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Show t- Commenta ry Fellow Student Outraged By Cuthbertson's "Whining" ; Dear Forum Editor, I was so rankled and outraged when I read Mr. William Cuthbertsons letter to the editor in the Jan. 21 edition of the Forum that I put my homework aside and sat down at my word processor to write a rebuttal. Mr. Cuthbertson makes a few valid points. I cm tired of that old, old quote from U.S. News and World Report, 1988. 1 was truly angry when I found that my spring classes are so overloaded. I came to Westminster for small classes and my Spanish and ethics classes are packed. Yes, it is true that admission standards at Westminster are not overly rigorous .... Anyone with a checkbook, line up here . However, it takes hard work and serious effort to stay at Westminster and to do well. I EARNED three As and one B last semester and I am justifiably proud of them. Mr. Cuthbertson sings the praises of faculty while slamming the large adjunct teaching population. Yes, I took a class from one of Mr. Cuthbertsons biggies. Dr. Susan Cottiers history class was stimulating and challenging, well worth the effort I also took another class from a full-tim- e faculty member (who shall remain nameless out of simple courtesy) and was not challenged at all. Being on the faculty full-tim- e . since God was a boy does not guarantee their insight and experiences from the outside world into the classroom to share with their students. Adjunct faculty are often more understanding about business trips, sick children and other real life emergencies than fulltime faculty mightbe. Ofcourse, I wouldnt expectMr. Cuthbertson to understand about the real world or real life since it is easy to ascertain his young age by his writing style and his lack of independence by the fact that he had to justify Westminsters tuition to Daddy. Mr. Cuthbertson attacks Westminsters English classes. In his article I counted three quotes from pop groups (hardly reference sources), several mentions of pop movies, two examples of profanity and at least half a dozen cliches. Perhaps he should register for one of those English classes that he states are graded on a 10th-gralevel if he is up to the challenge! Another one of Mr. Cuthbertsons victims is the Westminster administration and office staff. I REALLY took offense with that list of accusations and innuendoes. I have had an occasional bad experience with administration and staff, but 90 percent of the time I am overwhelmed by the kindness, thoughtfulness and genuine car de ing displayed by the Westminster staff and administration. I cant imagine another higher learning institution where the staff will walk you, through financistep-by-ste- p, al-aid applications, registration procedures or other paperwork hassles. I love that Westminster is so small that everyone knows you by face and most people know you by name. Of course, there is a down side to that too. If you make an enemy, you are forever hiding behind Coke machines and looking around comers! I encourage Mr. Cuthbertson to make a map of all campus hiding places, he is going to need it! If I could wave a magic wand over Westminster, I would update the computer lab, remodel the eating areas so that there is lunch room, restock a true the library (Cuthbertson had a valid point non-smoki- ng there), and most of all,build aquiet lounge for serious students to study in. I would NOT change the little tiny bookstore or its staff. Have you ever bought books at the U Bookstore? Can you imagine a U Bookstore employee saying, Oh Stephani, that is the wrong book for that section, let me show you the right one 0 200 hr-- i. hri 800 200 .I I d Salt Lake Art Center Great Basin Work By David Baddley by Liz Peterson Forum copy editor David Baddley has experienced a place where, as he writes, the land still dominates its own horizon rather than being dominated by human activity ... a place of subtle, profound beauty. . Through the media of written narratives, maps and photographs, Baddley has allowed the viewer to discover vicariously what he did: the incredible beauty of the earth, as well as the relationship we, as creatures, have to it. He calls the work contemporary archaeology. Site photographs of 15 areas are displayed along with the narratives, forms outlining details such as location and access, and maps charting his journeys. One major theme of the work is what short-terBaddley calls the scars of human selfishness, and this is illustrated m campus newspaper, more child care student activities and an center. I would like to see more campus speakers of Dr. Helen Caldicotts caliber. I would like to see every Coke can bn campus deposited in the recycling barrels. I would like a quality education. Do the aforementioned wants require a magic wand? No, they require dedication, involvement and commitment on the part of each and every student, beginning with ME! In conclusion, Mr. Cuthbertson, Forum . editor, staff, faculty and students of Westminster, this is a really great school but a person will only get out of it what is put into it (My token cliche.) As for me. Im grateful to be here and I wouldnt want to be anywhere else. I hear that the University of Utah is offering a new class section in Whining 300, taught only by full-tim- e faculty. I suggest you transfer, Mr. Cuthbertson, while you still have time. U of U classes fill up even faster than their parking lot does. more in-dep- th on-sig- ht to buy? I would NOT change the funky, mixed student body resplendent with non-trad- s, high-schograds, nursing 18-year-- Stephani Taylor Sophomore, Human Resource Management ol Viewer To Question Faculty Artist's Exhibit Forces of abused claims land, dead through photographs wildlife and the story of the bristlecone pine (it braved 4900 years to be the worlds oldest living thing, and was cut down in 1964 forresearch). These are all marks that selfish humans have left in the Great Basin. Baddley, too, left marks, but explains that his began as an effort to pay homage and to add his voice. His marks are made of materials indigenous to each of the 15 for example, at Pyramid sites he visited Lake he arranged pieces of tufa, and at other places he lined up rocks. The marks in all 15 sites are aligned using maps and a compass to refer to each other, to unite the land and his actions as a single cohesive work. Baddleys final conclusions about why he left marks are almost Thoreau-lik- e. Thoreau, of course, went to the woods to live deliberately and to suck out all the marrow of life. Baddley said he left marks in order to touch the thread that runs through everything. He claims to have compiled Action Earthwork for himself. If this is true, I feel privileged that through the images and the writing, I can experience it as well. The photographs, of course, are immaculate. Unmounted and titled in his own scrawl, they are serene, playful (Cozzette Playing in Wind), sensual, or provocative. The ones that are not of the marks he has left are like open-ende- d questions ... a coyote that has been run over and then painted with the white lines of a road machine, or the absurdity that miles of land with no sign of human existence occupy the same region as Las Vegas. The photographs give us the images that Baddley saw, but the narratives are what students and MBA seekers. The diverse student population is an education in itself. I would like to see a more frequent, to really take us along. Baddley have no training in writing, and for this work that is to his advantage. The writings are his child-lik- e explorations that take the reader Theyre his own epiphanies, and they show exactly how he sucked out the marrow. Through these, Baddley shares with us the Northern Lights as seen from the highway in front of the Outlaw Bar in Baker, Nev., and Cosmic Norm of Gerlach saying he couldnt live in a big city like Salt Lake or Lovelock. It is also through these that Baddley helps us to discover that wilderness is a product of our culture. Civilization and development insulate us from the real world. Since the Great Basin territory was named a national park region, there has been the subsequent onslaught of Basin-relate- d art. So what? This is David Baddleys own discovery of it, and he pulls it off. This project becomes truly his own. A person with less complex thinking patterns (such as myself) could become easily confused or even repelled by his typically artistic parlance, but he manages to make his experience entirely tangible. Despite what Baddley says about his work being done for selfish reasons, the exhibit really is viewer-friendlstep-by-ste- p. y. Utah Opera Praises Calvin And Forum Dear Forum, Thank you very much for the space you allow for our productions in your paper. The continuation of this policy has certainly had an effect, because we sec more and more students at the performances, and our requests for discounts at student rush has increased. In fact, attendance for both our fall production and this one currently in progress has been astounding. We think that Calvin Harrington does a fine job of reviewing and reporting. We are grateful for his interest and his knowledge of our art form. , Best regards, Judith Frisbie-Goi- ns Public RelationsMarketing Utah Opera Survey For Students Dear Editor: We are writing to invite your participation in a unique readership survey on the subject of love and romance among college students. The enclosed questionnaire is designed to fit easily into your paper. If students could read, fill out and mail it back to us for analysis, we would very much appreciate it felt-tipp- ed (fell (ii IrSftMN Based on our early experience at dozens of campuses across the nation, students will find this questionnaire interesting reading. If you decide to run the survey, we will furnish you with the results later. Tha Thank you , Egon Mayer, Ph.D. Professor, Brooklyn College (ed. note: survey on page 10) FcrumPago 5 R I - |
