News briefs
Local briefs Prostitution forced on Utah woman After kidnapping a woman at knifepoint in the Salt Lake Valley on March 29, Brandon L. Walton forced his victim to work as…
September 28, 2009
Stories — Page 3
First annual “Bowl-a-Thon”
On Sept. 18, students and professors joined together for a day of bowl making to support Provo’s Food and Care Coalition. Though ceramics professors Mark Talbert and Brian Jensen have…
The Correctionary – This weeks word: Liberal
Often in political and philosophical discussions, the reasoning can appear to be something like “Whatever you think that thing is (be it an idea, concept, object or maxim), actually it…
Snowbird supporting dirty coal
Dick Bass, owner of the Snowbird Ski Resort, is currently involved in a proposal to create the second largest strip mine in the U.S. The company responsible for the project,…
Off debt before it offs you
Debt is a slow and silent killer. You might not even realize how you’re being affected. Pay off what you can as soon as you can. I don’t care what…
Letter to an anonymous critic
I got this new bumper sticker at the Mad as Hell Doctors event on Sept 12. It reads, “My car has better health insurance than I do.” After a long,…
Mayoral Candidate John Curtis: The lesser of two republicans
John Curtis is probably the most typical Provo candidate — a conservative BYU graduate with a business degree who married his high-school sweetheart after serving an LDS mission. In a…
Thinking lessons
I am a Teaching assistant for an ethics and values class, and in my time doing this, a number of students, and (surprisingly) teachers have asked me basically the same…
Examination of the “sacred” is always ethical
As I was wondering through the halls on campus I happed to notice a poster on the bulletin board that said “Is examination of the sacred ever ethical?” It was…
Conversion just left me heathen
Ello all you humans out there. Why do I say humans you ask? Well you’re a denominationally diverse lot, and I’d hate to offend anyone by leaving them out of…
