Disabled students living on campus have two locations and two lab technicians to help them study on computers. Sage Point Building 811 has four computers that are available six hours a day Sunday through Thursday for disabled students. However, there are two students who regularly use the Sage Point lab for about three hours every other day, said Allison Pawlus, a junior in pre-nursing who works as a technician for the lab.
It takes Thomas McCrory 15 to 20 minutes to reach the bathroom from his class in the Business Classroom Building. "There's no elevator in the building," said McCrory, a junior in finance. "To get to the bathrooms I have to take the catwalk across to the (Garff building), take the elevator down, then walk across to the BUC," he said.
While recounting accomplishments of the past year at last night's State of the ASUU Address, student government leaders emphasized the need for accountability to students and continuity with programs into future administrations. "The more you do, the more you need to do," Associated Students of the University of Utah President Spencer Pearson said.
After volunteering at an orphanage in Mali last summer, Ellesse Sorbonne told members of her sorority about the poor conditions for children there. In response, sorority chapters banded together to raise money for the Mali, Africa, Orphanage Project. All five sororities on Greek Row have collected change, cloth diapers, bottles, pacifiers and blankets for the past two weeks and have raised almost $10,000 in money and supplies so far.
Staff members at the Center for Disability Services are "doing just fine" handling the office's duties without a permanent director, said Kari Ellingson, associate vice president for Student Development and Assessment who also oversees the services office.
Through the Center for Disability Services, Tracy Whitesides, a partially deaf student, receives resources that assist her in the classroom so she can better follow discussions and get clarification on points made in class. With the assistance of an FM stereo, note takers and interpreters, Whitesides, a junior in medical laboratory science, said her ability to perform in the classroom is greatly enhanced.
Next school year's Associated Students of the University of Utah administration chose Yevgeniya Kopeleva as the new chief of staff, the manager of the executive cabinet. Jon Hayes, next year's vice president, said they chose Kopeleva for her various experiences in leadership and organization in other groups around campus, including the Bennion Community Service Center, Housing and Residential Education and the Office of Orientation and Leadership Development.
Last summer, after the tragic shootings at Virginia Tech and the shooting death of a corrections officer on our campus, a security task force was put together at the U. To date, progress in the U Safety Task Force is largely unknown, but across the campus, U students are trying their own hand at creating a security plan for the U.
Despite the fact that Seattle has significantly narrowed the gap in the AL West, the Los Angeles of Anaheim of California of the United States of North America of planet Earth Angels are still the team to beat in this four-team division. Torii Hunter is not the same MVP-lock that he is for a gold glove, but with a season that teeters around a .
Congratulations! Excuse the indulgence, but I'm having my own victory party complete with streamers and confetti floating to the ground. During the caucuses, I was recently elected as one of Utah's superdelegates. OK, superdelegate is a bit of an overstatement, but with all the controversy I just couldn't resist a little exaggeration.
