Thank you sir, I’ll have another
As our school grows into its relatively new identity as an actual university, so does the proliferation of more traditional “university” things. This includes competitive sports teams, increasing numbers of…
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Double whammy
As we wrote on Feb. 22, the nearly annual call for Utah’s undocumented college students to pay out-of-state tuition continues. Rep. Richard Greenwood of Roy, the usual leader of this…
Stacking the deck
“Let your voice be heard,” the main UVU Student Government Web site declares. “Help make a difference on UVU’s campus.” But what is the process by which someone can get…
Utah Lake bridge still troubled
Leon Harward, described in the “Salt Lake Tribune” as a “businessman”, wants to build a toll bridge across Utah Lake. The estimated cost, according to Mr. Harward, is $300 million. …
Blue Moon
I thought about coming home and writing some big snarky thing about how badly made the movie was (It felt like it was edited by an epileptic stuck at a…
Bring us your tired, your poor, so long as they are documented
Like death, taxes, and an unfortunate new “Saw” movie, every year sees a new entry in the Racism Disguised as Fiscal Conservative Legislation contest. These entries, reliable as the color…
Things we’ll be missing after the budget cuts
Much rabble regarding the proposed higher education budget cuts has been roused. Up to five percent of the education budget could be cut, which would require administrators to find $102…
Big checks for big building
I’ve heard there are some pretty big checks hanging on the wall of President Holland’s office, and now having seen the checks with my own two eyes, let me tell…
State of the student: What Obama’s speech means for us
Last Wednesday, as I was pouring myself a tall, pre-State of the Union club soda and lime, I wished that, just once, a sitting president would begin his annual address…
Budget cuts
As if Utah college students weren’t facing enough obstructions to their education — especially the cost of tuition, which continues to grow every semester — there’s more trouble on the…
Musical numbers
Last week, “How I Met Your Mother,” a painfully — almost dangerously — overlooked TV show and the single-handed keeper of the quality sitcom flame, featured a musical number as…
Bookstore blues
Walking through the west entrance to the bookstore with its new pseudo renovations is like wandering through a wasteland of a post-apocalyptic school supplies. There are random piles of mismatched…
Palin: pining for a signing
I have never drunk a curdled glass of half-and-half. Neither have I read Sarah Palin’s new book, Going Rogue. I’m definitely sure that I wouldn’t feel good after doing either…
Trading down
Former Lieutenant Governor Gary Herbert, now Governor Gary Herbert, (due to the resignation of former Governor, current Chinese Ambassador, and all-around awesome dude Jon Huntsman) was supposed to attend a panel discussion on our campus last Friday in lieu of Senator Orrin Hatch, who had been requested to deliver a eulogy for Ted Kennedy and who expressed regret at having to bow out at the last minute.
Righteous fury: Why we need Inglourious Basterds
Warning: this article contains fairly widely-known spoilers about the ending of Inglourious Basterds.
