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Show 1840 Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2004 c ' S. 1300 E. Salt Lake City, UT 84105 c Volume XXXVII Issue 1 Vi mi - ( l;i,i WESTMINSTER COLLEGE . ii. jLT fc Jewett Center Freshmen Orient to Life at Westminster Tara AdditionTriples ArtSpace Trenna Ahlstrom Staff Writer The award-winin- Emma Eccles g Jones Conservatory is a newly completed addition to the Jewett Center for the Performing Arts that triples the space available for students to perform. The Council of Educational Facilities Planners International awarded Westminster College a merit award for outstanding architecture and design in education for the Emma Eccles Jones Conservatory at its Southwest Regional Conference. What this building gives is students our facilities, said Dr. Chris Quinn, associate music professor. It also fills a niche for us because we have a professional state-of-the-- art recording studio. The professional recording studio is unlike any in the state, said Quinn. The Emma Eccles Jones houses also the Conservatory Dumke Student Theatre, a 1 The Jane McCarthy Grand Staircase and Gallery offers students a larger venue to display their art than has previously existed at Westminster. We are excited about the new space, said senior Tyler Jensen, an art major. Before we had mathematically half as much space to hang our art. Im excited that there is room to hang more than one piece per person, said senior Jamie Workman, also an art major. The sloped walls and ceilVieve Gore ings in the 285-seConcert Hall are designed to promote sound quality. I have visited other colleges and universities, and these facilities are better than what Ive seen in other schools, said Alex Runolfson, a first-yestudent at Westminster. CS at ar J ff Hair Staff Writer Freshman students and their parents were welcomed to Westminster College with the 2004 Freshman Orientation beginning Saturday, Aug. 21. The four-da-y event, held partly on the Westminster campus and partly in the Uinta Mountains, included faculty speakers, getting to know you sessions, camping and lots of food. The goal of freshman orientation is to help the students with the transition academically and socially, said Deb Vickery, freshman orientation coordinator. Its their time to leave home and venture out. An extra day was added to the orientation this year to fit in more parent sessions and getting to know you sessions for the students. The getting to know you sessions allowed the incoming freshmen to meet with the student ambassadors and fellow freshmen. They played games and participated in activities designed to push them out of their comfort zone and meet new people. sesA question-and-answwith various professors was sion also included to give the students an idea of what their classes and professors will be like as they pre er Nick Newman and Chris Short jam with Student Ambassadors during lunch break at Mill Hollow on Aug. 23. pare for their first semester. Freshman Orientation makes the first day of class less scary because they already know said Megan Betty people, Williams, freshman orientation student coordinator and student ambassador team leader. The extra day was also pro vided to allow the students more time to prepare for the upcoming semester. This way they dont need to rush and can be college kids and just chill out, Williams said. Students finished their final errands such as paying tuition, purchasing books, getting a park ing pass and student identification cards. In the second half of orientation, the parents said goodbye to their young adults and the students were off to an overnight trip at Mill Hollow in the Uinta Mountains. They spent the day with the student ambassadors participating in team building activities and getting to know their classmates. They also had the opportunity to hike with some of the Westminster faculty members. Freshman orientation is not only designed to help the students with the transition from high school to college, but to help the parents let go as their child ventures off into the real world. We had many parent sessions, said Williams, which, I believe, made parents feel like they are a better part of the community. Parents discussed any concerns they may have had and got any questions answered. Many parents send their children off to school without even knowing what the campus looks like, stated John Rakowski, student ambassador. Freshman orientation helps not only the students, but the parents really get a feel for Westminster College and the community. Freshman orientation is See Orientation pg. 8 50-se- at theater. black-bo- x L. Procession Opens New Year For Students, Faculty Kate D. Pappas Staff Writer Students lined the sidewalk and filled the white pavilion on the southwest side of Westminster campus Wednesday morning to celebrate the opening of the school year. Bagpipers from the Utah 2004-200- 5 Pipe Band led the procession of teachers and faculty donning black robes with their respective colored tassels. The coolest thing about convocation is always the bag pipes its the Braveheart vibe, said senior Basil Eisenman. It makes me want to salute something worthwhile, or go out fighting. That Braveheart vibe was familiar for students who bat - CSPage 3 Entertainer Mad Chad juggled chainsaws and breast implants at the first Wild Wednesday activity. For the past 10 years, Westminster has been dis- tled for a parking spot. The obvious lack of parking is only one of many new physical changes for the college. The Emma Eccles Jones Conservatory is open. The new information commons is open and the writing center in the tinctively recognized by U.S. News & World Report top-ti- er insti- tution. Now, its time for Westminster to be recognized nationally as an exemplary community of Giovale library is ready for student use. What used to be parking ground for students on the west side of the campus is now the construction site of the new Health, Wellness and Athletic learners. quoted Ernest Boyer, former president of the Carnegie Foundation, to illustrate his shared ideals of an exemplary college. He explained that one needs to be an open community, a just community, a disciplined community, one that celebrates communities and one that is distinctive and purposeful. In addition to Rovers list, Bassis Bassis Building. But President Michael Bassis said there is much more than physical changes at the college, There is, I believe, a change in the way we think about the college. The strategic plan he referred to is a series of goals as a and initiatives to create an attitude of what Westminster seeks to become. See Convocation pg. 8 |
