The Scroll | February 21, 2012

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By Bridget McDowellScroll Staff Writer

A small group of Bethany business students is

giving the campus guest house new life.

Bethany Network Ventures is a group of five business majors who recently set up shop in the small house on Marsh Street as part of a partnership with the Regional Center for Entrepreneurial Facilitation (RCEF). When the RCEF began looking into options for a move out of their orig-inal office in downtown Mankato, Bethany profes-sor Shane Bowyer, also vice president of the RCEF Board

of Directors, suggested BLC.

Together with Bethany president Dan Bruss, RCEF executive director Bryan Stading began facilitat-ing a move of his own. The company then partnered with Bowyer’s students who created their own business, Bethany Network Ventures (BNV) under RCEF’s tutorship.

“It’s a free resource to help anyone with a business idea,” said Bowyer of RCEF. “The goal of BNV is to build a network of students to be hired by businesses and give them the opportunity to start their own company,

facilitate business and stay on campus.”

Bowyer said one of his classes is already getting “real-world experience by writing and designing RCEF’s next newsletter. They get paid and combine their strengths.”

It isn’t just the business department that is taking advantage of the experience. Andrew Overn’s art students helped design BNV’s logo and Jennifer Wosmek’s psychology students help with focus interviews.

The five founding members of BNV are Zac

Shawn Loging Scroll Staff Writer

Elections require a lot of money and a lot of

support for a candidate to even make it into elected office. Yet one Bethany student arrives without such a public affair.

Senior Eythan Frandle is spending this semester interning at the Minnesota State Capitol, working for Senator Doug Magnus (R).

“Tuesdays and Thurs-days, my main purpose up there is to track bills and to make sure that my senator, Doug Magnus, knows which committee has the vote for the bill he is pushing, authored or co-authored. Second, Agricultural and Rural Economies is my specific wing and I set up the committee room. I make sure to record the meet-ings, deliver papers (bills) to senators within that specific room.

“The Committee of Agri-cultural and Rural Econo-mies is just that, so we cover topics on the EPA and regulations for farm-ers. So there are all these senators that get around this big table and I make sure that they have all the information that they need, from the bills we’re trying to pass and the ones we

want to get rid of. The third most important thing that I do is help with general office things,” said Frandle.

“Generally, all I do is track bills but on Thurs-day [Feb. 2] I got soup for Magnus. I was expecting more of the tedious stuff like that, but surprisingly there has not been much of that. It has mostly been research related like ‘look

up this bill,’ ‘figure out what it is for,’ ‘give me a short description of it’ because some of these bills are enormous. They will read all of the bills, but they want to read it to make their own decisions. Then they want see what some-one else wrote about the bills and compare to see if they missed something or find out if their intern is up

for the job,” Frandle added. Frandle first heard of this

opportunity in an e-mail that he received from Career Services and sent in his résumé. It was not long after he received a call, telling him that he was accepted.

“I want to be a corporate

Shawn LogingScroll Staff Writer

R ick Santorum passed go and won the whole

board on Feb. 7, sweeping the three primary elections held, the caucuses in Minne-sota and Colorado and the primary in Missouri.

Republican presidential candidate Santorum won 45 percent of the votes in Minnesota, candidate Ron Paul came in second with 27 percent, reported CBS News. Elsewhere, Santo-rum received 55 percent in Missouri and 40 percent in Colorado.

After the results were in Tuesday night, Santorum had this to say: “Conser-vatism is alive and well in Missouri and Minnesota. Thank you all so very very much, it is great to be here. I just can’t thank the people of Missouri; we doubled him [Mitt Romney] up here and Minnesota…”

Senior Nick Boyce was present at the Republican caucus held in Blue Earth County, attending his first caucus. He said, “It was exciting and it was also fun. I actually was the caucus convener for precinct four, which Bethany is in. So I lead the meeting and then we did the straw poll vote and Paul won that. Then we elected delegates for the county convention next. The last thing to do was to discuss resolutions to the party platform, there were four resolutions made. We discussed those and three of them were accepted. So it was a really fun experi-ence and I cannot wait to do it again in the next election.”

Yet, what is a caucus and a primary, and what do they do?

Professor Ryan MacPher-son explained, “In a primary, people have a ballot and they simply vote as if it was an election, so for example it says ‘who do you want to be the president’ and then you are given a choice. Now in primaries, you have a distinct ballot based on the

Photo by Melissa Richie

It’s not every day a Bethany student gets to work alongside a Minnesota state senator. But that’s where senior Eythan Frandle finds himself on a regular basis. Frandle has had the opportunity to work with Senator Magnus this semester for his internship. Frandle hopes to attend law school upon graduation.

Student interns for state senator

Students launch Bethany Network Ventures

Santorum leads MN voters polls

Photo by Allison Homan

The small community of Bethany’s campus allows for students to find experiences not always available at other colleges. The Regional Center for Entrepreneurial Facili-tation, located next to Edgewood, has given 5 Bethany students an opportunity to be the founding members of Bethany Network Ventures. See page 2, NETWORK

See page 2, FRANDLE

See page 6, CAUCUS

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lawyer and I knew that it will help me further my career path, specifically with this on my résumé,” Frandle explained.

Even though there is a lot of serious work happening, there are some fun times.

“I also have a lot of conver-sational time with people from around the capitol. It is really fun. My first day there, there were 67 members in Senate; I prob-ably shook hands with about 50. I was like, ‘Hi, I am interning for Magnus, if you need me, I am downstairs,’”

Frandle said.Frandle stated that he

learned that they are real people, saying, “my first day I also heard probably three or four times that they take their job seriously but not themselves. There were senators singing in the halls, just singing. The House of Representatives has a lot more crazy stuff going on. My office is constantly full of sarcasm from the people working in there. Yet, they are all real people, they have good and bad times, they are funny, they are serious and you can talk to them. You should never feel afraid to

call your senator.”Even though Frandle

cannot be an active member in the Senate, like writing the bills or voting on them, most of the learning that he experiences is through other people, or as he said it, “osmosis.”

Frandle adds, “It’s a job full of a lot of responsibil-ity because when you get there you have to maintain a professional nature, even when they are not serious, you have to because you do not have the clout. I’m just the intern, you’re the bottom rung. So you have to show up with your suit on and

you cannot really sing in the halls.”

Frandle does admit that there is a downside. “Driv-ing up there on Tuesdays and Thursdays, I fall asleep every time. It is a horrible drive; it is like an hour and 20 minutes, leaving at seven o’clock in the morning and get back around 4:30 to five at night. It is a long drive. My senator [Magnus] is fairly ellusive because he lives so far away, he arrives at 10:30 to 11:00 a.m. and leave at 5:00 p.m., so I am probably only able to see him three hours on my days there.”

Even though higher office is not in Frandle’s future, he does recommend interning at the capitol for anyone who is interested in a career simi-lar to his.

Fick, Andy Gensch, Josh Becker, Tori Tecken and Denaye Austed.

Fick said, “I’d like to be an entrepreneur so this hands-on experience is irre-placeable.” The sophomore added, “I figured I’d be doing something like this on some level by coming to Bethany, but the one-on-one with professors has given me more confidence than I would get at a larger

university.”Gensch can relate. “It gets

us hands-on experience while helping other students get started,” he said.

Like Fick, Gensch wants to be an entrepreneur: “I want to start my own busi-ness. Every time I walk into a business I think, ‘How can this be better? What could I do to improve it?’ I like to think imaginatively about solutions. Everyone is stuck on structure, but there’s more to business than that.”

Becker, on the other hand, joined BNV for the fun of it.

“I really want to be involved, not as much for the experience, but because I’m an enthusiast,” he said. “This is a structure and envi-ronment where I can excel and I get as much out of the company as I put in.”

Fick said that the company exists to help all Beth-any students, not just the business students.

“We want to kindle the passion and do as much as

we can do for as many differ-ent people as possible,” he said.

The group encourages students to come to them with any business idea.

“Come to us with anything, even hare-brained ideas,” said Fick. “The most abstract or bizarre ideas can work out or spark something else.”

Gensch said, “Don’t be shy. Anything business related, we’re the people to come to.”

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FRANDLE: Senior gains legal experience working along side Minnesota state senator Magnus

By Alex NelsonScroll Staff Writer

It is a rare occasion when someone is able to make

a direct impact on others after they are dead. One way that an individual can accomplish this feat is to be an organ donor. The choice of whether to take this posi-tion is a significant deci-sion, as it could potentially save another individual’s life down the road. Another meaningful route that can be taken is to donate one’s body to the cause of scientific education, which benefits students across the globe, including here at Bethany Lutheran College.

“The donors have done us a special service. We must give them the utmost respect while we learn from the gift they have given us,” said Matthew Kuster, a professor of exercise science at BLC.

For nearly a decade, the students of the upper-level gross anatomy course have had the opportunity to systematically dissect a deceased human body, called a cadaver. The highly

involved class, which is taught by Kuster, grants them the unique ability to fully explore the ins and outs of the human body from a “regional approach.” This means that the students move from one section of the body to another, instead of taking a “systems approach,” where the focus is on groups of organs scattered through-out the body.

Bethany is one of the only undergraduate programs in the country that boasts the capability of offering their students this incredible experience.

“It is indispensible in terms of learning human anatomy. We are very blessed that administration continues to support it and our students are blessed that we can do this on campus, because not many under-graduate schools have this chance,” said Kuster.

“The fact that we get to go to an institution that allows for this is pretty sweet. It shows that Bethany is a diamond in the rough in many aspects,” said senior Daniel Stark.

In addition to the dissection of a cadaver, the gross anatomy class must also compose a research paper based on a type of surgery. As a result, the combination of the two different practices provides a holistic learning atmo-sphere for students in the course.

“I am doing my research paper on breast cancer and reconstruction. The other day, we went through chest tissue, and I was able to see the structure of the body that linked to my project. It was the real deal and really cool to see,” said senior

Marcie Flygare.The process through

which the school has to go to field such an intensive study is thorough and complete. It includes a written agree-ment and a site visit, but the supplier is responsible for the transportation of the cadavers to and from campus. This year, the University of Iowa delivered two cadavers to Bethany, one male and one female.

One of the biggest bonuses to taking part in the dissection of a cadaver at this level of higher educa-tion is that it sets up Bethany students rather nicely for the

next step, which is usually graduate school. In addition to this, the unforgettable exercise tends to leave a last-ing impact on the students, setting them on fire for the medical field.

“It [has] assisted in my passion and gives me more confidence that I will succeed in the medical field,” said Stark.

“It is really going to help beef up the resume to have the opportunity to be able to witness the complex amaze-ment of the human body,” said Flygare.

Creative power of God educates first hand


A cadaver dissection class is a rare occurrence at an undergraduate school, but Bethany is one of those instances. Thirteen students in the biology and exercise science fields spend their class time dissecting two cadavers. They also spend time working on their papers on a pathology and surgery as well as studying the human body in depth.

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Campus Q&A

Did you watch the Super Bowl for

the game or the commercials?

By Anna Wright

Brad LawsonSenior“Both but I didn’t care who won.”

Lucas HerdFreshman“For the game. I wanted the Giants to win.”

Clint AretzSophomore“I watched it for the game and wanted the Patriots to win.”

Chris HarmanJunior“Watched it for the commercials.”

Ezekiel KrollSophomore“I watched it for the game and wanted the Giants to win.”

Alyssa Frederickson

Hometown:Sanborn, MinnesotaWhat BLC activities are you involved in?Volleyball.What time do you usually go to bed?Around 1:15 a.m.If you could meet anyone, who would it be and why?Misty May and Kerri Walsh because I absolutely love watching them play. They

are amazing.What did you do growing up that got you into trouble?I kind of did what I wanted. I never really got in too much trouble. If you were given $1 million dollars, what would you spend it on?College, medical school, my family and future family.

David SchwarkHometown:Alpine, California

Describe yourself in three words:

Humorous, calm and passionate.

What is your favorite kind of music?

I listen to pretty much any kind of music.

What is the funniest prank played on you or played by you?

Our high school history teacher had us sneak over to the biology class and we turned

off his projector in the middle of class. When he turned it back on, we turned it off

again and left, snickering all the way back.

If you could be any fictional character, who would you be an why?

LeRoy Jethro Gibbs from NCIS. His personality is closely related to mine and is a man

that I admire and wish to mimic.

List three goals on your life’s to-do list:

Visit Australia because I have been fascinated with the country, restore a 1968 Chevy

Corvette and write a fiction book.

Freshmen Files

By Alex NelsonScroll Staff Writer

It does not take a smart man to realize that today’s

global economy has encoun-tered significant problems that have begun to affect people’s lives in profound ways. As a result, the prac-tice of entrepreneurship has become a daring venture, taken on by only the most ambitious and passionate business minds.

To be able to own one’s business, a person has to be precise, efficient and resourceful, making sure not to let any opportunity fade. Bethany senior Niko-las Boyce demonstrates these valuable qualities, and hopes to put them to the test as one of the entrepreneurs of tomorrow.

“My dream job is to be running my own business, doing financial advising for businesses or individuals. I have also thought about getting involved with a natu-ral resources company that is trying to find something to replace oil,” said Boyce.

The driven business administration major from New Ulm is a great exam-ple of someone who knows what they want out of life.

He came into Bethany with an understanding of his strengths and weaknesses and used this knowledge to start off his pursuit of a bachelor’s degree on the right foot.

“My parents encouraged me to look into careers, so that I felt prepared when it was time to declare my major. I think that I will be happy with my job,” said Boyce.

During the first two years of his studies in Mankato, he was hesitant to get involved on campus, but since then he has completely changed his mind. This year, Boyce is not only the president of the Student Leadership Soci-

ety, but he has also played a major role in leading a political group that supports Republican candidate Ron Paul. He is also taking part in an internship this semes-ter for Greater Mankato Growth, in which they have him taking part in a wide array of financial studies and exercises.

“I am an all or nothing person. When I am passion-ate about something, I am willing to go out of my comfort zone. I want to use my gifts to spread the Gospel as I go out into the real world,” said Boyce.

Every once in a while, Boyce needs a break from the hustle and bustle of

college life, so he heads home to escape from the madness. He comes from a family of four, made up of his mom, his dad, his twin brother, and himself. His house, which overlooks the picturesque Minnesota River valley, provides the perfect setting in which to unwind.

“I live just outside of New Ulm in the country. I like the peacefulness of it and there is a really nice view, especially in the fall when the leaves drop,” said Boyce.

One facet of Boyce’s life that he keeps close to his heart no matter where he goes is his Christian faith. He attempts to keep the Lord’s commands at the fore-front every day, so that he is not blinded by the tempta-tions of this world. A strong desire of his is to always make sure that his priorities are in line with his faith life.

“Coming from a Chris-tian background, it defines how I live my life. I keep it in front of me as I make deci-sions. I try to take a Chris-tian perspective on things and integrate it into my life as much as possible, so that it becomes natural,” said Boyce.


Senior Spotlight: Nikolas Boyce


By Bridget McDowellScroll Staff Writer

Departing again from a long-standing tradi-

tion of Gilbert and Sullivan shows, this year’s Bethany Choraliers show took on the somewhat obscure “Very Good Eddie.”

The annual Choraliers production is deeply entwined in the fabric of BLC, involving a large number of students.

Director Ann Fredrick-son said, “In addition to the leads, there is a chorus of 40. Anyone can participate in Choraliers – no experience is necessary.”

Fredrickson had promised “lighthearted, pure enter-tainment” and the show did not disappoint.

Of the show itself she said, “’Very Good Eddie’ is about two couples on a day trip to Honeymoon Inn. One husband and one wife are left behind when they miss the boat. Their respec-tive partners are thought by other passengers to be on their honeymoon together. The rest is about their attempt to uphold propriety.”

Though it is not a well-known story, “Very Good Eddie” was a landmark piece.

“This is one of the first pieces of American musi-cal theater,” said Fredrick-son. “The music is used to further the plotline; they keep with the action and show – not random.”

Many of the participants enjoyed this aspect.

“I decided to take a stab at a principle role this year because I liked the idea of blending music, and theatre, especially since I enjoy both of them thoroughly,” said

junior Michael Harting. “In my opinion, productions like ‘Very Good Eddie’ are near the perfect balance between comedy, theatre and music.”

The man behind “the Frenchman,” freshman David Ott, said, “I auditioned for this production because of my passion for musical theatre, especially of the comedic variant. Singing and acting are a few of my absolute favorite pastimes.”

Freshman Nick Lilienthal, who played Eddie Kettle, described the show as “a lot of crazy antics, many laughs and over all a heartwarming story.”

He added, “I thought the show went fantastic. Every-one was completely support-ive and positive throughout the show, which made it enjoyable both on and off stage.”

All of the lead actors cited that support and positivity as the driving force for the success of the show.

“The best parts about Choraliers are working under a great director, acting with a fun, talented cast, and the overall atti-tude that everyone brings to rehearsals and the stage,” said sophomore Annalise Tecken. “I didn’t hear anyone from the cast complain about the show and everyone almost always brought their ‘A-game.’ Choraliers was one of my favorite parts of the day.”

“We had good team chemistry and everyone supported each other which translated into a better over-all experience as a show,” Harting agreed. “We were even able to run through the show fully by tech week with no problems; the way we all

worked together helped us get so much more done in a shorter period of time.”

He added, “It was neat seeing a whole new principle cast and seeing the fresh-men coming in and taking initiative and being that active was encouraging.”

Ott spoke on that point: “I love the huge amount of talent God has bestowed upon the students and faculty here. Also, coming from a public school my entire life, I can tell you that working with Chris-tian actors is such a beauti-ful experience. Everyone takes the hard work and late nights with a friendly, if tired, smile, and they’re all driven to do their absolute best.”

Doing their best even involved incorporating some Bethany humor into the production which, according to Fredrickson, “was written for a small theater making it a good fit for Bethany.”

Among the Bethany references was the change of the pastor’s name to DeGarmeaux, a Bethany professor well-known for his attendance at weddings. Musical director Dennis Marzolf garnered some spotlight playing one of the songs himself on a piano brought onto the stage.

Harting said that these and other features were “just creative tips that came from the cast, whose always eager and always thinking mental-ity was fun to work with.”

Said Tecken, “I’m unre-grettably glad I auditioned; I love my character, Madame Matroppo, and the cast.”

Harting added, “I’d say the show exceeded our expectations.”

Photo by David Norris

The Choraliers production of “Very Good Eddie” brought over 40 students in the YFAC for long practices to not only learn the songs, but also memorize their lines and dance routines. “Very Good Eddie” was a musical based on two couples on their honeymoon who found themselves married to the wrong person.

Choraliers ‘Very Good Eddie’ better than good

By Jaime Schultz Scroll Staff Writer

Up ‘Til Dawn is an orga-nization from St. Jude

Children’s Research Hospi-tal. Bethany Jebbett, a senior at BLC and leader of the campus chapter, is in charge of Up ‘Til Dawn here on campus. She explained what it is all about.

“There’s a two day letter sending event where we provide the letters, the enve-lopes and the stamps. The students bring addresses of people they know personally. The students send letters to them, asking for dona-tions for St. Jude and to raise awareness of the cause.”

St. Jude Hospital is a non-profit organization that is geared towards helping chil-dren with cancer.

Junior Amber Sene-cal mentioned her reason for joining Up ‘Til Dawn, saying, “I joined because I want to help the children.”

Up ‘Til Dawn meets every Tuesday in Honsey Hall at 4:30 p.m. They plan upcom-ing events and activities.

St. Jude needs dona-tions because “it takes $1.7 million to run the hospital for one day,” Jebbett stated.

St. Jude is unique in the way they help families. For one, they don’t worry about a family being unable to pay the hospital bills. “Any patient that comes in that can’t afford the treatment doesn’t have to pay.”

The way St. Jude makes this happen is by the dona-tions that they receive

from sponsors all over the world. Right now there is only one St. Jude hospital in Memphis, Tenn. Some of St. Jude’s sponsors include Target, the Ronald McDon-ald Foundation and the Memphis Grizzlies.

By becoming a participant, students can help St. Jude by participating in the two day letter sending event. As an added bonus, they will be given a party in the spring.

Senecal spoke about the upcoming party, saying, “The party is Disney-themed. The executive board of Up ‘Til Dawn will be dressed as Disney char-acters. The games will be Disney as well. We’re having Disney Fear Factor and Disney video games.”

Up ‘Til Dawn partici-pants only have to bring 15 addresses to enter the draw-ing for the grand prize, and only 10 addresses to get into the party.

Jebbett also added a few details. “The party is on March 14, from 7-11 p.m. in the Sports and Fitness Center. We’re going to have games and activities and there’s going to be lots of free food. There’s going to be great prizes. Our grand prize is a $200 Visa gift card.”

If you missed the letter sending events you can still come to the party if you bring 10 or more addresses of people you know. You can sign the letters before going to the party.

Up ‘Til Dawn sets event for students

Photo by Kathryn Wolf

After their second letter writing event, Up ‘Til Dawn is over halfway to their goal of 1,000 letters. Melissa Owen is a member of the committee that sends letters to raise funds for children with cancer.


By Ethan Schulz and Kalie StaplesScroll Staff Writer

Controversy in the name of attention grabs few

Has Lady Gaga met her match? Nicki Minaj’s perfor-mance on Feb. 13 at the 54th Grammy Awards has stirred up controversy.

Her performance was the debut for her alter ego named Roman. Roman was created two years ago. “I had this vision for him to be sort of exorcised—or actually he never gets exor-cised—but people around him tell him he’s not good enough because he’s not normal, he’s not blending in with the average Joe,” Minaj said in an interview with the New York Daily News.

Aside from her alter ego, Minaj also was the talk of night by using a priest, a fake exorcism and some scandalous moves by backup dancers. These moves caused viewers to be offended by the mocking of the Roman Catholic religion.

“I feel like a lot of the sing-ers are doing crazy weird stuff to get attention and I don’t like it. It’s more about the performance—like shock value—instead of their singing,” said sopho-more Cassie Wierschke.

Wasted time and talentAs if taking a cue from

Comic Book Guy himself, two Simpsons fans have broken the world record for continuous TV viewing.

Jeremiah Franco and Carin Shreve from Califor-nia together watched 87 hours and 37 minutes worth of consecutive episodes of “The Simpsons.” They won a grand prize of $10,500 from the event hosted by Twenti-eth Century Fox.

“That is ridiculous,” said Anna Tecken, a sophomore. “People who sleep use more brain cells than people who are watching TV.” She was wearing a tin-foil hat at the time.

Matt Groening, the creator of the series, as well as several cast members from the show, attended the event.

“The Simpsons,” which first aired in 1989, is the longest running animated sitcom of all time.

Slip and slide into Snow WeekBy Jaime Schultz Scroll Staff Writer

For Minnesotans, winter can be a six month event

of hiberation. School has been in session for little over a month. Students have had tests, homework and term papers. Thankfully Snow Week is here again.

There have been a few Snow Week activities on campus already. First, there was the voting of the candi-dates for Snow King and Queen that took place from February 13-17.

Renee Tatge, the Coordi-nator of Student Activities, talked about the rules of voting, saying, “Only senior

students are nominated. Ten people are chosen, five guys and five girls. People who get the most votes get to be on the court.”

The second activity was ice skating at All Seasons Arena on Feb. 16. Ice skat-ing was free of charge if the students presented their ID that evening from 10:45 - midnight.

On Feb. 21, students can enjoy skiing and snow tubing at Mount Kato. Prices are reduced for Bethany students. Students need to provide their own transportation, but lift and equipment prices will be 10 dollars each.

Sophomore Hannah Thies-feldt, who is a member of the BAC, is excited about the trip to Mount Kato, saying, “I’ve never been snow tubing. I’m really looking forward to it.”

On Wednesday night everyone can enjoy a deli-cious meal in the cafeteria. BAC is putting on a Steak Night. The candidates for Snow King and Queen are going to be announced during dinner.

Last year, the BAC had a band come and play as the big event. This year they’ve hired a hypnotist to come and perform.

“The hypnotist Chris

Jones is going to do to some hypnotizing. He is also going to do some magic tricks.” Tatge said.

“After the hypnotist, we’re going to do handprints like the Hollywood Walk of Fame around 9:30,” senior Bethany Jebbett said. This activity will take place in the cafeteria.

The Snow Dance is on Friday. It’s going to be held in the cafeteria. Attendance is free. The theme is Holly-wood Glitz and Glamour. The Snow King and Queen will be crowned at the dance to bring an end to this year’s Snow Week.

By Julie HindsDetroit Free Press (MCT)

The Chrysler Super Bowl ad with Clint Eastwood

has been obsessively parsed for political meaning by pundits for days, despite the star’s and the company’s denials of a hidden intent _ or any “Dark Knight Rises” spoilers.

How naive of them to say that. You think Super Bowl ads are just about cars, running shoes, snack foods and beer? They usually have a secret partisan message designed to influence voters, especially during presiden-tial election years.

Here’s a look at some other politically laden commer-cials of the Super Bowl LXVI that have gone unexamined _ until now, that is.

DORITOS SLINGSHOT BABY: When a young boy taunts a baby with his tasty Doritos, a grandmotherly woman slingshots the infant over via a bouncy baby seat to grab the entire bag. This blatant attack on capitalism argues for a redistribution of wealth.

MR. QUIGGLY FOR SKECHERS: A burly French bulldog triumphs over sleek, handsome greyhounds at dog racing. Read between the lines and it’s a metaphor for Newt Gingrich’s rough-and-tumble campaign to defeat the sleek, handsome Mitt Romney.

CAMARO GRADUATE: A young man goes wild with joy when he assumes a car is his graduation gift, not the mini-fridge that his parents are giving him. It’s undoubt-

edly a slam at the so-called entitlement mentality.

AUDI VAMPIRES: A group of “Twilight”-ish young vampires party around a campfire until daylight-strength LED head-lights destroy them. This is a pro-green attempt to illus-trate how energy-efficient lighting protects the world from resource-draining options.

HYUNDAI AS CPR: When his boss collapses from an apparent heart attack, an employee throws his vehicle into reverse several times to successfully revive him. The undertone seems to be that without President Barack Obama’s health care reforms, you can rely more on your own ingenuity than a beleaguered, broken medi-cal system.

VOLKSWAGEN OVER-WEIGHT DOG: A pooch too fat to squeeze through a doggie door goes on an exer-cise regimen to slim down. The conservative slant is self-evident in this message about individual responsibil-ity for weight issues instead of government bans on sodas or junk food.

JERRY SEINFELD FOR ACURA: The sitcom star’s attempt to bribe an ordi-nary man who’s bought the car he wants seems like a silly celebrity romp. But the subtext is the gap between the salaries of the middle class and the nation’s elite. How else could Seinfeld afford to have a private zip line over Manhattan and Jay Leno a flying suit?

Chrysler Super Bowl ad accused of political overtone

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During half-time of the men’s basketball game against the University of Minnesota Morris on Feb. 4, Von Molnau proposed to his girlfriend and Bethany senior Shamariyah Miller. Molnau had the help of Professor Derrik Lyngholm who had told the crowd there would be a special drawing during half time. He drew Molnau’s ticket number and he was able to come down to center court to ask Miller to marry him. She said yes.

Halftime ‘drawing’ nets engagement

party. So, right now, if you were to go to a Republican primary, the ballot would list the four candidates and you would fill in the circle or whatever the process is and cast your ballot. Then they simply count the ballots from the primary.”

A caucus however has a different set up. MacPher-son said, “A caucus is differ-ent, in that rather than voting with official ballots, what you’re doing is sitting down at a meeting and get to meet with your neighbors because you are organized by these smaller districts called precincts. You gather in a room for your district’s precinct and you can talk about different issues and you can propose language that you would like to be added or changed in your parties’ platform.”

“In the beginning, we met in the auditorium with everyone that came to the caucus, then we listened to Mike Perry, a Republi-can running for Congress, who gave a quick speech and a local House legislator spoke as well. There were also people representing the presidential candidates that spoke, except, I do not think that anyone spoke for Newt Gingrich. It was Santo-

rum, Paul and Romney. That was followed by a short explanation how a caucus works, things like how to get involved in the Blue Earth County Republican Party and how to volunteer. After that we split off into different rooms based on precincts,” Boyce said.

There are four main activi-ties conducted at a caucus, according to the Office of the Secretary of State. First, people join to talk about public policy issues and to create or pass resolution. Then people vote in a straw poll, elect precinct officers and elect delegates.

“So each party, Democrat, Republican, whatever, they have a statement that states their vision for the coun-try and party. There could be a paragraph on taxes, on foreign policy, a section on Social Security or other topics like that. And if you do not like what is there or you feel that something is missing, you can take out a piece of paper and write ‘resolve that [insert party here] should support the following’ whatever it could be,” explained MacPherson.

“Then if someone else supports that, then they will bring it to a vote in the room. The room could have 10 people or it could have 20 people or more, but it

is whoever shows up from your precinct. Then they vote and if they decide that they like it, vote yes, then it is accepted. After that, it goes on to the next level,” he added.

MacPherson explained that after the caucus, those resolutions go to a county convention, followed by a district and then state. At the state convention, the party will accept it’s party’s platform, which may include the resolutions that were discussed and passed at the lower level.

Second is the straw poll, “that is a nonbinding vote that gets a sense of which of those four presidential candidates will get your vote or in other words, if you were to vote today, which candidate will get your vote. It is an informal poll and it does not require that the party endorse one candi-date. What is does is give the candidates some feed-back on how they are doing,” MacPherson described.

The third and fourth activities that transpire at a caucus are the election of precinct officers and delegates.

The precinct officers are people elected to run a party’s political activities in a certain precinct. The delegates are people elected

at the lower levels, dele-gated responsibilities by the people to act on their behalf at the upper level.

MacPherson elaborated, “Each precinct can elect so many delegates that can go to the county convention. When there, they elect the delegates for the district convention. At the district convention, those people will also talk about policies, and then they will vote on delegates that will go to the state convention. The state convention will in turn send delegates to the national convention. The national convention is where they finally designate which candidate will represent the party in the presidential election.”

CBS News explains that each state has a certain number of delegates. If a candidate wins a state, they receive all or a majority of that state’s delegates. To win a party’s nomination for president, candidates need to win 1,144 delegates.

In order to vote, a person must be or will be 18 by the time of the November election and satisfy other requirements of a state’s voting policy, like residency.

Also, each state can make the voting eligibility differ depending on party lines. A state’s primary, caucus or

both can be closed, semi-closed or open.

A closed primary only allows registered party members to vote in their respective party’s primary or caucus; this often excludes unaffiliated or inde-pendent votes. Iowa is an example of this.

A semi-closed primary allows independent voters to choose one party’s primary to vote in, but registered voters must vote in their party’s election. Illinois and Nebraska are examples of semi-closed primaries.

The final type is open, which allows anyone to vote, no matter what his or her political affiliation is, in whatever primary or caucus they choose. Democrats can vote in their own primary election or a Republican primary. Republicans can vote in their own primary or a Democrat primary. Both Minnesota and Wisconsin hold open primaries.

Looking ahead, Arizona and Michigan hold their primaries on Feb. 28. On Mar. 6, 10 states will hold either a caucus or primary, on what is known as Super Tuesday, where several states will determine dele-gates for the candidate that wins their state.

CAUCUS: Republicans gather to choose candidateContinued from page 1

Day at the capitol 2012Come thank legislators

for their financial support and meet senators and

representativesThursday, March 22.

The purpose of Day at the Capitol is to thank legislators for their support of the Minnesota State Grant and to encourage their continued

support. Students can meet with state senators and representatives during the event.


By Brittany TitusScroll Staff Writer

With the latest pop song playing in the

background, the dancers shimmied and spun their way onto the court and performed their newest routine as the crowd cheered their loudest. Beth-any’s dance team has been performing for home basket-ball games since the fall of 2008.

Julie Thomas, Assistant Director of Athletics and the dance team advisor, said, ”they perform jazz and hip hop dances. The dance team has performed at halftime during men’s and women’s basketball games and performed at midnight madness.”

With only eight girls on the team, it may seem to take only a short amount of time to rehearse for a dance routine. However, it takes the team several weeks to perfect the routine in time to perform for the basketball games.

Captain Courtney Nelson, senior, says that along with performing at the basket-ball games, the team “sings the National Anthem, which is really cool to do together

as a team because it gets us closer together.”

“I have loved getting to know the girls. I became part of dance for the fun in it, but it is also serious as well,” said senior Shamari-yah Miller. “I love spending time with them.”

As captain, Nelson has to “schedule times that work for the team to get together and practice, call for fund-raising, and put together the choreography, along with the help of other members.”

Although the dances are only a couple of minutes long, there are difficulties that come with being a part of the team.

“It’s hard to work with everyone else, to make sure that we are all in the same motion and counting the right steps,” said Miller.

“Practicing at 6:30 in the morning is hard because I don’t like to wake up early. Also, learning the dance and putting it together [is hard],” said freshman Alycia Stack.

“I think the dance team could attract more partici-pants if they changed prac-tice times. In the past the girls met at 6 or 6:30 a.m. three days a week. It is difficult for students who

have jobs and are up late doing homework to commit to coming that early. That being said, facility usage and gym space is limited so it would be difficult to find

another time,” said Thomas.Although the team does

not compete, members hope to do so in the future to expand the dance team’s performances outside of the home basketball games.

“It would be nice to compete or perform at other sporting events, but that would be hard since there are no other inside events besides basketball,” said Stack.

Dance team performs, sings anthem

Top: The Red Sea was out in full force during Saturday’s game to help cheer the team to their 10th conference win. By winning this game the team improved their record to 10-0 in the conference. The Vikings have a two game lead over St. Scholasticia to stay first in the conference.

Right: In an eight point win over Minnesota Morris the team improved their record to 10-0 in the conference and brought Coach Balza to his 200th career win. Sophomore Dion Wright was one of the players to help the team remain undefeated in conference. Since that game the Vikings have improved to 12-0 in the conference.

Win or lose, Red Sea roarsLeft: The women’s basketball team went into overtime during the game against Presentation on Feb. 3 where Bethany lost 86-91. Anna Cepek finished the game earning a total of 9 points. Jessica Englund earned the team the most points with a total of 29.





The Bethany dance team performed at the men’s basketball game against Martin Luther College on Jan 31. The girls danced to a mix of Beyoncé music. To prepare for their performance the dance team had practices at 6:30 a.m.


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