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Show St. Paddys Day Concert By Calvin L. Harrington The Utah Symphony's annual St. Patricks Day concert featured the renowned Chieftans of Dublin and the McTeggart Irish Dancers. . . The Irish have some of the greatest classical folk music In the world and the Chieftans rank among the very best interpreters of 1L The Chieftans recently had the honor of being named the official ambassadors musical of the Irish government. The group has six members and they perform on traditional Irish bagpipes, fiddles, flute, the Irish drum and tin whistle other (among instruments). The Chieftans began performing with symphony orchestras in 1977. That year they tried using the bagpipes with Richard Wagner's music from "Tristan and Isolde" and audience loved It Since then there has been a demand for them all over the globe, from Europe to the People's Republic of China. The group Is extremely versatile. Paddy Maloney, the lead Chleftan, Is on the last Mick Jagger solo album and also on one of Paul McCartneys. Their National Geographic special received critical acclaim. This group had more than Irish eyes smiling and Utahns are eager to see them again in the future.' Movie Review Letter to the Editor The Struggle of Real-Lif- e People We find it interesting the way Westminster College makes important decisions such as how to make its buildings accessible for the handicapped. First, the stairs in the basement of Shaw were tom out and a ramp put in. Sunday Feb. 12 the ramp was tom out and steps were put back in. The efficacy of this is terribly like the militay. whole process of doing and This By Stejanie Nelson and starting again is what is so backwards "If you students don't succeed in life, I about this world and the companies, don't want you to blame your parents, I don't corporations, and governments that create want you to blame the white man. I want you As a business, Westminster College you to blame yourselves. What you learn in school will determine the kind of Job you will needs to look at the decisions and actions that are made now, and how long an effect get the kind of money that you will earn I and the respect that you deserve. want you they will have, as well how long they will be to be proud of yourselves. The alternative is usable. The biggest problem with our world to waste your time and to fall into the traps is that decisions made today are not looked effects. We have a at in terms of long-terout there of crime, drugs and death." of and school business management that Is Joe Clark and his words are how to run and students teach to on "Lean the heroic drama immortalized in supposed Me." The film is based on a true story of a make company decisions. How can we man determined to make a difference when effectively teach students to make good all the odds and most of the people are decisions If our examples are Just like what against him. Clark, a teacher at New Jersey's every other business does, making decisions Eastside High School, was reassigned to without contemplating the circumstances. Westminster is losing students due to another school because his ideals and visions were not In sync with the our inadequate handicapped facilities. We establishment. Ironically, 20 years later, he know of one student who is not coming back Is asked to rescue the same school from to Westminster because of the lack of facilities. Westminster college Is creating a which he was dismissed. of bad Eastside High School, once one reputation. Could it really be that the individuals America's top secondary schools, had deteriorated into a mass of drug rings and in charge of making handicap services violence. The state is ready to assume possible are not aware of the effect their are having? jurisdiction over the school when Clark decisions Lake's new Salt as the in handicapped community is (Morgan Freeman) steps a small one, and they stick together. principle. He quickly adopts the nickname of is a very powerful force in his he task as Joe" expelling begins "Crazy 300 students, chaining every entrance and , small communities. One student who is not exit door of the( school, and forcing out able to access services here at Westminster several faculty members unwilling to adjust will tell others and when a handicapped student asks where should I go, the word will to his rules. Clark also begets the trademark of a Louisville Slugger, the bat which he be, "don't go to Westminster, the services clutches as a symbol, stating that students suck." The ramp, as it was being used, was either "strike out or hit a home run" through adequate for the need of the handicapped students that were using the computer lab. education. y At least it was better than nothing. led by Ahgry parents, As understood by the writers, there Leona Barrett (Lynne Thigpen), war against Clark when he expells their children. was to be a lift installed from the level of the Unfazed by public outcries, Clark continues computer lab, to the level of the outside door, in his efforts of reestablishing pride and and was to be only accessed by the commitment into his school until Barrett handcapped students. Why was the ramp replaced before this lift was installed? Why finally lands him in jail. "Lean on Me" is a passionate move spend all that time and money (and its about real-lif- e student money being wasted here, .folks) people in a real-lif- e struggle to succeed. Freeman is excellent in his ripping out the cement stairs that were there performance, possibly inspired by his originally? The Academic Computing Lab was upbringing. Freeman grew up in the rough South Side of Chicago, which he describes as being used daily by at least one "a jungle," much like the school Clark had to handicapped student, and regularly by a tame. couple more. Now that access is being "And now," said Clark to his students, " denied. If just one of these students wished, I've got a message for the people out there the writers are sure they could bring a large who've written you off who say, 'Education discrimination suit against the college. is wasted on youl You cannot learn! You're Maybe that would bring people to their lost!' YOU ARE NOT INFERIOR. Your grades senses. re-doi- ng this world m ' A Pretty Apathetic State A By Ron Farnsworth Due to the underwhelmingly disinterested response we received about the Pretty Great Slogan Contest, we will not be able to offer as prizes the Tahiti vacation tuition waiver as we had and the four-yea- r hoped. The majority of the responses received were very negatively focused (as was pointed out In a recent letter to the editor). This was not the response sought. Utah Is a pretty and great state, vastly unappreciated for its many qualities. A state's official slogan should reflect the pride of that state's citizenry. Utah is world famous for its medical, technological, . environmental and recreational wonders qnd leadership, yet most of us choose to concentrate on booze laws and birthrates. Everything is not perfect in Zion, but all bad either. In this kinder, gentler not its - ' nation in which we live, maybe we ought to try harder to accentuate the positive. Speaking of accentuating the positive, the opportunity to create a slogan for the state has not passed you by. In conjunction with the statehood centennial celebration (that's right, the state is 100 years old, not 100 years behind), the state is sponsoring a contest to allow the citizens to propose a slogan for Utah. This contest will be coordinated by the PTA in the schools throughout the state. Public libraries will also be involved in order to allow the general public to contribute their ideas. When Brigham Young entered the Salt Lake Valley, he felt that this was the right place. I would concur with that assessment today: Utah is still the right place. - , . r UN SEARCH OF EXCELLENCE! is s one of the most prestigious To firms in the nation. Investment Banking OTC continue meeting the challenges presented by our diverse clientele, we need qualified individuals who are ambitious, talented and capable of handling the responsibility that comes with increased may be. 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