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Port O? Call to be demolished for courthouse

By By Michael McFall, Staff Writer January 15, 2009

U.S. District Judge William Downes issued an order Jan. 12 mandating that the pub's 90 employees and the 20 tenants living upstairs vacate by March 15, when demolition will begin to expand the Frank E. Moss U. S. Courthouse onto the land.

Marching band gets funds for inauguration

By By Katie Valentine, Staff Writer January 15, 2009

After a week and a half of seeking donations, the U marching band has reached its goal to raise the $154,000 needed to send its members to Washington, D.C. to play in President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration parade Jan. 20.

Student activist raises $90k

By By Jed Layton, Asst. News Editor January 15, 2009

Student activist Tim DeChristopher, with help from his legal team and donors, has raised more than $90,000 in hopes of making initial down payments on land he won in a Bureau of Land Management lease auction in December.

Students, faculty aim to focus on gay rights

By By Jeremy Thompson, Staff Writer January 15, 2009

The debate surrounding California's Proposition 8 is continuing on the U campus as some faculty members and students are saying they want to change the focus from a debate over marriage for same-sex couples to a question of basic human rights.

U researchers begin marketing new cancer drug

By By Jamie Bowen, Staff Writer January 14, 2009

U researchers have developed a miniscule drug to treat certain types of cancer and are in the process of marketing it through a new company called Nanonc Inc.

Entrada station could benefit multiple campus departments

By By Lana Groves, Asst. News Editor January 14, 2009

Kevin Hultine has a gold mine of research space available to him in central Utah that ATV users can't destroy on a ride through desert land.

Deans propose Math and Science Education Center

By By Jed Layton, Asst. News Editor January 14, 2009

The College of Science and the College of Education are teaming up in an effort to better train and prepare math and science teachers at the K-12 and college levels.

Degree to combine public health, policy

By By Jed Layton, Asst. News Editor January 14, 2009

With concerns growing about social health care in the United States and Utah, Angela Stefaniak sees a need for a better understanding of public health.

Indian rights activist to give MLK keynote

By By Isabella Bravo, Staff Writer January 14, 2009

Nobel Peace Prize laureate and American Indian rights activist Rigoberta Menchú Tum will give the keynote address Thursday for the 25th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Tap-off program not catching on

By By Isabella Bravo, Staff Writer January 14, 2009

Many U students rode TRAX on the first day back to school, but some didn't tap their Ed-Passes when getting on or off. Others were annoyed with the new "tap on, tap off" system.