The 28th annual Great American Beer Festival was held in Denver last weekend. The sold-out event centered around a competition among 495 commercial breweries from across the nation. This year, six were from Utah. A total of 3,362 different kinds of beer in 75 different categories were strictly judged according to their taste, aroma and appearance. Gold, silver and bronze medals were awarded to the winners, and 2,100 of these varieties were made available to the attending public.

The BCS should've been disbanded a long time ago and college football, like the rest of the competitive world, should be working on a playoff-style system.

The U men's water polo team pulled off a couple of upsets on its way to claiming the 2009 UC-Davis Invitational during the weekend. The No. 14-ranked Utes knocked off No. 2 Cal Poly by a score of 12-8 and No. 4 UCLA 11-5.

You can't spell Pi Kappa Alpha's acronym without the P8212;and the K and A on the front of the fraternity house are looking a little lonely.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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