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Show Wednesday, June 25,2008 THE DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE www.daiiyutahchroniclexom The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice Since 1890 U Pub Council updates policies rely on the state to cover our liability." An attorney for Dave The Board of Trustees ap- Grohl, lead singer of'the Foo proved an updated version of Fighters, demanded that The the U Publications Council's Chronicle remove a satirical policies and procedures June article the newspaper had 9 in a move to reiterate stu- published that said Grohl had dent publications' indepen- publicly denounced the condence from administrators nection between HIV and and clarify their accountabil- AIDS. ity. Recent U graduate and Publications Council Chair The Publications Council disburses student publication Dan Lauritzen said Grohl's fees to all student publica- request, in addition to pretions at the U, including The vious legal issues, provided Daily Utah Chronicle. The an impetus to overhaul the council acts as a traditional council's policies. publisher, though it is not al"It hadn't been updated lowed to exercise any editori- in several years," Lauritzen al control and is appointed by said. "There wasn't a very and solely responsible to the clear definition on the need Board of Trustees. It consists for legal counsel, and we reof 11 voting members appoint- ally clarified the publications' ed by the Board of Trustees, independence, which, if anyfour faculty members, six stu- thing, is stronger now than it dents and one U alumna. was before." After the Grohl situation "For many years, we operated ad hoc," said Glen Feighery, subsided, Feighery said the vice chair of the Publications council realized that fighting Council and a communica- any legal battle would be too tion professor. "Last year the expensive for their student Board of Trustees requested a activity publication-fee fundbetter explanation and defini- ed budget to incur. tion of our role on campus... "Frankly, we need the U on legal representation was a big our side to help with repreaspect, because if we were to get sued, we would have to See COUNCIL Page 3 Ryan Shelton ASST. NEWS EDITOR vol.117 | No,i72|©2008 Researchers desi robotic combat suit PHOTO COURTESY RAYTHEON SARCOS An exoskeleton helps in the lifting of 72-pound ammo cans during a demonstration held by Raytheon Sarcos. Jaime Winston STAFF WRITER When Iron Man comic book hero Tony Stark was kidnapped by terrorists and forced to build a weapon of mass destruction, he instead created a mechanical suit that gave him incomparable strength and the ability to fly. Now U researchers have built a suit that will protect soldiers in combat by senses where you want to move and it giving them increased strength and en- moves there." He refers to the technology it uses as durance. "It's the same thing, but we don't quite "get out of the way control," similar to have the glowing light thing in the chest • power steering on a car. The army will begin evaluating the or (the ability to) knock airplanes out of the sky," said Stephen Jacobsen, presi- second version when it comes out a year dent of Raytheon Sarcos. The suit will from now. The third version, which will instead be used to reduce troop sizes be released in two years, will focus on specific applications such as transportand prevent casualties. Stephen Jacobsen managed to create a ing material. Raytheon Sarcos personnel would not prosthetic arm with a team of mechanical engineers at the U in 1983 and has reveal the cost of the project, but acfinished constructing the full exoskel- cording to an article in Popular Science the exoskeleton is a part of a seven-year, eton suit. The suit, which moves when muscles $75-million program supported by the interact with built-in electrodes, could Defense Advanced Research Project replace a group of people engaged in Agency for the Department of Defense. tasks such as carrying water or supplies. If it's a success, it won't only be used "What you want to do is reduce the by the military, Jacobsen said. He envinumber of people in combat," Jacobsen sions the exoskeleton being used in hossaid. "You can have less people out there pitals, safely carrying patients and helping those who are paralyzed. It could also and be more agile." The original prosthetic arm has been be used in firefighting and construction. fitted for injured Iraq War veterans since U researchers and interns in biomeit was first built. chanics, kinematics, computer science Jacobsen and his team at Raytheon and engineering contributed to the: proj^r':. '-'^ Sarcos, a technological facility in the U's ect. Research Park, finished thefirstversion Former student Wayco Scroggin, diof the suit a year ago. The person wear- rector of manufacturing for the exoskeling the suit holds handles that signal the eton, said the suit isn't difficult to operdirection of his or her movements. ate. "It's like a big power device," Jacobsen said. "You put it on and it basically See SUIT Page 4 N3F* • Utah .*%;-• SPJ awards ^ " * • • * M . ' • Several staff members of The Daily Utah Chronicle were recently honored by the Utah Headliners Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists for \Y\ek work during the 2007 school year: * -sTyler Cobb, First Place Sports Photography, "Ute fac^mask";, Lennie Mahler, Sedmd Place Sports Photography, "Seizing the opportunity" ..«;&;.•: Ryan Akerly, Second Place. T H I E N SOK/TbtDa-!yUtchOinnidt Monday the Union Ballroom was the site for the Boys and Girls Club's circus for underprivileged girls. The circus is an annual event that has taken place for the last nine years. Two hundred nineteen girls were in attendance from all over the world. Spot News Photography, "Girl hit by car" Lifelong football fan ushers aamesfor68 seasons Jed Brinton STAFF WRITER Jim Russell went to his first U football games the old-fashioned way—he sneaked into the stadium. The plan worked until he was 15 years old, when he was caught by the stadium director and dragged out. "He said I had two choices—he could call the police, or I could start working for him/' said Russell, who is 86. "I said, 'When do I start?' and he said, 'You start right now.' They took me up into the stands and showed me how to usher." Russell has been ushering for home football games at what is now Rice-Eccles Stadium for nearly 70 seasons. After working at the stadium for many years, Russell began ushering at the U Pioneer Memorial Theater when it opened in 1962. He has also served as the head usher at Kingsbury Hall, managed ushers at the Salt Palace, and ushered for the Crimson Club and at the Huntsman Center. "People know where Jim is, and they will only go in his door at the Huntsman Center," said Dave Wakefield, U Guest Services manager. "It's not an athletic event if Jim's not there." "He's always been Mr. Dependable," said Craig Carter, former su- pervisor of ushers for University Services. Besides being an usher, Russell has held a variety of other day jobs, including working for a florist shop, Utah Power & Light, the Deseret Morning News, The Salt Lake Tribune and volunteering in leadership positions with Salt Lake area Head Start programs. "If I didn't have something to do, I'd wither right now," he said. One of the highlights of Russell's years as a devoted Ute fan was the undefeated 2004 football season. Although he didn't think he would be able to go to the game, friends talked Russell into going, and he said it was well worth it. "(The 2005 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl was) one of the biggest thrills of my life—all those red jerseys in the stands," Russell said. "It was a Utah crowd, I'll tell you. That was the thrill of a lifetime." Russell laughed as he remembered the game. "I was sitting behind the Pittsburgh band—they were so cocky as the game started, but they didn't say much on the way out," he said. "We really enjoyed it." In contrast, Russell also recalls the U's loss to BYU in 2006 after an 11-yard touchdown pass on the final play of the game. "It's hard on my heart when they do those things," he said. Russell said that he's hoping the football team will do well this year. Russell has not attended the U himself, but his two daughters both graduated from the U. He started working full time when he was a half-credit shy of finishing high school. Russell went back to school five years ago and received his diploma. j.brinton@ chronicle.utah.edu ANNA KARTASHOVK/IheOcil/UiahOtvikk Jim Russell has worked as an usher at Utah football games since he was 15. Russell also works events at the Huntsman Center, Pioneer Memorial Theater and Kingsbury Hall. |