COWBOY POETRY GATHERING AND BUCKEROO FAIR.

November 5, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Good news and bad news. First the good: Although seemingly few people know this, Utah is home to one of the largest annual cowboy poetry gatherings in the world. Now the bad: If this is the first time you’ve heard about it, it’s too late. The 2012 Heber City Cowboy Poetry Gathering & Buckeroo Fair […]

pizzeria 712

November 5, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes by Ammon Churchill Medina Alice Waters said, “Cooking creates a sense of well-being for yourself and the people you love and brings beauty and meaning to everyday life. And all it requires is common sense—the common sense to eat seasonally, to know where your food comes from, to support and buy from local farmers and […]

Memories of Guy Fawkes Night

November 5, 2012

Reading Time: < 1 minute Despite what remnants there are today of its original historical context, Guy Fawkes Day is simply this: a good excuse for fireworks. More commonly known to me as Bonfire Night, the holiday resembles a concoction of American Halloween and July 4th. To me, Bonfire Night symbolized coming back to boarding school after half term break. […]

Guy Fawkes

November 5, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Guy Fawkes’ has claimed international fame as a symbol of anarchy. The renowned “Anony- mous,” a powerful group of internet hackers, post their videos wearing the famous Guy Fawkes’ mask, popularized by the dystopian film, “V for Vendetta.” Most recently and disturbingly, a series of attacks throughout the Middle East, spe- cifically anti-American in nature, […]

FOLLOWING THE HERD.

November 5, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes by Christian Farmer I think that these days people are too quick to trust news media. I think they’re less likely to do any digging of their own, and I think the media are less trustworthy and more biased than ever, not necessarily in the name of a political agenda, but out of a desire […]

Letter from the Editor HEX

November 5, 2012

Reading Time: < 1 minute We’re not revolutionaries or anarchists, although some of the individuals featured on these pages might be. At first glance these stories may not seem related. But one of the unifying characteristics is a craving to question societal norms and find a better way, even if, in the case of Guy Fawkes, the approach is severely […]

Workman’s word

November 5, 2012

Reading Time: 4 minutes Last year, three different teams competed against each other in a difficult and highly publicized race in student government elections. A major theme that was shared by students’ campus wide, which was reported by the UVU Review, was they didn’t know what UVUSA did and didn’t feel they were being transparent. The students who won […]