Robert Newman, College of Humanities dean, removed his name from consideration to become the new president of Florida International University, he said in an email.

The Utes, second the past three years in the NCAA Gymnastics Championships, ended up in third with 197.425, following champion Georgia and runner-up Alabama, which had a season-high 197.575.

The Utes, second the past three years in the NCAA Gymnastics Championships, ended up in third with 197.425, following runner-up Alabama, which had a season-high 197.575.

It was a close call for Greg Marsden and his Red Rocks on Thursday night. But with the first night of Nationals behind them, Utah will now turn its attention to the Super Six.

After the afternoon session of the 2009 NCAA Gymnastics Championships went how it was designed on paper, Utah nearly ended its season early.

As I rummage through my giant, black hole of a bag and then chase that elusive quarter through the hole in my jeans, I glance up at the vending machine I am about to feed my change to and instantly feel my face fall from caffeine-starved to absolutely crestfallen.

Almost all of us are attending college so that we can get a good job8212;a better job than we would get without a college education. We have been conditioned to believe this since our junior-high guidance counselors told us this. They put up a chart showing how much more money we would make with a college degree and sat back smugly waiting for our oohs and ahhs.

It is definitely a rare occurrence when the chief of police won't enforce the law, but that's what happened last week when Salt Lake Police Chief Chris Burbank publicly refused to uphold Senate Bill 81. The state's immigration reform legislation S.B. 81 calls for cross-deputizing officers as federal immigration agents to better police people who are here illegally.

Weather will once again affect the Utah baseball team's schedule, as rain postponed Thursday's tilt against conference rival BYU.

Almost 2,000 elementary school students built towers made of straw and homemade catapults this week in an effort by the College of Engineering to promote the importance of science and math at an early age.