Campus and Community Briefs
Photographer, writer to speak
Naturalist, writer and photographer Stephen Trimble will speak at Utah State University as part of the Natural Resource and Environmental Policy Program Thursday in the Eccles Conference Center.
Trimble, who lives in Salt Lake City, will read from his book “Becoming Earl: Lanscape, Community and Honor in the American West” In this book, he looks at Earl Holden’s efforts to expand the Snowbasin ski area on Mount Ogden through a controversial land exchange with public lands managed by the U.S. Forest Service. He also looks at his own purchase of land near Capital Reef National Park and what it means to become a land developer.
Trimble has won significant awards for his nonfiction, fiction and photography, including the Ansel Adams Award from the Sierra Club.
Director Joanna Endter-Wada said the Natural Resource and Environmental Policy Program series seeks to stimulate the search for innovative, workable solutions to challenges involved in developing environmental policies and to facilitate public involvment in
decision-making.
Jcom TV students win competition
Utah State University TV journalism students won three awards in regional competition sponsored by the National Broadcasting Society, including one first place.
Nine USU students and two faculty members from the USU Journalism and Communication Department attended the NBS-AERho regional conference Saturday at Weber State University, along with representatives of colleges across the West from Arizona to British Columbia.
USU students Mike Chidsey and Claire Dunn won first place in the 13-state region in the comedy video category, for a segment on Jell-O wrestling that aired on A-TV News, the USU campus cable news program produced in the journalism department. Chidsey and Dunn’s entry goes on to national competition.
A-TV News itself won third place in the region for news programs produced by broadcast news classes. In its first program ever, the new Kickin’ Aggie Sports Show and its student producer Michelle Weston won second place in the region for best sports show. “Kickin’ Aggie Sports Show” was launched in late September.
Broadcast Journalism Professor Penny Byrne said she was very pleased with the showing of her students, even though she had learned of the contest only three days before the entry deadline.
Conference to be held for firefighters
The Northern Utah Firefighters Conference will be held Friday and Saturday at Bridgerland Applied Technology College in Logan.
The conference will provide northern Utah and southern Idaho fire departments with top quality lectures and hands-on training opportunities. Specialists from several fields in firefighting, rescue and fire prevention will be on hand to teach skills to local firefighters.
For more information contact Mike Weibel at 792-6520.
Diwali Show to be held Friday
The Indian Student Association is sponsoring the Diwali Show Friday at 6 p.m. in the Taggart Student Center Ballroom. All students are invited to attend. Tickets are $12.