Because of noise, trash and alcohol violations, the Office of the Dean of Students placed the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity on probation for one year, prohibiting the use of alcohol at the fraternity house.

A hearing to determine the validity of Tim DeChristopher's "necessity defense" regarding his bogus bids on land leases last December concluded with U.S. District Judge Dee Benson postponing his decision on the matter.

Robert Newman keeps trying, but he can't seem to leave the U.

Although Rice-Eccles Stadium doesn't face any immediate terror threats, the government released a nationwide advisory this week for all sporting and entertainment venues to be wary about potential terrorist attacks.

Margaret Price Carlston is a living heirloom of family, wisdom and the U8212;and her story starts more than 70 years ago on this very campus, when she became the U's first homecoming queen.

Jay Wilgus, assistant dean of students and a Phi Delta Theta fraternity alumnus, said the Phi Delta Theta house on campus is being restructured in an effort to reinstate the organization as a chapter. The group returned to campus two years ago as a colony and is working to meet qualifications in order to gain chapter status.

Tim DeChristopher isn't going to trial just for himself8212;the future of legal civil disobedience might rest on his shoulders.

Although the U approved and collected the $2.50 per-semester sustainability fee approved last spring to fund student-proposed sustainability projects, the means to use the money are not in place.

Berkeley, eat your heart out8212;when it comes to the battle for legalizing marijuana, the U ranks "higher" than most.

U pediatrics professor Jeffrey Botkin will serve as chairman to a National Institute of Health federal panel that will review requests to use government funds to research embryonic stem cells, which would come from fertility clinics where couples used in vitro fertilization to conceive.