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The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice

The Daily Utah Chronicle

The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice

The Daily Utah Chronicle

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Student fee collected, being held in limbo

By By Chris Mumford September 16, 2009

A $1.34 per semester increase in student publication fees8212;intended at least in part for a long-delayed, still-pending restructuring of student media8212;has already been collected and is being held in limbo.

U research helps find treatment for seizures

By By Deborah Rafferty September 16, 2009

By the time she was 5 years old, she had experienced her first six-hour seizure. On a daily basis, she will have about 150 seizures. Hansen considers it a miracle that now, at age 11, her daughter can even write her name because the frequency of the seizures impairs her ability to learn.

HPER construction to cause detours

By By Rita Totten September 16, 2009

It usually takes Whitney Allison, a freshman in exercise and sport science, about 20 minutes to walk from her dorm to her classes on lower campus. But come Monday, Allison said she will have to leave her room even earlier because of the closure of the east end of HPER Highway.

Internet still lacking in some student apartments

By By Rita Totten September 15, 2009

Students are getting frustrated because Internet accessibility has been less than reliable for residents at the new housing complex downtown.

U researcher helps explain chronic fatigue

By By Deborah Rafferty September 15, 2009

Excited over the findings in his work, he animatedly described the intricacies of all the genes splashed across the cover of the Journal of Pain that published his findings. The more a person exercises, the more a newly understood gene everyone has tells the body's muscles they are too tired to keep working8212;some to a debilitating degree, he said.

Greek students get chance to shadow medical professionals

By By Katie Valentine September 15, 2009

Students who are in fraternities or sororities involved with the Alpha Epsilon Delta society and interested in medical school can gain insight into career goals before applying to medical school, so they don't end up wasting their time if it's not something they are truly interested in.

Construction closes Business Loop for 2 months

By By Rita Totten September 14, 2009

The latest construction project on campus didn't start without roadblocks, and now that it's begun, it's become a big one for students.

RHA cuts down on bureaucracy

By By Jamie Bowen September 14, 2009

The Residence Halls Association reorganized its structure to program its events with less bureaucracy, allowing students to become more involved and promote community unity sooner.

U survey evaluates retirement changes

By By Jake Hibbard, Staff Writer September 9, 2009

A year after the economic collapse, a U study is looking into the possibility of people changing the ways they save for retirement.

Social work director?s job is ?serendipitous?

By By Katie Valentine September 9, 2009

The hiring of the new director of the bachelor of social work program was a serendipitous experience.