Abnormal readings caused Friday morning alarm

October 4, 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes According to campus authorities, a natural gas leak was likely not the cause of the odors that prompted police to activate building alarms. Last Friday morning, many students were confused regard conflicting messages on the LA building evacuations from both campus sources and state media outlets. According to Officer Rockwood, there was no gas leak […]

International scholarships

October 4, 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes Many students do not know that there are scholarships exclusively for international students. And applying for these scholarships is easier than they think. International students have to pay more than $6,000 in tuition for 12 credits each semester, but they can apply for three different scholarships and work study positions to cover the full tuition. […]

Where average means failure

October 4, 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes Students respond to a potentially depressing culture A single 22-year-old college student with a C-average who attends church a few times a year might be perfectly content and normal elsewhere. In the unique cultural landscape of Utah, however, this person could understandably be in the midst of a major depressive episode. This issue of the […]

Professor speeds to new record

October 4, 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes Racing at 190 mph, Todd Low made history during the World of Speed event at the Bonneville Salt Flats on Sept. 17. Low, an automotive instructor on campus, sped off with his fifth land speed record in his‘69 El Camino. The world record is for the Classic Blown Gas Coupe Size AA. The El Camino, […]

Becoming Polyneices Part 2: The rehearsal

October 4, 2010

Reading Time: 4 minutes “I just like books – I’m not a fighter!” was all I could think to myself as the fight choreographer was going over my character’s moves for the first time, teaching me how to act. After getting a callback from the audition in August, I have been rehearsing with the cast and crew of Antigone […]

The Life of a Traveler

October 4, 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes Name: Keziah Kersey Year: Freshman Major: Creative Writing Where were you born? London, England I was born and raised in England, where I lived until I was eleven. I then moved to Utah for six years before my whole family moved to France a year ago, where I spent the last year. What is your […]

King-sized entertainment from a pint-sized cast

October 4, 2010

Reading Time: < 1 minute Who doesn’t like a good wholesome laugh that resonates with slap-stick historical comedy? Isn’t that what Monty Python’s Holy Grail was all about?  Non-profit organization The Resonance Story Theatre is putting on something similar next week: King Arthur and the Round Table Troubadours, a four-man act that dives into Arthurian legend aiming to entertain and […]

‘Ghost Town’ on display in library

October 4, 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes After a devastating fire and a century and a half of decline following an economic nosedive, by 1920 Bodie, California — once a booming Wild West metropolis — remained home to fewer than 150 people. Today, Bodie is home only to a transitory community of state employees and museum guides who work to preserve it […]

‘I hate the French’ Learning to overlook stereotypes

October 4, 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes Whilst waiting at a bus-stop on a little Island off the coast of Morocco, I was approached by a middle-aged American man sporting a Red Sox T-shirt. He heard my British accent and we immediately struck up a conversation concerning England. The man raved for a good ten minutes about the beauty and culture of […]

Tenure 1010: The hows and whys of a professionally paid faculty, Part 2

October 4, 2010

Reading Time: 3 minutes As a teaching-based school, we are especially concerned with the aspect of tenure that allows for free expression and flow of ideas in a classroom without fear of reprehension or job loss for professors. “Students benefit from the tenure system because their professors will feel more freedom to talk about controversial ideas in the classroom,” […]