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Quote of the Day

By , , and • May 2, 2002

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Burgess Trying to Get Into the NBA

May 1, 2002

Former Ute center Chris Burgess is looking at his draft camp tryouts as his senior season. After all, Burgess went down midway through the 2001-02 season with a torn plantar fascia ligament in his right foot and he never returned. At the time of injury, he led the Utes in points (13.

A Nostalgia Trip Complete With Bon Jovi Music

By , , and • May 1, 2002

Damn. Five years at the U are coming to an end. Five years of studying political science and mass communication and sociology and other assorted crap. And now it's more than a little disconcerting to see it come to an end. After all, I've had five years of a university education and I'm looking forward to a glamorous career at the local Wendy's.

Student Sample: What Was the Most Memorable Part of this Academic Year?

May 1, 2002

For me, it was the snow. I am from Puerto Rico and have never seen it before. Emmanuel Hernandez Senior, Computer Engineering Sept. 11. But on Sept. 2 my brother and now sister-in-law, who are pilots, got married. Half of the wedding party members now do not have jobs.

Ute Football Will Benefit From Glut of Bowl Games

May 1, 2002

Ready to do some bowling? It may be a bit egregious to be talking U football and the postseason at such an early juncture, considering two years ago the team was picked to finish atop the Mountain West Conference and the Utes finished 4-7, then this season, the Utes were picked to finish sixth in the conference and finished behind only the Y.

Hoping I Never Become a Dumb Old-School Guy

May 1, 2002

Understanding how the elderly people thought about the "new-age" athletes used to boggle my mind. Every time I talked to one of them, it used to be, "Nowadays, the players can't even shoot a jump shot, and they don't even have the fundamentals to do anything.

Jazz Are Facing an Uncertain Future in Utah

May 1, 2002

Karl Malone will never win an NBA Championship unless he leaves Utah. Even then, his career entered its twilight several years ago and the sun sinks lower with each season. Whether Malone or 40-year-old point guard John Stockton will don Jazz uniforms next fall remains a mystery.

I Got Converted and Somehow Turned Into a Ute

May 1, 2002

Never when I was young did I think I'd be a Ute. I grew up a fan of the school about 40 miles south of Salt Lake City in Provo, Utah, called BYU. That is, until I returned home from my LDS Church mission in Lima, Peru. After that, I began attending the University of Utah.

Opinion Cartoon

By , , and • May 1, 2002

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Finding a Community on a Desolate Campus

May 1, 2002

On this campus, "community" is a shallow, trite and almost meaningless word used as a way to indicate the lack of unity among the student body. Just about every candidate for student body office promises to strengthen the campus community, an unattainable goal.