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Show The Forum Page4 April 16, 2003 Terranova Delights at Last Reading of the Year In her poem Sand Terranova expressed her awe at seeing a Emma Ryder Staff Writer While introducing Elaine Terranova on Thursday, Natasha Saj described her as a poets poet who combines meticulous craft with a wide range of subjects. Indeed, Terranova covered a vast range of material while reading her work in Nunemaker Place. Terranova read poems about her early childhood memories and then moved to one inspired by an obsession with looking at sand. Terranova opened her reading with The Rocking Chair, the same work that opens her first book of poems. Later in her reading, Terranova moved from less domestic-theme- d poetry to some slightly more obscure. monks sand painting almost invisibly fly apart with the wipe of his sleeve. The domestic tones the first half of the dur-rin- g read- ing were quickly forgotten when Terranova began to read poetry about the dangers of living in Philadelphia. Terranova told the packed house that she did not want them to think that Philadelphia was totally dangerous. The poems from her latest book, A Dogs Heart, had darker tones than the poems read earlier in the evening. Feral Girl Found in a Suburban House spoke of the horrors a young child went through while strapped to a small toilet in a closet. Terranova rounded out the evening with a collection of unpublished poems. She told the audience she was reluctant to read the poems because she did not know how people would react. Terranova concluded her reading with Silent Retreat. The people sitting stood and those already standing stood a little taller to thank her for the wonderful evening of poetry. Terranovas reading was the last for the 2002-200- 3 Anne Newman Sutton Week Poetry Series, c Heart, at Thursday night s reading. Flight Program Soars Ellipsis Celebrates New Edition Matt Luers Staff Writer At Westminster for over 30 years, it wasnt until recently that the Aviation Program began to really make a name for itself. Three years ago, the aviation department received a grant and was able to move into to what is now the . Westminster College Flight Operations Center, located next to the Salt Lake International Airport. The Flight Operations Center boasts a 22,000 hangar, which is home to the 1 5 planes. The fleet includes 1 1 Archers (sin- square-fo- ot gle engine, fixed gear planes,) two Arrows (singles engine, retractable gear planes,) one Seminole (a twin engine, retractable gear plane,) and one Micco SP-2- 6 (an aerobatic plane.) All planes are no more than three years old, and are replaced after their first engine overhaul. This ensures that students are always flying fresh planes, said Flight Operations Coordinator Gail Klofstad. The Flight Operations Center, which is open seven days a week, also has instructor cubicles, a classroom, staff offices and one flight simulator. The center hosts Saturday classes. Students enrolled in the Aviation Program are allowed two labs, or flights, per week. Currently, there are about 90 students enrolled in the program. The center has 1 1 full time instructors and five part-tim- e instructors. Most of the instructors have been with the program for two years or more. The program is also trying something new this summer. The Aviation Challenge Camp is an opportunity for high school students to fly the new planes and meet the leading professionals in the field. The camp is during the week of July 13. Students will stay on Westminsters campus and each student will recieve two flight lessons. The program still has room Weve experienced continued growth in the program since we moved into the Flight Operations Center, said Klofstad, who added that the ideal enrollment for the program would be between 1 50-1students. The program has been safe as well. On May 14, the center will celebrate 1000 days in operation and, if everything remains the same, 1000 days of accident to grow. 75 Safety is our number one concern, said Klofstad. 05 free operation. and 100 fiction submissions. Miranda Taft However, being accepted is not an easy task. During the three-mont- h Contributing Writer The Westminster College liter- ary magazine, Ellipsis... Literature & Art," will unveil its newest edition in the Jewett Conservatory on April 18 at 7:30 p.m. All students and staff are invited to attend the event. The debut, which will include music and refresh- ments, will feature the writers and artists who contributed to the annual magazine. Guests are also invited to read their favorite piece from the magazine during the open microphone period. Two award-winnin- g pieces this will be featured in years edition, W. Brooke Jarretts poem Abdication is the Academy of American Poets award winner, and Joanna Straughns piece The Others won the Ellipsis prize. This years magazine highlights the work by local artist Jacqui Larsen. Her paintings Organ Grinder and Rapture of the Deep appear on the front and back covers of the magazine. Larsens work was previously selected as the cover piece for the 1999 magazine. Each year, the Ellipsis staff receives hundreds of submissions from around the world. This year. Editor Emily Workman says the magazine received roughly 1 200 poetry reading period, which lasts from August 1 to November 1, the staff selects about 1 percent of submissions to actually appear in the magazine. The authors of the pieces are paid an honorarium for their work. However, the Ellipsis is lacking in student submissions. The staff stresses the need for students to contribute their work. Ellipsis is an important part of the Westminster community, Workman said. We give students a chance to work on the staff of a literary magazine as well as have their work in addition to Workman and Advisor Natasha Saj, included Fiction Editor Jessie Gravatt (who will be next years editor), Poetry Editor Angela Toscano, Business Manager Amber Aboobaker and Production Editor Cheri Wimmer. Although the class was left out of the fall class schedule book, students are invited to join the Ellipsis staff. The class, worth one credit hour, is held Mondays from noon to 1 p.m. Students can ' register for the course under 326 ENGL. published. This years editorial staff, QUOTE OF THE WEEK Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. -- M.K. Gandhi |