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The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice

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Frats pledge to be alcohol free

March 18, 2013

Stereotypes are hard to break, but the U’s fraternities are trying to do just that by pledging to be alcohol free. The decision has been a couple months in the making, but will come into play at the...

New armrest device gets wheelchairs moving

March 18, 2013

A group of students has developed a new way to operate a wheelchair for people who lack the motor skills needed to operate a joystick. By working with patients at University Hospital and partnering with...

Tuition waiver bill heads to Herbert

March 18, 2013

The state legislative session finished during Spring Break, and while students were enjoying a vacation from classes, legislators were busy changing the future of higher education in Utah. SB51, a bill...

Thatcher Building ignites excitement

March 18, 2013

As the sciences expand at the U, the facilities need to keep up. On May 13, the new Thatcher Building for Biological and Biophysical Chemistry was dedicated. The building has several new laboratories,...

Med school to receive increase in funding

March 18, 2013

The School of Medicine will have to start preparing to support an additional 160 students. SB42, a bill that allocates $10 million from the Utah Education Fund to the medical school in order to allow...

HOUSE Party wins ASUU elections

March 8, 2013

Chatting clusters of students squeezed together between the front desk and women selling Girl Scout Cookies in the Union lobby when ASUU elections registrar Maria Mooers-Putzer began to announce the result...

New research on a protein could cure skin cancer

March 8, 2013

Researchers at the U have found a protein that plays a major role in the metastasis of melanoma and have developed a protein inhibitor to reduce the spread of the cancer to the lungs in mice. Melanoma...

Med school funding bill advances

March 8, 2013

IN PROGRESS SB 42 proposes allocated funds be used to in- crease admission and number of primary physicians in Utah A bill proposing to allocate $10 million from the Utah Education Fund to the U’s School...

Lecture analyzes transgender bullying

March 7, 2013

Editor's Note: This story was updated to correct grammatical and factual inaccuracies. As the highest court in the nation debates same-sex marriage equality, the College of Social Work hosted a lecture...

U students nominated for Truman Scholarship

March 7, 2013

Two of the U’s best and brightest students have been chosen by the Hinckley Institute of Politics as finalists for the Harry S. Truman Scholarship, an elite and highly competitive national scholarship...