University of Utah seniors say goodbye with vulgar send off in the Chronicle

The Chronicle distributes 15,000 newspapers every Monday through Thursday and publishes a weekend tabloid edition on Fridays. In the past, the staff has taken fire for, among other things, printing a story on prostitution as a viable profession and a satirical piece about the pope. Other editorial content has attracted attention from administrators. This, coupled with the financial situation at the paper, has kept it on the president's radar.

A woman in the dean's office said it had no comment on the issue.

As it stands, the students have an appointment to meet with the dean later next week, almost a week after Friday's graduation ceremony. But the incoming staff of the Chronicle, which in recent years has struggled to pay back a $70,000 deficit brought on by overspending and the economic downturn, intends to present the budget to administrators sometime in the coming weeks.

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