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Show They're Coming For Our Children: THE rv, nr.r: r--r nn a a Chronicle Opinion Editor Scott Lewis says the media gives unnecessary attention to white supremacists. i i Guessing Games and Gross Jokes: 'J a&aaMirati inn 1 Summer flicks returned U baseball players will return next year despite being drafted to MLB. likely The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice Since 1890 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 2001 VOL Lawmakers Fight For New Museum w 1 s" Expressing a personal interest in the museum, Matheson held the press conference in the basement to underscore the importance of get- - ting new facilities. "Museums are great assets in " jy" f in it. "The builders took earthquake could destroy the building and everything upgrading." Slated to be built in Research Chronicle Selecte For Olympic Paper tion. "We're a professional college news- -' paper, and we get the time off time to devote to make that an excellent publication for the athletes to enjoy," Canham said. The publication will be geared toward the athletes, featuring games participants and highlighting local culture, Canham said. The village newswill not, however, be indepen paper , 1 samples in its basement, such as these skulls. Park adjacent to Red Butte Gardens, tions. About $12 million has already estiis new the been raised. museum's price tag mated at $60 million. Matheson Matheson and U President to Bernie Machen testified at a June 7 wants the federal government U will contribute $15 million. The congressional hearing, petitioning cover the remaining $45 million, see MUSEUM, page 4 principally through private dona The Utah Museum of Natural History has about one million quate. us ' A all sorts of shortcuts," said Sarah George, museum director. "The facility itself just can't take any more As an armada of media agencies prepares to converge upon Salt Lake City, storming the shores of Olympic .journalism, University of Utah student journalists are assigned to plunge headlong into the fighting. The Salt Lake Organizing Committee has chosen the Publications Council, in conjunction with The Daily Utah Chronicle, to produce the Olympic Village's daily newspaper during the 2002 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. "We'll be the only media in the world that has access to go into the village," said Matt Canham, Chronicle editor in chief, who will help the council with the publication. The Chronicle was chosen for multiple reasons, according to Canham, such as proximity to the Olympic Village and availability of resources to produce a daily publica- clinical trials of a new drug derived from a Chinese herb began last week at the Huntsman Cancer Institute. Cancer institute officials and the pharmaceutical company Kanglaitc USA have arranged to import the drug from China for the first of three phases of clinical trials that could span three years. Together, they have been working on the launch of the study since last spring. "The Huntsman Cancer Institute is committed to developing new ways to help cancer patients, and we will test any promising approach," said Dr. Stephen Prcscott, executive director of the cancer institute. Prcscott indicated that even though Chinese studies of the new drug have been promising, its potential is still unclear. "China's studies arc confusing," Prcscott said, "but it is clear the compound is very safe. It is also clear that it helps cancer patients feel better by increasing appetite, weight and feelings of As for the drug's effect on reducing tumor size, Prcscott commented, The first anti-canc- ural history. Chronicle News Editor NO 5 MATT GROESBECK Chronicle News Writer Museum of Natural History contains artifacts, relics and samples from Utah's ancient past. ine Duncung usen is one 01 them. Utah's congressional team hopes to change that. Rep. Jim Matheson held a press conference June 8 to discuss sponsoring a bill to provide federal funding for a new museum of nat- JARED WHITLEf 111 s rial Chinese Herb Home to the first and maybe only set of real dinosaur bones most Utahns ever see, the Utah decent-size- d w cancer institute JARED WHITLEY Chronicle News Editor A 1 interesting results. Hand-Picke- d: terms of nurturing our minds," Matheson said. "The current building is not adequate for some remarkable collections." Erected in the 1930s, the building was originally designed to function as a library, holding books, not the archeological remains of Utah's ancient past. Pillars designed to house book shelves help hold up the ground floor. The wiring and plumbing is outdated and inade- ' dent, as The Chronicle is. SLOC will have direct editorial control. SLOC will not, however, reveal any details about financing, paper size, staff size and so forth until later this week, according to a SLOC official. Writers for the village newspaper will also not be at liberty to distribute what they see and hear to external news agencies, Canham said. The writers and photographers have not yet been chosen. The village paper will give athletes something to take home whether they win or not, said Douglas Birkhead, U communication professor and Publications Council member. Birkhead acted as a liaison between Publications Council, which oversees all student publications, and The Chronicle. "It represents part of the cooperative spirit on the part of the U for the Olympics as an educational benefit," Birkhead said. Participants in the village paper-ab- out will 10, Canham estimates have the opportunity to receive academic credit for the journalistic endeavor. Former Chronicle Business Manager Robert McOmber began negotiating with SLOC for the deal about two years ago. The Chronicle competed against several other, undisclosed news agencies for the job. "We were the only logical choice," McOmber said. jwhitleychronicle.utah.edu U.S. er well-being- ." see RESEARCH, page , '' '' EXPENSIVE HABIT; A smoldering cigarette thrown into a bush started a fire that had engineering students and faculty scrambling Friday afternoon. College of Engineering employees saw smoke billowing from the bus stop located only a few yards from the Kennecort Building on 100 South. The fire engulfed a bush that touched both the bus stop And the University of Utah building. A local man using a fire extinguisher helped to control the fire before any damage could be done to the engineering facility, though the scorched bus stop will cost about 92,600 to repair, according to Salt Lake City Fire Department Cspt Mike Tucker. "People have to be careful As dry as tilings are, all it take is one cigarette," he said. MATT CANHAM THE DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE IS ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB AT WWW.Utahchronicle.com 3 |