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May 9, 2013

Since 1884

Students receive Fulbrights Brita Moore

“The numbers have grown from what used to

Staff Writer be just a few to a significant interest,” Sparkes

Two graduating seniors will begin their lives after Luther abroad.

Matt Lind (‘13) and Laura Harney (‘13) have been awarded grants from the Fulbright United States Student Program and will spend a year in Turkey and Ecuador, respectively.

Associate Dean and Director of College Honors Terry Sparkes works with students applying for Fulbright grants.

“The purpose and mission of Fulbright grants is to create deeper mutual Lind understanding among the people of the United States and other countries,” Sparkes said.

“It’s an opportunity for Americans to immerse themselves and contribute to the community in another country, and to bring that back home in a way that will influence their lives here.”

Luther’s overall interest in the prestigious Fulbright has increased in the recent past as there are more resources supporting these applications.

said. “Anywhere from six to 18 people from Luther have applied each year.”

Students can choose to apply to one of 155 countries and either research a topic of their choosing or teach. Harney and Lind both chose places based on connection they made with the culture based on previous travels.

Harney, a Spanish and biology major with an education minor, was intrigued by the idea of the scholarship but was concerned about her student teaching requirement. More investigation, however, encouraged her to adapt her teaching plans.

“The more I looked at what Fulbright’s mission was, the more I realized that it aligned completely with what I would like to be doing,” Harney said.

Harney, who first traveled to Ecuador during spring of 2012, will travel there on the English Teaching Assistantship grant. She will work with university students to teach American cultural ideas.

“I get the amazing opportunity to be in Courtesy of Laura Harney

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A full and bright future. Laura Harney (‘13) shares hugs with friends met during her semester abroad.

Additional photos courtesy of Matt Lind

Symposium success Abby Carpenter

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Smarty pants. Students share research with professors during the afternoon poster presentation session held in Valders.

Staff Writer

The Research Symposium held on May 3, was especially unique, as President Richard Torgerson was honored during the opening ceremony with the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit, given on behalf of His Majesty King Harald V of Norway.

“Because President Torgerson has been so energetic and encouraging in these types of opportunities for students, we thought it was appropriate as he is departing to take a few moments, on this day in particular, and say ‘thank you.’” Associate Dean and Director of College Honors Terry Sparkes said. “And it just so happens that we could arrange for this to also be the day on which he is presented the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit.”

The opening convocation continued by honoring students who compiled their research into two keynote addresses. The first of these presentations included the group of Melanie Grangaard (‘13), Matt Lind (‘13) and Adam Sorenson (‘14) who researched the history and the role of the Oneota Co-op in the Decorah Research Symposium

LIS pulls anti-virus Eve Christensen

Staff Writer

LIS recently announced that they will no longer offer Sophos as a free anti-virus option. Students and faculty must remove Sophos from their personal computers and install new anti-virus software in its place.

The change by LIS came suddenly to the Luther community.

The decision to no longer offer this service, however, has been in planning for a year.

Director of User Services for LIS Diane Gossman said the decision was partly based on numbers. Only half of the student body uses Sophos, and of those students two-thirds were Mac users. Apple provides Sophos anti-virus software free, so software. For PC users, Microsoft Security Essentials is a free product that also works well as anti-virus software.

“Certainly, if someone wants to buy another anti-virus, that’s “We’ve said at the Help Desk for years, you have to use an anti-virus,” LIS Workstation Support Communications Administrator Matt Hughes (‘97) said. “We don’t care what it is, but you have to have an [sic] anti-virus.”

Money played a smaller part in the decision to no longer provide Sophos. Luther pays to use the cheaper, business version of the software, unlike individual Mac users.

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Three Elizabeths and an Amy

Doppelgangers.

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“They are three women all of the same

maybe it’s a little bit weird that she

mom questions, “Lord, what is that

just struck by that coincidence,” Weldon Associate Professor of English said.

Amy Weldon read excerpts from She found their lives intersecting in her manuscript, other ways too, namely in “Three Elizabeths: An that all three Elizabeths Imagining” on May 2 for were very creative. an audience of Luther Weldon mentioned that students and faculty. this is where she finds her The project is a work of connection to the three creative nonfiction that Elizabeths. is focused on the lives of “I, like them, am a three women who were all woman who was born born in the 1920s, raised in the South who has in the South and named creative ambitions who Elizabeth. Weldon began has left the South for working on the project a good,” Weldon said. “I’m couple of years ago when away from home doing she first started to notice creative things, living a Amy Weldon the similarities between different kind of life.” co-founder of the New York Review Weldon, like the women in her work, of Books Elizabeth Hardwick, writer is familiar with feeling out of place Elizabeth Spencer and Weldon’s own because of her interests. great aunt Elizabeth Weldon.

“There was always this thought that

it’s a little bit weird that she writes these stories. People didn’t know what to do with it.”

Nevertheless, she does not think this attitude is completely unique to the South and believes that, to some extent children everywhere who enjoy reading have to struggle against popular opinion.

“I don’t think this is unique to the south at all,” Weldon said. “To some degree in this culture if you’re going to be an artist and you’re going to be a thinker or you’re going to do something else that doesn’t make you fifty million dollars in the first year you’re doing it, you’re going to have people asking you, ‘why are you bothering with this?”

Weldon’s southern roots showed through at the reading as she lent a heavy twang to the voices of the Elizabeths’ musings. In her work, one Elizabeth rages, “Son-of-a-bitch ain’t got no sense” while another Elizabeth’s

At one point in the novel, Elizabeth Weldon’s interaction with a young man busking outside a supermarket is a work of Weldon’s invention. This is where Weldon says her manuscript gets complicated and why it is labeled as creative nonfiction. Weldon asserts that she has a source for the majority of the project but that it’s not a traditional biography. She thinks works like these are becoming more and more popular.

“In 1993 when I was a college sophomore, nobody was using the word creative nonfiction that I ever heard,” Weldon said. “People were calling it journalism or essays. Today, however, works of creative nonfiction are commonplace. It’s a hugely popular genre, people have really made the world safe for experimental nonfiction.”

Weldon hopes to complete the manuscript soon and send it to a publisher.

Staff Writer generation who all left the South; I was reads so much,” Weldon said. “Maybe child thinkin’ now?”

Ylvisaker Hall celebrates 50th anniversary Emily Gehlsen

Staff Writer

First-year residence hall J. Wilhelm Ylvisaker Hall turns 50 this year and will be celebrated by residents and staff this week.

Ylvisaker Hall was built in 1963. It was originally an allmale hall, while Brandt Hall was Ylvisaker eventually became a co-ed hall after many years. The building was named after Luther “I really like Ylvi,” Ylvisaker Hall Director Sarah Stadie (‘11) said. “It’s a pretty laid back community and it is very unique compared to Brandt and Olson.

The birthday party will be a fun celebration.”

Ylvisaker houses 256 students halls. Ylvisaker Hall follows Brandt Hall and Olson Hall which opened in 1949 and 1955, respectively. Larsen Hall is the oldest hall at Luther, having opened in 1907. Farwell Hall remains the newest hall at Luther since it opened in 1991. Both Larsen and Farwell house upperclassmen.

Ylvisaker Hall was renovated just once before President Torgerson’s time here at Luther.

Ylvisaker was then renovated Luther to be renovated during Torgerson’s presidency. Ylvisaker

Happy birthday Ylvi! will be getting minor renovations this summer, including new carpet and lounge furniture.

Ylvisaker has four Resident

live in the center of the hall. Each RA only has fourteen residents living in their wing, which is the

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smallest of any residence hall on campus.

“It’s fun having four RAs right next to each other,” Ylvisaker RA Anna Dieter (‘15) said. “It’s good to have those more personalized relationships with your residents.”

Ylvisaker Hall residents, alumni and staff will be celebrating the building’s 50th birthday on Friday, May 10. A party will be held on Ylvisaker Hall’s front lawn including activities such as sand volleyball, sidewalk chalk, karaoke and snacks and cake. The event will be held from 7 p.m.-10 p.m.

“It’s an awesome time to celebrate the awesome building we live in,” Dieter said. “It’s everyone should be taking it easy before they dig into studying.”

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3 missing women found in Cleveland; man arrested Three women who went missing about a decade ago were found alive Monday in a residential area just south of downtown, and a man was arrested.

Cheering crowds gathered Monday night on the street near the home where police said Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michele Knight were found earlier in the day.

Police didn’t immediately provide any details of how the women were found but said they appeared to be in good health.

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Shopping sustainably. Last year’s Trash to Treasure collection brought in people of the Decorah area.

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is always working to reduce campus waste, and move-out week is no exception. From May 12 to 16 the Sustainability faculty and student workers will be collecting donations for Trash to Treasure, a sale on May 17 and 20 that will resell recycled items from residence halls.

“So much reusable stuff is thrown away every year,” Sustainability worker Sarah Forsythe (‘15) said. “Everyone at Luther wants to see us cut down on our carbon and waste footprint, and this sale is a great way to do so.”

In past years, the final weeks at Luther College have annually generated 27 tons of garbage. Waste reduction efforts by Luther College and Sustainability have brought that number down in recent years, but the amount of garbage accumulated during the final weeks is still incredibly large.

The Trash to Treasure sale was created in response to this high level of waste.

“The Decorah community has sometimes called finals week at Luther ‘shopping in a

said. “There are all these great, usable items that just get thrown away, and that’s where Trash to Treasure comes in.”

The sale is hosted by the Luther College Junior Varsity men’s basketball team and is sponsored by Sustainability.

Held in the red barn next to Baker Village, the sale has accumulated a large variety of items in past years. Students may be surprised by what items they can donate.

“Really, almost anything is accepted,” Kambs said.

“Couches, TVs, school supplies, even bottles of shampoo are all great donations.”

In addition to assisting with the Trash to Treasure efforts, Sustainability will be placing “Move Out Waste Diverters” outside of each residence hall during finals week. These students will help their peers decide what to send to the trash and what to recycle.

“Finals week gets so busy, it can be easy to just throw away your trash without sorting through it,” Michona Johns (‘15) said. “Having students there who can help you decide what to recycle will make it much easier.”

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Staff Writer Steward Erika Kambs (‘08) these waste diverters will make

students more conscious of their waste habits and encourage recycling. These waste diverters will be both Sustainability workers and volunteers.

“If you want to start living a sustainable life and you’re not sure how, [volunteering] is a great way to start,” Forsythe said. “Not only will volunteering help you be more aware of your own waste habits, but you will also be cutting down on campus waste.”

Students can sign up to be a waste diverter on the Sustainability website. Shifts are only a couple hours, and students can sign up individually or in a group. Students and faculty in the Sustainability office are optimistic about this year’s waste reduction efforts, and hope to see even more involvement.

“We would love to see students volunteer and actively help reduce move out waste at Luther,” Kambs said. “We need a lot of boots on the ground for this effort, and participating in the Sustainability waste reduction efforts is a great way for students to come together at the end of the year to clean up their campus.”

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*** Study sets off immigration bill squabble A bipartisan Senate immigration bill would cost the government a net people now living in the U.S. illegally, the Heritage Foundation said in a

The study from the prominent conservative think tank said immigrants granted new legal status under the bill would eat up more than $9 trillion while contributing only around $3 trillion in taxes. Republicans and conservative groups who support the bill quickly countered that the overhaul, including a more robust workforce that would boost the gross domestic product.

*** Giant rubber duck makes splash in Hong Kong harbor A six-story-high rubber duck is making a big splash in Hong Kong.

Victoria Harbor in front of Hong Kong’s signature skyscraper skyline.

Tourist Zhang Wenjin from Shanghai says it’s a big surprise. “This is huge. My daughter liked it when she saw it just now. Because kids like cute stuff.”

Yu Kwan Yee of Hong Kong was part of the crowd. “The duckie is swimming,” the 2 1/2-year-old said.

Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman created the bright-yellow duck, and it was built of PVC material in New Zealand by a company specializing in large sails.

The duck has been transported around the world since 2007, bringing a message of peace and harmony. It has previously been to Osaka, Japan, Sydney, Sao Paulo, Auckland, New Zealand and Amsterdam.

It will be anchored at a Hong Kong terminal for display until June.

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Unusual sight. Even though

One-wheeled wonder The fruits of his efforts are evident. Boelter can now make it from Ylvisaker Hall to the Union, and hopes to eventually be able to carry his backpack and ride to classes.

“You start out by the wall, just pedaling back and

Peter Jarzyna

Staff Writer and break away from the wall. Once you get your

momentum going it’s a lot easier. It takes a lot of leg strength to go up and down hills though; you have to

It’s a blader! It’s a boarder! Wrong, it’s Matt Boelter (‘16) on his unicycle.

The circus may not be coming to Decorah, but many are spotting this one-wheeled phenom on one stretch of sidewalk or another.

This past summer, Boelter wandered into a bike shop with some friends, not expecting to purchase anything. His fate changed when a store attendant offered to let him try out a lone unicycle that had caught his attention.

The leopard-print seat of the unicycle is too inviting to resist, so I decide to give riding a try myself. As per Boelter’s advice, I begin my center of balance. It’s fall almost immediately. from Boelter can’t get the pedals moving for me.

“It’s important to look straight ahead instead of down at the ground, and using your arms to balance

-Matt Boelter (‘16)

have to lean forward a bit too. It’s all about which way practice riding.

“For two weeks I told myself I had to practice

The unicycle is just one hobby in a bag of skills Boelter has enjoyed discovering and cultivating.

I got the hang of it. I rode pretty intensely for those two weeks, then put it away for the winter. When I picked it

“It’s that challenge that drives me – putting work into things that seem impossible, and seeing what comes out Focus.

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Slacking off Ingrid Baudler

Staff Writer Sand has also tried new moves, and he dreams of being able to do more.

“I can jump and bounce on my butt and bounce back

blooming and the slacklines are sprouting up.

Slacklining has become more and more popular on campus over the last couple years.

“It’s really just a big test of balance, patience and the (‘14) said.

Another way students like to challenge their slacklining abilities is to adjust the height or length of the slackline.

Increasing the length of the line makes it even wobblier in the middle.

“A couple of weeks ago we set up one out in front

posts. It is different from tightrope walking because the said. “In order to keep it so the middle didn’t touch the attempt to walk barefoot across it to start out.

While Sand enjoys challenging himself and strengthening his abilities – he, along with many others on campus – is mainly focused on the social aspect of the sport. up and take a couple more steps. be a freak athlete or really into a certain activity to be they would compete to see who could walk the farthest, marking their distance with sticks and trying to beat it. to use your arms to shift your weight.

“You have to balance on one foot while also balancing Once they could walk across without falling, they tried some tricks on the slackline.

Rec sports also sets up a slackline in the spring, although they’ve had to cancel recently due to the weather.

Sand and Broner are looking to set up a slackline at the ropes course that people can harness into.

No matter where it is, if you see a slackline strung up on campus, go ahead and hop on.

Senior Profiles: Seth Rumage Bailey Mulholland

Staff Writer

What are some activities you’ve been involved in while at Luther?

I play Ultimate Frisbee, and I’m the facilitator for FOCUS. I’ve been really involved in College Ministries all three years – the religion department too. [I consider] the religion faculty and pastors here role models. I’ve never had any issues with feeling accepted here at Luther.

What are your plans for the near future?

want to work in an urban church. [My hometown of] Davis is very small and rural, Decorah’s be working in a city… [doing] social outreach stuff. I feel like there’s such a big disparity in America – I want to help the other people who maybe aren’t doing so well.

Childhood ambitions?

When I was younger I wanted to be an astronaut. I still have a bookshelf in my room full of books about space and NASA, and I went to space camp. I also want to write a book, about anything. I just think [it’d be cool] to be published.

Seth Rumage Major:

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Beyond the classroom Luther art showcase “The Surplus Bulletin” will be displayed in professional Miami gallery this August.

Jayne Cole

News Editor

According to visiting artist Odalis Valdivieso, a “surplus” comes from translating data into practical knowledge.

“More or less, that is what you get out of art school,” Valdiveiso said.

After her visit to Luther last fall, the photographer, curator and Miami resident decided to bring the college’s surplus of knowledge into a professional gallery.

be held in Miami in August. (‘13), Ben Holmberg (‘14), Dialaura LeFebvre (‘14), Katleyn Kluge (‘13), Weselmann (‘13), along with Moore and Art Gallery Coordinator David Kamm, the show offers an experience to exhibit outside Luther.

“I am looking forward to not being labeled as a student,” Kosgaard said.

“And to the feedback, both good and bad.”

Kosgard’s collection, entitled “The Market” was inspired by a study-abroad trip to Peru, where she encountered rows of carcasses in the meat markets.

“I wanted to translate flesh and understand it through paint,” Kosgard said.

LeFebvre hopes that a different audience will be able to respond to her oil paintings, which examine people’s perception of the villain and hero in

familiar cartoons.

“The people will be talking and responding in their own way,” LeFabrve said.

The show, however, was not created solely to show Luther’s talents across the country, but also to evoke conversation. Valdivieso and Moore hope the exhibit will prompt the question of what constitutes considering a work as art instead of a visual exercise for class. “[This show] will diminish the whole student feel,” Weslemann said.

“Having work hung next to a professor’s shows maturity as an artist.”

The conversation of art legitimacy specifically holds precedence in the academic setting.

“As educators, our fingerprints are present,” Moore said. “But I hope that [the visual exercises] are able to function as artworks outside of the undergraduate context.”

One goal of the show is to make artists question if what starts in school ever really ends.

“The trick is getting students to recognize when these visual/aesthetic exercises are producing something interesting,” Moore said. “I think it has to do with ownership … we are giving constantly to students, saying, ‘try this, take this, what about this idea.’”

Valdivieso hopes that through this experience, the featured artists will be able to grasp a sense of the future and challenge them to consider their futures as artists.

“I even like to be able to offer a transformative experience,” Valdivieso said. “Generating knowledge and stimulating self-discovery through thinking and practice.”

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Peace, love and gospel

Sam Molzahn

Staff Writer

An opening chord from a piano kick-start a bass riff and drums to keep the beat as the Luther College Gospel Choir opens their spring concert with rousing vocals and raucous the performers and audience continue to clap and feel the music.

Through passionate call-and-response, Brendan Adams conducts the choir, band and audience, encouraging everyone to participate.

“It shows that [the students] really want to branch out to different types of music,” Adams said. “Luther is known as a very good classical school and it shows that they really want to branch out to different types of cultures.”

Gospel Choir is a non-auditioned choir at Luther, supported

by College Ministries and the Diversity Center. Adams, a

“It’s a really fun, low-key singing group focused on gospel music,” Becca Rudquist (‘14) said. “If you want to go with a run or add in a harmony you just do it … People just play with their parts and sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t, but it’s fun to do.”

The choir learns their music by ear, not from sheet music, allowing performers to take musical liberties.

“There is a different energy than any other group that I’ve been with because it feels like it’s soul music,” Rudquist said.

“Everyone is smiling during our whole practice; everyone is smiling during our whole performance.”

The large catalogue of music the choir sings comes from many different sources.

“We’ll watch YouTube videos or listen to songs, or Brendan will sing it for us and we’ll sing back,” Rachel Miessler (‘13) said. “A lot of call-and-response; it’s the traditional way to learn gospel music.”

Because the choir is not a formal choir in the Music

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Department, they only have a few practices per semester, usually every two weeks or once a month, with performances either on campus or in a church in Decorah. This irregular “The most rigorous part is just learning quickly,” Laura Christensen (‘13) said. “You show up to rehearsal and we have two hours to learn everything we that we need to know to perform the next day.”

Despite meeting six or seven times a semester, the members “I came once and I just kept coming back,” Miessler said. sometimes we have 35 people singing. But the same feel of the community is still present. Everybody is really welcoming.”

Christensen noted that many stay because of the community.

“It’s not hard to get people to stay,” Christensen said.

“People who come more than once tend to stick around.

Once you’re in, you always come back.”

Decorah, the choir travelled to Chicago this semester to

choirs performing enjoyed having Luther at the event. “[The other choirs] were surprised by the sound that came out of [Luther’s Gospel Choir],” Adams said. “The choir already got an invitation to come back next year.”

Those interested in joining Gospel Choir may contact All are welcome to join, no auditions necessary.

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Dance 230 heads north for Ontario Regional Contact Jam. Katherine Mohr

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while facilitating class one day, had his classmates try to consider what home meant to them.

“We’re all in different places here in our home,” Nicole Billips (‘14) said. “That’s a concept that goes on consistently throughout life.”

The work’s title also corresponds to

While most students experienced the last weekend, eight students and one professor drove 13 hours to Canada for a celebration of dance.

Contact Improvisation II class to Kitchener, Ontario over the weekend to participate in

hailing from places like Michigan, New Hawley’s students have spent all semester learning the concepts associated with contact improvisation, a form of dance exploring points of physical contact through improvisational movement.

Over the weekend they participated in workshops and contact improvisation jams while also presenting their own work, a showcase entitled “Dancing with the Although contact improvisation is largely spontaneous, the class developed the score (a basis of movements or ideas the movements are based upon) inspired by the class’ assigned text, “Composing While Dancing” by Melinda Buckwalter.

“It’s very much practiced, we all know what the score is in our head, but we have to be immediate in the moment while making decisions physically,” Hawley said.

The idea for the score was initially conceived by Adam Meyer (‘15) who,

Home.”

According to Hawley, a trip is important for her class because it allows the students to experience how other dancers incorporate contact improvisation into their lives.

“I’m excited for the students to be exposed to an international dance community of professionals and people who also dance for a hobby and have other careers,” Hawley said before the trip. “I think it will really inspire the students to not only see dance as a possible way to make a living and have a vocation, but also to see how no matter what their vocation is they can dance anywhere, at any age.”

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Back to back. Adam Meyer (‘15) and Michael Ehrecke (‘15) rehearse contact improvisation in preparation for the Ontario Regional Contact Jam.

moves and what moves it, whether it’s an emotional thing [or] where it’s something that’s physical like following paths of movement.”

The dancer can be in contact with any number of objects.

said. “Whether it be contact with another

improvisation] and your perception of that sensation and how you develop the initial

period of time.

“Contact improvisation is an intimate dance form,” Maronde said. “It’ll push [us]

Because contact improvisation is a touch-based dance, students have formed a comfortable bond within their class.

However, they anticipated a challenge in

outside of what [we’re] comfortable with.”

Billips believes this comfort zone is based on social norms.

“In our society, touch is such a taboo thing at times,” Billips said. “Even eye contact, that’s a touch and something we can’t even do sometimes. In this class we are so open and it’s not even that we’re forced to be open, it comes so naturally because that’s what it is.”

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Gospel truth. The Luther College Gospel Choir performed a spring concert for students and community members at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church on Sunday, May 5.

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Editorial

Let the Chips fall where they may what I wanted to do with my life, or even what I wanted to major in. I was working at Marty’s, and looking for something different.

One day, I picked up a copy of Chips, and

Michael Crowe

Editor-in-Chief

In my time with Chips, I’ve often been asked where our publication gets its name.

Way back when, our founding Chipsters saw the issues we cover as large pieces of wood – the logs, if you will. They were of the belief that it is the duty of this paper to attack those issues, those logs, and let the will – to let the chips fall where they may.

That’s what we all need to remember in our lives after this place.

My time with Chips has been a happy accident. When I applied for a position as a staff writer, I didn’t care. I just needed a work study job. It was the end of freshman year, I was taking Gen Eds, and didn’t know

not? If I have to have a job, that seems as good as any. Little did I know all the places it would take me.

In my time with Chips, I’ve had the pleasure of covering the ups and downs of the amazing, vivacious community we cultivate here on campus. Whatever your opinion of our coverage, that’s irrefutable.

I’ve met many of my best friends, some of the most important people in my life. I’ve been challenged in my own beliefs, and had the opportunity to watch new hires grow and develop.

Occasionally, I’ve failed, too. When I started at Chips, I had no prior experience.

I screwed up. It was a front-page piece covering the Homecoming parade in 2010, when an alum snuck into the parade wearing a burka and proclaimed himself the “Taliban Princess.” My coverage was lacking, overeditorialized and as a result, we received a letter of complaint. But, you’ve got to take the good with the bad. I learned more from that experience than from any successful piece I’ve ever written.

Focusing on the good

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One of the saddest things about graduation is leaving behind a community where you truly feel like you are a contributing member.

Even more painful is the knowledge that the community will go on without you.

Chips, just like Luther, is greater than the sum of its parts. With or without me, Chips will continue on, week by week, 12 pages at a time. Luther as an entity is the same way.

Together, we’re more than we’d be alone.

But inherently, these institutions continue – whether we’re here or not.

But don’t let that be sad; let it be our proudest achievement. We’ve all been a part of something that endures. Ethan and I are passing the reins to leaders who will do even more. I’m proud to say Chips is in good hands.

Now, on the threshold of a career in Journalism, it’s clear to me that Chips was my most transformative experience at Luther College, and it almost didn’t happen except for my chance encounter with a discarded piece of newsprint. It has been a beautiful coincidence in my life, and focused me in my goals. Keep that in mind as we go forward from this place. Don’t worry about the little things. They work themselves out.

Attack the logs.

And, as always, let the Chips fall where they may.

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May 9, 2013

Casey DeLima

Staff Writer

This year was a whirlwind, and if I could say anything about my time during my sophomore year at Luther, I'd say that most of that time was spent growing. Growing up has brought with it some wonderful things as well as great memories, but it also has brought with it the looming realization that all too often human lives are plagued by tragedy and that often these tragedies have been caused by humans themselves.

With the Boston Marathon bombings, the numerous shootings across the country and genocides and war all over the world, we're reminded often of all the violence there is in the world. It's enough to really bring a person down.

As a social work major, I am preparing for working handson, not only with victims of violence, but perhaps even with the perpetrators themselves, and so I'm having to think about so many differet kinds of violence and troubles on a daily basis in my classes. Social work is not the only major that wrenches open your eyes and forces you to view this violence; That's part of being a human, we have no choice but see it by just living.

As a highly sensitive person, I get really bogged down by certain topics, and one night I turned to my friend and asked her how it was possible to keep faith in humanity. She took a few moments to think and responded, “If you can't find faith in humanity, then you have to be the faith yourself.”

My friend was right. There may be a lot of bad things happening in the world, and though our shock and disgust may be valid, there is nothing that can be done with our cries. In order for the world to have faith in humanity, the world must indeed become the faith in humanity first. For lack of a better phrase to use, we must be the change we wish to see in the world.

However, I really feel as though I'm preaching to the choir right about now. I've never been surrounded by a population that was so full of generous, kind and genuinely good people.

For every jerk, I could find you at least ten wonderful people.

That leads me to wonder if people are inherently good, the bad things caused by humans are really just a difference in thoughts and perspectives. Sometimes these differences are very small and sometimes they are colossal. Those differences cannot be denied – the stuff we see on the news reminds us of that. However, when you think about it, the people who we consider “bad people” probably don't go to sleep in a dark house and sit on a throne of skulls. A lot of times they might have a family to come home to and sit down and eat a meal with. So maybe just because someone does something wrong, it doesn't make them a bad person.

By no means am I saying it's all right for people to hurt other people; I am in fact very against that. What I'm saying is that I truly believe that, deep down, people are good.

People do amazing, beautiful things every day, even if it seems insignificant to the rest of the world. Perhaps if we focused a little more on all of the great things people do for others every day and contributed to that good ourselves, we could eventually make it all outweigh the bad.

Check out additional letters to the editors written by Marley Crossland (‘15), Elliot Drake (‘13) and Thupstan Chotak (‘13) on our website at www.lutherchips.com/opinions.

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Opinion

May 9, 2013

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Editorial: Great taste, less filling

The haunting in Decorah

Ethan Groothuis

Managing Editor

I always thought it was funny watching alumni return to campus. They crept around

and haunted all areas of the grounds, even dormitory hallways, always eager to point out to their duckling-like children and grandchildren what once was or how great it used to be. I found it especially amusing seeing throngs of grey-haired, adorable couples lined up to get a taste of the cafeteria and other such things I regarded as banal and ordinary.

With maturity and years passed, my mood changed. I started getting closer and closer to becoming an alumnus myself, and even though Luther will always feel like home to me, I realized it is truly the home to those currently studying and living here.

I realized the closer I get to the end, the longer and more wonderful my time here felt, but too late for me to truly appreciate my time with some of the greatest people

life has to offer. It was like opening an old immediately send you back and relive them, even if just for a second. The exciting adventures, the crazy antics, and even all the times spent sitting around in a stuffy dorm room shine in comparison to the imagined future at a cubicle, solely working for the weekend.

I could always come back to visit. If Luther is known for anything, it is how welcoming and warmly it embraces alumni, from the ecstatic reunions at Homecoming to the mind-numbing extravagance of Christmas at Luther. But like those grey-haired alumni, it would never be the same – every building, every vision just a dulled nostalgia of the back before my eyes.

As time continues to speed forward, how can I still not look back at my Luther experience with such fondness? The greatest adventures of my life happened here. The transformation into who I am today would never have happened without walking through Luther’s proverbial gates and taking that major leap forward. My 18 to 22-yearold self will forever be locked and sealed to this location – even if the cafeteria or any other building vastly changes from how I remember it. print when you agree to a life changing experience. You should expect to see me in the future, haunting the halls and wide open lawns just trying to recapture glimpses of what once was, chasing my 18-year-old self with a wide smile on my face.

Editorial: Ben there, done that

Some final advice

Benj Cramer

Head Copy Editor

like to share with you some of what I told them.

Never let anyone tell you that you can’t do something.

I cannot stress the importance of this enough. It seems like common sense, but you might be surprised at the sources of much of the negativity in your life. Usually you will hear antagonizing or cynical comments from friends or family, but occasionally it may come from a mentor or teacher—someone you look up to.

Throughout my life I have been told that I wouldn’t graduate high school, I wasn’t a good person, that I was making Luther look bad; I was too poor, too stupid or that I would never succeed in life. Each and every one of these things was said to me by someone that I looked up to or cared about – many of them teachers, or even professors.

As many of you know, my childhood was extremely rough. I

Despite these and many other challenges, I pushed ahead. I am no stranger to cynics, so whenever someone tells me that I can’t do something, I don’t lash back at them. I politely nod and thank them for their input, and I move on. Life is too short to try they feel, and words aren’t enough to change them. I have to power to succeed.

We are constantly growing and changing, but don’t think for a second that you can make someone change. You can never make anyone do anything; you can only make them want to do something. That being said, form relationships with those who recognize what is in their best interest. Invest in people who are constantly trying to better themselves, and in turn you will better yourself as well.

Always try to inspire others. I know how much an encouraging

isn’t much), and it has made me strong. I fought insurmountable the same sense of ambiguous nostalgia that I so often portray. ugly-cry has happened, life will carry on, much as it tends to do.

In my senior year of high school, I was asked to offer a bit of advice in a small speech to some of the underclassmen. I would

disorder and a childhood speech disorder on my own. Although diagnosed and medicated for these issues, inconsistent medical insurance kept me from receiving the “proper” treatment I needed.

a reminder that I deserve anything I am willing to work for.

Whenever I meet someone in whom I see great potential, I will do everything I can to help them realize their greatness. And I hope you will do the same.

Thank you, Luther College, for four great years.

Opinion: My latest obsession

The love of goodbyes

Tyler Hagy

Columnist

You know what I love? Goodbyes. I just love being able to say goodbye to people, knowing that I'll never see them again. It's actually one of my hobbies! If you see me around campus, you might hear me say "goodbye forever!" I often tell people that it's a joke, but it's not.

Just so you know. I really just don't want to see them again. It's nothing personal; I just love saying goodbye!

It's great because I can legitimately say goodbye to a lot of people at Luther, since I'm graduating in a couple weeks.

Soon my "goodbye forever" will take on

a whole new meaning – it really might be for forever (and, of course, that would be my preference). Again, it's nothing against the people at Luther; I just can't stand seeing people again after I've told them goodbye.

I really hate hellos. There's nothing worse than seeing someone on the sidewalk, in Marty's, or in rehearsal for “Belshazzar's Feast” (coming soon to a Center for Faith and Life near you!) and telling them "hello." What comes next? You have to start a conversation with them... "How was your day? What's new in your life?

How's Paideia treating you? Are you ready for your new position as King of Luther?”

(Yeah, I'm looking at you, Charlie Bruer!).

I guess what I'm trying to say is that I hate conversation with people. Inanimate with my television set next week. But I digress. I just can't hold conversations with people. They bore me more than words can describe.

I will say that I am a veritable wordsmith who can craft the most verbose and complicated sentences known to man. But where's the fun in that? I'd rather sit around in my sweatpants and white v-neck t-shirt, eating gallons of ice cream, and watching “Love Actually” for the 1,037,203th time.

What's wrong with that?

I would much rather say goodbye than

hello. It just makes things so much easier.

Because once you get to know someone, it makes saying goodbye that much harder.

That's why it will be so hard to say goodbye to Luther – its places and its people. You get to know a place – perhaps spend four years of your life there – and one day you have to say goodbye. Once you do that, things can never be the same. Yes, there will still be people you know; yes, there will be experiences that will go on after you; yes, there will be groups that last past your tenure. That's the nature of life. I would much rather say goodbye at the beginning and leave it at that. The alternative is just too sad. Until next time ... Allons-y!

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Headline News

May 9, 2013

Torgerson, research celebrated Abby Carpenter/Chips

Smart singing. Student emsembles performed in the atrium throughout the afternoon poster session. Over 200 students particpated in Research Symposium.

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community. The second address, given by Shane Wilson (‘13), presented on how applied mathematics can contribute to solving health issues, such as the mosquito-borne disease Dengue fever.

Sparkes felt that the opening sessions set a high standard for the rest of the day.

“We open with the opening plenary session to celebrate the work, to acknowledge the students who have the courage and the insight and the excitement to present and to energize people into going out for the rest of the day,” Sparkes said.

Students were then encouraged to partake in a variety of oral and poster presentations during the day, set in buildings around campus. Two nighttime performances of “Orpheus in the Underworld” and “Arcadia” concluded the day.

Participants must apply to the symposium through the Honors Committee. This year the commitee received 110 applications year students chosen to Paideia research papers, totaling the number of students involved to nearly 200.

“I’d say we are among the leaders in colleges providing this type of opportunity and opening it to students who simply are motivated to do this, rather than the faculty or administration selecting who would be eligible,” Sparkes said.

The variety of subjects and topics presented keeps students interested. Samantha Ea (‘16) was excited to participate in her “I really enjoyed all of the presentations because it’s just fun to see what everyone has to present and what they found out about their topic,” Ea said. “If I had to pick one that I enjoyed the most,

it would probably be the session about Living Life in Decorah and Kirk Lehmann’s (‘13) presentation of More than the Java Jive: Coffeehouses in Decorah, just because I love coffee and his presentation was really fun and interesting.”

The research symposium was not only enjoyed by students and community attendees, but was also a great experience for the presenters. Paideia student Emma Cassabaum (‘16) researched “I was just excited to get the chance to share my work. I have no qualms about public speaking, so I was pretty relaxed and just enjoyed the experience,” Cassabaum said. “It was great to be able to present my ideas and research in a more conversational way. I also enjoyed seeing so many people there to listen to our work who were genuinely interested in what we were doing.”

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LIS student worker Dylan Essing (‘14) has helped to remove Sophos and install new anti-virus software on students’ personal computers. He said that the new change is more convenient for students overall, to change their passwords.

“You get everything that you already had, it’s just easier for you because ... it’ll update itself, you won’t have to spend on the school’s internet to do anything with it,” Essing said.

Mac user Alyssa Johnson (‘16) had Sophos removed from her computer and the free Mac version re-installed by LIS. She also saw the change as good for everyone involved.

“Coming here to the tech center was really helpful to do this now,” Johnson said. “They just do it for us and we’re getting more options than what we had with the previous one.”

Sophos will not be gone from Luther completely, as all of the workstation computers will retain Sophos for anti-virus protection.

For information on how to uninstall Sophos Eve Christensen/Chips and download new anti-virus protection, go to Hard at work.

LIS workers helped www.luther.edu/sophos. replace anti-virus software for students.

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Pioneer Yearbook

will only be available to order until May 19.

For $40, the new full-color book is a great keepsake— and it makes a great graduation gift!

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All smiles. Harney hopes to continue relationships between Ecuador and Luther.

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dialogue with students about intercultural exchange,” Harney said. “I love how accepting everyone is and that they want me to come back and be a part of their mission.”

Lind also received an English Teaching Assistantship and was placed at an upper-level school in Turkey. He became fascinated by the cultural dynamics in Turkey after visiting in January 2012.

“It lies between Europe and the Middle East, as a Muslim country but also kind of a western secular country,” Lind said. “I’d like to learn more about how that works while I live there for a year.”

Lind, a political science and international studies major with an economics minor, plans to attend law school after the Fulbright experience. He hopes to further pursue his interests in foreign policy while abroad in addition to further exploring Turkish culture.

“It has to be very different living in the Middle East and seeing what they think of the U.S. and what we should be doing to help,” Lind said.

Along with being in the classroom, Harney and Lind will be working on additional research projects to further contribute to the community. Harney is considering developing a J-term program to help continue the cultural exchange with Luther, as one of her options.

“I would never want to impose a project on a community,” Harney said. “I want it to come from the people I’m with.”

Several Luther alumni and faculty are abroad with grants right now in countries such as Germany and Montenegro.

The mostly-online application cycle for the following academic year begins in May, with the deadline in October. It includes two written statements and an interview evaluation from the Honors Advisory Committee. Interested students may contact Sparkes or visit eca.state. gov/fulbright.

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Sports

May 9, 2013

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Softball takes conference Luther beats Coe in IIAC

Luther College

Sports Information

The Luther College softball team will be the No. 5 seed at the eight-team UW-Whitewater Regional of the NCAA III Softball Championship to be held at the Van Steenderen Diamond May 9-12.

Luther is making its 14th overall appearance in the national tournament, its fifth in a row and seventh in the past eight years.

Luther earned the Iowa Conference automatic berth to the national tournament after capturing the 2013 IIAC Softball Tournament title held May 4-5, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The Norse defeated Buena Vista University 9-0 in the quarterfinals, defeated No. 11 Central 9-3 in the semifinals and defeated No. 10 Coe College 5-2 in the championship game.

Against Coe, the Norse scored four runs on two hits in the third inning to take the lead. Elisa Smith (‘13) drove in a run with an RBI single and Kelsey Weindruch (‘13) followed with a 3-run home run to center field. Coe scored a run in the sixth but Luther quickly added to its lead in the seventh as Miranda McCay (‘16) scored on a Kelsey Rose (‘15) sacrifice fly. Coe inched closer with a solo home run, but could not overcome Luther’s lead.

Becca Girvan (‘14) was the winning pitcher, allowing five hits and striking out 11 batters.

The IIAC tournament championship is the third in the last four years for Luther. The team was predicted to win the conference at the beginning of the season based on a vote made by IIAC coaches.

A league of their own.

Additionally, Girvan and Shari Huber (‘13) were selected to the 2013 Capital One Division III Academic All-District First-Team. They advance to the Capital One Academic All-America Team ballot, where first, second and third-team All-America honorees will be selected later this month.

Both Huber and Girvan were 2012 NFCA AllAmericans last year. Huber has started every game for the Norse in center field and is batting a teambest .385 with 27 RBIs from the leadoff position.

Defensively, she has been credited with 32 putouts

Baseball finishes season against Central Luther College

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Luther wrapped up its season with a split with Central College May 5 in Decorah.

Central exploded for 14 runs on 12 hits en route to a 14-1 victory over the Norse in game one. The Norse tallied just four hits and committed eight errors.

Alec Knop (‘15) scored the only run for Luther on a wild pitch by Central’s Ryan Goetzinger. Danny Smith was the starting pitcher for Luther and was credited with the loss.

In the nightcap, a three-run double by Dakotah Rostad (‘14) in the fifth inning proved to be the game winner, as the Norse defeated Central 3-1. Multiple hits were produced

by Austin Graham (‘13), Zach Hendrikson (‘16) and Daniel Schoess (‘13). Schoess was a home run away from hitting for the cycle, producing a double in the fourth, single in the fifth and a triple to right in the eighth.

Nate Whitham (‘16) (2-2) went the distance on the mound.

Whitham spread five hits, allowed one run, walked four and struck out two.

Luther lost the first two games of the four-game series 4-2 and 11-7. Knop and Alex Byom (‘13) were the starting pitchers in those games.

Luther ends its season with a league record of 10-18, 1422 overall. Central is now 12-14 in the Iowa Conference and 20-17 overall.

and one assist. Girvan has posted a record of 15-5 in the pitching circle, striking out 156 batters in 131 innings of work, en route to an ERA of 2.94.

Smith, Huber and McCay were selected to the AllIowa Conference first team while Girvan and Morgan Franklin (‘13) made the second team.

Luther (28-9) will face the No. 4 seed Carthage College (30-10) in the opening round of the UWWhitewater Regional at noon on Thursday, May 9.

If they win, they will play the winner of No. 2 UWWhitewater and No. 8 Finlandia.

This year’s Center Stage Series brought a wide array of amazing artists to our CFL stage. Through their performances and our chats with them offstage, we became fans of Abigail Washburn, the Sphinx Virtuosi, the Hot Club of San Francisco, Sweet Honey in the Rock…to name just a few.

Of course, these shows would not have been possible without the hard work of every member of the Performing Arts Committee. Our wonderful volunteers have made every show happen by greeting audiences, welcoming artists with warm hospitality, taking on an entire day of tech set-up, and more. We could not be more grateful to these hard-working volunteers: Aaron Busch Aaron Kvale Abby O’Harris Abygail Natoli Adam Sorenson Alanna Spencer Alec Henderson Alex Klyn Alex Spragle Allison Gieswein Ally Lothary Ally Wittig Anna Arbisi Anne Wermedal Anu Anantharaman Arthur Ramirez Ashley Tobias Audrey Tran Lam Austen Perry Ben Hanchett Ben Jerke Ben Nordquist Ben Warner Bobby Ragoonanan

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Peter shines at IIAC Team takes second, Andrew Peter (‘14) wins individual title, IIAC Golfer of the Year.

May 9, 2013 Weekly Standings Softball Coe Central Luther Simpson Dubuque Buena Vista Loras Wartburg

IIAC 12-2 12-2 9-5 8-6 7-7 5-9 3-11 0-14

Overall 32-6 28-8 28-9 29-10 16-18 14-21 12-19 4-30

Recent scores: • May 5 vs. Coe W 5-2 • May 5 vs. Central W 9-3 Upcoming schedule: • May 9 vs. Carthage @ Whitewater Regional

Men’s Tennis

Margaret Yapp

Staff Writer

The men’s golf team finished in second place with a final round of 299 at the Iowa Conference Championships, the second session of which took place this past weekend in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Since only firstplace conference finishers advance to the national tournament, the IIAC Tournament served as the last men’s golf competition of the year.

Photo Courtesy of Dave Blanchard “Our team came up short at second place, which was a little disappointing,” Luther golf team by winning the Iowa Conference tournament individual title. golfer Andrew Peter (‘14) said. “We had a really good team this year, couldn’t overcome Central’s lead this (‘14) and Ben Kerns (‘13) tied for 22nd and we didn’t quite play up to our last weekend despite a better day on the with scores of 325 and Joel Bruns (‘14) expectations.” final Sunday.” finished 29th with a 329.

The competition was held over two Despite an ultimately disappointing “Ben Kerns was our one senior that sessions, the first taking place in Iowa finish, there were certainly some competed,” Peter said. “He finished City over the April 26-27 weekend and highlights to the weekend. Peter was with his low round of the tournament on the second this past weekend, May 4-5 named the Iowa Conference Golfer of Sunday. That was a nice comeback for in Cedar Rapids. The Norse were beat the Year after winning first place in the him and a good way to end his career.” out of first place by Central College, individual tournament with a 72-hole Men’s golf is only graduating one who finished with a four-round total total of 293. This honor made Peter senior and is looking forward to some of 1215 to Luther’s 1243. Wartburg Luther’s first IIAC Men’s Golfer of talented incoming first-years next year.

College finished at third place with a the Year in thirteen years; the last was Needless to say, next season is looking total score of 1253.

Scott Theriault (‘03) in 2000. pretty exciting.

“Going into the tournament our Other highlights include Tobias “I wish we could start our next season team’s stroke average was pretty much Kohl’s (‘14) tie for sixth place with a tomorrow,” Coach Scott Fjelstul (‘83) tied with Central, so we were barely score of 306. This win is Kohl’s third said. “Eight out of nine of our players ranked first,” Peter said. “On the first time earning all-conference honors, are coming back, which is really great. weekend in Iowa City we didn’t play making him the fourth player in Norse We will certainly put the time in to get up to our expectations, got behind and history to do so. Golfers Matt Axelrod ready for next season.”

Coe Luther Central Buena Vista Wartburg Dubuque Simpson Loras

IIAC 7-0 6-1 4-3 4-3 4-3 1-6 1-6 1-6

Overall 31-1 14-10 13-8 10-7 14-10 3-19 5-16 1-12

Recent scores: • May 5 vs. Coe L 0-5 • May 4 vs. Central W 5-1 Upcoming schedule:

Women’s Tennis Coe Luther Wartburg Simpson Central Buena Vista Dubuque Loras

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

Overall 19-4 16-7 11-10 11-10 10-9 4-7 7-9 1-13

Recent scores: • Apr. 27 vs. Wartburg W 5-1 • Apr. 27 vs. Coe L 3-5 Upcoming schedule:

Baseball IIAC Wartburg Coe Buena Vista Central Simpson Loras Luther Dubuque

20-6 19-7 15-13 12-14 12-16 11-15 10-18 9-19

Overall 31-9 26-12 23-17 20-17 16-21 18-19 14-22 11-25

Recent scores: • May 5 vs. Central L 1-14, W 3-1 • May 4 vs. Central L 2-4, L 7-11 Upcoming schedule:

Photo Courtesy of Dave Blanchard

Luther took second at the conference meet. They will return eight of their nine players next year.