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VOLUME 17, NUMBER 25 A Newsletter for the Viterbo University Community March 22, 2004
Music Department
Celebrates Women’s
History Month
The Viterbo Un i versity music
d e p a rtment will host a series of eve n t s
in conjunction with Wo m e n’s Hi s t o ry
Month. All events are free and open to
the public.
Dr. Frances No b e rt will give an
organ recital at the St. Joseph the
Wo rkman Cathedral at 3 p.m. Su n d a y,
Ma rch 28. No b e rt is a professor of
music at Whittier College in California
who has performed all over the country
and the world. The Viterbo Wo m e n’s
Choral will also perform at this eve n t .
The performance is part of the Lenten
Series of the Riverland Chapter of the
American Guild of Or g a n i s t s .
The Viterbo Wo m e n’s Chorale will
host a “Fe s t i val of Wo m e n’s Vo i c e s”
Mo n d a y, Ma rch 29 from 1:30–
3:30 p.m. in the Fine Arts Center
Recital Hall. Female ensembles fro m
Central High School, Holmen Hi g h
School, the Un i versity of Wi s c o n s i n -
La Crosse, and the Viterbo Wo m e n’s
Chorale will perform.
On Tu e s d a y, Ma rch 30, the music
d e p a rtment forum will feature students
p e rforming works by women composers
from 12:10–1 p.m. T h a t
e vening from 7:30–9 p.m., music faculty
will perform works by female composers.
No b e rt will perform with
Viterbo Professor Dr. Timothy Schorr
during this concert. Both events will be
held in the Fine Arts Center Re c i t a l
Ha l l .
No b e rt will finish her visit to
Viterbo by speaking to music students
Ma rch 30 and 31.
Nursing Professor Shares Value of Mentoring
Viterbo nursing professor
Carl Bargabos
knows the importance
of mentoring and he
shared the message in
Missouri. Bargabos
gave the keynote
address at a gathering
of Central Missouri
State University nursing
students and professional
nurses in Viterbo Nursing Professor and
Warrensburg Feb. 23. Retired U.S. Army Colonel Carl
Bargabos met with a group of
“I want to show peo- Central Missouri State University
ple entering the profes- nursing students following his pres -
sion, as well as people entation Feb. 23.
involved in nursing a
long time, what mentoring has done
for me,” Bargabos said. “Mentoring
There are many professionals out
there who would rather be teachers,
but for some reason or
another, are doing something
else. The Post-
Baccalaureate Teacher
Licensure Program at
Viterbo may be the
answer to their problems.
“It’s not a degree program,
students earn a
teacher license recommen-
Betty Brendel
dation certificate,” said
Elizabeth Brendel, program coordinator.
“Credits completed also can be
put toward a Master’s Degree in
Education as electives.”
The program allows students to
teach middle or high school in their
original degree field. The Viterbo
graduate program was approved by
the Wisconsin Department of Public
allows one nurse to
teach another the
intangibles that make a
good nurse. Intangibles
like empathy, compassion,
and leadership –
the qualities that make
you a person.”
Bargabos is a retired
U.S. Army Colonel
who spent 26 years in
the U.S. Army. After
serving eight years as
an Air Force Medic,
Bargabos earned his
BSN then joined the
Army. He also has a
Master’s Degree in Nursing.
Viterbo Program Helping Grads Become Te a c h e r s
Instruction in November of 2002.
There is a full group of 30 students
currently seeking their certificates,
with another 30
ready to go this fall. There
are 112 more students on
a waiting list. This has all
been accomplished with
virtually no advertising.
The program includes
16 graduate credits and a
semester of full-time student
teaching. Like
Viterbo’s other adult-based programs,
it is set up with the non-traditional
student in mind. “Most prospective
students will also be pleasantly surprised
at the cost of the program,”
Brendel said, “because Viterbo’s graduate
credits are less than many competing
public schools.”

campus calendar
Monday, March 22
• Graphic Design Show, FAC Third Floor
Gallery
Tuesday, March 23
• 7:30 p.m. Women’s History Month—Video:
Facing Diversity: Responding to Violence
Against Women from Diverse Cultures
(40 minutes), MC 408
• Graphic Design Show, FAC Third Floor
Gallery
Wednesday, March 24
• 12–1 p.m. Women’s History Month—
Presentation: “Women’s Negotiating Skills
in the Workplace,” MC 419
• 2 p.m. Fastpitch Softball at Luther College
(DH), Decorah, Iowa
• 7:30–9:30 p.m. Women’s History Month—
Video: Frida, Student Union
• 9 p.m. Bible Study/Faith Sharing, San
Damiano Chapel
• 10 p.m. Taize Prayer, San Damiano Chapel
• Graphic Design Show, FAC Third Floor
Gallery
Thursday, March 25
• 3 p.m. Fastpitch Softball vs. Winona State
University (DH), Viterbo Athletic Complex
• 7:30 p.m. Women’s History Month—Video:
Warrior Marks (54 minutes), MC 408
• 7:30 p.m. Viterbo Theatre Department:
Twelfth Night, La Croix Black Box Theatre
• Graphic Design Show, FAC Third Floor
Gallery
Friday, March 26
• 3 p.m. Baseball vs. Crown College, Viterbo
Athletic Complex
• 5–7:30 Young Alumni Happy Hour, TGI
Friday’s, Onalaska
• 7:30 p.m. NexStar Season: Solas and bohola,
FAC Main Theatre
• 7:30 p.m. Viterbo Theatre Department:
Twelfth Night, La Croix Black Box Theatre
• Graphic Design Show, FAC Third Floor
Gallery
Saturday, March 27
• 1 p.m. Baseball vs. Crown College (DH),
Viterbo Athletic Complex
• 7:30 p.m. Viterbo Theatre Department:
Twelfth Night, La Croix Black Box Theatre
Sunday, March 28
• 11 a.m. Mass, San Damiano Chapel
• 1 p.m. Baseball vs. University of Dubuque
(DH), Viterbo Athletic Complex
• 6 p.m. Mass, San Damiano Chapel
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Calendar Reminder
Communications and Marketing
receives many calls from people seeking
information on events/activities.
The quickest and best resource for
these off-campus queries is to refer
to the on-line calendar, which can be
accessed from the Viterbo homepage.
You can add your event by following
the instructions provided. Please
make sure that your event or activity
is included in the listing. It is also
important that you remember to
reserve a room for your event and
that you make arrangements for
items such as refreshments and AV
needs.
Human Resources
Please welcome Dennis Kolb, the
new Assistant Director of Physical
Plant. He begins his duties
Thursday, March 25.
Alcohol Awareness
Groups and organizations planning
to sponsor an activity during
Alcohol Awareness Week should submit
an activity form to Anne
Ellefson by Monday, March 29. A
variety of educational, recreational,
or awareness activities are appropriate
for the week. Additional information
or copies of activity forms
are available from Ellefson at
ext. 3807.
Forum on “Passion”
A public forum on the movie
“The Passion of the Christ” will be
held Tuesday, March 23 at 7 p.m. in
Christ Episcopal Church located at
9th and Main Streets in La Crosse.
Participants will include Viterbo’s
Rick Kyte, Sr. Maria Friedman of the
FSPA, and country western singer
Michael Martin Murphey. Join these
and other panelists for an open and
frank dialogue about the film. Your
views will also be invited in a general
discussion. Come with an open heart
and mind.
Day to Day Ethics
Radio Show Begins
The Day to Day Ethics radio show
p roduced by the D.B. Institute for
Ethics in Leadership and Wi s c o n s i n
Public Radio will begin April 2 on
W S LU .
The show will air on Friday afternoons
for 16 weeks. It will be
re b roadcast on the following Mo n d a y
morning. On Fridays, the show will
be broadcast on “All T h i n g s
C o n s i d e re d” from 4:50–5 p.m. On
Mondays it will be aired fro m
6:50–7 a.m. and 8:20–8:30 a.m.
Joan Wolf will be the guest on the
first show, entitled “Raising Childre n
Who are Ethical.” Wolf raised five
c h i l d ren and speaks eloquently about
the challenges of raising caring, ethical
children in this day and age.
Gene Pu rcell, Manager fro m
WLSU provided production facilities
and assistance. Vi t e r b o’s Rick Kyte is
the project advisor, Pat Ke r r i g a n
i n t e rv i ews the guests, and Earl
Ma d a ry wrote an original composition
for the show. Check the Day to
Day Ethics link on the Vi t e r b o
Un i versity website for show details
each we e k .
A p ril Birth d ays
2 Susan Brooks
4 Lori Doney
5 Bobbi Vandenberg
8 Lisa Mohr
10 Buzz Nelson
11 Jerry Benser
11 Tami Boehler
15 John Huber
15 Karen Hurtgen
16 Anthony Slaby
17 Ron Schafer
19 Jason Ramaker
21 Sara Cook
21 Paul Sannerud
22 Adrienne Appler
24 Christine Valenti
25 Audrey Penner
26 Alyson Dahlquist
28 Dan Johnson-Wilmot
29 Marilyn Pedretti

Kudos to …
Sr. Georgia Christensen, who spoke
to students at Central High School
on steward leadership March 2.
Alumni Happy Hour
The next Young Alumni Happy
Hour will be Friday, March 26 from
5–7:30 p.m. at TGI Fridays in
Onalaska. Faculty, administration,
and staff are invited to join area
young alums for socializing and networking.
Enjoy complimentary appetizers
and a cash bar. Please contact
the Alumni Office if you plan to
attend.
S TAR & SEAL Aw a rd s
All faculty, staff, and students are
invited to the annual Student Tr i u m p h
Aw a rds Recognition (STAR) Aw a rd s ,
celebrating the accomplishments of
students, leaders and organizations.
The STAR Aw a rds will be on Mo n d a y,
April 26, at 7 p.m. in the Fine Art s
Center Main T h e a t re. Last year ove r
24 departments and organizations re co
g n i zed students. “Pre s e n t e r” forms
will be sent out soon to depart m e n t s
and organizations interested in pre s e n ting
an award (or listing an award in
the program bro c h u re) at the STA R
Aw a rds. These forms are due back to
the Residence Life Center by
Ma rch 29.
In addition, the Students Exc e l l i n g
in Activities and Leadership (SEAL)
Student Life Aw a rd nominations will
also be distributed to all depart m e n t s .
SEAL re c o g n i zes students and organizations
for their leadership and contributions
to extracurricular, community
s e rvice and student life achieve m e n t s .
SEAL Aw a rds are presented at the
S TAR Aw a rds and nominations are
due April 8 at the St u d e n t
De velopment Center. Feel free to contact
Jason Ramaker at
j w ra m a k e r @ v i t e r b .edu o or ext. 3841 for
any questions on the STAR or SEAL
student recognition pro g r a m s .
Viterbo President Bill Medland welcomes benefactors, recipients, and others to the 2004 scholarship
lunch held March 18 in the Fine Arts Center Lobby.
Jeans Days at Viterbo
You know the dollar you pay eve ry
Friday to wear jeans goes to a good
cause, but you may need a re m i n d e r
just as to which good cause:
The first Friday of eve ry month is
Spirit Da y. Money raised on Sp i r i t
Day goes to support the staff assembly
grant for a deserving student. The second
Friday is Em p l oyee Da y, with the
money going to cover a portion of the
costs of employee lunches and other
e vents. A local food pantry is the
recipient of the proceeds from Je a n’s
Day the third Friday of the month.
The final Friday of eve ry month is
Jeans Day for Charity, a pro g r a m
M a rch’s Lu cky Wi n n e rs
s p o n s o red by the La Crosse Tr i b u n e .
Money raised here goes to support diff
e rent charities each month. Ma rc h’s
charities are Big Brothers Big Si s t e r s
and the Boys and Girls Clubs. On the
months with a fifth Fr i d a y, the money
goes to a group who makes a re q u e s t ,
or if none does, the St. Clare He a l t h
Mission or West Avenue Fo o d
Emergency Re s o u rce. April has five
Fridays, and the money raised on the
f o u rth Friday of the month has been
designated for the St u d e n t
Organization Ad vocating Hu m a n
Rights Campus Mi n i s t ry.
Viterbo Un i versity has established an employee appreciation program to re c o g n i ze
members of the Viterbo community. Each month during the academic ye a r, two
permanent employees are randomly selected for recognition in C o n n e c t i o n sand are
g i ven a $25 gift certificate. The winners for Ma rch are :
Na m e : Bob Richgels
Dept.: Hi s t o ry
Length of service at
V i t e r b o :30 ye a r s
Ed u c a t i o n :Ph . D .
Un i versity of
Wi s c o n s i n - Ma d i s o n
What you like best about V i t e r b o :
The people
Ho m e t own: Richland Center
Name: Je n n i f e r
Sa d ow s k i
Dept: Bi o l o g y
Length of Se rvice at
Viterbo: 1 1/2 ye a r s
Ed u c a t i o n :Ph. D.
Un i versity of
Ke n t u c k y, BS Pu rdue Un i ve r s i t y
What you like best about V i t e r b o :
Having the opportunity to interact
with such interesting and friendly facu
l t y, staff, and students on a daily
b a s i s .
Ho m e t ow n: Lafayette, In d i a n a 3

campus minist ry
By: Fr. Tom O’Neill
Lent 2004—The
Power of One—
Ashes to Easter—
this annual program
collects
money to help
buy items for the needy in developing
countries. Please plan to return
your containers to the MC Reception
Desk or to San Damiano Chapel at
Easter.
Monday, March 22, World Day For
Water—The international observance
of World Day for Water is an
initiative that grew out of the 1992
United Nations Conference on
Environment and Development
f rom the libra ry
By: Rita Magno
Recent news of interest in the
l i b r a ry world is the petition created in
response to the USA PAT R I OT Ac t
and launched by the American
L i b r a ry Association, the American
Booksellers Association, and the PE N
American Center. These groups seek
to amend Section 215 of the Ac t
which allows an FBI agent to obtain a
s e a rch warrant without “p ro b a b l e
c a u s e” for any tangible thing including
books, re c o rds, papers, floppy
disks, data tapes, and computers with
h a rd drives stored in any medium.
Librarians or others served with the
p roper warrant are not allowed to tell
a n yone about the investigation or the
release of patron information, exc e p t
for those whose help is needed to produce
the re c o rd s .
The organizations are unified in
their support of three bills that have
been introduced to amend Se c t i o n
215: The Freedom to Read Pro t e c t i o n
Act (Sanders—H.R. 1157), T h e
L i b r a ry and Bookseller Protection Ac t
( B oxer—S. 1158), and The Library,
Bookseller and Personal Data Pr i va c y
Act (Feingold—S. 1507).
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(UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro. The
day was first observed in 1993. The
goal of the World Day for Water is to
inspire political and community
action and encourage greater global
understanding of the need for more
responsible water use and conservation.
Those in situations of poverty around
the world are thirsty. They are thirsty
for water. They are thirsty for justice.
They are thirsty for peace. O God, give
us courage and strength to work to
quench their thirst. Amen.
Librarians are concerned about the
PAT R I OT Act because of priva c y
issues including the loss of the Fo u rt h
Amendment probable cause standard ,
the secrecy invo l ved in procuring the
warrants and the patron information,
the increase in government surve i llance,
and the lack of judicial and
c o n g ressional oversight in the process.
How does the average librarian
respond to an FBI inquiry? In Ap r i l
of 2003, an FBI agent contacted the
Viterbo Library concerning a library
u s e r. (We we re not presented with a
s e a rch warrant so the gag order does
not apply here.) The communication
i n vo l ved an initial phone call inquiry,
then follow-up phone calls and
emails. Staff members we re unprep
a red for this initial contact. To
i n c rease our preparation for any future
inquiries, we held a staff in-serv i c e
and later, staff members coord i n a t e d
and participated in a workshop entitled,
“Academic Libraries and the
USA Patriot Act,” for library dire c t o r s
f rom the Wisconsin Association of
Independent Colleges and
Un i ve r s i t i e s .
Wednesday, March 24, marks the
24th anniversary of the martyrdom
of Archbishop Oscar Romero of El
Salvador. Some days before he was
shot and killed, Archbishop Romero
told a reporter, “You can tell the people
that if they succeed in killing me,
that I forgive and bless those who do
it. Hopefully, they will realize they
are wasting their time. A bishop will
die, but the church of God, which is
the people, will never perish.”
† RIP. We commend to God’s
mercy the brother, Dillon, of John
Hempstead who died recently. May
he rest in peace.
The text of the PAT R I OT Act is
a vailable at the De p a rtment of Ju s t i c e
web site: w w w. l i f e a n d l i b e rt y. o r g .To
learn more about the sponsors of the
petition to amend the USA PAT R I-
OT Ac t : w w w. a l a . o r g / a l a / o i f .The petition
to amend the USA PAT R I OT
Act is available online: w w w. re a d e r p r iva
c y. c o m .To sign a copy of the petition,
visit the Viterbo Library
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