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Show Share Christmas By Candlelight The Campus Ministry and the Student Life Committee will a Christmas party during the afternoon of Dec. 11, for approximately 30 underprivileged children of the Salt Lake area, according to Roxanne Swedin, Campus Ministry member. The party will consist of games, refreshments, and a visit from Santa Claus. The gifts, stockings stuffed with toys, will be purchased with contributions from local churches, said Swedin. On the evening of Dec. 11, the Campus Ministry will present their second annual candlelight service. There will be carol singing, scripture reading, and refreshments. The Westminster Choir will sing, and scriptures pertaining to the birth of Christ will be read by student, faculty, and staff volunteers. The Campus ministry is an interdenominational organization dealing primarily with Christian religions, said Swedin. Individuals of all faiths are invited to participate. i The Campus Ministry takes part in social activities and spiritual education, such as Bible study and worship services, according to Swedin. Helping individuals of all denominations express their religious faith is the goal of the Campus Ministry, according to Alice Boyack, Campus Ministry faculty representative. Swedin said the purpose of Campus Ministry is. To provide for the spiritual growth of students, faculty, and staff." The group has been growing steadily for the past three years, according to Swedin. They meet each month. The next meeting is scheduled for Dec. J 4, at 5 p.m. in Chapman Conference Room in Shaw Center. Rented Christmas is Presented by CCT Westminsters Campus Community Theater with staff and faculty members will present the play Rented Christmas at 8 20 and 21, 1983, in Saga cafeteria. p.m. on Dec. did this "We play last Christmas, but this year we have changed some things and made it easier for the audience to understand." said Pat Gardner, director. The play Rented Christmas is centered around a lonely man who attempts to rent an entire Christmas. He gives a shop keeper a blank check and tells her he wants her to provide him with a Christmas. The man wants an Christmas, one with a wife, children, presents and good food. The shop keeper is supposed to provide all of this for him. During the play, the Collectors Edition barber shop quartet will sing Christmas carols. Prior to the play, students from six local high schools will sing Christmas songs. Highland, East, Olympus, and West are among the high schools which will be 'epresented. To create the Christmas spirit for the evening, the Campus Community Theatre will place luminaros throughout the grounds of Westminster, according to Gardner. Rented Christmas cast members are: James Rockley, Mike Black, Laura Lee Becker, Karen Sue Ethridte, Jeff Workman, Robert Knox, Zachary Ethridte, Catopersico Pers, Jamie Ethridte, Becky Southern, Erica Faulkner, Nechia Ethridte, Jeff Snow, Howard Carter and David Kilpatrick. Scott Snow is the producer, and Dick Shepherd is the executive producer. Four of the cast members have understudies. Thi3 enables them to perform three nights instead of six. It gives the kids a chance to be home during the holidays as well as to be in the play, according to Mike Black, cast member. Tickets are available for $2 a person in the OPUS game room in the Shaw Center, or at the door on the nights of the show. Reservations are also available in the OPUS game room. Christmas is alive on Westminster campus this month, even at night under the lighted grandeur of Converse Hall Having a strong, identifiable, currently marketable major is no guarantee for job security or job happiness, Baar said. While the programs in the school of arts and sciences offer these specific majors, we also offer and emphasize education in areas that touch and affect all human beings both in the quality of their work and other areas of their lives. 14-1- 7, The core of liberal ed. courses is being constantly reviewed to make sure that what we require of students is useful to them and ensures a liberal arts context for their degree," Baar said. Baar is the dean of Westminsters arts and sciences. Steve newly-forme- d school of Baar Discusses Future of Westminsters Liberal Arts Program the signs are positive for the school of arts and sciences," to Steve dean school. of the There has been Baar, according increased enrollment in liberal education classes as well as in specific major areas. This has been combined with an increased effort by the admissions office to attract traditional students who take traditional courses (those courses which fall under arts and sciences). "All students," Baar said, "are realizing that in addition to completing a practical major, that they should also have interests in arts and sciences. Baar believes the job market movement toward specialization is going to peak. Therefore, the need for broadly-basestudents, who can adapt to rapidly changing demands in work experienNon-traditio- d, ces, is growing. well-educat- Barry Quinn, professor of biology, agrees with Baar. The value of liberal arts programs is evident even in business, with most corporate executives having graduated from liberal arts schools," Quinn said. The Westminster administration has stated that the college will continue with a strong liberal arts core, according to Quinn. I see arts and sciences remaining as a viable, worthwhile school," he added. Bob Warnock, professor of biology, talking about the school of arts and sciences and last years reorganization, said, I dont see us operating much differently, except with less faculty. With last years retrenchment, we lost some faculty so weve had to pick up a bit of slack. Also, Warnock added, liberal arts isnt as popular as computer science, business, and nursing, so we need to recruit students. As for the future of the school of arts and sciences, Baar hopes to create a college-wid- e discussion concerning proposals that will differentiate the Westminster graduate, no matter what his liberal arts colleges. Held, from other graduates of 'One idea, Baar said, might be to encourage a student to have a minor field of concentration in an area that is antithetical to the students major. This way we can begin to guarantee some Baar anticipates some opposition from all Continued on page 3 |