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Students gather in the Bennion Center yesterday afternoon for free food and to learn about service opprotunities in the community. Photo by Brent Uberty.

Serving the community, the world and tacos

March 20, 2014

On Tuesday and Wednesday the Bennion Center hosted an open house event to inform U students about the various service and volunteer opportunities available at the U. Dozens of interested students came...

Students gather on the Union Lawn last year to watch Awolnation perform at the Grand Kerfuffle. Photo by Erin Burns.

Grand Kerfuffle to host rap artist Hoodie Allen

March 20, 2014

The U’s Grand Kerfuffle this year will be headlined by Hoodie Allen, Talib Kweli, Burnell Washburn and The Druthers on April 4. The Kerfuffle has been a staple on campus for more than 20 years as ASUU’s...

Lee brings innovation to health care

Lee brings innovation to health care

March 20, 2014

Eric Skelton, a pre-med senior in economics, feels Vivian Lee is “as outstanding a dean as you could have.” And he is not the only one who feels this way. Lee, dean of the U’s School of Medicine...

Spangler, Black ready to make their vision reality

Spangler, Black ready to make their vision reality

March 19, 2014

Justin Spangler has big plans for next year. Spangler and Madison Black won the presidential and vice presidential positions for the upcoming school year on March 7, just before Spring Break. Spangler...

Cameron Stilson and Kyle Pierson help themselves to some shamrock cookies on Tuesday afternoon in the Union. Photo by Dane Goodwin.

UPC gives students a taste of Ireland

March 18, 2014

Sometimes even corned beef and cabbage is not as Irish as the Union Ballroom. U students celebrated St. Patrick’s Day on Tuesday at the Union Programming Council’s O’Lucky U Irish festival. The event...

Geophysicist Henry Pollack, an emeritus professor of the University of Michigan, lectures on the effects of diminishing sea ice on the arctic region such as shoreline erosion, permafrost melting and glacier movement. Photo by Erin Burns.

Pollack: ice melt affects arctic life

March 18, 2014

Caring about the fate of polar bears may actually be an important key to understanding global climate change. Henry Pollack, emeritus professor of geophysics at the University of Michigan studies the temperature...

Senior Sarah Baughn and graduate student Marjoris Regus volunteer at Ugurt during a Rock the U fundraiser Tuesday evening. Photo by Brent Uberty.

Fro-yo benefits cancer research

March 18, 2014

While Rock the U’s all-night dance marathon is not until Friday, “Rock the Ugurt” had students jumping for frozen yogurt Tuesday evening. The fro-yo benefit night is one of many events hosted this...

‘Paint the Campus Purple’ clashes with St. Paddy’s Day

‘Paint the Campus Purple’ clashes with St. Paddy’s Day

March 18, 2014

Green was not the only color students were supposed to wear this St. Patrick’s Day. ASUU’s Rock the U celebration kicked off their week-long fundraiser Monday with the “Paint the Campus Purple”...

Students nap in the Union on Monday morning. Photo by Dane Goodwin.

Students reluctant to return to school

March 18, 2014

U students may be back from Spring Break, but that does not mean they want to be here. “I feel like it was too short,” said Brian Truong, a junior in business, about the break. Truong spent the week...

Contestants for the Miss Africa Utah pageant lined up on stage on March 8 in the Union building. Photo by Chris Ayers.

U hosts 2014 Miss Africa Utah pageant

March 17, 2014

On March 8, the Union Ballroom transformed into a miniature version of the African continent for nearly four hours. Representatives from Congo-Brazzaville, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia,...