- The Daily Utah Chronicle

Letter to the Editor: Golf Course Conundrum

By By Jason Richardson, Senior, Speech Communication, By Jason Richardson, Senior, Speech Communication, and By Jason Richardson, Senior, Speech Communication • April 7, 2002

Editor: At a time when tuition is being raised at unprecedented rates, it is now that students must evaluate what they are getting for their money. This is especially important for out-of-state students who are going to have to pay a large premium to go to school here (assuming they stay around long enough to pay the new tuition rates).

Letter to the Editor: Education Is Weapon Against Ignorance and Hate

By By Patrick Lagua, Junior, Political Science, By Patrick Lagua, Junior, Political Science, and By Patrick Lagua, Junior, Political Science • April 7, 2002

Editor: I am writing in response to Mike Chidester's March 15 opinion column "Some Lessons Better Learned at Home." While I appreciate his point about not pushing certain points of view on people who do not want to hear them, I think his analysis of the situation is seriously narrow-minded and extremely one-sided.

Softball Takes Three Against League Foes

April 7, 2002

The U softball team won three of four conference games at Ute Field this past weekend against New Mexico and Colorado State, moving them to 16-30 overall, 5-3 in the MWC this season. In Game 1 against the Lobos on Friday, a sixth-inning grand slam by New Mexico third baseman Cassie Chavez extinguished the Utes' 6-3 lead and put the Lobos up for good at 7-6.

Golfers Hope More Practice Means a Win

April 7, 2002

Plagued by bad luck with Mother Nature that resulted in three straight unlucky 13th place finishes, U golf coach Wayne Fisher thinks his team's misfortunes are about to change at the Thunderbird Invitational starting today in Goodyear, Ariz. "The best thing that has happened to us is that the weather in Salt Lake City is finally playable," Fisher said.

Baseball Drops Close Contest, Series to BYU

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Women Netters Split Pair of MWC Games

April 7, 2002

This was supposed to be a weekend where the U women's tennis team could finally gain some ground in the conference race, as it was facing two teams in the cellar of the conference. Utah came in at 1-3 in conference play?good enough for a fourth-place tie with BYU.

Y Fans Prove They Can Be Boorish, Too

April 7, 2002

Ever since I was a Ute fan, I have known the basic stereotypes. The Utes fan will do anything to ruin the BYU fans' afternoon?whether that entails spilling beer on a fan's head, throwing snow at a fan or just spitting on fans. All this would happen while those angelic BYU fans would offer food, talk peacefully about the games and never fight back.

One More for the Road

April 7, 2002

For a record 27th consecutive time, the U gymnastics team will be sending a team to the national championships. The Red Rocks successfully carried over the momentum from their school-record score versus BYU on March 23, winning the West Regional outright with a 197.

U Men’s Hoops Team Loses Another Player

April 7, 2002

For the second time in less than two weeks, a member of the Utah men's basketball team has decided to take his talents elsewhere. Cameron Goettsche, a 6 foot-7 freshman forward who saw no action in the 2001-02 season due to a redshirt, announced Friday in a press release he will be transferring to a yet-to-be-determined institution.

The Chronicle’s View:

April 7, 2002

Department heads have started to make the hard decisions. Cutting 4.7 percent out of an already tight budget is never easy, especially when more than 90 percent of that money is tied up in faculty salaries. What, or in some cases who, do you cut? The biology department came under fire for laying off popular lecturer Fred Montague.