Author: Angie Merkley
Take Back the Night: Three colleges march for sexual assault awareness
On April 12, a sea of teal shirts flowed across 1300 East, chanting with united voices to establish public spaces as safe spaces.Westminster’s Students for Choice chapter, along with the University of Utah’s and Salt Lake Community College’s (SLCC) chapters, held a march from the University of Utah’s campus to Westminster’s for the annual Take Back the Night event.Students from the three schools w...
Coffee, copies and cruelty: Internship nightmares
Mitch Incorvaia loves photography and hates attorneys.He was an undergraduate at University of South Florida majoring in criminal justice when he was offered an internship for a local attorney. Incorvaia was familiar with internship horror stories of doomed students with tedious tasks and no real work experience.He assumed he would have the same fate of normal intern work: researching, filing, pho...
Sugar House in Review: How to eat healthy and not go broke
It’s a cool April afternoon in the suburbs as I yank my skittish dog on a leash. The chore of exercising him is exhausting, resulting in burned calories, resulting in hunger, resulting in my least favorite question.We’ve all been thrown in the tortuous situation of being in a group and then that one horrible person asks where everyone wants to eat. We are then bombarded with a symphony of “I don’t...
Students and staff address emergency and risk preparedness on campus
There were over 50 school shootings in the United States last year, and Westminster College officials are responding by making sure this campus is prepared and safe in the future.“Columbine was the first one, and people at that time started talking about how this will never happen again,” said Blake Smith, director of environmental health, safety and laboratory operations. “I don’t think...
Sugar House in Review: Coffee bar crawl
A fourth of my life has been dedicated to being a beverage servant to all the basic bitches in the valley. It’s made me a conceited snob when it comes to ordering coffee, and I still shiver at the words “caramel macchiato.” So, I decided to continue my bar crawl from last time, but keep it restricted to coffee bars in the local area. Note: I did not put Coffee Garden (where I currently slave) on t...
Sugar House in Review: St. Patty’s bar crawl
Nothing says America like using other countries’ holidays as an excuse to get drunk. This St. Patrick’s Day, I’m using the Irish celebration as an excuse to get more familiar with the local pubs. Here’s the ol’ magically delicious results of my Sugar House bar crawl.
Latin@ club throws cultural dance for first time in five years
Westminster students will have the opportunity to learn how to salsa and bachata and then put their skills to the test at the Bailemos dance on March 23. The name of the dance derives from the Spanish word “bailar,” which means, “to dance.” The word “bailemos” puts the word into a command tense, translating to “let’s dance.”“It’s inviting people to come dance,” said Andres Escobar, senior com...
Sex ed and misrepresentations protected by Utah laws
Seven Utah residents disclose their trials, fears and torment caused by Utah sex education programs and the conservative culture surrounding them. Taylor’s parents are out of town when Tim asks if he can come over to watch a movie. Taylor is oblivious and thinks that “come over and watch a movie” means coming over and watching a movie—not what would actually happen later that ni...
Sugar House in Review: Valentine’s Day cheap-kid extravaganza challenge
I’ve been with my husband for nearly four years, and we are already bored of Valentine’s Day. I knew chocolates and expensive dinners weren’t going to cut it this year, and I wanted to service those in a similar situation. I needed a challenge. So, I made one.Last month, Huffington Post published a list of 10 activities couples could do on Valentine’s Day. The list was filled with cliché activitie...
Sugar House in review: HWAC group exercise
Winter Break has left me excessively squishy from holiday meals swathed in gravy and chocolate. My hibernation-like activities resulted in my stamina to fall to a dismal state. And just like thousands of other self-conscious and hopelessly naïve women, I made a New Year’s resolution: get fit, and quick.I have horrible self-motivation problems, especially for healthy acts such as clean eating or ge...
The best of Westminster’s 140 years
Westminster College recently celebrated its 140th birthday. The celebration was filled with remembrance of all of the great accomplishments the institution has seen.However, there are some blocks of history that the average Griffin may not be aware of in regards to their school. Say, for example, donkeys in the Payne Gymnasium during a faculty versus student basketball game tradition.
Five best places for a cram session
Welcome back to school, Griffins!College can be a time of partying, education, experimentation, discovery and the like. However, a lot of the time, it can be spent studying. To make these moments less painful, here are five locations for future cram sessions.