At least 85 students and community members flocked into the Union Ballroom for the Ash Wednesday service, hosted primarily by the St. Catherine of Sienna Newman Center and the Interfaith Council

State lawmakers passed a bill approving $10 million for a science and technology program that hires "star" faculty at the U and Utah State University to start new businesses and stimulate the economy.

The only reason I defend 24 Hour Fitness is because I'm a complete and utter fitness guru and I picked my gym wisely based on their membership perks. Gold's Gym, on the other hand, I can't speak much for. I've heard awful things.

The Utes secured the first 20-win season in the Jim Boylen era, increased their conference-leading win streak to eight and won their 500th win in the Huntsman Center with a 70-60 win over the visiting UNLV Rebels.

Smoking should be a no-brainer decision, particularly when a child with developing lungs is present. But the government shouldn't be responsible for policing citizens' behavior around their children. They should be able to police themselves.

The fact that church officials are annually meeting directly with lawmakers puts the LDS Church's so-called "political neutrality" in question. There is nowhere else in the country where an annual powwow between lawmakers and a church body takes place, and these meetings seem to have more in common with an Iranian theocracy than a U.S. government that emphasizes church-state separation.

Many teens are going to have sex regardless of what they are taught in high school. Either we can ignore this and hope that an underpaid high school teacher can instill "good morals" in teens, or we can be progressive and teach them how to grow into responsible college students and adults.

This year marks the 60th anniversary of the Children's Dance Theatre, which became part of the Tanner program in 1949. In honor of Tanner, the theater is putting on a performance called "Coming Home" Friday and Saturday at Capitol Theatre.

Although the Utes aren't accustomed to dealing with small, quick teams, the Mountain West Utah has a 7-foot-2 giant and UNLV countered with a guard quartet that nearly handed Utah its first loss in eight games.

During the end credits, there was a 2009 movie montage of brief shots of some of the most promising movies leading up to next year's awards show. In case you missed it, here's a recap.