Before Friday's game against Salt Lake Community College, men's soccer head coach Gilbert Gaertner stressed how critical it was to set the tone in the first ten minutes of the game, and that is exactly what the Utes did. It was a very physical match and the Utes jumped to a 1-0 lead with a goal by Alan Garcia, which was the only goal of the first half.

With Friday's 3-2 victory over BYU, Beth Launiere wrapped up her 400th career victory as head coach of the Utes.

Nothing is as beautiful to a thief as the prospect of getting on-the-spot untraceable cash for stolen merchandise.

In response to Jonathan Deesing's article ("Uneducated opinions on therapy hurt gays," Sept. 28) I would like to point out that homosexuality was classified as a disorder up until 1974 in the APA's Diagnostics and Statistical Manual

Obviously our country is experiencing a rather heated health care debate, and until something is done about our current system, people, particularly college students, need to know about where they can receive affordable services.

You don't have to live in Utah very long to figure out that this state is no friend to alcohol. Indeed, we display our arcane and outdated liquor laws proudly to the rest of the country. The "Zion Curtain," the shot-and-a-half rule, and our measly 41 liquor stores were all championed by members of Congress, predominantly members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who have likely never had a drink in their lives.

The "loud party ordinance" passed by the city council last week will cost Greek Row, along with all other Salt Lake City residents, $300 per visit from police officers every time they must respond to a noise disturbance. Although the threat of a fine might quiet a rowdy party for a night, it's not going to fix the underlying problem of the long-lived tense relations between Greek Row and the surrounding Federal Heights neighborhood.

Despite being put on probation, meaning the house cannot have alcohol in it, only one of the 16 incidents at the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity house was related to alcohol.

U researchers were awarded $4.37 million in grants for funding to collaborate with the Utah Department of Health to help improve the communication and decision-making within the public health care setting.

A man tried to steal the underwear and jeans of a few U students this weekend.