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Student clubs and organizations gathered together for Plazafest Jan. 8th in the Union ballroom. Photo by Chris Samuels.

Weather pushes Plazafest indoors

January 8, 2014

Plummeting temperatures and whirling snow flurries sent Plazafest inside this year. Because of inclement weather, the celebration — which offers students a variety of ways to connect with campus organizations...

Senior James Mortenson uses one of the water bottle filling stations in the Union. Photo by Conor Barry.

U looks to add more refilling stations

January 7, 2014

A bill to install twelve more water bottle refill stations on campus will be presented before ASUU’s assembly and senate meetings early in the semester. The bill will total $9,500, with help and support...

ASUU: Ortiz springs into action with big plans

January 7, 2014

With Spring Semester starting, ASUU is preparing for their upcoming events. ASUU president Sam Ortiz said he has been working for some time on a diversity training program for professors. He said the...

Sam Wood, editor of enormous rooms, looks up from his work for a photo. Photo courtesy of Cami Tribe.

Student-run lit mag embraces all genres

January 7, 2014

Today, everyone is an artist, something the U’s undergraduate literary magazine, enormous rooms, wants to make clear. The magazine has been around for about fifty years. Sam Wood, the current editor...

The “Ute Brave” statue outside the Union building. Photo by Conor Barry.

Utes: logo, mascot debate ‘misguided’

January 6, 2014

Despite recent suggestions that the U should retire the use of the Ute name and logo, Utes say leaving the drum and feather behind is not the answer. Forrest Cuch, former director of Indian Affairs and...

Last Thurday and Friday, the College Book Arts
Association hosted its annual meeting featuring Craig Dworkin, a professor of English, as the Opening Speaker in the OSH Auditorium. Photo by Brent Uberty.

Bookmaking conf. showcases art form

January 5, 2014

The U hosted the fourth biennial College Books Arts Association conference in the Marriott Library from Jan. 2-4. CBAA is a non-profit organization that teaches bookmaking at a college level. Roughly...

Harry Potter Club president Pascal Bhatti
leads the group in a game at a club meeting on Dec. 9 in the Union. Photo by Dane Goodwin.

Harry Potter fans find community in club

January 5, 2014

On Monday nights, the dusty and vacant room 319 in the Union transforms into the magical world of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The transformation occurs under the direction of Pascal Bhatti,...

Carli Carter crowd surfs at the Grand Kerfuffle last spring. Erin Burns/Daily Utah Chronicle file photo.

Despite adversity, U student perseveres

January 5, 2014

Carli Carter was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy at age two, when doctors at Primary Children’s Hospital declared she likely wouldn’t live past her kindergarten graduation. Today, with her 21st...

Kids participate in the Utah FIRST LEGO League competition. Photo courtesy of The Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute.

Little LEGO builders do battle

January 5, 2014

“Three! Two! One! LEGOS!” was the battle cry of elementary school students heard Saturday afternoon at FIRST LEGO League competitions around the Salt Lake Valley. The FIRST LEGO League is an international...

Students stage administration sit-in

December 11, 2013

Tension was high on Wednesday afternoon as a group of students conducted a sit-in outside of U president David Pershing’s office. Students advocating for campus diversity arrived at the Park Building...