Venues

March 26, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Cake eaters, awkward toasters and relatives you never knew you had will only be there for a few moments.   That one day, that one thing, that one reason, that one person, that one place. You want perfection, if not just for you, so that you won’t have to hear it from your mother-in-law for […]

New Buffalo Wild Wings supports UVU

March 26, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Buffalo Wild Wings has a history of opening restaurants in areas with a high population of college students. With more than 60,000 students in Utah county alone, Buffalo Wild Wings corporate team felt this location was a perfect fit.   “The reaction from the local students has been outstanding,” said Russ Despain, assistant manager of […]

Dresses

March 26, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes The first thing every woman does after she’s engaged, and often times long before, is find the wedding dress of her dreams.   When all is said and done, she won’t remember what she ate or what exactly the décor was, but she’ll remember your dress and how you looked in it. It’s important that […]

Free tax assistance available

March 26, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes The stressful tax season is in full swing and United Way’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program offers free tax assistance to those who qualify.   The VITA program offers free tax preparation to Utah County residents with an income of $50,000 or less. The VITA program is grant-run and targeted toward low-income individuals, according to […]

Sex Ed

March 26, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Utah will not become the first state to ban student education on contraception, pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. Governor Gary Herbert vetoed House Bill 363 which would limit sexual education in the classroom to “abstinence-centered” curriculum only.   “If H.B. 363 were to become law, parents would no longer have the option the overwhelming majority […]

Cake

March 26, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes No wedding is complete without a delicious, beautiful, breathtaking cake. Luckily, there is a perfect selection to choose from in Utah Valley.   Wedding Cakes By Dawna is a home-based business in Pleasant Grove. Owner Dawna Erickson has been creating wedding cakes for the past 23 years. She fell in love with baking when she […]

Old, new, borrowed, blue

March 26, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes As a currently engaged bride-to-be, I’ve been considering an old tradition in picking my wedding attire.  Most of you have probably heard this Victorian poem at one time or another:   Something olde, something new, Something borrowed, something blue, And a silver sixpence in her shoe.   For those unfamiliar with the tradition, this poem […]

Let’s get the ball rolling on reforming the Elections Committee

March 26, 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutes Amidst all the scrapping and riffing and finger-pointing between Team Exelerate and Team Aspire, Team Impact stayed calm, sat quietly and won this year’s election. But Chad Workman, who will officially become UVUSA’s Student Body President on Graduation Day, doesn’t intend to remain quiet during his tenure in student government.   “I was actually disappointed […]

Flowers

March 26, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes People still tell me how beautiful my mother’s wedding was. With ice sculptures, an expansive hors d’oeuvres table, a live jazz band and 5-course meal for five hundred guests, there were plenty of details to take in. But what stands out in my family’s memory was the flowers. Stems Inc., a floral company owned by […]

Colors of the SEO rainbow

March 26, 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutes Everyone is affected one way or another by popular search engines Google, Bing and Yahoo. The three top jobs for search engines are to build trust among their users, provide the best results and to sell advertising. But how do different colored hats play into these search engines?   UVU graduate Ash Buckles educated students […]