College grades used to be strictly pass or fail. Students didn't stress about GPAs, cry after receiving an A- or desperately beg for a D. You either passed or you didn't. As for students caught cheating, they were expelled from the school or class, or received whatever punishment administrators or teachers decided to give. Even with harsh consequences and extreme punishment, students still cheat.

Students can now track the administration's expenditures on ASUU's website. Although ASUU deserves credit for making the budget accessible, most students will find it difficult to make any sense of the budget's unintelligible organization.

Transportation and parking discussions have been rampant at the U this year. There are traffic jams, stalled shuttles and a broad misunderstanding of what is going on with all the construction. There is one thing that has been overlooked8212;Residence Hall parking. It is one of the U's rarely discussed problems.

"Now that was when people knew how to be in love. They knew it! Time, distance...nothing could separate them because they knew. It was right. It was real." Thus opines Meg Ryan in "Sleepless in Seattle," wishing for a halcyon era that never existed. Millions of Generation Y-ers grew up watching such films, where the protagonists are quite simply "made for each other." Real life is rarely that simple. However, long-term relationships built on communication, sacrifice and gratitude can bring joy and fulfillment.

The football team pulled off a sloppy win over San Jose State, the women's soccer team lost by one goal and the volleyball team went 0-2 at the Santa Clara Tournament.

In 2003, Shawn Archer graduated from the U with his master's in mechanical engineering8212;but it was hard to celebrate with about $80,000 of debt because of his student loans.

The latest construction project on campus didn't start without roadblocks, and now that it's begun, it's become a big one for students.

Commuters on Foothill Drive were greeted with a message Wednesday morning that would make Fredrich Neitzsche proud: "God does not exist."

A trip to sunny California turned sour for the Ute volleyball team as they dropped both matches of the Santa Clara Tournament to No. 25 Arizona and host Santa Clara.

The U soccer team (5-3) lost 2-1 at No. 20 Colorado (4-2) on Friday as the Buffaloes netted its game-winner with less than three minutes to play. Utah's only goal came from sophomore forward Erin Dalley, who tallied her third strike of the year.