexi$ is the Cadillac,· which has a nice, clean billiards PTK plans activities for March hall and usually features pop/rock and roll by NICHOLE PRICE music. Guest columnist It also has a pink 1959 Cadillac in which people can sit and relax. PTK has many interesting events occuring during the month of March. Steve Troy, first-semester studen~ said, "I Ou March 4 the following students were initiated into PTK at its ceremony iu the Reese like going there, but I don't like the policy Chapel: . . that you have to buy a drink even if you just Sheldon Augustus, Sedef Baran, Jennifer Comstock, Jeffrey Conaway, Veroruca De Jesus, want to play pool." Michelle Edgar, Katrina Harris, Brandon Klink, Tara Lacoss, Robert Leeds, Angela Mann, A little farther off base is the Rock Anne McKeehan, Penley McQueen, Karin Mullins, Christian Praesen~ CatJ:lerine Polcar, Fabrik, Augsburg's biggest and loudest HoUy Yoder and Mia Weatherington. night club. It features an indoor beer garden, On March 12 PTK members can attend an organ concen at SI. Ulrich's Church at 8 p.m. a billiards room, a mini -theater and the Transportation is being provided. . largest dance floor in town_ On March 14 provisional members will have the opponnnity to attend a dmner at a They play modem rock on Mondays, Turkish restaurant. PTK will hold a raffle at the dinner. classic rock on Tuedays and independent on On March 20 theatre professor Michael Denison will be giving a leclllre on "Brigadoon" Wednesdays. All other nights it mixes all for PTK members. This lecture is worth one point. types. Many other Augsburg Campus activities are scheduled. See PTK staff for information. There is a DM 3 to 5 cover charge at the door, but patrons get one drink for half-price. To reach the Rock Fabrik, take Bus 35 Terrapin Station closes upstairs (direction Rotes Tor) across from the Augsburg Guest House to the DieselbIiicke by DALLAS JUBLOU nighttime deejay on Thursdays and Fridays. stop. The club is located just up from the Staff Reporter The bar downstairs will coutinue to be stop on RiedingerstraBe. open and the deejay has also been moved Many Augsburg Campus students can be Two nights after its opening in mid-Febru­ downstairs on Thursdays and Fridays, he found at Das Loch, which is right Oll ary. the decision was made to close the up­ said. Konigsplatz in downtown Augsburg. stairs bar and dance floor in the Terrapin Sta­ This club plays all types of dance music tion. and has a big dance floor, although most This decision, according to Dennis Ben­ students are discouraged by the high cover ne~ bartender and second-semester studen~ charge of DM 10 most nights. was made because of various problems. Band Jam There are two heavy-metal clubs down­ One common complaint. he said, was that March 9th, 7-10 PM town. The first, Glascow, is a favorite the upstairs was too small and overcrowded. American hangout and features some of the Customer rowdiness was als,,' a -problem 2nd Floor of the SUB best interior decorating in Augsburg. and, in one incident, someone set off the fIre The second, the Circus, caters mostly to alarm, he said. featuring: German youth. The dance floor is smaller, Bennett added that the Terrapin was losing and it has a cover charge, but it plays a wider money from having the upstairs open. "Josh & James" variety of music. He said the upstairs venture was "pretty (musical humor duo) One of the popular jazz clubs in Augsburg much a disaster." is the Undergronnd on MaximillianstraJJe. The upstalrs had featured a bar and a Mareh 1993 Augsburg 00server 7 Campus presents spring musical by THOMAS BARTHMUS Bradshaw, Debra Vishney and Thoinas Munich. Staff Reporter Barthmus. The musical opens Thursday, March 18 at According to Michael Denison, the the Augsburger Club at 8 p.m. The Augsburg Campus theatre and music director of "Brigadoon," the reason that some Pre-s3Ie tickets are $5 for genei-aI admis­ departments will be presenting the musical of the characters are double cast, is that more sion and $3 for students. "Brigadoon" on March 18, 19, and 20 at the actors drop out of musicals than plays. Tickets bonght at the door will cost $7 for Augsburger Club on Sheridan Kaserne. This is because the actors are required to general admission and $5 for students. The musical, which is the story of a sing and dance as well as act, he said. On Friday, March 19, the ticket price will young engaged man who falls in love with a According to Rhea Jackson, music pro­ include a dinner. The pre-sale ticket cost is young lady from a town that does not seem fessor and visiting artist at Augsburg Carn­ $20 for general admission and $15 for to exist, will involve students from both pus, "We still need some tenors, and a few students. 'Prices at the door will be higher.. theatre and voice classes, as well as other more basses wouldn't hurt." Dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. and the members from the community. Jackson, who performs professionally on show will start at 8 p.m. Tommy Albright, the male lead of the the' stage, is the director of music for the On Saturday, the ticket price will include show, will be played by Jim Duke and musical. a buffet lunch. The pre-s"ale ticket cost is student Fabio Serafmi on alternate nights. Jackson's voice classes will be performing $15 for general admission and $10 for Fiona MacLaren, the female lead, will be as the chorus iIi "ihigadoon." students. Prices at the door will be higher. played by campus receptionist Linette Jackson has had a great deal of experience According to Denison, there is a possi­ Hopkins and student Katie Miedema. also on in opera both on and off stage, she said. bility that tickets withont dinner and lunch alternate nights. She has directed her own opera workshop will be sold to students. Other characters will be played by students for the past five,sununers. Pre-sale tickets are available at the Augs­ Michael Kelly, Bryan Weber, Chris Nich­ The show will feature sword dancers and burger Club and the Augsburg Campus olas, Joshua Kelly, Chris Klein, John bagpipers from the Caledonian Society in Study Tours office in Building 46. Seward, Katie Polcar, Paula Powell, Krista r------~ I I Hot pots replace I I THE Crossword by Louis Sabin I I SUB meal plan I ACROSS DOWN I 1 Secret group 1 Lyricist Sammy • Tract.... 2 To the shel· by MIRANDA BROWN I 10 Chee.. chotce tend side Staff Reporter I 14 Stag 3 Sea sight I 15 Neural process 4 -how! I 16 Tabu 5 Moolah 17 Way to fight ~ow that the university no longer has a I 19 Hernando de - 6 Ney. MIke meal plan, most students have turned to hot I 20 Tennis need 7 Hatchets in I ,21 N.M. art 8 L.ong:gone bird pots their rooms. colony 9 Way to measure Second-semester student Sandra Tavernier 22 Vacationed 10 FoUow In a .ay 11 Way to sell said that litis term she is "starving." 24 CUoorThaIMl 12 Pokerrncney Nikki Johnson, second-semester .student, 25 Rental aign 13 Humor 26 TennHeorant 18 BnwefY unit who did not choose to have the meal plan 29 CIty on the 23 s.A. stew last semester, said, "If you don't eat out, you Oka 24 Butte'. kKM:,. 30 Pinder ptuduct alike have to resort to meals such as Tnna Helper 33 Commotion 25 Rowan and yew 34 Fight alte 26 Contract and soup." 35 A 01"_10 Xl Loop "That's about all you can make with the 36 Musical 28 Way to weave conclusion 29 Men-made hot pot," she said. 'Sf Trapped congers fabric: The hot pot is the only legal cooking item 38 Roger Moon 31 "Holy Sonnets" allowed. Microwaves and toasters are barred 39 Appty- 32 Ger.poet seaport as they are considered fire hazards. 40 Nowices 34 PenthouM 41 RhonetMider 37 Way toaee Without items such as toasters and C!: Soak ftax 3S Unfurnished skillets, some students have attempted gim­ 43 Chow - 40 Gen. agent 44 Harding or 41 They bring micks such as toasting a sandwich with an Beatty ul'fstion 45 Take the stump iron and warming bread from the steam 47 Roof saetian 44 Etectrical unit released from hot water in a hot pot. 48 Gambling opet .s Waterway Fourth-semester student J onnieka Perry 50 Wine center 47 Ms. Lauder __ 51 Pluto's 48 Br1c:k base .-" 0 said since nothing is really legal but sand­ counterpart 49 lmagin.e.ry I s.. 84 line I wiches, she sometimes resorts to eating 55 Way togo "fruits, nuts, grass and snow." 58 Right-hand man 50, Vipers I 59 PouncilOUnd 51 PrInting term 'I Student Leitha Wright said, "That's all we 60 Lunar yeUey 52 Capri for one I have to live by. If there is a student out there 61 Fr. ri\Ier 53 Pace I 82 Or -! 56 Troub~ without the ever famous hot pot, [' d advise 63 PNclpltous 57 Glib c:hap I they go get one. It can save your life." I I ~------~------~ 8 Augsburg 0bsenJer March 1993 Stateside News • College Press Service Aid changes likely to occur slowly by JEFFREY GOLDFARB ence. phased in more slowly than the new admin­ Washington Correspondent Riley didn't make too many ftiends on the istration had anticipated collegiate level in one of his first public "I don't like iI-you don't like i~" he said WASHINGTON (CPS)---{:ollege students appearances when he warned that his depart­ at the meeting. who expected rapid improvemeuts in fin­ ment will probably be unable to offer mnch Riley has not elaborated on his comments ancial aid under President Clinton's admin­ fiuancial aid inunediately because of bndget since the Feb. 4 speech. istration will be disappointed by Ibe most deficits. Departlnent of Education official~ said recent news coming out of the uation' s cap­ "I don't want to bear sad tidings," Riley they had no new information to add. ital_ said at a meeting of the Natioual Association Riley's sobering news came on the heels Education Secretary Richard Riley said of Independent Colleges and Universities of a congressioually mandated report that budget problems will prevent Ibe govern­ (NAICU), which represents about 1,600 called for a plan that would require abont $7 ment from increasing Ibe current $2,300 Pell private colleges. billion in government funding' to en:able grants to individual students rigbt now. But that's exactly what he did. every college student to get some form of In addition, President Clinton's plan to let Raising the maximum grant to needy col­ fiuancial aid. students work off college debts tbmugh com­ lege students from $2,300 to $4,000 as re­ According to reports in The Washington munity service, Ibe proposed National Ser­ cent proposals have suggested, is "not pos­ Post, the Educatiun Department has been vice Trust Fund, likely will be phased in sible under the current circumstances," be one of the mOg( neglected in the federal gradually over a period of time, rather Iban said. government. launched in a massive program, White During his campaign, Clinton promised to Some of it' computers are so Outdated that House assistants said. increase dnunatically the amount of fiuancial they are nearly useless. Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers said the aid for higher education. Riley said he recently learned that his new administration is facing a deficit that is Clinton also said one of his top priorities department's budget deficit was $600 million $60 billion to $100 billion higher than it was to give any person, regardless of in­ worse than what he had expected because of was last year when Clinton proposed the come, the opportunity to go to college. miscalculations. . Natioual Service Trust Fund. Working in public service after graduation Part of the department's shortfall stems The president "had to reconsider a lot of would be a means of paying off college from debts incurred during the last two years his options hased on Ibe higber deficit num­ loans. when $2 billion more was doled Out in bers," she said at a February news confer- But Riley said those plans will have to be college grants than was available. Students exposed to homelessness realities

PORTLAND, Ore. (CPS)-Eighteen Uni­ children who are on the streets in 1993, he After 48 hours, students write a paper ex­ versity of Portland students were exposed to noted. pressing their feelings about homelessness. the realities of homelessness when they "It used to be pretty much white males, The seven-year-old prugram, which earns a recently spent 48 hours on the streets alcoholics, but things' are changing. Yon see credit hour in sociology, is co-sponsored by mixing with prostitutes, drug addicts and s9 many single mothers and children, and of the University of NOire Dame in Indiana, and people who had no place to sleep at nigbt. course, the mentally ill who are falling is also Offered in Tacoma, Wash., Salt Lake Students who signed np for the Urban through the cracks," Sopke said. City, Utah, Idaho, and Honolulu. Plunge program were not allowed to carry money or credit cards, were required to eat in soup kitchens and spent the night in sleeping bags on the. floors of local churches. This year, students were also required to walk from place to place and were denied access to the university vans that were used in the past, said the Rev. Phil Sopke, organizer of Urban Plunge. "They see for themselves the poverty, the apathy, and their awareness is heightened. They also see how many people have committed themselves to helping others, and they gain insights into what they'd like to do themselves," Sopke said. Students are most often stunned by the number of families and single mothers and March 1993 Augsburg 00server 9 Pornography studied as film genre by JOHN WILLIAMS Film Studies Department had allocated 20 Dargis. College" Pres,s Service openings, 70 students were admitted. Penley said that porn, contrary to popnlar ''When I walked into ciass .the first day I conception, does not necessarily depict ConStance Penley admits she had twinges saw 70 terrified faces. Even I didn't know violent degradation of women. of embarrassment when her film class first what io expect," Penley said. "I think She said new acadentic evidence suggests met in January. Her students at the Univer­ everyone feels funny being in this class." there is .,little violence against women in sity of California-Santa Barbara probably felt Only those willing to take a serious look porn, and a growing segment in the industry the same way, she said. at pornography and all its different outlets is feminist pornography. But then again, those on both sides of the were let in, said Edward Branigan, chair of There has been no controversy about the podium had every right to be squeamish the Film Studies Department. class on campus-Penley said the department about the class subject The four-credit "We wanted very serious students from and adnfinistration support ber. course is a study of pornography as a film different disciplines. Pornography is a very She did say, however, that the Santa geme. highly charged genre that has political and .Barbara Anti-Pornography Coalition bad That' s righ~ the kind of films Mom and social weight to it," he said. called, saying they heard that "Deep Throat" Dad told you never to watch are being shown "The course studies porno)iraphy as a fact, was being shown on campus. in ''Film Studies 150 PG Special Topics in in the sense of 'Here's something that exists However, the group is most1:y concerned Film Genre: Pornographic Film." in the world ,md'let's take a look at it. ", with young children seeing porn, so she "Deep Throat" and "Suburban Dykes" Porn films from 1891 until the present are wasn't worried about the ·organization's aren't exactly "The -Sound of Music." But shown, Penley said. reactions to showing the films on campus. that's the point Such films include "Animal Locomotion" . Penley said she wants to teach the class "We're trying to defme it (porn) as a (1891), ''The Gay Shoe Clerk" (1903), to the again. In demystifying porn, she said, the genre. Our film program tries to give a March 3 premiere of director-producer genre can be viewed as a serious film type. comprehensive survey in American film, and Candida Royalle' s ''Revelation.'' That still do!>sn't ent down the anxiety level this is one of the largest that has gone Even Madonna makes the list, with among her students, however. unaddressed," Penley said. "Erotica" and "Justify My Love." "I think that we think pornography films This class has all kinds of porn: straight, Readings include "Gay Male Porn: are horror films. My class is actually seeing gay, lesbian, feminist and even amateur. Coming' to Terms" by Richard Dyer and it for what it is. I'm trying to get over the The students have to be screened before "Bush League: Homemade Porn-Playing ntisconceptions of what porno films are," being admitted to the ciass, and althougb the Soon at a Bedroom Near You" by ManohIa Penley said. Hatecrinies result from fear ofoutgroups NEW HAYEN, Conn. (CPS)-Hate crimes 1991 in North Carolina, New cJersey, violence to come to the surface. I think a far generally are committed by members of Arkansas and several states in- the Northwest, more important motivator is fear of radical fringe groups who are spurred more as well as some municipalities. outgroups, fear of loss of control, and the by a sense at loss of control over their own The data gathered so far indicates that there presence of e'1"Y targets to lash out against." lives than any perceived threat posed by is no correlation between econontichardship The most widespread fOtm ofhate crime is "outsiders," a Yale University study said. and an increase in hate crimes, resnlts that verbal abuse, although physical assanlts,are Researchers from the university's political conflict with conveutional wisdom on the common. science and psychology departments are subject, said Donald Green, assistant Events such as "Dress Like a Nigger Day" studying the' .causes of bias"motivated professor of political science. at a New Jersey college also. can be·classified crimes, including factors such as economic "In Germany, for example, many have as bias crimes, even though they involve no hardShip, types of crimes, the groups that are made a link between the incidents of physical violence. being victintized and the role of the Ku Klux violence and the influx of foreigners into the "'These types of crimes are often not Klan and other right-wing groups. country and the supposed econontic hardship reported, and seldom prosecuted-they are The study focused on 480 incidents against they bring," he said. :'Yet there is nothing usually deemed 'just a praok, '" Green .said. African Americans, Jews, gays and Asi"Il in our research that supports this theory." Gays and lesbians are frequent victims of Americans that took place between 19S7 and "Times don't have to be hard for the assault, accounting for nearly half the violent bias incidents in North Carolina, one Students pay in coins to protest'hikes of the key research areas, the study said. "You get speCialized, idiosyncratic hate in SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (CPS)-University of California-Santa Barbara students small groups,." Green said. "One friuge should pay their spring tuition with smaIl coins to protest recent fee hikes, a student group will have their list of outsiders wbo government group recommended. they especially despise, and also will bave a The bill calling for "Short Change Day" was approved by the Associated Students ctintinal mode of operation which they pre­ Legislative Council. fer-such as graffiti or cross-buming." "It's basically to make a statement that every cent matters to students and every dollar The Hate Crimes Statistics Act of 1990 they raise the fees isfel~" Mark Milstein., a representative on the. council, told The Daily called for all bias crimes to be documented Nexus. "It's not designed to stop fee hikes. It's designed to make a statement" with .the federal government, but the The bill was passed by a 9-1 vote, witb three abstentions. jnformation is med on a voluntary basis. "It's almostcontic .. ,it's a radical action," said Cliff Johnson, another representative. .Only 13 states cornplied in 1991. 10 AlIgsburg seroer March 1993 Around the Campus • Around the Campus Von der Gruenjoins·campus by REBECCA TONER He also married Almuth, a physician in European Computer Research Cenlnl, work­ Staff Reporter anesthesiology, he said. ing in human factors, he said. Upon returning to the mainland, he Then the School for Personal Compnting Wolfgang von der Gruen has taken over worked ou his masters at Virginia State Uni­ in Zilrich offered him a job. he "couldn't teaching the psychology classes this term. versity, majoring in clinical psychology. refu~e," he said, managing research and He was born in Germany. At the age of 9 While at VSU he worked at the Tucker training. he and his parents immigrated to Houston, Mental Hospital as a mental health worker Later hei'moved on to work for a computer Texas. dealing with crisis intervention. consulting fIrm, but decided he "didn't want At 17 he had his fIrst experience with This was "challenging," he said: to do management." , psychology, he said. He worked as an ,He then went to work for the state of Wanting to return to teaching, he started orderly at the Bethany Methodist Hospital in Virginia's Department of Corrections for back up with the University of Maryland, Houston, where he rotated through a two years, working in forensic diagnostic European Division. psychology unit.. therapy. This term, he St3rtoo work at the campus, He developed an interest iu the strange At Virginia Commonwealth University he ' commuting from Munich. behavior and, through an in-service teaching went on to get his doctorate in the generalJ "I'm impressed, in view of its size," he program, was introduced to the teachings of experimental psychology program. said abont the campus. Sigmuud Freud, he said. "The general psychology program is the "I'm impressed with the administration, Von der Gruen went to University of most versatile," he said, for opening up job I'm impresse!l with the library facilities and Houston for two years, then transferred to pptions in most areas of psychology. with the computer support," he said • CMminade University in Honolulu, Hawaii. In 1984 he started working with the "I didn't expect to find it" There he got a bachelors in psychology. University of Maryland, European DiviSion, Von der Gruen also has a licence to While in school, he also worked at the in Gel1Dany, he said practice psychotherapy in GellDaDy and has a Queens Hpspital as a psychiatric assistant. Then he spent a year and a half with the private practice in Munich, he said. Krejci-Papa fills in for ill English professor by NICOLE PELTIER native speakers, she explained. and work." Staff Reporter Krejci-Papa came to Germany because her Krejci-Papa lives in Mohrendorf,which is husband was offered a job in Erlangen, and near Erlangen, and commutes on Tnesdays Marianna Krejci-Papa recently joined they both wanted to COme to Europe, she and Thursdays to Angsburg. Augsburg Campus to replace English said. "I enjoy my classes very much, and I'd professor Jacqni Moore, who became ill "I think the culture is very different," like to Stay as long as there are classes for earlier this tenD.. Krejci-Papa said. "It is a pretty place to live me to teach," she remarked. According to Krejci-Papa, Moore is in the hospital and needs a lot of bed rest Kr~ci-Papa grew up in Long Island, New ACTV inaetive this semester York. She said she got her bachelors degree from by KEITH SCOTT era work, and the creation of television Brown University in Providence, R.I., where Staff Reporter prodnctions. she was a double major. Students interested in working with She studied both classics, the study of The Augsburg Campus Television Club, ACTV can contact Denison for more infor­ ancient Roman and Greek world, and created for students who have an interest in mation. comparative literature, the study of a foreign televisiou production, has all the eqnipment language in order to read and understand it needs, but no members to use it. foreign literature, she said Michael Denison, ACTV sponsor and PATW Kr~ci-Papa said she worked as a graduate theater professor, said of the Glub's activity, teaching assistant for three semesters at Yale "not much, but it still exists." RXSTAU-RANT UniverSity. She taught her first class in Denison said that although the club is not is a p[ace for pwpw 1988. active at the moment, its equipment is used wno are. se.rious abOu.t She also taught two academic orientation by other earnpus groups. IWOD FOOD! classes at Stanford University in California, For example, he said, the Alpine Club 1'totu!ay to. :Friday sheadded uses the club's camera on its outdoor trips. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. She received her TESL certificate from the Denison said he plans to give formal College of Notre Dame in California. lectures later this term on the topic of tele­ :BuUdlnq 33, R=se This certificate states that she has studied vision production. ClosCU£ on hoHdays to teach English .to both native and non- The lectures will cover TV lighting, cam- March 1993 Augsburg Obseruer 11 Most students work on campus by JAMES KLENC except that 1 am glad to have gotten the job, Brennan said. Staff Reporter as 1 know it is hard to get one around here," One student, who wished to remain he said. anonymons, said he had found a job with a Most students wlio work while taking Brennan said, "Out of the 75, 30 work at Germany fum delivering pizza. classes work at the campus, according to the SUB, the library, and the computer lab, However. it is an "under-tbe-coupter' job Kristian Brennan, Financial Aid officer. with the rest scattered around." tl4at pays him every' night after work,. She said 75 students are employed this Joseph,Hannon, second-semester student, thereby avoiding having to pay German tax, term with the university. works 10 hours a week in the mailroom. he said. Donald Meeks, second-semester student, "I enjoy the job as 1 get to to meet almost "Hey, I had to get money in order to eat, holds a job with the university, cleaning the everybody in the school," he said. "I really now that the university got rid of the meal classrooms. like Jim, the supervisOr. He is a, gOOd plan," he(said. "The pay is good and 1 needed the ID card boss." "Pins, I applied with AAFES, but the to study here, so I don' I have much to say Student workers receive $4.25 an honr, jobs they offer~d me had slrict hours I couldn't bend to and attend school," he added. Some campus students work for AAFES, Snow forcestrip to Venice which includes Burger King, the Shoppette. the PX and the bookstores. to return back to Augsburg Several students in the university have an exception to logistical support and get a job by KIMBERLY D. SCEARCE venture on. in the military community, working 20 Features Editor Very little Iraffic was seen and participants hours or more a week. to get an ID card. said they were concerned about the snow and A major snowstorm hitting Bavaria forced ice on the roads. the early return of the Study Tours Office's The Cultural Activities and Study Tours Students' opinions on Carnevale trip to Venice Feb. 21 Office is in the process of giving full refnnds smoking lounge vary The bus left at 6:30 a.m. and travelled to all participants, Dickinson said. about 80 kilometers in two hour·s. Students who are planning on going on by REBECCA TONER The bus driver told participants that it was the Lloret de Mar trip to Spain can use the Staff Reporter going to take at least another hour from that Venice trip refund towards the cost of the point to reach Garmisch. Spain trip. Students expressed mixed thoughts about Cerisse Zelbner, tour chaperon, called for They must stop by the Tours Office and the smoking lounge in the basement of a vote from the 42 participants as to whether request that their refund be put toward the Building 52. or not they wanted to return to Augsburg or Spain trip. "What smoking lounge?" responded Elena contiIiue onto Gannisch andlor Venice. The Lloret de Mar trip goes from April 2 Nelson, a fourth-semester student, when Most voted to return home. to April II for $299. asked about the iounge. According to Michael Dickinson, Tours The price includes seven overnights with Ian Beasley. a second-semester student, Office director, about five persons wanted to half board and Iransportation. said he found the lounge convenient to use when it is cold outside. Amy Weiche~ a second-semester student, said she thought having the lounge was a Nom there's EVEN MORE to the good idea "People should get in from the cold and Bookstore than just tBztbDoks I take advantage of it," she said. Rusty Smith, a second-semester student Check Dut our brand nam said she thought it was a good idea to "aid in student health and well being," but she had Cappuccino G Espresso Corner quit smOking. Several students, though, thought that Discover selections in classic smoking should not be limited to the loun­ literature and our discount shelves ge. Dave Frauenholtz, a second-semester stu­ (books for only $1 and $5!!!) dent, said, '''1 am a smoker and I smoke while enjoying a cupo' 10e! wherever 1 feel like it, so why have a smo­ king lounge?" Rebecca Hershberger, a second-semester There's no end to the fun in the student, said, "It is my belief that I can and RUGSBURG CRMPUS BOOKSTORE should be able to smoke anytime." Reagan Haynes, a second-semester student, Big. 16, nom 111 said she does not use the lounge. OPEN MON-FRI 9:30-3:30 "I'm always late to class, so 1 don't nse it • ever," she said. 12 Au[J5burg Observer March 1993 Sports • Recreation • Sports • Recreation

Volleyball games begin Family Fitness by DARY A GROTE and floors. To date, six teams make up the Center to hold Staff Reporter volleyball league. and KIMBERLY D. SCEARCE One team is made up of AC staff. They annual 5-k run Features Editor call themselves the "Floating Fossils." The teams began competing March 1. by MIRANDA BROWN To enconrage competition and sociali­ "I'm looking forward 10 playing volleyball Staff Reporter zation among students, intramural volleyball here. I played in higb school and it's a great has been added to the spring sports program. way to meet new people and do something The Augsborg Family FilIless Center will Intramural volleyball allows students to different for a change," said Holly Harper, host its annual St Patrick's Day ,-Ian Run compete against and with each other, said second-semester student. March 13. some of the students who plan to play this For more infonnation about the volleyball The race, which will begin at 11 am., teon. teams or game schedules, see Lance Yama­ will start and finish at the Family Fitness Each building or floor has a team that shita, sports' program coordinator. in. the Center, which is located in Building 33 on , competes with teams from other buildings Student Life Office, Building 46. Reese Kaseme. Kris D' Alessandro, FilIless Center direc­ 'rOI~". tor, said the illst 150 10 register will receive Dtslnbll,lKI hv Tribune MedIa ServIces a longsleeve t-shirt with the event's logo on ,'fl. RulEtf 8,,],1"" it The registnlJion fee is $10. AI'IO NOW MAKIN& NATUR..I; D' Alessandro added that volunteers are also EVEN BETTER! TD IWc.R.EASf TIlE POPULATION of MOOSE" needed to ?.ssist in the run. AND CARIBOU, I~f Alf:l~A SOARD O\=- (,AM'E Kaltenberg, the run' g sponsor, is donating HA.~ 5.TAItTEO A PRO&R.A.l"- TO 100 liters of beer for participants and volun­ KILL WOLV£S/ .~ teers. Nonalcoholic beer, juice, and water will also be available, he said. ,;'---~ People of all age groups can enter the run, ~ he said. Participation from 13 to 18 year olds is needed because they rarely ever euter, D' Alessandro continued. Age group awards and team awards will be given out. D' Alessandro said that only four runners are needed to form a team, however, participants do Dot have 10 run as a team. Persons interested in participating should fill out a form and tum it in at the fitness center.

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