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Family, friends, faculty and students gathered

to hear senior Michael Harting perform vari-ous musical pieces from around the world. This was his senior recital, which is a showcase of everything that music students have learned in their studies.

Harting estimated that there were about 140 people present at the recital. “It was really cool for me to see so many people there. I was quite surprised,” said Harting.

The theme for this recital was “Musical Road Trip,” and it contained music from three differ-ent countries and featured seven composers.

“It was good to hear all the different styles of music. The wide variety made it interesting,” said freshman Grace Stromer, who along with the Beth-any String Band, accompa-nied Harting for one of his pieces.

Harting began teach-ing himself violin when he was eight years old. When a freshman in high school, he realized how much he loved music and that he could not go without it.

Putting together a program of this size was no small feat. Harting esti-mated that over 200 hours were spent practicing and another 40 hours making the program, including the composer profiles.

The second piece Harting played was “Concerto in D minor for Two Violins,” by Antonio Vivaldi. Senior Benjamin Schultz played the second violin part and junior Marta Krause accompa-nied them on the piano.

“Ben and I met each other at music camp before our freshman year [at Bethany]. We have

Harting recital: crescendo to climax

By Timothy Wildauer Scroll Staff Writer

Many sharp words and heated debates have

been had by the Bethany Speech and Debate Team. However, this is nothing to fret about as it was in prepa-ration for the State Tourna-ment and Christian College Forensics Invitational.

The Speech Team was formed in 1991 and goes to approximately 25 different competitions every year. The biggest of these competi-tions is the Minnesota Colle-giate Forensics Association State Tournament and the National Christian College Forensics Invitational which is being held in Arkansas this year.

This year, six of the team’s 15 members participated in the state tournament on Feb. 16-17 at the College of St. Benedict. Three of these students won awards in the contest. As a team, these six members took first place in the Limited Entry Division.

Senior Rachel Skaaland, the team captain, alone has 11 years of experience. She and the rest of the team have used their experience to overcome many hurdles and arrive at where they are today.

Not everyone enjoys speaking in front of many people, but these are challenges that must be conquered in order to be successful.

One of the coaches, Dr. Jonas Nissen said, “The Speech team is for anyone. We will take anyone from where they are and work to improve them in whatever way we can.”

“As an individual, I feel I improved in one category that I initially hated. It has really taken a lot of focus and determination to excel at something I once despised,” said sophomore William Soule.

This determination is shown through the rigor-ous practice schedule the team goes through. The team practices debate twice

Speech Team as verbose as always

Equestrian Club’s first ride together produces awards

By Lexi TitecaScroll Staff Writer

With dust swirling in the air and mixing with

the smell of worn leather, horses and riders enter the arena. As the hearts of both horse and rider beat wildly, a judge calls out the words everyone is waiting to hear: “First prize goes to...” This is what some Bethany students recently experienced.

One of the lesser-known clubs at Bethany, the Eques-trian Club is composed of five female students. These girls recently traveled to University of Minnesota - Crookston for a competi-tion in pleasure Western horsemanship. For their first IHSA (Intercollegiate Horse Show Association) competi-tion ever, it will be the last one for the year due to low funds. However, the girls that competed still cherish this event.

At the competition, the

contestants are judged solely on their riding. The horses are picked out of a hat and the contestants are not allowed to ride the horses at any time before the competi-tion begins. Once it begins, the contestants go out into the arena and get on their horses. The judges then have them walk, jog and lope, and the contestants then line up in the center and are judged. The compet-itors gain individual points, which are then combined for a team score.

Freshman Julia Mucken-hirn competed in the inter-mediate two category and placed fourth.

“We walked into it not knowing anything, so overall we did well,” said Muckenhirn.

Freshman Jordyn Wendt competed in the intermedi-ate one category and placed second.

“There were very devel-

oped teams. To actually go compete was just a blast. I’m really thankful we got fund-ing because we wouldn’t have went,” said Wendt.

The other girls that competed were freshmen Tracey Flygare and Elisa Mayer and junior Amanda Johnson. All three competed in the beginning category, with Flygare winning fourth in her group, and Mayer and Johnson winning fourth and third in their group, respectively.

Even though this is the last competition the girls competed in for the year, the girls are hoping for more participation from club members and more competitions.

“We really need to focus on getting solid members. We have to keep the momen-tum going,” said Wendt.

“The hope is that we have started the club and it will carry on,” said Muckenhirn. 

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The Equestrian Club consists of [left to right] freshman Julia Muckinhern, freshman Jordyn Wendt, junior Amanda Johnson, freshman Tracey Flygare, and freshman Elisa Mayer. Despite this being their first entry into any competitions, the girls walked away with some awards.

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been friends ever since, and it was really special to play with him,” said Harting. “Vivaldi was definitely my favorite violin piece.”

Another favorite piece was “Autolycus’ Song,” composed by James Green-hill. Harting chose to act out parts of this song to the enjoyment of the audience, some of whom burst out laughing at his portrayal of a pedlar selling his wares.

“I was thrilled to see him put his personality into ‘Autolycus’ Song,’” said

senior Catharine Webber, who has her own recital coming up in May. “It worked out very well and everyone loved it.”

As for what will come next for him after graduation, Harting is unsure. He noted that there are a very few number of musicians who “make it big” and have their music published.

“I would like to be a choir director at a church, or even a worship coordinator,” said Harting. “I’ve thought about going to the seminary to study music in worship, which would put me on a list for people for congregations to call, but I’m not too keen on going back to school for another four years. It would be nice to work at my own pace writing music for

awhile.”For now, Harting is glad

to be done with his recital. People found his performance enjoyable in different ways.

“It was really nice to get away from everything for a

little bit and listen to some good music,” said sopho-more Mark Gullixon.

“I loved his violin; it was so beautiful,” said junior Cassie Wierschke. “I would definitely go see it again if I could.”

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Expanding horizons to the eastern worldBy Shawn LogingScroll Staff Writer

A Chinese proverb states, “Reading 10,000 books

is not as useful as traveling 10,000 miles.”

Come Christmas Break 2013, a group of Bethany faculty and students will take a literal interpretation.

Psychology Professor Dr. Jennifer Wosmek in conjunction with the Office of International Education is offering Bethany students the opportunity to spend two weeks in China; however, it will not be in the traditional sense as a tourist.

Wosmek said, “The title of the course is “Understand-ing the Chinese Experience” and that underlies my entire approach to this course. The approach to the course is to see and not to be seen. In order to achieve that goal, we are going to pack light. We are really going to try to blend in as much as we can.”

To go on the trip, students will enroll in a cross-listed

Psychology and Sociology class at a 200 or 400 level. The class will meet 10 times for one hour every Monday before leaving for China. Each period will delve into topics about Chinese culture.

Wosmek said, “The topics that we will address here [in the States] and there [in China] include community, work, family, faith, gender, education, etiquette and cultural norms. We have outside reading and videos for the students to complete, and they will be practicing how to use chopsticks. We plan to have chopstick races before we leave because when we are there, the goal is fitting in, and in most cases that means using chopsticks, not forks,” said Wosmek.

Students will also Skype with Chinese students at United International College (UIC), an English speak-ing Liberal Arts College in Southern China. This will

provide students with infor-mation about what it is like for someone their own age to be living in China. When in China, students will meet their UIC counterparts face to face.

The format to the hour meeting period here at BLC will carry through nightly when in China. Each night in China, students will end their day with a devotional piece to provide perspective

and focus. Currently, at the top end,

the cost will be $3,500 per person, but the more students that go, the less expensive it will be.

Requirements for the trip include packing light; each student will be limited to carryon luggage. For each day of the trip, one student will have the primary responsibility for taking photos. In addition, students

will be encouraged to form groups of three or four, instead of a mob of 15. These steps are all to help students blend in.

When it comes to the trip, students first explore Hong Kong.

“We are going to start off in Hong Kong. The Wiscon-sin Evangelical Lutheran Synod has an Asian semi-nary there, as well as churches connected with their church group. In Hong Kong, we are working with them to select some English speaking young adults to help tour our students around in small groups. Rather than being on a tour bus, they will go on public transportation with local young adults,” said Interna-tional Education Coordina-tor Kathy Bruss.

Then a 90 minute ferry ride will bring students to mainland China. Across the way is the city of Zhuhai,

Photo by KELSIE AMMAN

Psychology professor Jennifer Wosmek spoke to students about a trip to China. The trip’s main focus is to understand the Chinese experience.

Photo submitted by KAO YANG

Senior Michael Harting performed his senior recital ‘Musical Road Trip’ in Trinity Chapel for the community. Harting performed pieces from different composers and ranging in different styles.

a week and schedules up to two additional practices with one of the two coaches to work on individual events.

“A lot of time goes into each competition, but it depends on how much you want to compete. You can do just one event, or you can do six,” said Skaaland. “Beyond the debates, most other speeches must be writ-ten and memorized, so it all

depends on how fast you can accomplish it.”

Director of Forensics at Bethany Jon Loging said, “Students will look through news articles and use those as references for speeches and debates, where they have 15 minutes to prepare. They do not have to spend hours a week looking things up and practicing, but the time they put in definitely shows in the competitions.”

Soule said, “As a team, we’re bringing six individu-als to the National Chris-tian Colleges Forensics Invitational. Last year we

only brought two. Enough said.”

The Speech Team competes in mostly individ-ual events, where it is easy to forget that they are part of a team. However, they retain their sense of camaraderie.

“It is easy to forget the bigger picture and sometimes throw your teammates under the bus,” said Soule. “We do not do that on our team.”

“My favorite part of speech at Bethany is the atmosphere and hanging out with some truly cool people from both Bethany and other schools across the

country,” said Skaaland.The skill of public speak-

ing is one that is highly sought after by many employers. Being able to speak clearly in front of a group of people and formu-late sound arguments can go a long way when applying for a job. These skills team members acquire by partici-pating on the speech team are sure to pay rich divi-dends in the years to come.

Nissen said, “The skills that students learn in speech and debate are directly rele-vant to any field that some-one could go into.”

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By Megan MaschoffScroll Staff Writer

Although well known as the “6’4” senior from

Marion, Iowa” Alex Weldon has come to be known not just for his passion for basketball, but for every-thing else he does off the court.

Growing up in the Midwest, Weldon had an immediate love for sports. Starting with hockey in kindergarten, and then trying just about every other sport in between, Weldon could always been found on some team. However, it always came back to basketball.

As he came into his senior year of high school, colleges started to take notice of Weldon, and in the end, he ended up accepting a full scholarship for his first two years to Minnesota State University - Mankato. After “red shirting” (attending practice but not playing in games) the first year on an injury, and still trying to recover in his next year, the head coach decided it was not for him.

“I was devastated. Every-thing I had worked for had

come up to that point and then all of a sudden it was gone. I started working full time then, and through that summer I missed basketball a lot. I was working at an FCA (Fellow-ship for Christian Athletes) camp and I was the basketball coach for the camp. We had a celebrity coach come in, and that was coach [Rick] Jeddloh, and we started talking and that’s what brought me here,” said Weldon.

Weldon wasted no time in showing what he was capa-ble of. In his first game as a

Viking, he ended up match-ing his total points with the number on his new jersey – 21. With a first game like that, it is no surprise that this year, he became the seventh member of the 1,000 points club.

“I think that though, granted, in itself, whoever gets 1,000 points is an accomplishment, but for three people to get 1,000 points says a lot, not so much individually, but the team. Three people on a team can’t get 1,000 points

without their teammates. There is no “i” in team, and I think that describes it to the exact point,” said Weldon.

With all the accomplish-ments and memories that Weldon made as a Viking, it is hard to put it all away with the conclusion to his college career.

Although it is not easy to say goodbye to the game he has come to love so much, Weldon is looking forward to the next chapter in his life in which he plans to carry on a family tradition.

With helping out on friend’s farms when he was younger and now working on Jerry Sietzer’s farm near St. Peter, Weldon is excited about his future in the farm-ing industry.

“I will definitely use my major (business administra-tion) on the business side of that. But just owning my own farm and having my own livestock is a dream of mine because I’m not much of a city guy,” said Weldon.

After graduation, Weldon plans to stay in the area (specifically the Gaylord/Winthrop) and start living out his next passion.

Campus Q&A

If you could be any mythical creature,

what would you be?

By Lucy Yang

Kristin RienhardtSenior“I would be a phoenix because I could heal someone with one tear.”

Robert AhrensSophomore“Dragon, because I could breathe fire.”

Julio GarciaSophomore“Dragon, because they can fly and are strong.”

Lauran JohnsonJunior“Unicorn, because everybody loves unicorns.”

Ethan UrtelFreshman“An elf from Lord of the Rings because they use a bow and arrow and live forever.”

Patrick Ernst

Hometown:Shakopee, MNWhy Bethany?Religion, the Christian atmosphere and the financial aidIntended major?English, and pre-SeminaryFavorite authors?Ernest Hemmingway, Jack London and Henry David Thoreau

What do you miss about your hometown?I miss my family and my congregation

Kasarah Smart

Hometown:Stillwater, MN

What is your intended major?

Studio art with a minor in chemistry, business or psychology

Favorite movie?

TangledDescribe yourself in three words:

Hyper, nice, entertaining

Favorite board game as a kid?

Hungry Hungry Hippo

Freshmen Files

Senior Spotlight: Alex Weldon

Photo by MARIE ROSE

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By Lexi TitecaScroll Staff Writer

For Christians, most church music sung today

was  composed  and written during the 1600’s and 1700’s.

Although many new Chris-tian musicians have writ-ten and performed music during the last two decades, this music is not the tradi-tional hymns  composed  for a congregation and an organ. However, Bethany music students changed that. Students, up to the chal-lenge, composed new tunes and settings to traditional hymns, while some even wrote new songs and hymns of their own, and performed them in front of an audience.

On Thursday Feb. 21, a handful of Bethany students  performed  in the New Music Recital held in Trinity Chapel. The pieces performed ranged from choir compositions, to hymn preludes performed on the organ, to new piano songs.

Freshman Jacob Finke said, “Personally, as a non-performing composer, it was

particularly interesting to hear my piece performed because I had never heard it ‘in all its glory’ until the recital. I was hearing it for the first time at the same time as the rest of the audi-ence. That was an interest-ing experience; I was forced to take a step back from the hours of work I had put into it, and try to appreciate it as something completely sepa-rate from myself. It’s almost as if, in a strange way, I got twice the satisfaction of hear-ing it than the rest of the listeners because I had been [part of] every stage of the song’s development.”

Finke composed the tune and setting for the hymn “Days are Passing, Times are Fleeting.”

Senior Michael Hart-ing was another student who composed a new tune and setting for a hymn and Psalm 104, while senior Elizabeth Urtel also wrote and composed an entire new hymn, “Lord, Your Love Will Never Fail Me.”

Urtel also played the

piane while senior Benjamin Schultz played the violin for variations on the hymn “Jesus, Jesus, Only Jesus.”

Urtel said, “Performing the arrangement of ‘Jesus, Jesus, Only Jesus,’ one of my favor-ite hymns, I was pleasantly surprised with how well the violin and piano blended together. Also, it is one of the greatest blessings to hear words and music I have writ-ten sung in the chapel.” 

There were many preludes for hymns composed, includ-

ing those written by Urtel, junior Mark Gullixson, senior Annalise Tecken and junior Marta Krause.

Freshman Kayla Busch composed a new song for the piano titled “Three Years Ago.”

The concert ended with choir performances by Tecken. One of these was an orignal piece titled “Bacon,” while the other piece was called “Non nobis Domine,” a poem written by Rudyard Kipling that Tecken made

into a choir piece.In conclusion of the

concert, Finke said, “I think the recital was a great success. Between the composers and the perform-ers, it’s incredible the amount of talent that was contained in the chapel that night. It was an interesting, almost  disorienting, expe-rience that I think more people should push them-selves toward.” 

Talent exhibited in the New Music Recital

Photo by KELSIE AMMANN

Samuel Johnson, Marta Krause, and Mark Gullixson posed for a group picture in front of the organ prior to the nights recital. All three of these students participated in playing the organ during the new music recital.

By Jonah Menough Scroll Staff Writer

Music has undoubt-edly become a very

important part of America’s culture and other cultures all around the world. There are many people who believe that they cannot go a single day without listening to music. There are different styles of music and different ways of listening to it now than there were years ago. However, music has been known to play a large part in the mental health of humans for many years.

On Tuesday Feb. 26, music Professor Dennis Marzolf gave a presentation on the connections between music and mental health. Using examples from different writings, a story from the Bible and a few demonstra-tions on the piano and mono-chord, Marzolf showed how music can affect the human mind and soul.

Marzolf had researched this topic back when he was attending college and the idea of giving a presentation about it came from Student Counselor Patti Reagles.

“Frequently I will visit with Patti Reagles after chapel and one of the things we talk about is music. I talk to her

a lot about the studies that I have done in the area of music education, especially in the time of the Reforma-tion and the Renaissance…and how [people from that time] thought about music,” said Marzolf.

After one of their conver-sations last fall, Reagles approached Marzolf about doing the presentation as one of the talks that PAMA (Promoting awareness, motivation and action) spon-sors at Bethany throughout the year.

During the presentation, Marzolf also mentioned how humans’ ears have changed throughout the centuries. He claimed that our hearing has degenerated and that in the past we would have been able to hear a lot more than we can today.

The current cultural dependence upon micro-phones, speakers and head-phones proves his belief that human’s ears have gotten to be much lazier and he joked that, with today’s genera-tion, nursing homes will be quite scary in 60 to 70 years.

Music Professor Adrian Lo also took part in the presentation. He used a monochord to demonstrate several different points,

including the connections between math and music.

While playing certain notes on the monochord, Lo also mentioned how human ears are not perfect.

“Just because we hear something, does not mean we hear everything. Just because we do not hear anything, does not mean there is nothing there,” said Lo during the presentation.

Marzolf hoped that students and other people who attended the presenta-tion not only kept and read the packet that he handed out but also thought about what kind of music they listen to now.

“I would hope that people

would think about what kinds of music they are putting into their body,” said Marzolf. “Is it all sugar or are there some green vegetables and colored fruits too?”

Marzolf believes that what he has found out so far is just the tip of the iceberg and he hopes to continue looking deeper into this topic.

“There are a lot of books out there that talk about mental health and music that range from the voodoo, mysterious side to the math-ematical side. That’s an area that I would like to do some more research into, on both sides,” said Marzolf.

Music’s affects on mind and soul

Photo by ELISA MAYER

Professor Dennis Marzolf explains that even the ancients knew of the incredible relationship between man and music as he gestures to the monochord, a single-stringed instrument from Ancient Greece.

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By Megan MaschoffScroll Staff Writer

The number seven. To most, it is just another

number on the number line, but to the Bethany Men’s Basketball team, seven represents the number of players who have made their mark on the court and in the record books, but who now hang up their jerseys.

For seniors Patrick Garvin, Alex Weldon, Gavin Kroehler, Derek Peterson, Michael Knight, Garrett Benson and Deon Wright, basketball has always been a part of them. Whether it was watching their siblings play or their dads coach, basket-ball was always there.

“I had a hoop in my back-yard and every summer I would be shooting hoops out there the whole day. My dad would have to get me to come inside for food, but I would just stay out there,” said Benson.

With all having memo-rable grade school and high school careers, which included state champion-ships, personal milestones and great memories, it seemed to be a given they would continue playing at the college level.

“I actually decided to not play my first year. I went to Minnesota State University – Mankato, and thought I didn’t want to play anymore. But after a semester I real-ized I missed it,” said

Kroehler. In the end, Bethany ended

up being the decision for all seven guys – seven guys who barely knew each other, but who would put on a Vikings jersey and start their college basketball career.

“I remember it was at St. Olaf, and just being able to put it on and look in the mirror and say ‘hey, I’m a college athlete’ was pretty cool,” said Peterson.

After having a tough season their freshman year, and then the loss of the only college coach they had known at the end of their sophomore year, suddenly the “Senior Seven” were at a crossroads of sorts.

“A lot of things happen in life that you can and can’t control, and that was defi-nitely one of those times where yeah, it sucked, but we really had no control on what had happened and had to move on. I think that the maturity that the team took in staying here for each other said a lot – showed how much we cared about each other and for the fact that we are playing because we love the game,” said Weldon.

With a new head coach David Balza coming in, the Vikings were ready for a new start.

“Balza came in with more knowledge than anybody I have ever imagined know-ing about basketball - realiz-

ing his terms and plays was kind of confusing. I think we finally realized our poten-tial when we beat Augsburg at their place. That was a season turning point in the non-conference season. The conference started, and we just started rolling,” said Kroehler.

“Started rolling” would be putting it lightly though. In the 2012 conference season, the Vikings did not just go 5-0 or 8-0 but 13-1, a record that gave them the UMAC (Upper Midwest Athletic Conference) championship, which was a first in school history.

“It was a blast. [At] Scho-lastica…throwing up the ball and seeing all of us running around like chickens with our heads cut off because we just won the conference tournament was a memora-ble moment,” said Peterson.

Although the victories

were sweet in and of them-selves, all seven seniors agreed that it was the fan section, which is better known as the Red Sea, that made not just those games better, but the whole season.

“I had an interview with Julie [Thomas] last year and she asked me how I felt about the Red Sea, and I said ‘without no Red Sea, there is no us.’ Whenever I was down, all I had to do was step on that floor and hear them chanting ‘defense’, ‘Deon’, ‘D. Wright’ – anything along those lines – that just changed my mood and I was back into it. A lot of my actions and the way I played was because of them,” said Wright.

“The Red Sea definitely gave us that six man advan-tage and teams got affected by that. To just hear them chanting and getting our team going is always a good

feeling,” said Knight.Although the Vikings did

not get as far as they may have liked this year, the seniors know that looking back on their career they have nothing to be ashamed of.

“Throwing down that banner…you don’t see any other banner in there, so it was sweet to put our mark on that. The expectations were obviously high for this year having everyone back. We fell short, but we have nothing to hang our heads about. We made history here and that is special in and of itself,” said Weldon.

While the seven seniors will be remembered for their amazing four years wearing their Vikings jerseys and leaving their mark on the basketball program, in the end, it comes down to the relationships and memories they built with each other.

“I remember [freshman year] in September and early October, we would go to open gym, and come back to the dorms and talk about how good our team was – we just knew we were the best team. We started and went 0-8, 0-12 to start the year. It’s crazy to think we have came from that. I told someone the other day that I came to Bethany with two brothers, but I am definitely leaving with more than I can count,” said Garvin.

“Senior Seven” reflects on college career

Photo by KELSIE AMMANN

Bethany’s Men Basketball team preps for theie game against North-western on Feb. 23.

By Andrew LarsonScroll Staff Writer

As the snow begins to fade away, the days get

longer and the bitter chill of winter finally begins to recede, Bethany students know that can only mean one thing: spring is approaching at last and with it, an opti-mistic new season for Betha-ny’s springtime sports.

The baseball team is look-ing to rebound after a disap-pointing finish to their 2012 season, which ended in defeat in the UMAC (Upper Midwestern Athletic Confer-ence) postseason tourna-ment. The team is looking toward the 2013 season with great optimism.

“We should be expecting another good season from the team this year,” said Nathaniel Lee, a junior on the baseball team. “Number

one goal is getting that UMAC Championship, then off to regionals.”

The softball team, coming off a disheartening 14-25 2012 season that ended with the squad missing the postseason, is really look-ing to turn things around this year. So far, they stand at a .500 record, which is nothing to sneeze at for a team looking only to better themselves. One bright spot so far this season has been junior Nicole Starkson, who was selected as the UMAC’s first player of the week of the 2013 season, after her performance against St. Catherine on Feb. 22.

The tennis teams, which have met with little success in recent years, are also looking toward the future with much hope. Unlike the baseball team, however, they

are looking more toward the distant future.

“I don’t think we will do well [this season],” said Kasarah Smart, a freshman tennis player. “We have a pretty decent team but we are not at the skill level of other colleges. We have really good players on both boys and girls teams.”

“[Coach Andy Krueger] has done a lot of recruit-ing, so within two years, we should have a stronger team,” Smart.

As spring rolls around, the track and field teams will be hoping to continue their strong season as they move outdoors. After their first ever appearance in the UMAC Indoor Champion-ships both the men’s and women’s teams are espe-cially hopeful of what is to come as they take their

talents outside for the first time this year.

“This team is certainly different from any other team I have been on,” said freshman Danielle Marzin-ske, a member of the track and field team. “We are a small group of people that Coach Ring roped into doing track. We have people from tennis, basketball, volley-ball, soccer and other sports all thrown together in one big heap. Surprisely, we get along great. I look forward to running with this team!”

Although, Bethany’s men and women spring sports haven’t traditionally met with success in the past, they are all still very opti-mistic of the future and sincerely expect big things to come for their teams, and they have every reason to believe so.

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By Brittany Titus Scroll Staff Writer

Paying for tuition is hard enough on its own, but

competing against other college students for a schol-arship, that is a different ballgame. Not only are scholarships important to students, so are grants. That is why Bethany is thankful to have the Minnesota State Grant as a big money saver for its Minnesotan students.

For the past eight or nine years, Bethany has taken part of Day at the Capitol. This allows students to visit the Representatives from their district to say thank you for their support, as well as lobby for money that Bethany can distribute to students to help them pay for school.

Last year, over 200 Beth-any students had this money divided between them. Each year 30-50 students attend this event. Students can receive this money by being a Minnesotan resi-

dent, as well as being in financial need. There are 16 other private colleges who compete with Bethany to get the most money from this grant.

“Senator Dayton is a big supporter and wants to increase the amount of money given,” said Director of Institutional Communica-tion Lance Schwartz. “They will need to vote on it, but students can benefit from this grant.”

Even if a student is not a Minnesota resident, they can still attend the event and help lobby for money for Bethany.

“The more money Beth-any gets, the more they can help students,” said Student Senate President and senior Evan Oman.

The day of the trip is on April 11. Students will leave early in the morning and return in the afternoon. They will ride on a coach bus and be given a lunch to eat at the Capitol. The whole

day is paid for by Bethany. “It’s necessary to go

because for the senators, they get to see the faces of those they are supporting. It gets them to hear the stories from students on how thank-ful they are for the support,” said junior Bret Clancy.

Clancy went last year and is planning on attending this year. “It is a great experi-ence and it is important to my family. I got the grant

and I was able to take less loans out.”

“Tell them your personal story. College isn’t cheap. Your college experience makes a difference. This event is always successful,” said Oman.

Students will soon be able to sign up for this event and meet with their district representatives to encour-age their support, as well as be given an opportunity to receive the State grant.

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Raul Castro Announces Retirement Plans

On Sunday, Feb. 24, Cuban President Raul Castro announced that he would retire at the conclusion of his second term as presi-dent in 2018. Castro, 81, made the announcement in a nationally broadcast speech shortly after the Cuban National Assembly elected him to a second five-year term in the opening session of the new parliament.

In another surprise move, the new Cuban parliament named as Castro’s first vice president Miguel Diaz-Canel, a member of the polit-ical bureau who rose quickly through political ranks to become the most likely successor to Raul Castro.

The government is likely to be the last headed by the Castro brothers and their followers who seized control in the 1959 revolution, which would mark quite a point in Cuban history.

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Hammer gets the hammer

Well-known rapper and entertainer MC Hammer was arrested in Dublin, Calif. on Saturday Feb. 23 for obstructing and resist-ing a police officer. However, after being released from the Santa Rita Jail, Hammer insisted via twitter that he was a victim of racial profiling.

“[This] chubby, Elvis-look-ing dude was tapping on my car window, I rolled down the window and he said, “Are you on parole or proba-tion?” said Hammer via twit-ter. “….I will now answer his question, contrary to his personal beliefs, all people of color are not on parole or probation, fat boy.”

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The Day at the Capitol allows students, like Heather Hewitt (right), to visit with Representatives from their district and say thank you and lobby for money.

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For an aspiring artist, the idea of showing one’s

artwork is often something not done outside of one’s social group and family.

The Lutheran High School Biennial Invitational Art Exhibit is allowing high school artist to show off their artworks in Bethany’s Ylvisaker Fine Arts Center.

Art Professor Bill Bukowski said, “[The Invi-tational Art Exhibit] started about eight years ago and the idea was to showcase the Lutheran high school art programs with an outlet to show the best of their works. I do not know that there are that many places or venues for pericardial schools and we just thought this would be the perfect place for it. It gives us a chance to meet the teachers and see what some of the up and coming talent is doing.”

However, the Invite gives students more than just a chance to show off their artwork.

“One of things we do is we have an outside artist come in and judge the works. We have first, second and third place cash awards and 10 merit awards,” said

Bukowski.The first place finisher will

receive a $100, second $50 and third $25. This year, St. Peter, Minn. artist Charlie Putnam came to judge the works.

Six schools submitted artwork this year, one of which is in Phoenix, Ariz., and a home school student.

Minnesota Valley Lutheran High School teacher Jason Jaspersen said, “It’s a great idea.  Beth-any is providing an oppor-tunity for young Lutheran artists. These young people have potential to do great things.  A show like this not only gives students an opportunity to shine, but it sends a message that what they do is valued.   Beth-any is a leader in the arts in Confessional Lutheran circles. I think its important for high school students to know that there is a place for their creative talents in God’s plan for them.”  

The artwork submitted is now up in the YFAC, but Mar. 23, the public and high school teachers and artist will be invited to attend a reception where the grand prize winners will be announced.

One school that submit-

ted was Luther High School in Onalaska, Wis. However, they are not likely to attend, because of the distance, but Bukowski is going to send them pictures of the event.

Luther art teacher Connie Bader said, “In the past, when we have entered some shows, the students are perplexed as to why  they were not selected when their works seemed as perfected and appealing as other works that were chosen for award. And that’s just the way it is. But the students want feedback- even if it is painful.”

Bader said, even though the students will not get feedback from the Exhibit, they would get to see how the show was arranged with other high school student artwork.

Bader however said, “We can hope that the judge will find one or several of our works to his liking so that

we can walk away with a prize.”

From years past, Bukowski said, “For the students in college, they are very curious about seeing high school works since they use to be high school students. Sometimes they are challenged by it if it is really good work. They really have to think about themselves and push them-selves a lot more because they see so many younger students coming up that look pretty talented.”

Bukowski also enjoys putting up the artwork in the YFAC because he finds it a challenge to make every piece look as good a possible and fit in with all the other pieces.

All artwork is up in the YFAC and open to be viewed through Mar. 23. Everyone is also welcomed to attend the Mar. 23 Invitational Art Exhibit Reception.

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As the clock started counting down into

the last minute of the final game of the season against Crown College, tears of both sadness and joy could be seen coming from the Bethany Women’s Basket-ball team. Another season has come and gone for the women – a season that although they wished had turned out differently, they were still proud of.

Going 8-17 for the season overall and 6-8 in the confer-ence, the Vikings to reached playoffs once again, but with the loss of their two leading scorers from last year, they knew they had work ahead of them over the course of this season.

“From the beginning of this season, there were pretty big roles to fill and I was really impressed that by the time conference came around was when we started clicking. We were so close to making play-offs again. Last year, we got fourth and the tie-breaker went in our favor, and this year we got

fifth. Some of those close games could have went either way, but it shows the strength of our conference,” said head coach Tiffany Young-Klockziem.

Looking at the game statistics, it is clear to see that the Vikings did play with all they had in every game. With double digits coming in just about every game from the new posts, sophomores Shelby Wieder-hoeft and Kasslin Swen-son, and contributions from the veterans along with the freshman, every game became close. While most of the wins came in dramatic fashion, sometimes the losses gave them just as much as the wins.

“Even with some of the games we didn’t win, we could walk away and say ‘that was 40 minutes of basketball’ or ‘we really accomplished a lot.’ Think-ing back to UW (Univer-sity of Wisconsin) Superior, Northwestern (when we played them to two), and our first Morris game when it was so close the whole game...even walking away

with those and not winning, I still felt we accomplished something and we grew as a team,” said Swenson.

“Sometimes those losses almost meant more than blowing a team out because we knew we really well. When we blow a team out, it’s nice because everyone gets to play and we all get to participate, it’s not as fun in a way,” said senior Kelsie Ammann.

With the end of the season came goodbyes too, as seniors Ammann, Sarah Rosneau, and Amanda

Edminson played their last season in a Bethany jersey.

“It was hard coming into [this season] knowing it was going to be done. All the girls are amazing – I miss them already. Obviously we would have liked to go into playoffs, but we gave it the best we could, worked hard, and accomplished a lot this season, and I am excited to see where next season is for them,” said senior Rosneau.

“I came into Bethany and only played volleyball and softball for my first two years. My junior year – mid-

season – one of Bethany’s posts went down on her knee and TY (Young-Klock-ziem) was in my email, in my phone, in the classroom and she finally convinced me to play and I am so glad she did. Now I can’t imagine not playing. I am just so thank-ful for the opportunity,” said senior Edminson.

Although the women will have challenges again next year in filling holes, they are confident in what next season may bring.

“We just need to keep building on what we have already established. We just need to tweak little things now, and once we get new freshmen in, we have to help them figure out what their roles are on the team and get them used to our style of playing,” said Wiederhoeft.

“I think we can honestly get the top seed [next season] if we do what we are capable of doing. I think playing together in the off season and working on our own we can get there…show everyone what we can do,” said junior Jade Pelzl.

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CHINA: Personal growth

By Brittany TitusScroll Staff Writer

Not many authors from the 19th Century have

all of their books still in print today. But Charles Dickens is one special author and a favorite among English Professor Dr. Robert Hanna.

Hanna gave a presenta-tion on the life and works of Dickens on Feb. 26., which was hosted by the English Honor Society, Sigma Tau Delta. Publishing 12 articles and four books, Hanna has spent numerous years study-ing Dickens.

Dickens wrote 14 and a half novels, the last one he

was unable to finish because a stroke and passing away. A Christmas Carol” is one of the most popular Dick-ens novels that people enjoy today.

It was known that his inspiration came from real life experiences. Charac-ter’s personalities came from people in Dickens life. Some settings and buildings he used in his novels were places he visited, especially during the night. Dickens had insomnia, so he would wander around the city at night to tire himself to be able to fall asleep.

Hanna first became intro-

duced to Dickens through his mother, who told him to check out Dickens’ second novel, “Oliver Twist,” at his school’s library when he was a freshman in high school.

“I had always loved read-ing and learning,” said Hanna. “Charles Dickens put some of his own creativ-ity in his novels. He has been so popular for a long time because his characters never seem to be out of date. The characteristics are so universal. He had a unique cast of characters that were not over-exaggerated.”

Not only did Dickens write, but he also acted. He

would travel to different cities to perform readings of his novels and acted out the parts of all the characters. He even went to America to act as well. Dickens found that as an actor, he was able to make more money faster than by novel writing.

Dickens performed 76 public readings to more than 10,000 people.

“I liked finding out that he read parts of his novel, also, that he was a good actor as well,” said freshman Joel Faugstad.

While he was in America, Dickens met poet Edgar Allen Poe in Philadelphia

and shared the story of his talking pet raven, Grip. It was said that because of this, Dickens inspired Poe to write one of his famous poems, “The Raven.”

Students enjoyed the presentation and liked learn-ing about the history of Dickens.

“I liked the presentation, and I want to read [Dick-ens] novels more. I have only read five so far,” said sopho-more Melissa Owen.

Whether it is the best of times or the worst of times, Dickens continues to inspire readers with his novels and still be popular today.

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where UIC is located. While at UIC, Wosmek said UIC faculty takes over in teaching students the same topics pertain-ing to Chinese culture.

Next, students will go to Beijing and visit more of the traditional tour sites, but

with an intentional role as an observer of Chinese culture. There students will see the Great Wall, Forbidden City, Summer Palace, Tiananmen Square, Terracotta Warriors and the 798 Art Zone, China’s equivalent to Green-wich Village or SoHo.

“When we travel around town, I will provide students with observational assign-ments, so they can more read-ily see culture being lived out. So, when we are standing at the Great Wall and we are taking in the beauty, land-scape and history of the Great

Wall; we are also taking in the people around us and we are listening and observing,” Wosmek said.

Wosmek said, “I am not putting a lot on our schedule because I want us to really take in where we are at and not feel like we are rushed, which would be distracting to those around us. I really want it to be a relaxed expe-rience where students can really absorb everything around them.”

When the students get back, they will invite friends and family to show off post-

ers they constructed to display their learning in the course and discuss their overall experience.

One student interested in the trip is sophomore Melissa Owen.

She said, “It’s impractical for me to study abroad for an entire semester and still expect to graduate in four years. This China trip allows me to travel during break so I don’t have to take any time off and still earn school cred-its. It’s very possible that I’ll have to take out a loan for this trip; however, I have the

rest of my life to work. Why not make it worth my while?”

If interested or for more information, contact Wosmek at jennifer.wosmek@blc.edu.

Bruss said, “We see this study tour as helping to prepare students for the world in which we live. China is an economic power-house and will only continue to increase in influence. Being able to work together well helps everyone, includ-ing to help maintain peace-ful relationships in the world.”