Dixie State University will become a home away from home for some students who will be spending the holiday break on campus. Many students staying on campus are international students, like Irem Dilek, a freshman general studies major from Izmir, Turkey. “I’m broke, and I can’t go home,” Dilek said. “I’m sad I can’t leave […]
Armed with a camera and laptop, one Dixie State University alumnus will be tackling 2,650 miles of deserts, forests and mountain ranges from Mexico to Canada on foot. Michael Nielsen, who graduated DSU with an English degree in 2014, is aiming to become the self-dubbed “world’s first extreme adventure daily vlogger.” He’ll be hiking […]
Students came for the pizza and stayed for the public lands debate. In the first Pizza and Politics event since the election, members of Dixie State University Student Association and biology students came together Nov. 17 in the Gardner Student Center lounge to debate what role the federal government should have in protecting Utah’s public […]
She’s the youngest student at Dixie State University, and she already has plans to be an evil overlord and rule the world one day. “She’s accepting applications for minions,” said Asia Lemmon, a sophomore psychology major from New York City and mother of Catalina “Catty” Lemmon. Catty, a freshman general education major from St. George, […]
There’s no need to grab your musket and move to Canada if the presidential election doesn’t go your way. Despite the staggering amount of media coverage for the presidential election and the rhetoric being thrown around about the president being the “leader of the free world” and the “most powerful human being on Earth,” the […]
National, state and local elected officials visited Dixie State University to help cut the ribbon at the grand opening of the DSU Institute of Politics and Public Affairs Oct. 26. It was standing-room only outside the Gardner Student Center as U.S. Rep. Chris Stewart, President Biff Williams and student leaders of the IOP spoke about […]
Black cats, skulls and a two-headed man with his chest torn open are some of the pieces comprising the Dixie State University Halloween Art Exhibit in the North Plaza building. Students and community members are displaying their Halloween-themed artwork in the gallery near the front doors of the North Plaza through Oct. 31. In addition to […]
Candidates for the Utah Legislature debated local political issues and made their plea for the millennials’ vote at the Utah Priorities Forum at Dixie State University Oct. 11. The event, which was hosted by the DSU Institute of Politics, drew Democrats and Republicans from across Washington County to the Zion Room of the Jeffrey R. […]
It was the hearing people who were the handicapped ones at the third annual American Sign Language Talent Show at Dixie State University Wednesday. “Deaf people are only handicapped when there are hearing people around,” said Allyson Hamilton, assistant professor of ASL. “We did not provide voice interpretation for the performances for this reason…I wanted […]
Dixie State University administrators and faculty members are fighting a specific mode of cheating in the Testing Center with a new proposed policy. When a test has only one version and is administered in the Testing Center over multiple days, it gives students the opportunity to cheat by telling classmates about the material on the […]