Campus Briefs
Utah State Theater auditions Sept. 7
Auditions will be held Sept. 7 for students and members of the community interested in performing in 2002-2003 Utah State Theater mainstage productions.
Audition times begin at 9 a.m. for theater majors only and 10 a.m. for all others. Children are especially needed for the play, “To Kill a Mockingbird,”
Productions for this season include “To Kill a Mockingbird,” by Christopher Sergel from the book by Harper Lee, “Taming of the Shrew,” by William Shakespeare and “The Miss Firecracker Contes,” by Beth Henley.
Individuals are required to contact the Utah State Theater main office at 797-3046 to reserve a slot in the day’s schedule and to obtain information regarding audition necessities.
USU student recognized nationally
A Utah State University student was named the top business leader scholar in the nation at the Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda National Leadership Conference, Aug. 23.
Competing in the national awards program, Duke Di Stefano, a junior majoring in business education received the Distinguished Business Leader Scholar award according to Utah State news release.
The award is presented to one student in the nation out of hundreds of applicants. Di Stefano was awarded the scholarship based on his leadership experience in the organization and his academic performance according to chapter adviser Shauna Karren.
“Duke has been involved with the organization since high school, Karren said. “He is a hard worker and a perfect example of what USU business students are all about.”
The Distinguished Business Leader Scholar award was part of a comprehensive competitive events program sponsored annually by Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda and was held this year in Nashville.
Auto drivers more dangerous than truck drivers
Car drivers are far more likely than truck drivers to cause a crash according to AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety.
The AAA study found car drivers fail to alter their driving behavior when sharing the road with large trucks and as a result, car drivers place themselves in harm’s way and often end up on the deadly end of a crash according to www.AAAPressRoom.com.
“When cars and trucks crash, they majority of fatalities occur to the occupants of the car,” said Rolayne Fairclough, AAA Utah spokeswoman.
“In the year 2000, over 5,000 people were killed and about 140,000 injured in these crashes. According to the study, car drivers suffered 98 percent of the driver fatalities and truck drivers only 2 percent of the deaths.”
The study finds that when driver error was the cause of a fatal car-truck crash, 80 percent were committed by car drivers according to www.AAAPressRoom.com.
Utah Public Radio special Monday
A one-hour program celebrating people who keep alive an older way of life called New York Works will be heard Monday at 9 a.m. and 7 p.m.
This special Labor Day offering is hosted by Dean Olsher and was evolved from a series of profiles first broadcast on UPR’s afternoon magazine program according to Utah State new release.
Among individuals featured are 94-year-old Selma Koch who runs one of New York’s last old-style bra fitting shops and Walter Backerman, who delivers seltzer along the same route worked by his father and grandfather.