UTAH TECH UNIVERSITY'S STUDENT NEWS SOURCE | April 16, 2024

Author: Emily Havens

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Religion does not belong in classroom, workplace

 current laws and common knowledge, you probably won’t believe me when I tell you an employer asked me what my religion was during my initial interview.     Yes, you read that right. This actually happened to me.     Although I challenged my religious acquaintances about our opposing beliefs when I was young, I’ve been less […]

DSU criminal justice department going global

A group of criminal justice majors may have the opportunity to say “nî hâo” to China in the near future.  Faculty members in the criminal justice department are pushing for a potential study abroad program in Beijing, China. Although nothing has been established yet, Lish Harris, an assistant professor of criminal justice, visited Beijing University […]

Board of trustees talks SunTran deal, plans to jack up enrollment

Although freeing up campus parking lots and bringing in more students sound like contradicting ideas, those are exactly the things Dixie State University administrators are pushing for. DSU faculty members, officials and board members presented at the board of trustees meeting Friday morning. Along with routine business like awarding tenure to faculty members, listening to […]

DSU website getting revamped

Dixie State University is unveiling something shiny and something new very soon. A fresher, cleaner new website has been in the works for the university since last summer. It’s expected to be finished early this summer, although an official launch date hasn’t yet been determined. The beta site, beta.dixie.edu, welcomes Web users with drone footage, large font and […]

X-Club geared toward service, not sexism

One of the most exclusive clubs on campus thinks it has what it takes to be this year’s club of the year. Dixie State University’s X-Club has been around since 1939 and serves as an all-male service club. It’s capped at 15 members. X-Club President Eric Gubler, a junior sports science major from Santa Clara, […]

DSUSA to reveal Dixie Fest headliner, searching for new director

Members of the Dixie State University Student Association are progressing into the spring after losing their director, dealing with an identity crisis, and trying to plan record-breaking events. “No regrets” wasn’t just student government’s over-arcing theme for the year — it was also a personal accomplishment for Student Body President Matt Devore, a senior integrated studies major […]

Facebook’s lack of original content unappealing

Facebook is like the Walmart of social media. You know what I mean. You don’t really want anyone to know you frequent it a lot, you apathetically wander around things you’ve seen a hundred times over, and you hate how much you use it. So many posts on my timeline are cheaply regurgitated and lack […]

Preliminary mascot finalists revealed in survey

Dixie State University students, faculty and community members will soon identify themselves as either a raptor, marshal, rock hound, sun warrior, wrangler or blazer.  DSU’s Identity Committee has created the survey along with Love Communications, a firm that helped gather research on the new mascot, where students can rank six mascot preliminary finalists. The results […]

Girls’ night raises awareness, provides resources to combat sexual assault

Getting pedicures, facials and learning about sexual assault resources have one thing in common: girls’ night at Dixie State University. Students from The Skin Institute pampered women with facials and pedicures after a spokesperson from the Dove Center briefly spoke about its resources available to the community Thursday night in the Gardner Student Center living […]

Students, professors will showcase dancing skills at Winter Ball

Dixie State University students will get the chance to school their professors in ballroom dance at this year’s Winter Ball.  Members of DSU’s Ballroom Team is working with faculty members to create Dancing With the Faculty Stars, which will be featured as the final event of the Ballroom Club’s annual Winter Ball. John Wuehler, dance […]