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Daily Utah Chronicle Wednesday, January 12,2005 RHA continued from page 1 These programs often include service. Both Kanagaratnam and her father thought the monthly mission program could be a good way to raise money for Sri Lankans. Kanagaratnam pitched the idea to her fellow resident advisers at a meeting and they jumped on the opportunity, Walker said. "In this way, we can contribute to a city that was affected by the tsunami," he added. The advisers collected $60 from donation booths set up at two residence halls events over the weekend. Kanagaratnam said that individual donations have raised the total amount collected to $100. While the amount doesn't seem like much, "it's a lot when you consider how many rupees that is," Walker said. Students can give money to their resident advisers, who will then give the money to Kanagaratnam's father, Karuna Kanagaratnam. Karuna will donate the money personally to families in Jaffna, Columbo and the surrounding cities based on need. "It's not for my family at all. Every penny is going to the people," Kanagaratnam said. She added that this fund-raiser is a better way for students to help tsunami victims because "instead of going to a large organization—it's more personal. The money goes directly to those in need." Walker said he agreed. "It's a small fund-raiser, so they can become more involved," he said. The students can "move away from looking at [the aftermath] as a statistic and look at it in a personal way." Kanagaratnam said that the advisers are also planning a fund-raiser finale program. She hopes to arrange for live music, but is unsure exactly what the event will be. Still, she urged students to help tsunami relief efforts in any way they can. "Consider yourself in the situation. A random tsunami hit your home and destroyed everything. You'd want people to help if they could," she said. [e-mail] CSI: University of Utah , By noon the next day it was no longer in its parking spot. "This particular kind of car is the On Jan. 6, a man made his way into kind that will get parted out, maybe rethe Marriott Library, located the tool built, turn it into a low rider or someroom and headed for the exit with a thing like that," McPharlin said. grinder. A library employee noticed and He said a rash of them have been stofollowed the man toward the exit. Once ^REPORT _ ^ len in the past, which "would indicate the man realized his plan had been discovered, he dropped the grinder, which caused a more organized theft ring." it to break, and ran. Dorm beer bust #102453 Police were not able to identify the subject with footage from the library's overhead secuPolice responded to a noise complaint at rity cameras. the Sage Point dorms and found nine people "I hate these surveillance cameras that are involved with underage drinking. Seven of the mounted in the ceiling," said U Police Det. nine were "cooperative, honest and straightforward" with police officers. The other two were Mike McPharlin. cited for not cooperating. One of the two ran off. Still playing Game Boy, eh? "One of these days, he'll find he's got a warA mother of a patient at the Primary Children's Medical Center left her son's Game Boy, rant," McPharlin said. a case and 10 games on a table for about 10 minDid you get the memo? utes while she went to make a phone call, acAn employee at the Garff business building cording to police reports. When she returned, called police about several copies of a defamathe equipment was gone. tory note written about his son that were slid under the doors of several offices at the buildDrunk man hides In portable toilet Security officers at the Primary Children's ing. The note read, "This note will serve to advise Medical Center found a man that police reports described as too drunk to stand on his that (underlined first, middle and last name of own hiding in a portable toilet near the center. the son) possesses a criminal history of offensUnfortunately for the man, DETOX was full, so es involving the distribution of illegal drugs to officers charged him and booked him into jail. minors." Police said the accused individual has no It is unknown whether the man preferred the criminal history whatsoever and are investigatjail cell to the toilet. ing leads on where the note originated. Anyone with relevant information should contact Det. 1988 Honda CRX owners beware A student parked his silver 1988 Honda CRX Mike McPharlin at 585-1202. Compiled by Tyler Peterson in lot 87 near the dorms on Jan. 7 at 9:30 p.m. Do you have your library, er, grinder card? Police name on a hospital list of survivors, Kali's father Stuart continued from page 1 Breisch said they hoped to find Kali alive as well. When he reached dry land, "We had no news of what Jai Breisch walked up a small happened to my little sister," path until he saw a group of Jai Breisch said. Thai women who screamed at One afternoon while searchthe sight of his wounds. ing through the debris and "Blood and debris covered corpses left by the tsunami, Kali's older sister found Kali's my body," he said. Soon after the women picture among bodies recovscreamed a man rushed Jai ered from the disaster. Breisch to a care center where Dr. Sally Nelson, who rehe passed 'body after body.' cently married Stuart Breisch, "I knew my whole family read to those in attendance a creative writing peace Kali was dead," he said. What Jai Breisch did not wrote just weeks before the know was that his father, step- tsunami about losing her biomother and sister were not logical mother to cancer. The hurt in the tsunami that de- piece was titled, "A Tsunami molished their beach bunga- of Tears." low. "A tsunami of tears drenched After spotting Jai Breisch's my night gown," Nelson read. BREISCH "I could taste the salt running down my face." Despite the general mood of the crowd, Stuart Breisch said that, though it was unexpected, people should not be sad; rather they should look at the natural disaster as a way to help others. "I am not going to call it a tragedy," he said. "It was an experience that has brought many people together." Stuart Breisch said the family has set up the For Kali fund to help victims of the tsunami. "One hundred percent of all donations will go directly to the tsunami relief effort," Reverend George Garff said. "So please be generous." sliston@ chronicle.utah.edu this doesn't happen, we see the death of photoreceptor cells and the start of retinitis pigmentosa," Zhang said. The study also suggests additional research is needed to determine whether carbonic anhydrase inhibitors may affect vision. According to the study, "the importance of a functional CA4 for survival of photoreceptors implies that carbonic anhydrase inhibitors, which are widely used as medications, particularly in the treatment of glaucoma, may have long-term adverse effects on vision." Zhang said the next step for the research will be "working on a pharmaceutical intervention to counteract the effect of the gene mutations." He also said a goal would be to prescribe alternative drugs and to lower the pressure in the eye. Although one of the three gene mutations in this study was independently reported by a group of researchers at the University of Cape Town and St. Louis University, Zhang said these new results indicate a completely different mechanism causing blindness. In addition to Zhang, other investigators contributing to the new findings are from the University of Alberta, University College of London, Universita'tsaugenklinik Tubingen and University Medical Centre Nijmegen. Zhang is an assistant professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences at the Moran Eye Center. He is also an investigator for the program in human molecular biology and genetics at the University of Utah's Eccles Institute of Human Genetics. The National Institutes of Health, The Foundation Fighting Blindness, The Ruth and Milton Steinbach Fund, the Ronald McDonald House Charities, the Macular Vision Research Foundation, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and the British Retinitis Pigmentosa Society provided funding for the study. [e-mail] Bo knows everything except ballet. If YOU know ballet or other fine arts, come chat with A&E editor Eryn Green in Room 240 of the Union. Jan. is the last day to drop classes without penalty. 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