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CSB/SJU remembers senior Kory Poissant

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Memorial held to say goodbye to Poissant, who died in June

CSB/SJU community, Lee and Strangstalien navigate a unique transition into college

By Leah Byron

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Hynes Scholars continue emphasis on women’s leadership Sophomore Bennies strive to learn more about leading as women

By Julia Eckart

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The CSB/SJU community can be perceived as an ecosystem, where first-years, sophomores, juniors and seniors each have their own distinct territory to cover within that system.

First-years dominate orientation, as well as programs aimed at making them feel welcomed and comfortable in their new home.

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SJU senior Kory Poissant passed away unexpectedly on June 2. Since classes were done, many students did not get the chance to say their last goodbyes because his funeral was held in his hometown. Because of this, Campus Ministry asked Poissant’s family if they would like for them to organize a service for the campus as well.

The service took place on Saturday, Sept. 13, and was held in Emmaus Hall Chapel. Much of Poissant’s family was present, as well as around 25 students and some faculty members, including vice president Jon McGee. The process for planning a memorial service is done through Campus Ministry. First, Campus Ministry contacts the family, in this case Poissant’s, and asks if they would like to have a service held for the passed student. If the family decides they would like one, Campus Ministry moves forward and starts to organize a service.

Poissant’s family decided what readings they would like and then collaborated with the liturgical

We’re here to develop as human beings and value our experiences as women, and to go fourth and be successful.

-Meggan Gronli, Hynes Scholars Program Coordinator

CSB/SJU mourns loss of SJU senior

He’s back...

After ‘14 Pines cancellation, JEC brings Grammar back for homecoming concert

By Beth Leipholtz

emleipholtz@csbsju.edu

After the drama that followed the Sammy Adams cancelation of 13 Pines, most of the student body was content to learn that Andy Grammer would be the headlining 14 Pines – but then Grammer unexpectedly canceled due to a scheduling conflict, throwing a wrench in the concert plans yet again.

While most students recovered and enjoyed Grammer’s replacement (The Mowgli’s), some were thoroughly disappointed in Grammer’s last-minute cancelation. Those students can rest easy now, as the Joint Events Council announced that Grammer will be performing at CSB/SJU on Oct. 3 as part of homecoming festivities.

“Grammer and his management wanted to still come to CSB/SJU and of course the Joint Events Council was open to this idea,” JEC advisor Faith Dammann said. “On the JEC side of

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Grammar returns to CSB/SJU

NICOLE PEDERSON • napederson@csbsju.edu

CSB first-years Katelyn Strangstalien and Michelle Lee are guided by their dogs.

By Sarah Ober

seober@csbsju.edu

Brainerd, Minnesota joined the CSB class of 2018 in August.

Although both are now completely blind, both were born with full vision. Lee was, however, born with glaucoma—a rare condition for children which damages the optic nerve. Due to a complication from surgery, she lost vision in her left eye at the age of three. Lee had vision in her right eye until eighth grade when her glaucoma spiked. Starting at the age of 14, her vision slowly started declining. Up until a

Most of us can remember our first few days of being on the CSB/SJU campus vividly—largely in part because as exciting as the change was, it was slightly terrifying. There was a whole new culture to adapt to, classes to master and, to top it off, two campuses to learn how to navigate.

Now imagine you were doing all of that with your eyes closed.

This year, CSB/SJU welcomed two visually ►See GUIDE Page 3 impaired first-years to campus. Michelle Lee of Guide dogs assist two new CSB students on campus Buffalo, Minnesota and Katelyn Strangstalien of

By Jessie Alkire

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DANIEL BEIRNE • dlbeirne@csbsju.edu

IISS pushes for more cultural awareness Brandon Woodard helps facilitate a continued campus-wide discussion about respect for all cultures

Intercultural competence is a phrase you possibly heard around campus lately. Students, faculty and staff have rallied together to bring awareness to issues related to cultural sensitivity on campus.

So what is it? Intercultural competence is the ability to engage, learn from and work with people whose cultural identity is different from one’s own.

From personal observations and the Campus Climate Survey data, there are serious issues to address about how people are treated due to race and ethnicity, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, gender, political ideology, sex and disability. “(We should) know enough about various cultures to figure out how and when to adapt our behaviors,”

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Discussion about campus unity continues with IISS

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Juniors dominate the highly regarded study abroad program, which sends half of CSB/SJU students to places all around the world by senior year. Lastly, seniors dominate graduation, as well as the career services that help them prepare for their imminent future. But where do sophomores fit into this system?

Mary Geller, vice president of CSB student development, recognized the lack of programming oriented toward sophomore Bennies and decided something had to be done about it. That is where inspiration for the Hynes Scholars program at the College of St. Benedict originated.

“There really wasn’t something for sophomore Bennies in terms of specific involvement, so Hynes Scholars was looking to fill that gap,” junior and former Hynes Scholar Siri Berg-Moberg said.

In addition to CSB’s need for sophomore-oriented programs, Geller was hearing from CSB alumnae about how leadership training and tools to combat issues surrounding gender would have been helpful for life after college.

“Many alumnae were speaking fondly of CSB and their education, and how empowered they felt as women and Bennies,” Hynes Scholars advisor Meggan Gronli. “However, when they graduated they weren’t getting the same response they got at CSB (regarding their abilities as women). The gender lens outside of college was different,” Hynes Scholar Advisor Meggan Gronli said.

Alumnae spoke of how their feelings of empowerment changed once they went out into the corporate world and were fronted with issues they hadn’t encountered before on campus; issues like the glass ceiling and sexism in the work place. This helped Geller shape what the

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Bennies for gender equality

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student body in regards to Welcomefest programming and an opportunity we did not want to miss.”

As was the hope, students are looking for ward to Grammer’s rescheduled performance.

“I think it is a great opportunity that we are developing a relationship with him and that he wants to come back to campus to redeem himself for canceling last minute,” CBS senior Kayla Karst said. “It should a great concert and I am excited to see how Andy performs.”

There is also the added benefit that some students who were abroad last PHOTO FROM MSO PR spring and unable to attend 14 Pines Singer-songwriter Andy Grammer will headline are able to attend Grammer’s concert this the homecoming concert Oct. 3 at CSB. time around.

“I was disappointed about missing out on Grammer when I was in London,” SJU senior Ben Hutterer said. “He’ll bring a great show to CSB/SJU and I’m thrilled I get the From page 1 things we had to make sure that bringing chance to see him now.”

Grammer to campus was the right thing for the Because of time and costs associated with

concert production, JEC decided to combine their fall concerts into one event. This allowed ticket prices to stay at a reasonable price, as well as feature opening artist Naia Kete from The Voice.

“We have received great reactions so far and hope that students are looking forward to the concert as a celebration of being ‘Back Home’ on campus,” JEC concerts chair Brandon Morine said. “It will be a great way to bring students, staff and alums together and to share in the music as a community.”

Dammann agrees. “ We a r e e x c i t e d t o s e e e v e r y o n e together for the homecoming festivities, which continues to create a vibrant residential community life for students,” Dammann said. “We are fortunate to have such a hard working team of Joint Events Council members and a Student Activities and Leadership Development staff to support us in programming high caliber events for the CSB/SJU community.”

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music department to decide which music they would have as well. For Poissant’s memorial service, his family wanted the same readings they had at his funeral so everyone attending would get a similar experience. After the readings, there was a brief homily and prayer.

Because Poissant is one of four students of the SJU class of 2015 who have died, the St. John’s Senate has decided to allocate money towards a bench with their names on it.

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Director of Intercultural and International Student Services Brandyn Woodard said. “And embody the Benedictine Value of Respect for Persons so that with our initial encounters with human diversity we engage people wanting to understand, love and respect, instead of disregard, discount and fix.”

Mexican-American student Guillermo Blanco says he first experienced discrimination on campus during his first year.

“As I was picking a seat on the bus, the girl next to me looked at me from top to bottom, as if examining me, made a face and turned around,” Blanco said. “The best way to describe the look was ‘what are you doing here?’”

During a class discussion about low income families later that year, Blanco was offhandedly asked by his professor if he was poor. “[She] turned back around and continued on teaching as if she said nothing wrong,” Blanco said. “I was in shock. I had no idea how to react, so I kept it to myself.”

These were the first times Blanco experienced

“Building a bench would be a great thing to do, it keeps the memory alive of him and his fellow classmates,” Fr. Ian Dommer said. “It is very meaningful for the family and friends on campus to know that a bench is being made in their honor.”

A day prior to the service, Poissant’s father passed away. But Dommer explained that Poissant’s mother knew his father would have wanted them to continue on with the service.

After the service, there was a reception in which the family got to know Poissant’s friends and learn more about his life on campus. Poissant was known as a loyal friend, a hardworking

student and an all around exceptional person.

In the SJS’ resolution, the Senate remembers him as an “individual who we lost far too early.”

SJS “recognizes the positive impact Kory had on others, especially those within the St. John’s community, expresses a most sincere thank you for all of Kory’s contributions to CSB/SJU, and extends its deepest condolences to Kory’s family and friends.”

Poissant is survived by his mother Shari Poissant, his sister Kayla Gassner, his grandparents Richard and Joyce Poissant and James and MaryAnn Kororll.

discrimination but not the last. He isn’t the only one.

Many students’ feelings of discrimination and discontent reached a tipping point last spring after several F.A.M.S.A.K parties took place with offensive themes related to ethnicity, sexuality and gender. Students responded with a rally outside of Sexton calling for better intercultural competency.

“It was not students complaining about F.A.M.S.A.K. It was about students being tired of being discriminated against for their skin color and differences,” Blanco said. “It was a scream for help from not only the student body but faculty to make this a community for all, not a select few.”

A forum was held after the events and over 400 people attended. Since then, there has been an ongoing discussion about how to create change on campus.

The first step is to raise awareness. One way to do so is to attend discussions and forums on cultural issues. A forum was held Friday, Sept.

12 for students to discuss their thoughts about moving forward. A follow-up forum is scheduled for Sept. 28.

Awareness can also be raised through courses

on campus which give context to better understand these issues in relation to current times.

The Student Development divisions as well as student clubs are committed to raising awareness too.

“We have work to do individually and as a community to know ourselves, each other and the people we’ll be encountering as we move about in the world,” Woodard said.

Since last spring, students and faculty have been hard at work on a variety of projects to create change. Both presidents addressed their commitment to continuing the discussion during convocation. First-year students learned of community standards about being inclusive during orientation. A brochure was mailed out to students and families which included the Human Rights Policy. Woodard has presented to SJU Senate about ensuring all voices are heard.

“The one thing that can definitely bring a change is for students, faculty and staff to understand,” Blanco said. “Understand that not everyone is the same. Everyone is different and different does not mean inferior. And always understand that just because it isn’t happening to you does not mean it doesn’t exist.”

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►SBS Update

Allocations, updates, and messages Senate decreases funding for OLC

By Michael Swearingen mpswearingen@csbsju.edu

Institutional achievements and goals, Tommie-Johnnie game expectations, club allocations and senate involvement were all part of the discussion at this Monday’s St. John’s Senate meeting.

Director of student activities, Fr. Doug Mullin, spoke to the senate during open forum time about institutional achievements from 2014 and goals that Student Activities is looking to complete by the end of the current school year.

Following the update, Mullin asked the senators for their opinion on possible campus updates.

At the center of the discussion were updates to the ice rink and lounges.

Dean of Students Mike Connolly

reminded the senate of the fast approaching Tommie-Johnnie game.

Offensive t-shirts and behavior were at the center of discussion, as well as the message that the senate will send regarding these issues.

Connolly also informed the senators that there is soon to be a new bussing system with Jefferson Lines that will take you from SJU to Maple Grove to the U to the Mall of America. The trip will have a possible fee of $25 traveling down on Fridays and returning on Sundays.

A motion to allocate $1350 to St. John’s Campus Ministry for their annual first-year FYRE retreat passed unanimously.

The St. John’s Senate will have their next meeting at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 22 in Sexton 200.

By Bridget Lenczewski balenczewski@csbsju.edu

Wednesday night, the St. Benedict’s Senate (SBS) granted the Outdoor Leadership Council (OLC) $1750 in funding for the 2014-2015 academic school year, $410 less than the requested amount.

“We are really aiming to get as many students out and about as possible,” senior Hannah Haas said.

A well-known organization for both Johnnies and Bennies but located on the campus of St. John’s, The OLC rents out free equipment and provides use of free workout facilities to both the student body and the faculty, as well as promotes several events throughout the

year. In addition, the organization is trying to promote more events on the campus of St. Benedict’s, as most events have taken place on their home campus of St. John’s.

The senate acknowledged the importance of this organization in promoting outdoor participation but stuck to their original plan of funding only three-fifths of the OLC’s food budget for events. Also addressed in the SBS meeting were the events the senate plans to attend as a whole and motions approved to create various task forces and committees.

The senate’s next meeting will be at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 24 in Gorecki 120.

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csbsjurecord.com • Page 3 abilities also have the opportunity to receive assistance from an organization called Leader Dogs.

Leader Dogs provides free programs for people who are blind, visually impaired or deaf-blind. It crafts programs to address each client’s individual situation and needs. For Lee and Strangstalien, this meant pairing them with guide dogs.

Lee and Strangstalien were paired with their dogs, Kelsey and Maddi, respectively, in July.

Although both dogs trained with other owners before coming to them, Lee and Strangstalien have been working since July to bond with their dogs—teaching them commands, establishing trust and learning each other’s needs. “ S h e’s d o i n g p r e tt y w e l l with landmarks,” Lee said.

“Like one of the landmarks we gave her to find is the flagpole because that’s smack-dab in the middle of campus. So if she finds that, I know right is to Gorecki, left is to Disability Services and

ability Services has a new role

in educating From page 1 the community few months ago, she about the propcould still detect shadows. er etiquette in Strangstalien was diagnosed with cohabitating retinoblastoma, a type of eye canwith the dogs. cer, when she was just 18 months The advice is old. Her left eye was removed pretty simple: when she was 22 months old and ignore them. when the tumor metastasized to “I firmly her right retina, her right eye was believe that removed at the age of three. whatever you In high school, students with can do to not disabilities are offered much more distract the dog one-on-one assistance than collegis best,” Disabiles are able to offer their students. ity Specialist Students with disabilities at CSB/ Thomas SagerSJU have to transition to the rehorn said. sponsibility of advocating for the “I would like NICOLE PEDERSON • napederson@csbsju.edu help and resources they need to be people to not successful. pet her and CSB first-year Katelyn Strangstalien and her guide dog, Maddi love For any students who are if they really interacting with others. Strangstalien is open to talking about her disability. v i s u a l l y i m p a i r e d , va r i o u s do desire to, resources are offered. In addition I would like them to please ask propriate but we can’t provide the some in helping get these students to the normal orientation activifirst,” Lee said. “Don’t call her level of support they receive in from point A to point B,” Sagerties first-year CSB students parname or make kissy noises, stuff high school,” Sagerhorn said. “It horn said. “It’s not just our office, ticipate in, visually-impaired stulike that, because we’re still bond- wouldn’t empower them for when the community in general has ing. She needs to know to only they leave campus and have to do been very supportive.” take commands from me.” so in the professional world. It is a “The leads we have in Gorecki— “When she’s working or just in tremendous transition from being they are so amazing in helping me general, please do not call her,” a part of a team that’s run by other and Michelle get through the line Strangstalien said. “It really dis- adults to being fully responsible and getting us what we need,” tracts her as I am her handler. I’m for their own needs.”

Strangstalien said. “All of my proreally the only person who is supFor Lee and Strangstalien spe- fessors have made this experience posed to be giving her commands.” cifically, this meant confronting a lot less stressful in being willing Other guidelines when encoun- new challenges not yet explored to be accommodating. They’re so tering the service dogs on campus by the Disability Services office. willing to be helpful and want to include refraining from feeding or “There are things that we have know what I need from them.” startling the dogs. As well as re- not yet encountered,” Sagerhorn For Lee and Strangstalien, it fraining from interacting with the said. “One example is simply us- is important that students know dogs, students are asked to allow ing the workout facility on cam- that although they ask that people Lee and Strangstalien to pass to pus. If Michelle or Katelyn want refrain from speaking or distractthe front of the Link line in order to go in there, how are we going ing their dogs, they themselves are to provide easier and safer access to ensure that they have access to eager to meet people. for the women. the machines? So we’re working “I love meeting people. I will In addition to working with on getting braille stickers on the talk to anybody, I’m very converguide dogs, Lee and Strangstalien machines. There’s so many facets sational,” Lee said. also collaborate with Disability of our campus that are hard to an“ You can talk to me. I’m Services at CSB/SJU. Disability ticipate.” very open about my disServices works to ensure that all The Disability Services office ability. You can make blind students have access to the physi- has been working with Lee and jokes—I make them myself.” cal and academic resources they Strangstalien to ensure that they Strangstalien said. need to be able to demonstrate have access to the technology they Both women are currently purtheir full potential, and to remove need to succeed academically. suing a major in communication. barriers for students living with Even a tool as simple and essential Lee is an accomplished singer in disabilities including psychiatric as Moodle for most CSB/SJU stu- the Hmong community, while NICOLE PEDERSON • napederson@csbsju.edu conditions, learning disabilities, dents is part of the adaption and Strangstalien is involved in CSB CSB first-year Michelle Lee sits with her guide dog, Kelsey. chronic diseases and attention learning process for students with Campus Ministry. deficit disorder. visual disabilities.

For more information about the dents work with state services and forward is to the library. But it’s Sagerhorn works with students “They are awesome at what they Disability Services office at CSB/ Leader Dogs to begin their transi- also squirrel season.” with various disabilities to develop do,” Lee said of her experience SJU and the resources they offer, tion to campus.

“One thing about these dogs individualized plans and resources with Disability Services. visit their page on the CSB/SJU State Services for the Blind, a is that they are as necessary as that make campus fully accessible Beyond the Disability Services website or email them at disabiliMinnesota Department of Em- a wheelchair….These dogs are to them. He is also responsible office, many members and depart- tyservices@csbsju.edu. ployment and Economic Develop- the access the students need to for increasing the community’s ments on the CSB/SJU campuses ment organization, also provides be able to demonstrate their full awareness of the need for access have stepped up to offer assistance resources on campus for students potential,” Sagerhorn said. to these resources on a broader for students with visual disabiliwith visual disabilities. CSB/SJU With the addition of guide dogs scope. ties, like Lee and Strangstalien. students who have visual dis- on the CSB/SJU campus, Dis“We have to provide what’s ap“Campus security has been awe-

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sophomore-specific program would focus on. Sophomores were also the perfect target for the program, since they’re students on the cusp of independence at college.

“After experiencing the Hynes scholars program, the women would still have two years to go after those leadership positions on campus or while studying abroad, using the skills they’ve learned from the program,” Gronli said.

Now in its fourth year, Hynes Scholars is still a relatively new program. It is also a small, competitive program, comprised of only 15-20 women.

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We’re here to develop as human beings and value our experiences as women and to go fourth and be successful.

-Meggan Gronli, Hynes Scholars Advisor

“Every voice is important,” Gronli said. “We want to have meaningful, in-depth discussion. If the program was larger, not everyone would be able to share their perspectives and ideas.”

Since the program is selective and small, the process to be accepted in is relatively extensive, and members must remain active participants in the program once they are inducted. Potential scholars are usually contacted some point near the end of their first year, and must submit an online application as well as undergo an interview process.

Women selected for the program are highly involved and have shown strong leadership skills on campus. Participants come from diverse academic backgrounds — many majors are represented and the interests of the women are broad. Once initiated into the program, members must attend meetings, participate in book discussions and fulfill community service hours.

Although Hynes Scholars does not grant scholarships to members, being involved in the program is rewarding in itself for the valuable lessons it provides. The group meets twice a month for two hours at a time to cover topics related to gender inequality, feminism, leadership, professionalism, networking and how all these relate to one’s own college experience as well as life after college.

They learn about both male and female aspects of gen-

dered issues and how those issues affect them. Hynes Scholars learn ways to combat matters surrounding these topics, so they can be effective leaders on campus as well as in the broader community.

“The women who’ve been in the program tend to have a pretty large impact on campus. They’re usually very involved students,” Moberg said. “After the program, you feel empowered to join things like the Senate, The Record or many other leadership positions on campus. I know of previous Hynes Scholars who’ve joined the Global Brigades Club, have become part of the executive boards of the things they’re involved with or have become captains on their sports teams. They tend to become leaders in the ways they’re involved in their campus communities.”

The program helps its women discover their leadership styles and passions, as well as grow professionally.

They learn how to create solid resumes, interview for jobs successfully and how to network. Hynes Scholars provides its members with the tools to be successful after the program ends.

“I was in it last year as a sophomore, and this year I was able to get a job as a student coordinator with the Institute for Women’s Leadership here at St. Ben’s,” Moberg said.

Many employers are looking for confident, well-rounded Bennies to work for them.

PHOTO SUBMITTED BY MICHELLE HANSMANN “Being a Hynes Scholar definitely helped me get the job,” 2013-14 and 2014-15 Hynes Scholars travel to the Moberg said.

University of Maryland for the National Hynes Scholars also conduct research on campus Conference for College Women Student Leaders. concerning gender and other social issues throughout the academic year, and present their finished research projects the conference. on Scholarship and Creativity Day. Their presentations then “It was definitely eye opening, invigorating, inspiring. You go through the Institutional Review board, making it an came back feeling like you could take on the world,” Moberg elite experience to be part of. said.

Each spring, Hynes Scholars also have the opportunity Having these opportunities to attend national student to attend the National Conference for College Women conferences and conduct research on campus, combined Student Leaders. The conference is held in early June at with the lessons they learn at their meetings and workthe University of Maryland, just outside of D.C. Student shops, contribute to the well-rounded, respectful, confident, women leaders and non-student leaders from all over the assertive and scholarly individuals Hynes Scholars become. country and world travel to the conference to discuss issues They evolve into leaders, ready to tackle whatever they set surrounding gender, leadership, social change, employment their minds to. The program also brings together women and more. They also participate in workshops and listen to from all backgrounds, creating lasting friendships built on inspirational speakers, both male and female. the common interest of social justice and gender equality.

“A lot of people took away a broadened perspective on The program sets aside negative feelings or views any percertain issues,” Moberg said. “There were student leaders son may have about feminism and joins the women by a there from all over the country with different experiences, common goal. needs and desires for their own communities. It was great “We’re here to develop as human beings and value our to hear what kinds of things other women were doing in experience as women, and to go fourth and be successful,” their communities as well as around the world and what Gronli said.“Hynes Scholars should be proud of not only they were passionate about.” being part of the program, but being strong and intelligent Many of the women that went on the trip had never been women who have a lot of potential and will go far in life.” exposed to the different perspectives they encountered at

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The Stack

Editors Vanessa Hird • Bailey Zallek vmhird@csbsju.edu • bezallek@csbsju.edu

YOUR STORY: ALY CHROMY

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WEEKEND BEST BET

What: SJU Football vs.

Concordia When: 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20 Where: Clemens Stadium, SJU Description: Enjoy the second Johnnie home game of the season.

Cost: Free for students

2 PERFECT FOR TWO

What: Student Music and S’mores When: 7-9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19 Where: Darnell Ampitheater and CSB Mall Description: Outdoor campus music performances and s’mores in celebration of President Hinton’s inaguration Cost: Free

By Kaitlyn Ludlow kmludlow@csbsju.edu

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MOVIES TO SEE

“The Maze Runner” Showing daily this weekend: 10 a.m., 10:50 a.m., 11:45 a.m., 12:45 p.m. 1:35 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m., 4:20 p.m., 5:15 p.m., 6:15 p.m., 7:05 p.m., 8 p.m., 9 p.m., 9:50 p.m. and 10:45 p.m. at Parkwood Cinema.

Rated: PG-13 “This is Where I Leave You” Showing daily this weekend: 10:35 a.m., 11:55 a.m., 1:10 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 3:45 p.m., 5:05 p.m., 6:30 p.m., 7:40 p.m., 9:05 p.m. and 10:15 p.m. at Parkwood Cinema.

Rated: R

“The Drop” Showing daily this weekend: 11:10 a.m., 1:50 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 7:10 p.m. and 9:50 p.m. at Parkwood Cinema.

Rated: R

CAMPUS COMMOTION

Saturday

Okee Dokee Brothers When: 10 a.m.

Where: BAC, CSB Games and BBQ on the mall When: 11 a.m.

Where: The Mall, CSB

Every Day Kiera Faber: “NEW WORKS” When: 12-6 p.m.

Where: Art Rogers Gallery

PHOTO SUBMITTED BY ALY CHROMY

Dressed as Dora the Explorer, senior Aly Chromy performs during a shift at Nickelodeon Universe.

Nickelodeon Universe is the premier spot for anyone looking for a smile, high five or a hug from his or her favorite Nickelodeon character.

For senior theater major Aly Chromy, it’s her premier spot for laughter and happiness. Chromy is a character performer at Nickelodeon Universe in the Mall of America. She plays the role of many Nickelodeon characters such as SpongeBob SquarePants, Dora the Explorer and the ninja turtle Michelangelo. Because of height restrictions, Chromy is only allowed to perform as about 10 different characters. Chromy also acts as the mall’s Easter bunny during the spring.

“Weirdly enough, I’m not much of a performer,” Chromy said.

“This kind of masks that. That’s why I love this job.”

Even though Chromy is more of

a behind-the-scenes type, she gets to improve her theater and entertaining skills through this job.

Chromy acquired this job almost two years ago through mutual friends. A few weekends a month, on breaks from college and throughout the summer, Chromy spends hours entertaining children. She typically works five to nine hour shifts, during which she performs as a character for around 30 minutes, then has a 30 minute break. Although Chromy cannot talk when she is in character, she is allowed to express her character’s personality by blowing kisses, hugging or doing any sort of gestures related to the character she is playing. In order for Chromy to play the role of many children’s favorite characters, she went through an audition process where she had to perform as several popular Nickelodeon characters.

“It’s always interesting interacting with families because each day

is a different experience,” Chromy said. “You get to see kids really happy or really terrified, which can be great on both sides.”

One of Chromy’s favorite characters to perform is Tyron, from the popular Nickelodeon television show Backyardigans.

Michelangelo and SpongeBob SquarePants are by far the most popular year-round characters Nickelodeon Universe has to offer.

On campus, Chromy is involved in almost every theater production the department puts on. Along with theater, Chromy is focusing on marketing and communications in the theater world.

After graduation, Chromy plans to move to London, England to pursue a career in marketing and communications with London’s West End theater scene.

Her unique job of being a character performer at Nickelodeon Universe is a rewarding experience now, and it will also help Chromy in her future career in the

PHOTO BY ERIK TERNSJO seternsjo@csbsju.edu

theater world.“With this job, the people I work with are very positive and energetic,” Chromy said.

“They are always happy no matter what’s going on in their personal lives. I really love the atmosphere, and there is always a smile on my face when I am working.”

An unscripted comedy act Attention Starved Children, The CSB/ SJU improv comedy group, prepare for first performance of year

By Lauren Schoenbauer llschoenbauer@csbsju.edu

The Attention Starved ChilSONG OF THE dren (ASC) have no idea how their show will turn out each time WEEK they step on stage. The improv

comedy group uses no scripts to fill the audience with laughter with each performance.

Despite the impromptu creativity on stage during the show, ASC puts a lot of time and energy into preparation.

“Practice is really fun,” sophomore Erin McGlinch said. “It’s a great group of people with similar senses of humor.”

At each rehearsal, the students practice improvisation through the various games they play during shows. The key is to get used to thinking extemporaneously.

“The most difficult part is prob-

ably trying to be as comfortable as possible on stage,” junior Tommy Feichtinger said. “We improvise every conversation of our lives, and it’s hard to remember that on stage we just have to talk, not perform. If you’re trying really hard to perform, you don’t do as well. It’s better when you are comfortable and just talk.”

ASC has chemistry on the stage and off, which creates the easy flow they have together during performances.

“I mean other than the fact that it’s fun to make people laugh, the best part is the group,” senior Tom

“BACK HOME” ANDY GRAMMER

NICOLE PEDERSON • napederson@csbsju.edu Attention Starved Children performers Beth Cassidy, Craig Gemmill, Tommy Feichtinger, Pat Latterell, Alec Peterson, Erin McGlinch and Tom Lano use improvisation to rehearse for upcoming shows.

Lano said. “We have a relatively small group with a really strong connection. When we’re improvising on stage in front of a lot of people, we have to have a strong trust in the group to know that they won’t just leave you hanging.”

Many ASC members joined on a whim.

“It was one of my best decisions of my college career,” senior Craig Gemmill said.

“ASC is an example of one of those things that you join in college because you want to try something new, but aren’t sure if you’ll be good at it,” Feichtinger said. “But then you join and it turns out to be one of the best parts of your college experience.”

Many of the other members feel the same way.

“The best part is the people,” Gemmill said. “We all made this unspoken agreement to come together, have fun, be weird and just create.”

ASC shows are usually about an hour and a half, and are comprised of various improvisation games, such as scene games, musical games, rhyming games and games involving audience participation.

ASC’s next show is at 8:30 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 19 in the Pellegrene Auditorium at SJU. “The troop changes based on who is in it so we will have our own unique style to share for the first time,” McGlinch said.

Auditions to join CSB/SJU’s most attention starved children are 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20 in the dance studio at CSB.

Variety

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Ready. Set. Glow.

PHOTO SUBMITTED BY FAITH DAMMANN

CSB/SJU faculty members Jon Bruns, Christina Tourino, Mani Campos, Mary Stenson and Erin Ross are ready to run.

A two-mile evening run will kick off CSB president Mary Hinton’s inauguration weekend

By Katie Kuehn

klkuehn@csbju.edu

On Sept. 19, students and faculty have an opportunity to let their light shine—quite literally— as they participate in the Illuminated Run as a celebration of the inauguration of the new St. Ben’s president, Mary Hinton.

At 5 p.m. on the night of the run, there will be Zumba on the CSB Mall as a warm-up for the festivities. Registration will start at 6:30 p.m., and there will be games and activities until the run

begins at 8 p.m. School IDs will be required at registration. After the completion of the run and some light snacks, there will be a dance with a surprise opening, also following the illumination theme.

The dance is open to anyone, regardless of participation in the run.

There will be many opportunities to get creative at the event.

Five hundred participants will receive a free t-shirt and are welcome to wear it; otherwise, all are encouraged to wear costumes to the celebration. Glow sticks

and glow paint will be available for attendees, and there will be a station along the run with a lane for participants who would like to be splattered with paint. There will be a photographer at the event on a part of the route with a black light to show off all the vibrant paint.

The glow idea came out of the theme for the inauguration, which is “Become Illuminated.”

“During planning we knew an active event would be engaging, and we wondered how we could incorporate the theme into a

(run),” said Faith Dammann, the assistant director of SALD. The inauguration committee decided a run and dance would be a great way to get the community involved in an interactive way.

In order to encourage sign-ups, the first 500 people to register were promised free t-shirts. On the first day of sign-ups, over 500 people were registered by 10:30 p.m. Although only the first 500 people to register will receive free t-shirts, all who signed up will receive glow bracelets or necklaces to wear as they run or walk

two miles around the St. Ben’s campus.

Even students who don’ t particularly care to run two miles are still encouraged to sign up and walk, or to cheer on participants along the race. For a little extra encouragement, the president herself is planning on running the two mile course.

“We can commiserate with one another,” Hinton said via email.

“As long as we are together as a community we can do anything.”

GORECKI GRUB

Registered dietitian and assistant manager of CSB Culinary Services Hannah Brenner provides students with tips for eating well at Gorecki it contains 660 calories or less, 20 percent or fewer calories from saturated fat and 800 mg of sodium or less. Portion sizes are listed for each food item.

Mongolian Grill: When choosing to add flavor to your vegetables and protein, try using spices provided at the back side of the Mongolian Grill station. Sauces tend to be higher in calories and sodium.

Chef ’s Corner: Every Wednesday, over the lunch and dinner hour, a healthy meal option is served at the Chef’s Corner. Each meal includes lean protein (many times a fish option), vegetables and grains.

The criteria for this meal is that

Bakery: Frozen yogurt is a great option if you have a sweet tooth. Try topping it off with some fruit from the salad bar that contains natural sugar and fiber.

Pizza/Pasta: Every Monday and Friday, whole wheat pasta is offered at the Pizza/Pasta station. This whole grain pasta contains the husk and germ of the grain, so it has more nutrients than refined white pasta.

Toaster Station: Remember to make half your grains whole grains. Select the cracked wheat bread for added whole grain in your diet. Whole grain can contribute to better weight management and decrease your risk for many diseases such as heart disease and diabetes.

Homestyle Soups: An easy way to make a meal healthier is to pick a broth-based

soup. Cream-based soups are made with butter or cream and often contain more calories and fat.

Homestyle: Get a serving of vegetables from this station. If you dislike the taste of plain vegetables, try adding a small amount of butter, oil or seasoning to make them taste better. Remember to try different colors of vegetables to increase your overall nutrient intake.

Salads: As a healthier alternative to salad dressing, try topping your salad with oil, vinegar or lemon juice. Salad dressings often contain extra filler ingredients for

preservation, leading to higher sodium contents.

Granary: This station highlights foods from different countries. All options are vegetarian and on the healthier side. This is a great place to try something new.

American Grill: Try a lean protein option at the American Grill. The grilled chicken breast, turkey burger, black bean burger or garden burger are all high in protein but lower in fat than a beef patty. Make a healthier choice by asking for it to be prepared with water and enjoy with a whole wheat bun.

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McNeely Center names new director has either started, bought or ran 15 different companies.

He currently owns interest in three companies, two of which he started, and sits on the board of directors for all three.

“The Donald McNeely Center was a gift from Donald McNeely to promote entrepreneurial education,” Maxwell said.

“Entrepreneurship is not a major its a life skill.”

The center has a competitive entrepreneurial program where students from any major can apply to start their own venture, profit or non-profit. If selected, the program is a set of upper division courses

memccormack@csbsju.edu

On Aug. 1, the College of St. Benedict and St. John’s University welcomed Pat Maxwell as the new director of the Donald McNeely Center for Entrepreneurship on campus.

Maxwell graduated from SJU in 1966, then attended law school at North Western University School of Law. There, he began his career as a poverty lawyer where he worked 15 years for non-profit organizations.

By 1982 Maxwell started his first business with a partner. Since then Maxwell

where students spend two years (three semesters) and are taught the principles of entrepreneurship.

Maxwell is not only in charge of selecting which students are accepted into the program, but also works with alumni to help them start their own ventures.

The group currently consists of over 50 mentors who volunteer their time to work with students and alumni.

Each mentor has different levels of experience working in both business and nonprofit organizations.

Maxwell is looking forward to dedicating his time with the students and alumni this year and help-

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By Christine Quinones cmquinones@csbsju.edu

Bennies and Johnnies have another reason to be proud of CSB/ SJU—both institutions continue to maintain their statuses in the nation’s top 100 liberal arts colleges.

Last week, U.S. News and Wo r l d R e p o r t m a g a z i n e released the list of the top 100 liberal arts colleges in the nation; the College of St. Benedict tied for 89 and St. John’s University tied for 73. These new rankings are an improvement from last year when SJU was tied for 76th and CSB tied for 94.

U.S. News ranks 249 liberal arts colleges, and CSB ranked amongst the 221 private colleges on the list.

Some of the criteria for the rankings include retention and graduation rates, faculty resources, financial resources and student and high school guidance counselor assessments.

Additionally, SJU was also listed as tied for 6 on the “Up-and-Coming” list of national liberal arts colleges. CSB maintained their position on the list as an “Up-andComing” school for four of the past six years. CSB and SJU were also recognized alongside 28 other institutions for the quality of their study abroad program.

In addition to these rankings, CSB and SJU was awarded the title of “Best Buy School” by Fiske Guide to Colleges 2015 over 44 other institutions and is the only Minnesota college on the 2015 list.

And yet, among these accolades, administrators view the value of CSB/SJU not by the ranking received by magazines, but by the experience students receive as a member of the Bennie-Johnnie community.

CSB/SJU Vice Provost Jon Mc-

Gee places more emphasis on what is happening in the colleges’ community rather than rankings. “ I t ’s i m p o r t a n t t o u n derstand that all of those college rankings use only a limited set of data to draw their conclusions.” McGee said, “The central problem with all ranking systems is that they most often don’t rank, evaluate or capture what makes an institution truly distinctive or interesting.”

“We value being recognized among the top 100 liberal arts colleges in the country; our rank affirms our standing as very high quality liberal arts institutions,” McGee said, “We know from our own research, for example, that the quality of the community here and the deeply personal nature of the student experience here are among our strongest sources of comparative advantage. It’s why many students choose us and what most alumnae and alumni point to as most valuable about their experience here.”

“I am, of course, pleased that we have moved up in the rankings,” CSB President Mary Hinton said. “I am pleased whenever the value of a CSB and SJU education is recognized. However, that has to be tempered by the fact that the premise of the rankings, the methodology used to create the rankings, and how the rankings are presented to the public are all flawed processes.”

As a Johnnie alumnus and current president of SJU, President Michael Hemaseth understands the value of community that cannot be captured in sets of quantitative data. “ We t h i n k t h a t c o m m u nity is a very important aspect

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Although rankings are high, CSB/SJU Vice Provost John Mcgee believes that they understate the two campuses

for students who come here,” Hemaseth said, “ That community piece, however, is very hard to quantify and it is not correlated with financial resources. It has a lot to do with our history and the communities that founded us and that does not get captured very well in the rankings.”

While most ranking syst e m s aw a r d h i g h r a n k s t o students with the most financial endowment, other qualitative factors are often overlooked. Unique distinguishing factors such as the Benedictine heritage of CSB and SJU, the relationships forged between faculty and students, and the preparedness of alumni upon graduation from these institutions are only a few aspects that are difficult to rank between universities.

“These have a huge impact on students, but are also something that cannot be easily captured in the numbers.” Hemaseth said.

Not only is community an important part of the CSB/ SJU experience, but the relationship between the two institutions is one that algorithmgenerated lists have yet to quantify.

Both schools moved up from the their original placements on the “top 100 liberal arts colleges in the nation” list

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They were the only Minnesota colleges to make the list and were listed on the

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Pat Maxwell, new director of the Donald McNeely Center for Entrepreneurship, will be helping students and alumni in their business ventures

Besides ranking and enrollment statistics, administration says there is more to the CSB/SJU community than numbers

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ing them with the tasks and responsibilities of raising funds to ensure the continuation of the center’s programs.

One of Maxwell’s main goals for all students interested in entrepreneurship is for them to find something that they’re passionate about and for them to look for opportunities where their experience and passion intersect.

“Entrepreneurs see the world through a different lens, they are innovators and initiators,” Maxwell said. “I enjoy working with the students and helping them develop their ventures.”

“I think the coordinate relationship between CSB and SJU is critically important to our students and to the excellent collegiate experience we are able to provide to them,” Hinton said. “CSB and SJU are, to my knowledge, the only colleges in the United States that have such a partnership. Both President Hemesath and I are committed to maximizing what the relationship has to offer.”

Matt Beirne, Director of Admissions, capitalizes on this unique relationship when appealing to students to join the CSB/SJU community.

“Every student and family is different, and they all have a different story to tell,” Beirne said.

“The challenge for us as admissions representatives is to listen to individual story of students and families and make sure they know about the distinctive things we have here at CSB and SJU.”

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The passion and the connection that a student will have long after they graduate to this place is something that can not ever be quantified.

-Matt Beirne, Director of Admissions

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By Morgan McCormack

A graduate of St. John’s University, Pat Maxwell hopes to build a strong entrepreneurial foundation for future CSB/SJU students and graduates

Although enrollment this year is slightly lower, students can rest assured that the overall quality of care and community at CSB/SJU is not diminishing. “Retention rates at CSB and SJU have been consistently high,” Beirne said. “The quality of a college really cannot be measured by numbers and data, but by the individual experi-

ence of the Bennie and the Johnnie.”

While the rankings will always be around, it is important to remember the value of CSB and SJU that cannot be captured in numbers. As CSB/SJU continues to remain present on the nation’s top lists of liberal arts colleges, students, staff, alumni and prospective applicants can be certain that the unique experience of the college community is maintained by a strong national standing as well as the dedication of faculty and staff to advocating the collegiate experience.

“The passion and the connection that a student will have long after they graduate to this place is something that cannot ever be quantified.”

Beirne said, “I see so much passion and love of these places, and that is something that a lot of people who interact with us can definitely see.”

“I’m certain both CSB and SJU will continue to be ranked among the best liberal arts colleges in the country for years to come—not simply because a magazine’s algorithm told us so, but mostly because we are deeply committed to providing high quality curricular and co-curricular experiences for our students,” McGee said. “Continuing to provide high quality experiences is our central strategy.

Rankings follow that strategy, they don’t lead it.”

“Do I think that there are 88 schools that do what we do better? No,” President Hinton said. “For the students we select, and who select us, I am confident we are number one.”

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OPINION

Editor Bridget Barry bnbarry@csbsju.edu

Sexual misconduct still growing issue Awareness of sexual misconduct grows nationally and locally, up to students to end assaults

Sexual misconduct is an arduous challenge that the CSB/SJU community is currently dealing with. So much so, in fact, that theology professor Kari-Shane Davis Zimmerman (KSDZ), was specifically contracted out of the classroom to help deal with the impending crisis.

Seven times last year students

Time to end ‘F*** St. Thomas’ chant

By Tyler Brown

t1brown@csbsju.edu

This year, my younger brother made a terrible mistake that will (or at least should) haunt him for the rest of his life. Rather than following in the footsteps of his big brother by bringing his talents to Collegeville, he decided to enroll at St. Thomas. As a result of this unfortunate decision, my entire family has decided to drive up from Iowa to watch the Johnnies make it two in a row against the Tommies.

However, my excitement to see them was almost immediately overshadowed by the thought of how embarrassing it will be when my seven-year-old sister hears hundreds of Johnnies and Bennies yelling “f*** St. Thomas” at the top of their lungs.

CSB/SJU is better than this, and it’s time for us to ditch this chant. Don’t get me wrong. I love Johnnie football and dislike Tommie football as much as anyone, but there are far better ways to show our allegiance in a public setting.

Just in case setting a horrible example for hundreds of kids such as my little sister is not a good enough reason for you to stop

doing the chant, here are a few more: 1. It’s hard to find a less creative chant. Considering all of the a m m u n i t i o n t h at US T has given us over the years (e.g. their never having won a championship and massive deficit in the series against us) and the fact that we are five to eight years removed from junior high, is this really the best chant that we can come up with?

2. It harms the overall perception of CSB/SJU. When the people who attend our school are thought of as classy, it raises the value of your degree. When people do not think of Bennies and Johnnies as respectable, it lowers the value of your degree. Furthermore, if you were a successful graduate of CSB/SJU, many of whom attend these games and hear the chants, would you want to give any of us a job? Like it or not, image matters.

3. It’s often irrelevant. For reasons that I have failed to understand throughout the last few years, “f*** St. Thomas” can be heard at nearly every home football game. We do in fact play teams other than St. Thomas. By yelling we are dismissing the relevance of the game being played, and I can’t imagine that this helps the Johnnies on the football field.

When we go down to St. Paul to support the Johnnies in a couple weeks, and the people around you start to participate in this chant, remember that friends don’t let friends shout stupid and uncreative football chants that harm and make their school look bad.

This is the opinion of Tyler Brown, an SJU senior

acceptability in our community.

Lately, I’ve discovered that attitude is more prevalent than I initially thought. These past two weekends, I encountered several not-uncommon situations on the Link that I have encountered and participated in before, but that made me uncomfortable for the first time. I overheard Johnnies debating the comparative levels of physical attractiveness of Bennies on the “1-10” scale and bringing up pictures on their phones so that random Johnnies on the bus around them could also contribute their findings on the relative physical attractiveness of the Bennies in the picture. On the late weekend “drunk” bus I was again made uncomfortable, but not surprised, by the eruption of several chants targeting Bennies which I will not repeat, but which were altogether degrading to the females on the bus who were

forced to listen to them — chants that I admit I have been a part of in the past. I am only speculating the embarrassment I would feel if I were a Bennie.

If we are going to address this growing problem collectively as a student body, why not start by attempting to change a campus climate that glorifies hookup culture and at times pits drunk Bennies as primarily sexual opportunities for Johnnies? What better place to start than with an isolated place on campus that serves as a near-perfect microcosm of our larger community? If we start by trying to change what is acceptable behavior on the Link, we can and will eventually start to see that behavior change mirror itself on the rest of campus and in St. Joe. Nobody reading this intentionally wants to marginalize anyone else on this campus or be mar-

ginalized by anyone else for that matter. The culture of sexual misconduct is a situation students on college campuses have inadvertently created, CSB/SJU included.

The scary thing is that the power to eradicate it from our campus rests in our hands and in our hands alone. We can expand that power by developing our social awareness and thinking critically about our intentions in the way we interact with people, specifically people we are attracted to. I propose that we begin to execute that power by stopping misogynistic chants and behaviors on the Link. Together, and only together, we can create a supportive college campus for all of us to live in without being made victims of our own culture.

This is the opinion of Alex Wald, an SJU junior

In lieu of the Fourth Amendment

By Kyle Murray

krmurray@csbsju.edu

After meeting Iowa’s Fourth Congressional District Representative Steve King as a reporter for the New Hampton Tribune during my summer internship, an interview changed the way I viewed not only immigration, but also personal privacy with regards to cell phone data.

By the time I had written the article, my political ideology had transformed to a more practical set of political beliefs.

I took for granted the level of safety and security we have in America. I figured the “right to bear arms” was adequate for our national security as a whole. What I once thought was a good case for national security policy turned out to be a much different story. We need the National Security Agency to keep us safe from terrorism, and more notably the threat of mass hysteria if we had a truly transparent government.

After being intensely opposed to the NSA, which has virtually unlimited access to anything we do electronically, I realized that privacy rights are arbitrary in the context of global terrorism. If my anti-NSA beliefs truly had a firm

foundation, I would have owned a flip-phone.

Think about al-Queda, or more recently, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), a terror organization from the Middle East. They have made their way through Mexico and infiltrated our United States borders, even leaking photos from our major cities to prove they are here. These terrorist organizations exploit our southern border for undocumented entrance to the United States.

Upon arriving, they plan to attack the United States from the inside, but there’s one giant obstacle in their way: the National Security Agency.

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I took for granted the level of safety and security we have in America. I figured the ‘right to bear arms’ was adequate for our national security as a whole.

-Kyle Murray, SJU senior

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By Alex Wald

ajwald@csbsju.edu

woke up to find an email from the administration informing us that a fellow classmate had been sexually assaulted right under our noses.

As I was sitting in orientation participating in sexual misconduct training for the second time (this time as an orientation leader) I realized two things that I should have realized when I went through training as a first-year.

First, we have a problem on this campus. Seven separate reported incidences of sexual assault on our campus (statistics tell us that probably more occurred and went unrecorded) mean we can no longer look at those sexual misconduct emails and interpret them as isolated incidences.

Second, that problem’s not going away until we collectively demand as a student body that the attitude condoning sexual misconduct be expelled from the realm of

Terrorists cross the Rio Grande and think their plan will work as long as they get across the border. ISIS operatives move deeper into our country, attempting to blend in and lay low while plotting the entire way. They meet up with their ISIS comrades to begin planning. We never hear about this because we don’t need to hear about it. The NSA knows exactly who they are, where they’re from, who they’re talking to, what kind of soap they use, what movies they

watch—everything.

Like a crouching tiger, the FBI and CIA maintain contact, using data collected by the NSA to get all the terrorists in one place.

U.S. operatives organize a deal to give terrorists bomb making materials—ISIS accepts the deal and a meeting place is determined.

With a single cellphone call, we’re safe again. We don’t hear about it.

Nobody knows about it—it’s classified, although there might be a few more jail cells occupied in Guantanamo Bay. The NSA has a phenomenal amount of power. They’re like the real-life Santa Clause you feared as a child—“he knows if you’ve been bad or good.” In my opinion, the NSA is like an ominous god complex that I feared for a long time. As a skeptic of all government operations, I was once a Ron Paul supporter who opposed government invasiveness (I even shook his hand in 2011). I wasn’t comfortable with government picking apart cellphones from a computer monitor in Virginia; I didn’t like how every action on a cellphone with a battery could be tracked at any moment.

I was a DisciPaul, a Paulite, and a staunch Ron Paul libertarian who took for granted that national security comes at an expense.

In our case as American citizens, it came at the price of our cellphone data and virtually anything else that can be accessed by a computer. Nowadays I choose peace of mind over faulty Fourth Amendment interpretations.

This is the opinion of Kyle Murray, an SJU senior

Critics misunderstand musical progression

By Marc Mack mamack@csbsju

For some reason, music fans seem to think they can tell the band how to make their music.

When artists evolve and change their original sound, fans don’t

view this as natural growth but as “selling out.”

This logic makes little sense to me. T hese fans need to understand that bands change over time; they have new experiences and opportunities just like anyone else does. I, for one, love it when bands toy with their sound and inspirations to come up with something fresh and new, while still adding their signature to the music. Look at Linkin Park, they have rap, metal, electronic and rock songs all within the same album and across albums. Imagine if the Beatles had the internet.

Each album was so different from the last, I bet their fans would have reacted like today’s fans and complained about the changes.

This entitlement of the fans floats on a fine line between an honest opinion and being judgmental and rude. These are the people I loathe. There are those on any YouTube video who, because they don’t like the band, seem to think that using derogatory slurs is an acceptable thing to do. This drives me up the wall—if you don’t like the song, you don’t have to let everyone else know.

Bands have the right to try new things with their sound, to mix things up. Fans should not automatically hate a new sound just because it is not the bands “signature sound.” However, this does not mean that people should automatically love every song that gets played on the radio.

There was a study recently that claimed popular music is not played everywhere because it is popular, it is popular because it is played everywhere. This is why after hearing “Fancy” for the tenth time, you might actually start to like it even if you did not when you first heard it. Neuropsychologists call this the “mere exposure effect,” implying that the more you are subjected to a stimulus, the more pleasurable the stimulus becomes. The record companies that cycle through pop artists every five years are to blame by incentivizing radio stations to play their new, bad pop song a certain amount of times during the day.

So, what should you do to not perpetuate the mediocrity of

pop music? Branch out. Go onto Spotify and look at the related artists of your favorite bands or continually add variety to your Pandora radio stations. Give something new a try. This is one of the few ways to not fall into the record company’s cyclone of bad music. Form your own opinion.

If you find something that you like, or might like, give it a couple listens and don’t care about what others think. In short, don’t be a sheep because you think it is cool.

I quite enjoy Nickelback, DragonForce and Black Veil Brides. Come at me.

This is the opinion of Marc Mack, an SJU junior

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EDITORIAL

Editor Bridget Barry bnbarry@csbsju.edu

READERS’ LETTERS

Lack of bagels at Gorecki should be easily rectified Dear Editor,

NATALIE HAGER • nahager@csbsju.edu

OUR VIEW

“Our view” is prepared by the Executive board and should be considered the institutional voice of The Record

Beth Leipholtz Editor-in-Chief emleipholtz@csbsju.edu

Let CSB/SJU community appreciation shine during presidential inauguration

Tierney Chlan Managing Editor tmchlan@csbsju.edu

As Mary Hinton prepares to be officially instated as president, CSB/SJU should take time to participate in celebration

Sunday, Sept. 21 marks the inauguration of the fifteenth president of the College of St. Benedict, Mary Hinton.

Since her visit to CSB as a presidential candidate last year, Hinton has made it clear that she wants to be as involved as possible with us, the student body.

And since being appointed president, she has done just that.

That’s not to say that past presidents have not lived up to such a claim, but Hinton has gone above and beyond. She has participated in the lighter events, such as meandering around the Involvement Fair to visit campus clubs, taking part in a video to announce the Illuminated Run

and holding open office hours for students to visit or express concerns.

But she has also been present for the heavier moments, such as the funeral of SJU senior John Kinney.

As a campus, we need to be sure to take the time to express our appreciation to Hinton. She is not required to be present at events such as the Involvement Fair, nor is she required to hold open office hours. She could be using the time she commits to such events to attend to her numerous other responsibilities, but she has chosen to put the student body at the forefront of her time in office.

L e t ’s h o p e t h e C S B / S J U community can return that same level of dedication and commitment.

Whether it is running the illuminated two-mile course around the CSB campus, listening to Saturday’s musical events or attending the induction ceremony, CSB/SJU students should take part in the inauguration. This is our school, this is our president— a leader to learn from and look up to. This weekend is a chance to demonstrate student appreciation for the woman who has already demonstrated her commitment to her students—a chance for CSB/ SJU’s famed value of community to shine through.

QUESTION OF THE WEEK What would the name of your autobiography be?

Blanca Dominguez Sophomore

Braden McCormack Junior

Johanna Garvin Senior

“The Marvelous Adventures Of A Young Adult.”

“The Life Of One Twin.”

“She’d Like To Push The Boundaries.”

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JESSICA LINDEMYER • jjlindemyer@csbsju.

There is a strange food shortage happening at St. Bens. It seems that Gorecki can’t keep their bagel supply stocked past 9:30 a.m. Why is that? Do Bennies and Johnnies really consume all of their bagels by midmorning? Is it that they physically cannot supply us with any more of the deliciously round pastries?

Can they not just pull more out of the freezer, or wherever they keep the treasured breakfast food, and prep them in time for the masses?

I just want to live in a world where bagels are free to be consumed at all hours of the morning.

-Nickolas Johnson, SJU sophomore

This has been a great inconvenience for me and my fellow classmates that are simply looking for an easy breakfast option.

Some days you just don’t have time to sit down and gorge on

French toast sticks. A bagel is the perfect solution, whether you’re rushing to class or racing to catch the Link.

Students pay an abominable fee to get the privilege to eat at both of our fine dining centers. It would be nice, for once, if I could get a bagel past the apparent feeding time. Much like the bagel, there is a hole in me.

I have a dream that one day I will walk into Gorecki at 9:45 a.m. and be able to munch on my much-desired bagel. I have a dream that bagels will be regarded as highly as the waffle maker, which is available at all times of the day. I will not rest until the kind Gorecki workers reply to my request for further bagels with a simple, “let me go grab more from the back.” I just want to live in a world where bagels are free to be consumed at all hours of the morning. Bagels and justice for all.

Sincerely, Nickolas Johnson SJU sophomore

In upcoming elections, students obligated to vote Dear Editor, The moral to this true story is simple: Please vote and speak out about your beliefs; they are precious rights.

Kpeedee Woiwar was a student in my first calculus class in Liberia in 1980. I started there four months after a military coup had overthrown the unrepresentative government of the descendants of freed American slaves which had ruled over the majority of the native born population. Kpeedee and most of the students at Cuttington University were excited about the prospect of a new start with the new but unknown military government. I recall him stopping me on campus to debate about whether capitalism or socialism would be better for African countries.

The military government outlawed all elections, even student council elections. In 1982 the administration appointed Kpeedee student council president. He and the six student council presidents of the vocational schools and the University of Liberia wrote an open letter to the head of government requesting that students be given the right to vote in student council elections.

They published this letter in the country’s only newspaper. In addition to this plea for the vote, the letter included one accurate sentence quite critical of the government. The seven students were arrested by the military, charged with treason, convicted and sentenced to death—for one letter.

The day before the students

were to be executed, the Head of State pardoned them in a carefully worded radio address. In that address he said he would never pardon anyone again (a promise he kept). When Kpeedee came back on campus, students and faculty all realized that he’d been tortured for the month he’d been held. He was a broken man. He became an informant for the government. Freedom of speech died that day at that college. No student ever spoke openly again about politics or any controversial topic.

I left the following year, but in that time I could see the accumulating deterioration of the political and economic situation.

The horrible Liberian civil war broke out in 1989. After the civil war the first election, which was far from free and fair, confirmed the brutal warlord Charles Taylor as President. His campaign included testimonies from people saying “He murdered my father; I will vote for him.” The implied threat was that if Taylor didn’t win, he’d start the fighting again.

Charles Taylor has now been convicted for crimes against humanity and Liberia has a freely elected President. But the way back has been difficult and still has a long way to go.

The right to vote and freedom of speech are the bedrock of liberty and democracy. Make sure you use them to preserve them.

Sincerely, Thomas Sibley, SJU Mathmatics Dept.

Submission Policy Michael Giebel Junior

Summit Kuehn Sophomore

Yannis Delaruelle Sophomore

“Roll Tide.”

“May Or May Not Need Jesus.”

“At The End, A New Beginning...”

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SPORTS

Editors Louis Hennessy • Emily McGrath lkhennessy@csbsju.edu • efmcgrath@csbsju.edu

CSB Soccer

The Blazer’s Favorite

It’s time for us to get a new official mascot

By Jake Schultz

jlschultz@csbsju.edu

PHOTO SUBMITTED BY MEGAN FAVORITE Megan Favorite returns to the turf as a senior in the 2014 season after being sidelined by an injury last year.

By Natalie Hager nahager@csbsju.edu

When playing soccer, one thing comes to mind—running. But the Blazers’ senior goalie Megan Favorite didn’t like that idea much. So she decided to take a shot at goalkeeping, and it stuck.

“I was kind of forced to play (goalie) because everyone was,” Favorite said. “But I soon realized that I didn’t have to run much and I was good at it, so might as well stick with it.”

Favorite’s love for the position grew as she realized she wasn’t afraid of getting dirty from diving in the mud to make saves, nor was she afraid of the ball.

“I found something I could do, and was good at it,” Favorite said.

Favorite was playing for Maple Grove High School when head coach Steve Kimball discovered her. “ We w e r e l o o k i n g f o r a goaltender, and she was crazy tall and had a reach on her,” Kimball said. “Anytime you can find a goalie with a basketball build, you look into it,”

“I honestly wasn’t considering St. Ben’s much,” Favorite said. “But I remember what Kimball said to me.—‘I just want you to choose a school that you can still go to even if you don’t make the team.’ And that really stuck with me.”

“I just knew that she would make not only a good Blazer, but a good Bennie,” Kimball said. “She had the perfect personality on and off the field.”

After her recruiting trip at St. Ben’s, she was sold and soon found herself on the CSB soccer team.

“Freshman year I was a deer in headlights,” Favorite said. “People thought I was good, but I didn’t have the confidence. I had a good team in front of me so I felt like I didn’t have to worry.”

In the 2011 season, Favorite was awarded Rookie of the Year.

Sophomore year, Favorite began to find more confidence in herself as a goalkeeper.

“Sophomore year was definitely my pivotal year,” Favorite said. “It was the year that I got to discover more.”

Last season, Favorite was only able to play two games before an injury took her out for the rest of the year. Despite her injury she kept her optimistic and positive attitude, remaining a strong part of the team.

“Because I was sidelined, I was able to explore what it meant to be a leader off the field,”

Favorite said. “And I kept thinking of what Kimball said to me when he recruited me, because I did fit in even though I wasn’t playing.”

Favorite could not emphasize enough the importance and closeness of her teammates.

“Honestly, they are some of the best people I have ever met,” Favorite said. “It is so cool to see how well our team works not only together, but for each other. It is rare to see people congratulate others who are took your place on the field, but they all recognize when someone does well, no matter what it was. And that just gives me the biggest warm-fuzzy.”

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Lone senior Megan Favorite returns for her fourth and final year as goalkeeper

It;s going to be hard to leave. Any time I think about Senior Night, I begin to cry.

-Megan Favorite, CSB senior

From celebrations on the field, to rambunctious bus rides to and from games, and the less-thanserious locker room talks, Favorite enjoys that there is never a dull moment with this team and they have been gelling well together.

“I obviously like winning, but for my last season, I just want to have fun,” Favorite said, “I want to enjoy my time with these girls.”

As the only senior, Favorite makes sure to lead the team, but

also accepts the support from other leaders.

“It’s so fun to see how they have developed,” Favorite said. “I feel so proud sometimes.” “‘Grandma’ we call her,” Kimball said, “We have coach, assistant coaches and Grandma.”

Goodbyes at the end of a year are always difficult, but this year will be different for coach Kimball with only one graduating senior.

“Well, the banquet will be nice and short,” Kimball said, “But like every year it is hard to say goodbye. I like to think that I have my two actual kids, and then 24 others that are mine, but I thankfully don’t have to pay tuition for.”

“It is going to be hard to leave.

Any time I think about Senior Night I begin to cry,” Favorite said.

“But I’m glad that I will have an opportunity to transition from soccer to school to the real world.”

Favorite hopes to go attend grad school after graduating from St. Ben’s and the application process is already underway.

Favorite finds herself in a bittersweet moment thinking about her last season.

“I’m going to miss it,” Favorite said. “But I am excited to establish Megan and not Faves. I want to know who I am without soccer. I need to know who I am without number 99.”

Johnnie golf swinging with success Team looks to gain momentum before conference tournament in October

By Emily McGrath efmcgrath@csbsju.edu

Fo r t h e Jo h n n i e g o l f t e a m t h e fall is a crucial time of the year. The conference tournament comes up in October and is a determining factor in the spring season. The team that takes first place also gains an automatic bid for the NCAA tournament. However, there is a bit that goes into the fall season.

The Johnnie team is very young this year.

After graduating four seniors, the team of 19 has 14 underclassmen playing. This has created a very different team dynamic.

“Your (team’s) personality changes each year,” head coach Bob Alpers said. “We have a good bunch of guys. It’s just going to take us a while to figure out who we are.”

Not only is this early part of the season important in placing the Johnnies in good position for the spring, it is also the time of the year when the players are vying for the top five playing spots on the team.

“We have the talent,” senior Drew Lynch said. “We just need to find the right mix. It’s about who wants it the most, who wants to win the most.”

The two seniors, Drew Lynch and Brett Draxler, are returning to take on leadership roles among the young team. Even though the team is young they have a lot of talent and aren’t afraid to go up against bigger schools.

At the Division I Minnesota Gopher

Invitational the Johnnies were the only DIII team there and finished fifteenth.

“It’s an unbelievable experience,” Draxler said.

In fact, many of the Johnnies golfed with men from the other teams growing up.

“Even though they’re DI, they aren’t that different than us.” Draxler said.

The Johnnie’s success continued as they moved on to the St. John’s Fall Invitational on Sept. 13. The team finished second out of eighteen teams falling to St. Thomas after leading on the back nine.

The team looks to continue their success through the fall season and have hopes of winning the conference tournament, with the top placing team receiving a bid to the national tournament in the spring.

“It (winning) takes a lot of pressure off for the spring,” Draxler said.

Traveling to Wisconsin next weekend, the Johnnies will take on UW-Eau Claire at the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire Invitational 8:30 a.m./10 a.m., Sept. 21.

PHOTO COURTESY OF ST. JOHNS MEDIA RELATIONS

When a team is losing, there’s almost always somebody to look to. The actual players may look to follow the coach or the experienced veteran. But who do the fans look to? At CSB/SJU, nobody.

The Blazers and Johnnies are faceless nations. Most people don’t even know why CSB teams are called “Blazers” (for what it’s worth, it’s short for Trailblazers).

I love the fact that the men of St. John’s are called Johnnies because I think that means something.

If you’re from Minnesota, or even the Midwest, the names Johnnies and Bennies carry a certain weight. They are respected and for a good reason. But when people try to visualize these names, they’re lost.

The Twins have TC, the Wild has Nordy, the University of Minnesota has Goldy. Even the Vikings have that creepy old guy who wears goldilocks and purple face paint at every game. Heck, even St. Thomas has their cat named Tommie. Mascots are undeniably a vital aspect of the sporting experience in Minnesota.

The Blazers, however, have nothing even close to consider their trademark representative and the Johnnies only have the Johnnie rat and the Rat Pack.

The Rat Pack is loved by everyone except the other team and rightfully so. Their cheering and positive attitude is valuable to every game they attend. They become part of the game and their stamina is herculean. While their fashion sense is impeccable, I think St. John’s is missing an overarching mascot—somebody that can put on the suit and become the Johnnie Rat. I know each member of the Rat Pack essentially has their own alter ego, but it’s easy to see who it is. The anonymity of a mascot is what makes it so successful and so lasting. TC the bear is still recognizable after all these years despite the fact that the person in the suit could have changed.

The same applies for the ladies of CSB. A physical representation of a Blazer would be tough but it’s necessary. The fans need somebody to lead cheers while being a character that can last for decades.

A mascot is something that is family-friendly while representing the school for what it is. The whole subject of why St. John’s is represented by a rat still mystifies me, but that’s another story. Yes, the mascot is born in sports but it’s something that transcends to the classroom and prospective students. Branding is extremely important in every walk of life, especially at colleges.

CSB/SJU has a great brand but it’s missing a physical representation of the brand. This is why we need a mascot.

We will always be Bennies and Johnnies. There’s no doubt about this and that’s how it should be. But we need something to show what it means to be proud Johnnies and Bennies. Something that people can take pictures with and that can sign autographs.

We need a mascot that people will remember and shows how great we really are.

Senior Drew Lynch scored a 76 at the St. John’s Fall Invitational.

This is the opinion of Jake Schultz, an SJU junior.

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SJU Cross Country

SEAN DONOHUE • smdonohue@csbsju.edu Members of the SJU cross country team, known for their brotherly friendship with one another and their passion for their craft, are in the dawn of a new era. With only four returning seniors this season, a youthful revolution is in the making for the self-proclaimed “Johnnies in the smoke.”

The brotherhood crossing

The tightly-knit Johnnie cross country team is all in as the race for the MIAC heats up

By Zach Brown

zmbrown@csbsju.edu

The last two seasons, junior runner Tommy Feichtinger has received a few lectures from cross country head coach Tim Miles on his offseason training techniques.

Maybe the third year’s the charm.

“We didn’t do it last summer, and Tim (Miles) kind of kicked our butts about it, and we needed that,” Feichtinger said. “Everybody came back fiercely this summer and trained hard. We’re in high mileage right now.”

Training hard this offseason has paid off early for the Johnnies. As they came in second

in their season opening meet at Luther College on Sept. 13.

The Johnnies were led by a solid group of juniors, with Feichtinger leading the team with a fourth place finish and Preston Zimny, Caleb LeClaire, Andrew Hansen and Jake Burr all finishing in the top 20. Other Johnnies looking to contribute this season include senior Kyle Rossow; sophomores Ryan Bugler, Beau Gerding and Maxwell Kuzara; and first-year Matthew Burgstahler.

The MIAC features some of the top cross country teams in the nation, including the defending national champions St. Olaf. Carleton and St. Thomas

also are certain to be tough teams to beat. However, the Johnnies feel that they have the ability to compete and stick with some of the stronger teams in the area.

“We’re just focusing on doing well at regionals and trying to get a spot at nationals this year,” Burr said. “The region is all up for grabs.”

Miles is known for getting his runners to perform best at the most important meets of the year, and this year will be no exception.

“He’s got forty years of research to pull in, so he’s got it down to a science,” Feichtinger said.

The size of the cross country team has showed the

growth of the program over the past few years. With 45 runners currently on the roster, including 14 first-years, the Johnnies hope to have plenty of depth to help lead them to success over the next couple seasons. “(The size of the team) makes it easier to focus on the team aspect of it,” Feichtinger said.

Even with the large team size, the well-known chemistry of the cross country runners may be another reason for the early success in the year. It is easy to find groups of Johnnie runners anywhere on campus, whether it be on the trails on campus or in the infamous TV room of the Reef,

which is known to be their unofficial headquarters.

“It really starts freshman year, and it starts at practice,” Burr said.

“We run with each other, and after practice we go with each other and eat at the Reef. After that, we’ll have a game night or just hang out and do homework at Sexton.

Those little activities help build the cohesiveness of the team.”

The Johnnie continue their season on the road Sept. 27 at the University of Minnesota for one of their biggest races of the year, the Roy Griak Invitational. The MIAC championships will be held on Nov. 1 in St. Paul, and NCAA regionals take place on Nov. 15.

Blazer tennis finding leadership in returning members Senior Ellie Black and sophomore Laura Finn rise to the challenge of leading young team

By Annie Dittberner

With their fall season fully underway, the Blazer tennis team has faced a tough schedule already.

On Sept. 13, the team traveled to the cities to compete in the MIAC Individual Tournament.

“I thought we really competed this weekend,” first-year Cassie Finn said. “We were able to see the other teams in the MIAC. I think that gives us an advantage for the spring season.”

Although no official scores or results were kept, several athletes picked up wins in both singles and doubles. Finn went 2-0 in the singles competition for CSB. Sophomore Laura Finn, senior Ellie Black, sophomore Erin Stocker and sophomore MacKenzie Rixe finished the

tournament with a 1-1 record.

Because five of the Blazers core group of returners are studying abroad this semester, the team switched up the singles lineup and tried new doubles combinations.

“We have a completely different dynamic this fall,” Black said. “We have three first-years and four sophomores and I am the only senior.”

Since fall is the team’s nontraditional season, Black said that their main goal is to get more comfortable on the court.

“We want to make the firstyears comfortable on the court and competing at their highest potential,” Black said. “So far, our three first-year players—(Cassie) Finn, Ellen Stensrud, and Taylor Kraemer—have approached the season with an eager attitude and are so fun to compete with.”

According to Black, there is no one tournament that is the most important.

“All of these tournaments are a chance to get better, stronger, and compete at a higher level,” Black said. “The fall helps us figure out doubles combinations and line ups, but most importantly, it is a chance to bond with each other before our MIAC play begins in the spring.”

“Rather than focusing on results, this part of our season is about improving our games and working on specific skills,” Rixie said. “Our team has had very close competition with the schools we have played. The scores were very close at every position and this is an indication that we will have a very strong team come spring time.”

The Blazers travel to the ITA

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amdittberner@csbsju.edu

Last Game Opponent: St. Scholastica W 3-0 (25-22, 25-20, 25-15) Sept. 6 Up Next Who: Dominican University When: 3:30 p.m., Sept. 13 Where: Oshkosh, Wisconsin

MIAC Standings Hamline Carleton St. Ben’s Carleton Bethel St. Catherine St. Thomas Saint Mary’s Concordia Macalester St. Olaf Gustavus

MIAC 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Overall 7-0 10-2 7-2 10-3 10-4 8-5 6-4 5-4 4-4 7-7 4-4 4-8

Last Game Opponent: UW-Eau Claire Win 31-7 Sept. 13 Up Next Who: Concordia When: 1 p.m., Sept. 20 Where: Collegeville, Minnesota

MIAC Standings MIAC

Concordia 0-0 Gustavus 0-0 Hamline 0-0 St. John’s 0-0 St. Thomas 0-0 Augsburg 0-0 Carleton 0-0 Bethel 0-0 St. Olaf 0-0

Overall 2-0 2-0 2-0 2-0 2-0 1-1 1-1 0-1 0-2

Last Game Opponent: Hamline Win 1-0 Sept. 16

Championships Sept. 19-20.

“Every tournament provides us with so much experience and indicates areas of our game to improve on,” Rixe said. “We learn

how to play with each other and really support each other on and off the court.”

SJU Soccer

CSB & SJU Cross Country

Last Game Opponent: Beloit College Win 3-0 Sept. 6

Up Next Who: Saint Olaf When: 3:30 p.m., Sept. 20 Where: Northfield, Minnesota

MIAC Standings MIAC St. Ben’s 1-0 Concordia 1-0 Augsburg 1-0 Macalaster 1-0 St. Olaf 1-0 Carleton 0-0-1 Gustavus 0-0-1 Hamline 0-1 St. Mary’s 0-1 St, Catherine 0-1 St. Thomas 0-1 Bethel 0-1

SEAN DONOHUE • smdonohue@csbsju.edu Senior Ellie Black (left) is the lone senior on the Blazer tennis team and is a favorite among her peers. Sophomore Laura Finn (right) won 16 singles-matches for CSB in 2013.

Overall 6-1 5-1 5-2 3-2 1-4 3-1-1 0-3-2 4-1-1 2-3 1-3-1 1-4 0-3-2

Up Next Who: Saint Olaf When: 1 p.m., Sept. 20 Where: Northfield, Minnesota

MIAC Standings St. Thomas Gustavus St. Olaf St. John’s Augsburg Concordia St. Mary’s Bethel Hamline Macalaster Carleton

MIAC 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-1

Overall 5-1 7-2 4-1 4-3 1-4-1 0-6 2-1-1 4-2 3-3-1 3-3-1 2-4

SJU

Last Meet Event: Luther College Invitational 2nd of 7 Sept. 13 Up Next Event: U of M Griak Invitational When: 10:40a.m., Sept. 20 Where: Falcon Heights, Minnesota

CSB

Last Meet Event: Luther College Invitational 1st of 7 Sept. 13 Up Next Event: Colorado College Invite When: 10:00 a.m., Sept. 20 Where: Colorado Springs, Colorado