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Show Wednesday Much 1, 1995 6 The Daily Utah Chrooidc from page 3 the journal Science, Rogers and Gahring were contacted by doctors of individual affected with RasmusscnY asking them to test serum samples for the presence of GluR3 antibodies. They estimate they have since received a couple dozen samples to test, as well as calls from relatives of Rasmussen's-affecte- d individu- a normal Monday, Feb. 27, discussed the importance of endangered species as well as the many ways they affect our lives. Speakers also expressed concern for the future of the Endangered Species Act The forum, sponsored by the U.S. Public Interest Research group, was held in response to recent threats of new Republican leadership dismantling or even destroying the Endangered Species Act. . brain. sss-so- oi mon-sunioam-isa- A'JSfSt of high-wate- m t in' i"1'1 '' ""Ulin'inmiimni "If we don't take in interest politically, they will gut the Endangered Species Act. People in government don't see it as a priority," he said. The purpose of the Endangered Species Act, first passed in 1973, is to conserve ecosystems upon which endangered species are dependent. England acknowledged the flaws of the Endangered Species Act, saying it was weak, inadequate and under ij&rj n u IT $1 THIS COUPON II GE w any vooMong sub r so off any 6" sub i One Sandwtch Per Coupon O d h. r Ij short-sighte- g I Expires March 31, 1995 One Coupon Per Person NOT IS HERE! GOOD WITH ANV OTHER PROMOTION I Q - Denver from page 1 "It's nice, really nice," said Eric a University of Needleman, Colorado student from Los Angeles. "For all the money they spent, it better be nice." ' The airport opened 16 months late and $3.2 billion over budget. Originally scheduled for operation in October 1993, it became the butt of jokes because of the cost overruns, problems with an automated baggage system and a dozen investigations into allegedly shoddy construe- - I PTflffll ' m. Larry England M W SPONSORED BY: RESIDENTIAL HALLS 8TUDENT ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE plants. "The pharmacy is filled by the forest In about half of the prescription drugs on the market, the active ingredient comes dirccdy from a plant" "We have not had a lot of time to examine plants for medicinal use." Cox said. of one per"Only cent of the known 250,000 flowering plants species have been researched for medicinal use." The three speakers called for a change in our thinking, so people recognize that the value of the natural world is infinite and the loss of biodiversity incalculable. England stated that environmental depreciation will ultimately result in the destruction of society. If there was a message to all of this, it is that people can make a difference. "We must think globally and act locally," England said. "Just do what's in front of you." tion and fraudulent bond sales. "There were some this morning that hoped we would not be successful," Mayor Wellington Webb said. "Today, the jokes stop." At Denver's old Stapleton Airport 17 miles away, parking garages and runways fell silent The runways at the abandoned airport were painted over with white X's to stop pilots from landing there by force of habit As light snow fell, two United flights one leaving and one arriving officially opened DIA to passengers just after daybreak. Later, the airport logged the first triple simultaneous landing at any commercial U.S. airport, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Asked whether the airport was what she expected, after all the construction problems and the haywire baggage system, Su Lyn Giles of Colorado Springs said, "It seems for the first pretty - The baggage system, which chewed up and spit out bags during tests a year ago and was blamed for two of four delays in opening the airport, seemed to work, handling nearly 7,000 pieces of luggage for departing United flights with no reported mishaps. "I would assume that after this big delay, they would have done enough testing to work out the kinks in the said Dick baggage system," of LaCrosse, Wis. "I Campbell, won't know until I get there." But Ted Buder of Denver didn't check his bags "because I didn't want to take a chance on losing them." United relied on tugs and carts to move luggage for arriving passengers; the automated system will be expanded by July. All 1:00-5:00P- - one-tent- h day." Clesidenfis Hallo Ballif i- - "We need preventative care for the environment, as well as, more funding. Only 25 cents per citizen per year is spent on protecting the environment." Glen Spain, the Northwest Regional Director of the Pacific Coast Federation of Fisherman's Associations, emphasized our ethical responsibility of protecting endangered species. "We are all stewards of our environment," he said. Life on earth is extraordinarily diverse, yet unknown," said Cox. "It is foolishness in the extreme to destroy what we don't know and can't create." Cox's remarks concentrated on the medicinal values of well-organize- d Thursday March 2 ' Endangered Specks Act is under attack because of short- Political tiollCV. It IS the a high-watmark in treating the planet in a more ethical political poi- icy, said endangered species m. biologist, Larry England. "It er r is the mark in in the a more treating planet ethical manner." Paul Cox, botanist and director of the general education and honors program at Brigham Young University, urged those in attendance to get involved by writing letters to Congresswoman Enid Green Waldholtz, L U3 2211 UMYIRSmfOrUlAH Experts at the Endangered Species Forum on surgery. Rogers and Gahring have further investigated the chemistry involved with the immune system's attack on GluR3 and how it affects electrical signals. They are due to release a paper on the results of their investigation later this spring. with antibodies to GluR3," Gahring said. These tests are potentially a preferable diagnosis procedure than the usual brain biopsy procedure, which jnvolvcs the removal of a portion of the person funded. BY SUZANNE SOFFE Chronicle Staff Writer pared with a $20,000 brain als! "We've never found Panel says preserving endangered species should be more important than politics Many Rasmussen's affected individuals are now being treated with plasmapheresis and a procedure called immune globulin, with positive results. "It's been incredible to apply that knowledge to human disease." Gahring said. With further development, Rasmussen's individuals may avoid having a hemispherectomy in. favor of plasmapheresis and immune globulin, which arc much safer and less expensive when com- other airlines used the system for incoming and outgoing rt . passengers. Denver International is the first major airport to open in the United States since Dallas-FoWorth in 1974. About 1,300 flights and an estimated 88,000 passengers are expected to pass through it every day, making it, like Stapleton, the airport in the nation. Critics said Stapleton contributed to air traffic delays nationwide because its runway configuration slowed flights in poor weather. In the initial rush of arriving flights Tuesday, DIA maintained a landing rate of 92 planes an hour. Stapleton could handle only 32 an hour, the FAA said. Transportation Secretary Federico Pena, who conceived the project as Denver's mayor in 1985, tried to focus on the positive instead of the problems. "I'm getting tired of people raising those kinds of things," he said. "If you're going to make courageous decisions, you've got to take strategic risks. The critics don't build great cities." Situated 23 miles east of downtown, the airport's main terminal has a roof of small fiberglass-fabri- c panels. Balloons rose from gates and banisters, and lines formed at an airport post office, where commemorative stamps and souvenir postcards were sold. "It's something to tell the kids. Not often do you get a reception like this when you are deplaning," said Terry Conners of Colorado Springs. BY JUDITH KOHLER Associated Press rt sixth-busie- st ld multi-spire- d Disappointed at the collapse of communism? immmmm mm Teflon-coate- d, |