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Show The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice Since 1890 The T IT Tl TT Till H j B. 2004 ww.dailyutahchronicle.co!T -- a Vol.113 Wednesday, June 30, 2004 No. 162 EE Vho famed out the lights s Frequent outages leave U in the dark j. Steve Gehrke "J- jjmmm-.m- " - Asst. News Editor As many as 40 buildings have been affected by a series of recent power outages on the U campus. Primary indications pointed the blame at a circuit that was tripped due to an overload of power usage. Pieter van der Have, director of plant operations, later confirmed that suspicion."We suspect that it was construction equipment tied to our power sources," van der Have said. "The equipment took up too much power, but it's running on a generator now." The problem began Thursday evening at 5:15 p.m. when 40 buildings across campus were blacked out Power was restored at approximately 10:30 p.m. that night, but the outage returned twice on Friday, once on Monday and again Tuesday morning. The set of blackouts that occurred on Thursday, Friday and Monday were tied to the construction equipment while the most recent outage on Tuesday morning resulted from a different source. "A contractor drilled through an underground conduit Tuesday morning before noon," van der Have said. The Health Sciences, Merrill Engineering and Mines and Earth Sciences buildings were affected Tuesday, but no one was seriously injured in the accident. SEE POWER Ouane Parkin, left, sends equipment up out of a manhole Monday located just north of the Union as Kevin Thomas finishes up a PAGE 3 wires that caused interrupted power around the U since last Thursday. Fixing a single splice usually takes four to six hours. Musical chairs: Two deans leave U, others take new jobs Amanda Friz Staff Writer Four administrators from Continuing Education and the College of Education are taking new jobs, which will change the structure of the two organizations. According to the College of Education's newsletter, Insight, Associate Dean of the College of Education Mike Hardman and Associate Dean for Professional Education Diana Pounder will both be taking new jobs on July 1. Hardman was appointed as the Matthew J. Gugliolmo Endowed Chair in Mental Retardation for the 2004-200- 5 academic year, according to the newsletter. The position, at California State University, Los Angeles, in its division of special education, is rotated annually. Pounder will be returning to her faculty position in the department of educational leadership and policy at the U and will also serve as editor for the Education Administration Quarterly journal, according to the article. Clifford Drew, associate vice president for academic affairs, recently left his position overseeing the University's Academic Outreach and Continuing Education office to become associate dean for research and outreach. Drew said that the move was more of a gut feeling. "I was in central administration for almost 10 years," he said. "I just decided to come back to my academic home and I wanted to work with this dean." Drew and College of Education Dean Dave Sperry have known each other for 33 years. "I learned a ton in Continuing Education, but it was time to come back," Drew said. Richard Simpson, associate dean of Continuing Education, is leaving on July 16 after 30 years with the U. Simpson said that he is leaving to take a position in the Office of the Provost at Colorado State University, assuming a leadership role for lt splice on one of many electrcial Huntsman Cancer Hospital caters to patients and family families. Nephi Tyler Staff Writer ment move, although I have loved my affiliation with the University of Utah for these many years," Simpson said. "It's a tremendous opportunity for him, and we're going to miss him," said Chuck Wight, assistant vice president of academic affairs. Simpson was first hired in the 1970s in the College of Business and has been working as associate dean of Continuing Education for the past five-ye- When Don Finlayson began designing the new Huntsman Cancer Hospital, he considered the needs of the patients as much as their u Simpson and Drew both have big plans for their new 0 positions. "I am very hopeful that I can help to substantially improve the continuing education system at Colorado tt ar dual-controll- ut decade. State," Simpson said. He will be helping to establish and deliver several new programs similar to the "noncredit programs for youth education, lifelong learning, technology education, programs for business, government and educational enterprises, the English Lan- - Finlayson's daughter's fight with cancer inspired him, the CEO of the Architectural Nexus, to design the new hospital to allow families to support each other throughout the treatment process. As a result the hospital boasts a furnished kitchen, laundry room, play room,' a chapel and a business center to help working relatives balance professional lives and caring for loved ones. Each patient's room is also furnished with a fold-osofa bed and televisions. On Saturday, the Huntsman Cancer Hospital celebrated its grand opening with guided tours that showed this unique center in the worldwide fight against cancer. The building is grand. Imported stone sweeps the stairway and a spacious rotunda towers over the hospital's main desk. Each of the hospital's 50 private rooms has its own view of the valley or the mountains, an imperative detail requested by Jon Huntsman, the lead donor for the hospital. HCH also incorporates the mountain into the cancer-treatme- nt process. vaulted room built into the mountain holds a linear accelerator, a $3.5 million piece of equipment, that uses stereotactic radiosurgery to destroy tumors. Hospital physicians say stereotactic radiosurgery is better than other methods because it can eliminate tumors with fewer treatments A continuing education there. "This is a career-enhanc- e SEE DEANS PAGE 3 The Huntsman Cancer Hospital opens this Thursday. Partners in the Park helps build Emily Miller Staff Writer Terrl Winkler, from the U Alumni Association, paints an outline of a butterfly on the face of Susan Hernandez, age 10, at a Partners In the Park community gathering at Poplar Grove Park on June 22. Sometimes creating community can be as easy as sharing pizza. On Tuesday, the U Alumni Association served dinner and bingo to more than 100 west-sid- e residents in Poplar Grove Park (1200 West 800 South). The event is part of the U's efforts to connect the state's flagship university and Salt Lake City's west side. Mata Tukuafu, an employee of Multicultural Center, which the event, said casual events like these are successful at f PARTNERS A&E HOSPITAL PAGE 3 page 4 Foster Kamer and Emily Miller evaluate how "Fahrenheit 911" sets the political world ablaze. building bridges. "It's things like this that actually bring kids out and get family involvement. It's a really great opportunity for the west-sid- e community to interact with the U." Tukuafu, who grew up and has family on the west side, hopes other children from the area will have the chance to go to college as she did. She attributes part of her success to the athletic scholarship that brought her to the U. Tukuafu said she was kids think about lucky. "West-sid- e the future, but it's not given to them If you don't have good networks, chances aren't as great to go to college." SEE SEE It's getting hot in here west-sid- e relations OPY 15,000-vo- PAGE 3 Beautiful 'Sunset' Director Rick Linklater stays true to his indie roots in his new film. Opinion JXXgtt Protect Lady Liberty Jeff Fullmer reminds us of government's true purpose. SpOrtS pa, 7 Rocky road The U men's basketball team gears up for a tough nonconference road. |
