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Show STUDENTS PETITION CRUSHES STYROFOAM. CONFERENCE STATUS IS IN THE WORKS FOR SU. A student petition has curtailed use of Styrofoam products by 97 percent in Thunderbird Circle. The change to paper should be completed by next week. Mens and womens basketball teams may soon discard their NCAA independent status in favor a conference. Plans should be finalized June 13. SEE PAGE 10. SEE PAGE 2. P P HE SOUTHERN UTAH STATE COLLEGE 84TH YEAR; NUMBER 54 Bagley said the car, a 1987 Nissan Pulsar, was going way over the speed limit. We havent got all the figures yet but the minimum speed is estimated at miles an hour. The speed, 0 Bagley said, was way too fast. Blood tests, said Bagley, are being performed on the victims to determine if the accident was alcohol-relateHighway patrol officers said they found alcohol in the car at the accident scene. No other vehicles were involved, Bagley said. 75-8- 10, 1990 Rosen delights Starlight crowd Car wreck proves fatal Former SUSC student Tim Metcalf was killed yesterday afternoon in an auto accident approximately one mile up Cedar Canyon. Metcalfs male, passenger, a was critically injured. According to Highway Patrol Trooper Roger Bagley, the accident occurred at approximately 2:20 p.m. when Metcalf, 21, lost control of his car while rounding a corner. Bagley said the driver overcorrected and the car plunged off the left roadway embankment in a backward skid. Both the driver and passenger were thrown from the vehicle. Metcalf, a native of San Dimas, Calif., who came to SUSC earlier this year intending to play football for the Thunderbirds, was declared dead at the scene of the accident. His passenger, a St. George resident, was treated for broken bones, lacerations, and a possible concussion. He also underwent surgery for possible internal injuries. Bagley said the boy was found lying facedown in the creek that flows near the road when help arrived. THURSDAY, MAY CEDAR CITY, UTAH BY HEATHER COX Singerpianist Carl Rosen entertained the Starlight Club audience Monday night with original songs from his new album, as well as favorites from Elton John, Billy Joel, and the Beatles. Opening for Rosen were student entertainers Page Petrucka and Holly Bradford, who performed a skit, The Pat Stevens Show, from Saturday Night Live. d The skit featured Petrucka as a slightly ditzy host Pat Stevens, and Bradford as her interviewee Katherine Hepburn. Troy Meeks also routine that kept the audience performed a stand-u- p laughing for several minutes. Rosen began his first performance in Utah with his versions of Elton Johns Candle in the Wind, and Your Song, inspiring some members of the audience to light and wave complimentary matches provided by Rosen. The New York performer then sang a tribute to his hometown, Billy Joels New York State of Mind. He asked the audience to participate in vocals for his next number, Joels singing back-u- p My Life. Rosen told the crowd, You can drink pretend like youve got a little buzz, your mock-tailyou know, then youll be more uninhibited and want to sing back-up- . The tone of the concert then turned serious as Rosen performed a touching song from his new 1 t 11 v ' album Firelands. China Bleeds, a Rosen original, was his memorial for the students who died in Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989 I want you to , A sl ir listen closely to the words, he said, so they could feel the meaning behind them. w. jf Other original songs included Happy Endings, a love song about spending time with somebody a long time, maybe, said Rosen. Minnesota Road, and an apology song, called To Old Girlfriends, were also featured by the performer. The audience favored his additional versions of Billy Joel tunes, Shes Got a Way, and Piano Man, for which Rosen showed off his skill with the harmonica. jf.'X'V' Rosen ended with Elton Johns Yellow Brick vocals Road, again requesting audience back-u- p which he enthusiastically received. N" He also performed Simon and Garfunkels Bridge fci Over Troubled Water, and responded to the audiences request for an encore with the Beatless Starlight Club talent Carl Rosen performed songs from artists such as Billy Joel and the Let It Be. Beatles as well as some original music during Monday night's show. Vogue-obsesse- talk-sho- s, mil:. ,' - |