Reading Time: 2 minutes 1076–Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor, is excommunicated for the first time by Pope Gregory VII for trying to depose Gregory. Henry would be excommunicated a second time by Pope Victor III in March of 1088. 1349–In the city Strasbourg, now in modern-day France, nearly two-thousand Jews were publicly burned to death in one of the […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Like anything even remotely interesting, the origins of Valentine’s Day is a mixture of facts, uncertainties, love, blasphemy, rebellion, gruesome deaths and good old-fashioned capitalism. Cynics may deride the day as an invention designed to generate revenues for card and candy companies, but February isn’t all chalky candy hearts and decaying flowers. V-Day may now […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes On Feb. 2, ten iPods were held mid-kiss in a battle of will and stamina. The Bookstore’s Annual Kissing Contest offered 10 couples a shot at each winning an 8G iPod Touch. All they had to do was hold a packaged iPod Nano between each of them using only their lips and hope to outlast […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes While the Hall of Flags started out as a way to recognize and honor international students on campus, it has since turned into a hall of confusion and disrepair. Connecting the Woodbury Business Building to both the Sorensen Student Center and the Pope Science Building, the Hall of Flags is lined with flags from various […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes EDITOR’S NOTE: She Stoops to Conquer, one of the many great plays that UVU’s theater department put on during their 2010 season, has recently been chosen to be a part of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival on Feb. 9. If everything goes well, the play could go onto national competitions, but for now, […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The mere mention of Shakespeare is enough to send most students into hiding, but for senior theater major Alex Ungerman and other UVU and BYU students, they took the seemingly confusing work of Shakespeare and made a production company. Nearly two years ago, Ungerman and fellow Wolverine Mark Oram founded the Grassroots Shakespeare Company. The […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Spectrum Club is bidding a joyous adieu to “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” The legislation that banned anyone who was openly gay, lesbian, or bisexual from serving in the military was repealed last month, and the Spectrum Club couldn’t be more thrilled. What better way to celebrate the repeal of the “Don?t Ask, Don?t Tell” […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes For all students involved, their passion for theater is reason enough to produce these two one-act plays. Over the past five months, a small group of students have been a part of a unique collaborative theater production without the aid of a budget, access to the costume shop or even a professor to direct them. […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes On January 20, the UVU Theater Department will kick off its spring 2011 season with the infamous Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, Oklahoma!. Written in 1943, Oklahoma! tells the story of settlers trying to tame the wild frontier, while also dealing with problems resulting from falling in love and being rejected. One of the challenges of […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The new year brings a chance for self improvement. Unfortunately, most people give up on their resolutions once they start being a pain. With a few simple steps, you can keep your resolutions until 2012 rolls around. Ah, the time for New Year’s resolutions is upon us. Time to look back at the past year […]