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Show 1.": Vurtvanm IUimM .S ;V - ' :.., r , V m" :... r twotch! V (J (010) - Editor in Chief Kris ten Riedelbach Editor? Christian Arial . Assistant Editor Shan Fowler Performing Arts Editor Scott C. Morgan Art Director Mark Summers Assistant Art Director Scott Brown ; a Photography Editor The ifrnI of TT by Christian Aria! T T Bill Mitchell tuuiftrih ' T Writing Staff began as a collabora-I- " tive venture. In the fall of 1994, two Daily Utah Chronicle staffers, Rob Roberts companies, performers, bars or promoters. Twitch has always emphasized writer and reader interest. So, why end a good things weekly supplement to Chronicle will no longer feature the 12 pages of Twitch each A w7c I Bryant Ison, started an underground style B'zine" as a The Daily order to gain entertainment booty, pad their Utah Chronicle, in resumes, and provide the campus with a young, hip arts and entertainment magazine. Three years later, Twitch grew by four pages, defined its focus, improved cover stories and refined its writing. Twitch provided an opportunity for stu- dent writers to see their stories and opinions in print, with minimal editing and no censure. Twitch also provided some of the most exhaustive and straight-forwar- d local arts and entertainment coverage in Salt Lake. In the process of covering arts and entertainment events, Twitch hasn't pandered to advertisers, r Why The indeed. 1997 ment stories will appear in an eight-pag- e Thursday magazine, whose title and editor have yet to be announced. The '97 Chronicle editor Robert A. Jones has expressed a desire to emphasize campus events over national and touring acts. In actuality, Jones will likely be in the hip pocket of ASUU, acting as a PR generation machine. The coverage contained in the as yet unnamed magazine will probably homogenize arts and entertainment coverage to the point that boring and polite school events (and an occasional 1 appetizer or dessert with purchase of $20 or more Trolley Square Valid Sunday thru Thursday only No other coupons or certificates can be used in conjunction Li LJ Contributing Artists Clayton Fullmer, Kyle Green, Derek Melius, Bill Mitchell, Scott Brown, Christian Arial I While Twitch has been one of Abba CD review) may be the only arts and entertainment the best sources for local arts and entertainment information, the magazine has also been a huge news mentioned. As editors this year, Shan Fowler, Scott Morgan and under-funde- TTT. Ijggg f Ml J fanoas EJ.B.O.'dsl fWa II Ad Layout Chad Margetts, Supervisor publication. (How many other to hire diverse writers and to print stylistic viewpoints in opposition to our own critical Salt Lake weeklies can you name with a strictly arts and entertainment focus?) A strong spine, an arts background, writing skills and an incisive ear and eye are required to properly and objectively cover arts and entertainment. Since little of the Twitch staff will be returning to The Chronicle next year, expect to read padded applause of campus events and congratulatory applause for all things benign, safe and bourgeois. Good luck to next year's entertainment editor, whoever heshe may be. The campus may be dis- We've hired a staff in order to appeal to diverse the diverse tastes of U. students, assessments. not our own personal whims. We also have striven to cover campus and local events that many mainstream media sources refuse to acknowledge club rock shows, independent film and independent performing art troupes. Rather than cover every childish and cheesy ASUU event, we've covered events that students might be genuinely interested in which often spill over into the community at large. In many ways, this approach has Twitch Advertising Executive Staff Jason Castor, Account Manager Rhett Evans, Heather Hackett, pain in the ass to produce esped student cially as an myself, have tried our damnedest Twitch is published as a supplement to the Daily Utah Chronicle by students at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. Letters, comments, submissions & applications encouraged. Send all correspondence to 240 Union Bldg., University of Utah, SLC.UT84112 ail Shan.Fowlerm.cc.utah.edu (Shan Fowler) ToolBoyearthlink.net (Mark Summers) longtwitchchronicle.utah.edu (Christian Arial) Scottc.morganchronicle.utah.edu (Scott appointed with an eight page campus events magazine with little panache and guts. I think you'll be surprised at the amount of care and work that went into unpopular among ASUU members, while endearing (Shiimp, Chicken. Frank Lavden: M made Salt Lake City Matt Black, Vaughn Brown, Brandon Burt, Stephen Coles, Aimee Durrant, Chelene Fortier, Dave Hansen, Neela Harouny, David Jackson, Riki Jolley, Nate Jones, Morgan Ludlow, Rick Mortensen, Elizabeth Randolph, Aaron Sanders, Jerri L Vandermolen, Alex Williams off-camp- us FREE mom Alex Bcckstcad, Thursday. Instead, campus and arts and entertain- Special Invitation i Copy Editor Kenneth Loosli the magazine to readers. C Morgan) Phone Numbers phone (801) fax (801) 581-70- 41 581-529- 9 Cover Design: Mark Summers Cover Photojohanna Workman Twitch. I I I Late Might Study in the Union!!! I The Union, the Computer Center will remain open until 200 CHTI during finals week: Sunday Evening to Tuesday Evening (June 8- - 10th) and will at 7:00 am C-Sto- & re, re-op- en 23 Portabello mushroom sandwich tvzs, m - m m MX (A I mTTTDT n nTVrTnn ft ft ( FREE chowder. 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