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The Pie’s sign is the first
thing seen walking into the
restaurant’s underground
location. Photo by Brent Uberty.

The Pie: serving students a slice of college

January 28, 2014

U students often frequent the underground scene in search of pizza. The Pie Pizzeria is known for serving pizzas across the Salt Lake Valley, but it began in 1980 in front of President’s Circle, hidden...

Students gather at Pi Beta Phi chapter house Monday night to commerate the life of sister Asha Davenport, who died in 2012. Photo by Brent Uberty.

Remembering Asha

January 28, 2014

Two years ago this week, Asha Davenport, a U student and member of the Pi Beta Phi sorority at the U, died after falling from a chairlift at Canyons Resort. Today, Davenport’s sorority sisters are determined...

ASUU chief of staff Scott Thatcher poses for a photo
in his office. Photo by Calvin  Chhour.

ASUU chief of staff keeps the show running

January 28, 2014

Unlike students in most other ASUU elected positions, chief of staff Scott Thatcher does very little legislative work. Vice president Sara Seastrand, a senior in political science, is the chair of the...

Model draft for one of the two proposed parking
structures on campus. Photo courtesy of Facilities Management.

New parking announced for 2015

January 28, 2014

Two new parking structures on the U campus are scheduled to begin construction summer 2014. The Northwest Parking Terrace is estimated to be complete by March 2015. It will have three to four floors of...

The Office of Sustainability has chosen to rename themselves as the
Sustainability Resource Center. Photo by Cole Tan.

Sustainability office gets new moniker

January 27, 2014

The Sustainability Resource Center is the newest program on the U’s campus — at least, the name is the newest. Six years ago, the Office of Sustainability was formed on the U’s campus to promote...

Michael Kutz, student body president at the
University of Washington, talks to peers from
across the nation at the Pac-12 Student
Leadership Summit on Thursday at the Spencer Fox Eccles Business Building. Photo by Calvin Chhour.

Leaders convene at Pac-12 summit

January 26, 2014

ASUU hosted the first ever Pac-12 leaders summit last Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Student leaders from 10 of the 12 schools attended the summit at the U, which was meant to create a more unified student...

Marc Lamont Hill, a professor at Columbia University, addressed attendees about Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream at Kingsbury Hall on Thursday. Photo by Calvin Chhour.

Hill discusses social change, racial equality

January 26, 2014

Marc Lamont Hill’s call to action rang through the Kingsbury Hall auditorium as he said “We must act bravely.” As the keynote speaker for the U’s celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Week, Hill’s...

EAE students (from left to right) Jake Muehle, Vaibhav Bhalerao, and Miao “Max” Xu pose with winning game ‘Cyber Heist.’ Photo by John Peterson.

‘Cyber Heist’ gains EAE recognition

January 26, 2014

Members of the U’s Entertainment Arts and Engineering program won the Oscar equivalent of amateur video game design with their game “Cyber Heist.” The game, created by a collaboration of students...

Students participate in formal fraternity recruitment last August. Tuesday was the first day of formal spring recruitment. Photo by Brent Uberty.

Frats begin spring recruitment week

January 23, 2014

U fraternities have been on the prowl for new members during recruitment this week. Stuart Johnson, a senior in economics and finance, said being a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity has taught him...

U students work on various assignments in the Union Computer Lab. Photo by Dane Goodwin.

U to launch online MBA program in fall

January 22, 2014

The U’s professional and full-time Master of Business Administration programs have added another option for potential graduate business students to gain their degree through a computer instead of a classroom,...