Reading Time: 3 minutes De-stigmatizing mental illness is a societal necessity Jared Stirland Assistant Lifestyle Editor Every year, Mental Health America (MHA) consistently reports Utah in the top five for the consumption of anti-depressant medication, suicides, and depression diagnoses. However, according to MHA, Utah should not be ranked this high, because Utah scores low on most of the variables […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes A look into Brain-Machine Interfacing Garret Stirland Staff Writer You may not think twice about your finger clicking a mouse, or the way your eyes jump from word to word as you read this sentence. For every action your body performs, networks of neurons are communicating with electrical impulses throughout your brain. In January of […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The psychology of fashion fluency. Josh Brown Staff Writer Behavioral scientists interested in the psychology of fashion analyze what clothing, accessories, and hairstyles say about people on an individual level and look to answer why we dress the way we do. Whether we like it or not, our outfits say a lot. Every person has […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Latino students at UVU give their opinion on the controversial candidate Kimberly Bojorquez Staff Writer As if Donald Trump’s bid for the 2016 presidential election wasn’t controversial enough, comments he made about Mexicans and immigrants have gotten him into a lot of trouble, and many are responding strongly to his comments. During his presidential announcement speech, […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chandler Christensen Staff Writer Lucid dreaming is a phenomenon that occurs when the dreamer is aware that they are dreaming, while having the ability to control the d ream. In a sense, lucid dreamers are “awake” within a dream. Although it might seem to be a rare occurrence, lucid dreaming happens quite often. In a […]