Reading Time: < 1 minute Let’s face it: this college campus is full to the brim with students who are really good at writing really badly. Now all of you subnormal scribblers can make good of your inadequacy, in Bored to Death’s Worst Opening Paragraph to a Detective Novel Contest. Bored to Death, a recent addition to HBO’s lineup, is […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes There is a documentary currently working the film festival circuit that includes scenes depicting sex, graphic violence and prolific profanity. But here’s the catch: The film is an investigation into the rights and responsibilities of filmmakers to include or censor these exact images. Cleanflix premiered at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival and has since […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Documentary explores rights battle for gay and lesbian families Cinema Libre Studio’s new documentary, For My Wife, is about the creation of a marriage equality activist. The film tells a poignant story that is unfortunately hindered by the approach of the filmmakers. The story follows Charlene Strong, who lost her wife Kate Fleming in December […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes (Without actually trying very hard) In most cases, real objectivity is impossible. This specifically applies to professors and grading, because sometimes, even if you try your darndest on assignments and tests, your professor just won’t like you. This could be a problem for more than just grading; you could lose a possible reference or even […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes 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. Salt Lake County, Salt Lake City Public Utilities, the South Davis Sewer […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute 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, she was inspired to bring something similar to Utah County. This Labor […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Though Utah law allows a woman to breast-feed in any public location, most student-parents would prefer to avoid baring their lovelies in the Hall of Flags or sitting awkwardly on lidless toilets to pump breast milk for their babies. For a university that boasts its ability to accommodate unconventional students, this school is completely overlooking the […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes In a convergence with the National Library of Medicine, the Orem Public Library is hosting a series of events about Renaissance traditions and philosophies which shaped modern medicine and inspired aspects of the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling. Scholars from throughout the state will speak at the lbrary through August 13. The exhibit, which […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Springville Museum of Art hosts Annual Quilt Show The Springville Museum of Art’s quilt show is traditionally one of their most popular exhibits, and for good reason. Now in its thirty-seventh year, the Quilt Show is displaying 94 hand-made quilts. “It is the only type of art in which the average person likes abstract designs,” […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Let’s skip straight to the point: Since the founding of Salt Lake City in 1847, Pioneer Day celebrations have slowly atrophied into a mockery of the pioneer ideology the holiday is intended to commemorate. The opportunity to give local families something to do (which is, by itself, a respectable practice) has become an obfuscation of […]