Campus-wide convocation well-received by faculty, staff: ‘Transparency’ is President Hanson’s common theme

For the first time in the unversity’s 151-year history, faculty, staff, administration, and Board of Trustee members gathered in one room, at one time, for one cause. In this case, it was aimed at building community through the university.

Titled ‘Colleagues in Community,’ the convocation filled Walker Fieldhouse last Tuesday morning. The event canceled all university activities and classes that started before 1:30 p.m.

Seven speakers took the podium to address the gathered group. One of these was English professor Mike Reynolds.

Reynolds, a self-described smart aleck, based his address around conflict, or as he put it, “the hell with civility,” a comment which drew much applause from the audience.

On anniversary of attacks, a multifaith voice: Local Muslims and Christians used 9/11 to create bonds and spread awareness about prejudice.

Timothy McVeigh was a terrorist.

But after he bombed an Oklahoma City government building in 1995, the majority of Americans didn’t fear or hate white 20-something males.

McVeigh was just a “bad seed.”

Though the attacks on 9/11 were much larger in scale than what took place in Oklahoma, both events took innocent lives.

However, after the Oklahoma City bombing, most white Americans went on with their lives as usual, while the attacks on the World Trade Center continue to make life extremely difficult for many American Muslims four years after 9/11.

Letter to the Editor: Professor expresses discontent

Presidential transitions are opportunities for institutional and policy change. But before change can occur, a vision for what the future should look like must be articulated. A new president at Hamline also portends possibilities of change, and of a new vision of the future of this school.

Any vision about the future of Hamline must confront academic quality, governance, transparency and
trust, and revenue generation. What should a presidential vision say about these four issues?

Academic quality comes first. Whatever rhetoric there is about schools being businesses, their output is academics. This means educating students, transforming minds, incubating new ideas, promoting excellence, and supporting faculty in the production of knowledge. All policies and programs must serve these goals and be evaluated by how they impact the academic vision and excellence of the school.

Guilty pleasures: Go ahead and indulge in these questionable flicks

Everyone has their favorite classics, their fond childhood film memories, but the fact is there are some things that we just don’t advertise. There are films in our DVD collections that we’re either ashamed of (our guilty pleasures) or we love but no one else has ever heard of (our hidden treasures). However, it’s time we start to shed some light on these forgotten cinematic treats, so I’ll start:

One of the biggest overindulgences of the last decade has been guilty pleasures. Whether it’s from the advent of reality television (how else can you excuse watching Paris Hilton milk a cow without hanging your head in shame?), the sudden craze over celebrity, or perhaps the eighties just rid society of a conscience, but for some reason people have decided that it’s trendy to indulge in the less-than-impressive.

Mens soccer squad goes on scoring and shutout tirade

Hamline mens soccer has been on fire since their season began. This is not the usual Sports page banter, and it certainly isn’t a cheering section, but it is the truth. In their past four games, the team has scored eighteen goals and has yet to give up one. Every match the team has played has been a shutout.

While the ratio of goals scored to goals allowed may suggest that the team has had no competition this year, that is not the case.

Teams like Simpson and St. Marys have given the Pipers a significant amount of trouble, both this year and in years past, but the team has somehow managed to fight both teams off with relative grace.

In the case of both games, head coach Andy Coutts said, “We made the most of our chances, and we really defended well.”

Found in the Crowd: Rishav Upadhyaya, Junior

Hometown: Kathmandu, Nepal
Major: Computer Science and undecided between Econ and Business Management

Lauren Vikander/Oracle: Was the year you started at Hamline the first time you lived in the US?

RU: Yes, that was the first time I came to the United States and Minnesota.

O: Did you see Hamline’s campus before you decided to attend?

RU: No, I actually applied to a couple of different colleges, but Hamline turned out to be the best financially. I got a pretty decent scholarship, which is why I came out here. But I never knew there was snow, [laughter] that came as a surprise to me.

O: Really? I thought it snowed in Nepal.

RU: Well it does, but only up in the mountains, I lived in the valley - Kathmandu.