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LDS Plaza Trespass Dismissed…for Now

April 18, 2002

SALT LAKE CITY?Trespassing charges against two people caught distributing evangelical literature on the Mormon Church's Main Street Plaza have been dismissed pending outcome of a suit over plaza restrictions. The Rev. Kurt Van Gorden appeared before a judge Wednesday, but a city prosecutor dismissed the charges pending the outcome of the civil case.

Bankrupt Polaroid Sold to Bank One

April 18, 2002

BOSTON?Polaroid Corp., the bankrupt instant camera and film maker, said Thursday it has agreed to sell most of its assets to Bank One Corp. for $265 million. Polaroid reached a sales agreement with One Equity Partners, the private equity arm of the nation's sixth biggest financial institution.

Plane Crash Seems to be an Accident

April 18, 2002

MILAN, Italy?A small plane with only the pilot on board slammed into the 25th floor of a landmark skyscraper Thursday, killing at least four people and injuring 60. The interior minister said the crash appeared to be an accident. In Washington, a senior Bush administration official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Italian officials had told the United States that a mechanical problem not related to terrorism caused the crash.

U.S. Friendly Fire Kills Four Canadians

April 18, 2002

WASHINGTON?The pilot of an American F-16 bombed Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan believing they were enemy forces firing on him, defense officials said Thursday. Four Canadians were killed and eight wounded. The soldiers were the first Canadians killed in a combat zone since serving alongside Americans in the Vietnam War.

K-UTE Loses Funding

April 18, 2002

The Student Senate voted last night to cut the U's student radio station funding by $16,000, beginning in the fall. Joint Bill #18 suggested eliminating the guaranteed 2 percent of the student activity fee that K-UTE AM 1620 from Redbook, the policy manual of the Associated Students of the University of Utah.

Opinion Cartoon

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Random Encounters: Searching for the Interesting People Among Us

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Letter to the Editor: Common Sense In Gun Debate

By By Joanna S. Coolidge, Senior, Pre-Med, By Joanna S. Coolidge, Senior, Pre-Med, and By Joanna S. Coolidge, Senior, Pre-Med • April 17, 2002

Editor: I am disturbed by some of the letters published in this paper supporting the right to bear arms on campus. It seems that I may not be living in an open-minded community, as I once thought. I have been at the U full-time since last August, and every student I meet here is friendly and enthusiastic.

ROTC Numbers On Campus Are Way Up

By , , and • April 17, 2002

More than eight months since the tragedy that changed the world, ROTC officials say the economic fallout that has emerged in the wake of Sept. 11 has not directly impacted the number of recruits in the U's military programs. "Our numbers over the last four years have been increasing," said Air Force ROTC commander Col.

Speaking Out Against a Lucrative Business

April 17, 2002

On April 16, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the 1996 Child Pornography Prevention Act, a law that outlawed computer-generated images of children involved in sexual acts. The court said the law's language was "too vague." Too bad. The only amusing aspect of the case was the name of the pornographer's trade group that opposed the law.