- 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.

Powell Asks Arafat To Curb Fighting

January 23, 2002

WASHINGTON?With the Islamic militant group Hamas threatening to unleash "all-out war," Secretary of State Colin Powell telephoned Yasser Arafat Wednesday to urge him to curb attacks on Israel. The fighting has sidetracked mediation efforts by Anthony Zinni, a former Marine general who has made two unsuccessful attempts to restore a cease-fire.

U.S. Forces Confiscate Thousands of Weapons

January 23, 2002

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan?U.S. special forces and their Afghan allies confiscated thousands of weapons from a local warlord Wednesday, a top aide to Kandarhar's governor said, as they pressed the search for Taliban and al Qaeda renegades in southern Afghanistan.

Student Rally Doesn’t Catch Eyes of Lawmakers

January 23, 2002

Students from Utah's private and public colleges rallied to fight a large tuition increase on the steps of the state Capitol Wednesday, but the rally received little attention from state legislators. Rep. Afton Bradshaw, R-Salt Lake City, said the major problem with the rally was poor planning.

U Women Swimmers Get Split in MWC Meets

By , , and • January 22, 2002

Thirty-two-hundredths of a second. That's all that separated the U women swimmers from a perfect 2-0 record last weekend. That's all that kept them from a .500 record on the season. Instead, the Utes ended up splitting this weekend's meets against New Mexico and Colorado State.

Opinion Cartoon

By , , and • January 22, 2002

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Letter to the Editor: Shooting Holes in a Pro-Gun Argument

By By Daniel J Gorrell, Senior, Psychology, By Daniel J Gorrell, Senior, Psychology, and By Daniel J Gorrell, Senior, Psychology • January 22, 2002

Editor: I'd like to respond to Wilson Fatongia's Jan. 22 letter to the editor, "Weapons at U Detrimental to Focus" in which he argues against the logic of permitting guns on campus. Far be it from me to poke fun at a well thought-out or cohesively delivered argument.

New Cell-Phone Standard of Excellence Set

By By Rupert Fancipants, Comical News Editor, By Rupert Fancipants, Comical News Editor, and By Rupert Fancipants, Comical News Editor • January 22, 2002

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Man With Scissors, Headless Legislator and Frozen Meat Wielding Perpetrators Prove Olympic Insecurity

By By Hadassa Mctavish, Comical Opinion Editor, By Hadassa Mctavish, Comical Opinion Editor, and By Hadassa Mctavish, Comical Opinion Editor • January 22, 2002

In a surprising breech of security last week, Olympic Village volunteers admitted into the area a man with scissors, a headless woman with a concealed weapon and a suspicious looking woman armed with frozen meat products. Though they turned out to be the Village barber (Youhaav Splitendds), a visiting legislator (Ivana ScrooUover) and a McDonald's employee (Patty Mcflurry), the Salt Lake Organizing Committee considered the invasion a chance to re-think Village security.

Quote of the Day

By , , , , , and • January 22, 2002

"It was constant fear because you really didn't know whether you were going to be alive the next second."