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Cartoon: Smoking on campus

By By Willus Branham and By By: Willus Branham • July 23, 2008

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Forster, Daily: Students push environmentally friendly change

By By Craig Forster, Cheri Daily and By By: Craig Forster, Cheri Daily • July 23, 2008

Last year the U opened an Office of Sustainability and officially joined other U.S. colleges and universities moving toward a more sustainable, or "greener" future. Why are institutions that traditionally avoid rapid transformation making this shift in vision and operations? What has induced more than 550 college and university presidents, including the U President Michael Young, to commit to the non-trivial task of making their campuses climate neutral? How might this green campus transformation prepare graduates to live in a world with finite limits on resources and honor the needs of future generations? Consider the incoming 2008 freshman class.

Swingin’ Utes’ schedule toughest yet, coach says

By By Marco Villano and By By: Marco Villano • July 23, 2008

There's really nothing that compares with the U baseball team and the horde of road games that initiates its season, besides maybe a band on tour. The U baseball 2009 schedule was released earlier this month and the players will begin the season with a tour of 16 straight road games before their not-so-welcome homecoming against reigning MWC champs TCU.

UVU president appointed as high ed commissioner

By By By: Jed Layton • July 23, 2008

The Utah State Board of Regents selected William A. Sederburg to be Utah's new Commissioner of Higher Education early in July.

Hinckley Institute seeks campaign interns

By and By By: Dustin Gardiner • July 23, 2008

A group of U students will spend their Fall Semester on the road covering the 2008 presidential campaign. The Hinckley Institute of Politics is accepting applications to send five students on a three-month intensive journalism study program. The students will report for various publications as they follow Barack Obama and John McCain to the Democratic and Republican Party conventions in Denver and St.

Ute football notebook

By By Chris Kamrani and By By: Chris Kamrani • July 23, 2008

Check out the new digs The U football team released its new uniforms for the upcoming season, which are sponsored by Under Armour. Utes Robert Johnson and Darrell Mack were on full display with Johnson in the visitor's white with Mack in the home crimson red.

Museum construction moves hikers elsewhere

By By By: Jaime Winston • July 23, 2008

Sarah George thinks the current building for the Utah Museum of Natural History is falling apart around her.

Cardboard recycling available on campus

By By Jed Layton and By By: Jed Layton • July 23, 2008

A year after a recycling program was implemented on campus, and thanks to the recent purchases of new equipment, students will be able to recycle cardboard in a cheaper and more efficient way. The U bought two cardboard balers and eight large recycling trailers to assist in the recycling process, which U Recycling Coordinator Joshua James said will make the program more effective.

Williams: U not effectively enforcing smoking codes

By By Alicia Williams and By By: Alicia Williams • July 23, 2008

Secondhand smoke kills. Environmental Tobacco Smoke, a human carcinogen, was found to be the cause of premature death in people who do not smoke, and there is no risk-free level of exposure, according to a 2006 U.S. Surgeon General's report. ETS is the cause of more than 3,000 lung cancer deaths per year in the United States, and any exposure to it increases the risk of developing lung cancer by up to 30 percent.

U.S. Army Reserve turns 100 years old

By By Jed Brinton and By By: Jed Brinton • July 23, 2008

The United States Army Reserve is hosting its centennial anniversary celebration Wednesday and is inviting the U community to participate in the festivities with free food, games and music at Fort Douglas. The free concert will include country star Charley Jenkins and the 312th U.