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Study suggests couples likely to break up around holiday season

On the first day of Christmas, your true love might be more likely to give you a broken heart than a partridge in a pear tree, according to a study observing Facebook relationship statuses. Breakup times on Facebook occurred frequently around the holidays, according to the study done by Lee Byron and David McCandless in […]

ROTC downsizing, hopes to keep presence on campus

As the Reserve Officers Training Course program at Dixie State University continues to downsize, hopes are high within the program to “unman” the program rather than shut it down completely, ROTC officials said.  The ROTC program will either become an unmanned program or cease to exist at DSU by the end of spring 2017. An […]

‘Barnum’ brings aerial acrobatics to DSU

Welcome boys, girls and students of all majors to Dixie State University’s circus musical “Barnum.” The theater department at DSU premiered its second main-stage performance Thursday to tell a comical story about Phineas Taylor Barnum, famously known as P.T. Barnum. Kathryn Syssoyeva, an assistant theater professor and “Barnum” director, said Barnum was the man who […]

Soccer teams play last home games of season

With only one game left in the season, Dixie State University women’s soccer aims to win out the season while the men prepare to battle for the conference title. The DSU soccer teams each played two games over Halloween week. Both teams played Thursday against Hawaii Pacific University and Saturday against Chaminade University. Men The […]

Women’s soccer beat record; men’s prepare for PacWest conference

Dixie State University women’s soccer beat it’s previous record while DSU men’s soccer is one step closer to playing for a conference championship.  Women’s soccer The women’s team claimed its eleventh win over Hawaii Pacific University Thursday, beating last year’s record of ten wins. The first goal for DSU was a shot from Tori Washington, but […]

Women’s rugby clubs ‘emerging’ nationally; DSU club growing

The Dixie State University women’s rugby lost Saturday to the Las Vegas Slots 30-7. The team has been the most promising since it started this year, said club president Lyndsie Thompson, a junior communication major from Tooele.  DSU’s women’s rugby club started two years ago. When the club started, it did not compete due to […]

DSU women’s rugby club loses 30-7 to the Las Vegas Slots

The Dixie State University women’s rugby club lost to the Slots, a Las Vegas club team, Saturday. DSU women’s rugby has a record of 1:2 after this match, losing 30-7.  DSU started the half a foot behind with the Slots scoring its first try with only a few minutes into the game. DSU wasn’t challenging […]

Active shooting training for faculty, staff at DSU not mandatory but in the works

Three shootings have occurred on college campuses this month alone, however, faculty and staff at Dixie State University are not required to do mandatory training for an active shooter scenario … yet. While none of the training is mandatory for faculty, staff or students, officials in the DSU risk management office provide annual training and teach the national strategic plan for an active […]

China excursion offers new experiences for students, community members

Dixie State University is offering two tuition free excursions in May to China, but the trips are not only offered to students.  These excursions are called cultural exchanges, business professor Verl Anderson said. They have slightly different emphasis from the study abroad trips. Cultural exchanges don’t require a class to be taken, and not everyone […]

“God of Carnage” kicks off Dixie’s theater season

Dixie State University’s theater program pulled the curtains back during homecoming week.   The opener premiered Thursday and is the first main stage production to have a student director. Tiffany Herzog, a senior theater major from Brigham City, was offered the opportunity to direct “God of Carnage.” “I was super, super terrified for all of […]