Voices Amplified on SNAP Cuts + Food Drives on Campus, Tech Classroom Bans, KRCL Women DJs

  • November 6, 2025
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Rising journalists at the University of Utah take over the show to discuss how the federal shutdown is hitting college students and what they're doing about it, technology in the college classroom, and KRCL history with Maggie Laun of Women Aloud.

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SNAP Cuts Hit Campus, Food Pantries Step Up

With the current federal government shutdown now the longest in history, SNAP cuts are hitting college students and families. Voices Amplified Reporter Preston Langlois talks with Utah Daily Chronicle Student Reporter Elle Howell and Dr. Britney Badger, director of the U's Center for Campus Wellness.

  • READ: SNAP Benefits Delayed for November 2025 (Elle Howell, The Daily Utah Chronicle, Nov. 3, 2025)

    • Feed U Pantry: Located in the basement of the Union (below the food court). Pantry for students, staff, and faculty. Fall semester 2025 hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Fridays. FeedU Mobile Pantry, pantry ‘pop-ups’ around Campus.
    • EHSEB Pantry: Located in the Stensaas Lounge (room 2200) of the Eccles Health Science Education Building. Pantry for students, staff, faculty, and hospital workers. Available during building hours from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday.
    • In a Pinch Pantry: Located in the Spencer Fox Eccles Business Building. Pantry for business students.
    • Sunnyside Pantry: Located in the Sunnyside Apartments Main Office. Pantry for Sunnyside apartment residents.
    • Wellness Exchange: Located in the Peterson Heritage Building, available 24/7.
    • Basic Needs Collective on Campus accepts monetary or itemized donations.
    • Find a food pantry near you.

Voices Amplified Panel Discussion: Tech Clash in Class

On November 11, the U's John R. Park Debate Society and partners are set to hold the first annual Great Campus Debate. Students from across campus will be able to present arguments that help unpack the resolution: generative AI does more harm than good. Voices Amplified Reporter Caitlyn Homola speaks with Luca  Luca DiGregorio, who recently wrote about the issue for The Daily Utah Chronicle, and UofU Journalism Professor Marcie Young-Cancio.

KRCL History Project: DJ Maggie Laun, Women Aloud & This Feminine Position

Voices Amplified's Addison Burnsed talks with Maggie Laun, whose time at the station dates back to KRCL's early days. Laun was an office manager, a grant writer, a programmer, a DJ, and more. Laun says one of her proudest accomplishments was working with other women DJs and programmers to produce 50+ consecutive hours of what they called Women Aloud. KRCL was welcoming and supportive of women DJs and musicians — a direct line to today's Women Who Rock with Eugenie.

  • "We travelled and went to different radio conferences, and we were in Santa Cruz, and I started meeting women that were organizing women," Laun recalls. "Our main goal was to teach women how to use all of the equipment so we could create our own public affairs. We brought in [women] programmers from Berkley to teach us, and it was basically go ahead and get the feedback, make a mistake. So we had all sorts of classes for women programming, and then when we were finally ready to do Women Aloud. We did 53 hours of just women."

Let Me Explain: LOVE is Headed to UMFA

A weekly 411 on something you may have heard about but need more information on. Tonight, the famous LOVE sculpture, which the University of Utah is reportedly paying $4.5 million to bring a 12-by-12-by-6-foot version to the Utah Museum of Fine Arts and unveil on Valentine's Day 2026. 

  • Cost breakdown: $4.5 million, $2.5 million provided by donors, remaining $2 million is covered by state public art funding.
  • Other LOVEs: BYU bought a smaller one last year. There are 86 iterations of the sculpture, but only 9 are as large as the one headed to the U.

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Tonight's RadioACTive Team

Guests' views, thoughts, or opinions are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the board, staff, or members of Community Radio of Utah, KRCL 90.9 FM. Tonight's RadioACTive team included:

Voices Amplified is a collaboration between the University of Utah, Amplify Utah and KRCL 90.9fm. Tonight's team of rising journalists includes:

  • Student Host: Alexie Zollinger
  • Student Reporters: Caitlyn Homola, Addison Burnsed, Preston Langlois
  • Student Digital Editor: Will Ruzanski
  • Faculty Advisor: Marcie Young Cancio, University of Utah & Amplify Utah

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