Meanwhile, at BYU, film students were required to watch several R-rated movies prior to 2000, when the policy changed.

But now, such R-rated DVDs as "The Last Temptation of Christ" (which was the subject of a large protest in Utah County), "The Unbearable Lightness of Being," "Scarface" and "Pulp Fiction" are at the library for checkout by professors who want to show them in their classes.

Speaking of naughty: Dana and Carrie Dickson are longtime Republican insiders. Dana is the Salt Lake County Republican vice chair, and Carrie is a GOP candidate for county recorder.

So perhaps it's understandable that until December one of their cars had a vanity license plate: FNDEMS.

A bloodless coup: After Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson played such a prominent role in an anti-war rally last year when President Bush was in town for the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention, apparently veterans groups have decided to erase him from existence.

A recent American Legion newsletter announcing that organization's convention here in August mentions that "Salt Lake City Mayor Peter Corroon" is telling anyone who will listen that the city "is still the right place."

Church and state? The federal government section of the blue pages in the Salt Lake City telephone directory lists Utah's senators and congressional representatives by their last names first, then their first names, not separated by a comma.

So the senators are listed as Bennett Robert F. and Hatch Orrin.

And, of course, there is Rep. Bishop Rob.

The technology age: Tiago Sousa tagged along with a friend who was purchasing a cell phone at Sprint PCs in Orem recently and inquired about upgrading his own cell phone plan that gives him 700 minutes a month with unlimited text messaging for an additional $5.

He wanted to upgrade to 1,000 minutes, but leave the text-messaging plan alone. The salesperson, however, told him he probably couldn't do that because the cost of the text-messaging plan had increased to $15 a month since he had purchased his.

Sousa told her, in that case, he would just keep his old plan. But that's where the story gets interesting.

The woman already had tried to upgrade his plan, but the computer wouldn't let her do it without changing the text-messaging plan. She couldn't revert back on his old plan because the $5 version doesn't exist anymore and the computer wouldn't take the entry. So he was in limbo. His $5 fee has gone to $15 just because he walked into the store. And if he cancels the plan he has to pay a $150 early cancellation fee.

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