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As wrecking cranes tear down Bethany Convent, its previous residents are gettingto know their new neighbors in CarondeletVillage. Phase two o Carondelet Village, thenew retirement community or the Sisterso St. Joseph o Carondelet (CSJ) beganin January, 2012 with the demolition o Bethany. Construction o the rst wing o Carondelet Village is now complete andsisters previously living in Bethany as well ascommunity members rom the surroundingarea are currently living in the nished wing.The residents o Bethany moved in onDec. 6.“To think that they moved over 100 o us in a two day period and most all o [ourthings] got where they belonged and wewere welcomed into Carondelet Village,” Sr.Joan Groschen, CSJ said. “It went very well.”Though the move went smoothly, thetransition was a big change or some residents.“It was dicult or the rst two to threemonths,” Sr. Marie Grossman, CSJ said. “Itwas all new and 120 [o] us moved in in oneday. To make those adjustments was hard.”Carondelet Village is a shared projectbetween the CSJs and Presbyterian Homes& Services (PHS). According to the CSJswebsite, Carondelet Village provides many care acilities, including services and programsor the larger community and surroundingresidents.Including surrounding community hasled to a change in the energy o CarondeletVillage in comparison to Bethany.“The big changes are that there aren’t justsisters here,” Sr. Agatha Grossman, CSJ, said.“There are lay people as well. Hopeully we’ll
Life in the Village
By Rachel Armstrong
news editor
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Februrary 6, 2012 - VOLUME 79 ISSUE 8
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Even with demolition outside, CarondeletVillage oers community or residents
By AlexaChihos
News in brief 
• Updates on headlines
around St. Kate’s
SCU students paint mural for Sarah’s…An Oasis for Women:
Last semester, transer students inProessor Nicole Montana ‘s The RefectiveWoman (TRW) course collaborated on amural or Sarah’s…An Oasis or Women.This ministry o the local Sisters o St.Joseph o Carondelet is geared towardreaching out to women in transition.Montana’s TRW students designed andpainted the mural in the laundry room o Sarah’s and nished it as the all semestercame to a close.
Dessa to perform at SCU:
Dessa, the rst spoken-word artist toperorm at The O’Shaughnessy, will be
performing at SCU’s St. Paul campus on
Apr. 20 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets or this event
will be available first to SCU students
starting on Feb. 7 and then to ACTCstudents, other college students, and thegeneral public on Feb. 19.
Eco-Logic 2012 Katwalk Theme:
“Eco-Logic,” the theme or Katwalk
2012, an annual fashion show at SCU, was
released toward the end o J-Term. Thisevent will showcase work by 40 studentsacross all levels o academic study includingapparel design seniors. Katwalk 2012 isscheduled or May 12 at 7:30 p.m. in TheO’Shaughnessy.all become one community eventually. [My sister Marie and I] get around a lot and wehave a lot o other riends outside the [CSJ]community too.”According to the CSJ website, “CarondeletCircle, a wellness and lie enrichment centerthat includes a library, bistro, conservatory,market and git shop, arts and crats studiosand intimate gathering spaces will be openingto residents and the general community overthe next several months.”While the rst wing is open, Phase twowill add an additional 67 senior apartmentsto the complex.“My understanding is that Bethany is beingtaken down to make room or CarondeletVillage. It was ound to be more nancially savvy to go that direction rather than tryingto remodel Bethany,” Donna Hauer, CSJconsociate said.From their new building, residents have aront-row seat to the demolition. However,or many previous residents o Bethany,there is a eeling o loss as the building isdemolished.“I wouldn’t say we’re happy to see Bethany coming down,” Groschen said. “But what Ieel happiest about is that as they take downBethany, 65 percent o what they’re takingdown will be recycled. All the window rames,all the piping rom inside the building willbe sorted out and recycled. I am very proudo that. There is a eeling o sadness in mostsisters to see Bethany going. It was such amarvelous home or [over 50] years.”“For many CSJs, Bethany was their homeor many years, and like any move, change thathappens that ast needs time, refection, anddiscussion to adjust to the new environment,”Liesl Wol, Volunteers In Action Coordinator(VIA), said.The 400,000 square-oot complex eatures149 independent living units, 45 assistedliving and 19 memory care units, and a 45-bed nursing-care center.“The purpose o it all is to be prepared orthe next wave o retirees,” Sr. Kay Egan, CSJ,said. “The rst o the baby boomers turned65 last year. So a number o places will bebuilt in the [coming] years.”Phase two o Carondelet Village is projectedto be nished in summer 2012 and will bebuilt where Bethany currently is.“The next steps or Carondelet Villageare to inish Phase [two] which will beabout 60-70 additional independent livingapartments, one and two bedroom,” Sr.Margaret Belanger, CSJ said.
Until then, residents will familiarize
themselves with their new home.“The ultimate goal is to provide a ‘village’that responds to the needs o the personsserved and enriches their lives with a variety o opportunities, programs and services. andenables them to share their gits as they areable,” Belanger said.“I call it the vestibule to heaven,” Sr. MarieGrossman said.Rachel can be reached at
rmarmstrong@stkate.edu.
The Sisters of St. Joseph say goodbye to Bethany Convent, the building that housed them since 1953. Photo by Heather Kolnick.
 
OPINION
2 | The WheelFebruary 6, 2012
Social justicecolumn:
 Voiceof change
By BeckyDoucette
associateeditor
Editor-in Chief:ALEXA CHIHOSLayout Designer:SARAH WENTEAssociate Editor:BECKYDOUCETTESections Editor:ANNE MOECopy and News Editor:RACHELARMSTRONGPhoto Editor:HEATHER KOLNICKPhotographers:SARAH KICZULA Adviser:SHEILA ELDREDSenior Staff Writers:ANNA HAYESStaff Writers:ASHLEY SKWIERA If you would like to contribute toThe Wheel, please contact us at wheel@stkate.edu.
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Volume 79, issue 8
Editorial:
 An opposite way of being 
By Rachel Armstrong
news editor
The rst thing I did when I arrived homerom Quito, Ecuador was travel to the
Uptowner Diner on Grand Avenue to eat
a Farmer’s Breakast: hash browns, eggs,onions and cheese all piled up, ried andserved greasy.While I’ll openly, readily admit that I missedhash browns almost as much as I missed my best riend, I could barely nish a quarter o what was on my plate. The heavy ood satuncomortably in my stomach or most o the day while I greeted riends and amily,
Thoughts fromabroad:
The politicsof “americana”
By Anna Hayes
international columnist
It has been over one month since I arrivedin Santiago de los Caballeros, DominicanRepublic. Wow. I am taken aback by simply writing that sentence. Three fights, one weeko orientation, three weeks o classes, twodays o illness, three one-day excursions, onerural work retreat, lots o rain and copiousamounts o walking have already changed me.However, what has impacted me mostcannot be pin-pointed to any particularmoment or even any collection o suchinstances o time. Instead, it is somethingthat has been slowly and gradually revealingitsel through sel-refection: identity.Now, the term “identity” is itsel incredibly vague. It can imply one’s perceptions o race,gender, religion, ethnicity, amily background,culture and so much more. The “identity”to which I reer pertains to country – my 
home – the United States of America. Upon
my arrival to the Dominican Republic, Iwas accustomed to saying the phrase “I amAmerican” (“Soy americana” in Spanish).However, during one o my classes here, thetrue implications o this expression werebrought to light.
People who live in Chile, Argentina, Brazil,
Mexico and even Canada are American too.We all live in continents bearing the name“America.” It is actually more correct and
proper for me to say, “I am U.S. American.”
This identies the continent and country inwhich we reside and call home. Why have we,
as people from the United States of America,
come to identiy ourselves so strongly withthe sole sel-identity o “American”?My identity here has suddenly becomeexponentially more important. Learningwhat it is like to be stereotyped and composea part o the minority are riveting. Other
students can tell I am a U.S. American just
by passing me while walking around campus.True, I have skin o a much lighter shade o color than the majority o people here andmy Spanish skills are not quite up to parwith those o real Dominicans, but evenwith these points aside, they can still tell thecountry rom which I hail. Am I wearing a big
sign stating, “I am from the United States of 
America?” Maybe it is the way I walk or thetypes o clothing I wear; though I personally do not think I dress very dierently romthe majority o students here. Or, it couldsimply be the act that I use a backpack. Notraditional Dominican students use “mochilas,”or backpacks. Instead, they carry their booksin their hands or some emale students havelarge purses in which they can place a ewbooks. By whatever manner, I am dierent.Is there anything wrong with being theminority? No, by no means is this a bad thing.It is actually good or me. This time here is
helping me to step outside my comfort zone,
discover more about my identity on multiplelevels, engage in new experiences, do some
crazy things and stop using a backpack…
well, maybe.Hopeully we can all take a step back as
we begin a new academic semester to realize
what denes us and use it not only to urtherour education, but improve our lives.Anna can be reached at
amhayes@stkate.edu.
unpacked, watched old episodes o “How IMet Your Mother” and chatted with my littlebrother. Finally, I was orced to throw outthe letovers and sadly admit to mysel thathash browns soaked in grease and servedup cheesy just aren’t my avorite anymore.Ater all the screams and tears o a long-awaited homecoming, I sat in my quiet,rambling house in Shakopee and tried togure out what to do with mysel. In trueRachel orm I had a list: nish senior honorsproject, email host amily, email proessors,call Heather, call Adam, unpack, buy milk.But it was all so...dierent.In a ten hour plane ride my lie wentrom one way o being to an opposite way o being. Somehow, solely due to physicallocation, I’ve got a completely dierent seto expectations to live up to. In Ecuador Iwas, quite simply, expected not to get hurtand to try my best.Here, I’m expected to do much more.Because I know the cultural context o Minnesota, because I grew up here, I shouldknow how to navigate lie here. Moreover,I’m expected to know what I’m doing withthat lie, to grow up.And that is proving dicult.As a senior, I’m asked constantly, “Whatare you doing ater graduation?” My answeris always dierent. Some days I’m taking ateaching position in Boliva, others, movingout west or graduate school, or working as abarista or a waitress or living in my mother’sbasement.Clearly, I have no clue. I can’t even tell you what my avorite ood is at the moment.That, more than anything, was the slap in theace that nally convinced me: I’m dierent.I can’t tell you when it happened. It was amyriad o little moments: riding the Teleericoto the top o Mount Pinchincha, buying my rst Ecuadorian beer, nding trinkets andabrics in the Otavalan market, saying helloto my host amily, then saying goodbye,coming home again and nally re-enteringmy normal, hectic lie in Minnesota. Whateverit was, whenever it was, I’ve changed.That dierence means that my plans or theuture have changed too. Beore I traveled Iwanted to spend my lie in academia. I havea head or theory and the real world is otentoo sharp or me. However, ater traveling orso long, I can’t imagine cementing mysel inone place or our or more years.The question is always there, poundingdully at the back o my head as I check thingso my to-do list. Thankully, I’ve still got alittle time to gure it out.Rachel can be reached at
rmarmstrong@stkate.edu.
When considering what topic to start withas the new social justice columnist, I beganto panic. A thought that ran through my mind was “what i there are no social justiceissues happening?” I understand now howoolish o a thought this was.Recently, Cheryl Perich sued her ormeremployer, a Lutheran Church aliated school,on the grounds o the American DisabilitiesAct o 1990. This act protects the jobs o thosewho are qualied or their position but areacing a disability. This school red Perichwhen she took a leave in 2004 to receivetreatment or her diagnosed narcolepsy, asleep disorder signied by excessive sleepingand daytime sleep attacks.This case went to the Supreme Court,which ruled Perich. The reasoning givenwas that Perich was ullling a “minister”position, which allows the Church to ollowtheir own ruling o who is eligible to ll theseaith-based roles. However, no one can seemto agree what a “minister” position is.This has sparked discussion surroundingreligious-based education institutions. Perichwas hired originally as a temporary lay teacher,but had been promoted in 2000 as a “called”teacher. I Perich had been teaching mathwould she have been protected? I this hada dierent religious aliation (i.e. Muslimor Jewish) would the court ruling have beenthe same?At one point an article stated that someplaces o worship consider their janitorialsta as “minister workers” since they cleanpews and polish cruciixes. I there is nodenite understanding surrounding a ministerposition, than how can our Supreme Courtuse that as reasoning?This brings me to our religious-aliated
St. Catherine University (SCU). As a Campus
Minister, can I be red due to discrimination?Can I be red or being an openly gay studentand not have legal protection?In my opinion, what I interpret rom thisstory is that the Church has the authority to discriminate. This cannot be thoughto as a simple “this happened once” story.This woman had the courage to ght orher position in her work, and was turneddown. Her struggle could very well be thestruggle o other employees who did nothave the means or knowledge to ght ortheir work position. Also, with the SupremeCourt ruling there may be others who willnow all back into ear.There are always social justice issueshappening. So, the next question that ranthrough my mind was, “which social justiceissues most aect our students?”This is also a oolish question. These issues,the Supreme Court ruling, do aect us. Theruling aects our aculty and our proessorsbecause we are a religious aliated school.The story o Perich can very well be thestory o one o our educators in the uture.Our campus is aected because we need toknow which protections we’re guarenteedand which we aren’t--because this is ourcommunity.Becky can be reached at
rjdoucette@stkate.edu.
 
Features
The Wheel | 3
By Alexa Chihos
editor-in-chief 
Album review:
Enter Shikari
Between Enter Shikari’s second album,“Common Dreads,” and their most recentalbum, “A Flash Flood o Colour,” the musicindustry has witnessed a blurring o linesbetween musical genres. With the recentprogression o dubstep, more and morebands are incorporating riskier electronicelements into their respective genres. Arguably one o the best bands to blur the lines andblend elements o rock and electronic music,Britain’s Enter Shikari have proven to beleaders o this musical movement with “AFlash o Flood and Colour.”On “A Flash o Flood and Colour,” there is
a polarizing pull from both the music itself 
and the lyrics to grab the listener’s attention.Prime examples include “Meltdown” and“Sssnakepit” where the musical arrangementslead the listener on a ast-paced rollercoasterride. The songs “Arguing with Thermometers”and “Stalemate” showcase lead vocalistRoughton “Rou” Reynolds brilliant intuitionon the current state o world politics andsocial issues.While the entire album displays the band’smusical usion o electronic, dance, industrialand dubstep music into their post-hardcoretracks, the lyrics penned by Reynolds stimulatethe listener’s senses. Although “Arguing withThermometers” oers a musical adventure,it also serves as a critique o the modernworld’s dependence on oil, as Reynoldssings, “So lemme get this straight; as wewitness the ice-caps melt/Instead o beingspurred into changing our ways/We’re gonnainvest into military hardware to ght or theremaining oil that’s let beneath the ice/Butwhat happens when it’s all gone/You haven’tthought this through have you boys.”“Gandhi Mate, Gandhi” is a surprisingly brutal monologue between Reynolds andhis band mates where Reynolds speaks withurgency about the state o the contemporary political system, aulty and beyond repair.Bassist Chris Batten sings rom the perspective
Album:
A Flash of Flood and Colour
Rating:
 
 Tracklist:
1- System...2- ...Meltdown3- Sssnakepit4- Search Party5- Arguing with Thermometers6- Stalemate7- Gandhi Mate, Gandhi8- Warm Smiles Do NotMake You Welcome Here9- Pack of Thieves10- Hello Tyrannosaurus,Meet Tyrannicide11- Constellations
Release Date:
 
January 17
Website:
 
entershikari.com
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1/2
 
out of five
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o an individual in power, “See i we keepthem silent/Then they’ll resort to violence/
and that’s how you criminalize change.”
However, the hidden gem on “A Flash o Flood and Colour” is the memorable, sotertrack “Stalemate” where Reynolds describeswar as a system o our culture as he croons,“Previous wars make billionaires out o millionaires/Todays wars make trillionairesout o billionaires/Tomorrows wars will uelgenerations o hate/I’m losing my grip onreality. I cannot simply agree that we are
civilized/Acting like this earth is innite,
it’s a chessboard o lies/That will generate,stalemate.”
Psychedelic
energy 
By Ashley Skwiera
staff writer
•‘Pictures of Then’ is the
irst band to perorm inThe Pulse this semester
While this album lyrically critiques currentpolitical and socio-environmental issues,there is a surge o positivity rom “Pack o Thieves” and “Search Party” that leaves thelistener eeling empowered and ready to acethe world. The most infuential lyric thatsticks rom the entire album is casually sungby Reynolds in “Pack o Thieves”, “Don’t beooled into thinking that a small group o riends cannot change the world.” EnterShikari prove this lyric to be true with theirhighly insightul third musical installation.Alexa can be reached at
anchihos@stkate.edu.
I had high hopes that the Feb. 1 Pulse
Unplugged concert of Pictures of Then
would turn out a air amount o students,as it’s only the third day o classes and thereare ew projects or papers due.I was wrong.Pictures o Then’s perormance gave theaudience a uniquely entertaining night.When Pictures o Then rst began playing,I got a distinctly sleepy, daydreamy eel. Notbecause I believed they were boring, butbecause the music brought a comortingmelody and rhythm that allowed me to sit,relax and take in all o the dierent sounds.This eeling did not last the entire set,however. Progressing throughout the show,more and more sounds were added usingvarious keyboards, pedals and laptops.I elt as i it were the ’60s and ’70s againwhere the psychedelic sound o a longerinstrumental section blended into a bassthat sounded as i it were a part o the cultBroadway musical Hair. There was a pointthat I actually thought they were going tostart playing “Let the Sunshine In.”Nonetheless, the band brought us back tothe 21st century with high energy in theirnal ew songs. At one point, the guitaristswitched instruments and played drumsalongside the drummer on the foor tom.Picking up a set o sticks, he started to play a rhythm, producing a unique sound andbeat. I couldn’t take my eyes o o him.The nal song came with a blast o energy rom all our members o the band. From theincredibly ast picking o the lead singer, tothe nodding o the bassist, the guitarist wasthe one who drove the energy. His continual jamming, most o it acing the wall, led himto hop right into the microphone stand.
Unperturbed, the guitarist put down his
instrument and proceeded over to the foorpedals. This is where the third surprise came in.At most concerts I attend, the drummerrarely does anything else besides drum. Nothere. Here, the drummer grabbed the guitarthat was let and proceeded to shake it andmove the strings which produced sound wavesI did not even thinkpossible in a truly unconventionalmanner. Thiswas deinitely thehighlight o thenight.I will tell allwho are readingthis now: go to thenext concert at thePulse. You’ll thankme later.Ashley can bereached at
amskwiera@stkate.edu.
The local Indie Rock band, Pictures of Then, calls their style“A musical string of psychedelic gozer.”“Like” them on Facebook by searching Pictures of Then or check out their website: picturesofthen.com.Photos by Sarah Kiczula.
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