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Shattuck: Anatomy of flip flop

By By Ryan Shattuck • April 17, 2008

I used to think Robin Williams was one of the best actors Hollywood had to offer. Now I find him to be more obnoxious than a room full of 3-year-olds. I used to pretend to date women in high school. Now I write for a number of gay, political publications. I used to consider myself a highly religious person.

Cartoon: The Holy Land

By By Ryan Collett • April 17, 2008

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Pappas: I’m alive!

By By Nicholas Pappas • April 17, 2008

There's a moment right before the end, a second of silence before the deafening crash. You brace for the inevitable. Sometimes it comes sooner than you want, but it always comes. I spent Friday night lying on my back in an SUV. We had provoked an altercation with a semi.

Chronicle’s view: Online comments an asset

April 17, 2008

Imagine living with the ability for anyone and everyone to anonymously tattoo their opinions and personal gripes about who you are and how you're living your life. Would you be able to trust the world with that privilege? Last February, that privilege is essentially what we at The Daily Utah Chronicle decided to give when we made the ability to post online comments on our website available for anyone willing to take the time to put them there.

NBA MVP: Bryant will finally get his due

By By James Boehly • April 17, 2008

With the top spot in the Western Conference locked up, there is no question that Kobe Bryant should win this year's regular season MVP award. When Shaq left the Lakers for Miami, there were many who feared the Lakers dynasty wouldn't recover. Without a big star to support him, Kobe Bryant could never again hope to achieve the same level of success.

NBA MVP: King James makes the most of out nothing

By By Chris Kamrani • April 17, 2008

"Todos somos testigos (Spanish for Manu Ginobili)." "Nous en sommes tous témoins (French for Tony Parker)." "Tutti noi siamo testimoni (Italian for Kobe)." And last but not least, "We are all witnesses (English for LeBron James)." Those who have watched the NBA are witnesses to the revitalization of a league that was desperate for star power and a marketable "good guy.

NBA MVP: Nobody raises his team like CP3

By By Jon Gilbert • April 17, 2008

Whatever "artistic differences" caused Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel to split in the '70s were surely regretted soon after by both. Simon carried on his career by telling everyone listening to the radio to call him Al. Garfunkel dabbled in Hollywood and traveled the world writing poetry.

Graduating at the U: Most dropouts are freshman

By By Ryan Shelton • April 16, 2008

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Graduating at the U: More grad degrees handed out

By By Michael McFall • April 16, 2008

The number of graduate students earning their degrees is up by nearly 5 percent since 2003, increasing from about 27 percent in May 2003 to about 31 percent in May 2007. The Colleges of Education and Engineering have seen the largest rise in the number of graduate degrees awarded, proportionate to the number of graduate students enrolled in the college that year.

Graduating at the U: Program helps dropouts return

April 16, 2008

Karrie Votaw found her "knight in shining armor" when she was 20 years old. "He said I would never have to work another day in my life, and that seemed wonderful to me at that time," she said. Votaw decided to devote her time to family and left the U. After 34 years of raising her children, the mother of three chose to return to school and finish her degree.