Incident studies in rejection

October 26, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes Dear Mr. Steffen, We regret the need to send this letter. Your constant submissions to American Heritage Encyclopedia are rapidly descending into full-scale harassment. In addition, the content you continue to provide to our research team seems to be the result of some combination of fever dreams, an appalling public education, and the apparent ingestion […]

Why I hate The Misfits

October 26, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes It’s getting kinda cold out, and the leaves are changing, and there’s only a few days left til it’s Halloween. One whole night of crappy, hard to see through masks, homemade costumes made of fabric only your grandmother still wears, candy you probably won’t ever get around to eating, and parties full of idiots. If […]

30 days of ‘ween: Part 3

October 26, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes Ello all you haunted house goers out there. Let me tell you about one of my first haunted houses. It was the ‘Ween of my fourteenth year and in an attempt to get to know my dear old daddy a bit better and share an interest, I decided we’d go to a haunted house. I […]

Tibetan Book of the Living Dead

October 26, 2009

Reading Time: 3 minutes For this special Halloween installment of Karma and Meg, I was just going to copy and paste the script of a Halloween episode of Dharma and Greg, but apparently there are these wacky laws that prevent me from doing so. With my hopes of providing you with hilarious Dharma and Greg entertainment crushed, I figure […]

Pay the costume to be the boss.

October 26, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes Whether it is a three-month dedication to becoming the spitting image of Jack Sparrow or a quick thrift shop run on the eve of Hallow’s Eve, the Halloween costume has its own version of dedication and bravery. The costume, a sort of mask away from normalcy and everyday living, allows for a day/night escape from […]

Facts of life: Halloween

October 26, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes Halloween, or All Hallow’s Eve as it was formally called, has roots that reach back thousands of years ago to Celtic lifestyles and religion. The Celts believed that on All Hallows Eve (the day before All Hallows Day, which was the first day of their new year) the spirits of those who had died the […]

The valley guide

October 26, 2009

Reading Time: 6 minutes Oct. 26 – Nov. 1 Editor’s Pick of the Week: Check out the Black and White Halloween Film Festival at Covey Center for the Arts in Provo starting Oct. 29 and running through Halloween night.  Festival goers will screen black and white classic Halloween films including Dracula, Frankenstein, and even some Abbot and Costello.  There […]

Slightmare on 13th

October 26, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes Nightmare on 13th, located at 1300 South in Salt Lake City, has been voted by USA Today as the #1 Haunted House in America, though I must politely disagree. I want to like this place, I really do. Some of the rooms and effects were downright awesome, and the folks here had some great elements […]

UVU wins three and drops one

October 26, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes UVU picked up three additional wins while dropping one in recent matchups with USU, Texas-Pan American, ISU and SUU. On Oct. 13 the Wolverines took on in-state rival USU in a five set match. The Aggies built some substantial leads throughout play that allowed them to run away with the match.  Despite the loss, UVU […]

Wolverines split contests

October 26, 2009

Reading Time: < 1 minute The UVU women’s soccer team faced off against Houston Baptist University on Friday Oct. 16 in Houston, Texas. After a total of 15 shots and 11 fouls by UVU, and another 12 shots and 13 fouls by Houston Baptist, the game ended in a tie at one goal a piece.  Nicole Archibald scored UVU’s only […]