The Daily Utah Chronicle

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.

Fat pride

March 1, 2006

Marilyn Wann weighs 270 pounds, and she's not planning to go on a diet anytime soon. Wann is an outspoken fat activist and author of the book Fat!So? She gave a series of speeches last week for "Love your Body Week," presented by the Women's Resource Center.

Counselors educate, help families dealing with cancer

February 28, 2006

A genetic counselor's job includes supporting research efforts, participating in community outreach programs and seeing patients on an individual basis to search for genetic links for cancers and other diseases between family members. Oftentimes, genetic counselors have to make the scientific information more accessible to cancer patients.

The U should have a full-time tuition plateau

February 10, 2006

Editor: As I read the article in the Chronicle ("How to shorten your stay," Feb. 9), that referred to the long years that many students spend working toward a four-year degree, I could not help but think about something that has troubled me for some time.

Sports Briefs

February 10, 2006

Ganger gets acknowledgement Following a sterling weekend, Ute sophomore Zach Ganger received the Mountain West Conference men's Player of the Week award. Ganger knocked off two ranked players in singles, beating No. 92 Niklas Persson of Denver and No. 60 Eric Molnar of Colorado.

Chris Buttars is an idiot

February 10, 2006

Editor: I was saddened to see that SR 96, the anti-evolution bill designed by Chris Buttars, R-West Jordan, has passed through a House committee. It seems now that this bill will actually be passed. This is so frustrating because, though this bill has been crafted to avoid explicit religious motivation, its religious nature is unavoidably obvious.

Bubble’-icious

February 10, 2006

"Bubble" Magnolia Pictures Directed by Steven Soderbergh Written by Coleman Hough Starring: Debbie Doebereiner, Dustin Ashley, Misty Wilkins, Decker Moody and K. Smith Rated R/77 minutes Available now on DVD, HD-Net TV and select theaters Three out of four stars "Bubble" is a slice of Americana unlike any other we've seen in a long time.