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Show 2 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY T HE DAILY UTAH 8, 2000 SEE PG. 1 CAMPUS EVENTS "The social aspect of an education is not as important as having affordable child care." i BEN MCADAMS, ASUU CHRONICLE PRESIDENT ON ASUU'S OBLIGATIONS TO STUDENTS L FEB. 8 MASTER MC OHIO STATE U Students Strip Down to Skivvies In Protest Against Gap Practices Premature Babies Face Cognative Problems for Years, Professor Finds Children born extremely prematurely, weighing two pounds or less at birth, experience significant learning difficulties that persist into their teen-ag- e years, a study found. The researchers and experts not involved in the study said the findings should make parents, doctors and educators aware of the risTTs" such children face and the need for them to get help early. Prematurity is on the rise, partly because of an increase in multiple births and in older women having babies. Premature babies arc known to run a higher risk of problems such as cerebral palsy, mental retardation and vision and hearing trouble. The latest findings bolster previous research linking prematurity to more subtle cognitive problems that may be permanent. "There is no question that these children are at high risk," said Dr. Saroj Saiga!, a professor of pediatrics at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, who led the study. "Wc are raising the aware ness that these children are likely to have problems." She followed 150 premature babies, who were born in Ontario between 1977 and 1982, into their teens. Her study, published in the February issue of the journal Pediatrics, found that academic existed at age 8 continued into the teen-ag- e years. The study is one of the first to follow premature babies into their teens. Saigal said it is not clear whether these youngsters go on to have difficulties in adulthood; more research on that is needed. Those studied weighed between about pound, z ounces and 2 pounds, 4 ounces at birth and were born about two to three months early, "the sickest of the sickest babies that we see," Saigal said. Nearly half were receiving special educational assistance, compared with just 10 percent of a control group of children who were not born prematurely but were similar in gender, age and social class. ASSOCIATED PRESS difficul-TiC5th- 1 The University of Utah will begin its recognition cf Black Awareness KSonth with U at About 25 half-nake- d the seriousness of the violation or the Gap may take their business elsewhere, "We're constantly monitoring factories to make sure they follow all our guidelines," Marks said. "We're in the factories on a constant basis." Marks also noted that the company is not affiliated in any legal way with the Mendocino Redwood company, the group protesters said is clearing forest Sand for the Fisher people exposed their bodies Sunday to the intersection of Westwood Boulevard and Weyburn Avenue in Los Angeles, because they would rather "wear nothing, than wear Gap." They stripped in protest cf the alleged deforestation done by the Fisher family, one of the Gap's largest investors, as well as the alleged sweatshop-labo- r practices used by the company. "We're protesting the Fishers because they're claiming to be good stewards of the land," said Mary Bull, the national coordinator of "Save The RedwoodsBoycott the family. The protesters led a similar protest Saturday at the Tnird Street Promenade in Santa Monica, marching from the Gap to the Banana Republic, which, along with Old Navy, is owned by the Gap. Though one of the main focuses of the protest was to stop deforestation, some were there more in support cf ending the alleged unfair labor practices of the Gap. Bull said her group had stripped completely in other cities, such as San Francisco, Amsterdam and New Gap Campaign." "They're hypocrites," she said. But Alan Marks, a spokesman for Gap Inc., said the clothing company does not privately own any manufacturing plants and has strict measures to avoid child-labor sweatshop practices. He said there are 60 employees who monitor such factories worldwide. If factories 2re found to be in violation of the Gap's policies, they may be reprimanded depending on or DuvUtah York. THE DAILY BRUiN N WORLD Stansted, England Authorities held .'fairly calm and businesslike'" negotiations over long hours Monday with apparent Afghan dissidents holding a planeload of at least 150 people hostage at an airport outside Lon-- v in Chief DAVE HANCOCK dave9chronicle.uiah.edu News Editor KERSTEN SWINYARD kerster9chronicle.utah.edu Sports Editor BRANDON WINN wirmgchronicle.utah.edu Feature Editor SHANE McCAMMOM shane9chronicle.utah.edu Opinion Editor KATHRYN COWLES kcowles9chronicleut3h.edu RED Magazine Editor BRIAN WATTS red9chronicleutah.edu Chief Photographer KEITH JOHNSON keith9chronicle.utah.edu Art Director STEPHEN "STUF" COLES s.coleschronicle.utah.edu Production Manager RYAN "G" BULLOCK ryan9chronicieutah.edu Onlfrie Editor BRIAN "MUTTON" MURRAY murray9chronicle.utah.edu Business Manager ROBERT McOMBtR rcberlmcomber9chronicle.ulah.edu Accountant KAY ANDERSEN kav9chronicle.utah.edu ATSON living 1,700 feet below the surface of the Gulf or' Mexico have been found to be up to 250 years old a" record for creatures wuhout a backbone, researchers fom Penn Su te University say. THE DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE Editor New Yark After three bruising months of courtship, the g two Urge drug companies, Pfizer and Warner-Lambeagreed to rrarry Monfastest-growin- rt, don. day in a Muscat. On? an A Russian tanker that allegedly was smuggling Iraqi oil in violation of U.N. , sanctions was waiting Monday to unload its cargo in Oman despite strong objections from Moscow to its seizure by a United States cruiser. billion deal. $92.5 . Belgrade, the The Women's Resource Center will be holding a power Juch titled, "Representation of the Marginalized in the Media," with Lupe Niumetolu and Tracy Owens-Patio- n at noon in union 293. Laloue! will on speak "Angietensinoger. Dr. in Jean-Mar- c Essential Hypertension: From Genetic? to Mecha-nism- s of Disease," at A p.m. In the Kccles institute cf Hurnen Genetics Auditorium. FEB, 9 Robert Mi. Zwolak wilt speak on "Mcd'care Reimbursement to Surgeons: Current Status. Issues, nd Dilemmas,' at 7:30 a.m. ir, Ciassrcom C of the U Mad-- . Dr. !ca School. ' New Approaches to Mar. sgement cf TrsumsUc Brain injury," is the title of a talk that will be Qiven by Or. Geoffrty 3.F. Ling in the State College, Pa. Giant worms WORLD is an independent student newspaper published daily Monday through Friday during Fall and Spring semesters (excluding test weeks and holidays) and weekly during Summer Term. Chronicle editors and s!a!( are University ol Utah students and are solely responsible for the newspaper's content. Funding comes from advertising revenues and a dedicated student lee administered by the Publications Council. Subscriptions must be prepaid. Forward all subscription correspondence, including change of address, to the Business Manager. To respond with your gues-tioncomments or complaints call (801) or visit chronicle.utah.edu on the World Wide Web. A, R3y Olpln UniversiUnion Theater. ty in U Wire AROUND THE .chronicle s panel discussion titled, "Worshiping in Zion: Utah's Communities of Faith-- A Panel Discussion," at noon Austin, Texas A group of minority students that lost a fed cral lawsuit seeking io prove the test is state's high school-ex- it unconstitutional said Monday it won't appeal the ruling. Lasi month, U.3. District Judge Ed Prado in San Antonio rejected the group's claim that the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills Test discriminates against African Americans and hispanics. Yugoslavia Yugoslavia's defense minister was fatally shot Monday in a Belgrade restaurant, the latest and the victim in a spate of gangland-styl- e kili'iigs. highest-r- r Auditorium of Primary Children's Medical Center at 8 a.m. thrd-floo- There will be a summer job and internship fair with representatives from oyer 70 employers from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the union ..Ballroom. Blacfc Awareness Month activities will continue with a talk by J. Alfied Smith, titled, "Spiritual and Com-- . munal Directions In the 21st Century," at noon in tbs Could Auditorium of the J, Willard Marriott library. The geography department will host Doyle Stevens, from the United States Geological Survey, who wiil talk on "Brine Shrimp Ecology of the Great Salt Lake" at noon in Room 215 of Orson Spencer Hall. anking o ASSOCIATED PRESS Help continue ihe legacy of VenceremOS, licit first end only progressive C'hicanao, 1aiinao newspaper at the U cf U. THE NEXT UNITED CLUB j COUNCIL All positions are, available, including: Editors Writers Articles Essays Poetry MEETING I 'holography 8, hold a discussion 1'or more info, contact (''r)-2Sor leave a 2j hronu The United Club Council will be meeting with student groups in the union Den at 1:30 p.m. RSVP by ceiling the Associated Students of the University of Utah at Learning Excellence wiil Eayout emerrinos mail The Student Organization for Animal Rights is holding an open meeting at 1:00 prn in union 319. There will be a video and discussion. The Center for Teaching and Drawings !C Courtroom at noon. 581-278- Artists WILL BE ON The Friends of the Great Sa!t L?ke will nold a multimedia presentation of "The Lake Effect" r. the College of Law's Sutherland-Moo- t ho.i, 2-- Eou Marzulli at message in the In on Ihlg. I titled, "Classroom Management Concerns: What Other Teaching Assistants Do," at 2 p.m. In the large conference room of the Sterling . Siil Center. : |
