- The Daily Utah Chronicle

The First Day of School: Playing Survivor and Facing Budget Cuts

By By Christopher Gino Dean • May 29, 2002

Since I first started preschool in 1985, I have been through 24 first days of school. You know what I'm talking about?the day that everyone goes around the classroom to introduce themselves, the day the kids tell their teachers what their daddies and mommies do, and the day that the overachiever kids bring their first show-and tell items?three days early.

Chandra Levy’s Death Found to Be Homicide

May 29, 2002

WASHINGTON?Chandra Levy was murdered, but how she was killed can't be determined, the Washington, D.C., medical examiner said Tuesday in a disclosure that deepened the mystery behind the 24-year-old intern who disappeared more than a year ago. "In this case there was not sufficient evidence to ascertain conclusively the specific injury that caused her death," Dr.

Rape at U Texas-Arlington Prompts DNA Examination

May 29, 2002

Beth Francesco The Shorthorn University of Texas-Arlington ARLINGTON, Texas?Police are waiting for DNA test results to determine if an on-campus sexual assault is linked to six others that have taken place near Texas Christian University in the past few months.

U Minnesota Newspaper Apologizes for Comic Strip

May 29, 2002

Robyn Repya Minnesota Daily University of Minnesota MINNEAPOLIS?Amid protests from University of Minnesota students outraged by a cartoon in the spring humor issue, The Minnesota Daily issued a rare apology this month and is considering eliminating the semester-end lampoon issue altogether.

Enrollment Increase Creates Financial Strain

May 29, 2002

Summer Semester enrollment figures are up more than 6 percent when compared to numbers from this time last year. "This year could grow significantly. But we won't have final numbers until the end of summer," said Paul Brinkman, associate vice president for budget and planning.

U Student Dies After Drowning In HPER Pool

May 29, 2002

U student Keval Patel died May 23, after classmates found him unconscious in the HPER Complex dive pool the evening of May 22. Twenty-three-year-old Patel, who was studying pre-biology and was an Airman at Hill Air Force Base, was swimming qualifying laps for scuba diving certification when classmates spotted Patel beneath the water.

Proposed Majors Will Not Create Additional Costs

May 29, 2002

U administrators say they will make cuts to academic departments to balance the budget, while they are simultaneously creating others. During May, the Academic Senate and Board of Trustees approved three new majors for fall, 2002. At the same time, lawmakers have announced that in June they will need to cut another $138 million from the state budget.

ASUU Pres Statewide Student Leader

May 29, 2002

Newly elected U student body president Billy Edwards is also the student leader for more than 120,000 students in the state. Edwards was elected president of the Utah Student Association by the Utah Council of Student Body Presidents in May. The Utah Student Association is made up of student leaders from nine state institutions as well as Brigham Young University and Westminster.

Runs Were Aplenty At MWC Tournament

By By Steve Schaack • May 29, 2002

If there is one thing that became apparent following the conclusion of the Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament last weekend, it was the way every team swung the bats?this conference can flat out hit the ball. Other than the championship games Saturday, there were very few tournament games in single digits.

Men’s Tennis Duo Falls At NCAA Tournament

May 29, 2002

The top Utah men's tennis doubles unit, the No. 23-ranked team of seniors David Mercier and Nik Yip, fell in the first round at the NCAA Championships doubles tournament, held on the campus of Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. The two Utes, the only U representatives at the NCAA Championships, lost in the first round of 32 to a team from Auburn University in the two teams' final set.