the ONCORDIAA Student Newspaper for the Concordia Community N Concordia College, Moorhead MN • April 19,1996 • Volume 93, Number 13 Environmental class analyzes Concordia like no other Editor's Note: This is the sec- exposure to radon levels in excess ond installment of a three-part of 4.0 pCi/L is believed to pose series concerning environmental increased health risks," Stensgard issues and awareness. wrote, but she added that the actu- al effects of radon exposure are Heather Hauschild unclear. Editor •Carbon monoxide poisoning on campus is one thing students There are a group of students do not have to worry about. who know Concordia very well, Heating at Concordia is done better than most. They have by steam, and Stensgard explains researched the college from the that steam generators do not emit top of the bell tower to deep carbon monoxide in the dorms, underground. They know only in the central steam plant. Concordia's history and near The international apartments future. They have examined the on Eighth Street have gas heat, buildings and their inhabitants. which is more of a risk. However, They could even tell you about the after several weeks of testing, invisibles. Stensgard said: 'Tm happy to These students are the mem- report the German apartment is bers of Environmental Studies carbon monoxide free." 375. The papers they are working on have a much greater purpose Senior Le Do also investigated than a professor's desk and a the dormitories on campus — 12-TOKENS grade on a report card. Their stud- from a personal side. He surveyed FOR S5.00 *•«!£ RED ies will end up on the desks of 190 students, living both on and President Paul Dovre, Dean of off campus, to understand the psy- Students Morrie Lanning, chology of living space. Director of Residential Life Jim "My findings indicate on-cam- Meier and Physical Plant Director pus students have significantly VIOLATORS Ansel Hakanson. more negative attitudes, as a W1X BE PROSECUTED And what the members of this whole, about their dorm rooms class have discovered may sur- compared to those living off cam- prise you. pus," Do wrote. According to Scott Olsen, •He found the top negative English professor and instructor aspect of dorms was poor lighting, of ES 375, the research projects y ra 63 percent of those surveyed The Red River was rising last week and forced this North Fargo were meant for students to ana- found their rooms to be poorly lit. toll bridge to close. Two bicyclers didn't let a little water stop them, though. The river lyze their environment and apply Do explains that poor lighting crested in Fargo Monday and water levels should continue to drop to normal. that knowledge to Concordia. can contribute to SAD, seasonal Junior Jill Stensgard did just affective disorder, a depression that. Stensgard researched the lev- most associated with the long els of asbestos, carbon monoxide, winter months in the northern tornado and fire safety, and radon hemisphere. Accomplished: second goal in each of the campus dormitories. •Noise is a concern for most Her results indicated positive students, Do found. Forty percent Students have extended library hours during finals week and negative aspects to environ- of off-campus residents were mental safety on campus. unhappy with living-space noise, According to Webb, the con- library hours was not a simple •In March, the seventh floor while 59 percent of on-campus Meghan Lulf cern over the shortage of individ- task. Only after meeting with sev- of Hoyum Hall had an asbestos dwellers said noise is a problem. News editor ual study space and the "computer eral members of the library staff, scare when part of the bathroom Do contributed the higher dor- crunch" was the impetus for the Director of Security Tom Iverson ceiling caved in. The bathroom mitory noise to crowded living, extension of library hours. and Academic Dean Bob Homann was then closed, vents were taped evident in Park Region's noise True to their platform promise, "We want students to have as was the proposal given the go- and a filtered vacuum trapped air- score. Park Region currently has Student Association President much access to those computers as ahead. borne particles as workers patched the smallest rooms at Concordia, Susan Webb and Vice President possible," said Tareen. "And even "It was a really big cooperation the ceiling. and 70 percent of its inhabitants Basir Tareen have secured an though there are other places to effort which involved the SA and According to Stensgard, said the dorm is too noisy. additional 10 hours for library use study on campus, the library is the the library staff meeting in the asbestos removal is problematic •On-campus students do feel during this year's finals week. best place for group study, and middle, finding out what was best because of its cost. "It costs more safe than those living off Webb and Tareen will be the cubicles are probably the best for for the students and the workers in $ 17,000 to remove [asbestos campus, though. Only 33 percent first to tell you the accomplish- quiet study." the library," Webb said. from] one dorm floor," she wrote. of on-campus students questioned ment was not their's alone. "We The extended library hours do According to Webb and Tareen, •On the opposite end of cam- their security, while nearly 40 per- really want to stress this was a col- not come without stipulations, finding students to work the extra pus, Stensgard's test showed cau- cent of off-campus students listed laborative effort between [SA] however. 'The library staff would library shifts and security issues tionary levels of radon gas in a security concern. and the library staff," said Webb. like to emphasize [the extended were the major obstacles to the Fjelstad Hall. In his report, Do gives several. Tareen agrees. "[The library hours] are to be used for quiet proposal. "We offered a stipend to She used a charcoal radon suggestions for the college to staff] was wonderful," he said. study," said Webb. "And also, supplement [student workers'] detector placed in Fjelstad's base- combat negative dormitory per- "They made a big sacrifice. It was most reference and circulation salaries for the Sunday, Monday ment for three days to test concen- ceptions, like iridescent lighting pretty tough, because the proposal questions should be handled and Tuesday hours," Webb said. tration in the hall. The test showed and increased living space. came so late from us, since we just between 8 a.m. and 10 p.m." a radon concentration of 4.2 pCi/L took office." The process of securing longer Please seepage 13 (picocurie per liter). "Continued Please seepage 16 the 2 CONCORDIAN NEWS April 19,1996 a s t iw i-s t-e d ^:;::^ a About 70% of Americans who go to If s no exaggerafionlb say the c college do it just to make more money. undecideds could go one way or one-eyed gummy u • .-V .. • • '.N - ''•*"' t another." r t g —Uncle John's Bathroom Redder h lering e —George Bush In brief... j Budgets and appointments Afterwork literary journals available dominate senate docket budget," co-captain Kim Copies of Afterwork, Concordia's Gretchen Ahrens Shotwell said. "However, I per- literary journal, are now available. Staff writer sonally am OK with the budget." The journals are free to Concordia According to junior senator students, faculty and staff. Students Libby Vantine, the team was pre- he Concordia College can pick up their copy near the POs pared for the axe that fell on their Dance Team may be able from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today, budget Sunday night. "When the to double step, but their Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. T dance line [sic] comes, they real- budget has been cut to a half- ize it is a special situation step. At the last student associa- because they are not a recognized tion meeting, senators voted to Senior art exhibition team," Vantine said. "I've cut the proposed dance team bud- worked with them for the past on display get from $4,436 to $2,350.04. three years. When [groups] come "The dance line [sic] does as to senate, it's the senators' job to An art exhibition by senior art stu- much work as a team funded by take money off the budget. They dents at Concordia is on display in the administration," junior understand that, and they know the Cyrus M. Running Gallery. All Senate Chair Michael Raum said. what is going to happen. The _ i exhibits will be shown through grad "It's unfortunate, and it hurts me dance line [sic] was prepared for uation weekend, May 5. every time we have to make cuts the cuts." from their budget I want to help Student Association positions them." Honors convocation were also approved at the last Several large items were cut file photo meeting. The appointments were from the dance team budget, Senators Jess Fulkerson, Libby Vantine and Sarah to be held made by Student Association including $895 for lined warm- Trapanese discuss budgets in senate chambers. President and Vice President up jackets, $160.82 for perfor- The annual Honors Convocation Susan Webb and Basir Tareen. mance shoes and money for split- will take place at 9:50 a.m., April "We read through a lot of support; Troy Stark, student "This year, we looked for soled jazz boots. 29, in Memorial Auditorium. To applications and interviewed a lot advocate; and Brooke Liffrig, open-minded people and thinkers "I think this is a sizeable accomodate this event, there will be of candidates," Tareen said.