Celebrating 100 Years By David K. Tan Union college, a landmark institu- tion of the College View area, is enthusiasti- cally planning a delightful "Birthday Bash" celebrating its centennial. The momentous event is scheduled to take place during Union's Annual Homecoming scheduled for the weekend of September 26-29. Among the many events scheduled for the celebration is a festive and colorful parade. According to parade director, Charles Henkelmann, over SO floats are tentatively slated for appearance. The parade route is currently plotted for a course down S. 48th Street. However, parade officials and the Lincoln Police are still working through the details. Lincoln is preparing itself for the expected onslaught of former students, fac- ulty, and staff. Local area hotels and motels report an increased number of reservations for the last weekend of this month. According to Alumni Director Linda Skinner, many of the accommodation facilities are without va- cancy. Besides former alumni, local and state officials are also expected to become part of Union's celebration. College Rela- tions Director and Centennial Committee member Tad Striker reports that Governor Ben Nelson and Mayor Mike Johanns are tentatively scheduled for appearances both in the parade and in special centennial ser- vices held on campus. Of special interest, Strieker notes "...all living past presidents of Union will be in attendance." When asked his opinion on con- tributing factors to Union's longevity, Strieker was quick to mention the outstand- ing faculty and administrators of the college throughout the years. He also emphasized the camaraderie felt and shared between all Union students throughout the world. He cites plain, old Midwestern friendliness as a characteristic "reflected in the atmosphere of the school". Union certainly plans to continue providing solid education with a Christian emphasis for another 100 years. Administra- tors feel that Union will continue to improve its curriculum and to grow in service to the community in which it is based. Indeed, the people of College View have almost come to expect the benevolent acts of service and kindness shown by the Union College com- munity. Campus Tree's Bark 3y T.I. Mahlum JL. By A mid-afternoon cloud-burst, Sab- bath knocked down two sections of a large tree near the Union College cafeteria. No one was seriously hurt and damage was limited to the tree and surrounding land- scape. Vicki Bagner, Fawn Meyer and Kevin Furst were out "playing in the rain" with several others when they noticed the tree, located thirty feet north ofthe Cafeteria's main entrance. It seemed to be sagging under the weight of the rain. They circled the tree, cautiously and some members of the group attempted to pull at the Union College grounds manager Jean Schaeffer clears the fallen remains where the branches blocked sidewalks and obstructed access Sunday morning. south facing branch. The tree had been structurally reinforced several years ago with steel bolts driven into the branches and a cable binding these bolts to one another. Under the excessive^weight of the rain, and perhaps due to a little vigorous tugging the cable snapped and two branches fell to earth. "Its going! Its going!" Vicki Bagner recalls hearing. As she and others made a mad dash away from the tree. They narrowly missed being struck and felt leaves and small branches brush their backs as they ran out from under the falling branch. They escaped from the western branch which fell across the main North-South sidewalk on front campus. Kevin Furst fared less well. Though not seriously hurt, he was knocked to the ground, his back scratched and a hole put in his shirt, when a large portion of the branch struck him on its decent.'- The branch he avoided settled atop another tree in the di- rection of the cafeteria doors. Jean Shaeffer of Union College plant services was summoned and the side- walk was temporarily cleared. Sunday morn- ing the remaining sections were cut up and removed to form a sizable pile in the parking lot behind Prescott Hall. Bites! One of the offending limbs is removed from atop a neighboring tree which was snapped in half in the inicdent Bogus Books from Byard page 4* Boulder Bitten by Bailey page 6 Food Fight page 5 New Calvinism page 3 Editorial Don't Look Back "Out on the road today I saw a dead-head sticker on a Cadillac. A little voice inside my head said: 'Don't look back. You can never look back'." —Don Henley Sex, and drugs abounded as well as plenty of rock music. There were protests and a tremendous desire for change. Long hair and headbands, sandals, and those "Make Love, Not War" type of slogans seemed to appear constantly in Life maga- zine and on the cover of the New York Times. Walter Cronkite covered the Vietnam War with live footage of the combat. There was combat in the streets of America—Birming- ham and Watts—that was equally important as that in Vietnam. These were the 1960s. The years of change in our generation's eyes". Those revo- lutionary times when it was so important to try to make a change in this country. In 1968 at the Chicago Democratic Convention there was rioting in the streets by a younger gen- eration who wanted to be heard. These are the images that the word "Sixties" bring to the minds of most of the college students today. What do the "Six- ties" mean to us? Most of us grew up in the early and middle Eighties when there was peace and prosperity for most middle class Americans. There was no threat of being drafted right out of high school, and the racist issue seemed to be okay (at least to whites). We grew up watching a lot of videos, TV, and space shuttles. It once seemed incomprehen- sible that a human could be in space. This to us was so common place that we even tried to send a normal, non-NASA type, in the form of a teacher, into space. This, of course, failed tragically. But the idea didn't even phase us. We knew it was possible. Most people didn't think twice about the tremen- dous changes in computers or other areas of technology. The world went out to make money and to gain power. The great "me" generation was on the move. A world full of Donald Trump wannabes surrounded us. Now that we've reached the 90s and adulthood we realize that the 80s weren't all that great. Donald Trump fell on his face and the mercy of his creditors. Even the "Mate- rial Girl" has changed her tune. Our govern- ment is still not working at a level that would pass any business major's definition of effi- cient and productive. So what now? Well, now comes the revival of the "Sixties". We can all break out tye-dye, watch "The Doors", wear "Berks" and com- plain that our government does nothing to help the environment. Wow, if we only had a cool war to protest we could be just like the "Sixties". Maybe we could have another Woodstock. Then we could have the "Nine- ties." Sorry, folks, it isn't going to happen. Remember those wonderful and destructive 1980s? Well, they were brought to you by the fun-loving, rock-throwing, war-protest- ing hippies. The war didn't stop because of the draft card burners on the front page. More likely it was the letter campaigners than the bra-burning co-eds. Let's look at what really happened. A lot of people took way too many drugs and tried in vain to find out what was going to change the world in one fell-swoop. It didn't happen. Now we have good groups to support like Greenpeace, Amnesty International, Earth First, and many others. But our generation as a whole isn't supporting them, nor are we out on the front lines of social change. We are content to sit back and be "tree-hugger" wannabes and hope the "Sixties" come back to give us a good time. All we are is the shallow 1980s with a tye-dye coat. This isn't, I'm afraid, enough to change the world. The Gulf War protesters may have had a good idea. They protested a war they saw as purely for oil. "What a great thing to protest. Oops, the protest is being held a few miles away, we'd better drive our parents' BMW. Oh, and by the way, your Polo shirt goes well with those Berks and cut-off army pants." What I'm trying to say is that the ideas we see as the Sixties weren't exactly what they were. We have romanticized them to mythical proportions. Why repeat some- thing that most of a generation didn't learn enough from? Are we destined to change the whole world at once? I doubt it. Are we destined to repeat the mistakes of a previous generation and then sober up and go on to even worse mistakes? Maybe. Why don't we try a new twist? Love and peace are worthy causes, as is taking care of our world and its people. If you're really interested, then take a look at a group or an organization you can help. Change your own attitude and that of a few friends, and piece at a time you'll change this planet for the better. But if you are not going to change, don't stand around with your "Berks" and act like you really care. Go do something more in-depth like reading a Cosmopolitan. The Clocktower Staff Editor Mark A. Pfeiffer Assistant Ed. T.I. Mahlum Copy Editor Becky Lane Photo Editor Jeff Scoggins Advertising Manager Doug Nesmith Staff Writers Gabrielle Bailey Jim Mules Shannon Nelson Byard Parks Rikki Stenbakken Kelly Strom Sponsor Greg Rumsey Printer Sun Newspaper/ Nebraska Printing Cemter The Clocktower is a bi-monthly publi- cation of the Union College Associated Student Body. Letters to the Editor Personals and submissions must be under our door by noon on the Sunday prior to publication.' Editorials are opinions of the Clocktower. All other opinions expressed are those of the author and must bear his or her name. The Clocktower reserves the right to edit letters for reasons of space or clarity. Experience the Unexpected By Aaron Hatfield High Church, and Sabbath School are two venerable institutions at Union Col- lege. These two services are undergoing massive changes this year. "We will no longer have Sabbath School here at Union College", says Rich Carlson. Sabbath School is out, Sabbath , Experience is in. For weeks the campus has been gearing up for the big switch from having a single large Sabbath School in the Amphitheater to having many small Sabbath Experience groups around campus. The Idea behind this move is a desire in students to have a greater part in worship. Under the old system, making a single comment to the general audience was a thing reserved for the brave, the theologians, and the patriarchs. With the new Sabbath Experience people can have a group that they feel like they belong to. Groups will have a definite family style atmosphere. One can feel at home to comment, discuss, or listen. Each group will meet at different times and cover a variety of subjects. These groups will not just be a bunch of students sitting around on a Sabbath Afternoon discussing philosophy, but they will also be groups of action. The leaders are committed to lending a hand of hope to people here at school, in the community, and around the world. Students put their faith into action because the love of Jesus compels them to. This last weekend The College View Church moved to having three separate and different services on Sabbath. The first ser- vice is a family worship that is upbeat in style and atmosphere. This last Sabbath the family worship started by Pastor Bretsch coming onto the platform and saying "everybody in the first five rows come up to the platform and lead us in singing 'I'm Too Young To March In the Infantry.' The second service will cater to the college crowd. The service that will be in traditional Bob Bretsch style, if that can be called traditional. The third Sabbath service is named "connection". Pastor Bretsch states, "The connection ser- vice is designed for people who are unchurched or would or basically say a tradi- tional service is not where they are at and it is not a way that they can pursue God. We are exploring ways that we can enjoy God in a new way and express the joy of the Lord, which is our strength... We are heading towards having a synthesizer and two or three contemporaiy musical numbers in ad- dition to having a bunch of congregational praise singing." StudentMissionarv Address Update Neil Gerrans Dae Gu Institute 227-22 Dae Hyun Dong Buk Gu Dae Gu 702-040 KOREA Wayne Schaber Seoul Language Institute 287-1 Hwikyung 2 Dong Dong Dae Mun Gu Seoul 130-092 Korea Angel Potter Bella Coola Adventist Academy P.O.Box 187 Bella Coola, B.C. VOT1CO (604) 799-5534 August 29, 1991 Word of the Week Theorbo August 29, 1991 On Campus By Byard W. Parks After eating at the deli one evening, I sat groggily in the UC library contemplating if "wham pita" was a noun or a verb. My eyes seemed to be rolling around uncon- sciously scanning book titles when suddenly one title shouted out at me: Babies in Her Saddlebags.! My mind scrambled for a logi- cal categorization to the topic of this book. I pondered, "Could this -be Australian lingo for a pregnant horse?" "Or maybe it is a fictional 'Lassie' type story about a kangaroo mother," I thought. Retracing my logic on the implications of this book title, I settled on the thought that Babies in Her Saddlebags must be a biography—giving a testimony in the title as to why they called her 'Calamity Jane.' Stumbling onto this peculiar vol- ume sent me on a wild expedition for what other strangeness I could unearth in our li- brary. The findings of this private investiga- tion proved to be nothing less than startling. In a quest for the unusual, I discov- ered such titles in our science and technology section as: The Good, the Bad and the Bopus and The Encyclopedia of Ignorance, (quot- ing that one will add credibility to any oral report. Example: "...according to the Ency- clopedia of Ignorance...") In the technology area, I found such comprehensive works as, 4000 Years of Television and How to Use a Tape Recorder. It is interesting that most of these books have not been checked out since the 1960s. In interviewing an anonymous library worker, I asked him (her) about the fre- quency of different books being used. She (he) said, "The fact is, Byard, these UC library books are like guests in a Roach Motel. They check in, but they don't check out.'" The nice thing about having a small library is that one need not look far to be op an entirely different topic of books. For example, from where I was standing in front of How to Use a Tape Recorder, it was only necessary for me to shift my eyes three books to the right and "voi'la" Three Centuries of Harpsichord Making! (By looking at the old checkout card in the back, one learns that this book was checked out last in 1981; it has been checked out a total of Seventeen times; Ten of those times were by Dr. Murray.) Now, still stand- ing in the same spot I look straight down two shelves and "ta-da" The Complete Hand- book of Athletic Footwear which sits right next to The Books of Mary Baker Eddy. Amazing! Our library is understandably scanty: We are a small school. However frustrating this may prove when doing re- search it really is great for simple amuse- ment. For example, in our "Sports and Lei- sure" section I discovered that only six books away from our library's two books on bicy- cling can be found Trapping Wild Animals in the Malay Jungles (incidently. last checked out by me). Now, let the reader beware that these books are arranged TOPICALLY. The volume touching cover to cover with Trap- ping Wild Animals in the Malay Jungles on the left is Sumo Wrestling and on the right is Self-Defense and Assault Prevention for Girls and Women. (If you are wondering how these topics are related, just talk with Michele Sparks or Kerri Zeelau about their encoun- ters with the Malay men this summer in Borneo.) In further probing the holdings of the library, I uncovered several unexplainables. We possess 42 books about the writings of Alfred Lord Tennyson. And only 12differentworksbyhim. Wehave 146 books about Abraham Lincoln compared with eight books on Vladimir Lenin (probably a fair ratio). In the farthest Northeast corner of the library on the floor, I discovered Chinese books written in Chinese characters without a clue or hint of English as to their content. I ask, "How were these books cataloged prop- erly? Could they be misplaced, and could we really have 147 books about Abraham Lin- coln?" I have heard of library specializa- tion, but it appears our library has selfishly specialized in itself. To fully cover the sub- ject, "the universe" we have four books, while we have a whopping 566 books about "libraries." (There are also only four books about otters—appalling!) Maybe 566 books on libraries is just coincidence and an iso- lated case...but I don't think so. There are 27 books on "library administration" and no books specifically about "wolverines." It isn't fair. There is a little more equitable coverage of other subjects, however. There is a fine collection on "ranch life." As I explored Union's book cache, I perceived other odd discrepancies in rea- soning. For example, the book Twenty Years of Confectionery and Chocolate Progress has a total of 761 pages, while How Your Mind Works has a total of 160 pages. No comment. . A few curiosities also presented themselves in my brief but thorough study. By all tangible evidence it appears that our friend "Vogue Pam Pogue" was the last one to check out A Handy Guide for Beggars. I also found a book entitled The Experience of Psychotherapy: What it is Like for Client and Therapist written by a William Fitts. Hmmm, interesting. Yikes! There go the lights. It seems they are closing up the library for the night. My study must prematurely cease; however, the next time you are sitting in the library, I encoueage that you don't just look at a book like Sludge and Its Ultimate Disposal and pass by, but rather pick it up and discover for yourself why no one has checked it out in the last 11 years. Note: All titles and facts men- tioned in this article are authentic and true and can be verified at the Union College Library nearest you. UC Enrollment and Tuition By Kelly Strom Union College students are being faced with increasing tuition costs that are hard for some to handle. This year alone has seen a S440 tuition increase. In contrast, the enrollment has experienced a slight down- ward trend in the past three years, going from 645 students in the 1988-89 school year to 627 and 636 in the next two years. However, to say that this problem is unique to Union would be an obvious un- truth. After all, inflation is a fact of life. Every aspect of society falls into the arms of its crushing embrace. Even the University of Nebraska is experiencing an increase in tu- ition which has many on the defensive. Un- fortunately, Christian education is one of inflation's most vulnerable prey. As a result, tuition costs are beyond the capacities of many families, even those who consider Christian education to be of vital importance. The age-old question asks "What can be done?" And to this age-old question comes an age-old answer: Denominational Subsidy. Although this is not a new idea, it still seems to produce a timely solution. * For years, public evangelism has been a prominent use for Adventist funds. Undoubtedly this is a worthy cause. How- ever does it compete with the success rate of christian education? Some studies have shown that approximately 80 percent of young people who go through Christian in- stitutions will stay with the church. In con- trast, public evaiigelism is notorious for its conversions that are often short-term. This seems to indicate that investing in Christian education may be more effective in the long run. An example of this took place just after World War II when UC enrollment was over 1300. This was the case because of the G.I. Bill, which granted returning soldiers tuition expenses paid in full. This shows that the demand for Christian education is present ... if the price is affordable. Perhaps, the church should give unlimited college funding to needy students. What would happen then? Maybe the church would prosper beyond belief. Campus Paperback Bestsellers 1. You Just Don't Understand, by Deborah Tannen. |Batlar*ne. $10.00.) How men and women can understand each other better. I. Seven Habits ol Highly Effective People, by Steven R Covey. (Fireside. $9.95.) Guide to personal MHkner* 3. The Burden ol Prool, by Scol Turow. (Warner. $5.95.) 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