THE CONCORDIAN VOLUME LIXIII CONCORDIA COLLEGE, MOORHEAD, MINNESOTA, NOVEMBER 5, 1971 NUMBER 10 GENERAL INFORMATION: It you draw from your vast background of knowledge of Concordia Col- lege and this week's Concordian you should come up with the answers. Across Down 1. «T. G. I. " 1. Special stories; or (V.) presents 2. A pain in the leg 2. Ma Bruer's Distillery 3. To sleep on the job is to 3. A long standing "precedent" 4. SFAC slave-master 4. Nobody's but our own 5. Defender of Nietzsche 5. Four days from today 6. A burning candle for battle 6. Three left 'til Thanksgiving 7. Minnesota's legal eagle ("off the record") 7. "Finnished" 8. Concordia Rubber Stamp Works 8. Administrative edict 9. Christmas be merry 9. Moorhead's fearless leader 10. Japanese jitterbug 10. Most controversial thing in the paper (?) 11. Stage left 11. A very resigned person 12. "He Came" 12. Fieldhouse follies 13. tainment 13. Do unto 14. With God on our 14. Soul brother #700513 15. Concordian's token female (?) 'Copyright, CONCORDIAN, 1971 • Page 2 November 5, 1971 Mestad describes Housing Committee functions To the Editor: clearly see, the purpose of the ber of apartments than before their findings to the College iation, structured and operated During the past several years committee is for no other reason offered on approved housing Council, Student Senate, and by students, with the guidance a great deal of student concern than to provide those services lists. the Administration so that ac- of the city housing inspector and has been expressed over the and changes concerning off-cam- While investigating, photo- tion concerning the contracts, administration in response to condition and availability of pus housing which students graphing and interviewing off- based upon the students' opin- stduents' requests and needs. off-campus housing. In a hope have long been asking of the campus apartments and individ- ion, may be taken. Both personal Students serving on this com- to alleviate some of these prob- college. uals concerned, committee lead- investigations to individual mittee spend between five and lems facing a student wishing to In undertaking a project such ers have organized a survey, apartments and a survey of stu- ten hours of academic study or live off campus, a student hous- as the Student Housing Commit- which allows them a chance to dents' opinions concerning off- social activities time to carry ing committee has been estab- tee has, it is quite evident that record student reactions to the campus housing policies of the out the students' request for bet- lished; however, Concordia's organization and time are the present administrative off-cam- administration form the founda- ter off-campus living conditions, student body has been unin- most important factors in pro- pus housing contracts. The sur- tion for the structure of the better selection of apartments, formed about the committee's viding the services and changes vey has been made available to Student Housing Committee. and policy changes. These stu- reason for existence and has ac- proposed by the committee. all students in the housing com- The purpose and structure of dents have only the best inter- cused it of being an adminis- Structure of the committee has mittee's office and is distributed any committee is very impor- est of the students in mind. I trative spy while checking off- ben aided by Mr. Floyd Fagerly, to off-campus students by the tant; however, cause and accred- would hope that the student campus housing to an unauth- City Housing Inspector, admin- investigation teams. ibility for that committee are of body would then act with the orized freak club. I would hope istors, student senators, and con- Upon receiving a reliable per- equal importance. The Student best interest of this committee that this letter will resolve in cerned students. centage of the students* opini- Housing Committee has been es- in mind. a working rapport between the ons, the committee will offer tablished by the Student Assoc- Wally Mestad students and this committee, its Students using only the meth- purpose, structure and credibili- ods provided by the city hous- ty. ing department and approved Any student who has tried to by the administration, have es- obtain an apartment has run in- tablished three small groups of Letter to the editor to several problems such as an students who set out weekly to inadequate housing list and out- investigate all off-campus apart- dated housing contracts preju- ments by permission. Adminis- diced against women. The pur- trators wishing to accompany Tofteland explains his resignation pose of the housing committee any one of the three teams must is to provide a complete list of notify the team leaders two apartments offered to the stu- days in advance, so that stu- To the Editor: vinced me of its lack of open- By using the scapegoat that dents, their rent, size, facilities, dents whose apartments are be- I am writing this letter in or- mindedness and perception. these bills were "politically mo- along with photographs and stu- ing visited will be able to act der to let the student body un- In the past few weeks I have tivated,"the senate proved its dent evaluation sheets as well accordingly. derstand why I resigned from been probing the student body own ineptness by assuming that as landlord evaluations of the The committee's purpose is the senate this past week. My for its concerns and issues which political motivation is inherent- apartment itself. not to become a disciplinarian resignation came about when it wanted to have presented be- ly wrong. That assumption is All data is compiled in indi- arm of the administration and the senate refused to discuss stu- fore the student senate. The false. vidual files and made available it clearly establishes this fact. dent initiated legislation which culmination of this work result- Because of this demonstration to any student by request in the Upon returning from a group of I presented last Sunday eve- ed in a number of pieces of leg- by the student senate I am de- Student Housing Committee's apartments, all data compiled ning. My letter to President Jim islation which I presented to the voting my time and effort to office. At the same time, the by each team it typed up, photo- Weeks and the student senate is senate. As a representative of seek to reform or replace the committee is taking a survey graphs deevloped, and evalua- as follows: the students I felt it my duty to existing structures of student concerning the students' reac- tions summarized; each individ- I hereby offer my resignation present these to the senate. government. ual apartment is then filed along tion to the administration's off- from the student senate. My What was the result? The stu- Not only would I be wasting campus housing contracts and with this data allowing students reasons are two-fold. dent senate whole-heartedly and my time by staying in student has requested discussion time to use the files to select apart- deliberately condemned my ef- First, the representative ideal senate but I would be perpetu- to promote needed structural ments best suited to their per- and responsive nature of student forts to be a representative of changes of the contracts with sonal needs. Married housing is the student body. They did this ating the existing ills I have senate no longer exists. mentioned above. the College Council and Student filed separately by the commit- Secondly, I am convinced that by refusing to consider legisla- Affairs Committee. As one can tee and includes a larger num- there could be a better form of tion which the students them- The crucial question is: Is the government for the student as- selves wanted considered. This student senate willing and cap- sociation which does not include not only demonstrates lack of able and if necessary changing the student senate as I have ex- perception and open-mindedness, its structure (even if it includes perienced it in the past two and but also demonstrates that stu- getting rid of it)? one-half years. dent senate is no longer repre- I would hope that they would By its actions last Sunday sentative and responsible to stu- seriously consider this. dents. night the student senate con- Sincerely, Stan Tofteland NEW HORIZONS CONFERENCE CC FIELDHOUSE Editor's Note: (Stan Tofteland presented 13 resolutions to the November 19-20-21 Student Senate last Sunday night. Emergency legislation re- quested by Bob Salveson de- manded the removal of nine of Tofteland's resolutions calling them irrelevant, the responsibil- ity of certain committees, ill- prepared and politically moti- vated. 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