Venkatraman "Venki" Ramakrishnan honored the work that started at the U and might one day turn the tide in the war against infections as part of the Benning Society Lecture Series on Wednesday night.

With a sweeping health care reform bill awaiting debate and a vote in the Senate, members of Utah's medical and nonprofit communities gathered at the Hinckley Institute of Politics on Wednesday to discuss the system's flaws and debate the pending reform bill.

Most of us are going to school hoping that an education will help us successfully compete in the workforce upon graduation. The stress and pressure of making good grades, studying late into the night to ace a test and developing lifelong friendships is all part of the college experience.

Amid the confusion and worry sparked by the federal government's new suggestion that women shouldn't start getting checked for breast cancer until 10 years later than originally proposed, the Huntsman Cancer Institute is holding steady to the traditional standard.

With a 9 percent budget cut in place this year and the possibility of an additional 17 percent cut next year, some at the U are worried whether the school can cope with the loss in funding.

During the past year, the Utah State Legislature has been hesitant to subsidize budget cuts in higher education with the surplus Rainy Day Fund. Lawmakers might be right8212;it isn't raining at the U; the sky is falling.

Just to have a chance to interact with strange birds, students endured the shrill squawking of a falcon's song competing with a recording of John Denver's "Eagle and the Hawk."

Carlon Brown was a key contributor for the Runnin' Utes a year ago, but amid his honorable mention all-conference season that was sprinkled with highlight-reel dunks and eye-popping drives to the hoop, something was missing.

Things are looking bleaker than ever on Main Street, and it has nothing to do with the City Creek Center construction project.

I happened to be a bystander during PETA's protest rally at the U and had the chance to speak with one of the protesters.