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Nail Biting and Hair Pulling: Stopping Nervous Tics

December 3, 2001

While finals week causes distress for all students, only those with nail biting, hair pulling and skin picking habits can boast about the physical damage the end of every semester brings for them. Counselors see no rush to quit these habits if they have no effects on a student's life.

Factions Discuss New Afghan Government

December 3, 2001

KOENIGSWINTER, Germany?Afghan factions meeting in Germany pushed forward with talks on post Taliban rule Monday after the northern alliance named four prominent figures it said should be considered to lead an interim administration. Abdur Rasool Sayyaf, the northern alliance's deputy prime minister, said in Kabul that the names it submitted include Hamid Karzai, a prominent anti-Taliban commander, and Abdul Sattar Sirat, a close aide to exiled former king Mohammad Zaher Shah.

Standing Out and Fitting In

December 3, 2001

Last Sunday, I peeled myself out of bed and made it to Calvary Baptist Church by 11 a.m. I wish I could say that I did this on my own initiative, but no, I went for a class. Sure, this was an assignment?but that is not to say that I wasn't excited to go. It was a joyous feeling just to be awake and dressed in a clean outfit at that time on a Sunday morning.

Harrison’s Ashes to Be Put in Ganges

December 3, 2001

NEW DELHI, India?George Harrison's intimate relationship with Indian mysticism, music and Hinduism sent his wife and son on a pilgrimage to the holy Ganges River, where authorities said the former Beatles' ashes would be scattered before dawn Tuesday. Harrison's widow, Olivia, and his 23-year-old son, Dhani, were to be accompanied by two Hare Krishna devotees who performed Hindu rites on Harrison's ashes with the family in London, said Maha Mantra Das, a New Delhi spokesman for the International Society of Krishna Consciousness.

Arafat Must Stop Suicide Bombings

December 3, 2001

WASHINGTON?As Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon declared war on terror Monday, the White House pressed Yasser Arafat to crack down on Palestinians whose suicide bombings killed at least 26 people over the weekend. "Chairman Arafat has an obligation to make a 100 percent effort," White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said as Israeli missiles slammed into the West Bank and Gaza.

Shurtleff is A-OK

By By LaVerl Josiah Possum, Comical San Juan county correspondent • December 3, 2001

Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff has decided people should be able to carry guns at the U. In fact, he has released a statement saying it is illegal for administrators to prevent students from bringing concealed weapons on campus. Shurtleff told reporters this morning, "There is no reason to be alarmed.

Letter to the Editor: Problem Growing Right Under Our Noses

By By Kristopher Willett , Sophomore, Business, By Kristopher Willett , Sophomore, Business, and By Kristopher Willett , Sophomore, Business • December 2, 2001

Editor: There is a problem here at the U affecting us all, and it is growing right under our noses. Grass cultivation has gotten out of hand. This is not the kind of grass that is usually associated with wild college parties or hippies cruising in their Volkswagen buses, but the grass that decorates the U's landscaping and devours vast amounts of precious water.

Quote of the Day

By , , and • December 2, 2001

"It's scary. We don't know what funding we will be getting from the Legislature next year. We could be facing nothing."

Tribal Warriors Attack, Gov’t Talks Continue

By , , and • December 2, 2001

KABUL, Afghanistan?Tribal warriors claimed to be making a major assault on Taliban forces defending Kandahar's airport Saturday night as thousands more fighters from another anti-Taliban faction headed toward the city from the north. In Germany, negotiations for a post-Taliban government saw progress when the northern alliance reversed itself and submitted nominees to serve on an interim administration alongside three other factions.

Looking at LASIK

By , , and • December 2, 2001

The Death Star had one. The aliens in "Independence Day" killed with them. Dr. Evil even tried to blow up the world with one. But in the real world, lasers can be used for good as well as evil. Laser eye surgery is "a life changing phenomenon," said Dr. Majid Moshirfar, the director of refractive surgery at the U's Moran Eye Center.