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Show WestoneGtei? Mgg CS3nniiniiicadEiG Day Fi? iGpmiag JjnEi?iiiiaMGiiG h The keynote speaker was Dick Nourse, In his 20 years at anchorman for KSL-Tthe distinction of has Nourse KSL. gained An estimated 150 high school students ind Wests Intermoutain the being terested in communication careers attended worked on a numHe has also news anchor. the Fourth Annual Communications Day CBS affiliate the for news of ber assignments Workshop at Westminster College of Salt including a one month tour of Vietnam in 27. Lake City on Thursday, February 1967. Nourse has served numerous profesThe workshop program was sponsored by sional and charitable organizations and was Westminsters Communications Department, an honorary chairman of the Muscular Dyswhich offers undergraduate degrees with trophy Association and the American Cancer emphasis in journalism and advertising. Society. schools from Nourses address was followed by sessions high Representatives throughout Utah were on campus to meet conducted by the guest lectures. News Writwith eight local professionals who offered ing; Mike Carter, Salt Lake Tribune; Layout hands-o- n workshops on communication skills and Design: Steve Wunderlie; Broadcast such as news writing, public relations, feaJournalism: Mel Baker, KLTQ Radio; Public ture writing, broadcasting, sports writing, Relations: Carol Dunlap, Mountain Bell; Feaadvertising, and layout and design. Sessions ture Article Writing; Dorothy Stowe, Deseret were desigend to enhance students communiNews; Advertising; Robert Ruff, Evans Adcation skills and inform them about career vertising; Sports Writing; Bill Howard, KUTV. opportunities in the field of communications. A countinental breakfast was served while the students became acquainted. by Bill Godwin i s ? most-watche- 1 t s,(jf IForfcman and Lauri lie A uliffe rehearse scenes from recent Westminster Players production of Play It Again, Sam." Their next production of Chekhov's one-aplays is a joint effort with the New Shakespeare Players and will open in April. ct Social Disease Dues Elamnipaint readily treatable with antibiotics such as tetracycline, Anderson explains. Symptoms, usually occuring within ten days, often include discharge and a burning sensa(CPS) Medical researchers claim chlamy- tion when urinating. by Tammy Armantrout dia has become the most prevalent sexually for tests of Increased availability cheaper transmitted disease in the country, and college The 1986 graduation ceremonies at Westalso may be contributing to the rise chlamydia students are among the most likely to contract minster College will be a combination of the in reports of the disease, Anderson notes. it. traditional commencement exercises with A chlamydia test usually costs $35 to $50, she some aspects of the Baccalaureate ceremonies Screenings of women coming to health clinadds. usually held the night before, said Dean of Stuics at the universities of Washington, Denver, dents Gary Fitzer. But Anderson cautions that standard pelvic Nebraska, Alabama, Boston and Tufts, among usuothers, show seven to 15 percent test positive exams, even those including a Pap smear, Some of the baccalaureate traditions which for chlamydia. will be incorporated into commencement inally will not detect chlamydia. And rates as high as 35 percent have been The lack of symptoms in victims' may help clude; a band playing during the processional, will be awarded to those students who clinics. reported at certain explain why many people are less concerned cords about more are graduating with honors and the teacher of There may now be three to four million new about chlamydia than they are like AIDS and the year will speak. Fitzer added that there is cases of chlamydia each year in the United fearsome venereal diseases also a possibility that the choir will perform. States, estimates Dr. Law rence Sanders of the herpes. The decision to cancel Baccalaureate was Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta. At least 40 percent of the chlamydia cases after the comrfiencement committee, made diagnosed in women, are asymptomatic, says most Furthermore, of: Sheryl Phillips, registrar and consisting CDC. of Susan Lloyd likely people to get the disease, the CDC says. chair, Fitzer; Claudia Marques, director of About 20 to 30 percent of the men diagnosed campus scheduling; Vicki Curry, music direc' Little hard data ex ist to verify that incidence she adds. tor; Claudine Wilcox, administrative assistant of the seemingly-obscurdisease is rising, but do not show symptoms, to the president; DanaTumpowsky, director of chlahave discover often dont Victims around the observations doctors they general by country suggest the disease is spreading, says mydia, moreover, until they are treated for public relations; and Denise Janke, senior class Prof. Walter Stamm of the University of other illnesses like gonorrhea. president, discovered that all suitable locations had been booked. Washington's medical school. Indeed, chlamydia and gonorrhea often occur The question of whether the ceremonies in tandem, doctors say. However, research in England does show be held this year was raised, said Fitzer. should incidence of the disease has been increasing Anderson speculates that most chlamydia there annually for the last ten years, Stamm In its truest nature," said Fitzer, baccalauwill eventually develop symptoms if the disadds. is a religious ceremony carried over from reate untreated. is left ease the college was a religious institution. when chlais to doctors that Especially troubling Health centers are doing more to prevent the We felt that baccalaureate, as it is held now,-hamydia often does not produce symptoms in its spread of the disease. lost most of its original intent." victims. We are getting more aggressive in treating Several groups were approached for their And, if left untreated in women, the disease sex partners," Anderson says. opinion before the final decision was made and, can cause pelvic inflammatory disease, which The new tests also allow clinicians to examaccording to Fitzer, the concensus was that can lead to sterility, maintains Teri Anderson, there would not be a problem with canceling ine for chlamydia specifically. a clinical supervisor at Denver General the ceremonies. Hospital. Anderson recommends young adults who are sexually active, especially with more than Groups approached by the committee inHowever, unlike acquired immune deficiency cluded: the presidential staff, the faculty, the for be tested should chlamydia. syndrome (AIDS) and herpes, chlamydia 13 one partner, 05 by Jim Schwartz e Baccalaureate Moot Poiiat Senior Advisory Board, the student services staff and, finally, the Board of Trustees. The board voted on the issue and determined that the final decision should lie with the commencement committee. Fitzer feels that, if students and the commencement committee desire it. the ceremonies could be reinstated at a later date. However, he added, that is just his opinion of the situation. Fitzer said the k he has been receiv- ing on the decision has been about 70 percent in favor of canceling the ceremony and about 30 percent against. He also said that he felt that as it applies to this years ceremonies that the decision is now a moot point. A Look Inside i s feed-bac- Women more intellectual than men? Page 2 Forum Praises the Columbus Community Center Page 3 Titters Page 5 David Bresnahan: Student, Gymnast, Friend Page 8 |