Electric cars aren't going to sweep the nation in the near future, and they're certainly not going to fix all of our problems. In fact, they could even further our dependence on coal-burning for energy, which is the obvious downside. However, they would help the air quality in Utah during January, February and throughout the year.

These rules gut our nation's most important wildlife protection law, which has been safeguarding species for more than 35 years, and fail to use this successful law to fight the greatest future threat to endangered species8212;global warming.

Utah needs to look at this and many other subjects ethically rather than morally and understand how a lottery could be used to improve the state as a whole. If anything, maybe it could help people appreciate probability and statistics, both in the classroom and in Powerball.

As the educated future generation of America, we must do the same. We cannot allow such an oppressive taint to once again stain our nation because a lot of damage can be done in eight years.

New ideas can now be pursued and we no longer have to live in a climate of fear and distrust stemming from a broad stroke immobilization of stem cell research. The federal government's new policy on stem cell research is a good thing and will lead to more life-saving medical technologies in the future.

Perhaps I should have taken weeks to research the intricacies of the shuttle system, but even if I did that, I still doubt it would get any easier. When you see two red shuttles following each other, it's not a good sign.

The actions of DeChristopher were nonviolent, nondestructive and in no way threatening to the BLM. The actions were a benign and appropriate act of civil disobedience to draw attention to a marginalized issue.

Donating the senior gift money to the Bicycle Collective and working to move the organization to a more central location than its current home near the Utah Museum of Fine Arts would benefit more students in the long run, include less risk and help keep a worthy campus group in business.

As with any successful business, employees need performance appraisals to help create and reach goals. Before taking the evaluation, students need to take some time to consider ways of improving the learning process for each of their classes.

I would like to provide an alternative perspective to the opinions espoused by Liz Carlston ("Incentives to give service defeats the purpose," April 6). Her views are shared by a fair few, including some members of Congress. These views are, however, a reflection of a clear misunderstanding of the term "service" and its role in society, particularly in America.