As I rummage through my giant, black hole of a bag and then chase that elusive quarter through the hole in my jeans, I glance up at the vending machine I am about to feed my change to and instantly feel my face fall from caffeine-starved to absolutely crestfallen.

Almost all of us are attending college so that we can get a good job8212;a better job than we would get without a college education. We have been conditioned to believe this since our junior-high guidance counselors told us this. They put up a chart showing how much more money we would make with a college degree and sat back smugly waiting for our oohs and ahhs.

It is definitely a rare occurrence when the chief of police won't enforce the law, but that's what happened last week when Salt Lake Police Chief Chris Burbank publicly refused to uphold Senate Bill 81. The state's immigration reform legislation S.B. 81 calls for cross-deputizing officers as federal immigration agents to better police people who are here illegally.

Privilege shields the writer from the reality that not all campus areas are safe, even where diversity is supposedly valued. It engenders her to determine an area's safety, which cannot be her decision, unless she has encountered such threats to her identity.

While I wholeheartedly support Jeffrey Jenkins' proposal regarding a required course in financial literacy at the U ("Financial class should be required," April 15), let's not overlook the courses that already exist on that subject8212;inside and outside the School of Business.

Leaving a legacy at the institution from which you received your diploma is a great goal to strive for. Hopefully the rental program takes off at the U. Give it a chance.

Your article makes no mention of which operating systems are vulnerable and blatantly misleads your readers. This kind of information gap is unacceptable, particularly when it concerns the security of students' personal property.

Instead of sticking with the traditional schedule and structure, the Kerfuffle could be improved by a few small changes. Future organizers should be prepared to shake it up.

Instead of spending hours wandering aimlessly on Facebook, there are many alternatives that can be used to learn more about the happenings around us, interact with others who are already on your career path, and perhaps even get more involved in making a difference.

In the final analysis, if left to their own devices, many people will naturally adopt the better parts of those other cultures they come in contact with. We should neither fear what recent immigrants have to show us nor worry that our culture is noncompetitive.