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Show DO THE DEW: The biggest names in extreme sports rock Salt Lake City see page Tuesday, September 25,2007 DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE The www.dailyutahchronicle.com University of Utah's I n d e p e n d e n t Student Voice Since 1 8 9 0 Vol. 117 No. 491 ©2007 Health dean scrutinized Rochelle McConkie ASST. NEWS EDITOR Many faculty members in the College of Health expressed dissatisfaction with their dean in a survey taken last spring—results that Dean James Graves attributes to anxieties caused by his efforts to reorganize the college and target external funding to make the college more research-oriented. The survey was conducted by the College Council in April as part of "strategic planning exercises" led by the dean to improve the college overall. About 40 percent cast a vote of no confidence in the dean, about 30 percent voted in the dean's favor and about 30 percent abstained. "The results are non-conclusive," said council chair Ed Ruddell, a professor in Parks, Recreation and Tourism. But some professors disagree, saying the results represented discontent throughout the college. "That's huge," said an associate professor who asked to remain anonymous. "I wouldn't want that if I were getting student evaluations for my class." Faculty members listed distrust, lack of vision, poor communication and lack of inclusion in decision- making as reasons for disapproval. "He's imposing his own agenda, which is 'get grants, get grants, get grants,'" the professor said. Graves said the votes of disapproval represented "room for improvement," and came from uneasiness caused by changes his administration is implementing in the college. In the four years Graves has served as dean, he said his top goals have been to promote academic excellence, enhance research by increasing external funding, 'improve facilities and better organize the college. At one point, Graves wanted to consolidate the departments of exercise and sports science with health promotion and education because of the "commonalities of their programs," but the endeavor eventually failed. Faculty members did not discuss the issue for a year because it caused so much tension. The survey was part of Graves' strategic planning exercises, which started about two years ago with a survey asking College of Health faculty and staff to identify pros and cons of the college. When the survey was administered, Graves PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY CHRISTIAN PETERSEN/ Jht Dally VtehOvitslde See HEALTH Page 3 Clouds linked to climate Fly off the handle Study looks at satellite data Lana Groves STAFF WRITER CHRISTIAN PETERSEN/ft-ffli.7/Waftft.-ewftr Nate Adams gets some big air during a practice run Thursday. Adams went on to win the Freestyle Motor Cross event during a rain-soaked run on Saturday. The win put Adams in the points lead for the Dew Cup that will be awarded after the AST Dew Tour stop in Orlando next month. SEE PAGES 5-6 FOR FULL STORY Run promotes cancer awareness Lana Groves STAFF WRITER When Susan Sandoval died from ovarian cancer last May, her husband Julio wanted to do something about the "silent killer" that took his wife. "It was something my wife would've wanted to have d o n e - she wanted to make the public aware of how much of a killer ovarian cancer is," Julio Sandoval said. Julio Sandoval teamed up with the U's OB/GYN department to put together a run that would raise awareness of ovarian cancer. The ovarian cancer run was T E R E S A GETTEH/Jhr Doily Utah Chronide Runners cross the finish line at the cancer run Saturday morning at Sugar House Park. Julio Sandoval organized the run after his wife Susan died of ovarian cancer. held at Sugar House Park last Saturday where more than 400 people arrived to honor Susan's memory and support the cause. "This run will really help raise money for research and raise public awareness of ovarian cancer—so many people don't know much about it," said Julie Kohler, an accounting specialist for the U's center. Ovarian cancer affects 3 percent of women nationally, but many women do not receive treatment in time to stop the cancer from spreading. Only 19 percent of ovarian cancer cases are caught early enough to be treated. "It kills more people than breast cancer and it shouldn't— we're hoping women will go to be checked out more often to catch it earlier," said Lisa Sandoval, Susan's daughter and a senior in exercise and sports science at the U. The ovarian cancer run offered a four-mile run, two-mile walk/run and a one-mile walk for anyone to participate. "We've been advertising for weeks to friends and family, putting up fliers at gyms, on the radio—just trying to get a big turnout," Lisa Sandoval said. Most participants were given T-shirts and water bottles provided by Dan's Grocery Store and Great Harvest Bread Company. "Our goal was to give out all the T-shirts we had ordered, See RUN Page 4 U meteorologists are using data retrieved by two new NASA satellites to pin down the effect clouds have on global climate change. The satellites, CloudSat and CALIPSO, were put into orbit a year ago and axe releasing detailed information about cloud variation. Meteorologists are looking at the data to detect patterns in cloud overlap and understand the effect it has in trapping energy radiation. "CloudSat and CALIPSO can observe the multiple layers of clouds and will help scientists understand what energy source is radiating toward Earth," said Jay Mace, a meteorology professor at the U. When clouds cover the Earth, they reflect sun rays away and keep the ocean temperature cool. "Clouds have a natural greenhouse effect by trapping energy—we need to understand that more," Mace said. See CLOUDS Page 4 Cadets sharpen leadership skills Arthur Raymond STAFF WRITER Five men in desert camouflage appear suddenly on the blind side of a curve on a dusty road in the hills north of Utah Lake, their flat-black rifles slung at their sides. "Road patrol training," explains Army Reserve Officer Training Corps Cadet Stephen Harmon, as he slows his truck and nods to the group. Groups of trainees, dressed for combat and practicing the skills of battle, are gathered in various spots across the sprawling grounds of Camp Williams near Riverton. The facility is comprised of 28,000 acres that offer a variety of terrain and a camp complex that can house 2,800 troops. This weekend, members of the U's Army ROTC group—the Ute Warrior Battalion—are engaged in an intense three-day training mission known as an FTX, or Field Training Exercise. At one of the many weapons ranges at the camp, a group of about 30 cadets prepares for an exercise known as basic rifle marksmanship. The range consists of target posts, placed 25 meters from round concrete "foxholes" surrounded by sandbags. As the cadets are issued weapons and ammunition, Harmon, a senior nursing major at Westminster, describes the goal of the training. "The first goal of weapons training is safety...safety first and foremost," Harmon said. He noted that the cadets represent a wide variety of experience levels. Some BRITTANY WEYEN/tfw Ddt, Utah (hrmklt Joe Jeppson of the U's Army ROTC checks a cadefs rifle before going onto the shooting range during Bask Marksmanship Training on Saturday. have seen active duty, while others have never fired their weapon, an M16A2 assault rifle. All cadets, however, have passed a weapons class in which they are taught how to handle, disassemble and troubleshoot their rifle. Master Sgt. Louis Barnum directs the exercise, issuing explicit directions through his bullhorn to tie cadets on the firing line. The first step is to "zero" their weapons. The cadets fire three shots at a "zeroing" target. This target is designed to indicate what sight adjustments are See CADETS Page 4 |
