2012-02-17

              
Spirit of Uganda:
Turn to Page 4 for more on the musical performance by Ugandan children that is performing tonight at Escher Auditorium, CSB.


St. Ben�s Tennis:
Turn to Page 11 to read about St. Ben�s Tennis team�s open season that begins today.

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Feb. 17, 2012

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Thefts reported at CSB and in St. Joseph

By Jill Yanish and Eddie 
Hanlon
jmyanish@csbsju.edu �
emhanlon@csbsju.edu
Recent thefts have left students rethinking the choice of leaving their possessions unattended. 
Over the last month, an iPad and money have been reported stolen from Clemens Library. The community of St. Joseph also 
experienced crime last week with the robbery at the Coborn�s Phar�macy.
On Monday, Feb. 6, approxi�mately $50 was stolen from a 
librarian�s purse in her office. The librarian left her purse unat�tended in her office twice during the day. She assumes that the theft 
occurred while she stepped out.
Kathy Parker, Director of 
Library and Media Services, felt that the recent cases of theft have a negative impact on campus. 
�There is really a culture here of sharing and trust amongst 
individuals that we�ll let you 
borrow something and you�ll bring it back,� Parker said. �That somebody thought, �I�m just going to take it,� feels like it�s really work�ing against the values that we try to perpetuate.�
Another incident of theft 
happened during the end of 
winter break. An iPad that was owned by the library but not available for students to check out went missing.
�I am actually quite hopeful that these are isolated incidents, that it�s someone whose conscience may catch up with them, and we�ve seen the end of it,� Parker said.
Both thefts are ongoing investi�gations.
CSB Director of Security 
Darren Swanson believes that the CSB community is safe, despite the recent occurrences. 
�We don�t have an epidemic of thefts on campus,� Swanson said. �What we have is thefts of oppor�tunity. If you don�t lock up an item or secure your room, you make it much more easy for a person to (steal).�
Reports of thefts have 


.See THEFT Page 3
CSB and SJU crime rates


Under construction

Presidential candidates to visit campus

Students will have an 
opportunity to meet the final SJU presidential candidates on campus

By Molly Carey
mjcarey@csbsju.edu
The search for the next St. John�s president progresses as the Search Committee determines which three final candidates will be invited to campus to meet the St. John�s community.
During their campus visit, the finalists will give a presentation about themselves as an introduc�tion to the St. John�s community.
�These are great opportunities for students to be involved in the selection process and get answers for their specific questions,� said St. John�s Senate President junior Kyle Glynn. �Not only will we get to see the candidates� preparation in their final presentations, but we can also see their views on a wide variety of issues that affect our students.� 
All students are welcome to attend this event along with 
faculty, alumni, cabinets and other campus constituents and will be notified when this visit is to occur. Chair of the Presiden�tial Search Committee Kenneth 
Roering encourages students to take advantage of this opportunity to meet the final candidates.
�Essentially any individual who wants the opportunity to ask (the candidates) questions should come,� Roering said. �We want to have an idea of how the various constituents react to the candi�dates.�
St. John�s junior and Sustain�ability Intern Carlos Dabu plans on attending the candidates� 
presentations, agreeing that 
students should take advantage of 

MELISSA BRADLEY � mabradley@csbsju.edu
St. Ben�s is currently undergoing construction at two locations on campus. A housing complex Centennial Commons, as shown above, and a new Information Technology Services Headquarters are in the process of being built. 

Centennial Commons and IT Services sites make headway in construction

By Ariel Klein
asklein@csbsju.edu
CSB is continuing work on two 
construction projects this semester: the new $8 million upperclassmen Centen�nial Commons housing complex and a new Information Technology Services headquarters in the basement of Lottie Hall. 
Both projects are nearing comple�tion, with Centennial Commons to be 
completed by the beginning of the 2012 fall semester and the IT Services Head�quarters to be mostly completed by the end of this month. 
Unused space in the basement of 
Lottie Hall is being turned into the new IT Services Headquarters and will move into the new area this March. An IT 
Services presence will be maintained on both campuses.  
The construction of the new hous�ing is taking place on College Ave. and 
Callaway St., near the Renner House. Sand Companies; Inc., a local company based in Sartell, is handling the construc�tion. All construction on the campus has a �project shepherd,� who ensures that the original intent of the project is not lost in its construction. This week, the walls went up on building A, with the roofing to be completed soon.
�This period is always very exciting; then it gets into long periods of nothing happening,� Executive Director of Facili�ties Brad Sinn said.
The new upperclass housing at CSB will fulfill the goal of establishing hous�ing on the CSB campus for full four-year on-campus student residencies. The housing complexes were designed based on student input, student need and sus�tainability. The entire area will feature five buildings, one of which will be a 
community commons with a workout 
facility, community kitchen and 
computer lab.
�We went into it knowing what we wanted to decide,� CSB Dean of Stu�dents Jody Terhaar said. �It is going to be 


�These are great 
opportunities for students to be 
involved in the se�lection process and get answers for their specific questions.� 
-Kyle Glynn,
SJS President

.See CSB Page 3
Buildings will be LEED Certified

SJU alumnus speaks on comprise in D.C.


By Tierney Chlan
tmchlan@csbsju.edu
In a current atmosphere of 
political extremes, guest speaker Stephen Yurek, SJU �84, advocates for compromise and collaboration. 
On Thursday, Feb. 16, the 
McCarthy Center hosted Yurek whose speech, �Compromise in Washington: Yes, it still exists!,� was the latest installment in the Mark Kennedy Frontiers of Free�dom Lecture Series. 
�Compromise is a necessary component of democracy; it needs to be,� Yurek said. 
Yurek�s lecture focused on the importance of compromise and collaboration. 
�Manufacturers have a strong sense of capitalism and self-regulation, and in the past have fought every type of regulation,� Yurek said. �Being against every�thing doesn�t work out. We need to figure out how to change and become more proactive, become a solution instead of a barrier.�
With his lecture, Yurek also hoped to highlight the importance of diversity. 
�(Without diversity,) you never have a chance to grow � We all have the same goal, just differ�ent paths to getting there,� Yurek said. �It�s important not to make politics personal. If you keep it based on issues, without attacking or degrading, you�ll have a better opportunity to come to a com�promise.� Yurek�s lecture was an opportunity for students to learn and hear from one of the country�s leading experts in energy efficien�cy policy. 
�He�s a practitioner,� Lindstrom said. �It�s one thing to read about 

.See D.C. Page 7
Yurek�s opinion of Liberal Arts

.See SJU Page 6
Student participation in process

Evan Gruenes � etgruenes@csbsju.edu
Guest speaker Stephen Yurek presents McCarthy speech.



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