Author: Curtis Newbold

This infographic, created by Westminster College student Samuel Askins, compares US region and state alcohol consumption. Of particular interest in the findings? Many states drink more beer alone than Utah drinks in total beer, wine, and spirits combined.   Editor’s Note: This infographic was created by a designer not directly

Ever wanted to know how Harry Potter stacks up against the Bible, in terms of distribution and language translation? Sorry, Potter fans, you’ve got a ways to go to catch up with The Good Book. But Harry did make the list of most translated books in the world: Harry Potter is wedged right

Our culture has a problem. We’re scared to fail. The reality is, much of what we do in life requires problem solving. And solving problems requires a certain level of opportunity for failure. It also requires some creative juice, which is made up of some concoction of ingredients that includes

If a critical component of your love life is chattin’ it up with your honey on your phone while you’re driving, be warned: the government just crashed that party. On May 13, 2014, Utah became the 12th US state to ban cell phone use to all drivers while driving.  The

Several different American and British research studies, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, The Independent, and market research firm eMarketing.com show a fairly depressing outlook on what people do with their days: people spend more time on TV, cell phones, and the internet than they do exercising, being with friends

I recently had a strange interaction with my students. I was teaching the second of a department-required, two-semester course series on design in a class where all sixteen of my students were majoring in communication—many of whom were about to graduate in a few months. In my original syllabus, I

By Autumn Thatcher Guest Blog Post Autumn’s Blog The digital age has brought with it exciting transformation, but with that change comes an eerie foreshadowing of a future where human beings are dismissed and overlooked for the less expensive and faster-producing artificial intelligent counterparts that are being introduced in the

As a product of 1981, I’m officially one of the oldest in my generation, a generation cultural scholars label the “Millennial” group. Wedged between Generation X (those born between 1960 and 1980) and what some are starting to call Generation Z (those born within the last decade), we Millennials are