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Show A Year of Change Stretching back on his sofa and reflecting on past events, Dr. Sherwin Howard, dean of the School of Arts and Humanities, said, "It has been a fascinating year." The Collett Art Gallery has had several exhibitions during the year, highlighting the Norwegian exhibition in September. Visiting artists included ceramist Rick Dillingham of Santa Fe, Donna Cox from the University of Illinois, artistcritic Gerald Haggerty from New York and artistic blow-up artist Greg MacGregor from California State University. The visual arts department has also exhibited student and faculty art as well. In January 1987, the dance, music and theatre arts departments decided to unite and formed the Department of Performing Arts. Although this was a dramatic change for everyone involved in this new department, the attitude has been positive. West Side Story was the first production involving all three areas together and was followed by "Dance Theatre." Crimes of the Heart, a comedy-drama, is the final presentation of the new department and will play June 1-6 at the Val A. Browning Center. The dance theatre prepared and presented their talents at the Crystal Crest Awards Night, and the choir, after performing with the band on Mothers' Day, will tour Mexico during the month of June. Students in the music theory laboratory have four new Macintosh computers to aid them in writing music scores. A synthesizer can be hooked up to a computer which puts the music together when the synthesizer is played. The finished score is then printed out on a connecting laser printer. The English department has 45 new AT&T computers in addition to the 35 ALPS which will all be moved to a room adjoining the student writing center in the social science building. Beginning next fall, area junior high school teachers will be able to gather English department-generated instruction materials on grammar and other related assignments. Douglas Spainhower is the man behind this innovative Alliance for Teacher Excellence. An intensive Writing Workshop for advanced high school juniors and seniors will be held this July 6-17 on campus. Lee Mckenzie and Eleanor Arts and Humanities if.-" t : i ... . .A S - tin""-"- 'J. E 8 -n The School of Arts and Humanities has seen many major changes over the past year. Among them have been the creation of a new Department of Performing Arts that combined music, dance and theater in order to reduce costs. Olson, director of Roy High School computer writing lab, will direct this intensive workshop for five hours each day. President Stephen D. Nadauld has offered two Presidential Writing Scholarships through this workshop, and eight others are also available from other sponsors. Dr. Mikel Vause and Michael Meyer organized a second National Undergraduate Literature Conference which lasted three days. Students had the opportunity to attend sessions in the company of Raymond Carver and Richard Ford, two exceptional writers of fiction. The math department has also received 20 AT&T computers through a special grant. A program with area middle school teachers who receive educational assignments on their computers to better instruct their students in math has already begun. After the Challenger incident, the Math Club had representatives from Thiokol speak about the "O" ring and how it reacts under pressure through computer simulation. The foreign language department, which instituted a National Honor Society program (Phi Sigma Iota) last spring has selected President Stephen D. Nadauld and Dean Sherwin Howard as its honorary members. Students must maintain a 3.5 GPA to be in the society. Travel to Mexico is in store this August for Spanish students. German language students will go to Kiel, Germany with the University of Utah. Language students can receive up to three credit hours for the trip along with courses. The Department of Communication has finally settled into a new building, Annex 3, which used to be occupied by the Allied Health Department of Nursing. KWCR, FM88, which has moved its studio to the southwest end of the building, is pleased to have a change in location. Progam director, Bryan Hill, said the offices are nicer and hopes that there won't be any security problems. The radio station has had to deal with album thefts in the past. A "Battle of the Bands" proved successful in attracting listenership for the station. Hill said the KWCR radio signal reaches only to the end of Roy, otherwise there would be more listeners. To raise money for a more powerful antenna, the "3,000 Watt" dance was held in February. "With this new antenna, we would be able to reach from North Ogden to North Salt Lake, but our transmitter would have to be moved to the top of Promontory Tower. In order to do that," said Hill, "we must first obtain a government grant and FCC approval." Looking down the road about a year, Hill believes that with a raised antenna and increased wattage, FM88 could be the hottest radio station in Utah. "We have the variety and ability to do it. We will produce professional sounding D.J.s," he said. KWCR follows a format of rock, new wave and college top ten. In the evening, a block format takes over with reggae, soul, hard rock and jazz varying each night. "In the future, we would like to have more editorials. That's what a college radio station should have. The debate team would be able to get involved," he said. The Department of Arts and Humanities has announced the retirement of four faculty members this year: Dr. Floyd Woodfield, English department; Marshall Isaacson, assistant professor of English; Dr. Cecil Jorgensen, English department; Dr. Harold Hunker, who resided as chair for about six years in the communication department, will also be retiring at the end of the year. Jennifer Ingalls SignOff Tuesday, June 2, 1987 15B |