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Show SUU THIS SUMMER• SOUTRERN UTAll UNIVERSITY• TUESDAY, Jt1LY 26, 1994 'Students are crazy not to go' to USF plays with ticket deal W hen SU student Kori Higgins learned of the opportunity to attend a Utah Shakespearean Production for just $2, she knew this was an offer she couldn't refuse. Thanks to an anonymous donor, all SUU students can get the same money-saving deal. Higgins spent her $2 on a ticket to a Tuesday evening performance of Love's Labour's Lost.. A light Shakespearean comedy starring Marco Barricelli and Becca Rouscher, Love's Labour"s Lost is about the dealings of four men who make an oath to stay away from women for three years. Their oath becomes difficult to keep, however, when the princess of France and three other beautiful women arrive on the scene to tempt them. The plot is full of fun as the men attempt to secretly woo the women and, as a result, fall hopelessly in love with them. As with most Shakespearean comedies, the women have the upperhand throughout the play and the production has a rather happy ending. Higgins said the production of love's Labour's Lost met all her expectations. She described the perfomance as being "Great-much better than a movie," and claimed that she would recommend it to anyone. Higgins said that the production was very easy to follow and she is looking forward to attending two more Utah Shakespearean Productions at the $2 ticket price, something she probably couldn't do without the special deal. Higgins, who works part-time for the University'sDivision of Continuing Education, said that she has heard that students often tend to feel resentment toward the Shakespearean Festival because of the way it seems to take over the entire campus. She says, however, that if students would take advantage of this special opportunity to attend some of the productions, they would come to appreciate the Shakespearean Festival and all that it has to offer both the University and the community. According to Higgins, "Students are crazy not to go." All SUU students can take advantage of the $2 ticket offer, by presenting their student l.D. card at the box office on the day of the performance. SU students may gain admittance to any three Kate Fuglei in 'A Streetcar Named Desire' is among the plays during the season with this deal. stars students can see with a $2 ticket offer for USP plays. California, Nevada, N. Utah applications jump at SUU s outhern Utah University has been discovered by northern Utah, Nevada, and southern California. SUU, which normally draws 70 percent of its enrollment from the five southern-most counties of Utah, is experiencing a significant increase in applications for admission from the Wasatch Front, as SUU is no longer the big secret it was years ago. well as from Nevada and California . Applications to SUU are up in all of the Wasatch Front counties but particularly in Utah and Davis counties. Applications from Utah County are up 36 percent this year, while Davis County has registered a 3 1 percent increase. While total number of applicants from Wasatch County are less than for the more populous counties in northern Utah, the increase in applications to SUU h as risen by 540 percent. Salt Lake and Weber counties are up 6 percent and 7 percent respectively., Applications from Nevada are also booming. Clark County, home of Las Vegas, has registered a 52 percent increase in applications to SUU, while Elko County students applying have risen by 250 percent, Lincoln County by 240 percent, Washoe by 200 percent, and Nye by 33 percent. California has had a similar boost in applications for admission to SUU with Los Angeles County up 31 percent, Orange up 67 percent, Riverside up 200 percent, and San Bernardino up SO percent. 1 T he significant jump in out-of-state applicants is particularly perplexing to SUU officials since tuition for non -resident students has increased 30 percent over the past two years. Nonresident students now pay the full cost of their instruction through tuition. "We have noticed a growing interest in SUU from northern Utah high schools," states D. Mark Barton, assistant vice president for student services, "and the enrollment cap at BYU is directing a substantial number of students from outside Utah to enroll at SUU." Pianist to play Sunday evening arta Aznavoorian, a pianist who has been winning major musical awards since she was 12 years old, will perform July 31 at 7 p.m. in the Randall L. Jones Theatre as a part of the Southern Utah University Summer Evening Concert Series. The 22-year-old recent graduate of Indiana University will include sonatas by Ludwig van Beethoven and Domenico Scarlatti and mazurkas by Frederic Chopin on the classical piano program. All programs on the eight-week concert series sponsored by SUU's special projects 'office in the division of continuing education are free. Among Aznavoorian's awards is the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts Presidential Scholar in the Arts, which she won during her senior year in high school. That honor resulted in her performing at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. "The NFAA's Presidential Scholar in the Arts award is the nation's highest recognition for young artists," Marla Bingham, manager of the concert series, said. "NFAA was founded specifically to encourage young artists, and its aim is to give artists some of the same recognition and financial assistance now reserved for high school athletes and academic achievers. Aznavoorian is an excellent example of the benefits of NFAA programs. " Aznavoorian won the Stock-Sudler medal at age 12, giving her the opportunity tosolo with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in a series of eight concerts. She also performed as a soloist with the University of Southern California Orchestra after winning first prize and the American Music Prize in the 1989 Seventeen Marta Aznavoorian Magazine/General Motors National Competition. She has also played with the San Angelo Symphony after winning the grand prize in the National Hemphill-Wells Sorantin Award for Young Artists in Texas and with the Aspen Concert Orchestra after winning the Aspen Music Festival's piano competition. Other solo appearances include performances with the Northwest Chicago Symphony, the Sydney Symphony, and the San Diego Symphony. Her most recent award was the Indiana University School of Music Performers Certificate. Following Aznavoorian's performance, the Summer Evening Concert Series will present ballads and sea chanties performed by Yankee Clipper, a four-member group with deep traditional folk music backgrounds. Yankee Clipper will perform Aug. 7 at the Randall L. Jones Theatre. M |