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Show The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice Since 1890 nit r 2004 ww.daiiyutahctironicle.com 1 1 iL n rr n I J TfH T, e W VL,UlJL II Tf Tf I 1 j TiW t t w 1 -- n- 1 I (L&JLJL V J le T1 m i -a f Wednesday, June 9, 2004 EE Hill decide to stay at the u letics director, Asad Kudlya Sports Editor Barbara Hedges, resigned from her post five months ago amid gamallegabling tions in the de- When The Salt Lake Tribune reported that the University of Washington had offered Ute Athletics Director Chris Hill its athletics director job on Tuesday, sports figures around campus were worried. "I have been here for two months and that was the man who hired me," Ute basketball coach Ray Giacoletti said. "I was a little bit nervous about him leaving." But Hill did not leave his staff in the dark. "I had informed all the coaches of what was going on, and it was very serious," Hill said. The lucrative position was up for grabs since Washington's former ath ' . Hill has l inpressed in a terest couple of Pac-1- 0 schools in the past, such as UCLA and fi v O Chris ex- Hill Athletics Director Washington, but he announced Tuesday that he will continue his tenure at the U. "I explored the situation at the University of Washington, but determined that I am very excited about the opportunities here at Utah," Hill said in a written statement. "We have wonderful coaches and administrators in place and I look forward to a great success in the years to come." The move would have been odd, considering the recent success the team has had in football, gymnastics and soccer, along with a new coach for the basketball team. Hill has been a fixture at the U for 17 years and has taken the athletic program to new heights with different coaches, helping with the Olympics facilities and building for various athletic programs. "Our staff was completely excited when we heard he was staying," Giacoletti said. His abilities as an athletics director go beyond setting up a suc New copy cessful athletics staff. "He is so easy to get along and communicate with," Giacoletti said. "I look at him as a mentor and someone to give our staff advice. I have been very lucky to have had very good athletics directors and I feel that same bond with Dr. Hill." Interim President Lorris Betz is excited with Hill's decision, considering the job he has done with the program. "Chris has demonstrated his skills in hiring and running a topnotch athletic program," Betz said in a written statement. "We are looking forward to many successful years under his capable leadership." "I can't wait for the fall and I am excited for the future of the program," Hill said. state-of-the-- akudiyachronicle.ut3h.edu Giant g ems on display at J $ partment. c , natural history museum - Sheena McFarland o H H feasor.'' k Marcia Ulloa prepares the Heritage Center afeteria's lunch counter on Tuesday. Resting heavily on stands instead of the minds of movers, dozens of massive minerals are on display at theUtah Museum of Natural History. The largest mineral is a d quartz that is shaped like a barbell. f if' f r Raising the roof Meal plans, rent increase for students on-camp- us Tyler Peterson News Editor Students living in any of the residence halls operated by the Office of Residential Living next fall and spring will pay at least $64.96 more than they did last year, and some will pay as much as $224.20. More than 2,000 students from five complexes Benchmark Plaza, Shoreline Ridge, Chapel Glen, Sage Point and Gateway Heights will be affected by the increases in rent, meal plans, electricity and Residence Hall Association dues. Increases in utility costs, benefits for employees and bond payments for the halls are the main reasons students will pay more than ever to live on campus, according to Jerry Bafford, assistant to the vice president of student affairs. "We tried to keep costs down as low as we could, but our costs have gone up," he said. This year, operating expenses for the Office of Residential Living increased by about $395,000, according to Bafford, and the extra money coming out of students' accounts is not enough to cover that amount. "We didn't feel we could put that full burden on the students," Bafford said. He and other staff members are looking elsewhere to avoid losing money. "We haven't had to lay any lly, people off at this we don't have to take that step," Bafford said. Instead, he said his office was making some changes to increase the occupancy of the buildings, which was between 83 and 87 percent in the residence halls and 95 percent in point-Hopefu- the apartments. "We need to market what goes on up there," he said. Barb Remsburg, associate director for residential living, said that there are "special-interefloors" in each building designed to cater to students with different tastes. For example, the "Outdoor Adventure Floor" works with campus recreation in providing transportation, food and some equipment for students living there to use, free of charge. The "Leadership in Service Floor" has programming for students to develop leadership skills. A number of other services are available, including cable st SEE RENT PAGE 3 if director of the natural history museum. The Utah museum is the first museum outside of Texas to receive the traveling collection, which has spent the last two years in the Houston Museum of Natural Science. "The collection contains about 210 pieces, but we really did send out the cream of the crop," said Joel Bartsch, curator of gems and minerals for the Houston museum. "We chose the pieces we were sending first on stunning eye appeal and then on durability." Before the Houston museum received it in 2001, the collection resided in the Pennzoil Building in Houston for nearly 30 years. The minerals and gems came together through the itn-- was "a big, giant 'gee golly wow' kind of thing, and people loved it here." Due to the popularity of the exhibit, he said he chose to send it on to other museums. The dazzling gems came from not only the mines in Nevada, but also from places as far away as Afghanistan . recent consolidation may help U students with copy and printing needs to save time and money. the University Publications and Printing Services in the University Services Building. The new combined entity is located in Room 135 of the building. This is the first time since the inception of either center that the two will be consolidated under one roof. The consolidation may have an impact on printing and copying prices because of decreased operation costs. "Our goal is to be more convenient and to better accommodate campus needs," said Klare Oliver, unifying the centers under one roof will be both economical and convenient. "Our goal... is to save money and reduce commuter time," Richards said. The way in which the consolidated copyprinting center will save students money has much to do with the nature of its business. "We are a - . . Topaz, front, and a quamarine, rear, both from Brazil, are but a few of the many gem specimens that can be seen at the Utah Museum of Natural History Duvall collection of gems and minerals. The exhibition is open from June 5 through Sept. 12. and Brazil, like the 70,000-caraquamarine beryl. Green forms of this stone are emeralds, and the red form is the Utah state gem. "In all of these gems, different impurities in the minerals give it different colors," at George said. Also on display is the largest nugget of turquoise, often used in making Navajo jewelry, which was found in the Kingman, Ariz., mine. George said she welcomes students from all classes, ranging from geology to art, to look at these minerals. "We have all of these minerals in our collection, but they aren't nearly the size of these," she said. While some of the smaller pieces are under glass, the larger ones are in open air. "We don't want anyone touching them, but to have them out in the open like this just brings the colors alive," she said. The museum is open Monday through Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Sunday from noon until 5 p.m. Admission is free to students with current student ID cards. smcfarland chronicle, utah. edu Outstanding U staff honored well. "Course packs may go down in cost eventually, since lower cost of operation translates to lower costs for students and fac- ulty," Richards said. When she started work- ing in 1999 at the University hospital, Marion Bradford became a "voice for the voiceless," according to her supervisor. On her own, she goes to Deseret Industries to get used wheelchairs so she can give them to patients who cannot afford them. One day, her supervisor saw her walking barefoot in the hospital, and when she was asked where her shoes were, Bradford said that she took her shoes off to give them to a patient. He describes her as a kind and gen Last Wednesday, Bradford and five other U employees were honored for superior service to the U. Out of the 91 U employees who were nominated for the 2004 Presidential Staff Awards, Bradford, Michael Anderson, Bart Chournos, Carlyle Clarke, Ann Penman-Morga- n and Linda Schmidt were honored at the U president's home with a special luncheon in which Interim President Lorris Betz presented the awards. Anderson is a computer professional at the Administrative Computing Services. He was introduced by his supervisor as a person who does "whatever needs to be done and does it right." In his 19 years of experience as a clinical nurse at U Hospital, Chournos has been described by his teammates as a great teacher, a person with a wealth of experience and a great role model for all the nurses. Clarke works in campus purchasing as a senior buyer. His supervisor noted that Clarke has saved the university tons of money by looking for the best deals. He has been working at the U since 1963 and he has worked under seven different U presidents. Penman-Morga- n works as a dispatcher and coordinator in the public safety Ac- cording to Jane Bushnell, COPY A&E PAGE 3 page A On the big screen Six employees honored with plaques and $3,000 bonus erous person. charge-bac- k operation," Richards said. "We operate based on generated revenue, so when we save, students save." Because the copy center and the printing center are no longer separated, the new center will be operating at reduced costs, according to Richards, and that may mean savings for U students and faculty. By not having to run back and forth between two centers, transportation costs may drop, and because the two centers will now share certain technologies, other costs may be reduced as SEE Ossama Elshamy Proofreader Ser- University Printing vices and Copy Centers has joined together the copy center formerly located at Heritage Commons and same location." According to John Richards, director of printing services and copy centers, 4 Duval Mining Company's Battle Mountain, Nev., properties, according to Bartsch. The company was a subsidiary of Pennzoil, he said, and ended up in the corporate suite of the company in Houston. The Houston museum lob-- " bied for nearly 20 years to get the gems in its collection, and after Pennzoil merged with Shell, both companies were "very supportive" of putting them on display. Bartsch said the exhibit A Although the two centers have always been physically separated, they are both branches of the U's Printing Services and Copy Centers, which also includes the copy center in the Union. "We've been one organization for a long time," Oliver said. "We had some room here at the printing center and we decided we could better serve the needs of the campus in the IV ir i.p Eryn Green Asst. News Editor reality." 1 2,200-poun- "It was amazing watching people set this up. The way it's weighted, it seems it could easily snap down the middle," said Sarah George, center may mean lower printing costs associate director of administrative services for printing services and copy centers. "The move had been talked about for several years, but now it's a Editor in Chief ' Vol.113 No. 159 department. "You can hire a person's back, but you can't hire a person's heart," said Morgan's supervisor. Schmidt is a senior laboratory specialist in the dermatology department. Her supervisor said that in her 15 years of working in the lab, she has done an excellent job. She also started a project in which retired animals are put up for adoption. More than 560 retired dogs and cats now have been adopted because of this program. Each recipient was awarded a plaque and a $3,000 check as a symbol of appreciation from the U. oelshamy chronicle.utah.edu t Check out reviews of movies opening at a screen near you. Opinion pane 5 Flag day Jeff Fullmer looks at the patriotism behind the day that honors the stars and stripes. Sports One more year Ute football coach signed a one year extension and got a $40,000 salary increase. |