Reading Time: 2 minutes The entire second leg of U2’s “360-Degree” tour has been canceled after lead singer Bono received emergency spinal surgery on May 21 in Munich, Germany. Bono is under doctor’s orders to begin a rehabilitation program lasting at least eight weeks. The band’s first stop on the second leg of the tour was supposed to be […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Former child star Gary Coleman died last week on May 28, 2010, after hitting his head and suffering an epidural hematoma. He was 42 years old. He is survived by his wife Shannon Price. Coleman was born in Zion, Illinois on Feb. 8, 1968. He was adopted by Edmonia Sue and W.G. Coleman, who would […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute While human rights activists around the world debate the ethics surrounding capital punishment, 35 states in the U.S. continue to offer the death penalty as a sentence for capital offenses. Ronnie Lee Gardner is facing execution in June 2010, and his chosen method of death by firing squad is striking up the controversy once again. […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes From Goya’s The Third of May to the ubiquitous blindfold and cigarette depicted in so many cartoons, the images associated with execution by firing squad are a highly recognizable idiom in today’s intricate language of signs and symbols. However, it turns out that the firing squad is not nearly as common in the American penal […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes In the United States, long gone are the days of burning and beheading as forms of capital punishment. Lethal injection has become the preferred method, accounting for 98.9 percent of all executions in the U.S. between 2001 and 2005. It has been touted a humane, practical and painless form of execution, allowing the convicted offender […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes UVU’s Austin Haws Honored by The Second Chance Foundation of Utah On May 31, the Second Chance Foundation of Utah honored UVU walk-on baseball player Austin Haws as he continues his comeback after being struck by a drunk driver last year. He has was awarded the Dave Palfreyman Scholarship for the 2010-11 school year prior […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The UVU lacrosse team ended its spring season and playing year with the Men’s Collegiate Lacrosse Association national finals held in Denver May 11-15. The team played four games throughout the finals and stood out nationally as the number two team within Division II. The Wolverines began their finals with a game against Briarcliffe College, […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute The indoor track and field team made its first-ever NCAA Division I appearance on May 27-29 in Austin, Texas, with six qualifiers. After being back-to-back Great West Conference champions, the team had six members qualify for regionals. Although the team’s effort was not enough to advance to the NCAA championships in Eugene, Oregon, the team […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes After finishing the year with 28 wins, the softball team concluded its season with the Great West Conference tournament in Dallas, Texas, from May 16-17. The Wolverines returned home with only one win. The Wolverines went into the GWC tournament as the number one seed, but were upset in their first game 4-2 by the […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Baseball coach Eric Madsen doesn’t hesitate when asked about the first thing that comes to mind concerning UVU’s 2010 team. “It has to be the unity,” Madsen said. “All the guys focused on one goal. I’ve never been part of a team where that was so evident.” Madsen had three goals in mind for the […]