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Show slap with an ironing board and the rest of the week's "unofficial" news from Chronicle columnist Chris Yeates. Spilled Milk: Liite A Can't Judge the Bookstore by its Cover: a critical eye to the Alex Lee U takes institution. Museum ui uitr muuiiidiii. me The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice Since 1890 women's basketball team continues to dominate with a win Thursday. . FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 2001 VOL 110 NO 92 Fart 4: library (TEGISLATEVE Cork Room Sponsors yj Will Give m gESSlON Another Attempt Universities are connected places to stay on. the cutting edge, "Some faculty plart their sahbsr-wor- k nationwide through a vast net-- . that allows faculty members icals so they can work in a teal to exchange hypotheses, students library," said Linda Tyler, chsir-t- c learn about the newest. deveS-- - woman of the Library Policy opmcnts, and human knowledge, Advisory Committee of the Addas a whole, to progress. eraic Senate, This network is not the Inter- Library directors once again wiH turn to the Utah State Legislature aeadmthe net, but array of ic journals all good libraries have, for help, this time with the full The University of Utah's access to support of U President J. Bernard tnss network is crumbling under Machsn, who named library fundrislow stale appropriations and ing one of his top thre; issues. , . , I he Iauy otah Chromcie con- mg journal costs. With 65 journal subscriptions tinues its series outlining the U's slated for cancellation and 66 cut IvgizUnv requests with a look at. of research sad "last year, the U's collection slowly the ' " ' and hor a new funding decreases, teaching, ' Thi result could be a detcriora- - ' formula may help save thi stacks, " ; tion of strong academic progtatns ' ' See page 3, ' " ' and faculty looking elsewhere for , EMILY FULLER Chronicle News Writer " . Cife-bk- od - Exactly How Long Does It Take to Steal a Bicycle? BOBBI PARRY Chronicle News Writer Carpe Diem An opportunistic " thief stole a bicycle parked n the west side of the A. Ray ft L I U it I Olnin University Union. The bike's owner claimed he did not lock it up because he would only be in the building for a few minutes. POLICE prprvpT see POLICE, page 4 JJ Social Workers Fight for Int'l Cause MATT CANHAM Chronicle Asst. News Editor The University of Utah's Graduate School of Social Work will embark on a petition drive today urging Nigerian officials to call off the flogging of a girl. Social Work doctoral student Khadija Khaja learned of the plight of Bariya Ibrahim Magazu in Canadian newspapers when she visited Toronto for a conference last week. Khaja, who is from the Nigerian town of Kaduna, said the decision to flog the girl for having sex and falsely accusing three men of forcing her to have sex is indicative of how the country has changed since she left in the She remembers Nigeria as a "beautiful and peaceful country," and while the beauty still exists the peace does not. Christians and Muslims have clashed throughout the country over newly instituted Sharia court systems that pre-marit- mid-1970- s. Marketing al adhere strictly to Islamic law. By constitution Nigeria is secular, but individual states have adopted the Sharia system, including Zamfara, where Magazu was convicted. Sharia courts call for the amputation of a thief's hand and the stoning death of adulterers. The religious violence has led to widespread poverty, and women are increasingly sold into prostitution to support their families. Magazu, who claims to have been forced into prostitution, is sentenced to receive 180 lashings by a cane Jan. 27. The court expects the lashings to kill Magazu. She claims one of the three men who paid her for sex got her pregnant. She gave birth in December. Lawyers working on behalf of Magazu are attempting to appeal Judge Idris Usman Gusau's decision, and the Nigerian federal government is seeking to intervene. . see NIGERIA, page 4 On the fourth floor of the A. Ray Olpin University Union a junkyard of a room waits for use. The Cork Room, which was dedicated as a student-clu- b space last fall, hasn't seen much of that intended use. The Associated Students of the University of Utah and the Union Board want to change that. "We want to make it a place students would want to use," said Emilie Decker, ASUU vice president. The Cork Room's use has been up in the air this year. Originally the space was used for all student clubs, but very few took advantage of it. Then the Lesbian and Gay Student Union asked for a space in which it could comfortably and safely meet. Therefore, part of the Cork Room was designated as a space for LGSA's residence until a larger space was found for them. LGSA was scheduled to move into the corner of the Cork Room at the beginning of the Spring Semester but chose not to for two reasons. "It's an room," said Charles Milne, LGSU president. "We've had vandalism in the open-acce- ss co-vi- past" The security of the room is in doubt, Milne said. Therefore, the Union Board has decided to make a sign-u- p sheet for the room keys in order to monitor those who utilize the room. Where the keys will be stationed is still in question, but the location will be confirmed before Feb. 8 by a subcommittee of representatives from ASUU and the Union Board. LGSU's other objection was rooted in time concerns. The Cork Room was thought to be up for review as a student space on Feb. 1. LGSA decided not to move if the space was to be debated for use in February. "We didn't want to get going and move a lot of stuff to fit the office," Milne said. However, it was discovered at Thursday's meeting that the board had mistaken the date, and that the real date is later on, in March. With the true date in place, there is more time available for ASUU and the Union Board to renovate and market the Cork Room to student clubs and organizations. "A lot of clubs really are looking for a place to meet," said ASUU Campus Relations Board Director Dan Herzog. Herzog was selected by ASLTU to develop a marketing plan aimed toward student groups who need a space. A five-ste- marketing plan has been to implemented help procedures move p along. First, the United Leadership Council, which is made of presidents and leaders of all campus organizations and groups, will be meeting once per month in the room for better exposure. Then, fliers advertising the space as DO YOU HAVE A RECIEPT? Audra Case examines a returned book at the University Bookstore on Thursday. See page 7 for a glimpse of the store's inner workings. see CORKROOM, page 4 THE DAILY UTAH ONLINE CHRONICLE IS ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB AT WWW.Utahchronicle.com |
