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USC Trojans block down senior forward Michelle Plouffe in a past game. Conor Barry/Daily Utah Chronicle file photo.

Women’s basketball: Last-second mistakes prove fatal

January 5, 2014

After falling by 17 to UCLA last Friday, the Utes were looking to redeem themselves against USC on Sunday in Los Angeles. For 37 minutes, it appeared Utah would do exactly that, but then Anthony Levrets’...

What modern journalists can learn from ‘Downton Abbey’

January 5, 2014

As I’m sitting here in my tiny office, squirreled away in an old computer lab in the Union,  my family is gathering for one of the most sacred American rituals of all time: watching television together....

Last Thurday and Friday, the College Book Arts
Association hosted its annual meeting featuring Craig Dworkin, a professor of English, as the Opening Speaker in the OSH Auditorium. Photo by Brent Uberty.

Bookmaking conf. showcases art form

January 5, 2014

The U hosted the fourth biennial College Books Arts Association conference in the Marriott Library from Jan. 2-4. CBAA is a non-profit organization that teaches bookmaking at a college level. Roughly...

Sophmore guard Brandon Taylor jumps over an Oregon State player on Saturday, Jan. 4, at the Huntsman Center. Photo by Chris Ayers.

Men’s basketball: Runnin’ Utes resilent in Pac-12

January 5, 2014

With less than 10 seconds remaining in overtime and the score tied last Thursday against Oregon, Utah guard Brandon Taylor had the ball in his hands gearing up to take the final shot. He never got the...

Luigi Ghersi

Body cams provide insight on law enforcement

January 5, 2014

Police body cameras offer great possibilities for a shift in relations between the police force and the public that they are employed to serve (nominally). In California, Rialto City police have claimed...

Lindsay Schuring

Keep your new year resolutions realistic to follow through

January 5, 2014

New Year’s Eve, a night of celebration and extravagance filled with glitter, fireworks, parties, dresses and friends. It’s a night celebrated all over the world, each city showcasing their own luxurious...

Harry Potter Club president Pascal Bhatti
leads the group in a game at a club meeting on Dec. 9 in the Union. Photo by Dane Goodwin.

Harry Potter fans find community in club

January 5, 2014

On Monday nights, the dusty and vacant room 319 in the Union transforms into the magical world of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The transformation occurs under the direction of Pascal Bhatti,...

Carli Carter crowd surfs at the Grand Kerfuffle last spring. Erin Burns/Daily Utah Chronicle file photo.

Despite adversity, U student perseveres

January 5, 2014

Carli Carter was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy at age two, when doctors at Primary Children’s Hospital declared she likely wouldn’t live past her kindergarten graduation. Today, with her 21st...

Kids participate in the Utah FIRST LEGO League competition. Photo courtesy of The Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute.

Little LEGO builders do battle

January 5, 2014

“Three! Two! One! LEGOS!” was the battle cry of elementary school students heard Saturday afternoon at FIRST LEGO League competitions around the Salt Lake Valley. The FIRST LEGO League is an international...

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December 23, 2013

The Final Episode of Ol’ Ute Radio with Johnny McKeon and Sascha Blume begins with Station Manager Will Hatton stopping by the studio to say his good bye to Johnny McKeon. Johnny will be moving on and...