University of Utah Student Newspapers--The Chronicle | 2005-10-03 | Page 1

Sports Opinion A&E —=_ Page4 PageG Page 7 Out of the'Blue' LETTERS Roadblock It's a pity that "Letters" can't conform to the "Saturday Night" song—but regardless, we've got a whole slew of them. Football suffers another setback away from home, falling 31-17 at North Carolina. Jessica Alba, Paul Walker and one string bikini between the pair make "Into the Blue" a bodacious must-see. The Univer of U t a h ' s I n d e p e n d e n t Student weather Voice 60/44 T-Showers Since 1890 DART UTAH CHRONICLE class helps U professors, students venture UHurricane to save dying languages Katrina THE 02005 www.dailyUtahchroniclo.com Jed Layton Chronicle Writer When they are not teaching classes at the U, Lyle Campbell and Mauricio Mixco are trying to rescue American Indian languages from extinction. The Center for American Indian Languages Vol. 115 No. 61 Monday, O c t o b e r 3, 2005 in the College of Humanities focuses on saving and revitalizing original American Indian methods of speaking. Professor Mixco explained at an open house Friday night that vanishing languages are especially alarming because when a language disappears, the whole culture surrounding it is lost as well. "A native community's sense of loss is not just in the language but in the culture reflected in the language," he said. "We want to create grammars and dictionaries, but more importantly we want a collection of oral tradition—folklore, stories and knowledge." See DYING LANGUAGES Page 3 victims Caitlin York Chronicle Writer U students have not forgotten about the victims of Hurricane Katrina. The U Education, Culture and Society course is raising money and collecting school materials for Hurricane Katrina victims. Kristina Gibby-Wachter, professor of the ECS course, proposed the idea of getting involved to her class the day after the hurricane hit. "All of the students were really enthusiastic to jump on board and get started," Gibby-Wachter said. The course focuses on applying issues and morals to the real world. Gibby-Wachter said she felt as though teaching this course provided a way of getting involved with the relief efforts. "It seemed almost irresponsible of me not to do something about the hurricane," Gibby-Wachter said. The class is split up into small groups, each of which is responsible for a different section of fund raising. "We talk to public service stations and other forms of media in order to do whatever we can to get the word out," said Amanda Johnson, a junior psychology major who is in the class's marketing and advertising group. Members from the class were involved with the fund-raising party held on campus after the Utah versus Utah State football game. The athletics department would not allow them to set up a booth outside the Utah versus See E C S C L A S S Page 3 American beauty Professor explores changing body images and ethnicity Jack Lewis Chronicle Writer North Carolina's Quinton Person upends Utah receiver John Madsen (23) as Madsen tries to catch a pass in the third quarter Saturday In Chapel Hill, N.C. North Carolina won 31-17. In a lecture at the Women's Resource Center, Pamela Hardin gave some insight on the health and body expectations of Pacific Islanders, particularly Tongans, in Utah. Last Wednesday, Hardin discussed her research on how Tongan women view their own body image, eating disorders among Pacific Islanders in Utah and how this has been affected by American culture. Guidelines for healthy body structures outlined by government health agencies ignore ethnicity, Hardin, an assistant professor in nursing, said. "Obesity declarations may be our next form of colonization," Hardin said. Pacific Islanders make up one of the largest ethnic minorities in Utah, and the state has the second-largest number of residents of Tongan SEE STORY ON PAGE 7 See PACIFIC ISLANDERS Page 3 Hinckley Institute turns 40 constitution furthers disagreement instead of bringing Iraqis together. Scowcroft also discussed the war Gen. Brent Scowcroft, native Utahn on terror and talked about how curand former national security adviser rent students can address terrorism to Presidents Ford and George H.W. in the future. Bush, told a crowd at Rice-Eccles He told The Chronicle that students Stadium on Friday that the United should study methods of addressing States is stuck with its commitments terrorism by controlling bad forces and in Iraq and no timeline could ap- usinig others to benefit the good, just as pease the public. his generation did with the Cold War. Scowcroft was the first promi"Potentially, this world could be nent Republican to publicly criticize turned into the best mankind's ever George W. Bush's war plan before had, because the problems are not overthe invasion when he wrote an op-ed whelming," he said. "There are just a lot piece for The Wall Street Journal. But of them, and they're new. The problem he said Friday that since the United is tofigureout how to manage them." States is in Iraq, we should be patient Scowcroft also addressed issues such and implement democracy effective- as globalization, Afghanistan, weapons ly rather than quickly. of mass destruction, international orga"We're in a hurry. Our domestic nizations and pre-emptive strikes. political clock is ticking," Scowcroft "We can't win by killing terrorists," said. "But you can't do this in a hur- he said. "They proliferate faster than ry—that's the dilemma." we kill them off. We need to shut off He said some feel that with each recruitment and find out what makes vote, Iraq is closer to establishing a person do this. It may take a gena self-sufficient democracy. But, he eration before this issue is solved." added, forcing agreements on the Overall, Scowcroft said, the curSteve Gehrke Chronicle Editor in Chief rent college student generation faces issues that are much different than they were 40 years ago when his sister's father-in-law, Robert Hinckley, began the Institute. "What has not changed is how to think about and analyze those problems," he said. "In that, the Hinckley Institute hasn't changed at all, and I expect it to continue in the next 40 years at it has in the past 40 years." Various U administrators, faculty members and Hinckley interns— both current and former—were on hand for Friday's celebration. Hinckley Director Kirk Jowers and U President Michael Young introduced Scowcroft, touting his education at West Point Military Academy, where he earned his undergraduate degree, and his master's and doctorate experience at Colombia University. Young said he was impressed with the institute of politics even when he was dean of George Washington University's law school. "I told admissions to look for that Hinckley Institute thread because it Gen. Brent Scowcroft speaks with U President Michael Young prior to addressing current issues before attendees at the Hinckley Institute's 40th Anniversary Gala on Friday night at Rice-Eccles Stadium. really matters," he said. "The Hinckley Institute lets students develop facts in a civilized, balanced and analytical way without setting aside the passioa" U student West Willmore, who is preparing for a legislative internship through the institute of politics, said he better understands public policy because of the experience the insti- tute provided in a preparation course, Willmore is debating a career in politics versus business and expects the internship will help him decide. "To intern for a CEO of a company is rare," he said. "But this is an opportunity to essentially serve as a legislator for 48 days." [e-mail]