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Geologists doubt dinosaur dance floor

By By Lana Groves, Asst. News Editor November 9, 2008

A group of geologists are saying a cluster of rock holes in Southern Utah identified as dinosaur footprints by a U professor and graduate student are nothing more than eroded potholes.

Grant to aid neurodegenerative disease research

By By Lana Groves, Asst. News Editor November 7, 2008

With a $1.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, U researcher Stefan Pulst is searching for a drug that would reduce the severity of any one of the neurodegenerative disorders.

U physicians offer preventative health to Ghana

By By Lana Groves, Asst. News Editor November 7, 2008

Nadia Miniclier, a professor of family and preventative medicine, initiated the physician assistant program that sent personnel to Ghana to provide medical information to assitants last summer.

Students prepare for winter commute

By By Isabella Bravo, Staff Writer November 7, 2008

Although snowfall in the Salt Lake Valley has declined over the past four years, U commuters are still preparing for the low temperatures, early morning flurries and slippery roads ahead.

Police Briefs

By By Michael McFall, Staff Writer November 7, 2008

By Michael McFall, Staff WriterPaint-Faced robberA woman disguised in fanciful makeup held up the Subway sandwich shop a block west of the U. At 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, a college-age woman walked into Subway...

Power outage reveals larger problem

By By Michael McFall, Staff Writer November 7, 2008

The morning of the U's "Blackout" football game against TCU, a real blackout swept the campus, and it's only a small part of a larger problem.

Hinckley Institute photo contest winners announced

By By Trent Lowe, Staff Writer November 7, 2008

What began as a simple internship to China turned into a visit to the Olympics, a snapshot with renowned writer and New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman and accolades from the Hinckley Institute of Politics for one U student.

American Indians offended by game shirts

By By Rita Totten, Staff Writer November 7, 2008

Amie Hammond, a history major, stopped in her tracks yesterday when she saw a table of students near the Ute Brave statue on the Union patio selling T-shirts for the U football game against TCU.

Campus Security responds to students? needs

By By Michael McFall, Staff Writer November 7, 2008

Besides unlocking cars for unfortunate students, Campus Security can help change a flat tire, give students a ride to a nearby gas station if they're out of gas and walk students to their cars at night.

Blacks feel significance of Obama victory

At the end of a historic election season, Obama was elected the first black president of the United States on Tuesday night. The historic meaning of the election was not lost on Phoenix's black population.