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Left to right, Mike Sweeney, Ken Godfrei;,Rita Reusch and Rod Deckerparticipatein the FreedomForum panel Thursdayin the Sunburst Loungeas part of National Library Week2000.
Panel discusses freedom of expression as part of Library Week JESSICAWARREN
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What is pornography? Where is the line between educational and recreational research? Thursday these questions were discussed in terms of freedom of expression in schools and specifically in the library. Three panelists, moderator Rod Decker of KUTV Channel 2 News and audience members discussed this question of freedom. "It's not an absolute world out there," Rita Reusch, a pro-
fessor of law at the University of Utah, said. She said the First Amendment is "tricky." Historically, libraries have been strong advocates of open ideas and noncensorship. Limited funds force libraries to make decisions on what they acquire and what they must leave out. Censorship was collectively thought of by the panel in direct conflict with the First Amendment. 'The remedy for bad ideas is good ideas,• said Ken Godfrey, historian and former head of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints Institute in Logan. He said an environment of freedom promotes far more educational opportunities rather than one based on fear. Mike Sweeney, professor in the journalism and communications department at Utah State University and the third member of the panel, spoke of examples of how censorship can be counter-productive. An art exhibit in Nazi Germany in 1937 held govern ment-approved pieces for the public. The more visited exhibit, however, was the underground exhibit of the pieces
that were deemed unfit by the government. "It makes the forbidden fruit the most tasty," Sweeney said. He said the government is drawn to that which we are told is improper. An example of when noncensm;ship worked, Sweeney said, is an article in the Washington Post in 1940 about the explosive power of a certain kind of uranium, in other words, the atomic bomb. The government was "smart enough" Sweeney said, to leave it alone, and the article went hidden into the archives, unremembered.
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Most of the fences are down, the heavy equipment is gone, the chemists have moved in and the public's invited to look inside the new Widtsoe Chemistry Building at Utah State University. An open house is set for Saturday from 2 to 3 p.m. in the new building just north of Old Main. After two years of construc tion, the $30 million structure fills a critical need for laboratory and teaching space . ·we now have one of the finest chemistry teaching and research facilities in the country," said James MacMahon, dean of the College of Science. Visitors will be guided on tours by faculty from the Chemistry and Biochemistry Department and students from the President's Leadership Council.
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Included in the tour will be a look at the department glass blower's workshop, supply areas, student and faculty labs and the complex water. air and power systems that support the work that goes on in the building . Guests will also see an exhibit of paintings by artist and emeritus chemistry pro fessor Richard Olsen. His work
will be exhibited in the building's library and a reception in his honor is set for Thursday from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in the Widtsoe library. The building is named for John A. Widtsoe, a chemist and former ~:lirectorof the utah Agricultural Experiment Station who served as president of the Utah Agricultural College from 1907-1916.
After a large mid-semester publicity campaign , the Associated Students of Utah State University Executive Council is celebrating the approval of the referendum vote for the Student Recreation Center. Beginning Fall 2COJstudents will be charged an $11.50 fee to go toward the creation of the facility.When the center opens in Fall 2003 students will be charged a $63 fee for use of the facility. The referendum passed with 63 percent student approval. ASUSU said it was pleased with the turnout of 1.496 recorded voters with 929 in favor and 553 opposed. ASUSU Public Relations Vice President Christina Domichel said she wasn't sure about the discrepancy in the numbers
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which show 14 votes unaccounted for. Despite the potential of low voter turnout for a mid semester vote, the SRC committee said they were pleased with the number of students who participated in the special referendum's approval. "We had a great turnout," said Business Senator Allyson Luekenga. "It is what we pushed for and what we expected. We appreciate everyone who took an interest. informed themselves and then took action - on both sides of the issue." According to Athletics Vice President Sam Winward, a proposed fee has never failed to be approved by a student vote. The SRC referendum will now go to President George H. Emert for approval who will then take it to the Board of
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Black paint marked the TSC patio and windows with "Get a Life/" Tuesday night. TSC custodial crew were met with the task of cleaning it up Wednesday morning. Three people spent a half day, and two almost a full day with wire brushes chemicals and a lot of elbow grease. At $25 per hour, the clean-up cost the university $700 plus the cost of chemicals. "This is by far the worst: said Allen Lundgreen, of the TSC custodial staff. The graffiti covered the windows along the Hub and computer lab on the west side, and the east and west entrances of the TSC were hit also. It also appeared on the patio and fountain area and south side of the TSC. as well as the grass. Repeated was the phrase "Get a Life!" Also appearing was ·r know you can tolerate but can you integrate?" USU Police so far have no suspect or motive. ·we don't know a whole lot about it right now," Officer Jeremy Roskelley said. It was reported at 5:30 a .m. Wednesday by a custodian . Legally, graffiti is classified as criminal mischief. The penalty for this case, a Class A Misdemeanor, calls for up to one year in jail and a $2,500 fine, said USU Police officer Roskelley. He said the judge can also impose restitution in addition to that. Mark Dustin, president of the Pride! Alliance said that although it seems timely that this would be directed toward them, he isn't sure. "We have seen a great amount of disrespect for our club," Dustin said. There has also been some vandalism of the club fliers advertising Gay Pride Day today. For example. some of the flier originally stating "Gay Pride Day," have gone through multiple distortions such as "Gay ride Day: and "Gay rid Day." I think its pretty bad when you have today's society doing these kinds of things," said Hiram Anderson, of the TSC custodial staff. Any information about the vandalism can be directed to USU Police at 797-1939 or can be placed annonymously at 797-5000.
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Scientists are unable to explain cloned sheep's signs of premature aging ROSLIN, Scotland - Dolly, the world's most famous sheep, is indisposed, having just given birth for the third time in as many years. Ian Wilmut, laboratory father of the first mammal cloned from an adult cell, is more available, seated next to a computer that is flashing the time . The digital seconds fly off the screen at a heartpalpitating rate. Time is of the essence for both members of the cutting -edge Roslin Institute since Dolly heralded a biological revolution three years ago . In th e sh eep's case, th e
concern is with signs of premature aging that scientists are unable to explain. She looks healthy to an examining vet, but under the microscope a part of her chromosomes is seen to have shortened more than is normal for her years. What does it mean and will it lead to an early death? No one knows yet. Wilmut's preoccupation, meanwhile, is with all of the pressure that Dolly's fame has put on his time: the speeches, interviews and inquiries competing with demands for more research
to push the frontiers of biotechnology even farther. More than most scientists, the bald and bespectacled embryologist has had to respond to the enormous moral questions and brave new world fears raised by his ground-breaking work in genetic engineering and cloning: Is it right to tamper with nature? Are we headed for human cloning? Should companies be allowed to patent genes and DNA, the basis of life? At the same time, he has fielded heartbreaking telephone calls from parents
wondering if it is possible to not a dilemma, it's a fact of clone a young child that life. We have to get use to died. As the son of a diabetic making these choices." who was blinded and cripWilmut is taking time to pled by the disease, Wilmut talk because he feels strongly feels an urgency to discover that the public must be edubiological cures to such illcated about the new science nesses. He knows too that and technology to make thousands of kidney and informed policy decisions. To heart patients are desperate that end, he wrote "The for scientists to develop an Second Creation" with Keith animal whose organs are fit Campbell, his scientific partfor transplanting to people. ner in cloning Dolly, and "From the first time man author Colin Tudge. put a sharp stone to a stick, The book, to be published he could use this as a tool to in the United States in June, eat with or as a weapon to is text -book dense and kill people," regrettably Wilmut said. "It's /.Jlmpto CIONE.Page3 complicat -
ed. Wilmut, on the other hand, is pleasantly plain -spoken. ·we want to promote discussion of the potential uses of the technology . We profoundly believe that these are social decisions that should not be left to the scientists. the companies, the doctors and the patients, who are all too involved," Wilmut said . Before Dolly was cloned by destroying the nucleus of an adult sheep cell and replacing it with another nucleus, scientists believed that such a procedure was
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Flag bill clears state senate COLUMBIA. S.C. (AP)The NAACP remained unsatisfied Thursday and said a boycott will continue after the South Carolina Senate gave final approval to a bill to remove the Confederate flag from the Statehouse dome. The bill now is headed to the Republican-controlled House. which on Thursday passed a bill to create official state holidays recognizing Martin Luther King Jr. and Confederate Memorial Day. House Republicans, many of whom support the flag. recognize a shift in public opinion. "I think there·s a realiza-
tion that long term this is harmful to our state," said Republican House Speaker David Wilkins. a flag supporter. "I think that"s persuaded many people to find an area of compromise. The boycott certainly has not been positive. The national attention we've gotten has not been positive." Some black House members think the Senate compromise to fly a Confederate flag in front of the Statehouse is too visible. And the executive committee of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People voted unanimously against the proposal. said
state President James Gallman. NAACP President Kweisi Mfume said the national organization backs the state conference's deci-· sion The Senate plan "adds insult to injury," said Nelson Rivers. field operations director for the NAACP and a former official in the South Carolina conference. The bill would remove the banner from the dome and place a similar, square battle flag behind an existing monument honoring Confederate soldiers on Statehouse grounds. The flag would fly on the north side of the Statehouse from a
pole no taller than 20 feet The bill also would remove the Confederate flags hanging in the House and Senate chambers, and would protect all monuments. memorials and buildings erected or named in honor of the Confederacy or civil rights movement. The boycott. which took effect Jan. 1. has also been honored by the New York Knicks basketball team and the American Bar Association. Industry officials in February estimated that South Carolina had lost almost $7 million in cancellations of conventions and meetings.
WorldGLANc > N.H.House votesforimpeachment inquiry CONCORD. N.H. (AP) - The state House voted overwhelmingly Thursday to open an impeachment inquiry into New Hampshire's Supreme Court justices. deepening a constitutional crisis that began over a divorce case. Lawmakers decided 343-to-7 to authorize the first impeachment probe of a New Hampshire judge in 210 years. The crisis has brought down one member of the high court already and threatens three of the four remaining justices, "The court's been sinking its own ship pretty well,'' said Rep. Paul Mirski, sponsor of the legislation . "We've got to let the committee go where it can go, This stuff is just going to continue to erupt." Gov. Jeanne Shaheen called the vote ··a necessary step toward restoring the public's confidence in our judicial system."' The vote. which empowers the House Judiciary Committee to investigate Chief Justice David Brock and other members of the court. comes nearly two weeks after Justice Stephen Thayer resigned rather than face prosecution on charges he tried to influence the assignment of judges to hear his own divorce case. In a report, Attorney General Philip McLaughlin also alleged Brock violated the law by listening to Thayer. Brock said he understands the need for the investigation. "We welcome this inquiry by the House Judiciary Committee which has established its ability to conduct investigations in a trustworthy and even-handed manner," he said in a statement.
at Canadian schools as Senate ·panel Threats Columbine anniversary approaches passes ·banon > Smith &Wesson willclarify Website colleg~ , bettirlg WASHINGTON (APJ-Asenate committee votedThursday to ban bet;.; tingon college sports- a practice legal
onlyin Nevada- but declineda challenge from a Nevadasenatorto set a nationwide minimum gambling age of
21. Sen. Richard Bryan, D-Nev:. accused his colleagues on the Senate Commerce Committee of hypocrisy on the issue of gambling by young people.t{e. suggested they were interested only in ·'trying to giveNevada the shaft." · · The legislation would outlaw betting on Olympic, college or high school athletic events. Though there is little legal betting on the Olympics and none on };iighschool $ports.,_Nevada's gamb\ing , .
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his classroom and said: 'Wait until TORONTO (AP) - Police have the last week of schooL rm going charged a 14-year-old boy with threatening bodily harm for sayto be different. l'm going to come in here with a machine gun;·· ing in class he would bring a machine gun to school. Kealey said. "The teacher asked: ·rs this a warning?' The incident He said 'Yes."'' Wednesday was the 'If you thought The student canthird in recent weeks. It occurred in the run Columbinewas not be identified under Canadian law .. up to the first anniverbad, just wait.' Earlier this week, sary of the Columbine 11 students in the high school shootings in Littleton. Colo .. that •WRITTEN MES.SAGE. Bowmanville area killed 15 people. includOAKWOOD COIJ[CIAJ E east of Toronto reported receiving ing the two teen-age HIGH SCHOOi. threatening e-mails. gunmen. Investigators were A week after the trying to determine Columbine killings, a the source of the e-mails. youth armed with a semiautomatAt Oakwood Collegiate High ic rifle killed one student and School in Toronto, a student orgainjured another at W.R. Myers nizing committee canceled a talHigh School in Taber. Alberta. ent show planned for.friday. due Wednesday's threat occurred to two scribblep messages foµnd w,hen a .student interrupted his in a bathroom in recent weeks. class at Cedarbrae Collegiale school in Toronto by blurting out school spokeswoman Steplwn\e plans to bring a machine gun at Bolton said Thursday. The first threat appeared the end of the school year. police Const. Devin Kealey said. "It's alleged this kid got up in Jumpto TuREAl:. Page15
ingftvents tfia{ao not involve a school -in tht-'$1'.ate! • -11 , i, 1 , ' !fie:Nevadagambling industry took in $2.3 billion in sports wagers in fiscal 1999.with 30 percent i:o 40 percent bet on college sports. Despite recent requests by the National Hockey League, National 6asketball Association, National Football League and-MajorLeague Baseball to extend the proposed ban to DALLAS(AP)- A federal grand professional sports. the committee jury indicted two U.S.residents. two focused solE!lyon amateur events. Indonesians and a Russian on "Legalized gambling on kids is Thursday in an alleged scheme to diswrong," said Commerce Chairman John tribute child pornography on the McCain. R-Ariz. "They should not be Internet. reduced to a point spread and a specta• U.S.Attorney Paul Coggins said cle forwagering." they indictments were the first ever to Supporters of the amateur sports "target foreign webmasters and their betting ban said it would help in the corrupt co-conspirators in the United broader fight against illegal gambling States." on college campuses. Bryansaid the The panel returned a total of 87 ban "will have absolutely no impact at counts against the five, including all"' because 99 percent of gambling on charges of sexual exploitation of college sports occurs illegally on college minors and distribution of child campuses, not legally in Nevadacasinos. pornography. The committee rejected his amendment Named in the indictments were to exempt college sports betting from Thomas Reedy.37, and his wife Janice the ban. Reedy, 31, both of Fort Worth; RW Kusuma and Hanny Ingganata, both
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of Indonesia. and Boris Greenberg of Russia. The Reedys·home-based business. Landslide Inc., also was indicted. The Reedys were arrested Wednesday. The overseas residents are not in custody. Coggins said he would attempt to extradite them but would not say if authorities in Indonesia and Russia were cooperating. The maximum penalty for each count is 15 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. The business could be fined $500,000 per count and be forced to forfeit its assets. The government alleges that Landslide provided a credit card verification service that was an electronic gateway for subscribers to access photos and movies at the Web sites.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) - Government officials and Smith & Wesson pledged Thursday to work out differences over "clarifications" the gunmaker posted on its Web site concerning its landmark settlement with the Clinton administration. The clarifications relate to a small portion of the agreement dealing with restrictions at gun-show sales. The company said a requirement that its dealers make background checks and impose other restrictions on sales applies only to the sale of the gunmaker·s firearms. Smith & Wesson also said criminal background checks it agreed to for gun-show sales would apply only to firearms sold by licensed dealers and not used guns sold by private citizens. Government lawyers have dedined to say if they disagree with that interpretation. but lawyers for some municipalities have suggested the restrictions were meant to apply to all weapons sold by a dealer .
> Boeing findswrong rivets onjumbo jets SEATTLE(AP) - Boeing Co, has warned airlines that reinforcing rivets·need to be repla-ced<in 27 747-400 jumbo-jets. A m~cilariic at .Boeing's Wichita. Kim .. plant di~ove,reil that as many as 1,000 of the wrong kind of rivets were installed on each of the planes, 10 of which are in service . Boeing spokeswoman Shannon Myers said the rivets used on the upper deck and main deck of the jumbo jets do not pose a flight safety risk. Myers said. however, that the rivets help reinforce part of the plane's structure and that those used cannot handle the stresses involved. She said about 300 to 1,000 rivets on each plane were at issue - a small number given the tens of thousands of rivets used in each aircraft This is the eighth instance of manufacturing and parts problems Boeing has faced since the beginning of the year. There also have been problems with loose nuts on Boeing 737 jets. improper fasteners on various aircraft models and weakened wing structure supports in a few planes.
> Acquitted manstillgetsa jailsentence FORT WORTH. Texas (AP) - Although a jury found Robert Washington innocent of murder. he·s still going to jail. So is his mother. A district judge on Wednesday cited both with contempt of court after they reacted to the jury"s verdict with shouts of joy and victory celebrations. "It was as if had he caught the winning touchdown and spiked the ball in front of the defensive back," Judge George Gallagher said. ··1 didn't hear a word. All I saw was the physical response. and it was totally inappropriate." Before reading the verdict in his small courtroom. Gallagher gave a common warning to both parties against any outbursts. While Washington did his celebration dance. his moth<<,er jumped up and exchanged high-fives with the people around her. said Debi Moore, the judge's court coordinator, Washington received a six-month jail sentence. His mother received a 30-day jail sentence. Gallagher said the celebration was "so blatant that a message had to be sent," but planned to meet with attorneys to review the charges. Washington. 23. was charged with the death of Roland Groom. 17, who was killed during a melee outside an Arlington social club in 1996.
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Staff Writer The design of the new Student Involvement Center has been chosen, and plans are already in the works for construction, hopefully to be completed by next fall. Sara Preston and Stephanie Ray, who teamed up, received first place and $300; Heather Johnson received second place, $ 200 and Ann Yang received third place, $100. The finalists made oral presentations of their designs to the Student Involvement Committee. The other 12 entries received $50 each. The committee, consisting of Associated Students of Utah State University members and Assistant Vice President for Student Life Gary Chambers, chose three finalists for the design of the new Student Involvement Center. The three chosen each had certain features appealing to the committee, said Christina Domichel, ASUSU public relations vice president. One thing that will most likely change about all of the designs is that the final design will be open. ·we want as much access as possible,· Domichel said. Stephanie Ray and Sarah Preston were chosen Wednesday as the winning design. · Ray and Preston will be working directly with everyone involved to get it built. They will draw all the construction blueprints and help oversee the design. The contestants are all in the senior interior design class. Brent Wihdley, the class instructor, said he was pleased with all the students' designs. "They all had varying degrees of approach. I thought they were very imaginative," Windley said.
FORUM Continuedfrom Page1 university setting. The panel discussed how to define pornography. and whether or not students should have access to pornography on university computers. ·1 would like to hope when you get here (at the university level) you ought to have access. Teachers here would lift you up and help you not spend you time doing something degrading." Godfrey said. The definition of pornography can also vary from community to community. "Community standards are legitimate in the definition of obscenity," Reusch said. Legislators are trying to
REcVon Continuedfrom Page1 Trustees, Board of Regents and eventually the Legislature. "Students will be closely involved with the design process," Winward said. "A student committee will monitor the facility once it opens and while they build it." According to Luekenga, the SRC Web page will stay on the USU server and will be updat ed as the project continues.
Chambers, along with ASUSU, gave a basic description of what they were looking for, and then left it to the students. In years when there hasn't been a contest like this one, the students create a project without any outside criteria, such as budget. "It's great when we can do this. It forces them to deal with real people and real problems: Windley said. Windley said the students have been working on this project since about two weeks into the semester. As the designs are now, Windley said he doubts any of them will be possible with the budget they have to work with. "The students kind of had to tap dance between what they want and reality." Windley said. Adjustments will be made for the final construction drawings, as the models displayed are not ones that are used in the actual building. Ray said she is excited about winning. and for the upcoming events. "We were just glad to be in the top three: Ray said. She said there was quite a bit of preparation, such as working with the fire marshal to meet codes and trying to incorporate what the committee wanted. One thing Ray said they were looking for in their design was something to stand out. ·we tried to create a mood in the space: Ray said. She wanted something fun and new for the Student Involvement Center. She said she is excited to create the final construction plans. Budgets and fire codes will be some things she said she will need to be flexible for, and she said she was pre: pared for that. "It will be interesting to see how it turns out," Ray said. reflect the communities they come from, Godfrey said. Godfrey is also concerned about censorship because of the broad range of perspectives that there can be on a particular issue. "That's one of the problems with censorship, is who does the censoring," Godfrey said. Sweeney gave an example of a student taking a human sexuality class. If the student does research on the Internet, what is educational and what isn't? Who decides that? One collective viewpoint is that learning should happen in the home, and what is right and wrong should be brought with a person when exposed to questionable material. "Learning happens all the time. not just in school," Sweeney said. Winward said, even though the officers who worked on pushing the vote through are leaving office, student support for the SRC will continue because it was a student initiated measure. "This is really a great thing that they approved for the future of Utah State," Winward said. "It is one of the most unselfish things students can do to benefit their university." SRC Web page http:/ /www.usu.edt1/src/
CLONE Continuedfrom Page1 - - biologically impossible" in mammals. Dolly rendered that term obsolete and showed that future limits on such technology would be deter mined not by biology but by ethics. The moral and emotional complexities of biotechnology were driven home to Wilmut immediately after the announcement of Dolly's birth, which was reported in the German magazine Der Spiegel with a cover illustration of a regiment of cloned Hitlers.
forSpecial Olympics The USU Aggies Special Olympics are recruiting volunteers for the summer games. Volunteers are needed to help in cycling, track and field, soccer and other areas. Interested individuals can apply in the Service Center. Taggart Student Center Room 327. Participants must be in Logan until June 3.
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committee chairs Applications are now being accepted for Student Activity Board chairs. Chairs help plan events such as the Howl. Moonlight and Music, concerts and movies. Applications are available in TSC Room 327 and are due by Monday.
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Paul Wadsworth, front, and Jim Wolverton practiceflipping themselves upright in kayaks Wednesdayevening. The kayaks were brought in by the Outdoor Recreation Center in conjunction with Necky Kayaks to let students try out the kayaks before~1urchacing one.
Universitytakes care to ensure QUAD and other online programs are secure KATHRYN SUMMERS
Staff Writer The New York Times reported on April 3 that Internet identity theft is increasing. The Social Security Administration has received more that 30.000 complaints about the misuse of Social Security numbers last year, most of which had to do with identity theft. according to the Times article. The Internet allows criminals to find personal information more easily, then exploit the information. Students at Utah State University are asked to put their student number, generally their Social Security number, on things such as tests, interlibrary loan requests, financial aid papers and registration requests. The university's QUAD system on the Internet allows students to register for classes, check their grades, financial aid and tuition payments and update their address. But how secure is it? David Roos, the registrar, works on the QUAD site and said the system is secure. He explained that in order to make the USU servers secure, the university subscribes to an Intern et security company's certificate, which then encrypts the data being sent from the secure server. The certificate's encryption ensures that when students enter their Social Security number to get into the QUAD system, no one else can get that number. When a student registers for the first time using the QUAD, he or she is assigned a sixdigit personal identification number. his or her birth date, to enter after the student number . Although many students don't change their PIN, that is the best way to protect yourself, said Roos. It is a ·security risk" to keep the assigned PIN. Roos said there are several security fea-
tures of the QUAD besides all the encryption certificates, software and hardware. After 15 minutes of no activity, students are automatically logged off the QUAD. This feature helps students who forget to log off, or who perhaps minimize the Internet screen to work on something else and then forget about being on the QUAD system and leave the computer. Also. when students type in their student number and PIN, only asterisks appear so no one can read the numbers as they are typed in. > Roos said a lot of security responsibility rests with students. "There is only a certain point we can go to protect the student. They need to learn how to use the system and log out. We can't do everything." Students can request that their student number be changed to a random number, not their Social Security number, but Roos said this can cause problems because so many forms ask for the Social Security number. "We are making the best attempts to make (the QUAD) secure," Roos said. The updated version of the QUAD is easier to use and nicer to look at. There are new features that allow students to update e-mail and next-of-kin information, Roos said. At secure Internet sites. a key in Netscape Navigator or a closed padlock in Internet Explorer will appear in the status bar at the bottom of the screen Roos said. These icons indicate that information submitted on the site is secure. Also, the address of the site may begin with "https:/ /" instead of the normal "http://" indicating a secure site. If students get a warning that the information about to be transmitted is insecure, they should find out who runs the site and email the webmaster, Roos said.
Minorities stillunderrepresented at U of U SALTLAKECITY (AP)- Minorities remain underrepresented at the University of Utah despite years of effort to create a more diverse campus, a university committee said. The University Diversity Committee released the report Tuesday after four years of work, "These things have been going on for a long time," said Robert Flores, a law professor and co-author of the study. According to 1990 census reports, more than 10 percent of Salt Lake County residents were minorities. In 1996, 8 percent of the undergraduate population at the university
One of the most persistent mis conceptions of this technology is that clones are identical, Wilmut says. They are not. as was proved by four cloned rams, Cedric, Cecil, Cyril and Tuppence, who are genetically identical but different in size, color and temperament. Here again, scientists do not know why. One possibility is that the nuclei from which they were created were placed in egg cells from four different ewes and so developed in distinct environments. ·1 often tell people that a genetic copy of Saddam Hussein might well turn out to be a nice guy," he said.
were minorities, and that was including foreign students. At peer institutions, 20 percent of students who receive degrees are minorities, while at the university only 8 percent are, the report said. The report said 46 percent of the school's undergraduates are women. At the time of the survey, 12 percent of university faculty nationally were minorities. At the University of Utah minorities made up only 9 percent of faculty ranks. Nationally, 30 percent of full-time faculty were female, compared with 21 percent at the U.
No regiment of Hitlers; no army of Einsteins either. Wilmut finds the idea of human cloning abhorrent. although he is only too aware of his role in making it possible. There is no medical justification for attempting human cloning, he says. He believes it would be ·grossly irresponsiblf to think of trying to clone a human, given the lack of expertise scientists still have in the field and lack of knowledge about what it means to be a clone. Most cloned sheep embryos die, many of them after having developed serious deformities. Only from 1 percent to 4 percent of reconstitut -
ed embryos survive to become live offspring, Wilmut says. Of those, 20 percent die shortly after birth - four times as many as in a naturally bred flock. Then, there are the unknowns about life as a clone . Dolly is an apparently healthy , if spoiled, ewe who has delivered normal offspring and who would ordinarily live about 12 years. What do the shortened ends of her chromosomes mean? One possibility is that she will be more vulnerable to tumors than are normal sheep. President Clinton and British Prime Minister Tony Blair have
The Peace Corps will be on the USU campus Monday and Tuesday. There will be an information table in the bottom floor of the TSC from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. There will also be two film shows, one at 5 p.m . Monday and the other at noon on Tuesday. For more information, call 1-800-424-8580 and ask for Dan Dawson.
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drilling holeinskull CEDAR CITY, Utah (AP)Two Beryl men have been charged with practicing medicine without a license for allegedly drilling a hole in a woman's head. The surgery, called trepanation, was performed by early civilizations and as far back as the Stone Age to relieve pressure in the skull or release evil spirits. It has become a fad in New Age and alternative-medicine circles. Its advocates contend it improves mental efficiency. Iron County Attorney Scott Burns said the surgery took place Jan. 22 at a Beryl home and was filmed by a television crew for ABC's "20/20". The show aired Feb. 10. Peter Evan Halvorson, 43, and William E. Lyons, 45, are charged with a third-degree felony punishable by up to five years in prison. Neither man has been picked up by police, but warrants have been issued for their arrests.
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character becomes nothing more than a pawn in the game of treachery.His real moment came when he turned his back on someone he actually loved. · Kathy Bateman began the show in a light of insecurity and unleashed a woman driven by desire as she discovered her hidden self as she too become a pawn in the game. EricVan Tielen also deservesa nod as the young and idealist Danceny.He remained truest to the character and offered a look inside the world of those who become trapped in the web of faithlessdebauchery. Though space does not allow for the entire cast to be named. each should be commended for their part in the story.This production deserves to be seen. •
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KellyJoe Phelpsused to hang out in alleys.reading "FantasticFour· comicbooks through the wrongend of binocularsand eating Spamand-Corn-Nutssandwiches. Nowhe's a critically acclaimed,internationally-touring blues musician.And he's comingto Logan. Phelpswillbe performingin concert tomorrow at 7:30p.m. at the Old LyricTheater on 28 W. Center Street. Ticketsare $10 for student ticketsor ticketsbought in advance.Entranceis $12 at the door.Advanceticketscan be bought at the Utah State UniversityWomen'sCenter in the TaggartStudent Center. Room310. Musidan magazinewrote that Phelps'music is "capableof chillingthe spine, if not raising the dead." Accordingto a press release. Phelps-styleblues is a blurring of genre lines, mixingtraditional blues,jazz and rock music. Phelpsgrewup in rural Washingtonstate.accordingto the release.Musicalinspiration hit early,as Phelpsplayed drums for a marchingband in the fifth grade. When he was 12.Phelpswas "knockedup-sidethe head" by the guitar stylingsof Led Zeppelin'sJimmyPage.according to the release. He got his first guitar from his father,who taught him a Lightnin'Hopkinsriff and some Hank Williamssongs. But the fascinationwith rock soon faded,givingway to the more folksy,acousticmusic of the likesof Chet Atkinsand Leo Kottke,accordingto the release.Next came a love of MilesDavisand jazz. In fact accordingto the press release,jazz·simprovisational qualitieswould be a major determiningfactor in what Phelps'musicwould ultimately become.
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Merteuil who said, ·only flirt with those you intend to refuse.· The interplay between each of the player was nice. At times in the second act the interaction was down right refreshing.With the second act holding more polished acting than the first - the play ends strong. The leading characters displayed range in their abilities. Annette Pyne offereda vicious gamester who controlled those in her life only to appease her whims and desires.At times she seemed a little lost in the power of the character,but provideda well interpreted villainess whose underhanded dealing lead the show. MichaelFloodgrew throughout the show and was able to really show depth in the second act when his
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dogma - they tend to dictate what a form of musicwill become,rather than the music definingthe genre. It was with this realization that Phelpsgained an interest in the more ·avant-garde" musicians.those free from genre restrictions,the release said. That was when Phelps disappeared. only to be found weekslater in an alley,reading comicsand eating Spam. "It was time for reconstruction,"the press releasesaid. Accordingto the release. that reconstructionwas found in the musicof RobertPete Williams,SkipJames.Blind WillieJohnson and Joe Callicott. Phelpsapplied what he learned from these musicians to his slide guitar,whichlies flat in his lap while he plays,due to
The final step was to learn to sing.Accordingto the press release, he taught himselfto sing while playinggigsat cafes. Phelpssaid he still isn't convinced he can sing,but "it'sfar too late to turn back now." Phelps'first recordingwas Lead Me On, releasedin June of 1994on the independent Portland-based label Burnside Records.In 1997,he signedwith Rykodiscand has releasedtwo additional albums on that label: 1997'sRollAway the Stone and 1999'sShine EyedMisterZen. Phelps'audience is a dive;rse mix.accordingto the press release. It includeseveryone •from blue-rinsecan racersto elbow-paddeduniversityprofessors to fat-shoedskater vagabonds,"the releasesaid. More information on the concert can be found by calling 755--0286.
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and gentle on the box, but feels like a pack of Clydesdale horses is doing the Daytona 500 in your bowels. There is no way to help them. You can only smile and nod. While the Seventh Sense must be finely tuned to see the aforementioned zombies, they are easy to spot compared to the demons that haunt the various parking locations off and on campus. Take for instance the lot adjacent to the Taggart Student Center parking terrace. The competition to snag a parking spot is so fierce you could set your watch to the rivalry that ensues at 20 after and the top of every hour. I know firsthand of this horror, because some moron in an enormous SUV tried to play monster truck madness when I apparently took his coveted parking place. He came from three lanes over to tell me how much I bleeping-bleep ing-bleep suck as a human being. It's a parking space, pal, so simmer down and come to terms with your idiocy . Another place to catch dumb people is at Hastings. I won't even describe the scene, but I wi II propose a question: Is there some invisible sign on the video dropoff box that reads, "Losers Park Here"? Maybe I am the dumb one, but I've yet to see that sign. You must need the Eighth Sense to see such things. Not every dumb person exists at USU, though . A few weeks ago, I noticed my ability to use the Seventh Sense while driving to Salt Lake City . Feeling the time was right to shed the overplayed tunes of the valley
radio stations and holding a cigarette lighter under my palm to keep from falling asleep to Bob Nelson's voice on FM 100, I crossed over to the AM zone and happened upon Dr. Laura Schlessinger. It took al I the energy I possessed not to barf my gas station corn dog all over the steering wheel. If this army of fools has a leader, it has to be Dr. Laura. Listening to her ridiculous radio show produces emotion that melds laughter and frustration into a poisonous concoction that turned the interior of my car ice cold. I was unaware of the fact that God himself appointed this nasty, former Internet pornqueen judge and jury of the entire population . My w ife works, and she is "her kids' mom," so Dr . Laura can take her "Character Does Matter" button and use it to pin her clothes together, just in case she's tempted again to pose nude with another "morally reprehensible " lover. Yeah, yeah, the past is past, blah, blah, blah. People are people, blah, blah, blah. The point is simple: Some people's elevators don't stop on every floor. And you know what? As much as I moan and groan, when it comes right down to it, that diversity of intelligence and character is what makes this world a grea t place to live. I love this planet! Just don't steal my parking spot.
Andy Morgan is a features writer for The Statesman. He is a senior majoring in journalism and can be reachedfor comment at loniofthejazz@hotmail.com
Staff Writq Today and tomorrow the New Horizons Institute Showtime Choir, a choir run through; the ,Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . Institute of Religion, will be presenting "Music in My Soul," a variety show in the Kent Concert Hall. Tickets can be purchased from the Utah State University Ticket Office in the Taggart Student Center for $3 . There is a Sl discount for those with a current Institute student ID . "Every year we always say, 'It's the best show we·ve done:· director Duane Huff said. "They keep getting better and better, but this year it really is. We have a lot of talent this year." The performance will run for about an hour and a half . "It's very upbeat - a good family program." Huff said. Three $ongs will be featured frbm the movie Prince of Egypt,including "Deliver us· and "When you Believe." ·one Day More· from Miserablesy,illbe performed. along with some patriotic music, swing and a song from Disney 's The Lion King. According to Huff, the stucents in the choir do most of the choreography for the numbers. Jim Reese is the choreography director .
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heavy gunfire on the roof of the embassy,Childers gives the order to open fire on the hostile crowd.The result: 83 dead civilians,three dead Marines and a court-martial trial for Terry Childers. Childers seeks the help of his friend, Col. Hays Hodges (TommyLee Jones), whose life Childers saved in Vietnam. Hodges is on the brink of retirement. but feels obligated to save his friend. The government is branding Childers as a brutal murderer, and Hodges cannot seem to reconcile that fact in his mind. Thus, a standoff ensues, with the government playing the role of attacker behind the weasel-likeand corrupt actions of National Security AdvisorWilliam Sokal (Bruce Greenwood),and with
Childers playing the role of persecuted war hero. While this plot is engaging,it is overwhelminglypredictable and tiresome. While Jackson'sand Jones' characters are the highlight of the film, neither role is deep enough to pique the viewer's interest. Guy Pearce is striking as the military·s lead prosecutor, Major Mark Biggs,but his character is shallowand hollow,as well. 1 Directed by William Friedkin (The French Connectionand The Exorcist), the film is entertaining but nothing to write home about. I recommend seeing this movie,but wait for the discount. Until then, spend less than a buck at Hastings and rent CourageUnder Fireand A Few Good Men.
In media sex has no consequencr:es ity and coarse language in the media remains the subject of much scrutiny. The study was commisPopularentertainment sioned by the Parents remains rife with sexual conTelevisionCouncil,a group tent but seldom explores potential consequencesof such lobbyingfor the major networks to recognizea •family behavior,accordingto a study viewinghour."In broad strokes, conductedby the Center for it concludesthat levelsof sexuMediaand PublicAffairs. ality and foul languagehave The Washington-based media organizationalso deter- risen sharply since 1989,while the quantity of violencestayed mined that moviesand TV showsfeaturing sexualityoften roughlythe same. carried a ·parental guidance" The survey by the Center rating rather than being desig- for Media and PublicAffairs, which bills itselfas nonpartinated for mature audiences san, involvedviewingat least only. two episodesof all originalfic·rt surprised me that so much of this material was PG- tional TV series on broadcast rated,"said S. Robert Lichter, and cablenetworks.the 50 toprated made-for-TVmovies,50 president of the center. top-grossingfeature filmsand Although it has cooled somewhat as a politicalissue, nearly 200 music videos shown the amount of violence,sexual- on MTV.The analysisexcluded children'sand daytime programs but ventured into latenight TV. Some may quibble with the terminology.which split scenes into ·soft core· and "hard core" categories. The latter included mere discussionsof sexual intercoursein programs such as "Friends"and "AllyMcBeal," which were ranked second and third, respectively,among all series on broadcasttelevision in terms of sexual content.The program outranking them was UPN's "The SecretDiary of Desmond Pfeiffer." More than 90 percent of the "hard core" incidents mentioned on broadcast TV fell under the heading of talk about sex rather than visual images.Bycontrast, the percentage of actual depictionsof sexual acts was far higher on cable TV channels, even
though the total number of sex-relatedreferencesand scenes was roughlythe same. NBCwas found to carry the most sexualcontent among broadcastnetworks.Although Showtimetopped the cable list, the study diQn'tlook at Cinemax.Spiceand the PlayboyChannel. Musicvideoswere found to contain more sex per minute than any competinggenre, while feature filmsactually rated somewhat lowerthan TV as measured here in terms of the overallnumber of sexual referencesor acts. The scatologicalcomedy There'sSomethingAbout Mary and romance How StellaGot Her GrooveBack,both R-rated, were cited as possessingthe most sexualcontent among the films analyzed.Two movies rated PG-13- The Wedding Singer and Six Days,Seven Nights- were ranked among the top 10. AlthoughTV series such as the WB's"Felicity"and 7th Heaven· have featured plots dealing with the dangersof sexuality,Lichtersaid such depictionsremain the exception to the rule. "People(in TV and movies)just have sex and nothing happens,"he said. "No one gets pregnant. No one gets disease.No one even cares much." A spokeswomanfor the Motion PictureAssociationof America,which rates feature filmsand establishedthe current guidelinesfor labelingTV programs'content, said the organizationdoesn't comment on studies it hasn't seen,- a policyechoed by NBCand Showtime.
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vious albums, but it's not come close to warranting comparison between Mr. Big's their best. Get Over It is the first album Mr. Big has sound and Jimi Hendrix·s released since their two-year music. Not only that; the new CD hiatus, which may explain its falls short of Mr. Big's success- mediocrity. Mr. Big first broke ground ful past. Mr. Big did an okay in 1989 with their self-titled job with Get Over It. but it's album. Except for their hianothing compared to their tus, they have been making former hit To Be With You. music ever since, according to The best song from the their press release. new album is "My New For a band that has surReligion.· It has an original sound with a catchy tune and vived 10 years in the business. they're doing all right. good lyrics. Their new CD, Get Over It. The other songs all have has its weak and strong the same basic sound. Get Over It is an improve- points. Overall. it's a pretty ment from some of their pre- decent CD.
"Requiem." The most beautiful music is right at the end when they show them dump his body into a pit and throw lime over it. Quite the juxtaposition, of sorts. Icky scene reminiscent of Night of the Living Dead with gorgeous sound. Creepy. So I went Monday night expecting to hear that melooy, beauty restored without the creepy. Amazing vocals blending with an incredible orchestra. Well, that part we got. But we also got creepy. Concert etiquette is not something I've been schooled in, but I've picked it up through watching others at concerts and watching the conductor for cues. Like, if he turns around to face the audience after a piece, you applaud. If he doesn't, it probably means it's not over yet, and you shouldn't applaud. I was quite proud of the Kent audience Monday night. There was no errant applause to be heard. Just beautiful silence .between each movement of the "Requiem." Ahhhhh ... just like listening to it at home. Disappointment followed quickly on proud's heels, though. Somewhere in the back of the room, a baby started up like an airplane. Soft and whiny at first, then louder and more insistent as time wore on. I don't know what it is about this area, but I've never lived anywhere where children were so readily accepted at events such as this. Movie theaters? Yup. Church meetings where silence is preferred? Yup. Concert halls? Yup. Opera? Probably. Don't you all have babysitters or parents to leave Junior with? It's not so bad that the kids are there. Sure, start early with culture and they'll appreciate it more when they get older, but
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you don't have to introduce them to Mozart at 2 weeks old. That's just silly. And if they do start making noise, take them outside. I paid good money to be wherever I am, and I don't intend to spend my evening listening to Junior discover the power of his lungs and vocal chords combined. Thank you, Dr. Will Kesling, for mentioning that during the intermission announcement. The words "muzzling the babies," eyen if in jest, were sweet music to our ears. Another thing I noticed that was completely inappropriate. During one of the opening songs, "Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier," one audience member called out a friend's name. Please don't. This is not a Backstreet Boysconcert. Save it for later. Thanks. What else? Oh that's right. The sleeper over on the side. Why on Earth would anyone go to a concert to sleep? And how is that possible? The music isn't exactly soft and soothing. It's a piece about death for crying out loud. Wake up and smell the passion and excitement. Overall, it was a wonderful evening. I had a good giggle when I noticed an esteemed member of the campus community sitting in the "balcony" with the organ, and the music was enchanting. Kudos to the USU Chorale, the Davis Master Chorale, the Northern Utah Choral Society and the Mountain West Symphony Orchestra. I must say the night was much better than the movie. Either of them.
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kidding me? That's not a sport THE HOBSON Hur
I CaseyHobson What is a sport? That question has been floating around t h e Statesman news room lately. I know the boundaries can be confusing at times. It's easy for the lines to gray. So I figured we'd better take a minute to remind ourselves which events are sports and which are merely recreational activities. Hobson's First Law of Sports says any activity involving a ball (or puck) is a sport. Examples: football, baseball, basketball and hockey. Of course, like any good rule, there are a few exceptions to this one. Bowling is not a sport, despite using some of the biggest and heaviest balls in the sporting world. There's just nothing athletic about it. As Jim Rome says, anything you get better at in direct correlation with the amount of alcohol you consume is not a sport. Anything you can do with a long neck in the other hand is not a sport. Bowling is a recreational event, and it doesn't belong on ESPN or ESPN2. Golf, though played with a ball, is not a sport. I know that shocks many of you. I love golfing just as much as the next guy, but the truth is the truth. Golf is a recreational activity. There's no real physical competition involved, which brings us to Hobson's Second Law of Sports: sports must involve a high level of physical competition. I know it requires a great deal of ski 11to put the ball as close to the hole as Tiger Woods does, but that does not mean golfing is a sport. Sewing takes skill too, and it's not a sport. Jim Rome's Alcohol Rule applies to golf. John Daly crushes the ball when he hits it, and half the time he's a fall-down drunk. In a real sport, Daily wouldn't stand a chance. He'd make a heck of a bowler though. Hobson's Third Law of Sports: the competition involved must be between two human beings. This rules out things like NASCAR, horse racing, dog racing, cat racing, chicken fighting and the demolition derby. Auto racing isn't a sport. The competition is between Ford's V-8000 engine and Chevy's big block V-8001 engine, not between the drivers. And 500pound Maggie May could have just as good of a chance at winning the NASCAR championship as anyone else - if she can fit through the window and into the car . Motor cross, however, is an exception to this rule. Contrary to popular belief, it's not Kawasaki vs. Yamaha on those tracks, but rider vs. rider. The level of physical competition is high during the races, and 500 pound Maggie May wouldn't have a snowball's chance in hell of competing . It requires more strength to ride those bikes than it does to play a lot of the ball-sports. Hobson's Fourth Law of Sports: the athletes involved must sweat when competing. The sweat clause rules out things like chess matches and spelling bee championships. Show me a chess player that is saturated in sweat, and I'll show you someone who must be on the verge of either a heart attack or a nervous breakdown. And the spelling bee? That
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Aggies split doubleheader with Utes AARON MORTON
Assistant Sports Editor It took some heroics , but the Aggies split a doubleheader with the University of Utah Wednesday. Freshman Eva DeJarnette hit an RBI-double in the bottom of the eighth inning, driving in Tiffany Pugmire to give Utah State University an 8-7 nightcap win after dropping the first game 3-1. "I felt good off the bat," Dejarnette said of her double, which was the 16th hit for the Aggies in that game - a season high. The recently slumping Aggie offense finally came alive in the second game to bounce Utah's mainstay pitcher Kristin Arbogast, who had held USU (15-26 overall, 3-6 Big West Conference) to two runs in the last three games. ·we were on her," head coach Pam McCreesh said. "The bats were going.· The surging offense will be good for the Aggies as they head into a critical three-game series with California Polytechnic State USU'sTiffany Pugmire slidesinto secondbaseas the ballskips awayfrom Utah shortstopMichele Larsen(23). The Aggies droppedthe University (12-26, 0-12) this weekfirst game of Wednesday'sdoubleheaderagainst the Wes 3-1, then reboundedin the secondgame for an 8-7 victory. end. "We're going to feel good against in because of a lack of run support. allowed Pugmire to score, but then the third and fifth innings that (Cal Poly),"DeJarnette said . They had their chances, though. Dejarnette popped out to end the ended up to be the difference in the The Mustangs will be desperate In the second inning Markean inning. first game . for a win when they visit LaRee and Neither team advanced a runner USU's Kristin Hommel (7-11) Neal hit what appeared to be a douLeGrand Johnson Field Saturday at ble right up the right field line that past first base in the final two took the loss despite holding the 1 and 3 p.m., and Sunday at noon as Utes to only four hits and one innings. scored Breanne Nickle. but it was they have lost 19 of their last 21 earned run in a complete game. called foul. games. GAME2: USU 8, UTAH7 "Hommel pitched a good game," USU cut the lead to 3-1 in the The nightcap quickly turned into "They are struggling more than fifth inning, but could have cashed McCreesh said. a slugfest where both teams comus," she said. "Just beating the U, in on a lot more as they ended the The sophomore pitcher settled bined for five home runs, two triples that will carry over." down after the first inning where inning with the bases loaded. When and four doubles. she allowed her only earned run on Arbogast walked senior Sandy GAMEI: UTAH3, USU I The Aggies jumped all over the two hits. In the next six innings, she Taylor with two ou ts, it loaded the The Aggies committed four only allowed two hits. bases with Vasarhe ly up . Her errors, leading to two Utah runs in But again, the Aggies were done gounder Ute Michele Larsen booted Jumpto Srm.Page1O
Nickle breaks nose, Vasarhely steps up
USU trainer Christina Cassidytends to catcherBreanneNickleafter Nicklefouled the ball straight into her noseand brokeit. She sustainedtireinjury in thefourth inning of the first game in Wednesday'sdoubleheaderagainst Utah.
When catcher Breanne Nickle went down in the fourth inning after she fouled off a pitch right to her nose, third baseman Stephanie Vasarhely knew right away she had to catch. "(I thought) gosh, I've got to go catch." she said. ·r knew it was going to happen." In the top of the fifth inning, Vasarhely. who was actually recruited as a catcher, donned her gear and took over Nickle's place behind the plate. The Utes quickly took advantage. stealing three bases. But it didn't affect the freshman's concentration. Vasarhely said. "She plays like an upperclassman," head coach Pam McCreesh said. "She's a leader."
Vasarhely held her own in the first game , committing no errors and drove in the Aggies' only run. Nickle, who had one hit on the day. broke her nose on the play. It is not known if she will start the weekend against California Polytechnic State University. "She wanted to play the second game," McCreesh said of Nickle. "That's the kind of player she is." The second game ended Nickle·s streak of 90 consecutive games start~ ed for Utah State University. In game two, Vasarhely said she was more comfortable, and it showed. She scored a run and drove in three Aggies with a triple. Vasarhely also made a diving catch behind the plate for the second out of the important eighth inning. "She made some great plays back there," McCreesh said.
USU players getonelastchance to impress Dennehy at Blue-White gametonight WADE DENNISTON
Senior Sports Writer
The Utah State University football team will have one more chance to impress the new coaching staff this spring when it competes in its annual Blue-White game Friday night at 7 in Romney Stadium. The Aggies started their spring drills on March 20, and have been practicing three days a week since then. They have also competed in two scrimmages, in which the defense has primarily dominated each time out.
Without Demario Brown(21),
USU's leading rusher in 1999, the Aggie offensehas struggled in spring ball. Brown was one of many offensive threatswho will graduate this spring.
But, first-year head they've stayed fairly domcoach Mick Dennehy said inating." the offense is usually Dennehy said the offense has improved, behind the defense when things first get underway. though. which makes And one reason the USU things tough on the defense has a leg up on defense. "We'veprogressed well the offense is because it has more starters returnenough on offense at ing from last year's squad. times to make them real"The fact that we've ly have to work," he said. Still, the offensive got more people returnprogress has been slow, ing on defense has allowed them to start out which may have to do ahead, but I'd be real dis- with the system Dennehy appointed if they didn't teaches - one he said stay ahead of the offense isn't "quarterback friendly." throughout the spring," "We really expect a lot Dennehy said. "I've been out of our quarterbacks," real happy with that and I think they've been fairly dominating. I think Jumpto Foonw.1,,Page3
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should be on the learnin g channel, or the comedy channel or just about any channe l but ESPN. It rules out fishing as well, which was also eliminated by Hobson's First, Second and Third Laws of Sports and the Jim Rome Alcohol Rule Fishing is not a sport; it's the first step in preparing dinner. So what is a sport? Well, Webster (whoever he was) defined it as physical activity engaged in for pleasure. If you replace the word pleasure with the word competition, then I think you'd have a pretty good definition. If you're still confused about any of this, just stick to :¾_baseball. It's the greatest sport ~ of them all. The rest of what's .f out there is just there to fill in .j, the holes between each base§ ball season. ±1 And no, Heather, cur ling is not a sport either.
5 Hobsonsays motorcross.unlikeit's NA SCAR counterpart,is a sport becauseit i~ so physicallydemanding,as this ridershcrc11s.
where he thought it'd be at this juncture. But, there is one Continuedfrom Page8 thing Dennehy didn't see happen that he would've liked to. Dennehy said. "due to the "If I had one wish coming newness and the complexityof out of spring, it would be that the stuff they've got to learn. we had one quarterback who That, combined with the fact emerged as head and shoulthat they've had to completely ders above everybody else, and disregard in some cases two demonstrated that he was and three coaches, two and exactly ready to take over and three different systems,and be the guy,"he said. ·we start over. It's kind of slowed haven't had that. They've all our progress offensively. gotten better. They've been "Asa whole, our offense has fairlysolid, a couple of them. made good strides. The kids "Probably,Oef0Crosbie has have gotten better, and the been the most consistent. (Jose) upside of things is the more Fuentes has probably been the repetitions they get, the more most improved.You kind of confidence they gain. I think expect Crosbie to be the guy they like what they see." because he's been the guy And the Aggiesshould, con- under fire before. He's had a sidering that in the four years fairlyconsistent spring." (1996-99)Dennehy was the The Blue-White game will head coach at the Universityof be somewhat different this Montana, the Grizzliesranked year as each quarter will confourth or higher in passing sist of four drives (two by each offense in Division I-AA.For team), which has each team to~! offe~e .in I-AA,Montana driving the ball eight times was second in 1996 and first in throughout the contest. 1999. Dennehy figures there will be The Grizzlieswere able to around 60-70 plays in the put points up on the board as game, with a minimum numwell, ranking third in 1996 and ber somewhere around 48. first in 1999. And what would the coach Dennehy admitted his like to have happen in the offensive system is high-powgame? ered, but hard to learn. "Really,three things." "It's challengingfor the guys Dennehy said. "Number one, I to understand," he said. "But would hope that we all walk once they do, I think they see off the field knowing the kids the benefits.The benefits have developed the kind of (being)a good, positive means effort habits that we need to to control the ball and hopesee. In other words,that we fully get in scoring position.· feel good about them playing And scoring shouldn't be a as hard as they can play. problem for USU when it "Number two, I'd like to see comes time to kick-off the sea- us, at least with our first unit, son on Sept. 2, at Texas Tech be able to execute our offense University. better than they have thus far. "One of the biggestthings I'd like to see them conclude that we found out this spring is spring drills with a good day of our offense, our team in gener- execution." al, knows when we get the ball And the third? in scoring position ...that we're "It's really important that we going to come away with don't get anything major injury points." wise at this point in time," With spring ball culminatDennehy said. "We'vebeen ing with the Blue-Whitegame, pretty lucky so far. We haven't Dennehy said the team .is had anything real major.
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Bair living high-life after record vault Utah State Universitywomen's track team member Shae Bair receivedthe USUAthlete-of-theWeek award this week after breaking the schoolrecord for the pole vault. Bair'smark of 13-feet9.25 inches on Saturday broke the previous record- a record she set last season - by 6.5 inches. She sat down this week with the Statesmans Wade Denniston to talk about her accomplishmentsat USU. the Olympictrials,her husband and Blackfoot,Idaho in this week's edition of High and tight. WadeDenniston:Congratulations on your recordjump. Can you tell me what that was like for you? ShaeBair:Exciting. WD:Yeah? SB:It was a bigjump. Probably excitingwould be the best way to describe it. WD:Did you knowyou broke the schoolrecordyou set last year right away,or did you have to wait until it was measured? SB:No, in the pole vault. if the bar is up, the bar is up. and you cleared the height. WD:Oh yeah, OK SB:So, I knew.I actuallycleareda height before that that was a PR (personal record),and then I PR'dagain in the same meet. Actually,when I clearedthe height before that. l was more excitedbecause it was the mark to get me a funded trip to the Olympictrials, so that was more exciting. WD:Where are those at?
WD:When did you get interested in track, then? SB:Um, I started in track my eighth-gradeyear and did it all through high school.then got a scholarshiphere for,actually,long jumping and sprinting.So,I didn't pole vault until I got here. WD:So they kind of said, "Hey, we want you to be a pole vaulter.· SB:Yeah.It workedout really well. WD:Who has influencedyou the most in your life,helpingyou to get to where you are today? SB:A lot of people. I'd have to say my parents (Randyand Charlene Jones)for sure. They'vebeen really supportive my whole life in everything that I've ever done. Still,every time after a meet when I call them, they're almost more excitedthan I am when I get different heights or different accomplishments. My husband (Aggiedecathlete BradleyBair)has been very influential. He's on the track team, too. BAIR WD:l noticed that in the media guide. SB:Yeah,that kind of helps having him there and me there, both together.{We)help each other along the way in the act of competition,so that's nice. And, my coachesas well. lance White was one of the first ones that kind of taught pole vaulting.
SB:In Sacramento. WD: When is it? SB:July 14, (lastingfor)about a week and one-half. WD:Howmany people do they invite there? SB:Rightnow, you just have to hit a certain height, and I know there's quite a fewgirls,so I'm wondering if they'll up it or not. It's 13 and DENNISTON one-quarter inch right now. WD: You'refrom Blackfoot. Idaho, right? SB:Mm-hmm. WD:I know a fewpeople from up there. What high school did you go to? SB:Snake River. WD: Allright, do you know of Shane Martin, or Cherece Martin. SB:Cherece?(Pondering) WD: Cherece might be a little more your age. SB:lt sounds fami!.!::ir. It's hard to say. WD:Growinr-up there, what did you do for fun? SB:I lived in a sub-division,so I playeda lot with my friends.I did a lot of gymnastics,so I was gone a lot, too. I traveled to Pocatellothree to four nights a week,so that was pretty much my childhood. WD:That wasjust a short drive down the interstate, at least SB:Yeah.
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NEW YORK(AP)- The Washington Redskins are expecting Saturday's draft to propel them to the Super Bowl.The New York Jets are hoping it makes them a contender for years. And the Cleveland Browns hope they'll draft a player to make them respectable in their second season. The other 28 teams? They're just trying to find the best player in a draft heavy on receivers and running backs but short everywhere else. Two things are as certain as things can be at draft time: 1. Two of the first three players to be chosen - linebacker LaVar Arrington or defensive end Courtney Brown played together at Penn State. But where No. 1 will go is unknown. Cleveland has the first pick, but is willing to trade it for a passel of draft choices. The Jets have four firstrounders, two of them acquired this week in the trade for Keyshawn Johnson. "We truly haven't made up our minds," said Dwight Clark. Cleveland's director of football operations. 2, The Redskins will get two highquality players to add to a team that won the NFC East and made the second round of the playoffs.They reached their draft position with a series of trades centered around the one at last year's draft that sent Ricky Williams to New Orleans. The Redskins will take Arrington or Brown and probably offensive tackle Chris Samuels of Alabama, with an outside shot for wide receiver Peter Warrick of Florida State.
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It's no secret. _____ U t a h LUCKYEL°,AN•.• State University, like just about any other public school, is home to many diverse opinions, beliefs and points of view. Similarly, it's no surprise these differing opinions can lead to disagreements. In fact, in all aspects of life, people find themselves constantly dealing with someone who simply sees the world from a different angle. It makes no sense, then, that some people - some alleged adults on this campus insist on censoring any against the recreation center, but voices other than their There's no reason freeing up more money for USU's athletic programs should not be one own and those who to be cheap of them. agree with them. Witness today's Gay Chris Huntington This letter is in regards to something that has bugged Pride Day 2000. As me for some time now. I am a server at a local restaurant here in Logan that is quite popular for all ages of soon as fliers and There's no justification Cache Valley citizens. Every day I serve people in ages advertisements for the ranging from high school students to senior citizens. I for intolerance day's events showed love my job and enjoy talking to and meeting new people. However, there are two things about my job that up on campus a week bug me worse than anything else: Only getting paid Since I have been in Cache Valley I have been con$2.13 and hour and getting stiffed by customers. I'm fronted with an exorbitant amount of prejudicial behav- or so ago, they started sure you can understand what I mean when I use the ior. A few months ago I was in a laundromat frequented disappearing. word "stiffed." by our Hispanic population. A white woman next to me Even disregarding If you don't know what it means then I will enlighten muttered, "How many kids do THESEpeople have anyyou. It means that you come to a restaurant and receive way?" I responded to her, "No more than most the issue of rights good service and then leave without giving a tip to your Mormons in Utah." She was upset at this response. granted by the First server. If the service was downright horrible then I can What was she expecting me to say. "Yes I know it's terto the understand a tip not being appropriate. But in most rible that these people have so many kids, Cache Valley Amendment cases, the service being quite excellent, a tip is expect- doesn't need any more Iittle brown people." United States ed and very appreciated. I commend the college-age Not too long after that I was confronted with a Constitution, the very students for their effort in leaving good tips, but I chas,. woman who was angry about C.A.P.S.A.'s intent to tise high school students and older folks who don't feel build a home for battered women. She said, "I don't ideas of courtesy and
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that a tip is deserved or that a dollar bill is more than acceptable as a tip. A dollar bill 20 years ago would have been a generous tip but now it doesn't get anyone very far. If I was getting minimum wage I would have no reason to write this but I make less than half of the minimum wage hourly rate and find it very difficult to pay for a semester of school let alone buy groceries with that low of an income. My brother has been a server for three years now here in Logan and he has the same problem. He works at a different restaurant than I do. I do not mean to sound greedy but I feel that just because Cache Valley was founded and settled relatively cheap, that doesn't mean the citizens who live there have to be.
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want those dirty women in my neighborhood." According to the Logan police station, battered women don't come only from the poor side of town. In fact, one quarter of the calls the police got last year were from the university. So, these "dirty" women could very well be your professors, or your best friend's daughter. The thing that angers me the most is the rampant homophobia that exists on campus. On April 5 two letters were published in the Statesman, written by USU students Dan Boudrero and Dave Bethers. These letters were extremely intolerant, negative, ignorant and meanspirited. They cited the "Holy Bible" to justify their il')tolerance. Bethers wrote, "In the past years, the campus homosexuals have used many means of manipulation and propaganda in order to win support for their cause." How would you feel Mr. Bethers if I attacked your religion simply because I disagree with you? Is it fair to write, "In the past years, the campus Jews or the campus blacks or even the campus Mormons have used many means of manipulation and propaganda in order to win support for their cause." Wake up guys, there is a whole world of people out there who have completely different values and beliefs. Your beliefs and values are no better than anyone else's. And, no matter how much you justify your statements, it's your into lerance that is wrong.
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respect two of society's most important values - run counter to these actions. And it's not an isolated event. Besides Gay Pride Day, information on other campus events, as well as advertising and other exercises of free speech in a public forum, have been removed, altered or otherwise disrespected by self-appointed censors and thoughtless agitators. Students should realize much of what they are destroying was paid for by their fees. Un iversity-affi I iated clubs and organizations are allowed a certain number of copies paid for by the students. If courtesy isn't important to these vandais, maybe money is. So regardless of the motivation, be it monetary, constitutional or courteous, adults who come to a college campus to learn and be exposed to new ideas have the duty to respect the voices of all.
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I've been in school for a I o n g I could not believe what I read in the opinion section t i m e of Wednesday's Statesman. Instead of using a fee now. increase to build a recreation center, the idea was proWhen I posed that we dump more of our student fees in to the began black hole that is USU athletics? Please! my career here in Logan (and LizzySeully it HAS been a career), the There are a lot of factors to consider in voting for or school was called the Utah State Agricultural Cave Society, which was odd because neither Utah nor agriculture had been invented yet (ever try growing corn in a PROZACFORTHESoul/ TravisCall cave?). But, just like today, the I've been is a piece of nostalgia rich in his- Racial issues are their bread and administration had the forasked several toric significance, and represents butter. In order to stay in business, ward-looking far-sightedness times if this an era of sacrifice to protect a way they must find and exploit the ani- to see into such future developments. Too bad they week's piece of life. To others, it is a menacing mosities fostered by intolerance weren't looking into future is going to be symbol of racism and social intoland that's just what they're doing. a commentary erance . This is not to say there aren't events BEHIND them, or they have seen the on Gay Pride Unfortunately, this is the flag good reasons to oppose flying the might Day. The that everybody's NRA card-carryconfederate flag atop what should Allosaurus before they were answer is no. i ng uncle sticks on his pickup. This be a monument to progressive mercilessly chewed to bits. Why am I sharing such The issue gets too much press as it is the flag that the Klu Klux Klan thinking. There are. No one can is. Homosexuality is just a prefer- carries when they show up at your blame blacks for hating a flag that grotesque stories with you? ence, like any other. It is no more house to burn a cross. And this is represents a culture that fought to Well, because I'm disgusting, but also as a warning from or less significant than, say, hating why there is a growing movement keep them as slaves. peas or frequenting to get it removed . Furthermore, if my family history someone who has seen it all monster truck rail ies (a I it is, the included stories of hooded before. A warning that there is The confederate Unti truly serious social disNAACP is calling Klansmen coming to the shanty, something hideous approachease). Why don't we talk battleflag, oncea for a tourism ban on waving the confederate flag and ing YOU from behind RIGHT NOW! DON'T LOOK! You'll about something else for all of South making death threats, I'd probably proud·symbolof a change. Carolina. They esti- want it to come down too. only make it mad. I'm talking For example, there's a independenceand mate that African- However, the NAACP's willing- about Finals Week, and you debate down South Americans alone ness to hold an entire state hostage are not ready. idealisticunity, You are in need of prepabout the old confederspend around $280 over a relatively trite political issue ate flag being flown atop now sends a mixed million on tourism is, like nearly everything they do, ping, prodding and being the state capitol dome in in there each year. inappropriate. The flag issue just poked with pointy sticks until message. you either get that "A," or are Columbia, S.C. From the The NAACP says isn't that big a deal. same folks who gave us it must come down As usual, they are suffering from too bruised and numb to care David Duke and velvet Elvis paintin order for South Carolina to get the same malady that motivates all anymore. For instance, what ings comes another example of "in step" with the rest of the special interest groups the is a hypotenuse? Who discovwhat can happen when people live nation. The question is, if they 're desire to make the front page. This ered zinc? Was the composttoo much in the past and cling to so "in step," why can't they let the time, they're seeking to advance constragulator invented by outmoded ideals. resentments of the past go and their own agenda while hurting the Copernicus, Eli Whitney or by that dream you had last The confederate battle flag, ignore this little piece of Civil War people of South Carolina financialTuesday night after the bad once a proud symbol of indepennostalgia? The answer is simple. ly. hot dog you ate? Do you have dence and idealistic unity, now The NAACP exists because of more of those in the refrigerasends a mixed message. To some it resentment and social divisiveness. /umpto ftAG.Page14
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2. Political Science Story Problem: "During the general election, if Executive VP Candidate Marge 'Bubbling With Ideas' LeBubblebrain gives you a green balloon and Candidate John 'McNeeds Your Vote' McNeedlehead gives you a coupon for 30 percent off your next purchase at the Smithfield Jiffy Lube, who should win?" Every grade schooler has the rock/paper/scissors system down, but THIS is a purely collegiate conundrum. Whatever the answer, I'll tell you who DOESN'T win - the voter. Who wants a coupon? Unless, of course, it's for 30 percent off of either candidate (I'd advise not going for the 30 percent known as "the head" - when poked, it deflates to .04 percent). Sociology Brain Teaser: "What in the heck are girl roommates talking about?" This question is short, but practically unsolvable. Something goofy goes on in many girls' apartments around this time of year, as some female relationships gel into a substance that consists of inscrutable inside-jokes
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primates, we never would have seen cures for diseasessuch as smallpox. Our cancer treatments would never have progressed. Our Al DS treatments would not exist. Not testing medicine and medical procedures on animals assumestwo things: animal testing is not needed, and there is a better option . For drugs to be approved by the FDA, they must go through several levels of testing. The final stage is human testing, which makes sense considering it is people who will use the drugs. But if the primate/animal stageof testing were eliminated, the only way to test a drug's effectswould be to go straight to human testing. That means that if you or I had cancer, we wou ld very willingly offer to be a test subject for new drugs. But if we were told it was the first round of testing and the researchers had no idea what the effects of the drug might be -well , count me in. Animals should be treated well, but it is impossible fo eliminate the processof medical animal testing. We have no computerized artificial intelligence
capabilities to adequately test drugs - and how could we relyi on a computer where treatment would actually be for people? People pushing for animal rights seem to get so caught up in their cause they forget to look at the bigger picture. What do they think would happen if animal testing ceased to exist? Would they push as hard for human rights in testing as they have for animal rights? Chances are also good that human test subjects aren't going to come forward as willingly if they are in the first round in testing than if they know there is some chance of being cured during final testing before a drug is made available for all people. I value human life over animal life. I do value animal life, but I don't think medical testing on animals is any more cruel than breeding cattle for super1market del-is where<animal,law 1, advocates may pick up their dinners. And we really don't have any great alternatives to current practices.
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----------------------------------flNMS Continuedfrom Page13 and feeds on subtle body gestures. A petri dish sample of roommate conversation would look thusly'. Ginger (gasping): "Hey, Gretchen. War by the Shore (choke) . .. SAM!" Gretchen (giv ing birth) : "Corn dog (snort) . . . soccer ball." (Both fall to the ground redfaced, in full cardiac arrest). It is best to keep female roommates separated in April if you wish to continue a relationship. Otherwise, you may be disconcerted at the way she turns into a giggling KGB of comedy - full of hilarious code words and hysterical winks that always lose something in the translation when converted into plain English. Communications Riddle :
"How come graduates must listen to bozo motivational speakers at commencement that tell them things like, 'life is what you make it?"' Great advice! My life is ALREADY like everything else I've ever tried to make, including a loµsided bookshelf and a go-cart that only ran when pedaled downhill backward. All I want to hear is, "Will $50,000 a year be good enou gh to start?" Then, I' ll pay somebody else to make my life for me. And a new bookshelf, while they' re at it. Engineering Puzz_ler:" lfd~u . only have one main roa in town , would it perhaps be possible to rig it so that a car (MINE!) can drive through two green lights in a row?" I've made it a full year with out mentionin g Logan. traffic (figured I'd run out of adjectiv es meanin g "@*&#?@!" ). However, a few trips out of town this month had me seeing
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Feds stop FedEx pot scam WASHINGTON (AP)Making dozens of arrests, federal drug agents on Thursday broke up a Jamaican-led narcotics ring that employed bribed FedEx drivers in a scheme to distribute 121 tons of Mexican marijuana to East Coast markets. The Drug Enforcement Administration said FedEx's top officials fully cooperated with the 18-month investigation, which has led to the arrests of 101 people since it began. The latest arrests began shortly after midnight Thursday and that by late afternoon there had been 45 arrests, 22 of them FedEx employees, DEA agents said at a news conference. Rod Benson, assistant special agent of the DEA's special operations branch said he expected an additional 10 or 15 arrests. Agents said the arresting officers also seized two tons of marijuana in West Coast warehouses, one under control of the Mexican group and another controlled by the Jamaican traffickers. They also seized 18 firearms and more than $4 million in cash and assets. Donnie R. Marshall, acting DEA administrator, said that the operation marks the first time that marijuana smugglers have used a single, private. overnight-express delivery service as a distribution network. Marshall said the smuggled marijuana was shipped in more than 4,000 cartons and boxes, some of them sprinkled with household detergents to try to mask the smell of the
plastic-wrapped marijuana from drug sniffing dogs. Overall, he said, the shipments had a retail value of more than $140 million. "They thought they had built a foolproof system." said Raymond W. Kelly,commissioner of the U.S. Customs Service. Robert Bryden, FedEx's security chief. said the company was asked to become involved after a suspicious package was reported by a FedEx employee and found by the DEA to contain marijuana. That package and many others seized over nearly two years bore forged shipping labels believed to have been provided by three Federal Express customer service representatives who also will be charged, DEA agents said. One FedEx security officer also is believed to have been involved, they said. DEA officials in Washington and court papers filed by the U.S.Attorney's office in New York City alleged that bribes of up to $2,000 a week were paid to targeted FedEx drivers. "This drug trafficking operation, aided by corrupt employees of an international shipping company, was stag~ gering in its size and scope," said U.S.Attorney Loretta E. Lynch. Her office said that if convicted, the defendants face maximum 40-year prison sentences and $2 million fines. DEA officials in Washington said that so far arrests have occurred in
California, Connecticut, Massachusetts. New York. New Jersey, Georgia and Florida, agents said. One of the world's largest drug organizations, the Arellano Felix gang. based in Tijuana, Mexico, supplied the marijuana to Jamaican traffickers in Southern California, the agents said. "This was predominantly a Jamaican organization based in Los Angeles," Marshall said. -,.~;.._ The Jamaicans used FedEx trucks to move the marijuana to company aircraft, which flew it to airports on the East Coast. From there it was moved by FedEx truck to Jamaican confederates in Massachusetts. Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Georgia and Florida for sale to drug users. The DEA said he had no information that any FedEx pilots were involved. The agents said that once the packaged marijuana reached a FedEx warehouse in New York or New Jersey it would be loaded on a FedEx truck. Somewhere on the truck's normal delivery route it would be met by another vehicle and the marijuana transferred, the agents said. They said that because false labels were used, the marijuana ring also avoided FedEx shipping charges which they estimated at more than $500,000. The agents said that when one FedEx driver was arrested at his New Jersey home Thursday morning agents discovered $20,000 in cash in a shoebox under his bed.
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"As the investigation keeps going on. bodies keep popping up. The numbers keep increasing," Officer Octaveious Miles said. "There is a similar pattern that ties them all together that creates a trail." All the victims were women who were strangled, except one, a man killed in Seattle. Winkler said the first slayfrig that police think is linked to Armstrong occurred in North . Carolina in 1992. Armstrong is originally from 1 New Bern, N.C. · Police there said he has no criminal record and was not under investigation. Armstrong was arrested early Wednesday in an area of Detroit frequented by prostitutes. Police have been questioning him without an attorney present. He's cooperating and hasn't asked for a lawyer, they said.
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Government blinks; Eliandeparture delayed MIAMI(AP)- Elian Gonzalez's great-uncle defied the government Thursday and the government blinked, letting its deadline to collect the boy pass and agreeing to a delay that averts a law-enforcement showdown for now. In Little Havana, thousands cheered wildly at the news. Attorneys for Elian·s Miami relatives claimed victory after a federal appeals court issued a stay blocking anyone from taking the boy out of the country. The Justice Department. though, said it had agreed to a delay of "three or four days." The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals told the government to respond to the stay by 9:30 a.m. Friday, giving great-uncle Lazaro Gonzalez's family another day with Elian at the very least. Lazaro "feels relief," family spokesman Armando Gutierrez said, "at least until tomorrow morning." Thursday's court action capped a fluid, electrifying day that began minutes after Lazaro Gonzalez dared the government to take Elian by force. In less than 24 hours, the Miami relatives met with Attorney General Janet Reno, publicly announced their defiance of her, allowed Elian to speak on TV and ignored a 2 p.m. deadline to deliver him to an airport for return to his father. Since January, Reno and the government have repeatedly extended the deadline for Lazaro Gonzalez to surrender the boy despite a standing order to do so. And this week, the nation's top law officer took the extraordinary step of flying down herself in a chartered plane to hammer out a settlement Attorneys for Elian·s father. Juan Miguel Gonzalez. said the Miami relatives had, with their actions Thursday, "emotionally damaged
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SouthKorean president's party failsto winplurality in elections SEOUL,South Korea (AP) - President Kim Dae-jung's ruling party fell short of a plurality in parliamentary elections Thursday, despite expectations that a planned summit with rival North Korea would draw votes. Instead, South Korea's politicallandscape emerged as fractured as it was before the vote: an opposition party retained the biggestbloc in parliament. forcingKim's Millennium Democratic Party to cast about again for coalition partners. With nearly 100 percent of the votes counted. the opposition Grand National Party had 133 seats while Kim's ruling party had 115 seats in a new. downsized273-seat parliament. They both made gains. The big loser was the United Liberal Democrats. a former coalition partner of the ruling party that won only 17 seats - half its former total. Smaller parties and independents won eight seats. Grand National Party chairman Lee Hoi-chang arrived at his party headquarters, smiling broadly once the result was clear. "This is a strong public mandate for our party to play the role of checking the abuse of power by the arrogant Kim Dae-jung government;· Lee said. Lee lost narrowly to Kim, 76. in the presidential election in 1997.Kim'sterm ends in 2003. A campaign by civicgroups to boot out corrupt politicians made a dent. with at least a dozen candidates in their 30s who are perceived
as honest winning office.But the political establishment largelyshook off the challenge, and many veterans kept their seats. As in past elections.many voters chose candidates from their home regions, regardless of their resumes or policies. Politicians.including President Kim. had railed against the voting pattern known as regionalism.but benefitted from it at the polls. In a statement, the Millennium Democratic Party said it had faced "a difficult challenge against an iron wall of regionalism." The outcome was unlikely to affect Kim's plans for a historic summit with his North Korean counterpart, Kim Jong II, in Pyongyangin June to discuss how to ease tension on the divided Korean peninsula Seoul publicizedthe summit three days before the election. prompting charges from the opposition that the ruling party was chasing votes with the announcement. While most South Koreans support the summit, they appeared unwillingto let it affect their choices in the voting booth. Some were mindful that conservative politicians in past elections have tried to influence voters by fanning fears of the North. The ruling camp had hoped to win votes from those with relatives in North Korea who believe the summit might bring progress on resuming officialfamily reunions. halted since 1985. Millionsof North Koreans went to South Korea after the
1945 division of the Korean peninsula and during the 1950-53 Korean War. and most have lost touch with their families in the North. The turnout among South Korea's33.5 million eligible voters was a record low 57 percent. reflecting popular fatigue with government scandals as well as bickering between the ruling and opposition parties. Turnout has also ebbed since the emotional days when South Korea was divided between supporters of military-led governments and pro-democracycampaigners. Since the advent of democratic reforms in the late 1980s. voters have seen less urgency in going to the polls. At stake Thursday were 273 seats in parliament. which was recently cut by 26 seats to save money. Election results were made public by the Central Election Management Committee. a neutral government agency charged with running elections.
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