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Show WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2016 BANDS 17.47 continued from page 1 Smith met his wife, Heather. While pursuing his undergraduate degree in music education, Smith said he joined a comedy a cappella group called Moosebutter. "I have always been interested in sound and what it does,-- Smith said. 1 "I've learned over time that it's really fun to perform music, to go out and to be stage and perform for on other people." After graduation, Smith said he furthered his education by attending Brigham Young University. There he earned a master's degree in wind conducting. He followed suit by earning his doctorate in conducting from the University of DIXIESUNNEINS.COM - 9 Northern Colorado. Prior to coming to DSU, Smith held the position of director of bands for three said he enjoyed the idea jor from St. George, said, of DSU being a growing "It makes me very proud to be part of this band that he wants to grow." The other aspect of Smith's vision is to get more students into the music program, he said. Smith said, "In a university pushing 10,000 students, there are more than 38 musicians on this university with wonderful students. "With the way he teaches, it's obvious that he has played in bands and that he knows what he is talking about," said Carly Green, a freshman psychology major from St. George. "He understands what you are doing wrong, and he knows how to make it right." Smith said seeing what potential DSU and the community has to offer has helped Smith set long-tergoals pertaining to the progression of the music department. He said he wants to "see a level of quality in the music that is going to be respected in this state and in this region." Jackson Cooney, a sophomore music education ma- - years at Columbia Basin College in Pasco, Washington. During his time spent at CBC, he taught various classes including jazz band, concert band, music appreciation and music theory. When the bands director position opened at DSU, Smith said he and his wife knew he needed to apply for the job. To them, he said this position had been on their "dream job list for the last decade." Smith said he considered the bands director position at DSU to be his ideal job for many different reasons. Smith said the St. George area provided "tons of musical potential." He also V ., campus." Smith said he visits local high schools to inform the students of the music program at DSU. He said he also has targeted the freshman class in an attempt to draw students into the program. On freshman orientation day, Smith said seven students joined the band. "Music is too important for those other kids not to be involved in music," Smith said. m ) ,.,, , - ',, - , -- - - , - - , , , ,,, i ' - , ,, , , , , , . ' ;, . , .,,,,,-- , ., -- - ",- (, - . ,' , i ,,, f 4 . , -- , -, - -- , ,-( ,,, ..,,, , , - 3 's , - - -1- ''. ". , . , ', 7 ., , , , - , - ,.- 1 ,1 , , ,,i ,..-- ' , -- -- - - , - - . 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David Harris, partment chair for the media studies !department and assistant professor of communicaItion, didn't know he was He ng it ) cer- help fled re. near ipitol ial her, onvis- - ng ler my, pe for how is if Y" nomY, eet- - , Iliving with Attention Deficcit Disorder, a behavioral disorder including sympt- oms such as poor concentration and distractibility, until about three weeks ago. "I always ing up, Weeks just thought grow-A- G until about three ago, that it was everyone struggled with," Harris said. "I thought everyone had issues with completing jags that were boring or distracted by things something 13111g easily." d see Dno- Al- - ro- - Harris didn't see his diagof ADD as a problem. lie said he looked at the DOSiS diagnosis thing he with instead he had next t- - 30 and vlark )n more like some-wi- ll was just dealing of something to live with. Harris said he struggled high school with corn-ParPieting tasks like home-o- n Work and going to class. He in k. said he eventually realized wasn't going to ,graduate he learned 1"Workarounds " to make that he ADD or ADHD include receiving extended time on a test, getting a quiet room for a test so it's distraction free, checking out a voice recorder or being eligible for the Disability Resource school and other tasks more interesting and challenging. "If it's not challenging, if it's not hard, if it's something that I think is uninteresting, then I would have a hard time doing it," he said. A "workaround" is a strategy Harris said he would use in school when he was realizing he was drifting off or not paying attention in class. He said he would bring himself back to the situation and focus again by doing some cognitive thinking. He said he would also try and make things more challenging for himself by going the extra mile with a task or completing it at a faster pace. For students struggling with problems similar to Harris', there are resources available at Dixie State Center's note-takin- hire someone who is in the student same class as who has ADD or ADHD to take notes for that student. The person will not know who they're taking notes for due to privacy issues, Clark said. ser- g g vice, Clark said. The service is where the staff from the center will --- . . able is taking medication. Harris said although medi ,, I 7,-- - tc 1 l t, ,osHrookomer4 ' t t i ; .! 11 ''S i 1 ii L . . . , I. ,,,,,... . i.' , 1 . , .'' . 0 , , , , ,,,.1 .'', II - - ' ..... , ' , - - I El' ".ki . ' ?! , 7 ' ., , "i,.. , I , , lig , -' , pend with for students diagnosed ! ,, less order, which is determined from a by a diagnosis who performs physiologist disorder. testing for the Some resources available ,, , I rest- and impulsivity. Clark said resources deon the level of the dis- ' . Beverly Clark, assistant director of the Disability Resource Center at DSU, said there are resources available to students who live with ADD or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Dis- constantly feeling said. Clark said people have to be careful when labeling someone who has ADD or ADHD. Many of us would be surprised by those around us who have ADD or ADHD; most of the time, you would never know, Clark said. ll, . University. order. ADHD is like ADD, but it includes hyperactivity fix-it-a- Another resource avail- note-takin- - cation isn't a it's been beneficial for him to take it, and others shouldn't be ashamed if they take medication. "The idea that people shouldn't even think of medication to me (is) that same sort of idea like 'it's all in your head, you should just try and fix it," Harris t1-- 1 1 - I1 (i. 1 ,,,, I ; 7,,.... ' - t ,. , ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, A A 0 ''''' )t "-- ...e.,,.....,....-,---..-- 4 . Demitrius Deskin, a freshman history major, struggles to focus on homework. 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