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Mari Stensgaard/The Mirror Majora Carter, president of the Majora Carter Group and founder of Sustainable South Bronx, presents "Greening the Ghetto, and How Much It Won't Cost Us" at the final plenary session on Saturday, March 7, at the Nobel Peace Prize Forum at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn. Forum highlights 'green' efforts Subject of climate change at forefront of Nobel Peace Prize gathering Sandi Vietor IN CRISIS THE AUGUSTANA Friday MIRROR Vol. XCVII March 13, 2009 No. 14 1908 • CELEBRATING 100 YEARS • 2008 Seniors, if you're looking for a job, rest assured you're not alone. According to the Bureau of Labor Sta-tistics, unemployment rose from 7.6 to 8.1 percent in the past month alone. This eco-nomic downturn impacts the way gradu-ates envision their next step. "The grads coming out in May are going to face a little bit of a different job market:' Augustana Career Center director Sandi Vietor said. "The markets are very much in belt-tightening modes." The United States experi-enced an eco-nomic expansion beginning in 2001. By 2008, the expansion slowed due to a reduction in consumer spending. This fallout rever-berated and hit the job market, which cor-nered U.S. employees. "New jobs are not being created, and old jobs are being eliminated:' associate professor of economics Reynold Nesiba said. "When the economy expands, that's when jobs are created. Unemployment is going to rise throughout the rest of this year and probably into next before it turns the corner, and that's about the best we can hope for." In spite of this dismal market, the Ca-reer Center urges seniors to nip the prob-lem and to use creativity in finding jobs. "You can't sit back and wait for some-thing to pop up, you have to go after it," Vietor said. "You have to be applying and tenacious. Be thinking about all of the dif-ferent ways you can use your skills." Seniors may have to twist past By Megan Brandsrud Mirror Staff Writer Once a year, students from the five Lutheran Midwestern Norwegian "sis-ter" colleges assemble to celebrate their similarities and differences, all the while learning about and striving for a healthy global community that revolves around one essential element—peace. For the past 21 years, the five schools have been taking turns in hosting the an-nual Nobel Peace Prize Forum, highlight-ing recent Nobel Peace Prize recipients. The focus of this year's forum, "Striving for Peace: A Climate for Change," cen-tered on eco-justice, as it honored the winners of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize: former Vice President Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). This past weekend, St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn., demonstrating its own "Go Green" efforts with its towering wind turbine, welcomed students from Augustana, Concordia (Moorhead), Augsburg and Luther colleges for the 2009 forum. The conclusion of the forum included a presentation of this year's peace schol-ars from each of the five schools, includ-ing Augustana junior Beth Singleton and senior Kimberly Johnson, and an invita-tion to next year's forum. Richard Alley, a professor of geosci-ences at Pennsylvania State University and contributing scientist for the IPCC, opened the forum with the first plenary session, "Projecting Peace: The IPCC and the Science of Climate Change' Alley discussed his work with the IPCC and an assessment of the physi-cal impacts of climate change. "Climate science is a predictive science, not an ex-planatory one," Alley said. Alley explained how the people suf-fering from climate change the most are the poor, hot countries where people live off the land and use natural projects. A crowd favorite, Alley described these hu-manitarian impacts of climate change by saying, "It's illegal for me to poop in your front yard, but it's not illegal for me to change your climate." As part of Friday's concurrent sessions, Larry Rasmussen, a Reinhold Niebuhr professor of social ethics emeritus, and See PEACE, page 11 Job availability slims with rise in unemployment By Mari Stensgaard Mirror Staff Writer See JOBS, page 12 m: irror . must sees 1 Octo-Mom's sanity called into question. Page 4 Twitter highlights Tech Talk. Page 6 3 Basketball teams headed for playoffs. Page 8 By Rob Green Mirror Staff Writer As the grip of the economic crisis grows tighter, Augustana officials are cautiously confi-dent that the college can with-stand the squeeze of the times. To the 98 percent of students that rely on Augustana scholar-ships, the . financial stability of the college is becoming a rel-evant concern. Since last year, Augustana's endowment fund has plummeted some 30 per-cent— last year's $53 million is down to less than $40 million. While not an immediate source of panic, the endowment is a victim of the times. With the University of Sioux Falls laying off some 20 full-time employees and the remaining staff taking a nine percent pay cut, some wonder if Augustana could suf-fer similar economic pitfalls. "If it can happen four blocks down the street, it can happen here too," junior Jenna Stroth said. "Like all colleges, we've been impacted in a number of differ-ent ways," President Rob Oli- EcoNomy ver said. "It's a good news, bad news type of story. The bad news is we're down. The good news is we're not as down as other schools are." As always, Oliver's focus is on the students. Taking a con-servative approach to next year's budget, he assures students that they will be the school's top pri-ority. "Our commitment is to See AID, page 11 Conservative buuddggeteitningg p riority for administration
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Title | Mirror - March 13, 2009 |
Subject (LC) | Augustana College (Sioux Falls, S.D.)--Students--Newspapers |
Type | Newspaper |
Date | 2009-03-13 |
Publishing agency | Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD, USA |
Rights | This image may not be reproduced without the express written consent of Augustana University, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA. |
Medium | Text |
Format - Digital | |
Language | English |
Collection | Augustana Newspapers |
Contributing Institution | Mikkelsen Library, Augustana University |
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Type | Newspaper |
Date | 2009-03-13 |
Text | Mari Stensgaard/The Mirror Majora Carter, president of the Majora Carter Group and founder of Sustainable South Bronx, presents "Greening the Ghetto, and How Much It Won't Cost Us" at the final plenary session on Saturday, March 7, at the Nobel Peace Prize Forum at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn. Forum highlights 'green' efforts Subject of climate change at forefront of Nobel Peace Prize gathering Sandi Vietor IN CRISIS THE AUGUSTANA Friday MIRROR Vol. XCVII March 13, 2009 No. 14 1908 • CELEBRATING 100 YEARS • 2008 Seniors, if you're looking for a job, rest assured you're not alone. According to the Bureau of Labor Sta-tistics, unemployment rose from 7.6 to 8.1 percent in the past month alone. This eco-nomic downturn impacts the way gradu-ates envision their next step. "The grads coming out in May are going to face a little bit of a different job market:' Augustana Career Center director Sandi Vietor said. "The markets are very much in belt-tightening modes." The United States experi-enced an eco-nomic expansion beginning in 2001. By 2008, the expansion slowed due to a reduction in consumer spending. This fallout rever-berated and hit the job market, which cor-nered U.S. employees. "New jobs are not being created, and old jobs are being eliminated:' associate professor of economics Reynold Nesiba said. "When the economy expands, that's when jobs are created. Unemployment is going to rise throughout the rest of this year and probably into next before it turns the corner, and that's about the best we can hope for." In spite of this dismal market, the Ca-reer Center urges seniors to nip the prob-lem and to use creativity in finding jobs. "You can't sit back and wait for some-thing to pop up, you have to go after it," Vietor said. "You have to be applying and tenacious. Be thinking about all of the dif-ferent ways you can use your skills." Seniors may have to twist past By Megan Brandsrud Mirror Staff Writer Once a year, students from the five Lutheran Midwestern Norwegian "sis-ter" colleges assemble to celebrate their similarities and differences, all the while learning about and striving for a healthy global community that revolves around one essential element—peace. For the past 21 years, the five schools have been taking turns in hosting the an-nual Nobel Peace Prize Forum, highlight-ing recent Nobel Peace Prize recipients. The focus of this year's forum, "Striving for Peace: A Climate for Change," cen-tered on eco-justice, as it honored the winners of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize: former Vice President Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). This past weekend, St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn., demonstrating its own "Go Green" efforts with its towering wind turbine, welcomed students from Augustana, Concordia (Moorhead), Augsburg and Luther colleges for the 2009 forum. The conclusion of the forum included a presentation of this year's peace schol-ars from each of the five schools, includ-ing Augustana junior Beth Singleton and senior Kimberly Johnson, and an invita-tion to next year's forum. Richard Alley, a professor of geosci-ences at Pennsylvania State University and contributing scientist for the IPCC, opened the forum with the first plenary session, "Projecting Peace: The IPCC and the Science of Climate Change' Alley discussed his work with the IPCC and an assessment of the physi-cal impacts of climate change. "Climate science is a predictive science, not an ex-planatory one," Alley said. Alley explained how the people suf-fering from climate change the most are the poor, hot countries where people live off the land and use natural projects. A crowd favorite, Alley described these hu-manitarian impacts of climate change by saying, "It's illegal for me to poop in your front yard, but it's not illegal for me to change your climate." As part of Friday's concurrent sessions, Larry Rasmussen, a Reinhold Niebuhr professor of social ethics emeritus, and See PEACE, page 11 Job availability slims with rise in unemployment By Mari Stensgaard Mirror Staff Writer See JOBS, page 12 m: irror . must sees 1 Octo-Mom's sanity called into question. Page 4 Twitter highlights Tech Talk. Page 6 3 Basketball teams headed for playoffs. Page 8 By Rob Green Mirror Staff Writer As the grip of the economic crisis grows tighter, Augustana officials are cautiously confi-dent that the college can with-stand the squeeze of the times. To the 98 percent of students that rely on Augustana scholar-ships, the . financial stability of the college is becoming a rel-evant concern. Since last year, Augustana's endowment fund has plummeted some 30 per-cent— last year's $53 million is down to less than $40 million. While not an immediate source of panic, the endowment is a victim of the times. With the University of Sioux Falls laying off some 20 full-time employees and the remaining staff taking a nine percent pay cut, some wonder if Augustana could suf-fer similar economic pitfalls. "If it can happen four blocks down the street, it can happen here too," junior Jenna Stroth said. "Like all colleges, we've been impacted in a number of differ-ent ways," President Rob Oli- EcoNomy ver said. "It's a good news, bad news type of story. The bad news is we're down. The good news is we're not as down as other schools are." As always, Oliver's focus is on the students. Taking a con-servative approach to next year's budget, he assures students that they will be the school's top pri-ority. "Our commitment is to See AID, page 11 Conservative buuddggeteitningg p riority for administration |
Collection | Augustana Newspapers |
Contributing Institution | Mikkelsen Library, Augustana University |