Criminals will continue to get guns, including AK-47s, despite the various ban, tax and registration schemes Obama might envision. What the government can do is to allow us to protect ourselves, which is why the Second Amendment is so important.

I think all the extracurricular events are great, and I attend them myself sometimes. But to let them get out of control to the point where they are interfering with the regular curriculum is just plain bad policy, not to mention infuriating.

Volunteering has come alive on campus, thanks to organizations such as the Bennion Center and students who continue to support them. We encourage students to remember volunteering is more than just a great way to pad a résumé.

There has to be something wrong with a law if a church, especially the LDS Church, says it's too conservative.

The endless striving for economic growth, to no particular end, is almost insane. We have, as a nation, the resources to solve all our problems. If we're in need of capital, it's of the political variety.

By our own choices we aren't getting enough sleep. Energy drinks and caffeinated sodas make it easier for us to do more harm to ourselves.

Not only does Chaffetz's stance on immigration alienate the undocumented and their families, it also makes it hard for their representatives to support any legislation that he brings to the table.

Redfest was far from supporting green ideas than ASUU marketed it to be.

I would like to express my frustration and disappointment in the Utah Museum of Fine Arts and the Monet to Picasso exhibit.

UDOT could take congestion-easing one step further by turning all four lanes of Legacy Parkway traveling south in the morning and north in the evening. Travelers going against the flow won't be any worse off than before, and the masses of people heading in the popular direction will soon forget they could read a novel a week waiting in traffic.