Reading Time: < 1 minute After a bad arrangement of debt and business dealings last fall, local farmer Nels Anderson and his family lost their homes and their land. The only thing left from their farm was a flock of turkeys. In desperation to make money for his family, the farmer contacted Slow Food Utah, hoping someone would be interested […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Australian Psych-rock band Tame Impala comes to SLC promoting their first album Space. Both the kind that is in between things and the kind that Buzz Aldrin made his bread and butter with. Space in every sense permeates Innerspeaker, the freshman album from the band Tame Impala. Kevin Parker, singer, guitarist, and core writer and […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes After returning from WNIT competition, the women’s basketball team hit the home court over Thanksgiving, hosting Northern New Mexico and in-state rival Southern Utah University, and then again last Wednesday against in-state rival Utah State. The lady Wolverines split the pair of games over the holiday taking a loss against SUU (63-73) and a win […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Coming up with funky concert names like “Green Cello: Rated PG for Language and Low Violins” is one part of Crystal Young –Otterstroms job as one of the co-founders and marking director for the Salty Cricket Composers Collective. It’s all part of the season for the Salty Cricket. “Marketing is my day job, and I […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Mental health programs need more support Although the school has an efficient suicide prevention program, the Student Health Services needs more counselors to help students struggling with depression. On Nov. 9, after a student nearly attempted to commit suicide on campus, a collective sigh of dismissal was released: He didn’t jump. Problem solved. But the […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute The transition from high school life to post-high school life is difficult, but who could make that transition easier than Steve Buscemi? Movies like Ghost World bring a realization of this world in a very relatable way. Brewvies will be showing the cult classic based on the comic of the same name from the early […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Hello my darlings, Sing praises. The semester is nearly over. Now we’ll finally get to use all that brain power we waste on general education to focus on the world around us. In this issue we focus on the struggle between handmade local gifts and the assembly-line products of big business. We at The V […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute “Putting up Christmas lights. From a scientific and rational standpoint, it is valueless and wastes an enormous amount of resources.” —Matthew A. Jonassaint, opinions editor “I think people trying to stop any of the religious or non-religious parts of the holidays, whether its Christmas becoming Xmas or not having people [say] happy holidays. I like […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes The holidays mean a lot of different things to a lot of different people, but one thought should be universal on everyone’s mind: How can I help my fellow man? There are hundreds of charities available all throughout the state, but for busy college students, preoccupied with passing finals and taking classes, taking time to […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Why we deny prescription drug abuse Nonmedical use of prescription drugs is on the rise. Students are at risk for abuse and addiction of these drugs, even in Utah County. Full-time college students are twice as likely to abuse prescription medications than those not enrolled in the same age group, according to the National Survey […]