Campus and community briefs
Students invited to sleep out on Quad
Habitat for Humanity, STEP and a group from MHR 3110 are hosting “Homeless for a Night” Wednesday to raise awareness of the homeless.
From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the Taggart Student Center Patio there will be live bands, presentations to raise awareness of the homeless and other activities. At 7 p.m. Mayor Doug Thompson will speak concerning the homeless and needy. Then there will be more live bands, free food, Survivor-style games, and other fun activities lasting throughout the night. Students are invited to bring a cardboard box and the necessary equipment to sleep out on the Quad. Pizza, marshmallows and hot dogs will be served.
All events are free. Donations of canned food and clothing are encouraged to help with the needs of those in the community.
Panelists to discuss Abraham descendants
As part of the Muslim World Festival, representatives from Christianity, Judaism and Islam will form a religion panel on Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. in the TSC Auditorium.
Thursday, a Japanese film, “Shall We Dance?” will be shown in the TSC Center Colony Room at 7 p.m. for free as part of the International Film Festival.
Guild teams art with water conservation
Art Guild members, the landscape architecture and environmental planning department and sponsors will present the second annual art exhibition April 6 through 9.
The show’s theme for this year is “WHEREHOUSE: A Sense of Place” and will feature perspectives on the topic of water conservation. The exhibition will be shown at the Old Logan Coach Warehouse located at 300 S. 400 West in Logan. A reception will be held April 6 from 5 to 7 p.m. There will be music and refreshments.
The Art Guild is a nonprofit organization headed by Aubrie Mema and Steven Stradley which allows USU students interested in art to explore by viewing students’ and visiting artists’ portfolios as well as visiting museums and galleries where new ideas in the field are apparent. The guild would like to thank its university and community sponsors for making its activities possible.
‘Drum into Spring’ slated for Friday
Percussionists at Utah State University are featured in a spring concert, Drum into Spring, in a diverse mix of selections that includes some of the state’s best musicians. The concert, under the direction of Dennis Griffin, is Friday, April 2, and begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Kent Concert Hall of the Chase Fine Arts Center.
Concert tickets are available at the door. Adult admission is $5, and students with current ID are admitted free.
“As usual, the music performed will bring out the diverse possibilities of the percussion,” said Griffin, percussion program head. “Selections range from Mozart arranged for marimbas, to jazz to World percussion.”
The concert also highlights one of the program’s outstanding senior percussionists, Keith Sorensen, originally from Cedar City. Also performing during the evening is the Caine Percussion Ensemble.
Cache percussionists beat the competition
Cache Valley is home to some of the state’s best percussionists and a number of them have awards and recognition to back up that claim, said Utah State University faculty member and percussion program head Dennis Griffin.
A number of Utah State University and Cache Valley musicians took honors at this year’s Utah Percussion Festival held at BYU in February. USU student Sam Bryson of Logan took first place in timpani, and Casey Cangelosi, Hyde Park, took first place in snare drum at the competition. Cangelosi also took first place in mallet/keyboard, while Tyson Titensor of Preston took second place.
Tyler Whitesides and Mike Barlow of Logan High School won first and second place in the high school mallet division.