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SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. Screams drowned out the fire alarm, choking smoke filled the halls and flames shot through a Seton Hall University dormitory early Thursday as hundreds of freshmen fled in terror. One girl plunged through a wall of flame at her door, and at least two students leaped from windows to escape a blaze that left three male students dead and 58 people injured. The fire, whose cause had not been determined, originated in a sofa in a third-floor lounge in Boland Hall on the South Orange, N.J.,college campus at 4:30 a.m., forcing coatless students into frigid darkness. "The screams we heard could have been some of the people dying." said Greg Edwards, 18, of Valley Stream, L.I."I'llnever forget the screams. It was the worst thing I've ever heard." A recent spate of false alarms led many students at the Catholic college to ignore the warning at first. "When people came out with black stuff on their faces and yelling, 'Help me! Help me!' -that's when reality set in." said 18-year-old Vanessa Gomez. Lisa Sepulveda, 18, of New York City, said she passed a burned young man moaning as she fled the residence hall. "He looked like he had painted his entire body; it was purple and blue and orange." The dead victims were all 18, from New Jersey and third-floor residents of Boland, a freshman dorm. They were identified as Frank Caltabilota of West Long Branch. John Giunta of Vineland and Aaron Karol of Dunellen. Frantic parents rushed to the college to find their children, 18- and 19-year-olds who seemed much younger as they stood crying in pajamas. hugging their mothers and fathers. The blaze apparently started in the third-floor lounge in the north wing of the 600-student

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Camilla Williams, an employeeat the Merrill Li bran;, enters the libraryThursday.The library1s undergoingrenovations.

The Milton R. Merrill Library is getting a makeover. Several things have been changed and rearranged to make the Utah State University library building more userfriendly. "Our primary interest was to get our reference desk down to the first floor where students could see it and get assistance as soon as possible." said Deputy Director of Libraries Robert Murdoch . The reference desk used to be located on the second floor. Twenty-four computers from the second floor. used for research and access to electronic reserve material, have been moved to the first floor by the reference desk, according to Max Peterson . the director of libraries. The circulation department has also been moved, making it ·much clearer how to get in and out of the darn building." said Jan Anderson. campus services librarian . The circulation desk now faces the front doors. The area where the circulation desk used to be will be carpeted and used for study space . Some changes were also made to help disabled students who use the library The circulation and reference desks have a lower section for wheelchair access, Peterson said. The remodeled entrance is also easier for disabled students. Murdoch said. because they don't have to deal with the gates . The "fishbowl" on the third floor. a large group study area, was removed to make room for a suite of offices for the Dean of Learning Resources and her staff. Anderson said Peterson said what used to be Copy Center 5 on the second floor will be turned into a smaller version of the "fishbowl." It will be furnished for group studying and perhaps even decorated with an aquatic theme. Another change is the addition of a computer teaching classroom. Anderson said. A room on the first floor will become a computer lab for classes to learn from librarians

how to access electronic resources. so students don't have to ask librarians how. "In library jargon. we say bibliographic instruction," Anderson said. According to Anderson. there will be 30 computers in the teaching lab . The Cazier Science and Technology Library also has a teaching lab with 24 computers. Another change on the first floor is the addition of learning and teaching exhibits , where the periodicals used to be toward the south end of the building. The space will be used to display art. especially by local artists. and learning exhibits. Peterson said. The space will serve as a study area when not occupied by exhibits. All the signs in the library will be redone and heavy use areas recarpeted, Peterson said. The remodeling . which began in the summer. should be finished by the end of February, Murdoch said. All floors but the second have new floor coverings, so the library is "brighter, quieter. and more students come in," Murdoch said The library faculty is pleased with the changes which allow them to better serve the patrons, Anderson said. The price of the remodeling is about $100,000 , Peterson said. "It's a cooperative effort between library, physical plant and the furniture people," he said . The funds have been "kind of patched together." he said. Ideally, Peterson would like to have a new building, but that could take a long time. He said there are plans to move the construction of a new library up on the list of university projects. In the meantime. the library is trying to gain Association Research Library status. reserved only for very high quality libraries. Peterson said USU was named as a Carnegie Research Jnstitution and "the library should be able to support that.· To show the library is in the same class, it needs to gain ARL status. Peterson said he hopes this will happen by 2001.

Mansaved from Holocaust by dentistry DoucSMEATH Senior News Writer

The Holocaust and official persecution of Jewish-Europeans may be a thing of the past. but Eastern Europe is still a place of inequality and unfairness for Jews. one Holocaust survivor told Utah State University students and faculty. Benjamin Jacobs. Holocaust survivor and author of the book, "The Dentist of Auschwitz." spoke Thursday in a packed Taggart Student Center Ballroom as part of the Associated Students of USU Arts and Lectures Series. Jacobs grew up in Poland. a place he said was unlivable for Jews. Living conditions for Jews only got worse moving east, he said. Although "it hasn't changed yet," he said things are changing. Speaking of the ·generation of my time," Jacobs said people around the world were filled with prejudice. "Forgive me for including the United States: he said. The only way to change that is to learn about other people's experiences and keep an open mind. he said. "Your concern should also be intellectually raised so we don't continue to point to each other because he has different skin. a different persuasion. speaks differently or, God forbid, (is) physically

different," he said. As he was being arrested, Jacobs said In fact. Jacobs said he left Poland after he thought it might be for the best He the war because attitudes had not knew he was being sent to a labor camp. changed. He said he was in Warsaw To work. they had to be fed. But when day when he saw a woman selling paintthey arrived at the labor camp. he said ings. He bought one. his optimism left. After speaking to the woman for a ·we realized this is not about work," while, he said he could tell she was liberal he said. "This is about death and work. and intelligent, so he told her he was a Destruction." He called the labor camp the second Jew. Then. he said. he asked her a question: level of J\azi destruction of the Jews Jacobs and the others in the camp If the Jewish victims of the Holocaust could be restored to their places in worked building a railroad eastward for Poland. the dead restored to life, how the Nazi plan to invade and destroy the would the Polish public feel? Soviet Union, he said. "You start to accept it," he said. "Allfor Jacobs said her answer was the reason one reason: hope." he left Poland. That hope was short-lived . In 1943 he "She was embarrassed. She told me the honest truth: 'We would not want to have was transported to the third level of you back. We would be unhappy:· destruction - the Auschwitz concentration camp. Jacobs said he grew up in a family that was "half Jew, half not." not Orthodox. In other labor camps. Jews and other not Hasidic. but what would today be prisoners at least knew they would be called a secular Jewish family. fed. Not so in Auschwitz. Jacobs said. He said from day to day they never At the time the war started. Jacobs knew whether they would be taken to the said he was trying to figure out his reli"showers." where they would be killed by gious beliefs and his plans for the future. That future was decided for him when he gas. and his father were arrested by Nazis. In Auschwitz. Jacobs survived only because of daily miracles. Among these His brother. sister and mother were left behind in the ghetto, a place he said was a young Polish girl he befriended. "(She) must have been sent to us from had become like a prison. Jews there were hungry and not allowed to visit friends Jump.to_HOLOCAUST. Page3_ outside.

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~-1···1.LlfJl Candidates bicker in Iowa DES MOINES, Iowa (AP)- A year before the next presidential inaugu ration. a bickering band of White House candidates crisscrossed the state Thursday to rally supporters for their first election test. The top Republicans tangled over abortion in the runup to Iowa's caucuses. In a rare convergence of nearly the entire presidential field, the Iowa air echoed with incrimination after Republican frontrunner George W. Bush was asked what he would do if a relative was raped and was considering abortion. "I would hope I would be able to evoke enough sympathy in a rape case to help comfort her as a friend. It's up to her," said Bush. who reiterated that he is opposed to abortion except in case of rape, incest and when the mother's life is in danger. Four of his words - "It's up to her" - were seized upon by rival Steve Forbes as evidence that Bush is not committed to eliminating abortion. "I think it's part of a pattern where he is not willing to truly fight for the life issue. It's part of a pattern that demonstrates, I think, that he's abandoned the fight." Forbes said in a telephone interview from his campaign bus. On the Democratic side, Bradley said he is the only candidate willing to take "the risk of leadership" on issues such as health care reform. Vice President Al Gore, gaining steam against Bradley, accused his sole rival of showing disrespect to the caucu~ system. , · ,, Tbe,low~. com~~ is raw gr~ss'{J,lfiJ

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roots politics: About 10 percent of the state's 1.8 million registered voters gather in living rooms, schools, churches and even grain elevators to announce their support of candidates in full view of friends and neighbors. Though technically designed to pick county delegates in a

process that ends with the presidential conventions, the caucuses are an early barometer of campaign organizations. Momentum is gained and lost in Iowa. The love affair is brief: Within hours of the vote, the candidates and their entourages flee Iowa to prepare for New Hampshire's primary eight days later . "Iowa is the center of the political universe right now," said Rep1,1blican consultant Scott Reed, I

through Friday on both ABCNews.com and NYTimes.com. It will debut Monday to coincide with the Iowa presidential caucuses. Michael Oreskes. Washington bureau chief for The New York Times, and Mark Halperin, political director for ABC News, will be the moderators. "Political Points" will include audio. video and text material. The Times and ABC both took pains to say theirs was a "limited editorial partnership" that would not infringe on their independence. Both ABC and the Times will be able to veto anything they are not comfortable with. "I don't think there is anyone who could doubt the independence and autonomy of The New YorkTimes and their editorial decisions," said

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results. Bush has led Forbes by about 20 points in most polls, a margin he may have to sustain to claim momentum for his dead heat race against McCain in New Hampshire. Confident of his chances, Bush didn't bother to mention McCain or Forbes in his main speech. A question -and-answer session prompted him to say that President Clinton's impeachment left him '·embarrassed for our

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opposes abortion, with the sole exception being when the mother's life is at risk. Bush spokesman Ari Fleischer said the governor's response to the question about a raped relative "is consistent with his long-stated position. He is opposed to abortion except in the case of rape, incest and the life of the mother. He's pro-life." With Forbes on the attack and reporters' peppering him about abortion, Bush issued what may be his clearest denunciation of the Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortion. "Roe vs. Wade was a reach. (It) overstepped the constitutional bounds as far as I'm concerned," said Bush. who appeared irked at the intensity of abortion questions. Forbes said he picks up "hesitancy" in Bush's replies. "You saw it in his unwillingness to pledge to select pro-life running mate," Forbes said. Public polls show Bradley trailing Gore by about 25 percentage

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>- LastU.S.military planeleavesHaiti PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - A U.S. Air Force C-141 carrying a lone soldier and 15,000 pounds of equipment left Haiti on Thursday, marking a symbolic end to a mission that began with the 1994 U.S.-led invasion and restored elected government in this Caribbean nation. "We're concluding our permanent mission here in Port-auPrince," said Army Lt. Col. Ray Duncan. Without ceremony or fanfare, crews nearby loaded a hydraulic lift, generator and other equipment onto the plane. The U.S. Support Group was the extension of a contingent of 20,000 troops President Clinton sent to Haiti in 1994 to restore the elected government of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide after a bloody three-year military dictatorship. Unlike the invasion force. the Support Group 's mission was humanitarian - building roads, bridges and schools, drilling wells and giving health care to the poorest of Haitians. Few deny that the presence of uniformed Americans had a calming effect on Port-au-Prince. and some Haitians fear the pullout will increase the risk of unrest as Haiti prepares for legislative elections on March 19. A police training mission run by the United Nations ends March 15, when an unarmed U.N. training mission takes over. But U.S. officials say Haiti has largely policed itself since a local police force was deployed under U.N. supervision in 1995. Duncan, the Support Group commander, stressed that the U.S. military was not abandoning Haiti, but rather relocating . Washington is now sending units of between 150 and 200 noncombat reserve troops - engineers and medics - on temporary humanitarian missions. The first "New Horizons" mission began Saturday near the northern city of Cap-Haitien and runs until March 31. A second. from May to October , will operate near the south coast town of Jacmel. The temporary deployments will save $20 million a year, said Duncan, who along with a three-member "rear unit" will leave Haiti Jan. 31 on a civilian flight.

> Murder casemaynevercometo trial MIAMI(AP) - Murder charges against SabreTech in the ValuJet crash may never come to trial because of the defunct jet repair company's finances, a state prosecutor said Thursday. "After the federal sentencing, I don't know what's going to be left," Assistant State Attorney Gary Winston said in court. Circuit Judge Ronald Dresnick set Oct. 23 for the murder trial to begin. SabreTech faces a $4.5 million fine on last month's federal hazardous materials conviction and has no deep pockets to pay in that case, dt!fense attorney Martin Raskin said . "While the numbers are not public. we've maintained for a very long time that SabreTech was driven out of business and there is no big pot of gold," he said. The maximum penalty for the corporation in the murder case over the deaths of 110 people in the Everglades crash would be a $ 1.5 million fine . Still, Winston said the state is prepared to pursue the case. "This is less about the money and more about the point. The point is airline safety," he said outside court. "No one else should ever feel that their life is in danger by going on an airline that's transporting hazardous waste illegally." Sentencing is expected this spring in the federal case, which produced guilty verdicts against the company on eight counts of causing the transportation of hazardous materials and one count of failing to provide training in handling hazardous materials. SabreTech failed to install safety caps on and improperly packed explosive-tipped oxygen generators blamed for causing a cargo fire on the DC-9 that crashed May 11, 1996.

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country." Bush, however, said he doesn't discuss the issue on the stump because "we'removing forward." Forbes needs to narrow Bush's lead in polls to get a boost into New Hampshire, said Reed and other analysts. Courting conservative voters, Forbes toured a center that counsels against abortion. "On the issue of (abortion), Governor Bush and Senator McCain are pacifists," he said. The conservative millionaire

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NEW YORK (AP)- ABC News and The New York Times are the latest media heavyweights to announce a news alliance, saying Thursday they will collaborate on a daily political Webcast and share other resources. Journalists from the Times will appear on ABC News broadcasts and help the network produce stories on technology and health for ''20/20" and "Good Morning America." The agreement comes two months after a similar deal announced by NBC and The Washington Post. ABC. CBS and Fox last month also said they were sharing video footage of domestic news stories. The centerpiece of Thursday's deal is a 15minute Webcast. "Political Points," that will appear at 1:30 p.m. EST Monday

Seven of the eight major Republican and Democratic presidential candidates will compete Monday, hoping for a jump start down the road that ends with the Jan. 20, 2001 presidential inauguration. Arizona Sen. John McCain bypassed the caucuses to focus on New Hampshire, though he has a huge stake in the Iowa

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BERLIN(AP)- The senior accountant in parliament for the scandal-plagued Christian Democrats committed suicide Thursday, stunning lawmakers as new questions arose about the financial dealings of the party that has dominated post war German politics. Party officials sought to quell speculation that the death was linked to the scandal, saying a suicide note had been found citing "personal motives." Berlin prosecutors, however. said they were conducting a preliminary investigation into possible breach of trust based on the note. The Berlin B.Z. tabloid reported the note refers to Wolfgang Huellen·s concerns that an upcoming audit would reveal he had diverted money from official accounts Huellen's suicide - disclosed hours after lawmakers sparred in parliament over the affair compounded the sense of despair consuming the conser vatives since their former leader, ex-chancellor Helmut Kohl, admitted last month that he managed secret accounts in the 1990s.

A parliamentary committee issued a summons Thursday for Kohl to testify in its investigation into whether the $1 million he acknowledges having taken - or millions more in other allegedly illicit funds uncovered since - were tied to political favors. Kohl has repeatedly denied such charges, but his refusal to reveal the source of the cash has kept alive suspicions of bribery. Kohl, who was humiliated into resigning this week as honorary party chairman, said on national television last month that the money he accepted came from "patriotic" donors wanting to help build up the party in the former communist eastern states. Huellen , 49, was found hanged in his Berlin apartment. Senior party lawmaker Joachim Hoerster, who announced the death to reporters at the Reichstag building. said the suicide note referred to "personal motives." ZDF television reported Huellen·s letter also referred to family problems .

OilspillheadsforRio's swamps RIO DE JANEIRO,Brazil (AP) - A huge oil spill spreading across Rio's postcard-famous Guanabara Bay has reached ecologicallyvital mangrove swamps and is threatening animal life, media reports said Thursday. The Globo TV network said the oil that gushed from a broken refinery pipeline days ago has covered 16 square miles. including the Guapimirim mangrove swamps in the interior of the bay. The 35,CXXJ-acre swamp area is environmentally protected and is home to endangered animal species such as the yellowthroated alligator and the blue egret. Television footage showed egrets covered with oily muck dying on the beaches. Fishermen

and petroleum workers raced to contain what environmentalists say is the state's worst ecological disaster in a decade. On Tuesday, a leaking pipeline at the Reduc oil refinery belonging to federal petroleum giant Petrobras dumped at least 130.CXXJ gallons of crude oil into the bay State environmental officials say the real amount could be twice that much. The oil could poison the mangrove tree roots, mainly harming birds. fish and crustaceans, said biologist Mario Moscatelli of the state Environmental Affairs Department. Officials have said it would take three years for the swamps to return to normal if hit by the oil.

>- Organic foodssubject to national standards PACIFICGROVE. Calif. (AP)- Consumers gobbling up organ ic products at an unprecedented rate should have a better idea of what they're eating when the nation's first organic labeling rules roll out this year, a federal agriculture official said Thursday. "This will not be a perfect rule, a holy grail, but it's a place to start so that farmers and consumers and the government can have some agreement 6n what organic means ," said Keith Jones, who heads the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Organic Program. Jones said the rules - expected to take effect this summer will require organic producers to go through a mandatory planning process, to use materials from a restrictive list and to have their farming practices verified by an authority. Enforcement, he said, will be handled by state , county and private agencies that cunently oversee the industry but use a hodgepodge of rules and guidelines . "We have empowered certifiers in this rule. But we're also going to ask certifiers to step up to the plate and take action," said Jones . speaking at the Ecological Farming Conference in Pacific Grove, Calif., the nation's largest annual gathering of organic farmers. · Katherine DiMatteo who heads the Greenville , Mass.-based Organic Trade Association said that despite existing self-regula tion, her industry needs the promised federal regulations . "Without the government, we would not be able to enforce this program universally ," she said.

>-Woman killedbypackage bombin Boston EVERETT,Mass. (AP)- A package bomb exploded in a house in this Boston suburb Thursday, killing a woman. The package was left at the house around 12:30 p.m., and it exploded after the victim brought it upstairs, said Middlesex District Attorney Martha Coakley. She wouldn't say whether it was delivered by a mail carrier. "We are pursuing leads in the case," Coakley said. "We have no reason to believe it is a random event." Nearby residents were evacuated while agents from the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms investigated the scene . State police detonated the trunk of the woman's car to make sure there wasn't a bomb in it. Tom Dubitsky, a musician who lives down the street but did • not hear the explosion, called the area a "great neighborhood" with families, children and schools . The residents are of mixed ethnic backgrounds, he said, "a big melting pot, everyone gets al~ng."

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Emert hosts forum on handling relationships BROOK

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Everyone deals with stress in their lives, in fact it is practically impossible not to, but stress doesn't have to lead to abuse. Relationships with others at home, work and school was the focus of Utah State University's President's Forum Wednesday. Four out of 10 American workers view their jobs as the biggest stress in their lives and even though the economy in Logan has been robust, the bankruptcy rates are at a high, said USU President George H. Emert. By having this forum. Emert said he hoped to "raise our level of awareness of the struggles each of us go through" and to bring home some solutions. Families experience stressful events, but they don't need to have stressful routines. because they may lead to hurtful consequences, said Deborah Ascione, lecturer from the department of Family and Human Development. Dr. Frank Ascione, a professor in the department of Psychology, told a story of a girl named Mary Ellen. Mary Ellen was severely abused as a child, until a neighbor finally got tired of no one doing anything about it and decided to do something himself by calling a social worker. . "It takes the help of the whole community," Ascione said. Many cases go unreported , but more cases are beginning to be reported From

President George H. Emert introducesa forum on relationshipsat home,work, and schoolTuesdayin the Morgan Theatre

FIRE Continuedfrom Page1 dorm. spreading quickly into a hallway and sending black smoke through the building. "This was a pretty intense and fast-moving fire," said Essex County prosecutor Don Campolo. Local fire investigators and agents of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms

in the lounge; they may have tried to put the fire out, authorities said. The three sofas in that room were just charred frames; the hallway was blackened by soot. Dorm room doors left open by fleeing students revealed normalcy __ computers, books and sneakers _ juxtaposed with the horrific scene. The third victim was found in a nearby room; emergenrv per~J

sonnel had attempted to revive him. said Campolo. were probing the cause. There "I n was speculation that someone actua y went back to sleep had been smoking on the sofa. after I heard the alarm, and my roommate had to wake me up An accelerant-detecting dog and tell me it was real," said Pete failed tofdetect any ap~~rent ~vi- ,Tornatore, l8, Af Manalapan ' N JI d e~ce? _arso1;,auttion~es said . : "It could been us; . This IS~n mvestl~ation ~f\~S•A George Kelly, 118, of Wildwood I gomg to take sollie time to comNJ h · h · · If · d · h plete," Campolo said . ., dud~mgW_Is~Ir thnenp wh o T f th d d · c d was a m mme- e- oo wo o e ea were 1oun slippers.

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1996-1999 the Division of Child and Family Services statistics show that 31,752 substantial cases of chilli abuse and neglect were reported in Utah. There are many forms of abuse and many ways to detect abuse in a home. "Apet's condition can be a barometer of a family," Ascione said. It can be an indicator of problems in their lives at home. People are beginning to recognize the problem of stress and how it can cause domestic abuse. It is estimated that businesses lose $100 million per year in lost wages, sick leaves, absenteeism and reduced productivity related to domestic abuse. Brandy Quarez, a CAPSArepresentative. said it is sad that domestic abuse gets noticed more when it starts to affect the work force. but whatever the reason it needs to be recognized Everyone has stress, but ·under no circumstances is the choice to abuse all right," Quarez said. Steven Vigil. clinical director at the Intermountain Specialized Abuse Treatment Center. said people can be described by four different colors. Red people are passionate and impulsive. White people are givers. Blue people love boundaries and rules and green people are earthy and kind. "Before we can deal with stress, we need to know who we are," Vigil said. "Learn who you are and how you process the world."

USUstudent willdesigninvolvement center LARA GAL[

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A Utah State University student will have the opportunity to design the student involvement center planned to replace the old information desk in the Taggart Student Center. Interior design students in Design Details, a senior level class taught by Brent Windley, staff architect for USU, will create and enter original designs for the new center in a contest sponsored by the TSC. Cash prizes will be awarded to the first, second and third place winners , and the first place ' winner will be able to work with Windley to create con-

struction plans based on his or her design. Windley said. When the designs are complete, students will present them to a panel of judges including Gary Chambers. assistant vice president of student life, and a student committee headed by Christina Domichel, public affairs vice president of Associated Students of USU, who will make the final decision. The students participating in this project will experience the designing process as if they were hired professionals. Windley said. The designs will be expected to make best use of existing architecture and available space while comply-

ing to the vision of the ASUSU committee heading the project. Windley said. The students will have to come up with all the necessary information individually. Windley said the size of the project makes it ideal for his students. It is small enough to be completed in one sememster, but complex enough to provide a real challenge for the students. Designing the student involvement center is one of two projects the class will be working on this semester. Half of the class will participate in a similar competition fo redesign Dairy Sales, Windley said.

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> Growth in Cache Valley needsregulation With the last 10 years resulting in phenomenal growth in Cache Valley. Bobbie Coray, director and president of the Cache Chamber of Commerce. is working to see that continued growth is regulated. Coray said she has a vested interest in how the valley looks to out-oftowners who may be looking to set up business here . One of her concerns is maintaining open space in the valley. She said she is especially concerned with the pastoral land that lines the road out of the valley toward Wellsville Canyon. If that land is developed, she said, "in 15 years it'll take us 36 to 40 minutes to get out of the valley· Development would also alter the beauty of the valley, she said, one of the two strongest assets of the area. The other is the pool of young, highlyeducated people . But. she said, Cache Valley's population is growing from within at a high rate . In fact. 67 percent of Utah State University students want to stay in the valley after graduation. according to Coray. With this kind of growth, the quality of life that attracts people to Cache Valley will be lost if planning isn't done now for the future, she said.

> Alcohol outforspring bashat U.of NorthDakota Many people questioned why officials at the University of North Dakota would want to move a tradi tionally raucous pre-finals, year-end party to campus, but it didn't take students long to solve the mystery. Moving the event to campus would , under university policy, make it alcohol-free. SpringFest, sponsored by the university's program council, has been held in a city-owned park since 1991. Complaints from nearby residents about partygoers' lewdness. trespassing and noise, as well as surging attendance, prompted the move. School officials decided alcohol consumption was at the root of many complaints and decided they could better police crowds if the festivity were moved to campus. This year's party is scheduled for May 6. Many students said they don 't have a problem with dropping alcohol from the party. but they fear its absence will cut attendance, which was about 6.000 last year . "Because of the change in location and the apparent change in attitude of (putting on the party). there probably won't be as many people there," said UND senior Craig Hashbarger about this year's party. "And the people are what make it fun."

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Wensdae Miller, a USU graduatestudent, looksat the photodisplay in the Sunburst lounge Thursday.

Photo-text exhibit honors families from all walks of life BROOK

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Twenty pictures with stories that describe the lives of families, entitled In Our Family. is being displayed for the last day today in the International Lounge of the Taggart Student Cente[ The photo -text exhibit has been on display since Tuesday. One purpose of the exhibit was for people to stop by and learn about different kinds of families. said Janet Osborne. director of the Women's Center / Reentry .Center . The exhibit was chosen to be shown during Human Rights Week because, ·we thought the diversity within the family would fit for the week." She hoped people would read about the families and look at what characteristics are important to them and compare them to their own family's characteristics. Phrases

such as. "beautiful pictures," "I'm glad I could see these with my daughter," and ·great idea." were common comments in the exhibit's guest book. ·we need to evaluate our perceptions of the family and learn about different kinds of families," Osborne said. Government. religion andschools all have definitions of what a family is, but they can all be different. The In Our Family photo-text exhibit can be used as a resource for understanding what a "family" means in our complex and rapidly changing world, according to the Family Diversity Projects brochure. The project was sponsored by Utah State University organizations including, the Women's Center, M / EO, Counseling Center, Disability Resource Center and Multicultural Student Services and churches around the community including Cache Valley

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Seats in a Georgetown University Web design course are going to the highest bidders on an Internet auction site. It is one of the first times a university has turned to an outside company - in this case. www.reverseauction.com - to sell spaces in one of its courses. The university decided to sell the 16 spaces in the certificate course in multimedia to determine its market demand . Georgetown officials said they weren't sure how popular the course would be and. as a result, didn't know how much to charge for it. ·so we thought the best way is to let the world decide," Christopher McDonald, director of the Networked Media Center at Georgetown told The Chronide of Higher Education. Students who don't win seats through the auction will be asked to pay $10,000 to take the course. which will cover Web page layout. color theory and printing issues.

> Trustee professors first chosen at UtahState Three Utah State University professors have been selected by the USU Board of Trustees to be honored as the first-ever Trustee Professors. They are Kay Baker. electrical and computer engineering: Anne Butler, history; and Robert Sidwell, animal, dairy and veterinary science. "This prestigious honor is reserved for the university's most oustanding senior faculty members," said Lowell Peterson, chair of the USU Board of Trustees. To be eligible, a person must be a full professor who has been at USU at least 10 years.

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If you are a film buff or someone who ienjoys movies for what a good flick should be an outlet for superb acting and directing - then you'll want to hit the Sundance Film Festival. The festival runs from Thursday through Jan. 30 and if you have some cash and not a lot of homework, you could be privy to more than 100 independent films slated for premiere.

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val. Due to hit theaters in April, intricacies of family, class, race, ethnicity, sexuality and religion. the graphic tale of a Wall Street Directed by Gurinder Chadha, yuppie turned nighttime serial this film also stars Joan Chen, killer is directed by Mary Harron (/ Shot Andy Warhol) and Julianna Margulies, Mercedes . Ruehl. Kyra Sedgwick.Alfre stars the relatively unknown Woodard and Lainie Kazan. Christian Bale. Reese Witherspoon, Willem Defoe and Jared IBINGS YOU CAN TELLBY Lehto. JUSTLOOKING AT HER In the tradition of Robert WHATS COOKING? Altman's Short Cuts, director During Thanksgiving, African-American, Jewish, Latino Rodrigo Garcia has assembled an all-female cast to relate the and Vietnamese households are story of several San Fernando melded in a movie about the

Valley residents whose lives seem to overlap. Five separate but connected vignettes high1ight the emotion and drama of life we don't normally view. Starring Glenn Close, Cameron Diaz. Calista Flockhart. Kathy Baker, Amy Brenneman and Holly Hunter.

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Timeline:The best since Jurassic Park BookReview

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Michael Crichton is keeping up with current events. Jurassic Park dealt with genetic engineering. Rising Sun explored the relationship between the United States and Japan, Disclosure peered into the sensitive realm of sexual harassment and Airframe combined the terror of recent airplane crashes and the ever-present overkill by the media. With Timeline, Crichton has constructed the best technothriller since Jurassic Park. Combining quantum physics and medieval history, the novel rivals the 1990 dinosaur adventure, if not gaining new ground as far as sheer magnitude and grandeur are concerned. Crichton will tell you it ought to be this way since he took twice as long to write Timeline than he has with his other

/ Grade:Abooks However, hardcore Crichton fans won't complain. They would rather have the 58year old author take his time and compose a worthy read, rather than leave fans depleted and angry like Thomas Harris did with this year's Hannibal, the sequel to Silence of the Lambs. Set in modern and medieval France, as well as New Mexico, the story revolves around a group of graduate students interred in the reconstruction of a 14th century castle. Their leader, Edward Johnston, a professor of history at Yale University, has formed a partnership with a research company (ITC) owned by businessman/genius, Robert Donniger. ITC funds the rebuilding project in southern France

and the research group hands the castle ruins, it becomes over their information to JTC. imperative they contact Although seemingly benign to Johnston and discover the the grad students, Johnston secrets ITC is keeping. questions ITC's intentions after a Only problem. Johnston has visit from their corporate attordisappeared and JTC suddenly ney. Thus, he ventures to Black wants the graduate students to Mesa. New Mexico, the site of assist them in a ·rescue mission." Thus, the journey begins and ITC's facilities, to ascertain Donniger's true wishes for the Crichton again snares the reader castle reconstruction. into a gripping page-turner that Donniger is part Bill Gates. seeks to unravel the myths of part Lex Luthor. He is overconfithe Middle Ages. dent. adores himself and enjoys Crichton is criticized for being the control that being on the a fence sitter. His writing is not forefront of technology and entirely literary and his work is being a billionaire offers. He has not limited to the dense plot no fear and gives no thought to lines and tiresome dialogue that · pervades today's fiction. While a sacrificing anyone or anything quagmire, he is not perfect and that hedges his ultimate vision. The graduate students continTimeline has moments where it ue working despite the absence loses its grip. However, most of of their mentor. Days pass withthe potholes are not noticeable out any communication from and do not disrupt the flow of action. the professor and grumblings soon arise as to the future of the In the end, Timeline is Crichton at his best smart, savvy project. Yet, after a remarkable and enigmatic discovery amongst and entertaining.

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SUNDANCE Continuedfrom Page6 Coppola. leaves the world of fashion and acting by writing and directing The Virgin Suicides.What is this movie about? No. it doesn't chronicle the lives of young island teenagers tossed into a volcano. Rather, think of the most popular. unattainable girl you knew in high school and imagine she lives with the Manson family. Starring James Woods, Kathleen Turner. Kirsten Dunst. Josh Hartnett, Scott Glen and Michael Pare.

Prison Guard Paul Edgecomb (Tom Hanks) and convicted rapist John Coffel}(MiclraelClarke Duncan) star in the remarkable story of The Green Mile set on death row in a Soutlrernprison in 1935.

being sentenced for the brutal rape and murder of two young girls. The prison guards, Brutus (David Morse), Dean (Barry Pepper) and Harry (Jeffery DeMunn) are in awe of this gigantic man . Expecting Coffey to be a troublemaker. Edgecomb soon realizes this monolith of a man is humble, kind and polite. Normally death row is a quiet and somber place. but with the addition of a new guard, Percy Wetmore (Doug Hutchinson) and a new prisoner , "Wild Bill" Wharton (Sam Rockwell).life on the green mile takes a turn for the surreal. Wetmore enjoys tormenting

the prisoners and "Wild Bill" enjoys tormenting Wetmore. All the while, the guards are prepping for two executions. that of Arlen Bitterbuck (Graham Greene ) and Eduard Delacroix (Michael Jeter). Meanwhile. Edgecomb is still suffering from his urinary infection. something that hasn't gone . unnoticed by Coffey. While the others have gone to the infirmary after an attack by "Wild Bill." Coffey seizes Edgecomb and by some miracle, heals the prison guard's malady. If things were strange before on the green mile, they start to boil over and Edgecomb begins to question whether Coffey is truly

feature film. however. he has worked with Spacey in the past. as well as being somewhat of a pro tege to director Mike Nichols.

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Private Ryan, The Other Sister, The Mod Squad), Vin Diesel (SavingPrivate Ryan. Pitch Black), Nia Long (Boyz in the Hood. Soul Food,Friday),Ben Affleck (Good Will Hunting, Armageddon, Forces of Nature) and Tom Everett Scott (That Thing You Do, American Werewolfin Paris).

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You will never guess who is in this flick. No. not Mel Gibson. rathe r Ethan Hawke. Maybe I just don't care for Hawke's career choices after Dead Poets Society,but it's no surprise to me he 's in a "modern· adaptation of a classic piece of literature . Along with Hawke, Kyle Maclachlan , Diane Venora , Liev Schreiber, Bill Murray and Julia Stiles headline this cast.

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Tomei and Vincent D'Onofrio as two quirky New Yorkers who fall in love after meeting in Central Park. Things in their relationship are going well until D'Onofrio annouices he's a time traveler from he year 2470. Directed by Brad Anderson.

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guilty or not. The rest of the guards begin to wonder as well, after they see Coffey resurrect Delacroix's pet mouse from the dead. As the execution draws near. the truth is revealed and each person who is exposed to John Coffey walks away with a lighter heart and a blessing. The GreenMile is littered with ta lent. and each member of the cast brings to life h is or her part. Darabont's eye for detail and authenticity is amazing. as is his sense of pace and timing. This film is movie making at its best and you are guaranteed to be wiping your eyes at the end.

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Daniel Anker reveals another appalling illustration of United States appalling injustice to black Americans. The documentary revolves around nine black men who were accused of raping two white girls while riding the rails in Alabama in 1931.

DARKDAYS A documentary regarding countless numbers of homeless people living in communities under the streets of New York is different and bold . Directed by Marc Singer. who lived with the subjects of his film for two years , and used homeless people as his crew on the project.

The above list is just ·a sampiing of the films at Sundance this year and the competition is proving to be tough with so many excellent actors and directors combining talent. Again, you can find more information on the Web or by calling the above listed number.

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TI-IEHOB.SON Hur/ CaseyHobson OK, we're back, and for those of you just tuning in, we're taking calls about anything you want today on the Hobson Hut radio .,..,/ show. ·~ti My number is 1-800. · · 5150-hut. Again, that's 1-800-5150-hut. Let's take a caller. This is Casey, you're on the air. "Yeah, Casey, this is Pete from St. Louis. I was just wondering if you'd heard anything more about this John Rocker character. Has commissioner Bud Selig decided what he's going to do with him? I mean, this guy is one muffed up sack of (censored)." OK, easy on the expletives there. This show's been on probation since we had Mike Tyson on last month. Sheez, the thought of that show still makes me cringe. For any listeners who might have spent the holiday season in a cave, Atlanta Braves' reliever John Rocker blasted New Yorkers - especially minorities and homosexuals - in a December edition of Sports Illustrated. Selig ordered him to undergo counseling and psycholo&ic~I testing, and he has done so. Now Selig 1s deciding what to do with the guy. My guess is that Selig will lower the sledge hammer on Rocker. He's been encouraging baseball to become more minority friendly for quite sometime now, and he'll probably use Rocker's incident as a case-in-point scenario. Unfortunately for Rocker, as putrid as his remarks were, he's being punished for something he has the right to do. If he wants to make an as ... whoa, that was close. I hope those Federal Communication Commission boys aren't listening today. ~ Anyway, like I was saying, if Rocker wants to make a horse's pa toot out of himself, then so be it. That's his God-given right as an American. Were his remarks sick and wrong? Absolutely. However, once we take away his freedom of speech, or anyone else's for that matter, then society as a whole will be in a world of hurt. "So, you don't think he should be punished, either by the league or by the Braves' organization?" No. How can you punish a person for something the Con~titution clearly states he or she has the right to do? The First Amendment clearly protects free speech - for better or for worse. In sickness or in health. When it comes right down to it, Rocker has committed no crime. He's merely been stupid, and if we start incarcerating people on charges of stupidity, then half of society will be found guilty. "So what should be done?" Ignore him. "That's it?" Yeah, ignore him. Why give him an attention. I'll bet you don't sit around th water cooler at work and gab when no or is listening. That's because where ther~ no forum, there is no speaker. If a tree fa; in the forest and no one is there to hear., then no one cares if it makes a soundlt doesn't matter. "Well, what about all these groupof people Rocker has offended? How do ey get justice?" Look, one of the other things the rst Amendment indirectly guarantees is,at someone, somewhere is going have ~e pretty disgusting comments thrown 1eir way as a result of this free speech. It's fact of life. Someone once called me a 1auvinistic prick for what I wrote abo the Laker Girls in one of my columns. I •nply said they should get some more a.ime, and this person flew off. I didn't lossleep over it, and I certainly didn't htt her down and demand she be punishe,She's entitled to her opinion, and she's ,titled to voice it. I'll tell you what these minoritiroups ought to do, if they were really co:erned about it: They'd encourage him They'd allow him to continue spoutingJff and making a horses pa toot out ofiimself. People would see just how ign-ant his way of thinking is, and draw ~ir own conclusions. That would do mor~ood for the minority movement than ar type of enforced punishment Bud Seg could place on him. The majority of the people iniis country are intelligent, and they tento recognize ignorance when they see i "OK, well thanks for the heir'' Alright, thanks for the callPete. We have to go to a commercial,reak, but we'll be back in a bit. You'restening to the Hobson Hut radio show ..

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Despite blowing a 16-point second half lead and shooting a poor 11-of-22 free throws, Utah State University held on for a 61-57 win over the University of California at Santa Barbara. The win gave the Aggies (12-5 overall, 3-0 Big West Conference) their first win on the road this season to stay undefeated in the BWC. Utah State ended the game on a 10-0 run in the last four minutes, stopping the Gauchos· red-hot offense with a zone defense. ·we found a way to ground it out," USU head coach Stew Morrill said during an interview on KVNU. High Scorer: USU had a 16-point lead BothShawnDaniels about four minutes into the second half when UCSB (4-10. and TonyBrown scored14. 0-3) came screaming back, holding the Aggieswithout a field goal for 7:20 during an Key Stat: 18-0 run. USUwenton 10-0 "Allof a sudden from 16 run to end thegame. up to six down," Morrill said. ·we relaxed. It goes to Turning show you on the road you point: can't relax." USU forward With thegametied Shawn Daniels said. 57-57,UCSB's Payton Dimitri Jorssen stopped madea 3-pointer, bqt the bleeding with two freeit didn'tcountas throws and a reverse lay-up. coachBobWilliams But the Gauchos, led by calledtimeout. Brandon Payton (Gary's brother), who had 11 of his 12 points in the second half, kept pushing and earned their largest lead of the game - six -with about four minutes left in the game. After a Daniels free-throw, Tony Brown cut the lead to two on a trey. Rolle then drove to tie the game at 57 with 2:45 left. UCSB looked to take control as Payton hit a 3-pointer with l.37, but it didn't count - Gaucho's head coach calledtimeout just before his guard hit the long jumper. "That's the break we needed," Morrill told his team. Both Rolle and Brown hit one of two freebies to inch the lead to two with 24 seconds left. Adama Ndiaye then dropped the ball out of bounds. In foul trouble throughout the game , he committed two turnovers and missed two from the charity stripe down the stretch. "When you get foul trouble, ifs hard to keep your

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Trackteamsends vaultersto Summit in Reno

REUBEN WADSWORTH

Sports Writer

The Utah State University hockey team may have its most difficult test of the season this weekend as they face Colorado State University as well as the Provo Icecats (Brigham Young University). The Aggies will take the ice in Provo on Friday night and face-off against CSU Saturday at 8:30 p.m . at the Ogden Ice Sheet. The CSU Rams were formerly ranked No. 1 in the Western Region of the American Collegiate I lackey Association's Western Division until they lost to Weber State University in December. The Aggies, with their unbeaten record, took over the top spot after CSU's loss. Utah State is the only undefeated team in NCAA division I-AA hockey. Aggie Kelly Froerer said if the team goes undefeated, it will be a new national record. USU defenseman Danny Wilson predicts the game against the Rams will be one of the best games of the season because of the two teams·

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The Utah State pole vaulters are headed to The Pole Vault Summit in Reno. Nev., on Friday and Saturday where they will be more than 2000 other pole vaulters from around the country. "The Pole Vault Summit is not i:j only a competition. it is also a ~ learning experience for the ath~ letes," head coach Greg Gensel i said. 2 USU will have seven athletes attending- Shae Bair and ~ Deborah Barker from the womens .___-._ :_. ---------------------------------c'.5 team and Mark Calvin. Maurice Jenkins, Jerome Jenkins, Christian USU'sScott Hanceyfights for the puck against WeberState's Sparky Parks in a game earlierthis season. Lee and Ross Martin from the 1-2 rankings. mens team. Bair and Calvin are Moldenhauer said his team help the Aggies' chances of co-captains for the respective Teammate Aaron Burrell doesn't know much about the winning. Wilson said. teams. said it is the most important Rams, and can't predict the "The fans are like a sixth game so far in the history of outcome of this one like they man on the ice," Burrell said. "This is an opportunity our Aggie hockey because it will have in most of their previous "They pick us up when we athletes have to check out the be the hardest test the team games. feel down." competition." Gensel said. "It's also has faced to see if it can keep Froerer said his team Moldenhauer said he was a time to share with each other its 16-0-1 record unblemished. would have to come out pleased to see the team's what they have." "It will be a good. tight against CS_U the same way it game against the lcecats on While Utah State's seven comgame." Burrell said of the CSU did agai11stWeber two Saturday was nearly a sell-out. petitors are in Reno, the rest of match-up. Tm nervous months ago in order get the considering there was a basthe track and field team will be victory. ketball game on the same already." . preparing for its next competition USU goaltender Eric A sell-out crowd will also night next Thursday.

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intensity in the game."Daniels said. Browntook advantage and iced the game with two more free-throwswith seven ticks left on the dock. In contrast to the drama in the second half, the Aggies .. owned the game early as they went around the best defense , in the BWC(lowestopponent's field goal percentage)by shooting deep and running the fast break. Bernard Rockhad two 3-pointers and Rolle.Brownand Bobbcontributed one each. Rolle"scoming from NBArange out. "Wewere extremely aggressiveand active."Morrill said. USU raced out to a 6-2 lead capped by a Dimitri Jorssen dunk and a Bernard Rocklong 2-pointer.Fast break points and treys lifted USUto a 29-18 lead. The Gauchos cut the lead to six after Mark Hull scored the old-fashioned3-point-playon a fast break However,three straight turnovers by UCSBstalled the run and the Aggiesquicklytook advantage. USUscored five straight points before Dion Baileyput an exclamationpoint on the run, as he took the ball away for one of the Gauchos· 13 turnovers, sprinted down the sideline and dunked the ball plus the free-throw to extend the lead to 37B~KITBAll SUMMARY 23 - the largest of the first half for the Aggies. usu Min FG FT Reb A TP "He loves to dunk. 36 6111 217 10 I 14 Daniels 29 4/8 m s o 10 Jorssen like all kids,"Morrill Rolle 31 2/S 2/3 2 6 7 said. 21 -4111 1n 4 o 10 Rocle USU'slead grew to 30 4/11 31-4 3 4 14 Brown 40/00fl IO 0 45-29 on a Jorssen hook Stewart 90/20/002 0 Thomas shot. If 0/1 0/0 I O 0 Ray That's when the 13 1/2 Ill 4 I 3 Balley 10 1/2 012 0 I 3 Gaucho defense kicked Bobb TOTALS 20022/5311/22 32 IS 61 in. shuting down the USU'sattack. The high UCSB Min FG FT Reb. A TP 1B 2/9 4/4 8 0 8 mark for UCSBwas a 3- Hull Ndiaye 21 1/S 0/2 6 I 2 point play by Payton to Jord~ni 2-4 1/6 1/2 4 0 -4 take a 47-45 lead. Allen 29 4/6 2/2 3 2 I0 The Aggieswillnow Ashe 21 3/9 2n 2 2 10 Bryant 6 Ill 0/0 2 0 3 take on California Bell 2-4 2/4 1/3 S 5 5 PolytechnicState Payton 14 3/8 5/8 0 O 12 , University(5-9,0-2) at Ward 14 1/1 1/2 I 2 3 1 Mott Gymnasium in San Vukovich I 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 Carmichael 18 0/1 0/0 8 I 0 2 LuisObispo Saturday TOTALS 20018/5016125 40 13 57 :f night at 8 p.m. The ~ \1ustangs return all five 3pt FG: USU6/16 (Brown 3n.Rolle 1/4). 5/11(Ashe2/◄, Payton 1/3). tarters from last year's UCSS Steals:USU3 (three with I). UCSB7 (AHen ~am that took a 97-73 USU center Dimitri Jorssenbackshis way into the lower post against Univl'rsity of Utah 3). llow: USU3 (Daniel$◄. Jomen). UCSB3 defenderAlex fensen in the Aggies' 77-44 loss to the Ules 011 Dec. 7 in the Huntsman Center bating in Loganlast (Cannich~el2. Nd,aye) in Salt LakeCity. Jorssenscored10 points, grabbl'dfire ri?boundsand blockedone shot 111 SGson.USU is a perfect Attendance: 1,050 Utah State's 61-57 iiiclon;over Santa Barbaraon Tlrrirsdr1y night, USU's first roadwm. 4-lagainst Cal Poly. J

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is win. whittling down opponents stubbornly and tirelessly like a boy cutting down trees with a pocket knife. Hewitt won a tournament in his hometown of Adelaide two weeks ago, then he won another in Sydney. On Thursday. in the second round of the Australian Open, he ran his winning streak to 12 matches with a masterful 6-0, 6-0. 6-1 performance against Alex Corretja. Triple bagels in tennis are as rare as perfect games in baseball. In the 32 years of the open era, only five have been recorded - the last by Sergi Bruguera against Thierry Champion en route to the French Open title in 1993. No one in the 95-year history ofthe Australian Open had ever done it. Against the Corretja, who is certainly no slouch and who prides himself on his professionalism, Hewitt came as close to perfection as possible, yielding only at 4-0 in the third set when Corretja finally held serve.

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Selig may have league's fate in hands PHOENIX (AP)- If baseball ests power over the integrity of Selig has also gained the power likes the designated hitter," he owners go to war with their playthe game. Now he has best-interto ignore the ownership hawks said, adding "it will take some ers again in two years, Bud Selig ests power over the economics of who want a salary cap at all costs. type of catalytic event like realignwill have unprecedented power the game." He could negotiate the best ment" to cause its adoption by maybe enough to win the salary Baseball, which has had eight extension he can get with the the National League or to elimicap many teams want. work stoppages since 1972, is still union and say it's in baseball's nate it. The union would fight the Or, if he wants to avoid a war, recovering from the last one, a best interests to avoid another end of the DH, which allows he'll have the power to negotiate 232-day strike in 1994-95 that work stoppage. older, high-salaried players to an extension of baseball's wiped out the World Union head Donald Fehr remain active. labor contract. Series for the first wouldn't comment extensively on The Internet decision is much 'The "The developments of time in 90 years. Selig's increased power, other than like moves made decades ago by the last two days in any The sport's labor to say the players· association had developments of baseball and the other major historical context are contract runs a duty to ensure that "the collecsports to give their national staggering, inconceivable the lasttwo days through this season, tive-bargaining process and our broadcast rights to their central offices. While billions of dollars in 10 or 12 years ago," Selig in any historical but the players· asso- agreements are adhered to." said Thursday after a ciation is expected to Selig,while not saying what he television money have fueled the contextare two-day meeting reversed exercise its right to a would do, agreed with commissports for the past 30 years, ownyears of erosion of the one-year extension . sioner Bowie Kuhn's June 1976 ers think the Internet - with the staggering, commissioner's authority. Then, barring an decision to stop Oakland owner . possibility of world-wide video "I don't think people Charlie Finley from selling pitcher transmission on broad band inconceivable 10 extension, it's back understand the signifito the bargaining Rollie Fingers and outfielder Joe will lead to big money someday. or 12yearsago.' table, and many cance of what's hapRudi to Boston for $2 million and pened here in the last 24 teams want a salary pitcher Vida Blue to the Yankees hours." cap that will allow for $1.5 million. •BuoSruc• Owners voted them to compete "In his mind. at that time, he l!A.'it.lWJ. Thursday to give all their with the large marwas protecting the best interests COMMISSICINtR Internet rights - includkets. While the New of the game," Selig said. "In the ing radio broadcasts and York Yankees had end, I was supportive of Bowie's video when technology baseball's highest decision." becomes available - to the compayroll last year - $92 million Selig said he would await the missioner's office. Florida spent less than one-sixth report of baseball's latest economA day earlier. they gave Selig of that, $15.15 million. ic study committee, expected by power "without limitation" to Under the current contract, opening day, before using his new ensure "there is an appropriate approval of the players' associapower. level of long-term competitive bal- tion is needed for any revenue"I will do it very judiciously, ance among the dubs" and told sharing changes, one of the reabut I will do it with great determihim to use it. sons large-market teams didn't nation," he said. "I will do it as sitHe can override all of baseobject to Selig's new power, severuations come up ." ball's rules - even blocking trades al high-level baseball and team With the elimination of the - and attempt to impose a salary officials said on the condition league offices. baseball's staff, cap if he thinks bargaining with they not be identified. including umpires. will be centralplayers after the 2001 season has They think the union wouldn't ized under Selig.However, Selig reached an impasse. approve radical change because it doesn't expect the biggest distinc"It will strengthen the position would take money away from tion between the leagues - the of major league baseball," baseball's biggest spenders, who designated hitter - to be resolved Houston Astros owner Drayton raise the top salaries, the officials any time soon. Mclane said. "He's had best-inter- said. "The American League still

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WASHINGTON (AP)- President Clinton proposed a $31 billion plan Thursday to make college education more affordable and upbraided Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott for suggesting that no major legislation would be enacted this election year. The centerpiece of the proposal was a $10,000 tax deduction to help millions of Americans pay for tuition, books and university fees. "When we make college more affordable, we make the American dream more achievable." Clinton said. Joining Clinton for the White House announcement. on the first day of.the last year of his presidency, were Hillary Rodham Clinton, who is running for the Senate from New York, and a fellow New York Democrat, Sen. Charles Schumer. "Some in Congress, I note, are saying that because this is an election year we really shouldn't try to do anything for the American people," Clinton said. "Nothing. not a national election or a Washington snowstorm, should get in the way of making a college education more affordable for all Americans." The president was referring to a comment Lott, R-Miss.,made to reporters a day earlier. Lott said "everyone needs to acknowledge ... there won't be a lot of time for big. new initiatives" on a shortened congressional calendar this year. Skeptics question whether the policy proposals Clinton has made before his State of

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ABC's video skills, they said. "I saw this as an editorial matter first and a business matter second," Westin said. The Webcast will work as a test case to determine how well the two organizations mesh so there can be more cooperation in the future, Westin said. There was no immediate word on whether CBS was pur suing a similar alliance with a newspaper after the announcements by NBC and ABC.

Another media alliance, . between CNN and Time maga zine, ran into trouble two years ago when Time printed material from a CNN story alleging nerve gas was used against American defectors in the Vietnam War. CNN and Time, which are both owned by Time Warner, later retracted their stories. "We're determined to be very careful." Oreskes said, "I wouldn't want to do anything on the show that couldn't be in The New York Times."

Gore has hammered away at Bradley's health care plan and agriculture record, attacks the former New Jersey senator said has hurt his standing in polls. "To a certain extent, voters might be persuaded by that," Bradley told reporters Thursday. Trying to lower expectations, Bradley said the vice president has a huge advantage Monday because Iowa is a state that favors "entrenched power." Gore suggested the comment was an insult to the caucus system. "Fighting for people is what the Iowa caucuses is all about," Gore said at a campaign stop in Council Bluffs. "Fighting to reduce the high cost of phar-

maceuticals. Fighting to save Medicare . That's not entrenched power . That is fighting for people." In other developments : -Bush said he was attacking McCain's tax plan in a TV ad, not the senator himself "He's my friend during the campaign and he's darn sure going to be my friend after the campaign," Bush said . - Bradley released two new TV ads with Sen. Bob Kerrey , D-Neb., and former Boston Celtic star Bill Russell praising him.' - Bauer said Forbes has stolen his issues and words . "He has purloined my rhetoric," the conservative activist said.

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what to delete UNDERGRADU\TED / Kevin Peel I' m very magazines with no cho ice but to pleased to make traditional 11past-based" lists. announce that Wh ich leads to this convenient New Year ' s motto: " If a person cannot delete came and such Iists, a person can sti 11 make a went, and list in which the word 'delete' is Mossville, Ill. used repeated ly." In accordance 11 ( We've had with this pithy grain of Donald phone lines Trumpian logic, here is a list of since 1987!") rang it in without a things that I would have saved or deleted as the new millennium single glitch. Which basically means that the began, had I been the Magical Illinois River didn't change its Potentate of Cache Valley (or Harry Potte r' s evil direction and the uncle). blinking lights on the SAVED: The USU highway continued Anyway, I'd rather to blink in a semigrounds-keeping watch the UNC regular manner. crew. These people While glitches are Tarheelson TV than do a great job every year. Their work rarely good things School Staff. Logan Parks and (unless you 'r e a walk"across the street pruning the trees, Recreation, Lyle Powell, Lynn Lemonjackpot winner at to watch our team for tending the flowers, Cache County, Mikelle Hunt-The cutting the grass and the local ATM), I'd Volunteer Center, Patty Halaufia-Utah free - it's MY spaying the chiplike to have accidenState University, Paul Dextras-Logan City Fire tally deleted the cav- entertainment choice. munks adds a Department, SE Needham Jewelers, Teresa Harris, tremendous amount alcade of lists comTerri Moore-USU Student Services, The Utah of color and variety piled by nearly every On behalf of Logan Community Parks and Statesman, Tyler Howell-Convergys, US West, Utah media outlet leading up to the new to every walk through campus. The Recreation, The Volunteer Center would like to thank State University, Woodruff Elementary School-Mr. middle of campus and the area year . the following individuals and groups who helped to Smith's 4th Grade, and Ronald Jenkins. around Old Main Hill are especialMagazines from Time to Doily make Cache in 2000, Cache Valleys New Year's Eve The Volunteer Center offers our special appreciaIllustrated were running all sorts of ly well tended and beautiful. Celebration, a success. tion to the 147 volunteers who contributed 352 volDELETED: The sculpture located rankings in reference to which perOur thanks to: 61 KVNU, all the volunteers, Allenunteer hours to help with the Cache in 2000 events. son screwed up the 20th Century on the west side of the Merrill 11 Hall Mortuary, Bob Morrow, Bobbie Coray - Cache We could not have had this celebration with out all most, or which drink had the best Library that can only be titled Big Chamber of Commerce, Cache Citizen, Cache the help we received from you! Ugly Rusty Can Opener," but is too taste for the rising Y2K generation: County, Cache historical society, Cache Valley Mall, We would especially like to thank the Logan Parks w-0rn to verify its official identity. Coke, Pepsi or Diet Rain-Gutter Christopher Harvey, City of Logan, Convergys, Dave and Recreation staff for all of their efforts and hard Last year's unveiling of the busts Slime. Instead of this drivel, we 'd Bennett-The Volunteer Center, Dave Johnson-Cache work. and George all prefer a bunch of helpful l ists of Abe Li ncoln Valley Mall, Debbie Petersen-Center Street The Volunteer Center would like to extend a speinvolving the near-future, like the Washington at the back steps of Celebration, Dee Hadfield, Diane Astle -Logan City cial thanks to Jennifer Hartman , Lisa Heaton, and next five presidents of the United Old Main was truly a great event. Human Resource Department, Donna Campbelltheir families for all of the volunteer help they put into States (11 our final answer at No. 4 However , Abe already has his eyes Center Street Celebration, Earl Rausch -The Valley Cache in 2000. ... Regis Philbin") or the top 10 welded shut and George is sportChannel, Eric Collins-Logan City Police Department, Thanks to our fellow non-profit organizations and soon-to-be-skyrocketing stocks to ing an evil smirk that suggests him Fireworks West, Herald Joutnal, Jaron Hartman, Jason other community organizations that helped to propurchase (No. 7: saying, 11 1 cannot tell a lie, if I had Reese -Mus-ic,""Jay ·C:lark,,Voyager ' Productions , Jay• • mote this event. " nands I would surely chop down PoodlesOnSkates.com). Monson LOS Church, Jeff Compton, Jennifer Our thanks to the entire Volunteer Center Staff for Tragically , about all we have by that oxidized abomination across Hartman-PTA, Jim Chapman-Crestmark Productions, all of the hours spent recruiting, promoting, and orgaway of future-telling these days is the Quad there. " Jim Reese-Center Street Celebration, Jim Smith-Cache nizing the volunteer efforts. Donate the Swiss-Army Dionne Warwick prognosticat ing County Joe Francis- Cache Valley Mall, Jon CoulamOn behalf of all of these organizations, thank you that a dip in your love life is Monstrosity to the town that boasts Logan City Facilities Manager, Judith Anderson - Utah for all of your help and support in making this event a approaching when the Great Space the world ' s largest corroded can of Festival Opera Company, Ken Souter-Pepsi Cola, success. Coaster is orbiting the Death Star if tuna or something - THIS west Kristine Petersen-LTD, Lance Buck-Coca Cola, Laurie We wish each and every one of you, a happy and you are jointly filing a 1040 AK-47 side story is replete with shrubs Tanner, LeGrande Johnson Construction, Lisa prosperous New Year! as The Star-Belly Sneetches allgn that are suffering through selfHeaton-PTA, Logan City Light and Power, Logan City M1KELLEC.HuNT with Rush Limbaugh, and so forth. 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Seven years in a row) a January Thaw causes strange warm weather WEATHERWATCH / Zane Stephens A weather ern United States to shift westward. singularity is a Subtropical moisture from the Gulf weather event of Mexico streams clockwise which occurs around the high pressure northon or about the ward into normally arid Arizona. same time of April through June precipitation year with some for Tucson and Phoenix average statistical fre- about a quarter inch per month. quency. Three July and August precipitation averages increase to more than two somewhat pronounced singularities include: 1) the Arizona inches per month. By early Monsoon, 2) Indian Summer, and September the high pressure 3) the January Thaw. Both the reverts to the former location and January Thaw and Indi an summer the moisture stream is shut off over are more pronounced in New Arizona. Over half of Arizona's England, though both can be precipitation takes place during the observed with sfightly less frequen - summer monsoon. If the high pressure doesn't shift westward and the cy in the western states. The Arizona Monsoon brings a moisture doesn't reach Arizona, then dry and possibly drought con large increase of thunderstorm activity to the usually dry deserts of ditions are likely. Indian Summer is an autumn Arizona. This activity takes place in July and August as a large high warming usually taking place in pressure over the northern Pacific October or early November. The warm Fall weather follows the first Ocean shifts farther north allowing a high pressure over the southeast- heavy freeze and cold spell with

temperatures at least 10 degrees above the seasonal average. It is less likely to take place statistically than the January Thaw but is still observable during many Fall seasons. The January thaw finds its origins in New England folklore and was previously described as a peri od of two or more consecutive days of much warmer than normal temperatures usually occurring in mid to late January. New England climatology records show the January Thaw occurs slightly more than 50 percent of the time. An arbitrary definition was set stating a January Thaw occurs when maximum temperatures are 10 degrees above normal for two or more consecutive days. Utah Slate University ' s data was checked back to 1895 and was found to have occurred 56 out of 106 years. The warm respite from cold winter temperatures takes

place approximately 53 percent of the time at the USU station. Most New England locations have a January Thaw between Jan. 19 and the 2 8 with the greatest chance taking place on the Jan. 25. USU peaked earlier w ith a thaw more likely on the 14th and a second peak on the 19th. A thaw has occurred on Jan. 14 19 times since 1895. The least likely dates to have unseasonably warm weather were the Jan. 10 and the 2 9 through the 31. Thaws only took place five times on the Jan. 10 and six or less at the end of the month. Warm temperatures are also unlikely the first four days of the month. It's common for January Thaws to run in groups. Three or more consecutive years took place in the ear ly 1910s, early 1920s , mid 1930s , late 1940s , mid 1960s, early 1970 and late 1990s. The longest consecutive thaws have

been between 1994 and present. The thaw returned again this January on t~e Jan. 11 and 12 making this the seventh consecutive year. The causes of the January Thaw are unknown. One theory says the thaw is brought on by a northward shift of high pressure in the eastern United States. This shift seems to bring warmer air northward into various regions of the United States. What causes the shift is unknown but the change could be related to temperature fluctuations in sea surface temperatures. ls a January Thaw going to occur next year? Statistically , northern Utah is due a cold January as the last seven years have had pronounced thaws . Only time will tell if the seven consecutive January Thaws wi ll become eight.

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The follow- business close isn't good enough. ing editorial An interceptor must strike an appeared in incoming warhead directly. Until Thursday's Los that feat can be demonstrated with Angeles Times:

some consistency , deployment of what's known as a National Missile Defense system makes no sense. Congress strongly supports development and rapid deployment of a system, as do the major Republican presidential candidates. President Clinton , while less enthusiastic, has boosted the budget for the program and promised a decision on deployment by June. The antimissile system isn't designed to protect against attacks from Russia or China . Using 100 or so interceptors, it aims to defend against limited attacks from such

The Pentagon blames a pair of malfunctioning sensors for Tuesday 's failure of a $100 million test of a missile interceptor system that it hopes can defend the coun try against intercontinental attack from rogue states. The test, which followed a claimed successful test in October, saw an interceptor rocket fired from Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands try to destroy a mock warhead lau)1ched from Vandenberg Air Force Base. It may have come very close to succeeding, but in the warhead - killing Jumpto Mrs.s,lLPage12

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MISSILE Continuedfrom Page11 potential aggressors as North Korea and Iran, both of which are continuing to develop longrange missiles. Russia's huge intercontinental missile arsenal could easily overwhelm the planned system. While some incoming Russian warheads might be destroyed in flight, many others would get through. China has far fewer ICBMs, but as one of its defense officials told Times correspondent Jim Mann this week, if the United States deployed a missile defense system, China could boost its missile production to offset that deterrent. Even though both Moscow and Beijing implicit ly recognize that a U.S. system would not significantly affect the balance of power, both bitterly oppose its development. Some NATO allies too have objected, citing a "double security standard" that would leave the United States more secure than its part-

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ners. Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott gave the right response: "Why would the United States be a better ally if it were vulnerable to North Korean missiles?" A third test of the interceptor is planned for April. The n comes the decision on whether the technology is reliable enough and cost-effective enough to go ahead with deployment by 2005. If so, construction could start on radar sites in Alaska. Ultimately the program could cost up to $16 billion. The potential missile threat from rogue states can't be ignored . But that threat can be met only with a missile interceptor system that has been shown to work in all of its aspects. Rushing ahead with anything less would provide neither deterrence nor defense.

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Needham "the Gr A Yt" is the team (and pay money for a tickwould have saved the whales ball), there is Al. His style is gle with Idaho Tech if they don't emotional and biased toward feel like it. Anyway, I'd rather et too ). The teams suffering from and deleted mankind's desire to current King of Cache Valley, and he now wishes to DELETE. watch the UNC Tarheels on TV low attendance need to get a spend money on atomic his team enough to make Hot weapons and Deuce Bigalow: Rod Hund ley himself seem to than walk across the street to crowd the old-fashioned way Kevin Peel is a senior majoring watch our team for free - it's earn it by being entertaining, Male Gigolo, but space is gone yo-yo the Dribble of Neutrality. in English. His column appears and Newsweek already did such MY entertainment choice. Like not by guilting everyone into The listening public is always every Friday in The Utah stuff anyway. Also, I have been their seats. half-expecting him to charge the many, I'll also drive the 40-odd Statesman. informed that Arbuckle G. miles to root for our hockey Well, space permitting, floor and choke the zebras Latrell Sprewell-style. Sometimes "The Aggie Sports Network" runs into difficu Ities and makes him sound like he's calling the game from underUSU's neath a gravestone outside the StudentShopping Spectrum, but sti II he soldiers een ......... ter __ on, hilariously giving orders to his crew of lackevs while still on the air. ' He never fails to keep the lisLOST & FOUND com. forapplicat,ons. HI-TECH STUFF teners interested by his sheer HELP WANTED FOUND Black LabX puppy, collarnotags,onthe HPDes1gnJet 600Plotter. $2900.00 o.b.o. Mustsell Quad 1/18.Call797·1067or752-1068. enthusiasm for the games and $1500 weekly potential mailing ourcirculars. quickly. CallJeremy at(801) 288·2267. his beloved Aggies. Forinfocall203-977·1720 DELETED: The sports-rightSUMMERJOBS FOUNDWOMAN'SWEDDINGRING,1/1212000, eous gasbags who whine that FEMALE ANDMALECOUNSELORS NEEDED CARS & TRUCKS nearmusic dept.in FAC,Calltoidentify257·5937 students don't spend as much LWSTRUCK STOP nowhiring. Graveyard Cashier, CHILDRENFSORCATMOPP IN MAINE 97DODGE Stratus 4dr.lowmi. oremail c~raser@ cc.usu.edu · · f h A · 3-4 nights/wk $6.75hlr. Contact Leslie at753-7461 autolocks &windows. Exe . rond. $9876. 245-6302. time rooting or t e gg1es as TOPSALARY,ROOM/BOARD/LAUNDRY,CLOTHBig Blue or the Synchronized tNG&TRAVELALLOWANCEPROVIDED MUST LOVE CHILDREN ANDHAVE SKILL INONE OR day andThursFlag Squa d · Need babysitter inmyhomeWed nes MORE OFTHEFOLLOWING ACTIVITIES: ARCH· 5515 752 You sec, 0 Gasbags, sports daymoming Calllisa · ERY,ARTS&CRAFTS(CERAMICS.STAINED teams are for our ENTERTAINGLASS,JEWELRY),BASKETBALL,CANOEING, Size Ft. Price Ft Price §.ize E_t.Price 1 ed,...,-.-to::-pcca=r11=c1p=a"'te·--11.KAll.lYU1AA1Kl111JNG1.>.-UADANCE.(TAP_ ME NT· t haven't- seen the--bas-~-O ~ ve-rweinhl femaie voluntee_rs_n-eed::POINTE, &.JAZZ).. ·• FIELD HOCKEY, GOLF, GYMNASTICS (INSTAUC10" ----$3.99 1" ------31¢ 3"---$.69 k et b a 11 or f oot b a 11 teams C IapinNutnbon Dept. Study.Mustbe ages20-45, not TORS &QUALIFIED SPOTTERS), HORSEBACK 1-1/4" ----42¢ 4"---1.09 12" ---5.59 ping for encores at breast feeding andtaking birthcontrol pills.Comp- RIDING/ENGLISH HUNT SEAT, LACROSSE, DIGlen$ation provided. Please contact Angie @797· TAL PHOTOGRAPHY , VIDEOGRAPHER, PIANO 14"-10.98 1-1/2"-59¢ 5"---2.99 I ymp h ony concerts or sc h oo 0896ornfs306@hotmail.com ACCOMPANIST, PIONEERING /CAMP CRAFT, 16"---8.39 2"--85¢ 6"---1.99 t h eatrica I productions late IY ROPES (CHALLENGE COURSE, 25STATIONS), either. SAILING, SOCCER, SOFTBALL, TENNIS, THEA· 18" -12.98 8"---3.59 2-112"-69¢ I By al I means, let those who Part-lime ministerof musicneeded to coordinate TRE, THEATRE TECHNICIANS (SET DESIGN, musci· program atgrowing localchurch. Contact St. COSTU"ER) TRACK &FIELD VOLLEYBALL • Lengths& ThicknessVaries wish to leave off studying to m ' (SLALOM, • BAREFOOT, • John's Episcopal Church 752-0331. WATERSKIING TRICK, jump and scream have every JUMPING) W.SIJSWIM INSTRUCTORS, WIND1200E. 100S. LEHI, UT• 800-947-0249 • StructuralGrade chance to do so, but don't castiSURFING. ANDALSO OPPORTUNITIES FOR • SoldAs Is • Will Call Call For FREE Stock/Price Listi f d · SUMMER CAMP STAFF onlyfunandenergetic NURSES , HTMW/EB DESIGN ANDSECRETA· gate anyone or oing somepeople need apply.Work tortheGirlScouts ol Utah RIES. thing besides watching us strugJune7-August20,2000:waterfron tstaff(WSlcert 1CAMPVEGA FORGIRLS!COMESEEUS! lied)umtleaders andcounselors, health supervisor, www.campvega.com horseback ridingstaff,program staff,kitchen staff, CALL 1-800-83&-VEGA andbusiness manager. Must beatleast18ofage. Wewillbe onyour campus February 28, 2000 Room andboard provided Foran application conTaggert Student Center, Room 335 tactTracy Hanks at (800) 678-7809, ext. 59 Vistt INTERVIEWS ANDINFORMATION ourbooth atthecareer FairFebruary 81 FROM 1OAM· 4PM NOAPPOINTMENT NECESSARY.

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