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Show 2 BULLETIN Wednesday, December 9, 2009 www.dailyutahchronicle.corn adh. 10 Thursday 9 Wednesday Mostly cloudy Partly cloudy 21/8 • Star Party: Half an hour after sundown @ Roof of the South Physics Building • COP15 COPENHAGEN: UN Climate Change Panel: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. @ Social Work Building Community Room •A Christmas Story: 8 p.m. @ Pioneer Theatre • Food For Finals: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. @ Union Ballroom 11 Friday 28/12 Mostly cloudy • Holiday Art Sale: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. @ Gittins Gallery •Jazz Combos: 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. @ Dumke Recital Hall, Gardner Hall •A Christmas Story: 8 p.m. @ Pioneer Theatre •TRAILS Indoor Handcycle Spinning classes: 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. @ Rehabilitation Center 31/16 • Bug Brigade at the Utah Museum of Natural History: 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. @ UMNH • University Choirs Holiday Concert: 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. @ Libby Gardner Concert Hall • A Christmas Story: 8 p.m. @ Pioneer Theatre Weather from the department of atmospheric sciences: http://foreostutah.edu All stories and photos from The Associated Press Winter snowstorm causes problems on Utah roads SALT LAKE CITY A powerful winter storm that dumped much-needed snow across Utah also led to more than 150 accidents on the roads in northern Utah during Tuesday's morning commute, authorities said. The Utah Highway Patrol said there were 155 accidents involving property damage in Salt Lake and Utah counties between midnight and 2 p.m. The highway patrol said II accidents involved minor injuries and 20 were slideoffs. The morning commute was a challenge for drivers along the Wasatch Front as they traversed snowpacked roadways and battled slow-moving traffic. A National Weather Service winter storm warning remained in effect through Tuesday afternoon for Utah's central and southern mountains, the southern Wasatch mountains and the western Uinta mountains and Wasatch plateau. By mid— Witness: Suspect in Smart case has disorder SALT LAKE CITY—The man charged in the 2002 abduction of Elizabeth Smart has a delusional disorder and exhibited deviant sexual behavior and paranoia as a teen, a forensic psychologist said Tuesday. Psychologist Stephen Golding testified as the first defense witness in the federal competency hearing for 56-year-old Brian David Mitchell. Golding previously found Mitchell incompetent to stand trial in a state case involving the abduction that grabbed the attention of the nation. Tuesday, Golding challenged the testimony of Dr. Michael Welner, a forensic psychiatrist who is the key prosecution witness. Welner has cited Mitchell's use of strategic thinking as possible evidence of competency. "Engaging in strategic behavior is not inconsistent with delusional thinking," Golding said, adding that people who are delusional can be high-functioning in some areas of their life. Golding said he believes Mitchell, a former street preacher, has "referential thinking" and ascribes special meaning to ordinary experiences. For example, a stranger's act of kindness toward Mitchell when he was homeless or his ability to avoid capture by police were viewed as signs that his actions were sanctioned by God, Golding said. Corrections and Clarifications Commuters on Interstate 215 near Parley's Canyon sit in stalled traffic during the morning snowstorm in Salt Lake County on Tuesday. The Utah Highway Patrol said there were 155 accidents involving property damage in Salt Lake and Utah counties between midnight and 2 p.m. afternoon, the sky began to clear as the eastbound storm moved out of the state. The state's biggest snow totals were in Provo Canyon, which had 23 inches. Orderville in south-central Utah and Levan, which is along the southern Wasatch Front, both received 19 inches. Salt Lake City recorded just more than three inches, West Jordan had eight, Provo had five, Delta had eight and Kanab had nine. "The south got hit pretty good, which is great," said Brian McInerney, a weather service hydrologist in Salt Lake City. "In the north, it was more in the valleys and less in the mountains." Schools were shut down for the day in southern Utah's Moab, where eight inches of snow fell in the town and more than a foot on the outskirts. It was a rare cancellation for the four-school district, according to Robert Farnsworth, the district's interim business administrator, who couldn't recall a snow day in his years as a student in the district or his 12 years as an employee. "We really don't have snow removal equipment here, and it really came down heavy and deep," Farnsworth said. In the article "Mestizo Institute faces forced closure" published Dec. 8, Ruby Chacon, wife of Terry Hurst, was incorrectly named as Mary Chacon. It has also been two and a half months since Sept. 23, not four months. DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE Advertising 801-581-7041 News 801-581-NEWS Fax 80 1-58 1-FAXX EDITOR IN CHIEF: Rachel Hanson r.hanson@chronicle.utah.edu MANAGING EDITOR: Sara Copeland s.copeland@chronicle.utah.edu PRODUCTION MANAGER: Alyssa Whitney a.whitney@chronicle.utah.edu ASST. PRODUCTION MANAGER: Rebecca Isbell ARTS EDITOR: Joseph Peterson j.peterson@chronicle.utah.edu PHOTO EDITOR: Tyler Cobb t.cobb@chronicle.utah.edu ASST. PHOTO EDITOR: Mike Mangum m.mangum@chronicle.utah.edu OPINION EDITOR: Craig Blake COPY EDITOR: Blair Johnson COPY EDITOR: Rebecca Saley COPY EDITOR: Joseph Peterson PROOFREADER: Lauren Hendriksen ONLINE EDITOR: Richard Payson ADVISER: Jim Fisher GENERAL MANAGER: Jake Sorensen c.blake@chronicle.utah.edu j.sorensen@chronicle.utah.edu r.isbell@chronicle.utah.edu NEWS EDITOR: Michael McFall m.mcfall@chronicle.utah.edu ASST. NEWS EDITOR: Trent Lowe US: $3B to end royalty dispute with tribes WASHINGTON—The Obama administration on Tuesday proposed spending more than $3 billion to settle claims dating back more than a century that American Indian tribes were swindled out of royalties for oil, gas, grazing and other leases. Under an agreement announced Tuesday, the Interior Department would distribute $1.4 billion to more than 300,000 American Indian tribe members to compensate them for historical accounting claims and to resolve future claims. The government also would spend $2 billion to buy back and consolidate tribal land broken up in previous generations. The program would allow individual tribe members to obtain cash payments for land interests divided among numerous family members and return the land to tribal control. The settlement also would create a scholarship account of up to $6o million for tribal members to attend college or vocational school. If cleared by Congress and a federal judge, the settlement would be the largest American Indian claim ever approved against the U.S. government—exceeding the combined total of all previous settlements of American Indian claims. Last year, a federal judge ruled that the American Indian plaintiffs are entitled to $455 million, a fraction of the $47 billion or more the tribes have said they are owed for leases that have been overseen by the Interior Department since 1887. President Barack Obama said settlement of the case was an important step to reconcile decades of acrimony between American Indian tribes and the federal government. "As a candidate, I heard from many in Indian Country that the Cobell suit remained a stain on the nation-to-nation relationship I value so much," Obama said Tuesday in a written statement. "I pledged my commitment to resolving this issue, and I am proud that my administration has taken this step today." Interior Secretary Ken Salazar called settlement of the 13-year-old case a top priority for him and Obama and said the administration worked for many months to reach a settlement that is both honorable and responsible. Utah NBADL team to refund tickets from hoax OREM—An NBA Development League team will refund the ticket prices to the thousands of fans who went to a Utah Flash game and expected Michael Jordan to play in a charity exhibition at halftime. A Jordan look-alike instead was introduced to face former Utah Jazz guard Bryon Russell in a promotional fiasco that will cost Flash owner Brandt Andersen. Andersen said he made a legitimate offer, albeit a long shot, to get Jordan to the Flash's home opener, but took it too far by sending the Jordan look-alike around town Monday and building a buzz that the event really was going to happen. "We're the first ones to say it was not in good taste in the end," Andersen said Tuesday night. "It just kind of blew up in our faces. We just didn't execute it well." Andersen acknowledged sending a Jordan look-alike around town Monday and leaking a video of the impostor eating at a local restaurant. The video made it to YouTube and word spread that of the apparent "Jordan" sightings. More than 7,500 fans showed up hoping to see Jordan play I-on-I against Russell. "People who had tickets and were hoping he would be there, their expectations got shifted to 'we think he's here,'" Andersen said. NBADL president Dan Reed joined Andersen in apologizing Tuesday in a statement "for a Utah Flash promotion that never should have happened." Andersen really did invite Jordan in September when he issued a public challenge, offering $100,000 to the charity of the winner's choice. The team continued pitching the Jordan-Russell rematch despite never hearing from Jordan after Andersen issued the first challenge. Andersen maintained he held out hope that Jordan would agree to be part of Monday's promotion. Court to decide if college group must allow gays WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court said Monday it will decide whether a California law school violated the constitutional rights of a Christian group by denying it recognition as an official campus organization because it excludes gays and lesbians. The justices agreed to intervene in a case that pits anti-discrimination policies common on college campuses against freedoms of religion and association. The Christian Legal Society at the University of California's Hastings College of the Law requires officers and voting members to share their religious beliefs, including that "Christians should not engage in sexual conduct outside of a marriage between a man and a woman." The group filed a federal law suit after the San Francisco law school re- fused to accord it official status. The school said all official campus groups, which are eligible for funding and other benefits, may not exclude people because of religious belief, sexual orientation and other reasons. Federal courts in San Francisco rejected the group's assertions that the law school's policy violated its freedoms of speech, religion and association. The justices agreed to hear the group's appeal, and argument will take place in the spring. The 3o-member Hastings group was told in 2004 that it was being denied recognition because of its policy of exclusion. "The court below got it wrong, and we're trusting that the Supreme Court will correct this," said Kim Colby, senior counsel with the Christian Legal Society's Center for Law and Religious Freedom. According to a society news release, it invites all students to its meetings. "However, CLS voting members and officers must affirm its Statement of Faith," the statement said. "CLS interprets the Statement of Faith to include the belief that Christians should not engage in sexual conduct outside of a marriage between a man and a woman." Colby said that simply means that the group simply "requires that their leaders share their religious beliefs." The Christian Legal Society has chapters at universities nationwide. The group has sued other universities on the same grounds. It won at Southern Illinois University, where the university settled with the group in 2007 and recognized its membership and leadership policies. t.lowe@chronicle.utah.edu SPORTS EDITOR: Paige Fieldsted DIRECTOR OF ADVERTISING: Tom Hurtado p fieldsted@chronicle.utah.edu thurtado@chronicle.utah.edu ASST. SPORTS EDITOR: Bryan Chouinard ADV. DESIGNER: Karissa Greene b.chouinard@chronicle.utah.edu k.greene@chronicle.utah.edu The Daily Utah Chronicle is an independent student newspaper published daily Monday through Friday during Fall and Spring Semesters (excluding test weeks and holidays). 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