Freemasons in Utah

October 10, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes One joins the Freemason fraternity for one of three reasons: to feel part of something, to gain a social network of people or to find out their secrets.   Junior Warden of the Damascus number 10 chapter, Matthew Nelson, joined for what he describes as a healthy combination of the three. In the early 2000s, […]

Calendar – Oct. 3-9, 2011

October 3, 2011

Reading Time: 4 minutes Monday, October 3   Arts   Yankee Spirit All day, donation BYU Museum of Art North Campus Drive, Provo   Entwined All day, donation BYU Museum of Peoples and Cultures 700 N. 100 East, Provo   From Heart to Hand: African-American Quilts All day, donation BYU Museum of Art North Campus Drive, Provo   Wide-Open […]

Worst. Pollution. Ever.

January 25, 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes There are now two ways in which Utah resembles a third world country. The first is our well-documented birthrate; the highest in the nation. But this month we managed to set ourselves apart yet again by showing the rest of the nation that we may only be the thirty-fourth most populated state in the country […]

Utah: The Happiest or Most Depressed State?

September 21, 2009

Reading Time: < 1 minute On Sept. 23, Jack Jensen, director of UVU Mental Health Services and Cameron John, associate professor of psychology and licensed psychologist, will discuss two conflicting studies about the happiness of Utahans. The discussion will be held in the Library Auditorium (LI 120) from 9 to 9:50 a.m. “Our presentation will be about the unique status […]