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Show nr 2f I I k b j o. y 5 Number 9 Volume 22 Dixie College Friday, February 8, 1991 St. George, Utah Musical "1776" to Open Award-Winnin- g The Dixie College Theatre production of the g musical "1776" will be presented February 12 through 16, at 8 p.m., in the award-winnin- -I .- Graff Fine Arts Theatre, Campus Security Goes on Ticket Spree Adriana Rogers Have you been late class in the science ilding lately and just for a place to park? There are often a few reserved" spaces available, couldn't find a you parked there going to notice, anyway!" Well, the faculty or staff member whose parking place you took will notice, and in turn, Don Reid, Chief of Campus Security will also notice. So just maybe when you returned to your car you found a neat little pink slip cm your windshield. so maybe Who's have given out tickets in the last few "I more than in the history of this office," Reid stated last week. He has issued an average of 50 tickets a week. "Evidently there are two or three new classes weeks being taught with amounts of students, available 3 large leaving parking spaces." tha' So what do you need if you get one of these jthir to iowr tickets? Igaa1 tickets, be paid t ti lt tt do aren't Reid. They are actually and a fine needs to in the cashier's office. "Many of the tickets getting paid," said ont "Students don't realize that if they don't pay the ticket a $2 late fee will be added, and their transcripts may be held at the end of the id tr: quarter." yelk ding: Well, we have now been warned No parking in tbe "reserved" spaces; and if you do and get a ticket - Pay -- V' according to the director, Dr. C. Paul Andersen. The playwrights, Peter Stone and Sherman Edwards, in writing about 1776" state, "The first question we are asked by those who have seen or read T776"is invariably: 'Is it true? Did it really happen that way? The answer is, yes. Certainly a few changes have been made in order to fulfill basic dramatic tenets. . vk f A. - i 7J . reality is seldom artistic, orderly, or dramatically satisfying; life rarely provides a sound second act, and its climaxes usually have not ; . vj ' i been adequately prepared for. Therefore, in historical drama, a number of small licenses are almost always taken with strictest fact. But none of them (in '1776') has done anything to alter the historical truth of the characters, the times, or the events of American independence." The excellent plot of "1776," as explained by the playwrights, is coupled with a and delightful musical score Add superb characterizations. to this the excellent choral jf'Jk Ira, i J Jefferson L to R: Ben Franklin (Dan Conner) and John Adams (Dave Maughan) do their best to separate Thomas in and his wife, Martha (Mat Rogers, Kristin Labrum) so that Jefferson can write The Declaration of Independence 12-1- 6 musical "1776.' Tickets are on sale now for the production which runs February Dixie College's upcoming in the Graff Fine Arts Center. direction and choreography by Trish Meacham, the orchestra conducted by Dr. Ronald Garner, the beautiful and authentic costumes disigned by Ned Carnahan and created by Brent Hanson, and the result is a most entertaining and moving glimpse of American history, as presented by the members of the Dixie College production. Tickets for 1776" are Fine Arts campus. Box Office on Students are admitted I.D. with reservations but are cards recommended. available now at the Graff Alder Petitions Legislature to Increase Salaries Prison where Special from Dixie College Public Relations Office Salaries at Dixie College are substantially lower than those at other Utah colleges and universities and must be raised, Dixie College President Douglas Alder told the Utah Legislature last week. Alder distributed data which showed that staff employees at Dixie are paid 12 percent lower thap at community comparable colleges and that the total compensation package for faculty is 26 percent lower at comparable than institutions. Alder illustrated the salary situation at Dixie by distributing a job opening ad from the Daily Spectrum. The job opportunity was for a garbage truck driver. The qualifications were that the applicant must have a valid driver's license. The salary range was 517,500 to $21,900. He then explained the salaries of Dixie College faculty members. A beginning mathematics instructor earns $16,100. An experienced mathematics professor with fourteen years of teaching in the public schools and at Dixie is earning $22,500. He also said that seasoned staff members with nearly twenty years of service earn in the range of $18,000. Gunnison citizens can earn Bachelor s degrees there. St. George has long been behind in this availability, said Alder. Now such programs are becoming available from Southern Utah University, Utah State University and Weber State University, he Other needs tbe legislator heard about wero the funding to support the said. Another inequity the delivery of 3rd and 4th year discussed were his Utah's from president programs degree universities at Dixie College. concerns over the Area Alder showed a list of Technology Centers (ATC). programs available in other communities such as Tooele, Moab, Roosevelt, even in the Five areas of the state (Sevier, Cache, Ogden-Webe- r, Continued on Page 4 nmiwiwiiwiwwwwnTTini |
