In a great win for common sense, Californians decided to put the question of legalizing marijuana on the November ballot. If successful, this would make it the first state to legalize marijuana.

The war on drugs is a failure. It created an underground economy that has been detrimental to tax payers as well as those in poor neighborhoods because it created dangerous gangs and drug wars.

Unfortunately, these reasons alone are not enough for some people to support the legalization of marijuana. These proponents bring up one particular reason to legalize marijuana: taxation.

Mountain West Conference Commissioner Craig Thompson is smarter than John F. Kennedy. He's got to be. It took Kennedy 13 days to end the Cuban Missile Crisis. If a report from The Denver Post yesterday...

Five Horned Frog baseball players were drafted in the 2010 Major League Baseball draft and were placed on the rosters of minor league teams across the country this past June.

The former players include Bryan Holaday, Greg Holle, Matt Curry, Tyler Lockwood and Paul Gerrish, assistant director of athletics media relations, Brandie Davidson, said.

Junior outfielder Jason Coats said the drafted players set a high standard for the team.

"That's the benchmark for every team that comes through here now," Coats said.

The unalienable freedom to marry cannot be put to vote because it violates civil liberties based solely on sexual orientation. Proposition 8 in the state of California is a perfect example of a law that cannot be enacted no matter how many citizens vote for it because the intent of the law is unconstitutional. This is expressed in U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker's decision in a legal challenge to the voter-approved ban on same-sex marriages passed in 2008.

Cooler temperatures brought welcome relief to students after days of near-record breaking heat.

According to the National Weather Service, temperatures reached the mid-80s Tuesday and Wednesday. Average temperatures are usually in the mid-90s this time of year.

The cooler temperatures were accompanied by some much-needed rainfall in the area. More than an inch of rain fell on both Tuesday and Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service.

Junior nursing major Bradleigh Lowry said she welcomed the cooler weather.

The opening weekend of college football holds some of the year's most important games, including TCU's game against Oregon State University at Cowboys Stadium on Saturday night.

The following Monday, Boise State University will play the Hokies of Virginia Tech at FedEx Field in Landover, Md.

Horned Frog fans will be praying for a Boise State loss, so the Horned Frogs can take sole possession of the Cinderella-role for the non-automatic qualifier schools. Both games are on ESPN, and both will come with a tough test.

Feeling the beads of sweat drip down a heroine's face, seeing a beautiful sunset out of a narrator's bedroom window or hearing the sobs of a star-crossed lover is to know the world of a good book. What takes you beyond the written word to the story behind it is the author's beautifully constructed vernacular and passion for the subject. From the tales of Shakespeare's love triangles to the anguish of George Orwell's "1984," books of literary merit resonate through history and continue to affect people.