Reading Time: 2 minutes Ah, reader, spring. The sun emerges, the snow melts away, and deadly pollen count becomes an issue again. And spring always gives birth to new love. Ah, love. What better time is there in life than that brief window called love? This crazy romantic interlude, which begins when you’ve met someone you can spend the […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes When I saw bell hooks a few weeks ago, I was disappointed in a few of my peers who, for some reason, couldn’t keep quiet during her lecture. A few young men in the audience — not to mention white young men — spoke loudly to one another right over the top of her words for almost the […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes My mother’s friend always used to say, “It’s better to look good than to feel good.” Now, I’m not going to say that as a motto, it will lead to a fabulously glamorous life — last I checked, her Facebook page was mostly devoted to her dogs. I personally don’t subscribe to her philosophy, but […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Bikers Against Child Abuse gave a presentation in the UVU Student Center Grande Ballroom, as part of the Clothesline Project. BACA spoke about the important work they are doing to protect children and end violence against them. BACA was founded in 1995 by John Paul “Chief” Lilly, a licensed clinical social worker, a registered play […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Last week, “UVU Review” published an opinions oiece I wrote called, “I Have a Permit For This.” The piece concerned an incident in which the president of the College Republicans was detained by campus police officers because he was openly carrying a handgun on campus. The article examined the potential limitations and universality of the […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Native Suns Club held a Buffalo dinner scholarship fund raiser in the Presidential South Room of the Events Center the night of April 7. The money raised by the dinner will support the Native Suns Club Scholarship Fund. The fund is to assist UVU Native American students who may not qualify for tribal scholarships […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes On March 29 feminist activist and author Gloria Jean Watkins, better known by her pen name, “bell hooks,” spoke in the Ragan Theater to large audience about the true value of feminism. Hooks spent a great deal of her presentation reading from a new manuscript she has written, which explains why she believes that “feminism […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes If you’ve been gaming for any amount of time you’ve definitely been exposed to a fair amount of hype and hyperbole that never actually ended up materializing into the end all be all that was originally promised. Whether that lie was the illusion of choice, morality or freedom that exists in current gaming narratives or […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The best art can find meaning and beauty in even the most abject suffering. That is the motivation behind Springville Museum of Art’s new Hard Times exhibition, which held its opening reception on Wednesday, March 24 and will be running until April 25 at the museum. “I’ve seen people come into the gallery actually crying […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes 21 year old Nathan Packer is a Volleyball player on The UVU team and for anyone who has ever met Packer, they may say he has the unmistakable looks of a certain cultural icon spawned from the mind of Stephanie Meyer. In his spare time, Nathan works at the Pleasant Grove Blockbuster where he is […]