Summer 2007 Quarterly

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Managing EditorSteven L. Waldhauser [email protected]

Alumni EditorsRandall M. Stuckey [email protected]

Barbara Larson Taylor [email protected]

DesignSharon [email protected]

Contributing WritersBarbara Fister, Anne-Marie Gronhovd, TeresaHarland 94, Tim Kennedy 82, Donald Myers83, Matt Thomas 00

Contributing PhotographersAnders Bjrling 58, Anne-Marie Gronhovd,Ashley Henningsgaard 07, Joe Lencioni 05,Amy Nerka 07, Tom Roster, Stacia Senne,Matt Thomas 00, Stan Waldhauser 71

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Chair, Board of TrusteesRuss Michaletz 74

President of the CollegeJames L. Peterson 64

Vice President for College RelationsGwendolyn Freed

Vice President for Institutional AdvancementBrenda Moore

Director of Alumni RelationsRandall M. Stuckey 83

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4 From the President

5 On the Hill14 Calendar: Whats happening on campus

16 The New LibraryFolke Bernadotte Memorial Library leads the way into a hybird print and digital world.

22 SportsTwo more Gusties named NCAA Postgraduate scholars n Womens hockey rules MIAC n

Swimming victories n Individual and team honors n Winter sports summary

28 LegacyBankers credit success to liberal arts n Ethel Pehrsons musical legacy

31 Alumni NewsReunion schedules n Sign up to host a Gusties Gather! event

Contents ON THE COVERPaul Granlundssculpture BC AD(1973) marks theentrance to FolkeBernadotte MemorialLibrary. (See pp. 1621.)

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On these pages . . .Jeff Jeremiasonsenvironmental studies classtakes advantage of a finelate-spring day.Photo by Anders Bjrling 58

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Gustavus Adolphus College has for along time maintained a close and mean-ingful relationship with the LutheranChurch, and it intends to keep that rela-tionship a vital and living presence as itengages the future. Though the relation-ship began with one pastor, our founderEric Norelius, in one small church, over theyears it has grown to include the Red RiverSynod, the Augustana Synod, the Lutheran

Church in America, and now, the Evangelical Lutheran Church inAmerica. Along the way, many thoughtful and committed members ofthe community have helped the College understand and live out thisrelationship. One of the most influential of these was Dr. Edgar Carlson30, one of our great College presidents. As we think about the future,we are committing the work of two energetic and talented people tolead our thinking about how best to live out the College/Church rela-tionship in this new century.

The first of these is Dr. Darrell Jodock, professor in our ReligionDepartment and holder of the Bernhardson Chair of Lutheran Studies,who is among the most articulate thinkers and writers on this subject.(See his very thoughtful article in the Summer 2003 issue of theQuarterly.) Dr. Jodock will be leading important work with the Office ofChurch Relations, the Office of the Chaplains, and the Center forVocational Reflection. The work of each of these entities needs to beheld high, supported in the future, and integrated in ways that alloweach to support and reinforce the work of the others. I expect that Dr.Jodocks work will lead to new and vital ways for the College to relateespecially to the Lutheran Church but also to other church traditions.

The second is the Rev. Grady St. Dennis 92, the energetic new di-rector of the Office of Church Relations. He will lead our unique part-nership with the Gustavus Adolphus College Association ofCongregations. Our intention is to increase the presence of Gustavus inindividual congregations. Likewise, we wish to increase the presence ofcongregations on campus through meetings of the Association andspecial programs for clergy. We also hope to welcome more churchgroups (particularly youth) to our campus.

Church-related activities abound at Gustavus. Christ Chapel remainsat the center of the campus. It makes a strong statement about ourcontinuing commitment to worship life, through daily chapel, Sunday

worship, Taiz and evening worship, and special services throughoutthe academic year. Student-led services every Tuesday night are well-attended. The Chaplains Office, Center for Vocational Reflection, andothers support an active apprenticeship program, retreats, and a pro-gram to sponsor collaboration between the church and the fine arts.These offices also offer individual spiritual guidance, Bible study, andother opportunities to grow in inquiry and commitment.

In all this, we understand Lutheran higher education to pay deeprespect to non-Lutheran faith traditions. These are not only recognizedbut also welcomed on campus. Everyone benefits when we learn to-gether and enrich each others understandings. Ecumenical efforts areimportant here, in part because there are many different Christian tra-ditions represented on campus. Interfaith efforts are also nurtured,both as a response to increasing religious diversity and as a recogni-tion of the value such interactions have for campus life and theGustavus experience.

Finally, its also worth recognizing that not all Lutherans come toGustavus with the same perspectives, worship traditions, and values.We have widely divergent opinions and practices on this campusjustas in the church at large and just as in the world community in whichour graduates must find their place and their voice. We can prepare ourstudents well only if we recognize these differencestogether withour important commonalities. The best of what we do as a Collegeleads us to learn from these differences, to encourage thoughtful con-versations around them, and to support them even when they involveconflict.

Our recent strategic planning work calls Gustavus to prepare newleaders for a new tomorrow. In addition to curricular and co-curricularexcellence, our Lutheran church-relatedness remains one of the founda-tional pieces of that preparation.

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The Gustavus AdolphusCollege Board of Trusteesunanimously approved the ap-pointment of Mary E. Morton asprovost and vice president foracademic affairs on March 19.

In this newly defined posi-tion, Morton will oversee aca-demic programs and strategicplanning for the College. She willalso be responsible for repre-senting and advancing theColleges academic programs tointernal and external constituen-cies.

Morton, who earned bache-lors degrees in biochemistry andRomance languages fromBowdoin College, holds a doctor-ate in biochemistry fromDartmouth Medical School(1988). For the past three years,she has been at the University ofDayton, where she served asdean of the College of Arts andSciences. Prior to that, Mortonwas on the faculty of the Collegeof Holy Cross for 13 years, as abiology professor, coordinator ofScience Programs (19972000),and later associate dean of thecollege (20002004).

At Dayton, Morton waspraised for helping to redesignthe undergraduate curriculum toensure that it more strongly re-flected the institutions valuesand traditions. She increased the

percentage of first-year studentstaught by full-time faculty, andshe emphasized recognition offaculty scholarship and research.

We are delighted that shewill join our team, GustavusPresident Jim Peterson 64notes, as her dedication to aca-demic excellence is obvious. Shewill play a vital role in helpingthe College meet its strategicgoals, especially in the areas ofacademic planning and institu-tional development.

At Gustavus, Morton willoversee all academic depart-ments as well as the Office ofthe Registrar, the Johnson

Center for EnvironmentalInnovation, The Office ofInternational Education, andGustavus Technology Services.She will be supported by twodeans of the faculty, who willmanage the day-to-day opera-tions of the academic adminis-tration.

Mortons appointment is ef-fective July 1, 2007.

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Jodock New media relations manager

7 Forensics places second atstate and national meets

Solberg and Rau awardedNEH Summer Stipends

8 Faculty Development:Learning in Maghreb

10 Briefly . . .12 Bookmarks13 Emeritus professors

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T he Covenant Award, be-stowed annually by theGustavus Adolphus CollegeAssociation of Congregations,celebrates the efforts of indi-viduals who have made distinc-tive contributions towardstrengthening the partnershipbetween the College and mem-ber congregations of theAssociation of Congregations.Alumni, pastors, Associationdelegates, faculty, staff, and stu-dents are eligible for the award.

Gustavus President JimPeterson presented the 2007Covenant Award to the Rev.Dr. Darrell Jodock on April

28 at the Association ofCongregations annual meet-ing.

Jodock is the first Drell andAdeline BernhardsonDistinguished Professor ofReligion at Gustavus. As hold-er of the endowed chair since1999, he has a responsibilityto represent and teach theLutheran tradition within thefaculty and College, to help in-terpret and articulate thechurch-related identity of theCollege, and to inaugurate ed-ucational projects of benefit tothe ELCA and the College.In 2006, he drafted the

Statement of ChurchRelatedness for the College,which Gustavus officials areusing as a key document intheir strategic planning.

Keenly interested in theColleges relationship with theChurch, Jodock is a frequentlyrequested speaker for adult ed-ucation in local congregations,continuing education classesfor clergy, faculty workshops,and presentations for Collegeadministrators. He is recog-nized as a resource theologianworldwide. At Gustavus, he hasserved on the 2003 NobelConference Committee, thefaculty personnel committee,the Honor Board, and theboard of the Center forVocational Reflection. In 2002he helped design (and contin-ues to serve as an advisoryboard member for) Pastor-to-Pastor, a program encouragingpastoral excellence sponsoredby Gustavus and theSouthwestern MinnesotaSynod of the ELCA.

Jodocks teaching interestsinclude Lutheran studies,Christian-Jewish relations, thehistory of Christian thought,and nineteenth-century theolo-gy. He received the WallenbergTribute Award in 1993 andhad a key role in founding theInstitute for Jewish-ChristianUnderstanding, where he hasserved as chair and boardmember. He was a foundingmember of the Association ofTeaching Theologians of theELCA (2002). Most recently,he co-authored and edited abook on Jewish-Christian rela-tions, scheduled for publicationby Fortress Press in 2007.

An ordained pastor rosteredin the Southwestern MinnesotaSynod of the ELCA, Jodockreceived his bachelors degreein 1962 from St. Olaf College,his divinity degree in 1966from Luther TheologicalSeminary, and his Ph.D. in reli-gious studies from YaleUniversity School of Divinityin 1969. G

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New media relations manager hiredMatt Thomas 00 has been hired as media relations manager at theCollege. Reporting to the Office of College Relations, Thomas willwork with local, regional, state, and national media to convey theGustavus story to the public. He started his duties on March 5, 2007.

Prior to joining the Gustavus administration, Thomas worked asa legal reporter for Courthouse News Service, a news wire service forlaw firms; as a sports reporter with The Lakeshore Weekly News inWayzata; and as an announcer for Internet broadcasts of highschool and college athletic events.

Thomas earned a bachelors degree in communication studiesand history at Gustavus; his education and mix of experience inprint, broadcast, and electronic media make him a good fit for thisposition. G



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The Gustavus forensics teamfinished second in the TeamSweepstakes among the ten col-leges and universities participat-ing in the 23rd MinnesotaCollegiate Forensics Association(MCFA) State Championshipsheld on Feb. 1718 on the cam-pus of Southwest MinnesotaState University, Marshall. Theteam then went on to place sec-ond in the nation in theIndividual Events TeamSweepstakes among 57 compet-ing schools at the Pi Kappa DeltaNational Tournament andConvention, held on March 810at Central Michigan University,Mt. Pleasant, Mich.

The Gustavus squad collected30 individual awards at the statechampionships. The team ofHenry Stokman (sr., MinnesotaLake, Minn.) and Alex Knewtson(jr., Mapleton, Minn.) won thestate championship inParliamentary Debate. AGustavus team has won thechampionship in four out of thepast five years; Stokman andKnewtson had also finished first

in 2005, and second in the 2006state debate competition.

Gustavus speakers stood outin the state oratory (persuasivespeaking) competition, sweep-ing the top four places and fiveof the top seven, which had theMCFA checking its record book.Andrea Carlile (sr., Chatham,Ill.) placed first, and BridgetTraut (sr., Sartell, Minn.) fin-ished second, both qualifyingfor the 135th InterstateOratorical Association NationalContest in April. The InterstateOratorical Associations nationalcontest, which is the nationsoldest annual public speakingcontest, brings together 60 ofthe top collegiate persuasivespeakers in the country, witheach state allowed to qualify amaximum of only two competi-tors. Carlile qualified for theInterstate contest for an un-precedented third consecutiveyear; she had made the semi-final round of last years con-test.

The team brought homemore than 20 individual awardsfrom the Pi Kappa Delta nation-al meet. Brittany Lovdahl (jr.,St. Cloud, Minn.) tied for thenational championship inInformative Speaking. MariaSiegle (soph., Cologne, Minn.)likewise tied for the nationalchampionship in ImpromptuSpeaking and also placed fifthin Informative Speaking andninth in Persuasive Speaking.Mary Cunningham (first-year,Maplewood, Minn.) was secondin Persuasive Speaking(Gustavus speakers finished2nd, 9th, 10th, 11th, and 15thamong 82 entries in this cate-gory.) Tasha Carlson (soph.,

Apple Valley, Minn.) placed thirdin Prose Interpretation and wasselected to the Pi Kappa DeltaNational Council as the at-largestudent representative. AndreaCarlile was one of 10 studentsnamed to the 2007 Pi Kappa

Delta All-America Team, andPhillip Voight, associate profes-sor of communication studies,was voted president-elect of theorganization. G

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Two win NEH Summer Stipends

Two members of the Gustavus Adolphus College faculty havebeen awarded National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)Summer Stipends of $5,000 each to support two months ofscholarly work this summer. Institutions are limited to two nom-inees each in any given year for the prestigious NEH SummerStipends, and it is a fairly rare occurrence when a college or uni-versity can claim two successful candidates.

Mary Solberg, associate professor of religion, was awardedan NEH stipend to assist her work on German Christians inPrint: A Reader. One of the most troubling chapters in the his-tory of Christianity involves the so-called German Christians, amovement that welcomed Hitlers ascent to power and sought towed Christianity to National Socialism. In pamphlets, radio ad-dresses, and even liturgies, they articulated their desire to eradi-cate all traces of Judaism from Christianity. However, very littlescholarship has been done on the role of religion and the con-duct of German churches during the Third Reich. Solbergs proj-ect involves tracking down extant German Christian publicationsand making available for the first time English-language transla-tions of a representative selection, together with an introduc-tion setting out their historical and theological context and sig-nificance.

Sujay Rao, assistant professor of history, earned an NEHstipend in support of his research and development of a chapter-length paper on the place of provincial politicians in Argentinashistory from that countrys independence in 1810 to 1829. Raosthesis is that opposition between the provinces and the capital,Buenos Aires, during these two decades has been overstated,that rather than mobilizing the countrys lower classes, provin-cial politicians defended colonial hierarchies and preempted thedevelopment of genuinely popular movements. He will use hisgrant to spend a month this summer carrying out research in theArgentine national archives and a second month drafting thefourth chapter of what he anticipates will be a five-chapter bookexamining Argentine federalism in the three provinces of thestrategic littoral region north of the capital. G

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by Anne-Marie Gronhovd

One of the goals of theDepartment of ModernLanguages, Literatures, and Culturesat Gustavus Adolphus College is tobring an international perspective toteaching, advising, and research. Weengage our students and ourselveswith the world by developing an ap-petite for a certain type of knowledge,one that opens the doors to other cul-tures, histories, and literatures.Experience on the spot is often themost practical way to convey thisknowledge. Such was my experienceduring the summer of 2006 when Iwent to Tunisia with the intention ofbetter understanding the Maghreb,engaging a longtime interest in thelands of Northwest Africa. Having re-ceived a Bush Foundation mini-grantin support of new research aimed atmy teaching, I began a study ofFrench colonization in North Africaand its repercussions on history, cul-ture, and literature up to the present.

The Arabic term Djazirat elMaghreb means the Island of theSunset or the Island of the Occident.The Maghreb encompasses Morocco,Algeria, and Tunisia. The original in-habitants of this region were theBerbers. But the Maghreb is condi-tioned by the Mediterranean coast,the Atlas mountain chains, vastdeserts, and the fertility of the lands ir-rigated by its rivers. Over the centuriesthis geography attracted many in-vaders, among them the Arabs, whohave stayed the longest and who havebeen the most influential, making theMaghreb an integral part of the Arabworld. The French presence inMorocco, Algeria, and Tunisia began

in 1830, and endedin the case ofAlgeriain 1962.

Starting my work at The FourthInternational Conference on NewDirections in the Humanities at theUniversity of Carthage, in Carthage,Tunisia, I presented a paper titledAlgeria, a Land of Conflicts andReconciliations. A literary approach tounderstanding Algeria, past and pres-ent. Hlne Cixous and AlbertCamus.

The conference, whose theme wasGlobal and Local Dialogues in theHumanities, was aimed at engagingMuslim and Western worlds in a re-gion at the crossroads of their culturaldifferences. The inevitable complexdialogues provided means for seekingmutual comprehension and philoso-

phies to reconcile these differences.The varied and rich conference ses-sions were attended by representativesfrom 22 countries. Topics rangedfrom the prospects and problems fac-ing Africa and the Middle East inclaiming their identity representationsand intellectual properties, toEuropean understanding and accept-ance of multiculturalism, diversity, andhuman rights in the Islamic communi-ties.

From Carthage, I went to Tuniswhere I did research with theAmerican Institute for MaghrebStudies (AIMS) at the CentredEtudes Maghrbines in Tunis(CEMAT). Established in 1984 theinstitute works to facilitate scholarlyresearch on North Africa and to en-

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The ruins of the ancient city of Carthage are located on the eastern side of Lake Tunis,across from the center of modern Tunis, Tunisias capital city.

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courage the exchange of schol-ars and scholarly information.In the United States, AIMSserves as the professional asso-ciation of scholars interested inthe Maghreb. At the CEMAT,I worked with various scholarswho had received Fulbrightgrants or, like me, grants fromtheir home institutions. The di-alogues and work the center al-lows are of great importance

for establishing a better under-standing of Northwest Africaand its relationship to theWestern world in a way that isat once open and informed.These dialogues are aimed atbringing about a better com-prehension of Islam in theworld.

Culture is history-boundit cannot live without it, itevolves with it. And in the

Maghreb, as in the rest ofAfrica and the Middle East, his-tory repeats itself and constant-ly shuffles its cards, hoping toavoid past mistakes (both theirown and those of the coloniz-ing powers). I had a great op-portunity to witness how thedesire for freedom and peace ischallenged daily, and to seehow it is interwoven in the livesof every person.

Understanding how theArab world functions andwhere it fits in the puzzle ofnations is essential. Its con-struction is often fragile.During my stay in Tunisia in2006, the war between Israeland Lebanon broke out andthe pieces of this very delicatepuzzle began scattering aboutthe region. Any attentiveWesterner in the Arab world atthat moment had the clear op-portunity to understand first-hand how past mistakes caneasily be repeated with tragicconsequences. Lebanon is asmall country, a tiny countryby geographical measure, yet itis large in its acceptance of di-versity: Lebanon makes heroicefforts to blend together itsvarious communities by accept-ing and respecting each othersdifferences. One could nothelp asking: Couldnt Lebanonconstitute a solution for our di-vided world? Why did it haveto suffer again? The civil warthat ended 15 years ago andthe ensuing reconstruction waslong and thorough and ulti-mately successful. What wasachieved in the recent war?Widespread destruction andpromises to help reconstruct.The absurdity of such respons-es to such hapless events speaksfor itself.

My goal at the CEMAT wasto better understand Frenchcolonization of the Maghreb,and the aftermath in that re-gion. I undertook a compara-tive study of Tunisia andAlgeria in their approach toFrench identity and languageas they freed themselves fromyears of cultural, economic,and political occupation.

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Algeria did so in 1962 afterprotracted combat between theFrench army and Algerian re-sistance and insurrectionarygroups (all quite divided intheir approach to a settlement).Habib Bourguiba was the firstpresident of independentTunisia, his major goal being tomaintain secular control overthe Tunisian schooling and ad-ministrative systems. Thus,Muslim groups had less influ-ence and power in governingthe country. Bourguiba alsomaintained the use of Frenchthroughout the school curricu-lum; the result of this was thatafter independence Arabic wasintroduced progressively andhad more time to establish it-self in the system than it had,for instance, in Algeria.

Algerias journey to inde-pendence was much morecomplex and difficult thanTunisias. Tunisia had been aprotectorate of France, whileAlgeria was a department(the equivalent of a state orprovince in the NorthAmerican continent). At thetime of the insurrections calling

for independence, a total ofone million European coloniz-ersmainly from Francelived in Algeria, where therewere eight million Algerians.The battle for independencelasted from 1954 to 1962, andwas extremely violent, involv-ing as it did, so many Frenchcolons who consideredAlgeria their land and had nointention of returning toFrance. France, on the otherhand, was not eager to repatri-ate them because of the imbal-ance it would create in its econ-omy and politics.

The last part of my worktook place in Paris where I con-tinued my research on Algerianindependence and the years ofpolitical turmoil that continuedinto the beginning of this cen-tury. I refer specifically to theAlgerian civil war of the 1990sthat lasted nearly the entiredecade. The 90s are an impor-tant era in Algerian history.These were years of bloodywarfare between Islamistmovements on one side andthe government and the army(two entities not always in con-cordance) on the other. Thearmy and the government fur-nished weapons to a militia in

charge of defending the popula-tion against the Islamist factions.

I carried out the latter partof my research at the library ofthe Institut du Monde Arabe(IMA) in Paris. The mission ofthe IMA is to build bridges be-tween two civilizations thatneed to know each other betterand are, in fact, eager to deep-en their relations. TheInstituts arena of intent is vast:culture in all its aspects, sci-ence, knowledge of customs,and large political problems, al-ways approached with an openmind and spirit.

This year, I have been shar-ing the results of my researchin Tunisia and France with mystudents and colleagues. Howoften do we talk about ourscholarly work with our stu-dents? Although we think theymight not be interested, theyactually are. Frequently they donot know what we really dooutside the classroom. Theyneed to perceive us as teachersand scholars, educators and re-searchers, and see that these arenot two separate entities withno correlation. These two as-pects of our work at GustavusAdolphus go hand in hand anddo not stand as a divide in ourprofessional lives. Grants suchas those from the BushFoundation help us invite ourstudents to experience our re-search, and inspire them to in-vestigate into new subjects.

Anne-Marie Gronhovd has taughtFrench in the Department ofModern Languages, Literatures,and Cultures since 1988. Thisarticle was abridged from alonger document, which readersinterested in more informationcan find on the Colleges websiteat www.gustavus.edu/quarterly/maghreb.

Building BridgesInvestigative journalist Lisa Lingwas the keynote speaker at theColleges 12th annual BuildingBridges student diversity confer-ence held on March 10. Ling,who reports on issues of socialjustice for various televisionshows, said that we live in a timewhere we can find a wealth of in-formation on the Internet, mostof which is not reliable, and thatwe are responsible for seekingout the truth. Her message waspart of the 2007 conferencetheme Find Your Voice: PuttingAwareness into Action. TheBuilding Bridges conference is anannual student-led, student-initi-ated diversity conference organ-ized to promote mutual respectand understanding of diversityand to deal with diversity in aproactive, social, and informativeway.

Fulbright winnerErica Duin, a senior internationalmanagement and French major,has been granted a FulbrightScholarship for the 200708 aca-demic year. Duin, a native ofHastings, Minn., who developeda passion for Morocco during a2006 summer internship with the

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U.S. Agency for InternationalDevelopment in Rabat, will takeclasses at Al AkhawaynUniversity and conduct researchon water resource managementin the Sebou River Basin inMorocco. The Fulbright programaims to increase mutual under-standing between the people ofthe United States and othercountries through the exchangeof people, knowledge, and skills,and sends approximately 1,100American scholars and profes-sionals per year to more than130 countries. Duin is the fourthGustavus student since 1996 tobe named a Fulbright scholar.

Energy WarsMinnesota colleges and universi-ties competed during February inthe Campus Energy Wars. Thechallenge was for each campusto reduce energy consumptionand heat use; the incentive (be-sides lowering their negative im-pact on the environment) was aconcert performed by the rockband Cloud Cult at the winningschool. Gustavus students andfaculty made a concerted effortto change their behaviors duringthe month by turning off unused

lights in their dorm rooms orclassrooms, unplugging appli-ances, and lowering thermostats.A proposal from a Gustavus stu-dent also led to St. PeterMunicipal Utilities providing2,000 compact fluorescent lightbulbs to further improve energyefficiency on campus. Gustavusended the month-long challengewith a competition to see whichstudent or administrator couldpump the most energy into anelectrical generator by pedalinga stationary bicycle.

Makes Top 60Senior student Alex Zupan hasnamed to the USA Today All-Academic Team as one of thecountrys Top 60 students. Thenewspapers award recognizessignificant, broad-based accom-plishments among an extremelyselective group of scholars, stu-dent-athletes, and campus lead-

ers. Zupan, who won a GoldwaterScholarship last year, has alsobeen recognized this year withan NCAA PostgraduateScholarship (see Sports section).

Model websiteThe Gustavus homepage wasprominently featured in the 3rdedition of InformationArchitecture for the World WideWeb, the definitive book on Webdesign and one of the top-sell-ing books on the subject atAmazon.com. The authors of thebook praise the Gustavus home-page for its eye-catching colors,clearly labeled information, andeasy-to-use menus, all of whichindicate that the homepage waswell-designed to anticipateusers needs.

Gustavus hosts national or-atory competitionGustavus Adolphus College wasselected to host an openinground of the 20062007 ClaudePepper Oratory Competition asthe event expanded this yearfrom its original site. Previouslyheld exclusively at Florida StateUniversity, the home of theClaude Pepper Foundation and

the Pepper Center, the presti-gious competition encouragesundergraduate and graduate stu-dents to develop the publicspeaking skills that enabledFlorida senator and congressmanClaude Pepper (19001989) tohave such an impact on theAmerican political scene. Thisyears competition promptedstudents to explore U.S. foreignrelations, asking, What shouldU.S. policy be towards Cuba, andwhat lessons from our historywith Cuba can we apply to otherareas of U.S. foreign policy?

The first round of the oratorycompetition was held at 18 col-leges and universities across theUnited States. A recording of thewinning speeches at each com-petition was then sent to thePepper Center in Tallahassee,where they were ranked by atopic-specific expert. The top sixspeakers were then invited tothe Florida State University cam-pus on March 28 to compete fora $1,500 scholarship and achance to address a committeeof the U.S. Congress.

ChYLI Program earns humanrights awardGustavus Adolphus CollegesChicano/Latino Youth LeadershipInstitute (ChYLI) program hasbeen recognized with the St.Peter 2006 Human Rights Awardfrom the citys Human RightsCommission for furtheringhuman rights in the St. Petercommunity. Program DirectorVeronica Alba accepted theaward at the March 26 St. PeterCity Council meeting.

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bookmarksAssociate Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science David Wolfe hasco-authored a new book, Lessons in Play: An Introduction to the CombinatorialTheory of Games. The book explains combinatorial game theory, which is thestudy of positions in two-player strategy games. Readers learn how to break agame down into possible positions, or moves to be made, and how to find theoptimum move at any point in the game. This can be achieved by visualizingthe game board broken down into pieces, then assigning each component avalue based on potential movesboth beneficial moves available to the play-er as well as detrimental moves possible for the opponent. The outcomes ofthe games analyzed in the book all depend on the skill and strategy employed

by the player, so games like chess, checkers, and Go (a Chinese game popular in Asia) are the main sub-jects of the book, while games that include elements of chance (like cards or dice) are excluded. Lessonsin Play is the first textbook to be written on combinatorial theory; it is aimed at junior- and senior-levelcollege classes, as well as graduate studies.

Michael Albert, Richard Nowakowski, and David Wolfe. Lessons in Play: An Introduction to theCombinatorial Theory of Games (Wellesley, Mass.: A.K. Peters, Ltd., 2007, hardcover, $49).

Associate Professor of English Joyce Sutphen has collaborated with two colleagues toedit an anthology of poems titled To Sing Along the Way: Minnesota Women Poetsfrom Pre-Territorial Days to the Present. More than 100 women are represented in theanthology, including Harriet Bishop, Minnesotas first public school teacher, childrensauthor Carol Ryrie Brink, Meridel LeSueur, Phebe Hanson, Cary Waterman, PatriciaHampl, Louise Erdrich, and Sutphen herself, as well as a number of women just start-ing out as writers.

Sutphen also has had a chapbook titled Fourteen Sonnetspublished in a limited edition of 115 copies bound in paperwraps and 36 numbered and signed copies printed on hand-

made paper and bound in boards.

Joyce Sutphen, Thom Tammaro, and Connie Wanek, eds. To Sing Along the Way:Minnesota Women Poets from Pre-Territorial Days to the Present (Moorhead,Minn.: Three Rivers Press, 2006, trade paper, $17.95).

Joyce Sutphen. Fourteen Sonnets (Northfield, Minn.: Red Dragonfly Press, 2005,paper wrap, $25).

Scott Newstok, assistant professor of English, is the editor of Kenneth Burke on Shakespeare, a volumethat gathers and annotates all of the Shakespeare criticismincluding previously unpublished notes andlecturesby American intellectual Kenneth Burke (18971993), one of themost formidable literary critics of the 20th century. Newstok notes thatBurkes interpretations of Shakespeare have had a major influence on impor-tant lines of contemporary scholarship and that many readers outside aca-demia have enjoyed his investigations into what makes a play function.Noted critic Harold Bloom writes, Scott Newstoks well-edited collection ofKenneth Burkes essays on Shakespeare is an authentic augmentation of thebest modern criticism we have on Shakespeare.

Scott L. Newstok, ed. Kenneth Burke on Shakespeare (West Lafayette, Ind.:Parlor Press, 2007, trade paper, $32).

gram that provides Chicano-Latino high school youth fromsouthern Minnesota with oppor-tunities to develop their leader-ship ability and enhance theireducational outlook. The pro-gram was developed in 1993 bythe Region Nine DevelopmentCommission located in Mankato,Minn., and is now coordinated byGustavus and funded through theMinnesota Department ofEducation. Since the programmoved to Gustavus in 2005,there has been increased empha-sis on post-secondary education.ChYLI students visit several areacolleges each year so they areaware of local options for post-graduation. Currently, five formerChYLI participants are enrolled atGustavus.

ChYLI accepts 70 studentsinto the program each year fromfive area high schools: St. Peter,Mankato Area, Madelia, St.James, and Sleepy Eye. Goals ofthe program include building anetwork of Chicano-Latino lead-ers, increasing understanding ofthe Chicano-Latino culture, in-volving youth in service-learningopportunities, community deci-sion-making, and vision setting,and increasing school connected-ness and graduation rates amongChicano-Latino youth. A ChYLIservice conference is held eachyear, and the program also spon-sors ChYLI Project Reconnect, apartnership with area schoolsthat focuses on increasing parentinvolvement, connecting stu-dents to their school, and provid-ing additional educational re-sources. G

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On the hill

by Donald Myers 83

T he Hillstrom Museum ofArt recently presented DonPalmgren: A RetrospectiveExhibition. The exhibitionconsidered the career ofPalmgren, who taught studioart at Gustavus from 1972until his retirement in 2003,through a selection of pastels,photographs, and drawingsfrom across the years.

Palmgren earned an M.F.A.in 1971 from the CranbrookAcademy of Art in BloomfieldHills, Mich., and also holds amaster of divinity degree fromthe Lutheran School ofTheology in Chicago, earnedin 1964. He has participated inexhibitions at GrovelandGallery in Minneapolis, theAlan Stone Gallery in NewYork, and many other loca-tions, especially in Minnesota,and his works are found in cor-porate collections such as thoseof 3M Corporation and CargillCorporation. Since his retire-ment, Palmgren has continuedhis work as a visual artist, mostrecently exhibiting at the JohnNatsoulas Gallery in Davis,Calif., and he has also pursuedhis avocation of writing. Hisessay, Two-Headed Jack, re-lating to one of the large pas-tels in the exhibit (see backcover), was included in the ex-hibition brochure.

Many Gustavus studentsover the years studied drawingwith Palmgren, who during

class would often circu-late around the drawingtables to make critiques,sometimes limiting hiscomments to a softlyspoken yeah, orhmmm . . ., or some-times even just a sigh. Itwas always apparent thatthere was much meaningin those cryptic exhala-tions, even if it was notimmediately clear, andthe anecdote indicatessomething of the natureof Palmgrens art: oneunderstands that there issomething more beingconveyed than just theobjects so expertly portrayed inhis works.

Palmgren relates his art tomagical realism, a term mostoften applied to literary works(which is fitting in some waysince Palmgren has been inter-ested in being a writer since hewas a young man). He citesworks by Gabriel GarcaMrquez (born 1927), such ashis short stories The Manwith Enormous Wings andThe Sea of Lost Time, as sig-nificant for him. In magical re-alism, there is a disarming nor-mality that can be suddenlydispelled by an abrupt jerk intoa different, magical reality. Thisappeals to Palmgren, and isakin to the effect in his work,where objects and spaces feel,to quote him, unreal, yet real;outrageous, yet believable.

Palmgren believes there issomething mysterious inherent

in objects and the space aroundthem, and when he choosesthem, and carefully places themin a still life composition, theobjects become furthercharged with that mystery, orwith presence, a term he uses indescribing his work. Anotherterm he uses is numinous,coined by German theologianRudolph Otto (18691937) todescribe that which is holy, es-pecially that which is neitherrational nor sensory but whichis outside of oneself. Palmgrenconsiders the mystery presentin his drawings to be akin tothe numinous quality experi-enced during the celebration ofthe Christian Eucharist. Helikens the experience of hiswork to the numinous, and hethinks of the space in his stilllifes as a kind of sacred space.He cites his own priestly ex-perience in considering his art.

Palmgren subscribes to theidea that art is a process ofmaking order out of chaos. Hismeans of doing so includecareful selection of subjects,well-considered composition ofpictorial elements, and a finelyhoned sensitivity to the mys-tery that can arise between andaround those elements. In thisway, Palmgren creates an alter-native world in which the nu-minous is made present and ca-pable of being sensed.

Donald Myers 83 has directedGustavus Adolphus CollegesHillstrom Museum of Art since itsopening in 2000. He is also aninstructor in art history at theCollege.

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Emeritus professors retrospectivecharged with mystery

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Donald Palmgren, Extension Cord, 1987, pastel on paper, 22 x 30 inches.


May527 Art: Senior Studio Majors

Exhibition, HillstromMuseum of Art. Open tothe public without charge;regular museum hours: 9a.m.4 p.m., Mon.Fri.;15 p.m., Sat. & Sun.Opening reception: May 5,47 p.m.

913 Theatre: The Tempest, byWilliam Shakespeare, di-rected by Amy Seham,with Rob Gardner asProspero, 8 p.m. (May 9,10, & 11), 1 p.m. (May11), 7 p.m. (May 12), and2 p.m. (May 13). Ticket re-quired; for information andreservations, contact theGustavus Ticket Center(507/933-7590).

1113 A Celebration of 75Years of Theatre atGustavus AdolphusCollege, includingDecadal Cuttings, May12, Alumni Hall, 1 p.m.,and a special performanceof The Tempest, May 12,Anderson Theatre, 7 p.m.For more information and

reservations, contactBarbara Larson Taylor 93,Office of Alumni Relations(507/933-7515).

12 Music: Vasa and GustavusWind Orchestras in con-cert, Douglas Nimmo, con-ductor, Christ Chapel, 7:30p.m. Open to the publicwithout charge.

13 Music: Lucia SingersMothers Day Concert,Patricia Snapp, conductor,Christ Chapel, 1:30 p.m.Open to the public withoutcharge.

2526 Alumni ReunionWeekend: 45th and 50thanniversary class and 50-Year Club reunions; AlumniAssociation Banquet andawards presentation, May26, Evelyn Young DiningRoom, 5 p.m. Pre-registra-tion required; contact theOffice of Alumni Relations(800/487-8437 orwww.gustavus.edu/alumni/).

26 Music: Gustavus SymphonyOrchestra Season FinaleConcert, Warren Friesen,conductor, Christ Chapel, 8p.m. Open to the publicwithout charge.

27 Commencement:Baccalaureate, ChristChapel, 9 & 10:30 a.m.(tickets required); com-mencement exercises,Hollingsworth Field (weath-er permitting), 2 p.m.Tickets required for exercis-es if they are moved in-doors; for more informa-tion, contact the Office ofCollege Relations(507/933-7520).

July929 National Youth Sports

Program, a College-spon-sored academic and sportsday camp for 150200youth ages 1016 fromlow-income families in tar-geted school districts insouthern Minnesota. Formore information, contactKathryn Bode, Departmentof Education (507/933-7457).

13 Admission Summer OpenHouse, sponsored by theOffice of Admission, 8a.m.2 p.m. Tours, scholar-ship information, lunchwith faculty and students;for more information, con-tact Joy Reese 02(507/933-7603 [email protected]).Also on July 23 and August10.

Calendar


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TheTempest


August23Sept. 3 Gustavus at the

Fair: College booth in theEducation building at theMinnesota State Fair,staffed 9 a.m.9 p.m.Wear your Gustie gear tothe Fair and stop by ourbooth!

September4 Opening Convocation for

the 146th academic yearof the College, ChristChapel, 10 a.m.

30 Gusties Gather! Alumnigatherings at sitesthroughout the country.For more information, con-tact the Office of AlumniRelations (800/487-8437or www.gustavus.edu/alumni/).

October

23 Nobel Conference 43:Heating Up: The EnergyDebate, Lund Arena,opening at 9:30 a.m. onTuesday. For ticket infor-mation, contact theCollege Relations Office(507/933-7520) or visit

the Nobel Conference web-site (www.gustavus.edu/nobelconference/).

1214 Homecoming andFamily Weekend:Reunions for classes of1967, 1972, 1977, 1982,1987, 1992, 1997, 2002.Also, sports events, lec-tures, and musical con-certs on campus (com-plete schedule will be inthe Fall 2007 Quarterly).For more information,contact Alumni Relations(800/487-8437).

27 Gustavus LibraryAssociates biennial gala:Razzle Dazzle A RoyalAffair, SheratonBloomington Hotel, 5:30p.m. Reservations re-quired; for more informa-tion, contact the Office ofCollege Relations(507/933-7520).

November30, Dec. 1 & 2 Christmas in

Christ Chapel 2007: TheWord Becomes Flesh,Christ Chapel, 3:30 p.m.(Dec. 1 and 2 only) and7:30 p.m. Ticket required;watch for order form in theFall 2007 Quarterly.

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Please Note: Times and dates of the events listed on this page are subject tochange. Please call to confirm events of interest.

Additional schedules, information and updatesSports n Up-to-date sports schedules may be found on the World Wide Web,

through the Gustavus homepage (www.gustavus.edu). For a printed schedule of anyor all of the Gustie varsity athletic squads, download from the Web or send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to Tim Kennedy 82, sports information director,Gustavus Adolphus College, 800 W. College Ave., St. Peter, MN 56082-1498. Also,you can listen to selected Gustavus athletics broadcasts over the Internet throughRealAudio. Broadcasts may be accessed through a link on Gustavus athleticswebsite, where a broadcast schedule also may be found.

The Arts n To receive a more complete fine arts schedule or more information onfine arts events noted in the calendar, contact Al Behrends 77, director of fine artsprograms, by phone (507/933-7363) or e-mail ([email protected]). Tickets fortheatre and dance performances are available two weeks in advance of theperformance through the Gustavus Ticket Center (507/933-7590).



LibraryThe New


From the outside, it doesnt look all that different. At night, ranks of bookson shelves show through the brightly lit windows, and students can be seenhunching over their notes in the carrels, studying for a test or writing a paper.Their faces may be illuminated by the glow of a laptop or connected to theInternet through the librarys wireless network, but just as often theyre writing ona pad of paper beside a stack of books. Approach the front doors and the firstthing youll notice through the glass is a life-sized, semi-abstract womanreading with her head cocked to one side. She is A Knowing Woman,a sculpture by Gloria Tew dedicated to Frances Engelsma, a foundingmember of Gustavus Library Associates, whish was unveiled this pastSeptember. One of her hands holds an open book, the other invitesus in.

Past her right elbow, theres a busy nook devoted to new booksand dozens of conversations as students discuss group projects,socialize, or somehow lose themselves in a book even whilesurrounded by chatter. Nothing new in that, either. Thoughpopular culture would have you believe libraries are places whereshhh! is the rule, the Gustavus library has always been a social place,so much so that since at least the 1950s it has been the subject of op-edcomplaints in the student newspaper. Those criticisms died down when thelibrary established a quiet floor to accommodate those who want to studywithout distraction.

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by Barbara Fister



Behind the sculpture, things have changed a bit in the past decades. Where the card cata-log used to stand, theres a cluster of computers that is always busy and two printers thatnever seem to stop churning. Beyond that, theres a glass-fronted computer lab that doublesas a classroom for students learning the complexities of research in a hybrid print and digitalworld. On one day, they may come to the lab to learn how to conduct a literature review for abiology class. On another, they may download international statistics from WorldDevelopment Indicators into a spreadsheet, or pull up an electronic version of the front pageof The New York Times on the day the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, or search fora particular phrase in every book published in English before 1700.

Welcome to the new library. The walls are exactly where they were when the currentbuilding opened in 1972, but like Dr. Whos Tardis, its much bigger than it appears on

the outside.

Virtually Everything

In the past few years the library has added scores of electronic re-sources, ranging from Web of Science (an electronic version of the

Science Citation Index and the Social Science Citation Index thatcovers the contents of more than 8,000 journals and knits togeth-er connections through the sources they cite) to full-text collec-tions of journals in chemistry, psychology, sociology, anthropol-ogy, and communication studies, as well as databases coveringall the subjects in which the college offers majors. The libraryprovides campus access to RefWorks, software for creatingyour own personalized database of sourcesand, even morepopular with students, a function for printing out formattedbibliographies in the citation style of your choice. Throughmany of our databases, students and faculty can set up alertsthat notify them as new articles are published on topicstheyre following. And they can browse todays happenings innewspapers from around the world through LexisNexis and

Proquest Newstand. But its not all about the latest and newest. This year the li-

brary added a database that reproduces the content of The NewYork Times back to 1851. The number of books in the collection

Hector and Helen A study room on the librarys lower level is now home to Hector, a Mac Mini computer with a wideflat-screen monitor, two keyboards, a laptop hookup, and aniSight camera. This flexible workspace is ideal for groupswriting collaborative papers, creating Powerpoint for grouppresentations, or working on other computing projects. Groupsmay sign up to reserve Hector for up to three hours at a time.

A nearby study room is home to Helen, twin to Hector, butwithout a camera. Like Hector, Helen is a Mac Mini with a hugeflat-screen monitor, two keyboards, and a cord to hook apersonal laptop up to the keyboards and screen. Helen is alsoperfect for collaborative projects.

The library partnered with Gustavus Technology Services(GTS) to create these spaces. GTS is also planning to outfit aroom across the hall from Hector with blue screen, camera, and playback equipment specifically for practicing and taping speeches and oral presentations.

A group of studentstries out the Hector

computer system forconferencing and

collaborative projects.Fatima Elattir, asophomore from

Rabat, Morocco, pointsto the camera image

of herself onscreenwhile Laura Ofstad

(right), a sophomorefrom Coon Rapid, and

Dana Setterholm(left), a senior fromMarine on St. Croix,

look on.


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increased by over 30 percent overnight when an amazing digital archive, Early English BooksOnline, went live through the librarys website. This digital collection reproduces, page bypage, every extant book published in English between 1473 and 1700.

Not old enough for you? Try the Thesaurus Linguae Graecae. It contains virtually allGreek texts surviving from Homers era (8th century BCE) to 600 CE, as well as most sur-viving works up to the fall of Byzantium in 1453.

Of course, while the library has been adding all of these new resources, students have attheir fingertips a burgeoning wealth of research material available on the Web. They can con-sult historical primary sources through sites like the Library of Congresss American MemoryProjector see history in the making. Thanks to the immediacy of the Web, our studentswere able to read documents being collected by the House Judiciary Committee investigat-ing the firing of U.S. Attorneys at exactly the same time as the New York Times reporters cov-ering the story. Todays students have access to rare primary sources from their dorm roomand can be involved in the first draft of history in ways unimaginable twenty years ago.

They can even contribute, themselves. They can post their own pictures on Flickr, uploadvideo to YouTube, share their favorite links through Del.icio.us, Digg news stories, and writetheir own commentary through blogs and social networking sites. A much-cited report fromthe National Endowment for the Humanities rang the alarm that people werent reading asmuch fiction as they did ten years ago. Buried in the report was the interesting news thatmore people then ever are writing it. Culture is no longer a spectator sport. The long-termimplications of this emerging read/write culture have yet to be understood, but there is nodoubt that our current students are able to interact with information in new and excitingways.

But with all of these options comes a challenge. Deciding where to turn for high-qualityinformation can be perplexing. Several large-scale studies have shown that students turn firstto the Internet when doing their research, yet many undergraduates lack the sophistication toknow where the best sources are, or how to evaluate their reliability. And though the Web hasbecome an indispensable tool for researchers, there still are many important sources that arenot available for free.

Libraries for Learning

Though it would seem doing research is easier than ever, the sheer abundance of resourcesrequires sophisticated critical thinking skillsskills that are necessary for lifelong learning and

Senior Chee Thao (right), Minneapolis, receives advice on an upcoming research project fromReference Librarian Michelle Anderson Twait 98. Reference librarians also provide help online viainstant messaging programs.cutline

All the newsthats fit to blog

Want to keep up with news from the Gustavus library?

Check out the librarys bloghttp://folkelore.blogspot.com. There, you can sign up for an

e-mail version or subscribe to an RSS feed.



productive civic engagement. Its no wonder that information literacythe ability to find,evaluate, and use information criticallyis identified as one of several essential learning out-comes of a liberal education in the Association of American Colleges and Universities 2007report, College Learning for the New Global Century.

At Gustavus, this essential outcome is nothing new. Since at least the 1950s, the FolkeBernadotte Memorial Librarys identity has been that of a teaching library. OdrunPeterson, director of the library from 1944 to 1973, said the College Library is first andforemost an instrument of teaching. Her planning documents for the current library wereamazingly consistent with Libraries Designed for Learning, a recent landmark study byScott Bennett, librarian emeritus of Yale University, who has called on libraries to design theirbuildings and programs around student learning.

What does it mean for libraries to be designed for learning? It means asking the rightquestions. How do students prefer to learn? What conditions encourage learning? InBennetts view, libraries should not be planned around resources or services, but rathershould take into account students learning behaviors and the ways that faculty encouragelearning. He proposes that libraries should be learning commons that offer flexible learn-ing spaces for individual and group learning, planned with faculty and others involved withthe institutions mission.

He also discovered, as he studied successful library designs, that food has a significant roleto play. At Yale, it turned out the place where students were having the most vibrant conver-sations about ideas was in Machine City, a dingy basement lounge equipped with vendingmachines. Like most academic libraries since the 1990s, the Gustavus library doesnt banfood and beverages, instituting instead a leave no trace campaign to keep the library invit-ing and attractive.

Learning Together

The library has also responded to the growing need for group work spaces by partnering withGustavus Technology Services to outfit two rooms with equipment for digital collaboration.They each offer a Mac mini computer, a digital camera, a wide-screen monitor, and two key-boards so that a group of students can work on multimedia projects together. Those whoprefer to bring their own equipment can hook up a laptop to the monitor. Soon a third roomwill be converted into a presentation practice space with blue screen, camera, and playbackequipment.

Faculty, of course, play the most significant role in encouraging students to see the libraryas a laboratory for learning. Faculty across the curriculum involve students in research inmany creative ways. Students in Chaplain Brian Johnson 80 and Eric Eliasons First TermSeminar, Stories from the Source, create posters that illustrate how Bible stories have beenreinterpreted in the arts. In Phil Voights course on campaign communication, students de-sign a political campaign by creating storyboards for campaign commercials and writingstump speeches, position papers, and briefings for the candidates. Greg Kaster has history stu-dents trace quoted works to see whether the original author has used their source accuratelyand fairly. Across the curriculum, students are engaging in authentic research in a variety ofways, the sort of experiential learning that is a hallmark of a Gustavus education.

This June, faculty from across the campus are coming together for a workshop on TheStudent as Scholar: Enhancing Research and Creative Practices. Facilitator Jill Singer, pastpresident of the Council on Undergraduate Research and professor of geology at BuffaloState University, will help the faculty consider ways to expand and enhance the multiple waysstudents engage in research and creative work as a key piece of a Gustavus education.

The librarians, too, play a role. They offer one-on-one tutorials at the reference desk andon the Internet. Students can open a chat window from the librarys website or from their fa-vorite chat program and get instant assistance. Librarians work with faculty to conduct work-shops in the library, from a basic introduction to how the library works in the First TermSeminar, to in-depth, hands-on work with students working on senior theses. And, like otherfaculty, the librarians conduct research. Current projects under way include studies of thechoices students make as they select sources, how well interdisciplinary databases serve under-

Bringing the world to Gustavus Thanks to the efforts of Gustavus Library Associates, thelibrary has an endowment for bookson diversity. Recently the library has highlighted this collection bydisplaying books purchased withthese funds in the new books area. Its one way the librarysupports institutional efforts to value diversity at the College.


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graduate needs, and the role of common reading programs on college campuses. Last year, a project on how students and faculty use the librarys website led

to a sitewide redesign. More than 900 students participated in an online sur-vey. The main incentive? A chance to win exclusive use of a study room in thelibrary for the rest of the semester. Evidently, having a room of ones own inthe library is a highly desirable thing.

The Persistence of PrintIts not all digital. The library continues to add traditional materials toits collection and, contrary to rumors, students still read books. On av-erage, around a hundred books a day are checked out during the falland spring semester. Thousands of course reserve readings are distrib-uted through the Moodle course management system. In spite of theconvenience of online sources, surveys at Gustavus and nationally showthat students want hard copy of what theyre using for their work. Theyreport its simply more convenient to read, mark up, and organize materialon paper. Though students start their research on the Web, a recent studyfound that the vast majority of them report using traditional print resources,too.

And indications are strong that they are likely to continue to turn to the libraryfor books. At the close of 2006, Forbes issued a report that was bullish on books,finding that the Internet is fueling a thirst for reading material. This past March, theSeattle Post-Intelligencer reported that teens are buying more books than ever before.OCLC, an international library consortium, recently studied perceptions of libraries andfound that college students are the heaviest users of libraries and that by and large they havepositive feelings for libraries.

Most of all, the study found that when college students think about libraries, they think ofbooks. The Knowing Woman would be pleased.

Barbara Fister has been an academic librarian on the faculty of Gustavus Adolphus College since1987.

No matter how much technology changes, one thing remains the samethe library is a great place for a nap.

Bringing Gustavus

to the world Materials from the church and college

archives are being digitized through collaboration with the Minnesota Digital Library.

Academic Assistants Paul Carlson and Nicole Radotich have assisted Lutheran Church Archivist

Edi Thorstensson in preparing archival material forinclusion in Minnesota Reflections, from photographs

to minutes of the board of directors of St. AnsgarsAcademy. Go to www.mndigital.org to see whatcollections have been contributed by Gustavus.

The library is also in the process of digitizing thebackfiles of the Gustavian Weekly (available through

the librarys website). 1980 through 2005 arecurrently online, with earlier decades to follow.



Two win NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships

Sportsnotes

Gustavus AdolphusCollege student-athletesHailey Harren (womenscross country) and AlexZupan (mens cross country)have been selected as two of58 student-athletes fromacross the country to receiveNCAA PostgraduateScholarships for the fallsport season. Harren andZupan were the only stu-dent-athletes from aMinnesota IntercollegiateAthletic Conference institu-tion selected to receive the$7,500 awards this fall.

Harren, a native of Cold Spring, Minn., finished eighth at the NCAADivision III Cross Country Championships last fall after winning the na-tional individual title in 2005. She claimed the MinnesotaIntercollegiate Athletic Conference and NCAA Central Region individualtitles this past fall and was named both the MIAC and NCAA CentralRegion Runner of the Year. A political science and financial economicsdouble major, Harren has compiled a 3.77 cumulative grade point aver-age. She will attend law school next fall. Harren has also been very ac-tive in the community working as a Study Buddy at a local elementaryschool and visiting local nursing homes as a part of the Elders program.

Zupan, a native of Monona, Wis., was a four-year letterwinner onthe cross country team, serving as the teams captain for his junior andsenior seasons. He earned all-conference honors in his sophomore sea-son with an 11th-place finish at the MIAC Championships. In his juniorseason, Zupan earned all-region honors with a 20th-place finish at theNCAA Central Region meet. A math and music double major, Zupanranks #1 in his class academically with a 4.0 cumulative grade pointaverage. He was recently named to the USA Today All-Academic Team,honoring him as one of the top 60 college students in the country. Inaddition to his academic and athletic involvement, Alex has also been

involved in the community,taking part in the Big Partnerprogram where he spent timementoring a local youth.Zupan will pursue a doctor-ate in pure mathematics;however, he has not yet de-cided which university hewill attend.

Over the last three years,Gustavus ranks third (tiedwith the University ofMissouri) for the most post-graduate scholars among allNCAA schools (Division I, II,and III). Emory and Stanfordhave the most postgraduatescholars with 16 each, whileGustavus and Missouri arenext with 10 each. Harrenand Zupan are the 19th and20th Gustavus student-ath-letes to receive NCAAPostgraduate Scholarships inthe history of the program.

The NCAA awarded 58 postgraduate scholarships of $7,500 each to29 male student-athletes and 29 female student-athletes from all threedivisions (I, II, and III) who participated in fall sports. Those sports in-cluded mens and womens cross country running, football, mens andwomens soccer, mens water polo, womens field hockey, womensequestrian, badminton, and volleyball. To qualify for an NCAA postgrad-uate scholarship, a student-athlete must have an overall grade-pointaverage of 3.200 (on a 4.000 scale) or its equivalent and must haveperformed with distinction as a member of the varsity team in the sportin which the student-athlete was nominated. The student-athlete alsomust intend to continue academic work beyond the baccalaureate de-gree as a graduate student. G

Hailey Harren

Alex Zupan


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Womens hockey team wins MIAC regular season andplayoff titles for third consecutive year

Andrea Peterson Named AHCA National Player of theYear in Womens Hockey

The Gustavus womens hockeyteam solidified its status asthe dominant program in theMinnesota IntercollegiateAthletic Conference by claimingthe regular season and playofftitles for a third straight year.Coach Mike Carrolls squadfinished the regular season witha league mark of 1710 andthen went on to beat St.Thomas 32 in the playoffchampionship game to earn theautomatic bid to the NCAAtournament.

Over the past three seasons,Gustavus has compiled a MIACregular season record of 5221,while compiling a mark of 60 inthe post-season tournament andoutscoring its opponents 208in those six games.

Unfortunately, the Gustiessaw their season come to anabrupt end with a 41 loss to

the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point in the first roundof the NCAA tournament.

Gustavus finished the year withan overall mark of 253. G

Andrea Peterson, a senior de-fenseman for the Gustavuswomens hockey team and afour-time All-America selection,is the winner of the 2007 LauraHurd Award, presented to theWomens College Division HockeyPlayer of the Year as voted bythe nations Division III headcoaches. Peterson, a native ofWhite Bear Lake, Minn., wasnamed the Player of the Year inthe Minnesota IntercollegiateAthletic Conference (MIAC) ineach of her four varsity seasons.

Andrea Peterson is the finestindividual, and hockey player,

that I have had the opportunityto work with in my 20 years ofcoaching hockey, says Gustavushead coach Mike Carroll. She isdedicated, hard working, pas-sionate, competitive, bright, andhumble.

Carroll adds, While Andreasstatistics speak for themselves,they do not begin to tell thestory of the impact she has hadon the Gustavus womens hockeyprogram. Andrea is a naturalleader and she sets a great ex-ample for the team to follow inthe classroom, the locker room,and on the ice. In competition,

Andrea alwaysplays her besthockey in thebig games andhas been themain reasonthat Gustavushas won threeconsecutiveMIAC titles andplayed in fourconsecutiveNCAA Tournaments.

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Rock star

Gustavus has a national champion in its own kitchen. Literally.Kevin Birr, assistant catering manager in the Gustavus DiningService and also assistant director of summer programs for the College,is a member of the four-man team that won the 2007 U.S. CurlingAssociations (USCA) mens national championship on Feb. 24 in Utica,N.Y., and qualified to represent the United States at the world champi-onships during the first week in April in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

We had made the National Final Four three of the past four yearsand had continued to improve every year, says Birr. Nevertheless, win-ning the national championship is a significant leap for Team Birr,which is skipped by Kevins brother, Todd. For one thing, the USCAprovides funding to allow the national teamusto travel to wherethe best teams in the world are, Birr notes, and we now have coach-es.

In the moments following their win in Utica, Birr and his team-mates were lined up for photos and a barrage of clipboards holdingforms to be signed. We hardly knew what we were signing, Birr re-calls, but among other things they authorized the USCA to fly them topractice facilities and meets around the world.

Curling, a sport that originated in Scotland, is played on a rectangularsheet of ice, on which two teams alternately slide large rocks (about 42lbs. each) toward a target area known as the house. Sweepers brush theice ahead of the moving rock to subtly change its direction and speed, at-tempting to place it closer to the center of the target area than their op-ponents rock or to knock their opponents rock away.

Curling may have a limited following in the United States, but Birrnotes that it is a big draw in many northern countries. More than

Team Birr with the 2007 U.S. Mens National Curling Championshiptrophyfrom left, Bill Todhunter, Appleton, Wis.; Greg Johnson, Appleton,Wis.; Skip Todd Birr, Mankato, Minn.; and Kevin Birr, assistant cateringmanager at Gustavus and Todds brother.

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Mens Hockey The Gustavus mens hockey team qualified forthe MIAC post-season tournament for the sixth consecutive year, butfell to St. Olaf 31 in the opening round. Coach Brett Petersens squadposted a mark of 11132 overall and 961 in the MIAC. The Gustieswere led in scoring by first-year forward Eric Bigham (Robbinsdale,Minn.), who tallied 11 goals and 16 assists for 27 points. Bigham wasjoined on the all-conference team by senior defenseman Jon Keseley(St. Louis Park, Minn.).

Womens Hockey The Gustavus womens hockey teamclaimed its third straight MIAC regular-season title with a record of1710 and then went on to win its fourth consecutive MIAC post-sea-son tournament title by defeating St. Thomas 32 in the championshipgame. The Gusties, who received an automatic bid to the NCAA tourna-ment, were upset in the first round by UW-Stevens Point 41. CoachMike Carrolls squad finished with an overall mark of 253 and tied theschool record for wins in a season. Five Gusties were named to the all-conference team: senior forward Kelly Crandall (Plymouth, Minn.), jun-ior defender Marge Dorer (St. Paul), junior forward Molly Doyle (Eagan,Minn.), senior defender Andrea Peterson (White Bear Lake, Minn.), andsophomore forward Jenny Pusch (Minneapolis).

Mens Basketball The Gustavus mens basketball teamplaced fourth in the MIAC regular-season standings with a record of119, while finishing with a mark of 1413 overall. Coach Mark 83Hansons squad qualified for the MIAC post-season tournament for theseventh consecutive season and defeated Carleton 7059 in the firstround before bowing to St. Johns 8765 in the semifinals. Senior postPhil Sowden (Brooklyn Park, Minn.) and junior forward Trevor Wittwer(Redwood Falls, Minn.) were named to the all-conference team. Sowdencompleted his standout career ranked 15th on the all-time scoring listwith 1,246 points.

Womens Basketball The Gustavus womens basketballteam placed second in the MIAC regular season standings with a recordof 184. The Gusties earned the #2 seed in the MIAC post-season tour-nament and advanced to the championship game before falling to St.Bens 5654. Coach Mickey Hallers squad received a bid to the NCAAtournament, but lost to host George Fox University in Newberg, Ore., inthe first round by the score of 6147. Senior post Bri Monahan(Hutchinson, Minn.) and junior guard Jess Vadnais (Hudson, Wis.) wereboth named to the all-conference team. Both Monahan and Vadnaisreached significant milestones during the season: Monahan became theprograms all-time leading scorer (1,466 points), while Vadnais scoredher 1,000th career point.

Mens Nordic Skiing The Gustavus mens nordic ski teamwrapped up its season with a sixth-place finish out of ten teams at theCentral Collegiate Ski Association Regional meet in Ishpeming, Mich.Junior Kevin Patzoldt (Grand Rapids, Minn.) was the top finisher for theGusties, as he placed 19th in the freestyle race and 24th in the classicrace.

Womens Nordic Skiing The Gustavus womens nordic skiteam wrapped up its season with a fourth-place finish out of 11 teamsat the Central Collegiate Ski Association Regional meet in Ishpeming,

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Mich. First-year Brynden Manbeck (Grand Rapids, Minn.) was the Gustiestop finisher in the freestyle race as she placed 15th. Junior Sarah Willis(Willmar, Minn.) led the team in the classic race with a 12th-place fin-ish. Willis, junior Laura Edlund (Forest Lake, Minn.), and sophomoreKelly Chaudoin (Ely, Minn.) just missed qualifying for the NCAA champi-onships.

Mens Swimming and Diving The Gustavus mensswimming and diving team came up five points short of posting its sixthconsecutive MIAC title as St. Olaf claimed top honors in the closest fin-ish in the 77-year history of the MIAC swimming championships (843.5to 838.5). Individual champions for the Gusties included sophomoreMatt Stewart (Burnsville, Minn.) in the 200 butterfly and the 500freestyle, senior Scott Hagemeyer (Willmar, Minn.) in the 50 and 100freestyle and the 100 backstroke, senior Brian Amundson (Blaine, Minn.)in the 100 freestyle, and first-year Skylar Davis (Palatine, Ill.) in the1,650 freestyle. Coach Jon 88 Carlsons squad also won the 200, 400,and 800 freestyle relays. Swimmers earning all-conference honors in-cluded Stewart, Hagemeyer, Amundson, Davis, junior Ben Hanson(Minnetonka, Minn.), junior Jonah Winter (Park Rapids, Minn.), juniorConnor Ziegler (Sauk Rapids, Minn.), sophomore Billy Cuevas (Woodbury,Minn.), and senior Josh Waylander (Montevideo, Minn.).

Womens Swimming and Diving Team TheGustavus womens swimming team claimed its third MIAC championshipin the past six years in convincing fashion over St. Olaf. Individualchampions for the Gusties included first-year Carrie Gundersen(Minnetonka, Minn.) in the 500 and 1,650 freestyle, first-year SarahKoepp (Burnsville, Minn.) in the 100 breaststroke, first-year ChristiOConnor (Great Falls, Mont.) in the 200 backstroke, and sophomoreErica Hickey (Great Falls, Mont.) in the 200 butterfly. Coach Jon 88Carlsons squad also posted first-place finishes in the 200 and 400 med-ley relays. Swimmers earning all-conference honors included Gundersen,Koepp, OConnor, Hickey, senior Yoshi Ludwig (St. Peter, Minn.), juniorSara Pfau (Bismarck, N.D.), first-year Jonna Berry (Hastings, Minn.),first-year Maggie Hansvick (Litchfield, Minn.), junior Maggie Luke(Stillwater, Minn.), and senior Laura Watkins (Fargo, N.D.). The Gustiesfinished the season with a 30th-place finish at the NCAA championshipsin Houston, Texas. Members of the team who participated in the nation-al meet were Gundersen, Koepp, OConnor, Pfau, Ludwig, and first-yearJanae Piehl (Hutchinson, Minn.).

Gymnastics The Gustavus gymnastics team completed its sea-son with a seventh-place finish at the National Collegiate GymnasticsAssociation (NCGA) West Region meet, held in La Crosse, Wis. TheGusties were led at the region meet by senior Brittany Moore (Plymouth,Minn.), who placed second on the vault with a score of 9.55. Moorequalified for the NCGA championships along with teammates NicoleGergen (sr., Hastings, Minn.), Christine Askham (soph., Arvada, Colo.),and Laura Hansen (soph., Inver Grove Heights, Minn.). Gergen was thetop finisher at the national meet as she earned second-team All-Americahonors with a 12th-place finish on the balance beam.

Mens Indoor Track and Field The Gustavus mens in-door track and field team placed sixth at the MIAC championships,which were held at St. Olaf in early March. Individual champions for theGusties included junior Andy Klaers (Loretto, Minn.) in the 35-poundweight throw and sophomore Tyler Geyen (Delano, Minn.) in the 55-

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Jess Vadnais namedMIAC Player of the Year inwomens basketball

Gustavus junior guardJess Vadnais (Hudson,Wis.) has been named the200607 MIAC Player of theYear by the MinnesotaIntercollegiate AthleticConference (MIAC) womensbasketball coaches. She isthe first Gustavus womensbasketball player to receiveMIAC Player of the Yearhonors.

Vadnais led the confer-ence in scoring with an av-erage of 18.9 points pergame and broke the schoolrecord for points in a sea-son with 523. She alsoshattered the school recordfor free throws made in aseason with 169 (the previ-ous mark was 103) and tied the record for three-point field goals madewith 62. Vadnais finished second in NCAA Division III in free throwsmade (169) and sixth in free throw percentage (89.9%).

In addition to being named the MIAC Player of the Year, Vadnaiswas a Kodak/WBCA First Team All-America selection, a d3hoops.comSecond Team All-America selection, and a DIII News Second Team All-America selection. She enters her senior season needing just 223points to become the programs all-time leading scorer.

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200,000 tickets were sold for the week-long world championships,which were held in the NHL Edmonton Oilers hockey stadium in frontof 10,00015,000 fans per contest.

At their first world championship representing the United States,Team Birr took home a bronze medal after upsetting eventual goldmedalist Canada in pool play early in the week.

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meter hurdles. Klaers, Geyen, junior Ben Treichel (Webster, Wis.; 400meters), and junior Drew Hood (Mankato, Minn.; heptathlon) earnedall-conference honors by virtue of finishing in the top three. Klaersqualified for the NCAA championships, which were held at Rose-HulmanUniversity in Terre Haute, Ind. He placed fourth there in the weightthrow with a throw of 58'8" and earned All-America honors by finishingin the top eight.

Womens Indoor Track and Field The Gustavuswomens indoor track and field team placed ninth at the MIAC champi-onships, held at St. Olaf in early March. Senior Janna Castellano(Blaine, Minn.) was the lone individual-event champion for the Gustiesas she won the pole vault with a conference and school record effort of12'2". Castellano, junior Shannah Dawson (Fairmont, Minn.; polevault), senior Kelsey Becker (Burnsville, Minn.; 4x200 relay), junior SariLindeman (Cannon Falls, Minn.; 4x200 relay), sophomore Linda Kanne(Franklin, Minn.; 4x200 relay), and junior Funto Okanla (St. Paul; 4x200relay) all earned all-conference honors by finishing in the top three intheir event. Castellano qualified for the NCAA championships, whichwere held at Rose-Hulman University in Terre Haute, Ind. There sheplaced fourth in the pole vault at a school-record height of 12'3-1/2"and earned All-America honors by finishing in the top eight.

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Gusties help USA NationalBandy Team to B-Pool goldmedal in Russia

Gustavus senior biology majorErik Kraska, former standoutgoaltender on the mens varsityhockey team from Plymouth, Minn.,was the goaltending anchor for theUSA National Bandy Team that wonits second consecutive B-Pool GoldMedal Championship at the 2007World Bandy Championships inKemerovo, Russia, January26February 6, 2007. Also on thecurrent USA National Team isGustavus junior Scott Arundel, whohas been studying abroad this year inUppsala, Sweden, and playing with afirst-tier bandy team there.

The USA team swept the roundrobin, defeating Holland, Mongolia,Hungary, Estonia, and Latvia and outscoring the opposition 515 de-spite having an unprecedented five rookies making their international

debut, including fullback Arundel and goal-keeper Kraska. For the tournament, the USAteam finished 71 and earned the respect ofthe bandy world for their speed, creativestyle, and sportsmanship.

The city of Kemerovo, located in the re-mote Kuzzbuss region of Siberia, had spentthe entire last year planning this tourna-ment, and the USA players were stunned bythe enthusiasm of the fans. As the USA teamrolled up victories, they were mobbed every-where for autographs and had a police escorteverywhere they went. Rookie keeper Kraskaquickly became a crowd and media favorite.There were bandy posters and flags from allthe participating countries everywhere in thecity, and the TV, radio, and newspaper cover-age was nonstop. More than 30,000 peopleattended the RussiaNorway opener, whichwas played in sub-zero weather in the largerof the citys two outdoor stadiums. The sta-diums huge new color Jumbotron allowedinstant replay action and crowd shots.

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Senior Erik Kraska with his goldmedal.

Scott Arundel, a junior from Deephaven, Minn., is a fullback on the Team USA bandy squad.

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The Gustavus mens swimming anddiving team placed fifth at theNCAA championships, held March1517 in Houston, Texas. The Gustiesscored a school-record 225 points atthe national meet and posted the high-est finish in the programs history. Sixswimmers earned All-America honorsincluding sophomore Matt Stewart(Burnsville, Minn.), senior ScottHagemeyer (Willmar, Minn.), junior BenHanson (Minnetonka, Minn.), seniorBrian Amundson (Blaine, Minn.), first-year Skylar Davis (Palatine, Ill.), andsophomore Billy Cuevas (Woodbury,Minn.).

Stewart led the Gusties as he fin-ished second in the 200 freestyle(1:39.21), third in the 500 freestyle(4:29.15), and fifth in the 200 butterfly(1:50.87). Stewarts times in the 200free, the 500 free, and the 200 fly wereall new school and all-time MIAC records. Seniors Scott Hagemeyer andBrian Amundson closed out their careers in style as Hagemeyer placedseventh in the 100 backstroke, ninth in the 50 freestyle, and eleventhin the 100 freestyle and Amundson placed sixth in the 50 freestyle andeighth in the 100 freestyle.

Hagemeyer completed his career as the most decorated swimmer inthe history of the program. During his standout four-year career,

Hagemeyer earned all-conference distinction 21 times and All-Americahonors 13 times.

In the relays, the Gusties placed three teams in the top eight, in-cluding the 200 free relay, which finished sixth (Amundson,Hagemeyer, Hanson, and Stewart); the 400 free relay, which finishedthird (Stewart, Hanson, Amundson, Hagemeyer); and the 800 freerelay, which finished sixth (Stewart, Cuevas, Amundson, Hanson). G

Mens swimming team finishes fifth at NCAAchampionships

The Gustavus womens swimming and diving teamused overall team depth to pull away fromfavorite St. Olaf on the final day and win the2007 MIAC Womens Swimming and DivingChampionship. The title was the programs firstsince 2004, but the third in the past six years.Gustavus outscored the second-place Oles 789 to634. The meet was held at the University ofMinnesota Aquatics Center in Minneapolis.

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Pictured are the nine Gustavus swimmers who qualified for the NCAA championships in Houston, Texas inMarch. Front row from left: Connor Ziegler, Ben Hanson, Dan Mikkelson, and Billy Cuevas; back row: BrianAmundson, Jonah Winter, Scott Hagemeyer, Skylar Davis, and Matt Stewart.


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The Klein familyincluding brothers Dan 70, Jim 71, andAlanis celebrating 100 years in banking this year. Three gener-ations of the family have been involved in community banking inMinnesota.

The Kleins forebears immigrated to the United States fromGermany, traveling up the Mississippi to Minnesota and eventuallysettling in the Chaska area. In 1907 the brothers great uncle, C.H.Klein, a school teacher and state senator, purchased controlling in-terest in the First National Bank of Chaska. One hundred yearslater, KleinBank is the second largest family-owned state bank inMinnesota, with over $1.2 billion in assets.

Banking institutions saw their share of hard times during the1920s and 30s. Many banks were forced to close their doors due to

the stock market crash in 1929 and the ensuing Depression. But notone of the Klein banks dissolved during that time. Because of thisreputation, community leaders of Montevideo and Madison, Minn.,whose banks had failed, approached the Klein family to take overtheir banks. The Kleins have stayed true to their communities, nowserving customers in 19 locations across Minnesota.

The Klein ties to Gustavus began in 1938 when George Klein,C.H. Kleins nephew, attended the College. George graduated in1942 and after graduation began work at the State Bank ofCologne. Georges career spanned 37 years. During this time, hewas chairman of the board of seven banks as well as six independentinsurance agencies and was president of three family-owned compa-nies, all related to the building materials business. George also wasextremely active in civic affairs; upon his death in 1979, the ChaskaRotary established a Service Abov

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