The Daily Utah Chronicle

Letter to the Editor: Y fans should cheer for a U win

November 18, 2004

Editor: The whole MWC conference should want Utah to beat BYU this Saturday. Sports radio hosts in Denver, whose audience includes fans of Air Force, Colorado State and Wyoming, say that the best thing for the MWC is for Utah to win big against BYU.

The Chronicle’s View: Puff, puff-pass

November 18, 2004

There used to be a time when people didn't know smoking was bad for them. In 2004, information on the harm involved with smoking, as well as help on how to quit, are both readily available. One would think there's nothing smokers could process that would leave them at all inclined to puff their lives away.

Opinion Cartoon

November 18, 2004

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U remembers Holocaust victims

April 12, 2004

Today marks the 20th anniversary of the "Days of Remembrance" that memorialize the victims of the Holocaust. The weeklong event coincides with the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day on April 18, said Leo Leckie, executive assistant in the Office of Diversity.

College of Pharmacy provides a diabetic friendly egg hunt

April 12, 2004

Children with diabetes hunted for Easter eggs filled with sugar-free candy Saturday at Sugar House Park. The second annual Spring Egg Hunt for Children with Diabetes was held by the U College of Pharmacy's honorary fraternity, the Beta Epsilon chapter of Rho Chi.

Utes look to double their pleasure against Rebels, Aztecs

April 2, 2004

The conference season is starting and the U softball team can consider it a fresh start, since its record over the first half of the season has no bearing on the conference standings. Utah begins the season by playing a doubleheader against UNLV on Friday at 1:30 p.

You might be a brain-dead leftist if…

By By Right-Wing Randy • April 2, 2004

If you've ever accused anyone of being "species-ist," you might be a brain-dead leftist. If you think Dick Gephardt is "too right wing," you might be a brain-dead leftist. If you have ever used "jingoist," "reactionary," or "McCarthyist" as an accusation, you might be a brain-dead leftist.

Meyer reaching out to the entire student body

By By Archibald Keen • April 1, 2004

It's all about reaching out to the student body for U football coach Urban Meyer. In his first year at the U, Meyer instilled a new tradition where the team would have to sing the fight song with the students after every home victory. This season, he decided to let two student body members try out and make the team as part of the kickoff coverage squad.

Barry Bonds’ alleged steroid use generates widespread criticism, tits

By By Steve • April 1, 2004

Six-time NL MVP award-winner and San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds will sit out the first three weeks of the major league season recovering from a mammoplasty reduction operation, or breast reduction. After spending the entire off season defending himself against allegations that he received steroids from BALCO, Bonds finally dropped his defenses on Tuesday in an emotional press conference, where he announced he had sprouted man-breasts.

Jeff Blake is not 34

By By Cheap Jewstein • April 1, 2004

The Nationalistic Chronic has learned that journeyman NFL quarterback Jeff Blake is in fact older than his given age of 34. "He tries to act like he's all down with us, but he ain't. We know it. In the locker room he'll listen to some Fitty-Citty or Beyonc, but then he rolls up into his 1988 Chrysler LeBaron and pops in a CD by The Fixx.