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Show t rnn win v i Mm I -- w-z.- I ' q ffvi 11 nfr v"i::;:l$::s 0 University Police Extinguish Goals of Arsonists the building several weeks prior to his arrest. He is currently held at die Salt Lake County Jail on adult probation and parole violations. According to McKce, die transient was responsible for only five of die 20 fires. The main perpetrator, a U. student working as a custodian in die EMCB, was arrested March 12. Police apprehended the man after he appeared on a surveillance camera starting a fire in the EMCB March 11. He was arrested when he arrived for work the following evening and 11. COBIESPEVAK Chronicle Staff Writer of Utah police have . University arrested two men and charged them with arson in the string of garbage can blazes that began plaguing the campus in January. Police believe the suspects arc responsible for lighting 20 fires on the - concentrated in the U. campus Mines Classroom and Engineering between Jan. 10 and March Building - male Police charged a transient with one count of aggravated arson March 8 after he was arrested for misdemeanor theft and for possession of drug paraphernalia at the Marriott Center for Dance. "In the process of interrogating him concerning the thefts, he had some spontaneous reactions . indicating he had been involved with sonic of the arsons," Sergeant Earl McKec said. Students and faculty at the MCD claimed they witnessed die same man rifling through backpacks and purses in Kingsbury Hall Will Reopen charged with attempted aggravated arson. He is being held at die Salt Lake County Jail. McKec doubts the suspects collaborated in any of die arson attempts. "Wc strongly believe one was a copycat" he said, indicating the transient arrested March 8. Police obtained a description of a possible suspect Feb. 1 when a Union Building rcstroom was set ablaze. Although die transient faindy resembles die individual in the description, McKec hasn't ruled out die possibility of a third suspect. However, he "feels to Defeat the University of Utah SPENCER YOUNG Chronicle Staff Writer To play a Stcinway grand piano jvas , autographed .by, both. Sergei RachmaninoV and Arthur Rubcnstcm.- To roam an auditorium whose walls have heard Winston Churchill, Eleanor Roosevelt and Robert Frost's inspiring words. To tread the boards of a sge once graced by Marcel Marceau and ' ,ii in 'i'""' mnhi - ! a f- lkigiiam Yoiuig University can' beat die University of Utah at f(xtball or has kctball anymore, so die Mormon owned university lias turned to legal means to show its rival up. U.S. MrM wul Wmil Rrfxnt ranked die University of Utah's law school No. 3(i die same ranking it in die nation received last year. "I'm pleased widi die ranking wc got," said Lee Tcitclbauni, die law schtxJ's dean. "Out of die 50 scluxils dial were ranked, wc arc die smallest widi 375 stu w m mm "ibti -' 1 .1 i t Ismi - is 1 - 1 i 1 Vincent Price. Sounds like a performing artist's dream. ill I ' i dents." :::!:::::... v v iStrt Sri j . Feinstein, Channing Kingsbury Gala das-si- c - every year. azine uses to rate die scluxils include admission standards and how many r graduates get jobs. GPAs of the salaries, ratios, professor's students' the and students entering LSAT scores arc also criteria. BYU's law program was ranked No. 48 last year. Tliis year it jumped to No. 32. "Law sclwxils don't change diat dra matically in a year," Tcitclbauni said. The U.S. Mivs ratings put tx much emphasis on admission standards and Studcnt-to-tcachc- Kingsbury Hall served as birthplace to a symphony orchestra, ballet company, opera company and two Choonioi Photd Jennifer Homel modern dance companies. Until Statehood Centennial, Kingsbury Hall has underAi the University of Utah's contribution to the Utah 1978, it was the only major perforwill comfortably house 2,000 patrons and preserve mance hall in the Salt Lake valley. gone a $14 million renovation. The revamped building contriHall As the University of Utah's the rich cultural legacy which Kingsbury represents. bution" to the Utah Statehood ioncd the audience seating for a his- replaced with identical plaster nioldCentennial, Kingsbury Hall has more subde. is itself and the "lorical but comfortable enhancement lighting system ing, For example, Mahoney restored undergone a $14 million renovation now updated and efficient, to the auditorium. the painting to the right of the stage, which will increase its capacity to The latticework above the stage, Though maintenance of historical which represents characters from comfortably house both the 2,000 crude install a battered which was to its accuracy was important in much of patrons who fill the auditorium to various eras of theater, to originalsee "Kingsbury" on page 2 been has cushentirely lighting system, beauty. He also refinished and capacity and the rich cultural legacy which the building represents. The stage, which was previously Kick-O- ff stifling by industry standards, is now, 50 feet deep by 120 feet wide. It is complete with a full height fly tower the option of naming a scat, accordFeinstein, who will perform Tonight at 7:30 pm, Kingsbury for backdrop, scenery and other the- York set New ing to special donations ranging from skyline Hall reopens its doors as one of against a atrical rigging systems large enough is $500 to $2,500. For information on Steven Nielson, Utah's finest theaters in a gala event designed by to stage any type of production from named seating opportunities, phone of for his known interpretations featuring the .talents of Carol ballet perforto. full plays mances. ranks die top 50 law sclxxils The criteria die weekly mag- U.S. Newi world grew. - . Way EVA MICHELLE HUNTER Chronicle Staff Writer For performers in the historic Kingsbury Hall, this dream has been coming true for the past several decades in a facility which, though beautiful, became quickly outdated and understated as Utah and its art - BYU Finds a Legal Million Tune to $14 strongly wc liavc tlicm the suspects in hand." Of all 20 fires, a xdium in die EMCB that was virtually destroyed probably had die biggest potential for a blaze. McKec said die major large-scal- e fires die were set in metal or plasof ity tic garbage cans self containing blazes diat posed litdc danger since dicy were reported so quickly. "Wc certainly appreciate all die ax nation of die people involved in local ing die fires and dieir assistance to die police department in die efforts dicy put forth," McKec said. company s - . ' Architect Don Mahoney also quadrupled the restrooms and added an system. Such and welcome are improvements noticeable changes, but many of the greatest improvements are much The Daily Utah Chronicle 240 Union Building University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah 841 12 Channing and Michael Feinstein.' , Most renowned for her portrayals of Dolly Gallagher in Mo Doty and Lorelei Lee in Gentlemen frefir Blondes, Channing will grace the stage with renditions of the songs which made her famous. American ballads written by the likes of Cole Porter, Irving Berlin and the Gershwins. The skyline is appro- priate: it was a 1986 engagement at New York's Algonquin Hotel that set Fcinstein's career alight. Those who attend the event have Lynda Christenscn at from the production, . Proceeds will benefit the Kingsbury Hall renovation project For ticket information, Student and staff discall available. arc counts --Eva Michelle Hunter 581-710- 355-ART- graduates' employment status, according to Tcitclbauni. "The survey dx not lx)k at many other important aspects of die law sch(X)ls, such as die quality of die professors or the relationship dicy have widi the students," Tcitclbauni said. ratio is The U.'s studcnt-to-tcachc- r one instructor for every 15 students, lie added. The national average is Radicr dian competing against each odicr, the U.'s professors and students more so dian arc very supportive said. Tcitclbauni odicr sclxxils, kxik at dicsc would If die surveyors would be very difdie rankings aspects The he added. ferent, average salary for a U. law professor is $40,000. The combined average salaries for die other 49 sclwxils totaled about $55,000. Some 90 percent of the U.'s graduates find employment, Tcitclbaum said. - BULK RATE ' U.S. Postage Paid Permit No. I S29 Salt Lake City, UT |