Staff Infection: What is your favorite band and why?

January 25, 2010

Reading Time: < 1 minute What is your favorite band and why? “Creed!!! Nuff said.” –Trent Bates “U2. There’s something foolish but ballsy about believing you’re the last great rock band in the world, and you’ve gotta hand it to them Irish boys: most of the time, it’s just too much fun watching them try.” –Matthew Jonassaint “Conor Oberst and […]

My Favorite Band Sucks

January 25, 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes Yes, fine. You of the ironic, derogatory t-shirt that reads “Your favorite band sucks,” you nailed it. My favorite band does suck. Not only that, but they’ve faded into irrelevancy. The nineties were a long time ago. Ah, the nineties. I miss the comfort of feeling sad. We were the generation that took the sentiment […]

Musical numbers

January 25, 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes Last week, “How I Met Your Mother,” a painfully — almost dangerously — overlooked TV show and the single-handed keeper of the quality sitcom flame, featured a musical number as the finale to its 100th episode. And this was a real musical number: singing, dancing, choreographed routines performed by random passersby, all of whom inexplicably […]

A belated apology to the Neaderthals

January 25, 2010

Reading Time: < 1 minute Dear Neanderthal, Recently, it was revealed that one of your kind, Shanidar, had been speared in the back by one of my ancient forebears. This, in addition to other such evidence that shows homosapiens were actively engaged in hominidcide leads me to issue an apology in the tradition of apologies given long, long after the […]

Finish It!: The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolaño (translated by Natasha Wimmer)

January 25, 2010

Reading Time: 3 minutes Intimidation factors: 672 pages It is a translation The bulk of the story is non-linear Speaks conversationally about Latin American writers you’ve never heard of More than 50 different voices give varying perspectives The Savage Detectives is ostensibly about a group of avant-garde poets in Mexico City in the 1970s, calling themselves the Visceral Realists […]

Events Calendar: Jan. 25-31

January 25, 2010

Reading Time: 5 minutes Editor’s Pick of the Week: TaiJi, a beautiful city located on Japan’s majestic coastline desperately tries to hide a dark secret from the rest of the world. Do you want to know the truth behind what is really going on in TaiJi, Japan? Come watch THE COVE Tuesday evening at 7 p.m. at UVU’s Library […]

Higher education information has a new home

January 25, 2010

Reading Time: < 1 minute The new information source for furthering your education is HigherEdUtah.org. Moving from its old home at utahsbr.org the site has both a new look and approach. The site’s focus is on ease of use and the utilization of social media such as Facebook, Youtube and Twitter. “That’s what’s most appealing to me about this site […]

Professor honored as 2009 Rasmuson Fellow

January 25, 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes The United States Artists awarded UVU Assistant Professor Scott Carrier their 2009 Rasmuson Fellow in media. The honor comes with a $50,000 grant which enables Carrier to continue broadcasting his unique voice. Carrier was nominated for the grant by a fellow radio producer. Based in Los Angeles, the United States Artists is an artist-advocacy organization […]

Fundraiser for Haiti student’s family in need

January 25, 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes Sometimes trauma hits close to home. On Jan. 12, Haiti’s worst recorded earthquake in nearly 200 years left several thousands dead and still more without food, clothing and clean water. While the earthquake primarily affects those living in Haiti, family members and friends in the UVU community suffer as they mourn the trials of their […]