The Daily Utah Chronicle

The Chronicle’s View: The Joy of Shameless Self-Promotion

November 15, 2001

With the big game between Brigham Young University and the University of Utah coming up this Saturday, tension is building, and the insult-slinging is well underway. While rivalry is a long-time college tradition, those of us at The Daily Utah Chronicle are above devoting our editorial space to further mocking the Cougars' football team (they stink).

Virtual Lab Allows Global Collaboration

November 15, 2001

Students can take classes, shoppers can buy groceries?the Internet contains tools for just about every task. But while online courses proliferate, research?which goes hand-in-hand with education at the U?has yet to make forceful use of Web based tools.

Getting Down to the Bare Bones: Art Students Use Models to Learn About the Human Form

November 15, 2001

To the conservative, sketching nude models in University of Utah's Figure Structure class can be considered pornography. The more liberal might envision passionate students sketching the intricacies of the human body. Both may be surprised to see a student's sketchbook?the model's body drawn with perspective cubes and the complete muscle structure, barely resembling the body's outer appearance.

Sports Roundup: Other Ute Teams Also See Action

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Tribes Encircle Last Taliban Strongholds

November 15, 2001

BANGI, Afghanistan?Northern alliance forces and Pashtun tribesmen encircled two of the Taliban's last remaining strongholds at opposite ends of the country Thursday. The Taliban's supreme leader said he preferred death to joining any new coalition government.

Paralympian Speaks

November 15, 2001

Lacey Heward likes exceeding expectations. When she was six, a barbell fell on her and crushed her spine, paralyzing her from the waist down. "Growing up in a wheelchair, you get a lot of looks. People put their hands on their knees and look at you and say, 'How are you doing today?'" Heward said, describing the condescending way some people approach her disability.

Harry Potter: Episode 1

November 15, 2001

J.K. Rowling bottled a potion that sent America, and the rest of the world, into supernatural Pottermania?and she packaged her potion in hardback books. The story may seem to be a new one, but the formula for Potter's wee-warlock success has been around arguably as long as stone tablets and the stylus?at least as long as George Lucas.

U Graduate Works Wonders With Water

November 15, 2001

Water is one of the most simple substances of all, yet through fountains and other installations, it can bring joy, according to Mark Fuller, chairman and CEO of WET Design. WET Design has completed 200 installations throughout the world, most notably The Fountains of Bellagio in Las Vegas. The fountain incorporates light and water streams to put on a show set to music. Fuller's lecture took place Wednesday afternoon in the Marriott Library's Gould auditorium. Audience members lined the back of the room and sat on the floor in the front.

FAA Orders National Plane Inspections

November 15, 2001

WASHINGTON?The Federal Aviation Administration plans to order U.S. airlines that fly Airbus A300 planes to inspect their fleets, focusing on the tail that sheared off in Monday's plane crash in New York. The order was expected to be issued Friday, FAA spokesman William Shumann said.

U Reopens Pool Today

November 15, 2001

The HPER pool is scheduled to open again today at about 1 p.m. After a swimming student reported possibly having the parasite cryptosporidium, the College of Health closed the pool Monday at about 9 a.m. While closed, the pool was hyperchlorinated, curing it of any contamination.

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