Karma and Meg: Used karma

October 12, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes Remember how much we all loved the ABC situational comedy Dharma and Greg? Remember how there was a void left in our hearts after the cancellation of said show? Well, now you can finally fill that void with the weekly column Karma and Meg. It has nothing to do with Dharma and Greg, nor does […]

The trick of the fix

October 6, 2009

Reading Time: 3 minutes “I’ll take a little anxiety and insomnia if it means getting a good grade point average,” Lisa comments matter-of-factly. Lisa, a current Utah Valley University student, sounds similar to the majority of her peers. Who in college hasn’t distressed over deadlines or pulled an all-nighter cramming for that Biology final? What’s different about Lisa’s situation is where her anxiety […]

Buddhist Interview (Meghan Wiemer)

September 28, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes When did you start becoming interested in Buddhism? I don’t know if I can pinpoint the exact person or thing that sparked my interest in Buddhism. Since a young age, I was drawn to Eastern thought. The more I read about Buddhism, the more sense it made to me. How would you define spirituality? Spirituality […]

Tune off, turn off, drop out

September 21, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes Two weeks ago, I was a temporary citizen of Wyoming. I went to Grand Teton National Park on a seven-day vacation with my father and sister. It is a tradition for us to go to the Tetons once a year in September. I look forward to this trip for months. For one week out of […]

Recipe

September 7, 2009

Reading Time: < 1 minute Listen– stop hating on tofu.  It’s versatile, high in protein, low in saturated fats, and a good source of calcium. You don’t have to be a herbivore hippie to enjoy tofu.  Tofu does not discriminate. Here is a quick and easy tofu recipe you can try today.  Open your mind and your tastebuds, maaan!   […]

Recipe

September 7, 2009

Reading Time: < 1 minute Listen– stop hating on tofu. It’s versatile, high in protein, low in saturated fats, and a good source of calcium. You don’t have to be a herbivore hippie to enjoy tofu. Tofu does not discriminate. Here is a quick and easy tofu recipe you can try today. Open your mind and your tastebuds, maaan! Tofu Lo-Mein INGREDIENTS 1 (16 ounce) package extra firm tofu 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 (3 ounce) packages Oriental flavored ramen noodles 1 (16 ounce) package frozen stir-fry vegetables 1 1/2 cups water 1 tablespoon soy sauce, or to taste DIRECTIONS Press tofu between paper towels to remove some of the water; cut in to bite size cubes.

Skip the Stress and Keep the Peace

August 24, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes Eating Otter Pops and sleeping in until 1 p.m. all summer long is a relatively facile way to live. But now that fall semester has started, the Alexander the Grapes have disappeared and the hair pulling, teeth grinding, and nail biting have reappeared. Chronic anxiety is unfortunately a common ailment of many college students.

Crook books

August 3, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes Ulysses by James Joyce Although Ulysses is often thought to be the best novel of the 20th century, it was seen as obscene and banned from the United States for 15 years. Since the lifting of the ban in 1933, people have had easy access to the massive Modernist masterpiece that is Ulysses.

Interview with Nick of Nicolitalia

July 20, 2009

Reading Time: 3 minutes How did you get started in the pizza industry? Well, it actually all started with my family. My family has had a pizzeria in Arlington, Massachusetts for about 36 years now and so pretty much me and my sister were raised in the business. Before we could drive or anything else we were making pizza at the shop.

Ready to meat your maker

July 6, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes A friend of mine recently said, “It’s hard to become a vegan within a decade of eating at Tucano’s.” But during this ecologically fragile time in which we live, it’s hard not to become a vegan (or at least a vegetarian) when you come to realize just how much animal products negatively effect the environment.