UTAH TECH UNIVERSITY'S STUDENT NEWS SOURCE | April 26, 2024

Author: Kelly Seaton

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Professors should focus more on ensuring students learn

“A good portion of you are going to fail this class.” It’s the first day of a new semester, everything looks promising and then you get to that class. You know the one. The class who’s professor flaunts proudly a large number of students’ inability to pass. Why does a professor brag about a class he or […]

Local artists show off talent in ‘Fiber Galore’ art show

Local artists are showing off their talent at this years Fiber Galore Art Show. The show, which runs from Feb. 1 to Feb. 25, features a variety of fiber-made and woven art pieces. Put together by Sandra Sandberg of the St. George Weaving Studio, this show takes place at the Red Cliff Gallery, located at […]

Utah should assess raising legal smoking age to 21

Smoking is unhealthy; there’s no debating it. Any slim benefits it may offer are immediately outweighed by the countless risks and health issues smoking directly causes. If you’ve been keeping up with the news recently, you may have heard about the bill introduced by Hawaiian lawmaker Richard Creagan to raise the legal smoking age to 100. […]

Social media challenge comes to DSU

If you’ve been on any social media platform within the past month, chances are you’ve seen the trending hashtag #2009vs2019. The trend follows two photos, one taken from 2009 and one from 2019, to show how much a person has changed within a decade. This trend, while mostly applicable toward teens hitting puberty, can also […]

Student fees up for review

The Student Fee Allocation Committee will be reviewing student fees and making recommendations to the board of trustees from for the upcoming 2019-2020 school year. This annual review takes place from Feb. 11 to Feb. 15 and will help determine exactly where students’ fee money goes. This review follows a change in the state legislature, which now […]

Study abroad with DSU

Picture waking up every morning in a different country, taking in the beautiful foreign sights, and absorbing the culture all before heading to your classes. Now picture having the ability to spend anywhere from a week to an entire semester in a country of your choice. As a college student, this may sound like wishful thinking, […]

Students need to recognize importance of self-care, actively practice it

You wake up. You quickly head to your classes; no time to make breakfast. You get out of classes and immediately head to work. You get off work late and rush home. You barely have enough time to make a meal for yourself before you throw yourself into your homework for the rest of your […]

Going home for holidays not optimal for all students

Winter break: For some students, it’s a happy homecoming filled to the brim with reminiscing and home-cooked meals surrounded by the ones you love. For others, it’s a mixed bag full of arguing about politics, houses overcrowded with obscure family members and realizing your room is being turned into a gym. Not every family celebrates the […]

iPhone update allows screen-time tracking, reports vary from user expectations

There’s a stigma that younger generations spend far more time on their phones than older generations. However, there was no definitive way to determine just how much time a user is spending on their phone. Enter iOS 12, and one of its several updated features: the Screen Time menu. This feature, introduced on Sept. 17, breaks down how […]

“Last Days of Dixie” examines crimes, closure of KRDC

“One question. Many Answers.” This text reads prominently halfway through the first “Last Days of Dixie” trailer, a preview of the documentary giving insight into the incident that shut down the KDRC radio club almost 20 years ago. “Last Days of Dixie,” currently still in its production phase, is the culmination of 16 months of […]