DJ Bell received the news of his life Friday: not guilty on all charges. It took the 3rd District Court less than three hours to acquit Bell, who was charged with two counts of first-degree felony child-kidnapping and one count of second-degree felony burglary last July. The verdict marks a huge momentum swing in the case.

The student government plans to spend $15,000 per year on a mentoring program that aims to give high school students a head start on filling out college applications.

For the first time under head coach Randall McCracken, the Utah men's golf team took first place at a tournament.

Fresh off Friday's victory over rival BYU, Utah volleyball looks to push its conference record to 4-0 when the team heads to Las Vegas to take on UNLV tonight.

Fall ball is about halfway over for the Utah softball team, and according to head coach Amy Hogue, there's still a lot up in the air for the group.

Sure, her eyes get nervous when she discusses her major: undecided, but she thinks marketing sounds right. She also wishes somebody would have had the courtesy to tell her the truth about living on campus. You can't cook your own meals when you reside in the dorms, a tough adjustment for Terry, who plays chef in her free time.

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

U alumna and author Zoe Murdock read and discussed her new fictional book about fundamentalist Mormon polygamists, Torn by God, Saturday at the King's English Bookshop in Salt Lake City.

With a 1-0 loss to Pepperdine on Sunday afternoon, the Utah women's soccer team (5-6-1) has completed its nonconference schedule.

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 Indeed, we display our arcane and outdated liquor laws proudly to the rest of the country.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.