- The Daily Utah Chronicle

The Fine Print: U approves $5 library fee

By By Clayton Norlen and By Clayton Norlen • March 26, 2008

A $5 increase will be added to student fees to help the Marriott Library pay its subscription rates for academic journals. Joyce Ogburn, director of the Marriott Library, said the subscription rates for journals go up about 8 percent a year, and for the past six years the library has had to cut subscriptions that aren't "core titles" because of rising costs.

The Fine Print: Transportation fee increases again

By By Rochelle McConkie and Dan Treasure and By Rochelle McConkie and Dan Treasure • March 26, 2008

As part of a five-year plan between the U and UTA to increase student fees for transportation, the average student will have to pay $4.21 more each semester to pay for bus, TRAX and commuter rail passes through the Utah Transit Authority. This represents an 18-percent increase from the current fee, which is $23.

Women’ Hoops: Two games too many

By By Natalie Dicou and By Natalie Dicou • March 26, 2008

It was a season that will always be remembered -- just not for the reasons Elaine Elliott and her Utah women's basketball team had hoped. Even though the Utes finished the year at 27-5, two of those losses came at the worst possible time. The downfall happened in a matter of days.

Chronicle’s view: KUTE needed the tough love

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Bailey: Virtual violence still violent

By By Ben Bailey and By Ben Bailey • March 26, 2008

Censorship is a difficult issue. In America, I think we are pretty liberal with our censorship, and I love that. I want to be able to express my opinions without the worry of facing severe repercussions. I like that about the U, as well. Part of the reason I opted to come here was because I felt I could meet a variety of people expressing themselves in a variety of ways.

Sewell: Can’t a guy just get laid?!

By By James Sewell and By James Sewell • March 26, 2008

The last few weeks have brought us the spectacle of Eliot Spitzer's spectacular fall from grace, power and the New York governor's mansion. Although hypocrisy is surely something to seek out and attack -- and Spitzer was most surely a hypocrite (he attacked the same sexually-oriented businesses of which he was a long-time client) -- there is something that still bothers me about the whole affair (pun intended).

The Fine Print: Rec fee hike to pay student salaries

By By Carlos Mayorga and By Carlos Mayorga • March 26, 2008

U officials said a hike in the campus recreation fee is necessary to pay salary increases to student employees because the federal minimum wage increased last year for the first time in 10 years and is scheduled to increase twice more in the next two years.

U officer fired for DUI

By By Ana Breton and By Ana Breton • March 26, 2008

A former officer at the U Police Department had his peace officer certification suspended for the next three years after he was arrested for drunken driving. Officer Tory Park's certification was suspended by the Utah Peace Officer Standards and Training Council, which establishes and upholds rules of conduct for the state's certified peace officers.

Pappas: Students hear same ol’ story every year

By By Nicholas Pappas and By Nicholas Pappas • March 25, 2008

"It's best for students not to have a large tuition increase," Student Body President Spencer Pearson said. "But it's reasonable to expect at least the rate of inflation -- which is about 4 percent -- and the U is only 2 (percent) above that." I would have liked to hear more used-car sales pitches from Pearson, but he was too busy wagging his tail and rolling over for the U administrators.

Niedrich: First impressions last forever

By By Anastasia Niedrich and By Anastasia Niedrich • March 25, 2008

People make statements quite frequently that start with, "You can tell everything about a person by their..." Well, I believe you can tell almost everything about people by how they treat other people -- especially people who serve them. The weekend before St.