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A cheerleader runs with a U flag before the Utah’s game against Colorado last season. Photo by Conor Barry.

UPDATED: ASUU votes to support fight song changes

April 8, 2014

Editor's note: This story has been updated from its original version to correct inaccuracies. ASUU voted last week to support a potential change to make the U’s fight song, “Utah Man" more inclusive. The...

Susan Napier, professor of Japanese studies at Tufts University, gives a lecture in the CRCC on Monday afternoon. Photo by Dane Goodwin.

Napier discusses allegories in anime

April 8, 2014

Susan Napier, a professor at Tufts University, thinks Japanese anime shows a world of over-consumption through fantasy and animation. Napier, author of the first academic book about anime, Anime from Akira...

Students gathered for a pool party at the Ute Natatorium
Saturday afternoon hosted by UPC and VS PINK. Photo by Brent Uberty.

Pool party brings fun, panties

April 7, 2014

Saturday’s rain did not stop U students from breaking out their bikinis. More than 100 swimsuit-clad students packed the Ute Natatorium for Saturday’s pool party, hosted by the Union Programming Council...

Headliner Hoodie Allen performs Friday evening at The Grand Kerfuffle. Photo by Erin Burns.

Students jive to Hoodie Allen beat

April 6, 2014

The bass was bumpin’ and the students were jumpin’ at the massive mosh pit that was the Grand Kerfuffle Friday night. ASUU’s spring concert sold more than 4,000 tickets to concert-goers excited to...

Displays in the cases on the 2nd floor of the Marriott Library highlight some of the things the new 3D printer can do. Photo by Brent Uberty.

Marriott Library acquires 3D printer

April 6, 2014

The Marriott Library is home to a 3-D printer, which allows users to create three-dimensional objects from digital blueprints. A display, located on the second floor of the library, features several objects...

Villalpando steps down as chief diversity officer

Villalpando steps down as chief diversity officer

April 3, 2014

The U will begin their search for a new chief diversity officer, as Octavio Villalpando is stepping down from the role to return to a full-time faculty position. “After more than seven years as the university’s...

Students pose for a photo at an HBSA club meeting. COURTESY OF BRANDLEY PEREZ

New scholarship to ‘give back’ to DREAM students

April 2, 2014

The U is offering a privately funded scholarship for undocumented students. The scholarship was announced at the Hispanic Business Students Association’s event last week, Bailamos. Felix Salazar, a junior...

The MUSS doing the 3rd down jump at Rice Eccles Stadium last season. Photo by Conor Barry.

Students flock to register for the MUSS

April 1, 2014

The Utes will not start their home football schedule for almost five more months, but U students are already gearing up for the season by purchasing MUSS tickets this week. U students are guaranteed a...

Students congregate and study in the atrium of the LDS Institute of Religion. Photo by Chris Samuels.

Mormon studies minor has potential

April 1, 2014

The U’s College of Humanities is looking to add a minor in Mormon studies in addition to the religious studies program. Paul Reeve, professor in history at the U, teaches a course titled “Mormonism...

Bruce Smith talks to an audience about the Fulbright Program. Photo by Cole Tan.

Fulbright Program gives global opportunities

April 1, 2014

Plan early and start as soon as possible – this was the advice the panel gave audience members during the Hinckley Institute of Politics Fulbright forum on Tuesday. Michael Hardman, the chief global...