- The Daily Utah Chronicle

The Chronicle’s View:

April 7, 2002

Department heads have started to make the hard decisions. Cutting 4.7 percent out of an already tight budget is never easy, especially when more than 90 percent of that money is tied up in faculty salaries. What, or in some cases who, do you cut? The biology department came under fire for laying off popular lecturer Fred Montague.

U Men’s Hoops Team Loses Another Player

April 7, 2002

For the second time in less than two weeks, a member of the Utah men's basketball team has decided to take his talents elsewhere. Cameron Goettsche, a 6 foot-7 freshman forward who saw no action in the 2001-02 season due to a redshirt, announced Friday in a press release he will be transferring to a yet-to-be-determined institution.

One More for the Road

April 7, 2002

For a record 27th consecutive time, the U gymnastics team will be sending a team to the national championships. The Red Rocks successfully carried over the momentum from their school-record score versus BYU on March 23, winning the West Regional outright with a 197.

Y Fans Prove They Can Be Boorish, Too

April 7, 2002

Ever since I was a Ute fan, I have known the basic stereotypes. The Utes fan will do anything to ruin the BYU fans' afternoon?whether that entails spilling beer on a fan's head, throwing snow at a fan or just spitting on fans. All this would happen while those angelic BYU fans would offer food, talk peacefully about the games and never fight back.

Women Netters Split Pair of MWC Games

April 7, 2002

This was supposed to be a weekend where the U women's tennis team could finally gain some ground in the conference race, as it was facing two teams in the cellar of the conference. Utah came in at 1-3 in conference play?good enough for a fourth-place tie with BYU.

Golfers Hope More Practice Means a Win

April 7, 2002

Plagued by bad luck with Mother Nature that resulted in three straight unlucky 13th place finishes, U golf coach Wayne Fisher thinks his team's misfortunes are about to change at the Thunderbird Invitational starting today in Goodyear, Ariz. "The best thing that has happened to us is that the weather in Salt Lake City is finally playable," Fisher said.

Softball Takes Three Against League Foes

April 7, 2002

The U softball team won three of four conference games at Ute Field this past weekend against New Mexico and Colorado State, moving them to 16-30 overall, 5-3 in the MWC this season. In Game 1 against the Lobos on Friday, a sixth-inning grand slam by New Mexico third baseman Cassie Chavez extinguished the Utes' 6-3 lead and put the Lobos up for good at 7-6.

Facing a Generational Crisis

April 7, 2002

Last week, 400 students from Salt Lake's Granite High School walked out of class to protest the lay-off of a beloved history teacher. Today, representatives from 160 countries meet in Madrid, Spain, to discuss the problem of a rapidly aging world population.

Women Netters Look to Rebound After Losses

By , , and • April 5, 2002

Barely being defeated by New Mexico (4-3) was the epitome of how the U women's tennis team has competed all season. Losing the leads in matches has been the norm for the U players. Last week, one match for the Utes could have swung the balance. Ute Allison Hansen possessed a 4-3 lead before losing it to Courtney Choate.

U Baseball Drops Opener to Y

By , , and • April 5, 2002

In front of the second largest crowd in BYU baseball history (2,251), Cougar starter Jeff Mousser struck out 10 in tossing 8.1 innings as the Y topped the Utes 5-2 in the first of a three-game weekend series. Utah drops to 19-15 overall, 4-6 in Mountain West Conference play.