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Show pNESD AY, .j 0 Iflass AUGUST 24, 201 1 Act provides veloped themselves as part of a class project. Those students revealed that teaching the concept through' the video medium better enabled them to learn it themselves. Next, Elane Sharp, a senior English major from St. George, presented her paper Going Through Life Sideways, a research piece on the violence against women present in cinematic works of director Fritz Lang. Using a combination of her written material and excepts from Langs films, Sharp showed the portrayal of dehumanization and misogyny present in the films from the 50s. Senior biology majors Alex Nelsen of Brigham City and Jachie Mertin of St. George presented the research performed in Zion National Park to track the spread of a fungus that has been wreaking havoc on tree frog populations. This trip took them hiking and repelling on a nine-da- y trip the has and through park seeded opportunities for fur-- s on- - ews. iship ther research in the biology department. Since the students found the fungus wasnt meaningfully affecting the frog population in Zion the students now have purpose to find out why out of several possible options. Morgan Clements displayed some of his sculpting and painted art, artwork that, aside from his written work, has garnered attention among the arts faculty at Dixie State College. As a non-traditio- student, Clements demonstrated that not all talent must be honed at a young age. The communication department had students produce a film in association with the digital forensics program at DSC to hype the addition to course offerings. This film combined the efforts of actors, technicians and audiovisual students to produce a final product, all created under the auspices of students of DSC. We were glad to be able to showcase a wide variety of high quality products, Hinton said. This is the second year weve held the event, and it ought to be done more frequently. projects, research KateLyn Wall, a junior music education major from Centerville, gave a presentation on her experiences in a music study at the prestigious Brevard Music Center. She first presented her experiences as a student learner and then performed a Pablo Sarasates' Malaguena for the audience with piano accompaniment. Wall first became interested in music at a young age when her family visited Weber State University to hear performers from Ju-liar- She said her father d. re- calls her begging to try the violin, and while she took piano lessons beforehand, she finally did begin study- balveskys Concerto, Mo. 3. She also performed pieces that the whole orchestra of out to experience new things. Financing stops some students; dont let it stop you, Wall said. People love to support the arts. selected students would later play. Music is a deeply com- petitive field, Wall said. Im not very competitive. Youre there to better yourself. Dont let money be the reason you dont go. Paul Abegg, and assistant professor and has taught Wall since her first year. He said money was almost the Still, Wall said she was so nervous she could hardly sleep the first night she ar- reason Wall couldn't go. "She earned a scholarship rived, and she was ecstatic when she found she had been accepted. after auditioning in January, but it wasn't enough," Abegg said. "Then a week before the summer program The people I studied with are now some of my best friends, Wall said. My quartet happened to come from the Four Comers began, someone dropped. So they called her and said there was more money available. She got her affairs in order and left." states." While studying at Brevard she had the opportunity to play in the orchestra along Abegg went on to trate how the music with gram was already showing its value through Wall's per- JBYA atinued from page 2 ia with i;nm at ample ,es equip-- e government that space to two constituencies, ana-- , j awe-the- t, e staff c with in we said. ung the Libyans, ie forefront who were of demon-non- s. Demographic that 75 per-n- t ofLibyans were bom Gadhafi's rule; he's :only leader the vast .jonty of citizens have .dies eel like The first is show Jer k r known. ing the violin in She was accepted into the Brevard summer study program after sending in an audition that pitted her against the field, an experience she called priceless. students from all around the Her parting advice to other music students was to not "Wall isn't cutthroat," Abegg said. "She is diligent and puts in the time. She has let money get in the way furthering art and getting of a competitive edge because she has a strong work ethic." the toppling of Gadhafi boosts other Arab protest movements, especially the imperiled one in Syria, Libyans will have chipped away at their status as regional laughingstocks. Gadhafi's many eccentricities made his country the butt of jokes. "Now, as we see the very end of Gadhafi's tyranny and the beginning of a new Libya, it's important to emphasize the principles of respect for human rights, the respect for jus tice that the Transitional National Council has promised to all the Libyans," said Jeffrey U.S. assistant secreof tary state for Near Eastern affairs, said in a statement while on a trip to Cairo. NATO's bombing operation helped clear the way, but it took disparate groups ofLibyans from across the country to bring down the regime. sixth-grad- e. nation, including level musicians. Her selected piece was Ka-post-gradua- te formance, as it had been offered as a program for only two years. y ted orfea) o cap1' by Gadhafi's singular "jamahariya" system that decentralized power to prevent the rise of political rivals. Even before i, tradino democratic tion existed in Libya; his predecessor was a British-backe- d king whose reign was interrupted by Italian Gad-haf- occupation. Crafting a foreign policy will be yet another challenge as foreign governments and corporations eagerly await the chance to open shop in Libya, some lured by the prospects of the country's vast oil wealth and others eager to guard Western interests in the region by ensuring a moderate, friendly Libya emerges. Under criticism in some quarters for its reliance on NATO's firepower, the council must also persuade other Arab states to recognize it as the legitimate government of Libya. On Monday, Egypt joined a handful of Arab states to make the change. And if Felt-ma- n, (c) 2011, McClatchy-Tri-bun- has all kinds of tools to managing your college finances, Wells Fargo online at you make smart decisions. And it starts with College Combo Check it out ll "tiuiorgo.com'backstage hen it comes to u Together wa'll go far oiri vil' .ther Far9 pag( e Information Services. us help you find ways to lighten your financial load iiW ,r jus- The second key constituency is the Islamists, a catchall category that encompasses seasoned who fought in Afghanistan and Iraq but also a new generation of Libyans who are "much more politically Islamist and much less cosmopolitan" than their parents, Anderson said. At the same time, Libya's interim leaders will be expected to build a civil society in a scarred nation that for decades was governed pro- Ma, an acclaimed cello artist. 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