The Valley Guide – April 5-11

April 5, 2010

Reading Time: 5 minutes Editor’s Pick of the Week: Parlor Hawk, (formerly known as Moses) will be having their colossal CD release show Saturday 8 p.m. at Velour music gallery. This brilliant posse of artists have a sound all their own. Come check out this up-and-coming band and experience an evening of music you won’t soon forget. Call 801-818-BAND […]

Nixon grateful after 15 years at UVU

April 5, 2010

Reading Time: 3 minutes Transition after transition, progression after progression, Utah Valley’s Cathy Nixon has taken the women’s basketball program upward over the last 15 years. “It has been an incredible journey to see the change and growth that has happened. What an experience it has been to see the change from Utah Valley Community College to Utah Valley […]

Crucial camping tips: A summer under the stars

April 5, 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes If you’re anything like me, you have codependency issues, stay awake all night questioning your own existence and are on the lookout for a toaster. Oh, and you also love summer camping! And because I love camping during the summer months (and the fall, winter, and spring months), I consider myself highly qualified to give […]

UVU Sports schedule April 5-10

April 5, 2010

Reading Time: < 1 minute Monday, Apr 5 Men’s Golf at Wyoming Cowboy Classic Scottsdale, Arizona All Day Women’s Golf at Wyoming Cowgirl Classic Chandler, Arizona All Day Tuesday, Apr 6 Men’s Golf at Wyoming Cowboy Classic Scottsdale, Arizona All Day Women’s Golf at Wyoming Cowgirl Classic Chandler, Arizona All Day Friday, Apr 9 Baseball vs. North Dakota Orem, Utah […]

UVU lacrosse enjoys home-field advantage

April 5, 2010

Reading Time: < 1 minute The Utah Valley University lacrosse team had yet another successful weekend Mach 26-27. They played two victorious home games against Fort Lewis and Northern Colorado. Friday evening’s weather made for snowy playing conditions against Fort Lewis on the BYU North Field. Slush notwithstanding, Utah Valley played phenomenally and sent the Skyhawks packing with a final […]

Summer music

April 5, 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes OK, listen up fools. Do you anticipate being short on traveling cash and long on summer boredom in the all-too-brief (but gloriously unacademic) space between May 1 and Aug. 28? Are you short on meaningful social interaction and long on multi-sided dice with miniature wizard figurines? Can’t get out of the Valley long enough to […]

Party of “No”vember

April 5, 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Republican Party lost control of Congress, the Senate, and the presidency in just a few short years. Things looked down and hopeless. “What do we do now?” Republicans asked each other, but no one seemed to be sure. However, when Massachusetts elected a Republican senator, there was a glimmer of hope for the GOP. […]

Where’s the good Queer Mormon lit?

April 5, 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes “No Going Back” by Jonathan Langford is the latest offering from the Mormon community to address the difficult internal struggle young Mormon youth may feel as they learn they have what the LDS Church terms as same-gender attraction. It’s been generally well received and is up for awards. I’m concerned the reason for its positive […]

Briefs – April 5

April 5, 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes Varney, Flanary bring home GWC, PCSC weekly honors Utah Valley’s Shaylyn Varney was named Pacific Coast Softball Conference and Great West Conference Softball Player of the Week and teammate Kyli Flanary was named the PCSC and GWC Pitcher of the Week for their outstanding play at last weekend’s GWC Softball Cluster. The awards were announced […]

I have a permit for this

April 5, 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes The American Bar Association claims, “There is probably less agreement, more misinformation, and less understanding of the right to keep and bear arms than any other current controversial constitutional issue.” Our very campus experienced a dustup last March when the many-titled Nick Moyes, Club President/Chair/Captain of the UVU College Republicans, was, as reported by the […]