SEPT 11, 2001?Apryl Deaver-Hendricks and Dave Teasdale attend a candlelight vigil held for the victims of the terrorist attacks.
Multiple professors canceled classes as hundreds of students crowded around television sets throughout the Union, Marriott Library and all over campus on the day of the attack.
Despite all of the activity, U President Bernie Machen said the campus would remain open unless President Bush ordered otherwise.
Three crisis areas popped up on campus by early afternoon to help those students who were traumatized by the terrorist attacks.
Students, faculty and staff went in droves to the ARUP offices in Research Park to donate blood for those injured in the attacks.
Matt Canham
“Those who came before us experienced similar tragedy. Our parents fought through the pain of Vietnam, and our grandfathers were tried by the horrors of World War II. Though their challenges at times must have seemed overwhelming, they learned, they grew and they became a stronger generation because of it.?
“The perpetrators of this crime believed that they could weaken us through their acts of violence. They were wrong. They have only strengthened us?
“May we truly become a greater generation by replacing terror and hate with tolerance and peace.”?Ben Lowe, ASUU President, in an address given at the candlelight vigil of Sept. 13.
The $300 million tax revenue shortfall forced lawmakers to levy a 4.7 percent budget cut. The state’s tightened purse strings has lead to a number of layoffs across campus.
Next year students will also face a 9.3 percent tuition and fees increase. U officials have tried to minimize the impact, hacking paper and paper clips from nonpersonnel budgets. They try to preserve the availability of courses and students’ progress toward graduation. However, the impact of budget cuts is unavoidably far reaching, and will pervade our community next year.
Wynne Parry
AUG. 27, 2001?Eight-year old cancer survivor Carter Syphus plays with a shovel at the end of the ground breaking ceremony for phase two of the Huntsman Cancer Institute.
At the ceremony, Vice President Dick Cheney and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints President Gordon B. Hinckley predicted an end to human suffering inflicted by cancer.
The $100 million hospital structure will be physically connected to the current cancer research institute and will begin to aid in its mission of cancer research, diagnoses and treatments in the summer of 2004.
The hospital will relieve the U Hospital of 50 beds when completed, and features in house diagnostic technologies.
“There will be a day,” Cheney said, “perhaps not in our lifetime, but certainly the decade will come when cancer is defeated along with all the sadness and suffering it brings. When that happens, the world will know who to thank.”
Matt Groesbeck
MAY 16, 2001?Richard Gordier, 13, of Ogden, gets a hug from the Dalai Lama during the Tibetan leader’s visit to Primary Children’s Hospital.
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, blended down-to-earth advice and Buddhist philosophy with a pinch of celebrity when he spoke at the Huntsman Center as part of a three-day stay in Utah.
The Dalai Lama discussed “basic human values,” or the inherent good qualities in our nature, and the attainment of happiness, followed by an introduction to Buddhism and the six perfections that lead to full enlightenment.
At the beginning of his first presentation, he acknowledged that his presence, rather than his teachings, had drawn some of the audience.
“Some of you come here with great expectations; it’s wrong because you will be disappointed,” he said.
Others arrived believing the Dalai Lama has some sort of healing power, also foolish, he said.
“Some come with curiosity, and that’s OK,” he finished.
From the mildly interested, or even ambivalent, spectator attending at someone else’s insistence to practicing Buddhists and Tibetan immigrants in traditional dress, both days’ audiences ran the gambit.
“I am speaking to you as a human being,” the Dalai Lama said. “You are also just human beings.”
Wynne Parry
Dameon Hunter picks up a few of his accumulated 1,396 yards during the season.
One year after dreams of a conference championship fizzled to a 4-7 record, the U football team entered the 2002 season with new faces on the coaching staff, a new offensive style, and a newfound resolve to make the critics eat their words.
There were highs and lows along the way, of course?
Controversy came when two of the team’s starting offensive linemen, Ed Ta’amu and Doug Kaufusi, were suspended for two game apiece after being charged with assault in separate incidents.
And praise came along when the team had three players selected in the NFL Draft, and five more sign rookie free agent contracts to play in the pro league?including both Ta’amu and Kaufusi?in April.
In the end, despite being picked sixth in the eight-team Mountain West Conference, the Utes wound up finishing 8-4, including a season-ending 10-6 Las Vegas Bowl victory over Pac-10 power USC.
Eric Walden
Kappa Sigma International decided to revoke the local chapter’s charter Saturday, prompted by a Jan. 19 party which resulted in 52 alcohol violations at the Kappa Sigma house.
Police gave 19 of the 52 citations to Kappa Sigma members. Forty of the citations were for consumption of alcohol by minors and 12 for giving alcohol to minors.
Reed Sutton, president of Kappa Sigma, attributed the decision largely to political pressure, mostly from neighbors and Stayner Landward, dean of students.
But Sutton acknowledges Kappa Sigma needs to be held responsible as well.
“There’s fault from both ends,” he said.
Nearly one month after being put on probation, the fraternity now faces an immediate revocation of its charter and must wait a minimum of one year before members can petition for reinstatement.
Adam Benson
SEPT. 10, 2001?Utah student Kang Ho Lee, 24, was murdered Thursday, Sept. 7, 2001 at the Sunshine Convenience Store, 1845 S. 700 East, where he worked as a clerk.
Police said Lee handled the situation perfectly by giving the robber the money as he asked. This is the first time an armed robbery ended with a murder in the past 10 years.
Lee, an international student from Korea, just started his second semester as a pre finance major. For the past year, he has participated in the English Language Institute.
Lee’s roommate described Lee as a private person who had a tight-knit group of friends.
“He liked conversation. We would argue a lot, almost every single night. Every chance he got he would talk about Korean history,” his roommate said.
Matt Canham
JAN. 7, 2002?Chris Klug, an American who won a bronze medal in snowboarding poses with Powder, an Olympic mascot.
From The Chronicle’s View: We gawk at enormous banners on buildings, plan our extended Spring Break and gripe about parking. But in the midst of the hoopla, it’s easy to forget why we’re here.
This is not to say our university will not benefit from the Games, which accelerated plans for new dorms, the university TRAX line and the stadium. And who knows what more ephemeral benefits may result from national and international attention focused on the U.
However, those seeking the best education possible at our state’s flagship university may be disappointed this semester.
This once-in-a-lifetime opportunity can dwarf more mundane concerns or be a once- in-a-lif
etime pain. But despite the hassles and anxiety, the Games will offer some irreplaceable experiences?even if the vast majority of us will be watching the events on TV, just like the rest of the world.
We will watch our university, our city, perhaps even our state, change.
And as residents and as U community members, we have the opportunity to be a part of it.
OCT. 25, 2001?The U has lost 1,200 parking spots in the last year while increasing the price of all of its parking passes.
Sounds like an ideal example of supply and demand. The supply decreases, while the demand stays the same, so therefore the price goes up. The only problem is that the amount of parking permits sold has little to do with the amount of spaces available.
The U places no cap on the amount of passes students purchase. So supply hasn’t decreased and demand stayed relatively the same. The price went up when it should have remained constant, using a standard business model.
The economics of the parking situation make no sense.
Parking on this campus is controlled by politics, and while the task force would be a nice first step, student leaders don’t have the political clout to make real change. Hopefully they can find someone in central administration?maybe even President Bernie Machen himself?to help forward their cause.
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