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The Drop (3/5): Chronicle’s guide for the music store

By and • March 7, 2008

Metal's recent mainstream success has unleashed a flood of At The Gates carbon-copies into the heavy music scene -- gravely vocals, soaring Maiden-melodies, punishing distortion and all. Minnesotans The Body Beneath manage to steer clear of the cliches through mathematical technicality and uncompromising sonic assault in the vein of tech-metal legends Suffocation and recent scene-stars The Red Chord -- an excruciatingly pleasant departure from the masses.

Writers encourage activism

By By Adam Fifield and By Adam Fifield • March 7, 2008

"Wallace Stegner made Henry David Thoreau look like a sissy sitting at the edge of a pond," said Philip Fradkin, author of Wallace Stegner and the American West, at the Moot Auditorium Monday night. The U's center for environmental law, aptly named The Wallace Stegner Center for Land, Resources and the Environment, along with The King's English Bookstore invited Fradkin to lecture on his newly published biography of Stegner, who died in 1993, leaving behind an enormous legacy of both literary and environmental achievement.

The Red Herring: FDA brings foreign food restaurants under one roof

By By Orion Archibald and By Orion Archibald • March 7, 2008

The correct and honest labeling of food products is one of the main concerns of the federal Food & Drug Administration, a body established in 1906 in the wake of scandalous exposés which revealed shocking conduct on the part of America's food-manufacturing companies.

The Word (3/5): Chronicle’s guide to the SLC music scene

By By Makena Walsh and By Makena Walsh • March 7, 2008

Electronica's bad boys Holy F*** create improvisational electronic music -- without employing the genre's staple use of loops, splicing and programming. This innovative approach to a dynamic genre has boded well for the Canadian duo, who managed to fill spots at Vegoose, Coachella (where they supported Brooklyn rapper Beans) and SXSW -- not to mention opening for Buck 65 on the European leg of his "Secret House Against The World" tour.

Horoscopes (3/5)

By By Gabi "the Genuflect Guru" Gaston and By Gabi "the Genuflect Guru" Gaston • March 7, 2008

Aries (March 21 - April 19) Have you ever been driving promptly somewhere important, when a tell-tale 12-foot Cadillac cuts out in front of you only to proceed driving at a whopping 20 miles an hour? We all have, because we live in a world where elderly people still retain the ability to operate a motor vehicle well into senility.

English women rise to ‘top’ at Utah

By , , , and • March 7, 2008

A story that revolves around women and puts out strong messages without being preachy or overly feminist -- that's how Actor Training Program sophomore Gabrielle Gaston, who is also an advice columnist for The Daily Utah Chronicle, describes the play "Top Girls.

Immigration reform not sustainable, professor says

By By Ryan Shelton • March 7, 2008

As state lawmakers passed a much-discussed immigration bill on Wednesday night, Peter Schuck, one of the world's leading experts on immigration law and policy, spoke to a local crowd about the challenges of immigration reform, calling it "the key to our destiny.

Experts say media must cover climate change

By By Jaime Winston • March 7, 2008

Salt Lake City set forth initiatives in 2002 to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 31 percent. To do this, sport utility vehicles in the city government's fleet were replaced with smaller cars, electrical generators were put in at the waste water treatment facility and landfill, and compact florescent light bulbs were installed in city and county buildings.

Family, coworkers fund ASUU campaigns

By By Michael McFall • March 7, 2008

When Student Body President Spencer Pearson decided to run for office, he called up his family for some spending money. His parents donated $400. An uncle donated $200, and a brother pitched in $200. He was able to raise $1,300 total from relatives. Pearson's fundraising strategy is not uncommon for candidates running in student government elections.

KUTE back on air

By By Edgar Zuniga Jr. • March 7, 2008

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