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An apartment building under construction at 550 East. 500 South burst into flames around 6:15 pm yesterday evening, causing a four alarm fire with more than 60 responding firefighters. Photo by Brent Uberty.

A city on fire

February 10, 2014

PHOTO COURTESY YOURGENETICGENEALOGIST.COM

U to conduct a medical ethics panel on alleged sperm switch

February 3, 2014

The U is conducting a review panel to investigate the alleged misconduct of Thomas Lippert at a Utah fertility clinic. Lippert, who died in 1999 of cirrhosis of the liver, purportedly switched his own...

Supporters of the Stand for Marriage Movement gather at the state Capitol Tuesday night to demonstrate their
support for Amendment 3, which defines marriage in Utah as between one man and one woman. Photo by Chris Ayers.

U students ‘glitter bomb’ rally

January 29, 2014

Tanner Crawford, a U student in theater performance, was escorted out of the Capitol building by police after disturbing a gathering in support of traditional marriage Tuesday. Supporters of the Stand...

Paul Cassell, a law professor at the U, poses
for a photo. Photo courtesy of S.J. Quinney College of Law.

Prof. argues for victims in child porn case

January 28, 2014

U law professor Paul Cassell presented a brief last Wednesday before the U.S. Supreme Court arguing in support of victims’ rights in child pornography cases. He addressed the case of Doyle Randall Paroline...

Skiers pose on the slopes of the Alta Ski Area. Alta’s current policy of no-snowboarding is being challenged in court this week. Photo courtesy of Alta Ski Area.

Snowboarders sue to protest Alta’s ‘skiing only’ standard

January 21, 2014

Alta ski resort’s no-snowboarding policy is being challenged in court this week for allegedly violating snowboarders’ constitutional right to lawfully use public land. Jonathan Schofield is the litigator...

Marchers, consisting of students from the U and community members, gathered to walk from East High School to Kingsbury Hall on Monday in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Photo by Calvin Chhour.

March for ‘youth, equality, justice’

January 20, 2014

Community members chanted “Martin Luther King, celebrate the dream” at a march on Monday that spanned from East High School to the U. This weekend marks the 30th year of the March for Youth celebration,...

Thomas Lippert.  Photo courtesy of yourgeneticgenealogist.com

Sperm swap snafu linked to Ut. clinic, Tex. family

January 13, 2014

Pamela Branum has always told her daughter that God has a plan for their lives, but her family maxim was set to collide with another: “Honesty is the best policy.” It took just one phone call for...

Gov. Gary Herbert’s office said Wednesday that the state would not recognize same-sex marriages, pending another court ruling. Daily Utah Chronicle file photo.

‘A sad day’ for same-sex families

January 9, 2014

The same-sex couples who were married before the Supreme Court’s Jan. 6th stay on on a federal judge’s strike down of ammendment 3 will not be able to file taxes together or change their surnames. The...

Graphic by Grey Leman.

Same-sex marriage in Utah

January 7, 2014

About 950 same-sex couples in Utah are now in limbo after the Supreme Court issued a temporary stay that suspended U.S. District Judge Robert J. Shelby’s ruling on Dec. 20 allowing same-sex couples to...

Photo by Conor Barry.

Students, politicos, LGBT Center react to same-sex marriage stay

January 6, 2014

After over two weeks of legalization, the United States Supreme Court has stopped Utah clerks from giving marriage licenses to same-sex couples temporarily. “I wasn’t terribly surprised,” said Matt...