Reading Time: < 1 minute Jeanette Blain | Staff Writer | @JeanetteBlain Utah is one of the worst states for women, or so claims The New York Post and prominent business and economy blog, 24/7 Wall St. Jan. 21, 2015, The Utah Women and Leadership Project released a research and policy brief titled “Why Do We Need More Women Leaders in […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes This year I’ve got a sweetheart, a valentine, and it’s our first Valentine’s Day together. He bought two tickets for the ballet and made a dinner reservation in the city. I have plans for a nice dress and lipstick. I’m exactly where everyone will tell you you’re supposed to be on Valentine’s Day, and it […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Utah Regional Ballet held its sixth annual Choreography Design Competition Feb. 6-7 in the Ragan Theater, where the six finalists had their choreography performed. Two choreographers were selected for one of three divisions: emerging, students who have yet to be paid for their design; pre-professional, those currently enrolled in an institution or elite training program; […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes I may be alone, but I’m not lonely. At first I resented that I was the one in the newsroom asked to write about being single on Valentine’s Day, but then I realized it’s nothing to be embarrassed about. In fact, I’m happy to represent such a vast number of single people. I’ve never been […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Illustration by: Ashley Fairbourne When it comes to being single, there are a number of things that start to bother you that you may have never noticed before. One of these is the incessant need for people to post pictures of their “happy” marriages or “perfect” relationships for the world to see. I don’t sound the […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Jeanette Blain | Staff Writer | @JeanetteBlain On Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015 the UVU managed field station at Capitol Reef National Park began receiving broadband internet service. The research and education facility, nestled between a sand-stone cliff and Pleasant Creek, is completely off-the-grid. Previously, the only phone and internet connection that visitors and staff […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo illustration: Brooke Morrill, Photo Director, @brookemorrill For as long as I can remember, I have been hardwired to be in love. It is my default setting. Try as I might, I can’t shake this unbearable desire to have a passionate, emotional bond with some special woman. Yet all this time, it’s as if I […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo courtesy of Arash Armin Tiffany Frandsen | Deputy Managing Editor | @tiffany_mf Perhaps you’ve seen the cryptic, Ayn Rand-ian “Who is John Galt” posters in black and white taped to buildings and light poles, with the face of a man who has elegantly high cheekbones, that ask, “Who is Karl Strange?” are scattered around downtown […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute One of the perks of being married is that I’m no longer wracked with the burden of analyzing the minutiae of every social interaction with the opposite sex: no more “was that a sign? Did my hair look right? Should I text her now or wait a few days? Am I coming off as desperate? Did I […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute One would think that being bisexual or even pansexual on the biggest romantic holiday of the year would open up some door for you. After all, some basic math would tell you that liking both genders or not even just being open to everything regardless of the binary gender stigma, means that you have at […]