Calendar – Oct. 3-9, 2011

October 3, 2011

Reading Time: 4 minutes Monday, October 3   Arts   Yankee Spirit All day, donation BYU Museum of Art North Campus Drive, Provo   Entwined All day, donation BYU Museum of Peoples and Cultures 700 N. 100 East, Provo   From Heart to Hand: African-American Quilts All day, donation BYU Museum of Art North Campus Drive, Provo   Wide-Open […]

Provo Center Street: historic food and fun

October 3, 2011

Reading Time: 3 minutes If you’ve spent any significant amount of time in Utah Valley, you’ve probably expended at least an hour or two on Center Street in Provo. What started as a small business district in the heart of Utah’s third largest city has now become a cultural center for Utah Valley residents.   The recent construction on […]

Springville: what to see in The Art City

October 3, 2011

Reading Time: 3 minutes Springville is different.   When you drive South and cross into the township, it only takes a few minutes to realize that Springville is set apart, both geographically and socially, from the rest of the valley.   The town has flourished into a thriving community since 1850, when eight pioneer families settled it—but the town […]

Pleasant Grove Main Street: heritage, strawberries, and community

October 3, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes Parades, Carnivals and a variety of other events are annual traditions for citizens of Pleasant Grove.   Gathering in their Main Street and Historic Downtown Park, at 200 S. Main Street, there are two yearly events that highlight the history of the town, cultural background, and coming together as a community: the Heritage Festival and […]

Volleyball starts conference play

October 3, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Great West Conference is deceiving by two thirds, with “conference” as its only accurate description. As for “west,” that depends on your definition. English immigrants of the 1600s may have considered New Jersey Institute of Technology part of the western world, but it hardly fits the modern-day mold. “Great” is also hard to swallow, […]

In the Zone: Utah State’s hypocrisy overwhelming

October 3, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes That wave of hypocrisy you felt last week originated up north. From Logan, to be specific. From Utah State to be specific-er.   It was heard in press conferences and on the radio leading up to Friday’s game. It was visible in the Aggies’ efforts at Lavell Edwards Stadium. It was a five-day fix of […]

Conference play preview

October 3, 2011

Reading Time: 3 minutes The road to this seasons Great West championship appears to be a wide-open four-lane interstate as the teams prep for the beginning of conference play. If their pre-season records are any indication the UVU Wolverines should expect some stiff competition from the Huskies at Houston Baptist as well as the Fighting Sioux at North Dakota […]

Wolverines mens soccer nears midway point

October 3, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes As the men’s soccer club team approaches the middle of their season, the team holds confidence for themselves while also focusing on areas of improvement. UVU has shown themselves to be a strong team with home wins against Westminster College and a physical Salt Lake Community College, a team that has annually among the top […]

ThunderBoldt

October 3, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes   Men are suckers and women are liars. Those two sweeping generalizations will only apply to this situation…for now. Imagine this conversation, for most guys it’s more like remembering the last time this phrase was spoken on a date:   “Oh that’s cool, I love sports too!”   Therein lies the false statements which suck […]