Making the transition to high school is no easy task, fortunately for Utah students, the University of Utah has a program that is designed to help lower income kids from disadvantaged communities entering high school. PATHS (Promoting Access to High Schoolers) The University of Utah program supports Utah students from their first day of 9th grade to their first day of … [Read more...]
The Nerd Store
Just like any subculture, there are various elements/factions of Geek subculture. Just to name a few, there are Gaming Nerds, Dungeons and Dragon Nerds, Anime Nerds, the list goes on, too and, I'm sure, in much greater and succinct detail. The point is this: the nerd culture over the years (and what rough years those must've been) have gone from Zeros to Heroes; no longer … [Read more...]
Napoleon Dynamite Editor and Producer Jeremy Coon Visits The Utah Stories Show
Napoleon Dynamite was made for just $400,000. It grossed $40 million at the box office. But Napoleon wasn’t just a cult-classic comedy, it was a completely new style of humor never-before-seen in Hollywood: rural, small-town nerds trying to find their way in their odd world. How was Napoleon Dynamite made? How did it come out of BYU? How did it get widespread distribution … [Read more...]
Local Community of “Unloved Arts” to Present Neo-Vaudeville “All Weirdo” Revue Called “Gonzo Rising”
Vaudeville tradition of the weirdo act is making a comeback at Gonzo Rising Salt Lake City - Local performing artists and self-proclaimed “weirdos” are gathering at the historic Beehive Social Club at 666 State Street on Wednesday, January 30th to celebrate the old vaudeville tradition of the Weirdo Act. Produced by Utah’s own Clusterphoque [to rhyme with … [Read more...]
The LDS Church Faces a Lawsuit over the Compromise Bill
The LDS Church Faces a Lawsuit if the Compromise Bill is Passed in its Current form The Patients for medical cannabis organization called TRUCE, issued a statement to the LDS Church that they will file a lawsuit if the Church continues to direct the State Legislature in the Compromise Bill that they are pushing forward in the Utah State Legislature. The Church has … [Read more...]
Economic Fascism in Utah?
The Medical Cannabis Compromise legislation is nothing short of economic fascism. When the government wants to control an entire sector of the economy, as the Utah State Legislature is attempting to do — there is a term for this which is much more serious that “cronyism”. The church leadership through the state is working to create nothing short of a fascistic monopoly. The … [Read more...]
Medical Marijuana in Utah
This November Utahns have one major issue on the ballot that could dramatically alter our extreme-red, hyper-conservative state: the legalization of medical marijuana. The ballot initiative Proposition Two seeks to allow residents to utilize marijuana with a doctor’s recommendation. Currently 66 percent of Utah voters support this initiative. This would also allow for … [Read more...]
The True Problems of Life: an Escaped Billy Goat
We spend so much of our time worrying about events that may or may not happen. I assure you, most of our problems do not compare with that of an escaped billy goat. The street on which I live is a major route for farmers to bring their livestock to the slaughterhouse. In Peru, there is no antiseptic isolation of farm animals and people. You often see sheep in the parks … [Read more...]
Utah Transplant Transformation
Trekking 2,500 miles across country in 1993, my ex-husband and I made the bold move to relocate to Utah sight unseen. Fresh out of college at Syracuse University in New York (no, not Syracuse, Utah, which we had never heard of before), we had no encumbrances -- the future was wide open. We were determined to move west, where we had skied several times in Colorado and had … [Read more...]
Something Eerie is Happening West of the North Temple Bridge
North Temple... On The “Other Side” When I moved to Salt Lake City and into the apartment complex on North Temple I knew something was amiss about this street. I'm not referring to the homeless or criminal element, this is something much-curiouser than a drug-deal or a stumbling drunkard. No, I'm hinting at the possibility of a HAUNTED NORTH TEMPLE! Once I was situated … [Read more...]
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