Like death, taxes, and an unfortunate new “Saw” movie, every year sees a new entry in the Racism Disguised as Fiscal Conservative Legislation contest. These entries, reliable as the color change of fall leaves, generally take the form of fear mongering directed toward so-called “undocumented immigrants” and their children. Here’s an honest question: “If they’re […]
Much rabble regarding the proposed higher education budget cuts has been roused. Up to five percent of the education budget could be cut, which would require administrators to find $102 million to trim from their programs. It’s hard to decide what could be trimmed, what should be trimmed, and most important, what WILL be trimmed. […]
I’ve heard there are some pretty big checks hanging on the wall of President Holland’s office, and now having seen the checks with my own two eyes, let me tell you: they’re pretty awesome. Prior to discussing the proposed new science building (and the big checks, donated from local hospitals among other organizations for that […]
Last Wednesday, as I was pouring myself a tall, pre-State of the Union club soda and lime, I wished that, just once, a sitting president would begin his annual address to their nation of constituents, especially in times as turbulent as these, with a po-faced “The state of the union is…SUCKY.” However, in lieu of […]
As if Utah college students weren’t facing enough obstructions to their education — especially the cost of tuition, which continues to grow every semester — there’s more trouble on the financial horizon. As reported by the Deseret News on Jan. 21st, Utah’s colleges and universities had their budgets reduced 4 percent, putting jobs in jeopardy […]
Last week, “How I Met Your Mother,” a painfully — almost dangerously — overlooked TV show and the single-handed keeper of the quality sitcom flame, featured a musical number as the finale to its 100th episode. And this was a real musical number: singing, dancing, choreographed routines performed by random passersby, all of whom inexplicably […]
Walking through the west entrance to the bookstore with its new pseudo renovations is like wandering through a wasteland of a post-apocalyptic school supplies. There are random piles of mismatched notebooks, multipacks of mechanical pencils, and foreign-made hoodies bearing our blessed Willy the Wolverine. It’s a little disheartening and feels more like entering a Salvation […]
I have never drunk a curdled glass of half-and-half. Neither have I read Sarah Palin’s new book, Going Rogue. I’m definitely sure that I wouldn’t feel good after doing either one. It is neither secret, nor negative, that Utah is a staunchly conservative state. There are drawbacks to living in a subculture where a dominant […]
Former Lieutenant Governor Gary Herbert, now Governor Gary Herbert, (due to the resignation of former Governor, current Chinese Ambassador, and all-around awesome dude Jon Huntsman) was supposed to attend a panel discussion on our campus last Friday in lieu of Senator Orrin Hatch, who had been requested to deliver a eulogy for Ted Kennedy and who expressed regret at having to bow out at the last minute.
Warning: this article contains fairly widely-known spoilers about the ending of Inglourious Basterds.