Jacksonville State University - Mimosa Yearbook (Jacksonville, AL)

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SEMOR ART SHOW These graduating seniors had artwork shown in the student art show that was held in December during fall semester. Christy Farr. Jennifer Bolt, and Ginny Stephens stop to admire the painting that was displayed at the art show. Two JSU students. Krystal Fomby, a freshman, and Darren Douthitt. a senior, study many of the interesting art pieces. 52 CAMPUS LIFE

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Food by International Students On November 17,1987, JSU's International Club and international students from Gadsden State Community College co-sponsored the first Food Fair in the Leone Cole Auditorium. Students, faculty and residents from the community sampled foods from the participating countries. Students from Scandinavia, Japan, the Middle East, Iran, Malaysia, Turkey, West Germany, Cuba, and France prepared ethnic dishes. Students from Japan, East and West Germany, Panama, Turkey and the Middle East enter- tained the audience with native songs and dances.The scenery also promoted the mood of the evening with pictures of dancing girls, flags, castles, and even some statues of Buddha. Mrs. Joyce Nelson, a representative from the Alabama Language Institute, Gadsden State Community College, was the guest speaker for the evening. Mrs. Nelson outlined how the doors have been opened to international and exchange students only since the second World War. She also spoke of how the host families help give the stu- dents an awareness of not only their studies, but also about life in the U.S. The club charged $6 per person to attend the event. International Club Vice-President Catrine Le-gander reported profits from the event will help fund future community events and cultural programs. The International Club is trying to promote an awareness of the approximately 160 htemational students on campus. The food fair was only a beginning. —Melanie Novels— During the food fair there was entertainment, including dances from the different countries. Bulent Riza Ozyigit, dressed in her native costume, serves the delicious desserts at the International Food Fair.

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The Senior Art Show Was Superb” if there is a single word to characterize the 1987 fan Senior Art Show, it would be superb. The show opened the evening of December 1st at the Hammond Hall Gallery. The Art Experience—the taste for the literal, the real, the nonobjective, the abstract—was represented in part by graduating artists Dusty Dutton, Yin Ping Chee, Ben Hunter. Todd Taylor, Sue Stewart and Jane Sisson. Each artist was well represented; Todd Taylor with targe insects. Dusty Dutton with kinetic wire sculpture. Yin Ping Chee with ruins of war in watercolor, Ben Hunter with shoes-shoes-shoes on canvas, Sue Stewart with fish pots that resemble people, and Jane Sisson with hard and soft sculpture. The show displayed a diversity of media and subject matter. Jane Sisson described the show: “The works are involved in the abstract and the concrete, the intangible and tangible, the two dimensional and three dimensional, and the manipulation of basic components of art that create a visual experience. Donna Buckley commented, the works are excellent communicators of idea and content, and are simply superb. In our modem society, time and skills are at a premium, and it sometimes seems we are on the verge of a soulless mechanization. Fortunately, we are being rescued from this unhappy fate by many artists such as these graduating seniors that dedicate their lives to the creation of art and good design. This show is indeed a superb success. —M. Shaw— This interesting exhibit of a Coca-Cola can caught the attention of Kim Rohlfs and Robert Lett, who are both juniors. Ed Hale and his daughter Amanda Hale pause to look at some ceramic displays which were exhibited in Hammond Hall. Virginia and Howard Abney stop to admire the paintings which were done by Yin Ping Chee who is a graduating senior. SENIOR ART SHOW 53