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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 Augustana MIRROR Augustana tennis teams travel to St. Cloud for NCC tournament 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
Object Description
Title | Mirror - April 27, 1995 |
Subject (LC) | Augustana College (Sioux Falls, S.D.)--Students--Newspapers |
Type | Newspaper |
Date | 1995-04-27 |
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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Title | Page 1 |
Type | Newspaper |
Date | 1995-04-27 |
Text | 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 Augustana MIRROR Augustana tennis teams travel to St. Cloud for NCC tournament 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 |
Collection | Augustana Newspapers |
Contributing Institution | Mikkelsen Library, Augustana University |