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Show 4 ARTS ENTERTAINMENT ON CAMPUS IPte7 FATHOM CROTEAU Between Ellipsis, The Anne Newman Sutton Weeks Poetry Series and Westminster Slam Poetry, there is no shortage of artistic opportunity. The Poetry Series brings published poets to campus to read their work and speak with students. The series has been a regular part of Westminster for approximately 16 years. It is headed by Natasha Saje, professor of English, who was initially hired on to run it and teach workshops. In addition, Saje is also the advisor for Ellipsis, a national literature and art magazine produced by Westminster and is leading the free poetry workshop this semester. The workshop is a course open to both students and community members and meets only a few Mondays out of the semester. Usually we have a poet come to from teach the workshop as a guest instructor, but sometimes it falls to me, Saje said. The publication has grown a great deal in the time that she has been the advisor, according to Saje. We used to publish twice a year, but we get so many submissions that now we only publish once, Saje said. Ellipsis really is for everyone. A student can enroll for the course each semester and get something different from it every time. According to Saje, the remarkable thing about Ellipsis is that, for a college publication run entirely by students, there is a great deal of diversity in the pieces that are published, as well as the the people who are submitting. We get submissions from people all over the country it's fantastic, Saje said. I have been trying for years to get students to really take control of the magazine and its great that Willy has done just that. Willy Palomo, senior English major, is the current Editor-in-chiof Ellipsis. He has been involved with the magazine since his first year. My goal for Ellipsis is to provide a platform for some damn good art and pull it all together, Palomo said. Artwork and makes that is you feel something. Its trying to find a good balance between those two. Palomo is also responsible for another poetry community on campus, Westminster Slam Poetry. The club was founded in 2012 to encourage other students to participate in spoken-wor- d poetry on a structured and out-of-st- ate ef well-craft- ed competitive level. There were lots of poets from the U, and I was competing EQ afi pipi?tosanfty RACHEL ROBERTSON STAFF REPORTER with them because I just really wanted to be involved, Palomo said. Finally, they all started to ask why Westminster didnt have one, so it seemed like a good time to start one. The competition that Palomo attended with his colleagues was the College Union Poetry Slam Invitational. While the Westminster Slam Poetry club is open for all to attend, the Westminster Slam team goes to competitions. The team has anywhere from five to seven people on it, Palomo said. Turn out for the club events vary. Sometimes, we have a few people show up to perform and 30 people in the audience. There is definitely a lot of support, though. Palomos involvement with Ellipsis and founding role in the Slam club and team added responsibility to his shoulders. Increasing student awareness and involvement in both the publication and the club are only a few of the things Palomo took on. What I am trying to do is shake things up a little bit with the people that we are reaching and who is participating and submitting, Palomo said. I want this to be something that students are connected to. Saje and Palomo may have different roles when it comes to keeping the Poetry scene on campus but they both agree that while things are going well now it can only get better from here. You have to build something before people can go, Palomo said. Its hard on a small campus, but we have some really dedicated students who are working to get people excited. With support, this can be a platform for art that matters that addresses what is going on in our lives. Westminster Slam Team is currently fundraising for its next competition. To support these Griffins, go to www.gofundme.com up-to-da- te, westminsterslam Quick notes: Westminster Slam Poetry meets Mondays & Thursdays in Converse 104 at 8 p.m. all are welcome. Next poetry Slam: Feb. 20 7 p.m. Sugar House Coffee Next edition of Ellipsis April 24- - nsG CONTRIBUTING WRITER t SJ Zach Falen, junior, Will Clausen, junior, and Alex Mager, sophomore, celebrate winning Westminsters annual Opportunity Quest competition on Feb. 13. Their company, Hungry Media, offers digital services and production to local businesses in Salt Lake. Drones, stretchy stain-resista- nt pants and caffeinated orange juice. What do all these things have in common? Opportunity Quest, Westminsters annual business plan competition put on by The Center for Entrepreneurship. The competition was designed for students who are interested in pursuing the world of entrepreneurship and have the drive or idea to start their own business. The Quest started in November and wrapped up Friday, Feb. 13 in the Jewett Center for the Performing Arts Tanner Atrium with a final awards banquet. The big winner of the night was Hungry Media. The student owned digital content production company took home over $7,000 in winnings. Hungry Media took first place overall and also won the social category for their business model. They now qualify as semifinalists for the statewide Utah Entrepreneurial Challenge. We worked really hard and it paid off, said Zach Falen, junior and founder of Hungry Media. Lots of sleepless nights. Hungry Media is a student owned and operated company that provides affordable videography, photography, graphic design and other digital services to local businesses in Salt Lake. We do really cool stuff, said Will Clausen, junior and Hungry Media team member. We do high quality professional work but at an affordable cost. Were not going to break our clients bank. Urban Yield and Morning Person tied for second place. Zeppelin Zeerip, senior and no stranger to Opportunity Quest, pitched Urban Yield. Zeerip participated in the competition last year with the Far From Home documentary team. Zeerip took home $1,500 for Urban Yield, which will be Utahs first automated vertical farm. The farm will grow organic crops all year round for a price lower than traditional farming, according to the company. I just want to thank everyone and my mentor, said Zeerip during his speech. I know all the teams have put a lot of time and effort into this. Morning Person received second and is trying to create the first productivity system that holds users accountable for their daily tasks and goals, according to the company. Morning Person works through users receiving a two to three minute phone call at the beginning of each day to go over their schedules. Morning Persons team includes Troy Gulbreandsen, Dave Fryer and Mike Vanasse. Other finalists included: DARTdrones, Morphonauts, Parapixels, Tive and Perky Tails. 0J, Products ranged from caffeinated orange juice from to affordable website design within two days by 0J, Parapixels. The impressive work and dedication from students not only came from the participants but also from the directors, Elizabeth Asbell, junior, and Conrad Lilleness, junior. Elizabeth and Conrad did all the work, said Linda Muir, director of the Center for Entrepreneurship. Muir went on to praise both directors for their tireless efforts in commandeering the competition. This has been an opportunity to lead an amazing competition, Asbell said. I got to be in contact with these amazing students and their ideas. Its been an honor. The night was capped off with congratulations to all and celebrations of all the teams hard work. The biggest challenge of the competition for the victorious Hungry Media came down not to presenting or planning but to style choices. The worst experience through all this was actually an almost group splitting argument about bow ties right before the banquet, said Will Clausen Hungry Media team member. Clausens teammates erupted with comments of classiness and went back and forth debating Clausens casualness. Hungry Media, with or without bow ties, took home the grand prize and said they are looking forward to the future and investing and expanding. For more information on Opportunity Quest, students can stop by the Center for Entrepreneurship located in the Bassis Student Center. I f I I I 1 I t f I jj I 1 ? t |