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Show news Pipe views by Joe Stewart-Mm- h If you have recently been asked for directions or had strangers visit your classes, you are probably aware that it was time for campus previews once again. Campus previews are a very effective marketing tool according to Betsy McKean, assistant director of admissions. Two different campus previews were held on campus recently. The first was geared toward adult" students and was held in the evening of Nov. 20. The second geared to traditional students was held Dec. 5. The evening session was attended by about thirty prospective students. It was under the .direction of Brad Ericson, associate director of admissions. He was assisted by McKean, Fan aye Turner of the admissions office, Ruth Henneman of financial aid, and Lori Hadden-Ober- g from the school of professional studies. Joining them were: Jenny Wyckoff from the nursing school: Steve Baar, dean of arts and sciences; and Susan Heath representing student services. The Dec. 5 preview for traditional students was an all day event It began with a welcoming session and orientation followed by a tour of the campus. Next, workshops or class visits were offered to the prospective students. They were then treated to lunch at Saga. After lunch, students could attend more workshops, visit classes or participate in student panel discussion with Westminster students. The panel was made up of current students who informed prospective students of what "goes on at Westminster. This panel is the most impressive thing we can do for the prospective students," stated McKean who worked closely with Associate Admission Director Steve Wunderli to put the campus preview together. - Traditional campus previewers discuss Westminster clubs and activities with a student panel in the Carleson Conference Center. McKean related that most of the 60 students were from the Salt Lake area and that some were accompanied by their parents. Three more previews will be held spring semester. Prospective students are also invited to spend a night in the dorm to get a feel for life at the college. Campus activites are brought to the students attention as well as things to do in the area so they can further enjoy their stay. McKean said she appreciated the help of student volunteers like Glen Kizzire, who said he enjoyed meeting with and guiding the prospective students around campus. Foreign Stodemts' Share Arms. Dead Views by Myriam Hernandez The medias recent revelation about the secret contacts between the United States and Iran creates serious uncertainties among in- ternational students about the tense and crucial gulf region. The U.S.-Ira- n arms deal poses other not of which is the possibilthe least dangers, Iran-Ira- q of the conflict, ity prolonging which already has caused casualties well above one million people, according to media accounts. The U. S. administration had already declared a position of neutrality in the gulf war and had pledged to pursue all possible means to end it honorably. Now, however, the administrations admission that secret arms shipments had been sent to Iran, regardless of quantities or types of weapons involved, calls U.S. neutrality into serious question according to more than one Westminster foreign student. More than that, it gives other weapons exporters the excuse they need to give military supplies to Iran said W.S., an international student from Kuwait. All these wars are just games for the big countries. To sell weapons to small countries is good for the U.S. so it can develop its own economy. Westminsters students from Iran are concerned with the U.S.-Ira- n arms deal but did not want to share their opinions with the Forum for fear of some form of retaliation." However, two students from the Middle East did share their own feelings about this situation. W.S. said, They (the United States) 4 Forum have made a lot of deals before, but (it is) because Iran had not paid Israel (for the weapons) that such a big deal started. So now we all know what has been going on. Since the war between Iran and Iraq started seven years ago the United States has been dealing with Iran. It is nothing new. According to W.S., with an assurance of sources for war materials, Iran would have little or no incentive to end the Iraqi conflict These aspects of newly revealed American policy raise serious concerns in Iraq and among its Arab allies such as Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the rest of the gulf states, said W.S. A student from Saudi Arabia. C.S., said, All these wars are just games for the big countries. To sell weapons to small countries, is good for the United States, so it can develop its own economy. The United States started the war between Iran and Iraq and they are the ones that set up the revolution in Iran. This is to exhaust the money from the Middle East because the Middle East was developing' faster than the United States wanted them to. Some students from the Middle East say the United States is clearly within its rights in seeking to reopen moderate Iranian channels which have been closed since the 1979 seizure of American diplomats in Tehran; and in working for the release of American hostages held by Islamic Jihad in Lebanon. W.S. explained, Islamic Jihad was created in 1982 by the Iranian Revolutionary guards transferred to Lebanon by a Syrian decision. Armen Dilanchian, president of International Students of Westminster College, said, I think the United States wants to reopen channels with Iran so they can have an influence over the Persian Gulf and also monitor the neighboring countries. A lot of factors are still a secret, according to Dilanchian, But as the media starts digging in, there is a lot yet to be found inside this arms deal. Dilanchian said that the arms being used by the Iranian government were made in the United States, but he does not know whether or not the Iranian government is using wea- -' countries. pons from other super-powThese international students feel that when er Yule Cards conflict is over, Iran will turn the Iran-Irato the pursuits of peace. This would include cooperation with the United States and other countries and the assumption of a role of responsibility in the crucial gulf region. Until then, the arms deal serves only in prolonging a war which has already cost many lives. q HAPPY WINTER . SOLSTICE Unusual Calendars Holiday Music Tapes Books Hand-blende- d Oils & Incenses Candles & Oil Lamps 6MPOSSUM Jewelry Art New Age 8c Magickal Accessories 2 BLOCKS FROM WESTMINSTER COLLEGE 1649 S. 1100 East, (Parking in Rear) 484-440- 0 Dec. 15, 1986 Issue No. 8 |