- The Daily Utah Chronicle

Softball Earns Top Ranking in Pre-Season Poll

January 23, 2002

The U softball team was once again picked to win the Mountain West Conference in a league coaches poll in Colorado Springs, Colo. It is the third straight season the Utes have been picked to win the conference. Utah just edged BYU for the No. 1 spot, receiving 21 points to BYU's 20.

Letter to the Editor: Concealed Weapons Will Save Lives on Campus

By By Bryant Weber, Junior, Accounting, By Bryant Weber, Junior, Accounting, and By Bryant Weber, Junior, Accounting • January 23, 2002

Editor: This gun issue is not about allowing a free-thought environment to exist on campus. Controlling thoughts or opinions with guns is what terrorists try to do. The debate is not about safety concerns at the Olympics. One can already see the fences and security check points coming into place for the Games.

Letter to the Editor: Pouring New Salt on Fraternity Wounds

By By Reed Sutton, President, Kappa Sigma, By Reed Sutton, President, Kappa Sigma, and By Reed Sutton, President, Kappa Sigma • January 23, 2002

Editor: When covering a story in the future, I would strongly suggest researching the organization involved, as well as its members. Rod Harris is no longer the president, as you wrote in the Jan. 23 news story, "Kappa Sigma Busted for Booze." Furthermore, singling out the Kappa Sigma house as the problem on Greek Row is a great way to hype a story, but holds little merit over the past four years.

Combat Economic Drought With Rainy Day Fund

January 23, 2002

What annual event features more trash talk than WWF Smackdown and more punches than a Mike Tyson news conference? The Utah state legislative session, of course. This year promises not to disappoint. Even before Monday's opening of the six week session, legislators and lobbyists displayed signs of surliness, including a brawl over gun rights.

International Community Looks At Prisoner Treatment

January 22, 2002

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba?The treatment of detained terrorist suspects from the Afghanistan war is getting more scrutiny from the international community. A federal judge in Los Angeles, meanwhile, delayed ruling on a petition that alleges the prisoners are being held in violation of the Geneva Conventions and U.

Looking For Community? Try the Old Dorms

January 22, 2002

The Office of Residential Living will tell you to move into the dorms to live five minutes away from classes. I say, come, you might win a free Playstation 2. How? By attending basketball games with your residential adviser and your floor "team." With your "team," you compete with other floors, and the floor with the most residents attending the game wins the Playstation.

For Education’s Sake: Writing a Textbook Offers No Resume Credit and Often Little Financial Reward

By , , and • January 22, 2002

While working nights and weekends to write his first textbook, Professor Lynn Jorde sometimes wondered if it was all worth it. Behind schedule, but determined to finish, Jorde stopped spending time with his girlfriend and made a big push to meet the publisher's deadline.

Dean Candidate Hertz Speaks to the School of Architecture

January 22, 2002

John Hertz does not know what he would do as dean of the Graduate School of Architecture. "I would not be here to invent something out of nothing," he said. "The school is the result of a collective effort." Hertz said the quality and direction of the school comes from the faculty and students, not from the dean.

U Enrollment High Despite Crazy Semester

January 22, 2002

The Olympics might be the largest academic disruption the U has ever had, but it wasn't enough to keep students out of the classroom. Despite predictions of a Games-influenced enrollment drop-off, student numbers are up?way up. U administrators admit guessing enrollment figures for a typical semester is difficult, but for "the most unusual semester ever," it was nearly impossible, said Paul Brinkman, associate vice president of budget and planning.

Machen Says He’s Not Looking to Return to Michigan

January 22, 2002

Since the University of Michigan began searching for a new president weeks ago, rumors about the possibility of the U's president returning to Ann Arbor, Mich., have spread quickly. U President Bernie Machen, who was provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at the U of Michigan from 1995-1997, dispelled the rumors.