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Show Ccngrcfulalicns 1 950 University cf Utah graduates!!! Daily Uhm Cedromcle Friday, June 1, 1990 Published Since 1890 (Vied ceimteir diispwte University of Utah Vol. 99. No. 152 off top story '89-9- 0 Anonymous cold fusion Chronicle News Staff During the 1989-9- 0 school year, the front page of the Chronicle was filled with stories about campus controversies, fusion, Zjr Myggga tuition nop hic?i . donor was U. institute (AP) A $500,000 contribution to the National Cold Fusion Institute, which earlier was credited to an anonymous donor, was given by the University of Utah increases and protests. Here's what the Chronicle believes are the top ten stories of the year. . 1. U. loses $16 million gift when it refuses to rename Medical Center after benefactor James L. Sorenson. In exchange . for Sorenson's donation of 250,000 shares of stock, worth $16.3 million, U. president Chase Peterson announced the U. ' Research Foundation, a television station has reported Institute officials had said that a donor who requested anonymity had given the Medical Center and School of Medicine would be renamed after the donor. However, an unexpected outcry from medical students and faculty, including a petition with more than 1,200 names denouncing the decision, prompted Peterson to revoke his offer to change the center's name. In a written response to Peterson's alternatives, Sorenson stated the U. acted irresponsibly and asked Peterson to return "the largest philanthropic gift in the history of the state" so he could it to "other charitable institutions that are in need." allocate research at U. million receives $4.5 grant from National create Utah taxpayers to money to the research center, Cold-fusio- n After U. president Chase Peterson's announced the U. Medical Center and School of Medicine would be renamed in honor of James L. Sorenson and his $16 million gift, numerous U. faculty and students protested. The outcry prompted Peterson to rescind his offer. Sorenson followed suit by withdrawing his donation. worldwide. Besides at the U., lineman Sean Henderson and Although student turnout was . . much--maligne- . council members for delayed several months until confirmation of the controversial experiment of by U. chemists B. Stanley Pons and Martin Fleischmann was made. The funding played a vital role in the establishment of the U.'s National Cold Fusion Institute. Currently, cold fusion is being studied in more than 50 laboratories arrested Aug. 6-- record including a 8 victory over arch-rivBYU, the first in more 'than a decade of Cougar 57-2- al dominance. Fassel was replaced by Ron McBride, former University of Arizona and U. assistant coach. 4. Police arrest three U. football players and one former player on cocaine charges. Wide receiver Cedric Riles, linebacker Errol Martin, offensive , cocaine-distributio- were arrested and eventually it to support elementary and said an internationally In known Chronicle I'hiKo by Aaron Ahcrafl German reunification should be deferred for another century because a reunified Germany could conceivably attempt to dominate other nations, said Rabbi Baruch Korff. we can't It's victims. the imperative identify velvetine evolution that no more orphans be made. If we want to live, we must not isolate ourselves from protecting others," ho said. : n in a .' German reunification must be approached with caution or Eastern addition to possible conflicts between a large, powerful Germany and smaller Eastern European countries, the German culture set within that strong political power provides the possibility for another German domination attempt. ' "Right now there is a feeling of nationalism Germany. rooted their mastery perception of themselves. Right now German politicians are exercising great care, in in but underlying their Idiplomatic can;, there is a cultural ethic of mastery!," he said. another century. We are repeating after 45 years of relative peace an endeavor to perpetuate what may bo a potential tragedy. "This is not a revolution, it's a reported Thursday. James Brophy, the U.'s vice president for research, told KSL that institute and school officials felt "there was really while reunification. "It isn't just Germany. Each Icountryl wants a piece of the wants other one. Each he explained. independence," paying S28 to Nazi soldiers for the release of Jewish prisoners. "Unification Should be deferred for - head-o- cannot American citizens understand this ideal of Gorman culture, Korff said, but the German , o KSL-T- V collision course caused by the of maneiivorings political Holocaust survivor. United States support for German reunification is "setting a course of history that will perpetuate conflict," said Rabbi Baruch Korff at Thursday's Hinckley Institute of Politics. Korff, Ill land leases, royalties and rental income and donates it to the University president,-whroutinely returns it to the school for research projects, rs 7. Academic Senate approves see "tops" on page five Europe may plunge research non-prof- it foundation, which made the donation, collects money from managed to bounce back. competition, orphaned during the Bolshevik Revolution, worked for the U.S. government during World War II ft tzrez: The teammate Kristen Kenoyer finished third. German reunification poses the threat of another world war and the continuation of the Nazi Holocaust, J which has been the subject of widespread skepticism in the scientmc community. all-arou- secondary school teachers. During the first week of school, U. students walked out of class and rallied at the Marriott Plaza to speak out for increased education funding. then, however, officials have solicited private companies for money to continue research into the process, an Walsh Chronicle Staff Writer "$ Since institute U.'s Shelly Schaerrer captured titles in two events. She also placed second in the pleaded guilty to cocaine charges. 5. Hola calls for student walkout ' March 1989. e' By Rebecca jj; Stanley Pons and Martin Fleischmann unveiled in hs last-yea- ' experiments that chemists B. Riles, who was to have been a starting player last season, pleaded guilty to cocaine-distributio- n charges and was sentenced to four walkout. The U. administration remained neutral concerning the years and three months in prison. Henderson was sentenced to action. 6. Lady Ute gymnasts win eight months home detention on his to national title. seventh to cocaine guilty plea distributing The informant. undercover an lady Utes came out on top at to two NCAA Championship April 20 French was sentenced ' to in his edging out second, place Alabama" guilty ploa years prison on n of a point. charges. by less than four-tentwas This It was the second time in just especially year's victory sweet coming on the heels of over a year that U. football players fifth-plachad been arrested on cocaine-relate- d finish; Other charges. Last July, players schools had believed the once-prou- d Ute program was down, but Martel Black and Darren Hughes German reunification dangerous, speaker says c The Utah Legislature appropriated $5 million to fund the institute and legal fees related to patent applications on the fusion Sen. Richard Carling and former Salt Lake City mayor Ted Wilson were on hand to lend their support. - Other state colleges also hosted rallies but did not support the crack since April. football program had not made sufficient progress, said athletic department. low. local politicians such as U.S. Representative Wayne Owens, state former player Clyde French were 3 on charges they to distribute cocaine and conspired extensive research efforts are under way in Japan India, USSR and the United States.' 3. U. fires head football coach Jim Fassel. The U. athletic department fired Coach Fassel Nov. 28 because the U. . project. The approval of the funding was' ' : . director Chris Hill. "It's a matter of competitiveness. ' The players worked hard and the Cold Fusion Institute. coaches did too, but it just didn't .... The . state, .: FusionEnergy. come together," Hill said. ; .., Fassel had been head coach at the Advisory Council July 31 approved a $4.5 million" grant for U. cold- : U. for five years, leading the Utes to fusion researchers to help establish a 25-3- 3 record during that time,; In d a research Center for the 1988, Fassel's Utes enjoyed a 5 ' 2. established to pursue cold fusion research pioneered in the school's chemistry ideals of control and being in charge explain Germany's rise alter its forcible destruction by the West alter World War I to become; a major world threat before and during World War II. "It was not a primitive nation that killed hundreds of thousands of people and devastated tin; universe. It see "Hinckley" on page two no reason to indicate the donor, in; this case the '. University of Utah Research Foundation. "But there was no reason not to, and the issue of where, those funds came from just didn't come up," he said. "I'm afraid part circumstances of in the this conversation today is because this is cold fusion." In May, Institute Director Fritz Will told the state Fusion-Energ- y Advisory Council that the center hoped to obtain $15 million in private donations and had contracted with Sedgwick Associates of New York to raise the money. In return, Sedgwick reportedly would be paid 6 percent of the money it raised. At the time, Will said the institute still had $1 million in state funds and the $500,000 grant was to fund a program for , visiting professors. According to a report; released by the National Cold Fusion Institute, the three visiting scientists, from the U.S., Poland, and Malaysia, have already started work at NCFI. The report also stated the program would greatly , boost existing expertise at NCFI and attract outstanding and experimentalists from both the theoreticians U.S. and abroad. Org. U.S. Postage Paid Permit No. 1529 Salt Lake City, UT Non-prof- it : |