Gina Lea Nickl's column ("Attending Class is Students' Choice," Sept. 15) gives every appearance of being smart, logical and persuasive8212;which makes me suspect that at some point she took an English class, but this makes me wonder why she assumes that all education comes from textbooks.

Jed Layton's article ("Campaigns get nasty: Students say they're sick of rumors," Sept. 15) is framed in such a way that values an arbitrary "balance" over factual reporting.

New GPS technology in campus shuttles tracks the buses' locations in real time and shows students when they will arrive.

Regardless of what might be behind the low numbers, Utah women need greater encouragement to pursue the sciences at a younger age.

East Carolina will play in a BCS game at the end of this year if they continue to win, no matter if BYU or Utah wins out as well. Back-to-back upsets over Top 25 teams will do that. The only ranked team that either the U or BYU will play is likely each other in the final game of the season.

The Pirates knocked off Virginia Tech and West Virginia, but take a closer peek at these victories, they aren't as astonishing as people are making them out to be. BYU and Utah have just as strong a case8212;if not stronger8212;forgetting a trip to a Bowl Championship Series goal as East Carolina does.

With so many concrete options available to students there is no reason to turn to the media alone to find where any political figure stands on any topic.

Volleyball notebook: Offense, defense, injuries and birthday presents

After two solid rounds the first day at the Ron Moore Invitational in Denver, the Utes slipped and finished in a tie for 13th.

Nationally, women account for half of all medical school applicants, but in 2007, only 30 percent of the U's applicants were women.