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Show Tte Westminster Cortege Westminster College of Salt Lake City Tuesday, April 20, 1993 Volume XXXV Issue XXVI work introduce Contributors debut: edition spring Ellipsis as she introduced her poem, Retrospec- tivc. The mountains are the Blue Ridge Mountains of the Appalachians near the Shenandoah Valley. My family home is Norton, near Roanoke. My father was a coal miner, and he was in the service during World War I. My feelings are mixed -- 1 hope you can understand my feelings here, she by Ann Gambrino Forum staff writer The debut reading of the 1993 spring edition of Ellipsis: Literature and Art took place at Nunemaker Place on Thursday, April 15. Several contributing artists, staff and friends of Ellipsis attended, as well as students, faculty and staff members of Westminster. Thank you all for coming out to celebrate the spring issue - most particularly, congratulations to the staff. Once again they have done a splendid job, said Katharine Coles, faculty advisor of the literary zine. She then introduced Roger Mangelson, Ellipsis editor. It is Rogers last issue, she said. He has been on staff for the last three years as business manager and editor. We will miss him. He has done more to make this magazine evolve into what it is today than anyone else. It has been an honor and a privilege working with him. Mangelson thanked the audience for attending. I thank the contributors and the staff for all their work, he said. I thank them for checking every little comma, period or speck of dust we thought was a period. He also extended a special thank you to the pressmen at Quality Press Inc. and everyone involved in the production of the publication. Mangelson introduced the contributors who would be reading their work. I dont know if its quite fair to be first, but somebody has to, said Maureen Clark. She then read her poem, Prophecy. Kirk E. Mitchell explained the nature of his photo, Assignment: Perspective of a which appears on the cover. When this happened, he said, a poem als6 happened. I was going to Great Basin National Park because I already had an assignment to fulfill. I figure that the trees are about 3,000 years old and I am 30 or so, and it was just right! He read his poem of the same name and dedicated it to all the bristle cone pines. He then read Snakebite, which also appears in Ellipsis. Ill Two-Year-O- ld said. Richard Wiman read his poem A Viet Vet Holds the Evening. My second poem is not in here Ellipsis , he said of Tillbacka i Mexico (Back in Mexico). It is written is S wedish. I feel that we forget that there are other languages and cultures in society. I retain my culture, as this poem was written in Utah, but written in Swedish. It is important to appreciate your culture. Wiman also read Ute Indian from Ellipsis and another poem , The Return , which was about his return to Sweden to the farmhouse where he was raised by his grandmother. He said that the house was destroyed and what remained was just a structure without his grandmother. The only living thing was the oak tree. I believe that the oak tree will be my brother, if there is a resurrection, he said. For about the last three years, the The cover on the 93 Spring issue of the company I work for has been involved a of the featured Perspective Ellipsis with Ellipsis , although they might not by Kirk E. Mitchell. know this! said Mangelson. Dahlin Smith White (DSW) has allowed me the leave us with something a bit fun, he said, use of their equipment and offices. Withand read Laguna Tourist Girl, which is out such valuable help from the nies around Salt Lake City and DSW, we about watching girls on Laguna Beach. Coles read a section from the story The would not have had the opportunity to Anteaters Burrow by M. Blackerby. It is a produce this as well as we have, he said. About three weeks ago Mangelson said story set in Africa, and the main character is a young girl named Nji, she said. Her mother he saw a presentation by a national magahas remarried, and Njis stepfather, Joseph, zine. Their magazine was entirely on disk. who is abusive, has put her into an anteaters The technology behind it was tremendous, and it was a great learning tool. They told burrow as a punishment. Elizabeth Archuleta, a senior majoring in us that within a few years, we can replace the English at Westminster then read her poem, printed book, said Mangelson. I thought, No way, not if I can help it! You can drop Inversion. , I am a country girl from the mountains this magazine and it wont break ... Withof Virginia, said Mary Elizabeth Marehand out the company and those who helped, we Two-Year-O- ld 1993 Graduates to be honored by Kimberly Pfaff Forum staff writer The commencement ceremony for the 1993 graduates will take place May 29 at the Dane Hansen Memorial Stadium. There are 339 eligible graduates at the present time, according to Claudine Wilcox, executive assistant to President Charles Dick. the This is a beautiful ceremony flags are flying and everyone is in robe. The graduates finally get to reap the rewards of their hard work and receive their degrees, Administrative Assistant to the Dean of Students . well-deserv- ed can keep this going. It is still art, but in another form. This issue of Ellipsis is designed to be read outdoors, Mangelson continued. It is more pleasurable for me to read a book than to look at a computer screen! Mangelson thanked Robin Larsen, his assistanteditor. She probably has read more poetry, except for Katie Coles, than anyone I have known, he said. I have enjoyed working on this! He also thanked the Forum for their advertisements and coverage of Ellipsis events. A reception then took place where everyone had the opportunity to visit with the staff and the contributors and to enjoy some of the food and beverages that were available. Dawn Kennally, staff member, commented on her participation in the production, The most fun part was being able to read poems and stories that I probably wouldnt have ever read. It piqued my interest in them and inspired me to probably write some of my own. Larsen said, We really had excellent work from the contributors. Those who were published and showed up tonight did a good job at presenting. The staff worked well together and made a great spring issue. I am very happy with it. Ellipsis: Literature and Art is published by the Associated Students of Westminster College with additional support from the Utah Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts. at commencement ceremony Karen Hendry said. Dr. Gary H. Quehl will be the speaker. He is the former president of the Council of Independent Colleges and the Council for the Advancement and Support of Educa-- ' tion. He is now the president of Gary H. Quehl Associates, a consulting firm for higher education. The Salt Lake Scotts Bagpipe Band and the Utah Brass Quintet (formerly Brass by Five) will provide the music. The Reverend France Davis, the pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church, will give the invocation. The Reverend Cheryl Moore will offer the benediction. The Bill and Vieve Gore Excellence in Teaching Award will be presented to a professor for outstanding work; last years recipient was Shirley Knox. Elder Hugh W. Pinnock, a former trustee, will receive an honorary doctorate of humane letters. Professor Robert Ingram will sing the national anthem and read the alma mater. The Womans Board of Westminster College will host a reception to honor the graduates immediately following the ceremony. The reception is open to all trustees, faculty, administrators, and the family, friends and guests of the gtfniiD eansiW) cllreiiijgi) Oti |