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O.A.R. is scheduled to perform at the Elmen on the evening of April 28.
Photos by Carla Wormington
Dr. Hunter "Patch" Adams drew all attention up to the stage on Monday evening with his antics
Friday,
March 3, 2006
Sioux Falls, S.D.
Volume 94,
Issue 14
BY EMILY VADNER
MIRROR EDITOR -IN- CHIEF
It was officially announced on
Tuesday night that the "big" band corn-ing
to Augustana's campus this spring
will be popular college band O.A.R.
The big event committee, headed by
Andy Rhode, Mal Larson and Christina
Hausman, has been working hard all
year to find a band that would come
play at Augustana, sending in offers to
various well-known bands.
"We've worked on this, starting in
the summer," Rhode said. "O.A.R. is
the [band] we stuck with." Rhode was
unable to release the names of the other
bands, as they may end up coming next
year.
O.A.R., standing for "of a revolution"
and known best for songs like "That was
a crazy game of poker," is signed to
come play the Elmen Center on the
evening of April 28.
"They're a college rock band,"
Rhode said. "They jam out a lot and are
guitar and saxophone driven. It's some-thing
we thought everyone would like."
Originally, the committee was trying to
get the band to come in the fall, but their
touring schedule was not routed near here.
So, they were thrilled when O.A.R. was
able to schedule the concert this April. This
appeared to be the reaction at the premier
party on Tuesday as well.
The party was held in the Back Alley,
where coffeehouse drinks were offered to
the approximately 250 people, as well as
coupons for $5 off student ticket prices. In
order to reveal the band name, volunteers
were pulled up on stage to put on shirts,
that when they turned around spelled Clay
Aiken. However, they had some of those
volunteers sit down, so that the shirts
spelled out O.A.R. instead.
"I thought that it was a great response,"
(See O.A.R. -Page 12)
Elmen to
host dance
marathon
BY THOR TRIPP
MIRROR STAFF WRITER
Who says South Dakota is all
flat farmland?
On Saturday, March 4, 2006,
students right here on campus
will be stepping into the forest
for the second annual dance
marathon, a Sioux Valley
Children's Miracle Network
fundraiser at the Elmen Center.
The event, which is themed
"A Viking Voyage Through The
Forest", will take place from 12
p.m. to 8 p.m. and will gather
proceeds from participants
throughout the day. Most impor-tantly,
100 percent of the dona-tions
accumulated will go direct-ly
to help support local children
with life-threatening diseases.
For any individuals who have
retired thier dancing shoes, how-ever,
Augustana's dance
marathon will have much more to
offer than simply a dance floor.
(See DANCE
MARATHON -Page ii)
OAR. coming to Augustana campus
Student tickets sold before made available to public
Adams brings advice on acquiring joy in daily life
BY EMILY VADNER
MIRROR EDITOR -IN-CHIEF
Dr. Hunter "Patch" Adams, the man
made famous by the movie Patch Adams
and his push for social justice in the
medical field, came to Augustana's cam-pus
Monday to deliver his message on
how to live a life of joy.
Throughout his visit, Adams spoke at
several events in front of students and
community members, including a lead-ership
luncheon, a nursing class and his
main speaking event Monday evening.
Despite the number of places he spoke,
his message remained focused on the
same theme: living a life a joy and hap-piness.
"Happiness is that state of being
where one's celebration of life is obvi-ous
in their actions," Adams said. "I'm
not talking about a moment in time. I'm
talking a platform from which to launch
your life."
In discussing this, Adams talked
about how he reached a point at 18
where he was sick of living in a world of
violence, which was when he tried to
commit suicide. However, after being
admitted to a hospital, he realized that
dying was not the
solution.
"One doesn't have
to die in a world of
violence," Adams
said. "One can take a
stand. I decided at 18
not to have another
bad day."
This was the
jumping off point for
his career in social
justic and medicine,
where he hoped and
continues to hope to
use love and joy as a
solution to society's
many problems.
These main problems
he discussed are media's "pain para-digme"
(meaning the abundance of neg-ativity
presented), people's lack of moti-vation
in stimulating themselves and the
overuse of medication to try to obtain
happiness.
"Depression is a pharmacutical dis-ease,"
Adams said. "I've never disliked a
patient enough to prescribe anti-depres-sants."
Adams pressed that people's attitudes
and how they feel is a choice. One can
choose to be happy, or one can choose to
be sad. However, it is what he/she
chooses to define their life that matters.
"I'm glad to be sad, it's the right
response," Adams said, in regards to
emotions during times of trial. "But, to
have it become who you are is not right."
He also spoke briefly about the film
Patch Adams, starring Robin Williams,
and how he felt it portrayed his mission.
Adams stated that many of the antics
used in the film were downplayed to
make it appropriate, especially the scene
involving a gynocologist conference. He
also stated that his closest friend who
died was actually a man, not a woman as
(See ADAMS-Page 12)
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