The long weekend meet for the Utah swim team turned out to be a huge success, as the men and women both finished in the top 10 at the Toshiba Classic, held in Long Beach, Calif., where many of the top swim teams in the country competed.

Service learning educates students in real-life situations, something that book learning can never do. As such, all students should be required to spend at least one semester immersed in a service-learning program.

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.

The U approved a new course for Spring Semester8212;Star Trek: The Quest to be Human8212;that uses the "Star Trek: The Next Generation" television series to discuss questions about what it means to be human and whether people are born human or learn to be human.

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

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

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.

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.

Illegal immigrants aren't a new issue for the Utah government, but how to handle undocumented students' college education amid a budget crisis is.

Ever since the financial crisis of 2008, pundits and lawmakers have considered an array of regulations and punitive measures to remedy the system's problems, but real solutions could be found in an unexpected place8212;Islamic countries.