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Show Faculty members favor change to semester calendar BY JASON NORTH e faculty members voted in favor of a changeover to the semester system, 62 to 42 with one abstention. The facultys vote does not yet settle the semester issue. SUSC will adopt the semester system only after the proposal passes the Deans Council, the Institutional Council and the Board of Regents. The semester calendar system that SUSC is currently evaluating is divided into three semesters of 72 days each, compared to the current quarter system of four quarters with 48 days each, providing a potential for 24 more days of instruction per year, said Provost Terry D. Alger. The fall and winter semesters would last from late August to late April with the third semester blocks during late spring and broken into two y early summer, he said. Full-tim- 36-da- The faculty vote for the semester system was a larger majority than I expected. But Im not surprised that semester came through, said Vik G. Brown, Faculty Senate president-elec- t and director of the Learning Center. The ASSUSC Senate has not voiced an opinion on the semester issue. The student senate provided a good forum for debate on the issue, said Alger. Students are less impacted when all is said and done, because it is the teachers who have to change the curricula, he said. SUSC would take a year or two of transition before the semester system would be implemented if the Regents passed it, said Stephen R. Adams, associate professor and industrial education department head. The departments concern is making sure that students get all of the same skills and knowledge under the proposed semester system, he said. The physical science and engineering department is ready to act, said Richard R. Kennedy, professor and department head. The department has already made a preliminary internal review to determine how the courses would be affected, he said. It would be about a years project to work out the curriculum, said Frain G. Pearson, professor and department head of communication. He said courses would have to be combined, but the courses that couldnt be combined with any others would have to sessions or else be taught in blocks said. he deleted, Paul Burgoyne, professor and department head of biology, said, We will make whatever changes need to be made through a lot of sweat and hard work, but we would just rather not have to make them. Burgoyne also said some botany and animal science half-semest- (CONTINUED ON PAGE 3) r 84TH YEAR; NUMBER 21 SOUTHERN UTAH STATE COLLEGE CEDAR CITY, UTAH THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1989 Peter Pan soars into all hearts THEATRE REVIEW BY LISA KEENE I want to experience it all over again. That is the best review a play could receive, is it not? SUSCs theatre department production of Peter Pan thrilled a packed Randall L. Jones Memorial Theatre last night and that was just the preview. It opens tonight at 8 p.m. The production was SUSCs first in the Jones Theatre and the cast and crew took advantage of its acoustics. The house was beauty and surrounded by music, pirates and Indians throughout the show. Freshman Jennifer Houle stole the show as the forever-younPeter Pan. She could act, sing, dance and fly. Her exuberance never let up. From the moment she flew into the first scene, she won the audience over. She worked well with the other actors and was especially good with the children. near-perfe- g Im youth, Im joy, Im freedom, says Peter Pan to Captain Hook. Houle conveys this message throughout the play. Grace was one of the best qualities of the young actor. Her positions enhanced the simulated flying. She appeared to be floating through the air, rather than hanging from a wire. With the help of the flight crew, her landings were soft and smooth. Flying By Foy, Peter Pan specialists, taught the stage crew, and others on Broadway and television, the techniques of flying. Alan Neves took on a dual part as Mr. Darling and the infamous Captain Hook. He was excellent in both parts. His stature and voice made his characters even more convincing. His accents of both Captain Hook and Mr. Darling were wonderful. Danni DeLacy Wheeler was Wendy, the eldest of the Darling children. Her feminity and voice were perfect for the part. Her flirting with Peter Pan was harmless and adorable the way its supposed to be. When Wendy had to act as a mother to her brothers in the SUSC Theatre Department Liza (Glynis Adams) begs Peter Pan (Jennifer Houle) to teach her how to magical production Peter Pan that opens tonight in the Randall L. Jones Memorial Theatre at 8 p.m. Excellent actors and casting make this a genuine Christmas treat for children of all ages. and the seven lost boys, she was great as an actor playing a sister, playing a mother. Director Fred C. Adams couldnt have chosen a more perfect Tiger Lily. Cedar City native Kirsti Fletchers facial expressions were a show of their own. The eight pirates that backed up Captain Hook were highlights of the show. They came out of the stairwell like thunder, causing the children in the audience to shudder. Their dances and songs were entertaining and a favorite of the show. Each pirate had his own distinct personality. The back-u- p Indians, although effective, werent as individual as the pirates as they tended to thump on the stage too much during their dancing and their chanting was not loud enough. Patti Esplin played Mrs. Darling and Mike (CONTINUED ON PAGE 8) |