Reading Time: 2 minutes Dear Freshmen and Anyone Holding Out For Kingdom Come Before They Must Take Math 1010…don’t do it. I tried. I told myself: “I’m a nerd, sure, but not enough to compute – only nerdy enough to tell others when they’re using the wrong “their” or have one too many clauses in a single sentence. I […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Point Omega by Don DeLillo 117 pages Here at Finish It, we introduced you to Don DeLillo’s 832-page “Underworld.” With that under your belt, it’s time for a fun-size Finish It – this time DeLillo’s “Point Omega,” at a blink-of-an-eye 117 page clip. In short? It’s about a secret war advisor and a young filmmaker. […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes $12.2 million. That is the most important number anyone voting in this week’s elections should be considering. Each full-time student is charged a fee, separate from tuition, in the amount of $292. When you add every student’s fees over a year, what you get is approximately $12.2 million. Not chump change at all. UVU is […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes “I really suck at math… I just hate it with all of my waking conscience.” This quote from a friend of mine could easily be the motto of the English department. Hell, it could have even been my motto a few years back. As an English major, it was almost required that I have an […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Ah, Math. The singular source of graduation frustration in so many of us. Luckily, in the technological age we live in, the internet can save us from failing math multiple times (hopefully). Two seniors studying digital media, Rob Steffen and Josh Benson, have launched as their senior project a podcast of Professor Ben Moulton’s Intermediate […]
Reading Time: 6 minutes Editor’s Pick of the Week: If you are looking for some tasteful vintage clothing or furniture then the Velour is the place for you. They will be hosting a vintage flea market Friday from noon to midnight and Saturday noon to 4 p.m. Call 801-818-BAND or visit VelourLive.com for more information. Monday March 1 Music: […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes What is natural and what isn’t? This is an interesting question because within the public sphere there are many assumptions about what constitutes natural behavior, and many attempts to justify arguments by appealing to nature. Unfortunately, this is often an incorrect usage of the word. One reason for constant misuse of naturalistic arguments might be […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The inventor of chess should have been the richest person who ever lived. As the legend goes, the inventor of chess brought his game to the king of wherever-the-hell they were, as a gift to amuse the sovereign. So pleased was the king that he offered to let the inventor name his/her own award. The […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Utah Valley battled in the Dakotas Feb. 18 and 20 taking two more conference loses from South and North Dakota. In the first seven minutes of play against USD, the Wolverines fell behind 15-0 making it hard to come back. The game ended in a 68-39 loss. Shooting just 20 percent from the field in […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Utah Legislature gave us the best possible description of how Utahans approach sex – absolute silence. On Feb. 22, the state Senate sat without a peep for several minutes waiting for someone to make a motion to hear SB54, a bill related to sex education in Utah. No one made a motion, and the […]