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Show DAILY 4 UTAH CHRONICLE Tuesday, February 2, 2010 Former employee might face charges for missing funds Michael McFall NEWS EDITOR Police and internal auditors have finished most of the investigation into a missing-money case at the Medical Center, located in Research Park, and a U employee who was fired when the case first came up might be facing charges. The U Police Department was first notified about the missing money—totaling about $3,700—last October. At the time, U Police couldn't charge the fired employee—whose identity was not released—but now that an internal audit agency completed its own investigation a few days ago, the case can continue. "Now with the auditors report, the investigator will have to review the evidence with the prosecutors' office to determine what, if any, charges would be appropriate," said Capt. Lynn Mitchell of the U Police. "The case is still under investigation, but it is moving along." Last year, a patient called the University Hospital billing, questioning a bill. The patient reported paying cash at the time of the visit and had a receipt for the payment, but the amount wasn't charged to the correct account, according to U Police. Employees started looking into the matter to see if the payment had been credited to the wrong account. As it turns out, it wasn't an isolated incident. There were several more complaints of the same nature. "The managers began to think something (was wrong) and started their own review," Mitchell said. "What they found was a common employee handled many of these transactions and all started after this employee had been hired." U Police detectives interviewed a potential suspect who denied stealing anything. But since the employee was new and had a warrant for an unrelated crime, he was arrested, and the U fired him. However, U Police did not have enough evidence to prove that the employee was responsible. Chris Nelson, spokesman for U Health Sciences, previously said that the U Hospital system will cooperate with law enforcement to prosecute the theft to the fullest extent. m.mcfall@chronicle.utah.edu Follow us on Twitter! 4,; twittor.co-vniinteChro-ny 011 0 3 ~221 5.1300 E. I., Salt Lake City eat fresh" 582-5001 Every Day Value Menu Cold Cut Combo Spicy Italian Veggie Delite Black Forest Ham Tuna BLT Oven Roasted Chicken Breast Valid At: 221 S. 1300 E. (7) 200 South N ti LLI www subway cam C" SUBWAY` 582-5001 Nxrws Assaaates U law professor Amos Guiora and Susan Herman, president of the ACLU, debate freedom of speech for religious extremism at the S. J. Quinney College of Law auditorium. `The danger is out there' Prof argues against religious extremist speech in debate Michael McFall NEWS EDITOR When Amos Guiora, a U law professor, was visiting the Islamic mayor of one of Amsterdam's districts, his driver turned to him outside a Lebanese restaurant to tell him religious extremism had found him on the other side of the world. The driver told Guiora that the mayor just had a fatwa—what extremist Muslims would interpret as a death sentence issued against someone—put on him for proposing that Islam should accept homosexuality. Guiora called his wife to tell her he loved her when he also found out he was going to sit with his back to the restaurant's window while talking to the mayor. Because of his 20 years of experience with the Israeli government's counterterrorism groups, he knew that made him a target. "The danger is out there," Guiora said. "There is extremism in Islam, Christianity and Judaism, dedicated to killing internal and external members." It's for that reason Guiora wants the AUTISM continued from Page 1 $5.00 Footlongs Meatball Marinara TYLER COBB/The Daily Utah Chronicle irc See Our Other Locations: 1314 S. Foothill Dr. (Foothill Village) 581 1322 people take advantage of it," Wyman said. Cheryl Wright, chairwoman and professor for the U department of family and consumer studies, said she believes SketchUp can provide an outlet for children with autism. She is interested in the way children think, and for those who might think differently than others, such as kids with autism, SketchUp could provide an avenue to express themselves creatively, she said. "For me, I'm excited that it's focusing on children's abilities," Wright said. "A lot of the focus of autism is on their disability. There are going to be kids where this will be a way for them to express themselves." The first hour of Saturday's event will be open to the public. Cronin will speak at the event, detailing the history of U.S. government to prohibit extremist religious speech, a suggestion he debated with Susan Herman, president of the American Civil Liberties Union, at Monday's Annual Fordham Debate in the S.J. Quinney College of Law. Guiora said that whoever issued the fatwa knew that a member of his audience would take it to mean a call to harm the mayor—and the same situation is also possible in the United States. Herman is no stranger to the impact of religious extremism on American soil. As a New York City resident, she said she could smell the fumes from the 9/11 attacks for at least a month after Islamic radicals flew two planes into the World Trade Center towers. But trying to subdue speech that could potentially inspire violence infringes on Americans' First Amendment rights, she said. "It's a slippery slope problem," she said. "Why not extend it to nonreligious groups like the Ku Klux Klan?" Herman was also concerned that a national prohibition of such speech would end up silencing innocent, unmalicious speech. Herman cited innocent people who were detained under the Patriot Act or wrongly placed on the Transportation Security Administration's No-Fly list. Guiora said broad law is taken advantage of and wrongly hurts innocent people, agreeing with Herman in their criticism of the Patriot Act. But he said careful, thoughtfully composed law that focuses on individuals, not groups, and clearly and indisputably outlines prosecutable criteria for prohibition would be safe. Guiora and Herman agreed to disagree, leaving audience members to wrestle with the questions they debated on their own. Both debaters cited books they've written as additional reading on the subject. Guiora published Freedom from Religion last month, and Herman published Terrorism, Government, and Law: National Authority and Local Autonomy in the War on Terror in 2008. "Let's keep the debate going," said College of Law Dean Hiram Chodosh. m.mcfall@chronicle.utah.edu SketchUp and Project Spectrum and how they have evolved over time. Like many of Google's programs, SketchUp started as a small business in Boulder, before Google acquired it four years ago. Since that time, Google has put more focus on the program and people from all around the world are using it, Cronin said. The company has received e-mails from people in places such as India and China that have used the program and seen its benefits, he said. Google has allowed them to advertise to a whole new population that might be affected by autism, he said. Steve Gross, a designer for Universal Creative who uses SketchUp in many of his products, will also speak at the event about some of the work he has done with the program. Gross has used SketchUp for projects for Nickelodeon and films such as "Harry Potter," "Transformers" and "King Kong," Wright said. After the main presentation for people who register with the department, they will go through the tutorial of SketchUp with the participants. This portion is mainly being advertised to parents of children with autism so they will be able to learn how to use the program to help their children, Wright said. "Utah has a very strong group of parents, teachers, community members who are very interested in the issues related to autism," Wright said. "We have a high incidence—higher than the national average—of children getting diagnosed with a wide range of autistic characteristics." The event will be from io a.m. to noon in room 32o of the Emery Building, 225 S. 1400 East in Presidents Circle. For more information about Project Spectrum or to download SketchUp, visit sketchup.google.com/spectrum. 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