Reading Time: 4 minutes What sparked your interest in meditation? Over the years, I’ve met a number of Buddhists and talked to them about meditation. Also, my doctorate includes a strong area in personality theory and psychiatry. That, when combined with teaching philosophy, one can’t help but think about the relationship of human consciousness and how we live in […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes There are many methods that supposedly help one to quit smoking cigarettes. And over the nine years that I smoked, I tried most of them. However, only one of them has provided long lasting effects, and this method did so with great ease and little anxiety or side-effects. That method: Meditation. Follow the instructions below, […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Ello all. This week I wanted to clear up some fallacies about my person. In my time here in Orem, I don’t go a day without someone asking me where I’m from or guessing that I’m from Australia, South Africa or Sweden (don’t ask). I wonder if there are many other Australian people out there […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes INFINATE JEST is enormous in many regards. THE INTIMIDATION FACTORS: Its sheer girth — it’s nearly the size of a phone book, and thicker than some. 1079 pages stare you down, laughing at the amount of your assigned pages for homework. 388 must-read footnotes spanning 96 pages. Wallace himself once said the novel is structured […]
Reading Time: 7 minutes Editor’s Pick of the Week Muse Music, in downtown Provo, will be hosting their annual Battle of the Bands competition starting Monday, Nov. 9 and ending with a final competition on Saturday, Nov. 14. The show will begin at 8 p.m. each night and the cost is 5 dollars. For more information call 801-377-MUSE or […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes For those of you who haven’t been courageous enough to wander into the depths of Zoobieville (the campus of Brigham Young University and the perimeter that surrounds it) let me tell you about a nice little place called Sammy’s. Located just off of Provo Center Street – Utah County’s best attempt at a night life […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes 2009-2010 Women’s basketball schedule Date Opponent / Event Location Time / Result 11/04/09 vs. Montana Tech # Orem, UT 5:30 p.m. MT 11/13/09 at BYU Provo, UT 3:30 p.m. MT 11/14/09 vs. Mesa State Orem, UT 3 p.m. MT […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes 2009-2010 Men’s Basketball Schedule Date Opponent / Event Location Time/Result 11/03/09 vs. Trinity Western University ^ Orem, Utah 7:05 p.m. MT 11/13/09 vs. North Dakota State Orem, UT 7:05 p.m. MT 11/17/09 at Cal State […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Larry Johnson eyes Chiefs rushing record Kansas City Chiefs’ running back Larry Johnson is 75 yards short of his team’s all-time rushing record. The current record holder is former Chief Priest Holmes with a career total of 6,070 yards. Johnson sits just shy of that mark with 5,996. However, a chunk of Chiefs fans have […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes UVU’s women’s basketball team uses a retreat to help build unity and camaraderie in their young team. Athletic teams participate in different activities to come together as a group. Some have team building games to build trust; others have workshops that help each teammate get to know each other. The UVU women’s basketball team is […]