Utah needs to look at this and many other subjects ethically rather than morally and understand how a lottery could be used to improve the state as a whole. If anything, maybe it could help people appreciate probability and statistics, both in the classroom and in Powerball.

In "Observe and Report," Hill teams up with another Hollywood heavyweight8212;Seth Rogen. Both Hill and Rogen have their own distinct style of humor, and by all accounts should have knocked this one out of the park. But though the film has some hilarious moments, Hill leads the story down a dark road that Rogen's range isn't quite ready for.

The U Singers and A Capella Choir will perform a unique show this weekend that contains a familiar story with different musical elements.

Russell Edson has been one of the premier writers of prose poetry since the 1960s. In Edson's hands, the prose poem can be a fable, a joke, a darkly comic fairy tale, a surreal sketching of misanthropy, or the reverse, as in "The Reason Why the Closet-Man is Never Sad," from the 1977 collection of the same name.

Red Pulse gives you The Drop on the latest albumsf rom Michael Lucarelli, Gomez and Beirut.

Red Pulse staff share their favorites.

This past weekend, Utah qualified for its record 28th straight national championship and remains the only school to qualify for every NCAA national championship.

It's a time of year when about 5,000 students, hopped up on dehydrated Asian noodles, turn to their elected officials for a distraction. As in years past, ASUU continues to confront the challenge head-on, matching the demand for entertainment with an equally necessary work ethic.

With the release of Feed the Animals in 2008, Gregg Gillis of Girl Talk burst onto the national scene, garnering rave reviews for putting out one of the best albums of the year. He will take the stage Wednesday with Lupe Fiasco at the U's annual Grand Kerfuffle.

Sam Weller's Zion Bookstore8212;a Main Street staple8212;is moving. However, bibliophiles do not need to start mourning in the streets. The bookstore is NOT closing (thank you, sweet heaven) but is leaving the location it has inhabited for nearly 40 years.