The Daily Utah Chronicle

From Theory to Movement

By By Cressa Perloff • November 30, 2007

This weekend, seven of the U modern dance department's third-year graduate students will reveal the results of years of research and training. There's no pressure on these graduate students in their final year at the U -- they're about to showcase the culmination of their graduate careers.

The Word: Chronicle’s guide to the SLC music scene

By By Makena Walsh • November 30, 2007

My first acquaintance with Loom was on a Halloween evening spent at a bar undeserving of mention in this column. Despite my regrettably inadequate surroundings, the post-punk/hardcore group's engaging auditory assault proved an adequate escape from my dismal physical location.

Performing prematurely — with an audience

November 30, 2007

Keeping oneself together as the oppression of finals week draws closer can prove quite a struggle, but try facing that task a week in advance. Better yet, try inviting your peers and the public to watch you take your finals. Students in the theater department's actor training program do just that every semester in their pursuit of a Bachelor of Arts degree.

Letter: Save the Sunday School lessons for church

November 28, 2007

Editor: Before I begin this, I will state that I am an avid BYU fan. I read The Daily Utah Chronicle's rivalry guide. For the most part, I really enjoyed reading it -- except for the column by Miss Holier-than-Thou Lindsey Sine ("Do unto others," Nov. 22).

Online shopping gets competitive

By By Steve Coons • November 28, 2007

Amazon recently advertised its Black Friday sale as an opportunity for the consumer to save energy. Christmas shopping, without ever leaving the house, has been a common marketing ploy for web-based entrepreneurial ventures for years, but only recently have the websites mimicked their big-box counterparts' distortion of reality so effectively as with the lightning deals that Amazon has implemented.

Mouse leads to death threat

By By Ana Breton • November 28, 2007

After a mechanical engineering student reportedly made a death threat against a peer, administrators in the department stepped in and placed both students in counseling. Kent Udell, chair of the department of mechanical engineering, intervened after he was tipped that a student wanted to fight to the death, he said.

Bush leaves soldiers behind

By By Joseph Bateman • November 28, 2007

Imagine for a moment that you're a member of our armed forces: the Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Army or Coast Guard. You signed up to support your country, maybe to reap the benefits of the G.I. Bill or even the signing bonus. Perhaps you come from a long line of military veterans, and you want to continue the family tradition.

Program connects kids, art

By By Carlos Mayorga • November 28, 2007

With help from students in the U's College of Fine Arts, first-graders at Newman Elementary School will begin learning ballet early next year. Across town, U students will help sixth-graders at Glendale Elementary to create a storyboard of their lives using film and photo.

Bennion Center turns 20

By By Clayton Norlen • November 28, 2007

The Lowell Bennion Community Service Center is celebrating 20 years of service on campus by encouraging others to lend a hand. Over the next 20 weeks, the Bennion Center will be promoting service in the community and among students. The center released a handbook for the holidays to inform the public about convenient and easy service opportunities.

Religion class makes come back

By By Jonathan Ng • November 28, 2007

Students interested in the effects religion has on society will be able to satisfy their curiosity in a new class. A class titled the sociology of religion was first offered in the 1980s, but it was cancelled after the instructor who created the course passed away.