30 days of ‘ween

October 5, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes Ello all, it’s that time again. Every year around this period, I start feeling it in my body. Cramps, irritability, anxiety, mood swings, angry outbursts and tender mamas are all signs that my favorite holiday – I like to call it ‘ween – is here. I hear some of you dissenters whispering that it’s too […]

CRITIQUE OF THE WEEK – Café Fresh

October 5, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes This week my assignment took me to Orem’s very own Café Fresh, located at 500 South State, in the same building as Good Earth, just up the road from last week’s critique of the week restaurant, Pho Plus Noodle House. Type of food – Boasting a wide variety of fresh, healthy food, Café Fresh is […]

“Chick flick” is Latin for unrealistic expectations

October 5, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes Let’s face it, any woman with an ounce of estrogen yearns for the attention and royal treatment like that of the ever-so-suave Leopold, from “Kate and Leopold,”  appropriately played by the sexiest Wolverine alive: Hugh Jackman. But how realistic is such yearning? Frankly (and quite unfortunately), we live in a world outside of the silver […]

Briefs

October 5, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes Great West Conference Granted Automatic Bid into CIT Field The Great West Conference men’s basketball tournament champion has been granted an automatic bid into the CollegeInsider.com Post-season Tournament (CIT), giving the league’s first post-season tournament even more meaning. The Great West and CollegeInsider.com, a nationally recognized website, formed a partnership which grants an automatic qualifier […]

Wolverines’ struggles continue

October 5, 2009

Reading Time: < 1 minute Looking for some offense and an elusive win, the UVU women’s soccer team took its travels north to take on the Idaho State Bengals. The good news: After nearly three games, the Wolverines finally scored a goal. The bad news: They still lost. The Bengals (4-4-0) struck early and scored late to hold off the […]

Schedule

October 5, 2009

Reading Time: < 1 minute Mon. Oct. 5 Women’s Volleyball vs. Boise State Orem, Utah 7 p.m Men’s Golf at Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate Palm Desert, California Women’s Golf at Firestone Grill Intercollegiate San Luis Obispo, California Tues. Oct. 6 Men’s Golf at Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate Palm Desert, California Women’s Golf at Firestone Grill Intercollegiate San Luis Obispo, California Thurs. Oct. […]

RSL down but not quite out

October 5, 2009

Reading Time: < 1 minute Real Salt Lake has struggled recently to stay in the playoff hunt and after a 3-0 loss to FC Dallas Sept. 26, the fight to play in the postseason is all but lost. “I was kind of hoping to see that fight, something that would break our way that would lead some confidence and some […]

Rodeo team enjoys successful fall season

October 5, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes The 26th of Sept. culminated the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association fall season for the UVU rodeo team. After four rodeos, the men’s team currently ranks first in the nation with the women’s team sitting thirteenth. The Rocky Mountain Region met in Cedar City, Utah to officially begin their fall rodeo season. Saddles were cinched, bucking […]

Making Headlines

October 5, 2009

Reading Time: < 1 minute Tebow suffers bell-ringing concussion The leading candidate for the 2009 Heisman Trophy, Tim Tebow, suffered a concussion in a win over Kentucky late last month. This Saturday the Gators take on LSU in Baton Rouge, and a questionable Tebow could be the difference maker. Luckily for Gator fans, the concussion appears to be Tebow’s first. […]

Cross-country team performs well at Roy Griak Invitational

October 5, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes On Sept. 26, the UVU Cross Country team found themselves in Minneapolis, Minnesota to compete in the twenty fourth annual Roy Griak Invitational. Coach, Scott Houle (currently in his sixth season of coaching at UVU,) expressed satisfaction with how the team did. “Both the men and women performed better than they ever have at Roy […]