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Polygamous Mormon group pulls children out of school Court rules ASUN must revise bylaw RESULTS from pagel The bill could appear on the agenda as early as a week but could easily take longer, he said. ASUN Human Rights Committee Chairwoman Angela Clements said she has no plans as of now to introduce legislation for or against the Defense of Marriage Amendment The committee has not dis cussed the issue, but the Sexual Orientation Advisory Council has spoken about it she said. Clements' actions are contin gent on if and how the bylaws are revised and whether they are passed by the senate, she said With the general election less than nine weeks away, Clements' said she was unsure if it would be worth the senate’s time to make a decision on the issue. Because the Defense of Marriage Amendment and ASUN’s involvement in it is con troversial, senators may spend too much time debating die issue rather than looking at other top ics important to students. “We’re still trying to decide if ASUN is the right route,” she said THE ASSOCIATED PRESS COLORADO CITY, Ariz. -Hundreds of members of a polygamous Mormon splinter group have pulled their children out of the public schools along the Utah-Arizona state line - preparing, perhaps, for the end of the world. Only about 350 students have enrolled in the four schools in the desert towns of Colorado City and Hildale, Utah, com pared with 1,400 last year. Dozens of teachers belonging to the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have also quit. They acted at the direction of Warren Jeffs, who speaks on behalf of his aged father, Rulon Jeffs, the church’s prophet. In mid-July, Warren Jeffs ordered THE MOOSE'S TOOTH Outdoor Company 27th M Vine 475-HIKE Summer clothes 40% off! 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In a statement issued through their Salt Lake City attorney, the Jeffses said: "The Fundamentalist Church and its officers have not made any pre dictions in regard to the exact date of the Second Coming. “It has long been the teach ing of the church that no man knows the hour or the date of that event." The twin towns were settled in the late 1800s by ranchers who followed the Mormon doc trine of polygamy. In 1890, the mainstream church disavowed the practice of plural marriage under pressure from the federal government, which threatened to refuse Utah statehood if it didn’t. But some people have clung to the practice — among them the fundamentalist sect, found ed in 1929 — and have been excommunicated by the Mormon Church as a result. Polygamy remains illegal, though it largely goes unpun ished, a crime prosecutors say is difficult to prove and usually victimless. Still, members of the sect are wary of outsiders and hostile to those who have bro ken with the faith. Church leaders are said to have prophesied several dates for the Second Coming, only to see them come and go. In 1993, Rulon Jeffs told high school graduates not to attend college since the world would end before they could finish, according to Bateman. Since the start of the school year two weeks ago, many class rooms have been nearly empty. Attendance was down so much at one middle school that authorities closed it and sent the remaining youngsters to anoth er school. Most of the sect’s youngsters are being schooled at home instead. Colorado City Mayor Dan Barlow, a church member, said the decree issued in July was merely “a suggestion that people take that responsibility for themselves.” He started home schooling his children a year ago. “I just felt like I could do much better teaching them the things I know and give them some spiritual teaching as well,” he said. Rulon and Warren Jeffs live in large gated homes in Hildale and are said to have dozens of wives. Lenore Holm, a former member, said Warren Jeffs moved back to Hildale from Salt Lake City about two years ago and has been tightening his grip on the flock, arranging mar riages with young women — sometimes as young as 15 — and driving those who challenge him, like Holm, out of the church. About six months ago, Holm said, she refused to let her 16 year-old daughter become the second wife of a 39-year-old handyman who did work on Warren Jeffs’ home. She said the church excom municated her and is trying to evict her and her 10 children liv ing at home. dent art displays, said Joseph Ruffo, art and art history chair man. “I won’t see a need to book (student art shows) in the Rotunda,” Ruffo said, adding that any students still interested in displaying art at the Rotunda in addition to the Eisentrager/Howard Gallery could contact Rotunda manage ment The Rotunda Gallery in the Union, dedicated in April 1999, began exhibiting student art when Richards Hall closed for renovation in March 1999. Daryl Swanson, director of the Nebraska Unions, said the gallery filled the void of places to exhibit student art “It was just happenstance that it opened at the same time they were closing Richards Hall,” Swanson said. “It was just perfect for us to go and ask (the art department) to bring student art down here.” But the gallery is open to any one who wants to exhibit their work, Rotunda supervisor Karen Wills said. Any department interested in displaying student works can contact student involvement to set up an exhibit, Wills said. Architecture models, fashion projects, traveling exhibits and even biology models could all be prospective exhibits, Wills said. “Art is different in everyone’s eyes,” she said. "Anything and everything can fit in there.” Swanson added that some departments may want to bring in an artist in residence. “There are all kinds of possi bilities we haven’t even explored yet," he said. Currently, the Judaic Studies department is sponsoring an exhibit of paintings by Fay Grajower titled “Stones & Scrolls” in the Rotunda. Swanson said student-pro duced art should be appearing soon. “Student art is generally not available (this early in the year),” he said, stating that student art usually comes in sometime dur ing October. Wills and Swanson hope that the Rotunda will constantly have exhibits now that it is open. “My objective would be to have something hanging in the gallery 50 weeks out of the year,” he said. “That’s probably unreal istic.” Student response to the Rotunda exhibits has been gener ally positive, Wills said. Some students say they hope student art will continue to appear in the Rotunda even after the Eisentrager/Howard Gallery opens. “If students put art (in the Rotunda), more people who aren’t art students would come and see it,” said Emily Chen, a freshman marketing major John- Paul Wilson, a freshman math and physics major, said he liked the idea of different depart ments displaying artwork in the Rotunda. • “I think it’s a good idea to let departments take turns putting exhibitions in there,” he said. The Rotunda Gallery, on the first floor of the Nebraska Union, is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m, Monday through Friday. 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