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Show p9twC'i&tiqpr - b wmc y.'-v-- ' "P Westminster College of.Salt Lake City .' t ' .. -- f . I L. "i " & i eiwfrr'rf -- i , ; . ? r ' , ' ' V ' t.c.;A';i;i Aly .ydlut' ' . i &r M 4 r h- fThursday, October 1 9, 1995 . . ,;. 4 A Class Act by Krista Pauli Forum staff writer So, whats the Forum? James Leap asked as he glanced down at my name badge. Its the school newspaper, I replied. So ( J. - sweater thrown over his shoulders. The pipe and crew cut are no longer with him, however. I told my wife I would not come back with a crew cut no matter what, said Hogben. Peg had lost her Then and Now ' V ?'.v A fv - w ',' ' t ,? '"i t.s , tAA I , 4 : u - V ,1 ,yK '" . """ ! t v a",? x T k. V? ft- Lz j, f r s Wl s V - , , ' A ,"-,- ' r , : JW'H t """"'""'Ir f x ' J i v- f 4 .,.Mr P r' . V jl -- &$ ; a-'..- ,v. i i - yKV: .i J f ?' f- i. z W ;, -v ' : ' r ' '' t VolumkXXXVIIEdssiie; - 60s Reunion . Hogben said that she was amazed at all the activity going on around the campus, especially in the evening. She was surprised by how many people are taking evening classes. In the 60s, cam- pus activities included playing cards, spoons, doing puzzles and playing canasta. Kids now just wind up sitting there in front of the tube, they dont interact, they cant converse, they dont have any social skills, said Peg. Saturday evening a dinner and dance were held at the Salt Lake Hilton Hotel. The local band to graduate during the decade of the 60s was approximately 1,000. In 1995, the total students enrolled in the college number 2,100. Fifty-fiv- e students registered for the reunion, many of them from the class of 1964. It was a good year, Leap said. Other differences on campus in the 60s included a football team, and a basketball team, both named the Parsons. The newspaper was also called The Parson. was called the Parsons, said Leap. Of course, at that time the school had a reliwith the affiliation gious Presbyterian Church, and the students were also required to attend Everything Brothers, provided the music of the 60s for the alumni to twist to. As far as this reporter knows, no injuries were reported Chapel every Wednesday in the as a result of the dancing. Payne Gymnasium. A brunch held at Shaw Center Leap wrote a column for the Leaping to Sunday morning concluded the newspaper titled It was a column reunion. President Peggy Stock Conclusions. about the and talked alumni, political problems. greeted about future plans for Westminster - I was the original Dave Barry, said Leap. So, what year did the College. number of students college change the name of the The total Just-U- s newspaper? The Forum made its debut September, 1982, much to the chagrin of the students. In an article written by Kathleen Hammond titled Parsons Death Hammond Shocks Campus, The name, explained that, the archaic connotes Parson, image of a protestant minister inconsistent with Westminsters standing since 1974. The name, Forum, which means, a medium for open discussion, is more appropriate to journalism than connotations raised by the name Parson. I guess the old saying, You learn something new everyday, is true. It was a very educational weekend for me, and I didnt even go to class. Well, yes I did, sort of. I attended a real Class Act. non-sectari- an on-goi- ng Graduates from the 60s reunited at Westmisnter the weekend of Oct. Student Body President circa 1964 Mike Hogben is pictured here smoking his pipe in front of Foster Hall (left) in 64, and again at the reunion in Syme Lounge. 6-- 8. when did they change the name of the newspaper? He queried again. Since I honestly didnt know, I told him Id have to find out. That was just one of the differences I discovered about the Westminster College of the 1960s, compared to the Westminster College of today. The Westminster alumni of the 60s held their class reunion the weekend of Oct. 6 through Oct. 8. The reunion began with a wine and cheese reception in the Shaw Center Friday, Oct. 6. There were hugs, handshakes and a few tears. The usual jokes about hair loss, hair color (natural or dyed), and weight gain were thrown around. Occasionally someone would shriek with delight when they recognized an old classmate. It promised to be a fun reunion. A Class Act was the theme for the reunion. The cover of the invitations featured a copy of a picture from the 1964 yearbook of class president Mike Hogben, sporting a crew-cu- t, pipe, coat and tie. When I saw that hair, that pipe, and coat, I just knew I had to get here somehow, said Leap. Hogben and his wife Peg, both Westminster graduates, attended; Mike was still looking very preppie with his white bouffant hairdo also. We would go over to Dean and Carls; it was the beauty shop over there on 21 st, and I think Dean still has that. We would go over there and get our hair done, and the whole idea was to get it as big and bushy as possible. God, big hair. Oh god, it was said Peg. Several alumni gathered at Tanner Plaza Saturday afternoon to paint the picnic tables. The alumni wanted to work on some awful, type of campus improvement project while they were here. Saturday was a free day for the alumni. Some went on tours of the city or campus, and some painted. Tanner Plaza didnt exist in the 60s either. There used to be a road that ran in front of Converse, on the west side. The students called it the Burma road. It was full of potholes, like somebody had bombed it. Thats where the name came from, said Hogben. Peg Hogben, who was here last year at this time, was going to meet a friend for dinner in front of Converse Hall. As far as she is concerned, the front of Converse is on the west side, on the old Burma Road. Her friend was waiting for her on 13th East. They finally figured it out, and eventually found each other. Extraterrestrials Identified on Campus by Matt Kitterer Forum staff writer Although it was not advertised this way, prizes were given to all those who came to watch the ASWC sponsored viewing of E.T. and Aliens. There were enough prizes I ASWC that even won a President Jed Arveseth said. The UFO Week began with rt, the Friday night screening of these classics in Gore, very appropriately named for this occasion. Westminster students were also treated to 2 for 1 night at Hansen Planetarium for Mondays 5:30 and 7 p.m. shows. In capping off the week, UFO expert and main attraction Robert Hastings gave his identifying testimony, backed by 22 years of research prompted by his own sighting. Hastings claimed he would prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the enormous number of UFO sightings reported in the 20th century are valid. Hastings said the question at hand was government secrecy. The government has feared a public reaction would be similar to the response of millions of Americans when they heard Orson Wells, War of the Worlds. As a Air Force the activwitnessed brat, Hastings unidentified flying ity of an object from a radar tower. This sighting is what began his interest in UFOs and uncovering what he says the United States government has so frantically and successfully attempted to cover up with answers such as, atmospheric illusions or marsh gas. As a prelude to his slide show, Hastings referred to his presentation as grass-roopublic information. Take it or leave it. The highlights of the slide show the featured Great Northeastern Blackout where a couple driving a long stretch of rural highway lost their memory for about two hours and at the ts same time the entire Northeastern United States lost electricity due to a power surge. Other points of interest were former President Jimmy Carters UFO experience when he was the governor of Georgia, and the most recently touted and publicized dead extraterrestrial beings recovered in Roswell, New Mexico. The reaction of Westminster students was positive. It was informative and unbiased, without any prejudice and extraneous material, said Bill Mouskondis. Nick Athens said , Its CIA disinformation to throw us all off. Over 130 curious people attended the lecture. Of those 130 plus, 50 were students. Its a good thing O.J. cancelled. ASWC Senator Yevgeny Pcvzncr said as the reason for the high attendance. ter |