Articles by Nick Anderson

Students file lawsuit against DSU, argue First Amendment rights violated

3/8/15
DSU students William Jergins (left), Forrest Gee and Joey Gillespie filed a lawsuit against DSU with help from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education. Photo courtesy of FIRE/Jimmy Bishop

Three Dixie State University students filed a lawsuit against the university regarding campus speech codes.

Students from the Young Americans for Liberty club filed a First Amendment lawsuit against DSU with the help of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education. The students involved in the lawsuit are William Jergins ...

Pansy Hardy competition helps speakers gain confidence

3/7/15

The Pansy Hardy Speech to Entertain competition is here again to reward talented student speakers with trophies, refreshments and, most importantly, money. 

Students need to sign up by March 19 to be eligible to participate in the competition on April 2. The first, second and third-place winners will receive $1 ...

Trending Now: ‘Sliding in the DMs’ doesn’t work

2/27/15
The author tries to immediately make weekend plans with a girl through DMs. Anderson says DMs aren’t very effective.

Direct messages on social networks have become the call sign of the creep.

The direct message, or DM, featured on networks like Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, allows users to send messages without having to post them publicly like a regular comment or reply to a post. This means as long ...

Editor's Note: Newspaper encourages dialogue

2/24/15

I love to see people disagree. Disagreement starts a discussion, and that is the only way we begin to understand the perspectives of those around us. This is why I am thrilled to see the participation of students and staff on campus with the newspaper. 

I put many hours into ...

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 ...

Trending Now: Vaping appeals to many students

2/12/15
Opinion editor Nick Anderson tries vaping for this week's Trending Now. Photo by Preston Hunt

Say goodbye to ashtrays, cigarette butts and lighters, and say hello to USB battery chargers and clouds of smoke that smell like fruit because the future of smoking has arrived.

Or rather, it arrived sometime in the mid-2000s and has steadily increased in popularity since then. I’m talking about ...

Lamp Fest benefits musicians and community

2/7/15
Lamp Fest attendees watch local band Kingdoms play at the event held Friday. Photo by Lauren Collier

In the incandescent glow of second-hand floor and table lamps strewn across the Gardner Center, students congregated to see performances by local musicians and help raise money for a non-profit corporation.

This is Lamp Fest: an assortment of lighting and good music for a good cause.

Ashley Graf, a senior ...

Trending Now: Trivia Crack is trivia wack

1/29/15
Columnist Nick Anderson tried the Trivia Crack craze and concludes, "Trivia Crack mostly just tests your luck, and that's pretty lame to brag about." Screenshot by Nick Anderson

When people tell me how good they are at Trivia Crack, I roll my eyes so hard I can see my brain. 

Trivia Crack is a smartphone trivia app that, according to USA Today, has more than 100 million users worldwide.  You compete against other users to answer questions that ...

Time to embrace 'party school' reputation

1/22/15
Students attend fall semester's Foam Dance. Anderson says the university should provide more late-night events to stamp out negative partying. Photo by Haley Hazen

In the past few years we’ve seen a lot of debate about Dixie State University’s identity, but for incoming freshmen, one thing about DSU’s reputation has remained a constant: Dixie likes to party.

Before I started school at DSU I was told by everyone I knew that ...

Trending Now: Trends curb originality

1/15/15
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About 10 years ago, everyone I know was wearing Crocs.

You probably owned a pair, loved them and lauded how comfortable they were to your friends. Crocs were a trend that stormed America in the mid-2000s but luckily now have mostly died out. If you still wear yours in public ...

Black Student Union adviser reveals Martin Luther King Jr. Day events

1/5/15
From left, Colman Domingo plays Ralph Abernathy, David Oyelowo plays Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Andre Holland plays Andrew Young, and Stephan James plays John Lewis in "Selma." MCT

The Dixie State University Black Student Union will celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Jan. 20 with events for students and a dedication of a light post in honor of the civil rights leader.

The events will begin at noon in the Gardner Center lounge area where students will ...

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