As a part of the recovery package, billions of dollars in grants and loans are on the market for shovel-ready projects. The opportunity is ripe for a great proposal and lobbying effort to be made in the name of Sugar House. The sooner the project is completed, the better. Patience will not get buildings constructed or financing secured. Lingering in the past will not bring Sugar House culture back to the completed project. It is time to shelve the salt and heal the wound.

I'm a history major and I love research. I used to love going to the Middle Eastern section in the Marriott Library and sifting through the dusty stacks to find the books I needed. I doubt that anyone who has seen an Indiana Jones film would argue against the appeal.

Italo Calvino, author of The Literature Machine, once said, "The more enlightened our houses are, the more their walls ooze ghosts." If this is true, then Salt Lake City's houses, hotels, businesses and historical monuments are crammed full8212;and not just around Halloween.

The School of Music has kept busy this winter and the result is a host of highly anticipated concerts in the coming weeks. Sunday at 7 p.m., the Libby Gardner Hall is welcoming the U's own accomplished pianist, Heather Conner.

Red Pulse gives you The Drop on the latest albums from Dan Auerbach, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Morrissey.

Red Pulse gives you The Word on what local shows and events to catch this week.

Revolution Party presidential candidate Tayler Clough all but ruined his chances for victory in the general election by mistakenly declaring himself the winner after the primary results were announced. In a bold and ill-advised move, Clough erected a large podium in the middle of the library plaza and delivered a damning victory speech that lasted for nearly two hours.

Palmer, a senior in environmental engineering at the U, fronts the politically outspoken, hardcore punk band Challenger. In less than a year, the band of full-time U students has made time to tour the West Coast, self-release an album of punk anthems and garner prestigious comparisons to genre forebears Gorilla Biscuits and Propagandhi.

In 1964, B.S. Johnson's novel Albert Angelo was published with holes cut in the pages, skewing the novel's chronology by physically altering the traditional structure of the book.

After weeks of studying hard and enduring long classroom lectures, we all deserve a few days to put our feet up and relax during Spring Break. Be smart and have a good time. But know that there are potential dangers and Spring Break isn't all about reckless fun and games. No one wants to be the friend of the person that didn't come home.