Northlanders!
PHOTO BY MICHELLE FRANK
Members of the Northlanders jazz band performed a joint concert with Augustana
College Community Jazz Band and South Dakota State's , "On Cue," on Tuesday,
April 25.
April 27, 1995
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Augustana College Sioux Falls, SD Volume 83, Issue 8
Committee works to implement honors program
CARLA HOCK
MIRROR STAFF WRITER
For the first time in Augustana history,
an honors program is being designed to
challenge students whose ability and mo-tivation
are not met by current courses.
"We want to create a program of courses
that stimulates brighter students and en-courages
them to look deeper," said Ivan
Fuller, head of the honors committee. "It
is a separate program of courses that en-hances
your bachelor's degree."
Religion professor Ann Pederson, said
that the need for an Augustana Honors
Program has been presented by many
sources.
Students from as far back as three years
voiced concern over the lack of a program.
Several faculty members have also ex-pressed
their beliefs that such a program
is necessary.
Pederson said that support for the pro-gram's
development has also come from
President Ralph Wagoner and Gary Olson,
vice president of academic affairs. Faculty
and staff at last fall's president's retreat
mandated that an honors program be de-signed.
According to Pederson, an honors pro-gram
is necessary because in today's soci-ety
students need the chance to learn in
ways that go beyond the ordinary context
of learning. This skill is used in all adult
life, including job situations.
"'Typically, learning has been highly indi-vidualized,"
Pederson said. `The model for
education is changing, and learning is just
not something you can do on your own."
An honors program would help attract
bright students to Augustana. However,
Pederson emphasized that it goes beyond
just looking good compared with other
schools- when high-quality students are
interested in Augustana, the college must
offer the "extra edge" an honors program
gives to those who desire it.
Fuller said that an honors program, has
never been offered at Augustana. Some
core courses at Augustana have been la-beled
honors sections, but these were
specified at the professor's discretion, not
as part of a complete honors program.
"The curriculum will be a separate set of
course offerings available only to those
students officially enrolled in the honors
program," Fuller said.
Pederson said that ideally, the program
will involve a group of students that would
move through four years of honors classes
together. However, some "phasing in"
techniques will allow older students to
take advantage of the program.
The honors committee's vision of classes
includes primarily core courses, but Fuller
said it is possible that honors courses for
a specific major will be offered. He antici-pates
professors from different areas
teaching an interdisciplinary course,
much like current Capstone classes.
HONORS PROGRAM/ SEE BACK PAGE
Two men charged
with car vandalism
AMY BRISTOL
MIRROR STAFF WRITER
Six student cars were vandalized
around 2 a.m., April 11 in the
Granskou parking lot. The car win-dows
were smashed and a few stere-os
were stolen.
Detective Mary Thorstenson of the
Sioux Falls Police Department said
police responded to a 911 call from a
homeowner on 28th Street, who wit-nessed
the vandalism.
When police arrived on the scene,
they found two men loading the
stereos into a truck bed.
'The officers chased the two men
on foot," Thorstenson said. "But the
driver of the truck took off when he
saw his buddies being chased."
The two apprehended men, Dung
Van Nguyen. 22, and Cuong Ngoc
Nguyen, 21, were homeless, tran-sient
workers. They have been
charged with six counts of fourth
degree burglary and one count of
possession of burglary tools.
Police are still searching for the
driver of the Ford Explorer.
"These people may have connec-tions
to dispose of the property for
profit," Thorstenson said. "But we
don't know where the property
went."
The owners of the vehicles are
David Aadland, Matt Arveson, David
Grearer, Brian Jackson, Vicki Oliv-er,
and Kent Townsend.
Most owners were alerted by Cam-pus
Safety between 2:45 and 3:30
Wenesday morning.
"At first, I thought it was a prank,"
Townsend said. "But I saw the po-lice
car and knew that it wasn't,"
The damage to the cars ranged
from $250 to over $1000.
Arveson said that the men bent his
gear shift when they took out his
stereo.
"They also took CD's and sunglass-es,"
Arveson said. "I guess for per-sonal
use."
According to Jackson, it was obvi-ous
that the men were novice bur-glars.
"Mine was the last one broken
into," Jackson said. "They were so
careful about unplugging every wire
instead of ripping it right out."
The police officers requested that
Campus Safety put more concentra-tion
on the parking lots during the
evening hours.
"Hopefully, someday, we will have
two police officers on campus at the
same time during the night hours,
so we can keep a better watch of
what's going on out there," said Rod
Fisher, Campus Safety and Security
Coordinator.
Most students believe that Cam-pus
Safety handled the situation
well. Others feel that Security
wasn't doing enough.
"Once the police or fire department
comes on campus, we go into an as-sist
mode," Fisher said. "We are
supposed to be taking our instruc-tions
from the firefighters and po-lice."
Detective Thorstenson said that
the best way to help Security and
the police is to keep a record of all
model and serial numbers of stereo
equipment.
"I can enter the model and serial
numbers into a national data bank,"
Thorstenson said. "If the equipment
is found in Florida, the police there
can access that data bank and the
property is easily recovered,"
Thorstenson said.
Thorstenson said that expensive
car stereos are very difficult to pro-tect
and careless owners are some-times
asking for trouble.
Organizations team up for Community Service
As of Wednesday, approxi-mately
600 students, faculty
and staff have signed up to
participate in the second annual Augustana Community
Service Day which will be held May 3.
"It won't come together without you," is the theme of
the service day which included over 800 campus partici-pants
last year.
Registration in the Commons continues through today,
and organizers are expecting even more people to get in-volved.
According to Tracy Riddle, associate dean of student
services, 200 individual spots were still open on projects
as of Wednesday afternoon.
According to Marnie Dahle, director of Outreach for the
Chapel and a member of the Community Service Day
steering committee, volunteers can still sign up to partic-ipate
in Community Service Day even after Thursday.
Individuals not associated with a particular group are es-pecially
encouraged to become involved.
"If you don't have a team, we can put you on one,"
Dahle said.
Sign up began Tuesday for the 50 projects which in-elude
everything from yardwork to indoor cleaning to
musical performances. The projects are throughout the
Sioux Falls community as well as on campus.
Some of the projects that Augustana students, faculty
and staff will be involved with include outside work at
the Children's Home Society, helping with activities at
the Senior Day Break (Senior Citizens Center), cleaning
the library at the South Dakota School for the Deaf and
assisting in running a carnival at the Veterans Adminis-tration
Hospital.
Many organizations are going to be involved with pro-jects.
Members of Augustana's College Republicans will
be spending the day painting at Augustana College's
Campus Learning Center.
A group from UBG will be cleaning inside and outside
downtown at the Banquet. Circle K members will be in-teracting
with chidren and doing yardwork at the Chil-dren's
Care Hospital and School.
Faculty and staff have also put together teams for the
day.
Financial Aid will be painting shutters and windows
along with senior girls at the Augustana Human Re-sources
Office on Summit Avenue.
Two of the biggest projects again this year are the Big
Sioux River clean-up and outdoor work at the Leif Eric-son
Day Camp.
150 volunteers are needed for the river project and 50
to 60 for the Leif Ericson Day Camp.
Organizers have planned a full day of activities begin-ning
at 7 a.m. with a wake-up call. A complimentary
breakfast will be served in the Commons from 7 to 8
a.m. At 8 a.m. a send-off celebration will be held by Ole
on the north end of campus.
Projects begin at 8:30 a.m. and run at various times
throughout the day. Lunch will be served in the Corn-mons
from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Students can use their
meal plans and others can pay cash line prices.
A campus wide picnic will take place from 5 to 7 p.m.
by Ole. The Cartwright Brothers singing group and the
Hypno-jerks, a progressive rock band, will provide enter-tainment.
The entertainment is sponsored by Full Tilt
Management. Students can use their meal plans at the
picnic. Children 12 and under eat free and all others will
be asked to give a $5 free-will donation.
People still interested in becoming involved can call
Student Services at 336-5215.
PAUL. KRUEGER
MIRROR VARIETY EDITOR