the concorcfian concordia college moorhead, minnesota 5656Q VOLUME 70, NUMBER 2 SEPTEMBER 16, 1977 Open forum to discuss parking congestion An open forum on off-campus sentatives from both college parking will be held at 7 p.m. in campuses. Campus Security the Centrum next Thursday, Director Ron Taggart, Resident- September 22. ial Life Director Jim Meier and a Chaired by Moorhead Plan- student represent Concordia. ning Director Dick Reis, the A survey is also being con- forum will concern parking con- ducted on the-campuses this gestion in residential areas sur- week, in an attempt to deter- rounding the Concordia College mine why students are parking and .Moorhead Sate University in residential areas.. campuses. Complaints and re- According to Reis, the forum commendations will be encour- parking space has been a pro- aged,, including those concern- blem in tnis area ever since the ing on-campus parking. two colleges were formed. Con- The open forum is a result of a cordia has partially alleviated request made by area citizens the problem with parking facil- eignt months ago. The city has ities and the vehicle restriction set up a parking committee of on s6me students receiving city representatives and repre- financial aid. Freshmen senate Cobber yearbooks elections coming up by Diane Minor were requested to file petitions delayed a while longer with the elections commissioner Freshmen and transfer mem- by Wed., Sept. 14. They had to bers of the Student Senate will Concordia students will re- not yet been received by the was quickly returned for print- obtain 50 signatures from their company on August 20, Cobber be selected between 10 a.m. constituency: freshmen from ceive their copies of the year-| ing. However, by this time, the and 6:30 p.m. Sept. 21, when book, The Cobber, \by Novem- editors were informed. time scheduled for printing The the freshmen class and transfers students vote at one of the from their respective classes. ber 1 at the very latest, accord- Cobber had ended and the "polling booths" located in ing to 1977 editor- Ruth Ann Apparently it had been lost in yearbook company had other Formal campaigning began the mail or at the publishing Knutson Center and East Com- Sept. 14 and must stop by 12 Gilbertson. Since upperclass- annuals to get out. The Cobber's plex. Results will be posted by men expected to receive The plant. Consequently, the entire index will be printed as soon as midnight the day before the index, consisting of the names approximately 11 p.m. the day election. Cobber at registration, the rea- there is an opening in the of the electron, according to SA son for the delay has been a of all students and the page schedule, put together with the numbers where they could be elections commissioner Brent question of concern to many rest of the yearbook,^nd sent to Reichert. students. found in the yearbook, had to the eager Cobbers. Editor Ruth As of the time of this writing, Open Forum be redone. Ann Gilbertson feels that the The Cobber's index was the TheCo6ber staff went to work those who have expressed an yearbook company was ex- interest in running for Student on SFARB last shipment of copy sent to the and sent in another index. The tremely cooperative and that American Yearbook Company in yearbook company printed a Senate hidude: the late arrival of this year's Lynette Roberts and Topeka, Kansas. Due to arrive proof copy and sent it to The .Cobber was simply an unfor- there in late June, the index had Cobber editor for approval. %It Mark Orvick : tunate mix-up. Jim Leone the grading Jim Bischoff Eric Pederson system Janice Spencer - - Sept. 21, SA James Robert Brey survey results James S. Corona 7-8:30 Last week, Student Associa- Concordian plays an important the Concordian office Monday Lynn M. Johnson ^ tion surveyed 4% students liv- role in student communication at 6 p.m.? We desperately need These and Tabernacle ing on campus for their opinions on campus? technical workers, as well as a other more recent candidates of the communicative value of yes: 442 (89 percent) few more writers. theConcordian. Participating in no: 54(11 percent) the survey were 173 males and Question 2. Would you be 323 females. willing to support The Concor- The survey stemmed from a dian with your time and talents? request made by Concordian yes: 117 (24 percent) staff members and was conduct- A thank you to the students ed by SA "communicators" on surveyed and especially to the each residence hall floor. The communicators who conducted results are as follows: the survey. Question 1. Do you believe Would those students willing that the student newspaper, The to donate time please stop by MAPCS Representative needed by Brent Reichert common to colleges with stu- dents from other schools. The position of Concordia's Concordia is very active in this Minnesota Association of Pri- association, with representative vate College Students Repre- Gary Henderson currently serv- sentative is currently open. This ing as vice president. Expenses position will be Tilled by a that representatives incur while student election which will attending association meetings coincide with the Student Sen- and program are paid for by the • ate election to be held on Sept. Concordia Student Association. 21. Those interested in running This association is very valu- for this post should contact SA able in voicing concerns of president Woody Fuller T. private college students to Min- (299-4235 or 299-4507) for peti- nesota legislators. It also serves tions. Petitions must be .filed as a means of communication to with Fuller T. or in the SA office, Concordia students were treated to a surprise open air \ concert by a group of studentswho discuss problems (and solutions) by 5 p.m. on September 19. regularly jam together. The concert was a "night before" decision. THE CONCORDIAN SEPTEMBER 16, 1977 Editorial Does a brand r*ew school year mean that old problems (and promises) should be forgotten and we should start afresh? While that would be agreeable for some, there is unfortunately unfinished business left over from last year that we would prefer not to "forget" about until action has been taken. The minority group studies program was proposed during the spring 1976 black student strike. Now, in the fall of 1977, the person chiefly responsible for handling the proposal "wasn't really sure" about the program's development to date. When the minority studies program was first proposed, an investigative committee was formed. Their subsequent report showed that Concordia's program was deficient, mainly because it lacked a general introductory course to minority group studies causing a "series of random and unrelated courses" that do not provide "the needed focus which our students so desperately need to enrich their knowledge of minority communities." The committee pointed out,that some upper division courses in minority studies are available throughfc the Tri-College consortium but that introductory courses are not usually available because of enrollment pressures. (Not to mention the difficulties of taking a class through the tri-college system: it is not only inconvenient to shuffle Kack and forth from college to college •very day, but it is sometimes impossible to take a course at MSU or NDSU when it begins and ends at times differing from Concordia's class scheduling.) The committee concluded that a major difficulty with Letters minority programming at Concordia is the notable absence of minority faculty and staff who could provide role models To The Concordia Community and experiential expertise. They recommended that the college continue to actively recruit minority candidates for To the Editor: review and veto all budgets of ond, we will promote expedi- positions which are vacated by retirement or resignation. This letter is a response to all and any student organiza- ency and consistency. Third, we And what action was taken by the college after the Geoff Crane's letter last week, as tions. will attempt to resolve conflicts well .as a statement of goals of committee's report? This fall, Concordia^ is offering the So the question now becomes before they become bitter. the second Judicial Council. As what did the first Judicial Coun- Fourth, we will encourage identical minority studies courses that were offered before the founder of the judicial the 7976 strike and there are fewer minority faculty cil do? This can be answered in a active student cases in front of council and as a person who quick sentence. Nothing; or, members. the council. Fifth, we will insist observed both decisions of the they usurped the powers of the. on decisiveness. Ifs regretful that the minority studies program seems to first Judicial Council I was Student Senate. An evaluation of These goals are demanding havei>een dropped once the pressure was off, and that mere deeply disturbed by their deci- the first council could be simply but essential to good govern- paperwork and committee reports illustrate the "action" sions. There are probably two put; they were a flock of lost ment. If any student has a taken on a relevant proposal. Are students so easily pacified? reasons for this. sheep lost in a pile of irrelevant complaint about student gov- First, the first council showed philosophies. ernment please contact our SA kh -_.. • .,. i. *_ .. ., -. ..~.,:~ little leadership in the decisions The second Judicial Council ombudsman John Degelau or and acted as a puppet to the would like to establish five goals myself. then acting SA President. This during this next year-. First, we statement can be documented will attempt to promote justice Chief Justice of the Second by the remedies the council for students as well as consider- Judicial Council reached.