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Show Wednesday, January 22, 1992 The Signpost 3 WSU interior designers contribute to Hot Festival By TYSON MATT Staff writer of The Signpost While producing a beverage garden at Union Station, WSU interior design department gainedon-the-job training and contributed to Ogden City's Hof Festival. Interior design professor Jan Slabaugh said the WSU interior design department has been decorating the beverage garden at the festival for the last four or five years. Slabaugh said the planing involved meeting with community leaders once a month and delegating responsibilities to her students. "Most of the work is done by the students," Slabaugh said. "I use the seminar class to come up with a design solution," she said. The students are responsible for deciding the best idea and volunteer to become project designers and assistants," she continued. Slabaugh said the beverage garden is always a challenge for the students. "We have to solve some of the problems with the place that is allocated for us. The space is very long and narrow which makes it difficult," she said. "This year the festival is back at Union Station in a cold uninviting baggage area that is unheated. We have to make it a very comfortable and inviting environment that is suitable for drinking, eating and Education department to offer masters degree By BECKY JENSEN Staff writer of The Signpost A proposal was passed in WSU faculty senate meeting, Jan. 16, that will allow education students to earn a master's degree for : teaching gifted and talented students.Another was passed creating travel agency courses. The education proposal was in response to new Utah State State to audit SALT LAKE CITY (AP) The state will conduct an audit of Ballet West to explore allegations that improper management has led to high turnover and questionable morale within theworld-renowned dance company. The Legislative Audit Committee decided on the audit Monday, a week after former Rep. David Irvine wrote the panel, questioning the management style of artistic director John Hart. Irvine said he was concerned that Hart's management has created "unacceptable job frustration, perceptions of arbitrary or unfair discrimination, favoritism, retaliatory practices or other dysfunctional conditions of employment." He said 15 to 20 dancers have left over the past several years, all because of disagreements with Hart. Ken Hill, chairman of the ballet's board, had a lengthy rebuttal. Statistics from other companies about the same size as Ballet West listening to music," Slabaugh said. She said students lower the ceiling using cloth or paper to give it a more humanistic look. "The students did a fantastically good job this year of planning it all by themselves," she said. "It was completely out of my hands," she stated. The sister city program, revived from a post-World War II effort to establish trans-atlantic good will, was revived in the mid 1980's. Hof, a town formerly on the East West German border, is a railroad town similar in size to Ogden. Ogden decided to celebrate and honor the German culture. Slabaugh said the beverage garden gives her students an opportunity to work together as a team as they would in the workplace. "It takes a lot of team work to get something like this done," said WSU student Kim Corpany. "It gave us a chance to organize and to decorate and to do community service," said Liz Linder-man, a WSU design student who worked on the project. Linderman said the project took about three weeks to organize the garden and about two days to set it up. She said the garden had an alpine winter look with live Christmas trees, an alpine painting and live flowers on the tables. Board of Education rules that require "appropriately qualified" people to direct and implement gifted and talented programs. ::: Several northern Utah school districts have asked the university to offer training to give districts the manpower to comply with the new regulations. Travel agency classes were approved for addition to the College of Applied Science and Technology curriculum. Ballet West show similar turnover or more, he said. And members of the staff and a representative of the dancers said personnel concerns have actually gotten better under Hart's management.Former ballet director Bruce Marks asked some of the female dancers to leave because he believed their breasts were too large, one dancer told the committee. University professor Pat Sey-bolt, a ballet board member, said under her direction, a master's of business administration class conducted a full personnel review of Ballet West a year ago. Processes for complaints were set up, and an ongoing committee routinely deals with staff and dancer complaints, she said. House Speaker Craig Moody, R-Sandy, a committee member, voted against even conducting the cursory audit. He said theS217,000 the state gives Ballet West annually is a contract for services rendered . v. .. W' . ..-'-'Si - I V- S ' - y i 4t f r- W4. ; ' iI . ' Mi H Wf ; ' ; DANIELLE MABEYfHE SIGNPOST Broom hockey players fight for the 'Championship' title during Sunday's game in downtown Ogden, as part of the Hof Festival. ThinkBreak Magic Johnson: some call him 'Hero,' others say his actions were immoral By NOELLE SOJKA Staff writer of The Signpost Magic Johnson has been a respected sports figure for many years, but on Friday, Jan. 17, many gathered at a ThinkBreak to discuss whether he can still be considered a hero out in society. Many ideas were debated, but the discussion mainly centered on the issue of what and who a hero is in our society. Is Johnson a star becausehewasa famous basketball player, or is he a hero for announcing he has contracted the HIV virus? One participant said, "Magic could be considered a star with some heroic qualities, and a nice UDT jo i2 WEBER WINTER GAMES "THE COLD WARS" JANUARY 27-FEBRUARY 1 WATCH THIS SPACE FOR MORE DETAILS n . - .nv guy to some extent." Others added that courage could easily be responsible for his heroic qualities, pointing out that his public announcement was a courageous effort and is consistent with ideas of what a hero is in our society. Others contended that even though his efforts were courageous, that the actions that lead to his announcement were immoral. "My idea of a heo is someone who has earned a Congressional Medal of Honor," said one participant.However, several participants agreed that there is a strong double standard within our society. Society tend s to judge people on the bad things in their lives instead of look LT7J STATE UNIVERSITY Satellite tech hot at Weber By ANNA GATRELL Staff writer of The Signpost The future in satellites is skyrocketing and Weber State is in the midst of increasing satellite technology, said Robert J. Twiggs, professor of electronic engineering technology and director for the Center for Aerospace Technology at WSU. WSU has its own satellite called WEBERSAT, an experimental satellite which was launched from South America on Jan. 10, 1990, and is still in orbit today. "It's transmitting at a level of five watts, which can be compared to the little bulb in your refrigerator," Twiggs said. Other satellites built by WSU and launched into space have been constructed from materials ranging from Radio Shack parts to pieces of a bungee cord from Ernst. Twiggs said satellites will soon be used for cellular phones capable of contacting people in any location on earth and receive instant access to information from libraries across the world. Satellite technology for weather forecasting, communication and military use continues to increase. "We really would like to observe the Earth closely, better understand it; hopefully better take care of it," he said . ing at both the good and the bad. "It's good to admit the good and the bad in our lives, but many of us are not willing to live it publicly," one participant said. ThinkBreaks are informal meetings sponsored by the Honors Student Association in the Stewart Library. Faculty, administrators, staff and students or other individuals interested are invited to join in on any session. "The aim of theThinkBreaks is to be an informal discussion of ideas," said Natasha Kap, chair of the ThinkBreak program. No one is right or wrong with their views, as discussed with the issue of Magic Johnson and whether he is still a hero in our society. V2 0J |