DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE Wednesday, March 6, 2013 HEART Continued from page 1 "One out of every 125 births has a heart defect, so there are about 35,00o a year," she said. These include ventricular septal defects, or VSD, aortic stenosis, vascular rings and heart murmurs. Heart defects affect a lot of people, but Kooyman said there is still not much known about how they form. With Norman Hu of the Department of Pediatrics, Kooyman has been creating her own heart defects so they can study the repercussions. Hu has been researching heart defects for more than 15 years, and Kooyman joined with him through the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program. Creating the defects is something not everyone can do. Kooyman went through training for a semester before receiving the eight doz- WARNOCK VETERANS Continued from page 1 Continued from page 1 current method of teaching these courses has to change," he said. He said starting in elementary school, students learn that technology simplifies complex issues. They don't learn, however, that technology must be improved to increase living standards. Learning how technology works is more beneficial than solely understanding the operation of a device, he said. Warnock explained a new IBM development that would not only prevent the world from experiencing an overload of data, but also safely encode data for millennia. "IBM took around a million books and encoded them in DNA strands," he said. "This lasts about w,000 years and completely changes the concept of data storage." Marriott Library employee Alfred Mowdood does not see a downside to online classrooms. "The only difficulty is having to actually re-imagine the problems of higher education in a different context," he said. m.white@ chronicle.utah.edu "This will give us the added impetus to make sure that we are doing this in a uniform way," Buhler said. Rep. Paul Ray, R-Clearfield, sponsored the bill. He served as the House chairman of the Veterans Reintegration Task Force for the past year. The bill was drafted when the group — made up of both en eggs she works with each week. She creates ligations, tying an over-hand knot around the main vessel of the heart using a microscope. Medical students have come in and not been able to do it, which makes Kooyman feel a little more valuable in the collaborative lab team. She spends about io hours a week in the lab in Research Park, and has worked about 500 hours at this point. She hopes this will give her a greater edge when she enters the field. PARTIES Continued from page 1 in exercise science, said it is important to vote, even on a campus level. By itself, a party might not make a big difference. But she said for a university as a whole, ASUU can impact campus. She voted for Peak members. "I know Peak is more about student involvement," Ungricht said. "I think that's ELECTIONS Continued from page 1 popularity contest, but in college, you don't know any "My name will go along with Norman's on the published work," Kooyman said. "To have other medical professionals read that research, it's a big deal." She believes their research has found a lot about heart defects already, and she is excited to continue researching for the rest of her undergraduate career. The next steps will involve constricting the heart valve then removing the ligation after a couple days. They can test the possibilities 3 of catching heart defects early on and fixing them through surgery. Kooyman has learned patience through her research. She did not realize how much work goes into finding cures for diseases. "I feel like it's kind of never ending," she said. "Well, there's obviously an end, but there is also a lot that still needs to be done. Once I'm done with this new project, there's even more to do." The process was not what Kooyman expected. She heard the word research and envisioned tediously staring through a microscope all day. She has instead grown to love the time in the lab and suggests all students take the opportunity to do research while in school. "On paper you can say, oh yeah, I love anatomy and medicine, but until you actually do it, it's different," she said. c.webber@ chronicle.utah.edu legislators and veterans — discovered college credits were a barrier many veterans had to get past upon returning to Utah. "They will go serve their country, they'll go overseas, they'll take specialized training and when they come back and go to school that training is not recognized," Ray said. When that happens, veterans sometimes have no choice but to take classes in subjects they are already experts in. "They've gotten experiences, and in a lot of instances, they didn't have the ability to get credit for that," he said. "They had to sit through classes that they probably knew [the material] better than the teachers." As the bill stands, veterans will not have to be tested to receive fundamental credit, but can apply for additional testing if they want to earn more credit than is originally awarded. The bill had an unusually smooth journey through the Legislature, facing no opposition. It received one simple amendment — the original draft required that the State Board of Regents report to the Utah Department of Veteran's Affairs and the Education Interim Committee regarding awarded credit. The amended version included the Utah Colleges of Applied Technologies. Bill drafters hope the in- clusion of a school counselor in the process will help veterans stay on the path toward a degree, preventing them from taking unnecessary courses. "The intent is that [the credit] could be towards a specific program or degree," Buhler said. Having passed both chambers, the enrolled bill awaits Gov. Gary Herbert's signature. a.drysdale@ chronicle.utah.edu good to have." Bridger Harris, the Peak candidate for vice president and a junior in marketing, said many of the students simply wanted to know the difference between the two parties. Some students asked the party how they would benefit from the community and LDSSA. Harris said there is currently not a lot of collaboration with LDSSA and ASUU. They hope to connect every- body and make sure LDSSA is included next year. James Thatcher, HOUSE candidate for the Humanities Assembly and a junior in political science and English, said he spent most of the time explaining HOUSE's goals and making sure voters understood some of the platforms such as "sustainability" or "transparency." Sam Ortiz, HOUSE candidate for vice president and a senior in social work, said students wanted clarification on HOUSE's sustainability initiatives and what those entailed. Ortiz said one of the initiatives included improving recycling on campus while keeping the current budget. Thatcher admitted he used to think being in ASUU was just a "résumé builder." He said he now sees the impact the elected party has — specifically in campus funding. Debell said the event enabled students to recognize the link between LDSSA and ASUU. He said taking part on campus also includes being involved with the institute. "The goal of LDSSA is to get people to enroll in an institute class," Debell said. "Part of getting people here [enrolled in institute] is getting there [and being involved in] ASUU." a.plummer@ chronicle.utah.edu of the candidates. "You usually have to get involved with ASUU to see a difference," said Jana Stoneman, director of campus events board for ASUU. "I think a lot of parties go into ASUU with lofty goals, but there's only so much time and so much you can accomplish during the school year." During this election, ASUU did not allow parties to campaign with food. 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