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Letter to the Editor: Not All Are Smiling About TRAX

By By Stephen M. Snow, Staff Assistant, Music Department, By Stephen M. Snow, Staff Assistant, Music Department, and By Stephen M. Snow, Staff Assistant, Music Department • May 21, 2002

Editor: It is challenging to criticize a politically correct icon of contemporary society. Light rail, seemingly popular and accepted by the public, has become such an icon in the first two years of operation. Does the university community know that next month, rail tracks will occupy half the traffic space on South Campus Drive, reducing traffic to one lane each direction? The U has been rather selfish on this matter.

Softball Team Goes Two and Out at NCAAs

By By Lance Gamero and • May 21, 2002

The U softball season was a roller coaster ride in anybody's view. After starting the season by going 8-26, the Utes bounced back in Mountain West Conference play, winning the conference tournament and making a run into the NCAA Tournament. That's where the ride ended, though.

Four Utes Earn All-MWC First Team Honors

By By Lance Gamero • May 21, 2002

Four U softball players were recognized as members of the All-Mountain West Conference Team. Lyndsey Trevis, Niki Hayhurst, Melissa Stahnke and Molly McLean were selected to the 20-member team. Hayhurst bounced back from a rough start to hit .292 on the year with 7 home runs.

Club Team Holds Water at Nationals

May 21, 2002

In only the U women's water polo club team's second year of existence, it came a mere two games from the national championship. Earlier this month, the team finished sixth at the National Collegiate Club Water Polo Tournament, held in Atlanta, Georgia. Despite entering the tournament with the No.

Men’s Club Rugby Loses In National Title Game

May 21, 2002

After the U club rugby team topped Wyoming 38-12 for a chance to face the Goliath of collegiate rugby?Cal-State Berkeley?for the national championship, team captain Larry Gelwick said his teammates weren't intimidated by Berkeley's 11 straight national titles, or the fact that Berkeley hadn't even been challenged for the title in five years.

No. 2 Utes Open MWCs With UNLV

May 21, 2002

The redundancy of the regular season three game series is over. Now is the time for the U baseball team, because every game could mean a chance to go to the NCAA Regionals or to go home. Utah (32-24, 16-14 MWC) pulled it together at the end of the regular season and found itself in second place as the team heads into the Mountain West Conference Championships in Provo, starting today at 3 p.

Computer Group To Create 300 Jobs

May 21, 2002

SALT LAKE CITY?Computer chip designer Cadence Design Systems Inc. said Tuesday it will open a Utah shop that could employ about 300 people. The California-based company picked the suburb of Sandy over 100 other candidates for a regional design center to tap into Utah's engineering brainpower.

House Passes Bill Against Molesters

May 21, 2002

WASHINGTON?Citing Internet danger to children, the House voted Tuesday to expand wiretap authority to target molesters who find young victims online and to establish a new domain for kid-friendly Web sites. The wiretap measure, approved 396-11, would allow investigators to seek wiretaps for suspected sexual predators to help block physical meetings between molesters and children they meet via the computer.

Separatist Leader Shot by Assassins

May 21, 2002

SRINAGAR, India?A prominent separatist who sought dialogue with India and opposed violence was shot to death Tuesday in front of 5,000 people at a ceremony to commemorate another assassinated independence leader. The slaying of Abdul Ghani Lone came at a time of increasing tensions between India and Pakistan, nuclear powers that have fought over the Himalayan region.