Five reasons your cold medicine isn’t helping

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January 21, 2014

schedule 3 min read

The cold and flu season is well upon us, but what you may not know is that cold medications can have harmful effects on your health. Recent concerns this month for acetaminophen overdose effect on the liver have left the FDA asking doctors not to prescribe combination medications that contain over 325 milligrams of acetaminophen […]

UVU Culinary Art Institute serves up success

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January 21, 2014

schedule 3 min read

Every culinary professor at the off-campus culinary institute is a Certified Master Chef. With a little help and a lot of practice, all culinary students are able to utilize their professor’s priceless knowledge in hopes that they too will become a culinary master. On any day, if you were to casually walk into the culinary […]

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 […]

Sherlock feels fresh

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January 10, 2014

schedule 3 min read

After two highly popular seasons, the makers behind the hit series Sherlock teased fan’s expectations while offering the series a bit of a makeover. As a whole,  “An Empty Hearse” doesn’t meet the norms of a typical Sherlock episode. In fact, without the fine series of deductions or case solved, we still don’t really know […]

Breaking the procrastination cycle

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January 10, 2014

schedule 4 min read

Procrastination is a problem that so many of us suffer from, especially in college. Many people might think we can never get out of the cycle, but there is a way! Take it from someone who could have been the captain of procrastinators anonymous and finally made it out. I have been a procrastinator ever […]

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 […]

The Banana Leaf

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January 6, 2014

schedule 2 min read

The Banana Leaf restaurant is another great dining experience in Provo. Yet, unlike all the rest, it adds a sense of unmatched aromatic authenticity to the local restaurant scene. Each dish is colorful, reasonably priced, and comes from traditional Singaporean and Sri Lankan cuisine. As the first restaurant in Utah of the Selvaratnam family’s native […]

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 […]

Newphoria: Starting the new year in all the wrong ways

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January 6, 2014

schedule 4 min read

Newphoria, the self-proclaimed “biggest New Year’s Eve party” in the Valley. The narrow hall between admission and the dance floor was lined with tables covered in swag—glowsticks, light rings, sunglasses with glow-in-the-dark frames. “Don’t walk past here without grabbing something that glows,” the barker said, his own pair of glow-in-the-dark sunglasses perched on top of […]

A year in review: Disney movie style

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January 6, 2014

schedule 3 min read

With 2014 in full swing, it’s time to reflect on what happened in the previous year; for this movie buff it is looking back on Walt Disney Picture’s movies in 2013. Disney Oz: The Great and Powerful was the first Disney movie of 2013, which turned out to not be the best kick-off for them. […]