Reading Time: 2 minutes Kevin Kruger scored 23 points and Ronald Dupree had a double-double to lead the Utah Flash to a 94-81 victory over the Bakersfield Jam in the first round of the 2009 NBA Development League Playoffs Wednesday at the McKay Center. The first playoff victory in Flash franchise history advances Utah into a second-round home game on Monday, April 20 against the winner of Thursday?s Iowa-Dakota game.
Reading Time: 4 minutes UVU ENTREPRENUERIAL CONFERENCE ON APRIL 17 Jay Abraham, founder and CEO of Abraham Inc., will be the keynote speaker at the 2009 Entrepreneurial Business Conference, “Profit in Bad Times” Friday, April 17 in the Sorensen Student Center. He has proven he can help companies make money in a time of recession.
Reading Time: < 1 minute Sen. Orrin Hatch visited campus April 10 to discuss the passing of the Serve America Act. The bill amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990, expanding opportunities for service. The bipartisan bill was sponsored by Sen. Kennedy (D, MA) and co-sponsored by 18 others.
Reading Time: 3 minutes Letter to the Editor I think UVU professors need to do away with attendance policies. This is college, and we students are paying a large sum of money to be enrolled here. Why not let the students control whether or not attending classes should be mandatory? I do not desire to have the attendance policy dropped because of any inclination to miss classes, but because during the winter semesters I get sick at least once a month.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Wittman Named GWC Female Athlete of the Week UTPA’s J.J. Hernandez was named the Great West Conference Track and Field Male Athlete of the Week, while Utah Valley’s Jazmine Wittman and South Dakota’s Crystal Schiernbeck both shared honors on the women’s side for the week ending April 5, the league office announced Tuesday.
Reading Time: < 1 minute Huskies roll to national title The UCONN Huskies ended their season of steamrolling anything in their path by beating Louisville 76-54 to claim the national title and another perfect season. Geno Auriemma led his lady Huskies to a 39-0 record and a double-digit margin in every game his team played this season.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Come and audition for a New Murder Mystery Show that will run May and June at the Wise Guys Comedy Club in Orem. The auditions will be held at Wise Guys in Orem (1270 West 1130 South in Orem…it is on the WEST of the freeway in Wolverine Crossing…there are apartment buildings there as well) on April 6th and 7th from 5 p.
Reading Time: 3 minutes UVU GRADUATE TO BE ON WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE SHOW – UVU alumnus, Shannon Young, 49, was selected to be on a special hometown promotional campaign for the Who Wants to be a Millionaire show, hosted by Meredith Vieira. Young will be in the “Millionaire” hot seat April 8 on KSL (NBC) at 3 p.
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Reading Time: 2 minutes The following letter was sent as an e-mail to UVU employees on March 29 regarding budget cuts: Dear UVU employee, At long last, the 45-day legislative session has concluded. On the positive side, UVU received $2.8 million for planning money for the Science building addition (hurray!) and some one-time federal stimulus targeted funding.