- The Daily Utah Chronicle

With Year Nearly Over, Ute Women Show Some Life

February 26, 2002

After entering the Olympic break at just 9-9 overall, and a miserable 2-4 in Mountain West Conference play, the U women's hoops team was just looking for some way to plug the holes on the sinking ship heading into March's conference tourney. The Utes acquitted themselves reasonably well, going 4-2 during the stretch to jump to 13-11 overall, 6-6 MWC.

After Fast Start, Men Lost Ground During Oly Break

February 26, 2002

The Utah men's basketball team entered the month of February with a 12-game winning streak to its credit?the nation's longest?and as owners of an undefeated conference record and with a six-year, 48-game home conference win streak under its belt. Call it Olympic headaches, unrelated in-game mental lapses or just playing in a tough conference?whatever it was, Utah comes back to school winners of four of seven February games and a game out of first place in the Mountain West Conference.

SLC Gained From Olympics

February 26, 2002

I may be the only sane person to say this, but Salt Lake City knows how to throw a party of world-sized proportions! With the end of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games, the world now knows what Salt Lake City is all about. We wanted to leave a good taste in the mouths of those who came to see the Games.

When Olympic Rodeo Dust Settles Truth Comes Out

February 26, 2002

Now that the Olympic Command Performance Rodeo is over, we should look at the facts to see whether the media's and protesters' ballyhoo had meat or just baloney. You remember the game plan of the animal-rights activists. Billboards. Meetings with Rocky Anderson and Mitt Romney.

Living in Utah in the Olympic Aftermath

February 26, 2002

Salt Lake morphed from boomtown to ghost town in 24 hours. Walking down State Street the night after the 2002 Olympic Winter Games ceremoniously concluded, an eerie stillness permeated downtown. Yet watching the Games end can ultimately remind us of all the good things we still have.

Germans Stay in Alumni House

February 26, 2002

While German athletes were busy dominating the medals count during the Olympics, officials and others were conducting behinds-the-scene business on the U campus. The German National Olympic Committee rented the Alumni House from Feb. 1 to Feb. 24. Sponsors of the German NOC, primarily Adidas and two German companies, paid the Alumni Association $100,000 for the Olympic rental period.

Olympic Vistors Get in trouble On U Campus

By By Beth McPhee • February 26, 2002

Canadian brawl?An intoxicated man created a disturbance at a Canadian Olympic team party held at the Union. Party-goers complained the man sprayed beer and bothered people. An Olympic bobsledder punched the drunken man in the mouth, knocking him to the floor.

Two U Athletes Win Silver

February 26, 2002

Many U students volunteered for the Games or attended an event, but only four actually competed as Olympians. Two of those four went on to get the silver, giving the U as many medals as Australia, Poland, Japan, Spain and the Czech Republic each had. Shannon Bahrke Some U students pride themselves on earning scholarships or making the dean's list?only one can claim bringing home the first U.

Higher Ed Budget Cut Again

February 26, 2002

Tuesday was another gloomy day for higher education. "It's not a happy time for any of us," said Rep. Afton Bradshaw, R-Salt Lake, at the beginning of the Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee meeting, before turning to state analyst Boyd Garriott and telling him to "take it away.

Utes Lose 21-Point Lead in Loss to Cougs

By , , and • February 24, 2002

For Utah men's basketball fans, Saturday afternoon's clash at BYU was painfully similar to the decision the Utes suffered at Lavell Edwards Stadium on the gridiron in November. Although Utah held the lead and controlled play for much of the basketball game, BYU's fierce second half rally from a 21-point deficit earned the Cougars the 63 61 win.