OCR Text |
Show mum of Salt Lake City Westminster College " :Y11 Volume XXXVII Tuesday, October 18, 1994 THIS ISSUE: IN Craig Glidden chosen to work as new assistant art professor page 3. October 27 designated Him Off the Violence Day page 5. R.E.M. releases a new album page 6. Monster Issue 5 bis Brown brings ary saxophonist Boyrbon Street soiand baok to Westiminster Lege dairy hh by Christopher Thomas Forum Staff Writer Following what has been touted as one of the greatest concerts of his career, Bourbon Streets Gary Brown will be returning to Westminster for another rhythm and blues extravaganza. Referred to by many as the black Kenny G, Brown made his Salt Lake debut last year to a standing room only crowd in Nunemak-e- r place' and called his first Utah trip amazing and terrific, more than I expected. According to Dr. Susan Cottier, the New Orleans native was amazed by the reception of the appreciative crowd and is looking forward to this years return. Following the concert he said it was one of the best experiences he has ever had. He said it was one of the greatest crowds he had ever played for, Cottier said. Brown, who was accompanied music he recordby taped back-u- p ed before the concert, will be accompanied by The Tempo Timers in Paine Gymnasium. The larger venue is expected to accompany Browns participatory style. The audiences involvement is as important to him as hitting the right note. Cottier said. ASWC President Jed Arveseth organized this years concert through Cottier, who has a personal contact with Brown. He came last year and presented a fantastic concert to a packed crowd, and it was a natural idea to bring him back, Arveseth said. Cottier said Browns concert is a rare opportunity to experience an art form that is somewhat unfamiliar to Salt Lake. It is the best opportunity for Westminster students to be exposed to a performance style and genre than any other event. This gig features one of the best saxophone players in the country, Cottier said. Brown, who recorded the instrumental track to Grease and is credited on albums by Dionne Warwick, the Bee Gees and Joe Cocker, will be preforming Friday, Oct. 21 , at 8 p.m. Prior to the concert a Bayou Buffet, featuring Cajun style food will be available in the Shaw Center for $5.99. The ASWC sponsored concert is free to Westminster students and $5 for the general public. In addition to the event, Brown will present a lecture entitled The Evolution of Jazz: 1930s to Present on Oct. 20 at 9:15 a.m. in Converse 101. If people dont come theyre Cottier said, If you cant make it to New Orleans, its okay were bringing it here to crazy, Lennon's death makes social ripples 14 years later by John Wells Forum Staff Writer based on several years of research probing into the medias discourse on On Dec 8, 1980, John Lennon was shot four times outside his New York apartment and died en route to a hospital. His killer, Mark Chapman, was found sitting at the scene reading J.D. murder Salingers The Catcher in the Rye. He was arrested without incident. Fourteen year later Dr. Fred Fogo lectured on topics from his new book I Read the News Today: The Social Drama of John Lennons Death. The book is Chapmans act. John Lennon was killed by a stranger we had come to know only too well in the 1960s the lone assassin, who, lacking a sense of who he is, shops among artifacts of our culture to fashion a character, said Fogo. Defining Chapman in these terms created a unique problem for a grieving sixties generation seeking to accommodate its earlier ideals with the reality of adulthood. As Fogo explains, Those bits and pieces of culture out of which he attempted to create himself were same often the symbols, and practices that metaphors, defined and united the sixties generation. Lennons Killer: Entitled, The Nowhere Man, Fogo said writings on Chapman dismissed any place for Chapman in the sixCommunitas ties communitas. does not merge identities; rather identities are released from adherence to social norms and then share an emotional sense on communion via symbols and practices. Chapman, the nowhere man, obviously had no place in this communitas and was clearly set apart from these conditions. Fogo identifies the discussions and surrounding Chapman a as death Lennons generational tale allowing a generation to tell itself stories about itself. According to Fogo, this condition represents the beginning of the redress phase of a social drama which continues today. As defined by anthropologist Victor Turner, the redressive phase is a site for the creating, reformulating, and testing of cultural meaning. X&j$rr - itf-Bourbon Friday, Streets Gary Brown will Oct 21 at 8 p.m. Brown The Tempo Timers. If you perform in Paine Gymnasium will be backed by local jazz artists cant make it to New Orleans were bringing it here to Westminnyr said The lecture ended with a question and answer period which dealt various other aspects of Lennons death. Some people wanted to compare Lennon and Elvis. There were questions regarding Dr. Fogos personal experiences in the 1960s. And, the relationship of Lennons death and the classic Greek tragedy was discussed. Perhaps most important was the final question which dealt with with Dr. its okay, Susan Cottier. current popular culture and the lack of a figure as powerful as Lennon. Society is to segmented, said Fogo. There is no cultural fertility for widespread feeling to take place. However, he added his belief that our generation can surmakpass the sixties generation in We world. in a the ing difference could stop and get good jobs whenever we wanted to; you dont have a choice. Westminster honors Attorney Generals Office Legal Assistant Certificate Program Blain Forum Staff Writer by Alan Westminster College and its Legal Assistant Certificate Program recently honored the Utah attorney generals office for promoting the professionalism and effective use of legal assistants. The award was given August at graduation ceremonies for the Legal Assistant Certificate Program where eleven students received certificates of completion. In a letter accepting the award. Attorney General Jan Graham said, I am aware of the significant contributions that the Westminster Legal Assistant Program makes to the legal community....Wc greatly benefit from our superior trained Westminster legal assistants and 19, 1994 lecture in Gore Auditorium interns. The graduation address presents award was McConkie, an of Constitutional law since 1990. You are graduating in an exciting and rapidly expanding profession, McConkie said. The number of paralegals will grow from 80,000 to 168,000 nationwide in the next few years. McConkie further stressed that the formal training the students had received is only the first step in the long journey to success. Now it is time for you to integrate the more abstract knowledge that you have learned in an educational setting with the practical realities of practicing law" he said. He concluded his remarks by telling the graduates, If you do so, I promise you your profession and life itself will be invigorating, enriching, and interesting. given by James W. instructor self-sustainin-g, Russell Kearl was selected by the program graduates for the faculty award. Kearl is presently serving as judicial law clerk for the Honorable Bruce S. Jenkins, U.S. District Judge for the District of Utah. Kearl also teaches legal research and writing and has been with the program since its inception in 1980. The Legal Assistant Certificate Program at Westminster is an 11 month evening program which provides students with the legal knowledge and skills to work effectively under the supervision of an attorney. The program stresses good written and oral communication skills, computer literacy, litigation support, and legal research. The program is accredited by the American Bar Association. -- |