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Show OORTOWNS SECTION 0 2attgHcralii SATURDAY, MARCH 22. 2008 KUTRO'EDtTOR"'! Am Ui 1W Rose jtovo.ilKv.il.irvtM um Social Work Protest Utah Poison Control urges caution 1 ' t wt 'I ' Brittani Lusk DAILY HERALD; This year alone, 40 people have been taken to Utah Valley Regional Medical Center in Provo incidents. Sherrie Pace, a health educator at Utah Poison Control Center, said all demographics are at risk, but the most vulnerable are children younger than 6 years. "We get a little over 50,000 calls a year. Most of those are unintentional poisonings," Pace said. About 60 percent of the unintentional poisoning incidents in Utah involve children under 6. "The biggest thing really is their nature. They're curious. They're explorers, especially the toddlers. They explore things with their mouths," Pace said. Parents should keep tabs on all household cleaning products, medications and personal hygiene products, she said. "Parents may not keep as close a watch on products they use every day such as the mouthwash or nail polish remover, but those products are just as dangerous," Pace said. She said parents usually watch products they know are dangerous, but many poisonings happen when the products are in use and the parent gets distracted. "It's when the products are out sitting on the counter," Pace said. "If say the doorbell rings, pick up the product. Take it with you." Eric Edwards, director of health promotion for the county health department, said the department doesn't have the resources to promote poison prevention, and the best thing to do in an emergency is to call the state Poison Control See mi be- cause they accidentally ingested s something poisbnous. This week has been National Poison Prevention week. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, unintentional poisoning is the second leading cause of unintentional death and injury in the country, following motor vehicle crashes. Authorities want to see fewer POISON, B2 Number of Hispanic students to double by Ma lGot v !."- ,' . - MARK JOHNSTON Da.lv !. Ware Gilchrist a master of social work student at BYU, stands with a gag and signs in a final protest of the university's phasing out of the Bachelor of Social Work program Friday, March 21, 200S. BYU social work students, who have been protesting for months, are unhappy with the decision to cut the program as well as the way it was handled. e as KJ1 !! V BYU students make one more attempt at changing the school's mind - Brittani Lusk DAILY v v . 1 - "if ,t HERALD v7 "ITt was the morning of his 30th birthday and BYU student Marc Gilchrist JLwoke up in a tent on the corner of University Avenue and University Parkway after a cold night. UArRYII GILCHRIST AND OTHER Brigham Young University students took one last stab Thursday and Friday to save the Bachelor of Social Work program at the school. They set up tents, put up their signs and slept on the street. Students upset by BYLTs decision to cut the program have been protesting the decision for months. "My kids are going to grow up and say my dad is a rebel," Gilchrist said. He has two chil- - CRAIG BYU See PROTEST, B2 DILGERDaily Herald students protest the cancelation of Bachelor of Social Work major at BYU on Nov. 29, 2007. year 2015 THE ASSOCIATED SALT LAKE CITY PRESS A new re- port says that in 2015, the number of Hispanic students graduating from Utah high schools will be more than double what it was in Provo to help residents turn litter in glitter Janice Peterson DAILY HERALD 2005. The Western Interstate country." The report also says the total number of Utah graduates will increase by 42 percent by 2022, or an additional 13,000 students. State education leaders say the increasing number of students See Provo City is taking a page out of the Cub Scouts' book for an event next week. Along with Waste Management, the city is hosting Litter to Glitter on Tuesday to coincide with the Cub Scouts theme for Com- mission for Higher Education says the Hispanic graduate population will grow by 136 percent. That means Hispanic students would account for about 12 percent of all Utah graduates up from 6 percent in 2005. "That is a growing demographic, especially in Utah," said Amanda Covington, assistant commissioner for the Utah System of Higher Education. "That, ironically, is also the demographic that is having one of the largest educational achievement gaps, not just in Utah but across the STUDENTS, B2 questions." Scott Peppier, deputy public works director, said kids will learn about where recyclables go after they are put in the blue cans. They will also find out about recycling yard waste and the importance of keeping storm water clean. Peppier said the event is open to everyone, but teaching children about recycling is especially im- March. Helen Anderson, spokeswoman for Provo city, said the event will portant. "I think recycling throughout feature booths about recycling, mm m j.mm. storm water and yard waste as the United States is growing, and j well as the new Parks and Recthat's because the kids come home reation mascot, Zippy the Chipand kind of convince the parents," he said. munk. Over the last month, the Scouts have been learning about Part of the Litter to Glitter conservation and how to turn littheme is conserving used mater into glitter, and Anderson said terials and turning them into the city wanted to get involved in something useful, which Peppier MARIO RUIZDaily Herald the effort. said is consistent with recycling South Utah Valley Solid Waste District residents can drop off yard waste at the Provo "We typically get questions programs. When grass is cut and from time to time from Cub compost facility (pictured) or the Spanish Fork facility. The waste is taken to yards are cleaned up, the waste Elberta where it goes through a six to eight month process to become compost can be recycled and turned into Scouts," she said. "Since this useable in yards and gardens. month's theme is Litter to Glitter, we thought we'd get even more See LITTER, B2 ( JJ3j |