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Al's a-Musing: An open letter — five reminders to professors

March 2, 2014

Warning: This is the column of a severely jaded, chronically pessimistic senior who is feeling particularly grieved. If you are feeling optimistic about your academic life, you may want to seriously consider...

Viewpoint: Buzzworthy problems with bees

March 2, 2014

The Ogden City Council has passed an ordinance working to encourage local beekeepers to amp up their game with looser regulations. For those who don't know, the global bee population is in disarray. Colony...

Viewpoint: Beehive State lengthens red tape for divorce

February 25, 2014

In 1994, Utah passed a law requiring divorcing couples to complete a class prior to making the divorce official. Now Republican Rep. Jim Nielson wants to take that law even further. If Nielson's law passes,...

Viewpoint: Library renovation proposals divide campus

February 23, 2014

The library renovation has been a hot topic on campus the last couple of weeks. For those who haven't heard, it's been proposed that the library be renovated to include a number of additions. These additions...

Big Al's Bites: Gourmet sodas you must try

February 22, 2014

Soda pop is an American pastime. Some may say baseball, others would point to bigotry as the nation’s most consistent heritage, but when push comes to shove, more people like soda than they do baseball....

Viewpoint: Four countries to keep an eye on

February 20, 2014

While the world’s eye is fixed on Sochi, many countries are not privileged enough to be preoccupied with festivities. The world is not as picturesque as the Olympics would have you believe. 2013 marked...

Viewpoint: Mike Lee has done it again

February 18, 2014

Those unfamiliar with Utah politics are still familiar with the cliche that ignorance is bliss. The most blissful aspect of that ignorance comes from lack of exposure to intense conservative dogma. The...

Viewpoint: Senate shows cowardice in rejecting anti-discrimination bill

February 13, 2014

Among all of the controversial topics right now, gay marriage is eclipsed by none. It has people divided the nation over, claiming dogma over personal choice, or individuality over social construction. This...

Viewpoint: Children come first, even if Uintah doesn't say so

February 11, 2014

Kids are a sensitive subject for everyone. Whether for love or hate, desire or denial, interest or disinterest, society is anything but apathetic when it comes to children. This enthusiasm was recently...

Big Al's Bites: Plates and Palates

February 9, 2014

In the culinary world, dinner is a bit of a diva. She makes you wait till the end of the day for a grand appearance and insists you save your calories for her and her alone. She scoffs at all other meals...

Viewpoint: Coke's Super Bowl ad brings out the bigots

February 6, 2014

Social media is ushering in a new era of awareness unparalleled in human history. Never before has the globe been so small that a whisper into a phone could be published across the world. This seems to...

Big Al's Bites: Bistro 258

February 2, 2014

We are eaters. All of us. The human race has few activities more frequent than eating. The acclaimed philosopher Voltaire exclaimed that "nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if...

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