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Show Page 6 The Thunderbird Thursday, March 1, 1984 sayMfcj) W TO WU'TH Creative dating name of the game at SUSC There isnt anything to do here. What do you do for fun around here? Do these statements sound familiar to you? If they do, you could be missing out on one of the more enjoyable aspects of college life the dating scene. The dictionary defines a date as a social engagement between two people of the opposite sex. Too many students contend the word date has come to mean nothing more than the old show and a coke syndrome, however other students at SUSC have learned that there is life after five oclock as they engage in many activities ranging from picnics on top of the administration building to staging a formal dinner at a d local restaurant. At SUSC, many have learned that there are as many dates as there are people to go on dates and there dont seem to be any limitations as to what can be done for diversion. When asked for creative suggestions, one student volunteered that a midnight tubing extravaganza had proved to be very entertaining, however he mentioned one drawback or advantage depending upon your point of view, he commented, It was cold some of the time. Other creative daters on campus have given their stamp of approval for activities such as a formal dinner in front of the town post office. Some students might wonder if dating is so much fun, why are there so few frequent daters? There are several valid reasons which fast-foo- I could possibly frighten the would-b- e dater from participating in dating activities. One of the biggest is cost. There are few things that don't cost money especially if they involve fun and entertainment, complained Bengt Washburn, a freshman student majoring in art. Students often spend a lot of money in the pursuit of dates and mates. Dave Burr, another SUSC student feeling the dating wallet crunch, commented that dates range, anywhere from $10 to $20 just for one evening and thats considered a cheap date. In discussing this question, many SUSC students commented that dates dont need to be expensive to be fun and that money should not be a determining factor in whether a person should date or not. Dates dont need to be expensive in order to be fun, said SUSC coed Tresa Batt. Many girls will agree that sometimes the best dates are the ones that dont take money. One of the most intimidating factors for both sexes is that of asking for the date. Students tell horror stories of calling a date up and letting the phone ring two or three times before returning the receiver to the cradle. A few really brave people actually wait until someone answers the phone before they hang up. Its a tough thing to ask someone you dont know very well on a date. said Thayne Houston. I find it easier not to ' w r V i Some guys dont seem to have any trouble getting dates , think about it before hand, just to do mentioned one creative date she particularly enjoyed involved a hayride After getting a date students find that up the canyon in the middle of winter, there are a variety of activities to do in culminating in a steak dinner. The list of the Cedar City area. Ned Hafen says creative dates can go on and on, it just that he enjoys making trips to Red Cliffs requires a little imagination. on picnics. Houston mentioned that he Next time you find yourself getting has taken dates for a spaghetti dinner, into the same old dating rut, remember with one interesting twist, no utensils. that with a little planning and Marianne Hulet, a secretarial student, inventiveness the same old date can turn who recently became engaged, out to be something to look forward to. it. Kimball print showing opens . .p i d2iHaWi. Kimball's Broken Roman Emperor is just one example of his print art which is currently on exhibit at the Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery. SUSC alumnus W. Wayne Kimball Jr. will exhibit his recent prints at the Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery cn campus and will give an illustrated lecture at the opening reception on Thursday, March 1 at 8 p.m. In recent years my work has become somewhat less directly answerable to current and modern developments in art and more dependent upon idiosyncratic tendencies and to my perception of some movements of the past, states the artist. Recent Prints by W. Wayne Kimball, Jr will include 38 prints by the master printmaker and an edition of 55 progressive proofs which illustrate the color lithography process. Kimball is a native of Salt Lake City and graduated from 1968. In 1970, he recieved his M.F.A. at the University of Arizona, Tucson and in 1971 certified as a Tamarind Master Printer. He is currently an associate professor of art at Arizona State University, Tempe. The artist has actively exhibited his work both SUSC in nationally and internationally receiving numerous awards including a purchase award at the 15th Annual Mormon Festival of the Arts Exhibition in 1983 and the purchase award in Colorprint USA in Lubbock, Texas to mention only a few. His work is included in many public collections including the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Utah Museum of Fine Arts and has been reproduced in many publications. This exhibit promises to provide a unique educational experience for the viewer with the series of progressive proofs which the artist has given to SUSCs permanent art collection, says June Miller Adams, Braithwaite Gallery assistant curator, They will not only be viewing beautiful finished prints but be able to gain an understanding of how the prints were made through the work of a consummate craftsman and accomplished artist. The exhibit continues through March 30. |