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Show si IN TO7- NOTH Mr fDNE$DAXNOVfMKEl)llttl E m Meet the local St. George sensation, Aja. PAGE 8 1 ST. GEORGE, ifMmt- - UTAH VOLUME XXIV, NO.IO 1 Rebels beat Snow College Badgers still number one the in nation! PAGE 10 Mesa to win crown, advance to National Dixie downs Cisco, No. I I District A Tournament in Baltimore By Stephen vincent & Ashleigh Millgate Sports Editor Sports Editor styincent77hotmail Chamber Orchestra performs fall concert. com ashUighmfouest The Dixie College Lady Rebels soccer team is headed to Baltimore, Maryland, to the national tournament for the second straight year. The Rebels qualified for the Big Dance by winning the District A championship this weekend. The Rebels beat No.l Mesa in sudden-deatThe next night, overtime, they blew out Cisco College, to win the title. Texas, The Rebels downed the Thunderbirds m a h PAGE 7 6-- 0 com hard fought game. The win allowed Dixie not just to advance, but to get sweet revenge against who beat them in Mesa earlier this season. Laurel Faylor scored the golden goal just minutes into the second to give the Rebels their biggest win of the year. Jamie Hadley scored earlier in the game to tie the game at theT-Bird- 4-- 2 Dixies Jamie Hadley (10) watches teammate Julie Offret (13) prepare to slam the ball towards 1 overtime victory over the Thunderbirds on Friday. the Mesa net during the Rebels (16-2-- See Soccer, page 12 Dan Watson retires after 30 years By Mark Petersen Special to The Sun Dan Watson, who has served five Dixie The Black Student Association strives for ethnic unity. PAGE 5 Visit http. our newly web site: sun dixie edu College presidents as administrative assistant, will retire from the campus after 30 years of service on Nov. 15. While Watson is hesitant to talk about himself, he is more than willing to express his feelings for the college. Dixie College has always been important to me," he said. This has always been my hometown. Growing up, St. George was a cohesive little community of less than 3,000 people. My dad owned and operated Dixie Drug, and with my brother and two sisters, we grew up in the shad nan ow of the college. All of our junior dances were up m the open air pavil-hoby the gymnasium campus. We played tennis near the college. We were familiar with all the buildings. The college was central to our lives. Just 291 students were enrolled at Dixie when Watson was a freshman, and only 199 during his sophomore year. There were 58 students in the graduating class of 1941. Obviously, n World War II was beginning to have an impact on those who could attend college dunng that time. The Friday night dances were what we all looked forward to, he adds We had our own big bands, and I preferred New college name nixed By Dave Nielsen News Editor Nidjni42reMnet.cteck.nlii The Dixie College Board of their previTrustees e ous vote (recommending Utah Dixie State College) and voted to change the name to Dixie State College of Utah Thursday, Nov. 4- - This was in response to a strong reaction from students, faculty and alumni. Trustees chairman Dale Larkin, anticipating a visit within the hour from Board of Regents discusrepresentatives, e sion on the issue, and said he hoped a decision could be made so that trustees could present a unified opinion upon the regents amval. Louise Excell, faculty representative on the college council, new-nam- Photo by Loren Webb Dan Watson (right), Eric Pedersen (center) and Ron Woodland He gather during last Wednesdays tribute to Watson. retires Nov. 15 after 30 years of service at Dixie College. dancing to eating when was in college." Besides dancing, Watson was honored for a vanety of accomplishments dunng his college I days, including yearbook editor and winning first place in a Halloween short story contest. See Watson, page 2 new-nam- See Name CHANGE, page 3 |