Reading Time: 2 minutes Important Upcoming Events As the semester comes to a close, please note the following major events that will take place in the coming weeks: -Hoagies with Holland | Thursday, April 19 President Holland will host a hoagie luncheon in the Student Center Grande Ballroom. At this luncheon, the President will review university highlights and initiatives […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Emergency Service workers share experiences with students. The Institute of Emergency Services and Homeland Security turned up the heat this past week to raise aware- ness on emergency prepared- ness and disaster response. Last week was Emergency Service Week with each day featuring different presentations from law enforcement, fire and rescue service mem- […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Pearls. Many refer to them as “Grandmother’s”. The simple, elegant style, black pearls or white. Necklaces. Earrings. Bracelets. Numerous or singular. Beauty knows no age. Pearls provide a woman with affordable transcendent beauty. Classy enough for any dinner and a simple look for every season. If they’re good enough for Elizabeth Taylor and […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The UVU Ballroom Dance Company finishes off the semester with their spring dance. Walking into Assistant Dance Professor Chris Witt’s office, students cannot help but notice one thing: The famous, highly coveted Mirror Ball Trophy that many celebrities have fought for on the television show “Dancing with the Stars.” While this mirror ball […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Opening day in baseball triggers so many memories and opens the nostalgic floodgates. I’ll never forget walking into the Oakland Coliseum – probably the nastiest stadium in all of sports – and being completely overwhelmed with the majesty and grandeur that hijacked my senses. I noticed the urinal trough in the men’s room with […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes In looks and demeanor, Lynette Danburry is a living version of Disney’s Snow White. But this lady has left the singing to her prince and husband, Drew, owner of Drew Danburry Barber Shop, and instead uses her talents to create her one-of-a-kind clothing line. Raised by a ballet costume-mistress mother, sewing and art have always […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Dr. Homes Rolston III recently explored humankind’s responsibility to the planet. When it comes to the wellbeing of our planet, human beings are incredibly selfish, or so said Dr. Holmes Rolston III in his guest lecture titled “A New Environmental Ethics.” Rolston, who is a Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Colorado State University, gave […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes It is a normal day of class. Students are sitting in desks listening intently to favorite professors, when suddenly the walls and ground start shaking. In that long awaited moment, will students know what to do? At 10:15 a.m. on April 17, all of Utah will be asked to drop, cover and hold on. […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes “There’s this huge space between us,” Angelina Jolie as Jane Smith tells her marriage counselor in the 2005 movie Mr. and Mrs. Smith, “and it just keeps filling up with everything that we don’t say to each other.” These are the words my sister, Annie, quotes when I ask her how her 4-year temple […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Based on the story of the Ugly Duckling, ‘Honk!’ focuses on bullying and teasing. Elementary and middle school students throughout Utah County are benefiting from morals taught in UVU’s production of the children’s musical, “Honk!” The show will be performed by the Black Box Repertory Company and tells the story of the “Ugly Duckling” […]