- The Daily Utah Chronicle

Police report sheds more light on football player’s arrest

March 14, 2008

New details have emerged concerning the arrest of Utah wide receiver Fano Tagovailoa. The junior was arrested Sunday morning and transported to the Salt Lake County jail where he was booked by officers on charges of burglary and domestic assault. Details from the official police report were obtained through a public information request from public information officer Robin Snyder with the Salt Lake County Police Department.

With friends like these: MySpace eats away at your soul like a cancerous boil

March 14, 2008

Mass stupidity has a new name, and it is called MySpace. Or Facebook?or any of the other mindless concoctions embraced by college-aged students yearning for meaning, acceptance and attention. Their lives, of course, are defined by such important issues as: What Disney character is your alter ego? What piercing are you? What mythological creature are you? What literary character are you? What color is your heart? No, I'm not making these up.

Crimson blues

March 14, 2008

It took until the last 3.2 seconds, but the other shoe finally dropped at Rice-Eccles Stadium. Just moments earlier, it looked like another upset victory for the U football team over its archrival. "I thought we had the game sewn up," said sophomore Brent Casteel, who scored the go-ahead touchdown with just 1:19 on the clock.

A little less conversation?

March 14, 2008

"Casino Royale" MGM Pictures Directed by Martin Campbell Screenplay by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and Paul Haggis, based on the novel by Ian Fleming Starring: Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Mads Mikkelsen, Giancarlo Giannini, Jeffrey Wright, Simon Abkarian and Judi Dench Rated PG-13/144 minutes Opens Nov.

Thin as aluminum foil

March 14, 2008

"Bobby" The Weinstein Company Written and directed by Emilio Estevez Starring: Anthony Hopkins, William H. Macy, Nick Cannon, Laurence Fishburne, Freddy Rodriguez, Martin Sheen, Helen Hunt, Sharon Stone, Shia LeBeouf and Lindsay Lohan Rated R/120 minutes Opened Nov.

Talking in circles

March 14, 2008

"Gabrielle" Studio Canal Directed by Patrice Chereau Screenplay by Patrice Chereau and Anne-Louise Trividic, based on the short story The Return by Joseph Conrad Starring: Pascal Greggory, Isabelle Huppert, Claudia Coli and Thierry Hancisse Not rated/90 minutes Opened Dec.

The Shinebox: Everybody loves Al!

March 14, 2008

Move over, Ray Romano. There's a new king of prime-time TV -- a virtuous, good-natured surrogate father for the children of America, ready to impart life lessons and pearls of wisdom at a moment's notice. Perhaps you've heard of him -- does the name Al Sharpton ring a bell? Yes, the good reverend himself has announced that he is working on his own CBS sitcom tentatively titled -- I kid you not -- "Al in the Family.

Professor urges to review cultural images of disability

By By Jonathan Ng and By Jonathan Ng • March 14, 2008

Images used in society reflect the way a culture views disability, said Rosemarie Garland-Thompson, a professor of women's studies and English at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. Garland-Thompson presented a lecture Tuesday that encouraged community members and professionals who attended to view images of disability in a different way.

Cleaning out the garbage

March 14, 2008

Score one for the good guys. That's Good Guys 1, Sanctimonious Bastards 0. And it's about (expletive deleted) time. (Sorry about that last part, folks-my editors took this column to CleanColumnzz before publication out of abject fear of its objectionable content, so just bear with me.

Good lookin’ out

March 14, 2008

"The Lookout" Miramax Films Written and directed by Scott Frank Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Matthew Goode, Jeff Daniels, Isla Fisher, Sergio DiZio and Greg Dunham Rated R/98 minutes Opened March 30, 2007 Three-and-a-half out of four stars The tradition of film noir will never die.