Passion and perseverance

December 6, 2010

Reading Time: 3 minutes Piano professor promotes students above self Assistant professor Hilary Demske is somewhat of a celebrity in the piano world, but talking to her you’d have no idea. An international performer, Demske has played the piano since she was 3 years old, has played in front of crowds all over the world and most recently has […]

Ray paves way to 1st at Omaha

December 6, 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes Ray takes first at Kaufman-Brand Open Two contagious factors are in play for the Wolverine grapplers right now: the belief they can nationally contend and the injury bug. The latter they would just as soon leave behind. The former, according to Coach Greg Williams, is something that needs to continue filtering down the entire roster. […]

Letters to the Editor: December 6, 2010

December 6, 2010

Reading Time: < 1 minute I disagree with the article titled “‘Tis the Season.” We “huddled masses” are “depressed” because of the weather, period. We gain weight because we have more reason to stay in and watch TV. We’re lethargic for the same reason. Less exercise and activity outside means fewer endorphins and less dopamine in our brains. When it’s […]

Men’s basketball knocks opponents socks off

December 6, 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes After opening the season with a rough 0-3 start, the men’s basketball team rallied together to put up back-to-back, dominating wins at home before grinding out a narrow victory over Oregon State in Corvallis, Ore., Dec. 1. The Wolverines took the court the day after Thanksgiving, facing off against La Sierra in the UCCU Center. […]

A letter from your student body president

December 6, 2010

Reading Time: < 1 minute America’s fight for independence has always been of particular interest to me. No matter what country you are from, there is something to be learned from this classic story in history. General George Washington observed that the victory in the War of Independence was through very peculiar circumstances. In his words, the war was won […]

Utah Valley represents at preseason WNIT

December 6, 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes Mid-November saw the women’s basketball team head to the Preseason Women’s National Invitation Tournament to represent Utah Valley for the first time. “I feel like it was a great compliment, mostly to our teams in the past,” said Coach Cathy Nixon. “It was a great honor for us to represent Utah Valley in a tournament […]

Local farmer brings Utahans poultry for the holidays

December 6, 2010

Reading Time: < 1 minute After a bad arrangement of debt and business dealings last fall, local farmer Nels Anderson and his family lost their homes and their land.  The only thing left from their farm was a flock of turkeys. In desperation to make money for his family, the farmer contacted Slow Food Utah, hoping someone would be interested […]

Psyched

December 6, 2010

Reading Time: 3 minutes Australian Psych-rock band Tame Impala comes to SLC promoting their first album Space. Both the kind that is in between things and the kind that Buzz Aldrin made his bread and butter with. Space in every sense permeates Innerspeaker, the freshman album from the band Tame Impala. Kevin Parker, singer, guitarist, and core writer and […]

Lady Wolverines fall despite second half comeback effort

December 6, 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes After returning from WNIT competition, the women’s basketball team hit the home court over Thanksgiving, hosting Northern New Mexico and in-state rival Southern Utah University, and then again last Wednesday against in-state rival Utah State. The lady Wolverines split the pair of games over the holiday taking a loss against SUU (63-73) and a win […]

Green Cello: Deliciously colorful music

December 6, 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes Coming up with funky concert names like “Green Cello: Rated PG for Language and Low Violins” is one part of Crystal Young –Otterstroms job as one of the co-founders and marking director for the Salty Cricket Composers Collective. It’s all part of the season for the Salty Cricket. “Marketing is my day job, and I […]