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Show r... THE FORUM April 13, 2005 It aramie Project Continues Run Lecture Series Ends Laramie Project Continued from pg. With Student Film 1 Corbin Layton, Alison Lewis, Yancey J. Quick, Rebecca Ray and Tami Silvester. Patrick Kibbie, assisted by Michelle M. Leo, directed the production. From Laramie students to religious leaders, The Laramie Project presents various points of view about many issues that remain alive today, including hate crimes, homosexuality, the death penalty and human rights. Much of the material explored in the play deals with how the actions of a few human beings can affect the rest of the world. The Westminster production, with a cast that includes former and current students from Westminster and other Utah schools, is brilliandy performed. The hard work of the actors, directors and stage crew is apparent in all aspects of the performance. The material left the audience with deeper thoughts toward being human, while evoking many personal emotions and opinions. Kibbie is proud of the student actors, who worked hard to put together a meaningful production. The play was difficult to stage, said t V nsr1 Tara L. Hair Staff Writer 4 W ' fryMutittmi '! i Our Stories, Our Selves, V 4 i yp 41 4? v 211 jm0f V" . s' o Aaron Adams as Jedadhia Schultz in The Laramie Project. Tickets for the play are $8 for the general public and $5 for students and seniors. The cast has made a great effort to put faces with Kibbie. the many names involved. They have put their hearts and souls into this project, Kibbie added. The Laramie Project will run again from April 14- - Research Fair April p.m. in the Dumke Student Theater. Tickets are $8 for the general public and $5 for students and seniors. Westminster students, faculty and staff may reserve two free tickets by calling the box office at 16 at 7:30 832-2457.- 05 15 Contest how to present academic work experiences in a formal Emily A. Brown Staff Writer setting; receive feedback from Staff Writer scholars in their field; learn how to write an abstract; Once again, Westminster Westminsters Office of the exchange ideas with other College will host the Marilyn Provost will present the fifth undergraduate scholars; and Scharine Speech Competition work their annual Undergraduate pubmaybe have on Thursday, April 14 at 6 p.m. lished in Myriad, Research Fair on April 15 in in the Gore Auditorium. Westminster Colleges online the Gore Auditorium foyer, In this event, sponsored by from 2 p.m. undergraduate research jourthe speech department, students nal, said The will Chase. get a chance to stand on Undergraduate rThe with started Fair their soapboxes for cash prizes Students Research Fair and campus-wid- e recognition. a few presentations and can present began in the from Various students their of 2001, projects spring in the Foster posters either verbalSpeech 111 classes are invited and last spring has . and or volunteer to participate in faculty lounge ly or on a was the first the competitime the fair grown to include dozens poster. 10 are students tion. About This was open to all year of projects the in we have 25 expected to participate undergraduate competition to showcase their Westminster posters and Chase 12 paper speaking talents. students. Mary Jane As Brian Pilling, commuentries, said The fair nication A few Chase. professor and a represets a platform sentative of the colleges of the poster entries will for students from the School the include: Exploring speech program states, Most of Arts and Sciences, and (competitors) are students who allows them to share their Reality of Attention Deficit do not have a background in Disorder Attention Deficit research and work with the speaking, so this gives them a Westminster community. Hyperactivity Disorder and chance to show off their skills. The effects on Glucose The Fair started with a We use this event to sort Concentration on Extra few presentations and posters showcase the work students of in the Foster faculty lounge Sensory Perception Gene have done throughout the and has grown to include Expression in Enterococcus. semester, said Pilling. Students dozens of projects, said Among the paper entries will present persuasive speechto be presented this year are Mary Jane Chase, dean of the their classes in die from es Woodstock A Compilation school of arts and sciences. competition. Topics range Yesterdays Music as Todays The research fair is an allfrom homelessness to volunand Black Dreams Society day event, and all participants work to lowering the teer of Spain, Anarchism and the are required to be under the drinking age. Spanish Revolution. guidance of a faculty member. Prizes will be presented to come! a Please Its great It the fair celebrates first-, second- - and third-plac- e the acaevent and very exciting to see and recognizes high-levwinners. First place will what your fellow students demic achievement of receive $100, runner-u- p will have been doing. Theyve Westminster College students. receive $50, and second runnworked hard and deserve a As a result of their research will receive $25.05 and this fair, students learn good audience, said Chase. OS er-up Nelson T. Emeric race, discrimination, family traditions and sexuality. They also discuss how they are perceived, their experiences with culture and identity, and what they would like us a to learn from them. film by documentary The lessons these wonWestminster College student derful people have to teach are Alison Marelli, premiered the absolutely priceless, said 5 in Gore the of April evening Marelli. We were so fortuSchool of Business nate to find such a diverse Auditorium. group of people. It was the fourth and final Sinju is from Africa and event in this years KeyBank had a difficult time adjusting Cultural to American Diversity traditions. He Lecture Series believes there irThe lessons these wontided is no such derful people have to Diversity in thing as teach are absolutely Identity. American cul The film ture. priceless. We were so fortwas produced This is the unate to find such a as a Diversity only country diverse group of people Committee in the world project. Doug that is so Alison Marelli Wright, who is diverse, said for a planning Sinju. That is film study program beginning what makes this country so next semester, approached great. Marelli last August and asked Maravi, from Argentina, is her if she would be interested homosexual. Formerly a in directing this film for the member of the LDS Church, had She Council. Diversity Maravi struggled with his ethhad some editing experience in nic, religious and sexual identischool and to agreed high ty as he began his life in make the film. America. The film featured five Smith is an African members of the Salt Lake American member of the , from are who community LDS Church. He tells stories diverse cultures and find of still being denied equality themselves a minority in the due to the color of his skin state of Utah. The stars of and criticizes the churchs the film included George belated efforts to end racism. Sinju, Manuel Maravi, Darron African Americans have Ali and Ruth Croteau Smith, done all they can do, said Jahromi. Smith. For racism to end, These people discuss their white Americans need to take troubles and triumphs conresponsibility instead of feel- in differences their cerning religion, culture, nationality. See Diversity Series pg. 8 Sex In The Park Activity 9-- Brings Questions Out Jenney A. Diamond Staff Writer , once-a-semest- L el er will include a vegetarian barbecue and a relay race for stu- dents to see how fast they and their partner can get a condom on a lubed up banana. Westminster College invites There will be a pinata full students to come and enjoy of safe-se- x goodies, followed the warm weather and talk about safe sex while attending by a game of water the activity Sex in the Park on balloon condom volleyball and finally a slip n slide. Saturday April 16 at 2 p.m. There will also be special Sex The park is the green in the Park party favors to all grassy area in front of the those who attend. resident halls on campus. This should be a really is the Sex in the Park, fun program. All spring sequel to last semesstudents are Westminster ters sex education program, invited and encouraged to Sex in the Dark. At Sex in attend. Were not going to be the Dark, we turned out the discussing anything political; lights and students got a the ideas is just to have fun in chance to anonymously ask the warm spring weather and the questions theyve always wanted to know about sex but. learn a little bit about the birds and bees while were at have always been to afraid to ask. At Sex in the Park we it, said Hayes. Those interested in are ditching the anonymity in favor of an attending the Sex in the Park celebration of safe sex, said activity should Pepper u pah0530westmin-stercollege.edat Hayes Pepper Hayes, president of for further the Students for Choice club. information.c Sex in the Park activities out-in-the-op- en ail vjs |