- The Daily Utah Chronicle

Stem Cell Research Helps Parkinson’s

January 7, 2002

WASHINGTON?Researchers used embryonic stem cells to relieve symptoms of Parkinson's disease in rats, demonstrating the cells can be turned into neurons that make dopamine, a key brain chemical. The researchers at Harvard Medical School and McLean Hospital in Belmont, Mass.

Police Shoot Man At Amtrak Station

January 7, 2002

SPOKANE, Wash.?Police shot and wounded a man they said "fired wildly" at them with an assault rifle in a crowded bus and train station after he fled from a traffic stop. Nobody else was hurt in the shootings. There were an estimated 250 passengers aboard an Amtrak train and another 100 were on two Greyhound buses at the time, in addition to an unknown number of people in the terminal, police spokesman Dick Cottam said.

4 Men, 2 Children Face Murder Trial

January 7, 2002

ST. GEORGE?Six people, including two juveniles, have been charged in the shooting death of a Southgate Golf Course mechanic. The six, ranging in age from 15 to 26, were charged Monday in 5th District Court. One of those arrested was a former maintenance worker at the golf course, said Assistant City Manager Marc Mortensen.

Poll Shows Utahns Don’t Want Layoffs

January 7, 2002

SALT LAKE CITY?A new poll shows that most Utah residents want lawmakers to trim state budgets, but not at the expense of more state employee layoffs. Lawmakers start budget hearings Tuesday in preparation of the 2002 session that begins Jan. 21. They must trim $200 million from the current state budget as a result of the economic downturn and unrealized tax revenues.

U Student Appointed as Associate Vice President

By , , and • January 6, 2002

Printed on his business card is the title U associate vice president for marketing and communication. However, his U identification lists him as a student. As it turns out, both titles prove true for Mark Woodland. In 2000, after taking a class from the communication department, Woodland's professor persuaded him to apply for candidacy to begin studying for a doctoral degree.

Israel Renews Bar On Arafat’s Travel

By , , and • January 6, 2002

JERUSALEM?Israel renewed its ultimatum to Yasser Arafat on Saturday: Arrest the assassins of an Israeli Cabinet minister or remain barred from traveling. The standoff took on new importance with the approach of Orthodox Christmas celebrations in the biblical West Bank town of Bethlehem on Sunday.

Olympics and Academia: A Special Combination

By By Wayne Clough, President Georgia Institute of Technology, By Wayne Clough, President Georgia Institute of Technology, and By Wayne Clough, President Georgia Institute of Technology • January 6, 2002

Almost a century ago, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the father of the modern Olympics, was asked why he restored the Olympic Games. His answer: "To ennoble and strengthen sports?and to enable them to better fulfill the educational role incumbent upon them in the world.

Quote of the Day

By , , and • January 6, 2002

"We don't want the Games to look like a large military camp."

Games Force U Teams to Alter Practices, Schedules

By , , and • January 6, 2002

Myriad Utah residents vowed in the few years preceding 2002 that once the Winter Olympics arrived in Salt Lake City, they would be taking off. Meanwhile, many others, like the U students who'd acclimated themselves to living in the new dorms, found displacement foisted upon them, as they were forced to vacate their residences to make way for incoming athletes from around the world.

Volunteers Prepare for Olympic Games

January 6, 2002

When Salt Lake City was awarded the Olympic bid for 2002, Chris Keeler participated in the celebration held downtown for the announcement. "I've been looking forward to [the Olympics] ever since," the senior studying public relations said. Keeler, along with 3,122 U students, will volunteer during the Olympic Games.