Utes Take Part In Inauguration Day Both in D.C. and At Home

Tuesday was a huge day for the good old U.S.A. as Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th President in Washington D.C. Did you see any of the events?

Well, the University of Utah marching band was there, playing for the new Prez and thousands of others at the Inauguration Day Parade.

Click here for more details provided by the Utah Daily Chronicle, the school newspaper. Good Job Marching Utes!





Back home in Salt Lake City, a crowd of 2,000 watched with enthusiasm on a big screen TV inside of Kingsbury Hall on campus. There was lots of cheering as Obama was sworn in....and after the Inauguration, there was a panel discussion conducted by the Hinckley Institute of Politics...for more details, click here!

Time for Renewal on Historic Day

The Utes will be training this morning and starting the day with some good hard work. But today is an historic occasion, with the swearing in of Barack Obama. And it's a great time to examine ourselves and find ways to make a positive change. We will be getting out into the community this winter and spring to connect with people in Salt Lake City, especially the young people.





Yesterday, on the occasion of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, over 230 students marched at the U's campus to commemorate the ideas and events of Dr. King's life...and to call for action to continue to work toward a better America....

You can read more about the event by clicking here!











With today's inauguration, we invite you to follow along....

CNN is always a great place to keep track of events...click here!

Also, try Barack Obama's web site as well...click here!

April Fool's Day at the U

Okay, today is April 1st...April Fool's Day of course. Check out the Wikipedia Entry on the history and some of the pranks over the years...

We've seen some interesting pranks pulled in and around the team over the years, mysterious illnesses, fake injuries, fake fights...We were thankful that the players were a bit too tired this morning for any of that...

The Daily Utah Chronicle put out its annual April 1st issue...which is filled with VERY interesting news (none of it real)...there were a couple of classics in it...

1. The story that identifies Mario Capecchi, the U's very own Nobel Prize winner, as the man behind the Swoop Mascot! Hilarious! Check out the story here.


2. There is a story about Kim Tillie, a forward on the Men's Basketball team at the U. The paper "reports" that Kim was drafted by the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks...who thought he was a woman..."a 6'9" forward named Kim that can dunk...we had to draft "her"...
Kim is from France and one of our favorite players...a very good guy...this story was very funny...

Check out more at www.dailyutahchronicle.com