This situation is an opportunity to look at more flexible ways to accommodate the students who want to move forward in their studies. This includes accommodations that will allow students to take independent study and find other ways to adapt to the environment of economic downturn.

We're not deciding whether or not nuclear waste should be stored on campus. We're not deciding if same-sex couples should be given increased legal protections. Let's leave the big stuff to the Legislature (however scary a thought that might be) and view our issues realistically. Cool heads couldn't hurt.

After weeks of studying hard and enduring long classroom lectures, we all deserve a few days to put our feet up and relax during Spring Break. Be smart and have a good time. But know that there are potential dangers and Spring Break isn't all about reckless fun and games. No one wants to be the friend of the person that didn't come home.

I'm a history major and I love research. I used to love going to the Middle Eastern section in the Marriott Library and sifting through the dusty stacks to find the books I needed. I doubt that anyone who has seen an Indiana Jones film would argue against the appeal.

As a part of the recovery package, billions of dollars in grants and loans are on the market for shovel-ready projects. The opportunity is ripe for a great proposal and lobbying effort to be made in the name of Sugar House. The sooner the project is completed, the better. Patience will not get buildings constructed or financing secured. Lingering in the past will not bring Sugar House culture back to the completed project. It is time to shelve the salt and heal the wound.

Before the Olympics hit Salt Lake City in 2002, the state was synonymous with terms such as Mormons, skiing and John Stockton. In 2009, Utah gained another claim to fame8212;or infamy, by ranking first in the nation with searches for "pornography" according to Google trends, which analyzes and breaks down search terms by a given region. Utah ranked second in the world in this category, behind Delhi, India.

In regards to Steven Warrick's column ("Government has the right to reject monuments," March 4): I followed the introduction to the case of Pleasant Grove v. Summum with glee until he made the irresponsible assertion that "as the embodiment of right and wrong... (the ten commandments) are the foundation upon which our law is built."

In Kiyan Sharifian's column on the Summer Schedule ("Summer schedule a bad omen for U," March 5) he commented that the David Eccles School of Business only offers three business classes in the summer.

Having no method to preserve the integrity of student applications is uncomfortably close to awarding dishonesty.

Governments should have the right to honor the history and heritage of their people and communities without having to accept every monument offered to them. Public places should neither be devoid of governmental expression nor so cluttered with the monuments of every group that wants a display that they look like graveyards.