Almost 2,000 elementary school students built towers made of straw and homemade catapults this week in an effort by the College of Engineering to promote the importance of science and math at an early age.

The longer snow season this spring has U students who ski and snowboard cheering and missing class.

The concert, put on by the Associated Students of the University of Utah Presenter's Office, went on despite a day of snow and rain, which turned the Union Free Speech Area into a mudslide after the show.

Students can expect to see construction starting April 22 when the U breaks ground on a new science and technology research building on the old golf course.

With a rapidly changing society, university presidents are predicting changes in the future of higher education, especially with regards to federal regulations, the use of technology and college affordability.

All junior and senior students in civil and environmental engineering will be required to own a personal laptop by fall, said Paul Tikalsky, a civil and environmental engineering professor at the U.

To mitigate added congestion from the closure of Federal Way, the Utah Department of Transportation might install a left-turn signal at the intersection of North Campus Drive and Central Campus Drive.

Despite recent safety concerns, the art department will continue to offer nude posing for its painting and drawing courses.

With the economic recession and the growing number of lost jobs, many U students are turning to plasma donation, the process of extracting plasma from their blood, to meet their financial needs.

As students anticipate the arrival of Lupe Fiasco and Girl Talk at today's Grand Kerfuffle music festival, few will look past the lights to all that goes into putting on such an event.