Obesity in college students is on the rise. According to the American College Health Association, the percentage of college students who are overweight or obese rose from 31.3 percent to 32.5 percent...

It is interesting to see the two divergent paths The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Roman Catholic Church are taking with regards to their beliefs on gender, sex and sexuality. Philosophically,...

The political process is often maddening to everyone involved. On many occasions a correlation exists between the effectiveness of a congress and the politics of the country. The recent battle on the...

Editor: Under the title of this year’s Pride Week, “Pride Has Many Voices,” it is troubling that the week’s keynote address showcases one of the most privileged voices. Dan Savage’s name is not...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ conference this time around has added another soundbite to contribute to the further gap between the LDS church and progressive socio-political trends....

Every once in a while when I find myself feeling unreasonably optimistic about society, I force myself to listen to conservative talk radio to balance things out. The other day I was indulging myself...

This past weekend marked the 183rd semi-annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in which hundreds of LDS women were barred entrance to the male-only Saturday night...

The government is in shutdown and it looks to be that way for some time. Oct. 17 is the date which Secretary of the Treasury Jack Lew has said is the last date that the government has before it will not...

Everyone has been talking about the government shutdown, and rightly so. What people haven’t been talking about, but probably should be, is the hypocrisy and irresponsibility of our current leader —...

You would think that being a student at the U would mean you were informed about the projects on campus. This is not the case. There are many things that students are not informed about. The new Ambulatory...