Within the walls of the Cowles Building, three prospective U students are looking to shatter records in competitive Rubik's Cube solving, also known as "cubing."

The U was Weisman's 10th stop on a world tour for his nonfiction book, The World Without Us, a journalistic exploration of how today's world would evolve if the human species ceased to exist in it.

Students have said problems with advisers are forcing them to extend their time at the U.

On Wednesday, panelists at the Hinckley Institute of Politics tackled this often taboo topic in a forum titled "B(l)ack to the Future," which examined the social and political significance of the candidacy of Sen. Barack Obama, the first black candidate on a major party presidential ticket.

What began as a standard meeting of the Associated Students of the University of Utah General Assembly became a heated debate Tuesday night as student representatives considered how to appropriate funds to a political student group.

With only 33 days left until Election Day, more than 50 candidates from state races were abuzz on the Union Plaza on Wednesday, hoping to reach student voters and prove their merit as the candidate who will best represent the U.

Josh Voland took in the scene: eight giant messages left in paint, splashed across the sidewalk in front of the Heritage Center. They all said the same mysterious words that have spread like wildfire across the U for the past three days.

A vigilante tagger has graffitied the U's lower campus two nights in a row with a mystery message: "ASK HER."

Several parking lots will close Thursday afternoon in preparation for the Utes' 7 p.m. football game against Oregon State.

By December, almost every building on campus will be equipped with high-speed wireless Internet access for students and faculty with laptops or internet-capable cell phones.