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

Author: Lilliana Rogers

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DSU students celebrate Valentine’s Day nontraditionally

Nontraditional doesn’t have to mean boring. Not having a date on Valentine’s Day is nothing to be ashamed of, there are many ways to spread the love on Valentine’s Day without a significant other. Here are some suggestions if you don’t have a boo this Valentines Day: Spend Valentine’s Day with your family  Valentine’s Day […]

OPINION: Technology makes us feel more alone

  You have one new friend request.   FaceTime, Snapchat, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook; social media apps like these allow us to communicate with people all over the world; however, this connection is making us more lonely, not more in tune with the rest of the world.   Technology makes us feel more alone because we are more dependent […]

Professor Pilkington wants to transfer enthusiasm to students

 Five-thousand-four hundred-and-seven miles away from St. George lies Siberia, Russia, where a Dixie State University professor got her start.   From a young age, Olga Pilkington, assistant professor of English, knew she wanted to be a teacher. Her father was a chemistry professor and her mother worked for a research institute and was a scientist, so […]

OPINION: Pro: Gender schools are beneficial

Single-sex classrooms are uncommon in the United States because they are classrooms full of students of the same sex, but they are very beneficial.   Dixie State University should experiment with single-sex classrooms to add diversity and accommodate different learning styles.   There are only three four-year male same-sex colleges in the United States. One of the […]

DSU New Years resolutions

2020: the beginning of a new decade.   Dixie State University students are bringing in 2020 with New Year’s resolutions to stay on track for the new semester.    New Year’s resolutions can be an effective way to achieve goals by simply changing your mindset and the way you perceive them. DSU students are changing their lives […]

Possible collaboration between St. George Children’s Museum & DSU

Children in St. George now have the opportunity to step into Dixie State University’s athletes shoes. Dixie State University Athletics and Marketing and Communication commission is possibly partnering up with St. George Children’s Museum. The collaboration is waiting upon contracts that need to be signed and more information to come after the signing, said Riley Brown, […]

DSU introduces Grazers at the HPC

“Food fit for Trailblazers.” Grazers slogan promises a healthy change in the Dixie State University student’s diet. A new food service has been added to the list of DSU’s food chains as a healthy option, which is located inside the newly constructed Human Performance Center. Grazers opened at the grand opening of the HPC on […]

Johns Hopkins joins Stanford summer internship for DSU med students

Dixie State University students have the opportunity to develop ground-breaking research on cancer with a new summer research program partnership between Johns Hopkins University and Stanford University. Johns Hopkins University recently heard about the Stanford Summer Research Internship, an internship where students can travel to Stanford University and work on expanding their medical experience, which […]

OPINION: The politics of fake news

One afternoon, on December 4th, 2016, a man walked into a Washington, DC pizza parlor.  Edgar Welch, an ordinary 28-year-old man from Salisbury, North Carolina then fired gunshots with an AR-15 style rifle, nearly killing innocent people. He was convinced that the pizzeria contained a hidden pedophilia trafficking ring led by Hillary Clinton and her […]

DSU pep band brings Trailblazer fans together

The pep band is a key player within Dixie State University’s athletics, contributing to the overall game day energy and fan experience. The Dixie State University pep band practices once a week from 4:00-5:30 p.m. All 38 students practice stringently in preparation for the upcoming basketball and football games. According to Google dictionary, Pep band […]