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Show - - - -- - - Find your soul mate Special Project Committee sponsors compatibility survey By CAMI PERKIN JO RNAL TAFF WRITER It's a typical cenario. Guy and girls alike wa te time, money, and needless e{fort trying to find that omeone who they are compatible with. Why go to all the work when someone el e will do it for you? That i exacc.Jy what the new college data mat h wiJJ do. It' as simple a picking up a urvey and filling it out. The survey can be picked up in the EL Computer Lab, tudent Government Office, and Information De k. It a k questions anywhere from how you feel about alcohol and drug to what you enjoy doing. There is no charge to fill out a survey and the re ult will be available the weekend before Valentine's Day. The re ults will show the top IO people you are mo t compatible with, the people you are least compatible with, and the person who would make a great be t friend. For only $2 you can find out your own personal results. For married students, there is also a heart-to-heart urvey that can help you better understand your spouse. This same data matcp program was ·pon ored two year ago here and the re ults · were very succe sful. " o far, the interest has been great, " said Amy Jo Tyler, organizer of the data match. The attitude of the tudent also sound very positive. "I think it's a great idea. This sounds like a great way to meet people you have stuff in common with," said Michelle Balch, a fre hman undecided major from Joseph, Utah. If you really want to find that perfect Valencine this year, Just fill out a urvey and rum it back in to the tudent Government Office by Jan. 19. The data match is ponsored by the pecial Projects Committee and all proceeds will contribute to improving . If you have any question , feel free to call Amy Jo Tyler at 586-7766. University of Utah looks to keep school's image clean U of U hoping that close involvement with 2002 Winter Olympic Games won't hurt reputation amid current SLOG bribery scandal By VERO ICA GARNER ENIOR 'TAFF WRJTER alt Lake City' reputation takes a blow from the currem LOC hrihery candal that unfolded in recent weeks, one of tah 's mo t prestigious universities is hoping to keep its name lean. · Both the opening and closing ceremonies, as well as the Olympic Village, will be located on the campu of the University of Utah. This involvement necc sitates a do e link hetween the untversity and the alt l.ake Organizing Committee for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games. Many members of the uni ersity's Board ofTru tees al it in leadership po itions with the LO . of Pre ident J. Bernard Machen sits on the LOC bo-Md as a voting mcmher. of I Board of'rru. tees member and chairman of the LOC's board Robert Garff said the university plays an important role in the Olympic . Now the ties that bind the university and LOC could he damaging the reputation of not only Salt Lake Oty but also the niversity of November, information was released on gifts given to 10 members. Among tho e gifts were six Browning rifles, skis, golf equipment, medical care, plasti surgery and a rare out-of-print Poli h book about World War II. The problem with the SLOC gifts is that they exceed the guidelines adopted in 1997-after alt Lake City received the hid-that limits gratuitie to $25. Toe Deseret News reported Saturday that the inve tigation had uncovered allegations that a member of the LOC paid for prostitute to he delivered to an JOC member's hotel room. At the time the gifts were given, fonner Chief Executive fficer FrankJoklik was the hid chairmar, and former LOC ·enior President Dave John on was over international relations. During that time, the LOC raised more than $1 million from alt Lake City bu ine e for the 1998 and 2002 Olympic bids. ·1nc $1 million raised was then pent in part on gratuities for th I members. Following more information on improper practices hy the bid committee, Joklik and John on re igned Friday morning. Joklik maintains that he knew nothing of the improper gratuitie . In accordance to the inv tigation, LOC official have admitted to giving $400,000 in scholarships to 13 students; ix of whom were relatives of voting IOC members. Two recipients of the scholarships have been identified: nia Essomba, the late daughter of the late lOC member from Cameroon, and uhel Attarabulsi, the son of Libyan IOC member. Both received thousands of dollars in scholarship money. AttarabuJsi told the Deseret ews the money 'Based on what we know, there were no questionable activities the U was involved in,' said University of Utah President J. Bernard Machen. Utah. Four different entitie are investigating alleged improper practice of LO 's Bid Committee: The Federal Bureau of Investigation , the International Olympic Committee, the United tate Olympic Committee, and the LOC' own board of ethics. In spite of the chaos, Machen said he believe the university will not be pulled into the scandal. "Based on what we know, there were no questionable activities the U wa involved in. I don't think Salt Lake City is going to be tainted by it, and I don 't see the U as being tainted either," he aid in a recent interview printed in the alt Lake Tribune. As the story of LOC officials using bribery to win the ho ting of the 2002 games broke in ( continued on page 5) AC units replaced By GRACE BOYER JOURNAL TAFF WRJTER In taJJation of two new air conditioning units is underway in both the Music Building and the Auditorium, according to Kevin Betenson, HVAC foreman for SUU. Toe exi ting units were not only old, but utilized CFC.12 a coolant who production was outlawed by the EPA du to ozone depletion concern . le is not illegal to continue to u e the coolant, but prices for it ince the ruling took effect have oared from $1 to $30 per pound, Beren on aid. Toe unit, which wa put in place in the Musi Building early in D cemh r, co t $29,000, Betenson said. It is malJer than the $35,000 unit for the Auditorium, and neither figure includes co ts for ptping and in 'tallation. Beten on did not have at his fingertips the expected final cost of the proje t, hut aid that specific ·tate funding i being utilized. Unlike the former etup, the new units will noc be ou ide the buildings· in tead, the will he in the basements of each, with piping to the chilledwater coils in the roof. There, according co Dewayne Alger, 'U y tern foreman , large fans will blow aero the coils. In the winter, companion heating coil in the same "transfer r m" will heat 1hc air as it blow from th fans. Both system use the amc airtransport sy tern as before. Beten n said that the airconditioning "off se-.tS n" is his h t time lo work on the system. "Would you want me to instaJI new AC unit when th temperature is 95 to 100 degreesr he a ked, adding that hi ta.ff completely overhaul · the y tern for the entire campu each winter. Air conditioning is often turned on in February in the Doo Leavitt Businc Building or in the Centrum Arena , where the large numher of ouch-facing window, heat the building · too well. "Fall and pring ar the toughest times for me, Betenson said, attributing th<: rapid uccc. i n of tum-it· n/ tum-it-off cycles to Cedar City'. fickle weather during tho e monlh ·. ESL student killed By BONNIE JEAN HAL ; JO RNAL STAFF WRITER held a Buddhi t funeral for him on Dec. 30. A number of El ' tudents and faculty were in attendance, fro t said. A form r tudenc Kwon, or Richard-hi chosen involved in the English Language American name-had heen at tudies program was killed in U a little more than a year las Vegas over the Christmas prior to the accident. Kwon Wll!i break in a car accident, aid a caring, well-liked young man, Kri tine Fr t, admini trative who got along well with the assistant at the EI.SC. other tudents at the ru C, Hyuk ang Kwon, 27, from according to Fro ·t. "The word eoul, ouch Korea, was in Las kind come to my Vegas with an mind when ELSC friend to see de crihing a how, Fro t said. Richard. le was Kwon had a green alway doing light and was something fo making a left tum someone," Fro t onto M untain ·aid. Spring Road from A memorial the 1-15 off.ramp crvice for Kwo n on D cembcr 27, wa held at 3 a.m. A one-con ye terday Ford van ran the aftemo n in the red light and "TCedar Breaks honed" Kwon ' Room ac which Honda, Las Vega more than 100 police confirmed. Hiyuk Sang Kwon Kwon was killed. - - - - - - - -- - people were in His pa enger was taken to an attendance. Kwon was area ho pital and treated for characterized by aJI a an hock. Toe driver of the van outstanding individual who u tained no injuries. liked to cook and utilize his Las Vegas police said they • acupuncture skill . found alcohol in hi po s ion, "To me Richard wa alway but said the driver of the van did smiling. I knew Richard in two not te t legally drunk and at this . ways, one as a teacher and one point is not being formally as a friend , "said Maggie Angell, charged with any criminal a teacher at the ELSC. Frost said Kwon was in action. Police, however, are till America to learn to de ign investigating the incident. automobile . Ironically, he Kwon' parents flew to La ended up being killed hy o ne. Vega from outh Korea and ,. |