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Get your fix

By By Makena Walsh • July 30, 2008

Odds are you've spotted them looking better than you on an evening drive downtown: sleek, stylish and simple machines ridden by equally style-savvy individuals. I'm talking, of course, about fixed-gear bicycles and their riders. Now that this bicycle trend has finally made its way to the Wasatch, a store has risen up among the hip clothing, record and art outlets on 300 South to cater to all your fixed-gear fashion needs: Disorderly House.

Grimmsicle

By By Christie Franke • July 30, 2008

Michael Buckley has done something that very few other authors can brag about: he's created a series just as, if not more, compelling than the Harry Potter books. Magic and mayhem abound without relying on teenage wizards to save the day. Instead, the Sisters Grimm series details the adventures of two young sisters, Sabrina and Daphne, who are sent to live with their long-lost grandmother after their parents mysteriously disappear one dark and stormy night.

House: Library terrace shouldn’t be exclusive

July 30, 2008

When the Marriot Library reopens next month, students will find a portion of it off-limits. The balcony overlooking Rice-Eccles Stadium was originally planned to be a simple area where students could visit and study. It was to be a cement patio with a railing, and was designed primarily to be just a roof for the Automated Retrieval Center.

Hole in the wall: No cargo shorts allowed

By By Erik Lopez • July 30, 2008

According to Clubplanet.com, The Dawg Pound doesn't offer celebrities or a $20 cover charge and is "nowhere near the pages of Us Weekly or TMZ, but hey, beer is beer, whiskey is whiskey. A friendly neighborhood bar where you can pretty much wear whatever the hell you want.

Kamrani: College basketball will benefit from 3-point line change

By By Chris Kamrani • July 30, 2008

A foot. It's not to be confused with the appendage many creatures use for mobility. Rather, it's the unit of measurement that we as society use to measure a plethora of diverse dimensions. College basketball has decided to scoot back its 3-point line from 19 feet 9 inches to 20 feet 9 inches--a mere foot.

U breaks ground on new museum

By By Michael McFall • July 30, 2008

With copper shovels in hand, powerful figures such as Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr., Spencer Eccles and U President Michael Young broke ground on the new Utah Museum of Natural History Tuesday morning. The ceremony commenced shortly after an announcement by Young that the George S.

U stem cell research may help avoid leg amputation

By By Jed Layton • July 30, 2008

U Health Sciences Center researchers hope a new stem cell study will help patients recover from an intense leg disease, which can lead to amputation if it goes unchecked. As a professor and chief of vascular surgery at the U School of Medicine, Larry Kraiss is part of a nationwide trial to see if patients' own stem cells will help them recover from a type of peripheral vascular disease.

U researchers develop new solar power

By By Alex Cragun • July 30, 2008

In rooms littered with tubes and metal canisters, Valy Vardeny works with physics graduate students to discover a more efficient way to produce electricity from the sun using organic, carbon-based materials. Vardeny, a distinguished physics professor, is heading the project to develop new versions of solar power to be used on windowpanes and the sides of buildings.

Shaddy: Government oil tab dwarves Utah’s

By By Aaron Shaddy • July 30, 2008

In Utah, gas prices have increased from $3 a gallon in August 2007 to $4.25, according to market research done by AAA. Consumers have already taken heed. "In the last two months our hybrid orders have been going through the ceiling: we have sold 57 new and 45 used in the past 60 days," said Richard Prospero, sales manager at Larry H.

College of Nursing receives Endowed Chair

By By Michael McFall • July 30, 2008

Joyce Rice gave a $1.25 million Endowed Chair to the College of Nursing in honor of her late husband, Robert, a longtime philanthropist to the U and advocate of health. An Endowed Chair is a donation that remains untouched at its given amount, but whatever interest is earned on that amount over the years is used and distributed by a designated chair holder.