Susan Mango uses expensive equipment for her research at the Huntsman Cancer Institute, but with the drop in the economy she said it can be difficult to find funding for research.

Even though most of the major candidates running for state offices are either Republican or Democrat, McCullough, a U law school graduate and defense attorney for 25 years, is running for Utah attorney general for the Libertarian party.

U student Erica Houck says she has been more politically driven since her mother, Rebecca Chavez-Houck, became a state legislator.

In her bid to unseat Republican incumbent Attorney General Mark Shurtleff, Democratic challenger and U alumnus, Jean Welch Hill, is in a battle reminiscent of David facing Goliath.

U alumnus, Bob Springmeyer, knows he faces an uphill battle. In Utah's 112-year history, only six Democrats have become governor, but for Springmeyer, seven is a lucky number.

At a lecture, two Indian activists, Kohli and a pro bono attorney, discussed the Indian government's mining access grant as an affront to the local people and their environment.

Garrett Clark's campaign T-shirts, logos and signs are green, not red or blue.

The Hinckley Institute of Politics held a panel on Tuesday where representatives of the justice system and mental health agencies said a myriad of problems are plaguing the mental health care industry in Utah.

The Bennion Community Service Center's annual Hunger Banquet acted as an eye-opening metaphor, bringing the statistics of world hunger to a more personal level.

Some campus police officers suspect the rise in crimes committed by the homeless might be connected to the ease and convenience of the expanding TRAX lines.