SPORTS: FROGS DEFEAT UAB, PAGE 8 I • WINTER GAMES: FOCUS ON OLYMPIC HISTORY, PAGE 5 Wednesday, February 13, 2002 TCU DAILY SKIFF In its 100th year of service to Texas Christian University • Vol. 99 • Issue 72 • Fort Worth, Texas • www.skiff.tcu.edu

Today'sNews Parking crunch seen by committee INTERNATIONAL NEWS Receipts from parking fines BY ANTHONY KIRCHNER park illegally. The traffic regulations and the offender must bring the ticket to the TCU Spring 2001: $197,000 KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Staff Reporter appeals committee will be the ones to hear Police Department and fill out a form. The U.S. military insisted "I realize I'm guilty, but..." students complaints if they are ticketed. Karl Kruse, a sophomore political sci- Fall 2001: $179,700 Tuesday that Afghans mistakenly Fred Oberkircher, chairman of the traffic The committee consists of 10 faculty, 10 ence major, is a student on the appeals com- Spring 2002: $23,000 captured in a special forces raid regulations and appeals committee, said he staff and five students who hear approxi- mittee. Kruse said he coordinated a parking last month were not abused and, Money collected from parking fines goes into general hears students say this almost weekly in mately 40 appeals a week, Oberkircher said. forum last fall in which over 300 parking in fact, were in better shape when The TCU Police Department does not directly receive the traffic appeals meetings. In addition to hearing appeals, the com- freed than when captured. surveys were collected. While there are 7,218 parking spots avail- mittee also make recommendations about Newt Digest on Page 4 "I always hear students who are appealing able on campus, according to the TCU Park- on-campus parking. their tickets say "there's no parking at TCU,'" Citation Tally NATIONAL NEWS ing Plan published Nov. 9, 2001 by the "The appeals process is the only oppor- Kruse said. "But I know differently." August 2000 - July 2001: 13,076 Facilities Department of the Physical Plant, tunity students have to express their Kruse said there is plenty of parking at NEW ORLEANS — Mardi many students find those spots inconvenient thoughts on the parking issue," Oberkircher TCU. "There are always parking spaces Gras revelers who filled the and instead may choose to park illegally. Po- said. "My guess would be that out of 1,000 (adjacent to) the stadium," Kruse said. August 2001 present 7,282 citations have streets of New Orleans' French lice records indicate 4,185 commuter parking appeals, 100 are found not guilty," Oberkircher and Kruse said the appeals been issued Quarter added a patriotic twist to permits were issued for the 2001-2002 school Oberkircher said. committee is often more lenient with com- the debauchery Tuesday, mixing year, while there are only 1,697 spaces avail- He said the review committee is lenient muter students. red, white and blue with the tra- able to them on the east side of campus. on violators the committee feels made an "Commuter students are the most disen- Appeals Tally ditional purple, green and gold of TCU Police Chief Steve McGee said 143 honest mistake or did not understand the franchised group when it comes to parking," September 2000 - July 2001: 1,023 appeals Carnival. parking spots were lost over the holiday parking regulations. Oberkircher said. "My dream is to get com- Newt Digest on Page 4 break as construction began on the Sarah Oberkircher, a professor of design mer- muters off the streets and onto university lots." August 2001 - present: 650 appeals and Steve Smith Entrepreneurs Hall. chandising and textiles, has been a part of _d As a result, the parking crunch has in- this committee for four years. Anthony Kirchner Photo In Dnnieln Mimguui/SKIFF STAFF OnCampus creased and students may be tempted to TCU Police said in order to appeal a ticket, a.l.kurrinert&.sttw'enl.UH.ethi Hyperfrogs sponsors Sexual Responsibly Week Safe sex at TCU is the focus Brite to add of Sexual Responsibility Week, which started Monday, said Nick Dance department needs faculty Whitesell, chair for the peer edu- Korean cation division of Hyperfrogs. Hyperfrogs, a peer education and spirit organization, sponsor- ing this week's events, is trying Studies to promote safe sex and absti- nence through various activities, Whitesell said. Program This is the fifth year TCU has participated in Sexual Responsibility Week. Asian Christianity Events of the week include student surveys, a 'Sex Feud' program to begin game and a condom count that next fall the Hyperfrogs are doing to help promote sexual safety and responsibility. BY M MM 1 KING A student survey can be filled Maff Keiiinn-r out today in the Student Center The Brite Divinity School will and pamphlets can be picked up add a Korean Studies Program to its regarding issues of sex, sexually curriculum in the fall of 2002, said transmitted diseases, birth control Leo Perdue, president of Brite. and relationships, said Megan Perdue said the program was Halpenny, a freshman premajor made possible by a grant from the and Hyperfrogs member. Word Christian Church Disciples of magnets are given out to students Christ. who fill out a survey. "They gave us a three year grant There will also be a condom to get the program started.'' Perdue count on today in the Student said. "This will give us time to de- Center lounge where students can guess how many condoms velop resources and an endowment are in a jar for a chance to win a to continue the program after those gift certificate. three years." —Kelly Howard Timothy Lee, currently a visit- Sjiecuil to the Skiff ing assistant professor at the Uni- Dancers practice a routine at January auditions for fall admittance into the ballet and modem dance department. versity of California Los Angeles, Dartmouth College sees a will head the new program, Perdue surge in pink eye cases said. Lee arrives at TCU this sum- BY COLLEEN CASEY Shelton said the larger number of dancers au- The audition also was held to award the de- HANOVER, N.H. (U-WIRE) - Staff Reporter ditioning is a reason why her department is in partment's two Nordan Fine Arts scholarships, mer and will begin teaching in Au- Along with the season's usual The department of ballet and modern dance need of more faculty to support growing interest. worth $7,000 a year, Shelton said. gust as an assistant professor of aches, pains, sniffles and coughs, cannot accept any more students to match an Shelton said the Board of Trustees approved Keitha Manning, a ballet instructor, said the history of Christianity and Asian early February has brought a increase in interest without adding more in- 13 additional faculty members for the univer- turnout at the audition was surprising. studies, he said. slightly more exotic affliction to structors, said Ellen Shelton, department sity at a recent meeting and he hopes some fac- "I was dumbfounded, especially given such "He will teach traditional mate- Hanover, N.H. — a surge in ulty will be given to her department. quality dancers auditioning." Manning said. rial along with his specialty, Asian cases of viral conjunctivitis, more chairwoman. "We could have easily given out 10 scholar- Christianity," Perdue said. commonly known as "pink eye " Shelton said about 90 dancers from 20 states "It was great to have such wonderfully strong auditioned for admittance into the ballet and dancers make (the trip) here," Shelton said. "It ships if we had the money. The program is designed to aid Over Winter Carnival, people who want to build churches Dartmouth College Health modern dance department in January. This was really tells us that our graduates are going out "This really says how well known our (bal- (More on KOREAN, page 6) Services at Dick's House saw about a 14 percent increase, she said. and spreading the word about our program." (More on DANCE, page 6) between 15-20 incidents of pink eye, and the preceding weekend brought about 10 cases. —The Dartmouth Burning rubber scent forces brief Kenneth Lay refuses to testify to evacuation of science building Congress about Enron scandal InsideSkiff BY BRANDON ORTIZ The Pulse/Campus Lines 2 Stall Mtpiul.-! A smoky, burning rubber scent of unknown origins led Opinion to a 30-minute evacuation of the Sid W. Richardson Build- National Digest ing Tuesday afternoon, observers said. International Digest "We're not sure where it came from," said Rex Helms, Features a supervisor in the Physical Plant and member of the Etc. Emergency Response Team. Sports Dozens of students stood outside of the building Tues- day afternoon after a fire alarm was pulled on the first floor, Helms said. Firefighters said they were notified at about 2:15 p.m. r Classes resumed after 2:45 p.m. and the building was theWeathe KRT Campus declared safe. Helms said. THURSDAY Former Enron executive Kenneth Lay appears before a Senate Committee As of Tuesday afternoon, firefighters, observers and Tuesday where he invoked his Fifth Amendment right to not testify bringing crit- High: 58; Low: 36; Partly physical plant employees did not know where the smell icism from members of the committee. cloudy and windy came from. Joe Robinson, an engineer for the Fort Worth Fire De- BY MARCY GORDON instruction," he said. FRIDAY partment, said the smell appeared to be from an electrical Wialed l'„.~ In a brief statement. Lay ex- High: 56; Low: 31; Partly cloudy problem. He described it as "a very minor problem." WASHINGTON —Kenneth pressed a "profound sadness" "It might have come through a vent in the computer Lay, the presidential pal who about what had happened to room," Robinson said. built Enron into a darling of Wall Enron. Before being called to LookingBaek Helms said Physical Plant employees went to the roof to Street only to see it collapse in the witness table, Lay sat check the building's ventilation and "everything was clear." scandal, exercised his constitu- glumly as he was criticized by 1963 — Elston Howard of the Observers described the smell as sulfur and rubber-like. tional rights Tuesday and re- senator after senator for main- New York Yankees was named the "It smelled really bad," said Nathan Newquist, a soph- fused to testify to Congress. taining his silence. American League's Most Valuable omore advertisingr'public relations major. "It smelled like "I am deeply troubled about "Obviously Mr. Lay, the Player. Howard was the first black when they tar roofs." asserting these rights," Lay said. anger here is palpable," said player to receive the honor. Helms said several faculty and staff did not leave their Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass. 1973 — New Jersey became the "It may be perceived by some offices when the fire alarm went off. first state in the U.S. where girls that I have something to hide." William Powers, an Enron were allowed to play on Little Molly Beuerman/SKIFF STAFF "I almost had to drag one of them," Helms said. But he said his attorneys had director and dean of the Uni- League baseball teams. Police cars and fire trucks gathered outside of the Sid W. Richardson advised him not to testify. "I versity of Texas Law School, 1986 — One of the longest high Building Tuesday after a smoky, burning rubber scent forced the evac- Brandon Ortiz cannot disregard my counsel's school football winning streaks. uation of the building. [email protected] (More on ENRON, page 6) Page 2 Wednesday, February 13, 2002 THE PULSE www.skiff.tcu.edu

CampusLines Campus/StateRoundup because of a lack of financial aid and on Tuesday praised law enforcement Your bulletin board for campus events U of Alabama suspends Davis, an 11-year veteran, was fraternity for violations killed from injuries he sustained the perception the university is not agencies for their collaborative efforts Announcements of campus events, public meetings and other general campus when a wall collapsed on him dur- welcoming to minorities, according in trying to root out terrorists within the information should be brought to the TCU Daily Skiff office at Moudy Building TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (U-WIRE) - ing an apartment building fire Mon- to a study recently released by Texas nation's borders as a means to stop fu- South. Room 291, mailed to TCU Box 298050 or e-mailed to (skifflettcrsliBtcu.edu). University of Alabama's Delta Tau The deadline for receiving announcements is 2 p m. the day before they are to run. day night. A&M's Race and Ethnic Studies In- ture acts of destruction. The Skiff reserves the right to edit submissions for style, taste and space available. Delta fraternity has been removed A father of five children ages 2 to stitute. Ashcroft also asked all Americans from its house and suspended until • The Brown-Lupton Health Center new Web site is now 14, he died shortly after he was taken Dhananjaya "Jay" Arekere, co-au- to be "on the highest level of alert" to further notice by the University. Cathy available. Information about professional staff, services available, to Methodist Medical Center in criti- thor of the survey and an A&M re- possible terrorist acts in the coming hours of operation, immunization requirements and other perti- Andreen, director of University media cal condition. search associate, said these factors days in response to a warning issued nent facts can be found in the multi-page connection at relations, said the fraternity was sus- Davis, 42, was the first Dallas fire- can be attributed to the 1996 Hop- Monday that an unspecified attack (http:^ealthcenter.tcu.edu) or go to the TCU home page, click pended because of alcohol violations. fighter to die in a blaze since Dale wood decision that prevents public could be planned on or around Feb. 12 on STUDENTS, More and Health Center. Elaine Globetti, director of student Wayne Rhine died in February 1987 educational institutions from recruit- in the United States or against U.S. in- judicial affairs, gave a similar re- while fighting a house fire in Oak Cliff, ing or admitting students based solely terests abroad. sponse for the suspension. • An Ash Wednesday service will be celebrated noon today in according to department records. on their races. "Information is the best friend that "There was a number of alcohol Robert Carr Chapel. University Ministries invites all to come pray, A second firefighter, Charles The study found 54 percent of the freedom has," he said in a news brief- violations that were flagrant and seri- worship and receive the mark of the ashes. Womble, also was caught under the minorities surveyed who did not ing at the U.S. Attorney's Office in ous," Globetti said. wall with Davis but received only mi- choose to attend A&M were in the San Antonio. "Prevention (of future • TCU London Centre information session for students inter- According to University officials, nor injuries. He was treated and re- top 10 percent of their classes and attacks) is predicated on information." ested in fall or spring study in London will be held 4 p.m. today the fraternity violated Article 3, sec- leased Monday night. had better SAT and ACT scores than in Student Center, Room 204. Applications for Fall 2002 are due tion d, area 2 in the Code of Student He said as part of the Feb. 12 warn- The blaze began about 5:30 p.m. at their enrolled A&M counterparts. on March 15. Applications are available in the Office of Interna- Conduct, which lists "Offenses Dis- ing, the federal government is trying the apartment complex in the Oak Arekere said the minority students tional Education, Sadler Hall, Room 16. For more information visit rupting Order or Disregarding Health to locate 17 Middle Eastern men sus- Cliff neighborhood of Dallas. The fire with the better scores were recruited the Web site at (www.ied.lcu.edu/london/index.htm) or contact Su- and Safety." The code outlaws the pected of having links to Osama Bin reached six alarms in about 40 min- to other schools. san Layne, TCU London Centre coordinator at ([email protected]). "use. possession or distribution of al- Laden or the Al-Qaida terror net- utes and eventually destroyed the two- Seventy-two percent of the minor- coholic beverages except as expressly work. Most of them are believed to story white brick structure. ity students surveyed who chose not to • "Eating Disorder Awareness Today" will be hosted by TCU permitted by the law and University Yemeni citizens, according to the More than 100 firefighters, a third attend A&M cited financial assistance Mental Health Services 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. today in the Student Cen- regulations, or public intoxication." FBI's web site. of the on-duty force, were called to as the most important factor in choos- ter lounge. The information session and panel discussion is de- This is not the first time fraternities Ashcroft, who spoke for less than signed to increase awareness of eating disorders on our campus help extinguish the fire. ing a college. have been in front of the judicial af- 10 minutes, did not take questions Firefighters worked frantically to The study, which surveyed students fairs board. Sigma Nu and Alpha Tau from reporters. • The School of Business Study in Germany program will hold put out the flames and rescue Davis who entered college in fall 2000, Omega were suspended in 1996 for Susan Dryden, a Justice Depart- an informational meeting 4 p.m. Thursday in Dan Rogers Hall, Room and Womble after the west brick wall hazing. Alpha Tau Omega's suspen- aimed to determine why nonwhite ment spokeswoman accompanying 164. Learn about the opportunity to earn six credit hours in Cologne, of the building toppled. students did not attend A&M. Arekere Ashcroft, said that the attack warning sion lasted for two years, and Sigma No other injuries were reported. Germany in June of 2002. For more information call (817)257-7549. said minorities, both enrolled and for Feb. 12 was still being investi- Nu was suspended for three years. The building was undergoing renova- John R. Yacup, public relations di- nonenrolled, found A&M was not re- gated, but that it was made public • Ail English majors and minors who wish to apply for mem- tions and was unoccupied. The cause rector for the local Delta Tau Delta ceptive to nonwhite students; how- because the government would rather bership in Sigma Tau Delta, the English Honor Society, are invited of the fire remains under investigation chapter, said the fraternity was re- ever, more than half of enrolled err on the side of caution. to pick up applications from the English department office in Reed by the Dallas Fire Marshal and U.S. moved from its house last semester. Caucasian students felt race was not "We're being careful that, with the Hall, Room 314. The deadline is Feb. 15. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and "The fraternity was forced to move an issue on campus. Winter Olympics being held in the Firearms. out of the house by Jan. I, 2002," "Some people would harshly United States, that things be as safe as • Mortar Board Senior Honor Society applications are now Davis' death was especially devas- available to third year students (Class of 2003). Applications can be Yacup said. characterize those Caucasian re- possible," she said. "Any time there's tating to firefighters at the Oak Cliff picked up between 11 a.m. and I p.m. this week in the Main or in Globetti said the length of Delta Tau sponse numbers as resulting from ig- information that's important to U.S. station where Davis spent much of Student Center, Room 220. Mortar Board is an honor society for col- Delta's suspension was still to be de- norant statements. They just are not interests or threatens our citizens, we his career. lege seniors that is based on leadership, scholarship and service. exposed to minority issues or mi- termined, since the appeals process is Fire department representatives and want to make sure we provide as much currently underway. She added a fra- norities as a whole at all," Arekere information as we can." a chaplain were keeping close contact said. 'What's true, especially of this ternity could be reinstated on campus with Davis' family, who declined to be Ashcroft met Tuesday morning in at any time after its suspension. generation, is that whites are not San Antonio with the local Anti-Ter- interviewed Tuesday. sympathetic to the difficulties TCU DAILY SKIFF Yacup said nothing is final from the Funeral plans were pending Tues- rorism Task Force for a progress re- minorities have to face, especially The /'ff/ IJuifv ,S"fci/f is an official «udcni publica- t In i jiopiis distribution: Newspapers are available appeals process. day. The department, which has port on its efforts. Such panels, tion of Tenus Christian University, prixluced by stu- tree on campus, limit one per person. Additional Delta Tau Delta's central office minorities at a predominantly white dents of TCU and sponsored by the journalism copies are 1.5*1 and are available at the Skiff office. 1,600 employees, may hold a spe- representing federal, state and local department It operates under (he policies of the Stu- < 'nuvrt|{ht: All nghls tor the entire contents of th» institution." could not be reached to comment on cial memorial to honor Davis, Dick- law enforcement agencies, were set up tfcni'PuWicatK'ms Committee, composed" of repre- newspaper shall be the property of the 1VV Ikuh Skiff the situation. Arekere said surveyed A&M mi- sentatives from the student body, staff, faculiy and No part thereof may he reproduced or aired without erson said. around the country shortly after the administration The Skiff n published Tuesday prior consent of the Student Publications Director The nority students felt the issue of race through Friday during tall and spring semesters Skiff does not assume liability lor any products and serv- Sept. 11 attacks. except finals week and holidays The Skiff is a mem- ices advertised herein. The Skiff* liability for misprints Dallas loses first firefighter in was ignored on campus instead of be- He said the teamwork typified by ber of The Associated Press. due to our error is limited to the cost of the iidvertising 15 years Minorities find Texas A&M ing addressed and overcome. the task force was needed to win the Circulation: 4.AH0 Main number <817>257-742H "unwelcoming" war on terrorism. SubM ripliiMts: Call 257-6274 Rates are $3(1 per Fax (817(257-7133 (AP) The Dallas Fire Department Ashcroft lauds efforts against Advertising/Classified (817)257-742(1 on Tuesday was grieving the loss of COLLEGE STATION, Texas (U- "We need to share because when Mailing ^lilrvss: Bo* MOM, Fort Worth. Tenas Business Managt-r (817(257-6274 homeland terrorism 76129 Student Publications Dim-tor (817)237-6356 Vincent Davis, the first city firefighter WIRE) - Minority students choose you work together and share, you mul- LMiMl Moudy Building South, Room 291, 1 mail skitflcticrsiflicu edu HQJ S I mversity MM h.rt Worth. TX 76KW to die in the line of duty in 15 years. not to attend Texas A&M University (AP) Attorney General John Ashcroft tiply your forces," he said.

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TheSkiffView Vocabulary more than WANTED pretension High demand for dance faculty It's happened every once in a while that portions of my pub- Faculty demand. lished editorials wind up being dif- This is always one of the key issues discussed among faculty and admin- ferent than the copy 1 hand in. In some rare cases the istrators and especially at the Board of Trustees meetings. Fortunately, the discrepancy has COMMENTARY addition of 13 faculty members was recently approved by the Trustees. been so egregious Obviously, there are great demands in TCU's flagship departments, espe- as to alter or com- cially in the M.J. Neeley School of Business. However, although a couple of pletely change the hirings will need to be made in the business departments, other lower pro- tone of what was file departments can't be allowed to go on without additional support. being said. I'd always just The department of ballet and modern dance is one such example. acquiesced and ac- Without attracting a great deal of campus-wide attention, the ballet and cepted it as a reality Tim Dragga modern dance program at TCU has become one of the most prestigious and of having whatever recognized of such programs in the nation. But faculty shortages are keep- I wrote filtered through seven or ing the program from growing in prominence and enrollment size, despite ^fnMS? eight people before going to print. Last week was far from the the addition during the summer of some of the most technologically advanced worst infraction, but the sentence I dance equipment available. wrote was, "So the only thing more In January, many qualified ballet and modem dance applicants auditioned disappointing than the (St. Louis) for the school. But many may have to be turned down simply because there Improve intelligence agencies, rather Rams' wholly unworthy perform- were not enough faculty members to go around, said Ellen Shelton, de- ance was the complete paucity of partment chairwoman. wit found in the commercials." than interrogating CIA about Sept. 11 However, when I checked the Small class size is one of the biggest selling points TCU uses to recruit high- How predictable was Sept. 11 ? ing those involving domestic terror once they were put in motion. So actual print I noticed that school seniors, but such an argument has seemed very hypocritical in recent years. Was there, on that terrible day, and hate crimes. With this wide va- why create a public fuss by hav- "paucity" had been replaced with Things are beginning to turn around with TCU setting an enrollment cap as someone saying "1 told you this riety of tasks and objectives, how ing these congressional investiga- "scarcity." well as hiring additional faculty members. However, the true results won't be would happen, but you didn't lis- can either agency be expected to tions? Perhaps they think that by There is a jaw-dropping amount ten!" Did any of truly scrutinize any one group or of irony that in an editorial in seen until we know which departments will receive more professors and whether COMMENTARY destroying an innocent man's ca- us expect our organization? Organization needs to reer, they can draw attention away which I mention a problem in soci- or not double-digit amounts of faculty will continue to be hired in future years. friends and family Morgan Gilbert be instilled before any legitimate from both the controversial living ety being our increasing tendency The ballet and modem dance department is one of several departments se- to have predicted effectiveness can be expected. conditions at Guantanomo Bay, to placate and pander to the lowest riously in need of assistance. English, psychology, philosophy and many the horror of that otherwise hum- Can anyone reasonably expect the and from the equally scandalous common denominator, the editorial other departments are also in need of additional staffing. That is, unless we drum day in the early fall? CIA to have predicted the tragedy "trial" of Zacarias Mousaoi. A red itself was guilty of that very in- want to continue advertising small classes only to surprise freshman with The simple reality of it is that that was Sept. II ? Al Qaeda is only herring of monstrous proportions. fraction. nobody could have predicted the one of hundreds of terror groups the classes of more than 100 students. The director of the CIA is no You may think that this means widespread death and destruction CIA monitors, and Osama bin more at fault than any other mem- 1 have unwittingly attained the of that day, not even one of the Laden, the leader of this band of ber of the government, or any height of hypocrisy, but you'd most sophisticated intelligence cutthroats, is notoriously good at American citizen for that matter. be wrong. The real height of services in the world — the United evading U.S. capture, as well as Sept. 11 was a completely unpre- hypocrisy is either right-wing States' Central Intelligence Agency. striking where we least expect it. dictable occurrence. Congress fanatics blowing up abortion TheOtherView Of course, a handful of congress- I find it hard to believe that Con- should stop attempting to scape- clinics to protect "the sanctity men disagree with this statement. gress thinks that we should have of life" or singer Jessica Sim- Opinions from around the country goat someone and start focusing America has been shown — been able to see this from a mile pon's use of sex to sell the mes- on the real problem — the dismal quite painfully — in recent months away. Did anyone see the Cole sage of abstinence, depending state of our intelligence agencies. About 1,300 people have given days without a respirator. If Doyle that we've asked the CIA and the bombing coming? Did anyone pre- on how wrong you think killing If Congress truly cares about the notice they may sue New York had worked two 12-hour days with- FBI to do too much with too little dict the failed World Trade Center doctors or nurses is (for me it's President's so-called "war on ter- City for a total of $7.18 billion out a respirator at a fire that didn't money. The CIA is forced to moni- bombing? Terror is, in essence, the pretty high up on the list, right ror," they should stop wasting time over damages caused by the Sept. just happen to be the most tragic tor almost every nation on earth sowing of chaos. And chaos, by next to unbridled laissez-faire and money on interrogations of our 11 World Trade Center attack. A event of our time, would he be filing and a devil's lineup of terror definition, is unpredictable. capitalism and just above buy- vast majority are firefighters who a $10 million suit? Probably not. groups, foreign cults and various So why is the director of the own people, and start giving those ing Creed albums) say the city did not provide them The consequences of Sept. 11 lone crazies that have been deemed CIA being interrogated by Con- same people the money they need with adequate respiratory protec- go far beyond Manhattan. The to enable their agencies to do the a threat to national security. gress? There can be no reasonable "Words contain their oun pitch tion from the contaminants at the federal government is already The FBI, while able to focus ex- expectation that the CIA either job they were created to do: De- and tone and .subtleties and World Trade Center site. shelling out billions upon billions clusively on domestic matters, also knew about al Qaeda's plans for fend the United States of America. There have been extensive of dollars to compensate Sept. 11 when we forget or gloss over has its hands full, to the point Sept. 11, nor can there be any ex- Morgan (filbert il a lolumtust for The complaints of a similar nature, as victims and their families. where several important cases have pectation that the CIA could have Daily Aztec at San Diego Suite I niivrsiiy. those distinctions we lose an How many tragic deaths occur recovery workers, police officers dropped through the cracks, includ- done anything to stop those events This column leas distributed b\ I -Wire. integral part of our ability for and firefighters have expressed in our nation every day? self expression. fear that serious ailments will re- And how many families receive sult. Asbestos and other contami- federal money to aid in the recovery? nants have been detected in the Tragedy is tragedy. It can only be assumed that the Ground Zero ruins. The death of a little-known mur- Your View word was changed because they People are getting sick, some der victim in downtown New York didn't believe enough people City is just as tragic as the death fear serious ailments as a result Letters to the Editor would know what "paucity" meant. stemming from the conditions of of a victim who was in the second Now, if you discard the sub- Ground Zero. But should these tower and didn't make it out alive. tleties of language, scarcity and people receive money from the The date — Sept. 11, our day paucity are basically synonyms. So federal government? Should these of infamy — should not play a why, you may be asking at this people, who are doing their jobs, part in how the government gives 0 point, am I making this big a deal be able to sue a city? money to victims. about something that really doesn't As tragic as it sounds, things As hard as it is to say, firefight- E HYPEf^ much matter at all to anyone, any- happen. The World Trade Center ers, police officers and recovery where? attacks caused a lot of damage to a workers should not sue the city Because while this simple lot of people, firefighters included. when they know the potential change really doesn't matter, the But these firefighters risk injury dangers that can result from help- larger issue that it represents does. ing in a dangerous situation. every day they wake up for the job. Consciousness is only as large as One firefighter. Palmer Doyle, This editorial comes from the Iowa State the vocabulary that allows its ex- filed notice of a $10 million suit, Daily at Iowa State University. This col- pression. Words contain their own claiming he worked two 12-hour umn was distributed by 11-Wire. pitch and tone and subtleties and when we forget or gloss over those distinctions we lose an inte- gral part of our ability for self ex- EDITORIAL POLICIES pression.

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War crimes trial against their client to prepare a case in the goal which has proven difficult have been mistreated. Milosevic begins European Court of Human Rights. over the 16 months of bloodshed. In Washington, a Pentagon A lawyer for the state said the Shortly after a cease-fire is spokeswoman said Defense Secre- Suspect arrested for THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch court had no jurisdiction over achieved, the plan envisions a mu- tary Donald Rumsfeld ordered an in- Slobodan Milosevic orcheslraled the the tribunal. The judge promised a tual recognition of Israeli and vestigation into the alleged murders of thousands of people in a ruling in two weeks. Palestinian states. mistreatment, although Victoria journalist kidnapping campaign of "savagery" with the The two sides would then have Clarke said the military "has noth- BY KATHY CANNON arrest is a boost for the Pakistani sole goal of satisfying his all-con- Peace plan outlined for one year to negotiate final borders ing to indicate that anything like that Associatt'il I'ri's- leader as he meets Bush. suming thirst for power, a prosecu- and other terms for the Palestinian happened." Palestinians, Israelis KARACHI, Pakistan — Police Pearl, 38, the Journal's South tor said Tuesday, opening the former state, and another year to imple- The Pentagon first said U.S. spe- JERUSALEM (AP) — Foreign arrested a British-born Islamic mil- Asia bureau chief, disappeared Jan. Yugoslav president's trial for war ment any agreement. cial forces attacked an al Qaida Minister Shimon Peres outlined a itant Tuesday they say master- 23 on his way to meet with Islamic crimes. Peres said the new Palestinian weapons dump in Khas Uruzgan, a peace plan Tuesday negotiated with extremist contacts. He was be- Milosevic, the first head of state state would initially be on territory town north of Kandahar, and killed minded the kidnapping of Wall a senior Palestinian lawmaker that Street Journal reporter Daniel lieved working on a story about to face an international trihunal, lis- already ruled by the Palestinian about 15 people. calls for a cease-fire followed Pearl — the biggest break yet in links between Pakistani militants tened impassively, occasionally jot- Authority — about two-thirds of But after Afghans complained quickly by the establishment of a the quest to free him. An official and Richard C. Reid, the man ac- ting notes, as United Nations the Gaza Strip and 40 percent of they were wrongly targeted and that Palestinian state. close to the investigation said the cused of trying to detonate explo- attorneys sketched a complex case the West Bank. innocents were killed, the U.S. mil- Long on optimism but short on suspect told police Pearl is alive. sives hidden in his sneakers on a spanning nearly a decade of horror Palestinians are seeking all of itary acknowledged that the 27 cap- supporters, the plan was reached Ahmad Omar Saeed Sheikh, Paris-to-Miami flight in December. in three Balkan countries Gaza and the West Bank for a fu- tives were not al Qaida or Taliban between Peres and Palestinian par- 27, was arrested Tuesday after- Jamil Yousuf, head of a citizen- The prosecution gave a first ture state, along with a capital in fighters and released them. liament speaker Ahmed Qureia, noon in the eastern city of Lahore, police liaison committee involved in glimpse of a litany of agony — rape, east Jerusalem. torture, looting, expulsion and al- known as Abu Ala, over several Patriotic colors added to according to Tasneem Noorani, a the investigation, said the bearded, most gleeful killing — that survivors months of unannounced meetings Pentagon to investigate mis- senior official of Pakistan's Inte- bespectacled Saeed told police that in which they strove to move be- Mardi Gras celebrations rior Ministry. Saeed was expected threats to kill Pearl were not carried will recount during a trial expected treatment of Afghans lo last two years. yond the daily violence and heated NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Mardi to be transferred to Karachi for out. "He's alive. He's OK," Yousuf The trial is the biggest war crimes rhetoric. KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — Gras revelers who filled the streets further questioning. quoted Saeed as saying of Pearl. case since Hitler's henchmen were In their peace efforts, Peres and The U.S. military insisted Tuesday of New Orleans' French Quarter Following the arrest, police Yousuf said the key break came brought before a military tribunal af- Qureia appeared to have reached that Afghans mistakenly captured in added a patriotic twist to the de- fanned out across this city of 14 Monday night with the arrest of a tei World War II. broad agreement on several impor- a special forces raid last month were bauchery Tuesday, mixing red, white million people, raiding homes of suspect in the capital of Islamabad Milosevic, 60, faces a total of 66 tant points, but it remained far not abused and, in fact, were in bet- and blue with the traditional purple, suspected Islamic extremists and who gave crucial information. counts of genocide and other war from clear how much support their ter shape when freed than when cap- green and gold of Carnival. searching settlements along the Yousuf did not elaborate. crimes in Croatia. Bosnia and plan would generate among Israeli tured. On Bourbon Street, strings of bleak and thinly populated Pak- Several more arrests were re- Kosovo that killed thousands of and Palestinian leaders. Nevertheless, the Pentagon will beads — including new red, white istani coast. Police cautioned that ported in Karachi, Rawalpindi and people and displaced more than a Peres suggested the plan was investigate allegations that U.S. sol- and blue necklaces — rained down rescuing Pearl could still take time. other major cities Tuesday. million others. Each count carries a also backed by Palestinian leader diers beat and mistreated captives on young women who bared their Saeed "is one who is highly ed- In Washington, White House maximum sentence of life in prison. Yasser Arafat. from the Jan. 23 raid, one of the breasts. ucated and one who I would feel is spokesman Ari Fleischer said he Milosevic is expected to give a "There is a proposal, which is most controversial incidents in the "I got the really good beads," a hard nut to crack," Karachi Po- could not confirm any details about spirited response Wednesday to the acceptable to Abu Ala and his four-month U.S.-led campaign in bragged Joe Chin, 23, of Miami. "I lice Chief Kamal Shah said. "I Saeed's arrest or Pearl's reported prosecution's six-hour statement. He senders," Peres said on Israel radio, Afghanistan. know it's cold, but girls are still don't think it would be very easy condition. However, he said that has refused to recognize the tribunal adding that he has shown the plan Several of the 27 captives later happy to show them for these ba- to break him straight away. It cooperation by Pakistani authori- or appoint a lawyer, and has to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and released told The Washington Post bies." would take time I feel before we ties "has been very strong and very launched separate proceedings to expects his comments. that U.S. troops treated them so National Guardsmen patrolled get all the details about Daniel helpful" in the Pearl case. light his detention. Peres may face a tough battle badly that some lost consciousness Mardi Gras for the first time, but from his interrogation." Saeed was arrested in India in In previous court appearances, he persuading Sharon, who has shot and suffered fractured ribs, loos- police said the only direct response Saeed's capture followed an in- 1994 in connection with the kid- refused to wear headphones provid- down several of his initiatives. ened teeth and swollen noses. to the terrorism alert issued by the tensive, nationwide manhunt and napping of three British backpack- ing him with the translation of pro- Other members of Sharon's coali- Other newspapers carried similar FBI on Monday was the posting of was announced ahead of Pakistani ers in Kashmir. The kidnappers ceedings into his native Serbian tion government — including reports. the suspected terrorists' photos at President Pervez Musharraf's demanded the release of Islamic language. On Tuesday, a loud- members of Peres' own Labor The prisoners were kept at the police stations. meeting Wednesday with President militants fighting to end Indian speaker set up in front of his desk Party — also are skeptical. U.S.-commandeered air base in "Why would terrorists want to Bush in Washington. Musharraf is rule in the contested Himalayan re- gave him no choice but to listen. Qureia endorsed the plan Mon- Kandahar, southern Afghanistan. Lt. break up such a good party?" said expected to seek U.S. economic gion. Saeed was shot and wounded Outside the court, about 25 peo- day, although he gave few details Col. Keith Warman said from there Tommy Mitchell, 31, of San Fran- and political support to help com- by police and the hostages were ple held an anti-Milosevic protest and the Palestinian Authority has Tuesday that the abuse claims were cisco, who wore only a grass skirt bat Muslim extremism in this pre- freed unharmed. behind police barricades. His sup- been vague about its position. without foundation. and American flag pasties despite dominantly Islamic country of 147 He spent the next five years in porters were even fewer. The proposal has been discussed Base commander Col. Frank. the chill. "This is a friendly group. million people. jail — although never brought to Meanwhile at a district court else- in the media for weeks, but the two Wiercinski said Red Cross investi- Very friendly." The Pearl kidnapping has been trial — and was freed in Decem- where in The Hague. Milosevic's le- negotiators have mostly kept mum. gators found no evidence that any Temperatures in the 30s thinned an embarrassment for Musharraf, ber 1999 after gunmen hijacked an gal team sought an injunction to In his first detailed description, detainees, believed to include fight- the crowds that usually line the Fat who's been trying to dispel Pak- Indian Airlines jet to Kandahar. force the tribunal to allow them to Peres said it contains three stages, ers from the Taliban and Osama bin Tuesday parade route through the istan's image as a hotbed of Is- Afghanistan, and demanded the re- have unmonitored meetings with beginning with a cease-fire — a Laden's al Qaida terrorist network. city's Garden District. lamic fundamentalism. Saeed's lease of Saeed and other figures.

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Barbara Ann Scott (Canada) became the first gold in women's figure skat- stam 1924 North American to win a gold in figure skating. ing. 1986 Chamonix, France Gretchen Fraser (United States) captured gold U.S. speed skaters Mary IOC voted to have the Summer and Winter outh in the women's slalom, the United States' first ski- Meyers, Dianne Holum and Olympics in different years starting in 1994. The Initially organized as an International Winter ing medal. Jan. Jennifer Fish triple-tied for Games would be held alternately every two years, Sports Week, the Games at Chamonix were not silver in the 500-meter amic officially recognized as the first Winter Olympics with the Winter Games in the same years as soc- event. cer's World Cup. be- by the International Olympic Committee until 1952 4 Jean-Claude Kilty bout 1925. Five sports were represented: Nordic skiing Oslo, Norway (France), the host country's figure skating, speed skating, tants Germany and Japan were allowed to compete favorite son, won gold 1988 l ac- bobsled and hockey. medals in all three Alpine Canada established its i for the first time since World War II. The Oslo ( SOC ARCHIVES skiing events. The Games Calgary, Canada tplo- Games marked the first time the Olympics were reign as hockey champions by win- were dubbed the "Killympics." For die first time since 1968, on a ning the gold in the first four Winter 1 in a Scandinavian country. demonstration sports (curling, tiber. Olympics. Andrea Mead (United States) was victorious short track speed skating and izen- Anders Haugen (United States) i the slalom and giant slalom, becoming the 1972 freestyle skiing) were included. first U.S. athlete to win two golds in a edin was logged in as coming in fourth Sapporo, Japan Speed skating events were moved rded, in the ski jump, but a calculation ") Winter Olympics. indoors. that error discovered in 1974 showed Hjalmar Andersen (Norway) won The Sapporo Games were the first Winter Alberto Tomba (Italy) took rried he really placed third. At age 83, golds in the 1,500-meter, 5,000-meter and 10,000- Olympics held outside of Europe and the United two gold medals in the men's Haugen was awarded his bronze meter speed skating events. States. They also marked the first time all three slalom. >usuf Richard Button (United States) won his second medals in one discipline were won by a non- rl. medal. Matti Nykanen (Finland) gold and was the first to perform a triple jump in European country (Japan, in the normal hill ski won gold in all three ski jump :ame Charles Jewtraw ► (United States) won the the figure skating competition. jump). events. of a United States' only gold USOC ARCHIVES Galina Kulakova (U.S.S.R.) captured three Bonnie Blair (United States) ► abad medal in the 500-meter speed skating event. gold medals in women's cross-country skiing. captured the first of three lion. 1956 Speed skater Dianne Holum (United States) consecutive gold medals in tijt Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy won a gold (1,500 meters) and silver (3,000 the 500-meter speed skating : re- 1928 An Italian television station provided the first meters). She would later coach Eric Heiden to the WILLIAM SNYDES/KRT [ and St. Moritz, Switzerland Winter Olympic live coverage. "Eurovision" 1976 and 1980 Olympics. Barbara Cochran (United States) won the gold The second Winter Olympics used the facilities allowed parts of central Europe to watch competi- tion. in the women's slalom by two-hundredths of a 1992 ouse of an established ski resort. It also was the first second. d he time since World War I that Germans were admit- The United States swept the men's figure skat- Albertville, France ibout ted back into any Olympic competition. ing competition. Gold went to Hayes Alan Germany was once again represented by one jrted The Games at St. Moritz were the only time Jenkins, silver to Ronald Robertson and bronze to 1976 team. The Russian republics, with the exception of that bobsled teams could have five men instead of David Jenkins, younger brother of Hayes. Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia, competed on a that Toni Sailer (Austria) won three gold medals in Innsbruck, Austria hori- four. The United States placed first and second in Unified Team. Alpine skiing. The Games were originally awarded to Denver Nordic skier Lyubov Yegorova (Unified Team) very the event. At age 15, Sonja Henie (Norway) won the first The new Soviet hockey team ▼ upset Canada but later nixed by won three golds and two silvers, making her the of three consecutive gold medals in figure skating. in the finals and took the gold undefeated. Colorado voters. most successful female athlete in Albertville. ia in Innsbruck used existing World champion Kristi Yamaguchi (United kid- facilities from the 1964 States) garnered the gold medal in women's figure >ack- 1932 1960 Games. skating. >pers Lake Placid, United States Speed skater Sheila Pairs figure skaters Artur Dmitriev and Natalya amic Young (United States) ► Mishkutenok (Unified Team) captured the gold. Due to the Depression, turnout was low, with captured gold, silver idian only 17 nations participating. Half of the athletes and bronze medals, n Te- were from the United States or Canada. Dog sled- making her the first 1994 iv* JB nded ding was included as a demonstration sport. KJ^>5 U.S. athlete to win Lillehammer, Norway were John Shea (United States) won golds in the jNA-j i'^" three medals at a single 500-meter and 1,500-meter speed skating events. Winter Olympics. The South African team returned after 34 years. Each Russian republic had its own team. rs in The US. bobsled team captured gold for the 'jigs Franz Klammer USOC ARCHIVES Johann Koss (Norway) garnered three gold ht to second time in a row. Team member Eddie Eagan (Austria) won gold in became the only person to win a gold medal in medals in speed skating and set a world record in cem- downhill skiing. both the Winter and Summer Olympics. He each event. ;d an Ice dancing made its Olympic debut. Ludmilla already had a gold in boxing from the 1920 Pakhomava and Alexander Gorshkow (U.S.S.R.) Speed skater Bonnie Blair (United States) won ahar, ^§! *9* -. ~ i two gold medals for a grand total of five, making Summer Games. took the first gold medal. te re- w* her the most successful U.S. female winter athlete. res. USOC ARCHIVES Drama lingered in the women's figure skating 1936 1980 competition as Nancy Kerrigan faced her U.S. Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany Squaw Valley United States teammate Tonya Harding, who was investigated Lake Placid, United States for plotting to disable Kerrigan prior to the The Germans saw these Winter Games as a The opening and closing ceremonies were The second Lake Placid Games marked the Games. Ukraine's Oksana Baiul took home the prelude to the Summer Games in Berlin. An stage-managed by Walt Disney, chairman of the first use of artificial gold medal and Kerrigan the silver. attempt by German emigrants in the United States Olympic Pageantry Committee. South Africa was snow in Olympic for a national boycott failed. represented for the first and last time until 1994. competition. Ivan Brown and Alan Washbond (United Figure skating events moved indoors. ■4 Eric Heiden 1998 <<" States) won gold in the two-man bobsled. The U.S. hockey team defeated Canada and (United States) won Nagano, Japan Great Britain's captured gold for the first time. five gold medals in hockey team top- Georg Thoma (Germany) became the first non- The Olympics returned to Japan after 26 years. speed skating. Three sports — curling, snowboarding and pled the Canadian Scandinavian to win the Nordic combined. Alexander hold on gold. Barbara Wagner and Robert Paul (Canada) won women's hockey — made their medal debut. For Saizev and Irina die first time, the NHL suspended its season to « Sonja Henie the gold in pairs figure skating. Rodnina (U.S.S.R.) (Norway) won her allow the best professional players won gold in pairs ^^ | to participate in the Games. third consecutive figure skating. It gold medal, making The Japanese ski-jumping team 1964 was her third con- won four medals, including a gold her the most suc- secutive gold medal. cessful individual Innsbruck, Austria in the team event Computers helped officials time and judge The U.S. hockey 4Hermann Maier (Austria) won woman figure CLEM MVRRAVKRT "Dream Team" skater. events. Mild weather prompted the Austrian mili- the gold in both the giant and tary to mack in snow. defeated the Soviets, who had taken gold since super giant slalom after recovering Luge made its 1964. MIKE SE<;\KYKRT ft"0"1 a crash in me downhill. Ulrich Wehing (East Germany) garnered his VSOC ARCHIVES 1Q40 l*1V Olympic debut. Cross-country skier Bjom The Games were ■4 Lidia Skoblikova third consecutive gold medal in the Nordic com- Daehlie (Norway) won three golds and one silver, scheduled to be held in Sapporo, Japan, but war (U.S.S.R.) captured bined. giving him an unprecedented 12 total and eight with China caused Japan to pull out. Germany all the golds in gold Winter Olympic medals for his career. volunteered, but World War II forced cancellation women's speed skat- of the Winter Olympics until 1948. ing. 1984 Ortun Enderlein Sarajevo, Yugoslavia 2002 (Germany) won gold It was the first and only time the Olympics Salt Lake City, United States 1948 in the first women's were held in a Socialist country. Salt Lake City, which has sought to host the St. Moritz, Switzerland Olympic luge event. Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean (Great Winter Games since 1972, was selected over The popularity of Alpine skiing increased and USOC ARCHIVES Britain) scored the first perfect scores in ice danc- Quebec (Canada), Sion (Switzerland) and slalom and downhill events were added. The win- ing and won the gold. Ostersund (Sweden). ter pentathlon (cross-country skiing, downhill ski- 1968 Scon Hamilton (United States) took the gold More than 2,500 athletes from 80 countries will ing, fencing, shooting and horse riding)was held Grenoble, France medal in figure skating. flock to the capital of Utah for the 2002 Winter as a demonstration sport and was not successful. For the first time there were two separate Phil Mahre and his brother, Steve, (United Olympics against a backdrop of deep concern about Henri Oreiller (France) won two golds and one German teams competing in an Olympics. States) placed first and second in the slalom event. international terrorism. More than 5,000 law- bronze in Alpine skiing and was the most success- Peggy Fleming (United States) took home the enforcement officers from 60 local, state and feder- ful athlete of the 1948 Winter Games. al agencies will be in Salt Lake City for the Games. Where will you place? Test your knowledge of the Winter Games

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KOREAN will be trained in Korean while they work ENRON Community outreach on their English skills, and at the end of From page 1 From page 1 their training they will graduate with a de- gree from Brite, he said. for Korean Americans, Lee said. The program who led an internal company in- "Our goal is to build a strong, vibrant Ko- vestigation, later testified that docu- will f(K'us on Christianity in Asia and will be rean American community," Lee said. ments shredded at Enron's Houston available to all students on campus, Lee said. TCU is one of only a few universities in headquarters may have contained fi- "This program will help the first gener- this part of the country with a Korean nancial information that congres- ation of Korean American ministers train Studies Program, Perdue said. The Uni- sional investigators were seeking. other ministers who will follow them," versity of California at Los Angeles and "There may be information on Lee said. the University of California at Berkeley those documents that were shredded Lee, who is originally from South Ko- both have a Korean Studies Program. that would have helped," Powers rea, said many of the ministers will not told the senators. He also said Lay approved part- have a high fluency in the English lan- Man-i King guage when they begin this course. They m,LUng9tbtdtHL uu.edu nership arrangements by senior ex- ecutives, noting that in one instance, "Mr. Lay had signed off on a deal approval sheet" for a re- lated transaction. in our acceptance," Shelton said. Lay "bears significant responsi- DANCE Senior ballet and modern dance major bility ... for Enron's failure to im- From page I Clayton Cross said the department would plement sufficiently rigorous benefit from more faculty. procedural controls to prevent the let and modern dance) program is because "A lot of the teachers are stressed out be- abuses," Powers said. we have a lot of people who would love to cause the classes are too large for them to Lawmakers said they had a wide array of questions for Lay, who re- come here." have," Cross said. "More teachers and signed Jan. 23, about the Enron Uolh Btutrman/SKIFF STIFF If the interest continues to grow the de- smaller classes could better focus on the in- bankruptcy and its devastating im- Glenn Pfenninger, a junior kinesiology major. Elsie Vmeh, a freshman psychology major, and Abby Crawford, partment will have to turn more students dividual (dancer)." pact on millions of American in- a sophomore speech communication major, meet Tuesday to discuss future plans for student funds at away, she said. Programming Council's Community Council. vestors and thousands of company "We're going to have to be more selective Colleen Casey employees. i.m.aiseytpistuiu-iU.Uu.edu "I thought you would think it was important to answer those ques- tions, too," said Sen. Peter Fitzger- ald, R-Ill. "Apparently you didn't think it was the least you could do." Nominations announced for Academy Awards Fitzgerald called Lay an "accom- BY DAVID (JKRMAIN Rouge" were tied for second place sets him up for potential back-to- Sings the Blues" were in the running. and Jon Voight as sportscaster plished confidence man." \->IN Niied Preu with eight nominations each, in- back Oscars following his victory Along with Kidman and Berry, Howard Cosell in "Ali." He chastised Lay for not acting BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — cluding acting nominations for last year for "Gladiator." Also nom- best actress nominees were Judi Up for supporting actress with on the warning Enron executive The fantasy epic "The Lord of the "Moulin Rouge's" Nicole Kidman inated in the category were Sean Dench as British writer Iris Mur- Connelly, who plays mathemati- Sherron Watkins gave him last Au- Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'" and "A Beautiful Mind's" Russell Penn as a retarded father seeking doch for "Iris"; Sissy Spacek as a cian Nash's wife in "A Beautiful gust that the company faced poten- led the Academy Award field Tues- Crowe and Jennifer Connelly. custody of his daughter in "I Am grieving mother in "In the Bed- Mind" are Helen Mirren as a coolly tial accounting scandals. day with 13 nominations — best The film with the most nomina- Sam"; Will Smith as boxer Muham- room"; and Renee Zellweger as a efficient housekeeper and Maggie Watkins is scheduled to testify picture, director and supporting ac- tions often wins best picture come mad Ali in "Ali": Denzel Washing- Londoner haplessly seeking ro- Smith as a flighty, pampered rela- voluntarily Thursday at a hearing of tor among them. Oscar night. But many of the nom- ton as a rakish bad cop in "Training mance in "Bridget Jones's Diary." tion in "Gosford Park"; Marisa a House Energy and Commerce Other best-picture nominees inations for "Lord of the Rings" Day"; and Tom Wilkinson as a vig- With Zellweger it was a rare in- Tomei as a single mom involved subcommittee that is investigating were "A Beautiful Mind," a drama- were for technical achievements ilante father in "In the Bedroom." stance where the academy singled with a younger man in "In the Bed- Enron's collapse. tization of math genius John Nash's such as visual effects, sound, cos- With Smith and Washington's out a comic performance. room"; and Kate Winslet as Mur- Said Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., struggle with schizophrenia; the tume design and editing. A sprawl- nominations, and Halle Berry being Contenders for supporting actor doch in her younger years in "Iris." "Trust was broken in this case. We class-war satire and murder mys- ing fantasy adventure has never named a best-actress nominee as an are Jim Broadbent as Murdoch's ABC will broadcast the Oscar need to put the pieces together to tery "Gosford Park"; "In the Bed- won top Oscar honors, so "Lord of executed killer's widow for "Mon- husband in "Iris"; Ethan Hawke as ceremony on March 24 live from find out what happened." room,'" a low-budget tale of family the Rings" could come away with ster's Ball," it was the first time three a rookie narcotics detective in the show's new Hollywood home at Lay sat in a front row of the tragedy and vengeance; and the most trophies while missing out black actors competed in the lead "Training Day"; Ben Kingsley as a the Kodak Theatre, just a block crowded hearing room, barely "Moulin Rouge," a tragicomic mu- on best picture. categories since 1972, when Paul volatile mobster in "Sexy Beast"; away from the Roosevelt Hotel, moving, his hands at times pressed sical set in 1899 Paris. The best-actor nomination for Winfield and Cicely Tyson for Ian McKellen as the imposing wiz- where the first Academy Awards against his knees. His daughter, "A Beautiful Mind" and "Moulin Crowe was his third in a row and "Sounder" and Diana Ross for "Lady ard Gandalf in "Lord of the Rings"; were handed out in 1929. Liz, sat one row behind him but his wife, Linda, who has publicly de- fended him and called him a vic- tim, was not at the hearing. His attorney, Earl Silbert, said af- terward that Lay had "agonized very Government aims to reduce illegal drug use by 25 percent deeply" about not testifying but that BY (^GUGGENHEIM ceremony attended by lawmakers, Bush called on families, religious "We have to undermine the cyni- The report comes two months af- he had insisted Lay assert his con- \~.« I.M,.,I I'M-- ambassadors and anti-drug officials. organizations and community groups cism that people are always going to ter Walters was confirmed for the stitutional protection. WASHINGTON - President "We've got a problem in this to join the fight against drugs. use drugs at roughly the same Cabinet-level post over the objec- Powers disputed congressional Bush on Tuesday set a goal of re- country: Too many people use He told parents they should re- amount that they're using now. tions of some top Democrats. testimony last week by Jeffrey ducing illegal drug use by 25 per- drugs." he said. "This is an individ- mind their children every day that That's not true. And my goal is to Bush's proposed budget for 2003 Skilling, Enron's former chief ex- cent over the next five years by ual tragedy and as a result it is a so- they love them, adding: "If you love demonstrate that's not true," he said. includes $19.2 billion in anti-drug ecutive officer, that he knew few improving law enforcement and cial crisis." somebody, you'll also tell them not Walters' priorities include identi- spending, 2 percent increase over details of controversial partner- treating more addicts. The subject had to be an espe- to do drugs." fying drug users who need treatment this year. ships. His administration's anti-drug cially personal one for the presi- The strategy is based on making but are unlikely to seek it; helping He wants $644 million for the "I think there's substantial evi- strategy seeks a 10 percent reduc- dent. His niece. Noelle Bush, has existing anti-drug programs more recovering addicts stay clean; dis- Safe and Drug-Free Schools Pro- dence that Mr. Skilling was in- tion in drug use within two years. been admitted to a drug treatment efficient and reducing public toler- rupting money laundering networks; gram, which encourages drug-pre- volved," Powers said in response to "We're putting the fight against program, her lawyer said, after hav- ance for drug use. White House and gleaning better intelligence vention among young people and senators' questions. drugs in the center of our national ing been accused of prescription drug policy director John Walters about drug distribution networks so $731 million to fight drug traffick- Key lawmakers said Sunday they agenda," Bush said in an East Room drug fraud. said in an interview. they can be broken up. ing in the Andes. did not believe Skilling's testimony. 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TheSideline Frogs overcome second half MLB approves control of Expos, sale of Marlins NEW YORK (AP) — In an deficit in win over UAB unprecedented move, baseball own- ers unanimously approved the which included two 3-pointers from turnovers himself. takeover of the Expos by the com- TCU captures the junior-transfer guard Blount. The Frogs shot better than the missioner's office and the sale of UAB (11-13, 4-7 C-USA) was Blazers from the three-point arc. the Florida Marlins to Montreal's third straight ahead 47-39 with about 13 minutes current owner. TCU shot 9 for 24 (37.5 percent) Tuesday's votes, taken just three conference victory left when they collapsed. The Blaz- from three-point land, while the days before those teams start ers didn't get closer than seven points Blazers shot 6 for 27 (22.2 percent) spring training, caused immediate Associated Press down the stretch. from downtown. management shifts. Montreal man- The victory is TCU's third league UAB's Antonae Roberson scored BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Junior ager Jeff Torborg quit and became win in a row and it marked the third 20 points and Eric Batchelor added Florida's manager, and Hall of Blount scored 27 points and junior straight game where Blount has led 17 for the Blazers. Famer Frank Robinson was hired forward Bingo Merriex added 23 as the Frogs in scoring. At the half, TCU led 31-28. as the Expos' manager. TCU defeated Alabama-Birmingham UAB center Will Campbell, who TCU returns to the hardwood to Larry Beinfest, who had been the 78-68 Tuesday scored a career-high 30 points when face South Florida at Daniel-Meyer Expos' interim general manager, night. m Z* UAB defeated TCU earlier this sea- Coliseum. In the previous match-up, UAB M resigned to become Florida's gener- TCU (14-12, 4-8 son, was held to six points. He did- the Frogs lost to South Florida 117- Conference USA) al manager and was replaced by n't score a field goal until the final 108 Jan. 5 at Tampa. Special to the Skiff Omar Minaya, who had been senior overcame an eight-point deficit in the two minutes of the game. The 117 points scored tied the Junior Bingo Merriex helped the Frogs extend their winning streak to three games in the assistant general manager of the second half. The team tied the game TCU forced UAB to commit 14 number of points scored in a game 78-68 win over Alabama-Birmingham Tuesday night. Merriex scored 23 points and New York Mets. at 60 and then went on a 9-0 run, turnovers. Campbell recorded seven at the Sun Dome. grabbed six rebounds in the win. Tony Tavares, who quit the Anaheim Angels last month, was appointed by baseball commission- er Bud Selig as Montreal's team president. Selig would not assure survival Women's tennis starts strong, beyond this season for Montreal, which joined the major leagues in 1969. He promised the Expos would be run independently and succumbs to No. 21 Bears that their top young players, such as Vladimir Guerrero, wouldn't win. Katrin Gaber and Karla day's deciding match, 60th- be traded. Loss of doubles Mancinas defeated Daria Potapova ranked Katrin Gaber was defeated Never before has a major and Paola Stephen 9-8 for the Frogs by No. 43-ranked Vida Mulec, 7- league baseball team been owner- point vital for TCU only victory in doubles. 5, 2-6, 6-4. less during a season. "Doubles matches are really "This was a tough match," In- in loss to Baylor hurting us," Head Coach Roland In- gram said. "Leoni had set point Second half run secures gram said. "It would be okay if we against Graf and could have won win for No. 5 Cincinnati BY QIIINTEN BOYD were playing well and falling short, the match, but she was just short." CINCINNATI (AP) — Steve Staff Reporter but we aren't doing that." Ingram said that despite the loss Logan scored 21 points and had a Tuesday's women's tennis match The Frogs looked as if they were of the doubles point, his team met three-point play during a decisive between TCU and Baylor was going to take the match behind tough competition that was a little second-half run Tuesday night as marked by intense play and mo- three straight singles wins. Junior more intense. No. 5 Cincinnati pulled away to a mentum shifts. However, the final Rosa Perez defeated Potapova, 6- "Baylor's a good team," Ingram 67-53 victory over Saint Louis. shift of momen- 3, 7-5, and sophomore Saber said. "They hit one more ball than Jason Maxiell scored six points tum did not swing J-'" ' Pierce defeated Frida Borjesson, 6- we could run down and made few in the 14-4 spurt that put toward the Frogs. TCU 2, 2-6, 6-2. mistakes. We've got to be able to Cincinnati (23-2, 10-1 The Bears, No. To conclude the run, sophomore pull out the doubles point, though." Conference USAI ahead by dou- 21-ranked in the nation, won a tight Paty Aburto, ranked No. 98 in the The Frogs head to Lubbock on ble digits with six minutes to go. match, 4-3, over the No. 23-ranked nation, defeated No. 29-ranked Friday to take part in the Texas Saint Louis (11-14, 5-7 C-USA) Frogs. The Bears concluded the match Katja Kovac, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, to put Tech Tournament, which lasts the never got closer than nine the rest with three consecutive singles wins. the Frogs up 3-1. However, the entire weekend. TCU opens with of the way. With the loss, the Horned Frogs Bears pulled off three straight wins Texas Tech on Friday and face No. The Bearcats are closing the sea- fall to 3-2 on the young season. to win the match. 59 New Mexico on Saturday. TCU son with a favorable stretch. Four of Baylor improves to 4-2 on the sea- Mancinas fell to Barbora ends the trip against No. 32 Florida their last six regular-season games son. Blahutiakova, 6-3, 6-7, 6-4, and International on Sunday. are at home, including their two Maria Adamczyk/PHOTO EDITOR Leoni Weirich fell short in her Sophomore Saber Pierce tried to help the women's tennis team overcome the loss of the The Frogs could not capture the toughest — against Memphis and doubles point for the second time comeback attempt against Patricia No. 11 Marquette. doubles point against Baylor. Pierce defeated Baylor's Frida Borjesson in three sets, 6-2, Quintan Boyti in two matches, only notching one Graf, 6-2, 5-7, 7-5. Finally, in the [email protected] The Conference USA tournament 2-6, 6-2, at the No. 4 single spot. also is in Cincinnati, where the Bearcats haven't lost this season. Saint Louis, which has won only one road game this season, fell to 0-11 at the Shoemaker Center and Street finishes 16th behind 4-31 overall in Cincinnati. Pitching too much for TCU Three days after they showed they can run the court during a 103-94 BY MIKE DAVIS ston — both firsts this season. able to get on it." victory at No. 19 Wake Forest, the Montillet, then retires The Shorthorn (UTA) The first three innings were rough In the sixth-inning, UTA added Bearcats went back to grinding it out The Texas-Arlington Mavericks for freshman starter Mark Lowe, another run when Mavericks senior Montillet's victory was salve for against the defense that's given them baseball team did something it has- who was pulled in the top of the third outfielder Jason Severson brought a French squad that has been in the most problems this season. SNOWBASIN, Utah — Picabo n't done all season. after pitching two complete innings. in Bozarth to go up 5-3. mourning since the October death Logan steadied the Bearcats in a Street, her star-spangled ponytail It hit well and pitched well in the In those innings, he gave up five hits TCU started putting pressure on of team leader Regine Cavagnoud, $4-50 win at Saint Louis on Jan. flapping as she sped down the same game. UTA and two earned runs. In the first the Mavs, but sophomore pitcher 22, scoring 25 points as Cincinnati killed in a training accident. TCU Wildflower course, finished 16th beat TCU, 5-3, three innings, TCU leadoff hitters Charlie Coffey was able to come in finished with a season-low points Montillet, 28, went to San Diego in her Olympic finale Tuesday — Tuesday at Allan UTA 5 got hits against Lowe. and close the door on them. total. He scored 11 in the first half for a few days before the Olympics, even trailing two U.S. teammates. Saxe Stadium, for The Homed Frogs were able to In the seventh inning with one Tuesday night, helping Cincinnati leaving the World Cup circuit, "This is the last race of my ca- its fourth win of the season. take a 3-2 lead when junior second out and runners on first and second, get ahead. telling friends she needed to get reer," she said. "I'm not going to "The pitcher threw strikes, our baseman Will Lewis reached third Coffey came in to get the next two Saint Louis had a big setback in away from the repeated questions have to live without skiing. I'm hitters came through in some situa- base and scored on Lowe's back-to- outs. Then again in the eighth in- the opening minutes. Leading scor- about Cavagnoud. just going to have to live without tions that were needed to and we back balks. ning with two outs and a runner on er Marque Perry got two fouls in "I still think of Regine Cavagnoud trying to be perfect on my skis played pretty good defense," UTA Mavericks pitcher Mike Snapp second and third, he got TCU jun- the first 2:14 — both while defend- and I will continue to do so. She will everyday, which is wonderful." coach Jeff Curtis said. "We played a came in the third inning for Lowe and ior catcher Justin Hatcher to strike ing Logan — and went to the bench always be in my heart and on my Street, who was trying to be- good game overall from all aspects." went on to retire the next 10 batters. out looking. for the rest of the half. mind," said Montillet, who carried come the first American woman to UTA sophomore third baseman The Mavericks hitters were able UTA Sophomore pitcher Chris Perry averages 14.7 points per win three Olympic skiing medals, the French flag at the opening cere- game, the only Billiken in double Darrell Preston said that Tuesday to take a lead with three runs in the Minissale came in the ninth to get had the best time at the top of the mony Friday and was wrapped in a figures. He finished with a team- was the first day the Mavericks fourth through sixth innings while the save with the tying runner on mountain, but lost speed in the blue, white and red French flag in high 15. played as a team. Snapp didn't give up a run in that first and two outs. the finish area Tuesday. Logan had a pair of free throws middle of the course as she fought Curtis said that at times, they time period. The biggest UTA hit TCU will look to get back on For the 30-year-old Street, it was and a pull-up jumper as to control her skis. didn't move runners over, but they came by Preston in the bottom of track this weekend at the South- remarkable that she was even racing. Cincinnati opened with a 9-2 run After blowing kisses through accomplished other feats. the fifth. With two outs, he lined a west Texas Challenge at Dell Di- A month after her victory in and never trailed. The Billikens her helmet to the wildly cheering Some accomplishments include game-winning solo home run to amond in Round Rock. The Frogs the super giant slalom at the 1998 stayed close until a pair of costly crowd, she grabbed a microphone a triple from junior first baseman right field for a 4-3 lead. face Southwest Texas on Friday Nagano Games, she broke her lapses in the closing seconds of and thanked the fans. Matt Lindenmeyer with a runner on "I figured it was a fastball," Pre- and Sunday and will battle Texas left leg and mangled her right the half. "This is the best day in my ski first and a solo home run from Pre- ston said. "I guessed right and I was Tech Saturday. racing career and it's because of knee in a crash and was off skis you. Thank you," she said. "Thanks for 21 months. Pirates score off turnovers She got off to a good start Tues- in win against S. Miss Mom and Dad, you always sup- ported me. You waited for that day, posting the best results at the GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) — phone call at 4 o'clock in the morn- first two timing spots and quickly Gabriel Mikulas had 16 points, ing. And you won't have to wait any getting into the tight tuck position and Bryan Foxx added 11, to help more, because I'll be home." that allows her to glide so quickly East Carolina to a 61-58 win over Street finished behind compatri- down hills. Southern Miss on Tuesday night. ots Jonna Mendes, who was 11th, But she flew a bit high at the Erroyl Bing added seven points and K II sicn Clark, who was 12th. first of the course's jumps and then and a game-high 11 rebounds for The fourth U.S. skier, Caroline struggled to maintain her balance the Pirates (9-15, 3-9 C-USA). Lalive, missed a gate near the bot- as she left a trail of snow in her Brad Richardson had 14 points tom of the course and did not finish. wake. She also was loo high off the and was the high scorer for The winner was a shocker. Car- second jump, losing crucial time. Southern Miss (7-15, 2-10 C- After she crossed the finish line, USA). Elvin Mims, who added 12 ole Montillet of France, who has she stared at the scoreboard in dis- points and six rebounds, was the never won a World Cup downhill, only other player in double figures. won in 1 minute, 39.56 seconds. belief and then lowered her head. Southern Miss scored on just two Isolde Kostner of Italy was sec- But then she waved both hands to of its four trips to the free throw ond in 1:40.01, and Renate Goetschl the crowd and blew kisses. line in the first half, while East of Austria won bronze in 1:40.39 in Street was trying to become the Carolina hit 7 of 8 (87.5 percent). a race postponed from Monday be- first U.S. skier to win medals in three East Carolina also converted more cause of high winds. The start of the Olympics. She won the silver in the Special to the Skffl points than Southern Miss off of race also was delayed more than two downhill at Lillehammer in 1994 TCU senior irrfielder Levi Robinson attempts to tag out UTA's Matt Lindenmeyer on e .1 at second in the bottom of the fourth inning. turnovers (24-14) and fast breaks (5-2). hours Tuesday by gusting winds. and a gold in the Super G in 1998. Lindenmeyer was left on second at the end of the inning.