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Show ChitofciclE U. Paqe Focb . Friday, January 1 J, 1988 activities planned for King holiday In honor of Martin Luther King Jr., the University of Utah is offering numerous presentations during the week of Jan. 19 through 22. A speech by Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young, a Dance presentation by the Chuck Davis African-AmericEnsemble and a panel discussion of "Women in the Qvil Rights Movement" will be among the offered events. Panelists of the discussion, by the U. Women's Resource Center and moderated by Grethe Peterson, include four nationally recognized leaders of the civil rights movement. Unita Blackwell is mayor of Mayersville, Miss., and has been active in civil rights legislation. Diane Nash was the coordinator of the 1961 Freedom Ride and a founder of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). of SNCC and is now Mary King was a Business Forum in executive director of the U.S.-Ira- q Washington, D.C. Mary Rothschild is a professor of history at Arizona State University and has worked with volunteers in the civil rights movement. The discussion is Jan. 19 at 7 p.m. in the Social and Behavioral Science Building auditorium. Blackwell will also speak at the Hinckley Institute's "Coffee and Politics" that day at 11 a.m. in Orson Spencer Hall 253. Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young, has been involved in public and social issues as a clergyman, civil rights leader, congressman, and ambassador to the United Nations. He will speak at noon on Jan. 21 in the Olpin Union ballroom. Following Young's address, awards will be presented at the Sill Home Living Center, east of the Union Building, to winners of the annual student essay contest sponsored by the Utah State Board of Education. an red co-foun- der Young will also speak at an 11 a.m. Hinckley Institute "Coffee and Politics" session on Friday. At 7:30 p.m. Friday, the Chuck Davis African-AmericDance Ensemble will perform in Kingsbury Hall. The ensemble's performance is inspired by the rich and varied cultures of West Africa and the experience. They are noted for their distinctive combination of original movements and traditional ethnic forms. They will feature traditional West African dance in such works as "Peace Rally," which was choreographed by Davis. It is a traditional work that conveys the ensemble's motto of peace, love and respect for all peoples. an The ensemble will present another modern work choreographed by Davis in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. "Tribute" is performed by ensemble "members Thaddeus Bennett and Sherone Price to the song "I Want to Know What Love Is" by the rock group Foreigner. The piece was originally performed in celebration of the first national holiday recognizing King's achievements. Jan. 20 at noon the ensemble will present a lecture and demonstration in the Olpin Union ba$room.The;ensembie will also instruct a master, class in the Dance-Buildi" Theatre Saturday, Jan. 23, at 10 a.m. In conjunction with these events, the colleges at the U. are sponsoring a Martin Luther King Jr. scholar in residence. The colleges include Humanities, Fine Arts, Law and Social and Behaviorial Sciences. The Graduate School of Social Work and the ethnic studies program are also involved in the residency program. Preston Williams, professor of theology and contemporary change at Harvard Divinity School, is the former holder of the Martin Luther King Chair at Boston University. Williams will be speak Wednesday, Jan. 20, at 3 p.m. at the Art Barn, 54 Finch Lane. Also during this week, Afesa Adams, associate vice In - Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young will highlight a week of events celebrating the civil rights movement and Martin Luther King Jr. president of academic affairs will chair a luncheon of the Life Membership Committee of the Salt Lake branch of the NAACP. A candlelight vigil will be held on the steps of the Capitol Building Jan. 18 at 5:15 p.m. with local speakers, including ASUU President Jacque Morgan. Sharon Deckert Gunnell said many of the more sickly patients such as burn patients, infants in intensive care and heart transplant patients tend to seek care at the U. hospital, which results in a higher occupancy rate. The U. also has contracts with Medicare, Medicaid and insurance companies and patients are directed to the U. to receive' those benefits. "With this research and teaching facility, we are able to diagnose .more quickly and many 'physicians refdr their patients here," Gunnell said. Regardless of occupancy rates at Utah hospitals, it is a fact that the costs of hospital care have risen statewide due to a number of factors. t Gunnell said the nursing shortage in Utah has forced hospital administrators to raise the salaries of nurses, in order to remain Tiheatre so. competitive with out-of-sta- te nursing salaries. This inevitably has risen hospital costs. Rising oil prices also have contributed to the higher costs. Hospitals must compensate for power overhead caused by the increase. "Any hospital that progressive and keeping up with the latest equipment and diagnostic tools will have to come up with funding to purchase those necessities," he is said. with the Henry Wolking Sextet live! i Friday January 15th 8:00 p.m. Kingsbury Hall : Student Tickets Only: $3 and $5 i Ticket available at Kingsbury Hall and the Union r Front Desk All seats are reserved Performance also Sat. Jan 16th available Eugene Beck, president of the Utah Hospital Association, pointed out that one of the reasons for rising health care costs in Utah is due to medical inflation. "All costs are high right now," he said. "With high medical technology, there is a steady flow of new and improved equipment, which is costly, to purchase." Beck used the example'thaf perhaps 10 years ago an extremely premature baby would not have survived. WithJoday's new trauma centers, coupled with advanced medical teams and equipment,' a premature baby has better chance of survival. Beck said liability and malpractice insurance also is high, which ultimately contributes to rising costs. He said all hospitals are equipped to administer primary care, such as basic services. But it is when hospitals give tertiary care, or a third level of advanced care, that costs rise. Beck said hospitals have been able to shift their costs in the past in order to compensate for these losses, but insurance companies will no longer allow them to do so. During the '40s and '50s, funding to build hospitals was donated- - by local companies meaning that hospitals did not incur debts. However, Beck said most new hospitals built in the 1970s must pay mortgage payments. STtd you fenou . . The Office of Residential Living (801) . V CANCER . that living "on campus" exposes the student to peer influences: that encourage studying and increase achievement goals? Van AAAERICAN . J hospitals i still v'- U....J " from page one Concert Good seats 'iMlltHil.. ng ASUU PRESENTS pertory I -- (" Afro-Americ- an TONIGHT nee f Cott Hall 581-629- 3 ue'ke Muting |
