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Show The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice Since 1890 - Utah Chronicle ... . TheDaily Tuesday, January c 13, 2004 e-- z-- .: J ray ooservatory fo t in IP "ou.il universities plan to build a $17 million cosmic ray observatory in the rural Utah county within the next three years. Though it may seem an unlikely location for scientists attempting to obtain astral analysis, associate professor of physics Kai Martens said Millard Coun- - Adam Benson U.S. Chronicle Asst. News Editor For the approximately 12,000 residents of central Utah's Millard County, the stars could be in their backyards by the spring of 2007. The U and a group of Japanese and 2 t ' ty was a good fit. "There are some hardcore reasons for why we picked that location," he said. With 576 ground detectors installed in an area west of Delta, Martens said it was necessary to choose a location which offered wide open spaces with minimal human contact Additionally, Millard County's 4,600-foelevation and its lack of urban development made it a prime spot for the new observatory, Martens said. "Any telescope placed near Salt Lake City would be drowned out by light pollution, and that's what we're trying to avoid," Martens said. Although he called the observatory "unspectacular and not much to look at," researchers aren't planning on ignoring the public's curiosity. "It will be maintained for research purposes, but it'll be out in public lands with exhibits introducing this information to the public. People need to know what they're seeing, but interest should never interfere with science," Martens - , ot 6- -1 Littte Drum Mountains Sugarvitie 4 Woodrow Whirlwind Abraham a o , Sutherland , Valley !!!!!!!!!!! LL Ueswet y1 mf 1 ..m - o said. r . .? 2f ::i::::::::::::::::: vwwwwHWiMH w ... w r ssoww Desert f SdmiBiwi detectors 4y ! fcSty (5 mi -- Andrew Kirk Chronicle Staff Writer Chronicle Asst. News Editor The state of Utah is often associated with a lower age of marriage and a younger, larger family unit than other states. The U seems to be upholding this association. Although the U does not keep official statistics pertaining to married couples, it was estimated in 1997 that almost 40 percent of all U students were married. Because of this relatively high number, the Associated Students of the University of Utah and the Child Care Coordinating Office have teamed up to have the First Annual Married Student and Family Conference on Saturday, Jan. Travis Johnson took a marketing class from Salt Lake Community College while still in high school and then chemistry, engineering and English classes at Brigham after graduation. Young University-Idah- o He's been at the U since 2001, but like many transfer students, he is still having trouble transferring over credits. To address these and other related problems, the University College has opened the Transfer Center, an advising office specifically designed for transfer students. "If you are married or not, come find out how to invest your money and how to manage financial aid," said April Heiselt, the Director of Student Services. Non-Traditio- Monetary investment and financial aid are only two of the many lessons students can learn at the conference. The conference will be starting at 8:30 a.m. and will run until about 12:00 p.m. on Jan. 31. It will have services set up by such vendors as the Salt Lake City Corporation Division of Housing and Development, which will be there to teach married students how to prepare to purchase their first home. "It will teach how to balance your life," Heiselt said. Other vendors that will be providing services include Kid to Kid, Health Services, Women's Services and Adult Education. Also available to married students on campus is child care provided by the Child Care Coordinating Office. The U offers child care for those families in need, which, according to U Child Care Coordinator Kris Hale, was about 4,000 students and faculty in the early 1990s. in Students interested learning more about child-car- e options on campus may attend the conference at the end of the month. They may also contact the Child Care Coordinating Office in the Union. "They parents are welcome to check out books from our office about parenting and child development," Hale said. "They can just check those out with their student ID cards." SEE COUPLES PAGE 3 "Transfer students are an increasingly important part of our undergraduate student body and I feel that we need to recognize that they often have different needs," said David Pershing, senior vice president for academic affairs. According to Sharon Aiken Wisniewski, associate dean for University College, this center will offer academic advising to students coming to the U from state community colleges. The advising will assist in the initial transition for general education and bachelor's degree requirements. It will provide a central location for students seeking campus information. U nmm Y the University Bookstore with books for one of his classes. Chronicle Staff Writer It will also help students choose a major if they haven't done so and make referrals to various departments for information on specific majors. Recognizing the need to assist students from two-yeschools like Dixie College, Snow College, the College of Eastern Utah and Salt Lake Community College make the transition to the U, advisers will begin ar visiting these schools every semester. Suresh Subasinghe transferred to the U from Saginaw Valley State University in Michigan. He said he would have definitely used the center if it had been available. Laura Madsen, however, said she had no problem transferring her credits last semester from Utah State University's Salt Lake County extension in Murray. She figured it out by herself and did it all over the Internet. "I wouldn't have used the center. I figured it out on my own," she said. The center is located in room 450 of the Student Services Building. It is open from 8:00 to 5:00 on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays and from 8:00 to 6:30 on Tuesdays. For questions students can call or consult the Web site at www.transfer. utah.edu akirkchronicle.utah.edu 581-81- At the start of any semester, students flood the University Bookstore in order to spend money, lots of money on something they can't avoid buying. It sounds like an entrepreneur's dream, and well, it is. Textbooks are big business. Renowned publishing companies like McGraw-Hi- ll know that. Its Web site is readable in five different languages and it sells in countries all over the world. Here at the U, students are buying books published by companies like McGraw-Hil- l, and they aren't exactly en- thused about the prices. "I think they are outrageous," Jini Palmer said. "I think they are astronomically high and they leave a bad taste in my mouth," said Dustin Sidwell. Kristin Goodfellow, heavy laden with several textbooks, said, "My calculus book is more than $100. I'm a little unhappy about that, but you do what you have to do." "Even the used prices are un- believable," Jodie Smith said. emergency response specialists make trip to Kazakhstan i Andrew Kirk Asst. News Editor Eating every part of a charred sheep's head, including the eyes, tongue and brain, was how two emergency response specialists from the U were thanked for service they gave in Kazakhstan. Steven Many students, like Sam Bechthold, are also discontent with what the bookstore pays students to buy the books back, which is 50 percent if they intend to use the book again, and between 5 and 30 percent for books that the U will not use, but might be able to sell to other schools based on supply and demand. Bechthold therefore decided after his first semester at the U to buy and sell his books on- line. "You can get a lot more from students, save yourself a ton of cash and sell the book after for about the same price you bought it," he said. Bechthold one of the is V 3 ciated Students of the University of Utah's BookXChange Web site, http:ulife.asuu.utah. edubookxchangebrowse.php. "More people need to hit it," he said. The Web site is about a year old, and was the creation of Suresh Subasinghe, a member of ASUU's technology board. According to current Tech- SEE BOOKS PAGE 3 News page 3 Taking over Lorris Betz talks to the Academic Senate as the interim president. page 4 An army of one Brian Johnson looks at being in the military during times of war. Sugerman, v Matthews, AirMed flight director, traveled to Ten-giKazakhstan last October to train physicians v z, and paramedics there. The Chevron oil company sponsors medical professionals to travel to developing countries and teach health care AirMed Program Director Ken Matthews (left) teaches Kazakhstan physicians and paramedics skills to locals with the skill in Tengiz last October. hope of improvine coodwill between the oil company and viltor. ers were rather Westernized, he was For two weeks, the pair taught lages around its pipelines and refinersurprised by the limited knowledge ies. y-response techniques and were and simple procedures used in the shown local culture in exchange. Sugerman was invited to the clinics. Twice they were given a traditional refinery in Kazakhstan to Sugerman said that although much help paramedics and physicians there feast which featured fermented camel of the equipment and treatments used become certified by the American milk, camel tongue, horse sausage and were very primitive, he was actually Heart Association for emergency re- boiled and sometimes charred sheep surprised by the proficiency of many head. sponse medicine. physicians and paramedics. Matthews commented that this was Sugerman is an advanced cardiac Some of them even instructor and he invited his first time visiting a developing man alternative medical taught Suger-he techniques Matthews to come along as an adcountry. hadn't been familiar with previously. vanced pediatric instruc- the Although refinery and its work akirk 'chronic le. utah. edu i ' P v ?A life-savi- v. ; ) J , ; n 'I ' I emergenc- rt rela- tively few students doing his book transactions at the Asso- Opinion clinical director of the emergency room fast track along with Ken life-supp- i.uim Alex Musto makes his way from Tyler Peterson students opens Benson Marsh V-- mid-20- Book costs gash students' wallets New center for transfer Central Conference aims to aid young couples Though all of the money allotted for the project is coming out of Japanese coffers, American universities are hop0 ing to raise $6 million in grants by 5 to help offset costs and enhance the observatory's capabilities, said department of physics chairman Pierre SEE COSMIC RAY PAGE 3 Sports page 5 One down... 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