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Show www.dailyutahchronicle.com Market brings local food to U The market vendors offer a variety of produce, ranging from peaches and plums to tomatoes and peppers. "Everybody has a budget. You pay rent, you pay bills and you pay groceries," said Colyn Kilmer, owner of the Heirloom Underground, one of the vendors. "I ask for what you can afford and that's all I want. I don't want market price, I want what you can honestly afford." Kilmer said that most people are able to negotiate a price, but she charges between $1 and $5 for people who get held up by it. The market is sponsored by the WellU program of the Student Health Advisory Committee, the Office of Sustainability and Sustainable Environments and Ecological Design. Harmeet Khalsa, co-manager of the market and a member of SEED, said the market is intended to encourage healthy eating for individuals who both work and learn at the U. "We're doing well," she said, "We knew this was a high traffic area, but we didn't expect this many people. Vendors have been coming to us consistently saying that they JIIHan Lofrese, a junior in pre-nursing, picks out tomatoes at the new farmers market near Pioneer Memorial Theatre on are doing well and intend on coming back." Thursday. The market will be on campus every Thursday through October. Khalsa plans on having classes offered during the market in the coming weeks. vendors spread out on the West Webster Alex Cragun "We're hoping this success makes (the Lawn. The market will be open from 10 a.m. STAFF WRITER market) a yearly event with more and more to 2 p.m. every Thursday until Oct. 2. vendors," she said. "We've talk(ed) to people Jason Letz, a junior psychology major, said Every Thursday from now until the beginwho seem interested in teaching how (to) he usually buys the cheapest food he can, but ning of October, U students and faculty will raise bees at home, growing organic gardens the farmers market will help him buy healthbe able to buy organic fruits, vegetables, loand growing container gardens for those who cally-roasted coffee and locally-made gelato ier food for less, between classes from a farmers market on "I try to buy some of the healthier things live in apartments." Young said .the market provides two major campus. out there, but it's the healthy foods that usuThe U farmers market opened for the first ally (are) tne more expensive ones," Letz benefits to the U and the community. "(The) first part is that these things are time Thursday on the lawn, east of Pioneer said. Memorial Theatre. Debora Threedy, a U law professor, said grown locally, which minimizes the cost, of U President Michael Young said he is ex- she's excited the farmers market is available transporting these goods, and the other part is (that) eating fresh fruits and vegetables is cited about the new market, which he said is on campus. healthy for you, so it's a win-win situation already garnering traffic even though it has "I used to live downtown and could buy only been recently announced. from the downtown farmers market a lot," for both the economy and the community's she said. "Now I live further south, so this is health," Young said. "It's quite successful so far," Young said. a.cragun@chronicle.utah.edu The farmers market consists of about 18 nice (that) the market is closer for me." Physics dept joins sky survey ASST. NEWS EDITOR The U physics department is contributing $900,000 to join about 20 research colleges and universities around the world in a project to map outer space in an attempt to find new planets and better understand the universe. The Willard L. Eccles Charitable Foundation contributed $450,000 to the department for the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, which uses a 2.5-meter telescope in New Mexico to survey the skies. The department matched the sum to join the survey, which maps out the stars and processes the information for astronomy researchers to review and look for anomalies or any unexpected data. The Eccles Foundation gave the U $680,000 to build the Southern Utah Observatory, which will cover a portion of the $800,000 project. The observatory will be located west of Milford, Utah on Frisco Peak. Before the U can build the observatory, it must receive approvals from Beaver County and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. The Southern Utah Observatory will have a 32-inch telescope that will be installed in July 2009. The telescope might be run electronic ah1y so faculty and students can use the telescope from campus, said Paul Ricketts, a senior physics major. Unprocessed data from the third phase of the Sloan survey will be available next month, and more technical data will be available at the start of Spring Semester. "This (survey) is more accessible than most data," said Dave Kieda, a physics professor and chairman of the physics department. "It brings us into an international consultation. As soon as we have our faculty on board, they'll be able to design the curriculum (and) we'll have un- „ dergraduates, graduates and postdoctoral fellows using the data." The U signed the contract to use the survey Aug. 15. The survey is also part of the department's attempt to grow an astronomy program. The physics department received initial funding in the late 1990s to start working on an astronomy program, which gained an astronomy minor a couple of years ago and is working on undergraduate and graduate degrees. "We're the flagship university in the state and we don't have an astronomy major," said Paolo Gondolo, a physics professor. "(And) there's a student interest in astronomy." Kieda said the department has been in the process of hiring six new faculty members, and many of them were interested in the Sloan survey. He said the department first requested money to join the survey about a year ago, while it was in the midst of hiring new faculty to open full undergraduate and graduate programs. "The nice thing is, as an institution, any new and existing faculty can use the data," he said. "If anyone sees anything unusual in the data, (they will) be able to use the Southern Utah Observatory to review it." Kieda said the new faculty would start teaching during Fall 2009, right after the Southern Utah Observatory's new telescope is up and running. Gondolo said they hope to reach out to younger students and encourage an interest in science. "(We already have) a successful outreach program with the Utah Museum of Natural History," he said. Until the new telescope or data are available, interested students can visit the observatory in the South Physics Building Wednesday nights after dark. igroves@chronicle.utah.edu Emeritus professor passes away Ryan Shelton from him. He truly was an expert in the philosophy of religion." Lewis "Max" Rogers, as his Rogers was born in Logan, friends called him, served as Utah, in 1918. He received his philosophy department chair bachelor of science degree in the Iate-i96os to early-i97os from Utah State University and specialized in the fields and doctorate in philosophy of religious histories, biblical from the University of Southstudies and comparative reli- ern California after serving in gions. the U.S. military during World Rogers, an emeritus profes- War II. sor who taught philosophy at Philosophy professor Bruce the U for 35 years, passed away Landesman, who began teachAug. 24 in St. George, Utah. ing at the U in 1968, said Rog"It's a great loss," said phi- ers and his wife, Betty, often losophy professor Clifton attended parties thrown by Mclntosh, who worked with younger faculty members, Rogers for 10 years before he where he gained the respect retired in the early 1990s. "He and friendship of instructors was a great colleague and an and graduate students 20 years excellent teacher. I learned a his junior. lot about the New Testament "He was a gentle, kind and ASST. NEWS EDITOR Lewis Rogers wonderful man who was respected and loved by his students and colleagues," Landesman said. "Max was not a big publisher, but he was a great scholar on the origins of Christianity." r.shelton@ chronicle.utah.edu Family SUV Obama's appearance wows fans PHOTO COURTESY MA JtHG/HtNMtYIHH/TUTC JOUilNAIISM PftQCRAM Following Joe Bid en's speech to the DNC, Barack Obama made a surprise appearance. Jed Layton HINCKLEY INSTITUTE JOURNALISM PROGRAM DENVER—Barack Obama didn't want any surprises at Wednesday's Democratic National Convention in Denver, so he sprung one himsel£ Obama stunned delegates and supporters at • the Pepsi Center by arriving a day earlier than expected. By the end of Sen. Joe Biden's acceptance speech for the vice presidency, Biden's wife, Jill Biden, told everyone there was a big surprise behind the stage. Obama then stepped out, causing the crowd to go wild, shouting, clapping and waving Obama-Biden signs. The entrance came only hours after Obama won the party nomination by acclamation, making the freshman senator the first African-American to become a major party presidential nominee. After the noise died down, Obama talked up each of the past few days' key speakers including his wife, Michelle Obama, and Hillary Clinton. Sam Shelton, a University of Nevada, Las Vegas sophomore, thought this was an excellent political maneuver by Obama"It was genius. I was a bit worried at the end be;,cause,Bi4en'srecppti9n/was,,much less than (Bil}^ Clinton's," Shelton said. "But Barack brought all the attention back to himself by surprising us like ,-that.".! campus lot Michael McFall STAFF WRJTER • - . ' - . • - . . r i - r -i-.,-.-..I--.. M Biden's speech focused primarily on attacking McCain's campaign and explaining Obama's foreign policy. U student Christine Angstman said she thought Biden's speech was like listening to a grandfather. She also attended an after-convention party and meet, and got a picture with Bidea "Biden's speech was very personal. You got to know him," she said "Afterwards at his party, people were drawn to him. All these people that knew him were there, but he still made a point to talk to the everyday people he didn't know." Former President Bill Clinton spoke to the convention earlier in the evening, receiving a large standing ovation and having difficulty getting through his speech because of constant cheers and applause. Clinton's speech ranged from his wife's presidential bid to the failure of the Bush administration, but it was his verbal support for Barack Obama that garnered the most support from the crowd. "Hillary told us in no uncertain terms that she'll do everything she can to elect Barack Obama. That makes two of us," he said. "Barack Obama is ready to lead America and restore American leadership in the world." For a time, it seemed Clinton would steal the limelight awayfromthe Obama-Biden ticket, a fear expressed earlier in the week by many Obama supporters. Hosain Birch, a student from Michigan State, watched the convention at a bar a few blocks away from the Pepsi Center. He said he was concerned by what he viewed as the lack of enthusiasm given to Biden. "Biden didn't get as much out of the crowds as Clinton or-Hillary" he said. "That surprised me and disappointed me." Part of the reason Bill Clinton received so much admiration from the audience was the way he continually referred back to the glory years of the Democratic Party during his presidency in the 1990s. Clinton used this to connect with Obama supporters by using his experiences as president to vouch for him. "Everything I learned in my eight years as president and in the work Fve done since, in America and across the globe, has convinced me that Barack Obama is the man for this job," he said But not everyone thought Clinton did the best of jobs. Jeff Wilson, a 20-year-old from Milwaukee, said he did not think Clinton was very sincere. "Clinton did his job, but was a bit flat," Wilson said Either way, Obama's surprise at the end of the night left the audience with a positive memory of the Obama-Biden ticket rather than a positive or negative view of the Clintons. j.layton@chronicle.utah.edu The day before moving their son Eric into the Residence Halls for his first year of college, Joseph and Irene Murray parked their white and gold 2001 Ford Excursion outside the University Guest House. They checked into their rooms just before midnight Aug. 19 for a well-deserved rest. After traveling 2,100 miles from their home in North Carolina to Salt Lake City, the family SUV deserved a breather as well. Unfortunately, it was doomed to a oneway trip. According to a U police report, when they woke up at 7 a m the next moming, the Murrays discovered their car was missing from its parking space, replaced with broken tinted glass and a different vehicle. Their family SUV was completely packed with all of their son's possessions for his first year of school, and several of the family's own belongings. Security cameras revealed that the car, license plate number NSC729, had driven out of the parking lot at 335 ajn. Fifteen minutes before the SUV pulled out, the cameras captured two young men walking around the side of the Guest House in the vehicle's direction. The campus police have not been able to identify the two men. Whoever stole the SUV would not have had any trouble after breaking open the window since its keys were left inside the locked vehicle. Verizon immediately called Irene Murray's phone, which had been left inside the car. The phone returned a signalfrom2100 West and North Temple. Police searched the whole area, but found nothing. Verizon tried the phone again, but could not get a signal, said Captain Lynn MitchelL "They probably ditched the phone or turned it off," Mitchell said. The cell phone hadn't traveled far in the four hours between the theft of the SUV and the signal. According to police, Joseph and Irene managed a way home without paying for a plane ticket. Along the way, through Colorado and Kansas, the husband told truckers to keep an eye out for their stolen 2001 Ford Excursion, Mitchell said. The car could be hidden in a large parking garage such as the airport, he said Editor's Note—Jed Layton is reportingfromthe Campus police notified airport security of Democratic National Convention in Denver through the theft, but the search has been fruitless. the Hinckley Institute of Politics and Shantou Uni- • m.mcfaU@chronicle.utah.edu versify Political Journalism Program. |
