If the U wants to prepare its graduates for the real world with functional knowledge, a financial literacy requirement is imperative.

I am imploring all of you to do two things: plan ahead and double-major, or at least minor in something. For some, such as those in the department of engineering, this is very difficult. Many majors limit the number of courses a student can take. However, it is not impossible.

Any way you try to split it, 2004 set the foundation for what should be a long history of success.

Teams on the hill have grown easily accustomed to being written off at any time, but as so many have proved, 2008 was a year of supremacy, growth and fearlessness.

Come November, students who run track and cross-country won't have to use the Olympic Oval in Kearns or East High School's track anymore.

Although officials have decreased the poaching of elephant tusks in Northern Africa, a U research study showed that elephants might be in danger of human encroachment on their habitat.

Research professors have developed a way to avoid bacterial growth on medical device implants, such as those used on injured soldiers who have lost limbs.

Blood, a junior in music at the U, recently won the opportunity to perform at the Kennedy Center through VSA Arts8212;a worldwide organization formerly known as Very Special Arts that provides opportunities for artists with disabilities.

A group of 11 students is contributing individual skills to work on three projects this semester in a new communication class, which is run as a public relations agency with jobs to complete for real clients.

The Utah women's softball team's quest to get its first win in MWC play will continue this week as they face UNLV once and San Diego State twice.