Weekly wrap up

November 9, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes With everything happening in the lives of UVU students, it’s easy to miss some of the events happening on and off campus, and hard to keep an eye on the calendar.   UVU Sports UVU Arts UVU Service  The Valley   Along with these event calendars, here are some things that you may have missed […]

Nish injured in 3-set victory over Southern Utah

November 8, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes Early in the first set the crowd fell in silence for nearly two minutes after middle blocker Erica Nish hit the ground with a knee injury. Nish, second on the team in blocks (119), was assisted off the court and head coach Sam Atoa didn’t hesitate to bring in Katie Fritzler off the bench.   […]

“What’s in a name?” Apparently a lot

November 8, 2011

Reading Time: 5 minutes So you made it through Monday. Now what? Procrastination has a way of gripping any college student…so give in to it. Take a trip on a tangent with us, and put off your week for one more day.   My grandfather had a saying, “When you decide to have a kid, you decide a lot […]

International Festival at UVU: No passport required

November 8, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes With all the traffic in the parking lots at UVU Monday night, it looked like 10 a.m. instead of 8:30 p.m.   Students swarming into the Sorenson Student Center warmed the fall chill off of their hands by the two fires outside the doors before making their way into the transformed ballroom.   Volunteers from […]

Men’s Basketball Preview: Back for more

November 7, 2011

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 […]

Arrest made on campus by Orem and UVU Police

November 7, 2011

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 […]

Letter to the Editor: Professor Grant Moss on Blackface

November 7, 2011

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 […]

Registration breakdown

November 7, 2011

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 […]

The V – Calendar Nov. 7-13

November 7, 2011

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 […]

Treasures Antiques Mall unites old and new

November 7, 2011

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 […]