Reading Time: 2 minutes Symphonic music involves the creative blending of diverse instruments into a unified work. Life, in many ways, is like a symphony—a blending of diverse elements in pursuit of a harmonious whole. As an accomplished musician and mother of eight, Cynthia Richards, the 2012 Utah Mother of the Year, knows a lot about blending many […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute “How to Get Your Child to Practice… Without Resorting to Violence!!” By Cynthia Richards Summary: Drawing on years of experience teaching her eight children (and many others) to play instruments, classically-trained violinist Cynthia Richards presents a practical book on how to encourage children to develop musically. Richards considers music a component of a […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute In times past, the halls around campus teemed with life, plant life. There was a movement in the 1990s to get more live plants in the halls to help improve the atmosphere of the school. Atmosphere is a term that is associated with both mood and air quality. Live plants help improve both, and […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Obtaining a secondary education degree is not always a given for every student with a desire to attend. Some students have been able to save money for a long time in preparation for college while others are fortunate to have parents or other relatives that have the means to pay for their schooling. For […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Volunteers stood at the entrances of stores next to a large banner, which proudly displayed their motto, “Save the World! One Small Tummy at a Time,” while giving out candy and fliers informing shoppers of the dire need for baby items at their local food bank. Over 55 volunteers dispersed themselves throughout Utah County […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Without the general population’s notice, every two minutes a sexual assault occurs here in the U.S. With silence, the problem only grows. Only 40 percent of sexual assaults or rapes are reported and only six percent of rapists ever serve a single day in jail. To create awareness of violent and sexual crimes, […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes As of March 1, our Health and Wellness center has decided to stop providing condoms to students that wish to keep themselves sexually healthy and well. Thanks to the research done by Clay Neville for his story, we know it is because one or two students with very dirty hands were taking all of […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes It’s axiomatic today that organizations are best run like a business. In reality, however, it’s because we’ve been running everything like a business that our civilization now faces a multitude of systemic, possibly fatal problems. Among these is the decline in the quality of education. Last week, I wrote about the compensation gap that […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Young adults owe more on student loans, roughly $870 billion, than Americans owe on credit card debt, which is about $693 billion. reported the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. With rising tuition costs, adults have become concerned with the rising generation. President Barack Obama has recently asked colleges to find a way […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Utah Department of Transportation has issued a warning to drivers using the I-15 corridor inside the I-15 CORE project. Travel time could be increased by as much as two hours tomorrow afternoon, Friday, March 30. Lane restrictions in the American Fork and Pleasant Grove area, LDS General Conference and spring breaks from four different […]