Show BBB88§S§51SS5i ASUSU considering convocation series Arieda staff writer The Executive Council is considering by D L legislation to create a scheduled convocation or lecture series Cultural Vice President Richard Bell said a high quality lecture educational experience for USU students series would enhance the It would provide an opportunity to hear faculty and staff leaders and personalities in government science outstanding he said at this week's council meeting politics and entertainment The council said such a lecture program would provide USU w ith also It was considerable positive public relations mentioned that other state colleges and universities have developed and sponsored top quality lecture programs Fall quarter of 1978 was suggested as the starting date for the program The resolution is now in committee and the possibility of students receiv ing credit for registering for the series ls one aspect regularly being investigated resolution was passed by the council to increase parking lot Ijvtng Center parking lot The the responsibility of patrolling contract with the university the campus because of a three-yea- r The council will write a letter to the logan City Police Department informing them of the vandalism that is taking place in parking areas and request that current patrol patterns be A security especi illy in the Student Logan City Police Department has and living areas night security to patrol the campus at night Funds are available for the hiring of two new security officers but as of yet have not been released by the university at cording to Tammy Trimble academic vice presi- evaluated to increase security in campus parking The council would like to see two additional dent A resolution was passed putting the responsibility of planning all arrangements when other colleges and universities visit under the office of Special lYojects An Associated Student Officer Summer Internship FYogram was The outlined by the ouncil to lx considered by the administration program would permit students to gain a better understanding of the campus arid be available during the summer to coordinate affairs in their offices A committee of the council is considering that the 1978 primary-electionfor Asl'SU take place on April 7 and the final elections be April 4 adopted the slogan “ASUSU — students working for to be used m advertisements on ASUSU communication go on a “Mission Impossible’’ Feb 1 Rise dorms This is their term for so the students can meet the canvassing students student bodv offi ers and the officers can find out about student ASUSU had you” as its official slogan letterheads and in all official The Executive toum il will in the evening at the High door-to-do- concerns w Student Life Friday January 27 1978 Page S Science fiction lovers are coming out of the closet by Sue ail Alfen Information Service A few years ago it wasn't easy to find an adult American who would admit he would stay up half the night watching TV reruns of Creatures from the " Even more rare Blai k was the person who would tell you he actually paid on occasion for tu kets to movies called “The Invasion” of “Them however it isn’t safe to venture forth to a party or even the PTA without a working knowledge of Star Wars” or Encounters of the Third Kind ” “Yes I think we're swinging hack into another fad revival of Today ‘ science fiction’’ said Coralie Beyes who teaches a course on science fiction and fantasy at Utah State University “Science fiction is suddenly respectable " But I wouldn’t want to see science fiction read to the exclusion of other kinds of literature" Mrs Beyers said ' think it is valuable reading because it brings out into the open a subject Ameru ans are often embarrassed about the fact that we are in love with our own technology Besides dealing with our inflation with gimmickry and gadgets science fiction appeals to another part of the nether side of the American personality according to Mrs Beyers What is appealing about all literature is what our minds bring to it” she said ’The land-s- i ape of the mind is often vaguely 1 defined like a watercolor wash Science fiction lends itself beautifully to experiencing these mind sets " Although Mrs Beyes believes that science fiction is not necessarily the place to go to explore human nature she does feel science fiction deals with one of the large problems facing us in these times and scorcery’” Today many readers of science fiction share a common problem “I’m glad I grew up when I did” said Mrs Beyers “When I was a child a movie was a rare thing We were always imagining and dramatizing things” action” she "But” she said “my children grew up in a time when it was felt the fantastic should be excluded Children’s books dealt with such topics as ‘how to get ready for your tonsillectomy’ and ‘how to ride safety in a grocev cart’” Mrs Beyes finds that science fiction has a varied appeal “Some science majors are only interested in reading science fiction with heavy science overlays’’ she said “Others won’t read that kind but enjoy 'sword Today according to Mrs Beyers it has again become all right to use the imagination but many people are out of practice “Technology the very stuff of science fiction may be ruining science fiction for many people” Mrs Beyers said “If we choose to let it technology can make our imaginations obsolete It can do the imagining for us” “Although science fiction seems to be looking forward in reality it looks backward — at the consequences of said “Science fiction is all about the necessity of examining the moral choices involved in tech- nology” Tlfoe faimtasltnc Utah Syphony Orchestra |