Dr. Palmer Eide and Professor
Ogden Dalrymple, art professors
emeriti, were honored yesterday in
the Augustana College Chapel.
The college's appreciation was
shown for the baptismal font,
pulpit, alter, several worship fur-nishings,
and a carved wooden
Glorified Christ figure that adorns
the Chapel narthex.
They were also recognized for
their combined' efforts in the
"Muse of Music" sculpture directly
west of the Humanities building.
Thursday
December 9, 1982
Volume 66, Number 11
Augustana College, Sioux Falls SD error
Profs give views on faculty cuts
By D.M. Collins
Several , Augustana faculty
members are sorry to see the
need for the upcoming round of
cuts, but they are generally
pleased with the process that
has been established for the ad-justments.
The decision on who will be
cut will be made by President
William Nelsen on Dec. 15,
with the announcement of who
is going to be affected being
made in mid-January.
Nelsen will use recommenda-tions
made by the Faculty Per-sonnel
Council, Administrative
Personnel Council, and a group
of students to make his deci-sion.
Professor Carolyn Geyer of
the English Department said
that the process for the cuts is
improving. She sees the addi-tion
of faculty representatives
as a great improvement to the
process. "My own feeling is that
we seem to be handling it
better;" said Geyer. She also
noted that more sensitivity is
apparent in the decisions to be
made.
Dr. Charles Balcer, Professor
of Speech, Drama, and Corn-munication,
commented that
the cuts show a realistic ap-praisal
of the future student
body size, and that the reduc-tion
is one aspect of what he
calls "a very difficult situation."
Mike Pfau, another speech
professor, said "It's important
that the college slim down."
"The problem," said Pfau, "is
that the college is so supersen-sitive
to enrollment the we real-ly
can't look into the future, so
forward steps can be taken."
"Demographics show that the
pool of prospective students
that Augustana draws from is
getting smaller. We're going to
have to plan ahead based on
those demographic pro-jections,"
Pfau added.
Music Department Chairman
Walter May said that the cuts
were inevitable. "It's faculty
cuts or higher tuition," said
May. His only hope is that the
trend is temporary, "or we'll see
a decrease in either the number
or the quality of the programs. I
hope that the college will choose
quality over quantity."
Dr. Ken Kessinger, PE
Department Chairman also
realized that the cuts are essen-tial
for the well-being of the
school on a long-term basis. He
added that his department is
about as small as it can be
without affecting the athletic
program. He stressed that many
. coaches, although they have
limited teaching responsibilities,
are busy with coaching,
recruiting, and scouting other
teams. "The new athletic com-plex
will be a great aid in
recruiting and retaining
students," Kessinger said.
Sandra Looney, professor of
English and a member of the
Faculty Personnel Council,
deplores the need for cuts and
hopes that the college can get
itself out of the cut syndrome.
She explained that the Person-nel
Council examined each
department of the college, and
that recommendations were
made only on areas, not on in-divicual
faculty members. "No
names were used," said Looney.
"The statistics aregrim," she ad-ded,
"but we just don't have the
money."
Many professors hope that
the cuts will not damage the
liberal arts base of the academic
program. They also realize that
not everyone is going to come
away happy after the decisions
have been made. "They're not
just cutting faculty," said one
professor, "They're cutting
friends and colleagues."
"The statistics are grim, but we just don't
have the money."
-Sandra Looney
Student awareness
of crime increasing
By Mark Maland
Two unrelated crimes have
increased concern about the
continual problem of crime in
the Sioux Falls area.
The murder of Teresa Small
has raised the public's
awareness of crime. Similarly,
an assault of an Augustana stu-dent
on November 21 has raised
the concern of Augustana
students and administrators.
Although these two incidents
may seem to indicate an increas-ing
crime rate, Roger Dunn of
the Sioux Falls Crime. Preven-tion
Bureau disagrees. He
said, "Crime is an ongoing pro-cess."
Sioux Falls Police Depart-ment
statistics support his view
that crime is not increasing.
The number of reported
assaults and rapes has not in-creased
significantly in Sioux
Falls for the past three years.
However, Dunn said, "People
fill the auditoriums to listen to
self-defense lectures after an
unusual or highly publicized
crime." Not surprisingly, a rape
prevention workshop attracted
a crowd of almost eighty people
in response to a November 21
assault of an Augustana
woman.
According to Augustana Ad-ministrative
staff members
Susan Schrader and Gene
Marko, Augustana's crime rate
has remained steady. Dean of
Residence Life Schrader
said, "The number of incidents is
about the same as last year."
Security Supervisor Marko
said, "More information has
been given to make students
aware this year."
Both Schrader and Marko
spoke from a "personal view-point"
and offered no suppor-ting
statistics.
Schrader issued a memo on
November 23 to provide infor-mation
concerning the
November 21 assault. Posted at
numerous campus locations,
this memo said that one assault
occurred on November 21 and
that three other incidents were
"unrelated" to this assault.
Schrader's memo listed such
safety precautions as locking
one's door. Gary Petermann,
Head Resident of Granskou,
said that "some small thefts"
have occurred because of
unlocked doors this year.
Schrader said this memo's
purpose is to prevent any
rumors about the November 21
assault or other incidents.
Schrader said the memo was an
attempt to warn students
without alarming them.
Schrader was most concerned
about freshmen women from
rural area who are not "street-wise"
in an urban area such as
Sioux Falls.