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New dinosaur discovered

October 4, 2007

With a body 30-feet-long and a mouth full of more than 800 teeth, a new dinosaur discovered in Southern Utah might sound like a formidable killer. Not so. This duck-billed dinosaur is not a carnivore, and might have shied away from red meat in favor of a plant-filled diet.

Club brings Eastern art to campus

By By Michael McFall • October 4, 2007

The Eastern Art club has helped bring music and dance from all over the Middle East to campus, such as Persian musicians Mohammad Nejad and Latif Bolat, as well as Saren GaoWa, a Mongolian dancer and vocalist. The group also helped bring a former governor of Herat, Afghanistan to give a lecture.

U’s campus climate commitment in early stages

By By Arthur Raymond • October 4, 2007

The U might be one step closer to signing a national agreement to fight global warming. The new campus Office of Sustainability is waiting for U President Michael Young to select members for an advisory committee that will take the next step toward presenting an official campus climate commitment.

The energy crisis solution

October 4, 2007

Doug GreenwoodPassersby help Alma Allred, the director of U commuter services, push a broken down U shuttle bus out of the intersection at 1740 East and South Campus Drive on Wednesday morning. Riders...

Diggin’ life

October 4, 2007

Watch five minutes of a U volleyball match and it's not hard to see where the Utes get a large portion of their energy from. Just look for the player in the different-colored shirt. Whether it's diving for another dig, leading a foot-stomping cheer after every Utah ace, or doing her patented hop after her teammates polish off another kill, Connie Dangerfield is the energetic pulse of the U volleyball team.

Give me real news or give me death

October 4, 2007

On Monday, a good friend of mine passed away. Real news had been one of my closest companions for many years. When I was bored in class, it entertained me. When I needed something to write about, it gave me a worthy topic. And when I wanted to know what was going on in the world that should matter to me as a human being, real news would inform me.

Southern Thunder

By By Trevor Hale • October 4, 2007

"We've been together for 10 years now, and you start to realize that it's the real bands that are able to span the test of time," said Every Time I Die guitarist Andy Williams in regards to his band's die-hard work ethic and dedication to the road. Buffalo, New York's favorite sons of southern metal have spent the better part of the last ten years on tour, giving it their all day-in and day-out.

Take five: Five ‘can’t miss’ events in the coming week

By By Danny Letz • October 4, 2007

Thursday, Oct. 4 Environmental Impact Day Free 10 p.m. West Patio of the Union Building Come celebrate the founding of the University's Office of Sustainability at Campus Environmental Impact Day -- an entire morning of sustainable fun sponsored by ASUU. A new campus master plan and alternative fuel vehicles will be on display alongside presentations on electricity consumption/conservation, campus agriculture, dining and recycling.

Red Herring: 50 ditches rap game, revives poetry genre

By By Orion Archibald • October 4, 2007

Shortly before the Sept. 11 release of their respective albums, musician Curtis Jackson, known better by his stage name 50 Cent, issued a challenge to Kanye West. If Kayne's album outsold his, he claimed he would leave the music industry. True to his word, after his Curtis was outsold by West's Graduation to the tune of 250,000 copies in the first week, he got up in front of reporters early last week to announce his retirement from the music industry.

Film Capsules

October 4, 2007

"3:10 to Yuma" Rated R Opened Sept. 7, 2007 Three out of four stars A down-and-out rancher (Christian Bale) signs up to escort a captured outlaw (Russell Crowe) across the wilderness to rendezvous with a prison train?the 3:10 to Yuma. Gunfights ensue. Both Bale and Crowe give outstanding performances in this remake of the 1957 classic.