It is the night before finals, and students all across campus — no, all across the planet — are cramming for their exams. Students’ habitual practice of avoidant coping strategies leads them down a path of emotional turmoil that often proves more destructive than the procrastinated event would have. As the brain evolved, its neurological […]
The prospective campus-wide academic integrity policy has made little progress since the idea’s conception at the beginning of the semester. Samantha Tommer, Dixie State University Student Association vice president of academics and a senior integrated studies major from La Habra, California, has been working with Traci Kent, a senior communication major from Mercer, Pennsylvania, to develop […]
Dixie State University recruitment administrators’ strategic planning created a more diverse student body, and trends show campus will only become more culturally varied. Third-week enrollment numbers from fall 2014 show a total of 8,342 students enrolled, while the projected enrollment numbers for 2015 show 8,878 students enrolled. Brett Schwartz, director of New Student Programs, said […]
Legend tells that Alfredo sauce was invented by a guy named Alfredo who frantically combined ingredients to satisfy his wife’s pregnancy cravings. The first dozen times I tried to cook an Alfredo, I broke the sauce. I’m not sure what I was doing wrong, but clumpy milk it became. Nevertheless, I have grown and so […]
The board members of the Utah Women in Higher Education Dixie State University chapter said they are sending a message that people at DSU take gender equality seriously by hosting the UWHEN Spring Conference April 16 and 17. The conference, themed “Elemental Women: Defining Space Creating Change,” will begin April 16 with a screening of […]
The University of Oklahoma president’s expulsion of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon students for their racist chant is the social equivalent of sweeping dust under the rug. David L. Boren, president of the University of Oklahoma, now faces legal challenges as some argue that he stripped the students of their First Amendment rights. Everyone has heard, at […]
My head has been spinning, and I’ve started to question my ability to logically deduce information, and, all of this because I’ve been researching net neutrality. Net neutrality has been packaged with a name that makes the issue sound simple, but almost nobody really understands it. I’ve talked to techies and spent hour after hour […]
The Jeffrey R. Holland Centennial Commons and Gardner Center were teeming with knowledge Friday as students from all over Utah congregated for the ninth annual Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research. UCUR gives students the opportunity to present their undergraduate research to peers, faculty and field specialists. The Gardner Center was abuzz Friday morning, and the […]
The Student Fees Allocation Committee has proposed a 7.5 percent increase in student fees for the 2015-16 school year. The proposed new fee increase was presented in a Truth in Tuition meeting Feb. 17 alongside an additional tuition increase of 3-5 percent. While the tuition hike is within the standards set by the previous years, […]
Connor Fankhauser, DSUSA executive administrative assistant, is more than just a cog in the machine that is student government; he is the grease that keeps it running smoothly. Fankhauser, a senior communication major from West Jordan, joined DSUSA as a committee member in 2011 after being recruited by his roommate freshman year. He said he […]
