Las citas y los latinos

January 30, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Los rasgos culturales a veces pueden marcar una diferencia. Para los latinos  salir en una cita es la oportunidad de conocerse. En una cita los comportamientos  culturales y expectativas  algunas veces  podrían ser diferentes,  sobre  todo entre latinos y estadounidenses.   “Una cita no es una relación formal.  En México es salir y pasarla bien, […]

Living in Dubai, Utah

January 30, 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutes One young lady and three young Arab dudes, no, this is not the title for a new television show   A pasty white girl living with three Arab guys. It’s more legitimate than it seems at first glance.   This fairy tale began when I signed up to tutor non-native speakers in the English language […]

Reserves need to step up play

January 30, 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutes Starters are producing, but bench is lacking   There is nothing in sports quite like the emotions that are evoked by the senses. The smell of freshly cut grass and the sight of morning dew glistening in the early morning sunlight immediately bring to mind the joy of stepping on to the field for the […]

Road hazard: a warning

January 30, 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutes You just finished a test in the testing center. You have five minutes before your next class in the GT building. You haven’t eaten. The only thing on your mind is grabbing a pizza and hiking up five flights of stairs. You hurry across the crosswalk thinking how nice it is that someone actually stopped […]

Competitive Bass Fishing: It is a thing and UVU does it

January 30, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes For some, fishing is more than just a hobby, it is a quest to catch trophy bass, usually weighing more than eight pounds and longer than 24 inches with competitions, usually held only at the professional level, have expanded into the realm of universities, and a new club at UVU is hooked   UVU is […]

Resume foundations

January 30, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Students got valuable tips from VP Val Hale.   Over 60 people, including students and professionals, gathered in Centre Stage last Wednesday, Jan 25, for an event sponsored by the Public Relations Student Society of America.   The opening social was a networking opportunity for the communication students to learn about the benefits of getting […]

Financial support through college

January 30, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Money plays a major factor in whether or not college students complete their degree.   A poll taken by the Associated Press-Viacom showed that more college students drop out of college due to financial struggles than the result of poor grades.   According to an article titled “Poll: Money Problems Reason College Students Might Drop Out,” […]

Dance project recital

January 30, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes As lights began to brighten, a circle of bodies appeared on the stage, all connected, all intertwined. Legs were held in the air while others were spread across the ground until, with a shift in the music, the bodies moved.   One at a time, dancers broke out of the routine, spinning, leaping and flipping, […]

Student entrepreneur offers convenience, affordability to students

January 30, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Dickies to Film Flixs   Danny Keyes first caught wind of his inherent entrepreneurial spirit upon returning to Utah from an LDS mission in Texas. Keyes lamented the lack of Dickey’s Barbecue Pit locations in Utah after having frequented the Texas-based chain throughout his mission. Upon realizing that the start-up capital required to franchise Dickey’s […]

Experience isn’t everything

January 30, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes No one gave the women’s soccer team a chance after losing nine seniors from their 2010-11 squad.   Tell that to Houston Baptist.   No one gave the men’s basketball team a break, not after returning four starters and an All-America Honorable Mention from last year’s 19-11 team.   Tell that to head coach Dick […]