The Daily Utah Chronicle

Task force examines student media,

December 7, 2006

As the U Board of Trustees prepares to vote on a bill to slash funding for KUTE student radio, a presidential task force is examining possibilities for reorganizing all student media on campus. University of Utah President Michael K. Young created the task force last spring to evaluate student media outlets after the trustees tabled a bill that would have given the student government control over KUTE.

Utes try to keep streak alive against Aggies

By By Cody Brunner • December 6, 2006

Since halftime of the Rice game, the U men's basketball team (3-3) has been playing with a chip on its shoulder. The Runnin' Utes rallied for a comeback victory over the Owls on that night, then followed it with impressive wins against Weber State and Washington State.

Stepping inside the map:

By By Rochelle McConkie • November 17, 2006

MapQuest never seemed so cool. In conjunction with national Geography Awareness Week and Geographic Information System (GIS) Day, on Wednesday the U Geography Department informed students what the world of geographic research has to offer. Geography Information Systems are computerized maps that are wired to satellites and other databases and are used to do mapping analysis, simulations, study environmental and climate change, do urban planning, study the relationships between geography and disease and map transportation routes.

A novel approach

By By Mark Mitchell • November 9, 2006

A fellow film student once advanced to me the theory that all modern directors, even the most acclaimed, suffer from what he referred to as "Spielberg Sickness."

U reaches out to Asia

October 24, 2006

The growing importance of China and India in world affairs has U administrators looking to Asia. The U is currently working to build connections with universities, private donors and government organizations throughout the continent. Administrators said it's important for the U to establish strong relationships with these emerging global economic and political powers before it's too late.

Opposing mandatory health insurance is socially irresponsible

March 2, 2006

Editor: Is the question of mandatory student health insurance really a debate? Indiana, Georgia, Emory, Ohio State, Vermont and all UC schools (including Berkeley and UCLA) are just a few schools that require all students to have health insurance. About 90 percent of private schools have this requirement (BYU since 1989), and more and more public schools are requiring students to be covered.

Begin at the beginning, and end there as well

February 22, 2006

Saturday marked the close of the Modern Dance Department's Performing Dance Company Spring Concert, a two-weekend run consisting of five dances that stood stronger on an individual level than as a comprehensive whole. The performance began with Bill Evans' "For Betty," a work that he choreographed in 1970 for Repertory Dance Theatre upon the request of Dr.