Augsburg College - Augsburgian Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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CHR has demonstrated to me that education encom- passes a far broader field than simply books and exams. Rick R. Loft: Ricky luk and Becky Ranum converse about classes being can- celled at Stillwater due to the holidays and prisoner lock up. Below: A group of students leave St. Peter Hospital after a night class at the institution. CHR has let me know some of the untouchable” things that a normal class cannot offer. Diane Hoffbauer I have had to interact with others in this educational situation. This has been a sharing situation. Laurie J. CHR is people — meeting, being exposed to, dealing with, learning with. How can that not affect me? Solveig Evenson CHR has not affected my career desires in particular, but it has af- fected me greatly as a total person. B.K.R. Above: Informal group interaction i another type of co-learning situation where feelings are shared and brought out in the open. j 28

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Below: In CHR classes at St. Peter there is one-to-one interaction between residents, students, and staff 7 CHR has definitely affected my career desires! Now, instead of wanting just a high paying career, I want a career where I will be continually surrounded by others — not only those that I approve of, but with every human being who has a different outlook on life. Neil Pauluk In my class at Stillwater I was really aware that there are real people behind bars — not cruel animals. They are people who have wants and needs just like me, but are in the situation of not being able to get them. Dave Pederson Institutions have to be changed. But more important, attitudes have to change. K. Lange CHR has reinforced my desire to become a pastor — to inmates, too. I've had good co-learning situations in which I've learned how to really listen, and let somebody know how I feel without talking all the time. Kathy Holdhusen. Left: Roger Simon, an instructor of CHR, slops for a coffee break With one of the resi- dents from Trevilla. 27

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Cross Country ''Victory is a Long, Hard, Lonely Run by Dick Fischer If one looks in the record book, he finds that the Augs- burg cross country team had a rather dismal year. They did not overpower too many people. The cross country team definitely didn't dominate the Augsburg sport scene during the fall. One did not hear students asking, Mow did the C.C. team do this morning? As a matter of fact some students may ask, You mean Augsburg has a cross country team? Yes, Virginia. There is an Augsburg cross country team. It is a very real thing at least to the six men that made up the squad this year. Distance running is real to these people because it is a part of them. Distance running comes from within — it is not something that any person can do with success. Distance running is a unique sport for unique individuals. Senior Dan Rodgers captained this year's cross country team. Mark Neseth was the other senior on the squad. The rest of the team consisted of junior Dick Fischer, and freshmen Nate Carlsen, Kevin Peterson, and Paul Rittenhouse. Cross country, unlike most sports, does not depend on a piece of equipment to play with, or a facility to play on. It is just the runner . all by himself competing for that first place, or that better time. To the distance runner there is a certain enjoyment in running fifteen to twenty miles a day a certain enjoy- ment in nature a certain enjoyment in out running a barking dog a certain enjoyment in having a fat twelve year old stick his head out of a car window and tell you to run faster But the real enjoyment to a cross country runner is his teammates. His teammates are his friends. They are each unique, but yet like him. There is a fellow- ship amongst cross country runners a fellowship that lasts longer than any record book. Above: Dick Fischer gives a puzzled look after finding out his running time. Above: Mark Neseth and Dan Rodgers discuss their time as Kevin Peter- son, Nathan Carlson, and Paul Rittenhouse rest after a run Left: Mark Neseth knows how to keep in shape. 29