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Show DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE Monday, February 24, 2014 3 `Shark tank' meeting Media council raises more questions than answers Ivy Smith STAFF WRITER The Daily Utah Chronicle File Photo Annika Pecchia-Bekkum is the winner of the Gates Scholarship. GATES Continued from page 1 coming a pediatric immunologist. With the scholarship, she will begin working on her Ph.D. in medicine this Fall Semester. She decided to study in Europe after hearing stories from her brother and his experience in a study abroad in Cambridge. Although Pecchia-Bekkum has an outstanding academic record, she knew that only a small percentage of the applicants would have a shot at the scholarship. That did not keep her from applying. "At that point, even having had been asked to interview for the scholarship meant a lot to me," she said. "I learned a lot about myself and my career goals, met amazingly brilliant people, and did things I would not have thought I could do as a result of applying for these scholarships." She said a person chasing their dreams, even when the odds seem to be stacked against them, is still a valuable experience. "Go for an opportunity that appeals to you, even if it seems to you like a crazy idea INTERNET Continued from page 1 Access to this new technology may not be limited to those in Provo alone. Google announced earlier this week that they plan to survey Salt Lake City during the upcoming year as a possible destination for Google Fiber as well. Salt Lake City is one of 34 cities currently under consid- that will never work," Pecchia-Bekkum said. Pecchia-Bekkum, who has bachelor's degrees in chemistry and English from the U, worked with Michelle Taliaferro throughout the application process. Taliaferro, the distinguished scholarship advisor for the Honors College, said working with Pecchia-Bekkum was a pleasure. "She is extremely passionate about helping others, and there is no doubt in my mind she will flourish at Cambridge and make the impact she so desires," Taliaferro said. Taliaferro hopes that other students will hear about Pecchia-Bekkum's scholarship and be inspired to apply for similar scholarships. Pecchia-Bekkum also applied for the Marshall scholarship with Taliaferro. "I really want to thank everyone that has been supportive to me. My family, my friends, my professors, and advisers have been instrumental in supporting me through this process," Pecchia-Bekkum said. "Everyone's help has really meant a lot to me." a.lillie@chronicle.utah.edu eration for the new technology. The selected cities will be constructed using models similar to what was used to bring Google Fiber to Provo. Wright said she believes most students in the Provo area will take advantage of the new technology available to them. "People seem pretty excited about it," Wright said. "I think most people like Google and think [Google Fiber is] a really good thing." a.jose@chronicle.utah.edu The U's Student Media Council hosted a media "shark tank" on Friday morning, but without the theme song to Jaws. The meeting was conducted by Kimberly Mangun, the council's chair and a communications professor, with the purpose of examining ways to innovate on the three student media groups at the U. Students, staff members and alumni from across campus came to LNCO to listen to the proposals. Rather than focus on complaints and issues such as Student Media's budget deficit, the discussion was geared instead toward possible plans for the future. Presenters from The Chronicle, K-UTE, Absolute Communication and the Media Council gave their own proposals for what they believed could make the U's student media stronger. Before the proposals began, Mangun offered examples that students, specifically those working at The Daily Utah Chronicle, could use as inspiration to mold the future of media at the U. Mangun cited the University of Or- egon's The Emerald and the University of Southern California's The Daily Trojan. She also discussed rumors surrounding The Chronicle's potential disbanding. "Rumors that the council is trying to quash The Daily Utah Chronicle are not true," Mangun said. Proposals were made by Emily Andrews, Anna Drysdale and Courtney Tanner of The Daily Utah Chronicle, who are editor-inchief, news editor, and assistant news editor, respectively. Presenters representing other groups included Will Hatton, station manager for KUTE radio, Kellen O'Malley of Absolute Communication and Jake Sorenson, director of Student Media. Proposals by The Chronicle and Absolute Communication focused mostly on the potential changes to their organizations, whereas K-UTE and Sorenson's focused more on student media as a whole. Sorenson specifically discussed changes that could be made from the ground up. "Grow what succeeds, change what fails," Sorenson said. His presentation focused on student media's organizational structure, ASUU Continued from page 1 back on the chalkboards they had set up across campus while campaigning. Because four or five members from the now dissolved Grow Party have joined Team Unite, Bird said they will be including some aspects from that party's previous platform as well. Madison Black, the vice presidential candidate for the Vision Party, said they will also be updating their platform for general elections. Florence Fernandez, the senior class president from the Grow Party, decided to fill the vacant slot on the Vision Party's ballot for general elections. Fernandez won the tightly con- CRIMSON Continued from page 1 FOUNDERS Continued from page 1 Utah Chronicle, was also recog- nized at the event. He graduated in 1965 in economics. Yacktman began studying engineering at the U, but after serving an LDS mission he realized that engineering was not for him. "I was guilty for switching to econ," Yacktman said. "It was so easy." Yacktman feels as though his "solid education" at the U gave him a "leg-up into Harvard." The event also honored John Bloomberg, who never attended the U. Bloomberg and his wife Toni are known in the U cornmunity for lending western Utah paintings to the Utah Museum of Fine Arts. Bloomberg, who graduated from Amherst College in 1957 and Harvard University in 1962, was the only honoree at the event who did not attend the U. Gretchen Dietrich, the executive director at UMFA, described Bloomberg as a "brilliant and generous man." After Randall Olson with the U's Department of Ophthalmology saved his eyesight from uveitis, both Bloomberg and Toni began donating money to the Moran Eye Center. Bloomberg is also a master ski racer. He won the International Ski Federation competition in 2012, just a year after he retired and settled down in Park City. He is also on the board of the U.S. Ski Team. "The U has basically kept me together," Bloomberg said. "It has made life in Utah more pleasant." Nights. He said it was no small task putting together what is considered one of the largest student-planned late-night paties in the country. Planning took between two to three months as Kent and his colleagues solicited the cooperation of businesses, on-campus organizations and DJs for the dance. "Crimson Nights is kind of my passion," Kent said. "It's the place that I found home." Stephanie Gladwin, a freshman in religious studies and member of the UPC Freshman Ambassador Board, e.trepanier@ chronicle.utah.edu news can be inspiring, too. Contact a.drysdale@chronicle.utah.edu for information about being a news writer for The Daily Utah Chronicle. letters@chronicle.utah.edu creative service and sales, future opportunities, campus community, educational experience, and fiscal responsibility. Sorenson faced some backlash for suggesting the possible lessening of student compensation. The Chronicle focused on building what has already been put in place. The newspaper's presentation discussed ways to cut spending — less printing, less color, different printing presses — while remaining a daily news organization. Chronicle alumni who now work for newspaper strongholds in Utah, such as The Salt Lake Tribune and Salt Lake City Weekly, were present at the meeting to support The Chronicle's legacy and raise questions of advertising revenue. The purpose of the meeting was to brainstorm ideas, rather than make definitive decisions on student media. The two-hour "shark tank" ended with a Q&A and no solid conclusions. Changes to The Chronicle, including higher usage of social media and greater integration with other media organizations on campus, have already begun. ivy.smith@ utah.edu The Daily Utah Chronicle K-UTE Absolute Communications Student Media BRENT UBERTY/The Daily Utah Chronicle tested senior class presidential race with 551 votes. Spangler said seven other Grow Party members joined the Vision Party. Spangler also said in the general elections that the Vision Party would be doing more classroom visits and student outreach to try and boost student involvement. "We spoke at a couple student groups [during primaries], but not a ton," Spangler said. "[We] really try and get them involved." Bird said he thinks more students will vote in the general elections than in primaries. He said ASUU plans on having voting booths available to students with volunteers directing students to the booths. Last year, Bird said more than 5,500 students voted. Spangler said although he is excited about Vision Party's success, he also feels for everyone that was not able to make it through the primaries. He said it was an incredibly tough race and everyone tried their hardest. The Vision Party received the most amount of votes in eight of the ASUU Senate races and Team Unite received the most amount of votes in four of the senate races. Team Unite had 4o ASUU Assembly candidates advance and Vision Party had 39, not including the Grow Party members who joined after Feb. 18. described the last two months planning as "super busy, but so fun." Gladwin was looking forward to the dance party most. "It's crazy up there. People are bumpin'," Gladwin said. Approximately 2,000 students attended the last UPC Crimson Nights event on Oct. 25, 2013. On Friday, attendance was anticipated to be around 3,000. The Union ballroom began to fill early. At 9:50 p.m., the DJ was the only one who could be seen, his bobbing head silhouetted by the dazzling lights as he waited for the fashionably late to arrive. By 11:00 p.m. the ballroom was half-full with an impenetrable mass of students that grew by the minute. For Kent and others on the UPC team, results like that make all the work worth it. "When I get up on the stage around 12 a.m. and I'm tired," Kent said. "I look out into the crowd and I see about 2,000 people dancing and jumping to the music. It gives you a little happiness deep down to know that everyone is really enjoying the night." Paul Olea, another member of the Freshman Ambassador Board studying mechanical engineering, summed up the night simply. "Two words: Epic," Olea said. n.turner@chronicle.utah.edu j.peterson@chronicle.utah.edu |