People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is a Virginia-based organization famous for its showmanship and claims to principled, high morals in what its website calls protection of "animal rights." Animals, in its estimation, deserve all legal and social protections afforded to humans.

The U's controversial Macedonia conference, which took place earlier this month, sparked feuds between its Greek and Macedonian attendees, and no one can agree on the outcome.

I was a destructive child. Never one to sit in the basement playing video games, I was more content blowing up plastic Army men and jumping off buildings. But whenever my antics got out of hand, my parents forced me to take responsibility. I still remember taking money to the house of a neighbor whose window I had intentionally broken with a rock. So yeah, I learned responsibility early on, but perhaps the U's administrators need a refresher course.

In a state where God, Jerry Hughes and football are one and the same, the defending Mountain West Conference champion Utes were handed their first conference loss of the season. TCU's plan for keeping its undefeated season alive against the Utes was clear from the beginning: There would be no mercy, there would be no exceptions.

With their slim hopes of repeating as Mountain West Conference champions fading, the Utah volleyball team was unable to hold onto a fourth-set lead and fell to Colorado State 3-1 (20-25, 21-25, 25-19, 23-25) at Crimson Court on Thursday night.

The U department of physics and astronomy held the "first light" symposium Wednesday, celebrating the first photographs taken by the department's new telescope.

Tiffany Benton, a senior in international studies, is one of the five finalists for Hershey's "I'm a Big Fan" contest to find America's biggest college football fanatic.

The already limited parking availability on campus has been temporarily obstructed because of construction behind the Tanner Humanities Building.

I can't imagine anyone doubting TCU's legitimacy now. It's ranked No. 4 in the BCS rankings and only has one obstacle standing in the way of the program's first BCS bid8212;the Utes

As if facing 14th-ranked Utah with an undefeated season on the line wasn't enough, add new uniforms, a sell-out crowd and ESPN College GameDay to the mix, and TCU head coach Gary Patterson has a lot on his plate this week.