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Departing president credits university for research saying efforts should be supported By LUCY BOONE staff Standard-Examin- LOGAN - For every student the University of Utah will receive $388 for instruction under a newly proposed state funding formula Utah State University will receive $281 That’s a 38 percent difference It's a difference USU officials are not happy with “We are far more like the research institutions in the country than we EMERT: Says research productivity is on average higher thanllofUasis teaching load are the community colleges and we should be funded accordingly” President George Emert said in his last board of trustees meeting before he steps down at the end of December Utah State and the U of U are the only Carnegie I Research state institutions in Utah The rest are considered teaching institutions “We are a research institution and we are comparable in many ways and better in many ways than the University of Utah” Emert said The new funding formula is meant to establish objectivity in funding and prevent funding based on politicking “What’s in this formula is much better than what we currently have” ®mi ffmsliriig nificantly below the University of Utah” Steve Hanks president of the said Kermit Hall who will succeed Emert in January Hall said he in- tends to continue discussions and “work with the regents to make a case for USU” The creation of a formula is long faculty senate said One department that is comparable in size and experience between USU and the U of U is electrical engineering But the pay discrepancy between the two is marked Full professors at the U are paid an average of $5000 more than USU and assistant professors $10000 more Hanks said he’s concerned that teachers who bring in valuable research dollars may become disgruntled and leave for greener pastures “People buy scholars away just See FUNDING3C overdue Emert said but in its current form it perpetuates “historic in- equities” Part of the formula is based on teachers’ salaries Schools with higher teacher salaries are awarded more money But USU officials say because those salaries were already inequitable the funding is not balanced “In total compensation package we’re way below the norms and sig More security By BOB WARD Capitol Bureau SALT LAKE CITY - The man who oversaw the security effort at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney said Friday that Utah cops have a daunting task on their hands - not just policing the 2002 Winter Games but sorting through the d heap of law enforcement agencies involved in Olympic security Peter Ryan commissioner of the New South Wales Police supervised the planning and execution of a security plan in- allege projects may send emissions too close to limits By JACOB SANT1NI Standard Examiner Davis Bureau BOUNTIFUL - Despite continued objections the Wasatch Front Regional Council has approved an analysis of future air quality conformity With that endorsement the evaluation of long- - and short-terair quality along the Wasatch Front will be sent to two federal agencies - the Federal Highway and Federal Transit administrations - for their approval But local representatives of the Sierra Club say the conformity issue isn’t dead yet “The next step is we hope the Federal Highways and Federal Transit will not m See QUALT7Y3C white-bearde- HONORING MEMORIES: MaryAnn Hufteling lights a candle for her brother Curtis who died of AIDS in ceremony for the World AIDS Day vigil held at the United Church of Christ in Ogden Friday k 1 995 Her mother Ruth observes at the Tiy tappsr5 prison time OGDEN Breaking the silence for AIDS Family members hope to light “ Right here at home we ha’e a problem A lot of times people more than just candles By TANNA BARRY don't think it happens in Standard Examiner staff - MaryAnn Hufteling Utah But it is happening of 50 people who just to remember victims of epidemic "It is important to remember to break the silence" Hufteling said "1 he most harmful part of this is the silence The silence causes the most pain" Hufteling came to the United Church of Christ on Worlds AIDS Day Friday to cry and talk about this disease and to remember her brother who died from it Hufteling along with the other people sang “Amazing Grace" in the small church as Pastor Carla Gilbert walked down the center aisle Gilbert stopped at each row and lit the candles each person held The people on the end aisle then turned to their neighbors to light their candles until both adults and children held a single lit candle in front of them “As the light passes from one to each other remember the words we heard not just with our ears but with our hearts” Gilbert said This lighting ceremony came after OGDEN ' right here in Ogden” -- Sarah McClellan with Northern Utah HIVA1DS Project had an opportunity to light other candles and speak the names of loved ones who have died from AIDS But this was only one part of the evening’s program which was devoted to increasing awareness of HIV and honoring the memory of its victims “It's not over until it’s over for everyone" Gilbert said "This disease has been around for several years and we need to be aware of it” Larry Langton came to discuss his own struggle with AIDS “I wasn’t surprised when I received the news” he said “I was in shock” He was living in Denver on May 29 1989 when he discovered he had the HIV virus Since then he's moved back to e and other relatives galore In other words too many family members for everyone - unless they're much richer than your average Utah neighbor - to buy a Christmas present for everyone else So like thousands of other Utah families they drew names and had a big annual family Christmas where they ate too much food and exchanged their insignificant gifts What a drag Well Shelly's family thought so too "I mean what can one really buy that's meaningful for $20 these days particularly when everybody at least in our family seems to have everything they need?" Shelly said "So two years ago” she told me in-la- er - enthusiastically “our family decided to do something different Instead of buying for each other we adopted a family for Christmas and everybody pooled their money and bought for them" She said the families are usually found through local agencies such as Y our Community Connection So far she said the chosen families have been people who probably never would have asked for help on their own “We buy everything the family may need - from pots and pans to towels And of course toys for the children" Shelly said "Every child needs toys at Christmas" She said her family still has its annual Christmas party - and everyone still eats too much But instead of exchanging presents the event has become a time for every body to wrap the presents they have bought and then to deliver them to their adopted family Sounds like a neat idea I replied "Oh I'm not calling for kudos” Shelly V 4 k publisher Bruce Smith announced Friday The decision means the Deseret News would be the last afternoon newspaper in Utah although that newspaper also has said it wants to switch to morning publication “Ultimately it came down to the question 'Can we be as an competitive long-terafternoon newspaper7 " Smith said “I think we all concluded that in the long-terbecoming a morning publication was the best thing for the newspaper " Utah to be with family and friends "Even though I had friends with AIDS I never thought it would happen to me" His feeling isn’t uncommon Sarah McClellan with Northern Utah HIVA1DS Project told the audience that many people don’t think it can happen to them "Right here at home we have a problem" McClellan said “A lot of times people don’t think it happens in Utah But it is happening right here in Ogden" McClellan said no one talks about it not even in the obituaries Yet Justin Gough with the Utah AIDS Foundation said 680000 people in the United States are suffering from AIDS “These problems are enormous” Gough said "We need to think globally and act locally” He encouraged the crowd to understand the disease and to think about others Dean Ricketts and his wife Donelle are trying to do just that Lvery year they bring their three children to a ceremony to honor the memory of Dean's brother who died from AIDS Donelle Ricketts said “This is a way for them to have some connection with him" Seasonal suggestion brings just the right note of hope Tis the season d Santas ringing bells For on street comers bustling shopping centers festooned with snowflakes and pine boughs young ballerinas auditioning for The Nutcracker twinkling lights on every other house mailboxes full of catalogs - and love and good cheer all around The faxes and phone calls from people wanting the newspaper to write a story even take on a different character this time of year Sprinkled among the daily calls of complaints or rare compliments and the demands from people pleading for publicity for a multitude of reasons come the calls from those who’ve caught the true meaning of Christmas A good example is the phone call I received this week from Shelly Brovin of Ogden A typical Utahn Brown comes from a large family She has five brothers and sisters and of course nieces nephews woman died Friday afternoon after her vehicle near collided with a semi-tructhe construction zone in South Weber Alisha J Poll's 1998 Honda Accord collided with a semi-trucwhile attempting to turn left onto U S Highway 89 from 8200 South in South Weber according to Sergeant Doug McCleve with the Utah Highway Patrol The semi-trucwas traveling northbound in the middle lane and struck Poll s vehicle on the driver's side at 1115 a m Friday Paul Munden 45 from Hesperia Calif was driving the semi-trucHe received no injuries in the accident McCleve said However Poll died shortly after arriving at the University of Utah Medical Center McCleve said She is suspected of making an improper left turn j - See SECURITY3C Two environmental coalitions Woman dies in US 89 accident SOUTH WEBER - An LOGAN The Herald Journal will switch from afternoon to morning publication in June volving more than 16000 security personnel in Sydney Ryan and his com- surveys questioned AT A GLANCE Logan paper going to mornings multi-layere- Air quality IEAT k Funding and manpower high on list for safety concerns mander Paul McKinnon were in Salt Lake Friday to help members of the Utah Olympic Public Safety Command in their planning and spoke briefly with local reporters Ryan said the Utah officers will have 4 k forces needed for Olympics Standard-Examin- 625-422- MftaRMn rtfMMMeiAdNL 4 said quickly "It's been a meaningful experience for to the everyone from the to the grown ups" Shelly said "Last year the single mother of our selected family told us she would have had to choose between paying her mortgage or giving her kids a Christmas" Shelly said the hope is that once these adopted Christmas families get back on their feet they will repay the favor by doing the same thing lor another less fortunate family "But there arc also thousands of other blessed families out there like ours I thought maybe they'd like to copy our idea That's when I decided to call the newspaper I was hoping you could get the word out" Good idea I said After all 'tis the season ou can reat h i in editor Pat Ilean at or phean a Mandard net 6 24 25-12- gets - A serial tapper'' has been sentenced to the Utah State Prison following his spree of bolting from stores after scooping out cash registers Police suspect Domingo Perez 23 of as many as 10 till taps" in police parlance around Ogden since May The crime consists of convincing a clerk to open a cash register then grabbing a wad of cash and dashing out the door Perez had a signature ploy used in the 10 different incidents according to reports he would put a dime on the counter and ask for change He was charged tn four of the incidents with semrjoclegree felony robbery pleading guilty in 2nd District Court to one count in return for reduction of the other three to misdemeanor theft charges in a plea bargain Judge W Brent West sentenced him last week to a one-to-prison term Perez was also ordered to repay the roughly S70 he amassed from the four incidents “He was grabbing what he could with one hand " Det Dave Lucas said “What he was getting was not really worth his ‘till 1 while ' Nature Center celebrates holidays OGDEN - The Nest Gift Shop at the Ogden Nature Center will hold an open house Saturday from 1 0 a m to 4 p m to encourage nature gift giving Hot Oder and holiday goodies will be served during the open house Members of the Nature Center are welcome Friday night from 5 to 7 p m to preview the holiday merchandise Dec 13 and 14 from 7 to 9 p m the center will offer a class on creating holiday gifts ftom nature for adults A children s holiday craft class will be Dec 15 and 16 - Standa-- Examiner sta H and wre services OLYMPICS ONLINE QQO I I |
