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Show Wed/Thurs/Fri, September 24-26, 2008 Sundance reaches out to students Submitted by the Sundance Institute Sundance Institute in the community - Sundance Institute provides year-round community programming and outreach to the residents of Utah with unique opportunities to engage in the range of work supported by the Institute. Ranging from a monthly screening series to bringing filmmakers into local classrooms, these original programs offer Utah residents the first opportunity to learn about the creative process that brings projects from conception to completion. Audiences will meet emerging and established artists, have the opportunity to exchange dialogue about timely issues, give their feedback about works in progress and participate in this creative process on year-round basis. Community programming in Utah includes: Sundance Institute Film Series, Filmmakers in the Classroom, High School screenings, nonprofit giveaways, local feedback program, locals ticketing, community screenings, and numerous volunteer opportunities. Filmmakers in the classroom - Sundance Institute partners with the Park City Performing Arts Foundation to bring short filmmakers from the Festival to Summit County classrooms. During the Sundance Film Festival filmmakers show their work to Park City High School students and engage them in a discussion about the art and experience of filmmaking as well as issues around the world. This unique program exposes Park City students to an array of cultural and political issues and people. In the past, classes such as History, Humanities, English as a Second Language, Film Studies, and others have benefited from these visits. In 2008, 16 filmmakers participated in this program, visiting 24 classrooms and talking to over 450 students. High School screenings Sundance Institute's High School screening series offers Utah students and teachers the incredible opportunity to participate in one of the world's top film festivals at no cost. This program offers a selection of documentary and narrative festival films specially chosen by Institute staff to reflect issues and interests relevant to high school students. After each screening, filmmakers talk with the students about their creative journey and answer questions about the film. Utah students have been among the first audiences to view films such as" Napoleon Dynamite," "March of the Penguins," and "An Inconvenient Truth." In 2008, we presented 12 screenings in Salt Lake City and Ogden which collectively were seen by 4000 students from 34 schools. • 3 Dot • Billy Blues • Christopher Blue • Charlotte Tarantola • Twill 22 • Twisted 0) X a I (0 uo o ao c p 2 (0 Q> o o o O D Week 2 • 5090 Week 3 • 600 VJ clearly significant," said Dr. Robert Wescott, president, Keybridge Research LLC. "Bottlers continue to make strong progress toward full implementation and, in light of the timeline given to the industry to implement these guidelines, the gains to date are particularly noteworthy." The voluntary agreement between the Alliance for a Healthier'Generation, American Beverage Association, The CocaCola Company, Dr Pepper Snapple Group and PepsiCo, Inc. was announced by former president Bill Clinton along with leaders of the beverage industry on May 3, 2006. The science-based guidelines call for the beverage industry to provide lower-calorie and smallerportion options in schools, including the removal of full-calorie soft drinks, all by the 2009-2010 school year. Beverage options include 100 percent juice, low-fat milk and bottled water in elementary and middle schools, with the addition of diet sodas, calorie-capped sports drinks and enhanced waters, and low-calorie teas in high schools. It is the shift towards lower-calorie, smaller-portion beverages that is contributing to the reduction in calories available from beverages in schools, as well as the change in the beverage mix available to students. <fj i»»"The School Beverage Guidelines are a component of the Alliance for a Healthier Generation's Healthy Schools Program, This comprehensive program addresses both nutrition and physical activity by outlining specific steps that schools can take to create healthier school environments. The criteria are based on the best available evidence of programs, policies and practices that positively impact physical activity and healthy eating behaviors among students. The report highlights three important markers of progress: • Calories in schools continue to drop. There has been a 58 percent decrease in total calories contained in all beverages shipped to schools between 2004 - the last comprehensive data available prior to the agreement - and the 2007-2008 school year. • School contract compliance has surpassed the benchmark goal. In the second year of implementation, 79 percent of all contracts between bottlers and schools or school districts have achieved compliance with the guidelines, which surpasses the benchmark goal of reaching 75 percent by 2008. • The school beverage landscape continues to change. The beverage mix in schools continues to change, shifting to more waters, portion-controlled sports drinks and diet drinks. In fact, shipments of full-calorie soft drinks have decreased by nearly two-thirds with the volume shipped to schools down by 65 percent, showing industry is well on track for meeting that component of the commitment. Since the MOU was entered into just over two years ago, beverage companies have spent thousands of hours educating and training sales forces throughout the country on the specifics of the guidelines, as well as revising existing contracts between bottlers and schools. To date, they have invested millions of dollars to make the guidelift\3S>areality in schools across the. country by retrofitting vending machines, repackaging products, and reconfiguring production lines and equipment, among other implementation activities. These efforts continue to be underway as industry works toward its commitment of full implementation by the 2009-2010 school year. In fact, while this report measures data through June, progress has continued over the summer months as many schools and bottlers work together to make changes less disruptive while school is not in session. For complete details on the national School Beverage Guidelines and a copy of the full progress report go to www.schoolbeverages.com. z cs \Jrr o UTT (0 Week 4 - 7 5 % OFF Beverage industry cuts calories in schools Submitted by the American Heart Association NEW YORK - A new report released today shows that the beverage industry continues to significantly cut calories in schools two years into a three-year implementation period of the national School Beverage Guidelines. The Alliance for a Healthier Generation, a joint initiative of the William J. Clinton Foundation and the American Heart Association, worked with representatives of The Coca-Cola Company, Dr, Pepper Snapple Group and PepsiCo, Inc. and the American Beverage Association to establish these guidelines that limit portion sizes and reduce the number of calories available to children during the school day. The report reflects the diligent and determined action of beverage companies to help change the landscape in schools for children across America. The "School Beverage Guidelines Progress Report 20072008" showed that beverage calories shipped to schools have decreased by 58 percent since 2004, the last comprehensive analysis available prior to creation of the School Beverage Guidelines in 2006. Importantly, the second annual progress report shows that 79'percent of schools under contract with bottlers are already in compliance with the national School Beverage Guidelines. This surpasses a specific benchmark set forth as part of the guidelines agreement that 75 percent of schools under contract must be in compliance by the 20082009 school year, which just began. "We're cutting calories in schools, plain and simple," Neely said. "This industry made a bold commitment two years ago to change the beverage mix in schools, and we are delivering. We recognize that schools are unique places and we're doing our part to help students understand the importance of balancing calories burned with calories consumed." "The change we're seeing is B-33 The Park Record < Week 4 Starts Monday September 22 U- d a (A -h o* O o* o ul Your favorite designers are going on the rack of opportunity! , I ; C o s -atRedstone Center (435) 575-8746 o o D Hours: Monday-Saturday 10:00 - 7:00 pm, Sunday Noon - 5:00 pm Technology warns students of campus crises SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - In case of an emergency, students at some Utah universities will only have to check their cell phones to know what to do. The University of Utah and Utah State University have adopted emergency notification systems that drop voicemail and text messages to thousands of cell phones, land lines and e-mail accounts. University of Utah Emergency Management Director Les Chatelain says the idea is to get out accurate information about a crisis situation as quick- ly as possible. New to the Utah campus this year, about 13 percent of students and 20 percent of staff have subscribed to the service. 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