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Show JUL 2 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, O THE SUMMER UTAH CHRONICLE 2000 CHRONICLE NEWS EDITOR ELIZABETH WHITE EWHITECHRONICLE.UTH.E0'J ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR MATT CANMAi MCAhHAMfrCHROMCU.UTArt.EDU BRIGHAM YOUNG Site Helps Residents Become Aware of Crime, Offers Safety Tips Web A Brigham Young University graduate is giving the public the lowdown on the crime in communities around the nation. Whiscnant's site, Greg www.crimereports.com, puts the daily crime reports of various neighborhoods at citizens' fingertips. So far, the Salt Lake City, University of Utah, Provo, Orem and Ogden police departments have signed up to participate in. the site. Whiscnant, who lives in Virginia, said he decided to create the site after he accidentally let a bike thief into his apartment building. After that incident, he felt a strong UTAH need to help his community. The site provides links to 18 states with new police departments linking up continuously. The page also features daily crime tips. Lt. Doug Edwards of the Orem Public Safety Department said it decided to post the reports so those who are considering moving to Crcm can get the city's flavor. Edwards also said the department has received several tips from residents because they were reading the reports. THE DAILY UNIVERSE U Wire During the past three months, ., which operates the Mountain hazardous Grassy waste facility and the Aragonite incinerator in. the west desert about 50 miles from Salt Lake, has been battered financially. The company's shares plunged 34 percent this year, and it failed to make nearly 6o million in debt payments due last week. Safety-Kleen- MTUfC 1 LOCAL In the future, technology will allow emergency-workerto know details about an accident in seconds. Salt Lake City s STATE Fark City Park City's three ski prototype of the Automatic Crash Notification System was on display Monday at the National Emergency Number Association's conference in Salt Lake A resorts plan to spend millions on the during as for improvements they prepare the 2002 Winter Olympics and to skiers. attract more The planned improvements and expansions follow a lackluster year for the resorts. Ski Utah 0 numbers to expected be down from the 3.15 million skier visits recorded last year. Dfter Valley Resort, Park City Mountain Resort and The Canyons have spent nearly $100 million on faster lifts, new runs and other mountain improve-m- e off-seas- City; out-of-sta- The system uses sensors to radios that information into a central communication system 1999-200- when a crash occurs. 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ERIN MCGUIMESS eracQuiaess9chronicle.utah.edu MARK OGDEN mogden9chronicle.u!ah edu R03ERT McOfrlBER robert.acomber9chronicleuiah.edu WEDNESDAY THURSDAY KAY U IJSs lsSAS&iiS lfj JUNE 14 The National Seminars Group wfH host a career UUPD Responds to Bomb Threat development seminar titled Before Cyprus High's Graduation A woman called in a bomb threat to the campus police June i during Cyprus High School Graduation Ceremonies at the Jon M. Huntsman Center. The University of Utah Police report described the caller as an "out of breath" woman, but had no other information regarding the caller's identity, including whether or not the woman made the threat or simply alerted police. Ceremonies had not started, and the building was searched without evacuating the people who had already gathered inside. After a thorough search, including that of a suspicious looking backpack, UUPD officers found nothing and the ceremonies were not disrupted, UUPD officer Mike McPharlin said. Clay Tearce, assistant principal at Cyprus High, said the UUPD did a "fantastic job" handling the situation without causing more fear than necessary. Tearce said Cyprus's assigned Salt Lake City police officer, as well as two other officers, helped the UUPD with the search. Police told Tearce that the alleged suspect may have been a "disgruntled student," but there was no evidence found to back up the theory. The police are not pursuing any UTAH STATE "Your Changing Role As An leads at this point. McPharlin said it's not unusuai for the U to get bomb threats. "Bomb threats aren't made every" day, but they're common he said. Many of the bomb threats the U receives are when big events come to campus. McPharlin said large groups that attend a graduation ceremony, concert, or any other large-scaevent, don't always have to be evacuated to search for a bomb. "We do everything we can to not let the threat interrupt the activity" McPharlin said. In fact, to evacuate large groups would often cause more problems, McPharlin said. McPharlin said "99.9 percent" of the time, bomb threats are not real The threats are often made by someone who wants to disrupt an activity. But that doesn't mean the U doesn't take them seriously, he said. Ann Morgan, UUPD alarm coordinator, said the U has detectives trained to search for bombs. Depending on the circumstances, the Salt Lake City Fire Department may be called in as well. If a bomb is found, the specially-traine- d bomb team from the Salt Lake City Police Department will be called in to disarm it, Morgan said. le JACQUELINE CHENEY U ; record the speed a car is traveling and the point of impact, and then Safety-Kleen- OF U U CAMPUS EVEMTS ANDERSEN kay9chronicleutah.edu Utah State Prison Inmate First Ever To Graduate With Master's Degree For three hours, life in prison was bliss to Lyle Murray. After nearly eight years behind bars, the convicted felon donned a graduate's cap and gown last week and made history: He became the first Utah State Prison inmate ever to earn a master's degree. "It's almost like I'm going to be reborn " said Murray, 27, convicted cf attempted murder. Arguably the top scholar among the prison system's 5,500 inmates, Murray already had earned two bachelor's degrees from Utah State University during his incarceration, one in business administration and another in accounting. In pursuing his master's with the same university he never set foot on its Logan campus and never met his professors, watching their e lectures alone via satellite video instead. "Look at what the other inmates do," said Capt. Will Carlson, a veteran corrections officer. "You've got gangs in prison. You've got drugs in prison. You've got weapons. You see one guy like Lyle, and it makes up for all" the ones who don't make it." As inmate No. 22270, Murray has thrived academically. In contrast, 58 percent of the prison's population is semiliterate, unable to read and perform simple arithmetic at a real-tim- FRIDAY level, according to prison spokesman Jack Ford. "The more education they get," Ford said, "the less likely they are to Those who return to prison will each cost the state an estimated $20,000 a year, according to national estimates for housing inmates. Prison officials argue that the hefty price tag justifies their use of taxpayer dollars to pay for nearly 95 percent of an inmate's ninth-grad- e undergraduate tuition, which can exceed $10,000. Inmates must pay $67.50 per semester for undergraduate courses and all tuition for master's Outstanding Assistant" from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Saitair Room of the A. Ray Oipin University Union. Richard Barlnger will discuss "Viruses and Multiple Sclerosis" during the Neurology Grand Rounds at Primary Children's Medical Center at 9 a.m, in the third floor auditorium. Dr. Mamie Soo-Ho- o wi!! pre- sent a lecture cn ' Lo Fbt Eating $1" as part of the Madsen Preventive Cardiology Program at 10 .m, and agam t 4 p.rn. at 546 Chipeta Way, Garden Level 100. The Madsen Preventive Cardiology Education Center hosts "The Partnership: What is Happening in Utah," u lecture by Of. Jay jacobson at 546 Chip: Way at 6: 30 j$.m. JUNE 15 Marc Cohen of the , Hahemann University Schoo! of Medicine wlil present a lecture on the "Role cf Low Molecular Weight Heparin in Unstable Angina" in Classroom A of the Schoo! of Medicine at 8 s.m. Dr. "Selecting Low Maintenance Rose" wlf be the topic of the Red Sutte Garden's Thursday Garden from noon to 1:30 Get-Togeth- er p.m. at the Visitor Center, Red Butte also hosts n "Hike With a Naturalist" from 6 to 8 p.m. beaming at the Visitor Cents-- . JUNE IS mu!tid!scip!fnary cancer conference on the head and neck begins at 7:30 a.m. in the J. Robsrt Stewart Conference Room cf the School A of Medicine. degrees. Utah State is the only four-yecollege in Utah that offers bachelor's and master's degrees to inmates, according to Vince director of distant education for USU. The program began in ar Laf-fert- y, 1995. Only two other Draper inmates earned USU undergraduate college degrees this semester: Nathaniel Bell, 52, and Bryon Petersen, 55. Both received degrees. business-administrati- Fifty-foinmates received their associate's degrees, and no earned their high school Rachel Anderson will pre- sent a lecture on "Exercise and Your Heart" as part of the Madsen Preventive Cardiology Program at 10 a.m. and again at 4 p.m. at 546 Chipeta Wav, Garden Level 100. JUNE 22 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SUM DAY Red Butie Garden hosts another "Hike With a Natu- equivalency certificates. SaTUR?5AY JUNE 21 The Utah Museum of Fine Arts will host a program titled "Third Saturday at the Fairpark Utah Arts Festival" beginning at 2 p m. ur ralist"1 from 6 to 8 p.m, r beginning at the Visitor Center. JUNE 26 PARTLY CLOUDY SUNNY SUHHY PARTLY CLOUDY SUHHY Hi:85 Hl:91 li!:83 10:57 H!:S3 Hl:91 10:58 L0;62 10:61 - 10:59 v The second summer session begins. |