DeChristopher's actions might not be strictly legal, but surely the backhanded government that justified ramming land through an auction for oil extraction before Bush leaves office can't fault him for using a little deception. In fact, the hope that the bogus bidding might at least stall the land from being auctioned off until Obama takes office is almost the same strategy the BLM used.

The Utah women's swimming and diving team had a rough weekend in Texas last week and won't be getting any breaks as they head to Colorado State for what promises to be another tough meet.

After a week and a half of seeking donations, the U marching band has reached its goal to raise the $154,000 needed to send its members to Washington, D.C. to play in President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration parade Jan. 20.

Student activist Tim DeChristopher, with help from his legal team and donors, has raised more than $90,000 in hopes of making initial down payments on land he won in a Bureau of Land Management lease auction in December.

While the performance is good, almost great8212;and rumored to be Eastwood's last in front of the camera8212;without a screenplay to match, it's terribly difficult to believe that Eastwood could trump Sean Penn as Harvey Milk or Mickey Rourke as Randy "The Ram" in "The Wrestler."

Football players are not the only ones who have to deal with unjustified criticism and rejection. To a certain extent, it is a problem that we all have to put up with during our entire lives. There is seemingly always somebody out there ready to say that we are not good enough or can't do something we want to do.

In August 2009, the physics department will offer a new program for both undergraduate and graduate students in astrophysics. The new program will offer an expanded workload coupled with hands-on research.

Kevin Hultine has a gold mine of research space available to him in central Utah that ATV users can't destroy on a ride through desert land.

The College of Science and the College of Education are teaming up in an effort to better train and prepare math and science teachers at the K-12 and college levels.

U researchers have developed a miniscule drug to treat certain types of cancer and are in the process of marketing it through a new company called Nanonc Inc.