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Walkable neighborhoods reduce obesity rates

By By Rochelle McConkie | September 13, 2006
Where you live may have a large effect on what you weigh, found a study conducted by professors in the U's family and consumer studies department. Professors presented their findings-that residents' obesity rates are related to the way their neighborhoods are designed-Sept.

Student author speaks of bringing Michael Moore to UVSC

By By Rochelle McConkie | September 12, 2006
Joseph Vogel, a graduate of Utah Valley State College and author of Free Speech 101: The Utah Valley Uproar over Michael Moore, said America has lived to see the second coming of McCarthyism at Monday's Hinckley Institute of Politics event. Vogel was invited to speak as part of the Marriott Library's "September Project," intended to "provide forums for remembering the tragedy of Sept.

U chess club kicks off gaming season

By By Rochelle McConkie | September 11, 2006
In a world dominated by computers, Enrique Arce-Larreta still prefers the more psychological face-to-face chess over Internet chess. "I like to see the whites of their eyes," said Arce-Larreta, a champion chess-player and second-year graduate student in mechanical engineering.

Chariots of fire

By By Rochelle McConkie | September 6, 2006
While daydreaming in a high-school statistics class, Aron Taylor had an idea. "Five States, one race, one division, one champion," said the junior anthropology major. "It became my motto from that moment on." Since that day, Taylor has single-handedly created a Web site to unify high-school cross-country runners, organized a Rocky Mountain region composed of five western states and planned an event that will transform the world of high-school distance running.

Chariots of fire

By By Rochelle McConkie | August 31, 2006
While daydreaming in a high-school statistics class, Aron Taylor had an idea. "Five States, one race, one division, one champion," said the junior anthropology major. "It became my motto from that moment on." Since that day, Taylor has single-handedly created a Web site to unify high-school cross-country runners, organized a Rocky Mountain region composed of five western states and planned an event that will transform the world of high-school distance running.