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Show fOBMUl 22, 2006 IKISglhi SGa(D)lifs to WBsSft toi? 00g Kim 3 if Msaa Summer camp. The phrase conjures mental pictures of cabins and lakes, campfires and marshmallows, hiking and the great outdoors. Maybe for some people, hut for the teens who have attended Westminster College summer camps, the images are more of computers, airplanes and stock tickers. During the second week of July, the campus will be flooded with high school students par; ticipating in these camps, but participants wont spend the whole week stuck in buildings and inside classrooms. Westminster has hosted summer camps in aviation and finance for several years now, and this year the program is expanding. This summer, high school students will be offered more options, ranging from camps focusing on math and computers to the new Environmental Studies Camp. Aric Krause, dean of the School of Business, said The camps in an give high school students an opportunity to try us on they get to come to Westminster College for a week in the summer, take innovative and interesting classes, and see how they like college. a nfftotomfi SooiMiimij Most of the camps feature various field trips, depending on the focus of the camp. According to the Westminster College Web site, the finance camp will visit a live trading floor, while the environmental camp will hike the Wasatch Mountains and the technology camp will visit local video game companies. Students earn college credit for participating in the camps. According to the camp Web site, if students have completed their sophomore year of high school, they will earn two college credits for completing one camp. Participation in the camps has encouraged several students to attend Westminster College. James Leslie attended the aviation camp in its inaugural year and then returned to the camp the next two years as a volunteer assistant. He is now a sophomore double majoring in aviation and Leslie finance. In an said, Basically, I attended the camp the first year it was started and have been involved with them ever since. Despite their academic focus, camps in the past have been a blast according to Marcus Griffin, who attended the aviation camp its second year and is now a freshman majoring in aviation. Ijjiuaijii 3 iiii iwnirwininiiriiiiTiTiirniTnir iin rrir aimip In an interview, he recounted stories of bowling at Fat Cats and trips to the Gateway. The highlight of one of these trips, he said, was when one student from his group lay down in the middle of the fountain, and even though he was completely soaked, Krause walked up to him and slipped money, into his shirt pocket. Aric was always doing stuff like that, Griffin said, giving us money for bowling a strike or something. Griffin also said that attending the camps was one of the main reasons he decided to attend Westminster College. Already having logged flight time and having gotten college credit for his participation was an im- portant incentive. He also said he liked being able to meet the facultv, and that he made several new friends at the camps who he still hangs y out with now. Campers reside in Hogle and Carleson Halls for the week and will have full run of the campus, including the Shaw Center, and access to the new Health, Wellness, and Athletic Center while they are on campus. So if you are in class this summer, dont be taken aback by the hordes of high school students taking over the campus for one week in July. pE? Fmi? AfSIsEs Stofles am butts and the wings of a dead butterfly. Another similar sculpture had a dead dragonfly glued to the back of a toy soldier. Groups of people stood close together to hear each other above all of the chatter from and the music playing from the front of the room. It was a cold, wet night and people were everywhere, seeking shelter from the rain and looking for a show. Last Friday, the Unknown Gallery opened the show Poker in the Front, displaying the recent work of four artists: Pyper Hugos, Jarrod Eastman, Justin Angelos and Jeremy Herridge. The show will be on display until April 15, at the Unknown Gallery, Im extremely attracted to old things. Im intrigued by their past life, said Hugos, looking at her art made out of metal. And using circles and birds throughout the pieces, Hugos said she rusts some of the metal and uses a process called oxidizing to create differ- ent colors. 353 W. 200 South. People walked in want to be and out of the shown with works gallery, that compliment stopping my own work. to look at a unique deck "Jeremy Herridge cards. of I Four artists each were asked to design 13 cards for a specific suit that created a deck of 52 cards altogether. The different styles of each artist were a preview of what was displayed throughout the rest of Unknown Gallerv y brought to- , gether different people where everyone was sure to find something they liked. Im extremely attracted to old things. Im intrigued by their past life, Angelos moved from Los Angeles two years ago. He started creating his art with found objects (using stuff' from homes that were abandoned ) because it was cheaper. The artwork, mostly done within the last year, was created with the themes of death and rebirth merging found objects with his paintOne has to look closely at the artwork sometimes more than once, again and again to really see everything. Even then, you still dont see everything. A found-objesculpture created by Angelos used cigarette ct small metal blue birds. She found a branch while at a cabin up Hugo said, You can turn something that people think is trash into something beautiful. Its definitely exciting to show other people my art. If Herridge had to name his collection, it would be Nocturnal Emissions. Herridge worked late nights for months and Im extremely attracted to old things. Im intrigued by their past life. -- Justin Angelos ing style. tree with like a tree. The artists were mingling, enjoying drinks and eager to talk about their artwork. Each had their own process and their ideas and The art. a miniature in the mountains and immediately thought, That looks the gallery. for An interesting piece was even collabo- rated with his v son on a couple of pieces. I went to art school and I was trying to reconnect with my youth, he said about his artwork. His pieces were reminiscent of a boys sketchbook, using similar types of characters throughout several pieces. Herridge is the er of the Unknown Gallery. I want to be shown with works that compliment my own work. Its a great combination. The space helps the availability to show each artist, he said. jROD Eastman never went to art school and has a degree in zoology. Using acrylic on his hand-mad- e canvases, Eastman uses bright colors and lots of animals. He also incorporates words and characters from previous sketches and paintings. Ill paint all day. Cre- ative satisfaction, thats all, he sajd. |