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Show StatesmanCamous News Friday, Nov. 30. 2007 Page 3 Students showcase, sell various prints Briefs Campus & Community By JORDAN COX staff writer DNA, national child ID museum'sfocus The USU art department is hosting its seventh annual student print sale, giving students the opportunity to showcase their work and make it available for purchase. "This sale gives students the opportunity to sell their work, and a portion of the profits goes to the print guild," said Kathy Puzey, professor of the print-making class. The print sale contains prints done by all the students and uses a variety of mediums and print-making techniques. Puzey said, "They are made from metal, '•' stone, wood or screens, which filter ink on to : The Saturday activity series continues at USU's Museum of Anthropology. Weekly guests are invited to learn about how anthropologists use DNA to uncover longlost mysteries. Activities take place Saturday, Dec. 1, where tour guides will highlight the case of "Otzi, the Ice Man," an example of how anthropologists were able to recover strains of DNA from a man frozen for more than 5,000 years. As a special service to parents, and to further illustrate how DNA works, the museum will also provide "National Child Identification Program" kits. Children will be photographed for a laminated wallet card, fingerprinted and get cheeks swabbed for DNA collection and storage. Parents keep the kits and store them in a safe place in case of future emergencies. USU students and members of the public are invited to drop in any time during the museum's new 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday hours. The USU Museum of Anthropology is on the Utah State University campus in the south turret of the historic Old Main building, room 252. Free parking is available in the adjacent lot, south of the building. For more information on this event, call museum coordinator Sara Lundberg at 7977545 or visit the museum Web site, www. usu.edu/anthro/museum/ Silk."rr-TTrsr^"^ — - The class also made T-shirts to sell at the event through these processes. The front read, "I pulled this shirt out of my acid," which is a method for making prints. Ann Snell, senior majoring in art, said her favorite method was one called "intaglio, which is the process of scoring a plate of copper in an acid-resistant substance then dipping in acid to create the pattern." At the sale, the prints are numbered, which denotes how many copies can be made. Some prints were made from "a smooth plate of glass which makes the print only capable of being printed once," Snell said. "It is really cool. You have to learn all the rules and then you break them," she said. "The inspiration comes from a central idea, and you just experiment with it." The print class holds the sale so they can raise money to attend conferences and buy rrlore printing supplies, Puzey said. "It was started seven years ago by a Professor Koichi, and then Kathy Puzey came to USU and brought many new things. We never had wood cuts before Kathy came," Snell said. "Print making is open to all students on campus but is mostly made up of art majors," Puzey said. The sale continues Friday in Room 106 of the Fine Arts Visual building from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and is open to the public. ~jordanxox@aggiemail.usu.edu Fundraiser for storm refugees tonight THE ART DEPARTMENT is holding their annual print sale in the Fine Arts Building. TYLER LARSON photo Some mentally ill banned Kalai: Musician raises $2,000 from buying guns doubles Cl continued from page 1 PARK-CITY, Utah ( A P ) - A " federal list of mentally ill people barred from buying guns has doubled in size since the Virginia Tech shootings, and U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey encouraged more states Thursday to add information to the database. In his first policy speech since taking over as attorney general early this month, Mukasey said states have now reported 393,957 mentally ill people to the federal database used to screen the backgrounds of potential gun-buyers. As of last July, three months after the Virginia Tech shootings, states had submitted only 174,863 names to the database. "Instant background checks are essential to keeping guns out of the wrong hands, while still pro- tecting the privacy of our citizens," Mukasey said. "But as we learned in the tragedy at Virginia Tech, the checks must be accurate and complete to be effective," Mukasey told the National Association of Attorneys General. "We're making progress, and I hope that even more states will submit this information so that the national instant background check system can be maximally effective." People are included in the federal database only after courts or other authorities have found them to have mental health problems, Justice Department officials said. Eederal agencies, includ- \M See GUN BAN, page 4 Bus: Community steps up 01 continuedfrompage 1 , need to build the "much needed" playground and needs help from students like this MHR class group to build the playground. "When we set out to build this playground, we found the ADA requirements for playgrounds are really lax," Andelin said. "Supposedly wood chips are wheelchair accessible. We said we are going to raise the bar and so we flew out a disability expert and went to the children for our ideas. We need help with donations to get this playground built and we need help actually building the playground. Students can help in both of those areas." Andelin said one of the major goals of the project is to make a playground not just for kids in wheelchairs, but to create an environment everyone in the community can enjoy. "Between video games and electronics, kids just don't get out anymore," Andelin said. "We want to have kids in a fully-inclusive environment where there are no social barriers. At a young age there needs to be interactions between disabled children and all other children. If this can happen, both groups will develop better socially and have a more active life." Andelin said the playground features rubber surfacing and ramps that make it wheelchair accessible everywhere in the playground. "The ramps take you past the truck and up to the top of the castle, and then there are transfer points so kids can get from their wheelchair to the slides," Andelin said. "We wanted transfer points because before them, the kids were kind of missing the best part of playgrounds." The playground blueprint right now is over 15,000 sq. ft, Andelin said, which features a pirate ship, a castle and interactive musical instrument areas. "The park is huge and it won't just benefit people with disabled children," Andelin said. "Over 1,000 people visit the center each week and it is centrally located to benefit the students and the residents of Logan." Andelin said they need students help to achieve their goal of building this playground next year. "If each student donated five dollars we could have this playground built for Logan," Andelin said. "It is going to be the best playground Logan has ever had." -debrajoy.h@aggiemailusu.edu The USU Dominican Student Association, in conjunction with USU Dining Services, will host a fundraiser dinner Friday, Nov. 30, to raise funds to help with relief efforts following Storm Noel that caused significant damage in the Dominican Republic. USU Executive Chef Don Donaldson will prepare an authentic Dominican menu for the event. Donaldson will be assisted in the kitchen by students from the DSA. Tickets for the event are available at any Dining Services location on campus and cost $5. Donation collection boxes have been set up at the Marketplace and Junction Dining Halls on campus to collect supplies for relief efforts. Needed items include water purification tablets, soap, detergent, clothes, shoes, diapers and over-the-counter medicines such as aspirin and antihistamines. USU students from the Dominican Republic were shocked at the heart-breaking stories coming from their country after the heavy rains and wind damage from Storm Noel caused significant flooding and other damage. Noel, which later turned into a hurricane, killed at least 85 people and displaced 70,000 residents in the Dominican Republic when it struck on Oct. 28. USU has close ties to the Dominican Republic. There are more than 140 Dominican students attending Utah State. In response to the tragedy, Jose Luis Camilo, president of the Dominican Student Association, has been spending a lot of time with members of the group discussing events in their home country. We feel helpless watching the images and stories on the news," he said. "The damages are a huge step backward for our country. The pictures remind me of Hurricane Katrina." But Camilo is optimistic. "My country is a proud one," he said. "I'm sure we can put things back together, but it's frustrating not being able to be there to help." All funds raised by this event will go to provide relief efforts. Following the dinner at the Junction Dining Hall, students from the DSA will provide entertainment. Members of the student group will perform music, and there will also be dancing. USU Dining Services will donate the food and provide a venue for this event. Artisan gift market opening tomorrow Cache Valley's premier artisan gift market for the holidays is opening Saturday. The fifth Annual Winter Gift Market from the Cache Valley Gardeners' Market goes from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. at the Bullen Center, 43 S. Main St. in Logan. The market is a festival of unique gifts, music and food from more than 30 talented local artisans. One of a kind gifts including woodwork, toys, metal work, art glass, beadwork, jewelry, photography, wreaths, florals, and fabric arts. There will be live music, food and children's activities. Emailjoyb@sisna.com or visit saabra.org/pages/GM.htm for more information. Admission is free. S T U D E N T S ARE W O R K I N G to collect clothes, toys, money and food for families in the valley. Already this year, the Stuff a Bus campaign has collected 5,500 pounds of food. NOELLE &ERLAGE photo Student Center patio. Posters located around campus also describe all the upcoming Stuff a Bus events. When reflecting on last year's program, Ellsworth said, "Last year was the best year to date: $8,200, 8,000 pounds of food and $4,400 worth of toys." According to current tallies, Ellsworth said he believes they will surpass last year's success. "This year ... Stuff a Bus has already collected hundreds of dollars, 5,500 pounds of food," Ellsworth said. "We haven't even hit halfway in the program." With several events still to come, Ellsworth said he encourages students to get involved. "Come, donate," he said. "Come have fun if you want to help us volunteer." -liz.w@aggiemail.usu.edu I A BENEFIT C O N C E R T featured two musicians to help raise money for the Whittier Center's effort to build an accessible playground to bring the community together. The concert raised more than $2,000 for the cause. DEBRA HAWKINS photo 0 \lCompiled from staff and media reports |