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Students to spend break building homes Northern Utah Habitat for Humanity . Except for a day off for skiing and seeing Utah's sights , the students Ten college students from will work 8 a .m. to 5 p.m. all the University of Wisconsin week and depart Saturday and the State University of afternoon . New York and Courtland are Local churches have voltraveling west for Spring unteered to provide lunch Break - not for the beaches and dinner for the students or Las Vegas, but to spend who will be staying at the their week off in Brigham National Guard Armory for City building homes for peothe week, Mitchel said. ple in need . With the help of another The students are members group of volunteers coming of university chapters of in June, the seven townhousHabitat for Humanity, an es will probably be completorganization dedicated to ed by the end of eliminating this year , Mitchel poverty housing said . by building 'It's fun to be Four families affordable around(college are being evaluhomes. by a family The students students)because ated selection comare part of thousands around the the!/re so willingto mittee for placement in the country who are work.' homes , Mitchel participating in said . One of Habitat's ·collegiate • DoNMITCHEL• these families Challenge 2000," HABITATfOR HUMANITY has 11 children . To be eligible, which encourages the families must high school and be living on 50 college students percent or lower of the cost from across the country and of living in their area and be around the world to spend their break from school help- living in poor quality housing. ing build houses in other Mitchel said one Brigham states. City family who moved into Mike Livsey, vice president a Habitat home was living in of the Utah State University such poor conditions that student chapter of Habitat when their youngest boy was for Humanity and a board asked what he liked best member for the Northern about the new home said he Utah Habitat for Humanity, said eight students from USU had never taken a hot bath before. will be joining the students When an eligible family to work on two of seven moves into a Habitat home, townhouses in progress . they put 500 hours or more "It's a great opportunity." of labor into building their Livsey said. "The Brigham home and other homes, City office is really excited Livsey said . because they'll probably get Habitat sells the home at more done this week than cost, because labor is providthey've done in a long time.· ed by volunteers and pro The students will arrive vides the family with a noSunday afternoon and begin interest loan , work Monday morning, said Livsey said a home in Don Mitchel, director of the LARAGALE Staff Writer

Habitat for Humanity membersfrom USU, the University of Wisconsinand the Stale Universityof New

York and Courtlandwill spend Spring Breakin BrighamCity buildinghomesfor familiesin need.

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USU woman takes crown 1n deaf pageant form . Pearson said competing in the pageant has been a great pioneering spirit of Rachel confidence booster that she Wheeler , a sophomore in You may have walked deaf education at USU, there would recommend it to anypassed a beauty pageant . one. wouldn 't have been a Miss queen today without knowBut despite her success, Deaf Utah this year, said ing it. Marilyn Call, program direcshe said she would rather Delight Pearson, a junior play sports than try for other tor of the Utah Community in pre-physical therapy at titles beyond Miss Deaf Center of the Deaf. Utah State University, was America . She said the Utah named Miss Deaf Utah in Association for the Deaf wasBesides organizing intrathe 2000 Miss Deaf Utah mural sports with her Pageant in Salt Lake City Feb. n't planning to hold the friends, Pearson plays on a pageant this year . 19. deaf softball team that will Wheeler decided to shoulTm not used to all this be competing in a tournader the responsibility of attention," she said about ment against other directing the pageant and being featured in a Northwestern teams this organized a committee of Statesmanarticle. college students around the weekend. A self-professed tom-boy , She is also president of state to help . Starting in she said she didn't think she the American Sign Language January , they put in countwas beauty-pageant material. less hours promoting , fund club at USU and a tutor for "At first it was just a joke." ASL students . raising and planning the she said. "Everyone was like, Pearson is a ·wonderful" pageant. ·you want to do this? OK.' person to take over the ·1 think that it really But all my friends and family responsibility of the title, impressed them (the Utah have been very supportive." Association for the Deaf) that said Camille Call, a senior in Pearson said she didn't Family and Human these young kids Just took finally decide to compete Development at USU, who over," Call said. "It was really until January, so there wasn 't passed the crown to Pearson wonderful." a lot of time for preparation. after being Miss Deaf Utah Pearson was one of four Besides rehearsals, she said since 1998. girls who competed in the every week before the ·rm really impressed by pageant. According to Call, pageant she attended workDelight," she said. ·1 know the pageant was not just shops to work on interviewshe 'll do well in her role. about beauty . ing and other skills that She's really motivated." The girls were judged would help on stage. She said Call is helping Pearson based on private interviews, she was shocked when she prepare to compete in the business wear / platform prewon. Miss Deaf America Pageant sentation, talent perfor"It's something I've never mance, even ing gown compe- in Norfolk , Va., in July. thought of before," she said. The trip is being spontition and an on -stage inter ·1 was like ... me?" sored by the Utah view Walking away with the Association of the Deaf . The Pearson performed a crown and the $500 prize on participants will attend two monologue of a play she Feb. 19 wasn't the only weeks of rehearsals and wrote for the talent competireward for her hard work, workshops before the actual tion, and presented the she said . Even if she hadn 't importance of deaf identity pageant. won, she said the experience Pearson said she is nerand recognition as her platwas one of the best she's LARA GALE

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Delight Pearson took the crownat this year's Miss Deaf Utah pageant.Pearson,a junior, is a pre-physicaltherapymajorat USU.

vous for the national pageant. which will have an audience of 2,000 or more, but she is excited to meet and learn about the accomplishments and lives of the girls she will be competing with, who will come from more than 30 states all across the country. If Pearson wins at the national level, she will become a spokesperson for

the nation's deaf community and will travel regularly to speaking engagements across the country. As Miss Deaf Utah, Pearson said she is very excited about the opportunity to be a role model for the deaf community of Utah . She will speak at schools and community events and hopes to be able to work with deaf children .

Cache Valley usually costs $40,000, and the family usually pays monthly payments as low as $200 . This money goes into a pool to pay for future Habitat homes , he said. Mitchel said the Brigham City chapter has completed 16 houses since they became an affiliate in 1982, and almost every one has been a success story . Family members have been reunited , couples have been able to improve their credit history and lives have been turned arnund by the boost Habitat gfves families, he said. He said he's glad to see college students sacrifice their Spring Break to be a part of something so important. "It's really exciting," he said . ·n ·s fun to be around them because they're so willing to work." The students won't necessarily have any training in construct ion, but that's not important, Mitchel said. Without training, students help with everything from roofing to laying carpet to painting , Mitchel said, and they learn fast and work efficiently. Livsey said even after helping with a few homes , he still doesn't know anything about house building. A supervisor on the site tells him what to do and he does it. he said. The USU student chapter has a bout 150 members, Livsey said. On Saturdays. 10 members usually head to Brigham City to help on one of many projects . Mitchel said college students are an important part of volunteer support because their group effort makes the work go more quickly.

TVstationschoose notto air show on primetime BOISE,Idaho (AP)Southwestern Idaho's NBC affiliate has joined two other NBC affiliates in the state and others around the nation in refusing to broadcast the new animated comedy "God, the Devil and Bob" during prime time. KTVB-TVin Boise has bumped the show from its scheduled 7:30 p.m. Thursday slot because it considers the show inappropriate for children, said President and General Manager Doug Armstrong. KPVIin Pocatello and KTFf in Twin Fallsalso have rejected the program, as has KSLin Salt Lake City.Stations in Tupelo, Miss.;Shreveport, La.;and South Bend, Ind., also have refused to air the show. "Even though it's a cartoon, it's not a kids program," Armstrong said. "It has adult humor and themes, yet the marketing seems geared toward younger kids. Kids and families are our priority so we have asked NBC to schedule the program later in the evening." He cited the midseason replacement's tongue-in-cheek humor and drinking and sexual references. KTVBhas asked the network to air the program Saturday night at midnight, following Saturday Night Live. The network said in a prepared statement that it considers the show entertaining and that it hopes the affiliates eventually will agree to broadcast it

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And then there were two WASHINGTON (AP)- Falling as he will.run a better campaign in the gen- tion before determining what leverage he swiftly as they soared, John McCain and eral election," said the former New Jersey has with Bush and what he might want Bill Bradley abandoned their presidential senator, who was unable to win any prito achieve with it, said a McCain adviser. races Thursday and chided their trimary or caucus. McCain knows he is not bargaining umphant rivals on the way out. "Millions lit was a victorious day for the politifrom a strong position. but the adviser of Americans have rallied to our banner," cal establishment that backed Bush and said his boss wants to somehow keep his McCain said as both candiGore. both of whom vansignature issue - campaign finance dates sought to leverage the quished their rivals after reform - on the political agenda. 'When you do support they had earned. stiff challenges. "When you With that goal in mind, McCain quit The Arizona senator do battle with entrenched battle with the race but didn't shut down his campledged to press his case for power ...it's very difficult." paign - a technicality that keeps his entrenchedpower Bradley said. political reform and warned options open to make things uncomfortthat Republicans will "slip Within minutes of able for Bush, who needs McCain's ... it's very into the mists of history" McCain's announcement, endorsement to unify the party. difficult.' without it. McCain, who Bush's team was reaching McCain's options. according to the pulled swarms of Democrats out to McCain intermediadviser, include: barnstorming the counand independents into GOP aries in an effort to mend try to promote campaign finance reform. contests. offered nominee-infences. The rivals themleading a platform fight at the fQRMfl{ OEMCX:IWIC waiting George W. Bush his selves spoke briefly by teleRepublican National Convention or even CANDll)A:ll "best wishes" - but not his phone, but settled nothing. mounting a third-party presidential bid. endorsement. "John needs some time Aides say that last option is remote. An hour before McCain bowed out, to think, and I need some time," Bush McCain himself has ruled out bolting Bradley told reporters he would support said. the GOP and said Thursday, "I love my Vice President Al Gore. but he also Said to be still seething at the Texas home." He did, however, leave himself a accused his fellow Democrat of "distorgovernor, McCain is in no hurry to make tions" in their primary fight. "I hope that peace. He planned to take a week's vaca- jump to [I FQlQN. Page11

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Minimum wageincrease stirsdebateamongGOP GOP leaders made the tax measure part of the wage packag~ to deny Democrats a stand-alone wage bill, which has strong support from Northeastern Republican moderates who want to defuse it as a campaign issue in the November elections. "The question is whether we take a thoughtful approach and a balanced approach, or whether we

WASHINGTON (AP)- To soften the impact on employers of a $1 increase in the minimum wage, Republicans pushed a $122 billion tax through the House Thursday despite a vow by President Clinton to veto it and grumbling from conservatives about the whole package. Votes on alternative minimum wage proposals were planned later in the evening.

have an ill-conceived bill foisted upon us," said Rep. Rick Lazio. R-N.Y.. a main sponsor of the GOP bill. The House voted 257-169 to pass the tax bill, twothirds of which consists of cuts in estate taxes. It will be combined with legislation that would increase the $5.15-an-hour minimum wage by $1 over two years or a version that would increase

the wage by $1 over three years. Even if the bill meets Clinton's wish for a two-year wage boost. the president repeated Thursday he would veto the measure if it included large tax cuts. Clinton contends the tax relief disproportionately benefits the wealthy and would consume a chunk of the projected budget surplus.

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WorldGLANcE > Madagascar floodvitimsfinallyreceive aid ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) - Aid workers distributed food, medicine and blankets to thousands of flood victims on Thursday, while France sent helicopters to the Indian Ocean island to assist relief efforts. Flooding in recent weeks has killed at least 130 people, the government's disaster agency said. Up to 700,000 people have been affected and were in need of some form of emergency assistance, it said. A French ship carrying four helicopters to assist in the relief effort was expected to arrive Saturday, and two British helicopters also were expected to join the effort this week. Cyclone Gloria, the weather system that caused flooding in Madagascar, is the same one that has dumped weeks of rain on flood-ravaged Mozambique and left up to a million people homeless or without their livelihoods. Madagascar lies off Africa·s southeast coast. due east of Mozambique. Gloria was downgraded last week to a tropical depression but it continues to dump rain on both nations. The flooding is expected to worsen the spread of disease. More than 1.000 Malagasies - as residents of this island are called - have already died from cholera since an epidemic erupted a year ago, according to official figures. In New York. U.N. spokesman Fred Eckhard said Thursday that the cyclone had caused "heavy damage to houses and road links." An official appeal for international assistance would be launched shortly. Eckhard said.

> fourdeadafterplanescollideon runway BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) - Two small planes collided on a runway in a huge fireball Thursday, killing all four people on board. The cause of the accident was under investigation. The single-engine planes, a Cessna 152 and a Cessna 172. carried two people each. No one on the ground was hurt. "There was a big fire, so everyone went out there," said Rosalie Radtke, a secretary at a company a quarter-mile from Sarasota Bradenton International Airport. "All the guys saw was a big ball of fire." · An air traffic controller had cleared one of the planes for takeoff, said Pat Cariseo, a spokesman for the National Transportation Safety Board in Washington. At the same time, the pilot of the other plane was granted permission to position his aircraft and hold on the same runway. What happened next was not immediately clear, Cariseo said. Sheriff's spokesman Dave Bristow said there was a "tremendous impact followed by tremendous fire." One plane was heavily damaged; there was almost nothing left of the other aircraft, he said. Investigators. were irlterviewing six witnesses, som~ of whom gave conflicting statements, Bristow said. NTSB investigators from sent from Miami and Washington. The victims' names were not immediately released. The airport, about 50 miles south of Tampa. handles small private planes, domestic jets and international charter flights from Canada. The airport handles 1.5 million passengers a year. Miami International Airport, by comparison, has about 34 million passengers a year. It was the second accident at the airport in 24 hours. A single-engine aircraft had trouble with its landing gear and made a belly landing Wednesday. There were no injuries.

> Croatspromise to allowrefugees to return BANJALUKA,Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP)- Secretary of State Madeleine Albright won a pledge from senior Croatian and Bosnian Serb leaders Thursday to allow thousands of refugees to return to their homes. The agreement, if implemented as promised, marks a major ' breakthrough in fulfilling the terms of the 1995 Dayton Peace Accords, which ended 3• years of ethnic warfare in BosniaHerzegovina. Bosnian Serb Prime Minister Milorad Dodik and Croatian Foreign Minister Tonino Picula told Albright they would submit legislation to their parliaments within three months to enable refugees to return to areas under the control of rival ethnic groups. As a sign of good will,both sides agreed to let 4,000 Bosnian Croat and Croatian Serb refugees return home before the threemonth deadline. The refugees fled their homes during ethnic wars in the Balkans. The legislation would affect about 30,000 Serbs who fled Croatia and now live in the Serb part of Bosnia and about 70.000 Croats who escaped from Bosnia and took refuge in Croatia, according to U.N. figures. Croatia will open a consulate in the Bosnian Serb capital of Banja Luka to ease the returning process. Albright said she "welcomes enthusiastically" the agreement and added that the Clinton Administration will provide $2 million for the reconstruction of about 100 homes on each side of the border.

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ShouldLake Powellbe drained? Meeting addresses harm of reservoir, dam JESSICAWARREN

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Glen Canyon Dam is destroying wildlife, endangering several species of fish and threatening the ecosystem of the Grand Canyon, according to Richard Ingebretsen, president and founder of the Glen Canyon Institute. Ingebretsen spoke to students Wednesday evening in a presentation sponsored by the Ecological Coalition of Students (ECOS).He spoke of the reasons for removing Glen Canyon Dam and draining Lake Powellwhich is not actually a lake but a temporary reservoir, he said. The reasons dams exist include water control, power and recreation, Ingebretsen said. "Do we do it at the expense of the environment, at the expense of the wildlife."he asked. Accordingto Ingebretsen, the environment is suffering. "Fiveout of eight native fish in Glen/Grand Canyons of the Colorado River are extinct or endangered by Glen Canyon Dam," he said. By draining the reservoir, Ingebretsen said the chances of the fish coming back are good. ·we aren't the only living creatures that rely on water from the Colorado River,"Ingebretsen said, referring to wildlife. In an effort to save the Grand Canyon. artificial floods were created in 1996. Ingebretsen said in the

long run, however, these are failing to protect the native ecosystem. Instead of spending millions of dollars every year trying to save the Grand Canyon and other areas affected downstream, Ingebretsen said the money could be well spent somewhere else. The cause of the problem - the dam - should be removed, he said. ''The Grand Canyon will not survive Glen Canyon Dam." Ingebretsen said. Many worry about loss of power with theremoval of the dam. According to Ingebretsen. Glen Canyon Dam supplies about.three percent of the power in the area. He said that conservation of power might even be a consideration, but there would not be a large adverse effect without Glen Canyon Dam. "There's a lot of power out there folks," Ingebretsen said. Recreation associated with Lake Powell is also an issue. Ingebretsen said although draining the reservoir would end houseboats and water skiing, it would open up canoeing anq free much of the canyon for hiking to beautiful sites currently under water. Evaporation is also a key concern. Each year, Lake Powellloses approximately 1.2 million-acre feet of water, according to the Glen Canyon Institute. Ingebretsen said this lost water, if utilized, is enough to supply Salt Lake City for four years. The evaporation also makes the water more salty, causing the lower basin states such as California to have to treat the water to get the salinity down. which is an expensive process, Ingebretsen said. Sediment is also a concern for Ingebretsen. Dams stop the flow of sediment or dirt. and the Colorado River has one of the highest silt contents in the

world. Ingebretsen said. Because of this. the sedimentation rate is estimated at 50,000 acre feet per year. The reservoir has lost approximately one-fifth of its storage capacity because it is full of dirt, Ingebretsen said. "No one is addressing this problem," Ingebretsen said. He said there are about 75,000 dams in the United States. and 75 percent of them have sediment problems. Glen Canyon will hold more sediment than it will ever hold water, Ingebretsen said. There is now over 100 feet of sediment in Lake Powell.As time goes on, Ingebretsen said, and the sediment continues to grow, it will fill up completely like many dams across the United States, rendering it a deserted, useless structure. "I don't think they knew then what the effects dams have downstream," Ingebretsen said. He said dams aren't what they seem. Some are worse than others are, but Ingebretsen said Glen Canyon Dam is one of the worst. "It was built as a political structure to control the water as it flows out of Utah's borders," he said. Ingebretsen said the non-use value of Glen Canyon has been shown to provide significant resource values to the region and nation. He is interested in preserving the species being threatened by the dam, and opening the canyon back up to backpacking, hiking, canoeing, kayaking and the wilderness experience. For more information. e-mail the Glen Canyon Institute at info@glencanyon.orgor visit the ECOS Web site at www.usu.edu/ecos for this and other Utah environmental issues and how to get involved.

Accused rapist pleadsno contest OGDEN, Utah (AP)- Once a rising basketball star at Weber State, Damien Baskerville pleaded no contest Wednesday to charges stemming from two rape cases. Baskerville had been scheduled to go to trial in 2nd District Court next week in an Ogden rape but his defense threw in the towel when prosecutors charged Baskerville Wednesday with another rape case in Riverdale. Baskerville, 22, pleaded no contest to three third-degree felonies - two counts of attempted forcible sexual abuse and one count of witness tampering. A first-d~gree felony chcl-rge~f aggravated sexual assault was dis-' missed. The charge stemmed from the April 11, 1999, rape of a 23-year-old Roy woman with whom he had previously had a sexual relationship . Former WSU teammate Noel Jackson was a codefendant in that case until last week when prosecutors reduced the charges against him in return for his testimony against Baskerville. Jackson faces sentencing April 18 on a gross lewdness charge. The second attempted forcible sexual abuse charge stems from the Aug. 24. 1999, rape of a woman who asked Baskerville for a ride home from an Ogden restaurant. In the plea agreement signed by Baskerville, prosecutors wrote they could have filed rape charges in the August incident. but agreed not to as part of the overall negotiations.

PROVO(AP) - Texas Gov. George W. Bush could have spent Thursday catching his breath, but instead stumped to supporters in one of the nation's most Republican counties. 'Tm here because I want to remind people that it's important to go to the polls tomorrow,"Bush told a crowd at the Provo Airport on the eve of Utah's first presidential primary. "I know Sen. McCain has effectivelytaken his name out of contention, but there's still a primary." John McCain announced Thursday that he would suspend his campaign. At his Utah stop, Bush pledged to reach out beyond the GOP to the Democrats and independents who rallied behind McCain. "Once the nomination is secured, like it appears to be now, I'm going to make sure that when I travel around· the country I'm going to speak to independents and like-minded Democrats," he told reporters. But there were few nonRepublicans at Thursday's rally in Provo, which is mostly Mormon and often called Utah's conservative capital. McCain supporters were hard to find, although a number of

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people said they liked Alan Keyes,who drew a record crowd of 4.000 to a speech in nearby Orem on Wednesday. 'Tm debating voting for Keyesjust to make a statement as a conservative," said Dave Brown. 23, a recent graduate from Brigham Young University in Provo. '"Ilike Bush, but he definitely has played to the center." In his speech to the crowd of about 800, Bush outlined his plans to increase tax cuts, boost military spending, and put education reform in the hands of the states. "I will work to pass the power out of Washington, back to Utah, with as much flexibilityas possible," Bush said. He also called an end to the Clinton-Gore administration "the best reform for America," and said he hopes to make the next few years the "responsibility era." Noticeably absent from his speech, however. was any reference to his appearance at Bob Jones University,which raised questions in Utah because the university's president, Bob Jones llI. has described Mormons and Roman Catholics as "cults which call themselves Christian."

> Honor Society inducts members The Utah State University Reentry Student Center's chapter of Pinnacle. the national honor society for returning students, recently inducted 20 new memb.ers. To be eligible. students must be at least 26 years of age or older, have a fiveyear or more gap in their education, a minimum grade point average of 3.0. be involved in campus or community activities and demonstrate leadership, persistence and future promise. Pinnacle is a national honor society that recognizes the achievements of outstanding reentry students.

> Useofseatbelts encouraged thisweek The Health Education Association of Utah has recently combined efforts with the Bear River Health Department to promote seat belt use among Utah State University students. A survey conducted by the Bear River Health Department in November 1999 found that just over half (54.5 percent) of USU students wear a seat belt, according to a recent news release. Throughout the week, HEAUmembers have been watching for students wearing their seat belts and offering incentives to complying drivers and reminders to those who need it. In addition, USU police have given away free ice cream coupons to drivers wearing their seat belts. This will continue , through this afternoon. For more information about the effort to increase seat belt use among USU students. contact Brant Fonnesbeck of the Bear River Health Department at 752-3730 Ext. 229.

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Women collapse after taking date rape drug SALTLAKECITY (AP)- Three women collapsed on a night club dance floor early Thursday after taking the drug GHB.commonly known as the ttdaterape" drug. Salt Lake City policesaid. One of the woman was in serious condition in the intensive careunit at LDSHospital. "Allthree of them about died;' Salt LakePoliceSgt Don Bellsaid. "The one. the paramedics thought they were going to lose at the scene she was so bad ofe That woman, Tracy Shutt. 22, lost consciousnessas she tried to make it to the bathroom at Club Axis. Policewere called to the dub at 1:49a.m. Thursday. only a few minutes after four women drank the GHB out of a water bottle. Angela Mackeyand AngelaHaddenhan, both 23, were taken to Salt Lake RegionalMedicalCenter where they were treated and released.A fourth · woman, Amber Truscott, did not need to be transport• ed. Bellsaid at least one of the women knew the man who gave them the GHB. One woman said they all knew they were taking the drug, he said. Odorless,colorlessand water soluble. it is common• ly mixed with alcohol and is widelycirculatedin the so-called"rave··scene at dance clubs and bars, said Andy Malanga,an agent with the Drug Enforcement Agencyin Salt LakeCity. In the past decade DEAofficialshave attributed about 60 deaths nationwide to GHB use, Malanga said. President Clinton sign a law in February outlawing the drug; the Utah Legislaturealso passed a bill this year out1awingit. If Gov.Mike Leavittsigns the bill, Utah will join more than two dozen states acrossthe country that have made the drug illegal. The federa!1awputs GHB into a classwith meth, cocaineand marijuana.

WASHINGTON,D.C.- The American Bus Association(ABA) announced that the Festivalof the American West, presented at the American West Heritage Center July 28 through Aug.5, has been designated by an elite tourism industry selection committee as one of the top 100 events in North America for 2000. This prestigious designation is an important recognition by the group tour and travel industry and has been awarded to the Festivalfor the fifth consecutive year. It' rewgnizes the high level of quality that.goesinto the planning and execution ortheFestivalof the American West.and the entertainment value it offers to both group motorcoach tours and individual travelers from around the world.award presenters said. The trade organization of the motorcoach industry, ABAannually selects events that appeal to group travelers and that showcaseNorth America'srich diversity.The association initiated the program in 1982 as a benefit for motorcoach tour and charter members, offering group tour organizers a reference or preparing fresh and excitingitineraries. Members of ABA's2000 Top 100 Events selection committee chose from among hundreds of United States and Canadian events nominated by state and provincialtourism offices.In selecting the Festivalof the American West, the committee considered the event's broad appeal. its accessibilityto motorcoaches and other large groups. and a variety of other quality criteria. Becauseobjectivequality criteria are used in the judging process,certain states and provincesmay not receive any Top 100 designations in a given year, while others may be host to multiple events. ·we are elated that leaders of the group travel industry from all over the United States and Canada have recognized the outstanding entertainment value that the Festivalof the American West has to offer the public,"said Ronda Thompson, executivedirector of the American West Heritage Foundation and Center. The Festivalof the American West is an eight-day heritage festivalcelebrating the old West. It includes historical demonstrations, crafts,western entertainment and hands-on activities, capped with an outdoor pageant in a spectacular setting. Singlecopies of a full-color,24-page brochure listing the 2000 Top 100, as well as other internationally known U.S. and Canadian events, are available from ABA.Email a request for ABA's 2000 Top 100 Events in North America to abainfo@buses.orgor send a postcard to 100 New YorkAvenue,N.W.,Suite 1050,Washington,D.C. 20005-3934. Additional copies are available for $3. For more information about the Festivalof the American West. contact the American West Heritage Center at (435)797-1143. The American West Heritage Center livinghistory site is located in Wellsville, Utah, six miles southwest of Logan,on U.S.Highway89-91.It is the home of the Festivalof the American West and the Jensen Farm. The project is a partnership between Utah State University and the American West Heritage Foundation.

> Realbeersold at grocery store OGDEN (AP)Customers at Smith's Food and Drug discovered. and quickly purchased, beer containing more than twice the state's legal limit of alcohol being sold on the store's shelves. "I thought this was great," Ogden resident Sarah Eddy said. "My brother told me about it. So I went down there and picked up a six-pack for myself and my father. "With the Olympics coming and all. I thought maybe they were going to allow us to buy real beer." But Ken Wynn, director of the state's Department of Alcohol and Beverage Control, said selling the beer was against the law. "We'll have someone from liquor law enforcement look into it immediately," he said. • This week the store was selling a shipment of Uintah Brewing Co.'s Sixth Anniversary Barley Wine that is 9.3 percent alcohol by volume, 5 percent over the legal alcohol limit for beer sold outside state-owned liquor stores. Dale Dance. owner of the Salt Lake City-based microbrewery, said the mistake probably occurred when his distributor pulled the wrong cases for delivery. He said the company's beers come in similar-looking boxes. Dance said those who bought th~ Sixth Anniversary Barley Wine got a bargain. It sells for $2.55 a 12-ounce bottle at state liquor stores. Smith's was selling it for $6.69 a six-pack.

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The Aquila Theatre Company bringstwo classicGreekstoriesto the USU MorganTheatrestageMarch20 and 21. Aquila is a worldwidetourmg companyfrom London,England.

Homer, Sophocles to visit USU . DoucSMEATH Assistant FeaturesEditor

Greek theater is coming to Logan. And it's coming all the way from London, England . The Aquila Theatre Company is bringing two classic Greek plays to Logan in what an Associated Students of Utah State University press release called ·a story-telling extravaganza." The performances will

both take place at the Morgan Theatre in the Chase Fine Arts Center The first play, Homer's "The Iliad: will be presented Monday, March 20. According to the press release, the play includes original live music and ·spellbinding masks: Tuesday, March 21, the company will present Sophocles· tragedy "Oedipus the King." It, too, will include original live music and masks. accord-

ing to the press release. The two plays will each run only one night. beginning the day USU students return from Spring Break. As such, ASUSU Arts and Lectures Vice President Liz Adams said she is concerned about the timing. However. Aquila is. a nationally touring company, and Adams said this was the time they happened to be hitting Logan. Adams said she is also concerned USt I students and

Logan residents may be unfamiliar with the plays. "Greek theater is really uncommon in Cache Valley: she said. However, according to the press release, the company's quality alone - not to men tion the timelessness and classic nature of the two plays - begs attendance. "The Aquila Theatre Company has become internationally renowned for its superb renditions of the classics," according to the press

release . Tickets for the two performances are sold separately . Each play is $3 for USU students with ID and $15 for general seating , Entrance for youth withoub student 1D is_,$7 1,1 Tickets are available at the! door, but they can also be : purchased in the Taggart : Student Center ticket office .: and at the USU Ticket Office : in the Spectrum . More infor- • mation can be found by call- : ing 797-0305 :

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'The Color of Hope' 'Rumpelstiltskin' for both kids pretty good - for an inspirat~onal CD JUSTIN BERRY

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For many people, the idea of Christian or Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints contemporary music brings flashes of fear, and they respond with the array of sighs, groans and eyerolling. But not all of the genre is bad. True, not all is good, but there are some good things out there. Enter Tammy Robinson Simister. A former Utah State University student who went on to graduate from Weber State University with a degree in music education. Simister ha's released one previous album. Her latest release is The Color of Hope. Both albums contain music that is defined as spiritual and inspirational in nature . She has worked with many big names in the Utah music scene including Greg Hansen and Janice Kapp Perry, but it is on her own that she brings The Color of Hope. As is often the case with contemporary releases like this, the music has a distinct ring to it. Many of the songs are similar in sound, with only a couple of songs standing out as unique from the rest of the album. Perhaps the most memo,able song on the album comes in on track nine. "Jesus Wept· rings with a modern sound and picks up the tempo to give a break from the slower and more

MusicREv1Ew I Grade:B+ poignant songs. The song adds some of the only real variety to the album with a fresh sound that is much needed It is able to break up the slower songs and gives a break from the more somber moments that fill this album. Another song that offers a break from the more poignant songs is "Looketh on the Heart." Here again the song offers a break from the slower songs and sends a very strong message of hope. Each verse offers a simple scene of how people look at each other and judge . Often, the world looks only on the out ward appearance and fails to see the real person beneath the surface . Again the music for this song is a change from the others that surround it. For some the slower pace of tl\is album will be calming and relaxing. Unlike many other Utahbased contemporary artists like Michael McLean who fill their albums with songs that bounce from style to style, Simister has been able to keep the focus of her message without the clutter of her colleagues. The Color of Hope is a good CD to have around for those quiet Sunday after noons. Simister has found her place in th e inspirational market and is a cut above many of the other musicians who release similar music.

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The Utah State University Theatre department will perform "Rumpelstiltskin's Fire" Saturday at 2 p.m. in the Morgan Theatre of the 't Chase Fine Arts Center . ~ The play is part of the Theatre , department's annual children's production, a program that has been present,iu plays to the children of Cache Valley for over 40 years, according to a press release from the department. "Rumpelstilt~in s Fire" has been presented to school children all this week, and Saturday's performance wiii;be ~ ~~,., the only public showing of the play. "Rumpelstiltskin's Fire" is an origirtal play b ,.,.,., •..,·...~-c-~u-. Ilana Lydia, a USU master's degree alumna, J according to the press release. The play is .,..1;_, ~ based on the traditional story of a heroine guessing the name of Rumpelstiltskin in order to keep her firstborn child, but Lydia has added a twist. "In the traditional fairy tale, a messenger arrives on the eve of the third night to describe how he saw Rumpelstiltskin dancing around a fire, singing his name: Sarah Jane Hardy, the show's director, said. "Asa production team, we were all curious as to what happened to Rumpel from the time he left the tower to what led him to dance around his fire." Hardy, who is also a USU master's degree alumna, said the play · . tells Rumpelstiltskin's story, explaining why he needs to steal a child and how he came to be are Cory Castillo in the role of the magical creature he is. Rumpelstiltskin; Erica Stoddard in the role of "It's a search for his humanness," she said. the heroine: Kristie Sessions playing the heroHardy is a native of Liverpool. England, and ine's hand maiden and Jessica Jorgensen, costume and set designer Nina NikolicAaron Martin, Sage Davis, Amber Tuttle, Matt McMillan is a native of the former Yugoslavia. Kohler, Eric Van Tielen Hardy said they both tried to incorporate and Milo Mowery as ensemble actors. European influen ces into the production. Hardy said she hopes the play will not only ·we wanted to produce the type of chilbe enjoyable, but will also convince children dren's theater that we were familiar with in live theater is a good source of alternative Europe, which emphasizes a carnival atmos entertainment. phere of storytellers, jugglers, puppetry and Tickets are available only at the doors , tumblers," Hardy said. "Bydoing this, we're which will open at 1:30 p.m. also giving some very talented actors an They are $5 per adult with up to three opportunity to do things they don't normally accompanying children, ages 5 and older. Each have a chance to do." additional child is $3. Tickets are free to USU According to the press release, these actors student s with valid JD.

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electric chair works to a death-row convict. No matter how you gloss over the truth, the experience is still going to be really, really painful. I say this because one of my good buddies was married last weekend, and I'm pretty sure he wanted to tap my ark of marital wisdom. He just forgot. I've been married for a little over four years . I know that doesn't seem like a long time, especially when old folks are always spouting off about how they've been married for 32 years, but hey, in dog years that has to be pushing a millennium. And that has to count for something. Since I'm a virtuoso when it comes to being married (can you hear my wife laughing?), I thought I would offer some unsolicited advice to my friend and to other males who are on the verge of tying the knot. Some of this might be painful or nauseating, like drinking Metamucil or having

a shredded glass enema, but in the end, it'll help the future groom be more prepared for tribulation . First, let's talk about sex. I realize this is a family paper, and I recognize that most of the folks reading this article have been raised in Utah (including me). That means sex was probably explained by an older brother or sister, with LEGOs, Barbie and GI Joe as visual aids. With that said, it's easy to assimilate the stress and anxiety a soon-tobe-married "dude" might feel. Let me put your fears to bed - I mean, to rest. Enjoy your honeymoon . It will be the only time in your life when your hormones and the hormones of your wife will be completely harmonious. You will soon realize it takes a man 0.2 nanoseconds to go from dairy freeze to flame-thrower and it takes a woman 13.5 light-years to do the same. Alternatively, as my wife so often says, "Andy, romance begins at 8 a.m., not at 10 p.m." Along with sex comes the wondertul opportunity to share a bed with your partner. I say this with a smirk, because my wife and I sleep in the same full-sized bed I

used in high school. Night in for luck. and night out, I get my head Last, there is the issue of clubbed by my wife's elbows, privacy. I tell my wife all the and when she's not ripping time that just because we're the covers off my body, her married does not mean she face is sniffing my armpit. can waltz into the bathroom When I graduate or get rich whenever I'm using the facili- whichever comes first ties. I have my pride and it's I'm buying two king-sized wounded badly when my beds and duct taping them wife sees me in a completely together. She'll have to char- unmacho position on the ter a plane to get to my side of porcelain throne. the bed. I'm convinced that women The next most important don't understand the sacred aspect of your marriage will nature of the bathroom and its be how you adjust to your significance to men . It is his wife's cooking, or lack there- respite, his reading room and of. A small hint: Your wife the place where he dreams may be Martha Stewart, or and meditates. Men, the only she may parody the local fry way to prevent a female cook at McDonald's. Either intruder is with a sturdy lock way, whatever she cooks, you and a cattle prod. had better eat it all and enjoy So, that's it, the only guide every bite . You may bring a manly man will ever need home the bacon, but she is before he slips a wedding ring going to cook it - and cook it on his finger. any damn way she pleases. Good luck, and God be In addition, you need to with you until we meet again remember there is no escape - which cou Id be at next from love handles or man week's group therapy meetbreasts. You will get fat. ing, "My Wife is My Boss" or , Before long, the pants you "Macho Is Not Spoken Here." donned in high school will See you there . start to look like Spandex and you'll undo your belt, button Andy Morgan is a features writerfor The Statesman. and zipper after you inflate yourself at the dinner table. He is a senior majoringin journalism. So, don't feel sad when E-mailhim at people start to- rub your newlordofthejazz@homail .com. lywed, Budda-esque stomach

New 'mind mapping' technique allows artistic students to learn in a more effective way [MILYWAX

The WashingtonPost At a tiny desk covered with crayons and folders, Emily Butler's notes erupt in dashes and circles and sketches, forming what resembles a giant spider web. She plops the title of her story in a circle: "Alicethe Penguin and the North Pole." From there she draws lines shooting out in every direction to describe the plot "The bad guy steals baby penguin," one line reads, next to a picture of a stick figure hauling a.waya bird. ·south Pole developer wants to buy North Pole,"says another line. When it's all over, the third-grader at Glebe Elementary School in Arlington, Va., has a cluttered diagram that twists and turns and hiccups with the story 's main ideas. To the uninitiated, Emily's drawing might look like doodling. But she is practicing something called "mind-mapping." a technique for taking notes and organizing thoughts that is being taught in a growing number of classrooms at all grade levels. For students whose learning style is more artistic than erbal, mind-mapping is a more effective and appealing way to absorb and convey information than writing conventional notes and outlines, educators say. ·some kids, you can tell them to list something 15 times and they won't do it,"said Denise Renirie, a teaching spe-

cialist in the Fairfax County, Va., school system. "But when you show them the mind-map , they will rush to complete it A good teacher will show them both." Renirie has introduced students of various ages to mindmapping, using it to teach everything from the causes of the Civil War to the functions of the cell. The diagram she uses for the lesson on cells has drawings of trucks marked ·transport· and ·substance: "Hey, I'm a linear person." she said, laughing. "It doesn't make that much sense to me. But to many students it's really easy." Teachers typically present both mind-mapping and the regular style of outlining. telling students they should use whichever approach feels more natural. Mind-mapping, also known as ·webbing," as developed by British researcher Tony Buzan when he was a graduate student at the University of British Columbia in the 1960s and had become frustrated with his own system of scribbling down notes. ·1 felt very limited. I couldn't remember anything I was writing down," Buzan said. From his research on the workings of the human memory, he concluded that some minds need visuals and symbols of association in order to remember and organize facts. ·1 realized that linear notetaking had neither of those," Buzan said. ·5o I came up with

Spirit of punk dying at hands of young BWNT CoMMENTS/ BrianneLunt Fo r many k i d s from the inner c i t y I going to p u n k r o c k shows is the best way to unwind. There is nothing better than throwing pun ches at strangers and yelling at the top of your lungs those lyrics that have inspired you so many times to write those angry English papers your professors hate. However, I am beginning to wonder if the newer generation of concertgo ers has caught on to the importanc e of the broth erhood that occurs at these shows . At the Good Riddance con cert in Salt Lake City, a lot of the younger crowd didn't show that they understood the impor tanc e of camar aderie. Instead of he lping people who had fallen in a mosh pit

they were kicking them while they were down. Even more shocking, however, was a group of guys who were randomly punching people, even girls. The people they were punching were just observing from the outskirts of the crowd . Being a concertgoer for years, I know that even the hardest punk fans hold some kind of compassion for the guy who finds himself under a mob's feet. Is it true that the younger crowd just doesn't realize the importance of holding it together in a mosh pit? Let's just hope this sort of attitude is an oc casional happening and these kids will get smacked into shape.

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"It helped me thinking about the story and how it goes," said Rosa. ·1 don't get as lost about what happens." Chloe Chapman, another third-grader at Glebe, is also a good candidate for webbing because she is a visual learner and art is her favorite subject. said her mother, Carla Chapman. "She has trouble following a real traditional method of writing - or really of anything," Chapman said. "But with webbing, it's something she really got into. Her grades have gone up since she started ." Chloe's teacher, Michele l.aiderman, recently stood in front of her third -grade class and asked the students to list characteristics of the U.S. sys-

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About halfway through Drowning Mona, you wish the director had thought a little bigger. Why did he stop with Mona? Why didn't he drown the whole damned cast! This is ostensibly a black comedy based on the theory that no trash is trashier than white trash. The setting is Verplanck, N.Y, an Upstate burg whose only growth industry - that is, when hunting or fishing seasons aren't open - is the local diner. Verplanck is ruled by a town bully the braying sociopath Mona Dearly. who dearly loathes all that is not Dearly, Mona. One day she goes for a drive and ends up in the river, to the huzzahs and high-fives of the crowd. The accident soon proves to have been set up. Possible suspects would include the town of Verplanck, N.Y. Mona is played by Bette Midler, under a snarl as one-pointed as a hyena's: she hates everybody except her fat, worthless son, Jeff (Marcus Thomas), whom she merely dislikes intensely. She hates her dim, adulterous husband (William Fichtner) and her son's business partner (Casey Affleck), whom Jeff is ruining with his laziness and irresponsibility. To all these folks and many others too numerous to name, Midler brings a fury that can have been achieved only by reading her reviews in Isn't She Great. It's as if she will make Verplanck. N.Y..pay for Hollywood's idiocy in casting her as Jacqueline Susann. I should tell you the one funny thing about Verplanck, N.Y.. and big surprise - it isn't that funny. It's that the Yugo company selected Verplanck as a test site when it was introducing the Yugo to America. So everybody in this town drives a Yugo. There are so many Yugos, including police cars, that it's surprising the Air Force didn't bomb the place last year. As I said: not funny.

Basically the movie unspools in flashback as amiable police chief Wyatt Rash (Danny DeVito, whose company produced it) strolls about interviewing people, thus offering a platform for juicily repulsive Mona stories. That's the movie's primary thrill, not its dim plot: It's not terribly interested in its own unclever mystery, which it solves perfunctorily. Of the characters, only Jamie Lee Curtis, as the diner waitress who was shagging both Mona's husband and son, seems alive. Otherwise, the movie plays flat. And who advised

Neve Campbell. as Chief Rash's daughter, to do a harsh Jersey accent? The director, Nick Gomez (who directed many "Homicide" episodes as well as the well-regarded indie Laws of Gravity'). should know better, but possibly his wasn't the pervasive influence on the set. That may have belonged to DeVito. for in its way the movie is far more expressive of his comic sensibility than any Gomez has shown. Drowning Mona is of a piece with two DeVito successes of yore: Ruthless People and Throw Momma

MovieREv1Ew /Grade:C+ From the Train, both edgy and cynical, both of which took their power from their utter refusal to indulge in conventional empathies toward the victimized. In recollection those films both enjoyed what Drowning Mona utterly lacks: not edge, but energy. It ... seems ... to ... happen ... like ... this. There's plenty of time between the laughs.

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Napster clogging campus servers with pirated songs restored. ·we were totally surprised by how quickly it's grown,"said Say the word Napster to col- Stephanie Norton, a senior lege administrators lately, and marketing manager at Napster Inc. ·we had no idea that it the image that springs to their collective minds is not a slackwas going to clog up the bandwidth like it did." ing sophomore dozing off in At Bryn Mawr College. netstatistics class. work managers returned after Nowadays. Napster is better known as the computer proThanksgiving break to find gram wreaking havoc on colthat nearly 100 percent of the college's outbound Internet lege networks locally and traffic was originating in a sinacross the country. Released just last August, Napster gives gle campus computer. Napster was to blame. students and other users an easy way to swap digital music Sixty miles away at Pennsylrecordings - called MP3s vania's Kutztown University, intense network activity across the Internet slowed user speeds to an agoAvailable at the Napster Web site, the program already nizing crawl for almost two weeks. At times. network users has enabled thousands to were unable to send e-mail or quickly build vast computervisit a Web site at all. Napster ized music libraries at no cost again. to the user. ·we try to stress technology It is free and - at least for college students who have in our education programs, grown up with computers and here students and profesrelatively easy to use. sors were having trouble comToo easy, if you ask some pleting their course requirements," said Richard Zera, the college administrators. university's vice president for From Kent State to Bryn information technology. Mawr, network managers at Making the Napster siege dozens of schools say heavy Napster use is draining college even less acceptable, Zera said, was knowing that many of the computer networks of the capacity, or bandwidth, needed music files being traded are copyrighted. There is little disto conduct research and dayto-day business. In some cases, pute among administrators or students that of the million or Napster-addicted students are so songs available on Napster accounting for more than 40 at any given time, most are percent of a school's network pirated, illegitimate copies that traffic. are illegal to distribute. The situation is so bad at some colleges network manSo Kutztown shut down agers have scrambled to block Napster service on campus. access to Napster's service, irriThe result. Zera said, was a tating students and inspiring "dramatic and instant" ·anti-censorship" petitions that improvement in network performance. < ~k to have Napster access PATRICK KERKSTRA

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Continuedfrom Page5 tern of government. She got blank stares. Then she drew a circle in the middle of a poster and wrote the words: ·u.s.Government." One student called out: "presidents." The next shouted'. "Bill Clinton." Another called out: "taxes." ·suddenly we had a web." Zliderman said, pointing to a jumble of words. lines and sketches on the poster. "Allof

The school was not the first, bandwidth," Paulson said. and will not be the last. to cut , Although Napster is new to off access. Northwestern,·the ,1 .' -collegecampuses, MP3s are University of Texas, Tufts, and not. Since MP3 technology was dozens of other colleges have first popularized in 1998, stualready pulled the plug on the dents have popped CDs into program through a variety of their computers and converted technical filters and Internetsongs into the smaller MP3 address blocking. format. Before that innovation, Napster users are not happy pop-length songs were too with the trend. large to be easily transferred Some 2,700 students have over the Internet. signed an electronic petition The smaller file sizes, coudeclaring the Napster bans an pied with high-speed campus assault on their First AmendInternet connections that are ment rights. A number of Web hundreds of times faster than sites and the neophyte organithe dial-up modems used in zation Students Against most homes, enabled students University Censorship are tryto trade converted songs via eing to rally opposition to the mail, Web sites, and other university bans. One Napster equally decentralized means. information site, run by Some technically inclined Kutztown University student students had amassed thouRick Fletcher, reveals a way for sands of MP3s well before the technologically savvy to get Napster was available. For around university bans. many, though, the consider"Universities across the able amount of time it somenation are talking and sharing times took to find a desired ideas on how to 'deal' with song was not worth it. Napster," reads Fletcher's site. Napster made the process a "Now,we will be uniting across lot easier. the nation to prepare ourThe program, which was selves to deal with the univerdeveloped by a 19-year-old colsities.· lege student, not only gives But Fletcher and other stuusers an easy way to track dents, such as SAUC founder down songs they'd like to and Indiana University student download; it also transforms a Chad Paulson, say they underuser's personal computer and stand the bandwidth concerns. MP3 library into a part of the What they really want is diaNapster network. Unless logue with the school adminis- Napster users specifically tration and a chance to cut choose not to. they make their Napster use on campus down personal machines into public to network-tolerable levels. MP3 servers every time they "For {many students) this is load the program. their first time on the Internet, It is that element of and they don't understand Napster that particularly troudownloading MP3s, number bles not just network manone, could be illegal and, num- agers, but the music-recording ber two, could take up a lot of industry as well.

them started thinking visually and tapping into what they knew." Another day, her students mapped out information about poems they had crafted and ·webbed· the outline of a story about their lives. Chloe drew a circle that said: "How I live."Out of the circle came lines marked "Egypt"and "France,"countries she has lived in, and each of those lines was connected to smaller ones listing details about those places. She then used her outline to write an eight-page essay.

"I like webbing because it makes it easier to remember. You don't have to think, 'Now, what was that again?'· Chloe said. She explained how she had used different colors for different aspects of the story "Red is for what people act like. Orange is for travel. Oh, and light blue: for if it's fancy or cool." It's pretty simple, Chloe said, shrugging her shoulders. She went on explaining it, showing that it made perfect sense to her. And that's what was important. her teacher said.

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OK, you got lucky - best two out of three lttE HOBSONHur/ CaseyHobson I know what you've been thinking lately. I know you've been sitting at home wondering what became of the Statesman basketball team. You've probably even had a good chuckle or three over it. In case you haven't heard, the Statesmanbasketballteam didn't do as well as expected. To be quite honest, the team flat-out sucked. We went 0-5 and lost our first and only tournament game, too. This after being picked by a panel of local media - namely ourselves- to finishfirst. But it's not like it seems. We were sabotaged. "Sabotaged?" That's right, sab-o-freakin-taged. It was a sabotage from the inside. The team just never gelfed. I don't know what it was, but the chemistry just never chemistried, so to speak. Oh, we had talent all right. Our center, Reuben Wadsworth, was 7-foot-12, and if that's not talent, I don't know what is. We just ran into all sorts of problems - the unexpected types, you know. We had players riding the pine with injuries and all sorts of things. Point guard Grant Gold, who we were counting on to bring the ball down for us, decided shortly after the season began that he wanted to be a two-sport athlete. I have no problems with that. Two-sport athletes are the thing these days. Heck, Deion Sandersis even returningto baseball - or trying to anyway. It was the sport Gold chose (snowboarding) that became the issue. Gold decided he wanted to spend his nightson the slopes instead of the courts. He feft us without a point guard, which took shooting guard Wade Denniston out of his natural position. Denniston did all right, but his point production fell off dramatically.I'll get back to him in a minute. Our backup center, ElizabethMaudsley, ended up walking away from the team in a contract squabble. I've tried to keep my nose clean on the subject. The last thing I want is to get caught between my teammates and the management. That said, the word around the locker room is that management signed her to a one-year, $4.5 million deal before the season. After a monstrousfirstgame, Maudsleywent back to the negotiatingtables and demanded an even $5 million plus incentives. Statesman management refused, and MaudsJey quit the team. "It's not about the money," she said. But losingMaudsleyshouldn't have hurt us too much. After all, we still had Wadsworth, right? Well, kind of. Wadsworth - or Ranger Reub as he's known to bockey fans - spent some time on the disabled list this season. It just wasn't his year. He caught an elbow to the stomc.ch or groin every time he turned around. He spent a lot of time nursing injuries, and it created a major hole in the middle for us. As if Denniston didn't have enough to worry about as he learned a new position, he was also trying to cope with the drama of everyday life on "Days of Our Lives." I guess Hope was kidnapped and pregnant and no one knew where she was or whose baby she was cultivating.Denniston took it pretty hard. He showed up to games and practice with giant bags under his eyes from all the sleepless nights. His shot suffered as a result, too. By the time he recovered to form, our season was spinning way out of control. I have to admit, I didn't help the team a whole lot. I fell in love during the season and it affected my game. I didn't realize it at the time, but my teammates told me Ijust walked aimlesslyaround the court. I never played defense. I just jogged back and forth singing Gary Wright' s "Dream Weaver." They finallyhad to just sit me on the bench because I was getting hurt way too often. I kept getting hit in the head with passes and falling to the floor. "It was really sad, actually," teammate Cory Hill said. "He was once a decent player, but he lost his edge. Now his career is up in the air. I don't know if he'll ever be the player we once knew." However, as horrid as all these problems were, I expect they'll be ironed out by next season, and the Statesman Stubbies will once again be the team to beat. In fact, go ahead and pencil them into the No. 1 slot right now. We will be back.

CaseyHobson,a juniorfrom Boise,Idaho,is the sportseditorat the Statesman. He was devastatedto learnof JohnSmoltz's seasonending injury whichwill requireTommy Johnsurgery.E-mailHobsonat hobsonhut@hotmail.com.

USU picks up where it left off A99ies open Big West tournament with 23-point blowout over Pacific AARONMORTON

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RENO.Nev.- Utah State Universityused a bruisingdefense to roll over the Universityof the Pacific,64-41. The Aggieswilltake on the winner of the Universityof Nevada,Reno/Universityof Californiaat Santa Barbaragame in the second semifinalgame at about 9:30 p.m. PACIFIC tonight in the Lawlor EventsCenter. USUheld the Tigers Game MVP: to 33 percent from the field,allowingthe fewest TroyRolle,whoscored a game-high16 points. points all season.The 10of whichcamein Aggiesdominated the the first halfas USU inside with a seasonclaimed a commandhigh nine blocksand ing lead. didn't let a UOP player reach double digits. Key Stat:. ·1 though we set the combined tone with our defensive USUplayers for 18 assists and intensity,"head coach StewMorrill said. "That turnedthe ballovera season-lour.five times. was the most pleasing thing to me." USU'sdefensive Turning point: intensity led to 10 steals ShawnDanielstossed and severalfast breaks. an alleyc.oop to Rolle especiallyin the first whoslammedit down half. Utah State's early withjust oversix min38-18lead came in large utesremainingin the part to quick points off · firsthalf Theplaygave Tiger turnovers. USUa 28-11lead ·our defense led to our offense,"Morrill said. The Aggiesalso took care of the ball.They committedjust five turnovers and combined for 18assists. In contrast to the regular season match-up with the Tigersin Logan,Feb. 19.where the Aggies shot 47 percent, USUshot better than 84 percent Thursday night "We'vemade them when we had to,"Morrill said. "In closegames (and) in tournament time: Junior guard Bernard Rockthought it might be the LawlorEventsCenter, where his team shot nearly 90 percent USUjumped out on the Tigersin the early going,and it was senior Troy Rollewho led the Aggies.Rollescored 10 of his game-high 16 points in the first half. His most spectacularbucket was the alley-oop dunk from Daniels' pass, which brought the largely-Aggiecrowdto its feet. . Both Morrilland Daniels commented on how the crowdhelped them. "Our fans helped a lot,"Danielssaid. "It always helps to have someone cheering for us."

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LongBeach State97, Idaho86 Tournament record. The Long BeachState In the first quarterfinal, the 49ers, behind 36 Universitycenter was named BWCMVPTuesday. points by Mate Milisa,came from behind to defeat New MexicoState70, UC Irvine51 the Universityof Idaho. BillyKeys scoredall but four of his 23 points in The Vandalsled 54-48 at the half behind 68 the first half as the Aggiesrouted the Anteaters percent shooting from the field. Guard Gordon Thursday afternoon. Scottscored 22 in the first half, but like his team, New MexicoState Universityowned a 37-14 ran out of gas in the second half and didn't score lead early in the first half and cruised to victory. many points. The Aggieswill now take on LBSUin what Milisa's36 points ties a BigWest Conference should be the marquee match-up for today.

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RENO,Nev.- It has been a record-setting season for the Utah State University basketball team. After all. the Aggieshad their best season in the BigWest Conference with a perfect 16-0 record, were the quickest USU team ever to reach 20 wins, set a school record for most road wins in a row at eight and finished February with an 8-0 record USU's best ever mark in that month. But wait, there's more . USU improved its nation's longest winning streak to 17 games (a school record, as well} with a 64-41 victory over the University of the Pacific at the Lawlor Events Center, in Reno, Nev.. in its opening game of the BigWest Tournament. The victory gave the Aggies 26 wins on the season (to only five

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The Utah State University Track and Field team might be the most dominating program at USU.After all, the women's team has won the Conference championship six years in a row, and the men's team has won five out of the last six years. Along with the team's success, there have also been numerous individual Conference Champions as well as many who have achieved All-American status. The teams have a chance to continue that winning tradition this weekend as James Parker, Marcus Morgan and Lance Thurston will represent USU at the NCAA Indoor Track Championships in Fayetteville, Ark. Junior James Parker is ranked sixth in the nation as he automatically qualified for th e NCAA with his school record toss of 75feet-2-inches in the weight throw. This will be Parker's third time at Jumpto TRACK,Page8

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the Championships, and he will try to earn his fifth AllAmerican title . "James has a possibility (of) earning the highest mark of any USU athlete that has finished at the NCAA."said head coach Gregg Gensel. "The thing that I like about James is he is one of the hardest workers on the team . He not only has a lot of natural talent. but he works hard to accomplish the things that he has." Because of a back injury. Parker says he is only performing at about 70 to 80 percent. but remains optimistic about the competi-

RECORDS Continuedfrom Pnge7 losses). which set another school record . -irs a great feeling for us to come out and keep winning games." said Utah State junior forward Shawn Daniels . "It's great that we set a school record." The 6-foot-6 Daniels also said it wasn't the Aggies· goal to set a record in overall wins. The team's goal was simply to make it to the Big Dance, and it is two games away from locking up an automatic berth. "Records don 't really mean anything ." Daniels said "If we get two more wins, that means wet get to the NCAA Tournament. That's what we've wanted to do all year."

tournament, notching their second win of the season with a victory over the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.That win kicked off a five game winning streak. Then the team will take a short trip to Saint Mary's college to play a doubleheader on Tuesday. On Thursday. the Aggies will close out their Spring Break road trip at the Sacramento State Tournament. The SST is the final tournament for the Aggies before Big West play, which starts March 25. Utah State has just three players batting above .300, but batting leaders Sandy Taylor and Breanne Nickle are exhibiting a lot of pop in their bats. They are first and second in the Big West Conference in slugging percentage with .722 and .730 respectively. However, the Aggie pitchers are struggling. Only Amy Settlemier and Kelly Warner have ERA'saround five.

tion. -1 will finish in the top six if I throw at my best: he said. Coming to Utah State all the way from Australia. Morgan. a senior. is ranked 11th in the nation with his qualifying mark in the mile of 4:03.07. The mark ranks Morgan second among top USU performers and is his personal record. "Allthree of us made this our goal to make it to the nationals," Morgan said. "Hopefully I can bust out the best race because I would really like to see myself run on TV." Senior Lance Thurston is tied for 14th place in the nation and qualified for the Championships with his

mark of 7 feet. 2.5 inches in the high jump. Thurston is ranked second in Utah State history in his event. "Lance came here as a walk-on and has worked hard enough to accomplish the goal of going to the NCAA meet," Gensel said. · "Knowing his personality. he will want to do more than just go, but do well enough to make All-American." "It feels good to see the hard work paying off. and hopefully it will continue this weekend," Thurston said. "And by the way. some white men can jump: Parker. Morgan and Thurston are examples of the many athletes that have achieved success competing against the nation's best.

Cincinnati star breaks leg MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP)hit 10-of-12 free throws in the Cincinnati star Kenyon final 2:44. Martin broke his right leg early in the first half, and the No. 3 Duke 94, Oemson 63 top-ranked Bearcats lost their Shane Battier scored 19 postseason opener 68-58 points and No. 3 Duke Thursday to Saint Louis. opened its quest for its 11th The senior watched from ACC title by dominating the bench as Justin Love Clemson inside and out in a scored 25 points in leading 94-63 victory Thursday night. ninth-seeded Saint Louis to The Blue Devils (25-4) shot the upset victory in the 56 percent, including making Conference USA quarterfinals . an Atlantic Coast Conference Saint Louis outshot and tournament-record 17 of 29 outrebounded the Bearcats. 3-point attempts, and had a who had trouble even finding 38-28 edge on the boards, the basket for much of the helping them defeat Clemson second half. for the ninth consecutive Cincinnati led 40-36 with time. 16:05 left on a jumper by Pete Duke used a 31-4 run in Mickeal, but John Redden put the first half to take control of Saint Louis ahead to stay with a game that matched the a 15-foot jumper that made it highest-scoring team in the 48-47 with 12:35 remaining. ACC against the league's lastThe Bearcats didn't hit a place team in scoring and shot from the floor for almost shooting. 10 minutes until MickeaJ·s Freshman Mike Dunleavy basket with 1:16 remaining. made a successful return after Saint Louis didn't miss and missing four games.

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USU shows No. 1 Colorado State University who's boss with a 2-1 victory. After so many lopsided victories, USU assistant coach George Moldenhauer said. "There·s nothing better than a 2-1 hockey game.

USU commences the 1999-00 season with a 9-9 tie against archrival Weber State University after holding just five practices.

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USUcame together in the game that mattered most. rebounding from its 8-2 loss to Weber a week earlier with a 5-2 victory over the Wildcatsin the RMCHAchampionship game. · The victory gave USUits first league championship since the 1996-97 season. "lts the best hockey feeling I've ever had; USU goaltender Eric Moldenhauer said. Qw.JrCao / U/11hStatesm,111

Frn.18,2000 USUVS.WEBER Rock Bottom. Weber defeats USU 8-2. The game not only marked the first time all season that USUlost to Weber. but the first time a USU player actually threw a punch. The loss was usu·s fourth in a row after opening the season 19-0-1.

Nov.12·131999 USUVS.WEBER Sweet redemption. USU skates to 8-4 and 5.2 victories in back.to-back nights against Weber after going winless against the Wildcats the previous season. The Aggies.still undefeated, improved to 10-0• 1.

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Hockey captains reflect on USU career, recall the good times and their legacies go smoothly. greatest tribute an athlete can have. goal deficit to tie Weber 6-6. I scored Anderson: Team organization has with 40 seconds left with our goalie Wayne Gretzky is the perfect example been wonderful. The coaches put in of a star athlete who was also a sportspulled. over 1,CXX)hours of their own time. man. He played the game hard - as In '98 on my first (wedding) Utah State Universityassistant capThe club presidencyworks with the hard as anyone ever - but he never anniversary. I scored on a pass from tains Alan Babickyand Nate league to complete scheduling.secure let himself become bigger than the Alan Babickywith 12 seconds left to Anderson, who both just played their contracts, line up officials.etc. game. He alwaysappreciated last hockey game as Aggi.es,were asked tie St. LouisUniversity.I blew a kiss to The behind the scenes work is the fans and always played my wife.Allison.in the stands. a few questions in order to reflect on 'I will tell with class.USUhockey is numerous. The whole strucIn '97-98 our team came together their experiences playinghockey.Here ture of this program is impres- themit wasa better today than when Alan are the questions and their responses: like no one would ever believe. We and I came along. I hope the played solid and beat Penn State 4-2 to sive.The dedication and sacriWhatweresome of yourfavorite fice that individuals make for damngood next group will continue advance to the final four of the momentsas a USUhockeyplayer? USU hockey is a true tribute workingto be able to say the national tournament. What a rush. Babicky: A favoritemoment is hard time.' same. Every time we would walk onto the ice to them. to pick because we have had so much Whatlegacydo you think Whathaveyou learnedas and see the look in the mini•mites fun on. and off. the ice. One thing I you'veleft as a USUhockey eyes as they slapped our hands and • Al.AN Bo\BICKY. a player? know I will never forget was defeating player? Babicky: Each player is Weber State in the two RMCHAcham- . wished us luck- I was proud to be a ONHIS"fAASAS A Babicky: I don't know if I member of the team and proud to be pionship games during the 96•97 and lJSUHOCKCY different and contributes to a role model. It is also an unbelievable have. The only things I hope the team in a 1,1tuqueway. 99-00 seasons. It was pretty hard to PLAYER Youhave to accept each top that feelingas a USUhockey play. experience to walk on the ice and feel will continue after I am gone are the locker room stories. individual for his strengths the adrenaline that a sold out arena er. The older players on the team always and weaknessesand hopefully com• can bring. What great fans. Anderson: There are several WhyhasplayinghockeyforUSU inform the new guys on some of the bine these characteristicsin a positive moments that will stand out in my interesting things that have gone on in way. beena fustclassexperience? mind. In 1996-91. we beat Weber 5-3 .Babicky: It takes into account every- the past. I know we have created a Anderson:USUhockey has taught to win the RMCHAtitle for the first me much of perseverance and attione who helps or supports the hockey couple of stories these last couple of time in school history. tude. There are many times that it My first game as an Aggiein the fall program. But the two people who give years. and I hope they are passed would have been easy to forego the the program its character are our head down. of '96, my father flew in from Alaska Anderson: I hope the legacyI have coach Jerry Crossleyand general manlate nights and difficultschedule. but to watch. I was able to score fivegoals ager Len Bauman. These two individu- left is one of sportsmanship and hard pushing through the difficultiestaught in that 9-5 win over San Jose State. als work very hard to make everything work.To be a true sportsman is the me that successcomes only through In '97 we came back from a three REUBENWADSWORTH

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Wheredo you hope or thinkthe programwillgo fromhere? Babicky: I think the program will continue to growand gain popularity.I don't see the program becoming NCAADivisionI in the near future if ever. However,I would like to see it gain more support from local businesses and the university,so players do not have to worry about the cost of hockey. Hopefully this will happen once the rink in Logan is complete,but we are happy as long as we are playing. Anderson: With the fan base and quality management that exists in USU hockey,it can only go up. With the BridgerlandCommunity Ice Arena also well on it's way.we are excited-~ see what USUhockey can become. Whatwillyou tell your kidsand

grandkids aboutyourexperienceplaying hockey? Babicky: I will tell them it was a damn good time and lie about how good I was. Anderson: I will tell my kids and grandkids that hockey is a game that I love.I believe it to be the greatest game on earth. Someday I hope they too will play for the Aggi.es.

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I am writing concerning student seating. There is a growing depletion of seats available for students in which to sit. During basketball and football games there is always the issue of seating. Students cannot sit in the seated ticket area and the same should go for the seated ticket holders. In the spectrum the student section is from section F to P. During the game against Boise State Saturday night, there was a swarm of parents and kids that sat in the student section. Students that had purchased student tickets were left standing on the concourse to watch the game because there were no seats left in the student section. In section P there was a man that was saving five seats and would not let students sit in them. Those seats remained empty throughout the game, and the man was not even a student. I heard complaints from students of the mess created by the lack of enforcement in student seating. Ushers stop non-ticket holders from entering t~e ticketed area at the concourse level and so should they in the student seating area. Before the game Saturday I argued with the head usher Galen Gerber about the seating. There were kids sitting on the front row of the student section F. When I approached him about the situation, he became argumentative and told me those kids had as much right to sit there as the students did. I reminded him who pays the fees to sit there and he rep I ied that the kids pay their fees. Wrong - you can't tell me that a 12 year old pays student fees. On March 6, I called the manager over ticket sales in the Spectrum and asked him what was the policy of the student section. He said that sections F through P were general student seating. I asked him if a person that was not a student could purchase a general admission ticket and he replied no. He said they could only by a seated ticket. He also said that is somethin~ that

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Utah laws promote mediocrity This is written in response to Wednesday's letter from Rob Harris, in which he writes, "Laws are written to protect people." If this were true, then why did the Utah Legislature "protect people" by passing a law that would prohibit the possession of a gun in church or in school? , ~ltho ~ugh la~s;ca11e IT1~nt to pr!)tect people~ the Utah Legislature apparentlyoperates by diffetent motives; it writes laws (or not) to oppress people. Another example of this is their failure to address the issue of racial profiling by the police. By banning sex education, the legislature has paved the way to learning about a biologically and socially critical component of life by hearsay or, worse yet, from the Internet. The attribution of premarital sex, divorce and the breakdown of family values to sex education is just silly. The actions and (lack thereof) by the Utah Legislature against education in general, and sex education in particular, is characteristic of its ongoing effort to promote mediocrity.

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WfATHER WATCH(FROM UTAH CuMATI: CENTER)/ ZaneStephens We oftern take water for granted. Usually there are no shortages. We can turn on the tap and enjoy a clean, fresh drink. · Water covers two-thirds of our planet's surface and yet we rarely think about its influence on life and our climate system. We occasionally think of water when a drought situation occurs and we are restricted by how many times we can water our lawn or wash our cars. Water has very unique qualities which enable life to exist. Without these special qualities, no life would exist as we know it. Without the special qualities of water the earth's climate and weather systemswould be much different and very radical compared to how it operates now. The first of water's unique characteristics is it can be found on earth as a solid, liquid and gas. Most substances can be founcf in one or two phasessuch as a liquid or a solid but not all three. Water is found in the atmosphere as a gas, and on the sur-

face and atmosphere as a liquid and solid. The change in phase of gaseous water to a liquid moves heat from the equator to the poles and keeps temperatures more moderate. The result is warmer temperatures at the poles and cooler temperatures at the equator - more hospitable for life. Another important feature is water expands and becomes less dense when it freezes. Most substances become more compacted or denser when they freeze. Water is an exception. When water freezes it's molecules are less tightly packed. This allows frozen water to be lighter than liquid water, causing ice to float. Life would be greatly influenced in a negative way if ice were denser and sank. Lakesand rivers would be negatively influenced. The surface of the water would remain (at least initially) liquid which in turn would influence evaporation and cloud formation. When the lake or water system filled with ice it would take a much longer period of time to thaw. This in turn would have an effect on life and on the weather. Animals and plants living within the ice filled water would not survive.

Another benefit of water is its high specific heat compared to other liquids. Water requires large amounts of energy to warm and requires a loss of a large amount of energy to cool. With this trait water temperature has only minor fluctuations. Moderate water temperatures also moderates nearby air and the weather. The oceans are a large storage of energy which ran the weather machine. Other qualities of water include being an excellent solvent for many substances, strong cohesive properties, and a near neutral pH. Because of these properties water can dissolve many substances and carry them to other locations. It also has a pH that is helpful and not detrimental to life. Life would be poisoned if water were too acidic or too basic. Di-hydrogen oxide, or water, is important for both life and the earth's climate. The climate in turn is moderated and more hospitable to life because of water. Be thankful for water and don't forget our bodies are composed of two-thirds water.

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Spring Break is here! I'm excited about it, but I'm not sure why.All I know about Spring Break, I've seen on MTV. So it's a bunch of drunk guys, naked girls, and guest appearancesby Boyzone and Christina Aguilera, right? That's because MY Spring Breaks usually consist of 15 minutes at the vending machine with a bag of Cheetos and a Coke - and then it's back to work. While everyone else goes off to Mexico, Alaska or home to Mommy, I'm always somewhere wearing a vest with my name on it, asking people if I may be of assistance to them and their children. I usually don't ask the question out of a genuine desire to help, but as a hint to adults that their children are currently ramming a shopping cart into a Metamucil display. I don't have that kind of job this year, but telling parents that their children are presently "going tinkle" in the motel hot tub is basically the same thing. So have fun out there on the beach, all you Spring Breakers. While you're out there spending gobs of money on experiences that you wi II remember for a lifetime, I'll be making my four dollars an hour watching the snow fall on empty parking spaces.So there! I DID go Spring Breaking in a crammed car once before. That was the year three of my roommates and I decided to hit the road for California. We decided it would be a "boys only" trip, seeing as we were confident that we could "slay the ladies" in the "Golden State,"and seeing as we couldn't talk any living in the "Beehive State" into going. So we set off down the road like the Fantastic Four to find adventures and stuff. And ... what? You don't remember the Fantastic Four? With the cartoon man and lady with the tights that had "4" on the cfiests,and the fireball guy, and the guy that looked like Greg Ostertag, but was made out of orange bricks? The point here is, we were four guys hell-bent on having a good time without the the fairer sex. And yes, the trip was doomed from the start. The first problem was, we all had different musical tastes. Ron (the names here are changed to protect the musically-impaired) liked anything that was post-1973 and pre1979, Gary was into jazz and Neil Diamond, Weasel was Mr. Top 40 and I (I'll be "Roger") liked alternative. Which meant that we ended up compromising and listening to "Van Halen's Greatest Hits" 459 straight times. Also like the Fantastic Four (sorry, I can't leave them alone), we each had roles to play on the trip . Our first stop was Las Vegas, where Weasel went into action. Weasel was one of those guys that com- · bined greed with a total lack of pride and an annoying persistence. The type of guy who gets whatever he wants just oecause everyone is shocked

that he is shamelessenough to ask for it, and then CONTINUES to ask for it. (Like Merrill Cook in Salt Lake, who was finally elected because he ran for every conceivable office 153 times and got trounced each time, but KEPT RUNNING until the voters sent him to Congress just to move him away for awhile). These are the people who get everything in life - the warrvest fish burgers at McDonalds, the R.E.M. back stagepasses.They are also very handy to have along on trips. Because, needless to say, Weasel scored us a four-room deluxe suite in the middle of the Strip for nearly the same price as the $1.99 Circus Circus buffet, just because his mother supposedly knew the cousin of the manager's aero- · bic instructor, and he wouldn't leave the desk people alone. Robert's role (oops, I mean GARY'S) was to be the absentminded driver. For some reason, whenever we were in the worst L.A. traffic, Gary was behind the wheel. The boy had trouble driving a kiddie car down a track at Disneyland, but here he was on the Santa Anna freeway, consistently holding our lives in his hands while gawking at a palm tree a quarter-mile behind us. He was handy to have along, too, because we all know that the worst, leastattentive drivers NEVER get into accidents. They may CAUSE half the accidents in a given year, but never end up in one. Though we were covering our faces and gritting our teeth the whole time, somehow, deep down, we felt safe with Gary's cavalcade of close calls. I was so confident, I didn't even wear a seat belt. But that was also because I was sitting behind Ron. Ron's only job was to wedge in the miserable person sitting behind him, because he was 6 feet 7 inches tall and also BUILT like Greg Ostertag. Eventhough we never got into a wreck, I still needed the "jaws of life" to help me out of the car. My role (since I hadrelatives in California and had been there a few times) was as the Voice of Reason. When Gary begged to stay the night at a motel in Hollywood, I had to explain that we'd end up either knifed to death, or prostituted out for the next three months. When Weasel wanted to go to a beach that had more tree debris and seaweed on shore than sand, I would say that there is a better beach five miles down the road. But anyway, we had fun. At least until the "Great Gas Attack" near Cedar City on the way home. But after days of eating at Del Taco, Sam's Shakes 'N' Sharks and the Rio Buffet, nobody can be blamed. So it's probably best that I'll once again be left sitting at my job, sticking Cheetos in the computer disk slot and watching the temperature plummet on the Bank thermometer. I'll save money and besides, the motel office has MTV.

Kevin Peel is a senior majoring in English. His column appearsevery Friday in The Utah Statesman.

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Police investigate gunman's motive MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Memphis was a city in mourning Thursday - flags were at halfstaff, bouquets of flowers were placed on fire hall steps, and firefighters and law officers wore black bands across their badges. All were in memory of two firefighters and a sheriffs deputy who were slain Wednesday allegedly by one of their comrades, firefighter Fred Williams - in a rampage that has angered and saddened this Mississippi River city. "Jt's just so shocking," said Pam Mcfarlin, who took food to firefighters at Fire Station No. 55 and brought a bouquet of flowers to the home where the men were shot. "We all just feel so bad." Williams. 41. ambushed the firefighters as they arrived to fight a blaze at his home, authorities said. Williams' wife, Stacey, was found shot to death in the garage. Investigators said they were still looking for a motive. Fire Chief H.J. Pickett said the blaze was deliberately set, but investigators were trying to determine whether it was done so to lure firefighters to the home, or to cover up Mrs. Williams' death. It was also unclear whether Williams made the 911 call to report the fire, Police Director Walter Crews said. Williams, a six-year veteran of the Fire Department, was shot in the groin by a police officer when he refused to put down his

weapon, authorities said. Williams was under police guard at a hospital in critical condition. Authorities plan to charge him Friday but did not give specifics. Witnesses said that when firefighters arrived at the burning home, Williams ran out of the garage firing a shotgun and screaming, "Get away! Get away!" Killed were firefighter Lt. Javier Lerma, 41. the son of a Memphis firefighter who died battling a blaze in 1977, and Pvt. William Blakemore, 48, a firefighter who was working for a sick colleague, possibly Williams, Crews said. Williams did not work at the same station as the men who were killed, but they probably knew each other. Firefighters often cover shifts of sick comrades at other stations, Pickett said . Williams had returned to work Monday after taking a leave of absence for "employee assistance," Crews said, not providing details. Williams left work early Monday, claiming he was sick, and had not returned for shifts Tuesday or Wednesday. The fire chief wouldn't discuss Williams' work history or his leave of absence. Crews said the couple had married on Valentine·s Day and Williams moved into the house this week. He faced a court hearing next week on a domestic violence charge from

Bush. "There's no que,hon that there's some bitterness tnere and some anger." said <:en. Charles Hagel, R-Neb. McCain was the 10th Republican to leave the race. Bradley has been Gore's only challenger . They could not sustain momentum against the sheer force of their rivals' organizations. McCain had the most potent insurgency. staggering Bush in New

ELECTION Continuedfrom Page2 loophole by saying in his departure speech that the party deserves "the allegiance of none" if it doesn't embrace campaign finance reform. One of McCain's top supporters said he urged the senator to let go of the enmity he feels toward

October involving Mrs. Williams , then his fiancee. Details were not available. Herman Harrison, Mrs. Williams· former husband, told The New York Times that he was trying to get custody of his 8-year-old son, who was living at the house. The boy was in school when the shooting occurred and was taken to Harrison's sister. Neighbors had reported seeing smoke coming from the house and alerted Williams , but he said everything was fine. authorities said . "We stopped to see if we could help, and a guy came out and started shouting, 'Everybody go away and leave me alone!"' said Kia Bradley, a passer-by. Williams then allegedly ambushed firefighters and sheriffs deputies as they arrived to help. Sheriffs Deputy Rupert Peete, 45, was shot in his patrol car. Deborah Gatewood. 46, who was walking in the neighborhood, was apparently trying to warn Peete that Williams had a gun when Williams shot at them, authorities said. Gatewood was wounded in the face. She was in satisfactory condition Thursday. Firefighters received counseling Thursday . "We all went back to work this morning at 7 a.m. doing what we were doing yesterday morning - fighting fires. It's what we do," Pickett said.

Hampshire and Michigan. In a testament to his drawing power, one of every four GOP primary participants had never before voted in a Republican contest. Their paths cleared, Bush and Gore warmed up for what both camps predict will be a negative campaign. The Texas governor criticized Gore for supporting a ban on unlimited, unregulated donations

while raising the so-called "soft money" himself . Using a line he unleashed against McCain in their primary battles, Bush said of the vice president, "We're not going to be fooled by somebody who says one thing and absolutely does another ." Gore reissued his challenge to forsake TV ads in the general election . "We can elevate our democracy,' he told reporters here .

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