Reading Time: 2 minutes Having spent the previous year in France, I encountered many less-than-appetizing looking dishes. One that particularly stuck out in my memory was a salad, but not just any salad. This was an exploded pigeon-gut salad. As I reached for my fork, I surveyed my platter with disgust. How could anybody eat this? As I scanned […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Recent changes in campus tenure policy may go unnoticed by students, and yet what tenure is and why we need tenured faculty are two questions crucial to our growth as a university. According to the American Association of University Professors’ 1940 statement, as quoted in UVU’s June 2006 tenure policy, “Tenure is a means to […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The men’s rugby team started their season Sept. 18 with a strong win over Weber State, shutting out the Wildcats by a score of 38-0. Both teams were dominant on defense during the first half, keeping the ball out of either goal. “The team seemed to have butterflies,” said Coach Josh Cooper regarding the first […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Utah Valley placed second in invitational with wins over UC Riverside and Utah State The lady Wolverines had their six-match winning streak snapped by Loyola Marymount at the Utah State Invitational Sept. 17-18. UVU began the invitational against the UC Riverside Highlanders, a team they had met only seven days prior at the Arizona State […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute NAPERVILLE, Ill. — Utah Valley’s Kayli Doxey and Sarah Clement have been named Great West Conference Volleyball Players of the Week after outstanding performances last week. The awards were announced Sept. 21 by the league office. Doxey, a senior from Gilbert, Ariz., helped lead UVU to a 3-0 sweep over NJIT to open conference play […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute ENGLEWOOD, Colo. – On Sept. 20, Denver Broncos wide receiver Kenny McKinley was found dead in his home. A female friend discovered McKinley’s body Monday afternoon when she returned to his home after running an errand with his young son, Keon. It was announced Sept. 21 by Arapahoe County Coroner, Michael Dobersen, that McKinley died […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Town dives into the world of Tolkien, LeGuin, and Lewis Only a few of us have put surreal experiences and fantasies down on paper as a means of escaping an all-too-familiar reality. Whether you’ve enjoyed just one fantasy novel or immerse yourself constantly in worlds filled with mythical beasts and enchanted swords, you’ll be pleased […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Halo: Reach, Bungie’s swan song. Bungie made themselves well-known when they released Halo: Combat Evolved on the Xbox in 2001. It quickly became one of the biggest first person shooters, spawning terms like “Halo killer” to describe other shooters that could possibly be better than Halo. Reach is a prequel to Halo; it takes place […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Running is a fairly popular activity in Utah, but some people rank it pretty low on a their list of favorite exercises. For those of us that need a good reason to run other than being chased, charity 5K’s are a great way to be proactive as well as physically active. The Wild Stampede 5K […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute [monoslideshow id=9] So here’s the thing: Knitting is really awesome. There’s nothing quite like taking a skein of yarn that’s so beautiful you want to eat it and slowly transforming it into something of use. Something handmade. Something with a history. Blazing Needles, a yarn shop and community gathering place in Salt Lake, is a […]