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Show Friday, November 2, 2012 H CHRONICLE Independent Student Voice Since 1890 www.dailyutahc Vol. 122 ' No. 53 1 ©2012 ALSO INSIDE: Win against Cal gives Utes hope against WSU » 6 Director David Schmidt discusses his inspiration on a new take for `Sweeney Todd' » 5 ASUU Elections registrar seeks new members Topher Webb STAFF WRITER The ASUU elections registrar started taking applications for selecting members of the next year's ASUU Elections Committee, the body that hears grievances about the student government's elections. Committee members are chosen by the ASUU elections registrar and must be approved by its Supreme Court chief justice and Senate. Elections registrar Maria Mooers-Putzer, a law student, said she hopes to have the board members selected before the end of the semester. Mooers-Putzer said she has not received many applications yet, but is actively seeking applicants. She said last year's registrar, Bryce Williams, is calling people to recruit. The only regulations for potential members of the committee are a 2.5 GPA and at least one member needs to be a graduate student. MooersPutzer said she is open to people with or without previous ASUU or election experience. The seven-person committee hears complaints about violations of ASUU campaign bylaws. Williams, a second-year masters student in educational leadership and policy, said cases are tried like in a courtroom. Some infractions include campaigning early, overspending the $5,000 spending cap and defacing or removing other candidates' posters. Possible penalties include fines, Rockin' out CHRONICLE FILE PHOTO President David Pershing takes pride in the U's participation in the Campaign for Our Community as it provides donations to people in need. Science stories receive an online platform STAFF WRITER stopped to watch the show. "I will tell my friends about this," Wang said. "They're brave to give a show in the open air. Even though there's not a lot of people here, they're A new website launched by two former U researchers called "Explore Utah Science" helps increase public awareness about scientific happenings around the state by sharing stories that aren't normally told. "[Science] is a topic that the media hasn't been able to cover as much," said Kim Shuske, one of Explore Utah Science's co-founders and former research assistant professor in biology. "It's important, but JULIE KIEFER when there's limited resources [the media] covers politics and government — those things that everybody cares about. That's what KIM SHUSKE they should do. But [the website] is a way of specializing in one topic that doesn't get as much coverage as it should. It's not taking away from journalism — it's adding to the conversation." Shuske became interested in science communication while completing her graduate and postdoctoral education in biology and attaining a research faculty position at the U. "I started realizing that there was a lot of disparity between what the general public knows about science and what scientists know," Shuske said. "It's almost as if they're speaking a different language." Because she felt it was important to bridge the gap between those who "spoke science" and those who didn't, Shuske worked as an intern for Lee Siegel, the science communication officer at the U, and also at KUER doing radio journalism pieces about science and politics. Julie Kiefer, the other co-founder of Explore Utah Science and communications specialist at the U's Brain Institute, also has a background in both research and writing. After completing postdoctoral education in biochemistry at the U, she shifted her focus to science reporting in 2004. Kiefer and Shuske became acquainted while doing similar research during their postdoctoral See FILIPINO Page 3 See SCIENCE Page 3 Alexandra Burton STAFF WRITER See COMMUNITY Page 3 See ASUU Page 3 Alicia Wrigley Campaign gives U staff opportunity to donate Campaign for Our Community, an initiative taking place through mid-December, provides U faculty and employees with a simple way to donate to charities of their choice. The campaign works with local charity foundations, and donors may select which organization they would like their money to be given to. Chris Bone, chairman of Campaign for Our Community, said the campaign is an annual effort. "It begins in October and extends through mid-December, although donations trickle in throughout the year," said Bone, who has been the chairman of the campaign for two years. "Our faculty and staff have a large variety to designate their donations to. It's a convenient method for them to make charitable donations." The campaign partners with three federations — Community Health Charities of Utah, Community Shares of Utah and United Way of Salt Lake. These federations cover more than ioo different charity organizations. The causes of the organizations range from providing food to the hungry, assisting in disease prevention research, helping unwanted pets get adopted, benefitting children with behavioral and social disorders and providing financial education and resources to struggling families. "The Campaign for our Cornmunity serves a vital mission," said U President David Pershing. "There are thousands in our community who rely on the generous donations of others and the University of Utah is so proud to be part of this effort." U employees can pledge a portion of each paycheck to a designated charity of their choice. The minimum amount required to donate is si per limitations on campaign posters or T-shirts and disqualification of candidates or entire parties. "I know a lot of the grievances are 'This poster does not conform to size' or 'This poster should not be in this building,'" Mooers-Putzer said. "I think we will have some new and PHOTOS BY TINA PARSONS/The Daily Utah Chronicle Filipino American Student Association president Emilio Manuel Camu and Miguel Mendoza take the stage with a musical performance Thursday at the Union Plaza. CULTURAL DISPLAY A Filipino student group performed, showed off their talents to raise awareness for minorities Anne Plummer STAFF WRITER Even with the overcast skies, caution tape and smell of spray paint, the Filipino American Student Association sang, danced and played guitar in the Union Plaza. Emilio Camu, president of the Filipino American Student Association, spearheaded the group with his friend last year. He took part in the Asian Student Association and discovered a dif- ferent club was needed. "We noticed there was a great number of Filipino students," Camu said. "We needed a separate group to focus on Filipino culture." Most students in the association are freshmen. A couple of them are not Filipinos and joined because they are also in the Asian Student Association. The plaza was almost empty, except for the two or three students who stopped to ask what was going on. Lily Wang, a graduate student in finance, |