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Students Lead Conversations on Consent at McCluskey Center for Violence Prevention Event

Students Lead Conversations on Consent at McCluskey Center for Violence Prevention Event

By Jake Duffy, News Writer February 15, 2023

  According to a 2020 U Campus Climate Survey, there is declining confidence amongst students in the university’s ability to combat factors of sexual misconduct, take action against an offender,...

UTA TRAX passing through Fort Douglas station in Salt Lake City, on Monday, Feb. 14, 2022.

All-Star Week: What U Students Commuting To Campus Can Expect

By Jake Duffy, News Writer February 14, 2023

  The NBA All-Star week kicks off in Salt Lake City this Friday, Feb. 17 and will run through the weekend with the NBA All-Star game held at the Delta Center on Sunday, Feb. 19.  The Jon M....

The Bennion Center on campus in the A. Ray Olpin Union building in Salt Lake City on Oct. 22, 2022.

Alternative Breaks Offer Unique Educational Perspectives Focused on Community and Justice

By Caelan Roberts, Online Managing Editor February 14, 2023

  During last fall break, while many students were seizing the opportunity to sleep in, Alondra Morales, a third-year health, society and policy major, was traversing the slot canyons of San Rafael...

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U Graduate Student Housing Future Uncertain as U Moves Forward with Phased Closures

By Vanessa Hudson, Editor in Chief February 12, 2023

  University of Utah graduate students are facing limited options due to rental price hikes as the U continues its phased approach in demolishing old student apartments to make way for new and...

A sign above the entrance to the University of Utah Hospital on the University of Utah Medical Campus, Salt Lake City, UT on Friday, Sept. 13, 2019.

U of U COVID-19 Clinic Still Receiving 105 Referrals a Month

By TJ Ross, News Writer February 12, 2023

  Since July 2021, University of Utah Health’s COVID-19 Long-Hauler Clinic has cared for over 1,800 patients. In 2023, the clinic still sees an average of 105 referrals per month with an influx...

Evening on University of Utah campus, Thursday in Salt Lake City.

Emeriti Club Offers Free Advice to U Students

By Caelan Roberts, Online Managing Editor February 12, 2023

  About five years ago, University of Utah emeritus Lou Borgenicht sat at a coffee shop with a few of his friends as they did every Saturday morning when they had an idea — to go to the local...

Plaque inside the A. Ray Olpin University Union at the University of Utah on Saturday Feb. 4, 2023.

The 66-Year History of the A. Ray Olpin Student Union

By Caelan Roberts, Online Managing Editor February 11, 2023

  In 1947, the University of Utah had a problem. The number of students on campus was nearing 10,000, and the student union — then located in Gardner Hall — was being outgrown. An article...

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Unpaid Internships: Does Experience Pay the Bills?

By Stevie Shaughnessey, Home Stretch Producer, Host February 11, 2023

  Despite the fact that 44% of businesses are in the market for interns in 2022, according to a survey from The Harris Poll commissioned by Express Employment Professionals, a large amount of these...

Salt Lake Tribune sign outside of Tribune's news department in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah on Dec. 5, 2022.

Local Journalists on the Importance of Their Work

By Caelan Roberts, Online Managing Editor February 10, 2023

  Tim Vandenack, a reporter for the Standard-Examiner, began his tour of the Ogden-based newspaper’s office building not with the newsroom, but with a dimly lit storage room, cluttered with unorganized...

California Gulls and Black-Necked Stilts wade in shallow water on the east shores of the Great Salt Lake in Syracuse, Utah on July 27, 2021.

What Utah Lawmakers are Doing to Address Water Issues and the Great Salt Lake Crisis

By Vanessa Hudson, Editor in Chief February 9, 2023

  As Utah continues to face a historic drought, lawmakers are trying to address drying lakes and water rights. Utah state legislators named last week of the legislative session “Water Week”...