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A Student’s Guide to the Olympic Arts Festival

January 6, 2002

Olympic events cost an arm and a leg. But through the Olympics Arts Festival, students can experience the Olympics and still afford all of their textbooks. The festival brings in premiere special exhibitions and also provides a showcase for the best Utah has to offer.

More Parking Closures Loom

January 6, 2002

After analyzing the parking situation, U President Bernie Machen canceled afternoon classes March 7. The Salt Lake Organizing Committee will take over 47 percent of parking on campus in order to accommodate the Paralympic Opening Ceremony later that day. With parking already limited, the closure will help relieve some of the parking stress.

ASUU Board Answers Olympic Questions

January 6, 2002

ASUU wants you to be involved, informed and excited about the Olympics. For these reasons the Associated Students of the University of Utah established an Olympic Activities Board to help students prepare for the Games. "This is not a typical year for ASUU," said Mike Nelson, student body vice president.

International Students Embrace Hassles and Opportunities of Olympics

January 6, 2002

The U was only one of five choices Saara Ollikainen specified on her student exchange application. The Finnish student had no strong preference and didn't know she would end up in Utah during the 2002 Winter Games. And while she didn't expect to be so close to the action, Ollikainen "thought it would be a good and interesting experience to be here during the Olympics.

Residents Adapting to Old Dorms

January 6, 2002

One of the advantages of living in the Olympic Village is that "semi-private" bathrooms for four people to share are provided, according to Ladon Roeder, assistant director of residential living. That is a luxury student residents will not have this semester.

Nuclear Reactor A Major Olympic Security Concern

January 6, 2002

In recent months, nuclear reactors have become the focus of tightened security procedures and rising anxiety. Throw the Olympics into the picture, and concerns reach a whole new level. And under these conditions, the U's small nuclear reactor may have caused more than a few ulcers.

National Guard Gears Up for Olympics

January 6, 2002

SALT LAKE CITY?Eight-foot fences surround the Olympic Village. Nearby, commuters on Wasatch Boulevard speed past utility poles festooned with bright decorative banners. For every bright flag flapping outside a venue, there's likely to be a National Guard soldier dressed in camouflage checking each car allowed into a parking lot.

The Sledding Lawyer

January 6, 2002

Most Olympic hopefuls don't have a representative from their national team continuously call and beg them to compete. Most Olympic hopefuls don't attend law school, or have a husband participate in the same Olympic sport, just for a different national team.

Olympic Hopefuls: Torin Koos

January 6, 2002

If getting a spot on the 2002 U.S. Cross Country Ski Team was based solely on achievement, Torin Koos would be a lock for the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics. In a sport where athletes usually don't peak until they are into their 30s, the 21 year-old's resum reads like one of Olympic caliber.

Olympic Hopeful: Kristina Joder

January 6, 2002

Sometimes the hardest thing for an Olympic hopeful to do is to come to terms with reality. Former U All-American cross country skier Kristina Joder was ready to do so. The 23-year-old stuck around Utah to train for the U.S. Olympic trials instead of flying home to her native Landgrove, Vt.