The Daily Utah Chronicle

Lump sum remains hidden within ASUU executive budget

By By Rochelle McConkie and By Rochelle McConkie | October 11, 2006

ASUU's top priority is to put money into the hands of students in ways that will best benefit the U campus as a whole, ASUU Vice President Toby Collett said. During student government elections last spring, President Jake Kirkham's and Collett's BLOC Party campaigned by saying it would decrease the amount of money budgeted to boards within the Associated Students of the University of Utah Executive Cabinet, and would instead use that money to create a lump sum of funds that could be utilized by student groups.

Campaign promise of lump sum hidden within ASUU executive budget

By By Rochelle McConkie | October 8, 2006

The ASUU's top priority is to put money into the hands of students in ways that will best benefit the U campus as a whole, ASUU Vice President Toby Collett said. During ASUU elections last spring, President Jake Kirkham's and Collett's BLOC Party campaigned by saying it would decrease the amount of money budgeted to boards within the ASUU executive cabinet, and would instead use that money to create a lump sum of funds that could be utilized by student groups.

ASUU Tutoring Center helps students prepare for midterms

By By Rochelle McConkie | October 4, 2006

For students struggling with grueling midterms and seemingly impossible course loads, the U offers many opportunities for easy and affordable tutoring. In accordance with National Tutoring Week, Oct. 9 through Oct. 13, the Associated Students of the University of Utah and other campus organizations will be promoting their tutoring services.

A story of truth’

By By Rochelle McConkie and By Rochelle McConkie | September 29, 2006

Following the Bataan Death March of World War II, thousands of American soldiers were forced into slavery in Japanese work camps. With the new book, Soldier Slaves: Abandoned by the White House, Courts and Congress, James W. Parkinson and Lee Benson are out to tell this unknown story.

Utah House District 28 candidates debate at Hinckley Institute

By By Rochelle McConkie | September 27, 2006

With education, tax reform, government openness and transportation as key issues, residents of Utah House District 28 are set to decide which direction to take their district on Nov. 7. At the Hinckley Institute of Politics on Tuesday, Democratic incumbent Roz Mcgee and her Republican challenger, Thomas Wright, debated issues facing voters in District 28, a region composed of eastern Salt Lake City citizens, including the U campus.

The heat is on

By By Rochelle McConkie | September 26, 2006

U students have caught "Crimson Fever" for the annual Homecoming House Decorating Contest on Greek Row. Sororities and fraternities, as well as two Honors Program houses and the Lowell Bennion Service House, displayed their U pride Monday by decorating the fronts of their houses in accordance with the Homecoming theme, "Crimson Fever.

Students don’t need Comcast to cheer on the Utes

By By Rochelle McConkie | September 22, 2006

Many students have found themselves lacking adequate cable connections when it's time to watch the Utes don their away uniforms, but there is a solution: Many U students have found that there is life, and football, beyond the reaches of Comcast digital cable.

Professor speaks of deciphering Mayan writing at annual lecture

By By Rochelle McConkie and By Rochelle McConkie | September 19, 2006

The world of anthropology is constantly evolving because all it takes is one find to really change everything, said David Stuart at a lecture Monday. Stuart, a renowned anthropologist and professor at the University of Texas at Austin, spoke in the Rufus Wood Leigh Lecture-the annual lecture series sponsored by the U department of anthropology and the Utah Museum of Natural History.

U opens center for nonviolent human rights advocacy

By By Rochelle McConkie and By Rochelle McConkie | September 18, 2006

Peace is possible in the Barbara L. and Norman C. Tanner Center for Nonviolent Human Rights Advocacy. Recently established in the College of Social and Behavioral Science, this center will promote, educate and inspire students to pursue peace and nonviolent human rights advocacy on an interpersonal level, both in the community and across the globe.

What’s in the Basement?’ at UMNH

By By Rochelle McConkie and By Rochelle McConkie | September 15, 2006

This Saturday, the general public will get a sneak peek at everything that's been stored away in the basement at the Utah Museum of Natural History. At the 12th-annual "What's in the Basement?" event, the public can take an up-close look at the back rooms of the museum, viewing the artifacts and specimens that usually remain in storage.