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Show The University of Utah's independent Student Voice Since 1890 The E! Hi 2004 d Vol. J wwnv.aa'ty utahchronicifc.com tz Majerus out after this season Thursday, January Asad Kudiya Asst. Sports Editor U athletics director Chris Hill turned his attention, "My concern today is about the players," Hill said. "The 2004 season only happens once, and they are having a great year and don't want to disrupt this as much as possible. They are handling this well, and we are proud of them." Majerus' condition will have a resounding effect on the players, but they knew this type of thing could happen. "He taught us to play with or without him, and that is one of the things that we are going to miss about him," U senior Nick After 15 seasons, more than 300 wins and one NCAA title game appearance, U basketball coach Rick Majerus will resign at the end of this season due to a heart condition that flared up Tuesday night. "We were all at Michelangelo's restaurant," Majerus' lawyer and close friend Bob Henderson said. "He started to have chest pains, and after awhile it started to radiate to his arms." Majerus contacted his cardiologist in Santa Barbara, Ca- Jacobson said. "I love Coach, lif., and flew there during the and it's very difficult for me to take." night He was admitted to Santa Majerus' heart condition has Barbara Cottage Hospital, but affected him from the beginhad been released by Wednes- ning of his tenure at Utah. He was only able to coach six day night, said hospital spokeswoman Janet O'Neill. games in his first season due to O'Neill would not release heart bypass surgery, and now further information about Ma- heart problems will force him to end his career. jerus' condition. "It was a shock to me, and Henderson was only able to speak to Majerus for a short after a couple of hours, it started to set in," Hill said. "I have period of time today. "He's not feeling well, and talked to all of his friends, and he knows what his history has we always told him that he been with the heart problems," needs to start taking care of Henderson said. "He is just his health." The only other time Majerus waiting to see the outcome of has taken a lengthy leave was all the tests." The players found out in the in the 2000-0- 1 season, when morning, and that was where he only coached one game due to a variety of illnesses, along with his mother's cancer. "We can't do anything but just play on," Jacobson said. "He's not going to be there, but we are going to use everything he did up to this point." In his stead, assistant coach Kerry Rupp will be the interim coach. The last time Rupp took up the coaching duties was last season, when the Utes defeat79-7- 9 $ lems. intensity. "I think that with him not "We are very confident in coach Rupp. We see how hard being here, you want to step it he works alongside of Coach," up as a tribute to him, but we U point guard Tim Drisdom are going to play hard regard: said. "He's really upbeat and less," Drisdom said. he pushes us just as hard as Majerus' return to this seaMajerus, and he is a great per- son is questionable, but that is son just like all the rest of the not what is on people's minds. coaches." "If he never comes back and In Rupp's opinion, it won't coaches, I just want him to be be too tough to motivate the healthy," Drisdom said. a kudiya chronice. utah. edu players and get them prepared The Associated Press for upcoming games. "I am very confident in our contributed to this story guys, that they will buy into what we are teaching," Rupp See Sports for more said. "Majerus has prepared Majerus coverage Legendary coach v Professors Ibrahim Karawan, Howard Lehman, John Francis and Ron Hrebnar discuss the United States' war on terrorism. The discussion was held in the Hinckley Caucus Room on Wednesday. U panelists argue terrorism should not be oversimplified Steve Gehrke elimination of the terrorism phenomenon. Karawan was one of four Ibrahim Karawan said he political scientists on hand to believes there is no solu- discuss the current situation tion that would lead to the with the War on Terror at the Hinckley Institute of Politics on Wednesday. Professor Howard Lehman, Professor John page 3 Francis and Interim Director Chairperson of the politiAvalanche Safety and cal science department, RonAirMed crews learn ald Hrebenar, were the other winter survival skills. three panel participants. "We are dealing with the dilemma of small numbers," page 5 Karawan said. "Nineteen peodid this thing on 911. It's Overlooked Albums ple estimated by the FBI they had RED makes up for 16 or 17 handlers, so we are the essential music dealing with almost 40 Staff Writer News On the way out? Andrew reand other Jiogut cruits who came to the U specifically for A look at Majerus. War." If ut view on solving said. the terrorist threat differed Hrebenar expanded on the spending disparity between terrorists and the United CLARIFICATION States. "It was estimated that the 911 attacks cost the terrorist organization about $200,000. We have spent, already, hundreds of billions of dollars dealing with that terrorist threat, and we will continue to The Jan. 28 story, "Celebrating the Year of the Monkey," focused on the Taiwanese Student Association's celebration of the Chinese New Ye?r that took place Jan. 25. The photos that ran with the story and on Page 1 focused on the Chinese Student and Scholars Association's Chinese New Year celebration held Jan. 27. spend hundreds of billions of dollars in the foreseeable future," he said. Three of the panel members addressed the problem of oversimplification regarding international issues and SEE COPY ! 1 , """ i i x i Rick Majerus will leave the sidelines after this season. With more than $i million of students' money in its coffers, the U's student government is one of the best funded entities on campus and student leaders say they are trying to put that money back in students' pockets. Each semester, every U student is required to give the student government $20.60 in the form of an activity fee. This year, that adds up to a $1.4 million budget. That money is divided up into different areas of the Associated Students of the University of Utah. Students indirectly receive that money in the form of programming and ASUU provided services, such as subsidized child care or tutoring. Students can directly receive funding if they are members of a Student Advisory Committee or student group. Every year, a budgeting process takes place, where student groups can apply for money without drafting legislation, according to George Lindsey, ASUU accountant. Those groups are usually ones that consistently receive funding, according to Anthony White, ASUU vice president. "These are groups that have a strong presence on campus like the Student Alumni Association or the Latter-da- y Saints Student Association," and they are have historically provided programming and services to students, according to White. In the past, the budgeting process where these guaranteed groups and other student groups could receive funding only took place in the spring of the year preceding the new administration's reign. This year, White and ASUU President Adrian Johnson chose to allow groups to request funding in both the previous spring and again in the fall. The decision came because many student groups didn't have their, leaders in place until the fall, and they felt they d;.dn't get a fair chance at receiving money, White said. he said. In spring 2003, $108,300 was These groups, which also given to 51 student groups, include Greek Row and the while this fall, an additional Residence Halls Association, $56,700 was given out to 78 are essentially guaranteed SEE ASUU PAGE 3 funding every year because TERRORISM PAGE 4 ed Latinos visit Capitol to address Gov. Walker Andrew Kirk Asst. News Editor It was a political fiesta. In honor of Utah's first Latino Day, the U chapter of Moviemento Estudiantil Chi-cande Aztlan talked politics and joined the hundreds celebrating the event at the Capitol building. Organized by the State Office of Hispanic Affairs, the event recognized that have become Utah's largest minority, consisting of nearly 10 percent of the population. Gov. Olene Walker made the declaration and acknowl- V ( ao m tempt-ing...b- paye 12 from that of Karawan. He cited three steps to battling terrorism, which he said he found in a report from the year 2000. "U.S. global leadership relies on three factors: safety of the American homeland, preservation of favorable balance of power and stability of the international system relative to terrorist movements," he said. Lehman proceeded to approach the terrorist threat in the world as the "new Cold "My concern is, like with the previous Cold War, U.S. foreign policy could be held hostage by a particular objective that will be harmful to U.S. interests as well as you have an organiza- long-tertion of 5,000 people, then you undermining the domestic, have a major dilemma. The legal and moral framework of notion that there are solutions our society," Lehman said. Both Francis and Hrebenar to complex problems is if you are trained with weighted the issue of finances a good dose of cynicism in the heavily. rest of the world, you realize "Terrorism is cheap. It's very there is no solution by resort- easy with little money to cause ing to this." major destruction," Francis peo-ple...- Sports in l through ASUU campus. ' Tin Following your money five-pa- rt Lehman's U' - Editor's Note: This is the fourth in a series focusing on the U's student government and its role on ' I - i I Editor in Chief that Rolling Stone left off its 500 greatest albums. W I' W"W "WWII w X "I am not even going to worry about that," Rupp said. "My number one concern is Coach's health- - If I did focus Sheena McFarland RED ' W-- H.JU'llilUW .LIJL'. JilUHJIL it. .ro 1 U LkWl- these guys for these types of situations, and one thing he taught them is how to deal with adversity." At the end of the season, Hill will name a head coach, but Rupp is not concerned about 5. "The only thing T v 29, 2004 on the head coaching decican do is sion, then that would be a distake it day by day," Rupp said. service to the players and to "I am very honored to be able the program." to step in for him when he is Although many of the players say it won't affect them on sick." Even though Majerus worked the court, Drisdom knows that long hours to prepare the team in the back of his mind, he will for its opponents, the players want to play even harder with know that Rupp has a similar Majerus battling heart probed BYU, 13 No. 94 His-pani- .f V : y cs edged the contribution the Hispanic community makes to the state economy. She also expressed her views on the importance of diversity, pride and the sharing of cultures. Dianne Quintana, a member MEChA, said she supports Latino Day because it promotes everything MEChA stands for, namely the promotion of her race as well as all diversity politically, socially, culturally and educationally. She said the event allows the Hispanic community to educate people about what kind of opportunities are open for them, especially in obtaining citizenship and registering to vote. It also organizes the community in lobbying for more rights, she Silas Lobato of the four man Latin group, "The Dons," plays his aul- sings for those In attendance at "Latino Day at the Capitol." tar and said. One of the issues she and other members of MEChA are especially concerned about the future of House Bill 144 is The bill allows children of undocumented workers to attend college as a resident SEE LATINOS PAGE 4 |