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U secondary young and unproven

By By Mandeep Gill • August 21, 2007

Speed and athleticism are characteristics that have to be present with every defensive back. For most of the U football team's secondary, potential and youth can be added to that list. Head coach Kyle Wittingham makes no mystery out of his opinion of his defensive backfield.

Activities: Bear Lake beach life

By By Jessica Dunn • August 21, 2007

Most people use their big, suspension-lifted trucks to pull their even bigger boats. Bear Lake Valley residents are smarter than that. They pull their boats with tractors. While the tractors might not break the speed barrier, they can launch the boat from anywhere without worrying about getting stuck or flooded.

Letter: Unlike Fuller, clubs do good work

August 21, 2007

Editor: We wonder what purpose Tiara C. Fuller's opinion pieces serve, especially the one most recently published ("Clubs on campus are racist and devisive," Aug. 1). From personal experience, we know that several hundred people here at the U are working for greater social justice for people who have "disappeared" from public sight.

Students of the U: Please like us

August 21, 2007

Dear students: Welcome to the U, and for those of you who are returning students, welcome back. We at The Daily Utah Chronicle would like to take this opportunity to introduce our paper and clue you in to how we can build a happy relationship with one another.

Cartoon: The American dream

August 21, 2007

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Activities: Free falling

By By Jessica Dunn • August 21, 2007

What's on your list of things to do before you die? Are you making them happen? I checked one off recently. Maybe it's on your list, too. Skydiving. It's a true adrenaline rush. I've never felt anything like it. Specific details of my fall come and go, but most of it is still just a blur.

Find disrupts widely held scientific notions of evolution

By By Constance Yonashiro • August 21, 2007

Fossils of two early human ancestors unveiled this month have prompted challenges to a popular notion of the evolutionary process of humans. Two U geologists helped date evidence near the fossils that suggests two species of early hominids co-existed for a longer period of time than previously thought.

Professor writes monologue on prostate cancer

By By Clayton Norlen • August 21, 2007

Men aren't always the best when it comes to opening up, expressing their feelings or discussing the hurdles in their lives. Jeff Metcalf, a professor in the English department, doesn't have a problem opening up about his experience with prostate cancer. Metcalf kept daily journals as he battled the disease from diagnosis to beating the cancer.

Homeless men arrested at U

By By Ana Breton • August 21, 2007

Two men were arrested and booked into jail on separate occasions earlier this month after police officers found them sleeping on-campus after hours. This is the first time a homeless person has been arrested on-campus this year. Prior instances when police officers found homeless people on-campus late at night only involved citations for trespassing.

Developer gives back

By By Rochelle McConkie • August 21, 2007

As a first-generation college student, Shontol Torres Burkhalter wasn't always sure she'd make it to the university level. Growing up in the Four Corners area of Utah and Colorado, Burkhalter said she was motivated to make it to college by her family, who came to the United States from Mexico.