This is The End; the lighter side of the apocalypse

July 1, 2013

Reading Time: 2 minutes Cameron Simek, Life Editor   Before we begin, it’s important to note that this movie is not The World’s End, with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, which is the other end of the world movie premiering this summer. It seems like a deal was struck between these two films as the previews included an extended […]

Explosions and loud noises: a guide to the 4th of July

July 1, 2013

Reading Time: 2 minutes Cameron Simek, Life Editor   So, the week is upon us. We sit in silent reflection, thinking back to a time when our ancestors were forced to fight for their freedom. As a flag dances patriotically on the wind, thousands of hearts around the country are moved in unison to the sounds of the 1812 […]

Fresh fun at the Provo farmers’ market

July 1, 2013

Reading Time: 2 minutes Laura Fox, Photo Editor   Saturday morning Provo is bustling with weekend shoppers, summer students and families, all enjoying the first warm days of the summer months. At Pioneer Park the water fountains are on and crowded with soaking wet kids, wild with excitement and uncertainty of where the next fountain of cool water will […]

DOMA down and Prop 8 dismantled

July 1, 2013

Reading Time: 3 minutes Nicole Shepard, News Editor  @NicoleEShepard   Last Wednesday the debate over defining marriage took a pivotal turn when the Supreme Court declared two laws defining marriage as unconstitutional.   Much of the argument revolved around Proposition 8, the California law that revoked marriage licenses previously given to same-sex couples, while denying future same-sex couples legal […]

Another Step Forward: Advances in an Era of Acceptance

July 1, 2013

Reading Time: < 1 minute KresLynn Knouse, Assistant News Editor, @KresLynn   This Wednesday, the Supreme Court ruled that the Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA—a law that prevented same-sex couples from having federally recognized marriages—was unconstitutional. DOMA was signed in 1996 by President Bill Clinton, representative of the immense change in public opinion that has taken place in the […]

Xbox One: Look ma’! No hands!

June 17, 2013

Reading Time: 2 minutes Alex Rivera, Editor-in-Chief   Since its announcement on May 21 earlier this year, the Xbox One has been on my mind. With the new Kinect features and entertainment focus from that press release, I couldn’t help but wonder what else the Xbox One can do. And on Monday, June 10, I was pleasantly surprised with […]

Console wars

June 17, 2013

Reading Time: 3 minutes By Alex Sousa, Managing Editor, @TwoFistedSousa   I’ve never been one to participate in the “console wars.” Maybe that’s because when I was growing up the choice between a Nintendo and a Sega was moot because I couldn’t afford either of them. But even as I’ve gotten older, and my allowance more robust, the console […]

UVU Breaks Ground On New Classroom Building

June 17, 2013

Reading Time: 2 minutes By Alex Sousa, Managing Editor, @TwoFistedSousa   At 1 p.m. on Friday, June 14, President Matthew Holland broke ground at Utah Valley University on the new Classroom Building.   “This was absolutely essential. This was a building that had to be built for higher education to move forward,” President Holland explained at the ceremony.   The […]

Vine for Android

June 17, 2013

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Michelle Ngo, Reporter, [email protected]     Vine, Twitter’s video sharing app, is the latest trend to hit social networking. Vine can be downloaded fand allows users to create and record video clips with the maximum of 6 seconds, promoting the user’s creativity. Even brands such as Lowe’s and Gap, are using it to promote […]

Kyrgyz Ambassador Communicates Constitutional Importance

June 17, 2013

Reading Time: 2 minutes Natalie Sullivan, Assistant News Editor, @nhillsullivan   On June 3, 2013, Muktar Djumaliev, ambassador of the Kyrgyz Republic to the United States and Canada, visited Utah Valley University to deliver a lecture to students focused on the challenges and opportunities faced by political reforms in Kyrgyzstan.   Kyrgyzstan, once under Soviet leadership, adopted a new […]