Reading Time: 3 minutes Where are the Jazz and the rest of the NBA? Never fear, the Wolverines are here. Isiah Williams and crew are revved up and ready to provide all the excitement fans can handle to fill the void left by David Stern and the players union during the NBA lockout. Last season the Wolverines […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute A man with outstanding warrants was pursued by members of the Orem Police Department, in a chase that began with a jump from a second-story apartment, and ended on the UVU campus around 9:00 a.m. Monday. Sergeant Craig Martinez, the public information officer for Orem Police Department, identified the person taken into custody as […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes On Halloween, I saw some UVU students in blackface. This is an open letter to them. As my students will tell you, it’s rare for me to be speechless. But when I saw you on campus on Halloween, wearing brown face paint and huge Afro wigs, I was unable to form words. Now that […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes For students with 80 plus credits, registration opened up on Oct. 31 at 12:00 a.m. Many students, including myself, were registering for their final semester here at UVU. They will be graduating in the spring. Like gamblers on payday, eagerly flocking to a casino door, my fellow seniors and I jumped online, waiting for […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Every Day Arts From Heart to Hand All day, donation BYU Museum of Art North Campus Drive, Provo Wide-Open Spaces All day, donation BYU Museum of Art North Campus Drive, Provo Entertainment The Marvelous Wonderettes 7:30 p.m., $13.50 – 19.50 Hale Center Theater Orem 225 W. 400 North, Orem The Elephant […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Sifting through bookshelves of richly colored bound books, armoires made with hand-stitched clothing and tables of tea cups and candleholders, one becomes full of wonder and intrigue at the stories and history these pieces hold. Treasures Antique Mall in Springville opened 13 years ago and has been buying and selling timeless pieces since. The […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Believe it or not, Utah is home to one of the largest cowboy poetry gatherings in the world. Every November, thousands of cowboys sit down with thousands of city slickers to celebrate the roots of the great American West. Cowboy poetry is a contemporary art form steeped in rich tradition. In the […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Downtown Provo is recognized for many things – its assortment of shops, small-town yet metropolitan feel and its variety of restaurants. The newest addition, The Banana Leaf, has a “One of these things is not like the other” vibe. The bright yellow, green and red building has been getting a lot of attention since […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The enigmatic posters that have dotted Utah Valley since late summer read only “11.11.11,” but those six digits have the local music scene in a tizzy. On Nov. 11, local band The Moth & the Flame debut their first album, “Self Titled.” Co-founders Brandon Garbett and Matt Robbins met in a band and soon […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Last year Holton Hunsaker started his college career as the UVU men’s basketball team point guard. As a freshman he started all 30 games and garnered 95 assists. The 6-foot sophomore from Woods Cross high school will come back again this year to start as the Wolverines’ starting point guard. Hunsaker continues to exemplify […]