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By Josh Wallace / Contributing Writer On Jan. 19, Kodak filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after years of financial hardship. While the move doesn’t necessarily spell the end of Kodak, it is unlikely the company will ever recapture its former glory. Filing under the Chapter 11 bankruptcy code protects the company from its creditors while it attempts to restructure its business. The company secured a $650 million loan from Citigroup, in order to “to pay vendors and other suppliers for all post-petition goods and services, and to operate its day-to-day business activities.” While many factors led to Kodak’s troubles, many agree that among the largest contributing factors would be the transition from traditional film to digital photography. In 1975, Kodak engineer Steven Sasson invented the first digital camera. While it pales in comparison to today’s digital cameras, it would become an industry-changing innovation. Despite inventing the technology that paved the way of the digital photography revolution, Kodak failed to capitalize on the idea. According to UCO Department of Art Professor Sarah Hearn, “Kodak had the knowledge and capacity to do this stuff early, but they were arrogant with what they had and what they had achieved.” While Kodak does currently manufacture digital cameras, their name is synonymous with film, an association that started with the founding of the company by George Eastman 132 years ago. Eastman revolutionized photography with his invention of film in rolls and introducing affordable cameras, making photography readily available to the masses. With the transition to digital photography, film is becoming less commonplace these days. “Anybody from the 25-40 range has experience with film, but there are those younger who’ve never seen it, or don’t even know, the idea of 35mm means nothing to them,” Hearn said. In recent years Kodak has discontinued production of some of its different types of film, most notably Kodachrome in 2009, which had been sold for 74 years. In 2011
Earlier this month, Kodak filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protections. Kodak is best known for popularizing photography and bringing it to the mass market. Photo by Garett Fisbeck, The Vista
Kodak discontinued two more films, Ektachrome E200 and Plus X 125.a For photographers, the trend of Kodak discontinuing it’s various film types is concerning. “Its been harder and harder to find film, not just by Kodak but any company now in the professional films, and I’m scared that its going to go away,” Jesse Miller, UCO photography professor, said. Miller believes that large corporations may eventually stop producing film, but smaller, independent companies will take their place and supply film for the demand that still exists. Many professional photographers utilize
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both traditional and digital formats, as both ultimately have different characteristics. For Hearn, the process associated with film photography is almost magical, not knowing how a photo will turn out until you’ve completed the chemical process of developing it. Digital photography is instantaneous and standardized, while film can be full of variations, that can lend to surprising results that digital can’t compare to. For now, Kodak says it is business as usual. They released a press statement detailing the company would be continuing to pay it’s employees wages and continuing their benefits, going forward with it’s customer related pro-
grams, and honoring obligations to it’s postpetition suppliers. While it is unknown how Kodak will fare after filing for bankruptcy protection, changes will need to be made for the company’s continued survival. “I think it’ll have to break away and have two separate companies. One that deals more with the digital side and maybe more of the professional/consumer side of it,” he said. “One that maybe, if they decide to keep it, would be a smaller company that is making specialty films, but not the big company, I don’t think will be around anymore.”
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By Madeline Rainwater / Contributing Writer With the job market becoming more and more competitive, a strong résumé is critical to finding a quality position. How a resume is presented is just as important as what information is included. “A well-edited resume not only lists qualifications and work history, but is a means for marketing oneself to a potential employer,” Heather Busey, career counselor for the Career Services Center, said. “A résumé is often a first impression, making it an invaluable tool for the job-seeker.” To assist students with their résumés, Career Services will be hosting a Résumé and Critique Clinic Tuesday, Jan. 24 at 2 p.m. in room 202 of the Nigh University Center. “The Résumé and Critique Clinic is an event designed to give students the opportunity to hear from employers about what they look for on a résumé, in addition to having an opportunity to have their résumé
critiqued by a member of the Career Services staff,” Busey said. Two guest speakers will discuss the do’s and don’ts of formatting, types of resumes and what specifics employers look for in a resume. The speakers are representatives of Paycom Payroll Services and Gemini Coding. The clinic is free to students, faculty and staff. Participants should come prepared with a copy of their resume in order to take advantage of the critique session following the presentation. “We encourage all students to have a résumé prepared for unexpected opportunities, whether you are a freshman or a senior preparing to enter the job market,” Busey said. The Résumé and Critique Clinic is part of Career Chats, a series of career-centered lectures at UCO. Career Chats of various topics are offered each month throughout the school year.
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Beth Adele of Career Services poses for a photo outside the Career Services office. Photo by Garett Fisbeck, The Vista
According to a series of health surveys, the obesity rate in America appears to have leveled off over the past several years. After analyzing data collected from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, which has been used to asses the physical and nutritional health of Americans since the 1970’s, experts found no significant change in obesity rate for any demographic since 2003. James Allen, assistant director of public health programs and services at UCO, says it is very difficult to pinpoint any one reason for the current plateauing of national obesity rates. “There is no one single cause of obesity, so there isn’t going to be one single thing that changes it,” Allen said. “If you look, there are behavioral components to this; there are genetic components to this.” Instead, Allen recognizes a number of reasons for the stabilizing obesity rate, including increased public awareness of the health hazards associated with obesity. Allen also says the demand for healthier items is on the rise. “You can go to McDonald’s, you can go to
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Taco Bell, and you can find some healthier options on their [menu],” he said. “Ten years ago, those options weren’t there. In fact, if you were to go back 10 years ago and say these items would be offered, people would probably look at you and say, ‘are you kidding?’” Despite stunted growth in recent national obesity rates, the number of obese people per capita in Oklahoma is still steadily growing. The obesity rate in Oklahoma grew 3.2 percent between the years 2007 and 2009, and according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Oklahoma is the fifth most obese state in the nation. Heart disease, which is frequently linked to obesity, is the number one cause of death in Oklahoma. The state ranks behind only Mississippi in deaths per capita related directly to heart disease. Again, Allen finds it difficult to pinpoint any one reason for Oklahoma’s continuously climbing rates of obesity, but attributes most of it to the state’s weather, which can be notoriously hot and humid. This would explain why the nation’s highest obesity rates are found in southern states.
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