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Show DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE 4 TRUMAN continued from Page 1 works for about two and a half years. "My proposal would restructure the nominating process," Rogers said. "It would be based on turnouts in the previous general elections so that every state would have equal opportunities in voting." All three finalists credited Jowers' help and experience— he received the Truman Scholarship in 1990—as a major reason for being named a finalist. "It was exactly his excitement that got me excited to try to even apply for the Truman Scholarship," Dailey, a junior in international studies, said about Jowers. The resources of the institute and the Bennion Center create a great environment to prep students, Jowers said. "I feel extremely confident that we will get at least one (Truman Scholar), and I'm even hopeful, without being greedy, that this class (of Rogers, Dailey and Egan) is so spectacular, that we will get two in one year," Jowers said. Wednesday, February 24, 2010 "(Winning) would be incredible," Rogers said. "Just finding out (about) being a finalist, I was ecstatic, so to win the scholarship itself, I don't even know how I'd feel. It'd just be amazing." j.hibbard@ chronicle.utah.edu THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH'S BARBARA L. AND NORMAN C. TANNER CENTER FOR NONVIOLENT HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCACY PRESENTS THE Fourth Annual International Conference on Human Rights, Conflict Resolution, Nonviolence & Peace FEBRUARY 24 - 26, 2010 CONTROLLING SEXUALITY THROUGH VIOLENCE, SHAME AND CULTURAL OPPRESSION: Implications for Human Rights OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESS The Heart of Democracy: Marriage Equality for Same-Sex Couples? Wednesday, February 24, 2010 I 7:00 pm Dumke Auditorium at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts in the Marcia and John Price Museum Building SHANNON PRICE MINTER Legal Director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) Shannon Price Minter is the Legal Director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR). He leads one of the nation's leading advocacy organizations for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. In 2009, Shannon argued the successful marriage appeal to the California Supreme Court and was named California Lawyer of the Year by California Lawyer. KEYNOTE LECTURE Freak Flags and Freedom Fighters: Love, Hate and the Limits of Law Reform Thursday, February 25, 2010 I 11:30 am Fort Douglas, Post Theater HPER continued from Page 1 not treating bicycling as a viable means of transportation on campus with the proposed designs. Phillips said he can see why students are concerned. "I think biking will stay relatively the same on campus, but bikers will choose different routes," he said. "They won't go down that mall." North said he thinks more people will bike on campus with the proposed design. Cyclists will be able to ride on many paved thoroughfares designated for people that aren't walking, he said. Michael Sergakis, a senior in urban planning, bikes to school every day. He said he wishes planners would just stick with the old design. "I do go really fast on HPER Mall, but I am in control," Sergakis said. "So these changes seem kind of obnoxious, but we will just have to see how it turns out." The designs are still in the schematic design phase, and once they are completed, they will be made available to the public, Browning said. The planners meet every other Friday to discuss HPER Mall proposals, North said. k.harrington@ chronicle.utah.edu SNOW continued from Page 1 improved prediction method by studying the main variables in a storm. The National Weather Service in Utah has already implemented the method for the entire state, said Randy Graham, science operations officer for the NWS. It allows their forecasters to better predict the snowfall and give warning of possible avalanches, he said. When less dense snow falls first, followed by denser snow, a snow pack becomes unstable, and the chance for avalanches increases, Graham said. "Traditionally, we report a single snow density for the entire Wasatch Front," Graham said. "This new method allows us to better decipher density and snowfall across the state." In a previous paper, researchers found that the best snow for skiing is when the snow-to-liquid ratio is 15 to r, Alcott said. It would also be ideal for the snow to decrease in density as the storm progresses, he said. "With skiing, you want quality as well as quantity," Alcott said. "You want at least ro to 12 inches of snow at a lower snow density" Although the method is used throughout the state, more research is needed to expand the formula for the rest of the country, Alcott said. The NWS, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Science Foundation funded the research. d.rafferty@chronicle.utah.edu PILL LISA DUGGAN continued from Page 1 Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis New York University Lisa Duggan is a Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis at New York University. She is one of America's leading scholars in queer and feminist theory. Her publications include The End of Marriage: The War Over the Future of State Sponsored Love (University of California Press, forthcoming); The Twilight of Equality?: Neoliberalism, Cultural Politics, and the Attack on Democracy (Beacon Press, 2003); and Sapphic Slashers: Sex, Violence and American Modernity (Duke University Press, 2000), among other works. The Barbara L. and Norman C.Tanner Center for Nonviolent Human Rights Advocacy B.W. Bastian Foundation I College of Social and Behavioral Science I SPONSORS College of Humanities I Gender Studies Research Fund I S. J. Quinney College of Law CO-SPONSORS Chamade Foundation I Department of Communication I Department of Philosophy I Department of Psychology I Department of Sociology I Institute of Public and International Affairs Obert C. and Grace A.Tanner Humanities Center I Office of Diversity, The University of Utah I Salt Lake City Office of Diversity and Human Rights I Utah Pride Center Women's Resource Center, The University of Utah SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS Inclusion Center I LGBT Resource Center, The University of Utah I LGBTQ — Affirmative Therapists Guild of Utah I Salt Lake Rape Recovery Center I YWCA www.humanrights.utah.edu I 801-587-3556 U Barbara L.& Norman C. Tanner Center for NONVIOLENT HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCACY 1: 441 THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH cycle, Van Horn said. It prevents ovulation in 6o percent of cycles, she said. Researchers studied more than 2,200 women from the United States and Europe for the study, Van Horn said. Wornen who came into a center for the morning-after pill—before five days after unprotected intercourse—were randomly assigned to take either Plan B or the new medication, she said. Of the 1,700 women who took an emergency contractive within the first three days, 37 reported pregnancies, Van Horn said. Twenty-two took Plan B, and 15 took the new drug, she said. "I think, firstly, that it is more efficient in preventing unwanted pregnancies," Van Horn said. "With it now available over-thecounter, usage has increased and reduced the rate of unwanted pregnancies. We wanted to find something more efficient." HRA Pharma, the pharmaceutical company that makes the new drug, funded the study. d.rafferty@ chronicle.utah.edu |
