- The Daily Utah Chronicle

NCAA Should Ease Transfer Regulations

By and • January 6, 2002

I love money. Who doesn't? The prospect of getting more cash from another job always interests me, and always will. However, should it be the defining factor in taking or leaving a certain job? The sports world seems always to have players and coaches leaving a certain position for another team for more money, even though they had been doing very well at their previous locations.

Looking Toward a Treatment for Blindness

January 6, 2002

Researchers have successfully preserved the eyesight of rats by transplanting cells into their diseased eyes. The result gives hope to the 25 million people worldwide afflicted with retinal degenerative diseases, the leading cause of blindness in industrialized countries.

Men’s Hoops Faces St. Mary’s Tonight

January 6, 2002

The first edition of life without center Chris Burgess for the Utah men's basketball team wasn't pretty. Utah played haphazard and unenthused as a lifeless Huntsman Center crowd watched Division III Whitworth threaten the Utes before losing by just six, 63-57.

U Skiers on Top of Invite After Alpine Events

January 6, 2002

If this weekend's Montana Invitational was any indication of things to come, then the biggest competition for Utah's Jernej Bukovec to reclaim his NCAA slalom title is at his side every day in practice. Led by a first-place finish in the men's slalom by freshman Pierre Olsson, the Utah ski team rests in first place after alpine competition at the Invitational in Bozeman, Mont.

Sports Lacking in Priorities

January 6, 2002

As I make a haphazard, uneven attempt these days at splitting time between attending classes, doing homework, working at my job, seeing my girlfriend and talking to my family just often enough for my mother to remember that she has five offspring, rather than four, I am reminded, quite Forrest Gump style mind you, that my mama once told me that in life, you gotta have priorities.

Marines Capture Camp Leader, Omar Escapes

January 6, 2002

KABUL, Afghanistan?U.S. Marines took custody of the chief of Osama bin Laden's terrorist training camps in Afghanistan, while the Afghan government said Saturday it appeared former Taliban supreme leader Mullah Mohammad Omar had escaped forces penning him in.

Presenter’s Office Organizes Weekly Lecture Series

January 6, 2002

The events of Sept. 11 changed the habits of many students. Some exhibited a surge of patriotism. Others reacted in fear. The Associated Students of University of Utah started a weekly lecture series. The series, "9/11: Responding to Global Affairs," will begin this semester, featuring speakers addressing topics associated with Sept.

Slow Oly Tix Sales Hurt Local Broker

January 6, 2002

SALT LAKE CITY?Yas Tokita, owner of Mountain West Travel, "bet the bank" on turning a profit by snapping up Olympic tickets and hotel reservations for the 2002 Winter Games. Now, with barely a month before the Games, the resale market for Olympic tickets remains sluggish.

Bush Promises to Not Raise Taxes

January 6, 2002

ONTARIO, Calif.?Firing back in an election-year debate over the recession, President Bush on Saturday painted Democratic opponents as tax raisers and pointedly vowed he won't allow his tax cuts to be rolled back. "Not over my dead body will they raise your taxes," he shouted to California workers.

Plane Crashes Into Tampa Skyscraper

January 6, 2002

TAMPA, Fla.?A 15-year-old student pilot took off in a small plane without permission Saturday and crashed into a skyscraper after ignoring a Coast Guard helicopter's signals to land, authorities said. The crash occurred after Charles Bishop's grandmother took him to the National Aviation Academy flight school for a 5 p.