Augustana eople...
The new Augustana Student Association officers were in-augurated
yesterday in the Commons lounge. From left to
right: Randy Gehring, president; Randy Smith, vice presi-dent;
Lois Van Dam, treasurer; and Shelly Lage, secretrary.
Jeff Gross finished third in the 500 meter run at the Division I Indoor Track Champion-ships
this past weekend at Syracuse, N.Y. It is the highest finish ever for an Augustana
track athlete. See story on page 6.
Volume 67, number 19 March 15, 1984
The Augustana Mirror
ASA's identity crisis:
❑ What does the student government do anyway?
By David Loverude
editor
The inauguration yesterday of the new ASA officers will also br-ing
a new attitude toward what students can expect from their stu-dent
government — the Augustana Student Association.
However, the ASA has, to a certain extent, an identity problem.
Some students do not know how it is structured, how it works,
what it-deals with and how it affects them.
Recent ASA president Tom Erickson admitted that the ASA is
not always thoroughly understood. He said that although most
students understand ASA's main functions of serving student's in-terests
and appropriating money to student organizations some
know little more.
"Sometimes, that's a problem and students don't always know
what we're doing and why we're doing it," Erickson said. "You see
this at election time when candidates start criticizing the student
government.
'What's in the student handbook, what's in the Mirror and the
minutes" are the only sources of information that students receive
about ASA.
see related story page 2
The overall purpose of ASA is to serve the interests of the
students, Erickson said. A misunderstanding sometimes arises
when students do not view anything as a problem unless it directly
affects them, such as the current investigation into the contract bet-ween
Augustana and Sioux Falls College.
'We don't necessarily think it's bad and it may turn out to be
great for Augie," he said. "What we want to know is, is it good for
the college. If it's good for the college it's good for the students.
And that's what the student government is for."
During the recent presidential campaign, some candidates said
that ASA shouldn't be so concerned about things like the Sioux
Falls contract and should concentrate instead on issues that directly
affect the students such as maintenance, food service, the Huddle
and library hours.
see ASA page 2
Tuve postions
now open
Tuve International
Counselor positions, (1
woman, 2 men) are available
for the 1984-85 academic
year. Counselors live in Tuve
Hall where they serve the
varied needs of students
enrolled in the Midwest In-stitute
of International
Studies.
Interested students may
pick up a job description and
application at the mandatory
information session to be
held April 2 at 9 p.m. in the
Paxton Room. Interviews
will be scheduled April 7 and
8. Remuneration is room and
board.
Concert held
March 16
The Augustana College
Chamber Orchestra, con-ducted
by Dr. Ray Sidoti,
will present its annual
scholarship concert at 8
p.m., Friday, Mar. 16 in the
Kresge Recital Hall. A free
will offering will be taken.
An orchestra member will
be elected by the orchestra to
receive the orchestra scholar-ship,
which is funded by
donations received at this
concert. The winner is an-nounced
at the concert.
Flutist Susan Kroeker of
the South Dakota Symphony
will be the featured soloist as
the orchestra plays J.S.
Bach's Suite No. 2 in B Minor
for flute and strings. Pianist
Mark Albrecht, Augustana
senior from Sturtevant, WI,
will perform as soloist in
Mozart's Concert Rondo in
D Major, K. 382 for piano
and orchestra.
The program will conclude
with a performance of Josef
Suk's Serenade for String,
0.6.
By Tom Hayes
assistant editor
Augustana recently announc-ed
that it has withdrawn its par-ticipation
in a plan to join with
Sioux Falls College and the
South Dakota Educational
Television board to build a
South Dakota Public Radio sta-tion
in Sioux Falls.
According to a story in the
Argus Leader, Augustana has
decided to return to its original
plan to cooperate with Min-nesota
Public Radio in building
a station in Sioux Falls.
The original backers of the
South Dakota Public Radio
plan, including Augustana,
originally brought their pro-posal
before the 1984
Legislature. The plan died with
after discussion on the floor of
the Legislature.
After the legislative defeat,
Augustana decided to pull out
of the project.
Augustana President William
Nelsen said that he was in-terested
in bringing the
"highest-quality public
radio,with a strong track record
to Sioux Falls."
Augustana pulled out of the
proposal because they were, ac-cording
to Nelsen, concerned
about the stability of the South
Dakota Public Radio arrange-ment
in Sioux Falls. He said that
they were also concerned about
the cost to Augustana and the
public.
Minnesota Public radio has
already installed Augustana
graduate Lee Axdahl as
manager of the new Sioux Falls
station.
Augustana's Board of Regents
plans to make a final decision in
May concerning future associa-tion
with Minnesota Public
Radio.
Jane Wagers, station manager
of KAUR, says that theoretical-ly
an Augustana-Minnesota
Public Radio partnership would
have no effect on the operation
of KAUR.
She is afraid that the school
College decides to go with MPR
may be jumping into all of this
without first looking at what it
will cost and whether the
benefits will make it worth the
expense.
"There are no quantative
figures that show that this ven-ture
would be worth the money.
It will cost the college alot of
money to have the station on
campus.
"I am also concerned that
eventually KAUR will have to
compete with a school spon-sored
public radio station for
funds." She feels that down the
line, KAUR may get the short
end of the stick.
The Board of Regents has ap-pointed
a committee to look in-to
the proposal and implications
of it.