‘The V’ Archives
Boogie Night
Junkanoo: It is a sort of Boxing Day tradition in the Bahamas and nearby islands wherein participants dress up in ferociously colorful costumes, meant to aid in celebrating the freedom that slaves in the region enjoyed on the days around Christmas, and parade all night long [Read More]
The business of tear-jerking: How hero-worshipping makes Joseph Smith a lie
This week, Brother Michael Pratt will be sentenced for molesting his LDS seminary student. You may not remember Mr. Pratt. He was a bigger fuss last summer when he was arrested on multiple counts of rape. It only made such a splash in Utah Valley because many of his former [Read More]
Green Acres on the Red Planet
Scientists have recently discovered that there could, in fact, be Life on Mars. All David Bowie-related jokes aside, farming on Mars, according to recent studies, is more plausible than previously thought. A simulation at University of Sydney suggest that the Martian [Read More]
Staff Infection: Which planet would win in a fistfight: Earth or Mars?
“No doubt, Earth would. We have an intelligent life form on our planet, and if it came down to doing away with another planet, we could nuke them gone!” -Grace Harrington, writer “I’m pretty sure that Mars would win. Mostly because Mars is the red planet. I mean, [Read More]
Using wasted public land to create ecologically conscious fuel crops
USU, Salt Lake County and LDS Church team up to produce biodiesel On a patch of previously barren land southwest of the Salt Lake City International Airport, an interesting accumulation of public and private entities have joined forces to create a sustainable biodiesel. [Read More]
Preserving the verbal tradition
Twenty-one years ago, Karen Ashton attended the National Storytelling Festival in Tennessee in hopes of gathering ideas for children’s storytelling programs at the Orem Library. When she found that the festival was a massive event that drew over 10,000 people of all ages, [Read More]
