The Dixie Sunbowl had its usual arena dirt replaced with grass to hold the first Dixie State University spring football game since 1985 Saturday. The Sunbowl, which is usually home to the annual Dixie Roundup rodeo, was transformed into a football field to accommodate DSU’s football team while Legend Solar Stadium is under construction. DSU […]
Springtime brings higher rates of suicide than any other time of year. According to “Seasonality of Suicidal Behavior,” published by the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, April and May are the most common months for suicides. Emily Hoerner, the Board Chair for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Utah Chapter, said Suicide is absolutely […]
Dixie State University fell to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, after the first ever matchup between the teams Wednesday. After ending the first inning down two runs, the Trailblazers struggled to catch the Rebels. Senior third baseman Arista Honey got the Trailblazers on the board with an RBI single in the top of the […]
Dixie State University fell to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas after the first ever matchup between the teams Wednesday. After ending the first inning down two runs, the Trailblazers struggled to catch the Rebels. Senior third baseman Arista Honey, a finance major from Bothell, Washington, got the Trailblazers on the board with an RBI […]
Dixie State University’s Hope Squad is up and running, but they are still altering their content to best help university-level students. The Hope Squad, dedicated to help prevent suicide on campus, currently has 14 members, and they have just completed their third week of training. “The Hope Squad program is primarily in middle schools and […]
President Biff Williams sent out an email to faculty and staff Monday explaining that a student died at an off-campus location. According to an email from Jyl Hall, director of public relations, the St. George Police Department received a 911 call Monday around 4:30 p.m. from students at Canyonland Apartments reporting they had found their […]
Dixie State University administrators announced March 7 that a 5 percent increase in student fees will be implemented starting in the fall 2017 semester. Increases will help fund the new projects on campus and student services and operations. A student government committee also adjusted the requested change in fees by taking athletics from a requested […]
I am all for women being happy to show off their bodies, but they shouldn’t have to starve themselves in hope to win a beauty competition. We no longer call pageants “beauty pageants,” but the women competing in pageants almost always are gorgeous, fit women. I know that if someone asked me to compete in […]
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It took more than a fire alarm to stop Dixie State University’s dance team. The Dixie Blaze Dance Team had its final performance of the semester Thursday at 7 p.m. Toward the end of the team’s showcase, the fire alarm went off for unknown reasons, but the dancers didn’t miss a beat, and they kept […]