Two classes breathe life into summer term

March 26, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Students yearning for a means to meld academia and notions of pop culture may find deliverance this summer in two classes taught by Humanities Professor Steven Hall.   Originally developed to attract more students to the Humanities program, “Post-Modern Hollywood” and “From Mozart to Michael,” both revived for their second summer, have attracted students from […]

Protecting online privacy

March 26, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Students at UVU and around the world are faced with the difficulty of deciding what belongs online and how to control private data.   In recent years, the Internet has become a public place, much like a school, a store or an arcade. Facebook has over 800 million users sharing their lives with an increasingly […]

Free tax assistance available

March 26, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes The stressful tax season is in full swing and United Way’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program offers free tax assistance to those who qualify.   The VITA program offers free tax preparation to Utah County residents with an income of $50,000 or less. The VITA program is grant-run and targeted toward low-income individuals, according to […]

Cake

March 26, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes No wedding is complete without a delicious, beautiful, breathtaking cake. Luckily, there is a perfect selection to choose from in Utah Valley.   Wedding Cakes By Dawna is a home-based business in Pleasant Grove. Owner Dawna Erickson has been creating wedding cakes for the past 23 years. She fell in love with baking when she […]

Sex Ed

March 26, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Utah will not become the first state to ban student education on contraception, pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. Governor Gary Herbert vetoed House Bill 363 which would limit sexual education in the classroom to “abstinence-centered” curriculum only.   “If H.B. 363 were to become law, parents would no longer have the option the overwhelming majority […]

Jenna Johnson ends career with defining adjustment

March 26, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Head coach Cathy Nixon was desperate. The team was in a tailspin and she needed to find a source of offense before the season got out of hand.   Jenna Johnson was one of only two seniors on the team and the only one to play in Nixon’s rotation. She should have been the steadying […]

UVU Notebook

March 26, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Men’s rodeo takes first at Rocky Mt. Regional UVU scored a round 800 points to beat out Southern Idaho, Utah State and Idaho State at the second Rocky Mountain Regional of the season.   Senior rider Brock Winn earned another regular season first-place finish in the saddle bronc. Last year Winn finished second at nationals […]

Annual volunteer week commences with benefit concert

March 26, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Annual UVoluneer Week will kick off on March 26 with a charity concert to benefit the Nurture the Creative Mind Foundation performed by John Allred and Jesse Wride. All of the proceeds from the concert will go to Nurture the Creative Mind Foundation. Those in attendance will be able to donate to the foundation […]

Wilson goes 2-2 at NCAA wrestling championships

March 26, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes ST. LOUIS – Utah Valley University 149-pounder Josh Wilson ended his first NCAA tournament run on day two after falling in overtime to Illinois’ Eric Terrazas in the third session of the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis on Friday. Wilson finished with a 2-2 overall record at the […]

Old, new, borrowed, blue

March 26, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes As a currently engaged bride-to-be, I’ve been considering an old tradition in picking my wedding attire.  Most of you have probably heard this Victorian poem at one time or another:   Something olde, something new, Something borrowed, something blue, And a silver sixpence in her shoe.   For those unfamiliar with the tradition, this poem […]