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Show 2 Tuesday, January J J 21 , THE DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE 20(H f I Li CHRONICLE NEWS EDITOR SHEENA MCfARLANO SMCFARLAND4CHRQNtCi.LUTAH.EDU ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR AU HASNAIN AHASNAINCHKONlClXUTAHXDU TAMP Iff I EVEN There must be love, and unless that happens, we will all be blown to smithereens. v REV. TOM GOLDSMITH ON THE UNITARIAN VIEW Of INTERNATIONAL POLITICS . JANUARY 21 The Public Relations x m ATLANTA Civil rights leaders and politicians around the nation observed Martin Luther King Day on Monday, many of them invoking King's name in arguing against war with Iraq and urging the Supreme Court to uphold affirmative action in college admissions. King's widow, Corctta Scott King, addressed a crowd of about 1.000 at King's former pulpit, Ebenez-e- r Baptist Church in Atlanta. She called on world leaders to settle their differences peacefully. "Wc commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. as a great champion of peace who warned us that war was a poor chisel for carving out a peaceful tomorrow," she said. "We must pursue peaceful ends through peaceful means. Martin said: 'True peace is not just the absence of tension, it is the presence of justice."' The pastor of Ebenezcr Baptist, the Rev. Joseph Roberts, said a war with Iraq would dishonor King's legacy. "Have we learned nothing from this man of peace?" Roberts asked. The civil rights leader would have turned 74 last Wednesday. He was assassinated in 1968. One of the largest King Day events was in Denver, where more than 30,000 people paid tribute to King and protested military action against Iraq. "Saddam Hussein is a scary person," said Vicki Rottman of the anti-wgroup Women in Black y - fl ' - Standing in Silence for Peace. "What is scarier to me is that our country in this instance may be the aggressor." Many simply remembered the way things were before the civil rights movement. "He did so much for us," said Tiffany Smile, 20, a junior at New York's State University at Purchase. "God only knows where we'd be without him." "It's an opportunity to recognize a man who really was a leader during a very turbulent time in our history," Nebraska Gov. Mike Johanns said in a speech to an interdenominational alliance of Omaha-are- a ministers. "Boy, it was a tough time for America." President Bush, speaking at a Baptist church in Landover, Md., said there is still work to do to realize King's dream of equality in America. "There's still prejudice holding people back," he said. But Bush's own stance on affirmative action was questioned by Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Edwards. Last week, the administration asked the Supreme Court to declare the University of Michigan's affirmative action admissions policies unconstitutional. "We should support efforts that increase diversity and put an end to systems, like legacy admissions, that give special preference to the most advantaged at the expense of diversity," Edwards said at ar 2 Utahns for MLK SALT LAKE CITY-Da- rius Gray was chosen as the recipient of the King Award and Dorothy Anderson of the Rosa Parks award given at the Salt Lake Chapter of the NAACP's annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day luncheon Monday. Gray joined The Church of Jesus Saints in 1964, Christ of Latter-da- y when the church still prohibited black men from holding the priesthood, amid protest from many of his friends. Dorothy Anderson didn't know a soul when she relocated to Salt Lake City in 1982. The woman, committed to charity and volunteer work, has since made a family of her own through her good deeds. "When Mrs. Parks sat down, she really stood up," Anderson said. "I wonder, have I stood up?" SALT LAKE CITY Pep talks and hard realities greeted Utah lawmakers on the 2003 Legislature's opening day, with uncertainty looming over how to balance the budget in the face of deficits. "Rarely has a legislative session begun with the dark clouds of trou- ble hanging over it as it docs this sesHouse sion," Marty Speaker West, told fellow Stephens, state representatives Monday. From 1988 until last year, Stephens said, the state has enjoyed revenue surpluses, with several of those years marked by surpluses of more than $500 million. Stephens said this rr year's challenge gives lawmakers a chance to scrutinize spending. WEATHER 4934 Did You Know... PARTLY CLOUDY 4S35 4535 VCBKESSAT: MOSTLY CLOUDY THURSDAY: MOSTLY CLOUDY FIIDAY: PARTLY CLOUDY SATURDAY: PARTLY CLOUDY 4730 4831 Dr. William Price, a Victorian supporter of cremation, ordered in his will that his body be burned on a hilltop in front of invited spectators. Threepence a head was charged, and 20,000 people showed up to watch. 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President Bush, criticized for decisions on affirmative action and conservative federal judgeships, said Monday "there's still prejudice holding people back" from Martin Luther King Jr.'s dreams of equality. The predominantly black congregation of First Baptist Church of Glenar-de- n in suburban Washington welcomed Bush with a standing ovation as it celebrated in song and scripture the memory of King, who would have turned 74 last Wednesday. "It is fitting that we honor Martin Luther King in a church, because, Gregory, I believe, like you, that the power of his words, the clarity of his vision, the courage of his leadership occurred because he put his faith in the Almighty," Bush told Gregg Hunter, a teenager who had just read an essay on the slain civil rights leader. "It is fitting that we honor this great American in a church because out of the church comes the notion of equality and justice," Bush said. in News Sports Feature Chief Editor Editor Editor Editor Editor Editor JEREMY HARMON iharmon&chronicle Utah edu SHEENA MCFARLAND smdarland9chronicltutah.edu RORY BRUNNER rbrunnertchromclt utahedu SOMYR MCLEAN smclnchronicle utahedu JOHN MORLEY jmor!eychroric!e.utah edu JEREMY MATHEWS jeremyPred mag com SARAH MORTON smortonchronicleulahedu Photo WOJCIECHOWSKI woochromcleulah.tdu JEREMY Production Manager Graphic Artist STEPHANIE CEERLINCS sqeerlingschromcle.utahtdu Business Manager ADAM WARD award9chromcle utah edu Accountant KAY ANDERSEN kaychronicle utahedu Sales Support STEPHANIE BAKER sbakerchronicl utahedu Opinion RED Magazine third year U medical student, will speak to all interested students from 3 to 4 p.m. in ASB 210. Hillary Crandall, The College Democrats and the College Republicans are hosting a "Stat cf th State" address party at 7 p.m. in the Union Theatre. JANUARY BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, Two U.S. pilots charged with manslaughter in the deadly mistaken bombing of Canadian forces in Afghanistan last year had been A proposed PalestinJERUSALEM ian constitution cedes some power from the president to a prime minister and declares Islam the official religion, according to a partial draft obtained Monday by The Associated Press. An Israeli official rejected the document as an effort to preserve Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's rule. Meanwhile, with Israeli elections a week away, polls showed Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Likud Party widening its lead over the more dovish Labor - While that merely confirmed an existing trend, results of another survey indicated that if longtime politician Shimon Peres headed Labor, the race with Sharon would be a dead heat. Current Labor chief Amram Mitz-n- a who supports an immediate return to peace talks on Palestinian statehood with Arafat, whom Sharon has boycotted said he would not step down, but it appeared he could face such pressure in coming days. The School of Business will host an Informational open house for U staff members Interested in earning en MBA from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., with a presentation at 12:15 p.rru warned before the mission that friendly forces might be on the ground, an Air Force intelligence officer testified Monday. , Capt. Evan Cozadd, an intelligence officer with the 183rd Fighter Wing, said Majs. Harry Schmidt and William Umbach had been told during briefings that the situation on the ground was uncertain. "We couldn't speak with any degree of certainty who they were looking at," Cozadd said during a hearing to determine whether Schmidt and Umbach should be But, as has happened often during the six days of this hearing, defense prosecuattorneys tion witnesses were able to bolster their contention that Schmidt and cross-examini- . The Natural Resources Law forum and the Wallace Steg-nCenter for Land, Resources and the Environment present a Green Bag Series titled, "Pressing Water Issues in Utah," at noon in Room 105 in the College of er Law. d. ng Umbach were victims of poor communication on April Student Society of America will host its spring 2003 membership drive in the LNCO lobby from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m, A'l students are welcome U tieome members cr just tf ep by for additional infom'Jon. La. court-martiale- 22 The Public Relations 17. WO Ftll'D New Palestinian Powell Says U.N Constitution Made Must Disarm Iraq Party. Editor The Hinckley Institute of Politics presents, "Miracle at Philadelphia" by Professor Emeritus J.D. Williams at 10:45 ajn. In OSH 255. Pilots Knew of Legislature Starts Bush Says Still With Poor Finances Need for Equality Friendlies in Area UNIVERSITY TUESDAY: The LDSSA is hosting an open house with LDS Mis slonaries from 10 a.rru to 2 p.m. in Union 319. UNITED STATES UTAH NAACP Award Research Triangle Park in North Carolina. Marchers in Boston sang gospel songs and carried flags and banners. "We're here because Martin Luther King was a man of God," said Caring Hands Silva, a leaderof the Natick Praying Indians, descendants of a tribe converted to Christianity in 1651. "What he represents is peace and brotherhood and love for all mankind." In York, Pa., five white supremacists marched in opposition to King Day and in memory of a white police officer killed during the city's 1969 race riots. "We said 'No' to affirmative action whether it's Martin Luther King trying to win favoritism for minorities or protesters trying to shout me down," said the group's leader, Richard Barrett. Hundreds of police officers were on patrol as protesters tried to drown out Barrett's speech. Speaking from the same pulpit in Montgomery, Ala., where King helped launch the civil rights movement with his leadership of the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955, Alabama Gov. Bob Riley was inaugurated with a promise to end racial division. "Alabama needs to be the state that brings it to a culmination," Riley said. "Alabama is going to lead this nation in uniting the races once and for all." Riley later attended, without speaking, a ceremony paying tribute to Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. Student Society of America will host its sprinq 2003 membership .drive in the LNCO lobby from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. All students are welcome to become members or just drop by for additional information. UNITED NATIONS Secretary of State Colin Powell, faced with stiff resistance and calls to go slow, bluntly told other nations on Monday that the United Nations "must not shrink" from its responsibility to disarm Saddam Hussein's Iraq. "We cannot be shocked into impotence because we're afraid of the difficult choices ahead of us," Powell told members of the U.N. Security Council. Directly responding to qualms registered by several foreign ministers in two days of talks, and with only Britain explicitly standing alongside the United States, Powell spoke of war as a real option. In a speech at a U.N. conference on terrorism, and at a news conference, Powell urged reluctant nations to focus on Baghdad's failure to disarm and to prepare to weigh the consequences by the end of the month when U.N. inspectors file a report on 60 days of searches in Iraq for illicit weapons. Susan Boyd, associate dree tcr of tha Indiana School of Optometry will speak to all interested students from 1 to 3 p.m. in AS 3 504. JANUARY 23 Naomi Pierce, biology profes- sor at Harvard, will present the speech, "Evolution of Lycaenid Butterflies: From Mutualism to Parasitism," at 4 p.m. in ASB Auditorium.. The lecture is free and open to the public, and for more Info, call 581-695- 8. The ASJU Presenter's Office hosting a screening of the film, "Why Us?" a documentary about Sept. 11 and why the United States is targeted in worldwide rage at 7 p.m, in the Post Theater In Fort Dou- Is JANUARY 24 ; Naomi Pierce, biology profes- sor at Harvard, give the end Family "Jugn? Careen Where There's a Will, There's a Wiy" et 9:30 a.m. in the Union's Saltalr Room. The lecture Is free and open to the public, and for more will speech, Info, call 581-695- 8. ADDITIONAL EVE.NTS ON WWW.DAILYUTAHCKRCNICLE.COM |
