- The Daily Utah Chronicle

Dominicans Find, Rescue Scientists

February 28, 2002

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic?Two U.S. scientists lost in a mountainous park for a week were rescued by a Dominican search team and were recuperating Thursday from exhaustion, officials said. Patrick Martin and Olivia Duren got lost on Feb. 21 in Armando Bermudez National Park, site of Pico Duarte, the highest mountain in the Caribbean at nearly 10,500 feet.

Indians Set Fire to Muslim Homes

February 28, 2002

AHMADABAD, India?A Hindu crowd set fire to a block of Muslim homes Thursday, killing at least 38 people, including a dozen children, amid riots across the Indian state of Gujarat sparked by a Muslim attack on a train full of Hindu nationalists. The violence Thursday left at least 58 dead.

A Healthy Dose of Post Olympic Spirit

By , , and • February 28, 2002

As I had watched the parking spaces slowly disappear, as public transportation grew with each new passenger more uncomfortably intimate, and as the pretentious "Fires Within" decorations emerged amongst my neighborhood like Christmas lights, I knew something was afoot.

Men Set Up Battle for Title Saturday

February 28, 2002

The Utah men's basketball team nearly followed its trend in recent games Thursday night in Fort Collins, Colo. Utah built an 11-point lead after 33 minutes of play against Colorado State, but the lead was whittled down to four points with five-and-a-half minutes left.

Olympics Provided Some Youthful Fun

February 28, 2002

Gone are the 17 days of Olympic Winter Games. No more garble of McTwists, power plays or lutzes?winter sports are pushed back into the closet of relative obscurity. No more Jamie Sal and David Pelletier, Wayne Gretzky complaining ab'ut U.S. media giving his team guff for sucking in the opening round robin or stirring controversy over, no, not about the tainted French figure skating judge, but if curling is actually worthy to be an Olympic sport and is not glorified shuffleboard on ice (they don't even wear skates)? No more George W.

Opinion Cartoon

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Letter to the Editor: Concealed Weapons Save Lives

By By Jerry Thompson, Biomedical Technician, School of Medicine, By Jerry Thompson, Biomedical Technician, School of Medicine, and By Jerry Thompson, Biomedical Technician, School of Medicine • February 28, 2002

Editor: I caught the Jan. 28 opinion column, "U Has No Legal Leg to Stand on in Gun Debates," by Nathan Croxford. I have some interesting input to add. In all my years I have always found that the more you pay people to think, the less they seem to actually do it.

The Chronicle’s View: Fate of Fraternity Lies in Members’ Hands

February 28, 2002

The U's Kappa Sigma fraternity is no stranger to trouble. In recent years, it has been sanctioned and censured for incidents ranging from a drunken member falling off the roof of the chapter's house, a fire causing damage to the premises, a brawl that necessitated intervention from a SWAT team and accusations of rape.

Baseball off to Good Start in Young Season

By , , and • February 28, 2002

The pieces have started to fall into place as the U baseball team played the month of February by winning three of the four series that the Utes competed in. The Utes took two out of three games from Pacific, Mesa State and Southern Utah. Arizona was the lone team that defeated the Utes in two out of three games.

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Read the Greek Judiciary Ruling on the Charges Against Kappa Sigma

February 28, 2002

The University of Utah Greek Judiciary met on February 26, 2002, to hear the charges contained in a formal complaint brought against the Kappa Sigma fraternity by Cory Peterson, IFC president, on behalf of the University of Utah Greek Council. The complaint states that on the evening of Saturday, Jan.