Luther College Sustainability’s status as a finalist for the Climate Leadership Award is going viral, thanks to a video featuring its projects and initiatives.

The Climate Leadership Award, now in its second year, is run by Second Nature, a non-profit organization geared toward sustainability efforts around the U.S. According to their website, the award is given “to highlight campus innovation and climate leadership to transition society to a clean, just and sustainable future recognizing implemented projects and involvement.”

To become a finalist, applicants had to demonstrate sustainable projects and initiatives at their given campus.

For Sustainability Coordinator Dan Bellrichard, being named a finalist is quite an accomplishment for Luther.

“It’s a big deal,” Bellrichard said. “There were four institutions that were named finalists in our category, and one of them is Carleton. They have two wind turbines up and running. The fact that we’re a finalist in this competition really shows how Luther’s actions are reflected on a national scope. People are looking to Luther for the work that we’re doing, and they’re impressed by what we’re doing.”

With the new addition of videos, people can look to Luther via the web. For the first time in the Climate Leadership Award’s history, Second Nature partnered with planetforward.org, a website that features videos that viewers can vote on and share. Each of the

finalists for the Climate Leadership Award were given 2-3 minutes to share what their campus’ sustainability efforts were about.

Luther’s video, which was shot and edited by Kristin Westby (‘12), focuses on the student input.

“The video talks about how it takes small ideas to make bigger and bigger initiatives, and how the

Sustainability House was a student idea which then morphed into someone donating solar panels and then now has given the campus the idea to build a solar farm sometime in the future,” Westby said.

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Delicious AND sustainable. This image from the video demonstrating Luther’s commitment to sustainability shows Francisco De Jesus Neto (‘14) and Sworutha Sthapit (‘13) holding produce from the edible garden on campus.

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April heralds a new student initiative at Luther called the Climate Justice Campaign. The initiative will last from April 1-22, promoting the concept of climate justice through education and activism.

“This campaign has never been done before,” organizer Kristi Holmberg (‘12) said.

The campaign is a follow-up project to Holmberg’s participation in the international training conference Youth for Eco-Justice and brings together many students and a variety of campus groups in a collaborative effort.

The primary goals are to raise awareness about climate change as a social justice issue, to envision and advocate for a

world leaders through local action leading up to Rio+20, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, in Brazil in June.

being Sustainable Living. “We wanted

to get as many students as possible to pledge to a sustainable lifestyle,” leader of Luther’s E n v i r o n m e n t a l C o n c e r n s O r g a n i z a t i o n (ECO) Tina Yates (‘13) said.

Each pledge made by a Luther student counts toward the “One Billion Acts of Green” being completed by college students across the world and tallied by the Earth Day Network. These results will be presented at Rio+20.

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After a long hiatus, Luther College Republicans and Luther College Democrats are resuming activity in time for the upcoming 2012 presidential election.

Aime Karam (‘15) is currently working to revive the LC Republicans student group.

“I went to SAC wanting to create a group and I was told that there was one already in place,” Karam said. “It seems like they haven’t met this year at all.”

Karam met with LC Republicans’ faculty adviser, Professor of Political Science Mike Engelhardt, last week and learned that the group had stopped meeting due to a lack of student interest.

“I don’t know for sure when they stopped meeting,” Engelhardt said. “I only attended occasionally but it was a year ago the last time I attended.”

Karam believes she can rekindle student interest in LC Republicans.

“From what I have seen, some people are hesitant to become involved, but still would like to,” Karam said. “They just didn’t know [the group] existed.”

year-long lull is scheduled for Monday, April 16.

already interested, and I hope that we can work

students to join in,” Karam said. Karam aspires to galvanize the student body

for the start of the upcoming fall semester and campaign for the November presidential election.

“We hope to have an active group going to help Republican candidates in the fall election so we’ll try to get going rapidly next semester,” Engelhardt said.

Karam hopes that the LC Republicans will develop into a chapter of a statewide Republican organization.

“Now that I have come in contact with a group called the Iowa Federation of College Republicans, hopefully this fall we can get some candidates visiting [Luther] and even travel as a group to Iowa City and be a part of the functions that the large organization puts on,” Karem said. “Hopefully their support will bring more interest and support for the Luther College Republicans group.”

Like the Luther College Republicans, the Luther College Democrats are also in a state of transition.

“It’s common for political participation on campus to wane in the off-season,” President of the LC Democrats Chelsea Weiss (‘13) said. “The wax and wane of political interest and participation on campus is a natural part of every campaign cycle.”

In preparation for next fall, Weiss has been in contact with representatives from Obama for America, the Iowa Democratic Party, Winneshiek County Democrats, Michelle

Obama campaigners and Iowa Congressman Bruce Braley, who visited Java John’s in downtown Decorah last week.

“I have heard directly from an Obama for American rep that because of the president’s multiple visits to this area he will most likely not visit again, however the vice president may make an appearance sometime next fall when the Republican candidate has been chosen and

the general election campaigns have picked up,” Weiss said.

Engelhardt believes that student groups are an important aspect of campus life.

“I think student groups are important for two reasons: one, they let students know there are different views; and two, they mobilize to participate, both now and in the future,” Engelhardt said.

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Isaac van Bruggen (‘12) recently received news he would be working for the Obama campaign in Decorah.

“A couple of weeks ago, I typed in Decorah’s zip code for campaign events and found out they were having a documentary party in Waukon,” van Bruggen said. “They were looking for people in Decorah, I talked to them some more and they offered me a job.”

campaign through his political science major, particularly a class on civil rights. He has also worked for Environment America, where he went door-to-door to spread their word.

“It can be intimidating, but I haven’t had anyone hang up on me yet,” van Bruggen said.

His job will center around Luther’s campus. One more person will be hired to focus on the rest of Decorah. Their job entails spreading Obama’s campaign messages and encouraging others to join.

Van Bruggen points to the fair pay and equal employment

acts, health care reform and student loan plans as topics that may spark students’ interest in Obama’s campaign.

“People think it is too early to start campaigning but it is not at all,” van Bruggen said. “There is a lot students can rally around.”

He is most excited to inform students of the health care reform bill.

“There has been a lot of backlash on the health care reform [bill], I’m excited to let people know all Obama has accomplished,” van Bruggen said.

He is also inspired by an idea for a satellite voting station on campus. This is intended to encourage more students to vote and eliminate having to travel away from campus to locate a voting station. The station will also include an absentee ballot portion that will have representatives from states surrounding Iowa on duty to sign the ballots. Van Bruggen says it will make the process much easier for out-of-state students.

“It is really important for college students because it is one of the few but important ways to make sure we have a say in what happens,” van Bruggen said.

He is hoping this opportunity will eventually lead into a job in politics, possibly in either Washington, D.C. or Chicago.

“I hope to use this as a launching point,” van Bruggen said.

10 in Valders. The event included watching a simulcast event

campus to discuss goals and recruit volunteers. Christy Marsden, neighborhood team leader in Decorah, lead the group discussion.

event for May 1.To get involved or receive more information on the Obama

campaign, contact van Bruggen at vanbis02@luther.edu or attend the next meeting on Thurs, April 26 at 8:30 p.m. in the Union.

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Library and Information Services recently welcomed Paul Mattson (‘81) as the new Executive Director of LIS.

While a student at Luther, Mattson majored in math and computer science, which prepared him for a career at IBM in Rochester, Minn. Mattson has worked at IBM for the past 30 years and is excited to be back at Luther and use the tools he received from as a student to help the college move forward.

“Luther holds a special place in my heart, so the opportunity to come back and contribute to its success is very exciting,” Mattson said. “The rate and pace of change [in technology] has been quite blistering and the product I received from Luther held up well against that change.”

Mattson replaced Christopher Barth, who was Executive Director from 2006-11. In July 2011, Barth accepted a position with the U.S. Military at West Point, N.Y.

Director of User Services Diane Gossman acted as Executive Director during the transition while also keeping her other responsibilities.

“For me, it was a wonderful opportunity to have that role as an interim,” Gossman said. “I got to talk to more faculty, staff and students alike on a broader range of topics and find out what people want to talk about, what their needs are and what we can do to help. I’m really grateful I had that chance.”

While Gossman acted as executive director, the library decided to keep moving forward with plans rather than waiting until a new permanent director was found.

“We went into it thinking we would kind of

maintain, but as we got going, we realized it didn’t make sense to do that,” Gossman said. “We wanted to keep moving Luther forward as well. We all agreed that there were things that needed to be done and we knew how to do them, so we were going to make them happen.”

While the transition into executive director will take time, Mattson is learning quickly. He started his position on March 1.

“Generally a transition period for this type of role on campus is about 90 days and he’s only

been here just over a month, so I expect the transition to take time,” Gossman said. “He’s fitting in well; he asks a lot of good questions, and that’s giving us a chance to think about why we’re doing what we’re doing and how we can improve what we’re doing. Our goal is better service and better support for the campus and his questions help us continue to improve.”

For the first month, Mattson has been working on getting to know every member of his team before working on bigger projects.

“My focus of the first month has been to sit down with every member of the team and get to know them and build relationships,” Mattson said. “People first, then projects and progress.”

Even while the library continues its transition period, it will continue to serve the Luther community as its main focus, starting this week with National Library Week. The library encourages students to stop in for activities and enter to win a mug, which can be used in all of the coffee vending machines around campus. The library is also hosting their annual used book sale this week.

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More than a year into the Syrian uprising, the international community has nearly run out of options for halting the slide toward civil war. On Tuesday, Annan insisted his peace initiative remains “very much alive” – in part because there is no viable alternative.

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President Barack Obama said Tuesday the choice facing voters this November will be as stark as in the milestone 1964 contest between Lyndon Johnson and Barry Goldwater – one that ended up with one of the biggest Democratic landslides in history.

The president made his comments during a fundraising blitz in Florida, and right before his general election opponent was essentially decided. Republican Rick Santorum dropped out of the presidential contest, making it clear that Obama would face off against Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor.

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destined for the top ranks of China’s leadership was stripped of his most powerful posts on Tuesday and his wife named in the murder of a British businessman.

The announcement that Bo Xilai was being suspended from the Communist Party’s Politburo and Central Committee and that his wife was a suspect in a homicide investigation put an end to a colorful political

following for busting organized crime and for reviving communist culture while running the inland mega-city of Chongqing.

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There is no snooze button. If you unplug it, a battery takes over. As wake-up time approaches, you cannot reset the alarm time.

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kitchen or bathroom, and punch the day’s date into a telephone-style keypad. That’s the only way to stop the loud `ding-ding,’ designed to sound like a customer angrily banging on a concierge bell at a hotel.

It was invented by Paul Sammut, a 25-year-old engineer who lives in Hoboken. During the day, he builds and researches underwater robots and vehicles at the nearby Stevens Institute of Technology.

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Recently, Luther was visited by singers from afar — Norway that is. During their Easter tour throughout the United States, the KG Singers stopped by campus for a visit and to perform selections of some of their concert repertoire.

The KG Singers is an 80-voice Concert Choir of Kristelig Gymnasium in Oslo, Norway. Choir members are between the ages of 17 and 19. Their school, the largest parochial school in Norway, is owned and operated by the Norwegian Lutheran Mission organizations.

The choir is selective and is widely known in Norway where it has presented several half-hour TV specials and recorded four CDs. They perform an annual Christmas concert at Oslo Konserthus, Norway’s most famous concert hall. They have previously visited the U.S. four times and given concerts in the Baltic countries.

Accompanist William Spade, the now retired founder of the choir, traveled with the group.

“We have a long tradition with Luther,” Spade said. “Some years ago, we had a period of about twenty years where we always had an exchange. One of your students came to our school and one of our

students came here their freshman year.”Though the choir had fallen out of

contact with Luther for some time, the group reconnected through the choir’s tour coordinator.

“It’s been a long time with no contact,” Spade said. “This year, the fellow in charge of the logistics ... said, ‘I think you should go to Luther. I’ve got a contact there and you should go.’ And here we are.”

The music performed by the group includes Scandinavian, European and English choral music from early Renaissance to contemporary music, both sacred and secular.

Choir members were dressed in uniquely

the regions of Norway. These national clothes are known as “bunads.”

The KG Singers are conducted by Øystein Weider, a well-known musician in Scandinavia. He has a master’s degree in music from the Grieg Academy in Bergen, and has worked professionally the last 10 years as conductor, arranger, composer and

choral seminar coach. Assisting him as a conductor is

Marit Bjørkøy, vocal coach, soloist and conductor. She has a master’s degree in vocal music from the University of Oslo, with special emphasis

on Norwegian folk music. She

also has sung professionally with the

Norsk Solistkor (The Norwegian Soloists’

Choir). In addition to conducting several songs

during the concert, Bjørkøy also performed solos herself.

Following the concert, those in

attendance had the unique opportunity of meeting the performers and directors.The visit allowed people of both countries to bond and discuss music and travel.

“We travel abroad every second year,” one performer said. “[The United States] is so nice, it’s really cool to meet all these nice people and see what a big country it is.”

Among the performers were a pair of twins, Peder Barratt-Due who performed on violin and David Barratt-Due who performed on piano. They, like their fellow performers, enjoyed visiting Luther.

“It’s very nice,” David said. “It’s such a big place with beautiful natural landscapes and very nice people.”

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From recitals to juries to seminar performances to practice, Luther student accompanists are often taken for granted, but any soloist will tell you how important a good accompanist is to success as a musician at Luther.

“I think accompanying is a good way for students to make extra money and get extra practice,” singer Andrew Tjossem (‘13) said. “I certainly appreciate my accompanist.”

Student accompanist Evan Mitchell (‘14) started playing piano at age six. He began accompanying for his church in high school.

“My favorite part about accompanying is being able to help a musician by providing a musical context,” Mitchell said. “Most piano scores are orchestral reductions, and I love being able to be a background orchestra for a performer. In that same vein, that’s why I enjoy page-turning so much; seeing the music and how the music is interpreted by a musician is just really enjoyable for me.”

Sophia Huang (‘14) has been playing piano since the

“My favorite part about accompanying is getting to know wonderful people and making great music with them,” Huang said.

Being a good accompanist is more than just playing piano well; it requires an extra skill set of sensitivity and the ability to collaborate with soloists.

“Accompanying soloists is different from playing solo piano because you must be aware of the soloist at all times and follow their lead,” Huang said. “In solo piano, you don’t have to worry about anyone but

yourself.”This time of the year can be especially stressful for

accompanists since it is the time leading up to juries for music lessons and also one of the biggest junior and senior recital times of the year.

“I think one of the most stressful parts of an

last two,” Mitchell said. “When people are scrambling

come in for their lessons always gets tight, and juries are just as hectic.”

Jordan Buchholtz (‘13) has been playing piano since the age of nine. She started accompanying soloists and playing for church services

“Playing for juries is the least stressful part, it’s leading up to them which is the busiest and most stressful,” Buchholtz said. “I would say the same thing about recitals. Yet all the stress is worth the outcome of playing for juries and recitals.”

An essential part of being an accompanist is being

practice, lesson and jury times.

accompanists do,” Mitchell said. “I’m all right with that.”

Though managing time can be a stressful part of accompanying, Mitchell, Huang and Buchholtz express joy at being able to collaborate with other musicians.

“I would have to say the best part is the feeling you get while performing and the special moments when the music and performers come together perfectly

composer’s music to the audience the best way we can,” Buchholtz said.

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Regina Carter, a world-renowned jazz violinist, is bringing her newest album, “Reverse Thread,” to the Center for Faith and Life April 13.

The music of “Reverse Thread” is an innovative take on African folk tunes. While her previous albums have been more based in traditional American jazz, Carter looked to enhance her music’s awareness of culture.

“There is an immense amount of amazing music coming from all around the world, much of which is barely accessible,” Carter said. ‘Reverse Thread’ gave me the opportunity to explore and celebrate a tiny portion of music that moved me.”

“Reverse Thread” also features the kora, which is a West African harp used by village storytellers, and the accordion. Typically Carter’s music is hard to classify, as it is a fusion of jazz, classical, pop and now African traditional music. It honors music’s anthropological and sociological influences.

Carter, a native of Detroit, studied both classical and African-American music during her college years. Her performances have covered a vast spectrum of genres, to the point where she transcends the concept of genre itself.

She has recorded with Aretha Franklin, Mary J. Blige and Lauryn Hill and she has performed with Eileen Ivers and Kenny

Barron, both of whom have also performed at Luther within the last two years.

She has also performed with major symphony orchestras, including the Milwaukee Symphony and the Minnesota Orchestra. Her wide variety of experiences reflects the diversity within her music.

Along with these influences, a golden opportunity in 2006

gave Carter even more inspiration for “Reverse

Thread.” She received the MacArthur Grant, often called the “genius grant,” for her creative pursuits. This gave her the money to find resources for her African music project.

Carter then traveled to New York City and found ethnographic field recordings of both music and everyday sounds. Her work led up to the album’s release in May 2010.

She has recorded seven other albums since 1995.The Luther community can witness this creative

genius Friday, April 13 at 7:30 p.m. in the CFL. Tickets are free with CAF and available from the box office.

She’s got the world on her strings. World-renowned jazz violinst Regina Carter with her instrument of choice.Courtesy of Allaboutjazz.com

“‘Reverse Thread’ gave me the opportunity to explore and celebrate a tiny portion of music that moved me.”

-Regina Carter

Correction: Carly Blazing (‘12) was omitted as a recipient of a Solo Art Show in the April 5 issue of Chips. Her show will be April 15-27.

With the stresses of class, exams, family life and the feeling that there is just not enough time in the day, everyone needs a break. No one knows this more

than the professors who spend most of their holiday breaks grading papers and writing exams.

For Luther faculty, a s a b b a t i c a l is an opportunity in one’s career to step back,

the grander scheme of things and decide what to do when one’s nose is to the grindstone.

P r o v i d e d they have c o m p l e t e d six years of tenured teaching, faculty are able to submit a proposal for either a semester or year-long term to leave Luther while continuing to

Associate Professor of Education James Langholz spent

the majority of the 2007-08 school year in the Maldives acting as a visiting professor at the University of Maldives.

“ M y job was to internationalize teachers by teaching the A m e r i c a n e d u c a t i o n system through my guidance and counseling c o u r s e s , ” Langholz said.

During his time away from the Unites States, Langholz gained a different perspective on life outside America.

“My wife and I were there during the 2006 tsunami reconstruction and the country’s

election,” Langholz said.Living in one of the most

densely populated countries in the world during a period of unrest left little room for extravagance during the Langholz’s time there.

“We lived in a two room apartment with no hot water, and it reached over 100 degrees on a regular basis,” Langholz said.

Despite the conditions, Langholz came away from the trip having experienced something new.

“I gained a lot of contacts

but it was the respect and value of the culture and people I met that allowed me to come back more e n e r g i z e d , ” Langholz said.

F e l l o w Luther faculty member and Professor of English Nancy Barry’s current s a b b a t i c a l has given her the time to dive into new experiences, as well.

Barry’s year-long sabbatical has taken her to New York, where the focus of her research has been the life of American feminist and social worker Lillian D. Wald.

“Wald was the founder of the Visiting Nurses Society in New York City in the 1890s, and she established the Henry Street Settlement to aid and educate the immigrant families who had settled in the lower East Side of Manhattan,” Barry said.

In addition to her research, Barry has used her time to continue her memoir about her

year in cancer treatment.“For that, I was the guest of two

writing centers – the Anderson Center in Red Wing, Minn., and the Virginia Center for

the Creative Arts,” Barry said.

B a r r y ’ s time away has allowed her to practice

her writing skills, which she feels will better prepare her for her return to Luther in the fall.

“As a w r i t i n g teacher, being given the time to work on beginning and revising

essays is also a way of honing my teaching skills, because it makes me a better practitioner of what I teach,” Barry said.

Barry believes that the change of pace provided by her sabbatical will help her in the classroom, as well.

“This year has been vital at re-focusing my mind and allowing me a major shift in perspective that enlivens who I am and what I bring to the classroom,” Barry said.

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the respect and

and people I met

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Professor of Music David Judisch began teaching at Luther in 1974, when the music department was less than half the size it is now and the opera program was almost nonexistent.

In his 38 years at Luther, Judisch has had an immense impact on the music department, primarily through the opera program.

“It has always been amazing to me how many things [Judisch] can do at once,” Professor of Music Edwin Andereck said. “Not only does he lead so many things here at school, but he is so involved in the community.”

Since 1975, Judisch has been the choral director of The Luren Singing Society, a male chorus based in Decorah that has been in exiistence for 145 years. All of the experiences Judisch has gained by teaching at Luther College and working in Decorah has given him many opportunities to do his own singing.

“Working here has enabled me to sing opera roles with many groups,” Judisch said. “A lot of these roles have been around the Midwest, but I have gotten to sing solos in twelve different countries. I probably would not have had those opportunities without this position.”

All of his work in music outside of Luther has helped develop his work in the opera program.

“[Judisch] has helped gain a larger budget for opera, and now we have a fully staged production every spring,” Andereck said. “He also helped to add Opera Scenes in the fall and has been the director of the Dorian summer program for a long time, making him a huge recruiting force.”

With his work and the work of other professors, the Luther music department has become the nationally known program it is today.

“I feel very good about the work the music department has done these past thirty years,” Judisch said. “We have never been in better condition.”

Judisch will continue to work part-time for at least two more years. He will teach the music education course Vocal Methods while continuing his current private voice lessons.

Judisch has enjoyed his time at Luther.“It has been a real joy,” Judisch said. “I have

am so thankful for this opportunity – it has gone by amazingly quickly.”

Professor of Political Science James Rhodes has been teaching at Luther for the past 44 years. Although political science has been his passion for a long time, Rhodes never thought that he would end up here.

“I taught English for several years at Northern Illinois University, which is what I studied in school,” Rhodes said. “After two years I decided that political science was much more interesting, so I went back to school and got my Ph.D.”

Rhodes ended up at Luther by chance. He was looking for jobs in the late sixties when there were many to choose from. When he interviewed at Luther, he felt that he had found a good group of people. Because of the length of his career and his approach to teaching, his colleagues believe that Rhodes has very much shaped the way the department is today.

“[Rhodes] has always emphasized the strong connection between the classroom and the larger world,” Professor of Political Science John Moeller said. “The department looks at the world in terms of teaching the idea of politics rather than political science as a discipline. This focus is very clearly his

impact.”

student internships and other experiential learning opportunities and has overseen the Washington, D.C. semester program from day one. These connections help many students get their start in the political world.

Although he places an emphasis on outside work, Rhodes always felt the classroom to be a very important place.

“I look forward to the classroom,” Rhodes said. “We have very bright, open and responsible students here.”

Over the past 44 years, Rhodes has helped to shape the political science department into the strong, diverse and worldly department that it is today.

“There have been a lot of changes since I started at Luther,” Rhodes said. “When I came here, there was one manual type writer in the department and one manual telephone in the hall. Now there is so much technology and new innovation, but it has remained a good place with good communication and wonderful people.”

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Practice makes perfect.

Professor James Rhodes

Professor David Judisch

What are you doing next year? At the end of June I’m going out to Alaska to do

commercial salmon fishing for the third time, then I’m flying straight down to New Zealand for two months to do the first half of my student teaching, and then I’ll be in Las Vegas for the second half of my student teaching. I’ll be staying there for the rest of the school year, hopefully substitute teaching or something along those lines. I know a couple of folks that will be living in those areas. I wanted to get out of the Midwest for a year or two and this was a good time to do it. I’ve never been to a place like Las Vegas before, so it’ll be a new experience.

What about teaching most excites you? Getting to work with students and watching

them grow is the most rewarding part. I’m looking

forward to interacting with the future, maybe make a difference.

Why are you a chemistry major? Freshman year I was music education, and I decided I didn’t

want to do that. I liked AP Chem in high school so I thought, “Why the heck not?” And I ended up loving it.

What song is stuck in your head right now? “Everybody’s Golden” by Portugal the Man – also sung by

General B and the Wiz.

What place on campus will you miss the most? Probably the pottery studio. I do a lot of pottery in my

so I’ll be at the Edina Art Fair and I’ve applied to be in the Minneapolis Stonebridge Art Festival before I leave

What’s one of your favorite Luther memories? Holy poop. That’s a good question. I’m in the

mentoring organization Believing and Achieving,

and last fall we went on a nature hike above the prairie with the kids, so that was a lot of fun because kids are goofy and say funny stuff when they find dead animals or twigs that look weird.

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There is one feeling in this world that is worse than any other. It pains more than the worst case of nausea, hurts more than the hardest kick in the groin and is more disorienting than figuring out whether or not you should join in singing happy birthday to someone you don’t know in public. That is the feeling you get after you take too long of a nap. That’s right, the nap hangover.

No, there won’t be any movies inspired by nap hangovers, nor will there be a crappy sequel that somehow green lit by Hollywood, despite being almost the exact same plot of the first. However, they are things to be weary of. You spend the next few hours delirious, with a headache and usually have no motivation to do anything.

Of course, after the first few times that I complained about my nap hangovers as I sprawled across the nicest cluster couch, Cheeto fingers scratching on my exposed belly, my friends pointed out to me that I was living out a First World Problem.

For those of you who never go onto the internet, a first world problem is something that people complain about, when honestly they really shouldn’t. As funny as they might seem, I think it is fair to point out how often they happen on the Luther campus alone.

To steal a joke from our managing editor, you could put a sign on top of the caf comment board that reads “First World Problems,” and the comments wouldn’t change. Sometimes they are constructive, like when the occasional dish is burned. Usually, the comments just show how truly picky some

students are. No, the cookies aren’t going to taste like how your grandma makes them, because no one can bake cookies like your grandma. That is why God made grandmas. No, the vegetarian line will not become “more vegetarian” (not only do I not know what that means, I actually read it on a card).

I think a lot of students just assume that there is someone, somewhere on campus willing to be at their beck and call in any situation. Maybe you have friends willing to listen to you every time you have a 2 page paper to write and you chose not to do it until an hour

before it was due. That is great. I am glad they somehow decided to stay your friend.

I am not saying there is no room for you to complain about things in your life, even if they are insignificant compared to dying orphans.

Cold showers suck. Having so much homework that you have to end up skipping a class to finish it is obviously a pain. I am just tired of spoiled people complaining about how they are living in the real world without parents and maids to coddle them.

That being said, I overate in the caf and need to go snag a nap.

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Damages on campus are by no means a new problem, although recent peaks are disturbing. Just look at the numbers: Dieseth fines have reached record highs, and those amounts continue to climb. Campus buildings have seen holes kicked in walls and drinking fountains unabashedly ripped down. The most recent incident in Ylvisaker involved copious amounts of fruit punch, honey and other food, causing extensive damage. But it’s not just the residence halls – the rest of campus is falling victim to similar abuses. Multiple times this semester, bike racks have been thrown around on weekends without consequence, with many of the bikes locked to them suffering extensive damage as a result.

And who’s paying to repair these damages? If they’re campus property, floor fines cover the repair costs, but they’re proving an ineffective deterrent. These fines, when diluted across 20-30 people, are usually a minimal inconvenience to the perpetrator. However, there’s no fund pay for fixing wrecked bikes. That’s coming out of individual students’ pockets, and that’s just disrespectful to their personal property.

Yes, the majority of students are respecting their surroundings, and we commend them. But there’s also an asinine minority within whom exists an insatiable desire to destroy, a desire that can only be expressed through the destruction of the property

of both the college and fellow students. This cannot continue.Many members of the Chips staff have lived in Dieseth. We

can remember chuckling at floor fines. But as fines hit record levels, the humor is gone, if it was ever really there. “Sorry for Partying” isn’t going to cut it anymore. Whatever the reason, be it frustration or alcohol consumption, let’s all agree to respect each other and our surroundings.

A common complaint among students is rising tuition costs. Here’s our proposed fix: let’s keep campus costs down by cutting the funds necessary to repair our surroundings. Moreover, let’s show that we’re a learning community of mature(ing) college students, not middle schoolers who throw temper tantrums.

This is a change that has to come from within the student body. Campus security cannot possibly hope to police every inch of our community at once. We’re going to need to be self-policing. Just apply pressure to classmates by refusing to tolerate this behavior.

Should a student still feel the need to destroy, we offer a few alternatives: destroy a stuffed animal. Hold an impromptu poetry slam. You can even go in your room, hug your pillow and have a good cry.

But stop wrecking campus, please.

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I was deeply saddened when I heard that Luther College is killing off the printed yearbook. As the only student in attendance at the yearbook open forum on March 13, I figure it is time I added my two cents to the discussion.

As far as I can tell, this change to online is a done deal. Apparently this decision was five years in the making, but very few people seem to know anything about it. Having an online yearbook will probably be very nice, but printed yearbooks should still be available to students who want one.

Physical yearbooks are great repositories of memories, and fun time capsules. They summarize the year in an attractive format. Very importantly, they have captions to tell you who the person in the back is. This formatting would be severely missed in a digital photo book. Having a physical copy makes it much more likely that that yearbook will be looked at. You might notice it on the shelf someday and get all nostalgic. I’ve seen my parents’ yearbooks and laughed at their atrocious hairstyles, but I would never have cared to look at my parents’ 80s hair if their yearbooks had been online and not out on a shelf.

I am not the only one who likes to go back in time. I work at the library circulation desk, and get a kick out of alumni pulling out the yearbooks by the

research help desk every Homecoming. They point and laugh and have a grand old time. They have several years open at one time and chortle as they remember what happened on campus. That would be a lot harder to do on one computer screen.

I understand not everyone has my love of tangible things, but Luther could certainly just order yearbooks for people who want yearbooks. If it is too expensive to have yearbooks for everyone, let’s have a set number. First come, first served. Apparently, stacks of copies go unclaimed every year. I am not sure how this happens because yearbooks are mailed to our homes, but evidently not everyone wants one. Okay, then. If you want a yearbook, put your name on the list.

One last thing to consider is cost. If a printed option were to happen, students might be stuck paying a lot for something that used to be included in the Co-Curriculer Activities Fee (CAF). But since buying fewer yearbooks will be less expensive overall, every student who pays CAF and wants a yearbook should get one at no added cost. If yearbooks are really as unpopular as they say, these savings should go a long way to paying for the new staff position SAC wants. But if it really is a choice between a staff position and the yearbook, I am

sure many students would choose the yearbook they actually see and use.

Students who want a yearbook should have the option of a free physical copy.

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At the beginning of a Shakespeare class I typically ask students about their previous experience with Shakespeare. Most students have already read one play, and if that’s the only play they’ve read, it is almost always Romeo and Juliet. Others have read a couple of plays, or a large handful. One student in the fall Paideia I lecture on 1 Henry IV said that he had read all thirty-six of the plays (Good work—you know who you are!).

A fair number of students also say that they have seen a Shakespeare play or two. But on further inquiry I find that very few of these students have seen plays in a live theater. Rather, they have seen the plays as movies.

What interests me is that these students consider a theater and movie performance interchangeable. In fact it often turns out that some of the students who say they’ve “read” a Shakespeare play actually mean that they’ve seen the movie.

In other words, movies—no big news here!—are so prevalent a medium for today’s students that they treat them as the most natural way in which to experience Shakespeare.

The only problem is that movies are in fact not “natural.” They are an art form, with their own features, conventions and context, things which we’re likely to overlook if we consider them natural.

I’m not going to attempt here to give a complete introduction to film as a medium. Rather, my aim is to encourage your attendance at Michael Anderegg’s Thursday night lecture highlighted in this article’s sidebar. Anderegg is a major film scholar who I’ve brought to campus because two of his books are centrally concerned with Shakespeare. His focus will be the play that most of you have read, “Romeo and Juliet.”

I do want, however, to make just a couple of points in preparation for Anderegg’s lecture:One: Shakespeare’s work has inspired more films

than the works of any other writer. I’m sure one could

argue about a few of that assertion’s key words—e.g., “Shakespeare’s,” “work,” “has inspired,” “more,” “films” – And to top it off, I can’t right now find the original citation of this claim. Still, it’s a rather remarkable “fact.”Two: As Anderegg points out in his book Cinematic

Shakespeare, most Shakespeare films include a lot of words, generally the words from Shakespeare’s written texts. Thus it is almost inevitable that our previous experience with the text will somehow influence our response to a Shakespeare film. And I’m tempted to say that a person’s exposure to any remnants of Shakespeare’s text (e.g., Hamlet soliloquies used for beer ads, Julius Caesar speeches used by preachers) will make a person see the film through the lens of Shakespeare’s language. And it’s almost impossible to be literate and not to have been exposed to some Shakespeare text. So when it comes to a “Shakespeare film,” none of us is unplowed soil. Three: Film is a visual medium. Film is a lot

of things, but it’s always visual. This works great when a Shakespeare scene is visual, or is describing something visual. When Burnham Wood comes to Dunsinane (“Macbeth”), the hills are alive with the sight of moving trees. If the text includes the description of a ghost startled, like a guilty thing upon a fearful summons, then the film can convey that startled movement, even though the filmmaker does have to decide how much a ghost ought to look like a ghost. But if Shakespeare gives a character a speech that is not particularly visual in a very non-visual situation, that can be a problem that a visually-minded film director can only solve by offering a lot of hyped-up visual drinks and condiments. Four: The greatest influence on students’ study of

Shakespeare is Walt Disney. Not because Disney has produced any Shakespeare movies (or has it??), but because the images of Disney films (the castles and forests, heroes and villains, the faithful supporting workers) have so infiltrated our minds that they

spontaneously erupt into life when we read anything that the images can attach themselves to. Five: A note to my most faithful Chips readers: No,

I have not yet seen “Anonymous,” nor “Coriolanus.” Am I going to have to wait until they’re out on DVD?Six: See you Thursday night, and a week from

Friday. Or sooner, if you’re in “Introduction to the English Language,” “Production Studio,” or “Design I,” which I’m visiting as part of my “Shakespeare Across the Curriculum” initiative.

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Star-Crossed Lovers’: Romeo and Juliet at the Movies.” Thursday, April 12, 7:00 p.m., Olin 102.

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Practice makes perfect. Coach Scott Fjelstul (‘83) (second from left) looks on during a practice session during the 2011 season.

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No “I” in team. All photos courtesy of Photo Bureau. 1. Photo by Di Yin. 2. Photo by Hannah Grundhoefer. 3. Photo by Zach Stottler. 4. Photo by Zach Stottler. 5. Photo by Erik Hageness.

After a solid third place finish at Central over Easter weekend, the Luther College men’s golf team will now prepare for their final matches at Wartburg and Buena Vista before the IIAC Championships.

Head Coach Scott Fjelstul said the team’s hard work has been paying off at matches so far this year.

“The team has worked really hard this off-season to get in better shape and get stronger, and they’re just very dedicated,” Fjelstul said. “It’s a fun group to be around.”

Ben Jordan (‘12) said the experience of this year’s squad has also been a strength for the team.

“All five starters from last year are back and are playing well this spring,” Jordan said. “Another strength is the depth of the squad – the team is solid from players one to ten.”

The team continues to look to improve their game in the spring as the season is winding down. Coach Fjelstul said the biggest area the team is working on is the short game on the green.

“In the spring, it’s easier to hit the ball as compared to get your putting and short game going,” Fjelstul said. “That just takes more practice and more repetition. The more practice the better.”

Jordan also mentioned the

work the team puts in on the green at practice.

“Coach has a rule on certain practice days that you have to make 50 two-foot putts in a row before heading back to campus,” Jordan said.

The race for the IIAC Championships is very close as the end of the season draws near. With Central running away with the conference the past few seasons, Luther has closed the gap with their experienced lineup and are neck and neck to the finish with the Dutch from Pella, Iowa.

“I would predict a close match between the two that will

come down to the back nine of the last round at conference,” Jordan said. “It really is that close this year.”

The team has been playing with a top conference mentality this season, and has some experience with playing the top courses this year. During their spring break trip to Orlando, the team played the course where the NCAA National Championships will take place.

“We hope that will be a possibility in May if we play like we are capable of,” Fjelstul said.

The Norse also got a taste of the course they will play on for

the IIAC Championships this past weekend when they played at the Central Invite. Central hosts the first two rounds of the IIAC Championships this year, with the final two being played in Iowa City.

Right now, the top three teams in the conference based on scoring averages are Central with a scoring average of 305, Luther with a 310.9 average, and Dubuque with a 311.2 average.

“We just need to keep working on what we need to work on, and we will be in good shape I believe,” Fjelstul said.

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While it may be common knowledge that immigrants regularly attempt to enter the United States in the hopes of a better life, there is a surprising trend which was recently reinforced: the defection of Cuban immigrants to the United States of America.

Most recently, Cuban National Soccer Team player Yosmel de Armas slipped away from his coaches and teammates after a game in Nashville. In response to the player’s absence from their next match, coach Raúl González Triana claimed de Armas was ill and staying at in the team’s hotel. In reality, however, de Armas was already en route to Miami, in order to seek legal counsel from Alex Solomiany, an attorney recommended to de Armas by members of the Cuban community.

While intriguing, this case is by no means unique. Since 1991, dozens of Cuban athletes have defected to the United States, including more than 20 baseball players, and in 2008 seven members of Cuba’s Olympic soccer team defected while in Tampa, Florida.

Cuban players have of a history of success in U.S. soccer. Former Chivas USA and FC Dallas player Maykel Galindo defected while in Seattle in 2005, and later went on to be Chivas’ highest scorer during the 2007-8 season, notching 12 goals and 9 assists. Current Seattle Sounders

Alsono defected while in Houston in 2008, and has been the Sounders team MVP for the past two seasons.

Defectors from Cuba are often allowed to stay in the U.S. under an obscure “wet-foot, dry-foot“ policy. The defection comes at a price however, with players often arriving with only the clothes on their back and dealing with loneliness and loss of contact from family. de Armas, like so many before him, will have to endure these hardships in pursuit of his dream: playing professional soccer in the U.S.A.

de Armas defected from Cuba while in Nashville.

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Luther’s outdoor track season is officially underway after the Central Invitational on March 31.

Technically the outdoor track season begins March 12, after the NCAA Indoor Championships. Yet Head Coach Jeff Wettach thinks a bit differently.

“For most of our team members, the season began after the conference indoor championships,” Wettach said. “But basically, the outdoor season begins for each individual the day after his or her final indoor competition.”

After over a month without any meets in-between official seasons, Wettach says the team was absolutely ready to get back into competition.

The Central Invitational, complete with ideal weather conditions, provided many track and field athletes with personal records.

“We were definitely a better team after the meet than we were before,” Wettach said.

With such a successful individual and team showing, Luther’s performance seemed to be tough to beat in their following meets. Yet the team managed to do just that at the Loras Midweek last week.

Several student athletes had performances that placed them in the top 50 in the nation in Division III. One such athlete was Andrew

Papke-Larson (‘12), who ran 14:53.50 in the 5,000 meters, which currently ranks him at number 17 in the nation.

For the women’s team, Christina Storlie’s (‘13) time in the 3,000 meter steeplechase currently places her at number 12 in Division III.

“No team points were kept which allows us to focus on performing rather than outcomes,” Wettach said of the meet.

With their first two meets a success, the team now must look toward their first home meet.

The team will host the Norse Relays, a tradition of nearly 50 years, on April 14. The meet continues the “relay format” for the running events, but also features field events, hurdles and the 10,000 meters and steeplechase for individuals.

“This truly promotes the team aspect of the sport and it serves as a nice change for the athletes from the typical schedule of events at most NCAA meets,” Wettach said.

Anna Murray (‘12) is one of many team members who is excited for the home meet.

“With a great start to the outdoor season, we’re really looking forward to the Norse Relays,” Murray said. “Right now, it’s the most important meet on our schedule.”

The Norse Relays brings several alumni back to Luther and also serves as an inter-sport competition.

“One unique event we offer, which I have never seen at another college meet, is the Luther All Sports 4x100

relay,” Wettach said.Student athletes from all

sports programs at Luther are invited to compete in the event.

Matt Beniak (‘13) enjoys the mix of sports at the meet.

“It is always a good competition, and you definitely get some bragging rights,” Beniak said of the race.

Yet Beniak, as well as the rest of the team, is keeping the conference meet in mind.

“It will be exciting to see the team grow and develop from meet to meet and finally put it all together at conference where we are always trying to better last year’s placing,” Beniak said.

Though the conference meet is also on Wettach’s mind, he has a few other goals he wants to achieve this season.

Wettach would like to see the team grow as a community, improve performances throughout the season, keep the team GPA the highest of any conference school recognized for All Academic honors and finally, to provide a great experience for every team member.

“The Norse Track and Field team represents Luther College in a fantastic way,” Wettach said. “When we put that jersey on that says ‘LUTHER’ across the front, we expect greatness.”

To find a complete schedule of events for Saturday’s Norse Relays visit the men’s or women’s track and field page of sports.luther.edu. Field and running events begin at 12 p.m.

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Luther set to host Norse Relays on April 14th

Training day. Joe Berg (‘12) (center left) and Andy Ambrose (‘12) (center right) lead a group of relay teams, throwers, and hudlers during practice.

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Up and over. Kene Ukabiala (‘14), Sam Stokes-Cerkvenik (‘13), and Joel Clarke (‘15) practice hurdle mobility drills.

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Weekly Standings

Softball

LutherSimpsonCornellCoeCentralDubuqueBuena VistaLorasWartburg

IIAC5-15-13-14-24-22-41-30-40-6

22-422-814-824-423-511-11 11-911-116-24

Overall

Recent scores:-Apr. 7 @ Simpson L 3-5-Apr. 7 @ Simpson W 10-1Upcoming Schedule:-Apr. 14 vs. Buena Vista-Apr. 18 @ Dubuque

Men’s Tennis

CoeLutherCornellCentralDubuqueWartburgBuena VistaLorasSimpson

IIAC Overall5-04-03-14-23-22-41-41-40-6

16-414-410-610-811-510-64-71-104-13

Recent scores:-Mar. 31 vs. St. Olaf L 4-5-Apr. 6 @ UW-Eau Claire W 6-3Upcoming Schedule:-Apr. 14 vs. UW-La Crosse-Apr. 14 vs. Carleton

Baseball

CentralCoeWartburgSimpsonDubuqueLorasLutherBuena VistaCornell

IIAC Overall9-27-46-56-54-63-53-53-62-5

19-515-813-1212-1315-1013-1010-1211-125-17

Recent scores:-Apr. 6 vs. Buena Vista W 9-6-Apr. 7 vs. Buena Vista W 4-0Upcoming Schedule:-Apr. 13 @ Central (1x9)-Apr. 14 @ Central (2x7)

Women’s Tennis

CoeLutherWartburgCornellSimpsonCentralBuena VistaDubqueLoras

IIAC Overall8-07-15-36-23-54-42-61-70-8

17-215-710-913-58-77-115-84-151-13

Recent scores:-Apr. 7 vs. Denison University L 0-5-Apr. 7 vs. Kenyon College W 5-1Upcoming Schedule:-Apr. 14 vs. Carleton-Apr. 22 @ Grinnell