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Show THE THUNDERBIRD· SOvrHERN lJTAH UNIVERSITY , MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1993 • PAGEJ Razavi takes over SU peer position Frosh to continue legal services, SFS Associate Professor of Ph1sical Science Richard Douan holds court at a studJ group for his beginning chemistry classes, which number more than 200 stutknts, at Godfather's Pina last week. Dotson led his nudents in games complete with cable bu:u:m and teams in an effort to get the jump on finals. Participating nudenu recei...w a discoun1 on the pina. More SU classes offered in Dixie Students not wanting to make the commute to Cedar City from St. George may get a late Christmas wish come winter quarter. Eleven classes, more than double the number available last year, will be offered in St. George through the SUU/Dixie College University Centers. The courses will be taught weekdays on the Dixie College campus, with class times beginning between 4 and 6 p.m. They will be instructed by SUU faculty members. Winter quarter class Ii tings include Financial Accounting lI (ACCT 302), Business Administration Seminar (BA 499), Cataloging Print/Non-Print (IM 322), Educational Psychology (EDUC 310), Teaching Reading in Elementary School (EDUC 352), Teaching Reading in Content Areas (EDUC 372), Personalized Reading Programs (EDUC 420), Dramatics for Teachers (EDUC 436), Marketing Research (MKTG 495), Personality Theory (PSY 370) and Theatre for Elementary Teacher (TA 390). A tuition and fee schedule, complete with telephone registration instructions, is available through the SUU Division of Continuing Education in the R. Haze Hunter Conference Center, 586-7850. Additional class information can be obtained by calling George Fenstermaker at Dixie College, 673-4811 (EXT 368); Quenton Bowler, SUU associate professor and department head of education, 586-7802; or Art Porter, SUU assistant professor and deparnnent head of business, 586-5474. Also, a sign language course will be taught in Beaver beginning winter quaner through the SUU selfsupport/outreach program. Jannette Ekker will be teaching the class (CED 554) from 6:30-8:30 p.m. in the Beaver High Technical Building starting Jan. 4. SUUSA President Jason White was faced with a decision of who to appoint as head of the peer coordinator po ition earlier thi quarter when Si sie Bishop announced her intentions of getting married. Following a fair amount of time to reflect on who to choose, White decided to go with a member of the university's President' Council, Reza Razavi. Razavi, a freshman originally from Iran who spent th last two years in California finishing high school, is also over the Food Bank, legal assistance and is a member of the Students for Students Committee, which concerns itself with gender-related issues. "I want to continue with what Sissie planned for the year," he ays. The peer coun elor , originally conceived and directed by Bi hop, are now being organi.:ed into a club by SUUSA Bu iness, Communication and Technology Senator Daniel Jackson. Razavi is currendy pursuing the idea of making the peer counselors an hour credit class. Harman Bonniksen, director of the Wellness Center, would instruct them during the one-hour class on psychological items emphasizing Reta Razavi listening skills. - - -- -- - - - -- - Razavi also says he wants to get support from the community for the project, and possibly fund scholarships for the peer counselors through money donated by the community. "They'll put in a lot of time, and [ want to give them scholarships for their work," he ays. The Students for Students comminee Razavi is working with is organizing what was previously Sexual Awareness Week-it gets a new name this year-and other gender-conscious projects. One idea for the week is to have prorection devices available for students to buy including personal alarms which ward off attacker and alert others to danger. The legal services will work basically the same as under Bishop. However, Stuart Jones, the advising lawyer, will be available by appointment Previously, he came in fur a one-hour block to advise students. "Sometimes there wouldn't be any srudents for him to talk to, and sometimes there would be more than he could get to," Razavi says. By making Jones available through appointment, it will be better for the students-they are guaranteed to get advice, and Jones will not show up for nothing. The legal advice is available by contacting Razavi in the Srudent Association offices at 586- 7766. Little red riding hood 'sheds granny's nightgown' BY LEASA TRIPP Thunderbird Swff Write,"People lie about everything from their annual income to the size of fish they caught last week," said SUU Associate Professor of Communication Suzanne Larson, who delivered the Distinguished Faculty Honor Lecture for the final Convocation Thursday. "And Many of us cannot rellaccurarely-when another person is lying.• Her topic "Uttle Red Riding Hood, Can You TeU if the Big Bad Wolf is Lying" focused on the nonverbal cues that can be used to detect deception. "I always ask my classes, if they are frowning at me, to smile because l really respond to nonverbal cues," Larson said at the outset of her lecture. "So l'll ask the same of you." She then related a compact version of the children's fairy tale Linle Red Riding Hood. "It doesn't take a rocket scientist to tell that the wolf isn't granny," Larson said. "But Red, ignoring all nonverbal cues, continues her discourse with the wolf." "Today," Larson continued , "the wolf has shed granny's flannel nightgown and has taken a different form of deceit• She explained that the deceit is prevalent in government as well as in our everyday conversation. "We all tell white lies," Larson said. "They are deemed basically harmless and fulfiU a social etiquette function. For instance, we see an ugly baby-and I mean UGLY-and say, 'what a charming child!' We don't want to hurt people so we tell linle white lies.• The importance of knowing how to detect deception comes in, however, when the lying takes place in more serious situations. "Of course telling it all is probably not desirable or in our best interest either," she ad ed. Larson explained that accurate decoding of non-verbal communication is essential because we make a significant amount of judgments based on non-verbal cues. "If verbal and non-verbal messages are inconsistent or incongruent, we rely on the non-verbal to make our judgments," she said. "ln fact,• Larson added, "the ability to read non-verbal cues in the workplace is one of the most important slcills a person can have." "l have some ethical consternation," Larson said. "Becau e while I'm telling you how to detect deception, I'm also telling you how to deceive." She indicated that while st people rely on upper body and facial indicators to detect lying, it is more useful ro look to voice pitch, respon e pauses, and trunk movements because these cues are less likely to be masked. "We learn to detect deception with repea°ted exposure to liars. Familiarity is the best training," she said. "So when Red goes to granny's house as a female who's perceptive of non-verbal cues," Larson concluded. "She says to the wolf, in her most assertive manner, 'l'm on to you!'" |
