Tori Youngblood learned of the fate of the Columbia when she logged online to check her e-mail Saturday. Reacting with “horror, absolute horror,” all she said she could think about was the the last fatal NASA disaster in 1986. Read more...

In an age of routine flights and technological advances, the explosion of the Columbia space shuttle Saturday hit a nation that felt immune to accidents with new fears about space exploration. Read more...

Skyward sorrow has once again united Americans in mourning and attracted deep sympathy from people around the world. Seven astronauts died early Saturday, when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated in midair over East Texas, on its way to Cape Canaveral, Fla. Read more...

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Less than a month after making the results of the first Undergraduate Students Association Council survey public, David Dahle and the Students United for Reform and Equality general representatives are compiling a second one. Read more...

Democratic Senator Edward Kennedy, of Massachusetts, will introduce a measure aimed at retracting the wide latitude Congress gave to President Bush earlier this year in using military force against Iraq. Read more...

What were your reactions to President George W. Bush’s State of the Union speech? Gabriel Valentin Third-year, political science “The president sent a very clear message of his intentions for the year and I agree with what he said about Iraq posing a threat to our country. Read more...