Alex Smith 5th-year quarterback, 49ers 24-30 Packers - 16/33 227 yards and three touchdowns (nine this season)

It is a time-honored tradition during college8212;for those of us who might indulge in a drink here and there8212;to go to Las Vegas or to local college bars when you turn 21. The only problem is, no such bar exists around the U campus.

The Utes' 38-7 win over San Diego State on Saturday was bittersweet, said senior free safety Robert Johnson.

After the suspense of their one-point win over Utah State on Wednesday, the Runnin' Utes put the Southern University Jaguars away early and cruised to an 88-48 victory Saturday night at the Huntsman Center.

In 1894, a brilliant man uttered total nonsense to his contemporaries. In his speech at the University of Chicago, the soon-to-be Nobel laureate Albert Michelson said, "The more important fundamental laws and facts of physical science have all been discovered, and these are now so firmly established that the possibility of their ever being supplanted...is exceedingly remote."

Although the score took away any suspense about the outcome of the game, Utah fans still got their money's worth Saturday night, as they saw the men's basketball team make a little bit of history.

Starting out in a 16-0 hole in the JHG Jam, Utah rallied with an 11-0 run, cutting the deficit to five with 10 minutes left in the first half, but couldn't maintain its momentum as the Bruins answered with an 8-0 run of their own.

This year's senior class gift has an answer for students worried about a drastic 2010 tuition increase: moveable chairs.

Recently, a friend asked me to accompany him on a trip to St. George. Being ever-interested in travel, I accepted. My first priority after accepting, of course, was to check out the nightlife and party scene.

Editor:As a Marriott Library patron, I'm writing to second retired librarian Raymond Daoust's frustration with the library's Automated Retrieval Center ("Innovation replaces service," Nov. 19).Last week,...