Mike Quinn cools off on a recent
summer-like day with ice cream
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Drinking law affects Augustana
Dave Baer
staff writer
A birthday present many
young South Dakotans look for-ward
to on their 18th birthday is
the right to drink low-point beer.
Those who were able to open that
package between July 1, 1983,
and July 1, 1984, got their gifts
taken away from them.
Even though they will get the
gift returned on their next birth-day,
those who lost it seem to re-sent
the way the state handled the
implementation of the new
drinking law.
On July 1, HB1026 became
law and the drinking age for 3.2
beer in South Dakota was raised
to 19.
A similar law raising the
drinking age for all alcoholic
beverages from 18 to 19 in
Wisconsin also went into effect
this year. In Wisconsin those
who had already turned 18 were
still able to drink because a
grandfather clause was attached
to the bill. South Dakota's law
did not have a similar provision.
Jim Barnes said that he was
disappointed by the legislature's
handling of the bill.
"They were telling us at one
point you were legal, but now
you're not anymore because of
your age. It wouldn't have
bothered me as much if it (drink-ing
age) had been 19 when I was
18."
Barnes, a Conde native, is an
architectural engineering major
at Augustana College. He was
able to drink for four and a half
months before the law changed.
State Representative Jean
Eidy, R-Sioux Falls, was one of
the sponsors of HB1026.
She said the purpose of the bill
was to keep alcohol out of the
high schools because there is so
much abuse with the 18-year-olds
drinking beer.
"I'm really tough on drink-ing.
I've seen all the problems it
causes and if yoti hold off a year
you've eliminated one problem,
perhaps," she said.
State Representative Marion
Wofford, also a Sioux Falls
Republican, was an opponent of
the bill to raise the drinking age
to 19.
"I really don't think one year
is going to make that much dif-ference,"
she said. "If I thought
it would make a lot of difference I
would have voted for it."
Wofford who worked with the
chemically dependent and was
executive director of a treatment
facility said that the law is really
an attempt to be concerned about
drinking and driving and that the
law is mostly a statement rather
than being of great value.
"I don't think it will have the
effect that most people think it
will have. I think there are other
things that need to be done with
alcohol education."
The new drinking age has also
hurt low-point bars. Margie
Dominy, manager of Clyde's
Garage in Sioux Falls, said that
the bar has lost one-third of its
business since the drinking age
was raised to 19.
Another Sioux Falls bar,
Dakota Territory, closed after
the law was changed. It was
reorganized and reopened as
Mingles Fundrinkery, a 21-year-old
bar.
The state legislature must now
respond to the federal law which
hopes to establish 21 as a nation-wide
drinking age.
The law passed by Congress
during the summer will withhold
part of the highway funds due
each state that does not have a
21-year-old drinking age beginn-ing
in 1986.
An Augustana freshman who
asked that his name not be used
said that many college freshmen
are not mature enough to drink.
"I think some are, but the ma-jority
aren't because alcohol
seems a way out for them as it
was in high school. I think it's a
whole different type of living that
they have to get used to with dif-ferent
stresses."
MIA THE AUGUSTANA MIRROR
September 20, 1984
Bookstore
renovations
Campus Briefs---)
Sunday, September 23, is the
Augustana Women's Senate
Big-L'il Sis Breakfast in the
Commons Dining Room, at 9:30
a. m .
On Wednesday, September
26, Viking Days election for
King and Queen will be held in
the Commons Concourse from
9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
_ Viking Varieties tickets will
go on sale Thursday, September
20, at the Commons Desk. The
tickets cost $3.00 and $3.50. The
show is Saturday, October 6, at
7:00 and 9:30 p.m. For further
information, call 336-4613.
A "How to Read Textbooks
Efficiently" workshop will be
held on Wednesday, September
26, at 2:00 p.m. and Thursday,
September 27, at 5:30 p.m. Both
are held in library room 113.
There will be an organiza-tional
meeting for all seniors in-terested
in attending law school
next year, and are planning to
take LSAT in the coming mon-ths.
The meeting will be held on
Friday, September 21, at 3:00
p.m. in the social science
building, room 30.
The new library hours are:
Monday-Thursday 8:00 a.m. to
11:00 p.m.; Friday 8:00 a.m. to
9:00 p.m.; Saturday 10:00 a.m.
to 9:00 p.m.; Sunday 1:00 p.m.
to 11:00 p.m.
ASA Fall Election Results
Frosh reps:
Anselm Lange
Rob Monger
Sophomore rep:
James Barkley
Junior rep:
John Lubke
Student Hearing Panel
Sharon Bradley
alternates:
Mike Tostengard, Mark
Johnson, Stewart Hofer,
Correction: Last week, the
Mirror inadvertantly left out
Paul Hanson as a king can-didate.
He is pictured second
from right. Our apologies to
Paul.
Rosemary Fester
staff writer
Interim registration begins on
October 1. "Exploring Human
Creativity" has been selected as
the theme for the 1985 Interim.
Thirteen courses have been
specifically developed to focus on
various aspects of the theme.
These theme courses will offer
students a unique oportunity to
become involved in an aspect of
human creativity. Every
discipline involves creativity and
many of the courses will bring
this perspective to light.
Special events will also be held
on campus during January to
support the theme of creativity.
Dr. Helen Fischer, a noted an-thropologist,
will be on the
Augustana campus January 10
to speak at convocation. Her talk
will be directed at creativity and
how it relates to us and our com-munity
here at Augustana.
Professor D. Stanley Eitzen of
the Sociology Department at
Colorado State University will
give a presentation at convoca-tion
on January 21. His talk is
entitled "The Superbowl."
Other events on campus that
will emphasize creativity include
a musical performance, the
movie "The Turning Point," a
French film "The Wild Child,"
and the classic "Singing in the
Rain."
Gary Reed and the Augustana
Theater Department will present
the play "Old Times." After one
of the performances, a discussion
will be held, allowing the au-dience
the opportunity to talk
with the director, actors, and
stage hands. Other events are
still being planned by the Interim
Committee.
Dr. Richard Bowman, In-terim
Coordinator, hopes that
students will get involved in the
theme-related events on campus.
Dawn Thurn
staff writer
"I've dreamt about it for
many years. In my mind, I have
rearranged it," said Lloyd Frick,
manager of the newly remodeled
Augustana Bookstore.
Two students, Rich Krueger
and Lisa Moes, took steps last
March and April to improve and
renovate the store. Their actions
stemmed from an ASA investiga-tion
on book costs and student
complaints concerning the
bookstore. Krueger and Moes
traveled to USD in Vermillion
and SDSU in Brookings to look
at their bookstores to get ideas on
how Augustana's bookstore
could be improved.
Krueger met with Frick last
April, and along with other
bookstore staff members, they
decided what they would like and
what changes should be made.
Frick contacted the architects
after final approval was given
and the bookstore staff reworked
the plans to fit their idea of what
He has two expectations that he
hopes the students will ex-perience
from the theme: "One
is that they will become aware of
the creative dimension of several
aspects of life, and another is that
they will become aware of their
own creativity."
Students are also able to select
from a number of different
courses offered by departments.
These courses are also special
because opportunities exist dur-ing
Interim that are not usually
available during the regular
academic year.
Often different teaching
methods are used and students
are able to explore subjects in
which they may have little
knowledge or experience. In
selecting a course, students
should explore and "try
something new!" suggests
Bowman.
Students may also do an in-dependent
study or individual
they thought the image of the
store should be. Frick was pleas-ed
that the students had input in
the plans, and he appreciated
their support.
One of the main goals of the
remodeling was to give the
bookstore a better image. Both
Frick and Krueger think that has
been accomplished. Krueger
especially likes the color change
from yellow to beige and the
lighted signs. "It's less institu-tional,"
said Krueger. Other
renovations included redoing the
traffic patterns by changing the
directions of some of the shelves,
moving the gift items to one
place, and breaking up the rows
of clothing with shelves. Krueger
thought these changes "broke up
the monotony" and "warmed
up" the store.
Both Krueger and Frick
believe that the new electronic
cash registers will speed up pur-chases.
"Once we get used to the new
equipment," claims Frick, "the
service will be faster."
project. Students can talk to their
advisor about a proposed project.
Another program is January
Term Abroad. Descriptions of
these trips and applications may
be obtained in the Office of
Academic Services. The Office
of Academic Services also has in-formation
on courses available
through Campus Exchange.
Registration for Interim is
held at the Registrar's Office.
The schedule for registering is as
follows:
--Graduate students, Post Col-lege,
and Seniors—Oct. 1
--Juniors—Oct. 2
--Sophomores—Oct. 4 or 5
--Freshmen—Oct. 8, 9, or 10
Sophomores and freshmen
should have a second and third
choice in mind. Another
reminder, students must have
their faculty advisors sign theh
registration cards.
Interim studies: "Human creativity"