With a crash and some rumbling, the ROTC will break a nearly century-long tradition this December as the U demolishes their present home and university relic, the Mines Building.

In an effort to increase the number of high school and college Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets, the U.S. Army recently increased the scholarship budget for U's ROTC program by $1 million.

Agutter will be teaching a new class called Introduction to Design Thinking beginning in the Spring Semester of 2009.

Lee Hamilton, vice-chair of the 9/11 Commission and a former congressman, said the United States is facing persistent and evolving threats from terrorists.

The U honored Charles Goodliffe, who will turn 92 this year, for his military service in World War II at Tuesday's Veterans Day celebration.

There aren't any true losers in a competition to see who can support charity the most, but the U is still trying to crush the Cougars by donating more food than Brigham Young University in the Rivalry Week Food Drive.

On Friday and Saturday, the Associated Students of the University of Utah hosted a screening of the "Planet Earth" documentary series8212;one of many activities hosted by ASUU this year to inform the student body about social awareness and environmental responsibility.

After spending months translating research for a legislative committee, U professor Robert Allen received the prestigious Wildman Medal Award for his paper on audit failures.

Conflicts between the Western and Islamic worlds stem from a general misunderstanding between the two cultures, said leading Islamic scholar Akbar Ahmed.

Temperatures dropped to 33 degrees Friday night, but frigid weather didn't stop nearly 300 die-hard Ute fans from setting up camp in front of the ticket office at Rice-Eccles Stadium to wait for tickets to the highly-anticipated Nov. 22 Utah vs. BYU football game to go on sale.