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Contestants compete in the teen girls fancy dance competition at the powwow on Saturday in the Union Ballroom. Photo by Connor Allen.

Powwow celebrates roots and heritage

April 20, 2014

The 42nd annual powwow celebrated American Indian culture throughout the Union on Saturday. The Intertribal Student Association, a student group at the U since 1971, hosted the event. This year’s theme...

ASUU president elect Justin Spangler presents next year’s budget with ASUU financial advisor Rob Phillips at Thursday’s Senate meeting. Photo by Chris Samuels.

ASUU proposes tightened budget

April 20, 2014

Incoming ASUU President Justin Spangler presented his budget proposal for the next academic year to the ASUU Senate on Thursday night. The new budget is $1.67 million total, 5.65 percent less than the...

Jery Hansana a student studying Psychology looks at tshirts from the Clothesline project last semester. Photo by Brent Uberty.

Clothesline Project gives abuse victims their voices

April 20, 2014

A colorful display of student-designed T-shirts filled the Union Ballroom April 16 and 17 in an event that created awareness through art. The Clothesline Project, which debuted at the U in April 2013,...

Students volunteer their time at ASUU’s Spring Carnival and play games with kids. Photo by Brent Uberty.

Easter carnival helps U families celebrate

April 20, 2014

The Easter Bunny took time from his busy holiday schedule to visit the U on Saturday. He appeared as a part of Spring Carnival, an Easter event for students, families and kids in the community. In previous...

Deodorant, scarves, and a little black dress

Deodorant, scarves, and a little black dress

April 17, 2014

By Anna Drysdale My first day in Kiel, Germany, I got caught in a rainstorm that swept the rubber ballet flats I was wearing away and permanently transferred the purple dye on my Christian Albrechts Universität...

Photo by Erin Burns.

A Twisted Tale

April 17, 2014

Lost in the woods, two hungry siblings find a sugarcoated cottage to use as shelter. While the house is sweet on the outside, the inside reeks of death. Trapped by a wicked witch, the brother and sister...

Plouffe shares reaction to draft by Seattle Storm

April 17, 2014

The response came at 11:02 p.m., after deadline, but in this instance that didn’t matter. On one of the most important nights of her life, I texted former Utah forward Michelle Plouffe to ask if we could...

Stewart Fullerton as Sabrina Daldry and Matthew Windham as Dr. Givings in In The Next Room. Photo courtesy of Spencer Sandstrom.

‘In the Next Room’ pleases the audience

April 17, 2014

The invention of the vibrator is a topic about which most Utah citizens aren’t knowledgeable. Nonetheless, the U Department of Theatre is hoping to change the conservative state’s sentiments involving...

Arash Tadjiki

White privilege demonstrates racial inequality

April 17, 2014

Public outrage was at a fever pitch earlier this year over a fairly unobtrusive comic who touched on a controversial subject. According to several articles covering the issue, including one from Buzzfeed,...

Luigi Ghersi

Ukraine conflict could help U.S. natural gas market

April 17, 2014

John Mearsheimer wrote in 1990, that he was certain that we were “likely soon to regret the passing of the Cold War.” While I person ally did not live through the Cold War — nor do I wish I had,...