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Show THE THUNDERBIRD· SOVTI--{ERN lJfAH UN£VERSITI' · MO DAY, APR1Ll9, 1993 · PAGE 3 Jenkinson portrays Jefferson and nd it," Jenkjn n a. Jeffer n said. Jenkin n al h red some f the more col rful haracttri ti of Je exampl , he b u ht up the fa that many American saw Je n a a th t ro the nati n, "a radical out of control." He wa called a tcrrori t, anti hrist and free I er. Par nrs w uld threaten th ir d,ildren wh n they misbehaved by aying, "I y u don't bch e, Mr. Je r n will get u.w Al , Jenkin n b ught up me intcre.scing fa about Jefferson. F r in ranee, when Th mas J fferson died he was in ebt $122,000. •11, mas Jc e~ n was a man wh believed in th people, the living people. He wanted life impl and t learn as much a he possibl could. He didn't want anything h didn't ive or didn't n . H put it wh n he said, 'Earth be) ngs ) che living n the d d. Each gen ration inherits the world n a mi take nd then make plans r the rure. Each gen ration h the power begin th world C1V r',D Jenkinson said When Jefferson asked wh n his dare irth wa chat i Id be celebrated by che entire nation a a h liday, his nse wa , • No. You have no right to kn my birth y.... bm if u mu t celebra~ celebrate the ourth of July. TI1e birth o our counuy.~ Cl.a:, )enkiruon partra,ed Thomas )ef/trS<Jn at 1lumda1's Conwcarion as pan of the celeb-ration of )ef/r:non 's 250th birthday. ()N CAMPUS BLG adviser calls Spectrum 'tabloid' BY PAUL SMITH TiwnderbiTd Staff Wricer "l consider myself very diplom lie person who doesn't like to be inappropriate ro anyone." id Ana Dittmar, as istanr professor of behavioral and social scienca and adviser ro the newly approved Biscxu 1l.esbian-Oay club. Dittmar said the outside rid has a warped view of what has been ing on of I re in Cedar City, and that the Dail:, Specn,.m bas m the beginnin reporrecl on the even on campus from a Clbloicl perspective. The Spectrum ran a front page tory Thursday April 8th, alleging that th dub has received death threats because of the controversy surrou n ing it' crea. ·on. ·one girl received death threats ma group he has been threatened by before," said Dittmar. •There absolutely was no c nnection to the club," adding that the Spect,um blew it out of proportion. Contrary ro the ronrroversy the Dail, Speccncm has tirm:l, Dittmar said he has received nothing bu posta u port for th club. "I have received hundred f oill and letters and n ta single one has been n rive. I feel metimes Ii I live in a ralld universe that the p«cncm has created when l sec all the attention thls h received from the rest of the counoy." Dittmar said. "I hoped one day ro famou , but by writing book or mething like that," he aid. The itu tion at U U has received national attention. U A Toda:,, National Public Radio and a Chicago television sh w have all picked up on it Dittmar said Cedar City has been portrayed a a mall tDWn with a backward mentality and dd that the people in Cedar really aren't t 11 as bad they've been painted. "I feel like the country i looking at SUU and just malc.ing fun of chi little toWn for being old fashi ned or something, and that kind of thing just isn't going on. Peopl have been calling me because chey think we have a violent siruation and that i just far from reality.~ So far, she said, there has been no problem wich the dub. It has been a ·ve for several weeks n w and ha in c on a regular asis. She aid between 15 and 30 swdents h v been a.tttnding meetings, and not once has there been any p 1cm wim anyone era rung cheir meetings, or otherwise. Dittmar s id chat she is n t homosexual. •1 find it fascinating that it took someone who was straight to pull this off." Dittmar said that the only response she h received has n overwhelmingly positive. She says h has not personally received a single negative ponse, and that hundreds of people have been supportive, even thankful r her invol ment Dittmar ad cd that the admini tration h been great in uppotting them from the beginning, and continues IO be so. Ml think the dministrati n, in term of people' freed m ro learn and to creare a support group, has been very suppottive of ch rudents. They have Uowed ro th l m:r all the guidelines be recognized as a srudent du and to have an adviseT," said Georgia Thompson, associate vice ident of tu ent services. Thompson i that th aJministrati n upports the freedom of students to organize a du and d n't take a stand on the beliefs or po itions of any dub. Faculty members have been very sup rrive and po itive, said Ditonar, so much so that w metimes it has moved me the point f tears." According the Dail:, pttlrum, a member of the club fled Salt Lake IO get away from all the conn, rsy. "That isn't true/ she said. "That particular cud nt' reason r moving to Salt Lake were not related at all the dub." "To use to rd 'flee' ro imply som ne fled r:own out of fear i th most irresponsible and inflammatory thing I have ev r seen a new paper print," said Dan Pence. pr or of heh vioral and social sciences and co-adviser ro the BLG. Pence said chc newspaper' glamoriiation of che situation has been little more than an effi rt to sell more newspapers. Ditttnar will attend a ronfi rence on sexuality and homosexuality this weeke.n ar the Unive ity of Utah. Several members of the BLD arc also tentatively planning to attend. CPR CLASS SCHEDULED: A CPR da will be given at SUU April 29. The da is from 2-6 p.m. in th Bryce Canyon Room of the Student Cenrer. The oost of the cl i $20, which In u es the xt. To register call SUU Health Service at 586- 7718. GEOLOGY LECTUll£ SI.ATED: The recent St Geo~ earthqu ke is the topi of a lecrure sponsored by the logy Club morrow at 7:30 p.m. in the new Science Building, room OL6. Th peaker will be M. Lee Allison, tate G I gi t and director ( the Utah eological Survey. Sex class is more than sex BY CARMA NIEMANN Thun.dnl,ird SUJ{f Wriic According many tud nts wh are currently enrolled in SUU' Human Sexuality course and me former rudents, sex clas more chan just leamin about sex. lnsnucror, vid Bra r, associa lessor f bi I descri the curriculum of the Human Sexuality cla as learning a r the total aspec of sex inv lving not just pie but feelings, attitude , behavior and its I in soci ty. Srudents who bad n the clas were hesitant comm nt about it. Howev r, one sru ent aid, "It' inft rmative, crual, and thought provoking. It dispels a lot of myth and really makes you think. lt brings a lot out chat everyon needs to think about" •1 I it' a ubject pie are afraid of. Some le att nded but there i n reason be. The purpo i to be tter inform and hdp n only ourselves but friend , piers, and even youn r children," aid Angela Cook, a nior from F untain Green. The da discus such ro ics w mens' premenstrual syndrome and understanding the oppo ite sex. Man n have . difficult dme understanding a man's premen trua1 syndrome, Braegger aid. There are • ca es that have gone trial where w men ha e urned d wn their hou used ph ioil violence, nnd even rted to murder and used PMS as a defense and n fi un not guilty, he explajned. Braegger feels that m t of the ttd k from srudents has been po itivc. "Srudenc, who take the course really want to become informed.~ Braegger aid he feel rha.t the Human Sexuality course should be focused on as a requirement "The cla is needed and I highly ~mmend it to students. It helps in prevention f rape. sexual harassment, child sex and imply understanding the oppo ite sex," he said. Said ne student, "In this das , sex involves more than you think." • |