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The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice

The Daily Utah Chronicle

The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice

The Daily Utah Chronicle

Meet the New ASUU: SLC Sweeps Assembly, ONE Takes Senate Majority

March 9, 2016

The Students Leading Change (SLC) party, led by President Jack Bender, narrowly won the student government election last week, garnering about 58  percent of the votes; it controls the Assembly, though,...

ASUU Preps for Two-Day Grand Kerfuffle, Announces Headliners

ASUU Preps for Two-Day Grand Kerfuffle, Announces Headliners

March 7, 2016

ASUU is in the beginning stages of booking shows for its upcoming spring concert series, having locked down and announced its first two performers of an anticipated four to six. Rap and hip-hop artists...

Police Report for February 2016

March 7, 2016

Dead Body Identified U Police identified the dead body discovered on campus Sept. 11 as Sergei Aksyonov, age 47. Responding crews discovered Aksyonov, a professor in the Department of Chemistry, lying...

Madison Square Garden before the Utah Utes play the Duke Blue Devils in the Ameritas Insurance Classic in New York City, Saturday, Dec. 19, 2015.

“Tonight Show” Host Jimmy Fallon Fulfills Promise to Wear U Hat

February 14, 2016

With a little help from a BYU fan, Jimmy Fallon fulfilled his promise to don a red Utes hat. According to social media posts from Mike Headrick, a KSL-TV anchor, Fallon will appear in the hat on the channel...

Dalai Lama Reschedules Visit to the U for June 21

Dalai Lama Reschedules Visit to the U for June 21

February 12, 2016

The Dalai Lama, who canceled his October visit to the U due to health concerns, is back on the schedule to speak to students this summer. The Tibetan Buddhist leader, age 80, will talk about compassion...

(Photo by Courtney Tanner) Photo credit: Courtney Tanner

Editor’s Note, February 2016

February 2, 2016

I’ve never been one for romance. Blame it on my low tolerance for pet names and my complete inability to talk to the opposite sex (the closest I’ve ever come to a significant other is drooling...

Anthony Fratto speaks about the Indigenous Peoples Day Resolution during the ASUU Senate Meeting  at the U on Thursday, Jan. 28th, 2016. (Rishi Deka, Daily Utah Chronicle)

ASUU Senate Passes Bill to Replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day

January 30, 2016

Halfway through the meeting, Sen. Andy Moyle pulled out his copy of A People’s History of the United States and thumbed to an underlined section on page five. “By the year 1515, there were perhaps...

?? (Courtney has his name) during the ASUU Assembly to change Columbs Day to Indigidous Peoples Day on Tuesday, Jan 26, 2015. (Chris Ayers, Daily Utah Chronicle) Photo credit: Christopher Ayers

ASUU Debates Replacing Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day

January 27, 2016

It’s a conversation more common in classrooms than student governments: whether to admire or admonish the 15th century explorer Christopher Columbus. But in an unexpected move, the ASUU Assembly took...

U shuttle driver dies in on-campus crash after medical episode

U shuttle driver dies in on-campus crash after medical episode

By Courtney Tanner January 3, 2016

A U shuttle driver died Saturday in a crash on upper campus. Salt Lake City Fire responders found James Lamb, 72, unresponsive after he hit a wall before 10 a.m. They performed CPR but later declared...

U Student Dies in Accident Dec. 24

U Student Dies in Accident Dec. 24

By Courtney Tanner December 26, 2015

A 20-year-old U student died on Christmas Eve in a tricycle accident in southern Utah. Zachary Hunter Lusk, studying business administration and economics, had been riding down a trail known locally as...