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Show Summertime high notes page 3 Deer Valley Music Festival offers four weeks of operas, symphonies, quartets and more. Nerf rockets' red glare page'6 Families in Utah often seem to have more children than they can handle, says Nicholas Pappas. Isolated T-storms Thursday, July 26,2007 THE AILY UTAH CHRONICLE www. daily u tohchronide. com T h e U n i v e r s i t y o f U 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 1 8 9 0 Vol. 117 I No. 21 ©2007 Blackout is third in month operations group look closer into what caused this large outage." It was one of a handful of The U experienced an hourlong blackout Wednesday power outages at the U this when three electrical substa- month. On July 5 and July 6, tions on campus went offline. the U experienced power outAt 8:59 a.m., the U's substa- ages after an old electrical tions were kicked off a Rocky strip and switch in the campus Mountain Power electrical electrical system exploded. grid after reported equipment Those failures blacked out 18 failures. By 9:45 a.m., power buildings around campus. was restored to the substation Wednesday's blackout, at the medical center and Re- however, was not tied to any search Park's substation. Pow- electrical malfunctions on er was restored to the lower campus. campus substation shortly af"It was a Rocky Mountain terward. Power failure," said David "Three substations were Henry, director of campus involved, and we suspect that utility services. "This outage equipment failure may have wasn't related to equipment in been the cause," said Dave Es- our substations or our electrikelsen, spokesman for Rocky cal systems on campus." Mountain Power. "We'll have c.norlen@ engineers from our substation chronicle.utah.edu Clayton Norlen STAFF WRITER Sheldon Litwin, a doctor at the University Hospital, explains the mechanics and benefits of a new heart scanner unveiled at the U Hospital on Wednesday. The scanner uses X-ray detectors spinning around a patient at three rotations per second to create a 3-D image of his or her heart, which can be used to detect blockages in arteries more effectively than other scanners. Critical care Hospital debuts faster heart scanner rooms added Technology offers more detailed imaging, less invasive testing of patients ence Development. At the ribbon-cutting cerSTAFF WRITER emony July io, Chief Nursing The University Hospital Officer Margaret Pearce said opened a new expansion ear- the staff at the hospital had lier this month that will pro- been an indispensable part of vide needed bed space for pa- the project. tients. "We have the best staff in Two floors were added to the world," Pearce said. "We the George S. and " Dolores would be foolish not to tap Dore Eccles Critical Care Pa- into their experience." vilion and helipads were added The completion of the pavilto the top level of the parking ion expansion is part of the first structure. Completion of three phase in a larger expansion profloors added to the parking ter- gram of the hospital, expected race north of the building is to be completed in 2009. expected within the next few The second phase of the months. project is the construction of The 20,000-square foot ex- the new 221,329-square foot pansion includes 26 private Patient Care Pavilion, which rooms for patients, which will be five stories and include were designed by nurses to 120 private patient rooms to provide the best patient care, serve in-patients. said Dennis Jolley, developc.yonashiro@ ment director with Health Scichronicle.utah.edu Constance Yonashiro tect blockages that are blocking 70 percent or more of a blood vessel—a number doctors said is not good enough A new heart scanner unveiled at the because many heart attacks occur with University Hospital on Wednesday a 40 to 50 percent blockage of a blood morning will provide more detailed and vessel. accurate images of the inside of patients' Carolyn Larrivee, a patient at the U hearts in less time than previous scan- Hospital, said she never knew about any ners. heart problems, but after experiencing "If somebody comes in with chest chest pain while skiing, she decided that pain, rather than doing a bunch of lab she should be examined. After being tests and trying to figure out what's scanned, doctors found blockage in one wrong, we can put them in the machine of the main blood vessels to Larrivee's and very quickly see what the symptoms heart. are," said Steve Stevens, chair of the de"It was life-changing for me," said Larpartment of radiology. rivee, who is now on a special diet and The $2.5 million machine, known as a medication. "I stopped thinking I'm indefinition dual-source computed tomog- vincible, infallible and that I'm going to raphy scanner, provides doctors with a last forever." new way to diagnose heart disease. With As with other CT scanners, the new the new scanner, doctors can view a 3-D machine is donut-shaped and roughly image of a patient's heart in about five six feet in diameter. Although the exteseconds. rior looks similar to other scanners, the The new scanner will also allow doc- mechanism is different. tors to see blockages in a person's heart Two X-ray sources and 64 X-ray demuch earlier. Other scanners only de- tectors spin around the patient at a rate Parker Williams STAFF WRITER Recharged and raring to go RSL starts 2nd leg of season against stout goalkeeper Jon Gilbert STAFF WRITER A brick wall stands between Real Salt Lake and victory Saturday night in RiceEccles Stadium. That brick wall is the New England Revolution goalkeeper Matt Reis. The MLS All-Star has posted six shutouts so far this season, one of which came against RSL on June 2. Fresh off a timely reprieve from MLS action, in which it scorched Everton FC 2o and tied Boca Juniors 1-1, RSL will apply its success to league play. But Reis and New England hope to take over the Eastern Conference lead at RSL's expense. The Revolution is tied with New York at the conference's pinnacle. New England's defensive formula is the reason it has a good chance to hold that honor after Saturday. The Revolution's defense might further be aided by the inability of RSL to produce goals. Boca Juniors goalkeeper Pablo Migliore dives but Is unable to stop Freddy Adu's penalty kick in the first half of an Real's offense has struggled mightily, international friendly match at Rke-Eccles Stadium on Tuesday night. Boca Juniors pressured RSL's defense In the producing a league low of 12 goals this second half to score, ending the game In a 1-1 draw. season. Meanwhile, the Revolution's defense is the best in the east, allowing a success Saturday. "I remarked at one point it was amazconference low of 20 goals. Midfielder Kyle Beckerman, who was ing because he was sprinting 10 yards forNew England's brick wall did show shipped over from Colorado for Mehdi wards, backwards, right, left, just to get cracks on July 22 when Houston punctured Ballouchy, joined the team for both in- pressure on the ball," RSL head coach JaReis for three goals in a draw between the ternational friendlies over the All-Star son Kreis said after defeating Everton. conference leaders. break and delighted his coach with his Real's new faces hope to find the same hustle. See RSL Page 8 of three rotations per second. The high speed helps doctors get results quickly and makes the examinations more comfortable for patients, who are required to hold their breath as they're being scanned. Another advantage of the new scanner is a lower level of radiation. But even though the new scanner has less radiation, doctors said they tend to not want younger people to use the scanner, as the radiation will increase their risk of having cancer later in life. The image can be rotated so any area of the heart is visible. Doctors also have the ability to isolate certain parts of an image, such as veins, to see them in more detail. "We've been looking for a way for 20 years to be able to visualize the arteries without having to put catheters in people's hearts," said cardiologist Sheldon Litwin. "Now we can do that with this technology." p.williams@ chronicle.utah.edu The mtn. network airs special 'Utah Week' If University of Utah sports fans didn't see some of the Utes' biggest games of last season, they shouldn't fret much. The mtn. announced this week that it will be televising seven straight days of Utah athletics, featuring replays of last year's most memorable games and coaches' shows. "Utah Week" will feature classic football, soccer, volleyball and men's and women's basketball games from the 2006-2007 season and will air the week of July 30 to Aug. 5. One of the featured games is a replay of the Sept. 23, 2006, football victory over San Diego State. Two-time Mountain West Conference Defensive Player of the Year Eric Weddle returned two interceptions for touchdowns and scored another on offense to lead Utah to a 38-7 win. The mtn. will air a special on Weddle titled "Day in the Life" on Aug. 3 at 1:30 p.m. Other football games that will be shown during • "Utah Week" include Ute victories over Air Force, UNLV and TCU. The mtn. will also air a preview for the 2007 Utah football season on Aug. 3 at 8:30 p.m. The weeklong special on Ute sports will also feature Utah women's basketball wins over USC, TCU and BYU. On the men's side, the network will air the Utes' victory over No. 13 Air Force on Aug. 4 at 7 p.m. Additionally, the special features the U soccer team's 2-1 overtime victory over New Mexico on Sept. 2, 2006, as well as Utah volleyball's MWC tournament victory over UNLV on Sept. 24. For more information about scheduling and airing times for Utah week, visit the mtn.'s website: themtn.cstv.com/schedule/utah-schedule.html Comcast customers can view the mtn. on channel 37Cody Brunner |