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Bill fails, but proves students' voices can be heard LAURA BELLAMY

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Students participating in student rallies and letter writing campaigns in order to influence legislators can make a difference - and there's proof. Last year at the Utah Intercollegiate Assembly, a gathering of student government officers trying to bring relevant issues to the attention of the Legislature, Weber State University had a bill picked up by Salt Lake Representative Duane Bordeaux and brought to the floor of the 2000 Legislative session. "At UIA we had a resolution drafted by the (Associated Students of Weber State University) External Relations officer that would eliminate sales tax from textbooks sold

at higher education institutions," said Academic Vice President Mike Chertudi . "It passed UIA and as a result, one of the senators picked it up." ASWSUwasn't the only one to have a bill picked up and brought to the floor. According to Associated Students of Utah State University Executive Vice President Rian Winzeler, last year USU's prison education bill was sponsored by Lorraine Pace. The bill, meant to increase funding for the education of prisoners , was passed. "(ASWSU)didn't even know it was being debated on the floor until a reporter called me and asked me my opinion about it." Chertudi said. After a short debate on the floor, bill #HB0079 failed Feb. 1 in a 31 to 40 vote. While ASWSUwas disappointed. it

believes the experience has better prepared it for bringing new measures to UIA, Chertudi said. "lt was unfortunate," Chertudi said. ·we understand that there were a lot of bills and measures that needed to be passed that were more important." This year ASWSU is pushing for formula funding along with several other Utah universities, including ASUSU,proposing tuition bills. Chedtudi said he doesn't think this is the end for the textbook proposal. ·1 think if we were to bring it back, the most appropriate way would be to bring it to the senators and representatives that supported it in the past and see why the bill originally failed and what we could do to bring it back to the Legislature," Chertudi said.

The bill will have a long "That has come up before, wait before it can be considbut we've been pursuing other ered for reevaluation . avenues here on our campus," According to Chertudi, the Croshaw said. UlA topics for this The USU year have already Bookstore has been G O making several been decided and will be debated in other internal Student/faculty next year 's legislative changes to lower teacher equity session. students ' cost, rally in Salt Lake If the textbook Croshaw said. bill were revived, it Croshaw said WEDNESDAY wouldn't be introshe does agree with Bussesleaveat the effort ASWSU duced on the floor of the Legislature 9 a.m.and return made to help stuuntil 2002. dents . at4p.m. ·1 know the Chertudi said he believes the bill is bookstore doesn't impor tant enough sell textbooks to to be brought back as soon as make a profit so the only benpossible because of its wideefit would go directly to students ," Croshaw said. spread benefits to college students. Chertudi said ASWSU is not According to ASUSU done with its efforts to help Academic Vice President Emily higher education . Its next step Croshaw the idea is not new. will be Wednesday 's "High

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dent assistant (RA) is also given training on the use of fire hoses and extinguishers in addition to first aid and Utah State Universi1'; Housing CPR certification. is more prepared for a fire than According to Ralphs, the New Jersey dormitory where most fires are small three students were killed in because of quick action by January was, according to John residents and RA's. Ringle, assistant director of Ringle said 13 of the 16 Housing. housing halls on USU usually campus have a has several 'We areverygood central pull system minor fires on in hallways where campus every at inspecting and students can pull year, Ringle said. the alarm if a fire Chris Ralphs, takingcareof starts. resident director In older buildproblems.' for Richards and ings, Ralphs said Bullen halls, said personal and indithis year there • JOHN RINGLE• vidual training is was a fire in HOUSING more heavily Aggie Village relied upon. and several fires Ringle said most fires in the Student Living Center that caused little damage. Merrill Hall that do occur are the result of carelessness by a had the last major fire, in 1991. student. ·we are very good at inspect"A lot of times students ing and taking care of problems," don't think about fire Ringle said. safety," Ringle said. "fire Every room, hallway and can and will happen to kitchen/living room area is anybody who uses things equipped with a smoke detector, that are hot.· Ringle said. To decrease fire potenEvery semester, USU Housing tial. RA's are trained to inspects residence halls with look for devices or instruPhysical Plant's Facilities ments against Housing Maintenance department and policy which can lead to a the USU Fire Marshal. fire such as burning In addition to inspections, incense, candles and cigaRingle said fire drills and mandarettes, Ralphs said. tory resident meetings are held . Students need to take The drills are held in the afterresponsibility for fire pronoon or early evening of every tection, Ringle said. semester. Ralphs said each resiBRIAN CARTER

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Students advised to avoid 'techno-stress' in a technological world _ LARA GALE

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What's in store for Generation Y? Well, there's good news and there's bad news , students learned in a Utah State University Media and Society lecture sponsored by the Communications department Tuesday afternoon. USU alumnus Brian Schaible spoke to students about the state of the Internet today, what it is proba§ bly going to look like tomor~ow ~ and what its growth means 1or a ~ rising generation of ·netizens" (citi~ zens on the Internet) in the 21st 2 century. ~ Schaible graduated from USU in j 1968. Three years ago, he and a co~ founder developed the PR Network, which has become a premier online Brian Schaible, Utah State University Media and SocietyLecture Seriesspeaker,addressedstudents about resource for business-to-business communication, and is cited as one the Internet Tuesday in the TaggartStudent Center of the top 1,000 Web sites on the Auditorium. He said the average 'Generation"Y'" Internet today, Schaible said. Internet user will spend 23 years online.

Noon for Higher Education" rally sponsored by the Utah Council of Student Body Presidents at the capitol. ·Toe main goal of the rally is to get the Legislature to support the Governor 's bu dget that includes an increase in higher education ," Chertudi said. According to Winzeler, the rally will focus on salary equity for teachers . Since it involves teachers , USU faculty members have been invited lo jo in studen ts at ·the demonstration. ·rt is a friendly rally to gain support for teacher equity and increased funding in higher education ," Winz eler said. Sign-ups for the rally are still available in the Taggart Student Cen ter Room 326. A bus will leave USU at 9 a.m and will return at 4 p.m.

Tm living proof that you can teach an old dog new tricks," he said . He said he is just one of millions of people who have realized the full potential of the Internet. The Internet. and its influence on society, is growing at a phenomenal rate , he said. "What the Internet is today, right now, it isn't going to be a day from now - or even an hour from now," he said. According to Schaible, there are 198 million adults in the United States. Of those, 78 million were Internet users in 1998. In 1999, the number grew to 100 million. In a breakdown of demographics, Schaible noted more of these users come from a variety of financial backgrounds, and more of these users are women. However, he said , men spend more time on the Internet than women . In February 1999, men

spent 99 more minutes on the Internet than women. By December of 1999, that number increased to 132 minutes. The average "Generation Y" Internet user will spend 23 years and 12 months on-line in his or her lifetime , he said. All of this is leading to a rise in ·techno-stress " Schaible said becoming overwhelmed by the Internet and ail its implications . He said the top three causes of stress in life today are lost love, lost life and being lost on the Internet. The solution to this problem, he said, is to slow down and focus on real life. "If you take just one thing with you today, I hope it is to be a human being," Schaible said . "Not a cyborg, not a netizen , but a human being . People still need to be human beings despite the Internet, and I think we need to remember that."

The Utah State Universit y Residence Hall Studen t Association wants st udent organizations to be able to solicit to students living on campus, but only on a limited basis . At the Associated Students of USU Execut ive Council meeting last night. RHSA President Robin Wignall presented the council with a letter stating RHSA's formal position. The ir recommendation will be presented to Associate Director of USU Housing and Food Services John Ringle , who will make the final decision. Curren tly, student organizations aren 't allowed to part icipate in a ·res ha ll call" or a "dorm storm ," as campus housing solicitat ion is often referred to, without permission from RHSA, Wigna ll said . Some council members mentioned at last n ight's meet ing that such approval has been hard to get. The new po licy would allow solicitation to take place two n ights per semester. The dates will not be prede termined : instead , when an organizat ion requests solicitat ion rights for a certain night and it is appro ved, that n ight will become an official ·res hall call" night, Wignall said . Sh e said any organ ization wish ing to solicit wou ld have to do it that same n ight. and it would have to be approved . "I think ASUSU would be given the main pr ior ity." Wignall said. She said fliers placed on doors would still be allowed , as would announcements from resident ass istants . Service projects such as trickor-treating for donations would be required to gain approva l and would only be allowed on designated solicitat ion n ights . According to the letter distributed at the meeting, solicitors would need to be "okayed" by Ringle , which includes signing a waiver of understanding that lists the terms and condit ions for soliciting . Among these terms , RHSA recommends all solicitors be required to obey qu iet hours, students sleeping or studying in common areas not be disturbed , all materials distrib-

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Israel declares military state of emergency after bombing KIRYATSHEMONA, Israel (AP) Tens of thousands of Israelis living near the Lebanon border huddled in underground shelters or fled south out of rocket range Tuesday, fearing reprisals by Lebanese guerrillas for the heaviest Israeli bombardment in eight months. Prime Minister Ehud Barak ordered a military state of emergency along the northern border, a sign that Israel was preparing for extended fighting . Hezbollah guerrillas on Tuesday killed an Israeli soldier - the sixth in two weeks - only hours after Israeli airstrikes cut electricity across parts of Lebanon. "In all that is connected with the protection of our people, our settlements and our soldiers, we will do everything required," Barak told residents of Kiryat Shmona who had spent the night in shelters. In its second straight night of , attacks, Israel"s air force struck a Hezbollah offices late Tuesday in the

coastal city of Tyre and the guerrilla stronghold of Iqlim al-Tuffah, 40 miles southeast of Beirut, Lebanese security officials said. At least two people were wounl:led. The Israeli army confirmed the two attacks on Iqlim al-Tuff ah, but identified the other target as a Hezbollah radar station Israeli leaders blamed Syria for the latest flare-up and said peace talks will not resume with Damascus until it ends the wave of Lebanese guerrilla attacks. Syria is the main power-broker in Lebanon, and Israel says it encourages the violence. In Washington, Lebanon's ambassador accused Israel of deliberately targeting civilians in southern Lebanon and urged the Clinton administration to stop the attacks. "I expressed my government's concern - grave concern - for the Israeli attacks on civilian targets and explained that these were deliberate attacks in contradiction of law and the

April 1996 agreement," said Ambassador Farid Abboud on Tuesday. He was referring to a U.S.-brokered understanding that forbids attacks on or from civilian areas in southern Lebanon. Syria's state media, meanwhile, warned that the bombing could hurt the peace process . "Bombs and missiles are actually striking the already stalled peace process and destroying all prospects of peace in the region," the English-language Syria Times said . The airstrikes late Monday and early Tuesday destroyed three power stations at Jamhour near Beirut, in the northern mountains east of the port city of Tripoli and in the eastern Bekaa Valley town of Baalbek, a Hezbollah guerrilla stronghold where a base for the group also was targeted. The base remained sealed and damage could not be assessed.

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Three l<illed in Four men escape planecollisionhijacked plane ZION, Ill. (AP) - Two small planes collided over a hospital parking lot Tuesday, killing three people aboard one plane and sending the other craft into the roof of the hospital. Windows blew out of the top floor of Midwestern Regional Medical Center as the one-seat Zlin crashed and crumpled. There was no word on the pilot. Two hospital workers wete slightly burned and the hospital was evacuated, said hospttal president Roger Cary. ' I • The other plane. a four-seat Ce;sna \7.2,~rA~htj4i~tp a n~arbx s.g-~~t. ifhe three people al'i0c1r'd\rere Rilled, s~id Zion Fire Chief David LaBelle. The Zlin was registered to Daniel Bitton, 47, of Waukegan. according to Federal Aviation Administration records, Calls to Bitton's home were not answered. WGN radio in Chicago said the plane was co-owned by Bob Collins, a popular morning radio personality for the station. No one could confirm if Collins was on the plane. The Cessna was registered to ATE of New York, a flying school. A message to the company's office in Chicago was not returned Tuesday. Les Mussared said he was standing in a parking lot near the hospital when the planes crashed. "I looked up because I heard a gurgling noise. I saw two small planes collide in the air - they pulled away from each other," Mussared said. Preliminary reports indicated both planes were approaching the Waukegan Airport, near the site of the collision. Zion is about 45 miles north of downtown Chicago, near the 1llinoisWisconsin line.

detained since 1997 by the country"s STANSTED.England (AP)- Four ruling Taliban movement. men dropped from the cockpit winAsked about a potential asylum dow of a hijacked plane and ran to bid, Broughton said: "In talking safety Tuesday night, fleeing the around the issues, there are a lot of Afghan aircraft that has been parked things raised." I le would not elabofor two days at a British airport while rate. saying only that the hijackers. negotiators sought the safe release of who controlled the plane at Stansted more than 150 passengers . Airport 25 miles north of London, In the darkness shortly before had made no "formal demands." midnight, the men fell about 20 feet Most of the negotiato the ground and ran tions involved what toward positions 'We've done Broughton calipcl house~ manned by police. 'They are d\.lrmen everything we can keeping issues, such as ~delivery o water and and the Ill · to k ep the fooo to the Anana airus," said police spokeslines plane . woman Kim White. conditions on the "We've done everyIt was not immediateaircrafthabitable.' thing we can to keep the ly clear if the four were conditions on the aircraft hostages or hijackers. habitable." said Joe Police said they were try• JOEEowARDS • Edwards. another Essex ing to gauge what effect bsrxPoi.1ct-: Police assistant chief conthe escape was having stable. "We're talking all on the people aboard the time about what's the condition the plane. It appeared all was calm of people and how are the children ." on the aircraft, they said. A London representative of the Earlier. negotiators warned that U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees the talks, which gained the release of arrived at Stansted as an observer, a ninth hostage during the day police said Tuesday evening . She Tuesday, could go on for days. would not be a negotiator, but would "The negotiations are going forbring to the crisis the strength of the ward in a professional way, in a fairly calm way," said John Broughton, an U.N.'s expertise on the situation in Afghanistan, Edwards said. Essex Police assistant chief constable . The Boeing 727 had been headed "The principal concern here is the to the northern Afghan city of safety of the passengers on board Mazar-e-Sharif from the Afghan capithat aircraft." tal, Kabul. when it was seized early The aims of the hijackers, believed Sunday. to be Afghans, remained unclear. It then began a meandering jour Speculation ranged from an elaborate ney across the former Soviet Union, play for political asylum to a bid to stopping in Uzbekistan, Kazakstan win the release of Ismail Khan. a forand Russia. mer regional governor in Afghanistan

WorldGLANcE >- Pakistani manformally charged withkilling LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) - A man who confessed to killing 100 children was formally charged with their deaths Tuesday. Javed Iqbal turned himself in to authorities in December and gave a "confession statement : · according to police. He took police to the site where two victims were buried. but police have not found any more corpses The case has caused a sensation in Pakistan , and human rights groups have called for a campaign to protect street children . Many of the children who d isappeared were from extremely poor families and spent their days begging in the streets . Iqbal appeared briefly in the Lower Court in Laho re on Tuesday , but did not speak. Judge Ghulam Husse in referred the case to the Session Court, where evidence is expected to be presented beginning Wednesday Although Iqbal h as confessed , Pakistani law still calls for a trial to be held. He could face the death penalty if convicted .

>- Explosions killone,injure 28 in SriLanka COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Explosions rocked two buses in Sri Lanka on Tuesday night , killing at leas t one person and wounding 28 others , police said . The first blast occurred a t Watalla bus station , seven mi les north of the capita l, Colombo , killing one and injuring 15, po lice said . A short while later . another explosion wrecked a bus at Colombo "s main bus station , wounding at least 13 people , pol ice sa id . People were boarding the second bus when the blast occurred, police said . The explosion blew off the roof of the bus , which then caught fire . There was no immediate claim of responsibility . But police said they suspect Tamil Tiger rebels were involved .

>- Attack on aidvehicle in Ethiopia killsone GENEVA (AP) - Ten heavily armed men attacked a Doctors Without Borders vehicle in eastern Ethiopia, killing the Ethiopian driver and seriously injuring a foreign aid volunteer, the humanitarian aid group said Tuesday. A third person in the vehicle received a superficial wound in the attack Monday afternoon between Jijiga and Degah Bur in Ethiopia 's Ogaden region , according to a statement. The area is on the Somali border. The group , which last year won the Nobel Peace Prize, did n0t give the identities or nationalities of those involved . " p 10 he. · y_armed peopl burst onto the road and immedic!tety bpened re..~.g&~t the MSF team: · said the statement from the orgaoii,tti al o known by its French name, Medecins Sans Front1ere . The group said it was suspending programs in the Degah Bur area following the incident and moving staff to t he Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa The injured foreign worker , who was shot twice, was trans ferred to Nairobi and was in stable condition . The driver died at the scene , Doctors Without Borders said .

>- Sudanese planebombs schoolkilling13 NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - A Sudanese government plane bombed a primary school in rebel-controlled southern Sudan , killing 13 students, Sudanese rebels said Tuesday . · Several teachers and students were inJured when a Russianmade Antoncv bomber dropped six bombs on and around the school in the town of Kaouda in the Nuba Mountains, 325 miles sou th of Khartoum . said Samson Kwaje, spokesman for the Sudan People's Liberation Army. All of those killed were under a ge 14, Kwaje told The Associated Press in Nairobi. Government officials could no t immediately be rea ched for comment. The attack comes just three weeks after the Sudanese government promised a cease-fire on all war fronts in the 17-year civil war in southern Sudan . "People were relaxed because of the cease-fire ."' Kwaje said .

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Technology helps fans lend ear to Aggies his department is to "look at technologies , then look for ways that we can help with teaching." The department has been transmitting at least Recently developed technologies are enhancing 60 classes via satellite to rural areas without a USU extension center. the classroom experience for students on the Utah Streaming has allowed USU to extend its reach . State University campus. Technology is also expanding the campus by allowing anyone with a For example, some USU students took a water modem and computer from around the state and resources class from University of Texas instructor David Maidment last semester, Reeve said. nation to see or listen in on the Aggie experience. One technology. ·streaming." allows students to According to USU instructor David Tarboton, a take classes online from off campus, as guest-lecturer in the class, USU well as linking with other campuses students were able to see and hear NOTE from sites at USU the Texas-based lectures after a Streaming is used to transmit the three hour delay. Streaming audio from Aggie basketball and foot·we had the technology to stream them live, but they did not." ball games on the Web. Alumni and Technology Tarboton said. other fans can hear the radio broadcast streamliningallows across the nation. It also allows graduaStudents here were also able to tion ceremonies to be seen and heard do presentations for the students studentsto take live over the Internet by parents and in Texas, which they could watch friends who cannot be there in person. classesonline,link as it happened, Tarboton said. The biology department was Streaming was first used extensively with othercampuses quick by news organization Web sites like to capitalize on the new CNN and Fox-News, according to Kevin in additionto listen- technology, using live streaming Reeve, manager of Instructional and and archiving of lectures in its ing to Aggieathletic Biology 1210 and 1220 classes Internet Technology on campus. Streaming, according to Reeve, lets a eventslive- all via since 1998, Reeve said. computer store small pieces of informaAccording to biology professor theInternet tion while other pieces are being lisJames Gessaman, the audio/video tened to or seen live (with a slight archives help students who have delay) by the user. missed classes or haven't under·otherwise, you'd have to wait until it's over stood the lectures. Stucfents can also go back and and download the whole thing," Reeve said. listen to instruction as often as they want before Reeve is part of Multimedia and Distance tests. Learning Services at USU, a branch of Information "There are always more hits just before tests: and Learning Resources. He said the main job of Gessaman said. l<EvlN PEEL

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The on-line commencement broadcast began in the spring of 1998. The same video images seen locally on station KUED were sent over the Internet to interested parties, Reeve said. This year's ceremony can be found at www.factusu.edu/2000. The audio can be heard with as low as a 28K modem , and the video can be picked up with 56K. Reeve said. The use of the technology for graduation exercises caught the attention of USU Athletic Director Rance Pugmire, and football games were streamed over the Internet beginning with the 1998 season, Reeve said. The men's basketball season was also made available for Web-listening the same year. Reeve said the Internet sports audience has doubled over the past couple years - attracting 50 to 60 fans around the country for football games, and 40 to 50 for basketball. While most listeners are alumni or parents of players and coaches, one mystery basketball fan tuned in from the halls of the U.S. Congress this past season, Reeve said. The Aggie audio broadcasts can be found at www.fact.usu edu/aggies. Both the sports and commencement broadcasts require a user to download the software "RealPlayer 7 Basic."The Aggie lnternet address provides a link that needs only to be clicked on, and the RealPlayer software is free, Reeve said. Broadcasting athletic events has provided a good test for the system, which will help with distance education classes in the future, said Reeve. He also mentioned that his department has talked about adding video to the sporting events, but the results would have too great a time delay and would be too "blurry and choppy· to be feasible soon.

All aboard the blood niobile Amanda Goodsell of the Utah Red

Cross preparesto take bloodfrom Joel Rockwood, a first-year graduate student, during Tuesday's blooddrive. Students who donated blood were escortedinto a traveling bus where Red Cross employeesawaited them. The big white Red Cross bus was visibly parked in front of the Taggart Student Center so students could easily stop by and donate. The Red Cross /rada goal to draw 40 units of bloodwhile at Utah State University and in past visits has drawn enough bloodto meet its goal plus 10 to 15 more units, accordingto Kurt Jones, Red Cross employee.

Bill to allow landlords to charge application fees end0rsed SALTLAKECITY (AP)- A Senate subcommittee has endorsed legislation that would allow landlords to charge would-be tenants an application fee. Senate Bill 42 is sponsored by Sen. Michael Waddoups, R-Taylorsvilleand an employee of a property management company. Under the proposed law, prospective renters either would have to carry a certified copy of their credit report, a list of references and a criminal background check, or else pay

landlords a "reasonable" application fee for collecting the information. "We want to make sure we're not putting people in apartments who are going to build meth labs," said Craig Moody, a landlord and lobbyist for the Salt Lake Apartment Association. The bill would require landlords to return unused application fees once they find a qualified applicant. The measure does not explain how that rule would be enforced. "That's a major problem," said Sen

such as public bulletin boards and Aggie TV Continuedfrom Page1 "To dorm storm everything that happens, I don't think that's such a uted be recyclable and religious mis- good thing," he said. sionaries of any denomination not Some council members did be allowed to solicit, according to express concern that on designated the letter . "res hall call" nights, "This isn·t limiting campus residents might 'That'sthepurposeyour publicity ability avoid answering the in the halls," Wignall or may even leave to let residentsknowso door said to the ASUSU the residence hall. representatives, But Wignall said theycanchoose... not many of whom make that's the idea. to bethereif theydon't use of ·res hall cans· "That's the purto encourage support want theirdoorknocked pose- to let residents know so they can of activities and other things . on 10 billiontime.' choose ... not to be there if they don't want In fact, some members of their door knocked on • RoBIN WIGl'W.L• Executive Council 10 billion times: she RHSAPRESIDENT expressed support said. for the proposal. Wignall said if the ASUSU Athletics Vice President proposal is approved by Ringle, it Sam Winward said there are plenty would have no effect on campaign of forums for advertising events, ing for ASUSU office.

Ed Mayne, D-West Valley City, the lone dissenter r. four lawmakers who sent the bill to the Senate floor Monday. Utah is the only state without a law specifically allowing property owners to charge rental applicants a fee. At the same time, only Midvale, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County and West Valley City prohibit owners from charging application fees. Landlords elsewhere are free to charge potential tenants as much as they want.

Salt Lake City adopted its ban on application fees during the housing shortage of the early 1990s, when some landlords in the city charged potential renters $25 to $50 each. A state law would nullify city and county ordinances prohibiting application fees. Utah Issues' housing advocate Heather Tritten says the requirement to return unused fees makes the bill more palatable - barely. "This still charges low-income people fees that are unnecessary," she said.

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NewseR1EFs > Execution viewing billto moveforward SALTLAKECITY (AP)- The families of murder victims would be allowed to witness the killer's execution under a bill that has strong support in the Utah Senate. Members of Richard Ernest's family traveled to Utah last October to witness the execution of Ernest's killer, Joseph Mitchell Parsons. But because Utah law does not specificallysay the victim's family can witness an execution, they were kept out. Sen. Ed Allen, D-Ogden, is sponsoring a bill that would change that. "It's possible that observing the execution might be some help for the victim's family and put that issue to rest," Allen said Monday.

> BYU launches new cable television channel PROVO, Utah (AP) Brigham Young University has launched a cable channel that will be available to 3.4 million customers nationwide. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints-owned school last month launched BYUTV,which is part of the Dish Network's basic '40-chan nel package. The channel is only available on the Dish 500 system. Subscribers with older dishes would need to upgrade to receive the channel. "People from all across the U.S. can now join us for live broadcasts of our campus devotionals and firesides; they can be a part of the live audience," said Merrill J. Bateman , university president.

> Applications for scholarships available The Utah State University Leadership Exploration Resource Center is now accepting scholarship applications for the 2000-01 academic year. The application deadline is March 3. There are four separate scholarships to be awarded, but all applicants must be academically qualified. To apply for any of the scholarships, pick up an application in the Taggart Student Center room 329. Attach a current transcript and a resume of leadership activities to the completed application and return to room 329.

> Citizens Dayto be at StateCapitol Monday Interested citizens will have the opportunity to catch up on legislative issues affecting lowincome Utahns and have lunch with their legislators on Monday, Feb. 21. Citizens Day, held at the Utah State Capitol will take place from 8:30 a.m. until 3 p.m. To enroll or for more information, call Utah Issues at (801) 521-2035 or (800) 331-5627. Participants are encouraged to learn their house and senate district before enrolling by contacting their county clerk.

> Sheriff welcomes association memberships Cache County citizens are being invited to become honorary members of the Utah Sheriffs' Association. According to a recent press release, an increasing number of people want to assist law enforcement officials and build a stronger partnership in the fight against crime. Membership appeals for the association will be mailed shortly . Interested individuals can jom the voluntary program for $20 and businesses can join for $50. The funding provides technical resources, training and legislative support on criminal justice issues. Contributions are tax deductible. Individuals not receiving a membership appeal or desiring more information can obtain it by contacting the Utah Sheriffs' Association at P.O. Box 489, Santa Clara, Utah, 84765.

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Still waiting on those Spring Break plans? Students who haven't already snatched up airline tickets or hotel reservations might have to trade in sunshine and sand for bright lights and slot machines. or maybe a tent and a sleeping bag down in red rock country. Cancun , Mexico. Daytona Beach. Fla., Hawaii and cruises off the coast of Baha, Calif., have been some of the most common requests according to agents at Sunrise Travel and Murdock Travel. both located in Logan. But with Spring Break edging

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London, Paris, New York, San Diego, San Francisco - these are just a few of the places Utah State University students are visiting over Spring Break to earn university credit. This March . USU students and professors will make the world their classroom as they participate in travel courses sponsored by individual departments or by the university 's Travel Study program. Theater students will travel to London and Paris. Art and apparel merchandising students will tour New York City. Students from the biology department will explore the California coast. Landscape architecture and environmental planning students will visit San Francisc, and honors students will trek to Southern Utah. The USU Continuing Education Travel Study Program is sponsoring the art, theater • •• and fashion trips as part of their Exploring the Globe program. Cami McClure . program • •• specialist for Travel Study, said their trips are

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. A week of liberation in mid -March is rapidly approach Ing. Yes, Spring Break . As college students, this _week signals our divine right to for• ••• get ~b~u~ school for a while and get out to enjoy nine days of uninh1b1ted fun. So, get prepared to shove this semester's accumulated knowledge to the back of your brain . Start looking forward to this unique period of the year '• .,- • when yo~ can let text books gather dust without a guilty • • • •.,,~ conscience, because spring break is on its way . ...... Utah offers an endless number of possibilities for Spring Break recreating. _Moab, i_nsoutheastern Utah, has been a hot spot for a long time. This desert playground has been made internationally famous for its variety of outdoor activities all set with a backdrop of brea.th-taking scenery which is sure to prove therapeutic to anybody suffering from the mid-semester blues, said Josh Whiting, a fisheries and wildlife major at Utah State

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majors. according to McClure. TRIPS Graduate assistant Debra Continuedfrom Page4 Corbridge will lead the tour, taking students to the offices for Halston, Polo/Ralph perfect for both novices and seasoned travelers. Lauren. 0 Magazine and Inexperienced travelers can Cotton Inc. Corbridge said the group will also visit several take advantage of the expercostume museums. attend a tise of the professors leading play and see the Statue of the trips, while the more darLiberty and other New York ing are free to explore as sights. much as they wish. "You can stick with the professors, or McClure said the Travel Study programs are open to you can do your own thing," students and nonstudents and McClure said. can be taken for university Theater professor Lynda credit or "just for fun.· She Linford will lead the London said two spaces are still availand Paris theater tour. While in London, her students will able for the London / Paris trip. The New York trips are full. see such sights as Piccadilly but students can ask to be Circus, Trafalgar Square, placed on a waiting list. Prices Whitehall and Big Ben. and other trip information are According to the Travel Study catalog, travelers may also visit available in the Eccles Conference Center Room 103 Westminster Abbey, Stratfordor by calling 797-0423. Upon-Avon, Warwick Castle, Departments sponsoring Blenheim Palace and other their own Spring Break trips famous locations in Merry 01' include Landscape architecEngland. ture and environmental planMcClure said students will ning (LAEP).biology, and the see three plays while in honors program. London: "Les Miserables," "Antony and Cleopatra· and LAEPprofessor John Nicholson will take 11 stu"The Lady and the Van.· She dents on a week-long trip to said these theater experiences the San Francisco area. will include more than just Nicholson said the trip is pritickets to the shows. "In London we have people taking marily to visit landscape archiyou behind the scenes," tecture firms there. "San Francisco is a design McClure said. center for our profession," After spending six nights in Nicholson said, noting that London, students will travel to students will have the opporParis for a three-night stay. According to the catalog, sight- tunity to visit both business offices and project sites. seers in Paris will experience Biology students will join the Champs Elysees. Notre professor James Gessaman on Dame, the Louvre and the the department's second annupalace at Versailles. Travelers al Natural History Excursion to will leave for London on March 9 and return from Paris California March 11 through17. The itinerary posted in the on March 20. biology department lists visits Art professors Tom Toone to Joshua Tree National Park. and Alan Hashimoto will San Diego Wildlife Park. Sea direct the New York City art World, San Diego Zoo, the Los tour. McClure said Hashimoto Angeles County Museum. La has friends in New York who will help students get an insid- Brea Tar Pits, and Venice Beach. The itinerary indicates that er's view of the city's art scene. According to the Travel students will be treated to Study catalog. students will behind-the-scenes tours from visit the Metropolitan zoo keepers. museum curators. Museum of Art, the and other experts all along the Guggenheim. the Museum of way. According to the itinerary, Modern Art and Central Park. the 7-day trip costs only $280 A tentative schedule designed and includes two nights of by T.ooneand Hashimoto also camping andfour ights in hostels includei.s-i&iif0ii1Q.Way~ows, live jazz music:,the Sa,i,ptPatrick's The honors program will be. Day Parade and eJCcursionsto taking a fun and educational Chinatown. the Empire State trip to Arches and Canyonlands Building. Rockefeller Center. National Parks March 13 Little Italy and Time Square. through 17.According to the The tour will leave for the Big honors Web site, "this trip is a Apple on March 11 and return great opportunity for hiking, to USU on March 16. camping. and just relaxing in The New York City fashion one of the most beautiful areas tour is not part of the in the country." The site says Exploring the Globe program, the $100 fee includes all travel but was designed specifically expenses, camping equipment. for apparel merchandising park fees and food for the trip.

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Travelers with disabilities have never had it easy, and a flurry of recent cases provides further evidence of that. But these cases may well improve access to airplanes, buses, hotels and perhaps even foreign-flagged cruise ships. In the last four months. United Airlines and Greyhound Lines settled claims alleging that they mistreated passengers using wheelchairs. In December, after complaints prompted a federal probe, Days Inns of America agreed to improve access at its new hotels nationwide . Meanwhile, the Justice Department is challenging cruise lines that say they're exempt from the Americans With Disabilities Act. That law, passed by Congress in 1990, aims to improve access as businesses renovate old buildings and construct new ones . There are at least two easy lessons from all this. First, the ADA doesn't guarantee that all lbdgings and transport will meet its requirements. Many businesses have complained that the law is vague. Often it takes a lawsuit to settle rival interpretations. With so much uncertainty , ifs crucial to ask detailed questions about telephones, toilets, doorways, halls and other facilities before you book. Second lesson: If you think a hotel. airline, bus or ship has fallen

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their cases to the Justice Department Greyhound , a Dallas-based company that carries more than 20 million passengers annually , agreed to pay damages to the 14 and , beginning April 1, will guarantee accessible (lift-equipped) buses between any of the 2,600 points it serves as long as passengers give 48 hours' notice. The only exceptions: a limited set of · - excusable circumstances" defined in the agreement. The agreement also requires Greyhound to train employees iin helping people with disabilities and to set up an internal system to address complaints. In early December, operators of Days Inn of America, one of the nation's largest hotel chains, signed a settlement calling for greater accessibility to new U.S hotels. The agreement by Cendant Corp., which owns Days Inn, resolved five Justice Department lawsuits dat ing to 1996. Days Inn agreed to pay for an independent survey of its new hotels to identify ADA problems and set up a $4.75-million revolving fund to help franchisees finance renovations. The company also agreed to pdy a $50,000 fine. The agreement followed a federal investigation of new Days Inns nationwide that found insufficient parking ; inaccessible entrances and walkways; inadequate space for wheelchairs in guest rooms and bathrooms ; and doors too narrow for wheelchairs.

tents, stoves, sleeping bags, MOAB backpacks or coolers are all available at reasonable Continued from Page4 prices. University, who spent spring If you are not quite tired of break in Moab last year. the snow yet and want to get "The best part about Moab in some more skiing over the is the weather ," he said. break, March can offer some "And there was something for of the best skiing of the seaeverybody. Mounta in biking, son. four-wheeling, climbing or Resorts are usually less rafting. You certainly could- crowded this time of year and n't get bored ." there is always more than A common way to "do enough snow due to a winMoab" is establish a base ters worth of accumulations . camp at one of the severa l You might not find any campgrounds in the area and abundance o f light, fluffy from there ventu re out on day powder, but be ing able to trips. make turns in a T-shirt more Both Arches and than makes up for that. Canyonlands National Parks Backcountry tour ing is also at are close, and there are slot its peak . canyons all over the place Warmer temperatures and just waiting to be discovered . stable, consol idated snow Ayme Adams, a senio r at make condit ions ideal. USU, is headed on a week There are a number of long rafting trip down the San places to do a multi-day tour Juan River for Spring Break. close to Logan in our own "It will be a great way to Bear River Range. spend my last Spring Break," The Wasatch and Uintah she said. ''I' ll be revamp ing mountains are a lso worth my spirit with no one but 13 considering. of my closest friends as we For more ideas on Spring float through 100 miles of Break trips here in Utah , road-less wilderness. '' check out the Utah Travel Other possibi Iities include Council's Web site a t Gob lin Valley, Lake Powell, www.utah.com. the San Rafael Swell, Zions Whatever you do or wherNational Park and St. George. ever you go, be sure to make Springtime can be a good the most of your nine days . time for backpacking through Utah is an amazing p lace to these areas . live, and its hidden corners Nights can still be chilly, are waiting to be explored. so it is advisable to be preFor more information pared. about rentals and equipmen t Do you not have the gear at the ORC, contact them at to do a trip Ii ke these? Never 797-3264. fear, the Outdoor Recreation Center (ORC) here on camBrian Cardallis a features pus has al I sorts of rental writerfor the Utah equipment. Anything you Statesman could possibly need like

Theshorttrip is the wayto go CHRISTOPHER REYNOLDS

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The truncating of the American vacation continues. In the last decade, Americans shaved nearly a day off the average pleasure trip, a recent study shows. Weekend trips of two to three days now amount to more than half of all travel in the United States, says the Travel Industry Association of America , a nonprofit trade group dedicated to gathering data about travelers' habits. This is unhappy news for anyone whose goal is to go farther for longer or to catch up with those leisure-loving Europeans who seem to spend every August on holiday. When it comes to days off, we are bested not only by Europe but also by a couple of Pacific, Rim countries. Consider these statistics from a recent survey on average annual vacation time by the World Tourism Organization: Italy,42 days: France, 37 days; Germany, 35 days; Brazil,34 days; Britain, 28 days; Canada, 26 days; South Korea, 25 days; Japan, 25 days: and the United States, 13 days. But there is this consolation: The trips are shorter, but we're taking more of them. Carnival Cruise Lines, the world's largest cruise company, has scheduled more short cruises in 2000 than ever - 28 itineraries of one to five nights, seven more than last year. By the middle of 2000, more than half the line's fleet will be sailing itineraries of five days or less. Carnival officials say. For Carnival, (800) 3279501, or www.carnival.com. this spate of shorter cruises is the continuation of a longterm company strategy. In its 27-year history, the company has grown popular largelyby offering lower rates (often less than $125 per person per day for a vacation that includes all meals and most activities)and shorter trips than competitors. At Tauck Tours, (800) 4682825, Internet www.tauck.com, shorter trips represent a strategic shift. Since its founding in the 1920s,Tauck has made a name as a high-end operator, usually offering trips of two or three weeks outside North America. But as the company looked more closely at younger travelers, Tauck says, ·we just came to feel that the two-week vacation is not in the cards for most of us in the baby boomer generation.· Still,to have a meaningful vacation, travelers "need to have at least a week,"Tauck says.

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Recentskid just shows Utah is washed up FINALINE / WadeDenniston It's time to face the facts Utah Jazz fans: The window of opportunity for your team to win an NBA Championship is all but gone. It is even more evident now that the Jazz has lost six of their last seven games, including an embarrassing loss to the Vancouver Grizzlies on Jan. 26, to begin the skid. At the start of each season, we hear that this is Utah's year and it has the team and personnel to finally win it all. Wake up Utah! If you couldn't win it when you J,ad the Chicago Bulls on the ropes during Michael Jordan's last season, you can never win it. If you couldn't win it in last year's strike-shortened season, when it was supposed to be the Jazz's year, you're never going to win it. But seriously, I feel for you. I really do. Those of you who know me well know I am not an avid lover of the Jazz - never have been and never will be. I can empathize with you though, because I know how frustrating it is to watch teams fall short of a ring year after painstaking year. It looks like I'll have to wait a while if I want to see my Chicagq Cubs finally win a World Series again. However, they are taking a step in the right direction by rebuilding their team around "Slammin"' Sammy Sosa. My Arizona Cardinals are another team that is far from a championship, but they've got some young players with the likes of Jake "The Snake" Plummer who are making things in the desert look promising. And for my boy, Gary "The Glove" Payton, and the rest of his mates in Seattle, I wait patiently for them to finally bring another NBA Championship trophy back to Seatown. Seattle did well in this year's off-season by bringing in the likes of Horace Grant and Vernon "Mad Max" Maxwell, who have each won titles before. I'll admit I was very pessimistic with the Sonics at the beginning of the season, but that's all changed now. Perhaps head coach Paul Westphal could land coach of the year honors if he keeps the team playing like it is, as well as taking them deep into the playoffs. While many teams like the Sonics strengthened their teams before the season began, what did the Jazz do? Absolutely nothing. They never do. After Shandon Anderson slipped away, Utah grabbed Pete Chilcutt thinking he'd be able to fill Anderson's void. That plan backfired as Chilcutt was dumped earlier this season. Perhaps Armen Gilliam will be the answer the Jazz are looking for. It couldn't have been too hard for them to find him, considering he's been out of the game a while. This is where I think the Jazz went wrong: By signing Karl Malone, John Stockton and Jeff Hornacek to big contracts, Utah didn't have the kind of money it needed to entice quality players to come to Salt Lake City. I am thoroughly convinced that if players like Malone and Stockton - who most definitely want a title (and probably deserve it) - would take a cut in their contracts to free up some money, Utah could bring in the talent it needed to finally get the monkey off its back and win the title.

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USU gymnasts shine, b1:,1t not bright enough Utah out-performs Utah State . once a9a1n barely LYNNETTE HOFFMAN

Sports Writer

The Utah State University gymnasticsteam came closer to a perfect meet on Monday night in the Spectrum than they have been all season. But the Universityof Utah came even closer. Utah pulled off a 197.075victory over Utah State's 193.175. with both teams recordingseason highs. The Aggiesbegan the meet much the way they did last week against BoiseState University, with stellar performances on vault and bars. But when the first three Aggiesfellfrom the beam, it seemed the team had fallen prey to the pressure once again. This time. however,USU recoveredits composureand performed five solid floor routines to end the meet on a high note. ·1 reallybelieve that we pulled it together,and we did not self destruct,"head coach RayCorn said. Difficulttechnical elements. combinedwith graceful dance and no fallsmade Utah seeminglyunbeatable. "Think anyone could have beaten Utah tonight?"Corn asked. ·1 don't know who: Without two of their biggest stars, All-AmericanShannon Bowlesand last years national champion Theresa Kulikowski, some wondered whether the Utes could hang on to their No. 5 ranking.To end the skepticism.they finished the night havingto count just one score below 9.8 - KyleeWagner's 9.750 on vault. ·we have a good team, a strong team, with or without whomever,"said Utah junior Theresa Wolf,whose 39.425tied her with teammate Denise Jones for second place honors in the all-around. Utah sophomore Deidra Graham was first with a 39.50

all-around score.She won her first all-around just two days earlier against BrighamYoung University.USUsenior Christy Denson went 4-for-4and challenged with a 39.250. Although she is sometimes intimidated when competing against Utah. Denson said the competition pushes her. "It alwaysbrings out the best in me,"she said. USUSophomore Laura Swankgot the meet off to a strong start. scoringa 9.625 on vault. Followingher vault, five male spectators pulled their shirts off to reveal S-W-A-N-K painted on their chests. Freshman Kristen Fargostuck her front handspring to earn a 9.8,and Stephanie Huff's 9.7 was the Aggiesnext highest score. The momentum from vault seemed to carry over,and the Aggiesscored a 48.925 on bars. Senior Christy Denson struggled in the event against California State Universityat Sacramento, but turned in a fluid routine. Her 9.925was the highest bar score of the evening. FreshmanTina Ellisscored 9.825. Freshman Nicole Kilpatrick entered her first collegiatemeet after sustaining a torn Achilles tendon in the summer. She ended the team·s streak of bad luck on the balance beam, scoring 9.525.But it was Denson who again led USUwith a 9.825. Regardlessof the frustration on beam. the Aggiesdidn"tgive up. Although three athletes had consideredopening their floor routines with double layouts.the coaches and gymnastsopted not to, and the decisionproved effective. Junior Kristin O'Dell opened the event with a 9.725. Utah head coach Greg Marsden was impressedwith USU'simprovement. "Thisis a team that has improvedgeometricallysince we met them a month ago, and I USU'sJessica Porterscoreda 9.750 011 lite barsagainst Utah Monday nigltt in the Spectrum. USU was think they'll continue to nearly perfect i11its performancei11the Spectrum, but Utah performedeven better and edged USU. improve,"Marsden said.

Friendlycompetition helpiny No. 5 Utah reach its potential early LYNNETTE HoffMAN

Sports Writer

University of Utah's Theresa Wolf was a bit disappointed in herself after her season debut in the all-around against BYUon Friday, where she suffered a fall during her bar routine. The junior from Ontario, Canada had no such complaints this time. Her lowest score. a 9.8 on bars, was sandwiched right between two 9.9s.

But even with a near perfect meet. Wolf's competitive side shone through. When she learned that teammate Deidra Graham had only beaten her all-around score by .25 she exclaimed. "Dude, .25! I had that.· . "Wehave a friendly rivalry that goes on within our team," she said. "It makes us all better; Graham said. Her coach. Greg Marsden. has noticed a difference in Wolf.After the BYUmeet she asked him to

open the gym on Sunday so the girls could get some extra practice. Marsden said he was shocked. "She would have been the last one I expected to ask that," he said. "This is so unlike Theresa Wolf for two years." But whether it's the rivalry or change in attitude and work ethic, it's clear something is working for Wolf.A former member of the Canadian National Team. Wolf mounted the beam to a chorus of howling teammates. and executed a

nearly flawlessroutine that earned her a 9.9. But this time Wolf hit all four routines and scored 39.425 in the all-around. Not bad considering she struggled through injuries and missed the last eight meets of the season last year. "She'skey to our team," Marsden said. "She is looking more confident than she ever has in her career with us. She's capable of doing as good of gymnastics as anybody we have on the team."

USU BASKETBALL Aggies hope to continue hot streak against Nevada road trip followingUSU'svictory over NMSU.·we have four road games. then we have split road trips. Now are you on the road, or are you The Utah State University men's not on the road? I can't figure it out. basketball team has had an odd "I guess we·njust deal with it like schedule through the first eight we tried to deal with the four road games of the BigWest Conference. games. It would be nice if we could which included four straight on the deal with it that well." road and ended on Jan. 30 at the USUwill have back-to-backsplit University of Idaho - a game which weeks as it travels to Nevada for a was nationally televised on ESPN2. rematch with the Wolf Pack on Feb. The Aggiesfared well in those 17.before returning home on Feb. road contests, winning all four en 19 to face the University of the route to an 8-0 mark in the Eastern Pacific. Division of the conference. First things first though, Utah USU (17-5overall)holds a three State must prepare for the Wolf Pack game lead over both New Mexico - a team playing a lot better than State University(5-3, 14-6)and the Universityof North Texas (5-3. 7-12). its record might indicate. "Nevada has really improved Now,as USU begins the second since preseason:· Morrill said. "Yes, ~ half of league play, it is faced with they come into the game 3-5, but ~ more odd scheduling. including a you give them three more baskets ~ home game Thursday against the one in each of the three games ii Universityof Nevada at 7 p.m.. and 5 a road game Saturday at Long Beach and they're 6-2." And Morrill said skill isn't somej State University. thing the Wolf Pack is lacking. ,~ "That"sthe oddest thing I've ever "They'vegot a very talented L--.seen in my life."said Aggiehead team," Aggiesophomore forward USU'sDimitriJorssenblocksas/rot in the middle. coach Stew Morrill about the split WADE DENNISTON

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Brennan Ray said. "We'regoing to h,aveour hands full as usual." One of the players Morrill said USU must key on is freshman guard Terrance Green, who leads the team in scoring at 15.5 points per game, while pulling down an average of 4.7 · rebounds each contest, as well as handing out 1.2 assists. "He's really good,"Morrill said. "I can't figure out why the PAC-10 let him get away.If that kid is in your state. you either did a really poor job of evaluation or something because that kid can play in the PAC-10without question. On film. he looks like a guy that somewhere down the road might make money." What is so special about Green, who put up a career-high 33 points in Nevada's 72-66 loss to NMSU? "He shoots it in, he goes by you on the dribble. he's a very good passer,"Morrill said. "He's just really hard to figure out how you're going to guard. "Those guys who can not only

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Lowe (1-7 in the spring so far) got off to a bad start by hitting several unforced errors, getting down 3-0. But she quickly recovered to tie the first set at 3-3 only to lose nine of the last 10 games in straight sets. The Aggies best chance to win a match on the afternoon was Amy Thatcher 's 3-6. 6-2. 63 loss to WSU's Veronica Reynosa. Thatcher (0-8) looked strong early, winning the first set. She led halfway through the final set. 3-1. but Reynosa used a strong serve to cut the lead to one and shift the momentum. Serving down 4-3, Thatcher got to deuce only to be broken on a volley error. Reynosa then breezed through the final game. winning 40-15. ·we controlled the tempo," Wright said. "(We)just missed shots." In other singles action. Wildcat Dana Delancey defeated Jackie Ellis 6-4. 6-2; WSU's Summer Marshall defeated Amelia Martinez 6-3, 6-4 and USU's Johanna Johnson fell to Tara Rosenweig 6-3, 6-2.

Continuedfrom Page8 shoot it, but then they can have such quickness and go by you ... they present all kinds of problems." Though much of Nevada 's offense tends to run through Green. Morrill said he is not the same type of player as North Texas· freshman guard Chris Davis. Davis put up a variety of different looking shots. but made just 6-of-24 from the field during the Aggies· 83-70 win over the Mean Green on Feb. 3. Morrill expects Green will have better shot selection than Davis did against USU. "Chris Davis takes any shot known to man." Morrill said. "And he was making them against Nevada. Green 's a little more selective. but they run a ton of different stuff for him." This will be the 27th meeting between Nevada and USU, with the Aggies leading the all-time series 19-7. Last year , the Aggies and Wolf Pack split the season series. with each team winning on the ir home court. USU has beaten Nevada the last six times in Logan. and is 11-1 against the Wolf Pack at the Spectrum . The last time Nevada won in Logan was on March 6, 1993, with a score of 97-87. Morrill said he knows if the Aggies are to continue their success throughout the second half of conference play, one of the things they will have to do is continue to play solid defense. "When you're decent defensively it will keep you in basketball games ," Morrill said. As of Sunday, USU was second in the conference in opponents· field goal percentage at 40.9, second in scoring defense at 61.9 and third in blocked shots at 73 (3.32 per game ), through 22 games . Coming into the game. Nevada is eighth in the league in scoring averaging 66.2 points per game, while USU is fifth at 71.2. However. the Wolf Pack are dead last (12th) in field goal percentage with.38.1. The Aggies average 46.5 percent from the field, good enough for third in the Big West.

Chiefs' Thomas deadat 33 MIAMI (AP) - Pro football star Derrick Thomas , paralyzed from the chest down less than a month ago in a car wreck on an icy road, died Tuesday. He was 33. The Kansas City Chiefs linebacker. who held the NFL record of seven sacks in a single game, went into cardio-respiratory arrest, his doctors said in a statement at Jackson Memorial Hospital. A shaken Chiefs coach Gunther Cunningham recalled telephoning Thomas at the Miami hospita l from the Pro Bowl on Sunday in Hawaii, after seeing players and fans honoring Thomas by wearing his number. Thomas had played in nine Pro Bowls but was not selected for th is year 's game. "Derrick said, ·coach . be strong.' He never told me how strong I needed to be," Cunningham said. The Missouri Legislature paused for a moment of silence after Thomas· death was announced by state Sen. Bill Kenney, a former Chiefs quarterback. "Derrick Thomas was a true hero ," he said. Thomas was at the wheel of a car during a snowstorm on Jan. 23 as he and two friends headed to the Kansas City airport to fly to St. Louis to watch the NFC Championship game . He lost control of the car and it overturned at least three times . police said. Police said Thomas was speeding and weaving in traffic. but prosecutor Don Norris said there wasn't enough evidence to file charges. Thomas and passenger Michael Tellis, 49, were not wearing seat belts and were thrown frorri the vehicle. Tellis was killed and Thomas· spine and neck were broken. The third person in the car, who was wearing his seat belt, suffered only minor injuries. Thomas was brought to the hospita l in Miami, his hometown, where doctors stabilized his spinal column with screws, rods and hooks and grafted bone from his hip.

DENNISTON Continuedfrom Page8 This seems to be the case with stars in other sports too. For examp le, the San Francisco 49ers paid quarterback Steve Young and running back Garrison Hearst mill ions of do llars to sit on the bench' this season and watch due to injuries. Now the . 4_9ers are having trouble dec iding what to do with the Young-Jerry Rice issue. They are too far over the cap to bring both of them back, but if one of them decided to take a considerable pay cut , both cou ld come back to the Bay and make one more run at the Super Bowl. Why more players don 't do this 1 I'll never know. The only con clusion I can come to is tha t the love of money replaces the love (and passion ) of the game . How sad that is.

Wade Dennistonis the senior sports writerfor the Statesman. If you, think he's wrong about the Jazz, let him know. E-mail him at waded@pcu.net

Police search Lewis'home ATLANTA(AP) - Police searched Ray Lewis' home in suburban Baltimore on Monday, but would not disclose what they were looking for or what they found in connection with the murder charges facing the NFL star . Officers could be seen carrying large plastic containers from the home and loading a computer into a van. Atlanta police spokesman John Quigley confirmed a search warrant was executed , but he would not elaborate on the search by Atlanta and Baltimore County police. While police sought clues in Lewis' home, his lawyer said all the passengers in the limousine that fled the scene of the two fatal stabbings

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ting down nearly all production. Police found the man in blue coveralls and a white hard hat. "He came off an elevator, made eye contact with an officer, then the suspect went back up in the elevator" and hid in a second-floor attic crawl space, police Sgt. Boyd Bryant said. A police dog found him. The suspect was arrested on charges of robbing a Wells Fargo Bank of an unspecified amount of cash. His name was not released. The factory 25 miles north of Seattle covers 98 acres. It contains overhead cranes

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Klan not upset by renaming highwayfor Rosa Parks JEFFERSONCITY.Mo. (AP)- An attempt by a state lawmaker to rename a stretch of Ku Klux Klan-sponsoredhighway for civilrights icon Rosa Parks doesn't bother the Klan, the group's national director said Tuesday. "If they think that's going to cause us to lose sleep, moan or groan, they're mistaken. It's another attempt to kick our white. Christian heritage in the face,"Thomas Robb said from Harrison, Ark. A bill sponsored by Sen. BillClay Jr.,who is black, would rename the Klan's adopted stretch of Interstate 55 south of downtown St. Louis the Rosa Parks Highway.He told the Senate Transportation Committee on Tuesday that the Klan's participation in the highway program is an embarrassment. Renamingthe highway is "a wonderful way to respond to what had been a very negative situation;· he said... It would be good for the Klan to act as a cleanup crew for the Rosa Parks Highway." Parks' refuScllto yield her seat on a Montgomery.Ala.,bus in 1955was a turning point in the civilrights movement. The committee did not vote on the bill because not enough members attended the hearing. The Klan, which was not represented at the hearing, won the right to participate in the highway program last fall after years of fighting the Department of Transportation in court. A federal appeals judge, citing the First Amendment, ruled in November that the state can't bar the Klan from participating. Last month, the state issued the Klan an:.ultimatum to start picking up trash or face being dropped from the program. Last week; a Klan representative picked up bags, reflective vests and a 1~roinute safety video required for program participation. pers and incited them to grab land and kill whites. In an unprovokedattack. the account goes.a white deputy was shot by blacks meeting at a church near Elaine,and chaos ensued. More than 500 federal troops were sent in. accompanied by the governor,to restore order. When it was over.five whites and an undetermined number of blackswere dead and hundreds of blackswere arrested. The version told by blacks portrays whites as the aggres-

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south. With such win-win prospects , the guerrillas showed no sign of holding back. On Tuesday, their rockets hit an Israeli military outpost at Dabshe , two miles nor th of the Israeli border, killing one soldier. A pro-Israeli militiaman was later wounded in a separate guerrilla attack on the outpost of Bir Kallab in southern Lebanon. He died later. The prospec t of the rockets reaching Israel prompted Barak's announcement , through broadcast media, of a 48-hour state of emergency. Residents who stayed north were required to spend the night in shelters. Man,Yheaded south rather than face another night in the bowels of their apartment bui ldings. Rachel Ben-Sultan, surrounded by four bulging suitcases at the Kiryat Shmona bus station, said she was fed up with repeated emergencies after 43 years in the city. "If these attacks go on intensively, we will leave, we will go to a place that has peace and quiet."' she said before boarding a bus to stay with her daughter in a town several miles southwest. "We cannot go on like this."

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The posters advertising the Valentine's Day dance on Feb. 12 at 8 p.m. depict a woman and a man at opposite ends of a rope. He appears to be pulling her to the dance in a tug o' war. Associated Students of Utah State University and the Student Activity Board have plastered campus with these posters in what appears to be a "cute" way of letting students know about the semi-formal dance to which tickets are sold at a price of $5 per couple. Not only does this exclude singles (if a group of friends goes, do two women or two men count as a couple?), but the picture presents exactly the wrong image of Valentine's Day. No wonder the celebration is marred with names such as "Singles

Awareness Day." There must be something better. The tradition of Valentine's Day is that of peace, love and harmony, not arguing, fighting or tug o' wars over dances. This should be a time for forgiving and forgetting, not dragging loved ones about to dances. People across the country will be giving out flowers, cards, candy and chocolate. Enemies become friends, for at least one day, in elementary schools. ASUSU and STAB should be able to find a better way of promoting a day of love than the one depicted on these offending posters. At least he doesn't have her by the hair, dragging her kicking and screaming, while weilding a club over her in the other hand.

benefits, they are intrinsically exploitative and have an abysmal record when it comes to managing public goods and protecting the public interest. They cater to the affluent and I'm writing this article after reading the article in ignore the needs of the less-advantaged and pol itMonday's story entitled "My nickel's worth: ROTC ically disempowered. This simple dynamic explains the large number great, but not for All." Transferring to Embry Riddle Aeronautical School of well-funded "free-market" foundations, and (like Randy was a big step for me. It was miles from home and their cadre of "rent-a-scholars" rumor had it the Air Force ROTC was heavily Simmons) who busily piece together anecdotal Survey conduct- involved in the school. I decided before I left home information to support a prior conclusions under I was not going to have anything to do with the mil- the guise of research. ed by the Web Apparently, these elitist think-tanks and their itary. site Dateable.com Mid-semester I had a chance to move into anoth- scholarly representatives are intent upon maintainer apartment and lower my rent. My perspective on ing their "rights" to drive their planet-killing SUV's (on publicly funded highways!) across a sprawling •UNITED PREss the U.S. military began to change as I observed two suburban landscape. God forbid they pay a few ROTC roommates. They were hard working, intelliINTERNATIONAL• gent individuals. They showed their love for their extra tax dollars so children, the elderly, the poor, family and country. One day they asked if I wanted the handicapped, or people who simply have to go to early morning P.T. (physical training). It enough sense not to drive "everywhere" can use light rail for transportation. sounded like a challenge so I agreed. LETTERS And for those confused over the distinction Running with the ROTC that morning, I found out som~thing about the military and myself. I was between democracy and free markets, here's a Lengthslwuldbe limitedto 350 words. deeply imr,ressed that this was not just an exclusive -quick political science lesson: Democracy is based on the principle of one person, one vote. In the All lettersmay be short- club of militants, but a group of individuals preparened,editedor rejected ing to put their lives on the line for MY freedom and case of markets, it's one dollar, one vote. Freedom-loving societies that fail to recognize the for reasonsofgoadtaste, safety. That morning I had to take a second look at difference risk gaining the latter and losing the forredundancyor volume myself, and found a desire to serve my country and mer . ofsimilarletters. my fellow man. The ROTC is right for me because I Matt Stevenson No anonymousletters want to ensure the happiness and security my wife and child now enjoy will be there tomorrow. Research Associate/GIS Specialist will be published. I often think about that cold, fall morning when I Department of Fisheries and Wildlife found out what the military was really like. I'm glad Writersmust signall my roommates were able to overcome my prejuletters,with plwne dices and allow me to view the military with an number(or e-mail KADE•s KoRNER / KadeMinchetJ open mind. address)and student I'm not in ROTC because it's convenient. I'm not numberclearlystated. T h e isn't leaving the Clinton "I there for camaraderie or money. I'm there because I other day, I don't care what you did" polit·genuinely care about where this country is headed. This letter is in response to Lynnette Hoffman's was watchLettersrepresenting ical trend . Rather Geraldo is My time here at USU is spent preparing my mind "nickel's worth." I didn't find it worth nearly that ing TV and supporting McCain for all the groups- or morethan and body to serve others, and ROTC helps me to I heard reasons the other main stream oneindividual- must keep that focus. I love what the U.S. stands for, and much. I actually agreed with much of your commentary Geraldo media journalists are supporthavea singularrepre- I will love every minute that I spend living or dying about how ridiculous military etiquette is, but I realRivera ing him. Because they think sentativeclearlystated, in its service. ize the reason for this etiquette is to establish discipraise John McCain will polarize the with all necessaryJD ROTC is not for everybody, but it is for me. pline, obedience and unity. McCain. Republican Party and thereby and information. What really made me mad was your disrespect Rivera said, "(McCain is a) allow a democrat into office. lonio Q Andrus for our country, specifically to our flag. The Stars truth tower ... (he) is resonating See, McCain has, in the Writersmust wait 21 and Stripes represents what this country stands for, with me." past, crossed party Ii nes. daysbeforesubmitting not what the president did in the Oval Office with What? Was I hearing right? Tobacco is just one instance of successiveletters- no Monica Lewinsky. Is this the same Geraldo Rivera this. exceptions. This country stands for freedom of religion, press who is the well-known liberal? This makes him more and from oppression. That is why, I believe, cadets The same Geraldo who acts appealing to moderates across Letterscan be hand give respect to our flag. like Clinton is God's gift to the the board. But when it comes deliveredor mailedto As for the actions of this country to other counmoral society of socialists? time for the general election, I TireSlnfcsmnnin the tries, I think those citizens being "bombed" by us Oh, but it gets worse. am afraid most of these moderTSC319,or can be Your "Campus Research" article on light rail would gladly pay for the freedoms you take for Believe it or not, Rivera was ates will do as they usually do e-mailedat mistakenly described the Sutherland Institute (SI) granted - freedoms such as free speech and a unipraising McCain over his anti- and vote democrat. In essence, editor@ versity education. as an "independent, non-profit, nonpartisan Clinton political election agen- McCain 1s acting the role of statesman.usu.edu research organization." In reality, SI is anything Lynnette, if you don't like this country, or don't da, which is basically to say Perot. feel pride in this country, then leave. Perhaps you Clinton is a bad, dirty liberal but. 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Russia's communist leaderfirstto registerfor presidential race MOSCOW (AP) - Communist Party chief Gennady Zyuganov on Tuesday became the first candidate approved for Russia's March 26 presidential election, though polls show him still far behind acting President Vladimir Putin. A poll released Tuesday showed 58 percent of respondents would choose Putin if the vote were held now, to 15 percent for Zyuganov, Putin·s leading opponent. The nationwide poll conducted Jan. 31 by the All-Russia Opinion Research Center had a margin of error of 4 percentage points. The Central Electoral Commission approved Zyuganov·s candidacy in a unanimous vote Tuesday after reviewing the required 500.000 signatures of support he had submitted, commission spokesman Artyom Golev said. It also approved his property and

income declarations. According to the documents filed for his candidacy, Zyuganov has two apartments and earned $17,000 in 1998-99 . He also reported having two bank accounts. one with $570 and the other with $80. As a member of parliament he receives a free apartment, car and other perks . The income is low by Western standards but is similar to the reported incomes of other Russian politicians - and significantly more than that earned by most ordinary Russians. Zyuganov, who came in second to incumbent Boris Yeltsin in the 1996 presidential election, predicted Tuesday that the campaign would be unfair . He said some candidates had easy access to the media while others were denied it - an indirect reference to state-controlled television

channels, which tend to give Putin form but is widely liked for his lawblanket. favorable attention. and-order image . The Communist chief also In a television interview Tuesday, warned that the eleche said, "One has to be 'I am deeply tion results could be tough and demanding . ... falsified. He repeated People are tired of weak convincedthat government. " his claim that the results of the He also dismissed there will be no December parliamenfears voiced often in the development. .. if West that he would lead tary elections had been fixed in six Russia toward dictatorwe suppresscivil ship. regions of the country. "The current "I am deeply conrights and authorities are not vinced that there will be freedom of press.' no development, no capable of running elections honestly," future at all in the counZyuganov told try if we suppress civil • VLADIMIR PlmN • reporters . rights and freedom of ACllNG l'RF.SH>f.NT Of The commission is press," he said. Those RIJSSl4. to consider Putin's regfreedoms "guarantee the istration on Saturday. state won't slide into the Putin, a longtime KGB agent with mire of totalitarianism." little governing experience, has Twenty-nine people have been vague about his electoral platannounced their intention to run in

the election. Prominent candidates include Grigory Yavlinsky, the leader of the liberal Yabloko party, and ultranationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky . But the levels of support for candidates other than Putin and Zyuganov were all in the single digits, according to the Opinion Research Center poll. Another poll , studying reasons for Putin's broad popularity, showed that the majority of respondents hke the 47-year-old Putin for his relatively young age and good health - in contrast to the ailing , 69-year-old Yeltsin. who stepped down Dec. 31. That poll was released by the ROMIR po lling agency on Monday. Putin has been vague about his electoral platform. When asked again about it Tuesday, he promised to reveal details at a later time .

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