As I gaze at the insanity that is the presidential election, it is obvious that Hillary Clinton is the far superior candidate for becoming the next president of the United States. When Clinton accepted the Democratic nomination she said, “America’s strength doesn’t come from lashing out. Strength relies on smarts, judgment, cool resolve and precise […]
“Do you like scary movies?” asked Ghostface from “Scream” before engaging in a deadly chase with high school student Casey Becker. An apt question, Mr. Ghostface. With the season of ghosts, ghouls and things that go bump in the night upon us, there are few better ways to immerse yourself in the Halloween spirit than […]
The SHE Club and the X-Club give Dixie State University students a chance to experience sisterhood and brotherhood without living the Greek life. The SHE Club and the X-Club are advertised as respectively the only all-female and all-male DSU clubs on campus and are known as the closest thing DSU has to a sorority and […]
“Don’t be so quick to tip your king,” Robert Katende says in “Queen of Katwe”—practical advice for a budding chess player as well as a life lesson. “Queen of Katwe” tells the true story of Phiona Mutesi, a Ugandan chess prodigy. Hailing from the slums of Katwe, Mutesi is a young woman who can’t read, […]
Through my days of junior high and high school, I embodied one of the stereotypical visions of an anime nerd. Outside of fellow anime nerds, the people around me saw my love for anime as weird. When I talked about starting an animation club—which I did—I received those rigor mortis smiles, those ones where the […]
“Don’t go in the woods” really should be a hard and fast rule for horror movie characters by now. It’s been 17 years since “The Blair Witch Project” took the world by storm with its lifelike found footage style and became the first film to use the newly-established internet for its marketing campaign; 16 years […]
As I sat waiting for my doctor to enter the exam room, I looked around at the various pieces of medical equipment situated around me and wondered what more I could be in for. At age 26, I had already survived an encounter with carcinoid cancer. Life should have been going uphill after the surgery. […]
When we first see a war-torn Michael Fassbender accepting a job that promises utter isolation, the sobering tone of “The Light Between Oceans” takes hold. Set in a post-World War I Australia, “The Light Between Oceans,” based on M.L. Stedman’s novel, depicts a solemn story that at times becomes lost in its own grief. Sweeping […]
When Nate Hoopes moved to St. George from Provo, he was happy to find that the Dixie State University campus offered more activities during just the first week of school than he ever saw back in his hometown. DSU kicked off the 2016 fall semester with the annual Week of Welcome, put on by the […]
Though few students would call leaving summer vacation behind fun, Dixie State University students had joyful salutations upon returning to campus Monday. Starting off DSU’s Week of Welcome, free french toast sticks were served at The Diagonal lifting students’ spirits. Energy was high throughout the day, leading up to the Week of Welcome Carnival at […]
