| Show 4' "'"""""r"'"r"'"Ir4'e WEr4Q1'Z '''' 4 '1"'rN 'Ili''W''4' 1ii V 4 r"10 0 'f le-- ' '1- - e - re 4'--7- r T r if p!77s1 I i li Ii I I j edat I i ir r--3- 1 :71 ' i t--l- 11 f I f 100 Li 1 '::-- 0 1 2 : f e r---1- -1 1 4 I el rP t (I ll 13il i a5 Qui) 4 tr'' i I df--- --- --) I 1 fr 1 te-7""-- ms kr4 1 IIl (:: t 14' - 0 17 -- 7'''sN I t filli i1 I i t e )) Llov! it e4t tx E La 1 1 c---1 DESERET NEWST1VE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE TUES PMWED ANL MARCH — 17-1- 8 1992 3 i t i 1 Stanford University's 'Asian Nerd' Harassed By All By Laura Myers ASSOCIATED i t strapped on a bulging backpack stuffed pens pencils and a calculator into his plaid shirt pocket and put on thick glasses ' i t i ' I- one-da- y k k -'- - or tI I - "A lot of people have this stereotype about Asians that I wanted to test" said Dub who wrote about his experiences for a class paper and a new student magazine "But I was most surprised by the negative reaction I got from other Asians A lot of them couldn't even look at me they were so embarrassed I represented everything they hate" Gordon Chang a Stanford history professor specializing in studies said the article hit a nerve by uncovering dual racism on the campus where more than 20 percent of the student body is Asian t -- t f I t i st WI Asian-America- I I 1 I) i t er 11 1 L I AI 11 11 A ' 11 I li 1 ' I 1 I ditte — n Asian-Pacifi- Asian-America- The ateoorieted Press Stanford University Student Harry Duh poses in his usual cloth Duh conducted his experiment while dressed as a "nerd" n Duh a biology mawas and grew in born Taiwan jor up in predominantly white Tallmadge Ohio He said he denied his roots because he was "taught that whites were superior and Asians inferior that whites were beautiful and Asians ugly that whites were strong and Asians weak" "Asians are seen as weak and inferior by some but superior and threatening by others" said Chang "That's the way racial thinking operates with stereotypes It doesn't take people as round human beings" Q ''r r Duh (pronounced do) said he tested the stereotype last April for a psychology paper partly to help shed hangups about his heritage His "A" paper was published last c month in the inaugural Islander Magazine produced by Stanford's Asian-Ameri- 41 n "Most of my generation were born here (in the United States) or grew up here" said Kim who was born in Korea and moved to Ohio as a baby "All my friends growing up were tall and blond so it sometimes is hard to accept our AsianAmerican-ness We don't like to be reminded of stereotypes" Thus began the "Adventures of an Asian Nerd" a experiment for the Stanford University student who was harassed and teased by whites and surprisingly shunned by his embarrassed ethnic peers ' I OS-Z11- Asian-America- Duh hitched up his pants t i PRESS Calif — Harry STANFORD - Joanne Kim a junior and vice chairwoman of the Student Association said she has seen "a sort of silent stereotyping of Asians even among Embarrassed when his parents spoke Chinese in public Duh escaped by involving himself in athletics and by wearing fashionable clothing and hip hair and by "act- tough" ing d 1 G-oe- s "When I was growing up I think I had a lot of shame about my Asian heritage" he said "I wasn't a bully but I sometimes got in fights to prove I wasn't weak And we'd sort of mock people who were Asian nerds" During his experiment the 5- Dub said he almost went overboard He didn't comb his hair he mumbled in Chinese he took a lot of pictures and he acted foot-1- Gorilla 'Ape' Over Personal Computer 260-Poun- 0 clumsy In reaction he said students teased him while Asians looked away and sometimes giggled and jeered behind his back Some whites threatened to throw a Frisbee at him Another group tossed pieces of his science project out of reach In the bookstore cashiers "explained the cost of my purchases in an extremely patronizing voice and then proceeded to help me count out my money" he said When he went to the gym — shorts and socks pulled up high and glasses slipping low — he was asked for his student ID for the first time in three years he said And a group of three hefty students mocked his efforts to lift weights "A lot of negative reaction was because I was such a nerd but it was also racism" Duh said "I'm still insecure about my race but I'm facing it This may be a strange way to do it but it's going to take some work" CONTACT By kaput' Koko the gorilla first learned how to communicate through symbols Then words Then sentences So what's next? A computer of course Koko can sign at least 600 words in American Sign Language and understands more than 1000 spoken words Even so she couldn't talk back Until now Thanks to a specially de signed "talking" computer Koko will soon be able to "speak" Seventy buttons coy er the screen of Koko's corn puter Each button pictures a different American Sign Language gesture When Koko presses a button a recorded voice says the word Koko got to choose the voice she liked from among four different ones She liked the one she picked so much she signed "Gorilla myself good" Sounds easy enough But the real test will be keeping the computer's hardware safe from all of Koko's hard wear Just think what could happen when a gorilla 1 goes "ape!" 260-poun- d mimilcomoolmwoorinsOlaust Russians Send Eviction Notice Beluga Whale Needs A Home Tribune Wire Services CHICACTO — An injured and defenseless Beluga whale left homeless by the depressed Russian economy may be rescued from the foreboding waters of the Black Sea by a Chicago aquarium that cares Russian marine park A dumped the whale in the Black Sea last month because the park could no longer afford to feed it The mammal is now swimming off the Turkish town of Gene Shedd Aquarium officials Friday asked the Turkish government for permission to capture the male whale "It is accustomed to life in a marine mammal facility and does not have the necessary survival skills to exist in the wild for very long" aquarium director Bill Braker said Since the tame animal was loosed in the wild it has been following fishing boats because it is accustomed to being fed by humans Fishermen apparently Goodbody Wears His Insides On His Outside And Entertains Kids With Healthy Hints have been feeding it "It didn't seem to be foraging for food on its own" Shedd spokeswoman Lisa Elkuss said of television news reports on the whale Braker said the whale appears in good health but that it should have prompt medical attention for a gash in its upper jaw that is not inflamed Officials say the abandoned whale would be a welcome addition to Shedd's Oceanarium where two female Belugas now reside The aquarium has applied for an emergency permit from the National Marine Fisheries Service an agency of the Commerce Department to import the whale for its captive breeding program The aquarium's curator of marine mammals says he does not believe there are any other Beluga whales in the Black Sea "Ifs not a normal habitat for them" said Jim Robinett Beluga whales are not considered an endangered species Orlando Sentinel It's not easy wearing your insides on your outsides But for 18 years John Burstein has slipped his frame into a skintight bodysuit with organs muscles and skeletal structure painted on to become Slim Goodbody He doesn't profess to be a man of steel but after dispensing health tips to millions of children he bills himself "America's Health mild-manner- Hero" New Recently the Yorker pondered his life as Slim Amanda Bal lif The Salt Lake Tribune An who charmed snakes and wasn't Irish is responsible for why we have a St Patrick's Day St Patrick's Day or the Feast Day of Saint Patrick is celebrated on March 17th by Irish Catholics throughout the world They celebrate by attending religious services spending time with family and friends holding festivities and wearing green and shamrocks People who are not Irish or Catholic celebrate March 17th more as a secular holiday or one that doesn't have religious significance to them The first St Patrick's Day in the United States was held in Boston in 1737 The largest parade for St Patrick's Day is held in New York Salt Lake City has a variety of events which are usually sponsored by the Hibernian Society Why all this commotion? Who is Saint Patrick and what did he do to get a holiday named after him? Saint Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland That means he was a father-figurto Ireland He was highly responsible for converting people to Christianity in Ireland There is no certainty as to the order of events in Patrick's life but here is one account Patrick was born into a wealthy family in Britain in 385 AD At 16 he was captured by pirates who sold him as a slave in Ireland While he slaved as a shepherd he dedicated himself to religion He ran away from his captors after he had a dream in which God told him to find a ship on the shore He sailed to France ex-sla- e ird-grader Jared Incinelli 8 of Covenant Christian School was one of 450 local schoolchildren who caught Slim's act in Orlando in February "I'm smarter than I think I am" said Jared he learned As for Slim? "He was good" Burstein's alter ego gets accolades from adults too in the fit"He's ness world" said Susan Kalish executive director of the Marylan- Goodbody It has meant nearly two decades of exercise and moderate eating Skintight bodysuits do not accommodate for age atrophy or benders But there have been healthy trade-off- s Slim Goodbody is a million-dolla- r corporation with six company cars and a staff that can total up to 50 people including several clone "Slimstitutes" Burstein has written seven books recorded five records and reached millions of television viewers on Captain Kangaroo the Nickelodeon channel and PBS He has per all-nig- ht Patron Saint of Ireland Was A Slave Who Was Full Of Charm By formed in Japan Korea and every US state He's even a Trivial Pursuit question It's not exactly how Burstein envisioned his life — his dream was to be a Shakespearean actor but he knows where his bread is buttered Make that margarine "I get a chance to write music dance write books appear on television and run my own show" he said "And if a child can walk away from one of my productions feeling good about him or herself and learning one thing I'm hapTh- By Nancy Imperiale He studied at the monastery of Lerins which is off the coast of France When he completed his studies there his superiors thought he might not be smart enough to return to Ireland as a missionary But when the first Irish missionary bishop died in 431 AD the monastery sent Patrick to Ireland They found out he was smart He went to Northern and Western Ireland where no one had ever preached the gospel of Jesus Christ There were tribes in Ireland at American Running d-based and Fitness Association "Slim makes fitness look like fun I've seen him work crowds and I'm impressed with the way he s "i ' ' 11"-- ' 4" 4 44 tl' 4 - Your brain's so smart It creates art And at the same time regulates the 'eating of your heart Between lessons Slim urges "Point to yourself and say 'I am terrific!" "I am terrific!" little voices chant Slim's audience he estimates reaches about 300000 children a year The Associated Press NEW YORK —A new fossil disancescovery shows that ape-lik- e Nt tors of gorillas chimpanzees and humans ranged over more of Africa than scientists had known and reveals a new species of such creatures researchers report The finding in Namibia of a 13- partial jawbone "opens up a whole new geographical area for exploration into ancestry" said Glenn Con- 1 A ig i f " PA '''' - ' 464-- -'4 "g o "40414- million-year-ol- d - - pre-huma- ''' 7 ' X ' !' i''''' ' 1 ' - 1 e i ' I 4 4 00 - - k 1 - 1 1 1 )i - 1 ' 4 t I- - 4st i 't ' ' 1 - i t t 1 1 11 4 ' 4 p I 4 1 !'1 I - I i - 1 - 41t 1 1 ' f t : e I ' - a t 1 14- ' t r' reporting tLe find The discovery in southwestern Africa is the first example of what scientists call Miocene hominoids to be found south of equatorial sites in Kenya and Uganda researchers said The newly discovered creature apparently lived before hominoids evolved into two branches with one branch leading eventually to humans and the other to chimps and gorillas Conroy said That split is thought to have occurred 5 million to 10 million years ago The fossil is the right side of a lower jaw including some teeth The size of the teeth suggests the creature was about as big as a small chimpanzee -' I' 7 '' - ' ' 4r--- — The Associated Nese old jawbone of an ancestor was discovered in Southern Africa The ape lived beforthominolds evolved A ape-lik- e n roy one of the researchers I I ilr are generally heavier more sedentary and less interested in physical activity than ever before Experts predict many will become adult couch potatoes Burstein said his mission is to in youngsters If instill you can get them to care about themselves he figures they'll also take care of themselves In 1980 he caught the attention of the Captain Kangaroo show where he appeared regularly until self-estee- m 1984 His message has expanded over the years to include warnings about drugs pollution and violence A fan of classical music he also wrote a "nutritional opera" called "The Magic Fruit" I In his off hours Burstein By Malcolm Ritter titk' - 0 gelatin and s 406:ZPa 1 Nt and how many A decade's worth of studies have concluded that US children spends time with his fiance and son Devin 13 A child of the '60s Burstein says he eventually would like to do something about world hunger Until then Slim will keep sing lug about the stomach "I'd be real surprised if by 50 I was still doing this stuff" Burstein said "Then again things just keep coming down the pike" Thanks to the intestines I --- a 4- -r - ' cerebellum breaths your lungs take in each year Much of it is in singsong rhyme — Burstein's strategy for making children remember complicated topics He estimates he has written 1000 songs for Slim including such immortal lines as: Without your skeleton Your body would be like Jell-- 1 Man is More Widespread Than Known Ancient Fossil Shows - that time and Patrick made friends with many of the tribes' leaders over a span of 30 years In the Letter to Coroticas which he wrote there was a raid on Ireland by Coroticus a British chieftain Some of Patrick's converts were killed and the letter told how the British clergyman and noble's were against the Irish Some legends remain about Saint Patrick which make him popular among the Irish One legend is how he used the club of shamrock to teach the idea of the Holy Trinity He suggested that the three leaves represent Heavenly Father Jesus Christ and the Holy Ghost This was a simple concept that the Irish could understand Many people believe that because of this legend the shamrock has become the national symbol of Ireland Another legend is how he charmed the snakes of Ireland into the sea so they were drowned Saint Patrick probably died in 461 AD at Saul on Strangford Lough where he had built his first church well-respect- reaches children" Aimed at elementary-ag- e kids his show is part vaudeville comedy part Jesse Jackson rally and part Anatomy 101 In the bodysuit straw hat perched on his head Slim sings dances and hands out information as diverse as the difference between your cerebrum and your 1 weighing around 35 pounds said Conroy a professor of anatomy and anthropology at the Washington University Medical School in St Louis A wisdom tooth had appeared showing the creature was an adult perhaps aboiit 10 years old when it died he said in a telephone interview That age is considered mature because of the creature's rate of development much the way dogs become adults at younger ages than do humans The tooth shapes show it ate soft plants probably including lots of fruit he said Its environment must have been more humid and forested than the very dry surroundings that exist there now Conroy said Conroy reports the discovery in Thursday's issue of the journal Nature with Martin Pickford of the Paleontology Institute of the National Museum of Natural History in Paris who found the fossil last June and other scientists The scientists named the (Tea ture Otavipitheeus natTlibiensis because it was found in the Otavi region of northern Namibia Conroy said the finding was a surprise Researchers bad been seeking more recent creatures that appeared on the human-boun- d branch of the hominoid evolutionary split such as australopithecines or early members of the Homo group he said The age of the fossil was determined by analyzing other fossils found along with it Brenda Benefit an assistant professor of anthropology at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale said scientists had suspected such creatures lived in southern Africa partly because 1 I ( australopithecines had been found there - 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