USU senior’s favorite music videos shown on MTV-U’s ‘Dean’s List’
USU senior Julia Garcia’s top 10 music video choices were aired on MTV-U, MTV’s college network, on Nov.14.
MTV-U has a program called “The Dean’s List,” which consists of the music video selections from a different college student from anywhere in the nation once a week. It reaches 750 colleges or universities and is viewed by an estimated 7 million people. The host selects their own top 10 music videos and also covers the top 10 videos nationwide. Any student is eligible to participate.
Garcia said she often watches MTV or has it on in the background.
“It’s the only thing I have on at home,” the broadcast journalism student said.
To be featured on “The Dean’s List,” Garcia wrote a paragraph about herself and sent in a picture. Then, she was contacted and asked to send in her music video selections. When Garcia was told she had been selected, she had only a couple of days to prepare her program and send it in. She said she was overwhelmed with so much to do.
“If I did it over again, I would put more personality into it and be less stressed about it, ” Garcia said, ” but I tried to be laid back.”
Garcia’s top two picks were the Decemberists and a local band from Draper, Utah. She also included videos from artists such as The Academy Is… and Lupe Fiasco.
Her video choices were different from previous “Dean’s List” hosts because she wanted to incorporate more variety.
” I wanted to choose a good mix,” Garcia said. ” I noticed certain types of people would choose certain types of music.”
Her video as host of the show included scenes from the USU campus like the “True Aggie” pedestal and students playing on the Quad. She also featured a local radio station and 94.5 VFX disc jockey Wayne Thompson.
Thompson recently auditioned and was selected to host “The Dean’s List” one week in December. Garcia’s video and Thompson’s at a later date are viewable on www.mtvu.com under “Dean’s List,”
“It fulfilled a little part of a dream,” Garcia said, noting she has always wanted to work for MTV and would love to someday work for MTV or E! as a disc jockey.
“I just want to do something feature-y,” Garcia said. ” I’m not a hard news girl.”
Any students interested can watch the show on-demand at mtvu.com or on the MTV-U network. Students may also apply online to be a host.
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