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Show the Daily ci T If "17" 33 The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice since 1890 Monday, January 13, 2003 VOL. 112 NO. Salguero Draws Media Attention Online Librarian Help to Start Up Again January 21 . ' I :r. ,v"" ALI HASNAIN Chronicle Asst. News Editor ZHANG Staff Writer Chronicle CHI-C- I Students who have reference questions while researching online at home now have an alternative place to go for help. The online reference desk, which was launched more than a year ago, and is shut down temporarily at the end of each semester, will be available to students again Jan. 21. "The Live Chat program allows us to assist students through realtime, interactive online sessions, just as though the person were standing right in front of the reference desk," said Leslie Haas, head of Marriott Library reference. Students will be able to connect to the service by clicking on the "Ask Us a Question," button on various pages in the library's Web site. "We can walk students through their search strategies, send materials to them via computer, and answer general reference questions related to collections and library services," Haas said. Although many students have been reluctant to take advantage of the new service according to Haas, some say they would have used the service sooner if they knew about it. "It seems like a valuable asset to students who don't want to call or the library with their questions," said Ryan Parker, an engineering senior. Although the online reference desk is already in its third semester, Haas says the main reason students haven't been noticing the new ser- - For most fresh- ' life college is stressful enough during the first week of school. A; i For Salguero, 'S I J f I 1 vr- I - - ' W. x - 1 II 1 s ' g Silvia that's of the half just challenge. Between classes, a - full-tim- " in 4 job and e helping her mother care for five siblings at home, Salguero has entertained interviews by both local and national media throughout the past week, explaining how her dream of attending college has finally come V',' true. "It's great. I want to make the best of it," Salguero said. - - - Vy.A'-- A L Students can get advice and browse web pages with a Marriott Librarian using Online reference Desk, which is scheduled to resume service Jan. 21. vice is because of a lack of advertisement in the past. "We hope students will be able to use this service on a regular basis, so they can rely on fast help just as if they were at the library," Haas said. "This is something we want to Bardsley said. Salguero, nonetheless, is getting a lot of individual attention. According to her former high school teacher Gerry Maak, while others like Salguero arc also being interviewed by the media, there is a reason see SILVIA, page 4 keep on our Web page permanently." The online reference desk will be available to students after Jan. 21, Monday through Thursday from 8 12-- p.m. czhangchronicle.utah.edu SADAF BAGHBANI Chronicle Staff Writer The Associated Students of the University of Utah's Communications Board has teamed up to help with Student Government and U medical students have joined up to raise funds to buy supplies for the homeless. Last year, two first-yemedical students noticed that Utah shelters were receiving donations in all areas except in personal hygiene products. To help, they set up a program called issues. Ben Curtis, a first-yemedical student and an organizer of the charity says they saw a hole in the shelter syse tem to raise funds to buy ar publicity-relate- d ar one-tim- usable supplies including underwear, toothbrushes, sandals and other per- see CONFERENCE, page 6 Feets and Seats. Community Mourns, Remembers Zafer Cetin at Campus Service EVENTS January H Due to the state law Gov. Mike Leavitt signed last spring, Salguero, the child of an undocumented worker, is now able to attend the U at resident tuition rates. According to U News and Communications Specialist Ann Bardsley, USA Today, KSL, Deseret News and the local affiliate of Telemundo were all part of the week-lon- g media storm surrounding Salguero. While it is difficult to keep an accurate count of how many undocumented students are attending the U, there are at least three others in the same position as Salguero this semester, Feets and Seats Drive To Begin January 20 . 'a ADAM BENSON Chronicle Staff Writer Noon Gould Auditorium, Marriott Library Panel Discussion, Deferring the Dream: The Impact of Initiatives JaraiaryR 7:00pm Olpin Union Theatre Student Performance, The Road to Brown: An Interactive Exploration hall. January IS, Noon Olpin Union Ballroom Keynote Address, Evelyn The celebration of events, which is in it's 19th year at the U, are common on university campuses across the nation, according to Leo Leckie, this year's organizer. "Each year we try to schedule a week of events that lead up to the holiday, because Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is such an important holiday in our country, the majority of campuses designate events to celebrate," Leckie said. The yearly events are sponsored by the Office of the Associate Vice President for Diversity. The theme in which this year's events are centered around is "What Happens to a Dream Deferred?" "All of our events this year will be tied into one central theme and we chose this year's theme from the title of a Langston Hughes poem," Leckie said. "I know Martin Luther King, Jr. - - f - This Week Mar. This week's events centering around the theme of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day will begin tomorrow with a panel discussion, continuing throughout the week with a guest speaker from Brown University and ending with an annual cultural performance at Kingsbury men at the U, adapting to class and schedules '"'N'"" 4 85 January 7:00pm Olpin Union Theatre Film Presentation, Legacy 16, January 17, 9fl0pm Channel 7 KUED Presentation, Dream Deferred? Utah in Hard Times KUED A January 20, Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday. 6:30 pm Kingsbury Hall Awards Presentation & Cultural Performance, Dianne Reeves Day will always be recognized and celebrated on this campus." All of the tickets are free and open to the public, but because of limited seating for the cultural performance, those wanting to attend must pick up free tickets from the Union front desk or the Kingsbury ticket office. Organizers say tickets go quickly, and all tickets are given out on a first-com- first-serve- d e, basis. czhangchronicle. utah. edu When Hazel Busterud thinks of him, she can't help but remember last Halloween. It was then that Busterud, an employee at the Marriott Library for the last 40 years, donned a wig for a picture. "I put on that funny wig, and Zafer came up to me, put his arm around me and asked for a picture to be taken so his family in Turkey could see him with his 'girlfriend'," Busterud said. Busterud was one of more than 50 people who were on hand Friday afternoon at the Hinckley Institute of Politics to remember U political science graduate student Zafer Cetin, who died Jan. 6 of an apparent heart attack after battling lifelong heart ailments. Political science Professor Hakan Yavuz met Cetin when the student first arrived at the U in 1999. He said he'll always remember Cetin's passion and desire for originality. "He has been one of the best stu- dents...he very much liked to play AY PS m V 1 k. ... ,. " Joana Odencrantz attends a memorial service for Zafer Cetin, a political science grad student who died at University Hospital over Winter Break. X. with ideas," Yavuz said. Originally from Turkey, Cetin was remembered as an avid learner and for his love of the simplicity of life. "He loved the American freeways. He could just drive through the desert forever," said Rebecca Larsen, a colleague of Cetin's in the political science graduate program. The one-hoceremony culminated in a traditional Arabic prayer, ur see CETIN, page 4 THE DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE IS ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB AT www.DailyUtahChronicle.com |
