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Show TtheV DAILY UTAH RONECLE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1986 Bo Ih elhisdks out U by Donn Walker VOL. 'shig Gu-te- tf NO. too Dlh Staff writer ... Vice President George Bush in Salt Lake Gry Friday to help stump for Sen. Jake Garn made a quick stop at the Center, where he zapped his initials into an orange with a surgical laser and operated the artificial Utah Arm. The vice president reportedly requested a trip to the U.'s medical center because of his interest in high technology and to witness the advanced medical applications being developed there, said John A. Dixon, professor of surgery and head of the U.'s Laser Institute. Accompanied by his wife, Barbara, and an entourage which included Garn, Sen. Orrin Hatch, Rep. David S. Monson, Gov. Norman H. Bangerter and Board of Stephen C Jacobsen, the center's director and chief developer of the arm. The Utah Arm is battery powered and custom fitted for patients with amputations at or above the elbow. It is activated in part when the amputee directs electricity generated by their remnant muscle to the arm's electronic sensors. With electrodes attached to his forearm, Bush got to see what it's like for an amputee to operate the device. He manipulated the arm, moving it up and down and opening and closing its grasp. Next, Jacobsen operated another device under development at the Center: the UtahMIT Dextrous Hand. While the Utah Arm has two basic motions, the robotic hand has as many as 6, Jacobsen said. In addition, the fingers on the arm arc individually imnfobile, but the fingers on i d I .zr J k x ft i A,.. Regents Chairwoman Sue Marie Young, Bush's half-ho- ur visit began at the laboratories of the Laser Institute. The Institute is considered the broadest facility of its kind in the world, said Dixon, because it specializes in 17 different surgical applications of the' laser. Dixon demonstrated for the group how a YAG laser which is beamed through the end of a movable, flexible tube is used in the treatment of bleeding stomach ulcers. 1 the hand can each be manipulated separately. The hand, now under joint development by the U.'s Center for Engineering Design and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Artificial Intelligence The YAG makes surgical incisions unnecessary. Chronicle ptvuo hjr Todd OovUnd Then the vice president and his wife got their own 'hands-on- " experience operating the Institute's powerful carbon dioxide laser, chiefly used to remove e stains from the face. disfiguring in pieces of steak holes first burned They and liver. Next, after Dixon zapped the letter T onto a navel orange, they each zapped their initials onto the fruit. Mrs. port-win- surgeons, Mr. and Mrs. Bush were taken next door to the laboratories of the U.'s Center for Engineering Design, where the artificial Utah Arm was developed. The prosthesis is the most sophisticated and graceful device of its kind, said University of Utah Health Sciences - 5 Vice President George Bush addresses a luncheon in honor of Sen. Jake Garn. As part of his visit to Salt Lake City Friday, Bush toured parts of the U. Health Sciences Center. . Bush won the prize for the "best-zappeinitials, Dixon said. The carbon dioxide laser's output was turned down considerably when Bush and wife operated on the orange. Had the power been any higher, Dixon said, the d" laser would have burned a hole right through the fruit. "We couldn't have done that, because you would have had juice flying every-hi- s where," he said. After their stint as laser 10-min- utc Laboratory, will eventually be used for industrial operations both under water and in outer space, Jacobsen said. Prior to his visit to the U., Bush addressed a fundraistng $250-a-pla- te luncheon on behalf of Garn. He was also the star attraction at a $ 1 reception for the senator. In addition to his fundraising duties, ,000-per-pers- on Bush also paid a visit to the First Presidency of the LDS Church. Party wasn't responsible for loss by Drew StafTanson Staff writer The ultimate responsibility for an ASUU election campaign lies with each individual candidate, according to a recent ruling by the ASUU Supreme Court. The ruling, the Court's first this academic year, was delivered orally Thursday night after justices heard testimony concerning a suit filed by former ASUU Assembly candidate James Radicella. A written statement ii was released Sunday. Radicella, who came in last place in his college with less than one percent of the vote, alleged that the ASUU Elections Committee and Coalition '86 were responsible for his defeat. He asked to be placed on the final election ballot. 0 mr: m ... w ,.w-- X - VV'4 CJironicle photo by Stew Gnffm Hooping it up at halftime University of Utah student Thad Baldwin Utah-BY- U performs an Indian hoop dance for the basketball game halftime. The Utes defeated the Cougars by a score of 74-- 7 1 Saturday in the Special Events Center. For details of the game see stories beginning on page seven. When Registrar John Fackler first began drafting election ballots, he released a tentative outline that showed Radicella as candidate number 27 for the College of Social ' and Behavioral Science. An accompanying cover letter indicated that some candidate numbers would be changed, and a revised outline would be released the following Monday, Feb. 10. Radicella saw the original outline again at a Coalition '86 candidates meeting during the weekend and said he mistook it for the updated copy. He began his campaign as number 27. . On Monday, Fackler released the updated version, and on it Radicella was listed as candidate number 28. Camille Poulsen, who eventually won in the primaries, was number 27. Fackler said it was unreasonable for him to contact all 200 candidates, so he placed a copy of the new outline in each party's mailbox. Radicella charged that it was the party's responsibility to inform its candidates of changes. The updated version, however, was not taken from the Coalition '86 party's mailbox until Wednesday, Feb. 12. And the party's Feb. 18 advertisement in the Chronicle listed Radicella as number 27. Chief Justice Mark Gibb said Coalition '86 leaders told him they would attend the hearing, but none arrived. Radicella filed the suit Thursday at 2 p.m. The hearing, which only three justices attended, was held four hours later. Fackler said he needed to know the Court's decision continued on page three Advance Party gets penalty for posters by Drew StafTanson Staff writer ASUU Elections Registrar John Fackler is penalizing the Advance Party presidential campaign for breaking ASUU election rules. rules allow only 20 ASUU Assembly-approve- d candidate posters per building. presidential Fackler said he counted 29 Swenson-Clayto- n posters in Orson Spencer Hall a week ago and told Advance Party leaders to remove all but 20. Saturday, however, he counted again and found not 20 or 29, but 3S Swenson-Clayto- n posters. He removed all of them. "When the number of posters increases after a warning, a penalty's called for," he said. Fackler informed candidate Steve Swenson that no campaign posters of his will be allowed in OSH until Wednesday, Feb. 26. Swenson said the penalty is "no big deal. "We sent some people through, they got a little excited and went overboard," he said. "But we're not too worried. It's not posters that are going to win the election for us anyway." Party members plan on putting 20 posters up in OSH Wednesday Non-Pro- fit Org. U.S. Postage Paid Permit No. 1529 Salt Lake City, UT |
