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Show Of 2 - The Forum IImtkir to Visit Westminster Hollywood Film Critic Medved an honors seduces and deceives viewers is in San Diego, Yale attended Yale of and graduate Law School. He is a member of the Writer's Guild of America and has by Ophelia Mose m March 20, 1 had the wonderful privelage of being elect-hc- d of by my peers as the new student body president students the Westminster College. I would like to thank you, I Westminster, for instilling your trust in my abilities. assure you that 100 percent of my efforts will by devoted to 1 would also fulfilling the duties associated with this office. the newly elected ike to take this opportunity to congratulate ienators. I am both confident ana excited with next year's J ff , TOCCSS. For those of you who are interested in ASWC related ositions, there will oe applications available in the student of treagovernment office. The positions to be filled are those histo-iasurer, secretary, parliamentarian, business manager and I encourage those of you who are interested to fill out an application ana get involved. As enrollment increases and with the new structural voice of :hanges taking place on campus, it is important the he students is heard concerning these matters. As Westminster moves into the next era of its existence, the input and opinions of current students become of increasingly critical to maintaining the current integrity the n. welcome your comments and suggestions concern-,n- g these matters. Please either approach me in person, call me at sln9374wcslc.edu. I would, or me at ppreciate hearing your views. Once again, I appreciate your support and wish you luck in the last few weeks of the semester. I 488-414- 5, ail Steve Nelson ASWC The Forum Editor Holly Millerberg Production Manager Jessica Volsic Copy Editor Amy Hodson Photo Editor Amy Young Business Manager Emily Kellett Faculty Advisor Brad Ericson into accepting false images and value. According to Medved, Forum staff writer problems, on television shows, nationand film are solved within half an hour critic worked on several major studio Hollywood and conflicts are resolved with television film projects as a screen writer. personality, ally known Michael Medved, will discuss his a Medvea has also been junior high little regard for possible after effects. views on "Hollywood vs. America" school teacher and worked on the and on March 24 at 6:30 p.m. in the Robert Kennedy Hollywood has long been critiGeorge auditorium of the Gore School of McGovern presidential campaign, cized for leading the American Business. Medved has appeared on later campaigning for Reagan and public in believing all that they see but one can choose to advo"The Tonight Show," "Oprah," and Bush. cate for Hollywood or not. "Good Morning America" among Medved's "Hollywood vs. Caroline Marushack, staff memother major talk shows. He has America" deals with the issue of stated that been published in The Los Angles Hollywoods destructive influence ber at Westminster, Wall The on the Jewish family. Medved has Times, USA Today and Street Journal. said the entertainment industry See CRITIC, page3 Bom in Philadelphia and raised while-th- e emotional pain seems to fatigue, changes in eating and sleeping habits, loss of interest in go on forever. Threet said that the school or friends, a preoccupahardest obstacle for counselors is tion with death, giving away to help young people see the difference between death and ending prized possessions, or a lessened fear of death. pain. When a teenager has these feelthe 1 often events External trigger Continued from page decision to takes ones' life. Justin ings, they can call the Jordan District Crisis Hot Line. School was upset from an abusive family. She Allgood, advertises the risk The district about the traffic deaths of some loathes everything about herself in the district students all line to a fellow students. He hijacked and has spent intolerable periods is available to it that drithe school bus after shooting emphasizing of time deeply depressed. Three needs who his ended support. then ver in the leg and anyone days ago, she took 13 Tylenol counselors man Highly-traine- d life with the same gun. tablets. She was lucky and surcounselors These line. risk the often counselors the said Threet vived. Threet has talked with the about care The district suicide uncover enough problem to Andrea frequently over the last pacts. hours-eve- n of the 'middle to school a went into team spend grief year, but this time she was able to hours-listin- g, giving counnight' support the students after a girl get Andrea to agree that she follow-throug- h sel, and providing would not try to kill herself again. had committed suicide. The girl if requested. tablets 300 dissolved had a with Tylenol Threet also meets Unfortunately, the Salt Lake in a Big Gulp. The tablets disstudent who has tried to take carsolved quickly because of the City School District has eliminather life several times, overdosing ed its risk line because of budget bonated water and just as quickly with Tylenol and slashing her cuts. In Davis County, only ate the lining of her stomach. wrists. This girl is grieving over a - - L teenagers monitor the risk line death of someone close to her and crisis intervention As her mother rushed her to the Other has also concluded that her life is and widely available are services she did that sobbed she of no value to anyone. hospital, Suicide 1989 the In used. howevdie. to not want Ironically, Sometimes it is too late when a Prevention Crisis Service in Salt found out that team the a that er, realizes teacher grief or parent Lake City received approximateshe was part of a pact of five girls young person is in danger. It's take their to decided had who ly 720 phone calls per month. difficult to know how many times This year, thy received an averlives. This girl was the first. Later teens will attempt suicide before one other girl unsuccessfully age of 1,000 per month. they will be successful. Threet The teen years are a turbulent attempted to take her life. The parsaid, "There is a shift in our socithe other experience for many young peoety regarding what is 'suicide' and ents either withdrew how often ple. At the same time teenage suiit is hard to girls from school or put them in cide is increasing, cost cuts treatment programs. we can take lightly a teen's plea threaten the existing programs The Deseret News reports that, for help. One thing we do know offered by the school districts. themkill is that if a kid calls for help, it's "Young people who selves are not easily pigeonholed." Help is available from other real." seeagencies, but rarely from any The high risk counselors are They cite one report that notes, source other than professional all the have who "adolescents tendening a new sign of suicidal mental health care services, academicalare and friends This 'right' cy called kill which are more expensive than successful and athletically approach is used by young people ly who . .as do themselves. intolis so youths many families can afford. whose emotional pain Increased awareness of the signs come from divided families, have erable that they compensate by associated with suicide and few friends and are failing in inflicting physical pain. The perschool." son will gradually cut or mutilate Some signs to watch for are sudthemselves until the physical pain den changes in mood or behavior, tricts seem the most hopeful antiovershadows the emotional pain. dote. Not her real name. uncommunicativeness, irritability, The physical pain only lasts for SUICIDE on eadership body. Thank you to the diligent members of the elections ommittee who sacrificed their time this week to ensure an election is necessary for the Pure efficient election. A run-oand Applied Science and Graduate senator positions. Those af you in these majors will be asked to cast your vote ag;ain . The new senate and the executive officers will be sworn in to office on April 17, as part of the awards day of assembly. This assembly is also where the honor professor be will an This of the year will be awarded. evening program, and I encourage all of you to attend. and I are Paige Croswhite, the vice president-elec- t, incredibly excited about the coming year, as well as the immediate future of ASWC. We hope to provide many beneficial .ervices and activities for the collective student body, as well as many opportunities to be involved in the government college. President-Elec- t Staff Writers Mary Ellen Baron Kenneth Chapman Angy I)e Simone Tim Haran Mindy Rae Jensen Patrick Kibbie Ophelia Mose Staff Photographer Holland Sunnie The Forum, is published every Tuesday. Letters are encouraged from students, faculty, staff and other readers. Address all letters to: The Forum , Westminster College, 1840 So. 1300 E., Salt Lake City, UT 84105. March 24, 1998 Only signed letters will be accepted and The Forum reserves the right to edit all submissions. Views expressed are those of the writers, and are not to be considered those of The Forum, ASWC, the faculty, staff or the Rise 24-ho- ur pin-poi- nt "self-carve- ." Maestro Visits Westminster Campus with the Utah Symphony to an end this year. He will relinquish ' Forum staff writer his position and become the Symphony's Conductor Laureate. On March 23, Westminster College Silverstein, violinist turned conwas visited by Distinguished ductor, joined the Utah Symphony Resident Maestro Joseph in 1983, replacing Varujan Kojian, Silverstein of the Utah Symphony. the principal guest conductor of His violin performance was the Royal Swedish Opera, who accompanied by pianist Marjorie was appointed the music director Janove. of the Symphony in 1979. Silverstein spent time with Silverstein was a concertmaster music students at a question and and assistant conductor of the answer session that morning and Boston Symphony Orchestra. conducted a string master class Silverstein has been credited with with the chamber orchestra stuincreasing the orchestra's reperdents that afternoon. The recital toire since the beginning of nis that night was opened to everytenure, adding classics by Haydn, one. Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Bach, and The internationally acclaimed 20th century compositions by his 15 conductor will by Patrick C. Kibbie bring years Stravinsky, Weber, Sessions, Martinu, Tippet, Harbison, Tower and Zwilich. Silverstein has performed with the Utah Symphony for 15 years as the Music Director. "Since 1983, Maestro Silverstein has shared with us his remarkable depth of musicianship and unusual combination of conduc-torsoloi- st talents," said a reprethe Utah from sentative Symphony. When the news was released g the Maestro Silverstein was his position as music irector and assuming the title of Conductor Laureate, the final decision of a new director took over two years of deliberation by relin-uishin- See MAESTRO, page 4 |