"What focal point?"

Dixie State College… we’re just that, a community college. Let’s face the facts though, we have been the fastest growing college in the state for 3 years +. Within the last three years we’ve gone from 5,000 students to a forecasted 11,000 in fall 2011. That’s an impressive amount of growth. Growth means that an institution is living, thriving and progressing. That type of growth, though welcome, was not quite expected.

Now that we have double the students we did 3 years ago, the thing I would love to see change on Dixie’s campus is that patch of grass and hand laid concrete known as “the diagonal.” While certainly…. It serves its purpose… yeah, it sure does… I can walk across the property just fine. One of the things people love most about campuses is the aesthetic feel of it. Dixie State is on the brink of becoming a university within 3-5 years, we have record growth year after year. We are getting new programs and people from all over the nation. If we want to be a University, I suggest we start thinking and acting as one. The diagonal is right in front of our student center, the student center that we are improving drastically in the next year. I suggest that as part of the improvements, we also improve the diagonal to improve the aesthetic feel of the college. By doing so, i feel that it will help the catapult towards becoming a serious learning institution.

"Life is Better at the Summit!"

They say “life is better at the Summit.” As far as I am concerned, they couldn’t be more accurate. Things like gyms however are one of the hottest arguing topics of gossip around any community. Which gym is better than the other is widely viewed as a matter of opinion and often discredited by all sorts of assumptions and prejudices. St. George in particular is a very active community with a health oriented mindset. Naturally, many people want to know truly what is the best gym around town. The “best” gym somewhat depends on what it is you want from a Gym. So what is the Summit the best at? I hold firm that indeed, life truly is… better at the Summit Athletic club.


I’ve recently taken the exercise science course at Dixie College. This course prepares you to become a personal trainer. With this education, we are instructed on every aspect of training and techniques. One of our assignments was to go to 6 health facilities in the area and to do an unbiased analysis on each of them. We were to take a tour, ask the same questions and try to put ourselves in the situation of a customer there. The assignment was given to help broaden our understanding of the resources available to us in training in St. George.


After researching all the top names of the fitness industry in southern Utah, The Summit Athletic Club kept standing further and further apart from the rest. The Summit is the most fitness oriented facility in southern Utah. The members there are less concerned with flexing in mirrors and more focused on achieving goals and obtaining quality of life. The facility has countless opportunities from young to old, tennis to yoga, swimming to free weights. They offer over 55 classes a week randing from triathlon training to pilates and spinning. The Summit fits all demographics for sure, but it is the best for married couples, families and young adults to middle aged members. While the facility appeals also to older and younger crowds, the club best serves those demographics. The Summit is the classy solution to unlimited possibilities.