Columns
It all started just about two months ago. I had just arrived home from a four-month stay in Washington, D.C., working as an intern with Utah’s top-ranking lawmaker (no need to drop names, right? Oh, by the way, I met Alec Baldwin there). As I meticulously unloaded the precious cargo I had hoarded throughout my […]
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This last weekend, I went to the Ogden Raptors Minor League Baseball game. Now, there are certain things that you can only experience at a summer baseball game. Baseball is its own culture. It’s one that every person needs to experience at least once. Baseball has been known as America’s favorite pastime since the early […]
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Throughout the entire GOP presidential debate this past week, I couldn’t help but feel like I was watching ESPN rather than CNN. I’ll explain. We’re all familiar with the post-game interviews that take place down on the field or on the court after a professional sporting event. Usually conducted by a mildly attractive reporter, these […]
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Great books for students looking for an exciting, fast read Many students might not enter summer break looking for reasons to keep reading, but for those Wildcats who are sailing through the summer doldrums, there are some captivating options. While laying out on a beach towel, swinging in a hammock or on a long vacation […]
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I’m dying right now, because I decided to write this column before watching the final episode of The Killing. If you haven’t heard of this show, then you are probably pretty normal. It’s on AMC, and its average viewership has been just above decent. While most of America wallows in the predictable mire of other […]
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My former colleague and last year’s sports editor of The Signpost, Craig Halbasch’s, favorite time of the sporting year was the preseason, before the games actually counted. This is possibly because he is a die-hard Oakland Raiders and New York Mets fan, but lately I’ve been feeling the excitement and hope of an upcoming season. The 2011-12 […]
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My wife and I recently moved into a new neighborhood in Layton, and were subsequently invited to a neighborhood barbecue. I’m not usually very good at these kinds of things, because my idea of small talk is to take the Forrest Gump route, staring into the distance and telling winding stories about life lessons from […]
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There has always been a lot of speculation that women cannot compete in sports. Or that women’s sports are boring to watch and not exhilarating or entertaining enough to please our needy society. That is definitely not always the case. There are things that women athletes can do that any man would not be able […]
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