My oh-so wise and backed-by-experienced words of advice to the incoming class of Utes who are now officially “on their own":
Schedule early morning classes, but never go.
Ever. Life is so much better...
Three short years have passed and here I am, a Senior, contemplating what I’m supposed to have learned in college. Let me tell you: I’ve learned a lot about not very much, and very little about a lot.
The...
If there is one word to describe the United States in a nutshell, it is “more.” As Americans, we simply expect excess to come naturally. And the sad truth is that it almost always does. Whether it...
Before I graduated high school, I remember visiting a friend at her dad’s house (let’s call him Bill), and the topic of homosexuality came up. Being the 60-something-year-old conservative Christian...
Renowned environmental scholar Terry Tempest Williams announced earlier this month that she’ll be stepping down from her fellowship position in the U’s Environmental Humanities Graduate Program, a...
Through the hustle, bustle and stress, spring finals actually tend to be a fairly reflective time for me. I look back on each academic year as they end and think about everything I’ve learned and experienced....
Four to eight percent of deaths along the Wasatch Front are attributed to air pollution. Utah’s air quality is associated with higher rates of breast, lung, cervical, brain, nasal, pharyngeal, liver...
I walked away from 10 years of financial security, a 401k, great health benefits and all of that “adult” stuff that college preps us for. My decision was called “childish” and “impulsive.”...
