Loren Cass appears enthusiastic after his performance at the ASA Presidential debate
Monday night. Cass and running mate Ann Hofmann were elected as ASA president and
vice president on Tuesday. Photo by John Sundby.
ASA Election Results
President/Vice President
Cass/Hofmann 437 Barkmeier/Russell 165
Secretary
Sherri Koch 552
Treasurer
Mieka Bich 330 Todd Tetmeyer 260
Senior Class Representatives
Beth Saxvik Jason Harris
Junior Class Representatives
John Chenoweth Krista Gies
Sophomore Class Representatives
Lana Hollander Meredith Musegades
Augie administration doesn't relish
owning Sahara Club building space
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Women's softball preview
Augustana College
"Reflecting Augustana life for over 80 years" Thursday, March 2, 1989
Sioux Falls, South Dakota Volume 72, Number 15
Final chapter completed
in the "Augustana Plan"
by Mica P. Thiele
and Val Milligan
staff writers
Augustana's alcohol policy
was questioned by some students
recently after it was printed in the
Argus Leader February 15 that
Augie owns the land that
formerly housed the Sahara Club.
Lowell Larson, Controller, said
the property was given to Augie
two years ago as part of the
Elmen gift. "We don't relish
owning that building at all," said
Larson. He said the building has
been up for sale for some time.
"If we get a building, we sell it
just as fast as we can," he said.
David Rokke, Vice President
of Finance and Development,
said the tenants were already on
the property when Augie received
it. He said, "If we had a choice,
they would probably be cut. But
it was under lease, so what could
we do?" Rokke would not
comment further, saying he felt it
would be passing judgment on
the actions of Don Scott. Scott
held Rokke's position at the time
the gift was given to Augie.
When Augie received the
property, it was occupied by a
teen bar called Flirts. The
business closed last summer and
reopened later as the Sahara Club.
Larson said Augie allowed the
new business to open because it
was operated by the same owner.
Larson said, "We are not in the
real estate business." However, he
said that Augie owns approx-imately
five houses close to
campus, one of which is the Day
Care Center located directly south
of Solberg Hall.
He said Augie also owns more
by Stephanie Hats
staff writer
Beginning this spring, the
finishing touches of the
Augustana Advantage will no
longer be in the planning stages.
The Capstone courses will be a
reality.
The Capstone courses are
designed to round out the
"Augustana Plan" for graduating
students.
The plan, which originated in
1986, begins with the New
Student Seminar and introduces
students to the purposes of an
Augustana education.
Throughout its course, the plan
focuses on four areas of
education: self, knowledge, skills
and values, and attempts to tie
the whole experience together in
the form of a Capstone course.
An eight member faculty
taskforce has been working in
conjunction with the Student
Curriculum Committee to
construct the Capstone courses.
Each course is devised to draw
its resources from an inter-disciplinary
team of faculty and
students. This approach allows
students from different majors to
apply and to broaden what they
have learned in relationship to
significant issues.
The interdisciplinary technique
He believes that vulnerability
only encourages cooperative
learning.
Six courses have been planned
and will be offered next year,
including: Light in Dark-ness—
Courage and Evil in the
20th Century; An Invitation to
Care: Issues of Life, Health and
Death, War and Peace in the
Nuclear Age; Odysseys of the
Spirit; Forced Options: Business,
Technology, Values; as well as
Toward a Global Community.
Registration for the Capstone
courses will take place on May 1.
For flexibility and con-venience
one class will be offered
next fall, four during interim, and
one in the spring. One course will
also be offered during the 1989
summer college session.
Prior to registration the
Student Curriculum Committeeis
planning hearings to answer
questions regarding the courses
or the registration procedures.
These hearings are scheduled for
April.
Hopes are high for the future
of Capstone, according to Olsen.
Those involved in the planning
believe it will be a positive
experience for students.
"It's the synthesis of a liberal
arts education," said Amy Olson,
Curriculum Committee member.
"It will bring up issues and
than one vacant lot in Sioux Falls
and a bank in Hendricks, Minn.
He said the college has run the
bank for some time but that it is
presently for sale.
When asked for a list of
properties Augustana owns,
Rokke declined to provide one.
The Sahara Club closed its
doors in January after being
charged with 11 counts of serving
alcohol to minors and for having
an underage bartender.
Rokke said that since the
Sahara Club is no longer in
business, Augustana's ownership
of the property is not an issue.
"We didn't intentionally set out to
lease property for tavern purposes
... in the future we will not seek
tenants on Augustana property in
the alcohol business," he said.