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The Record
Briefs...
February 11,1988
Panel discussion to be held
There will be a panel discussion of the proposed seven percent tuition increase this Sun., Feb. 14, at 8:00 p.m. in Quad 264, the Centenary Room.
The panel will be comprised of four members of the SJU Board of Regents and three members of the Sl John's Senate. Interested students and faculty members are encouraged to attend.
Alcohol—free housing topic of forum
An open panel discussion entitled "Alcohol-Free living: Could it be for You?" will be held on Feb. 21, at 7:30-9 p.m., in Q264. The open forum will address issues surrounding the proposed alcohol and drug-free dormitory at SJU
Panelists for the event include Cletus Connors, OSB, SJU director of residential programs; Robert Christiansen, SJU senate president; Michael Holscher, SJU Resident Assistant; John Mrachek, SJU Freshman; JohnMcLaughlin, SJU drug education coordinator.
All members of the SJU community are welcomed to attend.
Michel symposium planned
'The Legacy of Virgil Michel and the Future of the CatholicChurch in America" will be the theme of a symposium July 11 -14 at Saint John's Abbey and University.
John R. Roach, Archbishop of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, will be the keynote speaker. Past president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops and current president of the National Catholic Rural Life Conference, Roach will address "The Prophetic Vision of Virgil Michel,"
The symposium will feature four general sessions on the topics of liturgy, liturgy as related to social justice, the laity and Catholic education. The speakers and their presentations will be Sister Mary Collins, OSB, visiting associate professor of liturgy and spirituality at The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., "Liturgical Renewal and the Cultural Question"; Mark Searle, associate professor of theology and director of the graduate program in liturgical studies at the University of Notre Dame, 1The Liturgy and Catholic Social Doctrine"; Dolores Leckey, executive director of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops' Secretariat on Laity and Family Life, "The Vocation and Mission of the Laity: A Late Twentieth-Century View"; and Sister AJ-ice Gallin, OSU, executive director of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities, "Catholic Education and the Liberal Arts."
Aspecial colloquium will focus on *The Church's Role in Social and Economic Issues." Rev. J. Bryan Hehir, senior research scholar at Georgetown University's Kennedy Institute of Ethics; Eugene McCarthy, former U.S. Senator and past presidential candidate; and Michael Novak, occupant of the George Frederick Jewett Chair in Religion and Public Policy at the American Enterprise Institute, Washington, D.C., will be members of the panel.
In addition, eight focus sessions will address the topics of art and the liturgy, religious education ¦ and the liturgy, ecumenism, the crisis of the land, the urban parish and social justice, social justice in the rural parish, the peace movement and the church and the American Indian.
The four-day conference commemorates the centenary of the birth and the 50th anniversary of the death of Virgil Michel, OSB (1890-1938). Michel, a monk of Saint John's Abbey, was a
pioneer in the liturgical movement in the United States. He was founder of the Liturgical Press and Orates Fralres magazine (later renamed HbrWu/?) and also served as dean of SJU and pastor of the American Indian Mission at Red Lake, MN.
Registration fee for the symposium, sponsored by Saint John's Abbey, SJU and The Liturgical Press, is S150 per person through June 1 ($180 June2to July 11). A special rate of $130 per personis available to groups of four or more from the same organization. Housing and meals willbe available for an additional charge. For more information, contact Stephen Lilly, OSB, Office of the President, SJU, Collegeville, MN 56321.
RA applications available
Cletus Connors, OSB, SJU director of residential programs, announced that applications for SJU student Resident Assistant for 1988-89 will be accepted beginning Monday morning, Feb. 8.
Qualifications include commitment to a Liberal Arts education, full-time student status, on-carn-pus residency for fall, spring and January Terms, ability to participate in required preparation workshops this April and in late August and in-service development seminars during the school year, 2.70 minimum grade point average and willingness to accept the responsibilities of the position.
Opportunities include working with fellow students in a position of leadership, staff development program, academic credit, resume and worthwhile stipend.
Students interested are to pick up materials describing procedures and application forms from Barb Frank, Campus Life, on or after Monday, Feb. 8 in the Campus Life Office. Completed forms must be returned by Friday, Feb. 19.
LSLR now accepting entries
Submissions of all visual art, short fiction, poetry, creative essays, music, etc, are now being accepted for the Lower Stumpf Lake Review.
Deadline for entries is Feb. 28. Please include a 100-150 word autobiographical statement. Entries should be sent to box 1326, SJU. For more information, contact Mike Gathje at 2891.
SAB sponsors Getaway '88
The SAB is sponsoring Getaway '88 on Feb. 27 from 9 p.m.-l a.m. in Claire Lynch Hall at CSB. At midnight a trip for two to New York City will be raffled off. Included in the package are one night's hotel accommodations in Minneapolis airfare three nights-four days at New York's centrally located Omni Hotel tickets to a Broadway show and spending money.
Come dressed in an appropriate New York City costume and get in free. Those without costume will be charged $1. Additional prizes for costumes will be awarded. Entertainment will be provided by DB Sound.
Tickets will be sold in Mary Cafe and Mary Commons and will be available at the door on the night of the event.
Visitation day Monday
On Feb. 15 the SJU admissions office will be hosting about 400 prospective students and parents for a Campus Visit Day Program. Most high school students have the day off from school in recognition of President's Day.
The program begins with registration at 8:30 a.m. and ends about 3 p.m. and includes opportunities for students to participate in academic mini-sessions, tour the SJU and CSB campuses, and meet with coaches, admissions representatives and
financial aid personnel. The visitors will be eating lunch in the refectory so faculty and students should anticipate longer lines.
'These students are visiting because they consider SJU one of their top choices for college," said JimMcConnell, admissions officer and event coordinator. "We in admissions ask that you extend hospitality and assistance to anyone who might need it."
McConnell also stated that Campus Visit Day Programs, one in October and one in February, are becoming "all-campus events. We really involve agreatnumberofpeople on campus, from faculty presenters to student tour guides. We hope to give students a comprehensive overview of the educational opportunities at SJU."
Sales seminar offered
Mark Thelen, president of Thelen Advertising, St. Cloud, will present a sales seminar Feb. 25 at 7 p.m. in the SJU Stephen B. Humphrey Theater.
Thelen, a 1966 graduate of SJU, has been in the sales profession the past 13 years. In his program, he will discuss prospecting, the sales presentation, handling objections and closing the sale.
In addition to his work with his own advertising firm, Thelen travels around the country to present his one-day seminar, "Sales: The Essential Skills." He has also taught personal selling at St. Cloud State University and Metropolitan Community College and has served as a consultant to sales departments for several hundred companies.
Thelen's presentation, free and open to the public, is being sponsored by the Saint John's Society for the Advancement of Management and the University's Central Minnesota Alumni Chapter.
Finn elected to board
Daniel Finn, dean of the SJU graduate School of Theology, has been elected to a four-year term on the board of directors of the Society of Christian Ethics.
Finn was elected to the position at the Society's annual meeting held Jan. 15-17 at Duke University, Durham, N.C. Finn will also serve as chair of the organizations subgroup on political economy and ethics.
The Society of Christian Ethics is a professional organization of Christian ethicists from colleges, universities, seminaries and divinity schools from throughout the United States and Canada.
Cash offered for poetry
International Publications is offering $215 in cash and book prizes and free printing for all accepted poems in their American Collegiate Poets Anthology.
The National College Poetry Contest is open to all college and university students desiring to have their poetry anthologized. Cash prizes will go to the top five poems.
Buddhist lecture slated
Frank R. Podgorski, director of Asian Area Studies at Seton Hall University, South Orange, N.J., will give a presentation entitled, "Inner Journey: A Buddhists Understanding," tonight, 7:45 p.m. at the Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research on the campus of SJU. The lecture, free and open to the public, will be followed by a group discussion.
Correction
The January 21st edition oiThe Record incorrectly identified the wrestler in the photograph on page 23. The caption should have identified senior co-captain John Ehlers.
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