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Show DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE 4 Monday, December 2, 2013 SEASTRAND DANCE Continued from page 1 Continued from page 1 with appointing the vice chairwoman, Ashley Bright. In addition to her role in the Assembly, Seastrand is also co-chairwoman of the ASUU Child Care Board, which received $25,000 in funding from the Assembly on Nov. 19 to help renovate a room in the Alfred Emery Building to be used for infant child care. Seastrand said the project is headed by senior class president Kendahl Melvin and will serve as the senior class gift for the 2013-2014 senior class. "Sam and I really want to support Kendahl in that project," Seastrand said. "It can really benefit students." Another project she has worked on for the upcoming semester is the first annual Pac-12 Leadership Summit, which will be held at the U from Jan. 23 - 25. Student leaders from other Pac-12 schools will attend. She said the event will be held for the most part in the Spencer Fox Eccles Business Building, but they will also tour the Marriott Library as well as the football facilities. "I think it will really benefit the leadership," Seastrand said. Despite entering the position in a different way, Seastrand said she enjoys working as vice president. "I've loved it. I've had some great mentors in my life who have really encouraged me to get involved on campus," Seastrand said. Ortiz said even though she had a nontraditional entrance into the position, she "hit the ground running" and has been a successful vice president. "She is dedicated to helping students and making the U the best it can be," Ortiz said. "She brings a lot of energy and enthusiasm to ASUU, which has been contagious." In addition to these projects and her duties as assembly chairwoman, Seastrand also has the duty to function as ASUU president in Ortiz's absence and also serves as a voting member on the U's Union Board as well as being a member of the executive committee. it gives her a muchneeded break from her schoolwork. "I look forward to it, and it's a way to ease stress," Craner said. "We don't get a lot of negative feedback, because people audition for the company. They know what they are getting into. It's pretty hard to learn choreography as fast as we want them to. They spend a lot of time outside of the group dancing and practicing," Snow said. n.turner@chronicle.utah.edu PHOTO COURTESY OF NICHOLAS SNOW „iv DISCOVER Members of the U Ballroom Dance Club practice for a recital on April 7. The club has to pick up the choreography quickly, as the sessions are a highdemanding workout not only for the body but also the mind. "We don't stop dancing because we don't have time. We have to control our body and engage our core," Craner said. The club is growing, and although it can only take so many students, the number of students auditioning has increased. "We've gone from 20 students to auditioning 120 and only accepting 5o to 6o students," Snow said. i.smith@chronicle.utah.edu Letters to the Editor Graduate Programs at Westminster WE MAKE LEADERS. 14 Graduate Programs 11\a l In the following areas: Business Nursing Counseling Education Communications Community Leadership WESTMINSTER nt.3 .,LAlf.l. CITY • UTAH www.westminstercollege.edu/leader I 801.832.2200 letters@chronicle.utah.edu Contact t.webb@chronicle.utah.edu for information about being a news writer for The Daily Utah Chronicle. |