A new year, a new start

January 11, 2010

Reading Time: 3 minutes Being the connoisseur of new-age narcissism that I am, I delight in making my yearly New Years Rezes. With the beginning of a new year, we have a prime opportunity to change ourselves for the better and reach the goals in our life that we just haven’t yet been able to attain. Here are just […]

Staff infection: What is your New Year’s resolution?

January 11, 2010

Reading Time: < 1 minute Try harder. —Meggie Woodfield To plan a trip for this summer covering most of Asia and tell everyone I know about how cool it is going to be. —Trent Bates Learn to play the harmonica. —Emma Hunt Graduate this year. Or next. Probably next. Or maybe I’ll drop out. Yeah, I’ll drop out. My goal […]

Top Four (for Parkour)

January 11, 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes It is the year two thousand and ten, in the far-flung future of a distant past.  Armed gangs of criminals run the streets of the nation’s largest cities.  Democracy has become gridlocked as partisan politics thinly veil the machinations of the politicians’ corporate overlords. The poor have no voice, the rich have no souls, and […]

Karma & Meg: The Five Precepts

January 11, 2010

Reading Time: 3 minutes I was supposed to be a French-speaking guitarist with a love for swimming by December 2009. Instead I was an English-speaking girl with no musical talent whatsoever and who swims like a stone. In other words, the resolutions I made last New Year’s Day of learning how to speak French, play the guitar, and swim […]

Finish it!: Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson

January 11, 2010

Reading Time: 3 minutes The plot of Illuminatus! is difficult to describe, but I’ll try. The offices of a magazine are bombed, supposedly by a militant conservative group of some sort. The editor of the magazine has disappeared without a trace. Detectives assigned to the case discover that the cause is actually much more confusing than they originally supposed. […]

Critique of the Week: In-N-Out Burger

January 11, 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes You’ve seen the lines as you’ve driven by and wondered what all the excitement was about. Is Bon Jovi doing autographs at that In-N-Out place up the road? Does the meal come with a raffle ticket for the new Lamborghini Reventon? Nope. People are simply lined up for … wait for it … a cheeseburger. […]

Wolverine grapplers continue to progress

January 11, 2010

Reading Time: < 1 minute After traveling to Nevada, Nebraska and Illinois in the month of December, the UVU wrestling team continues to maintain a high standard of competition. “The season is going great,” said coach Greg Williams. “We are still undefeated in duals and the guys are progressing.” Over Christmas break five of the team members were invited to […]

Wolverines to return to home court after break

January 11, 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes The lady Wolverines played three games during the semester break and started off 2010 with a loss, which now puts the losing streak at four straight. After finishing finals and returning home from a three game road trip early in December, UVU took on Portland State on December 18. The Wolverines endured a tough 85-58 […]

Making Headlines

January 11, 2010

Reading Time: < 1 minute Arenas receives indefinite suspension Washington Wizards standout Gilbert Arenas has been dealt an indefinite suspension by the NBA for his actions in responding to a disagreement with teammate Javaris Crittenton. After a gambling debt caused the disagreement, Arenas and Crittenton allegedly pulled guns on each other in the Wizard’s locker room. While Arenas has tried […]

Sports briefs

January 11, 2010

Reading Time: < 1 minute Kjar Named Wrester of the Week by WWC UVU 125-pound Junior Benjamin Kjar has been named the Western Wrestling Conference’s Wrestler of the Week as announced today by the league. Kjar placed fifth at the Midlands Championships, Dec. 29-30, after entering as the No. 6 seed and finishing with an overall record of 5-2 at […]