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Show .VA'.V,'-- V Conquering your fears I life & style ' Jazz begin their season against the Rockets sports I Wednesday Utah Valley edition www iieraklextm.com 50 CENTS November 1,2006 YOUR TOWN YOUR NEIGHBORS YOUR NEWSPAPER in Salt late c eta Ashdown latel, to provide universal health care and for not having ASSOCIATED PRESS a solution to reform the nation's SALT LAKE CITY Utah's immigration laws. "Our ports arid borders are Republican U.S. Sen. Orrin no more secure today than they Hatch touted his 30 years of were on 911," Ashdown said. experience in the Senate on Hatch dismissed the notion Tuesday during his final debate with Democratic challenger Pete that he's accomplished little Ashdown, who chided Hatch for during his five terms. He repeatstaying in office too long and us- edly referred to a wide range of legislation he helped shepherd ing his seniority ineffectively. One week before the election, through Congress, including Ashdown criticized Hatch for increasing the number of border not questioning the intelligence patrol agents. Ashdown isn't expected to leading up to the war in Iraq, Brock Vergakis failing THE pose a serious threat to Hatch. Unlike other parts of the country," Republican incumbents here arent facing problems over the war in Iraq and Hatch's support is running high. In a poll of 922 registered voters conducted Sept. 25-2- for the Deseret Morning News, 62 percent said they would vote for Hatch while 25 percent said they would choose Ashdown. The error margin was 3 percentage points. "We haveSot had a major terrorist incident since 911 and Sen. Orrin Hatch, there's a reason for it. The reason is we're taking it to them in Afghanistan and Iraq," Hatch h, speaks during his said. Ashdown said he opposed the war in Iraq, and now that Saddam Hussein is gone he believes Iraqis should vote on when American forces should leave. "The people who have to deal with this on a daily basis are the Iraqi people. We should ask the Iraqis what they want to do, Ashdown said. See DEBATE, debate against Democratic challenger Pete Ashdown rear on Tuesday in Salt Lake City. A7 DOUO Trick or Treat! PIZACAP Global sex study dispels myths Maria Cheng ff THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ASHLEY rl FRANSCEUDwty Herak) oseph, Jonathan and Vicki Heal eagerly await for candy from Courtney i j Kendrick as she hands out treats at the home of her parents, Cindy and 1LJ Stephen Clark, on Tuesday in Provo. Check out more fanstic Utah County kids in their costumes in OUr Towns, Dl. Students walk out to protest costume policy THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Pres. Hincldev shares viffQ ettes of his life Anna Chang-Ye- n DAILY HERALD IDS Church President Gordon B. Hinckley shared a few of his most It was trick and ST. GEORGE truancy for about 35 students who walked out of school to protest a ban on Halloween costumes Tuesday. The students at Snow Canyon Middle School walked out after lunch and spent more than an hour across the street, principal John Goldhardt said. They just chanted up and down 'costumes now!' They had a rhyme," he said. Goldhardt said this was the first year for the policy, which was enacted because of past problems. "WeVe had too many dress-cod- e violations. We've had ethnic and religious groups depicted in an offensive way," he said. "It does cause a distraction and a loss of instructional time." Many protesters returned when told they would serve three hours of detention for each missed class, the principal said. Snow Canyon, 300 miles south of Salt Lake City, has about 880 students. L meaningful experiences with a crowd at BYU on Tuesday morning. on In a series of eight vignettes missionary work and war, on the plight of the pioneers and conflict in the Middle East he recounted what he called "a sampling of significant occasions that have forever touched my life." Chipper as ever, the paused as the crowd gathered for the devotional at Brigham Young University and chuckled when he said he would be veering from his regular model of speaking. "It's Halloween," he said, "and that calls for something a little different, but I don't know why it should." BYU spokeswoman Carri Jenkins said President Hinckley has spoken several times during his presidency at campus devotionals. Last year tie spoke at a similar event in conjunction with the dedication of the Joseph F. Smith Building on campus. President Hinckley told of a poor Mexican family that was visited In the first comLONDON prehensive global study of sexual behavior, British researchers found that people aren't losing their virginity at ever younger ages, married people have the most sex, and there is no firm link between promiscuity and sexually transmitted diseases. The study was published Wednesday as part of a series on sexual and reproductive health by the British medical journal The Lancet. Professor Kaye Wellings of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicines and her colleagues analyzed data from 59 countries. Experts say the study will be useful not only in dispelling popular myths about sexual behavior, but in shaping policies that win help improve sexual health across the world. Researchers looked at published studies on sexual behavior ' in the last decade. They also used data from national governments worldwide. Wellings noted that since the survey results were based on they could be susceptible to error. Wellings said she was surprised by some of the survey's results. "We did have some of our preconceptions dashed," she said, explaining they had expected to find the most promiscuous behavior in regions like Africa with the highest rates of sexually transmitted diseases. That was not the case, as multiple partners were more commonly reported in industrialized countries where the incidence of such diseases was relatively low. See 3 LIFE MARIO Saints took a RUIZDally Herald Hinckley of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y different approach for his Halloween speech at BYU. B. Myanmar. "As I have visited these various cemeteries, I have reflected perous by operating a junk business first on the terrible cost of war. and donating land for the building of What a fruitless thing it so often is, and what a terrible price it exacts." a chapeL He recounted visits to military See HINCKLEY, A 7 cemeteries in Manila and Rangoon, by missionaries and then joined the church, eventually becoming pros- A3 INSIDE EDITORIALS President Gordon SEX STUDY, a STYLE At II COMICS M OBITUARIES 04 SPORTS CI SCOREBOARD Ct WEATHER O OUR TOWNS PI BUSINESS DC Plenty of sun HIGH 49 LOW 28 VOLUME 84 ISSUE 93 OsJ'I '""61055"0C I |