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U vehicles investigated

By By , Staff Writer November 23, 2009

Commuter Services came under scrutiny after a former professor fell out of one of its shuttles and died Thursday.

Proposed senior class gift would create social center

By By , Staff Writer November 23, 2009

Wanting to address the U's reputation as a commuter campus, the senior class wants to give part of campus a face-lift.

LDSSA gathers 22,000 items for food bank

By By Jamie Bowen , Staff Writer November 23, 2009

Families are preparing large feasts for the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, but for many Utahns, there won't even be enough food for the rest of the year, so the U is stepping in to help.

Table tennis places 4th in regional tournament

By By John Stafford , Staff Writer November 23, 2009

The U's table tennis team's dream of a national tournament berth is still alive after a fourth-place finish Saturday in the Northern California regional collegiate tournament at the University of California-Berkeley.

Former prof dies after shuttle fall

By By , News Editor November 20, 2009

A 63-year-old female research professor, whose identity has not been released, fell through the rear doors of a U campus shuttle when it took a hard turn at the intersection of North Campus Drive and Mario Capecchi Drive, according to the U Police Department.

Meteor may have landed in Area 52

By By , News Editor November 20, 2009

Scientists have evidence that the massive meteor that turned the night sky into day for two seconds Wednesday night might have exploded in the atmosphere above the reputed Area 528212;an extremely dangerous, mysterious patch of Utah desert.

Engineering alumnus built legacy of caring

By By November 19, 2009

If one were to ask the employees of Layton Construction what kind of a person the founder, U alumnus Alan W. Layton, was, they'd all likely answer the same way.

A bird in the class is worth 2 at the zoo

By By November 19, 2009

Just to have a chance to interact with strange birds, students endured the shrill squawking of a falcon's song competing with a recording of John Denver's "Eagle and the Hawk."

Hinckley forum debates health care reform

By By November 19, 2009

With a sweeping health care reform bill awaiting debate and a vote in the Senate, members of Utah's medical and nonprofit communities gathered at the Hinckley Institute of Politics on Wednesday to discuss the system's flaws and debate the pending reform bill.

PETA members protest animal labs on campus

By By , Staff Writer November 18, 2009

About 20 people with signs declaring the U to be "Animal Hell" gathered outside of the Park Building to protest alleged animal rights violations by U researchers.