2003-09-04

              Volume CXVI, No. XI

First copy free

"Whatever you are, be a good one."

Abraham Lincoln

At home

"Anger Management"

The JEC kicks off their Big Screen movie series. 8p.m. & 10:30 p.m. Fri. Sept. 5 & Sat. 6 Pellegrene Auditorium

In the Cities

Last Chance Summer Dance concert sponsored by KDWB featuring Sarai, Ashanti, Bowling for Soup. Gates open at 5 p.m.

Fri. Sept. 5

Canterbury Park,

Shakopee

In St. Cloud

We couldn't find anything going on in St. Cloud. The town is seriously hurting for some entertainment. But hey, check out the cool website we found!

exSITEment

www.tankricle.com

It's just a short drive to Princeton where for just a paltry sum you can drive a genuine WWII tank! Boo yah! Don't forget the myriad of machine guns and the world famous British weasel. Did we mention you can drive a tank?

Think you're funny?

Campus improv group Attention Starved Children is holding auditions for new members.

Variety, Page 3

Ways to enjoy the great outdoors

Record editor Matt Bergmann takes a look at the different outdoor activities available in the area. Outdoors Extra, Page 8

Countdown to 409

Football coach John Gagliardi starts the season Sept. 13 nine wins away from becoming college football's winningest coach.

Sports, Page 7

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Sept. 4, 2003

5 SJU senators7 conduct called "unbecoming77

3 senators resign positions in past week, leaving SJS in state of turmoil

By Paul Wegerson

Staff writer

In the past week, three St. John's senators have resigned and five others face allegations of 'Conduct Unbecoming of a Senator.'

At a St. John's Senate (SJS) special session Tuesday, five senators openly apologized for their behavior at last year's Senior Farewell, a senate event.

Upon their arrival at the event, the five were questioned and admitted to drinking alcohol in the hours before. Of the five, four were younger than the legal drinking age. SJS President Michael Hahn then asked them to leave and discussion of forming an emergency Ethics Committee meet-

ing began.

Some senators are unsatisfied               with

Tuesday's admission of guilt and one is seeking an investigation by the Ethics Committee.

The apologies were a part of the consequences placed on the five senators for drinking alcohol before a SJS event. Jason Laker, Dean of Students, imposed the punishment that also includes community service, probation and the task of ratifying senate by-laws for future clarification.

"This doesn't resolve the senate issue, but it removes a distraction. It's a developmental process where the guys will learn the value of going through fire. It may be painful,   but   ultimately

helpful," Laker said.

"Something isn't right here. Especially when a student in a higher position gets special treatment," senior Rich Carlbom said one hour into the session, before filing a complaint and resigning from the SJS.

"If an RA shows up to an event drunk, they'll be fired. If a football player shows up with alcohol on his breath, he's off the team. Why shouldn't St. John's Senators be held to a higher standard? We're the only elected body on campus," Carlbom said.

Senator Peter Peterson, junior, also resigned Tuesday, citing personal reasons and frustrations with senate leadership.

Nihal   George,   Joint

Club board member resigned Aug. 28 for personal matters unrelated to the Senior Farewell.

Those who apologized sought the forgiveness of the senate and hoped to move beyond internal issues and return to serving students.

"We are all very sorry. Saying this in front of The Record is a public apology," said Chairman Jeff Lewis, Student Services Committee at the session.

"I think we can all learn a lesson and I hope we move on."

"We want to stay and keep working. We need to learn from our mistakes and work at bettering the school," said Club Auditor Jon Casper. "Not only have we apologized, but we are already being pun-

Students make new friends and soak up the summer sun at "Neighbor Day" Weekend activities.

Won't you be my neighbor?

Closing out the summer with a Splash! Students made up new frisbee moves and tested their sand-castle-building skills on Lake Sagatagan. They also dunked mayor Larry Hosch at the community barbecue in St. Joseph.

Photos by Chris Lusvardi and Kxisten Nowak, The Record

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ished. I think it's a harsher punishment than most would get, but it's deserved."

The Ethics Committee

Men's Issues Senator Nate Welton is registering a formal complaint against the five senators in question and plans to file a petition signed by 15 students calling for an Ethics Committee investigation.

According to Article Nine of the SJS By-Laws, the ad-hoc Ethics Committee reviews complaints by students, faculty and staff against senators. The committee ensures that SJS members "are acting in a manner consistent with the mission of SJU and the SJS" and levies any appropriate sanctions.

While no date is set for the meeting, the five executive board members and four undergraduate students comprising the committee must meet within two weeks of the complaint.

However, Welton's complaint indicts two executive board members, so other senators will take their positions on the committee.

"Just because the administration is cracking down doesn't mean the senate needs to. I do not represent the administration, I represent the students," Casper said.

Departures           and

arrivals

The three resignations this week, along with the

See SENATORS Page 2

Guardo begins term at CSB

By Kristen Nowak

Editorial staff

It is a year of transition in leadership at CSB with the departure of last year's president, Dr. Mary Lyons, whose seven-year tenure ended in July.

Dr. Carol Guardo will serve as interim president for the 2003-04 school year while a search for a permanent president takes place.

"When Dr. Lyons left last year, the Board of Trustees decided that they wanted to conduct a thoughtful search for the next president and take their time deciding what it is they're looking for, and so they asked me to come up and spend a year here," Guardo said.

"Primarily I think because I know the two institutions and I understand a lot about them because IVe worked with them."

Dr. Carol Guardo

CSB interim president

Guardo had been a consultant for CSB/SJU since 1993 and also participated    in

the 1995 CSB presidential search.

Guardo said she appreciates the coordinate relationship with SJU and looks forward to working with SJU president Br. Dietrich Reinhart, whom she has known for almosi 10 years.

"For two institutions tc agree to come together, tc use their resources for the education of students in the way these two institutions have done is reall) commendable; I certainl} want to do whatever I can to further that," Guardc said.

She also said that she See GUARDO Page 2

Two new physicians replace Dr. Hafner

By Brooke Baxley

Staff writer

Students will see a couple of new faces at the SJU Health Center this fall. Two new physicians will take the place of Dr. Rebecca Hafner. Hafner spent 12 years providing services to the SJU community and will now become the Medical Director of Student Health Services at the University of San Diego.

Dr. Maureen Kemper and Dr. Basil LeBlanc are the two new physicians who will begin practicing at the SJU Health Center this week. Both Kemper and LeBlanc will devote time to the SJU Health Center and continue with their usual practices. Both physicians are board certified and have years of experience with family practice.

Kemper is from Albany, Minn, and received her BA from the College of St. Catherine. She graduated from the University of Minnesota          Medical

School in 1980. Kemper

has had emergency room experience in addition

to being a   Dr. Maureen Kemper

family SJU Physician practice physician.

Also a graduate of the University of Minnesota Medical School, LeBlanc received her BA from St. Olaf College. She has previously practiced in St. Cloud and was a family practitioner in New Ulm.

Eileen Haeg, a Physician's Assistant and SJU Health Center Manager, said the two new physicians are pleased to be joining the SJU community. She says the health center will be run basically the same and students will not undergo any significant changes. The St. John's Health Center is open for students to make appointments Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.