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Show THE SUMMER UTAH CHRONICLE" WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 2001 2 CAMPUS ; EVENTS He was mostly nuts, but we liked his idea, so we used it. DON HAHN, PRODUCER OF "ATLANTIS" KS ED'TCR JARED WHITLEY JWH!7i.EvCMCN-.ClXUTAH.DUOSCniCIE AND iCHRCN'iC LE.UTAH.EDU CHftCNiClE WiRE EDITOR SHEENA MCFARLANO SWCF'. Coach Accused of Oly Security Wait Abusing Players Only visi- CITY-Oly- mpic tors will probably wait five to 15 minutes to get through security checkpoints and into venues, the Salt Lake Organizing Committee predicted sex abuse. Jecria NiSson. 44, is accused of abusing a Cache Valley boy. Police said the alleged victim, who just recently came forward, says the abuse started when he was 12 or 13 years old. The woman was arrested Friday on suspicion of six counts of sodomy of a Monday. SLOC Chief Operating Officer and soon-to-b- e Security Director Fraser Bullock said new technology pinpointing items that tend to set off security alarms will "facilitate the How" and keep crowds from waiting too long to get into events. "Pinpoint magnetometers" will be child, three counts of forcible sexual abuse of a minor, 10 counts of exposing a minor to harmful materials and one count of unlawful conduct with a used along with dozens of walkthrough detectors at venues and other areas, including the fenced off area of downtown Salt Lake that will include the media center and medals plaza. "When someone goes through and an alarm goes off, it shows on a display where the item is," said Bullock. That will save staff and volunteers the time of doing more extensive searches for the keys, jewelry or cell phone responsible. "It's great technology," he said. "We're taking advantage of that." minor. According to the court affidavit, Nil son also allegedly j',avc the victim pornography and nude photos of Minutes 15 SALT I.AKK Polite arrested a buys' gymnastics coach on suspicion of child her- self. On Friday, Logan investigators say they found a "book of victims" in their search of Nilson's home. The book contained a description of the abuse, according to Logan Police Lt. Kevin Christensen. Nilson will be arraigned in 1st District Court Wednesday afternoon. W'hC INSP.SED TnE STCRf UNITED STATES UTAH LOGAN ON TriE SENATOR Bush Boycotts Key Bir th Control Now Kyoto Agreement Part of Insurance Euro- BelgiumThe BRUSSELS, pean Union rejected Tuesday President Bush's new proposals on climate change as short on action. The EU again urged him to back an international treaty on global warming. Before leaving on his European tour. Bush set out his own plan to research technological solutions to slow emissions of greenhouse gases. Bush's announcement was met with skepticism by EU officials, who fear Bush could scuttle a 1997 agreement negotiated in Kyoto, Japan. Bush reiterated Monday that the Kyoto plan was "fatally flawed," and called for further research. "We regret that President Bush continues to reject the Kyoto Protocol," Environment Minister Kjell Lars-so- n of Sweden said in a statement. "Abandoning the Kyoto Protocol would mean postponing international action to combat climate change for years and wc are already late. We cannot accept this." so-call- ed Bartell Drug Co. must SEATTLE include contraceptives for women in its employee plan, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Robert S. Lasnik issued a summary judgment for Jennifer Erickson in her lawsuit against Bartell, the first federal challenge to employers who don't cover birth control. "Although the plan covers almost all drugs and devices used by men, the exclusion of prescription contraceptives creates a gaping hole in the coverage offered to female employees, leaving a fundamental and immediate health-car- e need uncovered," Lasnik wrote Erickson contended that the policy violated the federal Pregnancy Discrimination Act. "I am extremely pleased and I want to encourage all employers and insurance companies across America to cover contraceptives in their plans," Erickson said after the decision was announced. health-insuranc- e JUNE 13 The Madsen Preventive Cardiology Program is hosting a session entitled "Training with Weights and Stretching" at 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. at 546 S. Chipeta Way, Garden 6 to Level 200. Call 585-771- enroll. The School of Medicine Is hosting a cardiology lecture entitled "Health Benefits of Nutritions! Supplements: Fact or Fiction?" at 4 p.m. in Classroom A. A Huntsman Cancer Institute Seminar entitled "Adjuvant Therapy of Melanoma" is at A p.m. in . the Auditorium. The School of Medicine is hosting a Pain Management Grand Rounds entitled "Stress Management for'1' Patients and Caregivers" at " 6 p.m. in the Huntsman Cancer Institute Auditorium. JUNE 14 The School of Medicine is hosting an Internal Medicine D Rounds entitled There an Unrecog- nlzed Epidemic?" at 7:45 a.m. in Classroom A. Grand "ARDS: Is Director Goes Embassy Bomber Home From Talks Gets Life in Jail New Program Provides AIDS lVJLeuiUcU-lUi- s IAJ J l CIA roor South KHAYELITSHA, Africa Grace was coughing up blood. Her feet were ntimb. Her head pounded. Her mouth was full of sores. Her throat burned with a choking infection. Ulcers riddled her stomach. She was thin and bedridden and certain she was about to die, That was two weeks ago before the AIDS medicine. Now, she no longer coughs up blood. The sores have cleared up, and the throat infection, treated designed partly to prove it is possible to provide AIDS drugs to poor South Africans, and partly to sharne the government into making them available. "We came here to demonstrate that it is not too costly...and we came here to demonstrate that it is not too difficult, that it is totally feasible," said Dr. Eric head of the South African mission of Medecins Sans Fro- another simultaneously is one The medication, gone. meal of thin porridge she struggled to eat every day has turned into six daiiy meals filled with fruit and meat She has gained 19 program. About with pounds. The miracle is not Grace's anting recovery. It is that an unemployed woman liYing in a shack with six other people would get the expensive medicine that can turn AIDS from a killer into a manageable disease. Grace, who is probably the first poor person in South Africa to get free AIDS medication, owes her health to a small program CIA director George Tenet packed his bags to leave the region Tuesday, exerting pressure on warring parties to adopt his cease-fir- e proposal. Israel accepted Tenet's plan to halt months of violence. Palestinian misgivings threatened to end the efforts of the Bush administration's first full foray into Middle East peacemaking. U.S. and Israeli officials said Tenet's mission has not been terminated and that efforts were continuJERUSALEM Goe-maer- e, ntiers, the international humanitarian organization running the South 4.7 million Africans are infected with HIV, but only a few thousand have private health insurance that covers the cost of medication. Government officials have expressed concern about the drugs' toxicity and the lack of the necessary health infrastructure, especially in rural areas, to administer them. "We have no plans to introduce the wholesale administration of these drugs in the public sector," Health Minister Manto told Farliament last week. Tshabal-ala-Msima- ng eight-and-a-ha- lf ing. The officials, who insisted on anonymity, said Tenet may return after meetings in Washington. Since September, 489 people have been killed on the Palestinian side and 109 on the Israeli side. Toll Found Bogus India lowered Tuesday the estimated death toll from its January earthquake by more than 20 percent to 15,537. It blamed counting errors and fraudulent claims. The previous estimate from the 7.7 magnitude tremor stood at AHMADABAD, India 20,085. 1 THE, TT mil UTAH CHEDNICLE "The Unlvrrtlty of UUh'i Independent Student Voice Slnec 1800' is an independent student newspaper published daiiy Monday through Friday durinq Tall and Spring semesters (excluding test weeks and holidays) and weekly during Summer Term. Chronicle editors and stall are University ol Utah students and are solely responsible lor the newspapers content. Funding comes Irom advertising revenues and a dedicated student lee adminislered by the Publications Council. Subscriptions must be prepaid. Forward all subscription correspondence, including change ol address, to the Business Manager. To respond with your quesor visit chronicle Utah edu on the World Wide Web. tions, comments or complainls call (801) THE DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE Editor in Chief worst-affecte- false. Photo Editor JEREMY HARMON harmon?chromcle utahedu Production Manager DAVE HOWELL dhowllchroniclu!jhedii Online Editor MARK OCDEN moqdenPchromcle Utah f du Accountant KAY ANDERSEN kaychronicu ulahedu Advertising Manager DEIDRE HUGHES dhuqhes9chromcleutahedu Ten of the 12 anonymous jurors said executing him could make him a martyr for the terrorist cause. The jury deliberated for five days over the fate of Mohamed Rashed Daoud 24. He confessed to his role in the 1998 attack on the embassy at Nairobi that killed 213 people and wounded thousands. "I'm disappointed," said Ellen Bomer, who was blinded in the explosion. "If ever there was a person who needed to be put to death, this is the one." Cuba Houses Arms For Chinese Army WASHINGTON China has been transferring military equipment to Cuba, a top State Department official said Tuesday. "We are very much concerned with this PLA (People's Liberation Army) cooperation and movement of military equipment in Cuba," said James Kelly, assistant secretary of state for East Asian affairs. Cuba and China have been forging closer ties in the recent past, symbolized by Chinese President Jiang Zemin's April visit to Havana. Cuba and China agreed to work more closely together militarily. Kelly offered no other details and said he needed more information before commenting further. 5037 WEDNESDAY: RAINSNOW UilltSOW: $UKNY" FIIDAT SUNNY mnuf. SUNNY SUNDAY: SUNNY .' Courtesy ; Tcxid Folsy, www.met.utah.adijimstenams 6640 7750 8150 8663 Ukl You Know... The Conservation and Recycling Evolution is looking for volunteers to help recycle at the Utah Arts Festival June 21 through June 24. Call Jason at 582-102- 2 and times. for more information . r " JUNE 15 The independent film "Meeting the Sun" will show at 7, p.m. in the Union Theater. Admission and popcorn are free. JUNE 16 The Utah Museum of Fine Arts is hosting its Master Gardener Lecture and Tour. Art of the Gardener, 2001 between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. Call 581-312- for reserva- 3 tions and location. '' :x ::::...:;: V'VT " Red Butte Garden is hosting a Saturday Adult Horticul- ture Lecture entitled "Land- scaping with Utah Natives" at 10 a.m. at the Visitor Cen.c ter. ' . Red Butte Garden is displayi- ng the Utah Rose Society Show today and tomorrow during normal operating hours at the Visitor Center. Discover the world of plants and animals at Red Butte Garden by joining staff members and volunteers in Exploration Stations every Saturday between 6 and 8 p.m. at the Visitor Center. Admission and popcorn are free. WEATHER whitleychronic!eutah.(du Sports Editor ERIC "WALLY" WALDEN ewalden9chroniclf ulah.edu Feature Editor CASSANDRA HARTLEY charlley?chronicle ulah.edu Opinion Editor SCOTT LEWIS slems9chroniclf ulahedu Magazine Editor KATHRYN C0WLES kcowleschromcl utahedu Embassy in Kenya. The Marriott Library is hosting a Book Arts Program Lecture entitled "Confessions of a Papsrnaker at 7 p.m. In the Gould Auditorium. The Independent film "Meeting the Sun" will show at 7 p.m. In the OSH Auditorium. MATT CANHAM mcanhamflchromcleulah edu News Editor JARED WHITLEY RED "The death figure was inflated earlier because of a large number of bogus claims and also multiple reportings of deaths," said H.N. Chibber, the administrator of Kutch d area. district, the Officials indicated the death figure of 15,537 may be further revised if other claims are found to be NEW YORK A follower of fugitive terror suspect Osama bin Laden was sentenced to life in prison without parole Tuesday. The sentence came after a jury couldn't agree whether he deserved to die for bombing the U.S. . JUNE 18 Red Butte Garden is hosting a session of the Summer Sunset Series between 6 and 8 p.m. at the Visitor Center. ADDITIONAL EVENTS ON WWW.UTAKCHR0NICLE.CCM , |