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from the Department of Journalism & Communication
March 4, 2013
All the Local News:
Brigham bank robbery/carjacking; CNN reporter comes to campus; @NappingAggies? USU Eastern women’s basketball team under scrutiny; Aggie sports Top 10 moments of the semester; ‘Redefining Beauty’; Ag building fire; protesting Valley air pollution, ATVNews, sports & weather.
Residents demonstrate at old County Courthouse against government inaction on air pollution. DANI HAYES photo
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ATVNews: Bank robbery, fatal building collapse & @Napping Aggies
By the ATV News Staff
LOGAN—It was a busy news day for the Aggie TV News staff on Thursday, as journalists covered a bank robbery and car-jacking in Brigham City, along with the collapse of an old Brigham KMart that killed a demolition worker. And then there was the fire in the basement of the new USU Ag Building. See the full newscast here.
What’s your beef? Logan seeks feedback on neighborhood concerns
LOGAN—The city of Logan has organized a series of neighborhood meetings to get citizen input on city government actions and issues confronting residents on a neighborhood level. James Olson says more than 220 Logan residents turned out for the meetings, a happy change from meetings when there were more Logan staff at the meetings than citizens. “There is so much benefit to the city by having active and engaged neighborhoods.”
Redefining ‘beauty’—USU grads take on sexism in SI swimsuit issue
By Dani Hayes
SALT LAKE CITY—Lindsay and Lexie Kite have taken their campaign against media
sexism to one of the premier icons of female objectification—the annual Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. Protesting SI’s objectification of women (“soft porn,” they
call it), the University of Utah PhD students are using sticky-notes
with phrases like, “You are capable of much more than looking hot,” to
spread their message that media outlets can damage women’s self-worth. The sisters, who graduated from Utah State in 2006, have researched
the female body image for years and are now in the national limelight
with their campaign to call down Sports Illustrated for its sexist attitudes toward women. Listen to Lexie & Lindsay Kite discuss their research on Utah Public Radio Crowd packs County Council hearing, demands action for better air
By Paul Christiansen
LOGAN—Dozens of concerned Cache Valley residents—many bearing
protest signs— converged on the Historic County Courthouse Tuesday
evening for a public hearing and opportunity to voice outrage over
polluted winter air. The throng filled the Cache County Council chambers
to capacity, spilling into the foyer, and most in attendance showed
support for a vehicle emissions ordinance the council has yet to vote on. “This is probably
the final opportunity we’ll have to hear public input on
this before a final decision is made regarding this ordinance,” said Council Chairman Val
Potter. Registered nurse Deborah Green said she has developed asthma
since moving to the valley and often has to rely on an inhaler to help
stabilize her breathing.Coughing Cache residents protest Council inaction on air pollution
By Dani Hayes LOGAN—Wearing medical breathing masks, protesters gathered in front of the Cache County Courthouse on Tuesday to demand government action against increasing air pollution in the valley. The Council was holding a public hearing on imposing vehicle emission tests. “There is a severe economic crisis here, and of course, health and quality of life on top of everything,” said Jack Greene of Smithfield, supporting emission controls. “Obviously that isn’t a silver bullet. There is no silver bullet. That might be 10 percent of what needs to be done but we all need to do our part now to make any significant difference.”
USU NEWS
Ravitz: Writing with empathy, resisting fluff, and making a differenceBy Katie Swain LOGAN—CNN Digital reporter Jessica Ravitz has focused her career on long-form, in-depth storytelling in a day that is increasingly more consumed by 140-character tweets, sound bites and abbreviated news. “I’m here to argue today that the appetite for enterprise stories is still alive and well, and hopefully always will be,” she said. “I think we are led to believe attention spans are at an all-time low, but I think if people are brought into a good story they’ll stick with it.”• See related story.
Women’s b-ball is target of 3rd athletics audit at USU Eastern in 2 years
By Seth Richards
USU Eastern Eagle News Editor
PRICE—For the third time in two years, the National Junior College Athletic Association is auditing USU Eastern athletics for academic eligibility. The women’s basketball team is being audited by the NJCAA, says Eastern athletic director Dave Paur, following audits last year for Eastern’s volleyball and men’s basketball teams.
USU Eastern debate team is no more, but 30-year record lives on
By Shadayah Jones
USU Eastern Eagle Staff Writer
PRICE—For more than 30 years, Neil Warren was the debate coach at what was then the College of Eastern Utah. During his career, he and his students won 202 national team trophies and 125 plaques. Some of those trophies are being displayed in the West Instructional Building in a case that is 24 feet long, 6-and-a-half feet tall, and 2 feet deep.
Fire damages USU ag building, no one injured
By Shayna Marcure LOGAN—A fire Tuesday night is to blame for an estimated nearly $50,000 in damages to the AGRS building at Utah State University. An experiment involving heating a soil column caught fire in a basement lab. “There appears to be no structural damage,” said soils, plants and climatology department head Teryl Roper, “just cosmetic.”
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