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Show 1HE Peek enthralls SUUans By CODI AN LIDDEil. JOURNAL SfAFF WRITER Kim Peck promoted, In fine fa.sh.Ion here Thursday, b point of view of that people bould "Recognize and respca the differences In ochc bcca diffcrcn make indlvid ua1s.Peek, who poke at the weekly Convocation, is an autistic megasavant from Jt lake ity. At the point of his birth h ital officiaJs tried to con Inc his paren that they houtd put him In an In tltulion or to perform a popular urgery of th day wh1 h entailed vering th two Id of the brain. ll now known that Kim has an IQ of 184; Albert Einstein ' was 149. That Peek "different." and that cli(f1 n:n e mak: him pedal, the m e of the n ocation. The Convocation began with hJs father, Fran Pe k, talking a little bit about Kim' life and the differ nl thin he has accomplished, nduding the fact that since the mo J Ratnman, starring Dustin Hoffman, the y unger P ck ha poken co ome 900,000 people. H was on c afraid of pcopl and audien and it obviou to everyone who attend d UU' nvocati n that thJ I no Ion er a struggle for him. As father w talking about his life, P k continued 10 pac b hind him nd when he remembered something his father dJd not be would o co the mJcrophon and provide the name, date, or place. H 1'2tbcr Informed the audicnc of Peck's unusual m mory ab!Jiti . He also talked about the different things that happened that mad h and his wife rcaliz.c their n's sped21 talents. At three years of age Peek ked chem what confidential meant. His parents jokingly told him to look it up. Peek then found the dictionary and looked up the word, reading th definition verbatim. Some of Peck 's mo t unusual talents in lude th ability to read a page In eight seconds and recall 98. percent of it. He can read eight pag in S3 ecoods nd recall 98.7 percent. He I also capable f reading two pag L nee and hJs brain capable of oring everything photographically. me thin chat he h memorized include the Bible, movi , World ries, upcrbow . During the que tion and answer rtlon of the Convocation, Peck wa able to answer every question except wh n the first lung transplant wa performed in tah . He kne the eographkal area for ny town and what hi torical events t ok pla c there. He al o was abl to take a iodividual' date of birth and figure out what day, month and ear that indiv dual would retire at the age of6S . U Center fate Commencement plans set still a mystery ByJ J (con"11uedfrom page 1) Another major concern facing UU admlnl.stratlon is the potcntiaJ I of employees due to the funding tnnsfcr. President tcvcn Bennion, in an interview with the Dally Spectrum said, "There arc three thin that can happen. First, the Board of Regents could keep it here (funding for tbe University Center.) "If that happens we would contlnu to deliver the programs at Di.xi (and the job would be afe). If not, I'd pu b to ha e them on our campus. ~Th lhird thing that we'd I them (th Center' faculty). I will leave no tone unturned to avoid that happenln . Those people bav worked hard, done a solid job. T'm committed to c that they're not left out in the flll'Ch... lo ord to d term.inc the fate of the University Center, Bennion and Huddleston met with Ch2lrm.an of Higher Education harlie Johnson and Comm loner of Education Cecelia Foxley to create a functional plan for the Center. Cox said that the plan is not well defined yet, and that funhcr information will soon be rcJcascd from the Board of Regents. Ideally, both school will work tog thcr to foUow the directions given from the board, Cox said. One thing Is for certain, he added, "there will be university classes on Dixie's campus next year. • According to Cox, the I ue of the University Center h r uJted In "friction " between th two hools. Regarding the employees who face potential layoff Cox said, "le' not fair to them to k ep them banging like this. • He added that th re is a growing concern fclr by the cmptoye regarding their potential tenninatlon. Huddleston said the employees of the Ccmcr are "welcome to apply" for their po tio . EN URNAl AY AFF WRITER Graduation ls almo t here , and the plan for the commcncem nt ceremony arc diffi rent from tho e of the past. This year, the ceremony will begin with all the graduate In one place, then stud n will separate Into their re pcctive colleges. aturday, May 8, at 8 a.m ., the graduates wiJI m ct in their separate colleges for lineup and lmportant In tructions. The meeting pbce arc: Humanities and ocial cience: cast of Dixie Leavitt Bu iness Building; Busin , Technology, and Communication : we t of Dixie Leavitt Busin BuildJng; Education; between Old Main and Braithwaite .Building; cience: north of clencc Center; Performing and V uaI Ans: cast of Administration Building; Master's Degree : between oulh Hall and Music BuUdlng. In case of inclement weather, the lineup ill b In the Sharwan mith enter Rotunda . The graduates will then walk to the Ccntrum for the first part of the commencement eremony. Thi will b from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., and will include commencem nt peaker and the aw rdlng of honorary nd ma tcr' degrees. Guests of the graduate will require ticke to be dmJtted. Tickets can be picked up at the Registrar' Office before May 6. Each graduate i entitled to fiv lickets, which w recently changed from four. There will b no re erved seating. tudcnts who wi h to reque t more than five tickets arc invited to put their names on a wailing Ii t at the tud nt ervices office . It houtd noted, however, that It i not known how many extra tiC'.kc , if any, w II be available. Next, the colleges wiJI have their own convocation and awarding of associate and ba hclor' d grees. Hum nities and ocial cicnce will meet in the Auditorium; Busin , Technology, and Communication in the Centrum; Education In cbc harwan mUh C ntcr Ballroom; I nee in the Randall Jone Theatre; Performing and Visual Arts in the Great Hall, Hunter Conference enter. Tickc will again be required for admittanc . "Families with more than one per on graduating can request the receiving degrees ln the same college,• ajd teding Olurch, vice president of tud nt service . This mean that lf a husband and wife are both graduating, but from different colleges, it l po sible for them to receive their degree during the same ceremony. "That way the famlly can cc both," he aid . hurcb also aid that "double majors have the choice of whl h college to receive their d~ree from ." Graduate will receiv ch diploma cover at the commencement, and the actual diploma will be a ailable after July l . Iron ounty re idents may pl k up their at the Regl trar's Offi e. Those who Live outside th county mu t leave a mailing address. Cap and gown will be a ailable for pick-up at the AlumnJ H u e ·between May 3 and May 7 , from 9 a.m to 4:30 p .m . . Friday, May 7 , f.i:om 4-S :30 p .m., Pr !dent tevcn D. Bennion MU hoJt a reception for raduat and lhcJr families and friends at the Pr; ldent's Residence, 302 oulh 1100 We t . There will also be a graduation banquet Friday, May 7 at 6 p .m . This will be In the harwan mlth Ballroom. Tickets are $12, and Benn on wiD conduct a program. Church encourages tho e with que lions to phone his offl eat 586-7710. ' 1• |