Alternate headline: The world’s getting warmer; so what?
Atlas was cursed to hold up the world. Should we be?
Columns, Entertainment, Mobile, Opinion
Category: Columns
I have a sticker to prove I voted. So why has my vote been ignored?
Arts & Entertainment, Campus Community, Campus Events, Campus Service, Columns, Elections, Entertainment, Features, Mobile, News, Opinion, Politics, Religion, Utah
On Nov. 6, 2018, I lined up outside my city council building to vote. Though the race for Senate and my local representatives seemed airtight, Utah had several propositions up […]
Boys will be boys, girls will be shamed
Arts & Entertainment, Celebrities, Columns, Entertainment, Opinion
On March 1, Jordyn Woods did what Tristan Thompson has not and cannot do: she faced the music. Bombarded with hate from the media, the public and a family who […]
Pain is not about perspective
Columns, Mobile, Mywebermedia Slider, Opinion, Signpost Slider
Everything has become a competition, including having problems. I know I’m not the only one who has ranted about something only to hear, “You should have some perspective. You think […]
Everyday struggles of the nontraditional student
Academics, Campus Community, Columns, Graduation, Mobile, Mywebermedia Slider, Opinion
Living the “American Dream” is a term that most of us have heard since we were young. We have been told that this dream of financial and social success is […]
Look upon my work, ye lowly, and despair
The wall has never been about national security. Trump’s drivel about Syrian suicide bombers infiltrating America via Tijuana aside, every step toward its construction has been evidence to the contrary. […]
Sexual encounters, the shared kind
Columns, Entertainment, Mobile, Opinion
It was a playback of the 1985 film “The Breakfast Club.” We weren’t in detention, but we were sharing secrets. A late night in the newsroom had led us to […]
As ice glaciers melt, denials of climate continue to burn
Arts & Entertainment, Columns, Entertainment, Features, Health, News, Opinion
I was standing in front of the Sólheimajökull glacier in 2018, lacing my boots before we started our climb to a wall a few hundred yards up the ice. Our […]
Will the real boss please stand up?
Columns, Culture/Diversity, Opinion
I never had to be taught to work twice as hard; it was just an understanding. To get to where my Caucasian counterparts were, I had to put in more […]
The people v. celebrity activism
Celebrities, Columns, Culture/Diversity, Entertainment, Features, News, Opinion, Police/Crime
Black Lives Matter and The #MeToo Movement united to fight for Cyntoia Brown’s release from prison. She was granted clemency on Jan. 7. Alice Marie Johnson was granted clemency after […]