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Drake has three top ten hits in this week's Billboard Hot 100.  Via Wikimedia

An Analysis of the Top Ten Songs in America

By Josh Petersen April 17, 2018

With streaming services and digital platforms taking over traditional radio play and records sales are measures of popularity, what it means to have a “hit song” is radically changing. Using the top...

Movie poster for Blumhouse's "Truth or Dare."

“Truth or Dare” Delivers to New Horror Fans

By Jaycen Eggleston April 16, 2018

Some people like the adrenaline rush that results from being scared almost senseless, while others prefer to avoid haunted houses, scary movies or even horror books. Being part of the second group, I was...

Beauty Comes at a Price

Beauty Comes at a Price

By Jaycen Eggleston April 16, 2018

A few years ago, Dove released a campaign that immediately grabbed the public’s attention, though not for the reason many would assume. Instead of inciting controversy, Dove asked a question many people...

Cara MacDonald

Events Calendar April 16

By Alina Hansen April 16, 2018

Christal Hazelton Talk “The Things We Tell Our Children: A Look at LGBT+ in Children’s Animation” by Christal Hazelton will be presented on Tuesday, April 17 from 12-1 p.m. at the CTIHB building...

A collection of fridge poetry magnets

How to Celebrate National Poetry Month (NaPoMo)

By Alina Hansen April 13, 2018

The month of April is officially National Poetry Month, a whole month dedicated to celebrating poetry. National Poetry Month (or NaPoMo) became official in 1996 through the Academy of American Poets after...

Games Worth Playing: "The Long Dark"

Games Worth Playing: “The Long Dark”

By Marshall Falkner April 13, 2018

The snow crunches against your feet, the winter wind chills you to the bone. A wolf howls in the distance. Forage for food, keep warm and find out what happened to this Great Bear and the rest of the...

University of Utah Department of Theatre

“Our Country’s Good” Could Be Better

By Jaycen Eggleston April 13, 2018

"Our Country's Good," the tale of an Australian penal colony in 1788, gets lost in translation onstage at the Babcock Theatre. An impressive feat, considering the tale is about English and Irish criminals...

Freshman Mason Duncan (left) and Caroline Hanks (right), theater majors with an emphasis in musical theater, participate in Margo Andrew's musical theater training program, voice and text class, working on a poetry reading exercise in the Fine Arts West Building on campus in Salt Lake City, Utah on Thursday, March 29, 2018.

Five Lessons I Learned as a Theater Major

By Haley Oliphant, Editor-in-Chief April 11, 2018

It’s no surprise to anyone that arts degrees have a bad reputation. They’re often thrown to the side as useless and trivial — degrees one pursues when there are no other options. This “last resort”...

Hailee Olenberger, Topher Rasmussen, Mary-Helen Pitman in "Fun Home" 
Photo Courtesy of: dav.d daniels of dav.d photography.

“Fun Home” at SLAC Makes Life Bearable

By Palak Jayswal, Arts Editor April 10, 2018

Salt Lake Acting Company’s production of “Fun Home” is riveting. The allure of the five-time Tony award-winning play is hard to ignore, but it’s the actors at SLAC that do the production justice....

Thanksgiving Point's Tulip Festival is the Perfect Spring Experience

Thanksgiving Point’s Tulip Festival is the Perfect Spring Experience

By Palak Jayswal, Arts Editor April 10, 2018

Tulips have had a colorful past. This flower — which signifies “perfect love” — originated in Turkey and Persia and slowly made its way across Europe and eventually to the United States. Here in...