- The Daily Utah Chronicle

6 Men Charged for Recent Shooting

January 23, 2002

CALCUTTA, India?Police arrested three Bangladeshis and three Indian teachers at an Islamic school and charged them in an attack on a U.S. cultural center that left four policemen dead, officials said Wednesday. The Indian government appeared to back down from its earlier assertion that the shooting in Calcutta was a terrorist attack, saying it was too early to tell the motive, after the United States said it was not certain the attack was political.

Prisoner Wants to Return to Mexico

January 23, 2002

POINT OF THE MOUNTAIN?Filomeno Ruiz, serving a sentence of five years to life for his part in the slayings of two fellow ranch hands, wants the Board of Pardons to waive $20,000 in restitution to expedite his return to his native Mexico. Ruiz, 37, and his boss, Duchesne County rancher John Pinder, were sentenced for the slayings of Rex Tanner, 59, and June Flood, 48, in 1998.

Senators Support Enron Inquiry

January 23, 2002

WASHINGTON?Four top Democratic senators Wednesday gave their full support to a General Accounting Office inquiry into meetings between the Bush White House and industry leaders on Bush's energy policy. The senators, including Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut and Carl Levin of Michigan, are spearheading the Senate probe of energy trading company Enron.

Bush Wants $50 Billion For Terrorism War

By , , and • January 23, 2002

WASHINGTON?President Bush called Wednesday for nearly $50 billion in additional military spending for the war on terrorism, the largest increase for the Pentagon in two decades. Privately, he assured Republican and Democratic leaders that he has "no ambition whatsoever" to exploit the war on terrorism for political gain in this election year.

Patriots Will Win It Because They Shouldn’t

January 23, 2002

Last Saturday when Raiders cornerback Charles Woodson blitzed off the defensive left end and knocked the ball out of the hands of New England quarterback Tom Brady, all of the street-wise educated football folk I was watching the game with at the Chinese Gourmet figured the game to be over.

U Tankers Hit Pool with AFA, Wyoming

January 23, 2002

After coming off a heartbreaking loss to Colorado State, the U women, along with their male counterparts, head east this weekend to compete against Wyoming and Air Force. This will be the first competitive swim for the men since their Jan. 12 loss to Washington.

Santa Clara Asst. Named New U Coach

January 23, 2002

Since its inception in 1995, the Utah soccer team has only ever known one coach, Amy Winslow. Now, though, the Utes will get to know a second. Rich Manning, the associate head coach of the Santa Clara team that won the 2001 National Championship, has left his post at SCU to replace Winslow as the head coach for Utah.

Utes Will Play at Michigan Next Season

January 23, 2002

If the U football team keeps adding respected, nationally competitive opponents to its schedule, its days of playing schools like Louisiana-Monroe might soon be over for good. This past season, the Utes dropped a 24-10 decision to eventual national runner-up Oregon, and followed that with a 10-6 Las Vegas Bowl victory over USC.

Letter to the Editor: Rationalizing the Concealed Weapon Agenda

By By Tyson A. Romney, Junior, Political Science, By Tyson A. Romney, Junior, Political Science, and By Tyson A. Romney, Junior, Political Science • January 23, 2002

Editor: I write in response to the Jan. 22 guest opinion column written by Assistant Professor of Political Science Mark Button, "Concealed Guns Poison Soil of Academic Freedom." In his article, Mark seems to be convinced that the great majority of students walk around campus under a cloud of "suspicion, anxiety and fear" about guns.

The Chronicle’s View: U Althletes Fulfill Olympic Vision

January 23, 2002

When the world descends on Salt Lake City in a few short weeks, the University of Utah community can be proud. Not because it is the site of the Olympic Village. Not because Rice-Eccles Stadium will host the Opening Ceremony. Though both of these are laudable features that the U can boast of in its glossy media guide, there is one accolade that is the culmination?literally?of blood, sweat, toil and tears.