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Show The Salt Lake Tribune UTAH Monday, January 16, 1995 Fair Housing: ACLUTargets Provo Landlords The school’s Residential Living Standards also prohibit the consumption of aleohol and coffee, smoking, immodest dress and other conduct proscribed by The Church of Jesus Christ of LatterdaySaints. ACLUattorneys have no quar- rel with the application of those standards to students wholive on campus. As a church-ownedinstitution, BYU has a First Amendright to impose for-profit off-campus commercial Althoughthe definition of “student” can be expansive in the Jus- housing businesses,” tice Department agreement, fendants in their non-educational the ACLU Most of BYU's students are tial Living Standards cannot be applied to non-students. An incident in late 1993, howev housed in those for-profit “com- morally based restrictions upon its students, ACLUattorneys say “The essence of the dispute now before the court is whether the acknowledged religious and genderdiscrimination that BYU is allowed by lawto practice on campus in its nonprofit, church college-owned and operated dor- Victim Could Not Outrun Slide @ Continued from D-1 truding from the snowin the avalanche area, Malansaid No one in the party was wearing a locator beacon; despite the fact the two men had no clues except the protruding ski, they hit the snow digging. Chambers called for help on cellular phone, then left to meet rescuers, while Doug remainedto search for his buried brother. Thesurvivorsdeclinedto bein- er, showed that was happening. A non-studentrenter faced eviction from BYU-approved housing for campus. Some 18,000 single students live off campus in private housing. Private landlords advertise their buildings as “BYU ap- proved,” and they rent that housing only to students. Because nearly 99 percent of BYUstu- dents are LDS, that amounts to religious discrimination, the ACLU argues A little-known element in the case, however, is that the 1978 agreement between BYU andthe having posters of scantily clad womenin his apartment That man is not aplaintiff in the ACLU's case, but 20-year-old Mark Wilson, who is one of the two ACLUplaintiffs, had a similar experience. Wilson, a non-stu- dent, faced eviction byone of the defendants after his landlord accused him ofhaving friendin his room before 9 a.m., aviolation of standardsthat prohibit visitors of either sex from midnight to 9 a.m Justice Department covers stu- dents who do not attend BYU said school spokesman Brent Harker. Students who attend stateowned Utah Valley St College also can live in BYU-approved housing, as can students at such schools as the private Stevens- “It can change really fast.” said Dave Toronto, National WeatherService forecaster Statewide. police and fire dispatchers reported several minor accidents on Utah roads and highways Sunday morning A stormthat pelted California this weekend swept into Utah and dumped “Sierra cement” or wet snow along the Wasatch Front. Alta got 25 inches of snowcontaining 3.45 inches of water, according to the weather service. The 4 lanche observersand a rescue dog spent four hoursskiing to the the accident site Sunday Tom Kimbrough, a U.S. Forest Service avalanche expert, founda 100-foot fracture line where the avalanchestarted at an 8,800-foot elevation, The fracture line, knownasa crownface, was an average of 6 feet deep, and 11 feet deep in someplaces. The bulk of the avalanche roared downan hourglass-shaped gully, probably burying Scothern at its narrowest point. Avalanche rescue dog Crystal sensed something there Saturday, as did the dog accompanying Kimbrough on Sunday. “Wedug down 7 or 8 feet and Sisters Wait for a Gene To Cure Anemia @ Continued from B-1 Snyder girls, according to their mother. Lacey is not a compatible donorfor hersisters. “There are, unfortunately, families who don’t find matched donorsin that way,” said Markus Grompe, an assistant professor of genetics at Oregon Health Sciences Universityin Portland, who is trying to identify the gene that is the likely cause of the Snyder girls’ disease: Grompe runs a “cell bank” at the Oregon university, which provides white blood cells to researchers working on Fanconi’s anemia and collects clinical information on the 300 known families with the disorder in the United States. There may be more who are not diagnosed. Snyderis involved in furthering research on Fanconi’s and has sent samples of her daughters’ blood and skin to the Oregon bank. She also is a memberof a support group affiliated with the Fanconi Anemia Research Fund in Eugene, Ore. launched by Lynn and Dave Frohnmayer after three of their children were diagnosed with Fanconi’s. Frohnmayer, Oregon’s former attorney general and nowinterim director of the Oregon Health Sci- r non-students. and he has The majority filling them. of units, the ACLU says, are r ed for BYU students. That amounts to unlawful “pretextual religious discrimi- nation. Housing Act, inches of snow at Salt Lake City International Airport included 0.91 inches of water. Snow showers will continue argues the BYU and the land- favor would violate the Religious FreedomRestoration Act and stu- dents’ constitutionalrights. Students choose to attend BYU in part because of the uniquereligious and educational atmosphere fostered by the uni- it continues, separate buildings After that restatement, many landlords stopped renting to nonstudents. ACLU attorneys argued that in the current tight housing ACLU lords say a ruling in the plaintiffs versity,” the school argues in A ruling in favor of the ACLU “would violate the rights of BYU students to freely exercise their religious beliefs as well as their fundamental rights sociation, privacy and auton- omy under the First, Fourth and TODAY off this afternoon. The temperatures for today and Tuesday will range from the mid- length of the probes and we still didn't touch bottom,” said Crystal’s handler, Bruce Ewert, an Alta ski patroller. “There’s probably 25 or 30 feet of debris there.” Not much snowis needed to bury someone under fatal depths in gully, making such areas particularly hazardous. “If you're trying to get on that ridgeline that’s the wrong place to go doit,” Kimbroughsaid. Theslide area was filled with “terrain traps,” features that compound the avalanche hazard, suchascliffs and trees. “There was a bunch of ways to get killed there,” Kimbrough ences University, put his foun- dation in the spotlight when he conducted a well-publicized, but ultimately unsuccessful, search for a bone-marrowdonor. Snyder and her husband spend most of their time trying to give Jessica, 6, and 5-year-old Amber what most other kids take for granted. Thegirls attend school, althoughforonly half the day because theytire easily. And despite the threat of bruising andbleeding, Jessica and Amber bike, skate and take dance lessons. “Do you let them have as normal life as possible or do you keep them homewith you?” Snyder asked. “I'd rather they live only two years than four years andnot have those experiences.” As the girls romp through a sampling of their Christmas toys Snyder and her husband recall the shock of Jessica’s diagnosis. She was born small — under 5 pounds — and nearly died in her first days of life. Within 10 days, doctors discovered she was deaf and needed surgery because the bones inside her ear were misshapen. She uses hearing aids and also has spinal-cord abnormalities. Despite being seen by a parade of doctors, Jessica was not diagnosed until 1993 when she was 4. That is not uncommon for Fanconi’s patients becausetheir first symptomsarepresentat different ages in manydifferent ways. “They told me they thought she had leukemia,” said Snyder. But there were no cancercells in her bone marrow. During the next 10 days in the hospital, Jessi- Rescuersbelieve the avalanche slammed Wheelerinto a tree, possibly causing fatal injuries. Since 1980. backcountry skiers have led the wayin dying in North American avalanches, followed by mountaineers. But last winter, snowmobilers accounted for nine of the 11 avalanche deaths in the United States. Buried snowmobilers have a better chanceof survival than skiers because they wear helmets and face masks that create air pockets, Kimbroughsaid ca’s bone marrowbeganfailing. A test on her chromosomes, which showeda pattern of breaking and rearranging typical of Fanconi’s, finally gave the Snyders an answer. “We werein shock,” Snyderrecalled. There was no history of the disorder in her or her husband’s family. The shock deepened whenthey learned that few doctors in Utahhad evertreated a Fanconi’s patient because the disorder is so rare. Now, they regu- larly allow their daughters to be examined by groupsof doctors-intraining. “We feel like the more doctors know, the better. We'd rather not have anyone go through what we went through,” Snyder said. Soon after Jessica was diagnosed, Amber began losing weight. The Snyders were advised to havehertested for Fanconi’s as well. After five of the tests came back positive, the Snyders had to accept the inevitable. The good newswasthat treatment could begin early Amber nowgets additional cal- ar question here must fc of defen- es actually a all the facts. Thus, both sides f a trial and want dants. since it is their behavior that is alleged to be discrimina- tory In their affidavits, the def dantlandlords did not stat gious motivein their hous: erations. The plaintiffs ACLU case — Wilsor and idgment by Winder. ca later. 16 le in the case. In the mor ORG else Sess All postoffices closed (except the branchat Salt Lake City, International Airport, whichis open 24 hours a day, every day of the year). No mail deliveries except express mail. rd Richard Knapp appeal regardthis first round vat happens, he who wi le wil ar students under BYL t lose i for single age It will else to provide housin t wants to. BYU 1 and women the basis of gender: other times because they said they werenot for the ride Obviously comfortable onstage the band members took turns on various instruments. Four other musicians filled ir to give the band afuller sc d After a short intermission the band returned with an acoustic howcasedtheir individents on new arrangements of “Tequila Sunrise Help Me Make It Through The Night” and the band’s new single, Will Keep Us Alive.” “Love sung by Schmit Henley’s acoustic reworking of his solo hit Heart of the Matter’ introduced the part of the ‘show during which band members put aside their Eagles hits to perform oredhit after another Then Walsh brought out his Free Parking (S.L.C.) of BY before the case was filed July 28. they contacted the 12 defendants seeking an apartment Sometimes they were denied on cert continued with one time-hon: LAG aa But Provo lan have declined to state gious affiliations. Wilson and Walker. t County residents, acted ters’ t expected this ier is likely to take the r advisement and rule ¢ en then the case is likely to drag or year-old Anne W to suchhits as “Hotel California and “Victim of Love.” The con- hot-dog balloon headdress tosing “Ordinary, Average Guy’ and the songs fromtheir solo careers. mood of the concert lightened considerably. Whatever animosity that duced Frey’s City.” re caused the band to break up 14 years ago appeared to be left be- ami Vice.” 4 wailing saxophone intro“You Belong To the his stint on the 80s televisior drama Henley Dirty Laundry” hind. The feeling was one offive Summer old friends getting together for a All ofthis built a en finale of “Li Lane,” which prove musicaljamsession, and the fans. most of whom hadshelled out $82 to see them perform. were along gles are not too old “Mi g out his and “Boys of guitar-driv * to rock SiSees Closed GOVERNMENT OFFICES Closed [BANKS Closed Serer Closed GARBAGE Regular service (S.L.C.) 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