November 5,1987
The Record
Page 3
Yearbook without editor following resignation
By Robert Speltz
The future of The Saints, the S JU/CSB yearbook, was dealt a serious blow as editor Deb Symalla resigned on Oct. 28. As of last Monday, no replacement had been found, casting doubt as lo ¦ '"* whether a 1986-87 or 1987-88 edition of the yearbook will ever materialize. In an interview last week, Symalla, a CSB senior, cited a basic "lack of student support for the book," which she and others feel isresponsible forproblems whichhave been plaguing The Saints now for several years.
Symalla described a situation well-known to the few closely associated with the yearbook. 'This year's staff began with me and 16 other people (3 Johnnies and 13 Bennies)," she said. "Slowly, that number dwindled, and by the end of September only three people remained."
"I will not do it by myself," said Symalla. "How can one person realistically work on a book that reflects 3600 people?"
CSB freshmen Natalie Lage was one of three remaining staffers who also recently left her position. "The situation was that only a few people were undertaking a large task. I was very surprised abouttheyearbooksituation. I was coming from a high school where everyone worked on the yearbook. There's nothing like that here."
Janine Thull, director of S JU/CSB student activities, described the present situation as unfortunate. "Thatyearbook goes into the archives every year, and in 20 years that is what you, as a class, look at.... The Saints must remain an integral part of the commuity," she said.
Symalla remarked about the frustration involved
in recruiting new members for a yearbook staff. "Admittedly," she sa\d"The Saints does have somewhat of a negative image on both campuses. People view it as a book plagued with problems; it's always late, lacking in quality, too expensive, having bad photos or cover designs. It's just something altogether less than desirable."
In the last few years, that reputation has discouraged many people from becoming involved with the book, "it's hard to recruit against it (the reputation)," she said.
Book sales have been particularly low in the last two years, with only about 500 copies sold annually, mostly to seniors. Symalla also noted thatno more than two or three faculty members purchase the book yearly.
Doug Larson, current staffer and former editor of the unfinished 1986-87 edition of The Saints, can empathize with Symalla. The present situation is much like the one he endured while serving as editor last year.
In the May 7,1987 issue of The Record, an article examining similar problems surrounding the 1985-86 yearbook was featured. Again, the group of staff members soon dwindled, and the few remaining lacked expertise in layout arid production. In fact, much of the work was done by Larson and four others. The 1985-86 Saints was eventually distributed later that same month.
Moreover, last spring was anything but bright for Larson. The 1986-87 The Saints was behind schedule by many months, and no applications
Saints
continued on page 4
Photo by JcfTBrzozowski
Twins fever transforms Tommy
Residents of Tommy Hall, overwhelmed by the Twins' 4-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals in the seventh game of the World Series, decided to rename their dorm in honor of the World Champions.
scholar speaks New parking lot to
help with overflow
on evolution
By Gabriel Flynn
Dr. Leon Kass"of The University of Chicago presented a lecture entitled Evolution and the Bible: Genesis I Revisited on Wednesday Oct. 28. The lecture was part of the Warner Lecture Series exploring ethics, religion and contemporary culT ture.
Dr. Kass explored the difficulties of harmonizing the scientific theory of evolution with the biblical account of creation. Kass examined what creation actually says and means, what sort of a text Genesis is and whether Genesis is the sort of text that says the sorts of things that can be contradicted or disproved by science. This was attempted by Kass through his examination of the first chapter of Genesis, especially its presentation of the world and place of human beings within it, and not by other means such as those employed by creation science.
"As early as the Middle Ages, well before the modern theory of evolution, Christian scholars debated whether creation was instantaneous or gradual," said Kass. "But I think that it is worth keeping in mind the difference between the question of whether evolution occurred and whether we can adequately and fully understand the means by which it occurred."
Genesis does not give a scientific explanation of the origin of the universe but leaves these questions unanswered, and Kass said that modern science is equally unclear as to the ultimate origin of everything. He went on to explain: 'The origin of this primordial chaos is absolutely unclear. There is no explicit assertions of its creation out of nothing. Its ultimate beginnings are shrouded in mystery. About this too, modem cosmology cannot help but to agree. What was there before the Big Bang? God only knows."
Kass explained the question as Lo whether Genesis
Evolution
continued on page 4
By Greg Fugate
Construction will be completed next week on a new parking lot located on the east side of the science building. The new lot will add 140 additional parking spaces and will be used primarily to accommodate overflow situations, Paul Schwekz, OSB, land manager at SJU told The Record this week.
The construction of the new lot is in accordance with the master plan for the SJU campus, which targeted the sight for future parking spaces. Schweitz told The Record that one of the ideas behind the master plan is to "de-emphasize vehicular traffic in the inner campus and create a more pedestrian atmosphere," by moving future parking areas to the outer perimeter of the campus. Scweitz cited therecent expansion of parking behind Tommy Hall as well as the new lot east of
the science building as examples of the plan.
Some students are upset with the location of the new lot. SJU sophomore Eric Munshower told The Record this week that he was upset over the decision to remove the 45-50 trees necessary to build the lot. "It used to be my favorite spot to watch the red- bellied woodpecker," Munshower said.
Sophomore Dave Eickhoff agreed. "Why do we eliminate 50 trees to move parking to the outer perimeter? I haven't noticed a whole lot of 'vehicular traffic1 problems in the inner campus before."
Despite some objections to the placement of the lot, a study is underway to explore the possibility of moving more parking to the outer perimeter in the future.
Cars
continued from page 1
$600 and says that he only has liability insurance. He said, "I was told about it from the guy whose car mine had been pushed into." Hogan says that he has gone to Life Safety twice now and he is disappointed that "not enough is being done." He added that he was not allowed to sec the case report that is on file in Life Safety.
According to Laux, no one has yet been questioned in connection with the incident. Security officers have been examining cars in the campus parking lots to see if any have received recent damages, but they have not yet discovered anything pertaining lo this case. "We're doing as much as we can with the information that we have," commented Laux, but he urges anyone with information concerning the incident to contact Life Safety Services. He also requested that all those whose vehicles were damaged in the incident to give him their damage estimates as soon as possible so they can have a full report should the person be apprehended.
Photoby Jeff if rzozowsKi
A section of trees was razed near the SJU Science Center to provide for overflow parking. The new lot will not be paved.
A
Diam< Go 40°
For contac at
Minneapc
V DIAMONDS FINE JEWELRY
Dnds and 14k >ld Jewelry /o-50%off!!
information ;t Tim Quesnell 363-2149
lis office (612)896-1995
