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How U Students Can Learn About Bystander Intervention

By Allison Stuart, News Writer August 10, 2023

  On any college campus, bystander intervention may be a skill necessary to implement in several situations. U students should educate themselves about being a bystander and when to step in, said...

UnSafe U protesters march from the Public Safety Building to Presidents Circle on the University of Utah campus in Salt Lake City to protest the actions of officers involved in the Lauren McCluskey case on Aug. 6, 2020.

Hargis: Universities Must Step Up for Student Safety

By Harper Hargis, Opinion Writer May 17, 2023

  From April 27 until May 1, a series of homicides rocked the close-knit town of Davis, California. Three civilians, including a UC Davis undergraduate student, were stabbed repeatedly as they...

A campus police officer poses beside his car by the Public Safety Office on the University of Utah campus in Salt Lake City on Monday Feb. 27, 2023.

How Campus Safety at the U Has Changed Since 2018

By Caelan Roberts, News Editor April 18, 2023

  In October 2018, Lauren McCluskey was murdered on the University of Utah’s campus. She had reached out multiple times to the U Police for help, but was largely ignored. At the time, Keith...

Department of Public Safety on Campus in Salt Lake City.

The U’s Safety Committee Receives New Members After 2 Years

By Stevie Shaughnessey, Home Stretch Producer, Host April 6, 2023

  In the coming months, the University of Utah’s Independent Review Committee will be receiving new leaders selected from different organizations around campus, such as ASUU, Housing and Residential...

ASUU office, Friday, March 25th, 2016, Peter Creveling Daily Utah Chronicle

Hair Ticket Forced to Drop Out of ASUU Presidential Election

By Andrew Christiansen, Online Managing Editor February 1, 2023

  Since she was a freshman at the University of Utah, junior Maddie Hair has wanted to run for student body president with endless ideas of how to make the U better. But now, that’s not possible,...

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Four Tickets Announce Run for ASUU Presidential Election

By Stevie Shaughnessey and Allison Stuart January 30, 2023

  With the Spring semester underway and the ASUU presidential elections approaching, candidates have already begun their campaigns. This year, there are four tickets competing for leadership over...

Sven Karabegovic (center) is running for ASUU president alongside Alicia Baker (left) and Abukar Hassan (right).

ASUU Elections: The Karabegovic Ticket

By Stevie Shaughnessey, Home Stretch Producer, Host January 30, 2023

  On the Karabegovic ticket are Sven Karabegovic as the presidential candidate, Alicia Baker as vice president of student relations candidate and Abukar Hassan as VP of university relations candidate.  Karabegovic,...

Maddie Hair (center) is running for ASUU president with Hailee Fell (right) and Jasmine Aguilar (left).

ASUU Elections: The Hair Ticket

By Stevie Shaughnessey, Home Stretch Producer, Host January 30, 2023

  Maddie Hair is a junior majoring in psychology, economics, political science, and health, society and policy, and is running alongside Jasmine Aguilar-Lopez and Hailee Fell. Hair has wanted...

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HRE to Implement Communication Changes Following November Housing Incident

By Kayleigh Silverstein, Special Projects Managing Editor, News Writer January 15, 2023

  At 11:45 p.m. on Nov. 19, 2022, residents in a suite in Sage Point Building 813 were reportedly threatened by an intoxicated student, who claimed he had a knife and gun when they did not open...

The 2022-2023 ASUU Presidency flashing the U at the State of ASUU event at A. Ray Olpin University Union in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Nov.17, 2022. From left to right: Benvin Lozada, Vice President of University Relations. Taylor VanderToolen, ASUU President. Ashlee Roberts, Vice President of Student Relations.

‘Inclusivity, Community, Advocacy’: ASUU Presidency Discusses Work this School Year

By Carlene Coombs, News Editor November 25, 2022

  Sitting in his office, ASUU President Taylor VanderToolen gestures to an old campaign sign which reads “Inclusivity, Community, Advocacy.” Those three words, VanderToolen said, were the...