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Show -y. Thursday, December December 11, 11,2008 Thursday, J. r DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE www.dailyutahchronicle.corr) The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice Since 1890 Vol. 118 I No. 73 I ©2008 Cuts could increase tuition Filling position Rochelle McConkie Legislative staff requests for higher education B U D G E T CUTS NEWS EDITOR Students should be prepared for a larger-than-usual tuition hike in the coining year, but the magnitude of the increase will depend on the level of higher education budget cuts determined by Utah lawmakers in the coming legislative session. If legislators decide on the proposed 5 percent cut this year and 10 percent cut in the comingfiscalyear, as proscribed by legislative fiscal analysts, tuition would increase by an average of 31 percent if it were the only source offinancialbacking to make up for the losses. Utah Commissioner of Higher Education William Sederburg said this is the last thing higher education officials want to do. "The increase will be more than in normal years, but we are committed to HOW THE BUDGET CUTS WILL AFFECT: AMOUNT STAFF AID . . „ . , . _ . CONCURRENT Lort#-o*»jie ADJUNCTS ; E N R 0 U M E N T PROGRAMS Serious Urge reductions in risk of {-$36,846,990 faculty and student aid reliance diluting concurrent for Utah System staff recipients on adjunct programs enrollment of Higher faculty Education) Eliminated ! Limited 1,000 990 fewer More availability of programs student aid reliance (-$73,693,980 fewer and possible . concurrent for Utah System faculty and recipients on adjunct . enrollment departments of Higher staff faculty Education) 5% cut 500 fewer 495 fewer More 10% cut | Source: Utah System of Higher Education not replacing all of it with tuition," Sederburg said. Some mandatory costs will definitely have to come from tuition, such as paying for utilities, minimum wage and bond obligations, but the level of the tuition increase would vary by campus, Sederburg said. See BUDGET Page 8 ERIK DAEHUZ/IbtDailyUtabOmidt U Nobel Prize winning researcher Mario Capecchi stands with the new kiosks that will display information about his research. The kiosks will be placed at the Salt Lake City International Airport, the State Capitol and other places. Kiosks to share info on Capecchi ment and created largely by the Office of Information Technology, will be placed When U researcher Ma- at various locations in Utah, rio Capecchi won the 2007 including the Salt Lake CityNobel Prize in Physiology County Building, the State or Medicine for his work on Capitol and the Salt Lake Ingenetically altering mice, he ternational Airport. produced a wave of interest Deborah Peterson, develin human genetics—one that opment director for Capeche would like to see contin- chi's laboratory, said any ue. group or organization in Utah The human genetics de- can borrow a kiosk to learn partment at the U developed more information about the five kiosks that will broadcast renowned researcher's work. information about Capec- She said the department has chi's prize-winning research, spent four months uploading published papers and future the audio and video recordresearch in an interactive ings and making the kiosk Wi-Fi compatible. setting. ; "My feeling (is that) one of Anyone wanting to review Our obligations in science is the recordings or papers on letting people know what we their own time can e-mail do/' Capecchi said. information to themselves The kiosks, which were from the device. paid for through the depart"We had to put in addition- Lana Groves ASST. NEWS EDITOR Inside: SPORTS: Men's basketball is defeated in the final seconds by Fab Four opponent Cal * Page 5 al security," Peterson said. "There was concern people would be able to feed back into the U (through the Internet)." Capecchi said he hopes the kiosks inspire students, both young and old, to go into research and encourage others to fund vital research, which is continually being cut through budget restraints. "Many people aren't even going into science," he said. "Maybe they think it's too risky." He said in his lab, it is a positive thing to see so many students from different countries, but it also means the United States is not producing a lot of scientists and researchers. Part of the problem is the U.S. is cutting back on research funding to institutions such as the National Institutes of Health. "The government says it's giving a bunch of money to NIH, (but) it gets diverted into other things," Capecchi said. "We think we've got all this money but it's not there." With President-elect Barack Obama taking office, there will be changes in science, Capecchi said. Although Capecchi receives the majority of his research funds through private donations, he said younger researchers who aren't established need help getting started. The kiosks have been designed so interested viewers can donate to support research with their credit card right at the machine. l.groves@ chronicle.utah.edu left by Forster proves difficult Isabella Bravo STAFF WRITER Finding a replacement tantamount to former Director Craig Forster will be nearly impossible, said the U's Office of Sustainability staff and administrators, but until then, students, faculty and staff have pulled together to fill in the gaps. Forster, who was the first director of the Office of Sustainability, passed away during Thanksgiving Break while hiking in Zion National Park. Mike Perez, associate vice president of facilities management, is looking for an interim director for the office. Perez is in the process of assessing potential candidates and said he hopes to make the final selection public in the near future. "As soon as possible, seriously," because the office has been scrambling to not lose footing on projects, he said. The interim director, who will most likely be an existing U faculty member, would administer the office until a new director is found and assist during the transition process, especially if the next director comes from another university or another state. "The interim will help make (the new director) aware of the idiosyncrasies of the environment and the U's current programs," Perez said. After the office has an interim,, Perez will begin the Craig Forster Memorial The Office of Sustainability invites colleagues, family, students and friends to celebrate the life and accomplishments of Craig Forster Thursday, Dec. 11,2008 Memorial Service begins at 10:30 a.m. in the Bailey Gallery of the Architecture Building, Main Level The Office of Sustainability and the Forster family welcome written reflections, photos or other keepsakes to leave for his family. search to find Forster's permanent replacement. He said when the time comes to sift through the applications, he hopes to find someone with some of Forster's qualities. "Craig not only was passionate about sustainability, but also the broadness with which he understood the environment, societal impacts, living and learning (was unique)," Perez said. "Then he communicated (those ideas) very well to the U constituents and beyond. How one replaces that will obviously be a challenge." However, because Perez's focus is on selecting an interim, he is not sure how the See FORSTER Page 3 Canadians in favor of Obama victory Jed Layton STAFF WRITER TORONTO—Latacha Smellie didn't vote for President-elect Barack Obama, but when she found out he would be the next U.S. president, she could not hold back a smile. Smellie, a Jamaican-Canadian studying political science at Ryerson University in Toronto, said the election for Obama was a historic moment not only in the United States but also in the rest of the world. "It showed that a black man or a black woman can do anything," she said. Smellie is one of many international Canadians in Toronto who favored Obama to win the American election. With large populations of minority groups, Toronto has been called the most diverse city in the world by the United Nations on multiple occasions. Smellie said many ethnic groups supported Obama more than Sen. John McCain. "Obama meant a change in the way the United States dealt with foreign powers," she said. "It seems like people felt he would treat Canada and their home countries as equals rather than bullying them." Devasari Kapur, a sophomore in environmental studies at York University, is originally from India. He said he paid more attention to the U.S. election than to any previous elections in Canada. "The United States election has a huge impact on not only See OBAMA Page 8 U restructures buildings for earthquake protection Michael Olson STAFF WRITER The U stepped up to remodel the Park Building in Presidents' Circle when pieces began falling onto the sidewalk, but the historic building isn't the only one that needs fixing. After three years of documenting building safety and inspecting for natural disasters, the Department of Environmental and Health Safety found multiple buildings on campus that are in need of remodeling, including OSH, the Merrill Engineering Building and the Fletcher Building. Many of the buildings are cause for concern because students and faculty use them for classrooms five days a week. The Disaster-Resistant University GREG HfkniOW/lbeDoilyiftahChmlck The U has been working this year to remodel the Park Building. The Department of Environmental and Health Safety has been looking into which other U buildings are in need of a remodel. project team, which includes professors in the College of Engineering, the College of Architecture and Planning, and members of the envi- ronmental and health safety departThrough the plan, the group has ment, is finishing the pre-disaster determined what buildings on cammitigation plan, which it hopes to submit for review in June 2009. 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