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Show THE DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE TUESDAY. JANUARY 15, 2002 Students Create Web Site for Missionary Correspondence JASON GIFFORD The Daily Universe Brigham Young University other romp about in the snw for mere medals. On January 23rd, you can play in the Let on the number of man hours required n to fold and envelope the letters, said. Recently, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints approved limited email access to its missionaries. This will have a small effect on the number of people using the site, Bateman said. "Most of the letters we receive are for missionaries in Third World countries and don't have access to email. We will still be able to provide service to those missionaries," Zimmer said. The missionaries themselves have been a great help in getting the word out to their families and others who want to correspond with them "The missionary sees that the letter sent by DearElder.com arrived faster than those sent directly to the pouch. The missionary passes the word along to family and friends," Bateman said. Frequent users of DearElder.com appreciate the help of the site in white stuff for MP3 or DVD players' And you don't have to wear anything sequined or made of lycra, lu U Tinterfcst 2002 Snow Daze from 9 Bare-ma- PROVO Two Brigham Young University students are tackling the challenge of going to school and running a business at the same time. Dave Bateman, a junior majoring in business from Billings, Mont, teamed up with Benjamin Zimmer a senior majoring in English from Port to start Wash., Orchard, DearElder.com. The Web site promotes a quick and easy way to write to missionaries. A way was needed to improve the correspondence for missionaries, Bateman said. Zimmer and Eateman don't plan on making money from DearElder.com. Their purpose was to gain experience in business operations while offering a useful service. Marketing has proved to be a bit difficult. The budget is small and the service is free. Advertising is the only source of income, Zimmer said. "Word of mouth has been our biggest marketing tool. We actually - receive more hits from outside of Utah," Zimmer said. In summer 2000, Bateman spent up to 18 hours a day during a the site. period programming DearElder.com was launched in October 2000. "We received close to 30 letters per week at the beginning. Now we're four-mon- th a.m. to 3 p.m. at the O'pm Union! Get your team together (all U students, faculty, and staff are eligible) for the Ice Sculpture competition and Timed Relays in the five-pers- snow. The best combined score from all events wins either an MP3 or DM) also win a free parry ia the Union player for each team member. The team's sponsoring organization will ;M i 1 Recreation Center. M There'll also be drawings for tickets to U Medals Night and a tasty winter Barbecue at noon. Plus, Campus Recreation will have some of its cool winter gear on hand for demonstration. For more information, call SCULPT, RACE, AND PLAY YOUR WAY TO AN MP3 OR DVD PLAYER speeding communication with their missionaries. "I use the site quite often and have 8. U WINTERFEST 2002 SNOW DAZE January 23 9 NOON: Ice AM NOON- -1 found that the service is excellent," said Drew Mann, a junior majoring in International Studies from Seattle, Wash. "It really helps to know what's going on in the lives of the missionar- 585-689- 1- January 23 -3 PM: Sculpture Competition Judging and Winter Barbecue PM: Snow Relay Races 3 PM: Award ies." U WIRE - WmmummmwWttWWWumtmiMMtmjMvmwmmmn 'W receiving nearly 2,100 letters each week," Bateman said. DearElder.com had to upgrade from enlisting help from friends to a machine. The machine has cut back continued from page 1 ' V,.. .. ' I . l'l f I "We knew we could do it. It wasn't a technical surprise," Tresco said. The staining process, which increases the visibility of the cells, killed the cells within four days. So, the Living Ring is not living anymore. Although it was for demonstration purposes only, the ring illustrates the technology that may lead to repairing damages to the nervous system. Biodegradable scaffolding can be used to direct nerve growth to bridge a severed spinal cord, for example, but Tresco concedes that is at least a decade and "considerable capital investment" away. "It's one thing to get nerve cells to grow in a dish like this," Tresco said. "It is orders of magnitude more difficult to have this occur in a damaged nervous system!" ""-- i in fii n M.i:i.iiT'wriiijiituJWji niniiimmii 4'" , im aleechronicle.utah.edu POLICE REPORT continued from page mil 1 Street. University Police responded. They warned the man of the severity of his actions and the consequences if he persisted. They then took him from the area. "Crash carts" Someone broke into two different "crash carts" at University Hospital and stole drugs from the carts. Theft at Bookstore A -- mmi IftDMIGIB 1 . . . student put his backpack in one of the Unistorversity Bookstore short-tersome did and then cubicles age shopping. When he finished shopping, he discovered his backpack had been stolen. Police tip of the week If you have an office on campus, make sure you lock your door when you leave. Even if you are leaving for just a minute or two. Remember, it only takes a thief 30 seconds to steal something. jwhitleychronicle.utah.edu 1' ; 'Jjj Vim ) m .1.n."llI!l.i, ; 6 f i !rSJ, fr L - , .. fi,". if9: f . m.'i.i minnmra rT l't i( - S V t iiffPii-- I . , , , t , i" I J V KPMZ I Channel 241 Cable 8 J 5 |