The Daily Utah Chronicle

U. Oklahoma students face immigration charges

By By U Wire • November 20, 2001

NORMAN, Okla.?The Immigration and Naturalization Service is charging the president of University of Oklahoma's Pakistani Student Association and his two Pakistani roommates with immigration violations. The three OU students, who the INS arrested Nov. 8 on campus, are being held in the Oklahoma County Detention Center in Oklahoma City.

Opinion Cartoon

By , , , , , and • November 20, 2001

.

State Asks Court to Hear Census Case

November 20, 2001

WASHINGTON?The state of Utah plans to ask the Supreme Court on Tuesday to hear its challenge to the 2000 census. If successful, the appeal would gain the state a House seat at North Carolina's expense. Earlier this month, a three-judge panel rejected Utah's claim that the Census Bureau had erred in counting the populations of the two states, which resulted in North Carolina adding a 13th House seat, while Utah fell just short of getting a fourth.

Bowling Green State U. graduate student accused of genocide

By By U Wire • November 20, 2001

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio?Pierre-Celestin Rwigema denied that he was involved in the killing of 800,000 Tutsis in 1994 and insisted that his life was in danger during the genocide. An arrest warrant was issued by Rwanda in April 2001. He is being charged with crimes against humanity and genocide for the death of the Tutsis.

Men’s Hoops to Battle Boise State at JMHC

By , , and • November 20, 2001

#post_author_author, .post_author_avatar, .post_author_box{ display: none; }

Mideast Officials Prepare for Talks

November 20, 2001

JERUSALEM?Israelis and Palestinians readied themselves Tuesday for talks with a new U.S. Mideast envoy, a tough retired Marine Corps general expected to press the two sides to stop 14 months of fighting. Anthony Zinni is to arrive with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State William Burns at the beginning of next week, Israeli and Palestinian officials said, seeking to end the violence that has resisted successive U.

A Vegetarian-Friendly Thanksgiving

By , , and • November 20, 2001

If you are vegetarian or vegan, you've probably experienced what I go through each year. First, someone asks how you can possibly have Thanksgiving without turkey. I mean, it's an understandable question considering that the dinner of yams, mashed potatoes, salad, cranberries, beans, stuffing, cut-up vegetables, rolls and pumpkin pie couldn't possibly be enough to fill a person without the turkey.

Westerners Protest Chinese Violence

November 20, 2001

BEIJING?Protesting to draw attention to China's brutal crackdown on the Falun Gong spiritual movement, two dozen Westerners chanted slogans and unfurled a banner Tuesday on Tiananmen Square?the first Falun Gong demonstration to involve Westerners exclusively.

Family grant program brings siblings to George Washington U.

By By U Wire, By U Wire, and By U Wire • November 20, 2001

WASHINGTON?Some George Washington University parents just can't seem to pass up a good deal. About 150 families are taking advantage of a program to send a child to GW for half price. Emphasizing the importance of family, GW gives the tuition break to any sibling of an undergraduate student who gets in.

Anthrax Samples Show Toxic Levels

November 20, 2001

WASHINGTON?A sample taken from a plastic evidence bag containing a still-unopened letter to Sen. Patrick Leahy contains at least 23,000 anthrax spores, enough for more than two lethal doses, a federal law enforcement official said Tuesday. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said there were three times more anthrax spores in the single sample taken from the plastic bag than in any of the other 600 bags of mail examined by the FBI before it found the Leahy letter.

Uncategorized