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Gymnastics: Minnesota to provide friendly surroundings for Utah

By By Jon Gilbert and By Jon Gilbert • April 9, 2008

When a team enters the postseason and has to travel across the country to compete in a format different from the one it has participated in all season, things can get stressful. However, that can be made easier when it feels like going home. Utah gymnastics coaches Megan Marsden (wife of head coach Greg Marsden) and Jeff Graba both have ties to Minnesota that could make competing at the North Central Regional Championships in Minneapolis, Minn.

Baseball: AL Central Preview

By and • April 9, 2008

Everybody who thinks there are about five unexplainable flukes happening right now in the AL Central, raise your hand. Now pat yourselves on the back because you are only about half right. First-place Kansas City isn't going to play .714 baseball all year long, but the Royals have good enough pitching and enough guys (like Tony Pena and Billy Butler) who are trying to make it in the MLB, so they aren't going to finish 24 games below .

Baseball: NL West Preview

By and • April 9, 2008

Xenophobia is a popular route when considering this division, and for good reason. From the Arizona Diamondbacks to the San Diego Padres, every team in this division -- with the exception of San Francisco -- is built on some combination of solid pitching and even better defense.

Greeks help orphans in Mali

By and • April 9, 2008

After volunteering at an orphanage in Mali last summer, Ellesse Sorbonne told members of her sorority about the poor conditions for children there. In response, sorority chapters banded together to raise money for the Mali, Africa, Orphanage Project. All five sororities on Greek Row have collected change, cloth diapers, bottles, pacifiers and blankets for the past two weeks and have raised almost $10,000 in money and supplies so far.

Access for the Disabled: Technology lab helps disabled students study

By By Michael McFall and By Michael McFall • April 9, 2008

Disabled students living on campus have two locations and two lab technicians to help them study on computers. Sage Point Building 811 has four computers that are available six hours a day Sunday through Thursday for disabled students. However, there are two students who regularly use the Sage Point lab for about three hours every other day, said Allison Pawlus, a junior in pre-nursing who works as a technician for the lab.

ASUU picks executive cabinet manager

By By Michael McFall and By Michael McFall • April 8, 2008

Next school year's Associated Students of the University of Utah administration chose Yevgeniya Kopeleva as the new chief of staff, the manager of the executive cabinet. Jon Hayes, next year's vice president, said they chose Kopeleva for her various experiences in leadership and organization in other groups around campus, including the Bennion Community Service Center, Housing and Residential Education and the Office of Orientation and Leadership Development.

Baseball: Utes go down south to face ugly, cold nemesis

By By Cody Brunner and By Cody Brunner • April 8, 2008

On paper, there is no reason the U baseball team should have any problem against BYU today. The Utes have convincingly out-hit and out-pitched their neighbors to the south to this point and have fielded just as efficiently. However, statistics and records tend to take a back seat to emotion when the bitter rivalry is taken into account.

Gilbert: LSU’s standards Les-than-respectable

By By Jon Gilbert and By Jon Gilbert • April 8, 2008

I'm starting to get that itch, and I've got next to nothing that can scratch it. Life without football is difficult, but the Utes are lending me a helping hand. After reading about Utah's weekend spring game, it looks like the Utes should have a strong season in the fall.

Ute Briefs (4/8)

By and • April 8, 2008

Men's basketball Former Utah great Arnie Ferrin will be joining the most elite club in college basketball. It was recently revealed that he would be one of several people enshrined into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame. The announcement was made Sunday by the National Association of Basketball Coaches Foundation.

Women’s Hoops: WNBA picks talent today

By By Natalie Dicou and By Natalie Dicou • April 8, 2008

Ute point guard Leilani Mitchell hopes that her life will change Wednesday. That's when all 14 WNBA teams gather in Tampa, Fla., to take turns choosing the best young talent in the country. Each team is looking to fill its positional needs and perhaps use the draft to find a diamond in the rough.