TRAX TRAGEDY Audience
Total Page：16
File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb
The Independent Voice of Salt Lake Community College FREE Wednesday June 6, 2012 THE Issue 1/ summer '12 GLOBEVisit us online at globeslcc.com Laughter at South City Kachina Choate Staff Reporter Comedians of all experience levels attended the Salt Lake Comedy Festival held on June 1 and 2 at Salt Lake Community College South City Campus’ Grand Theater. The Salt Lake Comedy Festival was a full three days of comedy competitions and improvisation- skills workshops. “We thought it was a great way to just kind of bring everybody together, there’s a lot of improv talent in Utah,” said SLCC alumni Amy Allred. Improv, or improvisational theater, is a form of acting where the actors spontaneously preform a scene without foreknowledge of the subject. They don’t know what situations they will be acting out until it is given to them, often through suggestions from the TRAX TRAGEDY audience. Improv comedy comes in two types: shortform and longform. The Salt Lake Comedy Festival Photo by Julie Hirschi featured both styles. Part of UTA’s safety education program, a “Listen up Heads up” The shortfrom improv included SLCC student Mirian banner is on display near the Meadowbrook campus Trax station, Improv Survivor and Battle of the alerting students to be aware around the tracks. Bands, and longform improv was showcased through improvised Contreras killed in light “Imagine if this was your phone. The quality of the video sister, your aunt, your loved from the on-board camera wasn’t Laughter/ continued on page A5 rail accident one,” said Laura Cano, SLCC clear enough for investigators to student and friend of Contreras identify the scenario. Julie Hirschi Contreras was enrolled in the who was upset about comments UTA does not post accidents Staff Reporter Heating, Ventilation, and Air that said Contreras was careless. on their website but according to Conditioning (HVAC) program “Just to throw rocks like that is Carpenter there have been a total Salt Lake Community College at SLCC. Many describe her thoughtless.” of 17 Trax related incidents since student Mirian Contreras was as smart, hardworking and There have been a number of January of this year. Twelve of Visit struck and killed by a Trax train as ambitious. Contreras was a single Trax train incidents recently those incidents involved motorist she was leaving the Meadowbrook mother who left behind two young in part due to distractions of and five involved pedestrians. Campus on Monday, May 14. children. Her daughters were victims. According to Gerry Carpenter said they are very The police ruled it a “case of living in Mexico at the time of Carpenter, Spokesman for UTA, concerned with the rise in the www. distraction” as it was shown on the her death. She had been sending there were conflicting accounts number of Trax accidents. They on-board train camera that she had money to them in order for them from eyewitnesses on the scene. are in the process of implementing globeslcc.com her head down as she stepped in to receive the best care and attend Some say that she was reading a front of the oncoming train. quality schools in Mexico. book; others say she was on the Trax/ continued on page A3 for daily news The Full Monty: SLCC updates Study Abroad programs are the real thing inside Michael Hawker instructors who lead the groups. Staff Reporter “London is my favorite city,” Pride Parade said David Hubert, a political Unlike watching it on “the science professor at SLCC since telly” [the television] or reading 1994. of it in books, international study Hubert returned from leading through Salt Lake Community his fourth Study Abroad program College’s Study Abroad program to London, England, where is what the British may say is the group visited sites such “the full monty” — the real thing. high profile tourist spots as The program offers three weeks Westminster Abbey, Stonehenge of direct experiential immersion and Parliament. into another country’s culture, For the participants, however, geography, people and language. the program is more than frivolous This year’s groups recently fun. The program is set up as a full- returned to Salt Lake City from credit course. Faculty instructors their respective travels to England, administered assignments and Japan and China. The trips were held meetings in the spring term held between May 5 and 27. in preparation for the May trip. “There are just so many things According to Sandra Kikuchi, that the books don’t teach you director of the Study Abroad about until you actually experience program, the faculty group leaders it. There are actually a lot of hidden also must apply to the program cultures you don’t know about, and are selected by application. and so that became a theme for the Faculty applicants submit a letter program,” said SLCC geoscience of intent which outlines what department coordinator Adam that individual may bring to the opinion Dastrup, who led this year’s Japan program, what they would teach Study Abroad group. the students and why they wish to Dear Each destination offers a unique go to that particular country. The Photo courtesy of David Hubert learning experience for both SLCC England Study Abroad program students at House of Dick /Continued on the student participants and the Abroad/ continued on page A3 Parliament, London, in May, 2012. Santa page A3 A2 THE GLOBE Wednesday, June 6 2012 STUDENT EVENTS ENTER FOR THE CHANCE TO WIN WED/6 THURS/7 FRI/8 AN ADMIT TWO PASS TO THE SPECIAL ADVANCE SCREENING OF Sat/9 MON/11 TUE/12 7:45am-2:00pm CampusConnect New Student Orientation @ TR Campus 3 COL x 9” = 27” (SAU) 4C PUB PROMO BY TEXTING THE WORD SON AND YOUR ZIP CODE TO 43549! EXAMPLE TEXT: SON 84101 Entry4-30-12 deadline: TMB__PUB_PROMO_BILLING_ Monday, June 6 11 THAT’S MY BOY has been rated R for crude sexual content throughout, nudity, pervasive language and some drug use. There is no charge to text 43KIX. Message and data rates from your wireless carrier may apply. Check your plan. Late and/or duplicate entries will not be considered. Limit one entry per cell phone. Winners will be drawn at random and notifi ed via text message with screening details by 6/12 at 9AM. Each mobile pass admits 2. The screening will be held on Wednesday, June 13 at 7:00pm at a local theater. Sponsors and their dependents are not eligible to receive a prize. Supplies are limited. Passes received through this promotion do not guarantee a seat at the theatre. Seating is on a fi rst-come, fi rst-served basis, except for members of the reviewing press. Theatre is overbooked to ensure a full house. No admittance once screening has begun. All federal, state and local regulations apply. A recipient of prizes assumes any and all risks related to use of prize, and accepts any restrictions required by prize provider. Columbia Pictures, Allied-THA, 43KIX, The Globe and their affi liates accept no responsibility or liability in connection with any loss or accident incurred in connection with use of prizes. Prizes cannot be exchanged, transferred or redeemed for cash, in whole or in part. Not responsible if, for any reason, winner is unable to use his/her prize in whole or in part. Not responsible for lost, delayed or misdirected entries. All federal, state and local taxes are the responsibility of the winner. Void where prohibited by law. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. NO PHONE CALLS! Submit student events to [email protected] Visit slcc.edu/campusevents/calendar.asp for more student events IN THEATERS JUNE 15 THE GLOBE THURS: 6/7/12 COLOR THE GLOBE STAFF 5.4” x 10” RM ALL.TMB-P.0607.globe-email Editor-in-Chief Photographer Layout Designer Brandon CrowCrowleyley Kim Higley Aisha Steger brandon.crow- Dana Graham aisha.steger@ [email protected] slcc.edu Reporters Campus Editor Joseph Meyere Advisor campus.globe@ David Bell Julie Gay slcc.edu Stephen Romney julie.gay@slcc. Veronica Agu- edu Edited by Will Shortz Opinion Editor No. 0501 ilera ACROSS 56 Cookie 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 opinion.globe@ Shad Engkilterra Advertising 1 Child prodigy of celebrating its slcc.edu Maaike Bennett Jacob Sorensen “Heroes” centennial in 2012 14 15 16 57 Police 6 Painters’ degs. Julie Hirschi j.sorensen@ investigation of a 17 18 19 Photography 10 “Pygmalion” betting house? Photography Jamie Jarvis chronicle.utah. playwright 20 21 22 photo.globe@ Timothy Janssen edu 60 Pig’s sound 14 “Falstaff” or 61 Jiffy ___ slcc.edu “Fidelio” 23 24 25 slcc.edu Brandon Crowley 62 Students take 15 “Play it, Sam” them in class 26 27 28 29 speaker 63 Dogs, cats and 16 Bridgestone gerbils 30 31 32 33 34 35 product 64 “South Park” 36 37 38 39 17 Package full of writer Parker syringes? 65 Put out, as energy 40 41 19 Ancient Andean 42 43 44 45 20 Great Giant DOWN THE GLOBE OFFICE 21 Kardashian 1 It’s stolen in an 46 47 48 49 50 matriarch Austin Powers 22 Less likely to be movie 51 52 53 54 55 Phone: 801.957.4019 carded, say 2 “___ a Spell on Technology Building 56 57 58 59 Room 325-G Fax: 801.957.4401 23 Thesis topic for You” sex ed? 4600 South Redwood Road Email: [email protected] 3 Penny 60 61 62 26 Picture puzzles 4 Noah’s vessel 63 64 65 Salt Lake City, Utah 84124 29 Acorn or pecan 5 17-syllable poems 30 Berry for the 6 Makes like The Globe Online health-conscious 7 Item “spirited” past security? 27 It comes back to 47 Spooky globeslcc.com 31 Loudly berate you 36 8 “Do ___ do” 48 Go-between Cameras taking 28 False deity pictures of 9 “My gal” of song 31 Fast jet, for short 49 Cozy spots permanent 10 One of a pair for a markers? 32 clown Troubled terribly 50 Look into 40 Like some 11 Bangalore 33 Tuna ___ 53 Information on a summer dresses, believer, maybe 34 Singer Guthrie by design check Due to the high volume of requests for articles we receive, The Globe 12 See 46-Down 35 Romanov ruler 41 “___ Enchanted” may not be able to reply to every letter.