Skip to Main Content
The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice

The Daily Utah Chronicle

The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice

The Daily Utah Chronicle

The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice

The Daily Utah Chronicle

Car rental program to hit campus

By By , Staff Writer August 26, 2009

Students in need of a car to run errands have a new option.

Former football player misses court date

By By Michael McFall, News Editor August 26, 2009

Marquis Wilson, a dismissed Utah football player, is pleading not guilty to an assault charge, a class A misdemeanor, for allegedly beating up an acquaintance, Jonathan Williams.

Marriott Library opens, shows off improvements

By By Eric Lund, Staff Writer August 26, 2009

The Marriott Library has been under renovation since June 2005, and more than four years and $80 million later, the entire library and its services are open once again to students.

Professors help develop radar cloaking device

By By Deborah Rafferty, Staff Writer August 26, 2009

U mathematicians have developed a new cloaking method that one day might be able to render objects invisible to radar and sonar.

U gains canyon in land swap

By By Chris Mumford, Staff Writer August 26, 2009

Additions to the U are usually celebrated for being new and cutting-edge, but the latest is just the opposite: an archaeological site that dates back to 400 A.D.

Staff cuts mean larger classes, low productivity

By By Michael McFall, News Editor August 25, 2009

The U is also short nearly 200 support staff, including construction workers, gardeners, janitors and secretaries. Their absence means maintenance and operations are going to move like molasses.

UTA underserves west side

August 25, 2009

The specific UTA routes favor those in white, suburban south valley, as well as those commuting via FrontRunner from northern communities.

Chartwells raises prices

By By Katie Valentine, Staff Writer August 25, 2009

Chartwells' latest hike caused the most expensive meal plan to go up by about $90 per semester. The price of every item in the Union food court went up about 10 cents as well.

Knowledge should be its own incentive

By By Alicia Williams August 25, 2009

With the increasingly popular pay-for-performance programs popping up all over the country, American students have gone from appreciation of education to an expectation of cash incentives to learn.

Students first, not USTAR

By By Matt Plummer August 25, 2009

Starting such large amounts of spending and construction on the Utah Science and Technology Research Initiative while students are hurting is wrong. Some students can't afford to go to school, while according to its own website, USTAR is sitting on nearly $180 million just to get its own ball rolling.