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Show Friday, November 17, 2006 Page 6 The Signpost Bateman 4- continual from /tfffif -I "We had a raging argument," Bateman said. He said lie was appalled that his professor was restricting his artistic ability. "Art is a form of expression," Bateman told his professor. She argued with him and told him to change the picture or leave. He left. It has been more than 35 years since then, and Bateman has not taken an art class since. There was a group of artists, unknown to him at the time, who were doing the same thing he was. This society of experimental artists would combine genres of art that were generally not combined. "Utah has been very tough on my work," Bateman said. In seven years of his art being displayed in Santa Barbara, Calif. Bateman received more than a Scholarship Film sweetheart has been on a Latter-Day hundred first- and third-place the library are just phenomenal," Saint mission. awards. In seven years of art being said Tim Allen, a student at WSU. "I wanted the film to be one that displayed in Utah, he has only Allen said he was impressed by the anyone could watch and sympathize pointillism piece and acknowledged received one honorable mention. with," Holm said. "Whether it be "I just think Utah isn't open to my the time and labor Bateman puts a wife with a husband in Iraq, or a into his work. type of work yet," Bateman said. husband mat's lost a wife to death." "I want people to see the quality Bateman is working on two main There are opportunities locally genres: pointillism and abstract. and care I put into my work," in Ogden and Salt Lake City for With these two techniques, Bateman Bateman said. "It's not just ugly filmmakers, but Wiggins and Holm is working on the circle as his main work." stated they were unaware of any focus. Anything that can be done Bateman, aside from being opportunities atWSU for filmmakers, with circles, he is trying. He is doing an artist, works in the facilities and were happy to see the creation a series of 12 circle pieces, which management for WSU. of an annual film festival. should take him about one year. In the future, Bateman said he "I think that anyone who takes Bateman has art displayed in hopes each piece of his work will be the time and energy to make a movie many places, including the Stewart accepted and that the community should have the opportunity to have Library, Artists and Heirlooms and will take advantage of galleries it shown to a public audience," with the Palette Club. available to them and seek out Wiggins said. loiter this month, his work will be different venues of art. The council gathered to view displayed at The Art Is In, a gallery in and judge the film submissions last Park City. You can leave a message for reporter week, and have already chosen the "Bateman's art displayed in Abong Bain by calling 626-7105. winners, to be announced Friday night after the public showing. The films were judged on film quality and creativity. The first-place winner will receive $100.00, second place $75.00 and third place $50.00. "I can tell you that the first-place film was fantastic," said Kaylee Isaacson, director of activities at Davis. "The first year had a great turn out, and the submissions were great." Wiggins and Holm said they will be viewing the work of their fellow competitors for the first time with the rest of the public. "1 am intrigued to see them, though," Holm said, "see what I'm up against." You can leave a message for reporter Julie Thompson by calling 626-7105. L / 3 TTLJ r continued from front continual from front gave up on going to college because I didn't know where to start." He said he hopes to help these high school students get into college with the help that each individual needs. Some ' of the booms and departments at the event were the performing arts and computer technology departments, along with representatives from the Utah Department of Workforce Services IUDWS] and First Year Experience. Golf continued from page 5 continued from page 4 "We just give out information and see what they do with it," said Darl Valdez, a training specialist for the UDWS. Because of an increased marketing budget, UDWS is starting to get the word out that there are scholarships offered tlirough them. The First Year Experience department helps students in the process of getting into college, but then goes one step further and focuses on helping incoming HOST FAMILY WANTED An international student looking for an american family to live with and practice his english and learn more about the culture,willing to pay for the room. please call AZ 801-644-4666 email az.almarzoug@gmail.com freshmen stay in college. "We help students make the transition from high school to college," said Brandt Shaw, a peer mentor for First Year Experience. Shaw also said that close to 60 percent of freshmen drop out of college, and the programs First Year Experience puts on drastically increase the retention rate. You can reach reporter Amber Hall by calling 626-7655. army called the Sudan Liberation Army. Anna Fenton, a WSU junior, said she also thought it was very sad to watch. "More action should be taken to care for these people," Fenton said. "It needs to stop before we end up having another Holocaust." Nancy Haanstad, WSU political science associate professor, is involved in WSU's Human Rights Week. She also attended the showing of "Darfur Diaries" and said she would like to see the United Nation's peacekeepers get in there, but the Sudan government will not allow it. "We have to put some moral pressure on them," Haanstad said. "Ogden, Utah, knows what is going on, and we care about what is going on." line players such as Dunlap and Hilts who made the difference in the end. "When it came down to it, it was 19, 20 guys on the bench going to work for 60 full minutes," Boyle said. The game against WSU was the Spartans' final game of a threegame road trip. They beat Utah State University and Brigham Young University the two previous nights. Glasgow said he was disappointed to end the road trip with a loss, but gave credit to the Wildcats. "We took these guys lightly, didn't prepare properly and have no excuse, absolutely no excuse for losing," said SJSU Head Coach Ron Glasgow. His Spartans are 10-4-1 this season. Their only losses have come to sixthranked California State UniversityLong Beach and two top teams that play in Northeast and Southeast divisions, Stony Brook University and Wagner College, respectively. Last year, the Spartans finished first in the West division, finishing the season without a single loss. "Weber played a great game," Glasgow said. "I thought their goalie was sensational. They just played solid, they played disciplined and we didn't" Saturday night's game was one of the only games this season WSU has taken less penalties than its opponents. Boyle said WSU's discipline Saturday wasn't just keeping them out of the penalty box, but because players were moving their feet to get in front of a player to make a play rather than hook or hold from behind, they were getting more offensive opportunities. Wildcat fans can see if the Wildcats come out with the same discipline and intensity Saturday when WSU takes on Texas A&M University at the Ogden Ice Sheet at 8 p.m. You can leave a message for reporter NataJie Rawlings by calling 626-7655. continued from page 5 Lindgren won a faceoff perfectly, getting the puck to Holmes at the top of the faceoff circle. Holmes took two strides, and ripped a hard wrist shot for the goal. The 4-2 lead late in the third period seemed to be enough for the WSU victory, but SJSU battled back again. The Spartans scored two shorthanded goals at 11:37 and 2:47. It looked like the game would be heading into overtime to decide the tie, but with 1:21 left in the game, as the SjSU penalty was about to expire, WSU forward Robby Hilts scored the powerplay goal from a tough angle off of a rebound. Boyle said he was impressed with the consistent effort from his entire team. Although first-line players such as Holmes and Mill iron had standout performances, it was third- THE SIMPLE EASY AMAZING WAY TO A LARGE EXTRA INCOME! You can reach reporter Jon McBride by calling 626-7983. wvvvv.empez.com Stewart Library Presents The Annual 2006-2007 Art Exhibition Weber State University Faculty, Staff and Alumni November 13 - May 4,2007 Opening Reception ' " ' ;' Tuesday, November 21, 2006 Stewart Library Entry, Atrium and Middle Levels Deseret Book presents THE OLS starring Michael McLean December 1 7:30 P.M. Dee Events Center Ogden, Utah The Exhibition The Stewart Library is pleased to present its second annual community/campus art exhibition. This show features WSU Faculty, Staff and Alumni. The entire show will run from November 13lh through May 4th of 2007. The exhibit includes visual arts from many genres including: photographs, drawings, paintings and some 3-D wood and abstract pieces. We welcome you to this year's exhibition and invite you to view the wonderful variety of works on display. Tickets available at Deseret Book and ' tickets.DeseretBook.com ••• A Library Hours Monday-Thursday.7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m., Friday 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Saturday 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., and Sunday 1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. • EICO. A 15-minute call could save you 15%. Local Office 1513 N. Hillfield R<±, Suite 3 (801) 775-8020 Ena3SSi Ask for Student Discount WAY the second day, instead of the traditional 36 holes on day one and 18 on day two. She said the format possibly helped with fatigue, by not playing a second round on thefirstday. Weber also said the field was made up of many California teams that Weber State hasn't seen this season. Weber said it was refreshing to play new opponents that she had not seen before. She said she was pleased with her best finish of the year. "I realty just felt like I played solid," Weber said Nickle played to her best finish yet in her young college career, tied for seventh place. She said the team worked a lot on the short game to prepare for the greens in California. She said the weather allows the greens to be kept shorter, so they are faster. She said this played to her strength, putting. She said the conditions made the team's fifth place Finish even more impressive. "We were playing with a lot of California teams that had been in that weather all year," Nickle said. "We came out and played well." Thomas, a senior with the team's second-lowest scoring average, finished the fall leg of the season with a strong first round and a good second round to tie for 24th place. Thomas said she's trying to enjoy every moment of the season, this being her last at Weber State. She said she would like to cherish every tournament and finish her career at Weber State as strongly as possible. She said she had some strong moments in this last tournament with some aspects of her game she had been practicing. "I was really happy about my putting," Thomas said. "I've been struggling with that." Weber, Nickle and Thomas all said the weather was amazing for the tournament in California, bringing a nice end to the fall leg of the Women's golf season. The team will be training during the winter with strength coaches and golf experts to improve their games individually and as a team to get ready for the spring season. You can leave a message for reporter Jeff Snider by calling 626-7983. continued from page 5 we've got a great core group, but more people would be huge." Without 25 or 30 players, the team can't practice the way it wants and master all the skills necessary to play the game. "If we could get that many people," Nick Shoop said, "we could have full contact, full speed practices that get you ready for the game. That's our biggest thing." Team members said they were excited about a new program at the university. Any student who would like to earn school credit can try out and practice with the team. "We're going to have a onecredit class," Gallagher said. "It's nice we get credit for participating in a sport." To earn the credit, the student must attend practice throughout the entire semester. This program begins spring semester. For more information on the WSU Rugby Team call Dan Gallagher at 389-1108. You can leave a message for reporter Brandon Zito by calling 626-7983. |