Volume 86, Issue 18
Sioux Falls, S.D.
Friday, April 24, 1998
THIS SIDEWALK
WILL BE CLOSE
ON MONDAY
AMR Om
Photo by Carrie Ward
Two weeks ago, construction workers started ground work on
the Madsen Center. Because of the noise from the equipment,
classes have been moved to other buildings on campus.
Construction causes
sidewalk closings,
relocation of classes
Regents approve five-year
plan toward equity in sports
BY SHANNAN BROOKS
MIRROR GUEST WRITER
Augustana's Board of Regents has
approved a five-year plan which will help
guide the women's athletic program
toward compliance with Title IX.
In January 1997, Augustana's athletic
committee was asked what planning the
school was doing in relation to gender
equity, Athletic Director Bill Gross said.
In response to the inquiry, President
Ralph Wagoner appointed a Gender Equi-ty
Task Force to evaluate Augustana's
compliance with Title IX.
Task force chairwoman and assistant
professor of computer science Marcia
Entwistle said that the committee met
several times last summer to create a
plan that would comply with the law and
that would be good for Augustana. The-committee
initially had three goals in
mind.
"The first thing was to study Title IX, to
have a better understanding of the law
and the interpretations of the law," Gross
said. "Our second goal was to review all
operations in the department to deter-mine
what we were spending, and our
third major goal was to formulate recom-mendations
to be submitted to the
administration," Gross said.
Under Title IX, "no person in the Unit-ed
States shall, on the basis of sex, be
excluded from participation in, or denied
the benefits of, or be subjected to dis-crimination
under any educational pro-gram
or activity receiving federal aid."
Within the law, a school can demonstrate
compliance by showing proportionality, a
history of program expansion, or that it
has met all of the interests in the geo-graphical
area.
"We are never going to come into com-
Five-year plan
continued on page 8
Augustana's Gender Equity Plan
1998-1999 academic year
110 Sandy Jerstad will become the college's senior
women's athletic administrator. Her role will be to work
with the athletic director and the administration in the
areas of budget, scholarships, staffing and athletic facili-ties.
She will continue as the Vikings' head softball coach.
• The athletic department will hire Mike Jewett as full-time
assistant women's basketball coach/HPER instruc-tor.
• Current women's athletic program operating budgets
will be increased.
1999-2000 academic year:
• Current women's athletic program operating budgets
will be increased.
• Preparations will begin for the start of the women's
soccer program. A part-time women's soccer coach will
be hired. Recruiting and equipment plans for the new pro-gram
will be implemented.
2000-2001 academic year:
• Women's athletic scholarships will be increased.
• Women's athletic program operating budgets will be
increased.
• Women's soccer will begin intercollegiate competi-tion
in the fall.
2001-2002 academic year:
• Women's athletic scholarships will be increased.
• Additional steps in program expansion for women
will be developed.
2002-2003 academic year:
• Women's athletic scholarships will be increased.
• Additional steps in program expansion for women
will be developed, including a golf program
College prepared for acts of God
BY ADRIENNE
HOVERSTADT
MIRROR ASSISTANT EDITOR
With the start of construc-tion
on the Madsen Center,
more than 10 classes have
moved, and sidewalks near the
Social Science building are
closed.
According to Social Science
Division Secretary Mary Jane
Minnig, about a dozen classes
were relocated due to the
potential noise problems
caused by trucks driving past
the windows during construc-tion.
These classes include
those taught by professors
David Sorenson, Martin Bro-kenleg,
Gary Olson, Michael
Mullin, James Meader, Joseph
Dondelinger, Christopher Old-stone-
Moore and Peter Schot-ten.
Classes have been moved to
the Humanities building,
Gilbert Science Center, the
library and other locations
within the current Social Sci-ence
building.
According to Minnig, the
only classes that have not been
able to move are those taught
during the 11 a.m. time slot on
Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays. Minnig said that
because this is the busiest
class time of the day, there are
no other places on campus to
hold classes.
Minnig said the noise level
thus far has been tolerable in
the building. First-year stu-dent
Tayt Rinehardt agrees.
"When it gets warm in the
classroom, we like to open the
windows, but then the con-struction
gets too loud," Rine-hardt
said. "Therefore, we have
to keep the windows closed. It
gets a bit warm, but it doesn't
bother me too much."
Rinehardt was scheduled to
have two classes in the Social
Science building, but one was
moved right away. He says
that the biggest inconvenience
caused by the construction is
the path he has to take to get
to the other class still located
in the old army barracks.
"It's really a pain getting to
the Social Science building,
especially from Berg," Rine-hardt
said. "You have to walk
around by GSC and then all
the way around the back, way
up to the north end to get to
classes in the south end of the
building. It's really a hassle."
The parking lot east of the
building also has been reduced
in order to allow room for con-struction
vehicles to enter and
exit the premises.
This has not caused as big of
a problem as expected, accord-ing
to Minnig. She said that
parking has not been signifi-cantly
worse than before the
construction began. There
have been more cars parked
along Summit Avenue, howev-er.
Many students think the
construction inconveniences
will be worth the hassle in the
long run.
"I can put up with some
noise and classroom shuffling
for now," Rinehardt said.
"There always has to be some
difficulties before you see
progress."
If tornado struck
Augie campus,
disaster insurance
would pick up tab
BY PAUL SISSON
MIRROR FORUM EDITOR
If a tornado decided to cruise
through campus, Augustana
would be able to consider the
event not just an act of God,
but a blessing as long as no
one was hurt.
Augustana has a large insur-ance
policy underwritten by
the Travelers' Insurance Group
that would pay upwards of
$100 million if a disaster simi-lar
to that which occurred at
Gustavus Adolphus happened
at 29th and Summit.
"I don't feel that Augustana
is underinsured, neither do I
feel that we are overinsured,"
Vice President of Administra-tion
and Finance Charles
Brown said.
Augustana also would
receive payments for loss of
income. This means that if a
facility like a residence hall or
the Commons were out of com-mission
for any extended time,
the college would receive reim-bursement
equal to the pay-ments
that it would have
received from student fees.
For Augustana to collect any
insurance money, more than
$10,000 in damage would need
to be inflicted. Several years
ago, a tunnel fire between the
Old Gym and the Commons
building caused $15,000 in
damage. The tunnels were
repaired completely with the
insurance money.
Augustana's insurance poli-cy
differs from that of Gus-tavus.
Gustavus is a member
of a consortium of small Chris-tian
colleges that collectively
pools its resources in case of
disaster. Augustana pays an
insurance premium every year
to its insurance company. The
main difference is that Gus-tavus
and the other member
colleges have to replenish the
funds used to rebuild after the
disaster.
Augustana would not have to
repay any of the insurance
money received after a disas-ter.
Since Augustana would
not have to pay back any
money, a disaster on campus
could be considered an
upgrade.
"I tried to think of a way to
get a tornado to suck up the
old Social Science building,"
Brown said jokingly.