- The Daily Utah Chronicle

Pappas: Old Kobe means new problems for Lakers

By By Nick Pappas and By Nick Pappas • May 14, 2008

Kobe Bryant twisted his back, and with it, the series. He was walking like an old man with war stories to tell after Game 4, unable to stop the Jazz from deadlocking the series 2-2 with a 123-115 overtime victory in the hostile confines of EnergySolutions Arena.

Briefs: Ute skier nominated to U.S. team

By By Chris Kamrani and By Chris Kamrani • May 14, 2008

The U ski team is losing its best slalom team skier, but not to another school. Sophomore Tague Thorson has accepted a nomination for the 2009 U.S. Ski Team. The official national team has not been announced, and will not be until this summer, but Thorson informed the Utah coaching staff of his decision.

Briefs: Ute track and field to compete in Championship

By By Marco Villano and By Marco Villano • May 14, 2008

The Ute's track and field team will be fighting for the Mountain West Conference Championship today in Fort Worth, Texas at the campus of TCU. Several Utah athletes will be contending for individual titles and podium finishes as well. Several track and field athletes are poised for stand-out performances at the MWC Championships.

U baseball battles BYU for Deseret First Duel

By By Bryan Chouinard and By Bryan Chouinard • May 14, 2008

Utah's winning streak grew to six games as the Utes handled the Southern Utah Thunderbirds 7-6 at Ute Field yesterday. The Utes jumped out to an early lead on Nick Kuroczko's first home run of the year in the bottom of the second inning. The lead didn't last long, however, as the Thunderbirds came roaring back in the top of the sixth to a one run lead.

RSL to defend Cups againts Colorado Rapids

By By Tim Haslam and By Tim Haslam • May 14, 2008

Real Salt Lake will begin defending the Rocky Mountain Cup on Thursday as they take on the Colorado Rapids at Dicks Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colo. The Rocky Mountain Cup is awarded to the team with the most points between the Rapids and Real Salt Lake regular season MLS head-to-head games.

U student to study in Australia on Fulbright scholarship

By By Rochelle McConkie and By Rochelle McConkie • May 14, 2008

When Lynnette Averill was 3 years old, her father, a Marine Corps veteran of the Vietnam War, took his life because of post-traumatic stress disorder. Now as a doctorate student in counseling psychology at the U, Averill will take her research on PTSD in military veterans to Australia on a $30,000 Fulbright Scholarship to consider the relationship between the disorder and substance use.

Women gather to give cancer patients hope

By By Jaime Winston and By Jaime Winston • May 14, 2008

Lindsey Park struggled to find the right words to put on a greeting card for a female cancer patient as she remembered her uncle and co-worker's battles with the disease. Park, a former U nursing student, joined approximately 100 women who volunteered to create wellness bags for females battling cancer at the Huntsman Cancer Institute on May 8.

Former ASUU vice president nominated to regents

By By Ryan Shelton and By Ryan Shelton • May 14, 2008

U student Basim Motiwala wants to serve college students in Utah. And he has a one-in-three chance of doing just that. The Utah Council of Student Body Presidents nominated Motiwala in April as one of three candidates to sit on the Utah State Board of Regents, the state's higher education policy committee.

New ASUU leadership inaugurated

By By Michael McFall and By Michael McFall • May 14, 2008

When Jon Hayes first set foot on the U campus five years ago for a high school science day, he wasn't sure what the gigantic, unfamiliar place would have in store for him. Patrick Reimherr said that when he first arrived at the U as a freshman, he too did not feel like he had a place to belong--a spot in the U to call home.

U history professor awarded Rosenblatt Prize

By and • May 14, 2008

When Robert Goldberg was called into President Michael Young's office in the spring of 2007, he thought Young wanted to discuss the World Leaders Lecture Forum the Tanner Humanities Center organized. "I brought my list of names for who would be good speakers at the lecture, set them down on his desk and began talking," said Goldberg, director of the Tanner Humanities Center and a history professor.