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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. 66 Thursday, October 26. 2006 www.dailyutahchronicle.com Sports Pane i I'aiic 6 I'ntjc 7 Flame retardant Culture shock Waging war A&E Despite a strong performance by Tim Robbins, "Catch A Fire" is more a smoldering ember than a roaring blaze. Weather Quote of the day Inside Opinion Beth Ranschau laments the overwhelming dearth of culture in today's technology-pumped world. The U and BYU volleyball teams don't just battle on the court—they compete for the same recruits, too. Same panel, new name "Now, before the army of militant feminists on campus tries to rip me to pieces and eat my liver with a chilled Fresca, let me explain my reasoning." -Tom Quinn on why women shouldn't play football SEE FULL COLUMN PAGE 7. 47/34 Mostly Sunny All choked up Majority of'Academic Freedom' panelists are BYU professors from cancelled 'Banned at BYU' event ; Dustin Gardiner Chronicle Asst. News Editor Organizing a forum on academic freedom has been a lesson in free speech for junior Jared Kubly. Kubly, who works in the Presenter's Office of the student government, had initially planned on hosting a forum called "Banned at BYU" in early September, but the event was cancelled after Associated Students of the University of Utah leaders feared it could be too offensive. The "Banned at BYU" event would have featured a handful of former professors from Brigham Young University, a private school owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, to talk about their experiences with censorship. A panel discussion with an almost identical roster of speakers is being hosted on campus tonight. The panel, titled, "Academic Freedom," features one U professor and three BYU professors who were asked to speak at the "Banned at BYU" event. After the "Banned at BYU" event was cancelled, Kubly said he was told to shift the focus of the forum from BYU to academic freedom in general. Kubly said he was told to come up with a less offensive name for the forum and to find professors from a variety of schools to speak. "I told them I didn't think it was right, but it's their decision ultimately," Kubly told The Chronicle in September. "We could rename it 'Banned at the U of U,' I guess." Despite his disappointment, Kubly changed the name of the event to simply "Academic Freedom," and began what he called a difficult search to find more professors for the panel. But after a month of searching, Kubly had only found one additional professor to speak on the panel alongside the former BYU faculty members. He said professors from other religious schools were simply not interested in the panel and that U faculty members were unavailable. Although the panel is still composed primarily of former BYU faculty, ASUU leaders said they gave Kubly permission to LENNIE MAHLER/ Tht Diitv Utah Chronicle Jonah Taylor and Anthony Gaskins rehearse Nobel Prize-winner Harold Pinter's "The Dumb Walter," directed by Jared Anderson, in Studio 115 on Tuesday night. Performances of a series of student-directed one-act plays written by Pinter run today through Sunday at 7:30 p.m. in Studio 115 in the Performing Arts Building. SEE PAGE 4 FOR FULL STORY U lab furthers research on colon cancer treatment Natalie Hale The Daily Utah Chronicle PETERSON/ Tht Daily Vtnh Chtvntitt Sophomore Chad Zavali, pre-med student studying biology, injects fish embryos with CtBP inhibitor Monday in the Huntsman Cancer Institute. Researchers at the Huntsman Cancer Institute have discovered a possible way to treat patients who have colon cancer. David A. Jones, associate professor of oncological sciences, is leading the study, which is being conducted at the cancer institute and was published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry this month. Jones" lab is interested in finding drugs that target the genetic defect that causes colon cancer because, as oncology researchers have discovered, there is no blanket treatment that cures all cancers. "Eighty-five percent of colon cancers are a result of a mutation in one certain gene," Jones said. "This mutation is found in the adenomatous polyposis gene, also known as APC." What Jones' lab wanted to know is what the APC gene does when it is not mutated and what it does when it is. This gene initiates the earliest stages of the development of cells found in the intestines. When it is mutated, the cell never stops growing because it lacks the mechanism that tells the cell to turn off and die. This results in the growth of polyps in the colon, which cause cancer. The lab's findings suggest a more precise cause of polyp growth found within the APC gene. It is called the C-terminal Binding Protein (CtBP). Researchers found that if they were able to genetically disable the CtBP protein, they could rescue zebra fish suffering from the APC mutation—resulting in normal intestinal growth. In a normal cell, the APC gene controls the amount of CtPB in it by marking the cell for destruction when a certain amount of the CtPB protein is present. In cancerous cells that have a mu- Dustin Gardiner As the legislative session ap.groaches, officials frpm the Utah 3£afe Board of Regents have soaring tuition costs and the decreasing time it takes students to graduate qntheir minds. T 'The Regents presented legislators their priorities for the session tjh meeting of the Higher Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Oct. 19 at the Capitol. Among their recommendations was a proposal for a 75/25 higher education funding split. The deal would call for the state to pick up 75 percent of the bill for classes, while college students would be required to pay the remaining 25 percent. Currently, according to the Deseret Morning News, Utah students pay 35 percent of the cost of their education; the state pays the remaining 65 percent. Shootin' Utes hit bullseyein international match Ana Breton Regents push agenda for legislative session Chronicle Asst. News Editor Just shoot me Chronicle Senior Writer Legislators to examine lowering tuition costs : PHOTO COURTESY OF THE SHOOTIN' UTES Engineering major and Shootin1 Utes member Thomas Fairbanks competes in a preliminary tryout for the U.S. National Team in the Naval Sciences Building on Sept. 30. Richard Kendall, commissioner of the Utah System of Higher Education, said the compensation split would slow the increase of tuition and would save Utah students about $3.8 million per year, overall. "It's a benefit to students over time," Kendall said. While most legislators expressed concern about the climbing cost of tuition, others were skeptical of &* LEGISLATURE Page 3 Two U students have a clear shot at making the U.S. National Shooting Team. Nicholas Zachman, junior in political science, took first place in two different shooting events—air pistol and free pistol crown—at an international match Sept. 30. Thomas Fairbanks, junior engineering major, also placed first in the standard pistol competition. The.match, which took place in the Naval Sciences Building, was a preliminary tryout for the U.S. National Shooting Team—the first step toward competing in the Olympics. The Shootin' Utes team's eight members competed against one other and local shooters, said Matthew DeLong, club advisor. "The sport is all about concentration," Fairbanks said. The standard pistol competition, which Fairbanks won comprises shooting 60 bullets' at a target the size of a dollar coin placed 50 feet away. The free pistol crown and the air pistol match are also made up of 60 shots. However, the free pistol crown is shot at six different targets 50 feet away while the air pistol See SHOOTS Page 3 |