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Show Honor society inducts members Editor's Note: This column may contain humor, sarcasm, trivia ... but always entertaining information and comments. Susan Walker Staff Reporter Phi Sigma Iota, the foreign language honor society, held it's second annual ceremony of the Weber State College Kappa Epsilon Chapter on Monday, May 4. The ceremony and dinner were held at the Heidleburg Restaurant in Farmington. Twenty-five new members were initiated into the honor society. High academic standards which include achievment in the study of a foreign language were met by the new initiates. WSC President Stephen D. Naduald, and Dr. Sherwin W, Howard, dean of the WSC school of Arts and Humanities were made honorary members of Phi Sigma Iota. New officers for 1987-88 were elected and installed in a candlelight ceremony. The officers include Heidi Richins, president; Allyson Briggs, vice-president; Aaron Hancock, secretary; Bonnie Flint, treasurer; and Raven Haney, program director. f - ? . ' s i ? ...... i . ' l'r yi :. . t. . . .. .;. . ; r. ; . . . f 1 i'-. ; - ' i ... '. - ! ? ! ... j ' -J - " .1" ' a WSC PRESIDENT Stephen 1). Nadauld is shown in Farmington. .Nadauld was made an honorary speaking at the Phi Sigma Iota honor society member at the meeting. (.Signpost photo: Douglas meeting held May 4th, at the Heidleburg Restaurant Steed) Naduald was the guest speaker. He challenged those present to continue their studies of foreign languages and continue their interests in other countries. "One of the greatest failings of this country is the lack of education of other cultures and languages." Many times there is not a direct translation for some words or phrases in other languages, said Naduald. "For instance, 'mon petit chou' is a nice thing to say to your French sweetheart. However, when translated into English, your boyfriend or girlfriend may not appreciate being called 'my little cabbage.' "This helps to illustrate that knowledge of a foreign language can be used as a means of better cultural understanding," Naduald added. New student members include Kent Anderson, Curtis Baum, Kevin Berry, Michael Cheney, Julia Christmas, Marianne Corniea, Dean-na Dredge and Bonnie Flint. Also Included are Aaron Hancock, Raven Haney LaMont Hesselgesser, Micheal Housley, Gary Huckaby, Micheal Jensen, Patricia Johnston and Sherri Lip-trot. Robert McGee, Heidi Richins, Claudia Stadelmann, Melinda Stecklein, Marina Tisher, Susan Walker, Sheri Williams and Robert Wood. Is WSC athletics worth the money spent? JaNae Barlow Managing Editor "The Role of Intercollegiate Athletics," was the subject of last Tuesday's Issues Forum. Cary Crompton, athletic director and Dr. Michael M. Thoth debated the issue of wheather or not athletics at the college is worth the money spent in the area. Crompton said he sees WSC athletics as an integral part of Weber's educational program. He said the 275 student athletes come the Weber to further develop their competitive physical skills. They represent every major and keep their grades just under or equal to the grades of the entire school. Crompton named several students who have come to Weber and who have graduated as because of their activities in sports who otherwise whould not have. He defined intercollegiate athletics as a "lab of life." He said the students in athletics have an opor-tunity to get education while at the college but also have the oportunity to gain many broader experiences. Crompton said that for the 18 percent of each student's student fees which are paid to athletics, the student gets 13 times the value in student seating at the games. He said 19-20,000 students are involved in the program including players, the band, the chatonelles, and students "Our society demands sport and competition." Crompton said that sports further the public relation of the College. "We can still get 5,000 people from the community to buy a ticket at a game." "If the public relations office at the college had the money spent on sports at the college there would be much more meaningfull publicity," said Toth to counter the statement. "So thousands of sports fans can now pronounce Weber correctly," he said. "What do they know about our Department of Logistics?" He said the overemphasis in today's higher education society is a compromise of values. He explained the large amounts college players and coaches are paid for television time ect. "We need to think critically about our choices." Toth said the large bonuses given to athletes and the amount of scholarships they receive suggest the values of today's society. According to Toth, 19 percent of the scholarships at WSC go to the 3 percent of the students who are athletes. The 128 scholarships go to 275 athletes. In contrast 741 scholarships go to the other 11,500 students. Toth said tuition would decrease 1 1 percent if at the college, athletics were taken out of the college. Another argument of Toth's was that a program set up for the physical well being of students should be for all students and should sponsor activities designed for lifelong health. Toth said sports such as contact football offers negative rather than positive health benefits. After the debate, Crompton was asked about the recent issue of his interviewing several candidates for student office. "I want to be informed on how they feel about the program," he said. He said he didn't force his students to vote a certain " ay "No one went into the booth with them." Crompton said he simply informed the students and let them vote the way they wanted to. "Let's face it, 275 students voting on one issue can control that issue." 'You mean it's not real?' Linda R. Nimori Editor-in - Ch ief It was certainly a most interesting group of people gathered in the Browning Center for Convocations last Thursday. As I glanced around the auditorium, I saw the normal contingent of WSC students ... mostly the feminine type. But, one thing that struck me as unusual was the variety of women who made up the rest of the audience. There were sweet, little grandmother types, their hair carefully groomed, wearing neatly pressed dresses. Middle-aged mothers with their teen-aged daughters in tow came in all sorts of shapes and sizes. And young mothers, babes in arms and toddlers clinging to trouser pants, shushed their fretful youngsters in order to hear the speaker. Occasionally, I noticed the masculine gender in attendance, sprinkled throughout the audience. But they were definitely in the minority. I spotted the male members of the Signpost staff, seated on the front row. So this is where they all disappeared to a few minutes ago! And this is why they felt the assigned photographer needed extra help! As the speaker's name was announced by convocations chairman Louis Meyer, a frenzied applause, punctuated by piercing whistles and feminine screams, resounded throughout the auditorium. A slight feminine form walked onto the stage, dressed in blue jeans, sweat shirt and high heels (designer type, of course). She was certainly a very lovely young woman, looking exactly like the sophisticated person she portrayed on the daytime television soap drama "Days of Our Lives." Here was Hope Williams Brady in person ...or is her name Kristian Alphonso? No matter, it's the same person, isn 't it? And isn't she the one married to the handsome, bearded Beau Brady? And doesn't she lead this extraordinarily complex life, right on television for us all to see? Wait a minute, she's telling the audience that she's engaged to be married in August to another man isn't that bigamy? and she's showing us her whopping big diamond ring. Now she's telling us that Frankie is really 27 years old and married to Eden, who plays on the rival soap drama "Santa Barbara." But what about Jennie? I thought he loved her ... and thev were still in high school. Thev can 't be that old! And Patch and Kay la are married, but not to each other ... and Kavla is expecting a babv, but it's not Patch 's. And Shane has been married to someone else for three years and has a child and is not really Kimberly's husband at all? What about all those romantic love scenes? Don 't tell me they're not real, I just won't believe it. And you mean I can 't hate Orpheus any more for kidnapping Marlena, because, according to Hope (or is it Kristian), he's actually a very nice man in "real life. " But isn V this real life? As I listened to the moans and groans issuing forth from the throats of disillusioned women and girls sitting around me, this whole situation took on the form of dark humor, and I chuckled at the plight of a society that longs to escape the realities of its own (see SOAP on page 5) |