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By Timothy Wildauer Scroll Staff Writer

As the year is coming to a close, it is time for

the Speech and Debate Team to finally silence their voices, but not without going out with a dramatic final appearance.

The team performed for over 50 students on Wednes-day Apr. 10. Awards were also handed out to two seniors, Rachel Skaaland and Angie Kraft, for their four years of service. Other team awards were also given out in between the four speeches.

Skaaland and senior Baylee Amy opened up the evening with a quick intro-duction before turning the floor over to sophomore Leah Hensch for a presenta-tion called “Summer Camp.” This was a Program Oral Interpretation, which is a mix between prose, poetry and drama that revolves around a single subject.

“I had been wanting to do something about camp for a while, and I decided to finally do it this year,” said Hensch. “I told a story about a guy who went back to help at summer camp. In between his story, I read different letters that were sent by kids about their camp experiences to their parents while they were at camp.”

When she had completed her presentation, sopho-more William Soule did an Impromptu Speech. Before

the event began, attendees had the opportunity to write down a prompt, one of which was randomly chosen for Soule to speak about. The topic that was chosen was, “My one regret is that I am not someone else.”

He spent two minutes outlining his speech before talking about how Kim Jong-un wants to be someone else. He used both politi-cal and economic examples showing that the grass is always greener on the other side.

“Some people prepare something that they’re going to work into what-ever prompt they are given, but I stay away from that. I have all the facts and info I researched,” Soule said, “but I don’t have a clue what I’m going to talk about until I look at the prompt. The craziest prompt I ever got was ‘AXE.’ I had to talk about a can of AXE body spray for five minutes.”

Amy spoke next about “The Best Worst Thing.” This was a selection of excerpts from the book by Kristen Brown. Amy prepared this especially for the National Christian Colleges tournament in Arkansas. This book was about a woman who went through a terrible ordeal before regaining her faith after her husband died.

Amy said, “I picked this piece about a month before nationals. I cut up the book, put the different parts

together and memorized it. Going to nationals was hands down the funnest thing I have done all year.”

It was after Amy’s heart-wrenching recitation that the awards and thank-you gifts were handed out.

Skaaland summed up the night with a discussion about “bros”: what they are, how they are ruining our society, and what to do about it. This piece was filled with sarcasm and humor while delivering a subtle warning about the effect “bros” are having on our society.

“I really wanted to do something with How I Met Your Mother, and I thought the ‘bro code’ would be really fun to talk about,” said Skaaland. “I did a couple other events [throughout the year], but that one was my favorite.”

Throughout the perfor-mances, there was much laughter and tears shed. Students were charmed by the letters little chil-dren wrote about camp and amazed at a speech that appeared out of thin air, their hearts were wrenched apart by a widow’s story and spirits were lifted with hearty chuckles.

Hensch summed up the season by saying, “We were truly a family. Everyone was always really support-ive. It was really fun to be together [throughout the year]. The team bonding was incredible.”

Bros, tears and summer camp finished speech’s year

Photo by TIMOTHY WILDAUER

Sophomore Leah Hensch gives a vivid portrayal of summer camp that included letters from children as well as an older man’s return to the camp life he used to love.

Relay for Life is walking circles around cancerBy Shawn LogingScroll Staff Writer

Everyone has a reason, either for a

family member, friend, co-worker, teacher or him or herself. Everyone can think of someone who has fought cancer. Every year, a countless number of people suffer through the disease, but most often, they never suffer alone. Relay For Life looks to advocate, remember and enjoy the company of those enduring cancer and those no longer with us.

Starting at 6 p.m. on Friday, Apr. 19, Bethany’s Colleges Against Cancer will hold its annual Relay For Life event. Seven teams totaling some 50 participants are signed up to walk.

Relay For Life is a fund-raiser for the American Cancer Society. It brings together communities from all over the world and raises some $400 million annually to help fight cancer.

Colleges Against Cancer Advisor and Admis-sions Counselor Estelle Vlieger said, “Colleges Against Cancer’s basic mission is to raise aware-ness. I look at it as a way to keep us out of our own little bubble because obvi-ously in college, it is really easy to just worry about classes. One of the hopes is it brings to light a very important topic and keeps students focused on [the fact] that there are bigger things going on outside of finals and who is dating who.”

Colleges Against Cancer has been on campus for the last four years. For Relay For Life, the group raises roughly $5000 to $6000 each year.

Vlieger said, “Participa-tion wise we have done very well. The first couple of years, we just had a team and we would go to

Track team’s momentum continues onBy Timothy Wildauer Scroll Staff Writer

A tradition was started in Ancient Greece of

competing to see who was the best athlete, whether it be speed, stamina, or brute strength. That tradition is embodied today in Betha-ny’s first ever Outdoor Track and Field team.

The group started out last year as a club, but this year they are a full team. The team has only had one meet so far, but preparation began late last year with the Indoor Track team, which finished third in conference.

Almost everyone from the indoor team continued into the outdoor season, and a few new members were picked up in the transition.

Freshman Danielle Marz-inske said, “It’s awesome having all the new people. I didn’t even know their names before they joined the team, and never would have been able to talk to them otherwise.”

With a majority of the team coming off of the indoor season, the team is set to capitalize off of their earlier success. There were only a few weeks off between the indoor and outdoor seasons, so they are mostly continuing the indoor season on a larger track and some added races.

“Other than the short break between the seasons, we just kept doing what we have been doing since December,” said coach David Ring. “Minnesota State University - Mankato is letting us use their outdoor track everyday so we can practice for a few hours.”

The only way to improve skills as refined as running and field events is through rigorous practice. The team spends over eight hours a week practicing.

Not much success has been seen during the season because of the level of competition they are running against, but the team is steadily improving.

“We’re running against

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Jazz swings smoothly into spring concertBy Jonah Menough Scroll Staff Writer

Despite technical diffi-culties, the Bethany

Jazz Band and their audi-ence came together for the group’s final home concert for the semester.

The concert was held in the Ronald J. Younge gymna-sium on Apr. 14. The band played a variety of songs such as “Gospel John,” “April in Paris,” “Stolen Moments” and more.

Many of these songs featured a number of solo performances from the 13 students who participate in the group.

In addition to a number of student soloists, the Jazz Band also had a special guest perform with them for a few songs. This guest performer, Adrian Barnett, a band director at New Richland High School, and jazz band director at Minnesota State University - Mankato, came

to the concert because Beth-any’s Jazz Band did not get to perform with him during band tour back in March.

Barnett played baritone saxophone for the group in a few of their opening pieces such as “Gospel John,” “Cara-

van” and “Cousin Mary.”The group overall seemed

very excited about the opportunity to perform alongside Barnett during the concert. Senior Heather Hewitt said she was pleased with the concert and espe-

cially enjoyed performing with Barnett.

“I thought the jazz concert went really well,” said Hewitt. “Barnett brought a lot of energy to the group.”

Although the group felt that the concert went well,

there were some concerns before the concert started due to some technical difficulties. Junior Janeen Leisses explained how these technical difficulties worried her at first, but the group managed to overcome them.

“Honestly, I was a bit worried when the power for the lighting and sound equipment went out, but we all rolled with it and still had a great time with the little impromptu number Barnett, Hewitt and [director] Erik Hermanson while our tech guys fixed the equipment,” said Leisses.

Leisses said, “We had a great audience, awesome energy and a talented guest performer to boot. I give a huge shout-out thank you to Adrian Barnett for play-ing with us. This was my last spring jazz concert with Bethany and it was wonder-ful,” said Leisses.

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Senior Heather Hewitt joins in with the jazz band directors of Bethany Lutheran College and Minnesota State University - Mankato, making for an audience-pleaser of a performance.

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[Minnesota State Univer-sity – Mankato’s] Relay For Life. Then we branched out and started our own, so we could have one on our own campus and hopefully get more of our students involved.”

“Participation as far as students that come to our event varies slightly depend-ing on the weather and other events going on. This year like last year, it will be the same night as the play, so there are some conflicts that take away from some of the attendance. We do fairly well with attendance and raising money,” said Vlieger.

Among the seven teams is one lead by senior and Colleges Against Cancer member Rebecca Kopacek called “Got Hope.” She has done Relay For Life the last four years and has been a member of Colleges Against Cancer the last two.

“Everyone is affected by cancer in some way or another. I had a really good friend growing up with cancer, a brain tumor, and she actually passed away. Then, another one of my friends recently had cancer

and she beat it, and she was my age. I am doing [Relay] for those two, on top of the many people I know who have had cancer. Even if I was not personally affected, I would still participate. It is something great to get involved with and a good cause,” said Kopacek.

The Luke Skywalkers is a group created by fresh-man and Colleges Against Cancer member Joel Faug-stad. He said, “The Relay team that I created is called The Luke Skywalkers because the purpose of the Relay is walking for a cause and I was like ‘walker, right in the name,’ so it was pretty handy. We have eight people on our team. I am not really sure what to expect because this is my first year, but I know that it is a great cause, and I am on the committee, so I thought I might as well start a team of my own.”

Other groups participat-ing in the Relay include the Scholastic Leadership Soci-ety, soccer, basketball and track and field.

To help fundraise, Colleges Against Cancer has been selling raffle tickets for a pack of four Minnesota Twin tickets. There was also an event at Five Guys Burg-ers and Fries on Monday, Apr 15 where 10 percent of all proceeds from 4 to 8 p.m.

went to Colleges Against Cancer.

Relay For Life also provides people, even those not walking in the event, with some fun activities.

Vlieger said, “During this year’s Relay we are going to have a couple of survivors who will be speaking and they will be familiar people to the campus. That is always exciting to hear their stories. We will also have the tug-a-war, whip cream pie eating contest, frozen

t-shirt, Mr. Relay compe-tition, which is always a good time and can get quite humorous and some of those things going on. We will also have a DJ, so there will be music.”

Kopacek said, “It is such a fun event. I wish more people would participate so it could truly become some-thing wonderful. People may walk by and think it looks fun, but they need to partici-pate. It is great and we put a lot of hard work into it.”

CANCER: Taking one step at a time

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Campus Q&A

What is your favorite Disney movie?

By Marie Rose

Clint SpitzerFreshman“The Lion King because it’s really cool.”

Tyler BeagleSophomore“Nightmare Before Christmas because Tim Burton is the best director to grace the earth.”

Sophia FaugstadJunior“Beauty and the Beast. It was my favorite when I was little.”

Melissa RichieSenior“Pocahontas, because when I was little, I thought the wind was pushing me like in the movie.”

Andy SorensenSenior“Toy Story; it was so amazing watching it as a fifth or sixth year-old in the theater and having that ‘wow’ factor.”

tAimie Wiechmann

Hometown and High School:Plymouth, MN. West Lutheran High SchoolWhat is your intended major? Why did you choose Bethany?Biology. I chose Bethany because of the Christian envirionment and the opportunity to play sports.What sports do you play here at Bethany?I play basketball and softball. I am a guard in basketball and play 2nd base, and catcher in softball.If you could trade spots with one person for the day who would it be?Beyonce, because she is awesome.What’s the most daring thing you’ve ever done?When I was in second grade I had to get up in front of people by myself at a high school concert and do Jesus Loves Me in sign language.

Nick Sanborn

Hometown and High School?

Lakeville, MN. Lakeville South High School

What is your intended major? Why did you choose Bethany?

Undecided. I chose Bethany because I liked the facilities and it seemed liked

a good place to get an education.

What sports do you play here at Bethany?

I play basketball and my position is the four man.

If you could trade spots with one person for the day who would it be?

I would trade spots with anyone in Heaven to see my brother.

What is the most daring thing you’ve ever done?

In fifth grade I stuck my tongue to a bridge in the winter and was stuck for

about an hour.

Freshmen Files

Senior Spotlight: Lydia Grabau

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By Aaron WendorffScroll Staff Writer

Graduation is fast approaching and soon

many will be moving on to their next stage in life. Among them is Lydia Grabau.

Double-majoring in English and Theatre, Grabau is not yet entirely sure about her plans for after graduation.

“I’ve been applying for theatre internships all over the country…I’ll be doing theatre for sure. And work-ing at Camp Matz this summer,” said Grabau.

In past summers, Grabau has worked at Camp Matz, a retreat site for people with intellectual and developmental disabili-ties, in Wisconsin. She described her time there as “profoundly rewarding.”

“I love working at Camp Matz because of the people

I get to interact with,” said Grabau. “Every day I’m reminded of my blessings and amazed by my camp-ers’ compassion and sense of humor. They have a better excuse to be bitter than

anyone but they are almost always positive.”

Grabau said she is also inspired by many of her professors, with Profes-sor Peter Bloedel being a major inf luence.

“I’m continually blown away by Pete—the things he does in the theatre, and he’s such a great Christian guy. I feel lucky to have known him in my four years here,” Grabau said.

One of Grabau’s fondest memories of her time at Bethany is the theatre grill-out at Bloedel’s house at the end of the year.

“You go to Pete’s house and eat beer chips,” said Grabau. “Pete plays ‘Canned Goods’ on the guitar and everyone sings along in harmony. It’s really cool.”

Grabau’s advice for her fellow students is to “keep things in perspective.”

“It’s really easy to get into the college funk and have your head down,” said Grabau. “Yeah, college is a lot of work, but it ’s worth it. We’re really blessed to have Bethany.”

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really tough teams for the first meets, but that is what is go-ing to help make us better,” said sophomore Julio Garcia.

“It ’s really fun, running against division one and

two schools,” said fresh-man Reagan Tshibangu. “It ’s really competitive.”

The team is looking to bring the same success they saw in the winter to the outdoor season and it, according to Ring, seems very possible.

Ring said, “There is going to be some tough competi-tion, but I think we can do very well in conference.”

Be a barbarian; it will put hair on your chestBy Andrew LarsonScroll Staff Writer

With adrenaline-fueled shouts and cries for

blood and war, Bethany found itself under siege by a battalion of battle-crazed barbarians.

On Friday, Apr. 12 the brave warriors from the Tribe of Teigen and Clan Gullixson gathered once again for their annual Barbarian Run.

The night began in the main hall of Fort Gullixson with the ritualistic smearing of the war paint and brag-ging of past victories in the Barbarian Runs of old.

Once all the men were satisfied with their makeup and their bloodlust had been sufficiently curdled, the long and arduous march toward the Promised Land began. Down the street of the Elms they flew in pursuit of their beautiful boons. The real test began as the rowdy band began their ascent of the great hill known as Marsh. It was here that the weak were weeded out and the rapscal-lions were separated from the mere rabble-rousers.

The men who reached the precipice of the great mount halted at Meyer Manor to

rouse themselves for their final assault. Here the warriors’ lust for battle was provoked by inspirational speeches and shows of phys-ical strength.

“It was fun to pillage a village and to let out the manliness society forbids us to unleash,” said Ezekiel Kroll, a junior and seasoned

veteran of the Barbarian Run.As the heat ruffians’

passion hit a fever pitch, they began their final charge toward Castle Anderson, legendary home of the finest women in all of the Kingdom of Bethany.

The timbers in the gates of Castle Anderson were strong but were no match for

the brutes as they stormed through, greeting the gate-keepers as they passed.

The halls of Castle Ander-son soon rang loudly with shrieks of terror and cries of battle as the unsuspecting and hapless maidens were ruthlessly snatched from their quarters and dragged out by the vicious savages to

the main castle square where all could see their prize.

“The Barbarian Run allowed me to tap into the manly beast within myself that I had previously never unleashed,” said junior and first-time barbarian Died-rick Hansen. “Now that it’s out, though, I may never be able to tame it again.”

“Yaaarghhh!” was the hearty greeting of choice for senior and long-time barbarian Alex Sina as he descended upon his victim, freshman Kasarah Smart.

The poor women were then dragged away from their castle toward the tradi-tional pit of flames, where there was much boasting of conquest and indulging of sugary treats.

Once the victory feast had been consumed and the fires had gone down the noble savages kindly thanked their lovely lasses for accompa-nying them and proceed-ing to return them to their homes, as all good barbar-ians should. Bidding them farewell and the sweetest of dreams, the gentlemen departed from their delight-ful damsels and rushed off toward their next conquest.

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Testosterone-ridden men gloat in their traditional victory dance. A celebration commenced shortly after the strongest was determined. This was based on how many maidens he could carry.

By Brittany Titus Scroll Staff Writer

A play with pirates, prin-cesses and a villain can

only bring excitement and mystery as the show goes on. Will a happily-ever after occur? Or will obstacles be in the way?

Senior Christina Asburry has made her theatre proj-ect, “The Unsuspecting Pirates,” full of laugher as heroes take charge and hidden identities are exposed. This show will

keep audience members guessing and on their feet.

Asburry came up with the idea several years ago when writing a short story. When taking a playwriting class, she needed to come up with a 20 minute one act play where she used this idea for the first time. Later she used this same concept for her theatre project.

“[The one act play] ended up being too long. So I expanded it, added a villain, and it is what it is now,” said

Asburry. “It has been in the works for four years since the first idea. The short story took me a week to do and the final project was a year. I have just been tweak-ing it for a few months now.”

Students in this produc-tion are excited to perform. They believe it will be a good performance and enjoyable for others to watch.

“We all had a lot of fun rehearsing this and prepar-ing to perform. This light-hearted comedy is going to

be hilarious,” said sopho-more Nick Lilienthal.

“[Asburry] is an amaz-ing writer and her play is fun loving and great for everyone because it has great jokes,” said junior Emily Dworak.

Some challenges were faced in the making of the production, but that did not stop the cast from working hard to strive for a great performance.

“We made a lot of changes to the script. It has been part

of the process from hearing people say it versus it being said in my head,” said Asburry.

The overall experience has been rewarding and the cast cannot wait to perform for an audience.

“It has been fun to work with the cast and hearing their ideas and opinions. It has been a group effort and they are so creative,” said Asburry.

This performance will be in the Lee Sigurd Theatre on May 3 at 7 p.m.

The Unsuspecting Pirates will plunder the theatre

Photo by SIERRA BATALDAN

Julio Garcia used the indoor season to gear up and get ready to move outdoors, where he has been off to a great start this spring.

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Are you fed up with tradi-tional news coverage?

Do you not care about the man Taylor Swift is currently dating and will eventu-ally break up with (it will happen, give it time), and then write a bazillion break up songs about? Alterna-tively, are you tired of hear-ing about whatever show TLC is airing? Really people, “Honey Boo Boo,”? She does not even speak English.

Well, I am right there with you, so on Jan. 2, 2013, when the Al Jazeera Media Network announced it purchased Current TV to start a U.S. based news channel, I was happy. For one, Al Jazeera carries meaningful fact-based news with something called

substance and presents a world that is not just the United States.

For some background information: Al Jazeera, literal translation “The Island,” based in Doha, Qatar, launched in 1996 by the government. Qatar is a small Emir operated oil rich nation in the Arabian Peninsula.

In 2001, the network gained some attention with 9/11, when it aired Osama bin Laden’s al Qaeda video. Even though they provided analysis for the videos, no one seemed to care, and Al Jazeera obtained the name “terrorist network” from the Bush administration and those in the west.

In 2006, the network looked to branch out launch-ing Al Jazeera English. They tried to enter the United States; however, satellite and cable companies blocked their entry. The truth is these two things are the entry into the U.S. televi-sion market. They were simply not willing to wager on Al Jazeera English. The

network has sustained itself through other nations, FREE online viewing and deep pockets of Qatar.

The network came to the forefront during the Arab Spring. American televi-sion news networks, due to cost, did not have much of the base of operations in the Arab region, but Al Jazeera did and because of such, the White House turned to Al Jazeera English for cover-age of what was happening in Egypt. This coverage has also brought Al Jazeera some notable accolades.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said, “Viewership of Al Jazeera is going up in the United States because its real news . . . you feel like you’re getting real news around the clock instead of a million commercials and arguments between talking heads.”

Even though people in the United States turn to Al Jazeera when something big occurs in that region, rather than continuous news cover-age, people trust them.

Seeking entry into the U.S. market, Al Jazeera used its deep pockets, some $500 million, to purchase Current TV, or more so, Current’s distri-bution deals with the cable and satellite companies.

With this purchase, Al Jazeera will also be estab-lishing bureaus in the States and adding some 300 jobs. According to Al Jazeera, some 18,000 people have already applied

There is another plus, genuine news. Al Jazeera is everywhere and provides news from everywhere. They have a staff of expe-rienced journalists all over the world with vast knowledge on political and social issues of coun-tries U.S. media would not even consider covering, unless Chicken Little finally proved to be accurate.

The one thing I am most excited to see is anchors who look to inform me rather than entertain. I also look forward to a little less over-dramatized weather.

Two great aspects of Al Jazeera English is they have mastered short-form and long-form jour-nalism, with programs like “The Stream” and “Listening Post” – the source of most of the facts for this opinion. This is something I hope will be a component of Al Jazeera Amer-ica. They have also mastered the integration of digital media in television news.

I am not saying Ameri-can news is bad, in fact it has benefited Ameri-can society, and I am not saying Al Jazeera is perfect. What Al Jazeera provides is another source and a different way of look-ing at news. I know that people will be critical, and those are the people who will most likely never watch.

While I know that I am a small portion of the televi-sion news viewing audience who look for a more global view of the world, that is the segment Al Jazeera Amer-ica is hoping to reach. So, “Welcome to the Al Jazeera Media Network.”

Al Jazeera comes to American air

Shawn LogingOpinion

By Ashley Rowland(MCT)

Despite the near-daily threats of war, there are

no signs that North Korea is planning an assault against the South and leader Kim Jong Un may in fact be look-ing for an “off ramp” to scale back the increased tensions of recent weeks, a U.S. offi-cial said Tuesday, April 16.

“We are seeing nothing to back up the rhetoric,” said the official, who spoke on background to report-ers at U.S. Army Garrison Yongsan in Seoul.

However, the military still does not know whether Pyongyang is planning some sort of provocation, such as a nuclear test, the launch of an intermediate-range ballis-tic missile, or even the test-ing of a missile engine. And, Kim may view those sorts of tactical provocations as a way to step back from his escalating threats without starting a full-blown war.

“Any one of those things could happen and we could have little to no notice, and we might not know until the missile

is airborne,” the official said. “I don’t think any of us truly know what the true intentions of the Kim regime are.”

He said that despite the increased tension on the peninsula, activity along the Demilitarized Zone is “essentially business as usual,” with civilian tours to Panmunjom being conducted on both sides of the border and no detected increase in North Korea troop activity or large scale movements or exercises.

The possibility of miscal-culation by the relatively inexperienced Kim remains the greatest U.S. concern, the official said.

Although he’s been in office for more than a year, Kim still is trying to tighten his grip on power, particu-larly over the military.

Director of National Intel-ligence James Clapper told Congress last week that his analysts believe Kim uses rhetoric to gain recognition, and to maneuver the interna-tional community into conces-sions in future negotiations.

“His primary objective is

to consolidate, affirm his power, and much of the rhet-oric, in fact all of the bellig-erent rhetoric of late, I think is designed for both an inter-nal and an external audi-ence, but I think first and foremost it’s to show that he is firmly in control in North Korea,” Clapper said.

Kim might conduct a missile test to prove to his country that he can stand up to the United States, the offi-cial said Tuesday in Seoul. But “it could also just as easily be a veiled attempt to test a missile.”

North Korea kept up its rhetoric on Tuesday, a day after protesters burned effi-gies of Kim Il Sung and his son and successor, late leader Kim Jong Il, in Seoul.

Such protests are common in South Korea. But Monday’s demonstration -- held on the 101st anniver-sary of Kim Il Sung’s birth -- likely stung the North a little more than usual. The North said it would refuse any offers of talks with the South until it apologized for the “monstrous criminal act.”

“If the puppet authori-

ties truly want dialogue and negotiations, they should apologize for all anti-DPRK hostile acts, big and small, and show the compatriots their will to stop all these acts in practice,” the state-ment said.

The North also issued an “ultimatum” to the South, claiming that “retaliatory action will start without any notice.”

The statement follows weeks of threats from the North after the United Nations slapped sanctions on the country for violating Security Council resolutions barring the regime from nuclear and missile activity.

The increased frequency and hostility of the threats has led many to speculate that Pyongyang would soon conduct some sort of provocation, possibly in conjunction with celebra-tions of North Korean founder Kim Il Sung’s birthday on April 15.

In case of a provoca-tion, military leaders could quickly determine whether South Korea would respond alone, with U.S. help, or if a

response would be needed at all, the official said.

A military response would happen only if South Korea was threatened, the official said, reiterating that the U.S. has seen no indication that the North is planning such action.

“If anything, a missile might be shot into the water, as it was in 2009,” he said.

Kim, who is believed to be about 30, oversees a mili-tary of more than 1 million, including large special operations forces.

He also oversees a vast decaying conventional arse-nal of Soviet equipment that is in decline, the official said.

“It’s getting old and it’s very hard to get spare parts,” the official said, adding: “I also think that in the last probably two decades, a deliberate deci-sion was made at that time by Kim Jong Il to pursue asymmetric weapons,” such as nuclear power and other weapons of mass destruc-tion, so it could compete with the South’s growing military capabilities.

No sign of all-out war from North Korea

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By Megan MaschoffScroll Staff Writer

As the weather starts to turn from cold days

filled with snow to the warmer days of spring, the Bethany baseball team is ready to get back to the diamond and back into the ‘swing’ of things.

After finishing last season well above .500 and second in the conference, the Vikings know they have all the vital components to finish first in the conference and take the top spot away from rival St. Scholastica. With a lot of experience coming from the return-ing seniors and underclass-men, transfers such as Aaron Page from Minnesota State University Mankato and Cory Ferm and Brady Collison from Iowa Central Community College look

to bring their skills to the pitching rotation.

“[Page, Ferm and Colli-son] have brought a lot to the table in the fact that they compete in the right way towards the game and are stepping into roles that are very important to the team - in Ferm’s case, being one of our top starts and Page and Collison being important midweek starts with coming out of the bullpen on the weekends,” said senior first-baseman Clint Aretz.

Along with depth in the pitching rotation, big things are also from the at-bats.

Sophomore Adam Geiger looks to have a good season after receiving the UMAC (Upper Midwest Athletic Conference) Rookie of the Year award after ending the season last year with a .311 batting average, three home

runs and 35 RBIs (runs batted in). Sophomore Lucas Herd is also expected to be an important bat for Bethany this year, after hitting .370 for the team and driving in 27 runs last season.

“We have a lot of young players, so what I hope for is that they will continue to mature into the ballplay-ers they are meant to be. Our young guys, especially Geiger, Herd and [Joe] Tuholsky, really are the back-bone of this team and will be for years to come. It is very exciting to watch them play and I just hope they continue to develop,” said senior catcher Mitch Kleist.

However, even with talent in both pitching, batting and fielding, the Vikings know all of these must click in games to get to the champi-onship game.

“So far this season, we have had some really close games that we haven’t found ways to win.  We are right there, but its just little things that are costing us right now.  I think as the year goes on and we get used to those situations, we will be fine.  I like the team, we just need to be more consistent.  Pitch-ing has been pretty good this year, we just need to get better offensively.  I think if that happens, we will have a nice year,” said Head Coach Ryan Kraugh.

“In order for us to have another successful confer-ence record, we need to play how we know we can play.   All of us have played ball since we were kids, so we know what we need to do individually to make the team successful,” said junior infielder Nate Lee.

Baseball sets sights on conference play

By Megan MaschoffScroll Staff Writer

Coming into spring train-ing this year, the Beth-

any softball team was not sure what to expect. After missing a playoff berth by one game last season and losing some very important position players, the team knew everyone would have to step up. Flash forward to the present and that is just what the team has done.

Going into the first couple games, although the record shows two losses, the girls played two very impressive games to start off the season losing by only one run in each. Within these two games, however, newcomer to the team this year, Nicole Starkson, made an impres-sive debut for the Vikings by going three for six in her at-bats (all three hits being home runs), as well as pitch-ing some very impressive innings. With a start like that, the UMAC (Upper

Midwest Athletic Confer-ence) rewarded her with her first UMAC Player of the Week award.

That, however, was not the only Player of the Week award that a Viking would be awarded with. The follow-ing week, teammate Gena Chester would also receive the UMAC Player of the Week award after going six for eight in nine plate appear-ances, which included three doubles and an RBI (run batted in). A couple weeks later, Starkson would receive the honor once again after an impressive performance in Florida during spring break.

“It was an amazing honor to receive UMAC player of the week. I wasn’t expect-ing it at all but it gave me the confidence I needed to convince myself I could compete at this collegiate level for softball. Having my teammate Gena, who was also my teammate in high school, receive it the follow-

ing week was exciting. She and I have always pushed each other in our training and it was neat to see both of us get the Player of the Week honor,” said Starkson.

“To receive that award early in the season was a great confidence booster for me and the team, especially since it followed Nicole’s award. It shows us how much potential our team has to compete with the top teams in our conference. Hopefully, Nicole and I can continue to live up to the prestige,” said Chester.

Showing their strength is something that the Vikings are already doing. With postponements of games because of weather, the Vikings have only had seven conference games so far, but in those seven games they have come away with six wins – the best start the program’s history.

“I believe that we can compete with any of our

conference teams. Minimiz-ing errors will be key since a good team will capitalize on any let-downs,” said head coach Renee Tatge.

In the end, the Vikings realize that even though having a good record by the end of the season is impor-tant, the season really comes down to the memories made with teammates and build-ing chemistry.

“I’ve always been a big proponent of having fun. Too many times in my previous experience, we let wins and losses take over our reason to play. Winning is a good goal, but it doesn’t mean anything if you can’t enjoy it. For me, softball has always been a favorite past-time and a way to escape and have fun. So far, we’ve been able to keep a good attitude this season. That kind of motivation definitely shows through in our playing, and hopefully it will continue to do so,” said Chester.

Softball gets early season honorsNews & NotesBy Andrew Larson Scroll Staff Writer

Scandal at Rutgers University

Rutgers’ men’s head basketball coach Mike Rice was fired on Apr. 3 after a video showing him abusing players during practice went public.

In the video, Rice is shown throwing basketballs at his players and profanely insult-ing them, which included the use of homophobic slurs.

When the video was first made known to the univer-sity in December 2012 by former staff member Eric Murdock, Rice was suspended for three games and fined $75,000. As the video was made public via Murdock and ESPN’s Outside the Lines, Rutgers was prompted to take further action amidst public outcry.

“I am responsible for the decision to attempt a reha-bilitation of Coach Rice,” said Rutgers’ Athletic Direc-tor Tim Pernetti in a state-ment released by the school. “Dismissal and corrective action were debated in December and I thought it was in the best interest of everyone to rehabilitate, but I was wrong.”

Since the video has been made public, Pernetti has also been dismissed, and assistant coach Jimmy Martelli has resigned.

Source: NBC

Target apologizes for offensive label

A slip-up in dress labeling has Target learning from its mistake.

On Wednesday, Apr. 3 a keen-eyed online shopper noticed a discrepancy in the labeling of a certain dress. The standard sizes of the dress were listed as “dark heather grey,” while the same dress in plus-sizes was listed as potentially insulting “manatee grey.”

“We never want to offend any of our guests,” said Target spokeswoman Jessica Deede. “We apologize for any discomfort that we may have caused.”

The “manatee grey” version of the dress in ques-tion, Mossimo Women’s Plus-Size Kimono Maxi Dress, no longer appears on Target’s website.

Source: NBC

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ISLAMABAD (MCT) Dozens of people were killed in Pakistan on Tues-day Apr. 16, after a massive earthquake struck a remote border area of neighbor-ing Iran, Pakistani media reported. Yet in Iran, offi-cials said the disaster was far less devastating than originally feared, telling journalists there were no deaths on Iranian soil.

In Pakistan, television and the newspaper Dawn cited officials as confirming 34 deaths in Baluchistan prov-ince, where hundreds of houses collapsed. At least 80 people were injured, they said.

The quake was felt throughout Pakistan, from the capital, Islamabad, to Karachi, the nation’s commercial hub along the Arabian Sea, where people

frantically evacuated down-town office buildings. But it hit hardest in villages near the Iranian border in Balu-chistan, the country’s least populated province.

Scores of houses, many of them mud huts, collapsed in the town of Mashkhel, the military said in a statement. The army dispatched heli-copters with medical teams, tents and other aid to begin relief efforts.

Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso ordered officials in Baluchistan to provide immediate relief to quake victims “on a war foot-ing basis.” Rescue workers were digging through the rubble for survivors, and officials warned that the death toll could rise.

Early dispatches from Iranian media had also reported scores of casual-ties in that country after the quake hit Saravan, an isolated and impoverished

region not far from the Pakistani border. However, Iranian state television later said 27 people suffered inju-ries but that no one had died on Iranian soil.

“In Saravan, fortunately, we had no one killed,” a Red Crescent official who requested anonymity because he was not autho-rized to speak with the media told the Los Ange-les Times. “We had several patients hospitalized, but not in serious condition.”

Another staffer was still visiting hospitals and damaged areas, he said.

It was the second quake to strike Iran in a week. An April 9 temblor in the coun-try’s south left at least 37 people dead.

Aid agencies rushed to the area to search for more survivors, a Red Crescent official told Iran’s official Islamic Republic News Agency. State television

reported that survivors were warned to stay away from clay and brick houses and sleep in the open or in tents provided by relief teams. Nineteen aftershocks were reported.

The largely Sunni Muslim border region is politically volatile, racked by dire poverty and drug traffick-ing. The stretches of south-eastern Iran hit by the quake are sparsely populated, one reason that Iranian officials said the region was spared a higher casualty toll. Iranian state television reported that the area of Saravan, which was at the epicenter, has a population of 24,000.

Seismologist Behman Ovaisi told state televi-sion that the depth of the temblor might also help explain why the Iranian toll was lower than originally feared. Several seismologi-cal sources put the depth at more than 50 miles.

The U.S. Geological Survey measured the quake at magnitude 7.8, which would make it the strongest to hit the region in at least 40 years, according to an agency database stretching back to 1973. Iranian seis-mologists told local media that the quake measured 7.7.

As Iranians and Pakistanis sifted through conflicting reports about the death toll, the isolated area could not be reached by telephone “due to the high communi-cation traffic in this area,” Mahmoud Gholipour, who heads a telecommunications board in Sistan and Balu-chistan provinces, told the Mehr news agency. Neither land lines nor cellphones could reach the region.

Iranian state television later reported that phone lines were up and that water and electricity were avail-able, citing officials from local relief agencies.

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