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Aspens in the Western United States are quaking for a good reason - they're slowly being wiped out by sagebrush and conifers. Historically, stands of aspen flour ished in the West, many estimated to be tens of thousands of years old. "In a period of 100 to 150 years, we've come in and mucked things up enough that it's gone," said Dale L. Bartos. aspen ecologist with the Rocky Mountain Research Station and adjunct assistant professor at Utah State University. He has spent the past 28 years researching aspen loss, and in recent years has focused on convincing people in the forest business that the problem is real and urgent. While all trees play a part in western landscape, Bartos said aspen is especially important. not just for ecological reasons. "The aspen gives people a warm fuzzy,"he said. "People relate to the aspen. It stands out, it turns colors. We notice it The other stuff is just pine.· But "just pine· is what we·n have soon if more isn't done to bring the aspen back, he said. Aspen-dominated landscapes have decreased about 60 percent in National Forest lands across Utah
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since settlement in the 1800's. This is just part of a trend all across the West, Bartos said. Some places in Arizona, Nevada and other Western states have lost 95 percent, and in a few areas aspen have been wiped out completely. When an area loses all its aspen, it means more than the loss of often thousands of acres of trees. Aspen stands are all connected to the same root system, beginning with one tree and all others sprouting from its roots. All these trees share identical genetic make-up, which is why aspen stands are known as clones. When a done disappears, its genes go with it and that type of aspen will never grow again. Bartos said. Most losses come through an invasion of conifers, usually subalpine fir, he said. Historically, the conifer was wiped out periodically by small. isolated forest fires, but the success of modern fire prevention has blocked this natural control, allowing conifers to become unnaturally populous and choke out aspen. Ironically, every new conifer means more fuel for a fire that will eventually wipe them out, Bartos said. "This will burn," he said. "It's just a matter of time." One way to regenerate lost aspen is with controlled fires, Bartos said. Aspen is naturally fire resistant. When a fire burns out an area, the aspen thrive in
nutrient-rich soil left behind, and regrowth covers the area in only a few years, he said. This is safer. and in the long run less land-scarring, than leaving the conifers to their own devices, Bartos said. Other ways to bring aspen back are cutting trees down to stimulate the growth of new sprouts in the roots and keeping wildlife fenced out of aspendominated areas where they eat young sprouts, he said. While a few aspects of the problem still need a closer look, research is nearly complete, Bartos said. who has worked on the aspen project with the Rocky Mountain Research station since 1972. Recently he has focused on getting the message out to people who will get involved in bringing the aspen back. One of the few experts on aspen in the world, he will be the keynote speaker at an aspen symposium co-sponsored by USU in July. He is also helping create a video to educate elementary school children on the issue. People are very positive and a lot has been done, he said, but not nearly enough to solve the problem . The aspen will probably never again reach 100 percent of its historical population, but Bartos said he hopes the next generation of aspen ecologists will see the aspen make a healthy return .
Bishops, others won't be prosecuted in abuse case LOGAN,Utah (AP)- The Cache County attorney says he won't be able to prosecute three Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints bishops who may have failed to report allegations of child abuse. Jay Toombs, 44, of Benson, faces three counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child for allegedlyfondling a 10-year-old boy in 1993 and 1994. He is also charged with inappropriate conduct with another child. Cache County Attorney Scott Wyatt has expressed concern that three clergy members knew about the alleged abuse. On Wednesday, Wyatt expanded those concerns to include "at least a dozen" people, including family members, a counselor and the bishops. "We started looking into those people we knew of who had a duty to report it and didn't," Wyatt said. But Wyatt also said his office will be unable to prosecute any of the alleged failureto-report cases because the statute of limitations has expired.
Utah's time limit for prosecuting misdemeanors is two years, but the Legislature extended the statute of limitations to four years for this specific charge. But the deadline has already passed. Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are encouraged to tell their bishops about serious violations of church doctrine, which sometimes involve criminal acts. Those conversations are private. But bishops are obligated to report crimes when they learn of them from people other than the alleged offender, Wyatt said. In Toombs' case, investigators think alleged victims' family members counseled with Mormon bishops and nothing was done, Wyatt said. Toombs is due to appear in court Wednesday for a preliminary hearing. Wyatt said police are investigating other allegations against Toombs and may yet file additional charges against him.
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Sixth-grader holds class hostage LISBON, Ohio (AP)- A 12-year-old who told authorities he wanted to be with his mother in jail briefly held his sixth-grade class at gunpoint Thursday before a teacher persuaded him to give up the weapon. No one was hurt and no charges were immediately filed against the boy, who was taken into custody. The boy said "his biological mother was in jail and he wanted to visit her, be with her," said Anthony Krukowski, superintendent of Lisbon schools. Police did not immediately confirm whether the mother was in jail. The boy's father told police the weapon - a loaded, 9 mm semiautomatic - had been stored on a dresser top with a fully engaged trigger lock. Police Chief John Higgins, who would not disclose the boy's name because he is a juvenile, said the boy apparently found the key and removed the trigger lock.
About 8:45 a.m., the boy city, which is about 25 miles Friday but will be open for stood up in his classroom at south of Youngstown in student counseling. McKinley Elementary northeastern Ohio, near the "Naturally the students School, pointed the gun at West Virginia and were shook up, any time you the floor and told his fellow Pennsylvania state lines . have an incident like that," students and teacher to get The Vindicator of Krukowski said. down, Higgins and Youngstown reported that Krukowski said he wasn't Krukowskisaid. the boy was on crossing duty very familiar with the boy · "It seemed like forever we with another sixth-grader, and was unaware of any were sitting on Katie Hartman, behavior problems. the ground. It on Thursday Vice President Al Gore, was probably a 'GoodlJye, Katie.I morning. The girl campaigning at a Cincinnati few minutes," said that at the elementary school. said the won't becoming end of their duty incident "once again raises said the teacher. Dan the boy told her: the question that has conback.' Kemats. 24. "Goodbye, Katie. fronted us so often in the A student in I won't be back." past year or two or three. the hall over• 12-YEAR-OLD • She asked That is. how can we all come ACCUSfJ> <.,UNMAN heard the what he meant. together to give our children exchange and but he didn't better values?" summoned answer. Gore said the student's another teacher, Linda Robb, Sixth-graders were sent access to a firearm points Krukowski said. home, but the other stuout the need for gun control Robb stood in the doordents were kept in class measures such as child-safeway of the classroom and because the district didn't ty trigger locks. asked the boy if she could want younger children going Texas Gov. George W. talk to him. The two walked home without making sure Bush, the presumptive out into the hallway and their parents knew, Republican nominee, said hugged, and the boy handed Krukowski said. the government should prothe gun over to Robb, police The school, which has vide mentoring and support said. about 650 students from programs for the 1.3 million The student was taken kindergarten through sixth sons and daughters of peointo custody by police in this grade, will be closed on ple in prisons.
WorldGLANcE > Taiwanese president resignsfromtop spot TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwan·s president resigned as leader of the ruling Nationalist Party on Friday, becoming the biggest victim of the opposition's stunning upset in Taiwan's presidential elections. Since the party's humiliating defeat in Saturday's election. protesters have demonstrated outside the Nationalists· headquarters. demanding that President Lee Teng-hui resign immediately as party chairman. Lee, who has led Taiwan for 12 years. had offered to step down in September. Then on Thursday, he told party leaders he would resign Friday. Vice President Lien Chan, who finished a distant third in the presidential vote, was to serve as the party's acting chairman . Although the media dubbed Lee "Mr. Democracy" because he presided over Taiwan's democratic reforms, he ruled his party like an authoritarian His critics were forced out or driven to the margins of the party. Shelley Rigger, a political science professor at Davidson College in Davidson, N.C., said Lee's solid victory in Taiwan's first direct election in 1996 seemed to have made him overconfident about his leadership. By silencing or forcing out most of his opponents, Lee also lacked people who could point out mistakes that he was making, Rigger said . "He lost his grip on reality," she said. The Nationalist Party was able to secure its power after 38 years of martial law rule ended in 1987, mainly because of the drastic step Lee took to "Taiwanize" the party.
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Marines canceldowntown Phoenix trainingoperationHUDcallsfor PASADENA,Calif. (AP)-A $75 million NASA spacecraft designed to study solar flares was heavily damaged when engiter and a soup kitchen, said local officials voiced concerns. PHOENIX (AP)- Military wider racial neers mistakenly shook it 10 times harder than intended during Louisa Stark, chairwoman of "We wish to train as safely helicopters are dropping a preflight test. and realistically as possible. but the Phoenix Consortium to Marines into downtown shaking cracked at least two of four solar panels on the integration in HighTheEnergy we want to respect the local End Homelessness. Phoenix. but don·t be alarmed. Solar Spectroscopic Imager, and tests were planned community," he said. John Wall, program director Just ignore the explosions and to find internal damage. Launch, which had been scheduled for of the Central Arizona Shelter Phoenix Police Chief Harold the sound of gunfire. It's only a publichousing July, will be pushed back at least to January. Services facility down the Hurtt asked the Marines to drill. That's what the Marine Corps told residents in media reports and fliers. But apparently even the idea of the urban warfare drill was enough to alarm some people. And the Marines pulled the plug Thursday, just hours before the training was to begin.
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postpone or cancel their training after community groups complained that it may hurt area homeless people, said police spokesman Sgt. Jeff Halstead. The training, complete with Marines in helicopters and the sound of gqnfire, was scheduled for an abandoned lumber ycird a downtown area with the highest concentration of homeless people. The training was to be within eyeshot of a homeless she!-
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It's the latest embarrassment for the space agency and Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which last year lost two high-profile missions to Mars. The cause of the mishap was still under investigation, JPL spokeswoman Mary Beth Murrill said Thursday. JPL engineers were performing tests on a shake table Tuesday to ensure the probe could withstand twice the force of gravity, which it would experience during launch. Instead, it was subjected to 20 times the force of gravity for about 200 milliseconds. "The folks who were involved in the test are mystified at this point." said Larry Dumas, JPL's deputy director. "There's no obvious reason that's presented itself (for the unexpected shaking)." The 850-pound HESS! probe is designed to explore the basic physics of particle acceleration and the energy release of solar flares from an orbit of 360 miles above Earth. It's not clear whether any of the scientific instruments were damaged. HESSI's engineers were confident that the spacecraft can be saved, said Mark Hess , spokesman for NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, which is managing the mission. "It continued to function even through the test," he said. "We know there are structural and other elements of the satellite that are still working." NASA will appoint a review board to investigate the mishap - just as it did twice last year after the Mars Climate Orbiter and Mars Polar Lander losses.
> Milosevic callsNATO nations the newfacists BELGRADE,Yugoslavia (AP)- President Slobodan Milosevic branded NATO countries Europe's new fascists Thursday as he laid a wreath on a memorial to mark the first anniversary of the 78- · day allied bombing of Yugoslavia. "Let there be eternal glory for the heroes of our fatherland who died in the defense of freedom and dignity of our country and its people from new fascism," Milosevic wrote in a memorial book at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Mount Avala, 10 miles outside Belgrade. A television tower on the mountain was repeatedly targeted by NATO. The Yugoslav government plans rallies Friday to mark the anniversary of the air campaign, launched March 24. 1999. to stop Milosevic's crackdown against ethnic Albanians in Kosovo. State-sponsored rallies are scheduled in Serbia's capital, Belgrade. in Montenegro's capital. Podgorica, and throughout the two republics that now form Yugoslavia. The ceremonies will include a marathon along a course that will take runners past bombed-out government buildings in Belgrade.
>- Twinkies in demandafterstrikeends BIDDEFORD, Maine (AP) - An eight-day strike by truck drivers against Interstate Bakeries Corp. that cut off the flow of Twinkies and Wonder Bread across the Northeast ended Thursday. The company and the Teamsters union agreed to additional talks next week on an arbitration dispute, and the Teamsters agreed to go back to work as a gesture of good will, said Dennis Raymond, chairman of the Teamsters' New England Bakery Drivers Council. "Right now, it sounds like everyone is going to get their Twinkies," said Robert Piccone, president of Teamsters Local 340. About 1,400 Teamsters left their jobs on March 15, accusing Kansas City, Mo.-based Interstate of refusing to abide by arbitra tion rulings. The company says the process was unfair; the union says the company refused to participate. Because of the strike, the company's Biddeford plant that makes J.J. Nissen, Wonder Bread, Hostess and Drake's products was shut down, putting 400 bakers out of work. Teamsters later set up pickets elsewhere, shutting down plants in New York City, Philadelphia, Wayne, N.J., and Buffalo, N.Y. . "We decided to pull the pickets down and to have a coolmg off period and put people back to work," Raymo:1d said. On the picket line in Biddeford, where the dnvers had put up a banner that said "Fort Twinkie" at their tarp -covered shelter, they let out a cheer when they heard the news Thursday
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art, generously sharing her culture with others. Yokouchi is finishing her last semester at USU, earning a degree in special education with an emphasis in severe disabilities. She is completing her student teaching at Adams Elementary School. She enjoys Logan and studying at USU because she loves outdoor activities, and she said the people here have treated her well. According to International Student of the Year Award criteria, recipients are undergraduate or graduate students who have contributed to activities and programs of international students at USU. Recipients should also show success in their academic career, and serve as an outstanding role model to the other international students, showing a potential for future plans, goals and aspirations.
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NewseR1EFs > Syndicated columnist to receive service award Veteran syndicated columnist Jack Anderson will be the inaugural recipient of the journalism service award, presented by the department of Journalism and Communication at Utah State University. The Distinguished Service medal is designed to honor outstanding contributions to journalism. Presentation of the award to Anderson, a Utah native and Pulitzer Prize winner, will be the highlight of the annual awards banquet of the USU journalism program. The event is March 31 at 6 p.m. at the Wyndham Hotel in Salt Lake City. "Jack Anderson is a legend in American journalism: said Ted Pease. the head of the USU journalism department. "For more than a half-century, he has afflicted the comfortable of the Washington political establishment and championed the interests of citizens. We are honored to have the opportunity to say thank you in this small way." Anderson has served on the journalism department's professional advisory board since 1995. The journalism banquet will also honor the department's outstanding seniors of 1999-2000 and present its faculty awards for teaching excellence, research and service. The banquet will begin with a reception at 6 p.m. followed by dinner and the program beginning at 7 p.m. The program will include tributes to Anderson's career and remarks by the veteran muckracking columnist, who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1973. Tickets to the event are $50 each. with proceeds to benefit the USU journalism department. For information or reservations, call (435) 7973292.
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Ancient hfstory: usu professor explores women of the past for KATHRYN SUMMERS
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Myths about the heroic deeds of men fill the pages of many Classical books . Stories of Hercules, Julius Caesar and Zeus are well known. But what about the women? • As part of Women's History Month. Utah State University classics professor Fran Titchener spoke Thursday about the contributions of ancient women and the women of classical mythology. The goddesses of ancient Greece and Rome were "strong, powerful, cunning, spiteful and u•hiny,"Titchener said, She told how Athena, the goddess of war, weaving and wisdom, challenged Arachne. a girl who had dared to boast about her weaving abilities, to a weaving match. The girl of course lost to the goddess, but this didn't satisfy Athena. She transformed the girl into a spider, or arachnid, based on the girl's name. Many monsters of classical myths were women, Titchener said. She talked about Medusa who had snakes for hair. Anyone who looked at her face turned to stone. However. the statues of Medusa show a rather beautiful woman. Titchener explained this was
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because the Greeks idealized people and wanted only beautiful art. Sirens of myths were half woman. half duck. They "sing the song that lures men to their deaths," Titchener said. The modern connotation of a siren is a sexy, seductive woman. Sirens in Homer's Odyssey, however, had nothing to do with sex. Their song was a ·call to the past to which you can never return," Titchener said. The Amazons were mythical warrior women. They were tremendous fighters . Titchener said many women had the characteristics of these brave women.
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In one breath, Titchener spoke of Cleitemnestra, who killed her husband out of revenge, and in the next talked about good wives who sacrificed themselves for the sake of their husbands. There were many Roman women who helped their husbands escape death. The names of these crafty women are unknown; in the history books, their brave deeds are attributed only to the wife of some man. In Greek history. women saved the city of Argos from the Spartans. Most Greeks could not face the Spartans, but the women did and won, Titchener said. Another strong woman was Cleopatra. She was not beautiful, but no one noticed because of her personality, Titchener said. She spoke many languages and rarely needed interpreters. Whatever her lover, Marc Antony, did, whether drinking, partying or sneaking around the city at night, she did with him. After Octavian beat Antony and Cleopatra·s soldier in the final battle, Cleopatra killed herself as Octavian was about to take her prisoner, just to prove he could never defeat her. The Vestal Virgins served with the goddess Vesta at the sacred hearth. These women had great political power because they were
beyond the reach of men. After they retired from Temple service, they had great power and wealth, but they could never have sex. The penalty of being a Vestal Not Virgin was death by being buried alive, Titchener said. Titchener explained the many ways we know about ancient women. Statues show ancient ideals of beauty and size. Ancient art reveals that humans have always been obsessed with hair styles, body decorating, piercing, tattooing, elaborate clothing and colors to show status. said Titchener. Paintings show that women wore makeup in ancient times. To look paler they used foundation made of lead, which poisoned them. Eyeliner (made of charcoal) has also been a favorite of both men and women because it emphasizes the eyes and attracts attention. Titchener explained that style has been used to show that others do your work. Impractical and elaborate clothing, hairstyles and makeup were symbols of a wealthy woman who had servants to do her work. Today, she said, long fingernails are the same type of symbol. It is often perceived that most women with long nails don't do manual labor.
said. •If the university reaches this conclusion, it is entitled to impose a mandatory fee to sustain an open dialogue to these ends." The objecting students can't complain about those fees, the court said, as long as the school does not "prefer some viewpoints to others." Wednesday's decision reversed a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit in Chicago. Civil rights groups hailed the ruling as a significant free speech decision for college students nationwide . Ruth Harlow, managing attorney for the Lambda Legal Defense &i Education Fund, which filed a brief in the case, called the ruling a "great victory· for students in the minority. Harlow and other civil rights
lawyers said a contrary result, allowing students to opt out of funding organizations they oppose, would have dealt a devastating blow to minority groups, such as lesbians and gays. And on liberal campuses, they noted, conservative organizations, too, could have been shut out. "If the university had lost this case, it would have meant the ability to form student groups on campus would have depended on majority approval." said Matt Coles, director of the Lesbian and Gay Rights Project for the American Civil Liberties Union. "You could create a group and be part of the ongoing debate on university campuses if the majori ty approved, but not otherwise," he said.
The Women's Center Advisory Board will be holding the ·women Over 65 Achievement Award Ceremony· Monday at 7 p.m. The recipients of this year's awards are Carol Noble Funk, Bonnie Fife Nielsen, Loye L. Painter, Janice Pearce and Sarah Ann Skanchy. 1he program will be held in the Taggart Student Center Ballroom and is free and open to the public. For information, call the Women's Center at 7971728.
> USU students collect toysforlocalfosterkids A group of Utah State University social work students are holding a toy drive to benefit foster children in Cache Valley. There will be a table set up in the Taggart Student Center for donations of new or gently used toy items for children aged zero to 18. Monetary contributions will also be accepted. The donations will be accepted Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of next week. Logan's Division of Child and Family Services is currently experiencing financial stress. As a result, DCFS, which is responsible for children in foster care system, is lacking sufficient funds for needed toy items. Children in foster care return to DCFS offices weekly to meet with their biological parents for one-hour visits. These visits are often traumatic and "having a room with toys softens the visits," said Pat Nielson. a licensed clinical social worker at DCFS. Anyone interested in further information about the foster care system can contact Heather Skabelund at s1cg9@cc.usu.edu
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WASHINGTON - In order to encourage the •free and open exchange of ideas," Wednesday the Supreme Court said public universities can collect mandatory student fees to fund a variety of campus groups - from Amnesty International to the Pro-Life League - even if some students object to the organizations. In a unanimous decision, the court ruled against a group of conservative students from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, who had sued to stop their activity fees from going to organizations they found objectionable. They maintained that forcing
them to support the groups violated their constitutional rights. But the court, in an opinion by Justice Anthony Kennedy, said an important purpose of any university is to "facilitate a wide range of speech." The justices concluded that the university was entitled to collect the mandatory student fees, just as it has during its 151year history, as long as it doled them out neutrally, without discriminating against groups based on their viewpoints. "The university may determine that its mission is well served if students have the means to engage in dynamic discussions of philosophical. religious, scientific. social and political subjects in their extracurricular campus life outside the lecture hall," the court
SALTLAKECITY (AP)- Policein Cancun say Spencer Vanweerd was being chased by officerswhen he jumped into a lagoon and was attacked by a crocodile. Vanweerd denies the account Vanweerd, 19, a Weber State University student from Clearfield, returned home Tuesday after being treated for injuries he said he suffered late Friday night when he was swimming in the lagoon while on spring break. He said the six-footreptile clamped onto his head and shoulders, but he managed to work free, badly cutting his arms and hands in the process. In previous interviews, he said he remembered learning from a television show that the animals have little strength opening their jaws, so he wrapped his arms around the reptile's mouth to keep it closed and struggled to shore.
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I have to confess : It was I who stole the shipment of Oscar statuettes , and after feeling a tsunami of guilt rack my conscience, I chucked them into a dumpster behind a Food-4-Less store in Southern California . I stopped to get some grapefru it and it seemed the logical place to hide the small golden trophies. Okay, so I really didn't pilfer the awards, but I can understand why the accused Oscar hijacker took off with someone's soon-to-be mantle decoration . Like me, he could see how incredibly level the playing field is this year amongst Oscar nominees. Anyone could win. so it's probably better that no awards are given this year, considering that every nominee is superb. I'm sure that is what the thief was thinking .
Either that or possibly he wanted to fill each trophy with explosives and send them first class mail to Jack Valenti, President and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America. I'm sure each of you will be watching the Academy Awards this Sunday (6 p.m. on ABC), so I've prepared a small guide to help you understand what films and what actors have been nominated. Thus, you can follow the telecast with enthusiasm and vigor, thinking about how incorrect I was in my predictions and enjoy stargazing at the latest Hollywood fashions (screw the awards, what is Jennifer Lopez going to wear this time?)
and Russell Crowe as Jeffery Wigand with her male mannerisms, that, in The Insider. indeed , she was a man . Although Kevin Spacey is one of Bening has been nominated once the finest actors in the business , the before (in 1990's The Grifters) and nod has to go towards Crowe, not this is Swank's first nomination . The only for his portrayal of Wigand, but other three nominees are Julianne also his preparation for the role in Moore (The End of the Affair). who and of itself. was nominated for best supporting Crowe gained 40 pounds, thinne actress in 1997's Boogie Nights , Janet his hair and lost his New Zealana · • ·•···••··..· cTeer(Tumbleweeds) and Meryl accent in favor of a Southern drawl. Streep{Music of the Heart') who is Crowe·s preparation is similarto nowtiedwith Katherine Hepburn Robert DeNiro's priming for his role · for mostOscar nominations (10 for in 1980's Raging Bull, a film tnat bestactress and two for best suphanded DeNiro his second Qscar (his portingactress). first came in 1974 with the Toughcompetition , but when all Godfather Part II). My gut feeling is said and done , Bening will have says Crowe walks away Sunday night the lucky number . with a little gold statue .
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American Beauty, The Cider House Rules, The Green Mile, The Insider and The Sixth Sense are the five contenders for best picture. Past winners include Shakespeare in Love (1998), Titanic (1997), The English Patient (1996), Braveheart (1995), Forrest Gump (1994) and Schindler's List (1993). My pick for Best Picture is The Insider, starring Russell Crowe and directed by Michael Mann. I loved American Beauty and I was enthralled with The Sixth Sense. However. The Insider is simply too engrossing, realistic and hard-hitting to ignore or cast aside as second-rate filmmaking .
Last year, Shakespeare in Love won best picture, and Steven Spielberg garnered best director honors for his World War II drama Saving Private Ryan. It marked the first time in eight years that the director of the best picture winner did not achieve best director status (the last time was in 1989 when Driving Miss Daisy won best picture and best director went to Oliver Stone for his film Born on the Fourth of July). The chance is high this year that another director will get the Oscar instead of the best picture director, and if that happens it will be a toss up between Sam Mendes and his American Beauty and Spike Jonze and his wildly clever film Being John Malkovich . However. I am sticking with The Insider; therefore, Michael Mann is my pick to win top honors for directing.
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Whether they come twoby-two, alone or in large groups, Cache Valley residents will have the chance tonight and tomorrow to watch the biblical story of Noah unfold on stage. The Cache Children's Choir's performance of the play "Noah's Flood" opens tonight in the Kent Concert Hall at Utah State University at 7:30 p.m. and continues Saturday. The Cache Children's Choir is an academy that teaches choral singing to children from age 3 through high school. said "Noah's Flood" Stage Director Wendi Hassan. Students 5 and up perform in the school's plays and concerts. Hassan said "Noah's Flood" includes a cast of 144 children, all of whom are from the choir. She said all but two or three of the academy's students will be in the show.
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Those students not in the show were unavailable for the performance, she said. Otherwise, she said. all the school's students 5 and older would have been performing. In addition to the choir children, the ·cast of thousands" will include performers from ·worthy choirs from the community· as well as two professionals, according to a press release from the choir. The part of Noah will be played by Judd Sheranian, an adjunct professor in music at USU and a violinist with the Utah Symphony. "Noah's Flood" director Bonnie Slade said. She said he will be putting down his violin - in fact, he has taken time off from work just for the production - and will be singing and acting for the show. "He's a fabulous vocalist," Hassan said. Cindy Dewey, a full-time faculty member of the USU Music department and head of vocal performan ce at USU. will play Noah's wife, or "Mrs. Noah," Slade said. "She's a wonderful character actress and has a fabulous voice," Hassan said. Hassan said the children in the show will play the parts of the animals, Noah's children and the Gossips, Mrs. Noah's friends who want her to stay behind with them. Among the community choirs involved are the USU Sunburst Club's Aggie Carolers, who will play hand bells. according to the press release.
The orchestra is filled with both professionals and youth musicians, including members of local middle and high school orchestras. The cast is rounded off by a flock of "silent miracle makers,· young men whose voices have changed and are therefore no longer members of the Cache Children's Choir, Hassan said. She said they play the Storm. Dressed in black. the Storm comes on stage to help build the ark and do various other set work, Hassan said. The Storm, of course, also leaves Noah, h is family and a boatful of wild animals stranded in a flood, floating on the ark they helped build. Hassan said though the story is from the Bible, a few changes have been made. She said "Noah's Flood," or "Noye·s Fludde· as it was called in Old English, is what's called a "miracle play." "It's a historical piece: she said. Miracle plays were performed in churches in the Middle Ages ·when theater was bad" to tell illiterate churchgoers the stories of the Bible, she said. She said miracle plays were the only socially acceptable form of theater. As a biblical story converted to the stage, a few changes were made , Hassan said. "Mrs. Noah is not - in the Bible - a bad character," she said. However, in "Noah's Flood," Mrs. Noah is antagonistic to Noah thro ughout the story. She almost stays behind with her friends the
Gossips and must be ripped away from them by the children. According to the press release, British composer Benjamin Britten took th e play, then called the "Chester Miracle Play," and composed a fully orchestrated choral score for it. At that point, the "Chester Miracle Play" became "Noye·s Fludde." Cache Children's Choir's production will be conducted by Will Kesling, a professor at USU who sang the part of one of Noah's childre n when he was young. Three times during "Noah's Flood," the audience sings along with the performers, Hassan said. She said the hymns the audience sings were well known to English congregations in the past. and these congregations went to the miracle play expecting to sing along. Hassan said Kesling will take about 15 minutes before the show to familiarize the audience with the hymns as well as to explain the show's history. Tickets for "Noah's Flood" are $5 each or $15 for a family pass. According to the press release, a family pass can only be used by immediate family members living ip the same home. Tickets are available at the Book Table, Keepsake Kottage, both locations of Lee's Marketplace and at the door. Show times for Saturday are 2 and 7:30 p.m.
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Men portray the ugly stepsisters and the stepmother, and high school students dance the leads in Cache Valley Civic f-Ballet's production of "Cinderella." CVCBdancer Stephanie .._ White said the ballet follows the story of the classic Cinderella fairy tale, with a
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humorous twist "The main highlight of the show will be the stepmother and the ugly stepsisters because they are played by men which makes them very ugly indeed," White said. White said these roles are traditionally played by men, making "Cinderella· a fun. light-hearted ballet. According to CVCB'sWeb site (www.cvballet.org),audi-
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dent Carly Schaub will dance the role of Cinderella. according to CVCB'sWeb site. Cinderella's handsome prince will be performed by Jeremy Israelsen, also a student at Sky View. Victor Castillo, who has per formed with the Utah Festival Opera Company, will fill the role of the stepmother. Two Utah State University alumni. Shane Brown and Dale Leishman, will play the stepsisters. According to the Web site, the cast is made up of 90 people, many of whom are not CVCBcompany dancers, but members of the valley's communities. White said one of her favorite things about the production is that it allows nonprofessionals a chance to perform. "It's a fun group to work with," she said. Saturday, "Cinderella" show times are 1 p.m. an d 7:30 p.m., and Monday's single performance begins at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for "Cinderella" can be purchased by calling the Ellen EcclesTheatre at 7520026 . Ticket prices range from $4.50 to $10.50 with group and senior rates available.
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The ups and downs of owning a car LIFESENTENCES / BryceCasselman drive a f o u r door car with two child car seats in the back seat and a cornucopia of items on the floor ranging from clothes to fermented sipper-cups to toys. On the outside of the car is a couple of inches of dirt and grime. The only time my car gets washed is when God decides that it needs it and sends rain. Don't get me wrong - I love my car. I wouldn't know what to do if it was stolen; therefore, to disstJade any car thieves, I keep it looking like a vehicle from a Mad Max movie, minus the spikes and the turret machine gun, of course. On the other hand, there are those people who have the car with the perfect paint job that is shined to a state of unearthly glory. Of these people I ask, do you not work? Is there nothing more important or pressing in your life than spending your day with Windex in one hand, a lint-free towel in the other and a cordless vacuum strapped to your back? If you truly do not have anything better to do, please, come see me. My wife has a list of 100 things that are simply life or death if they aren't done today. And then there are those who decorate their vehicle with enough chrome and other paraphernalia to give the average Nascar sponsor a run for
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Polynesian Week to give students a second chance for Spring Break sun, fun DEBBIE LAMB
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For those people who did not go on their dream vacation for Spring Break, the Polynesian Student Union is sponsoring Polynesian Week starting Monday. Events include a luau which will be held next Friday at 5 p.m. in the Taggart.Student Center ballroom. The event will cost $10 for adults and $7 for children and will cover dinner, enter tainment and a dance following the luau. Tickets are available at the Ticket Office in the TSC. "We really would like the luau to be a mix between the (Polynesian) community and students." Kimberly Kawakami, secretary of the Polynesian Student Council, said. "The luau is totally informal dress because we want it to be as close as possible to a real luau: she said. Kawakami said there will be a lot of people in lava
lava's. The men are going to have a traditional pig roasting. She said the Polynesian Student Union has combined with Weber State University's Polynesian Student Union this year to provide the entertainment. ·we practice three or more times a week," Kawakami said. "It's so difficult getting everybody together because it takes the students from Weber an hour to get here and then we travel down there sometimes. too." Throughout the week there will be activities every day - either on the TSC patio or in the International Lounge in the TSC. depending on the weather. On Monday there will be a blindfolded banana eating contest. Tuesday will feature a limbo contest. Wednesday there will be a hula hoop contest. and Thursday students will have the chance to learn different Polynesian dances.
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Justice opens probe of White House e-mails WASHINGTON (AP)- The JusticeDepartment announced Thursdayit has opened a criminal investigationinto how the White House failedto review thousands of e-mailsthat may have been under subpoena. Lawyersdivulgedmost of Vice PresidentAl Gore'smessagesare among the missing. The White House failureto archivevicepresidentiale-mails before 1997 means that most of Gore's electroniccorrespondence was never reviewedto determine whether some piecesshould be turned over to investigators lookingat Democraticfund-raising abuses. "It appears that much, if not all" of Gore'se-mailswere not capturedby the White House archivesystem.White House counselBeth Nolan informed Congressin a letter. Nolan told lawmakersthey are reviewingbackup tapes from the vicepresidentiale-mail system to see if any of the e-mails can be reconstructed. The archivefailurewas "the sole result of human mistakes and entirelyunintentional." Nolan said,explainingthat Gore's officesimplyused a different e-mailsystemthat until
1997could not be archivedby the normal White House system. "Wehave found no indication that those people producingdocuments (under subpoena)were aware of this problem,"Nolan wrote. Butthe House Government ReformCommittee,which is investigatingthe e-mails,disclosedthat current White House Chiefof StaffJohn Podestamay have known about the e-mail glitchback in the summer of 1998 in the midst of the Lewinskyscandal. The White Houseacknowledgesthat the glitchescaused White House lawyersto fail to reviewthousands of messagesto see if they were responsiveto subpoenasand should have been turned over to Congressor criminalinvestigatorsfrom the many Clinton-eracontroversies. Some of the e-mailsmay be lost forever,aides said. In a court filing,the Justice Department divulgedit has opened a criminalinvestigation into the missinge-mails,and allegationsby some White House contractworkersthat they were threatened by presidential aides never to disclose the problemsto investigators.
The investigationwillbe conducted by the campaignfundraising task forcewhich had subpoenaed the e-mailsas part of its overallinvestigationinto fund-raisingabuses in the 1996 election. The dual developments Thursdayadded fresh fuel to a controversythat alreadyhas spilledinto the presidentialcampaign.RepublicanGeorgeW. Bush raised the issueanew. "Thisis a White House that needs to let the sunshine in when it comes to campaign fundingallegations,"Bushsaid."I look forwardto seeingwhere those e-mailsare, and what was in those e-mails." The committeereleaseda June 19, 1998 memo from a presidentialaide to then-deputy chiefof staff Podestainforming him of an "anomalyin the system involvingthe Mail2server." They also releaseda handwritten note suggestingthat Podestaasked an aide "to brief me on this." Some private sector contract employees,who were hired by the White House to work on the e-mail system,contended they were threatened by White House officialswith termination
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Newly wealthy find riches bring unsettling changes SAN FRANCISCO- Born of the outrageous riches pouring from the high-tech economy and the often young age at which fortunes have been amassed, a new malady has emerged: sudden wealth syndrome. The term was coined by San Francisco Bay Area clinical psychologist Stephen Goldbart and psychotherapist Joan DiFuria, who both noticed increasing psychological problems among the newly minted multimillionaires they saw. Although their clients' wealth brought them comfort beyond their wildest dreams, it also brought a sense of isolation, uncertainty and imbalance - as if they had been teleported into an alien world that was very pleasant at times but still completely strange. "In a lot of ways, I was happier living a simpler life," said one executive who wanted to remain anonymous. ·rm not saying I'm a miserable guy, but it is hard talking to people about making this transition. Other people just think, · Shut up! You have what everyone dreams f.' What they don't understand is that change is always difficult, and sometimes it's painful." The pursuit of wealth is a mainstay of the United States arguably the core of the American dream. But, until recently, vast wealth was achieved by only a
small percentage of Americans. The roaring bull market of the last few years and the seemingly endless parade of high-flying initial stock offerings have churned out new millionaires at an unprecedented pace. What some of the newly rich have found is that amid the splendor of new Porsches and oceanview homes is a very human sense that the frenzied pursuit of wealth is not quite the fairy tale that it is made out to be. One Los Angeles entrepreneur woke up one morning, after years of struggling to build his business, and found himself tens of millions of dollars richer through the sale of his company. It was the ultimate high-tech dream. Although he didn't believe his good fortune at first, he eventually launched into a buying spree of new cars and a multimillion-dollar home. Then something else began to creep into his life. He found himself shadowed by a gnawing anxiety that his money could disappear as quickly as it had come, and he felt a growing gap with his old friends that made it hard to talk about even the most mundane things in life, like cars, home repair and taxes. ·our property tax now is double
our old house payment for a year," said the executive, who spoke only if his name was not revealed. "How do you talk to other people about that?" In many ways, these are problems regular working people would love to have. ·1 would trade places with them in a second," said Jamie Watson, a 19-year-old census clerk, as she trudged up a Los Angeles street on her way to catch a bus home. "If they have that much money, they have enough to make themselves happy." Few, if any, of the wealthy would trade their new set of problems for those of the working world. But Goldbart and DiFuria, who founded the Money, Meaning and Choices Institute in the San Francisco suburb of Kentfield, said that physical comfort alone cannot resolve many of the problems of identity and meaning that people spend a lifetime grappling with. Sudden wealth syndrome is not really about money at all, they say, but about change - huge, lifealtering change that is as powerful in reshaping life as work, divorce and illness. David Wellisch, a professor of psychiatry at the Uqiversity of California, Los Angeles, Medical
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Br_ingit on Despite a 9-17 record, the USU softball team is ready for Big West action AARON MORTON
Assistant Sports Editor
Bring on the Big West Conference. Bring on New Mexico State University. Despite a 9-17 record in the preseason, the Utah State University softball team is looking forward to proving themselves in conference play. "We are looking to come out and surprise some teams: senior first baseman Sandy Taylor said. The Aggies· poor record does not tell the whole story. Nine of the 17 losses were to top-25 teams. ·we feel real good regardless of the record." head coach Pam McCreesh said. "Good things will happen in conference.· USU has its first shot of making those ·good things· happen this
weekend as the team travels to Las Cruces, N.M. to take on NMSU's Aggies. New Mexico State has a better overall record, 14-17,but the team dropped its first three BWC games. They were swept by California State University at Northridge. Other than the record, McCreesh said she doesn't know a lot about NMSU. But that's not a concern, she explained, as the team is just worried about its business. And according to the USU players, their game is coming around. "Everyone is positive," freshman third baseman Stephanie Vasarhely said. "(Our) chemistry is great now: The team's pitching and defense have grown more consistent, McCreesh said. ·our pitching was on," Taylor said of the team's road trip.
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The Aggies shutout two teams and held another to just one run in the second half of USU's 14-game Spring Break road trip - a trip some of the players said fatigued them. "We're a little tired right now: Vasarhely said. But after just two days off from practice and five days after their last game, USU is back on the road. And the Southern Aggies are 5-5 at home this season, where it can be difficult to play.
They have some good hecklers. Taylor said, adding that USU's fans can be just as intimidating. Aggie fans will get their first chance April 1 at The LaRee and LeGrand Johnson Field against the University of the Pacific. ·we always have a big crowd. when the weather is good," Taylor said. During the road trip, slugger Taylor tied and broke the Utah State record for career home runs . Taylor
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currently has 20 home runs , breaking Jennifer Power"sprevious record of 18. "It was kind of a relief," she said about breaking the record. Taylor is the lone senior on a team that starts five freshmen. But all the freshmen - including the reserves - have filled in well. Three of the team ·s top five hitters are freshmen. "They've taken on a lot of responsibility,"Taylor said.
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WADE DENNISTON
SeniorSports Writer
Is it too early to be talking pigskin? The Utah State University football team, which began spring ball on Monday, certainly doesn't think so. The Aggies lost 22 seniors (10 of whom were in the program for five years) from last season's squad that went 4-7 and are hoping to rebuild a program that hasn"t been above .500 since 1996 (6-5). In ·97, Utah State went 6-6, earning it a spot in the inaugural Humanitarian Bowl,but fell to 3-8 the following year. First-year head coach Mick Dennehy, who saw 86 players report to the first day of practice (26 of his own recruits). knows USU has a long way to go before the season opener. Sept. 2. at Texas Tech University. "We've got a lot of work to do," Dennehy said. "It's really hard evaluating kids when you don't have pads on. There·s a lot of allAmericans that line up and (they're playing) against air. But when you put the pads on and put some people across from them. it creates a little more realistic situation. "We've got a lot of time left. and we're not in
any hurry. I think we've accomplished some objectives that we had set for ourselves for the first couple of days." Two of those objectives were getting in an adequate amount of the offense and defense so the players could get a feel for the new system. "Very pure and simple. Hopefully we can get enough of our offense, and our defense in, to where the Kids understand it well enough where we can line up and start competing against one another," Dennehy said. And learning a new system shouldn't be too difficult for the players, considering this may be the third time some of them have had to do it - which is one reason Dennehy said he thinks the team can pick up quickly on his method. "These guys have had so many coaches, (for) some of them, it ought to be· easier on them than it is on most," Dennehy said. But Dennehy knows that some players may have some negative feelings about learning a whole new system again. ·1 think under the circumstances you can hardly hold it against them to be cynical with a new group of coaches coming in," Dennehy said. "Some of these guys. throughout their careers, have had four different position coach-
es. I think that's made it hard on them." However, in order to be successful. the team has to give the coaching staff a chance to turn the program around. "Like I asked them when we first got here, 'We're us; we're not them. Give us a chance,'" Dennehy said. "'If we're going to have a chance at all, it's going to be because we all believe in one another. and you're going to have to believe what we're telling you.'" And one way everybody can get to that level is by getting to know one another better, which is another thing Dennehy would like to accomplish this spring. "It's a big time for us because (we) haven't had much of a chance to get to know all the kids.· he said. "Also,get to know them from the standpoint of who the players are in pecking order on the depth chart. We'll try to get as much of that established as we can. "From a personality standpoint, we'll try to find out who amongst the guys ...is going to make plays for us? How are they going to react? Who are our playmakers?" The Aggies will continue to practice on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, until April 14, when they host the Blue-White game at Romney Stadium.
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Fat ment businessmen and pizza - sounds like March Madness THE HOB.SON HUT/ CaseyHobson Well it's hard to believe, but we're already down to the Sweet 16, and I know there are a slew of you who are wishing you could have redoes on your tournament bracket. , I can't say I blame you either. I mean after all, who in their right minds would have predicted eight-seed North Carolina would defeat No. 1 seed Stanford? Personally, I'm glad the Tarheels won that one, but I would have never imagined it. It was too far fetched. It is a Cinderella story at its finest. UNC is one of college basketball's most legt;l endary programs. Yet the 'Heels struggled all l!j season and fell out of the Top 25. With an 18; 13 record, some people speculated as to IQ whether North Carolina would even get an at!:!: large bid. The mighty Tarheels, who went to ~ the Final Four three different times in the '90s, ~ were a bubble team at season's end , and there B was uncertainty in Chapel Hill surrounding ~ head coach Bill Guthridge's job. l But with its victory over Stanford on Sunday, North Carolina not only ruined everyone's Cincinnati'sKenyonMartin (4).seen hereblockinga shot, tournament brackets but it also erased the brokehis legjust beforethe NCAA lo11rnament. Martin's injury may havecost the Bearcatsa shot at the nationaltitle. mediocrity surrounding its season - or at least
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for another weekend of war. I repeat, there' s nothing else like it in the sporting world . Kids skip school , grown men stay home from work and pizza parlors take in so much money they could probably hibernate the rest of the year and still do fine. It's not just overweight guys in sweatstained, white tank tops that get excited for the tournament. It's businessmen in suits with briefcases , teachers , bus drivers, bankers, construction workers (many of whom are included in the category of tank top-wearing, overweight guys), retired folk and more. Business transactions are made between games and life-long friendships begin in the bathroom lines. Outside the World Series, this is the time of year when we are closest to world peace. This is the season when dreams come true. And for the fans in Chapel Hill who suffered through North Carolina's worst season in over 10 years, those dreams have been Tarheel blue so far in this season 's tournament. And as long as dreams are coming true, maybe someone will beat Duke. I doubt it will happen , but it is March Madness, and anything is possible.
CaseyHobson, a juniorfrom Boise,Idaho,is the sportseditorat the Statesman. E-mailhim at hobson1iut@hotmail.com
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Suns lose Kidd, talk Johnson out of retirement as replacement PHOENIX (AP)- Jason Kidd? Out of the picture. Kevin Johnson? Out of the NBA nearly two years, he's back in. The Phoenix Suns might have ended their run of bad luck with a master stroke signing Johnson to play point guard for them hours after Kidd broke an ankle. Johnson, 34, a three-time All-Star who hasn't played since the 1997-98 season, was the Suns' floor leader until they acquired Kidd in December 1996. He signed a contract Thursday to finish the season. Kidd broke a bone high in his left ankle one second before halftime Wednesday night against Sacramento. Doctors inserted three support screws during a successful, two-hour operation Thursday. · The injury was a serious blow to Phoenix, which lost forward Tom Gugliotta for the season when he tore ligaments in his left knee March 10, and guard Rex Chapman because of an appendicitis attack last week. Earlier in the season, coach Danny Ainge resigned, Gugliotta had a near-fatal seizure, and Penny Hardaway and Shawn Marion were injured. "When you list the players who have gone down with illness and injury, it's like taking a number of bullets and still be standing," CEO Jerry Colangelo said. "It's a tremendous accomplishment, and I think the job that the players and coaching staff under Scott Skiles - what they've done and accomplished - makes it a very special team. This is some icing on the cake. To bring back someone the caliber, as a player and a person, of Kevin Johnson under these circumstances makes it very unique." The beaming Johnson joined the team shootaround. He handled the ball, joked with teammates and spoke quietly with assistant coach John Macleod.
He skipped the trip to Los Angeles to play the Lakers on Friday night, remaining in Phoenix to practice. but will suit up Sunday in a home game against Golden State. "He left at the top of his game and it wasn't that long ago," Colangelo said. "So you've got a young, athletic body, and all we're talking about is timing." "I had a hard time taking two days off, but I was certainly not as gifted an athlete as Kevin Johnson," said Skiles, who said Randy Livingston would start at the point for the time being, with shooting guard Hardaway sharing some of the responsibility of breaking opponents' traps and getting the ball into the frontcourt. Johnson said he stayed in good enough shape to enter 10-kilometer races, but avoided playing basketball so he wouldn't be tempted to resume his 11-year career. However, he said he felt an obligation to help the Suns, who acquired him from Cleveland on Feb. 25, 1988. "The organization said, "We're in a bind, and you're the only one that can help us,' "Johnson said. "You get a call like that from (senior vice president) Cotton Fitzsimmons on behalf of Jerry and (president) Bryan Colangelo, you realize it's something you have to consider. It's like your country calling you. You have to accept that challenge." Johnson knew he was going to return as soon as he spoke with Fitzsimmons. who called while the game was still in progress. Kidd is questionable for the playoffs, and Skiles said Johnson's name leaped at him when he got to the bottom of a list compiled by Fitzsimmons and Bryan Colangelo. Johnson ranks 10th in the NBA with 6,687 career assists. He is the Suns· career assists leader (6,494) and third in scoring with 12,707 points, averaging 18.0 points per game.
Johnson's career assist average of 9.2 trails only John Stockton, Magic Johnson and Oscar Robertson, and he is only the sixth player to record 11.500 points. 6,000 assists. 2.000 rebounds and 1,000 steals. He averaged at least 20 points and 10 assists from 1988-91. Only four other players accomplished that feat Nate Archibald. Johnson, Robertson and Isiah Thomas. "'Seeinghim here made me happy, and once they said he signed I was really happy, because I know what he can bring to this team," Hardaway said. "Kevin put pressure on the defense his entire career and made life hard on a lot of people. I'm sure he still can do it."'
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Edmonds gone,Beltrestaying . (AP)- Jim Edmonds finally is leaving Anaheim, Adrian Beltre is staying in Los Angeles, and Al Martin made a difficult return to the San Diego Pad,es clubhouse. After months of speculation, the Angels sent their two-time Gold Glove outfielder Edmonds to the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday for 18game winner Kent Bottenfield and second baseman Adam Kennedy. "When it started to become apparent that we might be able to fill two of our needs, it was such an attractive deal that it just made a lot of sense to us," Angels GM Bill Stoneman said. Starting pitching has been a major question mark for the Angels, who lost ace Chuck Finley to the Cleveland Indians via free agency during the offseason. Bottenfield gives them a proven starter. Bottenfield went 18-7 with a 3.97 ERAlast season, and made the NL All-Star team. He entered la~t year having won just 18 big-league games. Edmonds hit .250 with five homers and 23 RBIsin just 55 games last season after ~ing sidelined until August while recovering from surgery on his right shoulder. "When you get an opportunity to get a guy of Edmond's stature, you can't pass it up," Cardinals GM Walt Jocketty said. Beltre agreed to a $5.05 million, three -year contract with the Dodgers, ending a three-
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After a surprisingbasketballseason that saw the Aggiesgo a perfect 19-0in conferenceplay and receiveonly their second NCAAinvitation in 12 years,the Aggieswilltry to continue to improveand prepare for the 2CXX>-01 season. Despite being pickedto finish as low as fourth or fifth in the BigWest Conference's Eastern Division,USVwent on to win the conference title in impressivefashion. ·we·re tickledto death,"assistant coach RandyRahe said."When it's unexpectedlike that, it makes it all that more rewarding." But the season'ssuccesscould actuallyturn into a negativenext year if expectationsare too high. New MexicoState Universityfellvictimto high expectationsthis season.as they were predictedto finish first in the Eastern Division. Despite reachingthe BWCtournament final and making it into the NIT.many fans thought the season was a failure,Rahe said. "Highexpectationsmake it miserablefor the coaches,playersand fans,"he said. After all, the Aggieswillhave to replaceTroy Rolle,the team's only senior this year. "That'sgoing to be a big hole to fill."Rahe said."Troyhas been a wonderful player: Rolleplayedstrong in the late stagesof the season.includingthe 75-67 lossto defending champion Universityof ConnecticutHuskies where he led all scorerswith 18 points. The opening minutes of the game reflected USU'sinexperiencein the NCAAtournament The Aggiesseemed to be shell-shockedand didn't find a grooveuntil late in the first half. Rahe said the environment was so new and distractingthat the team didn't quite know how to handle it The first thing the team said after the loss is ·we have got to get back here," accordingto Rahe. And the journey back willstart soon. After about a week and a half off, the team willstart weightliftingand pick-upgames followedby individualworkoutswhere coaches work with two or three playersat a time. Meanwhile,the USUcoachingstaff willbe recruiting for future teams. Rahe said they are not lookingfor any type of playerin particular, just good players. The coachingstaff willalso be hammering out next year's season schedule.The BigWest willlook differentnext year,but the preseason scheduleshould be similarto this year, po~bly includinganother top-notch tournament ~e this season'sMaui Classic. USUturned in a contract for the Top of the Worldtournament in Fairbanks,Alaska.The Aggiesare waiting to be invited,and Rahe said he thinks USUhas a good chance to get in. The Maui Classicwas a big confidencebooster for the Agmesas they provedthe couldplay top programslike the Universityof Floridaand Universityof Southern California.
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"I wish I get the opportunity to be the fifth starter," Mendoz.asaid. "If the teams decidesto sent me back to the bullpen, I'll do the best I can." In other games: Cardinals 16, Marlins0 At Jupiter,Fla.,Mark McGwirehomered in his third consecutivegame and Larry Sutton hit a grand slam for St. Louis. McGwirewent 2-for-3, raisinghis spring average to .382in 13 games.He has 16 RBIsand has four homers after a slowstart. Reds9, Pirates 7 At Sarasota,Fla.. Ken Griffey Jr.hit his sixth spring homer, hitting a two-run homer in the first off Pete Schourek.who got hit hard in an important outing for the left-hander.
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The March 22 editorial, "In Our Opinion," promotes the idea of making our churches and universities "no safe zones" where "guns have no place" and then deceitfully implies that CCW permit holders are somehow the cause of violent crimes involving firearms . I'm not sure whose "our opinion" is, but it is certainly not mine nor was it the 76 percent of the students who voted in the University of Utah's Academic Senate. The editorial correctly acknowledges that crime exists and that innocent people are sometimes killed. Seldom, if ever, are these heinous crimes ever involving a CCW permit holder as the instigator or victim. These increasingly frequent tragedies have a.distinct •UNITID PRfss absence of CCW permit holders present. If one honINTERNATIONAL• estly looks at the situation they will find that CCW permit holders are polar opposites of violent criminals and troubled youth. It is an outright lie to put CCW • permit holders in the same category as criminals. The several people I know with CCW permits LETTERS unflinchingly accept and understand the concept of Lengthshouldbe self-responsibility . They are active and concerned limitedlo ~50worqs. members of their communities, have strong families, All ldters may beshort- respectable employment or are excellent students, ened, editedar rejected respect and abide by the laws, and are without short far reasonsofgoodtnste, tempers. It is my opinion that nearly all CCW permit holders are an asset to a safe society and would make redundancyar volume ideal role models for youth and adults. of$im11arletters. The University of Utah's policy that bans legally Noarwnymousletters carried concealed firearms on campus effectively insures psychopaths will meet no resistance in carrywill bepublished. ing out their evil designs. This places student's and faculty ' s divine rights of "life, liberty, and the pursuit Writersmust signall of happiness" in the hands of the lunatic. The only letters,with phOHe hope they then have is the local law enforcement. numberand student Tl-\is might be an appropriate time to remember the numberclearlystated. horrible scene at Columbine where the law enforceLettersrepresenting ment waited outside until conditions were safe to groups- ar marethan enter while the death toll increased within the "no oneindividual- must safe zone." This policy expands "no safe zones" by disempowhavea singularrepresentativeclearlystated, ering responsible citizens while aiding criminals to be more confident and successful in victimizing defense· with all nea=iry ID less citizens and students.
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The success of the supporters of the controversial campaign to drain Lake Powell is entirely dependent upon gaining public sympathy for their goals. It's actually in their best interest to make those who ediJo,@ would criticize their views into suspected wrongdosblttsmlln.UBU.tdu ers. One example of this is the recent claim that vandals tore down flyers around campus. Whether this vandalism was real or imagined is STAFF beside the point, because the profusion of pink signs posted during the week of that meeting allowed Eo!roR·IN-OlllF. JaredSimer almost anyone paying attention to be informed of the event. Even if everyone who attended that night NC'JS £DITOII: VickyCampbeII removed flyers to take them to the meeting , a myriad of ads would have remained . f£ATUR£S EDITOR: As a matter of fact, here we are, two weeks later, JustinBerry and a few of those many signs are still in place and Si'olllS EDITOR: OlseyHobson the chalk graffiti advertising "Drain Lake Powell" is still an eyesore upon the TSC. Thankfully, the freel'HorO EDITOR: Liz Mnudsley market competition for ad space on the many billboards and walls around campus will soon entirely COPl'EDITOII: HeatherFredricksonreplace those old signs and hopefully, Mother Nature will do us a favor and wash away the ugly chalk WIREEDITOR: LlluraBellamy scrawls that remain on the buildings, scribbled there by lake-draining adherents. E.ooORW. BOW>:
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all been set up without the knowledge or blessings of our state agencies (they are aware of it now). To me, this reeks of an elitist attitude that can give fly fisherman a bad name. The whitefish, as you all know , was here long before the introduction of the assorted trouts (cutts excluded). Cache Anglers is poised to take a stance opposing this activity, including a few letters to Willow Valley, the Herald Journal and Orvis headquarters. If Willow Valley wanted to pull something like this on their own property, that would be one thing. But encouraging wanton waste of a valuable resource on public land is not only illegal, it says something on where "the sport" made be headed - right down the crapper.
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You may or may not have heard of the upcoming "Whitefish Derby," March 31 to April 1, sponsored by Willow Valley "Sportsman" (and I use the term loosely) of Paradise. They are offering $1,500 in prizes for the biggest and most whitefish, taken from our public waters. They are charging a $1 O fee to enter, with the apparent goal of removing as many of these "non desired" species from the waters as possible. This has
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Glen Canyon Dam does have positive effects As a native citizen of Page, Ariz., the site of the much talked about Glen Canyon Dam, I feel it is my duty to give a different point of view on all this cheap talk about draining Lake Powell. First, much of the statistics and evidence cited in the article found in the Statesman were false, or greatly exaggerated. While the Dam itself does not produce a mass amount of power, the Navajo Generating Station, operated by SRP, provides power to a number of highly populated places such as Arizona, Las Vegas, and a large part of Southern California. It may surprise you, but the plant also relies on the lake for operation. In response to the fact that Indian ruins and such are now covered by water, I would like to point out that they have been covered by water for a long time, and can be considered completely destroyed. If you were to drain the lake, you would be left with a large bathtub ring, not to mention a huge mud land, that yes, would contain a fair amount of waste. Yes, the ecosystem, and ruins of the past have been destroyed by the dam. That is sad, but tearing the dam cannot bring back the past. There is a beautiful new ecosystem that has developed around the lake now. Currently California Condors are finding a new home in this beautiful area, and are doing much better than other Condors around the country. It is a beautiful recreation area on which Page is based. If you were to tear down the dam, you would destroy the present ecosystem, and destroy a town which provides power and enjoyment for many.
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Seating problem stems from lack of student attendance While Jake Chase's letter on student seating in Friday's edition of the paper raised a valid complaint, I believe it overlooked a much bigger issue. The seating problem in the student section could have been solved a long time ago if students would have filled their section before the last game of the season. It has always baffled me how the Spectrum remains half empty until 1) we play Utah or BYU, 2) the game is televised on ESPN or 3) our basketball team reels off the longest winning streak in the nation. Besides a core group of faithful students, attendance is usually spotty at best. The ushers Chase spoke with aren't used to a sold out Spectrum because it rarely happens. If students would fil I their section consistently, the athletic department would know of the high interest and take the steps to preserve student seats. There are few valid excuses for students not attend ing every home game. USU has always played well at home and students have essentially paid for their game ticket with student fees. Don't let the money go to waste. Fill the Spectrum and Romney Stadium for every game next year, whether USU's playing BYU or California State University of Aroma Therapy. Besides protecting student seating, the increased support might motivate some Cache Valley locals to attend a few more games themselves, and help USU get into a better conference . But then, those are topics for another letter.
room. I haven't read a book, jogged or done anything worthwhile since. Oh sure, I reassure myself that I'm only watching "quality" programming like CNN, the History Channel, ESPN and the Cartoon Network. However, I can't deny that sometimes, when my eyes are extra hazy (usually during a commercial featuring a talking baby or cat), I can actually see brain cells committing suicide from the top of my forehead. My hope is that they are wearing tiny sweaters with things fike "geometry knowledge" and "bad childhood memory involving SeaWorld" written on them. But I can't keep assuming that the cells that are dying are also the most useless ones. One of these days, an extra fat one with an XXL "short term memory" double-knit will plummet past my eyes and into my "Crunch and Munch" box. To be fair to myself (which I always strive to be), I got sick right after I first put the boob tube by my bed. So it's not like I had a choice whether to become dependent or not. Some may wonder how a head-cold can paralyze a man for five straight days, but those same peopfe have probably not heard that "Law and Order" is now on A&E four times a day. Is it a crime to be interested in the goings-on of our criminal justice system? I rest my case. And that was before another springtime diseasehit- I'm talking "March Madness" baybeee! Set a 64-team bracket in front of a March Madman like myself, and he will gaze at it in wonder for hours and murmur things like " Gonzaga, hmm. Cinderella, hmm." If you haven't noticed this occurring anywhere lately, or are now asking yourself, "what's a gonzaga?" then you are living in the sheltered Land of Estrogen, and I suggest that you stay sheltered until April. So anyway, now I've become the poster boy for SLOTH (Sedentary Lovers of Televised Hypnosis). Soon some anti-TV group will use me like the American Cancer Society usesthe picture of that charred, shriveled lung to drive home the point about smoking and emphysema to school children. I'll be pie-
tured in a Dr. Pepper and drool-stained T-shirt, jamming Crunch and Munch and my own brain cells into my mouth with one hand and unconsciously changing channels with the other. " Do you want to look like THIS guy? Then you'd better read a book or go play outside! NOW!" I also realize that the things I'm watching may lead me down a path to harder and harder stuff. Studies have shown that if you watch "Egglaying Toads: The Warty Sorority" and "Feeble French Resistance of World War 11" long enough, you will eventually develop a craving for reruns of "The A-Team" and VH-1 's "Behind the Music: Poison!" And we all know where THAT leads. Before you know it, your sitting in your own puke switching between "Baywatch" and "WWF SteelCage Pecs-tacular" and chanting "Jerry ... Jerry ..." I've tried to snap out of it. Just the other night, I attempted to read "Angela's Ashes" while watching a Jazz game, but I kept picturing Karl Malone as a miserable Irish kid and Jerry Sloan as his sickly mother and I gave it up. I'm also going to try and proofread this artide before handing it in, but I must admit that even as I write this sentence, I'm wondering what wacky things they came up with on "Talk Soup" today. I remember a day (though barely, because THAT brain cell is looking over my forehead and threatening he'll "do it" if I watch one more second of "Dr . Katz") when ... you don't remember what I was saying before that parenthetical statement, do you? How 's YOUR memory doing? What I was saying was that I remember a day when I used to look with disdain on those who sold their souls to the "rectangle commercial -hole" (thought that nickname up myself). I don't know how I went from tele-phobe to tele-phile in a month's time, but let this be a warning to all of you who would still rather read "A Tale of Two Cites" than watch "Tales From the Crypt." Have your roommates hide the remote, cut the electrical lines to your apartment complex . Do whatever it takes while you still have enough brain cells to, like, um, read and uh, write or something. Uh huh huh huh.
Kevin Peel is a senior majoring in English. His column appearsevery Friday in The Utah Statesman.
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and then one day a bulldozer Am~r~caan~pushes its way into your tiny I often take world bringing with it a road, electricity, archeologists and eventually tourists. The second thing that struck me was how relatively unchanged the lives of the Mayans of that vilno logy lage have been over the past hasaffordedus as a society. thousand years. On a recent trip to the Two things have had an Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico, impact on their lifestyle: cars I rode through a small Mayan and electricity. They know of village on the way to the ruins the outside world now, yet at Coba, which lie surrounded many choose to remain in this by miles of some of the thick- simple, yet harsh existence in est jungle in the world. the jungles of the Yucatan. As I rode through on a secWhile we were upset over ond-class Mexican bus, a spry the Y2K bug and all of the elderly woman stooped and expected societal downfall, asked to ride the bus. It was life went on as usual in that apparent that the woman Mayan village. They seem barely spoke Spanish and was very content without the traphaving some difficulty com- pings of modern civilization. municating with the driver. Maybe we could learn someAs I watched this thing from them. exchange, three thoughts This student written column struck me. The first was an intense desire to interview the appearedThe Sentinel and was distributedby TMS Campus Derek Jensen woman. Could you imagine News Service mediaservices. being so isolated for so long,
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ATLANTA{AP)Mississippiansbattle the bulge with less successthan the rest of us - 22 percent of them are obese -while nearly 25 percent of Texanshave no health insurance, and more than half of North Dakotans say they don't alwayswear a seat belt. Which state has the most drinkers? Wisconsin,where residents also confessed to the most binge drinking. The findings come from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,which on Thursday released a survey of health behavior broken down by race and ethnic groups for each state and Puerto Rico. The numbers, culled from 1997 telephone interviews with 134,000people, highlight continuing disparities between whites and other racial groups when it comes to such factors as high blood pressure, obesity and lack of access to medical care. The report, which contains data on 20 health topics,is the first time the CDC has collated such a wide range of information for each state on a comparative basis,said the report's author, Julie Bolen of the CDC's National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. The report is intended to help state health departments .., compare their prevention activitiesto those of other
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actual temperature data. Global warming skepticscontend that if the computer models exaggeratewarming that already has occurred.they should not be trusted to predict future warming.The models have shown higher temperatures than those found in surface and atmospheric readings. But now,the new ocean data may explain the difference,scientists said. In the NOAAstudy.scientistsfor the first time have quantified temperature changes in the world'sthree major ocean basins and at such depths. ~wrtveknown the oceans could absorb heat, transport it to subsurfaceoepths and isolate it from the atmosphere. Now we see evidencethat this is happening,"said SydneyLevitus,chief of NOAA:sOcean
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