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Show February 14, 1986 Forum Page? features Campus Preview Enlightens Potential Students by Armen Dilanchian Campus Preview day was recently sponsored by the Admissions office as a device to recruit new students, according to Kathy Eckel Admission Counselor. Eckel said, By bringing students to campus it will give them an idea what college is all about. It will also provide them with information on how the college works. Westminster College has three Campus Previews in a period of one year. According to Eckel one is in the early part of December and then one in Febraury, and again in April. Eckel said, We recruit most of our new students from the early part of December and April previews." The activities which Westminster plans for Campus Preview day include. Orientations in the Presidents Dining Room, Campus Tours conducted by current Westminster students, Scholarships and Financial Aid Workshops, Classroom Visits, Career Workshops, Meeting with student clubs, and individual appointments with faculty members (Admission Counselors, or Financial Aid staff members). High school students gather outside Converse Hall for Campus Preview. Ellipsis Solicits Students" Creativity by Tammy Armantr out Staff members of Ellipsis, Westminsters art and literary magazine, are soliciting material for this years edition according to Chr issie Dick, the magazines editor. Dick, a sophomore at the college, was the assistant editor last year and had agreed to act as editor pro tern before the publications council officially appointed her as editor, late in January, As the student literary magazine Ellipsis , receives its funding from ASWC and, accord-ing to Janet Palmer, faculty advisor to the publication, the Utah Arts Council. The staff is made up of students who have signed up for the class given during spring semester. Palmer said that in the future she would like to see this policy changed and the class expanded to run both fall and spring semesters. She believes this would give staff members more time to solicit submissions and make for a better magazine. Dick said the magazine, made up primarily of student work, will encourage faculty and staff contributions as well. The publication is divided into four categories: poetry, short story, haiku, and art and photography. According to the editor, awards of $25 will be presented to winners in each category. . Each work will be evaluated by the staff which then selects those to be included in the publication, said Palmer. She added that those who want to submit work should take it to her office at 205 Foster Hall; rather than giving it to a staff member. This way, she said, I am the only one who knows the identity of the author or artist of each piece. All works are judged anonymously to insure absolute fairness in the final sections, said Palmer. The tentative deadline Dick has set for submissions is March 7. This will allow the staff ample time to consider all of the contributions and still get the magazine out by the semesters end. In the past Ellipsis has come out later in the year according to Palmer. She hopes that an earlier publication date will make it posible for more students to receive the publication. Students have already paid for it, said Palmer referring to the activity fees students pay upon registration,they just have to pick it up from one of the distribution center s that will be located around campus. Palmer feels strongly that Ellipsis is something the entire college can be proud of. Many of the staff members volunteer to help with the final layout and design of the magazine but final responsibility rests with the editor and assistant editor who, this year is Cheryl Brown, a communications major at the college. LOOKING FOR A NEW POSITION? ASWC has one opening up that they would like you to submit tor. Some of the duties include referral services and ombudsman. For more details conThe deadline is Feb. 26. tact ASWC President Dave Goularte at 483-414- 5. According to Kathy Eckel, Westminster encourages students to bring their parents, and get them involved with the activities. The Campus Preview has a student panel, which is conducted by current students at Westminster: staff and faculty are not allowed in this panel. Sometimes students have questions which only other students can answer, said Eckel. The Staff and Faculty are professionals; but we are not students, we dont have an answer for every question. According to Eckel, what Campus Preview trys to accomplish is to give the students a chance to understand college life, and most important to get to know what Westminster as a college is all about. On February 7, the college conducted the first Campus Preview of 1986 for high school seniors and transfer students. Parents of either were the special guests of the school. The students and their families were hosted to lunch and dinner on campus. Students and parents may call Admissions Office at for more information, or making arrangements to attend the next Campus Preview in April. 488-420- 0 MISS FORUM CONTEST The winner" will grace the back page of the April 11th issue of the Forum. The following prizes will be awarded to the winner: 1.- ) Dinner for two at a fine Salt Lake City dining establishment ) Agift certificate good at a local department store. 3.- ) A photo session with a professional photo2.- grapher and the winner will receive photos from the shoot for a portfolio. CONTEST RULES e student and enrolled for or part-tim- e Entrants must be a spring semester 1986 at Westminster College. Forwm staff members who are currently working for the newspaper are not eligible to win. Send photo(s) of entrant dressed in summer attire. Deadline for all entries is 3 p m. on March 28, 1986. Submit all entries to the Westminster College Forum, Shaw Center, 1840 South 1300 East, Salt Lake City, Utah 84105. Entries may be hand delivered to the Forum office in the basement of Shaw Center. lull-tim- Official Entry Blank Name : Address Phone NOTE- - This entry blank must be included uith all entries. x |