Community spotlight on Lance Peacock’s artwork

January 23, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes When you walk into Lance Peacock’s home, you notice the artwork hanging on the walls.   What you don’t notice is the way Peacock’s eyes shake, or the way he steadies himself with a cane when he walks. You would never know that he used to be paralyzed on the left side of his body. […]

UVU professor stars in Sundance Film

January 23, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Sundance Film Festival is a glorious celebration of movie making magic and artistic views. From its beginnings in 1978, the festival has attracted celebrities from across the globe. The event is hosted locally in Utah, but one may sometimes feel that the star-studded event may not be for the locals. But a few local […]

Provo Library hosts book sale

January 23, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Travel forward and back in time, around the globe and beyond; probe the psyches of housewives, heathens and heroes; explore universal conflicts and everyday events. Books can take us places – they are like portal keys for journeys of the mind and imagination.   On Friday, January 27 beginning at 10 a.m., Provo Library invites […]

I am not just my vagina

January 23, 2012

Reading Time: 4 minutes “The Vagina Monologues” is a play written by Eve Ensler in the 1990’s. This play has been translated into 48 languages and been performed in over 140 countries. And everyone should see it, at least one time.   It’s a series of monologues performed by women talking about, well, vaginas.   The play discusses the […]

On the rise

January 23, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Wolverines coming together as conference play begins   All that preseason hype may simply have been premature.   The Wolverines’ early-season struggles gave way to a three-game winning streak heading into the weekend’s conference opener at North Dakota. Team chemistry and overall production highlight the change in fortune, something onlookers thought would take place sooner […]

The fight for civil rights

January 23, 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutes Political activist Julian Bond has waged a 50-year civil rights battle, and has fought alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., as well as served as a Georgia senator for 20 years.   Bond’s stirring and humorous keynote speech for UVU’s 18th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration was held on Jan.19 in the Grande Ballroom […]

Choreography design project in motion

January 23, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes From barefooted modern ballet to pointe-shoed classical, the Choreography Design Project promises to deliver nights of original, diverse dance.   The fifth annual Choreography Design Project, running January 26-28 in UVU’s Ragan Theater and funded in part by the Orem City CARE grant, will showcase the work of six competition-finalist choreographers as danced by Utah […]

UVU me cambio la vida

January 23, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Para muchos estudiantes latinos, llegar a Iniciativa Latina es encontrarse con un segundo hogar, que los recibe con los brazos abiertos. Gracias a la ardua  labor de los consejeros y asistentes que siempre tienen una sonrisa y respuestas a sus preguntas.   Una de las asistentes más queridas  es Elizabeth Rodríguez, quien trabaja con entrega […]

Avery Garner’s secret to success

January 23, 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutes Gifted athletes routinely are surpassed by their less talented, harder working peers. Tom Brady went from college backup at Michigan to a 3-time Super Bowl winning quarterback, currently in pursuit for championship number four. Michael Jordan famously was cut from his Junior Varsity team and now he is the NBA’s “Greatest of All-Time.”   If […]