Reading Time: < 1 minute Several eager spectators filled the library auditorium on March 2 to await the third annual Marie Clegg-Jones Speech Competition. The competition included a host of talented young speakers addressing a variety of different issues relevant to both the local community and nation as a whole. While all participants were impressive in their own way, Tyler […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes A German goldsmith living in the 1450s hid from the Catholic Church to invent what would not only bring the world out of the Dark Ages but become the first technology to spread information to the masses in the same revolutionary way the internet has led to an explosion of information accessibility today: the Gutenburg […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Wednesday, March 10-13 Men’s Basketball at Great West Conference Championships Orem, Utah TBA Women’s Basketball at Great West Conference Championships Orem, Utah TBA Thursday, March 11-12 Men’s Golf at Bandon Dunes Championship Bandon, Ore. All Day Friday, March 12-13 Track at NCAA Championships Fayetteville, Ark. All Day Saturday, Mar 13 Softball vs. College of Idaho […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Feb. 25, the previously UVU Prelaw club changed its name to the Christine M. Durham Prelaw Club in honor of Utah Supreme Court Chief Justice Christine Durham. Durham was the first female chief justice to swear into office a female governor, Olene Walker, in 2003. Durham, who has been on the Utah Supreme Court since […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute On Feb. 25 New York Times editor and writer Tom Zeller Jr. visited the Ragan Theater to speak about the impact businesses are having on the global climate. Zeller has spent the last 12 years covering everything from technology to politics, but the last year and a half Zeller has been writing on the issue […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Movies about children in difficult situations destroy me. I’m still trying to forget I ever saw “Pan’s Labyrinth.” So when the little girl was getting her head shaved within the first five minutes of the 2005 Indian film “Water,” presented at the Library Auditorium by UVU’s Cinema Club, I prepared for a brutal viewing experience. […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Now is the winter of our discontent, but it doesn’t have to be. We are entering the phase where it feels like this weather will never end. Since we can’t escape it, the best thing to do is try to embrace it, and the best way to do that is to find music that complements […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes If you ever walk into Barnes and Noble or Borders make your way over to travel section. Whether you are planning a trip or not, the time to prepare is now. Travel books are a key component to a successful trip especially if you travel on a whim. I didn’t find this out until I […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Beginning this Thursday Contemporary Dance Ensemble, UVU’s pre-professional level modern dance company, will present “Structures,” a dance event that according to a press release “relates to the physical and abstract aspects of human life and interaction.” “Structures” features pieces by seven choreographers, two of them faculty members at UVU. Each choreographer will present a unique […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Assuming each show can be done in an hour and a half, watching all 36 of Shakespeare’s plays would take 54 hours. But in the time of one performance, the “Quick and Holey Shakespeare Company” can perform not only all of the standard works, but pay tribute to the the apocrypha and the sonnets as […]