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Show u I N V E s I T y MONDAY,. JANUARY 21, 1997 SU's Dave Lee named poet laureate of Utah By Bf.CKI LE.SSEll O F TI1E JOURNAL S'I Al ~ David Le~ Dav id Lee, head n/ the language ond l 11cr~rurc Jc p:ittoi em, has used his expcrienc cs in Utnh to cllmb his way to the top of t he h,11. A" th e m·w ly-oppolmctl 1mcL lattrcal\! lnr th~ stale ul Utah, the view lo ng described in his ptletry hns fi nally uufoll.kd at h,s feet. Friday morning, Guvcmo, Michael Lcavin an nounced ,n a press confe rence :it the state ca puol that Lee hall hccn chosen as t he state's poet la-urcatu. Acco rding t11 [)uanc Adamsm:t, the Utah Arts Council public 1nfonnatilln ofi.icer, this appomtmcnt has hccn a long time in cnmi ng. "l 1 100k n cnmmi ttcc of m ne represcntJ uvi.;s of the Iitern,ry co1n 1nunHy n~arl)' a year lO compi le a'"shon list'' of powm uil w 1r11u.:rs. 1'hc 11st nf th ree included Ken Brewer of Utah State University and Leslie Nt1rrls of Brigl1a111 Young ' Un iversity. lee's poetic po runya ls of rura l Am enca caugh t the eye l)f Leavitt, whu ~c lcc-tcd the poet laureate ftom the "shon list" compiled by , he Ans Counci I. \'lh1lc Lee's work is well known o n a nat ional kvel, his literary rou,s lie in the smaJ.1 CAMPUS SPORTS: The DIGEST NCAA has sent a certifi'c ation evaluation rean1 here this week PAGE 13. CAMPUS NEWS: NATIONAL NEWS: The PB! Faculty evalnations g1Ve st.udents input into tlie quality of illsLmctio11 Is .invesu'gating some suong leads here. l'AG E 3. in last summer's Olympic Park bombing. PAGE i4. CAMPUS ARTS: suu NAT'L SPORTS: will play host to a regional colleg,ate theaue festival Feb 10- 16. .PAGE 12. The Green Bay Packe.rs. in case you slept tlum1gli yeste1da y, are the Super Bowl XXXI cham pions. PAGE 14. I ACADEMIC FOCUS Dean's List: Some 577 SUU students have been honored for exceptional grades in fall quarter. PAGE 8. wwns he has called home over the yea rs; tts such, southern Utah has lung been a source of ,nsp ,rat,on for Lee's poetry. In -nl..i<l1t1uu cu this n1ust 1...-:ccnt recognition, Lee has been awarded a number ol honors in past years, inclutllng tl 1C' 199~ Wl.'.!ltcrn State;, 1l(J11k nwurd fnr My Tnwn, i,nc of Lee's many published c<11lccnon, nf l}l;cuy Lee ls .,lsu t he au th11r uf CtJve1111nts. Shadow w~aver. Drinking and DrivinJ:, Canticle< nnd several other books of poetry. Acwrchng to Pau l111e Bulloch, t he language and literature d~riartmcnt secretJry, Lee's apprnntment c:amc !It . 1 very trncxpcctcU Lime. "He thought he was gou1g up jUJ Salt Lake Cn yl m ddlvc1 n spccclt w snmc high school Sttlllcnts. They ltl1e Utah Ans Co uncill \\/anted Jt to he a surpnse." Lee's appc,111tmcnt 3S poet laute3 te g1vcs hIm t he n:&p\lns ihi lit y nf delivering approXJma.tcly IUD rcaJ ings "' h,:, r,,ctry for c3ch ycJr of lus five-year tc nn . Accon.llag w Adamson, "nr Lee'§ du~1cs w1U cunsi~t primnril)· 111 travdinj\ the sta te a11u prommlng literature and po~rry at schools and univt:rsitics.' 1 Because Lee is expec ted to (conti11 ued on page 4} |