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Show wa 1011 Phones are Hell Phones When Put in the Wrong Hands cell Steve Peterson phone seems to er an individual. Throughout history, empowerment has Staff Writer of always been a good thing -- the most important people in the world, always needed by someone, somewhere. They always know how to irk me whether its the guy whose phone rings in the theater to muffle the onscreen dialogue women gaining the right to vote after years of sexual Cell phone users are some - 4 right when its revealed where Ashton Kutcher and Sean William Scotts car really was, or the elderly woman in line at the grocery store whos shouting into the phone about Grandpa Willie having his colon scoped, or the lady driving way below the speed limit (and in two lanes) on the highway. Yes, I hate them all. The thing that makes my blood boil is that owning a , Staff Writer of 1997, a group of Westminster students trusty cell phone and calls for assistance. That way they never have to learn how to fix the problem themselves. inequality', blacks going in the case of safe driving, which is only regulated by federal law, cell phones Or against ethnic oppression to achieve their civil rights, little Macaulay Culkin divorcing his parents because they thought they knew what was best for their child. are causing already attention-challenge- d drivers to drive even worse than before. It seems that theyre finding it hard to maintain a conversation, the speed limit and the space in a single lane. Fortunately, the thoughtful and caring cellular service corporations invented With cell phones though, is not a good thing. This is because nt users feel so important that they continually disregard societal norms, such as personal independence and safe driving. cell-pho- ne For instance, if some people are out after dark and then suddenly find that their car wont start, they wont 4 law-abidi- ng corporation representatives like the trenchcoat-vvearin- g communication adapters. These adapters still allow people to talk on their Sprint PCS guy, or the bespectacled Verizon Can you hear me now? dude. Without their representatives, the phones while driving, except that now both of their hands cellular telephone corporations will no longer have any hands-fre- e , are free to grasp the steering would wheel. That wav, thev at least be physically in control of their car while breaking the rules of the road. If people continue to disavow the things deemed acceptable by society', the world could descend into anarchy. As a sometime social conformist, I cant allow that to happen. Ill just have to put an end to cellular service. My plan involves getting rid of the cellular service easy-to-relate-- to means of connecting to the common, evervdav citi- zen. This will begin a chain reaction of events leading to the collapse of the entire 0 4 global communications network. It will be like a world minus the apocalypse. The world will post-apocalvpt- ic still descend into anarchy, but it will be better to get it over with. People will yearn to communicate once again, and messages will have more value than they did before, when cell phones trivialized personal communication. A hero (myself, of course) will rise amid the ensuing disorder to ride a horse between cities to deliver mail in a manKevin Costner-esqu- e ner. I will become the most important person in the world. 05 Anderton and his pupil played by Lizzy Anderson. The professor starts off Jade Jensen In the fall bother to figure out what the problem is. Bam! One of them just pulls out his or her empow- and alumni created a theatre project to showcase their talents and love of theater. Thus Wasatch Theater Company was born. Since the beginning, Wasatch has had many ups and downs struggling along the way but have pulled through. And recently Wasatch has gained a lot of community and media attention, being named in Salt m teaching his pupil the basics, like addition, but soon grows annoyed that she is so uneducated in areas like subtraction. 'The plot was sarcastic and funny, but extremely disturbing in the end. It left me thinking What just pened? The second hap- play, The Primary English Class by Israel Horovitz, is about a brand new English teacher and her very first class with a played Yoko in Wasatch Theater Company's The Primary Class." English Aiko Toma Lake City Weeklys Best of Utah 2000 edition. Wasatch Theatre Company is currently performing two plays. The first is The Lessons, by Eugene Ionesco, takes place in a professors office in France in the 1950s. It starts off nice enough with a sweet Professor played by Kit group of extremely absurd students from around the world. In her sad attempt to teach these misunderstood students who dont speak English, the. playwright is trying to send out a message of tolerance. In the end it made me frustrated and intolerant . myself. F left feeling a little dis- - I turbed and completely speechless but it absolutely kept you thinking about the plays for the rest of the evening. I think was their goal for the audience. You can catch these two plays every Friday and Saturday night starting at . 7:30 p.m. until Nov. 22. The plays are staged at the Columbus Center, 2531 South and 500 East. Tickets are $7 for adults and $6 for senior citizens and children under 12. Wasatch is also accepting donations in order, to put on future productions. You can send your donations to Wasatch Theater Company at 1430 Van Buen Ave., Salt Lake City, UT 84104. With every donation you will be highlighted on the companys Wall of Donors. 05 |