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Show . - --·- ~~~~~-----~--~------~------~---------------:--------------_..----~ ----------------------1•••1•~ PHAB AfI -------------------ARTS &LEISU 1 1 TIIETHUNDERBIRD• SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY· nruRSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1992 • PAGE 11 National Banned Books week under way SUU's Language and Literature Department Head David Lee voices some very powerful opinions BY BEN WEST Thunderbird Arn Editor A list of the most frequendy challenged reading materials from 1982 through 1991 includes many revered classics from both the adult and adolescent literature fields including Of Miu and Mm by John Steinbetl. The Catchtt in R,e by J.D. Salinger, The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier, The Madeline L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time, Blubber an d Starring Salt,). Freedman as Herself by Judy Blume, The Grey King and The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper. David Lee, SUU languages and literature department head, who has served as an informed person on school Sept. 26 marked the beginning of National Banned Books w week, whose theme this year is "Censorship: O ld Sins in New Worlds: Banned Books board committees debati ng the week is a period of time delegated banning of books in Colorado, Utah ATTACKS ()N TIIE FREED()~I T() LE ..\R'.\; by SCYeral organizations, including and Nevada, voices vehemently antithe American Library Association, book banning sentiments, saying " I REGl()NAL BREAKD()\\''1 1990-1991 to be used to celebrate intellectual am against the banning of books, freedoms and heighten public period. None of the books on these Total: 264 awareness of efforts in our society lists should be banned." to censor and/or ban literature. Lee, who ascribes to John Milton's Anne Penway, assistant di rector philosophy of" Aereopagitica," or "let of the American Library it be printal," says the fa r-reaching Association's office for Intellectual effect of book banni ng on the F~m, explained that boob education system will be the West dealing with or mentioning "perpetuation and promotion of Total incidents: 85 subjects such as • aids mediocrity," fu rther calling it "sick," information, witchcraft practices," and "disgusting" d1at a book would be or books containing "curse words banned because it "supposedly or swearing" are among those promotes satanism or comm unism." most often targeted for restriction. Lee tempers these comments, Penway also explained that over however, by sayi ng tl1e inJ ividuals 500 instances of school-district or and organizations who attempt to ban Book banning is the 'perpet.uation and promotion library book-banning were books have "The right intentions, but di3covered by or brought to the are misguided." of mediocritJ,' says SU facult1 member David Lee. attention of her office last year. Fo r those who are interested in Penway cites "individual combatting censorship, Anne Penway parents," as those who are most often instigators of efforts to gives this advice, "Sta'( informed;'and let your librarians Adurntwm of Huckkben, Finn by Mark Twain, Judy mn<:Ne books, but also named such organizations as Focus Blurne's FOffllff and Then Again Ma,bt I Won't, Shel know you a~ a supporter of intellectual freedoms. Silverstein's A Uglu in on Family, the American Family Association , and Phyllis Attic, Maya Angelou's I Know National Banned books -weelc is ~ nsored by the Schlafly's • Education Reponrr" newsletti:r as those which American Library Association, the American Boole.sellers Wh1 w Cagr.d Bird Sings and Alice Walbi's The Color have exerted pressures on libraries in the past Penway Association, the American Society of Journalists and PM,pk. " \ Authors, the Association of American Publishing, and the carefu.lJy mattioned, however, that her office fully "supports Challenges oontinued to be reported during the 1991-92 National Association of College Stores. Furthu information the right of p&ffnts to oontrol their children's reading school year, expanding the list of challenged books to materials,• and that problems arise only "when they try to include among others, William Faulkner's •A Role k>r can is available and can be obtained from the American mk>rce their decisions on others,• through activities such as Emily: AB~ to Trnibithia by Katherine Paterson, GTmdel Library Association's office k>r Intellectual Freedom at 1-80(). boolt bmning. by John Gardner, The ABC Book by Shel Swasedn, S4S.2433. ~ ' ~ - .,. t> ·----------------------------------- w Symphony violinist Loi Eyring to play banquet Saturday night Symphony violinist Loi Eyring will petfurm in ~ at a banquet held in honor of bmer Moemw Mayor Gavru1 Popov Saturday night. Eyring will pen>nn one number during a special Convocation by Popov at 5 p .m. in the Randall L Jones Theatre, then will present an afttt-d:inner oonocrt at a banquet in the Steve Gilbert Great Hall. The banquet will begin at 6:.30 p.m., and will include dinner musk by Sounds Impressions, an 11 member "big band• from las Vegas, Nevada. Eyring was, at 16, the youngest musician ever to join the Utah Symphony. At 18 she became Miss Utah and went on to win the Most T alenttd Musician Scholarship at the Miss America Pageant She was also a winner of the National Congress of Strings Competition, winner of the 1963 Piatigorsky Chamber Musk Competition, and received a scholarship to the Manhattan School of Musk. Eyring has performed with the San Francisco Symphony and Opera Company, ..• the Oakland Symphony, Western Opera, the Springfield Symphony, and has soloed with the Utah Symphony on nuJ"MroUS oa:asions, most recently as soloist in the 1990 presentation of Vivaldi's "Four Seasons." Since 1988 she has also pemrmed with Leonard Braus, aMOciatt ooncert masttt of the Utah Symphony, as one half of the Guarneri Duo. The tide of the duo comes from the rare and prized violin Eyring uses in ooncert lhe instrumatt was built circa l 705 by Joseph Guarneri, one of the great masters in Italy 's golden age of instrument malting. The instrument originally made its way to the U nittd States in the century, when it was presenttd to the concc~r of the Boston Symphony. The first American performance of the Beethoven violin concerto was played on the Guarneri instrument The Convocation is free and open to the public, but tickets are needed. Ttckcts for the banquet are $1 0. For reservations and tickets, call 586-7702. 19fl SUU and Festival to host annual high school theatre competition The 15th annual Souchcm Utah Unmnity High School Shabspeare Competition i.s ptq»ring for what officials a~ saying will be an unequalled chance k>r high school theatre students to learn and practice their craft, as well as compete with some of the best of their peers. lhe oompetition, sponsored by the Utah Shaltespearean Festival and the Southern Utah University Department of Theatre, will be Oct. 2 and 3. High School students from throughout the intrrmountain area attend the oompetition every year where they are able to compete in mon<>aetS, duo/trio scenes, and ensembles. 1be competition will talce place on the Shakespearean Festival's three stages and will be judged by theatre professionals with saong literary and performance baclcgrounds in cwsical theatre, including ~ral actors from the 1992 Festival oom pany. Several awards and scholarships will be presmttd to the winning students. In addition, students and teachers will have a chance to study audition ~ niques, characterization and the life of Shalcespea~ while attending the oompetition. University credit is available for teachers and students participating in the competition .and taking the workshops. The oompe$ition was organized in 1977 by Fred C . Adams, Festival producer and founder, and Ray Jones of Provo High School. In 1991 , the competition attracttd 42 schools from 5 states, this year is expected to draw a roughly equivalent number from Utah, Aruona, Nevada, Idaho and W ~ minj, - ~ore i n ~ is by - aUiog Ro&rtkich. iqQYal &J'OUP services director, at (801) -586-1968. awfla~ ... |