- The Daily Utah Chronicle

Greek Week to Include Zoo Trip and Blood Drive

March 26, 2002

March is a busy month for greek women. This year's Greek Week coincides with Women's Week, both of which conclude on Friday, March 29. Among the events slated for this week are a blood drive and a trip to Hogle Zoo to visit with children. The blood drive is hosted by ARUP Laboratories, a U-based research lab run by the department of pathology.

Quote of the Day

By , , and • March 26, 2002

"I will probably skip the Indiana-Oklahoma game to pursue other interests? Such as staring at a wall."

Boundaries and Borders: Coloring Outside the Lines

By By Debra Burrington, Co-Director, Gender Studies • March 26, 2002

The theme of this year's Women's Week is "Beyond Borders." When I was asked to write a guest editorial for this special section of The Daily Utah Chronicle, I decided I wanted it to be a kind of meditation on this theme. I don't want to use my position as chair of the planning committee to advance an argument about what I think the theme means; rather, I want to suggest some possibilities that might fuel the imaginations of all of us who take part in this celebration or who wonder what Women's Week is all about.

Women’s Week An Ironic Twist

By By Theresa A. Martinez, Associate Professor of Sociology • March 26, 2002

Women's Week has come round again, as it does every year. I've been asked to give you my impressions of where we've been, where we are, and where we're going with regard to diversity?a story that reads like the proverbial "one step forward, two steps back.

O Sister, Where Art Thou?

By By Anne Palmer Peterson, Manager, Academic Outreach and Continuing Education • March 26, 2002

Congratulations to the women reading this. Chances are, you've already reached some level of enlightenment, or you wouldn't be affiliated with one of the region's most supportive communities for women?the University of Utah. Women's Week provides a great opportunity for us to say thanks for all the U does for women.

Finding the Meaning of a Women’s Resource Center

March 26, 2002

During the 30-year life of the U's Women's Resource Center, women have made impressive advances in equality and influence. While women can feel good about their increased influence in new areas, some must occasionally feel exhausted by one result of the progress: enlarged expectations.

Int’l Women Face College Challenges

By By Valerie Green, U International Advisor, , By Valerie Green, U International Advisor, , By Valerie Green, U International Advisor, and • March 26, 2002

Each year the U welcomes to our campus more than 1,800 international students from more than 100 different countries. Nearly half of those students are women who hail from countries like Costa Rica and China where educational opportunities for men and women are nearly equal, and countries like Nepal and Morocco with basic literacy rates for women at 20 percent and 35 percent respectively.

Gymnasts Head to Regional in Oregon

By , , and • March 25, 2002

Coming off the nation's highest score of the season, it didn't really matter where the Utah gymnastics team was sent for NCAA Regionals, as long as it continued to peak heading into the postseason. But the Utes had to go somewhere, and it was announced Monday they were sent to a familiar setting in the West, despite coach Greg Marsden's idea that the U was going to be headed for Baton Rouge, La.

Baseball Wins Series With UNLV

March 25, 2002

"[Sunday's] game was the epitome of how this team has to play in order to become a factor in this conference," U baseball coach Tim Esmay said. The Utes won Sunday's game against UNLV, which was the last game of the series, 5-3. The game was headlined by an amazing performance by starting pitcher Mitch Maio, in what was just his third start of the season.

Get a Lesson in History of Weird Team Nicknames

By , , and • March 25, 2002

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