The Chicano Scholarship Fund recently awarded Torres for his work with a one-year tuition scholarship.

Professors from 13 colleges became activists last week and set aside part of their syllabi to teach about environmental crisis and sustainability.

State lawmakers approved sweeping cuts to Utah's budget Friday in a special legislative session called by Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. to plug a $350 million budget shortfall.

The campus received an overall B in sustainability, an improvement from last year's C, but is still not quite excellent, according to a report card that measures university sustainability efforts.

State lawmakers could ask U administrators to cut the school's budget by up to $8 million in an attempt to plug the state's $350 million budget deficit.

The Hinckley Institute of Politics will not release the results of the straw poll until Monday. The results were originally scheduled to come out Thursday.

The U's VoteProject has registered almost 2,500 new voters on campus since Fall Semester began.

Dancing clowns, male strippers and singing cowgirls all took the stage Thursday night in the Union Ballroom for a lighthearted Homecoming Week event.

The Chicano Scholarship Fund board of trustees is handing out 15 scholarships tonight at the 33rd annual Scholarship Banquet.

Campus employees kicked off their working boots Thursday afternoon at an Employee Appreciation Day.