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Show Today's weather Partly cloudy 64/49 The THE ©2005 Sports A&E Opinion Page -i Page 5 Page 6 Float like a butterfly... Cash, credit or debit Soccer spectacular "Cinderella Man" knocked Ben Zalkind down for the count—but, then again, he's a flyweight. Lindsey Sine discusses the dangers of getting a credit card. Real and U.S. National team will play a historic double-header at Rice-Eccles this weekend. University o fUtah's Independent Studeri e Since 1890 SUMMER UTAH CHRONICLE Friday, June 3, 2005 www.dailyutahchronicle.com Vol. 115 No. 8 It's time to pay the piper Today is the deadline for Summer Semester tuition Andrew Kirk Chronicle Asst. News Editor Students who have not either paid tuition or worked out a payment plan will be dropped from their classes after 5 pjn. today. • "If you can't pay, there's nothing we can do to get your classes back. That's .the policy," said Lisa Zaelit, accounting manager for Income Accounting and Student Loan Services. Students who forgot to pay or procrastinated can get a payment referral before 5 p.m., Zaelit said. A payment referral requires a fee of $30 and a deposit of 30 percent of the tuition balance. The remaining 70 percent isn't due until Aug. 1. It is too late for a short-term loan, Zaelit said, because they require credit checks, and not all students qualify for them. Students with questions about alternative payment options can see Zaelit's office on the first floor of the Student Services Building just west of the Union Room 155. Although the tuition payment desks are regularly open from 8 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Monday through Friday, they will be open today until the line goes away, Zaelit said. Tuition can also be paid online with a credit card by going to www. utah.edu, the U's official Web site, and clicking on "Registration and Records" under the Student menu options. After entering an official U identification number and password, the "Pay Tuition" option can be found in the box labeled "Financial." Other information can be found at the "Tuition and Fees" option under the Student menu, including information about petitioning to be exempt from the tuition policy. Today is also the last day to withdraw from first session classes. akirk@chronicle.utah.edu Student debt declines But U students still use credit cards as primary payment option that the message to use credit responsibly is reaching its intended audience." The Nellie Mae study, which is based Undergraduate students nationwide on data from the nation's main credit are carrying fewer credit cards and using bureaus as well as a survey of students, them less, a new study by college lender often serves as a benchmark of America Nellie Mae found. college students' financial well-being. At the U, however, credit cards remain The latest study found that more than the most popular way for students to pur- half of the students received their first chase supplies from the bookstore, buy credit card at age 18. Undergraduates refood from Chartwells and pay for tuition, ported direct mail solicitation as the priaccording to U officials. This differs from mary source for selecting a credit-card the nationwide trend. vendor; the second most common source The Nellie Mae study shows that un- was referral from parents. dergraduates nationwide carried an averThe study showed that slightly fewer age of four cards last year, and their out- than 24 percent of studentsreported usstanding balance was, on average, $2,169, ing credit cards for tuition, but U student which is down from $2,327 in 2001 and Chad Rowland, paid his tuition last se$2,748 in 2000. mester with his credit card rather than In a written statement, Marie O'Malley, taking out a loan. vice president of Nellie Mae, said, "The "It was easier to put it all on my credit fact that average credit card usage has card," Rowland said, "although it probably declined among undergraduates in the past three years can be viewed as a sign See CREDIT CARD Page 3 Patrick Muir Chronicle Asst. News Editor U avoids West Nile worry Maria Murguia major Ashkan Farhad, the risks of West Nile virus are new. "It never occurred to me that standing Despite several nationwide warnings water could be a threat for West Nile viabout the threats of West Nile virus, the rus," he said. disease is not a threat at the U. The Utah Department of Health wants West Nile virus is a concern when there to emphasize the severity of the disease. is a combination of the right weather and The first case of West Nile Virus in stagnant water, said Dustin Smith, West Utah occurred in 2003. By 2004, 11 cases Nile Prevention coordinator for the Utah of the disease had been reported to the Department of Health. Center for Disease Control. "On the U Two of those campus, there were severe is not enough cases in people standing water between the that could ages of 18 and bite cause a severe 44. threat," said Although Clean dogged gu Pete Van Der there have and downspouts. Have, assistant been no reRemove standing water on tarps or flat roofs.. vice president ports of infecfor plant operaRepair leaky faucets and sprinklers. tions so far this tions. year, the Utah Keep swimming pools dean or drain ihcm. Department of The accumuRemove containers in ihc yard where water accumulates. Health would lation of excess like to keep water means Keep weeds and grass short, since the number more mosquimosquitoes look for the shade. of cases to a toes and more minimum. severe cases of West Nile "We are in virus. May and our second June are the year of West months when water begins to run off the Nile Vims. The second year is a concern mountains, and mosquitoes look for the because there is an increase in cases," standing water in which to breed. Some Smith said. of those mosquitoes carry West Nile The Utah Department of Health is virus. For U sophomore computer science s« WEST NILE Chronicle Writer How to stop the Who tied a small yellow ribbon on the Ute's bow? Why did they tie It on the Ute Brave statue and not a tree? Does It symbolize support of the troops? Bringing soldiers safely home? Pro-war sentiments? Desire for neutrality? Pacifism? Parallels between the death of American Indians and Iraqi citizens? U community resuscitates dead languages Shawn Mansell can't be saved. "It just breaks your heart when one of these languages dies," Campbell said. Linguists estimate that by the end of century, as He has worked with more than a dozen now-dead many as 90 percent of the world's spoken languag- languages, and each time one dies he sees it as a es will have died. global loss. According to Campbell, each language Through the efforts of the Center for American has unique ways of expressing and explaining soIndian Languages and the linguistics department, cial problems and the potential solutions. the U is doing its part to learn about and save enCampbell and Di Paolo said they are both aware dangered languages. of misconceptions people have about language reThe U linguistics department offers an under- vitalization. Campbell said some people view the graduate certificate program in the revitalization culture and communities in which these languages of endangered languages. The department has also are used as "living museums," a notion he dismissproposed a graduate version of the certificate. es. Marianna Di Paolo, chairwoman of the linguisDi Paolo said that many people don't know that tics department, said the proposed graduate cer- languages can die. She also said that people falsely tificate would be valuable for those wanting to do believe that the endangered languages are primiresearch. tive. ." : "We hope that it will encourage more people to The negative stereotypes don't help. become interested in doing field work on languages Campbell has observed that when people Jiave that are documented, but it will be especially geared a negative view of their own culture, the language toward providing people with the basic tools to suffers. He has encountered that theme throughout work on revitalization projects," Di Paolo said. his work. - ; Lyle Campbell, director of the Center for AmeriEach language presents different challenges for can Indian Languages, has worked on revitalization researchers. - ; projects. He has traveled to places such as El SalCampbell recalled one California tribe thaj re-* vador, Argentina and Brazil and has helped in the stricted its younger members from having access revival of languages, but much of his work involves recording and cataloging languages that won't or See DEAD LANGUAGES page 3 I ; Chronicle Writer Construction continues Thursday on the upcoming Miller Motorsports Park, a new race track being developed by Larry H. Miller. The track, located In Tooele, Utah, is expected to open In September. See story Page 6 |