Buffalo Chip to You Li for pulling up his grades the wrong way. Instead of earning a better math grade, Li, a student at the University of Utah, hacked a university database in December 2004 to change his grade. He would have gotten away with it, too, but for the fact that he hacked a backup copy. The professor kept the original grade record on his own laptop computer. U.S. District Judge Tena Campbell sentenced Li to four months in jail. Oh, well, he can probably erase his criminal record later.

Beehive to Gov. Huntsman for ordering the state Department of Environmental Quality to conduct public hearings on the federal government's plan to detonate 700 tons of explosives at the Nevada Test Site. The test, dubbed Divine Strake, is part of the government's effort to develop a nuclear weapon that can destroy hardened underground bunkers. Opponents say the test will hurl radioactive dirt from past tests into the air and that it could come down in Utah as it did in the past. The feds sponsored friendly little open houses instead of doing an environmental analysis and would not accept oral comments on the test itself. So Huntsman stepped in.

Buffalo Chip to the Utah County Board of Adjustment for succumbing to a NIMBY argument when it denied a Provo drug treatment center's request to relocate to Benjamin. The board rejected the exemption sought by Journey Blazing New Trails, a group that operates a residential treatment center in Provo that was hoping to relocate to southern Utah County. Benjamin residents told the board that the center, which provides treatments for boys ages 12 to 18, would create safety problems and lower their property values. Board member Randy Christensen said there was not enough information to show that the center would not depress property values if it located in Benjamin. Spare us. If one can't operate a treatment center in a remote spot like Benjamin, where does one go, the Bonneville Salt Flatsfi

Beehive to the Crescent Super Band for showing it has what it takes to play with the big boys. The American Fork-based band, composed of high school students from around the state, will perform next week at the 34th annual International Association for Jazz Education conference in New York City. It will open the conference with legendary jazz trumpeter Doc Severinsen, then perform at a New York jazz club. It will also spend a day at the Julliard School. Band director Caleb Chapman said the invitation to perform at the conference is usually reserved for Grammy-winning musicians, not high school students.

This story appeared in The Daily Herald on page A5.