- The Daily Utah Chronicle

U Receives Grant to Study Drug-Resistant Microbes

November 16, 2001

Recent usage of antibiotics as a prevention against anthrax has worried health officials about the emergence of drug-resistant strains. Concerns about drug resistance due to excessive and incorrect use of antibiotics have existed since the '40s, when penicillin was first mass-produced. The problem persisted and multiplied because of the increased dependance on antibiotics. A recent national survey of pediatricians estimates that as much as 50 percent of all antibiotic usage is inappropriate.

Hospital in VA Health Care Study

November 16, 2001

Treatments don't always work, mistakes happen, complications set in. Medical care can always get better, and University Hospital is among 10 hospitals looking for ways to improve through a surgical-care study. In early November, U Hospital announced it would compare information with other hospitals to determine the most effective techniques.

Speaker Tells How Citizens Should Act During Crisis

November 16, 2001

The safety and security of the United States depends on individual actions, said Pat Shea, an attorney who spoke Thursday at the Hinckley Institute of Politics. Shea discussed what citizens can and should do during a crisis, and the power of the executive branch of government during a national emergency.

ASUU Takes State Legislators to Game

November 16, 2001

ASUU is putting on its politically savvy game face for the Ute football game in Provo Saturday. Months before the state Legislature meets to appropriate state funds, leaders from the Associated Students of the University of Utah have planned a pre-game barbecue to build stronger relationships with state lawmakers. They hope the fruits of these relationships will be more money for the U and higher education when the legislative session begins next year.

Will SBS Tower Carry Olympic Torchbearer?

November 16, 2001

The University of Utah will most likely be one of the sites in Salt Lake City to show off an Olympic banner. However, it's not for sure. The Salt Lake Tribune reported Thursday that the Social and Behavioral Sciences tower at the U was one of 12 buildings in the city to bear a huge poster of athletes during the Olympics. The picture on the building will likely feature a torchbearer.

Theatre Department Offers Online MFA

By and • November 16, 2001

"O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?" lilts Juliet from Colorado as she rehearses a scene with her class of directing graduate students. In romantic tones, Romeo answers his classmate, not from below her balcony, but from across the country. In Utah the professor critiques the scene and, in real time from their computers, Romeo and Juliet run their famous balcony scene once again. The rest of the students watch and learn from different places across the country.

U.S. Seeks bin Laden, Hits Primary Targets

November 15, 2001

WASHINGTON?The United States is pursuing Osama bin Laden and Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar, believed to be on the move in the shrinking parts of Afghanistan that their forces control. Sharpening the focus on the war's primary targets, U.S. special operations troops are questioning Taliban defectors and prisoners, dangling millions in reward money and hoping for a communications slip-up.

Egypt Sentences Men for Gay Sex

November 15, 2001

CAIRO, Egypt?Egyptian men wept and screamed inside a crammed courtroom cage Wednesday as a judge sentenced 23 of them to jail terms of one to five years for gay sex in a trial denounced by human rights groups as persecution of homosexuals. Another 29 men were acquitted, prompting cries of joy from relatives who had denied the charges and accused the Egyptian media during the four-month trial of sensationalism and destroying the young men's reputations.

Police Arrest Top Jihad Militant

November 15, 2001

JERUSALEM?Palestinian police arrested a top Islamic Jihad activist in the West Bank town of Jenin on Wednesday, setting off a violent protest against Yasser Arafat's security force. The arrest came as Secretary of State Colin Powell scheduled a key Middle East policy speech for next week.

Countries Freeze AS Qaeda Assets

November 15, 2001

WASHINGTON?More than $56 million in financial assets linked to the al Qaeda network and the Taliban have been blocked worldwide since the terror attacks on the United States, the Treasury Department said Wednesday. The new number comes a week after the Bush administration launched a series of actions to stop the flow of funds to terrorists.