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Show Friday, January 18, 2013 DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice Since 1890 www.dailyutahchronicle.com Vol. 122 No. 87 ©2013 ALSO INSIDE: Indie-pop band Hang Time gives listeners a fresh, nostalgic sound not likely to be forgotten » 5 Passing game coordinator Aaron Roderick reverses decision to coach the Cougars and chooses to stay with the Utes » 6 Research follows effects of cattle in Moab Alicia Wrigley STAFF WRITER Thursday was the only day with standing room available as Barry Baker, director of research at Canyonlands Research Center, shared work being done on the Colorado Plateau to help increase environmen- tal understanding for policymakers. Baker appeared as part of the Green Bag Lecture Series sponsored by the Wallace Stegner Center for Land, Resources and the Environment at the S.J. Quinney College of Law. The Canyonlands Research Center is located in the Needles District of Canyonlands National Park, about 20 miles northwest of Monticello, Utah. The hub of the research center is situated at Dugout Ranch, a 5,200-squaremile working ranch purchased by the Nature Conservancy in 1997. In 2009, partnering organizations joined the conservancy to establish a place at the ranch to conduct research about the Colorado Plateau. "Really what we're trying to do is to recognize the changes [in the ecosystems]," Baker said of the research center. "We want to try and understand that change better. We want to try to add to a scientific base of knowledge of what's going on in the Colorado Plateau." One way the research center is augmenting scientific knowledge is in learning more about how livestock grazing affects Western environments. There are many areas in Canyonlands that used to be lush grasslands but are now expanses of dirt with See RESEARCH Page 3 Celebrating MU( ;AKIN AKIN MICHAEL SYGNATOWICZ/The Daily Utah Chronicle Workers continued to clear snow and ice from the walkways throughout campus on Thursday from winter storm Gandolf. THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH 2012 CELEBRATION Gandolf a challenge for disabled students REV. DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. MOVIN8 HINDI& www.diversity.utah.edU LITHE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH' Carolyn Webber STAFF WRITER CONNOR BARRY/The Daily Utah Chronicle File Photo Maraders wait to begin their march from East High School during the Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration on Jan. 16, 2012. There will be a similar march on Monday afternoon starting at East High and ending at Kingsbury Hall. )) SERVICE WEEK The U sponsors events during Martin Luther King Jr. week, begining with various volunteer opportunities Marjorie Clark NEWS EDITOR The U will celebrate the life of Martin Luther King Jr. with a week of events centered on civil rights and service. On Saturday, the Bennion Community Service Center partnered with the Office for Equity and Diversity, and the Center for Ethnic Student Affairs will participate in the National Day of Service. This day will provide multiple opportunities for students to be involved, including opportunities with the First Step House, Utah AIDS Foundation, Hartland Partnership Cen- ter, Maliheh Free Clinic, YWCA and KUED. The fifth-annual Martin Luther King Jr. celebration rally and march will take place on Monday. Participants will march 1.3 miles from East High School to Presidents Circle. Brenda J. Burrell, president-elect of the Utah chapter of the National Association for Multicultural Education, will speak to the group before the march. The keynote speaker of the week is Rev. Jesse Jackson who will offer remarks Jan. 24 at the Huntsman Center. The event is free, but tickets are required for entry. Various other events, speakers and films will be presented across campus. The week-long celebration will conclude Saturday with a conference centered on social awareness and featuring Julian Bond, chairman of the NAACP. m.clark@chronicle.utah.edu Profs research links hand evolution with violence Criminology certificate a versatile opportunity Anna Drysdale STAFF WRITER As the gun control debate heats up nationwide, a U study suggests that violence might be part of humans' evolutionary biology. Professor of biology David Carrier decided to look far into the past, forgetting weaponry and modern violence for a moment, to focus on how human ancestors fought ages ago. He noted that hands may have evolved for both dexterity and for the purpose of fighting. "I've been sort of interested and perplexed for most of my life with human violence," Carrier said. "It turns out that biomechanics actually hold clues to how specialized a species is for aggressive behavior." Some years ago, Carrier got into a disagreement with a colleague over a paper he published about evolution's potential role relating to aggression in sperm whales. His colleague ended the conflict by raising a fist and saying, "I can hit you in the face with this, but Anne Plummer STAFF WRITER For students interested in the fundamental study of crime and criminal justice, the sociology department provides the only criminology program for undergraduates. The criminology certificate program started at the U in 1975. Nine credit hours of sociology classes are required to complete the certificate, and students are able to choose from a variety of courses, from sociology or political science to psychology or anthropology. These classes include deviant behavior, women and crime, gang violence and law enforcement administration. One of the most beneficial parts of the criminology program is the internship program, said Heather Melton, director of the criminology certificate, which allow students to know the kind of people they will work with in the future — such as juvenile delinquents — and determine See CRIMINOLOGY Page 3 U PHOTO COURTESY MIKE H. MORGAN U researchers have shown that the human hand is uniquely formed to make a fist which provides the support and strength needed to deliver a powerful blow. that's not why it evolved." The student, was participating in anidea sparked something within other study with Carrier as a test Carrier. subject when they began talking "As soon as he said that, I about the paradox of the human thought, 'Well, maybe that is hand — it is equipped with the why,'" Carrier said. Michael Morgan, a medical See VIOLENCE Page 3 Winter storm Gandolf left behind ice and snow for students to skate, scoot and slide across while getting to class this week. Now that the temperature has warmed, sidewalks are free of danger — for the most part. The weather can't take all the credit for the clean up. Landscape maintenance has been working around the clock to get campus back in shape this week, said Sue Pope, supervisor for the U's grounds. As of Tuesday, the grounds crew had gone through two semi-truck loads of de-icer to remove ice from pathways. "That's 18 pallets, and one pallet is 2,000 pounds," Pope said. The crew tried to put the deicer down in the morning so students would walk on it, pushing it down, and the sunlight would help melt the ice. But with the temperatures in the single digits at the start of the week, the melted snow and ice froze again overnight. Pope said Utah hasn't had a storm like this in a while and it caught everyone a little off guard. For students with disabilities and the Center for Disability Services, it was an even bigger problem. The center usually has registered students forward their travel routes to the center's staff so they can inform landscape maintenance. "Unfortunately, no students gave us that information until Friday, when the problem started," said Scott McAward, director of the center. "It's easy when you get an email but you're not having an issue, to not take that initiative." The calls kept coming on Monday despite a team effort from the grounds crew on Sunday because of the difficult removal of the recurring ice. With so much land to cover, the maintenance team must prioritize. "We try to accommodate [disabled students]," Pope said. "That's our number one concern." The campus is divided into four quadrants, and there are four to eight workers assigned a certain See STORM Page 3 |
