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Show yvfTPLSjOII k (J. Worker Arrested u Corltv'f Bi? Adventure. For Forging Checks Police Believe $20,000 Stolen From U. Clinic HEATHER MAY Assistant Feature Editor An eight-yea- r employee of the University of Utah was arrested Wednesday for embezzling $1,200. U. police believe she may have pilfered a total of $20,000 from the U. Catherine Thompson, 42, was charged with two counts of forgery and booked in the Salt Lake County Jail. Thompson was an employee of BirthCare HcalthCare, an birth center overseen by the U. hospital. The clinic first became aware of me prooiem aiicr a pauem paiu a deposit to the clinic and then discovered her insurance company was paying all of her delivery costs. The patient requested a refund, but the clinic had no record of the account. The insurance .company had a copy of the checks they sent to the clinic. The checks were made out off-camp- to the midwife, Audrey Cooney, but signed by Thompson and diverted to Thompson's private account. Thompson had deleted the account after diverting the money, police said. According to Detective Kim Beglarian, Thompson admitted forging Cooney name and embezzling funds from BirthCare HealthCare. Beglarian also added Thompson has been stealing money from the U. for about two years. U. police one year of Thompson's bank records. Thompson told police she stole $12,258.36 in that year and she believes she may have taken about $20,000 total, Beglarian said. Police are waiting for bank records going back three years to investigate further. Thompson handled payments and maintained the clinic's account records. She was able to delete or adjust patient's accounting records after diverting their funds. Beglarian said she ' never would have been caught had the patient not noticed. The U.'s Internal Audit department made recommendations to John Matsen, vice president of health sciences, Nov. 3. The report targeted internal management weaknesses including combining jobs of record sec "Arrest" on page 2 """nmi "'ff Chhohicil Photo Spencer Young Corky, Cosmo's bastard brother, was at BYU. Wednesday looking for his long lost brother and had the time of his life in the process. See Friday's Chronicle special sports section for Corky's whole story. Math Biology Program Secures Funding Support Available for Rape Victims KRISTEN KAMERATH Chronicle Staff Writer AMANDA SKOW madic-matic- s Chronicle Staff Writer The red flags for survivors of sexual assault may be gone, but the survivors are still here. Addressing sexual assault - on their residence hall-mate- Bartlcy realized they needed to talk to peers about their experiences to recover fully. Peers Educating to End Rape illustrates rape scenarios to help students recognize the problem but, until now, they haven't been able to send them to a group discussion on campus. Bartlcy has worked with victims and perpetrators of sexual abuse as a counselor, both in individual and group settings. She said there's a common theme in group work. "Afl women say 1 thought this was The Daily Utah Chronicle Continuing in the University of Utah math department's focus on mathematical biology, a group of faculty members organized a "special year in math biology" program and secured funding from the National Mm - on both ends prevention and recovery staffers of the Women's Resource Center arc forming two groups. A women survivors' support group and a men's discussion group will begin in Winter Quarter at the Women's Resource Center. "It's a huge problem, not just in society but on this campus," said Kruty Bardcy, a WRC counseling associate. She teaches learning skills classes at the U. Female students have approached her with stories of date rape or attacks Science " Gmomcu Photo Matt Dummond Let's talk: Kristy Bartlcy, Brian Campbell and Marilyn Snell, all WRC counseling associates, and Donna Hawxhurst, WRC staff consultant, plan groups to support survivors of sexual assault and help men talk about their roles In violence. just my problem,"' Bartlcy said "It's empowering to women in those groups, emotionally and in other ways." Women often share a sense of blame when they have been victimized, said Donna Hawxhurst, a WRC staff consultant and therapist They ask themselves why they wore the clothes they did or why they went out alone. "Groups can address that," she said. , "Groups can be very powerful when they lend support Every effort is made to dcpathologize the victim." Marilyn Snell, a WRC counseling associate, said she believes all partici Foundation. After seven weeks of concentration on ecology and evolution, students and faculty involved with the program will be pants in support groups have issues to address but they decide when and how attending to do it. If a victim tries to recover without the help of a support group, the risk of depression, substance abuse and anxiety rises, according to Brian Campbell, a WRC counseling associate. ritoriality weekend. "Isolation can be damaging," he said. Men suffer from isolation as well, Campbell said. The discussions between women that started the feminist movement are starting to happen between men. sec "Support" on page S a on ter to investigate biological phenomena in their various fields of research. hi addition, graduate students from various academic institutions arc also coming to the U. to learn from these professors and, ho)cfully, gain math skills that will assist in dicir careers. "It gives them an mmmmmmmmm "We're trying to increase communication between mathematicians and biolo- gists" - Aaron Fogebon this Mathematical biology involves using "math tools to understand biological processes," according to Mark Lewis, a U. mathematics professor working on the program. During fall quarter, the topic of study is ecology and evolution; specific uses the country arc coming to die U. at die math department's invitation to lecture about how they have used of math biology in this area include mathematically analyzing prcdatorprcy interactions and quantitative genetics. Professors from institutions across opportunity to find out what's going on and maybe they'll come back as Lewis said. The NS F obviously believes "what's going on in Utah" is worth knowing. They chose the U.'s projx)sal to receive in Utah, funding, from among competing proposals. Additionally, the program is receiving support the biology, biocnginccring, and human genetics departments and a cardiovascular group. The NSF money also supports the first of which is this weekend. A combination of lectures and discussions on territoriality will take place in Building oncc-a-quart- see "Hath" on page Non-Prof- it S Org. 240 Union Building U.S. University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah 841 12 Salt Lake City, UT Postage Paid Permit No. IS29 |
