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Show DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE Wednesday, December 9, 2009 Trustees OK policies for council merger Michael McFall NEWS EDITOR After months of deliberation, student media finally have a determined future— but it didn't come without question. In its Tuesday meeting, the U Board of Trustees approved new policies and procedures governing the merge between the Publications Council, which oversees student print media, and the Student Broadcast Council, which oversees KUTE and any future student broadcasts. The merger will take effect Summer Semester. Questions about the new policies over what used to be two councils preceded the unanimous vote to seal student media's future at the U. "It was a more meaty discussion than oftentimes occurs," said Paul Brinkman, senior vice president of academic affairs and a member of the board. Trustees spent approximately zo minutes going over a wide range of questions at the meeting, held in the Dolores Eccles Broadcast Center, such as who would be held responsible if someone sues for libel, who is now in charge of advertising and how the merger would affect the roles of editors. The answer to almost every question was that it works much how it does now, said Randy Dryer, chairman of the board. "The surprising thing to me was that nothing really changed (by merging the councils)," Brinkman said. If someone threatens a libel suit, the reporter, editor and the U would be ultimately the ones responsible, which is how it is now The new council would have authority about its media advertising, so long as it runs changes by the U Board of Trustees. One of the only changes is that editors and station managers are still responsible for their own publication or broadcast, but are jointly responsible, along with the new council's business manager, for the media outlets' financial performance. The budgets for the two existing media councils will combine Summer Semester to make use of a $1.34 per semester fee increase, approved last spring to help fund the merger. The Publication Council's budget is in debt, and KUTE has been able to hoard unspent funds while the station has been off the air during its four suspensions. How the members of the council choose to use the fee is up to them, Dryer said. Each year, the new council will have to present its budget and use of the fee to the U Board of Trustees for its approval, he said. A major change to the way student media operates, which was ultimately nixed from the approved version of the policies and procedures governing the new council, was the existence of a liaison between student media, the U administration and the public, known as the student media advocate. It was removed, principally because of the concerns expressed by The Daily Utah Chronicle that an administrative presence would threaten journalistic independence, Dryer said. m.mcfall@ chronicle.utah.edu Jake Hibbard contributed to this article. RESEARCH AT THE U U cardiologists bring heart technology to patients in rural areas Deborah Rafferty STAFF WRITER Pete Chatelain, director of the University Hospital Mobile Cardiology, and a team of cardiologists travel to clinics all over the western United States to provide patients in rural areas with echocardiograms, a method of using sound waves to diagnose heart problems. The Mobile Echocardiogram Service, part of the U Hospital outreach program, offers cardiology services to people in the intermountain west. The service began in October 2004. The program started from nothing, visiting only a couple of clinics, Chatelain said. Now, the program has expanded to 4o clinics within a 400-mile radius of the U Hospital, he said. They cover the area from Rexburg, Idaho to Blanding, Utah and from Eli, Nev., and Jackson, Wyo., he said. With the state of transportation in this economy, many people are not willing to make the trip to Salt Lake City or another hospital that can provide the cardiology services they FANS ASUU continued from Page 1 continued from Page 1 grown-ups, Neilly was pumped for some name-calling with no way of foreseeing BYU Cougars' star quarterback Max Hall's own post-game slandering. One young sports fan has Hall's "classless" comment beat. "I'd rather poo on (BYU)," said a young boy after the Utes creamed the Louisville Cardinals. He gets the spunk from his father, sporting a similar jersey and carrying a giant flag from the game. Annie and Lily Taylor get their excitement from their dad, too. He's freaky, Lily Taylor said. He screams his head off, Annie Taylor said. Little sports fans see, little sports fans do. Not every child knows why he or she is going to so many sports events. One boy at the U football game against San Diego State University, wearing a Ute jersey and a giant, red fuzzy wig, shrugged his shoulders about why he was there. "Um, I get cotton candy," the boy said. "I get to jump up and make noise." So do a lot of other children. At any given sports event at the U, there are young children and preteens dancing around and screaming their lungs out. Not all of them know why they're freaking out, but they know they like it. "Is he a Ute fan?" asked Runnin' Utes fan Michael Doleac, looking at his infant son in his arm. "He will be." invited any questions or concerns that people have about the program. Clough said he also expects the creation of a new diversity committee originally planned for the beginning of 2010 to be delayed until late spring. However, his administration has already completed the step of creating a diversity director. "While we have fulfilled many of our platforms and issues, we admit to having things to work on which we will do in the Spring Semester," Clough said. In addition to Clough's updates, representatives from each of ASUU's divisions presented assessments of m.mcfall@ chronicle.utah.edu Alexis Scott and Stevenson Sylvester contributed to this article. ELECTION continued from Page 1 fine arts and the campus as a firsthand has made me decide." whole, as well as making stu- The NOW party hopes to dent involvement easier and continue policies set by the more comfortable. A key point current administration but to the campaign is keeping tu- would like to implement new ition down and getting student ideas as well. groups more involved, Hugie John Pearson, ASUU's assosaid. ciate director of government Hugie will run alongside his relations, will run as the vice vice presidential candidate, presidential candidate for the Cameron King, who was elect- NOW Party. ed to the University College "Chase and I have had a diSenate seat last year with Syn- verse experience on campus," ergy. King has openly criticized Pearson said. "We are really the current administration's hoping to bring ASUU to the idea for the senior gift—the students. There are groups of proposed social plaza west of students on campus that are the Marriott Library. very isolated, and I want us to Although Hugie said he bridge the gaps." thinks the current administraThe NOW party is looking tion is doing a good job, he be- not to make a lot of changes to lieves that changes need to be ASUU, but build upon it, Pearmade. son said. Hugie's opponent was a lastThe deadline to apply for minute inclusion to the race. president and vice president is "It was my last intention to Jan. 15. For more information, run," Jardine said. "But being visit ASUU's website at asuu. around and exposed to (the utah.edu. politics of ASUU) and seeing a.rivera@chronicle.utah.edu 3 LGBT continued from Page 1 2008 November state elections. "Thank you," Jones said. "Thank you for uniting us, thank you for galvanizing us." In the months since the passing of Proposition 8, other LGBT fights and victories have begun to take shape as the LGBT movement, and its goals, evolve. During the U's Pride Week in October, keynote speaker Lt. Dan Choi made a call to action and described a different fight with a common theme. Choi, an Iraq combat veteran, was discharged under "Don't Ask, Don't need, Chatelain said. In rural places where doctors see io patients a month, Chatelain said it is better for the program to use one tank of gas to get there than for each of those io families to waste the gas, he said. "This has been around for a long time in other forms," Chatelain said. "However, they simply sucked. We wanted to bring the best technology and the best faculty out to the field and provide the best service." With other similar programs, both the technology and service provided would be lousy, Chatelain said. What makes the program unique is that the technology Chatelain brings with him is top-of-theline, he said. In places with an Internet connection available, once they finish administering the echo to a patient, they will send the images to the U Hospital, where a cardiologist will analyze them. Results are sent back usually within an hour, Chatelain said. This way, if a patient needs to have surgery or further tests, Chatelain can schedule appointments with someone at the hospital. The program also offers echocardiograms for children, something no other mobile service does, Chatelain said, and Primary Children's Hospital receives and analyzes them, he said. "It's a very unique experience," Chatelain said. "It's a heck of a lot of fun bringing this technology to people in rural areas." Chatelain and other cardiologists visit rural areas two to three times a month. The time that the cardiologists will spend in a town depends on the number of appointments scheduled for that clinic. If a place only has two or three people scheduled, Chatelain and his team will spend only two hours there before moving onto the next clinic, he said. During their travels they provide service to about 1,500 patients a year. "We go to places where there (are) no reasonable alternatives," Chatelain said. "People love that we bring this out to them." d.rafferty@ chronicle.utah.edu their respective goals and achievements. Katie Ericson, an assembly representative for the College of Social and Behavioral Science, reported that more than $50,000 of a total budget of $96,475 has been distributed to student groups on campus, and the government is encouraging more to apply for the remaining funds. ASUU Senior Class President Erica Andersen gave an update on the recently approved $20,000 senior class gift, which has been named "Re-Imagining the Plaza." Studentled teams will form to develop plans for a project to be built in library square that Andersen said she hopes will maximize its use as a social space. The winning team will take home $5,000 in prize money, Ander- sen said. Other members of Clough's administration also touted success this semester in several annual U initiatives. ASUU Chief of Staff Ameena Khan reported that this year's Bleed Red blood drive yielded 852 units of blood and the Trick-or-Can food drive took in more than 2,000 pounds of food. Anderson also reported that some 1,200 tickets were sold for this year's Homecoming Dance, which she said she believes is the highest total ever. Cameron Hansen, who heads the Presenter's Office, said this year's Redfest sold 8,000 tickets and that he would like to continue to make events free for students for the rest of the year. Tell" after he came out on "The Rachel Maddow Show" in March. During Pride Week, he spoke of his recent journey and urged all members and allies of the LGBT community to take it upon themselves to either come out publicly or help their friends come out. "The biggest reason to come out is not so you can be free, it's not so you can be comfortable with who you are finally," Choi said. "It's not easy to come out of the closet, but we do it, not because it's a right or because it's a freedom, but because it's a responsibility." Choi described fulfilling this call to action as the obligation of every member of the LGBT community— an ideology that was both admirable and disagreeable for some individuals who emphasized the difficulty of being openly gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender in the predominately Mormon state. "We have this division between the LGBT community and the LDS Church, which has resulted in excommunications, in expulsion from BYU, in broken families, in homeless youth and in suicides," said Jacob Whipple, a local gay rights activist. He said the choice between personal identity and personal beliefs has to be made among members of the LGBT community who are also LDS. "That choice is forced upon us by the church we once loved." Esther Kim, a student sociology and gender studies, said it's different for every person. Coming out is something that people need to decide for themselves, she said. "I know that there are people who don't have the option to come out, but that doesn't mean that they can't still work toward the movement for equality within the queer community," she said. Although opinions might differ on what the appropriate action is, many are hopeful that the conversation concerning LGBT rights and LDS standards will continue. "There is a huge need to have a dialogue out there between both the LDS community and the LGBT community about where that safe space is, where they intersect," Currey said. TYLER COBB/The Daily Utah Chronicle Many gay-rights activities and events have taken place this year, including a demonstration and protest at Salt Lake City's Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints headquarters. c.mumford@chronicle.utah.edu letters@chronicle.utah.edu Chris Mumford and James Lowe contributed to this article. browse the news on your cell Mobile web version of The Daily Utah Chronicle Online now available! |
