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Show f§r mx Utah State Theater performs well at regionals Maternity Supplement Insurance BY USU MEDIA RELATIONS Costs as little as $70 a month. Pay-out as high as $4000. in when mom and dad's policy steps out. be in effect 10 months before delivery. great with other health insurance Sarte works policies Cache Valley Insurance, Inc. 94 South Main. Logan (435) 752-4560 Ask for Quent Casperson or Curtis Stacey Theatre arts students at Utah State University returned from a regional conference with a number of top awards. "The theatre arts department maintains an aggressive production calendar that turns out some of the best student designers in the nation," said acting department head Dennis Hassan, who also heads the set design program in the department. "The program is built on a solid reputation for being both creatively open and technically adept." The departments philosophy and programs were reinforced as its students beaver continued the tradition of excellence at the 2006 Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival. Held on the Southern Utah University campus in Cedar City Feb. 14-18, the regional festival provided rewards for members of the theatre arts department team. At the regional conference two students in each discipline win either the National (first place) or Regional (second place) awards. Kay Townsend, Macy Perrbne and Caress Burgado all topped the competition in their respective categories, earning a trip to the national festival, held in Washington D.C. There they will compete with winners from other regions. Townsend took home top billing for her makeup work in Utah State Theatres production of "Macbeth" (2005). designs, all of which were advanced to the final round of judging in four categories. "The newest students in ,« the fields of set, costume, lighting, makeup and sound design get to see and learn from some of the best student designers in the region, while receiving feedback from a panel of professionals," Fisher said. "The more experienced competitors get to present their work in hopes of winning national awards. It is a N rare opportunity for artists to v compare their skills to those of their peers." "Winning this award , and going to the Kennedy Center is such an honor," said Perrone. "I am so excited and very humbled by the opportunity. I can't wait to go and share my work with other people in the industry and get the chance to learn from other designers." Perrone earned the national prize for her costume design in "Comedy of Errors" (2005). Bergado's set design for "Sleepy Hollow" (2005) paved her way to Washington D.C. Amanda Profaizer earned the regional award for her costume design for "Sleepy Hollow." Profaizer was the 2004 national award winner for costume design. According to Shawn Fisher, associate professor of theatre technology at Utah State, the event serves as a measure of the talent the department has. "The exhibition and competition includes schools from California, Arizona, Nevada and Utah and this year welcomed approximately 30 universities including BYU, Arizona State and several of the Cal State universities," he said. This year Utah State University entered six m o u n t a i n Show current season pass from other resort and buy one day pass for only • W A N G FAMILY From page 5 f l f week days only SEASON PASS SALE SALE MARCH 7- APRIL 14, 2006 Unlimited day-time only $245 Children 6 thru 11 only $ 110 Passes valid as soon as it is purchased. Good the rest of this season and all of next season. Children 5 and under FREE when adult of same family purchases a season pass. NO REFUNDS! NOT GOOD AT NIGHT! Passes available at Logan Office: 1351 East 700 North. Logan (Next to Fredrico s Pizza) 8 am - 5:30 pm. Monday - Saturday "This blows all other recent remakes away... BRUTAL, INTENSE and SCARY TO THE MAX! FANGORIA "A BEAUTIFUL, GORY RIDE... one of the more FEROCIOUS horror movies to come out of Hollywood for a long time." AIN'T IT COOL NEWS THE HILLS ^,HAVE_ EYES The lucky ones die first. i?. given day. The Wang family comprises all but h "My real name is Hsin, but Americans one of the staff who run the business, make, / can't figure out how to pronounce that," said dish and deliver the ready-made or specially . Kevin, a USU graduate in accounting and made items on the Royal Express menu. economics. He emphasized the tendency to pronounce it as "shin" instead of sin. Between working and living together in Logan for the past 11 years, the Wang family v$ "So my aunt gave me the name Kevin," he has gone through hard times and big changes^ said. Tony said. Citing a language barrier caused >( He said his aunt tried to give each memby age differences as a key factor, Tony said ber of the family an American name that reflected their personalities, but not everyone he didn't feel connected to his family for a long time. agreed with her choices. J "After the move, my mom would tell me "My aunt gave my sister a name she hated I'm more Americanized' than the rest of the {) — like Miriam or Maryann or something — so she just changed it to Jackie because she family because sometimes I would feel like |j ,i liked the way it sounds," Kevin said, laughing. eating a hamburger or because I hung out with white people," he said. "I didn't ever Of all the members of the family, Tony said know what they were talking about and it Jackie, who started high school at the time seemed like they didn't care to hear from the of the move, faced the most difficult adjustAmerican' in the house." ment. "Every Friday and Saturday, Jackie had to Since then, Tony says he's improved rela, work at the restaurant and Kevin did a lot of tions with his family by learning to see both ., the time, too," Tony said of his siblings' long sides of every situation - including what their hours at their aunt's situation could be like in business, Mandarin Taiwan. Garden in Logan. "I remember how bad "I learned that elementary5 "While the two it was in Taiwan. Even worked on those days, little kids had knives at students are horrible people. their peers were out school," he said of the doing what teens do — blades all students used I learned lots of racist terms I hanging out, playing, as pencil sharpeners. "I going bowling, etc." never even knew existed." remember watching 4s year-olds having knife Besides having a TonyWang^ fights at school. We were harder time making ~ Freshman wild kids in Taiwain; friends, Tony said his ' "J""" we never listened to my ', brother and sister's mom, but my dads glad ' social adjustments we are here now - being were also hindered by good kids." ', language difficulties. "I got to stay home on weekends and learn After spending 11 years in Logan being a English by watching TV and singing with good kid, saving some money from his job school music programs," Tony said of his first at Royal Express and earning a bachelor's years in Utah. "Both my brother and sister degree, Kevin says his U.S. experience is comhad a harder time than I did because they plete for now. (i were older, so their Chinese was more devel"It is time to get out of Logan," he said of hi^ . oped." plans to go back to Taiwan in August. "I want / to teach English and look for other business ". And even after more than a decade of living, working and going to school in Logan, the opportunities." struggle to become fluent in English isn't over. And even after more than a year of two [ "Jackie is working so hard. Even in her meals a day plus leftovers every night, Kevin "' spare time or on breaks, she'll pull out a dicstill can't get enough of the food at Royal j tionary and just sit down and learn vocabuExpress. lary," said Tony, who is thinking of majoring "I get sick of the food for a time, but then I j \ in English. "She is only not even in her midwant it again," he said, noting that the most 205 and she already owns her own restaupopular items are not authentic, but instead rant, Royal Express, while also going back to "made up for Americans," like tiny spicy chick-! school at USU, taking online courses in busien. "When I went to Taiwan in October, I lost ,, ness management." six pounds - but I was surprised that I really '-! ' Kevin, Tony and Susan can also be found at missed the food here." Royal Express at 880 S. Main on almost any —lindsaykite@,cc.usu.edu • 2036f FOR GRUESOME DOWNLOADS. www.foxscarchllght.com , ( >FOCUS From page 6 and internationally, as well as mission partnerships through Maranatha Baptist Church." Recently, the group has sent students to more than 15 states and countries to help bring others to a belief in Jesus Christ. Just a few of the places MARCH 10 TEXT HILLS TO , essi(a/\iexanaer/ia!exanaer@<cu$u.eau MATTHEW SWANK, DANIEL MOORE and Rob Gunn discuss various religious topics at Tuesday's FOCUS Bible study. include: Iraq, Israel, Russia, \ Venezuela and Myrtle Beach,' s.c. ;^J; Gunn said the opportuni-' ties for growth offered by the group helps to meet the ., overall objective of FOCUS. "The best part of this j group is when people really get it. It's when they find out who Christ is and what he \ has done for them," Gunn J said "' "It's when they get serious .,,' about their faith and don't have to live off their parents' beliefs and values anymore. It's about people who lay down their hostility and start to really understand who you are and who you are trying to represent," he said. FOCUS meets at the Maranatha Baptist Church on 395 S. Main each Sunday r { morning at 9 a.m. and lf Tbesdays at 7:30 p.m. For questions about FOCUS 'C contact Rob or Miriam : Gunn at 753-0280. —nebuller@cc.usu.edu |