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Show Bored? Here's guide to local recreation Bldg. on the west end of the Art and Architecture Complex. The Utah Museum of Natural History, recently opened and one of the real "must sees" on campus is open free to students from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Lectures Lec-tures and concerts are frequent, and you can either consult the weekly bulletin, "Campus Calendar" Calen-dar" found in Chronicle boxes and at the Union information desk or call Public Relations, 581-6773. Physically Inclined?: Swim, play basketball, lift weights, enjoy en-joy handball, badmitton-at the Health, Physical Education and Recreation Center. Nearly all facilities are free to students with activity cards. Swimming is open Monday through Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings, the pool is also available from 6:30 to 10. Gyms are available from noon to 4 p.m. and from 6:30 to 10 p.m. Mondays and Fridays, and from noon to 10 p.m. Tuesday, Wed-nesdya, Wed-nesdya, Thursday and Saturday. For specific information on You're bored. You live in the dorms and don't have a car. You and your family arc from out-of-town-on campus this summer while you finish up your thesis or dissertation. Maybe you have wheels-but you're beginning to wonder if there's really anything to do in Salt Lake. Salt Lake is not the end of the earth. But first you have to discard some preconceptions. After all, have you ever really seen the State Capitol or Temple Square? Come on-admit to yourself that you'd enjoy a tour and learn alot. On Campus If you're stuck-really stuck-on stuck-on campus, you ought not dis-pair dis-pair until you've taken advantage advan-tage of existing campus facilities. The Union: Bowling, ping pong, billiards, color television, stero listening rooms with a wide assortment of records and a well-furnished well-furnished browsing room are all available. Union hours are 7:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. on weekdays. Closing time extends to 1 1 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. In formation and prices for individual individ-ual facilities is available at 581-7251. And if you want to get involved in an extracurricular extra-curricular activity, you can get information on what's available by phoning the Student Activity Center, 581-6263, or the office of the Associated Students of the University of Utah (ASUU) at 581-6866. Arts, Movies, Lectures, Museums: Muse-ums: Union Movies are old, but good and more important, cheap. They are held each Friday Fri-day and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in Orson Spencer Hall Auditorium. Auditor-ium. Matinees are usually Thursdays Thurs-days at 2 p.m. You can purchase tickets for 75 cents with an activity card at the ticket booth just inside the north door of OSH. The Utah Museum of Fine Arts has an excellent permanent collection and attracts fine traveling trav-eling exhibits. It has moved from the Park Bldg. to the new Art and Architecture Center and i open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. After you've seen it, why not visit the smaller student gallery, located in the foyer of the Art mon Pioneers; the Pioneer Vil lage Museum at 2998 So. 2150 E.; the Hansen Planetarium at 15 So. State and the Salt Lake Art Center at 54 Finch Lane. Temple View Theater: A more lively presentation of historical his-torical moments is offered the visitor during the performance of Promised Valley at 8:30 p m Tickets are available in the visitors' visi-tors' bureau after 10 a.m. Short Vacations If you have a car and plenty of gas, why not try a half-day trip to some undiscovered remote re-mote part of Utah? Park City: In Park City one can go deep into the eerie darkness dark-ness of a Silver Fing Mine on a once-a-day professionally guided tour. After the mine excursion, ride on the Treasure Mountain Gondola. It takes you up to the top of the moutain to view the upper ski lodge and surrounding beauty of the Park City Valley. Or you can view old mining relics in the nearby museum. For eats afterwards, the Treasure Mountain Lodge provides good grub. But if your looking for something a bit more exotic, visit the Crepe House of lower Main Street or the Christopher, just a few blocks to the north. Jeri Dean, a "stripper," is still doing her thing at the C'est Bon. Heber: Before arriving in the heart of downtown Heber, there is a turn off that takes you directly to the Homestead. There you'll enjoy swimming, horseback riding and golf amidst mountain greenery. There's also a fine restaurant at the resort. Bridal Veil Falls in Provo Canyon Can-yon a spectacular ski-lift-like trip. To get there, follow Utah 189 from Heber to Provo. Lagoon: Grab a date and go 35 miles north until you hit that fun spot, Lagoon. Upon arriving, enjoy rides parachutes aren't bad, but our favorite is the new Paddle Boats. Swimming in water fit to drink is something everyone should do once in his life. The Lagoon Opera House is doing summer stock and will through the summer present three live exciting productions that are exciting as well as authentic. other facilities, call the Intra-murals Intra-murals Office, 581 -8516. In Salt Lake City For those who enjoy the downtown, historic andor Mormon Mor-mon scene, a trip to Temple Square and the surrounding area might prove an invaluable experience. exper-ience. Historical Sites: Marking the downtown area are some of the significant historical points, which reflect much of Utah's Mormon Pioneer distinctiveness. In the middle of the intersection intersec-tion of Main and South Temple is the Brigham Young Monument, Monu-ment, erected on the 50th anniversary anni-versary of the pioneers' entering the Salt Lake Valley. Moving east on South Temple, one passes the granite office of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Latter-day Saints, neighbored on the east by the Lion House, which is presently closed to the public. Directly east is the Beehive House, Brigham Young's official residence, open to the visitors from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. At the corner of the Beehive House rises the latest version of Brigham Young's Eagle Gate. Erected as the formal entrance to his farm, canyon and hillside property, the gate was first built in 1891. In 1963 the gate was completely replaced with new copper arches and a new eagle. City Creek & Memory Grove: At Memory Grove, City Creek enters a large pond, then goes underground to be tunneled to the Jordan River. Use of the water from the creek marked the first time white men began irrigating irri-gating in the United States. State Capitol: On the east end of the Capitol stands the granite Mormon Battalion Monument, erected in 1927 to perpetuate the memory of the Mormon men who served for the United States Army in the Mexican War of 1846. A guided tour of the Capitol is available from the second floor. Pioneer Museums: Historical moments have especially been preserved in Salt Lake's various museums, among them: Daughters Daugh-ters of Utah Pioneers Museum, designed to appear as the old Salt Lake Theater and housing countless treasures of the Mor- |