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Show T h e U n i v e r s i t y o fU t a h ' s I n d e p e n d e n t S t u d e n t V o i c e S i n c e THE ©2006 1890 DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE Vol. 116 No. 54 Tuesday, October 10, 2006 www.dailyutahchronicle.com Inside Opinion Sports Page 4 Pdye 6 Page 7 Surveillance rocks Beware pink 'Rat' man returns Breast Cancer Awareness schemes aren't effective, writes Beth Ranschau after a telling trip to the supermarket. The embattled quarterback and the Ute passing game got hack on track against TCU. A&E The I) kicks off its week of J9&Mhcmed terror with a series of discussions and book talks on the newest "SLC Punk": Winston Smith. Quote of the day Weather "It's like being on Alien Iverson's basketball team: You may be really good, but no one's going to remember you." -Jesse Peterson on A Static Lullaby's newest album SEE FULL REVIEW PAGE 4. m 59/46 Scattered T-Storms Push for recycling edges forward U administrators say more research and fund-raising need to be done U's annual waste 6,500 tons - Total waste per year Dustin Gardiner Chronicle Asst, News Editor ""'. 2,593.5 tons - Recyclable paper • 1,774.5 tons - Mixed waste (non-recyclable) 39.9% • 949 tons - Other recyclables (plastic, glass, aluminum) • 715 tons - Food waste (compostable) i 4 6 8 tons - Other compostables (leaves, branches, etc.) Source: Cascadia Consulting Group, Inc. Although administrators acknowledge the U is not recycling as much as it should, they are not ready to expand the campus' current recycling program. They say more money and further research is needed before the current "fragmented" recycling program can be expanded into a more coordinated campus-wide effort. A 2005 audit of the U's waste flow revealed that the U is recycling 17 percent of its total waste. The investigation, contracted to Cascadia, a recycling consulting group, found that about 70 percent of the U's garbage could be recycled—the majority of which is paper. Administrators said they estimate the amount of waste currently being recycled is closer to 23 or 24 percent, RYAN PERKINS/ The Ddilr Uteh Chronicle with composting and recy"We learned (from Cascling performed by waste-re- cadia) that we're probably moval companies. doing a lot more than we "Recycling is perhaps an thought we were, but also area (in which) we have not that there's some more things been proactive enough," said we can do," Higgins said. Cory Higgins, associate vice "Within this calendar year president for Facilities Man- • we would like to have a very noteworthy program." agement. Higgins said the audit reBoth Brigham Young Univealed that the U is recycling versity and Utah State Unimore than previously thought versity have had recycling and that, on a national level, programs since the early the school is recycling more than many universities. See R E C Y C L I N G Page 3 Crimson crooks Pipers piping Advertising posters stolen, UPC budget hurt New club aims to revive culture, teach students Ana Breton Chronicle Senior Writer Even though the Union Programming Council has hosted three jampacked Crimson Nights this year, it is having a hard time celebrating its success. Two large Crimson Nights posters worth $150, as well_ as the "Hollywood" signs on the Union's Free Speech Area, are missing and are presumed stolen, said Julie Train, UPC director. Ben Holdaway, who served as the UPC marketing director last year, said four posters worth more than $600 were also stolen during Crimson Nights last year. "I designed the banners to advertise Crimson Nights, but one by one, each of them ended up missing," Holdaway said. Iran said she assumes the posters last year were stolen because they were tied with rope, which can easily be untied and taken down. This year, UPC began using twisty ties because "not many people carry scissors or blades around with them," she said. This year the posters, which are usually placed in the Union, the Heritage Center and in stationary poster poles around campus, still managed to disappear. Iran said she thinks students in need of room decorations took the posters. "I think students did it for kicks because they look really good hung up on their walls," she said. "But what people need to realize is that even though stealing may seem fun at the time, their actions do have consequences." As a result of the posters' disappearance, UPC was forced to cut funds needed for additional marketing materials, Tran said. "We have a very limited budget and planned on reusing the banners for future events during the year," she said. "But, because we don't budget for lost or stolen objects, we end up just being short on marketing materials, and,our participation at the events suffer since we aren't able to cover more areas on campus." Holdaway said that missing banners don't just hurt funds; they also hurt the students who spent time working to make them. "Putting Crimson Nights together is an amazingly hard task, and it costs a lot of extra money and time that could be spent on creating more. advertising for the future," Holdaway said. Officer Jordan Winegar, with campus police, said students found with stolen property can be charged with theft and a Class B misdemeanor. Students with information about the missing posters or who witness other campus property being stolen are encouraged to contact Campus Security at 585-2677 or UPC at 5817658. a.breton@chronicle.utah.edu Ana Breton Chronicle Senior Writer CHRISTOPHER PEDDECORD/7'Ac AII7>- Utah Chronicle Aaron Wilson, nursing senior and president of the Piping Utest plays "Utah Man" accompanied by other club members on the bagpipes at the club's meeting Wednesday. It seems that everybody who plays .the bagpipe remembers his or her first time. For Trevor DeMass, it happened on Christmas day. He was 11 years old, and it was his turn to receive a present during the family's annual gift swap. DeMass opened his present and fulfilled a lifelong dream when he found a brand new bagpipe. Unfortunately, he did not enjoy his success for long. He blew into the mouthpiece and passed out. Now, after seven years of practice, DeMass is a proud and competitive bagpiper. So much, in fact, that he and four other U students have come together to create the Piping Utes, the first club of its kind in U history. "Bagpiping is a big part in my life," said DeMass, a freshman in pharmaceuticals. "I want to share that by teaching other students so we can keep this tradition alive." DeMass, who is of Scottish heritage, took lessons from the Dennis McMaster, who is known as the "dad of bagpiping in Utah." McMaster's daughter, Cait, is also a member of the Piping Utes. "All of my family actually plays, too," said Cait McMaster, a freshman in medicine. Dennis McMaster met his wife through a bagpiping group for which they both played when they were See B A G P I P E R S Page 3 Students celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival despite rain Natalie Hale The Daily Utah Chronicle Traditional participants of the Chinese culture gather on the 15th day of the lunar calendar to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, or Moon Festival. The U Hong Kong Student Association and the Taiwanese Student Association held a joint garden party to celebrate the yearly harvest festival Thursday. Despite the rain, which inhibited playing many of the outdoor games traditionally played at the night markets in Hong Kong and Taiwan, there were many students who turned out to celebrate the day, which is considered one of the most important \- of Chinese holidays. "We wanted a different feel this year to the festival because normally, we only have a barbeque, so we decided to mimic the night markets," said Arden Yang, a junior from Hong Kong in mass communication. "The plan worked out really well, except for the weather." While the old traditions of the festival are not carried out as they used to be, the holiday is primarily celebrated by families gathering together to eat with one another and by children who carry glowing, hand-painted lanterns through the streets, said Michael Gong, a junior in business. There may be many versions, but a traditional legend still accompanies the festival. Thomas W. Chinn, a Chinese historian and co-founder of the Chinese Historical Society of America, said the legend is centered on a woman named Chang-O (or Chang-E, depending on the translation) who was married to a famous archer named Hou Yi. For shooting nine out of the 10 suns from the sky that were threatening to burn the earth, Hou Yi was rewarded a pill that contained the elixir of eternal life; Chang-O noticed a glow of light in the rafters one day and discovered the pill, which.Hou SeeFESTYVAL Page3 KATE BURNS/ Thr Duly Utah Jackie Messer tests her chopstick skills by transporting wet marbles from one bowl to another at the Moon Festival celebration Thursday. I \ |