- The Daily Utah Chronicle

Republican Party snubs U.S. minorities

By By David Servatius • October 2, 2007

This past month marked the 50-year anniversary of the forced integration of a group of black students into an all-white Arkansas high school. The group, known as the Little Rock Nine, made history on that September day in 1957 and forever altered the fabric of our society.

Working out is hard to do

October 2, 2007

Editor's Note: This is a recurring feature of the Activities section. Tony Pizza started training Sept. 15 for the 2008 Salt Lake City Marathon and will be writing updates on his successes and failures up until the April 19, 2008, race date. When you say it in your head, 201 days sounds like a long time.

Let it snow, for real

By By Jessica Dunn • October 2, 2007

Winter is coming! The leaves are changing, the temperature is dropping and the mountains have their first dusting of snow. Pools are closing, ski sales are starting and I just got in my first bit of preseason boarding. Goodbye miniskirt. Hello snowboarding pants.

Health insurance may become mandatory

By By Rochelle McConkie • October 2, 2007

U administrators want to require that all students have health insurance, but they need the OK of a state insurance plan from Governor Jon Huntsman Jr. for anything to happen. A soft waiver plan will go into effect at the U next fall, allowing students to declare whether or not they have health insurance when they register for classes and find out more information about university coverage.

Voices: Notes from the Women’s Resource Center

October 1, 2007

Amy is excited to be starting her freshman year at the U. She has decided to join a sorority, following in the footsteps of her older sister. Four weeks into the first semester, Amy starts to feel the stress of adjusting to college life as well as working part time.

Digging up success

October 1, 2007

When asked about the exciting possibility of setting the U volleyball team's all-time dig record before the Utes' weekend road trip, Connie Dangerfield hardly batted an eyelash. It's not that the senior libero considered the honor trivial. It's just that she had more important goals on her mind, such as collecting conference wins over Air Force and Wyoming.

Utes storm to victory

October 1, 2007

The worse the weather got, the better the U football team played. Nothing, not even a late-September blizzard, was going to deny the Utes from making a statement following their first shutout in 14 years. A week after their deflating 28-0 loss to UNLV, the Utes (2-3) handled Utah State (0-5) with a 34-18 win in a driving snow storm during Utah's Homecoming game on Saturday.

The newest craze in television

By By Nicholas Pappas • October 1, 2007

Original ideas are hard to come by. It's been said that all fiction can be reduced to six conflicts: man vs. himself, man, society, nature, god or machine. Now, we can add a new twist -- society vs. TV commercial sitcoms. Facing a dearth of ideas, the silver screen began borrowing from network television, its primitive step-cousin.

Cartoon: The fall’s biggest TV show

October 1, 2007

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American West Center moves to Ft. Douglas

By By Clayton Norlen • October 1, 2007

The American West Center held a housewarming ceremony on Sept. 26 to celebrate its relocation to the historic area surrounding Fort Douglas. "The American West Center was originally founded in 1964 by two professors in the history department who were dedicated to preserving the West," said Dave Pershing, senior vice president for academic affairs.