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Show r Monday, April 16,2C Utah Statesman Health Insurance www.janetanderson. niymedicalquotes.com • STAY-AT-HOME FATHERS From page 5 WE NEED YOUR STUFF! Tte FOUR PAWS Yard Sale Fundraiser will be held on Saturday, June 2nd Donations Wanted Four Paws rescue, your local no-kill cat and dog shelter, Is looking for donation items for a June Yard Sale. Have old stuff you don't need??? CailMichele 752-4462 when they would watch "The Price is Right" together, and when they would play the card game Memory. "She would literally beat the pants off of me," Kite said. And when Johnsen got older, Kite said he would stand at the window every day to watch as she cut across fields walking home from junior high to make sure he was there when she got home. But despite all that, Kite still felt stigmatized for what he was doing. "People say, 'Gee, here's a bum, you know, making his wife go to work while he just sits around the house.' But I didn't just sit around the house. I did things, I'm a handyman," Kite said. Johnsen said she has encountered the same kind of stereotypes when she tells people her father was a stayat-home dad. "Some people are surprised when I say, 'Yeah, he's got a degree in engineering,'" she said. Kite holds a bachelors degree in safety engineering and public relations from Central Missouri State University as well as an associate degree in welding from the Utah Technology Center She said other people just assume her dad stayed home because her mom made a lot of money, which was not the case either. "It was tight sometimes," Johnsen said. And Johnsen said her father reacted to those misconceptions with a reluctance to tell people he was a stay-at-home father. CEICO. A15-miniitecall could save you 15% on car insurance. 1513 N. Hillfield Rd., Suite 3 (8O1) 752-O485 ENTER FOR A CHANCE TO WIN A COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP "I don't think guys are as proud of it as they should be," Johnsen said. Jana Darrington, a lecturer in the family, consumer and human development program, said though such stigmas surrounding stayat-home fathers are loosening, they still exist in society because of the general conception of men being providers. "That is still a main component and a main idea in our society about men's roles," Darrington said. "It depends on his personality, but that potentially does place a lot of pressure on him if he is feeling the lack of being a provider." But Darrington said there is no major difference for the children of stay-at-home mothers or fathers, except that the father can create a greater bond with his children, especially with daughters. "Research shows that fathers tend to bond more with their sons than with their daughters. Staying home would increase that bond with daughters. They're more involved, they're spending more time with them," Darrington said. Johnsen said she thinks that is true in her case. "Now I think I am equally close to both parents, and I think if he hadn't been a stayat-home parent, I wouldn't be. I'd just be close with my mom," Johnsen said. Kite agreed, saying that he is closer to Johnsen than he is to his older son, who was raised by Kite's wife while Kite was still able to work. He joked that Johnsen is more like him as well, for better or for worse. "I guess she acts like me in a lot of ways. I guess that's one of the biggest problems," Kite said. Johnsen said she appreciates that her dad was always there for her. She said when she was in school, she could always call him if she was sick or needed something, a luxury she noticed her friends didn't always have. "He would always say, 'OK, I'll come pick you up,'" Johnsen said. "I really liked that. I think my mom would have told me just to deal with "The best part is going home," he said. "I like what I do but getting there is very stressful. In one day we had five parties and Baby Animal Days at American West Heritage Center to cater for. You rotate, you stock, clean, load, haul the truck again, five times over - it's a lot. So after the day is all done, it's like, whew!" Another difficult part of being a chef, Simpson said, is dealing with food costs. "Our labor to make things, our time, energy, all that far outweighs any of those costs," he said. "So much goes into preparing the food that chefs think about every day that other people don't think about." The most rewarding part of his day, however, is when Simpson said he is done serving an event and he can watch the people enjoy the food and notice their admiration. Sanderson said his days as a chef are rewarding because he "respects the art of culinary" enough to really put himself into whatever he is doing. Micheli said the best part of his days is when he talks to newcomers who are pleased with the restaurant atmosphere and with the different dishes that are offered. Finding a new recipe, Micheli said, or creating a new Italian dish to serve is also rewarding. And having customers tell him about positive Le Nonne reviews via Web sites can really help make his day, he said. Le Nonne is located at 129 N. 100 East in Logan. Culinary Concepts is located at 875 S. Main in Smithfield. "Being a chef is what I do," Micheli said. "It's my way of life." Vancouver, where I grew up. I'd like to go back to my childhood experiences. That would be fun. be? US: If you could go anywhere in the world where would you go? US: If you had any advice for other students, what would it be? Ghaemi: Anywhere in the world? I would go to TVinidad. I'm actually going there May 5. We're going to stay in a hotel forfreeand everything. Ghaemi: Study hard and open up conversations with all people. Not just your own little social groups. One of the most important things that I see in the cafeteria is a lot of times you see segregations and I wish people would get together more. it. Johnsen said now that she and her husband Chris are expecting a child of their own, it is their hope to always have one parent stay home, whichever it may be. "It depends on which one of us gets the better job," Johnsen said. "I think there should always be a parent home, but I don't think it matters which one." Darrington said the most important advice she can give to any stay-at-home father is the same as she would give to mothers: to make sure that they understand what is developmentally appropriate for their child, and to help their child become emotionally intelligent. Kite said his advice is just for fathers to let their wives and children know that he loves and cares for them. "That's what I always tried to do," Kite said. "I hope I did a goodjob. She turned out pretty good." -je7ibeasley@cc.nsu.edu • CHEFS From page 5 Like Simpson, Micheli said he and his wife, Stephanie, co-own Le Nonne and work together to make sure things are ready in time for customers. Micheli, from Tuscany, Italy, said he went to school for four years to learn the cooking basics and then traveled to Los Angeles where he started opening Italian restaurants. "It's really how much you work and how much you apply yourself," he said. The hardest part of Micheli's day, he said, is "waking up" and going to work. "It is a monotonous life," he said. "After six years, I got everything down and it's fun. But fun can turn to dull because I get so set into the routine." Simpson, owner of Culinary Concepts, said the hardest part of his day is working the very long hours as well as finally accomplishing the day. -britg@cc.usu.edu >G HAEMI From page 6 US: What would you say is your favorite food? Ghaemi: I like all kinds of international food, nothing specific. I like Persian food, Mexican food. US: Have you ever been on a blind date? Ghaemi: No. I just totally have to see the person first. US: Do you have any embarrassing moments? 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US: And your favorite movie? Ghaemi: I like inspirational movies. I really liked that current one with Will Smith. "Pursuit of Happyness." That is one of my favorite movies. And I like "Catch Me if You Can." And I like TV shows like "Seinfield." -mnewbold@cc.usu.edu DON IMUS From page 7 Part of me wants to stand by Don Imus. After all, what happened to him is more or less a macrocosm of what happens between my wife and me every week or two. I say something stupid, she gets angry anclthreatens to fire me, and I tell her that I'm a good person with a charity ranch for terminally ill kids who just happened to say a bad thing. But the better part of me says that what Imus said was actually where we found "anti-intellectualisrn and antiAmericanism at its most repugnant." I don't believe in censorship. Kurt Vonnegut certainly didn't believe in censorship. But, unlike Imus, Vonnegut also didn't go around spewing hate for hate's sake. He was a difficult artist, but the way that he pushed for positive change made him more American than all the world's right-winged Imuses put together. And so while I hope the world gives Imus the forgiveness he wants, I hope more that it finds the time to remember Kurt Vonnegut and the way that he irreverently imagined the equality, the justice and the humanity we ought to have been talking about. Zach Pendieton is a senior majoring in English. Comments and questions can be sent to zpendleton@cc.usu.edu. |