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Show a 2 WEDNESDAY, F? 99 mu- - Iff ri- ifr.n M THE SUMMER UTAH CHRONICLE' JUNE 27. 2001 OS People do not want to stand up to bad things. That attitude is the core of the greater evils v that happen in this world. ACTIVIST. ALEX HUSDAL. srs ft CAMPUS EVENTS . ANTI-TORTUR- EDU CHRONICLE NEWS LDiTOP JAREO WHSTUr JWH!TLYCHROhiCLE-UTACHSONiCLE WIRE EDITOR SHEENA MCFARLANO SMCFARUNDCHRONICLE.UTAH.EDU REGARDING THE E 0U7S!CKS' RESPONSE TO TORTURE UNITED STATES UTAH JUNE 27 Rise in Rape Cases Cook May Attempt U.S. to Investigate Senate Rejects Plea Catches State's Eye To Recapture Seat Fireworks Makers To Ban HMO Suits I.AKF. SALT CITY Although crime is dec reading in Ut;ih, rape was the only violent crime that increased l.ivt year and that has lawmakers concerned "It's the most violent of violent crimes," Attorney General Mark Shurtieff told lawmakers last week before endorsing a proposed appropriations bill that would fund improvements in cases. Acquaintance rape has reached Shurtieff "epidemic proportions," eviden- ce-collection sexual-assau- lt said. Law "1 enforcement and victims' testified that some advocates extremely dangerous perpetrators are being set free because evidence was taken too late or improperly or wasn't strong enough to hold up in court. With rapes up 5 percent, members of the Health and Human Services Interim Committee decided to seek at least $100,000 from legislators when they meet in the next general session in January. CITY-For- mer Utah a is Cook Merrill Rep. exploring possible campaign to wrest back his seat from Democrat Jim Matheson. "Kverybody knows I love Congress," said Cook, who has been seeking the state Republican chairmanship, but now appears to be eyeing the 2002 congressional election instead. "There's some thought that I'm the only one who could beat Matheson," SALT I.AKF Cook said. If so, he will have to beat Winston Wilkinson and possibly others. Wilkinson, a Salt Lake County Council member, said he will also seek the nomination. Both Republicans recently returned from trips to Washington, D.C., where they were testing political insiders' reaction to their possible candidacies. The two ended up on the same airplane. "We didn't talk," Wilkinson said. "He was in first class and I was in coach. He gave a faint wave as I went past." WASHINGTON Rep. George Miller asked the Department of Labor and the Customs Service Tuesday to investigate whether fireworks imported from China are made using forced child labor. Americans could be "unwittingly contributing to the forced exploitation of Chinese children" when they celebrate Independence Day next week, said Miller, The United States last year imported $130 million worth of fireworks, more than 90 percent of them from China, Miller said. U.S. law prohibits importing goods made with forced or indentured child labor. An executive order issued by former President Clinton also makes it illegal for the government to purchase products made by children involuntarily. Miller said a March 6 explosion that destroyed a schoolhouse in a area of China, killing 37 children, is evidence that forced child labor is involved. firewor- ks-producing WASHINGTON The Democratic-controlled Senate voted Tuesday door the leave to open to lawsuits in s patients'-rightlegislation, brushing aside predictions that the result would, be canceled insurance coverage for millions. the Senate On a vote of killed a Republican proposal to ban suits against businesses. At the same time, bipartisan negotiations continued toward a compromise that would sharply limit such legal action. The vote marked a victory for backers of the bill on the first key 57-4- 3, test of strength. The legislation, advanced by Sens. Edward Kennedy, and John Edwards, in crafted was John McCain, of stories HMO horror to response health care delayed or denied, often with disastrous results. President Bush issued a formal veto threat against the legislation last week. House action is expected after Independence Day. The Cosmic Ray Physics Group will present the video "Tha Mystery of Ultra High Energy Comtc Rays" at 4 p.m. In the Auditorium of the Intermountain Network and Scientific Computing Center. Facilities and Management host the monthly open community meeting with neighbors of the U at 5 p.m. in 238 University Services will Building. The Huntsman Cancer Insti- tute will present the seminar "Tha Utah Cancer A Rateurct for Can-cRag-Utr- y: ar SurvsHlance ad Research" at 4 p.m. In the Institute's Auditorium. C, z., The International Women's Association will present the campaign Against tyr': In trie union Food Court. , public-awarene- ss 'fethr JUNE 28 The School of Medicine will present an internal Medicine Grand Rounds titled Moscow Intelligence Charges ar MOSCOW The case of John Tobin, the U.S. Fulbi ight scholar jailed on a drug conviction in Russia, took a new twist Tuesday when officials from the Russian counterintelligence agency said they may bring espionage charges against him. A spokesman in Moscow for the Federal Security Service, or FSB, the main successor to the KGB, said in a telephone interview that the new accusations against Tobin could be based on the testimony of a Russian scholar who claimed Tobin tried to recruit him as a spy for the United States. Pavel Bolshunov, an FSB spokesman in the southern city of Voronezh, said the scientist, Dmitry Kuznetsov, identified Tobin as an agent who interrogated him in a U.S. prison in January 1998. Kuznetsov, who was arrested on fraud charges, said Tobin sought information on his scientific research and contacts among other Russian scholars. Kuznetsov is an expert in toxic agents, Bolshunov said. "Kuznctsov's evidence shows that we were right in suspecting Tobin to be a U.S. intelligence agent," he said However, Bolshunov, who is subordinate to Moscow, said authorities were still examining the evidence from Kuznetsov's testimony and that 110 new action against Tobin has been taken. He said the case was complicated because Tobin's alleged attempt to recruit Kuznetsov took place in the United States, not " Russia. Tobin's lawyer, Maxim Bayev, said he checked with the authorities after hearing Russian media reports Tuesday about the new accusations against Tobin and found out that no new investigation had been opened. "I think they Wanted to stir up tension to prevent the court from setting Tobin free," Bayev said. Tobin, of Ridgefield, Conn., was doing political research at a university in Voronezh when he was arrested outside a nightclub in January. He was convicted in April for obtaining, possessing and distributing marijuana, but says he is innocent Dan v Utah Chronicle is an independent student newspaper published daily Monday through Friday during 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 newspaper's content. Funding comes from advertising revenues and a dedicated student fee administered by the Publications Council. Subscriptions must be prepaid. Forward all subscription correspondence, including change of address, to the Business Manager. To respond with your quesor visit chronicle.utah.edu on the World Wide Web. tions, comments or complaints call (801) THE DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE Editor in Chief MATT CANHAM mcanhamchronicl RED CASSANDRA HARTLEY chart leychron.clf KATHRYN C0WLES kcoles?rhronicle JEREMY HARMON ulahedu Production Manager DAVE HOWELL dhowfllchroniclmtahdu Online Editor MARK 0CDEN mogdenchionicle uUh edu Accountant KAY ANDERSEN kaychromclt ulahedu Advertising Manager DEIDRE HUGHES dr"ughchronicl ulahedu a.m. in Classroom A. JUNE 3bV Pope Ask Ukraine For Forgiveness Neiv Drug to Help correttive-viilo- n seminar at 6 p.m. RSVP at 585-393- anti-terroris- m Kidney Patients may ern Ukraine Tuesday, picking a region long contested by Poles and Ukrainians, Catholics and Orthodox, Communists and nationalists, as the place to make a plea for a spirit of forgiveness in Eastern Europe. "Let us feel ourselves gently nudged to recognize the infidelities to the Gospel of not a few Christians of both Polish and Ukrainian origin living in these parts. It is time to leave behind the sorrowful past," the pope said in his homily, most of which was delivered in Polish. An estimated 600,000 chanting people turned out to hear the pope deliver his message at Lviv's Hippodrome, his first Mass in western Ukraine. from an increased risk of heart trouble, new research indicates. The top killer of people on dialysis is not their kidneys, but heart disease. Kidney patients have about 20 times the normal chance of dying from heart disease. Some experts believe part of the reason is the calcium in the pills given to most kidney patients, which they say may dangerously harden their arteries. A study presented Tuesday in Vienna found that patients taking the calcium tablets experienced a 25 percent progression in the hardening of their arteries, while those taking a calcium-fre- e kidney treatment called Renagel did not. flag-wavin- g, LONDON protect A calcium-fre- e kidney-dialysi- s drug patients UNIVERSITY WEATHER 8364 WEDNESDAY: " UmUV. SUNNY FRIDAY SUNNY JITUMT: SUNNY SUKDAY: PARTLY 8665 8867 8968 CLOUDY 8666 Courtesy Todd Folsy, www.met.uUh.oduiimsteenams The Museum of Natural History will hold Microbe Family Fun Days "Stop the Spats' at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and ge LVIV, Ukraine Pope John Paul II led a crowded outdoor Mass in west- PARTLY CLOUDY jharmonPchronicle ulahedu Post-gennm- Js ATHENS, Greece The elusive terrorist group known as November 17 denounced a law giving tougher powers to police Tuesday, saying the government was knuckling under American pressure to end years of violence. In an declaration, November 17 compared the new measures to methods used by Nazi Germany and said the law "makes a rag out of the constitution." November 17 has claimed responsibility for 22 killings and other attacks most recently the ambush slaying of British Brig. Gen. Stephen Saunders on June 8, 2000. Not a single member of the group has been arrested since its first attack 26 years ago, the killing of CIA station chief Richard Welch in Athens. The group has killed three other Americans since. utah edu SCOTT LEWIS slrwis9chronicleulah.edu "Genetic Diseases In the Era" et 7;45 Macedonia Fighting SKOPJE, broke out anew in Macedonia Tuesday. The conflicts were aftershocks from rioting the day before, touched off after American troops helped NATO evacuate armed ethnic Albanian rebels from a besieged town. New clashes were reported near the village of Nikustak, about six miles northeast of Aracinovo, a suburb of the capital, Skopje, at the center of the conflict the day before. American provided troops Humvces, trucks, buses and ambulances Monday to support a NATO effort to move rebels out of Aracinovo and end Fighting there. Army spokesman Blagoja Markovs-k- i said government forces were attacked with mortar, sniper and automatic fire near Nikustak. utah.edu News Editor JARED WHITLEY jhitleychronicle.utah.cdu Sports Editor ERIC "WALLY" WALDEN Malden9chronicleutah.edu Feature Editor Opinion Editor Magazine Editor Photo Editor Fighting Continues Terrorists Criticize New Police Powers After NATO Help Did You Know... Since next Wednesday is the Fourth of July. The Daily Utah Chronicle is taking the week off. The next newspaper will be distributed on July II. The Chronicle hopes the student body and faculty enjoy the holiday. This wiii be the lest day to classdrop es with no tuition penalty. sec&nd-seasio- JULY ra 4 Independence Day Holiday. No classes wiii be held. JULY 6 The Moran Eye Center will hold a laser and nonlaser 7. JULY 10 The Graduate School of Social Work will hold its 17th Annual Summer Institute in the Human Services, which will run through July 9 to 20th. Cail enroll. 581-423- JULY 16 The Gateway to Learning: 200t High School Teacher Vcrkshops will be held in the Tenner Humanities Center from 6 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. Workshops will run 3 through Juiy 20. Call to enroli, 581-847- JULY 20 The Marriott Library Diversity Committee's brown bag lunch wiii present "Martin Luther King, Jr. Th Man end The Bream" at noon in tha Gould Auditorium. JULY 24 Pioneer Day Holiday. No classes will be held. ADDiTIOMAL EVENTS ON WWW.UTAKCHR0NICLE.COM |
