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Mueller: Campaign finance reform buys voter headaches

By By Lauren Mueller • February 5, 2008

Want to run an attack ad during "Dancing with the Stars?" That'll cost you $196,000. Want to go big and prove that you're the most manly and affable candidate? You can expose potential voters to your smiling face during "Sunday Night Football" at a cost of $358,000.

Women’s Hoops: Utes debut at No. 20 in polls

By By Natalie Dicou • February 5, 2008

The U women's basketball team got a little love from the national media Monday when it landed in the Top 25 after narrowly downing No. 15 Wyoming on the road, 60-59, and blowing out Colorado State, 68-28, last week. The Utes (18-3, 7-0 MWC) climbed all the way up to the No.

Gymnastics: College offers a chance for creativity

By By Jon Gilbert • February 5, 2008

Attending college brings new responsibilities and a new independence with it. Students pick classes, majors, new friends, and some of them pick their gymnastics routines. Utah gymnasts know that college gymnastics is much different than any other level of competition of which they've been a part.

Cartoon: Election ’08 primer

By By Phil Cannon and • February 4, 2008

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Middle East Film Series kicks off

By By Ryan Shelton • February 4, 2008

The U kicked off its fifth annual Middle East Film Series on Wednesday night with a movie about love. "Live and Become," the first movie screened in the series, is an award-winning film about the struggles of Ethiopian Jews in Israel during the 1980s. "It's really a story about love," Laurence Loeb, a professor of anthropology, told a crowd of about 60 people before the screening at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts Auditorium.

Cold sores have genetic link, study says

By By Carlos Mayorga • February 4, 2008

Millions of Americans suffer from recurring cold sores as a result of herpes simplex virus, but U researchers may have discovered the hereditary link to herpes, which could lead to more effective treatment of cold sore outbreaks. "We want to know why people are getting cold sores and why some don't, which gene or genes triggers the dirty deed and figure out how we can inhibit it," said John Kriesel, a professor in the School of Medicine's Division of Infectious Diseases.

Gymnastics: Flawless

February 4, 2008

Ashley Postell didn't need to put another mark in the Utah gymnastics record book to establish herself as one of the best gymnasts ever to don a Red Rock leotard, but on Friday night against Minnesota, she did it anyway. Led by her perfect score on vault, Postell scored a 39.

Peterson: All-Star selection process is a joke

By By Jason Peterson • February 4, 2008

I've seen better. Don't get me wrong, this year's NBA All-Star teams are loaded up the wazoo, and for good reason. With just 24 available spots and 30-something players in the league performing at an All-Star level, a handful of players are bound to get the shaft every year.

Ute briefs (2/4)

February 4, 2008

Utah hockey drops opener For the sixth time this season, the U's hockey club faced UVSC on Friday. The result was a 15-6 shootout victory for the Wolverines (21-8), who have yet to lose to the Utes. "There's a reason (UVSC is) second in the West," said U forward Greg Swenson, who assisted with half the team's goals and scored one of his own.

Gymnastics: Red Rocks post 10th highest score in team history

By By Jon Gilbert • February 4, 2008

After the first meet of the season, Georgia head coach Suzanne Yoculan complimented the U gymnastics team on its one-two punch of Ashley Postell and Kristina Baskett. However, she went on to remind everyone that it takes more than that to win a national championship -- it takes a full lineup.