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Show THE • DE NUMB --E-R-13----••@e•••ilh•ii••iflif1§•ii•iiiii••ii•iif _88T _ H_YEAR; __ _ li----M -0-ND--AY -, N _O _'i\/_E_M-BE_R_l_, 1-99-3 International ·Week to focus on Japan BY JENNIFER MORLEY Thuruie1'bird Ediwr SUlYs International Week entitled "Japan: Ancient Traditions in a Modem Worldn begins today and runs through Thursday. . Tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the SUU Student Center's Zion Conference Room, University ofUmh Professor of Hi tory Wes Susaki-Uemura will re ent a lecture entitled .. A Tapestry of Old and New: Perspectives on Japanese Political Thought.n Tomorrow at noon, and again at 7:30 p.m., the film Tok.,o Story will be shown in the Student Center TV Lounge. The film focu es on ordinary people in Japan who are caught in the sm:sses of contemporary life. On Wedne&lay at 7 p.m. in the Zion Conference Room, a lecture/slide pre ntation will take place. The lecture, given by Lennox Tierney, Univer ity of Utah profes or of Asian art history, is titled "Culrural Traditions of Japan and rhe Twentieth Cenrury.n Thursday's ctivitie include a Convocation lecture by Hiroki Kato, vice president of Asian development of the LOM EGA Corporation. Kato will discuss "Japane e Management Seer t: Humanware. ~ Th fr-ee lecrure will be at 11 a.m. in the SUV Audimrium and the public is invited to attend. Also on Thursday, a 7:30 p.m. lecture entitled "Japan: What Keeps it Together, What Keep it Apart" will be presented by Yukio Kachi, profusoor of philosophy at the Univer ity of Umh. The lecrure will be held in the Zion Conference Room. On Tuesday, Nov. 9, rhe re will be a book discussion of three books-Aghwee the Sk:, Monsrer, by Kenzaburo Oe; The Buy Who Wrote Poetry, by Yukio Mishim; and The Bridge of Dreams, by Junichiro Tanizaki. The di cussion will be led by Carl Sullivan, Snow College professor oflanguage and lirerature, and "'lill be held at the Cedar City Public Llbrary. Previous book discussions, held on Sept 28 and Oct 12 and 26, also focused on Japan and included books such as American Game, }apaneJe Rules; Kokoro, by Soseki atsume; and Tok,o Story, by Yasujiro Oiu. The discussions wer led by SU Associate Professor of behavioral and ocial sciences Jim V\asich, SU Profe sor of language and literature S.S. Moorty and Sullivan, respectively. International Week is spon ored by the SUU Multicultural Center, SUU Convocations, the Utah Humanities Council and NEH: The Book Group. SUUSA SENATE: Arts, Letters and Humanities Senators are working on projects including Sen. Maren Maclean's idea to better utilize SU's Conoocation speakers. SEEPAGE 3. Abooe: Chad 'Chainsaw' Arwood, a senioT Spanish major, scam both high school and SUU students al the 4th anruuil Sigma Nu. Hau.need Howe. The haunted house ran Thursday, Fritul-y and Saturda-y nights with huge crowdl each night. According to Jeff Martin, a member of Sigma Nu, the fracemit-y raised ap/)roximacel-y $1,700. Right: 'Warlock' Derrick • Baca, a freshman edw::ation major from Clearfield, and 'witch' Annette Webster, a freshman from Gedar Cicy, dance the night awa-y at SUU's annual Halloween dance. The dance was sponsored lry SUU's ln!J!r· Greek Council VOTER 'BIRDS GO TO 1-6-1: He's not running, but Cedar City's SU's big gun Rick Robins passes for 208 yards, tosses two touchdowns and rushes for 74 yards in a losing effort as the Weber State WildcatJ down the 'Birds 43-39. SEE PAGE 14. INFO: mayor and city council members, as well as the Iron County Art Tax, will be voted on in the election tomorrow. SEEPAGES 8&9. |