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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

ASUU-Appointed Task Force to Decide Whether to Make Campus Smoke-Free

September 17, 2015

The ASUU Assembly and Senate voted in April to form a task force of faculty and students to examine a potential smoking ban on campus. Now, five months later, that committee is just starting to be put...

ASUU Paid Asher Roth $7,500 to NOT Perform at Redfest

September 17, 2015

ASUU spent $7,500 on a performer you won’t see at Redfest this Friday. The Campus Events Board advisory committee, who plans the annual fall concert, originally selected Asher Roth to perform but cancelled...

Reward Offered as Frat Fire Investigation Continues

September 14, 2015

The Gamma Beta Housing Corporation is offering a $5,000 reward to anyone with information leading to an arrest in the arson attacks that occurred two months ago at the Pi Kappa Alpha and Beta Theta Pi...

Sorority Bid Day Brings a Storm of Screaming and Squealing to the Union

September 10, 2015

At 5:15 p.m. Tuesday, the Union Ballroom felt like a crime scene. Chairs lay knocked over on the floor, and screams echoed down the hallway. To ease the minds of any onlookers, an impossible amount of...

Brittni Strickland Appointed New Senior Class President

August 27, 2015

Brittni Strickland was certain she didn’t get the job. After waiting by the phone all day and never hearing it ring, her optimism had faded to doubt. “I kept thinking they’ll call by 11 a.m....

Overhaul of OSH Enters Design Stages

Overhaul of OSH Enters Design Stages

August 15, 2015

Ceiling tiles come crashing down in the middle of class. The building is ice-cold in the winter and scorching-hot in the summer. There are frequent floods and power outages. Welcome to OSH. Nestled east...

ASUU searches for new Senior Class President following resignation of Price

August 6, 2015

ASUU is searching for a new senior class president after Devin Price, who was elected to the position in March, resigned. Ambra Jackson, ASUU president, said Price left due to “unforeseen personal...

Crews Respond to Fires in Two Frat. Houses

July 3, 2015

Kevin Shields woke up to a blaring noise overhead. It was 4:20 a.m., and the sound was not the alarm clock he had set. Still tired, he walked downstairs, where he smelled smoke. When he got to the basement,...

U Football’s Hatfield Arrested on Alleged Robbery

July 1, 2015

Dominique Hatfield, U football cornerback, was arrested Wednesday morning for alleged aggravated robbery.The junior was booked in the Salt Lake County Metro jail. Calls to Unified Police, who took Hatfield...

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ASUU Senate Passes Potential Smoke-Free Campus Bill

April 26, 2015

With only one opposing vote, the ASUU Senate passed joint resolution 14 that could make the U a smoke-free campus. Sponsored by Sen. Ryann Cooley and Rep. Kevin Shields, the bill calls for a task force...