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Complaint Against TA Won’t Be Heard Until Semester End

May 1, 2002

A student-filed formal complaint against a teaching assistant will not go before the Ethnic Studies academic appeals committee until after the end of the semester. Music major William Brooke filed a formal complaint against his teaching assistant Amadou Niang in mid-April for what Brooke said were violations of university policy.

U Eliminates Parking Along Business Loop

May 1, 2002

Since January, U student Alice Greenfield has enjoyed curbside parking in the U business loop. "It has been so convenient," Greenfield said. "Four of my five classes are just a one-minute walk away from these parking spots." But starting Monday morning, the 110 parking slots created to help relieve the Olympic parking crunch will be removed and two-way traffic will resume in the business loop.

Poetry Prize Commemorates Late U Prof Ali

May 1, 2002

The University of Utah Press is creating an annual poetry competition in memory of the late poet Agha Shahid Ali. Ali served as a creative writing teacher, focusing on poetry, for three years before he stopped teaching due to cancer, which killed him on Dec.

Parking Task Force Reveals Suggestions

May 1, 2002

After six months of discussing parking concerns, the parking task force has a plan designed to ease the problem at the U. The recommendations, formally submitted to President Bernie Machen on Wednesday, address the parking and transportation problems on campus.

UEC Gives $70,000 to College Entrepreneurs

May 1, 2002

After a year-long competition, the three winners of the Utah Entrepreneur Challenge were announced Wednesday night at the Rice Eccles Stadium Tower.

Presenter’s Office Releases Results Of Student Survey

May 1, 2002

Only 38 percent of U students have heard of the Presenter's Office, the cultural arts organ of student government, according to a recently released survey. Jeppson Research, an outside polling firm, recently conducted a survey for the Presenter's Office of the Associated Students of the University of Utah, asking students what kind of events they want to see on campus, when the events should be held and how much students are willing to pay for them.

U Care Pavillion Makes Progress

May 1, 2002

As the last pieces of steel are put into place, the Eccles Critical Care Pavilion at University Hospital is nearing its final shape. The structure is on schedule to be enclosed by late fall and completed in March 2003, according to Dan Lundergran, associate administrator for U Hospital.

Primary Children’s Doctors Perform Experimental Artificial Rib Surgery

May 1, 2002

U surgeons implanted a titanium "rib" that helps correct chest-wall deformities in children with certain spinal deformities for the first time in Utah on Wednesday. The orthopedic surgeons are also teaching the new surgery to doctors from around the country.

Extremists Threaten to Kill Missionary Couple

May 1, 2002

MANILA, Philippines?Muslim extremists holding American missionaries hostage ruled out further negotiations on Wednesday and threatened to kill the Kansas couple if U.S.-backed pursuit of the outlaws gets too close. The Philippine military vowed, meanwhile, to intensify its drive to wipe out the Abu Sayyaf extremists and rescue Martin and Gracia Burnham of Wichita, Kan.

End of Everything? It’s Just the Beginning

May 1, 2002

Endings are strange things. They tend to overlap with beginnings to leave us in limbo, trying to look backward and forward at the same time. The sun is literally setting as I finish my three-year career at The Daily Utah Chronicle and my six-year education at the U.