Cobbers volunteer at Red Meet the Homecoming Court River Women's Clinic - Page 4 Page 9 HOMECOMINC. Friday, October 16, 2009 Vol,L.X.XXV IV,/6 www theconcordian. , ,le: OCT 16 - t 2, 200- the CONCORDIAN recN be) "he student-run newspapt:i of Concordia Moui Lad Minnesota by the Student Lecture Series: Fresh ideas on learning numbers BY MARISA PAULSON Staff Writer Rape and Abuse ment and Student Devel- arranges them in rank order Crisis Center Concordia's fall Student opment committee, corn- to make the selections. Lo- Lecture Series kicked off prised of six faculty and staff berg said they consider top- of Fargo- Oct. 8 with senior Macken- members and two students, ics that have broad interest Moorhead zie Kane's lecture on fact and reviews nominations from to the campus community fiction within Bernard Mal- faculty members and accepts and strive to gather repre- In their first year, 1977, amud's "The Fixer." Mads the students for the series. sentation from a variety of RACC services were Schimdt Christensen and A call goes out to faculty disciplines. Almost every ac- provided to 37 victims of Sean Volk follow with lec- members to nominate stu- ademic department has had sexual assault and 73 tures on Nov. 3 and Nov. 19, dents for the fall series in the a faculty member sponsor a battered women. respectively. spring, and vice versa. student for a lecture, but the The Student Lecture Kristi Loberg, chair of departments of religion and In 2004 volunteers do- Series is in its zist year. It the Academic Advisement philosophy are the most fre- nated 20,511.50 hours, recognizes students who do and Student Development quent sponsors. Discussion PHOTO BY RIAH ROE the equivalent of almost ten outstanding research work committee, said the com- to determine which nomi- Mackenzie Kane kicked off the Lecture Series for this fall on full-time employees. in a discipline and provides mittee averages 3-5 nomina- nated students will be select- Oct 8th. Additional presentations by Mads Schimdt Chris- an opportunity to share their tions each semester, but they ed for the series also involves tensen and Sean Volk will be given in November. Today, the Rape and results in a public presenta- would like to receive more. academic quality and the de- Abuse Crisis Center has tion. The Student Lecture "We do think it's a great gree of in-depth research and obvious and pushes the these kinds of papers are not 25 staff Series idea originated in 1988 opportunity for students to analysis. bound of knowledge in an frequent; he only sees a few with the Credo committee at in one way be recognized for Religion professor Roy area of study. each year. He only nominates During their 31st year, that time and was developed their outstanding work, but Hammerling, who has nomi- "It's a paper with a cre- papers when he sees not only 2008, RACC provided ser- by the SGA academic affairs also to present their work in nated three students in the ative thesis and when I read vices to 1173 victims of commissioner at the time, the public setting," she said. past, said he nominates pa- it, I feel like I've learned a sexual assault and 1727 Erin Delaney. The committee reads all pers that take risks by mak- lot," he said. More LECTURES 0 Page 3 victims of domestic vio- The Academic Advise- of the nominations and then ing an argument that is not Hammerling said that lence. RACC assisted with 104 Orders for Protec- p tion, observed 1903 court hearings related to domes- Co-ed dorms tic violence and sexual as- sault, and reviewed 1190 police incident reports. RACC staff provided services cause reactions in six surrounding counties BY EMILY GOTTA and presented 795 edu- Staff Writer a resident of Erickson Hall, cational programs to likes the idea of having co-ed 16,377 people in our Cobbers living on cam- dorms. community. pus this year have been the "I really enjoy living in a first students to experience co-ed setting," she said. "I re- co-ed dormitories in all of ally like that we are divided Concordia's ii8-year his- by floor because it allows us quickies tory. After much discussion to have enough space from and thought, Concordia has the boys, but they are close Seniors Marly Simmons joined the list of Minnesota enough than if they had been and Sara Sorbo have been private colleges who have in a completely different elected by the student body to implemented co-ed dorms. dorm." reign as 2009 Homecom- And the college is starting to Sophomore Charlie ing see long term, campus-wide Clark, a transfer student liv- King and Queen during reactions to the change. ing in Hallett Hall, is also Homecoming Week, Oct. The decision to go co-ed satisfied with the new co-ed I 3- 18. was initiated by Concordia's dorms. Student Government Asso- "I like that the adminis- The Radisson Hotel ciation. Based upon evidence tration trusts their students Career Fair will be held that the student body was to make choices themselves Thursday, Oct. 22, from interested in co-ed housing, and has decided to take a 2-7 p.m. on the third floor at SGA created a proposal to step back to let us prove our the downtown Radisson loca- the Student Affairs Adminis- responsibility" Clark said. tion in Fargo.. tration to consider changing Pierce also finds that Thirty one more seats the existing housing struc- there are many social advan- have been added to the An- ture. The deans of Student tages of living in a co-ed resi- PHOTO BY HANNA STEVENS derson Commons dining Affairs discussed the pro- dence hall, such as meeting Seniors Sara Sorbo and Marly Simmons were crowned Homecoming King and Queen at the area. The addition of new posal with representatives new people. coronation ceremony last Tuesday. To hear about each of the Homecoming candidates, see page 9. seating near the main entrance from SGA before President "The atmosphere of liv- 41111M11.1161,031•11131. will reduce congestion and will Jolicoeur made the final deci- ing with both boys and girls lead to a more efficient dining sion to employ co-ed dorms. is really great," Pierce said. experience. Jasi O'Connor, the di- "I feel like I've met more Influencing the world without rector of Residence Life, people in general from my The Fargo Moorhead responded positively to the living situation than I would community and Concor- proposal. have from just class or other study abroad scholarships dia community are coming "From an administrative activities." together to learn about lo- BY JENNIFER HARVEY standpoint, co-ed housing Clark agrees that living in Rodlund from the Global study abroad trip would be cal foods, discover the Staff Writer offers more options for our a co-ed environment works Education office. Typically, $16,686, plus passport fees, valley and explore new male students. Prior to this well for most residents. Rodlund said, students pay visa fees, etc. flavors at the 2nd farmers change, incoming men had "I really don't see any dis- Some students dream of full Concordia comprehen- However, the University market held at Concor- only two choices - Erickson advantages to a co-ed dorm, exploring another country sive fees (room, board, and of the Sunshine Coast's Web dia College. The farmers and Livedalen. They now except maybe if you like to and having new experiences. tuition), plus airfare to and site showed that for an in- market featuring producers have four," O'Connor said. run around naked at night or Others, such as foreign lan- from the country they will dependent student register- from the Red River Valley "Having co-ed halls also al- something," Clark said. guage majors, are required be studying in. However, this ing at their school, the price is taking place Tuesday, lows more flexibility to ac- The Residence Life ad- to participate in a semester pricing may not always be would be $8,200 per semes- October 20, 2009 from 4 commodate students if we ministration has experienced abroad in order to complete fair. ter, plus $2,700 for a room. to 6 p.m. in the Knutson stray from the typical 2:1 little problems in changing their major. All of them have For example, the Univer- The cost for this student Campus Center. Items will women-to-men ratio we typ- to the new structure. to find a way to pay for their sity of the Sunshine Coast would be around $12,448 be available for purchase and ically have." "So far, we have expe- experience. in Queensland, Australia, with airfare, even less than the farmers will be on hand to This fall, five of Concor rienced very little negative And while studying is one of Concordia's study just one semester of tuition answer any questions and talk dia's residence halls became reaction to the switch to co- abroad programs are expen- abroad options. As indicated at Concordia. about the benefits of eat- co-ed, including Brown, Er ed halls. Overall, I think stu- sive, Concordia does not by Concordia's Web site, a Jane Williams, director of ing local food. ickson, Hoyum, Livedalen, dents have been pleased with offer any additional scholar Concordia student studying the office of Financial Aid, and Hallett. The co-ed the move," O'Connor said. ships for students who would abroad would pay Concor said that there are federal dorms are divided by floor, Not all residence halls like to participate in the dia tuition ($12,775), room and private loans available with women on one floor, have become co-ed.