scinating and crucial news happens every day. Unfortunately we rarely see it. What we do see is an embarrassing parade of celebrities doing stupid things.

Beginning Fall Semester,U students will no longer be left in the dark when it comes to how the student government spends its money. The Associated Students of the University of Utah president's budget will be posted online and will be updated a minimum of three times a year at the end of every semester.

The U chose Myron Willson, a registered architect and adjunct architecture professor, to replace Craig Forster, who died last December while hiking in Zion National Park, as the head of the Office of Sustainability.

There's nothing wrong with trying to improve the process by increasing efficiency, but the administration shouldn't be too shocked when they find that it isn't necessarily the arduous process keeping Americans from applying for FAFSA, it's their slothfulness.

Two Middle East scholars shared their insights on the recent Iranian elections on July 18 at the J. Willard Marriot Library.

There's nothing wrong with trying to improve the FAFSA process by increasing efficiency, but the administration shouldn't be too shocked when they find that it isn't necessarily the arduous process keeping Americans from applying--it's their slothfulness.

The U's Office of Diversity and Equality was awarded a grant from the Suder Foundation, an organization that helps disadvantaged first-generation students &- the first in a family to ever attend college &- afford that education.

Conservative thinkers should challenge liberalism embodied by fellow students and professors. It is the essence of political involvement.

The modifications to FAFSA are in addition to the other higher education initiatives that have already been proposed or enacted by the Obama administration to make financial aid more accessible to college students.

Esther Radinger, who for 36 years served as assistant director of the U's Honors Program, died of natural causes on July 8 at the age of 77.