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Diversity Needs Definition

By By [email protected] • August 29, 2003

By [email protected] Editor-As a white male, every time I hear the word "diversity" I often have to cringe. I completely understand the arguments that a program will only be stronger as the life...

Athletic Fees are Ridiculous

By By [email protected] • August 28, 2003

By [email protected] 3 years or so of school here at the U, I have never known exactly what my student fees go towards. So you can imagine my interest when the "Openings" edition of the Chronicle...

Boycott Bookstore Piracy

By By [email protected] • August 28, 2003

By [email protected] semester, thousands of U students walk out of the University Bookstore with a heavy load of books, and a serious shortage of cash, grumbling all the way home about how much they...

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By By [email protected] and By [email protected] • August 28, 2003

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Scouting the Mountain West Conference

By and • August 28, 2003

Air Force After winning its first six games last season, the Air Force Falcons football team looked to be poised to win the conference. But then the team lost its next three games-including two within the conference-a slump that effectively ended any chance for Air Force to take the conference crown.

Local crowd fails to impress vs. Aggies

By By Tye Smith • August 28, 2003

The Fantasy-If you build it, they will come. When the U administration fired head coach Ron McBride from its football staff, it was believed by many that the fans would fill the stadium. New coach Urban Meyer, it was assumed, would install his wide open offense with four and five receiver sets, and the excitement from the high scoring O would fill the bleachers.

The Chronicle’s View: Legislature needs to open its mind to med school diversity

By and • August 28, 2003

The U School of Medicine's admissions fiasco is letting the Legislature show its true color again: white. Last week, legislative audits suggested that the medical school was placing too much emphasis on diversity, creating a disadvantage for white males.

Where have all the Liberals gone?

By By James Blevins • August 28, 2003

As election year 2004 approaches, I'm struck that once again the issue of two parties and loyalty to democracy will emerge again. This is an entirely frustrating issue for me, as I find myself without a realistic choice. What if there are no candidates that represent my point of view? Maybe this is a common problem.

Study may aid birth defect knowledge

August 28, 2003

By disabling its genes, U geneticist Mario Capecchi and postdoctoral fellow Deneen Wellik created a mouse with a rib cage similar to a snake's. The mouse has ribs all the way to the end of its tail. The findings may lead to a better understanding of skeletal birth defects in humans.

With a little help from friends

August 28, 2003

It didn't even take the entire day. From 8 a.m. until about 3 p.m. nearly 150 volunteers-including about 20 from the U School of Medicine-were able to build a custom-designed children's playground in the Modesto Park neighborhood on the west side of Salt Lake City.