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Show LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Frustration Editor: As a student of Graphic Design of the Department of Art I share the frustrations of colleagues of the bitches" and disillusionment with working "within the system" of the Department of Art, Dean Maryon of the College of Fine Arts and the Park Building Administration. Ad-ministration. Yosh i ko Tawa Protest Editor: I should like to invite all members of this community, such as , . 11 's, to Continued on naoo College of Fine Arts in me ja program. In the course of the past four months, I have become aware of incredible bias and prejudicial treatment of a member of our staff in spite of meetings with faculty, Department Depart-ment of Art administration and Park Building administration accompanied by numerous petitions. For the past three and one-half years, visiting professor Roland Siegrist has brought in a tremendous input of information and knowledge. This knowledge coupled with a concern for education has been present in every aspect of the education of a student, aimed at a professional attitude toward his design and its presentation. Coming to our department from the Basel School of Design and with a variety of experiences and employment em-ployment in Europe as a graphic designer. Roland Siegrist has proven by his work an incredible insight into the field of the graphic designer as well as the capability to motivate and communicate with students. One excellent example was an independent in-dependent study course under Roland Siegrist which presented an exhibition and catalog, "Prehistoric Petroglyphs and Pictographs of Utah" which was recently on exhibition at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts. This effort has been accepted as a traveling exhibition by the Smithsonian Institute and will be the first exhibition of its kind to originate from this university. The time and dedication to this endeavor would surpass any previous attempts at-tempts by the department especially in obtaining funds and recognition for the Department of Art within the state and Washington, D.C. In his application for the position of chairman for the graphic design program, Roland Siegrist has not been treated in a just or honest manner. The complaint for his rejection on the grounds of a lack of a stronger administrative background has not been substantiated sub-stantiated or explored. What criteria does the Department of Art judge this "stronger administrative ad-ministrative background?" Why is this priority over an applicant's ability as an educator or designor. It seems ironic that throughout the proceedings that the importance impor-tance or directions of education has been insignificant in comparison com-parison to the political strength or administrative prowess of an applicant. ap-plicant. It is vital that the student of graphic design or any student of any emphasis realize the potentials of their field rather than its limitations. This has been a dissipating problem in the graphic design program due to the exposure of students to a professor who teaches the student to think and expand the possibilities in their work. The loss of Roland Siegrist will undoubtedly un-doubtedly be a detriment to the graphic design program and the Department of Art which is untimely, senseless and pathetic! Time has been on the side of the administration and will continue with the disbanding and graduation of graphic design students. Many colleagues and myself have reached the ultimate humiliation as "arrogant son-of- LETTERS (from page 2) join me in protesting the LDS Church s .family-compliance-cultivation film currently showing here on T V. Those who may not have paid close attention to this (to me) insidious piece of local decadence, being generally turned-off by tasteless propogandizing, may still find their memory besplotched with 'mages of the clean-cut teenager turning-away from the world of long-haired pot-smokers, longhaired long-haired pill-pushers, long-haired protestors with signs calling for peace, and a burning American flag (which is, perhaps, more tasteful than burning Vietnamese people se,t ablaze by American napalm). And what does he turn to? His mother, with the narrator telling us to cultivate the family bonds. I am led, out of self-defense, to ask, publicly, if those responsible for this fear- and bigotry-engendering bigotry-engendering propaganda are truly aware of the fact that there is more to Americanism, more to conscientious citizenship than compliance to ANYONE'S set of standards? Joel Prell happy young lovers. Unfortunately, these misfits number some 87 percent of our total population. When 87 percent of a country (which is about 175 million people in the U.S. alone) feels dissatisfaction with life, social problems inevitably result. I think many of our current problems-medical problems-medical care for the aged, poverty, the "generation gap," environmental pollution, drug abuse, racism, alcoholism, illegitimacy, crime in the streets, and many of the other topics studied in sociology classes or made the subject of hysteria in he mass media can be explained in terms of this dissatisfaction. (But don't ask me how.) When all the old, unhappy, or lonely people in America see their position like it is, they rebel by creating these social disturbances. distur-bances. And this is the goal of the Spring Plotters. To disrupt our American way of life has been their aim for 3,000 years. Now, finally, it is within their grasp; their efforts are beginning to bear fruit. The Great Vernal Equinox Hoax, the myth that spring is the most joyful time of year for all, the best-kept secret in history (and, perhaps, if something is not done in time, the most successful), success-ful), has been exposed. Write your Congressman for a complete ban on spring activities. This will stop the conspirators right in their tracks. Serves them right, too. Or send $5 and a stamped, self-addressed envelope to... |