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Opinion Cartoon

By , , and • January 15, 2002

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Men’s Survive SDSU, Run Streak to Nine

January 15, 2002

It came down to the wire, but the U men's basketball team preserved its conference home winning streak, which now stands at 46. Utah (12-3, 2-0 MWC) used 14 trifectas, the second-most by any U team, to claim its ninth straight win in defeating the San Diego State Aztecs (10-6, 0-2) 76-70 in the Huntsman Center on Monday night.

U’s Gibbons Is MWC’s Women’s Player of Week

January 15, 2002

Erin Gibbons, a senior guard on the U women's basketball team, was named the Mountain West Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Week on Monday. In the Utes' two games of last week (in which they defeated Wyoming 80-59, but lost to No. 23 Colorado State 87-77 in triple overtime), Gibbons scored an MWC-best 22 points per game (on 47.

Skiers Second at Nevada Invite

January 15, 2002

Thus far, the U ski team's preseason No. 2 national ranking appears prophetic. The Utes placed second in last week's Montana Invitational, and did so again in this week's Nevada Invitational (held, oddly enough, in Sugarbowl, Calif.). After wrapping up the two day meet on Monday, the Utes' 551 points placed them second behind defending champion Denver's 583.

Commission OKs Nuclear Storage

January 15, 2002

SALT LAKE CITY?The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued a final environmental study that sanctions a plan to store highly radioactive nuclear waste in Utah's Skull Valley. The study cites the economic benefits of consolidated storage for spent nuclear fuel rods from eight of the nation's nuclear-powered electric utilities.

Countries Prepare For Oly Terrorism

January 15, 2002

SALT LAKE CITY?Australia's team won't be allowed to open mail during the Winter Olympics. Other countries are hastily hiring security guards for their athletes. And almost everyone is stocking up on Cipro. Despite promises the Salt Lake Games will be as safe as humanly possible, many nations are taking extra precautions to make sure no harm befalls their skaters, skiers and others.

U.S. Department Tries to Delay Plane Sales

January 15, 2002

WASHINGTON?A senior State Department official plans meetings in Israel this week in an apparent effort to delay the potential sale of advanced radar planes to India. A department spokesman, Philip Reeker, said John Bolton, undersecretary for arms control and international security, flew to Israel on Tuesday "for regular U.

2 Seriously Injured In School Shooting

January 15, 2002

NEW YORK?A teenager opened fire in the hallway at a high school near Lincoln Center on Tuesday, seriously wounding two fellow students in what may have been a gang-related shooting, authorities say. The gunman was arrested two blocks away, police said. The shooting on Manhattan's Upper West Side occurred at Martin Luther King Jr.

Police Detain Man Claiming Bombing

January 15, 2002

RAMALLAH, West Bank?Palestinian police on Tuesday detained the leader of a faction that claimed responsibility for the assassination of an Israeli cabinet minister?a move that appeared to be aimed at defusing spiraling tensions. The move came just hours after gunmen shot and killed two Israelis in the West Bank: a 72-year-old Israeli-American man shopping for building supplies and a 45-year-old woman driving to a wedding.

U.S. Taliban Man May Get Life Imprisonment

January 15, 2002

WASHINGTON?John Walker Lindh, the 20-year-old Californian who fought with the Taliban in Afghanistan, will be charged with conspiracy to kill U.S. citizens and could face life in prison if convicted, Attorney General John Ashcroft said Tuesday. Lindh, who converted to Islam at 16 and is alleged to have trained at an al Qaeda camp in Afghanistan, will be charged in a U.