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Show The Daily Utah Chronicle - Page Three Monday, October 21, 1991 expressed concerns about the differing perspectives on what emergency proposal from page one physician, who is certified in emergency care, on duty at all times. Residents are on call around the clock, but "they do not work extended shifts," Nielsen said. The nurses are trained in areas of critical procedure for an extended time to ensure their ability to make crucial decisions. According to Nielsen, the average wait of an emergency room patient at a "big city hospital" is double and triple that of what a U. patient may experience. The average length of stay at the U. emergency room is 2.3 hours. Debbie Kim, trauma coordinator at the emergency room, agreed, saying that the U. emergency room handles its patients with quality health care by qualified faculty and staff. According to Kim, the U. emergency room is one of two facilities qualified in cervical spine injuries. from page one intensity and focus on doing it better." Cecelia Foxley, deputy commissioner of Higher Education, pointed out that while the proposal is certainly in its formative stages there is "an agreement between the information is critical, considering the costs generated by a program of this nature could be great. Assessment programs "should be based on good questions and they should be cost effective.. .build on programs that already exist," U. Vice Jerilyn Mclntyre said. In her report to the Regents, Assessment Of Undergraduate Education, she "The concluded, planning The Utah System of Higher Education Master Plan of 1986 called for each of the nine Utah institutions to submit a of self-assessme- nt report to the Regents every five years. The reports are due this month. These reports will play a major role in helping to determine what the final assessment process might be. Paul Brinkman, director of Planning and Policy Studies at the University of Utah, said assessment definitely makes a difference but Associated Press President for Academic Affairs system and the Legislature to provide a standard method for collecting and reporting." World Briefs process.. .may also serve to refocus or restructure some of the assessment activities." Rep. Lloyd Frandsen, chairperson the Education Interim Subcommittee 1, wholeheartedly supports an assessment program as a management tool in keeping itself accountable to tax payers. "We need to know whether or not we're in the right forest. What good does it do to train people for jobs in fields where there are none? This investment will pay for itself one thousand times over," he said. expects U.S. hostage to be freed by afternoon U.N. Muslim kidnappers are BEIRUT, Lebanon Lebanon-Shiit- e an release to American hostage by Monday afternoon expected and Israel is to free some Arab prisoners in response, the United Nations said Sunday. The announcement from the U.N. information center in Beirut did not say which of the five American captives in Lebanon would be freed or where. U.N. officials refused to elaborate on the brief statement. The U.N. announcement came after Israel said Saturday that it had received solid information that one of its five missing servicemen in Lebanon was dead, and hinted it would free more Arab prisoners it holds. are demanding that Israel free all Arab The hostage-holder- s for in the release of the hostages, but Israel exchange prisoners has said it first must know the status of its missing servicemen. of the nine remaining hostages is American The longest-helMiddle East correspondent of the chief Anderson, Terry Associated Press. He was kidnapped March 16, 1985. The other American hostages are Thomas Sutherland, acting dean of agriculture at the American University of Beirut; Joseph James Cicippio, acting comptroller at the university; Alann Steen, a journalism instructor at Beirut University College; and Jesse Turner, a mathematics protessor at the latter college. Two Germans, a Briton and an Italian also are hostages. Lebanese state television quoted unidentified sources as saying the hostage to be freed would be either Cicippio or d & DANCE CLUB Turner. Cicippio, of Norristown, Pa., was kidnapped from American University Sept. 12, 1986. Turner, of Boise, Idaho, was abducted Jan. 24, 1987. i Live Bands every Thursday! October 17 --Secret October 24 --Irie Heights October 31 --Costume Party with Irie Heights Body shot in back found by deer hunter in canyon BUTTERFIELD CANYON, Utah A deer hunter stumbled across and discovered the body of a man who apparently was killed earlier in the week by two shots in the back, officials FOR MEMBERS ONLY 3965 South Last week, the group holding Turner and Steen invited Turner's Lebanese wife to come to Beirut with her daughter Joanne to visit him for an hour under U.N. auspices. That fueled speculation Turner would be released. In Norristown, a suburb of Philadelphia, Cicippio's brother, Thomas, said before the Lebanese television report that he was happy about the U.N. announcement. State-266-55- 44 said. Salt Lake County sheriff's officers Saturday found no identification on the man, who was described only as a white male in his 50s. Investigators also have been unable to determine a motive. "It was not a hunting accident," said Lt. Dave Bishop. "He and blue jeans and not prepared was in casual dress for deer hunting." The body was found in the middle of a trail in the Oquirrh Mountains about nine miles up Butterfield Canyon and about 200 yards north of the main road. n in thick scrub oak, could The victim, apparently said. officers from the seen be not road, The hunter found the body about 9:30 a.m. and reported it to a Utah Wildlife Resources officer, Bishop said. He said the victim may have died several days before his T-sh- irt well-hidde- at the discovery. sheriff's search and rescue team combed the area with metal detectors, looking for a weapon or spent cartridges, but located nothing, he said. No vehicle was found in the area that might have belonged to the man, he said. A Shamir's cabinet votes for attendance at conference JERUSALEM Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir's Cabinet set aside .misgivings on Sunday and voted for Israel to attend next week's Middle East peace conference. It was the last step needed for Israel to send representatives to the U.S. conference, scheduled to begin Oct. 30 in Madrid, Spain. The vote was 16-said Transport Minister Moshe Katzav. in Some officials in the government, the most right-win- g Israel's history, feared that the conference would force Israel to withdraw from land it seized in the 1967 Middle East war. The officials also wanted assurances that members of the Palestinian Liberation Organization would not attend. In the end, the ministers decided to take a chance. "Why should we block the way for any one of our children or citizens, to tell them there is no chance for peace?" said Interior Minister Arye Deri. "This is the meaning of a vote against." He said he believed a U.S. letter of assurances negotiated over several months guarantees American support for Israel's demand that no Palestinian state be created. The government has repeatedly said it will not trad land for peace, as demanded by Palestinians. Health Minister Ehud Olmert, a close ally of Shamir, mM ;. shared concerns that Israel may be pressured to give t r its right to th;; territory. But he said Israel could host dpfrnd land by going to the conference. -- Soviet-sponsored October 23rd 3, M BELLES 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Counselors ami Advisors available Jobs & Majors for discussions ert v-nveer- and Placement Sponsored by: ASUU, Student Alumni, Academic Advising, & Career Information Center - |
