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Show Thursday, December 8, 2005 University Journal Page ARTFUL ACQUISITION Journal Almanac December 2005 Forecast Ceramics SIT A HIGH: 36 LOW: 11 Sale, Living Room, 8 am. to 5 p.m. A PARTLY CLOUDY High School Fine Arts Festival Competition and Exhibition, Braithwaite FineArts Gallery, noon to 7 p.m. Show Off and Art Sale Tyler Smith Jr. Trumpet Recital, Thorley Recital Hall, 7 pm. Womens Basketball UC Davis Student Dance Concert, Breaking Boundaries, SUU Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. Forecast Ceramics HIGH: 44 LOW: 15 Sale, Living Room, 8 a m. to 5 p.m. High School FineArts Festival Competition and Exhibition, Braithwaite FineArts Gallery, noon to SUSANNAH HICKEN mH 7 p.m. Ht Student Recital, Thorley Recital Hall, 2 p.m. An Evening in Victorian Spirit A Music Department Event, Garden House Scholarship Restaurant, 5.30 to 7:15 p m. and Metaphor as Perspectives on Tools of Creativity, SUU Auditorium, 6:30 p.m. Christa Jensen (right), a senior art education major from New Harmony, talks about her prints at the art departments lithograph and printmaking class sale with Kris Pogroszewski, a counselor for Educational Talent Search, and Tyrone Loane, a prospective student, in the Living Room. Fund-Raisin- g Dance-Abstracti- By JOY COONEY a su u. su uj ou rn al com i 1 NASA plans to ie moon send astronauts back to 1! i NASA plans to further develop technologies that will lead to survival away from Earth. ; I long-ter- j r. PARTLY CLOUDY the spacecraft win benefit sstrcbiology, geology, exobiology, ? cl. or.omy and phys'cs. '.York on j j- I I T h o c'.v-- r type of spacecraft is tl ion tne space shuttle .11, A'1 ' '' f'-ss-a HOLLY to limes UNIVERSITY According to the Web site, actual moon exploration wont begin until after 2008 when robotic missions will collect the necessary mapping and resource data to ensure the decade-late- r manned missions JOURNAL To place an announcement of an event or a eventoff campus: Submit the information to the Journal by calling 6 (24 hours per day); send it to the SUU post office marked Journal Almanac; bring it to ST 176C; or send an message tojoumalsuu.edu. university-sponsore- apalmersuujournal com As the cases of the Bird Flu (H5N1 virus) continue to make headlines, local and national governments are taking steps to ensure preparedness should the world face an influenza pandemic. While the Bird Flu is being monitored closely, it is not actually considered a pandemic. According to the World Health Organization's Web site, a pandemic must meet three criteria: a new influenza virus subtype emerges; the vims infects humans, causing serious illness; and the virus spreads easily and is sustainable among humans. Currently the H5N1 virus the two first criterion. According to the Center for Disease Control's Web site the majority of human cases of Bird Flu has resulted from contact with infected birds secretions or S' only-meet- excretions. The spread of avian influenza viruses from one ill person to another has been reported very rarely, and transmission has not been observed to continue the CDC beyond one person, Web site reported. AccordingtotheLItahPandemic Influenza Response Plan, critical assumptions in making the plan include: outbieaks would probably occur widely across the state and nation, limiting the ability to share resources among jurisdictions; a vaccine would not be available until several months had elapsed, shortages of critical meiicines and other supplies would occur, including antiviral medications; capacity to provide medical care would be severely stressed or exceeded; and absenteeism rates and fear would stress ability to provide - CIr d riu j ! China Cambodia Thailand 3 Vietnam D Indonesia y Source: World Health Organization HOLLY COBABE UNIVERSITY JuURINL tor essential community sen-iceincluding police, fiie, water, food, transportation and sanitation. The first goal ot the plan is to minimize serious illness and death, and second, to limit societal disruption and economic losses, according to the plan Cedar City falls under the Utah Ruthann said plan, Adams, Southwest Utah Health Department director of health promotions. We are a part of what would be going on in the slate, Adams said The atea has been preparing for doing mass flu vaccines for the past couple of years, she said Adams said the department has conducted a mass flu dime View practice with Valley Medical Center within the last two years. Were practicing skills all the time, Adams said. Iron Emergency-ManageCounty Charlie Morns said if a pandemic breaks, the majority of the responsibility would fall upon the health department. J ; 'V; r r r C, she said. Deaths in selected Asian countries The Journal bears no responsibility for omissions. Deadline for receipt of information for Monday issues is noon Fridays. For Thursday issues, the deadline is noon. Tuesdays. Weather is provided courtesy of the National Weather Service, which makes no guarantees relative to its prognostication. d Bird flu motivates preparedness By ABBY PALMER ' PARTLY CLOUDY reported Sorensen said he believes the financial investment and the research and development that goes into sending a maimed craft into space will possibly deter private and commercial flights to the moon. Going 240,000 miles and back is not an insignificant thing, he said. Sorensen said he doesnt think private space travel will ever get off the ground at least not in the foreseeable ful me. In 1969, I thought it was possible to even have hotels on the moon, where people would vacation, but nearly 35 years later, the reality is we haven't made any steps in that direction, he said. Loire Williams, a senior English mapr from Saugus, Calif., said even if private space travel becomes an option in her lifetime, she wouldn't make the investment. Why would I ventuie into the universe when I havent even explored this planet sufficiently? again. HIGH: 42 LOW: 16 i govhome-'inclcx.htm- COBABE Forecast Messiah presented by the Orchestra of Southern Utah, Heritage Center, 7:30 p.m. FREE " will be safe and successful. The new spacecraft will look similar to the Apollo capsule, but will be three times larger, accommodating four crewmembers for lunar landings or six for missions to Mars, the Web site generation. While the moon is basically in the same place it was 33 years ago, scientific and technological advances will make the moon landing 10 years from now a significantly different experience. There are echoes of the iconic images of the past, but it wont be your grandfathers moon shot, NASAs Web site reported. Sorensen said most people thought the Apollo 11 moon landing on July 20, 1969, was the beginning of the man- - era in space, but A mericans havent been back since Apollo 17 went in December 1972. It seemed like it all just abruptly ended, he said. To me, that was sad. He said he thinks social problems, budget cuts and a funnehng of space funding into the shuttles led to the decline of lunar exploration. Its exciting that were going back because most students in college now were bom after the first landings, he said It gets to be new all over t HIGH: 45 LOW: 17 Fund-Raisin- NASA plans to enter America in the second leg of tire space race, this time with China, by focusing efforts on sending four astronauts to the moon before the end of the next decade. The purpose of the series of planned moon missions is primarily to conduct fundamental science in astrobiology, geology, exobiology, astronomy and physics, and build confidence in venturing farther and staying longer in space, according to http:www.nasa gov. This journey begins soon, with development of a new spaceship, according to the Web site. Building on the best of Apollo and shuttle NASAs creating a 21st century technology, exploration system that will be affordable, reliable, versatile and safe. 'Brent Sorensen, associate professor of physics, said it will take a major effort and financial commitment to get back in the game. The reason this is a big deal is because all the engineers, scientists and astronauts that were in it the first go around are no longer with NASA theyve retired or died, he said. Its a new Ml Forecast High School FineArts Festival Competition and Exhibition, Braithwaite FineArts Gallery, noon to 7 p.m. An Evening in Victorian Spirit: A Music Department g Event, Garden House Scholarship Restaurant, 5.30 to 7:15 p.m. Chelsea Davis and Amber Aston Senior Percussion Recital, Thorley Recital Hall, 7 pm. Mens Basketball Utah Women's Basketball Saint Mary's USF: Christmas Carol on the Air, Randall Jones Theatre, 7:30 p.m, Student Dance Concert, Breaking Boundaries, SUU Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. NASA competes against China in second race jcoon ey SUNNY - ; ? : ,7 "j- c Currently, there is no set plan for Iron County' or Cedar City', Morris said. We are waiting for the federal government to get Tamiflti ready Moms said he communicates with the Utah I lealtli Department on a tegular basts They seem to feel we dont want to get people worried or upset, by saying you ought to be doing tills or that," he said. The government doesnt feel it is to the point to start massive immunizations, he said. Mayor Gerald R. Shtrratt said the city would fol low instructions from government organizations We would be guided by the CDC, he said. 'They wouldn't leave it up to 11s. Harry Brown, VVMC public relations dneetor, said the hospital would fall under the state health department's plan "Whatev er ( w e) w ould be doing would be statewide, he said. Cuireiitly. the hospital has 12 beds in Ihe medical suigical part of the hospital, but it could double its capacity, he said liinNov 1 speecli.mlie National Institutes (J Health. Pi'esident Gunge W Bush announced Ins plan to ask congress for $7.1 billion emergency funding to pup, ire the country m case of a pandemic, according to http. w w w enn com "A pandemic is a lot like a foiest fiie, Bush said in the article ' ll caught early, it might be extinguished with limited damage if allowed to smolder undetected, it can grow to an mterno that spreads quickly bey oud our ability to control it The funding would pro ide for early detection, containment and ti eminent ot an outbreak, CNN's Web site reported It would also call toi tmpiovmg the process of creating flu vaccines and stockpiling antiviral drugs. vV: - ..yy'Y, S 'S i M i : i fj, - t-- , f -- M 1 V S . h 'J : i ft! 'J ; , ; i j : ! i l A 4,49 V,7 ; ' 7 ' r '' p 'A it f 1 t y :? ;WV ii - ;- My i V'' ,477 V ? i oy tV : L N f" 1 1 |
