Boxing Lydia

December 8, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes Ello all, Aunty Lyd’s here for my last message of the year. No need to cry though. I’ll be back next year to impart to you my wisdom and life experience. This week I was trying to think of things that Americans don’t have that I grew up with at home. Three things came to […]

Christmas traditions through the ages

December 8, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen — and like me, you’ve probably wondered if we should be teaching such words to our children, especially all in the same sentence and tied together like that. This is aside from the point I’m trying to make, though: Do you recall the lesser-known facts of […]

Planning the perfect party

December 8, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes Planning the perfect party December is a month filled with numerous holidays and extravaganzas. Throwing themed parties during this time of merriment and mayhem is a great way to recover from the constant pressure of impending finals. The challenge, however, is figuring out how to make a party stand out from the duds. The intention […]

Exiled indoors

December 8, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes As winter approaches, there is a four-letter word that comes to the mind of many. Cold. Winter comes bearing gifts of relaxation, snow-capped mountains, and a break from the school load. But, it also brings the type of chilling weather that exiles one indoors. These types of days are those in which sleet defaces the […]

Problem solved! Gift solutions for those who leave you clueless

December 8, 2009

Reading Time: 4 minutes Some people are just impossible to shop for. Sure, you can spend hours scouring the mall or surfing the Web, but with finals looming near, who has time for that? It’s easy to resort to gift cards, but those are trite. In a time-saving effort, here are perfect gifts for the hard-to-please demographics. The music […]

Wolverine wrestlers on track for success

December 8, 2009

Reading Time: < 1 minute The UVU wrestling team has dominated the collegiate field so far this season,  winning two tournaments and three duals all against Division one teams. “Everyone has really stepped up to fill all the gaps we’ve had due to injuries,” said coach Greg Williams of the teams’ success. As the Wolverine grapplers enjoy success as a […]

Schedule

December 7, 2009

Reading Time: < 1 minute Schedule Dec 7 Tues. Dec. 8 Men’s Basketball vs. William Jessup University McKay Center 7:05 p.m. Wed. Dec. 9 Women’s Basketball at Cal State Bakersfield Bakersfield, CA 8 p.m. Sat. Dec. 12 Men’s Basketball at Utah State Logan, UT 7:05 p.m. Women’s Basketball at Southern Utah Cedar City, UT 7 p.m. Wrestling at UNK Loper […]

What lies ahead for Wolverines?

December 7, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes Heading into the semester break the UVU men’s basketball team has seen the good, bad and ugly of college basketball. The Ugly came in a preseason spanking at the hands of Trinity Western University. The team from Canada coasted to a 77-58 win over the Wolverines. Luckily for the team in green, the preseason loss […]

Men’s basketball breaks even

December 7, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes The men’s basketball team just finished a four game road trip with stops in Bakersfield, CA, Minneapolis, MN, and Mobile, AL. The Wolverines have not performed well on the road in the past and it seems that the pattern has continued so far this season. UVU returns from their most recent road trip with a […]

Professional basketball in Utah Valley is back!

December 7, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Utah Flash return to the McKay Events Center with hopes of bringing the NBA D-League title back to Orem after falling just short last year. UVU fans will be pleased to know that former Wolverine forward Jordan Brady will be suiting up for the Flash after spending last season playing overseas in Europe. But […]