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Show Former South Korean Orem officials want to halt canyon road project president is arrested Home schoolers doing well on skills tests Cougars come out on r short end of D1 Paga C1 Page A4 Page A3 Page nail-bite- Wood Burning Conditions jfe "JSFr OK Burn Day Ssday, Dsstb-- r Centra! Utah's Newspaper for 122 Ytars, Prova, Utah' 1, 1835 otanist works to save rain forests isiiiiss l i im Hem n C! $1.25 By DONALD W. MEYERS The Daily Herald SPRINGVILLE Like the God to angel placed protect the Garden of Eden, Dr. Paul Alan Cox is working to save the island paradises of the South Pacific. Cox, a botanist and dean of general and honors education at Brigham Young University, is founder and chairman of the board of the Seacology Foundation, a it organization that seeks to preserve the delicate ecosystems in the South Pacific and maintain the cultures of the native people. Operating out of the office of Murdock Madaus Schwabe 'of Springville, Seacology provides funds for schools and other public projects in Samoa to keep the natives from selling rain forests to pay for those projects. Seacology is a reflection of Cox's love for the environment, something he says came early in his life. "My dad was a national and state park ranger, my mother was a fish biologist, my grandfather was a game warden and my was one of the founders of the state Arbor Day," Cox said. Liv- ing in national forests and parks gave, him an appreciation for nature. But, it was when he was called to serve as an LDS missionary in Samoa that Cox fell in love with the " South Pacific and decided to study , plant life in the rain, forests, While ithe rain forests ; of the Amazon basin have, received the... over there, but it's not completely safe. It's not worth U.S. lives, and I fear there will be casualties." : BAUMHOLDER, Germany But as Clinton came to the President Clinton paid a visit SatSmith Barracks to tell the Army's urday to the apprehensive U.S. troops of Task troops that will Force Eagle spearhead NATO's that he was peacekeeping on counting force in Bosnia, as them to enforce the White House the peace said his order to agreement, send in the first Williams said 700 of them could he would do come as early as his job like a Sunday. good soldier. It the Although was, he said, troops who stood what he was in a shroud of fog trained to do. His reaction applauded Clinton , when he told them uneasiness mixed with a they could respond decisive "with sense of duty force" if attacked, about what lies ahead in many did not hesitate to express AP Photo Bosnia is typitheir doubts about President Clinton among reaches to cal the mission. shake hands Saturday with U.S. many of the " Albert troops in Germany. 4,000 soldiers Sgt. who heard the Williams, 23, of Baltimore, was not ashamed to president cheer them on. They will admit that he was scared about be part of the 20,000 U.S. ground going into Bosnia, expressing wor- troops that, will be sent to the ry , about mines, snipers and a Balkan country to enforce the volatile political situation. peace agreement that Clinton bro- -, ' ' "I don't agree with it," he said kered. of the mission. "I'm not happy Clinton candidly told the troops about it. It's a good gesture going (See CLINTON, PageA2) By WILLIAM NEIKIRK ; Chicago Tribune ; :ioo,oooth ticket for exhibit sold BYU ' iiu'hwhiii y jpfamkimmi 'fr j ' H i Photo courtesy of BYU a Brigham Young University Sea- botanist and founder of the Springville-baseDr. Paul Alan Cox. d most publicity, Cox said the rain of the South Pacific are just as grand. "They have hundreds of unde- scribed species" of plant life, Cox said. On one trip, he said he found four new plant species while going up a mountainside. Some of the rain forest plants . ts have medicinal values, and an AIDS drug is being developed from a Samoan plant that Cox discov- ered. Along with exotic plant life, rain forests also provide climate control for the earth. The forests absorb carbon dioxide, which contributes to global warming, and produces ' f I f k. I & of her tickets became the 100,000th purchased for the - exhibit. It took from Nov. 1, when the exhibition opened to Dec. 1 to - reach that milestone. Museum director James A. Mason celebrated the achievement by giving Cranney a silk framed, limited-editio- n screen dragon designed by interg BYU national designer McRay Magleby. Cranney also received a fleece sweatshirt with images of China's a warriors famous embroidered on the front. "I'm a student volunteer at the museum, and I wanted my family to be able to see this superb show," Cranney said. "I've already seen' it and loved it. My favorite piece is the jade burial suit." Marriott Center ticket manager David Miles says response to the exhibition has been huge. "We "I a n L 3i3tz, Sri tei- - - ' 1 lit h ' A.s . 03p 1 award-winnin- terra-cott- L---- luiiiiitmmi Business Classified Ads Crossword El G8 G18 Currents A9 Lifestyle Movies Nation .Dl B6 ...AS Obituaries A4 Opinions G6 Sports State CI A6 Travel Gl TVTistings B6 i inrirni III II hy a,-- v; . fci.frf nJirmMW- -' ijij. m Photo courtesy ol David W. Hawkinsort full-tim- on-ca- ll Weather Bl iTlTmr iiiirnim-T- l ' Museum Director James Mason presents Shanelle to BYU's Imperial Tombs of China exhibit. It took Cranney with a sweatshirt Friday after the BYU exactly one month for the show to sell the interior design major bought the 100,000th ticket 100,000 tickets. e "This is the best time of year to much calmer time to try to get normally have four worktickets. go to Imperial Tombs of China," employees and 16 "So far, this exhibition is outMason said. "We have been havers. We put them on and added 16 in more people. I know people trying thousands of schoolchildren pacing the Ramses exhibit ing to call in on some mornings terms of ticket sales," he added. come in the morning, but during "We have many orders for the holidays, the tours slow down may not believe we have 40 peoDecember, but much of the public until school resumes, so both ple taking orders, but we do." Miles recommends that people is looking ahead and ordering for mornings and afternoons are call in the afternoons, usually a January, February and March." .pleasant." Find it Arts iiIikii tfg;. ICS , , "- Today mostly sunny and 0 Marnier. South winds mph developing!. Highs near 60. Tonight increasing clouds, breezy and mild. Lows ., See Page A7. 10-2- 35-40- Air Quality Saturday's air quality was good for all areas along the Wasatch Front. Saturday was a "green" wood burning day. See Fage A 2. oxygen. "People have views of an island as a tropical paradise. Some of these places are so beautiful, you think you're in the Garden of Eden," Cox said. Like man's first home, rain (See COX, Page A2) Shorts ban could come in January By MARK EDDINGTON The Daily Herald Public Communications In a detour between her Brigham Young University classes, interior design major Shanelle ' Cranney decided to pick up tickets for the Imperial Tombs of China for family members coming in - from Salt Lake City and California. ; She got more than museum nadmission, however, because one anti-fores- can enforce standard l - cology Foundation, visits with Samoan natives on a trip to the South Pacific. m iw iiaMEwnMMMiiiiiiiijaigiieij I & 09 er . ' a, Jfl I I; non-prof- Mormon leaders stress the joy of Christmas dent Gordon B. Hinckley and his counselors,' Thomas S. Monson and James E. Faust stressed that joy, as proclaimed by an 'angel, "'shall be to all people.' , "At this sacred time of year, as our hearts are made tender and we reach out in greater kindness one to another, let us cultivate a more perfect love and pay heed to 'the counsel of another angel who said, 'Fear not ... for I know that ye seek Jesus," the statement read. SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Mormon Church leaders call on the faith's 9 million adherents to focus on the "hope, peace, light and love of the Savior" during this holiday season. In a statement released Saturday, the governing First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ Saints said the joy of of Latter-da- y Christ's birth has not been diminished by the passage of nearly 2,000 years. Presi The First Presidency 7Z 1 Faced with a ban on shorts unless they can come up with a plan to enforce the knee-lengt- h standard mandated by the Honor Code, Brigham Young University students have come up with the following proposal: Let the faculty do it. That's the No. 1 solution proposed by 6,500 students who responded to a questionnaire drafted by the Student Advisory Council, a student group comprised of elected from representatives across campus. The student council was asked by the Honor Code Advisory Council to find a way to prevent students from wearing shorts or to accept the recommendation of the Presidents Council to ban the wearing of shorts on campus altogether. To get student input, SAC distributed 7,000 questionnaires and had the Statistics Department conduct a random phone survey of 400 students. Although the results have not yet been tabulated, Ryan Davies, student government vice president and chair of the SAC, said it is clear from the data that students think that the faculty needs to play a greater role in enforcing compliance with the Honor Code provisions dealing with the length of too-sho- rt shorts. "Students don't think that faculty should be the police where enforcement is concerned, but they do feel that faculty needs to be more aware of the problem in their classes," said Davies. Some of the more creativ e solutions offered by students in the questionnaires include fining those whose shorts are too short, executing violators on the checkerboard quad by the Wilkinson Center, branding offenders on the forehead, and covering violators' legs with blue spray paint. Others suggest banning shorts for only women since they are the chief violators. Alton Wade, student life vice president, believes something needs to be done. By his estimation, about 80 percent of all BYU women wearing shorts are in violation of the standard. "We're not talking about an inch or two we're talking clearly out of standard." said Wade. Before attending BYU. as part of their endorsement from ecclesiastical leaders, all students commit to abide by that Honor Code. Wade knee-leng- th said that, not shorts, is the real issue. "When character building is such a large part of the process on this campus, it doesn't seem appropriate to allow students to commit to something and then allow them to violate it without consequences." he said. Since the SAC was instrumental four years ago in getting BYU's Board of Trustees to approve the wearing shorts on campus, administrators feel the council should have a chance to solve the problem. If an acceptable solution is not found, BYU officials are prepared to ban shorts on campus starting in January. Davies is optimistic something short of a ban can be worked out with the administration. He said the SAC should have a former proposal for the administration to consider within two weeks. He added the proposal will like- -' ly contain a request for faculty to include a statement about their commitment to the Honor Code in class syllabuses.' Faculty might also be asked to deny violators the privilege of attending class. would be Repeat offenders required to formally withdraw from a class. Davies said students are willing to do their part as well. "They say they will recommit themselves to the Honor Code and to apply peer pressure on violators," he said. "Students are overwhelmingly uncomfortable with confronting violators who are strangers, but they are willing to talk to their friends and roommates about standards." 1 |