The Daily Utah Chronicle

Looking For Community? Try the Old Dorms

January 22, 2002

The Office of Residential Living will tell you to move into the dorms to live five minutes away from classes. I say, come, you might win a free Playstation 2. How? By attending basketball games with your residential adviser and your floor "team." With your "team," you compete with other floors, and the floor with the most residents attending the game wins the Playstation.

International Community Looks At Prisoner Treatment

January 22, 2002

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba?The treatment of detained terrorist suspects from the Afghanistan war is getting more scrutiny from the international community. A federal judge in Los Angeles, meanwhile, delayed ruling on a petition that alleges the prisoners are being held in violation of the Geneva Conventions and U.

Gunman Wounds 8 At Local Bus Stop

January 22, 2002

JERUSALEM?A Palestinian gunman opened fire with an assault rifle on Israelis waiting for a bus on a busy downtown street Tuesday, wounding eight before he was shot dead by police, officials said. The attack came hours after Israeli commandos raided a Hamas hide-out and explosives lab in the West Bank town of Nablus, killing four members of the Islamic militant group.

U Women Swimmers Get Split in MWC Meets

By , , and • January 22, 2002

Thirty-two-hundredths of a second. That's all that separated the U women swimmers from a perfect 2-0 record last weekend. That's all that kept them from a .500 record on the season. Instead, the Utes ended up splitting this weekend's meets against New Mexico and Colorado State.

Gunmen Kill 4 at U.S. Government Center

January 22, 2002

CALCUTTA, India?Heavily armed gunmen killed four Indian police officers Tuesday at a U.S. government cultural center, and Indian officials called the slayings a "terrorist attack," saying a Pakistan based Islamic militant group claimed responsibility. Eighteen officers, one pedestrian and one private security guard were wounded, said state Home Secretary Amit Kiran Deb.

Opinion Cartoon

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New Cell-Phone Standard of Excellence Set

By By Rupert Fancipants, Comical News Editor, By Rupert Fancipants, Comical News Editor, and By Rupert Fancipants, Comical News Editor • January 22, 2002

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U Wins On The Road, Streak 11

January 22, 2002

It was a prosperous three day weekend for the Utah men's basketball team, as it came up with a pair of MWC wins in its first road trip of the year. The two wins extend Utah's winning streak to 11 games, dating back to a Dec. 4 loss to Arizona State. Utah (14-3, 4-0) slammed New Mexico (12-5, 2-1) 81-51 at the Pit Monday night, two days after a 63-57 overtime win over Air Force (7-10, 1-3).

Letter to the Editor: Shooting Holes in a Pro-Gun Argument

By By Daniel J Gorrell, Senior, Psychology, By Daniel J Gorrell, Senior, Psychology, and By Daniel J Gorrell, Senior, Psychology • January 22, 2002

Editor: I'd like to respond to Wilson Fatongia's Jan. 22 letter to the editor, "Weapons at U Detrimental to Focus" in which he argues against the logic of permitting guns on campus. Far be it from me to poke fun at a well thought-out or cohesively delivered argument.

Man With Scissors, Headless Legislator and Frozen Meat Wielding Perpetrators Prove Olympic Insecurity

By By Hadassa Mctavish, Comical Opinion Editor, By Hadassa Mctavish, Comical Opinion Editor, and By Hadassa Mctavish, Comical Opinion Editor • January 22, 2002

In a surprising breech of security last week, Olympic Village volunteers admitted into the area a man with scissors, a headless woman with a concealed weapon and a suspicious looking woman armed with frozen meat products. Though they turned out to be the Village barber (Youhaav Splitendds), a visiting legislator (Ivana ScrooUover) and a McDonald's employee (Patty Mcflurry), the Salt Lake Organizing Committee considered the invasion a chance to re-think Village security.

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