The Daily Utah Chronicle

Business School Helps Students with High Tech

January 14, 2002

The School of Business provides many hands-on experiences for its students, and a new one has just opened. The Lassonde New Venture Development Center plans to let business, engineering and science students test the waters of starting a company without drowning.

Colombian Government Resumes Talks

January 14, 2002

SAN VICENTE DEL CAGUAN, Colombia?Colombia's government and main leftist rebel group agreed Monday to resume peace talks, diplomats and a U.N. envoy said, overcoming an impasse that threatened to plunge the country into a new round of fighting. France's Ambassador to Colombia, Daniel Parfait, read a statement saying the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, had dropped its objections to returning to peace talks that were paralyzed since October.

Women’s Hoops Blows Big Lead, Falls in Third OT

By , , and • January 14, 2002

After blowing a 17-point second-half lead, getting outscored 9-2 in the final 2:09 of regulation and getting outhustled by an opponent down to six available players by the last five minutes of play, the U women's basketball team finally dropped an 87-77 decision to No.

Bush Fine After Weekend Faint

January 14, 2002

WASHINGTON?President Bush's fainting?blamed by the White House on a pretzel?should have no long term consequences for his health, doctors say. The medical experts say his good physical condition may have contributed to the incident. Bush's physician, Dr.

Bag of Ashes Falls from the Sky, Puzzles Investigators

By By U Wire • January 14, 2002

GRAND FORKS, N.D.?The discovery of a mysterious object that seemingly fell out of the sky has had some in the community scratching their heads for the past two weeks. Southern Grand Forks, N.D., resident James McDonald first noticed something was wrong on Sunday, Dec.

The Chronicle’s View: Student Leaders’ Absence Indicative of ASUU Apathy

January 14, 2002

Life, death and civil rights are topics guns and gun control encompass. Gun control is an issue where everyone has an opinion?especially in a Western state like Utah where many people grew up with guns in their homes and where the frontier spirit mandates protecting your homestead with a rifle for some.

Jones Begins GSA Dean Search

By , , and • January 14, 2002

Study abroad, new technology and the environment are all issues Kay Bea Jones would like to address as dean of the U's Graduate School of Architecture. Jones spoke to architecture students, faculty and local architects Thursday as part of the graduate school's search for a new dean.

Track Underway as U Sweeps Shot Put

January 14, 2002

In the first meet of the season, the U indoor track and field team did not disappoint at the Wildcat Invitational, held in Ogden. This was the first meet for new U coach Lisa Collet, and her athletes did not seem to have a rough transition from the previous coach, Mike Jones, who retired after 22 years.

Scientist Wins McKnight Award

January 14, 2002

Maureen Condic likes using car analogies to describe her research on nerve regeneration. "It's as though you have a '57 Chevy on blocks?," she'd say, or, "The proteins provide traction for the cells." In Condic-speak, the road is the surface on which neurons (nerve cells) grow.

Players at Fault, But the Coaches Take the Blame

January 14, 2002

The NFL is a league where parity looms large, teams consistently play inconsistently, and players who get the large amounts of cash, i.e Randy Moss, become cancers by never playing up to their potential. It seems through all this, the coaches are bearing the brunt of the retaliation from the front office.

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