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Show Monday, February 11,2008 THE DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE www.dailyutahchronicle.com T h e U n i v e r s i t y o fU t a h ' s I n d e p e n d e n t S t u d e n t Voice Since 1890 Vol.117 No. 120 I ©2008 Students to create vision for KUTE scrapped, changed or stay the same and try to get funding based on the status quo," KUTE Assistant1 General Students have the power to help de- Manager Jake Fawson. Bob Avery, general manager for termine the life or death of the U's student-run radio station, KUTE, which KUTE, said radio technology has has been on a downhill turn since changed dramatically since the station first developed its mission statement, ASUU pulled its funding last year. The Student Broadcast Council is and updates need to be made. "Use-patterns by students have also forming a student committee to create a new vision for the future of KUTE, changed, and in order to ensure that which will include plans to change the our services are consistent with the destation to meet demands and trends in sires of students, this is a gdod way to involve all students in setting a revised new media. "The committee of students will mission statement and have them get decide whether KUTE should be behind (seeking) funding from ASUU," Avery said. The committee has about ten members, but all students are invited to participate. KUTE has been running on conThe KUTE student committee will tingency funds since the Associated meet next Tues., Feb. 19, at 3:30 p.m. Students of the University of Utah cut in LNCO Room 2120. All students are funding, but Fawson said this money invited to attend will be depleted at the end of the semester. For further details, contact Jake If the station doesn't receive more Fawson, assistant general manager for funding before this happens, the staKUTE Student Radio, at jacob.fawson@ tion will fold, Fawson said. utah.edu or 801 -244-2948. "Basically, we'd have to pack up," he said. Rochelle McConkie ASST. NEWS EDITOR. Get involved If the station closed, the Student Broadcast Council would disband, and the station would basically "disappear," making it hard for anyone in the future to get it started again because they would have to start from scratch, Fawson said. KUTE was supposed to begin broadcasting again on 1620 AM starting in January, but installment of an antenna on the Language and Communication building has been postponed becase of weather. The station now only broadcasts on Channel 66 of the university's cable TV system. Internet streaming stopped this summer because the station couldn't pay $4,000 in fines for song royalties imposed by the Recording Industry Association of America. The student committee will create a proposal that will be presented to the Student Broadcast Council in March and then to ASUU in the form of a bill to get more funding. The student government constitution authorizes up to 515,000 to be allocated to KUTE each year, but last year ASUU and the Board of Trustees See KUTE Pane 4 Ash Porter and Cassie Murphy play music every afternoon on KUTE as part of a radio writing class. A student committee will be formed to decide the future direction of KUTE radio. Celebration revives Chinese traditions Lana Groves STAFF WRITER For Huilian Ma, Chinese New Year is a chance for her daughter to learn about the culture she has missed growing up in the United States. "My daughter didn't get to grow up in China like I did, but today she got to experience part of the Chinese culture that I love," said Ma, a post-doctorial in geology and geophysics at the U. Ma attended a Chinese New Year celebration held at The City Library last Saturday. The Chinese Association for Science and Technology sponsored the celebration, where U students and faculty and the Salt Lake community gathered to see dancing, music, calligraphy and artwork from China. The event began in the main auditorium with remarks from Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr., who spoke to the audience in Chinese. Folk music and violins played in the auditorium and were later accompanied by dancers performing traditional Chinese New Year dances. One of the dancers took a head of lettuce, tore it apart and threw it into the audience to symbolize good luck. The group dance consisted of five Chinese girls from the community dressed in traditional clothing who performed a special "Spring Flowers" dance for the audience. The main auditorium was completely filled for the performances. "We had a fantastic turnout—it definitely exceeded our expectations with how many people showed up to participate in the line dance and see all the performances," said Elizabeth King, events coordinator for the library. ' After the performances, the celebration LAWRENCE BOYE/ftr See CELEBRATE Page 4 Annie and Emily perform "Happy New Spring" during the annual Chinese New Year celebration held at The City Library. The celebration marked the beginning of the Year of the Rat. Big Ed's cited for RHA considers new voting system Students might be able to choose their leaders online health violations Lana Groves Lana Groves quented by many students, was closed down on Jan. 23, but reopened a day later. Big Ed's restaurant on University Owner Linda Lin was required to Street recently closed for a day after take a manager health training class, being cited for repeated health code which she had failed to previously violations. take. A health inspector visited Big Ed's "The inspector wanted me to go two weeks ago and found multiple to class—I can't read and write," said violations, including refrigerated food Lin, who speaks little English. "I took stored at unsafe temperatures. The bar and restaurant, which is fre- See HEALTH Page 4 STAFF WRITER Big Ed's, a popular restaurant among U students and staff, was closed down for one day for recent health code violations. / ' • STAFF WRITER Some students living in the Residence Halls might soon have more influence in selecting their leaders. The Residence Halls Association Executive Board voted during a closed meeting last Wednesday to allow residents to vote online in RHA elections. Currently, only students who attend RHA's General Assembly meetings can vote. The General Assembly will vote on the proposal this Wednesday. The executive board also discussed a proposal submitted by an ad-hoc committee that would make the vote weighted in favor of residents who attend a General Assembly meeting to vote for the president and vice president. Some members of the board objected to a weighted voting system. "When you talk (to the board) about the vote, they do want everyone to vote, but only the right people to count—the ones who actually go to General Assembly and hear the presentations," said a board member who spoke under the condition of anonymity. The source said board members were told they would be fired for speaking to The Chronicle. The board chose to hold off deciding whether the vote would be weighted or not. "We'll be taking surveys to try to receive some resident feedback as to elections voting weights— whether they want the voting weights or would rather have a different system," said Zach Rusk, president of RHA. Under the current rules, the RHA Electoral College, which consists of one representative for every 200 residents, has 50 percent of the vote. The rest of the vote is given to residents who attend the General Assembly meeting and vote. Under the new proposal, 25 percent of the vote would go to the 10 to 12 people in the Electoral College, 25 percent to those who attend the General Assembly meet.ing to vote and the remaining 50 percent to the approximately 2,300 residents. RHA area council member Rachel Clarkson said she believed the executive board, area council and General Assembly attendees should have a greater vote because they pay attention to issues that most residents don't know about. "Unless they came to the meetings, the general public wouldn't know everything," she said. An alternative proposal was discussed among the executive board that would make every resident's vote count the same, the unnamed source said. The proposal found support among members of the executive board, but was eventually turned down. When asked about their opinion of voting weights, some residents approved of the weighted voting proposal. "If they're watching the speeches and listening to how the candidates talk and present themselves, then they should have more of a say than those who vote online," said Jackie Griffith, a freshman education major. Other students felt that voting should be equal like in other elections. "A vote is a vote no matter See RHA Page 4 |
