Math is a four-letter word. Not only is it expensive – $100 textbooks, pencils, graphing calculator, batteries for graphing calculator, notepads – it’s also difficult for many students. It involves...
Following the Aggie men’s basketball victory over San Jose State on Saturday, The Utah Statesman caught up with officers of the USU Police Department for an inside look at a night on the beat. 9:...
The art of putting it off
It’s Sunday night and a student has just realized the big assignment she has had a month to prepare for is due the next morning. Despite the professor’s warning to start the assignment early, ther...
Aggies Around the World: Changing children's lives in India
Education is one of the most powerful building blocks a person can attain in her lifetime for a solid foundation. Unfortunately, many children around the world do not get the opportunity for educa...
Get rich or die tryin'
Question: Is it harder to get rich now than it has been in the past? There is no definite answer to this question. According to a recent study from Bankrate.com, 70 percent of Americans think it i...
Breaking the mold one class at a time
No student any where graduates with a specific degree without fulfilling the proper accredited classes first. Students may find themselves horribly frustrated as they peruse the general course cat...
As the Sundance Film Festival 2010 draws near its closing awards ceremony on Saturday, here are two of the films that impressed me the most while in Park City, UT RESTREPO Out of Afghanistan...
In the beginning, there was a bag of M&Ms. Melissa K. Condie found them good. She walked up the stairs with a belly full of satisfaction. Time elapsed. “Why’d you rip such a big hole in my M&M...
In honor of the incredible JD Salinger, who died Wednesday, Jan. 27, at age 91, I want to dedicate this week’s column to his work. Don’t worry, this isn’t going to be another list of reasons why “...
As I waited for “The Lovely Bones” to begin, it occurred to me that movie-industry people are a sly bunch. First, they dupe you into parting with a hard-earned $8.50 on a ticket. You drop another ...
Merlin Olsen Central Park, nestled in Logan’s The Island, at 300 East Center Street, has been home to a number of valley traditions since its mid-19th century birth, when a Danish farmer, Niels Ha...
As the sun peaks over the mountains, students can look down from Old Main Hill and across Logan to see the stores on Main Street, the Tabernacle and houses lit up with a morning glow. Unfortun...