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Show L.D.S.S.A. offers support outside of academic life by Doug Marray Forum staff writer u ; Saints Student Association (L.D.S.S.A.) is bigger and better than ever this year, according to Kendall Payne, president of the club. L.D.S.S.A. consists of 107 students enrolled in the institute of religion. The club is involved with activities, which n fund raiser, have included the phone-a-thothe club fair and other campus sponsered Latter-da- y ll on-camp- us events. As well as participating in campus activities, the club has been involved with service projects at welfare square, helping pack cases of cheese and fruit punch for the needy. Payne is hoping that L.D.S.S.A. can help with more service projects on and off campus. off-camp- us The main function of the club, Payne said, is to be here for support and to provide a place for something other than strictly academic life. L.D.S.S.A. sponsors many activities for both club members and those who do not attend the institute. The club got together and went to many different haunted houses and a retreat during Halloween, ice-skati- ng activities on the planning board. Paint tag is a lot like the game the movie Gotcha was based on, stated Minson. Paint guns are distributed to club members and then an intense game of tag occurs on campus. The is the last one to get shot with a paint-bawinner. S tephanic Carlton, president of Psi Omega, the L.D.S.S.A. sorority on campus, wants everyone to know that they arc always welcome at the institute. If they dont want to take classes, they can always just come over and chat. Because of the high enrollment in the institute program , the Church of Jesus Chrisi Saints have approrehed the of Latter-da- y topic of the construction of a new ouilding for the institute. Terry R. Blatcc, director of the institute, said, The where and when of the construction is still under advisement, but the LDS Church has considered tearing down the old building and using the sarc lot. They arc also looking at a few other locations near campus. We ate excited about the new building and are locking forward to more people Members of Westminsters Latter-da- y Saints Student Association the clubs constitution. Alex Minson, president of the West- minster chapter of Zeta Chi, has many in the Uintas. Part of L.D.S.S.A. is the fraternity Zeta Chi, which is in its first year having passed joiningthc club, said Payne. For more information, contact Payne at 466-957- 1. Larry West brings new life to theater department by Kimberly Pfaff Forum staff writer . Larry West, program chair for theater and speech at Westminster, broughtnot only his knowledge of theater when he came to the college last semester, but also a creative energy that has invigorated the theater de- ' partmenL I was really glad when he First got here, because I knew the program would finally turn around. We needed the new energy; someone who would take charge, sopho- more Nicole Boursaw said. West has been involved in theater for as long as he can remember. I was one of those rare students who never changed their ma- jor, although I did change my emphasis, he said. He started out acting but now focuses on writing and directing. West enjoys directing because he likes the community of theater people, the rehearsal process, creating, discovering and the imme- diate rewards. I tend to be impatient and dont like to wait for payoffs, he said. Recently, he directed Hamlet, which was performed by TheatreWorks West, I Hate Hamlet, for the Broadway stage and Key Exchange, with the Westminster Play- ers. He will be directing the Players in Godspell later this semester, According to West, teaching also offers immediate gratification. It is great to see the lights turn on in peoples heads. I like to see people get it, and I like being the person who punches those buttons and helps them learn, he said. Erik Waldorf, a senior in marketing and management and the treasurer of the West-mor- e minster Players, said West has a very strong . personality, and students learn from his cn- ergy. He is quite mellow if you arc just talking tohim.butwhenheistryingtogctyoutoact, he is full of energy. He has so much that you can borrow some of it and learn through that, Waldorf said, Wests instruction has paid off for at least one of his students, Michael Hoffman, who directed the movie Soapdish. According . a Culturalization Dennis Taylor of the Utah State Department of Health will address this topic on Thursday, March 11 at 7 p.m. in the Gore Auditorium. The presentation is sponosored by the Westminster Indian Club. free-lanci- ng ar Indian People in an Urban Setting viewed with the dean one morning, and taugh. his First class that afternoon. I love the people here and thccom..v.u::iiy feeling. I like thecloscncss, it is some?'.ir.g you do not get at the University of Utah, he said. Although West enjoys teaching at Westminster, he plarts on doing other things after this year. His career is branching off, and he work and do wants to pursue his outside Utah. more directing of He also thinks Westminster needs somecommitone who can make at least a Five-yement to the theater department In order for the program to take off, the college will need to offer a major in theater (presently only a m inor is offered), and that will take a lot of time and patience, he said. However, West doesplan i teachingagain sometime. I love teaching too much. It has to be in my future, he said. West likes to challenge his students. I like people to think and to think for themselves, and I set out to make them see things outside of their compartmental way of thinking, he said. West received his bachelors degree from Weber State University and his masters degree in theater from the University of Oregon, and he has done Ph.D. work at the University of Minnesota. In his spare time, which he says he has little of, he enjoys his Five children, watching foreign Films (because they are artsy and romantic), seeing a lot of theater and trying to have a social life. I am probably the most consistently inconsistent person I know. Someday I will decide what I want to do when I grow up. I am malcontent, impatient and have wanderlust,, he said with a mischievous smile. But I am kind to children, he said. It seems West has been kind to Westminster, too. According toEmilieRawson.asopho-mor- e in math, He has added a lot of energy and enthusiasm that was desperately needed to the theater department. Theater director Larry Wests students appreciate his energy. to West, it is rewarding to see his students excel! I love seeing someone who I taught become very successful and make four times as much money as I do, he said. West has been teaching non-sto- p for almost 20 years. He taught at Weber State University, the University of Utah and at Texas Womens University. Teaching keeps me going. I like to be aware of what is happening to young people today. I am always learning from my students; I learn more than I teach some days, he said. This is Wests first year teaching at Westminster. After applying for the job, he inter- - March 9, 1993; Page 5 |