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Show The Daily Utah Chronicle, Thursday, November 14, 1985 Page Eight LETTERS Good, bad points of Evita' Editor I would like to commend ASUU for appropriating the funds necessary to allow the production of a campus musical. It not only allowed students majoring in the performing arts an opportunity to receive experience in their fields of study, but also provided many citizens ofour community a chance to enjoy the talents being developed here on campus. Not only were ASUU funds used to provide valuable experience to my fellow students and a delightful evening for myself, by Mary Fanning, a student at another institution of higher learning, also received a valuable stage experience. I know of few universities which would be so generous as to allow a student from another campus to have her chance in the spotlight at the expense of their own students. Some will respond that an individual with the required vocal training for the lead in "Evita" was not available in our vocal music department. If this was the case, why did we select a musical to showcase a specific vocal style when no such individual was available? Could it be some individuals became so obsessed with presenting a highly acclaimed musical, never before seen ENGLISH r-lAJO- RS ESAC invites you to an in Utah, that they lost sight of the original intent of the funding? This production was meant to give students in the performing arts an opportunity to learn their craft through reputable and challenging musical. Surely there arc musicals other than "Evita" which would have met these requirements and still public performance in a allowed all the leads to have been filled by U. students. Presenting "Evita" most certainly caught the eye of many musical theatregoers, but I am not so sure the added attention was worth losing sight of the intended benefits of a University of Utah student production. I know there is a tremendous amount of effort involved in obtaining the permission necessary to present a widely acclaimed musical. Perhaps there was so much time and money invested in bringing this musical to our campus that the director could not turn back after he realized our campus could not provide our own lead for the role of Eva. If this was the case, there should have been a greater effort to ensure that a production was selected which would have met the talents of those students to be involved. There is no excuse for pursuing rights to present a work if the students to be involved cannot meet the requirements of the production. There is a saying which states that wc learn from our mistakes. Hopefully ASUU and those associated with "Evita" have learned much from this experience because it is a mistake which should not be repeated. We have many of our own talented students who could have benefited from this type of theatrical experience. Please return my HP Editor Though addressed to one person, this subject binds us alL You who came into my office on Sunday night (man, woman, or may I call you the Beast?), why of all the equipment and tools lying around did you have to take the only thing I possess of any value? My car is old, my suit is worn, but my HP-- 4 1 CX calculator was new and my pride and joy. funded by the Air What was wrong with the IBM-P- C Force, the digital multimeter belonging to the University of Utah or the textbooks which could be sold back to the bookstore at relatively no risk? To say I am outraged is superfluous; I am also saddened by the loss as it was one of the last things my father ever gave me, making it a keepsake as well as my livelihood. This sadness strangely enough encompasses you. What sort of being can actually live with itself after such an act? Perhaps this purloining gives you a certain cruel delight, heightened by the fact that the U. trusts you with a master key. Yes, I did notice the door was locked when I left and upon my return. This is not a tirade but a plea for justice and humanity. Countless times I have found wallets and gone out of my way to locate their owners. Is this my reward? Return my HP to me or the MEB office and nothing will be said. If you intend to keep it, please utilize its potential, not balance a checkbook with it. In closing, to you and others like you, think about those whose lives you touch. Some may pray for you, Beast; I cannot. Kevin Milne electrical engineering Shane B. Inglesby Senior finance English Open House Tuesday, Nov. 19 3-- 5 p.m. at the Alumni House Graduate student Winter Quarter Class Preview. Sign up for Sigma Tau Delta English Honor Society. 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