Reading Time: 2 minutes 1. Study up. As your career as a thrift store shopper progresses, you’ll learn which local shops are best for what you’re looking for. For example, if you’re looking for sweaters, you’ll generally find the best prices at the Deseret Industries in Provo. But if a new pair of shoes is your goal, it’s a toss up between Savers in Orem and the Deseret Industries in American Fork.

Reading Time: 2 minutes I have the hugest crush on John Cusack. There is something about his B-class celebrity that really speaks to my heart. My admiration began immediately after I watched High Fidelity. Cusack plays Rob Gordon, a record store owner/retired D.J. that is going through a bad breakup.

Reading Time: 3 minutes One World Everybody Eats Cafe is an idea whose time has come. Upon entering you will notice a sign, Ways to eat at One World: 1. Create a plate, donate a fair, respectable amount similar to other restaurants. 2. Please be fair: if you are on a smaller budget, ask for a plate for $ X amount.

Reading Time: 2 minutes The ballroom in the student center was full to the brim with enthusiastic dance students last Thursday at the UVU Dance Sport Festival. Every semester, the ballroom department gives the students an extra bonus outside their class work to participate in competitions.

Reading Time: 2 minutes Itching for improvised keyboards? Feeling the insatiable need for some sweet old-fashioned crooning? Get your jazz fix this Thursday at Utah Valley’s best kept secret. Showtime Utah at The Grove Theater features a New Orleans style live jazz show called “All That Jazz” every Thursday night with performances by renowned vocalist Debra Bonner and jazz pianist Frederick James McCray.

Reading Time: 2 minutes Avalon Named WWC Wrestler of the Week- Utah Valley University sophomore heavyweight wrestler Diego Avalon (Corpus Christi, Texas/Mary Carroll HS) has been named the Western Wrestling Conference’s Wrestler of the Week as announced by league officials. Avalon led UVU to its 10th consecutive win on the season and also a 3-0 start in Western Wrestling Conference action Saturday night at North Dakota State.

Reading Time: 2 minutes Students can now purchase up to two half-price tickets to Ballet West’s Valentine’s production of Madame Butterfly and Gong. The production began on Feb. 13 and will continue until this Saturday. Student rush tickets can be purchased no earlier than one hour before the performance begins – 6:30 p.

Reading Time: 2 minutes As I watched the Super Bowl this past weekend, Bruce Springsteen played a few of his favorite songs during the halftime show. Fans chanted along as “Born to Run” came over the speakers as well as “Glory Days”, and it seemed that the only thing missing was a frothy mug of beer in everyone’s hand.

Reading Time: < 1 minute Two UVU student choreographers will compete in the Choreography Design Project this Thursday and Friday in the Ragan Theater. The Project, which is sponsored by the Utah Regional Ballet, allows emerging, pre-professional, and professional choreographers to compete with their peers, using professional dancers.

Reading Time: 2 minutes Last Friday Clark Planetarium opened Under the Sea 3D, a documentary narrated by Jim Carrey about life in the ocean in exotic, isolated locations in the Indo-Pacific region. Fish seemingly appear to float around the theater in true 3D form. According to imax.