Reading Time: 2 minutes Steven Hayes was recently deemed unworthy of life on Nov. 8 as he was sentenced to death by a Connecticut jury. In July of 2007, he broke into the Petit home looking for valuables, proceeded to beat and torture the husband, wife and young daughters for 7 hours and thereafter raped and strangled the wife. […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes Speaker promotes icon symbolizing responsibility Veterans Day is a day of reflection and thanksgiving for the freedoms many sacrificed their lives to give. On such a special day, the Utah Democracy Project invited Dr. Daniel L. Bolz to speak to students with a lecture titled “Freedom Highway.” According to Professor David R. Keller, Center for […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Peruvian Ambassador Luis Valdivieso paid a visit on Oct. 6 in an effort to continue good relations with Utah. The majority of those in attendance were from Peru, evidence of the strong Latino presence in the state. This presence is reflected in the student body. In 2005, Latin students accounted for only 3.9%. Last year, […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes As the world changes, education needs to adapt with it. That is what the Association of American Colleges and Universities hopes to accomplish with their new program. This university was selected to become one of the higher education institutions that will participate in General Education for a Global Century. By participating in GEGC, the current […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Political chaos, competing warlords and revolution were China’s turbulent political landscape during the 1930s. Helen Foster Snow, a Utah native, came to call China home during that time, and she played an important role in documenting the birth of modern China as she grew to become a writer, activist and humanitarian. The documentary Helen Foster […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Symposium attempts to address the national health care debate. On Thursday, Nov. 11, the College of Science and Health, along with the department of Public and Community Health, sponsored a lecture, “Looking to the Future.” The key areas that were addressed were the accessibility, quality and cost of care and what needs to be done […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute The Department of Automotive Technology is putting on a car care clinic that offers students, faculty and the community a free visual inspection on their cars. The clinic is being held Thursday, Nov. 18 from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Sparks Automotive Building, which is located in between the Gunther Technology Building and […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Empathy rather than apathy Those who have never been assaulted or had a loved one brutally attacked or murdered can hardly relate to those who have. One can hardly imagine the suffering and overall trauma induced by such an experience. One thing to surmise, however, is that dealing with the legal proceedings in the aftermath […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes A newly created initiative for fall semester, requesting that each instructor post mid-term grades to Banner, aims to give students an opportunity to access their progress and make corrective action if necessary. The Office of Student Success and Retention, along with university administration, encouraged faculty for the first time to post mid-term grades for students […]