University of Utah Student Newspapers | 2005-01-14 | Page 4

''Daily Utah Chronicle Friday, January 14, 2005 SNAILS Mclntosh currently focused on a study about receptors continued from page 1 for nicotine and how it afsearch universities can pro- fects both merhory and mood vide unique experiences for and how the toxins from the undergraduate students by snails affect the neurotransallowing them to participate mitters. in cutting-edge research." [e-mail] Bad boys, bad boys Whatcha gonna do when they comes for you': /tut It seems the police were out in full force on New Year's Eve. I was in Las Vegas with my friends, and at first I was happy to see the line of police cars parked bumper-to-bumper from the beginning to the end of the Las Vegas Strip. I thought it meant I could enjoy my strawberry margarita in relative safety and that later, my friends and I could stumble to a taxi without being flattened by a driver who had also enjoyed one. Or three. Upon closer inspection, however, I realized the police were merely pawns doing Las Vegas' dirty work: selling itself to tourists. Cars were not, of course, allowed on the street because of the massive crowd. But ironically, neither were pedestrians. The police had placed barricades to confine people to a very narrow space on either side of the strip. The walkway was so narrow people were forced to enter the casinos and lured into spending their money. Police were so serious about the walkways that when one person in our group jumped the barricade and tried to run across to the other side of the strip, they tackled him, handcuffed him and took him to jail. According to the next morning's paper, more than ^^JiiUk^h. Cfalo "A)r*n_ scale. "Alco90 people spent hol" and "bar" the night in jail are words that for doing the should be used same thing. with caution. OK, OK. So We've basiI realize they cally eliminatprobably used ed them from the barricades raainst r e a m to provide acUtah dialect by cess for emerincorporating gency vehicles. Cara Wieser them into the I wasn't even Columnist phrase "private upset about it until, while walking with my club for members." That way, friends to the taxi, a drunk only "members" are implicatdriver smashed into the car ed in the activities that take in front of him and sent it ca- place inside the private clubs. In order to sell these valreening off the road onto the sidewalk 10 feet from us. We ues, police constantly remind were close enough to see the "members" of Utah's laws. smoke from the car's airbags. Although officers undertake Not one cop was in sight. No the important task of patrolone came to handcuff the ling for drunk drivers, much driver and take him to jail. We of New Year's Eve is nothing were only one block from the more than an opportunity to pretend Utah's cherished Strip. commodity. Friends who didn't come to Las Vegas told me the situation For example, the driver of wasn't very different at home. my friend's car was forced to Utah cops were forced to sell take numerous, time-consumUtah as assertively as those ing tests, even after coherently who were selling Las Vegas. explaining to the officer that But whereas Las Vegas police she was the designated driver. were selling slot machines and Nearly an hour after she had Blackjack tables, Utah police demonstrated her sobriety, were selling something on the the officer taught her the inopposite side of the spectrum: valuable lesson that "small "values." women have a hard time holdFor those of you who need ing alcohol," so she should to be reminded, Utah's values avoid "even a sip." His time fall on the extreme side of the could have been better spent f\n nonnla cr-ianf- elsewhere. Another friend had her house searched on suspicion of underage drinking. The bad part is it took police two hours to search the house, during which time one person who had "asked too many questions" had to sit with his arms handcuffed behind him. My friend will think twice before ever hosting a party from now on. Again, the officer could have been more productive elsewhere. I don't blame the police officers for their actions—they are just doing what Utah asks of them. But it raises the question: Is it right to spend so much time and effort pursuing what began as a suspicion into lengthy ordeals? So while we came close to getting killed in Las Vegas while police were otherwise occupied, I wonder what aspects of crime are forgotten while Utah's police harass designated drivers and responsible party-goers. We're forced to drink watered-down beer and strictly measured shots, and we have a curfew. Maybe these laws exist for good reason, but enforcing them too relentlessly means focus is taken away from real threats. cw ieser@ chronicle.utah.edu olc Michael Mclntosh has worked 25 years, since an intern in high school, studying snails. Twenty-five years ago Mclntosh and U researcher Baldomero Olivera discovered a compound In snails' venom that is now the basis for a pain-relieving drug. U GRADS Read The Chronicle online wvpv.dailyutahchronicle.com C1NEMARK OBUBIEnJOSM ran s JCEM UWOK 2K-9772 CAflUKE UBWEI? ISCOWFCKPARXDR 562-57K) UEGAPLSC12 MEGAPLEX17 UTSGAJRUT MJOtOMttUQK less.fto GRAKDE SI.9«0S. STATE ST. vice, then marched me out to the center of thefield,and continued from page 1 the crowd went crazy," he MLK Maj. Victor Scott, another said. "Seventy-five thousand continued from page 1 one of her ROTC instructors people standing on their feet, day, he would also protest the and "a great mentor," said cheering." war in Iraq. Chapman stands out in his Porter said that after he "In a speech he gave after memory as a top cadet and went to his seat to watch the the Vietnam War, he said we leader with good grades and game, between 50 and 100 must first be free before we strong physical training. people came up to him to can help other nations realize "She was everything we congratulate him. freedom," he said. want in a cadet and an offi"Everyone who serves U senior Chris Glauser said cer," he said, adding that she should get that kind of recoghe agrees with Munoz on was the number one cadet nition," he said. many of the issues addressed out of the 91 in her battalion, Chapman said she also apespecially War in Iraq. and graduated as the Distin- preciated the ceremony. "He is a good speaker and guished Military Graduate of "It's nice to know the very passionate and I agree December 2002. American people are backing with him to an extent," GlausPorter said the recognition us," she said. "That's why we er said. "He felt more strongly ceremony before the Fiesta do our job—for people like about some issues then I did, Bowl was fascinating. you." but it was interesting." "They introduced me by afriz@ s/iston@>chron/cfe. utah.edu name and told about my serchronicte.utah.edu Don't forget to check out the basketball Game Guide on SEGREGATION page 7. continued from page 1 continued from page 1 Utah @ Wyoming Saturday 4 p.m. and Utah @ CSU Monday 6 p.m. \ language dictionaries and other books involving the academia behind endangered languages. "We have the money for the research, and we've been lucky to get books donated, but we don't have money for things like furniture, so we'll gladly accept donations," he said. smacfarland@ chronicle.utah.edu races on the college level. "I do not think students should necessarily come Howell disagreed, saying peo- out of their groups," she ple who believe there is not an said. 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