If the U started its own zodiac, 2008 is the year of the druggies and drunks.

The two wars raging in Iraq and Afghanistan and the 15th anniversary of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" will provide the backdrop for this year's Pride Week at the U, which began Saturday with a dance in the Union.

The Winter Olympic Games might have come and gone, but silver awards are still being handed out in Utah.

Danny Rogers, a senior in environmental studies, only saw climate change on paper, portrayed through numbers and statistics, before attending Thursday night's presentation.

On Friday, the U's One Love Ski and Snowboarding Club brought about 600 people together to watch two ski sports-action movies in the College of Social and Behavioral Science's two auditoriums.

A U medical administrator with enough background to fill a book is on her way to a national library.

To thank students for enduring four years of renovations, the library and student government hosted "Marriott After Dark" on Friday from 8:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.

Last week's tsunami destroyed hundreds of families in the Pacific Islands, but students as far away as the U are reeling from its impact.

The year's early snowfall in the mountains is the pride of the largest student group on campus that doesn't involve Greek letters, football or politics.

The rainy, and at times snowy, weather early Wednesday morning caused the Union Programming Council organizers to alter events a bit. The event celebrating German culture was forced inside from the Union Patio to the Union Ballroom.