- The Daily Utah Chronicle

Transportation May Be Bigger Problem Than Parking Over Break

By and • February 1, 2002

Jason Smith was planning to park by the golf course to work at the library during the Olympics. He reconsidered, though, when it took him an hour to come from Foothill Drive to the Merrill Engineering Building parking lot. "Traffic on 100 South will keep me from getting to the north side, and all the parking on campus is located on the north side," said Smith, a senior in business information systems and Japanese.

Police Report: Driver Harasses Parking Lot Attendant

By By Beth McPhee • January 29, 2002

A driver tried to follow another vehicle out of the pay lot. In his attempt, the exit gate came down on his vehicle. The frightened lot attendant said the man got out of his vehicle and pounded on the booth window. Identifying him with his vehicle registration, the police searched the ballet building for him, but they didn't find him.

Explosions Injure Nigerian Civilians

January 29, 2002

LAGOS, Nigeria?Rescuers pulled scores of bodies from a canal Monday after a series of explosions at a munitions depot destroyed homes and businesses in Nigeria's commercial capital, witnesses and rescue workers said. Panicked residents ran and drove into the Oke Afa canal as they fled the blasts Sunday evening at the nearby Ikeja military base.

Rocks as Words: Geology Student Helps Translate Human History

January 29, 2002

Patrick Gathogo knew they'd found a textbook location, the perfect spot for fossils. And the site did not disappoint, yielding the skull of what is speculated to be a human ancestor?a find that "shook the human family tree," according to National Geographic.

Reason, Not Labels, Should Define A Stance on God

January 29, 2002

A bit ago, ironically during a time the Chronicle staff had coined "Spirituality Week," I was encouraged to write a piece in defense of atheism. Needless to say, such a position in the patriotic Puritan heritage of America is going to be slightly controversial.

Women Rally for Pill-Coverage Bill

January 29, 2002

SALT LAKE CITY?Female protesters rallied outside the Capitol Monday for the passage of a law that would require insurance policies to cover birth control prescriptions. The Utah Nurses Association organized the rally in support of the prescription equity bill.

Legislature: UTA Salaries Too High

January 29, 2002

SALT LAKE CITY?Legislative leaders claimed Monday that Utah Transit Authority executives' salaries are "grossly out of line with the private sector." House Republicans demanded to know UTA boss John Inglish's yearly salary. If the information is denied, lawmakers may punish the public transit entity.

Quote of the Day

By , , and • January 29, 2002

"Though keeping guns away from the U seems a worthy goal, securing public funding for higher education is ultimately more relevant."

Pakistanis Take Reporter Hostage

January 29, 2002

NEW YORK?A Wall Street Journal reporter has apparently been taken hostage in Pakistan by a group seeking repatriation of detained Pakistani fighters in Cuba and the release of Afghanistan's former ambassador. An email from the National Movement for the Restoration of Pakistani Sovereignty accused reporter Daniel Pearl of being an undercover CIA officer, an accusation the newspaper and CIA dismiss.

U.S., Afghan Troops Raid al Qaeda Holdout

January 29, 2002

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan? With grenades and volleys of automatic fire, Afghan troops and U.S. special forces soldiers wearing "I Love New York'' buttons stormed a hospital in Kandahar on Monday and killed a band of al Qaeda fighters who had been holed up there for two months.