The heroine, the scientist, and the transvestite

October 27, 2008

Reading Time: < 1 minute To complement the new Cinema Studies minor in the English department, students have created a new club. Thus far, the cinema studies club has sponsored two cult-film screenings, Evil Dead 2 and Dr. Strangelove. This Thursday, the club, along with the Gay-Straight Alliance, will show the classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show in the LA building.

The only election that really matters

October 27, 2008

Reading Time: 3 minutes As election day fast approaches, a mystifying number of Utahans actually seem excited to get out there and cast a vote that, let’s face it, won’t count. If you’re an idealist, you no doubt read the previous sentence with a quietly dignified feeling of moral superiority and a smug smirk that sarcastically screams, “Oh, a cynic.

Reading for pleasure

October 27, 2008

Reading Time: 2 minutes Looking for something good to read between classes? This week’s featured book is Graham Greene’s acclaimed Vietnam novel, The Quiet American. If you like what you read, this book is available for checkout in the library. For more information on Greene’s life or novels you can go to http://members.

New Coffee Pod opens in Zoobieville

October 27, 2008

Reading Time: 2 minutes For obvious reasons, a coffee drinker’s options are limited in the Provo/Orem area. But at long last, Coffee Pod is now open near the border between the cities. Though it may be located near downtown Zoobieville, Provo’s disenchanted coffee lovers are gravitating toward the Pod.

Nosferatu

October 27, 2008

Reading Time: 2 minutes Last year I wrote that UVU’s growing theater department hit puberty with their production of Canyon Suite in December. Nosferatu, however, proves that the awkward stage is over. Theater is essentially storytelling, and in Nosferatu, director Christopher Clark approached the art’s basic function in a way seldom seen in theatrical nuclei like New York or San Francisco — much less in Happy Valley.

Look up in the sky

October 13, 2008

Reading Time: 2 minutes All-Star Superman is awesome. Let’s just get that out in the open to start off. This book is fantastic in nearly every sense of the word. If you like comic books, you need to read this, no question about it. Now, Superman is a hard sell these days, I realize.

David Archuleta is Now Bigger Than Ever

October 13, 2008

Reading Time: < 1 minute American Idol star David Archuleta is now bigger than he has ever been. Covering 12 acres Archuleta’s face along with the slogan “Archuleta for President” is cut into a large corn field at Thanksgiving Point for the Cornbelly’s Corn Maze and Pumpkin Fest. The original idea was to do cut out the faces of presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain but ultimately ended up deciding on Utah’s own David Archuleta.

Campus Style

October 13, 2008

Reading Time: < 1 minute With this photo the UVU Review officially begins it’s Campus Style section. Be sure to dress well in case you come across our photographers!

Local label North Platte Records to throw party at Velour

October 13, 2008

Reading Time: < 1 minute Local record company North Platte Records will be throwing a huge party at Velour in Provo on Oct. 24. Local artists RuRu, The Desert Noises, the McKay Stevens Project, and Drew Capener will all be performing. In addition to their performance, a previewing of the next record by The Desert Noises will be included.

Guest author series brings Ed McClanahan to campus

October 13, 2008

Reading Time: < 1 minute Through the guest author reading series, one of the most prolific authors of our time is coming to campus Oct. 14 at 1 p.m. Ed McClanahan’s writing has been hailed as “a triumph of humor, wisdom, and language.” McClanahan will be reading from his most recent book release, “O the Clear Moment.