The Yellow Sheet 2000November 2, 2000 | Volume 33, Number 6

News & Announcements

Directory Assistance Tips... To save money, the Office of Telecommunications recommends that campus community members use the following Web sites to locate a telephone number, name, or address:
* http://www.Bigfoot.com
* http://www.555-1212.com
* http://www.people.yahoo.com
* http://www.qwestdex.com
* http://www.BIGYELLOW.com
* http://www.anywho.com
* http://www.411.com
These services are free, while a call to directory assistance costs about $2 per call.

College Inducts 8 into Hall of Fame... The athletics department inducted 8 individuals into its Athletics Hall of Fame on Oct. 28. The 2000 inductees include:

• Connie Fortin ('82 and a 2-time All-State and All-Region volleyball player who was also a track and field team member);
• Steve Hansen ('78 and a starting forward on 3 MIAC Champion hockey teams who earned 4 All-Conference and 2 All-America honors);
• Paul Holbach ('80 and a 4-time All-American in doubles tennis and a 1-time All-American in singles, who won the 1980 NCAA Division III Doubles Championship with John Mattke, as well as a member of the 1980 NCAA Division III Championship Team);
• Sara Johnson Illies ('85 and a 4-year basketball and 2-year volleyball starter who earned All-Conference honors in basketball and still holds the school basketball record for assists in a game, 16);
• Cynthia Wentworth Kraemer ('81 and a 4-year tennis All-American who won the small college state and regional singles titles and earned All-State and All-Region honors);
• Terry Olson ('85 and a 2-time golf conference individual champion and 3-time qualifier for the NCAA Championships who earned All-America honors when he finished 6th at nationals);
• Jay Schoenebeck ('80 and a 4-year starting football running back who earned All-Conference and All-America honors and still holds the school record for yards rushing in a game, 239); and
• Ron Zaniewski ('61 and a 4-time conference swimming champion in the 100 butterfly and a member of 3 conference championship teams).

Order Twin Cities Phone Directories... St. Paul and Minneapolis White and Yellow Phone Directories may be purchased through telecommunications. St. Paul directories may be ordered now for $14.95 (White Pages) and $19.95 (Yellow Pages). Minneapolis directories may be ordered in mid-January and cost $26.95 (White Pages) and $29.95 (Yellow Pages). To place orders or ask questions, call Pat Stevensen (x0).

UPCOMING EVENTS:

• A 4 p.m. "silent auction" of international gifts, articles of clothing, and/or services, with proceeds going toward 2 international charitable organizations;
• At 4:30 p.m., "Rakugo" -- Japanese comic storytelling -- with John Braun (communication studies);
• At 5:30 p.m., the international food and display booths open;
• From 5:30-8 p.m., entertainment consisting of international music, dance, skits, and an ethnic fashion show; and more.

Percussion Concert Sunday... The Gustavus Percussion Ensembles will present a concert at 3:30 p.m. Nov. 5 in Bjorling Recital Hall. Under the direction of Robert Adney, the 2 ensembles will present works by Alexander Lepak, David Mancini, Stanley Leonard, and others. Each ensemble will also perform a movement from Amadeo Roldan's "Ritmica," written in 1930 and considered the first work in Western music written for percussion ensemble. The final work is a Latin-styled rhythmic and melodic composition, "Textures," written by George Frock. The fall percussion concert is free and open to the public.

Special Worship Service Sunday... A candlelight service of beauty and power, "The Souls of the Righteous are in the Hands of God," will be held at 7 p.m. Nov. 5, All Saints Sunday, in Christ Chapel. Hymns from a variety of backgrounds will be sung, along with selections from John Rutter's Requiem. There will also be opportunities for meditation. Christ Chapel Choir, under the direction of Patricia Kazarow and David Cherwien, organist, will lead the music.

Physics Seminar Tuesday... The physics seminar "Photovoltaic-cells" will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 7 in Olin 220 by Jim Sites of Colorado State University.

Campus Cancer Support Group will meet at noon Nov. 8 in the Leadholm Room. Come and bring a lunch. A short video will be shown from the "Finding Your Way Series" provided by the American Cancer Society.

Wallenberg Memorial Lecture Wednesday... The Peace Studies Program will present this year's Raoul Wallenberg Memorial Lecture, "Raoul Wallenberg, The Man and the Myths; Some Reflections on the Social Responsibility of the Historian," at 7 p.m. Nov. 8 in Wallenberg Auditorium. This year's speaker is Paul Levine of the Uppsala Programme for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Centre for Multiethnic Research, Uppsala University, Sweden. Levine is author of From Indifference to Activism: Swedish Diplomacy and the Holocaust, 1938-1944 (1996) and Tell Ye Your Children: A Book About the Holocaust in Europe 1933-45 (1998). Both books are on overnight reserve in the library under "Wallenberg Lecture/Paul Levine." Levine is currently working on the first biography of Raoul Wallenberg that makes use of Swedish archival materials. Through his heroic courage and personal intervention in 1944 Budapest, Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg saved the lives of perhaps 100,000 Jews who would otherwise have perished in Nazi concentration camps. In January 1945, he was taken into custody by the Soviet authorities and has since disappeared. The lecture is free and open to the public.

OFF-CAMPUS EVENTS OF INTEREST:

KUDOS:

Mark Granquist, religion, presented a paper to the biennial meeting of the Lutheran Historical Conference, held Oct. 19-21 in Milwaukee. The paper, titled "Byron Nelson and American Lutheran responses to Evolution," examined the life and thought of an American Lutheran pastor who was prominent in the Creation Science movement.

Lisa Heldke, philosophy, gave the keynote address at Building Bridges: Aesthetics and Ethics, an Oct. 20-22 conference sponsored by the philosophy department of Southern Illinois University, Carbondale.

Craig Johnson, church relations, will give a presentation, titled "Changing Dreams and New Beginnings: A Parent's Theological Reflection on Disabilities," at Mount Olivet Retreat Center in Farmington on Nov. 4.

OBITUARIES:

• Desmond D'Abreo (Fulbright Scholar at Gustavus during the 1995-96 academic year) died Oct. 25 in Mangalore. Expressions of sympathy and support may be sent to Margaret D'Abreo, St. Joseph's High Land, Lower Bendur, Mangalore - 575 002.
• Lillian Potts, mother of Larry Potts (chemistry) and mother-in-law of Jill Potts (education), died Oct. 25. Funeral services were Oct. 28 in New York.

NEW FACES:

New Administrators
Sara Titus, Development

New Support Staff
Patricia Leagjeld, President's Office

CONGREGATIONAL OUTREACH:

Retreats... The Gustavus Adolphus College Association of Congregations Retreat Center, coordinated by the Office of Church Relations, will host a retreat for First Lutheran Church from Blooming Prairie Nov. 3. The Office of Church Relations will host confirmation retreats for St. Paul Lutheran Church from Hanover Nov. 4-5 and St. John Lutheran Church from Waukon, IA, Nov. 5-6.

Gustavus Youth Outreach schedule includes Immanuel Lutheran Church in St. Paul and Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Hastings Nov. 4-5; and Mount Olivet Retreat Center in Farmington Nov. 5. This program, coordinated by the Office of Church Relations, consists of student team members who develop relational youth ministry programs in congregations, including leading lock-ins, family night programs, and church services.

Music in Worship... The Gustavus Chapel Brass will perform at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Minneapolis Nov. 9. Any Gustavus music ensemble or soloist is welcome to perform in congregations. For more information, contact Craig Johnson (x7661).

GUSTAVUS TIDBITS:

To submit items (questions or answers) for consideration in this new section, contact Stacia Senne (x7510 or ssenne@gustavus.edu).

IN THE MEDIA:

• Chris Gilbert (political science) has given several election-related interviews and commentaries, including discussing the presidential race in Minnesota on Minnesota Public Radio's "Midday" with Gary Eichten on Nov. 1.
• Gustavus, Jennifer Ringler (Web communications), and student Noah Johnson were featured in a story on students using virtual tours to visit colleges, which aired on KEYC-TV (Ch. 12, Mankato) at 6 and 10 p.m. Oct. 30.
• Minnesota Public Radio broadcast Jeffrey Sachs' Nobel Conference speech at noon Oct. 27 on "Midday."
• The Oct. 26 Gustavus College Republican rally with Bush for Minnesota committee chair Norm Coleman, Congressional candidate Mark Kennedy, and 24B Representative candidate Julie Storm was included in the KEYC-TV (Ch. 12, Mankato) news at 6 p.m.

PHONE UPDATES:

x7001 Jean Baca (remove)
x7014 Abby Bodum (addition)
x7364 Stephen Bomgardner (addition)
x7644 Deane Curtin (change from x6148)
x6148 Rita Curtin (change from x7644)
x8809 Jim Ebbenga (addition)
x6145 Elizabeth Eden (addition)
x6512 Diane Harman (change from x7512)
x7329 Theresa Hodin (formerly Theresa Eisenbraun)
x7371 Dale Kruse (remove)
x7538 Patricia Leagjeld (addition)
x7598 Barb McMoran (remove)
x7675 Becky Miller (addition)
x7672 Brian Mork (remove)
x7675 Jane Osborne (remove)
x7555 Paul Quello (remove)
x8809 Todd Stolt (addition)
x7538 Steve Titus (change from x6540)
x7555 Sara Titus (addition)
x6664 Joyce Welling-Prahm (addition)

For further information or to make corrections, call x6261 or e-mail lmccabe@gustavus.edu.

PLUGS:

For Rent: A home in Phoenix, available Jan. 10-April 1. Built in 1910, the home is 1 of 10 historic buildings on the Roosevelt tour of homes. It features nearly 3,000 sq. ft., 3 bedrooms, full den, massive newer kitchen, dining room, and wrap around porch. The house is fully furnished and could accommodate 2 couples, 3 singles, or any combination. Asking $1,800 per month. If interested, contact the alumni office (x7511) for details or pictures.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS:

To add or change items on the calendar, please fill out and submit a College Calendar event form. View the entire College Calendar online.