Cultural Events

Water Consumption

The Geology department at Weber State set up a display in the Union building in the month of November. The display had a variation of visuals that were informative on how water is used in different cultures, how countries preserve their water, what countries are the most wasteful, and what kind of wastes should not go down the drain.

There were many pictures used to get the main point across. The students also had informative excerpts, pie charts, and statistics that went along with each visual they had lining the walls. This showing was for the knowledge of the people. To realize how wasteful our country is with water compared to other countries.

I really enjoyed seeing this display. It opened my eyes to how wasteful we are as a country with our resources, especially water. One display gave some very shocking information. It is quoted as saying "An average individual in the U.S. uses 100 gallons of water per day. Compare that to 66 gallons per day for an average European, or the 5 gallons per day for Sub-Saharan Africans." Those statistics are outrageous. I couldn't believe how wasteful we are as a nation with our clean water.

I think this was really effective in helping open the eyes if the students at Weber. The more people who realize how wasteful we are, the more of a chance we have in changing our ways.

Charm

Charm is a play by Kathleen Cahill presented by Weber State. It was directed by Tracy Callahan and held in the Eccles Theater in October. The play was based on the life of Margaret Fuller, played by Shawnee Johnson. It depicted how her life was in the late 1800's trying to become an established female writer in a male dominated profession.

There are many controversies in the play. Henry Thoreau struggles with his sexuality, Margaret tries to find true love in her life, while working toward a writing career. Waldo Emerson has a hard time with new feelings he has toward Margaret even though he is married to Lydian. Nathaniel Hawthorne attempts to write great stories of his time but seems to always get stuck. Margaret leaves Concord to write about the war happening overseas and that is when she meets Count O, falls in love and has a child. The play tragically ends when Margaret is traveling home with her child by boat and it sinks, killing her and her baby.

I loved this play. The actors did such a great job at making the audience feel as though they were a part of it. The different twist it had on many of the issues was very eye opening. How Henry Thoreau struggled with coming to terms that he was gay was very well presented. It showed that those are issues that are not just recently coming about but have been there for hundreds of years.

I had never been to a black box style theater. It was a new experience that I really enjoyed.