Author: Josh Messier
Salt Lake City gets head-start on Olympic skateboarding industry
Salt Lake City further strengthens its connection to the Olympics by hosting a world championship skateboarding event and making plans to build an Olympic-caliber skateboard park. The city is scheduled to host the country’s first ever Vans Park Series Men’s Pro Tour World Championships at the Utah State Fairpark Sept. 6-7, according to the 2019 schedule on the Vans Park Series’ website...
Frederick Douglass Transcribe-a-thon allows everyone to preserve history from home
Anybody with a computer and internet access has the ability to preserve history, according to Christopher LeCluyse, professor of English and director of the Writing Center at Westminster College. The Writing Center hosted its second annual Frederick Douglass Transcribe-a-thon Wednesday, which gave students and faculty a space to transcribe unpublished historical documents related to African-Americ...
Anger can improve our future, according to guest lecturer
Although anger tends to have damaging effects on society, it might be the answer to improving the future of humanity, according to a guest lecturer at the University of Utah on Friday. The event titled “Anger, Fear and the Politics of Blame” was hosted by the S. J. Quinney College of Law as the university’s 2019 Tanner-McMurrin Lecture. In her presentation, Martha C. Nussbaum, the Ernst Freu...
Future of historic ‘Hobbitville’ uncertain, community urges preservation
A locked fence currently blocks the driveway that used to be occupied by roaming peacocks and trespassing teenagers. After the death of the owner, residents of Allen Park, which locals commonly refer to as ‘Hobbitville,’ were evicted from their homes. With historic and artistic qualities throughout the property, there has been a push for preservation, although what happens next to this unique neig...