The Daily Utah Chronicle

Alan Kay: notable U alumnus

January 27, 2006

Editor: There was a prominent oversight in your box ("Notable U Graduates in the Computer Industry," Jan. 25): Alan Kay, who earned a Master's of Science in 1968 and a doctorate in 1969, happens to be coming to campus next month to be honored Feb. 22 as a Founders Day Distinguished Alumnus.

Go to your room! And turn down that music!

By By Chronicle Senior Staff • January 27, 2006

The U has been naughty, and now we're being punished. The State Legislature has stopped the recreation center in its tracks by refusing the bond necessary to begin construction. This isn't a case of not having enough money in the state coffers. The rec center wouldn't have cost the state a dime-we simply needed to be loaned the money, which we would then pay back.

Legislature kills rec center

By By Steve Gehrke and Patrick Muir • January 27, 2006

Students looking to run laps and lift weights may have to stick with the Field House and HPER building after the Utah State Legislature killed a bond request Thursday. In a 5 to 3 vote, the Capital Facilities and Administrative Services Appropriations Subcommittee denied the bonding necessary to build the state-of-the-art facility on campus.

New campaign rules create problems for potential candidates

January 26, 2006

As student government elections approach, several potential candidates are saying the new rules that restrict campaigning make recruiting students for their parties too difficult. According to the Associated Students of the University of Utah Redbook rules, candidates cannot e-mail, text message, call or approach students to get them involved in their party unless the student has expressed prior interest in the campaign or a party member already personally knows the student.

The Moost delicious ice cream in the city

January 20, 2006

Maggie Moo's1135 E. Wilmington Ave.412-0222U-Discount: NoFive out of five plates (food)Three out of five stars (ambiance)$10Take a look outside. Go on. What do you see?Snow, everywhere. Piles and piles...

Chrony Comics

January 20, 2006

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Game, set, ‘Match Point’

January 19, 2006

"Match Point"BBC FilmsDirected and written by Woody AllenStarring: Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Scarlett Johansson, Emily Mortimer, Matthew Goode, Brian Cox, Penelope Wilton and James Nesbitt Rated R/124 minutesOpens...

Diff’rent Strokes

January 19, 2006

The StrokesFirst Impressions of EarthRCA RecordsFour and a half out of five starsPerennial 20-something garage rock wunderkinds, The Strokes, are all grown up?Wait, what?It's true-with poise and proficiency...

One man’s garbage, another man’s masterpiece

January 19, 2006

"Ah, miserable dog, if I had offered you a package of excrement, you would have sniffed at it with delight and perhaps gobbled it up. In this you resemble the public, which should never be offered delicate perfumes that infuriate them, but only carefully selected garbage.

Our efforts do have purpose

January 17, 2006

I visited with my 93-year-old grandfather over the break and was enlightened by him-not by his wisdom, but by his failure. I finally had a chance to read some of the book he has been working on for the past 50 years about how labor unions are ruining the country.