- The Daily Utah Chronicle

Barring Rain, Softball to Play

By and • April 9, 2002

Coming off a weekend where the Utes downed conference foes three of four times and are currently riding their longest winning streak of the year (at three games), the U softball team gets a temporary break from conference play, when it takes on in-state rival Southern Utah.

Quote of the Day

By , , , , , , , , and • April 9, 2002

"After all, there's no place like court."

LGBT Posters Defaced at Iowa State U.

By By U Wire, By U Wire, and By U Wire • April 9, 2002

Jessica Anderson Erin Randolph Iowa State Daily Iowa State University AMES, Iowa?"Not everyone wants to look at faggots." This was just one of the phrases written on posters of a gay couple kissing. As part of Awareness Days, the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Ally Alliance conducted a poster campaign.

Business School Wants Students to ‘Agree With Jack’ and Donate

April 9, 2002

Throughout the week, fliers and sidewalk chalk will ask business students if they agree with Jack. Jack Brittain, business dean, wants more of his students donating to the School of Business. The percentage of alumni who donate to the graduate school affects national rankings?the more donors, the higher the ranking.

Comments Offend Some LDS Students

April 9, 2002

The Daily Utah Chronicle A teaching assistant verbally attacked LDS students and the LDS Church, according to a group of students who now urge administrators to take immediate disciplinary action. However, teaching assistant Amadou Niang said his only error was underestimating the response of his students when he used The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as an example of institutional racism.

Inside India: Looking Back

By , , and • April 9, 2002

Editor's Note: Inside India is a series chronicling Sheena McFarland's first visit to India, the country of her birth, after her adoption by an American family. After a typical vacation, most people don't return home a changed person?my trip was far from typical.

Kappa Sigma Not Alone in Inappropriate Behavior

April 9, 2002

"By not confronting inappropriate behavior, chapter members are essentially condoning it." Greek Council Adviser Lori McDonald has a small plaque featuring that quotation. It's McDonald's job to counsel the U's Greek Council officers as well as meet with chapter presidents on a regular basis.

Study Finding 1,400 Alcohol Deaths at Colleges Prompts Call to Change Attitudes on Student Drinking

April 9, 2002

WASHINGTON?A study showing 1,400 college students are killed each year in alcohol-related accidents should change the views of people who see drinking on campus as little more than a rite of passage, researchers and university officials said Tuesday. The federally appointed task force that issued the report plans to distribute the study to college presidents, along with findings about which anti drinking strategies work and which don't.

Gene Research Moves Forward at ‘Frantic Pace’

April 9, 2002

Genetic information is driving a revolution in biomedicine, according to Dr. Eric Lander, who spoke at the U on Tuesday. The idea that life transmits information at fundamental levels goes back to Mendel's plant experiments in the 1800s. He was the first to study the laws of genetic inheritance.

Trauma Survivor Thanks U Hospital

By , , , , , , , , and • April 9, 2002

"There's my knight in shining armor," she said, as she gave the man a long hug at the door to the Moran Eye Center auditorium. Trauma survivor Dawn Ramsey returned to Utah yesterday to give a special "thank you" to U Hospital's trauma teams, doctors, nurses, EMTs, Air Med pilots and other service groups.