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Hmongs question identity
Security log
Compiled by The Record staff
Survey skews findings
St. John's Life Safety
Oct. 31� St. Placid: alcohol violation; New Science Center: alcohol violation; St. Thomas Hall: alcohol violation; St. Patrick Hall: alcohol violation; St. Vincent Court: fire alarm; Palaestra: theft
Nov. 1� Flynntown Apt: fire alarm; Palaestra: theft, medical
Nov. 2� Emmaus Hall: suspicious activity
Nov. 3� Campus: damage to property
Nov. 4� St. Thomas Hall: fire alarm; St.
Patrick Hall: theft
Nov. 5� St. Vincent Court: 3 fire alarms;
Alcuin: medical; Metten Court: fire alarm
Nov. 6� St. Vincent Court: fire alarm;
Campus: vehicle assist
By Drake Osterhout and Mary Baumgard
dlosterhout@csbsju.edu
mnbaumgard@csbsju.edu
According to a recent survey, CSB/SJU students believe their peers drink more than they actu�ally do. The survey was given to 3,077 randomly selected St. John's and St. Ben's students last spring.
The survey found the percep�tion of alcohol use is significantly higher than the actual number of users.
St. Ben's students answered that the frequency of drink�ing is perceived to be 1.97 days per week, when the
actual frequency Ben�nies drink is less than one day per week. St. John's
students respond�ed similarly, with a
perceived 2.72 days of drinking per week, when it is only 1.32 days
St. Ben's Security
Nov. 5 �Lottie Hall: welfare check
Nov. 6 �BAC: medical/fall; Monastery: medi�cal/chest pain
Nov. 7 �Corona Hall: underage consumption
Nov. 8 �Murray Hall: fire alarm activated;
Nov. 9 �Gorecki Dining: low water alarm
Next week's headlines
Ming's Story
A look at an upcoming interac�tive workshop on domestic abuse lead by Minh Dang, who was
featured in a recent MSNBC
documentary on the subject.
RedGage group
A look at the student group, RedGage, and its mission to
promote Johnnie activism and their plans for the future.
Textbook rental
Next semester, students will have the opportunity to rent textbooks from the CSB/SJU bookstores. A breakdown of the
benefits and drawbacks of the new program.
SOPHOUEN CHHIN � stchhin@csbsju.edu
The Hmong Experience event helped students learn about Hmong culture on the CSB/SJU campus. The event was sponsored by the Asian Studies Club.
By Jillian Yanish
jmyanish@csbsju.edu
Hmong students gathered to discuss the acceptance of their culture on a primarily white�American campus at the "Assimi�lation in America: The Hmong Experience" event Tues. Nov. 9.
The event, sponsored by the Asian Club, was for Hmong students to share experiences and discuss what it means to be Hmong.
CSB sophomore Yama Moua organized the event.
"I wanted it to be a class setting where people are allowed to talk and feel comfortable," Moua said.
Kelly Kraemer, Peace Studies professor, facilitated the event. Audience members engaged in the discussion and asked ques�tions. The panel consisted of CSB sophomores Tiffany Vang and Song Yang, SJU juniors John Moua and Chao Xiong and St. Cloud State University Professor Shoua Yang.
Richard Bohr, CSB/SJU pro�fessor and director of Asian Studies, opened the event with a brief history and information about the Hmong people. He said
CSB/SJU is enriched by the pres�ence of Hmong students.
A video gave a brief history of the Hmong community and described Hmong as an Asian ethnic group with an unclear
origin. Much of their history is traced back to China and
other southeastern areas of Asia. Hmong people have more recently
settled in other areas, like the United States, Australia and
Europe.
The panelists discussed tradi�tions, gender roles, stereotypes, marriages, superstitions and family structure of the Hmong community in comparison to
.See SURVEY PAGE 8
Drinking is social to students
Housing in works for CSB
.See HMONG PAGE 7
Hmong panel discusses diversity
. SJS UPDATES
SJS allocates funds to SJU rugby
By Mary Baumgard
mnbaumgard@csbsju.edu
St. Ben's will extend its grounds across College Avenue South in upcoming years to build more
residential living spaces and
athletic fields. The residential areas will be for upperclassmen and the athletic fields will likely include spaces for soccer, softball and golf.
The land for the project is
located between the old Kennedy
Elementary School and the Renner House. The campus now spans 85 acres and the addition will add 64 more. Collegeville
Development will also build a
senior living area next to the land for senior citizens.
"This is in preparation for four�year residency because we don't have enough beds to house
people," Vice President for Student Development Mary Geller said. "We will never house 100 percent of students, but we do want to house more students."
The new residential area will likely consist of several
complexes for upperclassmen. Tim Schumann, the director of facilities said the new residential area will hold between 125 and 135 beds. The units will include single�person, two�person and four�person spaces.
"We're building to about 92 percent capacity (of the student body)," Schumann said.
The new athletic fields will
include areas for several sports and will provide more spaces for
By Mary Baumgard
mnbaumgard@csbsju.edu
The St. John's Senate (SJS)
allocated over $9,000 at its meet�ing Wednesday. The allocations went to the St. John's rugby club, CSB/SJU transportation and
Extending the Link (ETL).
The SJS allocated the most money to the Rugby Club, fund�ing $5,405.93 for the team's trip to the Final Four round of the Midwest playoffs. The
Rugby Club had their account fro�zen last week after some miscon�duct on their most recent trip to a tournament, where they acciden�tally broke a bed frame. The club tried to rectify the situation with the school and the hotel involved.
Members of the rugby team met with MaryBeth Overland to help fix the relationship with CSB/SJU, attended the lecture by Dr. Chris Howard last week and contacted the hotel and apologized for the team's actions. The team said the hotel accepted the apology and welcomed them back.
"I am extremely proud the Rugby Club has stepped up and accomplished what was laid out," Dean of Students Mike Connolly said.
The SJS funded the next largest amount to ETL to cover part of the transporta�tion costs to Nepal.
Nepal is the next location ETL will be film its documentary.
"We will spend three weeks there doing a documentary on human trafficking," Senior Tom Hoffman, one of the ETL's lead�ers, said.
Hoffman said ETL would ask for an equal amount of money from the SBS to help cover the cost of plane tickets to Nepal. Hoffman believed the
Mike
Connolly
Dean of
Students
.See SJS PAGE 6
Funding for weekend busing
. SBS UPDATES
SBS funds ETL documentary travel
By Melissa DeOrio
mmdeorio@csbsju.edu
At the St. Ben's Senate's (SBS) last meeting co�directors Emily Bina and Tom Hoffman asked the SBS to help fund travel costs for their trip to Nepal for their new�est project on human trafficking by allocating $4,000 to the group.
Last week, the motion was tabled by a 14�0�0 vote because three senators were not present.
At this weeks meeting, there was much debate over how much money to give the group because although they supported the idea, as Olson stated in the previous meeting, the Senate has spent about $26,000 this year and ad�vises them not to exceed $30,000.
The St. John's Senate motioned to allocate the proposed $4,000 to Extending The Link.
Some senators whole�heartedly pledged the $4,000 donation to the group while others proposed to allocate $2,000�$3,000 in
order to allow for more contribu�tions to future group's causes.
There was some concern that the ETL is becoming too depen�dent on the Senate for funding and that the program should
consider becoming a club in
order to have some of their own funding and so that this allocation process does not continue each year.
After much debate it was
proposed by Senator Martin, and seconded by Senator Finley, to
formally amend the previous
motion and to allocate $3,000 to the ETL.
"This motion really conflicts me," Senator Olson said. "As a treasurer I should be saying that I need to inform the SBS of the fi�nancial burden, however I am also a voice of the student's and every�one who I have spoken to knows about the ETL and has seen the documentaries, so I too am not in support of the motion and am for full funding."
Burgason suggest�ed that they close the
debate and vote on the mo�tion. The motion was put to a vote and failed 7�8�1. President Reinert opened the floor for de�bate on the original proposal to allocate $4,000 to the ETL
program's trip to Nepal.
The motion passed 8�7�1.
Peer Resource Program
Representatives from the Peer Resource Program came in order to request that the SBS fund them $300 for an event that they put on
"Everyone who I have spoken to knows about the ETL"
�Jennie Olson
CSB Senator
.See HOUSING PAGE 6
Map of projected CSB campus
.See SBS PAGE 6
SBS funds ETL student trip
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