News briefs

April 6, 2009

Reading Time: 3 minutes UVU GRADUATE TO BE ON WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE SHOW – UVU alumnus, Shannon Young, 49, was selected to be on a special hometown promotional campaign for the Who Wants to be a Millionaire show, hosted by Meredith Vieira. Young will be in the “Millionaire” hot seat April 8 on KSL (NBC) at 3 p.

BACA: the keepers of the children

April 6, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes Bikers Against Child Abuse (BACA) gave a well-attended presentation in the UVU Grande Ballroom on March 31 in an effort to raise awareness regarding issues of violence and neglect towards children. BACA was established by John Paul Chief Lilly, a licensed clinical social worker, play therapist and part-time faculty member at Brigham Young University.

Tuition on the rise

April 6, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Utah State Board of Regents has recently announced a two-tier increase in tuition for all state-funded colleges and universities the 2009-2010 school year. University spokesperson Chris Taylor said the total dollar amount to increase for UVU students based on full-time enrollment is $276 for an entire school year or $138 per semester.

Audition call

April 6, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes Come and audition for a New Murder Mystery Show that will run May and June at the Wise Guys Comedy Club in Orem. The auditions will be held at Wise Guys in Orem (1270 West 1130 South in Orem…it is on the WEST of the freeway in Wolverine Crossing…there are apartment buildings there as well) on April 6th and 7th from 5 p.

How to make summer come faster

April 6, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes It has been a long, hard winter. Utah County has suffered through weeks and weeks of gray skies, intermittent and unpredictable snowfall, icy roads, biting wind, and frozen appendages. Winter has forcefully taken all color and warmth from the county, holding inhabitants prisoner under skies that are the same shade as the enormous snow piles that line the road.

Metal scraps-cum-fine art

April 6, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes Visual Voice, an art exhibit by Tammy Ballard, made from chips of aluminum, fragments of barbed wire, dog tags, medical tools, uniform bottoms, bullets, and scraps of metal. The Exhibit will be on display at UVU April 6-May 2 in the Sutherland Archives Gallery, on the third floor of the new library.

A cellist of great conviction

April 6, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes All lovers of classical music will, on April 10 and 11, have the rare opportunity to see a true artist in action. Alban Gerhardt, a German classical cellist who is noted for playing every note with passion and mindboggling perfection will be performing at Abravanel Hall this weekend.

Face to face … again

April 6, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes This may only sound epic because the last time it happened you were about eleven years old, but Billy Joel and Elton John are coming to town. Together. The duo performed at the Delta Center in 2001, and will return to the venue (now called the EnergySolutions Arena) on Nov.

Diet Experiment – Part 1 of 3

April 6, 2009

Reading Time: 4 minutes If you could describe the perfect diet, my guess is it probably wouldn’t include stabbing yourself with a needle 40 times, eating only 500 calories per day, picking from a list of only 26 foods, or paying $500 dollars for a derivative from pregnant woman’s urine to place into your blood stream.

New music alert

April 6, 2009

Reading Time: < 1 minute Baton Rouge-based band Benjy Davis Project opened a window to their world with the November 4 album release, Dust, melding elements of folk, country, and pop into a sound that practically begs to be played on a cross-country road trip. The folk-anthem style is reminiscent of sun-bleached memories and over-grown prairie grasses tucking in the dusty back-roads at sunset while the warm breeze carries wisps of hair across your face in a place where everyone knows your name.