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Show tU iip iwrhln'Tra,'VM Tuesday, January 18, 2005 University Journal Club fair gives students opportunities to get involved with university activities By HOLLY COOMBS hcoombssuujournal.com A club fair took place Thursday night in the Sharwan Smith Center Ballroom, with 50 of the 98 official clubs present in hopes of gaining the interest of the student body. Students at the club fair were entertained by music and dancing while exploring the club displays. Rachelle Brewer, Professional Development delegate, said she took roll. She said 30 clubs were present at the beginning of the fair, and 50 clubs were present by the end of the night. I Rochelle Zibetti, a junior historyEnglish major from Provo, and the Ballroom Dance Club, representative, said the club hoped to gain as many new members as possible that night. Bryan Presently, the club has 15 members, and with auditions coming up, that will hopefully bring the number up, she said. Some of the students who signed up for the clubs had friends and experiences that helped them gain an interest in getting involved. Kenessa Robbins, a freshman elementary education major from South Jordan, said she signed up for the Service Club because she participated in and enjoyed service while in high school. Robbins said the possibility of getting to wear a kilt got her interested in the Scarlet & Black Highlanders Pipeband. I signed up for the class for the Scarlet & BlackHighlanders Pipeband Club because it seemed so interesting, and I might get to wear a SOT wms ffota like people does." flood Continued from Page major damage to houses, but Santa Clara and Gunlock were the worst hit. The city of Gunlock is completely isolated, he said in an interview Wednesday. All power and phone lines are out. Authorities are more focused on getting into Gunlock because of issues, he said. The only way to get to Gunlock is by air, Tersigni said. The Sand Cove Bridge had been repaired for enough residents to enter and leave the city by Wednesday. The waters are receding, so homeowners are not currently being threatened with further damage right now, he said. Flood warnings for the Virgin River from Hurricane through Littlefield, Ariz., were extended until noon Wednesday, to the National according Weather Service Web site. Flood warnings for the Santa Clara River were also extended 1 for the county on Tuesday as he toured the damaged areas. Preliminary estimates from Washington County officials place, the damage at more than $86 million. The Spectrum reported on Thursday. Some Federal Emergency Management Agency toured the representatives damage in Washington County on Thursday in order to see what aid the federal government can give victims of the flood. The caused flooding embankments to dissolve along the Santa Clara River, causing some houses to collapse into the raging waters on Tuesday. nineteen Approximately houses were completely swept away by the flood, the majority being in St. George. Tersigni said St. George had life-safe- commercial selected out of 115 Utah entries Student-mad- e kilt, she said. Presidents and members of the clubs said they would like to have new members by the end of the night, but they would also like people to know what their clubs are all about. Sen. Bryan Cowley, College of Computing, Integrated Engineering & Technology and president of Alpha Phi Sigma, said he hoped the night would gain them at least five new members. Mostly I would like people see what the club does, he said. Cowley said Wayne Williams, the clubs adviser, puts a lot of dedication to the club and has made it a success. Williams said the club began in March 1999 and has an average of 23 members. Mallory Murphy, Newman Club president, said the clubs goal that night was to get at least 10 people sign up. Cowley toShe said 60 people are currently in the club. What might interest people to join is the activities that we have every week, Murphy said. And to help the minority religion. Viola Tuiaki, Polynesian Club president, said the club had 50 people sign up at the fall club fair, and she hoped to see more than 20 people join at this club fair. We have 50 people in the club right now, she said. What might get people interested in the club would be the spring luau we have every spring and the community service that we do. She said the club donates the money it earns to organizations in need as an act of service. We dont use the money we earn, Tuiaki said. As a part of service, we give it to organizations that need it. By ABBY PALMER apalmersuujournal.com SUUs Communication Department competed in and won a statewide film contest. Susannah Ilicken, a senior communication major from Springville, appeared in a commercial produced by Jon Smith, Communication Department chair. Smith also wrote and videotaped the commercial, while Lee Byers, SUTV station manager, edited it. The commercial was titled Its all here, 360 degrees and will appear at the Sundance Festival in Park City, Thursday through Jan. 30. The primary requirement for the commercial was a portrayal of support for shooting films in Utah. In the commercial, Hicken enthusiastically moves 360 degrees around the camera, citing what type of scene could be shot with each background. The commercial ends with Hicken saying: We can do it all here. We can do it all here! When Byers edited the commercial, he made it appear to be a home video. He said some production companies actually go out and make home videos to decide on locations for their films. The town of Virgin was used as a background for the commercial. Various locations shown behind Hicken include Pine Valley Mountains, Hurricane Cliffs, Zion National Park and other desert scenes. The commercial was selected from 115 entries as one off the top eight. SUU was the only school selected in the top eight. All the other winners were production would to see what the club "Mostly, Page 3 companies or individuals. Hicken had the opportunity to attend an award ceremony which took place at Embassy Suites Hotel in downtown Salt Lake City in December. She said when she arrived and was seated, she felt a bit out of place. She said she thought about leaving because the honorable mention commercials were excellent. SUUs commercial was the first winning commercial announced. Hicken was called up to receive the prizes. She was awarded a trophy, gift bags and $1,500, which Smith split amongst those involved. This was. a great opportunity for me, Hicken said. It was a lot of fun to make the commercial. Hicken had pondered leaving SUU to complete her film degree but chose to stay at SUU for a hands-o- n experience. I really made the right decision in not leaving SUU, Hicken said. I would not be able to have this experience anywhere else. SUU gives me the chance to work closely with what I want to do. Smith said SUU and SUTV are not known for preparing students to make films. He said he would like to change this perspective of SUU and has plans for producing more commercials in his Television Field Production class. SUTV and SUU actually does a lot of broadcasting, Smith said. We are not known for preparing students for making film. This will definitely get us known. STUDENTS STAY LAUGHING through Wednesday because the river channel has been altered by the significantly flooding, the Web site reported. St. George had Although severe damage from the storms, Cedar City is more prepared to handle storms that could cause flooding. Kit Wareham, Cedar City public works director, said Cedar City is also becoming more prepared. Cedar City is in pretty good shape and getting better all the time, he said. He said there are certain areas that are inspected before and during storms to help prevent any flooding. There is a project in its very beginning stages right now f to Coal Creek, Wareham said. He said this new plan will help Cedar City to be more prepared and capable to prevent and handle floods. I flood-proo- JANA TAYLOR UNIVERSITY JOURNAL Ryan Weaver, a senior German major from Cedar City, Ange Murtha, a sophomore accounting major from Riverton, and Clint Bertola, a senior criminal justice major from Vernal, laugh at comedian Chris Fonsecas jokes. Fonseca performed Tuesday night in the Ballroom for Welcome Back Week. He is from Colorado and has previously performed for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. ft ,, MTJ n 1 h I rw n i ! AND SAVE UP TO 40 c OFF THE LIST PRICE. How great is tills? 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