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Show The Daily Utah 1 le ironic 104 NUMBER VOLUME 12 THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH'S INDEPENDENT VOICE SINCE 1890 SEPTEMBER THURSDAY, 1994 29, Protect your parking pass from theft tags Forty-tw- o swiped from cars in the last year BY BRANDON BURT Chronicle Staff Writer Administrative Today Viewpoint: Heidi extols The Scene: Rob is still at 4 virtues of Greekdom large... Sports: 5 Mark Eaton calls 6 it quits The Nation 0-:Worl- d (AP) Sharlene - 1 - - Ferry sinks, kills 800 TURKU, Finland secretary Rever returned to her car last week to find a parking ticket on her windshield it warned her that she had to get a permit to park in the "A" lot. However, Rever had parked in the lot legally. Somebody had stolen her permit. Rever is not alone. According to police records, 42 parking permits belonging to students, faculty and staff at the University of Utah have been reported stolen from vehicles during the past year. This type of theft destruction of university property can be classified as a Class A misdemeanor, carrying with it a penalty of $500 $1,000 and up to six months in jail. "Stealing a permit is not a good way to get free parking it could end up costing much more" than the comparatively low fee charged by U. parking services, Rever said. Those who are thinking about saving money by pinching a permit may want to consider that the odds against getting away with it are long. According to Campus Police Detective Sheree Barnes, parking ser- - -- Frigid waters and raging winds turned the Baltic into a sea of death for more than 800 people when a ferry suddenly listed and sank in a storm early Wednesday. Authorities said 141 others survived. Helicopters and ships searched for survivors and bodies off Finland's southwestern coast. Officials said it was too early to say what caused the ferry to sink shortly after midnight about 25 miles from Uto bland. A surviving crew member said see "ferry" on page 3 Mexican leader shot - A MEXICO CITY (AP) offiassassinated a man key young cial of Mexico's ruling party Wednesday, rocking a country already buffeted by a turbulent year of violence and rebellion. Jose Francisco Ruiz Massieu, the of secretary-genera- l Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), was shot in the neck after getting into his car following a breakfast at a downtown hotel. Shattered glass from the passenger side window was strewn on the busy Paseo de la Reforma boulevard. see "Mexico" on page 2 CHRONICLE PHOTO RoWt Cchrfc After spending so much money on parking passes, students need to remember to lock up their cars because the passes are easily stolen. vice workers often come across stolen impounded. Rever said. permits. Fortunately for Rever, parking services can supply a victim of parking permit theft with a replacement permit, nce a police report has been filed. However, the best way to avoid the hassle of recovering a stolen permit is to prevent its theft in the first place, According to Barnes, drivers should always lock their parked vehicles with the windows up. "If you leave it hangmirror of your ing on the rear-viep don't convertible, open-toexpect to find your parking permit when you get back," she said. Parking service employees are each equipped with a hand held computer which can identify stolen permits with the press of a button. When a car using a stolen permit is identified, the car is immediately sponsored conference addresses aging U. BY PETER VINCENT Chronicle Staff Writer Current important issues in the of aging were addressed at a press field con- ference yesterday by Assistant Secretary of aging Fernando Torres-Gi- l. Torres-Gi- l was the keynote speaker for the 2nd annual conference of the Utah Gerontological Society. The theme for this year's conference is "Generations Working Together,'' and it is timely according to Dr. Dale Lund, UGS President. "This theme is critically important and reflects the very core of the field of aging. To me, the conference theme implies generations relating and experiencing life together, not just for the sake of - saving limited economic resources but for enhancing the quality of our lives," Lund said. said In his short speech Torres-Gi- l that this was his first visit to Utah and that he is "excited to form a partnership with state offices on aging." He explained that new steps must be taken to provide a secure future for the x growing, aging U.S. population. In reference to the concern over access to rural areas, Torres-Gi- l explained that much has changed and that Congress is now more willing to recognize the importance of reaching less populated, rural areas. "Rural transportation issues, access and supply of clinics are all being addressed today," he explained. There were also questions about what is being done to accommodate die baby boomer generation to prepare for see "aging" on page 3 tf ... i w Sitory sparks interest S - WASHINGTON (AP) Day after day last week, Washington sat down to an uneasy breakfast with Rosa Lee Cunningham, M3Ii-vX,-J- ? and learned about her half century of blighted life, in blighted neighborhoods. ' On the front page of the Washington Rst, the city read how Rosa Lee taught a grandson, 10, to steal a winter jacket from a thrift shop: "Just walk on out the door. It's your coat." How she would sell her urine, when it was clean, to other clients of a methadone clinic see "Rosa Lee" on page 2 WPP- conducting survey to gauge candidate's views about helping U. BY HEATHER MAY Chronicle Staff Writer In an effort to boost political awareness on campus, ASUU lias distributed approximately 215 questionnaires to all state legislative candidates. to Teresa Carling, According Associated Students of the University of Utah assistant director of government affairs, the questions were engineered to benefit student voters. The survey tackles topics dealing with die candidates' stands on increased tuition, allocation of tax money and increased funding for growth in higher education. Carling predicts that if the students "get emotionally involved, they will take the time to vote." ASUU plans to keep the responses on file. According to Carling, "if die candidate gives written support now, they will be more likely to support the U.) in January." A secondary goal of ASUU is to make the politicians aware of a major voting constituency that has historically been ignored, Carling said. Brigham Young University Student Association President Matt Cowley agreed. "Finally candidates will focus on the interests of the students." Candidates are expected to reply within one to two weeks. All schools for higher education in Utah, as well as BYU, will receive a state-funde- CHRONICLE PHOTO Crag As laka the leaves fall, the time to put away the mountain bikes and get out the skis gets closer and closer. it 2 Org. Postage Paid Permit No. 1529 Salt Lake City. UT U.S. POOR COPY d see "survey" on page Non-Prof- The Daily Utah Chronicle 240 Union Building University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah 84112 ASUU |