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Show The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice Since 1890 2004 www.dailyutahchronicle.com n o Ch Utah romcie rrnrra D Thursday, February 19, 2004 Vol.113 No. 108 EE m:-- Police issue warning to female jwsr 7f students Cara Wieser Staff Writer Campus police are asking female students to be on their guard after two women were approached by a man officers reported as being "suspicious" on Tuesday morning. In two separate instances around 10 a.m., a man in an orange Pontiac pulled up next to two separate females walking alone near the intersection of 100 South and 1500 East. At first, the man allegedly only asked for directions. Then the man told the women to get into his car and show him how to get to the areas he requested. Campus police are worried because the man does have a f f J mi mi X history of violent crimes, including one case of sexual assault in the Salt Lake City area, according to Detective Mike McPharlin. Police describe the suspect as a Hispanic male. The man is 35 years old with brown hair and brown eyes. Both women immediately called police after being approached by the man. Campus police notified other agencies in the area, and the man was apprehended by the Salt Lake City Police near the intersection of 100 South and 1200 East within hours. However, because the man did not commit a crime, he was released after police ran background checks. Although the man committed the assault more than seven years ago, McPharlin advised students "to just be cautious." "The campus is relatively safe, but we're not immune to problems and we need to be on guard," he said. Both women did the right thing by avoiding the man and calling police, McPharlin said. He said police are issuing a safety warning only as a precautionary measure, not to incite panic. If approached by the man, "Don't get in the car," McPharlin said. "Be a good witness, make a mental note of the license plate, and don't get close enough to get grabbed." Students interested in obmore information taining SEE WARNING PAGE 3 the current expected to arrive soon, are Ken Matthews displays night-visio- n goggles flight nurses wear for Airmed during an interview Wednesday for the pilots and will give them better vision in harsh conditions. U Airmed lucky to get improved ked eye's dark. Ashley Engar Staff Writer 2020 vision in the gles," Matthews said. By filtering light emitted by Infrared lights are invisible the flight crew's goggles, the to the human eye, but with U new model won't allow the Akmed's latest glare to disturb the pilot. darkness is no longer In the past, night goggles a problem. would only allow the flight Before Airmed purchased crew stationed in the back to n the new military scan the scene. "For landing in unsecured goggles, pilots were unable to use the older models because places, the pilot will now be able to do it on his or her of depth perception. "The new model has bet- own," said flight nurse Anter peripheral and depth per- drew Knapp. Airmed has one pair of new ception," said Ken Matthews, Airmed program director and goggles and will receive three more next chief flight nurse. "Pilots will be able to see week. Airmed has had trouble getthrough the goggles as if it were their own eyes," Mat- ting the goggles because of thews said. military usage, due to the war With the improved and in Iraq. much more expensive gog"We've been competing gles, visual acuity in the dark with the government. We is 2025, compared to the na were lucky to get these gog image-intensifi- and founder of Sabeel, an Staff Writer ecumenical Palestinian liberation theology institute of A Palestinian and an Israeli Christians. came to campus Wednesday Jeff Halper is an Israeli to call for the creation of a and a professor of anthropolPalestinian state and to end ogy at Ben Gurion University. the Israeli occupation. Halper is the Coordinator of Rev. Dr. Nairn Ateek is a the Israeli Committee Against Palestinian Anglican priest House Demolitions in Jerusa ' goggles have goggles on board. older pair is $3,000. U Airmed is the only one in About one out of seven flight programs in the nation the state. Night-visio- "Helicopters can get into trouble with just a searchlight," Matthews said. "We're excited about the new goggles." c o .c e 5 MIDEAST m to n B o z z LI iii LI - view through the old goggles frames Matthews, who is also looking through a separate pair of the goggles. A night-visio- n Tyler Peterson Staff Writer Students falling into 20 gallons of Chartwells chocolate pudding this afternoon at the Marriott Library plaza will translate into money for the Ronald McDonald House. A total of $520 has been raised to help fund the "house that love built" in the form of $40 registrations fee for teams to participate in a contest. The concept of pulling a rope in two separate directions paradoxically fits the title of the event, "Pulling for Unity," which was organized by Alicia Taase, director of campus relations for the Associated eight-memb- tug-of-w- ar I Clinton Watson, center, and Alex Musto, right, take a break from building a wall In the Union Free Speech Zone on Wednesday to listen to Dayne Goodwin talk about Palestinian-IsraeIssues. The wall Is supposed to raise awareness of the "Separation Wall" currently under construction In Israel. Musto, Watson and Ryan Taylor spent about $300 and three days to construct the wall. Israeli-Palestini- er li News page 4 X a. contest today PAGE 3 Airmed will begin training next week to get accustomed to the equipment. aengar(Schronicle. utah. edu o lem. SEE have goggles crash. 'Pulling for Unity' The two speakers were in the East Union Ballroom to address the current state of the conflict between the Palestinians and Israelis and to further understanding of the n helped Airmed with rescues such as a plane crash in the Uintahs and a lake plane er !'!! COPYL. A set of the newer model costs around $10,000, while an night-visio- n night-visio- Steve Gehrke Wailing wall University Hospital. The new goggles, which are No longer left out in the dark Mideast voices campaign for Palestinian cause at U ,V,'J at the er the house for a family to stay one night is $50, family members can sleep over and use the amenities for $10 a night. That is much cheaper than what a hotel would charge, according to Tafoya. The house will use the tug-o- f war money raised by the teams to help operate their two Salt Lake locations. According to Tafoya, the house is completely self funded. Contrary to popular belief, the house receives no money d from the corpora- Group helps students deal with the stress of school, work and life. RED page R1 Little gold men Jeremy Mathews and Chris Bellamy preview the Oscars. fast-foo- tion. "It's the community that supports us, and that's why we're so grateful to the U for selecting us as beneficiaries," Tafoya said. Students of the University of In organizing the competiUtah. tion, Taase said she was "tryThe house is a "home away ing to think of something fun from home" for families of chiland helpful to someone else at dren receiving medical treat- the same time." ment in Salt Lake City, who The U of U Old Folks (Adlive at least 50 miles away. ministration), the Flying PenCathy Tafoya, development guins (ASUU communications director of the Ronald McDonboard) and the Frosh Squad ald House, said families travel (Freshman Council) will batfrom afar to be near their chiltle against one another and 10 dren who are in Utah hospitals other teams for a sizeable trofor various reasons. Some are phy, along with other gifts and here because the rural towns prizes donated by local busithey come from don't have the nesses. same services that Salt Lake According to Taase, the conhospitals provide. Others are test will be messy. here for the quality of medical "Teams have to fall in the treatment. pudding to lose," she said. Though the actual cost to tpetersonchronicle.utah.edu ? Deep thoughts - Sports page 8 X marks the spot The Utah women go for their conference victory vs. New Mexico in the Pit. tenth-straig- ht Disjointed gymnast Annabeth Eberle will miss this weekend's meeting with Arizona State and Air Force. an 9 |