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Show 40 Vol. 103. No. ran Tuesday, November 9, 1993 n n 5 (0 ft Published Since 1890 New mentor program This ain't Saturday Night Fcucr... teams professionals with minority students ' BY CAMILLA MOORE specifically to guide a particular student. The mentor works in the Chronicle News Writer field in which the student is interested, according to Kwan-Smit- n h. - Ethnic minority students can now join a mentoring program sponsored by the Center for Ethnic Student Affairs at the Clifton Wilkes, ethnic student adviser, has designed a part of the program to fit the needs of n student' at the - African-America- University of Utah. U. multicultural program, even though there are programs designed for specific ethnic her mentoring program to cater "The mentoring program is a groups," Karen Kwan-Smitdent adviser, said. Kwan-Smit- o Asian-America- n PolynesianPacific Islander and 0 stu- . dents. She gave several reasons why she wanted to implement her pro- gram, one being there are some stereotypes of Asian Americans as totally "I wanted to create a support see "mentors" on page three " The program is just starting, h. has also designed h students V "This according to Kwan-Smitis a pilot program. I don't even know if it's going to work out, but " I hope it does," she said. Mentors are professionals within the community who are chosen : specifically to the needs of stu- - h, . -- . . tRSS CHRONICLE New computer system stream ines U. Police I BY LARA GIFFORD Chronicle News Writer A new computer system used by the University of Utah Police is changing the way crimes are reported and stored. . Campus police started using the Criminal Report Information System about two months ago.' Reports used to be typed up by a secretary, and stored in a vault for seven years, according to regulations. With the new system, the report is typed into the computer by the officer who was at the scene shortly after the incident The paper file system will eventually be eliminated. Detective Sheree Barnes said, "The idea is that with officers writing their own reports right after the incident, it ivill expedite the availability of reports." After officers type their Three years ago at a conference in Atlanta, Ga., Shepherd was told by people reviewing systems all over the country, that their system was inade- quate. They suggested "incident-based- reports that tell more about the incident and a computer system like the Criminal Report Information System. Shepherd took the advice from the conference and eventually implemented it He said the new system is "long overdue." - " Three months ago officers began training on how to use the system, but the employees are still "working out kinks," according to Sgt. Lynn Mitchell, who-i- S in charge of technical services. "The training process is mostly over, but we keep trying to fine tune it" Mitchell said. Eventually the entire state of Utah with the system and will be records will be available to all the other departments. This will enable on-li- ne ; through Congress unchanged, it will mean that colleges across the nation will be required to pay for health benefits for their sors. part-tim- e profes- Clinton's current plan I I UK1"""" I . would require employers to pay 40 percent of health insurance costs for part-tim- e employees. In addition, ill ' ! employees whose salaries are below a certain level will have their health insurance costs subsidized by the government University of Utah officials are uncertain about how this e will affect the professor population. Officials don't feel comfortable "speculating" about the future of these professors, "it's just so new," said Colene Taft, U. benefits manag- enforcement that we haven't had part-tim- er. "We already have a program CHRONICLE PHOTCVScotl Sine Police officers find that typing their own reports into the computer system CRIS saves time and space. In today's Editorial section, Dustin Morris responds to the backlash against political correctness. Is P.C. choking free expression and the right to crack tasteless or offensive jokes? Dustin ought to know. Also, the Editorial Board takes on Koss Perot, favorite muppet. Who is hej 7JT NAFTA? And Gore on Al debating Gore Riving credibility to a guy who'c a better cartoon character than president) free-will- i BY AMYKENNEY Chronicle News Writer If President Bill Clinton's Police Chief Wayne Shepherd said the system, "Created a tool for Jaw 1 affect U . employees health care proposal passes cess: i Health plan may police to see trends in other areas that effect trends in their area, "Every officer will have to learn to use a computer first," Shepherd said. A goal of Shepherd is to have a laptop computer in every patrol car so officers can type reports in the car. "We don't want officers to spend too much time in the office," he said. With laptop computers police officers would be able to type and send reports while on patrol. report, a sergeant looks over it and the records department checks it. The be altered after this proreport cannot ' before. This system supplies more information than you had in the old reports, and with all the reports on computer, queries are easier." Shepherd also said the system will help researchers. "Keeping records on computer will supply more data for reference purposes than we've ever had before," he said. Information that usually takes weeks or months to look up will take minutes now, according to Shepherd. PHOTOJonathan Barth Children marveled at the fancy footwork at the Eastern Arts culture night Friday. Persian, Turkish, Greek, Armenian and Israeli dances were featured. self-sufficie- ed ifs " Once again, a Chronicle reporter treads the hallowed grounds of the Red Iguana. How many positive reviews of this restaurant printed in this paper can the public stand? Of course, writer at large Rob Roberts adds his own distinct style is restaurant review, but the message same: Food, good. Roberts, tightwad. where we have proportional sharing program for some see "faculty" on page two . "But just like the kid who sneaks behind the barn to light up a foul tasting cigarette simply because he s told not to, the public now derives perverse joy from stoking the embers of PCrebellion, not simply from the outrage itseL MM JL 0 Non-Pr- U.S. of It Org. Postage Paid Permit No. 1529 Salt Lake City, UT |
