I am lucky enough to have a house, albeit a very small one, that I get to decorate all by myself. But here’s the thing. I’m still a college student. I still make what feels like zero dollars and literally can’t afford anything I can’t find at Deseret Industries. But that’s OK because college kid […]
Hipsters. Just the very mention of the word conjures up images of vintage-clad snobs with better-than-thou attitudes and ironic, well, everything. The term is synonymous with critical braggarts who will look down on anyone and anything because nobody understands what’s really worth listening to/wearing/watching/reading; a hipster is the only person privy to that information. And […]
The biggest concert in southern Utah’s history brought nationwide notoriety to Dixie State University, but even the college’s appearance on MTV’s Woodie Awards didn’t quell some of the community’s concerns. The Macklemore and Ryan Lewis concert sold out weeks before the actual event, and the college was featured prominently on the March 17 airing of […]
The Snow Science Center was officially dedicated on March 1. The new center is the first official building to be dedicated on Dixie State’s campus since it became a university.
The majority rules. That’s the way it’s been since the conception of our country, but we’ve got to ask ourselves the question: Just because the majority thinks something is OK, does that mean it’s, indeed, the right thing to do? Whether or not the moral, ethical, cultural or religious decisions of the majority are beneficial […]
The student body presidential elections divided students’ votes and opinions almost in half, but Carlos Morgan ended up tipping the scales with a slim 34 votes. The final numbers boiled down to 680 votes for Morgan and 646 votes for Mazie Ludlow. Gregory Layton and Brandon Lewis were elected unanimously into the positions for vice […]
The votes are in, the debates are over, and the position of student body president has been narrowed to two students. Mazie Ludlow, a junior communication major from Turlock, Calif., and Carlos Morgan, a junior communication major from Santa Clara, are making their final cases to students to become the first full-term student body president […]
Welcome to the era of Dixie State University. Gov. Gary Herbert inked his name onto the official document declaring university status for Dixie State during the Saturday morning signing ceremony. “[Today] is a day to motivate us, to inspire us,” Herbert said. “[I hope it] gives us the vision necessary…to really concentrate our efforts to have excellence […]
All three rings of the gay rights circus are active right now, and it certainly is the most grating show on earth. StGeorgeUtah.com/news published an opinion piece by Kate Dalley on Feb. 9 titled “Perspectives: The Sexual Identity Merit Badge.” In it, Dalley attempts to make a case that openly gay men are the way they […]
Student government elections are underway, and the primaries will be held this week. Dixie Sun News spoke with the candidates in a Q & A session. Four students are seeking the office of Student Body President, one student is seeking the office of Vice President of Academics, and one student is seeking the office of […]
