- The Daily Utah Chronicle

UTEP Assistant Joins Men’s Basketball Staff

By and • July 16, 2002

The search for a men's basketball assistant coach to replace top assistant Dick Hunsaker is over. Silvey Dominguez, an assistant coach for the 10-22 Texas-El Paso Miners, was named to the position by Utah coach Rick Majerus last week. "This is a great opportunity for me, and one I felt I couldn't afford to pass up," Dominguez said.

Utes Named Pre-Season All-MWC

July 16, 2002

The list of preseason expectations continue to pile up for the U football team. After having already received praise from Athlon and The Sporting News, Football News became the latest media outlet to tout the U and its players as the News' preseason collegiate football issue hit the stands July 15.

Five-Year-Old Girl Abducted in So. Cal

July 16, 2002

STANTON, Calif.?Police on Tuesday searched for a 5-year-old girl who was abducted kicking and screaming outside her apartment by a man who drove up and asked for help finding his dog. The girl's mother, Erin Runnion, wept as she pleaded for the return of her daughter, Samantha, who was snatched Monday evening from a road inside the apartment complex 25 miles southeast of Los Angeles.

Woman, Children Killed in Shooting

July 16, 2002

HUDSON OAKS, Texas?A woman and her three children were killed and her estranged husband was wounded Tuesday in a shooting at their upscale home in a small town near Fort Worth. Police Chief Ray Riley wouldn't say whether the case was being treated as a murder-suicide, or if the wounded man was a suspect.

Petitioners Want Signatures OK’d

July 16, 2002

SALT LAKE CITY?Organizers of a petition drive to hike taxes on radioactive waste disposal asked the Utah Supreme Court to throw out a portion of the statute that invalidated more than 91,000 signatures for the November ballot initiative. Six initiative sponsors and activists filed a petition of extraordinary writ with the state Supreme Court on Tuesday.

ASUU Finance Director Resigns

July 16, 2002

The Associated Students of the University of Utah's Executive Cabinet is one member short following the resignation of its finance director. Ryan Wilson was in his second year as director of the Finance Board before stepping down earlier this month. "It was the hardest decision I ever had to make, and I regret it, but it was time for me to move on," Wilson said.

New Hydrogels Help Wounds Heal Faster

July 16, 2002

New hydrogels developed by U medical researchers appear to heal wounds much faster than other therapies. If the hydrogels work as well in people as they do in mice, this new therapy will offer new hope for millions of elderly people, burn victims, diabetics and surgical patients.

Summertime Reads: After All These Years, John McEnroe Still Fascinates

By By Alex Lee, By Alex Lee, and By Alex Lee • July 16, 2002

"You cannot be serious." It's hard to imagine those words shook the world of sports 20 years ago. Compared to the antics of athletes today-spitting on umpires, choking coaches and destroying hotel rooms-McEnroe's past actions, such as screaming that sentence- now the title of his book-seem like kid stuff.

Summer Speak: Unitarian Church Creates Dialogue for Members of U Community

July 16, 2002

Right on Time U History Professor Bob Goldberg is in good company. As a speaker at the Salt Lake Unitarian Church, he joins the likes of Langston Hughes, U Law School Dean Scott Matheson and six candidates for Salt Lake City mayor, among others. "In 1999 we received national coverage from Time magazine for the mayoral speakers," said Tim Chambless, chair of the church's Sunday Summer Forum speaker series.

U.S. Defense Chief Urges Crackdown

July 16, 2002

WASHINGTON?Pentagon leaks of military secrets to news organizations are hurting the war on terrorism and endangering American lives, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld told senior officials. In an internal memo, Rumsfeld lamented a "damaging lack of professionalism we continue to see on a daily basis," referring to a willingness of some defense officials to provide classified information to reporters.