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Friday, July 29, 2005

These torch relay photos were in today's Draper/Sandy zone edition of the Deseret News. I look like a geek.
Deseret Morning News, Friday, July 29, 2005
Anniversary celebration
Tyler Sipe, Deseret Morning NewsJessica Faulkner, at right, releases 10 white doves at Draper City Hall this past month at a celebration to mark 10th anniversary of 1-800-Contacts. Below left, Joe Zeidner, general counsel, addresses crowd. In background is Draper City Manager Erik Keck. Below right, Keck runs in the relay.
Tyler Sipe, Deseret Morning News
Tyler Sipe, Deseret Morning News
© 2005 Deseret News Publishing Company
Monday, April 18, 2005
GOOD NEWS!!!
I just got this e-mail from my professor:
Dear Jessie Girl,
It is with great pleasure and pride that I inform you that you have been selected as one of two seniors in the communication program to receive an "outstanding student" award at the Arts & Sciences awards program. The program will be art 5 p.m. Friday, April 29 in the Vieve Gore Concert Hall in the Jewett Performing Arts Center. You have shown great dedication to the program with your service on the Forum and have distinguished yourself in the classroom. I really will miss you. I hope to see you in the MPC program.
Fred
OH MY!!! I can't even believe this... It is honestly SURREAL. I hope those of you that go to Westminster can make it to the award ceremony! I want to thank everyone for their support---honestly, without my friends and family, I wouldn't have made it through college.
Tuesday, March 29, 2005
Electronic Portfolio/Senior Art Show
I made an electronic portfolio composed of some of the articles I’ve written for the Westminster newspaper, my photography, and my graphic design. It is in the “rough stages” but if you want to check it out click this link--> My Online Portfolio
For anyone who is interested-- I am going to be in the senior art show at Westminster next week. Here is the info:
Senior Art Exhibit
The Senior Art Exhibit showcases the best work of our graduating Art majors. The exhibit will be in the Emma Eccles Jones Conservatory. All exhibits are open Monday through Saturday from 10 AM to 4 PM, and free to the public.
Opening Reception: April 4, 2005; Noon
Exhibit: April 4 - April 22
Love you all!
Wednesday, March 02, 2005
Trip to Florida
It was fun and all but it was definitely a trip vs. a vacation but I got to go on some awesome roller coasters!
The resort we stayed in was beautiful. It had four pools, two hot tubs, a lake, tennis courts, a gold course, etc. It was amazing. I wish I could have spent more time at the actual resort.
This week is Spring Break for Westminster and it has been nice to sit back and relax although there hasn't been any action… I wish there were some parties or something going on. It has been nice to be able to catch up on homework and misc. things. I'm getting a nice amount back for taxes so that is a good surprise. I want to find out more about investing my money. Does anyone know anything about investing? I think I am going to buy some books on the subject.
Anyway, I want to start my own business. In what? I don't know, but I am sick of working for other people and Scott's dad told me that being a business owner is the only way you can make any good money. I'm going to start looking into a few different businesses I can start. Anyone have any good idea's?
Everything in life has been going great (knock on wood).
Wednesday, February 02, 2005
The Internet...
Come to find out, he illegally offered Internet Explorer for free to compete with the first MAJOR Internet Service Provider (ISP) Netscape Navigator (unfair competition in the marketplace). This is why Bill Gates had to forfeit over a billion dollars in legal costs.
I’ve really been intrigued with the marketplace lately. I’ve been paying attention to monopolies, and fair commerce. I’m reading a book that you should all check out. It is called “The Tipping Point.” It is about how epidemics and trends start. I like reading books like this because I have the opportunity to figure out how to start my own trend. Hopefully I will be a billionaire one day.
I am happy my teacher made us watch that movie in class today. As a communicator, I think it is essential for us to know about the Internet. After all, that is the medium most of us will be communicating and working through for the rest of our lives. The movie also talked about how American's will have a lot of competition in the future, and already do have a lot of competition from other countries. For instance, many Indians learn from grade 8 how to do computer programming and speak English. Many American Internet companies hire Indians to do their computer programming because they will work for lower wages. Although we are technically the super power country of the world now, I am not sure that we will be in the future (based on the growth of the internet).
Other things that were included in this movie were interesting too:
-History of the Internet (How it began, WWW beginning, Hypertext, Networking)-E-commerce availability, browsers, JAVA (Netscape first big ISP, E-world, Excite, sex drives internet)-Advertising (the Montley Fool, books on Amazon.com)
I am loving school this semester. I am such a geek, I swear.
Update on social life:
Scott and I are doing VERY well. We are both excited to go to Florida in about two weeks. Scott is working on remodeling some of the rooms in his house. They are looking VERY nice. He is seriously one of those guys that can achieve anything when it comes to home improvement. Don’t you just love guys that can work with their hands?
Anyway, my sister Emily’s birthday is tomorrow. HAPPY B-DAY Emiline! I am looking forward to the weekend, but I have LOTS of reading to do.
I’ve been really impressed with my staff writers at the Westminster newspaper this semester (www.westminstercollege/forum). We have had some GREAT stories hit the press. Our readability is up, and the stories are getting better. I am so proud… so proud. To bad this is my last semester on the paper! Oh well, maybe you will see my name on Utah newspaper by-lines one day.
I love you all!
Tuesday, February 01, 2005
Electronic Communication
I absolutely love my new communications class! It is seriously so interesting. Here is a paper I wrote about how we communicate as a society in this day and age.
The topic to write about was the printing press. My professor wanted us to talk about how the printing press affected people's communication in the 1450s, how the invention affects us now, and how the impacts of electronic communication are changing the way we communication in the world today.
Let me know what you think... I always love constructive criticism.
The "Message" is the Key
By Jessica Faulkner ©
In the 1450s Johann Gutenburg developed the printing press. In this paper I will discuss how the printing press affected it’s time, how the printing press affected the world’s communication and history, and how getting the “message” across in today’s society is the most important aspect of communication because of the new/different types of communication we deal with each day.
The invention of the printing press allowed the printed word to be distributed to the masses. Before Gutenburg developed the printing press, all that people had to communicate the written word, were wood-engraved letters. Gutenburg’s machine was used to advance communicated technology further for years to come.
After researching the topic a little more, I found that according to thinkpress.com, “Rome developed a printing press in 1465, but, because the rulers of many countries felt that the printed word encouraged people to rebel against their authority, they strictly controlled the amount of material that printers were allowed to produce.”
This made me think—if people were so concerned about how the word encouraged people to rebel against their authority back then—think about how shocked they would be if they saw how many ways we communicate with the printed word today! Thanks to the first amendment, only laws can control what people write today (such as libel, copy-write, and slander). And come to think of it, these laws really aren’t limited compared to what writers had to deal with back in the 1400s. Today, we don’t have the government controlling our journalism or writing.
J.D. Biersdorfer from The New York Times said, “cyberspace is a constellation of printing presses and bookstores, and these fundamental entities solidly covered by the First Amendment should not be shoehorned into broadcast-style Government regulations.”
Communication was able to grow and flourish because of Gutenburg’s invention. Like I mentioned above, it also paved the way for future communication inventions. Today, there is a new electronic communication invention every day. Whether it’s cell phones, game boys, palm pilots, blackberries, etc., there is new improvement and emphasis in communicating.
Rather than being concerned about the population getting “rebellious” with their communication (like in Gutenburg’s time), now the concerns for communication are if we are actually getting the message across. With how fast everything moves in today’s society, it is hard to know if people are communicating their message effectively. We have all of these outlets for communication, and yet we take them for granted by not communicating effectively with each other.
According to ecie.org, “Communication and information are the keys to understanding and knowledge.” So, if we as participants in a society don’t communicate effectively, is our society bound to have less knowledge and understanding? I say yes—based on the message we are trying to communicate. With the way our technological society is growing, we tend to lose grasp of certain topics because we are only choosing to communicate through certain mediums or with certain inventions. As communicators, it is essential that we make sure we are communicating as effectively as possible and remember that the “message” is the key.
In conclusion, electronic communication mediums are growing, and more electronic communication inventions are being developed each year—that is no reason to let the message that you are trying to communicate get weaker. We, as a society, need to strengthen our messages. In doing this, we will have a better knowledge and understanding of our surroundings and be able to take advantage of all of the new inventions we have the opportunity to use.
Friday, January 21, 2005
P.S.--
P.S.S.—I just found out that I get free passes to the Sundance Film Festival since I work on the Westminster newspaper. We get free press passes as long as we write an article about one of the films. I am SO excited!
Art... Vegas... Life
I really love my classes this semester. I am taking Art History-Impressionism to Post Modernism, Newspaper Editing, Electronic Communication, the school newspaper (of course!), and photojournalism… I really like my art class since it is somewhat different from all the classes I have been taking in the past few years (my major requirements).
I went to the fine art museum up at the U yesterday and found this amazing painting about the riots in LA in 1991. It was a mixed media piece with amazing color, historical meaning, and feeling… you should all check it out if you get a minute. There are also some great photographers being displayed. The exhibit is currently spotlighting african-american culture. It is simply amazing.
I forgot how much I love art galleries. I love getting lost in other people’s art—it only helps my art get better, stronger, more meaningful… plus, it’s so nice to learn about history through art.
Thursday, January 06, 2005
That I would be good....
Yeah…. I am now back in school, and goodness, it seemed like a SHORT break… all of my friends who go to the U or SLCC are laughing out loud at me because I had to go to school a freaking WEEK earlier than them…I’ll show them when I get out of school a week earlier than them! Wuahahaha…. What in the world… I am in the weirdest mood today. I have to go to my two hour long art history class in 20 minutes. I really like that class except for the fact that it is TWO HOURS long… what the heck is up with that?!
Oh well, better just grin and bare it since it’s my last semester. Anyway, I am going snowboarding this Saturday if my life depends on it! I haven’t even been up to the resorts yet, and it makes my stomach cringe! There is such beautiful snow up there right now so if you call me and I answer my phone on Saturday any time between noon and 4 p.m. tell me to go snowboarding!
Any hoot, my classes this semester seem like they will be pretty easy. I just have to ready my gargantuan art history book every night and be a good little student and then ALL IS WELL because I will be done with my undergraduate degree! YAY!
I am going to a really cool art gallery on Friday presented by my friend Chris Bailey. If you want to go with me you should call me because I guarantee there will be some breath-taking art there. I am also going to my friend Andrew’s show afterwards, so you should all come hang out this weekend! I miss you, and I am a social mood… so let’s go get coffee, or make out…which ever you prefer.
I hope you are all doing well! I love you!
Monday, December 27, 2004
B*A*N*A*N*A*S
I got back to school Jan. 5. It is my last semester for my undergraduate degree, but I am planning on going to get my master’s right after I graduate. I was contemplating whether I wanted to go to law school or get my master’s, but I feel like getting my master’s is a better step for me right now. It’s been a WAY hard decision, but I decided that I just need to do SOMETHING, or else I will be stuck in a rut…and I hate being stuck in ruts.
I got some AWESOME stuff for Christmas…. It’s all about the D*D*R mat, with the D*D*R game… I love dance dance revolution… I don’t care how much you all make fun of me while I play… I LOVE IT!!
I hung out with a bunch of my friends on Christmas and I have to say, it was the BEST Christmas ever. Thanks to all of you who made it that much better…
Monday, December 13, 2004
Last Final Today!!!
Seriously though, I am so excited to relax and not have to worry about school for a few weeks. It is surreal that I am so close to graduation....
I've been so anti-social lately. I think it’s because I've been so stressed out with school. I'm also getting sick of doing the same thing every weekend. I wish I could do something fun, new and adventurous...
I miss taking pictures. I miss walking aimlessly around downtown while searching for my next photo. Now that I have a break, I am going to shoot like twenty rolls... It's the only time I have time to enjoy myself (when schools out).
I was happy that I made it to the Willem Dafoe concert on Friday. Those boys can sure rock out... It was good to see Ed too. I got to give him a big, well-deserved hug (since he’s been going through a hard time lately). I wish I could have given him $1,000 but I’m a poor college student…
I also got to see my old best friend Joey. I hate seeing my old friends because it makes me realize how much I miss them. I love all the people I hang out with now too, I just wish we could all get together like the good ol’ days.
I’m almost done with my Christmas shopping J At least that’s good news! I can’t wait to see my family over the holidays…
Tuesday, December 07, 2004
Finals Week--Ah!!
if you want to check it out. It is still in its rough stages but it’s pretty close to the final product J
I am totally getting in the mood for Christmas… my favorite holiday of the year! I don’t like the stress that comes with Christmas, but I do love the cuddles by the fire, time with friends and family, sipping hot cocoa/cider and just relaxing for once in my life.
I went to see my sister-in-laws master’s piano recital on Saturday. She is so talented! I couldn’t even follow her fingers on the keys! It was cute to see her so happy, and my brother so happy.
I am trying to get my Christmas cards finished so I can send them out to my friends and family. All it will take is a whole ten hours of dedication on my part. I love making them, but it’s hard to find the time to fit in everything I want to do.
Good news though, my work (1-800 CONTACTS) just gave me a new company cell phone and they are paying my bill every month! That means I am gaining more respect from the company I work for, and that means I am one happy little girl. Honestly though, I’m REALLY excited to be so young, and already in a challenging, fun work environment. I love the people I work with, I love the company I work for---what else can you ask for?
Scott and I are doing very well. We’ve just been working hard, and getting ready for our Christmas vacation by putting up the Christmas decorations. I am happy he loves Christmas as much as I do! I am so excited to be going to Disney World in February! You have no idea how much I need a vacation…and I will be gone for a whole week!
I hope you are all well. I love and miss you!
Monday, November 29, 2004
Thanksgiving Weekend
The last day (Sunday), I attempted to go snowboarding. I got up to brighton and got off the first lift--crest--to find that my binding BROKE! I had to have the ski patrol man take me down on a silver cabob. Talk about a frozen bum! Thankfully, Scott and I got our tickets refunded so we can go another day. I was WAY bummed though... I wanted to snowboard on all that fresh powder.
After my snowboarding adventure, I finished the gobs of homework I had, went to Scott's family party then went home to rest and gather my thoughts for today... Monday... the dreaded day after a four day relaxing weekend. I'm happy to be back at work though. I was needing something to stimulate my mind after four days of brain relaxation.
I only have two weeks left of school, then I get a two week break. I am counting down the days till I graduate...
For the next few weeks my mind will be numb...mushy and numb... Why-you ask? I have finals. So if you catch me talking to myself, walking around making no sense, or just plain being a dummy---please smack me and tell me to "snap back to reality."