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Show The Thunderbird Tuesday October 1, 1985 ASSUSC plans activities Thunderweek is upon us. It all begins Tuesday Oct. 1 at 11 a.m. in front of the Student Center with the departmental and student activities club sign up. Among the clubs available for students to join are the business club, the cheerleaders club and the Thunderettes club, to name a few of the 32 clubs available, said Brad Bennett, director of student activities. The activities continue that evening at 6 p.m. at the Latter Day Saint Institute with its annual fall fair, sponsored by the Latter Day Saint Student Association. There will be free food, games and dancing so everyone be sure and come, said Kent Hugh, institute director. a.m. Wednesday Oct. 3 at the club sign up will continue m ft out of the Student Center. That eenmu at 7 p.m. an all campus luau dinner and program vs ill he held in the Quadrangle for $6 per person. Tickets will be available in front of the Student Center. Kirk Bowden, ASSUSC public relations director, stated that their main concern is some students mav feel that it is too expensive. However, Bowden said, For $6 it is an immense amount of food. The Island Paradise buffet will consist of Kula pork (roast pork) Polynesian chicken (sweet and sour chicken), Lomi Lomi (smoked salmon), ham fried rice, candied sweet potatoes, fruit salad, sliced pineapple 1 1 platter, tossed green salad, coconut cream pie and Hawaiian fruit punch. Entertainment from the Hawaiian, Fijian, Moari, Tahitian, Samoan and Tongan cultures will also be a part of the event Thursday activities will begin in at 11 a.m. with club sign-ufront of the Student Center again, and will continue that evening at 9 p.m. with an outdoor movie in the Shakespearean Theatre, featuring Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. This activity will also be free. will continue on Club sign-u- p Friday at 11 a.m. in front of the Student Center. That night there will be a dance at 9 p.m. in the Fieldhouse, and it is also free, said Bowden. The activity is sponsored by the ASSUSC Executive Council. p Saturdav at 9 p.m, a Sudent Center night will take place with movies, food and music. The $2 admission fee will also include a comedy show with Michael Clapier and Gary Neilson. Clapier and Neilson are a night club act with current material with the basics coming from the works of Martin and Lewis, Abbott and Costello, Red Skelton and all of the great comedians, said the comedians spokesman. The planned activities should be fun and we hope that the students will want to attend, said Bowden. Greek tragedy coming Agamemnon, a 2, Greek tragedy, will be performed by the University of Utah Theatre Department on Oct. 18 at 8 p.m. in the SUSC Auditorium. The cost will range from $3 to $5. This production of Robert Fagles translation of Aeschylus Agamemnon is both produced and directed by Marilyn Holt, chairwoman of the U of Us SUSCs S.S. Moony will deliver a free lecture explaining Greek tragedies. theatre department, with costumes by Claudia Boddy. The play is set at the end of the Trojan War. Agamemnon and Menelaus, sons of Atreus, set sail 10 years earlier to attack Troy in revenge for the abduction of Menelaus wife, Helen. Before leaving port, Agamemnon had to sacrifice his daughter, Iphigenia, to appease the gods in order to calm the winds. Clytemnestra never forgave him. In his absence, she openly took on Aegisthus as her lover. As the play opens, a victorious Agamemnon comes home to Argos. Following the ancient Greek tradition, all roles in this production will be played by men. Agamemnon, King of Argos, will be played by Richard Nelson-Nelligahis cousin, Aegisthus, by Jeffery Owen; Queen Clytemnestra, Agamemnons wife, by Kurt Burnhardt and Princess Cassandra of Troy will be played by Michael Alvarez. The chorus, which will narrate the play, will consist of Kenneth Harper, Michael Hill, and Christopher Ivins, with Jack Halstead as the leader. On Oct. 15 at 7 p.m. in the Cedar High Auditorium, Associate Professor of English S. S. Moorty will hold a free lecture to explain ancient Greek tragedies and their universal themes. He urges anyone with questions about Agamemnon to attend. I would like to share my knowledge as a student of literature, Moorty said. The main theme throughout this cycle of plays is justice; personal justice and revenge, he said, justice, but to what extent? 74 Mr.Main R's Street North 586-249- 4 The Place to Shop for that Special Occasion 'kTuxedo Rentals Suits Shoes Shirts (Arrow) COUPON $5.00 OFF over Any purchase $20.00 Expires October 31, 1985 P age 23 |