U Career Services sponsored the fair, which featured about 120 different employers that are part of science and engineering companies.

The classroom has become the center of economic crisis discussion on campus, as several professors have deviated from their syllabi to use as a teaching tool what some call the collapse of the American financial system.

With the rising inflation and gas prices this year on both the local and national level, everyone, especially students and professors, are being forced to make adjustments in their lifestyles to compensate for the rising cost of living.

As growing unemployment rates shake the nation, Utah remains a safe place to find a job8212;as long as you aren't looking in the finance sector.

Student loans could become difficult to obtain if the credit crisis is not resolved, professors said.

Nearly 12,000 more students are enrolled in Utah's public colleges and universities this fall than in 2007, but the U8212;the largest public university in the state8212;gained less than 1 percent of the new students.

Dixon, a sophomore at Ohio State University, was joined by more than 2,000 other early voters Monday evening; each one cast an early absentee ballot. Most said they came because they feared they would not have the chance to vote on Election Day.

The U Paint Shop slapped the Kappa Sigma fraternity with a $500 fine Tuesday for painting the "ASK HER" messages on campus.

Hare, a professor of family studies and gerontology at the University of Wisconsin-Stout, gave a lecture exploring how children cope with the death of a sibling on Monday.

With the 2008 presidential election approaching, a U doctoral student specializing in computer science has designed a more interactive poll result viewer analyzing how different voting demographics view the presidential candidates.