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Show TheSaltLakeTribune ee aiciustin ots LETTER FROM THE EDITOR ohn F.Fitzpatrick headed The Salt Lake Tribune for 36 years, during which time his charge became a modern newspaper and a highly visible force in Utah. He even made the bas Surprisingly, we found the cover of Time magazine in the early 's0s. The late publisheris nearly beatified aroundhere. Some time ago, an annual lecture series was \ onorthe legend. : [ . Utah year. Thus,we inaugurated the first John F. of spotlighting, encouraging and rewarding the best J pears, are given leeway to be candid, pointed, slightly outrageous and,well, sophomoric. eral individual efforts that jumped out as we read the submitted three editions: this publication is ‘igh’s as any we is Slanderously teachers, What ought be done? es eNOS teceneacs Seapets *2 i Gree edition =. sakeaad °o Expet him rom schoo schools whose halls boast of multi-cultural student bodies place in juvenile detention a Shalyse Lopez ofMurray High School’s MurRound. Her bi ° L ee oa a teeoutieuitioe 8 Let those harmed suehim, parents for slanderin civil court Story topics andthelevel ofwriting gave the edge to the Warrior News in what was, perhaps, wa student colunmiekinv ae “ahite. Ml Judge High School's themed, full; jothing. Internet speech must be free and oe +iibih anche ilachiok bareicinialion hes the hese: tious staffeven produced a special senior prom supplementto the Marchedition.Its editors are ‘i Lyssa Haldeman and Aaron Proctor and the advisers are Jan Ingram and Cindy Stettler. Runner-up:A tie between the Roundtable of Roy High School and the Red & Black of West High Schoolin Salt Lake City. Class 3A: Bulldog Press of Judge Memorial High Schoolin Salt LakeCity. masthead. Runners-upreceive $100. The judges — Deputy Editor Tim Fitzpatrick, grandsonofthe competition’s namesake; Associate Editor Tom McCarthey, whose family has been an ownerof The Tribune for nearly a century — Creative features and gutsy introspection made the Bulldog Press the clear winnerin this division. A survey and mature look on substance abuse within the student body was mostimpressive. A supplementto the Novemberedition was aimed exclusively atfirst-year students. The editors are Hilary Leonard and Spencer Quielandthe adviser is Chris Sloan. andI, whose claim to fameis a three-year stint as a high school newspaperadviserin the early ’70s — did notfeel compelled to make an award ina given BIS nnecti Web site. teen a na writes and about his Runner-up: The Danegeld of oad High Schoolin Bountiful. Class 4A: The Warrior News of Weber High Thetop publication, classed by student body photo)to be published adjacentto the publication’s population,receives $500 and an award logo(see ri On judged.Its editoris Aubrey thestiffest competition ofall classes. This ambi- high school newspapers in the state. Surprisingly, we foundthe First Amendment alive andfairly robust in a numberofhigh schools. Budding crusaders and skeptics, it ap- : bits, Schoolin Pleasant View Fitzpatrick/Salt Lake Tribune Journalism Excellence Award competitionlast fall with the goalof high schools 5 info as well pa Oman.Faculty adviser is Anna Clar’ level of support andtolerance by the administration and the knowledge anddedication ofadvisers than bytheraw talent roaming the halls in a given robust in a view ofSouth Sevier High Schoolin Monroe rates We would be remiss ifwe did not commend sev- a aroseee competi- in Utah. Their health is determined more by the . fairly : 0: onan annual The state of student newspapers varies widely alive and ber set tion to encourage high schooljournalism. Interactive Issues Survey an honorable mention and $100. vantissues, news, opinion se haseseSO ie afor eeeay to CT wane Runner-up: The Nahuatl of Snow Canyon High Schoolin St. George. Small Schools: No overall excellence designation was awarded this year. However, the Ram Re- (Hawkeye)ofAlta High School in Sandy A healthy mix ofrele- started in his memory.In the past few years, inter- First Amendment number class if, in our mind, none of _ the entries earned it. Here are the winners: Class 5A: The HKI hile ofthocineding student data aC at e Charge him criminally, ONotni . a - fi fee ing si Calleed “2scs . ita ENS eaeverything ee ey tailed, » by DY the numbers, aa a from DUET pierced ears to how manymiles distantstudents burned VOTEON wwwsltrib. by midnight iad Fereeesessnraeaneeetspenenpre nee LAST WEEK'S RESULTS te ina year traveling to school (13,212 miles was tops). eee x Q-If the presidential election Neilsen and Dave Cawley of Viewmont’s Danegeld youvote? (253 responses) @ Thenthere was the zany writing duo ofJudd staff, whose irreverent but good-natured bapa of their induced crash ofa 15%— Al Gore, he's my man! well party had usrolling and would have ever” The Tribune's own iconoclast, Robert Kirby, pause to look overhis shoulder. Et Editor were held today. facile would 1% Buh, Sioa coxa ¥5%— Bush,but I'm holding my nose ‘16%— Gore,but I'm holding my nose ‘13%— Someone else or don't intend to vote (Internet polls are unscientific and ‘unrepresentative of anyone other than the actual respondents.) ge Ey EUROPE / AFRICA THE AMERICAS Compiled by TOM HARVEY New Island Emerges aes A new island in the South Pacific Ocean formed within ae i : : Compiled by BRIAN MAC INTYRE sight of an international team of amazed geologists. Scientists. from the Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organizationfilmed the eruption ofthe undersea Kavachi Volcano and the birth of the ew volcanic island in the Bismark Sea, 22 miles north of the SolomonIslands. The group had arrived at Kavachi to study what they believed to be a dormant. undersea volcanoonly to find it fully erupting. The geologists reported that the volcano spewed molten magma and ‘The Associated Press Protesters in Lima, Peru, on Thursday demonstrated against today’s election. @ Peru:President Alberto Fujimoriis certain to comeoutoftoday’s vote in which he is the only candidate with an image as an undemocratic strongman who bends the constitution andlawsto his will.It’s highly questionable whether his unprecedented third term is allowed underthe constitution. And his international reputation battered and a weak economy and questionable political support, he may see the need for greater represssion. @ Venezuela: Thursday’s delayin the election that had been scheduled for today gives President Hugo Chavez’s main challenger, former state governor Francisco Arias Cardenas, more timeto try to reduce the president’s 15- to 20-point lead in the polls. Those polls show the poor majority of Venezuelans support Chavez, while the middle andupperclasses back Arias. Cuba: The communist government on Tuesday released the third of four wellknown dissidents whose sentences drew worldwide criticism. Still jailed is \dimiro Roca, a former military pilot. 1 Mexico: With polls showing close vote in the country’s presidential election, a strange temporary alliance has emerged: leftist candidate Cuauhtemoc Cardenas denas candidate of the ruling party, in accusing Fox of being a dangerous conservative ideologue who might privatize the stateawned oil company or allow the Roman Catliolic chureh too muchinfluence. @ Chile: Thestatement ud the nee military commander ‘on Thursday that the counteyie ean Soorhe ecoepls a oust elite thatstripped Gen. Augusto Pinochet of his ity from prosecution shows what a great distance the country has traveled since Pinochet's 17-year rule that ended in 1990, ArmychiefGen.Ricardo Izurieta also said’ the military fully supports civilian President Ricardo Lagos, a socialist. The ailing Pinochet underwent heart tests Friday. i Haiti: Official returns from last Sunday's parliamentary and local vote could take government. The opposition says the win was the result of ash 250feet into the air every five min- Foal acinishag peleaey ashenbeach. Toxic Turkish Cloud ‘An ominouscloud of sulfur dioxide from a power plant wafted over the Turkish city of Yatagan, where officials warned residents to remain indoors. A number of people were taken to a hospital with respiratory complaints. Unusual weather conditions, including the lack of wind and a temperature inversion, kept the toxic gas in place overthe city for days. Mehmet Hosoglu, the director of the power plant responsible for the cloud of pollution, said two units of the power plant had been shut down and a third tinued. He also reported that the plant is installing control devices that will preventsimilar events in the future Eruption Mexico's Popocatepet! Volcano exploded with a thick column of smoke that rose three miles into the sky, The eruption rained ash that blanketed nine nearby communities and wafted toward the eastern part of Mexico City, where officials warned residents to avoid outdoor activities. The National Center for the Prevention of Disasters called the eruption a “moderately significant exhalation.” A page from the final movement of Beethoven's Sixth Symphony. miles from the capital city. Although Savage Swan Dilemma Japanese Hail Disaster specifics of the campaign were not A violent swan has driven the At least 108 people in Japan Pig: past measures have included residents of Grand Haven, sustained injuries and more reforestations and reducing overgrazing , 4,000 homes were damby cattle: pounded partsofthecountry foran hour. Hurricane Season Northern Chiba Prefecture and southern ‘The season's first named IbarakiPrefecture were the hardest hit. . Storm in the eastern Pacific, Officials said ae, that 76 people, including Gy coe oe rice Aleta foamedoer Mich., to desperate measures aiter three years of enduring its savage attacks, The township board voted to request to the Michigan of request that is effectively adeath warrant because removing does not mean other injuries ‘whenty wee pure orm moved away ro tnd and attacked people in the area of Pottawat- aged when hail larger than golf balls meledby thehailaslargeasorangesdur- #4 inga field tripin the city of Kashiwa. Holding Back the Desert Three desert areas are rapidly encroaching on China's capital of Beijing, unnerving officampaign in place. The record number of 12 major dust storms that scoured northern China this year has increased the region of desert that is advancing toward Beijing at more than one mile a year, One ofthe three deserts targeted by the officials is a mere 120 news reports. hangsoTat akeTibet 2 jomie Bayou, chasing and them at close to 60 mph. Among its favorite targets are water skiers, jet "The sight of masses of earth- skiers and people in motorboats on the worms crawling out ofthe ground in the Taiwanese city bayou, ‘The turning pointfor manyresof Hsinchu sparked fear among the population that another devastating carth- ‘TownshipManagerWilliam Cargosaid, quake may There was a swarm of mit island during the week. * Earth movements were also felt in mers ago. Since then, it continues to be very, very territorial. However,that ter- westem Japan, Indonesia's Sulawesi Titory is the entire bayou.” — Unbekistan, Turkey, Greece, Distributed by: The Los Angeles Times Syndicate mail: mail@earthweek.com west Colombia, the Peru-Ecuador (©2000 Earth Environment Service Sone agiand abel Desae PACIFIC / FAR EAST / MIDDLE EAST Compiled by JENNIFER SKORDAS has maintained his innocence, reports said he planned to resign today. Wiran: Opening Iran’s new reformistdominated parliament Saturday, President Mohammad Khatami called for an end to factional wrangling in a nation where reformers and hard-liners have been struggling for the powerto shape society. The convening of the 290-seat Majlis came three months after reformist Khatami allies won about three-fourths of the seats in nationwide elections, taking the reins from lawmakers who wantno dilution of Iran’s Islam-guided laws. It was the first time the hard-liners hadlost control of parliament since Iran’s 1979 Islamic revolution. Cambodia: The government Ler to declare a pristine mountain range off limits to loggers, a move that would save unique wildlife recently discovered by conservationists, an environmental group reported Saturday.A pledge to ban logging in the Cardamom Mountains,located sear the border with Thailand, was frei doaces at an ungated retin ts Paris, Global Witness said in a statement. WiCoeiee Bosman 5 Ucar resides of Hong Kong’s colonial lega @ Japan: A doomsday cult memodiscovered last month contains the recipe for sarin nerve gas, suggesting the group Aum Shinri Kyo plans to resume production of the poison used to kill 12 people in a 1995 attack on the Tokyo subways, police said last week. The memo was seized when police arrested a daughter of former cult dechai forced her onto a sofa and put leader Shoko Asahara, currently on trial. for murder. Aum said the memo was not Tom Harvey, f @ ormer correspondent in Latin America, compiled this. column from only to shipping Earthquakes hand under her blouse. Two other women then came forward saying Mordechai had intended for nerve gas production but to made unwanted sexual advances toward help a lawyer defending a cult member currently on trial. them during his days as a defense minister and army general. Although Mordechai Jennifer Skordas worked an English-i newspaper in Tokyo. She compiled this rom news reports, Britain: A Beethoven symphony was sold at auction in Sothehy’s London office Friday for the equivalent of around $800,000. The hitherto unpublished pages from the final movement of the Sixth Symphony, aka the “Pastoral Symphony," beth ry a About halfof European pints will be obese by 2030, partly emerging epidemic of obesity amongin dren and adolescents, a health researcher said Wednesday. The growing problem of obesity among European children means they will face many of the weight-related diseases earlier and die younger, resaid at the start of a four-day European Congress on Obesity in Antwerp. WSouth Africa: Six years after it took power,pledging a better life for all, the AfpegNational Congress]Jed government {aid last week that 3 maillion South African families still lack proper housing. The have been housed and more than 1 million housing subsidies have been approved since 1994. @ Kenya: With a rain shortage drying up lakes that power hydroelectric dams, Kenya announced stringent powerrationing last week with 12-hour cuts, six |
