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Show Tlic Tfiimdcrfiircf Minutin' January 6, 1986 Page Leary to open winter Convo Timothy Leary will open the SL'bCs Convocations series for winter quarter. Leary, who was called the most dangerous man alive by Richard Nixon, was the former director of the Harvard Psychedelic Research Project. His research into LSD in the 1960s turned him into a spokesperson for the counter culture" movement. He unsuccessfully ran for governor of California against Ronald Reagan using a song the Beatles wrote for him Come Together. Now, hes a leader in the Futurist movement and heads his own company, Futique, Inc. Learys topic will be Think for Yourself: Question Authority" on Jan. 9 at 11 a.m. in the SUSC Auditorium. This does not mean that he will tell students to rebel against or to oppose authority, but to force authority into a dialogue, said Lana Johnson, the senes coordinator. Leary will talk about wavs of increasing intelligence, improving performance, and cultivating sophistication. Eldridge Cleaver will be the keynote speaker for SUSCs Black History W'cck. He will speak at the Convocation program on Jan. 16 on Black History: From Panther to Politician. for seven Cleaver lived in years before returning to the U.S. on his own, denouncing the racial and ideological principles that made him a leading voice of the Black Panthers of the 1960s. The said that he would rather be a prisoner in America than a free man in a communist country. Dr. Mark Littmann, of Halleys Comet: Once in a Lifetime , will give a multi-medi- a presentation about Halleys Comet on Jan. 23. Littmann, the former director of Salt Lake City's Hansen Planetarium, is the recipient of Distinguished Service Awards from both the International Planetarium and the Middle Atlantic Planetarium Societies. DcWitt Jones, a National Geographic photographer, will present a film called John Muirs High Sierra Jan. 30. Jones b considered one of countrys best landscape photographers and is widely recognized for his images of the American South wc-t- . Donald Hall, critically acclaimed for lib ntusicality, humor, and lyricbm, will present a reading from his works on Feb. 6. Since the publication of his first hxxik nearly 30 years ago. Hall has won two Guggenheim fellowships and the St. Edna Vincent Millay Award. Baxter Black will sjx-aon Cowboys and Sourdough on Feb 3. Black is a former veterinarian who now has his own radio show and then-preside- The campus may be dark at night, but that does not mean that learning ceases at SUSC. Classes offer much to students Night school classes this winter at Southern Utah State College range from courses to extended day courses. They include classes such as classes and outreach classes for teachers enrolled in the cooperative masters degree program. Copies of the evening school winter schedule are available at the SUSC Division of Continuing Education, located in the Old Administration building in room 203, and also at the Registrars Office in the Administration Building. classes Registration for the will he completed at the first session of class or in Old Administration 203. Registration for the regular academic classes will he held in the Registrars Office daily from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. All new students and all former students who have missed one of the major quarters (fall, winter or spring) since last attending SUSC must complete an admissions application. Scholarships, work are loans, grants, and part-tim- e available to qualified students at the non-cred- it non-cred- it Night school classes range from EMT training to teacher inservice classes. SUSC Office of Financial Aid. Early application is urged as processing weeks. Students are requires encouraged to pay tuition early as well. classes are being Seventeen offered winter quartcr.There are all kinds to ihixise from," said Daphne Dailey, the coordinator of workshops and conferences at SUSC. Also available are courses in real estate licensing and recertification, Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) training, children's folk guitar and dance, personal motivation for women, workshops on pattern alteration, bird taxidermy, a foreign food exchange, the dynamics of relationships and photographing children. The eight-weetraining program for those interested in becoming a certified EMT starts Jan. 14 at SUSC. The course is scheduled to end on March 8 after the completion of 120 hours of classroom lecture, and ambulance practical experience. The EMT training course is available on a basis or for nine credit hours in Biology 292. A $220 fee is required for the course. Tuition rcinhursements are available and will be discussed at 6-- 8 non-cred- k non-cred- it it the first meeting. Robert Tuckett is.the program coordinator. He can be reached for program after 5 p.m. at details. Instruction will be given by trained EMT instuctors and local physicians. The course is ideal for fire and police department personnel, for police science and nursing students, said Dailey. A budgeting class entitled Sink or Swim Budgeting will begin Jan. 14. Verla Jean Hedges, the instructor, emphasizes that in the course ideas will be presented that will aid the individuals budgeting needs. I dont claim to be an expert. Im willing to learn from my students too. There is a wealth of practical advice for any student to apply, said Hedges. She will also be teaching three other classes for the DCE this quarter: Do All with Your Favorite Patterns, Foreign Food Exchange and Personal Motivation for Women. Twenty-fou- r evening classes are offered that can be counted as part of your regular workload. They do not require any special fee and they begin the same week as regular winter quarter classes. The only general education class is Geology 101 and even that is a Tclcioursc from the U of U. Six other self support classes will be offered at a extra cost that will count toward credit. These are a real estate licensing program, the EMT training social dance, stage course, and film combat and a class on production and direction in film. These classes require separate registration and fees that will take place in Old Adminisration 203. Classwork will continue for those enrolled in the SUSCUSU Masters program in Elementary and Secondary Education. Also available arc internships in Elementary and e Secondary Ed. These administrative internships must Rearranged on an individual basis. This cooperative progam is designed especially for inservice teachers and can he completed in two or three years. Registration for these classes can be completed at the first class meeting. Six chances to study and travel are also being offered: The Ramses II exhibit at Brigham Young University, The Black Canyon on the Colorado River, Halleys Comet in Peru, Hawaii, ScotlandGreat Britain, and Paris are also planned throughout this quarter. For other classes check the catalogue or call the Division of Continuing Education at 7850. 586-461- 1 pre-me- on-sit- self-exil- 1 nationally syndicated column as a cowboy humorist. He has written four hooks of cowboy poetry, along with his On the Edge of Common Seiv-e,Weekly column and Cowboys and Sourdough," his radio program. During National Engineer Week, Gentry Lee will speak on "Exploration and the Human Spirit" on Feb. 20. Lee b a renowned space engineer working with both the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and privately funded projects. Lees vbit b by the SUSC . tuclent-engineering The winner of the 1983 Young Concert Artists International Auditions, McDermott, will give a concert on Feb. 27. The pianist started playing piano when she was only five years old and performed in the Mendelssohn Concert in G Minor at Camiege Hall when she w;i' only 12. Jackie Nokes, currently a broadcaster in radio and telev ision with KSL in Salt Lake, will speak on March 6. She b the featured speaker at SUSCs Womens History Week and will speak on The Nokes will Age of Communication. also take part in a conference at SUSC being planned by several campus and community organizations for women. Ending the winter Convixations series will lx- Dr. William L. Rathjc, who will speak on garbology. His topic will be The Garbage Project: Archeology of Yesterdays Lunch as direc tor of the Garbage Project at the University of Arizona, Tucson. The professor of anthropology says he has found some-verinteresting insights to our society. The class is offered for one hour of credit but is also open to the public a.m. Thursdays at To receive credit for the attending the Convcxations scries you mint pick up a Convixations packet from the bookstore and turn the cards in to Johnson or one of her assistants after each program. Ann-Mari- e - 1 1 Hawaii tour deadline extended The registration deadline for an SUSC natural history tour of the Hawaiian Islands has been extended to Feb. 1. Russell D. Anderson is the tour director for the March 20 through Z7 trip that is being offered through the colleges division of continuing education. Anderson, chairman of the SUSC department erf biology, spent six years in Hawaii as a biology, zoology and botany instructor at the Church College of Hawaii, now the Hawaii campus of Brigham Young University. Trip participants, he said, will have the opportunity to learn about the flora, fauna and culture of the islands In a very relaxed schedule. fact, if people want to spend all six days basking on the beach, they can, Anderson says. Included in the $698 trip cost is round-tritransportation between Cedar City and Las Vegas, airfare between Las Vegas and Honolulu and Honolulu and Kona, accommodations for three nights in Kona and three nights on Honolulu, baggage handling, rips and grammes. while-enjoyin- p 3 |