Robert Paul's letter to the editor ("Health care article ignorant," Sept. 22) is a great example of one of the biggest problems in the health care debates. Name-calling and alarmist threats are the focus instead of facts. Calling Whitney Fitts an "ignoramus" and threatening that "people like you" are going to destroy our Constitution is a response that I'd expect from a child, not an adult. Grow up and argue the facts!

At a time when being a student gets more expensive each year, one company isn't forgetting to cut students a deal.

The Utes started conference play last week with consecutive wins against Air Force and San Diego State. The wins give them 16 straight victories against conference opponents dating back to last September. The last conference foe to deal Utah a defeat was Wyoming, in the second conference game of last season. The Utes have a chance to extend that streak to 17 when BYU invades Crimson Court on Friday at 7 p.m., for the first Deseret First Duel of the season.

"The Bakkhai" was set to run Monday at the de Jong Concert Hall at Brigham Young University,the U's conservative sibling down south, but BYU canceled the U theater production, which was scheduled to appear at its annual Greek Festival.

It's only fall, but for the Utah lacrosse team, it is never too early to start practicing.

It would have been a lot easier to write this column if Oregon hadn't rolled up more than 200 rushing yards and 31 points on the Ute defense Saturday.

Anyone thinking of traveling to Mexico City for a tour of Aztec culture might want to consider rerouting to London instead.

With a historically conservative stronghold and a sizable homosexual population, people in Salt Lake City and at the U foster strong opinions on both sides of the debate on gay marriage.

Coming into this season, most Utah fans were skeptical about how productive the Utah offense could be. After all, the Utes have a new and inexperienced (at the Division-I level anyway) quarterback running the show and a new offensive coordinator calling the shots.

Elan Bartholomew, a freshman in film studies, volunteered at the food pantry at St. Mark's Episcopal Church last summer when he realized how much hunger there was in Salt Lake City.