Articles on 20 February 2015

Women’s golf tees off for Spring

2/20/15
The Dixie State Women’s golf team finished the first day of the California Baptist University Women’s Invitational on Monday ending the day in second place with one more day of play to go. File photo.

The Dixie women’s golf team is making a striking start of 2015.

The women’s golf team has nine women on the team. It practices five days a week all over St. George and Washington. It is required to have at least 20 hours of practice as well as ...

Healthy Living Challenge: Challengers reflect on choices made throughout five weeks

2/20/15
Deciding to give up unhealthy habits, Dixie Sun staff members Haley Hazen and Spencer Ricks put the put the final nail in the coffin of their healthy student challenge. Photo by Preston Hunt

The healthy living challenge is done but my commitment to living healthy is far from over.

In the past five weeks, I torched my old habits and dedicated myself to eating right and exercising regularly. 

They say it takes 21 days to break a habit, and even though I looked ...

Healthy Living Challenge: Healthy challengers literally burn bad habits

2/20/15
Healthy challengers literally burn bad habits. Photo by Preston Hunt

Saying no to the after-party and getting some sleep have had their perks over the past five weeks.

Reflecting on the healthy student challenge, making my health a priority did have drawbacks, but in the end, new habits have become valuable.  

It was difficult to do a complete overhaul in ...

Freshman class most depressed, study says

2/20/15
A lack of an immediate plan for academics can cause freshmen to become depressed when starting out in college. Photo by Preston Hunt.

The first-year college experience is supposed to be one of the best years of a person’s life, but freshmen across the country are saying that isn’t so.

The Higher Education Research Institution released a study titled “The American Freshman” that surveyed roughly 150,000 first-time, full-time students in ...

DSU athletic programs add new recruits

2/20/15

Dixie State University added numerous recruits to its athletic programs in the recent weeks, highlighted by National Signing Day on Feb. 4. 

Signing day is mainly focused on football prospects from around the country, but student-athletes from other fall sports often sign their letter of intent on the day as ...

Online infidelity difficult to define

2/20/15
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All the hours I spent watching the show “Cheaters” taught me that tapping a phone can confirm any suspicion, but nowadays online infidelity is more common and harder to spot than ever. 

According to a Fusion.com poll, 82 percent of 1,000 participants between the ages of 18 to ...

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