Parking Fees Cut to Fund New Structure

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January 11, 2014

schedule 3 min read

Starting this month, new regulations for paid parking areas will be enforced after the President’s Committee approved the motion last December. The fee for all pay lots including the admissions meter lot, lakeside visitor lot, and parking structure has been reduced from $2 to $1 hourly, with a $10 daily maximum rate. All pay lots […]

5 tools to a successful New Year’s resolution

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January 11, 2014

schedule 4 min read

Photo by Laura Fox New Year’s resolutions are a popular tradition in our society, though few people achieve them unless they have the right tools to be successful. According to betterment.com, about 45 percent of Americans make New Year’s resolutions. About 25 percent of those who do create resolutions do not make it past the […]

Mastering the art of college cooking

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January 10, 2014

schedule 3 min read

Photo by Laura Fox While most college students dream of gourmet food at the bottom of an instant top ramen well, recent trends have shown a revival in the yearning for gourmet American food. With the movie release of “Julie and Julia” in 2009, yet another renaissance ignited sales of Child’s “Mastering the Art of […]

Judge halts same-sex marriages in Utah

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January 7, 2014

schedule 2 min read

In yet another turn from one of the most riveting legal cases in state history, the Supreme Court has granted Utah’s emergency request for a stay until an appeal is made. Until the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver makes a ruling on the appeal, same-sex marriage certificates will no longer be granted in […]

Women and the Priesthood

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January 6, 2014

schedule 5 min read

Photo by Laura Fox The Ordain Women movement is stupid. I fancy myself a feminist, but I often have to follow that sentiment up with a qualifier. I’m not that kind of feminist. Feminism has been twisted and molested from what it once was. The feminist movement originally aimed for equality between the sexes, especially […]

HERE!… for the grade

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January 6, 2014

schedule 5 min read

Photo: Melissa Henrie With the new semester here syllabi are being handed to us at the beginning of every first day of class. As we look through the pages we bypass the classroom procedures, the assignment details and head straight towards the brass tacks: how we are being graded. Depending on the professor and section, […]

Utah 18th state to allow same-sex marriage

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January 6, 2014

schedule 3 min read

Photo by Melissa Henrie Many were shocked on December 20th when a U.S. District judge ruled that a Utah amendment banning gay marriage was unconstitutional. Governor Gary Herbert deemed the effects of the ruling a “chaotic situation” which left county officials scrambling to decide if they will issue or deny same-sex marriage licenses. Several days […]

The 2014 Happiness Calendar

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January 6, 2014

schedule 7 min read

Henry S. Miller, Author of The Serious Pursuit of Happiness   Amp up the amount of happiness in your life each and every month of the year by intentionally focusing on 12 strategies that the science of happiness and well being has proven can increase your feelings of happiness and satisfaction. Even better: know that, if […]