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Show WSU's Angels A one-act play with angels but no Charlie. - - - Monday, May 18, 1998 www.weber.edusignpost Volume 60 Number 81 See a&e page 6 -i F 1 I Finalists chosen for Crystal Crest By Kristen Wolfe news writer-The Signpost It's the most prestigious award given by Weber State University recognizing greatness in students, faculty, campus organization and community members. The process for Crystal Crest continues. Though, the various selection committees have narrowed the number of finalists to as few as four in each of the 12 categories. Each selection committee is made up of five people: one faculty member, one associated students of WSU chair and three other students the are related to the area of which the award is given. This year, 190 applications were received and 60 finalists in each category were selected by completing a personal application and submitting letters of recommendation. The five finalists in each area have been interviewed by their own selection committee, and based upon the interviews, the best candidate will be chosen. "I think it's the hardest thing in the whole world to do. Many applicants have gone above and beyond their requirements," said Stacy Dill, scholar of the year co-chairwoman. "We have incredible scholars at Weber State, and it's hard to choose only one." . Crystal Crest this year will be held June 6 at the Pcery Egyptian Theater from 7 p.m.-l 1 p.m. The evening begins with a reception at the David Eccles Conference Center, and the five finalists in each category will be escorted by invited dignitaries. The final program will be the presentation of awards hosted by comedian Taylor Mason. "Crystal Crest last year was phenomenal. Taylor Mason was awesome, and I am really looking forward to this year's event," Rochclc Barker said. The singing group Blind Man's Bluff will provide the entertainment. Following the awards ceremony the recipients of the Crystal Crest awards are invited to attend the President's Ball. "The benefit of Crystal Crest is to recognize those who have achieved greatness in the areas they are involved in," Crystal Crest chairman, Justin Miller, said. "One of the main benefits of Crystal Crest is that it effectively influences the community of Weber State as well as the outside community to have a positive image of Weber State University." The cost of admission is $3 per student and $5 for non-students. Tickets may be purchased at the following locations: Shepherd Union business office. Promontory Towers, LDS Institute and the Dee Events Center. Dress attire is semi-formal. For more information, contact Student Activities at 626-6349. neWS seepage 2&3 editorial see page 4 a&e see page 6 SDOrtS see page 10 Classifieds . . . .see page 12 Crystal Crest 1998 Finalists Female Athletic Achievement Kelli Fowers Melissa Leonard Sharlyn Maughan Tara Swallow Friend of Students Freddie Cooper Morteza Emami Carol Merrill Daisy Rodriguez Peter Wu Male Athletic Achievement Joel Barrow Fred Dawson Matt Harmer Cam Quayle Man of the Year Robert Brito Aaron Campbell Adam Cheney David Fontanella Michael Woodbury Master Teacher Anthony Allred Richard Alston L. Kay Gillespie Sally Bishop Shigley Yu-Jang Yang Personality of the Year Rochele Barker Tracy Barlow Joe Bartenhagen Lani Rowe Michael Woodbury Registered Organizations American String Teachers Assoc. Amnesty International KWCR Lambda Delta Sigma Metaphor Scholar of the Year Cory Decaria Jason Hansen Mark Housley Brett Nelson Ande Tulp Talent of the Year Rcbeca Boyd Mellyn Cole Chantelle Kantor Andra Thome Sachiko Tomidokoro Wildcat Achievement Janette Dietz Felicia Ann Fernandez Micki Kathleen Marshall Teresa Dawn Peterson Tara Swallow Woman of the Year Rebeca Boyd Shelly Brown Mellyn Cole Kelly Syphus Rcbekah Woods Young Alumnus Anthony Allred Tim Border Diana Dillingham Dan Mine Gary Taylor Foreign language credit to be awarded for sign language By Kari Lynn Harland campus affairs editor-The Signpost The College of Arts and Humanities has decided to add American Sign Language to the foreign language department and allow it to fulfill the foreign language requirement for the Bachelor of Arts degree starting fall semester. Weber State University has been working with Salt Lake Community College to create a two-year ASL program for WSU. It was decided that the SLCC faculty will teach at WSU using the SLCC curriculum."We use the functional approach, which is where you teach the language so that people can survive in that culture," said Carolyn Ball, ASL teacher at SLCC. "And '. ' '' x""' J wmmMkisMm, : ': u iP!.p $ mmMmm sxm. siy- sfe ., -y lx ";.::r :'::;;;FVSSXS;':S;;., -iSS '" -iS'-J'-Ms . : ' 'X Xf I . ..m mum;mjmw$ iNC-s i, -TS-''' -: 9M:l 0mf0(mM:!;-: pIXl X 5ifi'pXX' -XX '''-'XX'f i ""'" 4 1:e ; X ::I7 '.;pp':- "'X.'-- tnXt '.'J Si - - 7-IS;ff 'X ( "JJ ft ' I V X:g !' &:-.-.-:-y-- ' '"' " ..':v:'x::ii::X X-., f '. $ 1 j ::-::::. i : --:W":S-":Sf. " Lx.xs;:: ' ' .fiffiy :. .: l-': ' 3 ' i'l- " :l W . ' T5 i We're here to pump you up! Dustin Ward lifts some iron at Weber State University's Swenson Gym. KWCR general manager selected By Amy Carpenter news writer-The Signpost Cody Loveland is passing the microphone of responsibility to ChauntcIIe Richardson who will be 1998-99 KWCR's general manager.Richardson, currently the program director, has also been KWCR's public relations director and music director. "Chauntelle has a lot of experience. She's been at the station the longest, and she also has commercial experience in the Salt Lake when we teach American Sign Language, it doesn't matter if it is a hearing person or a deaf person, no one talks in the classroom from day one. It's a total immersion experience."The Utah State Legislature mandated that ASL met theforeign-language requirements for the Associate and Bachelor of Arts, but during the semester-conversion process, the ASL classes that were offered through the communication department were being left out. The department decided it didn't have the expertise to guarantee a quality program, and the ASL courses differed too greatly from the other communication classes. Ball assures those who are concerned that ASL may be an easy market. She has a love for radio, and I think she'll do a good job," Loveland said. Jason Smith, KWCR music director, said Richardson has had a lot of experience in commercials and radio. "She has rubbed shoulders with some of the best program directors and general managers in this market, so I just think she brings a lot of good qualities and structure that would mirror a No. 1 top-40 station," Smith said. See KWCR page 8 way out of taking a foreign language, there is more to the language than most expect. "It's not just a fun class where you talk and laugh and play games. It's just like learning any other foreign language," she said. "ASL is a very difficult language to learn appropriately with all the grammar, syntax, structure and phonetics of the language. So people may be in for a rude awakening." As in other foreign-language classes, the ASL classes will expose students to a different culture."Sometimes we as hearing people have taken American Sign Language and destroyed the language, and we have destroyed, See ASL page 8 f i Chauntelle Richardson |