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Show 4 FRIDAY. JANUARY 18. THE DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE 2002 Deseret Book Lets BYU Bookstore Sell 'I Speak Pins' to Help Olympic Visitors DAVID RANDALL The Daily Universe problems for the Olympic Qames in Sydney in 2000 and Atlanta in 1996. He is also on the BYU Olympic task Bngham Young University force. "BYU has a huge resource," he said. "In reality this is incredibly unique for so many English speakers to have command of so many languages, I was just thinking of a way to let the world know." His original idea was to use the pins only with returned missionaries who had completed a language Olympic "I speak" pins in 43 languages will be coming to the Brigham Young University bookstore Thursday. The pins display the 2002 Olympic logo along with the phrase, "I speak" in languages such as Spanish, French, German, Croatian and Afrikaans. They will allow students to show Olympic visitors the variety of languages PROVO Ten-thousa- they speak. "Due to the fact that BYU is such an international community, in terms of language, and the fact that we have the world coming to this area, the pins are the perfect way to show the world that we have this great resource," said Roger Reynolds, BYU bookstore director. The pins are produced by Deseret Book, as a contribution to the Olympics, to be sold at cost. After a phone call from Reynolds to Deseret Book about a month ago, the company agreed to allow the BYU bookstore share in the selling of the pins. "We have always had a great relationship with the BYU bookstore," said Roger Toonc, vice president of retail for Deseret Book. "We are happy to share." Reynolds said he is thankful to Deseret Book for their cooperation and looking forward to purchasing a pin, which reads, "I speak English." An idea about pins or some other identifying badges was dreamed up years ago by BYU Linguistics Professor Bill Fggington, who has worked on solving language course, or demonstrated some level of language profi- www.byiibooJtsfore.com. Donald Fry, a sophomore from Hillsboro, Ore., said he was pleased to find that a pin was made in his second language, Hungarian, "I think it is nice that languages that aren't as big as Spanish and French and German will be represented," he said. "People from smaller countries who will be here have just as great a need to communicate as those from larger countries. The pins are a good way for us to utilize the skills we have learned to help them." U WIRE UCLA Department of Human Physiology "Ecological collapses of ancient civilizations, and their lessons for our times" an internationally renowned evolutionary biologist, lecturer, and writer. He is a member of the National Academy of Science and a recipient of the National Medal of Science. 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"That's what we need to do." i 1 MLK smcfarlandchrcnic!e. utah.edu Tuesday, January 22, 2002 2:00-3:- 00 P.M. 220 Aline Skaggs Biology Building $8.00-$12.00- ..... people will wear the pins who do not speak the languages indicated proficiently and will create the wrong impression. The bookstore will have 2,045 pins in English, 2,000 in Spanish and 1,000 in Portuguese. Students who wish to see what other languages will be available can consult the BYU bookstore Web site at Jared Diamond w kJ K P ciency. He supports the badge sales and hopes that many people will use them, but he is also concerned that some University of Utah Department of Biology proudly presents a seminar by Dr. Diamond I 1 "Can't give it to HIV. It's already won," Bartlett said. The dark horse Ebola virus took the epidemic category for its enigmatic and attention-grabbin- g power. Bartlett often gives presentations at congressional hearings. Once when he started talking about infectious diseases, some of his audience got confused and dozed off. To rouse the lawmakers, Bartlett played the Ebola card. Congress opened its eyes and their wallets. "Nobody knows where the virus is or when it'd come out," Bartlett said to the congressional committee. "When it hits, it hits hard. It kills 8o percent of the people infected." Without much hesitation, the awakened and concerned legislators asked, "How much do you guys want?" Bartlett said. Despite the lighthearted tone of the event, Bartlett used the awards to deliver a message to the audience. Infectious diseases are unpredictable and physicians have to be vigilant and open to new ideas. "It took 10 years to sell" the idea that Hcliobactcr pylori causes gastritis and peptic ulcer, Bartlett said. (Scientists were skeptical that a bacteria caused these conditions.) "We couldn't get anyone interested in anthrax" during the last decade. We have to be humble with this list," Baitlctt said. "No one would have predicted this list." FAFSA Applications Offer ore Money Than in Past MILLIE KILLPACK The Daily Universe Brigham Young University College students and school seniors can start filling high out federal financial aid applications for the 2002-0- 3 school year to help pay for their college education. The U.S. Department of Education estimates $49.4 billion in federal grants loans and work-stud- y opportunities will be awarded to approximately 8.2 million students. students file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid form each year. "President Bush wants to make sure that no one is left behind when it comes to access to higher education and training. There is more federal assistance available now than ever before, and we've worked to make the application process easier for students," said Rod Paige, U.S. Secretary of Education, in a press conference last week. The FAFSA is the form students must fill out for federal aid. There are two possible types of Stafford Loans available to those who qualify through the FAFSA form subsidized and unsubsi-dizePROVO Ten-milli- on d. A subsidized Stafford loan is a federal student loan with interest paid by the federal low-intere- st, government during grace and deferment periods. The loan is given based on the needs of an individual. Not all applicants qualify for assistance. Ty Lister, an associate financial ol, aid counselor at Brigham Young University, cautioned future missionaries to determine if their lenders classify missions as deferment periods. Lister said most Utah lenders allow missionaries defer- ment periods, but the missionary will not have a grace period when he or she returns from his or her mission. The grace period is a time slot a student can be out of school without having to pay back loans. An unsubsidized loan is financial aid for which anyone can qualify. The interest rate is 5.39 percent for students in school and 5.99 percent for those not in school. Lister also advised students to talk to a financial officer to discuss different options. For students who have plans to marry, Lister said, "We ask that they come in the financial aid office before they marry, so we can know whether they should file for federal aid separately or when they are married." BYU has a verification process in which administrators double-chec- k all the information submitted on the FAFSA form. The verification can cause a time delay in the loan process, but in many cases, it catches mistakes and has qualified people for loans who would not have received aid without the verification, Lister said. For more information on federal aid, students can visit their school to or counselors go six-mon- th www.qsa.ed.ov. U WIRE Don't drink and drive...period. aleechronicle.utah.edu POOR |