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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

We still have not learned’ says genocide survivor

By By Alex Cragun, Staff Writer March 23, 2009

Gakumba and Pierre-Richard Prosper, a prosecutor for the Rwandan war crimes courts, discussed at a Hinckley Institute of Politics lecture Monday how the genocide in Rwanda and following war crimes destroyed millions of lives.

Drivers make transition to Federal Way closure

By By Isabella Bravo, Staff Writer March 23, 2009

Scott Miller expected to cut through the former U golf course Monday morning, but he remembered as he passed the signs and barricades that he had received two e-mails about the permanent closure of Federal Way.

Utes to face No. 1 Terps

By By Quinn Wilcox, Staff Writer March 23, 2009

A trip to the Sweet 16 is at stake tonight when the No. 9-seeded Utes take on the No. 1-seeded Maryland Terrapins. This game figures to be Utah's toughest challenge of the season, as many say the 29-4 Terps are the best team in the nation not named Connecticut.

Bad weather postpones softball games

By By Paige Fieldsted, Staff Writer March 23, 2009

The double-header against Utah Valley University that was scheduled for today has been cancelled because of unplayable field conditions resulting from weekend snow storms.

Bailout abuse shouldn’t come as a surprise

By By Spencer Merrick March 23, 2009

From GM to AIG, responsibility needs to be shifted back to the individual, not the vague entity as a whole. There are no individual consequences for the unethical practices we're seeing in these corporations. We've been far too trusting of executives who will do anything to turn a profit. We need to create bailout contracts with that in mind, and patch up the holes. Or better yet, we could stop bailouts altogether.

Campus evacuated due to gas leak

By By Associated Press March 23, 2009

Most of the University of Utah campus was closed and evacuated on Tuesday after the rupture of a nearby natural gas line.

Grimm released from scholarship

Two weeks after returning from a foot injury to boost the Utah men's basketball team's tournament hopes, Morgan Grimm is moving on.

Seminar focuses on new philosophy

By By Blair Dee Hodges, Staff Writer March 23, 2009

Philosophy professors and scholars from around the world will gather at the U this summer for a four-week crash course in a new method of philosophy.

Liquor laws still need work

By By Kiyan Sharifian March 23, 2009

House Bill 347, which passed earlier this month and will eliminate compulsory private club memberships, is a good first step in this process. However, it cannot be counterbalanced with a bill that moves us two steps backward. H.B. 347 helps Utah look forward in the same way that SB 187 will serve to keep Utah looking into the past.

New ASUU leaders get to work

By By Jeremy Thompson, Staff Writer March 22, 2009

The recently elected Associated Students of the University of Utah leadership has started to address a variety of issues, the most pressing being to unite members of the GO and Revolution parties within the new student government.