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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.

More Talented’ Cougar Women Get Win Over U

January 28, 2002

After her Utah women's basketball team got dropped 77-65 by BYU Saturday afternoon at the Huntsman Center, U coach Elaine Elliott said the problem was not strategy or a lack of effort or execution? The Cougars are simply a better team. "There's not a team in this league more talented than BYU; everyone knows that, and if you can't see that then you must not have been watching this game," Elliott said.

Afghan Leader to Meet With Bush

January 28, 2002

WASHINGTON?Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan's interim leader, meets President Bush today seeking a continuing U.S. commitment to help restore the peace in Afganistan, officials said. Before leaving for the United States, Karzai told Afghan television that he would use the trip to push for the expansion of a multinational peacekeeping force into the rest of Afghanistan.

Gymnastics Improves Vault, Scores Victory

January 28, 2002

It was only the third gymnastics meet of the year, but No. 2 Utah's unchallenged 197.425?194.900 win over No. 7 Minnesota Friday night drew comparisons to championship teams of years past. "This is a special team. This is a team we haven't had at Utah in five or six years," said coach Greg Marsden.

Men Face BYU Tonight In ESPN’s ‘Big Monday’

January 28, 2002

Utah enters its ESPN Big Monday matchup against BYU with an 11-game winning streak, not having lost since Dec. 4. The Utes also own a 46-game home conference winning streak, dating back to 1996. BYU has won its last four games televised on ESPN, but the Cougs have lost two consecutive games, and their last five away games.

Greeks Rent 4 Houses to SLOC During Games

By By Adam Benson • January 28, 2002

For four chapters of U's Greek Row, the Winter Olympics will be a little closer to home. Sororities Alpha Chi Omega and Chi Omega and fraternities Sigma Chi and Beta Theta Pi have rented out their houses to the Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the Games next month.

U Requests $75M for New Building Projects

January 28, 2002

With an eye on bolstering Utah's slumping economy, legislators looked favorably on two U construction projects Friday. Administrators presented their plans to totally revamp the Marriott Library and construct a Health Sciences Classroom Building to the legislative committee in charge of new buildings.

Letter to the Editor: Campus Conflict Is Petty Power Struggle

By By James Bergstrom, Graduate Student, Electrical Engineering, By James Bergstrom, Graduate Student, Electrical Engineering, and By James Bergstrom, Graduate Student, Electrical Engineering • January 28, 2002

Editor: The same old arguments are being made in support of the U gun ban policy, this time by President Bernie Machen before the Utah state Legislature. Does Bernie's rhetoric actually make any logical sense? He makes three claims as a basis for his gun ban argument, but never backs them up with any sort of evidence.

Opinion Cartoon

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U Has No Legal Leg to Stand on in Gun Debates

By By Nathan C. Croxford, U College of Law Gun Rights Advocates Representative, By Nathan C. Croxford, U College of Law Gun Rights Advocates Representative, and By Nathan C. Croxford, U College of Law Gun Rights Advocates Representative • January 28, 2002

I have watched with considerable interest as the campus gun policy debate has continued to build and intensify. I am a third-year law student, a proud member of the College of Law Gun Rights Advocates (GRA) and a concealed-weapons permit holder. I am unashamed of all three of these distinctions despite societal stigmas that are attached to each.