VOLUME 4* NUMBER 4
THE COLLEGE OF SAINT BENEDICT
Debate comes to campus
PHOTO BY DAN STEGEftINDEPENDENTPHOTO EDITOR
Saint Benedict's campus revolves around the glowing Sacred Heart Chapel dome.
By Monica Medina
Independent news editor
It Is a controversy of art versus pornography, freedom of expression versus morality.
Artists all over the country, including local faculty and student artists, are feeling the pressure of pro-censorship groups who deny and threaten their livelihood.
There is a cultural fear of our bodies and sexuality," said Lynn Hambrick, professor of photography at CSB.
The controversy stems from policies and practices of the National Endowment for the Arts, which is funded by the U.S. government
The existence of NEA has been challenged by several "pro-family, conservative groups" for its role in funding and promoting sexually explicit and sacrellgious artwork, according to an April 23 article in Christianity Today,
Hambrick was one artist who's photography was considered obscene. She too was funded by the NEA and the Rockefeller Foundation. An attempt failed, however, at barring her art from the Minneapolis Institute of Art.
"Pornography is a profit venture...the images are very debasing. I attempt to comment on our cultural attitudes - body,
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13,1990
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CSB AND TOWN BOARD AT ODDS
Rocky road ahead
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By Pla Lopez
St. Joseph Newsteoder
According to Executive Director Bill Hansen of the Area Planning
Organization, the St. Cloud metro area will see a population Increase of 25 percent by the year 2000. Travel demands will increase by 55 percent, straining the current road network beyond capacity.
Hansen came to the Township Board meeting on Monday, Oct. 29, to present proposed improvements for the road system over the next 20 years, including plans for new road loops near St. Joseph to relieve expected strains on Route 75 and Minnesota Avenue.
Today, an estimated 15,000 vehicles per day pass SL Joseph on Route 75. Twenty years from now, the Area Planning Organization estimates that this will rise to over 30,000 vehicles per day if no alternative routes are built.
They propose two major Improvements to SL Joseph's road network within the next 11 to 20 years: a realignment of Route 133 at 16th Avenue east of Scherer Trucking, and second, a "minor arterial" for 6,000 to 7,000 vehicles per day to the south of St. Joseph linking Route 134 and Route 2. This could be expanded to a four-lane divided highway and would be expected to relieve traffic coming from the west on Route 75.
The town board tentatively approved this plan in 1988, but has met residence on the south bypass. The proposed road linking Route 134 and Route 2 would cut through the middle of the College of St. Benedict property, prohibiting further development of the college.
Legal council for the Order of St Benedict, Jerry Relph, told the Town Board that the road, as
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By Julie Martinka
Independent editor
Students and administration of the College of St. Benedict are fuming because of a decision by Playboy magazine to spotlight women's college graduates in the April 1991 issue. The reasoning that Playboy has given for this decision is to "test the notion that women at these schools are not as attractive."
According to Peter Mirijanian, public relations director of the Women's College Coalition, Playboy often profiles women In college.
"They often group women by the athletic conference of a set of institutions. For example, past profiles have included "Women of the Ivy League" "Women of the Big East" and "Women of the Atlantic Coast Conference."
The sudden interest and anger from the CSB students and administration was triggered by a recent advertisement sent to the Independent by Playboy
which the Independent staff refused to print The ad promoted their search for women willing to pose for their spring issue entitled "Women of Women's Colleges." A packet including black and white photos of nude women from athletic conferences posing for Playboy, and letters and articles of protest about the magazine's actions was sent to S. Colman O'Connell, CSB President, by the Women's College Coalition. This has also triggered strong feelings of protest In the administratioa
They could not have picked a group that Is more inappropriate for their magazine," said O'Connell.
"Women's colleges take pride in their students and grads having high Intellectual self-esteem and being women who expect others to take them seriously. It is difficult to believe that any women's college graduate would claim professional competence while selling her body," she added.
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CSB soccer kicks Big
Capital campaign raises 4 million
By Ron Zones
Independent staff writer
In its first year, the College of St. Benedict has raised $4 million towards continued development of the coDege. This will include the construction of new buildings and the advancement of present campus facilities.
Tliis fund raising project, called the $21 million Capital Campaign, is handled by Institutional Advancement.
"We have had an extremely successful year. It is simply a reflection of the committment the friends of the lnstltutloa parents, alumnae and other supporters have
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