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.

When healthy tissue is destroyed, patients can suffer from worse heart problems and occasionally die from the surgery. The problems associated with the procedure motivated U researcher Nassir Marrouche to spend 16 years working on a less evasive procedure.

What once was a solid red region is turning more and more blue, largely because of an increased number of immigrants from other countries, more people moving from California and the East Coast to find a cheaper lifestyle and more jobs and overall dissatisfaction with the national economy.

Police arrived at the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity house early Saturday morning where students reported that Lisi Leota, a U football player, had punched several people at the fraternity's Halloween party, according to a police report.

As the world faces an energy crisis, the director of the U's Petroleum Research Center said he believes a controversial oil resource might not become a significant supply of energy for at least 10 years.

If today's election repeats history, Utah's five electoral votes will go to Sen. John McCain, but he won't be thanking either students or employees at the U for his victory here.

A string of burglaries have been reported in the dorms and their surrounding areas.