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Founded in 1892,Southern is a coeducational accredited university offering six masters degrees,41 baccalaureate degrees,and l^sso OL4r professors ^rg Je.J^cîe.J io {e^ctiin^, Torkv>in<3 TrienJsloipS io help our siuJenis <aroKJ. — Gordon Bietz President SOUTHERN ADVENTIST UNIVERSITY I.800.SOUTHERN • www.southem.edu • CollegedaleTN 37315-0370 Non-ProfitOrganization U.S.Postage PAID PermitNo.6 Collegedale.TN37315 Car.Rl.Presort >i) The Magazine of Southern Adventist University \ SpiHt Th4B of Vblii Opening Comments COLUMNS Embracing Change Volume SI Number2 Y — ou've probablyexperienced neophobia afearofchange. By coming up with an Doris Stickle Burdici< JLinnovative idea, you yourselfmay have caused others to experience it. ExecutiveEditor Somechangesare inevitable, totallybeyondourcontrol.The anivalof2000, for DebraJ. Hicks. 91 instance. Weatherandtheprogressionofseasons. ManagingEditor — Otherchangesarewithinhumancontrol butnotnecessarilyoursoryourspersonally. Ingrid Skantz, '90 This issueofColumnsdescribesseveral innovations inthatcategory.Noticeespeciallythe LayoutEditor changes thatDaniells Hall hasexperienced throughtheyears, andSouthern'snew affiliationsaroundthe world. Technologicalchangesabound, withwidening influenceonourlives.Twoexperiences Southern AdventistUniversity illustrate this. InWinningWords (page 16) you'llmeetastudentwhodiscoveredSouthern ontheWorldWideWeb. Thesameforagovernmentofficial inBolivia (page 21). Gordon Bietz Butwhataboutanotherkind, thosecreativechangeswe'd like toshare with the President — world at leastourlittlecomerofit?Maybeathome, atwork, orona churchcommittee. George Babcock InTheGraceofGreatThings: CreativityandInnovation, theauthorRobertGrudinoffers Academic Administration severalstrategies tomake iteasierforotherstoacceptour innovative ideas. Maybethey Dale Bidwell willbehelpful toyouandme inthe newyear.Amongthemare: FinancialAdministration • Discussnew ideas intermsoftheirpositiveeffect ratherthannegativelycriticizing William Wfohiers thestatusquo. StudentServices • Discussyourideaprivatelywithgroupmembersand listen to theirsuggestionsand David Burghart criticisms. Incorporate thoseyouagreewith. Advancement • Don'tfeel youhave torespond tonegativecriticism. "Abrilliant rebuttal tocriticsm VinitaSauder isoften lesseffective thanacourteousacknowledgementoraninspiredsilence." Marketing/Enrollment Services • "Shareorforgothecreditforyourideasasoftenaspossible." Carol Loree • Usehumorinpresentingyouridea. Alumni • "Rememberthatdefeatedproposalsaresoonforgottenandcansoonberesubmitted, Doris Burdick especially iftheyarecouched insomewhatdifferentterms." PublicRelations Andhere'sone morethought, writtenbyHenryLyte morethan 150yearsago, thatcan helpkeepusontrack: "Changeanddecay in alla—round 1 see; Thou, whochangestnot, abidewithme." db Foradmissionsinformation: Southern NevN^ Alunnni Website AdventistUniversity EnrollmentServices PostOfficeBox370 collegedaletn37315 C l.800,SOUTHERN 423.238,2844 \^^^ outhernsAlumni Office is making it easierforyou to keep in touch with fellow E-MAILFadAmXis4s2i3o,n2s3@8s,o3u0t0h5ern,edu alums on the Web! Go to our new Website at www.alumni.southem.edu and click We6sete:www,southern,edu onalumnidirectory. Youre-mail address isn't posted: (About 900 addresses already are.) Selectgetlisted andfill in the easyform. Also, youcane-mail the form to fellowalums whowould enjoy being in touchwithold classmatesand faculty members. Alun-ini Council For theAlumni Homecoming PhotoAlbum, click on Homecoming99. 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AidnvfeonrmtaitsitonUnitvoerasliutmyn,iparnodduoctheedrtforiperndosviodfethe CarolLoree, DirectorofAlumni university,©2000,SouthernAdventistUniversity, COVER:RepresentingthePhysicsDepartmenLamodelofacrystalrestsonastudent'shomeworkassignmentPhotobyJyllTaylor,AssistedbyHansOlson. AVINTER 1999 ! Features Decades of Discovery page 4 Years ofpure scientific research by Southern'sstudents and physics professors payoHas they complete a first-in-the-world periodic classification system. Going to the eXtreme page 7 How several graduates have used their passionforGeneration X to minister toyoung people through the "kingofroad trips." AVolunteer Spirit page 10 Serving the community outside the local Adventist culture means getting involved with unique opportunities. Back in Service page 14 The story of Daniells Hall from its early years as library to its recent renovation as home for the Social Work and Family Studies Department. A Education: harvest of dreams page 6 I An award-winning essay packaged in acreative mannerbrought a young motherback toschool, a school she had scarcely heard of. It's a Small World page 20 fJ^ An in-depth look at the various colleges and universities incorporated into Southern's overseas affiliate program. Departments Southern Update page 18 Southern People page 22 ThoseWhoNAâlkedThese Halls page 24 Columns • 3 Discovery ^^» b/DebraJ.Hicks I ou don't have to be a rocket scientist to appreciate Dr. Ray Hefferlin. Hundreds of physicists around the globe know him for his groundbreaking research in the field of classical spectroscopy. But to the myriad of students he has inspired during his 45 years as a physics professor at Southern, "Doc" is much more than a scholarly genius. He is a gentle and thorough teacher who loves to ignite the fire of curiosity in his pupils. Dr. Hefferlin s involvement in the magnetic fusion energy program and various aspects of NASA's space program sparked a need for data that eventually led to the world's first theoretically derived periodic classification system for molecules. Organizing more than 7,000 diatomic and hundreds of thousands of triatomic molecules proved a mammoth project that spanned multiple decades. Here is the story of how students and teachers worked together to make the discovery of a lifetime. was absolutelydark in the uhhii, or By 1963, grant moneyenabled the to the document pickup point. He returned Itso itseemed at first. Inside the Physics Department topurchase astate-of- the next school yearwith theprecious data room, .itop throe enormous oak the-arr spectrophotometer tor the same and proceeded to work with Dr. Hefferlin tables, perched an awkward home- room in Hackman Hall. In the centerof and anotherstudent to compile a master made contraption that had been the room, a three-foot plumeofblazing database.Jorge Flechas, '73, wenton to assembled byhand on the ground floorot plasma at 14,000degreesCentigrade hissed study medicine and haspioneered several Hackman Hall. swiftly upward, but withnovisible move- diagnostic and treatment methods. The room had to be dark because the ment. It was purewhite, with asomewhat spectrometer's twin photocells were so less bright but more colorful edge. The masterdatabase prepared byJorge sensitive that aglowingwatch dial could One day in 1964 a groupofacademy and others made it easiertoguess the light cause them tooverload. Each photocell students came to visit the Physics Depart- output from one moleculeon the basisofa was mounted on a Lionel* model-railroad ment duringcollegedays. One ofthe teen- known light output from another. Dr. flatcar that was pulled alongthe miniature agers whostood with rapt attention at this Hefferlin had a naggingfeeling that these tracks by a wire attached to an electric display was Lucy Rascon, who later told data tordiatomic molecules like oxygen, clock motor. herprofessors that the sight ot the hydrogen, oxides, and fluorides were telling In 1956, the only high-tech piece ot plasmajet flame had sparked herdecision them something they weren't hearing. equipment in the room was the diffraction to study physics. During herjunioryear, Over the course oftime, researchers inthe grating. This concave first-surfaced mirror she participated in research foranarticle Physics DepartmentatSoutherncame to was covered with infinitesimal groo\'es that that anticipated a discovery made soon realize that they needed anoverall prin- created a rainbowfrom the thin ribbon of afterward by scientists at the National ciple for the intercomparisonofall these light coming to it ttom the nearby control Institute ofStandards andTechnology. data. The researchers needed a periodic room. (Glancing at a CD, edge-on, can Lucy (Rascon) Medford, '68, obtained her system, something like the periodic chart produce the same effect.) master's degree andwenton to workas of the elements. In completecontrast to the room con- one oftheprojectdirectorsforthe Interna- It didn't take longforresearchers to taining the 21-footspectrometerwas the tional Space Station. beginconstructingaperiodicsystem that adjacent control room, ablaze with light seemed to work. In fact, the molecular from the fier\' electric arc between two iron In 1966, Dr. Hefterlin's involvement in periodic system designed by Dr. Hefferlin electrodes. Various meters and knobs al- various aspects otNASA's space program and his team of students in 1977 turned lowed control ofthe arc current and posi- presented a newphysics challenge. His out to be agood three-dimen- tion. A lensfocusedsome ofthe arc light research problemwas tofind the number sional projection ofa onto the wall, where afine slit between ofmolecules in agivenvolumeofplasma. verygeneral four- two sharp metal edges admitted the ribbon Doing this required knowing the "intensity dimensional oflight to the diffraction grating. constant," or the numberofwatts emitted system. The two men in the control room whenamoleculeshines. Intensity constants weren't looking at the beautifulspectrum, formany moleculeshe observedwere sim- but ratherat the faintyellow-green ellipti- ply notdocumented in scientific literature. cal patterns on an oscilloscope in a comer. Measuring them would take many years. The patterns told whether the sensitive Dr. Hefferlin and his research assistants photoelectric detectors on the Rowland began searching the scientific literature circle were correctly measuring the bright and askingcolleaguesfor information. lines in the ironspectrum. One German man informed Southern The two researchers were physics major that a large collection ofdata ex- CarlJansen and his professor, Dr. Ray isted in Europe. He couldar- Hefferlin. range for it to be shared, but Aftethisgraduation in 1958, Carl ac- only oncondition that the cepted an AEC Fellowship in health phys- datawouldbepickedup ics at Nashville's Vanderbilt University in person! and spent three months at the National It happened that ReactorTesting Station in Idaho Falls, Jorge Flechas, who had ^^—^ Idaho, before going tostudy medicine at just begun his under- ^^SH^^*^ Loma Linda University. He was board graduate physics research ^^^^'i certified in radiology in 1968 and in at Southern, wasplanning - nuclearmedicine in 1972. Dr.Jansenhas a tripwithhis parents in been chairmanofradiologyat San Spain that summer. The Bernadino County Medical Centersince college provided him with a 1975 and became medicaldirector in 1997. round-trip ticket from Spain Columns • 5 But that'sgetting aheadofthestory. nice features, including a "molecularnum- been predicted using mathematical meth- First it was necessary* to demonstrate that ber" something like the atomic number in ods called "least-squares fitting" with — the 3-Dsystem worked that itagreed the chart ot the elements. As it turnedout, brain-like computer programs called "neu- withthedataandorganized it ina useful thesewere eachpiecesofa more complex ral networks." fashion. This wasaccompUshed by plotting puzzle. Dr. Hefferlin suddenly realized that InOctober of 1999, ajournal published graphsofthe datausing thecoordinates of theywereshadows ofa complex four-di- in England carried an article about the use the periodic system. mensionalperiodicsystem. And Dr. Henry ofthefour-dimensional periodic systemto Kuhlman, alsoofSouthern's Physics De- view trends amongtheopticaldataof • Physics Departmentsecretary Rosalie partment, was the first todemonstrate the diatomic molecules heated tohigh tem- (Parrish) McCrackenplotted scores ot validity ot this new concept thtough com- peratures. stickgraphs on two-dimensional axes by puter models. It took 23 years tosee the trends among hand. In 1983, Rosalieearned herdiploma thesedataand toperfect methodsfor fromSouthern, and she is now a top-level Using ahyperperiodic system intour graphing andpredictingdata to achieve administrative assistant at a large urban dimensions, a numberofstudentsbegan these results. During these years, many hospital in Pennsylvania. helping Dr. Hefferlin predict neu' molecu- students at Southerncame tosee the • PhysicsmajorMickey Kutzner, now a lardata, using trends that theycould see beauty ofanothetpart ofGod's bookof — professorofphysics at Andrews University, from graphs ofthe knowndata. Since that nature and the joy ofdiscoveringsome- tooksome ofRosalie'shand-rendered stick time, many hundreds ofnewdata have thing noone elsehad everseen, k graphs andgave themasurface, as one woulddrape tentfabric over the poles and Much ofthe informationfor this article ropesofatent. was provided by Dr. Ray Hefferlin, • LizzieHarper, a physicsstudentwho is professor emeritus ofphysics, and nowemployed at the University of recipient in 1997 ofthe Pegram Award Montemorelos in Mexico, plotted graphs from the American Physical Society. using Pick-up-sticks*bypoking the sticks through holes inaplywood-rubber-ply- wood sandwich. • Anotherstudent undertook the task of plotting graphs utilizing the computer It technology available on campus in the early 1980s. The manufacturer ot its Her- cules* dot matrix printertold Ken Priddy, SophomoreJonathanKnollleft,acceptscongratulationsfrom figures '86, that at that time there wasno way to sophomoreStefanRusekafterreportingonhismolecularresearch make this printerplot such two-dimen- tofellowstudentsatarecentPhysicsDepartmentconvocation. sional stickgraphs. Kenconsidered this negative response a challenge and pro- •Well over50students have participated inthe undergraduate research ceeded todo the necessaryprogramming program provided bySouthern Adventist University's Physics Departmentsince on the school's HP3000computer. When 1955. The research programgives studentsavivid picture ofhowscienceworks oneofthegraphsbeganto take shape on andtheamountofeffortthatmustbe devotedtotheprocessofdiscovery.The thegreen-barpaper, he exclaimed: "That program also lets students experiencethethrill ofbeingthefirstperson to data point iswrong!" understand some aspectofhow natureoperates around us. Indeed, becauseKenwaswell ac- quainted with the trends visible ongraphs • Morethan40physics majors have provided conferencelecturesorposter plotted by Rosalie, Mickey, and Lizzie, he hadfoundanerror inoneoftheworld's presentations,and 20 ormore have co-authored articles published in scientific mosthighlyesteemed archives ofmolecu- journalswhiletheywere students atSouthern. In some cases,the studentwas listed asafirstauthorortheonlyauthor. larproperties. Meanwhile, Southern's three-dimen- • Morethan 80 students havecompleted the rigorous physics curriculumat sional periodic system inspired Dr. Alexiei Southern and earned theirbaccalaureate degrees here. Over 50 physicsgraduates Monyakin at Moscow StateUniversity in havegoneontoearn one ormoreadvanced degrees inthesciences,the healing Russia tocreatehisown3-Dclassification arts, engineering,education, business administration, ormusic. Many ofthese oftwo-atommolecules. And inChina, Dr. individuals speak highly oftheir undergraduate involvement in hands-on physics Fan-Ao Kongcreated anextremely elegant research asan importantfactor in their decisionsto continue learningthroughout and usefulperiodic chart that has many their lives. 6 • FALL/WINTER 1999 Going to the byAliciaJ.Goree,'97 Narrow whitedashes tick by sands ofstudents in theTeens Plusgroup as the YouthNet eXtreme during the "Discover the Power" interna- Team barrels down the in- tional Pathfindercamporee last August. — terstate toward its next stop an academy The livesofyoungpeople nationwide have more than 500 miles away. Dark asphalt been forever transformed with each youth slips beneath the tires ofthecustom- rally, week ofspiritual emphasis, and Path- painted 1999 Ford F-350crewcab turbo finderevent the group attends. diesel and its 36-footgooseneck trailer. Without its tenacious 26-year-old With hishandsfirmly on the steering leader, BrianYeager, the eXtremeTeam wheel, Bryan Fowler, '97, watches the road, might neverhave become a reality. Partici- trying to avoid potentiallydamagingpot- pating in this kind ofoutreach had been holes. Melissa Barclay pores overphysical hisdream since highschool. While a therapy textbooks and notes, preparing for student at Southern, Brianwasdrawn to her board exams. Kindel Frakes' gaze drifts performance ministry, especially drama. As through the smudgedfingerprints on the the 1996-97 directorofDestiny Drama window toward the distant hills, and Elia Company, this Michigan-bom "preacher's Kingcomposes lettersofthe heart tohis kid" gained experience as a leader, an girlfriend, Kathy. BrianYeager, '97, the actor, apeacemaker, anevangelist, and a group's director, takes advantage ofthese pastor. preciousquiet moments to reply to the 37 "Myeducation expanded my mind," e-mail messages waiting inhisJuno inbox. says Brian, whowas a religiousstudies They've been livingon the road for majorat Southem. "It helped me learn months already, though it hardly feels that how to think more, and exposed me to long. "We really are like family,"says other ideas and opinions. Being involved Brian. "Not a weird fuzzyfeeling, but this is in Destiny, Festival Studios, and otherstuff just where we belong." did more to help me thananythingelse. The eXtreme Team, conceived in the Also, my yearout as aTaskforce workerat mid-'90s and bom inJune 1998, is a travel- UpperColumbia Academy inWashington ingevangelistic teamforyoungpeople in was incredible, as were my twosummers as NorthAmerica. These five talentedcolle- a youth pastorfor 11 churches inNew gians use creative ministry to evangelize, Orleans." call, train, network, and empower today's Severalothermembers ofthe eXtreme youth torGod'sservice. Team alsostudied at Southem Adventist During theirfirst yearon the road, the University before answeringGod'scall to team did about 50 gigs, traveled nearly "hit the road." BryanFowlerjoined the 75,000 miles by truck, and ministered to team inJanuary 1999 and became itsassis- more than 20,000people, including thou- tantdirector inJune. Bernita Smith, a inanYeagerinactionduringthe"kingofroadtrips" Columns • 7 — former Destiny DramaCompany member, ingbaptisms—seeingkids answerthe call ministry. A conference evangelist named traveledas aneXtreme teammemberdur- to commitment. Mike said: "This is incredible. This is the ing the 1998-99 season and throughout Auburn Academy student Charlene first timewe'vehad something here that thesummerof 1999. Anduntil May 1999, Stephens told the team: "Ifyou everfeel ministers to the youth and doesn't offend TomGoddard, '96, workedfrom the team's like what you dodoesn't have an impact, the adults." BerrienSprings,Mich., base as the original think again. I was baptized onNovember A love forwhat the team promotes — office and tourmanager. 21. You havegiven me a new viewon discipling youth torms the toundation Withsuchademandingschedule and Seventh-day Adventism." tor the eXtreme Team's support. Because somanysoulsat stake, YouthNet eXtreme John, a WallaWalla College student, it is financially independent, a ministry as Team members have tobe veryspecial added his appreciation. "Thanks again for complex and mobile as this one relieson people. They aren't expected to be "super- beingatWallaWallaCollegeand sharing much more thanplastic-bucket "love Christians,"buttheydo need tobe in love yourloveforChristwith us in such au- offerings" to operate. Corporate sponsors withJesusand radicallycommitted to thentic ways." including Worthmgton Foods, Southern Him. "I needed the encouragement, the chal- AdventistUniversity, MackieSound De- "1 need multi-talentedpeoplewho love lenge, the affirmation, and the special signs, ADR.^, Indian RiverFundraisers, to travel, can livewithothers andhandle touchofGod"wrote anotherWalla Walla Pacific Press, and others provided the bulk having no personal space, and enjoy sitting student. "Itwasavery' meaningful experi- ofthe team's start-upcosts. In turn, the in a truck torhours and hours andhours," ence, targetingspecific needs, pointing team promotes its sponsors at each venue explains the group'sdirector. "It's a hard toward the only Source ofhealing, peace, across the country, and the companies' life. There'snopermanence, and it's and true life." logosappearon thesidesofthe team's lonely." "I am much more spiritual," said Adria trailerand in itspromotional materials. Hovvexer, the hardshipsoftheeXtreme Crossen afterthe eXtremeTeam visited Since these organisations provide only lifestyle seem insignificant compared to herchurch in Fresno, Calif. "I notice my- a fractionofthe $60,000 annual operating the excitement oftraveling to unusual selt telling people aboutGod and not tear- budget, the team also relies on uidividual places, meeting thousandsofinteresting ingwhattheywill think. It's seriouslysuch supporters to sustain the ministry trom people, and witness- a life-changingexperience." month to month. SalesofteamT-shirts, Students aren't the only onesblessed by its brand newCD, plus on-site fees and the eXtremeTeam offerings alsogenerate much-needed in- come. "We evenhadaparent slip us a $1,000checkjust be- jYouthN et X/k 0. ^°^'»!*"Q 800 -roi. f*^ > mm