University Wire back issues from Wednesday, June 4:
In fight against wildfires, high-tech tools rely on early detection
Jun 04, 2003; ... Tom Shapland University Wire 06-04-2003 (The California Aggie) (U-WIRE) DAVIS, Calif. -- It was 2 a.m. when Davis Fire Crew Leader David Provencio and his lone band, having finished cutting line around a 2-acre fire and searching for any signs of smolder, reclined beneath the glowing ...
STAGE REVIEW: Chicago dancers have global reach
Jun 04, 2003; ... Megan Wacha University Wire 06-04-2003 (Columbia Daily Spectator) (U-WIRE) NEW YORK -- Hubbard Street Dance Chicago has returned to New York. The company's involvement with choreographers from around the world has given it a wide-ranging repertory influenced by jazz, musical theater, ...
Billing dominates en route to superb UC-Davis track, field season
Jun 04, 2003; ... Suresh Raman University Wire 06-04-2003 (The California Aggie) (U-WIRE) DAVIS, Calif. -- When UC-Davis junior long jumper Jeff Billing originally made the decision to transfer from Shasta College, he seemed more destined to be a Hornet than an Aggie. With his intentions set on ...
Fast ends as students reach agreement with Hennessy
Jun 04, 2003; ... Eric Eldon & Anthony Ha University Wire 06-04-2003 (The Stanford Daily) (U-WIRE) STANFORD, Calif. -- Six students decided Tuesday night to end their seven-day fast in support of a process to bring about a code of conduct for labor policies. They reached an agreement with Stanford ...
Oregon State U. presidential finalists speak on budget, diversity
Jun 04, 2003; ... Chris Godwin University Wire 06-04-2003 (OSU Daily Barometer) (U-WIRE) CORVALLIS, Ore. -- The three finalists for Oregon State University president are on campus this week, meeting with students and faculty Tuesday as they did Tuesday. The finalists are appearing at many ...
Stanford faces further budget restrictions
Jun 04, 2003; ... Erik Wong University Wire 06-04-2003 (The Stanford Daily) (U-WIRE) STANFORD, Calif. -- Get ready to feel the squeeze. The budget belt will grow even tighter this autumn as the University faces a second straight year of cuts to an unbalanced budget. On average, academic and ...
Group examines gender balance at Stanford
Jun 04, 2003; ... Barrett Sheridan University Wire 06-04-2003 (The Stanford Daily) (U-WIRE) STANFORD, Calif. -- One out of eight in the Chemical Engineering Department, two out of 31 in the Mechanical Engineering Department, three out of 31 in the Computer Science Department -- these statistics ...
Americans want less emissions, survey says
Jun 04, 2003; ... Jan Montry University Wire 06-04-2003 (Oregon Daily Emerald) (U-WIRE) EUGENE, Ore. -- Greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental issues are concerning many Americans from both ends of the political spectrum, according to a University of Oregon survey released this week ....
Hard drugs rare on Stanford campus
Jun 04, 2003; ... Sarah Lustbader University Wire 06-04-2003 (The Stanford Daily) (U-WIRE) STANFORD, Calif. -- Students and administrators agree that while alcohol and marijuana are widespread at Stanford University, overall drug use is not a problem. Although administrators are concerned primarily ...
U. Kansas graduate student triumphs over May tornado
Jun 04, 2003; ... Annie Bernethy University Wire 06-04-2003 (University Daily Kansan) (U-WIRE) LAWRENCE, Kan. -- Aleaka Apt, Iola graduate student, walked to her kitchen after Gary Lezak, weather man for KSHB informed her that the tornado watch in Lawrence was not near her apartment at 4704 Ranch ...
New laundry fees to be $28 each quarter
Jun 04, 2003; ... Julie Lein University Wire 06-04-2003 (The Stanford Daily) (U-WIRE) STANFORD, Calif. -- Instead of scrounging to find quarters or trying to fix a broken card reader, Stanford undergraduates will pay a single fee of $28 per quarter for their laundry needs as of fall quarter 2003 ....
Proposed U. Kansas tuition increase to target technology, salaries
Jun 04, 2003; ... Maggie Newcomer University Wire 06-04-2003 (University Daily Kansan) (U-WIRE) LAWRENCE, Kan. -- When students return to the University of Kansas next fall, they might be paying $16.50 more per credit hour. The Board of Regents will vote on the proposed tuition increase on June 25 ....
COLUMN: Where are Iraq's evil weapons?
Jun 04, 2003; ... Samira Zaidi University Wire 06-04-2003 (The Daily Cougar) (U-WIRE) HOUSTON -- I remember playing hide-and-seek as a child with my friends and always being found because I couldn't keep from giggling or I would attempt to touch home base right as the person tagged "It" was around ....
Emergency contraceptive pill challenged at Virginia schools
Jun 04, 2003; ... J. Elizabeth Strohm University Wire 06-04-2003 (The Pitt News) (U-WIRE) PITTSBURGH -- To say that pregnancy is life-changing is an understatement. The Student Health Center offers emergency contraceptive pills to prevent pregnancy among students. Failure to offer these pills ...
Texas A&M alters immunization requirements
Jun 04, 2003; ... Justin Smith University Wire 06-04-2003 (The Battalion) (U-WIRE) COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- Texas A&M University will no longer block students from registration for not having their measles, mumps, rubella or tuberculosis immunizations. However, TB screening is still ...
U. Pittsburgh workers protest increased health care costs
Jun 04, 2003; ... J. Elizabeth Strohm University Wire 06-04-2003 (The Pitt News) (U-WIRE) PITTSBURGH -- Motorists on Centre Avenue last Friday morning might not have cared about service employees' health care costs -- but they did care about being late to work. Police arrested 17 people for ...
War takes faculty out of classrooms
Jun 04, 2003; ... Andrew Edwards University Wire 06-04-2003 (Daily Bruin) (U-WIRE) LOS ANGELES -- Though waged thousands of miles away, the war in Iraq did not leave the University of California-Las Angeles untouched. Even before the first air strikes, many students protested against the war, while ...
U. Pittsburgh students divided over proposed cigarette tax increase
Jun 04, 2003; ... Christine Claus University Wire 06-04-2003 (The Pitt News) (U-WIRE) PITTSBURGH -- University of Pittsburgh students often comb the convenience stores of Oakland in search of cheap cigarettes. Their quest could soon become even more difficult. The tax on cigarettes may rise once more ....
Cal Poly in top 100 for degrees to Hispanics
Jun 04, 2003; ... Meghan Nowakowski University Wire 06-04-2003 (Mustang Daily) (U-WIRE) SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. -- Students may think California Poly State University is not a very diverse campus, but a major Hispanic scholarly journal begs to differ. Cal Poly has ranked 51st among the Top 100 ...
70-year-old Ohio woman takes law into own hands, battles gang
Jun 04, 2003; ... R.H. Aly University Wire 06-04-2003 (The Lantern) (U-WIRE) COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Elizabeth "Granny" Mitchell-Dulaney, who is about 70 years old, said she felt like she had no other choice on Labor Day of 1999 when the Fourth Street gangsters started approaching her. "I remember I ...
Police use helicopters to fight crime in Ohio State U. area
Jun 04, 2003; ... Jeff Polesovsky University Wire 06-04-2003 (The Lantern) (U-WIRE) COLUMBUS, Ohio -- High above the streets of the Ohio State University campus, rotors broke the early morning calm as an all-night party came to an end. The helicopter arced in low, orbiting in a tight circle; a ...
Pitt hurdler advances to national finals
Jun 04, 2003; ... Kevin Nash University Wire 06-04-2003 (The Pitt News) (U-WIRE) PITTSBURGH -- Pitt junior Elizabeth Bayne's second-place finish in the women's 400-meter hurdles at the NCAA East Regional Championships this past weekend assured her a spot at the NCAA Championships. Bayne ...
Cuts halt research expansion at UCLA
Jun 04, 2003; ... Lee Bialik University Wire 06-04-2003 (Daily Bruin) (U-WIRE) LOS ANGELES -- A decrease in private funding for research this year indicates that University of California-Los Angeles' research has reached a stopping point in expansion, said Andrew Neighbour, associate vice chancellor ...
Ohio to toughen sex offender law
Jun 04, 2003; ... Chrissy Lane University Wire 06-04-2003 (The Post) (U-WIRE) ATHENS, Ohio -- Ohio legislators are cracking down on sex offenders with a proposal to increase penalties and improve awareness for a safer state. Rep. Jimmy Stewart, R-Athens, is co-sponsoring a bill along with Rep ....
CEO rejuvenates Procter & Gamble
Jun 04, 2003; ... Faryl Ury University Wire 06-04-2003 (Harvard Crimson) (U-WIRE) CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Two years ago, Alan G. "A.G." Lafley, a long-time Procter and Gamble Co. executive, received a surprise phone call asking him to take the helm of the company. At the time, Procter and Gamble's ...
Doctor crusades for developing world
Jun 04, 2003; ... Simon W. Vozick-Levinson University Wire 06-04-2003 (Harvard Crimson) (U-WIRE) CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Paul E. Farmer, a prominent doctor and medical anthropologist who will address this year's graduating class at Harvard Medical School, often appears to be in more than one place at a ...
Columbia lightweight crew teams both take 2nd at IRAs
Jun 04, 2003; ... Theodore Orsher University Wire 06-04-2003 (Columbia Daily Spectator) (U-WIRE) NEW YORK -- Two seconds: In life, that's an instant, but in crew, that's an eternity. Looked at that way, Columbia's lightweight crew team missed the national championship this weekend by an eternity. But ...
African journalist honored for ethics
Jun 04, 2003; ... Stephanie M. Skier University Wire 06-04-2003 (Harvard Crimson) (U-WIRE) CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- A Zimbabwe journalist who was tortured for speaking out against his country's government was recognized by Harvard University Tuesday for his ethics in journalism. Mark G. Chavunduka, ...
Affordable Housing grants at risk in U. Colorado area
Jun 04, 2003; ... Richard Valenty University Wire 06-04-2003 (Colorado Daily) (U-WIRE) BOULDER, Colo. -- Many citizens of Boulder, Colo., never directly encounter the Department of Housing and Human Services. However, some of the less fortunate members of the community benefit greatly from HHS' work ....
Oregon runners fall behind, fail to make NCAA meet
Jun 04, 2003; ... Jesse Thomas University Wire 06-04-2003 (Oregon Daily Emerald) (U-WIRE) EUGENE, Ore. -- With eight field athletes traveling to Sacramento, Calif., on June 11 for the NCAA championships and no runners making the journey, the "track" in Track Town USA is beginning to fade. Seven ...
LDS folklore makes way to BYU classroom this fall
Jun 04, 2003; ... Tisha Whitmill University Wire 06-04-2003 (The Daily Universe) (U-WIRE) PROVO, Utah -- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' culture is replete with jokes, stories and even myths. Many LDS church members have heard stories about sightings of the three Nephites, the ...
Stanford track guns for top-5 finish
Jun 04, 2003; ... Emil Martinsek University Wire 06-04-2003 (The Stanford Daily) (U-WIRE) STANFORD, Calif. -- With the fields now set for the NCAA Track and Field Championships, the Stanford Cardinal is now focusing all its energy towards the upcoming competition in Sacramento on June 11-14 ....
Prospective students, administrators pay close attention to rankings
Jun 04, 2003; ... Sarah-Jane Wilton University Wire 06-04-2003 (Colorado Daily) (U-WIRE) BOULDER, Colo. -- When University of Colorado Professor Jeanne Quinn found out that U.S. News & World Report had ranked CU's ceramics graduate program ninth in the country, she was not that ...
Colorado 'Search and Rescue' teams do best to respond
Jun 04, 2003; ... Jodie Sandell University Wire 06-04-2003 (Colorado Daily) (U-WIRE) BOULDER, Colo. -- Thanks to the help of volunteer teams across the state of Colorado, backcountry users can maintain a sense of safety, even when we are miles and hours from the trailhead. From fielding calls about ...
Ready to emerge from shadows, Ohio guard prepares for final season
Jun 04, 2003; ... Chris Littmann University Wire 06-04-2003 (The Post) (U-WIRE) ATHENS, Ohio -- As he drove baseline during a pick-up game, Ohio guard Jaivon Harris found a teammate for an open jump shot, but the attempt bounced off the rim and out. "I'm not passing it next time, I'm just going ...
Columbia men's basketball gets new assistant coaches, new recruits
Jun 04, 2003; ... Phil Wallace University Wire 06-04-2003 (Columbia Daily Spectator) (U-WIRE) NEW YORK -- It's been a busy time for new Columbia men's basketball head coach Joe Jones and the Lions. In fewer than six weeks on the job, Jones has filled out both his staff and his first recruiting class ....
Artists, students display fiberglass dinosaurs in, around Pitt
Jun 04, 2003; ... Dante A. Ciampaglia University Wire 06-04-2003 (The Pitt News) (U-WIRE) PITTSBURGH -- Walk around Pittsburgh this summer and you're sure to bump into a prehistoric creature or two in your travels. Through early September, the Carnegie Museum of Natural History will install ...
Elite talent compete in Colorado triathlon series
Jun 04, 2003; ... Anthony J. Cerretani University Wire 06-04-2003 (Colorado Daily) (U-WIRE) BOULDER, Colo. -- The triathlon season will kick off this Thursday with the Boulder Stroke and Stride series gearing up for its second year at Boulder Reservoir. The race, created by Beth Spiegel is an ...
DVD REVIEW: New box set proves Led Zeppelin lives on
Jun 04, 2003; ... Scott Creighton University Wire 06-04-2003 (The Lantern) (U-WIRE) COLUMBUS, Ohio -- While searching through archives for the recently released Led Zeppelin DVD box set, guitarist Jimmy Page discovered two forgotten audio recordings of two concerts from the summer of 1972. The ...
COLUMN: Iran presents a delicate issue for the United States
Jun 04, 2003; ... David Shoemaker University Wire 06-04-2003 (The Battalion) (U-WIRE) COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- For the past 20 years, one of the primary foreign policy problems for the United States has been what to do about Iran. Iran's relationship with the United States has been poor, even to the ...
CD REVIEW: On major label debut, Rooney proves it rocks to be pretty
Jun 04, 2003; ... Zach Lee University Wire 06-04-2003 (The Daily Cougar) (U-WIRE) HOUSTON -- When a good friend of mine looked at the back cover art of Rooney's self-titled new CD, he said, "It looks like a bunch of models in a band." They may not be models, but Robert Carmine, Matthew Winter, Ned ...
BYU team sheds light on star clusters
Jun 04, 2003; ... Mark Nolte University Wire 06-04-2003 (The Daily Universe) (U-WIRE) PROVO, Utah -- Somewhere out on the African plain, probably near a water hole, lions, zebras and elephants wander in and out of hunger and in and out of life. Likewise, 100,000 light-years from the galactic ...
Food label now includes organic symbol
Jun 04, 2003; ... Lauren Stromberg University Wire 06-04-2003 (The Daily Universe) (U-WIRE) PROVO, Utah -- Conscious shoppers are likely to notice a new symbol on their groceries. The new organic seal is meant to be helpful -- not confusing. Although final regulations were approved October, ...
After troubled season, Columbia heavyweights can't field varsity eight
Jun 04, 2003; ... Tara Krieger University Wire 06-04-2003 (Columbia Daily Spectator) (U-WIRE) NEW YORK -- In a season marred by team unrest and attrition, the silver medal earned by the four-person heavyweight varsity boat at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association National Championship on Saturday ...
Campus housing executes summer renovations at U. Mississippi
Jun 04, 2003; ... Melissa Sindelar University Wire 06-04-2003 (Daily Mississippian) (U-WIRE) OXFORD, Miss. -- Housing's summer renovation projects have led to a boost in the price of University of Mississippi residence halls by almost 5 percent for the fall. Three major projects -- renovations ...
Marketing healthy fast food: A losing campaign
Jun 04, 2003; ... Ben Antonius University Wire 06-04-2003 (The California Aggie) (U-WIRE) DAVIS, Calif. -- Despite the growing knowledge of health concerns surrounding obesity, fast food consumers have rejected restaurants' outright attempts to promote the healthfulness of their food ...
Oregon State U. ROTC cadets gear up for service
Jun 04, 2003; ... Katie Gill University Wire 06-04-2003 (OSU Daily Barometer) (U-WIRE) CORVALLIS, Ore. -- As four-year long careers in the Air Force ROTC come to an end, several of the Oregon State University cadets in the program have begun to prepare for their future assignments as newly ...
USC men's golf slips after 1st round of NCAAs; finishes 14th
Jun 04, 2003; ... Pete Dalis University Wire 06-04-2003 (Daily Trojan) (U-WIRE) LOS ANGELES -- Holes 15 through 17 at the Karsten Creek Golf Club, host of the NCAA championships, gave the field absolute fits. But it was not the finishing holes on the back nine that did the Trojans in. Instead, ...
U. Alabama to commemorate 'Stand's' 40th anniversary next week
Jun 04, 2003; ... Shane Sanderson University Wire 06-04-2003 (The Crimson White) (U-WIRE) TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- The University will commemorate the 40th anniversary of Gov. George Wallace's "Stand in the Schoolhouse Door" next week with a three-day event called "Opening Doors." "Opening Doors" ...
New Kansas law will not stop professor from teaching Human Sexuality
Jun 04, 2003; ... Maggie Newcomer University Wire 06-04-2003 (University Daily Kansan) (U-WIRE) LAWRENCE, Kan. -- A provision to set policies in University of Kansas professor Dennis Dailey's "Human Sexuality in Everyday Life" class will not change the way he teaches the class, Dailey said ....
Church takes steps to prevent spread of SARS
Jun 04, 2003; ... Stacy Hinojosa & Lauren Masters University Wire 06-04-2003 (The Daily Universe) (U-WIRE) PROVO, Utah -- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints continues to take precautionary measures to prevent the infection and spread of SARS among missionaries and citizens in ...
USC track jumps toward NCAA finals
Jun 04, 2003; ... Jessica Tyerman University Wire 06-04-2003 (Daily Trojan) (U-WIRE) LOS ANGELES -- The experiment is over and USC fared well. Eleven Trojans and nine Women of Troy automatically qualified for the NCAA Championships by finishing in the top five this past weekend at the newly ...
U. Kansas deans vindicated as race discrimination suit thrown out
Jun 04, 2003; ... Jennifer Wellington University Wire 06-04-2003 (University Daily Kansan) (U-WIRE) LAWRENCE, Kan. -- A federal court judge dismissed a lawsuit on May 9th against James Gentry, University of Kansas Dean of Journalism, and Myron "Michael" A. Kautsch, former journalism dean. The ...
Soccer players give up scholarships for BYU
Jun 04, 2003; ... Jill Ivie University Wire 06-04-2003 (The Daily Universe) (U-WIRE) PROVO, Utah -- Four of BYU's soccer players made decisions to refuse scholarships and offers to play soccer at top-ranked NCAA Division I schools in order to play for the Cougar blue. "I asked myself where I ...
Recent U. Kansas graduates face difficult job search
Jun 04, 2003; ... Jennifer Wellington University Wire 06-04-2003 (University Daily Kansan) (U-WIRE) LAWRENCE, Kan. -- As Megan Hogan walked down the hill last Sunday with more than 4,000 other University of Kansas graduates, her emotions were a mixture of excitement and fear. The Hutchinson, ...
COLUMN: Government, media create distortions of mass destruction
Jun 04, 2003; ... Jerome Hoffman University Wire 06-04-2003 (Daily Bruin) (U-WIRE) LOS ANGELES -- Why do 42 percent of Americans believe Saddam Hussein was involved in the September 11, 2001 attacks? Could it have something to do with government lies? Repeated allegation and innuendo -- though ...
EDITORIAL: Early Rush hurts diversity efforts
Jun 04, 2003; ... Staff Editorial University Wire 06-04-2003 (The Crimson White) (U-WIRE) TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- When the University, under former President Andrew Sorensen's leadership, shifted to the delayed Rush schedule (a couple weeks after the start of the fall semester), there were a number of ...
BYU attempts fair to strengthen families
Jun 04, 2003; ... Carly Hart University Wire 06-04-2003 (The Daily Universe) (U-WIRE) PROVO, Utah -- Brigham Young University's Student Honor Association sponsored a fair Tuesday night, Monday, June 2, in an effort to remind young families of the role of honor in their homes. Hundreds of ...
'Intense rivalry' heats up as Houston faces Rice at Super Regionals
Jun 04, 2003; ... Ed De La Garza University Wire 06-04-2003 (The Daily Cougar) (U-WIRE) HOUSTON -- Around the middle of the regular season, things started going right for Houston. Brad Sullivan started pitching like the phenom from last year, Ryan Wagner started shutting down batters in the ninth and ...
EDITORIAL: FCC ruling will diminish media diversity
Jun 04, 2003; ... Staff Editorial University Wire 06-04-2003 (The Lantern) (U-WIRE) COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Federal Communications commission on Monday voted by a strictly partisan 3-2 vote to expand media ownership rights. The decision will allow big media corporations to own up to three TV stations, ...
COLUMN: Solving child labor starts with the United Nations
Jun 04, 2003; ... Allison Terry University Wire 06-04-2003 (Mustang Daily) (U-WIRE) SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. -- "States Parties recognize the right of the child to be protected from economic exploitation and from performing any work that is likely to be hazardous or to interfere with the child's ...
FILM REVIEW: Slow, frustrating film wastes audience, director's time
Jun 04, 2003; ... David Bornstein University Wire 06-04-2003 (Columbia Daily Spectator) (U-WIRE) NEW YORK -- Rob Cohen's "The Fast and the Furious" plunges into the mire of a blue-collar fantasy world full of cocksure men, spruced-up cars, and the dazzling women who inexplicably like them. The ...
2 Ohio Bobcats selected in Major League draft
Jun 04, 2003; ... T.J. Lasita University Wire 06-04-2003 (The Post) (U-WIRE) ATHENS, Ohio -- Entering Tuesday's Major League Baseball draft, a total of 124 former Ohio players had signed professional baseball contracts. Soon two more could be added to that list. Pitcher Marc Cornell and third ...
Stanford baseball to take on pesky Long Beach again
Jun 04, 2003; ... Dan Urban University Wire 06-04-2003 (The Stanford Daily) (U-WIRE) STANFORD, Calif. -- The Stanford Cardinal's romp through its regional seemed almost too easy, but this weekend's Super Regional against Long Beach State promises to be a little tighter. The Cardinal exploded for 41 ...
ROTC, Ohio State U. sorority inspire youths
Jun 04, 2003; ... John May University Wire 06-04-2003 (The Lantern) (U-WIRE) COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio State University students brightened the day of some lower-income middle school children in Columbus, Ohio, Tuesday. The Alpha Xi Delta sorority sisters and ROTC students from Ohio State ...