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Show THE FORUM Oct; 27, 2004 Aviation Awards are Presented David C. Canned Staff Writer The Westminster aviation department hosted the National Intercollegiate Flying Association Awards Banquet last Saturday in Gore. This is show off its program to the nation. Another event over the past couple of months for Westminster aviation is raising money to host the National Flying Association Awards. There were no donations or grants. The students and coaches raised money selling concessions at Stingers baseball games. I was amazing. Garn has over 12,000 hours of flying, and an aviation scholarship will be presented in his name. Westminster was given the safety award for its efforts in promoting aviation safety for the second time in a row. Westminster also took the top five places in aircraft preflight inspection. All of the team members placed in the top 10 for at least one event. one of the nations premiere aviation events it recognizes the best in the aviation field. According to Gail The Westminster aviaKlofstad, the Westminster tion department has had a aviation resource manager, Westminster students raised over lot of support from the Everything went really well and we are thankful to community, especially one have the opportunity to group. 99 Womens Pilots to host the National $10,000 is a local chapter that starthost such an event This ed in the 30s and helps gave Westminster a chance Intercollegiate Flying Association raise awareness and to invite schools such as money for the Colorado and Montana to surrounding proconcessions at selling Banquet bj the school. grams. How did the 99 The Westminster aviabaseball games. Stingers Women Pilots get their tion department has been name? Originally there up and running for only were only 99 women pilots three years now. In two in the world. Today there months the Westminster are thousands of women team, which consists of Over the season students four coaches and 10 team mempilots and they all share one raised over $10,000, enough to bers will go to nationals in thing, a love for flying and each other. host the event. Kolfstad said, Kansas for the first time. In the years to come, the You can see the dedication Competition is tough between aviation these kids have to their team. department hopes to colleges, and only the top 30 the success of this continue main events One of the teams get to compete in this last Saturday was when Sen. year. They would like to conevent Klofstad said, This is a tinue the reputation they have Jake Garn spoke to students, very exciting time for us and we developed. With hard work and look forward to nationals. alumni, and others about the dedication the team has a aviation program and its sucHosting such a grand event chance to be national champs.O cess. Klofstad said the speech gives Westminster a chance to , ecture Topic: Anti Americanism Jessica M. Shurtleff Staff Writer The causes of why it matters and what we can do about it are topics that Ambassador Theodore Kattouf will speak on in the Gore Auditorium Oct 28 at 8 p.m. will Rising be free for Westminster stuAnti-Americani- dents. Kattouf is president and chief executive officer of Amideast, the principal non- governmental organization, sponsoring exchange programs with the Middle East. He spent 30 years in the Foreign Service, primarily in the Arab world, and was ambassador to Syria and the United Arab Emirates. Kattouf s visit has been coordinated by the Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy and funded by a grant by the American Academy of Diplomacy in partnership with Westminster College. The Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy is dedicated to bridging cultural barriers n through international person-to-persoexchanges. Since 1967 they have brought over 5,000 world leaders to Utah. Kattouf will address ques- tions and concerns about around the world and draw upon his extensive experience in the Middle East in his lecture. He will put those attitudes into the context of Sanaa, one year as deputy chief of mission, and one year as several decades of charge daffaires, a.i. Kattouf returned to the United States in U.S.-Ar- ab relations involving issues such conas the flict, Lebanon, collapsed peace talks, and misperceptions on Israeli-Palestini- an both sides. Fluent in Arabic, Kattouf served 21 years of his 31 year Foreign Service career at U.S. embassies in the Arab world. He observed firsthand how the events of 911 and its after-matincluding the wars in -- h, Afghanistan and Iraq, sharply affected regional attitudes towards the United States. Kattouf was born in Altoona, Pa. After graduating from the Pennsylvania State University in 1968, he served for three and a half years in the United States Army infantry, rising to the rank of Captain. He then joined the Foreign Service in 1972. From 1973 to 1975, Kattouf served in Kuwait and then attended the Foreign Service Arabic Language Program in Beirut and Tunis before being assigned as a political officer to Damascus. He then returned to the United States to serve as a Middle East analyst in the State Department He worked as an international relations officer in the departments Near East Bureau until 1982. From 1983 to 1986, he served in Baghdad as deputy chief of mission. He served in 1988 to serve as director of the Office of Lebanon, Jordan and Syrian Affairs. In 1992, he returned overseas, first as deputy chief of mission in Damascus, then as deputy chief of mission in Riyadh, where he served from 1995 to 1998. President Clinton nominated Kattouf as ambassador to the United Arab Emirates and he was confirmed by the Senate in September 1998. He was then nominated by President Bush as ambassador to Syria and confirmed by the Senate in August 2001. On Sept. 2, 2003, he became president and CEO of Amideast. During his career Kattouf has received the Cobb Award for outstanding advocacy efforts on behalf of U.S. companies abroad, two Meritorious Honor Awards, four Senior Performance Awards, and one Presidential Honor Award. He was also named runner-u- p as DCM of the Year for 1996. With the elections right around the corner, this will be a great opportunity for Westminster Students to hear from this renowned political 3 Into the Woods McGann. This show is bigger in every single way possible, the set,- cast, technical side is all overwhelming and thats what makes this a good show. For every show at Westminster, each student gets two free tickets. The cost for a student ticket is $7, so when Megan L. Hoskins Staff Writer - Westminster Colleges Theatrical Department will be performing the magical musical Into the Woods at Jewett Center for the Performing Arts Nov. 6 and 3 start4-- 11-1- you go to pick up your tickets at the cashier office, you must leave a check for the right amount. When you go to the play, you can pick up the check that you left for collateral at the box office. However, if you end up not going to the play, you will not be refunded your ing at 7:30 p.m., with a matinee on Nov. 6 at 2 p.m. Into the Woods is a delightful musical about fairy tales and what happens after happily ever after. While the faces and names are familiar, Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood and Rapunzel, the stories take on a darker tone as they intersect through unexpected plot twists. This is one of the most entertaining' shows that we have ever put on here at Westminster, said Michael Vought. This is also one of the strongest casts weve had. I have never had such an easy job as a director as with this show, there is so much talent. Into the Woods will be the first play performed since the new Jewett Center for the Performing Arts has reopened. This musical is full money. . of magnetic energy and incredible voices to go along with the upbeat music There is a lot of talent in this cast which has made the process that much more enjoyable. The energy behind this show has been amazing, said stage manager Kirsten This makes it a lot easier on us to make sure that we know how many people will actually be attending. We have had so much confusion over the years and we feel that this will be a good solution for everyone, said Vought Since it is free and there are no excuses, every student should make a point to come see this incredible upbeat comedic musical. We have such a great cast, anyone would be crazy to miss this one, said Vought. Musicals always sell out so dont waste any time. For more information on this play or tickets, you can go to www.westminster college.edu or contact the box office at 832-2438- .0 Poetry Series Oct. 28 Dr. Johnson has a doctorate in Renaissance literature from the University of California, Berkeley. Her poems have Westminster Colleges Weeks appeared in various magazines and journals including The New Poetry Series will continue on Yorker magazine. She is the Thursday, Oct. 28, from 7 to 9 author of heviathanwith a p.m. in the Dumke Student ' Hook a collection of poems Theatre in Jewett, featuring readabout spring love, ings by Ales Debeljak Johnsons poem, fruit and Christian and Kimberly Johnson. with the burst symbolism. Debeljak is the flora and fauna of Amazon.coms author of several poeta magnificently review of Leviathan ry and prose colleclandimagined with a Hook said, tions, including City and scape gain and the Child and Johnsons poems their from power with die flora burst Anxious Moments. the incomparable and fauna of a magAccording to L. Goss Staff Writer Sheena White Pine Press, publ- language she uses to describe it. nificently imagined ishers of City and the landscape, and gain Amazon.com their power from the Child, this collection incomparable lanof sonnets was guage she uses to describe it inspired by the birth of According to Westminsters Debeljaks daughter. He wrote Web site, Debeljaks and nothing from 1990 to 1995, but after the birth of his daughter, Johnsons poetry readings will be followed by a reception and he created this collection of sonnets. figure free of charge. It is sure to be a packed audience so get As said by Eurozim.com an Internet magazine, Debeljak was bom in 1961 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Along with being a published writer, Debeljak also chairs the cultural studies program at the there early.CJ University of Ljubljana. book signing. The poetry series is made possible by an Anne Newman Sutton Weeks endowment Also helping to fund the event this year is a grant from Salt Lake Countys Zoo, Arts and Parks program.CJ |