The morning of the U's "Blackout" football game against TCU, a real blackout swept the campus, and it's only a small part of a larger problem.

What began as a simple internship to China turned into a visit to the Olympics, a snapshot with renowned writer and New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman and accolades from the Hinckley Institute of Politics for one U student.

Amie Hammond, a history major, stopped in her tracks yesterday when she saw a table of students near the Ute Brave statue on the Union patio selling T-shirts for the U football game against TCU.

At the end of a historic election season, Obama was elected the first black president of the United States on Tuesday night. The historic meaning of the election was not lost on Phoenix's black population.

After a sizeable victory for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama Tuesday night, thousands of pundits nationwide poured over the results searching for trends and patterns that led to Obama's decisive capture of the presidency.

A month before the football game against BYU, members of the U's marching band grow out their beards and some girls refuse to shave their legs.

At the ritzy Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix, thousands of rally attendees crowded into ballrooms, conference rooms, restaurants and the courtyard lawn hoping to see Sen. John McCain achieve a victory. However, watch partygoers were disappointed to see their presidential hopeful be defeated by a large margin.

The U will begin criminal background checks in May for any potential faculty and staff members applying for work, but some existing faculty and staff are against it.

The red line campus shuttle blew its turbo and started shooting white smoke out of its rear engine as it drove up the street.

The U has picked a developer to oversee and hire construction and design teams for the Universe Project.