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Making sense of “The MUSS”

Pray4Pow — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:41:09 +0000

Photo credit: Ty Cobb

The Mighty Utah Student Section has seen a meteoric rise in popularity since its relatively recent inception (2002) when it had only 800 members. Today, The MUSS boasts over 6,000 ravenous, crimson-clad, Utah Ute fanatics; sometimes…

Takin’ it easy at Big Ed’s

Pray4Pow — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:30:40 +0000

Across the street from the University of Utah’s Presidents Circle lies another one of Utah’s finest institution, Big Ed’s. The diner on University Street is home to the Hummer (3 espresso shots), the Shap Attack (7-shot mocha latte), the Big…

Utah Pride 2009: A Gay Old Time

Pray4Pow — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:03:25 +0000

SLC was abuzz this weekend as the city celebrated Utah Pride 2009 — one of the most colorful parades and entertaining weekends all summer.

Pride kicked off Friday night with a reception and after party for Grand Marshal Cleve Jones, a social…

Lede of the Week: Streetcars to the U?

Pray4Pow — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:10:47 +0000

In what will most likely not be a weekly feature, here’s my favorite first pitch from the pages of this week’s SLC dailies:

A slow-sliding streetcar connecting Sugar House with TRAX could be ferrying passengers in three years, and the line…

The Mysterious Tale of the Fountain of Ute

Pray4Pow — Thu, 28 May 2009 22:29:55 +0000

At the west end of Rice-Eccles Stadium sits a nondescript brick building with few windows. Above the door, etched into the south wall, reads “Fountain of Ute.”

Originally built in 1931 to be a culinary well for campus, the site was…

University of Utah Skiers Still Slaying It In May

Pray4Pow — Fri, 15 May 2009 18:03:45 +0000

We all know that winter in the Wasatch is epic. Spring skiing (and boarding) in the state of Utah is pretty legendary also. Check out U student and Freeskier Society member Jake Kirshner’s helmet cam footage and you’ll see why. Even…