Bacon mania
Joshua Wartena, Opinions Editor, joshua.wartena@gmail.com The public is bacon crazy. For the past few years, this delicious breakfast meat has become the unofficial celebrity of all things food. Every…
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Another Step Forward: Advances in an Era of Acceptance
KresLynn Knouse, Assistant News Editor, @KresLynn This Wednesday, the Supreme Court ruled that the Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA—a law that prevented same-sex couples from having federally recognized…
The Real DOMA Victory
Joshua Wartena, Opinions Editor, joshua.wartena@gmail.com In midst of the jubilant cries and emotional facebook explosion Wednesday over the SCOTUS DOMA decision, I felt alone. People are either elated or…
Xbox One: Look ma’! No hands!
Alex Rivera, Editor-in-Chief Since its announcement on May 21 earlier this year, the Xbox One has been on my mind. With the new Kinect features and entertainment focus from…
Summer sales
Josh Wartena, Opinions Editor, joshua.wartena@gmail.com Guys, especially returned LDS missionaries, every semester you’ll see booths, flyers, and signs for “summer selling jobs.” These tables line the hall of…
Console wars
By Alex Sousa, Managing Editor, @TwoFistedSousa I’ve never been one to participate in the “console wars.” Maybe that’s because when I was growing up the choice between a Nintendo…
Reflections Of A Local Tragedy
Amanda Hollman, Assistant Opinions Editor, @HollmanAmanda Last week, BYU student Tyler Mayle decided to go on a hike alone. He was reported missing three days after he went on…
What are you doing this summer?
With spring finals over, summer is here, and we are each doing different things. Plans range from no classes to a heavy load, and from little work to full-time….
Into Darkness, the best Star Wars movie
Josh Wartena, Opinions Editor, joshua.wartena@gmail.com No, that’s not a typo, I said Star Wars. First off, if you haven’t seen Star Trek Into Darkness, go fix that problem,…
Evolving Faith
Nick Boyer, writer, elijahboyer13@gmail.com Evolution. That is the key to survival. Species get it. Companies get it. Churches get it. Conspiracy theorists get it. The Republican Party…
Donald Trump, True American
I wrote this because of a tweet that Mr. Trump sent out in response to the re-election of Barack Obama. He called out for a revolution. I was deeply offended…
Read it, Share it, Reddit. Social Network evolution
I don’t really have much to say about this story. I love Reddit. It’s as simple as that. I enjoy learning new things when I browse it. Reddit does have…
A Teaspoon of Immigration reform Obama style
This was one of my favorite stories of the year because of the work it took to get it written. Our former Managing Editor, now Editor-in-Chief Vanessa Perkins wrote this…
Athiest’s Moral Dilemmas
I wrote this after butting heads with my Editor-in-Chief frequently about our religious differences. It was my first attempt at something new in the Opinions section, the Vs. topics. I…
The emasculation of Men
I was looking for content when my assistant Faith told me her husband would like to write something. Little did I know this story would generate the most feedback that…
