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Fired Parking Employee Gets Her Job Back

January 7, 2002

Elisabeth Wilkinson went back to her job Monday. After firing her for talking to the media, parking officials rehired her as an appeals officer. She was fired in early December following a dispute with the son of prominent U donors. She said she was fired for reporting the event to The Chronicle.

BYU International Studies Program’s Future Shaky

By By Shaughan Sparks, The Daily Universe • January 7, 2002

PROVO?The new year has begun, but it seems the administration and some faculty members have conflicting resolutions. The start of a new semester is a time generally thought to be a new beginning, but a battle of words and politics has carried over from the previous year and rages on at the Brigham Young University David M.

Former U. South Florida Students Create Bookstore Alternative

By By U Wire • January 7, 2002

TAMPA, Fla.?Former University of South Florida students Christian Beiter and Paul O'Grady were frustrated from buying expensive books from the University of South Florida Bookstore and selling them back for a small percentage of the original cost. Their response was to join forces with programmer Matthew Oucen and create a Web site with a simple message for students: "Don't be stupid!" Beiter said the goal of the site is to provide students a place online where they can sell their books to one another.

Big Tuition Increase on Horizon

January 7, 2002

Unable to cut another $3.2 million out of the current year's budget, U officials announced they would request a loan to cover what the Legislature is asking them to cough up. U administrators already trimmed $5.4 million from the current year's budget at the request of Gov.

Globalization Has Helped Higher Ed, Bennett Says

January 7, 2002

Sen. Robert Bennett described the current recession as "very mild indeed" to a crowd of U students and others Monday. "Higher education is always competing for tax dollars," Bennett said. When there's a recession?and accordingly fewer tax dollars?public universities get less funding.

U Hospital Passes the Test

January 7, 2002

University Hospital has just received its report card, and Executive Director Rick Fullmer is beaming with pride. The hospital earned a 91, the best preliminary score it has ever received, beating the national average of 88 and its previous score, which was also 88.

Media Tours Olympic Village at U

January 7, 2002

On Monday, the U held a media tour of the Olympic Village and the clinic before SLOC takes it over. The tour highlighted the Polyclinic, located in the Guest House. To make sure athletes' injuries and illnesses do not put a damper on the spirit of the Olympic Games next month, the Salt Lake Organizing Committee, along with the U, has created a Polyclinic like no other.

Ambassador Discusses Mid East Events

January 7, 2002

In order to prevent terrorism, the United States cannot allow a climate that justifies terror to exist in the world, according to U.S. Ambassador Dennis Ross, who spoke at the U Monday. "That's a theme that needs to be repeated on a daily basis," Ross said, discussing discrediting terror.

A Longer Vacation or None at All: The Olympic Spring Break

January 7, 2002

For college students across the country, the words Spring Break conjure thoughts of hot sandy beaches, perfect tans and parties that go all night long. But not this year. With the Spring Semester schedule thrown into disarray by the Winter Olympics, U students are looking at quite a different picture.

Argentina in State of Financial Stress

January 7, 2002

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina?His hands tied by an economy near collapse, Argentina's finance minister deeply devalued its currency as the country braced for an era of uncertainty in which one peso will no longer buy $1. Overriding the worries of foreign investors and citizens alike, Economy Minister Jorge Remes Lenicov broke the news late Sunday that "one-to one"?as the dollar-peso rate was known?is history.