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Does Bethel have a dress code?By Sara raSSlerof The Clarion Staff

Apparently not. The office manager of Student Life could only point to the handbook and say, “There are a lot of things at Beth-el that are dealt with on a case-by-case basis, and this is one of them.”

It seems Bethel is intentionally vague in this area, as the Cov-enant for Life Together only hints at a dress code with phrases such as, “To be whole and holy means to be dedicated to God with purity of thought and action.”

If issues arise, resident directors are usually the ones to deal with the problem. Lissner Resident Director Paul Berg explained that his experience with dress code items has always been on a case-by-case basis.

While Bethel doesn’t have many violations, in the spring of 2010 there was conflict with students wearing bathing suits around campus while tanning on the lawn. At that point, an e-mail was sent out to freshmen students to wear “proper apparel.”

Nov. 2: No class but still work to do ■■New■Advising■and■Assessment■Day■gives■students■time■to■meet■with■advisors

By Sara raSSlerof The Clarion Staff

This year’s academic calendar includes a new entry entitled Advising/Assessment Day on Nov. 2. In past years, there have been assessment days but this will be the first combined day for Bethel’s campus. Dr. Joel Frederickson, the Associate Dean of Institutional Assessment & Accredita-tion at Bethel, said that the day is geared more toward advising than assessment. However, the assessment piece will include department faculties reviewing their as-sessment plans and students participating in the national Student Satisfaction Inven-tory.

Frederickson said that results from this survey “have a significant impact on changes that take place at Bethel” and the survey results are “taken quite seriously

by the institution.” Faculty will also be re-viewing past data they have received about their department from alumni and senior surveys.

Dr. Deborah Sullivan-Trainor, Associ-ate Dean of General Education and Faculty Development, said that it is meant to make more time for advisors and advisees to get together. Each department can decide how to utilize this day, but the day is ultimately set aside for advising meetings of all sorts.

After listening to the time constraint concerns of the faculty, Sullivan-Trainor met with people in Campus Ministries, Stu-dent Life, and a few people from Seminary to work through any difficulties an advis-ing day would cause. The process to create an academic calendar takes place several years in advance, so the calendar creators have known for quite some time that this day would be inserted into this year.

“Creating the calendar is more difficult than anyone realizes; all movements cause a ripple effect.” Adding this day is the rea-son classes started on a Monday this year instead of the traditional Tuesday start.

The day is intentionally on a Wednes-day to prevent it from becoming a long weekend and to avoid causing labs to be cancelled. Also, the placement of the day should be early enough to be useful for ad-vising. Students should keep an eye on their emails for more information from advisors on what meetings will be taking place on this day for individual appointments or de-partmental advising meetings.

Sullivan-Trainor said, “We’ll see how it goes and if it was helpful for students and, most importantly, for faculty.” There will be some years when it will not be able to work into the schedule, but next year has another scheduled Advising/Assessment Day.


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Syrian torture hospitals

A 39-page Amnesty International (AI) report claims that patients in at least four government-run hospitals in Syria have been tortured as opponents of the government. Anti-government protests have continued since March, a seven-month period in which the UN says more than 3,000 people have died. Although the Syrian authorities have denied the tor-ture, according to AI’s Middle East and North Africa researcher Cilina Nasser, there appears to be “a free rein in hospitals” and “in many cases, hospital staff appear to have taken part in torture and ill treatment of the very people they are supposed to care for.”

Mobile phones and brain cancer

Throughout the past 20 years, many researchers have wondered about cell phone usage causing can-cer. After looking at more than 350,000 people with mobile phones over an 18-year period, researchers from the Institute of Cancer Epidemiology in Den-mark concluded that mobile phone users were at no greater risk of developing brain cancer. Yet, de-spite studies that have come to similar conclusions, the World Health Organization has warned that cell phones could still be carcinogenic and has put mobile phones into the same risk category as coffee—while a link cannot be proved, it cannot be ruled out either.

The death of Gaddafi

The National Transitional Council (NTC) of Libya spent months speaking about building a country based on rights and not on revenge. Yet Libya has found its national libera-tion not by a court sentencing of Muammar Gaddafi for his crimes, but rather, by his death. Following international pressure to explain how he died, Libya’s new authorities have announced an investigation. No details have been released about who will perform the investigation, but Human Rights Watch has also called for an investigation following their report of 53 Gaddafi loyalists’ bodies found in Sirte with their hands bound in an apparent execution. Libyan authorities deny any involvement in his death.

Vaccine for lung cancer

While further trials are needed, the early clinical trial for a lung cancer vaccine shows promise. Based on the same principles used in seasonal flu vaccines, vaccines for cancer train the body’s own immune sys-tem. As a cancerous cell divides uncontrollably, pro-teins on the cells surface change. These changes are what the immune system will hopefully be able to be trained to spot. The immune system would then be able to attack tumors growing in the body. Based on tests on 148 patients, this vaccine has shown to slow the cancer’s progression when used as an addition to chemotherapy.

Earthquake in Turkey

At least 279 people died and some 1,300 were in-jured in the 7.2 magnitude earthquake that hit Tur-key last Sunday. The Turkish government has now pledged more aid to the thousands of people affected and will deliver 12,000 more tents to the cities of Ercis and Van, as well as nearby villages. “Tents will not be enough,” in Serif Tarakci’s view. As an official from the village of Halkali, Tarakci said: “We do not have food, no rescue teams have reached here yet. It’s cold at night, everybody is outside and we’re freezing here.” About 200 aftershocks have hit the region.

Angry Birds: The Movie

The "Angry Birds" game app has been downloaded over 400 million times, and the game is now looking to expand. Rovio, the company behind "Angry Birds," re-cently confirmed that a film version of the successful game is underway. The movie efforts are to be led by the recently hired David Maisel. Maisel is the former Chairman of Marvel Studios, which produced "Iron Man." Rovio was on the verge of going bust two years ago with merely 12 employees, but they now employ 170 people and have a “big audacious goal [of having] one billion fans.”

While Bethel doesn’t have many violations, in the spring of 2010 there was conflict with students wearing bathing suits around campus while tanning on the lawn. At that point, an e-mail was sent out to freshmen students to wear “proper apparel.”

“Creating the calendar is more difficult than anyone realizes; all movements cause a ripple effect.” Adding this day is the rea-son classes started on a Monday this year instead of the traditional Tuesday start.

The day is intentionally on a Wednes-day to prevent it from becoming a long weekend and to avoid causing labs to be cancelled. Also, the placement of the day should be early enough to be useful for ad-vising. Students should keep an eye on their emails for more information from advisors on what meetings will be taking place on this day for individual appointments or de-partmental advising meetings.

Sullivan-Trainor said, “We’ll see how it goes and if it was helpful for students and, most importantly, for faculty.” There will be some years when it will not be able to work into the schedule, but next year has another scheduled Advising/Assessment Day.

By ABBey Villwockfor The Clarion


News

Over Fall Break, the Lake Johanna Fire Department responded to an incident occurring in Nelson Hall.

Bethel’s web content filter: A safeguard for your computer and your heart■■An■inside■look■at■the■inner■workings■of■ITS,■ITAC,■BrightCloud■and■Palo■Alto■Networks■

By Alex Kempstonof The Clarion Staff

The clock ominously ticks as you race to f inish a paper. As usual, the due date is to-morrow morning and this is crunch time. Thanks to Google, the wealth of the In-ternet is at your f ingertips, and you vigorously search for a credible source. Your search is f inally rewarded, and the link is right before your eyes. The day is saved. You click on the link and come face to face with a message no one wants to see: “Bethel Univer-sity Network, Web Content Blocked.”

Now, there are obvious sites that Bethel prohibits students from accessing. But sometimes we scratch our heads as we are denied en-trance to a seemingly harm-less website on Luther’s 95 Theses.

There are a lot of ques-tions surrounding Bethel ’s motives behind the f ilter sys-tem. So what criteria does Bethel use to choose which sites are blocked? Are they monitoring us if we attempt to get on these sites? I sat down with Larry Dunn, the Director of Network Services, to unravel the mystery of the Bethel f irewall.

Bethel f irst established Web content f iltering 15 years ago, and from the aver-age person’s perspective, the system can appear compli-

cated. As technology has ad-vanced, Bethel has adapted to provide the best service possible for the student body.

Here’s how it works: - Palo Alto Networks, an

advanced f irewall company, provided what is known in the tech world as a box. The box inspects websites for viruses as well as f iltering content and keeping out unwanted guests.

- In addition, Palo Alto partnered with BrightCloud, an Internet security service that boasts the highest level of safety and f iltering. The two companies analyze mil-lions of websites for content and f ilter them into 70 cat-egories, using a combination of artif icial intelligence and human monitoring.

- These catego-ries are displayed in the Palo Alto box for Bethel ’s Infor-mation Technology Services (ITS) to make by-category “block or don’t-block” decisions. The partnership of these two compa-nies allows Bethel to have a high level of con-trol over which websites can be accessed and which ones cannot. Without these com-panies working with Bethel, examining all the websites available today would be im-possible.

To develop policies imple-

mented by ITS, like which website categories will be blocked, Bethel established the Information Technology Advisory Committee (ITAC) as a “checks and balances” governing body. The commit-tee consists of 15 members, including faculty, staf f and students.

The purpose of ITAC is to “formulate, review, and evaluate computing policies, goals, guidelines and proce-dures for Bethel University.” It established a few catego-ries that ITS is to block at all times, and the committee members meet at regular in-tervals to go over any big de-cisions brought before them by the student body or ITS.

With the advanced f ilter-

ing technology in the world today, almost every college in America has some form of f il-tering. In fact, “I don’t know of any schools like Bethel that don’t have one,” said Dunn.

But sometimes Bright-Cloud gets a website wrong or categorizes it incorrectly.

In the case of a mistake, one can appeal to ITS, which re-lays the information directly to BrightCloud.

However, according to Dunn, only about six websites have been reported as wrongly categorized in the sev-eral months BrightCloud has been used at Beth-el. In each

of these cases, the website was re-categorized by Bright-Cloud. It is also possible to “override” BrightCloud cat-egorization when necessary.

The reasons behind having such an advanced Web f ilter at Bethel are straightforward. It is better for the community

not to be exposed to some-thing harmful or malicious online. ITAC is not trying to police the student body, just protect it from harm. It al-ways has the students, staf f and faculty in mind when making big decisions.

For example, a couple of years ago, Student Life in-quired of ITS whether the at-tempted access of websites could be traced to specif ic names. Although the Palo Alto/BrightCloud technology is capable of it, the idea has not been examined or ap-proved by ITAC, so such moni-toring capabilities are not enabled.

So as you are surf ing the Web tonight, you can know that you are protected from the world’s most evil web-sites by one of the most pow-erful Web content f ilters in existence today.

When a website's content is blocked by Bethel's filter, the Bethel University Network will prompt this message box to appear.

GRAPHIC FOR THE CLARION COURTESY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

The purpose of ITAC is to “formulate, review, and evaluate computing policies, goals, guide-lines and procedures for Bethel University.” It established a few categories that ITS is to block at all times, and the committee mem-bers meet at regular intervals to go over any big decisions brought before them by the student body or ITS.


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Over Fall Break, the Lake Johanna Fire Department responded to an incident occurring in Nelson Hall.

By Katie ZehowsKifor The Clarion

Buzzing fire alarms and stu-dents trudging outside is a famil-iar scene around campus.

According to Stephen Foust, Security and Safety’s first officer, “Burning food is the most com-mon reason for the fire depart-ment’s response.”

North Village resident Taylor Carlson explained that a couple of weeks ago she was baking and set off the fire alarms. “Bethel Securi-ty had to come and snoop out our room to make sure nothing was on fire,” Carlson said. “Then to my sheer horror, two fire trucks came. They put some fans in the hallway to get rid of the smoke.”

Carlson said she was ap-proached by a firefighter who said he would “save the lecturing for [her] mother.”

If an alarm is accidentally set

off, Foust said, “As far as disciplin-ary action is concerned, there is no punishment. Sometimes the students are a little embarrassed for disturbing the other residents in their dorm.”

Rick Current, Lake Johanna Fire Department’s fire marshal, said they have been called to Bethel’s campus 31 times this semester for numerous reasons, including “10 medical, three cancelled en route, one lightning strike, one gas leak, 15 fire alarms and one prank.”

When pranks happen, Bethel Security is less forgiving. Foust said, “Tampering with fire extin-guishers or equipment, placing false alarms or interfering with the proper functioning of the fire alarm system will be just cause for disciplinary action and pros-ecution under Minnesota stat-utes.” Foust added that those students would be guilty of a mis-demeanor.

Current said that Lake Johan-na Fire Department “responds to every alarm unless requested to cancel by security.”

Another North Village - Turn-wall resident, Jenny Miller, left her shower running and remembered it when the steam set off the fire alarm. Miller said, “I called Cassie, an RA in North Village, and she told me to shut the door to the hallway and try fanning off the fire alarm. I was very lucky, and I never had to call Bethel Security or the fire department.”

Foust shared some tricks to avoid accidentally setting off the fire alarms in dorms. He said, “Open your window to ventilate the smoke rather than the door to the hallway. It is typically the smoke detectors in the hallways that cause the buildings to go into alarm. It is helpful to call Secu-rity and Safety to inform us of the cause of the alarm.”

PHOTO FOR THE CLARION COURTESY OF LAURA MATHEIS

Only you can prevent fire alarms■■ The■fire■department■has■fielded■31■calls■from■Bethel■but■has■yet■to■see■a■fire

By Chelsey FalZoneof The Clarion Staff

Medical school and law school used to be the epitome of edu-cational success and carried the promise of big paychecks. Yet in an uncertain economy, med school enrollment shines and law school flounders.

The national decline in law school enrollment is partially due to the large debt that students hes-itate to acquire.

According to the StarTribune, after a surge of interest in law school at the beginning of the recession, 18.7 percent fewer students took the Law School Ad-mission Test this summer.

In contrast, a record number of students nationally applied to medical school. The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) reported on Oct. 24 that there were 32,654 first-time appli-cants, a 2.6 percent increase from last year.

“It used to be that students could get in debt because they would be able to pay for it later,” Dr. Stacey Hunter Hecht the de-partment chair of political science at Bethel, said. “But now, those [law] jobs have really dried up. Firms have laid people off during the worst days of recession.”

The poor post-graduation job market may convince students not to attend law school at all. Accord-ing to the National Association for Law Placement, only 68.4 percent of 2010 graduates found a job that required bar passage.

“They are hiring people back with a couple years of experience for those entry-level jobs. There’s a glut of those people who are still unemployed who law firms will turn to first before someone fresh out of law school,” Hecht said.

Financial aid is almost entirely student loans because there are no state or federal grant programs for law schools. According to the Of-ficial Guide to ABA-Approved Law Schools, the nationally ranked Uni-versity of Minnesota Law School’s full-time resident yearly tuition is $31,882, and non-resident tuition is $40,388. Hamline Law is compa-rable, costing $33,506 for resident and non-resident.

Hecht compared the cost, and potential debt, that could come from law school to that of a mort-gage and advised potential law students to consider school with “very clear, rational and calculation eyes.”

Unlike the sagging numbers going into law, Dr. Tim Shaw, a Bethel biology professor, said that there is more security with med school.

“The thing about medicine is you’re not unemployed. There are no unemployed physicians,” Shaw said.

The price tag for med school is steep, and according to the AAMC, the median cost for a public institu-tion is $28,685 and a private school is $46, 899.

Regarding financial instability after medical school graduation, Shaw said, “The ability to pay back debt is pretty safe.”

Economic uncertainty causes med and law school swings■■ Numbers■show■med■school■enrollment■is■up,■

while■law■school■enrollment■is■on■the■decline


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By Kate BeecKenof The Clarion Staff

Growing up in the segregated south, John Piper admits that he was racist. He credits the power of the gospel for changing his life.

Dr. John Piper begins his book “Bloodlines: Race, Cross, and the Christian” (Crossway 2011) with his personal story of overcoming teenage racism. He now lives in the Phillips neighbor-hood of South Min-neapolis, which is the single most diverse neighborhood in the U.S. With minorities projected to become the majority of the U.S. population in just thirty years, he thinks it is urgent to tackle the tough questions of race.

Piper is a former Bethel profes-sor, widely acclaimed author and speaker and the pastor of Bethle-hem Baptist Church based in Min-neapolis, Minn. In the first section of “Bloodlines,” Piper discusses growing up as a racist teenager in South Carolina. The only black person he knew was his family’s maid, and he went to a church where blacks were not allowed in the door. Through the example of his mother, Piper came to under-stand how God’s offer for salva-tion extends to all races and how that was demonstrated in the life and death of Christ.

“Religious tradition and human opinion are powerless to create and sustain a life of Christ-exalting ethnic diversity and harmony. Only a deeply rooted grasp of what God has achieved through the Gospel of Jesus can do this,” Piper wrote.

He walks the reader through the five points of Reformed the-ology and shows how Calvinism “severs the root” of racism. In his ministry, Jesus strongly countered ethnocentrism by healing all na-tionalities and eating with non-Jews. His death demonstrated equality because all people had access to salvation the same way

Piper begins with the terrible condition of sin that affects all people. “The human race—and every ethnic group in it—is unit-ed in this great reality; we are all depraved and condemned,” he wrote.

According to “Bloodlines,” Jesus’ death was the atonement for all people, and God uncondi-tionally elects people through his mercy. Christians need to work for harmony and unity among races to glorify God.

Dr. Curtiss DeYoung is a Bethel professor of reconciliation stud-ies, and he explores similar ques-tions of race and the Gospel. He comes from a different theologi-cal tradition but sees similar evi-dence in Jesus’ life for improving racial relationships. DeYoung’s book “Reconciliation: Our Great-est Challenge—Our Only Hope” (Judson 1997) points to Jesus tear-ing down ethnic boundaries, and

Paul’s efforts to show that Jews and Gentiles are saved the same way.

In DeYoung’s view, reconcili-ation begins by repairing the re-lationship between humans and God that is broken by sin. Second-ly, reconciliation expands outward to encompass race, class, gender and disabilities.

“The goal is equality because we are all created in the image of God and justice. So work-ing through that you can’t just pick one. They are all intercon-nected,” DeYoung said.

Piper focuses on black-white rela-tionships, and some

bloggers are upset at his failure to address other minority groups. He has been criticized in numerous di-rections, such as complaints about unfairly depicting the South. Efrem Smith, an influential leader in the Christian community on multi-ethnicity, has also disagreed with Piper’s Calvinist framework and lack of practical solutions.

Piper’s book and the accom-panying 20-minute documentary have also been praised by many pastors for shining light on an im-portant topic. Dr. Tim Keller wrote the preface for “Bloodlines” and commended Piper’s ability to make sense out of a difficult sub-ject. Tony Evans, the co-founder and senior pastor of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship has called the book an “exquisite work” and a “must read.”

Piper declined an interview.The issues the book raises

become even more pertinent to

Bethel, because as Piper reported, “The Twin Cities have the larg-est Hmong, Oromo (Ethiopion), Liberian, Karen (Burmese), Anuak (Ethiopian/Sudanese) and Somali populations in the U.S.”

One of Bethel’s core values is to be reconcilers who honor the worth and dignity of all people.

DeYoung said, “Anyone that sees the demographic changes occurring in our country knows that we are becoming very, very diverse. You need skills and per-spectives based in reconciliation to

be successful in really any major.” He said that Bethel is working on teaching these skills across various disciplines, including biology and nursing.

Piper’s book explained the transformative effects of under-standing race through the lens of the Gospel. While Bethel aims to teach this message through recon-ciliation chapel and classes, DeY-oung encourages further awareness and dialogue among students, like the conversations that “Bloodlines” by Dr. John Piper sparks.

Nothing but the blood of Jesus heals the wounds of racism■■ In■his■new■book■“Bloodlines,”■John■Piper■views■the■Gospel■as■central■to■overcoming■racism—including■his■own

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John Piper's new book "Bloodlines" was released Sept. 8, 2011.

"Religious tradition and human opinion are powerless to create and sustain a life of Christ-exalting ethnic diversity and har-mony. Only a deeply rooted grasp of what God has achieved through the gospel of Jesus can do this."

-John Piper in "Bloodlines"


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Nothing but the blood of Jesus heals the wounds of racism■■ In■his■new■book■“Bloodlines,”■John■Piper■views■the■Gospel■as■central■to■overcoming■racism—including■his■own

By Emma ThEisfor The Clarion

Student credit cards were stolen from the CC building out-side the ceramics room early last spring. 27-year-old Latoya Denise Reese was charged with identity theft this October. She is accused of stealing credit cards from four campuses: Bethel, Saint Olaf College, the University of Saint Thomas and Saint Catherine Uni-versity.

Internet hacking and stolen credit cards online are familiar threats, but it is easy to neglect caution in everyday actions. Leav-ing backpacks and laptops unat-

tended is a major security risk.Theft, also called larceny, is

the number one crime at Bethel. It is different from both robbery (theft from a victim by force) and burglary (the unlawful entering of a building to commit theft). According to Bethel’s Annual Se-curity Report, there were 32 in-stances of larceny in 2010 and 25 instances in 2009.

Andrew Luchsinger, head of Bethel Security, said, “By far, the majority of thefts that occur on campus are in open, low-traffic areas where valuables have been left unattended or from rooms in residence halls that are left un-locked.”

In the Reese case, students had left their items hanging on a coat rack while they were in class, even though they were advised not to leave anything of impor-tance out there.

“Security is more than an eye in the sky,” Luchsinger said. “There is a certain personal re-sponsibility that everyone has for their own security and safety.”

The Bethel University campus is open to the public during the daytime, so anyone is free to ac-cess it. If someone comes in and takes a backpack, it is not going to raise any red flags to Bethel Security until that backpack is re-ported stolen.

After the credit card theft in-cident, Bethel Security increased their communication to the com-munity by sending multiple e-announcements, posting crime alerts on the Bethel Security webpage and speaking with pro-fessors and staff in the affected areas. One of the big modes of communication is the Annual Se-curity Report, which is available online to everyone. Bethel Secu-rity wants people to know that theft is very preventable.

Outside the Monson Dining Center, rows of backpacks often line the walls while the owners eat lunch. Students are required to leave their bags in the hallway

because there have been issues of students stealing food.

Sophomore Katie Ekbom said, “I don’t really think anything of it, but now that I am, I realize it’s probably not the safest thing. I never think that theft is going to happen to me.”

Luchsinger said that as long as the ‘no bag’ rule has been enforced, there has been no re-ported theft outside the Dining Center. This may be because it is a very visible and open area, and there are almost always a lot of people around. It is still advisable not to leave money or valuable electronic devices in your back-packs while in the DC.

'Personal responsibility' is key to preventing theft■■Larceny■is■the■number■one■crime■at■Bethel,■and■students■can■prevent■it■by■watching■their■belongings


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By Matt Kelleyfor the Clarion

Even among the spooks and specters, what startles me most about Halloween is Christians’ strong reaction to the holiday. Halloween has a broad spectrum of meaning, depending largely on personal experience and varying amounts of misinformation.

Many Christians point to the pagan origins of Halloween as a reason it shouldn’t be celebrat-ed or even recognized. The first problem with this point of view is that it focuses on what the holiday was, not what it is. Do you ever consider the brutal history of medical treatment on the way to the doctor’s office? (Leeches, any-one?) Of course not.

The other reason a histori-cal perspective on Halloween is foolish is that it is fueled mainly by falsities. It’s true that Hallow-een began as a traditional Celtic festival known as Samhain, com-memorating the transition from summer to winter, and Wiccans – modern witches – still observe Samhain as a holy day and their religious New Year.

However, misconceptions about Wiccans and Samhain have helped people fabricate Satan’s

connection with Halloween. Sev-eral Christian websites indicated that Samhain was also the name of the Celtic god of death and that the festival included spirits who would kill the unmasked or uncostumed. As religioustoler-ance.org points out, there was no god of death in Celtic lore, and the mistake can be traced back to a single translator’s error in the 1700s.

It also doesn’t help that Wic-cans, peaceful Earth worship-pers, are often confused with Satanists. Any claim that true evil is ingrained into the fabric of Hal-loween is based on caricatures of witches and a linguistic uh-oh 300 years ago.

Unfortunately, revealing the benign history of this fall staple isn’t enough to convince conser-vative Christians it’s OK to trick or treat. Some people have a gener-al uneasiness about some of the themes and images of Halloween. Even if they know Satan’s not di-recting the show, any holiday that makes light of gore, murder and spirits can cause some discom-fort.

It’s important to remember, though, that only a small popula-tion uses Halloween to glorify vio-lence and other unsavory deeds.

Don’t let the twisted minds of the minority ruin a great time.

If I hadn’t taken part in Hal-loween as a child, I would have missed out on some of my favor-ite times. In my costume-wearing years, I got to be Peter Pan, an M&M, a pumpkin and Superman (and quite a handsome one, I might add). At the time, I was im-possibly excited to put on that red cape and be my hero for a night. Now, I love reliving the memories with my family.

Since it’s not intrinsically evil, Halloween is what you make it. A majority of what it brings is good: taking hayrides, carving pump-kins and pretending to be super. Sure, some people use the mis-understood history as a backdrop for imitation violence, gore and other forms of general negativ-ity. But can’t we compartmental-ize? Embrace the perks and shun the perversions, just like we fight against the swarming material-ism surrounding Christmas.

Feel free to celebrate Hallow-een. Make a jack-o-lantern. Sip some cider. Maybe even dress up; a child’s imagination can be very refreshing to an adult’s soul.

Now if you’ll excuse me, this Clark Kent needs to find a phone booth.

Christianity and Halloween■■We■must■view■Halloween■as■what■it■is■now,■not■what■it■was

By Margaret Gillfor the Clarion

The other day, I found an old clip from a cartoon show I used to watch when I was young. It was my favor-ite cartoon, “Tom and Jerry” – even though I could never keep track of who was Tom and who was Jerry. Twelve years later, my favorite car-toon is still the same, which got me thinking about why I fell in love with that old cat and mouse in the first place.

If one takes a closer look at Tom and Jerry, the show is simple, the characters are flat and the anima-tion is basic. The characters don’t break into cute songs or utter witty lines for the benefit of the parents. There is only one storyline: cat chas-es mouse, mouse seeks revenge – and this cycle repeats itself over and over in every episode.

But across the board, everyone who grew up watching shows like this loves them. When you see chil-dren watching classic cartoons, they laugh hysterically at even the most ridiculous pranks and stunts. Maybe this is all that they need – they are just kids after all! They aren’t looking for sophistication; they just want to be entertained.

Today’s programs, like “Sponge-bob Squarepants,” “The Fairly Odd

Parents” and “The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius,” also seem to keep kids just as enter-tained.

However, the need for stimula-tion escalates year after year, and children are bombarded with bright colors and flashing lights that keep them riveted to the TV.

As technology increases, special effects follow suit, creating shows that are more visually stimulating than substantive. The story lines can be clever, though more than a few parents have shaken their heads at the content of these shows.

One may begin to ask if there is something being compromised because of our growing need for entertainment, especially new and innovative forms of entertainment.

There is something sweet about the innocence of older cartoons like “Mickey Mouse” and “Rocky and Bullwinkle.” It is my belief that the iconic characters of Porky Pig and Wile E. Coyote point toward a simpler time, and in the turmoil of today’s society, isn’t that what we want? Perhaps it was a wave of nos-talgia that hit me, but as I scrolled through more clips from shows like “The Pink Panther,” the original “Bat-man” and “Looney Tunes,” I came to the conclusion that ‘they just don’t make ‘em like they used to!’

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Mexico City considers adopting temporary marriage licenses

■■■To■avoid■complicated■divorces,■Mexico■City■looks■to■alter■the■traditional■marriage■process

By Alex Kempstonof The Clarion Staff

John and Sarah looked lov-ingly into each other’s eyes as they exchanged rings. They were finally getting married and would live happily ever after -- for the next three years.

Mexico City, in an effort to get rid of complicated divorce proceedings, is trying to pass a bill that would allow engaged couples to sign a contract lim-iting the amount of time they are mar-ried.

Essentially, it is like a sports contract, and if your significant other is displeased with your performance as a spouse, the contract is ended and you part ways, bringing a whole new meaning to the term “Contract Year.” In a world where everyone likes to have the latest edition to fit their needs, it is only logical that marriage would be the next aspect of life that needs an upgrade.

According to supporters of the bill, the contract could be modified to fit the needs of couples in any situation. The couple could decide the length of time they wish to be mar-ried, as short as two years, and even arrange for who has cus-tody of the kids if they decide

to end their contract. Now, before people start

raging about the sanctity of marriage and how depraved our world is, let me remind you that this bill has not been passed. It is also being con-sidered only in Mexico City, and it is hotly contested. But the fact that this issue is even being considered is appalling. Once boundary lines have been

crossed, it becomes a slippery slope.

The reason that government officials decided to propose this bill is purely economi-cal and is specific to Mexico City, where divorce rates are through the roof. According to Thomson Reuters, one out of every two marriages in Mexico City ends in divorce, usually in the first two years. Contracts may seem like a logical way to solve high divorce rates, but they completely negate the main reason people should be getting married.

Marriage is not a walk in the park. This proposed bill seems to me like an escape plan for

couples who do not want to deal with each other anymore. When you are in a relationship with someone and live with that person for years, there are going to be arguments. Maybe the wife wishes her husband had more time for her, so a fight erupts. But maybe the husband just wants his wife to realize he is busy and just needs her sup-port at that time in his career.

This is just one example out of millions of issues that couples have to deal with.

It is good to grow in your mar-riage, figure out what works and what does not

and continue to learn more about each other. Marriage is a learning experience, and one does not learn anything by giv-ing up.

The Mexico City govern-ment, by even considering this bill, is sending a clear mes-sage: If it doesn't work out right away, end it and move on to something new. This is not the right way to deal with one’s problems in any aspect of life.

So how do you avoid messy divorces that cost people and

the government millions of dol-lars?

It comes down to a simple solution: Unless you want to be

with one person for your whole life, do not get married. If you and your spouse

promise to each other that through any trial and argu-

ment, you will always work to make your relationship last, then stand up at the altar and vow “till death do us part.” But if you are not willing to make this commitment and grow with your significant other, do not tie the knot.

Because of Mexico City’s high Catholic population, the bill will probably not pass, and that is good. But the doors have been opened to this issue. It is only a matter of time before another country picks it up.


Essentially, it is like a sports contract, and if your significant other is dis-pleased with your performance as a spouse, the contract is ended and you part ways, bringing a whole new mean-ing to the term “Contract Year.”

According to Thomson Reuters, one out of every two marriages in Mexico City end in divorce, usually in the first two years.


Focus

It was a playoff-type matchup at Royal Stadium on Sat-urday, Oct. 22. The No. 10 Bethel Royals hosted the No. 3 Saint Thomas Tommies in front of a sellout crowd. The Tommies offense gave Saint Thomas a 14-point lead. Beth-el's defense stopped the bleeding, but the Royals offense couldn't complete the comeback. Despite the 23-13 loss, the Royals played a solid game and kept it exciting down to the wire. Here are some still-image breakdowns of key plays from the game.

PHOTOS FOR THE CLARION BY JARED JOHNSON


Focus(Bottom left) 2nd Quarter - 1:10 remaining — Junior wide receiver Reese Walker catches a 33-yard touchdown pass from senior quarterback Josh Aakre. The grab capped off a 5-play, 51-yard drive by the Royals offense and put the Royals on the board. Senior kicker Matt Wetherell's kick was good, making it a 17-7 game.

(Top left) 3rd Quarter - 5:55 remaining — Senior quarterback Josh Aakre posted a 5-yard touchdown run, capping off a 6-play, 41-yard drive for his team. Wetherell's extra point was blocked by the Tommies, but the touchdown reduced Bethel's deficit to 7, with a score of 20-13.

(Middle left, right, below) 4th Quarter - 2:47 remaining — University of Saint Thomas kicker Tim Albright booted a 60-yard kick, which was fielded by freshman running back Brandon Marquardt. Marquardt returned the kickoff 26 yards to Bethel's own 36. From there, the Royals drove all the way to the Saint Thomas 25-yard line. On a third-and-five play, Aakre went back for a pass and spotted his sophomore wide receiver, Jared Schultz, in the end zone. Aakre's pass hit off Schultz' hands and bounced into the air, only to land in the hands of a diving defender, Saint Thomas' Jack Gavin. The play was ruled an interception, giving the Tommies a touchback and possession of the ball in the final minutes of the game.

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Enriching classwork through community outreach■■A■special■partnership■between■one■College■Writing■course■and■Twin■Cities■Outreach■benefits■both■parties

By Linnea Whitefor The Clarion

Classes may have settled into a routine, but for student volun-teers at Bethel, serving is just be-ginning. Students involved with Twin Cities Outreach are meeting people, learning about their site and discovering how they will minister to others this year.

Twin Cities Outreach (TCO) is Bethel’s network of local service opportunities for students. The program partners with a variety of ministries so students can serve the homeless, tutor, help disabled people, build houses and more.

Some students serve with TCO as part of their coursework, like Dr. Naomi Ludeman Smith’s Col-lege Writing class. For Ludeman Smith, the opportunity for stu-dents to volunteer will “make the writing experience more relevant, with live impact.” At least three of the four papers for the course will relate to this experience, she said.

Ludeman Smith has used this model, based on materials from two professors at Concordia Uni-versity in Moorhead, since spring 2009. She is pleased with re-sponses from students. Instead of writing about well-known con-troversial topics, they tackle more

specific issues, such as education for Afghan women or farming in urban areas. Some students re-late these issues to their majors. The students are more engaged because they have personal con-nections and care about the top-ics. “I love that kind of learning,” said Ludeman Smith.

College Writing and TCO are only semester-long commit-ments, but it is Ludeman Smith’s hope that students will continue serving.

One student who became in-volved with TCO through Lude-man Smith’s course is Angela Wu, now a student leader for Hospital-

ity House.Wu said she wanted to be a

leader in TCO because she is pas-sionate about opening doors for the Bethel community to serve God’s people in the outside com-munity. “This is a growing oppor-tunity,” she said. “It was for me, and I hope it can be for others.”

For many students, TCO is a challenging and rewarding expe-rience through which they get to build relationships with people they might not meet otherwise. Last year Wu volunteered at Salem Evangelical Free Church, teaching English to Hispanic immi-grants. Hearing the life stories of

the people there was memorable and challenging, she said. “It is so hard. You’d be surprised what they have to go through,” said Wu.

Matt Sundquist, the leader at Mary’s Place, a homeless shelter, also talked about the relation-ships he cultivated through the program. When he tutors a stu-dent, he said, “I’m tutoring that person, but I also want to have a conversation with them and get to know who they are.”

Ludeman Smith believes these relationships and the research students do bring writing to life. She said it helps them “see how writing impacts community.”


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“Experiencing the Lord of the Rings shooting locations has been a goal of mine for years now, and I finally get to stand

exactly where the actors stood.”

Jordan WatkeJuniorBiology, Minor in Computer Science

AustraLearnWellington, New Zealand

By Jon Westmarkfor The Clarion

Everyone receives a name when they are born. Jordan Dye, born in 1991, received his first name partially because Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls won their first NBA championship that year. But he received another gift that day, one named after the same individual, that would shape his interests for life.

The gift was a pair of Air Jor-dan baby shoes, which his father gave him when they left the hos-pital. Since then, between birth-day presents, Christmas presents and paychecks, he has collected around 180 pairs of shoes and has an entire room in his house solely for them. They range in price from a $30 pair of Vans to an $850 “De-fining Moments” two-pair pack-

age. One of these — the Jordan VI — was the model that Michael Jordan wore when he won his first championship and was named the NBA Finals’ Most Valuable Player.

“I think the reason I like it so much, especially with the Jordans, is because of the history of it,” Dye said.

As he continued accumulating shoes in high school, it became more than a personal endeavor. “I’ve gotten to meet many people through it, including a lot of my close friends,” Dye said. He noticed that there was a sneaker “scene.” “There are some shoes — there’s a pair coming out right before Christmas — where people will get there at 3 or 4 o’clock in the morn-ing and wait till 10 a.m. to get them because there will be long lines,” he said. “It’s a big thing — a sub-culture.”

According to Dye, not every-one has seen it like this. “I’ve had a lot of people come into my shoe room and say, ‘Why on earth?’” he said. However, Dye said he has not been deterred by people who do not understand his passion for collect-ing shoes. “A lot of people don’t pay attention to it, but for the ones involved, it’s like any other type of hobby.”

Dye, now a sopho-more at Bethel, has not slowed down on his collecting because of college. “Since I’ve worked at two different sneaker boutiques, it has really amplified my interest,” he said.

He estimates that he has 25 to

30 pairs of shoes on campus, which he rotates in and out regularly.

His suitemate, Blair Dittrich, doesn’t mind having so many shoes around and admits that the

hobby does have its perks. “I’m a little jealous,” said Dit-

trich. “I have one pair of shoes; for a while I had just a pair of crocs with a hole in one of them.”

A shoe obsession■■Sophomore■Jordan■Dye■explains■why■he■owns■180■pairs■of■shoes

PHOTO FOR THE CLARION COURTESY OF JORDAN DYE

PHOTO FOR THE CLARION COURTESY OF JORDAN DYE

In Dye's collection is this pair of Jordans, autographed by Michael Jordan himself.

At his home, Dye has a room dedicated to showcasing and storing his extensive collection of shoes. He currently owns approximately 180 pairs and has about 25-30 pairs on campus.


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CultureAdapting to life as a married student■■After■marrying■this■past■summer,■Kyle■and■Allie■McIver■share■their■story■of■balancing■married■life■and■school■

By Lexi BeasLeyof The Clarion Staff

Bethel may have a reputation for “ring by spring,” but what does marriage actually look like as a stu-dent? Kyle and Allie McIver have learned firsthand what it means to be married while still attending school.

Kyle and Allie met “right off the bat,” freshman year, as Kyle recalled. Even though Allie lived in Edgren and Kyle lived in Bodien, they managed to meet the first week of school, and eventually they fell in love.

They were married on June 3, 2011, and have come back to Bethel to finish their degrees, both in Bibli-cal and Theological Studies. Now as seniors, Kyle and Allie have taken on

the task of balancing work, school and being newly married.

According to both Kyle and Allie, there have been a lot of adjust-ments since getting married and return-ing to school for their final year. “I think the time management was definitely the hardest thing,” said Allie. “Bal-ancing that with going to work and doing schoolwork and learn-ing how to be a wife was really challeng-ing.”

Another adjust-ment that Kyle de-scribed was how making decisions has changed in their rela-

tionship. “As a single person, you make decisions largely based on yourself,” said Kyle, “and now, as Allie’s husband, I’m called to make

decisions with her in mind first, and lay down my life for her in the choic-es I make.”

“There isn’t a switch that flips from single to husband,” said Kyle. “It is a hard, grinding process to retrain your mind to think that way.”

In addition to think-ing for two instead of one, balancing relationships has been another challenge.

“[Kyle’s] my best friend and he’s the person I want to spend time with, and he’s priority number two under the Lord,” said Allie. However, both Allie and Kyle agree that maintain-ing their other friendships is extremely important.

Kyle recalled that freshman year you want to get to know everyone, but “as you go through the years, you find that it’s not as wide, but it’s deeper.”

Allie said that the most fun parts of being married are living with her best friend and also seeing her re-lationship with the Lord grow. Kyle remarked that he really believed in the mantra that marriage isn’t so much about making you happy as it is about making you holy.

“We’ve seen that more than I would’ve thought in four months,” said Kyle, chuckling. “When you re-alize that the purpose of marriage is found in Christ and seeing the Gos-pel clearer and seeing this vivid pic-ture of Christ’s relationship with the church, it really brings so much joy and fulfillment to marriage.”

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After getting married on June 3 last summer, Kyle and Allie returned to Bethel for their senior year.


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Volleyball team stays focused heading into the home stretch

By Brock Buesingof The Clarion Staff

After missing out on the playoffs last year, the women’s volleyball team has had a strong 2011 campaign and looks poised to make a strong playoff push. With a 20-6 (6-1 MIAC) re-cord, the Royals are second in the division and have won nine straight matches coming into their final four of the season.

According to senior Nicole Wriedt, the key to the team’s rebound this year has to do with the team’s mindset.

"We have focused on mental toughness, consistency and perseverance," Wriedt said. "However, past years we have had similar fo-cuses, too. I can say that this year, each person on the court and the bench has the passion and toughness. ... That is something the Bethel team has not had consistently in past years," she said.

Last year's team finished with a record of 13-16, missing out on a MIAC playoff berth. With only four games remaining, Bethel is guaran-teed to have its first winning season since 2007, when the team finished 24-9.

"I think the biggest difference is that this team believes they can win; I always think we can win and last year's team came so close in so many matches," said head coach Gretchen Hunt. "This year our upperclass players really have confidence in themselves and each other."

Hunt emphasized the importance of her players giving 100 percent and competing, even in practice.

"As a team we sacrifice for each other rath-er than for ourselves,” said senior Kate Smith. "Coach Hunt has been doing a great job at find-ing the areas of our play that we need to work on and helping us improve at those.”

According to Hunt, most teams tend to rely on one or two key players to score the major-ity of the team’s points. The goal of this team, though, has been to make someone else beat the team.

The Royals are looking to finish the season on a strong note, make it through the MIAC playoffs and earn a bid to the NCAA Tourna-

ment. Their theme verse for the year portrays their

goal of finishing strong and living through Jesus. The verse, 2 Timothy 4:7-8, states, "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. And now the prize awaits me."

The Royals will have to finish at the top of their game, as they take on rival Saint Thomas for the final game of the season. Last year, the Tommies advanced to the national finals for the first time in school history, finishing with a 31-7 record and ranked seventh in the final Division III rankings. It will likely be a good measuring stick for the Royals, who are looking to get back to the NCAA Tournament for the second time in five years.

"No matter what happens the rest of our season, I know we will persevere well, keep our hearts and minds set on what is ahead of us, and work hard together," Wriedt said.

PHOTO FOR THE CLARION COURTESY OF BETHEL SPORTS INFORMATION

Senior opposite hitter Nicole Wriedt goes up for a block in a game against Augsburg.

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SportsWomen's hockey ready for another big year ■■With■key■returning■players■and■promising■new■recruits,■women's■hockey■looks■for■another■winning■season

By Zack McGoughfor The Clarion

The Royals women’s hockey team begins the 2011-12 season on Oct. 28 with a non-conference matchup against a talented UW-Eau Claire team. The Royals post-ed a strong record last season with an overall record of 15-10-2, and the team hopes to continue their success against this tough opponent on opening weekend.

Last year, the Royals had a record-setting year as the team reached the conference cham-pionship and had the best win percentage in Bethel history. In addition, the team boasted the most non-conference and con-ference wins, as well as the most points amassed in team history. After losing just two players from last year’s record-setting season, the team is poised to build on that success.

This year, the Royals will rely on a core group of players who were big contributors last year and are expected to do well again this season. Junior goaltender Jess Newstrom had a 1.8 goals against average and a .937 save percentage last season. Great goaltending is the basis of a con-tending team, and Newstrom will be called upon to continue her solid play in the net.

Leading the way on the blue line will be senior defenseman Anna Carlson and senior Rachael Geng. Carlson totaled 19 points last season, and Geng contribut-ed with a total of 15 points. Both seniors will be relied upon heavi-ly, and their solid play and leader-ship will undoubtedly be an asset.

Key returning forwards in-clude senior Biz Huss, who had 29

points last year, and sophomore Cristina Masten, who had 24 points. Both of these players are expected to be top scorers on the team’s offense again this season.

Returning players who look to develop into key contribu-tors include a defensive core of junior Molly Eagles, sophomore Melanie Robertson, sophomore Casie Ecklund and junior Kate Wahlin. Returners on forward who will be called upon this sea-son include junior Sarah Kartak and sophomore Charise Kendrick. Sophomore goaltender Sophie Borgerding may also be called upon a few times this season to stand tall in net.

In addition to these strong re-turners, the Royals have four key recruits who have the potential to become immediate contributors on the ice: Lindsay Burman, Kalie Johnson, Kaylen Erchul and Callie Halverson.

With so much returning tal-ent, as well as a few key new-comers, the Royals have a great chance this year to have contin-ued success. Making the confer-ence championship last season was a first-time achievement for the team and hopefully a step-ping stone for this coming year.

Head coach Brian Carlson dis-cussed the team’s difficult sched-ule this season, and said that their non-conference games will be tough and that the MIAC is growing stronger every year. Despite the challenging season ahead, Carlson is very optimistic about his squad.

“We have a goal as a team to be constantly improving our-selves in everything that we do on and off the ice,” said Carlson.

He also said the team has

been building confidence, and as a group they have realized that they belong competing against highly ranked teams in big games.

The team appears to have all the necessary pieces to be suc-cessful again this season and will hopefully be able to make a deep run into playoffs in a re-peat of last season.


Top: Junior goaltender Jess Newstrom returns to guard the net for the Royals. Newstrom had a .937 save percentage last season and the team will rely heavily on her solid play in the net.Right: Senior Anna Carlson will look to lead the Royal's defense, alongside senior Rachael Geng. Combined, the two defenseman totaled 34 points for Bethel last season.



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By Matt Kelleyfor The Clarion

The NBA lockout will elimi-

nate a large chunk of this year’s schedule, assuming there is a 2011-12 NBA season at all. After hours of unpro-ductive negotiations earlier this month, NBA Commission-er David Stern told report-ers, "We remain very, very far apart on virtually all issues."

In such dire times, what can convince hoop-heads to come down off the ledge? Col-lege basketball could have its best season in years, making it worthwhile for NBA fans to give amateur hoops a try.

The recent trend is for col-lege basketball ’s biggest stars to bolt for the NBA as soon as possible, often after one mandatory year. Many of last year’s impact players, howev-er, feared the lockout would impede their development in the NBA and have returned to school for the 2011-12 season.

North Carolina’s Harrison Barnes, Baylor’s Perry Jones III and Ohio State’s Jared Sull-inger would have been high draft picks had they left for the NBA. Their return to the college game – combined with a lack of professional basket-ball – should captivate view-ers from the opening tip of

the season, breaking a pattern established in recent years.

Kentucky head coach John Calipari is an extreme exam-ple of a trend in Division I bas-ketball. Coach Cal’s habit of landing – but never retaining – the top talent has served the Wildcats well. Standouts like John Wall, DeMarcus Cousins and Brandon Knight had mem-orable one-and-done seasons for Kentucky in the last two years.

Kentucky is the best exam-ple that the most competitive and entertaining teams were, in recent past, also the young-est. Cohesion and continuity were made subordinate to raw

talent. Because talent trumps all, an increasing number of teams are targeting one-and-done players.

Although effective, this recruiting strategy produces a sloppy product early in the year. After a full season to-gether, these teams finally reach their full potential, only to be forced to build anew the next year. The result is that recent regular seasons in col-lege basketball have been de-velopmental projects, merely preludes to beloved March Madness.

Not so this year; the NBA lockout has helped college basketball by scaring some

of its best players into a rare encore season. Having already endured the growing pains, many teams led by sopho-mores should show viewers fundamentals and team chem-istry from the beginning of the season.

The higher quality of play will surely mean higher TV ratings for college hoops, es-pecially with millions of bas-ketball addicts looking for a fix until the NBA resolves its labor dispute. The improve-ment may last only a year, but the stars have aligned for a magical season of college bas-ketball.

Matt’s Top Teams1.■North■Carolina■—■Last year’s top rebounding team returns its starting front court: Tyler Zeller, John Henson and Harrison Barnes. That size combined with emerging point guard Kendall Marshall makes the Tar Heels the clear favorites.

2.■Kentucky■— Sophomore do-it-all forward Terrence Jones is joined by the na-tion’s top crew of freshmen, highlighted by Anthony Davis. At 6-foot-10, Davis has a knack for blocking shots and should anchor a tremendous high-pressure defense.

3.■Ohio■State — Post maestro Jared Sullinger was one of the country’s top players last year and is back for 2011-12 thanks to the NBA lockout. The Buckeyes will be the top of the class in the Big Ten, adding solid freshmen to an experienced squad.

4.■Connecticut —■The defending national champs may have lost Kemba Walker, but sophomore Jeremy Lamb showed flashes of brilliance down the stretch last year as a versatile scorer. Freshman center Andre Drummond is incredibly athletic, mak-ing the Huskies a must-watch.

5.■Duke — Key departures will change the Blue Devils’ identity, but they crack my top five because of freshman guard Austin Rivers, son of Boston Celtics head coach Doc Rivers. He’s a transcendent scorer (think Jimmer Fredette crossed with Steph Curry), renowned for his propensity to elevate his game in the clutch.


Sports

By Rob LeMayof The Clarion Staff

Anyone who has been paying attention to Bethel Royals foot-ball this year will quickly notice that the offense is very good. The offense is scoring over 36 points per game and averaging over 400 yards, but on the other side of the ball, the defense is keeping pace.

So far this year, Bethel has only allowed an average of 14 points per game to opponents. Overall, the Royals defense is ranked 15th in the nation for the second year in a row.

Bethel finished the season last year among the top ten in the country for NCAA Division III. This was due in part to five 1st-team All-MIAC players on the defensive side of the ball. Unfortunately four of those players graduated last spring. The only returning 1st-team All-MIAC defensive player was senior linebacker Billy Morgan.

Morgan can be considered the leader of the defense, and his statistics prove it. He is leading the MIAC and is among the top 30 in the nation in tackles, averaging 11 per game. That is quite an ac-

complishment when you consider there are 239 Division III football programs in the nation.

The Royals recently suffered a 23-13 defeat to the No. 3 Saint Thomas Tommies. Prior to the game, the Tommies averaged over 40 points per game. Despite the loss, shutting out the Tom-mies offense for the entire sec-ond half was a feat in itself. That second half hold by the Bethel defense marks the first time the Tommies were held out of the end zone in the second half dur-ing this entire season, and it had not been done since the Royals

and Tommies faced off in the na-tional quarterfinal game last year.

According to head coach Steve Johnson, having a solid de-fense is part of the team's key for success.

“It’s part of our system to have a good defense year after year,” said Johnson.

Ranked No. 15 in the nation in total defense per game, Bethel, on average, allows opponents to gain under 250 yards per contest. The Royals get so much well-de-served attention on the offensive side of the ball, but the defense is pretty good, too.

By Rob LeMayof The Clarion Staff

The Bethel University Roy-als will look to rebound after a tough loss to Saint Thomas. For their next game they will travel to Moorhead to take on the Con-cordia Cobbers. The Cobbers are 6-2 and 4-2 in MIAC play, with their only losses coming to Saint Thomas and Saint John's.

Concordia put up 30 points against Saint Thomas and have a high-powered offense. Watch for red zone offense to play a key factor in the game. The Roy-als are at the top of the MIAC, scoring on 90 percent of their possessions in the red zone.

The Cobbers are fifth in the MIAC and have scored on only 73 percent of their red zone opportunities. After suffering two losses this season, the Roy-als are still getting respected in the national polls. According to d3football.com Bethel is ranked 20th in the nation. The game will be at 1 p.m. on Saturday.

Bethel's defense ranks 15th in the nation■■Even■with■a■reliable■offense,■the■Royals■defense■has■been■the■key■for■success

Bethel vs. Concordia■■ The■team■will■

take■on■the■6-2■Concordia■Saturday

PHOTO FOR THE CLARION BY JARED JOHNSON

Senior Billy Morgan, a 1st-team All-MIAC linebacker, returned to lead the Royals on the defensive side of the ball.

A ROYAL DEFENSE:

MIAC■Standings

Saint Thomas 6-0Saint Olaf 4-1Concordia■ 4-2Bethel■ ■ 3-2Augsburg 3-3Saint John's 2-3Carleton 1-4Gustavus 1-4Hamline 0-5

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The Clarionion - Bethel's own slice of "The Onion"Presidential crypt found below Scandia Church■■Tours■now■available■to■see■Bethel’s■vast■riches■honoring■the■tombs■of■past■presidents

By Danny Valentineof The Clarion Staff

The Archaeology Club re-leased a statement last week outlining the discovery of a crypt found 30 feet beneath Scandia Church. The statement described the crypt as “a final, elegant resting place for Bethel presidents to reside peacefully long after their time on earth has ended.”

“The floor and walls of the crypt are lined with enormous diamonds, a testament to the fiscal prowess of Bethel,” said

Archaeology Club member Derik Ramuson.

A giant, solid-gold staff with a lens on its head stands erect in the center of the room, focusing a small beam of light on a silver-plated inscription that reads, ‘Aldrig Glömma Fack-mindre Tis-dag,’ which was translated from Swedish to mean ‘Never Forget Tray-less Tuesday,’ explained Ramuson.

“Everyone agrees that the construction of the presidential crypt was a wonderful use of monetary resources and pro-vides a physical manifestation

of Bethel’s lucrative history,” said business office employee Rhona Tuffman.

“I’m so excited that we’ve discovered [the crypt], and can now show alumni and current students what their tuition dol-lars have been used for,” added Tuffman.

The Archaeology Club said, “The wonders of this discovery must be seen to be believed, and that is why tours of the crypt are scheduled to begin in late November.” Tours will be free for currently enrolled stu-dents and $8 for other patrons.PHOTO FOR THE CLARION BY JARED JOHNSON

Shocking poll shows most students dislike Family Weekend but separate poll shows parents love it anyway■■Math■majors■poll■students■about■Family■Weekend■and■find■embarrassment■worse■than■expected

By Danny Valentineof The Clarion Staff

The two polls conducted at the conclusion of Family Weekend showed drastically different results that reflected poorly upon students.

The polling shows that the majority of students were in some way embarrassed by their parents. Whether it was Dad telling family stories loud enough for the entire BC to hear or Mom licking her fingers to pin down her child’s stray hair, students were mortified.

However, the answers to a second poll given only to parents were quite different from the first.

Parents unanimously agreed that they loved the opportunity to see their children living in an envi-ronment that was helping them grow. After answer-ing, parents tearfully left the polling station and said their final goodbyes to the students they would leave behind.

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