When reading the newspaper, it is easy to forget there are people behind the print, and that the people writing these stories have personalities, passions and perspectives. For the last couple of semesters, Dixie State University has been under attack from both local and national channels due to First Amendment disagreements. The Dixie Sun News has also […]
As both students and journalists, we have protections that are meant to help make our jobs easier, but these freedoms are consistently ignored or denied, and we often find ourselves without sources or sometimes a story. Throughout this semester, reporters have been kicked out of open meetings, GRAMA requests have been ignored, and sources have demanded what […]
By Stephen B. Armstrong “You Can’t Stop Rock ‘n’ Roll” is a bi-weekly column by Stephen B. Armstrong, a professor of English at DSU who teaches in the Professional and Technical Writing emphasis. The series focuses on culturally significant rock ‘n’ roll albums released over the past 50 years. In the late ’80s, U2 was […]
By Tylee Hunt Global Education Philanthropists invites all Dixie State University students to travel abroad and be the change. GEP is a non-profit organization that serves those who suffer from poverty and disaster domestically and internationally, CEO Cammy Bowker said. “GEP focuses on educating the villagers we serve in an effort to empower them,” Bowker said. The local organization has traveled […]
All sports for Dixie State University will compete in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, with every sport other than football making the transition from the Pacific West Conference. DSU football is currently a member of the RMAC having joined as an associate member of the conference before the 2016 season. DSU will be the sixteenth […]
By Tiffany Glenn The depth of data Facebook keeps on its users recently came to light, but students may not know Dixie State University administrators are also tracking their conduct and keeping the records indefinitely. Select members of the Dixie State University administration have access to a computer program that keeps records of student conduct […]
By Tiffany Glenn Dixie State University welcomes its newest officer and will conduct a swearing-in ceremony for all new officers on May 3. A designated official will swear in officers Eldon Gibb, Daniel “Ola” Kaonohi, and Juan Fulgencio, the newest addition to the force. The ceremony will take place in the Jeffrey R. Holland Centennial […]
By Ashlyn Searcy Dixie State University intramurals are all fun and games until someone’s car is dented. Games at the softball field, located directed between the Burns Arena and Vintage at Canyonlands (off-campus housing), have caused some serious damage. The field is surrounded by areas to park for both Canyonlands residents and DSU students. When […]
By Lauryn Perkins Dixie State University offers several on-campus locations where students can participate in sand and or indoor volleyball. The sport first originated in the United States in 1895 and achieved Olympic status in 1957. The first games of volleyball to be played in the sand started with families playing each other on the beach […]
By Kyle Plummer Dixie State University students performed a rigorous program at a chamber music recital on Tuesday night for a public audience. Led by Ka-Wai Yu, assistant professor of music, the ensemble performed seven pieces for public listeners. “Obviously this class has a group of string players of different levels, different instruments, and very different […]
