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Albert Bergfalk (R) and his nephew, Lynn, met in the Clarion office this week to compare
some of the first Clarion issues with those of recent years.
New "Commons" plans await go-ahead
A second phase of Bethel's college relocation
plans is close to final form, as construction of a
commons adjoining the first co-ed residence on Beth-el's
Arden Hills campus awaits the go-ahead of the
board of education.
College officials recently noted that it is hoped
the commons can be built this summer and possibly
be put to use next fall as a temporary dining area
and small coffee shop operation.
Actually, long-range plans for the commons
structure involves a unique aspect of the living-learn-ing
"cluster college" concept and design of the new
Rather than a dining commons, the two-story
addition to each dormitory cluster is to be developed
as a small student union or center with co-ed recrea-tional
space, study areas and rooms appropriate for
small classes.
Plans call for the union to be built on the hill-side
behind the first dorm. Its entrance is to be at the
midpoint landing between the second and third floors
of the dorm.
According to preliminary plans, the first floor
of the student union would be for "recreational-as-sembly"
purposes. Small game rooms for pingpong
and various game tables and a kitchen and vending
area would be located off the large assembly area
for groups up to the size of the entire population of
the cluster (up to 240 residents).
The second floor would consist of "study-lounge"
facilities. In contrast to the "social lounge" in the
present dormitory, furniture of the study lounge will
reflect its distinct purpose, officials said. Smaller
rooms off the lounge area would be used for a chapel,
office and meeting areas, and daytime classes for
residents of the cluster. Then, evening television view-ing,
stereo listening and other activities that would
interupt the main study area atmosphere could be held
in the smaller areas.
A further pleasant possibility included in the
plans would be a sundeck terrace above the present
lounge with entranceway from the second floor of the
student union building.
It is expected that the board of education will
bring up the commons building schedule for discus-sion
at the March meeting, according to Dr. Philip
Carlson, campus planning coordinator.
A lack of food service on the new campus has
been a real "sore spot" for students in the first two
living sections of the dormitory this semester, Carl-son
said. Ultimately, a central food service area will
be constructed on the new campus.
In the meantime, the business office will deter-mine
the feasibility of setting up an itinerate oper-ation
there for next year.
Vol. XLII—No. 18
Bethel College, St. Paul, Minn. Thursday, February 20, 1969
Clarion passes historic milestone
Bergfalks serve twice in editoral post
(Editor's note: Even before the
nearly 1000 Founders Week guests
collected on Bethel's campus this
week, the Clarion sensed a seem-ingly
peculiar air of expectancy
among the Bethel community. To
discover what caused this more-than-
usual interest in the annual
event, reporters and photographers
talked at random with a number
of students, faculty and early-ar-riving
guests. Following are several
selected responses to such ques-tions
as: What do you expect to
gain from this week's emphasis?
What is your personal idea of wit-nessing?
How can today's church
and Christian people be most ef-fective
in the role of witnessing?)
by Ray Smith and
Nancy Larson
Edward Hall, freshman: Man, I
think it's a joy to witness. I don't
advise any method, just let the
Spirit lead. The church is okay as
far as it goes, but it doesn't go far
enough. Where is the real fellow-ship
of the New Testament? The
discontent with today's church
stems from hearing the same old
thing each week. The real gospel
is fresh and alive and will chal-lenge
us if we let it.
Rev. Olaf Nelson, Canfield, Ohio:
I came to Founders Week for in-spiration.
I'm in favor of person to
person witnessing. The people in
the churches need to get out to
the people. The crowds followed
Christ but they don't follow us
anymore. The church of today
needs to be flexible while being
careful not to over-adjust.
Prof. Eugene Johnson, chairman
of the art department: I am in-trigued
by this week. The speakers
will approach the mission of the
church from different angles which
will provide new insights. In wit-nessing,
I feel that one should find
a way natural to him. A particular
"way" is artificial. We are all the
church and can't be any more
critical of it than we are of our-selves.
Darrel Nelson, freshman: I hope
this week will be a sort of "psych"
week for me. I want the new in-sights,
fresh ideas and the old
ideas to challenge me. In witnes-sing,
I like the personal touch that
shows genuine concern—not the
impersonal sales pitch. The church
needs to spark the people each
week so that they will go out ex-cited
telling others the message.
Rev. Rueben L. Dahl, Davenport,
Iowa: I stress a person-to-person
approach which includes involve-ment,
love and a real desire to
reach the unsaved. Use the oppor-tunities
that confront you. The
church needs to play a key role
in witnessing through teaching, en-couraging
and strengthening. My
greatest desire is that more people
would become really involved. To-day
we scarcely get the participa-
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A Bethel student and his uncle,
who have been prominent members
of the Bethel community and the
Baptist General Conference, are al-most
simultaneously making plans
for retirement from their respec-tive
posts of responsibility.
A milestone in the history of
Bethel's Clarion was reached in
1968 as Lynn Bergfalk held the
editor-in-chief position. Thirty-sev-en
years ago Lynn's uncle, Albert
Bergfalk, held that same position
on the first Clarion.
Lynn's "retirement" actually is
because of the annual editorship
change which occurred at the end
of the first semester.
One of the Founders Week guests
on campus this week, Albert Berg-falk,
associate secretary of the
Baptist General Conference board
of foreign missions, also is making
plans for retirement this year. Mr.
Bergfalk has served for more than
40 years with the Conference-15
years as a pastor, four and a half
years as executive secretary of the
Minnesota Conference and 21 years
on the national level (in charge of
Conference Missionary education
and promotion).
As a student in the first gradu-ating
class of Bethel's Junior Col-lege,
Bergfalk was appointed edi-tor
of the 1932-33 student publica-tion
(which his staff named The
He recalls that the first paper
was much the same format as the
present one, except it was a smal-ler
and only four pages published
One of the most exciting achieve-ments
of the first Clarion staff,
Bergfalk said, was a successful
project which it sponsored to raise
$1,000 on behalf of the student
body to aid in the financial straits
of the school (during the depres-sion).
Because the financial situation
that year made it impossible to
print an annual, the Clarion staff
printed a multi-page end of the
year edition as a substitute for
the regular bound volume, he ad-ded.
As Bethel has grown and become
a liberal arts college, the role of
the college publication has gradual.
ly changed, Bergfalk noted.
Lynn, a senior at 'Bethel, began
his journalistic career as sports
editor during his sophomore year
here. Then, he served as assistant
editor for the first semester of his
junior year before he was appoint-ed
as editor-in-chief.
During Lynn's editorship the
Clarion was notified of its All-
American rating by the Associated
Collegiate Press for college week-lies
in schools with enrollment of
Although starting out with a
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Deborah Atkin, 1969 Sno-Daze princess, won the hearts of
Bethelites as she reigned over "Arctic Affair" events last
Bethelites and guests
discuss "Witness" theme
"Commons" construction
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Swaddled with darkness. In the Juvescence of the year
came Christ the Tiger."
Although the new co-ed residence on the Arden Hills cam-pus
has been occupied less than three months, that span of
time has already demonstrated the need for a "commons,"
providing co-ed recreational and study areas. In view of immedi-ate
needs, it seems imperative that such an addition be made
before the next school year.
Presently the new dormitory represents a little night-time
oasis of human life, mostly tucked safely between sheets, with
the residence quickly depopulating between seven and ten
each morning. All classes, meals, and activity are on the far
end of a five mile ride in a big orange school bus.
Obviously, such an arrangement makes dormitory living
something less than the socially rewarding and educational
experience that it ideally should be. Construction of a com-mons
would meet this problem head on.
One immediate benefit of a commons would be facilities
adaptable to the operation of a temporary food service. This is
a pressing need which has been intensified by the intransigence
of the Student Services Office.
This office has insisted on adherence to an unnecessarily
rigid policy regarding the student meal plan, transplanting
policy designed for on-campus residences to a dormitory five
miles away. It is unfortunate policy could not be modified in
ways sensitive to student needs, rather than oriented towards
the realization of maximum college income.
While even major irritations—such as the meal plan poli-cy—
can be excused through the unsettled nature of the cur-rent
situation, it seems unfair to test student patience with
continued inconvenience.
Of course, some inconvenience is unavoidable in the tran-sition
from one campus to another, but much could be elimi-nated
through the addition of a commons area. New dormitory
residents have thus far faced the problems involved gracefully
and with a minimum of complaint. Certainly these students de-serve
the reciprocal understanding which the construction of
a commons would reflect.
To the Editor:
Probably one of the most diffi-cult
techniques for a critic to de-velop
is an analytic mind without
a sarcastic attitude. But no one
can pose as a critic for long with-out
somehow unveiling some of his
own tacit assumptions which un-derlie
any critique. With this in
mind, I want briefly to take a
Christian critical perspective with
regard to the following statement
by Dr. Lundquist which has ap-peared
in the Bethel Focus, and
the last Clarion:
I believe it most appropriate
that this week at Bethel be de-voted
to evangelism because his-torically
the life of the Chris-,
tian Church has alternated be-tween
evangelism and educa-tion.
These are but two sides of
the same coin. Witness to the
saving power of Christ is the
very heartbeat of Christianity.
As a result, an educational in-stitution
also has an evangelis-tic
purpose when it is a Christian
I take issue with the last sen-tence
primarily. Now I must take
the risk (calculated, I might add)
of misunderstanding. However, lit-tle
is gained by keeping silent on
important issues, when Christian
reflection provides clear directives.
So let me clearly define the im-portant
question at stake. "Does
an educational institution also have
an evangelistic purpose when it is
a Christian school?" Now even
though this is not a clear question,
I trust it is a clear definition of
our problem.
Dr. Lundquist has assumed that
an educational institution can have
more than one leading or end pur-pose.
This simply cannot be true
of the institution as a whole. Possi-bly
the difficulty arises from the
obscure distinction between evan-gelism
and education. These have
been placed in unfortunate anti-thesis
in the quoted passage. This
leads to irresolvable antinomies in
thought and contradictions in ex-perience.
If an institution has an evangel-istic
leading purpose is it not an
evangelistic institution? If one has
a medical end purpose is it not
a medical institution? And like-wise
for scientific, 'artistic, indus-trial,
economic a n d juridical
spheres of activity?
The main difficulty here is the
meaning of the words "evangel-ism"
and "education." What does
one do when he "evangelizes" or
"educates"? To alleviate one ob-scurity
I want to replace "educa-tion"
with "teaching." I trust this
is acceptable. It now makes sense
to speak of an historical alterna-tion
between evangelism and teach-ing;
confrontation with the Gospel
and presentation of a subject mat-ter.
However, the teaching institu-tion
is qualified by its subject mat-ter.
So it would not be consistent
to speak of a teaching institution
with an evangelistic purpose un-less,
by that, is meant an institution
which teaches evangelistic tech-niques
(subject matter). And there
is such an institution, namely, the
local church. But this is quite ob-viously
not the ministry of Bethel
College. Personal witnessing is an
activity of every Christian, and as
such, is a mandate to be imple-mented
by the local churches, and
not by teaching institutions like
Here, then, we have an instance
where the principle of sphere-sov-ereignty
comes into play as an ex-tremely
important Biblical presup-position,
and normative directive.
Without going into explanative de-tail,
I just want to say that sphere-sovereignty
is a recognition of the
irreductible nature of societal
structures and their purposes and
functions. It dictates that each of
these structures has its own nature
and peculiar "sovereignty-in-its-
Howard, Thomas, Christ the Tiger; J. B.
Lippincott Co., Philadelphia and New York,
by Dave Shupe
I waited more than a year to
read Christ the Tiger. Perhaps be-cause
it was, to my friends, The
Book to Read, as Doctor Zhivago
was The Movie to See, and "Heav-
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staff of only two carry-overs from
the previous year, under Lynn's
editorship the paper has set several
records. The first known 10-page
paper was published this year, and
papers have average six pages
The Clarion helped bring about
an experimental course on the Ne-gro
in American Culture last sem-ester
and it also successfully
championed rent and rebate charg-es
for campus housing.
Although Lynn has concentrated
mainly on news and editorial writ-ing,
along with the many other
duties of editor, his favorite type
of writing has been the more cre-ative
area (such as the "Parad I.
Selost" articles he authored — in
case some are still wondering who
wrote them.)
After graduation, Lynn plans to
go on to graduate school and divin-ity
school. He has been on the
dean's list since entering school
and is listed in Who's Who in
America's Colleges and Universi-ties.
own-sphere" to conduct its partic-ular
activity without internal con-trol
or regulation from another.
This is not only a check against
institutional totalitarianism, but al-lows
for the effectual kingdom-ac-tivity
of the Christian. (Kingdom-activity:
extending the rightful
Lordship of Jesus Christ over ev-ery
sphere of human endeavor by
directing the Light of the norma-tive
Word-revelation of God onto
Now to apply this principle to
the aforementioned situation would
require that each sphere of activi-ty,
in particular, church and
school, know its own leading pur-pose
(that which directs the insti-tutional
activity and ultimately
qualifies the whole structure). I
think it is valid to contend that
the leading purpose of the local
church is evangelism. This, then,
will direct the subordinate func-tions
(I Cor. 12, Eph. 4). This, I
believe, would induce the Spirit-filled
power and vigor of which
Biblical Christianity is character-ized.
To so "limit" the local church
is therefore to rejuvenate it!
Turning to the institution of
Bethel College, now, the question
of leading purpose comes into fo-cus.
Obviously the primary func-tion
is teaching, but what is the
subject matter? This is no simple
question. The institution of Bethel
College is not, or at least should
not, be a part of the local church.
However it is, or should be a part
of the Kingdom of Christ on the
earth. As such, in accord with
sphere-sovereignty, it has its own
peculiar Kingdom-task, and is, in-stitutionally,
directly responsible
to the Lordship of Jesus Christ
alone and without infringement,
or at least, should be.
Is it possible that Bethel has
lost the vision of what the peculiar
task of a Christian College should
be? As a matter of fact, I don't
think so. I think it is struggling
en Came Down" was The Song to
Sing. Perhaps because I was afraid
of "losing my faith," I shouldn't
have waited.
The book, which is light and fast
reading, is the autobiography of
Thomas Howard. More specifical-ly,
it relates his changing thoughts
and feelings as he progresess from
Christian home thru Christian col-lege
to college teaching, from cozy
orthodoxy — "institutionalized, sys-tematized.
A dogmatized barrier to
cloister out the world."—To a less
secure, more honest faith.
What fascinated and bothered
me was that his story was mine
also, even to the same favorite Bi-ble
verses as a child.
Howard said:
"We understood Scripture in a
highly typological way, and were,
therefore, inclined to read all
stories as applicable to some-body.
How we knew that not a
word of all this was true of us,
I cannot remember. It was, to
our mind, not a possibility that
we might be massively and tragi-cally
wrong in anything. Our
patterns for devotion and wor-ship
and education and enter-tainment
were as axiomatic as
To the Editor:
It has come to the attention of
the members of the Student Per-sonnel
Committee that many mem-bers
of the Student Association are
not aware of the function of that
The committee is a faculty com-mittee
composed of five faculty
members and five student mem-bers
with the Dean of Students as
an ex officio member.
The committee functions in or-der
to help the students not only
in disciplinary appeals but in all
other areas of the student's non-academic
life here at Bethel. If a
student does not receive satisfac-tion
for a given problem from the
Student Services Office or any
other school office he should bring
his complaint to the committee by
contacting one of the student or
faculty members who would in turn
bring it to the attention of the
by Pastor Maurice Lawson
It will almost seem like coming
back home when we gather on
the west bleachers for chapel on
Monday after the invasion of the
"Founders". Three students from
the Seminary, John Harms, John
Allen, and John Ryberg will pro-vide
the program for our chapel
service on that day.
Gene Johnson, head of our art
department and a former Califor-nia
pastor, will bring the message
Tuesday. On Wednesday my mes-to
meet the challenge of Christian
scholarship but really doesn't
know where to begin. The bewil-derment
of so many students at
Bethel is, I sincerely believe, a
result of the corresponding lack of
u n i f i e d Christian theoretical
thought of the teaching faculty
here. Therefore, it is a matter not
so much of lost vision but of ob-scure
Here, I speak to fellow students.
Christian scholarship is not simply
a matter of occasional class devo-tions.
It is not a matter of daily
Chapel services. It is not a matter
of interjecting Scripture blankly
into lectures. But what then, is it?
Ron L. Roper
T. S. Eliot, "Gerontion"
was our creed."
Christ the Tiger was fourth on a
list of "top ten" books for 1968
chosen by Eternity Magazine, and
was recommended by a reviewer
for that magazine as "a challenge
for alert Christians." Amen.
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tion of 10 per cent of our people.
Dr. Roy Dalton, chairman of the
department of history and political
science: I'm looking forward to the
wide variety of speakers that
should make this one of the best
Founders Weeks we've had in a
long time. As Christians we need
to learn how to cope with today's
problems as they confront us. Con-cerning
witnessing, I think that
too often we get hung up on the
many "How to do it" methods and
the pressure of spot witnessing as
opposed to the friendly, casual,
person to person approach. T o o
often we become mechanical. We
need to change our attitude toward
the unsaved. When it comes right
down to it, do we really love them
—all of them?
committee. The committee is not
a vehicle of original jurisdiction
but is an appeal board for students
who have not found satisfaction
elsewhere. The presence of five
student members, who comprise
one-half of the vote, has illustrated
the committee's concern for the
feelings of the student.
Members of the Student Person-nel
Committee want the students
to make proper use of this exten-sion
of the faculty. If there are
students who feel they have been
unjustly treated contact the com-mittee
for it exists to serve the
Members of the committee are:
Jeannine Bohlmeyer, Marcy Coyle,
Alfred Glenn - Chairman, Glenn
Havumaki, Rolland Hein, Thomas
Mesaros, Oliver Mogck, Webster
Muck - ex officio, Karen Nelson,
Maurice Shields, Robert Stone,
Thomas W. Mesaros
sage from Colossians (3:5-14) will
be "The Well-Dressed Man".
Greg Taylor student senate pres-ident
is planning the Thursday
chapel. On Friday Pastor John
Hoedke of the Olivet Baptist
Church will bring the message.
John was quite well known as a
college student for his debating
An effective rendering of the
book of Colossians prepared by the
American Bible Society will be
given at the Wednesday chapel.
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`Christian Witness In RevolutionaryTimes?'
"It's a joy!" "I'm intrigued" "Need fresh ideas" "Church has key role"
Ice rink dedication surprises "Eric"
by Marie Watson
It took a "horse" to detain Eric
Borgeson at the fieldhouse last
Thursday evening so he would be
present for the dedication of Beth-el's
ice-skating rink.
The "horse" is a game which
employs the skill of basket shoot-ing
at which Eric is quite profici-ent.
Several schemers, with basket-ball
in hand, begged Eric to join
them so he would be on hand
when the rink was dedicated to
Mr. Borgeson, one of Bethel's
groundsmen, is responsible for the
lovely lawns and flower gardens
that grace Bethel's campus in the
summer and fall. In the winter he
can be found clearing sidewalks or
tending to his many other duties.
A Bethelite for twenty-six years,
Eric has seen many skating rinks
on campus. "Eric's Ferry" may be
recollected by some oldtimers. Be-fore
the campus was landscaped,
each spring would bring with it a
lake in the center of the block
from the melting ice rink. To aid
Hagstrom girls in getting to their
dorm, Eric got out his canoe and
provided ferry service.
But Eric's boatman experience
has not been limited to small craft.
His experience in coming to the
United States in 1921 is very
unique. He had worked aboard an
American-Swedish liner. Before
heading back to Sweden, he and a
friend went into New York for a
cup of coffee, only to find upon re-turning
to the dock that their ship
had left without them.
The quarter in his pocket and
the clothes he had on were his
sole possessions in a strange coun-try
where he couldn't even speak
the language. His friend wasn't any
better off, so they spent the night
sleeping in Central Park.
The only thing they could do was
look for work. Eric's first job in
the United States was dishwashing
for a small diner in New York. La-ter
on he found a better job cook-ing
at a Jewish old people's home.
He stayed in New York for several
years, after which he went to Ra-cine,
Wicsonsin to visit a brother.
Moving on to Chicago, he went to
work in a country club and then in
a piano factory. While in Chicago
Eric was the custodian of Engle-wood
Swedish Baptist Church
(which is now Salem Baptist).
Through his position there he was
offered a job at 'Bethel. While in
Chicago he met the girl who be-came
Mrs. Eric Borgeson. They
moved to the cities in November,
1942 and have been part of Bethel
Bethel has changed "an awful
lot" since Eric came. He recalls
the family-like atmosphere of years
gone by. But he feels that now
there is a much better spirit among
the students.
The Borgesons have two chil-dren,
a son and daughter, both liv-ing
in the cities. They also have
eight grandchildren.
Eric has offered to help keep up
the rink and don't be surprised if
you see him out enjoying a skate
some afternoon on his very own
Three compete
in preach-off
Three Bethel seminarians will
compete in Friday's preach-off as
finalists in the Edwin J. Omark
Preaching Awards contest.
Top award for the best 20-min-ute
sermon will be $250 with $150
going to the runner-up and $100
for third place.
Three contestants in the event,
which is scheduled for 3:30 p.m.
as the final afternoon activity for
Bethel Founders Week, are: Cody
Crandall, senior from Denver;
James Dinsmore, middler, a stu-dent
pastor at Pamberton; and
Helmar Heckel, middler, St. Paul.
A total of 18 sermons were en-tered
in this second annual compe-tition
"to encourage proficiency in
the preaching ministry." A panel
of faculty members made the fin-alist
One requirement is that "each
one will be allowed twenty minutes
and no more."
by Joy Whaley
To at least one person on cam-pus
Founders Week means very
little more than an extra amount
of work.
John Osborn (better known as
"John the Baker") is probably one
of the least seen but virtually in-dispensible
workers on campus.
The reason for his absence from
the public eye is that his working
hours are from 1 a.m. to about
10:30 a.m.
His workshop is located in a lit-tle
room in the basement of Bo-dien
dormitory where he and his
helper, Marian Swanson, attempt to
replenish the insurmountable sup-ply
of goodies devoured daily by
weight-watching students at 'Beth-el.
John's task includes baking eight
pies, eight to ten dozen rolls and
about 18 to 20 dozen fried prod-ucts
per day. Besides satisfying
the needs of the coffee shop, Os-born
bakes many of the best loved
deserts for the cafeteria, such as
cakes, pies and apple strussles.
As is obvious from his products,
Osborn is a professional. He
learned his trade while serving
for five and one-half years in the
director of His Place in Hollywood
"We've got to get with the people"
U. S. Navy. Previous work in bak-eries
at Bloomington, Ill. and in
the Twin Cities has increased his
Osborn says he enjoys his work
but is looking forward to the fu-ture
as Bethel makes its move to
the new campus where he will have
better facilities.
He enjoys working for students.
But because his work is such that
he isn't able to come in contact
with many of them, his main im-pression
of Bethel students is
"They sure have hearty appetites!"
As for Founders Week, he said,
"I don't really mind the extra
work; I like to do my part in
making Founders Week something
And this he did by making 86
extra pies for the opening banquet
of Founders Week and hundreds
of extra fried products.
Petitions requesting a new coun-seling
system, with a fulltime coun-sellor
at Bethel, are being circulat-ed
about campus this week.
The counselor would function
primarily in discussing student per-sonal
problems or confidential mat-ters
without being biased by other
considerations, according to a
spokesman for the student group
initiating the project.
"Need change of attitude"
"John the Baker" helps satiate
students-Founders' sweet tooth
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Thursday, February 20, 1969
Happy Valentines Day — but
Who sent the Valentines?
Caught in the act — Bethel's "Nerve Center"
It's a refilla le ballpoint quill
SORORITIES CLUBS have your me imprinted
Who sent 'em?
by Pat Faxon
Every girl in Bethel College was asking the question last Valentine's
Day: What in the world is the "Nerve Center?"
Answers to the question ranged from "I haven't the faintest," to
"the Student Senate?", "the psychology department?" and even "a
downtown establishment of ill repute."
Well, girls, word finally leaked out—about the anonymous valentine
found in p.o.'s last Friday morning. The crucial tip came to the Clarion
editor on a routine visit to the Public Affairs office, when Dave Parke,
a department photographer, experienced a slip of tongue.
Further investigation revealed the full details. It seems as though
our "secret admirers" are an apartment of seminary students including
Parke and his roommates, John Chrispell, Rollin Strode and Ron Hamil-ton.
The idea was conceived quite obscurely and evolved in a random
manner. Ih all began when the inhabitants of the now famous (or in-famous)
apartment decided that, as one of a dwindling number of
apartments full of single guys, they wanted it to be something different
from the run-of-the-mill dwelling place.
What they first needed, of course, was a name. After much delibera-tion,
the name "The Nerve Center" was decided upon as appropriate.
(Incidentally, they are having a flashing sign made for the door.)
The "Nerve Center" happened upon the valentine idea during one
of those informal jam sessions. In discussing the ways and means of
getting the Nerve Center put on the map, the capricious suggestions
included sending every girl at Bethel a valentine—since few girls on the
college level receive them.
As plans formulated more solidly, it was decided that the Valen-tines
must be different colors and printed in the printshop since any-thing
mimeographed would only follow the well known three-step route
to the circular file.
Soon the plans included the design and "You Are LOVED" inside
message—and the final touch of red sealing wax.
Dipping into their grocery fund, the guys proceded with the nec-essary
measures which included asquiring a list of the about 700 female
students registered for the semester from the registrar's office.
The final stage came between 8 p.m. Thursday and 3:30 a.m. Friday.
The industrious four spent six and one half hours addressing envelopes
and an hour stuffing p.o.'s.
When asked of there was any official comment, the spokesman
stated that he was glad they had decided to carry out their brainstorm
and expressed regret of any Bethel girl failed to receive a valentine.
by Chuck Myrbo
The Sno-Daze play ("End of Ramadan" at Theatre in the
Round) was unfortunate for several reasons, least of which was
the fact that it managed to violate all of the Bethel taboos.
The characters smoked, drank, danced, swore, read "Playboy"
and indulged in sex play.
All but the most innocent of the sex play occurred off-stage,
and supposedly in the imaginations of the audience. But
even though the references to it were obvious, I had trouble
picturing it—probably because the characters seemed too in-sipid
to be involved in anything as exciting as sex.
Acrim, a Lebanese houseboy, inexplicably read a science
text and spouted bits of biology as if they were Chinese pro-verbs.
Youra was a ridiculously vain concert pianist who had
run out of engagments and had no fans but herself and a near-by
colony of lepers.
The maid Pamela, a plump but well-proportioned dumb
blonde, was every trucker's dream: in her black uniform she
looked as if she had come straight from a job as a waitress at
the Mack Hotel. Mrs. Spicer was an empty-headed rich widow.
Max was a dolt. His wife Myrna was a shrew who came off
These insignificant souls had somehow collected at a hotel
in the Lebanese hills, which Max ran with Myrna's money. The
"action" took place during Ramadan, the Moslem month of
fasting—the end of Ramadan somehow signifies new life. Near
the hotel was the grove where Adonis died after refusing
Aphrodite. The characters made a great deal of the fact that
in the grove of Adonis "nothing is forbidden." Adonis and
Ramadan were supposed to fit together. They didn't.
The play was less offensive for what it said than it was
remarkable for not saying anything. It started late, began to
drag very quickly, and kept dragging until its ending, which I
can't remember. The few things I can remember about the play
don't fit together into any sort of theme.
The most exciting moment came when one of the char-acters
exclaimed, "Judas Priest!" and the audience broke into
The most dramatic thing about the evening was Doug Carl-son
picking precisely the wrong time and place to park in
front of a fire hydrant, and getting fined twenty dollars when
the apartment building next to the theatre was gutted.
The play will be showing at Theatre in the Round this
weekend. If you missed it last Friday night . . . you're lucky.
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What more could one ask for?
Where is the
I used to know?
by Ragweed Bedstead
As I plugged in my popcorn popper, my mind
flashed back over the chain of events that forced
me on my diet of soup and sandwiches. Maybe
I was just kind of stubborn and doing it for prin-ciple's
sake, but I was saving money and I wasn't
starving to death yet.
When my Chicken Gumbo soup starting boil-ing,
I reminisced how I'd started boiling on that
fateful day when I realized the horrendous dis-crepancy
in the meal plan prices.
I suppose I'm not as poverty stricken as some,
but I don't have dollar bills to throw around on
unjust meal plan prices. Well, I don't like to cause
a lot of grief and hard feelings, so I suppose I
should explain myself before I get in trouble or
lose my audience.
Now a popcorn popper is essential equipment
for any good college student. So when I found
out that it was easy to heat up a bowl of soup
in one, well, living off campus would make it
cheaper to eat lunch that way. Therefore, that
rules out the lunch meal plan for the off-campus
Now we come to the subject of breakfast. No-body,
but nobody is going to get up at such un-earthly
hours just to eat breakfast unless he
has a first hour class. If one has a first hour
class, he certainly won't have time to eat break-fast
and get to class too.
Okay. So now I have relegated my diet to
eating a continental breakfast in the coffee shop
and eating soup and peanut butter sandwiches
for lunch. That type of breakfast isn't very nour-ishing,
but it is the peanut butter at lunch time
that is the sustaining force in this poor man's
diet. Back in my old high school days, I learned
that peanut butter has as much protein as a sir-loin
steak. I really don't know how it stacks up
against hamburger but it must be even better.
Oh, well, we won't bother ourselves with sticky
Peanut butter is better than pot. Most people
have heard that phrase, I suspect. And there is an
abundance of truth in the statement. It is my staff
of life; a basic item of sustenance.
Really, I should culminate my digressing and
commence with issue at hand. We have come to
the conclusion that it's not being thrifty to be on
the meal plan for breakfast and lunch. No one
gets up for breakfast anyway, and a popcorn pop-per
is adequate to the task of preparing excellent
lunches. The Coffee Shop is always available and
even the dining hall for filling up the stomach
when one gets overly hungry. At those times, it
is in keeping with thrift to shell out 50c or 75c.
But the whole problem centers around the
evening meal plan. I really don't enjoy washing
my dishes in the sink, but at least I have more
of a sense of accomplishment than I ever get
while waiting in lines.
Furthermore, it would be a waste of time and
money if one is so infatuated with pancakes that
one indulges at Uncle John's on Tuesday's or
Wednesday's or both. Thus we have to forego
either the evening meal plan or pancakes. Falling
back on my year in Economics, I recalled the law
of diminishing returns, and the basic facts of
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utility when considering pancakes. But then I
considered the fact that I had eaten over 200 pan-cakes
during spring semester of last year. ( Thus,
I proceeded to eat 310 pancakes this past semes-ter.)
Well, I know that I can eat a lot of pancakes.
What about the price of being on the meal plan?
We have now come to the question. The evening
meal plan sets a student back $123 for one semes-ter
of gastronomic enjoyment. However, since one
becomes hungry two hours later no matter how
much one eats, you must also compute 30c for the
coffee shop each night.
Taking a peek at my calendar I added up
the days to find that, not counting semester break,
there are 10 days in which to feed in the dining
hall for a major meal. Imagne my consternation
and chagrin when my keenly mathematical mind
computed that it would be considerably cheaper to
pay that one buck every single day of that semes-ter.
In fact, fifteen dollars cheaper. Add to that
the fact that one may be gone on occasion and it
could run down to throwing away $25.
Now the question becomes this. Why are they
doing this to us poor hungry students? I realize
that man does not live by bread alone, or peanut
butter and pancakes for that matter, but to milk
the students in a meal plan that is supposed to
be advantageous to digging a buck out of the wal-let
every meal. The very thought is tantamount
to . . . to . . . Well, I can't really say. Now if this
money was being used to feed starving Biafrans
or ghetto children in the United States, I would
be overjoyed. But I have my doubts.
The whole situation is so discouraging and
undermines my faith. But, nevertheless, maybe I
should have never brought up the fact. After all,
it may hinder a weaker brother who should be
on the meal plan no matter what the cost. So, I
will go back to my popcorn popper and peanut
butter sandwich and remember those wise words:
Life is one great big sandwich; one bite after
gained the extra point on riding
St. John's won the next match
as Johnson defeated Doug Warring
5-0. Then Greg Ekbom tied things
up with a 7-6 victory, followed by
Barry Anderson who pinned his
man at 4:38. With an 11-6 lead,
Bethel then went downhill. The 160
weight class was forfeited to tie
the match again. Bob Olsen won
also by a 4-0 score, but his victory
was sandwiched by St. John's pins
of Dale Berry and Randy Inouye.
The grapplers will wrap up their
successful season as they meet
Morris at 3:30 p.m., Saturday in the
Wrestlers succumb to St. John's
The Johnnies from Collegeville
came down to the Bethel campus
last Saturday afternoon and cooled
the spirit of Sno-Daze by defeat-ing
the wrestlers 21-14.
St. John's had a rough time in
the lighter weights but won the
meet with two pins and a forfeit
in the last four divisions.
Lee Granlund had a rough time
in the 123 bracket. The third per-iod
was the worst but Lee fought
hard and prevented his opponent
from pinning him, though losing 12-
4. Jeff Mourning put the Royals
back on the winning track as he
squeaked by on a 7-6 decision. The
match ended a 6-6 tie, but Jeff
Dan Wickman releases
a 'first' record album
by Jeff Loomis
Coffee shop record buyers dur-ing
the past week have had the
opportunity to purchase an album
that is a 'first' not only for the
artist performing but also officially
a 'first' for the producing company.
"Ho! Everyone That Is Thirsty,"
a long-play album by senior voice
major Dan Wickman appears on
the new label of BRC (Boyd Re-cording
Company) which has been
formed by Bethel senior Arthur
Boyd after his successes with "The
Sounds of Bethel" album and with
Calvin Harfst's recently-released
"That Reflecting One."
The record has been available at
a cost of $4.98 in the Coffee Shop,
is being sold at Har Mar Mall's
Northwestern Book and Bible store,
and will soon be in the Bethel
Bookstore record rack.
Accompanied on piano by his
wife, Karen Dahl Wickman and
on three numbers by Bethel organ-ist-
professor C. Howard Smith, Dan
has assembled on the recording a
range of sacred music which in-cludes
well-known gospel songs, fa-milar
tunes with new or different-than-
usual texts, sacred classics,
and spirituals.
The range of selections thus in-cludes
the title song "The Living
God," "Make Me a Captive, Lord"
"Stand By Me," and Isaac Watt's
early hymn "When Can I Read My
Title Clear," as well as the gospel
songs "I Trust in God," "Fill My
Cup, Lord" and "What Can Wash
My Sin?"
Dan's musical background in-cludes
not only a series of appear-ances
in evangelistic campaigns,
but also tours of Europe with a
male quartet in the summer of
1964, of the United States with the
Spurlows for a half-year in 1964
and 1965, and with the Bethel Male
Chorus during the past three
springs. At Christmas 1967, he ap-peared
as baritone soloist in the
Honegger Christmas Cantata with
the Minneapolis Civic Orchestra.
For three years Dean was a voice
student of Bethel faculty member
Oliver Mogck. He is now studying
at the University of Minnesota
with George Kroenlein.
River Falls takes second
win over women cagers
by Faith Zwemke
River Falls did it again as they
defeated Bethel's women cagers
in a return game Tuesday night.
The previous loss was on Feb. 11
when River Falls downed Bethel
22-18 in overtime.
The game proved to be extremely
tense with neither side scoring
excessively. It became a rigid game
of ball control, and Bethel allowed
some costly turnovers.
In the second contest Bethel got
off to a sluggish start and fell
behind in the early minutes. River
Falls managed to maintain a com-fortable
lead throughout the game,
and were challenged significantly
only in the third quarter when
Bethel came within six points of
the lead. However, once again they
slipped behind, and River Falls
went on to win 47-31.
Top scoring honors for Bethel
were given to Mary Lindman with
13 points and Karla Ask who con-tributed
Bethel did come over to the
winning side on Feb. 13 as they
handed Fairview a 54-15 defeat.
Although lopsided, the game was
exciting. Bethel broke their sea-son's
total scoring record as they
pumped in 25 field goals and 4
free throws. Marilyn Edgar and
Mary Lindman were high scorers
with 16 and 15 points respectively.
Bethel's record now stands at 4
wins and 4 losses. In their remain-ing
two games the Bethel sextet
will play the U. of M. and a return
game with Fairview.
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Thursday, February 20, 1969
Can we pack the place?
by Chuck Myrbo
The Royals will play their last
basketball of the season against
St. John's next Thursday evening.
Everyone with any spirit at all who
doesn't have any engagements more
pressing than his own wedding
should be at the game.
The game will close more than
a fairly successful basketball sea-son.
It will also bring to a close
Ron Pederson's very highly suc-cessful
college career. Ron already
holds nine of the twelve records
available to him, and he is likely
to break a tenth before the end
of the season.
Several of those records are sure
to stand for a long time. Ron's ca-reer
point total now stands at just
under 2000—the next highest ca-reer
total on the Bethel record
book is 1242. The 2000th point
may come in that last game, and
when it does, the statisticians will
make sure that everyone in the
stands know it.
Bethel has never had a basket-ball
player as good as Ron, and
may never have another—so the
stands should be packed for his
last game.
There is yet another very good
reason for going to that last game.
Bethel has already played St.
John's once this season. The first
game was in Collegeville on De-cember
7. We lost that one by
ten points, but the score was the
least interesting part of the story.
Almost all of the buildings on
St. John's campus are new. The
one which holds the gym is an
ancient exception. The gym itself
is small with about half as much
bleacher space as Bethel's field-house.
There are bleachers, however, on
both ends of the court as well as
on the sides. When the bleachers
are filled, and every bit of space
between the court and the walls is
occupied the crowd can exert a
great deal of influence over the
game by filling the gym with well-controlled
When Bethel played St. John's
the bleachers were filled, and the
fans used their home court advan-tage
very well. They were on the
player's backs, and they were on
Coach Trager's back, and they were
on the cheerleaders' backs, and
they were on the Bethel fans'
They made total fools of them-selves,
and they acted like ani-mals,
but as long as they were in
a crowd and everybody was mak-ing
as acting the same way, they
could let loose and enjoy them-selves,
which was something that
the Bethel players, coach, cheer-leaders,
and fans weren't doing at
the time.
When we play St. John's next
Thursday night, let's give them
back a little of that noise—a lot
of that noise. Let's get every avail-able
Bethel body, voice, and noise-maker
into the fieldhouse and
raise the roof sky high. Let's close
the 1968-69 season, and the ca-reers
of our seniors (and especially
Ron) with a ROAR.
Mustangs buck Royal revenge attempt
by Wally Borner
Everybody went to the fieldhouse
last Saturday night with great ex-pectations
of the Royals breaking
the Mustangs of Southwest. And
through the first half we really be-lieved
we could do it.
Southwest's big gun, Bob Thron-gard
picked up three quick fouls
and sat out much of the first half.
On the other hand, the Royals did
not pick up their first foul until
six minutes of the half was over.
But the Royals hadn't quite
counted on the hot outside shoot-ing
of the Marshall men. Gene
"Pistol" Peters left the nets smol-dering
as he notched ten points in
the first half to lead his gang. They
went to the lockers at intermission
with a 41-40 lead after each team
couldn't hang on to five point
leads. Bad noose!
For the home fans, however, Big
Ron was the hero as he did prac-tically
everything possible on the
basketball court. Ron scored 17
points, pulled down strategic re-bounds,
and had some beautiful
assists. His only problem was that
he was cold at the gift line.
When the second half began, it
became very clear that something
had spurred the Mustangs and
they quickly galloped away with
the game. Picked up a quick ten-point
lead and trotted the rest of
the way to victory on the strength
of an 86-75 score.
In his second year as coach of Bethel's wrestling squad,
Coach Doug King has directed the team to a winning season.
/ ; .
Seddepte Symposium
by Wally Borner
While Bethel athletic teams are having different kinds of
seasons, some successful and others unmentionable, behind the
scenes activities are in full swing for the purpose of bringing
athletes to Bethel next year. In past years, there has been a
breakdown in recruiting procedures. The main reason can be
attributed to the constant state of flux in the coaching situa-tion.
A coach will do much of the recruiting for his sport and if
he won't have the job next year, his tendency is to relax a bit.
This year the Athletic department has made numerous
contacts to coaches, pastors, and former lettermen all around
the state and country. With each name that comes in, the
coach will send the individual a letter explaining Bethel's sports
program and then forward that name to the admissions office.
With the addition of administrators to work solely in admis-sions,
the two departments are co-ordinating their recruiting
activities to prevent overlapping and to expedite admissions
The program is to get into full swing for the 1970-71 school
year but for next fall, the two offices have contacted more
athletes than ever before.
Jim Bragg and Bob Crandall are heading up the adminis-trative
side of the program and are stressing the need of co-ordination
and organization. Mr. Bragg states that we lose
many athletes because Bethel offers no athletic scholarships.
This type of problem can be overcome by proper admissions
counseling with a specific stress on informing prospective stu-dents
of financial aid available.
We can't yet promise a great football team next year, but
the recruiting drought from the last three years is over and
there should be more talent on campus next fall. At any rate,
athletics at Bethel is in the process of being upgraded gradual-ly.
The department is overcoming priority obstacles that usually
plague athletics and the fruits of their labors may be seen
soon. Then if we thing of all the positive PR involved in good
athletic teams, (and Public relations is definitely a high rank-ing
priority) we should be able to work together as a total cam-pus
community to work out the bugs in every phase of campus
Bethel 75 Southwest 86
fg ft tp fg ft tp
Feldman 3 4 10 Schildt 6 5 17
Renwick 4 2 10 Peters 7 115
Weko 3 3 9 Thom 7 8 22
Pederson 14 3 31 Haugh 6 5 17
Johnson 0 I I Throngard 3 2 8
Larson 3 2 8 Kroells I 0 2
Brodin I 0 2 Cardinal I 0 2
Richardson 2 0 4 Sorenson 0 I 1
Lennari-son I 0 2
Fouls: Bethel 23
Southwest 24
Fouled Out: Pederson, Feldman
"A" League "B" League
Falcon 53 First Floor 56
Second New 42 Third New 30
Third Old 48 Off Campus 49
Third New 42 New Dorm 44
Second Old 60 Faculty 44
Off Campus 55 Falcon 24
Faculty 74 Pit 50
Pit 57 Second New 34
First Floor 90 Second Old 52
New Dorm 46 Third Old 22
Ekbom, who wrestles at the 145 pound weight class.
The phrase "quick and tough" was once used to
describe the football play of Greg. These characteris-tics
can be equally applied to Greg's wrestling prowess.
When a student thinks about Bethel wrestling,
he usually immediately thinks of Bob Olsen. We
forget that Bob does not have to carry the load by
himself. In compiling a 14-1-1 record so far this
season, Greg has given excellent proof of his superior
wrestling ability.
A large part of Greg's success this year has come
as a result of his hard work during practice sessions.
And it is the combination of his ability and hard
work that make him an indispensable member of the
Royal's squad. A sophomore, "Little Ek" has two big
years ahead of him yet.
20-22 Hockey, Minnesota High School Tournament
21 Basketball, Pipers at Miami
22 Wrestling, Bethel vs. Morris 3:30
22 Basketball, Bethel vs. Morris 7:30
23 Hockey, North Stars vs. Toronto
24 Basketball, Pipers at Oakland
24 Hockey, North Stars at Los Angeles
24 Basketball, Bethel Women at Fairview
26 Hockey, North Stars at Oakland
27 Basketball, Pipers vs. Houston
27 Basketball, Bethel vs. St. Johns
Meanwhile, back at the ranch,
Dan Larson had pulled up lame at
the end of the first half and didn't
play the rest of the game. It ap-pears
now that a broken bone in
the foot will keep him out of the
last three games.
The referees who at times looked
as though they must have been
a part of Marshall's posse, started
charging the Royals for fouling.
Southwest picked up the bounty
and cashed in 16 of 23 free throws.
Pederson rounded up the most
points in the game-31. The boys
did fight and we still think that
they are the good guys. The shoot-ing
was a little off. However, An-gus,
Weeks, and Isaac each ended
up in double figures with ten each.
(Feldman, Weko, and Renwick).
The cagers record is now 10-12
with but three games to go. It will
be a tough job but the boys can
do it if they want to badly enough
—and if the fans keep the faith and
support the team. Smile with your
bottom teeth, pardner.
"Ek" wins and wins
Royal matmen coached by King
by Barry Anderson
It is an accepted fact that no matter how far an in-dividual
can push himself, an athlete inevitably comes
to a point where he says "no more." However, if he is
to ever rise from the ranks of mediocrity, he must go
further. It is at this point that he needs the prodding
encouragement of the coach.
If a coach is successful, he will be able to extract
that last ounce of effort from 'his team members. For
the last two years, Bethel's wrestling team has been
under the direction of Doug King.
Doug is presently a middler at the Bethel Semi-nary.
This is his first position coaching a sport in
which he was an outstanding 'performer. Probably
the most impressive of his credentials was a 31-4
record while here at Bethel during the 1964-65 and
1965-66 reasons. It goes without explanation that this
ranks him as one of Bethel's best wrestlers.
As a coach, Doug has been able to pass on some
of his knowledge and experience to his team members.
The evidence of his coaching ability is probably most
obviously seen in the team's 10-6 record, but in a more
subtle aspect, he has made each wrestler a better
One of these wrestlers that has become a better
athlete under the tutelage of Doug King is Greg
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Ratcliffe Accepts Ben Ferguson's Offer to Host Debate
ROCKWALL, TX – Former U.S. Attorney and conservative Republican candidate for Texas' 4th congressional district John Ratcliffe has accepted talk show host Ben Ferguson's offer to use his show as a forum for a debate with Ralph Hall. Ferguson is the host of "The Ben Ferguson Show" which airs weekdays on WBAP 820am Dallas from 9-11am, and is heard through much of the 4th congressional district.
"I appreciate Ben Ferguson's willingness to give voters an opportunity to hear both candidates have a substantive discussion on the issues facing our country," Ratcliffe said. "I've been pushing for debates since March 11, but Congressman Hall seems more intent on launching false and negative attack ads than addressing the issues which affect the voters of this district. Hopefully, this time he will finally accept."
After forcing 91 year old Ralph Hall into a runoff on March 4th by holding him to 45% of the vote, Ratcliffe invited Hall to participate in a series of five debates across the district and identified 30 non-voting days of Congressional recess in which to do so. That invitation was not accepted.
In addition to "The Ben Ferguson Show," The Greenville Herald Banner, WFAA's "Inside Texas Politics" and KXAS's "Lone Star Politics" have all offered to host debates previously.
The Dallas Morning News and The Greenville Herald Banner have both published editorials urging Hall to accept Ratcliffe's debate challenge.
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The Republican Primary Runoff takes place on May 27th. Early voting is currently underway and continues through Friday, May 23rd.


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If you're responsible for battery purchasing at your facility, you must address a number of issues before you even think about making a decision. How can you maximize the life cycle of your batteries without threatening serviceability? How do climatic and installation variations affect batteries' life expectancy? Is there a single resource for all this information or a way to store your company's historic data? To help answer these questions, it's important to take a closer look at how these problems get started in the first place.
How We Got Here
The 1990s will always be remembered for its exponential growth and mass-market acceptance of handheld wireless devices. As cellular telephone demand grew, so did the need to supply ubiquitous, uninterrupted service on a nationwide basis. Wireless carriers responded by rapidly building out their networks through internal expansion, expanded coverage within existing footprints, entry into new markets, and acquisitions. This phase of network expansion created thousands of disparately located equipment facilities.
Companies that service or manage these remote transmission facilities are forced to maintain battery backup power supplies in each of these installations. The wireless industry is finding that the logistics associated with VRLA battery life-cycle management, including procurement, warehousing and inventory, testing, forecasting, and disposal can be imposing and costly. In fact, the dollar value of this line item has been increasing at a significant rate, now representing multi-million dollar annual purchase commitments for most carriers. Adding insult to injury, these batteries are often replaced on an emergency-call cost basis because of the lack of information on projected life expectancy coupled with the lack of administration of an organized methodology for replacement.
According to industry estimates, there are more than 200,000 remote transmission facilities nationwide, with virtually all of these installations housing VRLA battery backup power systems. The problem for facilities owners and managers is that these batteries die. So the question they must ask themselves is not will these batteries fail, but when. VRLA batteries found in a typical remote configuration have a two- to eight-year life expectancy. Actual performance varies based upon a number of criteria, including climatic environment, load, as well as the number of times discharged.
But replacing these batteries is just the start. There are a slew of battery manufacturers and suppliers in the market. Many products have equivalents, less expensive or equal alternatives. Typically, purchasing agents are only provided with BTS equipment values and must cross-reference the corresponding battery configuration and manufacturer. Forecasting needs across a network is difficult to gauge due to lack of proper field information, so arbitrary budgets are created that substantially vary from actual needs.
Proper disposal of these spent batteries compounds the challenge. Each battery must be disposed of in accordance with EPA standards, which means they must be sent to an EPA-approved smelting facility — where owners are required to maintain disposal documentation.
Purchasing and Procurement
There is a wide assortment of equipment configurations in the field, requiring carriers to stock and procure inventory from multiple vendors. In some cases, carriers are buying batteries from more than 50 different vendors nationwide. This lack of centralized purchasing inhibits the carrier's ability to gain economy-of-scale purchasing power and reduces forecasting capabilities. This results in excess or insufficient inventory levels. Replacing field-deployed units often requires a stream of documentation, from field technicians to regional offices to corporate offices. This document trail of paperwork is increasingly costly and can contribute to latency in response to field requests.
Many companies are reviewing their vendor base and relationships and seeking alternative methods like e-commerce and B2B hubs to minimize their vendor base and drastically reduce paperwork costs. Many carriers have mandated moving toward these solutions whenever they're economically feasible. Industry estimates are that it costs companies $200 to initiate, process and settle a single purchase order. Can you or your company benefit from looking at the software and on-line resources and offerings that are available?
For purchasing agents, determining how much to buy and when to buy it become critical considerations, as batteries are perishable. Battery inventories lose money every month they sit unused, both from inventory carrying cost and life-cycle standpoints. Batteries that sit warehoused and unused beyond six months from manufacture date are recommended to be properly re-charged prior to field deployment.
Decreasing warehousing and inventory carrying costs and increasing life-cycle utilization dramatically increases return on investment (ROI) on a per product basis. Buying in bulk quantity and warehousing at a centralized location may end up costing your company more than you think when shipping costs are factored in. Due to the weight of VRLA batteries, the shipping cost per unit sometimes approaches 15% of the purchase price. You should consider all of your direct and indirect costs when determining where you buy your batteries, as hidden costs like these can eat into your profits.
Testing and Forecasting
Typically, VRLA batteries are not part of a standardized testing procedure. This is due to a number of factors, not the least of which is the inability to gather and manipulate this test data. Having a technician test these units and then store test data at the location increases manpower costs and does little for forecasting anticipated failure or assisting in predicting replacement needs. Implementing a standardized testing and maintenance schedule and tracking batteries from life-cycle initiation through its spent phase enables carriers to increase utilization, decrease non-scheduled outages, and improve ROI.
The last thing anyone needs is a call from a local, state, or federal environmental department informing them that those 12 batteries that were replaced in a remote area were just found in a dumpster behind a building, and have been tracked back to them.
All VRLA batteries must be disposed of in an EPA-compliant fashion. But, what are the regulations? Do all contractors carry the right insurance coverage? What is the most cost-effective method to manage this process?
So if you want to maximize your battery's efficiency as well as extend its life, it's important to address all of the considerations discussed above. In the end, the extra time and effort will be worth it.
Steven Dworkin is cofounder of Batterycorp.com in Newton, Mass. You can reach him at [email protected].


text: Ronaldo (R) celebrates one of his goal with new kid Gareth Bale (C) during Real Madrid's 6-1 victory on Tuesday [Reuters]With his hat-trick against Galatasaray, Cristiano Ronaldo reminded new Real Madrid team mate Gareth Bale who is the boss on the pitch, after the Welshman had surpassed him off it as the world's most expensive player.The Portuguese forward grabbed three second-half goals as Real romped to a 6-1 away win in their Champions League Group B opener on Tuesday, taking his tally with the nine-times European champions to 206 goals from 204 games.Bale's arrival from Tottenham Hotspur for $133 million this month, surpassing the then-record $125 million they paid for Ronaldo in 2009, prompted the club to move swiftly to keep their leading scorer happy. I am very pleased. We did what we had to do, which was to win, and the others drew (Copenhagen held Juventus 1-1), which is even better Cristiano Ronaldo, Real Madrid forward Ronaldo agreed a new contract with Real president Florentino Perez on Sunday which ties him until 2018 and reportedly makes him the world's highest-paid player with a net annual wage of some $23 million."The last few days have been great for me," Ronaldo told reporters. "I am very pleased. We did what we had to do, which was to win, and the others drew (Copenhagen held Juventus 1-1), which is even better."Our next two games are at home so if we win them we will be doing really well towards making the next stage."Bale came on as a second-half substitute and played a part in setting up the fourth and fifth goals for Ronaldo and Karim Benzema. Ronaldo, who spent six years in England with Manchester United, was the first to greet Bale when he arrived for his debut training session last week, seemingly taking him under his wing and speaking to him in English, and has been seen pushing him hard in training."We are getting to know each other," Ronaldo said. "He is steadily getting up to speed because he has been out of action for a while and it is all going well for him." Improving fitnessBale joked at his official presentation that Ronaldo was the boss when it came to team hierarchy and the taking of free kicks, but the midfielder got to take the set piece that led to Ronaldo's second goal."It was great to be back in the Champions League again," Bale, who scored on his league debut against Villarreal at the weekend, told reporters. "It was nice to be able to contribute immediately, taking the free kick. It was fantastic to be involved in all three of the goals at the end."It was important to be able to show what we can do. It was great to play for a bit to help me improve my physical fitness."Fellow new recruit Isco has also set a high standard for Bale to match. He scored the all-important opening goal against Galatasaray, to make it four goals in five appearances in all competitions so far. France striker Karim Benzema's brace helped him to respond to rumblings of discontent with some of his recent performances, in particular with his national team."I'm feeling good. I had a difficult moment (being a substitute for France's last international outing) but I am looking to change this quickly," the 25-year-old told reporters. "It's not a problem. I feel very settled at the club, happy, and I work hard to put in these types of performances." SOURCE: Reuters Sport Football France United Kingdom


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"The Real Reason for Marilyn Monroe's Divorce from Joe DiMaggio" read the headline on a 1955 Confidential magazine article that exposed a bumbling ambush involving the famous ballplayer and Frank Sinatra. The unlikely duo allegedly had tried to catch the actress with "another man" at an apartment in West Hollywood.
Except the headline wasn't exactly true. The sex symbol and DiMaggio had been divorced for more than a week when — acting on a tip from a private investigator — a group of men broke down the door of an apartment on Nov. 5, 1954, only to be greeted by a middle-aged woman screaming in her bed. DiMaggio and Sinatra were reportedly spotted scurrying away from the scene.
Nearby, Monroe was escaping through the back door of another apartment with her paramour and vocal coach, Hal Schaefer, who said decades later: "I think I'd be dead today if they had found me in there with Marilyn. They came in there and started destroying things. I mean, these guys were thugs."
The break-in that came to be known as the "wrong-door raid" led to state and local investigations into whether private detectives and others were leaking salacious details about celebrities to scandal magazines. Confidential's coverage of it was seen as contributing to the magazine's demise.
And although Schaefer went on to distinguish himself as a jazz pianist, composer and arranger, his professional accomplishments have largely been overlooked. But the sensational coverage of his brief relationship with Monroe nearly 60 years ago never completely faded away.
Schaefer, who was also a composer-arranger for films and Broadway plays, died Dec. 8 at his home in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., after a brief illness, his family announced. He was 87.
He "never compromised his artistic vision," singer-pianist Michael Feinstein told The Times last week while offering a theory as to why widespread fame eluded Schaefer. "He had a piano style and a musical palette that was possibly a little advanced for the average listener.
"He had a brilliant way of incorporating … very modern musical language into his playing that was masterful, yet he also could instantly switch to creating a dance arrangement for Judy Garland or Marilyn Monroe," Feinstein said.
After touring with big bands in the 1940s, Schaefer had landed at 20th Century Fox as a rehearsal pianist and voice coach to "world-famous stars" who were "terrified to sing," he later said.
He met Monroe while giving her voice lessons for the 1953 film "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes." Schaefer also arranged the version of "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" that she smolderingly delivers in the film.
Their relationship took a personal turn when he coached her for the movie "There's No Business Like Show Business," released in 1954, the year she married and divorced DiMaggio.
But Schaefer insisted that he did not break up the marriage. "It was already broken up," he said in the 1985 book "Goddess: The Secret Lives of Marilyn Monroe."
When DiMaggio suspected the liaison, he had the couple followed and engaged in nightmarish harassment, Schaefer often recalled.
Three months before the Monroe-DiMaggio divorce, in July 1954, Schaefer tried to kill himself. He was found in his bungalow after downing cleaning fluids, "about a quart of brandy" and "about a hundred pills," he said in "Goddess."
"I just didn't want to go on anymore," he continued. "A great deal of the focus was on Marilyn, but it wasn't totally that. It was the way I was in my life. I was despondent, depressed, drinking too much."
Schaefer barely survived. Monroe's visits to him in the hospital reportedly angered DiMaggio and helped lead to the Wrong-Door Raid.
No charges were filed over the break-in, but after Confidential reported it, a state Senate committee began investigating unethical sourcing practices, which laid the groundwork for "conspiracy to commit libel" charges against the magazine and contributors, according to the 2001 book "Dish: How Gossip Became the News and the News Became Just Another Show."
The case was ultimately resolved through a plea bargain in which the charges were dropped after Confidential agreed to publish only flattering stories about celebrities, reported "Dish." Circulation quickly plummeted, and the magazine limped along for years before folding.
The raid also marked the beginning of the end for Schaefer and Monroe. Embarrassed by the near-ambush, she "could barely face Hal after it" and the couple drifted apart, according to the 2010 book "The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe."
He was born Harold Herman Schaefer on July 22, 1925, in New York City to a house painter and his wife.
He had his first piano lesson at 6 and studied piano at New York's High School of Music and Art. While in his teens, he worked in bands led by big names of the era and was a protege of Duke Ellington, "who often introduced his young star with the line, 'Now you're going to hear a real piano player,'" according to Feinstein.
During his dozen years at Fox, Schaefer served as a vocal coach for such stars as Judy Garland, Jane Russell, Mitzi Gaynor and Susan Hayward, said a biography on his website.
In 1960, he moved to New York, where he recorded several albums, performed in jazz clubs and continued to teach singing. He orchestrated arrangements for several Broadway musicals, including "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" and "Foxy" in the 1960s and composed music for the films "The Money Trap" (1965) and "The Amsterdam Kill" (1977).
By the early 1990s, he was living in Florida, where he continued to teach and record. In 2001, he released the CD "June 1st: A Date to Remember." Its original blues compositions honored two women who shared a birth date and had been significant in his life: Monroe, who died in 1962, and Brenda, his wife of 25 years, who died in 2000.
Katie, his daughter from a previous marriage, died in June.
Survivors include a brother, Robert, and a grandson.


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The Calindra system was a planetary system. The primary was classified as a G-type star. There were six planets and over a hundred moons in this system. The system was located inside the Delphic Expanse.
In the early 2150s, the Xindi used the system as a testing area for the prototypes of the Xindi weapon. Because the system was secluded and uninhabited, it made a perfect location for the testing of the sensitive weaponry.
Because of the highly destructive nature of the weapons that were tested, the Calindra system was dominated by vast fields of debris and planetary rubble, the remains of the moons and asteroids that were used as targets for the weapon tests. There were also large fields of radiation left over from the high-energy weapons. Jonathan Archer likened the system to the Bikini Atoll on Earth.
In December 2153, Enterprise NX-01 discovered the tests proceeding in the system, thanks to sabotage committed by Gralik Durr to a shipment of kemocite. In cooperation with the Andorian warship Kumari, the Enterprise launched an assault on the weapon prototype, and the Kumari managed to escape with the weapon in its cargo bay. (ENT: "Proving Ground")
Enterprise returned there several days later where they encountered Degra's ship. After overpowering his ship, they took Degra and his two aides prisoner, and after an elaborate charade, were able to extract from Degra the location of the weapon building site, Azati Prime. Thereafter they released Degra to his ship and left the system to locate the weapon site. (ENT: "Stratagem")


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Alishan International Guest House is the perfect place to stay if you are looking for short or long term accommodation near the University of Sydney.
We are less than 10 mins walk to the university and offer a clean and comfortable stay for individuals or for group bookings.
We have a fully functional kitchen if you want to cook up a storm. If cooking isn't your thing there are stacks of great places to eat just outside our front door step.
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A group of 8 of us stayed here on a sports trip for two nights. We weren't the most organised bunch of people and the lovely female manager was very patient with us!
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Rockstar Resume Points to Next Version of Classic IP
Rockstar Games is still reveling in the success of Grand Theft Auto 5, but the developer is reportedly already hard at work on its next title. At least, that's what the Linkedin profile of one designer would have us believe.
According to AllGamesBeta, Doron Feinstein is now working at Rockstar New England as a senior graphics engineer. Ordinarily, that wouldn't be a big deal. However, among Feinstein's credits, which include GTA 5 and Max Payne 3, he currently lists working on a "next version of a famous IP."
With new consoles on the horizon, it's not much of a reach to expect this mystery game to be a next-gen title. Narrowing down the sequel shouldn't be too difficult either, as there are only a few different ways this could play out. Bully was cult classic from the PS2 era, and Rockstar has hinted it would like to revisit the franchise again. Red Dead Redemption was more of a success, and a proper sequel would certainly get us excited to saddle up once more. Perhaps a new Midnight Club is in the cards, but it's less likely given Rockstar hasn't made mention of a new entry in years. We definitely know it's not Agent, as that's a new IP that has yet to see one entry, and has been locked in limbo since it was announced a few years ago.
Regardless of what Rockstar has in the works, it's unlikely we'll find out any details for quite some time. Grand Theft Auto 5 is still a priority for the developer, and we've always had to exercise a lot of patience when waiting for Rockstar to reveal new projects.


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The latest housing information indicates that home prices have continued to make a slow and steady recovery. That's good news for the economy in general, and specifically could help homeowners and depositors in savings accounts. However, it should be a call to action for potential home buyers, who otherwise could miss a rare opportunity.
The S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index rose in July, according to figures released on September 25. It's too early to call this a rally, but then again, an orderly recovery in the housing market may be better than a return to the runaway increases of the housing boom.
Healthier than people think?
Overall, the housing market may be healthier than many realize. The S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index has now increased for six consecutive months. Certainly, prices are nowhere near back to where they were during the peak of the housing boom, but that may be an unrealistic -- and unhealthy -- target.
Looking longer term, the S&P/Case-Shiller Index is up about 40 percent from where it was in January of 2000. So, if you look at the housing boom as an aberration, what you see is that housing prices have still made solid gains over the long run. Ultimately, modest price increases are much healthier for the housing market than a steep hike in prices, which can freeze many potential buyers out of the market and cause some actual buyers to get in over their heads.
Action at the low end
The New York Times reported earlier this week that recent progress in the housing market is primarily at the low end. Prices in the lowest tier of the housing market are rising faster than those for mid-priced or expensive homes. This too is a sign of health: The lower end represents a much broader base of homeowners than the middle or upper tiers of the market. That signals wider support for the housing market, and for the economy as a whole.
A fleeting opportunity
Good news for the economy might even translate into good news for savings accounts and other deposits, which have seen interest rates driven down to near zero by weak loan demand and Federal Reserve intervention.
Conversely though, the potential benefit to savings and money market rates is a reminder of why the opportunity for would-be home buyers might be fleeting. Right now, conditions for buyers are exceptionally good, because current mortgage rates are at record low levels, and housing prices are still well off their peaks.
Already though, recent numbers indicate that housing prices are starting to move. If this continues, mortgage rates might follow. In particular, if lower-end housing prices are now making the strongest gains, people looking to enter the housing market for the first time should prepare to act.
Again, the housing market may be better off than people know. As many found out during the housing boom, waiting until everyone knows the market is healthy before you buy can be an expensive proposition.
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Bush's Brain removed from ivy league school "dialogue"
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I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't imagined it myself. Karl Rove, the Turd Blossom of Bush's Brain, forcibly removed from stage at the Page Auditorium. It went down like this. I was excitedly decked out in my Sunday best (I have more than one pair) for today's "Dialogue with Karl Rove." After about an hour of leisurely, Special Olympic softball questions from political science professor (and former Bush administration strategist) Peter Feaver, I was feeling calm and relaxed about the present state of political affairs. Rove explained how Republicans were "the party of the middle class." Conservatives just need to get the message out on "urban radio" in order to see a rise in African-American and Latino votes. No Child Left Behind has been "the most successful education policy in 27 years." All was right in the world.
Then the forum was opened for questions. This was a mistake. Predictably, the liberals in attendance had to ruin the pleasant event with references to important issues that affect the real world (as if Feaver's questions about whether or not Tom Daschle did or did not suggest a vote on the Iraq War in 2002 isn't foremost on people's minds). But, alas, a young rabble rouser -- almost certainly brainwashed by Abbie Hoffman and Karl Marx from her political science classes -- had to insist on asking about Rove's involvement in the outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame.
Mr. Rove. On April 26, 1999 President George H.W. Bush addressed the CIA and stated, "I have nothing but contempt and anger for those who betray the trust by exposing the name of our sources. They are, in my view, the most insidious of traitors." When are you going to stand trial as a traitor for outing a covert agent?
What an outrage! Just because something is true it doesn't mean you have to go out and, well, say it. Rove was totally justified in ignoring her question and getting steamed. It was a beautiful sight to see. His face tensed, he squared his legs and sat up firmly in his chair, his hands gripping his knees tightly like a Japanese warrior in a Kurosawa film (although in Rove's case it looked a bit like he was taking a dump). He strenuously denied any role in that affair in a lie so bold that, despite all the evidence, I'm willing to believe him simply out of respect for such pure audacity. Then he ridiculed Valerie Plame's civil lawsuit against him. And good for him too. Just because she was an undercover agent working to prevent WMDs from ending up in the hands of terrorists is no reason to go soft. We're at war.
Apparently his answer didn't satisfy everyone because, without warning, two anarchist bomb-throwers rushed the stage armed with tweed jacket, hushpuppies and a banner that read, "Arrest him." And that's just what happened. I couldn't believe it. The conservatives have been right all along and now the PC police have instituted martial law. Obeying their orders the campus authorities grabbed Rove by the neck, pulled his arms behind his back and led him from the stage in disgrace. I rushed from my seat to document this tragic affair so that at least one person could bear witness to the collapse of our Republic. One can only hope that he'll be sent to Guantanamo where the luxurious accommodations that we offer to the enemies of liberty won't go to waste (free Korans and waterboarding, with a beautiful view of the sea).
But I suppose you have to expect such treatment of our revered statesmen in these troubled times. As Prof. Feaver stated in his interview for the North Carolina Independent Weekly as to why he wanted to bring Rove to campus,
From an educational standpoint, it's useful to bring people in touch with a human being people might only know from the blogosphere or newspaper accounts, which are often critical.
This is exactly what I've been saying for years. You can't trust what you read on the internets. It is the most free and democratic form of media ever devised. Such a format is bound to be abused by people that have no financial or career incentives for holding the correct political viewpoint. By supporting the blogosphere you are perpetuating this rampant liberalism that has no basis except in reality. Shame on you. Shame on all of you. A nearly free and clear vigilante now has to face justice because of this.
We'll miss you Turd Blossom. Please take care. Political attack ads won't be the same without your sleazy, underhanded disregard for basic decency.
And, just in case you were wondering, this was all true. Except maybe for that part about Rove being arrested, I sort of exaggerated that bit. And the photo is a fake, I found it on the internet (just like the evidence that Saddam was stockpiling WMDs).
But I did have a nice lady with some fabulous accessorizing, including pearls and a fake fur, tell me that waterboarding didn't hurt. She also said that no one had ever died in US custody in Iraq. I asked her if she'd gotten high before the talk.


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