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Show JTnz DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE Students give profs awards Students who know professors who embody excellent teaching qualities are being invited to nominate their teachers for this year's Student Choice Teaching Award. The awards are aimed at honoring professors, who are. completely student driven and are known to be an outstanding influence in students' lives. The awards were created by students in 1993 to give students a voice in honoring their professors. They are the only awards for professors that are both student chosen and directed. Last, year, 30 students nominated professors, 15 of which received awards for their work at the U. Members of the Associated Students of the University of Utah Academic Affairs Board judge the entries based upon short essays written by students about the nominated professor. "It's important to do this at every university because we have to remember that it's a teaching institution as well," said Katie Miller, director of Academic Affairs for ASUU and a junior history major. Miller said most awards presented to college professors are given to honor research or work in the community, but the Student Choice Teaching Awards honor professors just for teaching. Students can submit an essay before March 14 to ASUU through an application online at www.asuu.utah.edu/STA. doc. Winning students will be given a chance to introduce their professors at a banquet in April. Furthermore, students from the winning professors' classes will be invited to attend. Melissa Oveson HOUSE VOTES AGAINST CAMPUS OPEN CARRY continued from Page 1 retain faculty, staff and students. * "In higher education we want to be sure our schools are safe," Wirthlin said. "The impression of safety is as important as the actuality of safety." Both Rep. Kory Holdaway, RTaylorsville, and Rep. Roz McGee, D-Salt Lake City, said they spoke with U faculty members who said the bill would make them or other faculty members want to leave the university if open carry were allowed on campus. ."I had an interesting conversation with a distinguished college professor who said to me, 'What are you guys doing, going to let students carry guns into my class as a sidearm? If that happens, I'm leaving the state, and I'm not the only one,'" Holdaway recounted. McGee, who represents the area, surrounding the U, said more than 60 percent of her voters are either U students, faculty or alumni. She said she received a phone call from a U dean whose college recruits faculty members for the Utah Science Technology and Research Initiative, which was created to stimulate jobs and the state econo- my. The dean expressed concerns about faculty leaving if open carry is allowed on campus. "I think everyone understands the importance of economic development and a highly educated work force to be the wheels on which economic development moves forward, but (this dean) said he knows faculty members who would leave the U to accept positions out of state if the very worst form of this legislation passes," McGee said. The bill's sponsor, Rep. Curt Oda, R-Clearfield, opposed the amendment and said the argument of faculty leaving does not make sense because permit holders are still able to bring firearms on campus as long as they are concealed. "Why haven't the professors left yet?" he said. "It kind of befuddles me. If they fear the lawabiding citizen, I say, you know, bye." Students and employees with concealed weapons have been allowed to carry firearms on campus since the fall of 2006 when the Utah Supreme Court struck down the U's former gun ban. Because of recent incidences of campus violence, there would be a tremendous amount of fear surrounding the appearance of weapons, Wirthlin said. Oda said recent examples of campus vio- Tuesday, March 4, 2008 lence happened on gun-free campuses and linked the violence to the emotional or mental states of the shooters, not guns. "We have no idea what could have or would have happened if someone had been there to settle them down or stop them, but we know with absolute certainty what happens when there's not," Oda said. But as school violence becomes more frequent, many U students said shootings at Virginia Tech, Northern Illinois University and the Trolley Square Mall in Salt Lake City make them feel nervous at the idea of classmates or faculty having guns. "I think it's a little more scary," said Danielle Haga, a junior in elementary education. "I know very few crazy people actually pull a gun on campus, but there's the thought. If they have a gun, who knows what might happen." Jen Williams, a junior in elementary education, said she would feel more comfortable if only police officers and security guards were allowed to carry guns. Rep. David Litvack, D-Salt Lake City, said Urquhart's amendment didn't reach far enough, and guns shouldn't be allowed in places such as shopping malls. He tried to make a substitute amendment that would require all loaded weapons to be concealed in the state, but CAMPUS CRIME REPORT continued from Page 1 Putting out a student publication? Need Funding? Get publication funding for the 08-09 academic year. Get funding requests by emailing Jacob Sorensen at: j.sorensen@chronicle.utah.edu Return requests via email by 4 p.m. March 24,2008 for consideration by the Publications Council. were dispatched after a taxicab driver for Ute Cab told them one of his clients had not paid a taxi fare. The driver told police he drove a man to Primary Children's Medical Center on Feb. 25. Upon arrival, the suspect said he did not have the S30 taxi /are but he would obtain the money from his ex-wife, who works at the center, according to a police report. The driver followed the suspect into the hospital, but they were unable to locate his wife. The suspect gave the driver sio and said he would get the rest of the money in the morning. The suspect said he understood what he did was wrong, according to a police report. He was cited for the revision failed. "What about the safety and fear this is going to generate in the public?" Litvack said. "There isn't always going to be security around." Student Body President Spencer Pearson, who led student lobbying efforts against the bill, said it's not necessary to have guns on campus because they are a distraction to the academic process, which would limit learning. He said allowing open carry on campus would put Utah in a bad light. "There are only a few states with the right to conceal carry, so we're already singled out," Pearson said. "This would just be taking the next step." Rep. Steve Sandstrom, R-Orem, said Urquhart's amendment would be limiting Utahns' Second Amendment rights. "This is a direct attempt to bring gun control to the state of Utah with this amendment," he said. Some students said they feel that no matter what gun laws are made, people will still find ways to bring guns on campus. "I don't feel safer just because they're hiding it, but it doesn't make me feel unsafe," said Trevor Thomas, a junior in mechanical engineering. "I just choose not to live in fear." r.mcconkie@chronicle.utah.edu of three different lock boxes left on the second floor of the building. The employee Patient loses dentures A patient at the U Hospi- told police all boxes had been tal reported that someone locked and that there was no had stolen his dentures. He forced entry into them. The reported the incident Feb. 19 last time he saw the tools although he told police his was Feb. 15. Around the same dentures had been missing time, an electric foreman at since Feb. 9. He told police the site told police that more he had placed them in his than $400 worth of electrical bag in his room's closet. He equipment was stolen. The was later moved to another foreman said he suspects that room. Although his bag was the framing crew that recentmoved as well, his dentures ly started working on the site were gone, according to a took the tools, according to a police report. police report. theft of services. $7,000 worth of construction equipment stolen An employee of Sky View Glass told police that more than $7,000 worth of tools and supplies had been stolen from the construction site at the Carolyn Tanner Irish Humanities Building. He said the tools had been taken out Bike stolen from OSH A U student reported that someone stole his bicycle Feb. 19. He told police he had secured it to the bilce rack near the northeast door of OSH around 3 p.m. Compiled by Ana Breton Source: U Police Department ADVISER SPEAKS ON U.S. THREAT continued from Page 1 As a solution to these problems, Studdert said his message was "a call to arms, not an indictment of our country," and offered some advice. "We have to demand of those who we send to public office at every level some accountability," he said. "It's time for a little less political correctness and a little more political courage." d.treasure@ chronicle.utah.edu Promises of $5OK Can End Up as $5K! Let Signature Show You ^pThe In's & Outs ^ * 2 l l f l Q f Summer Sales H: ! It was one of the moist exciting times in the history of Utah and in one of the most beautiful places on Earth. Tonight at 7:00 801-266-7171 TV Worth Watching! ;•'*''• . ; , - ' * : . • V • ' ', . ' OKUED? wvvw.utahsummersalas.com Th* University of Utah . 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