Archive | November 16th, 2009

From Utah to Uganda with love

From Utah to Uganda with love

Benefit concert raises money for medical supplies
How do you create a future? For many, it is something that will take some work; however, in Utah Valley there are many resources to help along the way. One can go to college or work one’s way up in a rewarding career.
Most college students don’t have to [...]

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TWILIGHT fans get ready for NEW MOON

There is a lot of buzz surrounding the release of New Moon, the second movie in the Twilight series, based on the novels of the same name by Stephanie Meyer.
Events by Alice, an organization named after a character in the series of novels, is hosting The New Moon Experience Nov. 19-20 at the South Towne [...]

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Celebrating a time before pianos

Celebrating a time before pianos

This past summer, the UVU Music Department acquired a harpsichord – a predecessor to the piano, with strings perpendicular to keys that are played simultaneously. Peter Fisk harpsichord inspired a department-wide collaboration that has now become Harpsichord Week.
This weeklong festival started Nov. 13 and will go through Nov. 21. The festival was planned to give [...]

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Adventures in guilty pleasures: The eighth deadly sin

So, I’m pretty sure I’m going to hell. Although I have a lot of reasons to think so, there is one particular guilty pleasure that puts me over the top of alloted violations: hilarious grainy videos of morbidly obese people crashing on dirt bikes.
It doesn’t stop there. I die laughing at videos of nervous soon-to-be-married [...]

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Five things that ruin a date

Since I started writing this dating column a few months ago, the topic of relationships has been a constant topic of discussion. People approach me on a weekly basis and say, “Oh, Nate. You should totally write an article on (insert bad dating habit here). It drives me nuts when people do that on a [...]

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ALIENATED: Director David O. Russell’s novel is an outlandish and otherworldly debut

ALIENATED: Director David O. Russell’s novel is an outlandish and otherworldly debut

David O. Russell is not  a name you would expect to find in the young adult section of a bookstore. The writer/director behind movies like Three Kings and I Heart Huckabees, Russell isn’t exactly known for his family-friendly adventures – quite the opposite, in fact. That being said, his new book, Alienated, just so happens [...]

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