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Crime

This flyer from Vanguard America was posted in multiple places on the University of Utah campus. James Fields, accused of driving into a crowd of people, marched wearing Vanguard America apparel on August 12. The group denies Fields's membership and says shirts were handed out to all those in attendance.

Racist Posters Found on U Campus

By Emily Anderson August 12, 2017

Racist posters were found taped around the University of Utah last week. The flyers were reportedly found in and around the George S. Eccles Student Life Center, as well as outside the J. Willard Marriott...

College Classes in Maximum Security: "The only thing I needed"

College Classes in Maximum Security: “The only thing I needed”

By Connor Richards April 6, 2017

By the time Sean Pica walked out of Sing Sing Correctional Facility a free man in 2002, he had spent more than half of his life in prison. When he was 16, Pica was convicted of murder, given a lengthy...

Student Assaulted with Pepper Spray in Dormitory on Campus

Student Assaulted with Pepper Spray in Dormitory on Campus

By Emily Anderson March 24, 2017

A University of Utah student living in Gateway Heights apartments on campus was assaulted in their room early Friday morning. Around 2:15 a.m., an unidentified male knocked on the victim’s door while...

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February Campus Crime Report

By Emily Anderson March 7, 2017

PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE TOILET-PAPERED On the night of Saturday, Feb. 4, police responded to reports of three individuals throwing toilet paper on the trees in President’s Circle. The suspects had no affiliation...

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January Crime Report

By Emily Anderson February 7, 2017

EMPLOYEE RECEIVES MYSTERIOUS PACKAGE A University of Utah employee at the Eccles Institute of Human Genetics was sent a suspicious box on Jan. 11. The employee contacted police, who investigated the package....

U and Board of Regents Create New Policies to Handle Sexual Assault

By Elise Vandersteen Bailey, Investigative Coordinator January 30, 2017

The U has encountered a lot of issues with sexual assault in the last few months, from Halloween’s alleged assault— the investigation of which was later suspended—to stories of sexual assault published...

Sexual Assault

Nowhere to Turn: One U Student’s Experience with Sexual Assault

It was 3:30 a.m. one early spring morning last year when she called her mother to ask for help. At first, her mother didn’t understand what had happened, only that her daughter had been hurt. After...

Alexis Ault was verbally assaulted while parking her car at the U.

Suspect Identified in Multiple Subaru Thefts on Campus

By Katie Buda November 29, 2016

Police are investigating several auto thefts and burglary cases involving Subarus made in the late 90s. Suspect Erick Bryan Curtis has been identified to be involved in the auto thefts, which occurred...

Madeline MacDonald, BYU Sexual Assault Survivor, Shares Her Story

Madeline MacDonald, BYU Sexual Assault Survivor, Shares Her Story

By Zoe Kozlowski November 17, 2016

Madeline MacDonald took on an institution. MacDonald, now a University of Utah student, began her collegiate career at BYU where she was sexually assaulted leading to the uncovering of the gross mishandling...

Alexis Ault was verbally assaulted while parking her car at the U.

Visiting Professor Verbally Assaulted on Campus

By Elise Vandersteen Bailey, Investigative Coordinator November 14, 2016

Disclaimer: this article contains graphic, sexually charged language. A faculty guest — a professor and researcher — was verbally assaulted on campus Wednesday as she tried to find a parking spot. Dr....