Reading Time: 3 minutes Students pay for a portion of the school’s athletic programs, and although the return may not be obvious when one looks at ticket sales, the program serves other purposes. Few people like paying dues and fees. Most people like cheering for at least one sports team. These two statements do not appear to follow any […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Assistant Athletic Director Nate Mathis was involved in a serious ski accident on March 26 at Park City Ski Resort. Mathis was life-flighted immediately to the University of Utah Hospital. A spokesperson representing the family has verified several broken bones to the face, as well as a cracked skull. “Nate is an integral member of […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Victoria wins Battle of the Bands Orem’s progressive-rock band, Victoria, took first place at Battle of the Bands on Wednesday, March 30. The competition, hosted by UVUSA, saw performances by seven different acts. The judges, whose identities weren’t revealed until the day of the performance, were some of Utah’s musical elite: Justin Johnson (Salt City […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes In a crowd of thousands of people, there is an explosion of color as blue, pink, yellow, orange and green powdered chalk are thrown into the air, creating an all-encompassing purplish-brown cloud. Inside the cloud you are lost, all sound and friends around you are absorbed into the thick chalky air. All that can be […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes McCabe and Rowberry both set new school records Students living in the Orem/Provo area who complain about parking issues on campus might want to consider running to school and avoid parking altogether. Think about it – most students either live close to campus or may even live by the neighboring university four miles down the […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The 2004 release of the critically acclaimed Funeral marked Arcade Fire as one of the most exciting and ambitious bands of the decade. Their debut studio album was released to almost unanimous critical acclaim, as well as receiving a Grammy nomination for Best Alternative Music Album. Stylistically, the album blends a broad range of musical […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes Recently, a public forum was held during which leaders from the Utah Native American Tribal Council, representatives of the Utah Transit Authority and government representatives discussed the impending fate of a land tract in Draper. The following is an opinioned play-by-play of said meeting. There wasn’t just American Indian blood boiling over recent legislature, […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Young women need “very strong” collegiate influences Editor’s note: The first set of snapshots in this series was published in the February 21, 2011 edition of the paper. Women in Utah have the lowest college graduation rates in America and research is being done to find out why and how to fix it. The Utah […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes T-shirts promote awareness of sexual assault Over 1,000 voices will be free from storage boxes and hung on the clothesline again, ready to strengthen their right to be heard and support the new voices that will join them this year. Each April and October, t-shirts are created by survivors of violence and displayed side by […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes [monoslideshow id=21] The theater department’s production of Tea with Mint or Lemon? is not only a masterpiece of French comedy and bedroom farce, it is also a production done entirely in French. Directed by D. Terry Petrie and featuring a cast of talented actors and actresses, the show is sure to have audiences roaring with […]