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Gordon B. Hinckley, President of the Church of Jesus Christ of tatter-day Saints, announcedSunday after-

noon that worldwidemembershipin the Church is rapidlyapproaching11 million. VICKY CAMPBELL

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints plans to add six temples to its collection. including one to be constructed in Aba, Nigeria. "And so we shall go on in the process of bringing temples to the people." said Latter-day Saint President Gordon B. Hinckley during the church's 170th Semiannual General Conference. The other temples will be located in Asuncion, Paraguay: Helsinki, Finland; Lubbock. Texas; Snowflake, Ariz.; and one in the TriCities area in Washington state (near Pasco, Richland and Kennewick. Wash.). he said. According to the church, the six temples will bring the total number of Latter-day Saint temples worldwide to 121; 76 operating temples, 34 temples under construction and 11 temples still in the planning stage. Hinckley said the church plans to dedicate 36 temples this year, which are used by the church for marriage cere-

monies as well as performing Conference Center) initially - but already we're in trouother sacred church ordinances. A number of other ble." temples, he said, will probaThe auditorium was filled bly not be completed until to capacity during all four sessions Saturday and Sunday 2001 or 2002. The announcement was and 370,000 tickets were made in the requested. church's new It has taken 1.5 million three years Q_Ulcx f ACTS to build the square foot Conference •An estimated116,000totalcubic Conference Center (covCenter. yardsof concretewerepouredfor which is still ering an the newconference center. unfinished entire 10but will be acre city block) locatformally ded• TheKing Truss- the mainsupicated in ed on North portbeamfor the buildingOctober of Temple this year. across from we,ghsapproximately 621 tons. When comTemple pleted, it will Square in also house a small theater Salt Lake City. that will seat 900 (half the The building, which seats 21,000 people in addition to size of the Capitol Theatre in Salt Lake City) and have four the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the church's acres of landscaped roof including fountains, waterGeneral Authorities. is 40 falls, trees and a 3-acre times the size of the meadow with irrigation sysTabernacle in Temple Square tems. according to the where Conference was forchurch. merly held, according to the There are also facilities to church. translate up to 60 languages "Ayear or so ago," simultaneously. second only Hinckley said, ·r expressed the opinion that we may not be able to fill (the

Voting important: students should register soon

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and Main Street in Salt iAke City after the first sessionof GeneralConferen_ce on Sunday_f>r1:ormng. The 170th SemiannualGeneralConference,held this weekend,was the first to be held m the m,..vbuildmg.

Wilderness groupsjoinforces in rallyto saveUtahland

LARA GALE The temporary life of college students may make voting and registering to vote a little more complicated for them than people in more permanent residence, but this doesn't have to stop students from participating in elections. The first step is to register. A person only needs to register once to be eligible to vote unless he or she moves or changes his or her name . To vote, a person must register at least 20 days before the election. At Utah State University, registration forms are available in the office of the executive vice president of Associated Students of USU. Rian Winzeler, executive vice president of ASUSU,said before election time, registration booths should be set up in the Taggart Student Center. Forms can also easily be obtained at the Division of Motor Vehicles offices, most local post offices, most libraries, in the government section of the US West White Pages and over the Internet at www.fec.gov/votregis/vr.htm. or at www.rockthevote.org. A person can only be registered to vote in one place, and can only vote for government officials of the place he is registered. A student registered to vote somewhere other than where he goes to school can change his voting residence at the county clerk's o_ffice, where he will be assigned to a new voting area, or precinct. He can also stay registered at his original residence and vote by absentee ballot. The residency chosen for voting applies only to voting and doesn't change a person's official residency. An absentee ballot can be obtained by writing the county clerk of the place where

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A dachshund wearing a shirt that said, "Wiener dogs for Wilderness· and signs proclaiming "Protect the West" and "4-wheelers 4 wilderness· adorned a Red Rock wilderness rally Saturday on the steps of the Utah State Capitol Building. Organizations such as the Sierra Club, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance and Great Old Broads for Wilderness were on hand to show their support and educate others on the issues at a Red Rock Wilderness Rally. § Former Congressman Wayne 3 Owens, known as the "Father of ~ Wilderness." spoke on the progress of the Wilderness Act. Utah born and raised journalist JackAnderson was honoredwith the According to the Southern Utah DistinguishedSeruzceto Journalismawardfrom USU's Comunications Department with a dinner Friday night. Wilderness Alliance. the act calls for 9.1 million acres of federal pub USU honors Pulitzer lic lands in Utah to be admitted into the National Wilderness prize-winning columnist Preservation System. The bill was the school's Distinguished SALT LAKECITY (AP)introduced in 1989 by Owens. In Pulitzer Prize-winning columService to Journalism Award. 1999, the bill was reintroduced Anderson said a free press is after another inventory by the nist Jack Anderson said the nature of the federal govern crucial because government Utah Wilderness Coalition was tends to "oppress those who it ment has changed drastically taken of the land involved, with during his SO-plus years in the has power over." He noted the some additional land being added, Constitution doesn't guarantee news business. according to SUWA. a right to practice law or medi But he cited one constant: Ken Venables. with the UWC, the need for a strong. free press . cine or engage in commerce, said the goal of the legislation is to Anderson spoke during Utah but it sets up a watchdog role have better policing of the area, for the press . State University's journalism particularly with off-road vehicles and communication awards "We've had moments of using designated trails. banquet Friday night. Anderson, glory and moments of shame, "Off-road vehicles are, if not the but that is our function," he who started his career at the number one threat to wilderness. in Murray (Utah) Eagle, received said. the top 10," Venables said .

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According to Venables, the land designated in the bill still has trails and dirt roads that enable access to the land. Also, land designated as wilderness can still be used for cattle grazing and mining. "The whole issue of access is null and void," Venables said . In looking at how Venables wants Utah land to be used and preserved, the Wilderness Act fits the bill, he said . Susan Tixier, executive director for Great Old Broads for Wilderness, advocated the impor tance of preserving land for future generations. She said she is a defender of the members of society who are unable to enjoy wilderness for themselves because of health problems , allergies, etc. Old Broads for Wilderness is an organization devoted to the future . For her, the Wilderness Act is "for all grandchildren for all time." According to a press release from the Utah Wilderness Coalition, the rally was to send a message of support for the act to politicians . Their concern. according to the press release, is that although polls have shown support by Utahns, Utah's members of Congress have not introduced legislation for wilderness protection . Attendees had the opportunity to join wilderness organi zations and volunteer time to help with their cause . People of all ages were in attendance - couples, groups, children. bicyclists and people with their dogs.

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shareholders approved Lheir half Zions shareholders whose of the agreement last week. The plan called for First Security voted down First shareholders to receive .442 shares in the combined company for each of Security merger their shares; Zions shareholders would SALTLAKECITY (AP)- Zions Bancorp. shareholders voted down a proposed merger with First Security Corp. on Friday, killing a plan that started to look sickly in early March. After a tepid statement of support for the merger from Zions president and CEO Harris Simmons, shareholders representing 45 percent of the outstanding shares voted against the plan. Just over 33 percent voted for it. "lf nothing else, this meeting today was a great demonstration of corporate democracy," Simmons said. "It's a meeting we'll sure long remember." He had no further comment immediately after the votes were tallied.

have gotten one share in the combined company for each share they own. "I am not surprised at all," said Eric Reim, a market analyst with U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray in Minneapolis. "I think what the vote reflected was the shareholders' belief that the way this deal was structured and with what has transpired, it did not make economic sense to Zions shareholrlers." That was the word frcm the investment banking firm Goldman, Sachs Group Inc., which announced in March it no longer considered the deal fair to Zions' shareholders. Originally worth $5.9 billion in stock when it was announced in June, the

deal as of Friday valued First Security closer to $3.4 billion. The drop came in early March, when First Security panicked investors with an announcement that first quarter earnings were expected to drop by as much as 27 percent. "I think that what probably turned the tide on the no vote was the institutional investors, who were. more swayed by the Goldman , Sachs letter," said George Paulson. a Zions shareholder who voted against the merger. The letter spurred Zions managers to postpone their shareholder meeting until Friday in case investors wanted to change their vote. That move drew ire from First Security CEO Spencer Eccles, who suggested Zions managers were reneging on their end of the deal. "We're disappointed that the Zions' shareholders voted against the merger," First Security spokeswoman Jackelin

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FirstInternetcompany breaksintoFortune 500 NEW YORK(AP)Despite the startling rise in high-tech firms, just one purely Internet company America Online Inc. - broke into the ranks of the Old Economy stalwarts this year, and only at No. 337 in the annual Fortune 500. Other technology companies benefiting from the Internet boom climbed in the magazine's rankings. but there was little evidence of the Internet startups that have turned twentysomethings into millionaires because the list is based on 1999 revenue, not the companies· stock values. MCI Worldcom Inc., one of the world's largest carriers . (

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with a female chief executive, Carleton Fiorina. General Motors Corp. remained No. 1 for the 12th consecutive year, with revenues of $189 billion, but Ford Motor Co. dropped from second to fourth place, displaced by fast-growing retailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc.. previously in third. GM's lead over Wal-Mart, which had $166 billion in revenue, may look sizable, but Wal-Mart has had annual growth in the double digits for more than a decade, while GM's revenue dropped in 1998. In third place was oil giant Exxon Mobil Corp .. following the m€:rger qf Exxon ~qrp., . , .

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World GLANCE > Opposition leaderis newSenegal president DAKAR. Senegal {AP)- Longtime opposition leader Abdoulaye Wade was sworn in as president of Senegal on Saturday, ending the 40-year rule of one party here. About 80,000 people filled the national stadium in the capital, Dakar. They cheered wildly and chanted "sopi" - "change" in the Wolof language. "My election has opened up a new era. that of democratic change," Wade said after he was sworn in by the president of the constitutional court. "He nceforth the people of Africa will know that democratic change is possible and will fight for it." The election was a rare peaceful and democratic power transfer on a continent plagued by election fraud, coups and civil wars. Former President Abdou Diouf, who came to power in 1981, did not wait for the official results before conceding defeat to his rival in a runoff ballot last month . Wade won 58.5 percent of the vote to 41.5 percent for Diouf. Throughout Saturday's ceremony, thousands of excited spectators flooded the field to try to get a better view of the proceedings. Security officials, who initially fought back spectators with batons, eventually gave up and allowed them to fill the field. At least 10 people were injured.

> Columbian rebelsfree74 prisoners BOGOTA. Colombia {AP)- Leftist rebels stormed a provincial jail, detonating a powerful car bomb to rip a hole in the prison wall and free 74 prisoners, officials said Sunday. Guerrillas from the National Liberation Army and the People's Liberation Army unleashed automatic fire Saturday night against guards at the Modelo jail in Cucuta near the Venezuelan border, said regional police commander Col. Rafael Cepeda. Prisoners inside the jail joined in the onslaught and fighting continued in the streets for more than an hour. A total of 74 inmates escaped, taking one guard with them as a hostage. Two prison guards were wounded and four prisoners were killed, said Gen. Alfonso Arellano. operations director of the Colombian National Police. Most of the escapees were militants of the two rebel groups or the country's largest guerrilla group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC.

> Remainig Beatlesto reunitefor book LONDON {AP)- Thirty years after they split up, the three surviving Beatles have written a book setting the record straight about the "Fab Four," Sir Paul McCartney's spokesman said Sunday. McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr have spent six years writing the 360-page "Beatles Anthology," to be published in Britain ·and the United Statei in the fall. llhe l!,O()kwill provide the frankest accou1;1,of lww the band ruled the pop world in the 1960s. "We're talking a huge volume of work, it's encyclopedic it weighs something like two kilos (4.4 pounds)," said Geoff Baker, McCartney's spokesman. "It goes across the board, everything is in there . It is about the Beatles as a band, the music, but it deals with everything else - the tours, the drugs, the disputes," Baker said. "This book answers all the questions." Yoko Ono, the widow of John Lennon, the fourth Beatie who was shot to death in New York in 1980, will receive a quarter share of the profits. the newspaper said. "It will dispel some of the myths ... as every Tom, Dick and uncle of a friend has been writing books on the Beatles since 1963," the newspaper quoted McCartney as saying. Among other things, the book will counter the widely held belief that McCartney wanted the band to split up. Lennon was actually the first to walk away. Baker said, leaving McCartney, 57, Harrison, 57, and Starr, 59, have collected 1,200 photographs, mostly unpublished, for the book, Baker said.

> DixieChicks songbannedbysome LOS ANGELES {AP)- The Dixie Chicks has some people steamed over its new country single about two women who kill an abusive husband. "Goodbye Earl" is stirring a debate over whether the record sheds light on the problem of domestic violence or condones a murder by the abused victim. In the song, the wife poisons h~r abusive husband's black-eyed peas. Some radio programmers are airing the single less frequently than might be expected of a new song from the popular trio, the Los Angeles Times reported Saturday. Lon Helton, country music editor for Radio &1Records said about 20 of 149 country stations that the trade new'spaper tracks are still not playing it. "My ques~ion is, what do we do a song about next: school shootings?" i:emarked John Pellegrini, program director of York, Pa., station WGTY-FM, which is not playing the record. Dix!e Chicks manager Simon Renshaw said Sony Nashville and Monument Records officials were reluctant to release it as a single when the album came out, but relented once the trio decided to sing it at the Grammys.

> Actress HalleBerrysurrenders to police L~S ANGELES (AP) -Actress Halle Berry, charged with leavmg the scene of an accident that injured another driver, surrendered Saturday to sheriff's deputies. Berry went to the Lennox station of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, where she was booked on a misdemeanor warrant and released, Sgt. Ronald Fernstrom said. . The charge, filed Friday by the district attorney's office, ~s the result of a Feb. 23 crash at a Sunset Strip intersection m West Hollywood. If convicted, the 31-year-old star of, the cable TV movie "Introducing Dorothy Dandrige" could face up to one year in county jail and a $10,000 fine . Authorities contend that Berry's rented Chevrolet Blazer ran a red light. struck another car and then left the scene. The actress suffered a gash in her forehead that took 22 _g itches to close. T~e other driver, Hatal Raythatha. has sued Berry for neghgerlce. She suffered a broken wrist and contends she also liad back and neck injuries.

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USU students not as concerned about politics as professors were BILLIE READ

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Several professors at Utah State University feel students on this campus are not as concerned about politics as people were during the years they attended college. Professors Jay Anderson, Peter Galderisi. Michael Lyons and Robyn Kratzer all said they voted, but their reasons for this activity differ. Anderson, a history professor, said voting was important during his college years because he and his peers ·were going to change the world." Galderisi and Lyons, political science professors, said they were unable to vote while in college because the 26th amendment had not been passed. This amendment gave 18-year-olds the right to vote. Galderisi said even though his vote probably did not matter, he and his peers voted for reasons of ·self-gratification." Lyons said he and others his age voted out of •patriotic commitment." Kratzer, a professor in the

Journalism and Communication department, said voting was extremely important and was done to "promote change." People that are older have a higher sense of obligation to vote because of their experiences, Galderisi said. Each professor recalled events that impacted him or her in a unique way. Anderson said when he was attending college, he was active in politics and involved in the Civil Rights Movement. Anderson saw many changes and said he still believes voting is important. Kratzer and Galderisi both attended college during the Vietnam War, and said the war was a major concern for both of them. Kratzer attended the University of Iowa and Galderisi earned his doctorate at Cornell. Kratzer's schooling continued into President Richard Nixon's term, and she said most everyone was concerned about voting because they were dealing with a ·corrupt institution that they didn't agree with or support."

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Voter turnout seen significant decrease

Lyons said the event that had the most impact on him was the increase in oil prices and the effects it had on the economy. The increase happened during the mid-'?Os while he was attending graduate school at the University of California in Santa Barbara. He said everyone was in "despair" and felt their prospects for the future were terrible. Anderson and Lyons attribute some of the youth's apathy to the area. Anderson said, "Utah is a theocracy· run by the Latter-day Saint church. He said that making changes through voting is difficult in this state and it frustrates some of his students. Lyons said students may find voting more interesting if they were able to ·reflect on the philosophies of both the Democratic and Republican parties." He said the Republican party is so dominant that students are unable to see both sides. Galderisi said he believes most students at USU "don't care· and some are ·turned off" from politic$.

said West. "And that's what democracy is all about." College students, with their tendency to move around a lot. are a particularly hard group for politicians to reach, she said, and hot issues addressed during political campaigns, like soda! security, often don't affect them. "Students don't get involved because politicians aren't talking to them," she said. "But it's kind of a double.edged sword." If students had a more active voice in politics, their concerns and issues would more likely be addressed, she said. West works with groups of college students who volunteer to bring this message to their peers. She said these students encourage their peers to get involved in the political process not just by voting, but also by serving as campaign volunteers. Because people vote for representatives who will keep their interests in mind, West said she suggests students read about the issues to choose a candidate they like and help support his campaign. A 21-year-old college student organized Republican presidential candidate Alan Keyes' campaign, she said. State candidates, too, benefit from the help of college student supporters. For students who aren't interested in politics, simply voting can help them feel more connected to the government. when otherwise it can seem like a very distant entity, she said. Even if a student votes and does nothing else, it's important he reads about the candidates and makes a responsible decision, she said. Information about presidential candidates is easily found in newspapers, magazines and on Web sites: State

LARA GALE

Staff Writer

With state and presidential elections coming up, this is a big year for the American voice. But if history is any indication. playing a part in the democratic process may not be the first thing on most college students' minds. Voters ages 18 to 24 have historically shown a low turnout at the polls: in recent years numbers have dropped even lower, according to the U.S.Bureau of the Census. In 1964, nearly 51 percent of eligible voters in this age category voted. Since then, turnout has gradually decreased, hovering between 40 and 20 percent In the last election, 32.4 percent of eligible 18 to 24-year-olds . voted and less than half were registered to vote. Of all age groups combined, just over half of those eligible exercised their right to vote in the last election. While numbers have been this low before and tend to fluctuate, Census Bureau data shows the overall trend is downward. More than one in five didn't go to the polls last election because they were busy, according to a Census Bureau What percentage of report. Another 17 percent of 18-24 year olds take non-voting registered people the time to get registered to vote in reported not voting because of selected election apathy about the political years .... and how process. many get to the Cache County Clerk Daryl polls? Downs said students who cite these as reasons for not voting need to learn more about the political process. "They don't understand their own freedom if they don't appreciate the right to have a part in the process,"he said. He said far from being an inconvenience, the right to vote should be appreciated as , "?' q-fJot -:,rf,8rn1,,v, i. t "''< 1.1z 0 r-. liftoN.:W~N-¥1:iiv•to register..,.."--..... a way to help directly control r ., , .... ,~ligibletperson who W~S' to our quality of life. te for primary elections ' f. 11 w&te should'. b~aolei.f.oJ Jaesaid Continued fromPnge1 A large segment of the Jone16, June19:Voter regisstlitlents should watch the population falls between the tration at satellite registration papers and the newscasts to a person is registered to vote. ages of 18 and 24 - large sites from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. keep up on political events. The county clerk will mail enough to ·make a huge difJwie 27: Primary election day Below are some important out the ballot. which the voter ference." said Sarah West. (State elections) dates: fills out and returns no later voter outreach coordinator at Oct 18: Last day to register to May 5 to May 6: Democratic than the day before the electhe State Capitol vote for general elections. Party State Convention (State tion. "There is such a large popNov. 6: By-mail absentee balelections) Daryl Downs. Cache ulation that if students were lots must be postmarked May6: Republican Party State County clerk, said enough involved they could affect Nov. 11: General Election Day Convention (State elections) options are available that any races. or even the outcome:

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NewssR,eFs > STAB presents double feature The Student Activity Board (STAB)will be presenting a double feature movie night tonight at 7 p.m. in the Kent Concert Hall. STABwill be showing edited versions of The Thomas Crown Affair and The Matrix. The Thomas Crown Affair will show at 7 p.m. and The Matrix at 9:30 p.m. Admission is free.

> Kappa Delta hostsStarSearch Kappa Delta is hosting Star Search tomorrow at 7 p.m. in the Taggart Student Center Ballroom. Tickets can be purchased in the TSC Ticket Office.

> RHSA holds Deathon Deck The Resident Hall Student Association (RHSA) will be hosting a Death on Deck Murder Mystery April 7 at 6 p.m. The event will be held in the Taggart Student Center Ballroom and all proceeds will benefit RHSA and on.campus residents. Tickets are $7 with a Resident's Club Card and $9 without. They can be purchased in the TSC Ticket Office.

> USU celebrates mothers withweekend

Mother's Weekend 2(XX)will be held Saturday, April 15 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Cost is $15 per person. The guest speaker for the eve,nt willbe.Margaret c.ao.didatt!s..are.a. littleJwci.e.L......... .,...,P..,a.~t1~e~nd,:r. of Teach_for to find information on. Downs said students can call Musical guest willb the Cache County Clerk's Paul Cardall, a contempooffice for some information rary jazz pianist and comabout state candidates, but poser of "The Christmas they also need to actively Box" and "The Looking search by reading and watchGlass." The event will also ing the news because no govinclude lunch, a USU ernment source is responsible Bookstore raffle, CD signfor dispersing information ing, photo opportunities about the candidates or their and more. views. For information and tickets contact the USU Parents Association in Taggart Student Center Room 302 or at 797-1128. better result than will an attitude Continued from Page1 of egotism and arrogance." He also spoke of the black walto the United Nations, according nut tree used to build the pulpit to the church. in the Conference Center. ·we hope that those not of our He said he planted the tree in SALTLAKECITY (AP)faith will come here, experience his backyard 36 years ago and for A Salt Lake City police the ambiance of this beautiful some reason it died last year. SWATteam officer is on place and feel grateful for its pres"Here I am speaking to you administrative leave for ence," Hinckley said. from the tree I grew in my back shooting to death a knifeIn addition to his announceyard where my children played wielding man after a threements, Hinckley appealed to and also grew," he said. hour standoff. ,:: church members to be more tolerHe expressed gratitude for The man, who was not ~ ant, neighborly, friendly and more being able to have ·a small touch identified by police, may ~ <: of an example than they have of mine" in the new building have taken too much medwhere "the voices of prophets will been in the past. icine for manic depression, ~ ·we are greatly misunderstood, go out to all the world in testimoSalt Lake Police Capt Scott and I fear that much of it is our ny of the Redeemer of mankind." Atkinson said. own making." he said. "Let us For full-text copies of the Officers responded to a teach our children to treat others Conference talks, as well as pho.!:l domestic dispute complaint with friendship, respect, love and tos, visit the church's Web site at Friday night. Saturday and Sunday markedthefirst semiannualGeneralConferenceof the centuryfor the Latteradmiration. That will yield a far www.lds.org. "(Officers)found the vicday Saint Church.if was held in the new ConferenceCenterwhich seals 21,000people. tim in the front yard yelling and screaming and carrying on." Atkinson said. He brandished a pair of hunting knives and threw things at officers, then retreated to the house. Informationdetailedin this section a staff reportabt4ined.fr.9m Po~i~~ ;;ifl.cidenf.. For three hours officers • Policeresponded wa reportofan Friday.March 24 Monday~March27 :,:: thestairwellofMerrillHall. tried to negotiate before launching tear gas into the • USUPoliceI)epartmentreceived • USUPoliceresponded to a report· , (iruUvid,ial .tbµt4~~11tal.ly ~pilf.ed home early Saturday morn? £hem~lohhis · a reporlofan.individualwho had : , . ofa.fireina univer~ity~useng~ej Wednesday, March 29 •·· ing. Suspecting the man ...risponde4and t~ i~Jividua!~.:.. put handcuffson themselfanddid whichhadbeenextinguished pnor • l.1SU]XJlice respondedlo an may have attempted sui., . ·' ···• ·· ·· cide, officers entered the nothav~a handcuffkey to rem(J[)e topolicenotification. intrusionamnnfrom OldMmn. ·, treated: house and the man rushed the,,;.·•:. ' at officers with a kitchen •USUpolicereceived a reportof a Thursday,March30 a..:re,x,rtefa smeltofgasin Room. knife. pranknotethatwasleftat the • Policereceived a'callofa smell.of !0~ t~ ;$~gRfyi!tl[ng. "Again,we hit him with •Ind{vidUills ·reported flie~for a a bean bag and that Sdencebui/4UniversityInn'. · ,.· · ; gasin the1ndustrial parfYat thePi Kiippa House momentarily stops him. He ~ USUPoticeDeparhnent respondbeingplatedon vehicles.Student !ng. continues to advance. The Tuesday,March 28 .. ed toafirt! .tz/µrmai§n(IW Hall. ·· services hadnot beencontacted , officer fires."Atkinson said. :'..::: ·.···_::· J: .. • Police responded to Mountain · •· • Police received report of several The officer who fired aboutthis activity. ~ wasn't identified. ViewTaweron an elevatorthat Housinginddentswith informaIt was the first police wasstiickon thefirstfloor.Those tionleadingtop suspect. . ~ • ·· 1/Jl(JU.hi{t>enny infoiJttmbn . Saturday,March25. ··· shooting death in Salt Lake inside were able to free themselves, pf;out Jlrf!Se; or anyqtlJer crimes, City this year and the third • Thephoneakirm·rwarthetennis in the state . contad USUPoliceaf79;t. . courtswasactivated. No onein the and theelevator-µmsoperatingnor- . • An individualreportedthat the

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Jeff Parker eats lunch every day. But on Mondays. lunch is special. Each Monday. Parker, the owner of Jeff Parker Car and Truck Country in Logan, eats lunch with two students from elementary and middle schools in Cache Valley.The students are there as part of the Student-of-the-Month program Parker initiated with local schools. Parker said the Cache Education Foundation contacted him and other business leaders six years ago and asked them for support. Parker responded with donations of funds and with the Student-ofthe-Month program. Parker said he struggled in school as a boy. Although he worked hard and got along well with his teachers, he never was ·real academic." Parker said he thinks such students need some recognition, a reward for their efforts. His Student-of-theMonth program is designed to honor not the top students, but those who have worked to improve their grades or citizenship. The students are selected by their teachers for completing goals they have set for themselves. Kelly Rindlisbacher, principal of Spring Creek Middle School, said he especially likes the program because it honors students whose efforts

don't often get recognized. Rindlisbacher referred to the students as "Most improved Students" rather than as Students-of-theMonth. He said Parker's program aims at recognizing those who can use ·a little shot of good attention." To reward the students, Parker said he makes them a certificate of achievement, and then he and his wife. Lisa. take the students to lunch at a local restaurant. He said the students always bring a friend along to help them feel more comfortable. Rindlisbacher said bringing along a friend is also a good way for the students to get recognition from their peers. Parker often brings baseball caps to the boys and flowers to the girls. After lunch he takes the kids out to his dealership to see his collection of animals and Western artifacts. Parker said he likes to talk with the kids and "just spend some good time with them." At the end of each school year Parker and the schools hold an awards ceremony to honor the year's Students-of-theMonth. Parker said the program has grown over the last six years. He began working with two schools, and today he involves three middle schools and three elerpentary schools from throughou lie \\"ii . With six studenl:s-of-themonth and on!)' four I

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Mondays in a month , Parker has had to enlist the help of one of his employees . Jeremy Zesiger, a student at Utah State University, takes two of the students and the Parkers take the other four. Parker said he and his wife have been happy to help the valley's schools. They see it as a way to "give back" to the community, he said. "We've done lots of things in the community." Parker said, "but this Student-of-the-Month pro( c >L '\, I I{'\ Ht I I I I gram that we initiated has been the neatest. most gratifying thing we've done." Parker has received some positive feedback on the program. He said he gets letters of gratitude from parents and recently received a letter from Governor Leavitt thanking him for being civic-minded. Rindlisbacher said the school also appreciates Parker 's effort. ·r think it's a great program." he said. Some of the best feedback Parker gets is from the students. Parker said he often sees the students around town and enjoys talking with them and ·seeing them grow up." A press release from Parker's dealership said Parker is greeted by students wherever he goes. Whether in tbe grocery store or at the ~ t1i. dentsstop to Jeff Parker, owner of Jeff ParkerCar and Truck Country, and his wife Lisa Parker, rewardstudents Lisa Ferrara, say "hi" because they know front left, and fill Stokes, with their co11nselor Kri5til1N ielm, , back right, from South Cache Middle Schoolby taking the girls to lunch at North's Star B11ff et Ja.~t Monday. Parker r1:.,mrdstwo new .~h1de11tseachweek. they have found a friend.

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Protecting the Little Ones BRYCE CAssELMAN

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Cache County's Children's Justice Center deals with abused and neglected children on a daily basis, offering a non-threatening environment for investigation work and a brighter future for the children who enter its doors. The main purpose of the facility is to have a comfortable environment for children that have been through a traumatic experience to go to for examination. as opposed to a police station or a hospital. said Bill Burnard , the director of the justice center. The facility is a ·one stop shopping center to do all the interviewing for those involved. in a non-traumatic environment." Burnard said. During 1998 the Center received 340 reported cases of abuse in Cache Valley.The included 123 sexual abuse cases and around the same number of cases dealing with physical abuse, said Burnard, not all of which are substanti ated, but all worthy of an interview. "The Children's Justice Center is not about the past. but the future and making it better." Burnard said. The Center deals with children from infants to 17-yearolds and is equipped with two rooms with state of the art video and tape recording systems. Burnard said. Police and parents can watch and interact with the interview, which can also be used as evidence. which keeps the child out of court and reduces the trauma they experience. With correctly executed interviews. less than 10 percent of all cases go to court, Burnard said. "It's really gut wrenching to try to watch the kids talk about it." said Burnard, but ·as you see the kids come through here, there's no doubt in your mind that you're doing the right thing."

Burnard has volunteered for the Center for four years and became the director a year ago, seeing the new facility being built from the ground up. "I poured the foundation myself."Burnard said. ·u is the ugliest part of the building." According to Burnard. every part of the Center was donated. from the framing. spearheaded by Tom Dickinson and the Logan City Building Inspectors, to electricity donat ed by Doug Maughan and several other local businesses. The building houses a conference center. offices. a surveillance room. two interview rooms, a children's room with dolls, a table and toys Burnard said. There is also a youth room with music posters, couches and a stereo, and both are highlighted with lavalamps he added . There will be a state of the art medical room once there is enough funding. said Burnard, where a nurse practitioner will be able to send pictures to a team at Primary Children's Medical Center and converse with them directly. Currently, children must go to the Children's Justice Center in Ogden to be examined since no doctors in town are willing to do so here, Burnard said. Pictures chosen from a contest held in Cache Valley elementary schools with art depicting happiness decorate the walls of the Center . "There are some light times." Burnard said. "And some not -so light times." added Linda Powell,a volunteer at the Center and a junior at Utah State University, majoring in psychology. Volunteering with the Children's Justice Center Program for almost two years now, Powell became involved because of a sociology class. ·r went to the training to see what it was all about and haven't been able to get away from it." Powell said.

Powell is now helping to create the Child Advocate Program for the center, where volunteers are invited into the home of the children that come through the center and provides a non-judgmental outlet. Each volunteer is assigned to a child after 40 hours of training , which is followed by a monthly inservice meeting to stay current. Powell said. Some of the duties of the advocate are to take the child on special outings, assess the needs of the child and relate any further investigation that may be required she said. Other volunteer opport~mities available at the Center are transcription help, watching siblings of someone being interviewed and general secretarial duties. all performed on an on-call basis Burnard said. For more information on how to become involved or volunteer for the Children's Justice Center. call 753-7017.

Keeping a watch on baby DEBBIELAMB

Staff Writer

Leavitt was actually the one who founded the Baby Watch program . Baby Your Baby and Baby Watch is a little bit combined. Baby Your Baby does the prenatal care and Baby Watch does the postnatal

A child can bring a parent the most joy and cause the most stress. When a child does not progress as rapidly as care: the child next door adults The program is run may become concerned about throughout Utah. with the any disabilities or developmain Baby Watch office locatmental problems that could ed in Salt Lake City. The exist. office, which serves Cache, "Disabilities happen to Rich and Box Elder Counties, every social economic group." is located on the USU campus Emma Speth. service coordiin the Center for Persons with nator said. "There's not a speDisabilities building behind cific group of people that the Edith Bowen Elementary come to the center." School. There are 15 other Baby Watch is a non -profit baby watch offices throughout program sponsored through the state . the Utah Department of "The babies do not come Health that serves children here directly - it is though from infancy to 3 years old referrals." Speth said "Anyone who have developmental delays or disabilities. Paul can refer a baby to the Baby Watch program as long as the Wightman. the Child Find specialist for Baby Watch, said. parents know that they are "Baby Watch started out referring the child to the program." federally and it came into ·we do an intake to find Utah through Gov. Leavitt and his wife."Speth said. "Mrs. out what the concerns are of Jumpto &uv.PageZ

Making the center a reality After-school The Cache County Children's Justice Center will be the site of a service project on Wednesday for students from Utah State University's landscape architecture program. Starting at 2 p.m. students will work to beautify the ]and around the center. Though the center works with children who are victims of abuse situa tions, it is not affiliated with CAPSA. The focus of the center is to help children and young adults deal with the feelings and emotions that come from abuse . The center will provide information, education and help to the public.

the parents," Speth said. "Then it goes out to our nurses and they go out and do an assessment on the child. The names come back and are staffed at our staff meetings. A service coordinator and whatever specialists they need are next assigned to the family.They go out and do their assessments on the case." The nurses assist with the assessments of the child, Wightman said. They also go in to get family history and medical histories to find out the concerns for the family, Speth said. "Finding out the concerns of the family makes it possible for our specialist to go in, whether a physical therapist or speech/ language pathologist go in and do further assessments focused on the concern and from there the assessment will tell what help is needed," Wightman said. Three months before a

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According to the Logan Police Department. there were 793 juvenile arrests in Cache Valley in 1992. In 1996 the number of Juvenile arrests rose to 1,232, and in 1998 the number increased again to 1,442. One youth service organi zation in the valley is working to curb this trend. The Boys & Girls Club of Cache Valley seeks to reduce juvenile crim e by providing service clubs and after-school programs for teen s and children . According to a brochure from the Boys & Girls Club, the majority of crimes com mitted by juveniles in Cache

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County occur between 2 and 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday. The Boys & Girls Club provides supervision for children during these critical hours while parents are at work . There are currently five after -school programs oper ating in Cache Valley for an average of three hours per day. These programs are located at the Edith Bowen, Hillcrest. Providence and Summit elementary schools and at the Cache Valley Learning Center. The mission of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Cache Valley is "to promote social. emotional and physical well bein g of children ages five to 18 through supervis ed enrichment activities." says

their brochure. These activities include arts and crafts. tutoring sessions and physical activities. Dennis Allen, a student at Utah State University, is the site director for the after school program at the Cache Valley Learning Center . Allen said his site serves kids between the ages of five and 14. ·we have an average of eight to 20 kids. depending on the day." Allen said. He said his site provides a variety of activities that are often based on a weekly theme. These activities include art, athletics, music, guest speakers, sports. and field trips .

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Allen said the kids from his site have taken field trips to such places as Willow Park and the local fire department. He said the kids especially enjoyed the trip to the fire department where they got to experience some actual emergency situations. The literature from the Boys & Girls Clubs focuses on the club's ability to reduce crime, drug use and gang activity, but Allen said these concerns are not as dominant in the programs here in Cache Valley.He said this is because such problems are not as prevalent in this community as they are in the inner cities where Boys & Girls Clubs do much of their work. A11ensaid his site does use the Smart Moves program, a program that teaches kids to make smart choices about alcohol, drugs and other health concerns. The brochure from Boys and Girls Clubs of Cache Va11ey, which was prepared in 1998, says the organization's long-term goal is to have a community-based Boys and Girls Club facility. ·our center will become the focus of our operations, providing quality experiences to all valley children and offering expanded hours and facilities for evening, weekend, family and community-wide event(s)."according to the brochure. According to Allen, this goal will become a reality in June. He was unsure of the details, but Allen said the Boysand Girls Club's sum-

mer program will operate from a new community center in Logan. Allen, who has been working with the Boys & Girls Club since August, said he enjoys his work because it gives him a chance to make a difference in someone 's life. · "I love it," Allen said. ·some days it's easier than others, but overall I really do love the job: In addition to the work done by paid employees. the after-school programs also benefit from the help of volunteers. Allen said al1 of the volunteers at his site are students from USU. Information about volunteering with the after-school programs or any of the other programs run by the Boys & Girls Clubs of Cache Valley is available by calling Fernando

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There are no "Quiet Please" signs in the Special Collections section of Merrill Library at Utah State University. Instead, the archive is bustling with students and community members who are part of a unique program in archival education. According to Special Collection Director Ann Buttars. these students and community members make up an integral part of the operation of the library's archive and, in return, the archive hopes to help them. "There have been interns in Special Collections for close to 15 years now,· Buttars said. "It dropped off in the mid ·90s and now we've decided to reinstate it." According to Buttars the program was started to give students an opportunity to see what is involved in working for an archive. Over the years, it has developed into a mutually beneficial program, with students making the material more widely available to all students. Buttars said. Manuscript Librarian Steve Sturgeon said the intern program has helped the library catch up on projects that might have gone untouched for three or four years and to build collections with other departments on campus. "Aunique thing about the program is that we're not an academic department, but we're still teaching students," Buttars said. ·we·re an auxiliary department and we're still offering internships that provide equal opportunity for students. So yes, we're not an academic body, but there is a teaching component and educational aspect that fits into the overall mission of the university." Students learn from the professionals on staff as well as through independent study as they complete different proje!cts.BuHars said "They are ultimately doing each of these projects by themselves and also, when

BLIND Continuedfrom Page5 cies to help the blind. Ring said. Still.Chong worries that prospective employers focus so heavily on the technology a blind person needs that they don't consider what's really important - the qualities the person can bring to a company regardless of his vision. Chong went shopping for·a stove recently and discovered to his horror that th~ latest fash-

they're done, there is a product that becomes a part of the collection and is accessible to everyone," Sturgeon said. According to Sturgeon, interns often have the first peek at newly donated documents as they reference and examine the materials. "This program is unique in that it not only allows students to work with primary source historical materials. but also allows them to understand where those materials come from and how, seemingly, raw materials have already gone through several filtering steps before researchers even see them," Sturgeon said. According to Sturgeon, former USU archival interns now work in a variety of places, including the Utah State Historical Society, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Historical Department, the Utah State Archives and the Ricks College library. USU interns do diverse ~ tasks as catalog and examine donated collections from the League of Women's Voters and the American Civil Liberties Union. identifying Claire Malmstrom, a junior, works to recordthe co11le11t of different specific business ledgers and collectionsat USU. The work will make the informationeasierlo find. scanning and labeling old wants to pursue a career in photographs and manuals into Claire Malmstrom, a junior majoring in history, to the archiving because of the windigital form. dow that such research opens Buttars said that having the program. Malmstrom said she works on a project where she into the past. interns put the old material writes information about a ·r really like looking onto the World Wide Web is specific collection's content. one of the more beneficial through the different things and learning about them," projects for everyone involved. Her job is to make the collection easier to understand for "It's a win-win situation in Malmstrom said. "You get to students. faculty or communisee what life was like back that these materials are now ty members to decide if it is then. It's something that's available to people from all useful in their research or not. gone, but not lost forever." over the world and, by having "That's happened to me Marc Meyer, a graduate stuthese photos and documents before," Malmstrom said. ·1 dent in history, is referencing available over the Web, we think I've found something old business ledgers to determinimize the damage done that will be useful and it ends when people handle them," mine their time frame and up being something I really cultural significance. Buttars said. didn't want. I'm here to help Buttars said the interns are "These ledgers could be that." helpful to anyone," Meyer an integral part of the office, Malmstrom said this said. "From undergraduate working throughout the week earning either stipends or uni- internship is a rare opportuniUSU students to professional ty to actually prepare for a academics to local community versity credit. "In addition to teaching the career as an archivist. members, these are wonderful ·1 want to go into archival documents to help you get a interns about archival theory or a research-oriented field," feel for what Logan was like and practice, their work helps to make materials available to Malmstrom said "Here I have more than a 100 years ago." the opportunity to improve other students and the public Meyer said he was attracted my educational background for research use," Sturgeon to the program because of his said. and my research and writing love for history and looking skills." Malmstrom said she This is what attracted into the past.

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It's about time MLS got the hint NEVER BEHIND I Aaron Morton There's hope yet for the fledgling M a j o r League Soccer. Sure, compared to the big four sports of football, basketball, baseball and hockey, MLS is the neglected little brother of sports leagues. Sure attendance has been falling slowly. But there's still hope for soccer in America - at least for us hard-core soccer fans. In recent years, soccer participation has increased exponentially. Almost everyone you know has played soccer some time in their life, whether as a 5-year-old kid or a 23-year-old kid playing intramurals for the first time. But the game has never translated to television. So when investors planned to launch an U.S. professional soccer league after the U.5.hosted 1994 World Cup, they tried to attract more "casual" viewers. They tried several gimmicks like the shootout or the stadium clock to bring these viewers over. What they didn't realize is that they are losing the fanatic soccer fans that are so important to tkket sales and consistent viewership. Finally, after four years of being the laughing-stock of world leagues, MLS has made American soccer look like the rest of the world. New commissioner Don Garber has gotten rid of that outrageous shootout and allowed the referee to hold time on the field. The only deviation from world soccer is the 10-minute overtime period. It's about time. MLS has also started to try to reach out for more bigname international stars. Leading this year's core of overseas players are New York/New Jersey's German Lothar Matthaeus and Chicago's "Mad Bulgarian" Hristo Stoitchkov. Sure, most of these players are in the twilight of their career, but it's a start. MLS needs to loosen-up its air-tight salary cap to attract more international players and America's own players, keeping them away from the English Premier League and Germany's Bundesliga. Moreover, MLShas restructured their television contract to be more fan-friendly. There is now a "Game of the Week" on the weekend and the MLS2 night show on ESPN2.Despite all this, ESPN's SportsCenter will probably still snub MLS by ~Luffingthe league's highlights to the dreaded "Today's Best" spot at the end of the show. All these improvements will hopefully shake up MLS's lackluster attendance. Stadium crowds have slowly fallen (17,406 the first year and 14,614, 14,312 and 14,282 the following three years). These improvements and marketing maneuvers cannot offset poor play. And this is something that is becoming less common. The DallasChicago and the Los AnglesDC United (a possible MLS Cup 2000 match-up) games were both exciting and wellplayed. Call me optimistic, but I think this little brother has a chance to grow up to beat up his older brothers.

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The Utah State Universitysoftballteam won its first game of a doubleheader Saturdayagainst the Universityof the Pacific.but again the Aggieoffense srum~ledas Padfic won two of the three game series. USUwon 3-1 early in the afternoon Saturdayin their first home game of the season,but the team was shutout in both the second game Saturdayand the only game Sunday.5-0 and 11-0. "Offensively, we're playingconsistently,"head coach Pam McCreeshsaid. The Aggieshave been shutout in fiveof their last seven games. Pacificimprovedto 17-16 overalland 3-3 in the BigWest Conference,while USUdropped to 11-23 and 2-4.The Aggiestake on Southern Utah UniversityTuesday at LaReeand LeGrand Johnson Fieldin a doubleheader.2 and 4 p.m. Utah State will try to avenge two lossesto the Thunderbirds in Ceder City earlier in the season. GwE I: USU3, PACIACI

The Aggiesovercamean early defidt thanks to some timely hitting and some good pitching from KristinHommel on their way to the two-run win. "That'swhat we're capable of doing."McCreesh said. ·we earned that game." Hommel (5-10) pitched a four-hitterwith one walk and five strikeouts.She got herself out of a jam in the second.The bases were loaded after a walk,a single and a player reaching on an error. Hommel allowedher only run when KellyLowrysingledto center field,scoringCindy Ball. But then Hommel got three outs from the next three batters. From then on. she held the Tigers scorelesswith two hits. Hommel said by the second time the line up came around. she knew the batters' weaknesses. "Hommelwas real strong,"McCreeshsaid."She was well rested and pitched a great game.· Two innings later USU took the lead when senior SandyTaylordoubled in TiffanyPugmireand Stephanie Vasarhely.Tayloradvancedto third on the USU'sBre:inneN~~e sli~esinto thi~dbaseduring Saturd~y'sdoubleheader againstPacific.The Aggieswon theirfirst gameagainstPacificbehinda four-hzt performancefrom pitcherKristinHommel.Pacificwon the next two games.

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The Utah State University women's soccer team defeated Brigham Youngfor the first time in the prograrn·shistory Saturday during the -second annual Eight-on-EightSoccer Tournament. The Aggiesnipped the consistently nationally-ranked Cougars 4-3 in one of USU's eight games. The tournament, which was played inside the Stan Laub Training Center (eight on eight) and on a football practice field {sixon six),is part of the short spring soccer season for USU. [n late March, the Aggiestook s~cond at a tournament in Las Vegas. Head coach Stacey Enos split her team into two different squads, the older white team and the younger blue team. In Las Vegas,the two squads met in the semifinals. The more experienced blue team prevailed only to blow a 2-0 lead to University of . Nevada-LasVegasin the final. losing 3-2. It was the white team. playing in their fifth game of the day, that upsetBYU (the Cougars later exacted revenge on the blue team, defeating them 6-0). In the six-on-six outdoor game, USU managed to stay one step ahead of BYU. !,umpta SQCw. Page9.

down to two factors:weather and errors. USUassistant coach SpencerSmith said the weather was too cold,which caused playersto lose concentration. "Itwas a factor that shouldn't have been a factor,"he said of the weather. Aggiehead coach Ben Wolfordsaid his team is usuallynot as error prone as it was on Friday, callingthe errors mental mistakes,not physical. The errors allowedthe Broncosto score eight unearned runs. BSUjumped out to a 3-0 run after the top of the first inning and continued the barrage with a four-run second. The Aggiesscored their first run in the bottom of the secondwhen USUpitcher JeffThurgood's singlesent KennyTucker home. They scored another run in the bottom of the third when Brian Wolfley'ssacrificefly allowedErnie Rivers to tag and score from third. After the first two innings of fireworks,both teams failedto score again until the fifth inning. USUscored two runs after two straight fielding errors by the Broncos,closingthe gap to three runs at 7--4. BSUput the game out of reach by scoring three in the sixth and one more in the seventh. The Aggies'overallseason record fell to 1-4 with the loss. Smith said his team has the talent to win, they just need to utilizeit better. Wolforddidn't think the Aggieswere into the game like they should have been, yet he said they are showingimprovement from past games. He said he thought the playerswere thinking about the errors too much after they happened and weren't givingfull concentration to the game. Wolfordsaid the cold weather played a larger part in the game than it should have. Baseballis an all-weathersport. and his team has to learn to play through it. he said. Wolfordsaid he would like his playersto forget the loss and get their heads into the next game. USUplaysa doubleheader against Colorado NorthwesternCommunity College,the only team the Aggieshave beaten this year, today at noon at the Providencefield.

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STIJMBLED Continuedfrom Page8 throw to home but freshman Eva Dejarnette struck out to end the inning. For the next two innings, the game moved quickly along with both teams going three up and three down each inning. The Aggies extended their lead in the sixth when Vasarhely scored again. She started the inning and Taylor doubled her to third. DeJarnette's sacrifice fly that scored Vasarhely was the first out of the inning. Again Taylor advanced to third, but she was picked off for the third out. "(I)need to be smarter on the bases,"Taylor said. ·1 was trying to be aggressive." Taylor, Utah State's leading batter, went 4-for-5 in the doubleheader. ·1 was hitting the ball well today." she said. G.\ME 2: PACIFIC5, lJSU 0 USU recorded as many hits as Pacific.but were unable to recover

from the Tigers' three-run first inning. In the top of the first, Erica Reynolds hit a three-run home run over the center field fence with two outs. Neither team threatened to score until the top of the third inning when USU pitcher Xochitl Ramirez allowed a walk and a hit. Kelly Warner replaced Ramirez and got the next three outs. The Aggies had great chances to score in the third and fourth innings but could not convert. In the second, Markean Neal was forced out at home and Vasarhely grounded into a double play to end the inning. In the fourth inning, Utah State had runners at first and second with no outs. Taylor was picked off again, this time at second. Breanne Nickle singled to give USU runners at the corners with one out. Warner bunted to reach first, but Dejarnette was tagged trying to sneak home . Neal then grounded out to end the inning. Pacificadded insurance runs in the fifth and sixth. The Pacific'sfifth run was a home run by LizNiadna.

G.\ME 3: PACIACII, USlJ 0 The Tigers ran up 15 hits against the Aggies - a season high for USU opponents this season - and 11 runs. including seven in the first inning as they routed Utah State easily. The Aggies used three different pitchers in the first inning as Hommel, Warner and Candee Bowden were shelled for seven runs and two hits. Six runs were credited to Hommel. and one run was credited to Warner on four hits. "They hit it hard and hit it often." McCreesh said. Utah State tried to answer in the bottom of the first as they had two runners on with no outs. But nothing came of it. The visitors continued to pour on the runs in the second when Barbara Moody singled with the bases loaded to knock in one run . A walk and a wild pitch brought in runs number nine and 10. ·we didn't cut (the lead) down in the first." McCreesh said. "They came back in the second and we just didn't get our bats going."

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Different styles,onegoal INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Michigan too." State and Florida both started the The Spartans can get up and down season in the Top 10 and never the court, having scored more than dropped far below. Now they're the 80 points nine times this season . In only teams left. the tournament, however, they have Similarities over. averaged 68.2 with the five starters While the Spartans are most effec- averaging between 27 and 35 mintive in a half-court game, where they utes a game and only two reserves can crash the boards and be physical, averaging more than 10. the Gators prefer to play at warp Florida has averaged 79.4 points in speed, using a 10-man rotation and the five tournament games, just off full-court pressure. its 84.1 mark for the season. The 10 Michigan State (31-7) was the only Gators who create all that havoc on No. 1 seed to reach the Final Four the floor average between 13 and 31 and has lived up to the role in its bid minutes a game. for the national championship. The Michigan State starts three Spartans won every game in the seniors, while Florida has one on the NCAA tournament by at least 11 team and plays seven sophomores points , including Saturday night's 53and freshmen in the rotation. 41 victory over Wisconsin. "Our youthfulness has won us a Florida, seeded fifth, got a firstlot of basketball games this year," round scare from Butler before wearsaid Kenyan Weaks, Florida's lone ing down higher-seeded teams member of the Class of 2000. "I don't lllinois, top-ranked Duke and know if that's going to be a big probOklahoma State - with its hectic lem in this game." pace. The Gators (29-7) used the The Spartans were going to use an same style to end North Carolina's age-old method to prepare for surprising run with a 71-59 win Florida's full-court press Monday Saturday night. night. "We like to run. too," Michigan "We always go against six or seven State coach Tom Izzo said. "Maybe guys in practice and I'm sure we'll some of that is our style also ... . I have a bunch of players out there think we have an understanding for today," Michigan State forward Andre that. I think these guys want to run, Hutson said Sunday.

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AthleticMediaRelation/. As expected, the Utah State University defense dominated a one-hour controlled football scrimmage at Romney Stadium on Saturday morning. The Aggie defense limited the USU offense to just 123 yards on 52 plays, while coming up with two interceptions and 10 sacks. Blake Eagal. Tyler Olsen and Jared Solosabal each had two sacks. while Nate Putnam had one sack and an interception. Tony Walker recorded another pickoff. "Our defense is way ahead of where our offense is," said USU head coach Mick Dennehy. ·r like the way they

fly around, and I like the enthusiasm they are playing with." Even with the limited production of the offense, Dennehy was not displeased with that unit. David Krueger rushed three times for 27 yards and had a one-yard touchdown, while Travelle Gaines carried five times for 25 yards. Brian Benza led the passing attack connecting on three-of-six attempts for 46 yards, while Steve Mullins hit three-of-four attempts for 27 yards. Ky Oday was the leading receiver with two catches for 30 yards . ·we got some first downs." he said. ·we wanted to try to control the ball and get ourselves on film to see what we need to get corrected. I am

not disappointed." The scrimmage was the first of the spring drills. "Allin all, I thought it was (a) pretty typical first exchange," Dennehy said. ·we need to have a quarterback step up and take charge. As soon as one of those guys steps up, things will get cleaned up and that needs to happen in the next few practices." Utah State will continue spring drills with practices on Monday, Wednesday and Friday and another scrimmage on Saturday. After another week of practice, USU will conclude spring drills with its annual BlueWhite game in Romney Stadium on Friday, April 14 at 6:30 p.m.

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tion to club teams Utah ODP (Olympic development program) and FC Utah (made up of former college players). USU went 5-2-1 on the day, beating Utah, ~1. Dixie, 1-0, l:Jtah OD~ l O; and FC4Jtah, 1-0, in addition to the BYUwin. The Aggies also lost to Utah 3-1 and Utah ODP 7-3, while tieing Weber 3-3. Enos, who let her assistant Jen Kennedy coach the two teams from the sidelines. was impressed with Utah ODP. ·r Jike this team: Enos said of the squad made up of some of Utah's ~st high school players. The tournament is a good opportunity for USU and other teams to scout players, Enos said. And more Cache Valley players are being found on the ODP team. There are three Cache Valley players currently on USU. Enos shook off the 7-3 loss to the high schoolers, saying that USU could learn a lot from a game like that. And they did, recovering to knock off BYU less than an hour later. Utah State will finish off its spring season against the University of Montana and the South African national team both in Logan, April 15 and 28, respectively.

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'First day' filled with plot lines (AP)- Ken GriffeyJr.will be in his new Redsjersey. Mark McGwireand Sammy Sosa willhave the first faceoff in the Home Run Central. Andres Galarraga,Kerry Ligtenberg,MoisesAlou and Jason Kendallwill be back. And John Rocker,John Smoltz,Curt Schilling,Kerry Wood,Matt Williams,Darryl Strawberryand RichieGarcia willbe among the missing. The first full day of baseball in the new century - did those games in Japan last week really count? - is filledwith a year's worth of plot lines. "Myson's skippingschool on opening day.It's a tradition," Griffeysaid. "Cincinnati expectsthat a lot of kids are not going to be there." Griffeyrenewed baseball's buzz in Cincinnati when he forcedSeattle to trade him to his hometown team on Feb. 10. With their annual parade, the Reds- who started play in 1869 - get the most worked up about opening day. "I can't wait to see Junior get announced," Redsfirst baseman Hal Morris said Sunday,a day before the Redsopen the North Americanportion of the baseball season against Milwaukee. "In '91, there was tremendous excitementbecausewe'd just won the World Series," Morris said. "I think this matches if not surpassesthat." While the New YorkMets and ChicagoCubs split a twogame series at Tokyolast week - the first season opener outside North America- the other 28 clubswere still at spring training. The rest of the NL schedule has the Cubs at St Louis.San Diego at the Mets,Colorado at Atlanta, LosAngelesat Montreal.San Franciscoat Florida and Houston at Pittsburgh. In the AL.the New York Yankeesare at Anaheim as they start the quest to become

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new union, which replaced RichiePhillips'Major League UmpiresAssociation,agreed to the merger as part of baseball's elimination of separate league offices. Garcia.perhaps the most recognizableumpire. won't be on the field and Frank Pulli won't be, either. They are among 22 umps still trying to regain their jobs, the result of Phillips'failed mass resignation plan. Rockeralso willbe missing. servinga two-weeksuspension - an arbitrator cut it from four weeks - for disparaginggays, foreigners.minorities and New Yorkersin a magazinearticle. Smoltz,his Atlanta teammate. is out for the season with a torn elbowligament.but Ligtenberg,the Braves·closerin 1998,has returned from ligament-replacement surgery.

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Hundreds march urging action on Confederate CHARLESTON.S.C. (AP)- More than (>00people set out Sunday on a five•day. 120-mile protest march to Columbia to urge state lawmakers tqmove the Confederate Flag fromlthe Statehouse dome. "Take it down!," chanted some marchers. "The people of South Carolina white and African-American - want the flag to come down," said Charleston Mayor Joseph P. Riley Jr.. who had the idea for the march. "The purpose is to say the people of South Carolina are in step, and we want the Legislature to get in step with the people of South Carolina," said the mayor. who carried the blue state flag with its

white palmetto tree and crescent as he led marchers into the street. The marchers will walk only during daylight hours and plan to arrive in Columbia for a rally on Thursday, when pro-flag supporters have also scheduled a Statehouse rally. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has called for a tourism boycott of the state. saying the Confederate flag above the Statehouse in Columbia is a racist emblem. Flag defenders say it is a symbol of Southern heritage and honors Confederate war dead. Only state lawmakers can move the flag from the dome, and several plans are under consideration.

Organizers of the "Get in Step" walk say it should be moved from the dome to a place of honor. Vans and shuttle buses will take people to the march so they can join as long as they can. It will start each day where it ended the previous day. Novelist Pat Conroy. a South Carolinian. was on hand for the start of the march. But he said he would pick up with the marchers again on Thursday in Columbia. "They would find me dead on the highway if I tried to make the entire march," he said. Conroy said South Carolina lawmakers do not like being told what to do. but predicted the march will

help resolve the issue. "It's going to be such hideous publicity, including this right here, that it will help," he said. One of those who marched Sunday was former Gov. John West. a state lawmaker when the flag was raised by the all-white 1962 General Assembly. West. who served as governor from 1971 to 1975, led an effort to get lawmakers who raised the flag to ask for its removal. "As I have had to say publicly. somewhat to my embarrassment. in hindsight one of the mistakes I made as governor is not taking it down," he said. "It was not an issue then. Had it been an issue. I would

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The followingJuly he wrote Reno that his investigators had uncovered information that merited follow-up by an independent counsel without links to the White House. ' Reno declined to seek a special prosecutor. "It was never politics. It was bureaucratic agendas, I think. Protecting turf internally at the Department of Justice...LaBella said. "I don't think anybody was protecting anybody. I really don't believe that the attorney general. in any way, shape or form. was protecting anybody, or anybody else at the Justice Department was politically protecting anybody." LaBellalater transferred back to San Diego as acting U.S. attorney. then resigned a year ago after being passed over for a permanent appointment there. In a report last month. The Los AngelesTimes quoted the memo as saying Justice officials used "gamesmanship" and legal "contortions" to avoid an independent inquiry into ClintonGore fund-raising matters. LaBellaalso accused his colleagues of "intellectually dishonest double standards" by giving special treatment to Vice

President Al Gore. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Harold Ickes, a former White House aide. the newspaper said. Clinton·s chief of staff said Sunday that Reno had done nothing and noted that the task force LaBella led was still in business. "The Justice Department. I believe. followed the law in handling this case and did so appropriately," John Podesta said on CBS'"Face the Nation." 'They're continuing to investigate the matter. and I think they'll take appropriate action." LaBellacontended Sunday that the newspaper report took his words somewhat out of context. but said: "I had field prosecutors who came in who resigned from the task force in frustration because they felt that there was legal gamesmanship being played." He was asked about evidence that the White House might have peddled access for political contributions and Gore might have violated laws involving pohtical telephone calls from the White House or committed other infractions. LaBellasaid his memo was meant as a starting point. not an end result. "There's no question that

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Suydamsaid. Cloer.released from a hospital Wednesday,still refuses to be interviewed by authorities. Suydam said. Her 5-year-old daughter was on the bus and was one of the two children in critical condition. The train was travelingabout 50 mph and first blew its whistle about 1.000feet from the crossing and again continuouslyat 620 feet away,said NTSBinvestigator David Rayburn.The emergency brake was applied at 160feet away. The impact ripped the body of the bus from its chassisand draggedit 100yards. Three children and the driver were ejected. and four other children remained inside the bus. Schoolbuses are required by law to stop between 15 and 50 feet from railroad crossings. Investigatorshave studied a videotape from a camera mounted inside the bus and have talked to a child who was wearing a lapbelt and was the least injured. Accordingto the recording.several people were talking in the bus and the radio was playing.Suydam said,but he would not elaborate.

access was used as a quid pro quo for contributions. I don·t think anybody's denying that," LaBellasaid. "The level of knowledge at the White Hose was clear that this was intended to attract donations. Which is not to say it's illegal. It was a fact of life." Podesta, questioned about LaBella'scomments. said: "Donors do get access to political figures on Capitol Hill. The presidency's donors, when he goes to fund-raisers, I don't think there's anything shocking about that." LaBellasaid his main point was that the Justice Department was too close to the principals to have made the decision not to prosecute. "At the end of the '96 election. we saw ... Clinton and Gore in the end zone. They won the game," LaBella said. "But ... they had chalk all over their shoes because they danced right along the sidelines, right into the end zone. "The fact is. the Department of Justice spent four years and is still ... reviewing the videos to see who stepped out of bounds and who didn't step out of bounds. "That's not the way it should be."

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I am a senior here at Utah State, and I feel it is time I finally speak out on an issue that has continually troubled me; that is the attitude of intolerance that is dominant on this campus, in particular the intolerNumber of ance towards homosexuals. booksthe averI would hope that I could say we have progressed far enough that we would not have to persecute othage American ers for there GOD-GIVEN characteristics. It has taken buys. over a century for us to realize that those people with black skin are socially, mentally and physically •UNITTDPRES.S equivalent to those with white skin. And on the same INTERNATIONAL• token, those of us who are born homosexual are just Iike those who are heterosexual. Just as skin color is a God-given physical characteristic, so is homosexuality. And no one deserves LETTERS social degradation simply because they are born different from those who consider themselves "mainLengthshouldbe stream." " • • , ft limitedto 350 words. I happen to be gay. Many people with whom I Al/ lettersmaybe short- associate may not know it. And you know what? I am ened,editedor rejected your normal everyday run-of-the-mill male. Being for reasons ofgoodtaste, gay does not make me any less of a man. I lift redundancyor volume weights, I like sports and I drive a four-wheel-drive ofsimt1arletters. vehicle. My friends even call me "mijo" which means "the man" in Filipino. No anonymousletters I was born with a particular character trait that will bep11blished may be somewhat rare in these parts. But do not judge me or other homosexuals as being evil or perWritersmust signall verted. We are just like those of you who consider letters,with phone yourselves to be in the mainstream. I plead with you numberand student to understand and to be tolerant with those who are numberdmrly stated. not like you. Get to know someone different and reallze that they are people too. Lettersrepresenting RyanAnderton groups- or morethan oneindividual- must havea singularrepresentativeclearlystaled, with all necessaryJD and infom111tion.

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agenda. Or do they? After talking with a local high school government teacher, I have found many young Republicans haven't made a choice. They have been told which party they are expected to support. This was realized when this teacher handed surveys to her students which, ~epending on the student's responses to the questions, would tell them if their views were more in line with Republican or Democrats. To their surprise, a majority of the students leaned toward the Democrats. Do you know how the students responded? Asking the teacher "Are you gonna tel I my parents?" or "Can I change my answers?" Whether this was the result of religion or parental pressure dictating their political preference, I think this is a disgrace. Every individual has the opportunity to choose which party they want to support. I challenge everyone out there to explore different political parties. Not only the Democrat and the Republican parties, but the Green Party, the Reform Party and the other minority parties. , By becoming informed, you may fiiatao-paitr, H,at may be closer to you -personal beliefs t'han the bne you currently associate with. For those of you who have already researched the political agendas and decided to support George W. Bush, great. You have taken steps to become informed and are not merely jumping on the conservative Utah bandwagon. I think many of you will be surprised at how fascinating politics is. Nonetheless, we will have an interesting election come November. I'd like to end by voicing my choice, Gore 2000!

I read the Statesman everyday. Everyday I see an article condemning Democrats. I am a native Californian and attending college in Utah has basically been a culture shock. Letterscanbe hand I love Utah, it is a beautiful place and I've met deliveredor ma11edto some wonderful people here. Although it isn't a T/,eStnle!o71111n in the diverse state with a variety of ideas, I have learned a TSC 319, or canbe lot about myself in my two years up here. e-mailedat One thing really bothers me about Utah. I under edilo,@ statesman.usu.tdu stand this state is largely influenced by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints religion. I respect that. For many people, religion is an important part of their lives. Obviously Latter-day Saint followers STAFF choose to follow the more conservative political

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Write-in votes should be published in 'Statesman' As I read the results of the ASUSU elections on Friday, I was disappointed that for the Presidential election, the results only listed Ben Riley, who ran unopposed. I recall several write-in candidates advertised by fliers and by word of mouth. Mr. Riley received 2,311 votes and according to Public Relations Vice President Christina Domichel, roughly 2,500 total votes were recorded. I would like to know who the 200 non-published votes are credited to. As USU students, we are willing to have an individual gain the office of President through acquies~ence. We should at least have the privilege of having the top 3 to 5 vote getters next to Mr. Riley published in an upcoming Statesman. It would be the classy thing to do.

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tediously explained to the U-Haul dealer over the phone that "yes, Honda makes cars now and there are lots of modern settlements west of the Rockies." I lied about the car's power and ability to pull a big square box through the mountains and wind and headed towards Utah. And in doing so crossed what most Midwesterners and Easterners considered the edge of the flat earth. I left an angry girlfriend, disbelieving relatives and frightened evangelists giving me the spiritual equivalent of malaria shots to ward off Mormon infection . What was supposed to be a Gi II igan-I i ke three-year cruise ended up being an extended shipwreck on the sitcom that is my life. Of al I those who had given me various warnings few had driven further than Colorado and considered everything between there and California to be just "fly over." Oh, there was the Grand Canyon, Las Vegas and Yellowstone, but Utah remained little more than a big float-on-your-back lake, roadside-attraction postcard, an Osmond colony iin<lii-+abeTAade choir. Cut to my sitcom 20 years later and the island is overrun with cruise ships and crazy immigrants pillaging the landscape with home equity checks in their hands. Utah is almost, dare I say, "hip." To confirm this I hit the road during peak tourist season. It is simultaneously appalling, delightful and insidious that on a scorching Southern Utah day I can be served a vegetarian black bean burrito by a woman with three nose rings in the town of Hurricane, Utah. And on another musty night I walk down the streets of Kanab and hear religious karaoke songs at the city park. On the other side of town I walk for an hour without hearing a word of English spoken by passers by. There's a waitress with a shaved head in Moab serving yet another black bean, vegetarian burrito and suddenly I see that my trip has a theme . In Springdale I hit yet my third cafe with black bean burritos and MTV fashion victims. I drive on Highway 12 for two hours without seeing anything but out-of-state

license plates. It scares me that people are talking about Torrey, Utah, becoming the next Moab when I can remember when Moab wasn't even the next Moab. It's hard for me to image a nuclear family of four sitting down in Paris, Frankfurt or London leafing through Euro-AAA guide books and picking Torrey, Utah, as their destination. But I stop there and while in search of a vegetarian black bean burrito I spot one of those Eurofamilies. Les Griswalds are speaking French and I'm pretty sure the kids are saying something about how "dorky they feel in this rented mini-van and how all their friends are going to Disneyland" and the parents are saying "Well, if everyone jumped off of a bridge II

When and why did Utah become so hip? Cities burp, and weirdness and black bean burritos spew out over the west. If you could see it from outer space it would look like 4th of July sparklers shooting out from places like L.A. and San Francisco and Seattle with the sparks dying in places like Moab, Kanab and Torrey and Hurricane. People come here not so much to find the truth , but to escape it. The cities are Cuba and Utah has become the promise of a better life. It's a sign of the times that you can live in a place for on.fy 14-years and start get, ting nostalgic. I miss places with bad coffee and without black bean burritos; places like El Bambi and The Garden of Eaten' and Famous Dick's Cafe ; the Moab newspaper called The Stinking Desert Gazette and I even miss the Nephi "Death Strip." It's a strangely compelling irony that about the time I was born the government was still dropping atomic bombs near an area of the country that has now become a favorite of tourists world-wide ... some of them speaking Japanese. If you want to see what Utah was like, take a drive on Highway 30 in the forgotten Northeast corner. There's a stretch of road out there so open you can steer with your feet and never see any life other than the occasional suicidal jack rabbit. You won't see any cafes, espresso bars, LYCRA or people with a roof rack full of adventure toys. It's a great place to help me remember why I came to Utah in the first place.

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you and GO. If you have no interest at all in such an event, then just read this column for a few laughs and try to have a good week. Monday - Hey, here is a chance to be environmentally safe. The Bear River Health Department is offering free environmental kits - including private water sample kit, Radon kit and lead based paint kit - all free at their office at 655 E. 1300 North. It's part of National Public Health Week. Be healthy and go for a walk outside. Look at the birds . Look at the flowers. Notice where the cute/hot neighbors I ive. Tie your shoe in front of their apartment - check things out. Invite them to something later in the week. Tuesday - If it is nice and

sunny go to the softball game at 4 p .m. at Johnson Field (on campus). Take some food. Cheer for your team. Make it a group activity . Do your homework for the rest of the week so you can go to the upcoming social events. Wednesday - Interested in flying gliders or soaring? The Cache Valley Soaring Association is meeting at 7:30 p.m. in the Technology Building Room 108. Flying can be good . Go to the Health Department and sign up for the SK race or the walk which will be held Saturday. You get a newt-shirt, food and a chance at prizes . I am personally planning to walk at least half of the SK with my friends Janice and Susan.

Thursday - Guitar concert at 7:30 p.m. in the Eccles Conference Center. It's classical guitar music - go and be enriched. Also all you members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, today is the Palmyra Temple dedication day. You have to have a ticket so plan to get yours early. Rebroadcast at 7 p.m . to the Stake Centers. Also tonight, Hansel and Gretel (the opera) opens at 7:30 p.m. at the Lyric Theatre downtown (28 W. Center), free with ID. Runs same time and place Friday and Saturday. Go and get free bread at Great Harvest (before they close at 7 p.m.) and then have great seats for the show! Friday- Some award -win -

ning percussionists are performing tonight (for free of course) at 7:30 p.m. at Kent. Cool music opportunity here. Go to Hansel and Gretel and then out for Aggie ice cream. Food is always a great peoplebringer-togetherer. Saturday - Go be in the SK race or at least go watch the participants and cheer really loud when they look tired (because I know I will look tired the entire time). The Latter-day Saints Institute is doing an Easter con cert at the Tabernacle at 7 p.m. Free, but seats usually go really fast.

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Slack said Friday. She said the company would immediately begin studying its options, although she did not know what they were. One possibility is litigation, which was raised by one First Security investor during Friday's meeting. Simmons said Zions does not expect a lawsuit from First Security management but could not rule out litigatioryaltogether . Renegotiation is more likely. "It seems like both companies have put in a lot of work Lipto this date to try to get this merger done," said Joseph K Morford, an analyst with Dain Rauscher Wessels of San Francisco. "That seems like an option worth exploring." The two banks, Utah's largest. had already started to consolidate some departments and sell off redundant branches as ordered by regulators . Simmons estimated the failed merger would cost Zions about $75 million in losses from the 9.5 million shares of First Security stock his bank owns, plus about $25 million for attorneys and bankers fees. Failure to seal a deal could leave either bank open to a takeover attempt from outside. Reim said First Security, with its declining revenue base, is more vulnerable.

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