www.northpark.edu/sa/cn Jan. 22,1999 • Chicago, IL• Volume 79• Issue 9 News: Are this year’s theme houses (Pulse: Christina Sohlstrom reveals the Sports: Crazy Viking fans invade page 4 meeting their requirements? I page 5 top ten movies of 1998. page 12 Wheaton’s basketball court. Dean Ebner to retire in June By Bret Praxmerer tant part of NPU’s rebound from financial difficulty in the late I. Dean Ebner, North Park 1980’s and its current population University’s vice president for growth. Attracting higher quality academic affairs and dean of faculty and more culturally graduate and professional stud­ diverse faculty members to NPU ies, has announced his retirement were more career highlighs. after nine years at North Park. Ebner remains modest about Ebner, 62, will officially retire most of his accomplishments at from his position at the end of the NPU. In fact, he is adamant about fiscal year, June 30, 1999. Ebner sharing his success with co-work­ wishes to continue his private life ers. Ebner attributed his success to away from NPU, which occupies the incredible faculty and Pres­ most of his time. Ebner said he is ident David G. Homer, whom he looking forward to contacting old worked with on many projects. friends as well as traveling, reading “All of these accomplishments and spending time with his new were a team effort,” said Ebner. granddaughter. According to Daniel de photo by Melanie Marolf “Definitely no rocking chairs Roulet, dean undergraduate A car remains buried near the Carmen Avenue apartments after record snowfall hit Chicago over break. in retirement studies, for me,” said Ebner is “an Ebner. incredibly He plans to able adminis­ Campus weathers move to trator and a Denver Colo., man of to be near his integrity. son and grand­ Ebner is an daughter will important be the next member of By David Nelson buses and trains by commuters campus walkways and streets step for Ebner. the faculty who were unable to drive, the clear. He also plans and will be While North Park students closure of Lake Shore Drive, and, Even though Physical Plant on spending missed by were on winter break during the according to The Chicago did clear most of the walkways time at his photo by Melanie Marolf everyone.” end of December and the first Tribune, the cancellation of 75 and streets on campus, parking summer home Dean Ebner anticipates having more Ebner week of January, Chicago was hit percent of flights out of O’Hare has still been a problem for stu­ in the North time for his family after retirement. says he will with one of the fiercest storms in on Jan. 2. dents and visitors. Cascade Mountains near miss the faculty the most, since city history. In addition, 12 weather-related Snow shovels became necces- Spokane, Wash. Other goals he has really enjoyed working Dubbed the “Blizzard of '99,” deaths were reported in the sary for anyone looking for a Ebner has for retirement include with everyone and feels that he the snowfall during the weekend Chicagoland area, from both parking space upon returning for pursuing educational interests could not have been able to help of Jan. 1-3 caused problems exposure and heart attacks suf­ second semester, and chairs now such as volunteer work and some create so many successful pro­ throughout the area and left lin­ fered after shoveling snow. line the streets, saving precious short term missionary work. grams without his colleagues. gering evidence of its severity. NPU was closed when the spots for students and neighbor­ Ebner has spent over 35 years “North Park has been a great The record-setting snow storm hit, but faculty and staff hood residents. in education. Before coming to place to work and I have loved dumped 18.6 inches on Saturday, returned to campus on Monday, The Chicago Tribune also NPU as an administrator, he working with the people here. It Jan. 2, the most ever recorded for Jan. 4. reported that the City of Chicago spent 18 years as an English pro­ is a very special place,” he said a 24-hour period in Chicago. The According to Physical Plant used 850 snow trucks in clean-up fessor at Whitworth College in The title that Ebner has held total amount of snowfall for the Director Keith Peterson, his staff and removal efforts, an amount Spokane, and another eight years for the past nine years will also weekend, 21.6 inches measured began snow removal as soon as significantly higher than the 254 as associate dean at Bethel be leaving with him, as his posi­ at O’Hare International Airport, the storm began, and have been usually employed after snowfall. College in St. Paul, Minn. tion will be renamed dean of was the most for a two-day peri­ working 10-15 hour days for the The weather subsided in time One of the programs Ebner graduate and continuing studies. od in over 30 years. past two weeks to rid the campus for classes to begin at NPU, and has helped initiate at NPU is the A search for a replacement will Temperatures dipped below of snow. while students are forced to deal GOAL program for adults return­ begin soon, and several NPU fac­ zero, and the severe weather “We have just kept pecking with a great deal of leftover ing to the educational environ­ ulty members have already caused public and private school away at it,” said Peterson of snow, the “Blizzard of ‘99” ment. Ebner was also an impor- expressed interest. closures, overcrowding on CTA Physical Plant’s efforts to keep appears to have passed. Housing crunch means apartments may add residents By Sarah Park around campus since fall. With the current housing Ireland said five people could living space in the dorms, the While admitting that there has capacity at 99 percent, there is no easily fit into the current four- apartments’ living space is very A rise in the amount of resi­ been discussion of change, Dean room for the incoming students, person apartments, which have reasonable, said Ireland. dent students at North Park of Student Development Gary so the housing committee has two standard size bedrooms and “People fill in the space they University has prompted discus­ Ireland was quick to ¡assure that been discussing the idea of one smaller, individual bedroom. have and use too much furniture, sion involving an increase of the “no final decision has been made.” increasing the number of students “It will be a little bit tighter, but there is room for more peo­ number of students living in on- With the increased enrollment living in the larger apartments. but it’s hard to argue that you ple,” said Ireland. campus apartments. over the last few years, a need for Ireland said he has visited can’t put in another person. Other options to ease the hous­ Rumors of the four-person more housing space has arisen. every four-person apartment and Families of five could live in the ing crunch are also being consid­ apartments on Carmen Avenue For the 1998-99 school year the evaluated the size of them and the four-person apartments,” he said. ered, said Ireland, including being changed to accommodate average enrollment increased by amount of people that should be Several students have voiced acquiring more apartment build­ six people and of the Lund House 80 resident students, and the able to fit reasonably. complaints that the apartments ings in the area and giving resi­ apartments increasing to three housing department anticipates With the current housing stan­ aren’t big enough for this increase, dent advisors in residence halls residents have been circulating about 40-80 more next year. dard of two people per bedroom. but when compared with the size of incentives to have roommates. Jan. 22,1999 Chaplain candidate turns down offer; What was tlie best search continues thing that happened % n 1998? By Jill Klitzke a position in Sweden. The search for a chaplain is Although administrators had similar to the search for any other hoped to have a new University staff or faculty position on campus. pnoio ov >ara nussema Chaplain in office by the begin­ Lucco was selected from a President Horner awards Keely McGowan with a diploma case dur­ ning of this semester, an unex­ group of four candidates who inter­ ing winter commencement in Anderson Chapel on Dec. 11,1998. pected turn of events has left viewed on campus last fall. North Park still searching for A group of 25 students, Dean of Winter graduation someone to fill the position. Student Development Gary Ireland After spending the fall inter­ and Dean of Undergraduate viewing candidates, the adminis­ Studies Daniel de Roulet helped Over 70 students representing 15 countries tration had decided to offer the Nystrom in the selection process. received degrees at Winter Commencement position to Rev. Dick Lucco of This allows the committee to on Dec. 11 in Anderson Chapel. Salem, Ore. get feedback to make a more "Entering college and President David G. Horner awarded 28 grad­ Although Lucco was enthusi­ informed decision, said Nystrom. astic about receiving the offer, he The University Chaplain and graduating high school." uate degrees, 32 bachelor of arts degrees, declined because of a family the President of the University seven bachelor of science degrees, and seven decision not to move to Chicago. are the only positions at NPU — Carlos Tennin, bachelor of general science degrees on behalf According to David Nystrom, which require an applicant to be of North Park University.