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Show Daily Utah Chronicle Wednesday, June 30, 2004 POWER dency as the power went out - continued from page 1 Friday morning. "They had to make all their The second blackout, which occurred at 8:15 a.m. Friday, took the biggest toll on the U community, according to staff. Fifteen buildings were left in the dark for more than six hours, until 2:30 in the afternoon, when power was restored for the second time in as many days. However, all was not well for the U community yet Just two hours later, at 4:30 p.m, the blackouts came back for round three, testing the patience of U employees and students. "I was the only operator a lot of people could get ahold of," said Cameron Goodwin, a worker at the Union service desk. "The Union student services desk is a vital service, so we stayed open until 5 o'clock to service the U community, but we still closed earlier than our usual 9 p.m." Although the information desk remained open, Goodwin operated the station with limited capabilities. "I couldn't run the usual reports and some of the ticket services were down," Goodwin said. Not only did the outage halt sales from ArtTix and Smith-sTibut it posed a conundrum to students who were trying to squeak in their add drop requests before the Friday deadline. x, The registration 3 process was impeded both by numerous empty offices and inoperable computers because "the outage shut down the Student Services Building early, including the registrar's office," according to Goodwin. The Uniorrwas playing host to the final day of a conference on alcohol and drug depen presentations without PowerPoint," said Deena Gehling, reservations coordinator of the Union. "Luckily, it was in the center ballroom and our sound guys came through with an amp that was needed to run the sound from a battery." The conference proceeded as planned and simply revertmanner ed to an of presentation. Cleaning up after the conference and bringing in necessary materials for the 240 students who would later arrive for orientation proved more difficult as the elevators were i- i i 1 ? DEANS powerless. "Those guys had to set up for orientation in the dark heat," Gehling said. According to plant operations, the recent chain of outages should be over. "We won't have any more power outages, at least for that reason," van der Have said. As previously mentioned, citing numbers passed on from plant operations to the Union's business manager, Jim Grierson, Thursday's outage affected 40 buildings; Friday's outage affected 15 buildings; and Monday's outage, which lasted from 3:30 to 445, affected between 20 and 25 buildings, mostly on the northern end of lower campus. While multiple buildings were affected by this handful of blackouts, Orson Spencer Hall, which stands just south of the Union, did not feel the impact of any of them. "We don't realize how much we rely on power and these computers until it's gone," Grierson said. ' K The Huntsman Cancer Hospital gives Paul Tanner elbow room as he works on a wax mold of an eye Tanner said, "There's really plenty room here compared to what we had, we didn't have anything. HOSPITAL continued from page connected to the newer HCH by two sky bridges. Hospital 1 and less damage to surrounding tissues. The room's position inside the mountain also helps pro- tect the rest of the hospital from errant radiation. A "style salon" within the hospital will provide hair care and wigs for patients who lose hair from radiation treatment. The original Huntsman Cancer Institute, which is largely for cancer research, is officials like to make apparent the symbolic significance of these two walkways, which they say bridge cancer research with cancer care. U undergraduate student Paul Tanner helped bridge another pair of departments at the new hospital by designing his own curriculum to study ways of helping patients who have lost an ear or nose due to skin cancer. Tanner, who works in the craniofacial prosthetics lab, sgehrke guage Institute, distance edu- cation programs and recently the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute" he established at the U, he said. Drew is also dreaming big. He plans to raise $28 million in three years to help pay for scholarships, a Center for the Enhancement of Instruction and renovations of Milton Bennion Hall. Simpson said that the lack of resources at the U has been challenging. "The biggest conflict I have is always about not having sufficient resources to do everything I, or we, would like to PARTNERS continued from page Javier Barraza, a 1 west-sid- e resident and native of Mexico, also enjoyed the event. Barraza is a volunteer soccer coach with the Sorenson Center. Several of his players also attended the dinner. Coaching has helped Barraza instill important values into his team. He emphasizes cooperation rather than com- petition on the field teach- ing the kids to see each other as peers and not enemies. He tells his playersIf you are -- all friends, you'll find more friends lin other places in your life." Coachingand being involved in the community has also made Barraza happier it can be a bright side to some of the harder challenges he faces life. in his Both the Sorenson Center and UNP provided tables with literature on these types of sports classes and activities, as well as brochures and handouts to help parents get involved and plan for their children's education. Most of the evening's activities were presented in both Spanish and day-to-d- ay English. However, the face painting, free pizza dinner, and bingo games seemed to be the highlights of the evening. The Alumni Association's Terri Winkler painted colorful butterflies, snakes and monsters on many of the younger children's faces. A tae kwan do class from this issue and continuing education is no exception. The university life seems to be all about making the most out of limited resources, and I think we do a very good job with J firi pr,i f""i !n4 Insight. afriz his new prosthetics facilities Tuesday. was working out of an old derm lab." said. "When you can give back to someone what they once had, they feel restored. regain their confidence." Because the craniofacial They prosthetics department is new to the U, Tanner has used the unique opportunity to build a Bachelor of University Studies program, which allows him to mold a hybrid degree through art and biology courses that correspond to the skills he performs in the prosthetics lab. ntyler(3chronicle. utah. edu HEALTHY WOMEN NEEDED We are seeking healthy women for a research study of an investigational vaccine to prevent genital herpes disease. on car insurance. Please call: (801) or see the web site at www.herpevac.com. 585-987- this challenge." As these four deans move on to their new positions, Susan Johnston of the department of special education will step into the position of associate dean for academic and student affairs, managing curriculum, accreditation, student licensure and testing, according to I GENITAL HERPES PREVENTION STUDY THE 'xj- - in said he was first introduced to facial prosthetics six years ago when he traveled to the renowned M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston with a relative who lost an ear because of cancer. Tanner said that in a society where people tend to be judged so much on their appearance, losing a part of their face to cancer is very difficult. "It's hard for people to go through their life and have a piece of them and then that piece is taken away," Tanner chronicle, utah. edu do," Simpson said. "But that's just life," Simpson said. 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Every Tuesday evening this summer, from June 15 to August 24, a University Neighborhood Partners program, called Partners in the Parks, will bring together different organizations from the west side of Salt Lake City and partner them with various groups from the U campus to evening events, food and activities in west-sid- e city parks. Some of the goals of Partners in the Parks are to increase interaction with the U and west-sid- e organizations and families to expose west-sid- e and residents to educational programs at the U. Partners in the Parks is designed to incorporate this into a fun, social as community setting.-A- nd activist and UNP west-sid- e ambassador Carolyn Iloskins said, "Partners in the Tarks is nice because we c'. a't pet to sit down, talk, and just eat together much anymore." Sometimes sharing pizza can be a way to begin creating community. co-ho- st emilerchronice.utah.edu Focus on the Human Factor! 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