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The Utah Sbabesman •Bed & Breakfast •Hot Tubs in Every Room •NA .%/tviviriaAltewraci raillsgpretnca(11 year 7 11-E 1 THE NUTCRACKER I-14ThanksgivingiVeekend Friday, Nov. 26 - 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 27 1:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 29 - 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $8 - $18 Discounts for students Ellen Eccles Theater 43 South Main - Logan Theater Box Office 435-752-0026 4Sugar Plum Fairy Tea Party Saturday, November 28 11:00 a.m. -12:30 p.m. Bullen Center Ballroom $3 per person 00 Cache Valley Civic Ballet Staged photograph with Fairy & Cavalier $5 www.cvcballet.org Tree ouse PEDIATRICS Treehouse Pediatrics & Family Care 2010 Nutcracker performance sponsor By STEVE KENT staff writer The incorporation of art, science and language in ceramics makes it easy to relate to a university, said John Neely, accomplished ceramicist and USU ceramics professor. Thursday's Kiger Hour featured Neely who shared his experiences studying ceramics and said for a few months in his early years working with ceramics, he lived in a house filled with his sponsor's private pottery collection. "As I start to list the things that informed my own journey — drawing, design, art history and all the obvious art stuff, but there's also history, chemistry, physics, material science, combustion engineering, language, literature — this list goes on and on," Neely said. In Neely's lecture, titled "You teach WHAT? Pottery in the University," he said he chose this title because many of his acquaintances are surprised when he shares his occupation with them. "I can't tell you how many times I've gotten on an air- '1 2 7 0 Increases to $305 after November 25th College students must present current school schedule & photo ID Sale applies to high school students also! 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Neely said most people's concept of pottery is colored by childhood experiences making more "trivial" objects like ashtrays or hand-prints for school projects. However, Neely's experience was much more in-depth. At 19-years-old, Neely left to study pottery in Japan, where a variety of friendships with business owners and artists bestowed their expertise and creative influence on him as a young man. Most notable among these was a man named Shimomura. "The connection (with Shimomura) was to influence my view of Japanese ceramics dramatically, but the fact that he was an unreformed rebel ... and a genuine eccentric was far more important," Neely said, emphasizing the unorthodox nature of his training. Kiger Hour attendee Ron Thorkildsen, a former professor for the College of Education at USU, agreed that a varied cultural experience can be valuable by a univerPROFESSOR JOHN NEELY SPOKE at Kiger Hour on Thursday sity student. In today's sociat Hamilton's about his experiences with pottery. BRANDEN FONDA ety, international relations photo often boil down to issues with United States, Neely found commented further on the currency and the real culhimself in Logan, Utah. relevance of studying pottery tural traditions are neglected, "This of course was the in college. Thorkildsen said. most serious culture shock I "It's a good segue into art. Utilizing a largely visual ever had," Neely said. A lot of times ceramics is a presentation style, Neely In Cache Valley, Neely functional art form — funcillustrated his speech with found he had limited tional in that it's utilitarian photographs of his time in resources to fire ceramics and and used on a daily basis. Japan, examples of various somewhat reluctantly began (Students) can understand pottery techniques and kiln building wood-fire kilns with how art can better your life," designs. Using knowledge recycled brick. This approach said Dunn. gained in his time abroad, built a ceramics program at Neely said that the same Neely designed the "Train USU known for wood-firing design techniques learned in Kiln," a wood-fire kiln which techniques. a pottery course were used is now used internationally to "One of the things I wantto make the dishes used by produce glazing effects, once ed to leave behind in Japan attendees of the Kiger Hour, only possible with a much was wood firing," Neely said. illustrating the commercial as larger kiln and a much larger "I'm embracing it now." well as the artistic aspects of amount of fuel. Though the Though he doesn't work ceramics. majority of Neely's research exclusively in wood-firing, for the past 20 years has Neely acknowledged the — steve.kent@aggiemail.usu. focused on wood-fire techpotential of the technique to edu niques in pottery, the focus produce unique results. was largely accidental. Upon Trevor Dunn who teaches his return from Japan to the ceramics at USU with Neely State: USU has a $310 million deficit continued from page 1 One of the biggest problems that hit USU during the recession was budget cuts. These cuts led to the university having to cut jobs and find ways to save money. A mandatory furlough was set for the week of Spring Break in 2009, which saved money on salaries. "We are not likely to have to make anymore cuts," Albrecht said. The money used to pay school employees comes from state tax money. Because of this, any increase in funding must be spread across all state employees. In order to make the money needed to provide raises to employees, the state's revenue base would have to grow by several percentage points just to meet mandated requirements in other areas as well, he said. "Because of the serious uncertainty about the future of our state economy, the Utah System of Higher Education has not submitted a request to the legislature for a specific salary increase," Coward said. "Rather, all of the presidents of public universities in Utah have made it clear that their first priority for the entire university is compensation increases for our faculty and staff. We are hopeful that it will not be another year of no raises." "Even if we see a positive increase in state revenue, it may not be at a level that will be sufficient for other critical needs like pay increases for state employees," Albrecht said. Coward works closely with Albrecht's office in providing the best opportunities possible for the university. A large part of his job focuses on the financial status. Employees' salaries vary by rank and discipline, he said. "Professors are paid more than assistant professors. Similarly, assistant professors in accounting are paid more than assistant professors in the humanities." On average, professors currently make $89,100. Associate professors average $69,100, and assistant professors make about $62,900, he said. Going into this legislative session, there are other things university administration hopes to accomplish, Albrecht said. One of the big ones is to obtain operation and maintenance (O&M) funding for non-state funded buildings. "When someone donates the money to build a new building, we still have to pay to maintain it," he said. "The O&M fund is the way to do that." The university is also hoping to get support for new developments on campus including the new doctoral veterinary science program, the transition of the USU-CEU affiliation, and obtaining capital support for the remodel of the Fine Arts Building as well as the addition to the Business Building. Those building renovations are just two of the many construction projects going on or are in the process of getting started. Many students see these projects and think there are better ways the university could be spending money, Albrecht said. "I think the university could better distribute their spending across other areas," said Mary Stocking, a junior in public relations. "If they would distribute the money further, then our teachers wouldn't have to take furloughs or pay cuts." However, that's not how it works, Albrecht said. All the money the university has to work with is spread through different accounts. State law does not allow money be transferred from capital construction to compensation, or in any other combination. "I would go to jail if I was spending employees' salaries on these new buildings," he said. Many of the new buildings and construction projects are funded entirely through outside donations and gifts. When that is the case, the money must be used exactly how the donors want it to be used, he said. The university has around a $310 million deficit to fill before it will be able to use money for new projects and improvements. There will also be mandated increases among various state departments, he said. "After that, we can start looking forward," he said. The legislative session will begin the third week of January, sometime after Martin Luther King Day. — megan.allen@aggiemaiLusu.edu |