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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

Utah garners MWC honors

By By Paige Fieldsted, Staff Writer December 3, 2008

After winning the Mountain West Conference championship with a 14-2 conference record, the Utes had four team members selected to the all-MWC team, while head coach Beth Launiere was named MWC Coach of the Year.

Security report inaccurate

By By Michael McFall, Staff Writer December 3, 2008

The Clery Act, designed to inform prospective students and parents about the crime rates of a university, dramatically misrepresents the amount of theft at the U.

Conservative paper makes debut

By By Alex Cragun, Staff Writer December 3, 2008

Politically conservative students are now voicing their opinions with the release of the first edition of the new monthly newspaper The Sentinel.

Shop local for holidays

By By Logan Campbell December 2, 2008

Instead of increasing the profits of national chain retailers, you can help our economy a lot more by diverting even just a fraction of your spending toward local shops.

Future looks bright for new gymnasts

By By Bryan Chouinard, Staff Writer December 2, 2008

Next year, when Utah gymnastics is forced to go on without seniors Kristina Baskett and Nina Kim, head coach Greg Marsden's squad will have three new recruits coming in to fill the void.

Drinking at U games not a serious problem

By By Brian Trick December 2, 2008

Drinking at U sporting events just isn't the plague some would have you believe it is. If drinking really were an epidemic, there would be thousands of streakers every game with bright red U's painted on their posteriors.

Boylen finds talented recruits

By By Marco Villano, Staff Writer December 2, 2008

When recruiting for the 2009-2010 season, Runnin' Utes head coach Jim Boylen and his assistants wanted to find winning players from winning programs. On Nov. 13, they got what they were looking for.

The BCS system is what it is

By By Chris Kamrani, Asst. Sports Editor December 2, 2008

The beauty of it all is Utah will be waiting happily with open arms for any of these four teams to fall into the seat next to it.

Smoke tax would be fine

December 2, 2008

Many smokers might want to quit. However, many others have no desire to quit; I personally know such smokers. Thus, it's not fair to call a tax increase a "sin tax," or even a "stupid tax." An appropriate name could be "you are causing health care costs to increase, so you should be the one to pay for it-tax."

Animal rights protestors misrepresented

December 2, 2008

Alicia is using fear tactics, trying to frighten readers by portraying peaceful protesters as aggressors. Look at the language she uses to speak about pacifists such as myself: militant, bully, hatred, threat, terrorist tactics.