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Show X Vi - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15,201? DSU professor still teaching after more than 50 years nickvanderson If you were bom almost a century ago, by now you would likely have some impressive stories. Andrew Bamum, adjunct biology professor and curator of the Dixie State University Museum of Natural History, is nearing 9 1 years old and certainly has his fair share of tales to tell. Bom in 1924 and raised in Mesquite, Nevada, Bamum moved to southern Utah during the Great Depression. His family spent time on the ranch of a friend of his fathers until Bamum started his first year at what was known as Dixie Junior College in 1940. He began his studies majoring in ALBUM ANALYSIS Analyzer lists top projects dropped between 20 I 20 1 PAYTON DAVIS V, -- see BARNUM page 9 DIIDG 1 5 Payton Dam DSN IdloD rt 20: Visions by Grimes (2012) collections singles Oblivion and Genesis rely on Grimes vocals more than any other aspect with bass and drum kicks in the background. Standout Track: Oblivion 19: Carrie & Lowell 18: Muchacho by This lists newest release, Carrie & Lowell channels Stevens difficult mother-so- n relationship through his lyrics over acoustic guitars and other faint motifs. Its not all drear, though, and a few upbeat moments under- - I. r ''4 Andrew Barnum, adjunct biology professor and curator of the Dixie State University Museum of Natural History, researches A insect specimens for the museum. Barnum has been at Dixie CO since 1940 as a student and an educator. 30 flOW GO SfldJGtiGIjflflS, the shi flel G0DDfiGOft0GDft 5 me Thi Fir haf r i- - Tra ' 1,.- - ' ti ' B, U nL Phosphorescent (2013) Put this genius on CMT rather than todays Nashville garbage, and the Album Analyzer might tune in. Terror in the Canyons (The Wounded Master), song six, features the fiddle, pedal steel and a horn section making down-hom- e sounds complex and less idiotic than what poisons COl " J r Nr rep ry r hav late 1 H 195 reti p" r tot t seu H tigi con sity del Ac: contemporary country radios airwaves. Standout Track: Right OnRide On of 5 17: enc the son Nat Bio Soc he c Father, Son, Holy Students and faculty members compete for votes of their peers during the second annual Dixie Idol competition. From left: Becca Gonzales, a freshman general education major from Meridian, Idaho; Bernadette Jefimoff, a DSU staff member who works in the Red Rock Cafe; and Lauren Randall, a senior psychology major from Upland, California, are the final three contestants and will be competing again tonight at 7:30 pmMZ-BE- The Album Analyzer (finally) went through a break-u- p or two during his college career, but Girls split in 2012 brought him closer to tears than any love gone awry. Father, Son, Holy Ghost is love, too; Honey Bunny, Saying I Love You and Love Like a River all feature d themes but avoid the corniness that usually comes with such topic. Standout Track: Vomit heart-etche- by Sufjan Stevens (2015) X 3 Ghost by Girls (2011) Grimes Visions highlights the possibilities of GarageBand. She recorded her third album using the software, but this collection doesnt sound like the byproduct of keyboards, clicks and scrolling: The h. lsyn July Unless a serious Dixie Bro, a students college experience ceases at some point, but the killer albums that played the backdrop to those times shouldnt. The Album Analyzer graduates next month; thus, its time to look back at the best projects released during his time at Dixie State from fall University 2011 to spring 2015. Heres the first of this two-painstallment, countdown from 20 to 11. ing (I ? fcraDfty 00 TOG0I score the complexity of human connections in general; happiness makes the grief and confusion Stevens grew up holding more confusing than constant sorrow. Standout Track: Fourth of f k Germany, during World War II where he would mb shoulders with people like General Dwight D. Eisenhower. To help pay for school after his masters degree, he took a job as purchasing agent for the Atomic Energy Commission. He had to get special security clearance from the government. His boss prepared him for one of his assignments by explaining the level of secrecy he was expected to keep. He said ... You will have some information that no other person on the earth will know except the president of the United States, Bamum said. The information is how much pure uranium we have in North America. You are not allowed to give this business, switched to art and eventually was converted, as he put it, to majoring in biology. After graduating as valedictorian of his class with an associate degree, he decided to stay one more year to teach biology. He went on to complete his bachelors and masters degrees at Brigham Young University in Provo. During his time at BYU, he also taught an entomology class and got married. After turning down an offer to continue his education at Cornell, he attended Iowa State University where he earned a PhD. in Systematic Entomology in only 3 years. He then took his job teaching at Dixie State College in 1959. Bamums academic career alone is a feat many could never match, but along with those years of schooling, he also spent time working in Berlin, BY NICK ANDERSON 16: Reflektor by Arcade Fire (2013) Arcade Fire goes full experimentation on its fourth album, a double LP, but its transformation differs from see ALBUM page 9 E - BY SPENCER RICKS SpencerRicks Singing hit songs while charming the audience and winning votes were the goals of the 20 contenders to be the next Dixie Idol. The competition ensued the week before and during and is a competition where Dixie State University students and faculty members flaunt their singing skills in hopes of a cash prize. Twenty initial contenders were whittled down to three during four preliminary competitions between April 8 and Monday. The final competition will be at 7:30 p.m. tonight in ce ek the Gardner Center ballroom and will feature three finalists: Lauren Randall, Becca Gonzales, and Bernadette MZBEE Jefimoff. The first competition April 8 featured a wide array of talent and music choice among the 20 competitors. Votes from the audience determined who moved on to following competitions in pop, country and Broadway. Contestants were eliminated two by two until only three remained after the Broadway competition. One winner will take home a $500 prize at the end of it all. Many of the students who entered in the competition were motivated by the money and the chance to gam singing experience in front of a crowd. Sky Crystal, a junior communication major from Twin Falls, Idaho, is the vocalist of local band Kingdoms and competed in Dixie Idol until eliminated after the Broadway competition on April 13. My inspiration is Jesus and Sum 41 , but my motivation to enter Dixie Idol was my mom, Crystal said. She cant work right now, and I really wanted to help her out by sending her the check if I won. Jefimoff, a faculty member who works in the Red Rock Cafe and goes by the alias, MZBEE, is a finalist who entered the competition to gain exposure as a vocalist and attend hopefully attract the con of a pianist to accompafl) teac her. Having no profession'-singinJefin1(l . j experience, brea her big make to hopes M ls as a vocalist with Dixie 0st I couldnt be more eW Je' St. to sing at Dixie Idol base moff said. All colored p9 ,aiOn tl pie used to sing when Was little, and Ive been sing1 all my life ever since. ic re Chants from the audiena now of MZBEE, MZBEE htentir the Gardner Center after We sin1 first performance, and foun then, Jefimoff has been ported at each competd10" fansj by her increasing chc ps senior a Randall, reasc c C 1 I 'lere see IDOL page 9 |