You just finished a test in the testing center. You have five minutes before your next class in the GT building. You haven’t eaten. The only thing on your mind is grabbing a pizza and hiking up five flights of stairs. You hurry across the crosswalk thinking how nice it is that someone actually stopped […]
“… Already long ago, from when we sold our vote to no man, the People have abdicated our duties; for the People – who once upon a time handed out military command, high civil office, legions, everything – now restrains itself and anxiously hopes for just two things: bread and circuses.” – Juvenal Last […]
On Feb. 6, applications to run in this year’s UVUSA elections will be due. They will be due precisely at noon in the UVUSA Office, which is in SC 105. The applications are to be returned to John McClure, the Elections Committee Chair. Questions? Please call 801-863-8652. We’re telling you this because it’s […]
The dignity within emotion By Sharece Willcoxon Without strong empirical evidence, you’re not going to be able to convince anybody respectable of anything. It’s a bold statement, sure, but it rings true. In the academic community, there’s no room for anything except for carefully composed arguments that only reference fact. And it makes […]
“The Vagina Monologues” is a play written by Eve Ensler in the 1990’s. This play has been translated into 48 languages and been performed in over 140 countries. And everyone should see it, at least one time. It’s a series of monologues performed by women talking about, well, vaginas. The play discusses the […]
As a child, I was a fussy eater. I don’t mean that I stubbornly refused the spoon or the fork at first but eventually could be coaxed into eating. I mean that from age two to three, I ate only fried rice from the Chinese place across from my parent’s apartment. I mean that my […]
Has this ever happened to you? You’re at party, really hitting it off with a fine specimen of whatever gender(s) you’re into. You two are comparing notes on personal dreams, favorite bands, influential bands, politics, religion, the works and all signs are pointing toward get married and commence the aggressive manufacture of children. I mean, […]
Let’s face it. Adulthood is a double edged-sword. Yes, you have more freedom to do whatever you want, no one can tell you what to do and you get to watch as many R-rated movies as you want. However, with adulthood also comes really annoying things like responsibilities. You have to work so you can […]
I should have known that I was making a mistake. It was noon-thirty in the food court here at our beloved Utah Valley University. On a Monday. The line for the Pizza Hut was packed. The Costa Vida was stuffed. The queue at Subway was probably the length of fifty five-dollar foot longs. In the […]
Let’s get it out of the way now and talk about this semester’s ‘Switch-Days’. Because there has been some divisive speech about it. Some people are worried how it’s going to affect syllabi and workloads. Some people are excited for multiple Mondays spent sleeping in. Most of the students, I suspect, are apathetic or are […]