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Chrony Won’t Stop Web Site During Games

February 1, 2002

While the Olympics will preempt classes and the U will take an extended break, The Chronicle will continue to function. During the Olympic Break, The Chronicle will not produce a print newspaper, but will update its Web site. This site will feature articles about how the Games are affecting campus, updates on U sports teams, letters to the editor and satire articles under the title, The Comical.

Bush Takes Heat for Enron Scandal

By , , and • January 29, 2002

WASHINGTON?Vice President Dick Cheney says the Bush administration's refusal to identify business executives who met with him and his aides concerning energy policy probably will end up in court. The head of the General Accounting Office, Congress' investigative arm, will decide this week whether to sue to force the White House to turn over documents on the meetings last year with representatives of energy companies.

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."

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.