Show "TV - ' r ?' iV'“xA5'rj' " f 'S'V v''- Vi''" - - Vol 91 Na 95 Tuesday April 4 2000 A-- :- J gridgertantf 8 Dally Newspaper nti-- Logan Utah 02000 $50 c-- V Inside i ''IP to win 39th place on magazine list By Ann Bluemlein reason to be proud of the rankings is alsd influenced by immeasurable ology was 49th and the rehabilitation determined by grade point averages factors Giordano said counseling program was 12th in the ' staff writers informa- test scores “In reality so many schools in the nation tion interviews scholarly reputation ''East and West have reputations that Several other graduate programs in '!' influence votes for their programs':!' Utah made the list' The University of The 2000 USNews & World and many other items' “If you go to the Wch site and look': We have to do Herculean things to Utah's School of Medicine was Report rankings of the top graduate schools went on sale across the at factors by which we were ranked demonstrate that we arc worthy of ‘ranked third in the country ihcom- ‘ ' ' the College of Education ranked sev- nation Monday " being in that top tier” hesaidmunity health programs': Among ? Once again! Utah State Universi enth in the nation for the amount of “We’re extremely excited about this ' medical specialties the school’s pri--we do' and the external opportunity"': e program came in 31stv r'f-— said'V Giordano said most of the schools mary-cirOverall the UofU medical schoolY-" you - ranked in the top tier are much larger: ranked 36th in the country down just tion advanced degrees made the cut have to be one of the 10 top schools than USU It is a compliment to the': - slightly from 33rd last year ' at 39th in the Country in the nation if you are a work ethic or the college’s faculty he o Graduate programs at Brigh V s' ' Gerry Giordano dean of the Col- - school in Utah and expect to he said YliHing University’s business and law ranked in the top tier1 s lege of Education said adminisira- v'eUSU special education The competitive selection process gram ranked 20th in the natiun audi- - vv ton faculty staff and students have See RANK on I’age 10 and Arrin Brunson ' ' -t - Imaginative creations JeH-- O and juice Peoell ’M UpdatoSS: V t ’4 vv Wa mm - - ! land-gra- nt v yitftoadttfeAa ’ ! : proVV'':V: By Murid Dobbin McCiafchy Newspapers ' m MiHiniu on the issues? fi :V'! ' ! & Jv in ii " 4 W:V:V ! ! pip ’r 'w iijwiii urn rr y i n n n hi v l r- 'mA 'VA L ' & 7 O’ :''Vi £ WASHING! as a — Womeniave ‘Wo emerged major voting force " tf oyer the past two decades yet there is continuing dispute over surveys f that raise the question of whether they’re dung their political home-wor- k before they go to the polls ) What has been dubbed “the knowledge gender gap" has been ' surfacing in polls for years and pollsters are divided on whether it means women are not as interested in politics as men or they are more selec- live about what they need to know to make political choices ' £ Kathleen HaH Jamison dean of the Annenberg Public Policy at the University of Ptnnsylv said :‘vrhere is no evidence that V women do not vote in their qyn self "interest Put there is evidence that women store political data different- :ly than men! They seem to remem U be only what they think they need"An Annenberg survey of more e& han 7000 middle-age- d men and y'r-th-e country over the i past three months noted the V: plexing” finding that despite ing far more politically active women still seem less J on questions about politics than men “Gender differences in political ' Vknowledge persist” the survey noted reporting that “significant” gender differences were found on question about the policies of Can- didates with men scoring higher on topics like the test ban treaty school vouchers abortion rights ethanol tax &: breaks the soft money ban and health can y £ The survey suggested that the fact that significant gender differences were found on some issues but not others could indicate that women might perform better on questions about issues that they perceived as more important to them The report on the “knowledge gender gap" was paradoxical in that it coincided with a time when the women's vote has become decisive in' general elections Women make up S3 percent of the electorate and 32 percent of female voters are in the workforce J a s Z- ( i 'v s I sbf tAeJ - ' f v Ready set dig well-inform- ed L ' I W? 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The Nasdaq EWvYpRK(AP) ' women's testimony was used to under advisement V composite index! plummeted below buttress the victim's credibility : Last month 4000 today dropping more than 20 per-because all of their stories were was sentenced to prison on one of cent from its record high and into what - the assault : similar charges some market watchers consider a bear That sentence is running concur-“He wants to construct five artimarket for technology stocks said’ cases” rcntly with a sentence of up to life ficial ‘he said-sh- e The weakness in the Nasdaq derailed in prison for raping a 2 year-old Brunker said the Dow Jones industrials pulling the But defense attorney Ken Brown woman in December 1996 It js blue-chindex down after substantial is the Court been this had case case the if Supreme rape rape argued early gains ' tried simply on its merits his client reviewing In midday trading on Wall Street the In the first of his three trials — would have been found innocent Nasdaq was down 30811 at 391557 which resulted in an acquittal — The two women's testimony prejuSelling pressure was heavy gathering the other women who accused him diced the jury he argued momentum as the index smashed “This case if you follow the of nearly identical charges were through 4000 for the first time since law should have resulted in an not allowed to testify That was Ftb 1 : a Court he state because of said for client” Supreme acquittal my He said it would have been diffiSee NASDAQ on Page 10 See DORM on Page 10 cult for the jury to ignore the nunt- - trial: 5 trialv! ! Nelson-Waggon- s i j'- - ' ' - v v - er ‘ ' The Utah Supreme Court heard arguments this morning on whether the trial of convicted rapist Stacey was prejudiced from two women by testimony the one at center of his including first trial in which he was acquitted Ini all five women have accused of raping them and two others said he sexually assaulted them In the man's first trial he was acquitted of rape In his second rape trial Nelson-Nelson-Waggon- er er Waggoner faced his accuser as Page 10 prepares a moss basket at The Greenhouse in Logan on Monday afternoon Businesses selling gardening supplies are becoming busier as temperatures rise Story on Page 3 -- From staff ami wire reports Nelson-Waggon- Has spring finally sprung? S John WiSunHwald Journal Lou Gay :: "" uni-ver- sal : 7 i s' f ‘ ' ’ ? 4r ' 1 -- ip - v x 7 V'-- First to buy back stock Boost seen for software firms after ruling SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — First Security Coip says it will buy back as many as IS million of its shares SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A federal judge's ruling Monday that computer giant Microsoft Corp violated antitrust laws is expected to give Utah software companies aboost US District Judge Thomas Penficld Jackson said Microsoft violated the Sherman Antitrust Act He concluded that Microsoft was guilty of unlawfully tying its Web browser to its Windows operating system forcing computer makers to take the browser along with Windows Utah is one of 19 states who along with the federal government sued Microsoft Wayne Klein assistant Utah attorney general in charge of the Microsoft case said the decision is good news for dozens of Utah software companies He said the ruling will make it easier for companies to sell software products The announcement Monday came in the wake of last week’s collapse of the planned merger with Zions Bancorporation The company has about million shares outstanding “They are trying to send the message 'We can easily survive without Zions" said Tom Burnett president and founder of Merger Insight in New York City “First Security is scared They feel vulnerable to the fact they could be approached by another hank'' 1 Lagal anglaa: Utah Assistant Attorney General Wayna Klein reads the Microsoft verdict as It ids out o( the (ax machine Gates vows to challenge judge's ruling on Microsoft— Page 2 The company's stock has been trading at about $12 down from a high of nearly $30 in : n i December l‘)W In a statement issued Monday First Security underscored its 7 year history and said “First Security and each of its banking subsidiaries are under all hanking regulations” Zions Chief Executive Officer Harris Simmons said Mon- day his company also is prepared to operate independently "Both companies are still running on their own sets' of computer systems" he said “We feel we’re in quite good 1 -- well-capitaliz- ed shape” Shares in both companies changed little Monday the first full day of trading following Set STOCK on Page 10 - |