People come from all over the world to visit Utah. Some for its natural surroundings, hiking, rock climbing, and some for the culture and aspects of a religion that dominate the area and its inhabitants. Professor David Scott, however, has come with the hope to challenge young minds and give “sheltered Utah County” a taste of the real world.
Hoping that students and community members would become more aware of their car care needs, the UVU automotive department hosted its third annual car care clinic Thursday Nov. 21. Students, faculty and community member were invited to bring their cars to the Sparks automotive building to have their cars inspected.
Campus News: KURT BESTOR TO PERFORM CHRISTMAS CONCERT AT UVU – With Christmas around the corner, Kurt Bestor, a Utah-based composer and performer, will be performing his fourth annual Christmas concert Dec. 8 at 7 p.m. in the McKay Events Center. The concert will recognize local cancer survivors of Central Utah Cancer Center and raise funds for UVU student scholarships.
The university is taking the full brunt of the budget cuts, sparing the students with minimal discomfort. The Utah State Legislature called into a special session last September enacted a immediate four percent budget cut to all Utah System of Higher Education colleges.
In a recent meeting held by UVU’s Animal Allies Club, members discussed plans to create a movement to inhibit the use of a gas chamber as an alternative to euthanasia for unwanted or sick animals. Such a method of disposal was abhorrent in the eyes of members as those who are animal lovers.
UVU has invited Said T. Jawad, Ambassador of Afghanistan to the United States, to campus to discuss his country’s development and its most pressing challenges, including security and the relationship between the new U.S. administration and President Hamid Karzai.
Last week, the UVU community celebrated its first homecoming as a university. Some of the festivities included a T-shirt swap, a dodge ball tournament, a polar bear swim, the True Wolverine Bonfire and the main event: the UVU men’s basketball team playing the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Most students wait until after graduating to put mass amounts of time, effort and work into huge career building projects. For UVU senior Jonathan Martin, this is not the mold he’s going to follow. Last summer, Martin took a small crew to Europe, Canada and across the U.
With finals just around the corner, students, including myself, are finding ourselves more and more stressed with last minute projects, papers, tests and assignments. Sounds like the end of the semester is nearing! On top of all the multitasking that comes with school during finals week, we are also balancing jobs, social lives, and dating lives.
The very entertaining classic “The Music Man” is playing at the Egyptian Theatre in Park City. This play is not to be missed if you want to see something funny that has great production values. Harold Hill, played by Mark R. Gollaher, is a terrific actor, hindered only by his spitting while talking, so watch out first row.
