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Show .Tin; DAILY U T A H C H R O N I C L E Monday, April 21, 2008 ASUU DEDICATES PLAYGROUND GROUPS CLASH IN PROTEST continued from Page 1 continued from Page 1 Through fundraising efforts and contributions from the ASUU Senate and General Assembly, the council was able to donate $25,000 to renovate the playground used by the child care center, which was more than 25 years old and no longer passed safety codes. Jackie Kemp, director of the ASUU Child Care Center, said the new playground is more ageappropriate and will allow the center to bring the learning environment outside the classroom. The playground has five learning components: a musical instrument area to teach children to explore sound, a climbing area and bike path to develop gross motor skills, a playhouse for social and emotional development, an art area for children to creatively express feelings and a sand and water play area for sensory exploration. The playground will also include a sand area and garden area, but these have not yet been completed. Kemp said the garden will help children understand the growth process. "This continually improves the quality care for students by allowing them to focus on schooling and not have to worry about their children receiving quality experiences," Kemp said. The ASUU Child Care Center currently serves 85 families and 106 children but has the capacity to care for more, especially during the afternoons, Kemp said. Children from ages 12 months to 5 years are welcome at the center, which offers part-time hours and a sliding fee scale, allowing parents to pay based on their income. The center is subsidized by a federal grant. "All students have barriers as they start their education, but students with children face added barriers at the expense of child care," Child Care Coordinator Kris Hale said. Hale said ASUU's support of the playground was timely because the center had been working on the renovations for about four years. Hale said it hopes to finish the playground by July. After being at the U for eight years. Brown and her husband will both graduate this May. Brown's husband, Nathan, who is receiving a master's degree in nuclear engineering, said the child care center has helped the family immensely. "It's mainly made it possible for my wife to graduate," Brown said. "Having children has taken up a lot of her time, but this has made it so she has time to study." The senior class also dedicated a rock in the playground to express how they feel about children, Nguyen said. The rock is engraved with the message, "While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about." r.mcconkie@ chronicle.utah.edu people—it's not true," he said. Students from the Chinese group said the Tibetan protestors were spouting lies. The Chinese group used population statistics to argue the Chinese government isn't killing Tibetan people. Choedon painted a different picture of the situation in Tibet. Since 1959, the Chinese government has killed approximately 1.2 million Tibetans, she saidStudents and community members rallying to show support for China denied these allegations and insisted the situation in Tibet has improved significantly since the 1950s. "(Those in the Tibetan group) say that Chinese are killing them, but most people (who are protesting) have never been to Tibet," Hu said. The Chinese group held up traditional Chinese dragons and beat drums while shouting to passersby. Hu said the Tibetan protestors didn't want the Olympics to be held in Beijing because it would signify that China is unified They think the Beijing Olympic Games are a good chance for them to create trouble for China, he said "We do want the Olympics, but people need to know that Tibetans are being oppressed," Choedon said. Jeff Kaessner, a community member who came to support the Tibetan protestors, said he believed the Chinese protestors didn't understand the atrocities going on in China. "I'm friends with some of the people who organized this—they just want people in Tibet to be able to practice their religion, their language and their culture," he said. Later in the day, Chinese protestors left the area outside the library and walked with banners over to the Tibetan group. Members of each group yelled at the opposing protestors. Salt Lake police patrolled the area to break up any fights between protestors and to keep them from stepping outside the boundaries of the library and the City and County building. lgroves@chronicle.utah.edu H 15 minute call could saue you 15% on your car insurance. Ken Garff Volvo Downtown Salt Lake 525 S. State Street, Salt Lake City 1.866.887.1164 We Back Up Every Car We Sell!. 1513 N. 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