Coach Mel Klein and assistant coach John Thomas lead the Vikings in a victory cheer after clinching the
NCC basketball title last Friday.
Convention tabs ASA nominees
Jesse Cole and Jim Bradley
Randy Kee and Lee Axdahl
AUGUSTANA MIRROR
Sioux Falls, South Dakota Vol. 61, No. 15 Thursday, Mar. 2, 1978
Vikings new NCC basketball champs
By DOUG RAYNIE
Sports editor
With a pair of wins over the duo of North Dakota schools, the
Augustana Vikings have won their first North Central Conference
Basketball championship.
Finishing with an 11-3 conference record, coach Mel Klein's
Vikings represent the NCC this week in the National Collegiate
Athletic Association Division II Midwest Regional Playoffs in Green
Bay, Wisconsin.
This is Augie's first outright NCC title. In 1962 the Vikings shared
the title with Northern Iowa.
Junior center Arvid Kramer was held to just 10 points as Augie
bounced the North Dakota Sioux 65-44 last Saturday night at the
Arena.
Kramer ends the season with 266 points, second to University of
South Dakota's Jeff Nannen with 267 in the league scoring race.
Senior stalwart Greg Nagel pumped in 15 points and hauled
down 22 rebounds for the Viking cause.
Augie was completely in control on Friday at the Arena as the
Vikings defeated North Dakota State 93-70 to take the league
crown.
Behind a strong front line and tight defense, the Vikings jumped
to a 16-4 lead and a 52-31 half-time advantage.
Kramer had in 28 points, 14 rebounds, two assists, and two
blocked shots to lead the Vikings.
Nagel added 22 points and 10 rebounds, and forward Paul
Schenkelberg had 18 points, seven rebounds, and four assists.
Shooting was a key for Augie. Kramer hit 11 of 18, Nagel 8-12,
and Schenkelberg 9-9 as the Vikings went 63 percent from the field.
Sophomore Steve Krier was held scoreless, but handed out nine
assists.
Freshman Mark Linde led the Bison with 23 points against a
variety of defenses which limited NDS scoring star Paul Shogren to
five points.
By MARK MASER
Campus events editor
The Augustana College
Drama Department will present
its fourth production of the
1977-78 season Mar. 3-7 —
German playwright Bertold
Brecht's weighty drama, Mother
Courage. The play is under the
direction of Ron Robinson,
assistant professor of English at
Augustana.
The cast is headed by Melody
Jensen as Mother Courage.
Other principles include Mark
Stalheim and Nick Nelson as the
chaplain and the cook, respec-tively.
Beck Sulzdorf, Terry
Eggers, and Jay Rumbles play
the children. The cast is round-ed
out with several other
students playing minor roles:
Jennifer Holt, Jon May, Pat
Quillan, Pete Stadem, Scott
Magnuson, Deb Swenson, Brad
Hoppe, Craig Black and Jay
Vogt.
Brad Hoppe, who pleased
audiences in the first semester
production of Twelfth Night,
plays several small parts in this
more serious play. Hoppe, when
asked about the progress of the
drama, stated, "Mother
Courage's message is timeless
and the play can reach modern
audiences with its gripping tale
of the basic depravity of man.
It's a commentary on the dis-aster
and destruction of war. As
for the overall production,
things are looking up and we
only have a few details to clear
up. We have a fine cast and an
efficient technical crew, so the
performance should be quite
professional."
The technical crew is headed
by Chuck Hayes, with Nick
Nelsen helping to construct
sets. The properties department
is staffed by Emil Her Many
Horses, Carol Tagatz, Phyllis
Supernaut, and Donna Meyer.
Lights with Chuck Hayes and
special effects with Craig Black
are providing a unique 3-D
presentation, featuring slides
similar to those seen in a recent
Guthrie show. The piano score
is being performed by David
Surdez.
Michele Dormeier, a
sophomore who designed the
Last Tuesday night, amid the
clutter of campaign platforms
and the whiz of paper airplanes,
a tired group of ASA convention
delegates nominated the teams
of Jesse Cole/Jim Bradley and
Lee Axdahl/Randy Kee to vie
for the positions of ASA presi-dent
and vice-president in next
week's general election.
The surprise of the conven-tion
was the strong showing by
the darkhorse candidates Cole
and Bradley. Announcing their
candidacy only a few hours
before Tuesday night's session,
costumes for Twelfth Night, is
applying her talents to the
Mother Courage costumes.
When asked about the technical
aspects of the production,
Dormeier said, "Although not as
elaborate as some plays, the
costumes for Mother Courage
are still challenging. Yet, they
will add much to the general
affect of the play. One of the
more interesting aspects of this
production is the use of special
effects — the 3-D presentation
of slides. Something new like
this always makes for a more
enjoyable show."
Deb Swensen, who plays
several small roles, is also the
student director of this produc-tion.
She is mainly the stage
manager, and is responsible for
the rehearsal schedule,
memorization of lines, and
blocking. Swensen said, "The
play is very challenging, but the
cast has worked hard to make it
pull off. Much of the success will
hinge on the audiences' reac-tion
and participation."
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Cole and Bradley swept to an
easy victory on the second
ballot.
The teams of Axdahl/Kee,
Ruth Bale/Gary Hawes and
Cole/Bradley participated in the
balloting process. No team was
able to gather the needed ma-jority
vote on the first ballot.
The team of Cole/Bradley
carried a decisive majority on
the second ballot, garnering 136
out of 212 votes.
On the third ballot, the team
of Axdahl/Kee carried a majori-ty
of 125 to 80 votes over the
Bale/Hawes team.
The candidate positions for
ASA secretary and treasurer
were not balloted because only
one person was nominated for
secretary and only two persons
for treasurer.
The only candidate for ASA
secretary is Kris Kreiter. Run-ning
for ASA treasurer are Greg
Duerkson and Scott Van Hove.
The candidates for council
members were nominated on
Monday night of the convention.
The candidates for freshman
council members include Laurie
Fluke, Tami Paulin, Jay Pond
and Maria Wyant. Two of these
candidates will be elected to the
ASA council in the general elec-tion.
Eight persons are vying for
the four sophomore council
positions. These include Randy
Dockendorf, Bob Fong, Jeff
Hansen, James Hoegh, Jeff
Lukens, Vicki Madsen, Noel
McGe, and Lee Schoenbeck.
Those persons running for
the four junior council member
openings include Greg Dehnert,
Kirk Kolbo, Steve Lillehaug,
Nate Norum, Dave Ring, Jim
Sorvaag, Eric Stene and Deb
Versteeg.
The MIRROR regrets that
because of deadline conflicts
the nominated candidates can-not
be interviewed before the
Tuesday, Mar. 7, election. The
MIRROR will provide election
results and an in-depth review
of the convention in the
forthcoming Mar. 9 issue.
Drama Dept. presents .. .
Bertold Brecht's 'Mother Courage'