St. Petersburg String Quartet

Today
Master class: 2 p.m. Dumke Recital Hall
Concert: 7:30 p.m. Libby Gardner Hall
Student tickets: $5
Free shuttle from Rice-Eccles parking lot, starting at 6:30 p.m.

But before you start searching me for illicit narcotics, let me explain. I realize the Utes have been pretty pathetic at times this season, losing to Idaho and Seattle, but seriously, these guys really have a shot.

With their 18-game home win streak on the line and head coach Elaine Elliott absent because of illness, the Utes battled back from being down 14 against New Mexico to get their first Mountain West Conference win and keep the streak going.

Anyone who has read any of my previous men's basketball columns should know that I am a fan of head coach Jim Boylen and the Runnin' Utes. However, when talking about if the team has a legitimate shot at winning the regular season Mountain West Conference Championship, I have to tell the fan in me that is screaming, "Yes, yes, yes," to be quiet and face the facts.

Now that the New Year has begun and the first quarter is under way, new statistics are revealing the state and orientation of our society in many ways.

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Throughout its history, the U School of Medicine has grown to be one of the top research institutions in the nation, thanks in part to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. will return from his new duties as the U.S. ambassador to China to bid farewell to the class of 2010.

The Sundance Film Festival 2010

Where: Multiple Utah locations including Salt Lake City, Park City and Sundance Ski Resort
When: Jan. 21 to Jan. 31
Visit www.festival.sundance.org/2010 or the main ticket office in Trolley Square

University Hospital is now safe from a powerful virus that kept hospital employees on their toes for the past few months.