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"Each person must live their life as a model for others." Rosa Parks
At home
Join Austin and four lovely ladies at the JEC'sfree showing of "Sweet Home Alabama," which sadly has nothing to do with Lynyrd Skynyrd.
8 and 10:30 p.m.
Friday and Saturday
Pellegrene Auditorium
In St. Joe
Get your God on and pick up some "Jars of Clay" tickets at any Meeting Grounds location. The Christian band will be joined by Randall Goodgame and Caedmon's Call.
7 p.m., Feb. 20
Lighthouse in St. Joe
Tickets are $18.
In the Cities
Get wrapped up in Egyptian artifact exhibits with "Eternal Egypt: Masterworks of Ancient Art from the British Museum." Rooms are filled with art, including several "books of the dead" and a mummy room.
Through Mar. 16
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Tickets cost $10-12.
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100 years of SJUb-bail
As St. John's basketball celebrates 100 years, The Record looks back at some of the best moments.
Sports, Pages B2-3
Get ZAPT! flies into campus Sunday
A performance of percussion, circus, theater and dance features professional artists and students.
Variety, Page 7
Blissed out
CSB/SJU couples discuss married life and what it takes to get hitched.
Variety, Page 8
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Feb. 6,2003
Fetters gives to BAC
By Kristen Nowak
Staff writer
A $3 million gift will allow CSB to renovate the Benedicta Arts Center. Plans to renovate the 40-year-old building are under way thanks to a donation by Tom Petters.
The BAC auditorium will be named the Petters Auditorium after his parents, Rosemary and Frederick. Both of Petters' parents are
CSB/SJU graduates.
Petters is chairman and CEO of The Petters Companies, Inc. and Redtag, Inc. and is president of BoomBuy, Inc. Petters was also recently appointed as a member of the CSB Board of Trustees.
"They've always had an interest in the arts and a tie to the college. It makes the gift very special/' said Anna Thompson, the execu-
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The first phase of the project will be to bring the BAC up to fire and accessibility codes. Elevators would then be available at either ends of the facility, said Jim Fredricks, who is the chief physical plant/facilities manager.
Because of the growing fine arts departments the BAC no longer provides adequate space.
See GIFT, Page 2
love curling human:
Photos by Erik Solberg, The Record
Canadians love curling like Germans love David Hasselhoff. Or so we hear. If that's true, our northern neighbors would either love the OLC for the innovation of "human curling" or hate them for despoiling a national pastime. Who cares what the Canadians think, though? Apparently not Pete Knaeble (red coat) and Brad Arendt, who took advantage of the snow and this week's OLC "What up Wednesday" event.
Asian New Year party canceled
By Megan Wicker
Staff writer
Asian New Year, a popular annual campus celebration, will be missing from CSB/SJU's events calendar this weekend.
Due to financial shortcomings, the Asian Club has decided to cancel the event, which was to be Saturday at the HCC.
"It's probably wiser to cancel Asian New Year than to plan it all out and end up leaving a debt for next year's club," Asian Club Chair Maureen Handoko said.
Asian New Year is an annual festival at CSB/SJU that features ethnic food, costumes, dancing and information booths celebrating Asian cultures.
The Asian Club is responsible for planning this event, which typically draws between 800 and 1,000 people each year.
Financial support from the Co-Funding Board for this year's celebration was cut due to a late application by the Asian Club.
"We heard their proposal and discussed the budget, but we could not fund all of the event," said Bea Egan, Co-Funding Board chair. "(The missed) deadline was the sole factor in our decision."
The Asian Club is now talking about the possibility of working in collaboration with other clubs and groups at CSB/SJU to ensure New Year celebrations on campus in the future.
"Asian New Year's primary purpose at St. John's and St. Ben's is to inform the communities and the Greater Minnesota area of
CFB Rules
The CFB has special guidelines clubs must follow if they hope to receive funding.
• Budgets for fall semester are due March 15. 2004 Spring budgets will be due Oct. 15.
• Funding priority is given to ciubs in good standing and those seeking to benefit the entire community.
some aspects of traditional Asian cultures," said David Bennetts, the club's faculty adviser. "It's a cultural bridge-building event."
While the Co-Funding Board recognizes the importance of the New Year festivities, it was not able to grant the amount of money requested by the Asian Club because proposals received after the deadline are no longer given top priority.
"It is unfortunate that they are unable to put it on because it's an important event for the campus, but at the same time it's also important to follow the guidelines that every club on campus is held accountable to," Egan said.
Although the Asian Club will not be planning Asian New Year this semester, they are thinking of planning several smaller events to bring Asian culture to St. John's and St. Ben's.
"Hopefully if we can establish a solid basis for next year's club, we will be able to do a better job," Handoko said. "But we're all really bummed we can't have the celebration this year."
CSB cancer walk raises over $13,000
By Alexa Brom
Staff writer
More than 400 students spent their Saturday night participating in a Night to Fight Cancer, which took place in the Clemens Fieldhouse and raised $13,089 for the American Cancer Society.
Students walked from the 6 p.m. opening until the midnight closing
around the track. It was lined with luminary bags, which symbolized loved ones who have survived cancer or have died while battling cancer.
"The night turned out to be a great success," said Emily Walters, Health Advocates student coordinator.
"We raised almost double the amount of money as last year."
Sister Lois Wedl was the individual winner for the night, collecting $450. Robyn Pierce came in second place with $315 and Chelsea Neuhaus in third with $225 raised.
The CSB Intramural Desk team came in first place, collecting $778. Cari White, a CSB sophomore's team, came in second place, raising $720, and Elizabeth Henggeler's
No. 2 team came in third, raising $665.
The Health Advocates planned the event and provided food, refreshments and prizes. Donations were also given by a number of nearby businesses.
"The Health Advocates went above and beyond," Walters said. "This event would not have been so successful if it weren't for
all of the students who were willing to participate."
Participants each had their own reasons for walking.
"I feel that everyone's lives, in some way, are touched by cancer," senior Kristin
Verschaetse said. "And each attempt at raising money is another step towards finding a cure."
Another Night to Fight Cancer is planned for next year.
The Health Advocates' next event is a Wellness Fest, which will bring in community organizations to share their own health related information with students. For additional information, e-mail the Health Advocates at healthinfo@csbsju.edu.
Nation's first Men's Center to begin at SJU
By Chris Dykhoff
Staff writer
The St. John's intellectual community, following the leadership of Gar Kellom, vice president of student development, has recently approved the formation of the Center for Men's Leadership and Service. This is the first center of its kind in the country.
The center was pro-
posed according to the "Policy for Special Educational Programs," which is designed to "encourage the creation of programs that can enhance the excellence of the faculty, curriculum and co-curricular programs contributing in a fundamental way to the mission and vision and support of our academic endeavor."
The focus of the center will be values and leadership education of college-age men. It aims to use the research and assessment data that is collected to refine and create programs which foster the development of students into leaders with a solid core of
Catholic/Benedictine values who will offer service to church and society.
This focus has been approved by the SJU Board of Regents, Senate, Student Development Committee, faculty and college presidents.
A number of current men's studies research and academic programs at SJU will now fall under the direction of the center. These include the Men's Lives Series; the St. John's Experience
research project, which seeks to understand the educational experience gained outside the classroom at SJU; and the International Men's Stones Project, a research project designed by SJU students Tago Mharapara, Wilt James and Nihal George. Their goal is to better understand on an international level the experience of transforming gender roles and the
transition to manhood of
college age men.
The center will also endeavor to be a source for new research and publication. In the near future, graduate students in the field of men's studies may be able to join the center in order to study the SJU student population,
See CENTER, Page 3
