Show renowned poets visit campus Tuesday Zucker wins again with "High School High" Hid you know that two out of three high school students can't identify such classic works of literature as "Moby Dick " “A Tale of Two Cities ” and “Huckleberry Finn?" That's not so had when you rcalic that most high school kids cannot name the vice president of the United States " Especially the kids at “High School High That's because this high school centrally located in the heart of “the hood” is unlike any you' vc ever seen This place ’ even has it s own cemetery It's this off the sensibility that has made producer David Zucker the comedy king of Hollywood He has the track record to prove it With brother Jerry and friend Jim Abrahams he first produced new campus is ! combination war zone and garbage dump Park your car and you'll return to find your hubcaps if your lucky The school's principal played by Louise Fletcher makes Nurse Ratchet seem like Mother Theresa She's escorted around campus by guards with enough fire power to invade a small country Says Zucker “the spirit of the movie is true Kids are demoralized High schools arc virtually unrecognizable from what they were 30 years ago But what hasn't changed is that there arc still teachers who think (hey can make a difference” In Richard Clark's ease the first rule of thumb is survival If he can stay in one piece maybe he can make a difference According to Zucker “Jon Lovitz was cast against type He's usually a wisecracking slick con man In “High School " High he's pure and innoccntidcalistic Who am I kidding? lie's still a slick talking con man And while we're giving away secrets I'm not really the comedy king I believe Oliver Stone holds that honor” Actually it's rare to discover a film genre that has not been parodied or plundered to be exact But the story of an idealistic teacher in a “Kentucky Fried Movie" which came one of the major Two bein- dependently produced films of the year "High School High" is a definite change of pace for Zucker “It's still a genre satire but it's got a lot more realism to it Given what’s happening in high schools across the country it's almost believable” Zucker says The story centers on Richard Clark (Jon Lovitz) a hapless teacher at a prep school for high income teens He startles his father Jon Lovitz stars as Richard C Clark a whitebread young the school's hcadmastcr-an- d Idealist who gets to teach at Marlon Barry High a notorious school was a landthe entire faculty of the own inner city school that has its fill no one had excavated cemetery Wellington Academy when he announces he's accepted yet I with With a le is sure the film will cross leaves school from a his Zucker wealth cliches a job at an inner-cit- y of high warning great has is decision he adults will a “All over todo be able to laugh at itself to the audience father that it's regret I'm not quite sure what that means but if it gets more adults to pay Upon arriving at Marion Barry High (named in honor of the only in States the be film to a ever admission and come to the theater I'm all for being quoted United on in captured city mayor el room with a hooker and crack) Clark is surprised to learn his inaccurately” tough-as-nai- ls Join CEU for an exciting evening of poetry with noted Utah Poet David Lee and Nebraska Poet William Kloefkom The reading will be'Diesday Nov 19 at 8 pm in the Alumni Room The reading is free with Mght refreshment and an opportunity to ' meet the poets immediately after the program Both David Lee and William Kloefkom draw on the ordinary rural life for the substance of many of their poems !Lee” write one critic ”(06001 us to the stories of our live to the lives of those who work with bent back and with one eye on the day light and the season” Of Kloefkom another critic says “If there is a predominant feeling in Kloefkom's work it is one of knowing of an essential and unadorned human vision of the Nebraska landscape and people All CEU students and members of the community are invited to attend ' V'" ' v' a P 1997 BMI Student Composer Awards competition opens r The 45th annual BM1 Student Composer Awards competi- tion will award $16000 to young composers Frances W Preston BMI President and CEO announced on Nov lThe-postmar- deadline which is cosponsored by the BMI Foundation will be Feb 7 1997 The BMI Student Composer Awards competition was established in 1951 to encourage young composers in the creation of concert music and through cash prizes aid in continuing their musical education There are no limitations as to instrumentation style or length of work submitted The prizes ranging from $500 to $3000 are awarded at the discretion of the judging panel Ten former winners have won the Pulitzer ' Prize inMusic The 1997 competition is open to students who are citizens of the Western hemisphere and who are under 26 years of age on Dec 31 1996 Compositions are judged completely under pseudonyms Milton Babbitt is the awards chairman ' Official rules and entry blanks are available from Ralph N i Jackson Director BMI Student Composer Awards 320 West 57th Street New York NY 10019USAortelephone (212)830- y-y9703 i ii l I MAIL BOXES ETC Discount to CEU students with their activity card on 1 0 UPS Shipping Copies Office Supplies PassportID Photos Laminating Fax Services Word Processing Packaging Supplies Only good at Price Utah location Not applicable on Quantity Discounts MAIL BOXES ETC 1179 637-961- Open Main FAX 1 Mon-S- E at 637-961- 6 9 am to 6 pm l I I I I I 1 i I I I I I I I I I I I I I I r I I I i i i i I I I A-Lew- 1 is ' Watch! 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