UN I I T ·Y . Hal. Mortin.son, erican SiP: Langua · Con_tinuing Etlucati ~ some q[ tbe.fundam tdeaf. The Americ esent just i, few at· dents and communi for. R~gistration f orr&in, ~~ ­ already begun. SE : CAMPUS SPORTS: The Thunderbird footballers end the WOMEN'S season on the road at Cal Davis BASKETBALL: DIGEST tomorrow. PAGE 13. Star center Myndee CAMPUS NEWS: SUU's OPINION: Our readers-and Larson will sit out Office of School Relations works the editor-write about the in­ this season as a redshirt hard to bring the best students to classroom police arrest controversy. SUU PAGE 3. PAGE 9. year. CAMPUS ARTS: The now NATIONAL SPORTS: Juan running Dance Showcase is a Gonzales joined Ken Caminiti as SEE PAGES 14-17. delight and should be viewed by baseball's most valuable players all, say our reviewers. PAGE 6. yesterday. PAGE 18. I ' l • International Cultural Displays, 11:30 a.m. - IN THUNDERBIRD CffiCLE DINING: 1:30 p.m., Student Center. IFIR?JIJTI) A 1l Lunch (11-1:30): Burrito supreme, orange roughy, November • Video, Amazon: The New Eldorado, noon, Student baked potato bar, soup&. salad bar, grill, deli. Center TV room. Dinner: (5-6:30): Chicken tenders, roast pork and • Outdoors Club activity, "Reckless Weekend in dressing, soup &. salad bar, grill, deli. Moab," mountain biking, camping, rock climbing, meet in the Student Center parking lot at 4 p.m. WEATHER FORECAST: • Harvest Ball - girl's choice, semi-formal, 9 p.m. - midnight, LDS Institute, $2 with Institute card, $4 CLOUDY without, pictures $7. • Student Dance Showcase, "Life's Rhythms," HIGH: Mid 40s 7:30 p.m., Randall Jones Theatre, $2 students, $5 adults. LOW: Mid 20s • Afternoon with William Kloefkorn, SUU's visiting poet, 3 p.m., Angel's Landing Bookstore, 890 Spruce IN THUNDERBIRD CIRCLE DINING: Cedar City, refreshments provided. Lunch (12-1): Breakfast items, chicken salad in pita, • Student Dance Showcase, "Life's Rhythms," soup &. salad bar, grill, deli. 7:30 p.m., Randall Jones Theatre, $2 students, $5 adults. Dinner: {5-6): Hot chicken cordon bleu sandwich on roll, soup &. salad bar, grill, deli. WEATHER FORECAST: CLOUD Y HIGH: Mid 40s LOW: Mid 20s • Cedar City Church Schedules: Trinity Lutheran - 410 E. 1935 N. (586-7103) Worship Assembly of God- 2624 W. Hwy 56 1865-1550) Service, 9 a.m. Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.; Worship, 11 a.m. Valley Bible Church - 4780 N. Hwy 91, Enoch Christ the King Catholic - 60 N. 200 W.1586-8298) (586-0253) Sunday School, 10 a.m .; Worship Mass, 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. Services, 11 a.m. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints - 650 W. Zion Baptist Church - 1840 Harding Ave. (586-3640) Center (586-9906). Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Worship Services 11 a.m. Community Presbyterian Church - 64 E. 200 N. and 6 p.m. (586-8891) Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.; Worship Services, 8:30 and 11 a.m. IN THUNDERBIRD CIRCLE DINING: First Baptist Church of Cedar City - 324 W. 200 N. (586-6994) Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Worship Lunch (Noon-1 p.m.): Breakfast items, make-your­ Services, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. own-sandwich buffet, soup&. salad bar, grill, deli. Kingdom Hall {Jehovah's Witnesses) - 4521 N. Hwy 91, Enoch 1586-8740) Public Talk, 10 a.m. Dinner: (5-6:30): Stuffed pork chop, soup &. salad bar, Red Hills Southern Baptist - SUV General Classroom grill, deli. Building, room 107 (865-7068) Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.; Worship, 11 a.m. St. Jude's Episcopal - 354 S. 100 W. (586-3623) Services and Sunday School, 10 a.m. • Video, Brazil in the 16th etJ 17th Centuries, IN THUNDERBIRD CIRCLE DINING: 7:30 p.m., Student Center. Lunch (11-1:30): Menu not available. • Nov. 18 - Dec. 13, exhibits at Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery, "Utah Watercolor Society" and "Susan Harris: Ritual Vessels," 1-7 p.m., Monday through Dinner (5-6:30): Menu not available .. Friday, free. WEATHER FORECAST: • Poetry Reading, William Kloefkorn &. David Lee, Student Center living room, 7 p.m., free. WIND HIGH: Mid SOs LOW: Mid30s NOTICE: Those wishing to place an announcement of an on-campus event, a The f ournal makes every effort to collect items for i nclusion in this space University-sponsored off-campus event or an off-campus event of interest to the otherwise, but is not responsible for omissions. Deadline for receipt of information campus community in 'Almanac' should submit the information to the University for Monday issues is noon Fridays, for Wednesday issues is noon Tuesdays 'and for fournal by calling 586-7759 (24 hours per day) or by sending or bringing it to SUV Friday issues is noon Thursdays. The editor of '.Almanac' is Joshua S. Morrill. The Box 9384 or to TH 003 or to the Student Activities Office in the Student Center. weather is provided by the National Weather Service. THE UNIVERSITY JOURNAL • SOU'IHERN UTAH UNIVERSJTY •FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1996 Plotkin tells of exotic life dying out," said Plotkin. "Cultures By JENNIFER DURCAN disintegrate quickly when they are SENIOR STAFF WRITER introduced to Western ideas,.religion and fashion. Often, the culture The impact of the environment on indigenous disintegrates faster than the rainforests. Brazilian plants, animals and people on the U.S. and Along with this collapse of culture Western medicine was the focus of yesterday's comes the loss of fo lklore and Convocation lecture, presented by Mark Plotkin. traditions, which ~re vital to our Plotkin, an ethnobotanist, said he considers studies:" himself to be "a student of the people." Plotkin has "I believe that there is a greater spent parts of the past 17 years in the Amazon chance for recreation of a Jurassic Park rainforests learning about localized medicinal kind of environment than there is for a benefits from Shaman and tribes people in South recreation of medicinal plants and the America. knowledge of a tribe," said Plotkin. "The possible impact of these Brazilian plants on "Once the oral tradition is gone, it is southern Utah (as well as the rest of the U.S.) is gone forever." phenomenal," said Plotkin. "Population growth is Although it may be hard for many to taking its toll, and although there have been accept the possibilities of shamanistic numerous conserva tion efforts, these efforts medicine, Plotkin assures that it does generally fo cus on large, attractive species. We must not take much to be converted. "Once also incorporate bizarre species into these efforts." someone experiences the effectiveness Plotkin said that many medicinal drugs are being of these healings, they are hard to produced from such "bizarre species." Both leeches deny." and vampire bats have been used for blood-clotting Plotkin said that it is the patterns of purposes. In addition, several plants are currently these medicines that determine his being tested for their effects on herpes, diarrhea and priorities. " If a tribe in, Venezuela is diabetes. using the same plant as a tribe on the Plotkin presented a slide show detailing his eastern coast of Brazil to treat viruses, Mark Plotkin spoke at Convocation about his experiences in the experiences and stressed that there are several tribes it leads us to believe that there is some Amazon and the healing techiniques of the native people there. that have never been exposed to Western ideas and validity there, helping us set our have not been involved in botanical studies. "These priorities." to hone in on this development. "Shaman people have a very detailed knowledge of the forest; Because of the problems facing the world in regard Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a company that will give their lives are based on these plants to produce not to "bugs" that cannot be cured by antibiotics, the part of its profits back to these indigenous peoples," only medicines, but cotton, rope, pipes, canoes and rainforest plants and animals may provide a viable said Plotkin. "If this development continues to dye as well." solution. "We can perhaps find the new, effective incorporate economic development, human rights Plotkin and other ethnobotanists are racing to antibiotics of the future," said Plotkin. and pride in culture, it will bode well for these people discover all that they can. "Man y of these tribes are Many pharmaceutical companies are now rushing and the rainforest." Banquets honor achievement Recruiting keeps to "promote SUU and tell what a great campus I k ff• b By JODI BEV AN we ~ave," said Bleak. "It's a grea~ time for [SUU] B ea o ice usy JOURNAL STAFF WRITER President !Gerald R.] Sherratt to introduce 1 himself and SUU to Utah's top students." According to Jared Bleak, director of school Of all the scholarship recipients, most of those relations, the School Relations Office has been that attend the award banquets make SUU their By MISSY SEVERSON making a great effort to recruit only the finest school of choice. The banquets are a "way of JOURNAL STAFF WRITER students to SUU. helping them feel good about their college Bleak said one small part of the recruiting choice," said Bleak. President Gerald R. Sherratt's plans to increase enrollment process is scholarship award banquets. These Recipients that attend the banquets are by 300 students per year has the Office of School Relations banquets are held each spring quarter to honor presented with plaques and their personal busy year-round. "Keeping enrollment high is a primary top high school graduates who have earned an achievements are highlighted as the students are concern for our department," said Jared Bleak, director of academic or leadership scholarship from SUU.