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Show —_—seewe_eeeeseee ——— ee nily Sunday MARCH 5, 2006 www heraldextra.com we UTAH VALLEY EDITION $1.50 YOUR TOWN YOUR NEIGHBORS * YOUR NEWSPAPER BUSINESS LIFE & STYLE STARBUCKS ADDS BREAKFAST FARE IN MORE STORES It's in the cards andin the stars. Our predictions for the winners. Utah increases grad requirements Thousands of federal Starting 2011, studentswill study an defendants’ extraos of English, science and math cases kept in the dark Studentswill have to take one more SALT LAKE CITY — Utah's gradu| ation requirements for English, science and math aregetting tougher, and someeducators worry it may comeat the expenseof art, music and dance classes, and three years each of math andscience. Someschooldistricts already maketheir students take that many classes, so the effects would vary The state now requires three years year of English, math and science to graduate, beginning with the class of 2011. State legislators pushed for the changeto boostthestate’s lagging test of languagearts, two of math and two. of science for graduation. The board also passeda resolution sayingit will not let the new standards hurt students’ ability to participate in Friday to require four years of English Theresolution failed to ease arts supporters’ angst. scores. The Utah Board of Education voted other classes. “This decision was forced bythe Legislature,” said ShirleyRirie, representing the Utah Arts Council and arts groups who take outreach programs to public schools. “Its cofsequences are far-reaching, and damagingtoour valuable arts courses andteachers. It's verydisappointing.” Theboard will consider a list of elec- tive classesto satisfy the requirements such as school newspaperin liew of See GRADUATION, A2 MichaelJ. Sniffen and John Solomon THEA E55 WASHINGTON — Despite the Sixth Amendment's guarantee of public trials, nearly all records are being kept secret for more than 5,000 defendants who completed their journey through the federal courts duringthelast three years. Instances of such secrecy more than doubled from 2003 to 2005. AnAssociated Press investigation found, and court observers agree, that most of these defendants are cooperating government witnesses,but the secrecy sur- roundingtheir records prevents the public from knowing details of ‘t+ their plea bargains with the government. Mostofthese defendants are involved in drug gangs, though . lately a very small number come fromterrorismcases.Someof these cooperating witnesses are~ amongthe Thost unsavory characters in America’s courts — multiple | the public cannot learn whether - | | murderers and drug dealers— but | their testimony against confederates won them drastically reduced prison sentences or even freedom. In the nation’s capital, which has hada serious problem with drug gangs murdering governmentwitnesses, the secrecy has reached another level — the use of secret dockets. For hundreds of such defendants over the past few years in this city, should someone acquire the actual case number for them andenterit in the U.S. Dis- trict Court's computerized record system, the computerwill falsely reply, “no such case” — rather than acknowledgingthatit is a sealed case. Atthe request of the'AP,the Adiministrative Office of U.S. Courts conducted its first tally of secrecy in federal criminal cases. The nationwide datait provided the AP showed 5,116 defendants whose | ROBB COSTELLO /Daily Herald cases were completed in 2003, 2004 See DEFENDANTS, A2 FOR SALE See a photo you would like to havein your homeoroffice? Daily Herald photos now are available online at heraldextra.com/gallery. INSIDE OUR TOWNS 81 SPORTS Dt urease ci BUSINESS C10 HISTORY ne OBITUARIES OPINIONS AS Movies WEATHER 10 Mostly sunny HIGH 52 LOW 35 voLuME 83 ISSUE 217 resimir Cosic’s family acceptshis retired jersey at BYU's Marriott Center on Saturday. Cosic became the second men’s basketball player in BYU history to have his jersey retired — Danny Ainge was thefirst. During his three-year Cougar career, Cosic averaged 19.1 points and 11.6 rebounds per game.See Sports. Girls take a look at scientific careers Small films could mean small ratings for Oscars Caleb Warnock DAILY HERALD. a be afraid to bea David Germain eS spokt ‘e Monica Hoyt, lab directorat the Central THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Utah Water Conservancy LOS ANGELES — No matter who wins Sunday, Hollywood can both brag about an unusudaring crop of Academy Awards films and hang its head in embarrassment that hardly any came from the studios that dominate the movie business. The Oscars are as establishmentas it gets in the entertainment world. So it’s a triumph of art over commerce that low-budget, fierce dramas suchas the cowboy romance “Brokeback Sithe ensemble ue “Crash,” the Truman story “Capote” and the Edward R. Murrow saga “Good Night, See OSCARS, A7 District in Orem,to about 20 girls gathered in a small UVSC classroom on : REED SAXON/Associated Press Scenic artist Rick Roberts paints giant Oscar statues on the red carpet outside the Kodak Theatre during préparations for the 78th Annual Academy A\ in Los Angeles, Saturday. andengineering. The group was part of 1,000 aeat who attended the 20th-annual Expand Your Horizons conference to meet profes: sional women and explore’ careersin math, science and technology. Hoyt told the girls to find out what they love to do andbuildskills in that area. “You don’t haveto be boys,”.she said. “Don't be afraidto be girl. You bring unique skills, just whatis needed.” CALEB WARNOCK/Daily Herald Jessica Redford, 16, of Lewiston gets hands-on experience at abooth about the science of magnets at the 20th-annual Expand Your Horizons conference at UVSC on Saturday. Statistically, 10 percent of womenin Utah never marry, Jenny Chamberlain, director of the UVSC Equity in Education Center and organizerof the conference told the girls as the event kicked off Saturday morning. Another10 percent are See SCIENCE, A3 ‘WWW.HERAUDEXTRA‘COM —- CALL 375-5103 TO SUBSCRIBE cdr_} » ‘ \ |