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Page Two 5 All stories and photos from The Associated Press -DAY WEATHER OUTLOOK Today 38/23 Mostly Sunny Tuesday Partly Cloudy 38/24 Wednesday Mostly Sunny 43/22 Thursday 43/29 Sunny Friday Partly Cloudy 39/30 At the Today • Ancient Microworlds: Fossils Up Close: 9:30 a m to 530 p.m. @ Utah Museum of Natural History • U Art Faculty Exhibition at the UMFA: 10 ajn. to 5 p.m. @ Utah Museum of Fine Arts • Women's basketball vs. USC: 7 p.m. @ Huntsman Center • Composers Forum: 7:30 p.m. @ Dumke Recital Hall .*• Metallurgain Engineering Seminar: "Designing and Development of Material Database Information System": 3:40 p m t o 4 3 0 p m @WBBRoom207. Tuesday • Ancient Microworlds: Fossils Up Close: 930 am. to 5:30 p.m. @ Utah S Museum of Natural History | «U Art Faculty Exhibition at the UMFA: I 10 a.m to 5 p.m. @ Utah Museum of Fine I Arts j • Lecture: department of pathology: 330 I p.m. to 5 p.m. @ Eccles Institute of Human Genetics Auditorium • Jazz Combos: 730 p.m. @ Dumke Recital Hall • Metallurgain Engineering Seminar "Designing and Development of Material Database Information System": 3:40 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. @ WBB Room 207 !' 1 I jjj | | | I | 8 Monday, December 4,2006 Wednesday ;; Q • Grant-Writing Workshop: Foundations and Charities: 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. @ Health Sciences Education Building, Room 1730 • "A Mariacbi Christmas": 730 p.m. @ Kingsbury Hall • University Symphony Orchestra: 730 p.m. @ Libby Gardner Concert Hall • Men's basketball vs. Utah State: 7 p.m. @ Huntsman Center Thursday i • Mechanical Engineering Research Day: 930 a.m. to Noon @ Olpin Union Ballroom and surrounding area • Classes End: Fall 2006 • Geology & Geophysics Distinguished Lecture Series: "Arsenic Crisis in South Asia: Arsenic Removal at the Household Level": 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. @ 110INSCC • Biology Seminar Series: "Using Whole Genome Analysis to Unravel Bacterial Evolution": 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. @ 210 AMie Skaggs Biology Building Florida to take on Ohio State for BCS title Florida beat Michigan on Sunday in the only game that mattered. The Gators, who lobbied hard for this victory, were picked to play No. i Ohio State for college football's national championship, ending any chance for the Wolverines to get the rematch they so desired and thought they deserved. But Florida got in by a whisker—just a hundredth of a point in the Bowl Championship Series standings. The Gators had a BCS average of .944, and the Wolverines were just behind at .934. The teams were tied in the computer ratings, but Florida had a 38-point lead in the Harris poll and a 26-point advantage in the coaches' poll. All these factors were sure to set off renewed calls to scrap the BCS and go to a playoff. Count Florida coach Urban Meyer as supporter of that plan. "We're beyond the fact of do we need a playoff," he said. "It's now, can we get one." Of course, Southern California could have made things simpler by beating UCLA on Saturday. Instead, the secondranked Trojans were upset 139, dropping in the standings and clearing the way for Florida (12-1) or Michigan (11-1). Hugo Chavez wins re-election by wide margin CARACAS, Venezuela—President Hugo Chavez won re-election by a wide margin Sunday, giving the firebrand leftist six more years to redistribute Venezuela's vast oil wealth to the poor and press his campaign to counter U.S. influence in Latin America and beyond. Challenger Manuel Rosales conceded defeat but vowed to remain in opposition. During the campaign, Rosales accused Chavez of edging Venezuela toward authoritarian rule and warned the president could undertake even more radical policies if re-elected. Minutes after the results were announced, Chavez appeared on the balcony of the presidential palace singing the national anthem. He pledged to deepen his effort to transform Venezuela into a socialist society. "Long live the socialist revolution! Destiny has been written," Chavez shouted to thousands of flag-waving supporters wearing red shirts and braving a pouring rain. "That new era has begun," he said, raising a hand in the air. "We have shown that Venezuela is red!... No one should fear socialism... Socialism is human. Socialism is love," Chavez said. "Down with imperialism! We need a new world!" Since he first won office in 1998, Chavez has increasingly dominated all branches of government and his allies now control congress, state offices and the judiciary. He has called President Bush the devil, allied himself with Iran and influenced elections across the re- Aide: Bush not seeking cover for pullout WASHINGTON— While President Bush acknowledges the need for major changes in Iraq, he will not use this week's Iraq Study Group report as political cover for bringing troops home, his national security adviser said Sunday. "We have not failed in Iraq," Stephen Hadley said as he made the talk show rounds. "We will fail in Iraq if we pull out our troops before we're in a position to help the Iraqis succeed." But he added: "The president understands that we need to have a way forward in Iraq that is more successful." The White House readied for an A supporter of the Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez displays his tattoo of the Cuban revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara during celebrations at Miraflores Presidential Palace Sunday. Chavez won re-election Sunday, putting him back In office for six more years. gion. Chavez also has used Venezuela's oil wealth to his political advantage. He has channeled oil profits toward multibillion-dollar programs for the poor including subsidized food, free university education and cash benefits for single mothers. He has also helped allies from Cuba to Bolivia with oil and petrodollars. He now promises to solidify his social program. With 78 percent of voting stations reporting, Chavez had 61 percent to 38 percent for challenger Rosales, said Tibisay Lucena, head of the country's elections council. Chavez had nearly 6 million votes versus 3.7 million for Rosales, according to the partial tally. 1\irnout among the 15.9 million eligible voters was 62 percent, according to an official bulletin of results, making Chavez's lead insurmountable. "We will continue in this struggle," Rosales told cheering supporters as he conceded defeat. Some supporters at his campaign headquarters wept, while others were clearly angry. "We have to do something," said Dona Bavaro, a 36-year-old Rosales supporter. "My country is being stolen. This is the last chance we have. Communism is coming here." BEDS LEFT In WA LUXURY MATTRESSES Queen, King, Full important week in the debate over Iraq: Bush planned a meeting Monday with Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim, the Shiite leader of the largest bloc in Iraq's parliament, and awaited the recommendations Wednesday from the bipartisan commission. Yet his administration, hoping to find a new way ahead in Iraq, found itself on the defensive from the second recent leak of an insider's memo on Iraq in a week. The latest, first reported in Sunday's New York Times, showed that Donald H. Rumsfeld called for a "major adjustment" in U.S. tactics on Nov. 6. '145 «.' •All National Brands CITY FREIGHT 322-1919 ind New*' toryRettO ilay Models •Some Mismatched $l)e iNeUr Jjork ©xrncs Edited by Will Shortz Crossword to ACROSS 11 12 13 End piaco lor many a au 16 9 •i NovoSjt Col vino TlWirofUHf Astronaut's otiko FWtyocari Go into Nol Iho real Ctia/fc) ol SiJT-Kai ads? 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