- The Daily Utah Chronicle

Snow Cancels Another Game for U Softball

April 15, 2002

For the second time this year, bad weather has kept the U softball team from playing Utah State. Yesterday's game with the Aggies was canceled due to too much snow in Logan, Utah. The poor weather may also cancel Utah's game with Cal State Northridge, scheduled for Thursday.

Baseball in Prime Spot for MWC Title

April 15, 2002

Winning the Mountain West Conference was the goal from Day One for the U baseball team, and now it has set itself up in a position to win the conference, as it is 3.5 games back of conference leader San Diego State. Utah solidified its third-place position last weekend, as it swept Air Force, and will have a chance to be just 1.

How to Maximize Post-Graduate Opportunities

By By Stan Inman, Director, Career Services • April 15, 2002

Robert Frost suggested "Do not go where the path leads. Go instead where there is no trail and leave a path." I'm sure many of us wish it were possible to travel down every path, or maybe only the quickest, but the truth is that the career path you travel will be uniquely yours! A career choice sets an individual off on a path, which affects many future choices.

Bomb Threat Sent to Banks in D.C.

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U.S. Courts Finalize Desegreation End

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CHARLOTTE, N.C.?The fight over one of the nation's longest-running busing programs ended Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court turned away a plea from black parents to keep Charlotte's schools under federal oversight. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system became in 1970 the first major urban district in the nation to use court ordered busing to achieve racial balance.

Defense Wins Football Team’s 1st Scrimmage

By and • April 14, 2002

In spite of a professed increased commitment to jumpstarting the U football team's offensive game, at Saturday's intra-squad scrimmage, the first of the spring, it was, as usual, the defense dominating the action. The Utes ran about 100 situational plays, including goal-line sequences, but the Ute defenders allowed just one touchdown?an 8-yard pass from Brett Elliott to Paris Jackson?during the affair.

Track and Field Gets Five Firsts in Pair of Meets

April 14, 2002

With both men's and women's squads heading to California to compete in separate tournaments, the U track and field team looked to continue its success at the San Diego State Invitational and the Azusa Pacific Meet of Champions this past weekend. It did just that?earning five first-place finishes and a number of others in the top 10.

Existing Eligibility Rules Make No Sense

April 14, 2002

A high school senior can declare for the NBA Draft, but a junior can't. A high schooler who declares for the pros can't change his mind and go to college instead, but a collegiate undergrad can. That is, if he hasn't signed with an agent and he officially withdraws from the Draft one week before the event takes place.

Niang Incident Reveals Academic Complexities

April 14, 2002

In recent years, a startlingly strong movement has sprouted up on university campuses that questions the fundamental doctrines of Western reason. Hostile to the claim that truth exists objectively and concerned with altering the structures by which knowledge is discovered, a large body of literature has emerged that criticizes the knowledge "produced" by "privileged" voices in universities.

Parenting Presidency: Ruth Lowe Stands Behind the President

April 14, 2002

After 25 years, Ruth Lowe is going back to school, something she has wanted to do for a long time. "I've sort of thought about doing it for years," she said. "I just waited until my children were getting older." One of those children, Ben Lowe, currently serves as president of the Associated Students of the University of Utah.