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UMFA Provides Alternative Activities for Art Lovers During 2016 Closure

UMFA Provides Alternative Activities for Art Lovers During 2016 Closure

January 21, 2016

The Utah Museum of Fine Arts (UMFA) celebrated its last days with a flurry of dancing, museum tours and some of the best waffles in the state. Now the UMFA is closed until 2017 for building upgrades....

U Study Uses Elephant DNA to Research Cancer

U Study Uses Elephant DNA to Research Cancer

January 21, 2016

What do elephants and humans have in common? When it comes to deadly diseases, very little. A study by the U, in collaboration with Arizona State University, examined cancer in the context of elephant...

Gymnastics: Young Red Rocks Ready to Challenge for Pac-12 ‘Three-peat’

Gymnastics: Young Red Rocks Ready to Challenge for Pac-12 ‘Three-peat’

January 21, 2016

So far, so good. That’s a basic statement to summarize Utah gymnastics’ start to its 2016 season. With their two wins coming from competitive meets against fellow Utah schools BYU and SUU, the famous...

U Chemistry Professor Peter Stang Honored in China and the U.S.

U Chemistry Professor Peter Stang Honored in China and the U.S.

By Carolyn Webber January 21, 2016

The walls of Peter Stang’s office speak for themselves. Awards in English and Chinese overlap, while about 100 nametags from conferences all over the world lay stacked in a corner. Among these many plaques...

Squatters Pub Brewery in Salt Lake City, Utah on Saturday, Jan. 16th, 2016.

Paint Responsibly, “Drink Creatively”: Let Loose, Try Paint Nite

January 21, 2016

For many of us, putting paint on canvas is an activity we left back in elementary school art classes, when we may have been a little more willing to experiment, create and make mistakes. If you are looking...

Donald Trump's Racist, Unconstitutional Beliefs Makes Him Unfit for Presidency

Donald Trump’s Racist, Unconstitutional Beliefs Makes Him Unfit for Presidency

January 21, 2016

The presidential election is right around the corner, and according to Donald Trump, he’s in the lead. Whether or not those polls are accurate, we are facing a real problem. The possibility of a xenophobic...

Sophomore forword Jakob Peoliti (42) going for a lay up in an NCAA men's basketball game against IPFW at the Jon M. Huntsman Center, Saturday, Dec 5, 2015.  Chris Ayers, The Daily Utah Chronicle.

Great Debate: How Concerning is Utah’s Start to Conference Play?

January 21, 2016

Glaring Inconsistencies Linger in Runnin’ Utes’ Pac-12 Start by Tyler Crum I am generally one to stick with my convictions. Last week, I thought Utah’s rocky start wasn’t too much to worry about,...

More Than the UMFA: Explore Alternative Art Galleries During UMFA Closure

More Than the UMFA: Explore Alternative Art Galleries During UMFA Closure

January 21, 2016

With the Utah Museum of Fine Arts (UMFA) closing until next spring to update the building’s insulation and reimagine its floor plan, it might seem like quality art by professionals is completely out...

Photo credit: Madeline Rencher

LDS Church’s Stance on Gay Marriage Reveals How Out-of-Touch the Religion Is

January 21, 2016

Just when things seemed to be dying down, the LDS Church made another embarrassing lunge at our nation’s gay community by reemphasizing the Church’s November 2015 ruling and backing it up with increasingly...

Animated Film "Anomalisa" Asks Big Questions About What it Means to be Human

Animated Film “Anomalisa” Asks Big Questions About What it Means to be Human

January 21, 2016

Warning: This review contains minor spoilers for the film "Anomalisa." What makes us human? What does it mean to be a person? To be alive? These are the big questions in "Anomalisa," a stop-action film...