Reading Time: 3 minutes De-stigmatizing mental illness is a societal necessity Jared Stirland Assistant Lifestyle Editor Every year, Mental Health America (MHA) consistently reports Utah in the top five for the consumption of anti-depressant medication, suicides, and depression diagnoses. However, according to MHA, Utah should not be ranked this high, because Utah scores low on most of the variables […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes A look into Brain-Machine Interfacing Garret Stirland Staff Writer You may not think twice about your finger clicking a mouse, or the way your eyes jump from word to word as you read this sentence. For every action your body performs, networks of neurons are communicating with electrical impulses throughout your brain. In January of […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Latino students at UVU give their opinion on the controversial candidate Kimberly Bojorquez Staff Writer As if Donald Trump’s bid for the 2016 presidential election wasn’t controversial enough, comments he made about Mexicans and immigrants have gotten him into a lot of trouble, and many are responding strongly to his comments. During his presidential announcement speech, […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chandler Christensen Staff Writer Lucid dreaming is a phenomenon that occurs when the dreamer is aware that they are dreaming, while having the ability to control the d ream. In a sense, lucid dreamers are “awake” within a dream. Although it might seem to be a rare occurrence, lucid dreaming happens quite often. In a […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Jared Stirland | Assistant Lifestyle Editor The world is changing. The Millennial Generation is rising, which The Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies defines as anyone born between the years 1985-2004. This is the future generation of political, education, business and religious leaders. With the 2016 presidential race right around the corner, it leaves questions about the voting patterns […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Jared Stirland | Assistant Lifestyle Editor | [email protected] On January 19, 2006, NASA’s New Horizons space mission sent their satellite probe on a trajectory for Pluto and the Kuiper belt. At 36,373 miles per hour, New Horizons set a record for the fastest man-made object to be launched from Earth. Early Tuesday morning, July […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Vyking Events Gives Back to Community Mackenzie Hurst | Staff Writer | @kenziehurst Vyking Events hosted its first BROtique event on June 20, over Father’s Day weekend, at Rustica Hardware in Springville, which provided attendees an opportunity to find the perfect gift for dad. “There are a lot of events catered to women, which is […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Human Brain, Impulse Control, and the Evolution of Cooking. Garret Stirland | Staff Writer Photo By Julie Ostler @jules1lo Humans are the only creatures in the animal kingdom known to cook their food. However, chimpanzees may be making a run at culinary. Cooking food is something that seems very instinctual to us as human beings. […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes A Look Into the Benefits of Yoga for College Students Chandler Christensen | Staff Writer There are many pictures of people doing yoga poses on Instagram like Upward-Facing Dog, Downward-Facing Dog, Warrior I, and Warrior II, or perhaps you know how to do Downward-Facing Dog yourself. For those in Western society, yoga is used as […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Jared Stirland | Assistant Lifestyle Editor | [email protected] Jeanette Blain | News editor | [email protected] Image credit: Preston Yardley | Graphic Designer | @preston_yardley A public panel discussion on the benefits of medical cannabis legalization was held at Provo City Library June 16. The event, sponsored by Libertas Institute and the Drug Policy Project of […]