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Show Events Investment Club offers chance to learn business Escape to Europe during May Term by March 15, 1988 when the full payment is due. Four semester hours of academic credit are available for the tour. In order to receive credit, travelers must register for ID300 during May term. Tuition is waived for students e Fall 1987 or Spring 1988. registered Part-tim- e must pay May and Term tuition in addition to the cost of the tour. Before the tour begins, reading and lectures are required. Students seeking credit for the tour must be present at the lectures and persist in the reading. Students must keep a journal, but no reading is required during the tour. It kills the fun, said Ownbey. Ownbey led a group to Europe in 1985. Of those who went, he said, there wasnt anyone who thought it wasnt exciting and didnt want to go again. No specific personal expenses are included in the tour. (These are outlined in the brochure.) All travelers must carry current passports which are the responsibility of the participants. Visas are required for France and must Jennifer Killian The month of May could seem like a long way off, and many people probably arent even thinking abou their plans for May. But those people who are interested in spending the month of May in Europe are most likely planning and working now in order to make this trip possible. Dr. Ray Ownbey, chairman of the English and Communications programs at Westminster, is escorting students, and even nonstudents, on the y trip to Europe. The 5 in days Munich, Rome and group will spend and a half days in Florone about Paris, and ence and Venice. There will be an optional five extra days in London for those interested at an additional cost. Eurail passes are included in the cost of the tour, which will allow the travelers to take day trips from the large cities and return to the same hotel at night. Through this process, the group will avoid too much travelling, yet see a lot in the process. Ownbey said, Riding in the train is funner than riding on the bus. The experience is useful, pleasant and exciting. The overall cost for the visit to the five European cities is $1900 including air fare from Salt Lake City. An additional $350 is required for the optional London visit. At the time of registration, a $500 deposit of the total cost will be required. That deposit will hold space until full-tim- non-studen- ts . 18-da- 4-- be arranged by participants. Reservations for Five Cities in Europe are d basis and space is limited. For more information, contact Ray Ownbey in the communications deparment. Ownbey points out that individuals cant learn these types of things through books. There is no substitute for the value of being there and seeing it, he said. on a first-com- e, first-serve- has yet to suffer a losing investment. Earl Snell, School of Business Finance Program .director, will be the club's faculty advisor. He Are you interested in money? Have you currently teaches a class on Investment Prinheard the old adage, It takes money to make ciples (FINC 305) and will provide an insight 9 money? If so, you should call John Ciet at into stock analysis and the criteria for evaluatJohn ' at Matticks or Lance companies to invest in. ing first the Lance are currently organizing and Lance hopes to get at least 15 people interInvestment Club here at Westminster College. The club is for anyone who would like to ested in the new club. The members will not be required to pay dues they are free to put as invest, be they students, faculty, or alumni, much money (and time) as they wish into the but doesnt know how, John said. by Randy Sullivant 596-375- 487-959- 1. club. Members will watch the NY Stock Exchange to find a company to invest in, analyze that company, and report their analysis to the other club members. The members will discuss the analysis and decide whether or not to invest. The hardest thing is the time demands; the following of the stocks, the talking with the brokers, John said. The more members in the club, the easier it becomes for everyone involved. Advancement opportunities are already being considered for the Investment Club. The club may join a national investment club organization (a network of small investment groups that share structuring, analyzing, and investment tips) after we get organized, Lance added. This is a chance to learn the business. Its a challenge. Money is exciting. Everybody is interested in it, John said. For more information, call Earl Snell (Foster Hall room 301), John Ciet, or Lance Matticks. As the saying goes, ...We make money the old fashioned way. We earn it. bring stock market Both club to Westminser College. John, a experience freshman Pre-Lamajor from Orangeville, Utah, founded an investment Club at Emery w High School. That club invested $1500 to $2000 a year, chiefly in penny stocks, and received an average 50 percent return each year. The very first investment of $500 netted an incredible 100 percent return. Their biggest single investment of $1800 netted them a return of $450. John started that club as a freshman with only 6 initial members. When he graduated the club had 25. He said that it will be harder to duplicate those successes, but he predicts that the 50 percent return can be achieved at Westminster. Lance Matticks, a sophomore transfer student from the University of Utah, has been actively involved in investment off-camp- us partnerships for approximately 8 years. He has a knack for picking solid companies and communication a find honest and two-wa- y critical component in establishing a good rer lationship with my teenage daughter, said Turner. She adds, It is important for me to have my daughter grow up as an indepenX dent and assertive young woman. One of Turners major responsibilities at Westminster is recruiting transfer students from junior and community colleges in the state of Utah and the neighboring states such as Nevada, Wyoming and Idaho. - :rj The job offers a lot of diversity. I enjoy working with all the transfer students who come to the college, said Turner. Turner is also a member of the Transfer Articulation Committee organized by the State Board of Education. Its purpose is to establish transfer articulation agreement between different schools in the state. Mainly between the two and four year institutions. It gives me an opportunity to work with leaders in the educational community and enables me to serve the students transfering from other institutions to Westminster College in a better way, said Turner. During the worst period of the famine in Ethiopia, Turner went to the rescue of her country. She worked closely with the Salt Lake community to support the Ethiopian ' - I the director of transfer articulation at Westminster, travels to neighboring states and local educational institutions to recruit transfer students from junior and community colleges. Fanaye Turner, who is T urner enjoys higher education people. am grateful to the people of Utah for their great support and generosity, said Turner. I by Myriarn Hernandez Fanaye Turner has managed to slip away from the pages of the Forum for a complete year now. This is not because she is playing hard to get, but because she keeps a busy schedule. As the director of transfer articulation, she does to neighboring some travelling states and local educational institutions. Turner, who is originally from Ethiopia, did ' graduate work in English and Communications at the University of Utah. Prior to coming to Westminster, she worked at the Phoenix Institute as Technical Writer, Communications Program Coordinator and Assertiveness Trainer. She has also worked at American Express as a trainer in the human resources department. While working at the Phoenix Institute, Turner helped develop and train a class on communi- cation between mothers and daughters. Her daughter, Diana Turner, was a compe-ten- t participant in this class. "As a mother, I 2 Forum . Turners goals are to keep growing professionally in higher education. She also writes short stories in her spare time. For professional development. Turner attends fiction article writing and foreign language classes from time to time. Another enjoyable and rewarding goal for Turner is to be a good role model for her daughter. Diana helps Turner' with her writing by criticizing her short stories. It is interesting to get the perspective of a teenager. Turner. She is an honest critic, - ' said , Turner is married to Eugene Turner. He works at the Utah Biomedical Test Lab Research in Environmental Health Sciences. They recently celebrated their 18th wedding anniversary. When referring to her work at Westminster, Turner said, "I enjoy working at Westminster because it is a dynamic growing institution and I work with supportive Join Andrew Litton and the Utah Symphony Nathaniel Rosen, one of the foremost virtually every major orchestra throughout cellists of the concert world, joins guest con- the world. ductor Andrew Litton, whose international Mr. Litton is Associate Conductor of the career has soared in recent seasons, for a pair National Symphony Orchestra and Principal of concerts with the Utah Symphony 8 p.m. Guest of the Bournemouth Conductor Friday and Saturday, November 6 & 7 at phony Orchestra. Born in New York Sym-he City, Symphony Hall. studied piano and conducting at the Juilliard Mr. Rosen performs Tchaikovskys Pezzo School of Music, and was ExxonArts EnCapriccioso and William Schumans Fantasy dowment Assistant Conductor of the National for Cello and Orchestra: A Song of Orpheus, Symphony Orchestra. Only 27, he has conin a program that includes Bernsteins Overducted many of the worlds major orchestras, ture to Candide and Brahms Symphony including the Royal Philharmonic, the No. 1. There will be talks about Orchestre National de France, the Radio the music in the Hall at 7:15 Friday and Symphony Orchestra of Berlin, the PittsSaturday evenings. burgh Symphony Orchestra, and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. in in America instant recognition Gaining ' 1977 when he won the prestigious Naumburg Purchase tickets for 7 at the box office, located at the northwest corner of SymCompetition, Mr. Rosen received international acclaim when he became the first phony Hall, 123 West South Temple, Salt American cellist to win the Tchaikovsky In- Lake City, UT 84101. There is free, shortternational Competitions Gold Medal. He term parking adjacent to the box office for was a student of the great Gregor ticket purchases. Hours are Monday was for two seasons principal cellist Friday and concert Saturdays from through 10 a.m. with the Pittsburgh Symphony, and has to 5:30 p.m. and one hour prior to perforplayed solo recitals and performed with mance. Student tickets are $3. . pre-conce- rt $9-$2- Piati-gorsk- y, Issue 5 Nov. 3, 1987 4 |