October 13, 1994
The Record
Page 3
Wood-fired kiln receives blessing
By Louise McCarthy
Editorial Staff Writer
Abbot Timothy Kelly, OSB, blessed and dedicated the new wood-fired kiln at SJU in a ceremony at 4 pm yesterday. The blessing, attended by members of the SJU/CSB communities and visitors from abroad, markedthecompletionofthe Johanna Kiln.
87 feet in length with a capacity of 1,600 square feet, the Johanna Kiln is located off Lake Watab near the SJU Pottery Studio. The Pottery Studio, in the basement of Joe Hall, houses studios and an indoor gas-fired kiln.
This kiln, twice the size of the previous kiln, is the largest of its kind in the US. It was named for S. Johanna Becker, OSB, CSB/ SJU professor of art and nationally recognized Asian art historian. Becker was also the first female professor at SJU as well as the Dean of the College of St. Benedict.
The Johanna Kiln, built by members of the SJU monastic community, students and
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other volunteers, cost approximately $48,000 to build, working with salvaged brick from its predecessor and over 42 tons of waste brick from NSPs Cerro III power plant. Donations of steel were used to make the framework for the kiln, weldedby artist Sugi Kazuaki. With all new materials, the kiln would have cost an estimated $200,000.
In its firing, the kiln will burn waste wood from the power house as well as dead tree fall from the monastic grounds. The wood fly-ash produced from the firing will give the pieces in the kiln the distinct coloration of wood-fired pottery.
The kiln, when fired for the first time in April 1995, will house up to 12,000 pieces of work. During firing the kiln can reach up to 2,500*F. Due to its capacity and the time required for each firing(two weeks with a staff of 10), the Johanna Kiln will be fired only twice yearly.
*** All dollar amounts for administrative salaries at CSB were taken from The Chronicle of Higher Education, Sept. 14, 1994, A37.
*** All dollar amounts and percentages for faculty salaries at CSB/SJU were taken from the AAUP table for 1993-94 Salaries and Compensation for all Minnesota 4-Year Colleges compiledby Robert E.Sloan, President UM TC AAUP.
Professor's Salary Comparison
Prof. Assoc. Asst. Instr.
SJU
$51.2 $41.2
CSB
$49.6 $40.4
$35.3 $29.6
$33.4 $28.9
Median pay of college presidents by total budget of their institutions
Private, religious institution with $24 1991-92 Pav 1992-93 Pay
million or more annual expenditure
$120,000
Private, nonreligious institution with
$22-53.4 million annual expenditure $126,943
Pay includes cash compensation, but not benefits
$125,000
$140,000
Sister Johanna Becker, OSB, pours water from the kanta in the ceremony dedicating the newly completed Johanna Kiln, (photo by Peter Raih)
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The new standards guidelines will be added to the existing 10-page document, most likely as a preamble.
"I don't think those standards will change. It was a technicality that they needed to have to appease the people who were complaining," Sethney said.
"Our standards haven't changed from the beginning," offers "John Gould, cast member of "Composed Panic". "Our objective is to push buttons, to make people talk about what they don't want to talk about. Basically, you're always going to offend somebody."
Gould is reassured that KJNB remains in charge of "Composed Panic" and its time slot. Also, he is glad that the differences between the two clubs are resolved. "Before, the boundaries weren't established. C6 moved onto time that had already been granted to KJNB. Nobody knew what was going on, and nobody knew who was in charge."
Much of the confict was attributed to mis-communication among C6 internally. Griffith admits thafltshould'vebeen done before. Now we have a format that people won't feel they're getting the run-around."
Griffith, along with staffmembers Joe Allen and Liz Meier, shared that they evaluate student programming differently than motion pictures or syndicated programming. Presently, they allow much more leniency for movies than for shows like "Composed Panic".
The reasoning, according to Griffith, is thatKJNB programming portrays an image of our institutions whereas movies do not. The consistency of this evaluation method gives rise to problems in accountability, but as Griffith notes, "Right now, we flag all our programming." A flag is a message that appears on the screen before the program begins that warns viewers of possiblly offensive material. Sara Burnett, Independent editor, asked "If you flag all of your programming, then who is accountable?"
But, adds Griffith, "we may set up a separate standards committee for movies."
C6 just recently became recognized as a student club, and already has a staff of 130. The executive staff of C6 numbers 32, and general staff totals around 80. There are eight different departmenswihinC6. The large size: of the club may have added their problems, but club members feels. that it is run well with very collective leadership.
"You can tell who has the power in the group. I think that's something you need," Sethney said, "but I think they went on the air prematurely. I think they needed to work out details in their constitution."
The future of the CSB/SJU television medium remains undeveloped. Only with more programming and operating experience will the club be able to define more clearly what their standards are. "We really needed more of an opportunity to find our niche," Griffith says.
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