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Kauerz: Warm beer can be fun, too

February 6, 2008

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Students protest after HB 241

By By Rochelle McConkie • February 6, 2008

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GOP candidates skip Utah

By By Edgar Zuniga Jr. • February 6, 2008

Utah Democrats have been showered with visits from their party's presidential candidates or their surrogates, but Republican candidates have largely skipped the state. Michelle Obama, wife of Democratic candidate Barack Obama, visited Utah on Monday, and Obama's senior foreign policy adviser Susan Rice visited the U on Friday.

Religion at the U: LDS Church has a presence

February 6, 2008

Every day hundreds of students can be seen walking to and from the LDS Institute of Religion across from the business loop. The institute has been offering religious classes and social opportunities to U students since 1934. Some students praise the Institute as a welcome relief to the daily classes they take at the U.

Auxier: Let’s drill in Alaska

By By Tiara Auxier • February 6, 2008

Media reports have lately been focused on the slowing growth of the economy, loss of jobs, interest rates being cut by the Feds and the fear of recession. It is no wonder that the economy's growth is slowing when for months we have had to shell out more than $3 per gallon for gas.

U art professor, students to paint a mural downtown

February 6, 2008

Thanks to a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, professor Kim Martinez and some of her students will design and paint a mural in downtown Salt Lake City this summer. Martinez was awarded a $16,000 grant to paint a mural depicting Mexican cultural myths.

Sorenson leaves fortune to charity

By By Ana Breton • February 6, 2008

When James LeVoy Sorenson died from cancer at the age of 86 last month, his family said that the late inventor, entrepreneur and philanthropist's assets would be donated to charity. However, Peggy Hayes, a spokesperson at the Sorenson Legacy Foundation, declined to give any more specific details about how Sorenson's fortune will be donated, which Forbes magazine estimated to be worth about $4 billion.

Senate passes bill to conceal animal researchers

By By Rochelle McConkie • February 6, 2008

The Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would conceal the names, personal addresses and phone numbers of animal researchers at state colleges and universities. SB 113, sponsored by Sen. Greg Bell, R-Fruit Heights, would modify the Government Records Access and Management Act to classify personal information of researchers who conduct medical or scientific research on animals at institutions of higher education as protected documents.

The trek to Grizzly Gulch

By By Kirk Taylor • February 5, 2008

Grizzly Gulch is a backcountry destination that has been steadily growing in popularity since the late '90s. It has become distinctively famous for two massive features: Chad's gap and Pyramid gap. These gaps span more than 100 feet and are not to be taken lightly.

Fun on planks: LDS quarry is a great spot for jibbing

By By Jessica Dunn • February 5, 2008

Not far up Little Cottonwood Canyon lies a shred center without a lift. All that's needed is a little exploring, some snow coverage and a good imagination. Settlers from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints built the granite quarry near the mouth of the canyon to mine granite for building their temple.