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Cinderella belts the tunes

By By Christie Franke and By Christie Franke • March 7, 2008

Everyone knows the story of Cinderella. Everyone, regardless of race, creed or culture. Look in any culture and you will inevitably find the fairy tale masquerading under that culture's norms, but Cinderella nonetheless. Cinderella is one of those wacky tales that can be as gory as a horror flick (see www.

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.

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.

MWC Power Rankings (3/7)

By By Cody Brunner and By Cody Brunner • March 7, 2008

1. BYU (23-6, 12-2) Up next: TCU 3/8 After a win over Utah on Saturday, Wyoming forward Joseph Taylor called out BYU center Trent Plaisted, saying he was "coming for him." Plaisted's response to Taylor was a 23-point, 11-rebound effort on Wednesday night, and the Cougars blasted the Cowboys, 78-61.

Textbooks now tax-free

By By Rochelle McConkie and By Rochelle McConkie • March 6, 2008

After a wave of student support and a reinterpretation of state tax codes, U college textbooks will be tax-free starting April 1, 2008. ASUU Government Relations Director Marko Mijic said the tax change is the result of students statewide taking ownership of the initiative.

ASUU candidates face uphill diversity battle

By By Michael McFall and By Michael McFall • March 6, 2008

For the first time in an Associated Students of the University of Utah election, candidates attended an ASUU Diversity Board meeting to answer any questions that members of minority groups had for them. However, a number of students walked away feeling as though their questions weren't fully answered.

Armstrong visit prompts surprise Huntsman announcement

By By Carlos Mayorga and By Carlos Mayorga • March 6, 2008

Two prominent cancer survivors, cyclist Lance Armstrong and Huntsman Cancer Institute founder Jon M. Huntsman, met with cancer patients at the Huntsman Cancer Institute and discussed plans for a major expansion of the facility Wednesday afternoon. After the two met with patients, Huntsman made a surprise announcement that financing has been completed to double the size of the Huntsman Cancer Institute, which should be completed by 2011.

Undocumented students bill fails to make it to Senate floor

By By Rochelle McConkie and By Rochelle McConkie • March 6, 2008

House Bill 241, which would have allowed undocumented college students to pay in-state tuition if they agreed not to work, died last night in the Senate. Rep. Glenn Donnelson, R-North Ogden, substituted this bill for the original bill, which repealed in-state tuition for undocumented students.

Fees may fund new parking garage

By and • March 6, 2008

U administrators will likely get the go-ahead to borrow more than $21 million to build a parking garage in the northwest corner of campus. State lawmakers passed a bill Wednesday that includes a provision allowing the U to borrow the money and pay it back with parking fees and donations.

Bill to speed up eviction process dies

By By Rochelle McConkie and By Rochelle McConkie • March 6, 2008

A bill that would have exempted university housing from state eviction laws by eliminating the court process died last night in the House of Representatives. The U wanted the bill passed so Housing and Residential Education could evict students who are not paying their leases or are no longer attending classes without going to court, speeding up the process so HRE could fill these spots with students abiding by the rules.