The annual Jubilee of Trees kicked off its 41st year of being a St. George tradition for many families welcoming in the first leg of the holidays. The event brings holiday cheer, dazzling decorations and beautiful trees for the public to see and enjoy while getting in the festive spirit. The event is held at […]
I never thought I would reach this point, but here I am. In the 2016 election, I had the naive hope the people who voted for Donald Trump were merely misled, desperate or too numb to the chaos that the 2016 election was. I believed that there was some rational thought around why folks would vote for a […]
Is anyone else over the relentless push of Christmas before Halloween is over? Because this writer is. It’s barely November, yet Christmas decorations and memes about Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” are up. Who decided we need eight weeks of Christmas cheer shoved down our throats? By the time Christmas rolls around, […]
As college students, we are no strangers to wild rumors or even the most over-the-top tea that gets circulated during those late-night study sessions or hanging out with friends. But on Tuesday, there was a conspiracy theory night hosted by Birds Aren’t Real, Psych Club and the Trailgazers. During the night, students gathered for pizza, conspiracy […]
I’ve been called sweet, a doll or too nice many times throughout my life, and I’m sure other women have experienced the same. Society often expects women to be nice, almost as if it’s a given. If you aren’t nice, you’re a bitch; if you aren’t nice, nobody will like you; if you aren’t nice, […]
From toxic winter inversions to wildfire smoke, Utah faces a considerable problem. It’s air quality. While local leaders and residents are stepping up with bold initiatives to combat the pollution, Utah State’s legislature has been slow to be bold as well. In Springdale, a town just outside Zion National Park, Mayor Barbara Bruno is pushing […]
Utah Tech University Athletics had a week of lows and highs. Standout performances in volleyball and golf were notable, while football and women’s soccer suffered setbacks. Golf The men’s team wrapped up their season-opening trip to Colorado with an eighth-place finish at the Air Force Academy Gene Miranda Falcon Invitational. The Trailblazers scored 873 throughout […]
This story is published as part of U.S. Democracy Day and the Utah College Media Collaborative, a cross-campus project bringing together emerging journalists from Salt Lake Community College, the University of Utah, Utah State University and Utah Tech University. As contentions rise this election season, college students have found themselves inundated with political messaging on […]
All of us remember the insurrection at the capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. To quote President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s speech after the bombings on Pear Harbor in 1941, “… a day in which will live in infamy.“ Watching our nation’s capitol under siege by “patriots” hit us hard in the chest, over an election that […]
As the new semester kicks off, it’s easy to tell yourself, “This time, things will be different.” Much like you do around New Year’s, you set goals. Maybe you made an ambitious goal like not failing that math class you’ve been dreading all summer, and promised yourself you’d keep up with the reading or vowed […]