- 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 remembers late professor

May 8, 2008

James Tsai Yuan Wu, a professor in pathology at the U, passed away after spending 32 years researching tumor markers -- the protein levels of cancer patients in remission that allow doctors to judge whether the cancer has returned. Wu traveled to Taiwan in March to work at the Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, where he runs a research lab and consults with hospital personnel.

U graduates more than 7,300 students

By By Ryan Shelton • May 8, 2008

Commencement U researcher and Nobel Prize winner Mario Capecchi offered words of advice and praise at this year's graduation commencement to the more than 7,300 U students who received degrees, but warned that their generation would be held accountable for the actions taken to combat global climate change.

Animal rights protestors arrested

By By Michael McFall • May 8, 2008

Three animal rights protestors were arrested on Sunday for picketing outside a U researcher's home -- a violation of a new Salt Lake City ordinance requiring demonstrators to stay 100 feet away from a private residence. This is the first violation of the new ordinance.