Nelson said the college must
reach the guideline ratio in
order to continue to hold down
cost increases which must be
Augustana will be reducing passed on to students.
the number of faculty and ad- With next year's ,expected
ministrative positions for the enrollments, the guideline
1983-84 year according to Presi- would call for a faculty of ap-dent
William Nelsen. proximately 110 full-time
Nelsen attributes these cuts to equivalents. Currently,
declining enrollments because Augustana employs 126 full-of
approximately 23 percent time-equivalent faculty
fewer students coming out of members.
the high schools in the Midwest. Faculty appointments at
According to Nelsen, Augustana are effective in
_ Augustana is taking steps to September, and Nelsen expects
plan for the future. the changes for full-time ap-
'While we will be working pointments to be determined by
harder than ever at recruiting mid-December and announced
students in a very competitive by mid-January.
environment, we will be making Reductions in administrative
the budget and staff ad- staff are also planned for
justments necessary to remain 1983-84 in order to reduce fur-an
institution of quality and ther the operating costs of the
strength," he said. college, Nelsen said. He said the
Current Augustana reductions will be approximate-guidelines
call for a 15 to 1 ratio ly in the same proportion as for
of full-time-equivalent students the faculty.
and faculty. This year the ratio Nelsen has been studying a
is less than that guideline. variety of options for the
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December 2, 1982 Volume 66, Number 10
positions to be reduced
. .
changes and plans to announce
the changes at the same time as
the faculty changes. Ad-ministrative
appointments are
effective July 1.
Levels of clerical,
maintenance and food service
support staffing will be deter-mined
after the faculty and ad-ministrative
levels are more
clearly decided.
Nelsen does not expect a
significant change in levels of
support staffing because they
have been adjusted on a conti-nuing
basis in the past.
Decisions concerning the cuts
have been discussed by the
Faculty Personnel Council and
the Administrative Personnel
Council who have been at work
making recommendations in
their areas.
Students were consulted in a
meeting with Provost Art Olson
and Nelsen earlier this week,
and additional input will be
sought from all groups before
final decisions are made said
Nelsen.
By Brenda Wade
Assistant editor
35 Augie seniors chosen
for 1983 'Who's Who' The 1983 edition of "Who's Who Among
Students in American Universities and Colleges"
will carry the names of 35 Augustana College
students who have been selected as being among
the country's outstanding campus leaders.
An Augustana faculty committee nominated
the students on the basis of their academic
achievement, service to the community, leader-ship
in extracurricular activities and future poten-tial.
Included in the directory from South Dakota
are Shelly King, Michelle Metcalf, Susan Greiner,
Jon Sogn, Jeanette and Lynette Duerksen,
Kristine Wollman, Brenda Handel, Sonia Bury,
Andrea Gastony, Mark Levsen, Steven Lukens,
Dwight Nelson, Renee Peterson, Dirk Moore,
Rolf Olson, and Lynnae Sorenson.
Minnesotans selected were Daniel Bruess, Jo
Marie Alexander, Kyle Engel, and Raybecca
Hatch. -
Chosen from Iowa are Lori Heeren, Laurie Ber-dahl,
Mark Young, Kristin Hovda, and David
Stange.
Students included from other states and coun-tries
are Annette Bruer, Christopher Hatlestad,
Amy Jackson, Sarah Irby, Mark Backmann,
Christine Wollum, Brad Coleman, Daniel
Blakeman, and Rajendran Michael.
Photo by Suzie Hunstad
Rebecca Lucky and Rajendran Michael apply the finishing
touches to the murals which will provide much of the at-mosphere
for the booths at this year's All Nations Festival.
Booths featuring the culture and foods of other countries
at Christmastime will open in the gymnasium and the Corn-mons
at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 4. The booths will re-main
open until 11 p.m.
The booths will represent Scandinavia, England, France,
Greece, Russia, Mexico, Switzerland, Tahiti, and a
cosmopolitan international booth will combine the traditions
of the many foreign students enrolled at Augustana.
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Forums consider issues of an Augie-ROTC
By Sherry Knutson
Staff writer
The question of whether
ROTC should be incorporated
at Augustana College is again
an issue.
Two forums were held last
week to reintroduce the subject
of ROTC. The forums were in-tended
only to consider the
possibility of hosting ROTC; no
decision will be made right
away.
By Lori Heeren
Staff writer
Students can celebrate
Christmas with Mom and Dad
before the holiday vacation as
this weekend has again - been
designated Parent's Weekend at
Augustana.
Parent's Weekend was first
started last year in conjunction
with the All Nations festival.
Approximately 500 parents at-tended
the 1981 event.
1982 Parent's Weekend
Chairman Sarah Irby expects
about the same number to at-tend
the activities on Saturday
and Sunday. Registration will
be in the Morrison Commons
on Dec. 4 from 10 a.m. to noon.
Irby stresses that students
purchase _tickets either for the
Sunday brunch in the cafeteria,
following the 9 a.m. chapel ser-vice
or the noon luncheon that
will follow the second worship
service at 11 a.m. Tickets for
both meals are $5.25 and can be
purchased at the Commons
desk with mealcards.
On Sunday, Nov. 21, an in-formational
forum was held at 7
p.m. in the Commons Lounge
with approximately 15 people
present.
Randy Wiese, a junior at
Augie who organized the
forums; Lt. Colonel Patrick R.
Todd, professor of military
Science at SDSU; Dean
Schueler, director of admis-sions;
Janet Gullickson,
associate director of financial
aid; and Evan Renz, an ROTC
Both the brunch and the
lunch will feature a program for
the parents and the students, ac-cording
to Irby.
Parents can meet with faculty
and administrators at a recep-tion
in the Humanities Center
on Saturday from 1:30 p.m. to
3:30 p.m. Another reception
with President is scheduled at
his home Sunday afternoon
from 2:30 to 4 p.m.
Other activities for the
parents on Saturday include a
varsity band concert at 4 p.m.,
the All Nations festival in the
gymnasium and commons from
4:30 to 11 p.m., Augustana
womens' and mens' basketball
at the arena, and the Augustana
Theater production of "Don't
Drink the Water."
The Heart of the Beast
Theater of Minneapolis will per-form
a puppet show, "La
Befana," in the Humanities
Center at 7 p.m. on Saturday,
and the Jabberwock will feature
a faculty/parent coffeehouse
later at 9 p.m.
and Evan Renze, an ROTC
4-year scholarship recipient and
senior chemistry major at SDSU
were the speakers.
Todd gave some basic infor-mation
about the ROTC pro-gram.
"ROTC is a program set
up with the assistance of the
U.S. Army that provides college
students with the opportunity
for training for the U.S. Army,"
he said.
There are presently about 350
host institutions of ROTC in the
country, according to Todd.
The majority of the private
schools which host ROTC are
Catholic schools.
The 4-year ROTC program
consists of 14 required credit
hours dealing with military
science. Todd added that four
to six of the total 14 credits
would count toward other ma-jor
requirements.
Todd said that there are two
levels in the ROTC: basic and
advanced. According to Todd,
any student can enroll in the
basic classes, but, ordinarily,
only ROTC students can take
advanced classes.
Students who continue with
the ROTC up to the advanced
classes begin to receive $100 a
month during the junior year
and approximately $2,600 dur-ing
the last year of college, ac-cording
to Todd.
Some advantages that Todd
included are the scholarships
given with the ROTC, and the
second lieutenant ranking each
ROTC graduate acquires at
graduation.
Schueler commented on the
possible effects of ROTC on ad-missions
at Augustana. He said,
"ROTC cannot guarantee an
admissions increase; however,
there are some students asking if
Augie has ROTC."
"Our decision depends upon
the goals of Augustana College.
Does it [ROTC] correspond
with the mission of
Augustana?" Schueler said.
He added, "I hope Augie
gives ROTC a fair shake on
both sides."
Gullickson said that the Of-fice
of Financial Aid would con-sider
ROTC assistantships a
financial aid resource — the
amount of ROTC scholarship
money would take away the
same amount of eligibility for
financial aid.
However, if a student's finan-cial
need exceeds what ROTC
gives, the student can receive
more help through financial aid.
-On Tuesday evening,
November 23, another forum
was held in the Commons
Lounge. This forum, attended
by approximately 25 people,
centered on the issues involved
with the possibility of incor-porating
ROTC on campus.
The overriding question of
this session was, "Can Chris-tianity
and the military coin-cide?"
A panel consisting of the
following people gave their
views of the ROTC program:
Augustana • President William
Nelsen; Dr. Duane Addison,
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Parents to visit for
pre-holiday weekend