Homecoming and New Faces in Great Places

Music Playing: Tell Me Lies by Fleetwood Mac

Well the weekend is upon us. Things may get out of hand, but I have faith we will all meet up at the end for a cup of tea and those legendary waffles with Nick Preus and the Mrs. Everyone's invited. It will be held at Phelps Park from 10:00 AM - Noon on Sunday. Admission will be $5, and all proceeds will go to the "British Spellings Movement - US Chapter". I highly encourage you all to join us. Enjoy your weekend as best you can, but before we go, I'd like to leave you with a thought.

Recently Luther's homepage has a brand new look to it. I would say that I find it for the most part more appealing except for one detail. As you can see, the page features current students here (actually Admissions workers). Three of them (Pink Floyd reference): Brett Scheetz, Jill Horan, and LeAnn Woods. As these three students have bright smiles and fun stories to tell in their profiles I can't help but think there are better choices for these feature profiles on our homepage. I'd like to share a few of these ideas with you. And I am very welcoming to suggestions, as the blog always is. Let's give this a try.

First off, let's not limit this feature to students, I think faculty should be included as well, as the classroom is where a student will be spending much of their time here at Luther. So why not faculty? My first thought would be Nick Preus. This college is one that's vast majority of population is female. We need to advertise with some sex appeal around here. Preus could really attract that crowd that appreciates the intellectual side of sex appeal. He really knows how to make them melt by reciting some of that Shakespear on his front porch in front of a full moon. Let's not forget about his athletic skills. His old school basketball abilities are surpassed by none at his home court here at "The House that Preus Built". And as many of us witnessed, his age certainly does not show on the court. Michael Cuddyer found out all too well himself. Also see: Cuddyer v. Preus

Secondly, let's not kid ourselves. Some of the best crops of female prospective students this campus saw were the days were when our admissions catalogues had numerous pages clad with Pete Eliason's pictures. Although an '03 grad, I don't think we would have anyone arguing with us over that one. I am quite surprised and disappointed that there aren't hundreds of pictures that come up under an images search for "Pete Eliason" on Google. However, I don't think I need to say much further than his legendary name to convince you on this one. If you would like to further investigate this option, please contact John Povolny, Jim Kowitz, Randy Mack, Phil Pappano, Matt Peebles, or myself. If a heterosexual male's opinion doesn't move you enough on it, then forget you.

Lastly, but certainly not least, I would like to promote Socrates Garcia . This Latin Grammy winning "hunk" will serenade you anytime you like. Whether you're enjoying some For The Crowd Casserole at the Spanish table, or just passing him in the hallway, he is a pure delight. Not to mention a smile (disappointingly not featured in the picture) that can make your day in an instant. Introduce yourself to this family man, and your days will be for the better here at Luther College.

I hope you take my suggestions into deep consideration. As a blog that is open for dialogue, I warmly welcome you to add any suggestions of your owne.