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QUOTES
from the QUAD
Fall
2001 has been a busy time. Here's a sampling of what's been heard on campus.
From the 2001 Christensen Symposium:
 "In
the U.S., secularism is so strong, it has become a fundamentalism. Muslims
are feeling a need to respond with religious fundamentalism. Muslims are
helping us understand that our secularism has gone too far.
"Religion is so important that we cannot give it to the government,
but it is too important to be ignored by the state. The best political
rulers are those who visit religious leaders; the worst religious leaders
are those who visit political rulers."
—Prof.
Lamin Sanneh,
Yale University
About the Scholastic Connections
program:
"Through its latest scholarship program, Augsburg College is wisely
increasing opportunities for students and making a strong statement against
racism. ... Students of color will be better positioned to learn alongside
their white peers with help from a multicultural group of mentors. As
graduates they'll go on to support and encourage even more diversity in
their own professional and personal lives."
—Star Tribune editorial, Oct. 12, "Augsburg atones—Scholarships
make strong statement
From Carl Chrislock's memorial service
"For many of
us, I suspect, the reason why Carl's passing is so deeply felt is that
he helped to define for us a set of priorities that could order and integrate
our public and private lives.
"He did this
first of all as a historian. Carl's historical scholarship anticipated
a new political or social history that took seriously hidden voices—the
under classes or subaltern voices. Carl captured those hidden voices and
gave voice to them well in advance of others. ... [He recognized] a set
of values that took seriously the words of poor immigrant farmers, not
just those who held and manipulated power and wealth. In doing so, Carl
confirmed for us the meaning of our own past, and a set of priorities
we could bring to the public discourse."
—Stephen
Batalden ’67
From
the luncheon honoring Edor Nelson:
 "You
taught me that principles and Christian ideals come before winning. You
taught me that giving and helping others is the measure of a man. Today
in a world of competitive athletics, the Christian role model is lacking
at all levels, but not here at Augsburg."
—Dr. John
Vetter ’71, honoring Edor Nelson ’38
"I not only taught
you some lessons, but I learned many lessons myself. I'm very proud and
honored to have my name on the football field, but as I look back I'll
remember that it was you, and not me, who made this honor possible."
—Prof. emeritus
and coach Edor Nelson ’38
From
the Homecoming Dinner and Distinguished Alumni remarks:
 [About
Augsburg president Bernhard Christensen] ... "He stirred within me
the conviction that the mind was a marvelous gift ..." [About Rev.
Peter Andrew (P.A.) Strommen] ... "P.A. preached with a passion and
taught confirmation with great knowledge, and he fed my heart with everlasting
food that I still savor to this day."
—Neal
Thorpe ’60, paying tribute to two Augsburg leaders, whom he heard
preach during his childhood
"At Augsburg,
my notion of family changed. I learned that not everybody was a farmer.
I learned that not all members of my family were Swedish; not all Caucasian;
not all from the United States—much less Minnesota; and, of all things,
not all of my family was Lutheran.î
—George
Dahlman ’72
"We have inherited
your dream; we are trying to articulate it in our own language, and we
hope that you will help us drive it forward. Thanks for coming to remind
us where we came from, which will help us be clear about where weíre going."
—President
William V. Frame, speaking to alumni
From
the Women in Action speaker series:
"We
are each needed to be rainbows in the clouds. ... Yes, I can."
—Maya Angelou,
singer, actress, poet
"Sex does not
happen between the hips and the knees, but between the ears."
—Dr. Ruth (Westheimer),
sex therapist and counselor
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