THURSDAY, APRIL THE DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE 26, 2001 3 Speaker Discusses U's Preparations for the Olympics BOBBI PARRY Chronicle (Mews of the games " he said. Writer will people descend upon the U's Stadium for the Opening Ceremonies of the 2002 Winter Olympic Sixty-thousa- Rice-Eccl- es Games. However, Olympic officials won't be waiting until Feb. 6 to begin their preparations. "It's not like putting on a football game," said Wayne McCormack, the 2002 University of Utah Olympic coordination director. McCormack spoke to a U Facilities Forum Management Community about what is in store for the U as the Olympics approach. The Games will be held February 8 through 24. Athletes will be housed in the Fort Douglas Heritage Commons and the Opening and Closing Ceremonies for the Olympics will take place in Stadium. As soon as football season ends next fall, the Salt Lake Organizing Committee will take over the football stadium and its west parking lot to begin outfitting it for the Opening Ceremonies of the Games. SLOC is paying the U $8 million for the use of the stadium. Workers will construct fences around the stadium to protect sets and other improvements that will be used to help create the "look and feel Rice-Eccl- es ACADEMY continued from page "People will see fences on campus but they won't impede them until event day," McCormack said. SLOC has a commitment to do nothing that will disrupt the U's operations prior to January, he day-to-d- ay t All fences have gates and will not be closed until the event days. Because the stadium currently seats only 45,634 people, works will construct bleachers to seat an extra 10,000 on the north end of the stadi- system, he said. Extra campus shuttles will run to accommodate those who are forced to park further from campus, and designated parking spaces will also be used, he said. light-ra- house 5,000 athletes, McCormack said. Extra beds will go in and desks will come out as the dormitories are modified to accommodate the large number of athletes, who will begin their move into the dorms on Jan 29, and leave on Feb 26. But the largest impact on campus Wayne McCormak spoke about the Olympics during the U Facilities Management Community Forum held Wednesday. .JPA miwronfrSfatiTHi fi rtiiir l n wan - FRCC FOOD! ENTERTAINMENT! MUSSCI FEATURING LUV APPLE! PRIZES! CLIMBING WALL! GIANT SLIDE! J0MBO TOYS! : GRADUATION GIFTS FOR SENIORS! FOOD! fHTERTAlNMENT! MUSIC! - FEATURING LUY APPLE! PRIZES! CLIMBING WALL! GIANT SLIDE! JUMBO TOYS! GRADUATION GIFTS FOR SENIORS! Ml FOR AMY STUDENT WHO CDULD USE A BREAK! THURSDAY, APRIL Taase said. high-scho- DANG 26 fROM WILL RON 6:00 -- 11:00 f ROM 9:00 -- 11:00. 155 south Central campus drive on the back patio, AND ON BALLIf FIELD. raw: Xy jjjrj ,a s- - ipw Uke ta Suae ifouk dteatti cai hxhh Utitead Icdefo? Larry H. Miller Lexus has a College Graduate lease program on the the U as well, Seidel said. Next year, the Health Professions Academy vill also offer an high-scho- ol high-scho- high-scho- said. MSSft '34,785 ol ol PM. the alumni house ol advanced medical anatomy and physiology course for seniors that participated this year. The returning students will come to the Health Sciences Center twice a week and receive both and credit, college said. Longhurst The Salt Lake City School District and the state's Area Health Education Center, operated through the U, will offer medical summer workshops for interested and recent students graduates. Health Professions Academy will have a dramatic effect on its participants' success, Seidel said. "They come away with a very broad view of where their education can take them," Seidel Trax il dress rehearsal for the Opening Ceremonies will occur on Feb. 6. The first part of the 2002, fences will also appear around the Fort Douglas Heritage Commons dormitories as they become the Olympic Village, McCormack said. Officials gave the 2,500 dormitory residents the option of moving into the older dormitories or moving off campus. SLOC will pay the U $28 million for the use of the dorms, which will ol The program rotated students the Health Science through Centers including the Nursing and Gerontology programs in the College of Nursing and School of Medicine in programs ranging from dental education to public and from health physician assistance to human genetics. Students also covered a gamut of College of Health programs, such as exercise and sports science, foods and nutrition, occupational therapy, communication disorders and others. The College of Pharmacy, Spencer S. Eccles Health and other Sciences Library organizations participated as well. The program acts to enrich the experience, but in part functions as a recruitment tool for ion, such as the bus and the um. A Students handle to got defibrilators, work with scopes, split DNA and perform dissections. The students even made their own lip balm, Longhurst said. Alicia Taase, also from Highland, said she enjoyed the opportunity to dissect cow eyes and hearts. Planning to pursue cardiology, Taase appreciated the opportunity to interact with students who "know how it feels to be a kid" and can give better insight to a student. "More students should get involved in programs like these," high-scho- us SLOC will be moving its equipment in and out of the facilities. The U could lose as many as 25 percent of its parking spaces during these times, he said. U students and faculty will be encouraged to use public transporta said. a N? 1 life will not occur during the actual Games, McCormack said. 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