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Show THE THUNDERBIRD· SOUTHERN UTAH U IVERS ITI • TH U RSDAY, MAY6, 1993· PAGE 3 Kidrick to pursue Ph.D. at U. of Iowa Alumni scholarships BY PAUL SMITH Thunderbird Sr:aff Wricer Valerie Kid rick, director and curator of the Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery will leave SUU at the end of this year to pursue a Ph. D at the University of Iowa. Kidrick has been at SUU for almost five years, and by many accounts been instrumental in propelling the gallery to regional renown. gl think what I have done here is brought d1e gallery away from a small town or county level to a state-wide level gallery," said Kidrick. "I think that l really achieved bringing this gallery to the Wasatch Front," she said Kidrick said that four years ago the gallery was virtually unknown and that d1ey have been able to get the word out to a lot of people and bring it a variety of traveling displays. The gallery was responsible for bringing several panels of me AIDS Quilt to the campus where they were displayed in the Sru.dent Center fall quarter. "The dilemma we' re finding ourselves with i how do you replace someone who has done such a good job?" asked Phillip Carter, assistant provost for academic programs. Carter said that the university is currently conducting a national search to find someone to~, would really hesitate to say, replace her, because I'm not sure anyone can 'replace' her," he said. Carter said Kidrick has done a phenomenal job at SUU, conducted hersdf very professionally, and although he is sad to see her go said the university will support her and do all they can to help her in pursuing another degree. "Many people will tell you that sometimes I'm rather hard-nosed, but I do what it takes to be professional and make tl1e gallery professional," said Kidrld. She said that western a.rt is so prevalent in Utah that she has strived to bring in otl1er kinds of art to give people a new perspective. to be awarded to SU kids The SUU Alumni Association will award an Outstanding Srudent Alumni full-tuition Scholarship and several one-half ruition NonTraditional Scholarships for the academic 1993-94 school year. The outstanding srudent alumni schL1larship will be awiuJed to a child or grandchild of a former SUU student and will be based on GPA, extracurricular activities involvement and civic/community involvement. The non-traditional scholarships will be awarded to renaming married or single family supporting students who have demonstrated financial need. These students should plan to carry a minimum of 12 credit hours, have a GPA of better d1an 2.5, be a returning SUU student, and have no other scholarships. The student needs to be recommended by a faculty member, clergy or counsdor. Money used to finance me scholarships is raised by members of the SU Alumni Association annually during the fall SUU tekthon . Applications for the Outstanding Student Alumni Award should be made to d1 SUU Alumni Office in the Adminisrration Building no later than May 20, 1993. Applications for the non-traditional scholarships will be acL't'ptt.'1.i until July 31. For more information concerning th..-se Alumni Scholarships contact the SUU Alumni Relations Office by calling 586-7777. TV's 'Twisted Vision·' may air next weekend BY JENNY POLSO Thumlerbird, Staff Wnter SUU's SIFE (StuaeTI_LS in Free Enterprise) Club recenr!y captured first place m Wesrem Region competition, earning the right to attend the organization's inrernaiional fina6 in Kansas Cit:,, Mo., at the entl of May. (From lef1, back row) Bob Salmon, ~ hozo Uchimura, Dan Cloward, Darrin Fraser, Steven Messer, Jamee Maxey, aduiser Art Porter. (front, from left) Adriana Cortez, Charlotte Corry. Last year, the group t.ook Rookie of uie Year honors in both regional and in1emational competition . This year, al the internationals in Kamas Cit), they're oitt w protie it uias no j1uke. According to Salmon, dean of the College of Business, Technology and Commun ication, the SUU ieam earned the hi1;hest score ar 1he regionals, and 11.'llS se!ecred along with the Unwersil) of Nerw Mexico to represent the Western Rl'!!Wn at the upcomin,I!' finals. "No other team in the fmtory of SIFE has 1.00n so man)' awards in iLS firsc tu,o years," Salmon smd. "Obt•iou1l::,, I'm pTOud of them for a number of reasons." Students rnn St.>e some of their fuvorite SUU srudcnt actl•rs in a nt'w television show. TV, or Twt ted Vi5ion, is a snidcn proJuceJ . how 'iOOn to be seen on SUTV. Andwny B;ickman, b,xh t,1e pr xlucer and rhe artistic direL,or, d escril1t.'ll TV as ";i hope o help ;1..:tors at ,LJLJ J..tt' some experience in tel ·vi on, :md for .,nidents in rh e communirarn~n department ro get used to the iJea of having aCW(S performing in d1e studio." The show is a collahor:1ti11n hctwl'en the tlwnrr.- ,lt·pamnt•nt and d1c commun ication dl·pai:tn1cnc. Backm:m i clM., rd inating with Cathlttn Killian of the c inm;~i..:.1ti1 in Jcpam11ent. Backman is no newcomer to this t,eld. TV Qr not TV , which wtirl last year's Emmy for hcst ori~inal wmedy seric~, is rl1e sketch n1medy ·crie that he work~! on in Phue111x. It airnl on a publk ,Kee s ,h,rnnd, much liked e now famed skit from Saru rday i1,tht Live, Wayne 's Wnr!d. 1l1e pilot is tcntanvdy planned ro air next wi:-ekend , t'ithcr ,m f-riJay o r SarurJ;iy night. On..:e on the air, Twisted Vision ho~s c,, J;:t't .~ome good viewer response. SwJcnc writers are encourn1,-ed to contact either Backman o r Killian if hey waii t to conrrihure tll d,e show. If d1e rilot goes well, Backm. n hopes to continu the show di rough rhc summer and possibly rhc next yea r. If TV i wt·ll n:ceived there is a possi~ ility that die show will be pickcJ up o n UNET, a tel '\'ison d,..•,nel that, through satellite, i seen on d1c campusc nf mo~t m;:i111r universities. Some seniors that will lie seen include R. Matthew Hemon, Gayle St.1ffen on, and O.T. Bassen with guest direction by Robert RiJ,ardson. Education senators map out upcoming fall projects Restoration of bell tower, phone registration system and counseling service in the works for Rawlings, Yardley, Wilson BY MONICA ADAIR Thunderbird Correspondent Education Senators Eddy Rawlings, Stacee Yardley, and Gigi Wilson each have some special areas of focus for the coming year. Plans to restore historical chimes; add a computerized phone registration system; review senate budgets; and plans to provide a counseling service for incoming education majors are all on the agenda. One of the first projects that Rawlings would like to get going is the restoration of tpe bell tower chimes o n the very top of the Old Main Building. Rawlings points out that the beUs haven't played in years and that restoration costs shouldn't be too costly because it may just be a small maintenance problem. "The c.himes u ed to play on the hour and at events such as baccalaureate until one day it quit working. Since that time they've just been sitting there," says Rawlings. Rawlings is also working wid1 0. Mark Barton, assistant vic.e president of student ervices, to bring a computerized registration system to SUU. Rawlings says that, "The ystem is similar to those owned by larger universities such as BYU but it is less expensive and will be much more convenient that the system we have now." Acc.ording to Rawlings, installation of the new system should begin after this quarter. Yardley and Wilson are both putting their efforts into re earching student fees. "We feel that's what' really going to make a difference to me students," says Yardley. Wilson and Yardley have special projects i.n mind, but said they feel that figuring out who needs help and where funds should be allocated comes first. After me research is done, Yardley would like to sta rt off by installing glass cases in the Old Main Building. These cases will be similar to those in me Busin ss Building and Yardley ays she feels d1at having them would eliminate the disorganizatio n. She also says mat it would be easier to make me srudents aware of the new job opportunities. Wil o n wo uld like to betn an academic counseling program for the srudents who are entering into the education department. "The freshmen come into the department without a clue ro wh;it's going o n and don't know who to ask for help," says Wilson . ' She also says mat, "We need srudents who are just finishing me block to help out. It would be so much easier if the new students could get help from those who had already been through the process and knew what they were doing." Wilson says that mey would like to fund this program through work study although it must be OK'd by me state legi lature before this can happen. There are also a few legal problems mat need to be worked our, she said. |