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Show 2 THE DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE 2000 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, SEE PG. 1t CAMPUS EVENTS 'All three of them had to land, otherwise it's over" GREG MARSDEN, REFERRING TO DENISE JONES', CLUTCH U GYMNASTICS DEiDRA COACH GRAHAM'S. AND ASHLEY KEVER'S PERFORMANCES TO HELP THE BYU. DEFEAT U NARROWLY FEB. 7 Dave Rowland, of the Green Party of Utah, will be speaking at Terra Firrna's weekly meeting at 2 p.m. in Room 319 of the A. Ray Olpin University Union. an HIGHER EDUCATION AROUND THE NATION WORLD WORLD Gekhi, Russia Federal troops have seized the last rebel stronghold in Grozny, acting President Vladimir Putin said Sunday, pronouncing an end to Russia's months-lon- g drive to take the Chechen capital. Arica, Chile New York CityA Columbia University student was found dead in her dorm room on Saturday; and her boyfriend, considered a suspect in her death, died hours later after throwing himself in front of a subway train, police said. Santa Ana, Calif. A federal judge Friday ordered school officials to allow a group to meet on campus pending resolution of a lawsuit filed by supporters of the ce Phil Buck, 36, from Ashfkld, Mass., is preparing to set club. sail on a Washington, five-yea- r, round-the-wor- ld voyage using a reed boat built by Bolivian Aymara Indians on the shores of Lake Titicaca. "The expedition's overall objective is to support the theory that it was possible for ancient civilizations to cross husje ocean expanses in reed D.C. Last year's NATO bombing campaign in the former Yugoslavia killed about 500 civilians in 90 separate incidents, a group called Human Rights Witch concluded after an independent investigation. from stimulating new research to managing parking problems. This is your life. Sorry to wake you, but you were dreaming about Bill Massy's new n adventure, Virtual U. Similar to the popular computer game SimCity, in which users build and maintain virtual cities, Massy's Virtual U allows the users to call the shots in the management of a simulated university. You, as the presiinstitute dent of your of higher learning, are held responsible for every aspect of your system. Massy, a retired Stanford University Graduate School of Business professor, said, "Virtual U provides a powerful, convenient tool by which and institutional professionals and interested laypersons can participate in leadership challenges in a self-design- ed A state commission recommended Friday that repara- Iilsn, Okla. Austria Right-win- g populist joerg Haider said Sunday tions be paid for one of the nation's deadliest racial clashes: s 1921 rampage by a white Tulsa mob that killed as many as 300 people, most of them black. that the new Austrian government, with which his party shares power, will take appropriate measures to compensate Holocaust victims. You shower, throw some clothes on, grab a cup of coffee snd head to the president's office. Today, you will make decisions that will affect an entire university system and thousands of students and faculty, computer-simulatio- ships," Buck said. Vienna New Software Gives Everyone a Chance to Run a College Campus little-know- n, ASSOCIATED PRESS Editor In Chief DoHvUtah user-friend- ly mid-Marc- h. 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Funding comes from advertising revenues and a dedicated by ERIC WALDEN Sports Writers holidays) and weekly during Summer Term. student fee administered BRANDON WiNK Assistant Sports Editor The University of Uta will begin its recognition cf Black Awareness Month with a panel discussion titled, ' Worshiping in Zten: Utah's Com- - TEA KARVINEN MOENCH pendent student newspaper published daily Monday through Friday during Fall and 5ff-4i7- 2 DUNCAN MIKE SL1PSKY WHITE The University of Utah department of obstetrics and gynecology will Ba holding 3 discussion titled, "Tamoxifen and Breast Cancer Prevention," with Dr. Antonio Ftfas at 7:30 a.m. in the University for Hospital. Call more information. JACOB JOHNSON ASHLEY LEWIS FEB. 8 senting the jazz band Salt City Saints at noon in i'm JILL HOMER ELIZABETH mation, visit the LGSU Web site at www.utah.eduigsu. JOEL HYDE JENSEN MATTCANHAM SCOTT THE DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE is dn inde- The Lesbian and Gay Student Un.on will be meeting in Room 1945 of the Language and Communications Building at 7:30 p.m. For more infor- THE STANFORD DAILY SAVE HANCOCK ANOREW chronicle college or university setting." Beyond the data is a graphical interface that allows users to easily navigate through their universities to monitor and change preferences. In short: Don't let the technical stuff scare you. The graphics are definitely there. Like SimCity, Virtual U comes fully equipped with dozers of scenarios and unexpected events that fill each game with a realistic sense of excitement. For example, the governor may decide to cut appropriations to your college, a scandal might break out or research quality may be declining. The user, playing the role of university president, is forced to decide how to best deal or not deal with these issues. 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