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Show .Al0 Sunday, December 30, 2001 The Salt Lake Tribune vat) Ba OOK BACK AND Among America’s Young People, Optimists Seem to Far Outnumberthe Cynics Others do, too. A month after Sept. 11, Harris Interactive and Northwestern Mutual life insurance companyfollowed upon This is supposed to be their test — a survey of college students they did thefirst real adversity for a generation of college students who grew up in a golden age of prosperity. The nation is fighting terrorism. last spring. They wanted to see if the attacks had dimmed college students’ generally rosy view of the future. Whenasked if they felt the country is headed in the right’ direction, 78 percentof the young respondents said The economyis sputtering. Andyet, at the end of the tumultuous year of 2001, many feel optimistic aboutthe future. Take Norman Winkfield. He's 21 and a junior at Northern Illinois Uni- versity in DeKalb, where he’s studying hospital nursing. administration and “I knowI will get a job. I knowit,” he says, emphasizing the word “know.”“I'm determined.” At the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, freshman Elizabeth Ontanedasees things muchthe same. “Maybe it’s just 17-year-old na- ivete that we're all goingto be fine,” shesays. “But that’s how I feel.” World Readies For Upcoming Entry Into 2002 a wholelotless aboutfinding a high- to halt Navy bombing exercises on the out- leaders now fear the war on terrorism could push back the Continued from A-9 Kim Sayles, a senior and basketball Those whodeal with students on a Washington date. For islands like St. Lucia, where banana exports have fallen 50 percent, the drop in tourism comes as former Brit- Prime Minister Howard, elected in November ish colonies in the region and elsewhere prepareto lose preferential treatmentin European fora third term will makelabor law reform oneof his top priorities in 2002, but domestic markets due to a World Trade Organization ruling. Caribbean countries also politics appear to be again dominated by his conservative face increasing pressure to share financial information and curb secretive offshore banking practices linked to moneylaundering. In Haiti, opposition is mounting against President Jean-Bertrand Aristide’s governmentas it struggles to rebuild a shattered economy and make good on promisesof jobs andbasicservices. Jamaica, scheduled for electionsthis year, faces instability as politically motivated violencerises and drug traffickers use the island as*a transshipmentpointfor cocaine. TheU.S.territory of Puerto Rico is still trying to persuade government’s hard-line stance on asylum seekers. The navy will continuepatrolling waters of northern Australia, intercepting boats carrying refugees and transporting them to de- tention centers on Pacific island nations. headed — abouthalfofthose surveyed after Sept. 11 said they would be willing to fight for America. Before Sept. public sector but says most students she meets still are: not interested a 11, the percentage was muchhigher, at 75 percent. family and friends,” he says. “The overwhelmingly against dumping the queen as headofstate. New Zealand’s Labor Prime Minister Helen Clark will be trying for a rare double in 2002 — winning a secondelection in arow.Only once since 1949 has Labor had two consecutive terms in power, and its first power. In the northern city of Auckland, openingraces in the America’s Cupsailing regatta begin with the final scheduled for early in 2003. In Fiji, failed businessman George Speightwill go ontrial, probably in February, on treason chargesrelated to his leadership of a May 2000 nationalist coup thattoppled the country’s democratically elected government. Papua New Guinea also has parliamentary elections ex- people-smuggling. In March,Britain’s.Queen Elizabeth II will attend a summitin Australia ofleaders from Britain andits formercolonies. ular economicreforms. broad-based government and start reconstructing their warbattered country. But Secretary-General Kofi Annan has madeclear as he embarks on his second five- UNITED NATIONS The United Nations will be « in theforefrontofinternational efforts to combatterrorism and to help Afghans. build a UTA Bus/TRAX fare increase. Effective January 1, 2002 the Sept. 11 terror attacks on the United States cannot consume all the energy of the United Nations. The issues that confronted every human life and a recognition that peace belongs not Current Rate Fares Effective Jan. 1, 2002 $035 $0.50 $1.00 a Disabled In Sse” ‘i “s. a Dec. 3lIst Ends Sat., Jan. 5 x SeCaanak J EWE L-E-R 5 BEST VALUES OF Day Pass Ski Day Pass $2.00 $3.50 $2.50 $4.00 Adult Pes GorenRae $32.00 Fra$40.00aOR Senior $11.00 $18.00 $70.00 $32.00 $81.00 $40.00 $18.00 THE R! 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In his Dec. 10 address accepting the Nobel Peace Prize, Annansaid the mission of the United Nationsin the 21st century will be defined by a new awareness of the sanctity of reunify Cyprus, and to get U.N. weapons inspectors back into “The sovereignty of states must no longer be used as a shield for gross violations of human rights,” Annan declared. From this vision, he said, year term thatthe aftermath of Beginning January1, 2002, the standard adult fare to ride UTA buses and TRAX will change from $1.00 to $1.25, and standardall-daypasses will increase from $2.00 to $2.50. Additionalfare and pass changesare noted onthe following tables: ‘Adult those communities.” Morauta facing strong opposition over his package of unpop- Notice of Fare Type torate in economics. She wants to away and not spending time with my pected around midyear with Prime Minister Sir Mekere tralia; in a 1999 referendum, Australians voted surveyfound that— even though most liked the direction the country is workin economic developmentin the Australia is helping to organize a regional summit in Indonesia aimed at improving the fight against Thevisit is expected to reignite the republican debate in Aus- wonderiftheir peers are really paying muchattention. Evenbefore she arrived at USCthis “I'm not averse to a large salary, but I'm terrified of working my life tions due by year-end. Polls so far suggest shewill hold on to John But somestudents say they haven't noticed muchaltruism on campus and fall, Ontanedaplanned to get her doc- tend her runin office at elec- AUSTRALIA AND THE PACIFIC “meaningful p -ilosophy oflife.” Myers wonde *s ifrecentevents will cause a shift in those numbers and whetherthey will stick. paying job. woman premier wants to exgroups. moneyvs.spirituality over the years. In recent years, he says a growing number of first-year students (nearly three-quarters in 2000) have saidit is “very important” té be well off. Only about40 percentplaced that value ona Antonio, Texas, will graduate this spring and has applied to be a Secret Service agent, a job shefeels is “even more important”since the attacks. And Chris McLemore, a senior studying political science at Kansas State University, says he is worrying lyingisland of Vieques. Prior to Sept. 11, President Bush had promised to stop Vieques exercises by 2003, but Puerto Rican the value college students place on standoutat Trinity University in San years of prosperity. It’s going to take a while for things to truly hit them,” says Deanna Tillisch, who oversaw the surveys for Northwestern Mutual. “Their feathers are not going to get ruffled easily.” daily basis say they’re not all that surprised bythefindings. “Tmagine whatit would mean if 18-, 19-, 20-year-olds weren't optimistic,” says Steven Nock, a sociologist at the The shift toward altruism has caughtthe eye ofDavid Myers,a social psychologist at Hope College in Holland, Mich., who has been comparing Peace Corps, he says. “yes,” compared with just over half whosaid thatlast spring. “They havelived through so many public service career. “Thear a lot ofpeople who say, ‘OhI want to be a corporate lawyer,’ and they don’t really even know whatthat means,” she says. At Northern Ilinois University, a public school surrounded by acres of now-dormant, yellowed corn fields, American flags still hang in many dorm windows. Butat a cafeteria in the middle of campus, hardly anyone pays attention to news from Afghanistan thatplays on a TV overhead. “T'm notall too hip on what's going on over there,” admits Anthony Merlo, a junior studying to be a teacher. Students also have mixed emotions aboutjoining thefight. The Harris/Northwestern Mutual pursuit of money seems empty now.” University of Virginia, noting that young peopleoften feel invincible. “T mean, we're talking abouta generation that doesn’t wear condoms or seatbelts.” Still, he has noted the attacks have had a sobering effect on someofhis students. 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