Truthfully, we just have to hope that these new appointments are able to turn things around for the United States. Rome wasn't built in a day, and the Bush administration's failings will be just as difficult to repair.

The best advice is, before you buy, make sure you do your research online and see what other consumers report about their experience with infomercial products.

If the United States is to remain a world economic superpower it will be up to us to become the good stewards of the economy that our parents were not.

While building a new habit of having rider cards handy at entrances and exits will take some time and be somewhat inconvenient, especially for those toting bikes, cooperation might provide some benefit in the future.

Beyond being proud of the Utes' performance, students, faculty and community members should be grateful for the positive national attention they earned for the U and the financial prospects they made possible.

Although these setups might seem fine and dandy for many students, a closer look will show that most of these workstations are an ergonomic nightmare, sometimes entirely unusable, and a potential health hazard for anyone who uses them.

If the legitimate purpose of a gun is to be able to defend yourself, when you are assaulted you are going to need to tap into some major aggression in order to kill the other guy before they kill you.

As a gun owner and recreational shooter I take offense to Emily Rodriguez-Vargas' insinuation that owning guns and shooting them for recreation turns people into homicidal, violence-loving maniacs ("Guns shouldn't be recreational," Dec. 11).

When your children are nestled all snug in their beds and Old Saint Nick squeezes himself down your chimneys, please don't forget my brothers and sisters in arms8212;especially those who are here now, who work to help make that safety possible and give Rudolph a free place to land.

This holiday season, just like every year, throngs of eager shoppers are mobbing the nearest retailer with one simple intention: Buy, buy, buy.