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Show Westminster College Salt Lake City, Utah WWW.THEWESTMINSTERFORUM.COM VOLUME XU: ISSUE 10 JANUARY 22, 2008 'Downtown Rising' to reshape Salt Lake City Visions for 2012 and beyond can be observed downtown today Jonny Bonner StaffWriter Ask Utahns to describe downtown Salt Lake City. A mix of vacant Main Street businesses coupled with a booming outdoor mall. The hub of the Church Saints. Home of the of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y cheered and maligned Utah Jazz. A conglomeration of wide streets featuring scattered residential and business districts. Many views, one downtown. The decidedly different viewpoints on what composes downtown may start to converge as $1.5 billion more in a shorter period of time than any other will be reserved for a investment in Utah history five-ye- ar overhaul of Salt Lake Citys central business district. Deemed Downtown Rising, the project is aimed to transform downtown under a unified vision, shared coalition, focused on the growth of by a business-le- d neighborhoods, economic activity and urban design. DOWNTOWN RISING AN OVERVIEW March 20, 2007, the Salt Lake Chamber and Downtown Alliance debuted details of a multifaceted project to reshape downtown. The announced plan, titled Downtown Rising, called for the formation of six character districts, eight signature projects, and recommendations for transportation, building and development. During the announcement, it was stressed the plan is not a mandate but a blueprint. Board members apply the term vision to the Downtown Rising plan, stressing that the details are suggestions and are not meant to rigidly define who carries out the plan nor when or where the proposed changes occur. Designers of the project hope to connect neighborhoods of Salt Lake City through an expanded transportation network, the development of green space connecting downtown to City Creek Canyon and the construction of aforementioned character districts. The city will evolve through the aggregate deci businesses and state sions of thousands of players and local government, said Keith Rattie, president and chief executive of Questar Corp. and chairman of the Salt Lake Chambers Board of Governors, during the March unveiling. What this vision is intended to do is provide a con- Continued on page 6 Gail Dines to bring pornography lecture to campus Sociology professor sparks discussions about pornographic culture and the mass media Katie Ferguson StaffWriter Gail Dines, sociology and American studies professor at Wheelock College in Boston, will lecture on the relationship between pornography and everyday mass media. The lecture will be in the Vieve Gore Concert Hall on Jan. 23 at 7 p.m. "Girls objectify themselves because they grow up with it." Gail Dines Wheelock College Sociology Professor The pornography industry and mass media are related economically, said Dines. People in the mass media contribute to the pornography industry. She said media giants such as Howard Stem and MTV are pornify-in- g the U.S. culture by displaying pornographic images everywhere, including on television, in magazines, on bus stops and so on. . "Pornography tells men all women are whores." Gail Dines Dines said people are paying the price for the increasingly pornified culture. She said, Girls objectify themselves because they grow up with it. Women on MySpace and Facebook make pornographic images of themselves. Due to the pornography industry, women are either considered sexual objects, or they are invis- , Warning: Graphic Content Gail Dines lecture will be uncensored and contain images of a pornographic nature. Only attendees 18 years and older will be admitted to the lecture. Attendees will be asked to show identification at the door. The lecture will take place Jan. 23 in the Vieve Gore Concert Hall at 7 p.m. Admission is free. Continued on page 4 A&E The search for local jazz music begins at Westminster. Page 11 I |