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Show E Thursday, March 1 ; 2007 DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE Drunks, thieves and Freon Losing air A car parked near Kinder Care was 'burglarized. The thief broke a lock to get injo the car and then stole a CD/DVD player, speakers and other •property. • Police haven't found the property, but the kids say y'all should check ;6ut the Kinder Care area, it's pimped ;6ut, yo. You can also buy that CD/ DVD set from them for $20. Those ;kids are whack. Two-and-a-half drunken men An officer pulled over a vehicle that was being driven aggressively— You win some'i you lose some} sion and had his driver's license suspended for violating the state's "Not a Drop" law. Perhaps the police officer should have been cited for getting so close to the man that he could smell his breath AND know he was under 21. almost recklessly. The officer discov' A parking permit that was report- ered the driver's speech and balance 'ed stolen was found being used in a were impaired. The man was arrested because the •Vehicle parked near the Huntsman Breathalyzer result showed a blood Cancer Institute. ; Knowing the parking Nazis, they alcohol level two and a half times the ;probably made the fake permit and legal limit. Two and a half times?! "Mergle .then waited 36 minutes until the ;parking meter ran out of time and ergle booboo," the man said. gave them a ticket for that. Faking it : Klepto kids atureZUU Ij 57th Legislative session concludes,, ;•; higher ed. bills go down to the wire ^ Ice, ice baby Someone cut several air-conditioning lines on the east side of the LDS Institute of Religion, causing the loss of several hundred dollars' worth of Freon. And then there was gas. That's what she said. A man at the Union Food Court took a cup of ice without paying for it after being asked by a cashier to pay. A food court manager called the police, who then spoke with the alleged ice thief. The suspect offered to pay the 25 cents for the ice, but the manager refused his offer. The manager wanted the suspect, a man with whom the manager and others have had several unpleasant encounters, cited for theft. The suspect was cited and released. Seriously, Chartwells. Seriously. Compiled by Ana Breton Stop, 'drop' and give me your license An officer pulled over a car and noted that the driver's breath smelled like alcohol. However, the driver was not impaired. Because he was under 21, he was arrested for illegal alcohol posses- Lab works to improve traffic flow in Utah Guns restricted in Residence Halls Senate Bill 251 passed out of the House yesterday. This bill allows students living in Residence Halls to elect- whether or not they have a roommate who has a concealed weapons permit. The portion of the bill that would have allowed ' concealed weapons permit holders to be restricted from carrying their guns into certain faculty offices on university campuses was eliminated. Paige Fieldsted [TheDaily Utah Chronicle ; • The basement of the Kennecott Building is a place few U students know exists. But a traffic lab located ;in this basement has been in operation for 12 years. ' "People don't really know we are here," said associate professor of civil and environmental engineering Peter Martin, who organized and runs the traffic lab. "After all, we are down in a basement." The lab works on a variety of things from locally driven projects to international perspectives. A project the traffic lab is currently working on is observing the high occupancy toll lane, also known as the carpool lane. Currently, drivers can buy a sticker for $50 per month that allows them to drive in the carpool lane alone. "We are observing the effect this has on the efficiency and flow of not only the carpool lane, but general purpose lanes as well," Martin said. "We compare different measures of effectiveness of previous lanes and the lanes now," said Dilya Yusufzyanova, a transportation graduate student. Another project the traffic lab is rworking on involves an advanced traffic control system set up in Park City. The system picks up traffic flow in real time and adjusts the timing of the lights to make the flow of traffic smoother. "We are trying to find the perfect combination of green time and red LISA TERAN/ Tin- fXsily Utah Chnntcle Megan Sessions, staff editor of the traffic lab in the basement of the Kennecott Building, checks and records whether the vehicles traveling in the carpool lane have more than one passenger and/or a lane permit sticker on Tuesday. time," said Jelka Stevanovic, a transportation graduate student. "You want to have as good of settings as possible." The traffic flow in Park City is simulated on a computer in the traffic lab where different light combinations are evaluated. "Byfindingthe best combination of light signals we can minimize waiting time, gas consumption and pollution entering the air," said Changkai Zhu, a computer science graduate student. "We are trying to help reduce delays and create good progression of traffic," said Venkateshawar Jadhav, a, transportation graduate student. The lab has also created a computer model of I-15 from 500 North PRESENCE AND ABSENCE: VISION AND THE INVISIBLE IN THE MEDIA AGE 2007 TANNER LECTURE ON HUMAN VALUES PRESENTED BY BILL VIOLA WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 2007, 7:00 PM MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS DUMKE AUDITORIUM to Orem. "This is the most accurate and sophisticated model of any stretch of freeway anywhere in North America," Martin said. "With this model you can test 'what if scenarios, and evaluate their effects on traffic flow." The traffic lab has been involved in many other projects in the Salt Lake area, including supervising the traffic during the Olympics and implementing TRAX. "The delay you suffer when commuting affects where you work and live, expenses you pay, the economy and the environment," Martin said. "We are just trying to smooth traffic flow." p.fieldsted@chronicle.utah.edu PARTNERSHIP RAISES MONEY FOR HISPANIC SCHOLARSHIPS Public Health Program. "As the endowment fund grows, the Public Health Program will be able to offer more scholarships or increase the amount awarded," White said. The UHBLF will contribute $5,000 per year for three years for the endowment fund, and continued from Page I the U public health departing degrees. In order to be ment will match that donaeligible, a student must be tion every year. Hispanic/Latina/o and a n.christensen@ matriculated student in the chronicle.utah.edu NOW HIRING Part-time Package Handlers 7 Bill Viola I Fne Angek lot the Millennium. 2001 Videa/samd instsHstwn I w. 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The bill would have restricted state and local benefits being given to undocumented immigrants. It also included an amendTuition tax credit doesn't make the cut ment that would have eliminated in-state college tuHouse Bill 62 did not ition for undocumented move through the House in students. time to pass before the 57th Compiled by Legislative session ended. Natalie Hale LEGISLATURE PASSES FUNDING ' FOR TWO U PROJECTS through for us," Kirkham said. "This was a big deal to us and to get it done is quite exciting." The Student Life Centerwould serve as a gathering place for students and include exercise facilities, study areas, a juice bar, classroom space and a mecontinued from Page I dia center. While the bond for the money would also be used to build a cooler plant for life center was approved, U administrators must prothe building. The bond for the Student vide $15 million in private Life Center was excluded donations before plans to from the Capitol Facilities construct the building can/ ' agenda earlier in the session begin. because it was believed to The bond will be repaid not have enough support to through student fees of appass. proximately $40 to $60 per • Student Body President semester. Overall this year Jake Kirkham said after it was a successful one for the * was excluded that'it would U, Wirthlin said. take a miracle to get the "It helped that we had a 0 bond approved. great economy,1 and this is "We got our miracle," the second surplus year," , Kirkham said when HB 473 Wirthlin said. "We are glad passed yesterday. that the Legislature was able "Kim Wirthlin and to spread the love." Speaker Curtis really came n.hale@chronicle.utah.edu. INTERNSHIPS GIVE STUDENTS POLITICAL EXPERIENCE continuedfromPage I job. 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