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Show The University o f Utah's I n d e p e n d e n t Student Voice Since 1890 THE DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE Vol. 116 No. 119 Friday, February 9, 2007 yutahchronicle.com Inside Opinion Sports, Quote of the day Weather "Movie theaters showing "Norbit" should do the humane thing—the right thing—and issue a cyanide pill to anyone who buys a ticket to this bomb." A&E Page G Page 5 Page I Fightingfirewith Shire Western invaders Total failure Red Rock freshman Sarah Shire's passion for gymnastics lias taken her on a long road to the U. Matt Homer thinks the latest wave of Utah immigrants needs to get going, going—back, back—to Cali, Cali. "Norbit" does a disservice to the world. Eddie Murphy should cut off his legs as a show of good faith. -Aaron Allen on "Norbit" SEE FULL STORY ON PAGE 4 46/38 Cloudy Dean of students to re Landward recognized for 36-year career Dustin Gardiner Chronicle Asst. News Editor One might say Stayner Landward has grown up at the U. Landward, the current dean of students, came to the U at the age of 18 and besides serving a mission and a stint in the military, he has been here ever since. After earning three degrees at the U, Landward has worked with students as an administrator for 36 years—first as an admissions counselor, then director of academic advising and, later, dean. Now, at 62, Landward is preparing to retire at the end of the school year in June. His replacement has not yet been selected. Landward said he is stepping down in part because of health concerns related to a heart attack he suffered last year. "It's time to move on and write a different chapter—a less stressful one," Landward said. "I won't miss the stress and the late-night phone calls." Members of the Academic Senate recently passed a resolution to make Landward an emeritus dean of students and to thank him for his dedication to students' work in building "community within campus." "It's recognition from his peers... for a lifetime of service to the university and students," said Kirty Jones, president of the senate and a professor in the School of Medicine. Landward has been involved in making numerous changes around campus during his career, including expanding advising services to the individual colleges, improving on-campus child care, adopting the first admissions index and developing the Larry H. Miller diversity SeeDEAN Page 3 of dreams Stayner Landward up the night International food fair offers variety of cultural activities KIM PETERSON/ The Daily Uuk Chronicle An artist's rendering of the new Real Salt Lake stadium shown at a press conference on Thursday. The Legislature approved funds for a new soccer stadium in Sandy, setting aside $15 million in tourist taxes and $20 million in hotel taxes for the stadium and parking structure. SEE PAGE 6 FOR FULL STORY Medical ethics and humanities program brings caring to medical field prepared for the ethical issues involved in treating HIV/AIDS patients. Most students expect medi"As doctors, we tend to focus cal school to be four years of on the new techniques, procescience, but a U program is at- dures and break-through techtempting to make medicine nology," said first-year medical about more than just physical student Pete Pelletier, "But you anatomy. can't lose perspective of the Set up in 1988 by Jay Jacobson, human side and how patients the medicalethics and humani- feel." ties program was designed to First-year medical students prepare physicians to provide . are required to take a social human patient care and address medicine class, which includes ethical problems in health care. an introduction to caring for paBased in the School of Medi- tients emotionally, dealing with cine, the program involves the death and dying, suicide and College of Humanities, College other ethical issues that may of Law and the English and phi- come up while taking care of losophy departments. patients. The program was set up in the Teresa Tuan, a first-year wake of the HIV/AIDS epidem- medical student, said she likes ic, when many doctors were un- the class because it gives her a Paige Fieldsted The Daily Utah Chronicle break from all the science and anatomy. "Without the humanities, you don't have balance; they give you an opportunity to use your creative side," Tuan said. "We are trying to emphasize doctor-patient relationships," said Jacobson, who is now chief of the division of medical ethics and humanities. "Using poetry, art and film, (doctors) can learn about how patients are feeling." After the second year of medical school, the students transition into the clinic and hospital settings. "It is no longer just about the science," said John Linford, fourth-year medical student. "You have to look at how disease and your treatments affect patients socially and emotionally. By studying humanities, we can better understand our patients' needs." As fourth-years, the medical students are required to take a medical ethics class and also have the option of taking ethics and humanities electives. Aside from the required courses for medical students, the program also offers classes and discussions for practicing doctors, lawyers and nurses. The courses are aimed at creating understanding and positive relationships between the different professions. "Doctors and lawyers are notorious for their bad relationships, so the fact that we have them working together is unique," Jacobson said. p~fieldsted@chronicle.utah.edu Students looking for something to do tonight will be able to find culture during the international food fair at the LDS Institute of Religion tonight. The event will feature a dance by the Vietnamese American Student Association, a performance by the bagpipe-playing Piping XJtes, a traditional Peruvian dance, an American Indian dance, a Latin American dance and a song by Jan Carlos, a mariachi singer. And that's just the pre-show. Infusion, a Spanish rock band that is most well known on the West Coast, will headline the fair. Students who want more than just a musical taste of different cultures will be able to get a real bite during the international food buffet. The menu will feature food from six different countries such as Chilean empanadas, Mexican tacos and rice, kalua pig, teriyaki chicken and traditional Brazilian platters. Although the event is free, students can only pick from three countries out of the buffet options. Henry Alvarez, director of the International Student Council, said the fair will give students an opportunity to experience culture. "The purpose of this event is to unite the different cultures we have in the United States and give students awareness of what's out there," Alvarez said. "Plus, it's just going to be fun." The international food fair starts at 7:30 p.m. at the institute at 1780 E. South Campus Drive, "Just remember to come early if you want food!" Alvarez said. ' Ana Breton International food fair >When: Today >Tlme: 7:30 p.m. >Where: LDS Institute of Religion Building (1780 East South Campus Dr.) >Cost: Free Nonviolence activist, author recounts 1963 church bombing Ana Breton Chronicle Senior Writer It took Donzaleigh Abernathy more than 30 years to get over the fear of public bathrooms. It was 1963 and the children's day celebration at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama was almost over. A,' Four girls between the ages of 11 and 13 stopped by the ladies' bathroom in the church to redo their makeup. A teacher passed by the bathroom and told the girls to hurry up. Another little girl came inside and went into one of the stalls. In an instant, the ladies' room exploded and four girls were dead. The girl that had entered the stall last minute survived, but she would remain blind in one eye for the rest of her life. Abernathy remembers the incident. She was there. Her father, Ralph David Abernathy, was one of Martin Luther King Jr.'s closest friends, or "Uncle Martin," m as she had always called him. And although she was only five years old when the incident happened, the "over 40" Abernathy can narrate with complete details. She described the sight during a speech on Thursday in the Union Ballroom. "We saw a little leather shoe among the rubble and then we found the bodies piled on top of each other," she said, "The faces were so disrupted that they looked like grown women. One girl's head had been decapitated—the only thing keeping her head and her body together was loose skin." She said she couldn't go into public bathrooms years after it happened. When she was in kindergarten, she would "go on herself" during naptime to avoid going to the bathroom. Both her mother and the teacher knew about her fear and sent her to school with a change of clothes everyday. See AUTHOR Page 3 |
