The Utah State Board of Regents put the David Eccles School of Business renovation and construction plans on top of its $283 million development priority list Friday.

The list, which includes seven other projects statewide, requests $28.5 million in state funding to go toward the school's $71 million goal.

Students and faculty can now sign up on their Campus Information System page to receive emergency notifications of situations such as snow closures, power outages, traffic jams or a campus shooting.

Working as a local intern for the Hinckley Institute of Politics, Pasker, a senior majoring in economics, addressed concerns Utah residents had in the senator's local office rather than in Washington, D.C., ranging from veteran and military affairs to Department of Corrections and local business issues.

Families and patients suffering from neurological disorders can now get help at the U's new Brain Health Learning Center, which provides information and one-on-one counseling for patients with multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease.

A glitch in the Union's fire alarm system sent students streaming outside for the third time in two days Friday afternoon.

According to a police report filed in May 2007, a student who was last registered for classes at the U during the Spring Semester 2007 has been stalking a photography professor. The professor believes that was the same year the student graduated. However, a year later, the professor first reported to campus police that the student had been stalking him.

Stephen Alder has watched for seven years as the former public health division chief promoted healthy living and addressed health issues at the U and in the state. Now it's his turn to take the reins.

Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin spoke Wednesday night before an electrified audience at the Xcel Energy Center, centering her speech around her family, encouraging drilling for oil and criticizing Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.

Officially organized in 2005, TRAILS is a nonprofit organization that helps people with spinal-cord injuries or diseases have active lifestyles through specialized bike riding and other forms of exercise.

By Michael McFall, Staff WriterGun TheftA student reported that his $280 automatic rifle was stolen. The victim reported his blue .380 automatic Kel-Tec P-3AT missing to campus police at 9 a.m. on Wednesday....