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Show THE THUNDERBIRD • SOUTfiERN UTAH UNIVERSITY , MONDAY, JANUARY 4, L993 , PAGE 3 Marketing club forms BY ALISO BAI LEY Thunderbird Staff Writer SUU recently added a new club to the growi ng list of campus clubs and organizations. Delta Epsilon Chi (DECA) is one of SU's newest clubs, having been established only a montl1 ago. DECA is a marketing dub that helps students gain praaical experience in marketing and business management They rumpete in bu ines competitions at state as well as national levels. SU's chapter of DECA is closely affiliated with the Dixie College chapter. The DECA club is a national organization tllat is recognized and recommended highly by maj r corporations and firms aero the country. SU's DECA chapter president Sheryl Peters.on said being a member of DECA looks very good on job applications. "Employers really like it because it helps to boost elf.confidence as well as give practical experience and knowledge," Peter on said. Competitions consist of a competency-based test on diverse areas of marketing and business, and a role-playing situation where the student is given a problem and asked to solve it. tate competitions are going to be held in Salt Lake City in February and DECA's national competition will be in Orlando, Florida in May. Anyone who wi hes to join DECA or want mo re information about the club can attend the meetings talk to the officers on Tuesday at 1 p.m. in the Dixie Leavitt Business Bui! ing, room 103. ON CAMPUS COURSES ADD VARIETY: The winter quaner evening class/workshop schedule from UU's Division of Continuing Education contains a variety of courses for all ages and interests. elf..suppon cla es cover a number of areas. For example, there a re course in business Japanese and Russian, emergency medical technician (EMTI training, and private pilot ground school. The Division of Continuing Education winter quarter evening sd1ool schedule, which includes tuition and regi tration information, i now available free in d1e R. Haze Hunter Conference Center. For furthel" information, call 586-7850. SU GETS PHYSICS GRANT: The new Science Building will receive physics equipment through a National Science Foundation grant According to Associate Professor of Physical Science, De mond Penny, the $32,000 NSF grant is the first SU has received in 20 years, and will be use to buy computers and equipment for the physics lab. "We also want rouse these funds to help foster a change in our approach to teaching in our labs," Penny said. Workshop Physics uses a guided, self.motivated exploration of phy ics concepts in a laboratory ituation to help students better understand the ideas of phy ics, Penny explained. PIANO QUARTET PERFORMS: The American Pian Quane makes a return visit to Cedar City for a concert Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Cedar High School Auditorium. The American Piano Quartet consists of Del Parkinson, Paul Pollei, Jeffrey Shumway and Mack Wilberg, who formed the group in 1985 to perform works specifically composed and arranged fo r two pianos and eight hands. The quartet will perform music ranging from classic pieces to patriotic ones. Tickets for the concert are $10 at the door. SUU students with aaivity cards will be admitted free. Alan Jacob, a transfer scudent from Oregon, is teaching Cl self defense class this quarter. SU presents self defense class SUU will get a taste of tl1e Orient wid1 a new Karate/Self Defense class offerl!d winter quaner. The cla can be taken for two er dits, as a selfupport class, or a.s a non-credit das / workshop. Taught by Alan Ja ob, d1c course is designed to teach balance and coordination and to builJ s lfconf.dence and sdf-est m. Students taking d1e course will learn to achieve greater awareness, physical ability speed anJ control of their bodie . A transfer scud nc from Oregon, Jacobi an expert on elf.defense, and he recently conduct~! a eminar reaching students how to waRi ~,ff attackers as pan of SUU's Sex1rnl Awareness Week. 11,e da s meets Tue Jay anJ Wedne clays from 7-9 p.m. in S ud1 Hall , hq:inning Jan. 5. 11,e cost is $ 30 a a elf-support cla ·s, or $25 as a non-credic class. 1l1ere is a minimum age restricti n f I . Registration is at the first da s period, or in d1e Hunter Conference Center, Room I 01 B. For funher information al ut the class, call 586-6543. Calligraphy offered for. first time in years All th se who love calligraphy but have never learned the skill have their chance to learn it this quarter. A calligraphy class will be offered at SUU for the first time in several years. Taught by Barbara Berrett, education di rector for the Utah Shakespearean Festival, the class starts with the basics and then works up. "Calligraphy is the art of beautiful writing," Berrett said. "There are writers who write beautifully, but this is d1e letter themselves a an art form.n However, calligraphy i more d1an an esoteric exercise and has a number of pra ·tio1I applications, Berrett said. C,lligraphy patterns can be used for sign-making, posters, silk screen ing, jewelry and monogram ming fo r cl tl1ing o r linens. Altho ugh a diverse array o f calligraphy pens are available, they are not essential and Berrett's class focuses on the use of one basic pen. Convo covers variety of timely topics winter quarter From politics in American theatre to the impact of technology on society, winter quarter convocations at SUU will cover a variety of timely topics. Convocations are held Thursdays at 11 a.m. in the SUU Auditorium. The public is invited to atrend the free lectures. According to l...ectures/Special Projects Director Lana Johnson, the winter quarter Convocation series begins Thursday with a presentation by B. Gentry Lee, co-producer of the PBS series Cosmos. ln addition ID his 1978-81 collaboration with Carl Sagan ID produce tile e9pular series, the most widely watched science television project in American history, Lee was director of advanced programs for NASA in 1986-87. Currently, Lee is co-authoring novels with science fiction writer Arthur C. Clark. Their first two collaborative efforts, Cradle and Rama 11, we.re bestsellers and ttmSlattd into 13 h:>reign languages. His topic at SUU ia • A Vision of the Future." The Jan. 1-4 convoation is praenlled by L Huntu Lovins, direcror of the Rocky Maune.in lnSOb.llle. The iNCiule is a "think tank" exploring energy options and boasts an energy efficient, solar heated facility that houses its 40 researchers. Lovins will discuss "A New National Energy Policy." Poet E. Ethelbert Miller presents a reading of his works Jan. 21. Miller is director of the African-American Resource Center at Howard University. His publications include MigTanc WCJTker, Season of Hunger/Cry of Rain, Women SuTViving Massacres and Men and Where Are the UN.le Poems /O'r Dictators? It's back ID the future again Jan. 28, when SUU hosts Jeremy Rilkin, author, philosopher and social critic. Regarded as a leading writer of genetic engineering technology, Rifkin has also won several historic court challenges to prorect the environment and public health. Ways to achieve excellence in the corporate world will be outlined by John Grinder, principal of Quantum Leap, Inc., at the Feb. 4 Convocation. His prcacntati.on is titled ·Modeling of Exrdknce." •ttuman RiMhts: Pttaona1 Awareness and Diversity in Our Society" is diacuaed by oonsulrant and minislcr Shirley Jones Feb. 11 . As a teacher in public schools for 16 years, Jones is credited with having a dramatic impact on the currirulum, administrators, teachers and staff in the Los Angeles School district. Ecologist James A. MacMahon will discuss "Global Change: Facts, Fiction and Utah's Future," Feb. 18. MacMahon was awarded tile first Utah Governor's Medal for Excellence in Science an~ Technology in 1987. "Politics in Contemporary American Theatre" is addressed Feb. 25 by playwright Steven Dietz. His plays have be.en seen at over 50 regional theatres and he has received play writing kllowships from the McKnight and Jerome Foundations. International business strategist James A. Crupi preseno "New Dimensions in a World Economy• March 5. Crupi is a recognized authority in international business, future trends, operational excellence and leadership development The final lecture of winter quarter is "The Art of Negotiation; prcsentm by international attorney Susan M. Frank. Franlc has ex!fflSive experience in advising U.S. companies on a broad range of intunational trade issues. |