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I wrote last week’s column about Utah’s final and crucial stretch of the regular season. The Jazz had only a few games left, and I knew that the season would come down to the wire. I didn’t imagine the storyline would unfold the way it has.    The Jazz are battling the Los Angeles Lakers [...]

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Monday marks the 101st anniversary of one of history’s most famous disasters. As if any of us need reminding, the RMS Titanic took 1,502 people with it when it struck an iceberg and sank on April 15, 1912 . . . and actually, some of us do need reminding, if the vast popularity of the [...]

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Too often, summer is seen as mere time off. True, the hours are better, and the pina coladas are flowing, but that doesn’t mean the brain needs to go sit on a shelf somewhere in the basement. Instead of coming home for summer after that last class and throwing your backpack into the fireplace to [...]

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With graduation coming very quickly, there are many excited seniors out there ready to be done with school. There are so many happy things associated with finishing college, but honestly, the biggest shock I have faced is the cost of my family members to come attend my graduation. I am originally from South Carolina, and [...]

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Let’s talk about food. A lot of you are probably thinking about eating healthier, getting ready for swimsuits and shorts, hopping back on the wagon the holidays and semester knocked over. . . . Well, worry no more. This is your free pass to eat badly and not care until the semester is over. And [...]

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This is it, kids. This is the very last Playin’ on Purple column I will ever write for The Signpost. I am graduating this semester and my time here will be over. As per tradition, this is my review not of just the semester, but of my entire time at Weber State University. First off, [...]

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