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Photo by Megan Koepp Dr. Martin Brokenleg does some research in his office between classes. The Native American studies profes-sor will be a part of a forum discussion with.the Dalai Lama at the University of Minnesota on May 9. Photo by Carrie DeRuyter Nontraditional social work major Joan Benz visits with social work Professor Andy East-wood. Eastwood accepted a position at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, a week after Augie administration announced it would cut the social work program effective May 2003. The Augustana Social work program pulled Sioux Falls, S.D. Friday, May 4, 2001 Volume 89, Issue 19 Forum The best two catches on campus Variety Pastor Maribeth leaves her mark Sports Salmela s legendary day BY KATIE MCKEE MIRROR CO-EDITOR Repositioning Augustana for the future leaves the social work pro-gram without one. Administration has decided to end the 32-year-old accredited joint program with the University of Sioux Falls (USF) at the end of the 2003 academic year. President Bruce Halverson cites the college's academic master plan's intent to increase the student to faculty ratio as one reason behind the cut. The plan calls for increasing the 12:1 ratio to 14:1. Other reasons include the small size of the pro-gram and in part, the college's cur-rent financial difficulties. "It's the budget, but it's not just the budget," Halverson said. "It's really about repositioning the col-lege and where you are going to put your priorities and *here you're going to emphasize." According to Academic Dean Dick Hanson, the decision did not come without careful consideration and examination into all of Augus-tana's programs. Nor did it come easy. "It was very painful," he said. "These are people I admire and respect." Social work is one of Augus-tana's smaller departments. Profes-sors Barb Barclay, Andy Eastwood and Harriet Scott work between Augustana and USF campuses. Stu- 'dents in the program attend classes at both campuses as well. According to Scott, 23 Augustana BY GARRICK MORITZ MIRROR ASSISTANT EDITOR Throughout his life the Rev. Dr. Martin Bro-kenleg has participated in many crusades for social change and jus-tice. Being a minister as well as a college profes-sor certainly places him in a raised position. In addition to this, he is a shaman of the Lakota Sioux tribe. With all these accom-plishments, one might think that he's accom, plished more than many people ever do. All the same, an opportunity to speak at a forum with the Dalai Lama is a rare treat that he is quite happy to indulge in. Months ago Broken-leg was approached by a fellow Episcopal minister from Minneso-ta, asking if he wished to partici-pate on a panel discussion at the University of Minnesota with His Holiness, as a representative of the Native American people. His response was simple. "I said, 'Absolutely!"' Broken-leg said. "I've read his books and studied his teachings. He is worthy of the praise he receives." Brokenleg heard nothing else about the panel until only two weeks ago when he received a let-ter from those in charge. They students are enrolled in the social work pro-gram, accounting for a little more than half of the 40 total social work students enrolled between the colleges. Hanson says Augustana's larg-er departments like business administration and biology, for example, have nearly 200 majors each. "The president and I have a responsibility to make sure that we can continue to provide a qual-ity educational product to our students," Hanson said. "This is one of the times when we needed to reorient the 'system." Hard feelings. The decision to cut the program, however, has not come without hard feelings, and the fact that the admin-istration informed no one of its ideas prior to the actual decision has upset many faculty and students. In fact, the social work faculty was informed - of the cuts on April 6 — two days after Halverson's April 4 faculty meeting and repositioning wished to obtain a copy of the remarks he planned to make so that His Holiness could prepare a response. He sent them off this last Tuesday, just making his deadline. Brokenleg was told by university organizers that the tickets for the forum sold out within two hours of opening. "Wherever [the Dalai Lama] goes he tries to connect with reli-gious leaders from any persua-sion," Brokenleg said. "He doesn't agree with everybody, and he says that, but he still feels that we should be able to talk. I'm just so excited to see how it will go." statement stating that all cuts had been made. Halverson says the intention was to inform them together ahead of time, but one pro-fessor was out of town. "It was an honest intention by us," he said. "We got stuck, and we apologize, but we think it was the right thing to do in order to be fair to people." The social work program isn't the only program that was informed of cuts after Halverson stated all cuts had been made. Four teachers at the Campus Learning Center learned Brokenleg has no easy task at this forum, for he is representing not only his tribe, Augustana, and his ministry, but the entire Native American culture. "This dialogue will be a discussion of religious principles," Brokenleg said. "So my task will be to outline for him the essential tenets of Native American belief." Brokenleg will speak about the commonalities shared by two very dif-ferent religions; those of Tibet and that of the Native Americans. "Native American peo-ple have had an experi-ence very like the experi-ence of the people of Tibet," he said. "We have had another population of people that have numerically and cultural-ly overwhelmed us. So we under-stand the difficulties of maintaining identity and values. That is certain-ly an issue with Tibet and their nation's problems with the Chinese communist government." The panel discussion will take place on the University of Min-nesota campus in the Northrup Auditorium on May 9 in Min-neapolis. The program is sponsored by the Tibetan American Founda-tion and the Tibetan Association of Minnesota. that their jobs would no longer be in place next fall. This announcement came just five days after Halver-son's original statement. Other departments are facing changes as well. Special education and computer science will each lose one position. In addition, Hanson says, one more position will be eliminated that has yet to be identi-fied. For Eastwood and Scott, it's not Social work continued on page 11 Lamppost vandalism bends budget BY JUSTIN VINJE MIRROR CO-COPY EDITOR Toppled lollipops, a big kid's urge acted upon, are eating into the college's collective pocket-book while leaving the grounds with somewhat spotty nighttime coverage. This recent rash of vandalism directed toward the globe lights at Augustana, destroying at least 10 in the past several months, has left members of the commu-nity in the dark and seeing red, according to Elmer Smolnisky, supervisor of maintenance. "The poles are $500 apiece, plus the electrician's time," Smolnisky said. "That's really stressful on the maintenance budget, to come up with another $5,000 a year, just to replace lights that shouldn't need replac-ing. It's just costing each student more money." But the whole downed-lamp fiasco becomes more than just an immediate out-of-pocket expense upon examination of the opportunity cost, according Vandalism continued on page 11 Brokenleg to meet Dalai Lama
Object Description
Title | Mirror - May 4, 2001 |
Subject (LC) | Augustana College (Sioux Falls, S.D.)--Students--Newspapers |
Type | Newspaper |
Date | 2001-05-04 |
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. |
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Language | English |
Collection | Augustana Newspapers |
Contributing Institution | Mikkelsen Library, Augustana University |
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Type | Newspaper |
Date | 2001-05-04 |
Text | Photo by Megan Koepp Dr. Martin Brokenleg does some research in his office between classes. The Native American studies profes-sor will be a part of a forum discussion with.the Dalai Lama at the University of Minnesota on May 9. Photo by Carrie DeRuyter Nontraditional social work major Joan Benz visits with social work Professor Andy East-wood. Eastwood accepted a position at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, a week after Augie administration announced it would cut the social work program effective May 2003. The Augustana Social work program pulled Sioux Falls, S.D. Friday, May 4, 2001 Volume 89, Issue 19 Forum The best two catches on campus Variety Pastor Maribeth leaves her mark Sports Salmela s legendary day BY KATIE MCKEE MIRROR CO-EDITOR Repositioning Augustana for the future leaves the social work pro-gram without one. Administration has decided to end the 32-year-old accredited joint program with the University of Sioux Falls (USF) at the end of the 2003 academic year. President Bruce Halverson cites the college's academic master plan's intent to increase the student to faculty ratio as one reason behind the cut. The plan calls for increasing the 12:1 ratio to 14:1. Other reasons include the small size of the pro-gram and in part, the college's cur-rent financial difficulties. "It's the budget, but it's not just the budget," Halverson said. "It's really about repositioning the col-lege and where you are going to put your priorities and *here you're going to emphasize." According to Academic Dean Dick Hanson, the decision did not come without careful consideration and examination into all of Augus-tana's programs. Nor did it come easy. "It was very painful," he said. "These are people I admire and respect." Social work is one of Augus-tana's smaller departments. Profes-sors Barb Barclay, Andy Eastwood and Harriet Scott work between Augustana and USF campuses. Stu- 'dents in the program attend classes at both campuses as well. According to Scott, 23 Augustana BY GARRICK MORITZ MIRROR ASSISTANT EDITOR Throughout his life the Rev. Dr. Martin Bro-kenleg has participated in many crusades for social change and jus-tice. Being a minister as well as a college profes-sor certainly places him in a raised position. In addition to this, he is a shaman of the Lakota Sioux tribe. With all these accom-plishments, one might think that he's accom, plished more than many people ever do. All the same, an opportunity to speak at a forum with the Dalai Lama is a rare treat that he is quite happy to indulge in. Months ago Broken-leg was approached by a fellow Episcopal minister from Minneso-ta, asking if he wished to partici-pate on a panel discussion at the University of Minnesota with His Holiness, as a representative of the Native American people. His response was simple. "I said, 'Absolutely!"' Broken-leg said. "I've read his books and studied his teachings. He is worthy of the praise he receives." Brokenleg heard nothing else about the panel until only two weeks ago when he received a let-ter from those in charge. They students are enrolled in the social work pro-gram, accounting for a little more than half of the 40 total social work students enrolled between the colleges. Hanson says Augustana's larg-er departments like business administration and biology, for example, have nearly 200 majors each. "The president and I have a responsibility to make sure that we can continue to provide a qual-ity educational product to our students," Hanson said. "This is one of the times when we needed to reorient the 'system." Hard feelings. The decision to cut the program, however, has not come without hard feelings, and the fact that the admin-istration informed no one of its ideas prior to the actual decision has upset many faculty and students. In fact, the social work faculty was informed - of the cuts on April 6 — two days after Halverson's April 4 faculty meeting and repositioning wished to obtain a copy of the remarks he planned to make so that His Holiness could prepare a response. He sent them off this last Tuesday, just making his deadline. Brokenleg was told by university organizers that the tickets for the forum sold out within two hours of opening. "Wherever [the Dalai Lama] goes he tries to connect with reli-gious leaders from any persua-sion," Brokenleg said. "He doesn't agree with everybody, and he says that, but he still feels that we should be able to talk. I'm just so excited to see how it will go." statement stating that all cuts had been made. Halverson says the intention was to inform them together ahead of time, but one pro-fessor was out of town. "It was an honest intention by us," he said. "We got stuck, and we apologize, but we think it was the right thing to do in order to be fair to people." The social work program isn't the only program that was informed of cuts after Halverson stated all cuts had been made. Four teachers at the Campus Learning Center learned Brokenleg has no easy task at this forum, for he is representing not only his tribe, Augustana, and his ministry, but the entire Native American culture. "This dialogue will be a discussion of religious principles," Brokenleg said. "So my task will be to outline for him the essential tenets of Native American belief." Brokenleg will speak about the commonalities shared by two very dif-ferent religions; those of Tibet and that of the Native Americans. "Native American peo-ple have had an experi-ence very like the experi-ence of the people of Tibet," he said. "We have had another population of people that have numerically and cultural-ly overwhelmed us. So we under-stand the difficulties of maintaining identity and values. That is certain-ly an issue with Tibet and their nation's problems with the Chinese communist government." The panel discussion will take place on the University of Min-nesota campus in the Northrup Auditorium on May 9 in Min-neapolis. The program is sponsored by the Tibetan American Founda-tion and the Tibetan Association of Minnesota. that their jobs would no longer be in place next fall. This announcement came just five days after Halver-son's original statement. Other departments are facing changes as well. Special education and computer science will each lose one position. In addition, Hanson says, one more position will be eliminated that has yet to be identi-fied. For Eastwood and Scott, it's not Social work continued on page 11 Lamppost vandalism bends budget BY JUSTIN VINJE MIRROR CO-COPY EDITOR Toppled lollipops, a big kid's urge acted upon, are eating into the college's collective pocket-book while leaving the grounds with somewhat spotty nighttime coverage. This recent rash of vandalism directed toward the globe lights at Augustana, destroying at least 10 in the past several months, has left members of the commu-nity in the dark and seeing red, according to Elmer Smolnisky, supervisor of maintenance. "The poles are $500 apiece, plus the electrician's time," Smolnisky said. "That's really stressful on the maintenance budget, to come up with another $5,000 a year, just to replace lights that shouldn't need replac-ing. It's just costing each student more money." But the whole downed-lamp fiasco becomes more than just an immediate out-of-pocket expense upon examination of the opportunity cost, according Vandalism continued on page 11 Brokenleg to meet Dalai Lama |
Collection | Augustana Newspapers |
Contributing Institution | Mikkelsen Library, Augustana University |