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STAFF

Goodbye Tutor

Commencement Oration

Steve Lange Jon Bilitz (Humanities)

Editor-In-Chief

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Managing Editor

Mark Raesmeyer Enc Roecker (Ast.)

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Senior Profiles Early Experience (Part II) Jim Price

Business Manager

Matt Vogt

Staff Writers

Steven Lange Aaron ChtisTie Jon Micheel

Campus & Classroom

John Boggs Dan Kramer Joda Schaumberg

FEATURES

Sports

Pete Prange

Alumni

Steve Pagels

Calendar

Steve Pagels

Art

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From the Editor Sports Calendar

Circulation

Dan Sims

Advertising Manager

Roger Riedel Tim Schwartz (Ast.)

Photography Clark Schultz

COVER

Layout Editor

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May God shower his blessings on our graduates. Thanks to Roger Riedel for the artwork. THE BlAC< AND r>ED Von*no 96. No. 1 May. 1992 Puotanod smeo 1897 by students ol Northwestern Cc ÂŤogo, 1300 Western Avonuo. Watertown. Wi S3096. Pubianod roontivy eÂťcODt Juno. Juv and August Subjc oion: $6.00. Entered at tho Post Ollco ot Wotoitown. wi. as Socona Class Matte unao' mo act ol Ma-ch 3 1879. Socona Class Postage oaid at Watertown. WL USPS 0672-6000. literary contributors Horn undorg'aduaios ana otumm o<o nvitoa Motorot sncua bo aad'essod to mo Editor-m-Cbiol. Mao Subscribers. natty mo B&R Busmess Managot ol aac<oss cnangos.

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Be a Constant Witness One of the earliest golf tournaments this year was the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. On Wednesday of the tournament, a sort of exhibition round was held. Celebrities and prominent members of society were allowed to play alongside the pros. That day in front of a fairly large crowd, the Roman Catholic's archbishop of Pebble Beach stepped up to the par three 17th hole. He selected his club, made his swing, and proceeded to ace the hole. Immediately the archbishop raised his hands in the air and yelled a popular obscenity. The magazine in which I found this article didn't bother to give the crowd's reaction. Perhaps, if the crowd didn't realize who this man was, it wasn't that shocked. But can you imagine what the crowd would have done had the archbishop been wearing his formal robes when he made the shot and yelled this obscenity? I'm guessing you would have seen a lot of open mouths. As. I read this article I realized that in a very real way the lesson which the â&#x20AC;˘ ' archbishop hopefully learned was one which applies to all of us. Especially now that we're going away for the summer vacation, we must be conscious of who we are. Granted, we're not prominent leaders in the WELS, nor do we wear black robes, yet we are Christians and that should be a title we wear constantly. To not live up to our name disgraces us, yes sure, but more than that, it disgraces our Lord and Savior. This summer, pray that we all realize that whether we're at work, visiting old friends and family, or on the golf course, we're constantly witnessing for Christ by the way we live. That's the privilege of the Christian. May God give us all his help in this honor. On behalf of the new Black and Red staff, I'd like to wish you a fantastic and well deserved vacation. May God preserve us and refresh us all for when we return next fall. - n

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Goodbye Tutor Koelpin Steve Lange The end of the school year has always very special school. All the things been a time for saying good bye to that make Northwestern unique are people, whether it be to professors, "good and profitable things for roommates or friends. So it seems foundations in the ministry." After fitting that we should also use this all, what would a pastor be without time to bid farewell to a man who the fine sense of humor that is so will soon be leaving the burnished carefully cultivated here on halls of Northwestern for bigger and campus? better things. This honored man is, _ . . , . , of course, Tutor Paul Koelpin, who Tutor KoelPin always wanted to be a has been patrolling the parking lot tu,or' even 1 °US ™a0 1S and keeping us entertained on the colleagues questioned h.s desire He sideline of the soccer field for two always looked UP t0 *e men as tutors as he went through MLPS years now. and NWC. "They were super I asked Tutor what examples of what , he like most about a Christian pastor, serving as a tutor, I teacher and and after much counselor ought to deliberation he m be." replied, "This may sound corny, but but now that he has the best part of my fulfilled his work was being dream of being a part of Northtutor, Tutor : ! western. I loved Koelpin has to J. Northwestern turn his attention ! when I went here, other, t o and I love it now. To seemingly less • be part of Northwestern is an important things, such as getting unbelievable thing." He added that married. Tm excited about getting s he will miss the uniqueness that married." This blessed event is makes Northwestern what it is, a

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scheduled for July 12, in New Ulm, and still learn something." He also MN. (If you're interested in the offered this as his last will and name of the "lucky lady," she's testament: "Be faithful. God has Rebecca Ann Fastenau.) Besides given each of us gifts that he expects getting married, Tutor is also us to use. Since we can never use looking forward to doing parish them perfectly, be faithful with work as a pastor. The unknown them-even now at Northwestern." challenge of being a pastor lies before him, and he's ready to face it. We thank you, Tutor, for all the work you have done in the past two In closing, Tutor offered a few words years and wish you the Lord's of wisdom for the students he has richest blessings as you enter two had to put up with for the past two new lives, one of wedded bliss and years. "Learn the Greek alphabet, one of service in the parish ministry. Don't just learn it to pass the quiz. May God go with you wherever you Don't think studying and learning go. are dumb. You can have a lot of fun,

Light Denies the Darkness Young men speak the truth eclipsing With twisted word and noble thought Old men see their sons are erring But hurry not with love's rebuke Ask you: "Why?" I am not knowing What makes them turn their heads away Could it be the pride of fathers Will never claim a son who strays? H

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Commencement Oration: Humanities Jon Bilitz The Value of Psychology in Counseling People--Vital to Our Future Ministry So we are graduating-graduating with a our own class, I think we have questions. Bachelor of Arts degree. One of us might What is with Bode, or why does Zabell get ask--so what? SO WHAT? I have taken outofbed every morning at four o'clock? four years of Greek, I've taken Latin, Perhaps the pressing question in the class German, Hebrew and even is, "How did Miller get his nickname?" Spa nish-What do I have to show for it? A Understanding people is no easy task, but Bachelor of Arts? I think at one time or a background in psychology can give another we all have felt this way. At the some help, same time, we have been told the purpose and value of a liberal arts education: we At Northwestern there are three classes should be well-rounded individuals. offered in the field of psychology: General After all, the people to whom we will be Psychology, Abnormal Psychology and Life Span Development. Each course is ministering, God-willing, will not all be taught from a Christian viewpoint. Let me cut from the same mold. Having a broad base of knowledge will undoubtedly be a take you back to our sophomore year and benefit somewhere down the road. In Psychology 291, General Psych. In that class we learned of B.F. Skinner, Sigmund addition, we will want to attempt to understand as many of our people as Freud, Ivan Pavlov and many others. We were introduced to behaviorism, possible. Today I would like to address psychoanalysis and classic conditioning. briefly one area of our education and its We attempted to answer the value. Psychology will help us in nature/nurture controversy and which is counseling people, a responsibility which more influential upon an individual, will be vital in our future ministry. heredity or his environment. In the course, Have you ever removed yourself from a our professor placed Christian values on large group of people in order to observe all that psychology had to offer, with the them? Interesting, isn't it? I had aim to help the student better understand opportunity to participate in an art trip to himself, the people around him and those Chicago a few weeks back. I found whom he is to teach and care for in the watching the people entertaining. What ministry. He also provided the student makes a certain person tick? Even among with background material for future

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courses in pastoral theology and Christian education at the Seminary. The A, other two , _ courses , , added to this base. Abnormal Psychology sen-es to acquaint the student with a wide range of behavioral disorders, to encourage an understanding of those disorders and to direct , , ,.the, student to the , Word of, God - ,to help him better serve these people in the ministry. Life Span Development completed the trio of psychology courses at Northwestern. In this class the student focuses on the development of people from the newborn baby to the dying great-grandmother. In this way the student learns the cares and concerns of each age group, which provided the ability to understand better each age group in the ministry. Psychology is valuable and we are wise to study it, but the Christian must take an approach to psychology which is armed with the Gospel. In this way and only this way can the Christian get the most from psychology. For example, humanism is a very prevalent attitude in psychological circles. Humanism is the belief in the self-sufficiency of man to control his own destiny and to realize his inherent potentialities through rational thought processes. In other words, man is capable of "being all he can be" completely on his own. In self-actualization man becomes his own God. Of course, when Christian values are applied to what psychology has to offer, theories such as this are seen in a different light. The psychology program at Northwestern does just that. I believe the greatest value psychology at Northwestern offers lies in the benefit for our future ministry: our counseling.

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Psychology is useful for drawing attention to trends in our society. Improved medical treatment and technological advances have increased ,he 0fife expectancy. As a result of this improved health care, late adulthood will be reached by more and more individuals, and we will have to minister to these people. Another trend which is having and wjjj continue to have a huge impact on our society is the breakup of the nuclear family and family values. Divorce is now commonplace, single parent homes are abundant; the family unit has suffered. Our counseling will include handling broken homes and single-parent children, psychology gjves imp0rtant insights into understanding people. The ability to recognize a problem is enhanced by studying the signs and symptoms which psychologists have discovered. We will be caretakers of souls, and we will want to improve our service to the Lord in any way we can. Psychology has given us an effective foundation for counseling in our ministry. Rooted in Scripture, this base will allow us to build our skills to counsel at the cross and lead souls to the foot of the cross to find forgiveness and the unconditional love of God. So you see_ a Bachelor of Arts at J Northwestern is so much more than a piece of paper. It is a background for our ministry among the LORD'S people which is wedded to the Gospel message. We will be entrusted with a huge responsibility as caretakers of souls, but with the education we have received at Northwestern we have a foundation rooted in Scripture with which we can best serve our God.

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1992 Graduating Seniors For those of you who haven't seen him recently, yes, Pat Arndt still goes to school here and is planning to graduate on the 13th. "The Wild Thing," as his friends affectionately refer to him, has found time to squeeze in studying among his many other pursuits. Although a stand-out his first two years, Pat left the basketball court in favor of intramural bowling, leading his team to a first place trophy his first year out. Pat will take next year off and hopefully enroll at the Seminary at a later date. Jon "Jonny B" Bilitz has run the dorm, The Black and Red, the baseball team, the football team, the LITs, the canteen, the cafeteria, the maintenance staff, the faculty meetings, and the Watertown Transit System. Jonny's next big goal is to acquire the largest Queen collection in the world and play them all at the same time. There was a rumor this year that Jonny had a date. Too bad that going home to supervise your sister's slumber party doesn't count. Sorry, Jonny. As far as next year is concerned, Jonny is still up in the air whether to go to Sem right away or go to N.U. (Nintendo University) to earn his doctorate in Tetris by getting 300 lines.

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Although a quiet man, Thad "Zod" Bitter considers himself the "ultimate symbol of totalitarian power." Between sets in the weight room, Thad has found the time to get himself engaged. So if you're looking for a ride to WLC, and it's a day ending in "y," then Thad's the one to contact. Since his long awaited contract with the Dallas Cowboys has fallen through, Thad has decided to pursue his pastoral training, so watch for him in Mequon next fall.

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Vhen we polled the student body and asked them, "Who is Gary Bode?," most responded, "Who?" But we also found a few people who had heard stories about Gary. We will list these stories and you can choose your favorite one to remember the man. Gary Bode is: 1. that guy who drives that brown dinosaur; 2. that guy who plays the organ all day; 3. the invisible man; 4. that guy who dribbles the basketball in his room all day; 5. the bathroom attendent on 3rd floor; 6. that guy who had his innards eaten by an alien; 7. that guy who is making his brother move to Mequon next year so he can keep doing his wash.

Paul Cemey used his diligent study habits and stellar class attendance record to give himself the reputation as hardest working student on campus. His intensity often carried over to intramural bowling, where his team often led the league. Paul takes his work ethics to Sem next fall.

raised as a child by Coach Gorsline, Todd "Zeke" Engel has continued his intellectual growth here at NWC. He could often be found at one of the local establishments in Watertown debating various social and political issues. Always intersted in cleanliness, Zeke has traveled throughout the Midwest on Dura- runs. His cheerleading efforts this year were one of the main reasons Coach Gorsline was able to win the championship. Zeke has also become "the voice of NWC," taking over as M.C. whenever a concert or program needed him. Although he says he will miss Northwestern and really doesn't want to leave the profs, Zeke is ready to continue to grow intellectually at the Sem.

Alfred E. Neuman's shorter twin from Chicago took the campus by storm his freshman year, making a name for himself both on the golf course and at the COS. Since then Bob Frick has settled down, skipping COS parties to launder intensely his multi-million dollar wardrobe, only to have the little kids he takes care of hurl all over his clothes. Bob faces a tough decision at graduation: should I go to Sem or spend the rest of my life being the assistant fry manager at an inner city Burger King?

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!Yue or False. Touchdown Mark "Gabby" Gabb is the sole champion of nacho chip eating. False. Actually, he shares this title with Dik Krahn. What's up with that? I don't know, but I do know that I saw Downtown Julie Brown in a window, the window of television, of course. Gabby finally got a television and glasses in his last year. He has become a big Club MTV fan, and this after people were Beaning Mean to him for three years. Gabby will take his bag-o-chips and his bag-o-beads to Sem next year and start doing his own wash.

John Gierach was know for both his friendly smile and his dedication to the sport of wrestling. While he has been torn between the choice of turning pro in that sport or going to the Sem, he thankfully seems to be leaning toward the latter.

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It's a little known fact that Chris Goelzer, the keymaster, invented the TV show Anything for Money. He even took Spanish so that he could referee football in the WFL (Watertown Football League). But these past riches have all been cast into his future marriage. Now the word is he is saving up to buy a logic book. But Goelz already has what is necessary in life: a finely tuned machine, a bride-to-be, a Buddah statue, and a Mike Ditka Football Nintendo game (good idea). It's just too bad that he is only one maroon, windbreaker-type jacket away from a life. Goelz will spend the next year of his life at Sem on the phone to his woman in Alaska.

This "son of my right hand" is an engaging, likeable fellow —maybe too likeable. Professors seem to like him a little too much, which makes one wonder. Ben Golisch contributed mightily to the Trojan football offense all of his four years, and he also gained the reputation of being a hardnosed intramural player. Good luck to Ben as he moves to Sem next year along with his extensive movie collection.

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Vhen you want to talk about tact, manners and good hygiene, you're going to have to mention the name Paul Gunderson. Gundog's lighthearted and straight forward method has made him extremely popular, especially with his professors and his boss. This summer Paul will once again pack up the Gundog van, but this time he won't head to Mexico or Texas but make a short drive to the Sem. When we think of Jon "Hart Dog" Hartmann, we think of one thing: Smokes for a dime. Hart has paid for his college tuition by buying and reselling smokes for a limited profit. But this practice will end as soon as he quits, whenever he wants. N.B. To Stacey's mom: This is just a joke Jon doesn't really smoke. HartDog has been voted "Nicest Guy on Campus" because of his no charge, no hassle CD rental system. Let's just remember, folks, the due date is May 13. But if you no longer have the rental, Hart will accept cash. Hart will take his silver hammer and little woman and move to the suburb of Hartford, just seconds away from downtown Mequon for next year.

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ae Johnson isn't the biggest guy in the world, but his knowledge of knives and guns would make him useful in a fight. Since sophomore year Joe's vehicles have gotten progressively smaller, from the Power Wagon to the Land Cruiser to a small, practical car. Joe has never been afraid to speak his mind-just ask the professors. We all wish Joe the best as he returns to his native Washington.

The "Ladies Man" of this year's senior class has kept quite busy. Coming into NWC as a mere rookie, Mark Kom has scrambled to the top of the heap in the tennis program. It has been quite a feat for Mark to find practice time while balancing the affections of many broken-hearted ladies, but he seems to be holding up quite will. Mark will be packing up his tennis equipment and little black book in preparation for more intense study at Sem next fall.

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Richard "Dik Jones” Krahn is one of many who has fallen victim to the charms of the opposite sex. Dik has been clobbered so severely that he will be one of the first in the class of '92 to tie the knot. Dik's college career has been riddled with intramurals and drugs (Come on, people, he works in a pharmacy!). Dik's Milwaukee apartment (the sheepshead haven) will be open for business when he starts his first semester at Sem in the fall.

Phillip Lepak holds the honor of being the student Coach Kruse will miss most. When he wasn't fixing one of Coach's computers, rumor has it he was setting up next season's football schedule for Kruse. Phil will once again leave his home of Houghton, MI next fall for the Sem.

Nintendo's Game Genie was fashioned after the playing style of our own Sam the Sleepless Wonder. Master of Mega Man and Commander ofShinobi, Loren "Sam" Lindeman has been quot«. as saying, "All I need is a case of Mountain Dew and a carton c Camels, and I will conquer a new game in 48 hours." Th summer Sam's love for the sea will prod him to leave his controller behind and sail around the world, stopping only in Turkey to find the ultimate Turkish blend. While sailing alone, he will be able to light his way with his new Camel neon light, purchased with the 600 Camel Cash bills which he collected from his smokes last month. Sam's last stop will be at Mequon where he will dock his boat and take his light to his room at Sem. When walking around our fine campus you can't help but hear the pleasant sounds of birds, laughter and Pete Lindemann screaming things like, "Eee," "Tree," or "Yips" at the top of his lungs for seemingly no reason whatsoever. No one knows better than Pete the pressures of being the Dean's son, but Pete has managed to stay out of any kind of trouble in his stay at NWC. Pete also managed to hold the prestigious role as RA for nearly a year. Next year Pete will pack up his collection of 70's posters and move to the Sem.

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Our beloved Peter "Buckwheat" Martin may very well have set some sort of mileage record during his days at NWC. His travels have become legendary, from his Labor Day excursion to Detroit to his weekend on the West Coast. Our senior class president quit Duraclean (good move) to work at Bethesda (bad move). Pete's reckless days of travel may be over, but let's be on the safe side. Would someone be sure to tell him that the road from Watertown to Mequon does not run through Maine? It was quite a change for Eric "Goon" Miller to adapt from the rather peaceful cornfields of South Dakota to the wild excitement of Northwestern. At first Goon was confused (and tired) as he attempted to play soccer. Upon rejection, Goon found his home on the football field, winning the unfailing adornment and sappy affection of his professors. Goon has also dazzled sports fans with his Bill Laimbeer-style of play in basketball. Goon will take all this along with his everpresent thirst for knowledge to Sem next year. 1 Steve "Max" Neumann kept busy this last year by getting | a job at a beer depot (a shock, to say the least). Despite I being a Dolphins fan (for those of you who couldn't tell | by his "flipper" jacket) Max showed great promise 1 quarterbacking his intramural football team to victory S last year. In the off-season Max enjoys playing cards and 1 doing odd jobs for Coach Kruse. Keep an eye out for Max 1 next fall as he makes his move to Mequon.

Dave Pagel, another big player on the intramural scene, has had a full career at NWC. Besides being a devout band member, Dave has also been heavily involved with the Forvm Society and Prof. Deutschlander's German electives. What has he learned from these experiences? One can only guess as he hears Dave occassionally belt out a chorus of "Deutschland, Deutschland uber alles." Dave will keep the music playing as he tearfully bids farewell to Northwestern and blows his horn on the trail to Sem next fall.

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If you ever feel in the mood to sit down and have someone tell you story upon story for hours on end — Robbin "Robbie" Robbert is your man. In addition to being a great storyteller, Robbie is also a top-notch wrestler. This year he managed to take second place in the conference, much to his surprise. This summer Robbie will pack up his collection of exotic stuffed birds and move from Carl's house over to the Sem.

Robert Roj iberg was possibly the only man on campus the past four years who picked the Packers to "go all the way" every year. This enthusiasm was carried over into his great participation in intramurals. Rob and his entire green & yellow wardrobe will go to the Sem next fall.

Good news! The rumor that Mike Roth has been skimming off the top of the synod's "Lift High the Cross" offering has been proven false. "Digger" (styled after the ex-Notre Dame coach) has been making money the old-fashioned way: he's earned it. For the past three years, Mike has toiled slavishly at a day-care center. Mike moves on to Sem next year, taking with him his passion for the South.

Thought to be a behavior problem at first, Paul Rutschow has become a true favorite of the profs. After establishing himself as one of the top runners in the Lake Michigan Conference, Paul decided to concentrate more of his efforts on his R.A. job in the prep dorm. Paul, the envy of the college student body, has enjoyed many a free haircut from various prep-girls, all ol whom demonstrate the ability to make any normal head of hair look like a battleground. Paul hopes to find both better hair-stylists and a place in the hearts of the faculty members next year at the Sem.

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one who could list as many worthless stats or unknown names as he. Too bad none of this knowledge came in handy during the NCAA tournaments when all the sports illiterates picked better. His one Dura-run during the week made him so tired that he was forced to sleep all day and every day of the week. After trying his hand at romance during his earlier college years, Steve Schmidt has found that Nintendo provides more enjoyment. At Sem he will not need to find a job since he will probably receive about ten grand in financial aid. During his free time Steve will open a 1-900 number, answering any obscure questions one might have about sports. Donald "D-Bone" Schultz is a man of many faces. He has been, at various times, a NPS wrestler, a dominating offensive lineman, a first-class Nintendo RBI player, a large banana, a gorilla, but still always an intense student. This future successor to Prof. Paul Eickmann p w served as a prep R.A. his junior year and then earned the promotion to Wittenberg for his senior year. He has ruled third floor this past year with an iron fist. Don takes his vast Hebrew knowledge to the Sem next year.

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Joel Steinke, one of the two Desert Storm heros on campus, ■ completed his studies this year, after taking time off for I the conflict. Among his souvenirs were a journal full of 1)* pictures of the desert, a dead hand-grenade, and a H m Kuwaitian wife. Ok, maybe not the wife part. Joel will still I be on the prowl in Mequon next fall. m HE ■4

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Jeff "Verb" Verbeke's theme throughout college has always been "early to bed, early to rise," and with this attitude he has tackled his studies. Not wanting to take time away from the books, Verb was forced to give up not only wrestling and track, but even Duraclean. Verb still found time for both football and the Gasthaus, although he resents the fact that they have taken away from his studies. After living in Wisconsin for four years, Verb has become an avid Badger basketball and football fan, leaving his former favorite Michigan Wolverines behind. When he wasn't draining three-point shots in intramurals, he followed a rigid exercise program and strict diet, often skipping meals for weeks. Verb eagerly looks forward to the early morning classes at the Sem next year Steve "Wags" "Wormy" Wagenknecht had the most difficult senior year of the whole class. Now, I'm not talking about being the ringleader of the Forvm or even beating up everyone in the Lake Michigan Conference with a tennis racket. I'm talking about Wag's conscious choice to room with the procrastination king in order to challenge himself. What are you thinking, Worm? "This will help me concentrate on my studies when I room with three guys who watch TV all day?" or "I want to see if the old saying 'Mit gefangen, mit gehangen' is true." But Wormy did squeak by and will be taking his new found study habits and beads to Sem next year. Suppose you're at baseball's opening day. You are in a crowd of 60,000 people and somewhere on the other side of the stadium some weird guy is screaming, "Start the grill! Start the grill!" That guy could only be one person -Steve "Bobo" Wasser. Bobo is also famous for his academic excellence. Steve will not be at Sem, but you will be able to find Steve on the golf course in Prairie du Chein.

Back and forth. Back and forth. What would possess this guy David Waterstradt to make the long haul every year iKis| between Citrus Heights, CA and Watertown? He gives Sl|| three reasons: a desire to serve the Lord, the more "playful" climate of Wisconsin and a lucrative kitchy job. Dave will have a few miles less to go next year where he attends the Sem.

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Mike "Yes, I Am a Senior. Zarling has been nothing but a joy to have on campus. Mike used his catlike quickness to lead this year's soccer team to another banner season. Mike's girl situation has provided a plethora of entertainment for all to enjoy. This year Mike plans to pack up all of those stuffed monkeys and Disney movies and travel to Mequon.

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saying that our men in black were more than up to the task, as they both arrived safely in scoring position. Stein knocked in Jonny with a single and Dan Habben followed with another single to give the Trojans a 2-1 lead, one that they would never relinquish,

The two wins against Stritch were highlighted by The baseball team, under the coaching reigns of two pitching masterpieces by Stein and Schwartz. Prof. Schmidt and new assistant coach Steve Combined, they allowed only seven hits and two Schiller, finished the year out at 6-9, with all the runs stretching over fourteen innings and walked games being played against Lake Michigan foes. only one apiece. Due to the lack of any reliable computer stats program for the majority of the season, this Black The other sport of interest around here in the spring is tennis. The tennis team came away with an and Red staff member has been unable to attain any impressive 6-3 record overall and a 5-1 Lake statistics for the season. Needless to say, second Michigan Conference dual match record. In baseman John (Wade) Boggs led the team in addition to this, Coach Tutor Koelpin and his band weakly hit ground balls to the pitcher, while Aaron of netters won the Lake Michigan Conference Steinbrenner led the pitching staff in the number match, demolishing the field of opponents with of hit batsmen who complained that they weren't blazing forehands and poised ground strokes. hit. (Rest assured that Stein checked with his victim to see if he was O.K.) Number one seed Mark Kom and number two seed Steve Wagenknecht led the way with records of 9-2 The biggest and best win of the season was over the and 10-1, respectively, and ended up 7-3 as a Warriors from Wisconsin Lutheran College, 10-0. doubles team. Kom, Wagenknecht, Tim Otto, and Senior Chirs Goelzer held the clueless Warriors at Pete Kelm won conference championships, bay, giving up only two hits and allowing only although Kelm's was reportedly won when no one four runners to get in scoring position. Rookie Tim else was in his weight class. Schwartz was the most offensive Trojan as he a •Pete 'Prance collected three hits in as many at-bats and drove in two runs. The Trojans scored all their runs off Warrior Greg Collyard. The other victories of note included a 12-2 shellacking of Maranatha and a doubleheader sweep of Cardinal Stntch, 2-1 and 3-1 The Maranatha victory party (hot dogs included) was never in doubt after the first inning. Jonny Bilitz led things off by being hit, only to be followed by Boggs ringing a single into left centerfield (I don't really know if it was to left center, but it sounds good). Then the Trojans attempted to pull off one of the most exciting plays in baseball, the double steal. It goes without

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Student Chapel Devotions Northwestern students are blessed Hebrew skills. Then comes a period with many different opportunities of applying what the text says first to share their faith and make use of to himself then to the audience he their talents. One of these will be preaching to. opportunities that makes use of a number of the students' talents is the After using his writing skills to compose the sermonette, the evening chapel devotions. student hands it in to one of the Monday through Saturday we are tutors to be checked for privileged to have evening chapel unintentional errors both devotions and learn more about grammatical and doctrinal that may God's Word. The juniors and have been missed. The student seniors of NWC as well as the tutors receives a lot of help and feedback and deans (of NWC and NPS) serve from the tutors and consequently we their fellow students by presenting owe them our thanks. Finally, it is the sermonettes on these evenings. time to make use of the skills learned in speech class and deliver the Each week has a particular theme and sermon to glorify God and instruct the students are presented with the us with God's Word, Law and text they are to preach about. After Gospel. a prayer for God's help and guidance, the student then uses his Through this busy but blessed different skills. First, he translates activity we are sharing our faith the text from the original language, today and gaining experience for making use of his Greek and tomorrow.

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Convocations As we know, all too well, sometimes the we will even get a chance to hear from a road to the ministry can seem like a long seminary student on his experiences as haul. Under the heading of the Pastoral he prepares for the ministry. Motivation Program we hold hour-long sessions called convocations to help These convocations help educate us on the workings of the church and remind alleviate this problem. us of what we are preparing to do with In the coming 1992-93 academic year we our lives. Many thanks to ail of the will have four of these convocations, people who labor to keep us focused on Pastors come in and share their ourgoalof the pastoral ministry via this experiences whether it be in a mission program, field, a "typical" parish, or even from synod headquarters. This coming year

Milwaukee Inner-city Vacation Bible School Once again this summer there will be a Vacation Bible School for children in the inner-city of Milwaukee. The event is sponsored by six WELS churches located in the inner city. Seminarian Tim Kuske will be this year's director.

teachers and other staff will recruit students and take the time to prepare their Bible lessons. The second week will see the teachers having the opportunity to share Law and Gospel with their students.

What the program does is it offers a NWC student James Skorzewski said of chance for Northwestern students to his experience with the program, "it is a share their faith and talents with great experience. There is a real children who need to hear that there is eagerness to hear the Word. A lot of a Savior from sin who loves them very them do not have much else in life." much. So much that he died for them. No greater message can ever be shared We can only thank God and ask him for than that. What a great way to gain his help to faithfully and diligently spread His Word as we have been so experience for our future ministries! graciously entrusted with it. The program is scheduled to last two weeks. During the first week the

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May 13 Graduation. Smiling Bob Frick calls the ceremony "solemn." While stretching, Larry Seal'erl rips out the seams in his gown.

Tutor Koelpin ties the knot. Will the s tirring ceremony prompt Tu tor Q. to pop the big question?

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June 6 Andre Frandle's wedding. Buddah August 20 and Ski are allowed to take their Time to take your football, soccer, and girlfriends with parental consent. golf cleats off the shelf. Fall sports practice begins.

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God Has Plans For You Well, September has come and gone. There have been an infinite number of quizzes and plenty of tests. We're well into the sports seasons. No doubt about it, we're back in school. Now many of you may be wondering "Why?" What am I doing here at Northwestern? Perhaps you're a freshman and are learning the great joys (?) as well as the sorrows of Greek. Or maybe you're a senior staring at the reality of becoming a pastor. And those worries and doubts aren't unfounded. After all, why you? Why him? Why me? Flipping through that treasure chest of knowledge, my sociology book, I ran across an interesting figure. There are approximately 550 million college-aged individuals in the world. So figuring roughly half of those are men, and that we have about 200 men here, the stats boil down to this. You had a one in one-million, three-hundred seventy-five thousand chance of ending up here. Think about it! Those are some odds. You could just have easily been born into a Chinese Buddhist family, or an African pagan family, or an American Catholic family. But you and I got lucky. Didn't we? The truth is there was no chance involved. No luck. No odds. We were chosen. We can still ask the question "Why?", but what's the point? The fact is, out of 225 million men our age, the hand of the Lord has guided just us few here. You can find that comforting or you can find that scary, but no matter what, it's an honor and a privilege. Onbehalf of the Blackand Red, I'd like to welcome you to Northwestern, whether you are returning or joining us for the first time. As the year progresses and the doubts and worries arise yet again, remember God's promise to us recorded in Jeremiah 29:11a: "'For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the Lord." n

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Along with the beginning of each his professors, and especially from new school year come many his home pastor. But even though things. Take, for example, the heat when he graduated from and humidity that always seem to Northwestern he was sure he accompany the beginning of school, wanted to enter the Seminaiy, he still Then there is the seemingly endless had doubts about whether the unpacking and heavy construction ministry was actually for him. required to make the dorm rooms livable again. Finally, some lucky His doubts continued through his first year at the Seminary. Then, in Seminary graduate returns to his the summer after his first year, he alma mater to serve as a tutor for the went summer vicaring in Nebraska fine young men currently attending and did some door to door Northwestern. This year's honored canvassing. This experience man is Tutor Doug Westenberg. convinced him that he wanted to be Tutor Westenberg is certainly no a pastor, and from then on he had stranger to Watertown. He grew his sights set on graduating and up on a dairy farm outside of entering the ministry. He graduated Watertown and went to St. Mark's last spring, and for the next two grade school. When the time came years he will serve his Lord as a for him to enter high school, he went tutor and soccer coach. At least for to Northwestern Prep, mainly this year he also will teach because that was what most of his sophomore speech in place of Prof, friends were doing. He then entered Dose, who is on sabbatical. Northwestern College to play football under Coach Thompson, Tutor Westenberg is looking forward who had told him that he would get to several things as he carries out some playing time. It really wasn't his duties. He already has been able until his sophomore year that he to form lasting friendships with began to think seriously about those who went to school with him and now serve their Lord as pastors. becoming a pastor. He received Being a tutor will give him another encouragement from his parents,

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opportunity to form friendships We welcome you back to with people who some day will be Northwestern, Tutor, and wish you pastors. He also will be able to God's blessings as you carry out encourage these men, especially your duties. May God use you to those who are struggling with the encourage and prepare more men to languages. "Just stick with it and serve Him in the public ministry, don't give up," he said. "You'll make it just as I did. Stick to your daily Bible reading, and don't let the devil confuse you or put doubts in your mind. Remember that for every student {J^t drops out, there will be a congregation somewhere without a pastor." When I asked him if he had any final words for the students, he just said, "Park in your spot." Tutor Doug Westenberg

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Luther: Looking Back . . . and Forward . . . Aaron Christie The editor, Jon Hein, approached me already last spring with the idea of writing a Luther series this year for The Black and Red. I suppose that I was the logical choice for such a task; after all, few students are as at home in the theological German and Latin as I (uhmmm...ya...ah...those are the ones that give me problems). So anyway ... the purpose (at least I hope) of this series will be to discuss various topics in Luther's writing and how, if at all they are relevant to today.

I don't know though about steps forward, at least lots of steps at once; it's to easy to trip. Perhaps after we pick up our cross, we can proceed forward one step at a time with our head turned back to hear our Lord's encouragement in His word. We can also cast a glance or two back to make sure we don't stumble and fall on the same type of obstacles as those who preceeded us.

Yes, there is an inherent strength in looking back. First and foremost, because the Scriptures were written I imagine there might be some who in the past, yet they are still relevant doubt the relevance of such a series, today. Prof. Lyle Lange wrote in his After all, Luther has been gone for preface to Our Great Heritage: 446 years now. We're a church of the We are living in an agewhen people do not 1990's and are on the verge of taking show a great deal of interest in what has been written in the past. It is oftensaid that the jump into a new millenium. the past has little relevance for people Perhaps we should just let Luther be today. As Christians, however, webelieve the old smiling grandpa and just do the Bible, though written in the past, is relevant today. It is timely for all people of what needs to be done for today's all ages, (xi) people. Stop looking back! Go ahead and take the next step forward. It naturally follows then that our theological heritage, when

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accurately reflecting what the Bible Really a step back to Luther and other ■ teaches, is relevant for today. Lange "older" Lutheran writers is not a ! writes, "The danger is ever present step back at all. Rather, it is a step ^ that we may cut ourselves off from down, down into a deeper the moorings of God's word and the knowledge of the Scriptures. It is course charted by our fathers, to set also a step forward with those who * ourselves adrift in the. currents of have gone before us quietly popular opinion. Should that encouraging from behind as the ► happen, there can be but one cross is dragged to the next outcome--the shipwreck of our faith generation. ► and the loss of our great heritage" James P. Schaefer puts it very nicely (xii). in an editorial for the Northwestern It is also good for us to get into Luther Lutheran (vol 39. Nov. 2,1952), where to protect him from those who he says: misquote him to back up their own The depth of his character, thebreadthof t false doctrines or to throw mud at his knowledge, the towering heights of his understandingalways places belore us the the church which bears his name. challenge, forward to Luther . . . that > Examples like the following: "Even understanding we might understand still the reformers, such as Zwingli, more; that believing our faith might ever rest more securely on God's Holy Word; t Calvin, and to some extent, Luther, that being enlightened the Light of the taught the immortality of the soul World might ever more brightly shine in . . . the idea of an immortal soul is our hearts. (340) * becoming increasingly suspect. {Christian Dogmatics, Bratten/ So then with this in mind, God Jenson vol.II, p. 566). Or then there is willin& the actual series of t0Pical * the ever popular "Luther was an articles will begin next month. I anti-semitist, and things haven't w°uld also ask that if anyone has changed much in the Lutheran any opinions or ideas on "pertinent" Church since his day." How will we subjects to please share them. Till as future Lutheran pastors answer next t‘me • • • such allegations?

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To Find A Spouse Ryan Landwehr There seems to be a certain natural law or formula in effect as far as the relationships of men and women are concerned when speaking of that most beautiful and yet most spooky word "marriage." This formula, as all the old TV shows told me, was "boy-meets-girl, boy-andgirl-fall-in-love, get-married, have-kids, live-happily-everafter." In the post-secondary Christian Education centers, that formula seems to change just a bit, either going into the "NWC-boy-meets-DMLC-girl, they-get-married, get-a-jointcall-to-small-congregation, raise-little-pastors-and-teachersto-be." Perhaps the future will change this age-old formula yet more into "Big-WELS-workertrainer-center-male-studentmeets-big-WELS-workertrainer-center-female-student, etc." Some lucky few from NWC will no doubt encounter the "meet-no-girl-whileattending-NWC, go-to-Sem,

survive-Sem-panic, vicar-atcongregation-withyoung-single-female-teacher-orbe-introduced-to-daughter-ofnice-old-lady- who -keep sinviting-you-to-dinnersurprisingly-simultaneouslywhen-her-daughter-is-visiting, get-married, u.s.w." (und so weiterâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; German for "etc.", small reflection of the countless hours spent drilling German vocabulary). Anyhow, for some, none of these formulas will work. Instead, the "stay-lonely-guyuntil-sentenced-to-being-atutor-at-NWC (sometimes tutors at DMLC are dragged into the previously mentioned "meetDMLC-grad" formula) and-staysingle-eternally-unless-aprof-you-know-has-a-youngattractive-single-daughteror-niece-or-something" formula. But what can these formulas actually account for if one is unsure of what is necessary for a pastor's wife? Profs and visiting

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also that frosting on the cake, a beauty of form and countenance. Sadly, even when many of those young women sojourn here on the NWC campus for an evening of fun and fellowship, a few hours of soda and song, they either know or remember me not, and I usually forget a face and name after a week—a trait inherited from my father's side, I believe, But now, the point, you ask? Well! Bereft of all means to properly seek out what is good in a wife to be, I have been forced to rely on external judgments of the skin-deep impression, based on poise, character, and beauty, hoping that truth may be found in a gaze or character in the iris of an eye. My hunting grounds have been limited to television, movies, and my roommate's name being on the "Victoria's Secret" mailing list. Thus, based upon my searches, below are listed my choices of a future spouse.

Admittedly, sad to say, my experience with women is limited to sisters, mothers, cousins, aunts, most of which are older, married, related, etc. Until eighteen I wasn't even curious about differences between girls and guys. I didn't know! Then, when I started asking questions about women, I'm whisked off to Ft. Benning, GA, for a summer of basic training with two hundred stinky men, then flown here to NWC where nothing had changed from the summer. The DMLC formula is blocked, for rides and money and other duties 1. Kate Capshaw (actress)—Yes, always interfere with a weekend this blond beauty who appeared at the "sister-school," where one as Willi Scot in the tremendous might find a like-minded female, thriller Indiana Jones and the strong and kind, who possesses Temple of Doom definitely had

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some "special" qualities. Granny and Jed, plus her uncle Although occasionally her would no doubt be a great source character gawked at of finances for a struggling confrontation of various perils congregation. No need to worry (such as roaches, machine gun about that new school parking lot fire, people yanking out hearts) being redone, or the gym floor she remained ever independent needing refurbishing, or even a and strong, yet developed a new pipe organ! Besides, she still deeper respect for the under wears flannel! privileged, the poor, and a guy with a leather jacket and 4. Linda Hamilton — although bullwhip. Her experiences with portraying a somewhat Short Round show her abilities vindictive, violent woman, Linda Hamilton brought out in her with child rearing. Sarah Conner a certain touch of 2. Julie Andrews — No doubt, the compassion and respect for both most excellent choice, as she is the unborn and humanity in both beautiful in her simplicity general. In Beauty and the Beast and oneness with nature, as she showed an ability to look portrayed in The Sound of Music, beyond the external features to or her ability with children as the inner self of Vincent, who seen in both the aforementioned seems to exemplify a typical and Mary Poppins (which also Northwestern male (gentle, yet portrays more humor and ability strong and powerful; ugly, yet to pack quickly and lightly, a possessing a beautiful spirit, and great boon to a missionary, no spending much time doubt). She is obviously not underground hidden from cajoled by earthly concerns of society), wealth and glory. And boy, can she sing! Great Sunday school These are my picks, be they good or bad. Perhaps the hand of time teacher, no doubt! will change these somewhat 3. Ellie May Clampett — Born and shallow perceptions of reality bred in the hills, she's been into a true picture of what life is brought up by God-fearing and should be, God-willing.

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Book Review Jim Price Reading is one of the keys to our education. Without the gift of literacy, becoming well-educated would be a very difficult task. During the course of my own private reading I have found a number of volumes quite informative and useful and so I would like to share that information with you during the course of the year. It is only fitting that we should start with one of the theological classics. This is:

The Proper Distinction Betzveen LAW AND GOSPEL by Dr. C. F.W.Walther English Version by W. H. T, Dau St. Louis, Missouri: Concordia Publishing House, 1986 The book itself is made up of thirty-five theses which were presented on Friday evenings by Dr. Walther to his students. Walther gave these lectures because "rightly distinguishing the Law and the Gospel is the most difficult and the highest art of Christians in general and of theologians in particular" (Thesis III). The division of Law and Gospel directly relates to justification and sanctification which are confused wholesale by the Reformed theologians. This is a problem that assails us even today. Human reason is always trying to exalt itself over Scripture and win men into heaven by its own wisdom. Walther tells us:

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The book itself is thick reading. Often times I had to reread a paragraph because I missed the point the first time through. However the book is well worth the effort. Buy it; read it; you'll be glad you did.

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Summer In Paradise Steve Lange Okay, Raleigh, North Carolina, may not be paradise, but if you can stand the humidity and have a swimming pool nearby, it is a nice place to spend the summer, Dan Heiderich and I found this out this past summer as we embarked on our Summer Evangelism Experience. For those of you who are unfamiliar with SEE, it is a program of our synod that sends teams of college students to churches to help with evangelism efforts for the summer. Dan and I were the only team to go out this summer, and I am very thankful that I had the opportunity to do so. It was an experience I will not forget. While we were in Raleigh, Dan and I stayed with his sister and her family, who were kind enough to convert their dining room into our bedroom for the summer. Dan's brother-in-law found us a job unloading trucks in a warehouse, and so we were

able to earn some money for school and other things. Our hosts graciously fed us, even though we probably almost doubled their grocery bill. And even though I wasn't related to them at all, they treated me like one of the family. They made getting used to North Carolina much less strenuous than I expected it to be. The main focus of our stay in Raleigh, of course, was to work in the church, and we did this under the guidance of Pastor Scott Mews. From the start he told us that he didn't want us to do the traditional SEE work, such as canvassing or house calls, since the congregation did not have an organized evangelism program yet. He planned more of a "Taste of the Ministry" summer for us. Dan and I switched off doing the liturgy for the Sunday services, and we even were able to conduct a

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service by ourselves for the In addition to this, we gained ^ church in Fayetteville, NC. We valuable experience that taught Sunday School and prepared us for the calling we Vacation Bible School, gaining eventually will enter, being a experience in bringing God's shepherd of our Lord's sheep, word to his littlest children. Also, Pastor Mews would meet I am very thankful that I was able ^ us every Wednesday at church to be part of the Summer and we would talk about Evangelism Experience, and I > different aspects of being a would encourage everyone to pastor. All this work, both at the take advantage of this program. _ warehouse and at church, does Hopefully, in future years there not mean that we had no free will be more openings for teams _ time, though. Most of our than there were this year. But evenings were free, as were our you don't have to travel 1,500 weekends, which we miles to be part of SEE. You can occasionally used for trips to the alsÂ° work in your home v congregation. Talk to your beach. pastor and see if there is anything y When we met Pastor Mews on the that you can do for your own last Wednesday before we went congregation. I'm sure he will be home, he explained that even more than happy to help you though we hadn t done any gajn experience working for your canvassing, we still did a lot of Savior. You certainly won't evangelism, especially in regret the effort you put into it. I teaching VBS. "Think of all the know I don't. little children to whom you brought the Gospel," he told us. "Think of the parents who heard about Jesus from their children."

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Greetings and salutations! Welcome back to all the faculty and returning students; and to the frosh—we'll see you in October. In the spirit of the '92 Summer Games, we'd like to introduce ourselves: the un-official members of the men's synchronized swim team. In the first quarter slot is James "Sy Sperling" Borg, who isn't only president of C & C, but he's also a member. On deck in the second spot is John "I'm not a real strong swimmer" Boggs, who, thank goodness, has been equipped with his own built in floatation device. The third facet of our many-pointed diamond is the newly "ball and chained" Joda. Because of this, "the marrying man" is often found struggling at the bottom of the pool. The captain, seasoned seaman, Wayne Kramer sports water wings and speedos. He spends most of his time on his bayliner smoking Chesterfields and researching his psych paper for Prof. Sellnow. Practice time is at a premium since the squad spends most of its time at the baby pool faking sun-stroke and enjoying the warm pockets of water. While we were striving for the pewter, representing our country in Barcelona, our thoughts always came back to our Northwestern brothers, becasue frankly, we care; and, well, we aren't very good at this (elipses ...) ... but hey, uh... we love you. A special welcome back [personal grooming section] to: 1. Dave "Joel, you missed a spot" Faber

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First Half Summary Once again, with the return of the cool autumn breezes, the Northwestern campus is abuzz with the talk of sports, The Brew ers are making a run at the Blue Jays (at least, at the time this article was written), the Packers are sharpening their skills in a never-ending quest of becoming the worst football team in the NFL, and the MLS guys are still wondering when the sky is going to fall in after the Wolverines tied Notre Dame (luckily for Michigan, they don't have to play Wisconsin this yeary But the purpose of the B&R sports articles are to keep the Trojan faithful abreast of the latest details concerning their Trojan teams, not simply to comment on the world of sports in general.

sheer intimidation, and sport a mean haircut. Sort of makes you wonder why we still qualify. Anyway, the football team has played three games and has managed to win one of them, so the haircuts must have done some good. NWC 22 Lawrence 31 _ The Trojans started their year out with a game against Lawrence University in Appleton. Northwestern's history of success against that institution is quite

Every fall you have to start with football. This is no coincidence. Whether you agree with it or not, N orthwestem is and always will be a football school as longs as the Lord sees to it that this world exists, or at least until we're forced to merge and become the worst football team in the nation. Kidding aside, though. The football season has swung into full gear, and once again the action is coming as fast and furi ous as NCAA Division III play allows. In fact, few people know that in order to qualify for Division III play a team cannot have any players that run a sub-4.50 40-yard dash, lift 400 pounds with one arm, are able to tackle opposing ball-carriers bv' rr Â° J

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amazing, to say the least. We have been on the day for 139 yards, including able to beat those Vikings one time is our touchdowns of 50 and 52 yards, history. Yep, the 1908 team really stuck it to'em with that 6-5 shellacking that rocked Lawrence jumped out to an early 17-0 lead ^ in the first quarter and a half, but then f the football world. Unfortunately, we've managed to lose to them the other 24 times Brauer hit Van on his first touch down that we've played them, including 18 pass, which went for 50 yards, making it ► shutouts, never scoring more than 14 17-8 at halftime. points. In the third quarter, the Vikings tacked on { Until 1992, that is. The passing offense another seven spot, and then still another worked with sur prising percision, as in the fourth to make it 31-8, but then the ! *■ quarterback Bart Brauer passed for 215 rally was on. yards on 18 of 28 attempts and two First, tailbackHeath Butler plunged in on a one-yard touch down with 4:57 left in *■ the game to make it 31-16. Then with just 57 seconds remaining, Brauer hooked up with Van on his second touchdown of the afternoon to make it 31-22,but an incomplete two-point >. conversion pass left the Trojans behind by nine points and in a position where they needed to score * twice. NWCll Concordia-RiverForest 13 ►

This is a game that the Trojans should have won. But then again, it's hard fto win when you turn the ball over j five times and just generally have a \ lack of execution. It wasn't the s defense's fault, as they held the Cougars to just 201 total yards ». offense and only allowed one touchdown. > The Cougar touchdown that really Trojan defense plugs up the hole. hurt was their first one, when the touchdowns , , and , became. the tenth ,r. ranked . Trojans wer leading 3-0 on a Erich Zellmer* quarterback for passing effiency in 23-yard field goal. That particular Division III for the first week of play, at touchdown came on a Cougar ‘ least (cf. 3 interceptions against River interception that was returned 18 yards , Forest, which totally blew that out of the for a score to make it 7-3. water). , . , , , The Trojans took the lead again in the third * Bremer's mam target on the day was Charlie quarter for a time, when Jeremy Glowicki' Vannieuwenhoven, (with a V, as in scored on a one-yard run to make it 11-7, t verisimilitude), who caught seven passes but Concordia scored a toucdown in the I fourth quarter to make it 13-11.

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in for a one-yard touchdown ^ run, making the score 7-6. The JJ real spark for the team was a j 20-yard reverse by Van, who ' had three of them on the day for 55 yards rushing. In the fourth quarter, Northwestern took the lead for good when Butler made a four-yard jaunt to give the Trojans a 14-7 lead. The defense held them there with three interceptions and one fumble recovery in the second half. Jay Arras had two picks, John Boggs had one. a

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Due to the departure of two seniors the 1992 Rags chose two new Rags, Jon "Keyroch" Micheel and Wayne "Adobe" Shevey. In addition to Keyroch and Adobe, Dan "Wayne" Kramer, Mark "Cheese" Kaesmeyer, Tim"Pinto" Diener, and Eric "Flounder" Roecker return under the theme "Beans, beans, beans" to cheer the

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Soccer Kicks It In With another fall sports season at hand, many Northwestern fans and population in general turn their longing necks toward one of the most popular and exciting sports of the fall season-soccer. The NWC soccer team is under new management after the former head coach took a job elsewhere. Doug Westenberg, a eight year football veteran, has thrown his influence on the team as can be seen by their recent conference victory over MSOE, resulting in two red cards and a yellow. The new coach and assistant coach, Jon Zabell, as well as the players are looking forward to an impressive season, with some impressive wins.

Maranatha was the next opponent with a bitter loss to them 4-0. On kind of a downswing the Northwestern players lost to Beloit 4-1. The Trojans were only scheduled to play two UW schools this year ► which resulted in two more losses to Whitewater 4-1 and a heartbreaker > to Platteville, 2-0. Platteville pulled off a win, netting a cheap v Y\ goal in the last five minutes of regulation time and then a full yN field run with under two ] J minutes left. After another 2 1/2 hour trip, somehow the soccer team mustered up a lot of desire to play Augustana to a 3-1 loss. Still not having found what they were looking for, the soccer team regained their pride after rationalizing a moral victory. Augustan, being a school of 4,000 plus, should have beaten Northwestern with a student body of 200 by a equal proportionate score of 20 to 1. Holding them to just three goals was actually a victory to the fierce fighting Trojans.

The Northwestern ball-handlers had a crushing defeat in the heartland of Iowa, or wherever Iowa is located, against Loras college 11-2. The soccer team was short three starters and just didn't seem to get up after a two and a half gut not all things have turned sour hour trip. for these well conditioned athletes.

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A big win over our rivals from diminished team of players held off Milwaukee, Wisconsin Lutheran MSOE to come off the field with a 2-1 College, 2-1. Joel Schulz put in a chip conference victory, from Tom Spiegelberg for the first goal. Not more than five minutes With ten seniors and 8 returning lettermen, the soccer team hopes to later Joel had a cross to Todd Raush come finishing on top of the to put NWC up 2-0. WLC scored late conference this year. The team in the first half, but the tough play of would like to thank our fan support the Trojans held them off for a and the football team and hopes to decisive victory. see them in the future. Northwestern still remains unbeaten in conference, smashing their way H TomSpiefitfijtrg to a 2-1 victory over MSOE in overtime. The controversial game turned into a grudge match when a questionable call jW against the unquestionably courageous play of James f 7? Borgwardt resulted in a !' penalty kick for MSOE. This Lbrought the soccer buffs to a < new level of playing which quickly turned into a score * i by Jason Schulz off a near i * \ \ perfect chip by Tom P Spiegelberg. The score I remained tied 1-1 despite the | Trojans losing John l Borgwardt and Dan Habben L to the flashing of red cards. L Despite being down 9 L players to 11, the team rose to a higher level of play. ^ u • Regulation ended in a tie, however early in the first half £. * of overtime, Joel Schulz made a full field run and Todd Rausch (99) controls the ball In a game against UW scored a solo goal. The Whitewater.

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The Black Cross at the Center Every October there comes a religious festival which the secular world doesn't pay a whole lot of attention to. I'm speaking, of course, of Reformation. And why is that?

I think it's because of the black cross at the center of Luther's seal. Now I don't mean that the secular world looks at that seal and say's "Hey, that black cross is really unattractive and depressing." Rather, I think that the connotation implied in that black cross is what maybe turns some of the secular world off to Luther. Martin Luther gave Christianity a much needed focus. He took the spotlight off the pope and forgiveness through works and put it on Jesus Christ and salvation by grace through faith. What a difference! In the first one, you actually have the arrogance to believe you can do something to earn forgiveness of sins. But in the second one, Luther wanted to emphasize how pittiful we all really are. He wanted us to understand that because of our sins, the Son of God had to suffer and die. Perhaps that is why he put the black cross at the center. I think it not only emphasizes who's to blame, but also who cleansed us from that blame. That will undoubtably cause some guilt, some "Angst." Luther writes about true repentence: "To repent means to feel the wrath of God in earnest because of one's sin, so that the sinner experiences anguish of heart and is filled with a painful longing for the salvation and mercy of God." Seem a little harsh? It probably does to the secular world. But would we want it any other way? As we said, the cross emphasizes that the sins are paid for. We have God's promised forgiveness. The truely painful part is done and over, carried out by our Savior. We don't need to worry about whether we've done enough penance or whether the pope got through to heaven for us. Christ himself is interceeding for us. That's both very comforting and very beautiful. As we approach the Reformation we do well to honor the man who put Christianity in the proper perspective, with Christ actually at the center. Just look at the seal. H

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Portrait of a Pastor Steve Lange All of us here at Northwestern are studying to become pastors. That is, after all, the reason for this college's existence. Day after day we struggle with Greek and Hebrew, so that when we finally get out into the ministry we will be prepared to work with the Word of God as he originally gave it. Yet working in the Hebrew Old Testament and the Greek New Testament are only small parts of the work we hopefully will be doing as pastors some day. There are many other aspects of the ministry of which most of us are unaware since none of us has ever served in a parish. Do we really have any idea of what we are getting ourselves into? Where could we go to find out more about what being a full-time pastor really involves?

childhood mostly consisted of following his father, a professor at Michigan Lutheran Seminary, from one synodical school to another. He remained in Saginaw until 1964 when his father accepted a call to Dr. Martin Luther College. While living in New Ulm, he entered Martin Luther Academy and spent the first two years of his high school career there. Then, in 1970, his father accepted yet another call, this time to the Seminary in Mequon. Since his parents wanted him to go to Mequon with them, he finished his high school years at Wisconsin Lutheran High School. After he graduated from high school, Prof. Fredrich entered Northwestern College to begin his formal training for the ministry. While at NWC, he was involved in Professor Joel Fredrich intramurals and the Black Fortunately, we have many and Red and spent his free time sources of valuable information concerning playing piano and taking extra courses. both the rewards and the responsibilities of the ministry. We see them every day in The road that led this man to Northwestern is chapel, in our classes, and walking around an interesting one. He remembers distinctly on campus. They, of course, are our that when he was five he wanted to be an professors, many of whom have also served astronaut or a fireman. But by the time he in the parish ministry. Beginning this was six, his parents had persuaded him to month, I will be writing a series of articles consider becoming a pastor. As he grew up, about these pastors among us, so that we can he never had the opportunity to see his dad both get to know these men better and learn function as a parish pastor, since by the time from their priceless experience about what Joel came along, his dad had already served for six years in a congregation in Detroit. His we are training so hard for. experience was limited to seeing his dad Our first feature professor is Joel Fredrich, teach in the various synodical schools which who was bom in 1955 in Saginaw, MI. His he served. Seeing how much his dad

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enjoyed teaching made him wonder whether he might want to become a teacher instead. Even when he entered Northwestern he still had doubts about whether he really wanted to become a pastor. He wondered whether he really was cut out for the daily routine of the pastoral ministry. And there always was that thought that maybe he could serve God better as a teacher. Yet he stuck it out, and in 1982 he graduated from the Seminary and received his first call, right back to Northwestern.

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professor. He knew that if he declined the call, someone else, who might be a better parish pastor than he, would accept it, and so some church somewhere would lose a good pastor. Although he does miss the parish, he in no way regrets his decision to come to Northwestern. He still is able to guest preach in area congregations, and in that we he keeps in touch with the parish ministry. Yet he still is convinced that he is best serving he Lord with his abilities as a professor.

From 1982 to 1984, Prof. Fredrich served as an One thing that Prof. Fredrich can pass on to instructor. His first year he taught us is a conviction in the absolute power of the God's Word. There were times when he Shakespeare and Freshman English, and felt that he in no way had done justice to the then in his second year he also taught some text in his sermon, only to receive a note in German classes for Prof. Strobel. In 1984 he his mailbox a couple days later saying, was assigned to a congregation in St. Charles, MI, where he served for a little over "Thanks for the sermon, Pastor. It was just two years. While there were some aspects of what I needed to hear." Or there was the time parish ministry which he did not care for when an unchurched couple came to him very much, such as the clerical and asking to be married. So one evening he conducted an interview with them. Since he administrative duties, there were many other things that he thoroughly enjoyed. But was tired out from a long day of work, he wasn't as enthusiastic or "interesting" as he the part of the ministry he enjoyed the most would have liked to have been for the was the opportunity to dig into God's Word couple. After the interview was over, he was on a regular basis, an opportunity that he had missed while he was an instructor. He sure that he had turned them off in at least treasured the chances he had to preach and six different ways. Yet this couple continued prepare bible classes, since each new sermon to meet with him, and they went all the way and bible class allowed him to dig even more through the instruction classes, were deeply into the Scriptures. Another high confirmed, and became one of the most active couples in his congregation. All tills point of his ministry was calling on the sick, which gave him an opportunity to bring the goes to show that God's Word is more comfort of God's Word to those who needed powerful than we can ever imagine. In spite it. of our many weaknesses, God's Word still works faith in the hearts of men, even when When he received the call to become a we feel we have totally messed things up. professor at Northwestern, Prof. Fredrich The ministry, although it is made up of sinful had a difficult decision to make. He had only human beings, is the only occupation on served in the parish ministry for a little over earth in which you don't have to worry two years, and so part of him wanted to about failure. For whenever we preach continue working in the parish. Yet, when God's Word in its truth and purity, we can be he stepped back and sized things up, he saw assured of success, because the power that he could use his talents most effectively behind the Word is God's, not ours, and God in the service of the Gospel by becoming a can never fail.

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Lutherans and Elections: Thoughts on Church and State Aaron Christie Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The Authorities that exist have been established by God ... For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong... For he is God's servant to do you good (Romans 13:1,3a, 4a).

Here we are in another election year . . . and here we are faced with the voting dilemma, many of us for the first time. Who to choose? How will we vote as a responsible Christian? Is the temptation there not to vote? After all, who is completely satisfied with the menu of presidential candidates? Our situation as confessional Lutherans is a totally unique one, so let's take a little, non-exhaustive look into Lutherans and elections. The passage quoted from Romans 13 plainly shows that all governing institutions have been established by God and are a blessing to his people. These facts are especially brought out in the Old Testament history of Israel and in the New Testament Pax Romana, which provided a missionary "user friendly" world in which to spread the Gospel. Our government is a blessing, not only in that it provides a certain amount of security and protection for its citizens, but also because of the freedom of religion which we enjoy. Lutherans like governments and for the most part listen to them. Luther says: Let government be whatever it pleases, it is not of men; otherwise it would not be safe for one hour. If God did not sustain governmental authorities with His power, Mr. Everybody (Herr Omnes) would kill them all. Since, then, government is God's power and ordinance, one must look upon it as God's representative... Therefore, so far as you are concerned, continue to humble yourself and honor your government (What Luther Says 576). This respect of government is something fascinating about our Lutheran Church's history. We don't revolt â&#x20AC;&#x201D; for a revolt against government is a revolt against that which God has established.

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A healthy respect for government is merely one of the Lutheran Church's strong ■_ points. Far stronger, however, is our proper distinction between Law and Gospel (and thanks be to God for it). This has a direct bearing on our view of church and I state. See now what our confessions say concerning each: Also they teach that one holy Church is to continue forever. The church is the congregation of saints, in which the Gospel is rightly taught and the Sacraments are rightly administered (Augsburg Confession Art. VII Trig.. 47) Neither does the Gospel bring new laws concerning the evil state, but p commands that we obey present laws, whether they have been framed by heathen or by others, and that in this obedience we should exercise love (Apol. Art. XVI 331) ? Romans 13:4 also fits nicely: "He (a governing authority) is God's servant, an agent of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer."

Note well then the difference between the two. The church preaches and teaches the f pure gospel and administers the Sacraments. The state can only use the law to keep them in line. The Church is gospel motivated — the state is law motivated. The Church (by the Gospel) makes saints — the state can not. The confessional Lutheran ’ rule of thumb is: What God has separated, let man not join together. Luther and the Lutheran fathers wrote much concerning the separation of church and state, i This is only natural, because the Holy Roman Empire of Luther's day was merely one big confusion of the two. Luther says: Now I dare say that the entire world, thank God the great diligence and effort with which I have labored and am still laboring at the task of having these two offices and governments, the secular and the religious, differentiated and separated from each other and of having each properly directed and held to its business (What Luther Says 295). Notice that totally missing is the Roman Catholic dream of papal supremacy in matter of both church and state. Remember back to the glory days when it was Pope Leo III who crowned Charlemagne "Emperor of the Romans" or when Innocent III told King John of England "you have decreed that your person and your kingdom should be temporally subject to the one to whom you knew them to be spiritually subject" (p. 238 in The Middle Ages, Vol. 1: Sources of Medieval History). Notice that there is no dream of a Theocracy ala Old Testament Israel, as the Reformed tried doing in Geneva. There is no enforcing church doctrine by the sword, which was a favorite pasttime of both the Roman Catholic and Reformed churches. Notice that in the Lutheran Church there is no Moral Majority. There is no hope of making Christians by passing "Christian" laws. The dream of an immoral,

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unbelieving society accepting our "Christian values" is not dreamt by Lutherans. Let us be thankful to our God that our focus is on the Gospel and not political lobbying. Now where does that put us? How do we view the candidates? How will the moral stands of the candidates affect our vote — especially considering that the government is not in the morality business? Can we vote for a candidate who espouses homosexual rights? I doubt he will ever get a bill through Congress that demands homosexual actions of people. Another candidate is pro-choice. Could it be that if he could turn around the dismal economy it would overshadow the abortion issue? No one would be forced to have an abortion; the option would merely be there for those who want them. In these cases and similar situations the government is not forcing Christians to transgress God's law, they are merely leaving others a wide-open door to do so. Pm going to go off on my own for a second here on two points: First, how can you back someone who does not even uphold the most basic of rights — the right to life? Secondly, would voting for a pro-abortion candidate be essentially a backing down from our anti-abortion stance? Then think what kind of message that would send to others concerning the sincerity with which we uphold our Christian truths (over and against the subjective term "values"). It's oh so easy to think ourselves above our government, instead of submitting to it. It's easy to think better of ourselves than our leaders, especially when we see the mud flying on campaign commercials and debates. We should not have such a poor attitude towards our government, especially at this election time. I suppose the Roman Christians were not all that well disposed toward their pagan authorities. What does Paul say, though? Submit, for the authorities have been established by God. He is-watching out for your physical needs through those pagans. He has your best interest in mind. It looks like things haven't changed much since Paul's day. We should -- instead of being indifferent to our government and the election -- be taking an active interest in what the candidates are saying. We should thank our God that he has placed a government over us, which is chosen by us — a right enjoyed, yet rarely appreciated. Finally, thanks be to God, for America's separation of Church and State, for when the two get mixed neither are better for it — and thanks to Luther for recognizing that.

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Homecoming 1992 Jon Micheel Ah, the sights and sounds of autumn: the unable to experience the monumental changing colors of the leaves, the events of the week, we at the Black and squirrels busily gathering food for the Red would like to take a few moments winter, the calls of geese flying south, to recap some of those events right now. bald guys chanting and wearing togas and foul-smelling men in animal furs Probably the most entertaining events of grunting and eating raw meat. Ok, so it the week, especially for the faculty, were may not be your normal, run-of-the-mill those of the class participation autumn day, but has anything normal competition. This competition, begun last year, is a relatively new addition to ever come from Northwestern? Homecoming week. Before the week That's right, once again another began, the Dorm Council chose a theme Homecoming week has come and gone, for the week. This year's theme was For those of our readers who were "Famous World Leaders." Each class 1 was encouraged to select a leader from histoy and to , do whatever they could think of to show their class spirit as it related to the leader they chose. At the end of the week three 1 anonymous faculty judges would decide which class did the best job. Confused? Me too. Hopefully a few examples will help.

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and even had real working cannons to deter invaders. The Junior class chose Gandhi. In a bold move to gain the

the theme of Ghengis Khan and his Mongol hordes. They pitched camp outside the chapel-arts building and went around campus dressed in furs and skins. They also had a bazaar and m a rket a t which they sold raw meat scraps and slaves (portrayed by frosh). The week's action came to a Friday climax Sophomores reenact a leg amputation at George Washington's camp at Valley Forge. morning when upper hand in the competition, twenty-six members of the class shaved the Mongols massacred the Gandhis their heads and appeared Tuesday and Washington's troops. morning hairless and wearing only their bedsheets. They followed in a line behind Rob (a.k.a. Buddha) Wendland whom they selected to personify the great Indian pacifist leader. Class president Jonathan Micheel became the twenty-seventh follower of Gandhi it&Sr™ by having his hair j >. • removed; Wednesday morning j j|| outside before chapel. The Seniors, who won the competition, built on Shelly Bradley and Aaron Stelnbrenner reigned as king and queen.

This new competition was enjoyed by all who watched and participated. Many people around campus, even the students who were involved, were impressed by the amount o f enthusiasm that was displayed throughout the week. Prof. Korthals said that the involvement of such a large number of people "generates spirit throughout the entire school.”

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seniors, with the juniors second and the sophomores third. The week came to a close with the talent show on Friday night, where senior Aaron Steinbrenner and his fiance Shelly Bradley won king and queen honors. The final excitement, of course, came Saturday morning as the soccer team was edged out by the men of the Sem, and the football team defeated Northwestern of Roseville, Minnesota and continued their hunt for a conference championship. Ghandl walks the coals as his Juniorfollowers look on.

In addition to those hijinks the traditional Homecoming activities were also in full swing. The freshmen became men under the leadership of General Matt Brown and Sergeants Steve Helwig. John Gensmer and Wayne Shevey. Their week was filled with buttoning, marching, singing and cheering until the week's conclusion at halftime of the football game Saturday. The float competition was as heated as ever, with the winner being the Sophomores and their Mount Sophomore creation devised by Andy Schwalenberg. The juniors were second with the oracle of Paul Brag7s hair and Gandhi roasting eagles. Their float's construction was led by Jon Zietlow. Bill Finn and the rest of the seniors took third with their mammoth three-story tall portrait of a Mongol.

As anyone can see, the week was packed full of excitement and fun for everyone ^ere On behalf of all who were involved, I would like to say thanks, Trojans, for an excellent and memorable Homecoming week.

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Top Ten Highlights during Homecoming Week: 10. Where was Home Radio? 9. The 5-second burning of Buch's "N" 8. Donuts during Greek 7. Spaude worshipping 6. Kent Holz riding a bicycle built for two 5. Ratt's ettiquette 4. Shelly's acceptance speech 3. Frosh Westendorfs rendition of "one of these guys is doing his own thing." 2. AC gets grass stains out ofjeans (from flag football) 1. The critically acclaimed, very well-scripted humor and execution of the Dorm Staff skit, eclipsed only by the frosh skits. Subliminal message: First of all, we would like to thank the entire student body for staying around this weekend (.NUtk WÂŤlim) . And we are especially pleased to see that all the couples among us were able to get along so well this weekend (OJur jnd fttli*). Things that make you go "hum?" 1. Will Lance ever wash his hair? 2. Is Pratt's mom enrolling? 3. Why do the soccer mothers get coffee and donuts, while the football mothers get tea and crumpets? 4. Homecoming docorations? 5. Admiral Stockwell? 6. Opposition dance? 7.11-man posse?

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Book Reviews Jim Price Preach the Gospel by Joel Gerlach and Richard Balge Milwaukee: Northwestern Publishing House, 1982 One of the highlights and privileges for the juniors and seniors is to lead the student body in a chapel devotion. That is why I chose to review this book which is the Seminary's homiletics textbook Preach the Gospel is very thorough and yet fairly easy to understand. When confronted with writing my sermonette last year I found this book invaluable. It starts out with a chapter on the nature and purpose of the sermon. From there it moves into the studying of the sermon text which of course begins with a prayer for God's guidance. The book continues through the whole process of writing and delivering the sermon with special emphasis on free and natural delivery, not contrived. It also reminds us that we are up there to glorify God, not ourselves.

Pentecost or Pretense? An Examination of the Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements by Arthur J. Clement Milwaukee: Northwestern Publishing House, 1981 Charismalics are everywhere. They've even made inroads into the Catholic church as well Lutheran synods. No longer are they an isolated entity unto themselves. This book deals with the Pentecostal movement in the light of history as well as Holy Scripture. It is interesting to note that although tongues-speaking is supposed to be a sign of the Holy Spirit, both Mohammedans and Mormons claim to speak in tongues. My favorite part was when a seminary student (not one of ours) went to a charismatic church, stood up and recited Psalm 1 in Hebrew. After the seminary student finished and sat down another man stood up and proceeded to tell how this was a "revelation" concerning women in the church. The seminary student then stood up and told them that he had merely recited a Psalm to them in Hebrew, And then there was pandemonium.Pastor Clement did a good job writing a well researched book while not making it sound like a term paper. This book is very pertinent to us and what we are going to encounter, so once again I am going to urge you to read yet another book

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With the soccer and football teams currently in the middle of their seasons and the golf team already finished with their season, it seems to be an appropriate time to reflect on what has happened along the lines of the Northwestern fall sports season, and to hand out a few post and mid-season honorariums. And the winners are: If a Most Valuable Player were picked today, it would be: (Football) - Heath Butler - Already through five games, Heath has rushed for 553 yards and scored nine touchdowns and still remains the quietest guy on the field.

Most qualified for a WLC assistant soccer coach: Greg Collyard gest Haircut: Must I say it? The Third DeSree Shoulder Separation Award: Assorted MLS grads Most likely to hold more weight- A WLC diploma or Crow: Crow Next most likely to quit football due to heart condition: Zellmer Most likely to be a tutor/coach at NWC: Joel Schulz, since he'll be learning soccer and tennis from two of the best this year. Thing most nkely lo recur in nightmares: Seeing "Moose" coming around the end on a "fumblerooski" against Maranatha.

(Soccer)-Joel Schulz-The senior captain Anywa„ 0nto bigger and better has been a big reason the Trojans have things. already surpassed their victory total of last year, including an impressive 2-3-1 jhe football team has made little record at the friendly confines. headway record-wise since last , (Golf) - Pete Kelm - Who else could eat a issue, but in terms of play they have five-pound bag of orange-slice made some big strides, gumdrops one night and then go out : and shoot 9 holes of golf in the mid-30's? The biggest leaps and bounds have Well, come to think of it, the entire golf come on the offensive side of the ■ team shot in those kind of temperatures, ball, where the offense has gained but Kelm was the only one with enough over 400 total yards per game in the adipose tissue to stay warm. Upper Midwest Athletic over two games. ,

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who gained 142 yards rushing in r that quarter alone. Among those yards was a 20-yard touchdown run t0 make it 22-7. Butler also added another 2-yard TD run to push the lead to 28-14 after three quarters.

Butler ran for 129 yards and scored two touchdowns. Coach Gorsline implemented the "Pullcat" offense, and it registered a 95-yard touchdown pass from Charlie Then the Comets made their move. Vannieuwenhoven to Aaron They scored early in the fourth to make 28-21, and then with 2:21 left Robinson. in the game they scored another But in the end, the Trojans could touchdown to make it 28-27. They simply not come back from a 36-14 elected to go for the two point deficit they put themselves under conversion, but it was picked off by after three quarters. Trojans linebacker Jeff Schmidt, and They returned to play the next week ê ra^Y was sê<âgainst the team with whom they guêr finished off his day with a final shared the conference touchdown, a 31- yard sprint, to co-championship last year, give the Trojans a 34-27 victory. Concordia-St. Paul. This time the Trojans were ready to play some real Robinson ended up with 184 yards on the day, and Butler finished with football. 121, as the running game gained an The game started out on a shaky note amazing 8.4 yards per carry. when the Comets pulled ahead 7-0 in the first quarter. But then the With the victory the Trojans squared their conference record at 1-1, and fireworks began. improved to 2-3 overall. First, Butler scored on a two yard run to pull the Trojans to within 7-6. The soccer team continued to show Later in the second quarter, he improvement over last year, as they added his second touchdown, this gained a home victory over MSOE, one from 15 yards out, to propel his 3-2, and tied Lakeland, team out to a 14-7 halftime lead. n

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SeCma 9(pe6Cer MemoriaC CjoCf â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Tournament I Two dozen alumni, former students and friends of Northwestern College gathered for the sixteenth and final Selma Koebler Memorial Golf Tournament on September 18. This year it was held at the Lake Windosor Country Club near Madison. The low gross score, turned in by Mark Reif, was 71, which also happened to be the all-time record low socre for the sixteen years this annual tournament had been held. Two of Selma Koebler's grandsons - George Swanson ('72), and Roger Koebler, son of Herb Koebler ('36) exhibited some of the family's legendary athletic prowess by hitting thelongest drives on two designated holes. Rich Ziesemer ('42) and Paul Rimmert, borther of Jonathan Rimmert ('74) had the closes approaches to the pin on two par-three holes while the Rothe father and son duo, George ('54) and Dave ('85) took the longest putt prizes. Several years ago as part of this annual tournament, the Leonard J. Umnus Scholarship was established to assist a theological student in his first year at the Seminary. The first recipient was Joel Pankow in 1991, while this year it was awarded to Robert Frick, a former member of NWCs golf team for three years. Most of the participants remained for a steak dinner at the beautifule Lake Windsor Country Club dining room at which prizes were 1 distributed to everyone. Lloyd Lambert ('38) was the oldes participant. Five members of the illustrious class of '42 (Leyrer, Haberman, Wadzinski, Ziesemer, and Koebler) also participated as they did at the first tournament in 1977. Other Alumni were: Fleming ('56), Ken Lenz ('54) and Don Sutton ('74). President Robert Voss showed up for the dinner (some said to avoid any embarrassment on the golf course) and was presented with a check to start a Selma Koebler Scholarship, the proceeds of which are to be presented annually to a college freshman who plans to enter the ministry.

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November 7 The senior class will make November 21 history as it holds the first Coach K. and the Trojans opn out-of-state COS. the basketball season at Beloit. Novermber 13-14 November 26 Focus on Ministry. THis Thanksgiving. Martin Wegner: program has brought fine "Okay, maybe I am a duck, but students to our campus. We at least I'm not a turkey." hope to build on this success. n

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! Wow, have there been a lot of good sermonettes lately in chapel. The professors, tutors, and seniors have really been presenting the word beautifully lately. What a privilege to sit down, gain insights through the Greek as you translate the text, write the sermon, and then deliver it well. And when people come up and tell you "great job," that gives one a boost. However, once in a while, things don't go off "without a hitch." Someone might botch it, forget a crucial part of the sermon, or be forced to read part of their script because they forgot it. So what does one do after both of these situations, when the sermonette goes well and when it's presented poorly? I think in the first case one sits down and says a prayer of thanks to God for using him as a means to deliver His message. And I think in the second case one also sits down and says a prayer of thanks to God for using him as a means to share His message. Isaiah 55:9 -11 As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. As the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, bu t will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it. We must, in both cases, remember what came out of our mouths when we preached - God's Word. Despite all the work, all the effort, all the polishing we've done, ultimately, we don't get the credit. This is both humbling and comforting. It's humbling because it shows us how much we can't accomplish without the Lord's help. This should eliminate any vanity we have about being such "educated" men. Think about it, in one town you could have a preacher with a MDiv, PhD, BA, and a thousand other initials behind his name, who took umpteen years of speech class, but who is preaching raise doctrine, although very eloquently. And in that same town you can have a pastor who just barely graduated "satis," has a nervous speech problem, but is preaching the Word of God. Whose message is more effective? I think that's obvious. This is also comforting. Doubting our ability to be able to perform all the various tasks a pastor must do has, I think, been a worry to almost all of us. But it shouldn't be. I think Steve Lange had an excellent line in an article he wrote in the last issue. He said, "The ministry is the only profession you really can't fail at." That's a good statement of confidence coming from someone who perhaps doesn't have all the intellectual gifts others may have (major sarcasm). But it's true. When we are presenting God's Word, God's Word is the power behind any success we may experience. Does this mean we need not put in a good effort in our studies? Of course not. We want to study to make ourselves as effective tools as possible for God to use. But, when considering the ministry, we should be able to rule out any fear that we won't have the ability to be effective witnesses, because God does have the ability to make his word effective. The best example of this dilemma is probably seen in the story of Moses and the burning bush, which Prof. Plitzuweit preached about earlier in this month. We need not worry, just as Moses needed not to worry. Why? Because we have the same promise which the Lord gave to Moses in Exodus 3:12. "I will be with you." n

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Portrait of a Pastor Steve Lange Imagine, for a moment, that you finally are a ask yourself, "What am i getting myself Senior at the Seminary. It is the morning of into?" call day, and you and all your classmates are sitting in class, anxiously awaiting the Our feature professor for this month can give some insight into just what you would be - announcement of your first call into the getting yourself into if you were called to be parish ministry. A little while ago you had a missionary, since he has been a missionary found out that someone from your ciass both in Puerto Rico and in Colombia. This 1 would be assigned to a mission post in missionary among us is Prof. Roger Sprain. Bogota, Colombia, but you really don't Prof. Sprain was bom in 1935 in Kenosha, expect to get that call. After all, there are lots VVI. Already in eighth grade he decided that of other guys in your class that are better at he wanted to become a pastor. The greatest languages than you. No, you're expecting influence for him in making this decision something much more "average," like a small was his pastor, Pastor Singer, whom he church out in the middle of South Dakota remembers as an excellent preacher and role that has been attended by the same German model. To attain his goal of the ministry, Lutheran families ever since it was founded Prof. Sprain attended Northwestern Prep, back in the early 1900's. and then went on to NWC, from which he Then, all of a sudden, you hear a knock on the graduated in 1957. He then went on to the classroom door. Everyone's heart jumps, Seminary, and graduated in 1961. because they know that someone in this classroom will be going to Bogota. Yet, you His first call was to a dual parish in Douglas and 3isbee, Arizona. The population of still remain cairn. "I'm going to South these towns was 65% Hispanic, and Prof. Dakota," you tell yourself. "Why should I get Sprain and his wife iived only 8 blocks from excited?" Then, instead of hearing someone the Mexican border. Because of this, he and else's name, you hear your name being said. his wife began learning Spanish at the local Now your heart begins to race as the whole YWCA in an effort to reach out to the shocking situation finally reveals itself to Hispanic people in their community. your disbelieving mind. They want YOU to go to Colombia. They want you to leam After three or four years, Prof. Sprain Spanish and even to preach in Spanish, even accepted a call to Puerto Rico, where he though you barely stayed afloat in Latin, stayed for ten years. He was one of two German, Greek, and Hebrew. They want missionaries assigned with the task of you to leave the comfort of your native starting the mission on this small island. The culture for the uncertainty of a totally new original plan had been for him and the other culture, of which you know nothing. And missionary, Pastor Eggert, to work together they can't even give you much of an in the same area, but eventually they split up. established church to start with. You just Pastor Eggert stayed in the North in San have to take what is there, whatever that may juan, while Pastor Sprain went south to be, and go with it. You may be tempted to Guyama. While in Guyama he did a lot of work with the poor children of the area,

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because he knew that he could get to the they built their church themselves on land adults through the children. Yet, while this that they bought from the government for $1. approach did have some success, it failed to provide strong lay leaders for the church, a Prof. Sprain also had to face some formidable lesson which Pastor Sprain took with him to obstacles to his work, especially in his next mission field, Medellin, Colombia. Colombia. In Latin America, the Catholic During his seven year stay in Medellin, he Church reigns supreme, and the priest's continued to work with the poor people, but word is law. Naturally, the presence of he also worked among the middle class Lutheran missionaries upset the local people, since they could provide better lay priests, and the Catholics did all they could leaders for the congregation than the poorer to hinder our mission work there. They tried people could. With the Lord's blessing, the to stop the missionaries from getting visas, church grew rapidly before it began to level and openly competed with our church off. Then, in 1980, Prof. Sprain took a call to Denver, where he served for four years wherever our missionaries happened to be working. On one occasion, one of our before he went to Madison to serve in a mission congregations was meeting at a cross-cultural mission that was starting house right across the street from a Catholic there. After three years of sometimes church. In the middle of the service, our frustrating work in Madison, he took the call members began to sing rather loudly, as they to teach at NWC, where he has served ever were accustomed to doing, and the priest since. across the street heard it. He became so Since he has served in both stateside and upset that he called the police, stormed foreign mission churches, Prof. Sprain well across the street, and tried to have Pastor knows the many differences between Sprain arrested. In the weeks that followed, working in the U.S. and working overseas. the priest went around to all the homes in the In Puerto Rico and Colombia, his worked neighborhood and discouraged our centered mainly on evangelism, preaching, members from attending our services until and teaching. There were no Ladies' Aid only a remnant of the congregation meetings or church meetings as there are in remained. U.S. congregations. He also did not have to do much counseling, since the Hispanic Yet, in spite of such obstacles, Prof. Sprain can people tend to keep their problems to list many unique benefits of serving in a foreign mission field. First of all, he is themselves and solve them among bilingual, as are his wife and his two sons. themselves. Only if things got really bad did they come to him for help. Much of his time He also is thankful that he was able to work in so many small congregations where he was taken up with Bible classes, which led was able to get to know everyone much more the people from what he calls "the ABC's of personally than he could have in a large Christianity" (the basic Bible stories) to the congregation. Because of this very close, doctrines of Christianity. He also produced personal acquaintance with his people, he Bible film strips with Spanish sub-titles to aid him in his work. Even the basic structure was able to help his members with their In problems much more effectively, of the congregations was different in Puerto addition to this, he was able to learn another Rico and Colombia. There the congregations mainly were house churches. People met in culture and gain an appreciation for a lifestyle that was totally different from his various houses until there were enough people in the house churches to build a own. In fact, he became so accustomed to the Latin American culture that he experienced central house of worship. In Puerto Rico, more "culture shock" when he returned to

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any length of time, I had to have some fresh air. Yet there was one redeeming feature in this whole ugly picture. Juana Fulana was finally sober. That meant I could finally share the Word of God with her. And she was going to stay sober because her innards were shot and she was soon going to die.

But most of all, Prof. Sprain has had many I was not very kind to her that day in what I experiences that remind him of the power of said. And yet God kept a love for her in all the Gospel and of the great need for this that I said. I severely scolded her, telling her Gospel in a world darkened by sin. What in no uncertain terms that she had wasted follows is one such experience written by her life and had done nothing for which God Prof. Sprain himself: could love her. But after the full use of the Law I also told her that God did love her in One day, about one year after I had begun the spite of who she was and what she had done. mission work in this very poor barrio--most She had proof of this in the fact that Jesus of the people lived in shacks you wouldn't died on the cross and God himself had said use for a garage—someone said to me, that this is the Lamb of God who takes away "Pastor, Senora Juana Fulana (our equivalent the sins of the world. So if he took away the of Jane Doe) esta muy enferma. Debe sins of the world, He also had taken away visitarla." [Pastor, Jane Doe is very sick. You her sins. After that I promised her I would should visit her.] 1 at once knew about come back at least every week. whom they were speaking. She was the neighborhood drunk. There were quite a I faithfully visited her each week, sometimes few alcoholics in this place, but this one was even a couple of times in the week. But then a woman Several times I had net her as one week I didn't visit her. I don't remember early as 9 a.m. and she always begged me, why, but I missed visiting her one week. The "Pastor, tengo hambre. Dame una peseta." following week I went back and saw her. [Pastor, I'm hungry Give me a peseta.] I The moment after 1 greeted her she said to never gave her anything because she wanted me in a scolding tone, "Pastor, why didn't the quarter to buy more rum. Now it seemed you come and read to me about Jesus last she was sick. week?" Her words hit home and hurt. I felt bad that I had missed the visit the previous I arrived at her shack. It was about nine feet week. But that hurt couldn't then and by six feet, tilted so that it slanted one way doesn't today cloud in any way the joy I also noticeably because the short posts on which found in those words. I thought, "Juana, you it sat were quite rotted, I stepped in through are clinging to Jesus, aren't you. He's your the small door into the dark interior, seeing / hope, your only hope, and you want that at once the dirty, bare mattress on which she hope in him." lay, a bucket partially filled with vomit, and a pitcher of water and a glass which a kind Juana died just two weeks later> and I prayed I that she just kept clinging to Jesus. I also neighbor must have given her. pray that she will be one of the first people I immediately stepped back to the doorway, see in heaven. because the smell of vomit was . X \! overwhelming. If I was going to be there for : V' ■/-

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Skeletons in Lutherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Closet Aaron Christie In a recent edition of The Northwestern Lutheran an article appeared entitled "Luther and the Jews." The author pointed out that even though Luther early on in life condemned Anti Semitism, later on he seems to have endorsed it. I was more than a little upset. Here it was in black and white - our Martin was an Anti Semitist. The Martin Luther Anti Semitism issue came up once at a table that I bused (I work in a restaurant during the summer) two summers ago. I tried to get around it the best I could by saying: "No, he was not Anti Semitist. He was Anti Judaism." I then proceeded to dismiss the people as simple Christian bashers, after they told me it was Isaiah who really wrote Genesis, and the gospels. Until about two weeks ago, I never realized that these people had a bit of truth in their Luther spiel. I began to think (not during classes however): "What else did Luther really trip over?" After all, if LUTHER makes a bad call on something, then MY bad calls might be a bit more palatable. If Luther's tongue and pen got away from him at times, then my tantrums might somehow be more justified. I then decided that it would be a good idea to take a browse through Luther's Table Talk (AE vol. 54) and check out some of the things that Luther said while his "hair was down." Here's a little non exhaustive peek into some of Luther's faux pas. The fact that Luther was Anti Semitist has already been hit on a bit. If you don't want to take my word for it, then read the Nov. 1,1992 issue of The Northwestern Lutheran. Looking through TableTalk, it appears that Luther not only had a fondness for the Jews, but also for Turks and Italians. The Turks were the dark power of Luther's day, much like the Soviet Union was to the U.S. at the height of the Cold War. The Turks were viewed as that satanic power that would sweep over the Christian West. Luther in his great hymn "Lord Keep us Steadfast in Thy Word," shows some of his anxiety towards the Turks when he writes: "Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort, und steur des Papsts und Tuerken Mord." Luther wanted the extermination of the Turkish threat by exterminating the Turkish armies. At on point he says: "If I were Samson I would give them something to think about. Every day I would kill a thousand Turks; in a year this would amount to 350,000 Turks (AE vol. 54 p. 40)." In other places he expresses the thought that it would be God who would deal with them: "It doesn't matter how large an army is assembled. He must do it who is in heaven....God can so bewilder an army that the soldiers hack one another to pieces (AE vol. 54 p. 149)."

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Luther also kills two birds with one stone, when he joins the Turks and the Papists together as tools of Satan: At this time some rumors are circulating about an advance of the Turks. Accordingly our [papists] are saying that the Turks are coming on account of my teaching and that God will dash Germany to the ground because Luther has not been expiated (AE vol. 54 p. 27)

and: The present Pope Clement is the wealthiest of all men and yet the most unhappy. He's a thorough scoundrel. He has plotted many wicked things. So he said before he'd stop [persecuting us Lutherans], he'd rather put the Turks on our necks. He'll do it too (AE vol. 54 p. 143). Especially in these last two quotes do we see what Luther was getting at when he wrote, "Lord Keep Us Steadfast in Thy Word." Luther has more "personal" things to say about the Italians. He writes: "The longing of a man for a woman is God's creation - that is to say, when nature's sound, not when it's corrupted as it is among Italians and Turks (AE vol. 54 p. 161)." He describes the Italian way of dancing as "very wanton" and that Italians are "extremely jealous" when it comes to wives (AE vol. 54 p. 207). And lastly he says that Italian weddings "exceed by far all the lewdness and adulteries of the Germans (AE vol. 54 p. 279)." Luther was a male chauvinist by the 1990's standard. While arguing with wife Kate he said: You convince me of whatever you please. You have complete control. I concede to you the control of the household, provided my rights are preserved. Female government has never done any good. God made Adam master over all creatures, to rule over all living things, but when Eve persuaded him that he was lord even over God she spoiled everything. We have you women to thank for that! With tricks and cunning women deceive men, as I, too, have experienced (AE vol. 54 p. 174-75). Yet, Luther is inconsistent and sings the woman's praise: Many good things may be perceived in a wife. First, there is the Lord's blessing, namely, offspring. Then there is community of property. These are some of the pre-eminently good things that can overwhelm a man. Imagine what it would be like without this sex. The home, cities, economic life, and government would virtually disappear. Men can't do without women. Even if it were possible for men to beget and bear children, they still couldn't do without women (AE vol. 54 pp. 160-61).

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Then there was one of the most disturbing Luther blunders, namely, when Luther gave Philip of Hesse the O.K. to marry his concubine. Yes, the green light for two wives was given on the basis of the patriarch's polygamy. We do not have a real satisfactory answer for this problem. We do know, however, that Luther's final word on the subject was: "If anyone thereafter should practice bigamy, let the Devil give him a bath in the abyss of hell (Bainton 293)." Where does this leave us? We can come up with some pretty decent justifications for such remarks. Bainton points out that Luther's position on the Jews was entirely religious and not racial. Luther saw in the Jews a persistent rejecting of the Gospel (Bainton 293). But instead of lashing out at the Jews, he should have preached more gospel - fully trusting that the Word would accomplish the purpose for which God sent it. Perhaps this principle of "religion -not -race" would also work well with the Turks and Italians. After all, the Turks were pagan and Italy was the seat of Roman Catholicism. In his dealings with women, we see a struggle. We see a struggle between what is . biblical and what the flesh desires. The Bible tells us men to love our wives as Christ loves the church, not to lord over them with a heavy hand and insensitive disposition.

When it comes to the Bigamy of Philip of Hesse, I have no clue. We'll have to ask ; Luther when we get to heaven. These are only surface solutions, though. Let's get to the heart of the matter. Luther . was sinful. Luther, as a sinful human being did make mistakes. He could be insensitive. He went through the struggle: "The evil I do not want to do - this I keep on doing," (Rom. 7:19). I think it is no small coincidence, then, that Luther recommended every Christian learn Romans by heart. Make no mistake, the Lutheran Church has never looked to Luther as being infallible. Luther himself saw errors in his writings. One the other hand, the Lutheran Church does accept Luther's writings, insofar as they accurately reflect the truths of God's Word. Writings like the Small and Large Catechisms and the Smalkald Articles essential parts of our Lutheran Confessions and education. I also seem to remember something in the Scriptures about a plank in my eye and a speck in my brother's, (Mat. 7:3). Dad was right when he told me not to throw 1 : stones.

Yes, Luther is far from perfect. Yes, he said things he should not have. Perhaps, he J even believed things that were wrong. But God used this erring, weak, frail, judgmental man to restore the treasure of the pure gospel message. You won't hear me complain. ' Author's note:The Ballon references arefrom a popular biography ojLuther entitled Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther. Abingdon Press. 1978.

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Jim Strand The following is an autobiographical account. Though the events recorded here are true, many of the names have been changed to protect the innocent and their families. Los Angeles 2019

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They don't advertise for kitchees in the paper and that's what I was, ex-student, ex-writer, ex-kitchee. My name's Jim »HelI heard someone yelling behind Strand. They tell me I'm one of the me and the sound of a fist pounding on lucky ones. I survived. But, I don't metal. "Let me outta here!" I suddenly know. I'm still haunted by memories of realized that someone was locked in the those days. I don't sleep much some freezer. nights. I've seen alot of good men come and go, but none quite the same as the You see, this freezer was installed in 1927, ones I worked with in that kitchen so with no interior lighting and a door that many years ago. Men like Claude only opened from the outside. The door Landwehr, Bubba Riedel and Jed tended to close on its own. If you were Borlaug. They were professionals, working alone when that happened... They knew their job and they did it, A bronze plaque is mounted next to the despite the stress, despite the risks. freezer in honor of those who have fallen to it. The newest addition to that This is their story... plaque was Bill Brutlag, our nighttime Watertown Nov. 8,1992 janitor from the year before. My shift started at 11:15. The time clock «HeIp!- the voice caiied again, read 11:19. I punched in. I sprinted down the hall toward the "What am I today'? I asked Mac freezer and lunged at the door handle, Glowicki, who was standing near the pulling it open. job schedule. I looked inside. It was Kathy Ireland, one "You're milkman, Strand." of our new female cafeteria workers, better known as "kitchee ladies." The "Great." As milkman, a ki tehee was subjected to the con stant ridicule of the i0°k °f ^ear on aQT ^ace immediately

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melted into a smile when she saw me. I took a breath and let it out slowly. "Thanks, Jim." She gave me a hug. We "Alright, get me a fire blanket and a went back to work. match." After changing a couple of milks and The pilot lights were underneath the filling a juice, I decided to help Gil oven, near the back. There was a one Neumann at the stack position during a foot square crawl space leading to them, rush. Gil was just about the best Every one gathered around the oven to stackman there was. Nobody could watch. I wrapped myself in the blanket and knelt down. When I put my head touch him. Nobody tried. near the crawl space, I was met by the "Hey, Jim." It was Rachel Hunter, our overwhelming sensation of propane new cook's assistant. I'd gotten to know gas. Rachel well over the two weeks since she'd been hired. She was a good kid. "Yup. It's the pilot alright," I said. "Okay. "The oven's not hot enough yet. These Give me thirty seconds, then pull me pork steaks aren't getting done. Quint back out." I started into the crawl space, said I should keep serving them this As I pushed the rats aside, I remembered way, but I don't know..." Sid Christie, the last man to try this. Quint. Quint was substituting for our Two feet in front of my face, his hat regular head chef, Don Rux, who was on marked the spot of his demise, vacation in Europe with other members of the faculty. Quint had been a cook in I reached the pilot light and checked my the British Navy during World War II. watch. I still had ten seconds. I took a deep breath and blew the loose asbestos He had a bad attitude toward everything. He hated the kitchen and off of the pilot. It filled the crawl space everyone who worked there. I didn't like fallout after a nuclear blast. 1 buried my head in the fire blanket and lit my even know his first name. match. BOOM! The propane-filled "What should I do, Jim?" The kitchees crawlspace ignited like a bomb, and I always came to me for advice, if they was engulfed in flames for several couldn't find the chef, or the head seconds. I started screaming. The kitchee, Jack Mueller. other kitchees quickly pulled me out, before I ended up like Christie. "One of the pilots probably went out," I said. "Whose turn is it to light them"? I "Are you okay, Strand"? knew the answer before I asked the ques â&#x20AC;&#x17E; Yeah. The pilot's lit." tion. "Yours, Strand," Glowicki answered. TO BE CONTINUED...

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Book Review Jim Price The Lord's Supper CDe coena Dominii by Martin Chemnitz Translated by J. A. O. Preus St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House 1979 A double calamity has befallen our age in the form of an overabundance of literary production. In the first place, the frightful maliciousness of the writing wears out most readers, and the pens of many are so contentious that they scarcely u nderstand their own writing—and yet for them to know something is to write about it. And then add to this evil a second pest, the love of novelty. For the zeal for something new has so blinded the eyes of many tnat they show their loa t hing for the writings of great men by simply referring to them as old-fashioned, and theyseekout those emerging authors who must be read not on thebasis of how well they have writ ten but how recently. From this results a twofold detriment to the state of public letters. First, the earth is buried by such a Hood of useless new books that nothing is more despicable than the very books which were at one time of the greatest value. In met, the same thing has most deservedly happened to t his generation as befell the mad people of A thens under the tutelage of Thales. For just as he, in the brightness of the noonday sun, lit a torch in the midst of a raving mob of people and explained that he was looking for men, so today each piles up books for himself, no matter how worthless they may be. The second detriment is that in writing new books, most of them worthless and useless, we are at the same time losing the good old ones, that is, we are objecting to these books on the ground that they are the greatest hindrance to solid learning that we can imagine. Seneca wrote of some sick people who used changes in place of remedies. And in our love of novelty and variety we have the notion that progress in doctrine has been achieved. This notion is the surest hindrance to progress... If it were only a human problem underlying this evil which afflict the minds of good men, it would be a thing of little importance. But I am persuaded that this state of affairs has come about mainly by the cunningness of the devil. Why such a lengthy quote in a book review? One, it says a lot and is itself well-said. Two, it ■ applies to us today c. 400 years later. Look at the situation both our clergy and laity face when they go to a shopping-mall. Whether it be at Walgreen's or the local Schzvaermer Buecherei, we are bombarded with Reformed theology. And as Professor Spaude told us just recently ■ in chapel, God withholds his blessing on false doctrine; false doctrine leads to no good end, in fact it ultimately can lead to the destruction of your faith. That is serious business. ■ And this is my main point for including this wordy but worthy quote: It is my encouragement and prayer that we stay away from false doctrine of any sort whether we be pastor, teacher or student. Delving into it will bring about no good end. But delving into solid theological works is to our personal benefit as well as the congregation that we, God-willing, someday will lead and serve.

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The Lord's Supper is very deep reading. But don't let that discourage you. It takes conscious effort but the instruction is certainly well worth it. In the book, Chemnitz takes apart, one by ยง one, the arguments against the Real Presence of our Lord's body and blood in Holy Communion. In so doing, he quotes from forty-five of the sixty-six books of the Bible. This is because when you use faulty hermeneutics and attack one doctrine of the Bible the other doctrines are at risk of being perverted and lost. A couple of highlights as far as things to remember are that when you have someone attack your position on the Lord's Supper you should get to the heart of the argument; oftentimes the heart of the argument is buried under a lot of wordy statements and "logical deductions", which show themselves as they really are, illogical and unscriptural, once you finally get to the heart of the matter. (The previous sentence is a good example of a wordy statement; By the way, the author added this parenthetical comment nol the editor.) And secondly, as a rule, it is best to stay to the natural meaning of the words of Scripture unless there is an irrefutable reason to take another interpretation.

For the question is not how it appears to our reason, either in agreement with it or absurd, but ! the question concerns the meaning of the words of Christ's last will and testament, which has to be taken from Scripture and from no other source ... But if because of unexplainable absurdities, we are forced to depart from the clear word of God, nothing will remain safe among the chief articles of our faith (268).

The Struggle of a Lifetime The warrior cries as the battle wages. He sees the opposition within the mirror. The tide turns as the Double-Edged Sword touches the ground. It is then that the old one sees his chance and springs Pickup the Sword, he tells himself while desperately attempting to grab it, but something stops him. Ah, the old one has grasped his wrist and the warrior struggles with his powerful grip. All his training and conditioning are put to the test as he wrestles with the old one. In the background the real enemy watches with a gleam in his eye. The battle rages on. But what is this; the enemy encouraging the old one, yes, even giving him advice? How can this be? Is he able to contend with the old one alone, especially when ; the old one councils with the enemy? Ah, but then he remembers. There is but one hope, one thing that can help him. It is the Double-Edged Sword given to him by his Master. Quickly he rises and leaps, assuring himself of the grip this time. The warrior now goes on the offensive and with one great thrust puts the .old man down and routs the enemy. Upon winning this small victory he rightly. . praises his Master for giving him the Sword, as the enemy sulks pensively at a distance and the old man slowly, but surely, comes back to life.

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Profile: Senior Athletes Tim Schwartz Northwestern College sports. Do you ever wonder what lies at the core of our teams' persistent will to win? What is the epicenter of our Music / A uditorium-shaking fan support? Just what is it that makes us so special? What's our secret? Perhaps these questions are best answered by the voice of age and experience. A select group of seniors, those who have played their particular sport for a complete four years, would surely yield the most insightful replies to our questions as follows.

Eureka College, IL that eventually led to knee surgery at the start of his junior year. It left him with little hope of returning to the lineup. However, intense rehab and desire brought him back to the roster for his final year here with limited action. "Kind of ironic," he says, "At most colleges you get beat on in practice and ride the pine for three years and hope to play a lot your senior year. I was just the opposite where I got to play my first two years and then sat out my last two." As sappy as it may sound, love made it all worthwhile for Matt. "I love the game and wanted to be a part of it. Just being 10f a team^ whether you're big or small is the greatest feeling."

Answers varied from person to person.1IT "Uh." , . "O boy." Long . pause, thought you were going to ask some easy questions. Uh. Intense glare at the ceiling. "Could you repeat that?" "Uh." â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dan Heiderich agrees. Dan had one T .. â&#x20AC;&#x17E; _ . grand finale of a senior year in Initially some were thrown for a football. As captain he took the loop. But pure resilience shone roleof leader by example. Perhaps throughas themajonty of our elite the smallest body on the starting commented extensively on the defensiveunit,Danwasoneofthe influence that camaraderie, bigger influences on the game, success, and fun all have on play at only did he earn a reputation Northwestern. for hitting hard, but he established Just ask Matt Vogt He suffered an himself on the stat sheets by ankle injury in a football game at consistently racking up a high

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number of tackles each game. He play scrabble ("best ball") notes that "there's a special tournaments. I also love the six camaraderie with guys you don't and a half hours of light music he see too often when your not lets us listen to on the way down to playing together." Included in the New Ulm meet." those guys would be head football coach Dennis Gorsline. "It was an Rob is the only senior golfer who honor and a pleasure," Dan says, has played for four years as a "to play for a man who loves the Trojan. Another such "loner", so to speak, in his sport is cross country game and his players so much." team member Nate Strutz. Nate's Another defensive specialist for the not just a member of the team, he Trojans is Darin Aden. Darin has is the team- it's only member for played defenseman for four years the past two years. What kept him on the NWC soccer team and is not going? Again we hear that it was only known for steady defensive a kind of love for sport. Nate says, play but a leg that very frequently "Running is too me what rockets the ball past mid-field on relationships are to women." Wow. goal kicks. He too mentions the That says it all. Well, not quite. He special "camaraderie" that exists also says that he's encouraged by between Trojan soccer players. He simply going to meets. It's at the brings in another aspect to meets that he gets exited and enjoying the game, which would encouraged to see and meet other be the competition end of it. people who are also into cross "There's just something about country, something that lacks at playing good D," he comments. NWC. "It would be nice though, if Certainly success is a part of cross country stays at Northwestern athletics that keeps Northwestern," he finishes, our athletes hungry to play more. Two more seniors who seem to have Rob Williams likes to feed off of no problem getting motivated for doing well in his sport— golf, their moments on the field are "What makes it fun? Once in a soccer captains Joel Schultz and while you hit that good shot or sink Tom Spiegelberg. Joel is an that long putt." As mentioned outstanding left wing for the earlier, a good coach can keep a Trojans who has been their major person's enthusiasm up, too. offensive weapon for at least two "Coach Sellnow is a blast when we seasons and has received

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all-conference honors for his this season. He feels especially efforts. Tom, if you've faithfully privileged this year because of read your B&R (Soccer Kicks It In, exceptional closeness. "With our Sept. 1992) is the Assist Master. As friendships this year we were like evident from watching only a few brothers," he says, games, he is the emotional /vocal pilot of the team. Both of these In speaking of football, one big part men say that what keeps the game of the team this year giving his last fun is simply playing it. "Spiegie" "hurrah" is that of Dan "Wayne" likes "getting physical." Joel Kramer, a five-year Rag. Starting comments that "Scoring goals, out as an un-initiated freshman playing your heart out and doing Rag is, "something I wouldn't wish your best, makes it fun." The two on my worst enemy." He survived, also mentioned some added though and as was evident at any incentives that they see in the of the games he attended, he game. "Packed lunches from Chef helped generate spirit that rubbed ClarkRux," and the fact that "Chics off on the entire crowd at times. dig guys who play soccer," top Dan attributes the Rags' success to their diet. "We don't eat a lot offish, their list. just beans." We will miss his What else are you going to do for presence as well as the antics of motivation when there's no fellow senior and three-year Rag, scholarship money or a big chance Mark "Cheese" Kaesmeyer. at making the pros at stake when you play? You need something I believe that a sincere "thank-you" special. Senior football captain, and one last "good game(s)(or All-UMAC honoree John Boggs meets or matches)" would be appropriate here and certainly know exactly what it is for football. "To have forty to fifty guys who God's blessings to each of these love playing- it's their only reason men in their continued service of • to play is something special." our Lord. Coach Gorsline has called John • "the quarterback of the defense," as "Boggy" assumed this responsibility along with the role of the entire team's mental leader

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Our fellow Americans, election day was at hand; we came, we saw, we voted — oops! ■ Sorry, Guse. We all saw the thousand points of light, didn't we Pete? Clinton is our new president, and we'll support him (serious note). Another heartbreak — Ada , Deer took it on the chin. Sorry Ada, nobody runs like Scott Klug. Anyway, let us leave these trivial matters behind us and attend to the business at. hand. Our heart felt apologies to Delta Epsilon Kai. We have come to the realization, that we have acted immaturely and wish to make ammends: -From now on any place outside the greater metropolitan area of Watertown is your territory. -Any "out of bounds" profit will go directly to the pig roast fund. - We'd also like to thank some "Dude" who, after taking time out of cleaning our carpets, set us straight in our ignorance. (No, seriously, we are sorry!?!) Now, for football players especially the napping season has begun. In our never’ ceasing struggle to make life easier for our fellow students, we'd like to give a few napping tips which might help you in your slumbering hours: 1) Don't ever nap with a "big shoe."

2) Next time, instead of counting sheep, count ducks (Martin!)

3) Often a fun game is to see who can wake up with the'best pillow face or* who can accumulate the best drool. 4) Hide the leaf-raker machine keys in a certain sword-makeps shampoo bottle; nobody will find them there. Now on to a more serious note. We'd like to take time out to congradulate some people that we feel are straddling the line:

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Mike Kober, get some lip balm! Brutlag & Arras, we have tolerance for you, do you have tolerance? Heath Butler, you should work more often and tend to our every need. Jesse Jacobson, first it was the Hank Williams look and then Hari Krishna. Pick a look and stay with it. AC, follow Jesse's advice: pick a target and stick with it. Wedge scores big ... on the bowling lanes. On an even more serious note, while school election sheets have been passed in for a while now (right Aaron Hamilton?), there has been great concern over the extreme workload the seniors will be undertaking in their final semester on campus. One note of interest that might catch some eyes: Professor Deutschlander has been reassigned in his duties to teach certain senior electives. A fifteen page paper will be required in each class ... If you've noticed, we've become more and more serious in our topics this time. Now we must address the issue which is on all of our minds, an issue which contains the most gravity - the imposing of strict training rules on our beloved hoops team. Captain Geigs has also conversed with the cheerleaders to help support the team's effort by observing the same training rules on and off the court. These rules will be strictly adhered to about as much as the "one desert per person" rule, the movie rental fee at Towne, and Time Bode's guidlines for life on 3rd floor. Finally as we leave you this cold and windy night, we'd like to give you some food for thought, a potpourri of things we think might happen in the coming months before Christmas: 1) Lance lands a deal with Pert Plus, Head & Shoulders, and Penzoil, all in a matterof days. 2) Doug, Odie & Joda receive frequent caller rates from AT & T. 3) Boggy's novel, My Three Week Plan of Love: One Man's Success Story, will become a best seller and prerequisite forall those fledgling romantics out there. 4) Clark gets his rides squared away for the '94 pig roast. 5) Roger Riedel will present his next chapel talk suspended from the rafters or add another telephone book 6) Tim Bode resigns as President of U.S.C., Cheez takes over!

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Trojans Fall Short of Repeat Well, believe it or not, but the football and and a interception, while Brent Brutlag soccer seasons are already over, and we also added 13 tackles, begin to look with bated breath towards The Trojans were able to throw one more the return of the winter sports season score up on the board when Aaron and all the glory that accompanies it. Robinson scored a 8-yard run to give But before we put the helmets, pads, and Northwestern an 18-6 victory, soccer balls in mothballs, let take a quick After their own Homecoming victory, the gander back on all that happened this Trojans began making plans to spoil the past fall. Homecoming of one Dr. Martin Luther When we last left our football team, they College. After team and fans had taken had just beaten up on conference rival part in the DMLC 500 (as in number of Concordia-St. Paul and were heading hours it seems to get there), the team home with a 2-3 record for a took the field fired up and ready to Homecoming match-up against the rumble, other Northwestern College They jumped out of the gate fast in the (Minnesota, that is). first quarter, when Vann took an When gameday finally arrived, those end-around 34 yards for a touchdown same Eagles of Northwestern (MN) and a 7-0 lead. Butler got into the act jumped out to an early 6-0 lead in the next when he scored on a nine-yard first quarter, but the Trojans would have touchdown run, and Robinson f inished none of that on their Homecoming, off the first quarter scoring with a They struck back quickly when nine-yard TD run of his own. to make quarterback Bart Brauer teamed up the score 20- 0. with flanker Charlie Vannieuwenhoven The Lancers were able to tally a score late on &n 18- yard pass to pull them back to in the first half on a fake field-goal to even at 6-6. make it 20-7 at half, but the Trojan The Trojans took the lead for good in the faithful stood firm in the face of second quarter when Heath Butler adversity, scored on a 3-yard run to make the score 12-6 at halftime. Butler would end the In the second half the Trojans took the initiative and scored on a seven-yard day with 114 yards on 25 carries. dash by Heath and a four-yard pass In the second quarter the tough Trojan from Bart to Vann to come away with an defense controlled the Eagle running undisputable 35-7 victory, game and held them scoreless. Dan Heiderich lead the way with 13 tackles

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Now the only thing between the Trojans Defensively, Brutlag finished with the and a second straight share of the team lead in tackles (No, I didn't forget conference title was a victory against a to put how many tackles Brutlag had: I sweet, little college with a white picket just didn't want to tell him.), while fence around it (or should that be Heiderich had 95 tackles and three barbed-wire), Mt. Senario. Just to clue interceptions. Walt Schuler had 64 you in on what kind of team the tackles and 11 QB sacks. Fighting Saints are: Mt. Senario's school Tim Schwartz showed a booming leg in colors are blue and gold, but the football team wears silver and black. Go figure. the punting department, as he was among the nation's leaders with a 39.1 Anyway those matadors of mayhem yard punt average, and led the rolled our Troians pretty bad, 48-26, and conference with 41.0 yard mark, are actually a very good football team. But now we turn to the winter sports However, they aiso procured for scene, and since the basketball team has themselves seven 15-yard personal foul already started practicing, I thought I penalties and a handful of face-mask might give you a brief glimpse at the penalties to rack up 166 yards of infractions on the day in a display of less upcoming season. than sportman-like conduct. The Trojans return a glutton of lettermen, including seniors Aaron Steinbrenner The Trojans finished 4-4 on the year and Mike Geiger, juniors Erich Zellmer, overall and 3-2 in conference to finish Matt Guse, and Paul Waldschmidt, and third behind Mt. Senario and sophomores Bart Brauer, Wayne Shevey, Maranatha. and Matt DeNoyer. Heath Butler managed to have another The team has reason to hope that their . great year, as he lead the Trojans with fortunes will be better in the upcoming 740 yards rushing on 169 carries and season due to this experience and also also scored 12 touchdowns. Aaron to the influx of some much-needed Robinson made his rookie season count younger talent, freshmen Aaron by gaining 373 yards and five Robinson, Jay Zahn, and Steve Meyer. - touchdowns on the ground on only 59 carries. They begin their season on November 21 with a game at Beloit College and 6-6 " Passing-wise Bart Brauer ended up with center Mark Sobczak, one of the top 906 yards passing on 76 of 148 attempts Midwest teams and players in the - and seven touchdowns, while NCAA Division III. Vannieuwenhoven lead the team with n (Pete (Prange 28 catches for 356 yards, followed closely by Tom Glende, who had 27 receptions for 358 yards.

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December As the first semester winds down, the Northwestern student body looks forward to a month long Christmas break. However, there is one obstacle in the way, December, and a barrage of papers and exams. Since this is a shortened month, I thought I'd try something new, a factual calendar.

December 10-16 December 1 Semester Exams. If you need The Trojan grapplers open the caffeine to stay alert during the 1992-93 season at Maranatha. long hours of study, Jesse Freshman Brian Kleb asks, Jacobson is selling coffee for "Where are the tumbuckles?" $.15.B.Y.O.C. December 3 December 16 Basketball at Concordia Christmas recess begins Wrestling home vs. Ripon/ December 18 MSOE I undergo reconstructive knee December 5 surgery. Please send cards and Basketball homeopener vs. gifts to NWC, Wartburg 207. Lakeland December 25 December 6 Christmas Day Christmas Concert at 7:30 pm. December 29-30 December 8 WELS Symposium on Ministry Wrestling away vs. Carroll/ December 31 UW-Platteville New Year's Eve. Will Mike December 12 Schroeder finally get a date, or Basketball in the Trojan Horse. once again sit at home and Can the Knueppelless Warriors watch Dick Clark's "New Year's continue their mastery over the Rockin' Eve"? Trojans? Forvm Christmas service at 4:00 pm.

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Giving thanks is not only for Thanksgiving! Well, if the response is any indication, I made my first major goof as editor last issue. So I'll issue the formal apology right here. I'm truly sorry that we didn't have any Thanksgiving articles in the November issue. Either I should have made it the topic of this column, or I should have asked someone to write an article. So to make up for it I'll include Thanksgiving in this month's column. Now I know some of you may be thinking, "It's too late." After all, it's time to start concentrating on Advent. But when you think about it, are there any two holidays which are easier to combine than Thanksgiving and Christmas? At Thanksgiving we praise and thank God for all the gifts he's given us. However, it seems that earthly gifts are emphasized: a wonderful family, great friends, our Christian college, delicious food to eat, clothes to wear, a roof over our heads. These are truly all great blessings, but they all have one thing in common. God can take them away as quickly as he gave them to us. A number of weeks ago, Prof. Eickmann had a chapel sermon in which he explained that we don't have God's promise to give us all the earthly blessings we desire. God may not choose to give us a family which gets along all the time. God may not choose to give us the clothes we want. God may not give us the grades we desire. (Prof, Eickmann then proved that point with the next weak verb test.) At these times, our old sinful man might get the better of us, and giving thanks might not be the first thing on our minds when we pray. Rather, we may question God's judgment in sending such afflictions. But then we run into Christmas. The difference about Christmas is God's given us a gift which he has promised and will never take back. Obviously, that gift is His Son. Every Christmas we look at that little child in the manger and realize what a gift he is. Imagine a father offering to kill his son as a sacrifice for others' guilt. Sort of makes us seem pretty shallow for complaining about those other gifts we may have prayed for and God chose not to give us. If any of you have younger brothers and sisters, or perhaps you have children already, you have probably experienced the fun of watching them open up a gift they really wanted. Their eyes light up. Their mouth drops open. And then they run over to whoever gave them the gift, throw their arms around them, and probably say, "Thank you! Thank you!" over and over. May this be the type of thanks we express to our Father in heaven for the incredible love and generosity he has shown us. We truly have reason to be thankful. St. Peter tells us so in 1 Peter 2:9. But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. On behalf of the Black and Red. I'd like to wish everyone a wonderful Christmas and a blessed New Year. May you receive everything you hoped for, and realize you have everything you need. H

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Advent: A Reminder for Us Steve Brockdorf "The Lord is not slozv about his promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toivard you, not wishingfor any to perish butfor all to come to repentance" 2 Peter 3:9 (NASB).

that. We are so easily distracted. We anticipate our rest from school with great excitement but tend to lose sight of the reason for the holiday.

The first promise was given in the Garden In the same way the Jews were caught up of Eden right after the fall into sin. When in the day-to-day problems of life. John mankind had no hope of ever being the Baptist was sent to remind them reconciled to God and faced only eternal what was really important. He was sent death, God promised a Savior, the seed not to call attention to himself, but to of the woman, who would crush the Jesus, the long promised Savior. This is head of Satan. The promise was the first purpose of our celebration of renewed many times over the course of Advent: to focus once again on Jesus several thousand years. The children of physically coming into the world to Israel prayed again and again for save us. But Jesus comes in a couple deliverance, and when the time finally other ways too. came they were looking for a savior that was very different from what God had He came to each of us individually in mind. So God sent John who came in through the Gospel in the Word and sacraments and continues to come to the spirit of Elijah to turn the hearts of people only by this means. With that in the people back to him. mind we pray, "Thy kingdom come; thy Think for a moment what it must have will be done." When we tell others about been like. Consider how you feel right Jesus, God answers our prayer in part now looking forward to Christmas through us. Advent is a time for us to break. It's been a long semester with a consider the role that we play in Jesus' lot of papers to write. You've still got coming to others. some shopping to do and exams to There is a third aspect of Advent. The study for. Have you called your old passage quoted at the beginning of this friends from back home to make plans article was not about the Messiah's first for when you're there? What clothes are coming, but about the time when he will you going to take with you and how come again to wipe a>vay every tear long is your trip home? Wait a minute, I from our eye. The time when we will no thought the point of Christmas was to longer have to war against Satan, the meditate on the birth of the Christ. None of these things have anything to do with world and our flesh. That one short

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passage is a good summary of what Advent is all about. It draws attention to the promises of God both past and present and to the fact that he still desires to come to people so that they may have salvation. Advent is a reminder that the time is indeed short and that Jesus is coming again. Just as he fulfilled every Old Testament prophecy about our salvation, he will also fulfill the prophecy of his second coming. It is the reminder once again to focus on what is most important and not despair. We have a very popular and useful symbol for Advent—the Advent wreath. The origin of the wreath is uncertain. Perhaps it has its roots in a pagan Scandinavian ritual observed in anticipation of the winter solstice. The thought is that it was adopted by Christians to symbolize the light of the Gospel coming to the dark world of sin. The circular wreath represents eternal life won for us by Jesus. Whatever its origin, it has become a beautiful symbol of Advent which contains no pagan elements for us. There is no hard and fast rule for the colors, but usually there are one pink and three purple candles around the outside of the wreath as well as a white one in the middle. During each of the four weeks of advent, which begins on the Sunday closest to St. Andrew's day (Nov. 30), and additional candle is lit

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until all five are lit on Christmas day. The first candle to be lit is the Prophecy Candle, which reminds us of all the prophecies of the coming Savior. The second is the Bethlehem Candle, which reminds us of Jesus' lowly birth and why he came to earth. The third week the pink or Shepherd's Candle is lit. By looking at the faith of the shepherds we are reminded how Jesus comes into our hearts through the Gospel creating the faith through which we have salvation, The fourth candle is the Angel Candle which points to the time when Christ will come again with his angels. Finally, on Christmas day the white Christ Candle is lit. This candle reminds us that Jesus is the fulfillment of the other candles. That is, he is the fulfillment of prophecy, our salvation, the basis of : faith and our eternal life. Stop for just a moment now. Look up : from the troubles of everyday life. At the very end of Revelation, after he has told us of all the turmoil there will be before he comes again and after all the prophecy which serves to remind us that he is still in control, Jesus says," Yes, I am coming quickly." As we once again ‘ meditate on Christ's coming, let us pray as the apostle John did: "Amen. Come , Lord Jesus." May the Advent season remind you of all our gracious Lord has done for us. 1

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The Jungle II Jim Strand CHAPTER TWO

I came into the kitchen a few days later to work my lunch shift. My shift started at 12:45. I punched in at 12:51. Quint and Jack Mueller were finishing an argument at the garbage disposal. "Bone chips, hey, Mr. Mueller? A piece of plastic? Don't you tell me my business again." Quint pushed past Jack and started toward his office.

We were a man short this shift. As usual, the dishwasher was surrounded by a puddle of water. Burt Engel had been carrying a stack of trays to the dishwasher. He slipped in the puddle and lost his footing. When he hit the floor, he injured his shoulder and suffered a severe concussion. Today, thirty years later, he still can't remember his name. I visit him at the center every now and then,

"Jim?" I turned around. It was Elle "Quint, that doesn't prove MacPherson, Rachel's cousin. anything!" Jack responded. They'd been hired at the same time as part of a foreign exchange Quint turned to face him. "Well, it worker program. Rachel and Elle proves one thing, Mr. Mueller. It came from Australia. We had also proves you college kids haven't received a girl from Sweden got the education to admit when named VendelaKirsebom. "Could you're wrong." Quint went to his you bring me a box of potatoes office. from the freezer?" I asked Jack about it later. He told M Sure." As I walked past the grease me that something had jammed the fryer, on the way to the freezer area, disposal. Quint thought a knife I couldn't help but think of John had fallen into it, but Jack told him Martin and Matt Schnose, two kids it was only a bone chip or a piece so young and full of life. Their of plastic. Quint was right. When only memorial was a bum mark on they turned it on, the knife flew out the back wall. of the disposal and hit Quint in the head.

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I opened the freezer, put a brick in with ease. He started laughing front of the door to hold open, and maniacally, went inside. I started looking for the potatoes when I heard a voice I looked past Pat toward the hall behind me say, "Komm, Junge! and noticed that the door to the dumbwaiter had been left open. I Kommon, Dada. Komm, Gemm." remembered what had happened I turned around and there in the to Chuck Bensend last May, and door stood Pat Roach, campus this gave me an idea. 1 stood and janitor and former German summoning all the strength I had heavyweight boxing champion, left, lunged at Pat and hit him He was looking for a fight. square in the back. Remembering my old football drills, I locked my "Komm!" He held up his fists in a elbows, kept my thumbs and head boxing guard. up, and staying as low as 1 could I looked around for a weapon. drove Pat toward the open There was none. Pat Roach drew dumbwaiter shaft. d Kathy and tried to closer I was in trouble. We fought pat d for a few minutes, but he quickly catch himself, rr but it was too late. gained the upper hand. I was a He fell into the shaft. I closed the great fighter, in fact, in 1991,1 had door and pressed the button, been ranked third in the world, but sending the dumbwaiter cart from I was no match for Pat Roach. the second floor to the basement. Nobody was. He threw me up So much for Pat Roach. against a rack of cold cuts, and I fell limp to the floor. As Pat I helped Kathy up and we headed approached, fists raised, I closed back toward the kitchen. Claude my eyes and waited for the final Landwehr noticed us first, blow. "What happened?" Suddenly, Kathy Ireland appeared „ in the doorway with a large I just killed Pat Roach." serving spoon, "a punisher," in her - Aw, man," Claude Landwehr said, hands. She hit Pat in the head with it several times, but it had no effect. TO BE CONTINUED... He turned, grabbed her by the throat, and lifted her off the floor

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Portrait of a Pastor: Sellnow Steve Lange God has promised us many things. Neenah, Wisconsin, and from then He has promised to be with us on Neenah was his home. always, even to the very end of the age. He has promised to provide for When he was four years old and no polio vaccine existed yet, Professor our bodily needs. Most of all, He struggled through a bout with this promised to send His Son as the terrible childhood disease. Savior of the world. And God has kept each one of His promises. Yet, Although the polio left him with a there are some things that God has limp, his mother still wanted him to not promised. For example, God be able to do everything all the other never promised anyone an easy life. children were doing. So, with much Along with His copious blessings, prayer she tried not be overprotective of young Donald and God also sends his people hardships and troubles, many of which we allowed him to play outside with all cannot understand. Yet with God's the rest of the boys. help we can overcome the trials in Professor grew up, he began to our lives and serve God to the best think about what he might want to of our ability. After all, the credit for d0 wjth his life, Already in everything we accomplish belongs elementary school he began to God, since it is He who gives us thinking about becoming a pastor the power to do what we do. and was urged on toward this goal by his pastors, peers, and relatives. The life and ministry of Prof. Donald Then, when he was in seventh grade, Sellnow, this month's feature he visited Northwestern and liked professor, bring out this lesson quite well. Prof. Sellnow was born in 1928 what he saw so much that he in Embarrass, Wisconsin. He never decided, even at that early age, that saw his father, since his father, who he definitely wanted to become a was a railroad worker, was killed in pastor. In order to begin training for an accident before Prof. Sellnow was this goal he enrolled at Northwestern Prep in 1942 and then bom. Shortly after his birth, he and entered Northwestern College in his now widowed mother moved to 1946. While he was at NWC, he was

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extremely active. He played though he had never really been trumpet in the band and led the Pep interested in psychology before this. Band, which he remembers as being Yet, he was willing to do the extra one of the best around. He sang in studying in order to be able to be chorus and was a member of the part of the training of the next Black and Red staff, serving as editor generation of pastors, a privilege he his senior year. He played tennis still cherishes, and golf interscholastically and was deeply involved in intramurals. As While he was serving in the parish, Prof. Sellnow especially enjoyed you can see, whatever perceived working with adults. He enjoyed "handicap" that might have resulted conducting adult information from his bout with polio was not enough to sideline this enthusiastic classes, reaching out to the community, and leading these older athlete. children of God to their Savior. He After he graduated from NWC in also was privileged to conduct the 1950, he entered the Seminary, choir during all his years in the Although the vicar year was parish ministry. As with any pastor, optional at the time, he took a vicar he enjoyed preaching, and even call to Winona and was thankful for though he left the parish ministry in . this opportunity to gain experience 1965 he still has been able to preach in the ministry before he received his on a regular basis. From 1967 to 19S9 first call to a parish. When he he was a regular guest preacher at St. graduated from the Seminary in Matthew's in Oconomowoc, and 1954, his first call was to the dual through this work he grew very parish of Rapid City and Sturgis, close to that congregation. South Dakota, where he stayed for eight years. Rapids City was a While he definitely enjoyed the work of the ministry, he also enjoyed his thriving city, an excellent mission relaxation time in the ministry, field in which the professor had the which he, as you may will know, opportunity to reach out to many mainly filled with golf. Throughout new converts. Although it was his ministry he was blessed to have difficult for him to leave this reasonably priced golf courses congregation, he accepted a call to nearby, at which he was able to serve a larger, older congregation in pursue his hobby. Golfing provided Menominee, Michigan, in 1962. He him with an outlet for the frustration served this congregation until 1965, when he accepted the call to teach and stress that built up as he was psychology at Northwestern, even working Golf also gave him an opportunity to meet many people in

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the community. Such pastimes are important, especially for pastors, who very often must put in long days and who without such time off could bum out very quickly. Prof. Sellnow still enjoys getting up in the morning and going to school. He figures that when he no longer feels that way, it may be time for him to retire. But until then he will continue to do his part in the training of the next generation of pastors. What makes it all worthwhile for him is seeing his former students out in the ministry. In fact, he has former students in each one of his former parishes and even in his home congregation. When he sees men whom he has taught finally working in a congregation, he knows that he is not wasting his time. He is part of the Lord's plan to provide his church with new shepherds who will go out into the world and care for the sheep whom the Lord has entrusted to them. If there is one thing that Prof. Sellnow learned from his years in the ministry, it is that God is always with us. He gives us oui* strength and showers us with blessings. And no matter what happens, He deserves the glory, as is shown by the following anecdote, written by Prof, Sellnow himself.'

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preach my first sermon in my new parish, I had an experience I will never forget. I went to Sturgis, the smaller of my two churches, for the early service and took along an organist from Rapid City. All went well at the service, but on the way back to Rapid City for the late service my old 1941 Chevy blew a front tire while traveling at highway speed. The car fishtailed across the road and headed for an oncoming vehicle. The other driver alertly swerved, barely missing me, and I was able to get the car straightened out and stopped. My lady organist looked a bit white, and I noticed that my hands were somewhat shaky as I jacked up the car and changed the tire. We got to church in Rapid City just in time for the start of the service, and as I got into my gown in the sacristy and tried to clean up a bit from the tire changing, it occurred to me that my ministry might well have been over before it really* .got started. But God had other plans. I'm thankful that he did. I'm thankful that he was with me on that first Sunday morning and that ^as ^een with me for nearly 40 years of ministry since then, allowing me to plant the seed and to water it while he made it grow. And make no mistake about it: it is to him who makes it grow that all the praise belongs for anything a pastor-or professor--may accomplish.

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Secrets of Fashion Ryan Landwehr One question that has always haunted the mind of man has been, "Whatever shall I wear?" In an effort to help society I have decided to share with you some advice from the vast reserves of fashion knowledge that I have accumulated.

"But what makes you so qualified to do so, Mr. Landwehr?'" the scoffer may ask. To him, I answer "O, ye viper! Ye mushmouth! Ye uncouth, brazen, self-absorbed, self-dressing fool! Listen ye not to knowledge, to call of wisdom? Silence thy foolish mocking tongue, thou!" After this first emotional outburst, I would then calmly explain my obvious credentials in such a field. Ever since grade school, I have been on the cutting edge of fashion. Whether I was wearing brown toned turtle necks or emulating the fashior s of television heroes—Bert and Ernie; Greg, Peter, and Bobby; Gilligan and Skipper; Opie and Otis—I was considered 'mod.' Throughout high school, by brazen wearing of cords brought jealousy to the hearts of my peers. "Did your mommy dress you this morning, Landwehr?" they would jeer. They knew veiy will that I had been dressing myself since seventh grade (Mom only helped tie my shoes). But, alas, every genius must put up with the scorn of the masses. My fashion sense has also been recognized in college, and has brought many a compliment. Often have I walked through the men's and women's department stores, browsing in places such as K-Mart, Shopko, The Gap, The Limited (to which I like to add "intelligence"), St. Vincent De Paul and the like. I have rifled through closets here at Northwestern, at Dr. Martin Luther College, and also at home and abroad. I have a fashion conscious roommate and have peered through many pages of fashion catalogs: Victoria's Secret, Sears, Eddie Bauer. I've read GQ, Cosmo, Glamour, YM, Teen, and Soldier of Fortune magazines for fashion tips. Thus, I can truly say to the aforementioned slothful scoffer, "I am qualified for such a task!”

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Thus said, I will proceed to answer a few letters I have received that earnestly seek fashion advice. Here they are: Dear Fashion Guru: I am a female student at New Ulm. I have a problem. I can't find a new color to make a bold new fashion statement! I want to be a trend setter, but I also don't want to look ridiculous. Should I go with earth tones, flannel, plaid, pastels, or what? Yours Truly, In-a-dilemma-at-DMLC Dear Dillemma (as I remember, there are two L's in the word. I'd appreciate it that, if you were unsure of the spelling, you'd have used a diktshunary!) 1 think you are seeking a color that would turn heads in a rural setting such as New Ulm, a color that would get you noticed. I think you desire a color that has long been neglected as a tool of fashion. That color is hunter's orange! Despite the fact that around this time of year over half a million people wear it in Wisconsin alone, it has not made the 'fashion mainstream.' I suggest you wear it conservatively, possibly a vest, or maybe hat and gloves. Be sure to purchase a hunting vest and not a crossing guard vest, lest you subject yourself to the ridicule of your peers. A properly worn frock of orange is just enough to catch the eye of that dreamy guy in geometry class! Plus, it can keep anyone from shooting a rifle in your direction. I myself have two commonly worn hats of such color, and my roommate wears orange pants often, join the elite wearers of orange! Dear Field Marshal of Fashion, I am rather fond of wearing military clothing, especially my field jacket and "boony cap." What is proper wear of these items? Waiting for a reply, Omega Man

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Dear "Omeg", Standard procedure for wearing field jackets in the 32nd Brigade, "Red Arrow" division, Army National Guard, is to wear the jacket buttoned and zipped to the top, with black work gloves on the hands. Your favored "boony cap" is not authorized; instead one is to wear the typical "baseball cap" type hat, perpendicular to the line made twist ear and shoulder blade. But, since you're not military, you can wear it however you like! I'm glad you've recognized the comfort afforded by military wear. In fact, you're not alone! Others have found fashion in the older khaki green field jackets, and some have discovered the comfort of combat boots. The camouflage pants are also very "cutting edge." I know many men who have a weakness for a cute female in a field jacket and combat boots. But on word of advice: it's best to wear such items in a sort of sloppy manner. Also, of prime importance, one is not to wear too much of it at once. I suggest the jacket and boots, rounded out by torn jeans and a baggy T-shirt, possibly with a flannel shirt as a jacket liner! Dear Connesiour of Fashion: Is it fashionable to wear colors that correspond with the season of the year? Perplexed Dear Perplexed: Yes, it is fashionable. However, one must be sure to get the correct colors for the correct season (orange and black for Halloween, Green and Red for Christmas, Plaid for All-Scot's Day). Sometimes, it is in one's best interest to over do it in order to insure that one is seen to be indeed dressing for a certain holiday, and not being completely tasteless. For example, a Scottish kilt with a plaid jacket or a mask with orange and black clothing.

This has been the article. I hope I have helped solve some of your fashion quandaries out there. Thank you.

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Book Review

Jim Price "Liberalism" and being a "liberal" have nasty connotations regardless of how they are used. Most people don't like being labelled as such. The problem of liberalism is dealt with in:

Liberalism: Its Cause and Cure by Dr. Gregory Jackson Milwaukee: Northwestern Publishing House 1991 Here is a quote from the introduction to give you an overview of what the book entails: The first chapter, "Decline of the Mainline Churches: the Merry Widow Waltz," shows how attackin g the inerrancy of the Bible became a fixation of the mainline church leaders. The second chapter, "Merger Mania: Becoming Unitarian," discusses how the liberal interpretation of the Bible spread through the political process of denominational merger. Evolution has been used to argue for new view of the Bible and morality so the third chapter outlines the American Christian promotion of Darwin's theory and a possible response from Darwin's own research. Since conservative Christians often feel intimidated by logical tricks of well educated liberals, â&#x20AC;&#x2122;Defending Morality" exposes the logical fallacies used to promote doubtful claims of truth. Many conservative Christians have turned to charismatic and Pentecostal groups for support, so they need to realize the close relationship between liberals and charismatics, the topic of chapter four. "The Cure" offers the antidote to the poisoning of the Christian faith..." (5-6). Liberalism has always been attacking the church. No denomination is exempt. Human reason is one avenue to liberalism. Reason says to itself, "People don't like being told they are bad and deserve being punished; therefore let's skip that 'law stuff' and give them a soft-sell social gospel." But "the preaching of the law is just as much the work of the Holy Spirit as the preaching of the gospel" (142). Reason also says that if we are really doing our job properly, then we are going to see some outward signs of success. "Pastors and congregations are easily swindled by that old whore Reason into figuring how well they are doing in terms of numerical growth and financial success. Using such yardsticks, the Mormons are the one's truly blessed by God" (150). We are constantly bombarded with "reason," as I mentioned in last month's review. And it can have its effect on us. "... the victims of liberalism ... are sometimes found routinely reciting the speculations of Unitarian rationalism while innocently assuming they are correct interpretations of God's word" (136).

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But there is a cure to this problem. However, it is not man's effort. Here Jackson quotes Luther's warning: We must, therefore, be careful not to want to uphold the Gospel with our powers instead of with its own might. In that case it is entirely lost; and when one wants to defend it most effectively, it comes to naught. Let us shed all worry about the progress of the Gospel. The Gospel does not need our help. It is mighty enough by itself. Commit it to that God alone to whom it belongs (148). Simply put, "To accomplish God's will, we must return to his plan, the word and the sacraments, relying on the Holy Spirit to work the will of God" (138-139). Relying on man's efforts and wisdom, whether it be for the congregation's spiritual growth or evangelism, is obviously foolishness. "Nothing should make a Christian more confident in the work of evangelism than the assurance that God accomplishes everything through his word according to his pleasure" (143). Unfortunately, in trying to combat liberalism, additional victims are claimed in their zeal to defend the truth. Imagine a narrow catwalk between two buildings. This catwalk does not have any railings to keep you from walking off the edge. Now picture two men walking together on this catwalk. One of the men starts veering dangerously close to walking off the left side of the catwalk. His companion gently and lovingly encourages him to stay on the middle part of the catwalk. But the man veering off to the left doesn't seem to hear. He seems ignorant of the danger. After repeated attempts to get his friend to walkon the safe middle ground, our concerned brother gets frustrated. "Concerned brother" reaches over and grabs his erring friend. He tries with all his might to pull his friend back to the safe, middle ground. But in his efforts "concerned brother" puts his feet to the far right side of the catwalk. "Erring friend" is not happy with this treatment. He digs his heels in even farther to the left. By this point "concerned brother" is quite upset with his erring friend and no longer considers him a friend; he is now an adversary to be crushed. The men grapple more and more violently and brace their feet even farther apart from that safe middle ground. Suddenly, due to their faulty footing, they go plunging off the opposite sides of that narrow catwalk. Did the men perish in the fall? Depends on whether or not they returned to that narrow catwalk via the Word of God showing them the way. The moral of the story is that we faithfully and diligently proclaim the word of God, let it do the work and not become angry or sarcastic when "we" do not successfully get others to see the error of their ways. This book is easy to read. Did you hear that? Easy! And yet it is still chock full of good information. I encourage you to read the whole book. But if you don't have the time or energy, at least read chapter six which presents the cure.

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Trojan Hoops on the Rebound The Trojan basketball team is a vastly Phil Sievert proved that he had improved team over last year. The played before when he scorched the best way to prove that true is to see nets for 24 points, while John their head coach after one of their Koelpin added 12 points for the games. He's friendly, he's Sem, leading them to a 69-56 win. courteous, he's polite. Not to say that this isn't always the case, but it Bart Brauer and Aaron Steinbrenner is especially true after a basketball led the Trojans with ten points apiece. game. The thing is, they've been playing The Trojans started their season for some of the best teams in the state real by traveling down to Beloit to and even the nation, supposedly. take on the Buccaneers and 6-6 Beloit College is the 13th best team all-American center Mark Sobczak. in the NCAA Division III according The Bucs were coming off a win against the Russian national team to one national publication, and (which, in turn, beat UW-Madison), Ripon College is always tough. The so the Trojans knew they had their Trojans lost to both, but only by 17 and 13 points, respectively, and they work cut out for them. were within ten points inside ten Northwestern threw the Bucs a curve minutes left in each game. Marian by taking an early 14-10 lead. Beloit College (one of the top teams in the fought back to take the lead, but the LMC) lost to Ripon by 34. Trojans only fell six points off the The Trojans started their year off with pace by halftime at 34-28. an exhibition game against the jhe beginning of the second half is mighty Seminarians. The Sem was really what hurt the Trojans, when loaded with the five starters off of Beloit hit two quick threes and a the 1987-88 NWC 17-4 team. lay-up to push the lead out to 13 Granted, they were probably all points and eventually went on to about twenty pounds heavier, but it wjn 73.56. still didn't affect them on this night. The Trojans then traveled up to The Trojans stayed with them Lawrence and lost 80-78 in overtime through the first half, but then the jn a game that they had won. crafty old men began to pull away.

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Leading 69-66 with eight seconds left, The team then tried their luck against the Trojans had to stop the Vikings Ripon, but the Red proved to be too on just one possession to have their tough, losing by a score of 75-62. first victory in just under a year. But one of the Lawrence players threw Stein had a big night with 16 points, up a three, made it, and tied the score while Zahn added another solid performance with 10 points and at 69 to send the game into OT. eight rebounds. The Trojans tied the score in overtime at 78-78 on a three point basket by Now the Trojans true test will come as they start conference play Erich Zellmer with 18 seconds left, against Concordia-Mequon, and of but then Lawrence spoiled the course in January looms the WELS evening by laying in a rebound to Classic. beat them. Jay Zahn led the way with 20 points and nine rebounds, while Zellmer added 15 points on four on six shooting form three-point land.

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Students Are the Big Shots in Schick Super Hoops Did you ever dream of playing on the same court where NBA stars excite fans with slam dunks and no-look passes? That dream can come true if you are on of the best intramural hoopsters, as the Schick Super Hoops 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament is returning to Northwestern College (January 15-30). For more information contact Prof. J. Kruse. Schick Super Hoops is an exciting three-tiered event that takes intramural basketball to the highest level. Now in its ninth year, more than 250,000 students at 800 campuses participate across the country, making this the largest sports program of its kind. All participating schools begin by conducting an on-campus 3-on-3 basketball tournament. Each winning team then competes at one of 22 Schick Super Hoops Regional Tournaments against up to 50 other schools. The top male and female ream from each Regional Tournament will be able to fulfill their dream when they advance to the Schick Super Hoops Divisional Championships in an NBA arena. The winners will receive their prizes at a halftime ceremony in front of thousands of NBA fans. Prizes include Schick Super Hoops plaques, Reebok athletic shoes, and NBA licensed outfits. All participants in Schick Super Hoops also have the chance to win a fantasy game against a team of NBA Legends in the Schick 3-on-3 Legends Challenge, which is determined via random drawing. The NBA Legends team, including former great Calvin Murphy â&#x20AC;&#x201D; holder of the NBA consecutive free throw record of 78â&#x20AC;&#x201D;will visit the winners' school for the fantasy challenge game. In addition to qualifying for fabulous prizes, all students receive free Schick ST and Personal Touch Slim Disposable Razors. Schick Super Hoops is sponsored by Schick Razors and Blades, with a support sponsorship from Reebok International, and is endorsed by both the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA). The program is managed by National Media Group, Inc.

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As the four of us were sitting here under the mistletoe drinking our share of eggnog, our thoughts began to drift toward our brothers at school during this festive holiday season. We took it upon ourselves as Santa's little helpers to write up a list of who has been naughty and who nice:

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Jay Zahn: Is it true Brohn's your favorite Lance: now he smells, mmm, so good! color? Matt Brown: for making a big effort to get to Eric Roecker: Take your ham chops and your know the Sem profs better. Neil Diamond and go back to the 70s. Elvis Frosh: showing us by example the role of men and women Stu: more clothes is better! Since it's the holiday season (when we're writing this), we thought we'd help out with the festive spirit with a little poem that we made up completely on our own: Twas the night before Christmas break and all through the dorm. That Iowa guy was sitting on Boggy's pillows and, boy, were they warm. The dlngleberrles were hungfrom the chimney chutes with care. Even Santa wouldn’t touch them, he wouldn’t dare. In the thirdJloor study lounge, there arose such a clatter. Even Cavey arose, something was definitely the matter. I

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"OnLancer, onFratguys, onDrlpplngs, onSchutzln"(Ya know, that German composer) "On Steve, on Putrid, on Dahmer, on Plltzen" Santa was gone, he knew parking there wasn't right, "Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!" A new addition to the C&C is our new helpful Santa's hotline: 1-900-Santamas. This service is not intended for our profit, it is a sincere desire on our part to fulfill our readers' requests for a ha; py holiday season. $3.00 for the first half minute. $2.00 for each addition half minute. 15 minute minimum. Here's a list of actual requests that we've already received: Paid Sullivan: "Dah... uh... Daaaaahhhhh... Oh, forget it." Odieand Patti: Peace Fratguys: The Outfield's Greatest Hitson 8-track tape Koehler, Zahn, Robinson, and Meyer: To experience the rosy fingers of dawn. Shilling-, (a wrong number meant forJim Wendt) "When are we going to get gerbils in the book store?" Fratguys: tear gas for Classic i

In closing this edition, we'd like once again to venture into our crystal ball and give you what we think just might happen the upcoming winter months. A potpourri of future-seeking events that might just come to pass— 1) Tim Otto starts a babysitting service with motto: "I will love your kids." 2) The juniors will be able to part their hair again. 3) A.C.and Kris Paulsen will finally synchronize their Eric Clapton CD's while talking to each other on the phone. 4) The senior class will set up small study groups in order to get the most out of their last semester. 5) Asthma free, Ryan Buch gets $20 million contract offers from pro baseball, football, basketball, and soccer franchises. I'm sure he'll tell you all about it. 6) The art field trip ends in tragedy, as the Cubs game is rained out. 7) Jon Schroeder becomes the professional guinea pig for taste-testing new Pepsi products. When asked about a new Mountain Dew look-a-like, he says, "It smells bad, irs kind of flat, and a little acidic, but overall it's quite refreshing." 8) Senior class shrinks to a scant 15 afterbone-cruncher. 9) Marty Wegner leads the ducks back up north in the spring 10)Duraclean offers better pay, better conditions, betterequipment, and even more fun. 11) Sophomores actually do their dorm duties. 12) Even moreso the preps become our true beloved friends whom we respect as neverbefore. 13) We all realize that our new schedules aren't that bad when we compare them to ... Chernobyl.

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January 10 WELS Classic Round Two. Games at T.00 and 3:00. January 16 NWC grapplers rock Maranatha's world at the Maranatha Invitational.

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Why not?

Because of the great exam schedule last semester, I was able to be home about a week and a half before Christmas. I took advantage of this time to visit some friends at various Michigan colleges which didn't i get out till the Monday before Christmas.

At these colleges, it seemed the thing to do was throw an end of the year party. For the most part these « were fun. They were, however, often "wilder" than what I was accustomed to. It was fairly obvious that j many people were out to celebrate the end of their semester of hard labor by systematically shattering , each and every Commandment, and then break a few social taboos to boot.

This editorial is by no means a condemnation of public colleges. But as I was attending these parties, a reoccurring thought seemed to run through my mind. They do this because they have no reason not to. Why shouldn't these hard working students blow off some steam? They don't get punished for it. As j far as I could tell, parties of this intensity went on quite frequently. Yet God never sent fire and brimstone. The ground never opened up and swallowed anyone. Rather, many of these same students were extremely successful, on the dean's list (in public colleges, that's a good thing) and probably on their way to a prosperous and lucrative career. Why not? With this logic, wouldn't it be even easier for us as Christians to give into such decadent behavior? Why not? The age of "smiting" seems to be past. And we have the benefit of knowing we have a loving and forgiving God. So why not!

I think we all see the foolishness of this mentality, but it can be an easy trap for us to fall into. As we try to live our lives out of a love for God and what He has done for us, our sinful flesh may get the better of us, and we may ask ourselves if it's really worth it. We see others in the world living as they want to, having a great time doing it and growing more and more successful (in that same world's eyes) every ■ day. It's at this time that we must realize we don't try to live a sanctified life in order to "earn" some ; blessing (as that would be an impossibility). Rather, we pray the Holy Spirit would help us live a sanctified life as an act of love towards God to show our thankfulness for what he has done, namely given us eternal life. We can take some comfort in that believers have been struggling with such "why not" attitudes since the beginning of time. We have an excellent example of that at the end of the book of Malachi, in which the Lord is represented as having a dialogue with his people. Malachi 3: 14-18: "You have said, 'It is futile toserve God. What did we gain by carrying out his requirements and going about like mourners before the Lord Almighty? But now we call the arrogant blessed. Certainly the evildoers prosper, and even those who challenge God escape. ' •i

Then those who feared the LORD talked with each other, and the LORD listened and heard. A scroll of remembrance was written in his presence concerning those who feared the LORD and honored his name. 'They will be mine," says the LORD Almighty, "in the day when 1 make up my treasured possession. I will spare them, just as in compassion a man spares his son who serves him. And you will again see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve Goaand those who do not." The joy obtained from the pursuits of earthly pleasure, whether decadent or upright, will pass sooner or later. But the joy obtained from finding yourself by grace on the last day in the group which the Lord turns to and says, "They will be mine." will last forever. Why not? We have a good reason. H

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had been visiting called the paramedics and put the dog outside, out of the way. I could hear the sound of her dialing the numbers of Bemie's sons and daughters with the news of their mother's death.

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No words were spoken as I stood just inside the door. The paramedic pointed me to the other room where I could hear sobbing. As I crossed the living room, I had to walk ***** around her. Dorothy was stretched out in When I decided to become a pastor, I knew the middle of the room on her back, where that I would be in such situations. My the paramedics put her so they could do schooling and experience had prepared me, CPR. Her blouse had been unbuttoned in but I have never been able to be coldly the frenzy to revive her heart, but now the professional about confronting the sorrow, paramedic heard no beat. As he stood up, pain or turmoil of personal tragedies. I can't his foot accidently nudged the case of remember how often I talked with the dying medicines and equipment spread on the or those who were left behind, but I floor next to her. It rattled. The television remember the first time I confronted death. taunted dialogue from an afternoon soap, I was in a Waukegan hospital room about 15 but no words came from anyone in the room. years earlier. A bicycle shop owner slowly died while his wife, friends, and I stood I took a few steps toward the other room. I don't know who - it must have been one of silently at his bed. We held hushed tentative the paramedics - but someone reached over conversations which slowly dwindled into silence through the night. As the sun began and turned off the TV after I passed it. Now to rise, he stopped breathing. When I there was time to do the little things like embraced his widow, I remember saying a straighten out the room and turn off the few sentences â&#x20AC;&#x201D; something like, â&#x20AC;&#x2122;The Lord intrusion. They were already starting to has called one of his dear sheep to himself. pack up their equipment and carry it back to He is our shepherd too and will help us now the ambulance arranging both her and the in our loss." I wanted to change the room after their own intrusion. Bemie was situation, but I could not. It's not that I in the next room sobbing. His wife was on wanted to be somewhere else. No, I wanted the floor in the living room, dead. to be there to help, but I could not stop death I wasn't sure what I would or could say. He or pain. I could only offer words and my was in his pajamas seated on the edge of the own presence and touch. I felt inadequate, bed unable to speak a clear word. and I have always felt inadequate each time I was called to speak words of comfort in He wailed. times of death. I was inadequate, but the Without saying a word I sat on the bed next words were powerful. to him and put my arm around him and gave the afternoon when Dorothy died, I had a gentle hug. I felt so helpless. I could hear Pepper, his schnauzer, barking in the back 8one to Lutheran Hospital to visit Mr. yard. Pepper was his pet. He was upset by Gonzalez. His room was bright and the confusion in the house. A friend who pleasing. He had suffered a heart attack but

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improved enough to move from the of some pain or discomfort before it is able ^ Coronary Care Unit to a regular hospital to give it a name. I stretched my hand j room nearby. We had a cheery, hopeful toward his. Before I could touch it, he 1 conversation about returning home. In the grasped my hand and held it tightly. As the * devotion with him I reminded him of the sounds continued I embraced him gently. I words God gave us in the Bible, "Fear thou could not form any words either yet. I hurt not for I am with thee. Be not dismayed for because I knew he had such pain. We sat ■ I an thy God. I will strengthen thee, I will together there for some time; he crying, and \ I quietly listening and embracing him. help thee. Yea, I will uphold thee with the * ***** right hand of my righteousness." Yes, the t Lord had been with him and in view of his The decision to become a pastor meant ! brush with life's end I suggested to him that studying language. I spent four years of * even when death came, God would not leave college learning Hebrew, Greek, Latin and him. We prayed for his continued German. Much of the western world's great :{ improvement, and I left him to the care of the thought are locked in those languages, hospital staff. I knew what action and emphasis the hiphil of ^ I drove back to office at church after the a Hebrew verb signified. Through Hebrew . hospital call. The traffic wasn't bad in the I was able to open the mysteries of a afternoon on a weekday. Close to the language that was written right to left and > church, I was slowed by the siren and not left to right. I learned to translate flashing lights of an ambulance. I pulled portions of the Hebrew Scriptures and over and let it pass. Then I drove on. In the studied nuances of meaning and expression, \ distance I could see it turn right a block I can still stumble through a reading of the before I would make my right turn to go to language of the Old Testament Hebrews, i the office. Even now I am soothed by the strange ~ melody of a verse of Hebrew text well read. When I pulled into my parking place in front Greek is the language of Homer, Aristotle, 1 of the church, I was thinking about what still Socrates, and the New Testament 1 knew had to be done for the evening meeting of the the difference between the aorist and perfect church council. My secretary had been tenses and was better at Greek than at typing up the agenda and gathering reports Hebrew. The wisdom of Jesus was in Greek. for the meeting. I stopped talk to her about Latin was the language of the church fathers the agenda, collected my phone messages, and Horace. German was Luther's tongue. and walked into my office. As 1 looked out All the words that I had learned had the window, I noticed that the ambulance evaporated as I stepped around Dorothy's which had passed me was parked in the body and sat on the bed with Bernie. Even street behind the church. There was some the English words of Shakespeare, Milton, activity in Bemie's house so I walked over T.S. Eliot and Gerhard Manley Hopkins all and climbed up the steps to the front door. receded from my conscious mind, I just sat When a paramedic stopped me, I told him who I was and he let me pass into the living quietly listening and holding Bernie. ■

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I sat at the edge of Bemie's bed listening to him alternate between the gutturals of grief and vowels of pain. He formed no consonants with his tongue or lips. No words. Only sound. He was like a baby that cries because

Martha had come to visit Dorothy that day. She had lunch with her friend, and they talked at the table for some time. They let the dishes sit so they could watch their favorite mid afternoon soap. Martha sat down on the sofa as Dorothy turned on the TV, lit a

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cigarette, and sat down next to her. After a "Martha called Nancy and the others. They'll few moments Dorothy's head bowed be here in a little while." How could I answer suddenly, and she fell off the sofa onto the his question? My response to his question floor head first. It was all over. Martha was only to change the subject and offer : called the paramedics, took the dog ou tside, some hope of comfort from seeing his family, and told Bemie what had happened. "Will you stay here with me?" : In a matter of minutes the ambulance had rushed its ineffective help to the house. A "i'll stay as long as you want." I asked if he wanted anything. A drink of water? A few minutes later I walked through the front cigarette? door. Bemie was 72 years old. He was a big man "No."

who had been active in his younger days, I think he didn't want me to leave his side, working 40 years for the city department of The paramedics had placed Dorothy's body sanitation. Within the past two years, his on the sofa. She would wait there for the children had helped move his bedroom funeral directors cart and hearse. We could downstairs because he had difficulty not see her from where we were, and Bemie walking. Although he had been a regular did not want to look. Pepper was still in the church member for many years, he only backyard, but he had stopped barking, ***** came now for special occasions and then with great difficulty, at first using two metal When the children came, they came together canes but then riding a wheel chair. He sat as if they had all met at someone's house in the wheel chair next to his wife when the before they came home. Martha saw them whole family came to church on the Sunday come and told me. I went to prepare them they celebrated their 50th wedding for entering the house. It was almost as if anniversary. At home he could get up and they did not want to come in. I intercepted move around slowly on the first floor, but he them at the sidewalk. They already knew rarely got out of his pajamas. Dorothy was their mother was dead. As I stood on the top his wife and nurse. step of the porch, their faces were turned up ***** toward me expectantly. After sitting there with Bemie for some time I began to speak softly and calmly. The I had no mysterious magic to offer, no cure, no vibrations of my larynx made sounds that way to a^er what was inside the door. I were tentative and searching. I slowly began cannot take away the pain you feel now. I to speak the words of Psalm 23, "The Lord is have found nothing that can do that, but I can at least take the edge off it. I know your my shepherd, I shall not want. . ." The mother's faith in Jesus, and I know what he energy of the sound seemed to dissipate in says. Your mother is with Jesus now, and he the air, but the sound of words vibrated on is with you to comfort you and strengthen Bemie's eardrum. He took a deep breath between sobs and then stopped to listen as I you* finished the psalm. We sat in silence again wou]d not see their mother lying on the for a few moments. floor stripped to the waist so someone might pound on her chest, seeking to beat life back Then he asked, "Why?" into her body. They would see her calmly "i don't know. I wish I did, but I don't know." asleep on the sofa. I followed them in. When they entered the living room, I heard the "What's going to happen now?" restrained sobs and saw the tearful cheeks.

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It was again a time without words. They embraced each other and their father. After a prayer and reading with the family, I walked across the street back to my office. ***** The children and their father made arrangements for the funeral, four days after Dorothy died - a day longer than most so distant family could attend. I saw her again on the white satin cushions of the casket. She was dressed as I remember her on the day of their fiftieth anniversary. Funeral directors must strive to make people look like they're asleep — so peaceful and quiet. She died on the same day J of the month she was bom after 67 years and 10 months of life. Family members hugged long unseen and distant relatives while holding back tears and occasionally talking about how their mother had lived and how she had died. I know why I spend so much time with Hebrew and Greek. I wanted to know what the Bible really had to say about death. I didn't want to have to rely on some translator or editor. What do I know about death? Nothing beyond what I see. I'm reduced to silence. What does anyone else know? No translator, scholar or editor knows anything. We are all the same, aren't we? Death may not be as easeful as Keats . , , . , , thought or as glonous as the light brigade s charge assumed. I know that death is not like the soft gentle satin pillows in the casket. Sometimes it comes like a hard fast bullet from a rifle hidden somewhere beyond our vision. However death comes and whether it seems to miss its mark or not, death is always composed of a hard substance like a black, dark and cold diamond without sparkle - impenetrable and invincible to us. When death comes, it robs us of our speech, breath, and warmth. It even prevents us from showing the bruises of those who pounded our bodies to try to keep us alive.

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reading from the form for the burial of the dead, "Grace to you and peace from God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ... Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear Him. For He knoweth our frame: He remembereth that we are dust ... as we have borne the image of the earthly, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly, the image of our Lord Jesus Christ, who shall change our vile body that it may be fashioned like unto His glorious body. . . ’ The word steeled me to look into the faces of Bemie, Nancy, the other sons and daughters, and the grandchildren. nr, i here _____isa place in the funeral form for an address by the officiating clergyman. I had chosen to speak on the words of Jesus in Matthew, "Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh." I had hoped that the words would soften the bullet of death. They did, but no words can prevent death. This time they could soothe and heal. Even the words spoken outside the house to the family had brought strength to those wounded by the sudden death. Those words are why God put me there and why I'm still saying his words of comfort, strength and faith. Jesus lives; death is overcome. ▼. , n ~ . 1 had seen Bemie several times since Dorothy y died. He had found a way to make it alone with the help of regular visits from his family. They prepared meals for him in advance and stopped to visit every day. Whenever I came to the door, Pepper would always greet me with a flurry of barking until he approved my scent. I went to Bemie's bedroom where we sat on the bed and talked about the weather, the ball team, church and his family. I spoke the words of a devotion, while Pepper sat on the window ledge and watched to warn us whenever a stranger would walk by. We were alone listening to God speak in his word.

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Though none of these animals are mentioned by name in the biblical account, they have been associated with the Nativity for so long that the scene would seem somewhat empty and certainly less colorful without them. It is quite natural and reasonable to suppose that they were actually there. Yet three of them, the ox, the donkey, and the camel, were introduced into the picture much later and for a different reason.

The favorite Christmas decoration in many homes and churches is the so-called crib—a representation of the Nativity, or birth of Christ, in colored statuary. Such a crib usually consists of an open stable with a manger in which lies the Christ child. Shepherds are on their knees in adoration before it, and in the distance wise men follow a star pointing toward Bethlehem. Except for the open stable, the scene corresponds We happen to know the exact date closely with the details given in the when the 0x and the donkey Christmas gospels of St. Luke and appeared in the Nativity scene. It St. Matthew. was the Christmas in the year 1224 But there are other figures in it in the church of the little hamlet of which are not specifically Greccio, Italy, that St. Francis is mentioned in the gospels. said to TThave , set up the first realistic Somewhere within thestablean ox cnb- He ch°se onlytw0 d°mfstic and a donkey are gazing solemnly animals to be represented there on the shining child. A few sheep because of a happy misinter-

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So imagine that near the stable just after Christ is born are assembled a rooster, a raven, a crow, an ox, a sheep, a donkey and a calf. Each is desirous of praising Christ, but since each is restricted to one note or call, he will have to do what he can with the limited means at his disposal. The rooster begins by crowing, and it sounds very much hke Christus natus est! (Christ is born.) The rave croaks: Quando? (When?) The crow caws in answer: "Hac Nocte." (In this night.) The ox lows: "Ubi? Ubi?" (Where?) The sheep bleats: "Bethlehem." The donkey then brays: "Emus" (Let us go), while the calf with his childish A CHORUS OF ANIMALS treble moos enthusiastically "Volo! Imaginative preachers of the Volo!" (I will!) middle ages were not content with only two animals, however. There According to a view current in must have been more in any well Shakespeare's time, the rooster, appointed stable, so they added who began this bucolic song of others, and one will occasionally, praise did not, however, content in the devotional literature of that himself with a single phrase. On period, run across half humorous, the contrary, he sang throughout half serious anecdotes like the the night. A beautiful, often quoted following about the role which the passage in Hamlet describes it animals and fowls played on the thus: first Christmas evening. The story Some say that ever against that season is told in Latin, but you don't have comes to know Latin to appreciate it, Wherein our Savior's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long.

The ox knoiveth his owner, the ass his master's crib; but Israel does not knozv, my people doth not consider. The "owner" and "master" of this verse were interpreted to mean Christ, and thus it was thought that Isaiah had foretold the scene of the Nativity at Bethlehem. The crib of St. Francis came just in time to serve as a model for the great Italian painters of the Renaissance who repeated the theme of the Nativity in endless variety and colored the imagination of the whole world with their brilliant canvasses.

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There are many other legends that link animals with the Nativity. At the hour of Christ's birth, for instance, the whole world animals included, honored its creator by abstaining from strife and warfare. For a short time at least the earth was once more a paradise. Milton refers to this legend in his "Hymn to the Nativity," written on Christmas morning in his twenty-first year. By a happy coincidence there actually was no war in the turbulent Roman empire at the time of the first Christmas. As Milton puts it

’ The camels of the wise men, or of the three kings, as they came to be called, also trace their spiritual ancestry back to a passage in Isaiah. This time it is the wonderful No zvar or battle sound sixtieth chapter beginning with the Was heard the world around... words "arise, shine, for thy light is Birds of calm sat brooding on the charmed come and the glory of the Lord is leave. risen upon thee." The prophet then describes the coming of the But in its most appealing form this Gentiles to the light of Israel and legend appears in the Scandinavian countries. As Selma continues: Lagerlof tells it, the story goes like this: In a vast northern forest once The multitude of camels shall cover thee, lived a robber father and mother the dromedaries ofMidiati and'Ephah: all they from Sheba shall come: they shall with their brood of children. Each bring gold and incense, and they shall summer the mother and the show forth the praises of the Lord. children would go begging to the monasteries and homes of the Again this verse was applied to the land. Christmas story and taken to be a prophecy of the coming of the wise Once, coming to a certain men from the east. Thus camels monastery, the robber mother was took their place of honor near the greatly impressed by the abbot's Christ child. herb garden, the finest on earth, so

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he thought. "But there is one more But the doubting lay brother drew beautiful than yours," she told him, farther back. To him this was a "when on Christmas eve the delusion prepared by the evil one. flowers bloom, the trees put forth When a dove came toward him their green leaves, and the animals and tried to sit on his shoulder, he become tame." The abbot was most struck out and shouted: "Back to eager to see this wonderful garden hell, whence thou art come!" At that was even better than his own. that cruel word everything In fact, he got a promise from his suddenly vanished and became bishop that if he could bring back cold and frozen again. Almost too a rose from it the robber father late the abbot remembered that he might be pardoned, for he had must bring back a rose. But they disappeared so swiftly that he been exiled to the forest. could not clutch them with his ONLY A DELUSION BY THE hands. His heart died within him, EVIL ONE and he fell down. But his last act So on the day before the next was to grasp at the leaves on the Christmas eve, the abbot set out ground, and lo, when they picked with a lay brother, sort of a him up later, there was in his doubting Thomas, who thought clenched fist a root from which the whole story a fake and his grew a Christmas rose in the superior slightly childish. But sure following year. The robber was enough, at the stroke of midnight, pardoned and became a when they had come to the forest, respectable man again. His the snow began to melt and children were brought up like disappear, the trees were covered Christians. But never again since with green leaves, and flowers that time has paradise returned at pushed up through the moss. The Christmas time. whole woods seemed alive with animals. Butterflies and birds of This happy Eden, like the original many colors flew about. The bees one disappeared because of a began gathering honey, bears and man's lack of faith and the abuse of other large beasts came up to the an animal. In their mute humble astonished abbot and nuzzled him, way the animals at the Nativity while snakes played at his feet. may also remind us of the goodness of God.

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A House Repainted Dan Schmidt Editor's forezvord: In my four years here I can never remember there being as many second-career men as this year. Even professors have commented on the large number of men who have left successful careers to pursue studyingfor the ministry. The following article is by Dan Schmidt, one such person. His excellent article is the first in what l hope will be a scries by these elder-statesmen on campus, explaining why they made the switch they did, and hozo they arc benefittingfrom their new studies. All analogies are somewhat limp, but they do have a way of enabling us to understand concepts which are difficult for us to express otherwise. If I were asked (and I have been) to characterize my experience at Northwestern College, I would do so with the following analogy. In short, Northwestern College has given me a much needed paint job. The odd thing is, I wasn't really aware that I needed one. When I came to NVVC, I came with the assumption that I knew what I believed about God, His Word and how He wanted me to direct my life. After all, I had a wife and three children. What man in his right mind would give up a home, steady employment, friends and family (and a productive fishing hole), and move to another state to attend another seven years of college. After all, I've already had four. Once more, I would be subjecting my family to numerous moves, a lower standard of living, a strange town, and what is more, the fishing is spotty at best. But to tell you the truth, that was the easy part. As with most houses which are in need of repainting, there is the matter of what to do with the old paint. After all, this house has been in existence for thirty some years already. That means a lot of old paint! First of all there was the matter of insufficient primer. I did not grow up WELS, and I did not have a formal Christian education, although I did have strong Christian parents. I grew up in what is now one of the more liberal Lutheran bodies. I was baptized and I received a very basic Catechism instruction. I am thankful for this instruction, but there were many areas where a good coat of primer just simply wasn't applied. Before coming to NWC, I had received some better coating and I even saw to it that my house was maintained a little better, but to be honest, I just didn't have the basic understanding of Gods' Word that I thought I did. Did you ever try to scrape old paint off of unprimed wood? Zip Strip does ok, but it often leaves some residue, doesn't get into the grain of the wood, and is a less than

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pleasant task to take on (maybe that explains the entrance interview). Another problem is latex over oil and oil over latex, and not the most expensive brands either. I've had lot of exposure to all brands of housepaint. Everything from liberal Lutheranism to Pentecostalism, and they've ranged in color from deep humanism to ivory pietism. I've been splashed and coated with them all. And to be fair, the brands which were connected with God's Word afforded my house much of the protection it needed. But there had also been much of my house which went unprotected. That lack of protection had left me exposed to the elements. There has been lot of peeling and cracking over the years. Often the bare and unprotected wood of my soul has been subject to a lot of damage. For the purpose of this analogy, I think "dry rot" is a pretty good description. I found that if you go long enough without spending time in God's Word, some major damage can take place.

So the scraping process has begun. One section at a time. Right no, I'm still a house being repaired and repainted. The process will be an ongoing one, perhaps it will never be as intense as it is in the present, but this house still has a long way to go. And there are a few problems. The owner is still tempted to take shortcuts, use less primer and cheaper paint. He may even be tempted not to repair the more severely damaged portions. The owner knows where they are. In the mean time, the elements, the storms of temptation on the outside, and the moisture of the evil desires from within, weather and decay the exposed surfaces of my house. However I've received some very good advice from the painters. They've helped point out some areas which are in need of repair. They've consistently reminded me that a good primer and also regular applications of good paint (both rooted in God's Word) are necessary to keep my house in good repair. As the owner of the house, I find there is much more to this painting thing than I had ever imagined. But all the materials are available to me. I can consult with the painters anytime, and they've already equipped me with much of what I need to attend to some of the maintenance and repair myself. (I can even share my concerns with the owner of the company!) I didn't come to NWC for a paint job necessarily. In fact, I came with the hope that I would receive training as a painter. I've gotten much more than I've bargained for. Thanks to a very gracious God. I've been served by workmen who are experienced at the task. I'm also thankful that I've been surrounded by other (somewhat newer) houses, who have been properly painted and stand as examples to me. My house will never be the same. The process is a difficult one, but I recommend it wholeheartedly. By the way, I've even learned a little bet about painting in the process. Many thanks to the painters. Many thanks to a gracious God.

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Student-Faculty Discussion Steve Brockdorf An excellent sense of balance. This Scriptural Basis and Historical phrase describes professor Joel Development of WELS Doctrine of Ministry." In it he examined the Fredrich's handling of the student-faculty discussion on Tuesday, European and American discussions of January 18. The discussion was a church and ministry in the summary of the symposium on ministry mid-nineteenth century which revolves held at NWC over Christmas break around C.F.W. Walther's Kirche und (December 29-30). The symposium, Amt. In the early part of this century J.P. sponsored by the Board for Parish Koehler, August Pieper and John Services in cooperation with the Board Schaller reexamined the doctrine for Worker Training, was held in order resulting in what came to be known as the Wauwatosa doctrine of church and to address four issues: 1. Staff ministers and how they relate to ministry. Professor emeritus Fredrich went on to relate some of the pastors and teachers. 2. Differences in the way key terms are discussions which followed in the used (ministry, office, forms of ministry, synodical conference, but were soon lay ministry). overshadowed by other issues when the 3. Perceptions that ministers are respected conference began to split up. Finally he and trusted less than in the past. looked at the WELS doctrine of ministry 4. "The need for a renewed appreciation as set forth in "This We Believe." of WELS' unique scriptural and confessional understanding of ministry" The third paper to be delivered, (W.Mueller,4/13/92). "Coworking of Pastors, Teachers, Staff In order to address these issues four and Member Ministers," was delivered papers were read and discussed at by Professor David Valleskey (WLS). length. The first of these was a paper by Here many of the terms and definitions Professor Arnold Koelpin from DMLC. chosen by a committee in its "Report It was titled "Ministry in the Minds and and recommendation on Staff Ministry" Lives of the Confessors." Among other were explained. The report was given , things he addressed the Lutheran to the 1991 synod convention. Professor conviction that the Gospel shapes the Valleskey stressed the need for careful ministry, that one is bom a priest in use of terms and clear delineation of the baptism but becomes a minister scope of duties. He spoke about the (Luther), the functions of a priest, the importance of mutual respect for one call and evangelical freedom. another's ministry and urged some Professor emeritus Edward Fredrich caution that we do not become ministry (WLS) delivered a paper titled "The obsessed to the point that we label everyone a minister of something.

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small indication of the amount of discussion which took place at the symposium itself. It is clear that there is a need for further discussion of this issue with clear guidance from Scripture. In many ways we are entering a new era in our synod, and we do not want to restrict our Christian freedom, nor do we want to stray from the truth.

In this paper President Mischke contemplated three questions. 1. What factors in the church and the world have eroded respect for and trust in ministers of the gospel? One very significant side noie which 2. What gives the ministry dignity came out of the student-faculty despite this erosion? 3. How does a minister foster respect for discussion was the admonishing of the his ministry and win the confidence of his NWC student body to make the most of people and colleagues? their language training. Many of the The discussion which followed and fine points discussed in the symposium brought the presentation to the two have been addressed in the past by our hour plus range, showed that church fathers. Tremendous amounts Northwestern students are indeed of material remain in German and Latin concerned about what is happening in and likely will never be translated. their church. In general the questions Even the works that have been reflected genuine concern that we translated lose a fair amount of their adhere to what Scripture teaches — meaning in English. Words such as have never claiming more that it says, and "Predigtamt" and "Pfarramt" standing firm on what it does say. In connotations that can only be fully answering the students' questions learned by working in the original Professor Fredrich displayed a great language. This principle came through deal of patient understanding and very clearly in Professor Fredrich's insight. Fie noted that the symposium presentation. Furthermore, the need for had ended with the consensus that the ability to check English translations exegetical study needed to be done against the original was brought out. concerning the doctrine of ministry and When Dean Lindemann had to leave the call. His answers to questions shortly before the last few students, he reflected balance in the urging of encouraged them not to let the Christian freedom used in good languages be dropped from the NWC judgement. An interjection by Dean curriculum. From its very beginnings Lindemann counseled the students not NWC has had to fight to keep the to be swayed by the applications of the languages. In our times when we face issue, but to let the applications flow pastor shortages, and in the midst of a world which wars against the church, from the Word. can the languages be less important? If the NWC student-faculty discussion evoked a lot of questions, it was only a

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This hymn verse is one of my favorites. It beautifully expresses the Gospel heritage we have been given by grace through faith in Christ Jesus. This verse also reminds me of the wonderful privilege we have: to spread the Word of God in truth and purity. And so I was quite happy to see this hymn verse as the opening lines for the preface of: Our Great Heritage (Three Volume Set) Lyle Lange. Editor Northwestern Publishing House Milwaukee. Wisconsin 1991

Before I go any further I have a confession to make. I have not read the whole set. I have only read 44.5296523% of the set. Couple that witn the fact that I am only half-way through my training for the pastoral minsitry and some may wonder why I am doing book reviews. Remember: these are books that I personally found informative and interesting and I am merely passing on that information. To explain what this set of books is and why it was written I am now going to quote parts of Editor Lange's preface and introduction: We are living in an age. when people do not show a great deal of interest in what has been written in the past. It is often said that the past has little relevance for people today. As Christians, however, we believe the Bible, though written in the past, is relevant today. ... In the same way, we of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod believe the Lutheran Confessions are relevant today. We subscribe to the confessions contained in the Book of Concord of 1580 because they accurately reflect the teachings of God's word. We use them as a standard guided by Scripture for faith and life. We do not believe the Lutheran Confessions are outmoded, for they still relate to us today the timeless truths of God's word. As members of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synocl, we also have a rich heritage of gospel-centered material written in the past. The common denominators in all these writings are salvation by grace alone and the recognition that God's word alone can settle matters of doctrine. That is

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why a study of this material is of great value for us today. We constantly face the threat of forgetting our great heritage. The danger is everpresent that we may cut ourselves off from the moorings of God's word and the course charted by our fathers, to set ourselves adrift in the currents of popular opinion. Should that happen, there can be but one outcome â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the shipwreck of our faith and the loss of our great heritage.

... This three-volume collection of essays is an attempt to preserve for future generations the great heritage which has come down to us from our fathers. The essays included in these three volumes are grouped according to the major areas of Christian doctrine: INTRODUCTION The Bible Is the Inspired word of God and Is the foundation for theology. THEOLOGY The study of God. the author of salvation. ANTHROPOLOGY The study of man. the subject of salvation. CHRISTOLOGY The study of Jesus Christ, the mediator of salvation. SOTERIOLOGY The study of the personal appropriation by the sinner of his objective salvation. ESCHATOLOGY The study of the ultimate consummation of salvation. The topics included in these volumes do not cover the whole realm of theology. Space simply did not permit such an undertaking. The essays included follow the basic outline of the major areas of doctrine. Some were selected because they were written at a crucial time in the past when a specific doctrine of Scripture was under attack. Others were selected because they deal with matters not normally covered in the standard dogmatics texts. An attempt was made to balance the coverage of the controversies of the past with the concerns of today. The editor also attempted to make the material in Our Great Heritage readable for the person who does not have a theological background. All essays were edited with the intent to preserve as much of the technical material as possible in the interest of those who can make use of it and at the same time present it in such a way that it does not serve as an obstacle to the person who is unacquainted with foreign languages or theological terminology... A study of the doctrines of God's word is to take place not only in our seminary and colleges, but also in our churches, in our schools, and in our homes. May God use these three volumes as a tool to build up his people, young and old, theologian and layperson alike!

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Confessions Ryan Landwehr To whom it mat concern: this pitiful youth offers his heartfelt sorrow for his terrible deeds. The victims of his horrid crimes were unknowing, undeserving, and innocent. The crimes are inconceivable, brought on by childish immaturity and brazen selfishness, with a mix of egotism and aloofness thrown in to boot. "What horrendous crimes are these?" one may well ask. "To what dark secrets are you confessing?" These dastardly crimes are none other than de-humanizing an entire gender of humanity, by thought, deed, and word. They are crimes of lack of respect for women. No! No! Dear reader, do not dismiss me yet as a simple psychopath. Let me first explain my crimes, and then, I pray you, pass fair sentence. Let me first explain my crimes against womankindâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;which, as such, are actually crimes against humanity. Perhaps you will the see the complex malevolence at work in this humble frame. As with most crimes of this magnitude, the deed begins with the images in the mind. As any catechumen will tell you, "coveting" is the name given to that crime hidden from men, the plotting of taking control of something denied you- all in the safe hidden sanctuary of your own mind. Hannibal Lechter, in Silence of the Lambs says something like "crimes begin when we covet. And what do we covet? That which we see everyday" (a paraphrase). This applied fully to my crimes, as I would "covet" certain girls, manipulate them in my own mind, reducing them to mere objects of my dark ego. They became less than human there, acting to my every wish. Oh, the inhumanity of my dark psyche! Dear reader, pause! Think not that my licentious coveting would be the basest, most simple of forms-that of mere lust, which can be blamed on hormones or some other scapegoat. Nay! My scheming mind leaped well over this piddly example of mental misdeeds and flew to where the real

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power was-control of an entire human being's actions, thoughts, feelings, and words! These mental crimes began as early on as grade school. Daydreams in which Girl A (all the victims shall remain nameless, for the names matter not), the "cutest girl in the class," would be abducted by the aliens, as would her "boyfriend" (as if there are such things in fourth grade)-the "coolest" guy-and myself. The "cool guy would invariably be unable to cope with the strain of being captured by creatures from another galaxy, and thus I would have to step in to do the heroic deeds, ultimately sacrificing myself for the other two, who would be returned to earth while I would be whisked away with the aliens. In the arms of her "boyfriend," Girl A would be unable to keep her thoughts from wondering how I would be doing out there among the stars or on some hostile moon. She would wonder at how I had given myself up for her so that she could remain in the arms of this geek who had a nervous breakdown at the mere sight of the xenopods. How foolish could I have been!

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My crimes were also of omission, for never once did I speak in depth to any of these girls. I had never known their personalities; that would have shattered my dreams, my control. Reality cancels the dream world. Thus, also, the mis-word had become a misdeed: ignoring of fellow humans. Oh, again I must lament! I had become more "mature" and "realistic" in my crimes. My dreams soon grew above the need for a movie-like heroine to swoon in my heroic arms at the first sign of danger. Now, simpler, more realistic dreams took their place. Girls H and I were bullied by local scum whom I quickly disbanded with well-placed kicks and flying fists. Girl J had the misfortune of being with me on a date taking an unplanned winter walk at Devil's Lake, where we would be surrounded by hungry wild dogs (or perhaps instead where we would accidentally get between a black bear and her cub--1 couldn't decide which). We would be forced to climb "Leaning Tower," a pillar of rock in the rock garden there. Embracing each other, we would await rescue—and grow in love. How soap opera-ish! My fantasies reached their peak of brazenness with Girl K. We would be married. We would have many cute, adorable, gifted children. I would receive a call to a comfortable congregation where she'd be free to work at whatever her hand might have found. She'd be playing organ for a Christmas recital practice, her patience wearing thin, until I would be able to calm the children down, and with unmatched skill encourage them to a wonderful spiritually rousing Christmas recital; she'd be impressed, grateful again that her husband was such a loving man. Our many dates and discussions, courtship and the like were all planned, as were our arguments * and problems, all of which were tearfully and joyfully settled and solved. How happy we would be! But alas, it was all in my head! The crimes were not limited to Girls A through K, who remained ignorant of the raging monster who eyed them from a distance, imprisoning them in his own head. Other parties also suffered, this time again with a deed of omission: that of "ignoring" again. When meeting girls outside of my alphabet, my "dozen-minus-one," I would be unable to consider them as fellow humans, for they were women, and in my mind I controlled women. These I could not control, and so out of fear, out of envy, I treated them less than I would a friend. Coldly. Shabbily.

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Some romantic-movie watching fool or Harlequin addict or medieval poet might say, "your problem, ol' boy, is that you're in love!" Peas and poppy-cock! In an attempt to defend my soft ego, I too excused myself thus. But then I realized the truth. Love is not The Little Mermaid, or Beauty and the Beast, or Sleeping Beauty, or Robin Hood. Nabakov's controversial book Lolita, which was named "the world's only true love story" by some critic, describes "love" as the synthesis of the girl from the dreams to the girl of reality. The dream becomes the person. The dream becomes reality (this is from The Annotated Lolita). Thus, such a "crime" of mine cannot be love. There is no way the imagined can meet the real, for the imagined is too far from reality. "You only live twice, or so it seems: once for yourself and once for your dreams" (Nancy Sinatra). Apparently I have lived too long for the second time. St. Paul once wrote, "Love is patient. Love is kind. It is not self-seeking." My schemings are far from patient, kind, and are smack dab in the middle of self-seeking. Thus, I have debased the humanity and individuality and the persons of Girls A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, and K. I have reduced them to illusions, to faces on a wall, to two-dimensional stereotyped characters in my cerebral cinema. Names remain hidden, for the names don't matter. Only the faces change; the crimes continue. To girls A through K, I offer my deepest apologies. To all other women I have regarded as other supporting characters in my "theater of disgust" I offer apologies. To those women who met me and though that I was a shy, somewhat silly, but nice guy, I sadly confess that in truth I am a cold, calculating throne of evil. But that must now change. Perhaps there will be no Girl L or M or N or P. I can only hope and pray and struggle. "You only live twice, or so it seems ... once for yourself, and once for your dreams. This dream is for you, so pay the price. This dream is for you; you only live twice. And love is a stranger who'll beckon you on." Nancy Sinatra again. And a stranger he'll remain, as long as he stays in the cage of the mind's eye.

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In the Heat of the Sun Steve Brockdorf So you've finished that paper and it's 4:30 a.m. The spell check prompt is blinking and the wall above the wastebasket begins to fade; you've entered the waking dream.

food jar of paint, rested on his knee. His other knee was planted deep in the dust of the path with the foot kicked back beneath him. The tan shorts that he ware did not betray the earth they had collected, but his worn tennis shoes blended with the dust on his sockless ankles.

The sunlight poured down on the dusty path. I stopped and watched perplexed as a young man carefully painted an ant, turning its color from tan to a bright industrial yellow. The lacquer, evaporating quickly on such a warm day, stung my eyes and made me Slowly, purposefully he laid each brush dizzy as I watched the glistening tip of the stroke next to the previous. The ant, brush dance between the jar and the back of seemingly unawares, kept about its the ant. The man's hair hung like wicker that business. It was carving away at a fallen has weathered too long in the sun and rain. piece of chocolate cake which, though it had not been there long, was already very dried Straight, frayed and of a grayish-brown out. It lay smashed on its side; the frosting color its broken ends failed to protect the tops of his ears now red like overripe had at first melted and run, but was now ! strawberries. I wondered for a moment why crusted over and hard like Milk Duds. ! Slowly, purposefully he cut off each piece he did not wear a hat. His blue eyes continued their intent study revealing no and other carried it away. motive. It was not so hot that his face ran I looked about and saw how the earth was with sweat; it was more pleasantly warm as ! drowning in sunlight, how the dusty path ; longed for rain. Here and there were little he carried out his strange endeavor. His breath was calm and regular. He was , drops of yellow paint which looked for all unhurried and care-free. A killdeer cried out I the world like drops of blood, but for their i color. A fly buzzed overhead. There was no from the distant rocks; a sparrow chirped in a nearby tree. The young man gently breeze. brushed away a curious bumblebee that was investigating his jar of paint. The day grew â&#x2013; Puzzled, I looked up into the young man's i eyes which were squinting from the a little warmer. I They did not acknowledge me, At last I could no longer stand it and I asked i sunlight. = focusing only on the ant. There were fine the man, "Why do you paint the ant like | lines across his forehead which spoke of his this?" He sighed and sat back, his rump concentration. His lips were parted soaking up the brown dust of the path. His pensively and his shoulders drawn up from eyes lost their squint when he looked down the strain of his task. He ware a thin blue [ at me and gently replied with all the wisdom I denim shirt unbuttoned and loose over a : white T-shirt. His left arm, holding a baby of the ages, "Be patient worker ant." â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;

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As we start new semester, we look much of the Bush era, but are hoping forward to many new things. New that there last few games at Northwestclasses, new professors, new ways of em will bring ripping on Pete Kelm for his similar success, mid-section. But I'd like to take a little space to lookback. To lookback on the February 25, 1989. Phil last four years. Sievert, Todd With it being January 19 and DeNoyer,Earle Inauguration Day eve at the time of this Treptow, and writing, I thought it would be John Koelpin interesting to chart the success of Trojan play their last sports under the Bush administration, collegiate Now, I know that the president has basketball game against Marian. precious little Sievert and DeNoyer score 19 apiece in to with the a losing cause. Sievert would be named successes and as the Lake Michigan Conference Player failures of the Year for the second year in a row. Northwestern ~ , â&#x20AC;&#x17E; ... s Spring, 1989. The baseball season is all h a but washed out by rain (or so it appears encountered, but if I don't from the records that they didn't keep if do it, there indeed there was baseball). won't be Fall, 1989. The football team starts a new anything else era with peach-fuzzed freshmen to write about. Now let's see... showing up for their 40-yard dashes with names like Boggs, Steinbrenner, (A dreamy mist overcomes the eyes) a n d It's January 20,1989. The basketball team Heiderich. Of played last night and lost to Concordia, course, there 89-84. Todd DeNoyer had a big game was also (32 points and seven rebounds); Phil Andy Sievert scored 17. The team is now 9- 3, Rodenbeck, dominated by a senior class that had Wally Bump, seen its share of success during the and Andy Reagan years. They won't be around for Heyn. Then

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later on, after losing some games by a lot The soccer team finishes with an (Concordia-WI 52-0), they beat DMLC, impressive 9-7 record. 34-14, and Concordia-St.Paul, 19-10, to Winter, 1990-91. The slide continues, finish 2-6. momentarily stopped by the end of the The soccer team still has players like Paul season, as the basketball team manages "Nick'1 Nolte, Phil Kieselhorst, and Tom a 4-12 record. Schultz. New faces on the roster include Tom Spiegelberg, Joel Schulz, Spring, 1991. The baseball team goes 7-10. Their leading hitter is a freshman editor-in-chief Jon Hein, Marty Mielke, named Brook Smith, and Jim Strand. who in 1993 will look That team finished like he'll get a shot at 8-8. the big leagues. Chris Goelzer leads the Winter, 1989-90. The pitching staff with a basketball team \ 3-1 record and a 2.17 starts to be hit by the ERA. recession early. The team slips to 7-15. Fall, 1991. It is a y Seniors on that team break-through season are Jon Brohn, Jaff for the Trojan football Mahnke, Karl team. They will only Schultz, and Tim have a 5-4 record Wempner. overall, but it's the 4-1 conference record that Spring 1990. The helps them capture baseball team goes their first conference 6-12. Stein hits at a .417 clip and becomes the first NWC championship since 1986. Butler rushes freshman to get all-conference for as for 1,219 yards to break Joel Dietrich's long as I can remember. Steve Melso all-time single-season rushing record, joins Stein on that list with a 3-2 record 1991 will also mark the beginning of the Brent Brutlag era (an independent study and a 0.95 ERA. committee is still trying to decide Fall, 1990. The football team gets a boost whether that's a good or bad with the addition of players named development). Gorsline, Butler, and Glende. Pagels becomes resident whipping boy and Winter, 1991-92. The basketball team is potassium pill chaser for his offensive 1-19. A tough season of injuries and bad line coach. The team goes 4-3 overall, breaks. Maranatha steals at least one victory away from under the nose of a including a 20-6 victory over DMLC. blind referee.

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Spring, 1992. The baseball team is 6-9. However, the elephants are going out on The Johnny B. Brothers (Bilitz and a good note. Northwestern hosted the Boggs) and a quick 1-2 tandem at the top WELS Classic over the weekend of January 9 and 10 and soundly defeated of the lineup and each hit .327. Dr. Martin Luther College 73-63, Fall-Winter, 1992. The end is near for the breaking a 22-game losing streak. administration. In fact, just a few days after the Trojan football season ended The Wall has come down since January with a 4-4 record, Bush got his eviction 20,1989. So did Iraq. Soviet Russia is a memory. The Cold War? Gone. notice. The basketball team went 0-for in the last George Bush has served his country well, full calendar year of a kinder, gentler America.

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"What happened to the rest of the dancers?" - both of the WLC dancing duo to each other. "Man, that layup didn't feel too good" - Darin Aden during warmups. "Room 207? No, no . . . nobody stayed in there" - Boggy to Super 8 receptionist. "Wait a minute, if we wear our dark socks for the game, what are we gonna wear for church tomorrow?" - DMLC basketball team. "I love you! I hate you! I love you! I hate you!" - Patti to Odie at different times during the weekend. Since we know that our readers are disappointed if we don't throw in a certain number of lists, we have another one to add this month: The top ten Bonehead moves at a Sem Sectional 10. Break a bone 9. Break a bone 8. Break a bone 7. Break a bone 6. Break a bone 5. Break a bone 4. Break a bone 3. Break a bone 2. Break a bone 1. Break a bone!!! As we continue with our future predictions for this year's C&C, we consulted with Jean Dixon on her 1-900 hotline and came up with these predictions for Spring Break: - Bill Clinton easily fulfills his campaign promises for the first 100 days. We couldn't be happier. - United States officially becomes a third world nation. - Tim Bode takes up a new exercize program which requires a lot of Hopfin' and puffin'. - Brutlag fills in for lead singer of Obrah in South Padre when his dreadlocks come in. - There are more pictures of Amy Meyer in Joel's room than there are of Bono. Well, time to go! See ya' on the Love Boat. - Isaac, Julie, Gopher, and Captain Stuebing P.S. Potato chips. (Just a special tarewell to A.C.)

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- Rev. Curt S. Backhaus of King of Kings in Portsmouth, Va., has accepted a call to Michigan Lutheran Seminary in Saginaw. - Rev. Gregory E. Ewald of Hope, Lexington, So. Car., has accepted a call the Good Shepherd in Burton, MI. - Rev. Gene E. Jahnke of Good Shepherd, Novi, MI, has accepted a call to Palos, Palos Heights, IL. - Rev. Stephen D. Pope of St. Paul, Hurly, WI, has accepted a call to Mt. Olive, Appleton, WI. - Rev. Charles A. Raascn of Trinity, Smiths Mill, Minn., has accepted a call to Shoreland Lutheran High School, Somers, WI. - Joel K. Rakos of Holy Cross, Oklahoma City, OK, has accepted a call to the Commonwealth of Independent States.

- Rev. Kurt F. Koeplin died last November 14,1992. He graduated from Concordia, Springfield, 111., and served in Williamston and Tecumseh, MI, as well as at Attonement in Milwaukee, WI.

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January January's euphoria now has ended and the winter blues are upon us. However, February brings a new sport to campus which rivals even afternoon napping: the Spring Break Countdown. Originally , I feared that my article would be canceled because of the recent barrage of campus calendars. But the editor decided to keep me on a month to month basis. For this I am grateful. Below are listed the major events of the next twenty-eight days.

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James Strand begins the long trek from this dorm room to cafeteria with nothingbut a duckheaded cane.

Wrestling vs. Maranatha and Ripon Home. Come on out and support the Trojan matmen in a rare homeappearance.

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Groundhog's Day. If Professor Gosdeck comes out of the stacks and sees his goatee's shadow, there will be six more weeks of winter.

Basketball vs. VV.L.C.

February 14 St. Valentine's Day- Merlin Olsen, speaking for your local F.T.D. snack distributor, "Say it with potato chips."

February 4 One month until Spring Break. Oh yeah, basketball at Lakeland.

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A Look at God’s Love for Us So, we'll go no more a roving So late into the night, Though the heart be still as loving, And the moon be still as bright.

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. 51:1 - Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; ) according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. ! 66:20 - Praise be to God, who has not rejected my prayer or withheld his â&#x20AC;&#x2DC; love from me! God's Love will last all our lives and into the next life: 23:6 - Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my live, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever. 26:3 - for your love is ever before me, and I walk continually in your truth. God's has saved us out of His Love: 6:4 - Turn, O Lord, and deliver me; save me because of your unfailing love. 25:7 - Remember not the sins of my youth and my rebellious ways; according to your love remember me, for you are good, O LORD. 31:16 - Let your face shine on your servant; save me in your unfailing love. 60:5 - Save us and help us with your right hand, that those you love may be delivered. 109:26 - Help me, O LORD my God; save me in accordance with your love. This is by no means an exhaustive listing of all the passages in the Psalms dealing with God's love for us. But I think it's an example that this is a topic of great joy and comfort for all Christians, especially in light of another big event of February. When Lent begins on Ash Wendsday, realize that despite all the "hardships" we may have to endure, despite the self-perceived great crosses we must carry, God's love is certain. After all, God so loved the world... a

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Portrait of a Pastor Steve Lange It is no secret that the students of Northwestern College come from many different backgrounds. Some have enjoyed the blessings of attending Christian schools all their lives. Others attended public grade schools or public high schools, Some are part of a long line of relatives that have studied for the ministry. Others are the first in their families to do this. Some enter Northwestern with a firm desire to enter the ministry. Many come to Northwestern not quite sure if the ministry is really for them. God has not determined a fixed background which a person must have in order to enter the ministry. Rather he works in many varied ways to bring people to Northwestern so that they may prepare to serve him in the area of ministry for which he has prepared them. One could say that our featured professor for this month, Prof. John Schmidt, came to Northwestern by a rather roundabout way. He was bom on September 10,1947, in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, exactly ten years after another famous native of Fond du Lac, Coach Kruse, was bom. He

attended a public grade school for his first four grades before enrolling at St. Paul's Lutheran School in Brownsville, Wisconsin, for grades five through eight. St. Paul's school was an old, white, one-room school, much like the one in "Little House on the Prairie." The desks were all bolted to the floor, two students sat at each desk, and his teacher was the same man who had taught his mother when she was in grade school. Already in confirmation class, Prof. Schmidt's pastor began encouraging him to become a pastor, but at that time becoming a pastor really didn't sound like something he wanted to do. So, when he graduated from grade school, he enrolled at Lomira Public High School. While he was at Lomira, he began to think about becoming a pastor. It didn't seem right to him that his classmates, who had no grasp of what the Bible had to say, should have questions about life which were easily answered by God in the Bible. Yet, he still wasn't sure that he wanted to be a pastor, so when he graduated from Lomira in

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Schmidt was assigned to serve the dual parish of Grand Junction and Montrose, Colorado. Both of these Then, sometime during that summer congregations were small mission after his senior year, he decided to churches, and in Grand Junction come to Northwestern. He entered they conducted church services in the five year program as a the parsonage until they were able to "Remedial" (what would now be construct a church building. Since called a "Special"), and occupied his the two churches were sixty-five time playing on the football and miles apart, Pastor Schmidt spent a baseball teams. When he entered lot of time in the car, driving Northwestern as a "Remedial," he between the two parishes and was pretty sure that he wanted to visiting members, some of whom become a pastor. But in the first lived over an hour away from either semester of his sophomore year he church. Since the members lived so began to experience some serious far away from the churches, all Bible doubts about classes and church whether the meetings had to take ministry was worth place on Sunday. all the years of Some families left preparation and their homes at 9 a.m., hours of studying went to church, that he was putting stayed at church all in. He saw his afternoon for Bible friends at the state class and church schools partying meetings, and then and having a good got back home at time while he was about 5 p.m. Sundays analyzing Greek were an important forms and Professor John Schmidt event for them, and memorizing Latin they did not consider it too much to paradigms. Although his give up their day for their Lord. sophomore year was a long one for him, he struggled through it and While he was in the parish, Pastor continued to study for the ministry, Schmidt enjoyed helping people to grow in their faith and to meet the finally graduating in 1970. challenges of life with the power and When he graduated from the comfort of God's Word. He also Seminary in 1974, young Pastor liked reaching out to the 1965, he enrolled at UW Oshkosh to study math.

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unchurched in the community. "It's more fun than correcting Greek tests." Other joys of the ministry for him were visiting shut-ins and even making calls on delinquents. For him the ministry was an exciting opportunity to serve God and his people, and he continued to serve faithfully in Colorado for eight years.

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novels and solving logic puzzles. In fact, his unofficial goal in life is to be able to solve a five-star logic puzzle, He likes listening to oldies from the 50's and 60's and especially likes Billy Joel and Marty Robins. He has always wanted to go to Greece or visit the Vatican and look at their secret holdings. And if he had to choose one activity to do all the time, it would be a toss-up between translating Greek and watching Dr. Who.

Then, in 1981, Prof. Schmidt accepted the call to teach Greek at Northwestern. He had always liked language study, even though he had During his ministry, Prof. Schmidt a late start at it. He learned to drill has had his share of embarrassing his forms and grammar well, and moments. Shortly after he arrived in that served him in his new call. As a Colorado, he was visiting some professor he enjoys helping to equip members for the first time. He students with the ability to deal with knocked on the door, introduced Greek, the language of the New himself, and then went in and sat Testament. He is impressed with the down. It wasn't until a few minutes deep respect he sees in the students later that he realized that his for God's holy Word and their desire members had moved and that he to know it thoroughly in the original was talking to members of the Greek and Hebrew. And he enjoys Catholic church. But there also have watching college freshmen grow in been many rewarding moments, their faith as they prepare for the such as when a six-year-old asked at ministry and being used by God to the funeral of his one-year-old sister, help in that growth and preparation. "Why is everyone so sad? Don't they know that my sister is in heaven with Jesus?" The ministry certainly There also is a lighter side to Prof. is not the easiest calling in the world, Schmidt, His hobbies include but it is most rewarding. The work watching professional wrestling, in all other professions lasts only as Star Trek, and Dr. Who. His idea of long as this world lasts. But the a perfect vacation would be work done by the ministers of Christ camping by a lake with his family. endures into eternity. He enjoys reading Robert Ludlum's

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Sin and Your Brotherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sin Aaron Christie Sometimes we must drink more, sport, recreate ourselves, aye, and even sin a little to spite the devil, so that we leave him no place for troubling our consciences with trifles. We are conquered if we try too conscientiously not to sin at all. - M. Luther

If your brother sins against you, go and show him his fault, just between the two of you. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over. But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that 'every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses/ If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, treat him as you would a pagan or a tax collector. (Matt. 18:15-17) Rumor has it there is sin about us. No shocker there. What is our attitude toward sin? What do we think about our brother's sin? How do we deal with our brother's sin? Important questions indeed, for they force us to distinguish between law and gospel and then apply them to ourselves and to our brothers. What is Luther talking about in the quote above? The secular historian Will Durant writes: "His theology led him to a lenient ethic, for it told him that good works could not win salvation without faith in redemption by Christ,... A little sin now and then, he thought, might cheer us up on the straight and narrow path (419)." First of all, Luther is not trying to spice up a blah Christian road by allowing for a couple of life's finer "spices." Secondly, I wonder how much Durant knew about Christian liberty and all it means for a Christian - freedom in Christ, freedom from an accusing conscience in Christ, freedom in our Christian lives with one another in Christ. The Luther quote above is timely advice on keeping our "Christian sanity." We keep a good conscience by not being nit-picky with ourselves, but by honestly admitting that we are sinful. Look at the life of Luther. He was the monk of monks. He spent much time in the confessional - even confessing his motives for sinning and hidden sins or thought. What a burden on the conscience! There is no way, that the conscience so burdened can possibly bear the yoke of Christ also. The fined result of nit-picking our conscience is despair - utter despair, which Luther called Anfechtung. Kittelson has a good summary of Anfechtung:

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Anfechtung was what Luther later called this grinding sense of being utterly lost. By it he intended the idea of swarming attacks of doubt that could convince people that God's love was not for them. Later he considered this sense of being irredeemably evil to be the work of Satan, who sought to make a Christian's sins, doubts, and anxieties too much even for the grace of God. At such moments just the rustling of dried leaves in a forest sounded like the legions of hell coming to seize one's soul (56). By nit picking our conscience we are leaving the devil an open door to work doubt in us. We should realize our sinfulness, but then never forget the cross and the forgiveness that radiates out of it. Know and believe that the cross kills sin and soothes the hurting conscience. The great Lenten hymn sums this up beautifully: IJmy sins give me alarm And my conscience grieve me. Let thy cross myfear disarm. Peace of conscience give me. Grant that I may trust In Thee And Thy holy Passion. IfHis Son so loveth me, God must have compassion. (TLH 140:5) We know now how to deal with our own sin - look to the cross of Christ. How do we deal with our brother's sin? What if we feel that our brother might not be seeing the cross too clearly or could really care less about it? Take the words of Matthew 18 to heart and then put them into practice! There are so many ways which seem better to us. One possibility is the easy route - do nothing and hope things change for the better on their own. After all, Christ has told us not to judge, and that plank in my eye is pretty big right now. The only problem though is that judging and showing a brother his sin are not the same thing. The first is done out of selfish pride the second out of Christian concern. So much for doing nothing. Another possibility of proceeding is the way of the Pharisee. When our brother falls into sin, it is easy in a fit of self-righteousness to start waving our Bibles nice and high for all to see. Its not quite so easy though to go to your brother in private and share the message of law and gospel contained in the Bible. Or we can take our Savior's advice. Go to our brother and show him his sin. Talk with him. Find out if he even knows that he has sinned. Let him hear the law if necessary; but if he is repentant, we should be no less gracious than our God who has forgiven him. There is a great two-fold benefit here. First, our brother will see our concern and God's concern and will repent. Secondly, it is hard to be a pharisee if we talk one on one with our brother. We will have to admit in all humility: there but for the grace of God go I. Go to your brother then. Go in humility and out of love. For if we can not deal with our brothers here at Northwestern, with whom can we deal?

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Criticism Pres. Emeritus Carleton Toppe Ask any impartial observer what the #1 character flaw of the men of Northwestern College is, and I think many will say we're too critical of people who don't think as we think and act as we act. They may also say that our criticism is anything but constructive, instead being sarcastic and cynical. I don't know if they would be right, but I do know that this perceived flaw is one which has been around forever. The following article was written 60 years ago, in the May 1932 edition of the Black and Red. It was written by President emeritus Carleton Toppe. While the article is old, the advice is timeless. Criticism

nothing but ill-will. In reality this kind of criticism does very little that is constructive. If there are many faults in a person or thing, most people can see them and will criticize them. But wipe out the faults and everything that underlies themâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;everything they have criticized; the fabric will be full of holes. It will no longer hold water. In Other words it has become valueless. If the faults could be erased, and new material cou,d be substituted at the same time, the fabric would continue to be of use. We can accomplish this by criticizing constructively.

Select any great poetic composition. How easy it is to criticize, and again What so-called critic cannot find a how difficult! It is a natural line which does not conform to the tendency to depreciate anything rules of versification? What which does not run parallel to our Bowdlerizer cannot find a line own reasoning. There is hardly a which is too indelicate for the ears person on the face of this earth who of a prim maiden-aunt? How cannot criticize destructively, but many, however, can improve it or how few can criticize substitute for it a better line? constructively! Destructive criticism is usually prejudiced, and Either the general run of human consequently cannot be fair. Very beings is maligning something, of often it is empty talk and provokes which it hasn't the least

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conception, or it is just maligning, Not many can enlighten with their criticisms. Frequently the college paper is spoken of in a derogatory manner. One of the most common slurs cast upon it is that it is "a hick paper." Perhaps it is. But such an expression won't raise its standard. If you don't want such a paper to represent the school, and if you can't tolerate it in its present condition, why not do something about it? The least you can do is to give your reasons for calling it by such a complimentary name. If you want to do something useful you might offer something in the way of a good constructive criticism. It wiU always be highly appreciated and the paper will be benefitted thereby. The same cynical attitude is displayed in speaking of the school at large. This superior, disrespectful defamation off our faculty, course, board, etc. is not exactly commendable. But it's being done because it's the thing to do; because rowing against the current is a rather laborious process. Now, how many of these critics would ever propose a

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rational plan for improving it or for supplanting our present system? The majority of the criticisms one hears are prejudiced and the natural result of superficial thought. Any praiseworthy new idea or development of the first water is greeted with a storm of criticism and protest, ignorance of â&#x2013; the subject in question is the fountainhead of much of it. Such criticism and protest may be compared to that which manifested itself when the first telephone, aeroplane and automobile made their aPPearanceCriticism without anything constructive embodied in it is a vain thing. It only provokes and does not enlighten. Very often it lays bare one s ignorance, instead of one's superior intelligence. If you must criticize, at least have a reason for doing so; still better/ have something to say that is worthwhile. If you haven't any legitimate reason, or anything to say, your criticism will be appreciated much more if it remains unknown.

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Winter Carnival: 1993 Jon Micheel Once again Northwestern found itself in Fischer," who went around the campus the throes of a Wisconsin winter and of doing odd jobs and dodging DNR game the seemingly endless time between wardens. All three classes premiered Christmas vacation and Spring Break, videos at supper over the next few As always the Dorm Council sought to nights, as well as skits on Wednesday break up the monotony by sponsoring a night. Student body voting produced host of mirthful activities: that the following results: the Juniors' wonderful week known as Winter Caveman, third; "Abs of Steel" Carnival. Students relished this Sophomore Craig Engel second; and opportunity to relax and enjoy a full Senior Jim Strand as "Gil Fischer" seven days of frolicing and merriment, winning first place, fun and games, and especially our dear Other games and competitions were held esteemed Professors' gracious gift of throughout the week. The Sophomores exceedingly light homework assignments. (Caution: the author may took home the Tug-of-War title, the Seniors won the softball competition be facetious without warning.) Our and the Juniors won first place in snow editor has commissioned me to write a volleyball. The three-point and short summary article of the week's events, so here we go. The Ugliest Man on Campus (UMOC) competition got underway on Monday, as Craig Engel and friends debuted their % $| revolutionary new high- !ยงiij Jflflj calorie, low-exercise "Abs of Steel" workout program. The Juniors began their campaign on Tuesday when Paul Brug began roaming the campus as "Unfrozen Caveman Tutor." Senior Jim Strand came on strong as handyman/ teamster/outdoorsman/ hunter/woodsman "Gil Paul Brug as Unfrozen Caveman Tutor"

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four classes were very well represented. The Sophs took third with their "Abs of Steel Jackhammer Workout" mural featuring a few members of our ÂŤ faculty. The Freshmen and | Juniors tied for second. The j Frosh's mural featured a giant 3 Prof. Franzmann brandishing a | chainsaw and drill with the | words Tohu Vavohu (For those | of our readers whose Hebrew is a little rusty, that means * "formless and empty." I am told that the Frosh have adopted this phrase as their class motto.) The Juniors' mural featured a brief history of the art of Gil Fischer lights himself Instead ofthe Coleman beheading, from the guillotine to the chainsaw. The Seniors won free-throw tournament finals were held the competition with their mural at halftime of Saturday's basketball "Gutzon Birsching: a man with a vision game, with Junior Pete Kelm and Senior Tim Otto winning the events, and a jackhammer," which featured respectively. A new Sumo wrestling several professors working on the fifth competition was held, with three ^ace Mt. Rushmore: that of Dean members of each class Lindemann. competing. Senior Ryan Landwehr muscled his way to the title. As in recent years, a heat wave moved through our area the week before Winter Carnival and melted all the snow, thus making snow sculptures a real challenge. The Dorm Council decided to have a mural competition instead. After being nominated as a possible theme for the last three or four years, the theme of "Power Tools" finally was passed. All

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The week drew to a close with Friday night's Talent Show. Master of Ceremonies Ryan Landwehr kept everyone entertained with his hijinks with the help of friends, including, among others, Roger Riedel in an amazingly realistic ventriloquist act. The show was dominated by Seniors who were performing at their last talent show. They included the rock bands Nerdy Folk, Chia Pet Junkies and the wild Winds of Harmony. The Talent Show also starred Mike Helwig Tom Splegelberg goesfor the gold tn sumo wrestling performing his own beautiful in NAIA Division II. Our Trojans found guitar compositions, The Clark Rux themselves a little overmatched but Smokehouse Blues Band and the Jazz played hard all the way. After the game Ensemble led by Senior Steve Mueller. the Eureka coach complimented our fans for their great cheering and support The week ended on Saturday afternoon of our team. All in all the week was with the basketball game against Eureka hectic but a lot of fun. The week College, then ranked No. 16 nationally provided just the right _ ~ medicine to get jl us all energized J and ready to hit the books hard "ft] until Spring ; F&jT Break. (I don't think I need to repeat the warning about facetiousness . . _ for that one.) SSg Thanks, Trojans, for a great week.

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Hoopsters End Tough Season The basketball team continues their quest The first thing you have to realize is that for a higher understanding of the they are young. Against Lakeland the meaning to the word "consistency." Trojans started three freshmen (Aaron Although that might not make a good Robinson, Jay Zahn, and Steve Meyer) theme for an epic novel, that's the way and two sophomores (Matt DeNoyer the plot is going for the young Trojans and Bart Brauer). The Trojans only have as they struggle through another Lake three juniors and two seniors compared to eight sophomores and freshmen. If Michigan Conference schedule. that is the case for a high school They have had their chances to win. Just basketball team, it's tough to win. So taking the floor against MSOE assured too with college basketball, and maybe them of a chance to beat the Engineers> even more so. but they didn't. They played Marian tough down the stretch at the Another related reason for their lack of TrojanDome, but couldn't get it done in success has been inconsistent defense, the end. They played Concordia- The Trojans' defense is giving up an Mequon to a virtual tie the entire game, average of 80 points a game and letting but ended up losing, 66-60. So as you the opponents shoot 50% from the floor, can see, it hasn't been for a ’lack of talent The opposition has made almost 100 more baskets than the Trojans through and trying. 16 games of the season. People may say that's because everyone is so much bigger. Not true. Some of North western's best games have come against teams bigger than them, such as Beloit, Ripon, and Concordia-Mequon. The problem from the author's viewpoint is the lack of consistent pressure on the ballhandler. The best defensive teams the Trojans have played this year have contested every dribble, pass, and shot. Their second weakness is rebounding. Here their lack of size beyond Geiger and Zahn hurts them. The Trojans have just 104 more defensive rebounds than the opponent has offensive rebounds, Steve Meyer (45) shoots vs. Maranatha

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team almost every game. However, a more consistent playing rotation might be more in line for the young Trojans so that players have an idea of when they will be entering the game and can be ready for it. Northwestern's youth is also a positive for them in the long run. In two and three years, these players will be veteran juniors and seniors. By then we will hope that they have jelled as a team and that leaders will have stepped forward to guide the team to successful games against the likes of Wisconsin Lutheran College, Maranatha, and Dr. Martin Luther College.

Trojan Cheerleaders vs. Maranatha meaning that the Trojans grab less than 60% of the opponent's missed shots. Compare that number to the nearly 70% percentage of Trojan missed shots rebounded by the opponent, and you So while 1992-93 has been a see the difference. disappointing year for Trojans' roundball, there has been progress. The Trojans have also had trouble Hopefully in two years the B&R sports shooting the ball. More times than not editor will be writing about how they shoot under 40%. They've made consistently the Trojans are winning. just a smidgen over 40% of their baskets all year. As it stands right now, only five of the twelve players who have taken more than ten shots are shooting better than 40%. Wayne Shevey leads the team with 50% shooting. Some of this can be blamed on youth, once again. As these players continue to fine tune their skills, they will become better acquainted with what a good and bad shot is. Often it is easier to tell the difference between a good and bad shot from the sideline, but these guys are forced to learn through experience. One area the Trojans do not lack in is good, quality players. Quite a few guys can score, easily proven by the fact that seven players have more than 100 points this year. Coach Kruse plays his entire

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March March brings a breath of fresh air to Northwestern. The chirping of the housefinch can be heard all around campus. The trees are brought to life again, thanks to the deft skill fo the tree surgeon. But most importantly, Spring Break offers the students a much-needed hiatus from the rigors of exhaustive study.

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12:15 Spring recess begins. The Male Chorus begins the 19 stop tour of the West Coast.

Vernal Equinox. A great display of the Aurora Borealis is predicted over WoodruffMinocqua.

March 16 Aaron Classes resume. Robinson narrowly defeats Little Odie for the "best tan" award.

March 23 10:00 a.m. Pastoral Motivation Earle Treptow

March 17 St. Patrick's Day. To commemorate the occasion, a certain red-headed chef serves green lettuce at the salad bar.

March 27 Tennis training begins under new coach/chaperone, Tutor "I've never played tennis before" Qualmann.

March 18 The NCAA Tournament begins. Will Michigan win it all? Will Wisconsin get a bid?

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Endure Under Persecution I recently read in the paper about an abused six-year-old boy in Milwaukee. His mother beat him, and he was forced to live in the basement, where, because he had grown so hungry, he had taken to chewing on the rug. Sad. But the truly sad thing about this news-story is that the mother had six other children. But she didn't abuse them. Rather, she turned those children against the six-year-old. They wouldn't include him in any family activities. They also abused the boy. Eventually this atrocity was ended by a woman who visited the home, saw the boy, and fled with him in her arms. When social workers inquired about the woman's reasoning for her scorn for the child, she blamed an unhappy relationship with her father. As I read this article, anger was probably the first emotion I experienced. But in time this subsided into pity. This poor child, by no fault of his own, was being persecuted by his own family. .1 imagine the boy will bear emotional scars for the rest of his life. At least now he's out of that home. In a sense, I think this story can metaphorically be applied to the life of a Christian, especially a Christian worker. Over spring-break, a group of friends and I went down to Alexandria, LA, as part of the Travel Canvass Witness program, to help out a mission congregation there. We canvassed a number of the neighboring areas, trying to get good prospects for the pastor to follow up on. Over the course of the hundreds of homes we visited, we had many, many doors slammed in our faces. One gentleman even accused a couple members of our group of being no better than "that crazy man in Waco (TX)." When we returned from ourbreak we compared stories with the other students who went on TCW assignments. They all experienced the same thing. This was eye-opening. For the first time I think many of us realized how strongly some oppose the message of God's Word It probably should have come as no surprise. Such opposition is predicted in scripture. Jesus told his disciples in Luke 21:12, "But before all this, they will lay hands on you and persecute you. They will deliver you to synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors, and all on account of my name." Persecution will even be found just for trying to live as a Christian. 2 Timothy 3: 12, "In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life will be persecuted." Why does the world do this? Why do people persecute Christ's workers who are only trying to help them? Of course the answer is sin, a product of an unhappy relationship (or a lack of a relationship) with their Father. Nowhere in the Scriptures does God promise us that to follow His will, to do His work, will be easy. While it will always be a great honor, to think that your life in the ministry will be without hardships because you are serving God is to deny what God has told us in the Scriptures. Should this be a reason for discouragement? Of course not, for God promises that those who serve Him faithfully, despite the persecutions, will be blessed. Because of the saving faith the Holy Spirit has worked in them, their salvation is sure. Matthew 10:22 - "All men will hate you because of me, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved." And we know God's word is sure. The area where the analogy between the abused boy and the Christian grows limp is when you look at the desperateness of his situation. No one knew about him. His rescue was pure chance. We, however, are never in such a dire situation. Christ always knows what problems we face and will face in our ministry. And he will always be there to help us. Hebrews 13:6 tells us this, "So we say with confidence, 'The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?'" With this in mind we can rest assured that when our time of service on this earth is up, we will have a deliverer who will take us in His arms and take us away from the hardships of this world to our eternal rest. And unlike the boy, we'll have no scars, but rather be perfect in Christ. n

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Portrait of a Pastor Steve Lange For most of us, the break-up of the Synodical than the Missouri Synod. Yet as long as the Conference and the controversies leading up two synods were still in fellowship, he saw to that painful event are only part of history. no reason why he should change his We may know some facts about those membership, difficult years, but not many of us know what it was like to be caught in the middle Then, in his sophomore year, the split occurred, and he was left stranded on what “ of that conflict that divided not only the he felt was the wrong side of the fence. After synods themselves, but also the many much deliberation, he decided around f people in those synods who until then may Easter to join the Wisconsin Synod. But that i have been the best of friends. Few of us can still left him with the problem of attending 1 relate to the frustration felt by a Wisconsin chapel at a Missouri Synod college with his ► Synod member attending a Missouri Synod Missouri Synod classmates. He decided the } college because he could no longer worship best course of action would be simply not to with his classmates in chapel. Yet our * featured professor for this month does know attend chapel instead of turning the matter into a major controversy. But soon the dean j what it is like to go through such difficulties summoned him to his office and told him j because he was there when it all happened. that he either would attend chapel or be More than that, he was right in the middle of 1 expelled Prof. Deutschlander didn't like t the mess. either option, so he avoided the dean for as long as he could. But after a few weeks, the rof. Daniel Deutschlander was born in 1942 dean caught up with him and asked him to in Minneapolis, MN. He attended make a decision. He decided not to attend l Concordia Academy for his high school chapel, so the dean expelled him pending a ■ training and then enrolled at Concordia hearing before the president of the college. ' College in St. Paul. In his own estimation, At this hearing a compromise was reached. \ his years at Concordia were "battle-scarred." He had to attend chapel three times a week, ' While the controversy between the ^ Wisconsin and Missouri Synods was raging but he did not have to worship. So he sat in the back pew of the chapel three times a around him, Prof. Deutschlander found a job week, just watching what was happening. working in the archives of the Minnesota District of the Missouri Synod in the Then came one of the happiest days of his life, i basement of the Concordia College library. the day he enrolled at NWC. Unfortunately, While he was working there, he read these happy days were somewhat dimmed ’ through all the papers on the old synodical by a "hopeless schedule" in which what , controversies concerning the lodge, could have been three years of classes were 1 fellowship, and so on. The more he read crammed into two. Because of the many , these papers, the more he realized that he discrepancies between the curricula of NWC agreed with the Wisconsin Synod rather and Concordia, Prof. Deutschlander was t

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pastors in the area, he had a lot of responsibilities, and that made for some very busy Sundays. Every Sunday he had a German Service in Edmonton, an English service outside of Edmonton, Sunday School and confirmation class in both English and German 85 miles away, and then a couple hours of German pastoral calls. By the time he got home, it was about 10:30 p.m., and he was exhausted. Yet he still had to find the energy to talk to the lady in his congregation who would call him every Sunday at 11:00.

His years at the Seminary were very busy years. Every summer he worked for the Mission Board as a vicar in many different places, from California to Ohio. These summer vicar positions gave him an opportunity to do a lot of traveling and to see After this he accepted a call to Evanston, IL, te much of the United States. He then spent his where he was the campus pastor at “ vicar year as tutor at Martin Luther Northwestern University. While he was serving at Evanston he began to work on his ^ Academy in New Ulm. As he observed the students in all their stages of growing up, he Master's degree in history. After four years was able to learn a lot about what motivates at Evanston, he went to Kettle Moraine Lutheran High School / > people and makes them where he served as do what they do. Even assistant principal and now he is amazed that taught Religion and many of the things he German. While at observed in the students KMLHS, he finished his t at MLA still are true. graduate study and earned When he graduated from a Master's degree in the Seminary in 1968, he history. Finally, he * was assigned to a dual accepted the call to parish near Mobridge, Northwestern to teach SD, where he served for German, which he has * two years. He then done faithfully for the past accepted a call to a small nine years. f church north of Edmonton in Canada, vhen I asked him what he liked most about being a . where he served for five years. There were not Professor Daniel Deutschlander parish pastor, Prof many people in that part of Deutschlander cited two the world. In fact, the pastor nearest to him things. First, he enjoyed being a pastor * was Prof. Strobel, who often would come because a pastor makes a difference in the over to Pastor Deutschlander's house to play lives of people, and that difference lasts into ) pinochle. (Small synod, isn't it?) When eternity. In addition to this, he marvelled at * Pastor Deutschlander arrived in Edmonton, the fact that pastors are able to study God's there were problems. So he took what Word, especially the Greek New Testament, ^ members he had and began to work with as part of their job, and they get paid for it. ( them, andsoon they were building theirown To him, that's obscene. Think about it. church building. Since there were so few Pastors are required to study the very words * i

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of God as they were originally given, and they still get paid for it. What a privilege! What an honor! The man in the pulpit, the man at the sickbed, the man in the classroom with the catechism or the bible—that man is most richly blessed man in the church. That man can know at the end of each day that he is part of God's promise that the gates of hell shall not prevail against the Church. That man has the best job in the world. Now that he is a professor, he enjoys the students. He finds it comforting to see that even in our age God still has gathered a group of men who, in spite of all their faults, want to serve the Savior who first served them. To him that is amazing. It is another proof that the gates of hell will not prevail against the Church. In addition to this, he finds great satisfaction in serving the institution that had served him so well. He is very grateful to this college for all that it did for him and is honored to be able to give something in return.

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problems because they didn't have to worry about intruding on him and his family or about giving a good impression to his wife. He also has been able to travel quite extensively and to be generous with his time and money in ways that others cannot be. He is a very private person, and his being single allows him to enjoy his privacy when he is at home. This does not mean that he leads a solitary life. He spends most of his time with different groups of people or talking with individuals who come to visit him. The key to the whole matter is this: whether you choose to be married or single, you must recognize the many blessing that come with your particular station in life, whether that be the company and comfort of a family and a wife, or the privacy and devotion of a single life. When you do this, all the seeming crosses of your particular situation fade into nothing, and in their place contentment and joy spring forth. God has blessed you where you are. Don't let your perceived crosses ruin your joy.

In life, different people are put into different Not surprisingly, Prof. Deutschlander's situations by God. Some are put into favorite activities include reading theology marriages which result in families. Others and history. His favorite books include remain single. Prof. Deutschlander is an Walther's Law and Gospel and the Lutheran example of the latter. Although he had his Confessions (which he reads every year as opportunities throughout life, the Lord has part of his devotional life) and the German kept him single. When he was younger, this hymnal (which he uses every day.) His bothered him somewhat, especially when he favorite music is the music of Bach, kept expecting that any time now he would especially his B minor mass and St. John's find the woman he would marry. Yet with Passion. age comes contentment, and even though he would not recommend staying single to Prof. Deutschlander still thinks of himself as anyone, he does not regret his life, nor would a pastor and would never change his he change it. Instead he sees the advantages occupation. The joy he takes from his work of his situation for his work. When he was a is evident in the following "non-article" pastor, people felt comfortable about coming which he reluctantly wrote at my request, over to his house to talk to him about their The following is written by Professor Deutschlander: D\is is really difficult. Mr. Lange says I have to write an article about my years

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Should I write about the time I was so How about the time the member called frustrated by the seeming futility of the up and said, "Pastor, you've got to get ministry that one Sunday morning I over here quick; my next door brushed my teeth with hair goop and neighbor's wife just ran off with the post combed my hair with tooth paste, and man, and my neighbor is suicidal; but I before the day was over I had rescued think we can help him." He was in two of my members from a drunk instructions for a long time before ... driving incident and discovered another fast descending into alcoholism Well, but then there was that guy in at the ripe old age of 18, and the many Chicago; he was unemployed, Jewish, hours with him trying to save him from bi-sexual (Is that how you spell that?) himself? I never thought that the drug addict who had almost died of an ministry was futile after that day. But no, overdose three or four times; he heard that would take too long to write about. that if you really want to find "What it's all about, call a Wisconsin Synod How about the young couple from pastor." Ach, that would take a book. England when I was serving in Canada; she wanted their baby baptized; I Maybe something a little more up-beat wanted them in adult instructions; he would be better. Remember that didn't much care about the instructions adorable little girl who started to cry part but agreed to go along with it. He because she couldn't remember her watched me like a hawk during the first lines in the Christmas rehearsal done few sessions, wondering what I really just for Pastor; I told her not to worry, wanted with them. About the fourth that she would remember them time I was there I saw the light go on in PerfectIy in the program; she asked, his head and heart at the description of "How do you know that, Herr Pastor? objective justification. I thought I'd test And I said, "Bitte, ich bin Pastor, also .. ." And how she ran up after the out the observation by suggesting that we discontinue instruction. I'll never program in which she remembered forget his most emphatic: "no, we can't everything perfectly, jumped into my stop now!" He became our treasurer and arms and cried out, "Herr Pastor, Herr Pastor, Du hast Recht!" What a joy she ... no, there's too much there too. was that day! How I remember thinking Then what about the thrill of building a that God made days like that just for church, where the original members pastors to live on when the going gets with one exception had voted to rough. She ended up being a,... well, disband before I even got there, and another time perhaps, their joy when the church was finished, and trying to instruct state church Of course, there's that young man who Germans into the orthodoxy of the was a student at Kettle, who comes Wisconsin Synod. No. That would take every year at Christmas with a bottle of German wine picked out by his too long too. grandfather to tell me everything that's

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happened in his life during that year. about those either; if I did nobody And there are the weddings of former would want to buy the always students. And there are the funerals of threatened autobiography. Spitting into saints - -1 always thought that funerals the Wind, would be the hard part of the ministry; but when you are an usher holding' Maybe I should write about all of the heaven's door as you serve the dying, stupid mistakes I made, the times the how can funerals be depressing? But church survived in spite of me, the things that still grieve me deeply, when there were so many of those. I remember them - - as I do daily. No, What about that couple whose marriage that would be too gruesome for me, was falling apart while they were in perhaps too delightful for the reader, instructions; they moved about the Then how about perhaps something on same time I did, and I never found out what happened to their marriage or the years of "Angst und Anfechtung," their membership. Then 10 years later I "Sturm und Drang;" after all, we have to got a letter from the wife that said: "Dear toughen the boys up for the real world; Pastor, we are still together and it's not always pretty, easy, fun; no, they were nothing compared to the thrill of members of the WELS congregation one good Greek text study, or one warm here. Thank you, Pastor!" Or then there handshake on Sunday morning was that letter from the girl graduating accompanied by the whispered from one of our high schools; I had been her pastor when she was in the early sentence: "Pastor, how did you know that that's exactly what I needed?" grades; I had volunteered to start a car pool so that kids in my parish could I can't think of anything to write about, attend the Lutheran school in the The years have been few and my labors neighboring parish 230 miles away. She unworthy. But God has more than kept remembered that and wanted to tell me his promise never to abandon either His all about her family as she graduated Word or His unworthy servant. That he from high school. Or there was the lady has redeemed even me, and that he has who wrote a letter and enclosed a entrusted even me with the honor of graduation picture of her son: "Dear sharing the Gospel, that's all that Pastor, you don't remember him, but matters. you baptized him 18 years ago. I just wanted to let you know that he has 1 can't thing of anything to write about, become a fine young man." I wrote back ^ ^ jus* have to put my foot down and that I remembered the day he was bom, firmly - but with a really caring smile how I heard about his birth, and the decline. devotion I had with her in the hospital. But then, what about the 101 stories from my nine years here? no, I can't write

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California, Here I Come!" Michael Geiger

"Land of the Fruits and the Nuts," but what Their lives will never be the same. Twenty-five people (plus Prof. Birsching and I will just call the "Best Place in the United Pastor Hirsch, which makes 27) will never be States to Live" (After the tour was over I'm the same. You talk to one of them and you sure I have a few that agree with me). The can see the longing in their eyes, the desire members of Gloria Dei in Belmont to go back, to relive the Tour of '93. The welcomed us at the airport and^provided members of the Tour Choir won't be the transportation to the church forlhe evening, same people. They've seen a new place, walked on lands pictured only on postcards, basked in a warmth not felt in Wisconsin, Friday March 5 (Day 2) swam in waters only dreamt of and gone where few have gone before. Where is this Friday morning had the choir singing (the first exotic dream land? The land where all desire of many times) at the grade school in to take a spring break? Only on the west Belmont. By 10 o'clock the 48 passenger coast of this great land of ours did the Tour charter bus, with Ed Little (a part Cherokee Choir find the answer to all their dreams (or Indian) at the helm, arrived. Luggage was at least most of them). stowed away in the abyss of the bus and the 27 member (you can see most of us had two The Tour of Victory started from the seats for ourselves) party set out for Penryn Northwestern campus on the afternoon of (near Sacramento). There was a pastor's March 4th. Little did the choir know what conference being held that morning, so was in store for Pastor Geiger became our tour guide as we them across the traveled the 21/2 hours to Penryn. The final Rockies. After destination of the day was in Redding, CA. putting 400 This was the first full concert of the tour and pennies down went well, (It was amazing we actually the Penny Well knew all our music for the first concert!). in Mitchell Airport, the Saturday March 6 (Day 3) exuberant choir boarded the Most of today we spent watching the scenery plane, some for roll by as we made the eight hour trek from the first time. A Redding to Portland, Oregon. We did stop a six hour trip couple of times, once at the Rogue River to (including a stop run around and again at Salem, OR to take a in Denver) look in the capitol and stretch our legs. After brought us to numerous games of poker (played with Aaron Maurice and Jeremy what some orange and purple Jolly Ranchers) we Glowlckl climb rocks along would call the arrived at Grace in Portland. The abundance the Columbia River.

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of food (as well as lasagna) was already beginning to become evident. The second concert went as well as the first.

Sunday March 7 (Day 4)

as the whole group invaded the Space Needle in Seattle. The Fish Market along the Puget Sound occupied the rest of the afternoon. We even tried our hand at panhandling by singing a few songs and made a whopping $.50! The concert that evening was at Tacoma, known for the pungent "Tacoma A roma" caused by all the paper mills in the city,

Day four of the trip put three concerts on the choir's agenda. Concert one was at Bethesda in Portland, number two in Vancouver, WA and the third and final for the day was at Evergreen Lutheran High School, After a Tuesday March 9 (Day 6) potluck the exhausted choir sang for a large crowd in the gym. The exhaustion soon The day of death. A tour which was wore off as the principal opened the gym proceeding nearly flawlessly suddenly took later that evening for some hoops action. a turn for the worse as four members of the Many took part in this to bum off some of the choir got gravely ill due to a case of food 1000s of calories already starting to pile onto poisoning. It really wasn't fair because these the waistline. four after losing their lunch didn't have a chance to win the "Most Weight Gained on Tour" Award. Semro, Bohl, Weigand, and Monday March 8 (Day 5) myself were hit by the plague of Yakima Day five brought the opportunity to sing for (whose residents our Resident Semantics the grade school and high school kids. Some Expert aptly named "Yackers"). We were played hoops again while some of us talked well cared for by our Christian friends in to the guys of the high school to get "one or Yakima and for the most part were all two of them thinkin' about the ministry." somewhat healthy by the following evening. That afternoon we finally got to be tourists

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The half-way point was reached and we headed back south toward the grand state of California (author's bias). Our last stop in Oregon was Bend. Before crossing the Columbia River into Oregon, we sacrificed Gorte on the altar of Stonehenge, a replica of the Stonehenge monument in England. Fortunately he survived the attempt to appease the gods, and was able to join the rest of the choir in some rock skipping competition along the shore of the Columbia (Talk to Glowiki or Frey for tips on the best

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different than the countless dinners of lasagna). The concert was uneventful except forDoeblerand myselfsuccumbingtothe90 degree heat coming out of the heating ducts.

Thursday March 11 (Day 8) National Cheezy Compliment Day. Drive. Drive. Drive. A lot of poker was played today as we traversed the high desert of eastern Oregon enroute to Reno, NV. We were able to stop a couple times. At one pass in the mountains was some pasture land with streams running through it due to the snow runoff. Gorte of course took it a little too far and came back to the bus looking like Pig Pen from Peanuts. The idea was to stay out of the mud. The weather was gorgeous again today as it has been for the entire tour. In Reno, The Biggest Little City In the World, we enjoyed another fine concert and most of us marveled at the wattage used to light up the downtown strip of hotels and casinos. Frey came close to paying for our tour by turning $2.00 into $5.05, only $12,994.95 short. Nice try though, Frey.

Friday March 12 (Day 9) National "Does This Annoy You?" Day. We left the glitter of Reno to climb across the Sierra Nevadas to Lake Tahoe. Once again beautiful blue skies made the scenery breath-taking. The ten plus feet of snow from the heavy winter storms only added to the beauty. At one stop along the lake, a few of the more adventurous amongst us decided to try to walk across moss-covered wet rocks to a rock a short distance out in the water. One made it and another five had to try. They didn't succeed. Harstad came back with the most of crystal-clear Lake Tahoe water clinging to him as he fell in up to his waist in water probably pretty close to 35 degrees (remember we're about 6,000 feet up and snow runoff feeds the lake!). After a

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Saturday March 13 (Day 10) Politically Correct Day saw the choir wandering about the Railroad Museum and Old Town Sacramento. We were able to recruit enough adults to join our group to save a buck a person on admission to get the group rate (anything to save money!). After a quick stop in at an ice cream parlor (it was at least 70 outside) we boarded the bus for the short drive to San Jose. We sang in their Saturday evening service and then ate dinner afterwards. Here we were finally able to sing our whole secular concert as well. One thing had been noticeably absent from the tour thus far, female contacts. Oh, there had been the occasional "How do you do?" or the singing of "Let Me Call You Sweetheart," but this Saturday night and the night to follow will be in the memories of a few people for a while (maybe for a life time asCLklsdFREYalkdsjfla). I won't mention

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any names to protect the innocent The day we all had been dreading came. The (aoisipdfjFREYalskdfkj), but let's just say day to return to Wisconsin and resume the some guys left a piece of their hearts in school routine. We enjoyed a morning California. driving through San Francisco, riding the cable cars, and walking on Fisherman's Sunday March 14 (Day 11) Wharf before heading to the airport. Twenty-seven tired men sadly said good-bye Frey almost broke the rule set last tour about to California. (I have a feeling some may be staying up all night before a three concert back rather soon, but I could be wrong.) day, but in his defense he did get more than an hour of sleep (not much more!). We sang The Lord truly blessed our travels. He held his protecting arm over the lot of us as we for the early service at Apostles and then traveled over 6,000 miles. We can be headed across town to Mt. Calvary in east confident that he has worked through the San Jose. A full length concert was followed message we brought in song as well as the by a potluck and our secular numbers. Then spoken messages. We thank the Lord for the came time for what everyone had been opportunity to sing his praises, enjoy the waiting the whole trip for . . . the Pacific Ocean. We headed out to San Gregorio State beauty of his creation, and encourage young men to think about serving him full time as Beach for a couple hours of swimming a shepherd of one of his flocks. A special (despite the frigid temperature of the ocean. thank-you to all those involved in the I guess once you get numb you don't feel planning of the trip, to the pastors of the how cold it is!) and volleyball. The Lord various congregations for inviting us, the gave perfect weather and some even turned hosts for their hospitality, to Professor a little tanner than when they first arrived. Birsching for putting up with us, to Pastor Reluctantly we left the beach to sing our final Hirsch for his words of encouragement not concert at my home church, Gloria Dei in only to the young guys but to us as well, but Belmont. The females met the night before in all this to God alone be the glory. also came again tonight which made some very happy (laskdjflkFREYalskdjf). The final concert was just as good as the first one. Instead of dumping a jug of Gatoraid on Professor Birsching we had to settle for a couple bags of confetti (if you look closely you may still be able to see a few specks in his hair). The excitement of tour was coming quickly to a close but not before a couple trips around the block.

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Down on the Bayou Dan Sims Each year about a month before give us enough free time to play the beginning of Spring Break some golf and see the big city of Northwestern students are asked New Orleans. He, of course, did. to make a decision. And But I think we were also a little bit sometimes it can be quite a concerned about a few dilema. Should I: 1) go home misconceptions that we had and spend some good, quality about life in the deep south, l time with my family? 2) go to down on the bayou, if you will. Florida or Texas and spend a What were the people going to be week with my friends, sunning like? Would they look down on and girl watching on a us for being Yankees? What kind sugar-white, sandy beach? or 3) of Lutherans were they? Do they go out on a learning have the same order of service as experience/vacation paid for by we? What would the pastor be the Synod? The latter, the like? Is it true that an alligator Travel-Canvass-Wittness can run as fast as a horse for one program, is the one I opted for hundred yards? And the list goes this year and I definitely do not on. have any regrets. Let me tell you What we discovered when we about it. arrived was what turned out to When Tim Otto, Jon Hein, Dan be a really great experience. The Heiderich and I left freezing, people were more than blustery Wisconsin for warm, hospitable to us (that conception sunny Alexandria, Louisianna, of the South was not a false one), we were really anxious to get into They fed us like kings (just ask some nice weather. We were the editor, Jon "Catfish" Hein) hoping that the pastor of King of and went out of their way to Kings Lutheran Church would make us comfortable. Also, this

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small congregation of about 50 people turned out to be some of the most confessional Lutheran Christians I have ever met. The Pastor was also someone to remember. Pastor Richard Seeger had served previously in Milwaukee, Japan, and Antigua before coming to the small mission congregation in Alexandria. He has a very gentle demeanor and a wealth of pastoral experience which he shared with us as we sat talking in his living room during the evening. He and his wife Shirley also went out of their way to make us feel at home. I think we are all a little bit wiser for having known them. While in Alexandria we canvassed about 2,000 homes and came up with a little over thirty

"prospects" for the church. Most people that we talked to were either Baptist, Catholic, or Pentecostal, but there were those who were unchurched or were looking for a new church home. We all thank God that the Gospel ^een presented to them and pray tftat the Holy Spirit will work saving faith in their hearts. All of the walking, talking, and smiling was a remarkable experience for us all. Not only did we learn more about spreading the Good News about our Savior but we learned a great deal about the pastoral ministry. Over all I would say it was a really great experience and I recommend it to any student who has the opportunity. The °ld song held true. Son of a gun, we'll have big fun, down on the bayou."

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Hooligans Jeff Halldorson I recently read an article about a murder that took place in England. The situation did not seem too out of the ordinary, a child wandered away from his mother in a busy shopping centre. Security cameras videotaped the two-year-old boy leaving the mall with an older boy. The pictures from the videotape were then reproduced and distributed nationwide, while a country in shock poured out sympathy for the child's young parents. A few days later two ten-year-olds were arrested for kidnapping and murdering the infant. The article went on to describe the hostile crowds that attempted to rush the police van that was carrying the suspects, Some, from these strangly incensed crowds, were apparently shouting insults and screaming "Bastards!", while others formed malicious mobs that were throwing rocks and eggs at the young culprits. It sort of reminded me of an English soccer match that made headlines a few years ago, I thought to myself as I continued to page through the day's news.

As my eyes quickly glanced by an article on the Palatine slayings of seven restaurant employees, the rape section, something on arson, and the latest Catholic priest to be suspected of sexual abuse, something about the first article bothered me. I could not quite put my finger on it as I checked the local sport scores. Finally it hit me. What bothered me was the fact that not one these brutal accounts bothered me in the least. In fact they did not seem to bother anyone. These seemingly insignificant articles which were distributed among the back-page stories of NASA's troubles with it's space toilet, the construction of a jogging track at the White House, and the increase of the loon population of Ashland, Wisconsin, did not suggest they bothered the editors either, Why would a situation that so enraged and angered the people in England be dismissed and go almost unnoticed here in North America? Where is the nationwide coverage of the

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revolting Paletine slayings of people are dying in our once "safe" seven people? Where are the neighbourhoods. Children are angry mobs protesting the arsonist being killed, children are doing who killed his stepsons by burning much of the killing, and most My mind children watch hours of killing on them alive? immediately searched for answers, television and at the movies every Is it because we are less moral here week, in North America, than they are in Europe? My cynical side doubted As Christians, leaders in our that always to be the case. Is it community, and parents or because it happened to a cute little possible future parents we have an child? One only has to peruse the obligation to stand up for what we back pages of any newspaper to believe. Will we speak out about know cute little kids get murdered against the constant onslaught of all the time. Could it be because violence that our society pushes on violent murders are less common us? Will we encourage our in Europe? This possibly could be children to concentrate on what is true, but there must be something necessary rather than the mindless else to it. I continued to ponder the garbage that surrounds us even question as I sat back to catch a today? Or will we stand back and let ourselves become numbed by a little television. society that is hurdling down the As I flipped from the show Cops, to path to anarchy? Although the Law and Order, over to Picket rioters in Liverpool may not be Fences. I finally deduced that correct in hurling eggs and cursing murder and brutal violence, in our at the accused murderers of a society, is splashed all over the young boy, we can learn from them place. It is everywhere on the to wake up and realize that television, the movies, the because we choose to ignore the newspapers, and the books we problem of violence in our society, read. It seems we, as a society, we may someday be the have become almost totally unfortunate parents who mourn desensitized to murder and the brutal murder of our own violence. It does not phase us any child, longer when more and more

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I walked into the broken down hall the other two teams ranked in state ! not knowing exactly what to expect with us — Marquette and Catholic from this concert. It was an all-ages Memorial — were getting a good show. I was seventeen, but I looked night's sleep. We, on the other fifteen. It could be said that I didn't hand, had to participate in some fit in too well with the rest of the controlled violence. Our reasoning crowd. I tried to look like a punker. was that the J's only come around The combat boots were a definite once a year. The problem was that must. I also had the ripped-up a possible state championship jeans with an old flannel shirt comes around less than that, loosely covering a punk t-shirt. (Ryan Landwehr would have been Jon and his older brother Jeff were j proud.) I was ready for my first punk show veterans. The | slam, or mosh, which is the term in remaining three of us hadn't seen any punk bands, so we followed vogue today. their lead. As we walked in, we got The Circle J's were in town as was a few ugly glances from the other their custom once a year around patrons of this hole they called a October. I still wasn't sure if this ballroom. Some of the most was a good idea or not. Not prominent skinheads in because I shouldn't be going to a Milwaukee were there. They were punk show, but because maybe I quite a scary looking bunch. Their shouldn't be slamdancing two leader, whom Jeff pointed out to nights before our state cross me, was called "Tiny." That was a country meet. I wasn't the only very poor description. A better member of the team there, though, nickname would have been About half our varsity that was "hairless block of muscle." I was running for the state title on told to stay away from him during Saturday morning was at the show the slam if at all possible. Thursday night. I guarantee that

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Everyone else also looked to have Jon was wondering why I had been come from broken homes. One fixed so closely on this... this thing, guy had half his face painted black I told him that my sense must have with white accents and the other temporarily succumbed to the half white with black. He did not effect of mixing a six pack of Jolt look like a court jester, however, with a little too much Robitussin. They have a happy look about A small price to pay for a clear < them. This guy, though, was not throat and a caffeine buzz, happy. If Charles Manson could look any meaner, he would be this The band was bout ready to start. It guy. Since our eyes just made seemed the crowd was getting < contact, and I could feel my heart warmed up, too, as one skinhead sink as he tried to visually pull my was pounding his head against the ( soul through my eye sockets, I wall. I guess jumping jacks were out of the question. The Circle J's decided to look away. started playing their first song. I As things started to look a little think it was about a turkey pot pie. blurry, my eyes fell upon the I knew I should have eaten woman of my dreams, though I beforehand. Now my stomach didn't know it yet. She was the wouldn't let me forget my mistake, kind of girl of whom it is said, As the first couple songs went by, I ,'Yeah, without the green hair, brass was surprised and even a little knuckles, nose ring, black tongue, disappointed at how inactive the and goat cheese around her neck, crowd was. This was a letdown she wouldn't be bad looking.â&#x20AC;? The from the stories I had heard. My entire place seemed to swing in a disappointment was premature, waltz as I drew closer. She hadn't however. Somewhere in the seen me yet and was busy drinking middle of their song "Blood for something called "the swilldreg.'T supper again?" the crowd was almost upon her now; I could simultaneously erupted into a tell from the smell. Our eyes met flowing sea of flying fists and and before I could even say hello, combat boots. The mosh had she slammed home a roundhouse begun, right punch across my jaw. When I came to, my attention turned again I found out quickly that these people had a strange dance to my punk friends. etiquette. The idea is to throw

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yourself into each other as hard as adrenaline rush. Unfortunately, possible. But when someone falls this feeling didn't last too long to the floor, he is immediately because I, like craterhead earlier, pulled back to his feet by at least forgot to read my mosh manual, three others. Then, of course, On page four it says to always be they'd give him a flying elbow to aware of who's stagediving near the kidneys. As I turned my you, especially if this particular sweat-drenched hair back to the diver is kicking his legs wildly like band, I noticed that Tiny had made Gene Kelly on speed. One of his his way onto the stage next to the combat boots left a pretty deep lead singer. He jumped around for footprint on my forehead, which a second and then threw himself then proceeded to leave a pretty into the crowd. Stage dives were deep impression on the ground, now the thing to do. You know when those cartoon characters get walloped in the One guy, however, must not have head with a baseball bat and see read his mosh manual before stars circling around their heads coming to the show. As any serious and you think that it's mosher knows, it's a bad idea to make-believe cartoon stuff? Well, stagedive right after the song has it's not. ended. Instead of being caught, some sort of Red Sea thing I had to sit out for most of the rest of happened. Everyone moved out of the show. I was hurt, I could hardly his way so that the floor could move without pain the next day, teach him a lesson. I never knew and I had a new footprint tattoo on that blood could flow that fast out my forehead that complemented of someone's head. the huge bump on the back of my rp, â&#x20AC;&#x17E;. . , head. But like my dad always said: Then this strange feeling started to njhe mQSt u^ant thing is if you rise inside me. I was suddenly have fun," and r I did. But I wouldn't afraid of no one â&#x20AC;&#x201D; not Tiny, not recommend violent moshing to even that demon-looking guy. This anyone over 20 with an I.Q. greater was the feeling of invincibility that than a house plant. I had heard about. It was incredible. Everybody beating Oh, by the way, we lost at state, each other up for a complete

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The Jungle II Jim Strand "Welcome to the Jungle/ It gets worse here day by day..."

As I walked through the kitchen, I was met by Cindy Crawford, our new morning janitor. "Good Morning, Jim. Listen, I didn't get a chance to thank you The phone rang. I woke up and looked for saving me from those four gunmen at the clock. It was 7:02am. I was late on *he bridge last week, for work. I picked up the phone. "Ahhh. Noprobl-" "I m on my way, I moaned into the j was interrupted by a push from behind, receiver. ft was Qbediah Doebler. "Get here on As I walked over to the cafeteria on that time why don't ya?" he yelled. He was brisk autumn morning, I saw the State hot with anger. Obi was a strong man, Health Inspector walking out of the but four years in the kitchen had broken administration building, a large wad of him. fresh $50 bills in one hand, a sheet of "Hey, back off him!" Cindy Crawford paper marked Northwestern College said and she kicked Obediah in the Cafeteria: "No Violations" in the other. chest. Obi countered with a He was whistling a happy tune. He mid-knuckle punch to the bridge of her looked up at me, winked and smiled, nose and a powerful elbow blow to the "See ya next month, kid." ribs. He attempted a reverse crescent t0 s^e ^er heac*, Cindy After working in the cafeteria for over a year, a scene like this was not virgin to ducked and brought up a knife hand to my eyes. As I watched him drive away h*s mouth. Then Obi stepped forward in his Lotus, I was suddenly filled with and delivered a smashing roundhouse a philosophical spirit, "A kitchee is like &ck to her forehead. Cindy stumbled a flashlight battery, when it dies, you back, stunned, simply replace it with a new one" â&#x20AC;&#x17E; Ya want some more?! (Strand, 42). Comeoncomeoncomeon!!!" Obediah Things never used to be like this when taunted, blood dripping from his we had our union, but ever since the mouth. He was letting off months of mysterious disappearance of President pent up frustration. Allard...

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Cindy recovered and glared at Obediah. "I don't know/ Claude Landwehr, Mac "You're gonna pay, boy!" she retorted. Glowicki, Pochop Arras, Obediah She charged him in a rage of absolute Doebler, Lou Pratt, Bubba Riedel, Fred fury, but Obi stepped back and, using a Coleman, Jack Mueller, Cliff Stahmann, hip throw, sent her reeling into the Carleton "Mick" Toppe, Gil Neumann, mashed potato mixer, which was Hezekiah Hahnke, Stan Harstad, running at full speed. So much for Charlie Grunewald, Bobby Hartman, Cindy Crawford. Alford Aaron, Jed Borlaug, Jeremiah Binder, John Milton Maurice, Elle "Oh, boy. You really did it this time," Gil MacPherson, and I responded. "I ain't Neumann told Obi as the kitchees seen nothin'." gathered around the mixer.

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The wiring in this building was installed in 1896. Due to constant, massive surges of electricity through this ancient system, the maintainance staff had long since stopped using fuses, which would blow with every surge. Back in the 1940's they started putting pennies in the fuse slots, but the surges were so strong that even these began to melt. So they changed over to 2x2" titanium alloy slugs. Tonight, however, the slugs were glowing red hot.

As we were eating, Quint made a rare appearance in the dining hall. "Does anyone know what happened to Miss The lights flickered off and on again. Crawford this morning? She left with "Should we tiy to replace them?" I only half her work done and none of her asked, stuff put away."

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Stan thought for a moment. "No...I The hot chocolate machine launched believe the only solution is to bypass the straight up like a rocket, tore through the roof and landed in Lake Michigan, entire box." some 100 miles away. "Is that safe?" The temperature of the heat register on "No.â&#x20AC;? Stan quickly rigged up a system of the far wall of the cafeteria shot up to wires to and from the fuse box to a 1,000,000 degrees F, melting Steve switch board. "Okay, when I throw this Pagels in the chair where he sat. switch, the box will be bypassed." Many of the electrical appliances in the A cold shiver ran down my spine. "But place seemed to take on a life of their you're sure it's not gonna blow, right?" own, attacking the humans to whom "Not really." Stan reached for the switch. been subject for far too long.

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"Nooooooooo!!" I yelled and reached for Stan. But it was too late. He pulled the switch and was instantly vaporized. Sparks flew out of the fuse box. Raw power arced across Stan's bypass like Things switched back from slow motion some maniacal devil-dog at long last to regular speed again, released from its age-long prison. Lou Pratt and a tew others climbed "Fire in the hole!" I heard Jed Borlaug yell inside the dishwasher, which had been from the kitchen. I looked around the designed to withstand a 5 megaton comer. Flames shot out of the fryer, nuclear blast. engulfing Jed and Bobby Hartman. John Milton Maurice tried to undo The toaster exploded with a thunderous Harstad's bypass, but he too was roar and threw Carl Toppe and Elle vaporized. MacPherson clear across the room, slamming them against the far wall. Rachel Hunter ran up to me crying. They landed on the floor in a twisted "Help me, Jim, don't let them get me!" heap. "Don't worry. I won't," I promised her, Several lights blew, showering kitchees and diners alike with glass.

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Quint climbed up on a table near the sink and began throwing dishes and other utensils at the electric beasties. Suddenly, the table tilted up on end. Quint fell on his back and began sliding down the table straight toward the running garbage dis posal. He began kicking and screaming, but the table was too slippery for him to get a foothold. Fred Coleman tried to catch him, but it was too late. I turned Rachel away and closed my eyes, but my ears recorded the sounds of Quint's fate all too clearly.

Then we sat and listened. Within a few minutes, the explo sions and screams subsided, and everything was quiet. Bubba spoke up. "A few of the guys made it into the dish washer. The rest are finished." "So are we it looks like,” Rachel Hunter said. Claude Landwehr looked at me. "Quint?" he asked. I shook my head. "No."

"Aw, man," Claude declared. Suddenly, I was lifted off my feet and thrown backward as Fred Coleman and "I'm scared, Sarge," Mac Glowicki stated. Mac Glowicki pushed Rachel and I into „ We're all scared, son," I responded. the storeroom. Bubba Riedel and Claude Landwehr also dove in, closing Suddenly, the lights went out. the door behind them. Fred and Mac quickly baracaded the door with food containers, as the rest of us looked TO BE CONCLUDED NEXT MONTH around the room for makeshift weapons. .

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Track at Ripon. Brian Kleb now regrets agreeing to go out for track to get out of one Green Bay.

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Every spring brings changes and hope. The warmer temperatures and [ lengthier days bring green grass and budding trees. Everyone walks ■ a little lighter and smiles a little wider. And love is in the air. Just ask | Tutor Q. (For our vast female audience, the man with the million I dollar hair is off the market.) Along with the changes of nature come • the changes of the Black & Red staff. Since the staff is dominated by seniors this year, there are going to be a lot of new recruits.

The editor-in-chief, however, is an old veteran. Jon Micheel has j worked as a staff writer all year and has an abundance of style and ' charisma which virtually guarentees next year's success. Eric Roecker will take over as Managing Editor, undoubtedly the position with the heaviest workload. But Eric is known as something of a workaholic and will have a number of assistants. Nate Wagenknecht will take over the position of Business Manager. He'll undoubtedly do a better job than Matt Vogt who embezzeied B&R funds to pay off his phone bill to various women.

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And the Alumni Editors will be Jon Arndt and Paul Waldschmidt, who will work to make this feature a regular of the B&R again. There will be a number of changes. The Alumni section has waned the last couple of years, ever since the Northzvestern Lutheran started publishing calls. However, we've had enough reader response to make it worth keeping. So the staff is going to try to keep monthly contact with someone in each of the districts. Some districts send newsletters, but only a few, and those are often out of date. In addition to this, "Sem notes" will hopefully start up again after a decade or two in hiatus. In going through the B&R archives, I noticed these were written in German. No chance of that being the case next year. Also, this year we've finally completely switched the B&R over to computer, which makes layouts easier. However, the schedule has us writing the articles in the month they are to be published. (Articles for the September issue are written in the first week of September, etc.) Thus if one part of the publication gets delayed, the issue almost surely won't come out till some time in the following month. To stop this, the issues will be reorganized like a more conventional magazine. The October issue will be written in September. The November issue in October. Thus if the issue gets behind, it can still come out in the month listed. The only person for whom this makes it tough is Steve Pagels, who now has to write calendars two months in advance. Sorry, Pags. Also, as will be seen in following issues, the B&R is undergoing some cosmetic changes. It's been the same for years, and its time for change has come. (This is one of those very few instances in the synod where change for the sake of change is ok.) And, finally, I'd like to thank this year's staff for all their hard work. (Except Aaron Christie, who never got a single article in on time because he's, oh, so whipped.) It was truly an enjoyable experience for me. May God bless your work in the future as well. n

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Portrait of a Pastor Steve Lange Hebrew. The really strange language. As il Greek weren't difficult enough. At least in Greek you could still read left to right. But now not only do you have to learn an entirely new alphabet, which includes sounds that you didn't even know you were able, or allowed, to make, you also have to learn to read in the other direction and open your books on the other side. And to lop it all off, the Hebrews didn't even have vowels. They had to add them later on.

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For many underclassmen who are struggling as it is with Greek, the step up to Hebrew in their Junior year may seem to be an insurmountable challenge. Yet those of us who already have surmounted this cliff know that the ascent is not nearly as arduous as it first may seem Much of this is due to the faithful and skilled work of this month's featured professor, Prof. Paul Eickmann One could best describe Prof. Eickmann's His "Think again," never-give-up attitude years at the Seminary as "extended." He and step-by-step approach to the language spent the 1950-51 school year as a Junior at have proven to many fearful students that the Sem. He then tutored for one year at even though Hebrew may look impossible, Michigan Lutheran Seminary. 1952-53 was it actually can become quite friendly if you his middler year at the Seminary, followed just take the time to get to know it by a year off which he used to study in Germany. While in Germany, he studied at Prof. Eickmann has been around the Free Church Seminary near Frankfurt for Northwestern for most of his life. He was a semester, and then spent the remaining born on June 13,1928, in the same area where semester at the University of Heidelberg. Prof. Sellnow now lives, 1317 Western Ave. Finally, in 1955, he graduated from the He was the son of Prof. Paul G. Eickmann, Seminary, having gone through three sets of who taught science at NWC for over 40 classmates and gained numerous valuable years. The younger Paul grew up on experiences. campus, roller skating on the sidewalks, watching the athletic practices, and You may be wondering when his vicar year attending plays and concerts. He even was. Well, the answer to your question is

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that he didn't have one. In those days, there upper grades at the school in addition to was no vicar program like we have today. performing his regular pastoral duties. But Instead, the young pastors had to make all before he could begin to teach, he had to be their "new-pastor" mistakes at their first certified by the state Almost immediately congregation. What we will learn in our after hegraduated, he began studying for his vicar year, they had to learn at their first call, teaching certificate, so that he could fulfill his without the benefit of a bishop who could duties when school opened in the fall, help them along. This certainly is a testimony tostrength and cooperaliveness of The fact that the church even had a school is a confirmation of the firm commitment of those congregations who called their new both the congregation and the pastor to pastors right out of Sem. But even more it Christian education. The demands of being points to the tremendous grace of God which both a teacher and a pastor were many, and helps pastors of any age to perform the Pastor Eickmann could not have done them duties required of them in spite of all their all if he had had a family But even though weaknesses and shortcomings. this experience was rather difficult, it was by As Prof. Eickmann puts it, he just sort of rio means unprofitable. It gave the young "drifted into the ministry." When he was pastor a chance to assess how much he younger, he wanted to be a teacher like his actually liked to leach and cultivated in him father, and the way to a new appreciation for accomplish that goal, history. He also has many for him, was to go to fond memories of the children of the school and NWCand the Seminary. the many good times they Throughout his had playing games at j schooling, though, he I really did not have his recess. j heart set on the parish. After he had served in Yet, he was willing to Geneva four years, Prof. serve in wh a t e v er Eickmann accepted a call ! capacity God wanted to Crete, IL, where he him to. He merely served a medium-sized prepared himself to congregation of about 400 serve his Lord and left it members. One of the up to the Lord to use reasons why he was him as He saw fit. called was that the church Professor Paul Eickmann had German services And the Lord did not delay in using him. Two days after he every other Sunday, and he was one of an graduated from the Seminary, he was in increasingly smaller number of pastors who Seward, NE, preparing for his first call. Yet still was able to preach in German. While at this preparation is not what you would Crete, he met his wife, Kathy, who was expect. The congregation that called him, teaching in the school. The two were Grace Lutheran Church in Geneva, NE, had married in 1960. At Crete, he again had a a small school with two teachers. One was a chance to use his teaching skills. Both he and member, the other was the pastor. So young his wife filled a vacancy at the school for a Pastor Eickmann, in accepting this call, semester until an emergency teacher was accepted the responsibilities of teaching the called to take over. [

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After teaching at Northwestern for twenty-six years, my most vivid memories are of people and events here in Watertown. But certainly there are some incidents from the parish ministry that stick with me. Some of them involve my failures, and I won't lay those on your readers. But I also saw the power of the gospel in people's lives. There was an old man in the weather-beaten house at the edge of town. His family were members of my congregation, but he refused to enter a church door until his son, still in his twenties, died of cancer. A year or so after that funeral the father had a stroke. He could not talk anymore, but when he heard the gospel and a prayer, he managed to fold his hands. That's the funeral I'm happiest about. A young mother in one of my congregations was killed in a horrible car accident. Her husband and two children survived. I had to tell the little boy that his mother was gone. That's probably the hardest thing I ever was asked to do as a pastor. But a few years ago when I preached for an anniversary of the congregation, I was glad to see that young man active in his church. From the look in his eye I think he still remembered. Students need to hear about the ministry, but I don't think we serve them best by telling them our stories. Being part of a Christian college faculty means that some students regard us as pastors, too. If their classroom experience confirms that, they talk to us and we have a chance to speak law and gospel to them. Those have been some of the best experiences of my ministry.

| I I hope that this series of articles on the pastors that live and work among us has served its purpose, to motivate you, the reader, in your studies for the ministry. I thank all the professors who so kindly gave of their own free time to subject themselves to my mild interrogations.

May God continue to bless their service as He has done in the past. And may the Lord of the harvest continue to send forth workers into His harvest field. For the harvest indeed is great, but the workers are few.

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Perhaps the word traditionalist is not the best choice. By using it, I'm immediately branding myself and those who hold similar opinions. The word traditionalist always seems 4o conjure up visions of cold, dead orthodoxy. What I mean by the term "music We have to realize that music is a vehicle traditionalist" is one who prefers the which carries a message. Just as the "serious" vein of music (i.e., Classical Word of God is all important, so in our style) in the church, overagainst one church music the text is the most who likes "Christian Contemporary" important aspect. In all honesty, I feel that the Christian Contemporary texts (i.e. rock, pop) in the church. do not come anywhere near to the I am not going to humor myself by content of the "traditional" Lutheran believing that this article will hold much hymns, which convery in beautiful water with those who do like Christian verse the truths which our church holds Contemporary, but hopefully they will dear. It's not always a matter of saying listen. At best I hope they might take a something wrong. It can also be a closer look at Christian Contemporary.

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matter of not saying something which One defense of Christian Contemporary has been that it does not promote drugs, we should. alcohol, sex, and Satanism. This is true. Keeping the texts in mind, let's consider A lot of Christian Contemporary, the music. I honestly feel that the however, does promote decision profound and awe inspiring sounds of theology. Let's not fool ourselves. A the organ (when played well) might do "little bit" of decision theology is every a better job carrying the message of bit as dangerous as a little bit of drugs. "Lord, Keep Us Steadfast in Thy Word" It is just as evil as a bit of Satanism - only or "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God" to the more subtle and hard to detect. Proceed people than a Casio drum machine. with caution. Christian Contemporary cuts us off from I will say that I can see Contemporary our Lutheran past. If we just take a Christian in private use, so long as there quick look around us to other "newer" is no heretical content. In worship, Lutheran bodies (ELCA, liberal however, I do have a problem with it. I Missouri), we will see the importance come from a lay family. I know first which the past holds for our orthodox hand that Sunday is THE main time theology. Lots of changes make me when we could sit at our Savior's feet to uneasy, and I feel that Christian hear his word. It was THE time when Contemporary is a big change from our we could hear good doctrine applied to orthodox past. (Even though some our lives. There was some Bible reading Christian Contemporary can be at home, but the hustle and bustle of the orthodox.) Luther had some interesting week always interfered before too long. words for those who always wanted In worship services, every moment something new: should count. Every hymn and anthem Nor did I make any innovations. Fori have counts and therefore should have only been hesitant and fearful partly because of the best and soundest content. the weak in faith... and more so because of in^fke^unclean^win^wHhouM’a^tl^or Christian Contemporary, even though it reason, and who delight only in novelty might be sound, by and large does not and tire of it as quickly, when it has worn have that full measure of content which off. Such people are a nuisance even in we expect from our worship. other affairs, but inspiritual matters, they Our people deserve better. They should are absolutely unbearable. (Luther's come away thinking more than: "That Works, AE, Vol. 53, p. 19) (or the choir) was a neat song that Note: The context for the above quote sang," or "Boy, she sure put her heart deals with Luther's revamping the into that one." liturgy. One does not have to stretch it too far, though, to see that it might apply pm SOrry if I came on a bit strong in this to Christian Contemporary use in the article. You are more than welcome to church. disagree equally so.

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he has forgiven all of us. 1 John 1:8-9, "If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness." So I guess this argument also falls flat.

But didn't we also learn in Corinthians that we will be rewarded for our work in the The truth of the matter is, I can't come up with ministry? "If what he has built survives, he a good reason not to continue our pursuit of will receive his reward" (3: 14). A place of the ministry. However, it's probably natural honor will be given to those whom the Holy to doubt ourselves at a major crossroad such Spirit has used to bring the lost to their as going on to the Sem. Our human nature Heavenly Father. Daniel 12:3 tells us, "Those wants so desperately to succeed, and we who are wise will shine like the brightness of realize we still have a long way to travel to the heavens, and those who lead many to the ministry. But we can do so with righteousness, like the stars for ever and confidence, even though we're still four ever." years from it. rhe truth of the matter is, the ministry is the Earlier this April, the Masters golf tournament only profession where you can truly tell if was played. After three rounds, Bernhard you made a difference. The doctor never Langer was leading. On Sunday morning knows when a patient he's operated on will when he tee-ed it up for the final round, he have the second heart attack, and the lawyer was wearing green pants and a yellow knit can really never know for sure who's shirt. Why? Because one of the traditions of the Masters is that the winner is presented innocent and who's guilty. But what reward it will be when we see the lost sheep with a green "Masters jacket" during the trom the various stages in our ministry victory ceremony. Langer still had a full : sharing the joys of heaven with us! So as far round to play, and he had the best golfers in as whether or not the ministry is fulfilling the world chasing him. Yet Langer was so confident he was going..to win, he wore enough, I guess that's simple. But not to something that would match that Masters worry, there are plenty of other reasons to jacket. This is the kind of confidence we can avoid the full time service. have as we enter the Sem, confidence in the VVe're certainly not "good" enough. Not that Lord. Confidence that the Lord will prosper you have to live a life as pure as an apostle's our work our entire ministry. in order to qualify for the ministry, but just ask any dorm staff member, the class of '93 For while there aren't many good reasons not has something of an untamed heart. And I to go into the Lord's full-time service, there seem to remember something in Dean's are innumerable ones to go. And one of 1 freshman religion class about "being above those is God's promise to be with us. Look reproach." at the end of the Great Commission in the last verse of Matthew, "Surely I will be with you But just as sin has no place in the Christian's always, to the very end of the age." With that life, pietism has no place in the ministry. promise, how can we not have confidence Every pastor has an old Adam. Before Paul and zeal for the Lord's work as we take the went on to be the greatest apostle in the next big step. See you next year. (And the Church he helped to persecute Christians, rest of you a few years later.) even kill them. Yet God forgave him, just as

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As you know, the Academy Awards are now over, but we thought these particular movies deserve special attention. As we know, the talent on this campus abounds, so we thought we'd take this opportunity to mention some of the people who could have fulfilled the roles in the following films:

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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly -Bart, Moose, Rausch Bodyguard -Kevin Kroll (Nominated for best supporting haircut) Rush -Roecker, Cat, Mitch, Diener, Sims Witness -Robinson and Hackbarth Adam's Family -Molly and Melissa League of their Own -Marty Jackson, Marty Jackson, Marty Jackson Unforgiven -Pechman The Lonely Guy -Bode Untouchables -Habben,Otto The Freshman (a.k.a. as the Sextaner) -Bucky

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Another point of interest: Since about 50-plus students decided to challenge themselves and take the Milton elective this semester, we've decided to put together a First Team all-Milton, on account of their never ending insights and exemplary study habits. They are as follows: Leading off, Rob "straight-to-the-point" Wendland; batting second, Mark "extra innings" Walters. Third in the order is Milton Berle. At clean up and switch hitting, Scott . Muuuuuuuunnnnd,... Mund. Filling out the order is Pete Prange, Shwalenberg, and Corey Hanke. Rounding off the team at the number nine position and doing the punting, Aaron "delay of game" Christie.

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Minutes of the 1992 Meeting of the Northwestern College Alumni Society Northwestern College Watertown, WI. May 12,1992 The 114th annual meeting of the Northwestern College Alumni Society was called to order at 3:02pm by Society President Alan Siggelkow. The minutes of the 113th annual meeting held on May 13,1991 were distributed and accepted as printed. The minutes will also appear in the Black and Red. President Robert Voss of Northwestern College called the roll. 118 alumni responded to the roll call. There were also 5 associate alumni (NPS graduates) and 3 honorary alumni in attendance. The Class of 1952 (40th anniversary class) took attendance honors with 14 of its members present. Running close behind was the Class of 1942 (50th anniversary class) with 12 members in attendance. Following them were the Class of 1967 (25th anniversary class) with 10, the Class of 1947 (45th anniversary class) with 8, the Qass of 1937 (55th anniversary class) with 2 and the class of 1982 (10th anniversary class) with 2 present. The Class of 1972 (20th anniversary class) was represented by a single alumnus. Alumni from as far away as Japan, Hawaii, Germany, California and Texas were in attendance. President Voss introduced the 39 members of the Class of 1992, and presented them for membership. A motion carried to receive them into membership in the Alumni Society. ; James Fricke of the Nominating Committee presented a slate of candidates for the election of officers by ballot vote. A motion carried to accept the slate as presented and ballots were distributed. Ronald Roth, representing the WELS Foundation, presented the annual Clifford R. Brooks Family Scholarships to graduates Jonathan Bilitz and Steven Wagenknecht. The scholarships will provide funds for their three academic years at Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary. Chairman Siggelkow announced that senior Jonathan Bilitz had been named as the recipient of the Tau Delta Theta Award. Chairman Sigglekow also reported that Carleton Toppe Scholarship Grants would be awarded in the near future, but that the distributions would be smaller than usual because of adjustments made necessary by a change to a new fiscal year. Richard Strobel gave the Treasurer's report. He indicated that the Society had received income of $18,908,06 during the past year, and incurred expenses of $12,347.23, resulting in a current balance of $16,327.22. A total of $43,050 has been submitted to the Endowment Fund to date. The Fund has received earnings totaling $11,312.94 The balance in the Endowment Fund is now $54,362.94. The Treasurer reported a balance of $42.68 in his petty cash account. A motion carried to receive the Treasurer's report until audited. Tutor John Qualmann reported for the Auditing Committee that the Treasurer's books had been audited and found to be in order. A motion carried to accept the Treasurer's report. Chairman Sigglekow asked for reports from the standing committees. James Huebner responded for the Projects Committee. He presented the recommendations of the Projects Committee for 1992-'93:

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College Alumni 1933 Elizabeth Faber Class of: 1919 Rev. Frederick Bra nd t 1934 Mr. Everet t Zimpelman 1921 Rev. Carl Bolle 1935Judge George Niemann 1923 Mr, Harold PfalTenback 1936 Rev. Andrew Bloom 1924 Rev. Rudolph Horlamus 1936 Rev. John Brad tke 1925 Rev. Roland Hillemann 1938 Prof. Frederick Grunvvald 1927 Mr. Emil John 1945 Rev. John Westendorf 1929 Rev. Prof. Alfred Sauer 1946 Rev. G. Jerome A Ibrecht 1933 Rev. Herbert Buch 1988 Seminarian Ernest Schultz No word had been received of the death of any associate or honorary alumni. A standing moment of silence was observed to pay tribute to these alumni who had died during the past year. The Class of 1942 requested that 10 members of its NPS Class of 1938 (Edward Koch, Carl Loeper, Norbert Loeper, Ruben Pagel, Herbert Dasler, William Siegesmund, Inge Smith, Helen Huebner, Margaret Koeninger and Isabel Mueller) be acknowledged as associate , members of the Society and that Frank Rimmert be received as an honorary member of the Society. A motion carried to grant the request of the Class of 1942. '

. James Frickc reported again for the Nominating Committee, indicating that the result of the balloting was that all incumbents had been re-elected: President Alan Siggelkow Vice-president Marvin Olterstalter 2nd Vice-president Paul Kolander : Treasurer Richard Strobol Secretary Kent Scliroeder Chronicler Donald Sell now A motion carried to thank the Nominating Committee for its work. A motion was made to ask the officers of the Alumni Society to prepare a memorial tor signatures by alumni at the 1993 meeting of the Alumni Society and presentation to the 1993 , Synod Convention asking that the Synod delegates weigh very carefully decisions that would have a profound effect upon the future history of the NWC Alumni Society, The chairman responded to the motion by pointing out that the Alumni Society is not a policy-making body. ( The motion was amended to refer the concern to the Executive Committee of the Alumni Society. The amended motion was passed. i Chairman Siggelkow made additional announcements about the Alumni Banquet and reminded the alumni about the evening's concert and the next day's NWC Commencement at 10:00am and NPS Commencement at 1:30pm. A motion carried to adjourn the meeting. , Respectfully submitted, Kent E. Schroeder, Secretary

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Articles Advent: A Reminder for Us .. Steve Brockdorf

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Animals at the Master's Crib 151 Prof. Elmer Kiessling Book Review .42, 72, 95,125,159 Jim Price "California Here I Come" Michael Geiger

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Christian Contemporary Music..... 240 Aaron Christie 9 Commencement Oration Jon Bilitz (Humanities) Confessions....................... 161 Ryan Landwehr Criticism

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Pres. Carleton Toppe Down on the Bayou........

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Dan Sims Early Experience...............

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House Repainted, A Dan Schmidt

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Jungle IA, The..........

Jungle IB, The..........

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Jungle II, The........... Jim Strand

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Luther: Looking Back & Forward.... 33 Aaron Christie 65 Lutherans and Elections....... Aaron Christie 240 Moving On............................... Jon Hein Portrait of a Pastor (Fredrich)

Portrait of a Pastor (Sprain) ...

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Portrait of a Pastor (Sellnow).......... .119

Jim Price Goodbye Tutor (Koelpin)

Steve Lange Heat of the Sun, In the....

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Homecoming 1992 JonMicheel Hooligans............... Jeff Haldorson

Portrait of a Pastor (Braun)

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Portrait of a Pastor (Schmidt)......... 180 Portrait of a Pastor (Deutschlander)203 Portrait of a Pastor (Eickmann)...... 236 Steve Lange

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The Black & Red

April 1993

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Profile: Senior Athletes....... Tim Schwartz Return of a NWC Veteran (Westenberg)..................... Steve Lange Secrets of Fashion.............. Ryan Landwehr Senior Profiles....................

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Sin and Your Brother's Sin. Aaron Christie Skeltons in Luther's Closet Aaron Christie Slam, The James Borgwardt

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Struggle of a Lifetime, The... Cory Denekamp Student/Faculty Discussion Steven Brockdorf Summer In Paradise............ Steve Lange Thoughts on Christmas....... Aaron Christie To Find A Spouse................ . Ryan Landwehr Winter Carnival -1993........ JonMicheel

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Features Alumni......................

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Calendar....................

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Campus & Classroom

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From the Editor........

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Fun & Games............

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Sports........................

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