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Show I fit U professor of chemistry wins state service award U. t The Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters will present its 1994 Distinguished Service Award to Wesley Bentrude, professor of chemistry at the University of Utah. Bentrude's selection was announced by Ray Ownbey, chair of the Utah Academy Awards Committee and dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at Westminster College. Bentrude and other winners will be honored by the academy today. "The award recognizes exceptional contributions in all areas of professional academic life," Ownbey said. Bentrude joined the U. faculty in 1964. He has presented more than 60 invited lectures at universities and company meetings. His research is focused primarily on organophospho-ru- s chemistry. He has supervised the theses of 17 past or present master's degree or doctoral degree students, as well as the work of about 50 postdoctoral fellows. TTTi CHRONICLE PHOTOfMdUMi U. in Foundation. Six teams of sorority and frater- nat'l competitions nity members competed in the highly competitive annual bed race as a part of Greek Week last music students placed high in recent night. The bed races were held at the University of Utah "economy" parking lot located at the Veteran's Administration Hospital. national piano competitions. Freshman Ben Chen placed third at a Fort Collins, Colo., competition and junior Jensina Oliver placed fourth at the Arkansas Young Artist Competition. Both are students of Susan Duehlmeier, associate professor of music and piano area chair at the U. 00000 other students of Duehlmeier, ninth-gradJosephine Ou and lOth-gradClaudia Hong, placed first and third respectively in their divisions at the Arkansas competition. Two er er both Muscular Dystrophy and Nature Conservancy. "It's also McDonald TRI-I- T AGAIN DANCE and Central Institute Gyms Ttoo DJ's and Bovine Review IVleet 8:30AM lot of fun," leave $3 gets you into all three dances SATlJRDAa7 a said. Over 150 Greeks attended the activity. "It's hot, it's sweaty, and it's got people running around from bed to bed. What could be better?" Jimm Harper, of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, said. North, South day-lon- from page one She was allowed to retake the exam. However, after complaining of more computer difficulties, a proctor advised her to get atliitiitiite BIG LDSSA SERVICE PROJECT Painting of Utah Youth Village her own computer and then return, Loebbecke said. After leaving the building, she returned a day and a half later, slipping the completed exam under an administrator's door. The Ph.D. committee decided 7PM Salt Lake Tabernacle LDSSA FIRESIDE ELder M. Russell Ballard Council of the TWelve SUNDAY .that the examination results were Institute Choir invalid. chemo The conference, entitled "Turning the Century: Communication, Coalition and Change in an Environment Increasingly Hostile to Lesbians, Gay Men and Bisexuals," is sponsored by the ACLU of Utah Lesbian and Gay Rights from page one to the 11 month survival rate of the patients. A separate study was printed in Want to know a secret? Project, EAGLE (a US West resource group), Gay Lesbian Utah Z Democrats, the Utah Stonewall Center, and the Women's Studies Program at the University of Utah. It is expected to attract 300 gay and non-ga- y activists for a series of workshops. Participants from around the country will explore those issues critical to the ongoing struggle for civil rights for gay men, lesbians and bisexuals. The conference workshops will explore a number of compelling issues facing gay men and lesbians in the 21st century including regulation of lesbian and gay sexuality and identity; religious rights; gays and lesbians in the workplace, housing, initiahealth care, and the military; media portrayal; anti-ga- y buildand coalition and activism; tives; computer networking ing. All workshops and plenary sessions will be ASL interpret ed. As part of the weekend of information and celebration, the Utah Stonewall Center on Friday evening at 7:30 p.m. will host a reception to honor the conference participants (free to participants and registered conference attendees); the on Sunday at 10:30 a.m., the Gay and Lesbian Utah Democrats will host a brunch at the Santa Fe Restaurant (tickets $20). At 3 p.m. on Sunday, A Woman's Place Bookstore will host a reception to "I lost the January issue of the JVew England Journal of Medicine, and found similar results. In this study, 15 pounds patients treated with chemotherapy lived and average of 24 months, compared to 8 months for patients who only received surgery. Grayden Harker, chief of oncology at the Veteran's Administration Hospital, said that experimental techniques such as the one used in this study are "very promising" because they give patients who otherwise would not be effectively treated with surgery a chance.' A Lung cancer is typically treated with surgery. "Surgery is the only thing that we know of fight know. It cures the major percent of cases," ' ' Harker said. , , ' According ,. to Barbie rNiederhauser, program director for the Utah chapter of the American in just three weeks!" nasi icoo vm Decrease your craving for sweets Increase your energy level honor conference participants Barbara Grier and Donna 521-986- races, the fraternity and sorority teams must pay an entrance fee of $350, according to Lori McDonald, Panhellenic president. "They've been doing bed races longer than I've been here," Craig Streiff, Sigma Phi Epsilon, said. All of the money raised goes to charities, Richard Ouyang, chair of Greek Week, said. The money raised from the bed races went to 00 (M(D LDSSA For the first time in Utah, a uniquely diverse range of leaders from the national gay and lesbian movement will gather in Salt g Lake City at a conference May 14 on the University of Utah campus to confront the political, cultural and economic issues facing gay, lesbian and bisexual communities. Wrapping up the day's events will be a gala buffet dinner and dance at the downtown Red Lion Hotel, featuring one of the country's hottest salsajazz bands, Azucar y Crema, or "sugar' and cream," in Spanish. The seven women band, who play throughout the Bay Area, are expected to draw enthusiastic music lovers and dancers from around the state. "Hard won gay and lesbian rights are under assault around the country. It's time to both gain a more thorough understanding of the opposition and to plan an affirmative strategy for future action, and that's what this conference is about," said Charlene Orchard, ACLU of Utah board member and chair of its Lesbian and Gay Rights Project. McBride, the founders of Naiad Press. The fee for the conference is $35 and $15 (limited income). Tickets for the dinner $45 and $35 (limited income). A total conferencedinner-dancebrunc- h package is $70, with 80 percent For more information or a complete conference schedule . contact the ACLU of Utah at The team of Beta Theta Pi fraternity and Alpha Chi Omega sorority won the race, with the team of Sigma Chi fraternity and Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority coming in second. The winning team also took first place in aesthetic beauty, with the second place team following again in second. Third place for aesthetic beauty went to the team of Kappa Sigma fraternity and Pi Beta Phi sorority. In order to compete in the bed FRuW-9PM-Mid- night Conference draws national gay, lesbian leaders to U. ve Greeks raise money for charity annual 'bed race' competition BY CAMILLA MOORE Chronicle News Writer Four students of U. prof, Two University of Utah Higgiw com-petit- National Institute of Cancer and the National Science place " Many Greeks were present for the annual Greek Week bed races held last evening. The exciting, highly race required catlike reflexes, the skill of an Indy driver and more experience in bed than Madonna. Peter Stang, professor and chair of the U. department of chemistry, said Bentrude "has been strongly committed to departmental teaching at all levels." He has received research funding and various grants for more than 20 years from the in 22525S . voCare Cancer Society, an estimated 172,000 new cases of lung cancer will be diagnosed nationwide in 1994, with 375 of those cases in 3774 South 3145 East Salt Lake Gty, Utah 84109 2. (801)277-974- 1 - Utah An estimated 325 people in Utah will die in 1994, with another 153,000 across the nation. |
