At this year's Redfest, the laid-back music from Slightly Stoopid and Dilated Peoples8212;bands notorious for their use of marijuana on and off stage8212;generated clouds of smoke from the crowd.

For Najib Amiri, this year's Ramadan experience was a chance to connect with not only his creator, but also himself.

The death gap, as Carston Oliver calls it, is a set of stairs followed by a flower box, a 20-foot gap and a railing to land on another set of stairs. Oliver jumps this on his bike.

Stealing backpacks has become a common way to get quick cash for thieves, especially in the University Campus Store, and the U wants students to take the extra effort to protect themselves.

A perfect season and a Sugar Bowl victory couldn't do it, nor could multiple Congressional hearings or even opposition from the president of the United States.

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The University Venture Fund is a venture capital fund that gives 20 students from the U, Westminster and BYU an opportunity to gain business and investment experience before they graduate. The fund was one of three financial backers for the Orem-based company Omniture. BYU graduate Joshua James started Omniture, an online marketing and web analyzing company, in 1996. Last week, Adobe bought Omniture for $1.8 billion.

The Utes' 16-game win streak was snapped Saturday afternoon in Autzen Stadium as Utah went down 31-24 to the Oregon Ducks.

After averaging more than 500 yards of offense through the first two games of the season, the Utes were held to 297 yards on Saturday and 24 points for the second straight week.

Utah's first loss in 16 games was highlighted by mistakes on both offense and defense, but the area the Utes seemed to struggle in the most was containing Oregon on rushing yards. Utah held the Ducks to just 95 passing yards at Autzen Stadium but could not do the same on the ground.