Oncoraian Krauses Retire After 81 Years Combined Service by SARAH DAY Staff Writer
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Friday, April 20, 2007 • — - oncoraian Krauses retire after 81 years combined service By SARAH DAY Staff Writer Don and Helen Krause will be retiring gltVfinallyVspri'ng,;. August 31 this year aftet a combined 81 ' •oni<eamfj.usr~" years of service and being active in the Concordia community, as well as the broader Moorhead community. The pair work at the car pool office on campus, Inner Action but their impact and dedication reaches much further. "I'm going through August," Don said. "It's kind oi a goal that I'm not cheating in my 50 years." Both Krauses said that serving the people at Concordia is their biggest joy. "I've had some good experiences dealing with Concordia students and staff and taking care of their needs," Don said. "That's why we've stayed here this long, doing what we have to but enjoying working with other people." Don concerns himself with the students and faculty at Concordia who travel off campus, he said. "Some bad experiences have been getting vehicles ready to go with bad weather conditions," Don said. "Also STAFF PHOTO BY SARAH DAY worrying about people returning from Helen and Don Krause have not only worked in the car pool office at Concordia throughout their years of service, they have trips." also helped with the annual corn feed and many other events on campus, including many athletic events. The couple also at- Don Krause came to Concordia in tended Concordia and met while working in different departments on campus. Former President Knutson married the couple. 1951, following in his brother's footsteps. He finished three years before taking 1957. After graduation, he took the job of video taping football games, which his footage onto film. He remembers scaling a leave of absence to serve in the U.S. athletic coordinator and transportation brother started in 1948. Filming games up lampposts and telephone poles to get Army in Germany during the Korean manager at Concordia. In addition to back then was no easy feat. Video cameras War. He came back for his senior year in carpool duties, he took on the task of required manual hand-cranking to record Krauses ••page 3 DS Input Group helps create new menu By CHELSEA KLINE up our menu and moving it with every meal, featuring a per block during first semester See also: Staff Writer to the new campus center, but meat and vegetarian entree, as and once a month during Get the dish on the Korn examining current recipes and well as three or four side dishes second semester. The cuisine Krib's relocation to the Concordia students will have products," Ricesaid. "Everything such as steamed vegetables or will range from different styles Normandy page 2 more than just a new dining is being re-evaluated from the baked potatoes. Belgian waffles, of cooking, such as spa or Pacific center next year; they will have a ground up.., even the ketchup." house-made pizza cooked in a Rim, to specific regional foods, more like what you would find new menu served with a whole Similar to the current DS stone-hearth oven, and char- such as Thai food. "Explore" in a restaurant," said Cindy new concept of Concordia options, a rotating menu will broiled burgers and veggie will feature authentic Mexican Hogenson, residential dining dining. complement a core menu, but burgers will be available every cuisine during first block next ntanager. Janet Paul Rice, associate choices will be expanded. The day, as will hard and soft serve year. As the menu for this \ For example, a larger dessert director of Dining Services, new facility will be made up of ice cream. Other additions station is still in the works, DS section will allow DS to display said DS is making a number ot 11 different stations, including include appetizers, which will administration is not yet sure full cakes and pies, she said. changes designed to improve a breakfast bar, salad bar, pizza rotate daily, and a panini grill. what types of world cuisine will "The new facility will look the freshness, quality and station and burger bar. Some In addition, a station be offered the rest oi the year. like a bakery ... Students will be presentation oi DS food, as well items will change with each called "Explore" will offer six DS is changing not only the able to cut out their own piece as line lengths, menu variety, meal, while others will change different world cuisine themes menu but the preparation and of cake or pie," Hogenson said. and nutrition. daily or weekly. For example, the throughout the year. "Explore" presentation of food as well. "We're not just picking "Comfort" station will change menu options will change once "We wanted food to look New menu •• page 2 SGA leaders' plans, goals for next year Recycling prcgram • Hopee for better communication with students after organization changes have been made good at Concordia ByJULIANE RENK Staff Writer By RICK FERRERA Staff Writer The 2007-08 Student Government Association Concordia's recycling programs put up good numbers in president and vice president 2006. On a per capita basis, the college recycled three to four already have a variety of goals times as many pounds o( material as did either Minnesota State on their agenda for next University-Moorhead or North Dakota State University. year, including gaining better ^B\ ™ *-• Mary Aldrich, sales manager at MinnKota Recycling, communication between provided a document with comparative numbers, the 2006 students and SGA and improving Recycling Volume Activity report. Concordia recycled an the Martin Luther King Jr. Day average of 67.81 pounds of material per capita in 2006. The celebrations. number was 14.75 at NDSU and 20.87 at MSUM. Aldrich Jordan Sing, next year's said Concordia's program was "excellent," rivaling that of any SGA vice president, said that school in the region and probably the state. improving communication Mark Dixon, stockroom supervisor at the Physical Plant, is between students and SGA is STAFF PHOTOS BY DANIELLE HARMS widely recognized as the man in charge of Concordia's recycling the most important issue on his efforts, yet he cautioned that recycling should be a last resort. agenda Zach Kenz, above, and Jordon Sing, right, have a "Reduce is first," he said, "Rinse out that pop bottle and variety of plans for next year, such as hosting more "Student body government fill it with water, Just once and you've doubled the value of the Martin Luther King Day events, increasing handicap was not really accessible," Sing accessibility, establishing new Intervlsitation poli- petroleum that was refined to produce that plastic. 'Reduce, said. "We want to let people cies, and refining the class representative positions, reuse, recycle' starts at the grassroots." know how to contact us. That is as well as the new constitution. That is not to say that Dixon discounts the importance a huge thing." of recycling. Physics lab technician Don Brummond said the The reasons why First, the entire organization of were not worked out as effectively that mattered to their classes, college's program is "entirely dependent on Mark's presence com munication between students SGA changed this year beginning this year, Hanson said. because they were busy fulfilling and enthusiasm. That and the goodwill of our custodial staff and SGA was not as successful as with the constitution as well as SGA will have to define the work in various committees, and the students who work with us." SGA had wished were due to the the class representative positions, position oi class representatives Hanson said. The college recycles a variety of materials, but the sale oi newpositions and difficulties with which were divided into two differently next year, Hanson SGA's Web site also caused aluminum to MinnKota essentially pays for the rest of the the Web site, according to SGA committees. Still, the changes said. The students didn't have adviser, Chelle Lyons Hanson. will be an ongoing task, as some enough time to work on issues SGA plans to page 4 Recycling ••page 3 Friday Saturday Sunday news....,, ..,;,;,.> page 2 ; featurea...../........:-i.page 6 ^tactThe Concordian news................. ,(..page 3 features.,.. ,..,.*.....page 7 a&e..........................page 11 ;oncord(a)cord.edu news.»...»..»....»......,..page4 student works page & sports.,,...„,,;.„.,,,.,page 13 FPO1O4 lifestyle. .........page 5 opinions.....,.,.,....,.,. ..page 9 diversions.......,.,.,,page 14 (218) 299-3826 64747° 65751° 60741° \ oaqe 2 April 20, 2007 The Concordian New menu/ Will be healthier Korn Krib to be Hie h oncordian with wider variety of options temporarily moved c Continued from page 1 KARA COOK Editor-in-Chief to Normandy ELSBETH KRUMHOLZ Managing/News Editor The new facility will also mean fresher food. By CHELSEA KLINE Staff Writer JOSEPH SUNDE Opinions Editor "Set up [in the new facility] will allow food to be prepared very close Due to remodeling scheduled for Knutson this summer, OLUCHIEZEUGO Associate Opinions Editor to the time that you eat it," Rice said. This style of "just-in-time cooking," as Hogenson calls it, fits with the Korn Krib will move to a temporary location' in the SARAH DAY Features/Lifestyle Editor DS' goal to prepare and present food more like a restaurant. Normandy on April 29, where it will reopen on May 1. DANIELLE HANCE A&E Editor "More of the formal preparation will take place out in front oi the Partitions in the north end of the Normandy are under ASHLEY HARTLEY Sports Editor customer," Hogenson said. Equipment will be conducive to this type construction to provide a space for the Korn Krib. Manager ANDREA PULSCHER Graphics Editor/Designer of cooking.