(P)reviews

April 4, 2011

Reading Time: 4 minutes In this unforgiving economic wasteland, who has the funds to actually review a movie in the theater? Not your humble servants at The V. That’s why we’re giving you our informed analysis of upcoming films based solely on what we see in the trailer. They say you can’t judge a book by its cover. Fortunately, […]

Hall monitor: April 4, 2011

April 4, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes After President Obama’s April 29 address, what do you think America’s role in Libya should be? Stay out. [Obama] has enough political liabilities as it is. Brent Springer Junior, Chemistry As we’re getting our natural resources from Libya, we need to be involved, but I think that our involvement should be very limited. Joseph Griffin […]

Against all odds

April 4, 2011

Reading Time: 3 minutes It didn’t take long for the Wolverines’ new women’s golf coach Sue Nyphus to get up to par and get the team up and swinging as well. Any time a team announces a new head coach it’s only normal for fans to be concerned about how the team will react and develop. With this being […]

Story Problems

April 4, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes Newspaper clippings make up the cover of English Professor Robert Carney’s newest poetry collection, Story Problems, including one clipped photo of salmon crossing the road during a flood in Washington state. The eye moves over the different layers of information scattered on both the front and the back of the book. It’s almost representative of […]

Crime on Campus: How to get stolen items back

April 4, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes Imagine it’s spring break. A safe and successful California road trip with friends has so far consisted of a perfect day at the beach and a magical experience at Disneyland. Of course, all those Kodak moments have been captured on the best camera of the bunch. These are memories to last a lifetime, and there’s […]

What is the ultimate April Fool’s prank?

April 4, 2011

Reading Time: < 1 minute “I would buy myself a T.V. then come home and surprise myself with it.” — Jarom Moore, Assistant News Editor “Sell Jarom’s new T.V.” — Celeste Tholen-Rosenlof, Opinions Editor “Replace your married friend’s bed with bunk beds.” — Kelly Cannon, Assistant Culture Editor “My friend told his seminary teacher mom that his girlfriend was pregnant. […]

Sports Briefs April 4, 2011

April 4, 2011

Reading Time: 3 minutes UVU’s Casper named America Sky Golfer of the Week NAPERVILLE, Ill. – Utah Valley’s Mason Casper was named America Sky Men’s Golf Conference Golfer of the Week for his performance at Southern Utah’s Pat Hicks Invitational on Feb. 14-15, the conference office announced March 28. Casper, a sophomore from Springville, Utah, captured the SUU Pat […]

Letter from the editor: April 4, 2011

April 4, 2011

Reading Time: < 1 minute Hey Champ(s), This issue puts a spotlight on some of the more marginalized people in our society – Native Americans, non-Christians and Britney Spears. For some of these folks, the outcome is grim and undecided. For others, it’s a joyous celebration. For Britney Spears, it’s about the same, except she’s let her hair grow back. […]

Swimming with finals

April 4, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes As we head into the last month of the semester, many emoticons are used to describe feelings on campus. There’s the smiley face with tongue sticking out, the shocked face with wide eyes or even the frowny face with an X for eyes. We are dragging on, pining for that invisible ringing bell that will […]