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Show STUDENT GALLERY Up and coming student artists showcase their work to get involved in Salt Lake City's art scene » 4 STRONG START Baseball has a successful first few innings that holds off a Cougar comeback 6-4 » 7 DAILY UTAH C The University of Utah's Independent Studen www.dailyutahchronicle.com Shakeout: largest drill in history Democratic candidate for guy stresses sustainability EVACUATION DEDICATION Students participate in statewide earthquake drill, despite the rainy weather ERIN BURNS The Daily Utah Chronicle Gina Koperak Students gather in the Business Loop parking lot during an earthquake drill. This was the designated safe point for the LDS Institute, Art, Architecture and Business buildings. STAFF WRITER Students sloshed out of class in the rain Tuesday morning for a statewide earthquake drill. Crowds of students gathered around one of nine information points around campus during the biggest evacuation drill the U has ever had. Warning emails were sent all week to prepare students for the drill. Those who signed up for campus alerts received the text message, "UU Alert ro:15 a.m.: Earthquake Drill has begun. Drop/Cover/Hold on where you are. Ground will shake for up to r minute. Tell others around you." A few minutes later, text messages were sent out reading, "UU Alert io:18 a.m.: Drill continues. Shaking stopped. If inside, Megan Gessel STAFF WRITER Utah is facing multiple crises and needs to focus more on jobs, education and sustainability, said gubernatorial candidate Peter Cooke at a forum Tuesday morning. Cooke spoke to an audience of political science and nutrition students in the OSH auditorium. Nutrition professor Rachel Jones invited Cooke and Gov. Gary Herbert, whose office did not respond, to hold the session so nutrition students wanted could see the connection between students the political process and food poli- to feel cy development. they have "[My students] talk about a lot of a voice issues that have to do with sustain- in terms ability," Jones said. of policy "I wanted students to feel they have a and future voice in terms of policy and future direction." direction ... [and] wanted to expose PETER COOKE them to the process GUBERNATIONAL CANDIDATE of how we get involved. Nutrition touches all areas of our lives including food policy, tax dollars, and students are aware of those ... I wanted them to see that connection [with] ... the political process." A retired general, Cooke saluted audience members who are registered to vote and delved into a discussion on sustainability and the six E's he sees as priorities in the state: economic development, jobs as economy, education, efficient living, the environment and clean energy. Cooke said Utah needs to look at its crises in conjunction with developing a national and globally competitive workforce. "Utah is not an island and we're not isolated from the nation," he said. "Lots of political stir today [tries] to make us feel ... we cannot really communicate with the rest of the world ... Utah has to be connected to a national economy and also a globalizing economy." Cooke emphasized having a "heart to serve rather than a spirit to rule" and said his main priorities are education and jobs. "I think they are the same thing," he said. Resource sustainability is an issue everyone needs to be concerned about and work on, particularly by looking for renewable resources unlike the oil, coal and natural gas we currently depend on, Cooke said. "Sustainability isn't partisan. It's cornmon sense, which isn't common," he said. "We cannot grow without clean water, clean air and policies that protect that ... Utah is the second driest state in the nation. Maybe we're heading to be the first driest." In response to a student question about how he would address air pollution, Cooke said he would get shareholders talking and then pressure them to help find solutions. "[I'd] make that a public challenge ... we're going to have to get the whole state behind the concept of how we can cut down pollution," he said. "[There's] a lot more work, not as easy as that ... [we need to] find out where the pollutants are coming from." Cooke used a motto taught in the army — be, know, do — as a pivot point for his speech and said he is concerned about our state government. See SIMULATION Page 3 ROBOTS VS. ZOMBIES JONATHAN ROYCE/The Daily Utah Chronicle Engineering students compete in projecting ping pong balls at paper zombies from their designed robots for points at the Union on Tuesday. DTERM PROJECT Mechanical engineering students build robots that target zombies for a chance to get out of their final test Ainsley Cook STAFF WRITER About Doc) students saw a battle between robots and zombies in the Union Ballroom on Tuesday. But it wasn't the apocalypse — it was the mechanical engineering Imo class' end-of-semester showcase. "Our mechanical engineering students do designs for all of their eight semesters here," said professor Stacey Bamberg. Bamberg, along with Stephen Mascaro and James St. Germain, are professors in the Intro to Robot Systems and Design class in the mechanical engineering program. Autonomous robots lined up on tracks with paper zombies, each with a target in the center of their bodies. A small zombie doll waited just before the finish line. Each robot was equipped with infrared sensors that allowed them to roll down the track, fire a ping pong ball at each zombie, and then whack the zombie doll at the end. Five points were awarded for See ROBOTS Page 3 Project showcases campus wish list Andreas Rivera NEWS EDITOR Students found a curious chalkboard in the middle of Library Plaza today. On it, students could fill in blank lines that followed, "I Wish Campus..." with chalk. The mysterious board drew attention to passersby and the lines were filled as the day went on. It received a spectrum of responses, some thoughtful and some less serious. A majority of the ideas included more parking, more diversity, food options and alcohol permitted on campus. Pranksters wrote responses such as more roller-coasters, no ASUU and more drugs. The board was set up by architecture students Brian Gal- yean and Mike Hollopeter as a term project. Galyean, a junior in architecture, said the project was on social landscapes. "We thought this campus could improve in a lot of ways," he said. "Basically we've put this together to pull the thoughts of everybody and get them recorded." The board had been filled so much that Galyean and Hollopeter have already erased it three times to make room. "We got more than we hoped," Hollopeter said. Despite some of the crude remarks written on the board, including some racist comments such as "less Asians," the two students thought the See WISH LIST Page 3 ••• I wish campus __ _ I wish campus I wish campus I wish cam us ut 1‘ PtIll<C461wiea lg csmus `i ' wishrgtaM jipt..USI41t. 1-1°..Tclt ;°t;:vr1. 1.09:1':s1;z14. 07 g.7m rlow :ish campus -1, N wish campus .„ I ish c pus 1.14'4 4 c(40v4.11t y...14,) I wishija I wish cauyti\fs I wish camPUsWehar4 I h L)-11'6\ wish us 'AI 1; 141C)R t':.* ("1") ,..if..M &_,_. :/ I wish campus ;,%1A _, 7-5 11 I wish CaMpla s......0 MOY : I wish campus I wish campus- I wish campus ...L1 Old I wish campuall h I wish campus ( dt.1- Ay C I wish campus' I wish campus gkYCLZP tiPkE- 1 I wish campus I wish campus i wish camp I wish campus is, -.— ERIN BURNS/The Daily Utah Chronicle Students in Library Plaza responded throughout the day to a group project by architecture students Brian Galyean and Mike Hollopeter. See GUV RACE Page 3 1.1 |