A controversial bill that has failed in the Utah Legislature every year for the past six years has not been resubmitted, but Utahns for the American Dream are ready to lobby against the bill if it makes it to Capitol Hill this session.

Carroll, a junior in environmental studies, attended the opening event of this year's Focus the U Teach-In on Climate Change. The kickoff was a Webcast and discussion about the new potential to address climate change under President Barack Obama's administration.

The Salt Lake Interfaith Roundtable promoted a gallery of spiritual art by Shauna Cook Clinger at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts at an event Tuesday afternoon. About 20 people visited the exhibit.

The U School of Medicine might have to cut back on medical students and department programs if it doesn't receive additional sources of revenue from the Utah Legislature this session.

Lawmakers are trying again to pass a bill that would allow U Housing and Residential Education to speed up the eviction process of Residence Hall tenants who are too far behind in their rent. As the law is written now, U Housing has to submit the eviction case to the Attorney General's office, a process that takes six weeks.

The Marriott Library used the Sugar Bowl trophy to lure hundreds of students into the building Tuesday afternoon.

Despite a dwindling budget, the College of Architecture and Planning stretched its wallet to add nationally renowned transportation and urban development professor Reid Ewing to its faculty.

The David Eccles School of Business is hoping to tap legislative funds to help with the construction of a new building on campus.

DeChristopher, a senior in economics, is being investigated by the U.S. Attorney's Office for placing fraudulent bids in a Bureau of Land Management auction in December. On Wednesday, DeChristopher read an article in the Deseret News that reported that U.S. Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar might review whether or not to pardon him, he said.

Jennifer Hajj, education director for HawkWatch International, a nonprofit oranization, captivated a group of 40 children visiting the Utah Museum of Natural History with their parents Monday afternoon when she brought out Alaska, a grasshopper hawk, for students to see.