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Show Ihe Daily Utah Chronicle vsn U. women find life By after abusive relationships are now required to make an arrest, the victim needs to have counseling Travis Rigby Last year, the number of women abused by their husbands was greater than the number of women who became married, a Senate Judiciary Committee report said. Kelly Curtis, a University of Utah marketing student, was the victim of domestic violence at age 17. She was married while in high school. On one occasion, she said, she was mopping dog urine from the floor witn a dry mop and her husband became agitated. "He jumped on me and pushed me back on the bed, put the mop to my throat and I couldn't get up, so I kicked him in the groin." "I was scared I didn't know what else to do," she said. Military police arrested her husband for assault and she said they were helpful in assisting her. "In the Army, they're very strict." However, she said that while, police understands the situation. U. detective Sheree Barnes said that while counseling is not given by officers, they do give the victim references to shelters and counseling centers. "It's on a situation, but an officer isn't going to leave a woman alone if she doesn't feel comfortable being alone." Barnes also stressed that, in the last few years, protecting the victim has become a higher priority for police and social services. To protect herself, Curtis said she grabbed a frozen pork roast from the cabinet and hit him with it, knocking him out. "After that, I left. I wasn't going to hang around until he woke up." "He was very mean to me before we got married and I didn't want people to know," she said. "He would try to humiliate me in front of people see "violence" on page two case-by-ca- gey Inside REPORTED CASES OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE immediately with someone who Chronicle Staff Writer ny se Woody! Chronicle film critic Andrew Wade reviews the new film White Men Can't Jump, starring Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson. Read about it in today's Arts and Entertainment section. see page 7 Note: Because police report domestic violence under several different categories, actual cases may be higher. Nationalized health care needed, panel says By Dave fioverty Fields Chronicle Staff Writer program. "We need a national The high cost of health insurance for employers is forcing many small business owners to shut their doors, according to panelists on a University of Utah student organization-sponsore- problems in the United States a national health care d panel discussion Thursday. "It's not a terrible thing to spend a year or two in poverty, as long as you can see the vent," Utah Sen. Karen Lake, said. Shepherd, The discussion was sponsored by the Decency Principles Project, a Lowell Bennion Community Center program to educate people about poverty and help them see the connection between their actions and poverty, according to Bill Crim, of the group. Ed Mayne, Utah AFL-Qpresident said the solution to many of the D-S- alt O Many of the speakers felt there was cure-al- l solution to the not one health care policy and we need it now," Mayne said. "The middle class is finding out what the poor class already knew," he said, adding that many people can't afford food, much less health care. Health insurance and low wages are complicated problems, Shepherd, the former owner of a Salt Lake publishing company that had to sell out because of the high costs of health care for its employees, said. "You never know how much it's going to rise." However, Utah Pay Equity Coalition legislative chair Karen Denton said many Utah and U.S. problems lie within the structural barriers in government. "We're not good at taking responsibility for ourselves, as a country." problems of poverty in the United States, but one panelist said he pays his employees as much as possible. Local business owner Dan Colangelo, owner of Brackman Brothers Bagel Bakeries said he pays all his employees more than minimum wage. "We pay people a wage that demonstrates how we feel about them." Colangelo also provides e health care for his all with costs employees, but said, included, "the bottom line amount is full-tim- very small." U. student Irma Burgos said she faced many challenges in the past 15 years since she came to the United States from Honduras with her son, but she was able to survive earning minimum wage. "It was very challenging having no family and no support," Burgos said. "I'm a vivid example of what tenacity and believing in yourself can do." U. economics professor Peter Phillips said the U.S. economic engine ran on poverty, partly because the "resource-ric- and h labor-poor- " situation resulted in an increase in immigration. During this era of huge immigration, according to Phillips, if there were truth in advertising, the Statue of Liberty would have had a sign saying, "Give us your poor; we can use them." However, during what Phillips called the U.S. economy's second era, in which immigration was reduced and the United States had to rely on labor already in the country, the Statue of Liberty should have had a sign saying: "Keep your poor; we like being rich," Phillips said. And with the current era of overseas trade, the Statue of Liberty should have a sign saying: "Have capital; will travel," Phillips added. 4 Play Ball! The Univerity of Utah baseball team will make its long awaited home debut today, facing WAC and intrastate rival BYU at Derks Field. see page 10 Senators seek advice Looking ahead ... from hospital regarding issue of fetal research Kerry Shea Chronicle Staff Writer By jX Mini SF' rw The University Hospital is advising Senators Jake Gam and about the Orrin Hatch, current ban on fetal tissue research. Walter Stevens, M.D. and vice president of Health Sciences, said, "We have a strong support for both sides of the issue. Fetal tissue research ought to be permitted. Any time we eliminate a research option, it is not beneficial to society. Any research can affect a change." On Tuesday, Gam, an of abortion, opponent announced he would support fetal tissue research. The CHRONICLE fHOTOAcofl Sim These Lowell Elementary students planted a tree in efforts to give their futures a little more insurance. Not only are they learning planting skills, but they are also discovering some of the beauty of nature. announcement was made after it was reported that Gam's daughter Susan was suffering from diabetes. Researchers believe diabetes fetal-tissu- e may be helped by transplants. Some other diseases that would benefit from this type of research include; Alzheimer's disease, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease and spinal cord injuries. The debate over why fetal tissue research should remain the from stems illegal insinuation that some women would abort their babies to sell for research. The current abortion law, in effect, permits women to abort up to, but not after, the second trimester. Research on the aborted fetus is illegal. If the Fetal Tissue Research bill passes, the abortion argument could heat up. "The idea that women would conceive and then abort is barely conceivable," Peggy Battin, member of the Division of Medical Ethics at the University Hospital, said. Monday, infant Theresa Ann Pearson, who was born without a (anencephaly) died. Pearson was born with only a brain, brain stem and had no chance of survival. The debate continues as to whether her organs should have been permitted for transplant purposes while she was still alive. see "research" on page three |