- The Daily Utah Chronicle

Trumpeting Tradition in the Faces of Oly Foes

By , , , , , and • December 7, 2001

All rational human beings are of the agreement that there are certain sentiments that are completely unacceptable and completely politically incorrect. In fact, in today's world, we are almost hypersensitive to avoiding slurs of any kind. So why are Mormons the exception to the rule? The upcoming 2002 Olympic Winter Games have once again brought this issue to the forefront, not to mention the manner in which the U campus shoves anti-Mormon sentiments down the collective student throat.

Opinion Cartoon: The Poor Student’s Holiday Gift Guide

By , , , , , and • December 7, 2001

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Lets Bowl: Football Going to Vegas for Battle with USC Trojans

By and • December 7, 2001

The Utah and USC football teams?the respective combatants in this year's Las Vegas Bowl, to be played Dec. 25?have considerably different pedigrees. USC has won eight national titles, had four Heisman Trophy winners, 121 All Americans and will be making its 40th bowl appearance?28 of which have come in the Rose Bowl.

Women’s Hoops to Play 6 on the Road

By , , , , , , , , and • December 7, 2001

The Utah women's basketball team has yet to forge a clear cut identity for itself. Whether this Ute team is more accurately represented by last Saturday's stunning 89-42 walloping of UCLA, or Nov. 24 defeat at SMU by a 49-48 margin remains undetermined as yet.

Steel Workers Find Stolen Oly Clothes

December 7, 2001

SALT LAKE CITY?Steel workers found Olympic clothing floating in the Jordan River on Thursday, alerting police to the recovery of $28,000 worth of stolen goods taken from an Olympic sponsor. The apparel, much of it still wrapped in plastic and considered usable, was being plucked from the river and a service canal.

Stanford Is Better This Time

By , , and • December 5, 2001

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Will Students Have Rooms in Spring?

December 5, 2001

With less than two weeks before students are evicted from the residence halls, Brian Brown doesn't know where he's going to live next semester. A freshman studying biology, Brown signed a contract before the semester began which ensured him a room through fall.

U Student Dies

December 5, 2001

History student Ronald Sean Keller was found dead Nov. 22 in his Fourth Avenue home. He had apparently shot himself, but the police have not issued an official cause of death, said Annie Nebeker, associate dean of students. According to Nebeker, Keller's roommate Mark Dunn found him in their home on Nov.

Utah Population Database

December 5, 2001

When Lynn Jorde used to present genetic disease data at conferences, other scientists would scoff, "Oh, that's just the Utah population." Believing that inbreeding is more common among the Latter-day Saints population, many scientists often qualified research findings coming from Utah.

Legislature and U Want to Beef Up Microtech

December 5, 2001

Educators, researchers, industries and the state have joined forces under the banner of the Utah Microtechnology Consortium. Still charting a course for itself?the consortium wants to beef up local facilities for small-scale technology. The consortium is one of the state's many efforts to foster high-tech development under Gov.