The pandemic that struck the world just over a year ago has left a lingering impact on the system of higher education. Although the Dixie State University administration does not believe remote learning is particularly effective, online learning is still going to continue to expand. In 2018, about 35% of U.S. undergraduate students took a […]
Internships are vital in gaining the needed experience in your field of interest before graduating from college, but unpaid internships are unethical. Employers who hire unpaid interns are just taking advantage of desperate college students in need of work experience, and sadly, 43% of internships are unpaid. It is disheartening how normalized unpaid internships are. […]
With the Utah’s mask mandate being lifted April 10, students express their hope for the campus mask mandate to be lifted in the near future while still continuing to be as cautious as we can.
Emotional Support animals allow people a companion as an effort to combat depression, anxiety, loneliness or disconnection.
A special life was taken too soon March 14 after a tragic accident the morning of March 13. Samuela Tupola, a junior communication studies major from Salt Lake City, died following a collision while driving home from Las Vegas. He and four others in a car were passing the Speedway going northbound when a car […]
The votes are in for the 2021-22 student body elections and the finalists are: Penny Mills, a senior communication studies major from Orem, and Deven Osborne, a senior business administration major from Los Angeles, for student body president. Ryan Hafen, a sophomore general studies major from Southfield, Michigan, and Cesar Ruiz, a sophomore English major […]
The U.S Senate should not approve President Joe Biden’s proposed $1.9 trillion stimulus package. It is not the federal government’s job to bail people out when it’s the state governments who closed the economies. I get it — the pandemic put millions of people in a pinch with the loss of jobs, but it was […]
UPDATE: The Utah House of Representatives voted Feb. 10 to pass H.B 278, Name Change Process for Dixie State University. The bill will now be sent to The Utah State Senate for approval. The House Education Committee held a hearing Feb. 3 voting 12 to two to recommend a name change of Dixie State University […]
Rep. Kelly Miles, R-Ogden, a member of the House of Representatives in Utah, filed a bill (H.B. 278) Feb. 1 to change Dixie State University’s name. The bill “requires a process for the [DSU] Board of Trustees, in consultation with the Utah Board of Higher Education, to select and recommend a new name for the […]
We live in a world where we are expected to be glued to our phones. While the advancement of technology comes with pros, the cons tend to heavily outweigh them. Technology can make it much easier to stay connected with our families when we don’t live close to them, but it can also have us […]
