University of Utah Student Newspapers | 2005-01-13 | Page 2

RAGE NEWS IN BRIEF THURSDAY 1/13 Articles by The Associated Press Daily Utah Chronicle Campus Events Thursday 13 Dr. Carlos Munoz, Jr. presents the Keynote Address of the U of U Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration, "The Challenge for a Multiracial Democracy In America" at 12 p.m. in the Union Ballroom. Friday 14 The Union Theatre will show "Mumla Abu Jamal: A Case for Reasonable Doubt," a documentary on Abu Jamal's U.S. death penalty case, at 7 p.m. Wednesday 19 The newly constructed Crimson Commons celebrates its Grand Opening from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. with a Ribbon-cutting ceremony, a billiards trick shot show featuring Dr. Cue and live musical performances with free billiards, refreshments and all-day bowling specials. Join the Department of Meteorology for "Distribution of intense convectlve storms using the TRMM database. Part 1: global and regional distribution of intense storms from proxy variables" at 2 p.m. inlNSCCRoom110. Join the Huntsman Cancer Institute for a seminar, "Structure and mechanism of E6F receptor family members and targeted therapeutics" at 4 p.m. in the George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles Auditorium on the sixth floor of the Huntsman Cancer Institute. Saturday 22 "Balancing Families, Academics and Relationships" is the theme of the 2nd Annual Students with Families Conference held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Learn from the experts about reducing your grocery bill by 50 percent, personal finance and investing, financial aid, home buying, children's issues and more. To register call 587-7730. Monday 24 The Middle East Center presents a lecture by Professor Shibley Telhami as part of its 2005 series, "U.S. Public Diplomacy in the Middle East" in the Dumke Auditorium of the UMFA from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday 25 Join the School of Medicine for "Building Blocks of the Heart: Implications for Human Disease" at 4 p.m. in the Eccles Institute of Human Genetics Auditorium. Wednesday 26 The Natural Resources Law Forum and the Wallace Stegner Center for Land, Resources and the Environment present "The Politics of River Conservation" featuring Daniel McCool, political science professor and director of both the American West Center and Environmental Studies at the U, in Room 107 of the College of Law at 12:30 p.m. There will be free pizza. All events must be located on campus. The Sunrise Sunset 7:50am 5:22pm Today Friday j" Saturday Sunday 32/20 34/19 I 37/24 34/18 |35/18 Partly cloudy \ Partly cloudy Partly cloudy ; Partly cloudy 'Scat, snow showers Information provided by the University of Utah American Meteorology Society www.met.utah.edu/campusforecast Indonesia says troops must leave by April BANDA ACEH, Indonesia—Indonesia announced that U.S. and other foreign troops providing tsunami disaster relief must leave the country by the end of March and ordered aid workers Wednesday to declare their travel plans or face expulsion from devastated Aceh province on Sumatra island. The government's moves highlight its sensitivities over a foreign military operation in this country—albeit a humanitarian one— and underscore its efforts to regain control of Aceh province, the scene of a decades-old conflict between separatist rebels and federal troops accused of human rights abuses. The latest restrictions came as the aircraft carrier leading the U.S. military's tsunami relief effort steamed out of Indonesian waters. Recovery efforts begin in Dixie When it was still standing, Jenny and Eric Olsen lived at number 42 on Valley View Drive in St. George, Utah. But on Ttiesday, they tuned into the television news to watch the home they had inhabited since September fall into the Santa Clara River—one of five on a cul-de-sac devoured by the record flood waters that have ravaged southern Utah since Monday. "When I saw it I couldn't believe it. Still can't," Jenny Olsen said Wednesday from a St. George hotel room, her family's temporary home. "We thought we might lose the back yard. We never thought that the whole house would go. We lost everything." Everything but the suitcase Olsen packed, "just in case" early Tuesday, and a blanket and a toy belonging to her 14month-old son, Dylan. Hacker reads Secret Service e-mails WASHINGTON—A hacker broke into a wireless carrier's network over at least seven months and read e-mails and personal computer files of hundreds of customers, including the Secret Service agent investigating the hacker, the government said Wednesday. The hacker obtained an internal Secret Service memorandum and part of a mutual assistance legal treaty from Russia. The documents contained "highly sensitive information pertaining to ongoing ...criminal cases/' according to court records. The break-in targeted the network for Bellevue, Wash.-based T-Mobile USA, which has 16.3 million U.S. customers. Transportation officials upset over poor funding SALT LAKE CITY—A Utah transportation official blamed Congress for delays in highway construction, saying the failure to reauthorize the Transportation Equity Act has hurt states. The act allocates highway money collected from the federal gas tax. More than $300 billion in federal highway money must be freed up and the Transportation Equity Act must be signed by President Bush by April to have much impact this year, Utah Department of Transportation Director John Njord said Tuesday. He and three other state transportation directors blamed Congress for states losing big revenue. Gates Foundation gives libraries nearly $11 million WASHINGTON—The philanthropic organization established by Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates and his wife is giving nearly $11 million to public libraries in 37 states and the District of Columbia to buy computers and software and pay for faster Internet connections. The cash grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, expected to be announced Thursday, were being matched partially with other money from state and federal sources. The grants were intended to ensure that public libraries, frequently squeezed by tight budgets, can continue offering patrons free access to technology. As many as 14 million Americans use the Internet at libraries. 801 581.7041 801 581.NEWS 801 581.FAXX The Daily Utah Chronicle is an independent student newspaper published daily Monday through Friday during Fail and Spring Semesters (oduding test Reeks and holidays) and weekly during Summer Semester. Chronicle editors and staff are solely responsible (or the newspaper's content Funding comes from advertising revenues and a dedicated student fee administered by the Publications Council Subscriptions must be prepaid, fomrd all subscription correspondence, including change of address, to the Business Manager. To respond with LONDON—A British Airways jet carrying 239 passengers to New York was forced to return to London Wednesday after U.S. authorities determined that one of the passengers represented a terror threat, the airline said. Flight BA175 was three hours into its journey when it was forced to turn back to London's Heathrow Airport, where the passenger was detained by police. U.S. Transportation Security Administration spokeswoman Yolanda Clark said the passenger was traveling on a French passport. The administration said the man was a positive match with an anti-terrorism watchlist. In Washington, a U.S. counterterrorism official, said there was concern about the passenger's affiliation with known terrorists. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—A NASA spacecraft with a Hollywood name—Deep Impact—blasted off Wednesday on a mission to smash a hole in a comet and give scientists a glimpse of the frozen primordial ingredients of the solar system. With a launch window only one second long, Deep Impact rocketed away at the designated moment on a sixmonth, 268-million-mile journey to Comet Tempel 1. It will be a one-way trip that NASA hopes will reach a cataclysmic end on the Fourth of July. "We are on our way," said an excited Michael A'Hearn of the University of Maryland, the mission's chief scientist. Minutes later, the spacecraft shot out of Earth's orbit and onto its collision course. "We'll be there July Fourth," NASA launch director Omar Baez said. The flight was barely under way when an overheating problem—considered slight and not at all damaging—was detected by the spacecraft itself. Onboard computer software put Deep Impact in a protective "sleep" mode that flight controllers expected to emerge from within 24 hours, via recovery commands. Crossword ACROSS Mexican dish Cheese Gamblers' holdings Creatures able to regenerate lost limbs 15 Lose by design „ „ . _, 17 Barely passing grades 18 Plowless planting 1 6 9 14 melhod 19 After-dinner serving 20 Guarantee 22 T h e Secret of " (1982 film) 24 Stickpin head . , . . . -. ..„, u 27 Wnter who said I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander" 31 Big shiner 65 Items sold at stands 2 i 3 4 |b Neckcloth Places to sit on a s n n ^P DOWN 1 n formal ! t interview 2 1 9 g ? fi|m • Gold" 3 Cary of The Princess BrideB \2 1 17 i P PI ^fl 4 Starts to rise from bed * Commercials 6 Pa indromic QUV y % ' X . , 8 Satirical 7 ™j£ No. 1202 7 67 PP rI IP p 3? i PP 41 44 1P 44 1912 Olympics track 1 g WrJter Z o f a 51 55 58 61 62 64 SALT LAKE CITY—A new poll shows that a majority of Utah residents support hate crimes legislation. Sixty-four percent of respondents to a Deseret Morning News/KSL Television poll published Wednesday say they're behind increasing penalties for attacks based on race, religion, age or sexual orientation. Thirty-one percent say they're opposed to it. The poll of 623 people was conducted Jan. 3-6 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percent. "To me it's a sign of consistent support," said Rep. David Litvack, who for the fifth time will introduce tougher legislation. Litvack's bill, HB50, lists protected groups as including but "not limited to race, color, disability, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, age or gender." It intensifies penalties by one step for crimes committed because of "actual bias or prejudice." 66 9WhencQ the line Thy word 62 's a lamp unto my feet" 65 10 Anomalous 11 Make winter w ear, maybe 12 Overhang 13 Mother of Zeus 1 6 La "1 S s3 '3Essays of " 49 Poll: A third of Utah residents support hate crimes bill Edited by Will Shortz 34 Protective cover? 36 Motherly instinct 37 What 1-, 6-, 9-, 65-, 66- and 67-Across have in common 41 Mystique 42 Radio host Schlessinger 43 Historical *w niiiunod! tODic topic ^W Like some nouns in Lat Beats handily Science center Moon of Neptune Accommodate Worked up Wispy clouds WASHINGTON—The White House acknowledged Wednesday that its hunt for Iraqi weapons of mass destruction—a two-year search costing millions of dollars —has closed down without finding the stockpiles that President Bush cited as a justification for overthrowing Saddam Hussein. Bush's spokesman said the president had no regrets about invading Iraq. "Based on what we know today, the president would have taken the same action because this is about protecting the American people," said Press Secretary Scott McCle!lan. The Iraq Survey Group—made up of as many as 1,500 military and intelligence specialists and support staff—is ending its search of military installations, factories and laboratories where it was thought that equipment and products might be converted to making weapons. McClellan said the active search had virtually ended. Answers are on page9. Sflje Jfair JBork SJhtteis 47 Sheena McFarland [e-mail] Danyelle White [e-mail] Tyler Peterson [e-mail] Steve Gehrke [e-mail] Mike Young [e-mail] Eryn Green [e-mail] A n d r e w Kirk [e-mail] J o e B e a t t y [e-mail] Tye S m i t h [e-mail] Brian Shaw [e-mail] Lonny Danler [e-mail] . Ben Ditto [e-mail] Stephanie Geerlings [e-mail] Katie Trieu ktrieu @chronicle.utah.edu Dave White [e-mail] A d a m Ward [e-mail] J a c o b K. 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