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Show POLL RESULTS: With the tuition increase, 19% of respondents will rely on more financial aid » 5 Thursday, April 7, 2011 CIE DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE www.dailyutahchronicle.com The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice Since 1890 House passes bill to cut public broadcasting funding Andreas Rivera Nastaran Alimadadi, a senior in acounting and finance, is the KUER membership coordinator and has been therefor five years. Amid KUER's Spring Fund Drive, Congress is debating the future of billions of dollars toward federal programs, including public broadcasting. Local public-access stations, such as KUER and KUED, rely on viewer donations, but still draw a portion of their funding from federal appropriations. With talk in Washington, D.C., of slashes to public access, local stations are bracing for the worst. KUED, the local PBS station, is at risk of losing 25 percent of its funding, said Michael Dunn, station manager. With all of its federal funding at risk of being cut, KUED is preparing for inevitable cuts. The big problem with the situation is that it won't change the price of programming and fees KUED pays for PBS programming, Dunn said. "A lot of low-income families depend on it," he said. There would be an impact of core scheduling if there are major cuts, he said. Nearly See Red Butte announces show lineup Marie Lenihan-Clarke STAFF WRITER STAFF WRITER JEFF MCGRATHThe Daily Utah Chronicle Vol. 120 No. 103 ©2011 BILL Page 3 Runnin' away With more than 20 acts announced for this year's Red Butte Garden Outdoor Concert Series, the scene for an entertaining and botanically beautiful summer is being set. In front of a striking backdrop of bright daffodils, irises and roses, artists will perform to people lucky enough to snap up Red Butte's season packages or individual tickets. The first act will be The Moody Blues, followed by Sheryl Crow, Gipsy Kings and Alison Krauss, among others. "I'm pretty excited—every year there's a dozen acts that I haven't even heard of, but inevitably they end up being my favorites," said Greg Lee, Red Butte Garden executive director. A couple of years ago, Red Butte's venue consisted of no more than 12 concerts during the summer, but the number has continued to rise. The increasing popularity of the newly remodeled and expanded venue has proven successful, as well as more comfortable and accommodating to the public's needs. "A conscious effort is always made by those who organize the lineup," Lee said. "They have been able to expand the genres of the usual Outdoor Series at Red Butte, which broadens the appeal to younger audiences as well as older ones." Money raised by ticket sales not only allows for an expanded and yearlong anticipated lineup, but also aids the upkeep of the Red Butte Garden and Arboretum, the botanical and ecological center sponsored by the U. "The series helps the garden a lot in terms of incoming revenue," said Bryn Ramjoue, communications director for Red Butte. "This year we have been able to hire a full-time volunteer coordinator to manage our core 300 volunteers." m.lenihanclarke@ chronicle.utah.edu CONCERT LINEUP ARTIST: [ Utah's new head coach granted Cly 441 a release from the program >> 6 JEFF MCRATH/The Daily Utah Chronicle Junior Will Clyburn has requested and been granted his release from the University of Utah men's basketball team. Clyburn made the decision to explore new options before the new coach was decided on. Spiral Jetty influences prof's novel Katie Steiner STAFF WRITER Art is a pleasant sight to the ordinary eye, but for Lance Olsen, art has driven his passion and inspired an unprecedented novel. Olsen, a professor of creating writing, visited the "Spiral Jetty," an earthwork by Robert Smithson located in the Great Salt Lake, which he used to develop his novel in progress, Theories of Forgetting. "While visiting the 'Spiral Jetty' with a group of graduate students, I did not have novels on my mind at all," Olsen said. "I was just thinking about having a really nice day." It was when Olsen got home that he decided to incorporate the art into his novel. "Once I went home, I could not get the shape of the spiral out of my mind, and See JETTY Page 3 I The Moody Blues Big Head Todd &The Monsters Cake Buddy Guy with Mavis Staples Ani Difranco with Greg Brown Sheryl Crow Pink Martini Michael Franti & Spearhead Sharon Jones &The Dap-Kings Josh Ritter and the Royal City Band Fleet Foxes Steve Miller Band Bruce Hornsby and the Noisemakers Lyle Lovett and his large band K.D. Lang and the Siss Boom Bang G. Love & Special Sauce Jonny Lang Gipsy Kings Peter Frampton DATE: May 29 June 12 June 16 June 17 June 19 June 24 July 6 July 14 July 17 July 19 July 22 July 24 July 27 July 31 Aug 2 Aug 11 Aug 14 Aug 16 Aug 17 Sigma Chi awards professors Laura Schmitz STAFF WRITER As students gear up for the final three weeks of the semester, one fraternity reflected on the academic year by recognizing influential professors. The Sigma Chi fraternity hosted its fourth annual awards ceremony, honoring six professors. Members nominated an instructor who has made a substantial impact on their education. Six professors—Trisha Jensen, France Davis, Randy Boyle, John DeFord, Holly Sebaha, and Michael Mathison—were selected and individually awarded with plaques of recognition. "It's a way to show that fraternities care about school and appreciate our professors," said Sam Baldwin, junior in psychology and scholarship chairman of Sigma Chi. "We're about learning as well as engaging in social activities— we want to do well in school." With roughly 15o undergraduate members, Sigma Chi is the largest fraternity and has one of highest overall GPAs in the greek system. Held at the fraternity house Tuesday, the ceremony showcased brief video presentations preceding each awarded professor, visually illustrating several members' reasons for each nomination. "Teaching isn't the most glamorous job, so to have an entire ceremony awarding their efforts is something that is truly remarkable," said Jake Enslin, a junior in behavioral science and Sigma Chi member who attended the event. Before the ceremony, the Sigma Chi's Mothers' Club—a group of fraternity members' moms who cook for their collective "sons"— served a dinner open to all attendants. "We wanted to create an atmosphere to show appreciation to professors that we think are outstanding," said Luis Moreno, a senior in political science and See AWARDS Page 3 PHOTO COURTESY KIFFER CREVELING Pastor France Davis accepts a teacher appreciation award at the Sigma Chi house. PROFESSORS RECOGNIZED BY SIGMA CHI: Trisha Jensen France Davis Randy Boyle John DeFord Holly Sebahar Michael Mathison Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Department of Ethnic Studies Department of Operations and Information Systems Department of Science Department of Science College of Humanities |