The Daily Utah Chronicle

Holiday Visits Can Impart the Greatest Wisdom

By , , and • January 8, 2002

My grandfather has had a huge effect on my life. When I was much younger, he would always yell at me whenever I picked my nose. He'd slap my hand away from my face and give me a long, thorough description of what that stuff actually is. And it's a good thing he did, because otherwise I'd still be wondering why people look at me funny.

Backcountry Bliss: A Venture Off the Beaten Trail

By By C.J. Wittaker • January 8, 2002

It may be hard work, but skiing the backcountry is definitely worth it. Weeks after a major storm, and with a dearth of good snow at the resorts, we found light, fluffy powder uncut. A friend's advice led us to a little-known spot in Big Cottonwood Canyon known as Powder Park.

After Week of Upsets, Kansas Heads New Poll

January 8, 2002

Kansas took advantage of a weekend of upsets to become No. 1 in the AP college basketball poll on Monday. The Jayhawks (12-1) moved up one spot to replace Duke (12-1), which had been on top of the rankings all season, the last five weeks as a unanimous No.

Stoops Will Stay Coach of Oklahoma; Florida Turns Attention to Shanahan

January 8, 2002

NORMAN, Okla.?Bob Stoops decided to stay put at Oklahoma, ending speculation that he would leave to coach Florida. Stoops met with Florida athletics director Jeremy Foley on Monday and told him of his decision. "Jeremy knew coming in, I felt strongly committed to our program, how strong and positive our program was, the way we're developing and where we're going with our program," Stoops said.

Utah Football Job Is One of Best in Nation

January 8, 2002

U head football coach Ron McBride likes his job. He has said so. He has a brand new, state-of-the-art stadium and a football team that downed Pac-10 powerhouse USC, against all odds, in the Las Vegas Bowl on Christmas day. But it is no secret that this is not the premiere place to coach in the country, right? Not according to a survey by ESPN.

The Chronicle’s View: Playing Parking Favorites Creates Campus Inequality

By , , and • January 7, 2002

Elisabeth Wilkinson lost her job as an appeals officer for the University of Utah Parking Services in early December. Such an event would not normally warrant newsworthiness except that Wilkinson said she was fired unfairly for talking to the news media about a "corrupt" incident that happened at Parking Services.

Stem Cell Research Helps Parkinson’s

January 7, 2002

WASHINGTON?Researchers used embryonic stem cells to relieve symptoms of Parkinson's disease in rats, demonstrating the cells can be turned into neurons that make dopamine, a key brain chemical. The researchers at Harvard Medical School and McLean Hospital in Belmont, Mass.

U.S. Bombers Wipe Out Taliban Tanks, Weapons

By , , and • January 7, 2002

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Police Shoot Man At Amtrak Station

January 7, 2002

SPOKANE, Wash.?Police shot and wounded a man they said "fired wildly" at them with an assault rifle in a crowded bus and train station after he fled from a traffic stop. Nobody else was hurt in the shootings. There were an estimated 250 passengers aboard an Amtrak train and another 100 were on two Greyhound buses at the time, in addition to an unknown number of people in the terminal, police spokesman Dick Cottam said.

Mayor Navigates Local Airline Security Turbulence

January 7, 2002

Call me a traitor. Call me a bum. Call me a bleeding heart, pot-smoking, never done-an-honest-day's work-in-his-life, long haired, no good liberal. I like Rocky Anderson. When the Salt Lake City mayor first won election in 1999, my moderate democrat's heart sank.

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