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Show A4 NEWS AQUI YAHORA Grupo de teatro latino en UVU BY LIDIA ABANTO News Writer The panel took questions from audience members as part of the program. JEFF JACOBSEN/UVU REVIEW RadioWest records on campus BY JEFF JACOBSEN Online Content Manager It's considered common courtesy not to talk about religion or politics in polite company. But talking about both at the same time is a different story, apparently. KUER, a charter member of National Public Radio out of Salt Lake, recorded a segment for their daily show RadioWest with Doug Fabrizio Wednesday in the Ragan Theater. About 120 people sat in on the discussion titled LDS Values and Political Partisanship, which focused on dissecting the points where religion and politics meet. The discussion panel consisted of five people: BYU Assistant Professor of the Department of Political Science Quin Monson, Utah Senator Howard Stephenson, former Utah State Representative Holly Richardson, Utah State Representative Carol Spackman Moss, and Utah Senator Ben McAdams. All of these people are active Mormons. However, Stephenson and Richardson are republicans, while Moss and McAdams are democrats. The purpose of the dis- cussion was to explore how four practicing Mormons could wind up at opposite ends of the political spectrum. After all, it is widely accepted both inside and outside the church that the principles of the LDS Church are largely in line with the core beliefs of the Republican Party. It may be less common for Mormons to be liberal or democratic, but as McAdams argued, it's not because church doctrine and democratic policies are incongruent. The things democrats want, he claimed, are the same as what republicans want. Each group is merely trying to bring about the same good in different ways. As a counterpoint to McAdams' argument, Stephenson said that he did agree with that point, but with one caveat. Democrats use compulsion to bring about these changes, while republicans would rather it be done voluntarily. "The right to swing my fist," Stephenson said, "ends at your nose." While the two democrats retorted that if the nation waited for public policy to be made voluntarily it might UVU never get done, Richardson chimed in. Emphasis on different parts of Mormon doctrine, she claimed, was the difference that caused the divergence in partisanship. Monson endorsed Richardson's statement by saying that it was indeed the "kind of rhetoric that is emphasized" by church authorities that generally steers the church population toward conservatism and the Republican Party. However, Monson continued, the LDS Church is one in that does leave room for some personal interpretation, and whether members lean to the right or to the left depends entirely on which part of the doctrine they place emphasis. There was at least one point upon which each member of the panel agreed by the end of the discussion: Compassion, tolerance and Christlike behavior works both ways, and there is room in the LDS Church for people all along the political spectrum. To hear the broadcast of this edition of RadioWest, tune in to KUER 90.1 Monday at 11 a.m. or 7 p.m., or visit www.kuer.org . El club de teatro latino es el comienzo de una nueva etapa en la vida teatral de UVU. Dicha propuesta esta siendo apoyada por Iniciativa Latina y el Centro Teatral Noorda de UVU. El grupo de teatro promete ser una de las mas interesantes experiencias, en el mundo escenico en UVU. "Como coordinadora del Centro de Teatro Noorda, veo al Club de teatro Latino como una extension natural del departamento de teatro en UVU. Me encanta la idea de enseflar a los estudiantes, que tienen ideas frescas y creativas", expres6 Eileen Nagle coordinadora del Centro Teatral Noorda. Son muchos los planes que va desarrollar el grupo de teatro latino en el 2012. Entre una de las tantas actividades estan, it a las escuelas primarias, el Festival Hispano en Provo, y participar en la noche de Celebracion en UVU, la cual sera la primera presentaci6n oficial de grupo. "El Centro teatral Noorda para nitios y jovenes, espera jugar un rol importante apoyando al grupo de teatro latino. Los ayudaremos financieramente, y tambien con instructores. Liz Golden voluntariamente preparara a los futuros actores. Ella espera dirigir algunas piezas teatrales con la participacion de los miembros del club y la comunidad", agrego Nagle. El club de teatro latino, cuenta con un grupo de gente profesional y entusiasta, que esta trabajando para dar lo mejor de si mismo. Katty Perez, quien es consejera de Iniciativa Latina, es una de las iniciadoras de este gran proyecto. Igualmente, ya hay un grupo de jovenes participando del mismo. "Quiero demostrar que los latinos podemos sobresalir en otros campos, como la actuacion. Nunca he actuado ,pero lo quiero intentarlo. Me gustaria hacer de villano, esto es totalmente diferente a mi personalidad. Intentenlo vengan al grupo de teatro latino, podran socializar, aprender y divertirse", expreso Mario Moreno estudiante mexicano. El Club de Teatro Latino Iniciara los talleres de actuacion 2012, el 20 Enero a las 3:30pm, y sucesivamente se lle varan a cabo, una serie de talleres actorales los dias: 27 de enero, 10, 24 de febrero, y 2, 23, 30 de Marzo. Todos estan invitados a participar de este gran proyecto artistic°. Para mas informacion it al Facebook en, Latino Drama club at UVU. CENTER FROM Al plan this year's hearings. "Some students get upset when they hear they are paying for something they will never use, but we are using things we never paid for," Hadlock said. The groundbreaking is to be held very soon for the new Student Life and Wellness Center which will be located between the PE building and Sorensen Student Center. The goal of the building is to help students achieve wellness in body mind and spirit. "It will include a track, a multipurpose room for soccer, work out equipment, a climbing wall, bowling alleys, healthy food options and a meditation and prayer room for some of our students who pray several times a day for their denominations," Hadlock said. According to Hadlock a pool was on the table but because of maintenance costs it was put aside. However he said he could see it happening in the future. The strong student influence is set up in a way to best help leaders have priorities, which reflect the students. 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