A Look at Incheon Global Campus’ 2019 Music Festival
By Nina Yu, News Writer
November 27, 2019
The Incheon Global Campus held its 2019 Music Festival on Nov. 6. The IGC invited three VIP guests and had multiple students from each of the four schools on campus performing. Korean universities have a tradition of holding school festivals in early spring or autumn. The timing is usually chosen b...
U’s Asia Campus Prioritizes Mental Health
By Mitch Shin, News Writer
November 27, 2019
The University of Utah Asia Campus hosted an open session about mental health on October 17th. Faculty, staff and students participated and shared their perspectives regarding mental health. The school also began a social media challenge going from October to December and will pick four random winners...
After Almost a Year, What Are Students Saying About The Hive?
By Marshall Foster, News Writer
November 26, 2019
Behind the Sage Point dorms sits the Hive, a late-night pizzeria that is the product of a partnership between Chartwells and the Housing and Residential Education Office on campus. The Hive opened in the spring semester of 2019 and serves about 135 students a night, according to the Housing and Residential...
Activists and Experts Discuss End of Conversion Therapy
By Brock Bernstein, News Writer
November 24, 2019
Mathew Shurka — the cofounder and chief strategist of the National Center for Lesbian Rights Born Perfect campaign — defined conversion therapy as “Any attempt where someone attempts to change another person’s sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.” Along with o...
Jehovah’s Witnesses Proselytize at the Union
By Natalie Colby, News Writer
November 23, 2019
For almost a month, local Jehovah’s Witnesses have spent nearly every morning on campus. They are set up either outside the A. Ray Olpin Union or on the first floor or the Union near the food court. At their tables, two representatives are armed with pamphlets about their religion and a cart full...
U Students Optimistic About Recent Huntsman Family Donation
By Angelyn Ramos, News Writer
November 22, 2019
On Nov. 4, 2019, the Huntsman family, University of Utah President Ruth Watkins and Associated Students of the University of Utah President Anna Barnes held a press conference to announce the Huntsman family will donate $150 million to help diagnose, study and treat mental illnesses. The U's hospital already has one of the best...
Cameras, Commuter Services and More: Updates in Officer’s Circle
By Marshall Foster, News Writer
November 21, 2019
It has been a little under a month since the Housing and Residential Education Office at the University of Utah held a town hall to discuss issues at the houses in Officers Circle. Cameras inside of the house and the lack of residential parking at Officers Circle are just a couple of the issues raised b...
Understanding Student Loans and How to Pay for School
By Barbara Pace, News Writer
November 20, 2019
Dave Ramsey and Democratic presidential candidates have increasingly commented on the student loan crisis recently. The national student loan debt has skyrocketed to about $1.5 trillion. Higher education costs have more than doubled since the 1980s. On average, today’s graduates are taking ...
Career and Internship Development Center on Asia Campus Surviving Without Director
By Mitch Shin and Nina Yu
November 15, 2019
The University of Utah Asia Campus opened in September 2014, but the decision to open up the Career and Internship Development Center was made in March 2018. According to Randall McCriilis, UAC Dean of Students, the reason why the UAC did not have the CIDC until Spring 2018 was the lack of gra...
Racist Posters Flood U’s Campus Again
By Joseph A. Moss
November 8, 2019
Over the weekend of Oct. 31 through Nov. 4, the University of Utah had multiple posters posted around campus with rhetoric that included: “it’s okay to be white” and “Reclaim America.” Although the U has said multiple times that it does not align itself with this rhetoric, groups have consistently posted racist messages on campus. Some of these messages ha...
Utah Women’s Basketball Heads to Colorado, Kicking Off Three Game Road Trip
January 17, 2020
Utah Swim and Dive Back in Action After Holiday Break
January 17, 2020
January 16, 2020
Cross Country and Track and Field Make History in 2020 Season
January 16, 2020