Briefly
Gone for Interim?
If you are going to be
involved in an internship,
independent study, campus
exchange, study abroad, or
other school supported activity
that will take you off campus
during Interim, you may apply
for an Interim board credit.
The credit will be for the
period from Dec. 20, 1990 to
Feb. 2, 1991. The involved
accounts will be frozen for that
period.
The credit will amount to
$106.88 plus tax, and will be
applied to your second
semester fees in the Business
Office. Your meal plan
account will be reduced by
119.50 points.
Forms to apply for this
credit are available at the
Commons Desk. The form
must be completed and
returned before you leave for
Christmas break.
Final examination
schedule
Fall semester final exam
dates: Saturday, Dec. 15 and
Monday, Dec. 17 through
Wednesday, Dec. 19.
Reading Day: Friday, Dec.
14.
Classes which meet first on
Monday, Wednesday or Friday
at 8 a.m. will have the final
exam at 10:30 a.m. on Wed., 9
a.m. classes will have the fmal
at 8 a.m. on Sat., 10:40 or 11
a.m. classes will have the fmal
at 1 p.m. on Tue., 12 p.m.
classes will have the final at 1
p.m. on Mon., 1 p.m. classes
will have the final at 8 a.m. on
Wed., and 2 p.m. classes will
have the final at 10:30 a.m. on
Sat.
Classes which meet first on
Tuesday or Thursday at: 8 or
8:30 a.m. will have the final at
8 a.m. on Tue., 9 a.m. classes
will have the final at 10:30
a.m. on Tue., 11 a.m. classes
will have the final at 8 a.m. on
Mon., 12 p.m. classes will
have the final at 10:30 a.m. on
Mon., 1 p.m. classes will have
the final at 1 p.m. on Sat., and
2 p.m. classes will have the
final at 1 p.m. on Wed.
For exceptions to the above
schedule refer to the fall 1990
registration books or stop by
the registrars office.
Index
Editorial 2
Campus 3&8
Lifestyle - 4&5
Sports 6&7
The Kendle Capsule
A look at Paul Kendle:
■ COACH: 18 years at Augustana.
■ HOME: Perry, Okla.
■ RECORD: 156-55-1.
■ HONORS: First wrestler to be
inducted into the South Dakota
Intercollegiate Conference Hall of
Fame. 1977 NCAA Division II and
S.D. College Coach of the Year.
■ 1990: Augustana Wrestling
team is 3-0 going into tonight's match
with South Dakota State.
Merry Christmas!
A Christmas tree in the Chapel helps to maintain the
"Christmas spirit" despite the lack of snow outside.
THE Augustana Mirror
December 13, 1990 SIOUX FALLS, S.D., VOL. 74, NO. 12
Kendle cut from Augie staff
Wrestling
coach given
walking papers
by NEAL RONQUIST
co-editor
Paul Kendle, Augustana's
head wrestling coach for 18
years, was one of the faculty
members released yesterday.
The reductions in faculty and
staff were announced
Wednesday by Augustana
College President Lloyd
Svendsbye.
The cuts are effective at the
end of the 1990-91 school year.
In addition to coaching, Kendle
is an assistant professor in
health, physical education and
recreation.
"The president informed me
this morning of his decision to
eliminate the head wrestling
coaching position as part of a
total cost reduction program at
the college," said Bill Gross,
Augustana's athletic director.
"He instructed me to investigate
ways to consolidate the head
wrestling coaching position
with another full-time position
within the department."
Svendsbye stated that all the
college's activities were
reviewed in the process of
cutting costs.
"I decided on releasing the
wrestling coach since wrestling
is not a required sport for
membership in our conference,"
he said. "And I believe that task
can most easily be consolidated
with other coaching or teaching
functions of the athletic staff.
Moreover, of all the required
sports coached by full-time
staff, wrestling involves the
fewest students."
Members of the wrestling
team were visibly upset after
Coach Kendle told them the
news:
"As a senior, I can honestly
say that I have more respect and
learned more about life from
Augie wrestling and Coach
Kendle than from any part of
the curriculum at Augie," said
Dale Nothdurft.
"Eighteen years of his life
those cases we've apparently
not learned the lessons very
well," he said. "Consequently,
our dependence on foreign oil
has even increased."
Currently, petroleum
consumers in the United
States pay a 25 cent per gallon
tax on gasoline, while
consumers in many other
industrialized countries pay an
average of $1.50 to $3.00 per
gallon in taxes. Tieszen said
that an increase in the cost of
petroleum to the United States
consumer could create an
economic necessity for them
to conserve gasoline.
"We're not paying a
reasonable share for
petroleum resources," he said.
"People must not believe that
there are only finite petroleum
resources in this world. On a
per capita basis, we and only a
few other countries use
Addiction cont. on p. 3
said junior Lance Smith.
"Coach Kendle has been a great
asset to Augustana College and
to the sport of wrestling. He has
made Augustana wrestling a
nationally respected figure and
this is how our president, Lloyd
Svendsbye intends to treat
him."
"Tuition goes up and quality
staff members are forced to
leave," said senior Jim Ryan.
"How can we believe in the
values of Augustana if an 18-
year veteran is canned. I guess
it is a desperation move by
(president) Svendsbye."
"People may think wrestlers
can be pushed around, but
Coach Kendle has taught us to
never quit and when things get
tough to get in someone's face,"
said assistant wrestling coach
Mark Krier. "Well, Augustana,
you are going to have myself
and one big army in your face."
A native of Perry, Okla.,
Kendle was head wrestling
coach at Pawhuska High School
in Pawhuska, Okla., for four
years. He was assistant
wrestling coach at the
University of South Dakota for
one season before joining
Augustana's staff in 1973.
Coach Kendle was
unavailable for comment.
See page 6 for more
comments from wrestling
team members.
totally dedicated to the sport of
wrestling and all who came to
wrestle for him, and it all comes
to an end so Augustana can save
a few dollars," said freshmen
Brian Hawes.
"I feel they lost respect for
our program and Paul Kendle,"
said senior Tim Johnson. "Paul
Kendle represents the program,
he has brought it to its respected
position."
"I've been through this
situation before and it's never
pleasant," said senior Philip
Farley. "All I have to ask is
where the hell is your loyalty."
"I don't see the logic in firing
a teacher/coach, who has been
around for 18 years, just
because this move will effect
the least amount of people,"
LAURIE BUSS
staff writer
The United States' war
against drugs is a fight against
an addiction. The United
States' potential war in the
Middle East, however, would
be a fight to maintain an
addiction; a fight to maintain
an addiction to oil.
According to U.S. News
and World Report, the United
States imports more oil than
the combined oil consumption
of Germany, France and
Britain. Foreign oil
dependency in the United
States is up 77% since 1983.
Dr. Larry Tieszen,
Professor of Biology, said this
increased dependency is due
largely because the United
States has not created an
effective energy policy.
"We've gone through 'oil
crises' several times before, in
1973 and 1979, and in each of
The United States
fights for an addiction