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Show The U n i v e r s i t y o fUtah's I n d e p e n d e n t S t u d e n t Voice Since THE ©2006 DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE Vol.116 No. 65 Wednesday, October 25,2006 www.dallyutahchronicle.com Inside 1 Sports Opinion Page 6 I'nye $ Payc 9 Thoroughly modern Religious litmus Here, there and everywhere U Performing Dance Company busts out more great performances from faculty and guest choreographers. Matt Homer discusses the common practice of trying to detemine others' religious leanings. I Hell on | Earth '• Humanities speaker uses ideas . of hell to explore current events Stephanie Glaittli The Daily Utah Chronicle :* Perceptions of hell have influenced international wars, terrorist attacks and even pop culture, said Rachel Falconer, opening keynote speaker at the Tanner Humanities Center conference on Monday. Falconer's lecture kicked off the three-day conference sponsored by the College of Humanities to explore hell and its afterlife. This conference has been in the works for two and a half years and is an opportunity for students, faculty and the community to look at hell and religion in a different way, said Margaret Toscano, assistant professor of language and literature at the U. "This event is a chance to explore how religious beliefs about hell spill out into other areas of our lives and (to) understand how hell influences our daily lives," Toscano said. At the opening lecture, Falconer emphasized that pre-existing notions of hell as a place 6f pain and torture allow us to make sense of the world and ourselves. ;." "Hell lets us set up a narrative Where we can see ourselves as heroes, set against some demonic entity and make sense of the hell within ourselves," Falconer said. Following the London bombings and Sept. n attacks, the horrors of the world were boiled down to notions of a hell on earth that splashed across newspaper pages to make the events understandable, Falconer said. "The idea of hell lets us learn arid understand a world that seems to make no sense/' she said. "It conveys the horrors of the abyss and makes it readable." Falconer also said that international and national politics, terrorism and war have all been influenced by our current perception of hell. , "The war in Lebanon and the bombing of the village of Qana are motivated by our political sense that we are in hell and we, in. turn, create a hell through our political actions," she said. The idea of hell impacts our daily lives, Falconer said, and seduces us to believe in its existence. 1 "The idea of hell seduces us and it should," she said, "because it forces us into judgment and it makes us react." Hell is a difficult concept to explain and understand, said David Andrason, a junior in political science. "But the influence it has on politics is surprising and the connections between current events and the afterlife make the idea of hell more interesting." "I was shocked at how much influence hell has on current events," said Cynthia Hornbeck, a graduate student in English. "Most people don't look at hell in terms of current concerns, and this gives a new perspective that people should learn and understand." f V . :.-..-.--•_• s.glaittli@ ..'••.;. ;.':--.- chronicle.utah.edu Weather Quote of the day A&E : ' ' •-,, 1890 The U volleyball team stands out from the MWC crowd thanks to a slew of offensive weapons. "Of course, the 'hos get respected disrespectfully through a theme that pervades most hip-hop albums. But at least Outkast has the basic decency to keep the insolence honest and straightforward." -Spencer Young on Outkast's new album SEE FULL REVIEW PAGE 6. 44/33 Few Showers ASUU to slash KUTE funding? Kirkham says student radio station isn't putting money to good use the station is not a worthwhile way to spend the student government's money. "Our past administrations Student government leaders are pushing to cut funding to have felt that maybe this monKUTE, the U's student-run ra- ey...is not being spent wisedio station, for the remainder ly—we're under that same impression," Kirkham said. of the current school year. Kirkham said he expects A joint bill was proposed last week in a committee of a new version of the bill to the Student Assembly to sus- be submitted next week. He pend KUTE's funding until wouldn't discuss specific June 2007. The bill was with- details of the bill, but said it drawn amid concerns that it may be proposed as a constineeded to be reworded in or- tutional amendment. der to comply with Redbook, The previous ASUU adthe student constitution. ministration tried to take Redbook designates that control of KUTE last spring KUTE receive 2 percent of by creating a Student Broadthe Associated Students of cast Advisory Committee the University of Utah's bud- that would have overseen the get, about $15,000, in funding station's operating. each year through the StuThe proposal was approved dent Broadcast Council. by both the ASUU Senate Student Body President and Assembly, but the Board Jake Kirkham said he thinks of Trustees tabled the issue Dustin Gardiner Chronicle Asst. News Editor fiaces of the and requested a task force to examine the issue further. Following the trustees' recommendations, University of Utah President Michael Young created a task force to study student media on campus. Last spring's proposal was never readdressed. Bob Avery, general manager of KUTE and chairman of the Student Broadcast Council, said ASUU is now jumping the gun by cutting KUTE's funding before the task force issues its recommendation. "It seems to me that ASUU would want to see the result of the recommendation before making this bold of a move," Avery said. Kirkham said that because the funding cut is not permanent, it will not affect the task See KUTE Page 3 DJ Mitch Edmonds signs out from his two-hour punk and hip-hop music program on KUTE, the U's student-run radio station, Tuesday afternoon. Who you gonna call? U student hunts ghosts in search of the paranormal Ana Breton Chronicle Senior Wri'er It happened around this time last year. For several hours, Mike Christensen had been walking through the Salt Lake City Cemetery, but because it was getting dark, he started to head home. Opting for safety, the junior economics major followed the light posts leading the way out of the cemetery. But, when Christensen walked under the first post, the LENNlfc* MAHLER/ The Daily Utah Chronkl? Ghost hunters Mike Christensen and Jeromy Julian from the Utah Paranormal Investigation Society ready their electromagnetic frequency meters, cameras and recorders for a night in search of paranormal activity. light went out. Thinking it was simply a malfunction, Christensen kept walking, but every time he walked under a light post, the light would suddenly fade and black out. Trying to cheat the system, he passed under a light that was already off. His trick, however, did not pay off. As he walked under it, the light turned on. Starting to worry, ChrisSee GHOSTS Page 3 PHOTO BY LtiNNlli MAHLER PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY RYAN PERKINS/ The Daily Ut*h Chronicle Humanities House resident Cory Richardson explains why an old photo in the house is rumored to be haunted Saturday night. Burning to save lives Natalie Hale The Daily Utah Chronicle Three burn unit nurses rushed to the bedside of a patient, rapidly surveying equipment and the patient's health. "Sorry about that," said Lezli Matthews, the nurse manager of the U Hospital's nationally recognized burn unit. "Whenever a patient's equipment goes off, we need to make sure that everything associated with them is OK." Each year and every day, the U's burn unit cares for these patientsmost with serious wound care that requires constant monitoring. The unit is staffed with a dedicated team of doctors, nurses, licensed nurse practitioners, certified nurse assistants, physical therapists, occupational therapists and nutritionists who specialize in burn therapy "This unit is different from all the other units in the hospital. We rehab out-patients, so we literally see them go through every step of the healing process," said Jen Shealy, a sophomore in nursing science and health unit coordinator in the U's burn unit. Matthews credits the success of the unit to the dedicated staff and the work it performs together in close-knit interdisciplinary teams. Matthews said most of the wounds found on children are scalds from hot bathtub water, kitchen-related burns or incidents with electric frying equipment. "We have found that, in the majority of cases, the ailment is not just a burn—it's a burn with a big story," Matthews said. "Whether it be from abuse, neglect or as a result of a See B U R N U N I T Page 4 BOHBY SAKAKI/ The Daily Utah Chronic!* Nurses and director Jeff Saffle from University Hospital's nationally recognized burn unit discuss procedures for dealing with patients Friday. T |