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Simonson Says: Never say you love snow again

February 2, 2013

It's winters like this when I ask myself why the heck I'm still in Utah. Sure, the last couple of days have been relatively warm and sunny (now knock on wood that it won't already be blizzarding again...

Simonson Says: "Feminism" is not a dirty word

January 26, 2013

If we live in a post-sexism society, why does sexism keep making the news? Take, for instance, the new announcement that women can officially serve combat roles in the military. I don't pretend to understand...

Simonson Says: Getting old in Utah

January 12, 2013

On Friday, I turned 24 (that's why they really closed the campus that day). The Monday right before that, the first day of the semester, marked the beginning of my sixth year at Weber State University...

Simonson Says: The resolutions I make every year (but I mean them this time)

January 6, 2013

I'm not sure I get the point of New Year's resolutions. Well, I mean, I do and I don't. I think it's great if you make and keep them, but, for someone like me, who probably couldn't keep up her resolutions...

Simonson Says: Should we encourage the Santa myth?

December 2, 2012

Many of us here at Weber State University are parents, or at least married with not-so-distant plans of becoming parents. Even those who are nowhere near having kids probably consider the big parenting...

Simonson Says: The privilege of not having to see

November 25, 2012

Over the past few weeks, there seems to have been a recurring theme in my life — or at least in my lessons and readings. A couple weeks ago, we watched a video in my SOC 1010 class called "Tim Wise:...

Simonson Says: Let Thanksgiving be

November 18, 2012

We've all heard the complaint that Thanksgiving is the invisible major holiday. Marketing for Christmas begins the day after Halloween, or even earlier in some stores, and some radio stations are already...

Simonson Says: Facebook offers public venue (for being rude to your friends)

November 10, 2012

And we thought our troubles would be over when the election was done. Sure, we might not agree with everything whoever is elected stands for, but at least the Facebook catfights will calm down, right? I...

Simonson Says: NaNoWriMo has a point (and one day, I will think of it)

November 3, 2012

Those of you who aren't creative writing majors, I know how you see us. I know. It's OK. I know when you think "creative writing major," you think of people who make the characters of "The Big Bang Theory"...

Simonson Says: Which Halloween icons are actually scary?

October 28, 2012

Genuinely chilling people's blood in the name of fun is notoriously hard to achieve. How many Halloween icons actually scare you? This can depend largely on how they are portrayed, whether by a film or...

Simonson Says: Disney's first Latina princess (is another white girl)

October 20, 2012

Next month, Disney's newest princess will make her TV debut. Sofia the First is a cartoon for children that will air on the Disney Channel and Disney Junior, according to the original announcement in The...

Simonson Says: College life has its perks

October 13, 2012

We all know the college and university students who endlessly bemoan the hardships of student life: the overwhelming debt and/or bills, the accompanying necessity of working long hours in frequently thankless...

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