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Did Suns make a good move? The ‘Big Limp’ no longer the dominant center

By By Jon Gilbert • February 12, 2008

You're in fourth grade again. It's recess, and you're picking teams on the basketball court. It comes down to the last two guys. It's your pick. One guy is in the sixth grade and bigger than everyone else. He used to dominate, but his body is tired and unreliable from beating his poor victims for so many years.

Big Cottonwood Canyon: Nordic Center provides thrill of sideways skiing

By By Jessica Dunn • February 12, 2008

Big Cottonwood offers plenty of vertical drops and downhill skiing, but it also has a large Nordic center located between Solitude and Brighton where you can snowshoe or ski through the forested area. The Solitude Nordic Center has a total area of 20 kilometers of groomed cross-country tracks.

Big Cottonwood Canyon: Guardsman’s Pass offers a killer backcountry experience

By By Kirk Taylor • February 12, 2008

Guardsman's Pass offers a few opportunities for snow-based entertainment. When the flakes first start flying in the early fall, many snow-deprived die-hards flock to the summit to session the hidden tree jibs and rails of the forest. The road closes by gate later in the fall because of snow buildup, but by that time, there will be other and better places to hit.

Big Cottonwood Canyon: Brighton’s got more than just ‘boarders

By By Jessica Dunn • February 12, 2008

Brighton is a little different from most Utah ski resorts. It has a laid-back, locals-only feel to it. It's the place where you meet up with friends and make new ones. Brighton doesn't have any fancy lodges or restaurants, and it doesn't need them because it has the terrain.

Celebration revives Chinese tradition

February 11, 2008

For Huilian Ma, Chinese New Year is a chance for her daughter to learn about the culture she has missed growing up in the United States. "My daughter didn't get to grow up in China like I did, but today she got to experience part of the Chinese culture that I love," said Ma, a post-doc in geology and geo-physics at the U.

Cartoon: Don’t cry Romney

By By Jeremiah Daraius • February 11, 2008

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Student support could save KUTE

By By Rochelle McConkie • February 11, 2008

Students have the power to help determine the life or death of the U's student-run radio station KUTE, which has been on a downhill turn since ASUU pulled its funding last year. The Student Broadcast Council is forming a student committee to create a new vision for the future of KUTE, which will include plans to change the station to meet demands and trends in new media.

Straight: Negative Greek stereotypes prove false

By By Chase Straight • February 11, 2008

Frat guys are a bunch of drunken tools, hell-bent on hazing the crap out of pledges and coercing women out of their clothes. I also hear that Mormons have horns. It's such a shame that some people still have these ill-conceived notions of fraternity men and their characters.

Filmmakers talk about experience in Iraq

By By Andrew Cone • February 11, 2008

Photojournalists and directors Molly Bingham and Steve Connors spent 10 months in the Baghdad neighborhood of Adhamiya, shortly after the fall of the city, interviewing Iraqi insurgents in an attempt to find out why some of them wanted to kill Americans. What they found was that Iraqis involved in fighting coalition forces were merely doing what any patriotic American would do: defending their homeland, even if that meant killing people from the United States.

Pacific Islander’s connect with roots

By By Clayton Norlen • February 11, 2008

Taukave Lauti has always respected his Tongan culture but said he values his culture more after learning more about Tongan history and contemporary issues impacting Pacific Islanders. Lauti attended the U's Pacific Worlds and the American West conference held last weekend.