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VoL 93 J 3 2002 No' 2551 Friday September Weather Partly cloudy — PageA14 Update lEducotlohM— News magazine defends its new college rankings felines — A3 ILogan' Utah !©2Q02JiS5Q Brldgerland’s Dally Newspaper set for solid growth Fed Reserve: Utah with highs in the 70s lows in the 40s Hyrum vet is fixin feral SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s economy harder hit than in the recession of the early 1990s is poised for solid growth when the national recovery takes hold Robert Party president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco said Thurs- day Parry cited unemployment state budget cuts and home foreclosures as drags on the Utah economy “This may seem bad but compared to the budget situation in some other states like California it’s pretty mild” Parry told Utah business leaders at a Federal Reserve State reports $4 million surplus luncheon Utah's economy is more dependent on the technology industry than most states ranking 12th for the proportion of high-tec- h jobs in its labor market Parry said When die technology sector tanked Utah lost high-payijobs and suffered more than most states he said The effect was blunted only by a surge in SALT LAKE CITY (AP) —The painful cuts made to balance the 2002 state budget were just a little conservative On Thursday state budget officers announced 2002 would show a $4 million surplus That surplus immediately was reduced to $700000 ’ : tourism fix the Winter Olympics which See GROWTH on A8 because state law required that $2 million be deposited in the surplus account known as the rainy-da- y fund and ' million be aside for set $13 the Industrial Assistance Fund a state fund that offers loans and grants to See SURPLUS on AS tM® ®? y By Stive Giegerlcti AP National Writer - v-- ' 1 The managing editor of US News & World Report defended his magazine’s useof SAT scores alumni donations and administrators’ opinions to rate American colleges and universities But as new i rankings came j— out Friday crit- ics still said the fVJtavs A A system is ' rrvv 'i i-ii- V vt -- $ V flawed For the third rankinosw consecutive ILSiNews &WMd year Pnnceton wponpwowo r vr -- ssf 'hi: w r i j4i V ’t) University V Princaon Uniwrsity A C 96 " tor Brian Kelly said he regrets ’ aflhchnoiogy 93 Ddellnhwiy 93 juj ga ft 0 A fA V' 4 placed on the So 93 the rankings help parents and high " IZUniwilydCfago 86 in StLoui 86 school students objectively choose a col- - 14 Comrf Unwaity 64 1& Johns Hopkini ' £j snsf ssi'I “t a 96 iCAniiMut Edi- - O “S’s tf iy & 100 YrisIMm USNews Managing I'V : 1 f K ' Z Havartf Uniwrsily 'VQ Tf r j ' topped the magazine's list Harvard and Yale tied for second place J5asi '2 " r- -y v r? However he alS0 mnintainpH VWihingoan lege “The pointof the critics is that this is nota valid way to look at rol- - 83 BoeUnwmty 63 - 17 Broim Uhmrsity 82 ' ''79" ' NotoOm 79 a 'u'ol cibni T T il: Kermit Hall briefs students and faculty on Iriwrdy - Sr-r- -- UMwh say you have to look at what kids are actually learning and what their experiences are on campus how much time are they spending with professors and so forth Well that’s a nice notion but - See COLLEGE on A8 Quick read e j (wwwJijnewTCom) i Brent StevensHerald Journal the state of Utah State University at the Eccles Science Learning Center auditorium Thursday afternoon By Arrin Brunson staff writer USU The main thing is still the main thing Dr Kermit L Hall author historian lawyer and president of Utah State University said a mouthful Thursday afternoon in the 2002 State of the University address Covering a wide variety of topics ranging from student housing to pay equity for female faculty members to recycling Hall returned over and over again to his philosophy that the goal of the university is to make sure students come stay and graduate from Utah State Hall made it clear in his hour-lon-g speech in Eccles Science Learning Center the 500-seauditorium that many challenges exist in higher education but none are so daunting as to pre- - announces biotech genomics research center From USU media relations ed it is -- ' In today’s competitive and world emerging technologies and discoveries are happening daily Utah State University intends to stay in the forefront of those fast-pac- ' ! to attract graduate students Hall says goal is at Go to The Herald Journal Wdb sits - ££ technologies and discoveries with a reinvigorated Biotech-nology Center renamed the Biotechnology and Genomics Research Center President Kermit L Hall announced Thursday at foe State of the University Address Bart Weimer a professor i the nutrition and food sci- ences department was named interim director of the center “Dr Weimer is an expert in microbial genomics He has - "! See CENTER on A8 ’ i-- O vent the institution from making headway toward its goals Since Hall took the reins as the institution’s 14th president state and national economies have slipped causing a budget shortfall of approximately $95 million at the land-gra- '4 n institution “That means that I have managed to lose about a half million dollars a month and that without any help from Arthur Andersen” Hall See USU on AS nt to cast your vote on today's survey Bush tells UN to confront Iraqi or let ILS do it! questloaSee Tuesday's newspaperlbr ' a new results and question Today’s question Who do think oarteiback? a) Johnny Unitas b Joe Namath c Joe Montana a) Steve Young Tuesday’s survey results Should Ihe Aggies play Top Ten powerhouse teams? Answers Number 46 a) Yes b No 74 Percent 38 62 Index Classifieds C6 ComicsC4 MovteeCache Obttuaries:A8 Opinion 4 Sports A4 — B1 wwwhjnewscom American life expectancy hits new high WASHINGTON (AP) — Death is on the decline for babies adults and older people alike with ADDS homicide cancer and heart disease all claiming fewer lives the government reports in its pnnuaj look at American health life expectancy rcached a record high of 769 years with the gaps between blacks and whites as well as men and women narrowing over time The report released ’niursday looks at health trends spanning the second half of the 20th century and finds improvement on almost every measure With better medical care and a drop in smoking rates death rates for heart disease have been cut in ' ' Reactions to a hard stance it George W Bush addressed the UN Generali Assembly on Thursday in an attempt to build a global coalition for action against Iraq The Iraqi leader poses "exactly the kind of aggressive threat the United Nations was bom to confront" ' Bush said L2fel UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Raising the specter of war President Bush told skeptical world leaders Thursday to confront the “grave j and gathering danger” of Saddam Hussein’s Iraq — or stand aside as the United States acts ‘ Hesitant allies asked him not to go it alone From the United Nations’ cavernous main hall filled with waiy friends and one bitter foe in Iraq's ambassador Bush said the body must rid the world of Saddam's biological chemical and nuclear arsenals or risk millions of lives in a! 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