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Show MoNdAy, DccEMbER 7, 1987 ChRONictE Paqe Ni'ne ACCENT Chilly afternoons are a perfect time for visiting the zoo By Kelly Hindley Chronicle staff writer 'Tis the season. 'Tis officially the season for feverish cramming, and academic panicking. It's also the season for crowded malls, endless lines and shopping hassles. Need. a break? Try visiting Hogle Zoo. That's right the zoo, event though we're into December. Many of us equate trips to the zoo with long, hot summer days; the the Fourth or 24th of July; with picnics and snocones and lazily melting ice cream bars. But as I discovered two weeks ago, Hogle Zoo doesn't lock its gates at the onset of chilly weather. The zoo is open; its inhabitants are active and they're prepared for visitors 363 days of the last-minu- te ' ' , ' ; . . . A ' ; ;. ' "'' " 4 , ' " -- I paper-writi- ng year. Visiting Hogle Zoo in the fall or winter, however, is a different experience than visiting in the summer. Most noticeably, the crowds are sparser. Instead of running blithely around in shorts and tank tops, children waddle past exhibits wearing cumbersome snowsuits. Parents, clutching styrofoam cups of hot coffee or chocolate, push d strollers. As we walked past the Hogle Zoo train station, closed until spring, we watched ducks skim the icy edges of a partially frozen pond. Some of the animals looked as though they, too, longed for the return of hot and sultry summer days. The flamingos, sequestered in a small, wooden building for the duration, paced back and forth in search of sunshine. The giraffes morosely fondled stringy green hay with their long, blue tongues, and some of the chimpanzees, their lanky limbs wrapped around their heads, looked positively depressed. But for other of the zoo's animals, winter marks the beginning of an alive and active season. The Siberian tiger, who in the summertime lolls sleepily in the sun, stalked its enclosure with profound and high-struenergy. When we first spotted the snow leopard, it was perched almost perfectly camouflaged behind a granite boulder in its hillside home. But it wasn't lounging. It was waiting. Watching. Nervously scrutinizing. Until suddenly, it pounced down the hill to the bottom of the enclosure and stared venomously ' at a squealing child. . The harbor seals looked particularly happy about the advent of cooler weather. It was feeding time at the seal tank and the occupants were exuberant. The seals tossed their unlucky, scaly victims high into the air, grabbed them by the tail while turning languid pirouettes, took them for a final plunge through the tank, then tossed them one last time before gleefully ripping the heads from the poor fish. But winter or spring, fall or summer, some aspects of a visit to Hogle Zoo remain unchanged. Tucked safely inside their temperature-controlle- d home, the alligators are forever menacing. The hippopotamuses slump against the concrete see "zoo" on page ten blanket-swathe- " Q 0 Chronicle photo by Steven C. Wilson decorate their houses; hoping to improve their image 'Greeks1 While it may not be as impressive as Temple Square, "Greek" Row residents are trying to do their part to make their neighborhood festive for the Christmas holiday. : v. ;.vv' ":; the community," Hassibe said. While all the "Greeks" are participating in the Christmas decorating, it's unlike any other "Greek" Row decorating activity; this one isn't a competition. "Lots of times we have decorating competitions, especially during Rush week and Homecoming, but this time, the 'Greeks' are doing it on their own. There aren't any incentives," Hassibe said. Hassibe said many "Greeks" want to show.neighbors they are a part of the community and want be thought of as members of the community. "There's always something bad being said about the 'Greeks,'" Hassibe said. "We just want to do something to detract from that." .v;-- Throughout the Christmas season, members from each of the 17 "Greek" houses will be streaming banners, stringing lights, hanging mistletoe and wrapping garland around windows, doors and fences of their houses. al Council president, said Kim Hassibe, the "Greeks" are trying to shake the image of their neighborhood's being run down. "We want to be good members of the community, and this is one way we can show our pride in our houses and Inter-Fratern- Utah cadets experience flying ng in jet simulators Only 2 such machines are in the United States By Amber McKee Chronicle staff writer r i 4 -- Up we go, into the wild blue yonder. In a world where fighter pilot movies like Top Gun and Iron Eagle gross box office millions, a person can't help but wonder if such people really exist. People who fly the. aircraft seen at air shows; people who thrive on danger and excitement. Certainly the success of these movies indicates in some way that Americans have a secret desire to fly. I got to indulge that desire this Saturday when I flew with the Air Force without even leaving the ground. The Air Force ROTC has a program to train fighter pilots. Part of that program includes class instruction, and part Jet includes flying time on the U.S. Air Force T-Simulator. If you have seen Iron Eagle, you have an idea what the jet simulator looks like. Of course the simulator at the University of Utah is not as sophisticated as Hollywood's version, but it is fascinating just the same. The simulator is run by hydraulics, which create the movement of flight. It also uses sound to produce realistic effects. It imitates the instrument readout and some of the motion of take-of- f, landing ' and flight even of stalls, turbulence or engine failure. Ben Bobo, an Air Force cadet and senior in economics, see "simulator" on page eleven 63 ZZ CD CZ mmmmm Vui'jwMwun M'lmuamm 40 'si J Chronicle photo by Guy Elder University of Utah Air Force ROTC cadets can take advantage of the 0 Jet Simulator in honing their flight skills. The simulator uses hydraulics to create the movement of take-of- f, flight and landing and even to mimic some special effects such as stalls, turbulence or engine failure. T-4- . |
