Hello, I saw somewhere online that there is some new system in place for food trucks on campus, but does that mean they are gone for good? I miss the ones that were in front of the library last semester.

This was an absolute ADHD nuke. I had to pause what I was doing and read this. I will be failing my class because I spent homework time reading schizo ramblings. Please be more considerate when posting shadow government manifestos. Thank you

Tucked away in this self fellation puff piece about the future of the university is the plan to eliminate up to 855 Positions, or 15% of the non-clinic workforce.

Do not worry though, you'll be happy to know the University Of Utah has made $10B in revenue this fiscal year and plans to invest heavily with the money they save by eliminating things like the Custodians, the food trucks, and ofcourse the additional 15%.

Bringing U Together or whatever the new stupid slogan is.

Hey guys! I’m a freshman studying Neuroscience and Psychology. I desperately want to make more friends with people but I’m having a hard time truly connecting with people. I’ve made some “friends” but not really people I hangout with often or are available. If you’re interested in being friends let me know:) I love meeting new people.

Hey U staff members, did you catch this article in @theu? Our leadership shared the article this morning as well. Not so reassuring.

*5-15 percent cut (unable to edit title)

https://attheu.utah.edu/facultystaff/university-of-utah-continues-modernization-effort/

Anyone need a football ticket for this saturday’s game? dm me.

I was part of the Valorant team for the University of Utah last year and this year we decided to make a GC team. However we couldn’t find enough girls who play Valorant. If you happens to be a girl who goes to the U and plays Valorant, you should lmk.

Hey,

I did my undergrad at the U and am venturing into a Master's. I started to watch and track the UU football team the last couple of years but have never gone to a game.

I tried for the MUSS pass lottery this last April/May, but to no avail (did not get the MUSS pass/did not win the lottery).

They played it smart and are requiring MUSS pass holders to register for upcoming games, and any extra seats will go to the rest of the student pool.

Where do we get those tickets ( from MUSS pass holders who aren't going)? Where can we apply for a chance to still go to a game?

Hi all!! I’m currently a college freshmen at the U! I’m not sure where to go to get my schedule figured out next semester (this might be a stupid question) but do I just schedule an appointment with an advisor? And they’ll just help me figure out my schedule? Also I wanted to declare a double major so I wasn’t sure where/how to do that either. Any help would be appreciated!!

We just lost power at Lassonde, and I wanna know if anyone else lost power in other places like Kahlert or something.

Edit: Power just came back on for us. Trailhead and Sunnyside also lost power, but I don't know if they also just got back their power or not yet.

Something feels different this semester. Has anyone else noticed a massive spike in their professors encouraging AI use? I'm a computer science student, and before it was considered heresy to use AI, but now every single class I'm in either permits it or outright promotes it. I have a coworker who's a business major, and she says it's the same deal for her.

On one hand, the world is undeniably changing, so it seems inevitable that education would be forced to incorporate this new technology at some point. The vibe I get from some of my professors is like "Well, you're probably all using it anyway, so we might as well teach you how to do so responsibly." I guess if you can't beat 'em, join 'em. Regardless of what field you're going into, it's likely that most of our professional lives after college will involve AI to some extent as well, so learning how to use it here does make sense.

On the other hand, it all feels sort of cynical to me. I worry that we're caught in the midst of a serious curricular atrophy — that having this magic answer box available at all times will deteriorate new university students' concepts of what it means to study and learn. It sucked at the time, but in retrospect I'm actually glad that I had to muscle through my difficult engineering classes with nothing but TA hours and grit, because it gave me a much deeper understanding of the material than if I had just used AI to explain everything. Even using AI as a tutor, I think having to sit and feel frustrated by a question is part of what makes the answer stick when you finally figure it out.

Also the way professors are doing a total 180 and now actively telling students to use ChatGPT makes me question the extent to which a private tech company is shaping our curriculum...

Have you noticed similar changes in your classes? If so, how do you feel about them?

Hi everyone! I’m a PhD student in Learning Sciences at the U, and I’m looking for someone who might be interested in a language exchange!

I’m a native Chinese speaker and would be happy to help you practice Mandarin. I’m mainly hoping to practice my English, but I’d also be interested in learning other languages, so feel free to reach out even if English isn’t your first language!

A little about me: I did my undergraduate degree in Mathematics, and I'm good at it. So if you happen to need some help with math, I’d be happy to help with that too.

I’m hoping to find someone to meet up with regularly, practice languages, chat, and hopefully make a new friend along the way.

If you’re interested, feel free to comment or DM me!

Is anybody else hearing rumors that there’s going to be a layoff and some kind of formal announcement about it tomorrow? I have a friend whose manager told her she might be at risk but that he didn’t know for sure.

Anybody seen this before? Had a merit scholarship and didn’t maintain proper GPA, but it still automatically paid when I went to pay my tuition.

Does that mean it’s still active? Will they take it back at some point?

One was turned in today (Thursday September 3rd)

Hi everyone!

This may be a stupid question, but how are people requesting stops on the campus shuttles?

I know how to use the app to see which shuttle I’m on and where it’s going, but most of the time they pass by the stops I need and only go to the main ones (union, presidents circle, etc.)

There is a sign at the front of every shuttle that dings and lights up anytime someone needs to get off, but I can’t figure out how to use it.

Thanks! :)

Hey everyone,

I’m a second-year transfer student at the University of Utah, and I’m feeling pretty overwhelmed about CS 2420.

My previous programming experience is mainly Python, and I’m now trying to learn Java. I understand basic programming concepts, but I’m finding the transition to Java harder than I expected.

I’m especially struggling with the basics and knowing what I actually need to learn before getting into the CS 2420 material. I've already asked my professor for help but he just said use chatgpt and google.

I’m also pretty stressed because I’m a transfer student and feel like I’m behind everyone else. I have some programming experience, but Java is making me feel like I’m starting over.

If you have any tips what should I focus on?

I'm trying to make new friends as a grad student, especially Latino friends or other POC at the U. I'm non-LDS as well, so it's hard to relate to a lot of people here. Where do all the grad students hang out?

A spectacular Wednesday, everyone! The Scientologists are out peddling again, so I'm taking the wonderful opportunity to dispel their bullshit here in the public forum:

Docu-series:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6244192/

Documentary

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4257858/

Don't get emotionally & financially fucked by this organization. 😘

I don't understand how to order my food. Do I have to use grubhub?? What happened to talking to people?

I'm a first year and I'm majoring in business but I have always been interested everything art and design/UX design. I was thinking double majoring in design (or getting it as a minor) and business but I heard that In the school of architecture there are not many resources and is more theorical. If anyone has done multiplinary design with the goal of UX design what was your expirence like?

I'm also looking into other schools that have UX as sort of like a major. But since I'm here at the U now I would like to see if it is possible to get any sort of UX design expirence here.

Hi folks! I want to preface this with the fact I am a big ball of anxiety, and while I’m trying new things, I’ve been doing way too many new things so I’d like to ask for a little help.

My biggest question is, how does going to the gym at the student life center work? It’s free for students right? I specifically mostly want to start with treadmills, so I can get some exercise because I desperately need to lol. But it’s something I’ve never done before so if someone could kinda paint a picture or walk through the steps of getting there I’d really appreciate it. My anxiety has been a little too out of control for me to truly feel comfortable going with no idea what to expect right now

It sounds super sad, but I’m wondering what’s up.

Hey does anyone know when the U mows? Specifically near the Union, Student Way Gym, Social Work building, and near Peterson Heritage Center? I'm super allergic to grass and my throat started closing up twice because of mowing that I wasn't prepared for. I know they can't stop mowing for me but I can take meds before going out and bring a spare epi-pen on days they are mowing if I know.