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Show r s !: t A- f,9 y Weber State College Ogden, Utah May 1,1979 J Honors students receive awards By Linda Ferguson Honors awards were distributed to four outstanding Weber State College honors program graduates at a banquet Friday night. "The Stories of John Cheever," with a personal inscription, was given out to Charles Burns, Jeanni Hepworth, Tracie Lamb, and Donna Ann Willis. Burns, a history and political science major, will graduate with history departmental honors. A member of the honors committee, he has been accepted at Gonzaga University Law School where he will study international law. Hepworth, currently in France, will graduate with English departmental honors as an English major. She has worked with disabled students at WSC, and produced a 45-minute film on hearing impairment to increase facutly awareness this year. Lamb, who will graduate with both general and departmental honors as an English major, is a three-year member of the honors committee. After graduation she plans to leave on a mission to Munich , Germany. Willis, an English major, will graduate with English departmental honors. Listed in Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities, she is a member of Phi Kappa Phi, Blue Key fraternity, and editor of the English department newsletter. Also receiving awards were the Talent finalists perform Finalists in the Performing Talent of the Year category of this year's Awards and Honors Banquet will perform on Friday in the Browning Center Cellar Theater at 8 p.m. Finalists in the Creative Arts Category will also have their art works on display in the mezzanine of the Fine Arts Center from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. Friday. The public is invited to attend both of these events. A winner will be choosen in each of these categories, and they will receive their awards during the Awards and Honors Banquet on May 11th in the Union Building Ballroom. three students winners of the Cortez contest. Therese Allen, Gail James, and Everette Parrish each received $200 for their awardss. Allen, a bachelor of general studies sophomore, received her award for an essay titled "The Woman as Hero - Evidence of an American Myth." James, an art major seeking a certificate in secondary education, created a silk screen entitled "Becoming Aware." Parrish, a vocalist and music major, wrote the lyrics and music for a composition called "Music as a Barometer of Values." Dr. Levi Peterson, honors program director, announced the nomination of Mark D. Palmer,' a sophomore majoring in English and political science, for the Harry S. Truman scholarship. President Rodney H. Brady was the featured speaker, congratulating honors students for being the two and a half percent of the college willing to go the extra mile to achieve excellence. Telling the parable of the "little red hen," Pres. Brady said achievers look for the incentive and the opportunity to achieve and then follow through with it. He described the two basic roles in life, that of the specialist and the generalist. He said students can be happy in either but he is a generalist. Pres. Brady called for everyone to develop a personal tracking system to reach the goal of excellence, which, he said, takes time, effort and work. Entertainment was provided by vocalist VaLoy Taylor, accompanied by Carol Ann Eriksson. ' Si --a r 't 4 i zi. t. v. f 1 f J: I ' ' ''... f if -J ' ' y - . -' 'L ': f -J .V- : 'i-- , , : s ' , . ' V - ;.r . i l " . ! v. r -. r i Hi - . ' ; . , -. ORCHESIS MEMBERS WILL present their annual dance production F riday and Saturday at 8 p.m. in the Browning Center Little Theatre. Photo by Mike Schoenfeld. Student government violates Sunshine open meeting law According to the Sunshine Law, student government has been in violation of the open meetings law. The law states that "written minutes shall be kept of all closed meetings." Six times throughout the year, Executive Council have gone into closed sessions, but have kept no written minutes. Studentbody president Greg Garfield said, "The first time I knew that we were supposed to keep minutes during closed meetings was last Monday (April 23) when I attended the Board of Regents meeting." Garfield noted he did not know it was a violation of the Sunshine Law. Also, the open meetings act states that no ordinance, resolution, rule, regulation, contract, or appointment shall be approved during closed meeting. According to the minutes of student government on June 13, 1979, Garfield said, that next week he will take a roll call vote by phone to get the council's decision, concerning where to hold Leadership Conference. The studentbody president said, "That was when we were ignorant." Inside Today If here do your student fees go:. pg.2 Letters to editor pg, 1 Orchesis feature pg. 6 Sports p. 7 Coming up in next week's Signpost Lou Gladwell feature |