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Lecture relates Lincoln to Darwin

March 21, 2013

The parallel lives of Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin were explored Wednesday night by Adam Gopnik, an award-winning journalist for The New Yorker and author of several books. He examined the prominent...

Latest social networking app makes waves in Utah

March 21, 2013

U-based company ArmorActive launched more than just the iPad accessories they specialize in when they introduced social networking app Voto. The iPhone-based feature allows users to rate their favorite...

U student researches impact of perspective

March 21, 2013

Annika Pecchia-Bekkum is anything but a traditional student. After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in English before the age of 18, she is now completing her second degree in chemistry and is on...

AIM presses issue of Ute mascot

March 21, 2013

There has been controversy over the Ute mascot at the U in recent years, targeting everything from how fans dress at football games to the name itself. Dennis Banks, Ojibwe leader and co-founder of the...

Irish festival brings a small taste of Ireland to Union

March 19, 2013

The Union Programming Council brought a piece of Ireland to the Union Ballroom on Tuesday afternoon to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day by hosting its annual Irish festival, O Lucky U. “O Lucky U is not...

U to face 4.4 percent tuition increase

March 19, 2013

Next year students can look forward to the lowest tuition increase in 10 years. On March 12, the Board of Trustees approved a 4.4  percent increase for the 2013-14 school year. The proposed increase...

Film student finds passion in puppets

March 18, 2013

Maham Khwaja has always enjoyed film production, but when she learned how to make puppets at an internship with Sesame Street, her ingenuity in costume design rose to a new level. Khwaja, a first year...

Campus to open in South Korea

March 18, 2013

South Korean students represent the highest demographic of international students at the U after Chinese students, according to the an annual report from the U’s International Center. In 2012, 378 South...

Game program No. 1

March 18, 2013

RISING IN THE RANKS From video game design to medicine, U programs receive high national rankings With the newly published college rankings on U.S. News and Princeton Review, the U found several of its...

U encourages women in hard sciences

March 18, 2013

Although the U places an emphasis on the sciences, in many science courses there are only a few women in a sea of men. To address this issue, the U has more than five groups targeted at boosting the participation...