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Show THE DAILY JLw Ji fJ J-JL JL jL JL The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice since kk.i:.,J JL. 1890 Thursday, January Students Paying U Will Keep Electricity, Gas Bills in 2003-0- 4 Still a Need for K ZHANG Chronicle Staff Writer CHI-C- In 1964, Evelyn was told admissions Stanford the by University director that she had been accepted Hu-DeH- AU HASNAIN Chronicle Asst. News Editor into the school through Affirmative In addition to tuition and student fees, students at the U are paying for part of the gas bill. The fuel and power fee is part of the student fees paid by students each semester. To compensate for a $2.5 million shortfall in the U's gas bill last year, administrators imposed a student fee to pay back a portion of that bill at the same time that tuition increases were discussed. That fee amounted to an additional $17.50 a semester. U Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Dave Pershing had hoped by this year the fee would be reviewed and perhaps removed from the list. That's not likely anymore. According to Pershing at the Jan. 9 Truth in Tuition meeting, in which he explained the U's proposal to increase tuition, student fees will only increase minimally. The fuel and power fee will not it won't be go up. However, removed either. "Our current budget for fuel and power is considerably less than our expenses," U Associate Vice President for Budget and Planning Paul Brinkman said. According to Brinkman, while consumption can vary from year to year, the planning figure for fuel and power expenses at the U are approximately $3 million. With the economy generally bad for the past few years, those bills are not easy to pay off. "We have a debt that's building," Brinkman said. That debt is at about $8 million, according to U Vice President for Administrative Services Arnold Combe. While the $1 million collected from the fuel and power fee doesn't pay off the debt or even the cost for one year's consumption, it makes the shortfall smaller, he said. "The fee was instituted just because that deficit couldn't grow like it had in the past," Combe said. The amount of the difference falls to the Legislature, and with budgets being cut last year and presumably this year, it's a difference which might not be made up. If the economy improves and the Legislature is able to aid the fuel and power costs more than it currently is, the fee could be removed, Combe said. The problem is not a wastage of fuel and power, but the necessity of a university the size of the U. "This is a research institution. Many buildings hold research projects. ..you have to maintain conditions," he said. While the energy" is needed at the U, there is always room for improvement, according to Combe and Brinkman. There are ways to reduce costs by being cautious of energy usage on the campus says U Director of Plan Operations Pete van der Have. on-goi- see BILLS, page 3 she was the first. The director said the standards were lowered just for her due to her "low" SAT verbal score, which was 611. When that same year, George W. Yale UniverBush, a sity student, was admitted into Yale with a C average from high school and a 566 SAT verbal score, no one pulled him aside to reaffirm him of his privileges. eventually graduated in with the top award in science political her class with straight A's and went on Action third-generati- Hu-DeH- 1 ace-icsa- se m The story is one example of the many racial complications given by a professor of history and director of the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America at Brown University, during a lecture in the Union Ballroom Wednesday. The speech was a part of the week-lon- g events to focus on this year's Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration, themed "What Happens to a Dream Hu-DeHa- rt, 4$ ' ' , 1 y ) J- 4 . 1 1 ? u H A 1 1 1 v f- l' 1 X w 1 .l if if s . s i' . " - mtm"' -- ru ' '! j i r delivers Evelyn ' ' ' the keynote address about racial justice. Science Foundation Gives U $29M for New Doctoral Program J. AARON GOLDSMITH Chronicle Staff Writer - S , ji , i i Hi see RACE, page 4 " i it " Deferred?" U President Bernie Machen also addressed the audience by asking them to carefully ask the question of -- ' i rU The newly relocated student copy center on the first floor of the Union was officially welcomed to its new , r s .. Union and University Publications and Printing, which oversees all copying centers on campus. "The whole point of the Union is to be a hub of campus life...by providing services to meet students' needs, we're able to accomplish that," said Union Director Whit Hollis. For history graduate student Alejandro Garcia, the copy center's new The National Science Foundation has recently awarded a $2.9 million grant to the U. The grant is one of 17 being announced by the foundation this week as part of the Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training program. Other schools receiving grants include Boston University, Columbia, Duke and Michigan. According to the foundation, the aim of the grants is to train doctoral candidates in a collaborative research environment that allows for more hands-o- n learning than traditional academic and research classes. The money given to the U will be used to support about 25 doctoral students who will train to become experts in the use of mathematics to address biology problems. "This will offcr students a truly al form of training," said James Keener, U mathematics professor and principal investigator for the grant. location is ideal. Keener will lead the mathematical biology training program along with 30 other faculty members who will mentor and advise the students. Some of "It's really convenient to have a copying center in the Union...this is definitely the one I'll be using for now on," he said. Vice President for Student Affairs Barbara Snyder officially opened the new facility, saying its opening represents a step in the right direction for the future of the Union. "We wanted to have change for this page 3 mp f -- Chronicle Staff Writer copy CENTER, - W ADAM BENSON see 2003 VOL. 112 NO. 88. to receive her doctorate from the University of Texas. Bush graduated with a C average, went on to Harvard Business School and the rest is history. 9 cerehome following a ribbon-cuttin- g mony Wednesday morning. The center was moved from its location in OSH to its current locale for several reasons, said Ryck Luthi, Union associate director. "The copy center was taking up classroom space in a building where space is desperately needed, and not many people knew where it was," he said. The $80,000 renovation and relocation project was spearheaded by the 16, d Pol icies JTY Copy Center Celebrates n ew JLO canon wi th Grand Op enm M A the faculty involved include John Spcr-ra professor in biology, Aaron Fogcl-so- n and Paul Bressloff, who are both professors of mathematics. ' Students in the program will study both mathematics and biology in an attempt to learn how to use quantitative skills to understand the complexity of biology. They will attend lab rotations and will be engaged in journal classes that will help them develop an ability to read science literature. According to Keener, students who receive their doctorates through the program can expect to find a variety of work cither in academics or in indusy, Barbara Snyder and Whit Hollis celebrate the opening of the Union Copy Center. Mary IBeckerle is N D eptity Director of Can r Institute ANDREW KIRK Chronicle Staff Writer Mary Beckerle is the new Deputy Director at the Huntsman Cancer Institute. She will continue her role as senior director for laboratory research and leader of the Cell Biology Program, which focuses on how cells interact with each other and how they move. "She has made major contributions to understanding how cells behave in normal conditions and how their misbehavior leads to cancer," said Stephen Prescott, Institute Executive Director, in a written statement. As Deputy Director, she will take on new responsibilities, including oversight of internal operations and program integration. She will also assist Prescott with strategic planning and representing the institute broadly. "Mary is an outstanding scientist. In addition to her see BECKERLE, page 4 try. Career opportunities may include 'working for biotcch companies, government laboratories and pharmaceutical companies researching drug design. "The interaction between mathematics and biology is an important see SCIENCE GRANT, page 3 THE DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE IS ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB AT www.DailyUtahChronicle.com |
