TheConcordian APRIL 3, 1998 A FORUM FOR ISSUES FACING THE CONCORDIA COMMUNITY VOLUME 8, NUMBER 25 JTUDENT AWOCIATION St.Peter badly ' {Gustavus ^ damaged by Needs Your twister Cun .» help ilUfiop ik datuwr fn«n the tonudm tfM hn UM *vvi ST. PETER, Minn. (AP) — A If you are interested in tornado splintered the roof of his going or want more info garage and heaved a tree through ^ no tn the Info booth his neighbor's house. But Dan photo by HiNUhp \Y;iddell Breeding pointed to something Left: Senior Senator Patrick :; delicate, something unscathed by Taylor and Sophomore Senator -nature's fury. ;^;:^i>'^:^^^^ Hanna Nielsen sign-up students fJM^Amid the wreckage of his for the clean-up trip to St. Peter. garage and the home stood a |birch sapling, untouched, with a j^small bird feeder still hanging j^from a branch. To Breeding, the sapling was Students going to Gustavus a reminder that the funnel clouds that raged through nine southern helping out our sister college; he views it said the busses will leave at 4 a.m. from ; Minnesota towns on Sunday — Sonya Nelson as coming to the aid of people in need. the Brown parking lot on Saturday and upending hundreds of trees, cars TheConcordian "I don't think it's a private college one will return later that evening. He said and lives — did not destroy Concordia students will head to thing," he said. "Anything we can do to the other bus will come back to Concordia >*everylhing, even the most vuIner- Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, help them is wonderful." on Sunday evening. rable. Minn., this weekend to return the favor of Gilbertson said if they have time after She also said Chelle Lyons-Hanson, the devastation was so surre- their help with last year's flood. they've helped at the campus of Gustavus, director of student leadership and service, al in St. Peter, a town of 10,000, Concerned about the damage a torna- they will move to work in St. Peter. is planning accommodations for the do caused at their campus last week, : that many residents wandered Gilbertson said the venture has taken a overnight stay. junior Student Association President Elect X around with video cameras. But lot of planning. He said Executive Johnson said the students who are Adam Gilbertson and junior Vice they also knew they had weath- Assistant Elect sophomore Jana Johnson planning to stay through Sunday could President of Student Association Elect ered a major catastrophe with has been influential in the organization of possibly stay in a church in New Ulm, Nick Richardson met with Morrie Lanning, only two deaths — that of an the trip. Minn. dean of students and Jim Meier, associate elderly man and a 6-year-old "She's taken the lead on this thing," Gilbertson also thinks the administra- dean of students to decide how Cobbers Gilbertson said. "She's working hard." tors have been helpful with the arrange- could help. Just last month, 42 people Johnson said college officials have ments. "It's only fitting that we could go and died in tornadoes in central worked closely in planning the excursion. "I've been thoroughly impressed with help them after the work they did [for the Florida. She said Tom Iverson, director of commu- the administration on this," Gilbertson flood] last year," Gilbertson said. The tornado that hit St Peter nication services, is arranging transporta- Gilbertson sees the act as more than m- tion to and from the college. Gilbertson •see CLEAN-UP on page 16 m^ •see ST. PETER on page 16 Chairs elected for new senate Spring has arrived The Concordian shut out of meeting, later let back in inda Parise rheConcordian The new Student Senate elected first-year stu- ients Jennifer Nydegger senate chair and Peter Schott >enate vice-chair at their first meeting Sunday. Senate members nominated both Nydegger and >chott for chair. Nydegger won with six votes, while Schott received five. Schott won vice-chair with six votes, while Nydegger Schott >phomore Dan Buchholtz received four votes. Schott said he is now focusing on establishing his *uchholtz was not present at the meeting but voted role as Vice-Chair and organizing senate. "I feel hon- nth absentee ballots, which the senate accepted. ored to have the position," he said. "It's going to be a "It's going to be a great year," Nydegger said. "I challenging position, but also a rewarding position." im so impressed with this senate." When the new senate first convened Sunday Nydegger is looking forward to working with afternoon they agreed to hold a closed meeting in Schott as she leads senate meetings and serves as a which they would discuss the qualifications of the Resource for the other senators and organizations on chair and vice-chair nominees. The members first |rampus. "It's going to take a lot of communicating," decided to hold an off-the-record open meeting, but |;he said. "We work well together. We respect each later decided to close the meeting completely, rther not only on a friend level, but also on a profes- removing The Concordian and On-Air in addition to lional level." several other students, including the president and Nydegger does not have any immediate plans for vice-president elect and a past senate member. lenate except for taking care of the budgets present- "We didn't want people listening to our talking pd this month and organizing the meetings. about our colleagues' personalities," said Junior photo by Kane Baker "She'll do a great job as chair," Schott said. "We've Senator Jess Fulkerson. "We didn't want anyone to Students enjoy the springtime weather, as the |jrown to be pretty good friends, and I think we'll be great team." •see SENATE on page 16 snow disappears and life returns to campus. Concordia student Jen Go wild (yes, like a blister in Money may be what athletes want, 3 Knutson hits pay dirt on the n the sun) with the Violent lxitifuheoometoConoDrdia,itmay News "Price is Right" A&E Femmes preview Sports not be what they get 2 TheConcordian NEWS April 3, 1998 Retiring professors share Concordia memories "We still kept [the card catalog] for Kristy Heinle another 10 years to ease the change for TheConcordian people," Anderson said. "In the beginning, a lot of the professors were still using it." Eleven faculty members will soon say Another technological leap for farewell to Concordia. Concordia occurred in 1990. Susan Many of the faculty are retiring after Gammill, coordinator of academic comput- teaching for an average of 31 years. ing, remembers Concordia's move to the Throughout this time they have built Internet. She was instrumental in obtaining numerous memories of Concordia and its a grant for the college. students. "It was always one of my dreams to get John Close has taught vocal music meth- the entire campus connected," Gammill ods and various other music classes, as well said. as supervised student teachers in the music The last 13 years have been a rewarding field, for the past 26 years. He recalls lead- experience for Gammill. "Concordia is a Powers Paulson ing two memorable May Seminars. The first wonderfu! place to work;. Gammill said. trip occurred during the 40th anniversary of .There are many extremely talented facul- Theodore Heimarck was also instrumen- lect insects. the end of World War II, the second after ty." tal in creating new programs. Heimarck has Two other faculty members will also be the reunification of Germany. Future plans for Gammill include mov- worked in the business and economics leaving the Concordia community after this "It was amazing to see the students' reac- ing to a Montana cabin in the department for the past 37 years. He has spring. tions to each of these events," Close said. "I Bozeman/Livingston area. taught marketing, health care, business law Melody Albert has taught general psy- had always assumed the iron curtain would Along with advances in technology, the and various economics classes as well as chology, physiology, CREDO and various always be there." past years have also harvested numerous visited students during their residencies. He other courses within the psychology Students were always of utmost impor- additional programs and courses. has also directed the health care administra- department for the last eight years. She tance to Close. For this reason, Close will David Green has taught classes within tion program since it began 32 years ago. plans to move to Nebraska, where her hus- miss the students and the many good con- tne French department for 38 years, his "I will always remember the class and band currently lives. Albert wants to focus versations he has had with them over the favorfte l>eing French 11M12. Green will caliber of students we have and their inter- on her family and possibly teach part-time. past years. always remember the excitement and satis- est in education as well as their own One of the memories which Albert will Close will continue helping students faction of helping to develop the Concordia careers," Heimarck said. take along on her travels involves subbing even after his retirement by dealing with Language Camps and villages as well as the Retirement will be a relaxing experience. last minute for a 1995 May Seminar which the grad rule in Minnesota. He plans to ere- Language Learning Center. Heimarck intends to remain in the area. she later co-taught. She discovered she ate profiles for learning, present workshops Even though he has since moved to Under Lester Meyer's direction, a new would become one of the faculty leaders and write models to assist teachers.