Reading Time: 2 minutes Illustration by Cole Eisenhour Halloween is here again, and with it comes costumes, parties, and hordes of children wandering the streets asking strangers for candy. This is regarded as one of the most popular holidays, but where do these traditions come from and why do we celebrate them? The origins of Halloween are believed to […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Name: Christian Stewart Year: Junior Major: Psychology “I feel like voting has gotten a lot of millennials like, ‘I don’t need to vote, I don’t want to vote.’ I saw that and was like, I should probably step up keeping up with the election. It’s getting pretty close… With the way that the polls are […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes It’s easy to forget that Nov. 8, Utahns will be casting their vote for more than just our next president. The race for Utah’s next governor is well underway, with incumbent Republican governor Gary Herbert defending his position against Democratic challenger Mike Weinholtz. Weinholtz was a third-generation factory worker who worked full time while attending […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes On Thursday, Sept. 15, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump released his latest vision of his tax plan, which includes substantial tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans. Aspects of his plan include reducing the current seven tax brackets down to three, repealing the estate tax, lowering the tax rates for businesses from 35 percent to 15 […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The United States of America seems to be anything but united, with many people believing that the country is more divided now than at any point since the Civil War. There are so many instances of divisive hate happening every day that it’s hard to keep track of everything that’s going on, but here’s a […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Name: Brooklynn Moir Major: Public Relations Year: Sophomore “It’s hard because I don’t love Donald Trump, but if I had to make the choice I would choose Donald Trump over Hillary, mainly because of the situations that she’s been in with her emails scandal, but I do like Donald Trump’s stance on immigration. I know […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Name: Brooklynn Moir Major: Public Relations Year: Sophomore “It’s hard because I don’t love Donald Trump, but if I had to make the choice I would choose Donald Trump over Hillary, mainly because of the situations that she’s been in with her emails scandal, but I do like Donald Trump’s stance on immigration. I know […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes For as long as I can remember, stories have been told about Utah Lake’s toxicity. My friends and I would joke about the dead fish that floated along the shore, the faint smell of rotting meat that came from the water and about how easy it would be to hide a body in the 20 […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes With less than three months and three debates left to go, many people are frustrated with the two main choices for president that they have been presented with. Both of the major party candidates, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, seem to be consistently mired in new scandals with each passing day. Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Gary Johnson, former governor of New Mexico and Libertarian presidential candidate, wants to make America sane again. The major obstacle to overcome in his quest to do so is that nobody seems to know who he is. So, without further ado, meet Gary Johnson. Johnson is the founder and former CEO of Big J Enterprises, […]