Reading Time: 2 minutes Empezando el segundo bloque del verano, la universidad ha empezado un programa para servir más a la comunidad del condado de Utah. Este programa está dedicado a los inmigrantes que no hablan inglés o que necesitan refinar el lenguaje. Antes de poder registrarse, los estudiantes necesitan tomar un exámen escrito y de gramática y también […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Aspiring filmmakers can get some experience in Xacobeo America’s new film contest, “Find Your Way in Galicia.” Xacobeo America is an association that promotes awareness of The Way of Saint James, a catholic pilgrimage that travels to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, Spain. It is the rumored burial place of the apostle […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s hard not to be a little suspicious about the Geneva land purchase. No, it’s definitely not because there’s a man somewhere behind a curtain twirling his mustache while plotting world domination. And it’s not unreasonable to think that the campus Powers That Be have only the best intentions extending farther into the future than […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes On June 23, the Republican primary election hit Utah in a largely unnoticed flurry of conservative rhetoric. Despite atypically aggressive campaigning by many candidates, voting turnout was typically low. Here are the people you forgot to vote for: Senate seat The winner: Mike Lee, a Republican marked by his extreme devotion to the Constitution, was […]
Reading Time: 9 minutes Monday July 5 Festival: FREEDOM DAYS — 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Visit FreedomFestival.org for a list of events and their locations. Music: AMERICAN FORK SUMMER CONCERT SERIES — 7 p.m. at the Amphitheater at Quail Cove, 851 E. 700 N., American Fork. Visit AFCity.org or call 801-763-3081. Free. Music: OPEN MIC NIGHT — 7 […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Fans lined up over an hour early at Brent Brown Ballpark on June 26 to be first in the gates for opening day. As soon as the gates opened, fathers with their young boys, many families and season ticket holders flocked into the park to find their seats. Fans watched the teams warm up and […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Utah Valley’s Trac Norris will represent team USA at the upcoming 2010 IAAF World Junior Championships. He punched his ticket in the 3000-meter steeplechase on June 24 at the 2010 USA Junior Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa. Norris was one of only three qualifiers that finished ahead of […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes RED BUTTE GARDEN DATES: June 28-Sept. 10, 17 shows total PERFORMERS: Joan Baez, Brandi Carlile, Barenaked Ladies, Lyle Lovett, Allen Toussaint, Chris Isaak, the Swell Season, Norah Jones, A Prarie Home Companion, Doobie Brothers, Sheryl Crow, Willie Nelson VENUE: Red Butte Gardens has general admission lawn seating. Blankets or chairs less than 10 inches from […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Wolverine Rodeo team finished its season in mid June at the College National Finals Rodeo. “We had a pretty good finals for the most part,” said head coach Shane Draper. “We had only three of the eight athletes that qualified for the finals not make the short go. Those three had a little bad […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Woodbury Art Museum is currently displaying an exhibit titled “Art of OUR CENTURY”. The exhibit, which opened on June 11 and will continue to show until July 23, is a broad collection of diverse works of various media, including digital photography, sculpture, paint and even documented installation. Deb Banerjee juried the show. Banerjee, the […]