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Show Apathy Is No Fun Don't Miss the Arts Don't feel involved at the U? Maybe it's your own fault. Prepare to Face the Ags Catch a preview of this weekend's entertainment. Both the football and soccer teams play our northern rivals. SEE OPINION, PAGE 5 SEE FEATURE, PAGE 6 x2l SEE SPORTS, PAGE 9 The Daily Utah KM RONIGLE "The University Friday, September 4, 1998 of Utah's Independent Student Voice Since 1890" Vol. 108 No. 15 U Doctor Dies in Swissair Crash Influential practitioner and teacher leaves family, friends, colleagues Tim Stovall Chronicle News Writer Roger R. Williams, M.D., an internationally recognized expert in the field of cardiovascular genetics and professor of internal medicine at the University of Utah School of Medicine, died Wednesday in the crash of a Swissair jetliner off the coast of Nova Scotia! He was 54. Williams was an influential member of the medical community both at the U and worldwide. J Barbara Home, an office coordiJ rt j nator at Utah Cardiovascular Genetics Research Clinic, says she has known Williams for eleven years and he was always very kind to her uj and the other employees. She said that she remembers 5 Williams saying, "I've never been in 1 trouble by being nice to my employ-- 5 ees." Home added that the mood of the clinic is devastation, shock and the feeling that it hasn't really hit 5 them yet. Williams was a native of Ogden. He attended Weber State University Dr. Roger Williams, shown here in a 1986 photo, was deeply involved in for his undergraduate work, and research at the U. graduated from the U medical vz 'y - school. He completed his residency at Duke University Medical Center. After his residency, he completed work at the National Institutes of Health. At the NIH, he worked at the National Cancer Institute and made major research contributions to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. Paul Hopkins, research associate professor for the clinic, said Williams was the person closest to him other than his own family. Hopkins said he knew Williams for twenty years and that Williams helped him get into medical school, helped him fund much of his research work, and was the founder,, of the Utah Cardiovascular Genetics Research Clinic. "He was always positive, enthusiastic and had boundless energy. He was wonderful to work with, his excitement was infectious," Hopkins said. Hopkins said Williams was involved in many national and local organizations. He produced over 200 publications. Swissair Flight m left Kennedy International Airport in New York post-doctor- at approximately 8:30 p.m. EDT. The plane was bound for Geneva. About an hour into the flight, the pilot reported that there was smoke in the cabin of the McDonnell Douglas MD-- n and then lost contact with air traffic control in Moncton, New Brunswik, Canada. The plane apparently dumped its fuel over St. Margaret's Bay which is nearby just before crashing. It was initially reported that there were people in the water and there was hope that they may be alive. However, all 228 aboard perished. Williams was working on methindividuals ods to detect high-ris- k for early heart attacks, and he was on his way to Geneva for a meeting at the World Health Organization to present a book on his findings and recommendations. The organization he founded to help with early intervention was called Make Early Changes to Prevent Early Death. This organization has representation in 30 countries. "I will deeply miss him,"said Hopkins. "He was a wonderful man." Williams leaves behind his wife, Linda, and seven children. al Don't Trust Everything Inside Bookstore Bags Jacob Parkinson Chronicle News Writer Who couldn't use extra money for college? Many companies across the nation are using this slogan, as well as a handbag of others, to get students to pay them money for free informa- tion. Inside the white plastic bags at the University Bookstore, there is an advertisement for one of these companies. The flier in the bags reads, "Student Services has a data bank of over 180,000 listings of scholarships, fellowships, grants and loans, representing hundreds of millions of dollars in private sector funding." To get the list of scholarships, students must fill out an application listing their interests, grades and standardized test scores. After mailing it in, they will get a list of scholarships, out of the 180,000, for which they qualify. The cost is $45, plus postage. FastWeb, the father company of Student Services, offers this same list of 180,000 scholarships on the Internet for free. Any student can set up his or her own FastWeb account without charge. Only after filling out the application can students get a personalized account which tells them which scholarships they are eligible for. University of Utah officials didn't like the fact that this pamphlet was in the bookstore bag. "We have asked them to take them out of the bags," said Angela Wim-mescholarships program manager. At great cost to them, the bookstore had them taken out once before. Somehow, in this last order of bag.s they got put back in. Bookstore officials complained to Amco, the company. "We are not the only University that complained about the ad," said UNIVERSITY OF UTAH THE DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE 200 S. CENTRAL CAMPUS DR., STE. 240 SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH 84112-910- 6 r, Russ Messerly, U Bookstore assistant director. "In fact, when the next order of bags is issued, they will not carry the ad, but will have an alternate in its place," Messerly continued. "A lot of these companies promise things they cannot do," Wimmer said. Wimmer also said that at the U they do receive phone calls from students who have sent money to similar companies and who do not hear back from them for weeks. "Students are on a tight budget and I feel bad for them when they get scammed," Wimmer said. Jeff Gray, Utah Assistant Attorney General in the Consumer Rights Division, said, "I think college students are very susceptible to con artists. It's not their lack of intelligence, it's their lack of experience." Gray also explained how some of these companies work. see bookstore, page 3 V I: w v II V.. l II II nr I a. 73 1 1 a i W - fa lj ill am. . I nT-T- iJ U V wJ .Hfe. - 111 a a VTi-- ? H 1 1 1 - 1 " J Students are besieged by invitations from organizations wanting their patronage. BULK RATE www.chronicle.utah.edu U.S. Postage Paid Permit No. 1529 Salt Lake City, Utah |
