Kansas State University - Royal Purple Yearbook (Manhattan, KS)

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By TUNA HOLMES AND MEE SUN LEE 102 churches represent- ing43denominations,studentshad a virtual smorgasbord from which to choose. Lee Ann Sidebottom, senior in horticultural therapy, attended Sunday services at the Grace Bap- tist Church, but when at home she went to Methodist services. Sidebottom said she did not be- lieve in labeling the different de- nominations of Christianity. I like the Baptist church here because they have an international Sunday school program, Sidebottom said. I want to work with international students when 1 graduate. PeterGuriadisastra,graduatestu• dent in electrical engineering, at- tended theCollege Heights Baptist Church as a form of leisure. Gunadisa.stra said he met people who made him feel at home. A Christian who hoped to be- come a stronger follower of the Lord, Gunadisastra enjoyedtheser- vices. He attended a Presbyterian church in Indonesia, his home country, but had no problems with attending a church of a different denomination. I feel like I ' m learning some- thing, he said. Students not only learned about their religion, but taught others. Jared Swan, freshman in engineer- ing,sharedhisMormonbeliefswith ethos. We (Mormons) serveon a mis sion for two years when we ' re 19. I paid for it myself and went to Sao. ramcnto, Calif., Swan said. I worked with Hispanic people there. 1 visited with them, shared my be- liefs and my aspect on what life is about. This helped me learn more about my own beliefs. Church youth groups also gave students the opportunity to meet those withsimilar beliefs and share social experiences. Lisa Dunham, junior inelemen- tary education, attended the Crestview Christian Church every weekend to get the support she needed to help her make it through each school week. Knowing Christ gives me a more focused outlook on life, Dunham said. Without Christ, found my life to be chaotic and unstructured. At Crestview, I feel like part of an extended family where nobody tries to preach r.) Yoe Yoke Cheng Wong, junior in food science also attended services at Crestview. A Malaysian who transferredfromTheWichitaState University, Wong attended Sun- day worship services and Chinese services. Ibis is the only church which has a Chinese service in Manhat- tan, Wong said. When 1 go to church, I be- come a body of the church. I know I am not alone in this world. Stephanie Wilson, sopho. more in apparel design attended services at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- Day Saints, also found a special meaning in church services. She said a debili- tating sickness was the only excuse she would use for not going. I changed churches when I was a senior in high school, and that ' s when I gained the testimony of a Father in Heaven, Wilson said. I enjoy going to church because of the fellowship and the people. That ' s why I go and keep going — there ' s a message that seems to be just for me. My church (The Church of Jesus Christ of latter-Day Saints) has a social adivity each week which is open to members and the public, Swan said. We usually have a dance, get together and watch movies, go Christmas caroling and sponsor a needy family. 28 nt FAmtruL PoLLoweas

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BY SHANE KEYSER He wasa manbeginning to show the signs of age. His breath came with an effort, and it took him longer to get up if he sat (or too long. That was why he felt he had to leave. ' hecancerhasslowedmedovm tremendously this semester. I thought I would be teaching one more semester or even one more year, said David von Riesen, re- tired photography instructor. I have had cancer for three years now. It has just developed more severely this last six months. That is why I had to give up my job as a teacher. von Riesen, 74, retired from K- State for the second time. He re- tired the first t ime from the head of Photographic Services in 1984, a position he served (or 21 years. But his retirement was short, as Harry Marsh, professor of journalism, asked von Riesen if he would be interested in teaching a course in Photography. And that ' s how I got started, von Riesen said. He decided to teach h isstudents more than just snapshot photogra- phy. Since Photography I is an elec- tive course, alot ofstudentsthought it would be easy, von Ricsen said. They found out that to really un- derstand photography, it takes more than just taking snapshots. They learned about the various uses and various functions of a camera. Students also learned the me- chanics of processing and printing their pictures, as well as different camera techniques. He was a good guy to have teaching the course. He was pa- tient when he was teaching the more complicated and technical side of photography, said Jeff Tuttle, a K-State graduate. He of- fered a lot of encouragement so the studentswouldn ' tgetdiscouraged. Students learned through a se- riesofassignmentsthat emphasized capturing creative shots. They had five to six diverse assignments, other than what the students were taking picturesof or- dinarily, von Riesen said. They didnight views,panning,depth-of• field exercises and found out what different exposures would do. This provided interest and creativity within the person ' s view of using a camera as more than just a snap- shot camera. The scope of the course went beyond textbook information. With all of my experience in commercial and portrait photogra- phy, lwas able to talk to them about photography and give them infor- mation they wouldn ' t ordinarily find in textbooks, vonRiesensaid. Most of his teaching hinged on a theory he developed early in his photographic career — to think and to see. I started with an 8 x 10 view camera, von Riesen said. We didn ' t just go out and take snap- shots with a camera like that. You had to set the camera up on a tri- pod, look through the ground glass and through the lens to focus. Then you compois4 what you wanted and didn ' t have any surplus showing. If you did, you moved in closer or backed up to get the whole scene. You didn ' t take the time to shoot six,eightor 10exposures. You shot one, maybe two, he said. von Riesensaid his theorydevel- oped out of this experience. ' That is where I got my whole idea of thinking and seeing. We had to think exactly of what we wanted and we had to see what we were going to get, he said. But teaching otherstothink and see was hard for von Riesen and even more difficult for the students to learn. Istillfeel that noncofushaveit. We ' ve got to develop that sense of thinking and seeing, von Riesen said. We need to take time to look. 1 think that we ' ve lost the ability to feel and think and see. Some are born with it, some can see what it is and what they can do with it. They are good thinkers. So many of us have to develop that ability to see beyond the surface. After years of experience, von Riesen was still mastering his tech- nique of thinki ng and seeing. Al- though he retired again, he won ' t give up photography. I have ideas for what I ' d like to do. As I walk around I see things that would be nice to photograph, he said. 1 visualize them in my mind as to what they ' d be in a photograph and keep my mind ac- tive that way. 30 Hs von Riesen