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Show DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE Tuesday, March 4, 2008 Hot Rod really needs a companion Looking Ahead to Spring Final 3 on 3 Challenge March 5 Powder Mountain Registration: 4 p.m. . Event: 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Teams of three compete on three terrain park features to earn points and win 2008-2009 season passes to Powder. XTERRA Winter Championships World March 7 to March 9 Snowbasin This is a multi-event sports festival with the main event being a multisport race that includes cross-country skiing, mountain biking, running and snowshoeing. Jeep Terrain Park Challenge March 8 Snowbird Registration: 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Event: Noon to 4 p.m. P oor Hot Rod Hundley. He, sounds so lonely during his Jazz radio broadcasts. For about ioo years, he had the ever-hopeful Ron Boone by his side. Without that lovable homer sitting next to him, offering his occasional pro-Jazz remark, Hot Rod just sounds lost. Now that the dinosaur days of simulcasts are over, Hot Rod and Boone have been cruelly separated—ripped apart like post-op Siamese twins. Now that the Booner does his analysis on TV next to the dimpled wonder boy that is Craig Bolerjack, "Hot Rod is left to call Jazz games all by his lonesome. While the Booner continues to bask in the glow of TV lights and receive the ego boost that such a career offers his "talent," Hot Rod is left to inform distracted I-15 commuters of "yo-yo dribbles" and other on-court hap- penings on 1320 KFAN. No wonder he's lost some of his pizzazz. Maybe it's because Hot Rod no longer has anyone to cut off when he or she tries to offer an insight. Maybe it's because he's old enough to be John McCain's older, drunker sounding brother. Or maybe it's because it's just plumb difficult to talk to yourself and an imaginary radio audience for three hours. Whatever it is, all I have to say is: Get this man a sidekickl Not that Hot Rod and the Booner ever had a great rapport. Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith they were not. The two men sat shoulder to shoulder for years, gushing over Stockton and Malone and paying tribute to Jerry Sloan, and yet they didn't seem to notice each other. They rarely addressed each other, unlike the more modern style of today's top commentators and analysts, NATALIE DICOU who have a personality-based approach. Hot Rod and Boone's style was as follows: Hot Rod talked a mile a minute while Boone waited patiently for a lull in Hot Rod's ongoing commentary. Such openings occurred rarely, when Hot Rod needed to pause for a breath. I'm sure Boone's strategy was to watch Hot Rod's face closely and, when it appeared that the oxygen had drained from Hot Rod's cheeks and that inhalation would be required, Boone got ready to pounce. It was during these breaks in the action that Boone offered his lovably biased critiques. I remember a time six years ago when the Jazz were in the first round of the playoffs playing the Sacramento Kings. It was an elimination game and it was slipping away. Boone was beginning to see Stockton and Malone's hopes of ever winning a championship go painfully down the tubes. This saddened the loyal Jazz fan. As Sacramento pulled ahead by a few possessions with time winding down, Hot Rod accepted that the Jazz would not be able to pull out the win. It would take a miracle for the Jazz to keep the series alive. Sure enough, the die-hard fan to his left had not given up hope. Boone was nervously explaining extremely unlikely scenarios in which the Jazz could still come out on top. But the realistic Hot Rod knew it wouldn't happen. There wasn't enough time. Stockton and Malone had lost a step and so had the Jazz. Sure, it hurt, but it was reality. As Boone continued to hang on to hope, Hot Rod gently explained to him—and to heartbroken Jazz fans watching and listening—that it was over, and Boone slowly and reluctantly had to accept it. Sure enough, Sacramento beat Utah 91-86, and Malone and Sloan were sent back to their farms for the summer while Stockton headed home to Washington. Now, whenever I listen to Hot Rod on the radio, I just wonder what Booner is up to. Sure, he's probably sitting about 10 feet away, but it's just not the same without the two veterans talking hoops together. Hot Rod is like the lonely old codger who dies shortly after his wife kicks off because of his sudden lack of companionship. Let's save Hot Rod's life. Get this man a sidekickl P.S. If anyone's listening, I'm available. n.dicou@ chronicle.utah.edu World Superpipe Championships THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH TANNER HUMANITIES CENTER PRESENTS March 8 Park City Mountain Resort The pipe holds three competitions MIRROR, MIRROR: BODY IN THE MIND'S EYE CASH IN YOUR POCK in a single day—men's and women's DONATE PLASMA. IT PAYS TO SAVEAUFE. snowboarding and men's skiing—so you can check out Shaun White, Torah Bright, Tanner Halt and Simon Oumont. MARCH 5 & 6, 2008 2978 South State Street, S. Salt Lake City, UT84115 801.485.5035 • zlbplasma.com THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH Bluehouse Ski Slopestyle Join us.for a riveting look at the power of the March 8 body to shape feelings of self-worth, control, Brighton and identity throughout history and today. Pre-register online, $15; day-of (8 a.m.), $20 NOTICE OF PROPOSED TUITION INCREASE Event: 10 a.m. The Canyons Rail Jam March 8 The Canyons The Canyons hosts its annual rail jam for skiers and riders. Forum's Droppin'F Bombs March 15 Brighton Forum brings some "bombs" for a themed competition. The Canyons Slopestyle Competition • David P. Gardner Keynote Lecture: Rose Weitz, Professor of Women and Gender The University of Utah is proposing to increase student tuition, beginning Summer Term 2008. The proposed increase would consist of 3% to 5% first-tier (as mandated by the Utah State Board of Regents) and a second-tier from 2°/o to 4°/o. Combined, the likely increase would be between $98 and $126 per semester for a resident undergraduate student taking an average load (12 credits). The University Administration will explain the reasons for the second-tier increase, discuss expectations for allocating the increased revenue, and field comments regarding the increase at a public meeting to be held: Studies, Arizona State University "Eve's Daughters: A Cultural History of Women's Bodies" For a complete listing of conference events visit ourwebsiteatwunv.thc.titab.edu. u Can Print from email or USB Thursday, March 6, 2008, from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. March 15 The Canyons Olpin Union Theatre Annual slopestyle competition for skiers and riders of all ages. All concerned students and citizens are invited to the Till public hearing on the proposed increase. U.S. Freeskting Nationals U UNIVERSITY o'UTAH Copying, Finishing & Printing Services March 19 to March 22 The UPS Store Snowbird The world's top extreme skiers throw down at the Bird with aggressive skiing, big air and gnarly diff drops. March Madness Giant Slalom Race U College of Science THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH FOREIGN DIGNITARY SPECIAL EVENT www.science.utah.edu • (801) 581-6958 - March 22 Powder Mountain This is a fundraiser for the Powder Mountain Race Team. Registration is $10. Slug Games: Hipster Jam \ 1/ Paparazzi March 22 Brighton Time: From Harrison's Clocks to New Physics 3 Cent B&W Copies Slug Magazine hosts an all-in-one photo, video and snowboard competition. Western Region FIS Finals GS/5L Sir Arnold Wolfendale, FRS 14th Astronomer Royal Great Britain March 27 to March 30 Park City U.S. Ski and Snowboard Alpine Race Sprint U.S. Freestyle Championships —Aerial Competition March 27 Utah Olympic Park —Halfpipe Competition March 28 Park City Mountain Resort —Mogul Competition March29 Deer Valley —Dual Mogul Competition Ma/ch30 Deer Valley The Canyons Spring Griiv The first annual Spring Griiv in- In the early 1700s, Great Britain and other countries struggled with the problem of longitude and accurate navigation. The problem was so difficult that the British Parliament in 1714 offered a huge fortune (£20,000) for a solution of longitude to an accuracy of 30 nautical miles. "Although the astronomers should have gained the prize, it was a self-taught clockmaker, John Harrison, who succeeded," says Sir Arnold Wolfendale. Sir Arnold will discuss the physics of Harrison's clocks, and explore modem improvements in timekeeping, including evidence for the lengthening day and atomic clocks, and very recent work which suggests that a whole new physics is on the horizon! cludes free concerts and contests. . Pond Skimming Contest March 29 Event: Noon Contestants must wear costumes while they attempt to skim a 100-foot pond. Wed, March 5 • 7:00 p.m. 35 Cent Digita Color Copies 1338 S Foothill Dr 2274 S 1300E#G15 358 S 700 E #B 583-8335 485-3377 „, 539-8353 Store 1 620@theupssstore.com •••?•'* Storei 986@theupsstore.com Store3851@theupsstore.com Aline W. Skaggs Biology Bldg. University of Utah campus Free and open to the public! to UK Swt n ^ « * r i ^ owrt ^ t ^ u i d t^ k « ^ b « b ^ d Urf Bow Ek. h , * *ie «*<«( I0tbjngt cadnv| «»if br»oc*Dca~ ?O0J UMcdP«dSendee*Anxit* he |